The Braves have made news for all the wrong reasons this week. Bobby Cox tied the career whine record, getting ejected for the 131st career time. A lot is made of Cox winning a shit load of games, and that run of 1st place finishes. Some people go so far as to call him the greatest manager of our time. To those people, I say, WHAT?!?!?!?!? It's one thing to win when you have a Smoltz, Glavine, Avery, Maddux, Schmidt, Smith, Neagle, et al, in their PRIME!! Andruw Jones, Chipper Jones, Ryan Klesko, David Justice, Ron Gant, again, IN THEIR PRIME!! How can you NOT win? The test of a truly great manager to me, is what you get out of your team when the chips (or Chipper, more on that in a minute) are down. Not when you have the Yankees of the NL at your disposal. Starting last year into this year; age, injuries, trades, free agency, etc. have all taken their toll on the once mighty Braves. Things are starting to unravel. Chipper Jones and John Smoltz have been at each other IN PUBLIC THROUGH THE MEDIA!!! Is this the sign of a GREAT manager? No, it's not. Not to mention that through 14 straight playoff appearances, he managed to win only ONE!! World Series. Give him some of those 90-100 loss Mets teams from those 14 years, and see how he would have done. Same can be said for Joe Torre. All you need to be a great manager now a days is a rich owner and an agressive GM. The wheels are falling off in Braveville and it's a great day for The Lone Met Fan.