2007-05-16 11:23:41 · 9 answers · asked by Jenner 2 in Sports ➔ Baseball
If Tony Soprano were a baseball manager, Silvio Dante would be his bench coach. A bench coach acts as a sounding board to the manager, and also keeps his eyes and ears open and provides suggestions to the manager. He can also act as a go-between between players and other coaches and the manager, mediate disputes, etc. Bottom line, the bench coach is the manager's consigliere.
A relatively recent evolution of coaching staffs, in recent years the bench coach has replaced the 3rd base coach as the primary training ground for future managers, because they work so closely with the manager.
2007-05-16 16:53:37 · answer #1 · answered by Henry 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Per Wikipedia: "The bench coach's responsibilities include helping to set up the day's practice and stretching routines before a game. Once the game begins, the bench coach acts mostly like an assistant manager, offering the manager situational advice. The bench coach also takes over the duties of the manager if the manager is ejected from the game."
2007-05-16 11:28:03 · answer #2 · answered by El_Refe 4 · 1⤊ 0⤋
The bench coach is there to help the manager by giving him tips on the other teams weaknesses. And also to gie signs to the manager to give to the players to know what to do. The bench coach also takes over if the Manager gets ejected from the game by an Umpire. Then his responsibilites are to coach the whole team, and make nessecarry lineup changes.
2007-05-16 11:49:09 · answer #3 · answered by baseball fan #1 go red sox 3 · 0⤊ 0⤋
A bench coach normally takes care of subs, batting orders, and sometimes calls the pitches. Basically makes sure there are no issues, to take some of the responsiblitly from the head coach or manager.
2007-05-16 11:31:12 · answer #4 · answered by xhxcxkicker 2 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Dang, BS beat me to it.
He's correct - the bench coach is there to keep the bench focused on the game, and to make sure that it does its job, namely serving as a support for the players sitting on it.
Benches are notoriously difficult to coach, as it's not all that different from trying to talk to a tree.
2007-05-16 11:33:45 · answer #5 · answered by Craig S 7 · 1⤊ 1⤋
The back-up coach.
2007-05-16 12:29:51 · answer #6 · answered by bobbydig21 5 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Keeps those wooden chairs under control. They have a long history of leaving in the middle of the game if not watched.
2007-05-16 11:31:41 · answer #7 · answered by BS 3 · 1⤊ 1⤋
hes there to help out the manager and to take over the manager job if the manager gets thrown out
2007-05-16 11:27:55 · answer #8 · answered by Pat D 2 · 1⤊ 1⤋
its a person who handles subs. he assists the manager in making substitutions.
2007-05-16 11:28:43 · answer #9 · answered by Anonymous · 0⤊ 0⤋