Brewers owner calls out Craig Counsell after Cubs hire, sign with manager’s name vandalized at Wisconsin park

Craig Counsell agreed to phrases with the Chicago Cubs on Monday on a five-year contract value $40 million that can make him the highest-paid supervisor in Major League Baseball historical past. Counsell, a Wisconsin local, had spent the closing 9 seasons managing the Milwaukee Brewers, profitable 53% of his regular-season contests and guiding them to 5 postseason appearances alongside the best way.

While Counsell’s friends are indubitably extremely joyful that he is reset the marketplace for managers, no longer everybody seems to be satisfied for him. Brewers owner Mark Attanasio spoke with newshounds on Monday evening about Counsell’s choice to depart.

“Craig was definitely a key part of our success but if I wanted to list all the reasons we’re successful, we’d be on another half an hour,” Attanasio stated, according to Curt Hogg of the Milwaukee Journal Sentinel. “I’m not going to speak for Craig, he spoke plenty over the past several weeks as to what he was trying to do. We’ll see if it was successful or if this was a one-off.”

Attanasio showed that the Brewers presented Counsell a freelance that will have made him the highest-paid supervisor within the recreation. Counsell, whose contract expired at the top of October, selected to develop into a real loose agent — he then leveraged the open marketplace to get a greater deal. You would assume that Attanasio, who labored in finance, would perceive free-market forces — or, is the concept that one thing is value what somebody is keen to pay for it handiest legitimate when it advantages him? 

At minimal, Attanasio can’t declare that Counsell’s departure was once a marvel. The Brewers themselves gave each the New York Mets and Cleveland Guardians permission to talk with Counsell earlier than his contract expired. Attanasio additionally indicated that he had heard months in the past that Counsell might depart the Brewers. 

Nevertheless, Attanasio raised eyebrows with the top of his opening observation about Counsell, saying: “[We’re all here] today because we’ve lost Craig, but I’ve reflected on this — Craig has lost us and he’s lost our community also.” 

Attanasio’s feedback glance a little bit other on Tuesday morning, seeing as how someone vandalized the sign for Craig Counsell Park in Whitefish Bay, Wisc. — a little bit league box in Counsell’s homeland.