The thing about the bullpen woes is what in the wide wide world of sports can Mike Maddux do? These are elite pitchers with elite arms who can all bring it up there close to 100. He can't hold a practice session and go, "Okay, but here's how you throw strikes. Here's how you don't hit the batter in the middle of the back. Now pay attention."
On another note, I was reading an article by some Cardinals beat writer, forget the name, and he was saying you can't make excuses for all the injuries and started throwing out all those damn metrics to prove his point. OBPWRISP....WHISP...CRISP...BLT.....TGIFridays etc. Honestly, I don't pay attention to any of that. But one point he made was basically saying that Schildt is too even-keeled. He should be slamming water coolers and kicking over buffet tables to get his team motivated. Maybe a little of that is true, but note to the author....it's a 162 game season. That shit only works for so long.
Jar, what's your take on Schildt?