Would Rick be open to coaching for Buck or stay out of the way like Juan?

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Open, depending on situation

I can sympathize with how Rick feels -- you can't blame him a bit for being disappointed. He would have been a fun/exciting manager to have the dugout/clubhouse, and I bet he could have won as many as anybody else given some talented players. He certainly knows the club and the town, and he had some success in the minors.

After three failed neophyte managers, the Os needed someone with a great Major League resume, and Buck was without a doubt the best available. Sorry, Rick, life isn't fair. Stay classy.

The Os big misteak was hiring Lee Mazilli on the strength of an interview. Anybody can talk a good game, but Maz never won over the players to his side.. They interviewed Rich Dauer, Eddie Murray and Dempsey -- and went with a Yankee. That was a major Flanagan/ Beatty blunder, if I recall directly. Maz brought us Perlozzo, and Perlozzo brought us Trembley. And here we are, with the worst record in baseball.

"... I will always feel I know more about this ballclub than anybody else.” - Rick Dempsey

Knowing this club isn't the point. There are parts that need to improve and/or develop. There are parts missing. There are parts currently on this team who need to be replaced for the parts needed.

While no one can say for sure whether Dempsey can identify those things and unify the parts when (and if) those parts gathered together, the fact he identifies knowing what's here rather than what's needed perhaps shows best he is not the right person for this job at this time.

Based on his knowledge of the club and his success as a minor league manager, Dempsey said, he believes he should have gotten a chance to lead this team by now.

Funny how his success as a Dodger and Met minor league manager led him out of that organization and only the Orioles even entertain keeping him around in any capacity. If Dempsey really, really wanted to put his ducks in a row, he should have campaigned and still be campaigning to manage at Norfolk.

If Dempsey feels he would have been a better choice than Mazzilli and Perlozzo, fine. But let's make no mistake, his "winning" was 27 years ago. The players needing the most influence weren't born yet. While those two managers certainly didn't distinguish themselves, the Orioles needed -- and still need -- more than just be shown how to win.

For Dempsey to be taken seriously, he should leave Hargrove out of it. Hargrove actually did the best imaginable job of managing given what he had.

Before one can feels safe Rick can take stock with the players he vows to know so well, he probably should take better stock in himself. It's nice to have self-confidence. It's pitiful when other supportive voices are becoming a fading memory.

Let's be real. Rick managed in Albuquerque 1994-95 and Norfolk (ironically enough) 1997-98. He was demoted from third base coach to the bullpen while here, and now mans a microphone. Even if Rick turns his cap backwards and starts kicking dirt, it is hard to sympathize with him 12 years later.

Dempsey is right, of course.
He's a fighter, upbeat, positive, likeable, lot of enthusiasm, projects energy,
and he's been there. He knows both sides of the battery. He knows the Weaver system and winning strategy.
And he's a World Series MVP from '83.
If he's open to it, he should take a coaching position and put the uniform on again. Showalter won't stay forever. You live once - go for it.
Unless he's content with his current gig.
But we love Dempsey in Baltimore. He will always represent and symbolize the O's and the spirit of 33rd Street. No small thing, that.

I love Demper, but that kind of rhetoric right there is why is not the manager of this team. They don't look for knowledge alone. They look for personality, and Demper just doesn't have it. Can anybody blame the O's for not hiring him after that interview? I don't.

I will always wonder what might have been if Dempsey were given the opportunity to manage the ball club. However, now that Showalter has the job, I hope that he is able to turn things around. I have always liked Dempsey and I would love to see him directly involved with the organization again in some way.

When I first heard these comments, my reaction was adverse. But, after reading them, I think what he is mostly saying (and is right about) is that he should have gotten a shot before Perlozzo or Trembley (and perhaps Mazilli). Hard to argue with that, especially Trembley. MacPhail's decision to keep Trembley (which he decided to do twice) was the biggest mistake of his tenure so far.

Rick Dempsey is delusional.There is no way that idiot would ever be a capable major league manager. It's bad enough to have to put up with him on MASN. A brain damaged monkey in a coma would make a better manager than Rick Dempsey.

Why does Rick Dempsey have this unwarranted sense of entitlement? I appreciate what he did for the team during his 10 years as a player here, but he is 60 now and needs to adopt a little grace. I've seen him out of the public eye when he has acted like a crass tool, and it is not a pretty sight.

Sorry, Rick: what you said about your not getting the mananager's job may be true, but it was ***tactless*** (and political death) of you to say it. One prevailing good trait of a manager or a managerial candidate is not publically to criticize ownership. You, Rick, just broke that cardinal rule, leaving you "in the booth," not on the field. How long will you remain in the booth? Ingratiates tend not to last very long. Sad result to a fond Oriole memory.

I was a kid in '83. I liked Rick Dempsey. But as an adult I've watched him use the media to weasel his way into interviews to manage, I've watched him undermine managers (why else was he sent out to the bullpen-- a demotion-- when Elrod died), and I've watched him again use the media to undermine the new manager. He's loved in this town because of his past, but he comes off to me as an ambitious weasel. I'm glad he didn't get the job, because he lacks experience, and I have a feeling that he'd create drama as he already has shown. The Orioles don't need that or him.

One: There's no clear correlation between MLB success as a player and as a manager. Red Schoendienst and Joe Torre produced as players, Earl Weaver and Casey Stengel didn't. (I'm old.) And if success as a player were important, Mr. Dempsey would be a marginal candidate to become a manager. Every time his name is mentioned, it says "WS MVP" because that's his only real distinction other than longevity.

Two: Sometimes an employer insists on experience. May not be fair, but it's a common and legitimate way to do business.

Three: There is no secret "Orioles Way" of doing things, like the secret Masonic hanshake or something. (Squeeze with thumb and pinky.) The best baseball manager, period, is the best manager for the O's. The fact that Mr. Dempsey shared a locker room with Len Sakata is irrelevant.

the best thing the Os could is ask Rick dempsey what coachig job he wants and give it to him . this orig should be glad to have him involved in the on field action

Rick Dempsey would have been a poor choice for manager because he is too closely tied to the Orioles of the past decade. I hope Showalter cleans house and brings in his own team of coaches next year.