And the winner is...

This article in my hometown paper (or one of them at least) breaks down the Giants managerial candidates, looking at Ron Wotus, Bud Black, Manny Acta and Bruce Bochy.

Going simply by what Andrew Baggarly writes, I'm throwing my hat in the Wotus camp. I like the experience with the minor league system and younger players. He knows the Giants' players better than anyone else we can bring in and he has won, even if in the minor leagues.

And really, if he's going to get his shot anywhere it should be in San Francisco. Yes, sentimentality shouldn't override the cold hard logic needed to find a new manager, but I can find more faults with the other candidates than I can with Wotus.

Baggarly writes that Wotus' main disadvantages are that he doesn't have a lot of major league playing experience and wouldn't be the most media friendly coach.

How a manger's personality plays to us outside the organization shouldn't make any difference in whether or not to hire the guy. If the team wins no one will remember he seemed in the media those first few months. If he loses he will be deemed distant and not emotional enough, if he wins then he'll poses a quiet cool and be unflapable.

I originally was a big Bud Black backer, but it had more to do with him being on the first Giants teams I ever remember really following. The fact that no one has ever considered him for a job before scares me if it comments on his standing in the league at all.

I don't think I would be upset with Manny Acta, though. He seems like one of those young coaches who could just explode when they get a shot.

I do have to say I'm disappointed the list doesn't include Joe Girardi. He succeeded in a situation that will be very similar to the Giants next year, sans the talented young players.