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None of these players won until Gardenhire was the manager, that is the flaw of your whole argument.
As for Knoblauch, he was a key member of the Yankees teams that won like three World Series' before he officially went nuts, so that is misleading. I think the trade brough Milton, Guzman and one other solid player though.
Not trying to be a dick, but reading your post, it almost seems like you don't know that Gardenhire was the manager beginning in 2002. You gave TK credit for winning the division three years in a row, when the Twins had not won before that for 10 years.
Basically, no Twins player coached by Kelly reached their full potential until Gardy took over. You can blame that some on maturity, but I think there is a lot more than that.
This isn't me being against TK, it is just me saying that Gardy needs a little more respect than he is getting. I was shocked when people suggested firing him midway through this season. Fire Kevin McHale, fire Glen Mason, fire Dan Monson, fire Brad Childress before Gardenhire. C'mon.
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