What's funny is that I gained a lot of respect for Washington this year despite the Rangers' horrible season. I don't blame him at all for what happened, he did the best he could with all the injuries and the results left from JD's horrible personnel moves. We may wind up missing him when he moves onto managing the 'Stros.
That's why I was surprised by your post, thus triggering the "Whoa!" in my response. A few years back, you were pretty high on Clint Hurdle and thought he would have been an improvement over Wash. But, of course, that's the way baseball go.