That's a valid concern, I agree at least one year of separation from managerial duties is preferred. However then you're risking another team hiring him to manage first. However I don't think a period of separation should be a requirement. Plenty of managers have gone straight from one team to another and had immediate success. Farrell himself is one example, as is Mattingly (most wins for the Marlins in 6 years).
Sure. I was more trying to address the idea that the second go-round (or fourth) is going to result in an improved approach to the job and success. If there's no buffer, I think there's less chance of a manager finding himself, so to speak.
Farrell is a poor example because he wasn't fired by his previous team, he was poached. Sure, his results weren't that good in Toronto, but his job wasn't finished either. He may well have piloted the team to its back to back ALCS appearances as well as Gibbons did. We'll never know. Mattingly wasn't exactly a failure in LA, certainly not on the scale of Tito in Philly or Torre in Atlanta or New York or St Louis. His failing was getting the team over the hump to the World Series despite high payrolls and three straight division titles. He may not have needed to change a thing in his approach going to Miami.
Ausmus though, took over a team that had been to 3 straight LCS and a World Series and got steadily worse under his guidance (slight bump last year but definite drop again this year). That's more in line with early Tito and Torre, and why I think he'd benefit more from taking a year or two or more off from managing.
