Cora, Cora, Cora!

[Petagine in a Bottle]

The players adored Grady Little too.

 

[patinorange]

Looks like he survived the season. If they were going to make an in-season move, today would have been the day.

 

[TheYellowDart5]

Not enough to hit the cut-off man when he repeatedly asks them to. (While that may sound flippant, the broader point holds true. The player's adoration isn't doing anything that we can see that's tangible on the field. If the club was playing sharp and crisp baseball, this kind of point would have some weight behind it.)

I don't think there's necessarily a direct relationship between how much a clubhouse likes a manager and how well they play, but regardless, there's nothing to suggest that Cora is anything other than well-liked and respected by his players, and plenty of evidence in favor of that. That's not a point in favor of keeping him, mind you — just a factor in the equation.