Few managers are successful and popular enough to remain with one franchise for a truly long-term stay. For every Bobby Cox, Joe Torre and Bruce Bochy authoring Hall-of-Fame careers over multiple decades, there are far more John Russells, Trey Hillmans and Mike Quades coming and going with little fanfare and fewer victories on their ledgers.
But every general manager hopes the next guy he hires to run his ballclub is the guy who sticks for a long time. Mike Rizzo hoped Matt Williams would be that guy in Washington, but only two years later, he’s once again looking for another skipper.