ANALYSIS/OPINION:
Matt Williams thought he was doing the right thing. He was doing what Buck Showalter, one of his mentors, had done before him.
He believed he was presenting a picture of calm and composure when he would come out, day after day, and give the public no sense of the anger and frustration it felt about his team.
General manager Mike Rizzo pointed that out a conference call with reporters on Monday, explaining why he fired Williams as manager of the Washington Nationals.
“I think Matt had a steadiness to him, a calmness to him,” Rizzo said.