Bell Hire: Watch the coaching staff closely

David Bell and Dick Williams said today that assembling the club’s coaching staff would be the topic of this afternoon’s meetings.

Bell and Williams can start with current Reds employees, including the major league staff and minor league affiliates. Beyond that, Bell has worked with dozens of people in other organizations. Perhaps one or more of the candidates the Reds just vetted for the manager’s job might fit as the all-important bench coach.

Rest assured David Bell has given this a lot of thought. Every guy with his heightened ambition, who sees himself a hair’s breadth away from being a major league manager, spends plenty of time thinking these things through. In Bell’s case, for the…