I see this argument that "Manny shouldn't have hired his friend" quite a bit, and honestly it confuses me. Clearly, Manny is close with Baker, but he didn't hire him because he's his friend... This is not a Jon Richt or even D'Orito situation. Manny hired Baker because he was his protege and he figured he could get him for cheap from La Tech and maintain pretty much the same defensive philosophy. That's a pretty fair move by Manny -- one that not many people on here questioned. And when it clearly wasn't working out 5 games in, Manny stepped in. I can't find much fault in that.