I finally agree with Rick Sutcliffe. I'll have to mark this down as a first.

Would firing pitching coach Mel Stottlemyre or hitting coach Don Mattingly help?

"That's not the answer," Sutcliffe said. "This game always has been and always will be about players. That will never change. You are not going to fool the players in the clubhouse by doing something with a Stottlemyre or Mattingly. They know. Players know it is not [Stottlemyre's or Mattingly's] fault. That is not going to be a good move. This team should turn it around no matter what they do. Even if they didn't do anything."