"Had they been incompetent, poor managers, I would not have proposed them for these positions," Mr. Ryzhkov said.

Now, if baseball gets more black managers, there can be just as many incompetent black managers as white.

She said he was an incompetent manager with a wild side who was often high on drugs and prone to inappropriate behavior.

McCloud has been a genial, sensitive and sometimes rather incompetent manager.

He also said I must be an incompetent manager to let something like that happen.

Moreover, even if the tactic backfires by protecting incompetent managers, Pennsylvania won't pay.

Critics say the law will protect entrenched management's interests and make companies less competitive by impeding the removal of incompetent managers.

Or are they simply nature's way of telling incompetent managers to step down?

The cost of entrenching incompetent managers would be borne by shareholders, most of whom live in other states.

I can't blame the players, but I do blame the incompetent managers who put together these franchises.