Buster Posey explains desired traits in search for next Giants manager

Another offseason for Giants brings another search for a new manager. The search is new territory for president of baseball operations Buster Posey as the team fired manager Bob Melvin, just short of the one-year anniversary of Posey being named to his current position. Posey outlined what qualities make a good manager during an interview with Kerry Crowley on The San Francisco Standard’s “Section 415” podcast. “I still think the job of the manager, ultimately, is to set the tone every single day. It starts in spring training [and] carries all the way through the year,” Posey told Crowley.It goes without saying that decisive leadership is important for a manager to have. But couth and interpersonal skills are highly important for Posey as well. “[It] has to be somebody that can read a room really well, understanding that there’s a lot of different personalities that you have. When you do measure those personalities, then being able to be decisive about understanding what makes each guy tick,” Posey said. “I think that can serve as potential for accountability conversations, some...