The Register should do a poll: how many seasons in a row can the Angels miss the playoffs before Mike Scoscia should be fired?
Polls are easy to do, so why not. Obviously -- obviously! -- this question oversimplifies a complex personnel decision, and there are teams that miss the playoffs and then there are teams that miss the playoffs. I guess try not to get too hung up on this problem, and just answer the spirit of the question: How many marginal seasons from a big-budget team before you would lose confidence in the man at the helm.