Having a great manager doesn't guarantee postseason success.
Games are still won on the field, but managers are tasked with putting players in the best position to succeed.
Bruce Bochy didn't have a ton of success before joining the San Francisco Giants in 2007. Before arriving in San Francisco, Bochy managed the San Diego Padres for 12 seasons.
His regular-season record was below .500, and he couldn't guide the Padres past the National League Division Series. In four postseason appearances, Bochy's club was 8-16, according to Baseball-Reference.com.
The Giants didn't make the playoffs in the first three seasons under Bochy but qualified in 2010 and turned into a dynasty. The team won the World Series in 2010, 2012 and 2014.
Bochy's decision to pull Tim Hudson in the fifth inning of Game 7 and bring in Madison Bumgarner is the perfect example of a manager pulling the right strings and putting his club in the best position to win a championship.
Here are five managers who will feel pressure to step up as a tactician and help guide his team to a World Series championship.
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