Could La Russa Leave St. Louis?

It seems like a strange concept, but both ESPN's Buster Olney and Kevin Kaduk from Yahoo Sports are asking if it's possible for longtime Cardinals skipper Tony La Russa to jump ship. The Cards were bounced from the ALDS yesterday, swept at the hands of Joe Torre's Dodgers. While many people are focused on names like Matt Holliday, Albert Pujols, Mark DeRosa, and Joel Piniero, Olney and Kaduk have the coaching staff on their minds. La Russa is not yet signed for 2010, but general manager John Mozeliak has said he expects La Russa and pitching coach Dave Duncan (a longtime friend of La Russa) to be back for a 15th season. La Russa holds a 1232-1034 mark as the manager in St. Louis, and stands at 2552-2217 in his career. Duncan is widely regarded as one of the best pitching coaches in all of baseball, due to numerous successful reclamation projects including Chris Carpenter and Piniero. As Olney points out, Duncan was not at all pleased with the way that t...