For Dodgers, getting to playoffs is not good enough for Mark Walter. For Lakers?

Don Mattingly previously managed the Dodgers before Dave Roberts. He returned to Dodger Stadium as manager of the Philadelphia Phillies after replacing Rob Thomson when the Phillies were 9-19. The Phillies improved to 20-8 under Mattingly, producing a stronger record than the Dodgers over the same span. Mattingly’s opportunity in Philadelphia came during a losing period, while his departure from Los Angeles came amid winning. Ned Colletti described a strong hunger for victory within the Dodgers organization. Under Mark Walter’s ownership, the Dodgers won division titles in 2013 and 2014 with Mattingly, though playoff progress stalled. Colletti was replaced by Andrew Friedman, and Mattingly later chose a long-term deal with the Miami Marlins after a short-term extension offer.

"The Phillies were 9-19 when they fired Rob Thomson and replaced him with Mattingly. They are 20-8 since then, a better record than the Dodgers have posted over the same span. In Philadelphia, Mattingly got his chance because the Phillies were losing. In Los Angeles, Mattingly departed amid a run of winning."

""They have a hunger for victory that is the greatest I've ever seen, without exaggeration," former Dodgers general manager Ned Colletti told me. In two seasons with Rob Pelinka as president of basketball operations and JJ Redick as coach, the Lakers won division titles both times, failing to get out of the first round of the playoffs one year and failing to get out of the second round the next."

"In 2013 and 2014, with Colletti as GM and Mattingly as manager in the first full seasons of Walter's ownership, the Dodgers won division titles both times, failing to get out of the first round one year and failing to get out of the second round the other. The Dodgers replaced Colletti with Andrew Friedman. In 2015, the Dodgers won the division but failed to get out of the first round of the playoffs."

"After Walter and Co. took over the Dodgers, Mattingly told me Wednesday, there was one year he thought he might be fired: 2013, when the Dodgers started 30-42 and fell 9 1/2 games out of first place in mid-June. The Dodgers then reeled off 42 wins in 50 games and won t"

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