In the span of four years under manager Jeff Banister, the Rangers went from worst to first and back down again.

He will not get the chance to oversee another turnaround.

With the Rangers headed for a last-place finish and the team's second consecutive losing season, general manager Jon Daniels cited the need for a "different voice" in dismissing Banister with 10 games remaining in the season. Banister is due $950,000 for 2019, according to a salary survey from USA Today earlier this season. Bench coach Don Wakamatsu will finish out the remainder of the season and will be a candidate for the manager's job.

The decision comes less than three years since Banister, now 54, was named the AL's Manager of the Year in his first season for managing the team to the first of back-to-back AL West titles. Over the last two seasons, though, the Rangers have gone backward, traded several veterans and have entered a rebuilding phase.

"He was the right person for the job when he joined us," Daniels said. "We were coming off a lot of challenges on and off the field and with all he brings to the job, he was an ideal fit. His energy, his enthusiasm, his leadership, his care for people, his attention to detail, we had significant success under his guidance, particularly [in] 2015-16.

"He was a huge part of our organization, and more so our community," Daniels added. "Ultimately, we concluded that we are different spot than when he was hired. Largely due to that, we felt a different voice was needed and appropriate as we are in a different position and slightly different direction."

Banister did not respond to text messages Friday but did release a statement through the Rangers and later appeared on the Ben & Skin Show on 103.5-KRLD FM.

"Different styles and different people stomach things in [a] different way," Banister said on the radio show when asked where things went wrong. "Sometimes you have to put on the thick skin and grind through things in a different way. You have to be able to be tougher and hang in there. You got to have a lot of courage to be in this industry, and sometimes the styles just don't mesh."

On the radio and in his statement, Banister thanked Daniels and Rangers ownership for the opportunity to manage the club.

"To the fans, I can't tell you how much I have appreciated your support and kind words over the last four years," he said in his statement. "I certainly regret that we were not able to make a deeper playoff run for you in 2015 and 2016. This has been the experience of a lifetime."

The Rangers hope a different voice will deliver messages in a different manner. Having grown up outside Houston in LaMarque, the son of a high school football coach, Banister's methods could often be viewed through that lens. And that may not have resonated with the roster, which was skewing younger.

One wall of his office included two large matted prints of motivational quotes from Steve Jobs and "American Sniper" Chris Kyle. On his desk sat a figurine of Sisyphus rolling his boulder up a hill. For much of this season The 12 Pillars of Peak Performance, by author Brian Cain were bookended in the middle of his desk.

And when Banister arrived after the 2014 season, he brought with him a hashtag on social media that became something of his rallying cry: #NeverEverQuit.

What players mostly want are simple, straight answers. There were times when the communication was either inconsistent or hard to follow.

Most veterans in the Rangers clubhouse weren't surprised by news of the firing and didn't deny the presence of communication issues but didn't complain about them either.

"It's not great news," said Shin-Soo Choo. "He did a lot of things for us. It's not an easy decision to make. But it's hard to make everybody happy. He tried to communicate more. Some people like it, some don't. I always felt that if something came up, I would go to his office and talk about it."

Said Adrian Beltre: "I guess they wanted to let the players know they were going to go in a new direction. We are players and we don't have any say on that. We've been short of what we wanted to accomplish the last couple of years. That's not [Banister's] fault. I guess they want to go in a different direction. I didn't have any problem, but whatever happens in this clubhouse is going to stay here."

Asked about communication issues during his radio interview, Banister said: "Communication comes in so many different ways. You have to be cognizant of what and who is on the other side. I will continue to learn from that and make adjustments along the way."

Other than Wakamatsu, Daniels declined to discuss potential candidates. He acknowledged the recent trend in Major League Baseball of hiring fairly young retired players who may not have managerial experience but are still essentially peers to current major leaguers.

The firing decision may be the first in a broad remake of the organization as the Rangers try to accelerate the rebuilding process they committed to midway through the 2018 season. While accepting the majority of the blame for the club's poor on-field performance the past two seasons, Daniels also said the Rangers have been evaluating several programs over the course of the season.

"If anything, the record of the club falls on me," said Daniels, who received a multiyear contract extension in June. "I am the one who ultimately leads the decisions on putting together our roster, I made the decision to trade many of our best pitchers. I accept that."

And on Friday, he made the decision to seek a fresh voice in the manager's office.

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