Denver Post sports writers Troy E. Renck and Patrick Saunders post the Rockies Mailbag on every other week during the 2012-13 MLB offseason.

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What do you think the Rockies will do with Dan O'Dowd? Do you think they will go out and get a bunch of new coaches for next year and try to start the year with a whole new coaching staff? --Peyton, Greenwood Village

O'Dowd is safe in his new role, one in which he's become much more involved with talent evaluation, particularly at the minor-league level. Though O'Dowd is still the ultimate boss of the front office, he's handed off the day-to-day baseball operations to Bill Geivett.

The heart of your question, of course, is whether O'Dowd will remain the Rockies' GM. The answer, for the foreseeable future, is yes. Owner Dick Monfort still believes in O'Dowd, even though scads of fans continue to howl their disapproval.

As for the coaching staff, I'm sure there will be turnover. There always is when a team loses as many games as the Rockies did this season. Geivett is the man in charge of molding the coaching staff. Even if Jim Tracy had returned as manager, the coaches were ultimately going to be Geivett's call. In my opinion, it's one of the reasons why Tracy resigned.

That being said, I think the new manager, whoever he is, would at least have some input in the coaching staff.

As Troy Renck and I wrote in Monday's paper in a story about Tracy's resignation, the Rockies could replace as many as three coaches, including the hitting and pitching instructors. That does not mean changes are certain, but chances are strong the coaching staff will have a much different

Rockies owner Dick Monfort, left, and general manager Dan O'Dowd. (Getty Images)

FYI, the club has asked for permission to speak with Marlins scout Mark Wiley regarding the new director of pitching operations position. Wiley, if hired, would oversee pitching throughout the organization and would likely have input on who the big league pitching coach would be. If Bo McLaughlin is not retained, Bob McClure, who spent several years in Triple-A Colorado Springs before serving as the big league coach for the Royals and Red Sox, could be a strong candidate.

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