Blue Jays Manager John Schneider Receives 'Holy S---!' Letter From Fellow Bench Boss

It took a few months, but a letter to Toronto Blue Jays manager John Schneider from longtime NBA head coach Steve Kerr finally found its way into the Jays' dugout boss's hands this past week. And it left Schneider exclaiming, 'Holy sh--!'

When Blue Jays manager John Schneider returned to his office last week, an envelope awaited him.

A letter had come from Warriors head coach Steve Kerr.

“I don’t know you,” he wrote, “but I felt compelled to reach out after watching your incredible leadership on display during… pic.twitter.com/tWHN2c2ndY
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The letter had sat on Schneider's desk at Rogers Centre all winter until he finally discovered it as the team arrived back from spring training last week.

"As I read it," Schneider told The Athletic, "I was like, 'holy s---.'"

The letter was written by the Golden State Warriors coach the day after that soul-crushing World Series Game 7 defeat the Blue Jays suffered at the hands of the LA Dodgers back on November 1st.

“I don’t know you,” Kerr wrote in the handwritten note, “but I felt compelled to reach out after watching your incredible leadership on display during the World Series.

"Congrats on an incredible season and I'm so sorry for the heartbreak. We lost Game 7 of the 2016 (NBA) Finals to Cleveland in a similar fashion, and the pain was real.

"But what always survives through the tough losses is the character and connection of the group. The loss won’t define you, but the way you and your guys carried themselves afterwards will.”

Schneider said that sentiment pretty much encapsulates what he's been preaching to his Blue Jays this spring as they start their campaign to run it back.

“It was the message we’ve been preaching all offseason and in spring,’’ Schneider said. “The run was great, and the heartbreak was real, but it’s not going to define who we are. We all went through it together. What we’re going to be defined by is how we persevere through it.”

So far, it's worked. The Jays have started their 2026 season by winning their first three games.

Only 159 more to go.