With Renteria out, search begins for next Sox manager. It won't be Ozzie Guillen.

Few, if any, major league managers would have survived Rick Renteria's early showing in the White Sox's dugout.

There was the 100-loss season in 2018. There was the 201-284 record from 2017 to 2019.

MLB is all about winning or move on, but Renteria was revered by the Sox's front office for multiple reasons.

“Ricky is obviously a fantastic baseball man, and probably a better person than he is a baseball man,” general manager Rick Hahn said Monday. “His energy, his dedication to this club, the entire organization, will not be forgotten. And when ultimately we get to where we want to go in terms of winning championships, I suspect Ricky Renteria's fingerprints will be all over that club and a big part of that success will be due to him.”

Cut plenty of slack in his first three seasons as manager due to the White Sox's rebuild, the leash was considerably shorter this year.

Fronting a much better team increased the expectation levels, and Renteria appeared to be in great shape when the Sox became the first team in the American League to clinch a playoff berth.

The collapse started right after the White Sox beat the Twins Sept. 17, improving their record to 33-17 and sewing up a spot in the postseason for the first time in 12 years.

The Sox went 2-8 down the stretch, rebounded to beat Oakland in Game 1 of the wild-card round and went home after losing the final two games against the A's.

While Monday morning's news release said the White Sox and Renteria agreed “to part ways,” this was much more likely a one-sided decision.

After being bounced from the best-of-three first round of the playoffs by Oakland, Renteria said he was already looking forward to getting back to the playoffs in 2021 and beyond.

That's obviously not going to happen, and veteran pitching coach Don Cooper is also out of a job.

Hahn didn't offer any specific names as Renteria's replacement, but he did say Ozzie Guillen, the still popular former White Sox manager and shortstop, will not get an interview.

“We have tremendous respect, appreciation and love for Ozzie for what he did for this organization during his tenure as manager, as well as (being) thrilled with the fact that he is still around as part of the organization,” Hahn said. “But (chairman) Jerry (Reinsdorf), (VP) Kenny (Williams) and I have spent a lot of time thinking this through in terms of the fit going forward, and we don't feel that at this time, with this team, with where we're at and the best way to get to that next level, we didn't feel that Ozzie would be the right fit.

“Jerry called Ozzie this morning to share that information with him directly, out of respect for him and because we understand the nature of these things, it leads to rampant speculation immediately. We didn't think it would be fair to have his name out there as part of the speculation.”

Hahn did offer some broader hints about the Sox's next manager.

“Ultimately, I think the best candidate, or the ideal candidate, is going to be someone who has experience with a championship organization in recent years,” he said. “Recent October experience with a championship organization would be ideal. But we're going to keep an open mind. These next weeks, several weeks, we'll diligently pursue who's on our list and go from there.”

There are two former managers available that meet that championship criteria, but they both have baggage.

AJ Hinch won the World Series with the Astros in 2017 and Alex Cora managed the Red Sox to a championship the following year, but they were both fired for their involvements in Houston's cheating scandal.

“I'm not going to talk about any candidates, potential candidates, who's on the list, who's not on the list,” Hahn said. “I think, quite frankly, that we should be viewed as a very desirable landing spot for potential managers. We're a team that not only gets to play in Chicago and have tremendous support, we're a team that's poised to potentially go on an extended run here. So we're looking for that right fit that's going to be able to take us to that next step.”