The future of Joe Torre managing the New York Yankees for a 13th season is still up in the air and undecided. I think it would be a damn shame to let this future hall of famer go. I understand the expectations of owner George Steinbrenner about wanting the Yankees to be at the top year in and year out, but I don’t understand how you would even consider firing a caliber of a manager like Torre. I am not even a Yankee fan and to be quite honest I am cheering for whatever team they are playing against, but I am a baseball fan and I have the utmost respect for Joe Torre. He is great for the game of baseball and one day will go down in the MLB history books as one of the best mangers of all time. When I think of the New York Yankees I think of tradition and excellence, and these are things that Torre has brought to the Yankees franchise during his tenure. I think if he is given another chance a lot of great and key players for the Yankees that are thinking about testing the market or are free agents will stick around. I believe if Joe Torre is the Yankee’s manager in the 2008 season he will rein store once again the Yankee dominance in Major League Baseball.
The Associated Press of ESPN.com reported that Joe Torre has managed the Yankees to the playoffs in all of his twelve seasons. Torre has also helped the team to be victorious in four World Series in his first five years as Yankee’s manager. Bench coach Don Mattingly is the leading candidate to take over as manger of the Yankees if Torre is let go. “The Star-Ledger of Newark, New Jersey, reported Tuesday that Mattingly told a member of the Steinbrenner family he does not feel ready for the manager's job and is uncomfortable with replacing Torre. (http://sports.espn.go.com/mlb/news/story?id=3066417) Anybody in there right mind would be nervous and uncomfortable replacing a manager with the success that Joe Torre has had. I feel that it would be a huge mistake and a later regret by the Yankees Organization to fire Joe Torre. When baseball fans think of the Yankees, Joe Torre is one of the first people to pop in their minds. George Steinbrenner and family should think long and hard before making any decisions to replace Torre. Steinbrenner needs to realize that there is so much talent in today’s sports that it is almost virtually impossible to be on top at all times and win championships every single season. You cannot even expect a great manager like Joe Torre to win the World Series every year. Instead of Steinbrenner worrying to try and pay Alex Rodriguez the more ridiculous millions he doesn’t deserve, he should be worrying about how to keep a great manager like Torre around until Torre doesn’t want to manage anymore. The last time I checked Torre won all of his World Series championships without overpaid A-Rod. Steinbrenner needs to reevaluate his priorities and keep the main ingredient (Torre) that led the Yankee’s to their last four World Series titles.
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Matt, I agree with you very much on the fact that Torre should be kept. When you have a manager that has won four world series over his career you can't just cut him like that. Just because the super human Yankees actually lost a playoff series doesn't mean you should pull the trigger just like that and fire him. You have to give the bullpen time because as we all know the bullpen of the Yankees isn't the best in the league by any means. Torre has some of the most experience in being a manager, you can't just go out and find another manager like him and hire him at the drop of a dime. It's not that easy plus everyother team would take Torre in a second. Everyone realizes his power and intelligence as a manager and any other team would bounce on the opportunity to have him. The Yankees just need to quit being the babies that they are and realize "You can't win'em all."
I understand that Joe Torre is a future Hall of Famer and one of the best coaches in baseball history but it is time for him to hang it up and let the next generation of managers for the yankees start. I personally hate and despise the New Yankees, but as a philly fan I know when its time for a manager to move on, and it is definitly that time. Joe has won his world series, and in my opinion he should have gone on top when he won four world series. The Yankees should Joe a favor and let him resign.
Matt doesn’t get me wrong I completely agree with you that he is an unbelievable coach. Torre, Phil Jackson, Coach K and Belicheck are the power house coaches of our generation. But I think its time for the Yankees to start over. The Boss is about to hand over the team to his sons. A-Rod wants to leave for more money, Rivera and Posada are both free agents and might want to leave and they still have no pitching. I know Torre is a class guy and a great coach but the Yankees just aren't the Yankees any more. They have not been the same since the mid to late 90's. So as much as Torre is a great coach it's time to start over and I am going to say it "rebuild" the Yankees. Every one on the team is getting old and they don’t have the same passion and teamwork then they used to have. They are all for themselves. So Yes they should fire Torre and yes I still hate the Yankees.
Matt, I agree that the Yankees need to keep Joe Torre. When I think of the Yankees I think of Steinbrenner and Joe Torre. It is the way it has always been and in my mind the way it always will be. I understand that they have not won the World Series for awhile, but it is not the fault of Torre. He said it best when he said the playoffs are about luck. If your hot your hot and you can be tough to stop. The Yankees cannot base 5 game series on the season of 162 games. He has taken the Yankees to the playoffs in every year that he has managed and I think that is more important than a couple of games. The Yankees are not as young as they use to be and they have to go through the rebuilding process as every team must do. Cashman has been doing a good job of rebuilding his farm system and the best manager to teach the younger generation would be Joe Torre. He is a great manager and even though I hate the Yankees I have a great respect for him.
Matt, I agree with you. I too am not a fan of the Yankees, but you can't do anything but respect Joe Torre for his amazing success as manager. Taking a team to the playoffs every year for twelve years is unbelievable. Especially taking into consideration that the Boston Red Sox are in the same division. Jumping ahead a little I think that the Yankees actually fired him. The offer that they proposed was set up for him to reject it. I mean come on, one year 5 million with performance intiatives. These intiatives basically spelled out that Torre had to take them to World Series or he was out after next year. No manager, no matter for what team, should have that on their head, and especially in the contract. Everybody knows that there is an element of luck in the postseason and asking a manager to win the whole thing or your done should never be done.
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