Saturday, October 13, 2007
Torre's Future On The Lin
Joe Torre coach's one of the most hated team in sports history. He has led them to four world series out of six appearances according to http://blog.stats.com/2007/04/should_torre_be_on_the_hot_sea.html. Regardless of how many people hate the Yankees and Torre the question is does he deserved to be fired after losing to the Indians. My answer to this despite my hate for the yanks is no I don't believe so. He has led the Yankees to twelve straight playoff appearances (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2007/10/10/mlb-yankees-torre-limbo.html?ref=rss) which is good no matter what team you are. The main reason I think his job is on the line is because he has some of the best talent in baseball but has been unable to use it to win a world series lately. The Yankees owner is a winner, he doesn't need to worry about money because he has plenty of it, he wants another championship. With all the talent he has I think he is totally right for wanting it too. Another reason I don't think he deserves to lose his job is because he has bonded so well with the teams top players such as Mario Rivera who says "I do not feel good about it, I do not see why they are even thinking it" (http://www.cbc.ca/sports/baseball/story/2007/10/10/mlb-yankees-torre-limbo.html?ref=rss). The fact of the matter is a good manager is supposed to win you games, which he does, a good manager is also supposed to get along with his athletes, which he does. I just think that this is a case of greed to some degree. Don't get me wrong, I don't think just because Torre has a good past is reason enough to keep him around but as long as he is making the playoffs every year that is good enough for me. There are managers who would kill to have a career like he has had, many of those managers have not even made it to the playoffs once and they still have jobs. I guess all we can do is wait to see how the whole thing plays out.
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I completely agree with you I also don't think that he deserves to lose his job because he has done so much for his team and organization. You can't solely blame him for the losing because after all the players are the ones playing the game and they do have control of how they play. Plus Alex Rodriquez who is supposed to be the player in the game has completely choked in the playoffs. So when your best player is choking that is a huge loss to your team. Also Joe Tore is part of a team and the whole team loses not one person.
I agree with you both. Joe Torre is a great coach. He won a total of 4 world series rings for the Yankees organization in the 12 years as a coach. Thats about a ring every three years, which is an amazing achievement. Torre has added pressure on him because he is coaching the yankees but today teams are becoming alot better and its not all about get the most high paid players in the MLB. I beleive Torre shouldn't be fired and should stay a couple more years longer.
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