Torre a Dodger?
Joe Torre a Dodger? Not smart.
3 years, 14.5 mil for Torre to go to the Dodgers.
Unless this guy needs money or is simply addicted to baseball than this is a very bad move.
Today, Joe Torre is still viewed as a god. A hall of fame manager considered as responsible for the Yankee Dynasty over the last 12 seasons as Yankee greats Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
If he quit today he would not be John Elway. He would not march off into the sunset at the very top of the game. But he would remain pretty damn close.
But in LA, everything might be lost.
He hoes to what is now the best division in the National League. A division of youthful teams on the rise- the dbacks and rockies- the Padres, the best pitching team in the league, and the Giants, who have perhaps the best young rotation in the game.
There is no reason why the Dodgers couldn't finish last in the division and that's not even because the Dodgers are bad. They are a good team but in a very tough division.
As good of a guy as Joe Torre is supposed to be, people liked him cause his teams won. If the Yankees were a 70 win team, no one would care if Joe Torre was nice.
If Torre goes to Los Angeles and does anything but win the division, then all of a sudden it was Jeter and Rivera and not Torre that won those 12 divisions for the Yankees.
Managers routinely get too much praise when their team wins and too much blame when their team loses. Torre was able to overcome a terrible managerial career by winning in New York.
Why would he want to do anything to tarnish this reputation. Especially a reputation that any person with a brain realizes is vastly overrated?
Anything short of 1st place and Joe Torre is not a great manager. Only now, he is going to a team that doesn't have the insanely superior talent to guarantee this success.
What happens Joe when the Dodgers come in third next year? What is Hank Steinbrenner going to say then?
Vaya,
Sip
3 years, 14.5 mil for Torre to go to the Dodgers.
Unless this guy needs money or is simply addicted to baseball than this is a very bad move.
Today, Joe Torre is still viewed as a god. A hall of fame manager considered as responsible for the Yankee Dynasty over the last 12 seasons as Yankee greats Derek Jeter and Mariano Rivera.
If he quit today he would not be John Elway. He would not march off into the sunset at the very top of the game. But he would remain pretty damn close.
But in LA, everything might be lost.
He hoes to what is now the best division in the National League. A division of youthful teams on the rise- the dbacks and rockies- the Padres, the best pitching team in the league, and the Giants, who have perhaps the best young rotation in the game.
There is no reason why the Dodgers couldn't finish last in the division and that's not even because the Dodgers are bad. They are a good team but in a very tough division.
As good of a guy as Joe Torre is supposed to be, people liked him cause his teams won. If the Yankees were a 70 win team, no one would care if Joe Torre was nice.
If Torre goes to Los Angeles and does anything but win the division, then all of a sudden it was Jeter and Rivera and not Torre that won those 12 divisions for the Yankees.
Managers routinely get too much praise when their team wins and too much blame when their team loses. Torre was able to overcome a terrible managerial career by winning in New York.
Why would he want to do anything to tarnish this reputation. Especially a reputation that any person with a brain realizes is vastly overrated?
Anything short of 1st place and Joe Torre is not a great manager. Only now, he is going to a team that doesn't have the insanely superior talent to guarantee this success.
What happens Joe when the Dodgers come in third next year? What is Hank Steinbrenner going to say then?
Vaya,
Sip
posted by Sippy Momo at 12:44 AM
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