Comments on: Replacing Torre: The bench coach is the key http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/replacing-torre-the-bench-coach-is-the-key/ People don't think it be like it is, but it do. Sun, 20 May 2012 08:29:09 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.0.7 by: Cliffy http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/replacing-torre-the-bench-coach-is-the-key/#comment-767 Wed, 24 Oct 2007 00:08:52 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/replacing-torre-the-bench-coach-is-the-key/#comment-767 Don't you get the feeling that the Yankees gave Torre the perfect retirement gift? They waited a week to... as you note, offer him a contract that still keeps him the highest-paid manager in the game. So he can talk about trust and respect and whatever else he said in his press conference, and as George and Jerry once discussed on "Seinfeld", he gets to leave on a high note. The only thing better for him would've been to announce before the season that the coming season was his final season and his boys win the WS. Even if he walked away after winning a WS, there would be whispers about why - if he hadn't announced his lame duck status (or "win one for Joe in his last hurrah" status, if you prefer). This way, he leaves looking like the hero. He owes George and his sons a hearty thank you. Don’t you get the feeling that the Yankees gave Torre the perfect retirement gift? They waited a week to… as you note, offer him a contract that still keeps him the highest-paid manager in the game. So he can talk about trust and respect and whatever else he said in his press conference, and as George and Jerry once discussed on “Seinfeld”, he gets to leave on a high note.

The only thing better for him would’ve been to announce before the season that the coming season was his final season and his boys win the WS. Even if he walked away after winning a WS, there would be whispers about why - if he hadn’t announced his lame duck status (or “win one for Joe in his last hurrah” status, if you prefer).

This way, he leaves looking like the hero. He owes George and his sons a hearty thank you.

]]> by: Tank http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/replacing-torre-the-bench-coach-is-the-key/#comment-761 Tue, 23 Oct 2007 22:10:38 +0000 http://www.oscargamblesociety.com/replacing-torre-the-bench-coach-is-the-key/#comment-761 Popular opinion is running heavily against the Yankees for their poisoned chalice of a contract offered to Torre. I gotta say, though, offering to keep him the highest paid manager in the game by a wide margin, even though its been years since his teams have won anything, doesnt strike me as inherently insulting. New York is full of people who came to this country with nothing but the shirt on their backs, seeking nothing more than a chance to work seven days a week in shitty conditions for shitty pay. If this New York native is really that insulted by an offer of $5 million just for showing up to work, and up to $3 million more if he actually won anything, then let me just say I guess I like Joe Torre a lot less than I thought I did. Popular opinion is running heavily against the Yankees for their poisoned chalice of a contract offered to Torre. I gotta say, though, offering to keep him the highest paid manager in the game by a wide margin, even though its been years since his teams have won anything, doesnt strike me as inherently insulting. New York is full of people who came to this country with nothing but the shirt on their backs, seeking nothing more than a chance to work seven days a week in shitty conditions for shitty pay. If this New York native is really that insulted by an offer of $5 million just for showing up to work, and up to $3 million more if he actually won anything, then let me just say I guess I like Joe Torre a lot less than I thought I did.

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