Possible Torre successor

[wickedwritah]

The thing all the possible replacements, especially those who really hunger for this job, need to remember about replacing a beloved local institution is this:

You don't want to be the guy who replaces Torre.

You want to be the guy who replaces the guy who replaces Torre.

Bobby Valentine's ego is just big enough that he'd be willing to challenge that logic -- and fail miserably.

 

[EStreetJoe]

Old Timers' Day 2008... Steinbrenners announce that Joe Torre will be back to manage the Yankees in 2009.

 

[goalmouth]

Mattingly a sap? Wang, Hughes, Kennedy and Chamberlain could be baseball's best rotation. Throw in a slugging lineup and this could -- COULD -- be the start of the next dynasty.

Or not.

 

[spnited]

C'mon gfoalmouth.

Wang gagged in the playoffs; Hughes has 13 major league starts and 73 IP; Kennedy has 3 ML starts an 19 IP; Joba has no major league starts ...
that's a long way from becoming baseball's best rotation when they have accomplished virtually nothing.

 

[Gold]

Would Girardi be the best guy to work with younger players? That is my doubt about him.

 

[forever_town]

You don't want to be the guy who replaces Torre.

You want to be the guy who replaces the guy who replaces Torre.

And no, replacing a legend usually doesn't work unless you become a legend in your own right.

Walter Alston and Tommy Lasorda.

That's why I said usually doesn't work.

Joe Torre and Joe Girardi.

Yeah right.

 

[mike311gd]

You don't want to be the guy who replaces Torre.

You want to be the guy who replaces the guy who replaces Torre.

And no, replacing a legend usually doesn't work unless you become a legend in your own right.

Walter Alston and Tommy Lasorda.

That's why I said usually doesn't work.

Joe Torre and Joe Girardi.

Yeah right.

If Girardi gets the job, which is by no means a certainty at this point, I think he'll be with the Yankees for a long while.

 

[forever_town]

I have a feeling if Girardi even agrees to become manager (which isn't a lock), it would be two or three years before he has some blow up at Steinbrenner(s) and gets fired.

 

[Ben_Hecht]

Remember . . . they've won NOTHING, without Rivera, since Reggie . . . and the expire date on MR is fast-approaching.

 

[Boom_70]

Would Girardi be the best guy to work with younger players? That is my doubt about him.

Why? Look how he handled the Marlins young players. The only reason there is any doubt about Girardi now is that Jeffrey Loria is trying to make him look bad by planting stories with his media friends.

 

[spnited]

Would Girardi be the best guy to work with younger players? That is my doubt about him.

Why? Look how he handled the Marlins young players. The only reason there is any doubt about Girardi now is that Jeffrey Loria is trying to make him look bad by planting stories with his media friends.

Not that Steinbrenner would ever do something like that.

 

[Boom_70]

Would Girardi be the best guy to work with younger players? That is my doubt about him.

Why? Look how he handled the Marlins young players. The only reason there is any doubt about Girardi now is that Jeffrey Loria is trying to make him look bad by planting stories with his media friends.

Not that Steinbrenner would ever do something like that.

Are you suggesting that George knew exactly what he was doing when he spoke with Ian O'Conner?