Re: Andy Phillips



GaryFL wrote:
> On 28 Jul 2005 07:10:21 -0700, "Thermos" <cfbltw@xxxxxxxxx> wrote:

> >> Which is why Randy Winn seems to be a huge upgrade over Bubba Crosby
> >> as long as Torre is the mgr. I really hope somehow the Yankees force
> >> him out after this year with Mel and Girardi takes over. I'm convinced
> >> that there's no way (even without one game of managing experience)
> >> that Girardi would handle a pitching staff or young players worse then
> >> Torre.
> >
> >I don't know why you'd think that, given that he's never done it.
>
> Because it's not a difficult thing to do. The game has passed Joe
> Torre by. I want someone to manage the Yankees who isn't ignoring the
> changes in MLB in the past 10 years.
>

Why do you think Girardi fits that bill, though? He's never done it at
any level.


> >Torre can be criticized for a number of his in-game habits, but whoever
> >manages this team next will be a step down from Torre, that much I am
> >sure of.
>
> A step down in what regard? Handling the media?
>

In managing the team and the owner, and in managing the roster and game
situations. Torre does thinbgs I don't agree with, but he's nowhere
near as bad as many of the managers in MLB, particularly the veteran
managers who keep getting recycled, or the typical Steinbrenner
puppets. I can much more easily see the next guy being a complete
disaster than I can imagine someone who's better at the job than Torre
has been.

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