Posted by Josh M on July 18, 2004 at 15:34:41:
In Reply to: Re: Re: Joe McCoy: Another Opinion posted by Alan S on July 18, 2004 at 13:54:05:
"Is Joe Torre just an "OK" manager..because it is really Jeter, etc obtaining all the results?"
Yes. Torre was a lousy manager with a losing career record until he came to the Yankees and their astronomical salary scale, which gave him players that no manager could lose with. Remember, Steinbrenner almost changed his mind immediately after hiring Torre, because he had doubts about his managerial skills. With the talent McCoy had working for him and with no direct competition, there was no way McCoy could fail. Notice, however, that in recent years, as McCoy stopped sitting back and attempted to make changes (in fairness, some of the changes were likely ordered from above), he failed at it.
JOSH