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Saturday, November 03, 2007 |
"I Can't Believe He's Not Torre!" And Other Grumbling About The Dodgers Managerial Position
Re Dylan Hernandez's piece in today's Times:
Joe Torre signed his name on a three-year contract worth %$13 million Thursday, officially making him the sixth Dodgers manager of the last decade.Since when have they been concerned about continuity? I thought it was the illusion of doing something...But General Manager Ned Colletti said that while he did not expect the 67-year-old Torre to hold the position for "a very, very long time," the signing of the former New York Yankees manager was part of a design to establish continuity for the Dodgers.
"If we can groom somebody under Joe's direction, we look forward to doing that," Colletti said, adding that the concept was a "key component" of a vision he shares with owners Frank and Jamie McCourt.Not the Vision thing. Please, anything but that. Next thing you know, the Dodgers will have a Mission Statement. Wait, they do.
Also leaving the Yankees recently was Don Mattingly, who is expected to be on Torre's coaching staff and could be the manager-in-training of whom Colletti spoke. Colletti said a coaching staff was not in place yet.Did anybody else mention that Mattingly has had no managerial experience, even at the minor league level?
The most important thing:
"The McCourts couldn't have made a better decision," said former Dodgers manager Tom Lasorda, a special advisor to the owners.I can't tell whether Lasorda has been bumped upstairs to do nefarious work, or pushed into a meaningless corner office.
Labels: dodgers, front office, managers
Comments:
McCourt's "visions":
Pre-2004 -- To buy the Red Sox.
2004-2005 -- To buy the Red Sox's vision of Moneyball with money.
2006-2007 -- To buy the Red Sox's pre-championship manager, while zagging from the New School to th e Old, and bringing veteran-favoring management to break in a historic generation of kids.
2008 -- To buy the Red Sox's longtime nemesis, and graft an entire coaching system geared toward high-priced veterans to deal with Matt Kemp & Co.
Anyone who confuses any recent Dodger move with "vision" is an idioit.
Pre-2004 -- To buy the Red Sox.
2004-2005 -- To buy the Red Sox's vision of Moneyball with money.
2006-2007 -- To buy the Red Sox's pre-championship manager, while zagging from the New School to th e Old, and bringing veteran-favoring management to break in a historic generation of kids.
2008 -- To buy the Red Sox's longtime nemesis, and graft an entire coaching system geared toward high-priced veterans to deal with Matt Kemp & Co.
Anyone who confuses any recent Dodger move with "vision" is an idioit.
I am surprised a lot of Dodger fans aren't warming up to Torre. He has 4 World Series rings. Nuff said!
Derek Jeter, Bernie Williams in his prime, Jorge Posada. They also had some remarkably good players on those teams. Where is the Yankees' analogue to Juan Pierre?
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