Re: Torre is back
Right. The team. Of players. So, players win championships.
I'm not arguing anything about the merits of Kobe. I could care less about Kobe. I just find it funny that people are, on the one hand, saying Torre was due for a pay cut for not winning a World Series the last several years, and on the other hand, arguing that Kobe must be somehow worth 10x more than Torre, and on the 3rd hand, arguing that players don't even win championships in the first place, while Kobe's team hasn't won a championship in years. Besides, isn't Phil Jackson higher paid than Joe Torre was?
The truth is, in any sport, the manager's overall impact on wins and losses is fairly minimal, and I'm not arguing otherwise.
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