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Joe G is known as a tom coughlin, military type, tough love my way or the highway type of coach. I'm sure that will go over awesome on the Yankees..especially since he used to play with many of the players

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This is all based on one season where Girardi -- a first year mangage -- had to establish himself as the leader over a minor league team -- with an average age below the drinking age -- forced by necessity to play in the majors.

Would he be as overbearing when dealing with a far more veteran team? Who knows. He certainly not the fatherly figure that Torre is -- or the talented and loveable loser that Mattingly is.