Re: ***yankees official offseason thread*****
Desert Cat,
May I respectfully ask: Do you have a clue? Do you need help finding one?
Girardi has already been the bench coach for the Yankees and before that he was a player for several years. The Yankees -- front office and players and owners -- know him. The Marlins hired him and then proceeded to sell off what remained of their team, leaving him with a minor league team to manage in the majors -- and he did an admirable job with them. The pitcher burnout rumors have been circulated and never proven. Which pitcher did he burn out? The only pitcher over 200 innings was Dontrelle and it was his fourth season and he pitched fewer innings than he pitched the previous season. The only indication I have seen that he burned anyone out is the fact that many of the pitchers did far worse this year than last year -- maybe that has something to do with the Marlins firing the Mananger of the Year?
And you also make the ludicrous suggestion that the Yankees hire a meak manager just so the front office can run the team. Wow. That is crazy. Cashman (or anyone else in the front office) is the worst person to make on field decisions regarding the use of players... and given the way that Torre used pitchers and players "sub-optimally," I am not worried about any of the current candidates.
Any more worthwhile opinions?
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