Thursday, October 18, 2007
Just a quick one
I am in New York visiting my parents and it's just interesting to watch how people react to the Joe Torre situation. Fans are actually sitting outside the stadium and the meeteings and Tampa and holding vigils so Torre can keep his job. Let's play both sides:
Yankee management thought Joe Torre was the flavor of the month and that up and down taste lasted for twelve years. He pointed the team in the right direction and kept them there for over a decade but now it's time to let him go. New faces and young talnet are on the Yankee horizon and just maybe, Torre is not the guy to guide the freshman, as they enter the boogeydown baseball fraternity. The one thing Torre is great at is dealing with stars. A team with more young players than cash men may be a probelm for Joe.
On the other side, if you put Torre's resume out there among any of the other possible candidates and take away the names, 10 division titles, 4 world series rings and 12 straight play-off appearnaces, would reall stand out. Also, the Yankees can pay whatever they want to get them a championship but expecting to get a championship is really a different story. This play-off stuff is a crap shoot, just ask the Colorado Rockies. The best a manager can do is get his team to the play-offs after that it's up to the players to get the job done. Torre has done that and he continues to do that...
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PROUD BRO:
My brother Laurence is 5 years younger than me and he's the varsity football coach at the high school we both went to, SEWANHAKA. By the way, Vinny Testaverde also graduted from there. Anyway, watching your younger bro succeed at a sport you love and he's doing it on a teaching level, makes me proud. Football is not as big here on Long Island as it is in Virginia, Maryland and DC but the teams have talent. My brother's team has alot of talent but he is still by far, the most talented member of the squad. Laurence is patient and understands attention to detail. His gift is, he's able to convey his thoughts to his young players and he doesn't raise his voice. My brother impresses me. ¶ 10:35 AM
Yankee management thought Joe Torre was the flavor of the month and that up and down taste lasted for twelve years. He pointed the team in the right direction and kept them there for over a decade but now it's time to let him go. New faces and young talnet are on the Yankee horizon and just maybe, Torre is not the guy to guide the freshman, as they enter the boogeydown baseball fraternity. The one thing Torre is great at is dealing with stars. A team with more young players than cash men may be a probelm for Joe.
On the other side, if you put Torre's resume out there among any of the other possible candidates and take away the names, 10 division titles, 4 world series rings and 12 straight play-off appearnaces, would reall stand out. Also, the Yankees can pay whatever they want to get them a championship but expecting to get a championship is really a different story. This play-off stuff is a crap shoot, just ask the Colorado Rockies. The best a manager can do is get his team to the play-offs after that it's up to the players to get the job done. Torre has done that and he continues to do that...
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PROUD BRO:
My brother Laurence is 5 years younger than me and he's the varsity football coach at the high school we both went to, SEWANHAKA. By the way, Vinny Testaverde also graduted from there. Anyway, watching your younger bro succeed at a sport you love and he's doing it on a teaching level, makes me proud. Football is not as big here on Long Island as it is in Virginia, Maryland and DC but the teams have talent. My brother's team has alot of talent but he is still by far, the most talented member of the squad. Laurence is patient and understands attention to detail. His gift is, he's able to convey his thoughts to his young players and he doesn't raise his voice. My brother impresses me. ¶ 10:35 AM
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Mind if I post a long one?
On the Torre deal you know how I feel, it's a mistake. But here's the 'other side' of the coin as I see it. (just off the cuff, and not digging any stories)
Maybe Steinbrenner wants fresh blood, a new style and focus.
Here's why (tangent time).
There was a question on who wants to be a millionaire: "should America rule the world? Would it be a better world?" And I say no. America is built on diversity and taking that away would mean stagnation. No more 'legal' immigents, no more diversity. America needs the fresh ideas that the international diversity can provide.
So sometimes change can be a good thing even when it's not obvious, it may be neccesary.
I still think Steinbrenner is crazy though.
Next, about your brother.
The talent in teaching or coaching, the patience and the ability to motivate. The whole 9 yards is something you can be proud of in your brother. It takes a lot of personal depth and intuition to do it right. To get the most out of people.
One trick is small goals, as when climbing hiking or riding you pick a spot that is reachable, and then another. Goals you make that put the larger more ambitious goals within reach.
It's a well known trick to success, but one we often forget.
I'm proud of all of my Brothers, and if you knew them you'd understand. I'm big on family.
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On the Torre deal you know how I feel, it's a mistake. But here's the 'other side' of the coin as I see it. (just off the cuff, and not digging any stories)
Maybe Steinbrenner wants fresh blood, a new style and focus.
Here's why (tangent time).
There was a question on who wants to be a millionaire: "should America rule the world? Would it be a better world?" And I say no. America is built on diversity and taking that away would mean stagnation. No more 'legal' immigents, no more diversity. America needs the fresh ideas that the international diversity can provide.
So sometimes change can be a good thing even when it's not obvious, it may be neccesary.
I still think Steinbrenner is crazy though.
Next, about your brother.
The talent in teaching or coaching, the patience and the ability to motivate. The whole 9 yards is something you can be proud of in your brother. It takes a lot of personal depth and intuition to do it right. To get the most out of people.
One trick is small goals, as when climbing hiking or riding you pick a spot that is reachable, and then another. Goals you make that put the larger more ambitious goals within reach.
It's a well known trick to success, but one we often forget.
I'm proud of all of my Brothers, and if you knew them you'd understand. I'm big on family.
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