jbooma
May-21st-2007, 12:45 PM
Now personally I think getting rid of Joe would be a mistake but if NY gets swept by the Red Sox this week will George make the move?? I don't think there will be a sweep but you never know with this series.
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/070518&sportCat=mlb
It's time to let Joe Torre go
By Jeff Pearlman
Special to Page 2
Sixteen years ago I called for a coach to be fired.
He was Loren Kline, head coach of the men's soccer team at the University of Delaware. At the time, the Blue Hens were in the midst of a 4-14 season -- their third consecutive losing campaign. Kline had coached the team for 28 years, and I believed the moment was right to install some new blood.
It remains my greatest journalistic regret.
When those of us in the media feel compelled to demand a person lose his or her job, we damn well better be right. Though Kline's record suggested that perhaps a change was in order, I was hardly the person to call for it. Truth be told, I was nothing more than a pimply-faced sophomore trying to make a name for himself at the student newspaper. I'd never attended a men's soccer game; never even worked up the guts to call Kline and get his take. It was pathetic, and I still owe the man a thousand apologies.
I bring this up because today, for only the second time as a writer, I am recommending a person be fired.
This time, however, I am right.
The New York Yankees need to rid themselves of Joe Torre. Now... (click link for more)
http://sports.espn.go.com/espn/page2/story?page=pearlman/070518&sportCat=mlb
It's time to let Joe Torre go
By Jeff Pearlman
Special to Page 2
Sixteen years ago I called for a coach to be fired.
He was Loren Kline, head coach of the men's soccer team at the University of Delaware. At the time, the Blue Hens were in the midst of a 4-14 season -- their third consecutive losing campaign. Kline had coached the team for 28 years, and I believed the moment was right to install some new blood.
It remains my greatest journalistic regret.
When those of us in the media feel compelled to demand a person lose his or her job, we damn well better be right. Though Kline's record suggested that perhaps a change was in order, I was hardly the person to call for it. Truth be told, I was nothing more than a pimply-faced sophomore trying to make a name for himself at the student newspaper. I'd never attended a men's soccer game; never even worked up the guts to call Kline and get his take. It was pathetic, and I still owe the man a thousand apologies.
I bring this up because today, for only the second time as a writer, I am recommending a person be fired.
This time, however, I am right.
The New York Yankees need to rid themselves of Joe Torre. Now... (click link for more)