Originally posted by Double-J: [quote]Originally posted by Don Cardi: [b] The bench is dead. Watching those games, whenever the camera would scan the dugout, you'd see everyone just sitting there. No spunk, no commoraderie and absolutely no hunger.
Spoiled fans. That's exactly what many, not all, but many Yankee fans are. Spoiled.
Contradiction much? [/b][/quote]Not at all. I blame the players, the veteran players for not showing any life on the bench. When an experienced manager has a good anount of experienced players on his team and in his dugout, the manager should not have to be the one to constantly pump the younger players up or for that matter pump the veterans up. He usually knows that his veteran players will take care of those things. That his veteran players will walk up and down the bench and try to pump up the other players.
No JJ, not a contradiction at all.
Don't blame Torre because his Veteran Line-up could not excite themselves, or the younger players for that matter.
Al I blame him for was his refusal to manage by trying to manufacture runs and not rely on the long ball as much as he did. But he definitely does not deserve to be fired.
Don Cardi
Don Cardi
Five - ten years from now, they're gonna wish there was American Cosa Nostra. Five - ten years from now, they're gonna miss John Gotti.
