Joe Torre to manage the Dodgers?

**Diehard** · October 29th, 2007, 10:45 PM

http://sports.yahoo.com/mlb/news?slu...v=st&type=lgns

ESPN says that this will likely be finalized in the next couple days

**SWBKings** · October 29th, 2007, 11:08 PM

oh my god
oh my god
oh my god

**Diehard** · October 29th, 2007, 11:13 PM

I dunno - I'm not gonna get too excited until I see McCourt introducing him at the press conference

**33isgod** · October 29th, 2007, 11:34 PM

http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/7372752

Here's a great article by Ken Rosenthal why Torre to the Dodgers is a good thing.

**~NiHiLiSt310~** · October 29th, 2007, 11:47 PM

Never liked joe torre, but if he joined the Dodgers....

**BIG JOE** · October 29th, 2007, 11:52 PM

sounds like a load of s*** to me.

**TBrown33** · October 30th, 2007, 12:19 AM

Originally Posted by SWBKings

oh my god
oh my god
oh my god

My thoughts exactly when I got your text.

**Kubrick** · October 30th, 2007, 01:14 AM

Originally Posted by BIG JOE

sounds like a load of s*** to me.

Don't worry, you'll still be my favorite Big Joe even if Torre does take the job.

**roenick** · October 30th, 2007, 06:56 AM

Ok now that this seems to be coming true I am really, really going to be happy if it does. I will forgive everything that McCourt has done (sorry shelling out the big bucks for one real season with all the other stuff he has done doesn't make up for anything). If he does pull poor Grady's chain and make the Torre/Mattingly hire I will be beyond happy. And setting the stage for Mattingly to replace him would be awesome.

**FBJ** · October 30th, 2007, 08:03 AM

Originally Posted by TONGA

On field talent is out of a different money pool. This will be a good thing.

Please let it happen.

Different money pool?

No matter how many "money pools" an organization has or which one the money for a manager comes from, it still costs the organization money to hire a manager. Expensive managers will undoubtedly influence the cost of tickets just a super-expensive players would.

What Torre was getting in NY was "Steinbrenner-Like" money. That is, to say, it was an ABSURD price to be paying a manager.

I'm not a complete hater of Joe Torre, but there are some significant issues with his style. First, I think he over-works his pitching. Second, he's not got a lot of experience managing without the DH (though I'm sure that's easy enough to get around). Third, what is his experience managing during a large-scale build-up of young talent?

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