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Originally Posted by a700hitter
It's very easy to manage and win when you have 4 or 5 solid starters and lights out 8th and 9th inning guys. Now that he is without either end of the equation, he's helpless to manage to win any close games for his team. He got so used to winning being a turnkey operation that he literally forgot how to manage a game.
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POST OF THE YEAR!!!!
Joe Torre has had it so easy for most of his career that he no longer possesses the ability to win a game based on having non-perfect options. Torre had a bullpen in the late 90s that had 3 or 4 guys who could be closers on it. Hell, they TRADED Bob Wickman away because he wasnt getting enough work. Even when Torre made the bonehead move, the pitcher he would bring in was so dominant that it didnt matter. In the past he had pitchers who he could leave out there too long and it wont matter. He had a rotation that had Cone, Wells, Gooden, Key, Pettitte, Clemens, El Duque, Neagle, Rogers, Mussina, etc etc. Guys in their prime (aside from gooden and Key) who he could hand the ball to and wake up in the 7th with the lead. Now he has matchup guys, short guys, long guys, guys who have poor control, guys with great control, fireballers, pusballers and a rotation filled with AARP members. We need a manager now. We need someone who can walk through the minefield unscathed. Our offense manages itself (even though Torre managed to fuck that up in game 1 already) so we will have lots of leads. But he is gonna have to make sure he picks the right guys to hold those leads. And even though he is being given uite an arsenal of power arms out there, he always seems to be using the coldest or more tired in the most inopportune time.