Torre May Be Defending Boone, But It Doesn't Change The Fact That Boone's No Leader

Joe Torre is the latest guy to back up Boone (or I guess any manager who has struggled.)  I mean look, the big thing happening for the past four years when it comes to Aaron Boone is that he just doesn’t know how to get over the hump.  

When players are clicking, pitching well, hitting well, that’s always a great thing for a manager, because, well, things are just working.  But a manager’s job is the hardest when they have to manage through tough stretches.  Boone don’t know how to manage through tough times.  And that’s where I have my biggest beef with Boone.  

He’s not good at the ultimate challenge of righting the ship.  He doesn’t know how to navigate through tough times and that is evident when you see him losing his mind in front of the press with profanity.  He’s been exposed at that point, and he knows it.  And so, banging on the desk and suggesting that “It’s right in front of us” may be a true statement, but you’re never gonna achieve it if you don’t know how to manage your players.

Fans will say “this is Cashman’s fault, fire him.“  I am not a big Cashman guy these days either, but he got the players that he could because he thought he could get us moving this year.  In essence, he really only got Soto and Verdugo.  It just so happened that the Yankees went on a tear in the beginning of the season… call that luck.  

But in the end, the players leveled out, as we predicted here at Bleeding Yankee Blue, and now, with the team in turmoil, you need a manager to lead.  A manager to take the reins, to dictate what needs to be done… not just saying “It’s right in front of us” every night. 

Enter Joe Torre who makes a great statement, but an obvious one. And to be honest, he really didn’t move the story forward in my eyes as much as I love the guy. Audacy has this:

“You don’t know what happens behind closed doors,” Torre explained, as shared by Ryan Chichester of Audacy. “You may be sitting there in your seat saying, ‘You have to do something about this guy,’ but you don’t know if he has done something. ‘Boonie’ doesn’t miss anything. He understands what’s necessary to go out on the field and not necessarily win, but get the effort on a regular basis.”

Torre suggested it’s important for a manager to know how to interact with different players at different times.

“They’re not all the same, so you can’t really treat them all the same,” Torre continued. “You have to treat them all fairly.”

“You have to gain perspective here by saying that it’s 162 games,” Torre added. “Yeah, you hate to lose to the crosstown rivals. There’s a certain embarrassment to that…you’re the Yankees.”