The Incentive program is stupid. Especially for a manager. You either want him back or you don’t. He gets $6M if he makes the first round?? Stupid. If you wanted him back then pay him the $7M and be done with it. The Yankees look small. They would have been better off just saying goodbye.
0 comments October 18 2007 | Joe | Discussion
Just heard the same……. like I said last week, either you want him back or no. Pay cuts make no sense only from a public relations standpoint. I guess Torre only loves the job at a certain price. Hey, I’m not going to be hard on Torre, he doesn’t want less money – the cut was [...]
6 comments October 18 2007 | Russ | Discussion
I bet he would have taken the deal if the second year was guaranteed. I’m sure the “if you make to the World Series” really pissed him off.
Also, it’s insulting to a champion manager to have his salary and tenure be based on performance. Anything can happen in season.
0 comments October 18 2007 | Mike G | Discussion
Yankees offered Torre a 1 Year deal with a vesting option for 2nd Year.
$5M base salary, with incentive of $1M for making it to Division Series, $1M for making it to ALCS, $1M for making it to World Series.
If Torre makes it to World Series (not mandating a win), second Year automatically vests for $8M.
Torre [...]
1 comment October 18 2007 | Mike T | Discussion
Since this thing has been mishandled the past week, I can only conclude that this means they are retaining the manager. They made the decision yesterday and told Cashman to go “fetch” Torre and bring him before them so he can grovel a little, they can make him feel bad, give him a hard time tell him to [...]
1 comment October 18 2007 | Russ | Discussion
Joe Torre arrived in Tampa this afternoon accompanied by Cashman and Trost. Here we go….
0 comments October 18 2007 | John B | Discussion
I know Cashman has said they want to get it “right” and they will take their time. Sure, it doesn’t look bad for Cashman, what does he care? It looks bad for George because of what he said. And sure, no one has sympathy for George, but Cashman works for George and should be protecting [...]
0 comments October 18 2007 | Russ | Discussion
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