Wouldn't this be cool....... http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/top-posts/report-joe-torre-would-listen-if-mets-came-calling.php You just knew this was coming. According to Mike Puma of the New York Post, "a person close to" Joe Torre says the Mets might be the "only team" that could lure the 70-year-old away from retirement. "The Mets are certainly an inviting situation because they have a lot better personnel than their record shows," the person close to Torre said. "The injuries have hurt them." "Money shouldn't be a factor for the Mets if they really want [Torre]," the person close to Torre said. "You look at what their attendance figures are, and I'm sure Joe would build some excitement among the fans, which is definitely needed there." Just the other day, Jon Heyman of SI.com told us that the Mets see ticket sales as a key issue, so the possibility shouldn't be discounted entirely. According to Puma, Wally Backman remains the favorite to be the Mets' next manager, but some question whether he is ready to lead a major league team. One scenario, Puma reports, is that Backman would be groomed for the job as a bench coach to Torre, similar to Don Mattingly in Los Angeles. Hiring Torre would certainly create some temporary buzz in New York, but he wouldn't re-invigorate the fanbase like Bobby Valentine would, nor does he have any of that fiery, impassioned spiritedness that many columnists claim the Mets so desperately need. Besides, the Mets aren't likely to be a contender next season and they will probably balk at his asking price.
They'll sign him to a 5 year, $30 million deal and he'll be on the DL for 4 and a half of those years.
I don't understand why Joe would want to step into that mess instead of relaxing on the sands in Hawaii. Besides tarnishing his legend around here, he is just not the guy that the Mets need right now. Sweet Lou has the fire, but he's been around too long. Bobby V? Eh, maybe. I don't have any great ideas for Mets manager right now, but Joe Torre is not the right guy for that team.
Is there a more overrated manager in the history of baseball? The guy needed the highest payroll in baseball to accomplish what he did. He was average in St Louis and his last two years in LA haven't exactly been resume builders. Plus he already failed here. We missed the Showalter train so the Mets are in a pickle of a jam. I don't care what they do but do not hire this fraud. The way he ripped the Yankees in his book was a disgrace. What an ungrateful bastard.
You couldn't be anymore right, he had the greatest players who had the skills and the hunger to win, all he did was bring out the lineup card and give the ball to Mariano. I don't want to see him in a Mets uniform.
I'm not gonna discount the fact that he had to manage egos but he had the best team money could buy and the best foundation of players in possibly the modern era. There were a lot years though the Yankees had by far and away the best team and didn't win the WS. I don't care for many of his in game decisions. I think Joe's ego thinks he could stick it to the Yankees if he came here and won. I don't want a manager who has that agenda. The Mets aren't going to stick it to anybody so it just would be an epic fail. I don't like the way he ripped the franchise that gave him his plaque in Cooperstown.
