Should George Steinbrenner fire Joe Torre now?

I don't think he should be fired, but it is time to retire at the end of the season. The organization needs a change of direction and this isn't Minnesota where a great coach like Tom Kelly can stay on despite losing.

I don't think the game has passed Torre by. His players have grown old and finally the team's strategy has broken down. Torre is a great manager of veteran players, not a talent developer. The Yankees' strategy in the past has been to dip into the free agent market each year to obtain the best possible veteran talent available to surround a core group of home-grown players, like Jeter, Posada, and Bernie Williams. That has worked well in the past, but it relies on that talent working out and not bogging down the team with bad contracts for aging players.

He should retire because the next 2-3 seasons will be the same.

No, of course not! If he does, then why did Roger Clemens come to the Yankees! Then who would manage the Yankees. As of now, the pitching has been brilliant but the Yankees aren't hitting. The person that should be fired is Kevin Long, the hitting coach(who was last year for Triple-A). Even though he was praised for A-Rod's hot April, every Yankee except Derek Jeter, Jorge Posada, and Hideki Matsui is in a huge slump.

Johnny Damon .256 2 HR 13 RBI

Bobby Abreu .236 2 HR 21 RBI

Robbie Cano .234 1 HR 16 RBI

A-Rod (this month) .259

and the list goes on.............

Right now, the Yankees need a right-handed bat because they are filled with lefties. So as you can see, the hitting is the Yankee's problem right now. Kevin Long has to GO!

Personally I think Torre has been there since....well, ever and should retire any time now. Other than that....its not his fault the Yankees are not doing as well as they normally play. Now I can't say I know a lot about whats going on with the Yankees, but from what it sounds like is that they have a lot of hurt pitchers. I believe the return of the Rocket will not help any, but once the hurt pitchers come back I think that the Yankees will be back to their winning selves again.

no Steinbrenner should not fire Torre now, he's going to retire at the end of the year anyway, plus the Yankees struggles are not his fault. Does the manager play the game? or do the players play?

It's unlikely to happen - Martin usually got fired as a result of being a drunk, which Torre is not. Steinbrenner always kept Martin inside the Yankees organization in some capacity, which would not be possible with Torre.

I would say keep him. He's working with the personnel he has. I was surprised to see Torre back after last year, the Yankee expectations are so high, that anything short of a World Series is unacceptable. He's been the manager in NY a long time, that's a whole lot of pressure, but he manages it well.

It is absolutely not Torre's fault that the Yankees got off to a bit of a slow start. there's no reason for steinbrenner to fire him, but if the Yankees don't improve drastically in the next few weeks i have a feeling steinbrenner may do something drastic himself. What that may be, i have no idea.

No. Joe Torre is doing the best he can with what he has. As was said, he didn't get stupid overnight, he knows what he's doing. When this rumor started earlier this year, it irritated me, and I'm a Red Sox fan. Torre's a great guy, and deserves to leave on his own terms.

no offense dude, but get ur head out of ur @$$. i mean come on. i hate the yankees with a passion but seriously even i know that torre is not responsable for the yankees demise. he is still a top 5 best coach in baseball. how can u fault torre for injuries, old age, bad luck? he is not out there playing ball.

Yeah, the Yankees should fire one of the best managers in baseball and replace him with someone who has little or no experience. Everyone says fire Torre...but they never say who they would replace him with. Until you can come up with someone better suited to run the team in his place quit saying it!!!