A managing job for Joe Girardi?

Question

I heard that Joe Girardi is back in the broadcast booth with YES instead of managing. He, as a first year manager, did a great job with the Florida Marlins. Shouldn't he be managing somewhere. I think the Phillies should get rid of Manuel and hire him OR the Yankees should hire him next year to replace the ultimate Joe Torre.

What do you think??

Answer 1

He's a great young manager, he could have another 30-40 years to manage, so don't worry too much about just this year, though it is insane that some team couldn't scoop him up, there must be things going on behind the scene that we don't get to see.

Answer 2

Girardi did a great job with Florida. The only reason he got fired was because he stood up to a meglomaniac owner who if he had half a brain, he would have kept his mouth shut. Girardi is in the broadcast booth with the YES network. I think he'll stay there for a year and then when Torre retires he'll go down to the dugout as Mattingly's bench coach with a promise from the Boss if Mattingly fails he'll get the Yankees' job.

Answer 3

( IMHO he is waiting for Torre to retire or be fired. so why take a mangerial job now, stay close with the yanks. Joe Girardi will be back in the broadcasting booth for the yankees this year .)

Girardi returning to Yankees broadcast boothAssociated Press


NEW YORK -- Joe Girardi's next move is back into the broadcast booth with the New York Yankees -- rather than seeking another managing job.




Fired by the Florida Marlins after one season as their manager, Girardi will rejoin the Yankees' broadcast team on the team's YES Network, apparently content not to be in a major league dugout next year.

"At this time, I thought this was the correct move for my family and I," Girardi said Monday on a conference call to announce his return to YES.

Girardi was a Yankees broadcaster in 2004 before becoming Joe Torre's bench coach the following season. After taking over in Florida, he guided the rookie-laden Marlins to a surprisingly competitive 78-84 finish this year, keeping them in playoff contention deep into September and making him a leading candidate for the NL Manager of the Year award, which will be announced Wednesday.

But he was fired by the Marlins last month following a rift with owner Jeffrey Loria, and it appears as though Girardi won't have a managerial job next season.

Girardi, replaced in Florida by Fredi Gonzalez, said he spoke to the Washington Nationals about their vacancy, but it wasn't a good fit. New York Mets third-base coach Manny Acta is expected to be chosen as Washington's new manager this week.

"We had a lot of discussions with the Nationals and I felt it just wasn't the right timing for me and my family," Girardi said. "That's all I care to go into on that."

The Oakland Athletics also have an opening for a manager.

Girardi has a one-year deal with YES to work as an analyst on 60-plus Yankees games. He also will team with another ex-Yankees catcher and current broadcaster, John Flaherty, on a new show called "Behind The Plate."

"I loved my time with YES in 2004 and I'm sure I will love it in 2007," Girardi said. "I will approach it the same way I did in 2004 and try to get better."

And if Girardi gets an enticing opportunity to manage again before the end of next season, he doesn't think his contract with YES would stand in the way.

"Everyone always wants to know about out clauses," he said. "You can't predict what jobs are going to open up. ... I don't go into a job looking to be something else."

Girardi also said he wouldn't hesitate to criticize Torre, a longtime mentor, on the air if it was warranted.

"That's not a concern for me. Joe Torre knows the respect that I have for him," Girardi said.

A former major league catcher, Girardi won three World Series rings with the Yankees from 1996-99. He also played for the Chicago Cubs, Colorado and St. Louis during his 15-year career.

Answer 4

He was in line for the Nationals job but for some reason pulled back. It would be nice if the Yanks had him in mind to replace Torre but Mattingly looks like the "one".
Girardi is wasting his talents in the booth especially after he wins the NL Manager of the year.

Answer 5

i think maybe he would rather take a year off from managing simply because he had a bad situation with florida and he would rather wait for the job opening of his preference most likely the yankees job but that most likely will go to don mattingly next year after the yankees lose in the playoffs again and joe torre walks

Answer 6

I think the situation would have to be perfect for him and his family. He turned down the Nationals job...I thought that was interesting.
So he might be content with being an analyst after what sounds like a tough year in Florida in dealing with virtually no fan support and a genuinely insane ownership, yet still being somewhat successful.
He impressed me with his stint on Fox in the postseason and he was only on for two or three games. The guy knows the game, no doubt.

Answer 7

I think he is waiting to manage the Yankees, he realy thought he was going to named manager of the Cubs..until they hired Pinella. Giradi wasn't that intersted in any other team

Answer 8

I also think he did a great job and should be back on the field managing before long.

I doubt he'll go to the Yankees. There are plenty of opportunities for him, though.

Answer 9

Word is, he's next in line for the Yankees job.
Personally, I think the Cubs were FOOLS to pass him up.
Then again, f-cking up is nothing new to the Cubs.

Answer 10

i could prefer to be sure him proceed to deliver this team of fellows alongside. i think of, nonetheless that the courting with the front workplace ought to ward off him from staying yet another year. each and every physique says Cubs, yet i do no longer think of the Cubs are smart adequate to hire him. He must be a competent greater healthful with the Indians.