I still don't understand how anyone can think Joe Torre was disrespected. He was offered a contract that would (continue) to make him the highest paid manager in baseball. This after being handed some of the best players in the game and still finding a way to fail for 6 years, including the largest and most pathetic collapse in the history of baseball. He was an employee of the Yankees who failed miserably at his job, for some reason still received a great offer from them, threw a hissy and ran to the West Coast.
Disrespect is betraying your players and a club which gave you so many opportunities.