I do not see the logic at all that Lou Pinella is suddenly going to make this team win a World Series. He never even won a fricking division in New York!! I think we all know George Steinbrenner overreacts to everything, but if he does this, I think it will send New York into a down period. I mean like a someone else will win the East for at least 5 years down period. Joe Torre is as good as you are going to get to manage the New York Yankees. Nobody has experience with that type of clubhouse except him. I actually think that George's infatuation with bringing in every star player he can is the problem in New York. There are no Paul O'Neills no Tinos, no David Cones, no Scott Brosius and so on.
Joe Torre is not the problem, Steinbrenner and the FO have disrespected his method for winning and given him players that he cannot make win together. They are not the Yankees I can respect, because Torre was the reason for the respect, and now he cannot make his players into that classy unit that won numerous World Series. Torre is not the person who needs to change.