Guys who could manage the Yankees [off the top of my head]: In house- Joe Girardi, maybe Larry Bowa. From outside the organization- Bobby Valentine [my choice], Lou Pinella [if they could get him, and if he wanted the job].
Torre did a great job in ‘06- using the personnel Stick put on the field, and the system Showalter built. BUT, one wonders how long Jeter, Posada and Mo would have been up if Joe had been in control longer [he’s ‘not comfortable’ with rookies].
And Showalter’s system got engraved in stone, with the added Torre fillip of starters going 6 [and being the age of 35 - except Andy Pettite], bullpens getting burnt up, Rookies and non Torre loyalists getting benched or sabotaged, or both [read Kenny Lofton]. Torre had a miserable record as a manager before he got to New York for a reason. He’s not that good, and he didn’t have the teams George fielded to cover his weaknesses. Let’s see how good he does somewhere else.