HAL STEINBRENNER NEEDS TO BE MORE LIKE HIS OLD MAN

When the Yankees sucked back in the day, it wasn't the player's fault, because George Steinbrenner knew he put the best team on the field to win every year.  And so... he fired the manager, usually Billy Martin, who... dare I say was a total competitive and winning manager. 

It didn't matter. No one was gonna tell George he picked the wrong players.

And now, in 2021, with fans screaming from the rooftops to dump Aaron Boone, probably one of the worst managers of this Yankees decade, Hal isn't buying into it at all. In fact, he's blaming the players!  Obvious move from someone who never played professional ball.  Hal, WAKE UP!

ESPN writes: 

"Am I mad at what I see? Absolutely," Steinbrenner said in a videoconference call with reporters Thursday morning. "I am aggravated, frustrated, angry, but that's not going to push me into a knee-jerk reaction to get rid of somebody that I believe the players respect, want to play for, want to win for and, overall, has done a good job keeping that clubhouse together through these difficult three months."...

"The offense ... it's perplexing. It really is," Steinbrenner said. "This team that we put together leaving spring training was a very, very good team. They just haven't played up to their potential. And these aren't aging players; these guys are in their prime. They just haven't played up to their potential and that's been the big problem."

The Yankees are a slow, right-handed-heavy, power-hitting team designed to do one thing. And they're not doing that one thing very well right now.

"We're responsible. We're in charge. We all can share the blame," Steinbrenner said in reference to his analytics team, front office and coaching staff. "But make no mistake about it. In my opinion, the majority of the responsibility lies with the players. They're the ones on the field."

'THE MAJORITY OF THE RESPONSIBLITY LIES WITH THE PLAYERS."

Dummy. Players need strategy, leadership, motivation and that statement right there just shut them off. 

You wanna alienate a fan base and tick off your team? Blame the players.  No... Hal has it wrong. Yes, they stink right now... but it's not the players fault. LEADERSHIP is the key and they have no one in charge. What they do have is a guy that's a fanboy who just wants to be friends with the Gerrit Cole and Aaron Judge's of the world.  Boone isn't a good manager... he's a good friend.

He belongs in Giuliani's old seat. And his replacement needs to understand strategy and winning... not friendship. This is business. LEAD!

You blew it Hal... how disappointing.