i will kindly disagree with you bill. imo,the unreal unlimited budget to buy the best players is what takes the yankees to the playoffs every year, not the manager. doesnt matter who you got there. you know as well as i do that steinbrenner doesnt care anymore about just getting to the playoffs, he is all about championships. who knows if the next guy will do any better but the guys contract was up and the family offered him what they thought he was worth. if his contract would have been up yrs. ago, they would have done the same thing.