It's an annual tradition around here.

Five, six days after the Yankees get eliminated, we either get the news that the manager's coming back, the manager's gone, and then we all argue with each other should the manager come back.

I do want to be fair and take you back to last year.

Halloween, 2024.

What did Tiki Barber want to do with Aaron Boone after the Yankees lost the World Series in five?

Here's how it sounded.

To me, it's not about firing Aaron Boone.

I'm not calling for Aaron Boone to get fired.

I know some people want to.

I know that people want their pound of flesh right now, especially after some of the mismanagement.

But Aaron Boone is a good manager, and he's

good with that clubhouse. Now, does he need to self-evaluate and go take some, I don't know,

professional best practices classes? Probably, especially when it comes to the most critical

moments in games or in phases of seasons, you need to how you can best get the

most out of your team sure but i like erin boone i think he's i think he's a good manager but there's

a difference between being a good manager and a great manager and a great manager's win

world series and we saw why he's not a great manager. It was right in front of us.

Oh, it's very interesting. So let me ask you. First of all, I'm correct to myself that because

you did say you didn't want him fired. I remembered incorrectly. So L for me. But do you think

a year later Aaron followed those best practices that you suggested? Unfortunately not, because

he kept making excuses.

And it's one thing to make an excuse for your player to protect them.

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