Quincy,
It's true he won't find that kind of money, but to cut a guy's salary by 25%, when likely no other manager could get a team to come back from as far down as they were(I am sure you remember, they lost almost all their starters early on, doesn't matter how big your budget is if you haven't any healthy guys) is an insult. Not like the team came in 3rd. Acting like he can make the same money, IF they get thru all rounds, nope...insulting. Hey, Andruw Jones thinks he is going to get a 5-6 Million dollar raise after hitting around .220....Torre had a much better year.
Feel sorry for him, and I really hope that the Yankees have a .500 season next year after losing Jorge, A-Rod and Mariano......
You can't give a manager credit for bringing a team back, when it's the same manager that had the bad start.
Do you think the Rockie's have great manager for winning 20 of the last 21 games? Is he now worth 5 million?
It's the players.
There are plenty, yes plenty of guys who would be willing to manage the Yankees. Girardi had a great year managing the Marlins and he was sacked the next year. I'm sure he'd take 2 million or less and coach the Yankees.
A 25% salary cut isn't much, when you consider he was making more than 100% more than any other coach.
A 5 million offer was still alot more than other managers get in the same world.