if the yankees loose a game because joe tore brings in the wrong pitcher,,its not george steinbreners fault
I like this analogy. However, to be accurate, it would have to read like this...
George Steinbrenner decided that the key to winning the World Series was to have every batter swing for a home run. Buck Showalter pointed out that this was stupid and wouldn't work. So Steinbrenner fired him and replaced him with Joe Torre, who was willing to coach the players to do what Steinbrenner said. And even after a number of Yankees players had their careers ended by being forced to play in this stupid and unworkable style, Steinbrenner would say things to reporters like "We're not winning, but we're not losing."
Now who would you blame for this state of affairs? Joe Torre? Or George Steinbrenner?