The role is "one part glory, nine parts survival", he says, quoting the statistic that 50 per cent of first-time managers never manage again.
"Suddenly, the manager is managing again".
Meanwhile, Felipe Alou, the former Montreal manager, is interested in managing again but the Mets have not called, his wife, Lucie, said yesterday from their home in Florida.
At 71, you would not expect Torre to manage again or become a general manager.
"Seventy percent of first-time managers don't get the opportunity to manage again," he says.
He could have been judged a failure at Manchester United and maybe never managed again, and now he's the greatest manager ever".
McGhee is philosophical about the turbulent nature of management and revealed he still harbours ambitions of managing again in his own right one day.
If the Expos can even get to.500, it would be a coup for Frank Robinson, managing again after 11 years, and Omar Minaya, the rookie general manager.
Torre, with a record of 2,318-1,990 as a manager — ranking fifth in career wins — did not close the door on managing again, though he did not know if there would be an opportunity for him.
The other half is actively managed, again within the allocated risk parameters, by a mix of outside managers and Kjaer's own team, which handles 20% of the portfolio, both equities and fixed-income.
