All year long (and in past years) when our players have been up and down, Joe was covering their back and taking heat.  Thats part of why they have bunches of loyalty towar him.  

Well if they want him back, they need to walk the walk and put it on the line.

Example...if Andy calls Cashman today and says he will walk if Joe is fired...

Cash and even George have GOT to realize the old adage about the devil you know vs. the devil you don't.  There's no name on the replacement lists I've seen that makes me want to get rid of Joe. There's no Piniella out there. And lets don't recycle somebody like Hargrove.  I prefer Girardi over Mattingly, but between the two, I'd still rather have Joe.

Previous short series playoffs proved that its pitching, guys, that gets the prize.  So how did we react for the start of the season?  Pavano actually won Opening Day...but you know the rest.  Igewa - please don't remind me.  Moose, hurt. Roger in Texas.  Wang, hurt.  Farns can't pitch a clean inning, can't come in mid inning, and can't pitch two innings. These aren't a manager's problems who should be dealing with on the field issues.  
The big bats in the lineup got us to the WC over the long season, but again in the short series, pitching was the difference.

I'm a charter member of the Joe Bashing society, but I really believe we lose more than Joe if he goes and we absolutely cannot afford that.