Hate your team? Do something about . . .

I don't purport to be an expert in the management history of the Yankees' George Steinbrenner, but I do approve of his overall inability to handle losing.

I think his reputation as a total hard case comes in large part from his overwhelming desire to win -- win every $*&# World Series without exception. Therefore, those proven to stand in the way of his drive are not long for the pinstripes.

Love the Yankees (like I don't) or hate the Yankees (like I do), you still have to admire their commitment to winning. If more teams took success on the field as seriously as the Yankees apparently do -- for the most part, at least -- then we would have more to cheer about when it comes to our own lovable losers of a hometown team.

So it really comes as no surprise that within hours of the Yanks being dropped in the first round of the playoffs that the "Joe-Torre-is-history" talk started. Steinbrenner does not suffer fools well . . . even if they have multiple World Series rings to show for their efforts.

There are many head coaches across ever major and minor league sport that deserve to be shown the door, even if they had some level of prior success. I say, "Talk's cheap; takes us to the top, or get out."

Sports is just entertainment, and everyone comes to a game to have a good time and forget about their problems for a while. But fans shouldn't be expected to sit through losing season after losing season. It is unreasonable to think anyone is going to keep coming back for the same failures over and over again.

After all -- winning isn't everything; it's the only thing. You're only as good as your last post season appearance . . .