when do you blame a coach or manager for a loss?

As I listen and read all of the rhetoric emanating from last nights loss by the Yankees, I ask myself if the people who write newspapers or talk on talk shows really believe what they say and write? Joe Girardi made a few too many moves yesterday according to most pundents around the country yesterday and he actually cost his team the game. I blogged weeks ago about the Joe Torre school of managing games late. Joe G. is a disciple of Joe Torre and some say that his style last night was more like Tony LaRussa because of the notebook preparation he had on all of the hitters on the Angels. In my opinion regardless of whose style it was the pitcher should have been able to retire a .211 hitter and send the game to the 12Th inning and beyond. I never blame a baseball manger for a loss. Unlike basketball and football, so many less elements are involved in a baseball game than in the other sports. Girardi went to talk to Andy Petite and on the next pitch he gave up a home run. To me that is fate. Now taking a pitcher out who was having success and bringing one in playing the percentages is again fate. Can a manager over manage a situation? Yes. They usually have their reasons for doing what the did. I will explain. In football, if your team is down 34-17 at halftime of a game and you come out and try to run the ball down 17 points like the giants did on Sunday, you ask yourself why are we doing this when we need 17 points to catch this team that appears to be unstoppable. I question the logic of any coach who would do that because you need 3 more possessions just to catch up, and as anyone knows the clock runs more when you run the ball because when you pass and is incomplete, the clock stops. In baseball, if you believe that a pitching change is warranted, you have to be certain of what you are doing and stick with it. There is no going backwards in baseball. You cannot change your mind after one pitch. What is done is done. The Yankees took Johnny Damon out of the game in favor of Jerry Hairston. Damon a better hitter and natural outfielder may have positioned himself better to catch that ball that fell and allowed the winning run to score. We will never know. In football, you have an opportunity to correct mistakes but too many "ifs" have to happen. If your defense then stops the team and you are still at the same score and then you start to pass you may be able to get back into the game. Also in basketball and football, you can diagram plays that you can make that will give the success you are after. In baseball you can set up plays and situations but a lot things have to happen. So in short, Joe Girardi knows that if the Yankees have all of their all star players hit home run in a game, they should not lose it. And when the newspaper is looking for a scapegoat for a manager playing a hunch or percentages, the manager will be at fault for the loss. I blame Coughlin for the loss by the Giants. The Jets and Bills had perfect defensive game plans that allowed them both to stay in the games with the Saints and the Giants essentially had three weeks to prepare for the game. Everyone has injuries.. Running the ball down by 17 to start the half is ridiculous.