If you were expecting the 22 minutes managing general partner Hal Steinbrenner spent discussing his thoughts on the Yankees on Thursday to be a point where somebody would be fired, you would be disappointed.

While Steinbrenner is annoyed, angered and frustrated with the Yankees entering the Subway Series with a pedestrian 41-39 record thanks to an inconsistent offense and shaky starting pitching beyond ace Gerrit Cole, changes are not in the offing for now, and this was no missive with the theme from Patton playing in the background.

The offense, its perplexing; it really is, Steinbrenner said via Zoom from his Tampa office.

In fact, if changes were going to occur, it would be in the offseason, which at this rate is coming after they host the Tampa Bay Rays on Oct. 3.

Steinbrenner also gave the vote of confidence to the coaching staff, doing the same thing GM Brian Cashman on April 18 and again on Tuesday, proving that the vote of confidence is not necessarily the same dreaded thing it once was.

Absolutely, Steinbrenner said. Everybody on the coaching staff has dealt with these players in the past. Weve had some great offenses, some great teams. Nobodys working harder than the coaches and the most important thing to me is that the players respect the coaches, believe in the coaches and thats absolutely the case here.

Perhaps the most forceful Steinbrenner sounded was when he used a series of adjectives to describe things like being amongst the league leaders in hitting into double plays and making outs on the basepaths.

It's absolutely aggravating, maddening," Steinbrenner said. "It has been tough to watch and the players know that. They're better than this. This is not the product that we expect and it's not the type of play that they expect themselves."

But those point comments are a long way off from making an in-season managerial change like his father did after 104 games in 1975 (Bill Virdon to Billy Martin the first time) after 94 games in 1978 (Billy Martin the first time to Bob Lemon), after 65 games in 1979 (Bob Lemon to Billy Martin the second time), after 82 games in 1981 (Gene Michael to Bob Lemon), after 14 games and 86 games in 1982 (Bob Lemon to Gene Michael to Clyde King), after 16 games in 1985 (Yogi Berra to Billy Martin the fourth time), after 68 games in 1988 (Billy Martin the fifth time to Lou Piniella) after 121 games in 1989 (Dallas Green to Bucky Dent) and finally after 49 games in 1991 (Bucky Dent to Stump Merrill).

Steinbrenner was already scheduled to make one of his rare speaking appearances, mostly due to the owners meetings not occurring this year. Instead of answering questions about the business of the entire game, this was his chance to give his State of the Yankees address, which does not include firing people with the frequency his father did.

I'm aggravated, frustrated, angry," he said. "But again, that's not going to push me into a knee-jerk reaction to get rid of somebody that I believe the players respect, want to play for, want to win for and overall has done a good job keeping that clubhouse together through this difficult three months."

And for Steinbrenner, at this point that includes the calendar being too early to sell off pieces like in 2016 when they shipped off players such as Aroldis Chapman, Carlos Beltran and Andrew Miller in deals that netted Gleyber Torres and Clint Frazier, two of the many symbols of an underwhelming first half that officially ends.

"The majority of the responsibility, whether it's the responsibility of inconsistent offense or bad baserunning, etc., that responsibility lies with the players. They're the ones on the field, right? They're a group of very talented, professional athletes that are playing this game at the highest level in the world. They need to fix this problem. They need to fix the problem because everyone, including our fan base, rightfully so, has had enough, quite frankly. It's enough."

Whether words translate into improved play remains to be seen, but after a series of disappointing performances that highlighted an inconsistent first half featuring the myriad of issues such as being too unbalanced in the lineup, mental mistakes, it is unknown if this group can dig out of it like some of its predecessors such as the 2007 and 2005 versions who won over 90 games only lose in the first round of the postseason.

In fact, if changes were going to occur, it would be in the offseason, which at this rate is coming after they host the Tampa Bay Rays on Oct. 3.

Steinbrenner also gave the vote of confidence to the coaching staff, doing the same thing GM Brian Cashman on April 18 and again on Tuesday, proving that the vote of confidence is not necessarily the same dreaded thing it once was.

Absolutely, Steinbrenner said. Everybody on the coaching staff has dealt with these players in the past. Weve had some great offenses, some great teams. Nobodys working harder than the coaches and the most important thing to me is that the players respect the coaches, believe in the coaches and thats absolutely the case here.

Perhaps the most forceful Steinbrenner sounded was when he used a series of adjectives to describe things like being amongst the league leaders in hitting into double plays and making outs on the bases.

It's absolutely aggravating, maddening," Steinbrenner said less than 12 hours after the Yankees blew a five-run lead by allowing seven runs in the ninth inning Wednesday into Thursday morning. "It has been tough to watch and the players know that. They're better than this. This is not the product that we expect and it's not the type of play that they expect themselves."

Thursdays pointed comments are a long way off from making an in-season managerial change like his father did after 104 games in 1975 (Bill Virdon to Billy Martin the first time) after 94 games in 1978 (Billy Martin the first time to Bob Lemon), after 65 games in 1979 (Bob Lemon to Billy Martin the second time), after 82 games in 1981 (Gene Michael to Bob Lemon), after 14 games and 86 games in 1982 (Bob Lemon to Gene Michael to Clyde King), after 16 games in 1985 (Yogi Berra to Billy Martin the fourth time), after 68 games in 1988 (Billy Martin the fifth time to Lou Piniella) after 121 games in 1989 (Dallas Green to Bucky Dent) and finally after 49 games in 1991 (Bucky Dent to Stump Merrill).

Steinbrenner was already scheduled to make one of his rare speaking appearances, mostly due to the owners meetings not occurring this year because of the COVID-19 pandemic. Instead of answering questions about the business of the entire game, this was his chance to give his State of the Yankees address, which does not include firing people with the frequency his father did.

I'm aggravated, frustrated, angry, he said. "But again, that's not going to push me into a knee-jerk reaction to get rid of somebody that I believe the players respect, want to play for, want to win for and overall has done a good job keeping that clubhouse together through this difficult three months."

And for Steinbrenner, at this point that includes the calendar being too early to sell off pieces like in 2016 when they shipped off players such as Aroldis Chapman, Carlos Beltran and Andrew Miller in deals that netted Gleyber Torres and Clint Frazier, two of the many symbols of an underwhelming first half that officially ends Friday against the Mets.

"The majority of the responsibility, whether it's the responsibility of inconsistent offense or bad baserunning, etc., that responsibility lies with the players, Steinbrenner said. They're the ones on the field, right? They're a group of very talented, professional athletes that are playing this game at the highest level in the world. They need to fix this problem. They need to fix the problem because everyone, including our fan base, rightfully so, has had enough, quite frankly. It's enough."

Whether words translate into improved play remains to be seen, but after a series of disappointing performances that highlighted an inconsistent first half featuring the myriad of issues such as being too unbalanced in the lineup, mental mistakes, it is unknown if this group can dig out of it like some of its predecessors such as the 2007 and 2005 versions who won over 90 games only lose in the first round of the postseason.