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From Mets COO Jeff Wilpon:
To Mets Fans:
“All of us at the Mets are bitterly disappointed in failing to achieve our collective goal of building upon last year’s success. We did not meet our organization’s expectations - or yours. Everyone at Shea feels the same range of emotions as you - our loyal fans - and we know we have let you down. We wanted to thank you for your record-breaking support of our team this year…
“Equally important, Ownership will continue its commitment in providing the resources necessary to field a championship team. Omar will be meeting with Ownership shortly to present his plan on addressing our shortcomings so that we can achieve our goal of winning championships in 2008 and beyond…
“You deserve better results…
“Many thanks again for your record-breaking support. “
i was just about to copy and paste my copy of this email….
yeah thanks a lot mets organization…
I like how they capitalized “Ownership” and when it didn’t start the beginning of a sentence. Do the Wilpons think they are all high and mighty?
Mets fans should be worried about Jeff Wilpon. He’s a wanna be Steinbrenner without the brains or the balls. He keeps looking to stick his nose into baseball business, and daddy keeps pushing him out. One day, he’ll be in charge . . . maybe he’ll hire Isaiah Thomas to manage!
Almost game time…. I’m lost.
If resources = $$$$ and field level savvy I’m all for it.
Will he have the nerve to raise ticket prices in 2008 ?
whatever. if willie does get fied, i think there is one guy who would be perfect for the job, and he was sitting next to omar last week up in the box with him. figure it out and you’ll know who i’m talking about.
he’s not coming back to manage
but a perfect guy…girardi is more the type that i want, which is why we shouldn’t wait until the middle of the season to see if the team implodes to unload willie. he must pay for this disaster.
do you know who i’m referring to?
I think he knows you’re referring to Robinson but he’s just saying Girardi is more his type.
you must be a yankee fan to suggest such an absurd thing.
oh…alright…..got kind of lost there. thanks
you remember last year season finale against washington, and they had that ceremony for him, he said he’s not retiring and he would be intersted in managing again.
jeff wants so bad to fire willy (except for the monies still owed)…still i would have loved a more steinbrenne esque missive. this loss was unbelievable and completely unacceptable.
Its almost 710…wheres the preview of tonights game? i feel naked.
who ?
Dear Jeff,
Fire Willie, he’s worthless. Bring back Bobby. Look at the roster he had in 1999 and 2000 and compare it to 2007. Think he would have given you the 2nd worst collapse in baseball history?
Also, tell Omar to get Santana. He’s not some washed up 5 inning pitcher like that cockroach Glavine. You get us him and we’ll forget this whole mess.
Signed,
The Fans
bring in girardi, the bobby v experiment has passed…GIRARDI!!!!!!!!!
u know i am surprised of all the comments wanting willie back…i know he “turned the team around” but the same could be argued now: he turned the team around in the opposite direction.
Girardi is overrated. He managed 1 good season. Bobby V got 2 mediocre teams deep into the playoffs.
How about Bobby V’s choke jobs in ‘98 ?
Gimme a break. Girardi that is nonsense. His team quit on him last year and they were young guys trying to make a name for themselves. What makes you think the veterans on this team will listen to his BS? If Reyes is turned off by Willie he sure as hell will turned off more by Girardi barking at him. Remember how Girardi’s players fought each other in the middle of the season. Utter nonsense.
All Willie has done is provided 3 winning seasons and he deserves to be fired? How was the Art Howe era? How was the Dallas Green era?
cosign 100%. girardi couldn’t last a season in florida, FLORIDA!!! but you expect him to thrive in new york?
Completely agree. I can’t understand some people’s fascination with Bobby V. His time has passed by. Remember when we couldn’t even attract mid-level free agents because they didn’t want to play for him? He completely lost his teams in the end and left the organization a mess. Move on folks.
If we are to make a change it had better be for a seasoned, experienced manager ala Tom Kelly, Leyland etc. Girardi - no thanks. If not I’ll stick with Willie another season and give him a chance at redemption
Joe Girardi is out of his mind. I wouldn’t want him driving my cab, let alone managing my baseball team.
dj you have the nerve to call this a winning season? my grandmother as manager could have won more games with this team, and she’s dead.
don’t mention cabs on this site….
Clearly, Pedro, Wright, Reyes, Delgado, Beltran, Wagner, and etc didn’t turn this team around. It was all Willie’s doing and noe else.
Icedrake –
I’ll respond as though Bobby V coming back is ever going to happen — which it’s not:
All things being equal, I believe Valentine would have found a way to squeeze 2 more wins out of this bullpen in September, and we would now be in the playoffs.
However –
We would not be seeing this same team if Bobby were still around. Nobody wants to play for Bobby. Players left because they didn’t want to play here. Others would not come here specifically because of Bobby V.
I hear complaints about Willie’s shortcomings with young players. Bobby HATES young players; is incapable of being a “leader by example”; will not play the mentor figure; and is not the guy to lead young players developed through the organization.
It’s no accident that he found his calling in Japan, where he can treat his players as inanimate cogs and they EXPECT it, and he only has to communicate with them on the most basic baseball level.
I enjoyed watching Bobby manage games, but when you get all misty about the Bobby era, remember that tactics is only about one-fifth of what a manager brings to the team.
Yea, get Santana…
I have an idea;
Trade Reyes, Beltran and sackfuls of Benjamin’s for Santana.
Sign A-Rod and A. Jones, and we have an offensive upgrade with-out giving up on defense.
All it takes is money…(Lots of it), it’s not mine, not until I want to take the kids to the park that is…
Do I win the prize???????
Just being facetious…The first of many trade ideas this off-season…
I’ll sign on to that - - get Santana and we’ll start with a fresh slate next season. All will be forgiven.
If you think people hate the Mets now, and that other teams do not like dealing with th Mets now, bring back Bobby V and see how much worse it can get.
Thanks Jeff…
Can we trade anyone besides Reyes and Wright to Minnesota for Johan Santana now?????
and please purge the freakin bullpen… F-Rod is a start.. can we say it together now…. F-ROD IS A START!
geez-us.
We don’t have the prospects to get Santana compared to many other clubs who would love him..
So all of you out there who keep writing the Mets are getting Santana.. it aint gonna happen.
The teams that have the prospects are either: A) in the AL (Twins would have to be dumb to keep him in the league); B) Don’t need pitching (The Dodgers are the prime example); C) Don’t have the money to sign him long term (The Braves and D-Backs are examples).
Are you kidding?
The Twins will take the best package they can get for him.. and name me ONE team that doesn’t need the best pitcher on the planet?
You mean the Dodgers that missed the post season badly, don’t need pitching? You are crazy if you think they would pass on Johan, if it would only cost them a Kershaw or even better Billingsly and Kemp or Either.
The Yankees would give up Hughes and Tabata for example… The tigers Miller and Maybin.. The Angels.. Santana.. Kotchman.. Brandon Wood…
And you know what, yes Arizona is a perfect fit.. a team on the rise built on all home grown talent with hardly an ounce of FA help… they’d break the bank for Johan.
Face it folks.. we couldn’t even get Chad Cordero without giving up who most of you think we can get Johan for.. it’s a pipe dream.
Yeah, seriously, the Dodgers had Mark Hendrickson and Esteban Loaiza in the rotation this year. You think they don’t need a starter? Penny and Lowe are their only worthwhile guys.
Oh yeah, Billingsley too.
Santana would be great but what is all this talk about trading the farm for what would basically amount to a one year rental? As good as he is - no way.
You would trade all these guys for a one year rental?