Note: Don’t Undermine Willie
In his most recent report for SI.com, Jon Heyman writes…
“Ran into Omar Minaya at the World Series gala Tuesday night … and he said he couldn’t hire Rudy Jaramillo as hitting coach because he ‘couldn’t do that to Willie.’ Minaya said he didn’t want the appearance of a manager-in-waiting since Jaramillo was one of the ones he interviewed
before naming Randolph Mets manager. Jaramillo’s contract is expiring with Texas, which wants to keep him.”
…so, basically, it reads as like omar wants rudy, who he is very good friends with, but he feels such a move would undermine willie, which makes total sense…actually, if you recall, last week i wrote…
… jaramillo was a top candidate for the managerial job at shea before it went to willie, which would suggest that he could be willie’s obvious, some-day replacement, while sitting next to him on the bench all season long…
…it’s a shame, because rudy’s reputation is such that he would have made a great addition to this team’s coaching staff, while acting as a nice safety net should willie falter…however, if the Mets and omar believe willie is their man, then he needs to be respected and treated as such…
Heyman also provides information about the Yankees managerial search, while commenting on the future of Joe Torre.
…thanks to steven a for the link…
