Opinion: Stop Leading with Your Chin
…it’s not easy being a Mets fan – not just because of the team’s more successful, older, cross-town brother, but because my favorite organization has no idea how to manage expectations…
…the Mets need to do us and themselves a favor and stop leading with their chin…
…my professional background, prior to writing MetsBlog, was as a media consultant – and there is an old adage in journalism that goes, “Never get out in front of the story,” because if the story changes or dies on the table, you’ll be lost and alone and looking like a fool…well, i’d impart this same advice to the Mets: don’t get out in front of your results…because when you do, and you fail, like last season, you look lost, alone and foolish…and what’s worse, you drag us with you…
…it’s all about managing expectations, which, from what i can tell, the Mets have never been very good at doing…
…for instance, when you hang a gigantic banner on the front door which reads, “Your Season has Come,” or, “The New Mets,” or, “Catch the Energy,” you are setting yourself up to be mocked – assuming you do not win the World Series…i mean, in this media environment, and with such arrogant rivals, if you stick our collective head out that far it’s bound to get lopped off…not even the most successful team is going to be able to meet this level of hype, which is probably why the team’s who are perceived to be most successful simply let their results for speak for themselves…
…in other words, please, quit it with the slogans…and definitely do not put them to music, like this horrible effort…believe me, i’ll know if you are a good team just by watching the product, i don’t need you to raise my expectations in advance…
