Comments on: Quote: Bloops, Bouncers and Rollers

By: Danny1986

Danny1986 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:28:28 +0000

Cliff Floyd and Paul LoDuca were primary leaders in 2006. LoDuca was essentially the voice of the team, and Floyd clearly held court in the clubhouse.

By: Danny1986

Danny1986 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 18:20:42 +0000

The thing with WIllie……he just isn’t believable.

By: gipper91375

gipper91375 — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 16:05:19 +0000

Spot on, KFS!

By: helicopter ben johnson

helicopter ben johnson — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:35:28 +0000

count it!

By: VCarver

VCarver — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:30:54 +0000

I don’t think you necessarily need a Mex. But I think it’s ideal to have at least a few players who can sometimes energize or inspire their teammates in some way to elevate their performance.

By: Chris Jelic

Chris Jelic — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:22:02 +0000

I think Willie’s comments were some of the best he’s made. The fact that the Phillies sh*t the bed was actually a great reminder that most of these Philly wins have been on Mets implosion – remember the Sunday game with all those walks or errors, following a game in which Beltran blew a huge play (Rollins triple), and there was the Marlan Anderson slide …

The key point – and I love the language used – no f*ing way they’re in our head; we’re better than them!

By: zen

zen — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:04:14 +0000

fair enough. i’m not against having better leadership and there is clearly no keith hernandez on this team. just think it’s irrelevant unless the pitching struggles

By: KFS

KFS — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:03:20 +0000

Right, every player on the team wants to win like everyone of earth wants to be rich. However, the problem is like you said, execution. I think when people say they don’t think the Mets want to win, what they really mean is that they don’t execute like they want to win kind of like those people who WANTS to be rich but doesn’t work hard and relies on the lottery like they’re destined to win it one day.

By: backinbusiness

backinbusiness — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 14:01:12 +0000

i’m a bit afraid that we jinx it and he becomes claudio “just as bad as jason” vargas.

By: VCarver

VCarver — Thu, 10 Apr 2008 13:57:53 +0000

zen — in 2006, Pedro was there most of the year, and Valentin was a leader.

Hopefully now that Wright is older and Beltran is more comfortable and settled in with the Mets, they will step it up this year to provide leadership along with Santana and Pedro when he gets back. Santana’s rep and personality is such that I think he can provide leadership right away.