Comments on: Listen: Agitated Willie on WFAN

By: dykstraw

dykstraw — Sat, 17 May 2008 15:11:34 +0000

seriously, how is he gonna feed his kids. he is just a single mom working a minimum wage job trying to make ends meet.b

By: jshaps77

jshaps77 — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:19:15 +0000

So here’s what I don’t understand…what’s Willie supposed to do when one of his players gets up w/ men in scoring position and pops out? What’s he supposed to do when he brings in a reliever and they give up the lead? Is some “fire in his belly” going to will those players on to doing the jobs they are well-payed to do?

I admit I am puzzled sometimes by his moves, and don’t feel he is a great in-game manager, but you can’t blame the man for his veteran players shortcomings. Bringing a Pinella-type in won’t make Beltran or Delgado get a hit when it counts. Bringing Dave Duncan here won’t make Heilman get though an inning unscathed. I lay te blame for the last year on the players and the players only. Omar and Willie are doing what they can, it’s time for the players to do their part.

By: AlreadyMissShea

AlreadyMissShea — Sat, 17 May 2008 14:18:58 +0000

I want him to get fired.
And I will get what I want.
Case closed.

By: rivertech

rivertech — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:55:50 +0000

I’ll Say it again, Willie has to go. He feels the pressure so his comments are not surprising. His clubhouse is in shambles and Omar has something to do with that. Bernazard and crew undermining Willie.

The Mets need to show passion, grit and desire. This is what the Met fan wants. We want to know that the product on the field is at least trying. Right now it doesn’t look that way and that’s why Willie is taking a hit. His team is lackluster and gutless. It starts with Reyes, once he got benched in Houston, he lost the passion he had while a kid in DR. Willie has lost the team and the one player who drives the team. Did anyone see the highlight of Hunter Pence last night? The great catch and the way he ran into the dugout? That is baseball at its finest.

Just a side note, Church and Beltran have grit. Beltran might not be hitting but he plays a centerfield like no one. He is the best at his position.

By: Mookie 1986

Mookie 1986 — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:25:40 +0000

Personally, I think Willie should just take a page from Delgado’s agent by responding to everyone, “your mother”.

Short, sweet, and covers all of his bases.

By: m00kie

m00kie — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:04:07 +0000

as he said .. look around the dugouts in the league, most managers aren’t doing anything 98% of the time. It’s a game of sitting around and waiting, what do you want from the man?

By: m00kie

m00kie — Sat, 17 May 2008 13:03:10 +0000

wow you guys are harsh .. I thought Willie came across well in that interview, and he made me rethink some of my misgivings about him…I’ve always been a Willie fan, and he’s in a tough spot right now..

By: euchreking

euchreking — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:46:36 +0000

I agree; I want Willie to succeed; I want the continuity as well–I don’t like a merry-go-round at the managers position, and I don’t like change for change’s sake. I don’t think it’s good for the players to play scared. But I’m also very frustrated with Willie’s demeanor and attitude. He sounded different yesterday–more angry (if you could it that), more spirited, more defensive and hard-hitting. Maybe he’s finally woken up, maybe he’s ready to take a different tack. But that last game against Washington the team looked flat and lifeless, except oddly enough, for Pelfry. Damn, you’ve lost two of three against Washington, the celler-dwellars, you’re looking at a day off, and then an away game across town, and you come out completely unready to play a day game. Unexcusable. I think I’m harder on my little leaguers when they’re out of it than Willie is on his roster of prima donnas. I know, they’re professionals who should be in charge of themselves. As a professional at my job, I know when I’m slacking off, and when it shows I’m embarrassed and I work all that much harder afterwards. I don’t see that with this team. I see lazy habits settling in, and at this point into the season we shouldn’t see that. Ultimately it comes down to the manager for performances like this.

By: upstatemetfan

upstatemetfan — Sat, 17 May 2008 11:43:24 +0000

FIRE WILLIE
LOSE DELGADO
TRADE HEILMAN FOR A BAG OF ORANGES
BRING BOBBY V BACK

By: NegativeFan

NegativeFan — Sat, 17 May 2008 04:48:25 +0000

DannyGuira-

I been a fan since 1982. Am I allowed to be negative since I’m obviously not a bandwagon jumper?

Here’s the problem we have here…..people like you want to say that the angry fans are annoying, well people like YOU are annoying.

Why don’t you and the rest of the homer brigade stop trying to tell other fans how they should express their justified frustrations here?

Because the only thing more annoying about the whining over the team is the whining about the whining over the team.

I’d rather a ballpark full of fans who express their honest emotions than a bunch of holier-than-thou snots trying to act like they’re better than everyone else for whatever reason