Comments on: Recap: Willie Randolph on WFAN http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/ MetsBlog.com features the latest Mets rumors, player movement, and news circulating around the Internet, as well as Mets related insights and opinions by Matthew Cerrone and his team of guest bloggers. Sun, 22 Nov 2009 06:15:16 -0500 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.8.6 hourly 1 By: petercast41 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179573 petercast41 Thu, 22 May 2008 15:56:10 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179573 The team looks lethargic, borderline comatose. Willie has tried every weapon in his vast arsenal of cliches to light a fire under "his guys" but nothing has worked. I know that a manager gets too much blame for losing and too much credit for winning but I've never had the feeling that having Willie in our dugout gives us any advantage at all. The team looks lethargic, borderline comatose. Willie has tried every weapon in his vast arsenal of cliches to light a fire under “his guys” but nothing has worked. I know that a manager gets too much blame for losing and too much credit for winning but I’ve never had the feeling that having Willie in our dugout gives us any advantage at all.

]]> By: Free Aaron Heilman http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179079 Free Aaron Heilman Thu, 22 May 2008 11:24:28 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179079 correction: should read "..but one wonders why you would ever need to point to anyone else before being able to see what the problems are with Delgado, ..." correction: should read “..but one wonders why you would ever need to point to anyone else before being able to see what the problems are with Delgado, …”

]]> By: Free Aaron Heilman http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179077 Free Aaron Heilman Thu, 22 May 2008 11:18:46 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179077 <b>It allows us to evaluate the players and the roster without being able to point to Willie as the main problem. </b> I'm sure you mean "without having to point" .... but one wonders why you have to point to anyone else to see what the problems are with Delgado, Alou, El Duque, Pedro, Castillo, Heilman, Sosa, Wise, Felicaino, Sanchez, Schoeneweis and other players who have prevented this team from performing at a higher level. If a GM can't see what the problems are, then he is blind, in denial, and incompetent. I'm sure a GM like Theo Epstein and Josh Byrnes can spot the problems very quickly, as can many fans. <b>This isn’t rocket science. The leader of the team that had the greatest collaps in baseball history and has led a takented (on paper) team to a full year of sub-.500 ball has to go.</b> Apparently, it is rocket science to those who can't see that a floundering bullpen and rotation were at the root of the collapse last year (which by the way was not the worst in baseball history -- that distinction belongs to the Yankees) ... and that talent on paper will play out to .500 ball when the talent on paper of the other clubs in the league is just as good or better. It allows us to evaluate the players and the roster without being able to point to Willie as the main problem.

I’m sure you mean “without having to point” …. but one wonders why you have to point to anyone else to see what the problems are with Delgado, Alou, El Duque, Pedro, Castillo, Heilman, Sosa, Wise, Felicaino, Sanchez, Schoeneweis and other players who have prevented this team from performing at a higher level. If a GM can’t see what the problems are, then he is blind, in denial, and incompetent. I’m sure a GM like Theo Epstein and Josh Byrnes can spot the problems very quickly, as can many fans.

This isn’t rocket science. The leader of the team that had the greatest collaps in baseball history and has led a takented (on paper) team to a full year of sub-.500 ball has to go.

Apparently, it is rocket science to those who can’t see that a floundering bullpen and rotation were at the root of the collapse last year (which by the way was not the worst in baseball history — that distinction belongs to the Yankees) … and that talent on paper will play out to .500 ball when the talent on paper of the other clubs in the league is just as good or better.

]]> By: gipper82475 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179060 gipper82475 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:16:32 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179060 I hear Capt. Queeg trying to cover up his paranoid delusions. SNY made me look like a bad manager! There were more strawberries, we must search the ship for the key to the storeroom! I hear Capt. Queeg trying to cover up his paranoid delusions.

SNY made me look like a bad manager! There were more strawberries, we must search the ship for the key to the storeroom!

]]> By: gipper82475 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179059 gipper82475 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:14:49 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179059 Anthony, I cannot fathom that you equate wanting Willie gone with bandwagon fans. I, for one, recall the Bamburger years and all the intervening decades since and am as loyal to this team as anyone. And, Willie must go. Does his departure mean all will be well? Hardly. But it turns the page, at least psychologically, from The Collapse. It allows us to evaluate the players and the roster without being able to point to Willie as the main problem. That allows Omar (or, if necessary, his replacment) to re-tool as needed. This isn't rocket science. The leader of the team that had the greatest collaps in baseball history and has led a takented (on paper) team to a full year of sub-.500 ball has to go. Anthony,

I cannot fathom that you equate wanting Willie gone with bandwagon fans. I, for one, recall the Bamburger years and all the intervening decades since and am as loyal to this team as anyone. And, Willie must go.

Does his departure mean all will be well? Hardly. But it turns the page, at least psychologically, from The Collapse. It allows us to evaluate the players and the roster without being able to point to Willie as the main problem. That allows Omar (or, if necessary, his replacment) to re-tool as needed.

This isn’t rocket science. The leader of the team that had the greatest collaps in baseball history and has led a takented (on paper) team to a full year of sub-.500 ball has to go.

]]> By: gipper82475 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179058 gipper82475 Thu, 22 May 2008 09:10:18 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179058 Ruach2, If I am speaking with a friedn and being non-PC, then I am saying what I actually feel, right? Well, then: 1.) He actually belives that racism and SNY camerawork are to blame for the criticism he is receiving. Somebody cast this guy as Captain Queeg in the remake of The Caine Mutiny. He is a case study in paranoia. and 2.) His apology is total hogwash and spin to cover up what he really thinks. Ruach2,

If I am speaking with a friedn and being non-PC, then I am saying what I actually feel, right?

Well, then:

1.) He actually belives that racism and SNY camerawork are to blame for the criticism he is receiving. Somebody cast this guy as Captain Queeg in the remake of The Caine Mutiny. He is a case study in paranoia.

and

2.) His apology is total hogwash and spin to cover up what he really thinks.

]]> By: Danny1986 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179028 Danny1986 Thu, 22 May 2008 04:31:45 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179028 Anthony, do you realize you just answered all of my questions with questions of your own. we can do this all night, if you want. Anthony, do you realize you just answered all of my questions with questions of your own.

we can do this all night, if you want.

]]> By: toomanyuniforms http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179022 toomanyuniforms Thu, 22 May 2008 04:20:44 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-179022 As the manager really doesn't do anything and has no effect on performance, I'd like to suggest Scarlett Johansen as the next Mets' manager. Really, what Met wouldn't be out there busting his butt for Scarlett!!!? As the manager really doesn’t do anything and has no effect on performance, I’d like to suggest Scarlett Johansen as the next Mets’ manager. Really, what Met wouldn’t be out there busting his butt for Scarlett!!!?

]]> By: dykstraw http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-178906 dykstraw Thu, 22 May 2008 02:59:41 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-178906 i brought this up last night. it is simply a math issue. i brought this up last night. it is simply a math issue.

]]> By: toomanyuniforms http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-178807 toomanyuniforms Thu, 22 May 2008 02:36:21 +0000 http://www.metsblog.com/2008/05/21/recap-willie-randolph-on-wfan-8/#comment-178807 I apologize, "The Coup." Years ago, we did see many, many racist comments, and they were wrong. For years, though, it's been getting better, to the point where if someone did an Al Campanis today, he'd be driven out of the game . . . you know, like Al Campanis was TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO. I apologize, “The Coup.” Years ago, we did see many, many racist comments, and they were wrong. For years, though, it’s been getting better, to the point where if someone did an Al Campanis today, he’d be driven out of the game . . . you know, like Al Campanis was TWENTY-ONE YEARS AGO.

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