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Today on The Mike & Murray Show on SIRIUS Satellite Radio, hosts Mike Yam and Bruce Murray with Gary Carter, who is currently managing the Orange County Flyers of the Independent Golden League in California.
Carter, when asked if he is interested in managing the Mets, should they fire Willie Randolph, said:
“Boy, I’ll tell you what, I would love that, guys. When I saw that on ESPN today, Mike & Mike, they were talking about it and immediately I got on the phone and I called Jay Horowitz and I asked, ‘Should I try to call Mr. Wilpon?’ If there is this going on I just want them to know of my availability. I’m only a phone call away because my contract allows me to leave the ball club. I could be in New York tomorrow, if necessary, because if there’s anything at the major league level I can leave this job…The comments that David Wright made saying that, you know, there’s no spark, there’s no fire, if anything I would love to bring that to the table because you know me, guys. I love the game, have a great passion for it and you know my enthusiasm, and hopefully I would be able to bring that to maybe help turn that ball club around. There’s way too much talent there for them to be a game under .500 and to lose four in a row to the Braves. That’s just kind of uncalled for and I think that they’ve just become complacent in some ways and ever since their demise of last year. And if you look at Willie’s record it is right around .500 since June of last year. And when you have that much talent there are a lot more expectations than where they’re at right now.”
Why would Keith wanna manage when he has the sweetest job and sweetest schedule and I’m sure he’s getting paid a boat load…lol
Gary should call up Wilpon and throw his name into the mix
I think that Gary, Ron, and Keith should manage together.
lol, real classy Carter. jeeez
Yeah really. I wonder how Willie feels after being thrown under that bus by Carter.
Please, please…
Stop the begging Gary. It’s kinda pathetic. “I love the game, have a great passion for it and you know my enthusiasm, and hopefully I would be able to bring that to maybe help turn that ball club around.” Isn’t this what Willie always says?
I’d be happy with Carter, infact i think he might be the best choice unless you want to keep it in house…Jerry Manuel? no thanks.
Yes Carter sounded pathetic, but I would take him in a heartbeat.
But when he was a player, the othwer players hated him, from what I’ve heard–if it was because of the pathos, he might be the worst man ever for the job.
That quote was exceptionally unprofessional from Carter.
Really. A tutorial in how not to get the job.
agreed
And out of teh darkness, hope arises.
I think he would be a good manager
How so? He was able to manage a very talented A ball team to a league championship? He’s always seen smiling and that would be good for SNY? He’s a HOF which means he automatically knows how to talk to players and teach them how to play the game? He’s given no proof that he knows how to manage. He’s managed one year at A ball. If Willie is going to be fired for poor managing due to his inexperience as well as other things, wouldnt it be better to replace him with someone with a decent resume. I mean Gary actually can be considered to have less experience than Willie. Willie at least was on a major league club as a coach and eventually as a bench coach for several years. That is more experience than one year of A ball.
I was listening to Mike and the Mad Dog today when they were talking about the possibility of Keith being the manager of this team. What they said was that they thought he WOULD NOT be interested in the job because they felt that he was happy with the stable and low stress lifestyle that comes with being a broadcaster. I love how people always hear what they want to hear…
I don’t think Keith could be the mets manager, last time I checked a fur coat was not part of the uniform.
Carter comes off as sleazy and desperate.
He does, but its better than a paranoid, arrogant, disingenuous Yankee.
Again, right on the money, my good sir.
NY Cuban, He was no Yankee. He was on the Yankees.
Jeter is a Yankee.
Personally I think that Carter being desperate is a good sign because it shows that he acutally WANTS to win and he knows that he can give this lack luster team the fire that it has been needing since 2006. When Carter called the Mets about the job, it shows the Mets organization that he really wants to do this and he really cares. He wants to win. He cares what happens to the team. Randolph is emotionless and could careless if the Mets win or not. He just sits there and doens’t fight for his own players. What kind of a manager does that? Its sad that our BENCH coach had to get thrown out of a game for arguing a call and Randolph just sits there and does nothing. He has no COJONES!!!!!!!
I will be OK with that move ONLY if he brings back the daily curtain call.
what a weasel
Go Gary Go! :)
Wow. Stay classy, Gary.
DO NOT WANT
Well id rather have a “in your face” type like Carter then a guy who thinks hes getting picked up because of his skin color..
Carter’s not “in your face,” he’s two-faced, there’s a difference
He’s not two faced. He told Rose off in Montreal and he’s hounded players in both NY and Montreal. He also told off Lasorda.
Uh, wow… would he be able to keep his mouth shut about Omar?
Carter seems like a d*ck, I want Willie gone, but not for him