Comments on: News: Mets Press Conference at 5 pm EDT

By: egnirc

egnirc — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:26:49 +0000

The Mets are so clueless they are probably flying Manuel to NYC to do the press conference at 5PM and then flying him back California in time for tonights game.

(Wouldn’t doubt it after what they did with Church.)

By: tres

tres — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:22:01 +0000

I like Randolph, but the way things were going, if he had to go, he had to go..But like this??? I’m so disgusted with this franchise right now. I mean f they fired him in the middle of the night after a road win, they knew they were going to fire him before they even went to California. They should’ve done it after the San Diego sweep or after the Arizona series. Not after they’ve won 3 of the last 5 and with the post season still a realistic possibility AND with no real manager o replace him. Head coaches and managers get replaced by interims when the post season is virtually impossible. And if tey thought Randolph couldn’t get the job done, what makes them think Manuel can????? I think this is gonna hurt the team rather than help. You can forget about playoffs now….

By: Nate W.

Nate W. — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:19:34 +0000

yup, first game back from SD shouldnt have taken place with Willie, it should have been the time for the change right then.

By: ugbmets21

ugbmets21 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:05:10 +0000

Weasel? couldn’t have said it better. i do not agree at all as to how this was handed but come on guys, it was time sooner rather then later. now be sellers at the trade deadline… please!

By: acraane

acraane — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 12:01:59 +0000

that’s neither here nor there ridethesnake. All coaches have varying degrees of success. Some are named coaches of the year one year, and are fired a few years later. You just go with the best info possible and make the decision that you think is best for your team. “The right fit”. My point is that the problems with this team go far beyond Willie. And a lot of those people who picked the Mets [which isn't a barometer of anything] said stuff like, “if Alou can play 80 games, and Pedro stays healthy and, and , and…”

Between you and me though, trust me, I hope Willie was the problem because that means this team has a shot at the post season. I’d love to be wrong on this one.

By: FireOmar

FireOmar — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:53:28 +0000

Scumbag move by Omar. What a weasel.

By: ridethesnake

ridethesnake — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:52:53 +0000

But look — if Willie wins a WS with another team, I will eat crow and admit it. I will not pretend I wanted him to stay.

Just as long as you eat crow if the new manager does better than an under .500 record, and you don’t say something like how this would have happened if Willie was here too. THAT would be pathetic. If it’s Manuel or someone else, and they get this team to play better, you better own up and admit that replacing Willie was the right move and that Omar’s team was in fact, good enough to win.

Ready?

By: gomets6091

gomets6091 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:52:19 +0000

Aaron Heilman blew Game 7, not Willie Randolph. Maybe he shouldn’t have pinch-hit Cliff Floyd, but that wasn’t what lost the game: Aaron Heilman not being able to keep a ball in the Grand Canyon is what lost that game.

By: gottabelieve07

gottabelieve07 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:50:05 +0000

Completely correct. This was absolutely a classless way to handle the situation with Willie, from start to finish.

But I don’t want to hear that from Yankee fans.

At least we didn’t run a guy who won 4 World Series, appeared in 7, and made the playoffs 12 consecutive years out of town like a bandit.

Yankee fans should be more concerned with their ass of an owner trying to blame the lack of a DH for a freak injury to his ace.

By: Wright88

Wright88 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 11:49:30 +0000

The timing of this is horrible. If you were going to fire Willie, why not do it after the SD trip or before the trip to LA. I mean making him go all the way to LA for one game and then fire him after he wins. Seriously what was the point in letting him get on the plane if no matter what happened in LA he was going to get fired? I only hope this is all on Jeff and not Omar, because I really like Omar and would hate it if he was behind this.