Comments on: Note: Mets Press Conf. on SNY at 5 PM EDT

By: lambay

lambay — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:13:16 +0000

greetings from Dublin Ireland. I think i must have been one of the first to find out about Willie’s firing this morning. 8.15am our time!

I am listening to the press conference on WFAN at the moment. Omar sounds really nervous.

By: nova86

nova86 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:09:28 +0000

omars actually doing well i think

By: AlreadyMissShea

AlreadyMissShea — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:05:12 +0000

“I had two choices. He was going to be our manager for the entire year. Or he was not going to be our manager. I came to the decision that he is not going to be our manager.”

I’ll give Omar some credit. That’s a lot more direct than I expected him to be.

By: telljimmyrollins

telljimmyrollins — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:04:25 +0000

has anyone been able to see the live conference via mlb.com or mets.com ? I just get a blank screen.

By: AlreadyMissShea

AlreadyMissShea — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 21:03:10 +0000

All of this chaos over nothing. Omar just made it clear that Willie was not fired. He was relieved.

By: cinco312

cinco312 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:59:35 +0000

Let’s see what this coward has to say.

By: EliPorter

EliPorter — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:59:20 +0000

and one more thing, google has an application called “google trends” where it ranks the most searched items on google in the united states. the #2 most searched item in the US today is tony bernazard hah

By: HitmeHickman

HitmeHickman — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:58:03 +0000

going to the TV

By: EliPorter

EliPorter — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:57:14 +0000

if you look at willies firing, it might have been better to give him the pink slip tonight. heres why- with the nba finals possibly ending, this story would totally get overshadowed. maybe minaya thought tiger, the anticipation for game 6, and wangs injury would divert some attention from the mets firing…. apparently not or i might be overestimating his intelligence

By: ravi3

ravi3 — Tue, 17 Jun 2008 20:56:58 +0000

he absolutely is interim. I think that if they were really high on Manuel, then Willie would have been let go earlier.

Plus, by slapping the interim tag, it gives brass the leeway to go in another direction should things not work out….of course, here is hoping they do, starting tonite with Johan