Read: Randolph Victim of a Team Circus
In his blog for ESPN.com, Buster Olney writes that the Mets needed someone to stand up scream, “NO,” prior to their decision to fire Willie Randolph following last night’s game.
According to Olney:
“In the past month, and especially in the past 96 hours, they needed GM Omar Minaya to bluntly say to everyone in the room that what they proposed to do was embarrassing for the organization, beneath the dignity of any professional business. They needed Minaya to insist they come up with something else. But instead, the circus played out fully, without the elephants or the tigers but with plenty of clowns lurking in the shadows. Minaya and his assistant, Tony Bernazard, walked around the lobby of the team hotel Monday “like grim reapers,” in the eyes of a staff member. And after weeks of leak-fed speculation and boardroom backstabbing and indecision, they did their bidding, fired manager Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first-base coach Tom Nieto. Even the writers of “The Sopranos” could not have invented a more recklessly handled hit.”
…from the writers to the fans, i share the same sentiments…how can business have been done in such a manner…why do the Mets constantly act like a second -ate, clueless organization…look, i have never taken a liking to willie, but i respected him…i thought if he was ever going to be fired it should have been after last season…however, when my alarm went off this morning and i heard the news, i wanted to the throw up…we, as fans do not deserve to be humiliated like this…again and again…
