Note: Minaya not in Trouble, per Heyman
…the popular belief among fans and reporters seems to be that, now that Willie Randolph is out of the picture, if the team doesn’t win, Omar Minaya should and will be in trouble…
However, in a Q&A with SI.com, Jon Heyman says that Minaya is not in jeopardy of losing his job, adding:
“I believe Omar has a very good rapport with the Wilpons and I think they very much want to work with Omar. The nature of baseball suggests that the GM always has a much longer leash than the manager for a variety of reasons, one of them being that it can sometimes take years to implement an overall plan.”
Nevertheless, in the Daily News, Mike Lupica writes that the next ‘nightmare’ could be Minaya’s.
Meanwhile, also in the Daily News, Bob Raissman details Minaya’s ability to ‘spin,’ adding that he is, ‘‘Spoken like a man who has earned a doctorate in jive.’
…minaya’s press conference was brutal, but honest…he dedicated himself to three talking points, a) it was his decision to fire Willie Randolph, b) the media forced him in to making a decision by putting pressure on his clubhouse, and c) he told willie at midnight to avoid any one finding out from a third party source…
…other than that, minaya was knee deep in spin tactics and honest filibustering, which is all totally expected…
By the way, the following audio was created by a friend of a reader of MetsBlog, and edits together every time Minaya said, ‘OK,’ during his press conference with reporters yesterday:
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