Firing him at 3:11 or what ever time it was in the morning? I’m up at this time and I’d tell you it’s too late to be doing anything damn thing that’s important. Firing him during the middle of a road trip? Why fly him out there if you know you’re getting rid of him? Not too much later they fly Church out on a plane after getting his second bad concussion too. Bonehead moves. So they didn’t want to fire him on Father’s Day? Okay, I understand that. They said they made the decision to get rid of him on that Friday. He won 3 out of 4 before they got rid of him. The Mets didn’t handle that situation the right way and in my opinion they do owe Willie an apology. Willie’s as much of a good guy as he is a dumb coach. It was Omar’s fault to hire him and bring him back period in 08′.

The most simple and best thing I heard the Mets beat writer say all year was winning solves all the problems. Only two things matter at the end: Wins and Losses.

Willie – 34-35.

The Mets were .500 in June, July, August and September of last year. They were just about the same thing in the 69 games Willie and Rick coached this team this year. And with Willie and Rick, that record is the exact kind of team they looked like. Mediocrity.

Jerry Manuel and Dan Warthen on the other hand? 37-23. I’m pretty damn happy with that record. Especially considering how out we were at one point. We picked up like 5 games in 5 days in that 10 game win streak and than picked up 5 in 6 games in the previous six game win streak. Not just are they winning, but they’re winning when the Phillies are losing and they’re beating the Phillies. Aren’t we like 9-4 this year against them? Weren’t we like 3-15 against them last year? It’s amazing if you think about. All it would have taken is 5-13 against your rival. Pretty sad.

Screw Willie. Screw Dan. Let’s just all get it off our chest. Willie’s a dumb baseball coach. New York’s a rough city. You don’t get as much as heat as a 3rd base coach. He has thick skin. I give him that. He took it like a man. You always here how he’s a stand up guy and I believe he is. However, he couldn’t make us win. It’s one thing if you don’t got that much baseball intelligence, but when you can’t motivate your players that makes it twice as bad. Jerry’s getting thrown out of games and getting his players fired up. I just don’t want to see Omar Minaya pull a James Dolan by giving Jerry Manuel a Isiah Thomas type contract extension in the middle of the hunt to get into the playoffs. In made him lay off a bit getting that pressure of his shoulders.