Comments on: Read: Jerry Manuel, One Year Later

By: methead

methead — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:59:50 +0000

Again, we have to be careful what we wish for.

Jerry Manual – I am not a fan. But right now he is somehow helping us keep afloat. Also, there are a lot of bad managers out there. Jerry seems to be getting his team to play for him

Omar – I am a fan here unlike Jerry. You would be hard pressed to name 10 GMs (maybe 5) who are better than Omar. Be careful people what you wish for. We would have Cashman who minus the 200 million + is a lousy GM.

By: JINBK

JINBK — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:20:05 +0000

While there are many things that really bother me about Jerry and the team’s play in general, I will say this about them. They are a much more resilient bunch with Manuel than they were with Willie. By that I don’t even mean fighting back late in games. It just seems that they are able to forget about a poor performance quickly and come out the next day and play a good game. With Willie, it would seem like a poor outing would weigh on the team for the next couple of games and one bad game turns into a three game losing streak. These guys bounce back, and considering the assortment of mind boggling losses this team has taken, that might be the best thing they have going for them.

By: Hubie

Hubie — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:10:10 +0000

The amount of mistakes this team has made this year is downright embarrassing. Even last night there were several mental errors made and Beltran was not running hard on the dropped pop-up by Huff. We also saw Wright fail to take the extra base on two occasions. I’m sorry Matt, but part of this has to fall on Jerry. There is no excuse for the laziness we see day in and day out.

By: BigDaddyKirk

BigDaddyKirk — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:05:42 +0000

Bobby V wasn’t the problem. Steve Phillips was, and obviously Phillips wasn’t going to fire himself. That is why Valentine was fired. There is a reason why Phillips is still in the booth and not back in the front office. How many other managers can you think of that could get a team to the World Series with a starting outfield of Jay Payton, Benny Agbayani, and Timo Perez?

I’m not knocking Jerry Manual. He’s a decent manager, and seems like a decent guy. That being said, he’s not in the same league as Bobby Valentine.

By: dykstraw

dykstraw — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:04:01 +0000

this team wouldn’t be making so many mental errors in the field and on the basepaths if gil hodges was in charge

By: Patrick

Patrick — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 16:01:40 +0000

The principal difference between Manuel and Randolph is he the former talks to his players and allows them to talk to him and you can see it in the game.

Randolph had a don’t bother me I am thinking air about him and it came off that way in his conversations to the press too.

Randolph had become so paranoid last year that when it was suggested that his move to put Ryan Church in the two hole was good and sparked the offense he could not even agree with the reporter posing the question. Instead he insisted that it was coincidence and that Church was not going to remain in the two hole. That was just the apex of I have lost my mind moment for Randolph. All he had to say was “seems to be working out, we are going to ride that for awhile.” But instead to be smarter than the person trying to give him credit for an intriguing move, he backed off the move.

By: jamie_

jamie_ — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:59:10 +0000

totally…he had to know this next guy would probably make or break him w/ the Mets. I’d make damn sure I shopped in every aisle before buying.

But hey, maybe he did, and didn’t like what he saw, what do I know. Maybe he’s a fast shopper.

By: starz31

starz31 — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:49:31 +0000

i was gonna use that exact situation as an example. it was stretching things a bit…it also was a slap in the face to Castro IMO.

By: jimyager

jimyager — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:47:39 +0000

BRING BACK WILLIE !!!
BRING BACK MIKE PIAZZA !!!!
BRING BACK TOM GLAVINE !!!!
HELL, BRING BACK TOM SEAVER !!!!!

By: theperfectgame

theperfectgame — Wed, 17 Jun 2009 15:41:22 +0000

The “lack of depth” that has us 3 games off the division lead and 1 game off the wild card lead despite the ridiculous number of injuries to key players?