Comments on: Note: Last Night’s Family Meeting

By: twmessner

twmessner — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 16:20:40 +0000

And this is really the larger issue, isn’t it? If you spend 30 minutes talking, you never hear anything. How can you walk out of a 30 minute monologue and say, “Yeah, boy, everybody sure understands now.” All you did was talk. At them.

I can’t figure Jerry out, and I fear neither can the players. I’m not there (and obviously have limited insight into the reality of the situation), but it seems to me like Jerry has lost these guys. He has certainly lost me. He talks out of both side of his mouth, then laughs about it. Maybe Jerry could appoint Tatis the player-manager.

By: Chiefman

Chiefman — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 15:00:43 +0000

A 28 minute meeting and Jerry was the only speaker.

If I had to listen to his wisdom uninterrupted for 28 minutes I don’t think I could do it without either breaking out into laughter or retching.

By: thedude

thedude — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:50:15 +0000

Jerry has been the hypocrite here. His message last night was a complete 180 from the woe-is-me message he’s been putting out there for a month.

Completely unrelated, but Ron Darling is FANTASTIC as a studio analyst. He was right on the money last night, criticizing Jerry/Johan and even the way the organization has handled injuries. It seems like not being in the booth frees him up to be honest and more critical of the team. Like everyone else, I love GKR, but Darling is a huge upgrade over Ojeda in the studio.

By: starz31

starz31 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:42:11 +0000

It could be Johan, but I don’t think it’s about stats though. If it was, he’d very hyprocritical. I think he’s just so competitive that he was beyond frustrated last night. And I think it was more of an accumulation thing. We made stupid errors in every game for the last week. And last night, Johan had to deal with it firsthand.

Frustration, that’s all it is. Jerry is trying to bring the players back down, to calm them, and to focus more on the little things.

It hurts the team as a whole to get frustrated with a teammate.

By: KickedintheMetsiclesAgain

KickedintheMetsiclesAgain — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:27:03 +0000

I don’t mean to point fingers, but I am finding it hard to figure out who the person who was acting “individualistic” (to use Jerry’s term).

I would hate to bring it up, but could it be Johan? I really hope it was not, because he is suppose to be a leader.

But timing and circumstance would be right if Johan had said something that Jerry took as Individualistic.

Who else would be worried about their own stats? Its really only the starting pitchers based on how the team has been playing.

Its not my goal to point fingers but I find it hard to believe it could be anyone else, and I would be quite disappointed to find out it was Johan. So basiscally, what I am saying is that I am confused.

By: metfan435

metfan435 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:26:46 +0000

When I heard Jerry’s comments last night, I thought that his 180 degree turn around in attitude was for one reason. I think that since he he has been bordering on being critical the last couple days of the front office not making a move for a bat. I sure Omar came down on him and told him to change his message. I don’t think Jerry believes those statements anymore than the players do.

By: starz31

starz31 — Wed, 01 Jul 2009 14:26:43 +0000

Like you said, it sounds great but it all depends if they can follow through.

Last 2 years, they always said the right thing in September, but they obviously never executed those glorious plans.