Note: Omar is Sorry, and the Chilling Effect
In a post to Twitter, Joel Sherman of the New York Post writes, Mets GM Omar Minaya’s friends say he has confided to them that he messed up by attacking Adam Rubin of the Daily News during today’s press conference.
Speaking to reporters from the press box, Minaya said he is sorry for out Rubin, noting it was the wrong forum.
Minaya, however, stood by his statement that Rubin lobbied the team for a job.
…so, he’s not sorry for what he said, he’s sorry for where he said it…
Speaking from the press box, Jeff Wilpon later said Rubin is not the first writer to ask him for job advice.
…jezuz, please, guys, stop calling press conferences… good lord, quit it now, i’m begging you…
…i must have missed the One Step Forward, Two Steps Back method to crisis management in college…
…i don’t know what to think of all of this… i really don’t… i wish omar would just come out and say what he was trying to say about rubin… i mean, technically, he never talks of his opinion of rubin’s motives… he only repeatedly states rubin lobbied for a job, which rubin denied… however, it’s pretty clear, based on the course of events and what omar was alluding to, that he was trying to imply something, be it that rubin had it out for tony b, or rubin wanted a job, or something… but, he never says so… i hate when people are coy… just say what you want to say, and prove it…
Prior to tonight’s game, SNY’s Ron Darling said on air, “It’s an awful day here in Met-land… This is a very interesting thing, for me, how you move forward from this, because this is something that will be there for a long period of time. How do you talk to Omar now without thinking something is going to be on or off the record?”
…i still have to wonder, is that Chilling Effect the point… that exact freeze, is that what omar and the Mets were trying to accomplish…
