I have been a Mets fan since I went to see my first game when I was seven years old. I have suffered through the lean years of the seventies, times when players like Doug Flynn, Craig Swan, Pat Zachary and countless other less than adequate players were employed by the franchise. I remember being one of the thirty five hundred fans in the stands when the team just absolutely sucked, but you know what? They were still my team. After last night, I am going to have to re-evaluate my loyalty.
I cannot believe that the "organization" decided to fire manager Willie Randolph literally in the middle of the night after the team beat the first place Anaheim Angels. Are you flippin' kidding me? Hmmm....let's see.....I know, let's ask Willie to fly out to the west coast, manage a game, win the game, and then let him go after his post game press conference. Yeah, that's it, let's do it that way.
Willie has been a member of MLB in some capacity for over thirty years. He has represented the Mets with nothing but class and respectability. Then, they go ahead and screw him. And treat him conversely to the way that he treated us.
The Mets have every right to hire and fire anyone they want. But it would have been nice to see the same class that Willie has shown during his tenure with the team. I am floored that a professional franchise can completely fowl up something like this. 3:15 Am Eastern Time, was when this happened, are you kidding me? What a joke. Omar Minaya, or whatever other mental midget made this decision should be fired as a human being.
Oh, by the way. The players are not completely ignorant, do think that this methodology was the the best way to motivate the team? Jeeez, please go out and buy a freaking clue.
To the front office of the Mets. You are pathetic, classless, clueless, inept and have shown that you are capable of incompetence of neo-lithic proportions.
Way to go. You can't even fire someone correctly, that does not say much for how you actually run your team.
Ahhh......the beauty of venting.
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I guess that just goes to show you the cowardness of the Mets organization. I agree that if a player/manager is not performing then there is no reason not to fire them, but do it in a dignified manner.
I would also place some of the blame on the GM, for picking the players who seem to have some issues amongst themselves as well.
At least you know what you have this season and won't be dissapointed by the outcome. There is always next year.
T
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