I listened to as much of Jeff Wilpon and Omar Minaya’s press conference as I could yesterday. I read summaries of the parts I missed.
I’ve seen reactions from many people, from bloggers to people on Twitter. ALL are negative. But honestly, I’m going to ask these people: what do you want them to say that will make you happy?
Despite that I can’t fully get behind what Jeff is doing, and what Omar is doing, it seems like ANYTHING they do at this point is going to be met with full-on criticism.
Here are the main relevant points of Mike Francesa’s interview with these two:
-Wilpon feels this season was unacceptable.
-Misdiagnoses of injuries resulted from relying too much on other team’s trainers (dumb, but it happens)
-The Mets will spend money in the offseason as if it were any other year (unaffected by Madoff)
-Wilpon was most disappointed with the inability to drive in runs
-The Mets will likely make big changes to the supporting cast of the Mets, through both the free agent market (where they will be active) and potentially in trades, looking to trade members of the major-league squad or mid-level prospects.
Also, as announced on Monday, Luis Alicea (First base coach, baserunning coach) and Sandy Alomar Sr. (bench coach, infield coach) were fired, with the Mets citing their struggles on the bases and on defense as the reasons. Howard Johnson (hitting) and Dan Wharthen (pitching) will be retained, and Razor Shines will be reassigned from third base (likely to bench coach role).
So, what do you want from them? That’s my question. I feel like these guys are in a position where they can’t say anything without being blasted for it. So I ask, is a change in GM/ownership the only thing that’s going to satisfy anyone? Can you give this regime another shot?
PROBLEM ISNT WHAT THEYRE SAYING ANYMORE BECAUSE WHAT MOST PEOPLE WANT TO HEAR THEY REALLY CANT SAY JUST BECAUSE OF THE POSITION THEY ARE IN. THEY CANT GO GETTING ON THE RADIO AND AGREEING WITH FANS THAT THIS GUYS A BUM AND THAT GUY STINKS AND FANS ARE SO FRUSTRATED THAT WHEN YOU HEAR THEM TALK AND HALF OF IT SOUNDS LIKE STRAIGHT UP BS WHO THE HECK WANTS TO HEAR IT. I DONT WANT TO HEAR A WORD MINAYA HAS TO SAY BECAUSE ALL HE SOUNDS LIKE TO ME IS A USED CAR SALESMAN AND AS FAR AS THE WILPONS WELL BOYS IF YOU CARE SO MUCH ABOUT THE TEAM AS YOU CLAIM THEN GET SOME GOOD BASEBALL MEN IN HERE TO RUN THE SHOW. MAYBE THAT WOULD CALM PEOPLE DOWN BOTTOM LINE IF THE TEAM WINS THEN I DONT CARE IF I EVER HEAR THE OWNER SAY ANYTHING BECAUSE HES SAID ENOUGH BY PUTTING A WINNING PRODUCT ON THE FIELD.