Anyone Else Tired.......

[Business]

...of this pity party that followed Willie Randolph around after his firing?

First off, he was fired at 3:15am Eastern Time. The team was on the West Coast so as far as game time goes it was 12:15am, after the game.

The man was given maybe the best talent in the NL and could barely keep their heads above .500 water. Excuse me if I shed a tear for an underacheiving coach making millions of dollars a year.

I watched ESPN all day yesterday, and listened to ESPN Radio on my way to Raleigh and all I heard was this huge pity party for Randolph. By the time I got home I wanted to rip my hair out.

If your given the best talent and can't do your job who gives a damn if your fired by Press Release or Face-to-Face. Good man maybe, good coach no.

The media took this one and made the Mets out to be evil, when they should have fired his ass after not even making the playoffs last year.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

they are racist remember??? i lost a ton of respect for the guy when he let said that

 

[crazyguy]

he should have been fired after the collapse last year.

 

[Vol Mania 21]

worthless

 

[Heebs]

I don't have pity for Willie, but I really don't like how the Mets fired him.

First of all, WR asked Minaya face to face on Sunday, if you are going to fire me, do it now, don't let me get on that plane."

Then of course he got on the plane and was fired after a win. And Minaya acts as though he didn't know he was going to fire Willie before they won the game and had their ace throwing the next day.

Second, the owner, Fred Wilpon, went on radio and claimed that he had nothing to do with the firing- that it was all Minaya's decision. I find that incredibly hard to believe. Sounds like someone who is afraid to take any heat. What a wimp.

 

[Vercingetorix]

I don't have pity for Willie, but I really don't like how the Mets fired him.

First of all, WR asked Minaya face to face on Sunday, if you are going to fire me, do it now, don't let me get on that plane."

Then of course he got on the plane and was fired after a win. And Minaya acts as though he didn't know he was going to fire Willie before they won the game and had their ace throwing the next day.

Second, the owner, Fred Wilpon, went on radio and claimed that he had nothing to do with the firing- that it was all Minaya's decision. I find that incredibly hard to believe. Sounds like someone who is afraid to take any heat. What a wimp.

Agreed. No sympathy for Randolph, but the Mets handled that as badly as it's possible to handle the situation. Not that I expected much better from a loser organization like that.

 

[Heebs]

The Mets make the Yankees seem stable, and I like that.

 

[Business]

I don't know about you guys, but if I owned a team and was paying someone that much money (to underacheive) and he came to me more worried about his job status more so than the game in hand......screw him, get on the plane big boy.

 

[Business]

Anyone watching Mike and Mike this morning?

I want to jump through the screen and just choke these guys. 30 minutes of sarcastic talk about how they fired Randolph without mentioning how awful of a coach he was.

Why does the media forget that he led maybe the worse down fall of a baseball team in history? Get's Johan Santana and maybe the most powerful offense in the NL and can't get over .500??? I hate the media.

 

[Heebs]

I don't know about you guys, but if I owned a team and was paying someone that much money (to underacheive) and he came to me more worried about his job status more so than the game in hand......screw him, get on the plane big boy.

Get on the plane even though everyone knows he won't last the road trip?

What's the point in that? Really.

 

[Business]

Get on the plane even though everyone knows he won't last the road trip?

What's the point in that? Really.

What's the point in keeping a manager after what happened last season?

There's no point in all of this. I'm just saying the media is having a field day with this and refuses to talk about how bad of a manager Willie Randolph has been of late.

 

[Vercingetorix]

What's the point in keeping a manager after what happened last season?

There's no point in all of this. I'm just saying the media is having a field day with this and refuses to talk about how bad of a manager Willie Randolph has been of late.

Randolph was a fairly beloved player with the Yankees. No matter how long he spent in the dugout at Shea, he's a Yankee forever. I'm not shocked that he gets a pass from the media.