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Fred Wilpon: Omar and Jerry Back in the Saddle in 2010


The Post is reporting that Fred G. Wilpon (the "G" stands for grission) had a one question press conference yesterday where he made it known throughout the land that Omar Minaya is his guy for 2010. After following up, the Post reports that Minaya remarked that Jerry is his guy.

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These sorts of endorsements are of course notorious for not meaning much. I suppose this may play out any number of ways.

Perhaps the worst possibility for Mets fans is that, as others have speculated, the old man has a genuine fondness for Minaya and is simply giving him a mulligan based on this season's injuries. A slightly more cynical possibility is that the Wilpons are simply sticking with Omar because they are simply unable and/or unwilling to take on the expense of overhauling the entire operations. A truly cynical possibility is that the Wilpons want Omar out, but would rather subtly pressure him to resign on his own in order to reduce their liability for his recent contract extension. Having seen precisely this scenario play out between the Knicks and Larry Brown, where there was ambiguity about whether Brown was fired or resigned, this is hardly far-fetched. The Wilpons might leave Minaya as the titular head while undermining his decision-making authority, perhaps delegating more responsibility to Assistant GM, John Ricco. He has certainly become more public in recent months as multiple media sources have speculated that he is the heir apparent to the GM job.

For long-suffering Mets fans that last scenario should really frighten you. The biggest accidents happen in the middle of the road. That is, when organizations carelessly blend different organizational philosophies--often motivated by dreams of cost savings--you can get the worst kinds of decision-by-committee outcomes.  The chances of seeing real reform in organizational philosophy seem remote right now. So prepare yourselves to be long-suffering just a little while longer.

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I'm actually not surprised...

It’s the combination of Omar’s contract, and the built-in injury excuse. It’s the path of least resistance, which the Wilpon’s seem to always take.

The re-upping of Omar in the middle of last year’s Collapse Part Deux was a truly bizarre move that seems destined to hurt this franchise for quite a while.

by Mex_17 on Aug 23, 2009 4:45 PM EDT reply actions   0 recs

Franceour.

"It's like the old phrase goes.....The balls in your court now Mr.Church, so you take that ball, you dribble it up the court and....................................... get a layup"
- Keith Hernandez

by nrmax88 on Aug 26, 2009 12:51 AM EDT up reply actions   0 recs

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