Manuel Gets Vote of Confidence From Minaya

Hopefully this is the type of "vote of confidence" that comes only weeks before said manager gets fired.

almost 2 years ago Ogre39666 20 comments 0 recs |

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A GM has to say things like this regardless

But I think Omar actually means it. It might be the most annoying thing about Omar is that he never admits when he made a mistake. He just stubbornly leaves shitty players on the roster and shitty managers.

by FrancoTAU on Jul 23, 2010 2:49 AM EDT reply actions 2 recs

Hit it on the nail

by cuseindahuse on Jul 23, 2010 10:19 AM EDT up reply actions

If we win tonight, Jerry's toast

Omar + terrible team slump + LA road trip + “midnight” = fired manager

by Dan Lewis on Jul 23, 2010 7:14 AM EDT reply actions 1 recs

Sweet

Those things are the kiss of death!

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by meigs1414 on Jul 23, 2010 8:28 AM EDT reply actions

I <3 Wiggy

I hope the Mets make a trade for him. Not because I think he’ll help us win, but because I’m just a big Wiggy fan. He’s one of my favorite players in a “not that good, but you love him anyway” kind of way.

by Steeeve on Jul 23, 2010 10:21 AM EDT reply actions

MY BAD

Posted in wrong thread.

by Steeeve on Jul 23, 2010 10:23 AM EDT up reply actions

but your devotion to the cause

has inspired us all

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by CTRefJay on Jul 23, 2010 1:33 PM EDT up reply actions

i remember i was so happy when randolph got fired

i literally skipped work the next day and just hung out with my girlfriend. i was thrilled. and then they made jerry the permanent manager, and i couldn’t understand it because as far as lineups and bullpens go, they were identical. i lost my faith in mets upper management that year. nothing will change. no one will be held accountable for bad moves, poor contracts, or anything of the like. i’m expecting to hear contract extensions for both as show of loyalty from fred and jeff

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by Rey-O on Jul 23, 2010 11:27 AM EDT reply actions

Willie was never the problem.

it’s always been the players Omar brings in to support the core.

One day, this team is going to kill me.

by fxcarden on Jul 23, 2010 11:39 AM EDT up reply actions

Well

I think he was a little bit the problem. How many games are we going to stick with Guillermo Mota when there are other guys in the pen who aren’t used?

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by Steve Schreiber on Jul 23, 2010 1:44 PM EDT up reply actions

that was my point.

him and Jerry are the same, therefore you could have kept WIllie and saved yourself the agony.

One day, this team is going to kill me.

by fxcarden on Jul 23, 2010 3:29 PM EDT up reply actions

He was bad still.

I’m just not sure who is worse at this point. And even Evan’s chart doesn’t help with this one.

by FrancoTAU on Jul 23, 2010 7:15 PM EDT up reply actions

I wish my boss gave me a vote of confidence

when I suck at work

by Rigsay on Jul 23, 2010 1:28 PM EDT reply actions

this

One day, this team is going to kill me.

by fxcarden on Jul 23, 2010 1:31 PM EDT up reply actions

goodness

I can’t decide who’s worse: Jerry Manuel or Willie Randolph

help me out guys: Mets managerial smackdown: who would you rather have?

Or is the immortal Art Howe worse than both of them?

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by feslenraster on Jul 24, 2010 5:16 PM EDT reply actions

Art Howe is worse

But I’d rather have Willie rather than Jerry.

Save Jenrry Mejia!

by Ogre39666 on Jul 24, 2010 5:52 PM EDT up reply actions

I don't think Art was worse than Jerry

Jerry actively loses games, which is hard for a manager to do.

I had no idea how much I would come to despise Jerry. I thought Willie deserved to go, after the collapse and then the team not doing much the first part of the following season, but it has to be said that I had no idea at that time how bad a manager could really be.

by SuperT on Jul 24, 2010 8:46 PM EDT up reply actions