It’s hard for me to have a lot of faith in the Mets these days.
I don’t think it’s so much for the losing, or the uninspired play on the field – after all, we have been living with uninspired baseball for the bulk of the last three seasons.
My faith has become questioned with the actions of management, in particular over the past couple of days. After the Mets announced they will retain their coaching staff, at least for the time being, and hearing both Jerry Manuel and Omar Minaya place their own faith in the eyes of failure, for the first time, I began to question the Mets brass’ dedication towards winning.
It’s not that I think anyone needs to be fired or that they believe they can turn things I around – Personally I believe this group can turn things around only because they have shown long and sustained stretches of success this season. I just feel, after a disastrous 11 game road trip which saw the Mets free-fall to the border of contention, that some sort of statement needed to be made which indicates nobody at Citi Field is complacent or tolerable of uninspired baseball and losing in particular. Whether it’s a change in coaching, or just for either Omar Minaya, Jerry Manuel, Jeff Wilpon or all three stand up and say something directly and sternly about what has happened to the Mets, something other than basically nothing should have been done yesterday.
At the end, we saw only the status-quo with management and that is very disturbing to me.
Now, it’s not to say, if this trend the Mets have been on continues that wholesale changes aren’t on the horizon, but again, I’m not looking for anyone in particular to be fired – I just want some sort of indication that old habits are behind us, and as of tonight’s game against St. Louis, there is a change in preparation to ensure the maximum effort is given by players and coaches because deep down, I believe this team as it is built now is capable of being far more competitive than they have been since the All-Star Break – I just think a better direction is needed with this group.
I definitely agree with what you wrote but almost feel like its a broken record with this organization. Should we be surprised by any of this? If anything its consistent with how the Wilpons have run the Mets the last few years..at least. Simply put its extremely frustrating.