Talk about mixed feelings. On the one hand, Willie Randolph is one of those iconic Yankees I grew up watching as a kid, and was a coach for the Yankee teams during that 1996-2001 dynasty. So he’ll always be a Yankee in my eyes.
And then he went to the manage the Mets! Ah, but good for him.
Now, I’m not saying his time wasn’t up as manager, because the Mets are clearly not working out as planned. So maybe he needed to go. You could make arguments either way. But stringing him along liTalk about mixed feelings. On the one hand, Willie Randolph is one of those iconic Yankees I grew up watching as a kid, and was a coach for the Yankee teams during that 1996-2001 dynasty. So he’ll always be a Yankee in my eyes.
And then he went to the manage the Mets! Ah, but good for him.
Now, I’m not saying his time wasn’t up as manager, because the Mets are clearly not working out as planned. So maybe he needed to go. You could make arguments either way. But stringing him along like that was outrageous. Really low class by the Mets. If they wanted him gone, so be it. It’s their right to do as they wish. But if they really did want him gone, they should have sat him down–before he flew across the country–and said, sorry Willie, it’s time to wrap this up.
Instead, they basically tortured the guy–and wound up looking horrendous in the process.
I’m not a Mets hater per se, but this mess sure makes it a lot easier to not care if they totally fall apart. Willie may or may not have deserved to keep his job, but he certainly deserved better–way better–than how the Mets treated him.
Post edited by: rcolchamiro, at: 2008/06/19 20:35
