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Omar Jumps the Shark - Fernando Grand-Slamo Strikes Again!
I believe we’ve just witnessed the beginning of the end for Omar Minaya.
BMF has long been a Minaya supporter but after seeing our GM take a page out of Willie Randolph’s book and crack under the pressure, I no longer view him as a man in charge of the organization.
How on earth can a General Manager of an MLB team stoop to such a childish antic as calling out Daily News reporter Adam Rubin for simply doing his job?!?
Omar’s decision shows a fundamental lack of understanding of why Bernazard was fired. Regardless of his success in player development, or lack there of (and one look at the barren minor leagues speaks volumes) Tony B needed to be let go because he had become a distraction for the franchise.
So what does Omar do? The moment he puts one problem to bed he calls out a freakin’ newspaper reporter and instantly creates a distraction 100x worse than what Tony B was on his worst day.
What an IDIOT!!!
From where I stand Adam Rubin didn’t do anything wrong. He reported a story that needed to be told. If Omar didn’t like it he should’ve been aware Bernazard was acting the fool up and down the entire organization and done something about it. But he didn’t.
Plus who gives a rat’s ass if Rubin wants to work for the Mets? Like he’s the only newspaper guy to ever want a job with the team he covers. Correct me if I’m wrong but isn’t working your connects to further your own career sorta the American way???
For the record I don’t doubt Rubin lobbied for a gig but that being said I highly doubt he thought he’d land it by uncovering the dirty Met laundry that was Tony B.
I think the real issue was Rubin’s recent article that was highly critical of Minaya. I’m guessing Omar came unhinged due to what he felt was an unfair attack from Rubin last week.
Unfortunately a GM has to have more class than that. Minaya gets paid to rise above all that BS yet he waded deeper into it than any GM I’ve ever seen.
I can’t help but think Minaya’s thought process is being clouded by personal rivalries and bitterness. And that’s no way to run a team.
In fact Omar has seemed less confident with each recent press conference. Years ago he used to speak with confidence and conviction. Now days he fumbles over his words, more than normal, and seems timid and scared.
In the end Minaya broke the cardinal rule - never let ‘em see you sweat.
I don’t know how long it’ll take but if the Mets don’t make a strong push in the second half O could be out of a job by November.
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Obtw there was also a game and the Mets won – again!
Fernando Tatis delivered his signature Grand Slam yet again and Ollie Perez actually looked decent.
Frenchy jackked another and CityField was juiced for the first time in a long time.
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Emma takes her Mets VERY seriously!
July 28th, 2009 at 5:45 am
The only way the Mets could have ended this, is if Jeff and Fred came out at 8am this morning, held a press conference, and announced Omar was being relieved of his duties.
Loved the Wally Matthews article. “Only the Mets could say they slayed the Wicked Witch, and end up running over Toto.”
I’ve had these discussions on Mets management for sometime now. Omar has been my focus, but Tony B and the rest of the group of have come into much clearer focus.
The bottom line is that this group has done a poor job and should have been released with or without shirts on.
I actually liked Blondies post when he said he’s conflicted….We want to be excited about 3 out of 4, but really want to blow up everything else at Citifield.
Putting aside my vitriol and bitterness, I just don’t see how the team is going to pull it’s way out of this abyss with the leadership that it has.
1) A less then stellar big league roster
2) Apparently, terrible minor league talent
3) Not enough money due to Madoff to secure the F/A’s they need to supplement the roster.
4) No talent evaluator.
I guess all I can say, is how can you trust this bunch to run YOUR baseball team, when they can’t even get this simple press conference right? Did anyone hear Minaya’s non-apology/apology? What I think he meant, was he still wanted to shoot the messenger (Rubin), but regrets bringing it up in the press conference.
Seriously, after watching this guy, do you have confidence that he can pull the Mets back from irrelevance? We’ve shown the evidence that he ruined the “Spos, and now he’s going after the Mets.
Unfortunately, I think it’s already done.
July 28th, 2009 at 7:44 am
Just when I’d thought I’d seen the lowest level for a professional sports team, I continue to be amazed.
I always saw right through Minaya. I knew a moment would come when his colors would be revealed, but I never envisioned this.
Time to move on - long past time. Anyone can spend money and make a splash bu holding a press conference. How does this man get a job running the Mets? How to you botch a managerial firing? How do you collapse in Sept. - TWICE? How do you look at strike 3 in October? What a freaking joke.
This moron’s tenure will not be judged kindly - let me tell you. EMPTY farm - worst in the game. 5 years and nothing. NOTHING. (excepting Pelf) - sun shones on every dog’s ass (Moronaya’s) sometimes.
Will somebody PLEASE make “OWNERSHIP” an offer, O.K.? O.K.? We need to investigate multiple things, O.K.? O.K.? No - jerkoffs - it’s NOT O.K.!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 8:24 am
Time for me to weigh in-I have thought that Omar needed to go for the last 2 years-things have only gotten steadily worse since this man has been in charge. The problem is the Wilpons appear to be blinded that I would say even after this debacle-there is no guarantee that Omar is done which is why our beloved Mets are a joke and will continue to be a baseball laughingstock particularly with the Yanks and Phils doing so well-we have been set back 5 years folks-free agency is not going to fix this mess-Jeff “Silver Spoon” Wilpon needed to have his own press conference and say Omar is done-John Riccio is the interim and we need to make a call to Boston and hire their assistant GM and let him get a new manager in here. We also need to sell whatever pieces we can -get younger/faster/better fundamentals (like Omar promised?) To think we have a shot this year is nothing short of delusional-what we do now could set the tone for this franchise for the next 5 years-I am so disgusted now-there needs to be a level headed paln to fix this mess and there does not appear to be one on the horizon-mistake after mistake after mistake !!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!Why the hell would Adam Rubin want a job with this Mickey Mouse organization anyway!!!!!!!!!!!!????????????
July 28th, 2009 at 8:27 am
24.
I’m telling ya.
Willie’s curse has crept up inside Omar and now the guy’s ordering lunch at 9am and breakfast and three in the afternoon.
He ain’t right.
July 28th, 2009 at 8:31 am
Omar will be gone after the season. Rubin probably did ask for a job at one point but he didn’t think that he would get one for attacking Bernazard. This whole thing is bad for the team. The Wilpons don’t want to be laughing-stocks. Minaya will be gone after the season.
July 28th, 2009 at 8:37 am
THANK F*&kING GOD!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!GET SOME PEOPLE IN HERE THAT KNOW WHAT THE HELL THEY ARE DOING!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 8:42 am
…………and Jay Horowitz needs to go, too-this guy his been there way too long and this team is a study on how NOT to handle public relations and a passionate fan base!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 8:48 am
I’d like a body language expert to study that entire press conference. If Omar is not the biggest lying piece of s**t in baseball I dont know who is. You can see his hands shaking nervously, his eyes wandering like a sociopath. I’m sorry but we deserve a GM with more eloquence, backbone, and moral character than this guy. OMAR…….your time has come and you need to go YESTERDAY!!! If the Wilpon’s had any clue/class they would pull their heads out of each other’s arses and fire this guy TODAY! Omar is making a fool out of all in Metland with each passing minute that he is still in charge.
July 28th, 2009 at 8:58 am
the first thing to do is change the teams name from the Mets to the NY Laughing Stocks. the next item on the agenda is change the team uniforms to clown outfits complete with oversized cleats. then give all the players paid vacations. replace the on field personnel with various members of the front office staff, chosen by lot, since ability isn’t an issue, with Jay Horowitz named as a combined GM/field manager. then Omar is named official bat boy and clubhouse attendant, positions he’s eminently qualified for, for the balance of his contract.
now you may wonder why i advocate this “solution” to the Mets organizational woes, because there’s no way it can improve the situation in any way. well, maybe not, but it certainly won’t make it any worse either.
July 28th, 2009 at 9:07 am
This will never change…Omar can (and should) go but the owners track record says there will be no improvement. Another suck-ass yes man will be hired and we’ll be on BMF four years from now calling for his head. I have no faith in ownership to fix this and that’s real bad news. Changing the GM is easy…changing the owbership not easy at all.
July 28th, 2009 at 9:09 am
A hot-headed Dominican and a networking Jew? Is this really news? How about our win streak! Let’s Go Mets!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 9:10 am
Dique Oy Vey!
July 28th, 2009 at 9:45 am
And meanwhile, back on the field, the team is on a roll. Or maybe it’s more like a mini-bagel or one of those tiny Pillsbury dinner rolls, but still it’s been fun to watch them the last few games. Francouer continues to rake, Ollie didn’t suck, Castillo is up to .305, the bullpen was lights out. Just excellent all around.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:03 am
high five Pete M…. game was awesome last night… pulling sullivan for tatis was golden. Watching that ball clear the wall while sitting front row on the field was a highlight of my season so far.. we were going bizerk.
July 28th, 2009 at 10:08 am
I’d like to start by saying. . .GREAT GAME! I feel like its been months since I’ve yelled (anything positive) at the tv. They have to start playing Abba for Fernando, they just have to. Fire the music guy! Just kidding.
Did anyone here catch the part where this is our our first 3 game win streak since MAY??? That is scarier than any Omar flub or Ollie stat. Yeesh.
Really like Francoeur so far, man, he is great with the media, its like he’s been doing it his whole life!
Keith, Gary and Ron before the game were the best analysis so far of this dumbass management situation. If you have it taped go back and watch it.
I was really hoping Omar would be fired this morning. I don’t think he’s the worst GM in history, but I think we can all agree the guy NEEDS A CHANGE OF SCENERY, as they say. Let’s face it, he’s going off the rails about one stop behind Bernazard, and frankly, I REALLY do not want to see Omar with his shirt off, foaming at the mouth. I have enough Mets-related nightmares.
The whole thing is an embarrassing debacle, can we just face reality, Jeff, that the strategy isn’t working and isn’t gonna? How much failure does it take to prove you are going in the WRONG DIRECTION??
July 28th, 2009 at 10:16 am
Three game winning streak!!! Mets are the Hottest team over the past three days!!! start printing playoff tickets!!!…Well, at least it is nice to see them win once and a while and actually put together a few games of aggressive and fundamentally sound play…
As for Bomar…
I’ve heard before yesterday the Rubin had a personal agenda in his attacks on TB…
Omar never accused Rubin of lobbying for Bernazard’s job, just that Rubin wanted a job in player development…Rubin (and others) are twisting Omars words…
If you read Rubin’s stories leading up to yesterday, he was very happy to run with this story and his stories read much more of what a blogger would write vs what a professional journalist/beat writer would do…(although, it’s about par for NY rags…)
For better or worse, Omar is very loyal to his people…I think at times it affects his management decisions and it defiantly affected his actions yesterday…
TB needed to go…his temper and his meddling was having a negative influence on the team…
Omar should know better than to call out a reported by name…he can say that he thought the media over blew the stories and let someone else “leak” the Rubin conspiracy theory and the the Rags run the story…Unfortunately, people believe everything the press writes and thinks everything management says is bull crap…
I have know idea why there was even a presser to announce TB’s firing…Send out a Press Release and move on…
I’m glad someone else has mentioned Jay Horowitz…Mets PR has been poor for decades…I don’t know how this guy keeps his job.
I’ve always supported Omar…but he really E’ff this up…In the long run, this will only end badly for him…
July 28th, 2009 at 10:17 am
I am going to Wed & Thurs games- let’s hope this wonderful winning streak continues!
Franceour contunues to be terrific, as well as Pagan and Castillo. Maybe Tatis will break out now, and perhaps Wright will get back to hitting home runs.
Maybe that horrendous news conference energized the team. Do they see the end in sight for Minaya, and are celebrating early??
I suppose that Wilpon forced Minaya to “apologize” last night in his brief statement. At least Adam Rubin was off the hook. Now Minaya hangs on it.
Meanwhile, distractions aside, Lets go Mets.
July 28th, 2009 at 11:54 am
The use of “lobbied” by Omar Minaya is interesting. It doesn’t sound like he went off the reservation. It sounded like he was using a talking point or repeating something he heard before. And if we believe Rubin, the only person he asked about a job was Jeff Wilpon. So the only conclusion I can draw is Jeff was spreading innuendo about Rubin to his underlings.
“Will no one rid me of this turbulent beat reporter?” Sounds like Minaya got the message loud and clear, Jeff.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:00 pm
Lobbied? You give Omar too much credit.
You mean “lobby”….that’s the word he used 3 or 4 times in succession.
Omar hasn’t quite mastered conjugation just yet.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:10 pm
everyone thought i was crazy when i wanted this guy out with willie last summer
July 28th, 2009 at 12:11 pm
“Fernando Tatis delivered his signature Grand Slam yet again”
July 28th, 2009 at 12:16 pm
1st of all, omar’ speaking skill is AWFUL, and not to mention that his use of words were very LIMITED cause english is not his 1st language (he probably should have conducted to conference in SPANISH). It was like INVESTIGATION the ONLY english words he knows. I said LONG time ago that this team would not win with omar and after his LATEST soap opera, I think it’s DEFINITELY that he needs TO GO, PERIOD!!! By the way, we ALL know that F**king wilpon(s) is the MASTERMIND behind all this. they are the real COWARDS. I have NO F**king faith in omar and wilpon anymore. I don’t trust them. Whatever omar do and don’t do from now on means SH*Ts.
July 28th, 2009 at 12:49 pm
I really don’t give a crap in Omar is eloquent or not, as long as we win. Last night he was so angry that even if he had a freaking PhD in English he would have sounded nuts.
The point is, regardless of his first language, his genealogy, whether he’s circumcised or his political affiliations, the Mets are going nowhere this year without a miracle. Omar employs nutjobs and keeps them around for personal reasons. He doesn’t seem to know what his own VP is doing or doesn’t care, you decide which is worse. He has not proven that he has the ability to run a popsicle stand, forget a major sports organization. THAT is the problem. Not Adam Rubin, not his accent, not injuries.
I wish we could fire the Wilpons!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 12:53 pm
I don’t care if Rubin said he ONLY went to wilpon for career advice or if he also did with omar, Omar and wilpon both at MAJOR faults here. You don’t dissed somebody like omar did in any news conference. AND please omar, please don’t try to defend your BUBBY tony saying some of the facts were un-true. he knows that this TONy was a good friends, but he doesn’t have the GUT to say that TONY ALSO an A**hole too. This whole mets organization is just SO messed up and unprofessional, we all knows tony’s multiple debacles. there are also many other things that this organization did not handled right in the past. I thought the CITI people weren’t particularly nice and courteous when I go to games. i don’t know m=how many of you know this, but when the CITI first completed, they invited many news media to tour the stadium. 1 day, they invited many chinese and korean news reporters there and made them waited good hour before they allow them into CITI to tour, but the reporters didn’t tour because the mets people were SO F**king rude, they made them wait while they told them ” I’ll said READY them you guys can come in”. During the LONG wait, another group of reporters from WB11 and another local sports news channels people came in and get escorted IMMEDIATELY to tour the stadium WHILE the chinese and korean reporters were STILL waiting for “OK” from the mets staff. Yes, eventhough the wipon and 2 other mets HR and marketing VP apologized at QUEENS councilor’ office, BUT the damage been DONE. it was that they NEVER seems to get things right, thats starts from the TOP to the guy in the clubhouse store. Thats how F**KED up the METS are!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 1:02 pm
Is that true? Jeez, way to alienate your neighbors. Hello,you are in FLUSHING! If that is true, what an embarrassment.
Is Horowitz the guy who keeps dressing the players in those stupid black and blue hats? If he is in charge of wardrobe too, he has to go. What next, tan muscle shirts a la the Padres? UGH.
July 28th, 2009 at 1:14 pm
FortGreeneMetFan: yes it was way true, you wouldn’t find it in any paper except worldjournal.com. not 1 word mentioned in other papers that next day. what a classy organization!!!
July 28th, 2009 at 1:50 pm
Omar fired or out of a job? Do you know how much money they’d be paying him to sit at home? His contract extension hasn’t even kicked in yet! And the Mets are paying several people (not just DL players) a lot of money to be fired. Omar would just add to the list so I’m thinking he’s here to stay. He’ll just have a shorter leash.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:18 pm
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=G8bm6XlxuCY
July 28th, 2009 at 2:33 pm
I’m just happy to have a game to watch until the last out. Changing the channel by the 6th was depressing.
July 28th, 2009 at 2:55 pm
There is some awesome analysis of the trade market and Omar’s performance over at http://freepedro.com. And yes, the mets pretty much have to fire Omar Minaya at the end of the season, if not now.
July 28th, 2009 at 3:25 pm
Okay no need to repeat it by I will. That press conference was totally embarrassing. You put out the fire with Tony B no need to light another one.
On a brighter note, I was at the game last night and Fernando’s granny was a perfect tonic for a fan base much in need of catharsis. Saw replays of the dugout after Murphy’s bunt and the team showed an energy and a fire I haven’t seen in a while. I know it’s going to take a minor miriacle, but maybe they’ve finally adopted an F it attitude, us against the world. Maybe at least make this interesting.