Poor Willie Randolph

[golfer]

Originally Posted by Cannon Shell

And this would accomplish what exactly?

When your pitching staff was as bad as his was down the stretch, what is he supposed to do?

Why does everybody need to fire someone? Realistically the way they are throwing the ball they were going out early in the playoffs anyway. They were a flawed team and that flaw was badly exposed during the 2nd half of the season, not bad managing.

5-12 in the last 17 games.. the pitching stunk, but so did the defense. the Mets were more interested in performing their home run celebrations/hand slapping than they were in running out ground balls . As I said, it's not all Willie's fault, but he is ultimately responsible. The team quit on him, a top quality manager finds a way to get them to the playoffs despite all the problems down the stretch, even if the eventuality is an early exit. In my opinion, while Willie is not a bad manager, he has done nothing to prove he is above average (although I must admit my opinion comes mostly from perception, because I don't follow this all that closely, because I really don't even like baseball). I do consider myself an expert on heartbreak/dissapointment, as I have been a life-long Jets fan.