After seeing the way Witless Willie is managing to ruin this season I have to ask these questions. Does Willie have any clue how wrong he is? Will Fred and Jeff Wilpon intervene and tell him to do something about Delgado? Will Omar admit that Delgado is done as a player, and order Willie to do something? Somehow I feel Willie's firing is the only thing that will solve the issues the team has.
In the post game interview, Willie didn't look too good. He looked like he knew there were problems and that he's going to have to make some hard choices. I believe he knows there are major issues with Delgado. Willie's problem is that he painted himself into a corner with all of his praising of Delgado this spring. He knows that to remove Carlos from the line-up, or to platoon him, or to bench him, would be an admission of failure on his part. And we all know how much willie like to admit he was wrong.
Delgado just doesn't get it. He's no good anymore, and he doesn't seem to care about it either. Has anyone ever heard of him asking for help from HoJo? Has he ever thought that he might need to change his bat, or change his stance at the plate or take a little extra batting practice off a live arm, not a coach? He's living in the past. Pitchers don't fear him anymore, and if Willie doesn't realize that he's a dumb as a box of rocks.
During spring training Fred Wilpon said he expects to play deep into the post-season. If that's going to happen, Willie had better start using the players he has correctly, or Fred will fire him sooner than later. Here are some things that need changing ASAP.
1st- Sanchez pitches the 8th inning, not Heilman or Sosa.
2nd- Delgado gets benched or platooned at first base. Have Clark or Easley play 1st base against left handed pitchers. If Castillo isn't playing 2nd, Clark plays 1st and Easley plays 2nd base.
3rd- Castillo stays out of the #2 spot in the batting order. Ryan Church has proven his ability to hit left and right handed pitching. He's also proven to be a guy who can drive Jose' in or get on base for David Wright. When he batted 2nd, the Mets went on a 5 game winning streak and scored runs in the 1st inning. As soon as he has removed from that spot in the order, the Mets went on their current losing streak.
4th- No more automatic days off for players. All too often Witless Willie puts out a line-up with 5-6 bench players in critical games. Either that or he removes hot hitters from the line-up in critical games. There was no reason to sit Church today. By sitting Church, Willie played Pagan in Rt. Field and Clark in left field. Pagan has played all season in left, so why sit Ryan and have Angel play right field? It only made sense to the Witless Wonder.
If anyone else has any ideas as to how to fix this situation with the Mets, I'm willing to listen. I'm getting so discouraged with Willie's lack of improvement, that I really doubt the Mets will even be in 3rd place by the end of this month. But, as I said before, if the Mets failure on the field gets Fred to fire Willie, I'm willing to deal with the Mets being in last place come June 1st.
How about you out there? Would you be willing to see the Mets fall into last place if it means getting Willie out of the Orange and Blue?
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Regrettably, yes I am. I have said previously that it is difficult to root for the mets to win while hoping that willie screws-up. I said last year i was willing to miss the playoffs if it meant that willie goes. this year is no different, but with added incentives. if the mets miss the playoffs willie will be fired, if not well before then, but also, alot of their older players will move on and create more money to sign more players. I don't want to see the mets fail, but i really want willie to continue failing.
I agree with several aspects of your post. I agree that something has to be done to shake things up. (I think I noted last years' buzz cuts on Adam Rubin's blog.)
I agree that Delgado might not come out of this slump. We cannot have him produce 1 out of 5 games. He needs to produce each and every night. At what point do they give Carp a shot?
I disagree, however, with hoping the Mets lose to get rid of Randolph. True fans take the bad with the good. I pose this question to you: who replaces him if he's fired midseason?
How about Gary Carter as a midseason replacement? Or promote HoJo. Either one would be better than Willie
Hey Scrot,
Thanks for the comments. Guinness and I are always glad to see people commenting on our blog. Any and all comments are welcome.
Thanks for putting together a great blog. I tried to start my own, but found out that it took too much time.
Kid and Ho-Jo would be instant fan favorites, but neither of them have MLB managerial experience.
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