With all the buzz coming out of the New York Daily News last night about how the Mets could be on the verge of firing pitching coach Rick Peterson and first-base coach Tom Nieto, I just can’t help but wonder what is wrong with this organization. Last year, when the team was in a rut, Omar Minaya made the move to fire hitting coach Rick Down in an attempt to appease the fans. It clearly did nothing and perhaps made the situation only worse, as the Mets ended up making one of the biggest collapses in history.
Omar is going to keep Randolph here as long as he possibly can, even if it means firing the team’s coaches, because it will keep him here that much longer. The longer Omar waits to fire Willie, the more time he buys to keep his own job. If Omar does come around and finally fire his manager, the attention will move to the general manager and the fans will be calling for his head next.
Go ahead and fire the coaches. Put these coaches out of jobs to buy yourself time until the end of the season to fix what you screwed up in the first place by putting an old, overpaid, and overrated team together. Fans are sick of this team losing, are frustrated and want changes to be made, and the easiest change to make is the manager or coaches. This is so ass-backwards, but it’s simply the way it is. Instead of getting rid of the guy that has put this organization where it is right now, or the players that aren’t performing on the field, go ahead and fire the manager or coaches.
Delgado will still be Delgado. Perez will still be inconsistent. Alou will still be out for more than half the season.
It won’t make a difference with the play on the field. The team was just simply not built right.
