Today I am embarrassed and ashamed to be a Mets fan. I awoke this morning to see an “ALERT” on SNY; the Mets had fired Willie Randolph. I was surprised because the Mets did it after a win and they waited until 3 a.m. eastern time to announce it.

I am ashamed to be a fan of a team that was so cowardly and gutless that it didn’t have the courage to fire Willie before they travelled across the country. I am also ashamed that the Mets let Randolph wave in the breeze for weeks.

I have never seen anything handled so poorly in my life following sports than this situation.

If you thought it was bad that the Mets collapsed at the end of last year, it is even worse with the way this team has gone about firing Willie. Omar Minaya is the general manager, but this was a move that the Wilpons forced; plain and simple.

Look, I understand the reasoning for firing the manager, don’t get me wrong. Willie was the manager and he is the “boss” of the on-the-field product. But, the way this whole debacle was handled can be described with one word: pathetic.