When former GM Sandy Alderson
left the Mets to get treatment for his reoccurring cancer, Mets ownership set
up a bad situation that still plagues the Mets.
Instead of picking one person
from a choice of three top Alderson lieutenants: John Ricco, Omar Minaya and JP
Richardi to run the show, Mets COO Jeff Wilpon chose to make the three of
them co general managers. It was a very
dumb decision that sets up a lack of accountability for any decisions
made. It also gave Jeff a buffer of
blame he could use for wrong decisions he makes without having to suffer any
consequences.
The season is now over and it's
time to find a new GM. So instead of
Jeff Wilpon cleaning house and firing the entire baseball department and let
the new GM start from scratch with his or her people, Jeff leaves the
three-headed monster in place.
This doesn't make any sense! It doesn't make any sense for the three-headed
monster to be involved in the GM search.
Who would want to walk into a situation and be told they have to work
with a staff they didn't put together?
According to publishedreports there's a rift within the organization concerning what type of person they
want in a general manger: analytics or
traditional? Had Wilpon gotten rid of
staffers maybe there would be such a rift?
This is what makes the Mets a joke and a lot of it falls at the feet of
Jeff Wilpon.
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