Mets Clean House: Fire Randolph, Peterson, Nieto
Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News reported that…
The Mets have fired manager Willie Randolph, pitching coach Rick Peterson and first base coach Tom Nieto, the team announced shortly after 3 a.m. on Tuesday.
Bench coach Jerry Manuel has been named the team’s interim manager, while Ken Oberkfell, Dan Warthen and Luis Aguayo will join the staff.
That’s the extent of the article, but it’s 3:30 in the morning. I’m sure there will be tons of articles in a few hours. I’m upset that the Mets fired Willie, I don’t care one way or the other about Peterson or Nieto. I’m actually glad that Nieto didn’t get fired by himself which was a rumor. That rumor confused me because that wasn’t going to make an impact.
The Mets are very classless for firing Willie one night after he flew out to sunny southern California. The Mets won their game, and three coaches got whacked. The Mets should’ve fired him at home over the weekend so he can go home and not be bothered. I’m not looking forward to Jerry Manuel managing my boys in blue and orange. It is one thing to upset me by firing a manager that I like, but it is another thing to lack class when firing him which is what just happened. It’s twice as disappointing to me as a Mets fan. Obviously, Willie has more class than the Wilpons will ever have. The Wilpons handle things very poorly, and it diminishes my love for the franchise. One example is how they handled the collapse…they ran and hid.
Like I said the other day, if the Mets fire Willie than I want Bobby V. not Jerry Manuel. If only Omar had the cajones to admit that he gave Willie garbage to manage then this wouldn’t happen. Let me know what you think about how the Mets handled this.
