Mets fire Willie Randolph

MongerKhan · 06-17-2008, 03:29 AM

ESPNNEWS reporting just now that New York Mets manager Willie Randolph has been fired.

Story will be posted when available.

nicholete · 06-17-2008, 06:59 AM

This is stupid. I hope the mets don't see the playoffs for the next 20 years. I'm now a mets hater.

nicholete · 06-17-2008, 07:05 AM

Here is a link. This really sucks.

New York Mets fire manager Willie Randolph - MLB - Yahoo! Sports

Da Bomb · 06-17-2008, 08:01 AM

it had to be done at this point. its been on the verge for weeks now, really since last season already. you cant leave the team with such big question marks like that. time to move on.

nicholete · 06-17-2008, 08:03 AM

No i get it they talked about it everyday so it had to be done but to do it the way they did and do the Mets really think anything is going to change?

catman · 06-17-2008, 09:30 AM

Willie may be the wrong guy to run the team but to remove Rick Peterson from the organization is not a good move. He really helped the pitchers get their "stuff" together. Here is another story:
FOX Sports on MSN - MLB -
Announcing a move of this magnitude at 3 AM in an e-mail is what I would consider cowardly.

nicholete · 06-17-2008, 09:55 AM

word catman.

Greg · 06-17-2008, 10:07 AM

That was really sucky. It was something that had to be done, but it should have been done either weeks ago, or at the end of the season. Definitely not at such a weird hour.

Sgt John · 06-17-2008, 10:49 AM

I expected this for weeks. Im not a baseball guy and even I could tell his ass was grass, but who fires someone at 3am in an email?

nicholete · 06-17-2008, 10:50 AM

No one is saying they didn't know it was going to happen everyone knew but it was how it was done. Mets suck.

Sgt John · 06-17-2008, 11:19 AM

Vote in the poll Nikki, or I will pay my henchman to tattoo a Mets logo on your buttocks

nicholete · 06-17-2008, 11:34 AM

you need more options like i understand why they did and it had to be done but they way they did was shitty.

catman · 06-17-2008, 02:20 PM

Willie did not set up the team. That was Minaya's handiwork. They have holes in several spots and the rest of the league exploited those weaknesses.

Greg · 06-17-2008, 09:27 PM

One thing that did annoy me was his remarks saying that it was racism- look at who replaced him.

View Poll Results: Should the Mets have fired Willie Randolph
Yes, hes the manager and this is is fault	2	33.33%
No, he did what he could with an aging $138 million lineup	4	66.67%
Voters: 6. This poll is closed


06-17-2008, 03:29 AM	#1
MongerKhan Texas Lightning Join Date: Jul 2007 Location: Taylor, Texas Posts: 453 vCash: 56650 Donate	Mets fire Willie Randolph ESPNNEWS reporting just now that New York Mets manager Willie Randolph has been fired. Story will be posted when available.


06-17-2008, 06:59 AM	#2
nicholete Hope comes with batteries Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 9,946 vCash: 1250378 Donate	This is stupid. I hope the mets don't see the playoffs for the next 20 years. I'm now a mets hater. __________________


06-17-2008, 08:01 AM	#4
Da Bomb Richest Vman Alive Forum Leader Join Date: May 2006 Location: Chicago Posts: 10,775 vCash: 139341349 Donate Blog Entries: 18	it had to be done at this point. its been on the verge for weeks now, really since last season already. you cant leave the team with such big question marks like that. time to move on. __________________ Hired Guns: Wheaton Thunder SO CFFL: Royale with Cheese CFA: Wheaton Thunder


06-17-2008, 09:30 AM	#6
catman Baseball "Expert" Premium Member Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 7,516 vCash: 137857 Donate	Willie may be the wrong guy to run the team but to remove Rick Peterson from the organization is not a good move. He really helped the pitchers get their "stuff" together. Here is another story: FOX Sports on MSN - MLB - Announcing a move of this magnitude at 3 AM in an e-mail is what I would consider cowardly. __________________ "Life is what happens to you while you're busy making other plans..." John Lennon


06-17-2008, 07:05 AM	#3
nicholete Hope comes with batteries Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 9,946 vCash: 1250378 Donate	Here is a link. This really sucks. New York Mets fire manager Willie Randolph - MLB - Yahoo! Sports


06-17-2008, 08:03 AM	#5
nicholete Hope comes with batteries Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 9,946 vCash: 1250378 Donate	No i get it they talked about it everyday so it had to be done but to do it the way they did and do the Mets really think anything is going to change?


06-17-2008, 09:55 AM	#7
nicholete Hope comes with batteries Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 9,946 vCash: 1250378 Donate	word catman.


06-17-2008, 10:07 AM	#8
Greg Winner 6/8/08 PotD Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,724 vCash: 51363 Donate	That was really sucky. It was something that had to be done, but it should have been done either weeks ago, or at the end of the season. Definitely not at such a weird hour.


06-17-2008, 10:49 AM	#9
Sgt John Genibus Nitito Canus Premium Member Forum Leader Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Taylor, TX Posts: 6,316 vCash: 451 Donate Blog Entries: 2	I expected this for weeks. Im not a baseball guy and even I could tell his ass was grass, but who fires someone at 3am in an email? __________________ 2008 Black Knights Football Ligaments: Wrecking your fantasy team since 2008


06-17-2008, 10:50 AM	#10
nicholete Hope comes with batteries Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 9,946 vCash: 1250378 Donate	No one is saying they didn't know it was going to happen everyone knew but it was how it was done. Mets suck.


06-17-2008, 11:19 AM	#11
Sgt John Genibus Nitito Canus Premium Member Forum Leader Join Date: Feb 2006 Location: Taylor, TX Posts: 6,316 vCash: 451 Donate Blog Entries: 2	Vote in the poll Nikki, or I will pay my henchman to tattoo a Mets logo on your buttocks


06-17-2008, 11:34 AM	#12
nicholete Hope comes with batteries Forum Leader Join Date: Mar 2004 Location: Chicago Posts: 9,946 vCash: 1250378 Donate	you need more options like i understand why they did and it had to be done but they way they did was shitty.


06-17-2008, 02:20 PM	#13
catman Baseball "Expert" Premium Member Forum Leader Join Date: Aug 2004 Location: Central Iowa Posts: 7,516 vCash: 137857 Donate	Willie did not set up the team. That was Minaya's handiwork. They have holes in several spots and the rest of the league exploited those weaknesses.


06-17-2008, 09:27 PM	#14
Greg Winner 6/8/08 PotD Join Date: Sep 2004 Posts: 1,724 vCash: 51363 Donate	One thing that did annoy me was his remarks saying that it was racism- look at who replaced him.

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