Comments on: Bottom line: Wilpons need to speak up. http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/ Featuring Mets' commentary, analysis and news. Wed, 08 Feb 2012 22:25:20 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.org/?v=3.1.2 By: metsgrrl.com http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26802 metsgrrl.com Sat, 25 Jul 2009 03:28:30 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26802 Is this a Twilight chatroom on AOL where someone's status is governed by the amount of posts they make? Thanks for letting me know. Is this a Twilight chatroom on AOL where someone’s status is governed by the amount of posts they make?

Thanks for letting me know.

]]> By: Ray Sadecki http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26749 Ray Sadecki Sat, 25 Jul 2009 02:08:29 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26749 Wilpons will keep quiet until the end of the year. Then they will guarantee meaningfull baseball next September. Dave (19) Dave Never mind Metsgrrl. She only posts here once in a blue moon and the word racist is in almost every one of them. Wilpons will keep quiet until the end of the year. Then they will guarantee meaningfull baseball next September. Dave (19) Dave Never mind Metsgrrl. She only posts here once in a blue moon and the word racist is in almost every one of them.

]]> By: Jeff M. http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26696 Jeff M. Sat, 25 Jul 2009 01:07:36 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26696 Look at Jeff Wilpon. His eyes are too close together. He looks like Prince Charles -- a member of the inbred British Royal Family. Not exactly the sharpest nail in the box. The only thing I want to hear from him is, "We're selling this team at a loss." Look at Jeff Wilpon. His eyes are too close together. He looks like Prince Charles — a member of the inbred British Royal Family. Not exactly the sharpest nail in the box. The only thing I want to hear from him is, “We’re selling this team at a loss.”

]]> By: dave http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26632 dave Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:46:51 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26632 Metsgrrl race and color have nothing to do with the need to get rid of the VP for the Mets. He is one of many people that are what is wrong with this team. The sooner he is gone the better. The door should not hit him on the way out. Metsgrrl

race and color have nothing to do with the need to get rid of the VP for the Mets. He is one of many people that are what is wrong with this team.

The sooner he is gone the better.

The door should not hit him on the way out.

]]> By: dave http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26631 dave Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:44:47 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26631 John That is a very good post. The most complete and well thought out criticism of the organization I have read so far. I agree that the Wilpons need to step up and say something. As owners they owe it to the fans to provide a state of the team address, to explain their view of the current mess and show that they have a plan to take us out of it. It does not matter that it is a farce. Look no further than the financial titans who went to Congress not too long ago to do the same thing. They gave a post mortem on what went wrong, they explained their part in it and gave an explanation of what they will do to get their respective companies out of this mess. It does not matter that all gave the same answer. That none of the financial mess was their fault, that none of them were smart enough to see the once in a lifetime financial collapse coming. The Wilpons need to do the same thing and put a stake in the ground to say what they will do to make the team right. If they don't then the fans will not buy the overpriced tickets for their sears next year and they will give the seats away in the hopes of luring people in to buy the concessions. It may very well force them to clean house and get a new gm and coach which is what many here hope. Dave John

That is a very good post. The most complete and well thought out criticism of the organization I have read so far.

I agree that the Wilpons need to step up and say something.

As owners they owe it to the fans to provide a state of the team address, to explain their view of the current mess and show that they have a plan to take us out of it. It does not matter that it is a farce.

Look no further than the financial titans who went to Congress not too long ago to do the same thing. They gave a post mortem on what went wrong, they explained their part in it and gave an explanation of what they will do to get their respective companies out of this mess.

It does not matter that all gave the same answer. That none of the financial mess was their fault, that none of them were smart enough to see the once in a lifetime financial collapse coming.

The Wilpons need to do the same thing and put a stake in the ground to say what they will do to make the team right. If they don’t then the fans will not buy the overpriced tickets for their sears next year and they will give the seats away in the hopes of luring people in to buy the concessions.

It may very well force them to clean house and get a new gm and coach which is what many here hope.

Dave

]]> By: Harry Chiti http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26630 Harry Chiti Fri, 24 Jul 2009 23:03:51 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26630 15. You are the most obnoxious, as well as being the worst fan in the history of this franchise, so go away watch your wrestlers turn you on but don't tell them what you think of their country because they will do all of us a big favor and shut you up. 15. You are the most obnoxious, as well as being the worst fan in the history of this franchise, so go away watch your wrestlers turn you on but don’t tell them what you think of their country because they will do all of us a big favor and shut you up.

]]> By: Dan Gurney http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26629 Dan Gurney Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:53:35 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26629 Wasn't Della Femina the guy who decided to ridicule the Yankees with "Fort Apache-The Bronx"? In promoting an organization, you should try to be classy. No need to take cheap shots at another team. Firing Bernazard alone would not fix things. The organization is not set up to win on a consistent basis. The Wilpons have replicated the chaos of Yankees with George was at his most impetuous without the champions. Hire good people to run it, get a clear chain of command and spend the needed amount of money. The Wilpons are failing the first two. Minaya is quite capable of making a fool of himself without any help. Wasn’t Della Femina the guy who decided to ridicule the Yankees with “Fort Apache-The Bronx”? In promoting an organization, you should try to be classy. No need to take cheap shots at another team.
Firing Bernazard alone would not fix things. The organization is not set up to win on a consistent basis. The Wilpons have replicated the chaos of Yankees with George was at his most impetuous without the champions. Hire good people to run it, get a clear chain of command and spend the needed amount of money. The Wilpons are failing the first two.
Minaya is quite capable of making a fool of himself without any help.

]]> By: Gil In Orlando http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26628 Gil In Orlando Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:22:55 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26628 By the way, how happy must Ramon Castro be to have been traded from the Mets' sinking ship to a contender -- the White Sox -- and yesterday catch Mark Buehrle's perfect game? By the way, how happy must Ramon Castro be to have been traded from the Mets’ sinking ship to a contender — the White Sox — and yesterday catch Mark Buehrle’s perfect game?

]]> By: Gil In Orlando http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26627 Gil In Orlando Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:21:13 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26627 13 Steve: The Magic is Back is almost as bad as another lame slogan, "Catch the Energy," which the Mets came up with in 2004 for that dreadful squad. 13 Steve: The Magic is Back is almost as bad as another lame slogan, “Catch the Energy,” which the Mets came up with in 2004 for that dreadful squad.

]]> By: Steve The Original http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/2009/07/24/bottom-line-wilpons-need-to-speak-up/#comment-26626 Steve The Original Fri, 24 Jul 2009 21:18:12 +0000 http://www.newyorkmetsreport.com/?p=2420#comment-26626 metsgrrl: Della Femina was the one who came up with "The Magic Is Back" slogan from 1980. That left us open to more riddicule....you know..."The Tragic Is Back, " etc...lol. Actually the tragic IS back now with this organization come to think of it! metsgrrl: Della Femina was the one who came up with “The Magic Is Back” slogan from 1980. That left us open to more riddicule….you know…”The Tragic Is Back, ” etc…lol. Actually the tragic IS back now with this organization come to think of it!

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