New York Mets principal owner Fred Wilpon said Thursday that Omar Minaya will remain GM beyond this season.
While in East Hartford, Conn., for an announcement of a partnership between the Wilpon-owned SNY network and University of Connecticut athletics, the Mets owner rhetorically asked “Is the sun going to come up tomorrow?” in response to a New York Post inquiry about Minaya remaining GM in 2011.
I mean, you know, technically the sun’s not going to come up tomorrow. Really the earth is going to rotate to create the illusion of the sun coming up tomorrow. Maybe Fred Wilpon’s being super cagey.
Or maybe, and more likely, he was peppered with questions as he got into a car and provided some throwaway answers. I doubt that, given the situation, he’s going to be all, “hell no! That guy’s toast!”
Obviously I don’t know the truth one way or the other, and considering the Mets’ reluctance to cut bait on sunk cost it’s entirely possible Minaya will be back as the Mets’ GM in 2011. At some point, though, it should become clear to the team’s ownership that it can likely earn back more than Minaya’s salary with a championship club, and that Minaya is apparently not the man to construct one.
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“At some point, though, it should become clear to the team’s ownership that it can likely earn back more than Minaya’s salary with a championship club, and that Minaya is apparently not the man to construct one.”
I really don’t trust that if the Mets replace Minaya they will do so with someone who improves their chanes to put together a championship club. I am certain there are GMs out there better for the task, but I don’t know that the Mets will choose such a GM.
I really don’t think Fred Wilpon even cares about the team. Seems like the Mets are a toy that he just plays with once in a while, but he really likes doing other things better. I wish he would just sell.
Its almost commical at this point how many writters have taken this nonsense and run with it. Who knows if they will or wont get rid of Minaya, but I’d bet almost anything that that decison has not been made yet.