Via MetsBlog.com, the Mets are already cleaning house and more heads are going to roll when the season ends:
Last week, Minaya fired Ramon Peña, a special assistant in charge of Latin America operations, as well as Luis Aguayo, the minor-league field coordinator in Port St. Lucie. But he didn’t stop there. A person familiar with the situation confirmed Tuesday that the Mets have cut loose two minor-league managers – Double-A Binghamton’s Mako Olivares and Julio Franco of the Gulf Coast League club.
It also was revealed Tuesday that the Mets cut ties with Bill Masse, the batting coach at Triple-A Buffalo, who was promoted from Binghamton in June. Other than Peña, a former trusted adviser to Minaya, these are not really franchise-shaking developments.
But what they do signal is that the Wilpons have delivered a stern message to Minaya and manager Jerry Manuel that ownership will not tolerate another season like 2009 – and that goes for every level of the organization. A team official indicated that the Mets’ decision-makers have been meeting regularly for the past six weeks in an effort to sort out what went wrong this season.
That last line is unintentionally funny, since it shouldn’t take much time to point to the injuries. Why they happened, how they can be prevented, and how to build the team to survive them are deeper questions that do require time to consider.
Posted by David Pinto at 10:45 am | Management | Permalink | 1 Comment
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September 30th, 2009 @ 1:35 pm
The injuries are obvious, but what Management needs to get their hands around is why there is so little talent at every other level of the organization – the fact that they are purging executives and field personnel at all levels shows that this is occurring…As a fan, I can only hope that they bring the right folks in…