Peterson had to go because the staff was not pitching well. Listening to his comments made me think that as good as he may be he may have problems talking to his players. Not everyone responds to deep thinking. Sometimes subtlety just doesn’t exist for the subject of the lecture.

Willie had to go because the team has no direction. But this should have been handled much better. The Mets are idiots.

Just saw Jose walk off the field and the new mgr go after him to talk. I don’t think Willie would have done that so perhaps there is hope yet.

Omar is another story. He gets no benefit now, simply the team must perform.

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If Michael Kay’s sources are correct, Tony Bernazzaed told Randolph to see Minaya at the hote;. looking down and unhappy Minaya said Peterson and Nieto were fired. When Randolph asked if there was anything else, Minaya repiked Randolph was gone.

I feel bad for this group because every expects so much more out of them than its really reasonable to expect. Most of the players on the team ARE performing in line with their projections. Its the guys who aren’t and the guys who are injured that are ‘at fault’ which really means Omar is at fault.

Jerry Manuel is not any better than Willie. I say bring back Willie.

this is a sad and embarrassing day to be a mets fan, and it pains me to have to watch all this unfold.

that said, the cynic in me thinks that it was a brilliant move because all of the coverage is about how badly the mets as an organization handled this, as opposed to where the focus should be…on how bad/underperforming a team this has been over basically the last calendar year.

perhaps omar shrewdly figured that he’d rather take the heat for firing willie in the middle of the night rather than more heat for why willie was managing an awfully assembled team of ballplayers.

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Too bad Op and Heilman are too much of a couple of knuckleheads to understand any of the mental management theories taught by this fella.

I think Mikey was probably starting to pick up on Peterson’s ideas about spiritual harmony.. hopefully he holds on to it…

For the record I don’t think it was a good idea to let go Peterson. I could see why they did it, but I don’t think it was a good idea.

I think Peterson needs to dummy up with the youngsters..That deep thinking is over their heads..They are pitchers, not artists and designers..

Honestly he is a pitching coach for a professional baseball team, not a person responsible for anything that is really
important in life.

But speaking of peterson. I guess those comments by glavine that he would suddenly burst into a discussion on an inane subject while they were working on his mechanics (butterflies flapping around for ex) goes right along w/his comments he made here. Maybe the Giants will pick him up as a special instructor for Zito.