Mack On Terry

Good morning.

Frankly, this whole ‘removal’ of Terry Collins as the manager of the Mets has left a very bad taste in my mouth.

First of all, Terry quitting my ass. This was easily the worst handled case of treatment of a human being that, whether you liked him or not, or believed he was a great manager or not, I have ever seen in professional sports. The entire Mets organization, starting with the guy with the biggest office, ought to be ashamed of themselves.

Second, I am well known for my contempt for the small little men that never played an inning of decent baseball but call themselves baseball experts. They hide behind either their pens or handhelds, smile to your face (if you are a player) when they ask you question, act like they are your best buddy, and then rip you to shreds when their ‘piece’ comes out the next morning. These pencil nerds should be tied inside a batting cage and Mets pitchers should be invited to serve up some choice ones at the little testicles that hang between their legs (oh… can you tell that they treated me like shit during the three years I was allowed in the spring training clubhouse?).

Lastly, I think even less of the pundits and young Mets bloggers that try and sit on the fence, not only on this issue, but just about everything else they write about. They tell you one day they love TC, the next day they hate him, and rotate these thoughts depending on who tweets them what. They send Mets players countless tweets in hopes of becoming that player’s new BFF. Do they really think Mets players give a damn what they think?

People I respect are guys like Reese Kaplan and Peter Hyatt. I don’t always agree with both (or either) of them, but they are both consistent regarding what they feel is what’s right and wrong about this team.

Collins made a lot money as the Mets manager for a very long period with very little end result success. In my old business (broadcasting), this is called 'missing the budget'. You do this consistently, year after year, and you don't retain your job no matter how much the advertising community or your sales staff loves you. 

This reason alone is why he should have been replaced, but it should have happened more humanely and much earlier.

I’m not sure who dropped the ball, or balls here. Frankly, it doesn’t look like anyone in that front office had much balls, period.

I’m thankful that the off-season is here. I already, without fanfare, have decided to turn over my Monday and Thursday 8am ‘Morning Report’ to Peter Hyatt. My morning reports finish up this Thursday. Peter, Reese, and Tom Brennan will produce six 8am posts Mon-Sat per week. I will handle the Sunday 8am post and administrate the site. Hopefully, the other writers will produce enough posts to keep the ‘three a day’ goals we set here each day.

I had other reasons to take a step back. I turned 70 this year, my health has been challenging, my wife’s mother has been placed in home care. And my wife has cancer. My cup is close to full.

I love Mack’s Mets and will die writing a post for this site, but I really am not too proud of being even a distant part of this team right now.

Shame on you Wilpons. Shame on you Sandy. And Terry, please. Do your family a favor. Tell the Mets to take their ‘executive position’ offer and stick it and go spend some time with your lovely family. You deserve it after all the swill you had to muck your way through.