I am a firm believer that coaching and front office stability is key to a successful organization. Look at some of the more successful organizations in sports, Braves, Steelers, Dodgers, Ravens, Lightning. What do they all have in common? Stability. There is something to be said about cohesion, trust, strategy. Coaching transitions can cause divided culture, regime clashes and performance uncertainty which we are seeing first hand.
A sub .500 team gave up three runs in an inning, and this time the bullpen didn't blow it.
The team has the talent to go on a run. They put themselves in a big hole, which means even if they do play well, they reduce their margin of error. Especially if they have another losing streak.
Familiar story. As to the manager, apparently, he's not very important. Keep him then. Or have a contest for a fan to be the manager. Since extended bad play isn't really his fault. Don't blame him.
Sorry. I respect him enough to think he is part of the problem. Oh well. New month. New start.
Please stop using the crap the bed Twitter like description of an athlete that fails..I hate the choke term as well..It insinuates that a given player was so nervous when he came in the game that he hung a changeup.Pitchers have been poorly executing pitches for as long as baseball existed.I am very serious about this.Brad Lidge was the last pitcher who did not blow a save in an entire season.
I agree. This is not on Mendoza. This is on Stearns for poorly constructing this team. He let players go or traded them without a good plan for replacing them. Playing players out of position is not the answer. I would like to see the Mets move on from Stearns after the season or sooner if there is an option. A downstream effect of moving on from Stearns may be a managerial change as a new GM may want to hire his own manager.
I agree that Mendy probably isn’t the best manager in MLB history but he’s not the main problem. He definitely makes some questionable decisions but so does every manager. This team cannot hit and that’s the biggest issue. Oh and 3 starting pitchers can’t pitch.
I like the Frankenstein analogy. But it seems to me you're burning the candle at both ends with Mendoza, describing plenty of serious flaws but concluding he should be kept. With Mauricio, hope this gets him going. He'll never have a better chance than right now with Lindor out.
I am a firm believer that coaching and front office stability is key to a successful organization. Look at some of the more successful organizations in sports, Braves, Steelers, Dodgers, Ravens, Lightning. What do they all have in common? Stability. There is something to be said about cohesion, trust, strategy. Coaching transitions can cause divided culture, regime clashes and performance uncertainty which we are seeing first hand.
A sub .500 team gave up three runs in an inning, and this time the bullpen didn't blow it.
The team has the talent to go on a run. They put themselves in a big hole, which means even if they do play well, they reduce their margin of error. Especially if they have another losing streak.
Familiar story. As to the manager, apparently, he's not very important. Keep him then. Or have a contest for a fan to be the manager. Since extended bad play isn't really his fault. Don't blame him.
Sorry. I respect him enough to think he is part of the problem. Oh well. New month. New start.
Please stop using the crap the bed Twitter like description of an athlete that fails..I hate the choke term as well..It insinuates that a given player was so nervous when he came in the game that he hung a changeup.Pitchers have been poorly executing pitches for as long as baseball existed.I am very serious about this.Brad Lidge was the last pitcher who did not blow a save in an entire season.
I agree. This is not on Mendoza. This is on Stearns for poorly constructing this team. He let players go or traded them without a good plan for replacing them. Playing players out of position is not the answer. I would like to see the Mets move on from Stearns after the season or sooner if there is an option. A downstream effect of moving on from Stearns may be a managerial change as a new GM may want to hire his own manager.
I agree that Mendy probably isn’t the best manager in MLB history but he’s not the main problem. He definitely makes some questionable decisions but so does every manager. This team cannot hit and that’s the biggest issue. Oh and 3 starting pitchers can’t pitch.
Andy Ibáñez? Come on!
Imagine if Stearns had spent less money and signed Okamoto and Murakami to play 1B/3B/DH. Twenty HRs between them so far.
I like the Frankenstein analogy. But it seems to me you're burning the candle at both ends with Mendoza, describing plenty of serious flaws but concluding he should be kept. With Mauricio, hope this gets him going. He'll never have a better chance than right now with Lindor out.