The Firing of Willie Randolph- Setup To Fail

The firing of Willie Randolph was unfortunate. Given the reported backstabbing that existed in the clubhouse even from his start of Randolph being named as the Mets, manager. Evidence being that he was only allowed to hire one coach to the staff the others were hired by the Mets themselves. This in effect created a clubhouse full of back stabbers.

It is unfortunate that a man noted and respected was treated as many say unfairly , while not given the full credit for the Mets turn around under his watch, The Mets were 83-79 in 1005 improving upon a 91 loss season in 2004.. The Mets then won the American League East in 2006 and fell on game short of the World Series. These were outstanding performances that when measured by any standard most managers would be applauded; certainly they would not be fired.

After plenty of backstabbing in the clubhouse from namely coaches that Randolph did not hire. The players finally knew who they could complain to if they did not agree with decisions that Randolph made. In short no one had his back. As anyone knows who has managed or supervised in corporate America; when you have back stabbers around you or in the perimeter, you can expect backstopping to occur.

So Randolph was set us to fail. The Met’s owners share much of the blame, for not given the Randolph the reigns that he need or the support. You can never win when you are a lame duck manager in any organization, Major league baseball or cooperate America.