Joe Girardi was the manager the New York Mets needed, a gift who was available at a perfect time for the franchise. In typical Jeff Wilpon fashion, he disappoints the organization and their fans by letting him go to the rival Phillies. This almost assures the next manager of the Mets to be under a large amount of scrutiny from day one.
"This is not surprising, the Phillies have been way more on Girardi than the Mets"@martinonyc on the Phillies hiring Joe Girardi, and what it means for the Mets: pic.twitter.com/YvC3b76Bvs
— SNY (@SNYtv) October 24, 2019
At the moment, the only information available is that the Phillies were much more aggressive on pursuing Girardi. Girardi could have been perfect for the Mets. He won championships as a player and manager in New York, managed in the NL before and had the most managing experience. Girardi even continued to live in New York after his job managing the Yankees came to an end. Jeff
How to Salvage this Mess?
The Mets have to bring in a candidate the fans and organization can be confident in. Wilpon did not foresee a relationship with Girardi working out and he was simply too cheap to hire him. This shows the direction the franchise is moving in now. The manager is going take orders from the Wilpon’s, Brodie Van Wagenen and the analytic department.
We would put a tweet about Wilpon here, but it is hard to find anything that was not profanity laced
This a very dangerous path for the Mets go down. Unfortunately, the mess is unsalvageable and the only real fix will be the players carrying them to a World Series despite the incompetence of the front office. It is hard to think any of the other candidates will have the power Girardi would have garnered, which leaves a very talented team in a compromising position.