Not every case is the same. Sometimes a GM can do a bad job but other times he gets the right players but the team just gets outplayed.

And what about the manager and the rest of the coaching staff? They have no responsiblites? They aren’t responsible for how the team plays?

And again, I’m not saying the GM isn’t important, they are very important, but they don’t control everything.

If the players did not get the job done, then no, they were not good enough (or the team was not good enough).

Think about Beltran’s AB in the NLCS: Omar had NO control over what happend in that AB.. But the outcome of that AB(an AB Omar had NO CONTROL of) determined of how we view how Omar did! Now how is that fair? If Wainwright threw a bad pitch, and Beltran hit a HR, we’d all be praising Omar for building a team that made a WS. But since the opposite happend, we are all killing him for the team not being good enough……See my point? If things, out of his control, went differently, it would comepletly change how we view him.

The games aren’t decided by the GM, they are decided by the players on the field…..And I’m not saying the GM isn’t important, but what I’m saying is, everything isn’t decided by the GM, and things happen on the field that are out of the GM’s control.

2011 was also to be a “transition” year only with the Mets getting back into the race in 2012. When they did, we were told the organization was now “rebuilding for the future” and he broke up the team despite being just five games out of the loss column in the wild card with the prospect of David Wright and Jose Reyes returning from the DL.

When actions become so obvious as to there being a problem for the team to operate properly, as when in a race, it is time for the spin to end and a bit more honesty to be said. As mentioned, Sandy’s hands are tied and we do not know if he is saying these things relunctantly. If he’s playing the P.R. man for the Wilpons this has hurt his reputation, at least in New York. If he’s part of the decision making process with what’s being said, then he is part of the problem himself. We just don’t know.

Vision of more ticket sales still dance in Sandy’s head. This in all likelihood is just a PR statement. How can anybody have confidence in this kind of optimism?

the team choked or underachieved for years, and he put it together, and did not make the moves along the way to address holes and got canned for it.

If you actually pay attention to baseball, that is how it always worked.

Jose Reyes set his $100 million demand before he knew what the market was.

Sandy Alderson is setting his $1.5 million maximum demand before he knows what the market is.

Jose and Sandy are kindred spirits — each wants what they want regardless of the market and the overall economic situation.

(P.S.: Jose got his demand because of the Ringling Bros. & Barnum Bailey attempt to fit fannies into seats in the new Miami stadium, so luck plays a hand in all this. The ownership is just not sure how they will pay him. Jeffrey Loria may turn out to be yesterday’s Wayne Huizenga.)

I’ve been saying all along I don’t like the way he’s approaching the off season since last year

And it’s Omar’s fault that losing crucial series to the Marlins and Nats and I think the Marlins in EACH collapse. That’s Omar’s fault too.

It’s all the Wilpon’s fault too. Sandy is walking around with a Halo

Hiring the same ‘debt’ consulting team the bankrupt ex-Ranger owner hired still doesn’t convince you?

Accept it. Taking your anger and disgust out on the current GM is just misplaced. If you want to take that stance then you have to hold Omar responsible for the collapse of ’07 and poor finish in ’08. And I’m pretty sure you’re not prepared to do that.

This is all on the Wilpons. They’re responsible for the fact that Omar was fired and SA is here to begin with. They’re responsible for the fact that the Mets have one foot in the bankruptcy court. Quite simply, they don’t know squat about baseball and didn’t initially hire anyone else that did either.