Agree with you about that but the Wilpons better do things to ammend the alienation of their fan base – and that doesn’t begin or end with Sandy Alderson (if he is to be made the scapegoat or just retire) – but with keeping the ticket prices low where they are and not raise them and then to stop with the general boulder dash (I’m actually getting sick hearing Gary Cohen and Kevin Bukhardt pitching the company line about building from within, vision, better off not making moves, Jose “leaving” the Mets, etc., that few believe anymore – and they are not coming across convincing, either).

Now…it should be about improving the organization going forward so the Wilpons don’t ever find themselves in this position again. When and how long that takes is anyone’s guess. I still think we won’t see any money spent over this off season. Rubin seems to indicate that as well.

But be careful with you wish for because before they fire Sandy they might move the team someplace else first!

The Mets having money to invest is another story all together.

It’s two separate entities. My mindset is the Wilpons own the Mets for a hobby. They don’t want to lose money on this hobby. They apparently also don’t want to invest much of their own money in their hobby either. They want the team to be more or less self sufficient.

Your problem is you ASSUME they have no money to invest.

As we all are reading though – and Rubin agrees – doesn’t look like the WIlpons are going anywhere soon.

They are spending about 100mill on payroll. More than about 1/2 the other teams. Should those teams be taken away too because they don’t spend as much as some fans want them to?

I would love to see new owners with money to burn as much as everyone else, but don’t bother to live in a fantasy land where MLB is taking the team away and selling it off. Not a chance it happens.

Agree but I can’t see them doing so. Which is why I wanted them forced out.
Other franchises do this. Angels and Dodgers right now come to mind. But it sounds to me like the Wilpons would rather hold onto the team at all costs, even if it’s just a mediocre team year to year.