Comments on: Thoughts On Duda, Collins and Accountability

By: Matt Mosher

Matt Mosher — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 22:22:13 +0000

The 86 Mets would have given Duda a blanket party. Just picture Lucas Duda’s face in that scene from Full Metal Jacket.

By: Metsie

Metsie — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:38:50 +0000

Actually in a way he did fall on the sword for the team and Collins….

If Collins had not done what he did after the day before saying this team wasn’t trying it would have showed the rest of them that he really doesn’t care if they try or not.

Duda was used as an example and nothing more and I’m sure he said this to Duda when he pulled him.

If he had done nothing then he would have had a controversy for nothing!

So he had to make an example of Duda and Duda knows if he had actually run hard it might have been someone else that got pulled instead!

By: Mark

Mark — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 16:32:28 +0000

I think if you listen to what Terry Collins said I think benching was more than just for not running it out. It sure sounded to me like he was also intimating that this was about Duda taking his at bats into the field as well. Duda seems to let making mistakes or not making solid contact fester and he continues to obsess over the mistake or lack of hard contact and it affects his play for the potentially the rest of the game. To me the one who dogs it to first base more than any other player is Ruben Tejada. The difference between Duda and Tejada is that Tejada doesn’t take bad at bat to the field. A failure to run hard to first has been a problem with ALL of the Mets with the exception of Daniel Murphy. Ike Davis is so slow it’s hard to tell when he is running fast and when he isn’t. It’s too bad that Collins walked back his comments about team quitting because they did and their mistakes in field and on the basepaths were masked by a Marlins team that clearly has quit on their season.

By: Met Fan Lou

Met Fan Lou — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:50:08 +0000

Are you saying he gave himself up and took one for the team? He was wrong for n ot hustling but if you look at the replay, when he put bhis head down he was shaking his head if to say I had a damn good pitch to hit and missed it. He was disgusted with himself and lost his concentration to run every ball out. A rookie mistake and he knew it after the benching. That’s the way I see it. He’ll never do that again regardless of where he winds up.

By: Joe D

Joe D — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:20:12 +0000

Hi Lou, thanks for your comment.

In no way should all of this fall on Duda, but last night Duda exemplified what has been an on-going problem for two years.

Not only was what he did bad, but it came one day after Terry Collins went off on a rant and questioned the players determination to play hard.

It was almost as if Duda volunteered himself to be the first of many changes this offseason

By: Met Fan Lou

Met Fan Lou — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 15:17:02 +0000

So now all the frustration, losing, incompetent FO and the lousy play all falls on the shoulder of Lucas Duda. Yeah he made a mistake and didn’t hustle and admitted it so now we are going to blame this bad club on Lucas Duda. This may be the best thing he did to help his career. He could wind up on a contender. As Marlon Brando said in “On the Waterfront” “I could have been a contender, I could have been soimebody.” Well it could happen Mr. Duda.

By: Wexler

Wexler — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:12:58 +0000

This! Great comment, trade Duda. He reminds me of Mike Pelfrey without the blue pacifier and travelling shrink. He might get both of those at the rate he’s going.

By: Markcomic1

Markcomic1 — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:05:59 +0000

What kills me the most about this situation is just a few days ago there was a huge brouhaha about trading Ike Davis and putting Duda at first. NO THANKS! Duda is a head case! All we ever hear about is how he gets down and how he lack confidence. Who needs that? Ike was never sent down and he was force fed major league pitching he was not ready to face after being out almost an entire season, which caused him to have the terrible start he had. A year ago, Ike was Batting a little over .300. Not that I believe Ike is a .300 hitter or that he would have sustained it but, I am sure he would have settled into the .280 range with a decent OBP and around 30hrs. Which if they do the smart thing and keep him, I am sure we will see next season. Ike has heart, plays hard and obviously though he got down this season, never gave up!

Duda, is a crybaby and a head case and no team needs a player it has to coddle. If Duda were on the 86 Mets, Keith and the guys would have thrown him a beating! There is just not enough roster space available for any team to be forced to carry a personality like Duda’s. He needs to be traded. So keep giving him at bats, show case him and trade his moody, childish, selfish behavior ass! He’s a DH anyway.

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:05:26 +0000

pine, not pin.

By: theonlymaskman

theonlymaskman — Sat, 22 Sep 2012 14:04:30 +0000

I don’t think I’ve ever seen David Wright do anything that flagrant. Duda was not even following the ball, but looking down at the ground as he casually loped towards first and didn’t realize it had fallen in until he was just 2 steps from 1st. If TC hadn’t pulled Duda from the game, he would have been an accomplice to the shirking attitude. Duda needed to sit on the pin for the rest of the game and possibly even for the next game as well. Not a good time for Duda to screw up like this if the FO is currently considering him as the future full time 1B (barf!).