Right now, lets stop and think about who’d we all want for 2013 as the general manager.

I believe Omar would be on the phones, trying to make a deal to get this team some help. I think he’d probably trade anyone to do it. Wheeler, Flores, and anyone else.

Sandy is on the phones too. But I think he’d never trade any top prospect and would rather wait until 2014 when there’s more cash on hand to fix the team.

Obviously Omar’s strategy would make 2013 better but the team because of payroll constraints would probably fizzle out in a couple years.

Alderson’s plan is more risky because the prospects may never pan out, but if they do the team might be better for much longer.

Who’d you rather have?

Honestly, I have to pick Sandy. Only because of the payroll being what it is. The team is going to need the prospects to feed the team. This way the payroll stays low and they can, when needed, use free agency to make the team Better. Of course, this means that 2013 is probably another crap year, but I blame the Wilpons for that, not Alderson.

I also would completely understand picking Omar.

the only move Omar did that was a total head-scratcher was the one he didnt do…which was keep the 2006 bullpen together as much as possible…

if he has bradford and oliver…along with joe smith and heillman, we win the division by 5 games in 2007/2008…

every other move was either one he was forced to do due to lack of options or the right move at the time…

In October 2004…Omar inherited a sheeety Mets team…with a weak minor league system, a weak major league system and terrible owners…

From 2005-2008, the mets won more games than any other NL team..

Madoff scandal hits in Dec 2008

In 2009, there were 15 mets that hit the DL…most in team history…the mets are now in austerity and cant spend too much…

He was canned in 2010

He had 4 good years, 2 bad ones and left Sandy a much better major and minor league team than he inherited…and probably a better one than what Sandy will leave the next guy

funfact: no player wants to be on the bench or in the minors…

when David Wright does his now annual 2nd half dive…he doesnt see the bench…and if he did…he probably wouldnt be happy about it…

does that mean he isnt a team player?

We can guess but that’s all.

I can say now that signing Wright to a 7 ye deal probably is a bad idea, but we won’t know for a few yrs right? Think. Your argument is pretty…stupid. Are you stupid too? You can say you’re not but I’ll call you a lair.

I’m not a hater. I never said I hate anyone, but Omar got fired for a reason and it was because of those contracts.

Someone had rushed to Omar’s rescue and I was pointing out that there’s a big difference between the two front offices.

The main one is that you can’t pass judgment on the current cause they’ve only been able to slash payroll. The Omar regime had almost unlimited funds and spent poorly on damaged arms.

Hater? Please…the only ones I dislike are the owners for funneling every ounce of revenue other than attendance and using it to pay off debts.

As far as Pedro goes… That was not a good signing in hindsight.

Ollie was the poster boy for throwing cash at problems instead of trying to find a better solution.

Sure, they’ll be players like Dickey, Tatis, And Valentin that Omar was able to find and get on the cheap. However, there has been far too many misses that cost far too much money.

Yeah, Missing on a player who made peanuts for a one month rental(Shoppach), is a lot different then missing on a 36 million dollar contract. I’m actually surprised Omar never gave John Maine and Mike Pelfrey both 50 million dollar extensions.

Lets face it, he did okay with Beltran, but everyone else hasn’t panned out.

Bitter Mets fans predicted he’d retire laughing his way to the bank. That’s not what he opted to do. He opted instead to grow up, which is what he didn’t as a Met when refusing to go to the minors on the advice of Scott Boras.

The Mets demonstrated a lack of aptitude in knowing what was needed to restore that velocity and help develop command. A radical change in his pitching mechanics and delivery was clearly needed from Day 1 as a Met, and the Mets failed miserably there.

The Nats, whom he pitched for in the minors – AA, Extended Spring Training in 2011, lacked that aptitude as well.

The Mariners had that aptitude, radically changed his mechanics/delivery and thus reaped the dividends in 2012.

That they opted to sign him to Major League Deal in 2013, makes a statement about Ollie’s comeback, his growing maturity as person to embrace change (bullpen, minors, new mechanics) as well as his loyalty to them. Good for him and them.