1986 Mets World Series champion Lenny Dykstra was on CBS’s Jake Brown Show and had some choice words to say about current Mets manager Terry Collins:
“As long as Terry Collins is there, they’ll lose. I can’t take him. He’s a joke. At our 30-year reunion he’s shaking everyone’s hand… I said you’re lucky you got good mother-(expletive) pitching… When he was in Houston and had [Jeff] Bagwell and [Craig] Biggio, those guys hated him. When they hate you, that’s a problem. He’s never won. He’s a loser and he chokes. I don’t know how he has a job if you can’t win with those guys. He’s a losing manager.”
Ouch.
I can’t speak for the Astros, but the Mets players have shown nothing but love for Terry Collins. He has been handed some pretty tough situations from bad teams with no injuries to great teams with too many injuries to count. He has led the Mets to two consecutive playoff berths, including of course a World Series appearance in 2015 against all odds.
