Managerial poll Part Deux

[Mex17]

Let's do this again with the updated list of likely candidates.

[kcmets]

I haven't been keeping up, is Edgardo Alfonso an absolute no go at this point?

[Mex17]

Girardi is a cut above. Perez/Bell/Shelton/Bogar are all completely acceptable.



Beltran is completely unacceptable.

[Edgy MD]

What did he do to earn that adjective?

[G-Fafif]

Luis Rojas also interviewing.

[Ceetar]

=Mex17 post_id=24662 time=1571352864 user_id=67]
Girardi is a cut above. Perez/Bell/Shelton/Bogar are all completely acceptable.



Beltran is completely unacceptable.

[Guest 41Forever]

I read somewhere that Girardi has already been interviewed.



What the story didn't mention was that the interview probably took place in June .....

[kcmets]

=kcmets post_id=24661 time=1571349022 user_id=53]
I haven't been keeping up, is Edgardo Alfonso an absolute no go at this point?

[Edgy MD]

=41Forever post_id=24668 time=1571358089 user_id=69]
I read somewhere that Girardi has already been interviewed.



What the story didn't mention was that the interview probably took place in June .....

[Mex17]

Girardi is a cut above. Perez/Bell/Shelton/Bogar are all completely acceptable. Beltran is completely unacceptable. Look, I'm going to need the transcript of the interview you've used to conclusively make this determination.

"Hi Brodie and Jeff I was a really good player and now I want to be manager but not just manager of anybody but manager of the Mets who are in New York and have a lot of extra distractions and media coverage that I would have to deal with and not only have I never been a manager anywhere not even in the minor leagues but I have not even been a coach anywhere on any level whatsoever and even though all of these other people are way way way more qualified than me I was a good player and I want to be manager so I am entitled to be manager because I was a good player so make me manager!!!!!!!"

[Mex17]

Girardi is a cut above. Perez/Bell/Shelton/Bogar are all completely acceptable. Beltran is completely unacceptable. Look, I'm going to need the transcript of the interview you've used to conclusively make this determination. "Hi Brodie and Jeff I was a really good player and now I want to be manager but not just manager of anybody but manager of the Mets who are in New York and have a lot of extra distractions and media coverage that I would have to deal with and not only have I never been a manager anywhere not even in the minor leagues but I have not even been a coach anywhere on any level whatsoever and even though all of these other people are way way way more qualified than me I was a good player and I want to be manager so I am entitled to be manager because I was a good player so make me manager!!!!!!!"

[Guest 41Forever]

Edgy MD wrote: =41Forever post_id=24668 time=1571358089 user_id=69] I read somewhere that Girardi has already been interviewed. What the story didn't mention was that the interview probably took place in June .....

Are you referring to that MLB Network (or maybe FOX) game this summer where Girardi could say enough raving things about the Mets?

[Ceetar]

Girardi is a cut above. Perez/Bell/Shelton/Bogar are all completely acceptable. Beltran is completely unacceptable. Look, I'm going to need the transcript of the interview you've used to conclusively make this determination. "Hi Brodie and Jeff I was a really good player and now I want to be manager but not just manager of anybody but manager of the Mets who are in New York and have a lot of extra distractions and media coverage that I would have to deal with and not only have I never been a manager anywhere not even in the minor leagues but I have not even been a coach anywhere on any level whatsoever and even though all of these other people are way way way more qualified than me I was a good player and I want to be manager so I am entitled to be manager because I was a good player so make me manager!!!!!!!"

lol okay.



first, GREAT. not really good. Second, you're implying he can't handle NY which is obviously untrue. Third, a long pedigree of grinding away in the minors is not really the mandatory track anymore, hasn't been for a bit now.



"I want someone with a track record" is not equal to "unacceptable"

[nymr83]

If these are the choices, I want Girardi. I don't want a first time manager or a puppet for the player agent running the show, who I already don't like.

[Ceetar]

=nymr83 post_id=24692 time=1571409331 user_id=54]
If these are the choices, I want Girardi. I don't want a first time manager or a puppet for the player agent running the show, who I already don't like.

[Lefty Specialist]

No Joe Espada?

[kcmets]

At 175 lbs, Espada doesn't weigh in.

[Mex17]

Lefty Specialist wrote: No Joe Espada?

I'm basing the choices off of actual reports of who they are considering. No mentions yet of Espada beyond fan speculation, but maybe that is because the Astros are still playing?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Word is Padres 1B coach Skip Schumaker has also interviewed. Some other guy on Twitter speculates that the Phillies are closing in on Girardi.

[Edgy MD]

I guess it's kind of typical for teams to alternate to some extent, going back and forth between first-time managers and experienced guys.

[Lefty Specialist]

Don't want Girardi. No more ex-MFY managers.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Off the top of my head... Stengel, Berra, Green...



I think that's it, right?



(Not counting Torre, who managed the Mets before going to the Yankees.)

[Frayed Knot]

Girardi's Yanquiness or not has no bearing with me. Either they think he'll do a good job or they don't.

The assumption all along, especially once became apparent that Maddon was headed elsewhere, was that Girardi and the Cubs were the perfect fit.

That Chicago guys seem to love Chicago -- JG went to HS in Peoria, then to Northwestern, and then played seven seasons on the North side -- is the basis for much of the speculation,

although Rahm Emmanuel quickly found out that his dream job (he said that being Mayor of Chicago was the one job he'd leave national politics to take) wasn't so dreamy after all so

maybe that old, 'Don't wish too hard, you just may get it', adage applies.

Edited October 18, 2019 by Guest

[Frayed Knot]

Lefty Specialist wrote: Don't want Girardi. No more ex-MFY managers.

Dallas Green

[Frayed Knot]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Off the top of my head... Stengel, Berra, Green... I think that's it, right? (Not counting Torre, who managed the Mets before going to the Yankees.)

Dallas Green

[Mex17]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Off the top of my head... Stengel, Berra, Green... I think that's it, right? (Not counting Torre, who managed the Mets before going to the Yankees.)

Willie.

[G-Fafif]

Willie never managed the MFYs. Only seems like he did.

[whippoorwill]

=Mex17 post_id=24662 time=1571352864 user_id=67]
Girardi is a cut above. Perez/Bell/Shelton/Bogar are all completely acceptable.



Beltran is completely unacceptable.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: Off the top of my head... Stengel, Berra, Green... I think that's it, right? (Not counting Torre, who managed the Mets before going to the Yankees.) Willie.

=G-Fafif post_id=24738 time=1571431062 user_id=55]
Willie never managed the MFYs. Only seems like he did.

[Guest 41Forever]

Tracky is saying Girardi is most likely headed to the Phillies.