"Uncle Steve" Calls Out The Mets

[seawolf17]

I know I love when my boss's boss's boss just goes off on Twitter rather than actually taking ownership of the problem. Good times.

[bmfc1]

While he's not wrong, is this helpful?

He can "discuss" this with Sandy and Zack but publicly berating his employees can't be productive.

Many of us woke up, saw the score, and were pissed. We might have written a negative comment on a message board or social media but we don't own the team.

[Edgy MD]

Wealth, sex, drugs, and crime can only provide so much of a thrill. A lot of peeps buy teams to become public big shots.

[kcmets]

Eh, I have no problem with Uncle Steve yet.

[Gwreck]

I get the sense that most of his tweets are meant to commiserate, eg. “How can we get so unlucky with the rain” or “how does everyone slump at once” or “how do all these injuries pile up at once?”



This one seems to be going a bit farther, although I don't see it as a big problem.

[bmfc1]

No matter how bad the Mets are, he can enjoy his new Florida house:

https://therealdeal.com/miami/2021/08/12/billionaire-mets-owner-steven-cohen-buys-south-florida-mansion-for-nearly-22m/https://therealdeal.com/miami/2021/08/12/billionaire-mets-owner-steven-cohen-buys-south-florida-mansion-for-nearly-22m/

(It's 75 minutes from Port St. Lucie but I doubt that he's getting in a Civic and navigating 95 traffic.)

[kcmets]

Tennis, anyone?

[Lefty Specialist]

=kcmets post_id=74816 time=1629298379 user_id=53]
Eh, I have no problem with Uncle Steve yet.

[kcmets]

Quattlebumble = LOL

[TransMonk]

Disciplined approach? Like Javy Baez?

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

To judge on the results, the Cohen Era has been a complete disaster so far, with a sex scandal, a bungled draft, a bungled trade deadline, front-officie vacancies that show, way too many injuries related at some level to lazy players, a disappointing debut for a blockbuster trade-and-sign superstar, a coach firing that didn't have any effect, underperformers up and down the lineup, going backwards in baseball's most winnable division, and they still play Piano Man in the 8th inning.

[kcmets]

Other than that, Mrs. Lincoln...

[TransMonk]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: To judge on the results, the Cohen Era has been a complete disaster so far, with a sex scandal, a bungled draft, a bungled trade deadline, front-officie vacancies that show, way too many injuries related at some level to lazy players, a disappointing debut for a blockbuster trade-and-sign superstar, a coach firing that didn't have any effect, underperformers up and down the lineup, going backwards in baseball's most winnable division, and they still play Piano Man in the 8th inning.

Truth.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Lefty Specialist wrote: =kcmets post_id=74816 time=1629298379 user_id=53] Eh, I have no problem with Uncle Steve yet.

Yeah, this isn't Steinbrenneresque just yet. But Hugh Quattlebumble might want to start searching on indeed.com.

[batmagadanleadoff]

Johnny Lunchbucket wrote: To judge on the results, the Cohen Era has been a complete disaster so far, with a sex scandal, a bungled draft, a bungled trade deadline, front-officie vacancies that show, way too many injuries related at some level to lazy players, a disappointing debut for a blockbuster trade-and-sign superstar, a coach firing that didn't have any effect, underperformers up and down the lineup, going backwards in baseball's most winnable division, and they still play Piano Man in the 8th inning.

Yeah. And I can't imagine what this season'd be like if the Wilpons still owned the team. Jeff would've probably forced deGrom to pitch through his health issues and he'd probably be needing a second Tommy John by now, which would essentially end his career.



I wonder what Amed Rosario's doin' because he'd be playing every day and batting from the top of the order.

[batmagadanleadoff]

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I wonder what Amed Rosario's doin' because he'd be playing every day and batting from the top of the order.

[Fman99]

He's just another pissed off Mets fan. Him owning the team has nothing to do with him being jacked up on Twitter, from my POV

[Edgy MD]

=TransMonk post_id=74825 time=1629309010 user_id=71]
Disciplined approach? Like Javy Baez?

[kcmets]

Good comment, don't buy the particularly thing.



People wanna bury the billionaire four-and-a-months in. Whatever. I doubt

Cohen had little/to no say in the Baez coming here thing.



People need to chill, or Megdal will be writing a book about how Cohen has

destroyed the Mets before the irons cool.

[Centerfield]

Edgy MD wrote: =TransMonk post_id=74825 time=1629309010 user_id=71] Disciplined approach? Like Javy Baez?

This is a particularly meaningful comment.



If a disciplined approach is what you're looking for, you've got to send that message consistently.

[Centerfield]

Anyway, back to the point, I don't like it. He can handle that message privately.



But I guess that sort of restraint might be too much to ask of cutthroat billionaire hedge fund types.



I wanted the money. This comes with it.

[nymr83]

No matter how bad the Mets are, he can enjoy his new Florida house: https://therealdeal.com/miami/2021/08/12/billionaire-mets-owner-steven-cohen-buys-south-florida-mansion-for-nearly-22m/https://therealdeal.com/miami/2021/08/12/billionaire-mets-owner-steven-cohen-buys-south-florida-mansion-for-nearly-22m/ (It's 75 minutes from Port St. Lucie but I doubt that he's getting in a Civic and navigating 95 traffic.)

Nice house. what caught my attention was "a 250,000-gallon saltwater pool" - why would you want a saltwater pool? is there some sort of pumping system to fill it from the likely polluted canal behind the house?

[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: Disciplined approach? Like Javy Baez? This is a particularly meaningful comment. If a disciplined approach is what you're looking for, you've got to send that message consistently.

I would differentiate between saying "this is the approach we teach and look for and sign big contracts" versus saying that that is the ONLY valid approach and if a 3-month rental player who has a different approach is the best player you can get, that is fine too.

[G-Fafif]

[Edgy MD]

Edgy MD wrote: Disciplined approach? Like Javy Baez? This is a particularly meaningful comment. If a disciplined approach is what you're looking for, you've got to send that message consistently. I would differentiate between saying "this is the approach we teach and look for and sign big contracts" versus saying that that is the ONLY valid approach and if a 3-month rental player who has a different approach is the best player you can get, that is fine too.

I'm not sure that's a hair that's fair to ask players to split. I'm not sure that's a hair that's fair to ask me to split.



If the approach is so valuable, yet you're kicking aside players who adhere to it in favor of players who don't, it's a lot to ask players to ignore the inherent message there.

[Johnny Lunchbucket]

Are any of us buying into the narrative that Cohens dumb tweet was either calculated or influential? We were one bad pitch away from the very same loss we suffered 60 other times this year

[Edgy MD]

If it was calculated, I'd be grossly disappointed. President Trump has hopefully ended the notion that management-through-Twitter is a way forward for an organization.

[kcmets]

Way way too much being made of his tweet. He should stay off the phone.

[nymr83]

Edgy MD wrote: Edgy MD wrote: This is a particularly meaningful comment. If a disciplined approach is what you're looking for, you've got to send that message consistently. I would differentiate between saying "this is the approach we teach and look for and sign big contracts" versus saying that that is the ONLY valid approach and if a 3-month rental player who has a different approach is the best player you can get, that is fine too. I'm not sure that's a hair that's fair to ask players to split. I'm not sure that's a hair that's fair to ask me to split. If the approach is so valuable, yet you're kicking aside players who adhere to it in favor of players who don't, it's a lot to ask players to ignore the inherent message there.

Who was kicked aside? Baez was primarily acquired to replace an injured star player - nobody lost the role they had before the Lindor injury. If Lindor comes back healthy and further injuries havent opened a new hole up, you'd expect the Mets to play the best player at each spot - which if the Mets value patience so highly may not be Baez

[Edgy MD]

You're answering your own question, but it's not my answer. Mostly kicked aside were Jonathan Villar and Luis Guillorme.