John Ricco

[A Boy Named Seo]

Kinda weird spot to be in, or no? Assistant GM and all, but a holdover from the old regime thanks to ownership, & not hand-plucked by the new GM. Wonder if he felt like he's sorta been leapfrogged a couple times in the big picture, with the new GM bringing in his smarty pants BFF's from around baseball.

Wonder how much input & how much weight his opinions are gonna carry w/ the Nerd Herd?

John Ricco, what do u do really? are u sad?

[metirish]

It is strange , although his skill set is different than these other guys, he's a paper and contract guy IIRC.

What about Wayne Krivsky, he's still there right?

[Ceetar]

On the other hand, he'll probably become a popular GM candidate should the Mets become a successful team going forward here.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Sandy Alderson wrote: John Ricco will have significant responsibilities. He will continue as assistant general manager, but also will have some direct line responsibilities involving various aspects of support services like medical, clubhouse, video, a whole host of things we have. But he also will be directly involved with our decision making.

[TransMonk]

Sandy Alderson wrote: John Ricco will have significant responsibilities. He will continue as assistant general manager, but also will have some direct line responsibilities involving various aspects of support services like medical, clubhouse, video, a whole host of things we have. But he also will be directly involved with our decision making.

I think we have a replacement for Charlie Samuels.

[Guest John Cougar Lunchbucket]

Well, he's the guy you send your resume to if you want Charlie's job.

BTW, Snooze with a good piece today on Samuels' sliminess, saying his position close to the players, but working for owners, made him a key underminer of Randolph and Manuel.

[Guest Edgy DC]

Do you count Ricco on the historic roster of Met GMs? I guess you have to, right?

[Ceetar]

Edgy DC wrote: Do you count Ricco on the historic roster of Met GMs? I guess you have to, right?

I don't think so. They never called him an interim, merely that he would handle any immediate duties, but I'm not sure he even handled that. I think there was just a void period of no GM.

[Guest Edgy DC]

I don't know. Some papers have been referring to him as such.

[MFS62]

A Boy Named Seo wrote: Wonder how much input & how much weight his opinions are gonna carry w/ the Nerd Herd?

They need him because he's probably the only one left around who can match most of the faces to the names throughout the organization. The managers could do that for just the guys they managed.
Without him, guys will be given those "Hello! My name is __________ " badges when the GM and his crew show up at Spring Training.

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