Patience 101

[Edgy MD]

Mets notes: Terry Collins lets off steam WEDNESDAY, MARCH 14, 2012 THE RECORD Collins lets off steam Frustrated by his team�s three new additions to the injury ward, manager Terry Collins spent 28 fired-up seconds venting that frustration in the clubhouse before Tuesday�s game. "I�m just getting tired of going in the training room where I�ve got to sweat to see who can walk out of there," Collins told reporters. "That�s all. I�m sick of it." Add reliever D.J. Carrasco, shortstop Ruben Tejada and infielder Ronny Cedeno to sick bay. Tejada has a strained left groin. Carrasco, according to Collins, twisted his ankle in a hole Monday. Cedeno is battling tendinitis in his knee. "Again, not severe; he�ll be fine," Collins said of Cedeno. "But can he do things 100 percent? Not for the next couple days he can�t." Very few of these injuries concern Collins long term, but he said each one disrupts the team�s plans for things such as baserunning drills and infield practice. His raw anger seemed to have evaporated somewhat by the time Collins met with reporters after Tuesday afternoon�s 7-1 loss to the St. Louis Cardinals. "I�m allowed to be frustrated," Collins said. "This is a team I�m trying to get ready to win. I�m sitting here in front of you telling you how we�re going to compete. And I�m going to tell you what. We aren�t going to compete if we don�t have our players on the field. We�ve got to get them ready." "I talk about patience," Collins said. "Right now I�m out of it. So I�ve got to go back tonight and let my wife beat me up and find my patience again."

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[Ceetar]

Presumably because you shouldn't get snippy with your wife? Practice biting your tongue and "yes dear". I think it'd be awesome if he started saying "Yes dear" to Rubin.

[TransMonk]

[Benjamin Grimm]

I think that working for Terry, or just being around him, would be mentally exhausting.

I also think that, over time, I would have a harder and harder time hiding my disdain for him. I can see glimpses of how he wore out his welcome in Houston and Anaheim, especially if his personality was, as has been said, even more intense then.

My prediction: There will be a new manager before the end of the 2014 season, if not sooner.

[Ceetar]

Benjamin Grimm wrote: I think that working for Terry, or just being around him, would be mentally exhausting. I also think that, over time, I would have a harder and harder time hiding my disdain for him. I can see glimpses of how he wore out his welcome in Houston and Anaheim, especially if his personality was, as has been said, even more intense then. My prediction: There will be a new manager before the end of the 2014 season, if not sooner.

I think his personality works with this team with these outside expectations.

[Benjamin Grimm]

Maybe. But I have to think that it's likely to wear thin before too long.

[Edgy MD]

They pretty much all do, but TC is OK in my book.

[Guest LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr]

The more curious thing in yesterday's steam blowing, at least to me? That bit about the bear.