Mets Owner Praises Randolph?

Well, that's what the headline says, but listen to this:


"The intent here clearly was to respect Willie, to respect his feelings and to do it in person," Wilpon said. "It's never easy to fire anybody. Believe me, it is not easy to do, and Omar took a lot of time. We took a lot of time listening to him and thinking about it."


To do it in person? They couldn't have told him he was fired in person in New York before they had to fly across country to do it in Anaheim so that Randolph had to take a lonely plane flight home? And, didn't Randolph ask Minaya to just do it before they got on the plane? Why the excuses, especially the ones that don't make sense? Also, he says, "It's not easy to fire anybody", which makes me think he would rather have Minaya do the dirty work instead of him doing it to Minaya. Next, he says:


"It's all a matter of performance, and Willie knew this when he started," Wilpon said. "Recognize we gave Willie the chance -- Omar gave Willie the chance to be in this position. He had never been a manager in the major leagues or minor leagues."


Okay, I recognize that you gave Omar the chance to give Randolph the chance to manage, but that's a load of horses***. Don't give me any of the "Well, we did give him a shot didn't we?" stuff because you probably should have given him the chance to finish what he started.