Who gets the blame for the way the Mets 2009 season has gone so far?
It is hard to blame the players since most of the big name stars and everyday starters haven't even played enough to get the blame for underachieving or under performing. Not since opening day have the Mets looked like the "Mets" with guys like Reyes, Beltran, Delgado, Putz, Wright, Santana, Maine, Perez and newly acquired Francoeur all on the DL.
Jerry Manuel gets the pass for the season since he basically was coaching the minor league Brooklyn Cyclones against the rest of the big league clubs. He had no tools, no players and no choice but to deal with it and try to put out the best lineup he could on a daily basis. He actually had some success with the B team.
Omar Minaya looks like the culprit, but not according to the Wilpons. Apparently Minaya has done his job and he has done it well enough to have the owners publicly come out and endorse him for next year. On the flip side to that, Minaya has the say on what happens to the players, coaches, amateur players, trades and contracts. He is responsible for making sure there are a bevy of healthy guys ready to play in the farm system, should something like this year occur (the entire team going on to the DL). He has the last word on giving older players long contracts, not offering younger players opportunities and on making deals to tighten up the bench or bullpen or starting lineup. He has gotten away with it this year since he didn't actually pull Reyes' hamstring or break Delgado's hip, but fans and writers all know that he is skating on thin ice and that his days could be numbered if next year starts off as bad or worse then this year.
The Medical Staff of the New York Mets seems to have won the role of "the scapegoat". Since everyone on the team, including Mr. Met has broken, pulled, separated or concussed some part of their body, there has to be a problem with the training methods or lack there of coming out of the medical offices at Citi Field. How is it possible for almost an entire team to be hurt???
It was like dominoes, one by one players went down with an injury. It was beyond laughable how bad it got this year with the injuries. While the Yankees were hitting home runs out of every corner of their new stadium, across town the Mets were leaving their new ballpark on stretchers and in ambulances headed for doctor's appointments. No one outside the organization could have imagined the inaugural season at Citi Field to look like the ER at Methodist Hospital, nor could they have imagined seeing a lineup featuring Anderson Hernandez, Corey Sullivan and Jeremy Reed.
The list is long and full of names when it comes to tyring to figure out who gets the blame for this year's Mets meltdown. The last two seasons were easily pinned on the heartless play of the Mets, but this year is a bit more tricky to understand how it all happened. The worst part about this is that the fans really do lose out the most. With so much hype and so much promised to them this year while paying so much to go to the brand spanking new stadium, fans are let down once again and this time they don't even know by who.
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