Thursday, November 04, 2004
Bye Willie
Willie Randolph is switching boroughs to take over the Mets managerial job, after a few years of trying to land such a position.
I'm not quite sure how good this is for the Mets, although I think Randolph certainly has some strong experience as Joe Torre's bench coach, and I think that he will have the respect of the players.
But this is another key coach to leave in the Bronx, as Torre's closest four men have left in the last two years: Zimmer, Mazzilli, and now Randolph and Stottlemyre. As players come and go, there is little link remaining to the 1996-2001 Yankee dynasty.
I'm not quite sure how good this is for the Mets, although I think Randolph certainly has some strong experience as Joe Torre's bench coach, and I think that he will have the respect of the players.
But this is another key coach to leave in the Bronx, as Torre's closest four men have left in the last two years: Zimmer, Mazzilli, and now Randolph and Stottlemyre. As players come and go, there is little link remaining to the 1996-2001 Yankee dynasty.
# posted by Darlucky @ 1:18 PM 
