I really don’t agree with this article in the Long Island Press:
The Wilpons, strangely, have decided it prudent to become pen pals with their fans as their search for the Mets’ next general manager trudges on, keeping the doting public abreast of who is in and who is not via e-mail blast. Surely this is the brain child of the latest in a long line of public-relations geniuses to have graced the offices of first Shea Stadium and now Citi Field.
via Mets, Wilpons Should Shut Up And Get To Work | Long Island Press.
This is nutty. I like the increased communication from the Mets. It’s good that they use twitter, emails, the Flushing Flash, even (selfishly) having the bloggers over for dinner.
We Mets fans are a tribe, and it’s nice to hear from Jeff. I doubt he took hours out the GM search to write the email. Perhaps someone wrote it for him (I have no problem with that), maybe Jeff wrote it himself.
Dialogue is good. Public relations are good. I hope Jeff sends out another email today. @aaguero9 pointed out on twitter that Jeff has stopped communicating to us, yet every beat reporter has the unannounced Sandy news.
I like to know what’s going on, and I like to hear it straight from the COO.
Discuss!
as a PR guy, someone who lives in the current century, a long islander and someone who regularly laughs when they see copies of the long island press in and out of the bagel store, i have to say this article is the epitome of stupid.
I hope the communication is a step, and that Alderson continues it. We won’t hear from Jeff much, we only did because it involved a hiring for the guy that should/would do that, and it doesn’t involve strategy.
Certainly Sandy’s not going to email us “I’m talking to the Royals about Grienke” because that’s tipping his hand, but i do hope they send emails with a little broader sense of what’s going on.
We have too much “press” in NY. You could donate money to sick kids and 500 of the 1000 rags in NY would criticize.
Unless you said Derek Jeter made you do it.