Does it mean he holds a free hall pass for all of 2013? It does not. The worst part of the losing streak was that the Mets too often looked like the glazed-eye nine that no-showed August and September last year. And that’s simply not going to be acceptable baseball behavior if it happens again, extensively, on Collins’ watch.
But there is still a matter of taking a deep breath, taking a step back, and trying to focus on the bigger picture
via Mike Vaccaro: Terry Collins may not be right man for Mets, but problems not his fault – NYPOST.com.
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How is Terry Collins going to be truly evaluated when he’s been given a less-than-stellar team to manage? There have been zero free-agent acquisitions under his watch and other than the Wheeler-for-Beltran trade, Terry’s been basically given a minor league team with a couple of veterans thrown in to compete against the upper echelon of the NL East, a job a lot tougher than it looks. When you have lemons, you make lemonade and that’s what Terry has been trying to do. If the Mets had the record they have now — with Michael Bourne or BJ Upton in lineup — it would be a different scenario altogether. Dickey’s gone, Johan’s gone, Niese is a subpar pitcher, Gee has been erratic and Hefner has been awful (other than his last start). The only bright spot has been Matt Harvey, who’d better start accepting a Mets career without run support (he ought to talk to Johan about dealing with THAT). Our bullpen is god-awful, we have no consistent power or speed, and there’s a lot of work that Sandy Alderson has yet to do to prove HIMSELF, never mind what Terry’s been doing (or not doing). I am not a big fan of Alderson — he doesn’t share the passion for the team that the fans do — and yeah, I get that it’s a business, but any businessman would’ve realized that Dickey was the primary reason fans were going to the ballpark in the second half of the season. It’s always “hurry up and wait” with the Mets, with promises of tomorrow being better. The only problem is, tomorrow never gets here.