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Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

bmfc1 Apr 27 2010 04:35 PM

"I was punished for trying to be great." http://msn.foxsports.com/mlb/story/Rose ... ard-042710

Valadius Apr 27 2010 06:18 PM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

He was punished for trying to be Hulk Hogan.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 27 2010 07:08 PM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

I believe a lot of what he says. I don't doubt the Bingo thing was blown out of proportion, and I definitely agree he was more or less made a scapegoat, especially after Omar disgraced himself and the org in a botched attempt to support him.

Fman99 Apr 27 2010 08:44 PM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

I'm driving down to Cit Field tomorrow, maybe I'll stop in Binghamton to take my shirt off and yell at a bunch of guys.

Edgy DC Apr 27 2010 09:00 PM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

He's practically begging the reporter to talk to the people who were in that locker room.

Number 6 Apr 27 2010 11:40 PM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

Yeah. I mean, I can't really defend the guy, but even if he's admitting transgressions his explanations point to the situation being a lot more complex than how it was portrayed. I also can't blame the Mets for firing him, since he became the eye of the hurricane of 2009. At some point, whether this impression is due to fair-minded or shoddy reporting is immaterial, from a PR perspective. Maybe it sounds cold, but if he was replaceable, I'm glad they replaced him.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 28 2010 09:44 AM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

They talked to a prideful guy who was fired very publicly and had-- leading up to said firing-- unflattering things printed about the way he ran his shop and treated people in general. Setting the candor of his conversation aside, is any of what he said really surprising? (Well, maybe the bike ride thing. Which does not exactly not smell like bullshtink.)

Edgy DC Apr 28 2010 10:26 AM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

The shirt thing was one of those journalistic tidbits that's too hard to pass on. It may be nothing --- it may even probably be nothing --- but if it's not something, it's something, so it's your lede. But part of me thought all along, "He took his shirt off in a locker room? And that's a scandal?" I though the public dressing down of an underling because he couldn't get a quality seat until the half inning changed over, if true, was a more serious issue for the Mets to look into.

John Cougar Lunchbucket Apr 28 2010 10:35 AM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

I kind of see where he's coming from with the whole "talented guys will make it" line of thinking. It's probably unnecessary to gear the whole organization to prove that it's true or even to gain some advantage of knowing it's true, but I think probably it is true. I wouldn't doubt either that some of the resentment toward Tony came from teammates of the "chosen few" who felt they wouldn't get the same shake. All that said the Mets are pooping out propsects again for the first time in a while.

Ceetar Apr 28 2010 10:39 AM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

Lots of that's just angry ego ramblings, but there is definitely more going on there. I imagine Omar would still give him a positive referral anyway. I'm sure a lot of it was blown out of proportion too. I would've rather they fired Manuel as well in terms of scapegoat, and they even blamed the opposite field drill on Tony, who I'm not sure really had anything to do with it. What interests me is the fast track program. The list he gives is interesting, and obviously points to either them favoring guys that went through it, or it actually working well, hence those guys being ready. Nick Evans, Daniel Murphy, Mejia, Tejada...definitely noticing a trend here. Guys they trusted were ready and promoted before the fans felt they should've been. Mental toughness (though Evans fails..). It seems like these guys were chosen specifically because they'd already been evalated as being able to handle promotion and the risk of failure before they were ready. And yes, I could see these guys being viewed with jealousy as a "teachers pet" type way.

Farmer Ted Apr 28 2010 10:43 AM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

The Mets are over .500 for the first time since he was shown the door. It WAS all his fault.

attgig Apr 28 2010 12:52 PM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

I think he's right that he was a scapegoat for a lot of last years problems. There's no way a director of minor league player development should get THAT much media attention...even in NY. But that said.. it doesn't mean that the organization isn't better now than it was last year. it never is one person's fault.

LeiterWagnerFasterStrongr Apr 28 2010 01:03 PM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

Doesn't a person have to receive blame to be a scapegoat? I'm not sure that I've ever seen Bernazard ever blamed for anything other than being a horse's ass (which is odd, considering how eager our tabloid beat folk are to point fingers). Was he treated fairly in the press? By the Mets? Who knows for sure? But nobody blamed 70-92 and the dysfunction in the organization on him, exclusively or primarily.

Edgy DC Apr 28 2010 01:09 PM Re: Tony Bernazard: defiant bike rider

He was blamed for shit --- talking street Spanish to Delgado, undermining Willie, having favorites in the Mets clubhouse, fighting with Rodriguez. When the story broke, I guess the implication was that he had created a hostile work environment that depressed output. Most importantly, a lot of stupid ass reports described the farm (his farm) team as barren, and made a lot of hay out of the Bisons' and B-Mets' records last year. Futile, it was, to point out that the Bisons record was bad to a significant degree because many of the players they should have been using were filling out the Mets' roster, and many of the should-have-been B-Mets were in Buffalo.