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Wally Backman

MFS62 May 27 2008 07:31 AM

Yes, the clip starts with an ad. Yes, the interview is 1 1/2 hours long. And, yes, Wally had off the field problems. But as you listen to it, you believe that Wally could be the kind of manager many fans have wanted to replace Willie. Pop the top on a cool one, relax, and listen. http://www.blogtalkradio.com/nybaseballtalk/2008/02/25/wally-backman Later

seawolf17 May 27 2008 07:36 AM

I caught a little bit of one episode of the Peanuts documentary, and I was actually pretty impressed with Backman's style. I'd give him Willie's seat and let him run with it.

Benjamin Grimm May 27 2008 07:39 AM

He can run while sitting? That is impressive!

seawolf17 May 27 2008 07:41 AM

No, I mean I'd make Willie stand up, then give Wally his seat and let him run with it. Maybe Willie would chase him; it'd be hilarious.

metirish May 27 2008 07:48 AM

How pissed off would Carter be if Backman got the job , it would be hilarious .

AG/DC May 27 2008 07:49 AM Edited 3 time(s), most recently on May 27 2008 07:55 AM

Backman may be a whiskey man to Carter's lemonade, but he has been similarly shameless and whiny and entitled as he campaigns for work.

HahnSolo May 27 2008 07:50 AM

As I advocated in another thread, if by making a change you want to change the message and the messenger, Wally is about as opposite to Willie as you can get. At least in temperament. I understand Wally is also a big fan of the bunt. He can manage, he knows he probably will only get one shot at the big leagues, and I for one, eagerly await to see the immortal Chris Majkowski set a season's record for bleeping out the expletives from the managers report.

Benjamin Grimm May 27 2008 07:55 AM

If the Mets are going to hire an 86er to manage the team, I'd prefer Wally to Carter, but Keith over Wally. (By a wide margin.) And then there's Tim Teufel, managing the St. Lucie Mets to a robust 11-39 record so far. He looks to be putting himself further down the depth chart than Howard Johnson.

John Cougar Lunchbucket May 27 2008 07:56 AM

I'm all about Ron Gardenhire. Not really. But kinda.

batmagadanleadoff May 27 2008 07:57 AM

It would take 40 fuckin' car crashes for Backman to manage these Mets.

AG/DC May 27 2008 07:58 AM

John Cougar Lunchbucket wrote: I'm all about Ron Gardenhire. Wally would set himself on fire.

metsguyinmichigan May 27 2008 01:59 PM

I guess the shameless self-promoting by Carter doesn't bother me. Clearly, he really, really, really wants it. I'm sure he doesn't need the money, and he's paying his dues working in the lower rungs. He's a firey, rah-rah guy, which this team lacks. He takes focus off the players a bit. Give him a one-year -- or til the end of the year -- deal and say "Time to put up or shut up." If we puts up and wins, all is good. If he loses, well, that's what we have now only in a much more drab fashion. He might be an idiot, but I seem to think there are a lot of managers whom I don't want to have lunch with. I just want them to win. What's the downside?

Gwreck May 27 2008 02:16 PM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: and he's paying his dues working in the lower rungs. I thought this theory was debunked when the Mets offered him the job managing in Binghamton (which Carter refused).

Benjamin Grimm May 27 2008 02:43 PM

metsguyinmichigan wrote: What's the downside? That's the same thing Barbara Walters said when she hired Rosie O'Donnell for The View.

metsguyinmichigan May 27 2008 03:26 PM

Benjamin Grimm wrote: ="metsguyinmichigan"] What's the downside? That's the same thing Barbara Walters said when she hired Rosie O'Donnell for The View. Not that I'm a "viewer," but I'm guessing ratings were never higher and Baba Wawa pocketed a fair amount of coin from the increased attention Rosie brought. Not that we need to operate that way...

Elster88 May 27 2008 04:41 PM

AG/DC wrote: Backman may be a whiskey man to Carter's lemonade I love it.

TheOldMole May 28 2008 05:33 AM

I'd have lunch with Carter. Would he pick up the tab?

MFS62 May 28 2008 06:19 PM

TheOldMole wrote: I'd have lunch with Carter. Would he pick up the tab? Only if a camera was on him. Later

Zvon Jun 01 2008 09:24 PM

Did anyone see the piece in todays NY Post? Wally's plea to all MLB organizations: TAKE ME BACK, MAN. I really really really think its baseball's loss that he is not working somewhere in MLB, on some level. So he made some mistakes. He makes it clear he is not campaigning for Willies job, says he'll work anywhere at any level. I have to wonder if Carter didn't say what he said last week if Wally gets this ink. If so, at least something good comes from Carter's idiocy. MLB, BRING BACKMAN BACK!

AG/DC Jun 01 2008 09:38 PM

Zvon wrote: He makes it clear he is not campaigning for Willies job, says he'll work anywhere at any level. He is working somewhere, at some level. Work hard in Lansing, win a little, act like a human being, and maybe get a better job. That's how it works for everybody.

Elster88 Jun 01 2008 10:28 PM

By saying he's not campaigning for Willie's job, he is in fact campaigning for Willie's job.