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Wally Backman Petition

msilva177 Jun 13 2008 03:48 PM

Check out this petition that someone created asking for Wally to be hired into the Mets organization http://www.petitiononline.com/backman/petition.html

AG/DC Jun 13 2008 04:50 PM

Ye, gads, get that thing away from me.

Mex17 Jun 14 2008 08:59 AM

I was big on Backman too and I still think that he should be considered. That said, I think that John Stearns might actually provide a lot of the positives that many people are seeing in Backman (fiery, hard-nosed, do whatever it takes to win, etc.) without any of the extra baggage that Backman would bring.

AG/DC Jun 14 2008 03:18 PM

You know, what I remember from organizational psychology, you see some raging maniacs like Wally who can initially get things done, but they absolutely stall out mid-career, and alienate so many people that nobody shows up for their retirement parties. It just confuses me that what people know about him as a manager, they know from a documentary of him managing a first-year team in a first-year independent league, living out of a trailer, and he couldn't even behave enough to hold down that job for the entire season.

Fman99 Jun 14 2008 03:47 PM

Mex17 wrote: I was big on Backman too and I still think that he should be considered. That said, I think that John Stearns might actually provide a lot of the positives that many people are seeing in Backman (fiery, hard-nosed, do whatever it takes to win, etc.) without any of the extra baggage that Backman would bring. Plus Stearns has the all-important Mets pedigree. I like that he played great ball for those awful teams of my childhood (I was born in '73).

Benjamin Grimm Jun 14 2008 03:50 PM

I'd be delighted with Stearns and very wary of Backman. I can understand wanting fiery, but I think it has to be combined with someone who also possesses a degree of sanity.

Elster88 Jun 15 2008 11:23 AM

I'm guessing msilva started that petition and is making money off of the number of hits.

Gwreck Jun 15 2008 02:44 PM

Actually, the truth is probably far from that (unless of course he owns "petitiononline.com.") That being said, it still doesn't make online petitions any less moronic.

SteveJRogers Jun 15 2008 02:55 PM

AG/DC wrote: You know, what I remember from organizational psychology, you see some raging maniacs like Wally who can initially get things done, but they absolutely stall out mid-career, and alienate so many people that nobody shows up for their retirement parties. It just confuses me that what people know about him as a manager, they know from a documentary of him managing a first-year team in a first-year independent league, living out of a trailer, and he couldn't even behave enough to hold down that job for the entire season. See Martin, Billy for a perfect example.

msilva177 Jun 16 2008 07:36 AM

Elster88 wrote: I'm guessing msilva started that petition and is making money off of the number of hits. I had the petition sent to me and thought it was interesting - I don't make any money off of it. I do the show as a hobby and make barely enough to cover expenses- I just enjoy talking with former Mets and Yankees. Its almost like my own blog in audio format.