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Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:25 pm
by Gwreck
“I wanted David to have a clean slate and that meant me stepping down. I hope for nothing but the best for the entire Mets organization.”
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:26 pm
by kcmets
Phwam!
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:26 pm
by Johnny Lunchbucket
This is a gut reno
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:38 pm
by A Boy Named Seo
He probably resigned like Buck did. I think Eppler was pretty decent, for sure better than I thought he'd be. But makes sense STOINS is going with all his own people.
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:45 pm
by Edgy MD
smg58 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:54 pm
Like Eppler, Showalter had plusses and minuses and you can't credit him for last season while giving him a pass on this year. The Mets have done quite a bit worse in the recent past, but they can also do better and hopefully they will.
Remind me to copy and paste this post sometime later in the week when it's Eppler's turn.
Everybody try to get the ball to smg. Feed the hot hand.
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:46 pm
by A Boy Named Seo
Edgy MD wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:45 pm
smg58 wrote: ↑Mon Oct 02, 2023 3:54 pm
Like Eppler, Showalter had plusses and minuses and you can't credit him for last season while giving him a pass on this year. The Mets have done quite a bit worse in the recent past, but they can also do better and hopefully they will.
Remind me to copy and paste this post sometime later in the week when it's Eppler's turn.
Everybody try to get the ball to smg. Feed the hot hand.
He's in the zone.
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:53 pm
by Benjamin Grimm
I haven't really been clear on what a GM does when he works under a POBO. Maybe Eppler wasn't either, or he found out and decided it wasn't for him.
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:54 pm
by ashie62
Amazin
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:01 pm
by metirish
Billy did the right thing
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 5:29 pm
by Frayed Knot
Benjamin Grimm wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 4:53 pm
I haven't really been clear on what a GM does when he works under a POBO. Maybe Eppler wasn't either, or he found out and decided it wasn't for him.
Mostly handles the details of contract negotiations, arbitration, liaisons with other GMs on trades, etc., while POBO directs the overall direction of the club and organization.
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:03 pm
by MFS62
He was given a lot of money to spend on the finest ride, and he did.
He bought a Mercedes-Benz.
And then he put bald tires on it.
Roster construction wasn't his strong point.
Later
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 7:07 pm
by Fman99
Way less surprising than the Buck shit canning
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:05 pm
by Frayed Knot
Did he put bald tires on it prior to the 101 win season or just the 75 ?
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:13 pm
by ashie62
There has been some talk about Buck and Eppler disagreeing about Vogelbach's playing time
Eppler may have pushed Buck to play Vogelbach more than Buck may have liked
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:17 pm
by TransMonk
Twitter scuttle is saying Eppler is being investigated by MLB for improper IL usage.
https://nypost.com/2023/10/05/billy-epp ... stigation/
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:55 pm
by Gwreck
Tommy Hunter and his back spasms were mighty suspicious.
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:22 pm
by ashie62
Why are the Mets so often caught up in the fugly
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 9:37 pm
by G-Fafif
Someday maybe the Mets will be investigated for being awesome, and hopefully not for Astro reasons.
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 10:44 pm
by Bob Alpacadaca
If he was doing that for some kind of competitive advantage, I don’t think it worked.
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 11:18 pm
by Edgy MD
ashie62 wrote: ↑Thu Oct 05, 2023 8:13 pm
There has been some talk about Buck and Eppler disagreeing about Vogelbach's playing time
Eppler may have pushed Buck to play Vogelbach more than Buck may have liked
Is there a source you can share?
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Thu Oct 05, 2023 11:48 pm
by Bob Alpacadaca
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:13 am
by Johnny Lunchbucket
Gotta believe Puna's Met source is Buck
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 7:35 am
by Marshmallowmilkshake
Say the phantom IL thing is true, and Martino is confirming that's the case. Wouldn't that be more of a slap-on-the-wrist kind of thing instead of clear-out-your-office offense?
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:17 am
by metirish
A report in The Athletic says multiple execs on other teams said that is not a resignation thing, so what is going on?
Re: Eppler Resigns
Posted: Fri Oct 06, 2023 8:27 am
by Gwreck
Simplest explanation is that when you’re the #1 guy, you don’t want to be demoted to #2?