Comments on: There is no guarantee that the Wilpons will be able to keep control of the Mets http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/ Baseball. Baseball. And then a bit more baseball. Wed, 22 May 2013 11:11:23 +0000 hourly 1 http://wordpress.com/ By: BC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107770 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 21:16:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107770 No Backman. No. Fail! Fail!
If Cuban bought the team I wouldn’t care who managed the team – not Backman though, my god, he’d be like handing a 15 year old the keys to a Porsche Boxster and a couple 40-oz bottles of Haffenreffer and saying ‘here, go have fun’.

]]> By: Old Gator http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107759 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:56:21 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107759 I’d sell the team to Mark Cuban if he promised to make Wally Backman manager. Two days later, no one would even remember that Terry Collins had been there. Nor should they.

]]> By: BC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107750 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:15:53 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107750 SELL THE TEAM!!!! SELL THE (POLY-SYLLABIC EXPLITIVE) TEAM!!!! PLEASE!!!!!!

]]> By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107748 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 20:13:44 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107748 Co-sign. Much as I enjoy the Mutts’ misery, this man needs a baseball team, and I’d love for a there to be an actual cross-town rivalry again.

]]> By: Dan in Katonah http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107742 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:54:52 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107742 It is particularly distressing as a Mets fan to see Wilpon with a cup in his hand trying to drum up some cash. This team should not be run like a small to mid market club. If he and his brood can’t pony up the bucks to compete with the Phillies and the Yankees and Red Sox, then sell the team to someone who can. Shit or get off the pot, Fred.

]]> By: BC http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107741 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:54:46 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107741 Paging Mark Cuban….. Mr. Cuban….

]]> By: sdelmonte http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107740 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:48:55 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107740 Shared ownership can work. It’s rare, but it has been working for years at the Meadowlands, where the other Giants have been more successful divided between the Mara and Tisch families than they were under just one family. I have no idea how the Maras and Tisches make it work, especially since the men who formed the partnership are no longer around. But a model for creating a thriving partnership out of what started as an investment opportunity as much as anything else.

]]> By: sdelmonte http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107738 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:44:05 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107738 Except…and this is heresy, I know…the Dolans are currently overseeing two franchises who are having really good years, with the potential for great years to come.

What New York isn’t served well by is stupid owners. Same as anyplace else. And there is always the chance that an owner will wise up. We saw it when Steinbrenner stopped micromanaging and turned an occasional winner into a perennial favorite.

That said, fresh blood at CitiField might not be that bad a thing.

]]> By: Kevin S. http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107734 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 19:34:12 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107734 It’s not that their aren’t minority stakes, it’s that teams aren’t rushing to give their money to people who have proven they suck with it and then not have a say in what happenes.

]]> By: yankeesfanlen http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/2011/01/28/there-is-no-guarantee-that-the-wilpons-will-be-able-to-keep-control-of-the-mets/comment-page-1/#comment-107726 Fri, 28 Jan 2011 18:52:43 +0000 http://hardballtalk.nbcsports.com/?p=37137#comment-107726 Baseball ownership is either a very expensive hobby or an uncompromising desire to present the best product possible to fan loyalty, civic pride, and advancement of America’s Pastime. We know which owners have their priorities toward the latter.
On the other hand, I seem to remember a minority stake that came out fairly well.
Quite bluntly: The New York sports arena is not well served with ownership of the Wilpon and Dolan variety.

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