Should the Mets have fired Willie Randolph?

Love him or not, blame it on the players if you wish, but it is a manager's job to develop personnel and maximize the potential of those who work for him - on the field as in the halls of corporate America. Otherwise, why have a manager at all? So, it wasn't working here and it was time for Willie to go. If this team does NOT improve, we'll know for sure that the assessment of player talent was wrong and then Omar will go.

The Wimpons (as they should henceforth be known) caved into media pressure and a lot of passionate but no-nothing fans. Willie is getting a very raw deal here while Minaya has apparently been coated with teflon. Willie should not have been fired and given every opportunity to right the ship and anyone, including the owners and GM, who think otherwise, don't deserve to be running this franchise. Willie was the true baseball professional in this group and my only hope is that some other more professional organization hires him and lets him prove his worth.