As a Mets fan, the last three seasons (2007, 2008, 2009) have been disgraceful in different ways.  The Mets have given me some real bad buttburn (credit goes to BlondiesCowboys) for that phrase.  No person involved with the Mets has given me more buttburn than Omar Minaya, part of the reason why I decided to boycott the Mets until he gets FIRED.

I read the New York Daily News and the New York Post on a daily basis, and both have said that Omar Minaya will be retained for the 2010 season on a "win or else" basis.  Why?  Minaya is the main reason for the Mets utter suckage the last three seasons! 

That same "win or else" ultimatum goes for manager Jerry Manuel in 2010.  You can give Manuel a mulligan for 2009, as the Mets defined Murphy's Law this past season.  For those who don't know, Murphy's Law is defined as "What could possibly go wrong will go wrong".

Back to why I feel Minaya should go.  In September of 2007- the Mets were seven games ahead of the Phillies with seventeen games left in the season, yet found a way to choke that lead away.  There were three things that were redeeming to me though- 1. The fact that the Phillies won as many playoff games as the Mets did that year, which is to say zero.
2. On the final day of the 2007 MLB season- my beloved New York Football Giants got a measure of revenge against the City of Philadelphia through the Eagles, beating them 16-3, sacking Donovan McNabb 12 times in the process.
3. The same New York Football Giants were able to deny the first 19-0 season in NFL history by winning Super Bowl 42. 
My apologies for the tangent, but there were some glaring issues concerning the Mets.  One was the glaring lack of starting pitching, and the bullpen had some issues with injuries (Duaner Sanchez, Pedro Feliciano), suspensions (Sanchez and Guillermo Mota), and an aging closer (the Billy Wagner Save Blowing Service or BWSBS for short). 

Omar Minaya did try and fix the starting pitching issue, by signing Johan Santana during the 2007-08 off season, but he did not do anything about the bullpen.  This would come back to bite Minaya in the butt all season. 

The Mets struggled early in the 2008 season, and Willie Randolph was fired.  I agree that Randolph should have been fired, but the way Randolph was fired was completely FUBAR by Omar Minaya (see a pattern here?).  To those unfamiliar with how Randolph's firing was handled, here it is in a nutshell:
1. The Mets beat the Texas Rangers on a Sunday afternoon,
2. That Sunday Night, the Mets flew out to Anaheim to start a West Coast trip,
3. The Mets proceeded to lose the first game of the road trip to the Anaheim Angels, then;
4. Fired Willie Randolph at three in the morning New York City time,
5. Which meant that it would not have made the Monday Post, Daily News, or NY Times. 
HELLO McFLY!  After that disgraceful 2007 collapse, HOW IN THE HELL WAS Willie Randolph allowed to return to even start the 2008 season?

The bullpen was the Mets' big problem in 2008, as they screwed Johan Santana out of at least 7 wins.  Meanwhile, the Mets lost the division to the Phillies (yet again), this time by three games.  Do the math, if the bullpen does not blow four of those games, the Phillies miss out on the playoffs.  What made it more painful, the fact that the Phillies won the World Series.

Minaya had opportunities to correct this glaring problem given to him on a silver platter.  How was he given them you may ask?  Opportunity #1 - The BWSBS blew out his elbow that July.  Opportunity #2, the inability of Aaron Heilmann and Scot Schoenweis to get people out.  The trade deadline came and went, and Omar Minaya did what to get a few arms in the bullpen?  That's right, Omar Minaya did absolutely NOTHING.  The waiver deadline also came and went one month later, with the same result- Minaya doing NOTHING.

There is something that befuddles me about that 2008 offseason.  Omar Minaya got a three year contract extension!  However, Minaya did address the closer issue (as the BWSBS was on the shelf until August, Minaya didn't have a choice) by signing Francisco Rodriguez and JJ Putz.  However, people questioned the Mets' obvious lack of depth before the 2009 season, and boy were they right.  Not only that but the Wilpon family was bilked out of a boatload of money (same goes for many thousands of others) by Bernie Madoff.

Like their crosstown counterparts the (hated) Yankees, the Mets opened a new ballpark.  Like the 2009 season, the park was a complete mess- as nothing worked right, not even the apple that comes out in center field every time a Met hit a home run.  The laundry list of injuries began early as JJ Putz (elbow), Jose Reyes (hamstring) and Carlos Delgado (hip) went down with injuries before Memorial Day.  Carlos Beltran (knee), and John Maine (shoulder), joined them on the disabled list before the Fourth of July.  K-Rod got hurt in August, as did Santana (elbow), Nieve, and Niese joined the parade of Mets on the DL.  

The injuries took a toll, and it showed.  David Wright had career worst numbers (I think sChITI Field had a little to do with it), partly due to the injuries. 

Also, what was Bobby Parnell's role?  Starter?  Closer?  Setup man?  Whatever it was, opposing hitters lit him up like a the Christmas Tree in Central Park.

As a whole, the 2009 season opened my eyes to a serious reality.  The reality started to hit me during the offseason following the 2008 season.  That reality is that Omar Minaya needs to go, and now.

At least there was a distraction in September- the Giants are 4-0!