02-03-2003, 07:41 PM
It's easy to blame Valentine because he's not there - period. For whatever reason, the players themselves seem to not want to accept the fact that they sucked last year. I'm not Mets fan, but it was obvious that Valentine had to go - but what was more obvious is that Philips should've been right behind him but that didn't happen for whatever reason. Again, on paper the Mets have a competitive team this year - whether that comes to fruition is up to the players (personally, i don't see it happening).