Omar Minaya just completed his press conference...Oh Boy!
First Bomb: As expected, and hoped for, Minaya and the Mets have dismissed Tony Bernazard as VP of Player Development.
Second Bomb: Omar called out Adam Rubin on many occasions, saying that he lobbied for a job in player development...HUH?
Whether Rubin "lobbied" for a position with the Mets or not, is irrelevant. The point is, Adam Rubin is the best source for Mets information. Secondly, his information was apparently pretty accurate since "Mr. B" is no longer with the club. Why in the world would Omar look to call out Rubin? Is it because Omar looked foolish in letting this irresponsible behavior to happen?
Another question is where does this put Rubin in regards to not only the Mets, but the NY Daily News?
Unfortunately, once Omar dropped the Rubin bomb, the rest of the press conference seemed uneventful.
Omar did explain that the "thorough investigation" was performed by human resources. HR then produced facts to Omar on Sunday, and Omar met with and terminated Bernazard this morning.
Omar said it was his recommendation to the Wilpon's to let Tony go this morning.
Omar said there were issues with Tony's interpersonal values, and the way he handled the staff interpersonally.
Minaya refused to go into details of the investigation. He would just say there were "multiple things" reported about interpersonal issues.
Minaya said that the public accounts as reported weren't "exactly how it happened" and "not exactly as reported."
The GM said he was surprised by "things" in the report.
Minaya admitted he wasn't aware of some of the issues until yesterday. He said he will try an fill the position from within. Thus far there is no replacement.
Minaya was satisfied with performance of his now former VP of Player Development.
Rubin was later reported to have said that he never lobbied with Omar about any job, but had spoken with Jeff Wilpon a question of "how would you get a job..." not that he was lobbying for a job.
What a despicable showing by the Mets GM today.
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