Prior to Thursday's game against the Marlins, Mets manager, Jerry Manuel held a 30-minute meeting with his team. They then went on to fall behind 3-0 in the first inning and eventually lose 13-4.
Per AP: "Every time I have a meeting we seem to play that way so I guess we won't have anymore meetings," Manuel said.
I guess but what did he say in the meeting?
Jerry Manuel is known as a quiet guy and has kind of a professor-type appearance and demeanor. If he did a power-point presentation with a pointer and talked about how their number of wins on the pythagorean expectation theorem was a little low and they should really bring that up, then I can see how that would not be very effective.
On the other hand, if he said something like this: "I am sick and @#$%&! tired of this @#$%! losing crap and this is gonna stop right @#$%! now! You think your "guaranteed" contracts will protect you! I WILL TEAR THEM UP BEFORE YOUR EYES RIGHT NOW! We got attorneys you know!" If he could say this with a menacing look in his eyes and then theatrically storm out of the room and slam the door, that might work.
Then again, Lou Piniella and the Cubs are having a miserable year so maybe not.
