Bill Madden confirms my worst fear for Willie Randolph: Jeff Wilpon

Having read about Jeff Wilpon and heard his father Fred speak of him, I thought this is another situation of a father passing authority to a wretch of a son (see James Dolan). Bill Madden confirms that Jeff Wilpon is the problem in the Mets organization. Little Jeff thinks managers don't matter. And Little Jeff has been told by his Daddy that he's a very big deal.

• Worse, there's almost the same problem in the Mets clubhouse as when Steve Phillips was there, Madden reports: An assistant GM is hanging around the clubhouse much of the time, undercutting Willie Randolph's authority.

Then you have the shrill voices of people like Buster Olney opining on the situation. Olney has a lifetime appointment as judge, jury, and executioner, but is unelected. He's treated like royalty. "Intensity," floats Olney about Willie Randolph, passing the fiery torch. The money and fame must be great over there for you to broadcast such crap about Willie Randolph. He is nothing if not intense. Bill Madden's column gives some details which the average mortal would deem obvious. NY Daily News column by Bill Madden, "Willie Randolph Catching Too Much Heat for Mets' Slump," 9/23/07 (Sunday)

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