Mets manager Terry Collins says 2017 could be his last season
The Mets hired Collins as manager before the 2011 season
Terry Collins said the 2017 season could be his last as manager of the Mets.
Speaking with Adam Rubin of ESPN, the 67-year-old Collins said he was tired after this season ended and that he’d walk away after 2017 if he felt the same way then that he does now.
“I just need to reevaluate at the end of this coming year what’s going on, where I am, how I’m feeling,” Collins said. “I’ve always said a lot of it will be dictated by how I’m feeling. This was a tough year.”
Collins’ contract runs through the end of next season, and the expectation since he agreed to his two-year extension has been that 2017 would likely be his final season at the helm.
Since taking over as manager before the 2011 season, Collins, who turns 68 years old next May, has led the Mets to a 481-491 record while guiding them to a World Series appearance in 2015 and a Wild Card berth this season.
Collins should be commended for how he’s kept the team together during tough times, including stretches over the last two seasons. But his in-game management is still a detriment.
Yes, every manager has pluses and minuses when it comes to both clubhouse management and in-game management. But during his time in New York, Collins has driven fans to the point of insanity.
He ‘forgot’ to pinch-run for Wilmer Flores last month, leading to a season-ending injury for Flores and a loss for the Mets. It ‘didn’t cross his mind’ to challenge a call at the end of a game. Most egregious, though, is that he either ignores the stat sheet or doesn’t read it.
And it’s impossible to forget that Collins arguably cost the Mets both Game 4 and Game 5 of last year’s World Series with his poor late-game pitching moves.
Again, Collins has been tremendous in the clubhouse. It also seems like the players love him. And even though I wish the Mets were managed by someone else, Terry really is a likable guy — one whose personality I’ll miss when he’s no longer manager.
But if 2017 is Collins’ last as manager of the Mets, I think most fans will breathe a sigh of relief.
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