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Cliff Floyd was a guest on WFAN radio today and told Mike Francesca that the Mets are lacking chemistry and that things are not working for this group of players.
He also talked about his days on the Mets and the fateful management decision in the 2006 NLCS.
Here is the link to Metsblog with some excerpts of the interview:
http://www.metsblog.com/2010/02/03/recap-cliff-floyd-talks-about-his-days-on-the-mets
I am not sure who Floyd’s friends in the clubhouse are, but apparently he is getting inside information about the current team and that lack of chemistry and veteran leadership has hurt the team greatly the last three seasons.
Floyd was one of David Wright’s mentors in 2004 and 2005 when Wright was a rookie and Floyd has marveled as recently as last year at how much of a leader that Wright has become for the Mets.
They are still close, and call me naive, but I can’t honestly see David Wright telling a former Mets teammate about a lack of chemistry in the clubhouse.
Mike Francesca has been on a rampage this winter about the Mets having a “bad clubhouse” and all Mets players he has spoken to until today have flat out denied that they do not get along or lack leadership.
Could you see Cliff Floyd returning to the Mets? (PHOTO BY ICON SMI)
I’d like to know how the 2009 Mets could be gauged for Chemistry. Reyes,Delgato,Beltran,were all out for most of the season. Wright,Murphy,Frenchie all are team players who want to win . Maybe Schneider,Castillo are the ones but thats only 2 players. The rest were bench players and Cora was a leader. I wonder who hes talking about?
Just because someone is out for the season doesn’t mean they aren’t part of the problem – especially if said problem developed the year(s) before. Bottom Line: When one set of players can speak a language that others cannot understand – they can in effect talk behind someone’s back right in front of them. This is not good for a clubhouse.
Delgado is a cancer (even injured he should have showed up more and provided support to his teammates – especially since he was being paid $12 million), Beltran is lazy (didn’t slide at home plate – you demonstrate leadership by your actions or lack thereof), Castillo has had a bad rep both in NY and Minnesota, Tatis just looks like he’s going through the motions and could care less if he succeeeds or not – it would be nice if he showed some fire/anger. We need mor players like Omir Santos who at least shows some fire even if his skills are lacking.
I’m sure some of the relief pitchers from last year weren’t thrilled with being here (Putz, Green, and that 5th started we signed for $2 million whose name escapes me).