Omar Minaya Supports Mets Coaches

After a disasterous 2-9 road trip, the Mets are on the brink of watching their entire season go down in flames.

Yet it is not enough for Omar Minaya to declare that the Jerry Manuel tenure is over. Minaya came out in support of Manuel before the Mets played the Dodgers on Thursday, and now is coming out in his defense and the coaches again.

This time, Howard Johnson, the Mets hitting coach could be on the chopping block. Since becoming the hitting coach in 2008, the Mets have had one of the weakest offenses in the game, and David Wright has been in and out of some extremely long slumps during his tenure.

He is a popular choice to get fired, but, it is not all his fault. Every facet of the Mets as a team have failed, whether it be starting pitching, bullpen and offense. All of the blame could go to Minaya for building a team built out of a deck of cards, that was so fragile to begin with that people feared what would go wrong in 2010.

The big question is will the Wilpons fire both Minaya and Manuel at the end of the year. Read this article from BLEACHER REPORT on their job security. Then take a look at this slide show of possible replacements for Manuel if he is fired.