Fans are calling for Omar Minaya to be fired after his embarrassing performance at yesterday’s press conference to announce the firing of Tony Bernazard. Some fans are saying that it’s Jeff Wilpon’s fault and while he runs the team, there will always be problems.  So even if he fires Omar, the next GM will have his hands just as tied.

Let’s take a tablespoon of reality. All organizations are dysfunctional to a certain degree. That and winning have very little to do with each other. What team was more screwed up from a front office perspective than the Yankees of the late 1970s? It did not stop them from winning a couple of World Series.

I’m not downplaying what happened yesterday. As a Mets fan, I was completely embarrassed by Omar’s accusatorial remarks in regard to Adam Rubin. It was a childish display. Minaya looked like a school boy about to throw a tantrum having had to fire is abusive buddy. At the moment, the Mets are the silliest looking organization in baseball. But please try to understand something. The Mets are not fighting for their lives because of any of this off field nonsense. They are 6.5 games back of the wild card, four games under .500 because they have lost a multitude of star players to injuries that have kept them out of action for an excruciating amount of time.

Yes, the farm system could be better. Sure, the bench could have been better. But let’s be fair, from a baseball perspective, no one was criticizing Omar when he dumped Aaron Heilman, Luis Ayala, and other s from the bullpen that cost the Mets a playoff spot last season. Everyone cheered when he brought in Francisco Rodriguez, J.J. Putz, and Sean Green and to a lesser extent Alex Cora and others on the bench.

Should Omar have gotten Raul Ibanez and any pitcher other than Oliver Perez? Yes but perhaps his hands were tied because of money. That we just don’t know.

The point is baseball goes on regardless of what happens in the front office. And if the Mets make a change when the season ends, it’s no guarantee things get better. In fact, things could get worse. I hear Mets fans cry all the time for the Wilpons to sell the team. Who do you want to buy the Mets? How about Charles Dolan? Wouldn’t you love to have the man who helped destroy the Knicks running the Mets? I read somewhere that Nelson Doubleday laughed when he sold his shares to Fred Wilpon, that the fans would see who the better owner was. Yeah, I remember all those World Series the Mets won when Doubleday was in charge. Doubleday wanted to keep Shea Stadium thinking it only needed a bit of sprucing up. There is some forward thinking.

So be careful for what you wish for. Remember the old saying coined by Leo Durocher.  Nice guys finish last. Well one thing is for sure. The guys running the Mets aren’t nice guys. Maybe that’s a good thing.