In Omar we trust....For four more...

The Mets made it official today by announcing that Omar Minaya will be the general manager for the next four years. I'm disappointed with how the last two years have ended but lets be real overall Omar has been a good GM.Lets not forget where we came from, between the four years prior to Omar (2001-2004) the Mets had an overall record of 294-352 (.455%) and the best year in 2001 was good enough for a third place finish with a record of 82-80. They finished in last place twice (2002-2003) and squeaked out a fourth place finish in 2004 beating Montreal by three games. The staff ace was Steve Trachel, closer Benitez/Looper, Mike Piazza was still around but the his supporting cast rapidly left, by 2002 the entire World Series team from 2000 was gone. When talking about bad trades just remember that third place finish in 2004 was thanks to a week of trades at the deadline; Zambrano/Kashmir and Wiggington/Benson.Since Omar became the GM the teams record has been 357-291 (.550%). H...