The guy is a life long Mets fan and made his money in hedge funds. They said he will do whatever he can to make the Mets a winner.
The guy has more money than God. Not sure if anyone watches Billions-Bobby Axelrod is partially based on him.
My allegiance being what it is (get Cole or Straus signed Cash), this is a great day for Mets fans. Olney made the comparison to how successful the post-McCourt Dodgers have been since they had a new ownership group with seemingly unlimited funds take over. I don't see why Mets fans can't be dreaming on the same future.
And honestly, viewing it from a Yankee lens, while most of the fanbase has been outright understanding and supportive of Hal placing a limitation on how much the team is going to spend in favor of developing talent, (Yanks I believe were fourth in payroll behind Boston, Chicago and LA last year-could be wrong), that understanding attitude and good will goes out the window the second the Mets meet or exceed what the Yankees are shelling out in terms of dollars. My team won't have the benefit of their cross-town rival acting like a mom and pop shop anymore.
The days of the franchise operating like the Cincinnati Mets appear to be at an end.