Mets COO Jeff Wilpon acknowledged Tuesday that general manager Omar Minaya made a mistake by singling out a reporter during a press conference on Monday. "Ownership is not happy with the direction of the team," Wilpon said before New York's game against Colorado. Minaya held a press conference on Monday to announce the firing of vice president of player development Tony Bernazard. The GM accused Adam Rubin of the New York Daily News of lobbying for a job with the club in an embarrassing tirade. "He was just very angry and got out of his normal mode of dealing with the media," Wilpon said of Minaya. "Going into that press conference, it was to talk about Tony, talk about letting him go." "I can only apologize from the club's point of view," Wilpon said. The COO added that Minaya remains shaken by the incident. "I think he really understands he made a very large mistake here. He apologized to ownership, he apologized to the staff," Wilpon said. "Omar has told me he's remorseful about what he said."