Had the Mets found themselves in the playoffs following their August collapse and a brief late-season surge that restored hope for a few weeks, some of the deficiencies that led to their demise might have been swept under the rug a bit.

But with the Mets at home during the postseason watching the Atlanta Braves win the World Series, following a season where there was turmoil in the front office and underperformance on the field, they enter the offseason with a ton of huge decisions to make.

Here are five of them...

How will the front office be reshaped?

This offseason, the Mets are attempting to do what they couldn't do last offseason -- find a new head of baseball operations and/or a general manager.

As SNY's Andy Martino has reported, there are a handful of executives now being considered after the Mets initially focused on Milwaukee Brewers president David Stearns (who wasn't allowed to interview) and Oakland Athletics executive Billy Beane (who removed his name from consideration for family reasons).

And the expectation is that the Mets will find a new top baseball exec, which could allow Sandy Alderson to do the non-baseball role he was initially hired for.

The Mets also recently moved on from acting GM Zack Scott, who had been on administrative leave following his arrest on DUI charges.

Who will replace Luis Rojas as manager?

When discussing modern field managers, it's always important to understand that their responsibilities go well beyond what happens on the field.

And for Rojas, he aced the job when it came to being the daily public face of the Mets in front of the media, being communicative with his players, being accountable, being calm in the face of adversity off the field but fiery on the field when needed, and being thoughtful in his explanations.

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