Further, the latter part of Amaro's tenure as GM was comparatively unsuccessful, as Philadelphia failed to reach the postseason in and subsequent seasons. Howard's performance ended up far worse than skeptics expected, and by Amaro was "trying hard to deal Howard away, expressing a willingness to eat a lot of the money.” Shortly after Amaro fired manager Charlie Manuel, in , Manuel admitted that he had known that the Phillies roster lacked enough "pieces to win" in and . In July , a "Stay Or Go" poll was conducted by Philly.com with over 10,000 fans involved, and 93.6% of voters wanted Amaro to be removed from his position, with only 6.4% wanting Amaro to remain GM.