John Chayka

And, you know, like you said, culture is a big word.

But whether it's communication, whether it's the, you know, resources we're supporting them with, you know, how Mets can support them.

You know, I think our goal is to, you know, build up a great locker room.

And I think, you know, once you're reacting to something like that, it's challenging.

You know, I can't speak to what Brad did exactly because I wasn't there.

I don't know.

But obviously, I think in those scenarios, you got to address things and be direct and be honest.

And I think the team expects that of leadership and that that's what I would do.

you know how you close that gap which obviously can't be done overnight but what's what are the steps to getting towards what may be a a john chica style team yeah look i would start with like the internal like i think that this is a team that did underperform i think there's like a lot of players that have some latent upside and um you know and have performed better historically and didn't do that this year and so you know i'm an outsider i can guess i'm going to get inside and

And with Matt's, we're going to have a lot of conversations and try to understand that, I'd say, first and foremost.

To Matt's point about a common vision, and this is not a new idea, but having elite goaltending, having top echelon, puck moving, skating defensemen,

And obviously having the game changers up front, like that's, you know, that's the equation.

You know, where we see opportunities is certainly how we defend and how we exit the zone and, you know, how we move through the neutral zone.

Those are areas where we think, you know, again, historically we've done a better job as a team and, you know, we think there's some opportunities as well.

Look, I think sales job is maybe not the right word, but I think certainly anytime you have world-class players that are driven to win, you have an obligation as an organization to fulfill a plan.

And look, I think a lot of Austin's comments are totally fair.

If I was in his shoes, I would be thinking about the same way in terms of, you know, he's in the prime of his career.

He's the best goal scorer.

Obviously, he's the captain here, expected to lead.

And, you know, we've got to find, you know, common vision and a common goal where we can, you know, get the job done.