Hour 3 - Mets Hot Seat, Cohen On Spring Training & Championships
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It's the Boomer and Geo podcast from WFAN. Hi, Boomer and Geo coming to you live from the Built Ford Tough studio on the fan and CBS Sports Network Red Pocket Mobile fan line. Brought to you by your new ultimate cell carrier, Red Pocket Mobile. That's 888-808-1019 if you want to join the show. Jerry in for Boomer again today. Let's say the Mets get off to a not-so-great start. I don't want to be totally negative and say a terrible start, but just a not-so-great start. Things aren't going well. Who do you think the fan base is going to blame the most? Let's say, I mean, it's tough. Because I'm not giving you the individual that is struggling. Maybe Juan Soto's not hitting well or something like that. But just say, we'll use the players as a whole.
We'll use Carlos Mendoza, we'll use David Stearns, and we'll use Steve Cohen. Does the fan base start flipping out on who?
Stearns won. Stearns won, you think? Stearns won. Yeah. Again, like you just said, it does depend on how and why they're struggling, but I think just an overall scope of things, if, per se, they are 10 and 20 in the first 30 games, and you've got The Orioles, 18-12, and Pete Alonzo's got seven home runs and 30 RBIs in the first month or whatever.
Who will the Mets fans blame if the team struggles early?
I think David Stearns and Steve Cohen take the brunt of it. If they're just not playing well, I think it's probably Stearns. I think if pitching-wise, the guys who struggled last year continue to struggle in the early going, I think it's a Stearns thing. I think the Mendoza thing creeps up if you're hearing about issues in the locker room.
Okay. Yeah, that's very true. I do think you're right that it's Stearns, but I don't think Steve Cohen is that far behind. Oh, I don't either. Which I think is ridiculous. I really do believe that the Mets fans' ire towards Steve Cohen is so far off base. Yeah, I don't disagree with that. I mean, he is spending the money. He cares just as much about the team, if not more, than the other projects that he's building. The whole stupid, oh, he only cares about the casino thing. I mean, he made a massive offer to Kyle Tucker, wanted to get him. Obviously, he was pissed off about the Edwin Diaz thing. He talked about that yesterday. Went in and front-loaded the Bo Bichette contract. All of these things. That he is gone and done.
And then we'll see what they end up doing with Peralta. That's a guy that they may actually sign during the season because he's not a Boris client. But, I mean, he's doing just... And he's also trusting his baseball guy. And he's trusting David Stearns.
The most negative thing I would say about Steve Kona, if I was a Met fan, would be just inconsistency. And I don't mean from him. I mean from the team. Four years ago, they have Buck Showalter. They won 100 games. They flounder in the postseason, which was a terrible ending to what was a really good season. And you just assume that. And I don't know why you wouldn't think they would have been really good the next year, and they weren't. They come back. They struggle to start. They get hot. They go to the NLCS. There's so much excitement about the team. You felt like, all right, now here comes the postseason run. They start well last year, and then again, the pitching was awful, and they dropped dead in the back part of the season.
They missed the playoffs again. To me, you look at just what it's been. It's been inconsistent, and I don't know that it's his fault because he has put the resources into the team. They do have a ridiculous payroll. These aren't will pawn issues anymore. It's much different. They just haven't been able to find any consistency on the field. But I agree with you. It's Stern's one, and Cohen is probably right up his butt in terms of what the fans think.
Yeah, which I think is wrong. And I also think that if the Mets get off to a bad start, or let's say they're under .500 around Memorial Day, something like that, that Carlos Mendoza will be fired, and this guy Kai Correa that they brought in is going to be the manager. And I said it the second that they hired this guy because he has got no connection to the Mets, the current Mets, or Carlos Mendoza.
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Chapters
6 chapters
1
What is the main topic discussed in this episode?
0:00–1:24
2
Who will the Mets fans blame if the team struggles early?
1:24–9:15
3
What historical context is provided about the Mets' past performances?
9:15–12:09
4
What are Steve Cohen's thoughts on the Mets' championship drought?
12:09–12:41
5
How does the Mets' management plan to address potential early season struggles?
12:41–20:32
6
What are the implications of the Mets' roster changes for the upcoming season?
20:32–35:33
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