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Evan & Tiki

Coaching Details, Mets Decisions, and a Wild Rodgers Debate

Evan & Tiki

Audacy

Sports

4.2988 Ratings

🗓️ 1 April 2026

⏱️ 22 minutes

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Summary

A debate over coaching accountability sparks a larger conversation about what truly defines a great leader in sports. The discussion begins with frustration over Mike Brown’s apparent lack of attention to basic details, raising questions about preparation, discipline, and whether small mistakes signal bigger issues. From there, the conversation expands into Mets bullpen strategy, questionable in game decisions, and a spirited back and forth on New York coaching rankings. Calls from listeners bring energy and humor, especially around Aaron Rodgers being left off a major disappointment list, before things take a surprisingly personal turn with a candid and thought provoking discussion about how each host would handle life changing news.

Transcript

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0:00.0

Earlier this season, despite being a Mike Brown supporter, there was something Mike Brown said that annoyed me. We talked about it here on Evidentiki back in January, and I will give you a reminder of it. It was Mike Brown admitting he doesn't know who the Knicks play the following day. Take a listen. No, just the next game. Like, I don't even know who we play after Philly. I know we have Sunday off, but I don't know who we play. I know we play, I don't know who we play Monday. Tuesday? Okay. I don't know. Yeah. Remember we just talked about this? Yeah, we did. I do remember. It annoyed me. It was like, come on, man. You got to know who you play. Like, I know your schedule. So focused in on the game at hand that you don't even look at the game ahead.

0:52.2

But don't you have to in basketball? I think you could do it's like a day away. I think you got to be able to do everything. Be focused on the day at hand, but also no, yeah, tomorrow we play or the day after we don't play, and then we play this team and then we play that team.

0:53.8

And so Mike Brown did it again.

0:56.2

And you have every right to say I'm nitpicking.

0:57.3

That's totally fine.

0:54.6

I'm just voicing my view on this. This was Mike Brown talking about the team after last night's game and mentioning how many games are left in the season. Games we haven't had it. And, you know, teams go through the stretches like that. we've got seven more games to try to find it.

1:13.0

But you don't. You know, teams go through the stretches like that. You know, we've got seven more games to try to find it.

1:14.0

But you don't.

1:15.5

You have six.

1:17.5

Six, seven.

1:18.7

Six, seven.

1:19.6

So you're wrong.

1:21.6

Like, I don't know why that bothers me, but it does.

1:23.2

You don't have seven more games.

1:24.2

You have six more games.

1:25.4

Maybe he was counting today.

1:27.0

Or then yesterday.

1:28.6

No, he doesn't know. And he's admitted that. And it just, like, I don't know why. Why it bothers you. I'm listening to Mike Brown's press conference. I'm listening to the whole thing. Oh, starting lineup sucks, but I'm not going to do anything about it. I mean, that's one thing that he does. and then at the end, because this was the last bit of the press conference. Like, yep, we got seven games to fix it.

1:46.0

And I admit, I thought it was five. That's one thing that he does. And then at the end, because this was the last bit of the press conference, like, yep, we got

1:44.6

seven games to fix it. And I admit, I thought it was five because of what Tracy McGrady said. Right. So, but he was wrong either way. And by the way, if I'm wrong, why does that matter? Right. I'm just the guy. I'm an IBO. This guy's the head coach of the team. and so I don't know it just bothers me that he doesn't have all the details

2:03.6

does it make bothers me that he

2:02.5

doesn't have all the details. Does it make you feel like he's less dialed in? Yes.

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