Hour 2: Candy Draft & That Guy Thursday

Summary

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Don, Hahn & Rosenberg

Episode: Hour 2: Candy Draft & That Guy Thursday
Date: October 30, 2025

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Overview

This episode of Don, Hahn & Rosenberg dives into two fan-favorite segments: the ESPN New York on-air Halloween Candy Draft, and the always-colorful “That Guy Thursday,” where each host calls out someone who's "being that guy" in sports or life. Laden with classic banter, spirited sports references, and a touch of personal drama, Hour 2 captures the chaotic, always-entertaining energy of Don La Greca, Alan Hahn, and Peter Rosenberg as they debate Halloween candy picks, argue over team “management,” take passionate listener calls, and poke fun at each other’s quirks.

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Candy Draft Breakdown (00:50–16:51, 40:45–47:46)

Introducing the Candy Draft (00:50–03:53)

• The crew opens with Halloween excitement and the results of ESPN New York’s "Best Halloween Candy of All Time" team draft posted on Instagram.
• Rosenberg reveals that the network promotions liaison, Jake Montgomery, who shockingly “doesn’t like chocolate,” ran the operation.
  • Quote: “I think he does an excellent job. Works very hard. He’s a bonafide freak... I don’t like chocolate. I’ve tried it twice.” – Peter Rosenberg (02:15)

Draft Analysis: Teams and Picks (03:53–13:49)

• Barton & Carlin’s Team: Reese’s Peanut Butter Cups, 100 Grand, Butterfinger, Twizzlers
  • The hosts debate these choices, especially the polarizing 100 Grand and Twizzlers picks.
  • Quote: “No one under the age of 75 is ordering [100 Grand].” – Peter Rosenberg (04:11)
  • Butterfinger becomes a point of regret and internal conflict for Don and Alan, who both wanted it but were overruled by Peter strategizing for the next round.
• DiPietro & Rothenberg’s Team: Snickers, Hershey Bar, Sour Patch Kids, M&M’s
  • Quote: “[Sour Patch Kids] was such a reach.” – Don LaGreca (06:23)
  • Peter defends the popularity of Sour Patch Kids with younger crowd.
• Dan Grassa’s Team: Twix, Reese’s Pieces, Starburst, Milky Way
  • Don and Alan: “Milky Way is gross!” (07:01)
• Michael’s Team: Mounds, Nestle Crunch, Junior Mints, Milk Duds
  • The hosts joke Michael’s picks are so dated he should’ve chosen Werther’s Originals.
  • Quote: "If you want to remove your teeth... someone pass me a Milk Dud." – Peter Rosenberg (07:29)
• Don, Hahn & Rosenberg Team: Kit Kat, Peanut M&M’s, Skittles, Hershey Almond
  • Alan touts Hershey Almond as a "fourth round all-pro,” while Don is disillusioned and says their team is “the Jets” of the draft.
  • Quote: “I think we’ve got the worst one.” – Alan Hahn (04:45)

Listener & Host Drama

• Don “walks out” of his own draft room, comparing his meltdown to Antonio Brown and citing being ignored over Butterfinger.
• Peter defends his controversial “fat-handing” and prioritizing broad, popular appeal.
  • Quote: “Twizzlers is absolute garbage. And 100 Grand—nobody has familiarity with 100 Grand.” – Peter Rosenberg (09:29)
• Don and Alan both unload on Twizzlers (“empty calories of no flavor,” 11:19).

Jake Montgomery Chocolate Reveal (13:49–16:13)

• Jake Montgomery is brought in to defend his anti-chocolate stance.
  • Hasn’t had chocolate in 15 years, has tried brownies, cookies, Kit Kat, and Hershey Bar, but “neither did nothing” for him.
  • Quote: “Just didn’t enjoy the experience.” – Jake Montgomery (12:17)
  • Alan assigns Jake homework: try a Snickers bar before Halloween.
  • Quote: “Go get yourself a Snickers. Come back with the same opinion and I’ll be floored.” – Alan Hahn (16:03)

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Listener Calls & Candy Culture

Candy Draft Calls (16:51–22:00; 40:45–47:46)

• Ed/Lou (callers): Defend 100 Grand, love Kit Kat/Peanut M&M’s.
  • Quote: “Kit Kat and Peanut M&M’s are the elite of the elite...that’s like getting a top five receiver and an edge rusher.” – Lou (41:07)
  • Skittles = “diva wide receiver” among candies.
• Heather: Shares nostalgia about calling the show, mentions Bit O Honey candies, and relates show personalities to her family and music tastes.
• Sebastian: Defends anti-chocolate people, shares Halloween trade ritual for fruity candies.
  • Quote: “This chocolate talk is making me be sick. I would trade chocolate with my brother and sister for all of their fruity candies…” – Sebastian (44:28)
  • Don/Audience: “Good & Plenty” and other vintage candies are mentioned.
• Ed in Seaford: Shares a tip about where to buy retro Reggie Bars and candy cigarettes, adding to the nostalgia theme.

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That Guy Thursday (25:42–36:45)

Segment Introduction (25:42–26:28)

• Hosts introduce who’s “being that guy” (or gal) this week—a sports figure or celebrity exemplifying bad behavior, lack of awareness, or poor leadership.

Don’s Pick: Mathew Barzal (26:22–29:39)

• Barzal, a skilled but “never force-multiplier” Islanders veteran, shows up late for a game-day skate.
  • Islanders bench him to set an example for rookie Schaefer and preserve team culture.
  • Quote: “If you don’t want to represent yourself in any way, you gotta watch the next generation...So they made a quick example of him.” – Don LaGreca (28:48)

Alan’s Pick: NHL Teams and the Sacred Logo (29:54–33:26)

• Alan rants about hockey teams who place their team logo on the locker room floor—then get angry if someone steps on it.
  • Quote: “If your logo is that sacrosanct...how about not putting it on the floor?” – Alan Hahn (30:54)
  • This sparks reminiscences about playoff rituals and unwritten sports etiquette.

Peter’s Pick: Ronda Rousey (33:28–36:28)

• Rousey, on Bert Kreischer’s podcast, trashes both MMA and WWE fanbases, takes shots at Joe Rogan, and claims she could kill critics with her bare hands.

  • Quote: “[Rousey] was truly iconic...Now she seems intent on alienating every fan base she’s ever had.” – Peter Rosenberg (35:34)
  • Peter urges her to “do the work at home or with a therapist,” reflecting on her bitterness and burnt bridges in two sports.

• The hosts clarify That Guy Thursday is gender-inclusive: “That gal Thursday” (36:28–36:45).

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Other Notable Segments & Moments

Debates, Banter, and Drama

• Multiple digs and jokes about each other's management and draft-room decisions; Don is compared to an NFL defensive coordinator giving up midseason.
• The hosts debate the virtue of chocolate, dark versus milk, and the existential meaning of white chocolate (“pure Satan”—Alan, 12:51).
• Alan and Don both voice longtime Butterfinger regrets.
• Listeners pile on about old-timey candies, Halloween candy trades, and drafting for popularity versus taste.

Notable Quotes & One-Liners

• “Twizzlers are a delight.” – Don LaGreca (05:52)
• “I just don’t understand why people don’t want to enjoy life.” – Peter Rosenberg (16:29)
• “You don’t know Good & Plenty? They’re repulsive.” – Peter Rosenberg (45:23)
• “Don, you’re Antonio Browning on the team right now.” – Sebastian (44:29)
• “Allen said, I’ll go with this guy because I can sense his passion…” – Peter Rosenberg (46:27)

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Funniest Moments

• Don “quits” and “walks out” on the segment after being overruled on Butterfinger (08:54).
• Jake being called a "bonafide freak" for not liking chocolate (02:15, 14:20), sparking extended and absurd on-air psychoanalysis.
• The extended analogy of candy roster assembly as NFL draft strategy.
• Listeners joking about trading off chocolate or “burying” candies in their backyard as children (44:19).

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Noteworthy Timestamps

• 00:50 – 17:00: Candy Draft review/arguments, Jake's chocolate testimony
• 18:01 – 22:00: Candy chemistry, listener support, nostalgic candy talk
• 25:42 – 36:45: That Guy Thursday (feat. Barzal, hockey logos, Rousey)
• 40:45 – 47:46: More listener calls, behind-the-scenes draft drama, Don’s mutiny

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Tone Summary

• Genuine, fast-paced, and self-deprecating; the hosts good-naturedly roast themselves and each other, deploy sports analogies, and seamlessly bounce between pop culture, fan nostalgia, and New York sports minutiae—often all at once.
• Listeners are embraced as co-conspirators in the banter and cultural debates.

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Final Thoughts

This episode is a love letter to sports radio’s chaotic, familial spirit and the hyperbole and nostalgia of Halloween candy season. Whether debating the true “face of the franchise” in the world of sweets, calling out NHL clubhouse rituals, or bemoaning another sports star’s bitterness, Don, Hahn, and Rosenberg provide a lively, comfortingly argumentative slice of New York sports and pop culture audio.

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Transcript

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[Don LaGreca]

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[Alan Hahn]

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[Don LaGreca]

Listen live weekday afternoon starting at 3.

[Peter Rosenberg]

On 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New.

[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

403 on Don Hahn and Rosenberg ESPN New York as we race towards Halloween.

[Alan Hahn]

Smash.

[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don LaGreca]

Liaison.

[Alan Hahn]

He does a good job.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know what he just said to me, Jake? He said, we were talking about this, this, this post and the information. I said oh, I think we won. And he said, yeah, well you know, I gotta say I don't like chocolate. I've only had it twice in my life. So I can't really say wow twice. And I just want to say, and I say this respectfully to someone I like Jake, very fond of him. I think he does an excellent job. Works very hard. He's a bonafide freak. I mean, come on. I don't like chocolate. I've tried it twice in my lifetime. It may be worth a revisit, maybe. You know what I mean?

[Alan Hahn]

Might explain other things that are going on. I don't know what else is going on, but if there's something bad about Jake, it's because of that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, Come on. I, I, this, this whole. He's not the only one I've heard like this. I don't like chocolate. Come, come on, man.

[Alan Hahn]

It's absolutely wonderful. It's Declan. Not a big chocolate fan for a 10 year old. That's an issue too. Wow. Now he'll grow up a better person. Probably more fit, but come on. Chocolate's wonderful.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So here you go. Let me reveal to the people. Let me reveal. And you guys, we just want you to get in the comments and tell us who you think has the best team.

[Alan Hahn]

And I'm going to tell you who I think won.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, here we go. Barton Carlin. Write this down, kids. Barton Carlin's draft. They have Reese's Peanut Butter cups. In the second round, they picked up 100 grand, which is truly mad, just insane.

[Don LaGreca]

Now make it clear. They had the first pick of the draft.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yes.

[Don LaGreca]

That's why we're going with them first.

[Peter Rosenberg]

See, they had peanut butter cup.

[Don LaGreca]

We're not going by order of show time.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, they had the first pick by.

[Don LaGreca]

The, by the draft picks. Right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So Barton Carlin, get Reese's Peanut Butter cup, which is, which is a great.

[Don LaGreca]

That's your number one pick. That's your, that's a franchise changer, you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Know, that's, that's Cooper Flag duke. That's. They're 30 and 30 and three. That's.

[Don LaGreca]

That was hard for you to say. I'm very proud of you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, no, that, that team, they've been in the tournament since they invented the tournament, Don. They're just there, you know.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

100 grand. Butterfinger and Twizzlers. I, I personally feel that between the hundred grand, which to be honest, no one under the age of 75 is ordering, and the Twizzlers, I just think let's move on. What are we doing?

[Alan Hahn]

No, what do you guys.

[Don LaGreca]

Is like.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That'S your winner, Don.

[Alan Hahn]

That's my winner.

[Don LaGreca]

That's your winner. Are you. Well, you know what, though? Should we tell the people about the Butterfinger fiasco that we wanted.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But he, he cared. He's a Butterf. And so he that he feels very strongly. Is that it?

[Alan Hahn]

Don't. I don't. I don't have. I just. This is not me complaining. This is just me stating a fact. I've got no sway on the show. Because I wanted 100 grand. We didn't take it. I wanted Butterfingers. Didn't take it. Wait a second.

[Don LaGreca]

We both wanted Butterfinger.

[Alan Hahn]

I know. And never Peter. Yet still Peter.

[Don LaGreca]

Peter made a case thinking it would come back around when we were up next. And I. What did. I. What was the deal we made? Peter, tell the people that if we.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Lose, I have to buy you all.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

I tell you, this is a big moment in the. In the. In the war room.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And I.

[Don LaGreca]

You were adamant about this. You felt strongly about it, and I said, okay, you're going to get your first chance, but if you fail us, you're going to pay.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And I. I'm. Well, you'll see where we drafted when we get to our team.

[Alan Hahn]

But the hundred gram bar is wonderful.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Never bought one in my entire life.

[Don LaGreca]

No one's ever saying $1 million. It's 100 grams.

[Alan Hahn]

Don't make fun of it if you never try it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But the thing is, it's about building a team based on strength. And I don't know anyone who.

[Alan Hahn]

We built a losing team.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, we built the jets. No, we did.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm actually sick and viral. I think we've got the worst one.

[Don LaGreca]

Are you out of here?

[Peter Rosenberg]

What the hell is going on here? Kids, that's poison.

[Alan Hahn]

That's pure poison. I don't even know what the hell they were doing over there on the morning show. And Butterfingers are wonderful. And Twizzlers are a delight.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I hate Twizzlers. Useless, by the way.

[Don LaGreca]

The morning show and us were almost like we were simpatico. We did Peanut M. M's. They did regular.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let's run through this. I didn't know. Don't. I didn't know Don was going to deep six this whole thing. Let's just keep going through. Okay, quickly now, because I know we're losing time. Dpiedra and Rothenberg, they go Snickers. They go Hershey Bar Strong. Classic Sour Patch Kids and M and M's. I think that's a hell of a team.

[Don LaGreca]

That's a very team Sour Pat was. That was such a reach.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, it's. I got to tell you, Major, let me tell you, Grampy something. Those are very. That's a huge candy.

[Don LaGreca]

You guys are off on the side.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, you guys are way. You're Wet. They're not my favorite. I never buy them. But you guys are wet if you don't think they're monstrously popular.

[Don LaGreca]

They people monsterly popular. I'm just saying this is a great team. They put a tight end to win fantasy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, that's exactly. That's exactly right. You know what I mean? And that's. That's. That's Tony Gonzalez. That's what they went out there and got. All right, so real quick, Dan Grassa.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He goes Twix number one, which is strong. Reese's Pieces. Very Phone home. I'm a big fan. Starburst. Lovely and Milky Way.

[Alan Hahn]

Gross.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Don, we know how you feel.

[Don LaGreca]

He ran out of pick.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Then. Then there's Grampy.

[Don LaGreca]

That was an auto pick.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Then there's Grampy. I mean, Michael, also awful. Who went mounds.

[Don LaGreca]

What.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Which I like. But his number one pick was mounds number one. I know. The best comment so far on IG is I thought Michael should have picked Werther's original, which I thought was tremendous. Michael goes mounds. He goes Nestle Crunch. He goes Junior Mince.

[Don LaGreca]

Junior Mince.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Shout out to Kramer. I'm a big fan, but it's a bit. It's a bold move. And Milk Duds, which is, to me, actual poison. It's like if you want to remove your teeth. I've got a tooth. I want it to come out today. Someone pass me a Milk Dud.

[Don LaGreca]

That Michael. Michael's pick came up and he gave up.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

It's like you let like. You let the fan like somebody.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, he walked away. And is any one of his kids drafted?

[Don LaGreca]

Let a fan pick that one.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right. And now here comes the team that Don has walked away from. Don has pulled. No. Don went full Antonio Brown. Ran right off the field.

[Don LaGreca]

Just ripped his jersey off. He's so embarrassed.

[Peter Rosenberg]

KitKat, number one.

[Don LaGreca]

Solid, awful pick.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Then we go Peanut M M's.

[Don LaGreca]

You were in on that pick.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, I was only in because he was like, it's really popular. We'll get a lot of votes. I said, people love it. How about a Reggie Bar?

[Alan Hahn]

Which would have won the whole damn thing. I don't even see it on here.

[Peter Rosenberg]

A Reggie Bar.

[Don LaGreca]

How we didn't Butterfinger M M's right out of the gate. I still will never understand. You could pick up Reggie Bar in free agency.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Guys, there's no place to even get a Reggie Bar after. You could tell.

[Alan Hahn]

Peter's fat hands are all over this thing.

[Don LaGreca]

You know what? This does smell very. Peter.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No one here who's Currently standing in this radio station, there's only about five people here, but none of us have ever tasted a Reggie bar.

[Alan Hahn]

There's no way everybody knows what it the vibe of it. Come on, man.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't know. So KitKat, Peanut M& M's Skittle.

[Alan Hahn]

That's a home run.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Skittles.

[Alan Hahn]

Second round gray Skittles. Yeah, they're all right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And Hershey almond.

[Don LaGreca]

Hershey Almond.

[Alan Hahn]

That's a nice fourth round.

[Don LaGreca]

That's like, that's, that's finding your an all pro in the fourth round. Yeah, that's what you found there.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Exactly. People are sleeping and all of a sudden you know you just got. You just got yourself a linebacker for the next 12 years. London Fletcher just walked through the door when you get Hershey almond. You know what I mean? So Don, you think that we lost to your favorite is. Is Barton Carlin.

[Alan Hahn]

Barton Carlin's my favorite because they took.

[Don LaGreca]

Butterflies, by the way.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Nothing makes me feel. I just want to say something right now. And I know Jacob and Anthony respectfully are too gutless to say the truth that they agree with me. Hearing that Don's favorite team is Barton Carlin is what lets you know Allen. I'm glad I fat handed the situation because Twizzlers is absolute garbage. And hundred grand. Nobody has the familiarity with hundred grand.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, but Butterfinger get familiar. We definitely. That was a bad choice by you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Like Peter over a Butterfinger all day. No, you know what?

[Don LaGreca]

You right now, well go to the.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Usfl because here in the NFL we, we go Kit Kat.

[Don LaGreca]

I told you we have our draft. You were strong about. You stood on the table in the war room. We said, okay, you feel this passionately about it. As the draft ends, we reassess and we got to make changes. And one of the changes we're making is in our. Is in our draft room. We're going to have to remove our candy consultant.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No. Well, listen, first of all, you got to let the season play out. And I don't think it helps us that as the season's getting started, one of our defensive coordinator gave an interview to Adam Schefter and says I'm out on this team. I wish I was with another team. That doesn't help. That doesn't help the team camaraderie. That doesn't give us a fair chance at winning.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, Dom went straight to Shefty, didn't he? Yeah.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Don's text.

[Don LaGreca]

He did not want his fingerprints on it at all.

[Alan Hahn]

Give me credit. I put my name on it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's right.

[Alan Hahn]

This is not an unnamed source, someone close to the situation. It was Don legreca, D coordinator.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. Don's been very bold in the media this week. He's all over the place. Now, real quick, you can comment, of course, on the Instagram, ESPN New York, and you go look at the teams, and you can call up 1-800-919-3776. I actually think Don has lost his mind that he feels so strongly about Twizzlers. He makes me sick to my stomach.

[Alan Hahn]

But wrong with Twizzlers, they're just nothing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They're nothing.

[Alan Hahn]

There's no nothing. It's licorice.

[Peter Rosenberg]

There's no big flavor. It's like. It's. It's. I'm just eating calories. It's just like. I mean, al.

[Alan Hahn]

Fat.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I know, but they're just empty calories of no flavor, like. Alan, do you. Alan, you enjoy a Twizzler?

[Don LaGreca]

No, I don't.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Thank you. Just, I appreciate you being honest with me today.

[Alan Hahn]

Well, I'm just being honest, but I just want to congratulate Barton Hahn on their victory.

[Don LaGreca]

See, this is so. This is unrelated.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Unbelievable that he just walked out on us, Alan.

[Don LaGreca]

By also that he demoted me back to the midday show. No, apparently, I'm out to. I thought you would get fired. I'm the one who got fired off the show. Oh, he put you on me. Yeah, he said Barton Han, like, as if, like, send him back before.

[Alan Hahn]

I didn't slap. Listen, I believe. I believe I promoted you.

[Don LaGreca]

I read that somewhere. I was handpicked.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right, so anyways, however you want to participate with this, please feel free. I just. I was. I was very affected when Jake told me he's eaten chocolate twice in his entire life.

[Alan Hahn]

Just didn't enjoy the experience. Like, he loved it too much and maybe shouldn't consider.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's the thing, you know, he said he didn't like it. I tried it twice. I didn't like it.

[Alan Hahn]

I'd like to know what chocolate he tried.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's a great question. Like, did he just. Did he stick his finger in some, like, icing? Like, what did you taste that you didn't like?

[Alan Hahn]

I'm not a big dark chocolate fan. Like, if my only exposure to chocolate was dark chocolate, sure, I might have the same thing.

[Don LaGreca]

The healthy thing is chocolate.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I enjoy dark chocolate, but sure.

[Don LaGreca]

Very.

[Alan Hahn]

No, that's why it's not as good.

[Don LaGreca]

You're crazy.

[Alan Hahn]

And the white chocolate is like pure Satan.

[Peter Rosenberg]

The white. The white chocolate's like, what?

[Don LaGreca]

Pure Satan?

[Alan Hahn]

Satan.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, you hate it. I don't know. So wait. So Don, you're only a milk chocolate guy. That is it.

[Alan Hahn]

That's it. That's all I'll do.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's so interesting.

[Alan Hahn]

Wonderful.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Only a milk chocolate man.

[Alan Hahn]

It's evidence there's a God.

[Don LaGreca]

No. Hot chocolate is phenomenal.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I would. But you don't think it's. It's not as. It's not better than milk chocolate. It's very good. I wouldn't say it's better than milk chocolate. I mean, milk chocolate is what you dream of.

[Alan Hahn]

Milk chocolate's.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I just can't. I'm trying to figure out what the kid would have tasted like a piece of chocolate cake. Because right now, was he gone?

[Alan Hahn]

Can we get. We get. Get him on.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Let's find out. Jake, are you around here? You know, because if you're hoping that he would hear it in the. Out in the other room.

[Alan Hahn]

Guys. No, they don't hear.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You'd have to hear this. This is what it sounds like right now to people out in the room. So unless he is able to hear the whisper over the speakers, he doesn't know. Oh, he'll be making his way.

[Don LaGreca]

Anthony, our great producer, went to go grab him.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So he'll be soon. Anthony does it a lot. Does it all the time. All right, let's go to the phone lines.

[Alan Hahn]

Thursday, and he might be that guy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You know what? It's smelling that way. Phone lines going crazy, right? Oh, here comes Jake. He's. He's walking in, he's taking his bag off, he's taking his jacket off. I mean, we're not gonna make him run, but he's. The jacket's coming off and his headset is coming on now. The great Jake Montgomery is here. Jake.

[Jake Montgomery]

Hello, boys. How you doing?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hey, pal. How are you?

[Jake Montgomery]

I heard you guys talking about the list. You guys have some fun with it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, we're having a great time. Having a great time.

[Jake Montgomery]

And I also heard I'm a bonafide. What was it?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Freak. That's right. I think it was bonafide. Freak is what I said. Now, Don, you didn't say I said it. But you agreed, right?

[Alan Hahn]

Yes. I want to find out what. What chocolate he had that led him down this path.

[Jake Montgomery]

So I'll be totally honest. So for about every person that I tell that I don't like chocolate, I get the bona fide freak response. So it's not like it's the first time I've heard it. Growing up, I just didn't like chocolate. I'VE tried brownies, chocolate chip cookies, some of the candy mentioned in our Halloween draft. And I just never really liked it. But growing up, I certainly got the same reaction that all you boys.

[Peter Rosenberg]

When was the. When was the last time you tasted chocolate in earnest?

[Jake Montgomery]

I honestly haven't had chocolate in at least 15 years.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And how old are you, Jake?

[Jake Montgomery]

I am about to be 32. But here's the thing too. For every 20 people that you tell, 19 say you're a bona fide freak. And then one says, you know what? I also hate chocolate. Or I also don't like chocolate. So I'm not alone. There's also more bonafide when that one person.

[Alan Hahn]

When that one person that you got to say that you visited in a mental institution. Correct.

[Jake Montgomery]

We had a nice hangout in the mental institution.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I was going to say, I was going to say as soon as they bring them back home, as soon as the cuffs go back on and they put that mouth guard over their face again and you can't speak to them. So.

[Alan Hahn]

So what candy of the ones that were picked did you try and not like?

[Jake Montgomery]

So the non chocolate candies in our draft? The Sour Patch watermelons, the Twizzlers?

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, no, the chocolate.

[Jake Montgomery]

The chocolates I tried on a chocolate.

[Alan Hahn]

The chocolate.

[Jake Montgomery]

The chocolate candies. I've tried a Kit Kat and a.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hershey bar and neither did anything for you.

[Jake Montgomery]

Neither did nothing.

[Alan Hahn]

So I'll tell you. Get a Snickers and come back to me.

[Jake Montgomery]

Sounds good.

[Alan Hahn]

Yourself a favor.

[Jake Montgomery]

Well, thanks for having me on.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Seriously. That's your.

[Alan Hahn]

That's your homework for tomorrow and we'll bring you on tomorrow. Go get yourself a Snickers. Yeah, come back with the same opinion and I'll be floored.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Because he can't.

[Don LaGreca]

Guys, it's Friday tomorrow. Can we all be.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He could still have one between now and no homework.

[Don LaGreca]

Get him on.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, well, he can call up, for God's sake.

[Alan Hahn]

That's a good point. Yeah. Really?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm not gonna make the guy show up somewhere he doesn't need to be. But I mean, for God's sake, this, you know, it's like.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, what is he, Me and Jacob?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, exactly. You guys are only freaks that have to be here. But no, it's like Michael K. Eating the Whopper. This isn't an assignment. This is a wonderful thing you've suggested. That means this guy doesn't enjoy a peanut butter cup. I just don't understand why people don't want to enjoy life. Let's go to. Oh, Michael And, Verona, this is a big call here. Don Michael.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Don, man, I got your back on this one. I didn't try a hundred grand until I took my kids trick or treating for the first time, like, six, seven years ago, and it changed my life. They are phenomenal.

[Alan Hahn]

And these guys are missing out on.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Them.

[Alan Hahn]

On something I never tried.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, it was your great example.

[Alan Hahn]

You didn't try it, and now you think it's the most wonderful thing in the world. And Peter's never tried it, and he's.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, I did not. I did not badmouth the candy. I thought we were trying to please. My point was, I thought we were trying to win over as many people as possible with the draft. And I don't know, many people have had 100 grand, so I was amazing. Popular.

[Don LaGreca]

Not a big. Not a big caramel guy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

How much. What is the hundred grand on? What's the makeup of it?

[Don LaGreca]

We got chocolate caramel, and it's got, like the.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

What is that?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Nougat?

[Don LaGreca]

No, not nougat.

[Alan Hahn]

No, no.

[Don LaGreca]

Whatever the base is, it's. What do they call it?

[Alan Hahn]

I'm not even sure. It's not a cracker. It's.

[Don LaGreca]

No, it's not a crack wafer.

[Alan Hahn]

It's a cookie.

[Don LaGreca]

It's like a wafer.

[Alan Hahn]

It's like a wafer. Yes. Yeah, yeah, it's one.

[Don LaGreca]

I'm done with it. I'm good.

[Alan Hahn]

We might not get a vote with our list. Are you with.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Hold on. Peanut M&M's and KitKat. These are fundamental classics.

[Alan Hahn]

No, Jacob, you're.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You're of the demographic that the people care about. How old are you? 33. And how do you feel about what we've done with the list? Oh, we have the best list out. Honestly, the morning show probably second to it, but we have morning shows.

[Don LaGreca]

Is very good candy out.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You think ours is number one, though? Yes.

[Don LaGreca]

And, I mean, Don mentioned the Reggie bar.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Never had it. Never saw it in my lifetime. I want to say they discontinued it, but probably, like, 1982. So they brought it back, though. Oh, I mean, I briefly. Novelty. Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

They're not selling.

[Alan Hahn]

Got a history.

[Peter Rosenberg]

It's not selling in stores, though, But. And it's going against, like, Kit Kat and M&Ms. Like, these are two titans of its own. Of the industry. That's the thing. These are titans of the industry. Thank you, Jacob. I mean, listen, you're right. The morning show, there's no question. Snickers is tremendous. Hershey bar is great. You guys, Alan and Don completely ripped Sour Patch Kids. But those are very popular. Let's go to someone, something to cheer us all up. Let's go to Heather in the car. Hey, Heather.

[Alan Hahn]

Hi, Heather.

[Heather (Caller)]

Hey, Peter. Hi, Don.

[Alan Hahn]

Hello.

[Heather (Caller)]

Okay, so I'm driving on the parkway. I hope you guys can hear me in the rain.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We can.

[Don LaGreca]

Which parkway?

[Heather (Caller)]

Okay. Garden State Parkway.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

I'm heading home.

[Heather (Caller)]

I'm going north.

[Alan Hahn]

Okay.

[Heather (Caller)]

So it's awesome. Drive it in the morning. Drive it home. Like, it's fantastic. I love my commute. So I just want to say this, that I called in for the very first time, and I got on the air, like, over a year ago, and my husband was home, and I made him tape it. And when I got home and I listened to what my voice sounded like, I was horrified. So I'm sorry if I sound like. I don't know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You sound great.

[Alan Hahn]

That's everybody's reaction the first time they hear their voice on recording. Don't worry about it.

[Heather (Caller)]

Like, did you ever, like, when you listen to your, like, voice on a voicemail or something, you're like, oh, my gosh, that's what I sound like.

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But whatever.

[Heather (Caller)]

But I listen to you guys all the time on my drive home. So how I. Why I called in a year ago is I know you guys talked about 40 million people and you're not going to remember, but it was something with. When you guys were with Michael and his plane. His flight was messed up, and he got the. I called him about the united economy and yada, yada, yada. And then I was babbling about how I met Peter and all you guys at the jets game a couple months before that. And then, Don, you said to me, well, I was by Peter's side the whole day. I didn't meet you. And then I said, well, Don, I think you got pulled away. And then Peter said, oh, yeah, that's Don. He always acts like he's.

[Alan Hahn]

Whatever.

[Heather (Caller)]

Is any of this ringing about?

[Peter Rosenberg]

There's a bell. There's a bell. It's a faint bell, but I'm hearing a bell. There's a bell.

[Alan Hahn]

Okay, good. Okay.

[Heather (Caller)]

So my husband and I did go to the beach bash.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Okay.

[Heather (Caller)]

And I took a picture with Alan and Peter. I. Peter, you're kind of like. I would say, like, my go to, but you're a couple years younger than me, but we have a similar musical genre, so I used to, you know, listen to your. Whatever. So anyway, so I feel like I vibe the most with you now. Don would vibe the most with my husband because I don't know, he listens to like Slipknot and all those crazy bands. I know this is like not on topic for the candy thing. I was listening and all I kept thinking is how did no one pick KitKat? Because if you Google it, it's like the number one favorite candy Indonesian. But I think somebody has picked it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

We have KitKat.

[Heather (Caller)]

Okay.

[Alan Hahn]

Okay, good.

[Heather (Caller)]

And I was just kind of giggling when somebody mentioned Michael and what his flavor would be because it kind of made me think, God rest my dad soul. He used to love Bit o Honey where they were like these hard candy and it was just like hard honey. Did you guys ever have that?

[Peter Rosenberg]

I've never had a. I've never had a hard honey candy of any sort. But Heather, thank you so much for this. A myriad of thoughts. There we went all. We had so many. We were at the beach bash. We were in the car, we went to the candy. I think Slipknot was mentioned at some point, Don.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah, she was very sweet. That was very press conference. Yeah, that was a mission statement. Like, I'm not gonna lie. But you know what? She sounded very sweet.

[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don LaGreca]

Code Smalls thanks for listening to the Don, Han and Rosenberg podcast.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[Don LaGreca]

Catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcasts. We all have that one friend.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I'm talking about the yo yos who.

[Alan Hahn]

Set themselves on fire and bathe in pork and beans.

[Don LaGreca]

Or know that one person I'm here with, my family who can't help but be.

[Peter Rosenberg]

He's not cool. His voice is weird. He's kind of a dork. His brother's a tool. His girlfriend's annoying. That guy.

[Alan Hahn]

I didn't know it was banner night. We won't be out for that.

[Don LaGreca]

It's time for that guy Thursday. Hey guys. Anyone want to play some ball with Don Hahnen? Rosenberg, he's just being that guy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

What you guys know, there's nothing better than that guy Thursday driven by Ramsey Mazda. Who wants to take the ball for that guy Thursday?

[Don LaGreca]

I'll start.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right.

[Don LaGreca]

That. That guy today for me. And it's. It's very recent. I know this isn't a team we talk about a lot, all right. But it's a team that matters to me. So Matt Barzal has been with the Islanders for forever, right? He's 28 years old now. He came in as a young talent, somebody that's got a ton of talent, all star caliber talent, but yet he's never really been a force multiplier on this team ever. And something happened today that really just irks me. And you become that guy. Like you're being that guy. You've got a number one pick on the team in, in, in Matthew Schaefer, who is somebody that you're looking at at 18, saying, this guy already gets it. He understands it. And now he needs the right type of veteran players around him to show him the way. And what's the right thing to do and the wrong thing to do is to show up late for a morning skate on a day of a game. And that's exactly what Barzell did today. And the response of the Islanders was swift, and it was very interesting. He's being benched tonight. He's not playing in the game against Carolina. It's on ESPN plus. Anybody wants to watch it. And I like the move because Patrick was said like, it's, you know, this is a standard that they want to uphold, and they want to make sure that everybody in the organization, and I think this has to do with. We don't want to allow a star player to cut corners or get away with something. And I mean, this can't be the first time it's happened because it seemed like a pretty quick response, but it can't be the first time it's happened. And they want to make sure that you have a guy like Schaefer and you want him to see, this is not how it's done in the NHL. This is not how you become a star. This is not how you become a franchise leader. There's a reason why the guy doesn't have a letter on his shoulder, and he's been there forever. So, you know, you being that guy, if you don't want to represent yourself in any way, you got to watch the next generation. This kid's going to be a Superstar Schaefer, and you got to set the right example. And so they're making him sit tonight. He's pissed off about it, and I'm glad he's pissed off about it. But I'm also. I'm more. I'm more impressed at the. That the organization did this because it's not easy to do. You play in the Hurricanes, you're going to get trounced. They're a very good team. You're just good. You're average. But you set a tone anyway instead of saying, oh, my God, if we don't have Barzell, we could really lose this game. We need to win the game. No, we can't afford to lose somebody like Schaefer or lose our culture and let a player like that fall into bad habits. So they made a quick example of them. And I'll tell you what. I give Darst the new gm. He's probably the one that said it. He's probably the one that said he. What did he do?

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He was late.

[Don LaGreca]

No, he doesn't play tonight. That could hurt the team. But he's doing this because he doesn't want it to hurt the culture. And the culture is important because they have a young player who they want to grow the right way. And that's when I talk about leadership and organizations, guys. Those are the tough decisions you have to make to make sure that the inmates don't run the asylum. So I like the move, but I hate it for Barzell. Dude, stop being that guy.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Strong. Strong. Not mad at this.

[Don LaGreca]

Like, it felt good after tell the more do, by the way, needed to.

[Alan Hahn]

Get that out after the last call.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Come on, you or me, Peter, what do you got? God, that's.

[Alan Hahn]

You all right. It's a little thing. I'm just trying to figure out why. So I've gotten a chance here to travel a bit, going to different rooms in the National Hockey League, and there are teams like the Avalanche. I'll give them credit. They put the logo of the team in the dressing room on the ceiling. But then you have other teams that put the logo on the rug, and they don't want you to walk on the logo.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They'll reprimand you, Peter.

[Alan Hahn]

Like, there'll be a security guard that.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Will, like, grab at your.

[Alan Hahn]

At your arm. Hey, don't. Don't walk on the logo.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Then why is it on the floor? Put it up on the ceiling.

[Alan Hahn]

Put it up on the wall. You put it on the floor. Now I can't walk there. Now you've cut the room in half, because you.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Where they put the logo, Peter?

[Alan Hahn]

Right in the middle of the room. I can't walk on the lockers.

[Peter Rosenberg]

So now everybody.

[Alan Hahn]

You got some. Some of these buildings. There may be 50 people in the media there. Then the players are coming in, and they've got a big. They got to put the big hamper for all the jerseys and everything.

[Peter Rosenberg]

There's nowhere to walk.

[Alan Hahn]

And God forbid, if I step on the logo, they'll throw me out. I don't want to call out these organizations. They know who they are, but they're being that guy. If your logo is that sacrosanct, it's that important that you don't want anybody to put a foot on it, how about not putting it on the floor?

[Don LaGreca]

It really is fun.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Put it up on the seal.

[Alan Hahn]

You know what I'm saying?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, I get the whole vibe of it.

[Alan Hahn]

You know where. Hey, I don't want you disrespecting our logo.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, you started it.

[Don LaGreca]

You put it on the damn floor, Donnie. So, you know the Lightning were big with this, right? And they. I think they started. Yeah. And so when they were in the cup final, it was the playoffs that year. It was before they even got to the final, so. The playoffs in 2004. And you know Peter Body, right, For the Post.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Don LaGreca]

So he was covering the Islanders back then, and so was I. They played the Islands in the first round, so we were around. So on an off day, you go in a locker room and you know it's a crowd because it's. It's playoffs, and so you don't have a choice. There's nowhere else to stand. So some people were standing a logo, and guys are just like, whoa, hey, get off the logo. Off the. They're screw. Like, they're like. Is like you said, as if you're stepping on. On a member of their family, and you're like, well, what do you want? Like, where do you want me to go? So we were choking, and Peter's like. He just says. He goes, I'll tell you what. You win the cup, he's like, if you don't win the cup, we're coming in here and we're gonna. We're gonna lay down and do snow angels all over the logo. All right? And then the funny part is they end up winning the cup that year, which. You saw that. So. Well, but that. That's how it was ridiculous back then. And now everybody. Everybody does.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm glad you brought them up. I wasn't going to, but so I'm at the 04 final game seven pregame, they've got cones up so nobody would touch it. And I'm thinking, all right, you know what? It's probably a thing because they were making a run, and so they made it a thing not to touch the logo.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Right?

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah.

[Alan Hahn]

So you would think after they won the cup, you know what? Let's not leave the logo on the floor. Let's put it up on the ceiling like other teams do. They do it in Edmonton, do it in Colorado.

[Don LaGreca]

Put the.

[Alan Hahn]

Put the logo up on the ceiling. No, they keep it on the rug. Now. Now they're being that guy.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, they're being that guy because that's what it is. Now they know. And they. They just. Now it's become a thing. Let's. When they come in, we're going to yell at them like, it's just part of the.

[Alan Hahn]

It's part of 21 years later. You know, I'm walking and I didn't even come close to it. And they're like, hey, Don, watch it. Don't set. Why is it there 21 years later? Nobody thought to put it on the ceiling. Put it on the wall. That. But you know why? Because they're being that guy.

[Don LaGreca]

Well done, Donnie. Well done.

[Peter Rosenberg]

My. That guy Thursday goes out to a gal. That gal Thursday. Ronda Rousey.

[Don LaGreca]

Oh, no.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Rhonda appeared on Bert Kreischer's podcast and continued to do what she's done over the last several years, which is basically alienate every single fan base she's ever had in the world. World today. Let's see. And the highlights I've read from this one are. She said that MMA fans don't respect their legends. WWE fans admire their legends when MMA fans have no respect for theirs. Sorry. Sorry doesn't fix the lamp. Too little, too late. You already dumped all over WWE and everything that it stood for over the last year when she said one thing after another about how stupid it is and how she could beat everybody else up and it's really just fake. Don't tell her what to do. So now, don't now dump on MMA and that you can fall back on WWE when you've already completely dumped all over it. She also said that every dude who's a keyboard warrior who's critical of her, she could actually kill with her bare hands. I mean, yeah, so what? You're a professional fighter. We know that you could beat up critics, male or female, who talk about you. She said that Joe Rogan is not an expert. He's Just a fan with an audience. She just went through every single bit and personality in MMA and destroyed them. And I guess the reason she's my that guy is, is this is one of the greatest combat sports competitors we've ever seen. At the top of the game, Ronda Rousey was truly iconic. I mean, like, must see tv. And now she's been on a tour, guys. We're like the last two to three years. Every time she does press, she just has terrible things to say about everything. And I wonder what's going on in her world and her personal life that's making her think this is the right thing to do. But I just don't understand why someone who was once held in such high esteem in multiple places would throw that all away.

[Alan Hahn]

Why so bitter?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Why so bitter? And why don't you just do the work at home or with a therapist, go to BetterHelp, whatever you need to do, work that out. Because you are one day, I promise you, going to realize, wow, I spent a whole period just being a real, you know what, towards absolutely everyone. And if you handed me a microphone, I would badmouth people. I gotta tell you, professionally at least, I don't know the woman inside and out. Don't know her whole life. But from a professional standpoint, guys, with regard to UFC and wwe, you had a pretty charmed life. You made millions and millions of dollars and did really, really well. Why are you just dumping all over it? That is that guy Thursday driven by Ramsey and Mazda. It's the experience of driving a new Mazda and buying a new Mazda from Ramsey Mazda. Choose wisely. Choose Ramsey Mazda.

[Don LaGreca]

So you made it clear that that guy Thursday is open to all genders.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah, of course.

[Don LaGreca]

So Rhonda is now included in that guy as that girl or that gal Thursday. Which means anyone can get got.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, yeah, Absolutely.

[Don LaGreca]

On Thursday. I like that you open that door. I now want to talk a little business with you guys, if I could.

[Peter Rosenberg]

All right?

[Don LaGreca]

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[Don LaGreca]

The Don Han and Rosenberg podcast.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I didn't listen to anything you just said.

[Don LaGreca]

Catch the show on demand whenever you want. Just subscribe to us wherever you get your podcast.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Welcome back ladies and gentlemen to dhr. Man, I'm seeing some crazy visuals on my phone right now on social media guys from flooding in Brooklyn. That looks absolutely insane. I mean that rain was it was coming down but when I got here and parked on it was madness.

[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, no. We're all set.

[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don LaGreca]

Yeah. Nothing to worry about.

[Peter Rosenberg]

No, no. Don't you worry. We are not going to just float off into the sea. No chance. We're so. We're so good.

[Don LaGreca]

We're surrounded by the sea. So.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yes. Why would we.

[Don LaGreca]

Right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Should be totally fine. So let's talk to the people. And also let me remind the people that YouTube TV customers could lose. ESPN and all the sports you love, including college football, college game day, Monday night football, the NBA, college basketball and more. Those are some heavy hitters, guys. Take action right now. Go to keep my networks.com to keep ESPN. A lot of people want to get on the candy talk. Let's go to Lou in Manalapan. Hello.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Hey, guys. Just want to say you guys killed the draft. I mean, you guys, it's the most value out of, out of all the shows. I do love the DNR draft. You guys are obviously the two best shows. No offense to the others, but I have to say that. But KitKat and, and Peanut M M's are the elite of the elite.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I agree.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

That's like getting, that's like getting a top five receiver first and then getting like a real hard nose runner that's gonna get you a touchdown, you know, and maybe around 80 to 100 yards every Sunday. You know, you guys got real, you know, good one, two punch and then Skittles. I mean, where do you go wrong with the Skittle? It's probably the best. Sweet. What was that? Taste the rainbow.

[Alan Hahn]

Yeah.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. Starbursts obviously are there too, but. Yeah, I don't want to. I don't want to be like the other callers in Ramble. I just, you know, the old men candies of 100 grands, you know, those, those can't win, Don.

[Peter Rosenberg]

That's what I'm saying. It's not about, it's Lou, it's not about disrespecting the flavor of those candies. To me, it was about what the league is right now and the league, the way you want to pay. In this league, you pay for quarterbacks and you pay for an edge rusher. And in KitKat and in peanut M&M's, we got ourselves a quarterback and an edge rusher. And then you go out at Skittles and you get yourself, you know, a solid, a solid tight end. And with Hershey Almond, that's like getting like a fantastic safety you could have for a very long time, you know, a marquee piece of a defense, and especially when you have that edge rusher up front. You know what I'm saying? The secondary is looking pretty good because you're putting pressure on the quarterback. That's the kind of team I feel we put together. But, you know, Don obviously feels otherwise, and that's why he's spoken to the media.

[Don LaGreca]

Don quit.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Don just quit on us.

[Don LaGreca]

He quit on before.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Before, by the way. And, Alan, it's not often that you see a coach quit on draft day.

[Don LaGreca]

Well, yeah, well, you did in the movie.

[Alan Hahn]

I chose violence.

[Don LaGreca]

They fired him. Right.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But he just walked out. He just said, I've seen enough. Opened the door, walked out. And the craziest thing is, walked out of our room into another team's war room, Slammed the door behind him, said, I'm here.

[Don LaGreca]

Really did.

[Alan Hahn]

I'm like, Wink Martindale. I just.

[Don LaGreca]

Yeah, right.

[Alan Hahn]

It's out.

[Don LaGreca]

He just called out the coach. And that was it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Now Ed and Seifert has something for us. Hey, Ed.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

What's going on, guys? Love the show. By the way, Skittles would totally be the diva wide receiver of the Candies.

[Alan Hahn]

There is a place where you can.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Get the Reggie bar. It is in New High park on Lakeville Road.

[Alan Hahn]

It is an old, old school convenience.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Store called Bob Howard's. They have old school candies in there. You get yourself a Reggie bar and even a pack of those old cigarettes.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Candy cigarettes.

[Don LaGreca]

I used to. Oh, yeah, cigarettes. All right, I'm there. I'm there.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

I'm going Lakeville Road in New High Park.

[Don LaGreca]

I. I know the area. So south, right? South.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

In between Hillside and Jericho.

[Don LaGreca]

Okay, done. Yeah, that's what I needed. Perfect. I'm there.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Yep.

[Don LaGreca]

Checking that. All right, guys, Love the show. I'm gonna bring. So I'm gonna bring some. I'll bring some candy cigarettes in for the studio.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You've done. That's such a thing of yesteryear. That has been canceled. The candy cigarettes, it's like just practicing. It was like, hey, kids, you want to smoke when you get older? Try these. Guess what? It worked for me. Let's. Let's go. Sebastian's coming in hot on Don Sebastian and Queens. Hey. Hey, Bash.

[Don LaGreca]

Hey, guys.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

What's going on today?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Chilling, man.

[Don LaGreca]

Happening.

[Alan Hahn]

What's up?

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Doing all right. So I had two quick points about the candy talk, and then Don being a gutless. I guess that would be the better word.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah. Why?

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

First with the candy. All this chocolate talk is making me nauseated. Besides, with all this traffic we're dealing with in New York, City. This chocolate talk is making me be sick. I wanted to defend Jake as one of those people that despises chocolate. Can't stand it. I would trade chocolate with my brother and sister on Halloween for all of their fruity candies, Starbursts, Mike and Ikes, Skittles, giving me all of it.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And now would you. Now, real quick, when you would trade for their. When you trade away your chocolate candy, would you take your Mike and Ike's in your Starburst? And when you go to the backyard to kill the bunnies and stuff and bury them, would you bring the candy with you? How did that work?

[Don LaGreca]

Wow.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

It's sort of a ritual. You know, you bury the strawberry and the fruity candies with the rabbits.

[Don LaGreca]

Right.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Come back to life and, you know, it's like a tradition.

[Alan Hahn]

You were probably a good and plenty guy, right?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Oh, boy.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Wow, Don. I'm not even in that era.

[Don LaGreca]

I don't even know.

[Peter Rosenberg]

You don't know Good and Plenty.

[Alan Hahn]

That's fantastic.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

Yeah, they're good at all.

[Peter Rosenberg]

They're repulsive. They're. Mike and I could Jace. And they're both disgusting, in my opinion.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

No, no. And then just real quick, Don, man, you're Antonio Browning on the team right now. Your Vonte Davis thing, all over this, it's just. It's really sad to see, man.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Thank you.

[Caller/Listener (e.g., Ed or Lou)]

You're one of my guys back in the old show, and I just can't. I don't know what. What to do.

[Alan Hahn]

I just. I wanted Butterfingers. I. I want. There were. There were picks I wanted, and I was ignored. This was Peter's thing.

[Peter Rosenberg]

But you know what?

[Alan Hahn]

And the fact that I get. I get Don Han and Rosenberg, and I get described as the rogue defensive coordinator.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, in this.

[Alan Hahn]

All kinds of disrespect there.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Well, I mean, we didn't have a head coach, so I was just giving us all sort of a similar sort of role. No one's a head coach. We were all deciding, making calls. Allen, by the way, though, showed the kind of teammate he is. Allen said, I like Butterfinger, But Peter seems to feel really strongly that KitKat is a better pick for a broader audience.

[Alan Hahn]

And.

[Peter Rosenberg]

And Allen, as a teammate went, I'm going to go with this guy because I can sense his passion, and I'm going to. I'm going to roll the dice. And Allen has now stuck through that. Don said, all right, fine. Gets to draft day, throws his hands in the air, takes his headset off and goes, this team makes me sick. I mean, this Is, by the way, you know, this is a sign of Alan.

[Alan Hahn]

This wants a story.

[Peter Rosenberg]

This is a guy who spent too much time around Michael K. Okay? Because this is a K like, move, if ever. Oh, Don. And I would always say that if Michael K. Was an athlete on a team, he would show up at the podium and throw every single player under the bus. I mean, they'd say, well, if Michael K. Was quarterback, they'd go, so what happened today? And he'd go, well, legrack, I can't catch Rosenberg, can't block. Well, how am I supposed to win with these losers? I mean, that's who he is.

[Don LaGreca]

Did you see Miles Garrett today?

[Peter Rosenberg]

Did he say essentially that?

[Don LaGreca]

Miles Garrett, like, I don't know if this is scorched earth, but you tell me. This is the quote. Criticize me all you want, but I'm out here doing everything I can. I put up sacks and a forced fumble, and still we fall short. If you're looking for someone to blame, look at the whole team, not just me. I signed here to win, not be a scapegoat. End quote.

[Alan Hahn]

No, I, I'm. It's. But I guess it's just who's ready.

[Don LaGreca]

Who's ready to.

[Alan Hahn]

So bad there.

[Don LaGreca]

How many. How many first round picks are you giving up to get that guy out?

[Peter Rosenberg]

A lot. He's. That's a very worthwhile leave.

[Alan Hahn]

Didn't he. How many picks to leave and didn't.

[Peter Rosenberg]

Yeah, it was. That's the thing. He just was supposed to get out of there and didn't. Now, listen, if you were going to order a new football player to come to your house, you know the best way to receive this person to town would be at an Amazon pickup location.

[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

That's right.

[Don LaGreca]

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[Peter Rosenberg]

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[Don LaGreca]

Thanks for listening to the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.

[Peter Rosenberg]

I don't want to know how the.

[Don LaGreca]

Sausage is made, man. I just want to know it's good. Hear more of Don Allen and Peter Weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 8 80, ESPN, the ESPN New York app, and your smart speakers before you go.

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