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Robert Half (0:00)
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Don Hahn (0:30)
This is the Don Hahn and Rosenberg podcast.
Peter Rosenberg (0:34)
That sounds like heaven to me.
Don Hahn (0:36)
Listen live weekday afternoon starting at 3 on 880 ESPN, the ESPN New York app. And your smart speakers just made the list, buddy. This is the list with Don Hahn and Rosenberg.
Anthony Pusick (0:53)
All right, so you guys are not privy to the list. This is something Anthony and I did on our own today. And I thought if like Anthony, you agree it's best that we reveal the subject of the list and then those who make the list, I think that's the guys react.
Unknown (1:12)
Yes, absolutely.
Anthony Pusick (1:13)
Okay. I don't think we need to guess here. No, there's no reason to guess. And again, I believe the list is not in any order. It's not power ranked. Right. I'll give it in an order that I think is like the order of importance from least to most, but still it's, you know, it's definitely fluid. So the list today fellas, is. And it's team athlete, coach, gm, owner, under the most pressure right now in this market.
Peter Rosenberg (1:49)
All right, okay.
Unknown (1:51)
Team athlete.
Anthony Pusick (1:52)
Yeah, it could be any of the, any of the above, basically. Okay. It doesn't just be a player, just, just a sports figure under the most pressure. Here in New York, in his first year as general manager, Darren Muji is under a ton of pressure. Yes, he's a first year guy. He just got here. He's not going to get fired after one year. Right. The jets just brought him in. Still, he's under a ton of pressure to get the position that no one before him could get, right. Quarterback. They moved on from Aaron Rodgers. The safety net would have been to keep him because that's just like, okay, he's a vet, let's give him another chance. It's under us. Like that's the easy thing to do. He didn't do the easy thing. They chose to go a different direction. Now he's got to fill that position on a team that you could argue roster wise is still pretty competitive. Should be good. You get this wrong, you could set the franchise back multiple years depending on whether you bring in a veteran or draft a quarterback. So he's under a ton of pressure to get the very first decision he has to make, Right? So that's one. The next one is Juan Soto, I think it's obvious, signed a gigantic historic contract. You're there to carry a franchise now along with Lindor and everybody else, but you're considered the huge piece of the puzzle to help win a championship. The Mets have a lot of momentum now based off last year, a lot of excitement about their team. He's the reason why they won the offseason. Based on you. He had a really good year last year, a great year last year. But he chose to leave the Yankees to go to the Mets. And in his words, he said because he felt like the Mets were closer to winning a championship. Those were his words. So there's tons of pressure on him now with this contract in his pocket, with his roots now in Queens to produce, perform and most importantly, help them win. Aaron Judge is next. Again, an obvious one for Judge. Finally got to the World Series. But what is our lasting memory of Aaron Judge dropping a routine line drive slash fly ball, one that your opponent auctioned off, calling it the dropped ball by Aaron Judge. That's the last memory that a lot of people around baseball have of you. So yes, you hit home runs. Yes, you are a leader. Yes, you're a guy that everybody looks at in New York and says every athlete should be like this and carry him like that, carry himself like that. But for Judge, it's still going to be, no pun intended, judged on winning a championship. They got close, oh, so close last year. They were mocked for losing. You are the leader in the face of this franchise. How does your team, how do you respond this season? Next up, Tom Thibodeau. This Knicks offense is the best they've had in 50 plus years. It's one of the best in the league. They are top five in the league. Odd odds on favorite to win a championship. Also in the top five. They haven't been in a lofty place like this in a long time. You know where they aren't top 10 in defense. You know, we know over the last 11 years only two teams have won a championship with a defense that is ranked outside of the top 10. Only two in the last 11 years. Tom Thibodeau is known for his defense. He has 28 days to fix it. Can he? It's a lot of pressure. Last but not least, Joe Shane. Again, very obvious. We just talked about the quarterback situation. Matthew Stafford is a potential option, but also at the 3 pick, drafting a quarterback do you trade up if you have to, to make sure you get the guy you want? Do you take this, whoever's left, or do you not even take a quarterback at number three and go for some other option? Whatever happens here, it might be the last draft he works. He might not make it past this season. No one is under more pressure right now than the GM of the New York Football Giants. That's the list.