Question Mets didn’t ask is damning Brodie Van Wagenen reflection

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Brodie Van Wagenen did a fascinating thing Thursday afternoon.

During a conference call that was supposed to explain why he and the owners of the Mets decided to fire a manager, the most eloquent and compelling testimony he offered instead was why, for the sake of the franchise, Steve Cohen has to arrive as soon as possible to eradicate the Mets of the reckless likes of the sitting general manager.

It was hard for a lot of us on the conference call to believe what Van Wagenen — and, to a lesser degree, Jeff Wilpon — were telling us, which is why several of us kept asking the question in various ways. Because early on, Van Wagenen seemed to hint that the first time he and the Mets’…