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Speaker 1: Hey, it's Alex Garrett. One lug Up Alex and we
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Speaker 1: Thanks to you out there listening. One lug Up Alex
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Speaker 1: in twenty twenty six, Luterminello. I don't know if we're
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Speaker 1: manifesting things here almost every show we do. But about
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Speaker 1: two hours or three hours after I had said the
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Speaker 1: Giant should hire Harbaugh Adam Schefter and everybody and their
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Speaker 1: mother came out of the woodworks and said Johnnan's finalized
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Speaker 1: the deal. Here we go another thing that I talked about,
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Speaker 1: and it's happening. And I mean, maybe you was supposed
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Speaker 1: to happen like that, but maybe that was the extra
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Speaker 1: push Mara needed. I don't know, Lily, but here we
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Speaker 1: are at Tamudeau's date.
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Speaker 2: Alex, good afternoon. It is a big day for the
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Speaker 2: New York Giants. They got the number one free agent,
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Speaker 2: not only as far as available coaches go, but even
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Speaker 2: as for available players. They they nailed it. He got
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Speaker 2: credit the Giants for handling his coaching situation perfectly. They
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Speaker 2: aggressively jumped on the opportunity and did not let Harbor
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Speaker 2: slip away, and they got the deal done before he
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Speaker 2: had a chance to interview with Tennessee or Atlanta. They
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Speaker 2: targeted Harbor the best coach available.
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Speaker 1: Not just them, I mean they recruited. Did you see
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Speaker 1: they recruited I think it was Tom Coughlin, Eli Manning.
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Speaker 1: Even Giants coach Brian Dabele recruited Harbor. Did you hear
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Speaker 1: that Alex Dabell hired his recruited his replacement. I've never
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Speaker 1: seen that before.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that that is unusual. And of course then they
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Speaker 2: brought in the closure young Jackson Dart yesterday.
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Speaker 1: Uh so, I gotta give a shout out because I
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Speaker 1: reposted them earlier today. New Jersey restaurants taking credit for
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Speaker 1: hosting the meal that sealed the deal. Did you see
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Speaker 1: that at all?
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Speaker 2: Which restaurant?
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Speaker 1: All right, it's called and I'm gonna get it right
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Speaker 1: Eli Ilia Mediterranean Restaurant in Hackensack Street, Ruther for New Jersey.
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Speaker 1: So Ilia Mediterranean taking credit for this deal breaking lunch
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Speaker 1: and for dinner? How about that?
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Speaker 2: Okay, I've been to a lot of restaurants around that area.
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Speaker 2: I have never been to that one, so.
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Speaker 1: I'll give them a shout out on Instagram me and
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Speaker 1: the Home of the Deal. I guess you would.
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Speaker 2: Say, yeah, you gotta give a slack.
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Speaker 1: I'm excited. So I talked about this today. A lot
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Speaker 1: Dart is sort of in that era where Flako was
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Speaker 1: when Harbor had him and Jackson Lamar Jackson was, I mean,
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Speaker 1: young guys that he molded into elite quarterbacks, and here's
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Speaker 1: another chance for him to mold another quarterback that has
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Speaker 1: a lot of potential.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. Absolutely, but again, you got to give the organization
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Speaker 2: thumbs up this time, you really do. I mean they
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Speaker 2: change their approach from past coaching services searches with first
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Speaker 2: time head coaches. They were sick and tired of being losers,
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Speaker 2: of being irrelevant, and this hiring changes everything, at least
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Speaker 2: perception wise. It energizes the fans, the entire organization, the players.
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Speaker 2: Now again, Alex, nothing is guaranteed as far as success goes.
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Speaker 2: I mean, we've seen that, and you can go through
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Speaker 2: a history of great NFL Hall of Fame quarterbacks who
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Speaker 2: excuse me, coaches who have won Super Bowls and aren't successful.
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Speaker 2: The second time around, I don't think that's gonna happen
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Speaker 2: this time. But the one good thing about this is
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Speaker 2: even if Harvard snaps his achilles tendon plays into the season,
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Speaker 2: he could still coach. He's not the quarterback will he
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Speaker 2: will have great structure on a team. I'll be disciplined.
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Speaker 2: I think one of the key things, and this is
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Speaker 2: just me talking, I think you're not gonna see Abdull
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Speaker 2: Carter going a wall during games anymore. I think that's
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Speaker 2: very important as far as the Giants. As the Giants go,
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Speaker 2: obviously they spent a number three pick on him. Last year.
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Speaker 2: He was absent during games. He couldn't find him. He
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Speaker 2: got a little bit uh better the last couple of games.
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Speaker 2: But I think this is gonna help Harbor and Alex.
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Speaker 2: The other thing that I think he's gonna help. Remember,
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Speaker 2: Harbor originally was a special teams expert, special teams coach,
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Speaker 2: and you know all the troubles the Giants have had
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Speaker 2: with their special teams. I think you're not gonna see
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Speaker 2: those troubles anymore.
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Speaker 1: You won't see a miss field goal attempt at you
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Speaker 1: know a point after that could.
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Speaker 2: Well you might see miss field goal. Remember if if
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Speaker 2: if Luke didn't missed that last field goal against Pittsburgh,
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Speaker 2: Harbor still may be the coach of both more that's true.
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Speaker 2: But the thing is, you're gonna You're not gonna go
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Speaker 2: through four kickers in five weeks.
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Speaker 1: It was so bad.
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Speaker 2: Yeah, it was.
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Speaker 1: It was a bad stretch. And even you gotta give
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Speaker 1: credit Harbaugh for ford and navigating that justin Tucker disaster
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Speaker 1: the way he did. And I guess apparently if Luke
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Speaker 1: made it, they would have one more week to go
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Speaker 1: with l Harbor. Look, the the the the chapter was closing,
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Speaker 1: I mean, he had a rough one and what four
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Speaker 1: or five start in Baltimore. They took away all the
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Speaker 1: gaming things from the locker room and it was a
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Speaker 1: pretty bad and ugly scene in Baltimore. Uh, And I
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Speaker 1: think the last row was Lamar versus Harbaugh?
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Speaker 3: Right?
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Speaker 2: Is that?
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Speaker 1: Is that what we're saying here?
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Speaker 2: Apparently? Yeah, I guess it was Lamar Jackson versus Harbor,
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Speaker 2: and the young quarterback won over the veteran coach. Again,
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Speaker 2: it's not unprecedented in sports. We've seen it. I mean,
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Speaker 2: it's obviously it's super prevalent in the NBA, but uh,
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Speaker 2: step back, I mean, how could you not hire a guy?
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Speaker 2: And again, like I said, this doesn't guarantee success, but
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Speaker 2: his resume six AFC North Championships, twelve playoffs for appearances. Yes,
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Speaker 2: the super Bowl he won was fourteen years ago. Really,
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Speaker 2: I guess it was a twenty twelve super Bowl. But
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Speaker 2: this is a big one for the for the for
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Speaker 2: the n YG, no doubt about it. They are the
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Speaker 2: New York Giants better today than they wore yesterday. No,
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Speaker 2: they're not better today than one yesterday. They're much better
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Speaker 2: today than they wore yesterday. No, it's not even close.
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Speaker 1: All right, Well, obviously all eyes are going to be
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Speaker 1: on who he brings in coordinator wise, and we all
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Speaker 1: want a better defensive coordinator. And I'll tell you one
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Speaker 1: thing that I've because his brother just fired the OC.
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Speaker 1: I believe too on on after this Chargers disaster. Did
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Speaker 1: I never knew that these coaches have that kind of
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Speaker 1: leverage to hire and fire their coordinator. So it's something
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Speaker 1: to add on to what I'm keep an eye on
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Speaker 1: with all these coaches this year too.
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Speaker 2: Well, probably the offensive corny is gonna be Todd Munkin.
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Speaker 1: Oh, you know, definitely Todd monkys In in uh both,
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Speaker 1: But I'm saying you may not. You know, if the
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Speaker 1: Giants get off to a fi even one blown game
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Speaker 1: or two blown games, Harbor may lose his patiences, fire
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Speaker 1: the coordinator. He seems that kind of a fiery guy.
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Speaker 1: So we'll have to see.
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Speaker 2: Well again Cortinas wherever. Many times as get fired and
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Speaker 2: I'm not saying this is a Harboar situation. Cort As
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Speaker 2: get fired to deflect the real blame from the head coach.
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Speaker 2: And you know you've seen that throughout the NFL. But uh, yeah,
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Speaker 2: this is this is a this is a good day
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Speaker 2: for the for the New York Giants. It's not a
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Speaker 2: bad day.
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Speaker 1: I started this show seventeen years ago, this upcoming October
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Speaker 1: or whatever, and I tell you I feel that hope
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Speaker 1: like I did when I first started the show. Like
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Speaker 1: every few years, there's that moment that says, never give
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Speaker 1: up on New York sports. And this is that moment
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Speaker 1: right there.
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Speaker 2: Louis, Well, yeah, no, I would. I would agree with you.
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Speaker 2: It gives you. Hey, everybody just wants hope. I mean
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Speaker 2: that's all, you know, we just we just want to hope.
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Speaker 2: You know, you go you go across the uh the
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Speaker 2: Hallway in Medlife Stadium, and really, the New York Jets
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Speaker 2: don't couldn't fire Aaron Glenn and go after a guy
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Speaker 2: like Harbor or Stefanski or Mike McCarthy. I don't get it.
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Speaker 2: And to see guys like Mike Tannenbaum, who's part of
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Speaker 2: that thirty that thirty three team or whatever the hell
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Speaker 2: it's called, that coaches recruiting team, basically on the last
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Speaker 2: two weeks, continue to defend Glenn, really defend Glenn and
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Speaker 2: Jake Astman on his radio show and podcasts. You know
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Speaker 2: they've really gone at it, and I know they're friends.
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Speaker 2: And Mike Tannonboum was a very good general manager for
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Speaker 2: the Jets, But are you kidding me? Uh, basically throwing
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Speaker 2: uh your total support in front of au, in front
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Speaker 2: of a guy for a guy who didn't get anything
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Speaker 2: right this year, and this was a big time coaches
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Speaker 2: candidate season. You're not gonna have guys like Harbor and
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Speaker 2: McCarthy and and Stefanski and some of and Arthur Smith's
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Speaker 2: next year. You're not. And let's let's look at Alex quickly.
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Speaker 2: Let's look at the team real quick. We haven't even
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Speaker 2: thought about this teams that might be looking for new
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Speaker 2: coaches next year at this time. Of course, there'll be
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Speaker 2: some that week. They'll come out of nowhere. Maybe some
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Speaker 2: guy will retire, like an Andy Reid, who the hell knows,
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Speaker 2: but the New York Jets, Washington, that's just off the
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Speaker 2: top of my head, maybe Philly, you know, that's three
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Speaker 2: right off the top of our head. So all these
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Speaker 2: guys Allean.
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Speaker 1: You know, the EMAI and I don't know McVeigh maybe
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Speaker 1: or even McDermott up and.
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Speaker 2: Well, mcvay's not getting Alex. John McVay is not getting fired.
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Speaker 2: If John McVay leaves, it's gonna be because of he
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Speaker 2: wants to go into TV, because he's still a young man.
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Speaker 2: He is not getting fired.
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Speaker 1: McDermott, though, that's an interesting case.
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Speaker 2: Well McDermott. McDermott might be the guy who's been there
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Speaker 2: a long time. He might get pushed out like Harbor,
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Speaker 2: or he just he might resign like like's amazing.
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Speaker 1: Well, I was gonna say the parallels between the two,
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Speaker 1: I mean, they basically came in around the same era
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Speaker 1: at the same time, and now they're both guns almost
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Speaker 1: like the Romeo and Julietta football in a sense they're
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Speaker 1: both out in Baltimore and Pittsburgh. But like, I don't
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Speaker 1: know the Pittsburgh won, and how many years I say,
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Speaker 1: Tomlin's time was running out and you're like, no, he's
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Speaker 1: a good coach. He's at the other but I kind
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Speaker 1: of knew his time was running out at some point, and.
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Speaker 2: Well, everybody's time runs out. I mean, but what you
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Speaker 2: heard from that final meeting. And remember Tomlin wasn't fired,
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Speaker 2: he resigned. So if anybody, whether it's this year or
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Speaker 2: next year, once Tomlin as their coach, they have to
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Speaker 2: give up compensation, unlike the Giants don't have to give
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Speaker 2: Baltimore or anything because Harball was fired. But in the
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Speaker 2: when he announced to the team yesterday Monday, when was
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Speaker 2: it Tuesday morning that he was resigning, the emotion throughout
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Speaker 2: that Steeler locker room, whether it was Joey Porter Jr.
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Speaker 2: Whether it was TJ. Watt who was crying severely, Aaron
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Speaker 2: Rodgers crying, here's a guy who's been in the NFL
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Speaker 2: twenty one years. He knows that he he's gonna only
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Speaker 2: play one year. That's how much respect this guy has.
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Speaker 2: And that's what Harball's gonna bring to the Giants respect.
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Speaker 2: But I don't know if there's any coach in the
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Speaker 2: league who has as much respect from his players as
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Speaker 2: Mike Tomlin. And that's why he had nineteenth street winning
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Speaker 2: seasons in one of the toughest divisions, year in and
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Speaker 2: year out in the National Football League. Now, that leads
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Speaker 2: me to this, the New York Giants automatically have the
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Speaker 2: best coach in the NFC East. In my opinion, that
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Speaker 2: gives them. That gives them, as Alex Garrett like to say,
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Speaker 2: one leg up.
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Speaker 1: In my opinion, No, this catapults them into the top
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Speaker 1: of the division in a sense with the way, but
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Speaker 1: with the makeup. I just look at the makeup. I
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Speaker 1: look at Harbaugh, Dart, Scatt and Leak. You've got your
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Speaker 1: core four right there. That's gonna be the team that
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Speaker 1: pushes you. Many of the defense straightened out, and you're
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Speaker 1: not blowing five games that should have been in the back,
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Speaker 1: especially the Denver game. Especially the Denver game. That one
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Speaker 1: I will not forget. A thirty three point fourth quarter
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Speaker 1: embarrassing that should never happen again to Big Blue.
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Speaker 2: No, no, it shouldn't. But again it's funny. Steve Bachatti
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Speaker 2: yesterday when he was doing the press conference in response
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Speaker 2: to John Hobbell being fired, he talked about the reasons
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Speaker 2: why he fired him. One of them was some belonging leads,
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Speaker 2: someone was underachieving. Again, remember Alex, this guy had Derrick Henry,
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Speaker 2: I mean, one of the great great great runners of
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Speaker 2: all time, who doesn't get it, who might be underrated
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Speaker 2: as a Oh, he.
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Speaker 1: Was still putting up numbers. In fact, I think he
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Speaker 1: was beating up his his high school records or something
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Speaker 1: like that. I was here, like he did a lot
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Speaker 1: of different He's still got his numbers game going.
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Speaker 2: So and and he had Lamar Jackson.
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Speaker 4: You know, we talk about the four great, the four
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Speaker 4: great super blue chip quarterbacks Stafford, Barrow, Mahomes and Allen,
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Speaker 4: but Lamar Jackson is the fifth.
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Speaker 2: He's the one. He just misses that super blue chipper
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Speaker 2: because he's had he's had playoffs the years. But you
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Speaker 2: know he's uh, he's you know, he's so again. Nothing's perfect.
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Speaker 2: But on the Giants better today than they were yesterday
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Speaker 2: by miles, not by not by a couple of yards
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Speaker 2: by miles.
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Speaker 1: How many thanksgivings until I'm at the dinner table with
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Speaker 1: the Harball family because I connected with them right as
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Speaker 1: soon as New York give me the harbor across the table.
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Speaker 1: How fun would that be?
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Speaker 4: Right?
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Speaker 2: Well, knowing knowing you, we'll be sooner than later. But yeah,
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Speaker 2: so uh so now, well now the other coaches will
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Speaker 2: be uh, they'll start filling in the other the other
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Speaker 2: coaching openings quick now because Harball was you know, he
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Speaker 2: was the gem and uh, I have a feelings to
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Speaker 2: Fancy's going to be next. I would say either Atlanta,
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Speaker 2: well Atlanta of Baltimore, I would say, so, I think
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Speaker 2: that's I think he might be the next one to fall.
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Speaker 2: So we'll see, you know, another big NFL weekend coming up.
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Speaker 2: You know, the NFL never disappoints when it comes to games.
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Speaker 2: Could Josh Josh Allen be Superman again this week? I
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Speaker 2: don't know. I mean a guy you know basically Will's
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Speaker 2: teams to victory. Uh, he's you know, spectacular. You know,
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Speaker 2: Denver has a great defense, they have a great coach.
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Speaker 2: While the PRESSU there's a little pressure on on on
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Speaker 2: a on a Denver team. So uh then then you
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Speaker 2: got the uh you know, you got the Niners.
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Speaker 1: Man, not just pressure, I mean Nicks has to look
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Speaker 1: like the veteran this week, and I just see Allen's
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Speaker 1: veteran presidence taking over that game and and take him
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Speaker 1: to the AFC title game. And by the way, as
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Speaker 1: I mentioned on my show last night, you have all
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Speaker 1: the start of the line and it's happened to be
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Speaker 1: Patriots and and Buffalo. I would love to go to
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Speaker 1: see that game up in New England. That would be
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Speaker 1: uh one for the record books.
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Speaker 2: I think, Alex I can disagree with you. Look at
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Speaker 2: all the young quarterbacks playing this weekend. You got a
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Speaker 2: second year quarterback with Denver in bow Knicks. Uh. Yeah, yeah.
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Speaker 2: You got Houston at New England on Sunday, third year
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Speaker 2: quarterback Stroud who did not play well on Monday night
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Speaker 2: except that their defense is by far and away the
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Speaker 2: best in the NFL against Drake May, a second year quarterback.
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Speaker 2: And then at night you got the uh you got
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Speaker 2: the Rams at at the Bears with a second a
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Speaker 2: second year quarterback. So interesting weekend. You know, we don't
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Speaker 2: we really don't pick games here. I'm like you, I
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Speaker 2: kind of would lean towards a Josh Allen superman performance
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Speaker 2: like he had last week. Can the best coach in
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Speaker 2: the NFL Kyle Shanahan win at Seattle with all their
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Speaker 2: incredible amount of injuries. Can he do it again? There's
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Speaker 2: no way the Eagles should have lost to the Niners
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Speaker 2: last week, but the Niners out coached them by Miles
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Speaker 2: Ken Houston put the pressure on the New England offense,
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Speaker 2: their defense put the pressure on Drake may make them uncomfortable.
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Speaker 2: Interesting game and of course the game at night warm
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Speaker 2: Weather Dome. Team in the Rams go to Chicago where
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Speaker 2: they say it's gonna be around ten degrees. Win in Chicago.
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Speaker 2: I think they can, but we'll see.
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Speaker 1: I think again, that's another veteran presence verse. Yeah, second
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Speaker 1: year quarterback. I mean, look, Matt Stafford always pulls out
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Speaker 1: these wins. I don't know how he does it sometimes,
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Speaker 1: but he always finds a way to win. So I
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Speaker 1: would not expect that. Yeah, I'm of course I want
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Speaker 1: the Bears, and I'm happy they beat the Packers, but
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Speaker 1: I'm not I'm not again, I'm nervous for that team.
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Speaker 1: I'm not too optimistic right now. I mean, you get
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Speaker 1: this monungai in swift Go and yeah, I could see that,
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Speaker 1: but right now I think you gotta give it to
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Speaker 1: to the Rams at the moment, but we'll have to see.
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Speaker 2: Yeah. I mean, obviously it's gonna keep us glued to
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Speaker 2: the sets, our sets.
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Speaker 1: All weekend, all weekend long.
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Speaker 2: So so that I guess that wraps up football. I mean,
18:32
Speaker 2: if you want to touch on hockey real quick. Obviously,
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Speaker 2: the Rangers are in total free fall, giving up ten
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Speaker 2: goals on Saturday, eight goals last night, and to addition,
18:47
Speaker 2: in addition to their losing eight out of nine the
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Speaker 2: last couple of games, they haven't had a Stirkin or
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Speaker 2: Adam Fox that is, that has been tough for them.
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Speaker 2: But this is a team in decline. And there's an example.
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Speaker 2: Here's Mike Sullivan. Mike Sullivan is basically the John Harbar
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Speaker 2: of the NFL two Stanley Cup Championships. He comes to
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Speaker 2: New York and I don't know he he might be
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Speaker 2: here five years and the Rangers might win the Cup,
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Speaker 2: who knows. But what I'm saying is nothing is for certain.
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Speaker 2: And he's only been here half a year. But the
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Speaker 2: Rangers aren't as good as they were even at the
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Speaker 2: beginning of last year. And it looks like we'll know
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Speaker 2: at the Olympic break to see where they are. Right now,
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Speaker 2: they're eight points out of a playoff spot in an
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Speaker 2: Eastern Conference. That is so tight. You know, the we
19:39
Speaker 2: thought the Sabers were out of it six weeks ago.
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Speaker 2: Now you know they've gone on with They went like
19:45
Speaker 2: thirteen out of their fifteen games and they're in the
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Speaker 2: playoff spot trying to break that fourteen year playoff drought. Alex,
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Speaker 2: the Rangers are gonna be selling pieces come to trade deadline.
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Speaker 2: I really do believe that.
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Speaker 1: Sell the whole team. We're gonna have nobody on the
20:02
Speaker 1: team at this point. Come on, now, let's just let's
20:04
Speaker 1: clean out. It's entirely if you're gonna do it, well,
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Speaker 1: they're not gonna They're not gonna do that because they're
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Speaker 1: not gonna be You're not to be able to trade
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Speaker 1: Laferner because his eight.
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Speaker 2: Years I'm kidding.
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Speaker 1: It just frustrates me, Like the Drury situation is a problem.
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Speaker 1: He blew up the team, and all we're all saying
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Speaker 1: is for what, why did you do that? There's no
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Speaker 1: there's been no answer to why he blew up this
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Speaker 1: chemistry that almost got you there against the Panthers a
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Speaker 1: couple of years ago.
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Speaker 2: Well, you see what he would be saying, is we
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Speaker 2: have to make changes. That that's it. He almost got
20:36
Speaker 2: us there, so we had to make some changes.
20:39
Speaker 1: But you know it's especially in the fire Drury trains
20:46
Speaker 1: out the whole garden. And by the way, I know
20:48
Speaker 1: tickets are a little less as well. And with my
20:51
Speaker 1: tick pick link you can get reduced tickets ten dollars credit. Lough.
20:55
Speaker 1: I don't even check that offer out yet, but it's
20:57
Speaker 1: a pretty good offer.
20:59
Speaker 2: Yeah well, uh yeah, well we'll see, We'll see what
21:03
Speaker 2: they do.
21:05
Speaker 1: I have to say, I finally found the video of
21:07
Speaker 1: boy Wonder Matthew Schaeffer on the island. I just love
21:11
Speaker 1: how that town, that town of Almont and Long Island
21:15
Speaker 1: just loved the kid. I got Ryan here as well.
21:18
Speaker 1: You can't see you see, and you were at the
21:19
Speaker 1: game where he made that incredible goal. I've getten cross checked.
21:22
Speaker 1: Ryan was there that night, Louis.
21:24
Speaker 2: Well again, you know how you know early on we
21:29
Speaker 2: had our eyes on a kid. I mean, uh we
21:32
Speaker 2: said he had Bobby Or type skills well right away.
21:36
Speaker 2: And I know you and Ryan are way too young
21:40
Speaker 2: to uh know, to see Bobby or in his prime.
21:43
Speaker 2: But when you say Bobby your skills and he was
21:45
Speaker 2: the greatest defenseman of all time us saying a lot,
21:48
Speaker 2: and what this kid has done in the first forty.
21:51
Speaker 1: As you say, are you sure you want to compare
21:53
Speaker 1: him to that so early on?
21:54
Speaker 2: Yeah, no, no doubt about it. You're right. Last night,
21:59
Speaker 2: you know, the other night he scored a goal. Tuesday
22:01
Speaker 2: night in the game they lost five to four. He
22:04
Speaker 2: scored his thirteenth doll the year which Bobby Orr scored
22:07
Speaker 2: thirteen goals in his rookie year, the record seventeen by
22:10
Speaker 2: Phil Howsley for for rookie defenseman. But the kid is
22:15
Speaker 2: Alex the kids, as we said last week, is not
22:18
Speaker 2: only a Calder Trophy candidate for Rookie of the Year,
22:21
Speaker 2: he's a Norris Trophy candidate. And if somebody gets hurt
22:24
Speaker 2: on a team Canada defense before they go to Milan,
22:28
Speaker 2: you know, on first week of February, it looks like
22:31
Speaker 2: he'll be on the Olympic team. I hope he's not.
22:34
Speaker 2: I want to see him rested up because he is
22:37
Speaker 2: only eighteen and he's putting a lot of time, averaging
22:39
Speaker 2: twenty five minutes a game. This kid could do everything.
22:43
Speaker 2: But again, the Islanders are only one point ahead of
22:47
Speaker 2: a playoff spot. They have, but they have over achieved.
22:50
Speaker 2: They've given us hope. There is the arrows pointing up.
22:54
Speaker 2: All you want is hope. And you know the Devils
22:59
Speaker 2: are four points a playoffs spot. Their front office in
23:02
Speaker 2: a disarray, Alex, we may go into the springtime in
23:06
Speaker 2: the Stanley Cup playoffs, no Rangers, no Devils, no Islanders
23:10
Speaker 2: in the playoffs. That that could happen. I mean, you
23:14
Speaker 2: got up and coming teams.
23:16
Speaker 1: Who scored a game winning goal last night, and he
23:18
Speaker 1: was last night. I love Nico here sure as the
23:21
Speaker 1: future of the Devils. I love Schaeffer, and I also
23:24
Speaker 1: love J. T. Miller. I know he's a veteran, but
23:26
Speaker 1: still they made the right captain Joyce. So maybe I
23:29
Speaker 1: could see these three teams in contention in the in
23:32
Speaker 1: the couple of years or are a year from now,
23:34
Speaker 1: I can still see it if they keep pieces in place.
23:37
Speaker 2: Well, the Devil's time is now, I mean the Devil's
23:40
Speaker 2: not making the playoffs will be it will be a disaster.
23:44
Speaker 2: Could coach Sheldon Keifer's job, fitz could couch Fitzgerald's job.
23:49
Speaker 2: They have the what they do with Dougie Hamilton healthy
23:52
Speaker 2: scratch he played last night. That's trying that, trying to
23:57
Speaker 2: get Dougie Hamilton to alleviate some of the no trade
24:01
Speaker 2: areas he'll go to. I think they've done that with Plot.
24:04
Speaker 2: I think PTA has eased up a little bit on that. Really, Quinn,
24:10
Speaker 2: you should be in the Devil's uniform. And if you've
24:12
Speaker 2: seen Quinn U's play, and I watched him against uh
24:15
Speaker 2: the Islanders the other night, and I've watched him many times.
24:18
Speaker 2: The guy controls the game. He's a superstar. So the
24:24
Speaker 2: Devil's not getting him was a and we've talked about it.
24:27
Speaker 2: I thought they were going to get him and they didn't,
24:29
Speaker 2: and that that's that's on. That's on Fitzgerald not being
24:34
Speaker 2: he wasn't flexible. He didn't have the flexibility to make
24:36
Speaker 2: that trade at this time.
24:38
Speaker 1: By the way, I'm looking you mention Shaeffer real quick,
24:41
Speaker 1: I'm looking at the calendar. So we get to the
24:44
Speaker 1: playoffs and the super Bowl, and all of a sudden
24:46
Speaker 1: we're talking Olympics. Then we're talking World Baseball Classic, which
24:50
Speaker 1: is where I want to end today. I don't care
24:52
Speaker 1: where Bellinger, why Bellinger's and signya or whatever that he
24:55
Speaker 1: can't wait. But I mean Clayton Kershaw Team USA. How
25:00
Speaker 1: is that?
25:01
Speaker 2: Well? Again, you know what I think of the World
25:04
Speaker 2: Baseball Classic. I think it's useless. And I'm all about
25:08
Speaker 2: promoting the game and building the game and developing the
25:11
Speaker 2: game on the world ride basis any sport. But what
25:17
Speaker 2: is he gonna gives as that has guys like pull
25:21
Speaker 2: schemes on their team. Again, it's nice, it's cool, Like
25:26
Speaker 2: you said, how cool is that? But we'll see good.
25:31
Speaker 2: You know, if I have nothing else to do, Uh,
25:34
Speaker 2: maybe I'll tune in for an at bat or two.
25:37
Speaker 2: I just don't want any of my guys to get
25:39
Speaker 2: hurt like what happened three years ago when with that
25:42
Speaker 2: with d Yeah, which roomed the Mets season and probably.
25:47
Speaker 1: It probably rooms the Mets trajectory over the last couple
25:49
Speaker 1: of years. But you know, that's what it is, all right.
25:53
Speaker 1: One other story, it's a lot, a little bit off topic,
25:55
Speaker 1: but Brooks kept it. Now coming back to PGA, I mean,
25:59
Speaker 1: this whole thing is kind of bizarre, But you're sort
26:02
Speaker 1: of a golf guy too. Uh well, the big why
26:05
Speaker 1: to leave anyway, It doesn't make any sense to me.
26:08
Speaker 2: The reason they left alex is because they pay themoles
26:11
Speaker 2: oodles of millions of dollars. Now what I think this is.
26:14
Speaker 2: And like I said, I am not a golfer. I
26:16
Speaker 2: don't play golf, but the business of golf. This is
26:21
Speaker 2: not good for for live and if other guys who
26:25
Speaker 2: aren't live take advantage of the opportunity to go back
26:29
Speaker 2: to the PGA in the next twelve to eighteen months,
26:33
Speaker 2: live might be a thing of the past.
26:35
Speaker 1: So I would love it. I hate the idea of
26:38
Speaker 1: some of these Americans going over to Saudi. It just
26:41
Speaker 1: sickened me to begin. Don't me me sorry about Phil
26:44
Speaker 1: Micholson that that one was the most and his justification
26:49
Speaker 1: was it's just.
26:50
Speaker 2: Like, well again, it's all about money. The NBA is,
26:54
Speaker 2: the NBA is in Dubai.
26:56
Speaker 1: Like I know, we have human rights valiations there, but
26:58
Speaker 1: I don't care.
27:00
Speaker 2: Yeah, like no, no, they don't, you know, Oh my god.
27:05
Speaker 1: So it's it's awful. Well, you know what, I'm kind
27:10
Speaker 1: of I missed him in the PGA tour. I like
27:12
Speaker 1: the Kepta de Chambo rivalry. I hope that gets renewed.
27:16
Speaker 1: But man, he can't not be called to sell out
27:19
Speaker 1: at the same time for going there in the first place.
27:22
Speaker 1: But I digress, all right, Louis I don't even want
27:25
Speaker 1: to get into basketball because I thought Christmas Day was
27:28
Speaker 1: going to be the start of quite a special second
27:30
Speaker 1: half of the year for the Knicks, and it's just
27:33
Speaker 1: been flat. They have that win on Christmas Day where
27:36
Speaker 1: they came back, and they have another massive win when
27:39
Speaker 1: Trey Young was on the Hawks. They beat him then,
27:42
Speaker 1: and they've lost like five six straight sids like the
27:46
Speaker 1: falling apart, and I know they go through slides, but
27:49
Speaker 1: this is getting a little too much, don't you think, Louis.
27:52
Speaker 2: Well, Again, the NBA season is long and and you
28:00
Speaker 2: just sometimes just have your peaks and valleys. I thought
28:03
Speaker 2: the Knicks would be more buttoned up than they are,
28:06
Speaker 2: and they're not. The trade deadline is February fifth, so
28:12
Speaker 2: it's just a couple of weeks away and there'll be
28:16
Speaker 2: significant trade talks. I do not think the Knicks are
28:20
Speaker 2: going to make a major trade, but who knows. They're
28:23
Speaker 2: not gonna get you, honest, because the Milwaukee Bucks are
28:28
Speaker 2: not going to take Karl Anthony Towns back because I
28:33
Speaker 2: don't know. I don't know if Carl Anthony Towns is
28:37
Speaker 2: a winning championship level ball player. He's a very good ballplayer.
28:41
Speaker 2: They'll get you, they'll get you so far. But obviously
28:45
Speaker 2: another one no, and.
28:47
Speaker 1: He is clutch, but I guess his mentality also is
28:49
Speaker 1: handicapping the team of it. It seems to get in
28:52
Speaker 1: his head a lot during these games. But you know,
28:55
Speaker 1: but we'll see what happens, all right. One last thing
28:58
Speaker 1: I want to talk about before you go. Yep, the
29:01
Speaker 1: gambling situation has hit the college circuit. I see there
29:05
Speaker 1: were dozens charging point shaving schemes. I mean, lou one
29:09
Speaker 1: of these leagues. One is the colleges and crap, when
29:13
Speaker 1: is ESPN themselves? Who just int a ten year deal
29:17
Speaker 1: with I think either fandel or draft one of those
29:19
Speaker 1: guys for ten years? When are they gonna get it?
29:22
Speaker 1: The more you advertise it, the more it's gonna happen
29:25
Speaker 1: in their backyard.
29:27
Speaker 2: There's no doubt a ballot. We've talked about it since
29:29
Speaker 2: the beginning when it started. I don't know how it's
29:34
Speaker 2: gonna end up, but uh, and I just I did
29:38
Speaker 2: not read the story yet when it came out, I
29:39
Speaker 2: got the alert. I didn't have a chance to look
29:41
Speaker 2: at it, but I know it's more than a dozen
29:43
Speaker 2: NCA players.
29:44
Speaker 1: And then you see why Saint John's GM got fired.
29:46
Speaker 1: That's crazy too. He embezzled a million dollars in im
29:50
Speaker 1: only only done it too Cuomo's campaign.
29:53
Speaker 2: But that is that that report was proven untrue. Correct?
29:58
Speaker 1: Oh, I guess so. I haven't heard an update on
29:59
Speaker 1: that one, but hopefully it's not true. I don't want
30:03
Speaker 1: to hear the guys are embezzling the NIL. But again,
30:07
Speaker 1: the NIL is actually something. That's how do I say,
30:13
Speaker 1: proves that the NIL is making this even more trickier
30:16
Speaker 1: and slipperier for this whole thing. So now you're giving
30:21
Speaker 1: kids money and they can do what they want. Temple's
30:24
Speaker 1: guy recently got charged with something also, It's just.
30:28
Speaker 2: No, it's out of control. I mean, now you have
30:30
Speaker 2: you know, you can have you have guys staying in
30:32
Speaker 2: college because they're getting more money than they would if
30:35
Speaker 2: they were a first round draft pick in the NBA
30:38
Speaker 2: or the NFL.
30:40
Speaker 3: Speaking of the NFL draft and the NBA draft, but
30:44
Speaker 3: this guy out of Oregon who was staying, was that
30:47
Speaker 3: really going to be the Jets draft pick, this guy
30:49
Speaker 3: in Oregon or was that just talk?
30:52
Speaker 2: That was just talk? I mean, if there's still talk
30:55
Speaker 2: out there that the Raiders are on picking Mendoza, which
30:57
Speaker 2: I think is crazy if they don't. So if they don't,
31:02
Speaker 2: depending on who the Raiders higher s head coach. If
31:07
Speaker 2: by some chance they don't pick Mendoza and they still
31:10
Speaker 2: have Geno Smith under contract at Big Bucks, they I
31:14
Speaker 2: think they're crazy if they don't pick Mendoz and but
31:16
Speaker 2: if by some chance they don't, maybe, well, for once,
31:20
Speaker 2: the New York Jets will have the sports guards shining
31:22
Speaker 2: on them and he'll fall to number two again.
31:26
Speaker 1: I like more.
31:29
Speaker 2: He only played eighteen or twenty games in the NCAA level. Again,
31:36
Speaker 2: if he wants to go back to college, I think
31:38
Speaker 2: it's a mistake. If he blows that blows as Achilles
31:41
Speaker 2: next year playing for Oregon, or rips up his knee,
31:46
Speaker 2: that's not good. I mean I would have whether he
31:48
Speaker 2: gets picked by the Raiders, by the Jets somewhere in
31:51
Speaker 2: the in the in the top ten, he's gonna make
31:54
Speaker 2: fifty million bucks guaranteed. So but he decided not to.
31:58
Speaker 2: I wish him a lot of good luck and you
32:00
Speaker 2: move forward. I have no idea though, what he's saying
32:07
Speaker 2: in college. None.
32:10
Speaker 1: It's just kind of well, all right, well, since we
32:13
Speaker 1: will probably talk till after the NATTY the National Tournament.
32:16
Speaker 1: Real quick thought on that from your end, what can
32:21
Speaker 1: we expect? I mean, it's gonna be a slinging event.
32:24
Speaker 1: I think both guys are gonna sling it out.
32:25
Speaker 2: To be honest with you, Yeah, I think it's gonna
32:28
Speaker 2: be a better game than most people think. I think
32:32
Speaker 2: Indiana is by far the best team in college football,
32:36
Speaker 2: one of the most complete teams we've seen in a while.
32:39
Speaker 2: They have a great offensive line if they don't turn
32:42
Speaker 2: the ball over, and against Miami's defense, who can put
32:48
Speaker 2: pressure off on an offensive line and disrupt running backs
32:52
Speaker 2: and quarterbacks. I think Indiana will probably come out ahead,
32:58
Speaker 2: but I think it's gonna be a close game, and
33:00
Speaker 2: I give I give Miami a great chance of winning
33:04
Speaker 2: this game.
33:06
Speaker 1: I do, I really do.
33:07
Speaker 2: And what a way for for Carson Beck to go
33:12
Speaker 2: out if they if they win it. And I know
33:17
Speaker 2: a lot of people disagree with me. I think Carson
33:20
Speaker 2: Beck is going to be some level of an NFL quarterback.
33:24
Speaker 1: I do.
33:25
Speaker 2: He's not gonna be drafted in the first round, but
33:29
Speaker 2: I still think he has a chance to uh to
33:31
Speaker 2: make some kind of significant push in the NFL.
33:37
Speaker 1: All right, Well, we'll have to see it, and I'd
33:40
Speaker 1: be so happy for Carson Beck. I like Mendoz a lot,
33:42
Speaker 1: but Carson Beck. I just remember a couple of years
33:46
Speaker 1: ago his Georgia heroics. I mean, kid deserves the national tournament.
33:52
Speaker 1: He really does here, So we'll have to see.
33:55
Speaker 2: We will see.
33:56
Speaker 1: He probably the oldest guy a quarterback to win at
33:59
Speaker 1: that point, but we'll see. Louis Terminello always a pleasure,
34:05
Speaker 1: on Termilo's take, and maybe we'll see you at Harbaugh's house.
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Speaker 4: Yeah, you never know what.
34:10
Speaker 2: Hey, Alex, thank you for having me on his Breaking
34:13
Speaker 2: News Thursday. Thanks buddy.
34:16
Speaker 1: There never is a dull moment, that's for sure. Lou
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