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Best of Chuck & Buck 4-7 · Chuck in the Morning

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  Speaker 2: Morning Sports Radio ninety three point three k j R
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  Speaker 2: f M. It is fantastic to have you with us
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  Speaker 2: here on this Tuesday, and we have all sorts of
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  Speaker 2: goodies planned for you today, as you can see on
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  Speaker 2: our new YouTube channel where we are broadcasting another platform
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  Speaker 2: a rug for the Big Lebowski, Like the whole thing
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  Speaker 2: Draftmas tree on camera. We're not just being in a
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  Speaker 2: theater of the mind. Around here, we have tangible decorations
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  Speaker 2: at that, isn't it beautiful? Old Tannin bomb right here
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  Speaker 2: in the middle of April.
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  Speaker 7: It is beautiful. Looks really nice on screen too.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, we've had a Draftmas tree in here before, just
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  Speaker 8: so our listeners know. I mean we have not just
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  Speaker 8: theater of them. I mean we've had a pink Draphmas
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  Speaker 8: tree for a couple of years.
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  Speaker 2: Yes we have.
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  Speaker 7: I'm glad that this is the new tree. This is better.
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  Speaker 2: Yes, I mean we've not not done things in the past,
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  Speaker 2: but now that we are on blasts, so to speak, well,
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  Speaker 2: we couldn't not step our game up a little bit
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  Speaker 2: this year. So we'll crack out the smoking jacket a
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  Speaker 2: little bit later on. Ashley's got her tinsel wrapped around
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  Speaker 2: the Mike stand. Yep, there in the producers booth, and yes,
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  Speaker 2: we are all set to go. We're just fourteen days
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  Speaker 2: away from the National Football League Draft twenty twenty six.
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  Speaker 2: And you know what, Pete Prisco, who was on before us,
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  Speaker 2: I don't care that there's not any buzz. There is
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  Speaker 2: no way you can take away my draftness spirit.
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  Speaker 7: Aber, Yeah, Crisco a grinch.
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  Speaker 2: The only way to take it away is to take
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  Speaker 2: the draft away, which might happen someday. So good to
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  Speaker 2: have you with us. Great to be here on this Tuesday.
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  Speaker 2: And yes we do have a lot to discuss today,
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  Speaker 2: including a Mariners baseball team that just continues its ice
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  Speaker 2: cold start at the plate, off to a four and
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  Speaker 2: seven start this season, which none of us wanted. But
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  Speaker 2: certainly we'll discuss that a little bit later on in
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  Speaker 2: the radio program. We will start with a national championship.
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  Speaker 2: You got to begin when we crown a champion in
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  Speaker 2: our sports world, even if it doesn't involve a local team.
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  Speaker 2: I mean yeah, I mean we win the Super Bowl
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  Speaker 2: all the time.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, it's like old news.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, but this college basketball national championships thing sure seems
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  Speaker 2: to be elusive here in the Washington state area, the
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  Speaker 2: entire state area.
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  Speaker 7: It's a little harder.
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  Speaker 2: Michigan cut down the nets last night with a sixty
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  Speaker 2: nine to sixty three win over Yukon Michigan who had
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  Speaker 2: pretty much steamrolled everybody, and not just in the tournament
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  Speaker 2: all season long. I mean, when they were firing, nobody
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  Speaker 2: could come close to them. They proved that against Arizona.
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  Speaker 2: I'll tell you when they first proved it when they
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  Speaker 2: beat Gonzaga by forty points, and at the time, everybody
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  Speaker 2: was like, how bad is Gonzaga? That was I mean,
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  Speaker 2: gonzag has really taken a step down. Well, Gonzaga went
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  Speaker 2: on to lose just three games this year, and I
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  Speaker 2: don't think that that was your typical Zag's team that
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  Speaker 2: we've seen here in the last decade or so. Not
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  Speaker 2: one of their better teams, certainly, But Michigan, I think
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  Speaker 2: the story there was oh wow. I think there should
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  Speaker 2: have been oh wow, how good is Michigan? And they've
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  Speaker 2: kind of proved that all season long. That wasn't vintage
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  Speaker 2: twenty twenty five twenty six Michigan wolverine'es basketball last night,
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  Speaker 2: and I give Yukon all the credit in the world.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, we can sit here and criticize Dan Hurley
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  Speaker 2: for his behavior and his antics, but dude can coach.
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  Speaker 2: And if you ever hear Dan Hurley interviewed about his team,
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  Speaker 2: it is always preaching toughness and they're one of the
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  Speaker 2: tougher teams you'll see play college basketball. And if they go,
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  Speaker 2: if they go down a notch. He's there in their ear,
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  Speaker 2: in there you know what to tell them, you're not
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  Speaker 2: being tough enough, and they toughened up the game last night,
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  Speaker 2: Michigan was in for a battle. Neither team shot well,
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  Speaker 2: but both teams played great defense. Yukon shot just thirty
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  Speaker 2: one percent from the field. Michigan, who had been red hot,
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  Speaker 2: shot just thirty eight percent. They couldn't hit a three
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  Speaker 2: all night long. Landeberg, who was, you know, favoring a knee,
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  Speaker 2: just was not the same player. But Michigan played just
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  Speaker 2: as tough defensively, which usually when you face a team
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  Speaker 2: that punches you in the mouth, you know you you
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  Speaker 2: don't always respond to that. Oh is that way we're
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  Speaker 2: gonna play today?
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  Speaker 6: Oh?
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  Speaker 2: I didn't know we were gonna play that way today.
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  Speaker 2: But Michigan did that and for that, they won the game.
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  Speaker 2: And it speaks to what a complete team that they've
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  Speaker 2: had all season long. They have proven that, man, they're
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  Speaker 2: just better than everybody else in college basketball this season.
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  Speaker 2: But if you do this is what makes them a champion,
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  Speaker 2: because it's a six game stretch. You got to win
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  Speaker 2: six straight games in a tournament without a loss, and
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  Speaker 2: you and you got to face all sorts of different
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  Speaker 2: background stories and certain different kind of lineups and different
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  Speaker 2: kind of strategies. And if you can figure out to
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  Speaker 2: win against any foe, that's how you win the national championship.
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  Speaker 2: And they did that last night. You want to dirty
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  Speaker 2: this thing up, you want to muddy this thing up.
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  Speaker 2: Guess what, we can play that way too, And so
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  Speaker 2: they won the championship last night. And so I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if there are too many people here listening that
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  Speaker 2: that root for Michigan to do anything, because it's kind
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  Speaker 2: of an arrogant fan base and an arrogant school, it seems.
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  Speaker 2: But the hurling not even close. But that was that
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  Speaker 2: was I mean, that was just a great team and
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  Speaker 2: I think a very worthy champion last night. And the
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  Speaker 2: older I get, Ashley, the more I just want to
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  Speaker 2: believe that whoever won the championship was deserving of it.
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  Speaker 2: And now we've seen Indiana win in college football, We've
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  Speaker 2: seen Michigan win in college basketball. I think the two
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  Speaker 2: teams that were the best in these past two seasons
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  Speaker 2: won the national championship. And I'm here for it. Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: Absolutely, I was rooting for Michigan, which was not a surprise.
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  Speaker 8: We both were and I think and not wanting to
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  Speaker 8: see Dan Hurley wins, so that was one bonus. But
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  Speaker 8: on top of it, yeah, I do think they were
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  Speaker 8: the better team. I think Yukon had their game plan
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  Speaker 8: and good for them, they made it a good, a
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  Speaker 8: close game. I mean, their game plan was We're going
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  Speaker 8: to foul the f out of them and see what happens.
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  Speaker 2: And then a lot of them were complaining about a
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  Speaker 2: lot of their fans about the calls. But it's like, well,
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  Speaker 2: you are doing this intentionally. I get that there's a
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  Speaker 2: little imbalance, but you are trying to play this way,
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  Speaker 2: so you're going to get called. And again I'm going
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  Speaker 2: to give Hurley credit for this too, because he was
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  Speaker 2: just sort of relentless on that all the way to
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  Speaker 2: the very end of the game where he's trying to
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  Speaker 2: get a foul called against McKenny for throwing elbows. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: you're down four, You've kept yourself a lot, you scrapped
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  Speaker 2: your way back into the contest, and he was thinking
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  Speaker 2: and and that whole act that he does on the
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  Speaker 2: sideline complaining about everything it wears on the officials and
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  Speaker 2: the audience. Well, certainly the audience. But he's doing it
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  Speaker 2: to wear on the officials because and I don't like it,
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  Speaker 2: and I wish that officials did not cave to this
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  Speaker 2: sort of thing. But the truth of the matter is,
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  Speaker 2: you get tired of hearing people complain. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: wasn't planning on talking about this happens to me at home.
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  Speaker 2: I get tired of hearing the complaints. So I just
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  Speaker 2: cave and I, you know, buy the ridiculous thing that
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  Speaker 2: needs to be bought. And I'm not talking about like
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  Speaker 2: we don't have like a Shetland pony or anything.
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  Speaker 7: That was a little.
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  Speaker 2: I'm just talking about like things for the house. I'm like,
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  Speaker 2: how do we need that again? Okay, I don't want
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  Speaker 2: to even argue about I'm just gonna go get it.
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  Speaker 2: And and that's the way officials tend to operate too,
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  Speaker 2: like I don't want to hear you complaining, and I'm
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  Speaker 2: just going to give you the call this and and
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  Speaker 2: unfortunately that's just the reality of things because they are
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  Speaker 2: they are human beings, and he works them, and he
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  Speaker 2: works them all day long, and he allows everybody to
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  Speaker 2: think he's just a whiny, complaining you know, little snot,
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  Speaker 2: which he is which he is. But he's really good
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  Speaker 2: at what he does, I'll give him that. And he
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  Speaker 2: was very close to almost turning this thing around. I
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  Speaker 2: mean when that solo ball knocked in that three pointer
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  Speaker 2: where he banked it in, I'm like, oh my gosh,
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  Speaker 2: they're going to come back and win this one too,
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  Speaker 2: aren't they.
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  Speaker 7: I thought the same thing.
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  Speaker 8: Oh oh please now, yeah, And I don't want any
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  Speaker 8: more of looks of disbelief from Dan Hyland.
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  Speaker 7: The LDS were on point last night.
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  Speaker 2: When did we do that? By it?
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  Speaker 7: It was it was an NBA.
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  Speaker 2: Game, yeah, and an NBA playoff game.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Well that's right around the corner. We might have to
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  Speaker 2: do that.
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  Speaker 7: We might have to count lds again.
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  Speaker 2: I mean it was just I could go back, you
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  Speaker 2: know what I could do. I could go back and
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  Speaker 2: watch the National Championship game count him up and count
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  Speaker 2: him up from herly to see if he is on
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  Speaker 2: the level of Lebron.
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  Speaker 7: Oh gosh, he is.
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  Speaker 8: I mean he's got the hands to the side of
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  Speaker 8: the head. Just there was one point, I think it
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  Speaker 8: was like twenty seconds on camera just of him with
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  Speaker 8: his eyes as wide as it could be, in his mouth.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: Oh, I was like Okay, well they didn't. They're not
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  Speaker 8: following for it. You're done.
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  Speaker 2: It's annoying. Yeah, it's very annoying. LEDs are looks of disbelief.
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  Speaker 2: I don't know. It was probably when Ashley first started,
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  Speaker 2: or somewhere around.
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  Speaker 7: The old studio.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, and we I started. I just couldn't believe how
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  Speaker 2: many looks of disbelief I was seeing an NBA playoff game.
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  Speaker 2: So I went home and I counted. I came up
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  Speaker 2: with a whole stat sheet. There were LEDs, and then
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  Speaker 2: there were little offshoots of it as well. There were
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  Speaker 2: if I remember, I wish I would have kept that around.
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  Speaker 2: I might have it somewhere because I tend not to
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  Speaker 2: throw things away. But yes, she sent me a text
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  Speaker 2: or yeah, text during the course of the game last night,
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  Speaker 2: like Dan Herly takes LODs to the next level.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah, like he is what everyone should strive for.
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  Speaker 2: Looks of disbelief on the sidelines. And yes, and he
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  Speaker 2: will dramatize them.
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  Speaker 8: Oh my goodness, I just thought myself, Oh damn, you
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  Speaker 8: are on another level today.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. Well, he may have set a record that could
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  Speaker 2: have been a national championship record for lds. Definitely last
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  Speaker 2: night from from Dan Hurley. But it was good to
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  Speaker 2: see Michigan win. I'd kind of been on them all
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  Speaker 2: season long. First time I saw them play, and that's
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  Speaker 2: going back to the Zags game, I'm like, Wow, this
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  Speaker 2: team is special and they are deep, and they were long,
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  Speaker 2: and like I said, they could win in just about
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  Speaker 2: any way you wanted to muck it up. They had
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  Speaker 2: an answer for it. I mean, that's you know, that's
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  Speaker 2: seven foot three, six eleven. I thought Mores Johnson Junior
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  Speaker 2: might have kept it. Might have been the biggest reason
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  Speaker 2: that Michigan won the game last night because he played
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  Speaker 2: so well in the first half and when they needed
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  Speaker 2: a bucket, he tended to get it. Lendebergh, you know,
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  Speaker 2: you've got a six foot nine inch point forward who's
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  Speaker 2: bringing the ball up at the end of the game
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  Speaker 2: to give their point guard to blow. I mean, they
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  Speaker 2: just had an end and they usually shoot extraordinarily well,
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  Speaker 2: but they didn't do that last night, sort of taken
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  Speaker 2: out of their game, and Michigan goes in and wins
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  Speaker 2: the National championship. So Big ten on top for the
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  Speaker 2: first time since nineteen eighty nine, first national championship since
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  Speaker 2: nineteen eighty nine. Yeah, no, no, no, that's not true. First
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  Speaker 2: first Michigan championship since eighty nine, first Big Ten championships
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  Speaker 2: since two thousand. I believe with Michigan State. So right
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  Speaker 2: now Big Ten's on top of the college basketball and
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  Speaker 2: college football world these days.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, just like we predicted, you know, that's
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  Speaker 8: what happens. We have to see the demise of the
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  Speaker 8: Pac twelve. And yeah, once that happens, the big times like,
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  Speaker 8: oh all right, let's be successful man.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, exactly, welcome Washington, Oregon. By the way, I don't
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  Speaker 2: know if you saw it in your conference notes, but
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  Speaker 2: we're getting ready to get excellent raalty here.
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  Speaker 7: We about to dominate.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah. So anyway, not a great time to join a
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  Speaker 2: super conference right now because we're pretty much like the
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  Speaker 2: new conference foes that you have are pretty elite. Yeah,
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  Speaker 2: show anyway, get on it, Get on it, and you
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  Speaker 2: know what, we're gonna talk about this later on in
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  Speaker 2: the show, because it is time to get on it,
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  Speaker 2: and I've got time set aside. I mean, I had
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  Speaker 2: Quincy Pondexher was a great guest on Friday, and he
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  Speaker 2: helped us preview the final four. But I mean I've
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  Speaker 2: heard Quincy on before and he's very sensitive about criticism
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  Speaker 2: toward Washington. And I asked him, gave him the opportunity,
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  Speaker 2: where's Washington basketball right now? And his response was, if
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  Speaker 2: anybody thinks we're far away, they're crazy. Well I might
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  Speaker 2: be crazy because you don't look close. You don't look
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  Speaker 2: like you're on the doorstep of doing this and and so.
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  Speaker 2: But I'll say this what miss showed us. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: this is a modern day championship right here. That's a
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  Speaker 2: team entirely of transfers, that is a starting five, entirely
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  Speaker 2: of we just started playing basketball together for the first
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  Speaker 2: time eight months ago.
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  Speaker 7: That worked out well, and.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, it worked out well. But what it does, what
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  Speaker 2: something like that does to everybody else who has excuses
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  Speaker 2: for why they're not as good, It takes away all
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  Speaker 2: of your excuses. Yeah, I don't want to hear them,
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  Speaker 2: you know. I mean, a new coach, you don't need
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  Speaker 2: five years, Kurt Signetti.
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  Speaker 7: I was going to say, Indianna, same thing in a.
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  Speaker 2: Much more difficult sport to I mean, you've got one
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  Speaker 2: hundred plus guys on your roster. You're not supposed to
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  Speaker 2: be able to turn things around. You're not supposed to
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  Speaker 2: go from one of the worst programs in college football
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  Speaker 2: history to the best in two years. But they did
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  Speaker 2: it there. Dusty May has been on campus at Michigan
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  Speaker 2: for two years. That's not exactly some household name. That's
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  Speaker 2: not like you just hired coach k and got all
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  Speaker 2: the recruits. I mean that is somebody that pieced together,
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  Speaker 2: one player at a time and one single offseason a
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  Speaker 2: championship team. And I don't think that Michigan could do that.
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  Speaker 2: If we were playing by the old rules and there
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  Speaker 2: were guys on campus that have been playing for three
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  Speaker 2: or four years together, then I don't think that you
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  Speaker 2: could have done that five ten years ago. But you're
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  Speaker 2: sure as f can do it today. And now we
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  Speaker 2: have absolute proof of that. You surely can in today's game,
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  Speaker 2: since nobody has years of playing together. I mean nobody freshmen.
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  Speaker 2: Great players who are freshmen come, they play for one year,
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  Speaker 2: and then they go to the NBA, which also should
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  Speaker 2: be changed. But I don't know how close we are
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  Speaker 2: to getting that done. And if you've got a team
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  Speaker 2: with guys coming back, you're probably gonna lose half of them.
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  Speaker 2: So here's somebody that's been on campus for two years
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  Speaker 2: had pretty much empty cupboards, and then he went out
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  Speaker 2: one player at a time and pieced together a championship team.
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  Speaker 2: So it can be done. And I'm not here for excuses.
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  Speaker 2: And they are running thin in a lot of ways
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  Speaker 2: here in the Seattle market on a lot of teams.
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  Speaker 2: I'm not just picking on you dub basketball right now.
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  Speaker 2: Obviously you can turn it around overnight in these sports
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  Speaker 2: because of the new rules. And maybe the new rules
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  Speaker 2: will be changed, maybe they will be adjusted. Maybe we
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  Speaker 2: should have never had these rules in the first place.
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  Speaker 2: But as long as they are in play, it gives
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  Speaker 2: you the chance to go from we missed the tournament entirely,
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  Speaker 2: we missed the NIT entirely last year. But obviously there's
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  Speaker 2: a formula out there. If you do things in the
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  Speaker 2: right off season, you find the right group of guys.
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  Speaker 2: Because even though they got really good transfers, there were
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  Speaker 2: better transfers considered on paper this offseason that went to
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  Speaker 2: other programs. And Dusty May's like that guy, that guy,
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  Speaker 2: that guy that got that works together and now let's go.
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  Speaker 2: Uh and so it can be done. It can be done,
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  Speaker 2: and and uh, and I really don't know of any
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  Speaker 2: major college basketball or football program. I don't know what
• 17:12
  Speaker 2: excuse you have for languishing in mediocrity. When you see
• 17:18
  Speaker 2: these success stories like you've seen from Indiana and Michigan,
• 17:21
  Speaker 2: they've pretty much stripped you of any excuses you have
• 17:23
  Speaker 2: for staying mediocre for any extended period of time.
• 17:27
  Speaker 8: And I would agree with that for yeah, staying mediocre
• 17:30
  Speaker 8: for any extended period of time. I do still think
• 17:32
  Speaker 8: and I said this during the basketball season, and Quincy
• 17:34
  Speaker 8: said it when he was on I mean, the injuries
• 17:36
  Speaker 8: to washing that Washington dealt with this year were pretty awful,
• 17:40
  Speaker 8: I mean just in terms of what it did to
• 17:42
  Speaker 8: their roster. But that's your okay, So that's your excuse
• 17:45
  Speaker 8: this year. Now you don't have that same excuse next year.
• 17:47
  Speaker 2: See, I don't even buy that an excuse. That's an excuse.
• 17:50
  Speaker 2: That's an excuse to say we weren't as good as
• 17:53
  Speaker 2: we could have been. It's not an excuse for we
• 17:57
  Speaker 2: missed the n T. Like it's not the same for
• 18:00
  Speaker 2: pas no. But I'm I'm saying it too. It's not
• 18:03
  Speaker 2: like you were, oh, we didn't have we weren't healthy
• 18:06
  Speaker 2: all season long, and so we didn't achieve our utmost goal.
• 18:10
  Speaker 2: You didn't even make the n i T. I mean,
• 18:12
  Speaker 2: it's not like you had five guys that you know,
• 18:15
  Speaker 2: had a turnover car wreck and you lost all of
• 18:19
  Speaker 2: them for the entire season. That's an excuse. You should
• 18:24
  Speaker 2: have been better than what you were period, and you
• 18:28
  Speaker 2: didn't have such devastating injuries that there's an excuse to
• 18:32
  Speaker 2: miss the n i T Tournament, much less the NCAA Tournament,
• 18:35
  Speaker 2: much less to be a contender. And so yes, they
• 18:39
  Speaker 2: excuse injuries are a reason, but they only go so
• 18:43
  Speaker 2: far when you're not talking about your best player missing
• 18:47
  Speaker 2: an entire year. That is something dramatic that did not
• 18:50
  Speaker 2: happen to them.
• 18:51
  Speaker 7: Yeah, and that's fair. Yeah, that's fair.
• 18:53
  Speaker 2: All right, let's find out what's on tap for the
• 18:55
  Speaker 2: rest of the show.
• 19:00
  Speaker 6: What's on TEP, what's on.
• 19:02
  Speaker 2: Tech Michigan sixty nine, Yukon sixty three. The college basketball
• 19:05
  Speaker 2: season does come to an end, and we will talk
• 19:08
  Speaker 2: more about it later on in the program. College football
• 19:11
  Speaker 2: spring ball continues. Jed Fish is going to join us
• 19:14
  Speaker 2: today at eight o'clock, so we're gonna hear right from
• 19:17
  Speaker 2: the horse's mouth how springball is going. Also, I'm gonna
• 19:21
  Speaker 2: use them because he has his Draftmas season as a
• 19:23
  Speaker 2: draft expert as well. Well, let's let him evaluate Denzel Boston,
• 19:28
  Speaker 2: Jonah Coleman and others as they get ready for the
• 19:30
  Speaker 2: NFL Draft. So we'll talk to the head ball coach
• 19:33
  Speaker 2: today at eight o'clock. I hope he wears his visor.
• 19:36
  Speaker 2: NFL Draft is in fourteen days. Rob rang joins us
• 19:40
  Speaker 2: for the first time this Draftmas season. Jolly old Saint
• 19:44
  Speaker 2: Piccolas himself will be with us this morning at seven
• 19:47
  Speaker 2: oh five to talk about the upcoming draft. We'll hit
• 19:50
  Speaker 2: it pretty hard from the Seahawks angle since this is
• 19:53
  Speaker 2: our first conversation with Rob of the Draftmas season. We
• 19:56
  Speaker 2: also have stocking Stuffers today, actually later on this and
• 20:00
  Speaker 2: we introduce a brand new segment today at eight forty five,
• 20:04
  Speaker 2: never been heard during the Draftmas season. It's Miracle on
• 20:07
  Speaker 2: thirty fourth pick and it comes your way today at
• 20:10
  Speaker 2: eight forty five. Can't wait for it. Kracking fans are
• 20:14
  Speaker 2: not happy with the Cracking right now. They lost again
• 20:17
  Speaker 2: last night and got blown out by the Winnipeg Jets.
• 20:19
  Speaker 2: They have pretty much just waved the white flag. They
• 20:23
  Speaker 2: are now eight points out of the final playoff spot
• 20:27
  Speaker 2: with six games to go five teams separating them from
• 20:31
  Speaker 2: a playoff spot, and even the Saint Louis Blues, who
• 20:34
  Speaker 2: just a couple of weeks ago we talked about being
• 20:37
  Speaker 2: one of the worst teams in the league and you
• 20:40
  Speaker 2: need to get two points in this exchange, this home
• 20:43
  Speaker 2: and home exchange with them. Well, Saint Louis has even
• 20:46
  Speaker 2: passed them in the standings and so it is pretty
• 20:50
  Speaker 2: much rock bottom right now for Lane Lambert and the
• 20:53
  Speaker 2: Kraken and they are not going to make the playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: up a little bit later on in the program. And
• 21:09
  Speaker 2: we have a Mariner's team to talk about. They lost
• 21:12
  Speaker 2: again last night two to one. They've lost three straight games,
• 21:15
  Speaker 2: offense being the issue. They'll play again tonight in Fort Worth.
• 21:20
  Speaker 2: George Kirby going against Nate Valdi is the pitching matchup.
• 21:23
  Speaker 2: Will detail last night's lost for you next with Mariners
• 21:26
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• 21:34
  Speaker 2: It's Smith. They have no timeout tremating. Smith will bring
• 21:36
  Speaker 2: it up the floor quickly.
• 21:37
  Speaker 1: Smith on the drive to the rim, miss the layup
• 21:40
  Speaker 1: rebound loose scooped up by Gail, He'll throw it to
• 21:42
  Speaker 1: the other end of the floor.
• 21:44
  Speaker 2: Caravan tracks it down with two seconds. With one he
• 21:47
  Speaker 2: trunks it.
• 21:47
  Speaker 1: To half court.
• 21:48
  Speaker 2: And since nineteen eighty nine.
• 21:50
  Speaker 1: There's been a blank space in the Michigan trunky case.
• 21:54
  Speaker 2: We'll write their name.
• 21:56
  Speaker 1: Michigan the twenty twenty six men's basketball National champions They
• 22:02
  Speaker 1: knock off Yukon sixty nine to sixty three to win
• 22:06
  Speaker 1: the school's second men's basketball championship, and the Big Ten
• 22:12
  Speaker 1: sweeps basketball. UCLA wins the women's the men's goes to Michigan,
• 22:20
  Speaker 1: the first Big Ten championship since Michigan State won the
• 22:25
  Speaker 1: title in two thousand.
• 22:30
  Speaker 2: And This is not at all sour grat so that
• 22:32
  Speaker 2: should be Michigan's first title, because there's no way you
• 22:35
  Speaker 2: were the best team. In nineteen eighty nine, Rameil Robinson
• 22:39
  Speaker 2: was playing out of his mind. Pretty sure he sold
• 22:41
  Speaker 2: his soul to the devil because he was a terrible
• 22:44
  Speaker 2: NBA player. So you beat Illinois and deprived America, the world,
• 22:49
  Speaker 2: the entire universe of the rightful champion. In nineteen eighty
• 22:54
  Speaker 2: nine that said, you were the best team in college
• 22:57
  Speaker 2: basketball this year.
• 22:58
  Speaker 7: Yes, well done in twenty twenty six.
• 23:00
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't think there's any doubt about that, Westwood
• 23:02
  Speaker 2: One on the highlight last night, the Natty goes to
• 23:04
  Speaker 2: the Michigan Wolverines. The college basketball season comes to an
• 23:07
  Speaker 2: end a sixty nine to sixty three win for Michigan
• 23:11
  Speaker 2: over Yukon. Yukon kept it tight throughout the course of
• 23:15
  Speaker 2: the contest, played a very physical brand of basketball with Michigan.
• 23:19
  Speaker 2: But it turns out Michigan can play that way too.
• 23:22
  Speaker 2: Neither team shot well from the floor. It was a
• 23:25
  Speaker 2: little ugly at times, but a team that has won
• 23:28
  Speaker 2: beautifully all season long even proved all the way to
• 23:32
  Speaker 2: the end that they can win ugly as well. Grant
• 23:34
  Speaker 2: Hill said that as much last night on the television broadcast.
• 23:38
  Speaker 2: So Michigan is your national champion in college basketball this year,
• 23:43
  Speaker 2: and it starts our frost brewed cors like Chew's chill
• 23:45
  Speaker 2: headlines college Football's next I mean, yeah, we just this
• 23:50
  Speaker 2: is this is a sports fandom. The gears shift quickly
• 23:55
  Speaker 2: immediately you start thinking about, okay, well, what's going on
• 23:57
  Speaker 2: with the college football season? All right, what we're gonna do?
• 24:00
  Speaker 2: Jet Fish're going to join us today to talk some
• 24:02
  Speaker 2: ub springball at eight o'clock today and maybe a little
• 24:05
  Speaker 2: bit of NFL Draft as well. We are fourteen days
• 24:08
  Speaker 2: away from the NFL Draft. The news yesterday in the
• 24:11
  Speaker 2: National Football League is that New York Giants star defensive
• 24:14
  Speaker 2: lineman Dexter Lawrence is not happy. Even with a brand
• 24:17
  Speaker 2: new head coach who has done nothing but win and
• 24:20
  Speaker 2: John Harball, Lawrence does not want to be a Giant,
• 24:23
  Speaker 2: or at least he and his agent are playing that
• 24:25
  Speaker 2: way to get a deal. We'll see if anything happens
• 24:29
  Speaker 2: between now and the NFL Draft. Cracking fans aren't happy
• 24:33
  Speaker 2: at all with the Cracking. They lost again last night
• 24:36
  Speaker 2: and got warded six to two by the Winnipeg Jets.
• 24:39
  Speaker 2: There now with six games to play, eight points out
• 24:43
  Speaker 2: of the eighth and final playoff spot, with now five
• 24:46
  Speaker 2: teams between them and the spot, including the Saint Louis
• 24:50
  Speaker 2: Blues for goodness sake, and so things not looking good
• 24:53
  Speaker 2: on that front. Everett Fitzi will still join us today
• 24:56
  Speaker 2: at eight thirty to talk some krack and hockey. It
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  Speaker 2: We're gonna do a lot on the Masters tomorrow. Brady
• 25:37
  Speaker 2: Cannon will be with us at eight o'clock and then
• 25:39
  Speaker 2: we will have our Green Jacket Green Jacket Draft at
• 25:42
  Speaker 2: nine o'clock tomorrow morning. And the Mariners lost again. They've
• 25:46
  Speaker 2: lost three straight. The Texas Rangers beat them last night
• 25:49
  Speaker 2: two to one. They're in a skid man. You score
• 25:52
  Speaker 2: seven runs, you give up eight, you give up two,
• 25:54
  Speaker 2: you only score one. That's just what a losing streak
• 25:57
  Speaker 2: kind of looks like. They're not in a great way
• 25:59
  Speaker 2: right now, just four and seven on a very young season.
• 26:02
  Speaker 2: They'll try to get things going in the right direction
• 26:05
  Speaker 2: tonight five o'clock. George Kirby versus Nate Givaldi in a
• 26:08
  Speaker 2: battle of very good right handers. All right, finally, during
• 26:13
  Speaker 2: this Draftmas season, we get the chance to chat with
• 26:16
  Speaker 2: our guy, jolly old Saint Picholas himself, Rob Rang. All right,
• 26:29
  Speaker 2: little Saint pick is with us. Let me get out
• 26:32
  Speaker 2: my pipe so I can talk to Rob like a
• 26:35
  Speaker 2: real draft miss host.
• 26:37
  Speaker 7: Yeah, don't fake it.
• 26:37
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm not gonna fake the funk. Happy draft, miss
• 26:41
  Speaker 2: Rob Ring. So good to hear from you.
• 26:43
  Speaker 4: And good to hear from you as well. Check, thanks
• 26:45
  Speaker 4: so much for having me as always. Happy draftness to
• 26:47
  Speaker 4: you and our listeners as well.
• 26:48
  Speaker 2: Yes, well, people are saying this, this draft doesn't quite
• 26:53
  Speaker 2: have the buzz, might not have the talent. What do
• 26:56
  Speaker 2: you say to that?
• 26:58
  Speaker 4: Well, you know, of course, I love just a draft
• 27:01
  Speaker 4: as a whole.
• 27:01
  Speaker 9: Yeah, and I would argue that while this class may
• 27:05
  Speaker 9: lack some of the flash, you know, I expect that
• 27:08
  Speaker 9: they'll only be very likely one quarterback selected in the
• 27:12
  Speaker 9: first round, and the wide.
• 27:13
  Speaker 4: Receiver talent is good not great to know the running
• 27:18
  Speaker 4: backs are a little bit weaker. That while there may
• 27:21
  Speaker 4: not be this kill position talent, then there certainly is
• 27:25
  Speaker 4: a great deal of talent in terms of the lion
• 27:27
  Speaker 4: of scrimmage. That to me is where football is still
• 27:30
  Speaker 4: one or loss, and that the Seahawks just proves that,
• 27:32
  Speaker 4: you know, a couple of months ago, and so I
• 27:35
  Speaker 4: think that this has kind of become an underrated draft
• 27:38
  Speaker 4: class overall.
• 27:40
  Speaker 2: I want to talk mostly about Seahawks with you today
• 27:42
  Speaker 2: in our first conversation of several before the draft gets here,
• 27:47
  Speaker 2: but I got to ask about something that you said
• 27:50
  Speaker 2: in your first comments, and that is that one quarterback
• 27:53
  Speaker 2: in the first round. Do you think that Ty Simpson
• 27:57
  Speaker 2: slips out of the first round or could the Boks
• 28:00
  Speaker 2: possibly factor in the Ty Simpsons story being down there
• 28:04
  Speaker 2: at the bottom of the first round this year.
• 28:07
  Speaker 4: That's certainly what Josh Syer is hoping for.
• 28:08
  Speaker 6: There's no doubt about that, Chuck.
• 28:10
  Speaker 4: I mean, it's you know, of course, the teams are
• 28:12
  Speaker 4: going to be encouraged by the possibility of being able
• 28:14
  Speaker 4: to get that fifth or rookie option, and that's why
• 28:17
  Speaker 4: that number thirty two overall selection, the last pick of
• 28:20
  Speaker 4: the first round is just so much more valuable than
• 28:23
  Speaker 4: number thirty three overall, the first pick.
• 28:25
  Speaker 5: Of the second round.
• 28:27
  Speaker 4: But at the same time, I watched Ty Simpson and
• 28:29
  Speaker 4: I see a guy that win everything is great.
• 28:32
  Speaker 5: You know when he when he's feeling healthy, he's.
• 28:34
  Speaker 4: Feeling protected, then then he does look like a future
• 28:38
  Speaker 4: NFL starter, very much worthy of a first round selection.
• 28:42
  Speaker 4: At the same time, he struggled with injury this at
• 28:45
  Speaker 4: this past season, and once he got a little bit
• 28:47
  Speaker 4: nicked up Jack then and he really did struggle. There's
• 28:49
  Speaker 4: some wide open throws that he missed that are just
• 28:52
  Speaker 4: frankly not the caliber of the NFL backup, much less
• 28:56
  Speaker 4: a starter, and the track record of one year starting
• 29:00
  Speaker 4: college quarterbacks going to the NFL it's absolutely abysmal. So
• 29:05
  Speaker 4: I do think it's going to be a bold general
• 29:07
  Speaker 4: manager indeed, who is going to be willing to invest
• 29:10
  Speaker 4: a first round selection and Ty Simpson given the talent
• 29:14
  Speaker 4: again in this draft class.
• 29:15
  Speaker 5: Along the last scrimmage.
• 29:16
  Speaker 2: Rob rang is with US our NFL draft expert we
• 29:20
  Speaker 2: use some during our draft coverage, which is coming up
• 29:22
  Speaker 2: here in a couple of weeks. Of course, also draft
• 29:24
  Speaker 2: analysts for Fox Sports. He's got podcasts on the Seahawks.
• 29:30
  Speaker 2: A local guy, so he's always running the draft through
• 29:33
  Speaker 2: that Seahawks filter. We love having him on. He's a
• 29:36
  Speaker 2: huge part of our draft miscoverage and you can follow
• 29:38
  Speaker 2: Rob at Rob Rang very simple, Rob r A n
• 29:42
  Speaker 2: G there on. X. Well, let's talk about the Seahawks
• 29:45
  Speaker 2: perspective as they head into this thing. I saw that
• 29:47
  Speaker 2: you wrote a recent article about twelve prospects who you
• 29:53
  Speaker 2: think that the Seahawks might be interested in. I don't
• 29:56
  Speaker 2: know if we can go through all twelve. Give me
• 29:59
  Speaker 2: a couple from that list that you feel really strong
• 30:02
  Speaker 2: about might end up being the thirty second overall selection
• 30:05
  Speaker 2: or possibly an early second round selection if John were
• 30:09
  Speaker 2: to trade down.
• 30:10
  Speaker 5: Yeah.
• 30:11
  Speaker 4: I mean there's a couple of pass rushers and cornerbacks
• 30:15
  Speaker 4: and a few running backs. And I mentioned those three
• 30:18
  Speaker 4: positions touches because I think that, you know, anybody can
• 30:21
  Speaker 4: basically look at the Seahawks roster and the way that
• 30:24
  Speaker 4: the free agency went and ascertain that that those are
• 30:29
  Speaker 4: the three positions the biggest concern for the Seahawks. I
• 30:32
  Speaker 4: must start off with the running back position. That's the
• 30:34
  Speaker 4: one that you know, of course you'll lose the Super
• 30:37
  Speaker 4: Bowl MVP, and everybody's so concerned that is Joshi are
• 30:40
  Speaker 4: going to be able to find a running back to
• 30:42
  Speaker 4: replace the great kids Walker the Third, And I would
• 30:45
  Speaker 4: just argue the kid Walker the Third's greatest game may
• 30:48
  Speaker 4: have been the Super Bowl, that he was not all
• 30:51
  Speaker 4: that great throughout his Seahawks career. I mean, he was good, certainly,
• 30:56
  Speaker 4: but there's a running back out of noted angel garyon Price,
• 30:59
  Speaker 4: and I know that he has been a little bit
• 31:01
  Speaker 4: overshadowed by Jeremiah Love, But I think a Jadarian Price
• 31:04
  Speaker 4: is going to wind up having a better NFL career.
• 31:07
  Speaker 4: He's just a more instinctive runner. I mean, this is
• 31:10
  Speaker 4: the guy that you know. We often talk about how
• 31:13
  Speaker 4: the John Schneider likes to zig when everybody else is
• 31:15
  Speaker 4: dagging kind of a thing, and that's what I see
• 31:18
  Speaker 4: here with Jadarium Price is he just has a different
• 31:22
  Speaker 4: level of instincts in the way that he runs the ball.
• 31:25
  Speaker 4: He's anticipating where defenders are going, not just where his
• 31:28
  Speaker 4: blockers are going, but where defenders.
• 31:30
  Speaker 6: Are going to be going.
• 31:31
  Speaker 4: He's kind of playing chess when everybody else is playing checkers.
• 31:34
  Speaker 4: He cuts back against the grain really well. He is
• 31:37
  Speaker 4: a strong physical runner, but also has great lateral agility
• 31:42
  Speaker 4: and burst. He doesn't have that leads straight line speed
• 31:46
  Speaker 4: that can't Walker the third ad and Kenneth Walker third
• 31:48
  Speaker 4: round four to three to two, and this guy is
• 31:50
  Speaker 4: more than four four six, so good speed, not elite
• 31:53
  Speaker 4: breakaway speed. But at the same time, I just really
• 31:56
  Speaker 4: like his fit in the wide zone blocking system the
• 32:00
  Speaker 4: John Benton offensive line coach, and certainly Brian Flory is
• 32:03
  Speaker 4: new offensive coordinator that they are going to be using.
• 32:06
  Speaker 5: I just think that he is a hand.
• 32:08
  Speaker 4: In gloves fit Chuckie as he is available number thirty
• 32:11
  Speaker 4: two overall, and I don't think that that's a given,
• 32:13
  Speaker 4: but I do think he's likely to be available for
• 32:15
  Speaker 4: thirty two. I think it's I laugh at the idea
• 32:18
  Speaker 4: that he's going to be available all the way at
• 32:20
  Speaker 4: fifty four overall. But if there is a trade down,
• 32:23
  Speaker 4: snare to me Jenerry on Price would be they're running
• 32:26
  Speaker 4: back that you could take in this draft class and
• 32:28
  Speaker 4: then just not worry about that position anymore. Allow Zach
• 32:31
  Speaker 4: Sharbonnay and Kenny McIntosh and George Halaney et Cedric say
• 32:35
  Speaker 4: Manuel Wilson, the signee from the Green Bay Packers allow
• 32:38
  Speaker 4: everybody else to kind of fight for the second tier option.
• 32:42
  Speaker 4: But jerry On Price to me has a look of
• 32:44
  Speaker 4: an NFL belcal kind of a back and I love
• 32:48
  Speaker 4: his ability out of the back field as a as
• 32:51
  Speaker 4: a receiver. He's been criticized for that because the fact that,
• 32:56
  Speaker 4: you know, Jeremiah Love had so many opportunities. That's where
• 32:59
  Speaker 4: Love is so special. But Senarian Price was trusted as
• 33:03
  Speaker 4: a kick returner over his college career, so clearly there
• 33:06
  Speaker 4: are no questions about his hands. And by the way,
• 33:09
  Speaker 4: he brought back a couple of those, including a big
• 33:11
  Speaker 4: one against usc to help Notre Dame in that rivalry game.
• 33:14
  Speaker 4: So I just I'm in love with Jadarian Price. Is
• 33:17
  Speaker 4: game adventure. A couple of edge rushers. Gay Bacchus from
• 33:22
  Speaker 4: Illinois just checks every box. He's six or four, he's
• 33:25
  Speaker 4: turning sixty five pounds. He's better against the run and
• 33:27
  Speaker 4: he is against the pass. But at the same time,
• 33:30
  Speaker 4: he led the Big Ten in sacks this past season
• 33:33
  Speaker 4: with eleven and twenty seven over his career, he's a
• 33:37
  Speaker 4: team captain. He has a four year standout. You know,
• 33:40
  Speaker 4: the same program, of course, the Illinois that devil Winterspoon
• 33:44
  Speaker 4: played at also a Florida State native. I just think
• 33:48
  Speaker 4: that that he is another one who if he doesn't
• 33:50
  Speaker 4: go on the late portion of the first round, he
• 33:53
  Speaker 4: certainly should be a top fifty selection. To me, he
• 33:56
  Speaker 4: just checks every boxer looking for. If you want a
• 33:59
  Speaker 4: guy who's a little bit last year, Zion Young for
• 34:02
  Speaker 4: Missouri is a little bit longer six foot six, two
• 34:05
  Speaker 4: hundred and sixty pounds, and it's probably even more violent
• 34:09
  Speaker 4: against the run, but he's a lesser passer and less
• 34:12
  Speaker 4: less passer passer rusher excuse me, and six and a
• 34:17
  Speaker 4: half sacks this past season, Chuck and I just don't
• 34:19
  Speaker 4: see that initial.
• 34:21
  Speaker 5: Burst to beat people with the speed.
• 34:23
  Speaker 4: Rush, and then you really see it when he has
• 34:25
  Speaker 4: to change directions and try to pursue writing quarterbacks. He
• 34:31
  Speaker 4: just lacks that acceleration to close. But he is physically violent,
• 34:37
  Speaker 4: and I think it's one of the things that certainly
• 34:40
  Speaker 4: that Mike McDonald and John Schneider have always prioritized. So
• 34:43
  Speaker 4: to me, those are the two edge rushers that we're
• 34:45
  Speaker 4: talking about at this point.
• 34:46
  Speaker 5: If you want to go.
• 34:47
  Speaker 4: Pure speed rush, if you want to just replace boy
• 34:50
  Speaker 4: MAF's burst, and I know you only had two sacks
• 34:53
  Speaker 4: last year, but he did create havoc off the edge
• 34:56
  Speaker 4: and forced quarterbacks and running backs up into the pocket
• 35:00
  Speaker 4: where the rest of the defensive line kind of swallow
• 35:02
  Speaker 4: them up. Our Mason Thomas from from Oklahoma is one
• 35:07
  Speaker 4: of my favorites. Casius Howel from Texas A and m
• 35:10
  Speaker 4: is another favorite that again, these are guys that are
• 35:12
  Speaker 4: more in that sixty two to six three two forty
• 35:14
  Speaker 4: five to two earn fifty pound range, but they are grease.
• 35:17
  Speaker 5: Lightning off the edge, so they would fit.
• 35:20
  Speaker 4: And I find the quarterback Chris Johnson San Diego State
• 35:24
  Speaker 4: is one of my favorites. Keith Abne from Arizona State.
• 35:27
  Speaker 4: They don't have elite size, so you're not going to
• 35:30
  Speaker 4: look for a Jarik Woolan type of a doppelganger, so
• 35:34
  Speaker 4: to speak, but they just play such fundamentally sound football
• 35:37
  Speaker 4: and they're scrappy. They like to play the run as
• 35:40
  Speaker 4: well as the pass, so again, you know, Chuck, I
• 35:43
  Speaker 4: see a lot of natural fits in this draft class
• 35:47
  Speaker 4: for John Scheider in the Seahawks, and that's why I'm
• 35:49
  Speaker 4: not overly concerned about the fact that they currently only
• 35:52
  Speaker 4: have the four selections. I don't think it's stick and
• 35:54
  Speaker 4: pick and be just fine. I think also think that
• 35:56
  Speaker 4: there is going to be some interest number thirty two
• 35:58
  Speaker 4: overall and if they're allowed to trade down, so that
• 36:01
  Speaker 4: just gives Josher that many more you know, chances out
• 36:05
  Speaker 4: to dartboard, so to speak, to make this into a
• 36:07
  Speaker 4: Super Bowl repeat candidate rather than just a Super Bowl champion.
• 36:12
  Speaker 2: Rob Rang is with us right here on Chucking Buck
• 36:14
  Speaker 2: in the Morning, our NFL Draft expert, right here in
• 36:17
  Speaker 2: time for the Draftmas holiday. It's our first conversation with
• 36:21
  Speaker 2: Rob this Draftmas season, and of course first of many
• 36:25
  Speaker 2: throughout our entire draft coverage here at Sports Radio ninety
• 36:28
  Speaker 2: three point three kJ R F M. Well, well done,
• 36:32
  Speaker 2: a nice breakdown of some of the guys that we
• 36:36
  Speaker 2: might be taking. Might be he here being taken by
• 36:39
  Speaker 2: John Schneider near the top of the draft. So let
• 36:43
  Speaker 2: me ask a national question. Then let me go to
• 36:46
  Speaker 2: the actual top of the draft. What's Rob Rang feel
• 36:49
  Speaker 2: about Fernando Mendoza? Do you have any questions at all
• 36:52
  Speaker 2: about the number one overall pick?
• 36:56
  Speaker 4: You know, I don't have questions, are really concerned learns
• 37:00
  Speaker 4: about Mendoza. I just don't know that he is the
• 37:03
  Speaker 4: elite quarterback prospect. You know, I did one of the
• 37:07
  Speaker 4: more enjoyable articles I did for Fox Sports here recently
• 37:10
  Speaker 4: is it's basically asked to compare Mendoza versus the grades
• 37:14
  Speaker 4: I had on quarterbacks drafted in the first round for
• 37:17
  Speaker 4: the last five years. And so this is not the
• 37:20
  Speaker 4: number one overall kind of a guy like a Caleb
• 37:23
  Speaker 4: Williams or even a Drake may some of the other
• 37:26
  Speaker 4: quarterbacks that we've seen come out in recent years. But
• 37:29
  Speaker 4: I had him ranked six among those quarterbacks, right behind
• 37:33
  Speaker 4: Jade and Daniels from Washington, who I had real reservations
• 37:36
  Speaker 4: about durability, and unfortunately we are seeing that come to
• 37:40
  Speaker 4: fruition here. I just think that Mendoza is a beautiful
• 37:44
  Speaker 4: fit in Clint Kobiac's offense with the Las Vegas Raiders.
• 37:48
  Speaker 4: I mentioned Las Vegas specifically just because it's Las Vegas,
• 37:52
  Speaker 4: you know, and I think that's some young millionaires could
• 37:56
  Speaker 4: struggle in that environment. And Mendoza has kind of squeaky
• 38:00
  Speaker 4: clean kind of background that I think is going to
• 38:03
  Speaker 4: make him a good fit from an intangible's perspective as
• 38:07
  Speaker 4: well as on the field. I see obviously, size six
• 38:10
  Speaker 4: foot five, two hundred and thirty five pounds. I see intelligence,
• 38:14
  Speaker 4: I see accuracy and anticipation.
• 38:17
  Speaker 5: He's got plenty of arm strength.
• 38:18
  Speaker 4: It's not a howitzer, He's not Matthew Stafford out there,
• 38:21
  Speaker 4: but he can throw every pass that you need. I
• 38:24
  Speaker 4: just think that the Raiders, frankly, have to do a
• 38:26
  Speaker 4: better job of making sure that he's got some weapons
• 38:28
  Speaker 4: around him. You know, they got two tight ends that
• 38:31
  Speaker 4: are spectacular, brock Bauers in particular, but Michael Myers a
• 38:34
  Speaker 4: good player as well.
• 38:36
  Speaker 5: I just don't that's not really.
• 38:38
  Speaker 2: Been his game.
• 38:38
  Speaker 4: I mean, Indiana didn't feature their tight ends. They featured
• 38:41
  Speaker 4: slot receivers and big guys on the outside that you
• 38:44
  Speaker 4: can throw the ball up and they can go up
• 38:46
  Speaker 4: and get it for him. So that is one concern
• 38:49
  Speaker 4: is that you have to just like most rookie quarterbacks,
• 38:52
  Speaker 4: you have to surround them with a little bit of talent.
• 38:55
  Speaker 4: The Raiders offensive line went through some serious changes upgrades
• 39:00
  Speaker 4: in the off season, but still same kind of thing.
• 39:02
  Speaker 4: I mean, he's it's kind of like the Arizona Cardinals
• 39:05
  Speaker 4: in the NFC West. The AFC West is absolutely loaded,
• 39:09
  Speaker 4: and you know, I just think that's expecting Fernando Mendoza
• 39:13
  Speaker 4: to come in and just be a savior for the Raiders.
• 39:16
  Speaker 4: I think is a little bit of a of a
• 39:18
  Speaker 4: big ask, but I do think that he is unquestionably
• 39:21
  Speaker 4: the top quarterback in his class.
• 39:23
  Speaker 2: All Right, well, h we have more conversations coming up,
• 39:26
  Speaker 2: but I want to know in our first conversation before
• 39:29
  Speaker 2: it wraps up, who is Rob Rang's favorite player in
• 39:33
  Speaker 2: this draft? Not necessarily the best, but somebody that you're
• 39:36
  Speaker 2: hanging your hat on and standing by even if others
• 39:41
  Speaker 2: don't see what you're seeing.
• 39:43
  Speaker 4: Well, I love that you phrase the question that way, Chuck,
• 39:47
  Speaker 4: Thank you, because I am eager to just kind of
• 39:50
  Speaker 4: talk about Caleb Downs the same. Yes, he is my
• 39:55
  Speaker 4: top rated player overall in this draft. And look, there's
• 39:59
  Speaker 4: never going to be a sing he's going to go
• 40:00
  Speaker 4: number one. I mean, that's just the way that the
• 40:03
  Speaker 4: NFL is geared.
• 40:04
  Speaker 5: But you know, it's just.
• 40:06
  Speaker 4: It's fairly low hanging fruit here. I mean, he was
• 40:08
  Speaker 4: the best player on the field for Alabama three years ago.
• 40:11
  Speaker 4: He was the best player on the field for the
• 40:13
  Speaker 4: National champion Buck.
• 40:14
  Speaker 5: Guys two years ago.
• 40:16
  Speaker 4: People criticize that he only had six interceptions in three seasons.
• 40:20
  Speaker 4: That's because people figure out really quickly, don't throw the
• 40:22
  Speaker 4: ball anywhere near number three. He is the cleanest open
• 40:26
  Speaker 4: field tackler of this draft class. He was asked to
• 40:28
  Speaker 4: be a putt returner ten times. He took two of
• 40:31
  Speaker 4: them back for touchdowns. So stop people, stop kicking the
• 40:34
  Speaker 4: ball in his direction, Chuck. I just think that he
• 40:37
  Speaker 4: is a future All Pro candidate. That again, it isn't
• 40:43
  Speaker 4: necessarily ever going to have the flashy numbers, but at
• 40:45
  Speaker 4: the same time, he's the kind of player that makes
• 40:48
  Speaker 4: the defense around him much better. We all saw the
• 40:51
  Speaker 4: impact that Julian Love had in his return to the
• 40:54
  Speaker 4: Seahawks a year ago. I think if there's a very
• 40:56
  Speaker 4: similar type of player here with Caleb Downs in that
• 41:00
  Speaker 4: this is the guy could play any position in the
• 41:02
  Speaker 4: defensive backfield, and he is not only a good athlete,
• 41:05
  Speaker 4: he's an incredibly intelligent player. To me, he is a
• 41:08
  Speaker 4: slam dunk top ten selection that they should wind up,
• 41:12
  Speaker 4: as they said, competing for All Pro honors early in
• 41:15
  Speaker 4: his NFL career.
• 41:16
  Speaker 2: We're seeing I'd eye on an awful lot of things,
• 41:19
  Speaker 2: Rob Rang That's why you know we are two of
• 41:22
  Speaker 2: the principal characters of the Draft miss Holiday that we
• 41:24
  Speaker 2: created here. At kJ R.
• 41:27
  Speaker 4: Well, I will certainly pick that as a compliment, sir,
• 41:29
  Speaker 4: because I certainly respect your opinion as a draft analyst
• 41:34
  Speaker 4: radio host. And you're looking pretty good, I must say.
• 41:37
  Speaker 5: On YouTube.
• 41:37
  Speaker 2: Well, sir, so how's that look? I got the pipe going,
• 41:40
  Speaker 2: I got the smoker's jacket here. I'm really trying to
• 41:43
  Speaker 2: get into the spirit of things. Is it working?
• 41:47
  Speaker 5: I think? So?
• 41:47
  Speaker 2: Okay, So okay, all right man, Well, I'm glad we
• 41:52
  Speaker 2: got this started. Can't wait to talk to you next
• 41:55
  Speaker 2: week and be a part of your life here for
• 41:59
  Speaker 2: the next few weeks. It's going to be.
• 42:00
  Speaker 5: Fun looking forward to us. Thanks so much for having me.
• 42:04
  Speaker 2: All right, Rob rang joining us right here on Chuck
• 42:07
  Speaker 2: and Buck in the morning. Uh, and so Rob's going
• 42:10
  Speaker 2: to be joining us every Tuesday at this time. We
• 42:13
  Speaker 2: really hit some of the big topics right there. Great stuff,
• 42:16
  Speaker 2: great breakdown, right out of the gate, Right out of
• 42:18
  Speaker 2: the gate. He's on his game. Jolly old Saint pe
• 42:24
  Speaker 2: Missus Piccolas got him in a good position, probably his best.
• 42:29
  Speaker 7: Some cookies, probably draft miss cookies.
• 42:32
  Speaker 2: Probably exactly that would go good with pipe smoke. There
• 42:37
  Speaker 2: you go, a little pipe tobacco, Yeah, little little pipe
• 42:41
  Speaker 2: Tobacca cookie.
• 42:42
  Speaker 8: Yeah, little sugar cookie and pipe tobacco yump delicious combo.
• 42:48
  Speaker 2: That really, a lot of companies have not taken advantage.
• 42:51
  Speaker 7: Of it, and you know they might be the ones
• 42:53
  Speaker 7: missing now fools.
• 42:55
  Speaker 2: All right, Uh, if you want to follow Rob, do
• 42:57
  Speaker 2: so at Rob rang there on X. That leads you
• 43:00
  Speaker 2: to all of his stuff that he's writing. He's even
• 43:02
  Speaker 2: got an article where he traded every single pick in
• 43:05
  Speaker 2: the first round of the draft just to be onre
• 43:08
  Speaker 2: So if you want to check that out, you can
• 43:10
  Speaker 2: do so if you follow Rob on X. Coming up next,
• 43:13
  Speaker 2: the Mariners are off to a four and seven start.
• 43:16
  Speaker 2: What state of mind are you in? I'll be very
• 43:19
  Speaker 2: clear about mind. Sports Radio ninety three point three KJRFM.
• 43:22
  Speaker 2: Buckis on Jed's last nerve. We all know that we
• 43:25
  Speaker 2: figured that out the last time we had him on
• 43:27
  Speaker 2: the show. That's right, So he's going to joy us today.
• 43:29
  Speaker 2: We'll talk some dub springball. I'm also going to put
• 43:31
  Speaker 2: coach Fish into a little bit of a draftness mood.
• 43:34
  Speaker 2: We're going to get some evaluation from some of the
• 43:36
  Speaker 2: Huskies that are going into the draft. So look forward
• 43:39
  Speaker 2: to chatting with the ball coach. I hope he wears
• 43:41
  Speaker 2: his visor today at eight o'clock. I'm just going to
• 43:44
  Speaker 2: picture it, even if he doesn't have it on. I'm
• 43:46
  Speaker 2: just I just picture him having an omelet with advisor on.
• 43:50
  Speaker 2: I mean purple omelet, purple omelet.
• 43:53
  Speaker 7: I'd go like a yellow or gold omelet with a
• 43:56
  Speaker 7: purple visor.
• 43:56
  Speaker 2: Oh there you go.
• 43:57
  Speaker 7: Yeah, that might.
• 43:58
  Speaker 2: Gold omelet with some purple like sweet potatoes in there
• 44:01
  Speaker 2: or something like that. Beats, yeah, probably a big beat eater.
• 44:05
  Speaker 7: Yeah, I do love beats, but you gotta be careful.
• 44:08
  Speaker 2: Well, the Mariners lose again yesterday, and they're just not
• 44:12
  Speaker 2: playing well. They lost two to one to the Texas Rangers.
• 44:16
  Speaker 2: I mentioned this a couple of times, but you know
• 44:18
  Speaker 2: you're in a slump. Win your pitcher goes out there
• 44:21
  Speaker 2: and he gives up just two runs and you can
• 44:23
  Speaker 2: only score one. And then the previous game, your offense
• 44:26
  Speaker 2: shows up and scores seven times for you, but your
• 44:28
  Speaker 2: pitching staff gives up eight, and no matter what you do,
• 44:32
  Speaker 2: it just feels like it's not enough. And that's where
• 44:35
  Speaker 2: they're at right now. They're a scuffling team. They're a
• 44:37
  Speaker 2: struggling team. They're a slumping team. They're a skidding team.
• 44:41
  Speaker 2: And this happens during the course of a Major League
• 44:43
  Speaker 2: baseball season. You just hate when it happens at the
• 44:46
  Speaker 2: beginning of the year because you're so excited, especially when
• 44:49
  Speaker 2: you have expectations. You just want to you can't wait
• 44:52
  Speaker 2: to see the team that you think is going to
• 44:55
  Speaker 2: be really good, and then your first taste of them
• 44:59
  Speaker 2: is they might not play this badly the rest of
• 45:02
  Speaker 2: the year. I mean, I can guarantee you this. There's
• 45:06
  Speaker 2: no way Josh Naylor's gonna finish the season in one fourteen.
• 45:09
  Speaker 2: There's no way that Josh or Julio Rodriguez is gonna
• 45:12
  Speaker 2: hit one forty three, And there's no way Cal's gonna
• 45:14
  Speaker 2: hit one forty three and yet a four and seven
• 45:18
  Speaker 2: record right now. That's what we're living with right now.
• 45:21
  Speaker 2: Some sloppy defense, some sloppy base running, and the heart
• 45:25
  Speaker 2: of the order just is not performing. And I know
• 45:29
  Speaker 2: that it will. If there wasn't a track record, I'd
• 45:31
  Speaker 2: say be worried about it. Josh Naylor has a history
• 45:36
  Speaker 2: of being a two eighty hitter. Basically, Cal's coming off
• 45:40
  Speaker 2: a historic season, and even before that was still an
• 45:43
  Speaker 2: All Star caliber catcher, and Julio whether you like him
• 45:47
  Speaker 2: or not, is considered the best center fielder in baseball
• 45:51
  Speaker 2: right now, and so those three guys just are all
• 45:55
  Speaker 2: slumping at the exact same time. I see signs of
• 45:58
  Speaker 2: Naylor hitting the ball hard, you just can't find a yeah,
• 46:00
  Speaker 2: And I see Julio having better at bats here and
• 46:05
  Speaker 2: also can't seem to find a whole cow to me,
• 46:08
  Speaker 2: looks like he's off, and yet last night he runs
• 46:12
  Speaker 2: into the one pitch that he knocks out of the ballpark,
• 46:15
  Speaker 2: So maybe that gets him going as well, But I
• 46:19
  Speaker 2: just don't think it's indicative of what we're going to
• 46:22
  Speaker 2: see this baseball season. And losing a third game in
• 46:25
  Speaker 2: a row, falling from four to six to four to seven,
• 46:29
  Speaker 2: guess what, doesn't change my opinion about the team at all.
• 46:33
  Speaker 2: I'm not any more convinced in the narrative that this
• 46:37
  Speaker 2: team was overrated at the beginning of the year. I wasn't.
• 46:41
  Speaker 2: I'm no more convinced of that today than I was yesterday.
• 46:44
  Speaker 2: So I'm just gonna tell you, I'm an it's early guy.
• 46:48
  Speaker 2: It's early, and they're going to figure this out.
• 46:50
  Speaker 8: Yeah, I think they're going to figure it out as well.
• 46:52
  Speaker 8: And unfortunately for Mariners fans.
• 46:54
  Speaker 7: I get it.
• 46:55
  Speaker 8: It's frustrating when we have to start because you are
• 46:57
  Speaker 8: so excited, especially coming off last year going to the
• 46:59
  Speaker 8: ALCU Games seven. You're thinking, all right, this year, we're
• 47:02
  Speaker 8: gonna come out strong. This is gonna be different, and
• 47:04
  Speaker 8: then it's not different. But a slow start does not
• 47:07
  Speaker 8: mean you're gonna have a bad season. In twenty twenty one,
• 47:11
  Speaker 8: they started out three and four, they won ninety games.
• 47:13
  Speaker 8: In twenty twenty two, they started out two and four,
• 47:15
  Speaker 8: won ninety games. In twenty twenty three they started out
• 47:18
  Speaker 8: four and eight won eighty eight games. And last year
• 47:20
  Speaker 8: they started out four and eight and won ninety games
• 47:23
  Speaker 8: like you can have.
• 47:24
  Speaker 2: Unfortunately, we just we're slow.
• 47:26
  Speaker 8: Starting to have a slow start, and I wish there
• 47:28
  Speaker 8: was a way to change it, but it doesn't have
• 47:30
  Speaker 8: any bearing on how.
• 47:31
  Speaker 7: The rest of the season will go.
• 47:33
  Speaker 2: Last year started at four and eight with a team
• 47:35
  Speaker 2: that had a lot more holes and a lot more
• 47:36
  Speaker 2: question marks and concerns than what this roster has, and
• 47:41
  Speaker 2: so you know, you had to dig out. They're always
• 47:44
  Speaker 2: digging out of holes, and they certainly dug out of
• 47:46
  Speaker 2: more dramatic lost situation they did just a year ago. Uh,
• 47:52
  Speaker 2: then what this is eleven games into the year. I mean,
• 47:54
  Speaker 2: there's just no reason to worry at this point. I
• 47:58
  Speaker 2: mean criticize, there's reasons to be critical. The team's not
• 48:02
  Speaker 2: playing well. I don't like there at bats. I think
• 48:04
  Speaker 2: they've been sloppy defensively. I think Leo Reovas has been
• 48:07
  Speaker 2: given this extended opportunity to show people he deserves more
• 48:10
  Speaker 2: playing time and he's playing like an idiot out on
• 48:13
  Speaker 2: the on the field right now. And I love that kid.
• 48:16
  Speaker 2: He's outstanding. He's been outstanding when given opportunities in the past.
• 48:20
  Speaker 2: But you've got to pull your head out of your
• 48:22
  Speaker 2: butts on, you know, if you if you're going to
• 48:25
  Speaker 2: stick on this roster, Miles Master Boney's going to be
• 48:28
  Speaker 2: healthy at some point, and right now you're playing your
• 48:30
  Speaker 2: way right back down to Tacoma when you were given
• 48:32
  Speaker 2: an opportunity to show everybody you know what you can
• 48:35
  Speaker 2: do because of injury. Right now, I'm concerned about the
• 48:41
  Speaker 2: that this organization just I don't know if they just
• 48:44
  Speaker 2: are cursed. They can't find guys to hit left handed pitching,
• 48:48
  Speaker 2: and they've had all sorts of them with resumes. Pollock
• 48:52
  Speaker 2: at an excellent resume. Garber at an excellent resume against
• 48:56
  Speaker 2: left handed pitching, even Donovan Solano as week a signing,
• 49:02
  Speaker 2: as that was an offseason ago, he done nothing but
• 49:05
  Speaker 2: hit left handers and throughout his entire career, but even
• 49:09
  Speaker 2: more recently in the last couple of seasons, ref Snyder's
• 49:13
  Speaker 2: in the same group still doesn't have a hit. You
• 49:15
  Speaker 2: bring him off the bench, can't get the job done
• 49:17
  Speaker 2: in a big moment where you need him to put
• 49:19
  Speaker 2: the ball in play, strikes out. I mean, it is
• 49:22
  Speaker 2: just hair pulling ly frustrating to watch this year in
• 49:25
  Speaker 2: and year out. I don't know what it is now.
• 49:28
  Speaker 2: On the other side of things before, we're too rough
• 49:30
  Speaker 2: on ref Sniders and Roeblaze of the world. We're not
• 49:33
  Speaker 2: hitting righties either. I mean, we actually have a worse
• 49:37
  Speaker 2: batting average against right handers than we do against left handers.
• 49:40
  Speaker 2: But we are creating a little more juice between Ralegh
• 49:45
  Speaker 2: and can Zone than obviously what Roeblaze and ref Snyder are,
• 49:50
  Speaker 2: and so I mean it's just there. Only they are
• 49:53
  Speaker 2: only one team worse and all of baseball right now
• 49:56
  Speaker 2: offensively than what the Mariners are. I just am not
• 49:59
  Speaker 2: buying that it's going to continue. And I'm not a gambler,
• 50:03
  Speaker 2: but I'll bet money on it. I mean, for all
• 50:05
  Speaker 2: of those that are already eleven games into the season,
• 50:08
  Speaker 2: jumping off the bandwagon, it is just an unnecessary practice
• 50:12
  Speaker 2: and you're just gonna have to climb back on here
• 50:14
  Speaker 2: in the very near future. I see a lot of
• 50:17
  Speaker 2: reasons to think that all of our predictions were sound.
• 50:21
  Speaker 2: I just did not see all three of our best
• 50:24
  Speaker 2: hitters hitting this poorly at the same time in any
• 50:29
  Speaker 2: part of the year, much less the first eleven games
• 50:32
  Speaker 2: of the season. It's just hard to describe.
• 50:34
  Speaker 8: Right well, and you're gonna We've brought this up before.
• 50:37
  Speaker 8: You're gonna have slumps throughout the season. This isn't going
• 50:39
  Speaker 8: to be the only time this year that they're gonna
• 50:41
  Speaker 8: have a slump. It's just frustrating to have it starting
• 50:43
  Speaker 8: the year when you started, you know, when everybody was
• 50:46
  Speaker 8: having such promise coming out of spring training. I don't
• 50:48
  Speaker 8: think it's gonna last. I think they're going to figure
• 50:51
  Speaker 8: things out soon, very soon, rather than later. I think
• 50:54
  Speaker 8: I think in the next week, which feels like forever. Uh,
• 50:58
  Speaker 8: they're gonna be playing a lot better. And I would
• 51:02
  Speaker 8: especially offensively. It's just it's an aggravating thing to watch.
• 51:05
  Speaker 7: It really is.
• 51:06
  Speaker 2: I understand, very aggravating.
• 51:07
  Speaker 7: And I wish it was different.
• 51:09
  Speaker 8: But you know, a baseball season is a roller coaster,
• 51:12
  Speaker 8: and as a Mariners fan, the baseball season seems to
• 51:15
  Speaker 8: be like a mega roller coaster.
• 51:16
  Speaker 7: It's it's higher highs and lower lows.
• 51:18
  Speaker 2: Yeah, this roller coaster right now needs some mechanical work
• 51:24
  Speaker 2: done to it. It feels like it's not just a
• 51:26
  Speaker 2: boring ride. Something just seems a little bit.
• 51:28
  Speaker 7: Off, a little jerky as we're going up to the top.
• 51:30
  Speaker 2: But I think we've got monkey wrenches over there at
• 51:33
  Speaker 2: Tea Mobile, and so we'll tighten a couple of lug
• 51:36
  Speaker 2: nuts and get this thing humming again. And I have
• 51:40
  Speaker 2: every confidence that that's going to happen. And then the
• 51:42
  Speaker 2: last thing I had just point out on this conversation
• 51:45
  Speaker 2: because I don't want to give these speeches every day.
• 51:47
  Speaker 2: I don't want to have to pull people out of
• 51:48
  Speaker 2: the quagmire with their early season baseball depression. I don't
• 51:54
  Speaker 2: want to just keep sounding like, you know, the it's
• 51:57
  Speaker 2: early guy. Even though I am one proud member of
• 52:00
  Speaker 2: the club. I don't want to do this every single day.
• 52:03
  Speaker 2: But I do want to just point out, and I
• 52:06
  Speaker 2: did this earlier in the show, the Blue Jays are
• 52:08
  Speaker 2: four and six and playing far worse baseball than what
• 52:10
  Speaker 2: the Mariners are right now. They got absolutely crushed by
• 52:13
  Speaker 2: the Dodgers yesterday, they got swept by the White Sox
• 52:16
  Speaker 2: in the previous series. They even lost a series to
• 52:18
  Speaker 2: the Colorado Rockies. Those are two organizations that have basically
• 52:24
  Speaker 2: been the two worst teams in baseball history the last
• 52:28
  Speaker 2: two years, and they lost five out of six games
• 52:30
  Speaker 2: to those two teams. So if you think the Blue
• 52:35
  Speaker 2: Jays aren't a threat in the American League, I think
• 52:39
  Speaker 2: you're being foolish. And if you do believe they still
• 52:43
  Speaker 2: are a threat and just going through a rough time,
• 52:46
  Speaker 2: then why can't you apply that to your own favorite
• 52:49
  Speaker 2: baseball team that you root for. This stuff happens every
• 52:54
  Speaker 2: baseball season. The Blue Jays are not going to be
• 52:57
  Speaker 2: this bad for much longer, and neither are the Mayor
• 53:00
  Speaker 2: bottom line.
• 53:01
  Speaker 8: Yeah, and that is the question, why can't you apply
• 53:03
  Speaker 8: it to the Mariners? I mean, also, if we would
• 53:05
  Speaker 8: be applying it to the Mariners, if the Mariners had
• 53:08
  Speaker 8: lost to the White Sox and the Rockies and series.
• 53:11
  Speaker 8: We'd be saying, oh my god, hmm, oh, that's the worst.
• 53:14
  Speaker 8: Everybody would be so angry, like more angry than they
• 53:16
  Speaker 8: are right now. We have no problem comparing it that way.
• 53:19
  Speaker 8: We just can't compare it in terms of the positives.
• 53:22
  Speaker 2: All right, Coming up next, North Carolina's made its coaching hire,
• 53:26
  Speaker 2: and I think there's a very interesting thing beyond just
• 53:31
  Speaker 2: who they hired that's going on there in college sports.
• 53:35
  Speaker 2: We'll talk about in next Sports Radio ninety three point
• 53:37
  Speaker 2: three KJRFM eight o'clock hour here on this lovely Tuesday
• 53:54
  Speaker 2: morning and the Pacific Northwest. Good to have you with us.
• 53:57
  Speaker 2: My name is Chuck Powell. Ashley Ryan's here as well well.
• 54:00
  Speaker 2: No Bucky Jacobson today, and so we press on into
• 54:05
  Speaker 2: our third hour here on this Tuesday morning. Jetfish is
• 54:09
  Speaker 2: getting set to join us here on the program that's
• 54:12
  Speaker 2: right coming up on May first, you got dogs after
• 54:15
  Speaker 2: dark six point thirty as our first look at them.
• 54:19
  Speaker 2: But spring ball started, it's already underway, and so why
• 54:23
  Speaker 2: not just go straight to the horse when you need
• 54:27
  Speaker 2: when you need some information, and so we bring on
• 54:29
  Speaker 2: the ball coach right now. Jetfish joins us right here
• 54:33
  Speaker 2: on Chuck and Buck in the morning. Good morning coach,
• 54:36
  Speaker 2: Good morning Chuck.
• 54:36
  Speaker 10: How we doing, man?
• 54:37
  Speaker 2: I'm doing all right? How are you? How are things going?
• 54:41
  Speaker 10: I'm doing great. Day four practice today, so it should
• 54:46
  Speaker 10: be supposed to clear up nicely in another beautiful day. Yeah,
• 54:50
  Speaker 10: Saturday was a beautiful day. So we we're excited to
• 54:53
  Speaker 10: get back out on the field. All right.
• 54:54
  Speaker 2: Well, I want to talk about all things Husky football.
• 54:57
  Speaker 2: But I always close all of our conversation about asking
• 55:01
  Speaker 2: about your dining preferences around holidays, so I want to
• 55:04
  Speaker 2: start with it. So for Easter, are you just a
• 55:08
  Speaker 2: ham guy? H Do you go like egg salad? And
• 55:11
  Speaker 2: do you just gnaw on like a three foot tall
• 55:13
  Speaker 2: chocolate bunny all day long? What do you do?
• 55:19
  Speaker 5: What did I do?
• 55:20
  Speaker 2: Very egg guy?
• 55:22
  Speaker 10: I love egg salad, but I didn't I think that.
• 55:25
  Speaker 10: My daughter and I had a little at our.
• 55:28
  Speaker 6: Own Easter brunch.
• 55:29
  Speaker 10: Je he came up to visit and we were We
• 55:34
  Speaker 10: had a great brunch over at Joey's in Bellevue, and
• 55:37
  Speaker 10: then we went to play tennis. So we had a
• 55:40
  Speaker 10: great afternoon.
• 55:41
  Speaker 2: There you go, all right? Good to hear?
• 55:43
  Speaker 10: Uh?
• 55:43
  Speaker 2: Well, let's talk some Husky football and I'm hearing a
• 55:47
  Speaker 2: lot about how freshmen are getting a long look at
• 55:51
  Speaker 2: Husky spring practice. Is that customary for you? I mean this,
• 55:56
  Speaker 2: the games don't count. Let's get him some reps where
• 55:59
  Speaker 2: we can. Or is it a sign of things to come?
• 56:01
  Speaker 2: Do you have some freshmen that are going to see
• 56:03
  Speaker 2: a lot of playing time this year in your Crystal ball?
• 56:08
  Speaker 10: Yeah? I mean it's you know, it's customary for me
• 56:12
  Speaker 10: and for our coaching staff to make sure that we're
• 56:16
  Speaker 10: giving everybody an opportunity if they're good enough to play
• 56:19
  Speaker 10: and not get wrapped up and how long they've been
• 56:22
  Speaker 10: here or how old they are. So some of the
• 56:25
  Speaker 10: freshmen that we have here that just joined the program
• 56:29
  Speaker 10: in January are in a position to make a huge
• 56:33
  Speaker 10: impact for us this coming season. In order to do that,
• 56:36
  Speaker 10: we got to see him practice and we got to
• 56:38
  Speaker 10: see them participate. And I believe we have twenty two
• 56:45
  Speaker 10: freshmen that are here already in January participating in spring ball.
• 56:49
  Speaker 10: And then you know, you've got a lot of red
• 56:51
  Speaker 10: shirt freshmen, a lot of guys that were here one
• 56:54
  Speaker 10: year last year. So we're a young we're a young
• 56:56
  Speaker 10: team in a lot of areas. We probably we probably
• 57:00
  Speaker 10: have fifty or so players under twenty, so maybe maybe
• 57:05
  Speaker 10: even more than that nineteen and eighteen years old, so
• 57:09
  Speaker 10: we're we're giving them all the opportunities to go play.
• 57:12
  Speaker 2: There was also another story about an incident that occurred.
• 57:15
  Speaker 2: It sounds like Jordan Washington is fine, but I would
• 57:18
  Speaker 2: just ask a two part question, how is he? And
• 57:22
  Speaker 2: then secondly, what does that running back room look like
• 57:26
  Speaker 2: as it's currently constructed for you.
• 57:30
  Speaker 10: Yeah, Jordan's doing well and right now, but you know
• 57:35
  Speaker 10: it's there's gonna be some rehab and recovery involved here,
• 57:39
  Speaker 10: so we're gonna not see him the rest of spring. Okay,
• 57:43
  Speaker 10: so we'll our running back room will be consistent of
• 57:49
  Speaker 10: Quaid car and then Brian Bonner and then Julian and
• 57:55
  Speaker 10: Ansue and rayk and Moon and that group, and well
• 58:00
  Speaker 10: we're gonna you know, we we also have two guys
• 58:02
  Speaker 10: we brought in the portal and Trey Cooley and Jayden
• 58:04
  Speaker 10: Lamar that are both going to be clear to participate
• 58:07
  Speaker 10: come June, so in training camp we should have a
• 58:11
  Speaker 10: full deck, but not until then. So it's gonna be
• 58:16
  Speaker 10: a great opportunity for these young running backs to get
• 58:20
  Speaker 10: a lot of more reps than they ever would have
• 58:22
  Speaker 10: jumped from getting.
• 58:22
  Speaker 2: Yeah, and and on a great opportunity this year for Washington.
• 58:25
  Speaker 2: I mean, his speed just showed up. I mean it
• 58:28
  Speaker 2: was so obvious. You always like a comment out there
• 58:30
  Speaker 2: on the on the field a year ago, but you know,
• 58:33
  Speaker 2: you lose it, Jonah Coleman. You also lost Mohammed and
• 58:39
  Speaker 2: so is the path clear for Jordan Washington to be
• 58:43
  Speaker 2: that guy to be the guy in your backfield this year?
• 58:47
  Speaker 10: Well, uh no, I'm not ready to say that. You know,
• 58:50
  Speaker 10: first of all, we got to make you know, we
• 58:51
  Speaker 10: got to see Jordan's health before anything, before we make
• 58:55
  Speaker 10: any decisions. Secondly, you know, Quaid car I felt like
• 59:01
  Speaker 10: he's exceptionally an exceptional talent. I thought we we absolutely
• 59:08
  Speaker 10: got very lucky. And now that at the same time,
• 59:11
  Speaker 10: we got him at the very very.
• 59:12
  Speaker 6: End of recruiting, and I believe.
• 59:13
  Speaker 10: That he's a special talent as a runner. Uh Then
• 59:19
  Speaker 10: on top of that, you know, we have to see
• 59:21
  Speaker 10: my my hope is that Jaden Lamar is everything that
• 59:26
  Speaker 10: I felt he was coming out of high school and
• 59:29
  Speaker 10: we tried to get you know, Jaden was our top
• 59:31
  Speaker 10: guy on the recruiting board. And when we the year
• 59:36
  Speaker 10: after Jonah. So you know, my hope is that he
• 59:40
  Speaker 10: you know, even though he didn't pick us first time around,
• 59:43
  Speaker 10: hopefully this time around he's our guy. So, you know,
• 59:46
  Speaker 10: we've got Jaden and then I think Tray Cooley had
• 59:50
  Speaker 10: a fantastic freshman year and junior year at both Louisville
• 59:54
  Speaker 10: and Georgia Tech, and we're going to need something out
• 59:56
  Speaker 10: of him as well. And and then we'll see, you
• 59:59
  Speaker 10: know what, Brian Bonner and and then hopefully, obviously depending
• 1:00:03
  Speaker 10: on how Jordan's doing, how much we can get out
• 1:00:06
  Speaker 10: of Jordan.
• 1:00:07
  Speaker 2: Jet Fish is with US head ball coach of the
• 1:00:09
  Speaker 2: Washington Huskies football program, of course, joining us here on
• 1:00:12
  Speaker 2: the program. Spring ball coming up Dogs after Dark or
• 1:00:16
  Speaker 2: spring ball is happening? Dogs after Dark is coming up
• 1:00:20
  Speaker 2: on May first. We'll talk more about that in a moment.
• 1:00:23
  Speaker 2: Speaking of the physicality, what's your general rule on how
• 1:00:27
  Speaker 2: physical you like to see spring practice? And then I
• 1:00:31
  Speaker 2: would expand on that. There's a lot of talk about
• 1:00:33
  Speaker 2: moving spring practice around into the future. What would be
• 1:00:37
  Speaker 2: your ideal time to have it?
• 1:00:41
  Speaker 10: Yeah, you know, the it's such an interesting conversation on
• 1:00:47
  Speaker 10: the NFL, there's no physicality in the spring, Yeah, the
• 1:00:50
  Speaker 10: only physicality that occurs is in training camp in the games.
• 1:00:55
  Speaker 10: I still think this is a developmental league. I don't
• 1:00:58
  Speaker 10: know if we're prepared to just take on the approach
• 1:01:02
  Speaker 10: of no pads in the summer, had no pads until
• 1:01:06
  Speaker 10: training camp, you know, like the NFL does. And if
• 1:01:09
  Speaker 10: you push it too late, you can't really go with pads.
• 1:01:13
  Speaker 10: So I, you know, I probably am on the side
• 1:01:16
  Speaker 10: of I think this is about as late as you
• 1:01:20
  Speaker 10: can practice in pads, which is what we're doing right
• 1:01:23
  Speaker 10: now in April. If you go too early, you know,
• 1:01:27
  Speaker 10: I feel like it's a little close to the end
• 1:01:28
  Speaker 10: of the season. If you go too late, I think
• 1:01:31
  Speaker 10: you're at a risk of too much, you know, injury
• 1:01:35
  Speaker 10: that can affect early part.
• 1:01:36
  Speaker 5: Of the season.
• 1:01:37
  Speaker 10: So I am more on the side of if we're
• 1:01:40
  Speaker 10: gonna keep springball as spring ball, which I'm totally fine with,
• 1:01:45
  Speaker 10: you know, we should keep it under the same rules
• 1:01:46
  Speaker 10: and regulations as it's always been. If we're going to
• 1:01:50
  Speaker 10: adjust it then and go to an NFL model, then
• 1:01:53
  Speaker 10: we need to go to an NFL an NFL model
• 1:01:57
  Speaker 10: regarding what we're wearing gear wise, and and I do
• 1:02:00
  Speaker 10: believe we're gonna we're gonna have some really, really, really
• 1:02:03
  Speaker 10: bad tackling in September. We're gonna have some really really
• 1:02:06
  Speaker 10: bad run games in September, and by the time everything
• 1:02:10
  Speaker 10: gets good, I believe you're gonna be looking at not
• 1:02:14
  Speaker 10: nearly the type of product that we're accustomed to.
• 1:02:18
  Speaker 2: Are we that close to a decision on this, on
• 1:02:20
  Speaker 2: how this is gonna look in the future, because I
• 1:02:23
  Speaker 2: would imagine for a head coach, it's kind of frustrating
• 1:02:26
  Speaker 2: to not know how this is going to be handled
• 1:02:29
  Speaker 2: in future years.
• 1:02:31
  Speaker 10: Well, I think you know, I've said r Ad and
• 1:02:35
  Speaker 10: I've said to others within the league circles, is we
• 1:02:40
  Speaker 10: change every year on what the new rules are. Right now,
• 1:02:45
  Speaker 10: it is we are not in a place where we
• 1:02:48
  Speaker 10: have any consistency regarding the transfer portal, regarding how we're
• 1:02:54
  Speaker 10: going to practice, regarding the way rules are going to
• 1:02:56
  Speaker 10: be officiated. So we have to make this a a
• 1:03:01
  Speaker 10: every year it's own entity. You know, you got to
• 1:03:05
  Speaker 10: microwave your team together. You don't have the time to
• 1:03:08
  Speaker 10: you know, preheat the oven. So with all of that
• 1:03:11
  Speaker 10: being the case, if at the end of the season
• 1:03:14
  Speaker 10: they come to me and they say, next year, we're
• 1:03:17
  Speaker 10: gonna you know, we're going to practice with no pads on,
• 1:03:21
  Speaker 10: and it's going to be in June and we'll adjust then.
• 1:03:24
  Speaker 10: But right now, we're focusing on getting our team as
• 1:03:28
  Speaker 10: prepared as we can to have a great spring game
• 1:03:30
  Speaker 10: on May one. I'm hopeful that we're going to be
• 1:03:35
  Speaker 10: able to have the type of spring game that I've
• 1:03:38
  Speaker 10: had the last five years as a head coach, which
• 1:03:40
  Speaker 10: is one in which it's physical, one of which we tackle,
• 1:03:45
  Speaker 10: one of which we split the teams in half, one
• 1:03:48
  Speaker 10: of which we go through a game sequence. And you know,
• 1:03:54
  Speaker 10: as long as we can stay healthy for these next
• 1:03:56
  Speaker 10: ten sessions, that's what we're going to do.
• 1:03:58
  Speaker 2: And how important is it to or Husky fans to
• 1:04:02
  Speaker 2: be a part of this This Dog's after Dark in
• 1:04:06
  Speaker 2: Jed Fish's book, I mean, how much do you urge
• 1:04:09
  Speaker 2: people to come out and be a part of this
• 1:04:12
  Speaker 2: to make this Husky to grow this Husky program.
• 1:04:17
  Speaker 5: I love it.
• 1:04:18
  Speaker 10: I wanted to be I wanted to be packed. Yeah,
• 1:04:21
  Speaker 10: I mean, I don't know. I have memories of my
• 1:04:24
  Speaker 10: college experience and going out to the Orange and Blue
• 1:04:26
  Speaker 10: game and there was fifty six fifty thousand people, sixty
• 1:04:30
  Speaker 10: thousand people at the Orange and Blue game, the coaching
• 1:04:33
  Speaker 10: staff was split in half. I have taken the exact
• 1:04:38
  Speaker 10: playbook of coach Spurrier on how to run a spring game,
• 1:04:43
  Speaker 10: and we do that to a t exactly how we
• 1:04:46
  Speaker 10: did it at nineteen ninety eight, nineteen ninety nine, two thousand,
• 1:04:51
  Speaker 10: and that's what we're doing still currently today. So I
• 1:04:55
  Speaker 10: thought it was the most fun, you know, I was,
• 1:04:58
  Speaker 10: whether I was a student not a involved in football,
• 1:05:00
  Speaker 10: or whether it was involved in football.
• 1:05:03
  Speaker 5: It was.
• 1:05:04
  Speaker 10: The spring game was such a great Saturday afternoon or
• 1:05:08
  Speaker 10: Friday evening in ourcades for a couple hours and just
• 1:05:12
  Speaker 10: see your football team, go watch a game. I mean,
• 1:05:15
  Speaker 10: don't we all miss football? So you get a chance
• 1:05:18
  Speaker 10: to go watch it, and then when when it's over,
• 1:05:21
  Speaker 10: you go back to your usual summer and spring routine
• 1:05:24
  Speaker 10: and then pick it back up in the fall.
• 1:05:27
  Speaker 2: Jeed Fish is with US Husky's head football coach, Dogs
• 1:05:31
  Speaker 2: after Dark coming up May first, six thirty, and of
• 1:05:33
  Speaker 2: course we'll cover it right here on the flagship Sports
• 1:05:35
  Speaker 2: Radio ninety three point three KJRFM. Well, obviously an interesting
• 1:05:39
  Speaker 2: offseason story with your quarterback, demand Williams Junior. Wherey is
• 1:05:43
  Speaker 2: he right now? His headspace is his practices. How do
• 1:05:47
  Speaker 2: you feel about demon right now?
• 1:05:50
  Speaker 10: Isn't a great place. We've had three really good practices.
• 1:05:55
  Speaker 10: You know, he's been he's been great in the meeting room.
• 1:05:58
  Speaker 10: I've gotten to be a lot more involved in the
• 1:06:01
  Speaker 10: day to day QB meetings, which has been so much
• 1:06:04
  Speaker 10: fun to be around him more in that regard and
• 1:06:08
  Speaker 10: continue to work with him on the overall game of
• 1:06:12
  Speaker 10: football and then the overall game of life. He's just
• 1:06:15
  Speaker 10: been with Tea and his teammates and there was a
• 1:06:18
  Speaker 10: big the quarterbacks all had Easter brunch together and then
• 1:06:22
  Speaker 10: all went to church together and it was some great pictures.
• 1:06:26
  Speaker 10: They all went out golfing on Saturday afternoon after we practiced,
• 1:06:30
  Speaker 10: And I think there's an incredible bond right now within
• 1:06:34
  Speaker 10: that quarterback room and uh and with our team, and
• 1:06:38
  Speaker 10: it's really it's really great to see it.
• 1:06:40
  Speaker 2: What, if anything, do you think he learned from that entire.
• 1:06:44
  Speaker 10: Ordeal That he's under an enormous microscope, and that when
• 1:06:51
  Speaker 10: you're the face of a franchise or when you're somebody
• 1:06:58
  Speaker 10: that is taking on a lot of you know, financial compensation,
• 1:07:03
  Speaker 10: but also team responsibility, that your decisions are going to
• 1:07:08
  Speaker 10: have you know, major ramifications, so really take a deep
• 1:07:12
  Speaker 10: breath and you know, aim twice, shoot once.
• 1:07:16
  Speaker 6: And I think, uh, you know, I think for him it.
• 1:07:21
  Speaker 10: Was just a matter of like, all right, let me
• 1:07:23
  Speaker 10: wrap my head around what's happening, let me understand the situation,
• 1:07:27
  Speaker 10: and rather than just react or feel the pressure of others,
• 1:07:32
  Speaker 10: and just recognize, like, hey, you know, you've had some
• 1:07:35
  Speaker 10: really good advice in your life, and then you've had
• 1:07:38
  Speaker 10: some not so good advice, and you've got to be
• 1:07:40
  Speaker 10: able to separate the two and recognize that, you know,
• 1:07:45
  Speaker 10: you're you're in a really good situation right now. And
• 1:07:48
  Speaker 10: I think he did realize that, he has realized that.
• 1:07:52
  Speaker 10: I'm so impressed with his growth. And you know, we
• 1:07:57
  Speaker 10: had Mike McDonald here this past weekend. We had good
• 1:08:00
  Speaker 10: Joe Barry, Chris Furster, I'm all on our coaching clinic
• 1:08:03
  Speaker 10: and all on our practice on Saturday, coaches from four
• 1:08:06
  Speaker 10: different NFL teams, and just watching him in a rack,
• 1:08:10
  Speaker 10: watching him run up, introduce himself, shake their hand, looked
• 1:08:14
  Speaker 10: him in the eye, you know, not have to be
• 1:08:16
  Speaker 10: sought after. I thought it was a pretty cool thing
• 1:08:18
  Speaker 10: to just watch his growth.
• 1:08:20
  Speaker 2: Well in our last couple of minutes, if you don't mind,
• 1:08:23
  Speaker 2: I'm gonna turn you into analyst. We do a lot
• 1:08:26
  Speaker 2: on the NFL Draft on this show, and so you've
• 1:08:29
  Speaker 2: got a little bit of insight into the three guys
• 1:08:31
  Speaker 2: I'm going to ask you about. Tell me about Denzel Boston,
• 1:08:34
  Speaker 2: the NFL draft prospect.
• 1:08:38
  Speaker 10: Yeah, you know, I think that he's absolutely a very
• 1:08:43
  Speaker 10: high level starter in the NFL once he gets in there,
• 1:08:47
  Speaker 10: and he's going to be one of the top two receivers.
• 1:08:50
  Speaker 6: On any given teams.
• 1:08:51
  Speaker 10: So when guys are looking for a receiver in the draft,
• 1:08:55
  Speaker 10: they're going to find somebody that understands NFL systems, stands,
• 1:09:01
  Speaker 10: you know, how to be coached in a system that's
• 1:09:04
  Speaker 10: being used probably around sixteen teams around the league, and
• 1:09:09
  Speaker 10: a big, physical, talk wide receiver that's gonna have a
• 1:09:11
  Speaker 10: ton of production.
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  Speaker 6: So I'm excited about seeing where he gets up.
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  Speaker 2: Jonah Coleman.
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  Speaker 10: Oh Man high, highest quality of person you could ever find. Smart,
• 1:09:24
  Speaker 10: gets it, great teammate, loves loves the game of football.
• 1:09:30
  Speaker 10: Will certainly bring value in all assets on all phases
• 1:09:35
  Speaker 10: I should say, in uh, pass protection, in past catching,
• 1:09:39
  Speaker 10: and in running the football. He's one of the best
• 1:09:42
  Speaker 10: running backs in this year's draft, and somebody's going to
• 1:09:45
  Speaker 10: be very lucky to get him on their team.
• 1:09:47
  Speaker 2: Seahawks, guy have a hole. I mean, did you talk
• 1:09:49
  Speaker 2: to McDonald about that when he was over there? I
• 1:09:54
  Speaker 2: take the fifth, all right.
• 1:09:57
  Speaker 10: I know, anybody that'll listen about Jonah.
• 1:10:00
  Speaker 2: I'll give you one more, one more ta Carrio Davis
• 1:10:03
  Speaker 2: all that length at cornerback. I mean, the NFL now
• 1:10:06
  Speaker 2: loves its long cornerbacks. How good will Davis be at
• 1:10:09
  Speaker 2: the next level, do you think?
• 1:10:11
  Speaker 10: Yeah, both to Carrio and Ephesians. You know, I've had
• 1:10:14
  Speaker 10: them both for had them both for four years and
• 1:10:17
  Speaker 10: they both committed with us in twenty twenty two and
• 1:10:23
  Speaker 10: came to Arizona. And these guys are a special special players.
• 1:10:27
  Speaker 10: And you wanted six foot four corner that runs four
• 1:10:31
  Speaker 10: four five four four, one that can you know, make
• 1:10:34
  Speaker 10: plays on the ball and it's very hard to complete
• 1:10:36
  Speaker 10: go balls against. I think both those guys are going
• 1:10:38
  Speaker 10: to be drafted in the first four rounds, and I'm
• 1:10:42
  Speaker 10: hopeful that, you know, one of them may be in
• 1:10:44
  Speaker 10: the first two rounds. So I really am holding out
• 1:10:48
  Speaker 10: hope that to Cario has continues to shine, and I
• 1:10:52
  Speaker 10: know that price socket is going to be a phenomenal
• 1:10:54
  Speaker 10: corner as well.
• 1:10:55
  Speaker 2: All right, well you're hired. We're going to do a
• 1:10:57
  Speaker 2: draft segment every day at six. Are you good with that?
• 1:11:01
  Speaker 2: Coming in studio and doing that with us.
• 1:11:03
  Speaker 10: I gotta be ready for spring, Bob.
• 1:11:05
  Speaker 6: But if you ever draft, you call.
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  Speaker 2: All right, well, have a great spring, enjoy it all.
• 1:11:13
  Speaker 2: Thank you very much for your time this morning. We
• 1:11:15
  Speaker 2: appreciate it, and we'll talk again soon.
• 1:11:17
  Speaker 6: Thanks.
• 1:11:18
  Speaker 2: All right, there he is Jetfish joining us right here
• 1:11:20
  Speaker 2: on Chuck and Buck in the morning. Uh yeah, springball
• 1:11:23
  Speaker 2: going on as we speak. He's got a few things
• 1:11:25
  Speaker 2: to do. I think he turned down my offer. I
• 1:11:27
  Speaker 2: wasn't gonna pay him either.
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  Speaker 8: Yeah, volunteering to be up at six, Yeah, I wouldn't
• 1:11:32
  Speaker 8: do that either.
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  Speaker 10: Yeah.
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  Speaker 2: Plus I was going to make him wear the visor
• 1:11:35
  Speaker 2: in well, I.
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  Speaker 7: Think he would just do that naturally. That might be
• 1:11:38
  Speaker 7: a selling point.
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  Speaker 2: The draft miss visor.
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  Speaker 7: Oh draft.
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  Speaker 2: Maybe I could buy him a draft miss visor, like
• 1:11:42
  Speaker 2: a special draft misdvisor.
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  Speaker 7: He'd feel very very welcome.
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  Speaker 2: Send it to him to thank him for coming on
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  Speaker 2: this morning. Not a bad idea, I mean, I'll.
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  Speaker 7: Just say this.
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  Speaker 8: In the past, we have purchased gifts, uh huh for
• 1:11:56
  Speaker 8: a husky head football coach.
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  Speaker 2: It's true, that's true. Gone, well okay, all right, Well
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  Speaker 2: that's what I'm saying. If you showed up every day
• 1:12:06
  Speaker 2: at six am, we can Yeah, then we could maybe
• 1:12:08
  Speaker 2: ward him.
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  Speaker 8: We can give him a gift every day versus just
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  Speaker 8: blowing our lot on one big gift.
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  Speaker 2: Right, Yeah, per appearance, Yeah you have to get it. Well,
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  Speaker 2: we'll buy it after correct, do you appear?
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  Speaker 7: You show up first?
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  Speaker 2: Dogs after Dark's coming up May first, six point thirty.
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  Speaker 2: That's going to be on a Friday, So you know,
• 1:12:29
  Speaker 2: if you haven't made pines, I mean, coaches really do,
• 1:12:32
  Speaker 2: they really want this to be a monstrous thing. And
• 1:12:36
  Speaker 2: and you know in the South it has become that.
• 1:12:39
  Speaker 2: It hasn't become that everywhere. And it's a good thing.
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  Speaker 2: It's always been a good thing to very good thing
• 1:12:44
  Speaker 2: here at Washington, but they always want it to be bigger, yeah, bolder.
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  Speaker 2: They wanted to you know, people, they wanted to appear
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  Speaker 2: So yeah, if you've never attended one before, maybe this
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  Speaker 2: is the year. Yeah, and it doesn't interfere with the
• 1:13:06
  Speaker 2: draft this year, which in the past it sometimes has
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  Speaker 2: often has, but it's its own thing on a Friday night.
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  Speaker 2: It's really not in the dark, but it is at
• 1:13:17
  Speaker 2: six thirty in the dusk. Yeah, Dogs in the dusk
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  Speaker 3: Don everly the butting ahead not to wait in the
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  Speaker 4: Been put away, Winnipeg taking a leading out of six
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  Speaker 4: to two.
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  Speaker 2: the highlights have not been so high here as of late,
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  Speaker 2: as the Crackings seem to be limping toward the finish
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  Speaker 2: line here on this season, a year that is going
• 1:15:33
  Speaker 2: to come up short of making the Stanley Cup playoffs.
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  Speaker 2: Last night, a six to two loss to the Winnipeg Jets.
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  Speaker 2: That's Mike Benton on the call. Everett was over on
• 1:15:42
  Speaker 2: the TV side, but he's on the radio side right now.
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  Speaker 2: I do believe he's joined us. Everett fits you is
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  Speaker 2: with us, the voice of your Seattle Cracking. Good morning, sir,
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  Speaker 2: Good mornings. I'm all right. I wish we were talking
• 1:15:56
  Speaker 2: under better circumstances. But this team is just not playing
• 1:16:02
  Speaker 2: good hockey right now, and we are watching the possibility
• 1:16:06
  Speaker 2: of the playoffs slip right through their fingers at this point.
• 1:16:10
  Speaker 2: Are you all surprised, you know, as somebody that has
• 1:16:13
  Speaker 2: watched them every day, that this is how they're finishing
• 1:16:17
  Speaker 2: about as weekly and meekly as they are.
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  Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean, I think a lot of people are surprised,
• 1:16:25
  Speaker 6: and obviously, you know, you look around social media and
• 1:16:30
  Speaker 6: then you read all the comments. I mean, the fans
• 1:16:32
  Speaker 6: are understandably justifiably upset, but I promise the people out
• 1:16:37
  Speaker 6: there listening for as angry as as they are, you know, internally,
• 1:16:42
  Speaker 6: you know, folks here just as upset, if not more so.
• 1:16:47
  Speaker 6: This is one of those unexplainable things that out of
• 1:16:52
  Speaker 6: the Olympic break you're three points back of first place.
• 1:16:55
  Speaker 6: I mean, I remember coming back from the Olympics and
• 1:16:58
  Speaker 6: we're practicing a case we're about to leave to go
• 1:17:02
  Speaker 6: to Dallas for that back to back out of the break,
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  Speaker 6: and I'm saying to myself, man, we could be talking
• 1:17:07
  Speaker 6: about raising a division batter here in Seattle. You know,
• 1:17:10
  Speaker 6: the deadlines coming up. What are the crack you're gonna do?
• 1:17:13
  Speaker 6: For the first time, it doesn't seem like this team
• 1:17:16
  Speaker 6: is really going to be a seller. You know, it
• 1:17:19
  Speaker 6: was exciting times and that was what six weeks ago,
• 1:17:23
  Speaker 6: not even five weeks ago. So this collapse the last
• 1:17:27
  Speaker 6: you know, month and a half has been something that
• 1:17:30
  Speaker 6: is very frustrating. It's very annoying, it's very maddening, and
• 1:17:36
  Speaker 6: there really does not seem to be any explanation for it.
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  Speaker 6: I mean, you talk to the coaches, you talk to
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  Speaker 6: the players in the dressing room. I mean, they're they're
• 1:17:45
  Speaker 6: just as baffled and as dumbfounded as everyone else.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm well, I was going to ask about that.
• 1:17:53
  Speaker 2: But if that's the answer, is that we don't really
• 1:17:56
  Speaker 2: have an answer as to why this has happened. It
• 1:17:58
  Speaker 2: just seems to me everett effort has come up, which
• 1:18:03
  Speaker 2: I would think for a hockey player that would be
• 1:18:05
  Speaker 2: the biggest slap in the face for why we aren't winning,
• 1:18:11
  Speaker 2: is that we we're not giving one hundred percent or
• 1:18:14
  Speaker 2: that the effort is being questioned. I would think that
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  Speaker 2: that would be as great an insult as you could
• 1:18:20
  Speaker 2: give a hockey player. Maybe that's not the reason, but
• 1:18:22
  Speaker 2: it just seems like it's popping up in conversations.
• 1:18:26
  Speaker 6: Well you know what, well, number one, you're right. I mean,
• 1:18:29
  Speaker 6: if if somebody and I don't care if you if
• 1:18:31
  Speaker 6: it's hockey, if it's baseball, if you're a world class
• 1:18:34
  Speaker 6: chess player, it doesn't matter. If you're accused of not
• 1:18:38
  Speaker 6: giving effort, you're gonna be a little kicked off. So uh,
• 1:18:41
  Speaker 6: you know, But but I do think that again when
• 1:18:43
  Speaker 6: you when you listen to the folks inside, there is
• 1:18:48
  Speaker 6: a you know, we're not sure what it is. We're
• 1:18:51
  Speaker 6: getting beat on battles Ley Lambert last week, you know,
• 1:18:54
  Speaker 6: probably two weeks ago, probably one of the one of
• 1:18:57
  Speaker 6: the best quotes I think I've heard from a coach,
• 1:19:00
  Speaker 6: although it was in a negative capacity. He said that
• 1:19:03
  Speaker 6: this team has to be better at doing things that
• 1:19:06
  Speaker 6: don't require talent. You know, it doesn't require talent to
• 1:19:11
  Speaker 6: win a puck race, it doesn't require talent to battle
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  Speaker 6: on the boards, it doesn't require talent to not give
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  Speaker 6: up the puck through the neutral zone. And there's a
• 1:19:20
  Speaker 6: lot of that going on. We saw a lot of
• 1:19:22
  Speaker 6: it last night as well, but also or actually more
• 1:19:25
  Speaker 6: Souch Kyle games last night. Unfortunately, there were just a
• 1:19:30
  Speaker 6: lot of bad bounces, pucks off the inboards, pucks deflected
• 1:19:34
  Speaker 6: off of player sticks. I mean, that was a Murphy's
• 1:19:37
  Speaker 6: long game last night. Everything that did go wrong, it
• 1:19:39
  Speaker 6: could go wrong, did go wrong. And you're scratching your
• 1:19:43
  Speaker 6: head because looking back at the Winnipeg game, it wasn't
• 1:19:47
  Speaker 6: a terrible game, but very similarly to a few games,
• 1:19:52
  Speaker 6: a couple of a game, a couple of weeks ago.
• 1:19:53
  Speaker 6: It's Tampa. Everything that did go wrong, could go wrong,
• 1:19:57
  Speaker 6: did go wrong for Seattle.
• 1:20:00
  Speaker 2: He was with his voice of your Seattle Cracking right
• 1:20:02
  Speaker 2: here on the flagship sports radio ninety three point three
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  Speaker 2: khr FM. And certainly not to put you in an
• 1:20:08
  Speaker 2: uncomfortable position there with the organization, but what is the
• 1:20:13
  Speaker 2: expectation for the offseason major shakeup? I mean, I can't
• 1:20:17
  Speaker 2: believe another coaching change is in the offing at this stage.
• 1:20:23
  Speaker 2: Different captaincy. I mean, there's got to be some sort
• 1:20:27
  Speaker 2: of reaction to this from a front office and an
• 1:20:32
  Speaker 2: ownership group that is really die hard about winning. And
• 1:20:37
  Speaker 2: yet do you have a picture as to what that's
• 1:20:40
  Speaker 2: going to look like yet?
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  Speaker 6: Well, I can tell you Leie Lambert, I mean, he
• 1:20:44
  Speaker 6: isn't going anywhere. And this this issue that the team
• 1:20:49
  Speaker 6: has been having the season, I mean, this isn't coaching.
• 1:20:52
  Speaker 6: If anything, Leis Lambert, the style that he brought in,
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  Speaker 6: we saw that it worked. I mean, this was a
• 1:20:58
  Speaker 6: style of play for the Kracking that worked for the
• 1:21:02
  Speaker 6: first sixty games of the season. So Laine Lambert, He's
• 1:21:05
  Speaker 6: not the problem. Coaching isn't the problem. I mean, when
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  Speaker 6: you look at the roster. I think this is a
• 1:21:12
  Speaker 6: roster building problem. We've talked so many times about how
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  Speaker 6: the Kraken don't have you know, vot by a superstar.
• 1:21:19
  Speaker 6: I love, I love I Ferness's phrase. You know, the
• 1:21:22
  Speaker 6: Krack and don't have an aircraft's carrier. And you look
• 1:21:25
  Speaker 6: at last night against Winnipeg. You've got kyle' connor and
• 1:21:29
  Speaker 6: Mark Steifeley, a dynamic duo that are routinely getting eighty
• 1:21:34
  Speaker 6: to ninety points a season. You know, every team has
• 1:21:38
  Speaker 6: a dynamic duo at least two guys. You know, remember
• 1:21:41
  Speaker 6: the phenomenon in basketball, the Big three that we had
• 1:21:45
  Speaker 6: for a long time. Well, in the NHL, you need
• 1:21:47
  Speaker 6: these duos, and the Kraken are still looking for the
• 1:21:50
  Speaker 6: first piece of that duo. So typically you'd like to
• 1:21:53
  Speaker 6: build through the free agency market, but this year the
• 1:21:56
  Speaker 6: free agency class is not the best. I mean, McMahon
• 1:22:01
  Speaker 6: probably right now is going to be your biggest free
• 1:22:04
  Speaker 6: agency chip around the league. So the Kracking would love
• 1:22:07
  Speaker 6: to keep him around. But the job that he's done
• 1:22:10
  Speaker 6: in these last twelve games, I mean, so with every
• 1:22:13
  Speaker 6: other team, they'd love to get a guy like Bob
• 1:22:15
  Speaker 6: mcman So I think we're Seattle is going to really
• 1:22:19
  Speaker 6: have to focus on is using some of the assets.
• 1:22:23
  Speaker 6: We talk a lot about the draft capital the Krack
• 1:22:25
  Speaker 6: and have and all the prospects that that we have.
• 1:22:28
  Speaker 6: You know, this team's got four first round picks in
• 1:22:31
  Speaker 6: the next two drafts. This year is going to be
• 1:22:33
  Speaker 6: a pretty strong draft. Next year from what we're hearing,
• 1:22:38
  Speaker 6: there's a couple of kids who are supposed to be,
• 1:22:40
  Speaker 6: you know, in the top five, top seven of next
• 1:22:43
  Speaker 6: year's draft as well. So you've got some really good
• 1:22:45
  Speaker 6: prospects coming out. You've got some good prospects in your
• 1:22:49
  Speaker 6: minor league system. Obviously, you're going to have some UFAs
• 1:22:54
  Speaker 6: on this roster that are probably going to find a
• 1:22:57
  Speaker 6: whole mouse player. So that'll free up some space and
• 1:23:00
  Speaker 6: some money. And I think for the Krack and I
• 1:23:02
  Speaker 6: mean this, if there's ever a time to get aggressive,
• 1:23:05
  Speaker 6: it's going to be this summer. And for me, make
• 1:23:08
  Speaker 6: me an offer. I mean, there are there are a
• 1:23:11
  Speaker 6: few guys on this roster that maybe you would consider untouchable,
• 1:23:16
  Speaker 6: but you know, listen, make me an offer. And I
• 1:23:18
  Speaker 6: think that ownership, I know management for sure, they are
• 1:23:22
  Speaker 6: definitely committed and they are going to turn this thing around,
• 1:23:27
  Speaker 6: and I understand that it looks bleak right now, but
• 1:23:31
  Speaker 6: this is something that ownership is aware of, that management
• 1:23:34
  Speaker 6: is aware of. No one's happy, no one's happy in
• 1:23:37
  Speaker 6: the offices. So I do think that we've heard it
• 1:23:40
  Speaker 6: time and time again. But I mean, this is a
• 1:23:43
  Speaker 6: monumental off season coming up for Seattle.
• 1:23:46
  Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, I mean, and I always hear this. I mean,
• 1:23:49
  Speaker 2: and I'm with you. I think maybe it's time to
• 1:23:52
  Speaker 2: make that aggressive trade. But I also think back to
• 1:23:54
  Speaker 2: like the draft. You know, I keep hearing about how
• 1:23:57
  Speaker 2: hard it is to find that special player, But through
• 1:24:01
  Speaker 2: the draft, it looks like Chicago's found one in Badard,
• 1:24:04
  Speaker 2: and Utah's found one in Cooley, and Buffalo's found one
• 1:24:07
  Speaker 2: in Thompson and San Jose's found one in Celebrini. I mean,
• 1:24:12
  Speaker 2: Shane Wright can't even get above the third line right
• 1:24:15
  Speaker 2: now on this team, and he was supposed to be
• 1:24:17
  Speaker 2: a special draft pick. And Beniers, you know, it looks
• 1:24:20
  Speaker 2: like a good player, but I'm wondering if he's going
• 1:24:22
  Speaker 2: to be any more than that. So I mean, I
• 1:24:26
  Speaker 2: don't know. I mean, maybe it's not about a trade.
• 1:24:28
  Speaker 2: Maybe it's not about a free agent Everett. Maybe it
• 1:24:30
  Speaker 2: is you got to hit in the draft, and it
• 1:24:33
  Speaker 2: feels like some other teams have done it where the
• 1:24:35
  Speaker 2: Kraken have not.
• 1:24:37
  Speaker 6: Yeah, and you know it's funny because when you're right,
• 1:24:41
  Speaker 6: you're correct. A lot of these teams, a lot of
• 1:24:44
  Speaker 6: these stars are built in the draft. And I think
• 1:24:48
  Speaker 6: it was on this show. I said it last week, like, hey,
• 1:24:51
  Speaker 6: you know, everybody would love a maclin Celeebrini, everybody would
• 1:24:54
  Speaker 6: love a Connon Bdard. But you know what has to
• 1:24:57
  Speaker 6: happen to get a maclin Sealabrini at a Conner Bard.
• 1:25:00
  Speaker 6: So you know that's kind of the double edged sword, right,
• 1:25:05
  Speaker 6: you know the prospects that the Kracking do have. I mean,
• 1:25:08
  Speaker 6: you look at a player like Berkeley Catton. You know
• 1:25:10
  Speaker 6: he's coming off of back to back hundred points seasons
• 1:25:13
  Speaker 6: in the Western Hockey League. You know he's going to
• 1:25:15
  Speaker 6: be a good player for this team. Shane Wright, I
• 1:25:17
  Speaker 6: think this development maybe is taking a little bit longer
• 1:25:21
  Speaker 6: than you'd like, but there's still I think is a
• 1:25:24
  Speaker 6: is a very long runway and a very high ceiling
• 1:25:28
  Speaker 6: for Shane right. Maddy Vaneers, I mean he won the
• 1:25:30
  Speaker 6: Calders NHL Rookie of the Year year one had the
• 1:25:34
  Speaker 6: sophomore slump. I mean, anybody not named toddor mcnavid or
• 1:25:37
  Speaker 6: Nathan McKinnon, You're going to have a sophomore slump. It's
• 1:25:40
  Speaker 6: just the way it is as the league adjusts to you. Now,
• 1:25:43
  Speaker 6: Matty Vaneers has added a really strong defensive aspect, and
• 1:25:49
  Speaker 6: he's probably one of the best defensive two way centerment
• 1:25:53
  Speaker 6: that we have in the Pacific Division right now. So he's,
• 1:25:56
  Speaker 6: you know, still under twenty five years old, twenty four
• 1:25:59
  Speaker 6: years old, so he still has a lot of ceiling
• 1:26:04
  Speaker 6: left in him. So I do think while maybe the
• 1:26:06
  Speaker 6: development of these players is a little bit slower than
• 1:26:11
  Speaker 6: folks would like, I still think that they're on the
• 1:26:14
  Speaker 6: right path. I do still think that these will be
• 1:26:16
  Speaker 6: impact players for Seattle. And then we're talking about Maclin, Selabrini,
• 1:26:21
  Speaker 6: Powder Bdard and Colder McDavid. These are generational talents. And
• 1:26:25
  Speaker 6: I'm not saying that Shane Wrights and Maddy Maniers are
• 1:26:29
  Speaker 6: scrubs by any stretch of the imagination. But you only
• 1:26:33
  Speaker 6: get a Lebron James Want the generation. You only get
• 1:26:37
  Speaker 6: that player once a decade. So when you even Gavin McKenna, everyone,
• 1:26:43
  Speaker 6: you know, the big name coming out this year is
• 1:26:46
  Speaker 6: Gavin McKenna, who was in medicine had of the Western
• 1:26:48
  Speaker 6: Hockey League. He then goes to Penn State and I
• 1:26:51
  Speaker 6: think his game has been exposed a little bit. Everyone
• 1:26:54
  Speaker 6: was talking about Gavin McKenna was going to come into
• 1:26:57
  Speaker 6: the NHL next year and put up, you know, hundred points.
• 1:27:01
  Speaker 6: He might not play in the NHL next year. I mean,
• 1:27:03
  Speaker 6: he may be having to go to the American League
• 1:27:05
  Speaker 6: to get some seasoning for pro hockey. So it is
• 1:27:10
  Speaker 6: so rare. These these fines are so rare, and oftentimes
• 1:27:16
  Speaker 6: you have to be bad for a very long time.
• 1:27:18
  Speaker 6: You look at the Edmonton Oilers of the two thousands,
• 1:27:21
  Speaker 6: they missed the playoffs ten straight years. In those ten
• 1:27:25
  Speaker 6: straight years, they had five number one overall picks and
• 1:27:30
  Speaker 6: the fifth overall. The fifth number one overall pick they
• 1:27:32
  Speaker 6: had was Connor McDavid. So it took them ten years
• 1:27:36
  Speaker 6: and Connor McDavid to finally get out of that slump.
• 1:27:39
  Speaker 6: So it's very difficult. It does happen, but you're hoping
• 1:27:44
  Speaker 6: that one of these players the cracking have gotten in
• 1:27:46
  Speaker 6: this draft the last five years. You're looking at a
• 1:27:48
  Speaker 6: pretty potentially high pick this season. You're hoping that those
• 1:27:52
  Speaker 6: guys come in here and can can offer immediate dividends
• 1:27:56
  Speaker 6: for your franchise.
• 1:27:57
  Speaker 2: Well heavy your conversation than normal, A fitting I think
• 1:28:01
  Speaker 2: for the mood right now, and yet I don't want
• 1:28:03
  Speaker 2: to end that way. So in our last thirty seconds,
• 1:28:06
  Speaker 2: what do you hope uh are left over in the
• 1:28:10
  Speaker 2: easter basket your son's easter basket? Chocolate bars or jelly beans? Honestly, okay,
• 1:28:17
  Speaker 2: give me the chocolate bars. Yeah, yeah, okay, I'll take that.
• 1:28:22
  Speaker 6: And also, real quick before we go, I get to
• 1:28:24
  Speaker 6: my hotel last night. You'll love this story. I get
• 1:28:26
  Speaker 6: to my hotel last night, come upstairs, open my window.
• 1:28:29
  Speaker 6: I overlooked Target Field, home of the Minnesota Twins, and
• 1:28:32
  Speaker 6: I'm like, oh, the lights are on. What's going on
• 1:28:34
  Speaker 6: over there? There's a baseball game obviously. Guess who they're
• 1:28:38
  Speaker 6: playing this week here at home the Detroit Tigers. Oh yeah, yeah,
• 1:28:44
  Speaker 6: so Mike might be on the call tonight. I might
• 1:28:47
  Speaker 6: take a baseball day a few innings. Yeah, I'll be
• 1:28:52
  Speaker 6: on for the second period, So Michael have to have
• 1:28:55
  Speaker 6: pre and first I'll come strolling in after.
• 1:28:59
  Speaker 2: We'll take those two teams have played a lot of
• 1:29:02
  Speaker 2: cold baseball games so far this year.
• 1:29:05
  Speaker 6: I remember when I was I was I was probably
• 1:29:08
  Speaker 6: middle school, I think, and my mom's said, Hey, we're
• 1:29:11
  Speaker 6: taking the day off and going to a baseball game.
• 1:29:13
  Speaker 6: It was early in the season, and I was so happy.
• 1:29:16
  Speaker 6: I show up. I'm all literally bundled up in a
• 1:29:18
  Speaker 6: parka with gloves and handwarmers and a hat. It was
• 1:29:21
  Speaker 6: probably twenty eight degrees outside. There was a foot of
• 1:29:24
  Speaker 6: snow on the ground outside of the ballpark. And to
• 1:29:27
  Speaker 6: this day, it's one of my best childhood memories, going
• 1:29:29
  Speaker 6: for a freezing cold Tigers Twins baseball game on April
• 1:29:34
  Speaker 6: eighty fifth in Detroit.
• 1:29:37
  Speaker 2: I can't put my arms down, Miguel Cabrera, I can't
• 1:29:41
  Speaker 2: put my arms down. All right, man, we'll talk to
• 1:29:44
  Speaker 2: you next week.
• 1:29:44
  Speaker 6: All right, all right, guys, take care.
• 1:29:46
  Speaker 2: All right, there he is evert fits you. It's a
• 1:29:48
  Speaker 2: voice of your Seattle crack. And they're in a bad
• 1:29:50
  Speaker 2: way right now, just in a bad way, all right.
• 1:29:53
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  Speaker 7: Mommy told me if things don't turn out just the
• 1:30:45
  Speaker 7: way you want him to the first time, you still
• 1:30:47
  Speaker 7: got to believe, and.
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  Speaker 2: I kept believing in you were right.
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  Speaker 11: Money in the miles of names, words have never been
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  Speaker 11: truer about the NFL Draft.
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  Speaker 7: That's right, ma'am. Just keep believing, Susie.
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  Speaker 2: Yeah you hear that, Bengals. Let that fill your heart.
• 1:31:13
  Speaker 2: Cardinal fans, that's right, Dolphin fans. I hope you're paying
• 1:31:17
  Speaker 2: attention there in the back. You never are. Fingers are
• 1:31:20
  Speaker 2: always up your nose.
• 1:31:21
  Speaker 7: Yeah, better than your butt, I guess.
• 1:31:23
  Speaker 2: Just keep believing you'll get there.
• 1:31:27
  Speaker 7: Mommy said the sperrit of Draftmas.
• 1:31:31
  Speaker 2: One day that picks will follow your way.
• 1:31:34
  Speaker 7: Probably not for you brownsound man.
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  Speaker 2: Well, good morning to you, Happy Draftmas to you all.
• 1:31:40
  Speaker 2: We are in our second week. We're now five full days.
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  Speaker 2: We had Rob rang on a little earlier, and we
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  Speaker 2: are introducing our final, brand new feature of the new
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  Speaker 2: Draftmas season. It is miracle at thirty fourth pick perfect.
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  Speaker 7: Yes, shit't wait to find out what we do here.
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  Speaker 2: Actually has no idea.
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  Speaker 7: I don't well.
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  Speaker 2: The idea is that, you know, a lot of people
• 1:32:02
  Speaker 2: are saying that it's not that great of a draft,
• 1:32:04
  Speaker 2: and the Seahawks, of course, as world champs, don't pick
• 1:32:07
  Speaker 2: until the end of the round, first round, second round,
• 1:32:09
  Speaker 2: third round, So I don't know if the expectations are
• 1:32:13
  Speaker 2: all that high to pull off something miraculous in the
• 1:32:17
  Speaker 2: draft this year. You're probably thinking, let's just get solid.
• 1:32:21
  Speaker 2: We're not going to be able to do anything special
• 1:32:24
  Speaker 2: in the draft with only four picks and picking at
• 1:32:26
  Speaker 2: the end of the first, second and third round. So
• 1:32:30
  Speaker 2: I think people are a little bit in that mindset,
• 1:32:32
  Speaker 2: and I say you need to quit on that. You
• 1:32:35
  Speaker 2: gotta keep believing you got to keep believing that something
• 1:32:38
  Speaker 2: special could happen. And so let's go through a scenario
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  Speaker 2: of a miracle at thirty fourth pick.
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  Speaker 8: You got to keep believing the big guy will make
• 1:32:46
  Speaker 8: miracles happen, the big guy being John Schneider, of course.
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  Speaker 2: Because I believe that the Seahawks at thirty two are
• 1:32:52
  Speaker 2: trading down and it's sounding more and more, including that
• 1:32:56
  Speaker 2: was reiterated by Rob rang this morning that Tyson seems
• 1:33:00
  Speaker 2: to be falling down the draft boards at this point
• 1:33:03
  Speaker 2: despite dan Orlowski's every effort, and he might fall all
• 1:33:08
  Speaker 2: the way to the end of the first round. And
• 1:33:10
  Speaker 2: as Rob said today, something that I've been saying that
• 1:33:12
  Speaker 2: would be the ideal scenario for the Seahawks right is
• 1:33:15
  Speaker 2: to get Simpson to fall to thirty two. They don't
• 1:33:19
  Speaker 2: want him move out of there. Get a little bit
• 1:33:22
  Speaker 2: more than what you would have customarily gotten for the
• 1:33:25
  Speaker 2: thirty second pick, because there's a quarterback that we're talking
• 1:33:28
  Speaker 2: about here, and so there's part one of the miracle
• 1:33:32
  Speaker 2: is that Simpson does fall and see it's coming together.
• 1:33:36
  Speaker 2: And so obviously, if the segment's called miracle at thirty
• 1:33:40
  Speaker 2: fourth pick, what pick are we going to keep in mind. Well,
• 1:33:44
  Speaker 2: guess what. The Arizona Cardinals and the New York Jets
• 1:33:48
  Speaker 2: are the two teams that seem most interested in Simpson.
• 1:33:53
  Speaker 2: And yet the Arizona's not going to take him a
• 1:33:55
  Speaker 2: third overall. I would think not even if they do
• 1:33:58
  Speaker 2: this Dallas Cowboys trade that's being talked about right now,
• 1:34:01
  Speaker 2: I don't know if they would take him at twelve overall.
• 1:34:04
  Speaker 2: I don't even think the Jets will take him at
• 1:34:06
  Speaker 2: sixteen overall. And yet the Jets might take him at
• 1:34:09
  Speaker 2: thirty three. So what happens. The Cardinals are gonna have
• 1:34:12
  Speaker 2: to jump the Jets to get to the end of
• 1:34:15
  Speaker 2: the first round at thirty two. So suddenly, now we've
• 1:34:18
  Speaker 2: got the thirty fourth pick in the draft, plus we
• 1:34:23
  Speaker 2: picked up a fifth rounder in the process. That's I'm
• 1:34:27
  Speaker 2: just going off the draft value chart. I think you
• 1:34:29
  Speaker 2: would get even more than that because we're talking about
• 1:34:32
  Speaker 2: a quarterback being involved. But let's just hold it right
• 1:34:36
  Speaker 2: there at the thirty fourth picks. We've moved to the
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  Speaker 2: thirty fourth pick. Well, no miracles happen at the thirty
• 1:34:42
  Speaker 2: fourth pick, right, can't possibly.
• 1:34:45
  Speaker 7: Happen, don't doubt father, draft mass.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I can't send a letter to Santa asking
• 1:34:52
  Speaker 2: for my ideal pick, and he's gonna be there at
• 1:34:54
  Speaker 2: thirty four. Oh is that right? Because the Seahawks just
• 1:34:59
  Speaker 2: a year ago picnic Am and Wori at the thirty
• 1:35:03
  Speaker 2: fifth pick. You can't get much dreamier than that.
• 1:35:06
  Speaker 7: He's pretty miraculous.
• 1:35:08
  Speaker 2: So if you can get em and Worri at thirty five,
• 1:35:10
  Speaker 2: imagine Ashley what you could do at thirty four.
• 1:35:13
  Speaker 7: Oh my gosh. The possibilities are endless.
• 1:35:17
  Speaker 2: And I've picked up a fifth rounder, which John has
• 1:35:20
  Speaker 2: pulled off miracle after miracle after miracle in the fifth round,
• 1:35:25
  Speaker 2: Cam Chancellor, Richard Sherman, Michael Dixon. Okay, maybe not miraculous,
• 1:35:31
  Speaker 2: but pretty great, pretty great, I mean, and then quality
• 1:35:35
  Speaker 2: picks over the years like Luke Wilson and Riek Wallan
• 1:35:38
  Speaker 2: and Neemiah Pritchett, and now I guess this Riley Mills
• 1:35:41
  Speaker 2: is making them pretty excited over there at the vMac
• 1:35:45
  Speaker 2: in twenty seventeen, Actually they didn't have a fifth round pick.
• 1:35:50
  Speaker 2: That was the Malik McDowell Droughty. So they have to
• 1:35:53
  Speaker 2: have a fifth round pick just to feel hole right.
• 1:35:56
  Speaker 2: And so you're pulled off miracles in the fifth You've
• 1:36:00
  Speaker 2: pulled off miracles lower than the thirty fourth pick, So
• 1:36:04
  Speaker 2: why can't you pull off a miracle at thirty fourth
• 1:36:07
  Speaker 2: pick this year? I believe, see, And that's really all
• 1:36:10
  Speaker 2: you have to do. So there you have it. Jadarian
• 1:36:15
  Speaker 2: price trade down, perhaps get him at thirty four and
• 1:36:18
  Speaker 2: then at one forty three. Let's talk about Caden Curry,
• 1:36:22
  Speaker 2: who we brought up in our in our draft miss
• 1:36:26
  Speaker 2: catalog on the edge Rushers out of Ohio State. And
• 1:36:30
  Speaker 2: maybe you've got a miracle. Maybe you've got a miracle.
• 1:36:34
  Speaker 2: Couple of selections there for the Seattle Seahawks.
• 1:36:37
  Speaker 7: I mean, And people don't believe in the spirit of draft, miss.
• 1:36:40
  Speaker 2: Yeah, I know. I mean letters got sent to me
• 1:36:43
  Speaker 2: today and poured all over my death for your morning.
• 1:36:45
  Speaker 7: I saw. Oh wait, the listeners can see too. See
• 1:36:49
  Speaker 7: there's a piece of paper though over there on your
• 1:36:51
  Speaker 7: left to see that. Yeah, put on your desk.
• 1:36:53
  Speaker 2: Oh, this whole satchel right over here is full letters
• 1:36:57
  Speaker 2: that have been sent in I believe it right on
• 1:36:59
  Speaker 2: the other side of the room, which you can't see
• 1:37:01
  Speaker 2: with the cameras, piles and piles of letters.
• 1:37:04
  Speaker 8: Well that's why we don't have a camera over there,
• 1:37:06
  Speaker 8: because it looks messy, so many letters.
• 1:37:08
  Speaker 2: Dear father, draftman, make me a miracle. A miracle at
• 1:37:12
  Speaker 2: thirty fourth pick? All right, coming up next, Michigan's won
• 1:37:19
  Speaker 2: to Nattie. What can we as Seattle sports fans and
• 1:37:22
  Speaker 2: what can you as Seattle sports executives learn from this?
• 1:37:26
  Speaker 2: We'll talk about in next Sports Radio ninety three point
• 1:37:28
  Speaker 2: three KJRFM topics not necessarily the headlines. You never know
• 1:37:32
  Speaker 2: where the alphabet is going to take us, and so
• 1:37:36
  Speaker 2: we start with the letter are That's where we left off.
• 1:37:39
  Speaker 2: And of course, the Mariners lost to the Rangers last
• 1:37:42
  Speaker 2: night by final score if two to one. Still can't
• 1:37:44
  Speaker 2: get the offense going. But Ashley, I'm just expecting the
• 1:37:48
  Speaker 2: offense to come around. I mean, Cal Riley and Josh
• 1:37:53
  Speaker 2: Naylor and Julio Rodriguez are still all heading under one
• 1:37:57
  Speaker 2: point fifty with a combined one home run. Randy or
• 1:38:00
  Speaker 2: Rose Arena still has not hit a home run. You're
• 1:38:03
  Speaker 2: losing a lot of tight ball games. Those are the
• 1:38:06
  Speaker 2: those things, actually, I mean, as disappointing as they are
• 1:38:09
  Speaker 2: and as frustrating, because I'm anxious to see them actually
• 1:38:13
  Speaker 2: perform like we know that they're capable of. Those aren't
• 1:38:16
  Speaker 2: the things that are like frustrating me the most. Like
• 1:38:20
  Speaker 2: the things that are frustrating, I mean they're annoying, right,
• 1:38:23
  Speaker 2: But the things that are like tangibly like that can't
• 1:38:26
  Speaker 2: happen ours for Revas. I just, I just I came
• 1:38:33
  Speaker 2: down hard on him yesterday because I thought he played
• 1:38:35
  Speaker 2: just a terrible Sunday game. I don't think that utility
• 1:38:39
  Speaker 2: guys who are filling in for an injured player can't
• 1:38:43
  Speaker 2: afford to have mental gaffes. And he did it again
• 1:38:46
  Speaker 2: last night. You are the nine hole hitter and you're challenging.
• 1:38:52
  Speaker 2: I realize this is all new to us, this ABS
• 1:38:54
  Speaker 2: challenge system, yep, but you are. If you're going to
• 1:38:57
  Speaker 2: challenge a pitch, and Jay and Angie talk about it
• 1:39:00
  Speaker 2: last night, you gotta be sure you are the nine.
• 1:39:03
  Speaker 2: You're using a bullet. You're taking a bullet away from
• 1:39:06
  Speaker 2: Cal or Julio or somebody who's actually dangerous at the plate.
• 1:39:11
  Speaker 7: Or one of your pitchers.
• 1:39:12
  Speaker 2: And yeah, and I understand that you're trying to get
• 1:39:15
  Speaker 2: on base and what that could mean. I'm not saying
• 1:39:19
  Speaker 2: you can't challenge, but you got to be sure. And
• 1:39:22
  Speaker 2: you lately have gotten picked off first, you've missed two
• 1:39:25
  Speaker 2: challenges in the last two games. I mean, you're gonna
• 1:39:28
  Speaker 2: have it taken away from you. You are the nine
• 1:39:30
  Speaker 2: hole hitter, you are filling in for another starter. Why
• 1:39:34
  Speaker 2: are you challenging if you're not absolutely sure that the
• 1:39:38
  Speaker 2: umpire is wrong, that's just got to be corrected. And
• 1:39:41
  Speaker 2: we're going to correct a lot of this stuff. I
• 1:39:43
  Speaker 2: don't think that the way teams are using ABS is
• 1:39:46
  Speaker 2: going to be the same way they're going to be
• 1:39:47
  Speaker 2: using it by the end of the year. But there
• 1:39:50
  Speaker 2: were a few calls in better situations that guys weren't
• 1:39:54
  Speaker 2: challenging because they were down to their last one. Because
• 1:39:59
  Speaker 2: reva us challenged in a silly position, just thoughtlessly wanted
• 1:40:04
  Speaker 2: to get on base, So let me try to do
• 1:40:06
  Speaker 2: that right now, even though the count's not even in my.
• 1:40:08
  Speaker 8: Favorite Well, and yeah, for it to him to have
• 1:40:11
  Speaker 8: done pretty much the exact same situation for both challenges
• 1:40:14
  Speaker 8: that he got incorrect. I mean, to the point where
• 1:40:16
  Speaker 8: I was yelling at the TV, why are you challenging?
• 1:40:20
  Speaker 8: This is not where you should be challenging. And it's
• 1:40:23
  Speaker 8: so close on any of those, as you said, unless
• 1:40:27
  Speaker 8: you're the Yankees who can somehow get the closest challenge
• 1:40:30
  Speaker 8: still correct, you should not be challenging, especially not at
• 1:40:34
  Speaker 8: that point in the game, in that situation. I just
• 1:40:36
  Speaker 8: was annoyed by the whole thing. I even sent you
• 1:40:38
  Speaker 8: a text, Can we please not allow him to challenge anymore?
• 1:40:42
  Speaker 8: He needs to be told no.
• 1:40:43
  Speaker 2: Uh well, I think that that will happen with guys,
• 1:40:46
  Speaker 2: and it might happen with him. He might get that
• 1:40:49
  Speaker 2: that conversation like you are not you, your challenge's rights
• 1:40:53
  Speaker 2: have been revoked, like we're not doing it, and less
• 1:40:56
  Speaker 2: situationally unless I give you a green light. Yeah, you know,
• 1:40:59
  Speaker 2: base loaded in the bottom of the eighth, but.
• 1:41:02
  Speaker 8: You'll know before you step up to the plate that
• 1:41:04
  Speaker 8: you've got to green light there.
• 1:41:05
  Speaker 6: Yeah.
• 1:41:05
  Speaker 2: Yeah. And I think that's gonna end up happening with
• 1:41:08
  Speaker 2: a few people before the end of the season. I
• 1:41:10
  Speaker 2: really do think this is going to become a situational
• 1:41:13
  Speaker 2: thing as the season evolves. Tom Berducci, by the way,
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  Speaker 2: who's an analyst I love as much as anybody that
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  Speaker 2: covers baseball in the entire galaxy. He thinks they should
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  Speaker 2: be challenging more. I don't agree with him on this.
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  Speaker 2: I think that you need to be a little more
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  Speaker 2: conservative and it needs to represent itself situationally more as
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  Speaker 2: the season progresses. And that's sort of where Col's at,
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  Speaker 2: I know, and I think that's where Dan's at. And
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  Speaker 2: so right now, as everybody's getting used to this, I
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  Speaker 2: think they're allowing a few more green lights than are
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  Speaker 2: going to exist here in a very short period of.
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  Speaker 7: Time, which I would like to see. And I said
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  Speaker 7: that from day one.
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  Speaker 8: I would like to see us use more early on
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  Speaker 8: and then scale it back versus being so nervous to
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  Speaker 8: use them.
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  Speaker 7: But it does seem like we are not very good.
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  Speaker 2: At them, not yet. Ass for South Paul, I think
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  Speaker 2: we're gonna have to get used to this. I mean,
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  Speaker 2: the pressure is on Mariner's right handed hitters to prove
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  Speaker 2: that they're not a liability. And I don't know what
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  Speaker 2: it is about this organization not being able to find
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  Speaker 2: or let's put it this way, signing the proven lefty
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  Speaker 2: killer that apparently's run out of magic the moment he
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  Speaker 2: puts his signature on a Mariner's contract, I mean Aj Pollock,
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  Speaker 2: Mitch Garver, Donovan Solano. I mean, the beat goes on
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  Speaker 2: of guys that have for a career killed lefties and
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  Speaker 2: then they get here and can't hit them at all.
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  Speaker 2: And we're gonna give Rob Refsnier more than eleven games
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  Speaker 2: and thirteen at bats or whatever else he has right now.
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  Speaker 2: But he couldn't be off to a worse start.
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  Speaker 7: It's terrible.
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  Speaker 2: It is terrible. And Roblaze doesn't look good at the
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  Speaker 2: plate either. And I don't think he necessarily has to
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  Speaker 2: be taken out of a game when a right hander
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  Speaker 2: is at the plate because he's had a lot more
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  Speaker 2: success I think historic against righties. Then he has lefties.
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  Speaker 2: I don't think he's one of those type guys, by
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  Speaker 2: the way, Dan, but the Rangers are gonna had a
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  Speaker 2: righty going. Last night they took out after five innings.
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  Speaker 2: They have a righty going again tonight. They used three
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  Speaker 2: lefties last night. There is a reason why the Rangers
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  Speaker 2: have stocked up on lefty relievers. I mean, this is
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  Speaker 2: what the Mariners are going to face until they can
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  Speaker 2: prove they can hit left handers. Now, we're not really
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  Speaker 2: hitting right handers either, but it's very clear that teams are.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, they've got a pitcher tonight that I think
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  Speaker 2: we're going to see, and that is Jacob Latz, who's
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  Speaker 2: off to a very good season this year, and he
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  Speaker 2: hasn't pitched in a couple of days, and he's a
• 1:43:42
  Speaker 2: bit of a long reliever. I wouldn't be surprised at
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  Speaker 2: all if Nate Yavaldi isn't out after three four innings
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  Speaker 2: and we faced Lats for three four innings because the
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  Speaker 2: Rangers are saving him so that we have to face
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  Speaker 2: a left hander. It is. That's another thing, like I'm
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  Speaker 2: not worried about Josh, Julio and Cow, but that is
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  Speaker 2: something that I am a little worried about right now.
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  Speaker 7: Yeah.
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  Speaker 8: Absolutely, I mean especially because it's not just a this
• 1:44:08
  Speaker 8: year thing, the Josh, Julio and Cal thing that's this
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  Speaker 8: year and for Julio a slow start every year. But
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  Speaker 8: obviously they've proven that they aren't these players that we're
• 1:44:16
  Speaker 8: seeing in these first eleven games. But this lefty righty
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  Speaker 8: situation is is more worrisome.
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  Speaker 2: For and we have JP's are to everyday player, and
• 1:44:25
  Speaker 2: we have Brendan Donovan who's an everyday player from the
• 1:44:28
  Speaker 2: left side, and we have Josh Naylor's and every day
• 1:44:30
  Speaker 2: player from the left side, and the number one prospect
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  Speaker 2: who's going to come up and save the day. Right
• 1:44:36
  Speaker 2: hitter yeah, so Rayley canzone. I mean, we are pretty
• 1:44:42
  Speaker 2: dominant on that side of the plate, and the American
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  Speaker 2: League West is adjusting to that. They know who the
• 1:44:48
  Speaker 2: team to beat is in the division and they've kind
• 1:44:51
  Speaker 2: of built their staves to try to take out our offense.
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  Speaker 2: And until we can prove till the ref sniders of
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  Speaker 2: the world can prove that they can be as lethal
• 1:45:00
  Speaker 2: as they've been in the last few years, we're gonna
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  Speaker 2: keep seeing teams, you know, manage to put lefties against
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  Speaker 2: us constantly whenever they can. And I think we'll see
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  Speaker 2: Jacob Lat's pitch for a lot of tonight's game as well. Finally,
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  Speaker 2: Tea is for Trout. Big thing yesterday on social media
• 1:45:22
  Speaker 2: about how the Angels are furious of how often the
• 1:45:27
  Speaker 2: Mariners pitched inside on Mike Trout and of course the
• 1:45:29
  Speaker 2: series kind of ended with him getting hit in the hand.
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  Speaker 2: Looks like he's okay. We want Mike Trout to be okay,
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  Speaker 2: but the Angels aren't too happy about it. Doesn't sound
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  Speaker 2: like they're going to forget about it, and we have
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  Speaker 2: to face them a number of times before the season
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  Speaker 2: comes to a close.
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  Speaker 7: Well, last time we had a brawl with them it worked.
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  Speaker 2: Out well, Yeah, I did kind of turn the season around.
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  Speaker 2: Where's Winker when you need him? Yeah?
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  Speaker 7: Where's two of these?
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  Speaker 2: I can't do that now, Yeah, you can't do that.
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  Speaker 8: Oh I almost did it.
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  Speaker 2: I think we're on Yahoo or YouTube.
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  Speaker 8: I mean, my hand's oh YouTube, it's allowed.
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  Speaker 2: But I will say this to it. I mean, I
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  Speaker 2: get where they're coming from. And I guarantee you the
• 1:46:11
  Speaker 2: Mariners would be just as angry if we spent the
• 1:46:14
  Speaker 2: weekend with cal Rawley getting brushed back and hitting the
• 1:46:18
  Speaker 2: wrists and hitting the hands like Trout was. So I
• 1:46:21
  Speaker 2: get where they're coming from. I think they have a point.
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  Speaker 2: I mean, I know why the Mariners were doing it.
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  Speaker 2: It's not because they're trying to injure Mike Trout. They
• 1:46:29
  Speaker 2: want to he's a great hitter, and they feel like,
• 1:46:32
  Speaker 2: at this stage in his career, you got to pitch
• 1:46:35
  Speaker 2: him inside because he can't get to it the way
• 1:46:37
  Speaker 2: that he used to. So it was complete and total strategy.
• 1:46:40
  Speaker 2: But that also puts you in a position where there's
• 1:46:42
  Speaker 2: a fine line between complete and total strategy, and if
• 1:46:46
  Speaker 2: you miss a little bit, you're in on a star
• 1:46:48
  Speaker 2: player's wrists and hands. And we wouldn't like it if
• 1:46:52
  Speaker 2: it was happening to Cal or Julio or Josh or
• 1:46:56
  Speaker 2: any of our guys quite frankly, so I get where
• 1:46:59
  Speaker 2: they're coming from. I think that their anger is justified,
• 1:47:03
  Speaker 2: even though I know that we weren't trying to throw
• 1:47:06
  Speaker 2: at Mike Trout this.
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  Speaker 8: Past weekend, right, And yeah, that's the thing is we
• 1:47:09
  Speaker 8: have to put our non mariner's hat on and say, yeah,
• 1:47:12
  Speaker 8: if it was anyone's player, you'd be angry.
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  Speaker 7: And that's that's fair.
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  Speaker 2: All right. We close out this Tuesday edition of Chuck
• 1:47:17
  Speaker 2: and Buck with one last thing next Sports Radio ninety
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