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Ravens QB Crisis, WNBA Finals Surge, and Jerry Jones’ Cowboys Losing Their Luster · The Daily Play With Joy Taylor

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  Speaker 1: Hey guys, welcome to The Daily Play with Joy Taylor.
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  Speaker 1: There's very few things in sports better than a game seven.
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  Speaker 1: In my opinion, it is the greatest thing in sports.
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  Speaker 1: And a victory parade to follow after winning game seven
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  Speaker 1: at home. Pretty spectacular. And the Golden State Valkyries achieved
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  Speaker 1: all of that. Winning a title in the franchise's second
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  Speaker 1: season on Halloween and then celebrating the victory parade on Wednesday.
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  Speaker 1: The city of San Francisco estimated 400,000 strong at the parade,
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  Speaker 1: which included a ferry ride across the Bay. And that
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  Speaker 1: is an elite San Francisco experience. I got to talk
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  Speaker 1: to Veronica Burton recently on my new show, rep the city,
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  Speaker 1: go check it out on my personal YouTube page. It's
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  Speaker 1: a really great episode talking about Valhalla and the experience
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  Speaker 1: that they had this season playing for the Valkyries. The
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  Speaker 1: parade looked amazing and yeah, The viewership and attendance during
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  Speaker 1: the WNBA playoffs was great. It was the most watched
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  Speaker 1: since 1999. An average of 1.88 million people viewed the
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  Speaker 1: Golden State win over Atlanta in Game 7 averaged the series.
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  Speaker 1: And Game 7 averaged 3.3 million viewers, making it the
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  Speaker 1: most watched WNBA postseason game ever, up 128% from last
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  Speaker 1: season's clinching game between Vegas and Phoenix, which the Aces
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  Speaker 1: won last. all seven games in the series were sold out,
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  Speaker 1: including game six, which was played at 1230 PM Eastern,
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  Speaker 1: as we know, which was the big controversy with the dream.
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  Speaker 1: I think that, you know, to wrap up the WNBA
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  Speaker 1: season completely and to, you know, sort of put a
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  Speaker 1: bow on everything that happened this year. I think you
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  Speaker 1: are competing with a lot of eyeballs in this economy,
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  Speaker 1: whether it is, anything that is available on YouTube, all
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  Speaker 1: the different media platforms, all of the different sports that
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  Speaker 1: are played every single night, particularly when the WNBA finals
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  Speaker 1: are played. And to culminate the season with those kind
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  Speaker 1: of numbers, with the Valkyries winning in the fashion in
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  Speaker 1: which they won, the attention that the WNBA had this year,
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  Speaker 1: both good and bad, I think all of it has
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  Speaker 1: really created a new, a new space in the sports world.
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  Speaker 1: And I think we're going to continue to build on that.
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  Speaker 1: I think the WNBA has grown beyond just the Angel
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  Speaker 1: Reese and Caitlin Clark conversation, which I'm excited about. I
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  Speaker 1: think we're going to get a lot of great new
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  Speaker 1: players in the next WNBA season, which is also very
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  Speaker 1: exciting after the, This year in women's college basketball, we're
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  Speaker 1: going to get some exciting players and we're going to
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  Speaker 1: get a new commissioner, which I think is very, very important.
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  Speaker 1: I think Kathy did a decent job at the job
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  Speaker 1: that she was originally hired to do. And then the
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  Speaker 1: job changed and then she was no longer the right
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  Speaker 1: commissioner for that job. So I think the things that
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  Speaker 1: need to change in the league to take it to
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  Speaker 1: the next level will happen, hopefully, if they make the
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  Speaker 1: right hire at the commissioner position. I mean, we're very
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  Speaker 1: hard on commissioners, rightfully so. We're hard on suits. We
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  Speaker 1: should be. They have control. They have power. They make
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  Speaker 1: a lot of money. However, I do think that because
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  Speaker 1: they have control power and make a lot of money,
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  Speaker 1: they also have the opportunity to make a lot of change.
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  Speaker 1: And if you make the right hire at commissioner, someone
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  Speaker 1: who understands how to bring in money, how to bring
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  Speaker 1: in viewership, how to keep owners happy and how to
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  Speaker 1: cater in the correct way to the fans and particularly
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  Speaker 1: to the players, you have a recipe for a really
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  Speaker 1: successful business. And I hope that the next hire at
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  Speaker 1: commissioner speaks to all of those areas. And that's a
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  Speaker 1: hard person to find, but they do exist. And I
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  Speaker 1: hope the WNBA brings them in. Switching over to the NFL,
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  Speaker 1: there was some trade news on Wednesday. The Ravens are
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  Speaker 1: finalizing a trade to bring Jacoby Brissett to Baltimore, according
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  Speaker 1: to reports. The Cardinals quarterback lost his starting job to
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  Speaker 1: Gardner Minshew after Minshew replaced him and delivered a win
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  Speaker 1: against the Cowboys. We'll get to Dallas in a minute.
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  Speaker 1: So Brissett is not needed in Arizona and Baltimore is
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  Speaker 1: down to its third string quarterback. So the move makes
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  Speaker 1: a lot of sense. But what does this mean for
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  Speaker 1: Lamar's future in Baltimore? There is a drumbeat that this
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  Speaker 1: might have been the last game that we've seen Lamar
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  Speaker 1: play in Baltimore. It seems crazy to say that the
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  Speaker 1: 2019-2023 most valuable player wouldn't be a Raven for life,
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  Speaker 1: but he does have untimely injuries and the Ravens have
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  Speaker 1: moved on from John Harbaugh after a historic 18-year run.
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  Speaker 1: Anything is possible. We've seen crazier things happen in the NFL.
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  Speaker 1: And obviously, Brissette to me is a stopgap for this season.
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  Speaker 1: Just an opportunity to throw in Hail Mary out and
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  Speaker 1: get someone who is, you know, at the very least
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  Speaker 1: competent in the building with all the injuries that they've
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  Speaker 1: had at the quarterback position. And overall, I mean, I
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  Speaker 1: just think this year has been really awful for injuries. However,
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  Speaker 1: you know, this is, I think, a temporary fix. The
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  Speaker 1: trade won't go through until this weekend. So the Ravens
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  Speaker 1: are going to have to host the Jags on Thursday
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  Speaker 1: night football with their quarterback room as it is currently constructed,
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  Speaker 1: which consists of Joe Fignano. And he is an undrafted
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  Speaker 1: rookie who played Sunday after Lamar and Snoop Huntley left
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  Speaker 1: with injury, as well as two new faces last week,
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  Speaker 1: Keaton Slovis and Austin Reed. So, you know, we're down
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  Speaker 1: to the bare bones right now. The Ravens' next three
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  Speaker 1: games are Jacksonville, the Chargers, and Carolina. So somewhat of
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  Speaker 1: a light lift. However, I think the Ravens are obviously
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  Speaker 1: out of it for the season with Lamar Jackson in
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  Speaker 1: the current situation. And that's disappointing. I want to see
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  Speaker 1: the greats compete. I want to see the greats be available.
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  Speaker 1: I don't think that Lamar Jackson is an injury-prone player,
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  Speaker 1: but his injuries do seem to be incredibly unfortunate in
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  Speaker 1: their timing. And I could see a world where things
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  Speaker 1: go in a different direction for the Ravens, as crazy
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  Speaker 1: as that would sound. And there's a lot of moving
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  Speaker 1: parts when it comes to the Lamar Jackson conversation, his contract,
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  Speaker 1: the trade clause, all those things. So we don't want
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  Speaker 1: to jump out the window here, but I do think
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  Speaker 1: it's a potential for it to be on the board. Finally,
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  Speaker 1: the Cowboys, who are always finding new ways to lose.
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  Speaker 1: Dan Wetzel, in an article for ESPN.com, put it at
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  Speaker 1: Jerry's feet, which is where I always lay it. He said,
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  Speaker 1: Jerry Jones has spent more than three decades claiming Dallas
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  Speaker 1: Cowboys are one great decision away from getting back to
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  Speaker 1: a Super Bowl. Then he referenced Jerry's own words on
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  Speaker 1: a recent radio interview as proof, saying, Jerry said, in
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  Speaker 1: the NFL, this is after years of looking at all
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  Speaker 1: the teams, all the coaches, there's zero correlation. between how
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  Speaker 1: much you pay a coach or how many coaches you
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  Speaker 1: have as to winning. There's no correlation. And that's a
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  Speaker 1: random sample of years and all 32 teams involved. So
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  Speaker 1: put that in your hopper and smoke it. Uh, that
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  Speaker 1: is a statement of apparent fact. And it is muddied
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  Speaker 1: by the fact that coaches salaries are not officially reported
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  Speaker 1: in the same way that players are. So there's no
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  Speaker 1: salary cap for coaches. Um, So I don't know what
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  Speaker 1: Jerry wins by being cheap with coaches salaries, but the
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  Speaker 1: result of this is that you have Brian Schottenheimer as
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  Speaker 1: a head coach with a reported salary of five to
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  Speaker 1: $ 8 million. So he's one of the cheapest reported head
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  Speaker 1: coaches in the league, which is kind of strange considering
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  Speaker 1: you have the highest valued franchise in the world and
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  Speaker 1: an owner that is quote unquote trying to win. So
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  Speaker 1: you would think that they would go for someone who
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  Speaker 1: is expensive and sought after. Now, I have said this
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  Speaker 1: for forever that the Cowboys are never going to win
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  Speaker 1: as long as Jerry Jones is in charge. And I
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  Speaker 1: think Jerry is an incredible businessman. I think he is
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  Speaker 1: responsible largely for the growth of the NFL, certainly for
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  Speaker 1: the growth of branding surrounding the NFL. I think he
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  Speaker 1: has built a brand that will outlast him on this planet.
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  Speaker 1: And he, He has shown that it is outlasted winning
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  Speaker 1: in his time as the owner and leader of the organization.
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  Speaker 1: I do think that has a window that is closing.
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  Speaker 1: I've been saying this, that I think the Cowboys luster
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  Speaker 1: is starting to wear off the, you know, America's team, the,
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  Speaker 1: you know, big showmanship, the Cowboys cheerleaders, you know, the
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  Speaker 1: big stars. it's, you know, without the winning, without the
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  Speaker 1: substance after a while, you're just kind of being sold
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  Speaker 1: smoke and mirrors. And I didn't like the Schottenheimer hire.
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  Speaker 1: I thought it was, I thought it was a very
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  Speaker 1: generic hire. I thought it was another example of Jerry
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  Speaker 1: wanting to bring somebody in who would not outshine him.
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  Speaker 1: And I don't love that. I don't love that as
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  Speaker 1: a strategy. Like people need to be hired for the
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  Speaker 1: greatness of what they do. Great leaders know how to delegate.
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  Speaker 1: I don't know how to do everything in business. So
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  Speaker 1: I want to pay someone else or hire someone else
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  Speaker 1: who knows what they're doing and pay them to do
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  Speaker 1: it rather than have my hands in everything. Now, am
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  Speaker 1: I going to have oversight on it? Am I going
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  Speaker 1: to have opinions? Sure. Some of my opinions will be valuable.
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  Speaker 1: Some won't. But to know when to trust someone who
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  Speaker 1: knows more than you and be able. to say, Hey,
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  Speaker 1: I can give this person credit for what they did.
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  Speaker 1: Like in an egoless scenario, those are the best owners
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  Speaker 1: to me and the best leaders. And I just, I
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  Speaker 1: don't see that with the And it's unfortunate. There's been
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  Speaker 1: some chapters where they're incredibly competitive, where they have big
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  Speaker 1: stars and they're interesting. Sure. But they haven't been at
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  Speaker 1: the high end of winning in a long time. And
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  Speaker 1: this is just another example of that. I don't think
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  Speaker 1: there's anything to celebrate about saying that you're getting a
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  Speaker 1: discount on a head coach. At this point, break the bank.
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  Speaker 1: I like seeing... teams like the Bears go all in.
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  Speaker 1: I like seeing the Rams push all the chips on
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  Speaker 1: the table. You don't have endless windows to win in
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  Speaker 1: this league. Go for it. They're closer to being a
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  Speaker 1: cult at this point. They haven't won a Super Bowl
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  Speaker 1: in more than 30 years. Like at some point, switch
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  Speaker 1: it up my guy so you know i i love
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  Speaker 1: all the content that jerry has created for us i
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  Speaker 1: really do i appreciate the cowboys for what they have
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  Speaker 1: given me as far as you know a block b
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  Speaker 1: block uh throw it up in the air f blocks
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  Speaker 1: as far as conversation goes but the winning and the
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  Speaker 1: reality of what the strategy is to be successful in
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  Speaker 1: this league it can't be put at the cowboys feet
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  Speaker 1: not at this point Thanks so much for joining me.
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