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The WNBA Hits Jackpot · Sports Exchange

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Good evening everybody, and welcome to another edition of the Sports Exchange. In
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case you missed the Motor City Mad Mouse Show, mister Doozy, I had
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former Dodgers Vice president general manager Fred Claire on the show. You We talked
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about everything that you can imagine, let me tell you, so if you
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Mister Claire. Let tell you there aren't too many subjects that we didn't talk
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about, so please check it out. Meanwhile, tonight the Sports Exchange and
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can welcome back to Candy. Thanks Scott. Great to be here. Jb
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Ellis, welcome back. Pleasure to be here, guys, as we'll be
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doing. I'm doing all right. And last but not leaves George Iicorn happy
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all star break everyone, there you go and last you a door he's on.
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I haven't fail. We have a lively show at Josha Door tonight.
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Good stuff. Don't worry, Josh, we won't disappoint you with these topics.
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Mark my word, you'll be able to loosen up enough to make it
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worth your while to be on tonight. Anyways, let's get rich of the
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WNBA, which has agreed to a two point two billion dollar rights fee that
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deals with ESPN, Amazon, and NBC, which will quadruple the league's revenue.
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The current deal is fifty million. The reported new annual deal right now
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is going to be two hundred million per season over eleven years and equals two
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point two billion dollars. And you can rest assure Caitlin Clark had a lot
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to do with it. All of a sudden, the networks are taking the
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WNBA seriously, and let's go to the woman that we have in your Candy
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Ebling. This would have been a good one for making a price to be
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on, but Candy, well more than happy to have you start off with
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this one. I mean, I'm glad that people are starting to recognize women's
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sports. I'm glad that they're starting to pay more attention to it. I'm
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glad that they're increased. I mean, now that they're seeing these revenue increases,
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I just hope that equates to what we're paying them as well, because
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the amount that like Caitlin Clark is earning, granted she gets endorsements and all
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those other things, but the actual amount that she gets paid to play the
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game is very minute. They're actually I don't know if if any of you
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guys know this, but they're actually then she's going to be represented NASCAR team
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is to use cait and Clark themed car at Brickyard four hundred this weekend as
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well, so she's going to be represented it on NASCAR as well as So.
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I mean, it's popular. I'm happy that it's not just one player.
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It's a couple of players that are, you know, sparking the WNBA
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for those that love basketball and love women's sports. That's great and I'm excited
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and happy for him. Well, when you think about the logistics of the
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deal, you're talking to current deals fifty million dollars and now they're next only
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going to be two hundred million. I mean, that's a lot. That's
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a tribute to Caitlin Clark. It has a lot to do with it's all
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these people that were jealous will get out of there. I mean, the
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one thing I'd like to see come out of this whole thing is to get
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paid enough money so they don't have to go overseas and have to supplement their
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income aka Britney Grinder. I'll turn over to jail. What are your thoughts
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about the WNBA finally earning a contract that it can feel pretty good about.
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I think they made a big mistake. Eleven years is a long time if
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you don't know what's going to happen. If the sport blows up, they're
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locked in eleven years. Think about how long that is. What were you
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doing eleven years ago, Scott? Do you remember I've been in this business
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forty four I can tell you that much. Right, So where were you
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eleven years ago? Where was the South Florida Tribute? Well that was not
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in existence, right, you're trying to pin me down. You just did
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Okay, I mean eleven years is so far you don't know what could happen.
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They're leaving buddy on the table. The sport's growing. They seemed desperate
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to do it an eleven year deal. Not the right move, you know,
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Glad that they finally got some recognition. They'll be out some great networks,
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but not a smart business decision, especially in the TV climate, to
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do it eleven year deal. Okay, let's go to the chat room.
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Candy Walter Mitchell's first one. Well, because that pays a way future expansion,
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you know, definitely will no doubt about that. They matched up with
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the NDIA deal. From what I understand, I think it could be wrong.
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You know. There you go. Walter agrees with Joe. All right,
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George, you got final word on this one. Yeah, the NBA
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deal is not totally finalized yet, but I agree JB. I mean,
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that is an awful long time and obviously they're trying to seize the moment I
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Candy alluded to with Caitlin Clark and and Angel Reeves and all these great UNBA
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players we've seen over the last twenty four to thirty six months, three years
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possibly going back. I mean, they've been working very hard, don't get
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me wrong, ever since the league book started to get a contract with this
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magnitude, but it unfortunately has not happened so far. And you're right,
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I mean, you know, they are gambling a bit because that's an awful
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long time for a contract to run. But it's also a sign of how
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far they've come, which you guys talked about earlier, you know, a
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sign of how far women's basketball and women's sports in general has come. But
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Walter Walter is correct that NBA's Board of Governors approved the league's nuts media rights
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deal and it's finalizing it's an eleven year agreement as well. So the NBA
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and WNBA are both going for eleven year deals, which I agree JB is
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really long in today's day and age, and with the eleven years, Let's
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face it, we weren't streaming eleven years ago, and how think quickly things
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have changed. Eleven years is a long time. Okay, Well, you
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know we're talking a long time. So guess what We're gonna transition to another
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long time subject, but not one that Joe Ellis was really particularly likeably,
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And I'll talk about the New York championship drought that the Rangers eliminated. There
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have been one hundred combined seasons played by the Rangers, the Islanders, the
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Knicks, the Nets, the Yankees, the Mets, the Jets, and
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the Giants, Joe, one hundred years, and you can't get a title
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in the Big Apple Metropolitan Try what is wrong? Uh dah? Just bad
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bad general managers, bad coaching, just you know, teams that are trying
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to win. But there's better teams that have gotten lucky or done the right
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thing. You know, the Giants or I don't know, I can't even
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understand what they're doing. The Yankees have haven't learned over the last I guess
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the House Steinbrenner era over in Queen's at City Field, they would they are
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trying to do the George Steinbrenner out there, which didn't really work. The
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Jets of the Jets, I mean, nineteen sixty nine was a long time
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ago, and I don't know what they did to be such a cursed franchise,
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so we can't count them for anything. You know, the Nets they
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tried. You know, they got their Big three Harden, who I don't
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know what, you know, what kind of workout he was doing that he
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came in overweight, Kyrie, who is got some sort of mental thing going.
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And Durant, who can care less except for playing for a winner,
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but he doesn't know how to build a winner and he just likes to hop
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around. He really doesn't eat contracts. He should sign ten day contracts throughout
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the season so we can go to different teams because he has no lawyer.
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He's a bum. He's always been a bum. Kevin Durant JB underscore the
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program on Twitter because you're a bum. But what else I have to say
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about the men? You know, one of the teams have we missed the
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Islanders. They're trying. They got to do Arena, but it'll be a
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couple of years before they're good. I don't think I missed anybody, but
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New York sports is kind of horrible right now. Well, okay, transition.
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Did I mention Kevin Durant's a bum? Heard that You're welcome to say
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many times you want, But I knew that topic would get you right in
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the eyes of Joshua Door Okay, and he would call it a ball buster.
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This is something that most New Yorkers have to deal with their ballbusters because
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one hundred years a long time. But anyway, Georgia talks about the situation
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that's going on in New York unbelievable, really, Scott, I never looked
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at it that way. With totally all the years of all the teams that
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have been frustrated by the championship drought. It's really an unreal situation, it
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really is. And what Joe was talking about, I mean, you had
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bad management, you had bad coaching, you had some very skeptical fans that
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are getting a little bit more irate as every season marches on without a title,
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and it's really hard to believe because being the top city in America,
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the most populated city, and the one with the most money, usually obviously
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with Wall Street being right in their backyard. I mean, it's kind of
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ironic that of all cities in America, New York is the one that has
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had this drought going one hundred years. Unbelievable. I mean, you might
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want to throw Walters Common up there to Scott, but he talked about Detroit.
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I'm not going to throw Detroit up there yet, because, yeah,
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of George. You know, there comes a point where you're developing in the
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podcast era. Okay, and Joshua Geordan listening, or any of his other
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cronies. Okay, Okay, let's stay on the subject, okay, okay.
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And if I have to go out that and tattoo that to your forehead
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underneath the chat, I will do that. Tattoos stay oncorn and take that
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hand off. I know there's enough head around there. Or we'll do it
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in two lines. Stay on the subject, okay, got nothing else to
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say about it. You may bring good things to life, but a tattoo
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sprayer won't be I don't know. Are you allowed to be buried with tattoos
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with your religion. I think so, I don't think the Jewish people are.
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But that's not for another that's another fine, and that's okay, Walter,
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You're all right, it's different. I get to kick around, Icorn.
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I've only been doing it for forty four years, or what makes you
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think I'm gonna now you're okay, But now that now that you guys got
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the cat out of the bag, Okay, there's an awful lot of teams
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for one hundred years. So does that mean that Aaron Booze gets a little
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hotter more and the more desperate it is. But don't say anything more,
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Icorn, You've already brought your Detroit reference up. I'll do it. I'm
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I'm suspending you for the next ten seconds, okay until I go ahead and
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made segue. But that said, I'm gonna have Candy give us a station
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break while you think about what I'm what I just told you. Go ahead,
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Candy, wait, can I comment on the New York Polly? You
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comment, and then you give us a station break? But Icorn threw me
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off again. Stick come ahead, Okay. So the New York market,
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biggest TV market, biggest revenue, pretty much biggest pockets I mean, let's
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face it, the New York Mets this season, three hundred and forty two
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million dollars is their payroll, three hundred and forty two. The next highest
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is two hundred and forty six. But does that mean money buys championships?
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Not always now, Some will argue that like in Miami, the Marlins,
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they bought some championships back in the day. But New York is having a
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streak of not the best coaching, not the best playing, not the best
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players playing together. And maybe some of it is attitude, and maybe some
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of it is pressure, because let's face it, in New York, you
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you're expected to win. You're expected to win championships. So there's an added
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back to Walter up in Detroit. We are on some losing streak, Yeah
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we are, because Misery Reed does breed company. Let's talk about Chris Silich
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for a moment. Who took when he took control of the Tigers and the
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Red Wings. The Tigers are the second worst in MLB the four fifty seven
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and sixty sixty five. The worst in NHL, second worst, i should
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say, or actually the second worst is the Tigers, and the worst in
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the NHL's the Red Wings at two of sixty three thirty one. So when
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you think about the difference that you have right there, as things haven't been
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the same between Mike Hillitch and Chris Ilicch and the Red Wings and the Tigers
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are up some very difficult times. So with that said, mister detroiter,
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you can talk. Now you've had more than ten seconds to think about what
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I told you. Let's talk about the illages and the rest of the problems.
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But before we do that, let's make sure we get the rest of
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the chat comments up there first. The Lions haven't won anything since fifty seven.
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Yeah, hopefully they'll change, but they haven't. Last major pro championship
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here is in two thousand and nine with the Red Wings. And don't forget
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that they will only go ahead and got to the playoffs twenty five years in
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a row. I still think that does count for something. Anyway, the
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only difference in New York has an infinite advantagies at disposal. I'm not going
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to lie I enjoy the failure of New York City sports. Okay, well
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it's sure a lot of people your internal to your opinion, that's for sure.
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And let's see, let's go to Meridi. All right. Top Teler
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spent on every team to succeed. There's no reason to not win. Well
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except for coaching. George, I'm here if you need me. Yeah,
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of course he's doesn't want to see his buddy get ripped, right, go
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ahead, George. Detroit, well, you know, obviously Detroit, at
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least professional football wise, is turned the corner. They want a championship.
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Yes they haven't been to the Super Bowl, but that day is coming.
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As far as the Red Wings go, I mean, yeah, you know,
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making the playoffs so that many years in a row and all the Stanley
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Cups one. But now they've been on our times, as we know,
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a straight years without even tasting the playoffs. Piston's just complete disaster. Oh
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gosh. But when you talk about Chris Ilich, there is something that does
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stand out. He doesn't seem to have the passion of his father. His
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father was a Detroit Tiger player at one time. Chris is a various tute
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businessman, he I think he built up his legacy within that family more on
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the business side. I'm not faulting on him, but I just mean the
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passion that his father had and his mother to a certain degree with the Red
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Wings, to me, is not present with young Chris Hillige. So that's
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all I wanted to add. But yeah, Detroit's been waiting a long time
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too, I get it, but it still can't doesn't compare to the long
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wait of one hundred years for the New York teams. All right, Joe,
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Yeah, I mean, you know, when you think about Detroit,
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you think about the bad Boys, the Pistage, you think about the Red
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Wings, which had a nice little dynasty for a while, the eighty four
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Tigers, and they're finally starting to turn the corner and start to get some
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good young talent there uh in the baseball at MLB and the Tigers, the
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Red Wigs. I don't know what's going on with them as much. I
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don't follow them as much, but I think in the next couple of years
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they're going to start to rebound. The Pistons though they just can't seem to
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figure it out. You know, they've had top picks. It's been horrible
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for the last few years. I don't know what it's going to take for
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that team to to come back and you know, become relevant again, because
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you know, it's a shame. It's a hard working community, it's a
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hard working city, and they just they're just there, you know, they're
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just they're not giving it the effort that they should. I think, Candy,
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Okay, So I'm gonna tell you, guys, what surprised me is
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I saw a stay that says for the Tigers. Last year, your revenue
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was three hundred and six million dollars for the Tigers. Your payroll this year
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is one hundred and eighteen million, which is only thirty eight point six percent
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of the revenue from last year. You according to MLB, out of the
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thirty teams, that puts you twenty seventh place percentage wise, of the revenue
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you guys made last year, what you're spending on payroll this year, what
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I'm gonna what I'm gonna say is I'm gonna blame a lot of it on
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your gms, because honestly, I don't think we give enough credit to the
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gms that can put together really good teams. And part of it is the
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owner that pays for that GM. The success that Green Bay has had a
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lot lot of it is attributed to Ron Wolf. You know, if you
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look at it, the really good gms really know how to pick players.
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And you've got to some of the teams that don't have the payroll in the
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expense expense that a lot of other teams do, they've got to rely on
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hitting on all your draft picks. And so I think a lot of it
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is that. A lot of it is also your coaching staff getting your players
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to play together cohesively as a team, because these are all team sports,
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not individual sports. And I think that matters too and makes a big difference.
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Well said Well, Troy Weaver was awful. Monni Williams unfortunately last and
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only one year. I think he could have gotten it done in ear two
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or three with better players. But the reality of situation is you don't finish
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fourteen and sixty eight worse than you did when you only wont sixteen games.
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And Tom Gores right now is getting to the point where that honeymoon period is
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over. He knows he needs to put together a winner. So when you
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have that combination going against you doesn't work well. Alavilla had a nineteen million
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year rebuilding program, traded every good player on the planet, and that's why
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they were behind, you know, the Red Wings. I give him a
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cup of a little bit more slack. Ken Allen did a good job with
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him. Steve Weiserman is just trying to clean up the mess in the Lions
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under Dan Campbell and Brad Holmes. There's no question that they're making progress.
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So albeit there having a little difficult time right now. I see the Red
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Wings getting in the playoffs next year. The Lions can only hope that there's
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really not a major letdown coming in the next year, because you always hope
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that they don't read the clippings, but I don't think there will be.
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I think they're in much much better shape now than they were. You know,
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the Red Wings were so close to getting in the playoffs, that's the
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whole thing. It wasn't for an overtime one too many overtime wins and not
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over regulation win, they would have been in the playoffs and that drought was
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being done. So I do feel good about where they're headed. But again,
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like you guys have all reiterated, you know, when you don't have
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front offices and ownership on the same page. And the Odors aren't making the
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right moves. That's a recipe for disaster, that's for sure. Well,
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you know what, now that we've gone out there and talked about the droughts,
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let's talk about something that's really good in women's sports. And now I'm
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not talking about the WNBA. I'm talking about something a little bit better than
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that. Kudos to Marny Marnie m A. R n Y Gellner, who
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became the first woman to call play by play in Minnesota Twins team history,
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and she did it against the White Sox. Well, let's turn to the
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woman that we have here, Candy A playing, and let's give me your
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thoughts about Marnie Gellner. I don't know a lot about Marnie, but I
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mean you're hearing more and more how women are starting to do play by play
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and getting into the game. Kudos because again, I mean again, why
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are we talking about this, Like, why is it a thing? It
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should be norm The best person for the job should get it, whether it's
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a woman or a female. Both know the game. The game is the
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same. Growing up, if you play baseball, you would know it as
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long as you know the history and can tell good stories, good for you,
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Like if she's great. I've never listened to her, I'll be honest.
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My favorite is Bob Buker without a doubt. But I'm partial and biased
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to you know, my team. And But do I ever think women will
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play in the MLB? I actually think so, Adam, because there is
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women now starting to play in men in college football, and that's a more
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contact sport. So I would think MLB would could be easier and more accepting
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of women playing in MELB. There you go, Okay, go ahead,
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door dog check. There. You got to give them a dog check one
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o one. Uh hey, listen, you know we talked about it on
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one hundred and eight stitches. I'm happy for her. I don't know much
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about her either, but it's it's one of those areas that it just taken
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a long long time to kind of crack that barrier, if you will.
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The other one is Major League Baseball, you know, and that's another thing
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is the umpiring. You know, we've had female officials, but for some
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reason, they they they've had them in spring training, but they never promoted
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a female to the staff. I think they should do that also, But
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yeah, there's a lot of qualified lady announcers and lady broadcasters and you know
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sportscasters. They do a great job with anchoring. They do a fantastic job
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as sideline reporters. Uh, they've been going back to Phyllis George. They've
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been part of the U panel, if you will, on the Pro football
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pregame shows and stuff. So I'm happy for her in Minnesota. The Twins
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seem to have made a nice move to do that, and I'm only hoping
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that it becomes more common instead of us having to talk about being a one
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off, you know, and that she did something that you know, nobody
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else did, at least in Minneapolis. So yeah, I'm happy for Scott
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too, all right, Joe, I like this comment by Adam losing It.
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You know, I would like to see a female head coach a female
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own player next two years. You know what, Adam, there was a
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thought thought I actually had. I thought Jackie Hammond would break the barrier and
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become the first head coach in the NBA, but it didn't work out.
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She took the Las Vegas stations. But you know what, I wouldn't be
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surprised if that happens, and then that two, three, four or five
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years at a great point though, all right, go ahead, Joe,
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Yeah, I mean, I'm kind of over this topic. It's twenty twenty
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four. You know, the best person for the job as well that she'd
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get it. She's obviously the best person the twins, but she was best
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and most qualified for the job. Women, could, you know, talk
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about sports just as good as men. Candy is one of the best that
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I've worked with. I have no problem saying that Candy is a woman,
26:14
you know, so it's self explanatory if you know. It's great that we
26:19
recognize it. But at the same time, it's not something we should even
26:22
have to recognize. If you're the best for the position, that's what it
26:26
should be. You know. I'm glad for the woman, Martie, you
26:30
know, I'm sure you know she should be proud that she got there.
26:33
It's groundbreaking, but at the same time, we're at a point where it
26:37
shouldn't be groundbreaking, so correct I agree, And I'll tell you this too.
26:41
Marnie Gellner in Minnesota, she's something I'll tell you what. She's well
26:48
liked and well known there, so her credibility is unbelievable. Excuse me.
26:53
So that said, Okay, we're gonna stay. This topic is designed for
26:59
candy. And now I'll tell you what I noticed this here out there.
27:03
I couldn't believe how many coaches that the Milwaukee Bucks and employed when it comes
27:10
to assistant coaches. If Doc Rivers isn't under pressure, now I don't know
27:15
what the heck pressure is. So bear with me for a second. Okay,
27:19
here's the coaching staff of the Milwaukee Bucks under Doc Rivers. Darvin Ham,
27:26
well, yeah, I was upon a time he was there with the
27:29
Lakers, Greg Buckner, Dave Jordery previous head coach. Then you have Rex
27:34
calming me in, Joe PRUTTI, Vin Baker. Now I'll tell you what
27:38
if you're Vin Baker was a heck of a player. I used to like
27:41
watching him. Pete Dimiguez, So that'll be a crowded bench. So those
27:45
are all your assistant coaches. Now, if you want some other assistant coaches.
27:51
For assistant coaches, you got Jack Carron. They had a player development
27:56
Jason Love player development, and then they have Spencer Rivers clear development. Oh
28:00
my goodness, how many coaches can you have? Joe that's a lot.
28:06
Yeah, I mean, more power to them if they want to have that
28:10
many people in the coaching staff. I don't think it's necessary, but if
28:15
you know, they feel that they're going to get the most having all those
28:18
people you know, on the bench or in the organization helping, as long
28:23
as they can effectively use all of them to make the team better. But
28:27
it all starts with you know, Doc Glenn Rivers, who has proven he's
28:33
not not the best coach in the NBA, that he's not good to the
28:37
playoffs when it counts that you know, he's going to be holding that team
28:41
back. So you know, maybe get rid of him and elevate one of
28:44
the thirty five million assistant coaches and they'll have a better shot. Hey,
28:48
Joe, I was just amazed that they had that many coaches. I'm thinking,
28:52
you know, that is a lot. That's insane. Seven regular assistants
28:59
or I don't know tone at that point yet. Seven plus three equals ten.
29:03
Yeah, that's a general math question one that I can handle, that
29:04
doesn't require a calculator, but still ten, that's a lot. I mean,
29:08
and you know, well you go five, Remember starting lineup was five
29:12
and then you have five deep? Is there? Am I missing something in
29:15
her mind? Forget about it all, right, George Iichhorn, Well,
29:18
I'll tell you what that is a lot of coaches and that it's just exploded,
29:22
you know, and not only in the NBA but also Major League Baseball.
29:26
Noticed so many coaches on these rosters, on these clubs. But yeah,
29:32
I mean, you can have as many coaches as you want, but
29:33
if you still can't win, or you still can't get to the Promised Land,
29:37
then something's wrong. I mean we saw them they you know, they
29:41
swept Phoenix in the first round, the Bucks did, and then they struggled
29:45
mightily. They almost lost the Denver series. They came back with two wins
29:48
at the at the tail end of that series, and then they made it
29:52
to the conference finals, and we all remember what happened against Dallas. One
29:56
win, four losses. So I agree with you. I was cutting him
30:00
a little bit more slack, probably than I should have when we talked about
30:03
Rivers after he was hired by Milwaukee, because I remember we talked about him
30:08
at great length on one of the shows. But no, I'm with you
30:12
guys now on that. I mean, he's not seems to be the right
30:15
person at all to get a team far, far deep into the playoffs and
30:18
into the into the championship round, if you will, the finals. So
30:22
yeah, a lot of coaches, and obviously you got to hit more than
30:26
just coaches. You got to have talent and leadership on that floor. And
30:30
that's where I think Milwaukee has to find tune to get a little bit better
30:33
in those departments. Okay, let's go to the chat room here, Walter
30:37
Mitchell, Kennedy, this interest one from JB. Okay, Walter Mitchell.
30:41
The problem is some of us still have neanderthal feelings. Remember that lady that
30:45
just the assistant coach of the cracking people hated, not even looking at her
30:49
resume. I mean, okay, you want you have an answer to that.
30:53
It's a shape. It's like that. I mean, you know,
30:56
it's and it's not just with females and sports. It's with race, it's
31:02
with religion. It's twenty twenty four all people. I guarantee you, if
31:07
any one of us gets cut, it's red. We all breathe oxygen,
31:11
you know, we all we're all very much more similar than we are different,
31:15
and we have to start just getting over all of that and then we'll
31:19
be okay. Enough, all right, Candy, So says your team to
31:23
Milwaukee bumps, what's your answer to all these coaches? It doesn't matter how
31:30
many coaches you have. The coaches don't play the game. It depends on
31:36
who what team you feel on that court, the talent you have, the
31:41
talent that plays together. And I'll be honest with you, how injury prone
31:47
are those players, because that's really what's been biting the Bucks lately. As
31:55
far as coaches go. The annual salaries for NBA coaches, they get as
31:59
high as three eighty seven and as low as fifteen thousand. On a night
32:04
on the bench, can only be head coach and a maximum of three assistants,
32:07
whether they're coaches or trainers or anything like that. So having all those
32:13
coaches fine, but it's really about the talent that you put on the field
32:19
and how well. And I've said this for a long time that I've thought
32:22
a lot of the Milwaukee teams have gotten a lot of injuries, and so
32:29
I think the training staff has to do a better job of keeping them out
32:32
on the field. I just read that Chris Middleton had surgery on both of
32:39
his ankles during the offseason. Now he's supposed to be ready for the start
32:44
of the next season, but he's only played in an average of eighty six
32:47
games this last year, and it used to be higher than that. They
32:52
traded away the Bucks again, I will say and say this till I'm blue
32:58
in the flight face. They traded away Drew Holliday, and he was the
33:01
defensive guru on that team, on that championship team that really helped gel them
33:07
together and played defense. And the Bucks really lacked that defense last year.
33:14
And there's an old saying that says defense wins championships. Well, all I
33:22
can tell you is this Doc Rivers doesn't survive. You have a couple of
33:25
potential replacements on the bench in Darmnham, and you have one of Dave Jorger.
33:30
Now, a little defensive note that just found out today is that Patrick
33:34
Beverly is society. Instead of playing for Houston and Detroit for the league minimum
33:37
or wherever they can get him, He's gonna play in Israel. So enjoy
33:42
the matza, enjoy all the chop liver, and enjoy the amenities out in
33:46
Israel. It's okay, Patrick Beverley. You might even be able to gain
33:51
a lot more subscribers to your podcast as what you could do out there,
33:53
although they're gonna have to figure out how to do it in Israel. And
33:57
I wouldn't even begin to advise you because I struggled with the languages that I
34:00
do. I've never even packed the foreign language. But still, but as
34:04
far as the Bucks are concerned, the biggest thing that they have to have
34:07
come postseason. Giannis and it the couple must finally stay healthy in the post
34:12
season period. One minute, one year is missing in this Melley Games.
34:15
This year is missing. Come on, honest, stay on the court.
34:19
Okay, we can't sit here looking to put people around you when you're not
34:22
playing during the playoffs. You know they need to. During the regular season,
34:25
the numbers have always been good. You got your championships. You don't
34:29
have to worry about anybody putting in the classifications of all the players that don't
34:32
have one. But they need you in the postseason they do. And until
34:37
Giannis and It's the couple can stay healthy in the postseason. Fine, now,
34:42
Doc Rivers, you don't have any more excuses to not win. You
34:45
got enough help, I mean, my goodness, if you ain't not have
34:47
that many people on the bench during the game. You have enough people in
34:51
the gym to make sure everybody can shoot free throws of whatever you got these
34:54
brought in for so is if dock River's seat wasn't hot, I'd say it
35:00
boiling hot right now. And because the Milwaukee Bucks are showing a lot of
35:05
faith that you can hire all the assistance you want, you better win.
35:07
And that's all there is to it. Now. You just started a new
35:10
segment which I'm really having a lot of fun with. It's called her non
35:15
sports related subject. Nobody sees this here, so nobody knows, okay,
35:21
but I have one that Candy Eveling is definitely gonna get be familiar with.
35:24
And I'm gonna bring her on last. Okay, I'm gonna start off with
35:28
Joe Ellis Okay, a Florida man faces a felony robbery charge after attempts to
35:35
withdraw one cent. I said one cent, folks, okay from a bank
35:40
and sub Kirk County. The name is Michael Fleming. What do you say
35:44
that, Joe? One cent? You got a penny in your pocket?
35:46
Really? So he tried to withdraw a penny and he's got felony what charges?
35:52
Yeah, got a pelony charge. I'm trying to charge them for a
35:55
pelony charge just for with. I don't know if there's some stupid publicities under
36:00
whether this is real, but it was real enough to get it on this
36:02
boarding change. And what do they have a pelony for a penny? What
36:06
us wrong with Florida? Well, seriously, what is wrong with the state
36:09
of Florida? That's all I can say. I don't have that much of
36:13
time to tell you. They've already spent more than what the whole penny was
36:17
worth once they arrested him, and now we haven't got into the court cost,
36:22
the lawyer costs, and if they incarcerate the bed, that's tax money
36:30
for the one set. I'm done. Yeah, but you know what you
36:37
just got started because you probably gave the answer that ninety nine point nine percent
36:42
of this civilized rule with them up with. But you know what we always
36:45
try to do, Joe, as we always talk about in the book,
36:47
we got to come up with something different. And it's our job to report
36:51
the news, whether we like it or you don't, right, jo,
36:52
Yeah, in that journalism one O one of course, Okay, all right,
36:57
George, you know what, what are your thoughts about the penny felony?
37:00
The penny felony stinks to high heaven. I'm sorry this there's no place
37:05
for that kind of you know. I mean, I I can see if
37:07
somebody's trying to have some fun and getting the you know, getting drawing the
37:10
ire of the bank employees or something like that. I don't know if he
37:14
had something playing like that is to try to get his name in the news.
37:17
Although that's a better way to get your name in the news, I
37:21
guess than obviously some other violent criminals, so with the way of what things
37:24
they do. But that's for another day. But no, I don't understand
37:28
it. I I just you know, it's so funny, but it's ridiculous.
37:32
But and yet it just is a is the craziest thing Scott and guys
37:37
and Candy. This is just to sound so stupid, like you said,
37:42
GB, wasting all the time and energy on and now you're far far in
37:45
the negative category. What it's costing the powers that be crazy? Well,
37:52
if anybody was on inside the pitch in last night, you know, I
37:54
never thought i'd see the day where I'd be talking about Flip Wilson and Nipsey
37:59
Russell. But when Jeremy Bulbrick is out there telling me that he can't come
38:01
on our show on Thursday because he's got a date, and that everybody,
38:07
all of the co hosts here are having a lot of fun. Way over
38:09
works out well for you, Jeremy Balrick at all. We're having a blast
38:14
of this guy. You know, we wish we love Jeremy. Don't get
38:16
me wrong. If you want to take the night off for a date,
38:19
we hope it works out. And you know what, the one thing I've
38:22
always learned, you know, you gotta be crazy, you gotta be different,
38:25
and we need to maintain a sense of humor. And that one cent
38:29
penny penny to me, felony is interesting. But we'll go to somebody it's
38:34
a bit more familiar with the banking industry. Candy. So he walks in,
38:42
fills out a withdrawal slip for a penny, walks up to the teller.
38:47
Teller says he can't withdraw the penny. He says, so you want
38:52
me to say the other word, Flembing told the bank teller. According to
38:55
the rest report, no other details are out there except that deputies said the
39:00
bank teller was in fear of possible violence, so he might have acted very
39:07
aggressively that you guys don't know. And so they actually said when the deputies
39:16
were there that they felt there was probable cause to feel that he was violating
39:23
Florida's robbery laws, and so that's why he was He actually was arrested.
39:30
He was a forty one year old man. He remains on five thousand dollars
39:35
bond as of a couple days ago. There are so many crazy people in
39:40
this world. And yes, you guys don't have and I shouldn't say don't
39:47
have a clue, but the reality is, who in their right mind is
39:54
going to walk into a bank and give a withdrawal slip for a p like
40:00
you can't do anything with a penny. You're doing that to be rude,
40:06
joking if you're trying to joke, but it really isn't funny. And as
40:10
somebody that works inside a bank, I can see where Now I wouldn't necessarily
40:17
have taken it to this level, but obviously maybe he was aggressive and maybe
40:22
he was talking aggressively and his body language. There are so many crazy people
40:30
in this world that you have to be careful because the slightest wrong thing that
40:36
you say, you don't know. If he didn't have a gun in his
40:40
with him, you don't know what he might go do. Like if you
40:45
say the wrong thing, he might walk out, go get a gun and
40:47
come back. Like there are so many different things that set people off and
40:55
vice versa. So do I think I think walking into a bank for a
41:01
penny is something that should be a felony. No, but what else transposed
41:09
that could? Very well? She could whoever the bank teller was could could
41:15
have been trying to protect her and others because you don't know who else was
41:20
around as well, because if he was getting violent and getting you know,
41:23
abusive, who knows what he could have done. Well, we don't have
41:30
to footage on it. But you know what, anytime I see interesting stuff
41:32
right there, you know, that's why we have a comment session, That's
41:36
why we have emails, and that's why when we come up with stuff like
41:39
this as off the wall, and you know, I wish we had more
41:43
opportunities to do more newsworthy stuff. The problem I don't like about doing a
41:46
lot of newsworthy stuff is the reason why I tune local news off is I'm
41:51
sick and tired of seeing who was killed here and all that business. So
41:54
if I could go out there and find anything out of journalism that's a little
41:59
bit different, to bring it to the forefront. That's only the reason why
42:01
I incorporate these different topics. But I don't watch local news. I haven't
42:06
in a long time. And you know what, again, we have our
42:08
sources to get information. And as Marshall mccluan would say, and I mentioned
42:14
in the book, the medium is a message, and every now and then
42:17
I'm using the medium as a message to talk about an athal long news story.
42:21
So we can get comments from other people that might have different opinions.
42:23
But at least on this one, we knew Candy had a little bit more
42:27
information or insight on it than we did. So that said, we do
42:30
have time for parting shots. Candy, do you have any parting shots?
42:36
I have give me a minute, come back to circle back, I George,
42:38
you have a parting shot. Yeah. Hats off to Joe Davis and
42:45
John Smoltz and the team at Fox Sports very well put together All Star broadcast
42:51
last night, very very exciting. And also I got to hats off to
42:54
to the Texas Rangers. My goodness, I don't think I've ever was going
42:59
to see a day outside of protecting the outfield from having a riot. So
43:05
if you win a championship with horseback, but those horses coming on the field
43:08
to the America League flag, the National League flag, that was so cool,
43:13
and the and the different cowboys are doing their rope tricks. So hats
43:15
off Texas. You did a great job down there, a great, great
43:19
All Star game. So JB have any parting shots. So in a few
43:25
weeks we're gonna be going and having the twenty twenty four Olympics. The mayor
43:32
of Paris took a swim in the river, which they claim is cleaned up.
43:40
They've been working on cleaning it for many years at this point, but
43:46
recent test show it's actually not safe to swim in the river. But the
43:52
mayor has decided that he was going to go ahead it swim in the river
43:54
to show everybody that it was, you know, safe. You know,
43:59
the Olympic Committee needs to step in make sure that the river is safe to
44:05
swim in. Now put athletes health at risk for an opportunity that you know,
44:10
these athletes will do whatever it takes to compete. So it's your job
44:15
as the Olympic Committee to protect the athletes that would do anything to compete in
44:21
your events and find a safe location. And you know, to me,
44:25
that's just something that needs to be done as soon as possible. Have an
44:30
alternative to it, because you can't have athletes travel, you know, and
44:37
they're they're not going to sit out if if they you know, if it's
44:42
whitewashing and said, oh it's it's safe, but it's really not safe.
44:45
They're not going to sit out. They're not going to have their own tests.
44:47
They're not going to look at the water and say, I don't like
44:50
the way it looks. Some going to sit out of this. They're going
44:52
to compete because they all want to win, and you know, you've got
44:54
to got to protect them in the situation. So this needs to be done
44:58
relatively soon in fun to find an alternative location. Well done, Kenny.
45:04
You have a party shot, my parting shot. And this is not political,
45:09
but there is no room for violence at any political event. I don't
45:16
care who was there, what you believe in the attempt at the assassination is
45:27
uncalled for and I'm sorry I know we don't talk politics, but there is
45:31
no room for violence at any of these. Everyone has a right to speak,
45:37
freedom of speech. You have a right to your opinion. You have
45:40
a right to be at an event supporting who you want to support. And
45:46
it is just so sad that innocent lives were lost because someone decided to take
45:54
a shot. All set, only two comments I want to have tonight or
46:00
number one, I want to thank Fred Claire for being my guest on the
46:02
MotorCity man Mouth Show. Folks, this is the old time of a baseball
46:07
conversation as you can get with a guy who won a World Series with the
46:12
Dodgers and has been a part of baseball for ages and ages. And we
46:16
talked about El Campanis and that Nightline interview as well as some important issues about
46:22
you know, minorities in the sport and all that. So if you get
46:27
a chance on the Southward the Trout YouTube channel, please watch that interview.
46:30
It's a good one. The only other comment I have, mister Allie says,
46:34
I hope you have a good time out in Alaska. I've been there,
46:37
didn't take the cruise, okay, but Alasta is a great place.
46:39
One of these days. I'll take it Candy on the Alaskan Cruise. I
46:43
hope you and Debbie have a wonderful time out in Alaska. I know you're
46:45
gonna have a wonderful time. It's one of the greatest states I've been in.
46:49
So go out there and we look forward to CD in two weeks from
46:52
now. Thank you. I appreciate it. So meanwhile, with that said,
46:55
that conclude this edition of the Sports of Change. But okay, do
47:00
you want to take over? No, I was just gonna say, we
47:02
won't be on in two weeks. We'll be on next week, but the
47:06
week after we will be traveling back ourselves. Right, Okay, well,
47:09
so we will be on next week, Okay, but two weeks we will
47:14
be off. All right, make sure we get our travel schedules. Drink.
47:16
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47:44
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and Sauce as well. All right, Well that does it for this edition
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of the Sports Exchange on behalf of Caneablane, George Icorn, J b Ellis.
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My name is Scott Morgaro, thank you, thank you for joining us.
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We will be back on the Sports Exchange next week and I'll have a
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I'll have another guest on. I'll inform people of that later on once it
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is officially confirmed, and then JB. Ellis will have his regular seat when
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he gets back from Alaska. So once again, JB, you and Deb
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have a great time. Thank you everybody much for joining us. We appreciate
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all the activity in the chat room. Walter Mitchell you were you were our
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number one star of the night. Thank you very much Walter for contributing.
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Toodnight. Everybody, say you next week. Good night,