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If it is the worldwide sports radio network.
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The Final Four of the 2026 NCAA basketball tournament took place
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on Saturday in Indianapolis. While the games were maybe less
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competitive than expected, the outcome that many were hoping
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for was fed to the fans as the two seeded UConn Huskies and
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head coach Danny Hurley will try their win, their third natty in
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the last Four Seasons, when they take on the heavily favored #1
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seeded Wolverines later tonight. For all the marbles.
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We will breakdown how each team got here and what went wrong for
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Illinois and Arizona on Saturday ahead of tonight's 8:50 PM tip
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off and after we recap the desperation firing and replacing
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of Patrick Wah with Peter Deboer by the Islanders as their
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playoff hopes start to fade and check in on the Lakers losing
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both Luca Doncic and Austin Reeves for at least the rest of
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the regular season. We break down Sexy Dexy's trade
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demand to Big Blue from Big Blue and General Manager Joe Shane on
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another jam packed, chalk filled, brand spanking new live
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Monday night edition of New York's sports loudmouth the
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Mets. Lose their stock, right?
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They lose their stock closer. The Mets are in a bad spot right
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now. I've never seen a Ranger team
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quit before the Olympics. We're going to be looking at
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Aaron Judge and saying that he can't win the big game, Michael
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Jordan said. I played 8 engine games.
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You don't see the fun doing that, but Jack Hughes did after
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getting his teeth knocked down to play every single shift he
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got back in the game. Hello.
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Tommy Poops and in the back end, we call him the NR hour.
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His name is the myth, the PR man himself.
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And also we have a couple interns.
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We got Zoot in the background as far as I see right now, and
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we'll have all the other guys a little bit later in the show.
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So a lot to get into tonight. We have the championship game,
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NCAA tournament, UConn versus Michigan for all the marbles.
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Is it UConn? And I'll say this again, what
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Danny Hurley has done has been remarkable.
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If he wins another national championship, that'll be 3 and
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four years. The last person we've seen this
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is who? Speedy.
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Who do we remind? John Wooden.
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John Wooden, one of the greatest NCAA coaches, if not the
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greatest NCAA coach of all time, not even Coach K Roy Williams.
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Any of these guys is none of them have done it like Danny
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Hurley has. It's it's a remarkable,
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remarkable story. If you think about what Danny
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Hurley was as a college player, as a basketball player, He
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wasn't Bobby Hurley, who won two national championships.
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He failed over there in Providence and, and it's slowly
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but surely he was unsure where he was going with his career,
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became an assistant assistant coach in college and slowly
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moved up in the rankings and eventually took over UConn.
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And he's just really done an unbelievable job.
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Almost took the LA Lakers job a year ago.
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And it's been a remarkable, A remarkable story for the UConn
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Huskies. It's it's unbelievable.
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I love it. And Qi know you were enjoying
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Easter. What were you doing with your
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family? Any any interesting things?
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Any family fights would usually happen on holidays.
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No, we didn't have no family fights.
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We was all good. We actually went.
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We had like church, I was for us this holy weekend.
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And there's a bunch of church events and different, yeah,
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different events that they have thrown for our church here down
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here in Atlanta. And then so we did church, spent
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times with the kids and then there was a baby shower.
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Somebody scheduled a baby shower, which I think it's
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pretty crazy to have a baby shower on a holiday weekend.
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It's just hard to pull people in for an event like that when
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there's a holiday weekend. But other than that, the heroes,
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the tomb is now empty and will forever be empty.
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And we enjoyed it, man. What about you?
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I was just hanging out with friends.
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Tommy. Tommy I know was doing stuff
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with his family. Speedy was doing stuff with his
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family. Actually, Speedy didn't go home
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to Connecticut, which is usually something that we expect, but he
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didn't go home to his family hanging out with his uncle and
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his grandmother. What I was doing is I went and I
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hung out with Mikey C and his family and it was fantastic.
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I, I never got a chance to see him and his four nieces
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together, got a chance to see some of his nieces and nephews
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and and I get I got to see his mother, who reminds me of my
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mother. She's been always gracious and a
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lot of food Italians love. Food.
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Oh my God, Italian food man, Yes.
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All the Italian stuff. Shadow American.
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A black American. I I know you like.
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Soul food. You like soul food over there in
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Georgia, right? Right.
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Yeah. I love soul food, by the way.
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I love. I love my.
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I love Italian too by the. Way who doesn't love Italian?
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Is very good because you don't gain as much weight when you do
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authentic Italian soap. Oh, I love it.
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The stuffed shells we have the chicken cutlets they had the
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mushrooms, which I'm not a big fan of, some steak.
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It was a mixture of everything I brought myself.
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I, I bought a couple of pies for because I you can't go empty
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handed to a family event and expect to just walk right in
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empty handed. I always bring something, cake,
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pie, whatever, anything where I bring drinks, but I, I don't
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drink. So if I bring liquor to a party,
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you know, I'm not going to be the one drinking it.
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So I, I did, and I'm not a cigar smoker, but I brought a couple
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of cigars. So a lot of the guys that were
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there was smoking some cigars. So it's just not my thing.
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It, it never is my thing. But the, the food was delicious.
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I filled up my stomach. Brittany.
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Brittany didn't come. She was enjoying her sleep
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because she's been working back-to-back nights.
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She's back at it tonight at Elle Island Cohen.
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So she's always working. So she says you're always the
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one with the fun and I never had any fun And I notice everybody
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looking at our backgrounds. We do not have a green screen
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anymore. So we we're working on some new
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stuff for the fans to check out some of my sneaker collection,
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some of the some sneakers that are very, very rare.
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We got the Freddy Cougars on the back.
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We got the Christian Dior, Michael Jordan sneakers.
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Everybody, if you know sneakers, I'm going to every single week
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I'm going to change the sneakers so you guys can check out some
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of the new styles, some of the old styles I have so you guys
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can check out some of my my sick collecting habits because I love
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hats. I've got over 400 hats.
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I've got sneakers. I probably have about four or
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500 sneakers and I'm not telling you where I live, ladies and
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gentlemen, because if you know where I live, I'll I'll there'll
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be a lot of slavery thievery. I almost said slavery thievery.
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I also have, I collect glasses and anybody likes these AI
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glasses? I got a couple of pair.
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Of these. I'm not putting any glasses on
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the show tonight. I'm staying away from it.
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I'm not doing that. But I've got a ton of things.
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I do a lot and I spend a lot on some nice things.
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So whenever I have kids and, and anybody wants some used or some
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unique things, even behind Speedy, you see some of my
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gloves, some of my kickboxing, you know, stuff.
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So I, I, I put it, I post up a lot of different things.
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You got Wayne Gretzky's farewell Daily News poster, a lot of
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different things for the fans to check out some of the things
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that we haven't done. Speedy, keep your head up.
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Why do you always look down? You look like you're looking at
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your crotch. I mean, come on, man.
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What's going on for you right over here?
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What are you, what are you doing over here?
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Why do you always look down? What are you looking?
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At Now he's preparing for this show.
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He's preparing for. Something yeah, I have to
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actually do the social media stuff.
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Is that what it is, Speedy? You know, he gets too excited by
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boys and girls, so. Yeah, that's clearly excitement.
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Yeah, well, you jump for joy. I usually when Speedy, when
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Speedy stands up, he jumps, he hobbles, he does all these
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different things. It's very unique.
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I've never seen anybody like him.
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Speedy, you like to. When you get excited, what do
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you like to do? You.
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Like to grab yourself, right? You like to, you know, you grab
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your crotch, you grab your ass, you know, you do all that stuff.
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It's your nuts. Everything anybody wants to
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learn a little unique things when people are standing up or
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enjoying themselves. Just reach out to Speedy.
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He'll give you some ideas. Anyways, at 8:20, we'll be
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talking to CEO of Draft of the Draft Network, Paige Demarcos,
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right? Am I right?
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Demarcos and I, she's got to be Greek.
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She's got to be great. With a name like that, I mean
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Paige. Demacos.
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She's got a huge following right now on Instagram, almost 40,049
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thousand people that follow her and I'm I'm very excited to have
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her on a show. She's never been on New York
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sports loudmouth. So it's going to be very
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interesting to hear her take on the draft.
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We're going to be going to the draft Pittsburgh.
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We're working we're working on doing something at the bars over
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there. We don't know exactly what bar
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we're going to be at, but once we have an understanding of
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where we're going to be, we'll let everybody you know so they
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can come down. We'll have some guests, we'll do
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some giveaways. Maybe Q will be doing some of
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his dances because he says he's one of the greatest dancers of
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all time. You know what's top five?
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Top five? Wow.
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That I've seen you're if Michael Jackson, Chris Brown, two others
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and then me. You know the new Michael Jackson
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movie is coming out, right? Tell me about it.
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Michael, the Michael Jackson movie is coming out and his
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nephew Jermaine, Jermaine Jackson's son, is going to be
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playing his uncle and he plays Michael.
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I Brittany thinks it looks just like him when he was younger.
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I I don't see it. But nevertheless, he will be
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playing his uncle and it's going to be, it's called Michael
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Jackson. So it'll be in the movie
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theaters, I think at the end of May.
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So no, I'm sorry. Not at the end of May.
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At the end of April. I think April 24th or 23rd will
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be the first show. The 24th, yeah. 23rd will be the
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first one, but the 24th is when it's set to.
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Release All right, so the 24th and there's a new movie coming
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out this coming weekend called Beast.
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It's an MMA movie. It looks really, really good.
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So if you like, if anybody's seen the movie Warrior and you
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enjoyed that movie I with Tim with Tom Hardy, I think you'll
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really enjoy this movie. It's a great storyline.
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I I I saw it coming attraction. So very excited for some of the
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movies that are coming out in in the very near future.
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Speaking of excited, the final four recap of the national
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championship and the national championship preview in the
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first game of the final four. You can't beat Illinois 71 to
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62, advancing to their third national championship game in
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the last four years. Terrace Reed had another double
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double with 17 points and 11 rebounds, and both Solo Ball and
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Braylon Mullins shot very well with from three.
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In the second game of the Final Four, Michigan dominated Arizona
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91 to 73 like I predicted to advance to their first national
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championship since 2018. A day.
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Mara LED Michigan with 26 points, 9 rebounds, while five
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other Michigan players scored double figures.
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Michigan guard Yaxel Lenenburg will play in tonight's national
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championship through an MCL strain, a sprain he suffered in
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the first half versus Arizona. Michigan is favored by 7.5
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points in tonight's national championship game.
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Now, I will say this, OU Ucon fans should be very, very
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excited and there's a lot of reasons why you should be very,
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very excited for this Game 1. Danny Hurley to me, out of both
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coaches, I'm not taking shots at anything that we've seen so far.
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May has been sensational and there are a lot of people that
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were predicting that May was going to take if, if he wins the
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national championship of Michigan, take that North
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Carolina job and run. But stories coming out over the
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last 24 hours is he's not taking the job, He's not even
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interviewing for the job. He's staying with Michigan
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unless somebody else offers him a job.
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Hey, maybe one of these NBA teams, because it seems like the
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Lakers might be looking for a new coach at the end of the
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season. But nevertheless, what Danny
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Hurley has done over the last couple of years has been
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absolutely remarkable. And I'm, and I'm not a UConn
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fan. I, I do root for St.
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John's and Hofstra, all these New York teams.
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There's nobody here in Long Island that really stands out a
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Stony Brook. Stony Brook's made the, the, the
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tournament how many times over the last 10 years?
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2 So Stony Brook is not a great program, but Hofstra, Speedy
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Claxton, I was rooting for them. They get knocked out by Alabama
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and now you look at Saint John's.
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We were rooting for Saint John's even though they got knocked out
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by Duke in the second-half when they had a one point lead going
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into the first half. Yukon is the only thing that
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really stands up for the tri-state.
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Now I'll say this about Long Island.
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There's a lot of non Yukon fans here in Long Island.
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Even if they're the Big East. They root for Villanova over
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Yukon and the Big East has been very, very good.
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If you think about the teams that we have seen over the last
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couple of years, Villanova has won multiple national
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championships, Yukon that's won multiple championships, St.
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John's has gotten better with Pitino and over the last couple
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of years the Big East is really been good.
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If you want to look at divisions or conferences, I would say the
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Big East in the last 10 years has been as good as anybody.
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That says a lot about how they're transitioning
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conferences and what is the SEC, what is the Big 12 or the PAC 12
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or the Big 10, whatever, whatever you call these
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conferences now. We used to think that they were
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going to move these conferences into two conferences, but Danny
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Hurley has been remarkable. He has been sensational and
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anybody that takes shots at him because of his personality, what
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he does on and off the basketball court, who he points
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at, what he did to Zach Edie, what he does in the game, head
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butting at referees, yelling at coaches on the other side of the
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the court. We've seen it all with Danny
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Hurley. He's the the Bobby Knight of
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these days of basketball. You love it.
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You love that enthusiasm. You love the purpose of who he
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is, what he sticks up for. And he he really does believe he
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is the best coach in college basketball, maybe the best coach
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in all of basketball. But when we watch that game, and
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I'll say this, I did not believe Illinois at any point.
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I know I'm not sure what Vegas had, what was the point or what
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what was the. 1 1/2 but it was fluctuating.
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It was Illinois, right? They had Illinois winning the
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game. I did not think Illinois had any
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chance in this game. One, Illinois has never been
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here before and and the last time they were here was years
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and years ago. If they were, they were never in
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this position as Danny Hurley has done it so gracefully over
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the last couple of years and done it at such a high level
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with different teams. These aren't the same players.
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It's not the same portal players that he's brought in, the same
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recruiting class that he brought in.
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These are different players. They're running the same
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offense, the same defense. And that's what's remarkable.
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And you look at college basketball, usually they're one
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and done. It's not like that anymore with
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the NIL deals, the money that's being brought in.
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These players rather stay in college basketball than flee to
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the NBA and fail to be great players there.
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UConn has been fun to watch. And I said it when I looked at
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the the way the bracket was set up that UConn was destined to
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get to the Final Four, the way it was really set up with Duke.
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Duke was the only team that really stuck out to me that
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could have beaten UConn, that could have beaten the and it was
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the number one seed and it was as good as anybody throughout
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the season. What worried me about Duke was
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the injuries and consistency. I don't, I don't trust John
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Shire. I do trust Danny Hurley.
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Danny Hurley has done it enough. He's proven it time and time
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again that he could take any team to a national championship
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if he's put in the right position.
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If the bracket fell right, it doesn't always fall right with
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these teams. Look at them last year.
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The bracket didn't fall right for him.
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Who knocked him out? The national champion, right.
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It was Florida that knocked him out, so they lost against
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eventually the national champion Florida Gators.
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If they beat the Florida Gators, maybe they win four in a row.
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And I really do believe and we'll get into what Michigan
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did. A completely dominating against
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Arizona. It wasn't even close.
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I know Fish and I know Q loved Arizona throughout the
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tournament. Everybody had Arizona winning a
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national championship this year, even if had Arizona winning the
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national championship, because when you look at the talent, the
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talent stands, the offense and and and the great point guard
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play everything. They stood out throughout the
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tournament, throughout the season where they were as
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dominant as any team. But it's UConn Terrace Reed who
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has been as good as any player on this UConn Huskies team
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throughout this this tournament. Braillon Mullins who has been
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the Mr. I would say Mr. Luck because I'm not saying he was
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luck shooting, but this guy made one of the greatest shots we've
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ever seen. Not just the UConn Husky shoot,
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but in national championship or national bracket history we've
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never seen anything like that. With 0.4 seconds left he shoots
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almost a half court 3 and sinks it with a swish and ends the
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Duke Blue Devils run again. But what UConn stands for?
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Is they play team defense, they rebound very, very well.
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They play team basketball throughout every single game.
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And even when they're down, they were down against Duke, they
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were down in a lot of these games in the first half.
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They found a way to scrap back. They're scrappy and champions
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find a way to win no matter how bad they're down.
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All you got to do is scrap 7654 points, play defense and and
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they've been sensational. There's really nothing to say
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about the UConn Huskies and I congratulations to Illinois.
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They had a great year. Their run was sensational.
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But when you have Caravan playing 35 minutes, he has not.
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He's one of their best players, if not their best player,
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overall player. He has not had a good
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tournament. 35 minutes, 9 points, 4 rebounds, 4 assists,
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one block. You expect more from Caravan
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Solo Ball. He's been back and forth
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throughout the tournament. Braille and Mullins, who could
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be a first round talent this year.
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Jaden Ross. But when you spread out your
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team offense and you're getting from all different parts of your
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team, including your bench, you're going to be very hard to
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beat. And they're a very good
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defensive team, very underrated. Very underrated because when you
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get into the tournament, you play a different style of
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defense. You play more prevent you, you,
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you, you smother teams, great offensive teams.
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That's what they did to Duke in the second-half of that game.
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Duke had their way in the first half.
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And what did Danny Hurley do in the going into the first half?
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He changed up the defense. He played a different style of
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defense. And that's the thing about a lot
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of these coaches. If you're a great coach, you if
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it doesn't work, if you play his own, you play man to man, you
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find ways that is going to defeat your opponent no matter
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if you played that defense all season long or you're
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transitioning that way in that particular game.
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That's what stands for a good team.
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Say whatever you want about you, God and and everybody
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challenges. Danny Hurley.
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Throughout the year, Danny Hurley has been very highly
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spoken. He doesn't like anybody he knows
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or he believes he's the greatest of all time.
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It doesn't matter what he says. All he has to do is put up and
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shut up. But he puts up and he never
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shuts up. And that's something that's to
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me, what I love about Danny Hurley.
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Bobby Knight wasn't a guy that I loved.
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I couldn't stand Bobby Knight when he when he coached the
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Indiana Hoosiers couldn't stand him.
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He was throwing chairs on the court, dancing around, yelling
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at referees, kicking the ball out in the fan to the fans.
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We've seen so many things Bobby Knight do Danny Earley's worse.
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Danny Hurley, if he could, he'd smack the hell out of everybody.
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He'd smack the hell out of his own team and smack, smack the
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hell out of the coach or the coaching staff on the other
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team. He doesn't give a crap.
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He goes out there, he he teaches and he trains these guys to be
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killers and that's what they are.
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Taris Reid has been, and I'll say this for right now, if if
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Taris Reid decides to go into this year's draft, I don't know
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if he's a first round talent, he might be a late first round
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talent, but I would look at Terry Reed if I'm a team at the
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tail end of the first round and pick him up because he's the
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type of guy that you can use as a three or four in the NBA.
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He's mean. He's tough on the boards, really
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tough on the boards, and he plays fundamental basketball.
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That's what you want a good teammate to play and an NBA
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player to play might be a good a really good NBA basketball
23:52
player. We'll see what happens.
23:54
They said speed. I don't know what he's saying
23:55
over here. What is he saying?
23:56
Go. What's fishing?
23:57
Late 1st to early to mid second round.
24:00
All right, so that's what I'm saying.
24:02
Terrace Reed could be a late, maybe an early first round draft
24:05
pick if somebody takes a chance with him, if they like his
24:08
style. Kawhi Leonard wasn't expected to
24:10
be a mid first round talent. His defense and what he did for
24:14
San Diego State, that's what really stood out, stood out to
24:17
to San Antonio when they drafted him.
24:20
But he slowly but surely created an offensive style of game.
24:25
He became a better shooter in the NBA.
24:27
So did Donovan Mitchell when he came into the NBA, the Spider,
24:31
he was a defensive player. He averaged 11 points a game in
24:34
college. He developed a shot in the NBA.
24:37
He got better when he stepped to that next level.
24:41
And I'll say this, I don't know what Taris Reid's going to be in
24:43
the NBA, but what I see is he finds a way to help his team
24:47
win. He's a winner.
24:49
And if they win the national championship tonight against
24:51
Michigan, I I mean, there's nothing bad.
24:54
There's nothing really to say. Michigan to me is the better
24:58
team. They're the better team.
25:02
There's no argument to that. He they beat a good Arizona team
25:07
and Michigan can spread out their offense as good as
25:10
anybody. If you think about what they
25:12
bring to the table, it's remarkable.
25:14
Lindenborg is, is a great player.
25:16
Play 15 minutes, 11 points, 3 rebounds, couple of couple of
25:21
steals, one steal. This guy is a great player.
25:24
Marez Johnson 10 points, 24 minutes, 7 rebounds a day.
25:29
Mara 26 points, 9 rebounds. Burnett 21 minutes, 6 points, 4
25:37
rebounds. They spread out their off and so
25:39
very well. Everyone of this team can score,
25:43
even on their bench. Trey McKinney, he played 27
25:46
minutes off the bench, gave you 16 points and three rebounds.
25:51
They're so good offensively they can.
25:53
Every one of these guys can shoot.
25:55
And that, ladies and gentlemen, is something UConn didn't see in
25:59
this tournament. That's what makes Michigan so
26:02
very dangerous. They only lost three games this
26:04
year. There were 36 and three.
26:06
They played a a Wildcat team that was just as good as them.
26:12
And what they did to the Wildcats early in the game is
26:14
they smother them offensively. The Wildcats cannot shoot.
26:18
That has been their problem all season long and what Arizona
26:23
couldn't do, what they did to everybody, including Purdue and
26:27
especially in the second-half of the game, it's a completely
26:30
dominated the paint. They got into the paint and they
26:32
dominated. Pete was good.
26:37
He played 31 minutes. He gave you 16 points and 11
26:39
rebounds. But everybody else buries,
26:45
Braden buries who everybody thinks it's a top five, maybe a
26:48
top ten pick this year. In this year's draft, he played
26:51
38 minutes, only gave you 13 points.
26:54
Bradley, who's hot and cold, you, you don't know what Bradley
26:57
is going to come up and show up in a game.
26:59
Jaden Barrett, Bradley, who could be an early first round
27:03
draft pick, gave you 13 points and only one rebound.
27:08
Every one of these guys, they couldn't do enough against a
27:12
Michigan team that was just absolutely dominant.
27:16
And it wasn't just the first half, it was the second-half.
27:19
They smothered them in the second-half, and Michigan's
27:22
defense quietly showed you why they're the best overall team in
27:28
this tournament. It took them a while to figure
27:30
things out. Throughout the year, even though
27:32
they were 36 and three, there were games that you wonder what
27:35
Michigan was going to show up, if they were going to be the
27:38
Michigan Wolverine team that some people thought was going to
27:40
be a national championship dynasty this year, a team that
27:44
was going to win a championship since 2018, which they didn't
27:47
do. And now you look at where
27:52
Michigan is and what Michigan has compared to UConn.
27:56
They're by far the better team. I don't think you can argue that
28:00
they're they're definitely better than UConn, but the
28:03
better team doesn't always win. We've seen this before in
28:05
professional sports, college sports, the better team doesn't
28:08
always win. And that's why I think Dan
28:12
Hurley has the advantage because he's been in this situation
28:16
before. He's played great teams.
28:18
Look at Zach Edie and Purdue. The Boilermakers, I wouldn't say
28:23
they were their favorite to be in UConn because they weren't.
28:26
But to me, throughout that year, they were the best team in a
28:29
tournament. And they're really at the last
28:32
two weeks of the season, they were better than UConn and the
28:37
bracket fell right for Purdue. And that's why they went all the
28:40
way to the national championship.
28:42
And I really thought it was going to be Purdue and Yukon
28:44
again this year. But Arizona choked, Michigan
28:51
played at a high level, and Michigan is as dangerous as any
28:55
team Yukon has played throughout this tournament.
28:59
Yukon pretty much besides the Duke game made especially the
29:05
second-half. They dominated every
29:07
second-half. And that's the thing about Danny
29:10
Hurley that I think is so impressive.
29:12
This man, down or up, he always finds a way to get his team to
29:17
believe his energy, his charisma, his craziness on the
29:22
sidelines, dancing around, taking off his coat.
29:26
I mean, there's nobody like this guy.
29:30
If I was an NBA team right now, and if he went to national
29:35
champion, he has nothing else to prove, nothing else to prove in
29:39
college at all. Three and four years.
29:43
Wooden's the only person, the only coach has ever done this
29:46
before. Yeah, you got to break that one.
29:49
Up I'm I'm reaching out to his agent, I'm reaching out to Danny
29:53
Hurley and finding whatever I have to do to get this guy to
29:56
coach my team because there's nothing else he needs to do.
30:00
Now we can stay with UConn and win another national
30:02
championship, win multiple more championships and, and consider
30:06
everybody can consider him better than John Woody, maybe
30:08
the greatest college coach of all time.
30:10
Could you imagine this guy winning 5 or 6 championships in
30:13
nine years? I mean, you're talking about
30:15
something that we've never seen before at this level when when
30:19
the game is completely different.
30:20
College basketball is different. Now it's much harder because you
30:24
have a portal, you have NIL, there's, there's just so many
30:29
things that you can do now as a program that John that wouldn't,
30:35
couldn't do in those days. And that's what's so important
30:38
with UCLA&UNUNLV, you know, So it, it's, it's incredible what
30:45
Danny Hurley has done. There's no argument to even
30:48
argue that. But this tonight is going to be
30:51
a hard, hard. How can I say this?
30:56
Not even a hard battle. It's.
30:58
Definitely going to be a hard. Battle.
30:59
I'm not saying, I'm not saying it's not going to be a hard
31:01
battle, but that's not even the word that I'm trying to use.
31:03
Oh, OK, yeah. But I'm not even using.
31:06
It's it's. Going to be a hard hold to dig
31:08
up for UConn to come out a winner against a Michigan team
31:13
that to me all around from top to bottom are way better than
31:17
UConn. Yeah, first two tournaments for
31:19
UConn that they won the championship and they won every
31:21
game by double digits. And you're not seeing that the
31:23
same level this year just because I think the
31:25
inconsistencies with the backcourt have been in showing.
31:28
Reid's been playing great in every game, but Caravan was off
31:30
in some games. Solo ball finally got it going
31:32
in this game after he was struggling much of the
31:33
tournament. And Braylon Mullins has had some
31:35
big shots, but he's also taken some bad shots as well.
31:38
And that's where the adversity aspect for Dan Herman has has
31:41
come in and he's been able to still rally his team through all
31:43
of that. That being said, you do have to
31:45
also account for the adversity aspect with Michigan, where
31:47
Yaxel Lindenberg, who's been who was a Big 10 player of the year,
31:50
he was hurt 15 played 15 minutes in that game.
31:53
Now, granted, I thought he came back a little too quickly.
31:55
I thought they should have let him rest a little more.
31:57
And apparently the report was saying that he made that
31:59
decision to come in the game when his agent and his and his
32:01
family were telling him, don't go back in the game.
32:03
So we'll see how that impacts Michigan in this game.
32:05
But they were able to get the combined production for the
32:08
forward position. You saw that with McKinney.
32:10
You saw that by Maurice Johnson, who Qi know you mentioned last
32:13
week in King of the Hill. Maurice Johnson had a very good
32:14
game in that and got that combined production even with
32:17
somebody like Kudo not scoring at a high clip.
32:19
Somebody like Ronnie Gale not scoring at a high clip was one
32:22
of their better scores in the backcourt.
32:23
But they were able to get all that combined production amidst
32:26
all that. And they had two double digit
32:28
runs with Lindenberg out of the game too.
32:30
Like that just doesn't come against the team as talented as
32:32
Arizona is. And Michigan, you saw them
32:35
really try to take Arizona out of their own game and play
32:38
transition when they are not normally known for that.
32:40
They they can play fast if they have to, but they want to score
32:44
with their big guys. They have so much size.
32:46
They want to be able to shoot the three with their big guys
32:48
and win mismatches that way. And they were still able to do
32:50
that even with Lenderberg out of the game, which says a lot about
32:53
the the way that they can just play different styles in a
32:56
different way. Now Terrace Reed is going to
32:58
create a big presence against Mara.
32:59
That's going to be a really good battle inside.
33:01
And the key's going to be for them is not allowing the
33:03
offensive rebounds against Yukon.
33:05
If you, that's another big game. Does he move up in the draft?
33:08
Is he considered? Yeah, he's already moved.
33:11
Up is he considered maybe a top 12, top 13 type of prospect?
33:16
Because everybody thinks that Braylin Mullins is a guy that's
33:19
going to be drafted ahead of Terrace Reed and any of these
33:22
guys. Caravan, he's coming out, maybe
33:25
going into this year's draft. It it's crazy because Mullins is
33:28
a freshman and Mullins to me has not been the best player for
33:31
Yukon. The best player for Yukon
33:33
throughout this tournament is easily Terrace Reed on the
33:37
boards defensively and offensively, putting up the
33:40
points he was eating. He hit a couple of three
33:42
pointers too. So Terrace Reid has been really,
33:45
really good and I think he's slowly but surely developing
33:49
into a high profile player in this year's draft.
33:51
Yeah, it's. One of those Terrace Reid
33:53
matchups that you look at with Mara and you also look at with
33:56
the other forward depth of Michigan has, and that's where
33:59
I'm curious how much he'll try to be more of a spacing guy.
34:01
You mentioned he made a three or two in this tournament, which is
34:04
not his strength. He's made.
34:05
He's been better than expected from the free throw line and
34:07
that's where I'm curious if Dan Hurley's going to try to expose
34:09
that match but try to space them out a little more rather than
34:11
just trying to play a power game.
34:12
Because Yukon, again, they have a disadvantage with the size.
34:15
They're going to have to play faster than they usually do.
34:17
They haven't had to really push the pace as much.
34:19
Maybe against Michigan State they did a little bit, but
34:21
throughout this tournament they didn't really do that as a main
34:24
force of their strength. But if they're going to get
34:26
Michigan back trying to play faster than they want to, that's
34:29
going to be a big key. And I think him spacing out a
34:31
lot more is going to be that solo ball I think is another big
34:34
X Factor because last game was his first real big game of the
34:36
tournament. But he was like, he was arguably
34:38
their best player at the beginning of the season.
34:40
So if you can find another groove to that game, that'll be
34:42
a definitely big thing for U Conn to be able to overcome.
34:44
But this is not only for a Michigan team that's the most
34:46
talented team. This is a Michigan team that's
34:47
now overcoming the adversity. If they manage Lindenberg like
34:50
they did last game and get these combined production somewhere
34:53
else, Michigan will definitely. Win Harris Reid is averaging a
34:55
double AA game almost. He's averaging 14 and 8:00
34:58
throughout the season. I don't think he's Andre
35:00
Drummond. I'm not going to try to compare
35:02
him to any of those guys cuz we don't know what he's going to
35:05
develop during Look at the Knicks, the Knicks drafted
35:07
during they traded him over there to Detroit.
35:10
And look at the development. He's he's really turned in.
35:12
He's he's transformed into one of the best big man in the
35:15
league who can shoot 1819 foot jumpers, very good free throw
35:18
shooter, great defender. He's built like a rock.
35:21
You can't even run that guy. He looks like, you know, Mr. O
35:25
from that working weightlifting contest and all that other stuff
35:29
those those competitions, He's unbelievable.
35:31
So, and I'm not Saint Terrace Reed looks like him either, but
35:35
his ability to do what he has done so well throughout the
35:38
tournament, beating guys to the boards, offensively,
35:41
defensively, and he's done everything for UConn.
35:43
He has been the best player every single week, every single
35:48
game throughout this tournament. He has been the best player on
35:52
the court and that says a lot about him in the big game.
35:54
Are you going to trust, And I'm not saying Braylon Mons is not
35:57
going to be a great player in the NBA.
35:58
He very much could be. He's a freshman.
36:00
Tara Street is not a freshman. He's been in.
36:02
How long has he been in college basketball?
36:04
What is he transferred from Michigan last year.
36:06
I think this is year 3. For all right, so he's been
36:07
three years. I'm going to trust a junior over
36:11
a freshman and, and his time and, and so many programs he's
36:15
been on, he's been in a Michigan program that's been very, very
36:18
good over the years. And now he's playing for a UConn
36:20
team with one of arguably the greatest coach right now in
36:23
college basketball and maybe the greatest coach in all of
36:27
basketball, including the NBA right now.
36:30
Yeah, last thing before you go queue, I wanted to mention the
36:32
Dusty May versus Terrace Reed, His former player aspect.
36:35
I've always said on usually more with football, but usually that
36:38
advantage goes to the coach because the coach will know
36:40
about a game plan for you. So it'll be up to Reid himself
36:43
making the decisions as an especially if he gets a lot of
36:45
offensive rebounds in this game. And like I said, Dan Hurley is
36:47
facing the floor to be able to counter that because May will
36:49
know his strengths and weaknesses knowing a player.
36:51
And Q, you say no, but think about it.
36:53
Look how many different teams he's coached over the years.
36:56
It's not the same bunch of guys. He was bringing different guys
37:00
through the portal. Some of his guys left and played
37:02
for other teams, Caravans. So Caravans, the only one out of
37:06
all these teams, all these players that he's coached over
37:09
the years, that's still a part of that program.
37:12
So it's pretty incredible how many NBA coaches year in and
37:15
year out change rosters and are successful as Danny Early, as
37:19
with the UConn Husky. I know it's college basketball.
37:22
That makes it even more impressive what he's done.
37:25
Yeah, but I also think that like, you know, you can trade
37:28
out players and still be a good coach.
37:29
So I don't I don't determine the fact that isn't can you retain
37:33
players. I think it's the ball about the
37:35
answers, his nose and how you execute.
37:37
Now I don't take nothing away from him.
37:39
I just think it's a hard statement to say that he's the
37:41
best coach and whatnot. But in regards to that Brenda
37:44
Mueller situation, I I tell you all the time that the NBA, they
37:46
draft off the potential. So I think that, you know, even
37:51
though he's the name, I do think Terence Reed has made himself
37:53
some money. I think if he go to a system
37:55
more like Golden State, more like maybe they're going to blow
37:59
up everything over there in Milwaukee, I think that would be
38:01
good. And if he come to Boston or
38:03
whatever, I think we can use them and help them out, you
38:06
know, and get him into a system and get him into a group and
38:08
things of that nature. But I don't think he's
38:10
structure. I don't think he's that.
38:12
Yeah. I don't think he's that raw
38:13
athlete where he can actually create his own side in at the
38:18
next level. I think he's a system, run them
38:20
off the screen, do a little high pick, high pick and roll with
38:24
him and and allow him to develop a game.
38:27
But yeah, I think I don't, I don't think he, I think he
38:30
earned himself some money a lot this in this postseason.
38:33
I first of all, Fish keeps saying it sounds like Drummond.
38:36
I I don't think he's first of all, he could shoot free throws.
38:39
He could actually hit free throws.
38:41
What is he a 7475% free throw shooter?
38:44
Drummond couldn't. I think he coming into from
38:47
college to the NBAI think he was a career. 50 he was in the
38:50
Fifties 50% yeah, he's. Like a 70% career free throw
38:56
shooter that's way better than Drummond.
38:59
I think about it. All I'm saying is like couldn't
39:01
compel us with a great comp queue.
39:03
It's a guy that's like limited in today's NBA because they need
39:07
the space to floor because everyone's playing five out the
39:10
guy, the guys that are the old school centers.
39:12
Like if Drummond was was playing 15 years ago as opposed or came
39:16
to the league 10 years earlier, he would have been a twice as
39:19
valuable player than he is today.
39:22
Today he's a double double. Look, he's still a double,
39:25
double drum. He's 12 and 12.
39:26
Basically 12:00 and 11:00. At his height, he could, he
39:29
could give you 18 to 20 and 12 to 13 rebounds.
39:33
He was that good at it. That matters.
39:35
But it also he was on losing team after losing team after
39:39
losing team because offensively they never spaced it.
39:42
I just were. I think Reed's got definitely a
39:44
better shooter than Drummond, but he's going to have to shoot
39:47
more than he currently does. He's a senior.
39:49
I would be surprised if he makes sense to the lottery, but I
39:52
would say he's he's probably made the first round with this
39:54
crazy performance he's had. He's been unbelievable, he
39:57
really has. Yeah, the playoff run, jeff.com.
40:00
Always go. Always, always.
40:03
And we again, he could develop more skills in the NBA that he
40:06
didn't develop in college basketball.
40:08
There are players that have done that before.
40:10
I mentioned a couple of them. Donovan Mitchell was not a great
40:13
offensive player. That's why Phil Jackson, the
40:15
Knicks decided to draft Neil Akina, a French player who have
40:18
failed in the NBA. He went, he jumped from the
40:21
Knicks, then he went to the Spurs or Atlanta.
40:23
He jumped it like 5-6 different teams.
40:25
But Donovan Mitchell, he was pretty much a Utah Jazz and then
40:29
a Cavalier. We could see the development of
40:31
what Donovan Mitchell became as an athletically gifted kid.
40:35
The kid from Houston who everybody likes Kingston, they
40:38
said that his his offense is not NBA light, but guess what?
40:43
His skill and his ability, his athletic ability and his gifts.
40:46
He can transition into a great offensive player in the NBA if
40:50
he figures out a shot. And that's, that's just a lot
40:52
about these players. When you're athletically gifted
40:55
and a lot of these guys, all these NBA players are so gifted.
40:59
When you watch the combine in the NBA, they jump very high.
41:03
They could go up and down the court in like 7 or 8 steps.
41:05
It's unbelievable. Their strides it and, and, and
41:08
all of them could dunk. Practically every single one of
41:11
them can dunk, do all these unbelievable athletically
41:15
athletic things on a basketball court.
41:17
I'm going to tell you this right now, what I've watched Redo
41:20
throughout this tournament has been incredible.
41:22
And he wasn't even the headlining guy going in his
41:25
tournament where that's the guy Yukon's pointing out, reads the
41:28
guy. He's the go to man.
41:30
Terrace Reed has become the go to man for the UConn Huskies.
41:35
It's not Braylin Mullins, it's not Caravan.
41:38
Caravan going to this tournament a lot of people believe was the
41:41
best player on this team all around.
41:43
He was the best player on this team.
41:45
Caravan throughout this tournament has not been good.
41:48
What is he averaging 9 points, eight points a game right now in
41:52
this tournament? Reed's averaging the double,
41:54
double in the tournament. He's doing better in the
41:56
tournament than he was doing in the regular season.
42:00
So when you look at when you're trying to draft players and the
42:04
way you look at players, if you want to see what they can do in
42:06
the big game, how are they going to show up and how are they
42:10
going to respond against top and talent?
42:13
Because if you think about it, how many games you play in a
42:15
regular season when it comes to college basketball, what is it,
42:17
30 games? It's 30 and then a couple of
42:20
conference championship games. Depending how many games, speedy
42:22
3330 games, something around there.
42:25
They're not playing high talent throughout the weeks.
42:28
Some weeks they're playing decent talent, some of them are
42:30
not even ranked. The every single team that makes
42:34
it in a tournament are great top end conference talent.
42:38
Not all of them, I mean those 16 rights they sneaking in, but
42:41
most of them after the once you get into the round of 32, all of
42:45
them are good. They're all talented team.
42:48
They have elite players, top end talent and what Taris Reid has
42:52
done week in and week out in this tournament has been
42:56
incredible To say that he hasn't proven himself to be possibly
43:01
13th or 14th in this year's draft.
43:04
I, if I'm a team and I'm looking, I'm trying to build my
43:07
roster, teams that are looking for guys that you can build
43:10
around and become leaders and big rebounders and, and a guy
43:15
that's going to give you a double, double look at Mitchell
43:17
Robinson, Mitchell Robertson on the Knicks.
43:20
He should have been a lottery pick and remember what he did,
43:24
he was going to go to SMU. He didn't.
43:25
I don't think he liked. Florida State.
43:27
Florida State, whatever I think it was SMU, it was Larry Brown,
43:31
wasn't Larry Brown. They were in a scandal, yeah.
43:33
I think it was SMU. He didn't go.
43:35
It was it was similar to the Randy Moss story where he's
43:37
supposed to go to one of those was in fact Florida State in
43:40
that story too, and it just neither 1 materialized for Mitch
43:45
and he got screwed. Errol, if he makes it into the
43:48
lottery Terrace Reed. He would be the first senior
43:51
drafted in the lottery since the 2013 draft when CJ McCollum,
43:56
Cody Zeller and Trey Burke. McCollum had a good career of
43:59
the three of them. Trey Burke was in and out of
44:01
like, not really. Cody Zeller, you know, was a
44:04
rotation player for the for I guess the Hornets for a little
44:07
bit, right? Yeah.
44:08
It's just been 1213 years now since a senior in in NCAA has
44:14
been taken in the lottery. I think he might get in maybe
44:17
top 25, top 20. Yeah, he's in the lottery.
44:21
But that lottery, they're not going to take a senior man.
44:23
I think they're just showing that like, maybe I can get a
44:26
young kid down the road and he can get himself physically built
44:29
right, like Reed by the time he's 22.
44:31
And that's how I think some of these guys think.
44:33
I absolutely draft Harris Reid. He's a guy that can absolutely
44:36
give that fundamental type of player off the bench.
44:39
I'll tell you right now and we before we get out of this
44:41
segment, Errol tonight, he's going to make a lot of money or
44:45
lose a lot of money. I, I I'm a little worried
44:49
because I saw what of course Amara did to that big Lithuanian
44:54
on Arizona, Crevash. This guy Mara, he was at UCLA
44:59
last week, 7377 wingspan. He was completely unstoppable.
45:06
They didn't even need Yaxel in that game.
45:10
They didn't need him. He this guy, they couldn't stop
45:12
him on the inside. It didn't matter.
45:15
And everything that Arizona did, it was just like throw your
45:18
hands up. They have perfect transition, 3
45:20
point offense. Well, UConn has perfect
45:23
transition defense and I am and that's what Hurley's known for,
45:27
right and the in the NBA, you're not getting pros to run half
45:30
full court traps for an entire half.
45:33
You know what I mean? But he he did that against Duke
45:36
and guess what happened? They are freaking fantastic with
45:40
the college defense and this is an excellent matchup.
45:43
But I think it's going to be decided if Reed can take it to
45:46
Mara and really to get rid of their biggest advantage, which
45:50
is controlling the pain you're. Going to need some help and
45:52
that's the problem. Read other help is averaging 6
45:55
or 9 points so and I don't think you're going to be able to come.
45:58
Through Caravan, right? He better show up Caravan.
46:00
Solo solo ball too is another one because he was the one that
46:03
had more of the hype. That's what Errol was
46:04
describing. Like Caravan was the smart.
46:05
He's the smart player. He'll know to be a pass first
46:07
guy. Will solo ball do that?
46:09
Don't count out Danny Hurley and how he pushes these guys to that
46:13
whole, you know, championship form.
46:16
I there's nobody I've seen that's pushed his team to the
46:19
and pushed the right buttons better than Danny Hurley has,
46:22
there really is. It can only go so far though.
46:24
I got it. They're in the National.
46:26
Championship, yeah, but that's all I'm saying.
46:28
Like tired, you know, being cussed out ain't going to make
46:31
shots. And you know, he's good at it.
46:33
He's good at motivating the guys.
46:34
I won't take that away from him. But it was 69610 in that middle
46:37
waiting for you and waiting to do something.
46:40
It's just going to be difficult for them to get the ball in the
46:42
inside and work through Tan 3. Well, ladies and gentlemen, the
46:45
Islanders fire Patrick Wah with four games left.
46:49
It made no sense 24 hours ago. The New York Islanders announced
46:53
yesterday that they fired coach Patrick Wah after almost two
46:58
seasons with the team. They will replace him with Peter
47:01
de Boer who was fired by the Dallas Stars last season and
47:05
reports say that de Boer has been given a multi year contract
47:10
four years. I heard De Boer is fifth among
47:13
active head coaches with 662 career wins and has the most
47:18
wins for any coach that has never won a Stanley Cup.
47:22
This decision comes with four games remaining in the season
47:26
and the Islanders losing back-to-back games to the Flyers
47:30
and Hurricanes. The Islanders have lost four
47:32
straight games and seven out of their last 10 games and now have
47:36
fallen out of a playoff spot. They are one point back from the
47:41
Flyers for the number three spot in the Metropolitan Division and
47:45
one point back from the Senators for the final Wild card spot.
47:50
Both teams have a game in hand against the Islanders.
47:54
The Islanders are off until Thursday and then we'll finish
47:58
the season with games versus the Maple Leafs, the Senators, the
48:02
Canadians and the Hurricanes. Now, a lot of Islander fans
48:06
sitting here today and I'm an Islander fan and I speak for
48:10
every single Islander fan. And wondering what Darsh was
48:15
thinking four games left of the season.
48:19
And there's a lot of ways you can point your fingers at what
48:22
the Islanders did. You can argue that Darsh was
48:25
wrong, or you can argue that maybe Darsh is a genius.
48:29
And I'm going to tell you why. Darsh never picked Patrick Wah
48:32
to be his head coach. As a matter of fact, when he was
48:35
given the job, he was told by ownership that he has to keep
48:39
Patrick Wah, that they want to move forward with Patrick Wah.
48:42
They want to see what he can do with the young talent that
48:45
they're going to bring in in this coming draft, which have
48:48
proven to be guys that are going to be a part of this team in
48:51
this organization next year. And Matthew Schaeffer has had a
48:54
sensational year. He's going to win rookie of the
48:56
year. He might be up for a heart.
48:58
He's not going to win the Hart Trophy, but he's been
49:01
sensational. He's been the face of the New
49:02
York Islanders. What you expect as a number one
49:05
pick in the first round. But here's the problem, Patrick
49:08
Wah. Over the years, if you remember
49:10
when with Colorado, he's had a problem developing youngsters.
49:14
As a matter of fact, he's had problems making the right
49:18
transition with goaltending. This guy's arguably the greatest
49:21
goaltender of all time. You can argue it's Patrick Wah
49:24
or more Tan Brodor. 2 Canadian players that have stood, pretty
49:31
much stood on their hand and stood for a lot of different
49:33
things from Patrick Wah who was brought up and and was brought
49:37
up by the Montreal Canadiens in the 80s that won a Stanley Cup
49:40
with the Canadians and eventually won.
49:42
I think he won 2 Stanley Cups with the Canadians and then won
49:44
a Stanley Cup with the Colorado Avalanche.
49:47
And I remember that 96, the year of the rat when they knocked off
49:50
the Florida Panthers in four games and three overtimes.
49:53
I remember it very well. Why?
49:55
Because I'm a Van Beesbroke fan. That's a whole another story.
49:57
Patrick Wah to me deserved at least to finish the season.
50:01
I do believe that. This guy, what was it, four or
50:04
five weeks ago, was up for coach of the year.
50:07
I was arguing that he was the coach of the year.
50:09
And then all of a sudden, since the All Star break or the
50:12
Olympic break, the Islanders slowly but surely were trembling
50:17
the wrong way. And maybe it was the break,
50:21
maybe it was the time off. I don't know.
50:24
And then they made that trade for Braden Chen.
50:27
They gave up a first round and a third round and a young player
50:30
for Braden Chen. He waved his no trade clause to
50:33
come to the Islanders. Maybe it was Matthew Schaefer,
50:35
maybe it was Patrick Wall, whatever everybody is saying.
50:37
Maybe it could have been both. Who knows.
50:39
But you brought this guy in to win or compete for a Stanley
50:43
Cup. That's what you did.
50:45
And what did you do? You brought this guy in.
50:47
He's really the Brady. Chen has done nothing since he's
50:50
come to the Islanders. I know it's only been a 10
50:53
games, but he's really done nothing.
50:55
Maybe it adds a little bit of leadership.
50:57
You don't give up a first round and a third round and a player
51:00
that was playing better than Braden Shedden in the last
51:05
couple of weeks for a guy for a team that might not even make
51:08
the playoffs now. Now, what are your arguments now
51:11
if they fall short, if the Ottawa Senators beat you out for
51:14
that playoff spot? Or how about the Philadelphia
51:17
Flyers beat you out for a playoff spot?
51:20
The Flyers. Peter de Boer is a good coach.
51:24
He's been successful. He's taken multiple teams to a
51:28
Stanley Cup Final but failed to win the big game.
51:31
We've heard a lot of coaches and professional sports.
51:34
If you look at their record, it's amazing.
51:36
Peter Laviolette, if he didn't win a Stanley Cup years before,
51:39
even with all the wins that he has, is one of the greatest, one
51:42
of the top 10 greatest coaches of all time.
51:45
We wouldn't consider him that because he couldn't win the big
51:47
game, he couldn't win the championship game.
51:50
Peter Laviolette did that. Peter de Boer has not.
51:54
I don't care if he's a fifth amongst active head coaches with
51:58
662 wins, that doesn't matter. Now he's taking over teams in
52:04
the middle of a season and taking him to Stanley Cups.
52:06
We've seen that failed to win, so maybe that's what the
52:09
Islanders are thinking about. But what I've been reading is
52:13
that Peter de Boer was the hot name that was going to be
52:16
available next year when it came to teams looking for a head
52:20
coach. And the Islanders didn't want to
52:21
lose out on him. They wanted to make sure that
52:23
they linked him and they signed him before that happened.
52:27
And I, I don't know Peter de Boer personally.
52:29
I heard he's a nice guy. I've also heard a lot of players
52:32
don't like Peter de Boer. He's been very, very bad when it
52:35
comes to goaltending. He's had problems with every
52:37
team that he's gone to, especially Ottinger when he was
52:40
with Dallas, had a problem with him.
52:42
Dallas, I remember that team, Dallas was one of the best teams
52:45
in the NHL couple of years ago. They had one of the best
52:47
records. I mean, flat out talent from top
52:50
to bottom, from the first line to the fourth line.
52:52
I mean, they were as good as anybody, but the fact here is
52:56
that team failed to win. So no matter what, when you
52:59
point your fingers on how talented or how great of a coach
53:03
Peter Dubois has been in the regular season, and there are a
53:05
lot of coaches that have been very good in the regular season
53:08
in all sports. Do you want to go back and you
53:10
want to go look at time time again, pointing out coaches in
53:14
the NFL, the NBA, the NHL and even the MLB that failed?
53:20
Don Maddenly was a great regular season manager.
53:25
He was a great assistant manager, but the guys never won
53:29
a championship. Even as a player, one of the
53:31
greatest Yankees, my favorite Yankee of all time, he never won
53:34
a championship. Even as a manager or assistant
53:37
or first base coach, he's never won a championship.
53:42
And some teams and some players and some coaches just can't win
53:48
the big one. That's what worries me about
53:51
Peter Dabour. Now, I know Darsh is very liked
53:54
in the NHL. He's he, this is the first time
53:57
for him as a manager, as AGM, running an organization.
54:01
He's young, he's energetic. And maybe Peter Dabour and him
54:05
have these, have this relationship, maybe they're butt
54:08
buddies. I don't know.
54:10
I have no idea. But what I do know is if Darsh
54:15
wants to make a statement, if he wanted to put his fingerprint,
54:19
his thumbprint on this team, if he thinks Peter de Boer is the
54:24
guy that's going to take him to the promised land, he's out of
54:26
his mind. I just, I don't get it.
54:30
I would have waited until this season was over.
54:32
If Patrick Woff fails to get into the playoffs, if you fire
54:36
him and you move on, if you lose out on Peter de Boer, there's
54:39
quite a few good coaches that are still available right now or
54:43
there are going to be coaches available at the end of the
54:45
season because they're going to get fired.
54:48
Peter Laviolette is still available.
54:49
He's not hired. They're going to hire Peter
54:51
Laviolette. You're going to tell me that
54:53
Peter de Boer is better than Peter Laviolette?
54:57
That's what makes no sense and that's my question.
55:01
Now, if Peter Boar gets his team in the playoffs and this team
55:04
makes a playoff run and they go all the way to the Stanley Cup
55:06
and maybe they win a Stanley Cup, Darsh looks like a genius,
55:10
looks like a complete genius. The chances of that happening
55:14
when it comes to hockey slip to none.
55:16
It's not going to happen. I'm telling you, all you hockey
55:19
fans, all you Islander fans, listening to me right now, and
55:21
if you're not listening to me, you can listen to me and hear me
55:24
now. This team is not good enough to
55:28
win a Stanley Cup this year. They have.
55:30
You can argue they have the best goalie in the league and you can
55:34
argue right now they have the best face off guy in the league,
55:37
best two way player in the league in Bo Horvat and they
55:42
have the best young player in hockey in Matthew Schaefer.
55:46
Everything else, garbage. Garbage.
55:50
And that's why they've proven time and time again, yes Ranger
55:54
fans, because your team's garbage too.
55:55
I don't want to hear how good their young players are playing
55:58
now. They're garbage too.
55:59
The only team that is worth watching right now in the
56:02
metropolitan area of of hockey is the Buffalo Sabres, who you
56:07
can argue is the best team in the NHL.
56:09
And what is the consolation prize for the New York
56:11
Islanders? If they sneak into the playoffs
56:13
and get that wild card spot, guess who their consolation
56:16
prize is? The Buffalo Sabres, Great.
56:20
What a consolation prize for all you Islander fans to see them
56:24
losing 4 or five games. Peter De Boer, I and I, I've
56:29
talked to a bunch of Islander fans over the last 24 hours.
56:31
Mikey C is a big Islander fan, he says.
56:33
I don't know what Dash is doing, but Mikey, you see, also says
56:37
that the Islanders don't have any talent, which I think is
56:39
ridiculous. I think they have players that
56:42
you can build around, not players I I don't think this
56:46
team is fast enough to be a championship contender.
56:50
And as far as the Flyers concerned, if the Flyers beat
56:53
you out in the Metropolitan Division for that third spot,
56:57
that's embarrassing. It's embarrassing because this
56:59
team has been rebuilding for 10 years.
57:01
We all know what happened to their goaltender and some of
57:03
their players after that mishap, the allegations.
57:06
Remember that happened a couple of years ago.
57:08
I'm not going to mention everybody knows if you know
57:10
hockey what happened. Their top goalie prospect might
57:13
never play hockey again. The Philadelphia Flyers as an
57:17
organization has been a laughing stock since the Legion of Doom.
57:21
What did they call him? The Legion, The Legion of Doom
57:25
with Eric Lindros and Le Clair, John Le Clair and and Michael
57:29
Renberg. This team has not been very
57:32
good. They've found ways to fail to
57:35
get this team even into the playoffs some of the years.
57:38
I think in the last 10 years they've made the playoffs three
57:40
times. I'm not saying the Ologies have
57:42
been any better, but it's been bad.
57:44
And the way Philadelphia was being portrayed going to the
57:47
season was not good. And the second-half of the
57:50
season, since the Olympic break, Philadelphia's been one of the
57:53
hotter teams in the NHL, them the Blue Jackets.
57:56
Otto has been good, and that's why all three teams could sneak
58:00
into the playoffs and the Islanders might be waving on the
58:02
golf course, drinking their beers, hanging out with the
58:05
Ranger players, stuffing their thumbs in their asses.
58:09
It's it's honestly, it's a joke. It is a joke and endorse.
58:14
She's starting to scare me because we have seen GM's do
58:17
this sleeping Lula Lamorello and I remember sleeping Lou.
58:21
Sleeping Lou made one good move and that was trade for Bo
58:25
Horvat, which at the time I was wondering if it was going to be
58:28
a good move because they gave up prospects and players and and
58:31
talents. It didn't make any sense.
58:33
But it seems like Bo Horvat by far has been the better player.
58:36
But what I see right now is a big problem and the organization
58:40
trust in Darsh. Matthew Darsh is a he's very
58:44
well known for the Tampa Bay Lightning.
58:46
He's been a part of that organization, the success of
58:48
that organization, that organization that's won multiple
58:51
championships. Darsh's was the guy.
58:53
I thought it was a, it was a good hire by the Islanders
58:56
instead of some of the old fellows that they were going to
58:58
bring in after, after what you saw with Blue Lamorello after a
59:01
couple of the last three years, it's been absolutely a joke.
59:04
My problem here is he's signed guys, Peugeot.
59:07
He resigned Peugeot for what? Why did he do that?
59:10
Some of the things that he has done over the last couple of
59:13
weeks, the last two or three months, you start to shake your
59:17
head, yes, this offseason, there's not a lot of great
59:19
talent. What are you going to do?
59:21
You're going to resign Anders Lee, you're going to give your
59:23
captain a three-year deal? Are you going to pay him more
59:26
than $4 million? You'd be crazy.
59:28
None of it makes sense. Now.
59:30
Again, these guys that they drafted over the last last
59:33
season to me was 1. Not not only the greatest draft
59:37
the Islanders have had in the last 25 years, it might solidify
59:40
this organization for years to come because of the young talent
59:44
that they brought in. Look at the look at the two
59:46
first round draft picks. Akerson, he looks like he's
59:49
going to be called up. He just signed a three-year
59:50
deal. The other kid that they drafted,
59:53
Eklund, he's playing for the AHL right now.
59:55
He's probably on his way to the NHL next year.
59:58
Eisman looks like he's going to make now.
1:00:00
He wasn't. He wasn't Darsh's draft pick a
1:00:02
couple of years ago. He's drafted by Lula Morello.
1:00:05
He fell to the Islanders. He's been one of the better
1:00:08
young United States players in the junior hockey.
1:00:11
Championships. Eisman looks like he could be a
1:00:14
player. He's been playing very well in
1:00:15
Boston for college. They have talent that they're
1:00:19
slowly but surely bringing up. But guess what?
1:00:21
So Rogan is now 3031 years old. How many great years you have
1:00:25
left with this young kid, This kid who just got a big contract
1:00:29
from the Islanders finally is 100% healthy after two years
1:00:33
after that back surgery where some people didn't think he was
1:00:35
going to be at full strength. You're this guy's going to win
1:00:37
goalie of the year finally when he failed to do it a couple of
1:00:40
years ago before his back injury.
1:00:42
And now you're going into an offseason, you're bringing your
1:00:45
coach, you don't know where this team is.
1:00:47
You know what this team's going to be next year and you don't
1:00:50
have any money to invest. Everybody says the salary caps
1:00:53
going up. Who cares if you can't bring
1:00:56
these players in? Nobody wants to play at the UBS
1:00:59
Arena. No offense, I'm sorry.
1:01:02
Yes, Braden Shen waved. There's no trade clause.
1:01:06
The guy's like 80 years old and he wanted to play with Matthew
1:01:09
Schaefer. This isn't a guy like Cal
1:01:11
Macaro. One of these guys, I mean, John
1:01:14
Tavares told the Islanders go suck it.
1:01:16
After the Islanders asked him at the trade telling do you want to
1:01:19
stay or not, He told him he wants to be an Islander for for
1:01:22
life. And what happens?
1:01:23
He leaves the Islanders. Did he make the right choice?
1:01:25
No, no. He made the wrong choice.
1:01:26
He went to the Maple Leafs. But here's the facts.
1:01:30
It seems like the Islanders always get screwed.
1:01:34
Speedy. Always.
1:01:35
Yeah, they're in a weird fusion right now of because they looked
1:01:39
like they were pretty comfortably in a playoff spot.
1:01:41
They decided to go after these veteran guys.
1:01:43
Like you said, extending the veteran guys I I thought was
1:01:45
very bizarre too. We knew it was going to be a
1:01:47
pricey one with Braden Shen because he was a guy that's an
1:01:50
older player, but he was a good playoff player.
1:01:52
She was like, all right, maybe you can embrace this to work,
1:01:53
but the price that they gave up was a lot and and now you're
1:01:56
combining that with a lot of these already guys that are
1:01:58
inheriting these big contracts as it is confused with these
1:02:01
guys getting called up right at the end of the season.
1:02:03
It was a weird mixture of trying to make a lot of things work all
1:02:06
at once that apparently just didn't get to them.
1:02:08
Now again, they were hockey is a sport where you've seen streak
1:02:10
reliant team is still do very well.
1:02:12
Auto has been that team now two straight years where they look
1:02:15
at last year they had like one of the hottest winning streaks
1:02:18
in the second-half of the season for them again in the playoffs
1:02:20
last year. And then you're seeing with
1:02:21
Philadelphia and as a result, somebody else has to fall out.
1:02:24
The Allenders weren't playing bad.
1:02:25
It was just mediocre up until this last two weeks.
1:02:27
And now you're seeing the repercussions of it as far as
1:02:30
the coaching move, yeah, I don't think it makes any sense right
1:02:32
now. What are your four games left in
1:02:33
the season? You were talking about it
1:02:34
comparing to other sports, too. We talked about a win.
1:02:36
The Denver Nuggets did it with Mike Maloney in the season and
1:02:39
they had a guy that was in their system already and David
1:02:41
Adelman, who many of our guests have said that he was going to
1:02:45
get a head coaching job somewhere else no matter what.
1:02:47
Now you're thinking the same thing with the board, which
1:02:48
probably makes sense. He's been a hot commodity with
1:02:51
every team he's gone to, but I just don't think the timing
1:02:53
makes a lot of sense right now for this type of team.
1:02:56
The board had happened in two other instances when he was
1:02:58
hired by Vegas in the that was like 2 months into the season.
1:03:02
That was a team that was already built.
1:03:03
That was a team that just went to a Stanley Cup and they just
1:03:05
got rid of Golan because the locker room issues.
1:03:07
Then Dallas, the same kind of thing they got rid of Rick bonus
1:03:09
was at the time was kind of a surprise.
1:03:11
They had a bad year in the COVID shorten year, kind of a cup
1:03:15
hangover. And then they got rid of Rick
1:03:17
bonus, who's bumped around different teams since then and
1:03:19
brought in the Boer. But I don't think this type of
1:03:22
team has anywhere close to the talent level that the Vegas or
1:03:25
the Dallas Stars did at that time.
1:03:26
It was a team still kind of in transition.
1:03:28
They have good young talent for sure.
1:03:30
They have some veteran talent that stepped up, but it's just
1:03:32
it's a weird timing of it all to do it four games.
1:03:34
Left and and this is the same thing.
1:03:36
This is the same thing that the Golden Knights just did they
1:03:39
bring in a a very well known coach.
1:03:42
You Ranger fans know very much about and so does the Vancouver
1:03:45
fans for a little bit of time. And you decided to part ways
1:03:48
with Cassidy who helped you win a Stanley Cup and also take in a
1:03:52
Boston Bruins team to a Stanley Stanley Cup, a successful head
1:03:56
coach and they were still a playoff team and they parted
1:04:00
ways at the tail end. Well, 12 games left for what
1:04:03
sense? What made any sense from that?
1:04:06
It made no sense. Now is it going to work?
1:04:09
Only time will tell. Only time.
1:04:12
Will tell so let me tell me is it is it an interim or is it
1:04:15
four time he just. Now he's a four year deal.
1:04:18
Four year deal, which is which. Cute.
1:04:22
That's the other conservative thing too.
1:04:23
He's always been one of those coaches that he does well early
1:04:26
in his ten years with teams and then it'll fizzle out later and
1:04:30
I think. A lot of coaches, That's a lot
1:04:31
of. A lot of times what you saw, you
1:04:33
saw that with the Devils right away.
1:04:34
They went to the Stanley Cup in 2012, They beat the Rangers in
1:04:37
the Eastern Conference finals that year.
1:04:39
And then they fell off pretty badly where they they missed the
1:04:41
playoffs for quite a while. And the same thing kind of
1:04:44
happened with Vegas. Vegas is a very talented team,
1:04:46
but they knew they had to get rid of him when that core was a
1:04:48
workout. They bring in Cassidy and a
1:04:50
year, a year or two later, they trade for Eichel the deadline
1:04:52
before they missed the playoffs because the rest of their teams
1:04:54
hurt. And then they win the Cup the
1:04:55
next year. And I think that's the same kind
1:04:57
of thing you're dealing with. Here and he went to Dallas you
1:04:59
forget about. That I know and Dallas was a
1:05:01
different case. Now they went to the three
1:05:03
straight Western Conference finals but never got over the
1:05:05
hump. Now granted I think Vegas was a
1:05:06
better team than that year, but they definitely could have
1:05:08
beaten Edmondson one of those two times, but I again, it got
1:05:10
fizzled out. Like you said, he had bad
1:05:12
relationship with a Huttinger, bad relationship with Jason
1:05:14
Robertson especially, who was one of the supposed to be one of
1:05:16
the better young players. He fell off the bat.
1:05:18
A lot of bad relationships with goal tenders.
1:05:22
If you look at the goal tenders that he's dealt with now, he's
1:05:24
going to an Islander team that has arguably the best goalie in
1:05:27
the NHL. You can argue he is the best
1:05:30
goalie in hockey right now and you send them over there.
1:05:33
How does this make sense? It it only hurts, it only hurts
1:05:37
the Islanders because this guy's been standing on his head all
1:05:40
season long and now you're going to go into the playoffs.
1:05:43
Let's say you make the playoffs. Are you going to trust that this
1:05:45
guy is going to work well with Sorokin?
1:05:48
I wouldn't think so. Yeah, and you mentioned
1:05:49
something else too. Like there's now, especially
1:05:51
with Cassidy now available. Like you have him available.
1:05:55
You have Laviolette available. Like, why?
1:05:57
What? What's wrong with waiting on one
1:05:58
of those three guys? All right, is the bore your main
1:06:00
target? Fine.
1:06:01
But if you miss out on the bore, go get Bruce Cassidy, go get the
1:06:04
Lobiolette. Like you could have done that.
1:06:05
Laviolette started early on with the Islanders and then Millbury
1:06:09
dysfunction and got they got rid of him because Mike Millbury's
1:06:11
an idiot. But nevertheless, like you have
1:06:13
enough candidates out there that are going to do good things.
1:06:17
If Carolina again in the playoff, maybe Rob Rimmore gets
1:06:19
fired, he could be available. Like there are options that the
1:06:22
Islanders had. They didn't have to rush
1:06:24
everything for last four games of the season.
1:06:26
It makes no sense. And and again, as an Islander
1:06:29
fan, and I am an Islander fan, I'm wondering what is now.
1:06:32
I'm not taking shots at Matthew Darsh and Island fans, please
1:06:35
understand me right now. I I don't dislike Matthew Darsh.
1:06:40
I like him. I think he's a good GMI, like
1:06:42
what he did in the draft last year.
1:06:43
I like what he's slowly but surely making this a young team.
1:06:46
Lou Lamarello has built a a veteran team, the oldest team in
1:06:51
NHL. And slowly but surely, yeah, you
1:06:53
got lucky. You won the draft, you got
1:06:55
Matthew Shaffer. So good luck.
1:06:57
You got very lucky. And then you, you made that
1:06:59
trade for Noah Dobson. You moved him away.
1:07:01
You went to Montreal, you brought in a goal scorer who's
1:07:03
been very important to their offense.
1:07:05
And you brought in two first round draft picks.
1:07:07
That could be the future of this organization.
1:07:09
But what you've done wrong and what you've put yourself in is
1:07:13
you bring in a guy like Peter de Boer.
1:07:15
Now, Peter de Boer could be great for the Islanders.
1:07:18
You might be as an Islander for jumping for joy.
1:07:20
Speedy likes to jump. I'll jump too.
1:07:22
But my, my pecs might pop back and forth.
1:07:25
The fact here is as an Islander fan, you wonder is this
1:07:29
organization put in the right position to win?
1:07:33
Even with Peter de Boer, even if you kept Patrick Wah, I would
1:07:36
have waited for Cassidy, I would have waited for Laviolette and
1:07:39
interviewed these guys. Before you just jump and hope
1:07:42
that Peter de Boer is the guy and he's going to take this team
1:07:45
to a championship that has. This team hasn't won a
1:07:48
championship since the early 80's, the early 80s.
1:07:53
When was the last time they were in the Stanley Cup early?
1:07:55
80s yeah. They haven't made it since then.
1:07:57
Yeah. So do you think it was a a
1:07:59
decision just based off the late season mishaps and losing games
1:08:03
or do you think it was something else that added to this, that
1:08:05
they had to make a decision this quick?
1:08:07
I think Matthew Darsh and Patrick Ward didn't like each
1:08:09
other. I don't think Matthew Josh ever
1:08:11
liked Patrick Ward. He was forced to keep Patrick
1:08:14
Ward. And that's the problem with with
1:08:16
professional sports. If you're hiring a coach, here's
1:08:20
the thing, if you're hiring your GM, you hire the GM first over
1:08:23
the coach. It's been a big problem for the
1:08:25
New York Jets over the years. They hire the coach before the
1:08:28
GM. They did that with Aaron Glenn.
1:08:29
Aaron Glenn was hired and then they brought in Muji.
1:08:33
Muji didn't want Aaron Glenn. Muji made a joke when he was out
1:08:36
there at the press conference. He said, I interviewed Aaron
1:08:39
Glenn. I liked him, but he didn't want
1:08:40
to put in. I didn't hire him because he
1:08:42
didn't hire him. So he hired Sean Payton.
1:08:45
They were waiting for Sean Payne was to come become available and
1:08:48
they traded first draft draft picks for him.
1:08:50
They gave up talent for him, so he never wanted him.
1:08:54
So what is he doing right now? Moji's not making an excuse for
1:08:57
Aaron Glenn. He's just making sure that he's
1:08:59
going to put his team in the right position so he doesn't
1:09:02
lose his job. Now you look at Matthew Dosh.
1:09:05
Matthew Josh was handed the job. He was handed the job and he
1:09:09
said you got to keep Patrick Wall and he's probably saying,
1:09:12
well wait a second, I was picked to be the GMI could have picked
1:09:16
and he could have taken any job because there were other teams
1:09:18
that were very interested in Matthew Dodge.
1:09:20
He was one of the highly profiled up and coming GM's he
1:09:24
was and what happened? He took the Islander job.
1:09:28
Why did he take the Islander job?
1:09:30
Well, he took the Islander job. One reason why is the Islanders
1:09:33
won the draft, they got the number one pick.
1:09:35
So he had his pick of the litter and the way the Islanders were
1:09:39
structured, he thought, I, I can't do any wrong.
1:09:42
I mean, this is the oldest team in the NHL.
1:09:44
They're they haven't been good for the last couple years.
1:09:47
Lula Morello has been a joke. That's why we call him Sleeping
1:09:49
Lou because he sleeps more than he understands where he is.
1:09:53
He can't do wrong. So he took the team where he's
1:09:56
going to keep his job for a significant amount of time and
1:09:58
he won't have to worry about being fired and that's why he
1:10:02
is. So him taking Patrick Wall on
1:10:05
was a joke and now he's happy because he gets Peter de Boer.
1:10:09
But to me, what when you look at Peter de Boer and his success,
1:10:13
is that the success that you want to bring in for your
1:10:17
organization and, and know that this guy has got, he's been to
1:10:21
the promised land, but he's never won.
1:10:23
He's been there what, 2-3 times and he's never won.
1:10:28
That's scary. And the Islanders are trying to
1:10:30
win in a land. They have a one in 30 something
1:10:33
years, almost 40 years so. We got to move on attack.
1:10:38
We're going to move on to Golf Club in a bit.
1:10:39
I just want to say maybe Lou Lambrello should either learn
1:10:41
football or Aaron Glenn should learn hockey.
1:10:43
They'll be the perfect coach GM. You don't know about Lula
1:10:45
Morello. Lula Morello was not AGM for
1:10:49
hockey when he came up as AGM and as an executive, he was
1:10:53
doing it for he was doing it for basketball and football.
1:10:57
He. Was perfect.
1:10:58
He was a basketball football director before he took over and
1:11:01
he got his first GM job with the Devils and he's he was
1:11:05
unbelievable for the Devils. He wants 3 Stanley Cups.
1:11:08
He drafted Martin Brodeur, he built that organization.
1:11:11
But you know what he did wrong and why he tailed off as AGM
1:11:14
because he decided to keep old players re sign old players like
1:11:19
Scott Stevens, Rob, I'm sorry, Scott Niedermeyer, all these
1:11:24
guys that he drafted, he decided to keep him at the tail end of
1:11:26
the career career and the team fell apart right in front of
1:11:29
their eyes. He made some great change.
1:11:31
Jason or not, he he he Bobby Ho leak.
1:11:34
I remember, I remember those teams.
1:11:36
But guess what, guys at the tail end, he lost because he couldn't
1:11:41
decide when do I move players and when do I decide they're
1:11:46
done? And that's exactly what he did
1:11:48
with the Islanders and that's why he doesn't have a job
1:11:50
anymore. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
1:11:52
my golf clap of the day. This deserves a golf clap, no
1:11:56
doubt. Golf clap.
1:11:57
Golf. Clap.
1:12:01
All right, ladies and gentlemen, my golf clap of the day is I, I,
1:12:04
I don't know what's going on here.
1:12:05
The Chicago Sky has traded WNBA All Star Angel Reese to Atlanta
1:12:11
for the to the Atlanta Dream for not one, but two first round
1:12:16
draft picks, a 2027 and 2028 on Monday.
1:12:21
Makes no sense, ladies and gentlemen.
1:12:23
And here's the reason why. I know when you look at Angel
1:12:25
Reese, she's 23 years old. She's one of the better
1:12:28
rebounders in in right now in the WNBA.
1:12:31
She's a star, She's the face, she's great.
1:12:34
She's a troublemaker. And you trade for a
1:12:38
troublemaker. Now, right now, an organization
1:12:41
like the Atlanta Dream that's looking to rebuild, looking to
1:12:45
build around stars. Angel Reese is the girl you want
1:12:48
to build around. A person that doesn't get along
1:12:51
with everybody, doesn't get along with teenage.
1:12:53
Take shots at players on other organizations and teams.
1:12:56
Has her own thoughts about the way the WNBA should be played
1:13:00
and the game should be played. She's been an absolute weird
1:13:04
personality, I would say to say the least.
1:13:07
And she's she was the first woman to get a Reebok deal from
1:13:10
Shaquille O'Neal and Allen. I've isn't good for her.
1:13:12
I'm I'm happy for her. Congratulations to her.
1:13:14
But as far as giving up two first round draft picks for
1:13:17
Angel Reese, to me that's going to set Atlanta back a couple of
1:13:22
years. I don't think this is a good
1:13:24
move. This I, I just I'm not a big fan
1:13:27
of this move. I you say what?
1:13:29
What is she averaging right now? She's averaging.
1:13:31
How many rebounds she averaging? What do you mean how many
1:13:34
rebounds she's averaging? 14 rebounds.
1:13:37
Yeah, she's averaging 14 and 11 right now and she's averaging
1:13:40
about 3.7 assists right now. I got to get the numbers right
1:13:43
in front of my face. To me, that doesn't win
1:13:46
championships, bud. You got to be a good because you
1:13:49
got to be a good team. Player 14.1 points, 12.9
1:13:51
rebounds. She's not a good team player.
1:13:53
She doesn't get along with teammates.
1:13:55
That's why Chicago decided to pour ways with her.
1:13:58
Why would Chicago want to give away their superstar IF if they
1:14:04
thought that she was a face and a personality that they can
1:14:06
build around? She's 23 years old.
1:14:09
She says something out of pocket, I can't remember exactly
1:14:11
what. She.
1:14:11
Says a lot of things out of context.
1:14:13
You know, but it was just something recent that kind of
1:14:14
rubbed in the wrong way. So they.
1:14:16
Everything rubs me the wrong way when Angel Reese means she's.
1:14:21
Like top five, top two or three? Most viewed WNBA.
1:14:25
And how does that help the basketball team?
1:14:28
Has Chicago won anything? What is Chicago done since she's
1:14:33
been there, Bud? Say what?
1:14:35
What is Chicago done since? Chicago's not a good team.
1:14:38
Exactly. And why aren't they a good team?
1:14:41
Because they got to deal with that mischief.
1:14:43
Crazy woman. Their issues happened way before
1:14:46
injuries. Got and they still got a problem
1:14:47
with her when she was there and what are they doing now they're
1:14:50
parting ways with her a 23 year old phenom that every she was
1:14:55
the one that had took shots at Caitlin Clark.
1:14:57
Caitlin Clark is helped the WNBA grow.
1:15:00
She's brought she's yeah, what what she done all.
1:15:05
This stuff matters. Who's her arch rival?
1:15:10
Here's my arch you. Don't think they play on that.
1:15:12
Here's what I think she is. I'm not saying Angel Reese isn't
1:15:16
a person. A face I'm not going to build my
1:15:19
team around. I'm not giving away 2 first
1:15:20
round draft picks for a woman that is uncontrollable.
1:15:24
It's the WNBA, it's not a lot of talent.
1:15:27
You act like it's. A billion dollar deal.
1:15:31
So. What do you mean so?
1:15:33
So what? No, I didn't.
1:15:35
Who did you say? Caitlin Clark has helped him get
1:15:38
TV deals and bring in billions of dollars.
1:15:40
Has Adrian Reef. Oh, really?
1:15:41
It's the same. Really.
1:15:42
Yes. He has to have a rival.
1:15:44
It's the magic bird, right? She was bitching.
1:15:46
And moaning when Caitlin Clark got that big huge deal from
1:15:49
Nike. Oh well, I don't know.
1:15:51
I get it. Well, I have another Girls Gone.
1:15:53
Major this. She got a Reebok?
1:15:54
Yeah. She got a Reebok deal because
1:15:56
they couldn't find anybody else to sign with Reebok.
1:15:58
They can't find nobody they couldn't find.
1:16:00
Anybody else they would have to share?
1:16:03
I mean to try to get. Dude, it was all over Netflix.
1:16:07
It was all over Netflix. I watched the whole episode.
1:16:10
The only person that was interested in signing with them
1:16:12
was Angel Reese. They went to Shay, they went to
1:16:15
Kawai, they went to everybody. They all said no.
1:16:19
They all said no. But guess who said yes?
1:16:23
Angel. Reese, Angel.
1:16:24
Reese, Angel Reese good for. Her shoes selling too.
1:16:26
Man, Oh yeah, great. Ugliest shoes I've ever seen in
1:16:29
my. No way.
1:16:30
No way. Ugly, all right?
1:16:32
Now you just hate it, dude. It's just say I'm a hater.
1:16:34
She's got these ugly purple sneakers that make.
1:16:36
Me wear purple shoes. I like purple, it's one of my
1:16:39
favorite colors. I would never buy an Angel Reese
1:16:41
shoe. They're ugly.
1:16:42
Hater. Just say I'm a hater then.
1:16:44
I'm not a. Hater because of the shoes.
1:16:46
Yes, you're right. I'm a hater for her shoes.
1:16:48
I'm a hater for her shoes. They're ugly, Ugly sin.
1:16:52
I'd rather take a dump and make that the color of my shoes than
1:16:55
the purple ugly ones. The.
1:16:56
Purple Nurples. The purple Nurples that she has
1:16:59
over there, you want to go and buy a Reebok shoe?
1:17:01
What are they, $1415.00 right now?
1:17:03
Nobody's buying them. No, that was like 80.
1:17:06
That was like 80I. Think I rest my case.
1:17:08
Overpriced. 0140 we both for them.
1:17:12
I'm selling out now. I'm not buying her sneaker.
1:17:14
Look at that line, line, line. The folks won't.
1:17:17
Huh. They want them shoes.
1:17:19
Look at. That Why don't you buy them?
1:17:20
Why don't you buy the shoes? If my daughter was older, I.
1:17:23
Would here, here's the shoe. Yeah.
1:17:25
Like if she had a beautiful shoe like this.
1:17:28
If she had a shoe like this, that'd be different.
1:17:30
I'd buy those shoes. Overrated.
1:17:32
No overrated support. Overrated.
1:17:35
Can't tell. It overrated.
1:17:36
These are beautiful. It's only because of the rare.
1:17:40
These are beautiful. I can dance and prance around.
1:17:43
You see that? Look at it.
1:17:44
I can move. Look at that.
1:17:45
I can move there. Light as can be Look.
1:17:47
Paige loves no support. Paige loves no foot support.
1:17:50
Listen, these are sexy. You don't wear.
1:17:52
Them, these are sexy. Look at that.
1:17:55
That's why you don't wear me. You listen.
1:17:56
I can promote this. I can promote them.
1:17:58
I can hit home runs with them. Look at these.
1:18:00
Look. I'll even lick the bottoms like
1:18:03
that. Beautiful.
1:18:05
You don't wear lick the beauty matter.
1:18:08
You don't wear beauty. That's why you can lick the I.
1:18:11
Don't. I don't have to wear them right?
1:18:13
They just have to look beautiful.
1:18:15
They just got to look beautiful. Give me the Angel reasons over
1:18:17
those any day. Get out of here. 100 and forty
1:18:21
$40 sneakers to $100,000. Yeah, let's go with that.
1:18:25
Let's go with the Angel Reese's ladies.
1:18:27
And gentlemen. Not about the number, that's
1:18:30
overpriced. Yeah, that's you made they've.
1:18:32
Been around for a long, long time buddy. $50 shoe right
1:18:35
there. You want to look it up?
1:18:37
Go look. It up 100,000.
1:18:38
Get the hell out of here. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
1:18:42
that was our golf clap of the day.
1:18:44
So let's give it a little golf clap, all right?
1:18:46
Beautiful, beautiful, wonderful. Anyways, when we come back as Q
1:18:51
just made me very upset is telling me my beautiful shoes
1:18:55
are absolutely overpriced. We will be talking to CEO of the
1:18:59
Draft Network page to Makos. But first, our sports minute.
1:19:04
Hopefully not with Q, but with the 1:00 we call fish that it
1:19:10
is, is a New York sports loudmouth sports minute.
1:19:15
All right, guys, Aaron Fishman here with your sportsman.
1:19:17
A couple of stories before we get into tonight's scores.
1:19:20
Met superstar outfielder Juan Soto was placed on the 10 day
1:19:24
injured list with what's being called a minor right calf
1:19:27
strain. While Soto's earliest return
1:19:29
date is Tuesday, April 14th, he's expected to need between
1:19:33
two and three weeks to recover from this set back.
1:19:36
In response, the Mets called up Ronnie Moe from AAA Syracuse to
1:19:40
take Soto's roster spot. Without Soto, the Mets are
1:19:43
expected to trot out a combination of Jared Young,
1:19:46
Tyrone Taylor, and Brett Beatty in left field.
1:19:49
The Mets will certainly miss their 750 plus $1,000,000
1:19:52
superstar who started the season hitting 355 with a home run and
1:19:56
a 928 OPS and eight games played.
1:19:58
Soto, who's 27, has played at least 150 games in every.
1:20:01
The full season he's had in the league and has played 157 or
1:20:04
more in the past three seasons. That streak is now over.
1:20:07
Soto has had a great for had last year, a great first season
1:20:11
with the Mets, almost going 4040 with 43 homers and 38 steals to
1:20:15
pair with a 921 OPS. Soto heard himself going from
1:20:18
first to third in the first inning of Saturday's game in San
1:20:20
Francisco after being forced out at home.
1:20:22
Later in the inning he was pulled from the game and given
1:20:25
an MRI revealing this low grade calf issue.
1:20:30
The NFL announced on Friday that it concluded its own
1:20:32
investigation, the Kansas City Chiefs wide receiver Rashi Rice.
1:20:36
The NFL stated that Rice has not engaged in conduct that violates
1:20:40
the personal conduct policy. The NFL stated it also closed
1:20:44
the investigation into comments from Rice's ex-girlfriend and
1:20:47
mother of his two children. Dakota Jones, Rice's attorney
1:20:50
released a statement on Friday. Mr. Rice wants to thank the NFL
1:20:53
for their thorough investigation and looks forward to the start
1:20:56
of the twenty 26th 27th NFL season.
1:20:59
The Chiefs have not commented on this decision.
1:21:01
In January, Misses Miss Jones posted photos of bruises and
1:21:05
wounds on multiple parts of her body and alleged years of abuse,
1:21:09
hinting at the blame belonging to Rice, but did not use his
1:21:11
name. But she did say that the abuser
1:21:13
is the father of her child, of which she has two, and Rice is
1:21:16
the father of both. Jones filed a lawsuit in civil
1:21:19
court in Texas back in February stating Rice repeatedly
1:21:22
assaulted her over an 18 month period, including while she was
1:21:25
pregnant. The lawsuit reads Rice has
1:21:27
grabbed, choked, strangled, pushed, thrown, scratched, hit
1:21:30
and head butted Miss Jones as well as hit her with inanimate
1:21:33
objects. Despite all of this, it appears
1:21:36
Rice has cleared to play this year for the NFL, barring any
1:21:39
more legal setbacks. Lack lacking the hit and run
1:21:42
charges he got for causing a multi car pileup that left
1:21:46
multiple people injured before fleeing in March of 2024.
1:21:50
And last month a default judgment of more than $2.8
1:21:53
million against Rice's friend Theodore Knox who was driving a
1:21:57
different car that was racing Rice's Lamborghini.
1:22:00
Although in this incident it was Knox who got the big punishment,
1:22:03
Rice was only given a 30 day suspended sentence.
1:22:05
In five years of probation, Rice appears to be getting yet
1:22:08
another chance, this time getting a pass by the NFL.
1:22:12
Rice will hope to build upon his 2025 campaign when he had 53
1:22:16
catches for 571 yards and five touchdowns returning from a bad
1:22:21
ACL tear tear of the year before.
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We are now talking to CEO of The Draft Network, Paige Demacos.
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What's up guys? Paige.
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What's up? What's going on?
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What's going? Listen, I was thoroughly
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entertained by the Angel Reese conversation that was happening
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because I am a Chicagoan and I can tell you that half of those
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rebounds she got of her own shots.
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So we're happy. We are happy to take those two
1:25:40
first round picks and say, say la vie Angel, we're trying to
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play back. We're trying to play basketball
1:25:45
in Chicago, baby. We're not trying to mess around.
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I'm not trying to mess around. I like that she uses say la vie.
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I mean, any, any other words, any other words you could teach
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us or some of our fans right now listening to the show?
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Oh, listen, I don't know how many Greeks are on the show, but
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if you want to insult somebody, you can call them a malacca.
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A Malacca? What does that sound?
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For yeah, what's the stand for? It's it encompasses pretty much
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every bad word that exists in the English language is Malacca.
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Speedy or a Malacca? You're a Malacca.
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I'm not very young. Doesn't qualify.
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You're a Malacca speedy. For all the fans out there,
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that's. The questions with Speedy.
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You can call me a Malacca because I'm wearing this ugly
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whatever you call this. Absolutely.
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Yeah, Malacca. I'm a Malacca.
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I'm a Malacca. Whatever you got on.
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This is perfect. Yeah, this is this is a lot of
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Malacca behavior on here. Perfect.
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Did you just call me? Did you?
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Call me a Libida. Is that what you just said?
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I mean, I know about that, but I I guess I'm a Malacca.
1:26:41
Anyways, Paige, I want to get into some some football.
1:26:44
I saw some of your posts and you were speaking about The Jets and
1:26:48
you were talking about quarterbacks and that The Jets
1:26:50
might be interested in a quarterback in this year's
1:26:52
draft. I love Ty Simpson now I'm not
1:26:55
moving up to try to get him. You know, Putin's, you know,
1:26:58
making and he's smiling. But I think this kid has great
1:27:01
footwork. I think he's a great arm.
1:27:03
I think sitting behind Geno Smith for a year, it gives him
1:27:06
some time. You don't want to go into next
1:27:07
year's draft and start this guy or whoever you decide to draft
1:27:11
if it's a Manning or it's a more who decided to go back into this
1:27:14
year's draft? I mean, just this year's
1:27:16
offseason in college football with organ, I mean, right now,
1:27:20
Ty Simpson could be a guy that you sit out, let him learn the
1:27:23
offense on the Frank Wright and and figure out, you know, who he
1:27:27
is as an NFL player. What are your thoughts, Jets?
1:27:29
If he's sitting there at 16, I don't think he will be Ty
1:27:32
Simpson going to the New York Jets.
1:27:34
I think he will be there at 16 because the only team that's
1:27:37
really evaluating him and thinking about him as a first
1:27:40
round pick is that are The Jets. That's really you're talking
1:27:43
about The Jets and the Cardinals like Ty Simpson a lot, but it's
1:27:47
way too rich at three. So the conversation with the
1:27:49
Cardinals that I've had a lot of back and forth with them on is
1:27:53
for them to come back into the first round.
1:27:55
The Jets have the benefit of obviously having two first round
1:27:57
picks. There's no chance you take him
1:27:59
at 2. That would be an absolute reach
1:28:01
at the highest level, considering where we are
1:28:04
evaluated waiting him at this point, 16 would still be a
1:28:06
little rich for me. I'd love for him to be able to
1:28:09
to be able to come in at the at the first part of the second of
1:28:12
the second round. That would be the perfect
1:28:13
situation. But we know how The Jets are and
1:28:15
we also know how your owner is. And Woody Johnson can't help
1:28:19
himself. That's your that's your that's
1:28:20
your biggest problem when it comes to setting your draft
1:28:23
board thinking you got a plan and then the plan changes last
1:28:26
minute because he's very disruptive with what happens in
1:28:29
the draft process. And that's just a part that you
1:28:32
have to factor in. You've got a weird situation now
1:28:36
where Aaron Glenn is now in year 2, but with a totally new staff,
1:28:39
got guys that he brought in necessarily right at the
1:28:42
beginning. And so now I'm looking at this
1:28:44
and I'm going, okay, how is this gonna work out, right?
1:28:46
How do The Jets turn the corner from doing the same damn thing
1:28:49
every single year, right, guys? Like, sorry, I got AI got a
1:28:54
cough in my 'cause I'm talking about Woody and I'm and I'm
1:28:56
getting excited, right? I'm getting excited.
1:28:58
That's that's what happens. But I think the reality is I
1:29:02
like Ty Simpson a lot. He's a good he's I I had a great
1:29:05
interview with him. I saw him.
1:29:07
I've talked to his coaches, but he is a player that you cannot
1:29:10
start right away. So do you trust The Jets?
1:29:14
This is a question for you guys. Do you trust The Jets and the
1:29:17
and the New York media to allow him an entire year to red shirt
1:29:22
'cause that's what has to happen.
1:29:23
He needs to come and that's the problem.
1:29:26
There lies the problem because yes, in theory it's a great idea
1:29:30
to think that he could sit for an entire year behind Gino
1:29:33
because that's what needs to happen.
1:29:34
The problem is I know New York, I know the media and I know The
1:29:37
Jets owner and that won't happen.
1:29:39
He will be forced to play way too early.
1:29:42
Gino will struggle and they will put him in and it will be a
1:29:45
disaster. So to me, unless you can change
1:29:48
the behavior of your owner and you can guarantee me that the
1:29:51
New York media is going to actually allow a player here the
1:29:54
amount of time he needs to to develop.
1:29:56
It's a tough situation. I like Ty, but he's not ready.
1:29:59
He's not he's not going to be a guy that's going to come and be
1:30:01
ready to go right away. He's only had 15 starts in
1:30:03
college. He is not ready to go play in
1:30:06
New York and ready to rock. He's got a lot of upside player
1:30:08
I like, but hopefully somebody can get a hold of Woody Johnson,
1:30:12
not allow him to get on the phone and make any phone calls
1:30:14
maybe and that'll and that'll be the way you get this done.
1:30:17
Can't be a paddle, that's what you need.
1:30:18
I have a paddle or a nice jets paddle.
1:30:22
Pull down those pants and spank a couple times.
1:30:25
Do not, do not play this guy this year.
1:30:27
I like Ty Simpson too. I think he has great footwork.
1:30:30
I think he's got great arm. He played on Alabama team that
1:30:34
wasn't overly talented this year.
1:30:36
Everybody keeps saying they were, they really weren't.
1:30:38
They didn't have those positions that were dominant.
1:30:40
Their offensive line sucked. They had no offensive line and
1:30:44
and they're running game, which has been dominant for years.
1:30:46
They they lost their running back early in the season and
1:30:48
they couldn't find 1. So I, I thought he was really,
1:30:51
really good. He was a Heisman Trophy
1:30:53
candidate until the last money of the the last month I said
1:30:56
money last month of the season, so.
1:30:59
I to your to your point like this isn't we're not arguing
1:31:02
whether there's no argument this this team's roster was not what
1:31:06
to a tongue by law had two ahead first rounders all over first
1:31:10
round wide receiver, wide receiver, running back, backup
1:31:13
running back like this. This Alabama roster, as far as
1:31:17
skilled position players was not what we have seen over the last
1:31:21
decade. It just wasn't.
1:31:22
And so you have to factor that into the evaluation when you're
1:31:25
talking about looking at this guy, it's not what we are
1:31:28
accustomed to seeing from Alabama.
1:31:30
So yes, he had up and down moments much like most
1:31:34
quarterbacks do in college. You like the upside, you like
1:31:37
the fact that as far as places to play the position, Alabama is
1:31:42
one of the toughest, if not the toughest environments to have to
1:31:46
play the quarterback position. You are under constant scrutiny.
1:31:50
You can't go to a gas station without somebody heckling you
1:31:53
non-stop. But that is mentally.
1:31:55
I asked him that when I interviewed him, I said, do you
1:31:58
feel comfortable handling any market because of Alabama?
1:32:02
And he said, listen, I, I couldn't go to class.
1:32:04
I couldn't like you can't go anywhere, right?
1:32:06
You, you are constantly being heckled, evaluated, disrupted.
1:32:11
And so to me, that part of him too is very, I guess as as
1:32:15
prepared for the New York media as you can be.
1:32:17
Alabama quarterbacks are have a leg up because they are just
1:32:21
scrutinized at a level because there's nothing else to do in
1:32:24
Alabama. All they got is the Crimson
1:32:25
Tide. So that that is it's constant.
1:32:28
It never ends. And he also had the unfortunate
1:32:31
part of Saban retiring where they did not prepare for that.
1:32:34
They switch over to Caitlin Dubois.
1:32:36
It's a totally different system. Not what he was expecting.
1:32:39
I like Ty, I like the upside. I just don't like what The Jets
1:32:43
do to quarterbacks. That's it.
1:32:44
And there's not much else I could say.
1:32:46
By the way, we are talking to CEO of The Draft Network, Paige
1:32:50
Demacos. So what I really want to get
1:32:54
into is Jeremiah Love, who I met at the Heisman Trophy dinner.
1:32:59
I liked him. A lot of people, a lot of people
1:33:03
didn't really attack him when it came to Notre Dame because I
1:33:06
thought they got robbed. Even though Miami made that run
1:33:08
all the way to the national championship, a lot of people
1:33:11
thought that Notre Dame should have been there.
1:33:12
They should have been one of those teams, and nobody harped
1:33:15
on it. Nobody attacked him.
1:33:16
And he was very polite, very accustomed to the cameras in
1:33:20
front of his face. Now there there's some stories
1:33:24
coming out that Jeremiah Love could be slowly moving up in the
1:33:28
draft. Some people think he could be in
1:33:29
the top five. He could go 5 to the Giants.
1:33:31
What are your thoughts of Jeremiah Love?
1:33:33
Do you think he's a top five talent?
1:33:35
He's a, he's a as good a prospect as you can have coming
1:33:38
out of college like he is. He checks every box.
1:33:41
He is as good as as good as advertised, if to me, even
1:33:44
better. What he and Jadarian Price were
1:33:47
asked to do by Marcus Freeman is something that most guys are not
1:33:50
doing in this age of NIL and the transfer portal splitting
1:33:54
carries, choosing your mates, staying loyal, being there, not
1:33:57
being because in any other system, Jeremiah loves coming
1:34:00
and they're going. You're the man You're not.
1:34:02
We're not splitting carries. We're not, we're not.
1:34:04
There's no split back field. There's no hey, you are the guy
1:34:07
and we don't got to worry about it.
1:34:08
He him humbling himself under Marcus Freeman in tandem with
1:34:12
Jadarian Price. I had a conversation with both
1:34:14
of them and with Marcus. To me, that's the part of him,
1:34:17
just the intangibles, who he is as a teammate.
1:34:20
I mean, if you guys watch Jameer Gibbs, right, and you see the
1:34:24
impact he makes of the Detroit Lions, the bigger, faster,
1:34:27
stronger version of him is, is Jeremiah Love.
1:34:30
I'm, I don't, I don't know how much else to say.
1:34:32
The Detroit Lions got heckled for that pick and now what?
1:34:35
Nobody says nothing because 45% of plays this year in the NFL
1:34:39
were run plays. So maybe we need to stop
1:34:42
pretending like running backs don't matter because they do
1:34:44
matter. Jeremiah Love is the most
1:34:46
explosive player coming out of this draft.
1:34:49
To me, he's the most guaranteed pick that you can make.
1:34:52
Is this guy. I, I, he's, I, I would take him
1:34:56
on any team. There's no way you can't figure
1:34:58
out a way for him to be successful.
1:35:01
He's as good as advertised, if not better.
1:35:04
And yeah, I think any team would be very lucky to have Jeremiah.
1:35:06
Skill sets. Insane full sets.
1:35:08
So you gotta go in the top five. He might go top five.
1:35:11
I think the Tennessee Titans are bluffing.
1:35:13
I think the, I think the Titans are bluffing and I think they're
1:35:15
gonna take him. I think they, I think they're,
1:35:17
they're very good, very good opportunity for him to go there
1:35:20
cuz to, to pair him with Cam Ward would give Cam such a leg
1:35:24
up as far as a young quarterback having somebody that you can
1:35:27
rely on. You look at that wide receiver
1:35:29
room. There's not a, there's a lot
1:35:30
left to be desired. And as much as I like these wide
1:35:33
receivers, I don't want to take a receiver in the top five.
1:35:37
There's no, there's nobody that I'm like super in love with.
1:35:40
I'd rather take Jeremiah Love. And so to me, if you're if you
1:35:43
want to help your young quarterback and you need
1:35:45
offensive weapons, the best offensive weapon in this draft
1:35:49
is Jeremiah Love. That's the direction.
1:35:51
And I also know how the game played.
1:35:53
I love that Robert Salas sitting there.
1:35:54
Yeah, I I love my running backroom.
1:35:56
Yeah. What do you expect them to say?
1:35:57
They're all saying that like, yeah, that's this is this is
1:36:00
what happens. But the Giants would be
1:36:02
interesting if they take them at top five because we all know how
1:36:04
the Saquon Barkley situation went back and forth and Joe
1:36:07
Shane's there still. It's I think there's an
1:36:10
emotional situation that happened with that conversation,
1:36:13
but he's not making the calls. Anyways, John Harbaugh is going
1:36:15
to be the one with the final say.
1:36:17
So I I don't know that it matters what what Joe Sheen
1:36:20
thinks at this juncture. So you kind of answered the
1:36:22
first part of my question already about Carnell Tate going
1:36:24
in the top five. It doesn't seem like you have
1:36:25
MSA top five pick. I was just asking a lot of the
1:36:28
other general wide receivers, Jordan Tyson I've seen like top
1:36:30
ten ratings. Obviously Makai Lemon, there was
1:36:32
a whole combine issues with him, but now they think about backup
1:36:34
in the first round. How do you conceive the perceive
1:36:36
the wide receiver rankings in this draft overall value wise?
1:36:39
Yeah, I mean, I like all these receivers, the guys you just
1:36:41
mentioned, there's a lot of upside for all those guys.
1:36:44
But when I specifically to the Titans at 4:00, I just, I
1:36:48
wouldn't, I would rather if it's Jeremiah Love or Carnell Tate,
1:36:51
it's Jeremiah Love for me. If it's Jeremiah Love or
1:36:54
Mikhail, Mikhail Lemon, it's Jeremiah Love.
1:36:56
Like I understand you're evaluating two different
1:36:58
positions, but I'm evaluating total impact to the offense.
1:37:02
And to me, teams get themselves in trouble when they don't draft
1:37:05
the best player available. And that's when you go into the
1:37:08
draft, your perfect process is you are not needy in any
1:37:11
position. Now, the best franchises do
1:37:13
that. Most a lot of franchises don't
1:37:15
because they're not very good at this, right?
1:37:17
They're constant turnover. So to me, that's where I look at
1:37:20
this and I go, OK, all these receivers, there's a lot of
1:37:22
teams that are needy of receivers going into this draft
1:37:25
and they're lucky that this this draft class is a lot of guys
1:37:28
that are that are worthwhile as far as total package as a
1:37:32
receiver, I like a lot of these guys.
1:37:33
I like Casey Concepcion, I like, I like Jordan Tyson, I like
1:37:36
Mackay Lemon. These are all guys that I Makai
1:37:39
fields from Notre Dame. There's a lot of guys in this
1:37:42
draft that you can get, but the difference between Malachi
1:37:45
Fields, to me that you could potentially get at the end of
1:37:47
the first round or maybe even the beginning of the second
1:37:49
round or second round. And Makai Lemon and Cardinal
1:37:52
Tate. I don't know that I I don't know
1:37:55
that I would evaluate taking them in the top five.
1:37:57
I think it passed that point. Yeah, I'd feel comfortable.
1:37:59
I'd feel pretty comfortable. Going to the end of the month,
1:38:01
you know, being the trap, who's your sleeper pick this year
1:38:04
going into the draft that not really getting a lot of
1:38:07
notoriety but is jumping out to you?
1:38:11
Yeah, Zion, young pass rusher from from Missouri, freak of
1:38:15
nature, was up close and personal at the Senior Bowl.
1:38:18
Watched him every day in the one on ones.
1:38:20
Just destroy people, manhandle people.
1:38:23
That defense, they had a lot of continuity.
1:38:25
That Missouri team was, to me, very underrated in college
1:38:28
football this year. If you watch them, they were
1:38:30
really damn good football team. There's a lot of talent that
1:38:33
came out of that school. Zion is the youngest of 12 kids.
1:38:38
When you come from that you just any anytime a player tells
1:38:42
anytime a player tells me I'm the youngest of insert 3 or more
1:38:46
children. I know that that guy got beat up
1:38:48
his whole life and he's got a toughness level that you can't
1:38:51
replicate right? Because there's just there's
1:38:54
just something that happens when you got 4 kids and the youngest,
1:38:56
the youngest is just getting bullied all day long.
1:38:58
That's what happens when you got 11 older brothers and sisters.
1:39:01
You just get your ass whooped. Like that's just every day all
1:39:04
day. And he just has this level of
1:39:06
toughness and also understanding that I think a lot of players
1:39:10
that play that position don't necessarily always have.
1:39:12
So, yeah, he's a guy. There's a lot of great defensive
1:39:14
players in this draft class, especially at the edge position.
1:39:17
But I think Zion's not really getting enough love as far as
1:39:20
how good he was and quite frankly, how dominant he was at
1:39:23
the Senior Bowl when a lot of these guys were all right in
1:39:26
front of us. And Zion was one of the ones
1:39:28
that really showed out, including winning MVP of the
1:39:30
game on Saturday. We are talking to CEO of the
1:39:34
Draft Network, Paige Demacos. You know, Paige, Ruben Bain has
1:39:39
been a guy that a lot of people love.
1:39:41
They love him. He didn't really show his
1:39:44
talents at the combine. He does have his pro day and
1:39:48
he's going to prove everything he's worth.
1:39:50
But a lot of people think his arm length is not NFL quality
1:39:54
and a lot of people are going to pass on him because of certain
1:39:57
athletically athletic things that he might have wrong going
1:40:01
into this year's draft. But a lot of guys, a lot of pass
1:40:05
rushers that I speak to that have been in the NFL.
1:40:08
College players, college coaches, even high school
1:40:11
coaches that I talk about Ruben Bayne, how talent talented this
1:40:14
kid is. Everybody thinks this guy could
1:40:17
be the best pass rusher in this draft.
1:40:18
What are your thoughts to Ruben Bayne?
1:40:20
Who do you think might move up or might draft this kid?
1:40:24
Yeah. So this is probably one of the
1:40:26
most polarizing top prospects that I can recall since I've
1:40:31
been covering the draft since 2018.
1:40:33
And that's because people in the NFL personnel do not like to
1:40:37
bank on the outliers, right? And that's what you're banking
1:40:40
on here when you're talking about there is not a single
1:40:44
double digit sack artist that has had 30 inch arms or less,
1:40:48
right? So he does not fit the the mold
1:40:52
of what is the norm in the NFL and that's not for five years
1:40:55
you're talking about. It has never happened in the
1:40:57
last 20 years. There's never been a double
1:40:59
digit sack guy that comes with his measurables.
1:41:03
That being said, his tape is so good, right?
1:41:07
That people are just, this is going to be that one where
1:41:12
people are going to, they're going to bank on him continuing
1:41:15
to do this at the next level because the tape is so good.
1:41:18
The tape is so good and he's done it consistently for a very
1:41:21
long time. But this is the conversation
1:41:23
that I probably had the most with NFL personnel because
1:41:27
everybody split, including within their own organizations
1:41:30
where you've got some personnel, guys that are like, you know
1:41:33
what, we're willing to take the risk and some that aren't to me
1:41:36
when you are. The Jets said too right, you
1:41:39
can't take that risk. You're not in a position to
1:41:41
afford yourself the opportunity to not take the more sure thing
1:41:46
when there's too many excellent defensive players coming out of
1:41:49
this draft, right Arvel Reece, Sonny Styles, there's there's
1:41:53
there's too many guys that we know for sure not only fit the
1:41:56
athletic measurables, but the tape is also excellent as well.
1:42:00
So I do think he's going to be a top draft flick.
1:42:03
I don't think that this is going to keep him from dropping you
1:42:06
save, you know, out of the first round that could, but I don't
1:42:09
think there's any chance that that happens.
1:42:11
But I do know that there are a lot of organizations that are
1:42:15
afraid because he is not the mold of what they're used to and
1:42:19
nobody likes to bank on the outlier.
1:42:21
It's just you don't want to be the guy that gets made fun of at
1:42:24
the next NFL owners meetings because you drafted the guy and
1:42:28
you thought you could make him the man, right.
1:42:29
So I think he needs to go to a system where it's not going to
1:42:33
be instantaneously. He's the only guy right.
1:42:35
Maybe they got a guy on the other side to make sure that
1:42:38
he's it's not going to be the only one getting to the
1:42:40
quarterback. So we'll see.
1:42:41
I like the tape. I like the player a lot.
1:42:44
I I tend to think the measurable stuff is a little bit overhyped
1:42:48
in the scouting community, but this is one of those ones that's
1:42:50
like it's hard to justify when he there isn't a single double
1:42:55
digit sack artist that fits this the this mold.
1:42:58
Car now Carnell Tate is a guy that everybody keeps talking
1:43:02
about. This guy is the best wide
1:43:03
receiver in this class. Is the explosive.
1:43:06
This guy's injury prone Ohio State Buckeyes.
1:43:08
We've seen how many Buckeyes come out of the draft and become
1:43:12
superstars in the NFL. One of them, Mr. Najiba, he's
1:43:15
pretty damn good. Garrett Wilson with the New York
1:43:18
Jets is pretty damn good. We could go on and on and on.
1:43:21
What Ohio State brings to the forefront when it comes to wide
1:43:24
receiver, receiver position? Carnell Tate, There's a lot of
1:43:27
questions with him. What do you think the type of
1:43:30
talent he is? Is he a superstar?
1:43:32
Is he a predominant number one guy?
1:43:34
Who do you think would draft this kid?
1:43:36
And do you think he's as explosive as some of the wide
1:43:39
receivers we've seen come out of Ohio State?
1:43:42
Yeah, I mean, he's very talented player.
1:43:44
This is a guy watched here. He was training at Exos in
1:43:47
Phoenix and all the top, I mean, of all the guys that were
1:43:50
training out here, it was a lot of the receivers that are going
1:43:54
to go in the first round. We're all out here at Exos.
1:43:56
So I saw them kind of going one V1.
1:43:59
There was a group of eight to 10 of them that were all really,
1:44:02
really active every day. And so I kind of got to see the
1:44:05
dynamic between him, Jordan Tyson, Makai Lemon, they were
1:44:09
all here, right? Casey Concepcion, they were all
1:44:11
literally there of the top guys, I think 10 of the 12 top
1:44:15
receivers, they were all here in Phoenix.
1:44:17
So I got to see who stuck out as the alpha amongst the group.
1:44:21
And that was Cardinal Tate by far.
1:44:23
He was the one who was talking the most.
1:44:26
He was. And that to me, I like a
1:44:28
receiver that runs his mouth. I want a receiver.
1:44:31
That's because you got to be able to talk trash.
1:44:33
You got to be able to stand unless you're Larry Fitzgerald,
1:44:35
who to me is an exception to the rule.
1:44:38
There is. I like what I've seen from him.
1:44:41
I also like the Brian Hartline pipeline from Ohio State.
1:44:44
Obviously they have continuously put in top level tie and talent
1:44:48
that comes into the league. I liked him a lot and I I, I can
1:44:53
only speak to and, and give your audience some of the moments
1:44:56
that I got to see by myself that I think stick out to me and the
1:45:00
things that the NFL cared about they add.
1:45:02
The number one question I got is who was the alpha of the top
1:45:05
receiver group? And by far and away, this
1:45:07
Cardinal Tate wasn't close. I'll bring up to two players
1:45:10
from positions that aren't like valued as much.
1:45:12
We see Sunny Styles as one of the Merrill brought up earlier,
1:45:14
Freak athlete, hybrid linebacker, safety had a great
1:45:17
combine and the other one is Kenyan Sadiq.
1:45:19
First round grade, two of them in the first round, one in which
1:45:22
your team and Colston Loveland, the other one to Tyler Warren to
1:45:25
the Indianapolis Colts. Where do you see those two draft
1:45:27
stock wise? Yeah, sign me up for Kenyans to
1:45:30
Deacon as as soon as the top ten.
1:45:33
This guy is an athletic freak. That term gets gets thrown
1:45:38
around a lot. You're talking when you watched
1:45:40
him do his combine training. He was also out here in Phoenix,
1:45:43
everything he did looked easy. And when an athlete makes stuff
1:45:46
like that look easy amongst a bunch of 1 percenters, it's
1:45:51
insane to watch. And that's what we're talking
1:45:53
about as far as his fluidity, how he moves, his athleticism
1:45:57
every for whether it's jumping, running, just across the board.
1:46:01
This is a total package as far as the tight end goes.
1:46:04
Obviously I'm I grew up in Chicago, I'm a bears fan.
1:46:07
I saw what the impact of Colson Loveland did.
1:46:09
I saw what Tyler Warren did. You obviously have seen what
1:46:12
Brock Bowers has done in his young career already for the
1:46:15
Raiders, even with their quarterback play all over the
1:46:17
place. So I think when you you look at
1:46:19
this guy, I understand that Kyle Pitts is franchise tagged and
1:46:24
potentially on the trading block.
1:46:25
And there may be some hesitation on as far as the athleticism and
1:46:30
some of the measurables that comp to each other.
1:46:32
But I caution people not to project things onto other
1:46:35
players. They are not the same.
1:46:37
They didn't come from the same program.
1:46:38
They have nothing in common other than they're both athletic
1:46:41
freaks. It has nothing to do.
1:46:43
One has nothing to do with the other.
1:46:44
This is a great football player. I think he could be one of the
1:46:48
best coming out of this class and any, any team would be lucky
1:46:51
to have him. But I've I've started to hear
1:46:53
Cincinnati just saying, you know what, we're going to suck on
1:46:55
defense and just go with just try and score as many points as
1:46:58
possible. If they add him to as the tight
1:47:00
end, I mean, good Lord, they probably put up 40 points and
1:47:03
lose 4540 every game. But you know that to each his
1:47:06
own. To each his own.
1:47:07
Yeah. So I want to go back to the bang
1:47:09
comment that you made earlier. I do think that he is a little
1:47:13
bit undersized in regards to being the edge rushers with The
1:47:16
Jets picking that number 2, I personally think they maybe
1:47:20
should go more interior than anterior from an edge rush.
1:47:23
I think getting rid of Quinton was one of the dumbest mistakes
1:47:26
they made last year, but they made it and I think they have
1:47:29
opportunity to pick it up now. A guy that I'm looking at now
1:47:31
with Carl Banks, what do you think about them changing from
1:47:35
my S rush to an interior D lineman that can actually be
1:47:38
beneficial? I also get to the path I mean
1:47:40
also get to the QB but not but I also can stop the run as well.
1:47:44
So you talking at pick two, you who would you take there at pick
1:47:47
two then if you're talking interior?
1:47:49
I mean, the edges is all sexy, you know what I mean with the
1:47:53
sex, but I also think that it depends on the system that makes
1:47:57
the player. It's not going to be. 100.
1:47:59
Percent byproduct of that right for 3:00 PM to go into a 3-4
1:48:03
mess up Rd. shenanigans right. So for me, I think that that the
1:48:07
detail composition needs to be replaced.
1:48:09
Like I said, I like Carl Banks. I like and it, but I also look
1:48:13
at what's this guy named Peter Woods from Kempson.
1:48:19
Yeah, I think he's good too. He's a stud, He's a stud.
1:48:22
Super like strong. But at 16?
1:48:25
At 16, not a 2. So you think 2:00 should be is
1:48:29
rusher? Edge rusher or or the OR or or
1:48:32
the linebackers, one of the something like to me, I don't
1:48:36
think unless they go David Bailey.
1:48:38
I I could see them going David Bailey.
1:48:39
That's that's a that's a pic that's been mocked to them a
1:48:42
lot. I just don't think you could
1:48:44
take. I like Peter Woods a lot.
1:48:46
I just don't see him going inside the top five, especially
1:48:49
at two there. I think you got a more than
1:48:52
likely you're looking at Arvel Reese.
1:48:53
That's the that's. I like him as a linebacker, not
1:48:56
an edge rusher. Though I agree, I agree, I
1:48:58
agree, but I think the that that position has been devalued again
1:49:02
and the running back position and the linebacker position have
1:49:04
been devalued over the scouting community in the media and I
1:49:08
don't understand it. The linebacker is one of the
1:49:11
most important positions on the football field and running back
1:49:13
is also one of the like. To think that there are
1:49:16
positions you can just check out of is not is just nonsense.
1:49:20
That's not how winning football works.
1:49:22
You cannot just not run the football.
1:49:24
You can't just not have good linebackers.
1:49:26
It is literally not an example in the history of the of
1:49:29
football where there's a Super Bowl champion that didn't do
1:49:32
either of those things. Well, I think you look at Arvel
1:49:35
Reese as, I mean, he's a total package at 2.
1:49:37
It'd be hard to for me to pass up on him.
1:49:42
I like David Bailey a lot. But if I was picking at 2 and I
1:49:46
was The Jets, I'd be, I'd be taking Arvel Reese.
1:49:48
That's that's what I would be taking.
1:49:50
We are talking to CEO of the Draft Network, Paige Demacos.
1:49:54
Now Paige, I, I want to get off the draft just for, just for a
1:49:59
little bit. And Max Crosby is something that
1:50:04
I every day I think about it, I'm like wondering why did
1:50:07
Baltimore walk away from bringing in a impact player this
1:50:12
good? Think about it right now,
1:50:13
they're in a division where you have to play what?
1:50:16
Or Miles Garrett, two of the best defensive lineman in a
1:50:19
league. Max Crosby you can argue is
1:50:21
right there, maybe 3-4. Michael Parsons is there.
1:50:24
You can argue Michael Parsons also coming off a big injury and
1:50:28
Max Crosby meniscus surgery. I mean, it's not an ACL, it's
1:50:33
not an MCL. This is a meniscus surgery.
1:50:36
And you're crying out. The Baltimore Ravens, who have
1:50:40
been an organization that's been known for their defense and over
1:50:43
the last couple of years, they've been an absolute
1:50:45
mockery. They do have Hamilton.
1:50:47
They have players that are impact players, but they don't
1:50:50
have an elite pass rusher and Max Crosby is an elite pass
1:50:55
rusher. You trade them for two first
1:50:58
round draft picks and honestly, you don't know what those two
1:51:02
first round draft picks are going to be.
1:51:03
You know what match Crosby is. What the hell is that
1:51:07
organization thinking? I I have no idea.
1:51:09
And Tom Brady's probably smiling right now because he's laughing
1:51:12
to the bank because guess what? I, yeah, we didn't get 2 first
1:51:16
round draft picks, but we got match Crosby.
1:51:18
We could sit on him. We can move him after the draft,
1:51:21
we can move him during the draft and still get equal talent from
1:51:25
that. If, if if need be, you can get a
1:51:27
player and a draft pick and be happy with that.
1:51:30
I don't think I think they're moving him now.
1:51:31
I think Max Crosby will be a Raider this year.
1:51:34
What were your thoughts when you heard this debacle of what
1:51:38
Baltimore did? So I was just at the NFL owners
1:51:40
meetings here in Phoenix in this conversation was one that was
1:51:43
had probably more than any any conversation because Baltimore
1:51:49
before this happened was I would say one of the most respected
1:51:55
and highly valued and looked at with they operate with integrity
1:51:59
across the league. The impact of what happened is
1:52:02
not just how the players are viewing this situation.
1:52:05
It's also how every other team feels about them and making
1:52:09
deals with them in the future, right?
1:52:11
There are serious repercussions for going back on your word when
1:52:15
you do what they did. And to me, this is everybody
1:52:20
that I've talked to has come to the same conclusion, which is
1:52:23
they had too much time to sit and think on this, right?
1:52:26
They made this deal the Friday before free agency.
1:52:29
We'd cap and this is part of the reason why.
1:52:31
The tampering shit for me is ridiculous, right?
1:52:34
I'm like OK, we all know all these deals get talked about at
1:52:37
the combine. They leave the combine.
1:52:39
These deals are already 90% done.
1:52:42
We need to just fix how this is done because they made this deal
1:52:46
Friday. They sat on it the whole
1:52:47
weekend. Usually a player within 24 hours
1:52:50
would be flying to the facility right after the deal because of
1:52:53
the timing of this. It happened on Friday.
1:52:55
He didn't fly there until after the weekend, so he flies out
1:52:59
there not until the beginning of that week.
1:53:01
The timing happens. They are allowed the time to sit
1:53:04
there and then see that Trey Hendrickson doesn't go in that
1:53:08
first wave of free agency. They're able to sit there, see
1:53:11
that that happens. Go huh, do we really want to
1:53:14
give up to first round picks or do we want to try and just get
1:53:17
Trey Hendrickson? We don't have to give up any
1:53:19
picks. The difference between
1:53:21
Hendrickson and Max Crosby is to them, I'm not saying for me for
1:53:25
them is not as big of a gap. And so they don't want to give
1:53:28
up the picks and they want to get Trey Hendrickson and
1:53:31
potentially bring in Jadavian Clowney this year and have those
1:53:34
two guys on either side and not have to give up their picks.
1:53:36
That's what happened. They they cannot they cannot
1:53:39
convince anybody otherwise because there's no logic other
1:53:44
than that right? And you if Trey Hendrickson, I'd
1:53:47
love to have the the exercise where we could see if Trey
1:53:51
Hendrickson went very early that they they still do this deal
1:53:56
right or they or there's more money being discussed because
1:53:59
Hendrickson was under the impression he was going to play
1:54:01
with Max Crosby. That's what he was told.
1:54:03
He's come out and said that he has he has he has said on like
1:54:07
that is what he was under the communicate.
1:54:09
So something the math ain't math in right.
1:54:12
Some ain't happening up here. And I I think to me this is just
1:54:16
a simple they got cold feet. They had more time than normal
1:54:20
because of the timing of free agency and the deal getting done
1:54:23
on a Friday to sit on it. They chickened out.
1:54:27
They didn't want this to be the first thing that they did post
1:54:30
John Harbaugh because this was something that they they hadn't
1:54:33
done right in that era and they chickened out.
1:54:36
And to me, I look at this and I go the perfect player for the
1:54:39
Baltimore Ravens was Max Crosby. From a his image to who he is as
1:54:44
a football player to the impact that he has.
1:54:46
So I like Trey Hendrickson a lot.
1:54:49
He's not Max Crosby, he's not Max Rousby.
1:54:52
Don't get it twisted. He's a very good football
1:54:55
player. He's going to have a great
1:54:56
amount of impact. But now you gave the Raiders
1:54:59
back a top three pass rusher who's now motivated with another
1:55:03
chip on his shoulder. This is a guy who already shows
1:55:05
up at 4:30 AM every day to work out as if he needed another
1:55:08
reason to prove you guys wrong. I just, this was disrespectful
1:55:13
to the player, quite frankly, the way that they handled
1:55:16
things, The general manager and the head coach not being there
1:55:19
when he arrived at the facility, not being around or available
1:55:22
for five hours. I mean, it's it was Bush league
1:55:25
and there's no other way around it.
1:55:26
And it's how everybody in the league is looking at it.
1:55:29
And if they struggle to get after the quarterback, oh, it's
1:55:33
going to be loud in Baltimore. I like it.
1:55:35
It's going to be loud in Baltimore.
1:55:38
Loud in Baltimore. I like that southern accent
1:55:40
right there, ladies and gentlemen, I But here's the
1:55:43
thing. There is a S team that is doing
1:55:46
things that are making you shake your head and you know, I'm
1:55:49
talking about the Miami Dolphins.
1:55:51
I have no idea what the Dolphins are doing right now except the
1:55:55
fact is what? Let's suck for Manning because
1:55:57
that could be the only thing or the only reason why what they're
1:56:01
doing. They gave Waddle.
1:56:03
That's what they did. They threw Waddle to the Broncos
1:56:06
and said here go win a Super Bowl this year.
1:56:08
That's what they did. That's what they did.
1:56:10
I mean, think about it. They have the best offensive
1:56:13
line. They have a competent good
1:56:15
quarterback when healthy. They have a great running game.
1:56:18
They got the best defense in the league.
1:56:20
You can argue. I mean, they have the best time.
1:56:23
They have the best corner in the league.
1:56:25
You can argue. I mean, everything at their
1:56:27
special teams is good. They have arguably the best
1:56:29
offense of mind in the league. And now you add the Cortland
1:56:35
Sutton, who's there on one side and now you have Waddle on the
1:56:39
other side, speed demon who you can use in so many different
1:56:43
packages that Peyton, Sean Payton is like the gifted mind
1:56:47
freak. He's like Einstein with a, you
1:56:50
know, a pad up his ass. OK, I have no idea.
1:56:52
I did. It just doesn't make any sense.
1:56:54
And they gave him for nothing. That's what they did.
1:56:56
They said, here, take Waddle for us.
1:56:58
And we're going to do this. We're going to we're going to
1:57:01
pay all these contracts off and we're going to just be bad this
1:57:03
year because we want to be the worst teaming NFL.
1:57:06
What the hell are the Dolphins doing right now?
1:57:09
This is what happens when you sign a quarterback after one
1:57:13
year of good play and you owe $99 million of dead cap money.
1:57:19
Yes, this is what happens. These are the these are the
1:57:21
ramifications of paying to, it's on my law, $67 million this year
1:57:26
to not play football for you, $34 million is next year to not
1:57:30
play football for you. This is what happens.
1:57:32
These are the decisions and the things you got to live with.
1:57:34
When you make really bad decisions on the highest paid
1:57:38
impact player on your team, it's that's it.
1:57:41
They are in a tough spot because financially they made a horrible
1:57:45
decision and now they got to live with it.
1:57:48
So the reality is the team that was brought in, the head coach
1:57:51
and the general manager come from Green Bay, a team that does
1:57:54
everything the exact opposite of what Miami has done right.
1:57:58
And so they're coming in and they are trying to establish a
1:58:02
culture from the ground up. And it's not going to be easy
1:58:06
and it's going to require time and patience from another owner
1:58:09
who does not have time or patience, Steven Ross.
1:58:12
And it's going to require him to actually allow them to clean
1:58:16
this up because this is a disaster what they did.
1:58:19
You don't you, you can't just pay $100 million out and think
1:58:24
that this is going to, you're going to be able to put the same
1:58:26
level of play as far as a roster goes against everybody else when
1:58:30
you're it just, it's, that's not how this goes.
1:58:32
So they had a plan. The plan changed.
1:58:36
You were going to stick with McDaniel going into this year,
1:58:39
which was weird. The first day comes, he doesn't
1:58:42
get fired. Then they think they're going to
1:58:44
get John Harbaugh, which is absolutely what happened.
1:58:47
They fire Mike McDaniel, OK, And then they have to then scramble
1:58:51
because John Harbaugh doesn't leave the building in New York
1:58:55
and they don't even get an interview.
1:58:57
So this is this is what happens when you don't have good
1:59:01
process. They don't have good process.
1:59:04
They do not have good process when it comes to how they do
1:59:07
things, how they operate and there's not cohesiveness.
1:59:11
What they're what Jeff Haffley and company are trying to do now
1:59:14
is to make mess out of a disaster, right?
1:59:18
They got to they got to clean this mess up.
1:59:20
And it's not going to happen this year.
1:59:22
It's got to happen over this year, next year.
1:59:25
And even the you got to be able to flip this over time.
1:59:29
And if the plan is to tank and guess what?
1:59:32
If anybody is a team that we know will tank, it's this one
1:59:36
because we know. And there you can think that
1:59:40
Arch Manning's going to come save you it.
1:59:42
I don't care what quarterback it is.
1:59:45
Football is a team game. People need to get this out of
1:59:47
their heads. It is.
1:59:49
There is no such thing as a quarterback coming to save you.
1:59:52
That's not how it goes. You need good players across the
1:59:56
board at every position, and when your roster sucks, your
1:59:59
quarterback's not going to be good.
2:00:01
Quarterback can't come save you. Patrick Mahomes couldn't do
2:00:03
anything this year. Why?
2:00:04
This team wasn't very good. Team wasn't very good.
2:00:07
That's what happens. That's you can't.
2:00:10
At some point people got to stop treating this like it's the NBA.
2:00:12
It's not the NBA. One player does not impact the
2:00:15
team like it's this is a team game and it doesn't matter what
2:00:18
quarterback you have. If your process and your system
2:00:20
and your coaching sucks, the quarterback's not going to be
2:00:23
very good. And at some point, The Jets and
2:00:26
the Dolphins got to figure that out.
2:00:28
Oh man, what a shot at The Jets. Be quiet, cute.
2:00:31
Be quiet. There.
2:00:34
Listen, I want The Jets to be good because having New York be
2:00:37
good is a good thing for. Football.
2:00:39
It is and and and, but when your owner is as disruptive as what
2:00:43
he is, it's very hard. It's very hard.
2:00:46
And the only reason that things changed in Chicago is because
2:00:50
the old owner passed on, the sun took over, and things started
2:00:54
magically turning around. It's not magic.
2:00:57
It's called somebody else is at the helm.
2:00:59
Like, that's yeah. It's like somebody who's
2:01:01
competent is running the organization who spent money for
2:01:04
the first time ever in free agency.
2:01:05
They spent $150 million last year in free agency.
2:01:08
They hired a really damn good football coach.
2:01:10
They trusted the coach to actually do his thing.
2:01:13
And, oh, shocker. In my whole life, the Bears have
2:01:15
never been good, and now they're good.
2:01:16
Why? Ownership change, this is not.
2:01:19
If you got a bad owner, it's tough, guys, I feel for you.
2:01:22
Because unless we get Woody to go do one of those, you know,
2:01:25
things for Trump again in England, it's tough to keep him
2:01:28
from being let's. Send them.
2:01:29
Let's send them to Iran right now.
2:01:31
I think that I'm all for. It.
2:01:33
Iran, let's do it. I'll do it.
2:01:37
I'll ship them over there. What is going All the money?
2:01:39
I'll, I'll, I'll go. I'll split the bill with you and
2:01:42
ship his net you. Go have to replace.
2:01:46
It yeah, I was actually going to finish up with the Bears.
2:01:48
You kind of get into having their best season in quite a
2:01:51
while with Ben. Johnson.
2:01:52
Highly profile as highly profile as a coaching candidate as you
2:01:55
get. They make the playoffs.
2:01:57
Obviously that big win against the Packers, kind of really
2:01:59
getting them to win the division.
2:02:00
They beat them in the playoffs after that before losing the
2:02:03
tight one of the Rams. They trade DJ more in the
2:02:04
offseason, but again, they have other good receivers, good skill
2:02:07
players there. I was thinking they go after an
2:02:09
edge rusher. What are your thoughts on the
2:02:10
whole Bear season to the whole and the offseason strategy for
2:02:13
them? It feels weird to watch
2:02:17
highlights and see the NFL posting positive videos about
2:02:20
your team. Literally.
2:02:22
Sort of like when when you've grown up and literally covered
2:02:25
and watched this team my whole life.
2:02:27
My dad was the season ticket holder, grew up going to the
2:02:29
games and now 50. Like of the top 10 plays of the
2:02:33
year for the NFL, five of them were Bears offensive plays.
2:02:37
Are you joking? Like, I'm like, what is
2:02:38
happening, right? It's like you almost have to
2:02:40
pinch yourself to go. Did this really happen?
2:02:43
Did they really actually did they do that?
2:02:45
Did they beat Green Bay twice in one month?
2:02:47
Like that can't that, that can't actually be possible, right?
2:02:50
And it did happen. And like we talked about a
2:02:52
little, a little bit with the ownership change.
2:02:55
The reality is Ben Johnson is a culture changer.
2:02:57
And he sat, he had opportunities to leave the year before.
2:03:01
He didn't leave, right? They kept him in Detroit an
2:03:03
extra year. Even when he had opportunities
2:03:05
to go, he sat back, he created a plan, and he didn't go interview
2:03:10
for every job he evaluated which jobs he was interested in
2:03:13
taking, where he could come in and actually do the things he
2:03:17
deemed necessary to change and have success in the league.
2:03:20
And one of the things about Ben that I probably respect more
2:03:24
than anything is that he's earned everything he has.
2:03:27
He's taking shots at everybody else.
2:03:29
Like, yeah, my last name didn't get me here because he's not a
2:03:32
Lafleur, he's not a Shanahan, he's not a McVeigh.
2:03:35
He didn't grow up in this league, His grandpa didn't
2:03:37
coach, his dad didn't coach in the NFL.
2:03:40
Like he earned his way into this position.
2:03:43
He's he was around the right coaches in his time in the
2:03:46
league. And everybody that you talk to,
2:03:50
whether it's the janitor staff or the players on the team says
2:03:54
that that dude is the one. And that to me tells you a lot.
2:03:59
He's brought back the rivalry. People that were bitching about
2:04:02
us talking shit to Green Bay. You don't belong in football.
2:04:05
This is what football is. Football is great when rivalries
2:04:09
are great. I don't want Green Bay to get
2:04:11
along with Chicago. I love that they hate each
2:04:14
other. It's amazing for the sport.
2:04:17
Who wants your cat? What if I saw and I did.
2:04:20
Matt Eberflu sat courtside with Matt La Florida Bucks game and
2:04:24
it made my stomach turn. I went, what in the hell is my
2:04:28
head coach doing? Fraternizing with the with the
2:04:31
enemy. That's how it felt.
2:04:33
Oh, yeah, Ben Johnson said. No, I don't.
2:04:34
I don't want to make friends in the NFL.
2:04:36
And I feel that energy. That's Chicago.
2:04:38
We friends with you. You go stay up in Green Bay.
2:04:40
We don't want. No, no, no, we're good.
2:04:42
We'll stay here in Chicago. We don't want to be friends with
2:04:44
y'all. And that's to me, that's good
2:04:46
for sports, man. Like sports is about great
2:04:48
rivalries and societies become soft.
2:04:51
And football has has magically stayed kind of separate of that.
2:04:56
And I hope that football just continues to be football because
2:04:59
it's the best when the rivalries are the best.
2:05:01
I love McVeigh and Shanahan literally talking shit to each
2:05:04
other at NFL owners meetings. That's great.
2:05:06
They don't like each other. I don't want them to like each
2:05:08
other. They shouldn't like each other.
2:05:10
You're competitors. You can respect each other
2:05:12
without liking each other. And to me, this is the I could
2:05:16
watch this on a loop forever. This is like bring me more joy
2:05:20
than anything that's ever happened, right?
2:05:22
Cuz I just like, yeah, see you later, Lafleur.
2:05:25
Yeah, we're good. Bye.
2:05:26
Bye, Green Bay. So the whether it's the speeches
2:05:29
or just his demeanor and how he handles things this bear season,
2:05:33
I could talk forever about because it was one one for the
2:05:35
ages. She's a wolf.
2:05:37
She's a wolf. Ladies and gentlemen.
2:05:38
An absolute wolf. God.
2:05:41
Speedy. Good.
2:05:43
Speedy. Let's hear you.
2:05:45
Sounds like a little panda bear. All right.
2:05:48
Cute. Yeah.
2:05:49
So I'm going to circle back to the draft in closing and
2:05:53
whatnot. Tell us a memorable moment that
2:05:55
you've had. I've seen that you share some
2:05:57
moments with prospects and whatnot.
2:05:59
What is the most memorable moment you've had in the draft?
2:06:03
This is a easy one for me. A couple draft cycles ago,
2:06:06
Kansas City, I'm backstage with Panini, the trading card
2:06:10
company, doing interviews with the players, and Jaylen Carter
2:06:14
gets drafted and comes backstage.
2:06:16
And Jaylen Carter is a monster atrocity of a human being.
2:06:21
OK, just, I mean, just this absolute specimen.
2:06:25
And he comes walking off stage with tears in his eyes and just
2:06:30
falls on like, literally hug, hug, bear hugs me.
2:06:33
And I'm like, I'm going to fall. I'm going to fall.
2:06:36
I'm going to fall. I'm going to this is it.
2:06:38
This is how my life ends. Like, oh, my God.
2:06:41
But this like the stress and the pressure of everything that
2:06:46
happens during the draft process.
2:06:48
It was that release of emotion of like it was worth, you know,
2:06:52
it's over, right? Like I had all the and it's, it
2:06:56
happens every year. Every year I talk to talk to
2:06:58
kids. That's why I love the draft.
2:06:59
It's literally watching players lifelong goal dream to change
2:07:05
their family, their lives happen and there's so much work that
2:07:10
goes into making that happen. These players are scrutinized at
2:07:14
A at a level that makes me so uncomfortable.
2:07:17
I mean everything they do a non-stop with social media.
2:07:22
And I look at these coaches as if these guys were choir boys
2:07:24
and perfect when they were back then, right?
2:07:26
And I'm like, y'all lucky I didn't have cell phones.
2:07:28
Y'all would have been cancelled 20 years ago.
2:07:30
OK. And that's, and that's the
2:07:32
thing. So to me, there's a great,
2:07:34
there's a great moment every year, but I will never forget
2:07:36
that because Jaylen Carter is such a large and large angry
2:07:41
human being on the football field.
2:07:42
What a sweet kid. And what a great moment he and I
2:07:45
shared. And we had a great interview
2:07:47
after that. So I'll never forget it.
2:07:48
Never forget it. Well, I got to say something,
2:07:51
Paige, we, I've interviewed a lot of people over the years.
2:07:55
You, as far as your personality, you know, football and you have
2:07:59
such a like a, you know, you, you can, you catch it and every,
2:08:03
every, every personality trait that you have speaking on a mic.
2:08:08
There are a lot of people that are not good at this.
2:08:10
They're not, I've interviewed a lot of analysts that say they're
2:08:13
good, They have a huge following and they're just really, really
2:08:16
bad. Really, really, really bad.
2:08:18
You are just, you bright up the conversation.
2:08:23
You know what you're talking about and you're funny too.
2:08:26
And you don't beat around the Bush, you just smack everybody
2:08:29
out of the way. So I think you're great.
2:08:32
Thank you. Thank you.
2:08:33
I'm I'm Greek and from Chicago. There's no like, if you know, if
2:08:36
you know going from Chicago, don't.
2:08:38
Go with me. That's, that's how it goes.
2:08:40
That's how it goes, man. We don't.
2:08:42
If you want to get a word in at the table at my house, you
2:08:45
better be able to speak up, speak your mind.
2:08:47
That's it, That's it. Chicago, Chicago, but you're
2:08:51
fantastic. I I love what you do.
2:08:54
I was checking out your stuff today and Nif and I got to give
2:08:57
a shout out to the old nif because he got you on the show.
2:09:00
The old man over there the. You know, master.
2:09:03
The yeah, the Nifmeister, I mean we call him the five foot 6
2:09:07
Indian killer right over there. He's a hustler, man.
2:09:11
He's a hustler. He's a hustler.
2:09:12
Breaking news. I'm putting you on a leash now.
2:09:15
Breaking news. Hot ladies Breaking news.
2:09:17
They call me the ladies man and Mr. Still you agree?
2:09:20
Be. Careful.
2:09:21
Be. Careful.
2:09:23
He is the ladies man and you have to be careful.
2:09:25
He also does this thing. Here it is.
2:09:28
Breaking news I need pretty also.
2:09:30
He needs everybody also but he is fantastic.
2:09:33
He does such a great job on the back ending.
2:09:35
You are fantastic. Love to get you on a show again.
2:09:37
Are you going to the draft this year?
2:09:39
I will be. I will be in Pittsburgh.
2:09:41
Love being on with you guys, super entertained, love New York
2:09:44
and Chicago. We get along man, cuz we're all,
2:09:47
we're all about a no BS man. We just want, we want it
2:09:50
straight, straight right to the point.
2:09:51
And I feel for y'all as jazz fans cuz like that was my life
2:09:54
up until last year, man. Like literally I wasn't, I
2:09:57
wasn't sitting any prettier than you were up until up until
2:10:01
things change. So listen, I had, I had, I've
2:10:03
had conversations with Woody all continue to plea on your behalf
2:10:06
and he gets all out of the way. OK, I'll try.
2:10:09
I'll keep it trying. We need it.
2:10:11
There he is. He's the ladies man.
2:10:14
Ohh my. I'm putting you on a leash now.
2:10:16
Breaking news. A lot of hot ladies.
2:10:18
Breaking news. I gotta go back off now.
2:10:22
Ohh, incredible. It's incredible.
2:10:25
But we love you. And thank you.
2:10:27
We're going to be guys. We're going to be there too.
2:10:29
We're. Working on doing a live show.
2:10:31
A live show hit. Me up, hit me up.
2:10:33
I'd love to come see. Whatever works out.
2:10:35
I'll be there. I'll be running around.
2:10:36
I got my own stuff that I'm doing, but I'd love to connect
2:10:38
when you guys are there. Absolutely, Paige, I love you.
2:10:41
Thank. You good work.
2:10:42
Bye, guys. Paige Demacos, ladies and
2:10:45
gentlemen, she's fantastic, beautiful.
2:10:48
She really is a beautiful woman and she knows her football.
2:10:51
You can't beat around the Bush, and you beat around the Bush all
2:10:54
the time. You need to shave that Bush.
2:10:56
Anyways. Ladies and gentlemen, we call
2:10:58
this beef. I'm a nut.
2:11:04
I'm a nut. Do you know what beef is?
2:11:08
Do you know? What beef is?
2:11:13
I fight you both together if you want, I fight You want 1 poor
2:11:15
time behind my back. I fight, you stand on my foot.
2:11:18
I fight you with my eyes. Closed.
2:11:21
What? Are you scared?
2:11:22
Watch your mouth. I see you.
2:11:24
Guaranteed to be. I'll see you one more time.
2:11:29
All right, ladies and gentlemen, Gino Ariama and Dawn Staley have
2:11:36
been going back and forth. They were in the final four.
2:11:39
We all know what happened. Let's hit it.
2:11:42
All right, so I have 3 videos for to start.
2:11:44
For this one, we'll start with the initial altercation, then
2:11:47
Gino's response, and then Dawn's.
2:11:48
Here we go. The players now Dawn and Gino
2:11:53
getting into it a little bit on the sideline as Gino has to be
2:11:57
held back. On Sunday afternoon.
2:12:12
All right. And now Gina responds with this.
2:12:15
Coaching and I've been, I don't know, 3025 Final Fours and the
2:12:19
protocol is before the game you meet that half court.
2:12:22
Anybody ever see that before 2 coaches meet at half court and
2:12:25
they shake hands, correct. They ever see it, they announce
2:12:29
it on the on the loudspeaker and I waited there for like 3
2:12:34
minutes. So it is what it is.
2:12:38
You know, he, he's the one that is initiated the, the
2:12:42
conversation. I, I, I don't want you know what
2:12:45
happened there to dampen what we were able to accomplish today.
2:12:53
All right, So I like Gino. He's an older.
2:12:57
He's like a college professor. He knows college basketball,
2:13:01
especially women's basketball, better than anybody.
2:13:04
I mean, how many national championships, how many Final
2:13:07
Fours, how many championships has this man gone to?
2:13:11
Dawn Staley was going to be interviewed by the New York
2:13:14
Knicks to take the New York Knicks job when it was available
2:13:16
this offseason. She was actually being thought
2:13:20
of as a person the Knicks were going to hire.
2:13:24
First woman head coach in NBA history.
2:13:27
That's the truth. Dawn Staley was a Leon.
2:13:30
Leon Rose is very close with Dawn Staley.
2:13:33
I've heard a lot of stories about her.
2:13:34
She's got a very strong personality.
2:13:36
She doesn't give a crap if you're a man or a woman.
2:13:38
She'll smack you silly. She'll beat you to a living
2:13:41
pulp. That's the type of woman she is.
2:13:44
I respect that, I really do. I thought, why would Gino be
2:13:48
making this up? He's not wrong.
2:13:51
Before the game, it doesn't matter if you hate somebody or
2:13:53
not. In the NBA and the NCAA, where
2:13:56
do these guys meet? They meet in the middle of the
2:13:58
court, they talk, they interact, they say hey, how you doing,
2:14:02
blah, blah, blah, blah. What a great run you're having.
2:14:05
Dah dah, dah dah dah Gino Ariyama coming out there and
2:14:08
saying after the game, that's what you do.
2:14:11
And she didn't do that. And at the end of the game, he
2:14:14
probably, he was very upset. UConn was the favorite.
2:14:18
They were the best team in the nation.
2:14:19
They haven't lost the game. And they get shocked by South
2:14:22
Carolina. I mean, absolutely shocked,
2:14:24
Okay. And he's pissed off.
2:14:27
So he goes up to her and he probably approached her and
2:14:30
said, whoa, normal people would go up at the, you know, before
2:14:34
the game and interact with it. What what the hell are you
2:14:36
doing? What What what kind of are you
2:14:38
better than me? Do you think you're better than
2:14:40
me? And and Dawn Staley says we won.
2:14:42
I don't give a crap. We're the ones moving on.
2:14:45
You're not. Oh well, sayonara, go play golf.
2:14:48
I don't give a crap. And and if I was Gino, I would
2:14:51
be pissed too. No, Gino did come out and
2:14:53
apologize to the NCAA and Dawn Staley for the way he acted.
2:14:58
It wasn't professional the way he reacted.
2:15:01
She's a woman, he's a man. But I've never seen Gino get
2:15:05
that angry. We've seen him lose big games.
2:15:07
We've seen him get upset about certain athletes, players or
2:15:12
even coaches in the past. He's never gone out there after
2:15:15
the game and spoke to the media and just throw the the coach
2:15:19
under the bus like Dawn Staley. Dawn Staley, she can, she looks
2:15:23
very nasty. I, I personally didn't, but did
2:15:26
anybody watch the video after after that fact?
2:15:28
All that mishap happened on the back on the court.
2:15:30
She went into the backroom. She says they're done, they're
2:15:33
done. She's dancing over there.
2:15:35
She's doing her little jumping around, doing all that stupid
2:15:39
crap. We saw it.
2:15:40
We we spoke about Ben Johnson. We saw what they did against the
2:15:43
Green Bay Packers after the fact FF the the Green Bay Packers.
2:15:48
But that's that to me is that's the NFL.
2:15:51
That's about just what do you call that just competitive
2:15:55
feature rivalry? No, but South Carolina and Yukon
2:15:59
are not rivalries. They really.
2:16:00
Are in the in the recent history.
2:16:02
But they're not. They're not.
2:16:04
Yukon is one of the most successful basketball.
2:16:07
Programs overall, but in the near in the nearest feature they
2:16:10
have. Do you really think that Geno
2:16:12
Ariama gives a crap what Dawn Staley thinks?
2:16:15
About obviously he do, that's the reason why he.
2:16:16
Said no, he didn't. He was upset that Dawn Staley
2:16:20
didn't meet in the court, in front of the court.
2:16:23
It doesn't matter if you don't like somebody.
2:16:24
You do. You're a professional.
2:16:26
You're a professional coach. You're making millions of
2:16:29
dollars. You're coaching a college
2:16:31
women's basketball team. You made it to the Final Four.
2:16:34
Gino Ariana is one of the more respected head coaches in
2:16:37
college basketball history. The first thing you're doing is
2:16:41
at least going to the middle of the court and having a
2:16:43
conversation. Congratulations on such a great
2:16:45
season. Not going out after the game and
2:16:48
like, pretty much mocking him after he came out and he was
2:16:52
upset. Just be professional about it.
2:16:54
Be professional. Professional about it?
2:16:57
What if she forgot? Sorry.
2:17:00
So I mean, this guy, this giant, he knows somebody didn't meet
2:17:05
him at half court and say, hey, you did a good job this season.
2:17:08
Wow, this guy is so pissed off. Stand on it.
2:17:12
Why apologize? First of all, he's still pissed
2:17:14
off because he never said Don name it apologize.
2:17:16
I apologize to the staff. So he was still carried out by
2:17:19
that I. Think oh, so he was a coward,
2:17:21
not. Apologizing.
2:17:23
I don't. I do not believe, he cowered
2:17:25
out. How do you call that being a
2:17:27
coward? Apologize.
2:17:29
Did Dawn? Did Dawn Staley hold on hold on
2:17:32
hold on, hold on, hold on. Did Dawn Staley at all apologize
2:17:36
for what she did? What did she do?
2:17:38
What did she did? Somebody hit you and then you
2:17:41
like, oh, now we need you need to apologize because you got.
2:17:43
Absolutely. You're professional.
2:17:45
How life works, you know, put somebody did the person to get
2:17:50
put say, Oh yeah, my fault for fighting back and protecting
2:17:53
myself. Let me apologize.
2:17:54
Really. That's not how this works.
2:17:56
Really. So you're telling me that what
2:17:57
she did it was OK, it was fine for her to be unprofessional,
2:18:01
and then mocking UConn after the fact that they beat him right?
2:18:05
Mocking. That's what she's.
2:18:06
Supposed to do no. You're not.
2:18:07
You're supposed to be a professional.
2:18:09
Why wouldn't you? Gino Ariana didn't go out there
2:18:12
and Gino Ariana, Gino Ariana I've never seen go out there and
2:18:16
and just attack organization programs that he's never liked.
2:18:20
I've never seen him do that. Oh, we won.
2:18:22
Oh, blah, blah, blah. He's such a sore loser.
2:18:25
Dawn Staley is, she's a ruthless, you know what?
2:18:30
She's ruthless. And, and here's another thing,
2:18:32
and I, I'll say this, I don't know if we call this beef
2:18:36
because I, I don't think Gino Ariema really hates Dawn.
2:18:39
I think Dawn Staley hates everybody.
2:18:41
How in the she how are you perceiving that he don't hate
2:18:45
dogs and he did what he did? Because the man has never done
2:18:48
it. Didn't even.
2:18:48
Connect me to apology. When did you see Gino ever do
2:18:51
something like this? Have you ever seen No.
2:18:54
Day before yesterday. I'm asking you, in his whole
2:18:57
career and he's been around for a very long time.
2:18:59
Have you ever And Gino has and we've heard stories that Gino
2:19:02
doesn't like this coach doesn't like.
2:19:03
Have you ever seen Gino go out there and, and, and take shots
2:19:07
in the media at somebody? No, but I've seen his body
2:19:10
language change when he plays USC.
2:19:12
Fish, we're not talking about the other team on the other
2:19:14
side. I'm talking about when you're
2:19:16
playing another coach. We're not talking about what
2:19:18
Danny Hurley and Gino Ariana, we're not talking about it.
2:19:22
We're talking about when we're talking about a coach to another
2:19:25
coach playing on the same coach, coach court playing against one
2:19:29
another. We're not talking about.
2:19:31
That's the problem with you, Fish.
2:19:32
You bring up things that have nothing to do with particular
2:19:37
coaching when you're on a best. Danny Hurley.
2:19:39
No, it doesn't, Danny. What it is Danny Earl?
2:19:43
Officials just like Don Staley. She rants and raves and
2:19:46
officials just like him. Gino hates that she does it and
2:19:50
gets away with it, and that's why they have a culture clash.
2:19:53
She's been yelling at her for four years, since 2023, because
2:19:57
he doesn't like how she carries herself as a coach.
2:20:00
And would you level and would you?
2:20:04
What's wrong with it? I think it's just a culture
2:20:06
clash to be honest with you. Like he's the old guard.
2:20:09
Obviously he's the legend and she's obviously a legend in her
2:20:13
own right, but she's cutting your school style.
2:20:16
But I and doesn't like how she messed it up too.
2:20:18
Like she's doing like 90s Nicks, like physical basketball, you
2:20:22
know? And he doesn't like that because
2:20:24
he doesn't want his star players to get hurt.
2:20:26
It's like 2 very opposite guys. I love that we have that in
2:20:31
women's college basketball. We don't have Caitlin Clark
2:20:33
there right now. We don't have Page Becker's
2:20:35
there right now. We have this hatred which is
2:20:38
kind of like raise the tournament a level even though
2:20:40
neither one of them won. Yes, and that was the other big
2:20:43
thing that came out with well, she she won.
2:20:46
Yeah, she won in that game. And she's won a couple of
2:20:49
national championships as well. And you're right, in this modern
2:20:51
era, like I would say A7 year peak, she won two national
2:20:54
championships, 33 and and Gino. And how many did Ariana win?
2:21:00
No, he's more accomplished, I'm saying right now.
2:21:01
How many? Did he win?
2:21:02
How many times has he dominated? How many great?
2:21:05
How many? How many great?
2:21:09
How many great players has he coached?
2:21:10
How many great players have gone to the WNBA?
2:21:12
Hold on. Q How many play?
2:21:14
When you look at what Gino Ariana has done, he's
2:21:16
transitioned. He's made college, women's
2:21:18
college basketball what it is today.
2:21:20
If it wasn't for Gino, there wouldn't be a Dawn Staley.
2:21:24
There wouldn't be an accomplishment.
2:21:26
Yes, it yes, I can. You can't.
2:21:28
Say that college. Basketball.
2:21:30
He's not the. College basketball, he.
2:21:31
Changed the game. Was he transcending?
2:21:33
100. Percent.
2:21:35
Oh, really? Really.
2:21:37
Fish, I do want to mention too, what you were saying with the
2:21:39
ref discrepancies in the past too.
2:21:41
There's another thing that he Gino was saying as well about a
2:21:43
double standard of refereeing. Got on the refs pretty heavily
2:21:47
and it looked like you came over and kind of yell asked if she's
2:21:51
allowed to talk to them like that.
2:21:53
I'm wondering if that fed into your frustration at the end of
2:21:55
the game at all. I just want to make sure there's
2:21:59
not a double standard. I'm of the opinion that if I
2:22:04
ever talk to an official like that, I would get tossed.
2:22:08
He's not wrong, so he's not wrong.
2:22:11
I just want to make sure there's not a double standard.
2:22:13
He's not wrong. People are allowed to talk to
2:22:15
officials like that really, and other people are not.
2:22:18
Whenever you ever heard Gino Ariama go out and go after
2:22:22
every. College references their mind
2:22:24
every now and then. You.
2:22:25
Never see this man do that. He never does that.
2:22:29
It's a rarity. Do you see Gino Ariama go after?
2:22:33
Me rarely did he. Do it.
2:22:34
He doesn't. He doesn't really do it.
2:22:37
Every time you come to him, he does it.
2:22:38
He. Never does it.
2:22:40
Yes. Or no, he has.
2:22:42
He done it before, probably once or twice.
2:22:45
But he doesn't do it like Dawn Staley does.
2:22:47
Dawn Staley does all the time. That's her style.
2:22:50
Yelling, yelling. Just like Draymond Green in the
2:22:53
NBA, understand that he's going to highlight the reference.
2:22:57
They understand that it's their style.
2:22:59
Now, can anybody else in the league do the same thing that
2:23:01
Draymond getting away with? No, but they understand.
2:23:04
They adapt and adjust to players and coaches.
2:23:07
That's what happens in the league.
2:23:08
That's what happens in basketball.
2:23:10
That's happened in sports. Certain people get away with
2:23:12
certain stuff based off the pedigree and and who they are.
2:23:17
You have to. You have to I admit that Gino
2:23:19
has not been this Angel that you're trying to paint him.
2:23:21
Up Nobody said he's an Angel, but.
2:23:22
Every time we tell you something, he do hold.
2:23:24
On I let you speak. Now it's my turn to speak.
2:23:26
Hold on. Dawn Staley does it more than
2:23:29
every single, every single game. Every single.
2:23:32
Even if it's a, a regular season game, you see Dawn Staley
2:23:35
running on the court yelling at the referees.
2:23:37
She does it all the time. Gino does not do it every single
2:23:40
time. And then you bring up, you bring
2:23:41
in bring up Draymond Green or any of these guys, Brooks, they
2:23:44
all do it and that's great. Their NBA players won #2 they
2:23:48
don't get away with it. Draymond Greek gets more
2:23:50
flagrance and more technical fouls than any player in NBA
2:23:53
history. To say that he could they get
2:23:55
away with it is ridiculous. They also make millions and
2:23:58
millions of dollars. When college players don't make
2:24:00
that kind of money, they're getting NIL deals.
2:24:02
Yeah, but they're not making anywhere close to that kind of
2:24:05
money. So these guys.
2:24:06
And by the way, the NBA is run by the players.
2:24:08
College basketball is not run by the player who.
2:24:11
Is it it's? Run by the program.
2:24:13
It's over with NIL's transfer report to let you know that it's
2:24:17
ran by the player. That does not mean that.
2:24:19
What are you talking about? It does not mean.
2:24:22
Well, also, that might not exist anymore because the president
2:24:25
signed an executive order saying you can only transfer one time.
2:24:29
I don't think that has nothing to do with it.
2:24:30
But I think this whole transfer portal thing is one of those
2:24:34
short experiments in history that we're going to talk about.
2:24:38
Like Can you believe when this was happening?
2:24:40
No, I think it's the new day. It's a new age.
2:24:42
I think everybody hates it because it goes against.
2:24:44
What do you? Really think though, do you
2:24:47
really think the powers that be are going to allow this to
2:24:50
continue? On they still win.
2:24:52
They still win on the back end. There's no losing for them.
2:24:54
When you sign your NIDL contract, it's a part of the
2:24:58
school get a cut too. Everybody's still getting a cut.
2:25:01
That the only reason it's in play because the NCAA didn't
2:25:03
want to pay their bills. They want to pay that penalty.
2:25:06
I hear you. I just feel like the NCAA
2:25:08
doesn't like a 5050 cut. They like like a 9010 cut and
2:25:11
they want. To go back, they're going to
2:25:13
continue to sit out and do all this.
2:25:15
They get more money now. I hope you're right.
2:25:18
I don't like it and I agree with Gino I I don't like.
2:25:21
More government like. You love all that.
2:25:24
No, I do not. He he always said that that's a
2:25:27
whole different discussion for a different show.
2:25:30
But my man like here likes socialist economics and no, he
2:25:33
does he lows salary caps. I'm just saying.
2:25:37
I don't say. I do, I, I think that
2:25:40
professional sports shouldn't be.
2:25:42
These guys should not be overpaid more than they should
2:25:44
be paid. I, I believe that the MLB needs
2:25:48
to have a salary cap. It's rooting baseball.
2:25:50
As we see what the deferred money that the Dodgers are
2:25:52
doing, they're ruining the game of baseball.
2:25:55
It is hurting the game of baseball.
2:25:57
We had Jabba Chamberlain. I would have never thought Jabba
2:26:00
Chamberlain shut the music off. I, I would have never thought
2:26:04
that Jabba Chamberlain would actually come back and agree
2:26:07
with me on this, that baseball needs to do something about the
2:26:11
cap and everything after what's going on with the Dodgers.
2:26:14
They're ruining the game. So yeah, with, with the new CBA
2:26:17
and the new contracts and, and and the players union, I I think
2:26:21
that the ownership and the Commission needs to step in and
2:26:24
argue that point at the end of the baseball season this year.
2:26:27
Hey when did Java say that? While he was in the league or
2:26:30
post post retirement. Well, he he's a part of the
2:26:33
union, so he. Spoke.
2:26:35
When did he say it? Yes, that's not it always, but.
2:26:37
He's still. The old guys, college players
2:26:40
were getting paid now. Yeah, back in my day, I won't
2:26:43
get this type of money. And I had to do this and I had
2:26:45
to do that, and they solved and they ain't responsible at all.
2:26:48
They said no, you're just jealous.
2:26:50
It's OK, Just say I don't like the fact that they're making
2:26:52
more money. I don't think it was jealous
2:26:54
because Jabba never. Never say that why he was an
2:26:57
active player. Jabba never agreed to it until
2:27:00
the fact that this was going on and it was getting worse.
2:27:03
He always stuck up. I've been, I was working with
2:27:05
Jabba for a year and a half and he was arguing all the time
2:27:09
about it. And then all of a sudden, out of
2:27:10
the blue, he agreed with me. Come on.
2:27:13
He agreed with me because he saw what was going on.
2:27:16
And, and obviously the emotional thing that's going on in
2:27:19
baseball is, hey, the Dodgers can buy their way out.
2:27:22
They can do whatever they want. They can get money and pay these
2:27:25
guys 20 years from now, as long as they're winning, it doesn't
2:27:28
matter. So it's unfortunate.
2:27:30
And I think baseball's going to step in.
2:27:31
It's going to, it's going to change.
2:27:33
Let me know what Jabba negotiate on this contract.
2:27:36
This has something to do when you have to negotiate.
2:27:39
No, you know what, you need more money, so I'm going to give you
2:27:41
10% of what I'm making. I, I could see everyone being
2:27:45
haters. Like think about Reggie Bush for
2:27:47
a second. The guy had to give back his
2:27:49
Heisman Trophy. Why?
2:27:50
Because he was driving around a Chevy Impala that he didn't pay
2:27:53
for. It was a Chevy, a nice Chevy
2:27:56
Impala, but it was a Chevy Impala.
2:27:59
I mean, I'm sure you got some other stuff too.
2:28:00
What are we talking about here? Like that's how it was back in
2:28:03
the day. I vote first of all, I if if
2:28:06
anybody listen to this show 10 years ago, I always stuck up
2:28:09
that NIL money should be going to the players.
2:28:12
I was one of the first speedy, am I not right?
2:28:15
I've been. Saying this argument.
2:28:17
There my argument is my argument to give it back my.
2:28:22
My argument isn't fighting NIL deals.
2:28:24
My money is my, my my argument is.
2:28:27
My money is. My argument is, and that's
2:28:29
because everybody's keeps cutting in and talking over me.
2:28:32
I can't even think my my argument here is it's not the
2:28:37
nil deals and I don't even care that these players are making
2:28:40
the kind of money, even though it's going to stop, there's
2:28:43
going to have to be a cut off point because it's not working
2:28:45
for college football, baseball, hockey, all of it.
2:28:49
It's not going to work. What I my argument here is, is
2:28:52
that when you look at from the dawn, from the dawn Staley thing
2:28:57
and the Gino Ariama thing, when you look at 2 coaches very well
2:29:00
respected and one coach, one coach comes out there and says,
2:29:04
hey, respect or no respect, you go out there and you respect
2:29:08
that other coach. You go out to the middle of the
2:29:09
court and you respect one another.
2:29:11
That's the way you go. Now what he thinks of her
2:29:14
personally, I don't care. I really don't, but he's not
2:29:18
wrong. And Dawn Staley going out after
2:29:20
the game? No Dawn Staley going out at the
2:29:23
end of the game and not a apologizing for what she did.
2:29:26
I mean that was disrespectful. At least he went out and he was
2:29:29
a man about it. She will not apologize for what
2:29:32
she did. I think she do.
2:29:34
What do you? Mean go shake his hand postgame.
2:29:37
Did you mad about something happened pregame?
2:29:40
Did she and she supposed to come out and say, hey, did she really
2:29:42
go? Out there to shake his hand.
2:29:44
Let me have a moment. I'll let you talk.
2:29:45
Right? All right, So no, you didn't
2:29:47
listen. I did listen.
2:29:49
So what I'm telling you is that she went postgame and actually
2:29:52
shake his hand and congratulate him on the this season or
2:29:55
whatnot. He brings up something that
2:29:57
happened pregame, gets mad, say what he had to say, and then
2:30:02
she's supposed to come out with a public apology about what she
2:30:05
did initiate it. He threw the first punch.
2:30:08
She responded like, hey, you're not going to talk to me this
2:30:11
type of way and move forward. Then we get to the press
2:30:14
conference and she like, hey, talk to him about what happened.
2:30:16
I don't know. I was blindsided.
2:30:18
He came up yelling and screaming at me.
2:30:20
I responded but ask him what's happening.
2:30:22
I won the game. I beat him by 20 and that's what
2:30:25
matters. As a professional, knowing what
2:30:27
happened on the court after the fact, 24 hours later, Geno
2:30:32
Ariema went out there, spoke to the media and apologized.
2:30:36
The way he acted when Stanley went out to the backroom and the
2:30:40
way she acted to the media and the way she spoke to the media,
2:30:42
it made it seem like she did nothing wrong.
2:30:45
She was blindsided. Meanwhile, she knew what she
2:30:48
did. She knew exactly what she did,
2:30:51
but she blew it out. Oh, he's blowing it out of
2:30:53
proportion, really. Because to me, as a
2:30:56
professional, you're a coach, you're making a lot of money,
2:30:59
You're coaching young women. That's what you're doing.
2:31:02
And you want to make a statement.
2:31:04
You want to be respected as a coach, you don't do that.
2:31:08
Danny Hurley, for all the things that he's done and he's done
2:31:11
some really ridiculous stuff. He really has.
2:31:14
When Danny Hurley's wrong, he goes out there and he
2:31:16
apologizes. He he apologizes.
2:31:19
What he does, he just says, listen, I I get too caught up.
2:31:22
I get caught too caught into it. Have you ever seen Danny Hurley
2:31:26
not go into the middle of a court during the game or before
2:31:29
the game, not, you know, having a conversation with another
2:31:31
coach? I'm going to tell you this right
2:31:32
now. He always does it.
2:31:34
I've never seen Danny Hurley not do it, even if he hates
2:31:36
somebody. And by the way, Danny Hurley has
2:31:39
gone out there many, many times telling him, I don't like this
2:31:42
guy, I don't like that guy, I don't like this guy, I don't
2:31:45
like that guy. I'm the best, I'm the best, I'm
2:31:47
the best. And he still goes out there and
2:31:49
respects the other person when he goes out to the middle of the
2:31:51
basketball court. He did it tonight, too, against
2:31:53
Michigan, by the way. He comes up.
2:31:55
Yeah, quick question. Should the referee apologize to
2:31:59
Dan Hurley for him getting in his face?
2:32:01
Should a referee? Should the referee because Dan
2:32:03
Hurley got into his face? No Should the referee but Danny
2:32:06
Hurley actually a public? Referee make a public apology.
2:32:09
But he did Danny Hurley apologize for whatever.
2:32:11
Referee not not Dan Hurley, the referee.
2:32:14
Yeah, the referee did and Danny Hurley said.
2:32:15
You know, I shouldn't have done it that way after.
2:32:17
You answered the question. You'd be a politician.
2:32:19
That's the same thing that happened with Gino and.
2:32:21
No, it's not the. Same.
2:32:23
You may not like her celebrating, you may not like
2:32:25
her antics on backstage, you may not like her talking to the
2:32:28
referees or whatever, but she went out there to shake his hand
2:32:32
and he brought up something that happened an hour ago.
2:32:36
OK. And that's the that's the bottom
2:32:38
line. So she don't owe him an apology
2:32:40
because he wanted to act up because he got beat by a 20.
2:32:43
He made an apology. And you know why he made the
2:32:45
apology, why he didn't use her name is because the school
2:32:48
forced him to make the apology because it was bad press.
2:32:51
It was bad media. Somebody from the higher up
2:32:53
called in and say, hey, you need to apologize, not only because
2:32:57
it's bad press, but because you're a man attacking a woman
2:32:59
on live TV. That was the reason why he made
2:33:02
the apology. That's not because Gino wanted
2:33:04
to make the apology. How do you know that?
2:33:06
Are you hanging out? Are you the fly in the room
2:33:08
telling him that? Are you?
2:33:09
Are you on the? Top of my day.
2:33:10
I don't listen you. No, he thought about it.
2:33:13
He's got a wife. Maybe he's sitting down with his
2:33:15
wife and he's having a conversation with his wife,
2:33:17
eating some porridge or whatever the hell he eats.
2:33:19
Some soup, some porridge, Yeah, whatever.
2:33:22
Probably. I don't know the fact here there
2:33:26
is to me, Gino a, he went out there and he did the right
2:33:30
thing. But you know what if if I was
2:33:33
doing and I'm trying to prove my point and I'm I'm a woman, I'm
2:33:36
going out there and I'm doing the same thing.
2:33:38
I want to show the young ladies that I'm coaching that I'm going
2:33:42
to go out there and I'm going to be professional and I'm going to
2:33:44
say, listen, maybe I acted wrong.
2:33:45
Maybe I did something wrong. Maybe I wasn't professional with
2:33:48
this. That's I apologize for not doing
2:33:51
the right thing. That's the way I would have
2:33:53
reacted to it. And any coach would do that.
2:33:55
Any coach would do that if you're trying to make a
2:33:57
statement. So professionalism is about
2:34:01
meeting the coach that have. It's called respect.
2:34:04
It's called respect you comparing your.
2:34:06
Unprofessional. You're comparing, you comparing
2:34:09
A referee situation with Danny Hurley had nothing to do with
2:34:13
Dawn Staley. And you know, no, it's not.
2:34:17
It's two coaches and a referee they wanted.
2:34:19
Behavior. Danny Hurley, woman, he was
2:34:22
happy. Danny Hurley won.
2:34:24
He was happy. And Gino lost but either way so
2:34:28
it makes the referee. It makes.
2:34:29
She did not deserve that. She did not deserve.
2:34:32
To be in the face, you're out. Because if he won or not,
2:34:35
referee didn't deserve that. The referee doesn't play for
2:34:38
you. I disagree.
2:34:40
Speedy makes a great point here in the comments.
2:34:42
Speedy, why don't you say that one out?
2:34:43
Thank you. I was going to ask you just
2:34:44
should. I can't.
2:34:45
And can Polly apologize for Gino's I?
2:34:48
Should apologize that Gino's for getting his jaw broken.
2:34:52
You are on drugs. Breaking his jaw but in this
2:34:55
situation it would be Chito apologizing AK because he
2:34:58
actually was a so Gino should say hey sorry for allowing you
2:35:03
to break my jaw. It's a good example, though,
2:35:05
because you know Dawn Staley got in under his skin.
2:35:09
Whatever she said did quietly, whatever it was she got under
2:35:12
his skin. Gino clearly got under eye cake
2:35:15
and follow escape in that situation too right.
2:35:19
So I I think that's a great comp right there.
2:35:21
I I don't know exactly who should apologize to who.
2:35:25
I think it may have impacted the championship game because they
2:35:29
didn't show up. They couldn't shoot for shit.
2:35:31
South Carolina got waxed in that game.
2:35:34
And I don't know if that, you know, if it was like it kind of
2:35:37
was a hangover for the team as. Well, I want to say something
2:35:39
too, Ed. I want to say something too.
2:35:41
Gino could have went right out on social media and and made a
2:35:45
joke about Dawn Staley and not showing up in the game.
2:35:47
If if that was you con hold on. If that was you're not let me
2:35:51
finish it. If Dawn, if Dawn, if Gino was in
2:35:54
the championship game and he got beaten by 20 points, you know
2:35:57
damn well Dawn Stanley would have been all over social media
2:36:00
attacking Gino 100 percent, 100%.
2:36:03
You can sell that. You can book it and you can
2:36:06
shove it right in the oven speaking.
2:36:08
So he had the he has the ability to tight and do and press runs
2:36:13
when he wins, but when he loses, it's everybody else's fault.
2:36:16
Sports. Anyways, with four games
2:36:21
remaining in the regular season, the Lakers lost their two best
2:36:24
players, Austin Reeves and Luka Doncic, to injuries.
2:36:27
Reeves suffered an oblique injury in the Lakers lost to the
2:36:31
Thunder on Thursday and is expected to miss four to six
2:36:35
weeks, which will keep him out of the at least the rest of the
2:36:39
regular season and the first round of the playoffs.
2:36:42
Reeves also missed time earlier this year when he suffered A
2:36:47
hamstring injury, causing him to miss 19 games.
2:36:50
Luka Doncic suffered a Grade 2 hamstring strain in the in the
2:36:55
same game versus the Thunder and the Lakers say he will
2:36:58
definitely be out out for the rest of the regular season and
2:37:01
will re be will be re evaluated and re evaluate him before the
2:37:07
playoffs begin. This is the third instance
2:37:11
already that Luca has fought injury since being traded to the
2:37:16
Lakers in February of 2025. The Lakers are 50 and 28 and are
2:37:21
tied with the Nuggets for the third seed in the Western
2:37:24
Conference and are only one game ahead of the Rockets, who are
2:37:28
5th, the fifth seed right now. The Lakers would face either the
2:37:33
Nuggets, the Rockets or the Timberwolves in the first round
2:37:36
of the playoffs. I'm going to tell you this right
2:37:38
now, if Luca doesn't play in the first round of the playoffs,
2:37:41
there's not a chance in hell they win.
2:37:43
Reeves, He could miss the whole first.
2:37:47
There's no way they win with just LeBron James.
2:37:50
There's no way. So LeBron James is going to have
2:37:54
to make a statement. He's going to have to prove that
2:37:56
the old LeBron James could take over.
2:37:58
He could be the old LeBron James when he played for the Cleveland
2:38:01
Cavaliers in his first two or three years, when he took that
2:38:03
team all the way to the championship against the San
2:38:06
Antonio Spurs and get absolutely swept.
2:38:09
I don't believe Luca plays at all in the playoffs with this
2:38:13
injury. I, I just, you think about this
2:38:16
injury, it's a hamstring injury. It, it's a significant,
2:38:19
significant injury. And when you're using your
2:38:22
laser, you're running up and down the court.
2:38:23
And I'm not saying Luka Doncic is a speed demon.
2:38:25
He's not Russell Westbrook, he's not one of those guys.
2:38:28
But what is he going to pair up? He's going to hobble right over
2:38:31
there across the and try to shoot a ball.
2:38:33
He's got to jump. There's no way in hell Luka
2:38:37
Doncic is going to play in the first round of the playoffs.
2:38:40
Whoever they're matched against, if they're matched against the
2:38:43
Nuggets, they don't stand a chance.
2:38:44
The match against the Rockets, they don't stand a chance.
2:38:46
The Timberwolves, I don't know, it's a hit or miss with the
2:38:48
Timberwolves. What Timberwolves team is going
2:38:50
to show up in the first round? Because we've seen them
2:38:52
completely not show up and we've seen them go all the way to the
2:38:54
finals. Now, here's the thing.
2:38:57
Austin Reeves to me is, is tough.
2:39:01
He's a tough guy. And I could see Austin Reeves
2:39:04
somehow playing in the first round even with an injury.
2:39:08
Now, an oblique tear or oblique injury, I don't know if it's a
2:39:11
terror or it's a sprain. I don't know what it is.
2:39:14
We've seen it in baseball. Baseball you could be out a
2:39:16
significant amount of time. You're you're talking about
2:39:19
maybe 2-3 months now. Basketball, I've seen guys come
2:39:23
back. I've seen Amar Stoudemire come
2:39:25
back from an oblique injury in the playoffs.
2:39:28
And when everybody said that he wasn't going to be back for four
2:39:30
to six weeks or three weeks or six weeks, and he came back two
2:39:34
weeks. Now depending on the situation
2:39:37
or how bad the terror is or how bad the injury, and it seems
2:39:40
like if it's a sprain to me, he could be back a lot sooner than
2:39:44
later. If it's a terror, he six weeks
2:39:48
at least, maybe 8 weeks. I would think that more than
2:39:51
likely that Austin Reeves will be back in the first round than
2:39:55
Luka Doncic. I don't know if Luka Doncic
2:39:57
plays anymore this year. And you're not going to put your
2:40:00
franchise player at risk. You're not winning a
2:40:03
championship as LeBron James came out.
2:40:05
Numerous amount of time saying we're not winning a championship
2:40:08
this year. No matter what we do, no matter
2:40:10
where we come out of the Western Conference, we're not winning a
2:40:13
championship. And how's she thinking?
2:40:16
If LeBron doesn't think they're going to win and the
2:40:18
organization doesn't think they're going to win, why are
2:40:21
they going to put the guy, the two guys that are going to be
2:40:23
there for the for the next 5 to 10 years at risk when you're
2:40:27
going to have a chance to win a championship?
2:40:29
Maybe next year if you get Giannis, or maybe you make a
2:40:31
move and you trade for another superstar player to come and
2:40:33
play with Reeves, who's going to get a big contract in the
2:40:36
offseason or Luka Doncic just signed a significant contract
2:40:39
with them. I'm not putting my organization
2:40:42
at risk, especially when LeBron James is throwing the
2:40:44
organization under the bus just because LeBron wants to win #5
2:40:48
before he leaves. I, I think it's a bad move for
2:40:51
the Lakers now. I JJ Reddick right now is on the
2:40:54
hot seat. He is on a hot seat because if
2:40:57
Lebron's gone, he's gone too, because there's no way Luca is
2:41:02
going to want JJ Redick there when he was a LeBron James guy.
2:41:05
So JJ needs to go out there and win series.
2:41:08
He needs to at least come out of the first round if he plans to
2:41:11
keep his job. And this is a a Laker team
2:41:13
that's had a very good year. They played very good even with
2:41:17
without LeBron James. Austin Reeves became a superstar
2:41:19
player, a star player this year. Luca Doncic has proven to you,
2:41:23
proven to everybody that this guy, if you didn't get hurt, I
2:41:26
think Luca wins the interview. He's been, he's been that good
2:41:28
for the last three weeks. You shake your head.
2:41:30
Who's been better than him? Who's been better than him?
2:41:32
Shay Alexander has not been better than him.
2:41:35
He hasn't. He hasn't.
2:41:36
If you look at the numbers, he hasn't been.
2:41:38
Lucas and the numbers they tell tell because a lot of the four
2:41:41
quarters as you won't even play in Shays.
2:41:43
Playing on an all. Around team.
2:41:45
Shays playing with the Oklahoma City Thunder, which is probably
2:41:49
the best overall team in the league.
2:41:50
So and Lucas playing with Lucas playing on a second tier team
2:41:55
with an old LeBron James who doesn't want to be there and
2:41:58
Austin Reeves is just finally becoming a player that people
2:42:01
are talking about. So to tell me when, when you
2:42:03
talk about MVP, Most Valuable Player, he is the Most Valuable
2:42:07
Player to the team. Shay Alexander goes or he drops
2:42:10
that team still is winning. That's still it's still an elite
2:42:13
team in Western Conference. With the talent.
2:42:14
That they have. What do you mean?
2:42:16
They're they're probably the best team in the Western
2:42:18
Conference. They're professionals, so they
2:42:20
can win some games, but you talking about winning what?
2:42:22
They're the best team in the Western Conference.
2:42:24
Even without Che, I still. Think San Antonio.
2:42:27
San Antonio. I don't trust San Antonio and
2:42:29
San Antonio. You don't, but they beat them
2:42:31
three out of four times. That's fine.
2:42:33
They match up very well. The Knicks are beaten.
2:42:35
The Knicks are beaten. San Antonio pulverized San
2:42:38
Antonio. Both games.
2:42:39
Both games. Does that mean that the Knicks
2:42:41
are going to beat them in A7 game series?
2:42:43
No. OK, so you could say what
2:42:45
matchups are matchups? That's that's how it works.
2:42:49
That doesn't mean that they can in a playoff game, even without
2:42:52
Che Alexander, that OKC can't beat the San Antonio Spy.
2:42:56
Have no chance against. I disagree.
2:42:57
With you, San Antonio Without. I disagree with you.
2:43:00
I disagree. With you.
2:43:01
But to go back to this Lakers situation, I think that if they
2:43:04
match up with their Minnesota Timberwolves, they could
2:43:06
possibly make it out the first round because we don't know
2:43:08
exactly what comes with them. And I think that we could see
2:43:11
LeBron go to going to terror. He can score and get those guys
2:43:16
involved in the gate. So as bad as that loss was not
2:43:19
really that bad, but that bad as that loss was against the
2:43:22
marriage. If you look at LeBron had 15
2:43:23
assists that game. So this is where a team that
2:43:27
he's never been on the court with.
2:43:28
So you got to take that into consideration that if they these
2:43:31
last couple of games during the season, they get an opportunity
2:43:34
to play with each other and get some chemistry together and they
2:43:36
play a team like the Timberwolves, which I think is
2:43:38
kind of overrated this year. They play against them Rockets.
2:43:41
I think it's overrated as well. But they got the talent to kind
2:43:45
of get over there. Although they got KD and what's
2:43:49
it Smith Junior like? As long as they got them,
2:43:51
they're going to probably telling them, but if they can't
2:43:53
hit the shots. Rockets are overrated.
2:43:56
Absolutely, I keep telling you that.
2:43:59
You also you also keep telling us that the Atlanta Hawks might
2:44:02
go far into play. Watch Watch Who don't want to
2:44:05
play against Atlanta? Please, please, you're going to
2:44:08
tell me that Atlanta Hawks are better than the Rockets?
2:44:10
I hope the Knicks play the Rockets, I mean.
2:44:12
I do, too. It'll be an easy round.
2:44:14
It'll be an easy seven games. It'll be an easy seven games for
2:44:18
the Knicks. Easy.
2:44:19
Seven game, it's not good luck, I'm telling you.
2:44:22
And and Luka Doncic, I don't, I'm not rushing Luka Doncic
2:44:25
back. He's an injury prone player.
2:44:27
Say whatever you want about Luka, how great he is as a
2:44:29
player. He has been as good of players
2:44:31
since coming out of the draft. He's sensational.
2:44:34
He's for a guy who's 610 and can play the point guard position.
2:44:37
He can shoot, he can pass, he can rebound.
2:44:40
He's a sensational player. He doesn't play defense and
2:44:42
that's a big problem when it comes to the Lakers and the
2:44:44
playoffs putting him in harm's way.
2:44:47
When you plan maybe next year to bring in another superstar to
2:44:52
play with your two guys, Reeves and Luka Tajik, there's a good
2:44:55
chance that they're going to make a run for Giannis.
2:44:57
There's a very good chance they make a run for you.
2:44:59
I don't know if they get them. I don't know how it works.
2:45:01
But if they do, I mean, they're automatically the the favorite
2:45:06
to coming out of the Western Conference next year if they get
2:45:08
Giannis. Breeze out of there.
2:45:09
I don't think that works though. How that's going to how that's
2:45:11
going? To work, I don't know, but a lot
2:45:13
of people, a lot of people, well, Lebron's going to be gone.
2:45:16
Lebron's gone. He's not opting in to he is a,
2:45:20
he is a player option. There's no way he's opting into
2:45:22
that contract. There's no way.
2:45:24
He's going back to Cleveland. I I think there's a better
2:45:27
chance of him going to Cleveland, Miami or the Knicks
2:45:30
than him staying with the Lakers.
2:45:31
I think there's a better chance of him going to Cleveland than
2:45:33
any one of those teams. You make jokes, but it's true.
2:45:36
Dallas. Is another thing.
2:45:38
Dallas is I, I don't want him to go to the Knicks.
2:45:40
So I hope he, I hope they fumble as much as they can.
2:45:43
I don't want LeBron there. He's going to ruin that team and
2:45:45
he's going to ruin that lineup. So I don't want him.
2:45:47
You make jokes, but I'd rather them go into Celtics because the
2:45:50
Celtics are dumb organization. They'll probably make that move
2:45:53
too. A winning organization.
2:45:54
Yeah. Oh yeah, they're winning.
2:45:55
Oh yeah, they're great. Winning organization, they're
2:45:57
great. Recent champion 24.
2:46:00
Great, great. They won 1 champion.
2:46:03
And soon to get Braylon Mullins right.
2:46:04
Q. Right.
2:46:07
Lost. Lost.
2:46:09
He's wearing a New York Yankees hat and.
2:46:12
He's a Celtic fan. Tell what color it is.
2:46:14
I. Know enough of those?
2:46:15
It's. Blue.
2:46:16
It's still a Yankees. What are you talking about?
2:46:18
You're telling me your Yankees hat is in blue?
2:46:20
What the hell is it? Carolina Blue.
2:46:23
Oh, I'm sorry, it's a Carolina blue hat.
2:46:28
I'm sorry. It's not blue.
2:46:30
It's Carolina blue. I just said it was blue.
2:46:33
It's still blue, you idiot. I don't get this guy sometimes.
2:46:39
I'm lost. I'm trying to compare colors.
2:46:42
What are you telling me? I'm color blind?
2:46:43
You know what? It's a purple hat.
2:46:44
That's what it is. It's a purple.
2:46:46
It's Carolina purple. It's a Carolina purple hat.
2:46:49
That's what it is. It's right in front of my face.
2:46:52
It's square right in front of my face right now.
2:46:54
Thank you, Fish. I'm going to tell you also this
2:46:57
about the Lakers, the organization.
2:47:00
The organization's on the hot seat because Jeanie Buss is
2:47:03
still the president of the organization.
2:47:06
But how long is this going to take?
2:47:08
This is a, this is a winning organization.
2:47:10
They've won. They've never gone in these
2:47:13
these long droughts and winning championships.
2:47:15
When was the last time they won a championship?
2:47:17
I think it's like 2000. 20 It's been 6 years now it's going to
2:47:21
go six years without a championship.
2:47:23
This is an organization that's been consistent and they always
2:47:27
bring in the star. They've they pretty much was
2:47:30
handed Luka Doncic. I don't know if if I was
2:47:33
Giannis, do I want to go to Lakers and and and be shadowed
2:47:36
by Luka Doncic? No, if it happens, if it becomes
2:47:39
available, I can't see that happening.
2:47:42
Luka Luka's a guy that wants to be the center of attention.
2:47:44
He wants to be the guy and and LeBron still thinks that he can
2:47:47
be the guy. And if somehow LeBron James
2:47:50
without Reeves and without Luca, he gets out of the first round
2:47:54
and gets any one of those teams, that's pretty impressive.
2:47:57
A 40 something year old man taking a team that don't play
2:48:01
any defense whatsoever. Not a lick of it.
2:48:03
And and by the way, JJ Redick, if I was JJ, I'm sweating right
2:48:08
now. I am absolutely sweating because
2:48:10
I know my superstar player don't like me.
2:48:13
He don't like him and I and I'm sorry, him coming out and say,
2:48:16
well, this is what a player and a coach does.
2:48:18
Get the hell out of here. Are you kidding me?
2:48:20
When your player on the bench is yelling at you and by the way,
2:48:24
your two superstars, the one that you kiss his ass and the
2:48:26
other one on the other side is Luka Doncic.
2:48:29
They don't even want to sit next to each other on the bench.
2:48:31
They never sit next to each other on the bench.
2:48:33
I don't know if anybody knows this.
2:48:35
I watched the Laker games. I just want to stare at what's
2:48:38
going on because these guys do not talk on the bench.
2:48:41
They have no, like, I'm not saying they don't respect each
2:48:45
other, but they they as leaders and as superstars, they don't
2:48:49
like each other. They really don't.
2:48:51
You shake your head, but it's true.
2:48:53
No, I don't think it's based off the evidence you present.
2:48:56
Really. Like, yeah, like most superstars
2:48:59
don't sit beside each other like that's.
2:49:00
Not so. So what they?
2:49:02
Usually take up like one or two seats so it doesn't really.
2:49:05
Make sense? So what happened?
2:49:07
A couple of what happened a couple of months ago when
2:49:09
they're trying to decide who shoots the final shot of the
2:49:11
game and and why they lost the game because LeBron thinks
2:49:15
Luca's going to shoot it and Luca thinks Lebron's going to
2:49:17
shoot it and they completely bomb it.
2:49:19
And you're going to tell me that these guys like each other?
2:49:21
No, because they can't. They don't talk to one another.
2:49:24
That's why they bombed it. That's why they made the mistake
2:49:27
on the basketball card, because they don't like one another.
2:49:30
They have nothing to say one another.
2:49:32
LeBron James, how many times have we heard Kyrie Irving come
2:49:35
out and say that? I never realized what a leader
2:49:38
needs to do until I left. Well, I left Cleveland and I
2:49:42
went to the Celtics and they wanted me to be a leader and I
2:49:44
couldn't be a leader. And that's what happened.
2:49:46
And, and that's why Kyrie Irving never really really flourished
2:49:50
over there with the Celtics, because he didn't know.
2:49:52
He thought he could do it. And then he tried to go do it
2:49:54
with the Brooklyn Nets. And we all know what happened
2:49:57
with him and James Harden and Kevin Durant.
2:49:59
They were outside selling playoff tickets.
2:50:01
And Kevin Durant. And Kevin Durant is not a leader
2:50:03
we all know. And James Harden's not a leader.
2:50:06
He's a leader by. Example oh please is.
2:50:08
That is that what his Twitter account say?
2:50:11
Leader by example, so you don't have to be he's a leader.
2:50:14
You know his voice. Like there's a lot of a lot of
2:50:16
people don't understand that there's other voices in the
2:50:18
huddle that dictate different things.
2:50:21
It's not always like So you think every didn't have a voice
2:50:24
on the Ravens? No, but I could tell you one
2:50:26
guy, I'm not saying that he didn't or he didn't.
2:50:29
I'm saying that. I'm going to tell you he did.
2:50:31
OK. How do you know you hang out
2:50:33
with that? Well, you hanging out in the
2:50:35
huddle. He was actually signed by The
2:50:37
Jets. I don't know if you realized
2:50:39
that. Yeah, I remember.
2:50:40
Yeah, I. Remember, Yeah, so I actually do
2:50:42
know because I talked to. Him.
2:50:43
Oh, good. Well.
2:50:44
Good. You talk to him.
2:50:45
I never spoke to him. I probably probably rather you.
2:50:48
Trust me then, because I actually.
2:50:50
Know. Yeah, well, let's let's talk
2:50:52
about Bart Scott. How?
2:50:53
How big of a leader was he in the huddle?
2:50:55
He was not a leader. OK, OK, well, why wasn't he a
2:50:58
leader? He was not a leader.
2:51:00
What do you mean The Jets hired him as a leader?
2:51:02
No, they did. It Yes, he did.
2:51:03
They brought him in. The man brought a man back.
2:51:06
Signed him as a player. Oh stop.
2:51:08
I remember when Rex Ryan signed Ryan.
2:51:10
Thomas was a leader. Well, hold on.
2:51:12
Hold on, Rex Ryan. I remember that press conference
2:51:15
a while. I remember that offseason when
2:51:18
they signed, when they brought in Bart Scott.
2:51:21
And I remember what Rex Ryan said in front of all the media
2:51:23
says this guy is one of the best leaders I've ever worked with
2:51:27
over there with the Baltimore Ravens.
2:51:28
This guy is going to be a boy. He's a born leader.
2:51:30
He's going to be the leader of my defense.
2:51:32
Was he a leader of his defense, yes or no?
2:51:34
No, but here's what you got to understand.
2:51:36
There's certain coaches like loudmouths, like certain coaches
2:51:38
like people who talk loud. That doesn't mean that they're
2:51:42
they're actually the leader of the team.
2:51:44
They don't mean they're taking control over the defense or
2:51:47
offense. So that's what I'm saying.
2:51:48
So like, I like you as a loudmouth, you know what I mean?
2:51:52
But that doesn't mean I would have you as the leader of a
2:51:55
team. And if we're going to war, you
2:51:57
know what I'm saying? I just like, hey, I thought you
2:51:59
could impact it, but I wouldn't bring you on in today.
2:52:02
Oh, so you wouldn't bring? The leader of the team of the
2:52:03
war. Oh, so you wouldn't bring me?
2:52:05
And media immediate now. And media is different.
2:52:07
We ain't talking about media, we're talking about going to a
2:52:09
war. Why couldn't I be a leader in a
2:52:12
war? We'll save it for after the
2:52:15
show. Wait a second.
2:52:17
I could be a general. I could be a captain.
2:52:19
What do you? What do you?
2:52:21
No, I think you have great trace.
2:52:23
Oh, yeah, you're a killer. Yeah.
2:52:25
There it is. Nice.
2:52:27
It's nice. I figured.
2:52:31
Interesting. But you are a good leader
2:52:34
though, but it's not for certain situations.
2:52:36
It's OK, you don't have to compliment me.
2:52:38
No, you. I love you.
2:52:40
You're a good guy. Oh, thank you.
2:52:42
I, I, I appreciate it. I love.
2:52:43
You too. You're a good leader.
2:52:44
I don't want that to be misunderstood.
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Well, you know if it is. Everybody's picked for a few.
2:52:50
Just kidding. Anyways, when we come back,
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All right guys, Iron Fisherman, back with you for another sports
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we get into the scores tonight. The Chicago Bulls announced on
2:53:17
Monday that they have fired vice president of basketball
2:53:20
operations Arturis Karnischovic and general manager Mark
2:53:25
Eversley. The duo arrived together in 2020
2:53:27
to 21, but have had only one winning season in their tenure
2:53:31
and an overall 224 and 254 record.
2:53:34
They made the playoffs in 2122 but lost in five games to the
2:53:37
Bucks in the first round. This year, the Bulls sit at 29
2:53:40
and 49 and in 12th place in the Eastern Conference, firmly out
2:53:44
of the playoffs once again. They sold on fan favorites like
2:53:47
Kobe White and AO Dosanmu this year as things began to spin out
2:53:51
of control after they actually started 5 and O to start the
2:53:54
season. Unfortunately they didn't get
2:53:56
much in return and aren't bad enough to get a higher pick
2:53:58
without some lottery luck or frozen envelope.
2:54:02
One of the pieces they got in return by the way for their
2:54:04
trades was Jaden Ivy, who they released last week after a bevy
2:54:08
of religious and anti-gay social media posts put them at odds
2:54:10
with the team or perhaps was the last straw for the franchise.
2:54:13
That leadership that has their leadership needed to change
2:54:17
anyway, in the worst way. And this one's for our buddy
2:54:21
Tommy Poops. The IWC, AKA the Internet
2:54:26
wrestling community, is aghast at a recent storyline
2:54:30
development in the WWE headed into this month's WrestleMania
2:54:33
42 in two weeks in Vegas. The development, A heel turn
2:54:38
from Pat McAfee, who recently said he was going to step away
2:54:41
from wrestling for a time as it passed him by, apparently was
2:54:44
all a work after all, as McAfee came in as an ally of Randy
2:54:49
Orton. Who Who's facing Cody Rhodes for
2:54:50
the WWE Championship, turning heel and being inserted into the
2:54:53
main event storyline of WrestleMania?
2:54:55
Only two weeks to go? Fans are more than perplexed by
2:54:58
the decision, and the growing dislike for the product being
2:55:01
put out has been palpable this past year, with many people
2:55:04
worried that Ari Emanuel of TKO is taking charge of the booking
2:55:07
from Triple H, including disappointments connected to
2:55:10
last year's Travis Scott in the underwhelming main event with
2:55:13
Rhodes and John Cena. Emmanuel also moved next year's
2:55:16
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2:55:20
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2:55:23
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2:55:27
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2:55:32
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2:55:35
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OK. After the statement.
3:00:01
Just like you have too many toys, you just have too many
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toys. Let's get into the article.
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I'm going to read a clip, bit of it and then we'll take a look at
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the comments. Here we are starting us off.
3:00:10
There they are. The two guys made the Hall of
3:00:12
Fame, Doc and Omare Stoudemire. At this point, I'm convinced the
3:00:17
Naismith Memorial Basketball Hall of Fame has turned into the
3:00:20
party. That party where someone says
3:00:22
you're invited and you're invited.
3:00:24
Actually, everybody come in. Because when I see names like
3:00:27
Doc Rivers and Amar Stoudemire getting serious Hall of Fame
3:00:30
talk, I start checking if I accidentally walked into the
3:00:33
participation trophy museum. Don't get me wrong, I respect
3:00:36
both guys, but Hall of Fame? That's supposed to be greatness.
3:00:39
Not pretty good for a few years and we remember the vibes.
3:00:43
Let's break this down. Errol Marx style.
3:00:45
Funny, real, and slightly disrespectful with love.
3:00:48
Doc Rivers. Hall of Fame for what exactly?
3:00:51
Let's start with Doc. The man's treated like coaching
3:00:53
royalty. You'd think he was the
3:00:55
basketball version of Phil Jackson.
3:00:57
Except Phil has eleven rings. Doc has one, and it came with
3:01:01
his super team so stacked it looked like an All Star game.
3:01:03
We're talking Kevin Garnett, Paul Pierce, Ray Allen, Rajon
3:01:07
Rondo. That wasn't coaching.
3:01:09
That was rolling the ball out and saying, all right, guys,
3:01:12
don't fight. Scrolling down, we get to Amari
3:01:15
Stoudemire, Knicks savior Hall of Fame.
3:01:18
Not so fast. Now, this one hurts because I
3:01:20
love Amari. Knicks fans love Amari.
3:01:22
When Amari Stoudemire came to New York, he made the Knicks
3:01:25
relevant again. He made stars want to come back.
3:01:28
He gave us hope. He also gave us knees made of
3:01:31
expired rubber bands. But Hall of Fame?
3:01:33
Let's compare Hall of Fame power forwards.
3:01:36
Tim Duncan, Kevin Garnett, Dirk Nowitzki, Karl Malone, Charles
3:01:39
Barkley. These guys.
3:01:41
MVPS, rings for most of them. Longevity, dominance, error,
3:01:46
defining greatness. Amari's resume, Great peak,
3:01:50
unreal. Pick and roll with Steve Nash.
3:01:52
Explosive scoring, short prime injuries.
3:01:55
No MVP, no ring, no sustained dominance.
3:02:00
Amari was unstoppable for a stretch, but Hall of Fame is
3:02:04
about unstoppable careers. Amari burned bright, but it
3:02:07
wasn't long enough. He's Hall of very good, Hall of
3:02:10
Nick, savior, Hall of Man. He was different.
3:02:14
Speedy. All right, we'll start with this
3:02:16
one. Ephemeral 2316.
3:02:18
He had 1/2 of a good season, of one good season with the Knicks.
3:02:21
When the mellow trade went through, it was over.
3:02:23
He was saying he didn't didn't get along.
3:02:25
That was a longer expanded comment.
3:02:27
But he thought he was a Hall of Famer for what he did with the
3:02:29
Suns. No way.
3:02:30
He didn't win anything with the Suns.
3:02:32
Did he win a championship with the Suns?
3:02:34
No, he failed to win as a as a champion over there.
3:02:37
Now, he was a great basketball player.
3:02:38
He averaged almost 20 something, 22 points, 23 points a game.
3:02:42
When I look at MVPIII, look at MVPS, I look at championships, I
3:02:47
look at his background, I look at his success.
3:02:49
What was he successful doing? He didn't do anything.
3:02:52
He was a what was he first team NBA player once or twice in his
3:02:55
career. That's not enough.
3:02:57
You have to have 10 good years as an NBA player, as far as I'm
3:03:01
concerned, to be considered a Hall of Famer.
3:03:04
I think there's too many Hall of Famers that are in the NBA Hall
3:03:07
of Fame that shouldn't be there. All right, let's go to this one.
3:03:12
The Omega Christ 5 All NBA selection, six time All Star and
3:03:15
part of an NBA changing offense. I guess referring to D'Antoni
3:03:18
with the pick and roll. I think the Hall of Fame should
3:03:20
be telling the story about the NBA and not leaving out their
3:03:22
most important players. Really.
3:03:24
So let's go. Let's go into it.
3:03:26
D'Antoni. Now.
3:03:28
He is one of the most overrated head coaches in NBA history
3:03:31
offensively. What he did for Phoenix and how
3:03:33
about coming to the New York Knicks and failing to do what
3:03:36
every Knick fan wanted him to do, get into the playoffs and
3:03:39
make runs, which he couldn't do? D'Antoni was horrible.
3:03:43
He's just an offensive guy, never played defense and he
3:03:45
taught Amari Stoudemire not to play defense.
3:03:48
As far as I'm concerned, I don't care how many All Star games he
3:03:51
was in, Everybody gets to an All Star game.
3:03:53
How many players that shouldn't have been in All Star games
3:03:56
because players here's drop out and don't want to be there?
3:03:58
How many guys that have been voted into the All Star game
3:04:01
that shouldn't be there? So I I disagree.
3:04:03
I don't care how many All Star games and how many changing
3:04:06
offense he's he's been a part of.
3:04:08
He never did anything, as far as I'm concerned, in a significant
3:04:11
amount of time where I would say he's a Hall of Fame.
3:04:13
All right, we'll switch it up. We'll go with the Doc Rivers one
3:04:15
this time. As much as you hate Doc Rivers
3:04:17
for underachieving, this is raise a Tiger.
3:04:19
He's more accomplished than 90% of coaches in NBA history.
3:04:22
He was a perennial playoff coach that has won a ring with QS 2008
3:04:26
Celtics. This right now, anybody would
3:04:28
have won a ring with Rajon Rondo, Ray Allen, Paul Pierce
3:04:33
and Kevin Garnett. And two of those guys, actually,
3:04:35
three of those guys were in the primes of their career and one
3:04:38
of them was so young, young offensive player that can
3:04:43
rebound and do all the things that you wanted Rajon Rondo to
3:04:45
do as a point guard. And, and to me, they should have
3:04:48
won more championships. You know why they didn't win
3:04:50
more championships? Because Doc Rivers was the head
3:04:53
coach over there. It wasn't because of him, why
3:04:55
they won those championships. It was because of the talent
3:04:59
around him. That's it.
3:05:01
Doc Rivers sucked. He wasn't a good basketball
3:05:03
player. His son was a horrible
3:05:06
basketball player. And who did he play for?
3:05:08
Duke. He sucked with Duke and he
3:05:10
sucked in the end, BA. So that's all I'm going to say
3:05:13
about that. There was part of that Duke team
3:05:14
that lost to Lehigh 15. Exactly exactly.
3:05:18
Okay, we'll go to the next one. This one actually agrees with
3:05:20
you. This is M ZX380 referring to
3:05:22
Stoudamire. Good, not great.
3:05:23
Not even a top ten nick of all time.
3:05:25
I wouldn't. I don't know if he would be a
3:05:27
top ten Nick. He's close, He's close.
3:05:30
I look at the past. I wasn't alive to see those Nick
3:05:34
teams with Willis Reed and and Wall Clive Fraser.
3:05:38
But I don't think he's better than Willis Reed.
3:05:39
I don't think he's better than Wall Clive Fraser.
3:05:41
I don't think he's better than Wall Clive Fraser.
3:05:43
I don't think he's better than Patrick Ewing.
3:05:44
But top ten, as far as talent is concerned, the two years that he
3:05:47
played out, 1 1/2 years, he played a high level.
3:05:50
I, I, I don't know, because there's not many great players
3:05:53
for the New York Knicks. They never won a lot of
3:05:55
championships. I think they want 2.
3:05:57
And this is a team that's been around for a long time.
3:05:59
So I think you're right. He's probably not a top ten, but
3:06:02
he's definitely a top 15 New York Knick of all time.
3:06:05
But yeah, I agree with you. He's not a Hall of Fame.
3:06:07
All right, we'll finish it up with the comments to wrap a bow
3:06:09
and what you've said about the Basketball Hall of Fame for a
3:06:11
while, Doc, for sure. But now for STAT, I've been
3:06:14
saying they got to tear the Hall of Fame down and start from
3:06:16
scratch with a stiffer committee or create a just individual NBA
3:06:19
Hall of Fame. Everywhere Doc has gone after
3:06:22
winning a championship with the Celtics, he's taking them down.
3:06:24
Look at the Clippers, look at the 76ers, look at the Milwaukee
3:06:28
Bucks. He's done nothing and he's
3:06:30
coached great players. Joel Embiid, pretty good player.
3:06:34
He's Maxi. He's coached great players and
3:06:38
and, and they failed to play well under him.
3:06:40
Milwaukee, he had Giannis, he had Middleton, he had all those
3:06:44
guys and Middleton was at the tail end, but that wasn't really
3:06:47
a good team. But Giannis is one of the great
3:06:49
players in the league. He went over there, he took over
3:06:51
for a coach that was winning. He goes over there and just
3:06:54
continues to lose. And as far as the the LA
3:06:58
Clippers, Lob City, that team should have won at least one
3:07:01
championship because of this failure of a coach is why they
3:07:05
never won. He's a horrible coach.
3:07:07
He should not be in the Hall of Fame.
3:07:09
I don't care how many wins it's over exaggerated for all the
3:07:12
talented players he's coached in the past.
3:07:14
He should have more than one championship, should won a three
3:07:17
with the with that Celtic team, but he didn't because he's a
3:07:19
failure. So there you go.
3:07:24
All righty then. Man, what a show.
3:07:27
What a show. What are you shaking your head
3:07:30
for? I know.
3:07:31
You're I had to, I was suffering.
3:07:34
Let's hear it, Let's hear it. But let's hear it was just
3:07:37
segue, no? No, no, let's hear it quickly.
3:07:40
Why do you think Doc Rivers is a Hall of Famer?
3:07:42
Why not? I mean, well, first of all, he'd
3:07:44
be Kobe and LeBron in that series in no way.
3:07:46
But you wouldn't tell me that that Paul Pierce, Ray Allen and
3:07:50
Kevin Garnett was better than the top 2-3 or the top three
3:07:55
ever basketball players ever play the game.
3:07:58
What are you talking about? What?
3:07:59
Do you mean Kobe and and LeBron? Could you could be arguably the
3:08:02
top three, Correct. OK, All right.
3:08:05
So he, the 2008 Celtics went through Kobe and the Lakers to
3:08:10
win the championship and they went through Cleveland and like
3:08:12
the second round to go in the playoffs and they beat Cleveland
3:08:16
and LeBron James. Correct.
3:08:18
Cleveland. You're telling me Cleveland
3:08:19
sucked? No, no, no, no.
3:08:20
Cleveland sucked. That team sucked.
3:08:22
They went to the finals the year before.
3:08:24
Yeah, they got lucky to go to. Finals.
3:08:27
They were lucky. They got swept, they got swept,
3:08:30
they got swept. Their second best player was
3:08:32
Larry Hughes. Please, they made it.
3:08:34
Please, regardless of how you still personally stop, get into
3:08:38
a championship shot. Look.
3:08:40
And LeBron wasn't at A at a top level at that time, so stop.
3:08:44
He was in his prime. What do you need?
3:08:45
Is that playing at a top level? No, he wasn't.
3:08:47
He wasn't. How come he wasn't?
3:08:48
He was. They go from the finals and they
3:08:50
come back in this year and lose. He was just.
3:08:52
He was like 23 years old, dude. He was prime.
3:08:55
That's prime. That's not prime.
3:08:56
Prime is 26 and above. When he went to, when he went to
3:09:00
Miami, he was in in his prime. LeBron.
3:09:03
When LeBron went to Miami, he was in his prime.
3:09:05
Was he out of high school? Yeah, he came out of high
3:09:08
school. He wasn't.
3:09:10
Dude, the Easter Conference was so bad the year before, and
3:09:13
that's why they went to the finals.
3:09:14
Please that team. Sucked the whole NBA was just
3:09:18
horrible that they just went to the finals with no that.
3:09:20
Team sucked. No other star player.
3:09:22
That team sucked. Yeah, but anyway, he he he got 1
3:09:27
championship and I don't understand why that's not
3:09:29
enough. I don't understand why he got to
3:09:31
have 11 Whitfield and just to be compared to but the man
3:09:35
deserving, very well deserving. He took AO 18.
3:09:38
It doesn't belong in the championship and he got him
3:09:40
there. He coached it all the way
3:09:42
through and that was it. I don't I think he has struggles
3:09:45
within his coaching career, but you don't just be top ten and
3:09:47
winning by luck. I know you give a luck a lot of
3:09:51
credit tonight, but it's not reality.
3:09:54
OK, now, speedy. Who won the Champions?
3:09:57
Who was the head coach for the Nuggets when they won the
3:09:59
championship? Mike Malone.
3:10:01
Mike Malone? Is Mike Malone a Hall of Famer?
3:10:03
No, I'm OK. I rest my case.
3:10:05
Why not? What do you mean why not?
3:10:08
Mike Malone is not a Hall of Famer.
3:10:10
He's not, well, he, I mean, he got fired, but so he can just
3:10:12
continue. So did Doc Rivers 3 or 4 times
3:10:15
so. Yeah, but Doc Grills is still in
3:10:16
the league. Mike Malone is at Carolina is a
3:10:19
whole different. Word.
3:10:19
Mike Malone, first of all, was going to get another coach job,
3:10:23
he was going to get another coaching job, and now he's going
3:10:24
to go and win national championships with North
3:10:26
Carolina. Absolutely.
3:10:28
OK, so there you go. Mike Malone will take down John
3:10:30
Shire where they meet in the tournaments.
3:10:33
All right, Adam Schefner reports that Dexter Lawrence has
3:10:36
officially requested a trade from the New York Giants.
3:10:39
He adds Lawrence won't participate in team workouts,
3:10:43
programs that begin tomorrow and won't participate in any
3:10:47
workouts after the draft. Reports say that the Giants have
3:10:51
been trying to give Lawrence an extension for the last two years
3:10:55
after giving him a new deal in 2023.
3:10:58
Reports say that the Giants want at least a late first round or
3:11:02
early second round pick if they trade Lawrence before the draft.
3:11:06
Lawrence has two more years left on his current contract with cap
3:11:11
hits of 26.9 million and 26.4 million.
3:11:15
After three straight pro ball seasons from 2022 to 2024,
3:11:20
Lawrence had just 31 tackles and 0.5 sacks while battling
3:11:26
multiple injuries last season. I think Dexter Lawrence still is
3:11:29
can play at a high level. I love Dexter Lawrence, he's by
3:11:33
far their best defensive player. Everybody likes Burns and says
3:11:35
well look what Burns did. Without Dexter Lawrence, Burns
3:11:39
wouldn't be the same player he was this year.
3:11:41
I'm sorry because Dexter Lawrence is always getting
3:11:43
double and triple teamed. Now was he the same Dexter
3:11:46
Lawrence? No, I think he he was fighting
3:11:49
injury all season long. The Giants pissing this guy off
3:11:52
just comes back to what they did with Saquon Barkley.
3:11:55
It's the same thing. Joe Shane can't handle
3:11:59
superstars. He can't.
3:12:01
He cannot control what is going on, on and off the field, and
3:12:06
then he goes out there and he throws these guys under the bus
3:12:08
and makes them look like they're not worth anything after the
3:12:11
fact. Dexter Lawrence to me, as far as
3:12:14
defensive lineman, has been at his position, top two, top three
3:12:20
for the last four years. He is that dominant.
3:12:24
He can cause so many mismatches, triple teams, double teams.
3:12:28
This guy is so elite right now and still elite.
3:12:33
He's what, 2627 years old? He's still fairly young.
3:12:36
He could still play at a high level.
3:12:37
It's just injuries and, and now the Giants are saying, well, we
3:12:41
want a, a late 1st, early 2nd. You're not in the driver's seat
3:12:44
anymore because he already came out and said that he doesn't
3:12:48
want to play for you. And now you're, you're, you've
3:12:51
pissed him off enough that he wants, he's demanded a trade.
3:12:54
No team is going to offer you a late first round draft pick.
3:12:58
You might, might get a second round draft pick.
3:13:01
I don't know if you even get that.
3:13:02
Look at Breece Hall. Breece Hall, who's one of the
3:13:06
best running backs in the NFL right now.
3:13:08
Yes, The Jets wanted a third round draft pick from Kansas
3:13:12
City. If they were going to trade them
3:13:14
at the trade deadline, they weren't going to get it.
3:13:16
They didn't trade them. So what did The Jets do?
3:13:18
They franchised them this offseason either.
3:13:21
They move them at the trade, I mean during the draft and try to
3:13:25
get the third round draft pick that they're requesting for or
3:13:29
the hold on to him and franchise him again or move him in the
3:13:32
middle of a season when they can get what they want for him,
3:13:35
especially if he has a good season.
3:13:37
Dexter Lawrence is in the driver's seat right now.
3:13:40
He is. And for the Giants to piss off
3:13:43
arguably their best player, and I say he's their best player
3:13:47
because I believe it, Who's been better than Dexter Lawrence over
3:13:50
the last couple of years on this Giants team?
3:13:52
And what Burns did last year, it was great.
3:13:55
He was sensational. He really was.
3:13:57
But let's see what Burns does this year without Dexter
3:14:00
Lawrence. Let's see what he does.
3:14:03
Because we all know what happened with an old New York
3:14:06
Giants defensive lineman in the media.
3:14:09
We know what happened and we understand the situation for
3:14:12
what it was. But we also know who Dexter
3:14:15
Lawrence is and what Dexter Lawrence stands for.
3:14:19
He goes to all these autograph signings, he goes to all these
3:14:23
memorabilia things and and giant program.
3:14:26
He works very well with the community.
3:14:28
He's he's a good man. Yeah.
3:14:31
I've never heard any bad things about Dexter Lawrence
3:14:33
personally. But I've also heard what Joe
3:14:37
Shane's done over the last couple of years and, and even
3:14:40
with Dabel, the way he handled Brian Dabel when he fired Brian
3:14:45
Dabel the way he did this past season was unprofessional.
3:14:49
Joe Shane is on the hot seat. There is no way John Mara keeps
3:14:55
him. If this team starts the season
3:14:58
very, very slow. Everybody thinks John Harbaugh
3:15:01
is going to be the savior. Really.
3:15:03
What does he have going into a new season?
3:15:05
He has a Jackson Dart who still has a little bit more time to
3:15:09
develop. He doesn't know who their
3:15:12
secondary wide receiver is because they lost Robinson in
3:15:15
free agency. He goes to Tennessee.
3:15:17
So what what are they going to? Where are they going with that?
3:15:20
That second one receipt. Oh, I'm sorry.
3:15:21
They brought a kid from what's. What's the kid from Atlanta?
3:15:24
Who was the kid? Darnell Mooney.
3:15:26
Darnell Mooney is better than Robinson.
3:15:27
Please. Giant fan stop.
3:15:30
I I remember when who they tried to compare to Odell.
3:15:33
Odell Beckham. Who was the guy named Slayton?
3:15:35
Slayton who's no longer with the organization.
3:15:38
Give me a break. Giant fan stop.
3:15:40
Stop. The fact here is if they don't
3:15:43
draft Kate in in the fifth round, the I mean 5th pick in
3:15:50
the first round, the Giants are in a really bad situation
3:15:54
because they don't have, you don't know if neighbors going to
3:15:57
come back 100% healthy. This is coming back from a tear.
3:16:00
And you know, when a wide receiver comes back and from a
3:16:04
tear like that, when his game is all about speed, they're never
3:16:07
the same. So I mean, was Odell Beckham the
3:16:11
same when he came back from his ACL tear?
3:16:13
Speedy yes or no, Absolutely not.
3:16:15
He was not. He was not.
3:16:17
And neighbors is still young and we've seen Peterson do it, but
3:16:22
Peterson is a different beast. I mean, Adrian Peterson's one of
3:16:26
the greatest, one of the the most elite running backs we've
3:16:29
ever seen come out of the of a draft and and go to the NFL.
3:16:32
We we all know what Adrian Peterson stood for when he came
3:16:36
out of the draft. I don't know what Neighbors is.
3:16:38
And now the Giants are going to question if Neighbors can be
3:16:41
that elite player. So now you have an angry
3:16:45
defensive lineman in Dexter Lawrence, who's an elite player
3:16:48
who you're demanding a late first round and second round
3:16:50
draft pick, but you're not in the driver's seat because he's
3:16:52
in a driver's seat because he's already said that he's not
3:16:54
participating in offseason, you know, workouts.
3:16:58
He's not doing it. And now you have a new coach and
3:17:02
John Harbaugh that's already dealing with things that are
3:17:06
going on with this team in this organization that he cannot
3:17:10
control. These are not his players.
3:17:12
This is a new organization he's working for.
3:17:14
This isn't the Baltimore Ravens. He doesn't know how to commit to
3:17:18
certain players because he's still learning about these
3:17:21
players. But we all know that Dexter
3:17:25
Lawrence don't like Joe Shane. So if I was the organization, if
3:17:29
I was the Giants right now, I'd fire Joe Shane today, I'd fire
3:17:33
him. You want to make your superstar
3:17:35
player happy, get rid of the guy that's been a cancer to that
3:17:38
organization. He he's just a really and ever
3:17:43
I, I fish. I know all about the new
3:17:44
contracts. You can keep keep that.
3:17:46
You're a giant fan. You're going to sit there and
3:17:47
make all the excuses about the Giants and you can pop in and
3:17:51
say whatever you want. The fact here is the New York
3:17:54
Giants are a laughing stock. They're a laughing stock because
3:17:57
they have this man who they brought from the Buffaloes, the
3:18:00
Buffalo Bills, who has no control over personalities.
3:18:04
In that locker room, Saquon Barkley told the Giants he
3:18:08
wanted to be a Giant for life and he couldn't find a way to
3:18:11
give him a negotiating contract. And where did he go?
3:18:13
He goes to the team that Mara did not want him to go to.
3:18:17
He he's he almost breaks Eric Dickerson's record.
3:18:20
He could have, but he decided, hey, you know what?
3:18:22
I want to win a championship. I want to I want to produce in
3:18:24
the playoffs. He did the right thing.
3:18:26
And then he ran all over everybody in the playoffs and
3:18:29
won a Super Bowl in New Orleans. I remember it.
3:18:32
He was one of the main reasons why they, the Philadelphia
3:18:35
Eagles won that championship. And it just seems like this man
3:18:39
has weighed out his welcome. And to me, Dexter Lawrence
3:18:42
absolutely stands for everything.
3:18:44
The Giants are and what this team should be standing for and
3:18:48
that's it. That's consistency, A superstar
3:18:53
and a person that is playing not for himself but for the team.
3:18:57
And now he's tired of the team and the organization because he
3:19:00
can't stand the leader and the leadership there.
3:19:03
I think get rid of Joe Shane and you're going to be in the
3:19:05
driver's seat. Yep, they should have gotten rid
3:19:07
of Shane last year and they didn't and.
3:19:09
Get rid of them. Yeah, and now they've lingered
3:19:11
it on too long because John Mayer and this ownership group
3:19:14
and the other one that should not be named has a love fest for
3:19:18
him for whatever reason. Like we said with the Rangers,
3:19:20
with Chris Drury, it's irrational.
3:19:22
It makes no sense. Yeah, he said some good day
3:19:25
three 3 defensive draft picks, OK, big whoops.
3:19:27
So you couldn't keep all of them.
3:19:28
You're not drafting will it keep positions?
3:19:30
And you're giving all these ridiculous contracts, all these
3:19:33
defensive backs, all these other things that happened last year
3:19:35
that those players did not permit a good defense.
3:19:38
The offensive line was better. I guess there's no reason for
3:19:41
him to keep him. And now you're going to keep
3:19:42
make your best player frustrated coming off his worst season in a
3:19:45
while that you're going to you're going to get have to
3:19:49
force a bidding war to get some kind of trade value out of like
3:19:51
2 weeks before the draft. Like if this happened early in
3:19:54
the offseason, you had time to plan for it.
3:19:56
Yeah, maybe you're going to get that kind of value now before in
3:19:58
the draft. You're going to hope that some
3:19:59
team is desperate enough to say we're going to trade for Dexter
3:20:02
Lawrence after these guys have already been signed in the
3:20:04
offseason. And like we were talking about
3:20:05
with Paige, there's a lot of good defensive tackle prospects
3:20:08
in this draft that. You might find a younger
3:20:11
version, maybe not of him, but of somebody good.
3:20:14
And that's the problem with the Giants.
3:20:16
Don't have a plan. We talk about it with these
3:20:18
teams trying to scramble around and not have a consistent
3:20:21
identity of what they were doing.
3:20:23
We said that with the Mets, like they trade for Marcus Simeon and
3:20:26
still want to go target Beau Bichette and then all of a
3:20:28
sudden you have an overload of infielders and no outfielders
3:20:30
and no pitching. The Giants are doing the same
3:20:32
thing with in this sense where you're fixing what you need on
3:20:36
the defense and then you're already sending getting these
3:20:38
other guys frustrated. And it's, it's happened way too
3:20:40
many times for any ownership or any free agents to trust the
3:20:44
ownership or the front office on this team.
3:20:47
And Q, you've dealt with it as a player.
3:20:49
I'm sure you had teammates deal with it as a player.
3:20:50
You don't want to deal with organizations like like that.
3:20:53
They have no set plan and this is a team that made the playoffs
3:20:56
in 2022 and have done all the wrong decisions since then.
3:20:58
It's it's Joe Shane. Yeah.
3:21:00
Joe Shane is the cancer of this organization.
3:21:02
They want to win now. They they John Harbold's calling
3:21:05
the shots. Everybody saying John Harbold's
3:21:07
calling the shots. OK, If he's calling the shots,
3:21:10
get rid of Joe Shane. Do it now.
3:21:12
Don't wait until next year. What would be the point of
3:21:15
keeping this guy around? There's no reason why he's got
3:21:19
his. He's got his guys picking and
3:21:21
making the draft picks. John.
3:21:22
John Horrible's going to get his pick, whoever he wants.
3:21:25
If he wants Tate, Tate's going to be the 5th pick no matter
3:21:29
what. So why is Joe Shane still there?
3:21:32
Hire one of his executives to be the the assistant GM this year
3:21:37
and then you go into the offseason and let John Harbold
3:21:39
decide who he wants to work with.
3:21:41
That's what Kyle Shanahan did with John Lynch and that's the
3:21:44
way I go here. Joe Shane is a cancer to this
3:21:47
organization. Look at has anybody watched the
3:21:50
Saquon Barkley Prime documentary?
3:21:53
Go and check it if you've never checked it out.
3:21:56
If you're a Giant fan, you would be disgusted.
3:21:59
You would be disgusted if you learned that Saquon Barkley told
3:22:04
the Giants three years before he became a free agent.
3:22:06
Then then supposedly Joe Shane offered him the money that he
3:22:09
got from the Eagles a year before.
3:22:11
OK, Well, then Joe Shane at the tail end of that, he went to
3:22:16
Saquon, said, listen, I will take the same contract you
3:22:19
offered me the year before. But then Joe Shane said, well,
3:22:22
we have other parts of the team that we need to fill in and fix.
3:22:26
Well, this guy is a game changing player.
3:22:29
He changed your offense. If you have Saquon Barkley that
3:22:35
year, the Giants make the playoffs with neighbors with
3:22:39
that team. They were they were bored if
3:22:41
they had Saquon Barkley, they make the playoffs that I don't
3:22:45
know if they win it probably don't.
3:22:46
But we've seen Giants teams that shouldn't have won one.
3:22:49
So anything's possible if that defense shows up and Dexter
3:22:52
Lawrence is a game changing defensive lineman.
3:22:56
These guys don't grow on trees. There was, this was the one
3:23:00
thing Gettleman gave the New York Giants when they drafted
3:23:02
him at 16. The three first round draft
3:23:04
picks. This guy was an absolute stud
3:23:07
from Clemson and now you have this guy pissed off.
3:23:10
He don't want to be there and he's demanding a trade and you
3:23:13
can give him an extension, you can give him whatever you want.
3:23:16
He doesn't want to be there anymore.
3:23:17
You're going to have to move him now.
3:23:18
And Joe Shane thinks, oh, I I want to leave first round early.
3:23:21
Second round, you're not going to get it.
3:23:23
You're not going to get it because he is in the driver's
3:23:26
seat now. He already told everybody he
3:23:28
don't want to be there anymore, which tells you that if he's not
3:23:32
going to show up and he's not going to be there, you got to
3:23:34
move him because you're not. There's no reason for him to sit
3:23:37
when you have to pay him $26.9 million.
3:23:40
He, Joe Shane needs to go. If Joe Shane goes, Dexter
3:23:43
Lawrence resigns with them. And the Giants are set up very,
3:23:47
very well next year with probably one of the best front
3:23:49
sevens in all the football. Yeah.
3:23:50
Because otherwise you're going to have to pay him a lot more
3:23:52
than the market value. We were talking about it on the
3:23:53
off air before. Like, is a defensive tackle ever
3:23:55
going to make $30 million a year or like they might get to that
3:23:58
point if Joe Shane doesn't go? And is Joe saying going to be
3:24:01
smart enough to cave in? Well, he's not very smart
3:24:03
anyway. Yeah, I think, you know, hold on
3:24:06
as long as you can hold up, man. I think you do.
3:24:08
Like you said, I do think he got the leverage.
3:24:10
I think coming off that last season, even though it was
3:24:12
battling injuries, they're going to use that against him.
3:24:15
Harbour is known for picking D tacos around 2nd and 3rd, so
3:24:18
that's something else that might be a little concerned in regards
3:24:21
to how they do with him. I don't think that he definitely
3:24:24
not going to get a first or a second winner, but they might
3:24:26
get off of trade for 1/3 and quite frankly, I don't see him
3:24:30
leaving, but I do, I do see this being an opportunity for them to
3:24:34
get rid of him. Again, a new coaching style, new
3:24:37
coach. It's going to be hard to keep
3:24:39
guys in on your first year that comes out and say they don't
3:24:42
want to be a Giant. So the fact that he's already
3:24:43
made it clear they don't want to be a Giant, I think that they
3:24:46
move off of them and deal with whatever come with it, pick a
3:24:50
detox in the second or third round and move forward.
3:24:53
I can't see it, man. There's they don't have to move
3:24:55
them. They have they have him under
3:24:57
contract for two years with no guaranteed money.
3:25:01
That's why he want that's why this is happening.
3:25:03
This is just an old fashioned contract holdout.
3:25:05
He's not going nowhere. They need him for the middle of
3:25:08
the defense. They have no replacement for
3:25:10
him. They're not drafting one at 5 in
3:25:12
the draft for a nose tackle, right?
3:25:14
Why would they do that? They could draft Sonny Styles at
3:25:17
5:00 and have him be protected behind Dexter Lawrence, who eats
3:25:20
up double teams at a higher rate than anyone in the league now.
3:25:23
Last year he had half a sack and he wasn't getting off.
3:25:26
He also was playing with a busted elbow is what they were
3:25:28
saying. If he got it fixed, you got to
3:25:31
you got to think of this as an opportunity to actually pay him
3:25:35
less than market value. This guy was the best nose
3:25:38
tackle in football 2 years in a row in 23 and 24.
3:25:41
It wasn't close. Those years he had like more,
3:25:44
more pressures as a one tech than anyone had as a three tech
3:25:49
and Q that's that's not supposed to be possible.
3:25:51
That isn't happening at all. Three Tech's supposed to be your
3:25:53
best interior pass rusher. D Dee Lineman So what is he
3:25:57
asking for? Did anybody did they did they
3:25:58
saying what are you asking for? He's always said he wanted to
3:26:01
get the respect. Again, this is a Joe Shane thing
3:26:04
and I completely on board with you Errol.
3:26:05
It's the Joe Shane thing. This is the same thing that
3:26:07
happened with Saquon. He wants respect of being the
3:26:10
best or one of the best at his position.
3:26:12
He when he got the contract originally, he was made the top
3:26:16
defensive tackle paid at his position.
3:26:18
He is now 12th and he has no guaranteed money.
3:26:21
The number one guy speedy is actually, I'm going by average
3:26:24
across their contract length. Not exactly what they're making
3:26:27
each year. Chris Jones average is 31.75
3:26:30
million on his contract a year now.
3:26:32
He had a fall off as well last year.
3:26:34
That's a different story. Milton Williams is second.
3:26:37
That's the most comparable player as far as a nose
3:26:40
metabique. I see.
3:26:42
And you know like Jeffrey Simmons is 8th.
3:26:44
You'd only have to pay him $5,000,000 more to get this guy
3:26:48
happier. Give him guaranteed money.
3:26:50
You can even play with the cap and afford another player at a
3:26:54
key position like wide receiver. One of these veterans swap a 7th
3:26:57
for six. I mentioned Brandon Iuke last
3:26:59
week. Doesn't have to be him.
3:27:00
It could be another veteran out there if you're not going to get
3:27:02
Carnell Tate or even if you do get him now you have a veteran
3:27:06
to lead the way that you got for free because you renegotiated
3:27:10
your star nose tackles contract, made his cap hit small and made
3:27:14
him happy by giving him guaranteed money.
3:27:15
It's a win win. But you're right, This is Joe
3:27:18
Shane who's screwed this up so badly before he gave the Eagles
3:27:21
a Super Bowl and Saquon. I'm very nervous.
3:27:24
I'm going to tell you this for all you Giant fans.
3:27:27
If Dexter Lawrence is complaining and he's bitching
3:27:30
and moaning right now, it's not a good sign for the New York
3:27:32
Giants. And if he's already telling them
3:27:34
I want to be traded, Get Me Out of here, It only tells me that
3:27:38
Joe Shane is going to do that. He's going to give him that
3:27:41
opportunity to go and play somewhere else.
3:27:43
And if you're a Giant fan, even though he had a bad season last
3:27:46
year and he's still ranked 12th in all of the NFL with a bad
3:27:49
season like that, think about this.
3:27:51
He goes to another team and he just is the same player and he
3:27:55
becomes that that elite top three player again at his
3:27:58
position. Giant fans are going to throw up
3:28:01
because I still think he's still fairly young.
3:28:03
He still has the ability to be at a top level.
3:28:06
This isn't Chris Jones. Chris Jones is in his 30s.
3:28:09
This guy is in his late 20s. He's 2627, still has a lot of
3:28:14
football left and at a high level and he's still very fast
3:28:17
off the ball. So I just think he was injured
3:28:20
last year and I think the Giants are making a big mistake.
3:28:22
That's all I'm going to say about that.
3:28:23
All right, ladies and gentlemen, we call this.
3:28:25
What's that smell? Hold up.
3:28:28
What is that smell? What's right smell?
3:28:36
Wow, you don't see that every day.
3:28:38
All right, ladies and gentlemen, final segment of the night.
3:28:40
It's very simple how we do this. We're going to tell you a story
3:28:45
and we're going to tell you what it smells like tonight.
3:28:48
We're going to go. Let's go with Speedy, let's go
3:28:53
with poops. We'll go with fish, then we'll
3:28:57
go with Q and then me. Here we go.
3:28:59
All right, I'll start it off with a we're talking about an
3:29:01
Islander coaches got hired and Peter Deborah, I'll go with the
3:29:04
other one that just got hired. John Tortorella apparently
3:29:07
decided already to make a bad impression of his first team by
3:29:10
calling Senator Nick Dowd their third line center, the wrong
3:29:13
name. He was constantly calling him
3:29:16
Joel Ward, who's been retired from the NHL for a while, who
3:29:19
looks nothing like Nick Dowd and he's one of the assistant
3:29:22
coaches on the on the team, but started calling him Joel, Joel
3:29:24
Ward, Wardy and all these other nicknames.
3:29:27
Meanwhile, Dowd has been in Washington for quite a while.
3:29:29
Tortorello has coached against him in his other stops in
3:29:32
Philadelphia, in Vancouver. You would think you would be
3:29:35
able to know a guy that's been it's not like he's a rookie or
3:29:37
anything like that. He's been a veteran guy in in
3:29:39
the league for quite a while and he's decided to mix them up for
3:29:42
a longer period than they should expect.
3:29:43
That Ward is their new checking line.
3:29:45
So good job Tortorello. Maybe you shouldn't have
3:29:47
returned to coaching if you're already forgetting guys name.
3:29:49
So what does it smell like? It smells like Vegas fitness
3:29:52
icons Tom Brady and Alex Guerrero getting in game worn,
3:29:56
sweaty goalie pads and doing their Alex Guerrero workouts
3:30:00
that got Max Crossley wanting to go be traded.
3:30:04
Wow. Your details are your your
3:30:07
smells are always very detailed, speedy.
3:30:09
I love it. All right, anyways, with me, I'm
3:30:12
going over to some NFL on an ESPN actually, because Dan
3:30:15
Arlovski, former NFL quarterback for the Lions, yadda, yadda.
3:30:18
Many other teams as well. Daniel Olosky this morning on
3:30:21
ESPN get up him being an analyst for the for ESPN said he was
3:30:26
upset with Lamar Jackson because it was reported that he was
3:30:30
going to be missing the team's first day of OTAs.
3:30:33
Now the Ravens started their OTAs where he came out saying
3:30:36
that he's a leader. He is coming off giving all this
3:30:39
analysis about how he's coming off of a 13 game season where he
3:30:43
didn't play his best football. That went over like a fart.
3:30:44
He's also talking about how the Ravens also had their first
3:30:47
losing record. Mind you saying all this about
3:30:49
his OTAs? Mind you Lamar Jackson was there
3:30:52
for OTAs. I hope not.
3:30:54
Less than 10 minutes later of him making this comment, the
3:30:57
Ravens decided to post him walking into the building ready
3:31:01
for OTAs as their leader. That didn't show up like Damian
3:31:05
Woody even mentioned and Dan Arlovski.
3:31:07
Now I like Dan. Dan's a cool guy.
3:31:09
I see. I watched Dan.
3:31:10
He's pretty entertaining. I like, I like him.
3:31:12
I don't have the negative things to say about him, but you do
3:31:15
have to. Be.
3:31:16
I don't. Know where this was reported?
3:31:18
I mean, he probably screamed with his daily life too, but
3:31:21
hey, he's a good guy. Darren last night made a mistake
3:31:24
and it looked really, really bad as ESPN and their Twitter had to
3:31:27
delete it almost immediately. So what does it smell like?
3:31:30
It smells, I don't know, it could smell like that.
3:31:32
It might smell like the nearest glory hole, I don't know, we'll
3:31:34
see. But it does smell like whatever
3:31:36
crawled up his ass the day that he decided to step out of bands,
3:31:39
use it, and give the Vikings a safety.
3:31:41
So whatever crawled up his ass one that day is what?
3:31:44
It's going like I'm anal. Don't.
3:31:47
We know. It might smell like anal Tommy
3:31:53
Tommy 34120 That's a drop that you have to cut for yourself.
3:31:58
Now I've got a good one here, Errol.
3:32:02
I was looking at fantasy. Now this kills me because I was
3:32:05
high on this guy last year. I picked him up.
3:32:07
I didn't keep him from my fantasy 'cause I had Adly
3:32:10
Ruchman, who I just had to get rid of.
3:32:12
But Ben Rice was catcher eligibility in fantasy still
3:32:17
having. His iron horn.
3:32:19
Well, maybe if you didn't think he was good you would have
3:32:22
thought it was a Finkle Einhorn situation, but I got something
3:32:25
to show you. These are his advanced
3:32:27
statistics this year on Baseball Savant, the best website to
3:32:32
check out for fantasy sports and really baseball in general.
3:32:35
If it's red, it's good. And that's percentile in the
3:32:38
league. That means he is a 99th
3:32:40
percentile batter in baseball. He is the has the best expected
3:32:45
weighted on base in all of baseball. 92nd percent tile
3:32:49
batting average. They expect them to hit 320 this
3:32:52
year. 99% slugging. The hot hardest exit velocity in
3:32:58
baseball at 97.6. He's been hitting the ball
3:33:03
speedy again. It's a short sample size bag of
3:33:05
doughnuts over there. Hard hit percentage of 77.8 on
3:33:10
this season. Breaking news.
3:33:12
He does half of this Errol. He's an All Star.
3:33:15
This guy might be have be the guy that is going to protect
3:33:18
judge going forwards. They may already have him and
3:33:22
they don't need to do nothing about it.
3:33:23
Just put him higher up in the batting order.
3:33:25
What does it smell like? Well, Uncle Ben over here his
3:33:29
rice. They said the smell of Uncle
3:33:31
Ben's rice is mild or nutty, but many people.
3:33:34
Speedy sleeps with endangered animals.
3:33:36
God. Chemical or plastic scent,
3:33:39
Microwave pouch odor? Burning plastic.
3:33:43
It doesn't smell good. I'm going to assume it's the
3:33:45
good smelling nutty rice. Make her squirt.
3:33:48
Make me jerk. Then rice.
3:33:52
That rice does smell like it has microplastic.
3:33:54
Squeeze the cheese. It tastes like.
3:33:57
I will say this, if you look at the Yankees farm system where
3:34:00
everybody was ranking the Yankees farm system so bad, Rice
3:34:03
is coming out of that, Schlittler's coming out of that.
3:34:05
Spencer Jones is coming out of that.
3:34:07
This kid Rodriguez, right, Elmer Rodriguez is coming out of it.
3:34:11
All these guys, Warren Schmidt, it's pretty good.
3:34:15
Their farm system is pretty good.
3:34:16
They're turning into players. So I don't know.
3:34:19
I think people, all the experts, are not experts as far as I'm
3:34:22
concerned. Rodriguez, by the way, Errol,
3:34:25
before you go Q, they call him ERC is Edward Rodriguez Cruz.
3:34:29
So you're gonna start here in ERC a lot ERC for that guy.
3:34:33
Yours Lulu athletes that's. Really.
3:34:37
All right, our lovely song team. We got a lot of breaking news
3:34:40
today. We have Mike Ballong get signed
3:34:42
as the new UNC head basketball coach and yeah, so I'm going to
3:34:48
start with that. So as much as a great hire, I
3:34:50
think that was, I think he's a great guy.
3:34:52
I think he fits the mold from our old school system guy that
3:34:56
he is kind of piggyback off 4 wheels with Dave Smith being
3:35:00
system guys as well. I believe that it also would not
3:35:04
play out well. I think that as an old guy, I
3:35:07
don't see how he can get the recruits.
3:35:09
I think it's sort of like the Bill Belichick where it's the
3:35:11
name, the star power, but doesn't translate into getting
3:35:15
the necessary recruits that we need.
3:35:16
We're good with getting like one top recruit.
3:35:19
We have struggled with getting more than one over the past
3:35:22
couple of years. So I think that we needed a
3:35:25
younger coach that had a little more ambition that can relate to
3:35:27
these new guys coming in. But to be honest, I'm looking at
3:35:31
it and although you know, with Yukon and Michigan being a
3:35:35
system teams and the older, you know, more older driven players
3:35:40
on the team and whatnot, I think that dildo we we don't work with
3:35:43
Carolina being that we haven't won in so long dildo.
3:35:46
And so it's going to really make a impact on the on the team
3:35:49
another and also we had two. Transfers we.
3:35:52
Had two guys transfer on the same day that he got hired and
3:35:54
although they don't really do a lot of production, the fact that
3:35:57
the matter they decided to enter the transfer reported the same
3:36:00
day that you got hired lets me know that it's going to be a
3:36:03
long road up here and I don't think they've got the time.
3:36:05
So I'm going to say this is not going to end well.
3:36:09
This is another experiment and it smells like fools.
3:36:12
Go. Duty.
3:36:14
Dodger. All right, ladies and gentlemen,
3:36:18
it seems like Tiger Woods is on everybody's mind.
3:36:22
Why? Because he's not going to be
3:36:24
playing them at the Masters. But all the mishap stuff that's
3:36:28
happening off the golf course. Tiger Woods isn't competing in
3:36:33
the 90th Masters at Augustus National Golf Club this week,
3:36:38
but golfers in the field said they're pulling for the 15 time
3:36:44
major champion after he, you know, entered the treatment
3:36:49
following his D we or DUI arrest in Florida on March 27th.
3:36:54
Here, here's what Jason Day says.
3:36:57
I lick, I look at it and go, he's just a human being like
3:37:01
everyone else. And we have struggles.
3:37:04
Really, we have struggles. Well, he had a lot of struggles
3:37:08
the first time he crashed his car.
3:37:10
He cheated on his wife how many times with porno stars and you
3:37:14
know, all the nasty things he did after his two kids were
3:37:18
born. His kid right now is one of the
3:37:20
highest prestige young golfers right now in the amateur
3:37:24
division going to play college golf right now.
3:37:27
His daughter is is also doing some big things right now.
3:37:31
So to me, it's all excuses. To this man, it's all excuses.
3:37:36
These guys are friends of his and they're finding any way to
3:37:40
to protect him. But here's the protection.
3:37:43
He should have been protecting himself.
3:37:44
He should have been going out there and being a professional,
3:37:47
not throwing himself out there. If he knew he had drug problems,
3:37:50
if he knew he had drinking problems, he should have went to
3:37:52
get help. Instead, he crashes his car and
3:37:54
almost kills somebody again, and now all of a sudden everybody's
3:37:58
got problems. He had problems from the
3:38:01
beginning. He should have cleaned that up
3:38:02
the first time, not continuously keep doing what Tiger Woods
3:38:07
does. And because he's Tiger Woods, he
3:38:09
can get away with things because he's one of the greatest golfers
3:38:12
of all time and he's a face of golf still to this day.
3:38:15
He thinks he can get away with it.
3:38:16
It's a big problem. You know what it smells.
3:38:18
Like manager. Yeah, You know what it you know
3:38:21
what it smells like? It smells like he needs to get a
3:38:23
new PR manager because his PR manager sucks.
3:38:28
That's why Because any manager and any PR person would tell him
3:38:32
that he obviously got problems. You need to go and get help and
3:38:36
he needs, he should have been going to get help for the
3:38:38
longest time. So that's my what's that's I
3:38:41
don't even know what it smells like.
3:38:42
It smells like shit. That's what it smells.
3:38:43
Like that's tats. It smells like shit and and and
3:38:47
it's. Such a dirty manager.
3:38:50
Jabba likes my shrimp contact. That's probably true.
3:38:53
Is that your cucumber or are you happy to see me?
3:38:56
I like anal. All right, that's it for a show,
3:39:00
ladies and gentlemen, Nathan is always a part of it.
3:39:03
He's great. And I want to I want to thank
3:39:05
Nathan because we we had a great guest tonight.
3:39:08
She was sensational. She really was.
3:39:10
So a thank you to Paige Demarcos.
3:39:14
She was fantastic. I thought one of the best guest
3:39:18
as far as analyst and knows her football and and she's just
3:39:22
great and I'm she got great takes and great everything.
3:39:25
So thank you to Paige. We made her laugh.
3:39:28
She was laughing. She became a fan of fan of ours
3:39:30
as well. So thank you to Paige for
3:39:32
joining us. Thank you to NIF for allowing
3:39:35
you know, let's throw NIF in now.
3:39:37
Let's see the old NIF. Let's see you.
3:39:39
Know myth, monster, The walls. Of the walls of prison when he
3:39:42
when he was arrested for smuggling endangered animals.
3:39:44
Now you got to unmute yourself the old Nifi.
3:39:47
I'll help. Nice day there, you.
3:39:49
Go now great show today guys you guys killed it and you guys you
3:39:52
guys did amazingly pay. I need a blow pop.
3:39:55
He knows her stuff. So Droba smack my ass just to
3:39:58
make. That one for you.
3:40:00
So now Droba pick man, Crowbar athletic man.
3:40:04
There he is. We're going to make it after
3:40:06
all. That's perfect.
3:40:07
That looks just like this. He just can't jump that high.
3:40:11
He doesn't look like he has any legs over there.
3:40:13
I don't know. Anyways, that's not true.
3:40:15
No, that's Speedy. That's Speedy.
3:40:18
When you said he was jumping when he was jumping for joy.
3:40:21
I made this one beginning of the show.
3:40:24
I. Like the goggles, Speedy.
3:40:26
Goggles. I think Speedy would have been a
3:40:29
great Rex Specs type of an athlete if we had that time.
3:40:32
Speedy, did you ever wear Rex Specs when you?
3:40:34
Were I like anal? I didn't know what that is.
3:40:37
No, Goba is not an athlete. Rex Specs.
3:40:41
Is real you? Can't wear them under a football
3:40:43
helmet, but like, yeah, that's like a real.
3:40:45
Stuff my endo. Rambus.
3:40:46
That's a Rambus thing right there.
3:40:48
Kurt Rambus. Breaking news, I need Britney.
3:40:51
You know what I wear? I farted.
3:40:52
See these specs. Busy all day today.
3:40:59
We're having. Too much time agreement just.
3:41:01
Trying to sign. Up well that's it ladies and
3:41:03
gentlemen thank you to all the fans listening to us on Spotify
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3:41:09
Thank you very much. We were in the top 100 once
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3:41:29
It's new and we're we're getting so many views and so many likes.
3:41:32
So thank you to all the fans keep following us keep listening
3:41:35
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3:41:37
we're going to be doing some big things moving forward on this
3:41:40
show and making you guys laugh and probably.
3:41:43
They call me the ladies man and Mr. Still you girl, do you want
3:41:46
to jerk me off? Well, we don't want to do that,
3:41:48
but anyways, thank you to the fans.
3:41:49
We will be back on Thursday. Who do we have on speed?
3:41:52
I believe Nathan has our guests for Thursday.
3:41:54
Who do we have there? Dominique Easley is coming 8. 20
3:41:58
Ease my dog my dog. I'm putting you on a leash now.
3:42:03
Personality. He's going to be fun.
3:42:05
Super Bowl champion. There we go.
3:42:08
For the Patriots, so we have a lot of.
3:42:12
I gotta go back off now. That's what Nathan is going to
3:42:14
do after the show, ladies and gentlemen.
3:42:16
All right, that's it for a show. Dominic Easley and I gotta go.
3:42:20
I gotta go take a dump or something.
3:42:21
Goodnight. It is the Worldwide sports Radio
3:42:25
network. They call me the Ladies Man and
3:42:27
Mr. Studio Girl.