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00:00:19.519Welcome back, everybody, once again, for another episode of SportsBanter.
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00:00:20.719I'm Brian with an eye.
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00:00:26.879Mike, we have a very uh juicy agenda this evening.
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00:00:29.920Can you brief us on what we have coming up on tonight's episode?
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00:00:32.159Well, we're gonna talk a little fight.
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00:00:38.000We're gonna talk about some Olympic news because the Olympics are right around the corner.
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00:00:43.439Uh, we're gonna get into a little bit of baseball news because baseball never likes to disappoint with little news.
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00:00:44.479Baseball.
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00:02:10.479Mike, we have some little bit of off-beat uh things to talk about now.
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00:02:14.879We're gonna talk a tad on the Olympics here, and then we got a tad on UFC.
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00:02:22.800We're really gonna talk about UFC, but I thought this particular thing was interesting because it talks about athlete, uh kind of goes into athlete safety.
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00:02:24.479Well, which do you want to start with?
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00:02:28.080Do you want to start with the Olympic stuff or do you want to start with UFC?
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00:02:31.120Oh, we're gonna start with our good friend Patty the Baddie, okay.
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00:02:37.039English fighter coming over, getting his first shot at a title, taking on Justin Gagey.
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00:02:42.080Uh this round, I mean, this fight went all the way through the rounds.
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00:02:43.199Five rounds.
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00:02:44.639Yeah, five rounds.
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00:02:46.879Uh it was actually criticized.
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00:02:48.319Some people think it was great.
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00:02:50.400People seem to either love it or hate it.
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00:02:51.919Uh, you know.
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00:02:53.680Sounds like politics.
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00:03:03.919A lot of people were hating on, you know, for it being a title match, it being, you know, poor technique and poor fighting capabilities, but a lot of people thought it was a great match.
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00:03:05.599So nobody's really in between on it.
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00:03:21.840But anyway, Patty got so beat up that according to uh Nevada law, actually, he has uh, you know, he hasn't just been beaten, but he's also gotten himself a nice 30-day suspension from competing and fighting.
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00:03:47.599And I thought this was interesting because it seems to be really geared toward uh fighter safety, especially given uh in the last decade or so, um, you know, the discovery of CTE uh and the severeness of uh you know concussions and multiple concussions and TBIs and what's that, uh, aside from the other injuries you can sustain from this type of sport.
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00:03:49.439So, Mike, what do you take of this, man?
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00:03:52.240I mean, uh some people don't like it.
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00:04:02.800I honestly think it's a pretty good deal because he has to now have a doctor testify to a judge, because it's law, uh, that he is capable and ready to go back to competing again.
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00:04:07.680So he's not allowed to compete in another fight uh until he is medically cleared.
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00:04:09.680I think honestly, it's a good rule.
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00:04:15.520Well, Nevada has always been up on the fight game for a while.
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00:04:22.560I mean, they've been doing boxing matches, and UFC has kind of been there from the start.
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00:04:28.639I mean, these guys, these well, not from the start, but but that's kind of where it blew up was in in Vegas.
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00:04:36.240And there were a lot of rules when it comes to fighting in in Nevada, and these are these are requirements.
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00:04:42.399And this 30-day medical suspension, uh I wish they wouldn't use the word suspension.
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00:04:47.199It's not like he's you know, oh my god, you're in trouble, so you're suspended.
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00:04:55.439This is a situation where he has just been suspended because of his injuries.
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00:04:58.319They want him to heal up, they want him to get better.
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00:05:10.319And I honestly think it's a good thing because you're gonna have fighters, especially in UFC fighting, because guys wind up with broken jaws, broken noses, concussions, like you alluded to.
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00:05:13.120And these kinds of things, they need time to heal.
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00:05:23.040And especially some of these take longer than 30 days, and this is this actual suspension can lead up to 180 days, depending on the severity of the injuries.
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00:05:28.240So basically, all they're saying is you must get medically cleared if you want to fight.
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00:05:30.399Yeah, you know, I was gonna go back.
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00:05:36.480I agree with the uh with with you saying they wish it didn't call it a suspension because it gives us such a negative connotation.
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00:05:39.759I wish they call it something like a like a hold, right?
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00:05:51.040But I was just about to mention, as you just did, uh it's 30 days, but it can last up to 180 days if he chooses not to be seen by a doctor.
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00:06:01.519So even if he's like, uh forget that, I'll just not compete, he will not be allowed to compete for up to 180 days, is basically like you said, six months.
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00:06:04.720Well, no, it's not six months.
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00:06:07.600Is it 180 days is six months?
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00:06:09.040You're right, you're right.
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00:06:09.839My bad.
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00:06:15.759Uh let me get let me get to where I was gonna go before you derailed me with that that thought.
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00:06:18.399Um, but remember, this is only Nevada.
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00:06:24.560Yeah, this is this doesn't mean he can't participate in other UFC events that are not in Nevada.
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00:06:35.839So if UFC was to fight, say, overseas somewhere, like they fight in London or something, he might be able to participate sooner, but he needs to be medically cleared.
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00:06:36.399Yeah.
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00:06:45.680Yeah, in Nevada, he can be cleared sooner than the 180 days by a doctor, but it's a very kind of obscure rule.
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00:07:00.399But you're right, if he goes to another state, now I'm sure there are other laws in other states, uh, and I know this is a relatively common thing, but I wanted to hit on the relevance and the focus on um athlete safety here.
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00:07:13.360Well, being someone who's had concussions and has had, you know, broken facial bones and stuff, I can tell you that uh he probably doesn't want to fight right now.
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00:07:25.199Even though he he might get medically cleared, he's obviously gonna want to be 100% before he gets back into the ring because you don't want to walk into that situation and not be ready, not be prepared.
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00:07:28.000Yeah, he probably looks like Meatloaf from Thundercats.
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00:07:32.879If you guys are familiar with Adult Swim on, you know, back in the day on Cartoon Network.
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00:07:36.079His face probably feels like that right now.
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00:07:37.759You mean Meatwad?
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00:07:38.480Sure.
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00:07:41.279And it's Aqua Teen Hunger Force.
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00:07:43.360Look, man, it's been like 20 years.
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00:07:46.160Your references, you can't even get your references right now.
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00:07:48.560It's been like 25 years, man.
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00:07:50.959It's been like 25 years, okay?
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00:07:51.680Forgive me.
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00:07:55.439Everybody, or maybe nobody knows what I'm talking about.
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00:07:58.480But either way, you hit the nail on the head.
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00:08:00.399So I just thought that was interesting.
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00:08:02.959Uh my friend.
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00:08:04.240Thank you, thank you.
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00:08:05.279We have each other's backs.
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00:08:06.160I know what you meant.
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00:08:09.199You know what I mean, and I can pronounce some names.
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00:08:13.600Speaking, speaking of meat wads, why don't you get into this Olympic news?
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00:08:16.079Oh, I thought this was relatively funny, okay.
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00:08:20.160So everybody knows Olympic qualifying is going on right now, okay?
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00:08:22.800Uh I thought this was pretty cool.
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00:08:24.560Well actually, not pretty cool.
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00:08:27.439I thought it would be cool to talk about, is what I thought it would be.
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00:08:36.960Um, three members of the Norwegian uh ski jumping team have been suspended for uh enlarging the crotch area on their uniforms.
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00:08:46.559This was a brazen attempt to bend the rules, and that is verbatim per Natasha Die of People magazine.
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00:08:48.159Uh I don't know.
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00:08:49.919I read this article, right?
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00:08:51.360So it's very obscure.
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00:08:55.200So this is this is the the ski jump team, right?
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00:08:59.440Yes, this is the ski jump team for the men's ski jumping, okay.
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00:09:01.919Okay, so I think I know what's going on here.
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00:09:13.919It sounds really bad that they're uh enlarging the crotch area of their uniforms, but what I think they're doing is they're trying to create a little bit of a windsale effect.
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00:09:16.480So this is this is weird, right?
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00:09:22.960One ski jumping coach and the team suit technician, they have a suit technician, okay?
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00:09:37.440Uh, we're seen on video inserting illegal, non-elastic stitching into the crotch areas of the suits, while the team's assistant head coach also confessed to participating in the plot.
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00:09:48.960Look, all I could think of when you said that is Dave Chappelle, when he's like, you know, I'm a master of the custodial arts, or a janitor if you want to be a dick about it.
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00:09:52.080When you're talking about a suit technician.
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00:10:11.200And you know, it's funny, uh, Olympians Johan Andre Furang, I hope I said that correctly, forgive me, uh Marius Lindvik, hope I said that too, uh, who claimed not to know about the manipulations to their suits, also received three month suspensions.
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00:10:17.600This was apparently back in August, but so uh that's another facet.
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00:10:24.799Imagine your coach and suit technician making illegal changes to your suit, and now you have to pay the price for it.
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00:10:26.799Imagine if they really didn't know.
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00:10:32.960Well, yeah, I mean you think about how okay, Olympics happen every four years.
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00:10:35.120So up until that point, you're training.
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00:10:40.480You are training your butt off to be the best in your country to represent your country.
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00:10:55.919Now, granted, if you come from a smaller country, you probably have less of a competing factor, but I'm pretty sure when it comes to skiing and it being Norway, I'm pretty sure they got a pretty competitive bunch competing for their spots.
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00:11:05.120Now, you you consider that you've been training for four years and you're getting your shot, you're gonna be in these qualified longer than that.
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00:11:06.639Right, right.
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00:11:12.080You know, their whole lives, you know, and they're eligible or old enough to be able to compete.
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00:11:19.840Or maybe maybe you're down to your final years of competing and you'd really want to get that gold, or just place in general.
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00:11:27.679And then you're faced with this where you find out, hmm, I'm being disqualified for something I didn't do.
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00:11:39.200Yeah, and you know, these members of the team, the technician, uh, they were seen obviously making these changes after the suits had already passed inspection.
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00:11:41.200So it was even more egregious.
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00:11:45.919It's not like they snuck it in and then tried to pass it and it got passed inspection.
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00:11:50.080It's like, no, all right, they've been inspected now, now let's try to install it.
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00:11:53.279This is like the the hiding weights and bobsled thing, right?
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00:11:53.919Yeah.
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00:12:08.320Well, all I can think of though, when you say this is my first thought when you say they they altered the crotches of the uniforms, it just it gives the just bad, bad, bad mental image to start out with.
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00:12:09.919Bad mental imagery.
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00:12:20.080I'm just thinking, well, if you're gonna have a ski jump team and you want to catch more air to keep yourself up more, maybe you need to also worry about how big the ski jumpers are.
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00:12:24.559It was designed not just height-wise, but you know, girth-wise.
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00:12:30.720It was designed to make, quote, La Crotch area more aerodynamic, is what they said.
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00:12:32.639Yeah, creating a windsale.
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00:12:34.399And I'm just like, okay.
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00:12:37.279It's the equivalent of sagging your pants.
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00:12:43.440You know, like you get that baggy spot because you're not wearing your pants all the way up.
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00:12:45.279That's essentially what they're doing.
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00:12:50.000They're just making it baggy, trying to create a windsale to kind of gain longer.
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00:12:53.759Because I mean, the whole point in ski jumping is to go the distance.
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00:12:55.440Go as far as you can.
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00:13:01.360So if you create a little windsale, you know, kind of doing a flying squirrel, you go a little further.
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00:13:06.399Now, as funny as it is, like you say, I'm sure the two competitors are very upset.
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00:13:08.879Well, if they didn't know, they might be in on it.
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00:13:14.240Yeah, I uh, you know, they said they didn't know.
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00:13:23.360I kinda, you know, they're already gold medalists, so they've they've been here before, uh, which I didn't mention earlier.
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00:13:25.039So sorry about that.
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00:13:28.240I know.
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00:13:30.399But I thought that was rather interesting.
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00:13:36.159And here, just one more piece of Olympic news here, and this one a little more serious, okay?
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00:13:41.360Uh US Olympian, uh, what's her name?
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00:13:48.799Katie Hullender, uh, she's on the what team is she on?
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00:13:50.559She's on an Olympic team.
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00:13:53.200Um, the American Skeleton Cup.
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00:14:13.519Anyway, basically, she was uh qualified for the Olympics, but because of the way points are distributed, uh Canada withdrew a few of their competing athletes and it redistributed the points differently, and now suddenly she doesn't qualify.
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00:14:20.879Um, and she's obviously um petitioning the Olympic uh board to reconsider that.
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00:14:28.960Um so four Canadian women skeleton athletes were withdrawn just before competition, which is kind of weird given the rules.
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00:14:32.720Uh, under international bobsled and skeleton federation.
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00:14:36.000So this is uh two and single person bobsled.
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00:14:39.360Um but you said skeleton.
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00:14:44.320So isn't that the one where they lay down on the sled?
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00:14:47.919Yeah, that's the that's that's basically single-person bobsled.
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00:14:49.440Yeah, pretty skeleton skeleton.
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00:14:50.399Yeah, skeleton.
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00:14:52.159That's what they call a skeleton.
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00:14:57.759So two-person bobsled and single-person skeleton bobsled, or what you call it.
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00:15:08.000Anyway, 75% of points were issued, mathematically eliminating Uhlinder uh from the Milan Cortana for the first heat event began.
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00:15:12.159So um what Mike again, what do you make of this, man?
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00:15:19.120Uh she was expected to compete and qualify, and now before he even gets underway, she's already been cut out.
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00:15:28.000And it's not like uncommon for national teams to adjust their competing squads or even withdraw entirely.
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00:15:35.120Um, but for that to indirectly affect your positioning or even your placement.
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00:15:41.519Well, these things have been going on for a long time.
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00:15:55.440This is not the first time somebody's missed out because of a re-justifying of you know, people being removed or points being distributed again based on the competitive crowd.
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00:15:59.600So this isn't the first time something like this has happened, and probably not the last time.
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00:16:04.000It's very sad, but but there is a silver lining for her.
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00:16:09.679There has been times where people have appealed these decisions and gotten in still.
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00:16:11.519So she has a chance.
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00:16:12.799I mean, and let's face it.
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00:16:15.039Well, she's out of the heat already.
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00:16:25.759Like well, let's face it, if you get in, if you get to walk with your country displaying the colors for your nation, that's all you need.
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00:16:33.120Well, she's because for some athletes, that's all they need.
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00:16:35.519That's all they want, just to represent their country.
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00:16:54.000Because there's a lot of countries they know they're not gonna meddle, but just the honor of being selected to represent your nation at the biggest stage with other professional athletes at the height of their competitive sport, yeah, it's it's just so great.
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00:17:00.879Well, what what she's saying, I agree with you, Mike, but what she's saying is she's already been mathematically eliminated.
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00:17:01.360Right.
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00:17:02.559So she's already out.
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00:17:03.600That's why she's appealing.
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00:17:05.279She's trying to appeal it with the ability.
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00:17:10.319So she can do it, and I hope she can, but Canadian Canadia.
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00:17:11.680Canada.
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00:17:19.440Canada did this so they could qualify one more spot, basically sending two athletes instead of the potential one.
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00:17:24.079Um so like, I mean, it's war games in the Olympics, pretty much.
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00:17:26.160It's a tale as old as time, man.
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00:17:27.279This is how the Olympics go.
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00:17:30.000This is how they have to cut it off somewhere.
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00:17:35.759They can't have 20 people from one nation competing under for one event, you know.
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00:17:43.359Well, the Canada, well, they withdrew because of the points distribution process.
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00:17:55.279So by having less athletes overall in the competition, points are distributed differently, which gives more points to the Canadian competitors and less points to her because of the way they distribute.
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00:17:59.200It's kind of a weird, obscure thing and kind of stupid, if you ask me.
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00:18:12.640But that's a little bit we got on some a tad bit of funny news, a little bit of uh Olympic stuff, touched on some obscure UFC fighting, but we're going to jump into our normal agenda here now, ladies and gentlemen, and everybody in between.
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00:18:14.960Uh, let's talk a little bit of baseball, man.
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00:18:19.680We got one more conversation before we talk general transaction things going on, Mike.
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00:18:27.519We talked this, I thought this was a good conversation we had uh, you know, socially last week after we wrapped up last week's episode.
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00:18:29.920We were talking about Tommy John surgery, right?
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00:18:47.359So uh you were telling me that sometimes people, athletes, particularly younger athletes, uh can have Tommy John surgery done before they really even need it, before they have the injury uh that prompts that surgery.
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00:18:52.240Uh do you do you think that this is something acceptable?
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00:19:03.039And could this be the next edge of perform performance enhancing procedures being looked at like perhaps performance-enhancing substances, PEDs?
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00:19:07.920Okay, so just a little bit on what Tommy John surgery is.
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00:19:29.039It involves your right or left elbow, and essentially what they do is they in order for somebody to need Tommy John, usually what has happened is the ligaments within your elbow, you have torn, ruptured, destroyed, basically a ligament in your elbow.
00:19:29.200 -->
00:19:40.880Well, if you're a pitcher or any person playing any sport, it's kind of a big deal because now you can't really move your elbow, you can't really play.
00:19:41.279 -->
00:19:44.160Because think about it you pick up something, you try to throw it.
00:19:44.400 -->
00:19:49.920You're always gonna bend your elbow, you're always gonna move your arm in the direction you want to throw it.
00:19:50.160 -->
00:19:57.599Well, when you tear something like that, you're losing function of your elbow, which if you're a pitcher, that's a big deal.
00:19:58.160 -->
00:19:59.759Any athlete, it's a big deal.
00:20:00.400 -->
00:20:21.359So, what they do is they drill holes in your bone, both the upper and lower part of your arm, and they run a ligament through that section and kind of uh affix it to the bone on either side, running it through those holes to kind of give it an anchor point on either side.
00:20:21.680 -->
00:20:24.880Now, this the surgery is called Tommy John.
00:20:25.039 -->
00:20:35.119That's not after the doctor who did the procedure, that's named after the first person who ever received the surgery, a pitcher named Tommy John, obviously.
00:20:35.359 -->
00:20:53.359Um, but this surgery in particular, a lot of reasons why you're hearing more younger athletes looking to get this surgery, not only some of them needing it, it's also because what they're seeing from their uh the higher you know MLB players, what they're doing.
00:20:53.519 -->
00:21:00.000You're having guys, they wind up screwing up their elbow because they're just throwing gas all the time.
00:21:00.160 -->
00:21:03.759Not excuse me, not really pitching, but just throwing.
00:21:04.079 -->
00:21:12.160So what's happening is these guys are tearing it, going and having the surgery, and they come back and they almost pitch better.
00:21:12.400 -->
00:21:14.640Like they almost pitch harder, faster.
00:21:14.960 -->
00:21:49.680And what this what is happening is these young competitive traveling teams and these younger athletes who are trying to get themselves onto maybe minor league staffs or trying to get to the majors themselves, they see this and they think, well, can I just you know have this done ahead of time so I can possibly avoid having this happen when I get to say college or I get to the major leagues, if you get to the major leagues, and you know, prevent myself from having a lengthy recovery then.
00:21:50.160 -->
00:22:04.480And a lot of doctors, there there's kind of a middling study where people are saying it's a good thing, and there's a lot of doctors who are saying, No, you shouldn't do this unless you act actually need it.
00:22:04.640 -->
00:22:09.440You know, you you don't go and get your knee worked on if you don't need knee surgery, you know.
00:22:09.599 -->
00:22:12.240That's why they're like, don't do this to your elbow.
00:22:12.400 -->
00:22:20.079You know, just do normal stuff, do workouts that help your elbow, help your arm, help your shoulder.
00:22:20.240 -->
00:22:22.559Don't do stuff that tears it up.
00:22:22.880 -->
00:22:28.480Unfortunately, what we're seeing out of baseball, pitchers are not pitching.
00:22:28.640 -->
00:22:36.880And when I say not pitching, you have guys going up there and they're just trying to hit triple digits, they're trying to throw as hard as they can for as long as they can.
00:22:37.119 -->
00:22:45.599And a lot of times, these players are the ones getting paid because they get up there and for a while there they're just blowing guys away with gas.
00:22:45.759 -->
00:22:47.440You know, people just can't catch it.
00:22:47.680 -->
00:22:57.279Well, that's good and fine, but you give it a couple years of doing that, and then you're gonna wind up with your elbow jacked up, yeah, and guys wind up having to have a surgery.
00:22:57.599 -->
00:23:00.799Now, there are freak cases where that's not the case, you know.
00:23:00.880 -->
00:23:07.440The Randy Johnsons of the world who let me remind most folks that Randy Johnson was 6'7.
00:23:07.839 -->
00:23:09.279So 6'7?
00:23:10.559 -->
00:23:11.599Don't, don't.
00:23:11.759 -->
00:23:12.640That's over with.
00:23:12.799 -->
00:23:13.680Don't do that.
00:23:14.480 -->
00:23:19.200Anyway, um, yeah, it's over.
00:23:19.680 -->
00:23:20.240That's over.
00:23:20.480 -->
00:23:21.759But no, that's over.
00:23:22.079 -->
00:23:23.680So because he's so tall.
00:23:24.000 -->
00:23:25.920Don't bring that shit in my house ever again.
00:23:26.160 -->
00:23:36.400Because he's so tall, he creates more torque and more drive when he's coming down off the mound, which also, by the way, when he was pitching, the mound was just a smidge higher.
00:23:36.640 -->
00:23:39.200So there was a lot more for him to throw.
00:23:39.359 -->
00:23:45.440Plus, you know, when he hit that bird, that kind of really made a lot of people who don't pay attention to baseball pay attention.
00:23:45.599 -->
00:23:46.240Yeah.
00:23:46.799 -->
00:23:52.559But in my standpoint, and the way I feel about it, uh, I agree with the doctors.
00:23:52.720 -->
00:24:00.880Do not have this surgery if you do not need it, because you're you're incurring something that you should not have to go through.
00:24:01.119 -->
00:24:14.960This is an invasive surgery, it does have a lengthy recovery time, and yeah, you you probably will be able to throw a little harder, a little faster, but for how long before you need an additional surgery.
00:24:15.119 -->
00:24:17.920Just because you have the surgery does not mean you won't have another one.
00:24:18.160 -->
00:24:20.160Yeah, I I agree with you, Mike.
00:24:20.319 -->
00:24:26.240I think that especially for young athletes, I say you ride it till the wheels fall off, man.
00:24:26.480 -->
00:24:34.079Uh, don't have any surgery, don't have any cosmetic surgeries or performance-enhancing surgeries.
00:24:34.400 -->
00:24:37.839Like, it's not like getting your tonsils out, okay.
00:24:38.079 -->
00:24:49.359Uh like these things, and once you pull your body apart, like it's it's more susceptible to needing more surgery in the future.
00:24:49.440 -->
00:24:56.079Like, you raise your risk of needing another surgery or having another significant injury.
00:24:57.119 -->
00:25:03.359Speaking of somebody who's had multiple surgeries, I can tell you it's not a fun experience.
00:25:03.599 -->
00:25:10.480Like, it depends on how well you do with anesthesia, you can come out of it feeling like just garbage.
00:25:10.640 -->
00:25:14.400Like you want to throw up, you just feel nauseous, you feel out of it.
00:25:14.720 -->
00:25:18.960And generally, wherever you had surgery, you just feel beat up.
00:25:19.200 -->
00:25:27.359You have stitches you got to deal with, you have wounds you gotta clean, you gotta deal with extra stuff, and you're just you're not yourself for quite a while.
00:25:27.519 -->
00:25:35.200So you're right again, you don't necessarily want to do something electing to do it, especially if from an athlete standpoint.
00:25:35.519 -->
00:25:40.720Oh, I put under I got put under with anesthesia just to have my wisdom teeth out.
00:25:40.960 -->
00:25:42.000No, thank you.
00:25:42.480 -->
00:25:45.440And for my endoscopy, and also fun.
00:25:45.599 -->
00:25:46.160Lucky you.
00:25:46.240 -->
00:25:47.440I was awake when they did mine.
00:25:47.599 -->
00:25:48.640Your endoscopy?
00:25:48.799 -->
00:25:49.920No, that's weird.
00:25:50.720 -->
00:25:51.680No, no, no.
00:25:51.839 -->
00:25:57.200When they did uh when they did my wisdom, they I had all four removed and I was awake.
00:25:57.440 -->
00:25:58.799I had to it sucked.
00:25:58.960 -->
00:26:06.559I had to have oral surgery for mine because the bottom two were sideways, impacted, and all kinds of messed up.
00:26:06.640 -->
00:26:08.160And so they had to cut me open for that.
00:26:08.240 -->
00:26:10.319Those are really the reason I had to have oral surgery.
00:26:10.400 -->
00:26:12.640The top two, they were crowding everything.
00:26:12.720 -->
00:26:14.720I was getting sores because they were crooked.
00:26:14.880 -->
00:26:18.640So I was getting sores on the inside of my cheeks from chewing and stuff.
00:26:18.880 -->
00:26:21.200Um, so they just yanked those out.
00:26:21.359 -->
00:26:30.400But yeah, I and I've I've broken one bone, two bones in my life.
00:26:30.720 -->
00:26:40.000Um which is weird because I've been in a motorcycle accident on the highway and a couple other things, and it's you know, fortunately, I probably have more brain damage.
00:26:40.160 -->
00:26:43.599You know, that's that's probably the where I took the most brunt.
00:26:43.759 -->
00:26:44.400I'll be honest.
00:26:44.559 -->
00:26:45.599Mike maybe agrees.
00:26:46.319 -->
00:26:49.920Well, I was gonna say maybe our listeners agree because they do hear the show.
00:26:50.160 -->
00:26:50.799Yeah, yeah.
00:26:50.880 -->
00:27:00.160If you've ever listened to me talk for longer than 10 seconds, you probably know I'm I may or may not have one or more TBIs in different parts of my brain.
00:27:01.039 -->
00:27:09.920So, but yeah, young folks, run your body, take care of your body, but run your body till the wheels fall off uh and perform until you no longer can.
00:27:10.319 -->
00:27:16.799Just do everything you can to keep yourself in in prime physical shape without resorting to exactly.
00:27:16.880 -->
00:27:19.359It's not like buying a car and building a motor.
00:27:19.599 -->
00:27:22.720You are the motor, now you're just looking for replacement parts.
00:27:22.799 -->
00:27:24.319But let's jump on into the Giants here.
00:27:24.480 -->
00:27:25.519What we've got going on with Mr.
00:27:25.599 -->
00:27:26.319Bader, Mike.
00:27:26.400 -->
00:27:26.960Tell me about Mr.
00:27:27.039 -->
00:27:28.559Bader and the Giants.
00:27:28.880 -->
00:27:38.400Okay, so uh last year uh the San Francisco Giants had probably the worst outfield in baseball.
00:27:38.640 -->
00:27:39.359The worst.
00:27:42.960 -->
00:27:43.279Okay.
00:27:43.839 -->
00:27:53.200And so they have signed Harrison Bader to a two-year$20.5 million deal to address that outfield issue.
00:27:53.359 -->
00:27:54.640And I I like this signing.
00:27:54.799 -->
00:28:01.920Harrison Bader is a good outfielder, he provides some speed on the base pads, and he's going to be a much needed lift to that outfield.
00:28:02.160 -->
00:28:04.960No relation to Ruth Bader that we know of.
00:28:05.200 -->
00:28:05.920No, not at all.
00:28:07.920 -->
00:28:12.000But moving right along, and there's been some trades that have happened.
00:28:12.240 -->
00:28:15.839And one of the trades involving the New York Mets.
00:28:16.000 -->
00:28:18.960The Mets finally pulling off a deal.
00:28:19.200 -->
00:28:22.400They've been trying, they've been trying to get players left and right.
00:28:23.200 -->
00:28:44.079Now they have they have landed a few free agents, but this one, this is probably a this is a good deal because they get Freddie Peralta from from the Brewers uh handing over just a bunch of a bunch of prospects and stuff, high, high-level prospects from their farm system, but landing an ace pitcher for themselves.
00:28:44.240 -->
00:28:55.920Um I'm surprised the Brewers were so willing to let him be traded, but it was probably a deal where he probably told them, hey, I'm not gonna come back once I get free agency.
00:28:56.160 -->
00:28:58.720And they said, All right, well, we're gonna get what we can.
00:28:58.799 -->
00:29:06.720So they traded him, and now the Mets have their ace to head the front of their rotation, which they still need more pitching help, but this is a good start.
00:29:06.799 -->
00:29:08.559It's a definitely a good start.
00:29:08.880 -->
00:29:11.920Now, there was another trade that was a little interesting.
00:29:12.240 -->
00:29:25.680Mackenzie Gore's name has been rumored for the last few years that they were gonna be that the Nats were gonna trade him, and it always seemed like deals were about to happen and just fell through.
00:29:25.920 -->
00:29:30.079It was it was gonna happen, but they pulled out the last deal.
00:29:30.720 -->
00:29:33.599This time, this time was different.
00:29:33.839 -->
00:29:36.000McKenzie Gore has been traded.
00:29:36.160 -->
00:29:51.759He has gone to the Rangers, but what makes this deal a little more unusual, at least from my standpoint, is the fact that the Rangers traded for just Mackenzie Gore and sent five players in return.
00:29:52.400 -->
00:29:53.680Five prospects.
00:29:54.000 -->
00:30:02.640Five ranging all all within the you know ranking system for prospects within their organization.
00:30:03.200 -->
00:30:04.960Ranking system of prospects.
00:30:06.079 -->
00:30:29.039So they get a shortstop and and Gavin Fine Finds or Fiend, and uh they get a right-handed pitcher, an infielder, an outfielder, and a first baseman and outfielder, all of them ranked 24th or lower, or 24th or higher, I should say, 24th or higher within the prospect rankings.
00:30:29.279 -->
00:30:38.240So they just got themselves a huge haul that might flip what the Nationals are doing in the coming years, barring these prospects turning out.
00:30:38.400 -->
00:30:45.200I mean, you're you're looking at just a haul of picks, you know, hall of players that could turn this organization around.
00:30:45.519 -->
00:30:50.319Yeah, you know, I'm eager to see what they do here, how this plays out.
00:30:50.480 -->
00:30:51.920Uh but honestly, I like it.
00:30:52.000 -->
00:30:53.039I like the move.
00:30:53.279 -->
00:30:54.079I do too.
00:30:54.240 -->
00:30:54.960I do too.
00:30:55.279 -->
00:31:02.319Especially, especially for the two clubs, because they're in two different areas within their where their clubs are at.
00:31:02.480 -->
00:31:05.519So the Nationals, they are trying to rebuild.
00:31:05.759 -->
00:31:14.559And McKenzie Gore is the top guy they have, and they trade him off to the Rangers who are more in line to compete.
00:31:15.200 -->
00:31:17.359So both organizations kind of win here.
00:31:17.519 -->
00:31:17.759Yes.
00:31:18.000 -->
00:31:31.440We offload a few prospects and get a top-notch pitcher that we hope to provide us a push into the playoffs and hopefully into the deep into the Rangers clearly trying to play offs creep into that conversation there.
00:31:31.839 -->
00:31:45.519Speaking of conversations, we do have the world baseball classic coming up, and a lot of players we're going to be seeing participate in the world baseball classic, but two names you will not see is Jose Altuve and Carlos Correa.
00:31:46.319 -->
00:31:54.160Neither one will be participating in the World Baseball Classic Classic because there's no insurance for them.
00:31:55.200 -->
00:32:07.279And what I mean by no insurance is within their contracts, there is no insurance that they will get their salaries if they get hurt participating in the world baseball classic.
00:32:07.599 -->
00:32:12.640So both players have opted to not play because of this.
00:32:12.880 -->
00:32:16.079You know, sometimes I hate that money runs everything.
00:32:16.319 -->
00:32:19.680Uh I can't say I blame them.
00:32:19.920 -->
00:32:24.400I can't say I blame them, but at the same time, is this their first contracts?
00:32:24.559 -->
00:32:27.279Or they've been they've been around for No, no, no, Lord no.
00:32:27.359 -->
00:32:29.599They've been around for a long time, especially at Tuve.
00:32:29.920 -->
00:32:35.119Okay, so to me, like you should be financially well established by now.
00:32:35.279 -->
00:32:42.880I get that you want to make the money, and it's probably a significant amount of money, but I'm like, man, go play in the classic.
00:32:43.200 -->
00:32:46.480I know just everybody's motivated differently.
00:32:46.640 -->
00:32:47.359They are, yeah.
00:32:47.759 -->
00:32:50.079Everybody, you're right, everybody's motivated differently.
00:32:50.240 -->
00:33:00.960If it's me and I'm established and financially I'm good, if I'm if I'm at the point where I'm kind of playing more for the love of the game, then I'm like, all right, I don't mind.
00:33:01.279 -->
00:33:07.759A lot of players like performing in the world baseball classic because you're representing it's kind of like the Olympics.
00:33:07.839 -->
00:33:09.599You're representing your country.
00:33:09.839 -->
00:33:12.960So a lot of these players, they're not necessarily from the U.S.
00:33:13.200 -->
00:33:22.720You know, we've got guys from Venezuela, we got guys from Cuba, we got guys from Japan, we got guys from from over in Spain, we got players from all over.
00:33:22.880 -->
00:33:24.559Yeah, we even have players from Africa.
00:33:24.799 -->
00:33:32.559Yeah, I mean, baseball is a true worldwide sport, just like blitz ball in Final Fantasy.
00:33:34.319 -->
00:33:43.039Okay, and so basically, these players, uh Altuve and Correa, they've both played before in the World Baseball Classics.
00:33:43.119 -->
00:33:45.039So it's not like they haven't competed before.
00:33:45.279 -->
00:33:49.279So this might actually give an opportunity to someone else to perform.
00:33:49.519 -->
00:33:59.440So this might be a situation where them being out helps elevate someone else to show their show their stuff at a world stage.
00:33:59.680 -->
00:34:04.079Well, I guess that's what karma feels like because that information would have been helpful up front.
00:34:04.960 -->
00:34:06.319Well, I look.
00:34:07.359 -->
00:34:08.480This is like the gold medal.
00:34:08.800 -->
00:34:10.400I can't medal thing.
00:34:11.360 -->
00:34:12.639But you're right, no, you're right.
00:34:12.719 -->
00:34:14.159But they've already been there.
00:34:14.400 -->
00:34:17.440Uh so that changes things maybe a little bit.
00:34:17.519 -->
00:34:19.519Maybe they just don't want to go, maybe it's an excuse.
00:34:19.840 -->
00:34:29.519Hey, Lindsay Vaughn has been in the downhill competitions in the Olympics maybe years and years and years, but she's still going back for another try.
00:34:29.679 -->
00:34:30.079Exactly.
00:34:30.239 -->
00:34:38.960Maybe these two gentlemen feel that they've established themselves so well that maybe that's like, eh, give Youngblood some turn, some chance, you know.
00:34:39.119 -->
00:34:39.360Yeah.
00:34:39.519 -->
00:34:44.079It's kind of like NFL players saying, nah, I'm not participating in the Pro Bowl.
00:34:44.239 -->
00:34:51.360But to me, if it's as good as it's cracked up to be, and I'm a player, I'm thinking, all right, I probably want to go to this if I can go to this.
00:34:51.440 -->
00:34:54.239But that's just my perspective, okay.
00:34:54.559 -->
00:35:08.480Well, speaking of good, we gotta bounce on over to college basketball and specifically women's college basketball, because we gotta give a little shine to Notre Dame star.
00:35:10.000 -->
00:35:11.280I'm gonna let Brian do it.
00:35:11.360 -->
00:35:13.599We love let letting Brian do the names.
00:35:14.159 -->
00:35:17.519Notre Dame star Hannah Hidalgo.
00:35:17.840 -->
00:35:18.559There you go.
00:35:18.800 -->
00:35:19.440And he hit it.
00:35:19.519 -->
00:35:20.000He hit it just right.
00:35:20.719 -->
00:35:21.920You couldn't pronounce Hidalgo.
00:35:22.000 -->
00:35:23.440There's a movie called Hidalgo.
00:35:23.679 -->
00:35:25.519No, it's not that I couldn't pronounce pronounce it.
00:35:25.599 -->
00:35:29.440I'm trying to give people the chance to let Brian name.
00:35:30.000 -->
00:35:31.199Brian does the name.
00:35:31.360 -->
00:35:32.159I get it now.
00:35:32.239 -->
00:35:33.920It's our thing, it's one of our little things.
00:35:34.000 -->
00:35:34.559I get it.
00:35:34.800 -->
00:35:36.400So I nailed it this time.
00:35:36.639 -->
00:35:44.400So Hannah has made history with scoring 2,000 career points in college basketball.
00:35:44.719 -->
00:35:48.880And this is impressive for another reason, too.
00:35:49.199 -->
00:35:52.000She's also the quickest to do it.
00:35:53.039 -->
00:35:57.119She reached this incredible milestone in 86 games.
00:35:58.159 -->
00:36:01.760The previous the previous record was 89.
00:36:02.559 -->
00:36:11.119So now she is not only in the 2,000 points scored, but she did it in a faster clip.
00:36:12.559 -->
00:36:14.800She's gonna be in the WNBA for sure.
00:36:14.960 -->
00:36:18.000Yeah, she's probably a future WNBA.
00:36:18.320 -->
00:36:20.639And you know, this is just like that other girl.
00:36:20.719 -->
00:36:22.480I wish I remembered her name.
00:36:22.719 -->
00:36:35.039Uh, but there's a couple rising stars through college in the college race that I are gonna be household names in the WNBA one day.
00:36:35.599 -->
00:36:37.039Um, I can see now.
00:36:37.199 -->
00:36:38.719And congratulations to her.
00:36:38.800 -->
00:36:47.840And being in Notre Dame, Notre Dame, you know, an independent school at that, so they've had to go out and find matches and you know, organize exhibitions.
00:36:48.159 -->
00:37:04.159She also most recently not not just did the 2,000 points, but she also recorded her 382nd steal with Notre Dame, giving her the school record.
00:37:05.199 -->
00:37:08.079So now she has two milestones.
00:37:08.320 -->
00:37:10.480Maybe she should commit to the NBA.
00:37:10.639 -->
00:37:11.360I don't know.
00:37:12.159 -->
00:37:14.400Hey, I've seen her play, dude.
00:37:14.639 -->
00:37:15.599She can ball.
00:37:15.840 -->
00:37:18.719Now that would be a hell of a sport, okay?
00:37:18.960 -->
00:37:21.679No more NBA, no more WNBA.
00:37:22.800 -->
00:37:24.480From now on, it's co-ed.
00:37:24.960 -->
00:37:26.320Men and women together.
00:37:26.480 -->
00:37:33.440Could you imagine the strategy and the offensive schemes that could unfold?
00:37:34.239 -->
00:37:41.119Look, I can tell you, watch these WNBA games, you see these girls sometimes.
00:37:41.280 -->
00:37:43.599I hate to say it, I hate to say it, guys.
00:37:43.760 -->
00:37:44.880Y'all lacking.
00:37:45.119 -->
00:37:49.360Because these girls, they are competing harder than the guys do sometimes.
00:37:49.679 -->
00:37:51.119You know, and that's that's sad.
00:37:51.280 -->
00:37:51.760Well, yeah.
00:37:51.920 -->
00:37:53.920And the girls, girls are faster.
00:37:54.239 -->
00:37:56.800Sad for the guys to not put up as much effort.
00:37:56.880 -->
00:38:01.119You know, I don't know if the guys those girls play hard.
00:38:01.360 -->
00:38:12.639I don't know if the girl, now I do know that a top-tier men's college basketball team could probably compete with an NBA uh WNBA team.
00:38:12.800 -->
00:38:19.840Uh, but I still like the skill level in the WNBA, and I like the skill level we're seeing in the college ranks as well.
00:38:20.000 -->
00:38:24.400Uh the WNBA is clearly an up-and-coming uh professional sport.
00:38:24.480 -->
00:38:35.840And honestly, some sports like baseball and basketball, I wouldn't mind seeing a co-ed league pop up because I think in today's day and age, that you know, that would be widely accepted.
00:38:36.159 -->
00:38:43.920Well, don't forget that Ice Cube offered uh Oh damn, why am I forgetting her name?
00:38:44.079 -->
00:38:44.800This is horrible.
00:38:45.519 -->
00:38:46.400Brittany Greiner.
00:38:46.639 -->
00:38:48.480No, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:38:48.639 -->
00:38:49.920Uh Indiana.
00:38:50.159 -->
00:38:50.880Fever.
00:38:51.920 -->
00:38:52.239Oh.
00:38:53.039 -->
00:38:53.599Caitlin.
00:38:53.920 -->
00:39:02.159Yeah, he offered Caitlin Clark a contract to come be in the Big Three League instead of going to WNBA.
00:39:02.320 -->
00:39:04.480She turned it down, obviously, because she went WNBA.
00:39:04.719 -->
00:39:05.519Obviously.
00:39:05.760 -->
00:39:07.840But she would have been performing in the Big Three.
00:39:08.079 -->
00:39:16.559Yeah, the big and yeah, that and I think doesn't Caitlin Clark perform in that three-on-three league as well, or is she just WNBA only?
00:39:17.440 -->
00:39:22.719I I think that whole league is built up on WNBA players, the three-on-three league.
00:39:22.960 -->
00:39:30.639Well, it's built on it's built on WNBA players, but it's also built on other professional players that didn't make it to the WNBA.
00:39:30.719 -->
00:39:34.400Uh it's it's got some non-WNBA players in it.
00:39:34.800 -->
00:39:35.039Okay.
00:39:35.840 -->
00:39:37.760But it's it's like speed basketball.
00:39:37.840 -->
00:39:38.880I kind of like it.
00:39:40.559 -->
00:39:49.360But let's roll on into football and pursuit and let's before we get into NFL, I want to talk a little college football.
00:39:50.000 -->
00:39:52.480Because we do have some news in college football.
00:39:52.559 -->
00:39:55.280And I I kind of like this situation that's going on here.
00:39:55.599 -->
00:39:58.880So we just saw the Oregon Ducks do a little something.
00:40:00.320 -->
00:40:02.239On they kind of got bumped out of the playoffs.
00:40:02.480 -->
00:40:05.039But I mean, they still made it, they still had a good run, though.
00:40:05.119 -->
00:40:05.920I gotta give them credit.
00:40:06.239 -->
00:40:14.079They did, they did, but they landed a commitment uh that the last name should sound a little familiar.
00:40:14.320 -->
00:40:18.400They just got an outside linebacker, Sam Hanada.
00:40:19.599 -->
00:40:26.559And if that doesn't ring a bell, that last name, maybe it will if I say Halone.
00:40:27.199 -->
00:40:28.159Halone Nada.
00:40:28.559 -->
00:40:29.119Yes.
00:40:29.280 -->
00:40:30.400That is his son.
00:40:30.559 -->
00:40:33.599His son is making his way to the Oregon Ducks.
00:40:33.760 -->
00:40:35.679Man, outside linebacker.
00:40:36.000 -->
00:40:46.000And Nada was part of that Super Bowl team with Ray Lewis and that all-premier defense, one of the best defenses the league might have ever seen.
00:40:46.320 -->
00:40:48.320He was an all-American in 2005.
00:40:48.719 -->
00:40:50.719His dad, Helone Nada.
00:40:51.199 -->
00:40:53.360He was also, let's see.
00:40:53.599 -->
00:40:55.199He was an all-American in 2005.
00:40:55.280 -->
00:41:02.079He was selected 12th overall in the 2006 NFL draft by the Ravens.
00:41:02.400 -->
00:41:04.159Uh let's see.
00:41:04.480 -->
00:41:06.239They won the Super Bowl in 2008.
00:41:06.800 -->
00:41:08.239Five-time Pro Bowler.
00:41:11.360 -->
00:41:16.000Uh won the Super Bowl championship with them.
00:41:16.960 -->
00:41:23.039He played 13 seasons where he played with the Baltimore Ravens, the Detroit Lions, and the Philadelphia Eagles.
00:41:24.000 -->
00:41:24.320Okay.
00:41:25.679 -->
00:41:28.719But now we're going to see his son and see what he can do.
00:41:28.880 -->
00:41:31.199Yeah, coming into the college ranks as well.
00:41:32.159 -->
00:41:40.559And I'm excited because now we're seeing second and in some cases third generations of NFL players coming down now.
00:41:40.880 -->
00:41:47.199Um, and maybe one day my son might be in the professional athlete ranks as well.
00:41:47.360 -->
00:41:49.519But anyway, uh so good luck.
00:41:50.400 -->
00:41:53.119Good luck to Nada's son and uh him as well.
00:41:53.280 -->
00:41:57.119And uh, you know be watching for him with the Oregon Ducks.
00:41:57.440 -->
00:42:05.360Hopefully he's reliable though, because some teams have an issue with their with their players being reliable.
00:42:06.000 -->
00:42:07.760Dion here coming up.
00:42:08.000 -->
00:42:15.119Dion, this must be coming a real issue because he's now issuing five hundred dollar fines for being late.
00:42:15.519 -->
00:42:15.840Okay.
00:42:16.800 -->
00:42:18.480I like what Dion's doing here.
00:42:18.559 -->
00:42:23.840I like Dion Dion is going old school on them and he's making these players accountable.
00:42:24.000 -->
00:42:25.840Now, remember, NIL.
00:42:26.239 -->
00:42:30.880These players are making NIL money, so they can pay these fines now.
00:42:31.039 -->
00:42:38.079So now he's gonna five fine them$500 for being late, and no shows are gonna cost$2,500.
00:42:38.719 -->
00:42:40.000You know what's funny?
00:42:40.159 -->
00:42:44.000Everybody on a college football team is not getting paid, okay?
00:42:44.159 -->
00:42:54.159But it's funny because I'm betting the ones not getting paid are the ones that already know that they can't screw up and they're probably already reliable.
00:42:54.480 -->
00:42:57.280Yes, you're probably right, you know.
00:42:57.920 -->
00:43:00.079But this is this is a simple thing.
00:43:00.159 -->
00:43:09.760Like and Dion's just trying to push upon them, be where you're supposed to be on time, which is a good lesson for anybody.
00:43:09.920 -->
00:43:13.599You know, you don't want to be showing up late, especially later in life.
00:43:13.679 -->
00:43:16.239If you've got a job interview, you can't show up late.
00:43:16.400 -->
00:43:20.400You probably won't get the job then, you know, it or no show.
00:43:20.559 -->
00:43:22.159You can't no-show for things.
00:43:22.320 -->
00:43:26.880You know, if you have a job and you don't show and don't call, they're gonna fire you.
00:43:27.199 -->
00:43:31.360So you need to you need to instill some of these values within people.
00:43:31.760 -->
00:43:39.119I agree, and then people and the guys, and again, the guys lower on the totem pole, they already know they can't mess up.
00:43:39.360 -->
00:43:44.639So they're the guys that show up to practice or the people I say guys, but really I mean people.
00:43:44.800 -->
00:43:54.079They're the people that show up to practice on time and every day, just like the workers in your job who can't afford to miss any part of that paycheck.
00:43:54.239 -->
00:44:00.320Well, you know, I think it was uh oh dang.
00:44:00.480 -->
00:44:21.760I heard I heard I heard a former NFL player who said that he was so terrified of being late when he was a rookie that he literally one point pulled over and put his spare tire on his vehicle and pulled into practice with the spare tire on just so he could tell his coach, hey, I had a flat, that's why I'm late.
00:44:21.920 -->
00:44:24.320You know, hey, so he wouldn't get signed.
00:44:24.719 -->
00:44:27.199That's better than sending a fake picture.
00:44:27.519 -->
00:44:29.119Well, yeah, it never works.
00:44:29.599 -->
00:44:40.079That's better than going on Facebook and saying, Hey, to a group of random strangers, can you make my car look like blank so I can send it to my boss?
00:44:40.639 -->
00:44:41.760I love those words.
00:44:42.400 -->
00:44:42.960Oh Lord.
00:44:43.199 -->
00:44:46.480It's usually they always get some ridiculous stuff back.
00:44:46.880 -->
00:44:48.800Yeah, I'm sure.
00:44:50.159 -->
00:44:52.480But anyway, I won't go into details on that.
00:44:52.559 -->
00:44:53.679We'll keep moving on here.
00:44:53.840 -->
00:44:59.679Uh, but here, this is interesting, especially as the NIL area era unfolds.
00:44:59.840 -->
00:45:02.880Uh, because now we're gonna start coming into some.
00:45:03.440 -->
00:45:06.400Are they gonna start changing some rules or adding some rules?
00:45:06.480 -->
00:45:15.519Because Duke is filing lawsuit against our uh QB Darien Minsa in the wake of his last-minute uh transfer portal entry.
00:45:15.599 -->
00:45:25.519And by the way, they have not removed him from their roster, despite the fact that he is legitimately really not even on their team anymore.
00:45:25.840 -->
00:45:32.800Um, and this is part of so he committed to Duke.
00:45:34.159 -->
00:45:41.840Duke commits I NIL, they're like married now, but he changes his mind last minute, wants to go somewhere else.
00:45:41.920 -->
00:45:43.280Mike, what do you make of this article here?
00:45:43.440 -->
00:45:46.239Because I feel like this should be a lesson.
00:45:46.639 -->
00:46:01.199Uh obviously he signed the NIL deal and was fully I mean, he was taking classes, he was he was showing up to team events, he was all in part a you know part of the school.
00:46:01.599 -->
00:46:17.920So we just went through a little bit of this with the quarterback there with Washington, where he signed an IL deal and tried to get out of it so he could go play for uh Lane Kiffin.
00:46:18.480 -->
00:46:34.960But now we're in that scenario again where obviously they're not getting good advice from people they trust because if you're being told, hey, it's okay, I know you signed a deal, I know you got money from the school, but you can leave.
00:46:35.119 -->
00:46:42.320No, no, if you make a deal, a commitment, and they gave you money on that commitment, that means you have to be there.
00:46:42.719 -->
00:46:46.880Like, these are kids, they're not going to anybody for advice.
00:46:47.119 -->
00:46:48.719They think they know everything, okay?
00:46:48.800 -->
00:46:49.599They you're right.
00:46:49.920 -->
00:46:53.199He probably ain't even But but no, no, no, no, no, no, no.
00:46:53.760 -->
00:46:54.960Hold on, hold on, hold up.
00:46:55.519 -->
00:47:00.000Not all not all young people are that way.
00:47:00.719 -->
00:47:02.960There's a vast majority of them, I will agree.
00:47:03.039 -->
00:47:04.800They feel like they know everything.
00:47:05.199 -->
00:47:08.800Christ, when I was a kid, I used to be the same way.
00:47:08.960 -->
00:47:16.159I was like, I know what I'm doing, I don't need it, I need any advice, I'm good, and I'm like, man, I really screwed up.
00:47:17.119 -->
00:47:25.760I mean, I know so I'm so confident now, and I know what I know now because you screwed up.
00:47:25.920 -->
00:47:31.039I screwed up so much before in my younger years because I thought I knew everything.
00:47:31.280 -->
00:47:36.400Now I actually do kind of know everything because I've been there and done that and learned the hard way.
00:47:36.719 -->
00:47:40.320Well, maybe not everything, but no, I know everything.
00:47:41.360 -->
00:47:42.639I'm Galactus.
00:47:44.079 -->
00:47:44.239Okay.
00:47:47.360 -->
00:47:55.119Look, there's something you said in there that's that should be a wake-up call for anybody who's a little younger.
00:47:55.599 -->
00:48:00.960That you said that when you had made mistakes, you learned from those mistakes.
00:48:01.119 -->
00:48:01.519That's right.
00:48:01.679 -->
00:48:10.000Mistakes, albeit let's not make huge mistakes, mistakes are okay as long as you're learning from these mistakes because that's how you grow.
00:48:10.159 -->
00:48:19.280You need to make mistakes to know, oh, you know, I can't just come rolling in the house at 11 o'clock when my parents said I had to be here at 10.
00:48:19.440 -->
00:48:21.360Now I'm grounded for a month.
00:48:21.679 -->
00:48:22.400Mistake.
00:48:22.639 -->
00:48:23.599You learn.
00:48:23.840 -->
00:48:26.320You know, depends on your family on that one.
00:48:26.559 -->
00:48:33.440Look, look, as long as you're not making mistakes like I got drunk, I drove my car, I crashed it into this other car.
00:48:33.679 -->
00:48:35.679Yeah, I mean, like that's big mistake.
00:48:36.159 -->
00:48:37.920Don't show up to work hungover.
00:48:38.239 -->
00:48:38.480Okay?
00:48:38.880 -->
00:48:42.239Don't show up to work under the influence of anything, right?
00:48:42.480 -->
00:48:45.679These are decisions that people make every day.
00:48:45.920 -->
00:48:49.119Some the right decision, some the wrong decision.
00:48:49.440 -->
00:48:49.760Okay.
00:48:51.519 -->
00:49:00.800Sir, I can tell you there are some people in this world that are functioning alcoholics and they still show up to work and still work, even though they're blitzed.
00:49:01.119 -->
00:49:05.199Yeah, I know a lot of them in the industry that I work in, it's very common.
00:49:06.000 -->
00:49:08.880But it does not still make it a good decision.
00:49:09.199 -->
00:49:10.719Oh, I didn't say it was a good decision.
00:49:10.800 -->
00:49:13.119I'm just saying there are folks that do that.
00:49:13.360 -->
00:49:14.000You know?
00:49:14.400 -->
00:49:17.199There are folks that do that and other things.
00:49:17.440 -->
00:49:28.480Uh but you know, you you the the thing is you need at least I say you need at least three good avenues for advice, okay?
00:49:28.719 -->
00:49:31.920Uh a lot of times your parents can be them.
00:49:32.320 -->
00:49:42.719I don't advocate you making your friends them, because your friends, most of the time, unless they're good friends, will always tell you what you want to hear, unless you're Mike, who doesn't tell me anything I want to hear, and that's why I love them so much.
00:49:42.960 -->
00:49:46.159Um and then you can get an advisor.
00:49:46.480 -->
00:49:49.039I very regularly tell you that's dumb.
00:49:50.159 -->
00:49:50.800Exactly.
00:49:50.880 -->
00:49:52.480And that's why he's such a great friend.
00:49:52.559 -->
00:49:54.800Because friends don't let friends do dumb shit.
00:49:55.039 -->
00:49:58.239But or you want to know when somebody has no friends.
00:49:58.400 -->
00:50:06.239When you see that person walking down the street and they're dressed all kinds of wild, and you're just like, did they get did they get dressed in the dark?
00:50:06.400 -->
00:50:07.360Like, what is this?
00:50:07.599 -->
00:50:11.519You know, when you see that and you just go, Yeah, they ain't got no friends.
00:50:11.679 -->
00:50:12.000Yeah, yeah.
00:50:12.960 -->
00:50:14.800Either that, it's it's one of two things.
00:50:14.960 -->
00:50:19.039Either they don't have friends or they have some really good friends that are messing with them.
00:50:19.280 -->
00:50:19.760That's right.
00:50:19.920 -->
00:50:22.000They're they're they're like, Yeah, man, go ahead.
00:50:22.159 -->
00:50:23.199You look great.
00:50:23.519 -->
00:50:26.480And they're secretly sitting back going, look at this idiot.
00:50:26.960 -->
00:50:34.000Or they didn't seek advice from people they may call friends to be able to tell them that's a bad idea.
00:50:34.239 -->
00:50:39.760Or you can seek advice from an advisor, such as somebody who you know may have been there and done that before.
00:50:39.840 -->
00:50:41.519It don't have to be a friend, don't have to be a family member.
00:50:41.679 -->
00:50:49.360Can just be a random guy or girl or person who coach, somebody who you're familiar with, even on just a name basis.
00:50:49.440 -->
00:50:50.639Hey, teacher, professor.
00:50:50.880 -->
00:50:58.159I wonder if that guy who I know who I'm friends with on Facebook, but I've never actually talked to in real life, I see his post.
00:50:58.480 -->
00:50:59.920He's clearly been through this.
00:51:00.079 -->
00:51:02.320Let me reach out to this person real quick.
00:51:02.639 -->
00:51:04.239You're gonna ask AI for advice?
00:51:04.400 -->
00:51:06.000No, I said you're doomed to fail.
00:51:06.159 -->
00:51:06.559I said person.
00:51:06.800 -->
00:51:08.239And I don't think you know it's a person.
00:51:08.480 -->
00:51:12.159I don't think you're doomed to fail if you utilize AI.
00:51:12.719 -->
00:51:18.079No, I I just don't think I would ask for investing advice from AI or you know, ask thirty.
00:51:18.239 -->
00:51:25.440You know, if you want to ask AI, hey, who won, you know, the the 1967 World Series, sure, go ahead.
00:51:25.760 -->
00:51:38.880Well, AI can give you investing advice, not that this is an investment co you know podcast, but AI, if used properly, can give you good advice on pretty much anything you're doing.
00:51:39.039 -->
00:51:45.679Uh, you have to be able to ask the right questions, and you have to be able to understand that the answers it's gonna give you.
00:51:45.920 -->
00:51:46.639But that's the problem.
00:51:46.800 -->
00:51:49.039You have to know what the right questions are, sir.
00:51:49.280 -->
00:51:53.039Sometimes if you just ask it dumb questions, it's gonna give you dumb answers.
00:51:53.280 -->
00:51:54.159Well, this is true.
00:51:54.400 -->
00:52:05.519Look, South Park did a whole episode on this where you know you're sitting here having having Randy ask AI what he should do with his business, and it's just pandering to him the whole time.
00:52:05.840 -->
00:52:09.039Like, I don't think South Park is a reliable source.
00:52:09.440 -->
00:52:11.599I didn't say it was a reliable source, but it was hilarious.
00:52:12.159 -->
00:52:13.840I don't think it's a reliable reference.
00:52:13.920 -->
00:52:15.519It's a cartoon, it's made up.
00:52:15.760 -->
00:52:17.840No, no, listen, listen, listen, listen.
00:52:18.239 -->
00:52:22.880Every bad idea Randy had, AI was like, that's an interesting idea.
00:52:23.039 -->
00:52:24.719You should really think about that.
00:52:24.960 -->
00:52:25.440Huh.
00:52:25.599 -->
00:52:26.639I guess I will.
00:52:26.880 -->
00:52:31.920You know, and it was just bad idea after bad idea, and things just kept getting worse.
00:52:32.079 -->
00:52:37.519And eventually, eventually he just goes to Sharon and says, Sharon, can you take my phone for a while?
00:52:37.760 -->
00:52:45.599Not to get too far off topic, but I will say I use various AI platforms for various functions.
00:52:45.840 -->
00:52:54.239Um, and it if I do have a not so great idea, but the way I present it as well is different too, maybe.
00:52:54.400 -->
00:53:08.159When I talk just generally, just say ChatGPT, for instance, when I have an idea for a business, it will tell me the likelihood of it being successful and if it is quote good, not good, or maybe needs some work.
00:53:09.039 -->
00:53:15.760From my experience, AI does not just passively or actively approve of everything you put into it.
00:53:16.239 -->
00:53:22.719But I am also using it and have learned to use it in a way that benefits my efficiency.
00:53:23.039 -->
00:53:39.199Sir, I guarantee you, within the legal precedence of what you if you go look at the agreement with that service, they're gonna say, We do not advise you to take it legal or medical or financial advice using this service.
00:53:39.360 -->
00:53:41.760No, I guarantee you that it's written somewhere in there.
00:53:42.079 -->
00:53:53.599No, they're probably gonna cover their ass and say, we don't recommend you taking any advice, but it does, if you ask it, it it does give you relatively decent advice.
00:53:53.760 -->
00:53:58.239If you ask it, hey, I'm going through a divorce, how can I win?
00:53:58.400 -->
00:54:06.800Obviously, it's gonna ask some probing questions because you gotta give it some more information about your specific scenario, your locality.
00:54:07.119 -->
00:54:27.280I seriously doubt AI knows what a uh uh well, I don't want to get too graphic with the other half of the scenario, but just we'll just say, you know, I don't think it knows the uh harshness you have to deal with from the other half.
00:54:28.000 -->
00:54:30.400So AI can only go so far.
00:54:30.800 -->
00:54:34.800AI cannot give you emotional advice, it can't give you romantic advice.
00:54:34.880 -->
00:54:35.840No, it can't do that.
00:54:36.000 -->
00:54:55.840But things logistically, especially things that have a numeric value that can be measured, things logistical, it can help guide you on, obviously, and it and it usually gives you the sources it pulls information from, and for me, typically it's sources I go to anyway.
00:54:56.159 -->
00:54:58.239But this is getting way off from what we're doing.
00:54:58.400 -->
00:54:59.360It is getting way off.
00:54:59.440 -->
00:55:00.480I digress, okay.
00:55:00.880 -->
00:55:09.519The point of the matter is for this quarterback with Duke, he needs to just you made a commitment, you agreed to something.
00:55:09.679 -->
00:55:12.960You if you agree to things, you should honor that commitment.
00:55:13.119 -->
00:55:21.280And if you can't, you need to have a legitimate reason for not committing and doing what you have agreed upon, especially in this situation.
00:55:21.360 -->
00:55:24.960This is why you're getting sued because you did not hold up your end of the bargain.
00:55:25.119 -->
00:55:26.000That's right.
00:55:26.320 -->
00:55:28.639And I mean, fair is fair.
00:55:28.719 -->
00:55:36.639You sign a contract, and trust me, I've had my own run-ins with contracts, and we won't go specifically, but those of you who know, if you know, you know, right?
00:55:36.960 -->
00:55:43.119You sign that piece of paper, you're liable for your half of whatever you committed to, okay?
00:55:43.440 -->
00:55:51.199And that's just the way it is, whether you get your benefit or not, okay, whether you get your side or not, which you should get your side because it's a contract.
00:55:51.440 -->
00:55:54.400But anyway, I digress, we move on from that.
00:55:54.559 -->
00:56:00.719Uh, good luck to him and his suit, good luck to him and his whatever team he's gonna play for next year.
00:56:00.960 -->
00:56:06.239Uh, Mike, are you ready to jump into some NFL action?
00:56:06.960 -->
00:56:07.599Yes.
00:56:08.000 -->
00:56:23.519Before we jump into that though, I just briefly I was gonna do this at the end of the show, but I just briefly want to say, given our our uh rabbit holes a second go, um this is why I love this show, and this is why I love you, Mike.
00:56:23.679 -->
00:56:27.360Okay, well, it's not the only reason, but it's part of a multitude of reasons.
00:56:27.519 -->
00:56:33.119Uh some of you viewers may recognize when we disagree, we are legitimately disagreeing, okay?
00:56:33.199 -->
00:56:35.599That's not script, okay?
00:56:35.840 -->
00:56:39.599Yeah, um, we have very different views on a lot of things.
00:56:39.760 -->
00:56:44.400Everything from politics to AI to how we wash our ass, okay?
00:56:44.559 -->
00:56:48.079Um no, no, we we do agree on you should wash your ass.
00:56:48.320 -->
00:56:51.280No, I said how we do it, not that we do it.
00:56:51.760 -->
00:56:52.960Hey, hey.
00:56:53.760 -->
00:56:55.119You want a better one?
00:56:55.440 -->
00:57:00.719How we how we take care of or how we decorate our vehicles is very different.
00:57:00.800 -->
00:57:01.599I can tell you that.
00:57:01.760 -->
00:57:05.599Yeah, I don't I don't think spike lignuts look good on anything.
00:57:05.840 -->
00:57:08.800First of all, I don't want to I'm not fighting the Romance.
00:57:08.880 -->
00:57:09.840This is not a chariot.
00:57:09.920 -->
00:57:11.280I don't need spikes on my vehicle.
00:57:11.519 -->
00:57:17.679Sir, I think the word you're looking for is modify or custom, and decorate is something you do to your house.
00:57:17.920 -->
00:57:18.159Okay.
00:57:18.320 -->
00:57:19.199Or your girlfriend.
00:57:19.519 -->
00:57:20.320All right, hold up.
00:57:20.480 -->
00:57:21.199All right, fine.
00:57:21.280 -->
00:57:27.760We could say custom modify, but really all you're doing is just unbolting and putting something else on.
00:57:27.920 -->
00:57:29.519So it's not really customizing anything.
00:57:29.599 -->
00:57:37.280You're sometimes you're not chopping or welding or modifying a motor, you're just accenting.
00:57:37.760 -->
00:57:38.960I have done things like that.
00:57:39.039 -->
00:57:40.880And yes, I am doing things like that.
00:57:40.960 -->
00:57:42.800It's just the spike lug nuts are part of it.
00:57:42.960 -->
00:57:47.199By the way, this time they're short spikes, they're not long spikes like I had on the truck.
00:57:47.440 -->
00:57:51.280They're short, they're chrome, they match the wheels, they look like little studs.
00:57:51.760 -->
00:57:55.360You're not finding as Roman gladiators in a chariot race.
00:57:55.519 -->
00:57:57.920You don't need spikes on your lug nuts.
00:57:58.159 -->
00:58:00.400No, that's why they look more like studs, okay?
00:58:00.559 -->
00:58:02.159They poke out of the lug hole.
00:58:02.320 -->
00:58:05.920But anyway, to each his own, and it's gonna look clean when it's done.
00:58:06.000 -->
00:58:07.199And I'm doing other things to it.
00:58:08.960 -->
00:58:09.519Exactly.
00:58:09.760 -->
00:58:22.480But anyway, as I was saying, you know, uh, so I I like this podcast, not just because it's about sports, and actually, non-sports people could listen to our podcast because we banter a lot, right?
00:58:22.880 -->
00:58:26.159So I like that we have different views a lot.
00:58:26.320 -->
00:58:37.519We agree on some things, uh, but we've been very good friends, uh, pretty much best friends, for like two months.
00:58:37.840 -->
00:58:38.880Where are you going with this, dude?
00:58:39.119 -->
00:58:41.440Anyway, I'm just saying you're beating this dead horse.
00:58:41.679 -->
00:58:52.400I just want to say I appreciate that we're able to put on a show and talk because a lot of people can't have conversations anymore that don't have that have conflicting viewpoints, right?
00:58:52.480 -->
00:58:52.880Or beliefs.
00:58:53.199 -->
00:58:54.480Oh, they can't live and let live?
00:58:54.639 -->
00:58:55.199Exactly.
00:58:55.360 -->
00:58:59.199I but I think that we do a very good job and set a very good example of doing that.
00:58:59.440 -->
00:59:01.039I I believe in live and let live.
00:59:01.199 -->
00:59:06.559I mean, honestly, I I hate that people can't disagree and still be okay.
00:59:06.800 -->
00:59:11.119Like you can have different views and be alright, because guess what?
00:59:11.199 -->
00:59:13.199That's the beauty part of being in our country.
00:59:13.440 -->
00:59:13.840Exactly.
00:59:14.000 -->
00:59:17.440You're you can sit here and disagree and it's fine.
00:59:17.599 -->
00:59:25.039We're not being told, nope, thou shalt believe this, or you are going against the the country and you will go to jail.
00:59:25.280 -->
00:59:25.679That's right.
00:59:26.079 -->
00:59:26.960That we don't live in that.
00:59:27.119 -->
00:59:27.599It's okay.
00:59:27.679 -->
00:59:29.039Everybody can have their opinion.
00:59:29.280 -->
00:59:29.760That's right.
00:59:29.920 -->
00:59:35.440Your opinions are, and I'm gonna say this, it's it's an old tired phrase, but opinions like assholes.
00:59:35.519 -->
00:59:38.000Everybody has one, and they all stink.
00:59:38.320 -->
00:59:39.039Exactly.
00:59:39.360 -->
00:59:43.679I am a Christian Buddhist, and Mike is a gay Republican.
00:59:43.920 -->
00:59:47.280So the hell you say no, I'm not.
00:59:48.239 -->
00:59:48.719Sorry.
00:59:48.880 -->
00:59:51.360Uh LGBTQ plus Republican.
00:59:51.679 -->
00:59:57.840Might become the first podcast with a recorded punch, with a with a recorded homicide.
00:59:58.400 -->
00:59:59.760Anyway, let's go on ahead.
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01:00:02.239jump into some NFL news here, Mike.
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01:00:03.920And our listeners as well.
01:00:04.159 -->
01:00:07.360By the way, some of y'all, you're familiar with the Kelsey brothers.
01:00:07.760 -->
01:00:08.559I hope you are.
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01:00:10.159If not, you're about to be who?
01:00:10.559 -->
01:00:12.159The Kelsey brothers.
01:00:12.480 -->
01:00:15.599Or we call them the Kelche brothers now.
01:00:15.840 -->
01:00:16.239Wait, wait.
01:00:16.320 -->
01:00:16.880Who they?
01:00:17.119 -->
01:00:18.559They're the Kilts they're the Kelts.
01:00:18.719 -->
01:00:19.920They're the Kelche brothers.
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01:00:20.880Who they?
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01:00:26.000Anyway, Jason Kelsey, former Philadelphia Eagles, Super Bowl winning center.
01:00:26.320 -->
01:00:26.960You mean Mr.
01:00:27.039 -->
01:00:27.519Swift?
01:00:27.760 -->
01:00:28.000Mr.
01:00:28.079 -->
01:00:29.360Swift Mr.
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01:00:29.599Swift?
01:00:29.920 -->
01:00:32.159No, that no, that's Travis Kelsey.
01:00:32.239 -->
01:00:33.920I mean I'm talking about Jason.
01:00:34.159 -->
01:00:35.119Oh that's right, that's right.
01:00:35.360 -->
01:00:35.679Jason.
01:00:36.000 -->
01:00:44.639Travis Kelsey, aka soon to be Travis Swift, plays tight end for the Chiefs and is also a uh Super Bowl winner his own rights.
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01:00:55.519Their brothers uh they don't look much alike other than their beards and maybe their eyes.
01:00:56.719 -->
01:01:01.599But anyway, these two brothers some people like them some people hate them some people don't care about them.
01:01:01.760 -->
01:01:03.920But anyway, I kind of grown to like them a lot.
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01:01:08.159They're donating uh real quick what do you got Mike?
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01:01:16.239Alright typically I don't like the Kelsey's I mean I Jason's alright here comes I just don't I don't like I don't like his brother.
01:01:16.480 -->
01:01:17.280Lay it on us.
01:01:17.519 -->
01:01:30.880I typically don't like him because the way he the way he is on the field, the way he basically he mocks and taunts and gets in people's faces and acts like a D-bag half the time is kind of why I don't like him.
01:01:31.039 -->
01:01:51.599You know he just has he has the type of personality that when I played sports he was the guy that I would want to be going against because I'd want to make sure that he lost I like because I hate that type of personality you can't just win you have to try to put people down and try to be you know mocking people to make yourself feel better.
01:01:51.760 -->
01:01:53.440Like I hate that personality.
01:01:53.679 -->
01:02:35.280But I will give the Kelsey brothers this they did an amazing thing for somebody unselfishly there was a GoFundMe for an athlete by the name of again Brian said the name Layla Edwards come on man oh it is Brian said the name we're getting some easy ones man we need some we get we get some easy names tonight we need like Antoupe I'll get you some good names next time but Layla Edwards uh started GoFundMe because she has qualified to be on the Olympics female hockey team and she's looking for donations in order to send her family to go watch her compete.
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01:02:38.000They don't have they don't have the money to travel themselves.
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01:03:06.800So the Travis and well Travis and Jason Kelsey stepped up and donated$10,000 which was more than they had asked for now the Olympics the winter Olympics are going to be in Italy so this is not going to be a very uh cheap ticket you know especially the you know considering that she's a star at the University of Wisconsin and she wants to have her family come watch her compete.
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01:03:25.840So the Kelsey brothers pitched in 10k which got both got her way over her goal and now I'm sure based on the fact that you know whenever the Kelseys seem to do anything charitable they tend to see more money come in.
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01:03:32.960Well yeah I'm sure that her they're going to get even more money to help get her family over to Italy to watch their daughter compete.
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01:03:57.119Yeah she she said here a lot more of her family can come down and you're right anytime you get uh a big name especially a celebrity more people want to buy into it because they just have that following okay and I'm not knocking it I think this is a great thing I think it's huge for her um and by the way Edwards uh Layla she's the first black woman to play for the U.S.
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01:04:18.320women's senior national team uh so this is kind of a big deal not just to her but for US American Olympic history as well and I think especially you know whichever side you're on politically given the climate in this country right now I think this is a a huge deal.
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01:05:11.039So I would I would love to see more good news and good stuff like this versus you know somebody uploading their next vacation or you know I I want to see more positive news like this this is this is big you know for for her family this is big they get to go watch their daughter on a huge stage and get to enjoy the event with her like share in a moment that she's gonna have for the rest of her life I I think this is great and this is uh Olympic history as well as American history um and every little bit counts so congratulations to her and good luck to her and her team in the Olympics so hats hats off to the Kelsey brothers for stepping up and doing something very unselfish for somebody who is representing our nation.
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01:06:28.880Yeah I agree with that uh you know moving right along here though we had a few coaching personnel hires update okay uh uh all right so the Steelers are hiring Mike McCarthy uh Green Bay Packers and former Dallas Cowboys head coach to be their new head coach uh he says he would definitely like Rogers to stay now Rogers played under McCarthy so what do you make of this Mike well first uh you know Rogers was kind of the reason McCarthy got pushed out in the first place so that's a little of a weird scenario there you're right he kind of started that whole situation but um so let me ask you would you say that Mike McCarthy is kind of comparable to Mike Tomlin being that both of them seem to do well enough in the regular season they get to the postseason and they don't win they get bumped out usually in the first round and both have a Super Bowl won you know the similarities are striking but give me just a second the similarities are striking but I think Tomlin is a little bit better of a coach than McCarthy.
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01:06:48.400So I heard I heard somebody make an analogy of this and it's probably the funniest thing I've ever heard when somebody comparing a coaching change and it being kind of a eh because it really is kind of a eh I don't think this is what Steeler fans were hoping for.
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01:06:51.039I I I think I know where you're going with this.
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01:07:38.320Here's what I here's what I heard and I I I you tell me what you think of this so somebody said that hiring Mike McCarthy to be the next Steelers head coach is like shitting your pants and changing your shirt you haven't really changed the situation you know I think the Steelers were looking for a splash hire a name brand higher I think they really was that pund intended well I think they really want to keep um Rogers I think they really want Pun intended it was splash higher I I think they really want to attract Rogers for at least one more year because I honestly I don't think the Steelers know what they're doing.
01:07:38.480 -->
01:07:38.719Right.
01:07:38.800 -->
01:07:42.000I think they're just throw him darts at this point.
01:07:42.159 -->
01:07:49.840But McCarthy was willing to come coach and they didn't run he's a Pittsburgh negative a what?
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01:08:00.800He's a Pittsburgh native oh I thought you said Pittsburgh negative I said no hold on a second but they didn't uh they didn't run an extensive coaching hire.
01:08:01.280 -->
01:08:05.039Like they only interviewed two or three people well think about it.
01:08:05.440 -->
01:08:15.920The Steelers for the last few years you can say had you know they focused mainly on defense for the most part and they weren't so great on offense.
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01:08:25.920Now if you look at Mike McCarthy when he was with Dallas he had a good offense didn't look so great on defense.
01:08:26.319 -->
01:08:35.760Now you're getting almost the reverse in with the Steelers you're gonna have them focus mainly on offense and not so much on defense.
01:08:35.920 -->
01:08:48.159So I mean like well I they have they have so many players on the defensive side that are way overpaid that they're gonna have to figure out what they're doing with these contracts and maybe let go of some players.
01:08:48.399 -->
01:09:03.359So now you're gonna be in a scenario where you really need Rogers to come back because you can't pay to get any of these free agent quarterbacks or go after a Kirk Cousins or a you know any other name that might be out there for trade.
01:09:03.680 -->
01:09:09.279Whether first of all whether Rodgers comes back or not I think they go after rookie quarterback in the draft.
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01:09:56.000Well they have Howard well they have Howard but I still think they probably get a draft one even if it's in the later rounds but I I think they got McCarthy for a couple of exclusive reasons okay I think they got McCarthy because one he although it's not spectacular he has a proven um consistent track record okay of not managing the clock well I agree well that but Tomlin had things that he didn't do well either as a coach even though he's a great coach like run the ball yeah that but he couldn't build an offense either I mean I go as far back as Rothlisberger like he couldn't they they really haven't had much of an offense in like 15 years.
01:09:56.560 -->
01:10:00.479Just like Mike McCarthy doesn't use any motion whatsoever in his play calls?
01:10:00.720 -->
01:10:13.359Well that too and again I don't necessarily agree with the McCarthy but I think they feel like they wanted a coach that they knew that they could reasonably keep around for a long time.
01:10:13.520 -->
01:10:40.880They want to they like continuity and consistency I think they would with the coach who they knew that they could give some leash to you don't say the team that has only had three coaches in their entire history since 1969 is looking for consistency and longevity in a coach you don't say well I think I think all teams should be doing that but I think they're looking for a coach.
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01:10:53.359Go ahead sorry well sometimes you you wear out your welcome and I in this case I think the reason that you had Mike Tomlin walk away is he was just kind of like this is over.
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01:11:09.760This is time to move on you know it's kind of like you see the couple where it's like they're obviously done but they're not done and then finally one day they just walk away and everybody goes I get it yeah it makes sense that's kind of what happened with with Tomlin.
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01:11:42.079I think that this writing has been on the wall for at least the last two years especially since they drafted Pickett and then let him go a season later traded him a season later I I think I thought it was two seasons two seasons ago I I think this started around when they brought in three quarterbacks to compete I really thought he thought he was going to find a franchise quarterback there and when that didn't work out I think Tomlin started really considering when he's gonna hang it up but the other thing is I don't think this was totally Mike Tomlin's decision.
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01:12:02.319I really think the Steelers brass came to him or they met up and they had a mutual agreement because the Steelers they don't want to fire anybody and they they like the history they have with personnel and I think that they said hey if you don't want to step back we don't think that you're the guy anymore.
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01:12:58.640So I think they gave him the option so I just thought of something kind of funny so in his presser he talked about you know being a Pittsburgh guy and coming back to Pittsburgh and you know putting on new colors again and you know trying to bring back bring a seventh Super Bowl trophy to the Pittsburgh Steelers and in saying that I thought about this what if he does get that seventh Super Bowl championship to Pittsburgh how mad do you think Jerry Jones is going to be if Mike McCarthy gets a Super Bowl win with the Steelers I just just you know the fly on the wall for that scenario when Jerry Jones sees the Steelers win another one well Dallas hasn't come close would just be so delicious.
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01:13:08.800I would just I would be so on board even though I don't want to win another one I would be so in love with seeing the reaction there.
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01:13:27.680I think so too and I I really feel like unless the results like with Pete Carroll right unless the results just really are not what you're looking for in year one like I think you should give head coaches and their staff like two to three years to really show some progress.
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01:13:41.119I don't even think five I think two to three years you should be showing some progress with your team some continuity I think teams that let their coaches go sooner than that I think they're not seeing what they want to see.
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01:13:54.800Well obviously well sometimes you just know I mean sometimes sometimes case in point we'll get there but one of the teams in the Super Bowl they let go of a coach after one year and look how it turned out for them.
01:13:55.840 -->
01:14:03.039The opposite there's another one we'll hit on the Raiders and Pete Carroll here shortly um because they didn't add it to the agenda but we do have some things to talk about with that.
01:14:03.359 -->
01:14:29.199So moving on in the agenda let's talk about uh there's a new coach there's a new coach for the Buffalo Bills and his name is Brady no not the Brady you're thinking of Joe Brady their offensive coordinator got moved up got a promotion from the Brady bunch so Joe Brady is now the head coach instead of the offensive coordinator.
01:14:29.279 -->
01:14:42.079Now this is a kind of a puzzling move because didn't they just say that the coaching staff wanted to get Keon Coleman that that owner disliked the move and they didn't want to do that.
01:14:42.399 -->
01:14:57.520And at a at a minimum and then you then you sit there and promote the guy that you said was part of the decision that went against what you wanted so you're what what did you really do here?
01:14:57.680 -->
01:15:01.760I mean you just pushed McDermott out but did you really change anything?
01:15:02.000 -->
01:15:11.920Yeah and after trying to put the Keon Coleman draft on the coaching staff you know at a minimum not just McDermott but Joe Brady also had to be in that conversation.
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01:15:14.319So why are you an offensive coordinator?
01:15:14.560 -->
01:15:49.119Exactly I don't I don't understand I think that the Bills did not I think the coaching candidates got sucked up actually honestly rather quickly uh we're not even at the Super Bowl yet and most of the teams looking for a head coach have already found one uh for there being an exceptionally high number of head coach openings this season eight um I thought that was pretty quick well don't forget there might be some people on these current teams about to be in the Super Bowl that they might be trying to pluck you know coordinators and whatnot off of those staffs as well.
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01:15:59.119Yeah I I don't know McDonald's only been in Seattle for like what two years now don't kill the lead dude we haven't talked about what happened in the games we're getting there.
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01:16:17.840Well we're getting there but everybody knows what happens by now so we'll just hit on it briefly but I don't as far as coaching staff goes I don't I don't think either of these coaching staffs have been intact and successful long enough really for people to want to pluck them maybe next year.
01:16:18.079 -->
01:16:21.199I don't know dude I mean we've seen some strange things happen.
01:16:21.439 -->
01:17:13.920But then again you come from a winning organization people want what you got so moving on to the next coaching hire the Browns have found their head coach and I gotta say I kind of like the move they hired Todd Munkin to be their new head coach who was the offensive coordinator for the Ravens and Todd Munken had shown he could run an offense okay I mean yeah the Ravens were down this year but I think Lamar was more hurt than he was letting on and there was just some just odd things happening with their team you know between the fumbling issues between the catch non-catch issues the you know guys not being being lined up right just there was just all kinds of problems and offensive line issues and but when they were humming Todd Munken was at the helm.
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01:17:44.800Yeah I agree I I kind of like the Tom Munkin hire as well uh the only issue they it brings some controversy though even more so than the quarterback controversy that they're gonna have next year because Deshaun Watson is coming back to compete and now they have Shadur who by the way we'll get to in a minute who's on a Pro Bowl roster somehow but I I now this what I was going into excuse me guys sometimes I hiccup it's a neurological thing.
01:17:44.960 -->
01:17:56.399Anyway um I like I do like the Monken hire but this brings up controversy because now Jim Schwartz once out of his contract he's the Browns defensive coordinator.
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01:18:04.800Jim Schwartz feels that he should have been promoted to head coach and I think obviously he's looking for another head coach opportunity.
01:18:05.439 -->
01:18:09.439Why do you think the Browns why do you think the Browns passed on him?
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01:18:21.359Well I think you could easily point to the fact that Jim Schwartz was formerly the coach of the Detroit Lions and they never really did much when he was the coach.
01:18:21.600 -->
01:18:21.840Right.
01:18:22.000 -->
01:18:42.800I mean yeah they made the playoffs but they were bumped out of the playoffs so you can't really say that you know he had a great tenure most people remember him for the Harbaugh slap to the back where he wanted to run down and yell at Harbaugh over it when the Lions and 49ers played but as a defensive coordinator he's been excellent.
01:18:43.039 -->
01:18:56.720Defense defensive wise they've been the the Browns have been a pretty stout defense not just because they have Miles Garrett but because they've been taking the players they have and making great schemes for them.
01:18:56.880 -->
01:19:05.920They've just been having players go down and they still seem to perform pretty well as the defense it's not the days where you could just push the Browns around.
01:19:06.079 -->
01:19:17.119So now that he's on the market he's got quite a few spots where he can go elsewhere and that might be part of his motivation is to go elsewhere where he can make a name for himself again.
01:19:17.439 -->
01:19:24.079Now do you think you see Jim Schwartz get out of his contract or do you think we see a coordinator trade here?
01:19:24.399 -->
01:19:40.319I think he'll get out of his contract because I don't think the Browns want to deal with in-house fighting I think they want to just start the new regime if he doesn't want to be there let him out let him hit the open market and go where he wants now there's going to be plenty of opportunities doing that.
01:19:40.560 -->
01:19:47.920So I mean uh case in point the Niners need a defensive coordinator and his name has been linked to a possibility of being a coordinator there.
01:19:48.079 -->
01:20:01.920So that's a that's a possibility of a possible landing spot and uh yeah so yeah that's a good landing spot and you know I was just gonna jump off the Browns for a second One last coaching hire update.
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01:20:05.520The Commanders, this is a little bit of a homer, but I'm not gonna go too deep on it.
01:20:06.079 -->
01:20:07.600This is only a couple days old now.
01:20:07.680 -->
01:20:15.600The Commanders have landed their defensive coordinator, Durante Jones, and I wasn't gonna talk about this, but I like this hire, Mike.
01:20:15.840 -->
01:20:18.720Because this is a this is a sneaky good hire, okay?
01:20:18.880 -->
01:20:27.600This isn't like when they hired Joe Witt from the Cowboys, who was the defensive, who was the DB's coach then, uh, who came over with Quinn, by the way.
01:20:27.760 -->
01:20:35.600Uh DeRonta Jones is Brian Flores' right-hand man and the DB's coach for the Vikings.
01:20:36.000 -->
01:20:43.439The Vikings regularly have one of the best defenses in the league, and they have one of the highest blitz rates as well.
01:20:43.920 -->
01:20:48.800Um they couldn't get Brian Flores, but they got Durante Jones.
01:20:49.119 -->
01:20:54.079I think this is Yeah, I was gonna say it's because of Brian Flores, it's not because of his assistant.
01:20:54.399 -->
01:21:04.000Yeah, it's because of well, his assistants take after him, and Durante Jones is a is almost like Brian Flores light.
01:21:04.079 -->
01:21:09.039Okay, he was his right hand man, has followed him everywhere he's been.
01:21:10.319 -->
01:21:16.239So don't yes, I'm a commander's fan, Redskins fan.
01:21:16.560 -->
01:21:24.159Homer is a little bit Homer, but I cannot stress this isn't like some over-the- I think this is a good hire.
01:21:24.399 -->
01:21:27.760I think this is a sneaky, good under-the-radar hire.
01:21:28.159 -->
01:21:29.199We'll see about that.
01:21:29.439 -->
01:21:32.000Um, and speaking of snubs, though, Mr.
01:21:32.079 -->
01:21:39.119Schwartz feeling snubbed, uh, they had Hall of Fame voting mic this last week.
01:21:39.359 -->
01:21:43.119Uh, and the Hall of Fame board is pretty extensive now.
01:21:43.920 -->
01:21:50.159Can you believe and Bill Belichick's first year eligible?
01:21:50.479 -->
01:21:51.760He does not get in.
01:21:52.000 -->
01:21:54.560So there's a few things going on here.
01:21:54.880 -->
01:22:01.039First off, players have to be out of the league a minimum of five years before they're eligible for the Hall of Fame.
01:22:01.359 -->
01:22:07.279Coaches are only having to be one year out, one year removed, to be eligible for the Hall of Fame.
01:22:07.439 -->
01:22:12.399Now, you might ask why why is it players get five and and coaches get one?
01:22:12.800 -->
01:22:14.560Well, let's think about it for a second.
01:22:14.880 -->
01:22:23.199Coaches generally older, you know, we're seeing coaches like, okay, Andy Reid, he's in his 70s, right?
01:22:23.439 -->
01:22:26.079So when he looks good for 70, not gonna lie.
01:22:26.239 -->
01:22:26.399Right.
01:22:26.479 -->
01:22:28.239So he looks 60.
01:22:29.199 -->
01:22:30.079Chill out.
01:22:30.319 -->
01:22:37.840When he retires, you're gonna make him wait five years and possibly not be around anymore for the possibility of him being in the Hall of Fame.
01:22:37.920 -->
01:22:41.039No, you give him a year and then he has the possibility to go in.
01:22:41.359 -->
01:22:58.560Now, players, when they retire, typically you're anywhere from 33 up to, thanks to Brady, now 44, 45, or or should I say, uh Philip Rivers in this case, you can be 44 and still play.
01:22:59.279 -->
01:23:04.560Uh but the point of the matter is the players have a much longer window in which to make it.
01:23:04.720 -->
01:23:20.960But what the the committee does is they try to dial things down to a group of five and then try to dial things down to a group of three, which I am finding more and more frustrating with the way that they do this Hall of Fame voting.
01:23:21.119 -->
01:23:28.800Now, some people have said, How can you not put Belichick in with the contributing factors that he has put into this game?
01:23:29.039 -->
01:23:33.119And now there's probably people that look at one of a few things.
01:23:33.279 -->
01:23:38.159They look at the fact that he was involved in the Spygate scandal.
01:23:38.399 -->
01:23:43.760He was defending Brady, he was not involved, but defending Brady in the deflate gate stuff.
01:23:43.920 -->
01:23:54.720And yeah, he was kind of a D-bag to the media, and the media does hold over, you know, part of the voting when it comes to the Hall of Fame.
01:23:54.800 -->
01:23:57.760But I think there's one thing we're also missing in this factor.
01:23:58.560 -->
01:24:04.479Robert Kraft is not in the Hall of Fame either, and he is part of this vote right now.
01:24:05.119 -->
01:24:17.199I'm thinking that part of this is them trying to vote in Robert Kraft by himself without having to share the spotlight with a tumultuous breakup between him and him and Mr.
01:24:17.680 -->
01:24:18.479Belichick.
01:24:18.960 -->
01:24:25.359So that way they're snubbing Belichick, but also giving Robert Kraft a stage to himself.
01:24:25.840 -->
01:24:28.239Once again, I'm gonna slightly disagree with you.
01:24:28.479 -->
01:24:30.720So I was reading into this a little bit.
01:24:30.960 -->
01:24:38.079From what I understand, from what I read, and I'm not I'm not disagreeing with you on merit.
01:24:38.319 -->
01:24:40.479I I think there's weight to what you're saying.
01:24:40.640 -->
01:24:48.640I'm just disagreeing with you from what I read, uh, because first of all, Spygate was basically debunked.
01:24:48.800 -->
01:24:49.119Okay.
01:24:49.920 -->
01:24:50.880Oh no, no, no, no.
01:24:51.119 -->
01:24:59.760They had evidence over this Spygate, and they also enforced rules upon upon the Patriots the next year over Spygate.
01:25:00.000 -->
01:25:08.079Yeah, because Rut Roger Goodell already preassumed that they would have been guilty of it.
01:25:08.319 -->
01:25:20.880So he assigned um well, he penalized them and fined them just on merit, just on not merit, but just on hunch.
01:25:21.199 -->
01:25:28.159But Spygate was loosely verified, and it was more on Brady than Belichick.
01:25:28.720 -->
01:25:31.680No, Spygate was Belichick, it had nothing to do with Brady.
01:25:32.239 -->
01:25:48.960Well, Belichick didn't have anything really to do with Spygate, it was his assistants, but the they were not fined for spying on other teams' practices, they were fined for recording practices from an illegal position on the field.
01:25:49.279 -->
01:25:51.920So the the wording is different.
01:25:52.319 -->
01:25:57.520They were also in trouble for finding recording devices in the opposing locker room.
01:25:58.399 -->
01:26:00.960Well, I didn't hear about all that.
01:26:01.199 -->
01:26:07.119But I do know that their specific fine for recording practices was from an illegal location.
01:26:07.359 -->
01:26:09.840Not that the recording itself was legal.
01:26:10.000 -->
01:26:12.399I mean audio recordings, let me re be specific.
01:26:12.640 -->
01:26:13.680Well, yeah, the audio recordings.
01:26:14.000 -->
01:26:16.399They weren't sitting there filming guys trying to take showers.
01:26:16.720 -->
01:26:21.279But either way, yeah, the scandals were there.
01:26:21.439 -->
01:26:27.119There was a couple of them, you know, Deflate Gate, Spygate being the two that blew up.
01:26:27.279 -->
01:26:34.000But really logistically, this team under Bill Belichick won what six championships or five championships?
01:26:34.159 -->
01:26:34.800Six championships.
01:26:34.960 -->
01:26:36.159They won six championships.
01:26:36.239 -->
01:26:39.840A lot of people say, oh, if he never had Brady, he would have never done it.
01:26:40.159 -->
01:26:48.079Well, remember the first few few championships were Adam Vinateri's last second field goals that got them the victory.
01:26:48.159 -->
01:26:48.319Yes.
01:26:48.560 -->
01:26:57.119And it was it was the defense that carried Brady to those championships because the defense was the prime leader.
01:26:57.199 -->
01:27:03.600You know, it was giving Brady short field advantages because they were recovering, you know, fumbles or getting interceptions.
01:27:04.000 -->
01:27:19.520And they also made it to where the play scheme and play situation for Brady was a much easier read because remember, he was thrust into action when Bletso went down from a hit from a Jets player over on the sidelines.
01:27:19.680 -->
01:27:32.560Yeah, and I I credit Brady a lot for performing the way he did and being ready to go, especially as a sixth-round draft pick, because look, we've seen it over and over and over again.
01:27:32.720 -->
01:27:37.439You throw a quarterback in there, sometimes he just ain't the guy, sometimes he just ain't ready.
01:27:37.600 -->
01:27:39.760Brady been ready to go from the get-go.
01:27:40.800 -->
01:27:50.000He was a true diamond in the rough, a one-off generational player, and I think his preparation played into a lot of that.
01:27:50.319 -->
01:27:55.520But I think there was a lot of politics involved with this Hall of Fame voting.
01:27:55.600 -->
01:27:56.479I think you're right that's getting.
01:28:01.840 -->
01:28:13.439Two names that repeatedly come up in this are Bill Polian and Tony Dungey, uh, who probably had leading voices against voting Belichick in on the first ballot.
01:28:13.520 -->
01:28:15.680That doesn't mean Belichick's not gonna get in.
01:28:15.920 -->
01:28:16.800No, he's getting in.
01:28:16.880 -->
01:28:18.000He's just not gonna be first ballot.
01:28:18.159 -->
01:28:19.439He's just not gonna be first ballot.
01:28:19.520 -->
01:28:23.039And I think you're right, the Robert Kraft thing does have some to do with that.
01:28:23.119 -->
01:28:24.000What do you got, Mike?
01:28:24.319 -->
01:28:42.239So uh getting sideways away from from the Belichick thing, I am I am ploring with the NFL for the love of God get over this only three scenario with getting people in.
01:28:42.399 -->
01:28:43.840You all have to get past that.
01:28:44.000 -->
01:28:56.319You you are letting some really great athletes who are deserving to be in the hall, you're you're passing them over and you're making them wait forever for a chance.
01:28:56.399 -->
01:29:05.680And it's only going to get harder because you're gonna have players coming out like the Brady's that are going to be voted in and leave these players out.
01:29:05.840 -->
01:29:15.520You have players like Lou Keekly, whose career was cut short by injury, but did so well in the short amount of time he was there that he is no doubt a Hall of Famer.
01:29:15.680 -->
01:29:33.920You have players that from yesteryear, like Roger Craig, who was the first thousand yards rushing, thousand yards receiving back in the NFL history, and you don't have him in the Hall of Fame, and he won multiple Super Bowls with the 49ers, you don't have him in.
01:29:34.159 -->
01:29:52.239You have Reggie Wayne and Tori Holt sitting there waiting for their their due when both of them have won Super Bowls and have been to multiple Pro Bowls and have put up just ridiculous numbers in their play in their playing time.
01:29:52.479 -->
01:29:59.279And and you you're just not giving the the players that deserve their due their due.
01:29:59.600 -->
01:30:08.880You're letting don't get me wrong, there are players, some players getting their due, but there are so many guys being passed over that you're gonna wait so long that they're gonna be gone.
01:30:09.439 -->
01:30:12.399I mean, we just we just had uh we had McMichaels.
01:30:12.800 -->
01:30:27.600McMichaels, who's suffering from a brain disease, a degenerative disease that's that's killing him, ALS, and he can't even get up there and do a speech because he's bedridden.
01:30:28.159 -->
01:30:36.720You waited so long to put him in, and he was part of that 85 Bears defense that was so dominant and just kind of got lost in the names.
01:30:37.840 -->
01:30:43.359But you let him you you let him basically rot away to where he can't be up there and give a speech.
01:30:43.600 -->
01:30:48.880Now you did you did get him in before he passed away, but what was that?
01:30:49.039 -->
01:30:50.159You didn't give him a chance.
01:30:50.239 -->
01:30:59.359You didn't give him a chance to be up there and give his speech, you didn't give him a chance to do that with his family and look down at his family and thank them for the sacrifices they made.
01:30:59.600 -->
01:31:02.319Like, I just I hate that the NFL is doing it this way.
01:31:02.560 -->
01:31:07.760Well, there's a need to review the way you vote people in and do it better.
01:31:07.920 -->
01:31:10.640It is it is a crime that you're doing that to these players.
01:31:10.800 -->
01:31:14.159Yeah, there's there's a lot of talent that I think it's gets forgotten about.
01:31:14.239 -->
01:31:19.600And the more time goes by, the more likely are to continue being forgotten about.
01:31:19.760 -->
01:31:28.079Um and I think that's unfortunate, uh, especially given that the Hall of Fame process, like a lot of other things in life, are very politically driven, you know.
01:31:28.319 -->
01:31:30.880Uh we can't help that though.
01:31:31.039 -->
01:31:34.399Uh so here, jumping into the conference round championship, though.
01:31:34.479 -->
01:31:38.000We're gonna go ahead and talk about some football, some actual on-field football, real quick.
01:31:38.399 -->
01:31:47.680What happened in the conference championship round, AFC and the NFC, and all those good things going on.
01:31:47.840 -->
01:31:49.199Okay, first games up.
01:31:49.279 -->
01:31:56.560We had New England and Denver, a lot a lot, not a lot of high expectations because Bo Nicks was out with a broken ankle.
01:31:56.800 -->
01:32:01.199Um, a lot of people just expected New England to run away with it, which they did not.
01:32:01.680 -->
01:32:04.159Dude, this game was like two different games.
01:32:04.319 -->
01:32:04.880It was.
01:32:05.199 -->
01:32:11.199Because the start of this game, it's clear, it's sunny, everything looks okay.
01:32:11.439 -->
01:32:15.520Denver goes up by a touchdown, so it's like, okay, here we are.
01:32:15.600 -->
01:32:16.399We got the lead.
01:32:16.560 -->
01:32:16.720Yeah.
01:32:16.960 -->
01:32:23.279They actually get the ball back, they get it downfield, they get into a position where they can kick a field goal and be up 10 points.
01:32:23.920 -->
01:32:25.19910 points on your opponent.
01:32:25.279 -->
01:32:26.640You're up two scores.
01:32:27.119 -->
01:32:31.359They go for it on fourth and one and don't get it.
01:32:32.640 -->
01:32:33.840Huge mistake.
01:32:34.079 -->
01:32:35.119Huge mistake.
01:32:35.279 -->
01:32:42.159You then give the New England Patriots the ability to gain momentum, and they never looked back.
01:32:42.239 -->
01:32:50.159They took that momentum, they rallied and got a touchdown themselves, taking it in, taking it in, tying up the game.
01:32:50.319 -->
01:32:52.159They eventually kick a field goal.
01:32:52.319 -->
01:32:56.960That field goal puts them up, and we never saw another score after that.
01:32:57.119 -->
01:32:57.279No.
01:32:57.600 -->
01:33:01.600The rest of the game because the snow came in and it was like nobody could do anything on offense.
01:33:01.760 -->
01:33:02.000Nope.
01:33:02.079 -->
01:33:04.479And the teams just a bunch of punts and kicks.
01:33:04.640 -->
01:33:15.199Now we did get a late field goal attempt by the Broncos, but it was blocked by a New England Patriots defender.
01:33:15.439 -->
01:33:20.399Just barely got his hand up in there and got his mid on it and deflected it wide.
01:33:20.720 -->
01:33:22.800Yeah, they had an opportunity.
01:33:23.199 -->
01:33:28.319Um, I know Sean Payne, look, you you called a good game, man.
01:33:28.399 -->
01:33:38.319I know a lot of people are knocking him for the way he called that game, especially with the field goal and the fourth and one early on in the game, uh, with Jarrett Stidham.
01:33:38.960 -->
01:33:42.319Um, I I recognize like should have been Jarrett Siddhim.
01:33:42.479 -->
01:33:42.960Siddhem.
01:33:43.039 -->
01:33:44.000What yeah.
01:33:44.239 -->
01:33:50.479I recognize that like with such an inexperienced and especially like a spare-of-the-moment quarterback, right?
01:33:50.800 -->
01:33:52.640You don't usually make that call.
01:33:52.880 -->
01:33:54.479Well, he's a longtime backup.
01:33:54.560 -->
01:34:05.680This isn't like a, you know, we drafted him in the sixth round kind of dude, and he's his first actions he've he's ever seen, albeit it's been a while since he's took you know live reps.
01:34:05.840 -->
01:34:11.920So yeah, and to call it on fourth and one, anything short of a quarterback sneak, which I think isn't that what they called?
01:34:12.399 -->
01:34:18.800No, they call they they called an out route for the running back into the flat, and it was covered.
01:34:18.960 -->
01:34:26.159And and they basically had two defenders right in his face pushing him back, and he put off a bad throw.
01:34:26.479 -->
01:34:28.880But it take the points.
01:34:29.039 -->
01:34:33.760And even even Sean Payton said, I figure he was going aggressive.
01:34:33.920 -->
01:34:44.800He figured if we could get up by two touchdowns, it's a more likelihood that we'll win the game because we're gonna put the pressure on New England to try to make up the ground.
01:34:45.039 -->
01:35:01.680And look, hey, if they would have, if they would have got it, I know what ifs, if they would have got it, you're talking about a situation where they're up 14, New England would have got that that one field goal and be 10 to 14 because nobody could do anything in the snow.
01:35:01.920 -->
01:35:08.479I mean, number one, okay, when you go fourth and one, when you don't make it, you're always dumb.
01:35:09.119 -->
01:35:11.520You always should have done something else, okay?
01:35:11.760 -->
01:35:16.399When you do make it, when you do make it, you're always a genius, okay?
01:35:16.640 -->
01:35:19.199Fourth and one is such a double-edged blade.
01:35:19.279 -->
01:35:26.000It's probably the most longest double-edged blade in the history of humanity because it's always the same.
01:35:26.159 -->
01:35:28.319When you don't make it, oh, why'd you do that?
01:35:28.399 -->
01:35:29.279What'd you do that for?
01:35:29.439 -->
01:35:33.039When you do make it, ah, he's a genius, he's a genius.
01:35:33.279 -->
01:35:40.239Well, remember when he was the Saints coach, he went for an onside kick coming out of halftime and they got it.
01:35:40.560 -->
01:35:41.359I remember that.
01:35:41.600 -->
01:35:47.199So, I mean, it's he has a track record of hey, I'm gonna try something to give my team an edge.
01:35:47.520 -->
01:35:48.720This is not the first time.
01:35:48.800 -->
01:35:52.159I mean, he was Ron Rivera, he was riverboat Ron for a reason.
01:35:52.239 -->
01:35:55.760They were willing to try things that were unorthodox.
01:35:55.920 -->
01:36:00.159But anyway, switching over to the here, I'll talk about the Chiefs, okay?
01:36:00.319 -->
01:36:04.159They go fourth and one all the time, except for this past year because they sucked.
01:36:04.399 -->
01:36:06.399Um same thing.
01:36:06.560 -->
01:36:14.560Like, you just gotta know your capabilities, but sometimes you sometimes you win the call and sometimes you lose the call.
01:36:14.800 -->
01:36:24.560You could have gone Lions, Lions and 49ers in the AFC Championship game, where they were going fourth and one a bunch and didn't get them.
01:36:24.720 -->
01:36:24.880Yeah.
01:36:25.199 -->
01:36:25.840Over and over again.
01:36:26.399 -->
01:36:28.479I I believe that probably hurt them a lot.
01:36:28.640 -->
01:36:31.359You repetitively go for it and don't get it.
01:36:31.520 -->
01:36:34.000Now, now that in my opinion is just play called.
01:36:34.159 -->
01:36:38.960Yeah, because they were up and then they went 24-7 where we had 24.
01:36:39.199 -->
01:36:47.760They had the seven, costing the game and having Eminem flipping the bird at all the fans and the fans turning around and flipping on the bird back.
01:36:48.000 -->
01:36:50.720I I remember that, and I remember seeing those clips.
01:36:50.880 -->
01:36:53.279And to me, that's just bad play calling, okay?
01:36:53.439 -->
01:36:55.680Go for it once or twice, you don't get it, okay.
01:36:56.000 -->
01:36:59.439Later on the game, you're like, all right, we're on fourth and short.
01:36:59.680 -->
01:37:01.119This hasn't worked yet.
01:37:01.359 -->
01:37:02.479What are some other options?
01:37:02.640 -->
01:37:03.439We gotta do something different.
01:37:03.600 -->
01:37:05.600But it's like you said, it was his mentality.
01:37:05.760 -->
01:37:06.079Yes.
01:37:06.319 -->
01:37:08.000It was his mentality, go for it.
01:37:08.239 -->
01:37:10.319So they kept going for it.
01:37:10.720 -->
01:37:12.159Yeah, and and they did.
01:37:12.239 -->
01:37:16.479And it's more common these days, and I kind of like it because it makes things interesting.
01:37:16.640 -->
01:37:21.439But let's go ahead and jump on to the next thing here, uh, which has something to do with what we're already talking about.
01:37:21.760 -->
01:37:22.560NFC SAC.
01:37:22.720 -->
01:37:25.920The NFC Conference Championship, okay?
01:37:26.159 -->
01:37:28.079The Rams versus Seahawks.
01:37:28.319 -->
01:37:35.439Seahawks barely get out with a 31-27 win, and Cooper Cup laughing along the way.
01:37:35.520 -->
01:37:37.920We'll hit that in a second, but let's talk about the game real quick.
01:37:38.159 -->
01:37:38.479Okay.
01:37:38.800 -->
01:37:40.319So here's the thing.
01:37:40.720 -->
01:37:54.079They were talking about how Sam Darnold, last time, well, one of the last times they played, he threw all those picks and he needed overtime, and he needed a two-point conversion, he needed all these things to win win against the Rams.
01:37:54.560 -->
01:37:57.439Yeah, that's all nice, nice and all.
01:37:57.680 -->
01:38:04.880But let's remember this particular team was not the same team that they played those times before.
01:38:05.199 -->
01:38:07.840This defense has been playing with their hair on fire.
01:38:08.479 -->
01:38:10.800All playoffs, they've been playing great.
01:38:11.119 -->
01:38:18.800And led by that defense, it put a lot of confidence into Sam Darnold to be able to just let some throws happen.
01:38:18.960 -->
01:38:34.640Like right off the rip, Shahid took a big pass to start the game, get him way downfield, starting out like, oh my! Like, we love seeing that because we they traded for that guy for a reason and it's paying dividends.
01:38:34.960 -->
01:38:48.720Now, albeit they didn't get a touchdown from Shaheed, they did, however, get three receiving touchdowns by JSN, Cooper Cup, and Jake Bobo.
01:38:48.880 -->
01:38:51.520The only reception he had was a touchdown.
01:38:51.680 -->
01:38:53.279So he did good work.
01:38:53.680 -->
01:38:54.000Yeah.
01:38:54.239 -->
01:39:02.640He also got a running touchdown from Kenneth Walker, and bro, did you see that juke that Kenneth Walker put on a middle linebacker in that game?
01:39:02.800 -->
01:39:03.199I did.
01:39:03.279 -->
01:39:03.520I did.
01:39:03.840 -->
01:39:05.840He put that dude on ice skates.
01:39:06.000 -->
01:39:09.920He said, Boop, here I nope, I ain't there.
01:39:10.159 -->
01:39:12.319He moved, he moved, dude.
01:39:12.479 -->
01:39:16.720It was like that dude had concrete feet.
01:39:16.880 -->
01:39:19.199He just stuck them and couldn't move.
01:39:19.760 -->
01:39:22.079And Kenneth Walker was like, bye.
01:39:22.800 -->
01:39:23.279Bye.
01:39:23.600 -->
01:39:24.800He said, Bye, Felicia.
01:39:24.880 -->
01:39:25.680I'll leave you in the desk.
01:39:26.159 -->
01:39:27.359He said, bye, Felicia.
01:39:27.760 -->
01:39:35.119And you know, I think this win is kind of bittersweet for Cooper Cup because the reports came out shortly.
01:39:35.359 -->
01:39:48.399I don't know if the while the game was going on or after the game, but the Rams actually tried to caution other teams against taking Cooper Cup because what did he want to trade or did he just went out?
01:39:48.960 -->
01:39:56.720But either either way, they tried to tell other teams to lowball him, and now he's with the Seahawks on his way to another Super Bowl, and the Rams were not.
01:39:56.880 -->
01:39:58.560Uh, what do you make of that, Mike?
01:39:58.800 -->
01:39:59.760Okay, so the scenario.
01:40:00.640 -->
01:40:08.880That happened in this situation is they had drafted Pukanakua, which we can all agree Pukanakua is definitely a number one.
01:40:09.439 -->
01:40:13.760And nobody can doubt deny that he's one of the best receivers in the game.
01:40:14.079 -->
01:40:15.199All facts.
01:40:15.760 -->
01:40:27.760So when you have him coming up and he's looking great, and Cooper Cup has been dealing with some injuries, he's not quite as fast and not quite as available as you would like him to be.
01:40:28.079 -->
01:40:36.159The Rams basically said, look, how about, you know, you just go ahead and you retire and everything will be fine, you know.
01:40:36.960 -->
01:40:38.800But he's like, Well, wait a minute, no, no.
01:40:38.880 -->
01:40:39.920I I can still play.
01:40:40.000 -->
01:40:41.840Why am I why am I retiring?
01:40:42.880 -->
01:40:44.319No, I still want to play.
01:40:44.479 -->
01:40:46.720Well, it won't be with us.
01:40:47.119 -->
01:40:54.479So, you know, we're not gonna keep you, so you know, you can uh you can explore elsewhere.
01:40:54.800 -->
01:40:59.199But the Rams didn't like the idea that he was gonna go elsewhere.
01:40:59.359 -->
01:41:04.560They wanted him to just retire and go away and be done and always be a Ramp.
01:41:05.039 -->
01:41:09.439Well, because I think they knew, hey, where's Cooper Cup from?
01:41:10.560 -->
01:41:11.600Washington State.
01:41:11.840 -->
01:41:14.159Oh, what team plays in Washington State?
01:41:14.560 -->
01:41:14.960Seattle.
01:41:15.359 -->
01:41:16.960Seattle Seahawks, Seahawks.
01:41:17.039 -->
01:41:18.800Yeah, we could put the pieces together.
01:41:19.039 -->
01:41:24.239So they started telling teams, hey, look, you know, no, you don't oh no, you don't want him.
01:41:24.399 -->
01:41:31.039He's got injury history, he's not doing well, he's hardly available, you know, he wants a big contract.
01:41:31.840 -->
01:41:34.239And Cooper Cup's like, what the heck?
01:41:34.479 -->
01:41:43.680And so when they let him go to go out and explore the free agent market, he said that no one from the Rams contacted him.
01:41:44.000 -->
01:41:48.079No one said, Hey, uh, thank you for your serv service with us.
01:41:48.239 -->
01:41:50.479Yep, hey, uh, we still love you.
01:41:50.560 -->
01:41:52.239You you you were a great teammate.
01:41:52.479 -->
01:41:54.079No kind of pep talk, no nothing.
01:41:54.159 -->
01:41:56.640They just kind of left him out there in the wind.
01:41:56.880 -->
01:41:57.680Let him go, man.
01:41:58.000 -->
01:42:02.880And this kind of shows, I mean, I mean, get it, it's a business.
01:42:02.960 -->
01:42:06.399There's a lot of you have to have no feelings in some cases.
01:42:06.560 -->
01:42:23.039But when somebody has been so impactful for your team and has provided such a big lift to your offense and was your Super Bowl MVP when you won, you're just gonna throw him out like he's yesterday's trash.
01:42:23.279 -->
01:42:27.600You know, like that's kind of a messed up business model there, you know.
01:42:27.840 -->
01:42:34.720And and even though he's not WR1 in Seattle, he's made his impact known and he put up a touchdown on his former team.
01:42:34.960 -->
01:42:36.079And a key first down.
01:42:36.319 -->
01:42:41.600And he's getting the last laugh right now because Seattle's on their way to the Super Bowl and the Rams were not.
01:42:41.840 -->
01:42:49.119By the way, I wanted to point out a bonehead move by one of the defensive players from Seattle.
01:42:49.199 -->
01:42:54.479Remember, I gave him praise, but now I'm gonna give him a little down, down note here.
01:42:54.800 -->
01:42:55.279Downer.
01:42:56.000 -->
01:43:07.840So they had a scenario where it was a third and long, and the Rams are trying to get down the field and score and keep pace with the with the Seahawks because they were trying to stretch that lead.
01:43:07.920 -->
01:43:16.640It seemed like they were up 10, then they were up three, or up four, I should say, and then they were they're up by 11, and they're only up by four.
01:43:16.800 -->
01:43:20.800So it seemed like they're always just kind of trying to keep away from the Rams.
01:43:20.960 -->
01:43:28.880And there was in this scenario when they were had them in a third and long, they get the pass breakup, and almost the defender almost gets the pick.
01:43:29.119 -->
01:43:35.439Now, after this, uh pardon me for not remembering the name, I remember the number, number 27.
01:43:35.600 -->
01:43:40.000He gets up and he's jawing with the players on the Rams bench.
01:43:40.560 -->
01:43:45.600At which point, you know, they're kind of like, hey, you know, go ahead, go back, go back to your sideline.
01:43:45.680 -->
01:43:50.000And he starts jawing with Matthew Stafford and a couple other players, and finally that was it.
01:43:50.239 -->
01:44:04.880Ref throws the flag, penalty, taunting, 15 yards, gives them the first down, and very next play, pass, puka Nakua edges the pylon, touchdown.
01:44:06.000 -->
01:44:16.880Like, you just cost your team points, and they're arguing like even his own defenders on his defense are arguing with him, like, bro, what in the heck are you doing?
01:44:17.199 -->
01:44:18.880You know, like you lost your head.
01:44:18.960 -->
01:44:19.600You can't do this.
01:44:19.680 -->
01:44:20.960You could have cost this game.
01:44:21.119 -->
01:44:22.960He's lucky that they didn't cost him the game.
01:44:23.119 -->
01:44:23.600Yeah.
01:44:23.920 -->
01:44:36.319But you know, kudos to Seahawks for do coming up with timely plays and timely ways of covering up for one another's mistakes.
01:44:36.640 -->
01:44:49.920And part of the reason they got ahead was a muffed punt reception or recovery by the Rams, who they did replace the kick returner or punt returner with Kyron Williams later in the game.
01:44:50.239 -->
01:44:53.760But that poor guy, he's he's probably not gonna be with the team next year.
01:44:54.000 -->
01:44:58.720I just want to say Seattle was in control of this game pretty much the whole time.
01:44:58.960 -->
01:45:03.439They maintained almost a two-score minimum through the majority of the game.
01:45:03.680 -->
01:45:08.159The Rams had opportunities, but they just did not rise to the occasions.
01:45:08.399 -->
01:45:16.399Um, and let me tell you what, Sam Donald is more volatile in the Seattle offense than he ever was in the Minnesota offense.
01:45:16.560 -->
01:45:18.079And that is with less weapons.
01:45:18.239 -->
01:45:20.079I'm glad you brought Minnesota up.
01:45:20.319 -->
01:45:31.520By Sam Darnold making it to the Super Bowl, there's two things that come out of this that are kind of like putting putting dirt on other people's faces.
01:45:31.680 -->
01:45:32.880Because here's the thing.
01:45:33.039 -->
01:45:33.760Here's the thing.
01:45:34.000 -->
01:45:39.119Right now, the Vikings have to be feeling very foolish letting Sam Darnold leave.
01:45:39.279 -->
01:45:39.439Yeah.
01:45:39.600 -->
01:45:47.680You know, they they were inept at offense this year, and Justin Jefferson looked a shell of himself because of McCarthy not getting passes to him.
01:45:47.920 -->
01:45:49.199So that's first.
01:45:49.520 -->
01:45:51.359You know, they look they look foolish.
01:45:51.920 -->
01:45:53.840The whole offense struggled all year.
01:45:54.079 -->
01:46:01.039Now, let's go back in time and let's go back to the year that Sam Darnold was drafted.
01:46:01.199 -->
01:46:06.640The year Sam Darnold was drafted, Baker Mayfield was number one pick.
01:46:07.279 -->
01:46:09.359He has not been to a Super Bowl.
01:46:09.920 -->
01:46:17.039He was also followed in that draft pick by Josh Allen.
01:46:17.439 -->
01:46:18.000Yep.
01:46:18.319 -->
01:46:27.199Because you had Sam Darnold drafted after Baker Mayfield, you had Josh Allen drafted after that, who has not been into a Super Bowl.
01:46:27.359 -->
01:46:34.800Then you had uh what was it, Josh Rosen, who was drafted after that, who's not even in the NFL anymore.
01:46:34.960 -->
01:46:37.279I thought Josh Rosen was older than Sam Darnold.
01:46:37.439 -->
01:46:38.319No, Josh Rosen was.
01:46:38.560 -->
01:46:40.640I thought Josh Rosen was right before Sam Darnold.
01:46:40.800 -->
01:46:46.479Josh Rosen was picked number nine in that draft and said there was eight other teams that made a mistake or whatever it was, he said.
01:46:46.880 -->
01:46:48.159That's when he went to Arizona, right?
01:46:48.319 -->
01:46:53.119Yeah, when he went to Arizona and he was quickly replaced by Kyler Murray a few years later, or like a year later.
01:46:53.279 -->
01:46:54.880And then later the next year.
01:46:55.119 -->
01:47:02.960Literally the last pick in that first round, Lamar Jackson, who has also not been to a Super Bowl.
01:47:03.119 -->
01:47:19.760So if I would have told you that out of all those quarterbacks drafted, after the first year of them playing and the craptastic year he had with the Jets, that Sam Darnold was going to be the first one of those quarterbacks to go to the Super Bowl, you would have told me I was crazy.
01:47:20.079 -->
01:47:23.359And you know, um he could win it.
01:47:23.600 -->
01:47:27.359Now, I, you know, we'll get into projections in a minute.
01:47:27.600 -->
01:47:34.960But Sam Darnold has a real chance to, and the rest of the Seattle team has a real chance to win this Super Bowl, okay?
01:47:35.279 -->
01:47:38.000Especially with the way they're scoring points.
01:47:38.239 -->
01:47:44.239Um, Mike, real quick on our last thing, which is what I'm leaning into, Super Bowl predictions.
01:47:44.319 -->
01:47:45.680We'll talk about Pro Bowl next week.
01:47:45.760 -->
01:47:46.880Don't worry about that shit right now.
01:47:47.039 -->
01:47:49.760Let's talk about we're not gonna cover Pro Bowl.
01:47:49.840 -->
01:47:50.800There ain't nothing going there.
01:47:50.960 -->
01:47:53.039Who are you taking in the Super Bowl?
01:47:53.199 -->
01:47:55.039We got Seattle versus New England.
01:47:55.119 -->
01:47:58.640They're both 14-3 regular season record.
01:47:58.720 -->
01:48:02.720They both walk walked all the way through the playoff brackets.
01:48:03.039 -->
01:48:05.520These teams are about as even as they come.
01:48:05.920 -->
01:48:07.039Who you taking?
01:48:08.000 -->
01:48:11.680So, okay, let's look at this logically.
01:48:12.720 -->
01:48:19.279Both teams had to face some very formidable defenses to get to where they are in the first place.
01:48:19.600 -->
01:48:32.159You know, because uh the Seattle Seahawks had to face uh the Rams, they had to face the Bears, they had to face a lot of like they didn't face them in the playoffs, but they faced them in the regular season.
01:48:32.239 -->
01:48:35.680They have faced some pretty tough defenses through the year.
01:48:36.000 -->
01:48:38.239Now, go over to the other side.
01:48:38.560 -->
01:48:46.640Patriots had to face the Houston Texans in the playoffs, considered to be one of the best defenses in the league.
01:48:46.880 -->
01:48:53.359Then they had to face the Denver Broncos, again, one of the top defenses in the league.
01:48:53.680 -->
01:48:54.720Beat them at home, by the way.
01:48:55.039 -->
01:48:55.439In their house.
01:48:56.479 -->
01:48:58.239Then went to Denver and beat them in Denver.
01:48:58.479 -->
01:49:02.479And beat them in a snowstorm to get to the Super Bowl.
01:49:02.720 -->
01:49:08.800So what we can say for sure is both these teams are resilient and can recover from stumbles.
01:49:09.199 -->
01:49:11.920Like they can make mistakes and they can recover from it.
01:49:12.079 -->
01:49:20.880Because remember, in one of those games, you had Drake May fumble against the Houston Texas multiple times and still came out with the win.
01:49:21.039 -->
01:49:26.880So you can say that they can have mistakes, but it won't cost them the game necessarily.
01:49:27.119 -->
01:49:31.520So both of these teams can lean on their defenses quite a bit.
01:49:31.760 -->
01:49:42.560Now, where I think you might have a little bit of an edge is the fact that I trust the Seattle Seahawks defensive line more than I trust the New England Patriots defensive line.
01:49:42.720 -->
01:50:01.119Now, if they start doing some of the stuff where they were showing six on the line and backing off into a you know sixth zone, you know, backing up where they're in zone coverage and fooling what you get out of out of Sam Darnold, that might work.
01:50:01.439 -->
01:50:03.199But it ain't gonna work the whole time.
01:50:03.359 -->
01:50:06.720So you got to really figure out how to get him off his spot and put pressure on him.
01:50:06.880 -->
01:50:11.039If they can't do that, I think Seattle's gonna eat.
01:50:11.279 -->
01:50:20.479Um, I heard Marshawn Lynch was signing a contract for a fourth and one run on goal for the Seahawks.
01:50:20.720 -->
01:50:28.239Look, I think the Seahawks look, I've been I've been calling the Patriots to win this, but I the more I think about it, I think the Seahawks walk in there.
01:50:28.560 -->
01:50:37.600This isn't a revenge game for the bad play calling from from Pete Carroll when he wanted to throw the ball instead of handing it off.
01:50:37.760 -->
01:50:42.960Because mind you, they had a third down and still had a still had a timeout to use.
01:50:43.199 -->
01:50:52.720So they could have run the ball twice and still got the touchdown with Marsh Marshawn Lynch, who had a three-yard run before they decided to throw the ball from the two-yard line.
01:50:52.960 -->
01:51:06.239By the way, speaking of Pete Carroll, how bittersweet is it for him to get fired in his first year for the Raiders and then watch his former team literally the very next year they let him go go to the two years after they let him go.
01:51:06.399 -->
01:51:09.520Well, yeah, I guess two years because Mike Mike McDonald's been there two years.
01:51:09.760 -->
01:51:16.640He's two years, but he served as a team person for a year.
01:51:16.960 -->
01:51:17.439Consultant.
01:51:17.600 -->
01:51:18.399A consultant.
01:51:18.479 -->
01:51:25.039So he was still kind of involved with them, but then first year with the Raiders, next year he's not involved with them at all.
01:51:25.279 -->
01:51:29.199Seahawks go to the championship, go to the Super Bowl.
01:51:29.359 -->
01:51:32.479So I just imagine how he's feeling with that right now.
01:51:32.720 -->
01:51:39.119Uh, but we have a very good Super Bowl game coming coming up uh here in the next couple weeks.
01:51:39.359 -->
01:51:40.720What do you think, Mike?
01:51:41.279 -->
01:51:42.479Yeah, yeah, I agree.
01:51:42.560 -->
01:51:44.880It's it should be a very entertaining Super Bowl.
01:51:45.039 -->
01:51:47.600I think the whole playoffs have been entertaining.
01:51:47.680 -->
01:51:51.199If if you have not enjoyed these playoffs, you don't like football because it's been great.
01:51:51.359 -->
01:51:57.279It's honestly been one of the best playoff practices in a long time, but you know, once again, thank you everybody for joining us.
01:51:57.439 -->
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01:52:05.039 -->
01:52:06.880Uh, thank you everybody for joining us tonight.
01:52:06.960 -->
01:52:11.279I'm Brian with a lie, and I'm Mike, and we are two for the win.
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