1 00:00:00,440 --> 00:00:03,880 Speaker 1: We are rolling on a Monday here on the Hammer 2 00:00:03,920 --> 00:00:08,320 Speaker 1: and Nigel Show. I'm Jason Hammer. Big Nige is on 3 00:00:08,440 --> 00:00:12,600 Speaker 1: spring break. He's doing a MTV styl like we all 4 00:00:12,600 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: did back in the day. I think he's down there 5 00:00:14,120 --> 00:00:17,720 Speaker 1: with Carmen Electra and Panama City right now. Jerry Lopez 6 00:00:17,800 --> 00:00:21,360 Speaker 1: is filling in for Big Nige. And look, we can 7 00:00:21,400 --> 00:00:25,200 Speaker 1: sit here and talk about the TSA agents. Are they 8 00:00:25,200 --> 00:00:27,440 Speaker 1: getting paid? We could sit here and talk about the 9 00:00:27,440 --> 00:00:31,040 Speaker 1: war and Iran, But in forty nine States is just basketball. 10 00:00:31,520 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: This is Indiana and one of ours just hit what 11 00:00:36,880 --> 00:00:39,400 Speaker 1: could be one of the biggest shots in the history 12 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:42,800 Speaker 1: of the NCAA tournament. And joining us now on the 13 00:00:42,840 --> 00:00:47,560 Speaker 1: hotline is Luke Meredith. He's the former Greenfield Central basketball 14 00:00:47,600 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: coach who coached Brayln Mullins. Coach, Luke, how are you. 15 00:00:52,920 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 2: I'm pretty good about yourself, man. 16 00:00:54,720 --> 00:00:58,160 Speaker 1: We're doing well. We're doing real well. Talk to me 17 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:01,640 Speaker 1: a little bit about this kid, Raylan Mullins. He's just 18 00:01:01,760 --> 00:01:04,920 Speaker 1: kind of exploded on the national scene with one of 19 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:08,000 Speaker 1: the biggest shots in the history of March madness. What 20 00:01:08,120 --> 00:01:09,800 Speaker 1: type of kid is Braylen Mullins. 21 00:01:11,560 --> 00:01:14,680 Speaker 3: An unbelievable kid, very soft spoken, very humble. 22 00:01:15,200 --> 00:01:16,600 Speaker 2: I mean he took the time out today. 23 00:01:16,600 --> 00:01:19,440 Speaker 3: I just got a FaceTime with him, you know, snuck 24 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:22,479 Speaker 3: me in between Coach K and Pat McAfee and all 25 00:01:22,600 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 3: today's show. Very humble, hard working, soft spoken, just an 26 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:29,040 Speaker 3: all American Indiana kid. 27 00:01:29,080 --> 00:01:31,640 Speaker 4: You know, for somebody who's probably you know, giving up 28 00:01:31,680 --> 00:01:33,960 Speaker 4: so much time for the love of the game, right, Like, 29 00:01:34,440 --> 00:01:36,760 Speaker 4: this is what you love to do. You got a kid, 30 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 4: you pushed him. He's really good. Take me through that 31 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 4: last ten seconds last night? Where were you at watching 32 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 4: the game? You see the shot go down? Did the 33 00:01:46,959 --> 00:01:49,560 Speaker 4: cops show up because you got too loud? Like, take 34 00:01:49,640 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 4: me through what happened last night at your house. 35 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, he had the deflection and then he had the 36 00:01:55,360 --> 00:01:57,720 Speaker 3: wherewithal to let it bounce, because you know it could 37 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,520 Speaker 3: have been over and back call depending on where he 38 00:01:59,560 --> 00:02:01,920 Speaker 3: called it and where he was on the steel. And 39 00:02:01,960 --> 00:02:04,560 Speaker 3: then he passes the Caravan the all time, you know, 40 00:02:04,720 --> 00:02:07,920 Speaker 3: Yukon winner, and then Caravan as a senior, gives it 41 00:02:07,920 --> 00:02:11,240 Speaker 3: to a freshman and in rhythm. I've seen that shot 42 00:02:11,320 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 3: a million times. Literally, as soon as it left his hands, 43 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:16,200 Speaker 3: I was saying, LFG. 44 00:02:16,480 --> 00:02:19,560 Speaker 2: Not going nuts. 45 00:02:19,760 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 4: That house went crazy. 46 00:02:21,040 --> 00:02:24,040 Speaker 3: In my home here in Greenfield with my family, and 47 00:02:24,120 --> 00:02:26,600 Speaker 3: it was just Butter. I mean, that's just it's just him, 48 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:28,040 Speaker 3: and I knew he was gonna make it as soon 49 00:02:28,080 --> 00:02:31,079 Speaker 3: as it left his hands. It was surreal and unbelievable. 50 00:02:31,080 --> 00:02:34,360 Speaker 4: So how over under five minutes before you sent him 51 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 4: a Texas said let's have lfge kid, let's go. Like, 52 00:02:38,280 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 4: I am pumped, and I don't even know the kid. 53 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 4: I can't imagine how you felt. 54 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was surreal. I mean I had one hundred 55 00:02:45,760 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 3: and eighty five text. 56 00:02:46,639 --> 00:02:48,520 Speaker 2: Messages and I felt like I did. 57 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 3: Something, you know, like I was either on the staff 58 00:02:50,280 --> 00:02:52,160 Speaker 3: or I actually made the shot. You know, I have 59 00:02:52,280 --> 00:02:55,040 Speaker 3: high school friends, college friends, college, you know, and it'd 60 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:55,320 Speaker 3: be like. 61 00:02:55,240 --> 00:02:56,839 Speaker 2: Your boy, just hit the shot, your boy, your boy. 62 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,160 Speaker 3: But I'm like, dude, it is so unbelievable and just 63 00:02:59,160 --> 00:03:01,560 Speaker 3: so happy for him because he deserves it. You know, 64 00:03:01,639 --> 00:03:03,519 Speaker 3: we talk about you know, I felt like he was 65 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:05,000 Speaker 3: going to make that shot when it led his hands. 66 00:03:05,040 --> 00:03:07,200 Speaker 3: But that's because he's done it a million times without 67 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:07,880 Speaker 3: people watching. 68 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,240 Speaker 2: You know. He's got a great family. 69 00:03:09,280 --> 00:03:11,040 Speaker 3: His father was on my staff and we were in 70 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,840 Speaker 3: those gyms and at Greenfield and ever since he was 71 00:03:13,880 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 3: in sixth and seventh grade, you know, an hour before 72 00:03:16,200 --> 00:03:18,000 Speaker 3: school and then putting in all that time in front 73 00:03:18,000 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 3: of no one, and when you make that shot in 74 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,800 Speaker 3: front of millions and become you know, a national hero 75 00:03:22,960 --> 00:03:25,440 Speaker 3: and talk of the town, it's it's just unbelievable. 76 00:03:25,680 --> 00:03:29,440 Speaker 1: We're speaking with Luke Meredith, the former Greenfield Central basketball 77 00:03:29,480 --> 00:03:33,519 Speaker 1: coach who coached Braylon Mullins in high school. Coach, at 78 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:38,000 Speaker 1: what point did you realize this Mullin kids, he's something special? 79 00:03:40,000 --> 00:03:40,760 Speaker 2: Yeah? I think that. 80 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,440 Speaker 3: You know, when I first got the job, he was 81 00:03:42,440 --> 00:03:43,920 Speaker 3: an incoming seventh grader. 82 00:03:44,000 --> 00:03:46,200 Speaker 2: Tall, skinny, you know, had some hype. 83 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:49,280 Speaker 3: But that switch to an elite level to a potential 84 00:03:49,360 --> 00:03:52,320 Speaker 3: NBA player happened between his junior and his senior year, 85 00:03:52,560 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: and we were getting, you know, talks from iep Uy 86 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,320 Speaker 3: and no disrespect to them, but between his junior and 87 00:03:57,320 --> 00:04:01,960 Speaker 3: his senior then it went to IU Kansas Duke North Carolina, 88 00:04:02,040 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 3: and he could just do things in practice that I've 89 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:06,640 Speaker 3: never seen before. Or he would go through these flurries 90 00:04:06,680 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 3: where he would make similar shots the last night, a 91 00:04:08,840 --> 00:04:11,160 Speaker 3: volleyball line shot. I'm calling a set in a game 92 00:04:11,280 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 3: or in practice and he pulls that up and drains 93 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,000 Speaker 3: it and it's like a good job coach. No, actually, 94 00:04:16,040 --> 00:04:18,640 Speaker 3: that's just Braylen bringing Braylen where sometimes. 95 00:04:18,320 --> 00:04:20,440 Speaker 2: We would even have to stop practice or get him 96 00:04:20,440 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 2: out of. 97 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,919 Speaker 3: The drill because it wasn't fair to everyone else. So 98 00:04:22,960 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 3: it's just one of those things that you knew he 99 00:04:25,360 --> 00:04:27,440 Speaker 3: just had talent at an elite level, and was that 100 00:04:27,720 --> 00:04:29,640 Speaker 3: you know when he missed, you were surprised. 101 00:04:29,920 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 2: Type of kid and you know, like I said. 102 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: Very humble to boot, so well liked, well respected within 103 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:36,800 Speaker 3: our community and within our school. That's just what makes 104 00:04:36,839 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: him such a special young man from a special family. 105 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:43,160 Speaker 1: How much pressure did you feel knowing that you've got 106 00:04:43,200 --> 00:04:47,800 Speaker 1: this generational talent here, a kid that mixes a great 107 00:04:48,000 --> 00:04:51,159 Speaker 1: you know head with a great you know skill set. 108 00:04:51,400 --> 00:04:53,760 Speaker 1: You know, he seems like a good guy, a good kid, 109 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:56,520 Speaker 1: and he's also phenomenal on the basketball court. Did you 110 00:04:56,600 --> 00:05:00,160 Speaker 1: feel pressure as a coach to make sure you got 111 00:05:00,160 --> 00:05:01,640 Speaker 1: everything out of him in high school? 112 00:05:02,920 --> 00:05:03,520 Speaker 2: Absolutely? 113 00:05:03,600 --> 00:05:05,880 Speaker 3: I remember, you know, the summer before his senior year 114 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:09,320 Speaker 3: when he had some mister basketball potential, calling local coaches 115 00:05:09,360 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 3: and trying to do all that I could, because I 116 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:13,919 Speaker 3: did feel immense pressure of just doing what's right for 117 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:16,520 Speaker 3: the kid. And you know, ultimately he did average thirty 118 00:05:16,520 --> 00:05:18,799 Speaker 3: two points a game and he scored over eight hundred 119 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,440 Speaker 3: points in a season, which puts him in the top 120 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:22,360 Speaker 3: fifteen all times state of Indiana. 121 00:05:22,720 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 2: To become mister basketball. 122 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 3: And it was really difficult because we would see box 123 00:05:26,839 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 3: and one, we would see we even saw a triangle 124 00:05:29,040 --> 00:05:31,440 Speaker 3: in two with two guys just on him, just to 125 00:05:31,480 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 3: being able to find ways to manufacture offense for him 126 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:36,919 Speaker 3: to get him going. But what made him special was 127 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,039 Speaker 3: his basketball, like you, and being able to make others 128 00:05:39,080 --> 00:05:41,359 Speaker 3: around him better. And so that was one of the 129 00:05:41,360 --> 00:05:43,640 Speaker 3: things that kind of made me feel better because. 130 00:05:43,400 --> 00:05:45,320 Speaker 2: I knew that I could put him in positions to 131 00:05:45,320 --> 00:05:47,560 Speaker 2: be successful, but he ultimately was going to be able 132 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:49,320 Speaker 2: to make the play to make others around him better. 133 00:05:49,440 --> 00:05:51,560 Speaker 4: You mentioned there was a time where it was like, Okay, 134 00:05:51,720 --> 00:05:54,400 Speaker 4: yeather D one, but it's not Duke, it's not Yukon. 135 00:05:55,000 --> 00:05:57,880 Speaker 4: What changes did he make during that year that put 136 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:59,360 Speaker 4: him at that next level? 137 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 2: Yeah, I just think his confidence. 138 00:06:02,440 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 3: You know, we talked a lot in our program about 139 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:06,719 Speaker 3: reps from removed outs, but for him just being in 140 00:06:06,760 --> 00:06:08,880 Speaker 3: the gym and having that so you know, he would 141 00:06:08,880 --> 00:06:11,240 Speaker 3: play at Greenfield and we're at four A level. We 142 00:06:11,240 --> 00:06:14,039 Speaker 3: played high level basketball. But when he would go in 143 00:06:14,080 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 3: the summer and he was on this Indiana eight team 144 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,799 Speaker 3: coach by Mike Fox, and they had Luke Erdell, Jalen Harrelson, 145 00:06:19,839 --> 00:06:22,440 Speaker 3: Trent Sisley, and he would be able to see different 146 00:06:22,480 --> 00:06:25,479 Speaker 3: levels and he's playing on the Adidas circuit and they're 147 00:06:25,480 --> 00:06:28,160 Speaker 3: going against Darren Peterson and he's having all the success. 148 00:06:28,320 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 3: Just his confidence grew immensely and he kind of grew 149 00:06:31,120 --> 00:06:33,320 Speaker 3: into his body. You know, you don't want to say 150 00:06:33,320 --> 00:06:35,240 Speaker 3: sneaky athletic because he's a white boy, but he was. 151 00:06:35,600 --> 00:06:38,680 Speaker 4: I appreciate you saying that because a sneaky fast is 152 00:06:38,720 --> 00:06:39,840 Speaker 4: always a white guy. 153 00:06:39,800 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 3: Right right, right, facts, facts, But you know he also 154 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,640 Speaker 3: had crazy bounce too. So just that confidence and filling 155 00:06:45,680 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 3: into his body to be an elite athlete as well. 156 00:06:47,600 --> 00:06:49,640 Speaker 4: How many times did you say no, no, no, yes, 157 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:50,799 Speaker 4: great shot kid. 158 00:06:51,880 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 2: No, absolutely, at least once or twice a quarter. 159 00:06:56,000 --> 00:06:59,440 Speaker 1: Luke Meredith is our guest coach Braven Mullins in high 160 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: school agreed Field Central. So when Braylyn was coming into 161 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:06,279 Speaker 1: his own, was there ever a moment where you thought, 162 00:07:06,720 --> 00:07:09,680 Speaker 1: I want to make sure that he stays humble, Like 163 00:07:09,840 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: did he ever get too cocky? Were you ever concerned that, 164 00:07:12,720 --> 00:07:14,720 Speaker 1: you know, he's going to become a diva or anything 165 00:07:14,760 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: like that? 166 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,320 Speaker 2: Literally the exact opposite. 167 00:07:18,400 --> 00:07:21,760 Speaker 3: I gave him a nickname BMF bad mofo, and so 168 00:07:21,800 --> 00:07:23,920 Speaker 3: there would be times where I would have to tell him, 169 00:07:23,960 --> 00:07:26,040 Speaker 3: I need the BMF to come out, let him know 170 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 3: who you are, because he was such a humble, quiet, 171 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:32,400 Speaker 3: soft spoken kid that I had to bring out. 172 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:33,480 Speaker 2: That in him at times. 173 00:07:33,760 --> 00:07:35,760 Speaker 3: And that's just one of the things that as he 174 00:07:35,840 --> 00:07:37,600 Speaker 3: continued to grow and developed, that came. 175 00:07:38,000 --> 00:07:40,080 Speaker 2: But yeah, that's where that BMF nickname came from. 176 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:42,640 Speaker 4: So there's there's three point shots, and then there's having 177 00:07:42,680 --> 00:07:45,480 Speaker 4: to pay property taxes to Caitlin Clark from where you're at. 178 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:49,120 Speaker 4: He pulled from the logo how many times have you 179 00:07:49,160 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 4: seen that in the game, and he shot it. Listen, 180 00:07:51,480 --> 00:07:54,120 Speaker 4: I'm not the biggest guy, but it's that looked like 181 00:07:54,160 --> 00:07:56,040 Speaker 4: a regular free throw to him. 182 00:07:56,720 --> 00:07:57,920 Speaker 2: No, absolutely, it's clean. 183 00:07:58,000 --> 00:07:59,920 Speaker 3: Like I said, that's something in practice that he would do, 184 00:08:00,720 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 3: you know, from the volleyball line and pull up splash 185 00:08:03,800 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 3: and it leaves his hands and he's already walking back 186 00:08:06,040 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 3: like the Steph Curry. 187 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:12,160 Speaker 4: No looks to your point, You're like I had to 188 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:15,000 Speaker 4: like stop it because like, I'm not training you to 189 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:17,800 Speaker 4: d up people three three feet past the half court line, 190 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:19,520 Speaker 4: Like we're not. That's not something you can work on. 191 00:08:19,560 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 4: So this guy can hit jumpers from half court? What 192 00:08:22,760 --> 00:08:23,520 Speaker 4: do we do about that? 193 00:08:23,680 --> 00:08:24,720 Speaker 2: Right? No? 194 00:08:24,920 --> 00:08:26,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, And that's what poor jd Plays would look at 195 00:08:26,840 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 3: me like, will you on we do Coach Hell? 196 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:29,960 Speaker 2: I don't know, so I'm're gonna have to figure it out. 197 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:34,680 Speaker 1: But uh Luke Meredith with us last thing before we 198 00:08:34,800 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: let you go here, Coach uh Yukon coming in for 199 00:08:37,960 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: the Final Four this weekend. I know there's gonna be 200 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:44,560 Speaker 1: tons of media attention, tons of a spotlight is going 201 00:08:44,600 --> 00:08:47,200 Speaker 1: to be on him because he's from Central Indie. The 202 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:51,520 Speaker 1: Final Four is here. Uh tell us one fun little 203 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:54,199 Speaker 1: story about coaching Brayln Mullins that not a lot of 204 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:54,640 Speaker 1: people know. 205 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:58,319 Speaker 2: Oh man, that's a tough question. 206 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:04,000 Speaker 3: I would say that he scored fifty two points against 207 00:09:04,000 --> 00:09:06,400 Speaker 3: Pendleton Heights, which is the school record in our Greenfield 208 00:09:06,400 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 3: Central High School history. 209 00:09:08,600 --> 00:09:12,360 Speaker 2: But I remember that we had you know, we were. 210 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 3: Down two, I believe with seven seconds left side out 211 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 3: of bounds and it was literally like a Jimmy. 212 00:09:17,800 --> 00:09:21,160 Speaker 2: Chitwood, just give me the damn ball and we. 213 00:09:21,120 --> 00:09:23,960 Speaker 3: Would pass different players I remember, you know, Brady Johnson 214 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 3: and Cooper Robertson would have the ball and you could 215 00:09:26,280 --> 00:09:28,480 Speaker 3: just see in the video they're like, where's Braylen? Whor's Brayln? 216 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,240 Speaker 3: Where's Brayln? Because it was kind of a broken play. 217 00:09:30,559 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 3: And then finally he comes up with the ball as 218 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 3: they're trying to get him, the ball shoots a fade 219 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,640 Speaker 3: away runner three as time expires, just like last night, 220 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:40,760 Speaker 3: splash game over crowdy reps. 221 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 2: But it was like out of a movie. Where's Braylan? 222 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:44,680 Speaker 3: You could see the kids shaking on the books, like 223 00:09:44,720 --> 00:09:46,360 Speaker 3: I gotta find where's twenty four? 224 00:09:46,400 --> 00:09:47,920 Speaker 2: Who's got twenty four? Find it to him? 225 00:09:47,960 --> 00:09:52,080 Speaker 3: Hit him splash, just like last night. It's Indiana basketball history. 226 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:54,520 Speaker 4: Hey, when I say you could have, you could You're 227 00:09:54,559 --> 00:09:57,640 Speaker 4: at the point now two games ago you could have 228 00:09:57,760 --> 00:10:00,800 Speaker 4: coacht a national champion last last year. 229 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:01,960 Speaker 2: What do you think? 230 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:05,800 Speaker 3: It's a real It's unbelievable And once again it's a 231 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,120 Speaker 3: credit to him and his work ethic and betting on 232 00:10:08,200 --> 00:10:11,080 Speaker 3: himself going eight hundred miles away and going to play 233 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:12,000 Speaker 3: for the best. 234 00:10:11,679 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 2: And Dan Hurley and all the options that he had. 235 00:10:13,800 --> 00:10:15,280 Speaker 2: But like I said, he's just. 236 00:10:15,400 --> 00:10:18,120 Speaker 3: He's an elite young man. He comes from a great family, 237 00:10:18,559 --> 00:10:20,800 Speaker 3: and he deserves it all. I mean, truly, there's some 238 00:10:20,920 --> 00:10:23,440 Speaker 3: kids that you know, deep down may not you know, 239 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,680 Speaker 3: may just be elite athletes and may not deep down 240 00:10:25,720 --> 00:10:27,880 Speaker 3: have all that work ethic. But you know, Braylan is 241 00:10:27,920 --> 00:10:30,280 Speaker 3: a good student, he's a good person, and he's a 242 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 3: heck of a basketball player. 243 00:10:31,600 --> 00:10:34,080 Speaker 1: And that's the thing that we keep going back to here. 244 00:10:34,400 --> 00:10:37,680 Speaker 1: Everybody we have spoken with coach has said the exact 245 00:10:37,760 --> 00:10:40,880 Speaker 1: same thing. He's a good kid. His dad's a good kid. 246 00:10:40,960 --> 00:10:43,960 Speaker 1: His high school coach was an awesome dude. Like the 247 00:10:44,000 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: inner circle around this guy, everybody just raves about. And 248 00:10:47,800 --> 00:10:50,560 Speaker 1: congratulations to you because you're absolutely a part of that. 249 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 2: Well, thank you. I appreciate that. Humble to hear that. 250 00:10:53,840 --> 00:10:57,240 Speaker 1: Thank you, Luke Meredith, former coach of Braylyn Mullins in 251 00:10:57,280 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: high school at Greenfield Central. We appreciate your time. Love 252 00:11:00,400 --> 00:11:03,280 Speaker 1: hearing those stories, Love hearing those stories. Like we talked 253 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:06,800 Speaker 1: so much negative stuff on this show about people we 254 00:11:06,920 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: don't like and crooked politicians, and this and that, and 255 00:11:11,520 --> 00:11:14,640 Speaker 1: it's refreshing to hear a kid who's got all the 256 00:11:14,679 --> 00:11:18,120 Speaker 1: talent in the world, but his humble and his inner 257 00:11:18,160 --> 00:11:19,840 Speaker 1: circle keeping him humble. 258 00:11:19,920 --> 00:11:21,960 Speaker 4: It's hard to find these days. More often than not 259 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:24,400 Speaker 4: you find a Terrell Owens and not a Marvin Harrison. 260 00:11:24,559 --> 00:11:26,400 Speaker 4: It's nice to see a kid who lets his game 261 00:11:26,440 --> 00:11:29,559 Speaker 4: speak for himself. And kudo's to coach because he probably 262 00:11:29,600 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 4: set that example. And this is first year in Yukon. 263 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:33,440 Speaker 4: This has a lot to do with what he went 264 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:34,400 Speaker 4: through in Greenfield Central. 265 00:11:34,480 --> 00:11:36,800 Speaker 1: And let's be honest, playing for Dan Hurley, one of 266 00:11:36,840 --> 00:11:40,800 Speaker 1: the great red asses in college basketball, probably not the 267 00:11:40,920 --> 00:11:43,680 Speaker 1: easiest thing in the world. But you know, we talked 268 00:11:43,679 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: about this earlier in the week. Man, if you're somebody 269 00:11:47,120 --> 00:11:50,360 Speaker 1: that's either been in the military or you've played ball 270 00:11:50,480 --> 00:11:53,840 Speaker 1: at even through the high school level, you're okay with 271 00:11:53,960 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: some tough love from time to time. 272 00:11:55,679 --> 00:11:55,839 Speaker 2: Yeah. 273 00:11:55,880 --> 00:11:58,320 Speaker 4: So, I coached elite travel baseball at my son all 274 00:11:58,360 --> 00:12:01,400 Speaker 4: the way up, and what I've always said is I 275 00:12:01,520 --> 00:12:04,319 Speaker 4: was hardest on the good kids because I expect more 276 00:12:04,320 --> 00:12:06,160 Speaker 4: out of you. If you were the worst kid on 277 00:12:06,200 --> 00:12:07,800 Speaker 4: my team, maybe you know I tried to coach you, 278 00:12:07,840 --> 00:12:09,440 Speaker 4: but I'm not going to hurp you. We're dealing with 279 00:12:09,440 --> 00:12:12,560 Speaker 4: different issues, so coude, hey, what he's coming home 280 00:12:14,120 --> 00:12:14,360 Speaker 3: Home