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Speaker 1: You were listening to the best of the Fan Morning

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Speaker 1: Show on ninety three five and one oh seven five

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Speaker 1: the Fan. Good morning and welcome into the Fan Morning Show, Kevin.

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Speaker 2: As you know, I had the opportunity to work John

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Speaker 2: Show yesterday. John was off, so I moved over to

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Speaker 2: the afternoon and to my great, pleasant and wonderful surprise,

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Speaker 2: guess who showed up?

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Speaker 1: Evan Cheryl and Cluster Truck.

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Speaker 3: No, look at that.

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Speaker 2: I had a little for dinner last night. Mark got

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Speaker 2: a little the Korean beef and broccoli about that.

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Speaker 4: That's the ideal. I thought I had a good Tuesday night. Yeah,

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Speaker 4: how wrong was that?

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Speaker 5: So?

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Speaker 6: Did you like it better in the afternoon or he

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Speaker 6: it's always good afternoon delight.

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Speaker 4: I just want to sound like they were.

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Speaker 1: They brought a little cake by and everything.

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Speaker 4: Man, whoa cake? Well hold the phone here, I'm telling

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Speaker 4: you what kind of cake?

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Speaker 1: Was it good? Kind of like a sugar type cake.

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Speaker 1: I don't know. It was good.

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Speaker 4: Any cake is a good cake for the most part.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it was not bad at all.

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Speaker 2: So that's what's That's how how my night started last night. James,

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Speaker 2: the producer there is like, hey, yeah, do you want

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Speaker 2: what do you want from Cluster Truck Man, They're going

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Speaker 2: to bring something over.

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Speaker 1: I was like, okay, do I need to submit an order?

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Speaker 1: Like no, just tell me what you want. They'll bring

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Speaker 1: it by.

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Speaker 6: Ten year anniversary of Cluster Truck Shout out a big fan.

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Speaker 6: Your promo code there if you're coming downtown. Perfect especially

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Speaker 6: for this weekend that dunk Fest you still got available

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Speaker 6: to you Saturday.

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Speaker 3: Bohenberger, Kevin Bohenberger on the Horizon.

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Speaker 2: On the Horizon, I dig it, I dig it all right,

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Speaker 2: So it is Wednesday, it is April Fools. We will

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Speaker 2: not be trying to get you with any kind of

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Speaker 2: April Fools jokes or anything like that.

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Speaker 3: People are tagging me and stuff, are they?

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Speaker 6: And I don't know if I'm you know, I'm trying

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Speaker 6: to vet it.

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Speaker 3: I'm not saying anything on air.

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Speaker 1: I will.

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Speaker 3: I'll be vetting things before it is said on air.

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Speaker 1: It maybe thirty minutes before we actually report breaking news. Today.

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Speaker 6: I can't, I just I can't say anything out loud.

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Speaker 6: Do you have to vet it all?

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Speaker 1: Just be head on a swivel today, that's what you

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Speaker 1: want to do, Mark, he.

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Speaker 4: Swivel, especially today.

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Speaker 1: If your kid picked up on April Fol's day jokes.

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Speaker 4: Uh, they've heard of them, but I feel like, especially

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Speaker 4: during spring break, they fall a little flatter, like maybe

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Speaker 4: at school that would be a little more prominent. I'm

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Speaker 4: not trying to fool him today. I'm just trying to

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Speaker 4: get through the day with my sanity. I have two

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Speaker 4: weeks of spring break stinks. By the way, as a parent,

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Speaker 4: it is brutal. What are we doing today? Can't we

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Speaker 4: sit on the couch and just relax?

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Speaker 5: What does it?

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Speaker 4: We got to make memories every single day?

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Speaker 1: O preach?

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Speaker 4: Good lord. I just wanted to sit home and eat

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Speaker 4: ice cream and watch Jerry Springer on Spring Bake back

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Speaker 4: when I was a kid. Now we got to go

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Speaker 4: do something every day.

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Speaker 3: Is Springer still on?

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Speaker 4: No, he's dead?

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Speaker 1: Still?

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Speaker 7: Well?

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Speaker 3: I mean you could, you could go.

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Speaker 2: They just they just they just put to bed the

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Speaker 2: what was the other one, Steve Wilko.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I can't believe that was still on.

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Speaker 1: Put that one to bed.

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Speaker 3: So are they all dead? Maury, all of them?

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Speaker 1: Maury might still be on.

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Speaker 4: No, Moury's, Mory's. They ran out of paternity test.

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Speaker 1: Are you sure?

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Speaker 3: I'm pretty sure I can still hear that you are

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Speaker 3: not the father.

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Speaker 1: And then the dancing, and then they're running around backstage

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Speaker 1: being chased back down. It was the same show every day.

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Speaker 6: Dan Hurley celebrating a Braylan Mullens game winner.

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Speaker 2: We need to get a studio audience every once in

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Speaker 2: a while. They could just start going.

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Speaker 4: Kevin, Kevin, I want someone to throw a chair.

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Speaker 1: Though James would be throwing a chair, I could see

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Speaker 4: Maury, I think is still with us, but the show

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Speaker 4: is not okay.

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Speaker 1: Uh.

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Speaker 2: Pacers get back on the floor tonight on the road

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Speaker 2: in Chicago to take on the Bulls. The question is, though,

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Speaker 2: who's going to be available in this one. Aaron Ne Smith,

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Speaker 2: Jerris Walker didn't even hardly practice yesterday.

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Speaker 1: It looks like they're going to be out tonight.

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Speaker 2: According to Rick Carliles when he told the Paper today,

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Speaker 2: Andrew Nemhart TJ McConnell have also been ruled out tonight.

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Speaker 2: They're dealing with some nagging injuries, but it does look

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Speaker 2: like Pascal Siakam and Obi Toppin are probable.

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Speaker 6: I still can't believe Pascal siaka I'm suiting up. I

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Speaker 6: mean kudos to him, kudos to the pacer. Well, you

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Speaker 6: just figures across. You can stay healthy here. But it

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Speaker 6: is kind of amazing. You look at a lot of

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Speaker 6: these teams around, the Wizards, the Kings, I mean they

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Speaker 6: here's Siakam still out there playing and it's not like,

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Speaker 6: you know, it'd be one thing I think of Zubots

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Speaker 6: was with him, and you're trying to get a little

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Speaker 6: Tyres Halliburn to kind of fully fully get there. So yeah, again,

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Speaker 6: the Pacers still in a very comfortable spot here as

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Speaker 6: long as they don't do anything too too crazy, you know,

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Speaker 2: Even then, man, this canna be tough. I just don't

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Speaker 2: see them winning more than one or two more games,

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Speaker 2: do you.

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Speaker 6: Well, yeah, I got no idea who these you know,

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Speaker 6: I mean, who they're gonna play. Haven't they beaten the

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Speaker 6: Bulls already this year, like a couple of times.

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Speaker 1: Haven't everybody beaten the Bulls a couple of times this year?

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Speaker 4: Mark there seems like I don't think they're trying anymore.

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Speaker 4: They shipped everybody off or waved them.

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Speaker 6: This is the first year they won't be in the plane,

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Speaker 6: them in the heater. Looking around me, I'm not watching

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Speaker 2: Shame those poor viewers, Oh man, I'm just I'm looking

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Speaker 2: at the Pacers right now.

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Speaker 1: Games played.

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Speaker 2: Siakam has sixty games played this year. He's been the guy.

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Speaker 2: Jay Huff has played seventy five, Walker seventy three, played

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Speaker 2: every game three. Yeah, Jay Huff has played in every

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Speaker 3: How about that?

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Speaker 1: George Walker's played in all but two.

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Speaker 3: Shout out to Jay Huff every single game.

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Speaker 2: But to your point, this year, particularly with the injuries

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Speaker 2: he's had, sixty of seventy five is pretty good for

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Speaker 2: Pascal Siaka.

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Speaker 3: Oh, certainly, certainly, man, that's.

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Speaker 1: What we're talking about. How many games has each player

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Speaker 1: played for the Pacers.

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Speaker 2: Nemhart's played fifty seven, McConnell fifty six, Nie Smith forty five.

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Speaker 1: That's tough and a tough year, no question about that.

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Speaker 1: And we'll see how it all plays out at the end.

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Speaker 2: But they'll be in Chicago night seven, thirty year time

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Speaker 2: eight o'clock tip here at ninety three five and one

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Speaker 2: oh seven to five of the fan and then, uh,

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Speaker 2: you know, we just like to see if any other

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Speaker 2: news comes out of the NFL league meetings. They'll finish

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Speaker 2: up a little bit later on today. But I think

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Speaker 2: we're we pretty much heard what we're going to hear

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Speaker 1: Imagine Joel A.

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Speaker 6: Erickson, he was out there, He's going to join us

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Speaker 6: coming up at nine, Mark, do you have that? Carl

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Speaker 6: ERSA Gordon audio? This is from I believe her conversation

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Speaker 6: with JJ Stankowitz of the Colts, and and the question

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Speaker 6: was more rooted in just kind of like the trio,

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Speaker 6: and you know, as Carly started to answer it, she

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Speaker 6: this is a debate we currently have. Chris Boward is

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Speaker 6: going into his tenth year as general manager. Shane Stikeen

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Speaker 6: is going into his fourth year head coach. For Chris Bauard.

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Speaker 3: It's a contract here for Shane's psychin He's got what

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Speaker 3: I think it's three more.

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Speaker 6: Years on his contract. So you guys see if you

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Speaker 6: hear the same thing here. This is Carliers Gordon out

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Speaker 8: With Chris and Shane.

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Speaker 9: Obviously, I think one of the biggest pieces I always

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Speaker 8: Where a general manager and a head coach don't succeed.

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Speaker 8: And one of the things that we found is when

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Speaker 8: you simultaneously hire them, and when you think about it, it

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Speaker 8: makes total sense. So imagine hiring one one person has

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Speaker 8: you know, Chris, with his tenure with us, I think

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Speaker 8: that complimented Chris's style, and I think I think they

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I would say I love the play calling ability

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Speaker 1: And maybe he is or isn't a good head coach.

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Speaker 1: I'm not entirely convinced yet, But.

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Speaker 2: Whatever they're doing together, whether they get along and compliment

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Speaker 1: It's not working, Kevin, So.

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Speaker 6: I'm probably overreading that. But does that mean that she

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Speaker 6: doesn't want to hire a GM and a head coach

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Speaker 6: in the same year, the same cycle.

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Speaker 4: That's kind of what I heard.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but then she kind of, I thought, kind of

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Speaker 1: backtracked on it. I don't know, I guess, so, yeah.

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Speaker 6: That's to me is quite the news item. Like I mean,

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Speaker 6: first off, you hear that, and it's once again, and

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Speaker 6: I don't know if we need the ersay words. I

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Speaker 6: think the ersay actions have spoken loudly enough, but the

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Speaker 6: words right there. I mean, boy, Chris Ballard is in

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Speaker 6: just say great position with that family, I mean just

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Speaker 6: in how he is viewed organizationally. It's incredible. Find you

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Speaker 6: a boss that loves you as much as the ersays

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Speaker 6: love Chris Ballard. I think that's that's my April Fool's

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Speaker 6: advice for the day, and there's no April fools about that.

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Speaker 6: Find you a boss, Jeff, I please, will you love

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Speaker 6: me as much as the ersays love Chris Ballard.

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Speaker 3: I'm begging you.

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Speaker 1: I think you're not that far away, but you've never

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Speaker 1: given me reason not to.

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Speaker 3: If you need to get ahead of things.

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Speaker 6: Right, So if I ask you right now to give me, Jeff,

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I don't understand that logic, Like you've done an

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Speaker 2: Plenty of time to talk about in this offseason, the

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Speaker 1: We'll see what the Colts do without a.

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Speaker 2: to expand on that Colt's storyline over at the league

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Speaker 6: But you know, I think that's one of the positions

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Speaker 6: That spot there. So we'll see how the open competition

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Speaker 3: So we'll see how that plays out.

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Speaker 6: Jonathan Owens, jan Ye Thomas another couple of free agents

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Speaker 1: Thomas. We'll see if he can play a little bit.

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Speaker 6: Yeah, I get not a lot of starting experience in

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Speaker 1: Are we getting to the.

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Speaker 3: They always beat the Colts in one of those three games.

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Speaker 2: Also, Roger Goodell Mark says the Bears need to figure

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Speaker 1: Let's go well.

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Speaker 4: Kevin Warren says that they're supposedly going to pick one

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Speaker 3: About time we rock our hamm in shirts.

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Speaker 4: No, I haven't heard anything about anything lately about all that,

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Speaker 2: And he had a PACER's back on the floor. Tonight

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Speaker 2: They are tied for the worst record in the league

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Speaker 1: Both of them are seventeen and fifty eight.

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Speaker 2: But it does look probable for Obi top at a

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Speaker 2: What else can we tell you, Oh, last night in

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Speaker 1: Round, they could be a problem. Right now, they're playing

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Speaker 6: If you're the thunder who scares me the most, Spurs, Lakers, Nuggets.

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Speaker 4: That's a gauntlet.

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Speaker 2: I'd probably as of right this second, I still think

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Speaker 2: You don't want to.

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Speaker 6: But to your point is depth is key in the

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Speaker 1: Yeah, well, it's gonna be fun.

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Speaker 6: No, Mother's Day's worried about ping pong balls bouncing the

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Speaker 1: Would you pick stage at this point in time?

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Speaker 3: Did you just go with Tyrese? Is that is that

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Speaker 3: To be the opposite one.

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Speaker 6: Right, Maybe maybe we picked that that woman from who

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Speaker 3: Oh yeah, remember her?

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Speaker 1: Is she a mom?

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Speaker 3: We can throw her up there.

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Speaker 4: How about Julie right, throw some middle fingers your way?

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Speaker 2: Kevin I was convinced after a three game winning streak

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Speaker 2: Cruz hit a pair of home runs for the Pirates

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Speaker 2: last night. They won a great American Ballpark eight to three.

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Speaker 2: Cardinals did shut out the Mets three nothing. The Cubs

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Speaker 2: mark shut out yesterday.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, that game's stunk. I was watching that after we

451
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Speaker 4: hit the golf ball a little bit. I'm like, what

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Speaker 4: is this? What's happening? Here's the Angels, for God's sake.

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Speaker 1: Jose Soriano was a problem for them yesterday.

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Speaker 4: Not ideal. Get the rubber match today.

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Speaker 2: Miami Marlins beat the White Sox by a score of

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Speaker 2: nine to two yesterday as well, and Kevin we talked

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Speaker 2: about this a little bit earlier, but Tiger Woods says

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Speaker 2: that he is going to step away from golf and

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Speaker 2: enter rehab. On a day where he also his lawyers

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Speaker 2: demanded a jury trial and pled not guilty to Dui

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Speaker 2: with property damage and refusal to submit to a DUI test.

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Speaker 2: He was involved in that two car accident last week.

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Speaker 3: Good, he needs help. He doesn't need to be around

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Speaker 3: the game of golf at all.

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Speaker 7: Right now.

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Speaker 6: I'm glad he's not going to be at the Masters

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Speaker 6: next week. Yeah, the guy needs real, real help. He

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Speaker 6: needs it for his own life, certainly as a father,

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Speaker 6: before he ever sniffs, you know, thinking about playing golf again.

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Speaker 6: So I was glad to read that statement. What was

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Speaker 6: it about five six sentences and there's no mention of

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Speaker 6: golf whatsoever in the statement. I know we talked about

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Speaker 6: in the opening hour, but I think what sums up

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Speaker 6: the Tiger Woods situation is for those that were watching

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Speaker 6: NBC over the weekend, they were getting ready for their

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Speaker 6: golf coverage and they mentioned the car crash and the

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Speaker 6: footage they played from the car crash was the one

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Speaker 6: in California, oops, not the one in Florida. And I

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Speaker 6: don't say that in a joking manner. I say that

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Speaker 6: in a sad manner. The fact that there's multiple of

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Speaker 6: these and frankly, if you look at the police report,

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Speaker 6: he's lucky to have he's lucky to have survived both. Certainly,

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Speaker 6: the first one he was still accelerating through the crash,

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Speaker 6: So yeah.

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Speaker 3: I think it's terrific.

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Speaker 6: He continues to put his own life and especially others

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Speaker 6: at risk, So get help, get a driver before we

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Speaker 6: ever talk about you know, you plaint golf again.

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Speaker 2: And get healthy to your point too, He's got a

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Speaker 2: couple of great kids that he needs to look after

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Speaker 2: they're growing up. And Charlie looks like he's a pretty

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Speaker 2: good golfer. And who knows what his collegiate career is

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Speaker 2: going to look like, and if there's anything beyond, we'll see.

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Speaker 2: But also last night, a little bit of a I

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Speaker 2: guess a lighter note, certainly a lighter note. How did

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Speaker 2: a goalie fight in the National Hockey League last night?

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Speaker 2: Kevin Oh, I like them goaliefight Jacob mark Upstrom, Mark

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Speaker 2: Stroum and the Igor Shasterkin Devils and Rangers were playing

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Speaker 2: last night, and it's it happens the same way every

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Speaker 2: time something's been going on. They've been staring each other

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Speaker 2: down across the ice all night long, and then one

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Speaker 2: of them looks finally at the other one, and the

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Speaker 2: second guy just drops the gloves and they meet it

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Speaker 2: at center ice and it's on.

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Speaker 6: That's a lot of staring through a lot of people, right,

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Speaker 6: I mean, and like, are you reading body language?

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Speaker 5: Truck?

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Speaker 3: Is he looking at me? Am I looking at him?

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Speaker 3: Did he just heading on me? Is he looking at

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Speaker 3: the girl in the front row behind me?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 4: How does how do those get started?

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Speaker 1: I don't understand.

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Speaker 3: I feel like it's a lot like they got to

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Speaker 3: be great at reading body language.

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Speaker 2: I would imagine they just keep staring each other down

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Speaker 2: throughout the night and it gets to a point where

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Speaker 2: one of is like, you know, I've had enough, and

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Speaker 2: it's the international signal in hockey.

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Speaker 4: When he just pointed at his five hole, that's at me.

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Speaker 6: I'm going speaking of the international signal, Do you guys

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Speaker 6: see some of these countries that qualify for the World

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Speaker 6: Cup yesterday and some of like the celebrations in their countries.

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Speaker 1: Oh it's big time.

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Speaker 3: Oh my gosh. I think it's awesome.

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Speaker 6: Honestly, it kind of reminds me of the Venezuelan celebration

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Speaker 6: in the World Baseball Classic. Like the culture, pure genuine

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Speaker 6: country pride in their respective homelands. Qualifying is incredible. I

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Speaker 6: believe the US is now rounded out their group. They've

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Speaker 6: got Turkey in their groups of Paraguay, Australia and Turkey.

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Speaker 6: Those are the three upon I don't think that's the

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Speaker 6: group of death.

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Speaker 4: No, no, not at all. But how about this. You

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Speaker 4: better be able to advance out of that one.

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Speaker 3: I think so. I would like to see us win

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Speaker 3: one of the knockout rounds. Mark.

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Speaker 6: I want to see us get to the one and

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Speaker 6: done format and win. Hey, I don't think we've been

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Speaker 6: playing great football here lately.

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Speaker 1: From what I can gather, could be worse. It could

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Speaker 1: be Italy. That's the third World Cup in a row

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Speaker 1: that they have not qualified. Well, how about that?

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Speaker 3: To be fair, the only reason we qualified is because

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Speaker 3: we are hosting.

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Speaker 1: Well, they lost. They lost the Paara matches this past week.

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Speaker 6: We're the travel baseball team that you know, we'll sponsor

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Speaker 6: the jerseys. Ah okay, Max Bowen's on the team.

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Speaker 2: They got beat by Belgium five to two Saturday, and

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Speaker 2: they lost to Portugal last night to nothing.

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Speaker 1: They're not going in with a bunch of momentum here.

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Speaker 3: I'm gonna I'm gonna get into the World Cup.

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Speaker 4: We should do a World Cup draft. We draft the teams.

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Speaker 6: I think it's fascinating to me that we have the

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Speaker 6: population sides that we do, that we have the resources

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Speaker 6: that we do, and yet the world's game we struggle.

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Speaker 6: I think it's really I mean, you know, I don't

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Speaker 6: know it's exactly the same. But you know, in hockey,

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Speaker 6: for several years we were probably considered the underdog, right

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Speaker 6: you know, in soccer we're much more the underdog given

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Speaker 6: our history.

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Speaker 3: So I think it's I don't know, it's a different rooting.

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Speaker 6: Like when we watched our basketball team in the Olympics,

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Speaker 6: it's like anything but winning golds an absolute failure, you know,

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Speaker 6: in the World Cup. I mean, what are the Vegas odds.

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Speaker 6: The Vegas odds would have this, what getting eighth, sixteenth, sixteenth?

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Speaker 4: So I feel like it's soccer too, like it's you

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Speaker 4: you always hear, you know, in other sports it's always like,

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Speaker 4: oh this guy, like every year there's like a phenom

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Speaker 4: coming up or someone that could be a generational talent.

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Speaker 4: And in soccer in America, it's always like, oh, there's

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Speaker 4: Freddy Ado and then there's a big layoff, and then's

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Speaker 4: like and then there's Christian Polistic and then it's like,

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Speaker 4: well now who It's like there's one every once in

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Speaker 4: a while.

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Speaker 1: Like it.

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Speaker 6: It's still him, right, it's still mister Yeah, polistic, holistic.

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Speaker 3: I'm always like as a poo or is.

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Speaker 4: A poll poll? You always want to but yeah, that

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Speaker 4: that's always my thing is that there's always these large

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Speaker 4: gaps as far as like high end talent and like

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Speaker 4: Polisic goes plays in Europe, but other guys don't you know,

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Speaker 4: Freddy Due was a flash in the pan and then

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Speaker 4: he was he was done. It's just like, how come

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Speaker 4: we don't have any I don't know if they just

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Speaker 4: don't stick with the sport as long or what the

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Speaker 4: deal is DC.

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Speaker 3: United for mister, do I remember correctly?

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Speaker 1: All right?

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Speaker 2: Coming up at a moment, some rules changes coming out

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Speaker 2: of the league meetings yesterday. We'll talk about those and

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Speaker 2: uh find out if Kevin thinks any of them are

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Speaker 2: gonna move the.

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Speaker 1: Needle for fans. We'll do that next ninety three five

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Speaker 1: and one seven five the fans.

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Speaker 2: By the way, I was checking out Indiana Pacers social

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Speaker 2: media during the break. Kevin Bowen, Happy birthday to Mark

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Speaker 2: Jackson today.

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Speaker 3: Oh let's give a little Mark Jackson shimmy, let's.

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Speaker 2: Go fun to watch him play Pacers after.

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Speaker 6: I was Mark Jackson the driveway, backing down my neighbor,

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Speaker 6: getting him in the low post.

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Speaker 3: Take that at Ryan Swanson.

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Speaker 1: There you go.

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Speaker 2: We're gonna switch from that to the National Football League.

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Speaker 2: They've been holding league meetings down in Phoenix, Arizona, all

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Speaker 2: week long. Our next guest was there documenting those things.

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Speaker 1: He is Joel A.

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Speaker 2: Erickson of the Indie Star, and he joins us on

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Speaker 2: the payless Lookers hotline this morning.

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Speaker 1: Joe, we were curious, have you read back? Are you

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Speaker 1: still in Phoenix this morning?

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Speaker 5: I took the last Southwest flight out. I got got

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Speaker 5: back in around to two and change. We'll call it that.

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Speaker 5: I got back in, back to the house, run to

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Speaker 5: and changed last night.

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Speaker 1: And you're here this morning.

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Speaker 3: Sleep man, that's the nicest thing you've ever done.

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Speaker 5: Well. I had to be up to drop the kid

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Speaker 5: off anyway, So go back.

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Speaker 3: Home and take a nap. Mark Dyton certainly would be

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Speaker 3: asleep right now.

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Speaker 1: He is, I am.

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Speaker 4: I was gonna say, he just woke me up. I

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Speaker 4: assume Joel had to get back because the Brewers were playing,

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Speaker 4: but he must have been listening that on the plane.

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Speaker 10: Yeah, Mark, Mark didn't Mark, did you see what CB

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Speaker 10: Butner did last night.

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Speaker 4: I did not what did I miss right?

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Speaker 10: Let him know, Joe he called he called out or

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Speaker 10: he said that a Brewers runner didn't touch the base,

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Speaker 10: didn't touch first base, like the replay immediately shows like

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Speaker 10: his whole foot.

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Speaker 5: On the base. And then Phoebe's not even looking at

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Speaker 5: the runner, like he's looking at the ball bouncing away

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Speaker 5: from first base. He's and he made the call anyway,

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Speaker 5: And Jeff Levering, who does Birds games up there, was

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Speaker 5: great because his line was, well, I'm certainly excited to

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Speaker 5: see that he's going to be on the plate tomorrow.

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Speaker 4: I have to say this is I know it's very

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Speaker 4: early season baseball talk. I love the ABS system and

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Speaker 4: just calling these umpires up for horrific calls in front

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Speaker 4: of everybody and the crowd just erupting every time they're incorrect.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, the catcher's Salve Salvador Perez embarrassing Doug Eddings with

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Speaker 5: by like calling every getting every low one right was

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Speaker 5: really fun. In addition to the Reds. In addition to

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Speaker 5: that Red's Red Sox game where Phoebe looked.

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Speaker 2: Awful, yes, yes, thank you, all right out of the

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Speaker 2: weeds for umpiring in Major League Baseball and into the

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Speaker 2: National Football League.

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Speaker 1: What'd you learn, Joe, What'd you come away with?

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Speaker 5: I think the biggest thing was just that, you know,

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Speaker 5: the Colt still have have that cap space that they

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Speaker 5: cleared by the way they structured Daniel Jones and Alec

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Speaker 5: Pearce's contract. But I don't know that there's going to

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Speaker 5: be necessarily some big move that eats into a big

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Speaker 5: chunk of that, because you know, Kevin O'Connell was talking

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Speaker 5: as if you know, guys can say anything, and this

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Speaker 5: is usually what they say is they expected and be

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Speaker 5: on our team. But he said they expect Arson Gernard

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Speaker 5: to be on the team. Well he was there, and

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Speaker 5: just the way the Colts were talking, it sounded like

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Speaker 5: they were kind of preparing us to move forward. So

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Speaker 5: I don't know that there's some other big move coming

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Speaker 5: unless something presents itself.

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Speaker 6: So and again Joel Erickson from The Star with 's

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Speaker 6: here on the paylist look ors hotline. Absolutely psychotic behavior

667
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Speaker 6: by him to wake up with us. We appreciate it.

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Speaker 6: It almost seems like they believe they're going to get

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Speaker 6: Trey Hendrickson and then once that did not happen and

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Speaker 6: the Max Crosby chaos led to Baltimore getting him. Then

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Speaker 6: it was like, all right, we're gonna opt for quantity

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Speaker 6: over high end quality.

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Speaker 3: Do I have that right?

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Speaker 10: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I think so. You know, they they they talked

676
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Speaker 5: a little bit about, you know, we have to make

677
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Speaker 5: you know, financial decisions and and but but again, the

678
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Speaker 5: thing about that is the way they structured those contracts.

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Speaker 5: There's still twenty six million dolls in cap space, and

680
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Speaker 5: like neither Jones nor Pierce has a has a cap

681
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Speaker 5: hit that big. So like there's obviously that that part

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Speaker 5: of it. Like I know, they have to manage it

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Speaker 5: or whatever, but like I'm like, you guys clearly cleared

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Speaker 5: that space for a reason. I asked directly about Hendrickson

685
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Speaker 5: that you know that Chris Ballard obviously didn't want to

686
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Speaker 5: get into like the details of it, but he did say,

687
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Speaker 5: you know, we looked at we looked at some guys,

688
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Speaker 5: and it just decided to go with these these depth pieces.

689
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Speaker 5: They they've they've been okay on these over the years.

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Speaker 5: You know, we're pretty good on these over the years.

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Speaker 5: Where you get some, they get some Like Neville Gallimore

692
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Speaker 5: last year is a good example of a guy who

693
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Speaker 5: was here on a minimum deal and played way over that.

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Speaker 5: So they've done okay with that. But I think the

695
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Speaker 5: biggest thing for me is just how how does the

696
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Speaker 5: defense get to the next level without that edge rusher.

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Speaker 5: The problem is outside of Hendrickson, you know, I know

698
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Speaker 5: there were other guys on the market, but kind of

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Speaker 5: all of them to me, even Hendrickson, really like there

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Speaker 5: was a chance that he wasn't going to elevate the

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Speaker 5: pass rush to what it needs to be.

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Speaker 6: I think giving that Joel to me, Daniel Jones obviously

703
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Speaker 6: the quarterback is the most important player on the football team,

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Speaker 6: and him, you know whatever.

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Speaker 3: Playing you know, a good level of ball.

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Speaker 6: I would say the second most important cult this season

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Speaker 6: of sending playing elite football. Have everyone to describe it,

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Speaker 6: you know, you can make a case for a lot

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Speaker 6: of names. I think it's a lot too. I just

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Speaker 6: think given how the offseason has played out, I think

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Speaker 6: lotso Oversauce Gardner.

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Speaker 3: Over Jonathan Taylor over Bernard Rhyme and.

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Speaker 6: Al Piroz, etcetera, etcetera. I think he's the second most

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Speaker 6: important cult this season.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, I agree with that. They they just they spent

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Speaker 5: so much time trying to find that guy. You know,

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Speaker 5: Chris Ballard said again, you know they feel like he

718
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Speaker 5: was close. That the difference between the eight and a

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Speaker 5: half SAT guy and a fourteen SAT guy is is

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Speaker 5: you know, making some of those plays at the end.

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Speaker 5: I think the thing that needs to happen with Lat too.

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Speaker 5: And you can look at we can get in the

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Speaker 5: weeds with the with next gen stats. But just to

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Speaker 5: kind of, you know, boil it down to what matters

725
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Speaker 5: most is he's got to win quicker. He has to

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Speaker 5: win faster in the down and and really, you know,

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Speaker 5: instead of you look at his numbers, a lot of

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Speaker 5: his pressures and stuff.

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Speaker 1: Were late in the down.

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Speaker 5: He needs to win earlier and force the quarterback to

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Speaker 5: start moving. When you have somebody that can do that,

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Speaker 5: can force the quarterback to move early, then all these

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Speaker 5: other guys, you know, Ballard brought up, well, when we

734
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Speaker 5: broke the sack record, we didn't really have like the

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Speaker 5: twenty SAT guy. That's true, but they had guys who

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Speaker 5: would make the quarterback move. And then some of these

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Speaker 5: other guys who are more rotational all around types get

738
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Speaker 5: sacked because they're you know, disengaging and making plays. You

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Speaker 5: have to have the guy who's forcing someone to move

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Speaker 5: out of the pocket. And you know, with Butckner coming

741
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Speaker 5: back off neck injury, it's always been Buckner before. They

742
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Speaker 5: need lots of returning to that guy.

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Speaker 2: Joel a ericson any start joining us on the Payless

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Speaker 2: Liquers Hotline. Fresh off the NFL League meetings down in Phoenix.

745
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Speaker 2: Are we set up for a full five alarm fire

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Speaker 2: with officiating at the beginning of the year this year?

747
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Speaker 1: Is it sure feels like?

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Speaker 5: Yeah?

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Speaker 1: Yeah?

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Speaker 5: And that was kind of bubbling like under the surface

751
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Speaker 5: of it. I mean, you know, Goodell was asked about

752
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Speaker 5: it yesterday in the press conference and he kind of

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Speaker 5: did you know, the executive thing where you kind of

754
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Speaker 5: downplay it, But but yeah, I think just in talking

755
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Speaker 5: to people, you know, outside of the press conference setting,

756
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Speaker 5: because I think people probably saw that there was a

757
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Speaker 5: memo that was apparently sent out that said, hey they

758
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Speaker 5: can you know, teams aren't supposed to talk about this

759
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Speaker 5: on the record. Been talking to people around the league

760
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Speaker 5: outside of the press conference setting, there was a definite

761
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Speaker 5: like apprehension about what's going on with the refereeing situation. Now,

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Speaker 5: I think that coaches probably like the idea of new

763
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Speaker 5: York being able to cut just call in and correct

764
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Speaker 5: like a little bit expanded replay a fift. But yeah,

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Speaker 5: there was definite like an apprehension about the refereeing and

766
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Speaker 5: what could happen because it sounds like those two sides

767
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Speaker 5: are still very far apart.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, it's going to.

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Speaker 2: Be interesting to see how it all plays out when

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Speaker 2: it's all said and done. Do you expect any kind

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Speaker 2: of real move the needle transaction for the Cults between

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Speaker 2: now and draft day?

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Speaker 5: It's for that to happen. I think that the biggest

774
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Speaker 5: thing is that there's got to be something shaken loose

775
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Speaker 5: somewhere else, or somebody drafts somebody that they weren't expecting

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Speaker 5: to get. There's a contract dispute, you know, it seems

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Speaker 5: like these guys aren't available, and then like last year,

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Speaker 5: by training camp, Michael Parsons is available. I'm not saying

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Speaker 5: the Colts can get Mike Parsons in I have first

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Speaker 5: round bick, but you know, sometimes these sometimes situations elsewhere

781
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Speaker 5: goes south and a guy ends up available that you

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Speaker 5: didn't think was available. And I think that's the thing

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Speaker 5: that they've got to kind of hope for now, because

784
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Speaker 5: you know, we're We're it's April, and their teams are

785
00:34:24,920 --> 00:34:27,400
Speaker 5: are feel like their rosters are set. Now there's gonna

786
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Speaker 5: be changes to that, but the Colts have to hope

787
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Speaker 5: with that a spot that they need, which is, you know,

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Speaker 5: like we just gossed earlier at the edge.

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Speaker 6: Rusher Joeli Erickson with us from the Apple Star great

790
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Speaker 6: coverage out at the league's owners meetings. You can find

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Speaker 6: his work over on indie star dot com. Uh, let's

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Speaker 6: say it's May twentieth, Joel. Let's say I throw out

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Speaker 6: the number of twenty five percent over or under twenty

794
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Speaker 6: five percent chance Anthony Richardson is a cult on May twentieth.

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Speaker 5: I think under I just think you know, his there

796
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Speaker 5: clearly hasn't been much of a market for him. I

797
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Speaker 5: think he'd be traded already if that.

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Speaker 1: Was the case.

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Speaker 5: But you know, there's there's a couple of player trades

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Speaker 5: every year in the draft, especially that third day. I

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Speaker 5: just don't think, you know, with him requesting the trade,

802
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Speaker 5: with Jones being in place, Richardson clear Richardson obviously wants

803
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Speaker 5: to see like a clear path to starting. I just

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Speaker 5: I just think there's no way that he ends up

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Speaker 5: back here Chris Ballard said, you know, maybe there is

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Speaker 5: a scenario where he's back and then they have a

807
00:35:35,320 --> 00:35:38,640
Speaker 5: decision to make between him and Riley Leonard. But everything

808
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Speaker 5: points to the Colts finding a way to move him,

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Speaker 5: you know, at some point here, and it probably won't

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Speaker 5: be for very much return, which, like I know, he

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Speaker 5: was the number four pick, but also he's got a

812
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Speaker 5: ton of injury history. There's probably some concerns about the eye.

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Speaker 5: But yeah, I think he just gets moved because it's

814
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Speaker 5: just it's just it's not the situation he seems to

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Speaker 5: want anymore.

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Speaker 6: Joel, I rely on you for a lot. One of

817
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Speaker 6: the things I rely on you for is for listening comprehension.

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Speaker 6: So if you don't mind, Mark Dyson's going to play

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Speaker 6: this clip. And I believe this was Carli Ers Gordon

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Speaker 6: out there at the league meetings. This is what I

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Speaker 6: think it was, JJ Stankowitz and the Colts crew. And

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Speaker 6: the question wasn't necessarily going back to when we first

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Speaker 6: chat with Carl last May of Hey, do you believe

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Speaker 6: head coaches and gms should be tied at the hip,

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Speaker 6: But kind of organically, she I think, kind of brings

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Speaker 6: that up, and I asked us. In all seriousness, I'm

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Speaker 6: curious what you make of this answer in regards to

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Speaker 6: how you view GM and head coach in Carli ers

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Speaker 6: Gordon's eyes.

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Speaker 3: Go ahead and play this mark.

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Speaker 9: With Chris and Shane obviously. I think one of the

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Speaker 9: biggest pieces I always say is, you know, we did

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Speaker 9: a regression analysis a long time ago about you know,

834
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Speaker 9: what is sort of the.

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Speaker 8: I don't want to call it the kiss of death

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Speaker 8: for where a general manager and head coach don't succeed.

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Speaker 8: And one of the things that we found is when

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Speaker 8: you simultaneously hire them, and when you think about it, it

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Speaker 8: makes total sense. So imagine hiring one person that has

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Speaker 8: to do this another person and you just are like,

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Speaker 8: I hope you get along, you know, versus I think

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Speaker 8: that you know Chris with his tenure with us, I

843
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Speaker 8: think it was we were able to go out when

844
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Speaker 8: we found Shane and really make sure that we had

845
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Speaker 8: someone that complimented Chris's style, and I think I think

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Speaker 8: they have a great relationship. I love working with them.

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Speaker 6: What do you make of that answer in regards to

848
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Speaker 6: head coach GM being tied to the hip whether you

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Speaker 6: want to view it in the Ballard Steichen light or

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Speaker 6: you want to view it in whatever. The next era

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Speaker 6: of the Colts looks like.

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Speaker 5: My first thought there was that like she has a

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Speaker 5: and this is gonna sound like oversimplification, but like she's

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Speaker 5: got a point. And I think with ers Gordon, I

855
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Speaker 5: think if you listen to the Colts, but really, if

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Speaker 5: you listen to her talk, she's willing to kind of

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Speaker 5: ask like why do you think that is? Why do

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Speaker 5: you think this? This? You know, sort of basic tenet

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Speaker 5: is true. I have been somebody who said, you know,

860
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Speaker 5: every time you fire the GM without firing the coach,

861
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Speaker 5: you're just prolonging the You're just waiting to fire the coach.

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Speaker 5: And I think Mike Rabel is the best example where

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00:38:38,640 --> 00:38:40,759
Speaker 5: you know, they got rid of John Robinson and everyone

864
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Speaker 5: was like, well, that's Rabel's team. It's clearly Rabel's team.

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Speaker 5: He won the power struggle and then he was gone.

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Speaker 5: But there is some sense to that now I know that.

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Speaker 5: I want to think one thing though, is that that

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Speaker 5: sometimes those coach GM hires, when they're made together, those

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Speaker 5: are guys who've known each other throughout the league from

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Speaker 5: other places. And I think Matt Eberflus and Ryan Poles

871
00:39:05,160 --> 00:39:08,319
Speaker 5: had a fairly good relationship, but going into it. But

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Speaker 5: to her point, Iberflus, isn't there anymore poles still is?

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Speaker 5: So I think she is sort of very willing to

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Speaker 5: think outside of the conventional box. And that answer to

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Speaker 5: me kind of gives what I think you're picking up on,

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Speaker 5: which is she might be willing to do one and

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Speaker 5: not the other, because I just don't think she's the

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Speaker 5: type to get boxed into well, this is what everybody says.

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Speaker 5: That's just that kind of not the way she really

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Speaker 5: ever thinks or presents herself in interviews.

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Speaker 6: So I think to sum it all up, would you

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Speaker 6: say it's a bit you're you're committing too much if

883
00:39:49,080 --> 00:39:51,719
Speaker 6: you believe right now that Ballard and Stichen are tied

884
00:39:51,760 --> 00:39:56,040
Speaker 6: at the hip and I'm speaking to fans there, Yeah.

885
00:39:55,880 --> 00:39:58,600
Speaker 5: I think so. And I think it's not just this answer.

886
00:39:58,600 --> 00:39:59,960
Speaker 5: I mean, you know this as well as I do.

887
00:40:00,120 --> 00:40:04,160
Speaker 5: But I believe you asked her about it in one

888
00:40:04,200 --> 00:40:06,520
Speaker 5: of her press conferences and she did, she kind of

889
00:40:07,040 --> 00:40:10,400
Speaker 5: held off on saying yes, she you know, she's always

890
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,040
Speaker 5: said that the relationship matters, but I don't think she's

891
00:40:13,080 --> 00:40:17,480
Speaker 5: ever expressed that as a belief. And so now with

892
00:40:17,560 --> 00:40:19,439
Speaker 5: it happening a couple of times, and her talking about

893
00:40:19,440 --> 00:40:22,000
Speaker 5: it a couple of times. That's one of those things

894
00:40:22,000 --> 00:40:26,160
Speaker 5: that I've got marked, you know, I've kind of got

895
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 5: noted in my head for later on is she might

896
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:31,960
Speaker 5: not think that you have to have them tied together

897
00:40:32,320 --> 00:40:33,520
Speaker 5: the same way the other teams do.

898
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:38,640
Speaker 2: So, Jill, thanks for being here, as always, Go get

899
00:40:38,640 --> 00:40:42,720
Speaker 2: some sleep's.

900
00:40:40,840 --> 00:40:41,880
Speaker 5: That's exactly what I'm gonna do.

901
00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:42,640
Speaker 1: I'm thinking that.

902
00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:47,200
Speaker 2: The world descends upon Indianapolis over the next several days.

903
00:40:47,239 --> 00:40:51,200
Speaker 2: Obviously the Final Four taking place Saturday Sunday. There's gonna

904
00:40:51,239 --> 00:40:53,880
Speaker 2: be lots of events Monday. Those are all games on

905
00:40:54,000 --> 00:40:56,799
Speaker 2: court events if you start, including Division two, Division three

906
00:40:56,880 --> 00:40:58,600
Speaker 2: and things of that nature, and I T and of

907
00:40:58,640 --> 00:41:02,600
Speaker 2: course semi finals Saturday night. The championship game is Monday night,

908
00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:06,400
Speaker 2: and all kinds of things happening in and around those events.

909
00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:08,040
Speaker 2: And here to tell us a little bit more about that,

910
00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:11,239
Speaker 2: we welcome in Indie Sports course. Sarah Meyer to the

911
00:41:11,239 --> 00:41:15,120
Speaker 2: Fan Morning show on the Payless Lookers Hotline. Good morning, Sarah.

912
00:41:15,160 --> 00:41:17,040
Speaker 2: Nothing going on in your world this week?

913
00:41:17,120 --> 00:41:17,359
Speaker 1: Right?

914
00:41:18,400 --> 00:41:20,080
Speaker 7: Oh? Pretty slow around here?

915
00:41:21,200 --> 00:41:23,600
Speaker 1: Man, oh man? Do you have enough hours in the

916
00:41:23,680 --> 00:41:26,399
Speaker 1: day this week? Honestly, oh my.

917
00:41:26,400 --> 00:41:29,240
Speaker 7: God, it's wild. But you know what, it's so exciting.

918
00:41:29,280 --> 00:41:31,480
Speaker 7: I mean when you think about that, we haven't had

919
00:41:31,480 --> 00:41:34,480
Speaker 7: a full fan Men's Final Four since twenty fifteen. We

920
00:41:34,560 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 7: are just so pumped to be able to do this again.

921
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:37,920
Speaker 3: Sarah.

922
00:41:37,920 --> 00:41:40,480
Speaker 6: Always great to hear your voice, and thank you for everything,

923
00:41:40,520 --> 00:41:42,920
Speaker 6: frankly you do for the city of Indianapolis and for

924
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:47,120
Speaker 6: hopping on with us in what is undoubtedly a busy week. Okay,

925
00:41:47,640 --> 00:41:49,880
Speaker 6: let's start here. It's honestly taking place I think just

926
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:52,360
Speaker 6: south of US here at whatever we are, tenth and Meridian.

927
00:41:53,080 --> 00:41:55,480
Speaker 6: But the concerts, I know a lot of people have

928
00:41:55,520 --> 00:41:57,400
Speaker 6: been driving downtown and like, wait, what is that? Is

929
00:41:57,400 --> 00:42:00,320
Speaker 6: that a ferris wheel? What's going on just south of

930
00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,960
Speaker 6: US here? American Legion mall, oh my gosh.

931
00:42:04,000 --> 00:42:06,600
Speaker 7: Yeah, Well it's funny because you know, since we haven't

932
00:42:06,600 --> 00:42:09,280
Speaker 7: hosted a full fan one in a while, people don't

933
00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:12,120
Speaker 7: know what to expect. It's been so long. So yeah,

934
00:42:12,120 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 7: that Music's fest is one of the major parts of

935
00:42:16,040 --> 00:42:16,839
Speaker 7: Final four now.

936
00:42:17,320 --> 00:42:18,480
Speaker 5: So it is free too.

937
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:21,320
Speaker 7: I think that's what's hilarious is people see this lineup

938
00:42:21,440 --> 00:42:24,319
Speaker 7: of incredible music acts and it is all free. So

939
00:42:24,600 --> 00:42:26,400
Speaker 7: they're getting it all set up. Yes, you saw the

940
00:42:26,400 --> 00:42:30,520
Speaker 7: ferrets wheel. There is a massive stage setup. Appreciate everyone's

941
00:42:30,520 --> 00:42:34,320
Speaker 7: patience with the road closures, but because of the significant setup,

942
00:42:34,360 --> 00:42:37,320
Speaker 7: that's what had to happen. But Friday night is twenty

943
00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:41,120
Speaker 7: one Pilot, Saturday is Russell Dickerson and Zach Brown Band,

944
00:42:41,200 --> 00:42:43,879
Speaker 7: and Sundays Megan Maroney and Post Malone. So you hear

945
00:42:43,960 --> 00:42:46,920
Speaker 7: that lineup, and there's openers for that too, mind you,

946
00:42:47,840 --> 00:42:51,120
Speaker 7: It's just pretty wild what the sponsors put into everything

947
00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:54,160
Speaker 7: that goes into this music fest. So gates will open

948
00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:56,319
Speaker 7: at ten am. They're telling people if you want to

949
00:42:56,360 --> 00:42:58,279
Speaker 7: start lining up, because you know what is free. You

950
00:42:58,320 --> 00:43:00,640
Speaker 7: know people are going to want to get their faces.

951
00:43:01,080 --> 00:43:03,680
Speaker 7: Maybe start at seven am, but it's going to be

952
00:43:03,760 --> 00:43:06,400
Speaker 7: really awesome and again, all all free to attend.

953
00:43:06,600 --> 00:43:09,919
Speaker 3: Okay, let's stick with that free theme for just a second. Here.

954
00:43:10,120 --> 00:43:12,040
Speaker 3: Friday we have the open practices.

955
00:43:12,080 --> 00:43:14,600
Speaker 6: I know over at Lucas Soil and I thought I

956
00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:18,160
Speaker 6: saw you mentioned that the parking around Lucas Oil is

957
00:43:18,520 --> 00:43:19,680
Speaker 6: free for that event.

958
00:43:20,200 --> 00:43:21,240
Speaker 3: A is that correct?

959
00:43:21,320 --> 00:43:23,600
Speaker 6: And then B you know when we say the word free,

960
00:43:23,640 --> 00:43:26,319
Speaker 6: that obviously attracks a lot of people. Anything else I'm

961
00:43:26,360 --> 00:43:28,440
Speaker 6: missing the rest of this weekend that would fall into

962
00:43:28,480 --> 00:43:29,080
Speaker 6: that category.

963
00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:32,520
Speaker 7: Yeah, so parking is free in a lot in Lucas

964
00:43:32,560 --> 00:43:34,960
Speaker 7: Soil Stadium, so there'll be signage up and everything. But

965
00:43:35,000 --> 00:43:38,520
Speaker 7: that makes it so much easier for people, especially families,

966
00:43:38,520 --> 00:43:41,600
Speaker 7: to come downtown. And Final Four Friday is so awesome.

967
00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 7: Recie puts that helps put it on and it's the

968
00:43:44,560 --> 00:43:47,040
Speaker 7: open practices for all four teams. So we're already hearing

969
00:43:47,120 --> 00:43:50,160
Speaker 7: some rumors that Illinois is coming strong with their fans

970
00:43:50,719 --> 00:43:54,400
Speaker 7: to come for Friday. I know we'll have some Indiana

971
00:43:54,440 --> 00:43:57,000
Speaker 7: people with Raylan mallin, so we're really excited about that.

972
00:43:57,200 --> 00:44:00,160
Speaker 7: But just a great way to get inside the stadium

973
00:44:00,160 --> 00:44:02,000
Speaker 7: if you don't have tickets for the actual game, see

974
00:44:02,000 --> 00:44:04,440
Speaker 7: everything up close, free to get in, free to park,

975
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:06,600
Speaker 7: and then while you're down here, I mean, you can

976
00:44:06,640 --> 00:44:08,799
Speaker 7: walk right to the fan fest, which is free for

977
00:44:08,880 --> 00:44:11,319
Speaker 7: kids twelve and under for military if you have a

978
00:44:11,360 --> 00:44:15,279
Speaker 7: Final Four ticket. So that's pretty awesome and it's a

979
00:44:15,600 --> 00:44:18,399
Speaker 7: massive setup, you guys. I mean, like we've seen other

980
00:44:18,480 --> 00:44:20,000
Speaker 7: fan fests, but for Final.

981
00:44:19,680 --> 00:44:21,360
Speaker 5: Four, these sponsors go all out.

982
00:44:21,480 --> 00:44:23,400
Speaker 7: They give away a ton of free stuff, They have

983
00:44:23,480 --> 00:44:26,360
Speaker 7: a lot of athlete and celebrity appearances, and then you

984
00:44:26,400 --> 00:44:29,680
Speaker 7: walk outside and Georgia Street tip Off Tailgate completely free.

985
00:44:29,680 --> 00:44:31,120
Speaker 7: So I don't know if you've seen that lately because

986
00:44:31,160 --> 00:44:33,880
Speaker 7: you know it's been an under construction with insignia and everything,

987
00:44:33,960 --> 00:44:37,040
Speaker 7: but it is going to be the home of Tipoff Tailgate.

988
00:44:37,120 --> 00:44:38,000
Speaker 5: So definitely go.

989
00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:38,520
Speaker 6: Out there too.

990
00:44:38,680 --> 00:44:41,400
Speaker 7: Again, that is free, and so you can really make

991
00:44:41,440 --> 00:44:43,880
Speaker 7: a whole day of it on Friday, even before the

992
00:44:43,880 --> 00:44:44,399
Speaker 7: game start.

993
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:47,640
Speaker 2: Sarah, there's gonna be a lot of traffic flow changes

994
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:48,400
Speaker 2: over the weekend.

995
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:50,480
Speaker 1: What's the best place people can go to?

996
00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:52,960
Speaker 2: Where do they go find out about what's going to

997
00:44:52,960 --> 00:44:54,560
Speaker 2: be open, what's going to be closed, what's the best

998
00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:56,799
Speaker 2: way to get downtown, what's the best way to stay

999
00:44:56,840 --> 00:44:59,200
Speaker 2: there and escape it when you've done all that kind

1000
00:44:59,239 --> 00:44:59,680
Speaker 2: of stuff.

1001
00:45:01,040 --> 00:45:04,000
Speaker 7: Yeah, I have been telling people download that Final four

1002
00:45:04,040 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 7: app and turn notifications on, because not only does it

1003
00:45:07,200 --> 00:45:09,040
Speaker 7: have maps in there, it has all of the no

1004
00:45:09,160 --> 00:45:11,960
Speaker 7: before you go info, but it'll notify you if we

1005
00:45:12,040 --> 00:45:15,360
Speaker 7: have any you know, weather implications or we have to

1006
00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:18,000
Speaker 7: hold gates at something or what have you. So I

1007
00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,319
Speaker 7: think that's always the best thing to do. If you're

1008
00:45:20,360 --> 00:45:23,520
Speaker 7: not an app person, it's NCAA dot Com slash Men's

1009
00:45:23,560 --> 00:45:27,000
Speaker 7: Final four that has all the information there. Personally, what

1010
00:45:27,040 --> 00:45:30,200
Speaker 7: I would tell you is there are so many meters around,

1011
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:32,759
Speaker 7: you know, so download that park mobile app and you

1012
00:45:32,800 --> 00:45:36,600
Speaker 7: can actually reserve spots on that app. Parking is free

1013
00:45:36,600 --> 00:45:39,480
Speaker 7: on Sundays at meters too, so that's also like people

1014
00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:41,960
Speaker 7: Sometimes people don't understand that. So anytime you're parking in

1015
00:45:42,040 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 7: a meter and I timed it, you guys, I walked

1016
00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:48,080
Speaker 7: from a music's fest down to Gamebridge Field House and

1017
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:50,920
Speaker 7: it took me twelve minutes, and I even made a

1018
00:45:50,920 --> 00:45:53,720
Speaker 7: couple stops on the way. So I mean the point

1019
00:45:53,840 --> 00:45:55,640
Speaker 7: is if you're going to park at a garage or

1020
00:45:55,680 --> 00:45:57,719
Speaker 7: a meter and you might park a little further out,

1021
00:45:57,960 --> 00:46:00,520
Speaker 7: the walk is just not that bad. So there's all

1022
00:46:00,560 --> 00:46:02,840
Speaker 7: these places to find it. And like I said, the

1023
00:46:02,880 --> 00:46:05,280
Speaker 7: app or at the website at da dot com, slash

1024
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,080
Speaker 7: Men's Final four is super helpful.

1025
00:46:07,200 --> 00:46:09,640
Speaker 3: Look at that elite speed walker add to the LinkedIn

1026
00:46:09,719 --> 00:46:10,480
Speaker 3: profile here.

1027
00:46:10,800 --> 00:46:13,080
Speaker 1: Time to share, Uh, time to stop and have launching

1028
00:46:13,160 --> 00:46:13,840
Speaker 1: a twelve.

1029
00:46:13,600 --> 00:46:16,719
Speaker 3: Minutes sane Bolt of walking here, chief of Staff and

1030
00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,239
Speaker 3: Strategy over at the Indian Sports Corps. She's a great

1031
00:46:19,680 --> 00:46:20,200
Speaker 3: Sarah Meyer.

1032
00:46:20,320 --> 00:46:22,520
Speaker 6: She's with us here on the Paylosstickers hotline and reminder

1033
00:46:22,560 --> 00:46:24,600
Speaker 6: for Sunday those free meters again, that's when you've got

1034
00:46:24,640 --> 00:46:28,040
Speaker 6: the D two, D three NIT Championship games, all of

1035
00:46:28,080 --> 00:46:31,759
Speaker 6: those over at Gamebridge Field House. Okay, Sarah, anytime we

1036
00:46:31,880 --> 00:46:34,359
Speaker 6: have someone like you on, I think back to our

1037
00:46:34,400 --> 00:46:37,480
Speaker 6: conversation with Chris gall from Visit Indy at the Combine.

1038
00:46:37,560 --> 00:46:40,719
Speaker 6: We've certainly had your boss, Patrick Tulty on prior. I

1039
00:46:40,760 --> 00:46:43,279
Speaker 6: always want to ask the question of you know, your

1040
00:46:43,560 --> 00:46:47,480
Speaker 6: job is to bring these incredible events to our city,

1041
00:46:47,520 --> 00:46:52,200
Speaker 6: our state. If I said, bucket list item, the one

1042
00:46:52,239 --> 00:46:55,160
Speaker 6: sporting event we have yet to host that you would

1043
00:46:55,200 --> 00:47:01,120
Speaker 6: want to see the city of Indianapolis host, you would say, what, Well.

1044
00:47:01,000 --> 00:47:03,080
Speaker 7: This shouldn't surprise you because I'm working very hard on

1045
00:47:03,160 --> 00:47:07,520
Speaker 7: it right now. But the NFL Draft, What's funny is

1046
00:47:07,560 --> 00:47:10,600
Speaker 7: it's not even a competition, you guys, but it is

1047
00:47:10,760 --> 00:47:13,120
Speaker 7: something that has been on my bucket list. I went

1048
00:47:13,239 --> 00:47:16,239
Speaker 7: to the when I saw the draft on TV for

1049
00:47:16,360 --> 00:47:19,319
Speaker 7: in twenty nineteen in Nashville. You know, I see these

1050
00:47:19,320 --> 00:47:21,480
Speaker 7: things you guys at other cities, and it's just like

1051
00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:25,120
Speaker 7: lights the fire and my competitive self and I just

1052
00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,439
Speaker 7: want to do it bigger and better. And I think

1053
00:47:27,480 --> 00:47:30,120
Speaker 7: this city is so well set up for an NFL draft,

1054
00:47:30,640 --> 00:47:34,239
Speaker 7: the experience, the fan experiences, I mean, the compactness of

1055
00:47:34,280 --> 00:47:36,920
Speaker 7: the city, it's just I mean, it's prime for it.

1056
00:47:37,040 --> 00:47:40,120
Speaker 7: So we are actually, you know, we use these events

1057
00:47:40,120 --> 00:47:43,200
Speaker 7: to help host people and give them an idea of

1058
00:47:43,400 --> 00:47:46,279
Speaker 7: what we're capable of. So we will be hosting people

1059
00:47:46,280 --> 00:47:49,640
Speaker 7: from the NFL, will USA swimming is coming in. Obviously

1060
00:47:49,640 --> 00:47:51,440
Speaker 7: we won the trials for twenty twenty eight, but we

1061
00:47:51,520 --> 00:47:54,759
Speaker 7: always want to, you know, make sure they're thinking creatively

1062
00:47:54,840 --> 00:47:57,160
Speaker 7: and we're collaborating together on what we can do with

1063
00:47:57,200 --> 00:47:59,800
Speaker 7: an event. So the NFL Draft, that's that's mine. And

1064
00:47:59,840 --> 00:48:02,600
Speaker 7: then I would also love maybe in like twenty thirty two,

1065
00:48:03,120 --> 00:48:07,440
Speaker 7: doing multiple Olympic trials, So I would love to do swimming, gymnastics,

1066
00:48:07,440 --> 00:48:08,360
Speaker 7: and track and field.

1067
00:48:08,800 --> 00:48:11,400
Speaker 1: Can I just say one of the coolest sporting.

1068
00:48:11,080 --> 00:48:13,680
Speaker 2: Events, and I've been doing this a long time, Sarah,

1069
00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:16,000
Speaker 2: one of the coolest sporting events I have ever attended

1070
00:48:16,040 --> 00:48:18,439
Speaker 2: and been to, and I've been to all of them

1071
00:48:18,640 --> 00:48:22,319
Speaker 2: literally is that indoor pool that you guys built at

1072
00:48:22,360 --> 00:48:27,880
Speaker 2: Lucas Oil Stadium that was just visually stunning the large

1073
00:48:29,040 --> 00:48:32,000
Speaker 2: video screen that you had when the athletes were announced

1074
00:48:32,000 --> 00:48:36,120
Speaker 2: and came into the races. I had more fun, maybe

1075
00:48:36,239 --> 00:48:38,240
Speaker 2: because it's just different and new and unique.

1076
00:48:38,680 --> 00:48:41,360
Speaker 1: But man, that was cool. Can we do that again?

1077
00:48:42,640 --> 00:48:45,080
Speaker 7: Oh yeah, oh yeah we were. What's crazy is we

1078
00:48:45,080 --> 00:48:47,160
Speaker 7: were just on a call and sim yesterday talking about it.

1079
00:48:47,239 --> 00:48:49,680
Speaker 7: So yeah, we're doing it again June of twenty twenty eight.

1080
00:48:50,280 --> 00:48:52,480
Speaker 7: So excited for that to happen, because yeah, I mean,

1081
00:48:52,520 --> 00:48:54,640
Speaker 7: I'm thank you for saying all that. I'm so glad

1082
00:48:54,680 --> 00:48:56,600
Speaker 7: you were able to experience it. But a lot of people,

1083
00:48:56,719 --> 00:48:59,440
Speaker 7: either with summer breaks or things like that, may have

1084
00:48:59,520 --> 00:49:01,600
Speaker 7: missed it. And I think people are excited to see,

1085
00:49:01,880 --> 00:49:03,920
Speaker 7: you know, see again, see it again, have the chance

1086
00:49:03,960 --> 00:49:06,319
Speaker 7: to be here. It's wild how many swim clubs there

1087
00:49:06,320 --> 00:49:08,520
Speaker 7: are around the country that traveled in for it. So

1088
00:49:08,600 --> 00:49:11,440
Speaker 7: I think another great way to show off Indianapolis and

1089
00:49:11,480 --> 00:49:13,960
Speaker 7: the whole theme was Indy to Paris last time. Now

1090
00:49:14,000 --> 00:49:16,759
Speaker 7: we're thinking Indy to La So we're starting to about

1091
00:49:16,800 --> 00:49:18,640
Speaker 7: what we want to do with our downtown to really

1092
00:49:18,640 --> 00:49:22,160
Speaker 7: promote that whole theme. So we're we're excited that they

1093
00:49:22,280 --> 00:49:24,759
Speaker 7: trusted us to do that again. And I mean it's

1094
00:49:24,800 --> 00:49:26,480
Speaker 7: wild what we can do with that stadium. I mean,

1095
00:49:26,719 --> 00:49:29,680
Speaker 7: we'll do the swim trials in there in June, but

1096
00:49:29,800 --> 00:49:32,799
Speaker 7: two months before we'll host the Women's Final Four and

1097
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Speaker 7: that's in Lucas Oil Stadium. They'll be the first time

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Speaker 7: they've done that in a football stadium. So just really

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Speaker 7: excited about being able to use that.

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Speaker 6: Sarah, just a couple of minutes left, and we obviously

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Speaker 6: appreciate you your time. Going back to the draft conversation,

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Speaker 6: when we had Chris gall On at the combine, if

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Speaker 6: I remember correctly, I think he was in route to

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Speaker 6: a meeting about the NFL draft with I assume members

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Speaker 6: of the league.

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Speaker 3: Have you gotten any feeling like what's that? You know?

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Speaker 6: I think we know how the Super Bowl process works,

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Speaker 6: you know, bid and then obviously the owners decide on that.

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Speaker 6: Can you explain a little bit a how the draft

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Speaker 6: process works and b if you have an inkling on

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Speaker 6: you know, how you feel Indie's position?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, you know, it's funny because the bid process is

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Speaker 7: different for every we call them rights holders to the NCAA, NFL,

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Speaker 7: USA Swimming, they all have a different bid process, but

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Speaker 7: the NFL actually has to invite you to bid so

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Speaker 7: they technically haven't invited us yet. That's how much work

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Speaker 7: we're putting into even just an invitation. That tour that

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Speaker 7: Chris must have talked to you right before he met

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Speaker 7: us all up and did that tour with the NFL.

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Speaker 7: It went phenomenally. We felt really positive for them to

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Speaker 7: accept our invite to come back to see music fested

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Speaker 7: American Legion mall like. I think that that was a

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Speaker 7: great sign. And then we did get an invite to

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Speaker 7: go to Pittsburgh and see the draft this year. So

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Speaker 7: those are all good signs. We have not gotten a

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Speaker 7: firm anything, but you know, we're That's what we have

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Speaker 7: to do in Indie. We just have to always put

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Speaker 7: our best foot forward. And I'm excited to see what

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Speaker 7: Pittsburgh does, but I'm even more excited to hopefully get

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Speaker 7: that invitation a bit very soon.

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Speaker 6: Here, Okay, last last last one investigative reporter Mark Dyke

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Speaker 6: in our excellent producer. He is viewing the Ferris Wheel. Mark,

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Speaker 6: you believe that's the Children's Museum, fairst.

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Speaker 4: I just want to know if it is. It looks

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Speaker 4: like similar, is.

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Speaker 3: It, Sarah?

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Speaker 7: Oh? Is it the same one?

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Speaker 3: Yes?

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Speaker 7: No, it's a different one.

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Speaker 3: Okay, look at that. Mark, We've got multiple ferris wheels

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Speaker 3: in this city.

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Speaker 4: Well because the Children's museum one has gone and then

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00:51:30,400 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 4: this one's here. So I'm like, day, just move it

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00:51:31,920 --> 00:51:32,839
Speaker 4: down the road a little bit.

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00:51:33,160 --> 00:51:36,400
Speaker 3: Wasn't sure you can't take Rex's ferris wheel away?

1146
00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:36,840
Speaker 4: Mark?

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00:51:36,880 --> 00:51:39,000
Speaker 3: Come on, now, we got at the bottom of that.

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00:51:39,200 --> 00:51:41,040
Speaker 1: What do you do with the ferris wheel after this

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00:51:41,160 --> 00:51:41,600
Speaker 1: is done?

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Speaker 7: There is really with the production company that the NCAA

1151
00:51:46,400 --> 00:51:49,680
Speaker 7: uses for the music Fest, so I'm assuming they use

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Speaker 7: it for other events. But you know, I'm not in

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Speaker 7: the ferris wheel business, but I'm sure some downtown.

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Speaker 1: Hey, you do this job long enough, you'll be in

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Speaker 1: everybody's business. Sarah.

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Speaker 4: That's how that works.

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Speaker 6: Honestly, we need to raise money. Just put in somebody's backyard.

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Speaker 6: They can bid on it. So Mark, you got room exactly?

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Speaker 6: Maybe all right, Sarah.

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Speaker 2: As always, thank you so much. We appreciate your time

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Speaker 2: and all the info. And man, you guys do.

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Speaker 1: A great job over there. We talk about this all

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Speaker 1: the time. I do.

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Speaker 2: I moved here thirteen years ago, and as I said,

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00:52:17,600 --> 00:52:21,719
Speaker 2: I've been to almost every major sporting event in the world, and.

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Speaker 1: This is the place to be. It just is well,

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00:52:25,160 --> 00:52:25,960
Speaker 1: it's the place to be.

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Speaker 5: Thank you guys.

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Speaker 7: And I think what we all value too is great

1170
00:52:29,960 --> 00:52:32,400
Speaker 7: storytelling and you guys do that every single day. So

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Speaker 7: I just want to thank you because that's how we

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Speaker 7: continue to be a sports city right here.

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Speaker 6: Sarah, I lied, last, last, last, last one. How many

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Speaker 6: volunteers do we have for the Final four? Because I

1175
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Speaker 6: know that's such an under the radar probably we don't

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Speaker 6: talk about it enough.

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Speaker 7: I think it's between twenty twenty five hundred.

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Speaker 4: It's wild of you guys.

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Speaker 7: Just how many people put in multiple hours of their

1180
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Speaker 7: own time just to show up. So yeah, it's pretty fascinating.

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Speaker 1: Have a great day. I know you got a lot

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Speaker 1: to do, so we'll let you go.

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Speaker 5: Sarah.

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Speaker 1: Thanks