1 00:00:00,400 --> 00:00:04,480 Speaker 1: No pressure on entry. They've changed the inbounder. It's content 2 00:00:04,600 --> 00:00:07,600 Speaker 1: to lead, driving to the cuff underneath Prada. 3 00:00:07,400 --> 00:00:13,320 Speaker 2: Alone tacking us John, and Iowa wins a Sunshine State stunner. 4 00:00:13,760 --> 00:00:19,360 Speaker 2: Iowa bounces Florida in Tampa seventy three, seventy two, The 5 00:00:19,520 --> 00:00:23,640 Speaker 2: writing Champion Diners are done, the one is done in 6 00:00:23,760 --> 00:00:27,760 Speaker 2: the South, and the nine is on to Sweet sixteen. 7 00:00:28,280 --> 00:00:31,360 Speaker 3: Having this call from our next guest on the program, 8 00:00:31,440 --> 00:00:33,880 Speaker 3: who joins us on the Java House Colebrew Coffee guest 9 00:00:33,960 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 3: line that was on Westwood one, Iowa and Florida. And 10 00:00:37,440 --> 00:00:39,640 Speaker 3: the man that will be of course on the microphone 11 00:00:39,680 --> 00:00:42,919 Speaker 3: for the Cincinnati Reds as they get set tomorrow as 12 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:46,440 Speaker 3: well for opening Day, joining us John Sadak joining us 13 00:00:46,479 --> 00:00:49,640 Speaker 3: on the program. John, I'll begin with this. When you 14 00:00:49,840 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 3: hear those calls, do you think to yourself, I remember 15 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:54,880 Speaker 3: exactly what I was saying then, or do you hear 16 00:00:54,920 --> 00:00:56,640 Speaker 3: it and you think turn down the radio. I can't 17 00:00:56,680 --> 00:00:58,560 Speaker 3: stand my voice, and that sounds weird, because that's how 18 00:00:58,600 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 3: I am when I hear. 19 00:00:59,240 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 1: Myself probably all those things simultaneously. I mean, I can 20 00:01:04,800 --> 00:01:07,480 Speaker 1: put myself back in that moment and feel it, especially 21 00:01:07,480 --> 00:01:09,760 Speaker 1: because it's so fresh, it was only a few nights ago. 22 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,080 Speaker 1: But I also self critically think what could I have 23 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 1: done differently or better? And that's part of our Moby 24 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:18,920 Speaker 1: Dick quest in this field, right We're searching for the 25 00:01:19,080 --> 00:01:22,480 Speaker 1: perfect broadcast, the perfect call that doesn't really exist, and 26 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:24,160 Speaker 1: that's part of the fun of it. To chase. 27 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:28,199 Speaker 3: Yeah, I got news for you. I my our ship 28 00:01:28,319 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 3: sank in pursuit of our white whale like seven years ago. 29 00:01:31,240 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 3: For this program, right, I'm well aware of that program, 30 00:01:35,160 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 3: John Let Okay, I'll give you the dealer's choice or 31 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,040 Speaker 3: not dealer's choice, I guess recipient's choice, baseball or basketball 32 00:01:41,160 --> 00:01:42,480 Speaker 3: with which would you like to start? 33 00:01:44,120 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: Well with baseball on the horizon, that's my primary gig. 34 00:01:47,240 --> 00:01:48,480 Speaker 1: Let's dive into the Red Legs. 35 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:50,560 Speaker 3: Okay, So let's go with the Red Legs because you 36 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 3: know clearly this is a team that there is a 37 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,600 Speaker 3: lot of hope and expectation and promise, I think, and 38 00:01:56,720 --> 00:01:59,240 Speaker 3: we can get into you know, say de la Cruz 39 00:01:59,320 --> 00:02:01,520 Speaker 3: and the fabulous talent that he is. But I want 40 00:02:01,560 --> 00:02:05,680 Speaker 3: to begin with the arms and the pitching staff. Two 41 00:02:05,760 --> 00:02:09,440 Speaker 3: part question. The first would be how do you oversee 42 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,760 Speaker 3: just the health of the staff of the Reds at 43 00:02:11,800 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 3: this point. And then secondly, is there somebody that you're 44 00:02:15,200 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 3: looking towards saying if they can develop and be somebody 45 00:02:18,480 --> 00:02:20,840 Speaker 3: in rotation that's really going to benefit Cincinnati. 46 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:24,679 Speaker 1: Well. First, on the health, I mean, the obvious is 47 00:02:24,760 --> 00:02:27,080 Speaker 1: Hunter Green, who's out, and so it looks like at 48 00:02:27,160 --> 00:02:30,680 Speaker 1: least July. That's assuming everything goes well from the loose 49 00:02:30,760 --> 00:02:33,000 Speaker 1: bodies he had removed in his elbow, and that's a 50 00:02:33,040 --> 00:02:35,799 Speaker 1: big loss. I mean, when Hunter is on, he is 51 00:02:35,919 --> 00:02:38,200 Speaker 1: as good as anybody on this Red staff and he's 52 00:02:38,240 --> 00:02:40,360 Speaker 1: one of the best in the game. He can get 53 00:02:40,400 --> 00:02:43,919 Speaker 1: strikeouts and volumes. He has shown in ability more recently 54 00:02:44,400 --> 00:02:47,240 Speaker 1: to truncate his pitch total, be a little more efficient, 55 00:02:47,320 --> 00:02:49,840 Speaker 1: give his team more innings. That's been his state goal 56 00:02:49,960 --> 00:02:52,440 Speaker 1: these last few years. That's a huge loss. I mean, 57 00:02:52,600 --> 00:02:55,000 Speaker 1: he is a top of rotation arm that's going to 58 00:02:55,040 --> 00:02:57,639 Speaker 1: be done for over half the season and who knows 59 00:02:57,680 --> 00:03:00,519 Speaker 1: when he's actually out there and stretched down productive for 60 00:03:00,720 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 1: this team. Again, that said, otherwise, they're a pretty good shape. 61 00:03:04,800 --> 00:03:07,239 Speaker 1: I mean, the blister issue is a recurring factor for 62 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 1: Nick Lodolo. That of course is concerning. But the good 63 00:03:10,360 --> 00:03:12,679 Speaker 1: news is for the most part. It hasn't zaptam of 64 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 1: long stretches that's been one of the question marks around 65 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,080 Speaker 1: all of these talented young arms. This is a really 66 00:03:19,120 --> 00:03:23,280 Speaker 1: good staff, an excellent rotation, a very very good bullpen 67 00:03:23,360 --> 00:03:25,880 Speaker 1: that I think is a sneaky under the radar improvement 68 00:03:26,080 --> 00:03:28,359 Speaker 1: with a lot of the ads that Nick Crawling Company made. 69 00:03:28,880 --> 00:03:31,600 Speaker 1: But to this point, none of these young starters have 70 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:36,000 Speaker 1: gotten through an entire season. Nick Lodolo hasn't done it, 71 00:03:36,040 --> 00:03:38,160 Speaker 1: Andrew Rabbit hasn't done it, Hunter Green hasn't done it, 72 00:03:38,320 --> 00:03:40,200 Speaker 1: and Red Lauder and Chase Burns are still in their 73 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: relative infancy, as is Brandon Williamson. Brady Singer, the veteran 74 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:46,800 Speaker 1: that they acquired through trade, is the outlier who did it. 75 00:03:47,280 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: But I think that DEPTHY can just hear how many 76 00:03:49,600 --> 00:03:52,880 Speaker 1: names were rattled off initially there. They've added Jose Franco 77 00:03:53,120 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 1: just today, who I think can project as a back 78 00:03:56,560 --> 00:03:59,080 Speaker 1: of the rotation starter down the road. I assume he'll 79 00:03:59,120 --> 00:04:02,360 Speaker 1: be an Ning Zeter as a long reliever quasi piggyback 80 00:04:02,560 --> 00:04:05,720 Speaker 1: on this first turn of the rotation. Overall, the staff 81 00:04:05,840 --> 00:04:07,800 Speaker 1: is in really good shape. They have a lot of depth, 82 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:12,080 Speaker 1: and I think Hunter Green, his return will probably coincide 83 00:04:12,360 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: when enning thresholds would be hit by some of these 84 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:17,960 Speaker 1: younger arms. And to kind of leap from that to 85 00:04:18,040 --> 00:04:20,720 Speaker 1: your second point, I think the name that opened the 86 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:23,839 Speaker 1: most eyes in spring training was Red Louder after missing 87 00:04:24,120 --> 00:04:27,160 Speaker 1: basically a year with that oblique injury, and he had 88 00:04:27,200 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: shared that he was hesitant to even sneeze. That was 89 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:33,080 Speaker 1: his barometer for how healthy he was with the oblique. 90 00:04:33,120 --> 00:04:36,440 Speaker 1: By that point, he was slicing and dicing. Every pitch 91 00:04:36,600 --> 00:04:39,920 Speaker 1: looked great and moreover his setup. I mean, he is 92 00:04:40,000 --> 00:04:44,159 Speaker 1: a really smart layered pitcher. He knows how to approach hitters. 93 00:04:44,440 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 1: He shined in spring and he profiles as a guy 94 00:04:47,800 --> 00:04:51,000 Speaker 1: that I think could be particularly nasty for this Red team. 95 00:04:51,760 --> 00:04:54,200 Speaker 1: To me, that's found money because he was a bit 96 00:04:54,240 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: of a question mark coming into this year. His limited 97 00:04:56,720 --> 00:04:58,640 Speaker 1: big league gttings from a couple of years ago looked 98 00:04:58,760 --> 00:05:02,360 Speaker 1: very good. There's always that question in that first full 99 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:05,120 Speaker 1: season when it arrives. He has more than earned a 100 00:05:05,160 --> 00:05:08,400 Speaker 1: spot in this rotation, and I think he could be 101 00:05:08,520 --> 00:05:11,480 Speaker 1: one of the stars that if Red fans weren't watching 102 00:05:11,520 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: a lot of spring training, might be a little surprised. 103 00:05:13,839 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 3: By John one of the things we love on this 104 00:05:15,920 --> 00:05:18,400 Speaker 3: program me in particular. I'm a huge animal guy, huge 105 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:24,480 Speaker 3: animal lover right, very briefly and faintly there in the background, 106 00:05:24,600 --> 00:05:25,840 Speaker 3: and I have a keen year for it because I 107 00:05:25,880 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 3: love dogs. I heard a dog in the background. Can 108 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,040 Speaker 3: I guess the name of your dog? Sure, I'm gonna 109 00:05:31,040 --> 00:05:31,599 Speaker 3: go with Vodo. 110 00:05:33,920 --> 00:05:35,279 Speaker 1: It is Lucky. 111 00:05:36,200 --> 00:05:39,800 Speaker 3: Oh okay, well, listen, that's my neighbor's dog when I 112 00:05:39,880 --> 00:05:41,599 Speaker 3: was growing up, was by the name of Lucky, by 113 00:05:41,640 --> 00:05:43,560 Speaker 3: the way. And if it's a rescue dog, all the 114 00:05:43,640 --> 00:05:47,159 Speaker 3: better so and all more fitting. So if the Reds 115 00:05:47,160 --> 00:05:48,800 Speaker 3: are going to be lucky this year, and I don't 116 00:05:48,800 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 3: know that it's luck because I think we've seen that 117 00:05:51,040 --> 00:05:54,080 Speaker 3: the foundation is there, right. And for Terry Francona, now 118 00:05:54,120 --> 00:05:57,599 Speaker 3: in year number two, this is a guy with tons 119 00:05:57,640 --> 00:06:00,560 Speaker 3: of experience in the bigs as a manager. Were there 120 00:06:00,640 --> 00:06:03,760 Speaker 3: any areas that you felt like maybe he might have 121 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:06,880 Speaker 3: and I'm gonna use misplayed is for lack of a 122 00:06:06,960 --> 00:06:09,839 Speaker 3: better word, but are there areas that you think Terry 123 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,480 Speaker 3: Francona looked at and said, I'm going to handle my 124 00:06:12,640 --> 00:06:15,280 Speaker 3: ball club differently this year than in year one. Now 125 00:06:15,320 --> 00:06:18,080 Speaker 3: that I have a better feel for personnel in terms 126 00:06:18,120 --> 00:06:19,360 Speaker 3: of the way that I'm managing them. 127 00:06:20,400 --> 00:06:22,840 Speaker 1: Yeah, I mean, he has volunteered himself, and he thought 128 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:25,640 Speaker 1: he made a mistake not sitting Elie de la Cruz 129 00:06:25,760 --> 00:06:29,360 Speaker 1: selectively from time to time. It's a noble endeavor that 130 00:06:29,440 --> 00:06:31,400 Speaker 1: Ellie wants to play every game, as he did this 131 00:06:31,560 --> 00:06:34,360 Speaker 1: past year. He did so while battling two different leg 132 00:06:34,480 --> 00:06:37,920 Speaker 1: injuries that clearly impacted his speed and power. You compare 133 00:06:38,000 --> 00:06:40,160 Speaker 1: his first two plus months to the rest of the 134 00:06:40,240 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: year basically coincides with when the leg injuries first arrived. 135 00:06:44,200 --> 00:06:47,159 Speaker 1: He was a very different ballplayer. And I think they've 136 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,040 Speaker 1: kind of come to a mutual conclusion. They're gonna be 137 00:06:50,080 --> 00:06:52,600 Speaker 1: days you're gonna have to DH, certain days you're gonna sit. 138 00:06:52,760 --> 00:06:56,280 Speaker 1: And assuming the right left splits remain a bit of 139 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,720 Speaker 1: a bigger gap, I hope that will be slim some. 140 00:06:58,960 --> 00:07:01,640 Speaker 1: His right hand and stroke look better this spring. That's 141 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:03,680 Speaker 1: probably when it makes the most sense, right, if you're 142 00:07:03,680 --> 00:07:06,200 Speaker 1: facing a lefty, have him at least shit at the start. 143 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:07,960 Speaker 1: If you have a chance to win the game, you 144 00:07:08,040 --> 00:07:10,320 Speaker 1: have a matchup, Yeah, have him pitch hit in the 145 00:07:10,360 --> 00:07:12,320 Speaker 1: seventh inning. Maybe he plays the rest of the way 146 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:15,680 Speaker 1: to try to get a win, of course, but manage 147 00:07:15,760 --> 00:07:19,480 Speaker 1: that workload on Ellie. He is a bigger dude. He 148 00:07:19,560 --> 00:07:23,000 Speaker 1: has put on even a little bit more thickness, good weight, strength. 149 00:07:23,120 --> 00:07:25,120 Speaker 1: You can really see it in his arms, in his chest, 150 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,440 Speaker 1: And hopefully the biggest benefit from that is not more power. 151 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,800 Speaker 1: He doesn't need that. He already has plenty of pop 152 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:34,360 Speaker 1: and plenty of zip on his throat. But greater health 153 00:07:34,880 --> 00:07:38,800 Speaker 1: the muscle base can help him more. He's not, you know, herculean, 154 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:42,040 Speaker 1: He's not overwhelmingly jacked. He's just a little stronger from 155 00:07:42,080 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: that wiry guy that he was when he first arrived. 156 00:07:44,880 --> 00:07:48,120 Speaker 1: He's growing into his man body a little bit. And 157 00:07:48,240 --> 00:07:51,440 Speaker 1: I also think bullpen usage. You know Terry Franccona, You 158 00:07:51,520 --> 00:07:53,600 Speaker 1: look at how he handled Cleveland, which I think is 159 00:07:53,640 --> 00:07:56,520 Speaker 1: a really good mirror and parallel to this Reds team 160 00:07:56,560 --> 00:07:59,240 Speaker 1: on a lot of levels, and he went heavy with 161 00:07:59,440 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: his best bullpen arms. And that happened with the Reds 162 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:05,160 Speaker 1: with Amelio Pagan and Tony sani On, who I think 163 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:09,520 Speaker 1: were really really good last year. And consider the Pagan 164 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,600 Speaker 1: was going in in four run situations regularly, non save. 165 00:08:13,000 --> 00:08:16,120 Speaker 1: That's something that Tito has done Boston and Cleveland before. 166 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:19,280 Speaker 1: I think part of that was also just the depth 167 00:08:19,360 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 1: of the Reds bullpen. This year's Red's bullpen, that's where 168 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 1: the ads, Brock Burke, Caleb Ferguson will begin the year 169 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:30,400 Speaker 1: on the il Pierce Johnson, really talented arms, more veteran arms, 170 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:34,240 Speaker 1: more ability to mix and match and left right matchup. 171 00:08:34,520 --> 00:08:37,240 Speaker 1: And I think because of that you can cut down 172 00:08:37,320 --> 00:08:39,800 Speaker 1: a little bit on the endings of those two guys. Now, 173 00:08:40,000 --> 00:08:42,079 Speaker 1: if he's in a gana abant moment, he's going to 174 00:08:42,160 --> 00:08:44,080 Speaker 1: go to his best guys, and I think you want 175 00:08:44,120 --> 00:08:46,199 Speaker 1: to do that, win that game and then deal with 176 00:08:46,320 --> 00:08:49,640 Speaker 1: the ramifications thereafter. But because of the options he'll have, 177 00:08:49,920 --> 00:08:53,360 Speaker 1: especially as those guys, assuming they do go out and 178 00:08:53,559 --> 00:08:56,960 Speaker 1: execute and get the job done, then you probably don't 179 00:08:56,960 --> 00:08:59,719 Speaker 1: see the burnout in Emilio Pagan and Tony Shani on 180 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:02,400 Speaker 1: the clearly was there when they were managed much more 181 00:09:02,440 --> 00:09:05,360 Speaker 1: carefully in the last month five weeks of the season. 182 00:09:05,679 --> 00:09:07,959 Speaker 3: That is the voice of john Saidak. Of course you 183 00:09:08,040 --> 00:09:10,400 Speaker 3: can see him with the Reds broadcast over the course 184 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:12,440 Speaker 3: of the year for MLB TV. All right, let's switch 185 00:09:12,480 --> 00:09:15,280 Speaker 3: to basketball, where you were on the mic for Westwood 186 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,160 Speaker 3: one through and up to the Sweet sixteen, you had Iowa, 187 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,440 Speaker 3: Florida and Alabama, Texas Tech. I'll begin with the first 188 00:09:21,520 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 3: one that upset of Iowa. John, at the risk of 189 00:09:25,480 --> 00:09:28,880 Speaker 3: sounding elementary in the question, did that tell us more 190 00:09:28,960 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 3: about Iowa or maybe more about what Florida did not do? 191 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,080 Speaker 1: I think it's as always a little bit of both, right. 192 00:09:37,120 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: I think Iowa had a great game plan. I think 193 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,360 Speaker 1: one of the things we learned from that is that 194 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:46,079 Speaker 1: Ben McCollum is a great coach. He showed it obviously 195 00:09:46,120 --> 00:09:49,120 Speaker 1: at the Division two level where he coached Tommy Thrall 196 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:51,640 Speaker 1: radio voice of the Reds Alma Mater to Division two 197 00:09:51,679 --> 00:09:53,960 Speaker 1: dominance for a long long time. They know each other, 198 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 1: they share some mutual acquaintances. They just denied the paint 199 00:09:58,320 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: to Florida, and I don't know that many in the 200 00:10:00,520 --> 00:10:03,280 Speaker 1: country even thought that was that possible, and they were 201 00:10:03,320 --> 00:10:05,720 Speaker 1: able to do it. They were sneaky quick. I think 202 00:10:05,800 --> 00:10:08,400 Speaker 1: that's something Tom Crean was on as we saw their 203 00:10:08,440 --> 00:10:10,839 Speaker 1: game plan. We were allowed access to their shoot around 204 00:10:11,160 --> 00:10:14,520 Speaker 1: and there's a deceptive speed to their team, and they 205 00:10:14,559 --> 00:10:17,679 Speaker 1: were funneling the ball to certain spots and Florida had 206 00:10:17,720 --> 00:10:20,719 Speaker 1: a really hard time adjusting to it. I'm not sure 207 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 1: how often Florida saw that game plan with that speed 208 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,439 Speaker 1: and that team effectiveness during the course of the year. 209 00:10:27,800 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 1: So I think for this year they presented a blueprint 210 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:34,280 Speaker 1: based on this year's personnel. For Florida probably had to 211 00:10:34,360 --> 00:10:37,839 Speaker 1: best handle them. And this is a dator club that 212 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:42,200 Speaker 1: started staggered fashion but was really tested by tough schedule 213 00:10:42,320 --> 00:10:45,040 Speaker 1: beginning five and four and then on that short list 214 00:10:45,080 --> 00:10:47,640 Speaker 1: of the four or five most dominant teams in America 215 00:10:47,880 --> 00:10:50,559 Speaker 1: over stretch of twenty five games. But that's part of 216 00:10:50,559 --> 00:10:53,079 Speaker 1: the joy of March Madness. I also think that some 217 00:10:53,240 --> 00:10:57,600 Speaker 1: of the stylistic and personnel differences SEC versus Big ten 218 00:10:58,040 --> 00:11:00,920 Speaker 1: SEC has a lot of that explosive athletic It was 219 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,839 Speaker 1: probably a tough matchup two for Florida because a lot 220 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,240 Speaker 1: of their perimeter players would want to just lob passes 221 00:11:07,400 --> 00:11:09,800 Speaker 1: into the post for a high low, and Iowa was 222 00:11:09,880 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 1: positioned perfectly to deny that. And that's something then McCollums 223 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:15,599 Speaker 1: said repeatedly in their shoot around, Hey, we got to 224 00:11:15,600 --> 00:11:18,240 Speaker 1: pick our poison, right. We can take away something, we 225 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:21,200 Speaker 1: can't take away everything. That's what they wanted to Deny 226 00:11:21,640 --> 00:11:23,560 Speaker 1: and they were able to do so at a high level. 227 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:27,240 Speaker 1: I also think Bennett Seertz is a really talented player 228 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:29,920 Speaker 1: that goes beyond the box score the way he can 229 00:11:30,000 --> 00:11:33,880 Speaker 1: handle and manufacture tempo. They controlled the tempo of that game, 230 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:36,319 Speaker 1: which they needed to do, and did so against a 231 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:39,880 Speaker 1: gargantuan offense that was the best rebounding team America had 232 00:11:39,920 --> 00:11:41,200 Speaker 1: seen in a quarter century. 233 00:11:42,320 --> 00:11:44,599 Speaker 3: I thought, you know, I watched and I think the 234 00:11:44,679 --> 00:11:46,839 Speaker 3: world both the way Ben McCollum coaches and then the 235 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,600 Speaker 3: way Texas Tech is. Texas Tech, to me is as 236 00:11:49,640 --> 00:11:52,480 Speaker 3: fundamentally sound as anybody in college basketball, and they were 237 00:11:52,600 --> 00:11:55,959 Speaker 3: eviscerated by Alabama and the athleticism of the Tide. I 238 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,840 Speaker 3: know you had that game as well, anybody else jump 239 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:00,959 Speaker 3: out at you that you have over the course of 240 00:12:01,040 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 3: the year that you look at and say, you might 241 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,439 Speaker 3: not hear people talking about him, but they're really impressive. 242 00:12:08,240 --> 00:12:11,040 Speaker 1: Yeah. I mean, I think Iowa State it does get 243 00:12:11,080 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 1: a lot of praise, but TJ. Alsoberger is a tremendous coach, 244 00:12:14,800 --> 00:12:18,120 Speaker 1: and Kentucky was thumping them in the early stage of 245 00:12:18,200 --> 00:12:20,760 Speaker 1: that matchup to get to the Sweet sixteen, and I 246 00:12:20,880 --> 00:12:23,920 Speaker 1: thought their ability to withstand that storm and then just 247 00:12:24,040 --> 00:12:27,640 Speaker 1: deliver an a maker to obliterate the Wildcats by a 248 00:12:27,720 --> 00:12:30,160 Speaker 1: final score to set up a matchup with a Rick 249 00:12:30,240 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 1: Barnes team that always defends. He's an excellent coach in 250 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:35,360 Speaker 1: his own right, but I think that Iowa State Club 251 00:12:35,440 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: is much better than a lot of people intimately understand 252 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,319 Speaker 1: on a national basis, And I would echo what you 253 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,600 Speaker 1: said about Texas Tech and Grant McCaslin. I think he's 254 00:12:45,120 --> 00:12:48,160 Speaker 1: a superior coach. I did think that the absence of JT. 255 00:12:48,320 --> 00:12:50,760 Speaker 1: Top and finally caught up to them. And I do 256 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,920 Speaker 1: wonder how limited Christian Anderson was with that groin injury 257 00:12:54,360 --> 00:12:56,680 Speaker 1: that he had suffered in the Big twelve tournament. Of course, 258 00:12:56,679 --> 00:12:59,319 Speaker 1: they had that led floor and there were two Red 259 00:12:59,400 --> 00:13:03,000 Speaker 1: Raiders went down in a very rapid fire fashion during 260 00:13:03,040 --> 00:13:04,719 Speaker 1: the course of that tournament, and then they elected to 261 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:06,160 Speaker 1: change the floor the next day. 262 00:13:06,559 --> 00:13:07,080 Speaker 3: He didn't. 263 00:13:07,440 --> 00:13:10,040 Speaker 1: He's not really an explosive off the bounce guy, but 264 00:13:10,200 --> 00:13:12,959 Speaker 1: he didn't quite look the same. And he does everything 265 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:15,360 Speaker 1: for them. So when you lose your best player in JT. 266 00:13:15,520 --> 00:13:18,240 Speaker 1: Toppin for the year with a knee injury, and then 267 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,679 Speaker 1: your next best player, Christian Anderson, who's the facilitator of 268 00:13:21,760 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: your team is not one hundred. That's true of a 269 00:13:23,920 --> 00:13:27,319 Speaker 1: lot of star players in the tournament. But I think 270 00:13:27,360 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: that just caught up in Alabama. Alabama's good. I mean 271 00:13:30,400 --> 00:13:32,920 Speaker 1: they're really good. I think Natoates can coach some ball 272 00:13:33,120 --> 00:13:35,400 Speaker 1: and they can put up points. They can just outgun 273 00:13:35,480 --> 00:13:36,720 Speaker 1: and outscore a lot of teams. 274 00:13:37,240 --> 00:13:39,640 Speaker 3: Lastly, Tom Crane's pretty good as an analyst, didn't he. 275 00:13:39,800 --> 00:13:41,360 Speaker 3: I mean, we obviously new him as a coach here, 276 00:13:41,480 --> 00:13:43,800 Speaker 3: I didn't know him well as a person. We've had 277 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,840 Speaker 3: him on this radio station several times. He's always accommodating, 278 00:13:47,240 --> 00:13:49,160 Speaker 3: but man, I really enjoy listening to him. I mean, 279 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:53,120 Speaker 3: I think he's really insightful and he appears growing very 280 00:13:53,200 --> 00:13:54,280 Speaker 3: comfortable as an analyst. 281 00:13:55,280 --> 00:13:58,719 Speaker 1: I totally agree. We did his first tournament together a 282 00:13:58,800 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: couple of years ago. We were to be together last 283 00:14:01,120 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: year again he had a speaking engagement that prompted the 284 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,680 Speaker 1: change of his site. That were reunited this year. He's 285 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:10,839 Speaker 1: that way and more so even off the year as well, because, 286 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: as you know, on radio, it's a tighter time to 287 00:14:13,000 --> 00:14:14,600 Speaker 1: be able to get information in. We have a lot 288 00:14:14,600 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: of ads understandably, so during the NCAA tournament. He's so inclusive, 289 00:14:19,880 --> 00:14:24,400 Speaker 1: so keenly observational. I loved sitting with him as teams 290 00:14:24,400 --> 00:14:27,920 Speaker 1: were going through, particularly their day before the round of 291 00:14:28,000 --> 00:14:31,560 Speaker 1: thirty two games, crewe walkthroughs and asking what do you see? 292 00:14:31,680 --> 00:14:34,160 Speaker 1: What does that mean? What do you expect? Even the 293 00:14:34,200 --> 00:14:36,840 Speaker 1: first one he kind of called Iowa Florida. I think 294 00:14:36,920 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: most people nationally just dismissed Gabors by a billion right, 295 00:14:41,040 --> 00:14:43,040 Speaker 1: Who cares who wins the eight nine game. They're the 296 00:14:43,120 --> 00:14:46,240 Speaker 1: reigning champs. They have so much firepower. They're going to 297 00:14:46,480 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 1: stomp whoever they play. And when he saw the game 298 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:52,000 Speaker 1: plan from Iowa, he started tilting his head, chewing on 299 00:14:52,120 --> 00:14:54,240 Speaker 1: his pen, nodding a little bit. He's like, I think 300 00:14:54,280 --> 00:14:56,760 Speaker 1: this can work. I really think this can work. He 301 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,800 Speaker 1: does his homework and his studio work with ESPN as 302 00:14:59,800 --> 00:15:02,400 Speaker 1: we well, gives him such a big broad view of 303 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:04,520 Speaker 1: the country. You know, he's able to work for a 304 00:15:04,600 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: number of networks. He sees a lot of leagues, and 305 00:15:06,760 --> 00:15:09,680 Speaker 1: he is a really good anticipatory feel. The guy knows 306 00:15:09,760 --> 00:15:11,800 Speaker 1: basketball and he loves sharing that knowledge. 307 00:15:12,680 --> 00:15:15,840 Speaker 3: John appreciate it a lot. Four ten tomorrow will appreciate 308 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,960 Speaker 3: it as well when the Reds get underway. Of course, 309 00:15:18,040 --> 00:15:21,680 Speaker 3: a great tradition Opening Day Cincinnati the Red Sox as well, 310 00:15:22,600 --> 00:15:24,960 Speaker 3: great tradition between both clubs, and we look forward to 311 00:15:24,960 --> 00:15:26,480 Speaker 3: seeing it should be a good year for the Reds. 312 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:28,200 Speaker 3: Would look forward to having you back on, but I 313 00:15:28,320 --> 00:15:29,920 Speaker 3: certainly appreciate the time today. 314 00:15:30,680 --> 00:15:33,120 Speaker 1: Greatst opening Day Baseball, Thanks for having. 315 00:15:33,000 --> 00:15:35,920 Speaker 3: Me go Rich. That's right, John Sadak joining us from 316 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 3: the Reds, MLB TV and again Westwood One as well.