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Speaker 1: Of Jeff George is going to join us just a

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Speaker 1: the Christmas Quarterback, and I love the idea of it

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Speaker 1: of the things that people say to me, and I

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Speaker 1: not something that I and I I grew up here,

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Speaker 1: Coming up, we'll get into exactly what that means and

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Speaker 1: the program. Jeff, how are you.

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Speaker 2: I'm doing great, Jake, always good to be on your show.

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Speaker 1: Well, I appreciate it. I and we got a lot

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Speaker 1: with Philip Rivers and the Colts, he's forty four years old.

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Speaker 1: I'm curious as somebody who I know was working out

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Speaker 1: the other day. That's right, okay, So what do you

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Speaker 1: What was your reaction when you heard that Philip Rivers

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Speaker 2: I mean my reaction was, where are my cleats and

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Speaker 2: what kind of asking me if I'm in shape? And

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Speaker 2: I said, of course I'm in shape. You know, are

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Speaker 2: So you know, great for Philip Rivers, I've been there.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's really just about you never lose the football

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Speaker 1: Jeff George is my guest Jaba house peeling poor guest line.

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Speaker 2: a giver and uh, you know, just but I didn't

431
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Speaker 2: realize that until I started getting involved with communities when

432
00:22:01,640 --> 00:22:05,280
Speaker 2: I was in Champagne, Illinois and doing things on Mondays

433
00:22:05,280 --> 00:22:08,520
Speaker 2: and Tuesdays and going through the community and you know,

434
00:22:08,680 --> 00:22:10,760
Speaker 2: serving and you know, a lot of times you said,

435
00:22:10,960 --> 00:22:13,440
Speaker 2: it's not monetary. A lot of times it's just going

436
00:22:13,560 --> 00:22:15,919
Speaker 2: being there talking to people. And so, how was your

437
00:22:15,960 --> 00:22:17,560
Speaker 2: day to day or what did you do today? Or

438
00:22:17,840 --> 00:22:21,280
Speaker 2: how can I help you? Or you know, do you

439
00:22:21,320 --> 00:22:23,800
Speaker 2: watch the game on Saturday? When I was only did

440
00:22:23,800 --> 00:22:25,600
Speaker 2: you watch the game? You talk about the game and

441
00:22:26,160 --> 00:22:29,239
Speaker 2: just being there and showing that you care. Uh, And

442
00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:32,040
Speaker 2: then if you're able to be able to help somebody

443
00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:38,440
Speaker 2: family monetary wise, then that's just a bonus. So to

444
00:22:38,480 --> 00:22:42,560
Speaker 2: answer your question, I didn't realize it until probably college,

445
00:22:42,760 --> 00:22:44,200
Speaker 2: but I had in you and I talk of this

446
00:22:44,320 --> 00:22:46,719
Speaker 2: all the time, and we had the best childhood. And

447
00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:49,600
Speaker 2: that's kind of why I'm driven now. I want to

448
00:22:49,640 --> 00:22:52,919
Speaker 2: make sure that that experiences those feelings that you and

449
00:22:52,960 --> 00:22:57,119
Speaker 2: I have growing up, you know Stony Brook, you know,

450
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Speaker 2: more in Central or Central wherever East. Would that those

451
00:23:02,240 --> 00:23:04,600
Speaker 2: kids have that same feeling when they wake up in

452
00:23:04,640 --> 00:23:08,000
Speaker 2: the morning and when they're twenty five years old, man,

453
00:23:08,359 --> 00:23:11,920
Speaker 2: and they have that feeling of of what we had

454
00:23:11,920 --> 00:23:14,159
Speaker 2: when we were kids. I mean, that's all it is.

455
00:23:14,240 --> 00:23:15,800
Speaker 2: That's all about, That's what it's just trying to make

456
00:23:15,880 --> 00:23:19,320
Speaker 2: somebody feel better, feel like that there's something that they

457
00:23:19,359 --> 00:23:22,440
Speaker 2: have that they can wake up and look forward to

458
00:23:22,480 --> 00:23:25,159
Speaker 2: the next morning. And that's kind of what the Christmas

459
00:23:25,240 --> 00:23:30,359
Speaker 2: Quarterback's about, just helping each family just you know, give

460
00:23:30,400 --> 00:23:32,920
Speaker 2: them something that they they haven't had a long time.

461
00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,560
Speaker 2: And if it's Christmas, we're trying to build, not just

462
00:23:36,600 --> 00:23:40,159
Speaker 2: for Christmas. Christmas is special, but we want to try

463
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Speaker 2: and get to two thousand families within the next year

464
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Speaker 2: and you know, be able to donate you know, a

465
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Speaker 2: half a million dollars of those families and then just

466
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Speaker 2: continue the process. You know, I've been so blessed unfortunate

467
00:23:53,400 --> 00:23:56,560
Speaker 2: in my life, and I think it's time that I

468
00:23:56,600 --> 00:23:58,679
Speaker 2: really hit this hard, like this is my job, this

469
00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:02,360
Speaker 2: is what I want to do. And uh wasn't able

470
00:24:02,400 --> 00:24:05,679
Speaker 2: to do that obviously when you're playing, But now you

471
00:24:05,680 --> 00:24:09,600
Speaker 2: know how many Landmans can I watch on you know,

472
00:24:10,119 --> 00:24:12,119
Speaker 2: you know, so I got to figure out, you know,

473
00:24:12,200 --> 00:24:15,720
Speaker 2: so what's that drive? What's that adrillin from adrenaline for me?

474
00:24:17,080 --> 00:24:19,439
Speaker 2: And that's this, you know, and I when when you

475
00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,720
Speaker 2: see families and you see those kids and you see

476
00:24:21,720 --> 00:24:25,320
Speaker 2: the smiles and the tears. Tears of joy, not sad.

477
00:24:25,359 --> 00:24:28,040
Speaker 2: There's tears of joy knowing that I was able to

478
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Speaker 2: just you know, help that one family, and God willing

479
00:24:31,160 --> 00:24:34,639
Speaker 2: be able to help two thousand families and hopefully more

480
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Speaker 2: and just build a brand. I mean, that's to me,

481
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Speaker 2: that's that's what it's all about.

482
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Speaker 1: Again. Jeff won't tell you this, but I will over

483
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Speaker 1: a million dollars for families over the last quarter century

484
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Speaker 1: from Jeff George and now partnering with local ministries, local groups,

485
00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:49,560
Speaker 1: and you can get involved to be a Christmas quarterback.

486
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Speaker 1: CHRISTMASQB dot com is the website that is Christmas QB

487
00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:57,280
Speaker 1: dot com. Most of you on this radio station have

488
00:24:57,560 --> 00:24:59,560
Speaker 1: my cell phone number. If there is ever a time

489
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Speaker 1: where you think to yourself, I forgot to write that down.

490
00:25:02,119 --> 00:25:04,119
Speaker 1: R you know, tell me more about it. Text me

491
00:25:04,200 --> 00:25:06,160
Speaker 1: anytime and I will get you all of the information

492
00:25:06,240 --> 00:25:08,359
Speaker 1: so that you can help. Jeff and helping out the

493
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Speaker 1: goal of two thousand families that need a little boost

494
00:25:11,040 --> 00:25:14,879
Speaker 1: this year at Christmas and something that is an ongoing initiative.

495
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Speaker 1: Jeff fall In by saying this for our listeners, and

496
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Speaker 1: I mean it sincerely. I have mentioned it before on

497
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Speaker 1: the air, I will mention it again. I will never

498
00:25:23,080 --> 00:25:27,120
Speaker 1: forget when I had my heart attack and I look

499
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,679
Speaker 1: down and I had a voicemail from you, and you

500
00:25:29,800 --> 00:25:33,000
Speaker 1: left me a very kind voicemail offering your help in

501
00:25:33,080 --> 00:25:35,760
Speaker 1: any way. And you are one of those dudes, without

502
00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:38,560
Speaker 1: question in my mind, for the people that you're friends with,

503
00:25:39,600 --> 00:25:42,320
Speaker 1: they can call you anytime, day or night with anything

504
00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:44,720
Speaker 1: that is needed and you will be there, just so

505
00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:47,280
Speaker 1: long as it's not between midnight and one fifteen on

506
00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:51,240
Speaker 1: Saturday night when Landman comes on. Right, that's the bottom line, right.

507
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Speaker 3: Well, that's right, Jay.

508
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Speaker 2: I appreciate your kind words always, and you know how

509
00:25:55,680 --> 00:25:57,520
Speaker 2: much I love you, and I appreciate all this you do.

510
00:25:57,680 --> 00:26:00,600
Speaker 2: People don't know what you do. They hear your voice,

511
00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:04,840
Speaker 2: your legendary voice, but behind the scenes you're you're You're

512
00:26:05,000 --> 00:26:07,439
Speaker 2: like me, You're a giver, you want to help, and

513
00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,800
Speaker 2: I appreciate everything that you're involved with as well.

514
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Speaker 1: Jeff, we appreciate it as always. Look forward to talking

515
00:26:12,960 --> 00:26:14,880
Speaker 1: to you again and helping out with the Christmas quarterback

516
00:26:14,920 --> 00:26:17,320
Speaker 1: Man Max. I appreciate it, Jeff, George joining us on

517
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Speaker 1: the Java House Peel and Poor Guest line. Joining me

518
00:26:21,119 --> 00:26:23,200
Speaker 1: now on the Java House Peel and Poor Guest Line.

519
00:26:23,800 --> 00:26:25,520
Speaker 1: This guy really impressed me. As a matter of fact,

520
00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,840
Speaker 1: my buddy Michael, my buddy Michael Ware goes to the

521
00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:31,800
Speaker 1: Pacer games with me, and Michael is a huge Pacer fan, right,

522
00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:33,720
Speaker 1: and then after the games he always like sends me

523
00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:37,480
Speaker 1: his observations of the game and that kind of thing.

524
00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:41,280
Speaker 1: And he sends me a message the other day that

525
00:26:41,359 --> 00:26:44,040
Speaker 1: simply says, thanks again for the invite last night. Nice

526
00:26:44,040 --> 00:26:48,520
Speaker 1: win and go Ethan Thompson and I'm because we're watching

527
00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,320
Speaker 1: it and he's like, man, this guy's out there hustling,

528
00:26:50,359 --> 00:26:52,400
Speaker 1: making every play and he joins us on the program.

529
00:26:52,440 --> 00:26:54,560
Speaker 1: Now he is a new member of the Indiana Pacers,

530
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Speaker 1: and he was I believe in an NBA starter, Am

531
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Speaker 1: I correct? Ethan Thompson and saying in game number four

532
00:27:00,080 --> 00:27:02,320
Speaker 1: or of your NBA career, you're starting, correct?

533
00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:05,120
Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, that is correct. That is correct.

534
00:27:06,640 --> 00:27:10,880
Speaker 4: Is a great transition for sure. I mean this whole

535
00:27:10,920 --> 00:27:14,040
Speaker 4: week has been you know dream come true of you know,

536
00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:17,159
Speaker 4: getting this opportunity and then you know being able to

537
00:27:18,200 --> 00:27:21,040
Speaker 4: you know, get used to the team and then you know,

538
00:27:21,240 --> 00:27:22,840
Speaker 4: just try trying to find my way to make an

539
00:27:22,880 --> 00:27:24,520
Speaker 4: impact and try to win a game.

540
00:27:24,640 --> 00:27:26,040
Speaker 3: So just doing what I can.

541
00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:29,120
Speaker 1: Well, I want to get to this because the way

542
00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:33,159
Speaker 1: you make an impact now, you know, I noticed in

543
00:27:33,200 --> 00:27:37,040
Speaker 1: the fourth quarter of that game against Sacramento, there was

544
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:40,280
Speaker 1: at one point in that game, Ethan, there were three

545
00:27:40,400 --> 00:27:44,760
Speaker 1: straight possessions where you either kept the ball alive on

546
00:27:44,840 --> 00:27:48,879
Speaker 1: an offensive rebound or tapped out defensive rebounds and just

547
00:27:48,920 --> 00:27:52,520
Speaker 1: putting yourself hustle places, quite frankly, to keep possessions alive

548
00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:56,240
Speaker 1: or to prohibit Sacramento from getting a second look at things.

549
00:27:56,720 --> 00:27:58,080
Speaker 1: And then I looked at it, and I'm like, you

550
00:27:58,320 --> 00:28:00,679
Speaker 1: were a five star recruit. You grew up in California,

551
00:28:00,800 --> 00:28:03,000
Speaker 1: You're a five star recruit. You go to Oregon State,

552
00:28:03,080 --> 00:28:06,760
Speaker 1: you play obviously in a big conference. When did you

553
00:28:07,119 --> 00:28:11,480
Speaker 1: realize that and how did you manage to transition from

554
00:28:11,480 --> 00:28:13,440
Speaker 1: being a guy that spent the majority of your career

555
00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:15,600
Speaker 1: is the main line player to now a guy that

556
00:28:15,680 --> 00:28:17,359
Speaker 1: has to be a complimentary player.

557
00:28:18,600 --> 00:28:21,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean, I think I think it is uh

558
00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 4: goes back to you know, my my understanding of the

559
00:28:24,880 --> 00:28:26,760
Speaker 4: game and how it was taught. So I got to

560
00:28:27,320 --> 00:28:28,639
Speaker 4: credit my dad.

561
00:28:29,560 --> 00:28:31,040
Speaker 3: He's taught me everything that I know.

562
00:28:31,440 --> 00:28:33,639
Speaker 4: All the coaches that I've had growing up have have

563
00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:36,679
Speaker 4: given me a great foundation of, uh, you know, what

564
00:28:36,800 --> 00:28:40,840
Speaker 4: winning basketball is. And you know, it's not always that

565
00:28:40,880 --> 00:28:42,520
Speaker 4: you got to be the one that's hitting the shots

566
00:28:42,520 --> 00:28:45,520
Speaker 4: to to make an impact on the game, but whether

567
00:28:45,560 --> 00:28:49,840
Speaker 4: it's spacing the floor properly, you know, making the hustle plays,

568
00:28:50,560 --> 00:28:53,800
Speaker 4: making the right reads offensively, defensively, and then yeah, just

569
00:28:53,800 --> 00:28:56,920
Speaker 4: doing whatever it takes. And then you know, having that

570
00:28:56,920 --> 00:29:01,320
Speaker 4: that fabric, you know, could lead to you being the

571
00:29:01,360 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 4: guy for you know, for in my case, you know,

572
00:29:04,480 --> 00:29:07,600
Speaker 4: the majority of the my career and then but then

573
00:29:07,640 --> 00:29:10,320
Speaker 4: in this situation, I still have that same fabric of

574
00:29:10,400 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 4: whatever it takes to win and at the end of

575
00:29:12,320 --> 00:29:14,880
Speaker 4: the day, and just the competitors, so going out there

576
00:29:14,920 --> 00:29:16,640
Speaker 4: and competing however I can.

577
00:29:16,760 --> 00:29:19,360
Speaker 1: Now your father obviously was a coach when you were

578
00:29:19,360 --> 00:29:21,320
Speaker 1: growing up, I believe. Is he still on staff at

579
00:29:21,320 --> 00:29:22,800
Speaker 1: Oregon State? I know he wasn't one time.

580
00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:26,160
Speaker 4: Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, so yeah, yeah, he's still on staff.

581
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Speaker 4: He had got the job I think going into my

582
00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:30,160
Speaker 4: sophomore year high school, and.

583
00:29:30,120 --> 00:29:33,080
Speaker 3: Then I got the opportunity to play with play play.

584
00:29:32,880 --> 00:29:35,040
Speaker 4: For him, and then with my older brother as well,

585
00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:36,080
Speaker 4: Steven Thompson Junior.

586
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Speaker 1: Now this has to be a record. I don't know

587
00:29:38,400 --> 00:29:40,040
Speaker 1: if this is correct. This has to be a record

588
00:29:40,160 --> 00:29:43,320
Speaker 1: than Thompson. You started every game. You played every game

589
00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:45,440
Speaker 1: in Oregon state and started every game. Is that correct?

590
00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,880
Speaker 4: Yeah? I believe I do have have the record and starts,

591
00:29:49,960 --> 00:29:52,560
Speaker 4: and I want to I don't know about most games played,

592
00:29:52,560 --> 00:29:53,800
Speaker 4: but most games started for sure.

593
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Speaker 3: I know that one.

594
00:29:54,320 --> 00:29:56,280
Speaker 1: Hundred and twenty seven of one hundred and twenty seven,

595
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Speaker 1: and I would imagine if I were you, I would

596
00:29:58,360 --> 00:30:01,520
Speaker 1: be regularly emailing and or sending that statistic to Gary

597
00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:03,400
Speaker 1: Payton and just remind him of it, right.

598
00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:05,560
Speaker 3: Right, right now.

599
00:30:06,040 --> 00:30:06,360
Speaker 5: It is.

600
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Speaker 4: It is great to be in great company and to

601
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:11,440
Speaker 4: you know, have have my name of probably like two

602
00:30:11,560 --> 00:30:14,520
Speaker 4: or three starts above him, but like, uh, you know,

603
00:30:14,560 --> 00:30:17,160
Speaker 4: it's definitely great to be Vietna company for sure.

604
00:30:17,360 --> 00:30:21,520
Speaker 1: Okay, So you have played in your professional career. You

605
00:30:21,560 --> 00:30:24,600
Speaker 1: have played in the G League. You have played in Mexico,

606
00:30:25,120 --> 00:30:27,440
Speaker 1: you have played in Puerto Rico, which I know that

607
00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:30,440
Speaker 1: you have also played for the Puerto Rican national team. Right,

608
00:30:30,560 --> 00:30:34,440
Speaker 1: you have played back into I believe the G League

609
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:38,320
Speaker 1: for the Magic Organization, then in souot Falls and now here. Okay,

610
00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,800
Speaker 1: so how long does it take you to acclimate to

611
00:30:41,000 --> 00:30:44,600
Speaker 1: new roster and learn the system that Indiana's running.

612
00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,640
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean it's it's it's not that that difficult

613
00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:53,640
Speaker 4: of an acclamation, you know, to this team, because they

614
00:30:54,120 --> 00:30:55,600
Speaker 4: got a lot of that got a lot of guys

615
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:56,640
Speaker 4: that can play.

616
00:30:56,480 --> 00:30:56,960
Speaker 3: The right way.

617
00:30:56,960 --> 00:30:59,040
Speaker 4: They know how to play the right way, and you know,

618
00:30:59,120 --> 00:31:02,640
Speaker 4: that's a testament you know, how coach has been building

619
00:31:02,640 --> 00:31:04,600
Speaker 4: this team for you know, not just this year.

620
00:31:04,480 --> 00:31:06,480
Speaker 3: But like the years before as well.

621
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Speaker 4: So you know, at the end of the day, it's

622
00:31:09,200 --> 00:31:11,680
Speaker 4: just basketball and being able to make the right reads.

623
00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:12,520
Speaker 2: You know.

624
00:31:12,600 --> 00:31:15,880
Speaker 4: The probably the toughest part of the transition was just

625
00:31:15,960 --> 00:31:17,560
Speaker 4: learning the different terminology.

626
00:31:17,600 --> 00:31:20,200
Speaker 3: A lot of teams use you know.

627
00:31:20,240 --> 00:31:25,160
Speaker 4: Different different language for different actions on the court, different positions, So, uh,

628
00:31:25,440 --> 00:31:28,880
Speaker 4: trying to use the right terminology and be on the

629
00:31:28,880 --> 00:31:30,960
Speaker 4: same page with that with with my teammates and and

630
00:31:31,000 --> 00:31:33,640
Speaker 4: they've done a job of getting me, you know, on

631
00:31:33,680 --> 00:31:35,560
Speaker 4: the same page as well, so it's been good.

632
00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:37,920
Speaker 1: The newest pacer, Ethan Thompson is my guest. He's on

633
00:31:37,960 --> 00:31:39,960
Speaker 1: the Java House. Peel and poor guest line. When you

634
00:31:40,200 --> 00:31:45,520
Speaker 1: arrived with this franchise, what player on the roster for

635
00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:48,400
Speaker 1: the Pacers was the one that was the most open

636
00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:51,000
Speaker 1: to basically saying to you know, kind of immediately took

637
00:31:51,040 --> 00:31:53,240
Speaker 1: you under their wing. Which one would that be?

638
00:31:55,440 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 4: I' mulda say, I've played Summer League a few years ago,

639
00:31:59,600 --> 00:32:03,080
Speaker 4: so like I've I've had a relationship with the guys,

640
00:32:03,640 --> 00:32:06,200
Speaker 4: with the majority of you guys, But I will say

641
00:32:06,240 --> 00:32:10,400
Speaker 4: that Jay Huffs has done a good job of, you know,

642
00:32:10,520 --> 00:32:13,160
Speaker 4: kind of taking me under his wing. You know, he's

643
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 4: been in a similar position that I've been been battling

644
00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:18,360
Speaker 4: it in the G League, and then you know he's

645
00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:20,520
Speaker 4: been able to make his mark in the NBA as well.

646
00:32:20,520 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 3: And now he's kind of been.

647
00:32:22,560 --> 00:32:25,320
Speaker 4: Talking to me, encouraging me, and you know, really being

648
00:32:25,400 --> 00:32:30,960
Speaker 4: that voice and reassurance of you know, confidence and everything,

649
00:32:31,040 --> 00:32:34,120
Speaker 4: like calming me down if I'm you know, nervous or

650
00:32:34,160 --> 00:32:37,160
Speaker 4: whatever it is. But you know, he's been in that

651
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Speaker 4: constant voice for sure.

652
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Speaker 1: Is it hard to when you are in and I'm

653
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Speaker 1: going to say this respectfully, Ethan, but I think you'll

654
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Speaker 1: understand what I mean when you so far are in

655
00:32:47,320 --> 00:32:49,960
Speaker 1: kind of a vagabond career, right where you're going and

656
00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:53,680
Speaker 1: you're playing for different teams. Is it difficult in a

657
00:32:53,760 --> 00:32:57,000
Speaker 1: situation to hone in on what it is that the

658
00:32:57,040 --> 00:33:01,000
Speaker 1: Pacers need you to do as opposed to taking the

659
00:33:01,040 --> 00:33:04,400
Speaker 1: opportunity to showcase what you can do elsewhere for other

660
00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,280
Speaker 1: teams to see. Does that make sense what I'm asking?

661
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Speaker 4: Yeah, for sure, I mean it is not. It's not

662
00:33:12,040 --> 00:33:15,680
Speaker 4: too difficult for me because for me, one of the

663
00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:19,800
Speaker 4: big things that I've learned, you know, throughout the course

664
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Speaker 4: of my career at which I have been on you know,

665
00:33:21,920 --> 00:33:26,080
Speaker 4: many G League situations trying to make it is kind

666
00:33:26,080 --> 00:33:28,040
Speaker 4: of just being where your feet are and not not

667
00:33:28,160 --> 00:33:31,000
Speaker 4: worrying about the future, not worrying about you know, what

668
00:33:31,120 --> 00:33:33,280
Speaker 4: comes next, because you got to make the most of

669
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Speaker 4: where you're at now. And that's something that's really kept

670
00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:40,040
Speaker 4: me grounded and you know kind of been in the

671
00:33:40,080 --> 00:33:41,920
Speaker 4: back of my mind on you know, how can I

672
00:33:41,960 --> 00:33:45,800
Speaker 4: help the Pacers, not necessarily you know, trying to show

673
00:33:46,160 --> 00:33:48,600
Speaker 4: what I can do for other teams is the situation

674
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Speaker 4: I'm in now, and I think that will lead to

675
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Speaker 4: you know, more opportunity of you know, showcasing everything I

676
00:33:55,640 --> 00:33:55,959
Speaker 4: could do.

677
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Speaker 3: But still with the intention of helping the Pacers.

678
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Speaker 1: Now, when you were in high school in California, if

679
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Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken in this, in the California High School Tournament,

680
00:34:04,680 --> 00:34:06,320
Speaker 1: did you knock out the team that had all of

681
00:34:06,360 --> 00:34:10,640
Speaker 1: the the LaMelo and LiAngelo and and all the brothers

682
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Speaker 1: on it.

683
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Speaker 4: So my junior year when Lonzo was still a senior, Uh,

684
00:34:17,840 --> 00:34:22,720
Speaker 4: we lost to them in lost the if. But then uh,

685
00:34:22,800 --> 00:34:26,399
Speaker 4: the year after we had ended up beating them, and

686
00:34:26,719 --> 00:34:31,239
Speaker 4: my senior year Alonso left by LaMelo Jello. Uh, they

687
00:34:31,239 --> 00:34:33,719
Speaker 4: still had a few other few other guys that went

688
00:34:33,760 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 4: on to play college and in the NBA as well.

689
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Speaker 1: So that was their dad on the sidelines. Was their

690
00:34:38,400 --> 00:34:39,560
Speaker 1: dad crazy the whole time?

691
00:34:40,760 --> 00:34:42,920
Speaker 4: Yeah, I mean I want to use the term crazy,

692
00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:46,200
Speaker 4: but he's been, uh, you know, super supportive and very

693
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Speaker 4: into it.

694
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Speaker 1: But yeah, it's always been.

695
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Speaker 4: It's always been good to play against them because you know,

696
00:34:49,960 --> 00:34:53,080
Speaker 4: it's the environment that they bring to the game, especially

697
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Speaker 4: at you know, when we were in high school, high

698
00:34:56,600 --> 00:34:59,120
Speaker 4: school basketball. You know when I was in college, was

699
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Speaker 4: r high school basketball when I was in high school,

700
00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,600
Speaker 4: was you know a fun thing to be a part

701
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Speaker 4: of the games are always sold about, so it was.

702
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Speaker 1: It was very fun when you grow up. You know,

703
00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:14,360
Speaker 1: we know of here the great players from southern California.

704
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Speaker 1: I mean it goes without saying. You just mentioned three

705
00:35:15,920 --> 00:35:16,960
Speaker 1: of them. You had to play, right.

706
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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 1: We feel in Indiana like the other forty nine states,

708
00:35:22,480 --> 00:35:26,200
Speaker 1: look at Indiana as a basketball mecca. Now you're from California,

709
00:35:26,239 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 1: what is your perception of Indiana basketball?

710
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:33,920
Speaker 4: No, for sure, I think of you know, great basketball,

711
00:35:35,000 --> 00:35:37,799
Speaker 4: you know hard nos basketball as well, and you know

712
00:35:37,880 --> 00:35:42,800
Speaker 4: a long long history of of of talent and I

713
00:35:42,920 --> 00:35:45,279
Speaker 4: And that's something I'm glad that I that I have

714
00:35:45,400 --> 00:35:49,000
Speaker 4: that understanding of because I kind of got familiar with

715
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Speaker 4: it when when I was with Oregon State and we

716
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Speaker 4: had went on that run to the lead day it

717
00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,919
Speaker 4: was it was hosted that COVID year where everything where

718
00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:01,879
Speaker 4: each round was in Indiana and then you know, being

719
00:36:01,960 --> 00:36:04,320
Speaker 4: out here for for that like month and a half

720
00:36:04,400 --> 00:36:07,520
Speaker 4: or whatever it was was, uh, you know, pretty cool

721
00:36:07,680 --> 00:36:09,959
Speaker 4: just to you know, learn the history of the city

722
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Speaker 4: and get to get a feel for the city.

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Speaker 6: Ethan, after after the win in Chicago, Rick Carlisle you

724
00:36:14,760 --> 00:36:16,440
Speaker 6: know went out to say like hey, he was, you know,

725
00:36:16,520 --> 00:36:19,640
Speaker 6: in doing some scrimmages with you know, Quentin Jackson, some

726
00:36:19,640 --> 00:36:21,120
Speaker 6: of the other guys in our trainers, and I had

727
00:36:21,120 --> 00:36:23,120
Speaker 6: to call the trainer like, hey, get him off the floor.

728
00:36:23,600 --> 00:36:26,040
Speaker 6: At what point, how did it feel, I guess in

729
00:36:26,040 --> 00:36:27,640
Speaker 6: that moment to realize that you were gonna get your

730
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Speaker 6: first like actual shot, I'm played some meaningful minutes in

731
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Speaker 6: the NBA.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure.

733
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Speaker 4: I mean, like usually after shoot around, I'll go back

734
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Speaker 4: to the hotel, take a take a nap, and you

735
00:36:39,440 --> 00:36:43,040
Speaker 4: know that that during that time, my nap time, basically

736
00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:45,319
Speaker 4: I was my eyes are closed, but you know, I

737
00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:48,200
Speaker 4: was still awake, just kind of trying to envision everything

738
00:36:48,239 --> 00:36:51,040
Speaker 4: that's gonna happen, and you know, a lot of a

739
00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:54,560
Speaker 4: lot of nervous energy, but excited energy as well. And

740
00:36:54,600 --> 00:36:57,759
Speaker 4: then you know, once once my name got called the

741
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Speaker 4: sub in and you know, possessions down, I kind of

742
00:37:01,239 --> 00:37:03,640
Speaker 4: got settled, and you know it was it was good

743
00:37:03,680 --> 00:37:07,719
Speaker 4: from there, but definitely something that I've been looking forward to,

744
00:37:07,840 --> 00:37:09,960
Speaker 4: you know, my whole life, my whole career, been working

745
00:37:10,080 --> 00:37:11,960
Speaker 4: for that moment. So I'm glad that I was able

746
00:37:12,000 --> 00:37:14,239
Speaker 4: to experience that and just trying to continue to build

747
00:37:14,239 --> 00:37:14,480
Speaker 4: off of it.

748
00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,240
Speaker 1: So then, how did they tell you you're a starter.

749
00:37:16,400 --> 00:37:18,719
Speaker 1: When did take me through what happens when they tell you,

750
00:37:18,760 --> 00:37:20,400
Speaker 1: by the way, you're starting against Sacramento.

751
00:37:21,440 --> 00:37:22,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, we were.

752
00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:25,000
Speaker 4: Come into practice, I don't know if it was the

753
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Speaker 4: next day or a few days after coming to practice,

754
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Speaker 4: and we're about to watch film and then they have

755
00:37:31,680 --> 00:37:36,920
Speaker 4: my initials up, uh for for the matchups against Sacramento,

756
00:37:36,960 --> 00:37:38,640
Speaker 4: And I was like, okay, yeah, let's do it. Like

757
00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:41,400
Speaker 4: you know, I was, I was excited and you know,

758
00:37:41,480 --> 00:37:44,920
Speaker 4: getting that confidence from from everybody on the team, coaching staff,

759
00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:47,560
Speaker 4: you know, HASD has helped me a lot as well,

760
00:37:47,640 --> 00:37:50,440
Speaker 4: So you know, I'm just I'm just excited to be

761
00:37:50,440 --> 00:37:52,960
Speaker 4: able to go out there and compete with with this group.

762
00:37:53,880 --> 00:37:57,120
Speaker 4: They've been, you know, very encouraging of me, and you

763
00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:58,480
Speaker 4: know they want the best for me as well.

764
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Speaker 1: So most important and lastly with that, so you look

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Speaker 1: up you see et right there as the starter, like

766
00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:07,759
Speaker 1: not the movie, the starter right. So then, and this

767
00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:12,440
Speaker 1: is the big thing. Every player on this roster in

768
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Speaker 1: the pregame stuff goes through a line and has like

769
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Speaker 1: a specific like handshake, dap up, whatever you want to

770
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Speaker 1: call it. With TJ McConnell. Now, how long did it

771
00:38:23,719 --> 00:38:26,359
Speaker 1: take you to learn that and have you mastered what

772
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Speaker 1: your specific one is because every players is different.

773
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Speaker 3: Uh now I haven't.

774
00:38:31,840 --> 00:38:34,920
Speaker 4: I haven't mastered you know, a specific one yet, but

775
00:38:35,040 --> 00:38:37,759
Speaker 4: we go work on it for sure, for sure, because

776
00:38:37,800 --> 00:38:39,680
Speaker 4: that has something I have noticed that I gotta I

777
00:38:39,680 --> 00:38:40,960
Speaker 4: gotta sit down and talk with him.

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00:38:41,360 --> 00:38:44,279
Speaker 1: Yeah, see that? So you notice that, right? I mean

779
00:38:44,360 --> 00:38:46,239
Speaker 1: literally every single guy, right?

780
00:38:46,920 --> 00:38:48,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, everybody.

781
00:38:48,360 --> 00:38:52,959
Speaker 4: Everybody got their own unique handsake though is pretty tough.

782
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:55,520
Speaker 1: And as a guard, everybody on the floor also has

783
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Speaker 1: their own kind of unique spots. Right. How do you

784
00:38:59,080 --> 00:39:01,560
Speaker 1: learn that as a guard? Part of just kind of

785
00:39:01,680 --> 00:39:05,560
Speaker 1: understanding where guys like their movement, where they like the ball,

786
00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:07,960
Speaker 1: where the set goes, et cetera. How long does it

787
00:39:08,000 --> 00:39:08,719
Speaker 1: take to learn that?

788
00:39:10,440 --> 00:39:13,400
Speaker 4: It's it's something that you know, I've been been watching

789
00:39:13,440 --> 00:39:18,400
Speaker 4: film on before before I was even able to suit up.

790
00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:22,160
Speaker 4: But like I've I've been getting a good understanding of

791
00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,200
Speaker 4: how guys like to play, and you know, the coaching

792
00:39:24,239 --> 00:39:27,080
Speaker 4: staff has getting me used to like, Okay, if uh

793
00:39:27,840 --> 00:39:30,719
Speaker 4: Pj's bringing up the floor, bringing up the floor, he

794
00:39:30,800 --> 00:39:33,440
Speaker 4: usually likes to run this action. So if I'm in

795
00:39:33,480 --> 00:39:35,880
Speaker 4: this position, I do this, and if I'm in that position,

796
00:39:35,920 --> 00:39:39,120
Speaker 4: I'll do that, but kind of getting that understanding, uh,

797
00:39:39,200 --> 00:39:42,239
Speaker 4: you know, it not not necessarily takes time, but like

798
00:39:42,320 --> 00:39:44,720
Speaker 4: as you get more reps of it kind of becomes

799
00:39:44,719 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 4: second nature and you pick up on patterns. So definitely

800
00:39:48,320 --> 00:39:50,920
Speaker 4: something I've been trying to key on, you know, throughout

801
00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,920
Speaker 4: these practice days and then uh, in the game, even

802
00:39:53,960 --> 00:39:55,600
Speaker 4: when I'm not in the game, just on the bench

803
00:39:55,680 --> 00:39:58,239
Speaker 4: if I'm watching, trying to you know, pick up on

804
00:39:58,320 --> 00:39:59,120
Speaker 4: those things as well.

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Speaker 1: By the way, maybe he hasn't told you, but I'm

806
00:40:03,120 --> 00:40:05,680
Speaker 1: telling you right now. Your dad when he was Stevie

807
00:40:05,680 --> 00:40:08,960
Speaker 1: Thompson at Syracuse was the truth man. Those Jimmy Man

808
00:40:09,320 --> 00:40:12,280
Speaker 1: had some hell of the teams and you know between

809
00:40:12,280 --> 00:40:16,280
Speaker 1: Derek Coleman and Sherman Douglas before your dad and Ronnie

810
00:40:16,320 --> 00:40:18,920
Speaker 1: Sykelee and you know people around here know about Syracuse

811
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Speaker 1: ball Stevie Thompson the ball man.

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Speaker 4: Noah, Yeah, tell me. I've heard his story and seen

813
00:40:25,520 --> 00:40:29,000
Speaker 4: the film, you know. So it's something that I've always

814
00:40:29,040 --> 00:40:32,319
Speaker 4: get something I'm always you know, grateful to have, you know,

815
00:40:32,400 --> 00:40:34,359
Speaker 4: to be his son and to be able to you know,

816
00:40:34,440 --> 00:40:37,839
Speaker 4: carry on his name as well. So it's it's I'm

817
00:40:37,840 --> 00:40:38,520
Speaker 4: glad I got that.

818
00:40:38,960 --> 00:40:41,120
Speaker 1: Yeah, they had some heck of a teams back then

819
00:40:41,120 --> 00:40:43,239
Speaker 1: in Crenshaw and high school and all of it. Love

820
00:40:43,400 --> 00:40:46,680
Speaker 1: love those those teams and those eras well. We certainly

821
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Speaker 1: wish you the best of luck. Man. I appreciate the

822
00:40:48,760 --> 00:40:51,080
Speaker 1: time today also having to be a little bit flexible

823
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Speaker 1: in the way that our schedule work today, Ethan, I

824
00:40:52,880 --> 00:40:55,839
Speaker 1: certainly appreciate it, and we look forward to watching more

825
00:40:55,880 --> 00:40:56,479
Speaker 1: hustle plays.

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Speaker 3: All right, definitely definitely appreciate you, all.

827
00:40:59,920 --> 00:41:04,760
Speaker 1: Right, much appreciated again. That is Ethan Thompson, the pride

828
00:41:04,760 --> 00:41:07,640
Speaker 1: of Oregon State, his dad Stevie Thompson, right after Indiana

829
00:41:07,640 --> 00:41:10,799
Speaker 1: won the national title in eighty seven. You know, in

830
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Speaker 1: those teams that Beheim had, Man, they were loaded, and

831
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Speaker 1: there were so many great players that came out. You know,

832
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Speaker 1: Sean Higgins was out of the like I think Fairfax

833
00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:20,480
Speaker 1: in LA at the same time when his dad was

834
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Speaker 1: at Crenshaw and special times, Special Times and great players

835
00:41:25,080 --> 00:41:28,560
Speaker 1: that have come from there. Okay, I'm gonna ask Joel

836
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Speaker 1: a ericson my ex post Twitter question, which, by the way,

837
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Speaker 1: I just noticed the other day for the first time.

838
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Speaker 1: I guess I should offer an extent an extend a

839
00:41:40,480 --> 00:41:44,359
Speaker 1: delayed apology Joel A. Erickson at The Indianapolis Star, who

840
00:41:44,440 --> 00:41:46,080
Speaker 1: joins us now in the Java House Peel and poor

841
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Speaker 1: guest line Joel. I just noticed the other day for

842
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Speaker 1: the first time. And not that this matters. I mean,

843
00:41:51,400 --> 00:41:53,520
Speaker 1: we're not middle school kids, but it kind of does matter.

844
00:41:54,040 --> 00:41:56,040
Speaker 1: I never knew that I wasn't following you on the

845
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Speaker 1: expost Twitter. Now. I'm sure that this wasn't something that

846
00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:01,279
Speaker 1: was keeping you up at night, but it's kind of

847
00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,880
Speaker 1: one of those things where you get retweeted enough or

848
00:42:03,880 --> 00:42:06,360
Speaker 1: reposted enough that I saw it all the time and

849
00:42:06,440 --> 00:42:08,759
Speaker 1: just assumed I was following you. And I can't keep

850
00:42:08,800 --> 00:42:11,160
Speaker 1: it straight anymore anyway, because every time I go on there,

851
00:42:11,160 --> 00:42:13,759
Speaker 1: it takes me to the for U section and it's

852
00:42:13,800 --> 00:42:16,680
Speaker 1: nothing but QAnon conspiracies of weird stuff happening, and I

853
00:42:16,719 --> 00:42:18,560
Speaker 1: can't keep trading, you know what I mean, I don't

854
00:42:18,560 --> 00:42:20,520
Speaker 1: know what the hell's going on. So I apologize for that.

855
00:42:21,680 --> 00:42:25,120
Speaker 7: I I yeah, I uh, no issues on no issues

856
00:42:25,160 --> 00:42:27,520
Speaker 7: on my end. I just figured, like I was, like, God,

857
00:42:27,600 --> 00:42:29,800
Speaker 7: Jake doesn't really want me to get in the weeds.

858
00:42:29,480 --> 00:42:30,920
Speaker 5: On on Sundays. He doesn't want to.

859
00:42:31,280 --> 00:42:33,680
Speaker 7: You didn't want to know why they ran ALP Yeah.

860
00:42:33,880 --> 00:42:36,719
Speaker 1: I and you know what, and I don't really care

861
00:42:36,719 --> 00:42:40,680
Speaker 1: about your little Brewer stuff either. But that's okay, Okay,

862
00:42:40,760 --> 00:42:43,279
Speaker 1: let's get to this. Here's the question that I have

863
00:42:43,400 --> 00:42:46,800
Speaker 1: right now going on uh the expost twitter my survey,

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Speaker 1: which was a bigger like wait, what moment for you

865
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Speaker 1: finding out Jeff Saturday was going to be the interim

866
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Speaker 1: coach to finish a season, or finding out that Philip

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Speaker 1: Rivers is going to be the quarterback to do it?

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Speaker 5: Oh, Jeff Saturday.

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Speaker 7: Okay, Jeff Saturday by like a mile and a half.

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Speaker 7: I actually don't think like when you sit back and

871
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Speaker 7: think about the position the Cults are in with with

872
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Speaker 7: their top two quarterbacks being down that like you know,

873
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Speaker 7: after you get through the initial shock.

874
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Speaker 5: Of five you know, the five years.

875
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Speaker 7: You're like, well, there really isn't anybody else they can find.

876
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Speaker 7: I can kind of talk myself into it. It's the

877
00:43:24,280 --> 00:43:29,799
Speaker 7: Jeff Saturday thing. I keep saying that, Jeff, I I

878
00:43:29,840 --> 00:43:31,480
Speaker 7: feel like the further we get away from that, I

879
00:43:31,480 --> 00:43:33,719
Speaker 7: feel like I dreamed that whole last eight games of

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Speaker 7: that season.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, that's fair. Okay for the quarterback spot. Let's get

882
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Speaker 1: to this and it's kind of irrelevant, but it's not.

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Speaker 1: Do we have a list of quarterbacks that we are

884
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Speaker 1: fairly certain the Colts kicked the tires on before settling

885
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Speaker 1: on Philip Settling is the wrong word, but deciding on

886
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Speaker 1: Philip Rivers.

887
00:43:54,920 --> 00:43:56,680
Speaker 5: I don't think we have a list.

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00:43:56,840 --> 00:44:00,319
Speaker 7: I think it's more that if you go by props.

889
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Speaker 5: Of elimination, just in terms of who can be.

890
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Speaker 7: Traded, who can't be traded, who's on other teams practice

891
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Speaker 7: squads and therefore can be protected, you can kind of

892
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Speaker 7: realize go through that you're looking.

893
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Speaker 5: At some a pretty sparse list of people. I have

894
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Speaker 5: to give Nathan Brown credit for this.

895
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Speaker 7: He went through every single transaction where they have a tryout,

896
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Speaker 7: going back to the beginning of the season, and came

897
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Speaker 7: up with sixteen quarterbacks that have had tryouts with teams

898
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Speaker 7: or workouts with teams, including the Colts when Anthony Richardson

899
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Speaker 7: got hurt, And that list included two quarterbacks that I

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Speaker 7: gotta be honest, I hadn't heard of them.

901
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Speaker 5: And I'm a.

902
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Speaker 7: Sicko who covers the NFL and is supposed to know

903
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Speaker 7: these things, and I had not heard of I believe

904
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Speaker 7: it's Ben Wooldridge as one, and then the other one's

905
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Speaker 7: first name is Sess and I cannot remember the second.

906
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Speaker 1: The last name Seth. You said, yes, Seth doesn't sound

907
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Speaker 1: like a typical quarterback. Then did you say Ben Woolridge?

908
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Speaker 6: Yes, Oh, he played with the Rams.

909
00:45:04,160 --> 00:45:12,440
Speaker 1: Look at Eddie ben Woolridge looks like Doogie howser right,

910
00:45:12,760 --> 00:45:13,319
Speaker 1: kind of looks like.

911
00:45:15,080 --> 00:45:17,319
Speaker 7: There's other names, Like there's other names on there that

912
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Speaker 7: they're kind of bouncing around in the in the echoes

913
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Speaker 7: of my brain, like Austin Reid and Taylor Eldersma and

914
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Speaker 7: stuff like that.

915
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Speaker 1: Okaymember, what about this? Okay, what about this? Sam Ellinger

916
00:45:30,560 --> 00:45:34,520
Speaker 1: is on a practice squad. Correct, that's true, meaning he correct.

917
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:38,839
Speaker 7: So so with Sam Ellinger, there's an interesting thing here.

918
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Speaker 5: I don't know. I do not know if the Colts tried.

919
00:45:41,520 --> 00:45:43,719
Speaker 7: To get him off of Denver's practice squad.

920
00:45:43,440 --> 00:45:44,520
Speaker 5: At any point this season.

921
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Speaker 7: What I do know is that Broncos reporters, uh, several

922
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Speaker 7: Broncos reporters said that at the beginning of the season

923
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Speaker 7: he had opportunities to join at least two other fifty

924
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Speaker 7: three man rosters instead of staying on Denver's practic The

925
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Speaker 7: squad and he told him no to stay on Denver's

926
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Speaker 7: practice squad. So, like I said, I do not know if.

927
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Speaker 5: The Colts tried to pull him off.

928
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Speaker 7: Either when Richardson got hurt or now, but we have

929
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Speaker 7: this history of him saying now I'm staying in Denver

930
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Speaker 7: even though I'm on the practice Well.

931
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Speaker 1: The only reason I bring it up is because to me,

932
00:46:20,880 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 1: it would be peculiar if he was available and the

933
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Speaker 1: Colts did not explore it, only because that is a

934
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Speaker 1: quarterback that at one time the owner decided to take

935
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Speaker 1: Matt Ryan and put him down to the third string

936
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Speaker 1: and essentially mandate that Sam Ellinger become their starter, right right.

937
00:46:40,800 --> 00:46:43,080
Speaker 7: And the other thing is, like I think a big

938
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Speaker 7: part of getting Rivers is that they know he knows

939
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Speaker 7: the offense well. Ellinger would know the offense front last year,

940
00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:52,080
Speaker 7: you know, so that he would be he would be

941
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Speaker 7: one of those like he's the first name that you

942
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Speaker 7: go to.

943
00:46:54,200 --> 00:46:55,960
Speaker 5: You're like, he's on Denver's practice squad.

944
00:46:56,400 --> 00:47:00,239
Speaker 7: But there's that there's that piece out there of he's

945
00:47:00,440 --> 00:47:03,480
Speaker 7: apparently been telling teams all season I am staying in.

946
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Speaker 1: Denver, Eddie. Did you happen to feel a slight breeze?

947
00:47:07,680 --> 00:47:10,359
Speaker 1: I got I got a little cold in here. Yeah,

948
00:47:11,160 --> 00:47:12,759
Speaker 1: I noticed it, and I saw that. I think I

949
00:47:12,760 --> 00:47:15,640
Speaker 1: saw the door move. Just a person in fact, our

950
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Speaker 1: friend Robin the genie has arrived.

951
00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:21,800
Speaker 8: That is that is correct? Yes, Joel, if you recall

952
00:47:23,000 --> 00:47:26,680
Speaker 8: there is one time where you successfully predicted a question.

953
00:47:26,480 --> 00:47:30,200
Speaker 1: That I asked you for one million dollars. I don't

954
00:47:30,239 --> 00:47:31,920
Speaker 1: remember that, Joe, do you remember that? Does he does

955
00:47:31,920 --> 00:47:33,440
Speaker 1: the genie? Are you a million bucks?

956
00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,880
Speaker 7: I have not seen my account had not gotten that

957
00:47:36,960 --> 00:47:37,480
Speaker 7: direct father.

958
00:47:37,880 --> 00:47:40,160
Speaker 8: Well, my accountant has let me know it would be

959
00:47:40,200 --> 00:47:43,680
Speaker 8: easier to do in an even amount of two million dollars.

960
00:47:43,760 --> 00:47:47,000
Speaker 1: Thus that will give you opportunity for double Oh what

961
00:47:47,040 --> 00:47:48,440
Speaker 1: do you think, Joe? You going with it?

962
00:47:49,280 --> 00:47:50,759
Speaker 5: Yeah, let's let's let's go for it.

963
00:47:51,040 --> 00:47:52,440
Speaker 1: My question for you, then, Joel A.

964
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Speaker 8: Erickson at the Indianapolis Star, is who do you believe

965
00:47:56,440 --> 00:48:00,800
Speaker 8: will be the starting quarterback for Indianapolis on Sunday in Seattle?

966
00:48:00,840 --> 00:48:04,280
Speaker 5: Though? I think it's gonna be Philip Rivers.

967
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:08,080
Speaker 1: Okay, he doesn't get on an airplane to come here

968
00:48:08,080 --> 00:48:09,520
Speaker 1: and be on the practice squad, right.

969
00:48:10,800 --> 00:48:15,160
Speaker 7: That It's that It also just kind of the excitement machine.

970
00:48:15,239 --> 00:48:19,360
Speaker 7: Psyching was talking about it. It's I. I think the

971
00:48:19,400 --> 00:48:22,480
Speaker 7: thing that surprises me most is that Riley Leonard was

972
00:48:22,560 --> 00:48:26,080
Speaker 7: practicing today. And typically in the NFL, if you practice

973
00:48:26,120 --> 00:48:30,120
Speaker 7: on Wednesday, you are okay to play on Sunday, now,

974
00:48:30,880 --> 00:48:32,759
Speaker 7: you know. They they kind of said, we'll see, but

975
00:48:32,880 --> 00:48:35,040
Speaker 7: machines like kind of said he. I think he said

976
00:48:35,040 --> 00:48:35,759
Speaker 7: he's good to go.

977
00:48:36,640 --> 00:48:36,879
Speaker 5: Uh.

978
00:48:36,920 --> 00:48:39,440
Speaker 7: In terms of his n I I was maybe expecting

979
00:48:39,440 --> 00:48:42,040
Speaker 7: a little bit more that Leonard was with a little

980
00:48:42,080 --> 00:48:43,600
Speaker 7: more injured.

981
00:48:43,239 --> 00:48:44,240
Speaker 5: That I that I thought.

982
00:48:44,440 --> 00:48:48,960
Speaker 7: But he does just seem like if you're if you're

983
00:48:48,960 --> 00:48:51,160
Speaker 7: Philip Rivers, you don't you don't come out of retirement

984
00:48:51,200 --> 00:48:54,080
Speaker 7: to just hang around on the sideline. You could you

985
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:55,879
Speaker 7: could do that if you wanted to come hang around

986
00:48:55,920 --> 00:48:57,600
Speaker 7: the sideline. I'm sure seen would let you do that,

987
00:48:58,040 --> 00:49:00,680
Speaker 7: just sit randomly on some week hang on. I think

988
00:49:00,719 --> 00:49:02,319
Speaker 7: he probably comes out of play, Eddie.

989
00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:05,359
Speaker 1: It's not often that we go from the genie right

990
00:49:05,360 --> 00:49:09,759
Speaker 1: into conspiracies, but I think I might have let me

991
00:49:09,840 --> 00:49:14,480
Speaker 1: throw to you, Joel ericson this query hypothesis. You ready

992
00:49:14,840 --> 00:49:17,040
Speaker 1: here he a grade one pcl spring. We talked to

993
00:49:17,120 --> 00:49:19,080
Speaker 1: Ralph Reef and he was saying, like, look, that is

994
00:49:19,239 --> 00:49:21,400
Speaker 1: certainly an injury there's no question about it. But it

995
00:49:21,440 --> 00:49:24,400
Speaker 1: also is one that is more minor in comparison to others.

996
00:49:24,840 --> 00:49:29,600
Speaker 1: Is it possible. Is it possible that the Colts watched

997
00:49:29,600 --> 00:49:32,200
Speaker 1: that game against Jacksonville, and while they like and respect

998
00:49:32,280 --> 00:49:37,440
Speaker 1: Riley Leonard, they thought to themselves, we are within range

999
00:49:37,600 --> 00:49:41,279
Speaker 1: of the playoffs here and this guy probably can't get

1000
00:49:41,360 --> 00:49:44,840
Speaker 1: us there. We need to basically create some sort of

1001
00:49:45,080 --> 00:49:48,279
Speaker 1: justification why we would actually make a phone call to

1002
00:49:48,360 --> 00:49:50,799
Speaker 1: a forty four year old uncle Rico, coach in high

1003
00:49:50,800 --> 00:49:53,200
Speaker 1: school football in Alabama, and having pased three BUCkies on

1004
00:49:53,239 --> 00:49:53,719
Speaker 1: the way here.

1005
00:49:55,400 --> 00:49:57,120
Speaker 3: I think.

1006
00:49:58,719 --> 00:50:01,480
Speaker 7: I think that the I don't know about, you know,

1007
00:50:01,719 --> 00:50:04,440
Speaker 7: creating the reason, but I do think that there's a possibility.

1008
00:50:04,880 --> 00:50:07,040
Speaker 7: Not that they watch the tape of the Jacksonville game.

1009
00:50:07,120 --> 00:50:09,719
Speaker 7: I think it has more to do with, you know.

1010
00:50:09,960 --> 00:50:12,759
Speaker 7: I think they were maybe a little bit surprised that

1011
00:50:12,840 --> 00:50:16,280
Speaker 7: Leonard looked the way he did on Sunday and thought,

1012
00:50:16,360 --> 00:50:19,319
Speaker 7: you know, going forward to get different defenses with more

1013
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:21,520
Speaker 7: complex We're not sure.

1014
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:28,560
Speaker 1: If did we lose Joela Eddie did the genie a

1015
00:50:28,600 --> 00:50:34,520
Speaker 1: little bit? Joel? This situation at quarterback Joel a ericson

1016
00:50:34,600 --> 00:50:37,160
Speaker 1: Indianapolis Star is our guest. He's on the Java House

1017
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Speaker 1: peel and poor guest line. Remember to use the coach

1018
00:50:39,280 --> 00:50:41,799
Speaker 1: Jake twenty five for twenty five percent off orders at

1019
00:50:41,880 --> 00:50:44,719
Speaker 1: Java House and use, of course my name or the

1020
00:50:44,760 --> 00:50:48,280
Speaker 1: fan either one to get the bundle which is Wrangler Energy,

1021
00:50:48,320 --> 00:50:51,600
Speaker 1: Liquid Science, Antarctic Freeze, Liquid Science Orange. Those are hydration

1022
00:50:51,719 --> 00:50:55,799
Speaker 1: drinks and the Java House Colombian Coffee. Uh, Joel, what

1023
00:50:55,960 --> 00:50:58,759
Speaker 1: is the biggest storyline involving the Colts that we are

1024
00:50:58,800 --> 00:51:01,280
Speaker 1: not talking about because we're so focused on quarterback?

1025
00:51:03,400 --> 00:51:03,560
Speaker 5: Uh?

1026
00:51:04,239 --> 00:51:08,239
Speaker 7: Travarius Wards going on I R with the concussion is

1027
00:51:08,640 --> 00:51:09,000
Speaker 7: that's the.

1028
00:51:08,920 --> 00:51:11,280
Speaker 1: Biggest so ir today?

1029
00:51:11,719 --> 00:51:13,600
Speaker 7: He is and that means that he's out for the

1030
00:51:13,600 --> 00:51:15,839
Speaker 7: rest of the season because there's only four weeks left

1031
00:51:15,840 --> 00:51:17,960
Speaker 7: and it's the minimum of four games. So I guess

1032
00:51:18,000 --> 00:51:19,600
Speaker 7: he could come back if they make the playoffs, but

1033
00:51:19,600 --> 00:51:22,399
Speaker 7: he's out for the rest of the regular season. Three

1034
00:51:22,440 --> 00:51:28,000
Speaker 7: concussions in one season, and on the second concussion him

1035
00:51:28,040 --> 00:51:30,200
Speaker 7: you know, he publicly said he wondered if he was

1036
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:33,000
Speaker 7: going to play football again because he was still dizzy,

1037
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:35,960
Speaker 7: you know, three or four weeks.

1038
00:51:36,080 --> 00:51:37,440
Speaker 5: After having a concussion.

1039
00:51:39,719 --> 00:51:43,440
Speaker 7: You know, there's it's kind of obvious you have to wonder,

1040
00:51:44,560 --> 00:51:47,920
Speaker 7: you know, what's what's the decision making process is going

1041
00:51:47,960 --> 00:51:48,239
Speaker 7: to be.

1042
00:51:48,160 --> 00:51:51,160
Speaker 5: For him going forward in terms of that, does he

1043
00:51:51,200 --> 00:51:53,360
Speaker 5: start thinking about what it's the right.

1044
00:51:53,200 --> 00:51:54,600
Speaker 7: Thing to do to keep pursuing this.

1045
00:51:56,040 --> 00:51:59,040
Speaker 5: Again going forward? You know, he said it himself with

1046
00:51:59,160 --> 00:51:59,839
Speaker 5: the last one.

1047
00:52:00,560 --> 00:52:02,480
Speaker 7: This is the third one in a single season.

1048
00:52:03,960 --> 00:52:06,680
Speaker 5: And you know, that's the guy that they they thought was.

1049
00:52:06,640 --> 00:52:08,600
Speaker 7: Here for three years based on the deal he signed.

1050
00:52:08,640 --> 00:52:11,800
Speaker 5: So I think that's I think that's a significant.

1051
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:16,560
Speaker 7: Storyline that well, we probably won't have verity until the offseason,

1052
00:52:16,560 --> 00:52:17,759
Speaker 7: but that's a pretty big deal.

1053
00:52:18,080 --> 00:52:21,480
Speaker 1: Well, and Joe I would understand, as I think anybody would.

1054
00:52:22,880 --> 00:52:25,319
Speaker 1: And I don't know this. I mean, obviously this is

1055
00:52:25,440 --> 00:52:30,520
Speaker 1: mere conjecture on my behalf. If he decides, Shavarius Ward

1056
00:52:30,800 --> 00:52:34,040
Speaker 1: that because of the injuries that he's had three of

1057
00:52:34,080 --> 00:52:36,440
Speaker 1: them this year, and you were right, I mean, he

1058
00:52:36,480 --> 00:52:38,480
Speaker 1: basically said, like, look, this was the first time that

1059
00:52:38,520 --> 00:52:41,080
Speaker 1: he really sat and thought about his long term future

1060
00:52:41,080 --> 00:52:43,919
Speaker 1: from a football standpoint. If he decides that that means

1061
00:52:44,000 --> 00:52:46,680
Speaker 1: enough is enough, I don't think anybody would blame him, right.

1062
00:52:47,080 --> 00:52:51,239
Speaker 7: No, No, I mean I have a couple of I

1063
00:52:51,239 --> 00:52:54,680
Speaker 7: have a couple of friends who have been through very

1064
00:52:54,760 --> 00:53:01,799
Speaker 7: serious concussions in their aftermath, and it's it's scary, like

1065
00:53:01,880 --> 00:53:02,880
Speaker 7: some of that stuff.

1066
00:53:02,640 --> 00:53:04,120
Speaker 1: Is very scary, man.

1067
00:53:04,840 --> 00:53:08,640
Speaker 7: And the symptoms come up in random, random places. Yeah,

1068
00:53:08,680 --> 00:53:11,200
Speaker 7: I don't think. I don't think anyone would blame him

1069
00:53:11,200 --> 00:53:13,520
Speaker 7: at all if he said, you know what, I've had

1070
00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:16,200
Speaker 7: a good career. What happened to me this year is

1071
00:53:16,239 --> 00:53:18,600
Speaker 7: something that I couldn't have foreseen, and I do not

1072
00:53:18,640 --> 00:53:19,120
Speaker 7: want to deal.

1073
00:53:19,040 --> 00:53:19,439
Speaker 5: With it again.

1074
00:53:19,800 --> 00:53:22,000
Speaker 1: And you know, there's one thing there that you just

1075
00:53:22,040 --> 00:53:25,279
Speaker 1: pointed out a significant difference between yourself, Joel Ericson and

1076
00:53:25,360 --> 00:53:28,319
Speaker 1: Eddie Garrison. Do you know what that is? What you

1077
00:53:28,360 --> 00:53:30,719
Speaker 1: have a couple of friends, right Eddie? Isn't that right?

1078
00:53:31,840 --> 00:53:32,279
Speaker 1: Isn't that right?

1079
00:53:32,360 --> 00:53:32,640
Speaker 3: Eddie?

1080
00:53:33,160 --> 00:53:37,440
Speaker 1: It's a difference, sir Joel speaking of that, One of

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Speaker 1: your friends I know is the beer Fairy who my

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Speaker 1: understanding the beer? Yeah, well my understanding is the beer Fairy.

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Speaker 1: Actually this weekend is going to be finding himself in

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Speaker 1: or herself in Millerwaukee and we'll be stopping perhaps at

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Speaker 1: the Woodman's in Kenosha. Are there any specific beer orders

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Speaker 1: that Joel needs from the beer Fairy or are we

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Speaker 1: good to go? Coming off the holidays?

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Speaker 7: If they have, we are not good to go coming

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Speaker 7: up the holidays.

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Speaker 5: The holidays are.

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Speaker 7: The holidays are tough on the beer fridge.

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Speaker 5: You know what I'm saying.

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Speaker 7: Okay, if if there is a if there is a

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Speaker 7: new Glaris, I can't remember off top of my head

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Speaker 7: right now, which is embarrassing. But if there's a if

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Speaker 7: we're in the Porter or Stout Range, We're in.

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Speaker 5: Porter or stout Weather right now.

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Speaker 7: Okay, I could use I could use that visit from

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Speaker 7: the all beer Fairy.

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Speaker 5: It's sure, it is interesting.

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Speaker 7: You know, we do we know if the if the

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Speaker 7: beer Fairy is a she, it's hard to tell.

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Speaker 1: Well, I'll be honest with you. The Kenosha Woodman's, which

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Speaker 1: is the huge grocery store there that my understanding is

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Speaker 1: the birdie has told me that that's where the beer

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Speaker 1: Faery stops. Uh. That's that's a cash and or debit

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Speaker 1: card only delio. And so if if if for example,

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Speaker 1: like if if the beer Fairy has a guy that

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Speaker 1: I know, if he forged he gets to bring his

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Speaker 1: debit card and has only his Apple pay or credit card,

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Speaker 1: then the female companion, if she has cash or a

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Speaker 1: debit card, she then takes over as the beer Fairy

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Speaker 1: if you will, and makes the transaction.

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Speaker 5: So I understood.

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Speaker 1: Okay, okay, so beer Fairy goes either way. By the way.

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Speaker 1: One thing I will not bring you, but I did

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Speaker 1: find it interesting. Last time I was in Milwaukee, they

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Speaker 1: do have a micro brew there called the Dahmer Killer Lagger,

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Speaker 1: and it has a picture of Jeffrey Dahmer on the bottle,

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Speaker 1: and it feels a bit uncomfortable.

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Speaker 5: Did you try it?

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Speaker 1: I did try it? Yeah?

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Speaker 5: Is it good?

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Speaker 1: Tasted like foul smells coming from the basement, not gonna

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Speaker 1: lie to you, right, bit of a surprise kick that

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Speaker 1: you don't anticipate, and made me exceptionally drowsy. You say

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Speaker 1: it was killer, Yeah, the Killer Lagger, The Dahmer Killer Lagger.

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Speaker 1: Yeah yeah, I got a little bit, you know what

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Speaker 1: I mean.

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Speaker 5: But you're a little bit out of it. Yeah, yeah.

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Speaker 7: You probably shouldn't have more than one.

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Speaker 1: I also do. It was totally uncomfortable though, because I'm like, look,

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Speaker 1: it's not like this is a story from a hundred

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Speaker 1: years ago. I mean, like there are still families very

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Speaker 1: impacted by that in that community. So it's but I

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Speaker 1: did taste it, you know what, I mean.

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Speaker 7: When I was in when when I was in England

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Speaker 7: covering the we we At, we were at this pub

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Speaker 7: and they were like telling us all the beers and

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Speaker 7: then they said, we have this marshmallow porter and they

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Speaker 7: stay held it up. It was the state puff marshmallow man.

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Speaker 1: Oh well you got to get with that, right.

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Speaker 7: And we were like, we were like, why didn't you show.

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Speaker 4: Us that first?

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Speaker 1: Yeah? Well, needless to say, with the dammer logger, when

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Speaker 1: they give you a sample, you're like, if you could

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Speaker 1: bring me a bottle and I'll take the cap off please.

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Speaker 1: I you know, I don't mean if you're bringing me

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Speaker 1: that ye draft? All right?

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Speaker 5: Yeah? Joel A.

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Speaker 1: Erickson, Indianapolis Star Beer Ferry. We'll get in touch with

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Speaker 1: you and find out about a stout, all right? Love it, Java, House,

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Speaker 1: Peel and Poor Guest line for Joel A. Erickson from

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Speaker 1: the Indianapolis