1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:06,800 Speaker 1: Twenty six Cincinnati rad he Bear God ESPN fifteen thirty 2 00:00:06,920 --> 00:00:11,800 Speaker 1: Player profile good bar presented by Ronkie wished in recycling 3 00:00:11,880 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: Don Wright also brought you by Dunnado's Pizza and Riverside Electric. 4 00:00:19,239 --> 00:00:21,960 Speaker 1: Now the name you need to know here's Moegger. 5 00:00:22,960 --> 00:00:25,440 Speaker 2: Not only might the Reds have the best defensive third 6 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,280 Speaker 2: basement in baseball, but some say the Reds might have 7 00:00:28,320 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 2: the best defensive player in baseball because. 8 00:00:31,280 --> 00:00:33,040 Speaker 3: Key Ryan Hayes might be both. 9 00:00:33,479 --> 00:00:35,720 Speaker 2: Hayes won the National League's Gold Glove Award for third 10 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:39,280 Speaker 2: baseman last season after splitting the year between Pittsburgh and Cincinnati. 11 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:41,800 Speaker 2: In his two months with the Reds, he often showed 12 00:00:41,800 --> 00:00:44,880 Speaker 2: off his excellent defensive form, and for the fourth time 13 00:00:44,960 --> 00:00:48,440 Speaker 2: in five years, Hayes led all third basemen with nineteen 14 00:00:48,600 --> 00:00:51,640 Speaker 2: defensive runs, saying the Reds won't be asking Hayes to 15 00:00:51,640 --> 00:00:53,959 Speaker 2: do a ton with his bat, but he did hit 16 00:00:54,040 --> 00:00:56,800 Speaker 2: fifteen home runs for the Pirates in twenty twenty three, 17 00:00:56,920 --> 00:00:59,320 Speaker 2: and for what it's worth, he did homer in his 18 00:00:59,400 --> 00:01:04,080 Speaker 2: Red State last July. Meet Red's third Baseman, Keep Brian Hayes. 19 00:01:04,640 --> 00:01:09,400 Speaker 1: For more player profiles, keep it here on ESPN fifteen thirty. 20 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:16,760 Speaker 2: Oh, it's us six minutes after five. This is ESPN 21 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:20,720 Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. My name is Moweger. Thank you for listening. 22 00:01:21,160 --> 00:01:26,080 Speaker 2: I hope you're having an unbelievable Tuesday afternoon. It's Opening Day, 23 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:31,400 Speaker 2: Eve Eve. The Reds are getting set to take on 24 00:01:31,440 --> 00:01:34,839 Speaker 2: the Milwaukee Brewers. What do you think the over under 25 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:37,319 Speaker 2: is on that game? That game is starting here in 26 00:01:37,400 --> 00:01:41,160 Speaker 2: like five minutes, five to ten, first pitch. This is 27 00:01:41,800 --> 00:01:44,959 Speaker 2: This is not something to my recollection that they have 28 00:01:45,440 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 2: done before. They've played exhibition games against minor league teams. 29 00:01:49,800 --> 00:01:51,560 Speaker 2: They've played a game in date, and they've played a 30 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:54,200 Speaker 2: game in Louisville day or two before Opening Day. They 31 00:01:54,240 --> 00:01:57,960 Speaker 2: had that Red's Prospects game a number of years ago, 32 00:01:58,000 --> 00:02:01,440 Speaker 2: which was like the night before Opening Day, played at GABP. 33 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: Chase Burns is going to start that game for Cincinnati. 34 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 2: It's gonna start here in just a couple of minutes. 35 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:11,239 Speaker 2: If you want to listen to it, it's on Fox 36 00:02:11,240 --> 00:02:14,080 Speaker 2: Sports thirteen sixty and by all means, you're not gonna 37 00:02:14,120 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 2: hurt my feelings if you go. You know what, I'm 38 00:02:16,320 --> 00:02:18,640 Speaker 2: gonna listen to a game between the Reds and Brewers 39 00:02:18,639 --> 00:02:20,799 Speaker 2: that doesn't count. Instead, of you, mo, I can't recall 40 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:25,919 Speaker 2: them playing another major league team in an actual major 41 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:29,240 Speaker 2: league venue a couple of days before Opening Day. Played 42 00:02:29,280 --> 00:02:32,240 Speaker 2: one last night, got clobbered by the Brewers. The game today, 43 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:37,760 Speaker 2: this show will be over in fifty two minutes. That 44 00:02:37,919 --> 00:02:42,720 Speaker 2: game might be in the ninth hitting. That's an exaggeration. 45 00:02:45,240 --> 00:02:46,679 Speaker 2: That game ain't going to be played in two and 46 00:02:46,720 --> 00:02:48,920 Speaker 2: a half hours. Not if the players have anything to 47 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:50,400 Speaker 2: say about it. You'll want to be a lot of 48 00:02:50,440 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 2: first pitch swinging there in Milwaukee Reds and Red Sox. 49 00:02:54,680 --> 00:02:58,640 Speaker 2: And now let's see forty seven hours Opening Day. Cannot 50 00:02:58,639 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 2: wait to broadcast tomorrow on Opening Day Eve from the 51 00:03:02,560 --> 00:03:05,519 Speaker 2: Cincinnati Lockerhouse. More on the Reds later on this hour. 52 00:03:05,560 --> 00:03:07,359 Speaker 2: We got to jump back to the Bengals as well. 53 00:03:08,000 --> 00:03:08,280 Speaker 2: And a half. 54 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,359 Speaker 3: Seven and a half is the over under on. 55 00:03:11,320 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 2: What inning the game will be in when we're over, Yes, 56 00:03:14,040 --> 00:03:17,720 Speaker 2: all right, all right, I'll go I will My prediction 57 00:03:17,880 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 2: is when we leave the airwaves when this show ends, 58 00:03:22,840 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 2: I'll go slightly under. I'll say the Brewers are batting 59 00:03:26,440 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 2: in the bottom of the sixth. This is gonna be 60 00:03:28,320 --> 00:03:35,320 Speaker 2: the quickest baseball game ever played. You ever go to 61 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 2: game one sixty two, also a very very, very very 62 00:03:39,120 --> 00:03:42,400 Speaker 2: quick game. You see mated official today, Jared Calhoun is 63 00:03:42,680 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 2: the new men's basketball head coach at the University of Cincinnati. 64 00:03:46,520 --> 00:03:50,240 Speaker 2: He will be introduced at Fifth Third Arena tomorrow at 65 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,680 Speaker 2: one o'clock. I will have him on this show tomorrow. 66 00:03:54,360 --> 00:03:56,480 Speaker 2: We're gonna run it at three twenty. I'll just I'll 67 00:03:56,480 --> 00:03:59,840 Speaker 2: pull back the curtain, so we're gonna get Jared Calhoun. 68 00:04:00,040 --> 00:04:02,400 Speaker 2: I'm gonna go to the media event. I'm gonna act 69 00:04:02,440 --> 00:04:04,640 Speaker 2: like a big boy, grown member of the media. I'm 70 00:04:04,640 --> 00:04:07,400 Speaker 2: gonna go down there, and after the press conference, I'm 71 00:04:07,400 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 2: gonna get like ten to fifteen minutes with Jared Calhoun. 72 00:04:10,160 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 2: I'll take my tape recorder and I'll interview the coach 73 00:04:13,320 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 2: on my tape recorder and we'll play the interview at 74 00:04:16,400 --> 00:04:21,800 Speaker 2: three twenty tomorrow. Barring something unforeseen. I also believe gonna 75 00:04:21,839 --> 00:04:24,920 Speaker 2: get a chance to chat with John Cunningham as well. 76 00:04:25,040 --> 00:04:25,800 Speaker 3: Loadus Show to more. 77 00:04:26,279 --> 00:04:28,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, loaded show. We got we got Tommy Thrall, we 78 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:31,680 Speaker 2: got that's a fat uh. That's at in the five 79 00:04:31,680 --> 00:04:34,400 Speaker 2: o'clock hour, we got Sam Lecurre. At four oh five, 80 00:04:34,440 --> 00:04:37,680 Speaker 2: we have John Morosi of the MLB Network at three 81 00:04:37,800 --> 00:04:40,640 Speaker 2: thirty tomorrow, plus John John from Kiss one oh seven 82 00:04:40,680 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 2: is gonna hang out with me Loaded Show Loaded Host 83 00:04:45,120 --> 00:04:49,640 Speaker 2: tomorrow at the Cincinnati Loggerhouse right across from a GABP. 84 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 2: Jared Calhoun takes over as the head coach at You 85 00:04:53,800 --> 00:04:57,920 Speaker 2: See and again you'll hear from him tomorrow. This this 86 00:04:57,960 --> 00:05:02,320 Speaker 2: has felt inevitable for a while, and even during that 87 00:05:02,440 --> 00:05:04,000 Speaker 2: time when it felt like Wes. 88 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,800 Speaker 3: Was maybe saving his job when the. 89 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:10,160 Speaker 2: Bearcats were playing well there mid to late February, it 90 00:05:10,279 --> 00:05:12,720 Speaker 2: still felt like the most likely outcome was UC was 91 00:05:12,760 --> 00:05:15,760 Speaker 2: gonna have a new head coach. And when you accepted 92 00:05:15,760 --> 00:05:18,160 Speaker 2: that reality, which I think most fans wanted to, it 93 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:20,920 Speaker 2: felt it has felt like for months, but the odds 94 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:25,320 Speaker 2: on favorite was Jared Calhoun. And it felt like when 95 00:05:25,440 --> 00:05:30,000 Speaker 2: Wescott let go eleven days ago that there was no 96 00:05:30,040 --> 00:05:32,839 Speaker 2: real need for a hot board. Nothing against our guy, 97 00:05:32,960 --> 00:05:35,880 Speaker 2: Chad Brendle and the folks at Bearcat Journal, but even 98 00:05:35,960 --> 00:05:38,240 Speaker 2: that day that they let Wes go, we joked like, 99 00:05:38,839 --> 00:05:41,680 Speaker 2: does your hot board have to be anybody beyond Jared Calhoun? 100 00:05:42,279 --> 00:05:46,160 Speaker 2: So who knows if this is gonna work right? That's 101 00:05:46,160 --> 00:05:49,480 Speaker 2: the beauty of sports. We don't know, and if it 102 00:05:49,480 --> 00:05:52,839 Speaker 2: doesn't work, then there's gonna be a lot of attention 103 00:05:53,040 --> 00:05:56,760 Speaker 2: being aimed at John Cunningham. But it did feel like 104 00:05:56,839 --> 00:05:59,920 Speaker 2: John Cunningham had a plan and the plan got executed. 105 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:04,479 Speaker 2: And maybe it was easier to execute because there just 106 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 2: weren't that many other really good jobs out there. Maybe 107 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:11,719 Speaker 2: it was easier to execute because relative to the other 108 00:06:11,839 --> 00:06:14,800 Speaker 2: gigs that maybe Jared Calhoun could have gotten, this one 109 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:19,800 Speaker 2: always made the most sense for him. But you know, 110 00:06:20,839 --> 00:06:24,000 Speaker 2: it did feel like there was a plan in place. 111 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:27,080 Speaker 2: We're gonna move on from Wes, and when we do, 112 00:06:27,320 --> 00:06:31,120 Speaker 2: Jared Calhoun's our guy. He's ended up being the guy 113 00:06:31,960 --> 00:06:38,159 Speaker 2: that is, by definition, the execution of a plan. So 114 00:06:38,880 --> 00:06:41,520 Speaker 2: what matters more than anything else are the results, and 115 00:06:41,560 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 2: whether or not Jared Calhoun wins. Time will tell if 116 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 2: he does. But if you are a believer in giving 117 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:52,120 Speaker 2: credit to people, even much maligned people like John Cunningham, 118 00:06:52,440 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: then there's some measure of credit. 119 00:06:53,920 --> 00:06:55,919 Speaker 3: That has to be thrown his way. 120 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 2: I think it's inevitable no matter who you're head coaches, 121 00:07:00,880 --> 00:07:03,479 Speaker 2: no matter what school it is, no matter what sport 122 00:07:03,520 --> 00:07:07,479 Speaker 2: it is, they're always compared to their predecessor. And sometimes 123 00:07:07,520 --> 00:07:12,400 Speaker 2: even their predecessor's predecessor. The last two times that you 124 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:15,800 Speaker 2: see as hired a head coach in the short term, 125 00:07:16,200 --> 00:07:19,840 Speaker 2: there have been some things working against him. John Brandon 126 00:07:19,880 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 2: walked into a situation where, yeah, man, he had some 127 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:24,920 Speaker 2: things going for him. And by the way, it's not 128 00:07:25,000 --> 00:07:27,360 Speaker 2: like his first season they were terrible. Remember they played 129 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,680 Speaker 2: in like seven overtime games. They were right there on 130 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:33,080 Speaker 2: the bubble when the season got scrapped because of COVID, 131 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 2: and maybe they would have made it, maybe they wouldn't 132 00:07:34,920 --> 00:07:36,520 Speaker 2: have made it, but he did. You know, it was 133 00:07:36,520 --> 00:07:40,000 Speaker 2: a different day and age feels like forever ago. But 134 00:07:40,120 --> 00:07:43,880 Speaker 2: he was going to inherit Jared Cumberland and Tray Scott 135 00:07:43,920 --> 00:07:46,600 Speaker 2: and there were some pieces in place that you thought 136 00:07:46,680 --> 00:07:49,480 Speaker 2: was going to give him an opportunity to be competitive 137 00:07:49,520 --> 00:07:52,160 Speaker 2: that first year. But still he got the job in 138 00:07:52,200 --> 00:07:56,120 Speaker 2: mid April. And this isn't to excuse whatever failures ended 139 00:07:56,200 --> 00:07:58,960 Speaker 2: up littering his two years that you see, but he 140 00:07:59,040 --> 00:08:01,320 Speaker 2: got the job late and it felt like he was 141 00:08:01,360 --> 00:08:04,520 Speaker 2: playing catch up from day one, putting together a staff, 142 00:08:04,840 --> 00:08:09,080 Speaker 2: getting to know the players, putting together a roster, and 143 00:08:09,120 --> 00:08:11,600 Speaker 2: then you know, COVID just totally threw things out of 144 00:08:11,640 --> 00:08:14,200 Speaker 2: whack the second year. But it was like two years 145 00:08:14,240 --> 00:08:18,480 Speaker 2: of just instability, one the first year because of the 146 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,320 Speaker 2: timing of hiring a head coach, the second year because 147 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:24,960 Speaker 2: every program in the country was unstable when Wes Miller 148 00:08:25,000 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 2: got the job. They're coming out of that COVID season 149 00:08:28,680 --> 00:08:31,600 Speaker 2: of twenty twenty twenty twenty one, which if you remember, 150 00:08:31,640 --> 00:08:35,120 Speaker 2: there were game cancelations and games being made up on 151 00:08:35,160 --> 00:08:38,120 Speaker 2: the fly and games being created on the fly, and 152 00:08:38,160 --> 00:08:41,320 Speaker 2: the tournament was played all in one place in Indianapolis. 153 00:08:41,360 --> 00:08:46,320 Speaker 2: And the separation from John Brannon didn't just happen right 154 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,560 Speaker 2: after the season, It went into April. And so Wes 155 00:08:49,640 --> 00:08:54,600 Speaker 2: Miller gets the job and again from day one playing catchup. 156 00:08:55,840 --> 00:09:00,480 Speaker 2: And I remember Wes Miller that season gets the gig 157 00:09:00,520 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 2: and he throws out the first pitch at a at 158 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:06,679 Speaker 2: a Reds game, and I think it was so early 159 00:09:06,720 --> 00:09:10,120 Speaker 2: in the season. This is the twenty twenty one baseball season. 160 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,560 Speaker 2: It's so early in the season that there were still 161 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:19,319 Speaker 2: COVID rules in place, meaning they couldn't yet pack the ballpark. 162 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:22,520 Speaker 2: The first pitch that he threw out was actually on 163 00:09:22,559 --> 00:09:25,280 Speaker 2: the little kids field down the right field line. They 164 00:09:25,320 --> 00:09:27,120 Speaker 2: actually couldn't have him do it on the mountain and 165 00:09:27,200 --> 00:09:29,679 Speaker 2: I met him that Dan. We were talking about, like, dude, 166 00:09:29,679 --> 00:09:32,280 Speaker 2: you got the gig late here, like this is going 167 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:34,400 Speaker 2: to be even more of a whirlwind than usual. And 168 00:09:34,440 --> 00:09:36,400 Speaker 2: he was talking about like, I'm just trying to put 169 00:09:36,400 --> 00:09:39,559 Speaker 2: together a team. I'm trying to cobble together a coaching staff. 170 00:09:39,880 --> 00:09:43,280 Speaker 2: And it felt like from the jump he was swimming upstream. 171 00:09:43,320 --> 00:09:45,800 Speaker 2: He was playing catchup. Oh and by the way, like 172 00:09:45,920 --> 00:09:49,160 Speaker 2: during this time, everybody's learning about the new rules, NIL 173 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 2: that year had just become a thing. Nil became a 174 00:09:52,520 --> 00:09:55,880 Speaker 2: thing Wes Miller's first year at UC on top of 175 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 2: learning a new gig, on top of having to put 176 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:01,360 Speaker 2: together a team and all the different things that come with. 177 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:03,120 Speaker 3: Being a new head coach. 178 00:10:03,880 --> 00:10:05,560 Speaker 2: And by the way, when it felt like after two 179 00:10:05,640 --> 00:10:08,440 Speaker 2: years things got settled, then they jumped to the big twelve. 180 00:10:09,320 --> 00:10:12,360 Speaker 2: I bring this stuff up because it does feel like 181 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:17,840 Speaker 2: for Jared Calhoun, he walks into more stability than I 182 00:10:17,880 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 2: would argue any of the three previous UC head coaches, 183 00:10:22,120 --> 00:10:26,280 Speaker 2: that includes Mick Cronin. I remember when Bob Huggins was 184 00:10:26,320 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 2: hired by UC. If you want to go back that far, 185 00:10:29,000 --> 00:10:31,640 Speaker 2: let me tell you something that was a picture of 186 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:36,280 Speaker 2: instability then, So, for the first time in forever, you 187 00:10:36,400 --> 00:10:39,959 Speaker 2: see is hiring a head coach in an environment of 188 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:44,760 Speaker 2: relative stability. Now, there's a very good chance the official 189 00:10:45,160 --> 00:10:48,079 Speaker 2: men's basketball roster at UCE within a couple of days 190 00:10:48,920 --> 00:10:53,440 Speaker 2: is going to be empty. That's just a reality of 191 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:55,960 Speaker 2: being a coach in a new place. It is a reality. 192 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,880 Speaker 2: I'm sure for some coaches who didn't move, they just 193 00:10:59,000 --> 00:11:02,280 Speaker 2: all their players left. Richard Patino had to deal with 194 00:11:02,360 --> 00:11:04,320 Speaker 2: it last year, and Mark Pope had to deal with 195 00:11:04,360 --> 00:11:07,880 Speaker 2: it a couple of years ago, and so that makes 196 00:11:07,920 --> 00:11:13,040 Speaker 2: things just naturally unstable. But you're not in a situation 197 00:11:13,120 --> 00:11:15,440 Speaker 2: where you have to like beg fans to come to 198 00:11:15,480 --> 00:11:16,439 Speaker 2: games from the get go. 199 00:11:16,880 --> 00:11:19,240 Speaker 3: This isn't football. When Brian Kelly took over. 200 00:11:19,480 --> 00:11:21,560 Speaker 2: They're not gonna be changing leagues, at least I don't 201 00:11:21,600 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 2: think anytime soon. It feels like as much as NIL 202 00:11:26,240 --> 00:11:29,720 Speaker 2: has shaken the world and the foundation of college basketball 203 00:11:30,040 --> 00:11:32,800 Speaker 2: to a degree that maybe nobody would have predicted, and 204 00:11:33,040 --> 00:11:35,760 Speaker 2: as much as the transfer portal has rocked the sport, 205 00:11:35,920 --> 00:11:38,800 Speaker 2: it feels like everybody kind of understands the rules now, 206 00:11:39,320 --> 00:11:41,280 Speaker 2: even if there aren't a ton of rules. Everybody sort 207 00:11:41,320 --> 00:11:44,319 Speaker 2: of understands how the sport works. Nobody is getting used 208 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:47,520 Speaker 2: to nil. People are begging for more nil money. But 209 00:11:47,559 --> 00:11:50,120 Speaker 2: by the way, Jared Calhoun's gonna do that. Mick Cronin 210 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:52,760 Speaker 2: did it on Sunday night at UCLA, so it does 211 00:11:52,800 --> 00:11:56,320 Speaker 2: feel like he's not gonna have to play catch up 212 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 2: from day one. Your guess is as good as mine 213 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:01,880 Speaker 2: as to who he brings with him from Utah State. 214 00:12:02,240 --> 00:12:04,840 Speaker 2: Your guess is as good as mine as to which 215 00:12:04,840 --> 00:12:08,120 Speaker 2: players he brings from other programs. Your guess is as 216 00:12:08,120 --> 00:12:09,800 Speaker 2: good as mine as to whether or not he's going 217 00:12:09,840 --> 00:12:12,680 Speaker 2: to be able to successfully get guys who were at 218 00:12:12,800 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 2: UC this past season to stay and play for him 219 00:12:15,800 --> 00:12:17,080 Speaker 2: this upcoming season. 220 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:19,400 Speaker 3: I don't know, but it does feel like. 221 00:12:19,880 --> 00:12:23,520 Speaker 2: There's a little bit more of a stable atmosphere for 222 00:12:23,640 --> 00:12:28,840 Speaker 2: Jared Calhoun relative to how things work in college basketball. 223 00:12:29,400 --> 00:12:31,920 Speaker 2: Then you could say about any of the previous few coaches. 224 00:12:33,960 --> 00:12:38,120 Speaker 2: You add to that a resume that's pretty damn good. 225 00:12:39,040 --> 00:12:40,480 Speaker 2: And I know what a lot of us did because 226 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:40,880 Speaker 2: I did it. 227 00:12:40,920 --> 00:12:41,079 Speaker 3: Man. 228 00:12:41,120 --> 00:12:43,600 Speaker 2: It's not like I watch a ton of Utah State basketball, 229 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:48,000 Speaker 2: but I watched on Friday night against Villanova and I 230 00:12:48,080 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 2: watched on Sunday against Arizona, and I think the two 231 00:12:51,720 --> 00:12:53,440 Speaker 2: things that you had to have noticed if you watch 232 00:12:53,520 --> 00:12:56,800 Speaker 2: those games. Number One, Utah State had some pretty good players. 233 00:12:57,200 --> 00:12:58,800 Speaker 2: There's a reason why they won their league in the 234 00:12:58,800 --> 00:13:01,240 Speaker 2: regular season. There's a reason why they won their conference tournament. 235 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 2: There's a reason why they were seated where they were 236 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:04,720 Speaker 2: in the NCAA tournament. 237 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,439 Speaker 3: There's a reason why they won a game. But offensively, 238 00:13:09,000 --> 00:13:09,439 Speaker 3: they just. 239 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:12,440 Speaker 2: Looked really well structured, really well put together, looked like 240 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:15,320 Speaker 2: they ran really good stuff. What I loved about the 241 00:13:15,320 --> 00:13:20,840 Speaker 2: game on Sunday, though, they're playing Arizona, and late in 242 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,920 Speaker 2: the first half, it's like thirty three to nineteen, and 243 00:13:24,960 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 2: you're thinking, like, all right, Utah State, the coach knows 244 00:13:28,640 --> 00:13:32,000 Speaker 2: he's leaving. The players have to know he's leaving. Maybe 245 00:13:32,040 --> 00:13:34,280 Speaker 2: the players know they're leaving, and maybe some are going 246 00:13:34,280 --> 00:13:38,440 Speaker 2: with him. They're playing Arizona, maybe the best team in 247 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:40,280 Speaker 2: the country, certainly a team that has a chance to 248 00:13:40,320 --> 00:13:43,680 Speaker 2: win the whole thing. That Utah State team on Sunday 249 00:13:44,280 --> 00:13:48,880 Speaker 2: just would not die, just would not go away. Is 250 00:13:48,880 --> 00:13:51,680 Speaker 2: that more reflective of the players than the coach? Certainly 251 00:13:51,760 --> 00:13:54,120 Speaker 2: you could argue that, but does the coach have something 252 00:13:54,120 --> 00:13:54,840 Speaker 2: to say about that? 253 00:13:55,160 --> 00:13:57,120 Speaker 3: Yeah, And it felt like every. 254 00:13:57,000 --> 00:14:00,000 Speaker 2: Time Arizona was on the verge of really separating itself 255 00:14:00,160 --> 00:14:03,559 Speaker 2: from Utah State, they had an answer on the offensive end. 256 00:14:04,840 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 2: If there has been one constant since I started rooting 257 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:14,240 Speaker 2: for UC basketball thirty five years ago, it's been this, 258 00:14:15,760 --> 00:14:18,680 Speaker 2: We've been waiting and wanting to see an offense that 259 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 2: year in and year out, was well run, was smooth, 260 00:14:22,280 --> 00:14:25,720 Speaker 2: where there was an offensive system, maybe slightly independent of 261 00:14:25,760 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 2: the players. There's no guarantee u See's going to have 262 00:14:28,800 --> 00:14:30,960 Speaker 2: that with Jared Calhoun, but if you look at what 263 00:14:31,000 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 2: he's done historically metrically offensively, if you look at how 264 00:14:34,240 --> 00:14:37,400 Speaker 2: they played at Utah State this weekend, there are some 265 00:14:37,560 --> 00:14:41,960 Speaker 2: indicators that would suggest that maybe you See basketball is 266 00:14:42,160 --> 00:14:44,880 Speaker 2: entering a new era where offensively they're a little bit 267 00:14:44,880 --> 00:14:46,960 Speaker 2: different than for the most part, what they've been for 268 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:50,360 Speaker 2: quite a long time. That is no knock on any 269 00:14:50,560 --> 00:14:54,280 Speaker 2: previous Bearcat team, because many of them were awesome, but 270 00:14:54,360 --> 00:15:00,000 Speaker 2: there's a lot to like. There's a track record of winning. Yeah, 271 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:01,800 Speaker 2: I had to take some of these results with grains 272 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 2: of salt. His record at Youngstown State was one to 273 00:15:04,520 --> 00:15:09,280 Speaker 2: eighteen and one oh six. Youngstown State basketball was a 274 00:15:09,360 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 2: death trap for years. Show me a coach who in 275 00:15:13,400 --> 00:15:15,800 Speaker 2: Youngstown State was a D one member, which goes back 276 00:15:15,840 --> 00:15:18,560 Speaker 2: to the early eighties, had any kind of success. Prior 277 00:15:18,600 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 2: to twenty twenty three, Youngstown State had never won a 278 00:15:21,800 --> 00:15:26,720 Speaker 2: regular season conference championship. They did, Jared Calhoun was the coach. 279 00:15:28,040 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 2: The previous five coaches before Jared Calhoun at Youngstown State 280 00:15:32,800 --> 00:15:37,640 Speaker 2: each finished well below five hundred. Jim Clemens thirty two 281 00:15:37,840 --> 00:15:42,560 Speaker 2: under John Stroya when twenty nine to eighty one. Dan 282 00:15:42,640 --> 00:15:46,240 Speaker 2: Peters won, seventy eight and eighty seven. John Robick finished 283 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 2: fifty nine games under five hundred. Jerry Slocam nearly one 284 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:55,760 Speaker 2: hundred games under five hundred. Jared Calhoun twelve over conference 285 00:15:55,840 --> 00:15:58,840 Speaker 2: championship what he did at Utah State the last couple 286 00:15:58,880 --> 00:16:02,560 Speaker 2: of years. So there's a lot to like. There's also 287 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:07,200 Speaker 2: ties to the past. Jered Calhoun. We've talked about this 288 00:16:07,320 --> 00:16:09,360 Speaker 2: now for a while. Work for Bob Huggins, worked for 289 00:16:09,400 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 2: Bob Huggins at You see work for Bob Huggins at 290 00:16:12,000 --> 00:16:16,040 Speaker 2: West Virginia. That in itself doesn't guarantee success. Having a 291 00:16:16,160 --> 00:16:20,040 Speaker 2: tie to Bob Huggins shouldn't necessarily have been a requirement 292 00:16:20,080 --> 00:16:22,680 Speaker 2: for whoever the next head coach was going to be, 293 00:16:23,800 --> 00:16:27,200 Speaker 2: but it couldn't have hurt. Let's be honest. When John 294 00:16:27,240 --> 00:16:30,120 Speaker 2: Brannon got hired, that felt like a no brainer. Didn't 295 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:33,440 Speaker 2: work out for a variety of reasons. But when he 296 00:16:33,520 --> 00:16:37,800 Speaker 2: got hired, you heard some some chirping from former players 297 00:16:37,840 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 2: and people who are connected to UC's basketball past who 298 00:16:41,720 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 2: wanted to see wanted to see a bridge built to 299 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,840 Speaker 2: the past, and maybe wanted to see some people with 300 00:16:45,880 --> 00:16:49,320 Speaker 2: connections to the programs at least be considered along with 301 00:16:49,600 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 2: John Brannon. Same was true when they hired Wes Miller, 302 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:56,360 Speaker 2: and Wes say what you want about what he wasn't 303 00:16:56,360 --> 00:17:01,240 Speaker 2: able to accomplish here. Wes worked really hard to establish 304 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:06,600 Speaker 2: relationships with figures from UC's basketball past, and I think 305 00:17:06,600 --> 00:17:07,600 Speaker 2: did a good job. 306 00:17:08,840 --> 00:17:09,720 Speaker 3: With Jared Calhoun. 307 00:17:09,760 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 2: You don't hear any of that because it feels like 308 00:17:13,119 --> 00:17:15,679 Speaker 2: I would imagine and I've talked to three former players 309 00:17:15,680 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 2: about Jared, two of. 310 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 3: Whom would say they know him well. 311 00:17:18,840 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 2: One would say, don't know him that well, but they 312 00:17:22,280 --> 00:17:25,199 Speaker 2: can appreciate the fact that Jared seems like one of 313 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,640 Speaker 2: their own. What is that going to mean for winning 314 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:30,960 Speaker 2: and losing? I don't know, But isn't it nice if 315 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:34,160 Speaker 2: you remember the last two coaching searches, isn't it nice 316 00:17:35,080 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 2: to not hear whispers or not hear chirping from folks 317 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:42,560 Speaker 2: who perhaps quite understandably wanted to see one of their 318 00:17:42,600 --> 00:17:45,160 Speaker 2: own get a shot at the gig because they feel 319 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 2: like one of their own got a shot at the gig. Again, 320 00:17:47,760 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 2: maybe that matters, maybe it doesn't, but it is a thing. 321 00:17:51,160 --> 00:17:52,720 Speaker 2: Maybe it doesn't matter at all that he worked with 322 00:17:52,760 --> 00:17:55,320 Speaker 2: Bob Huggins. And at the end of the day, Jared 323 00:17:55,320 --> 00:17:57,399 Speaker 2: Calhoun is going to be judged by one thing, and 324 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:58,080 Speaker 2: one thing only. 325 00:17:58,119 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 3: Do you win? Do you win big? 326 00:17:59,680 --> 00:18:02,920 Speaker 2: Start by getting to the tournament, make it happen here soon, 327 00:18:03,240 --> 00:18:06,080 Speaker 2: and then we got to stop talking about U see 328 00:18:06,119 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 2: basketball sometime soon in terms of simply getting to the 329 00:18:09,119 --> 00:18:12,280 Speaker 2: dance and get back to talking about them being regular 330 00:18:14,640 --> 00:18:19,119 Speaker 2: attendees of the dance, regular participants in the tournament, maybe 331 00:18:19,119 --> 00:18:22,280 Speaker 2: one day advancing in the tournament, perhaps some time competing 332 00:18:22,280 --> 00:18:24,920 Speaker 2: at the upper reaches of the Big twelve. But if 333 00:18:25,119 --> 00:18:30,159 Speaker 2: in that environment there's something that could finish off the 334 00:18:31,080 --> 00:18:35,119 Speaker 2: be repaired although still not completely repaired relationship between the 335 00:18:35,119 --> 00:18:39,560 Speaker 2: school and one of its most iconic figures. Then that's 336 00:18:39,560 --> 00:18:42,119 Speaker 2: a cool benefit to hiring Jared Calhoun. It's not the 337 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,560 Speaker 2: most important reason why you hire him. His job, first 338 00:18:45,560 --> 00:18:49,200 Speaker 2: and foremost is to win games. But all in all, 339 00:18:50,840 --> 00:18:53,280 Speaker 2: I think relative to every other time you see has 340 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,200 Speaker 2: had a basketball coaching vacancy, and let's be honest, in 341 00:18:56,600 --> 00:18:59,760 Speaker 2: my life, there haven't been that many, this feels the 342 00:18:59,760 --> 00:19:01,879 Speaker 2: one that like the one that the most amount of 343 00:19:01,880 --> 00:19:05,480 Speaker 2: people are on board with, and I think that's refreshing. 344 00:19:05,960 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 2: We'll see if it works. There's no guarantee that it will. 345 00:19:09,160 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 2: There will be things that work against him. Coaching in 346 00:19:11,359 --> 00:19:16,199 Speaker 2: the Big twelve is I don't even know how you 347 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:20,880 Speaker 2: begin to prepare for it. And yeah, man, you could 348 00:19:20,920 --> 00:19:24,720 Speaker 2: look at a coach's a track record in a league 349 00:19:24,800 --> 00:19:27,959 Speaker 2: like the Horizon League, which is you know, obviously what 350 00:19:28,040 --> 00:19:32,520 Speaker 2: Youngstown State was in or despite their success over a 351 00:19:32,600 --> 00:19:36,160 Speaker 2: number of coaches. You could look at what Utah State 352 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:39,760 Speaker 2: has been able to accomplish and what Jared Calhoun was 353 00:19:39,760 --> 00:19:41,440 Speaker 2: able to do in the Mountain West over the next 354 00:19:41,520 --> 00:19:44,520 Speaker 2: last couple of years. There's nothing like competing in a 355 00:19:44,560 --> 00:19:47,320 Speaker 2: high major League like the Big Twelve, and unfortunately Wes 356 00:19:47,400 --> 00:19:51,560 Speaker 2: Miller sort of learned that the hard way. But there's 357 00:19:51,600 --> 00:19:54,240 Speaker 2: a lot of indicators that would suggest that this has 358 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:57,160 Speaker 2: a very good chance to work. And I think there 359 00:19:57,160 --> 00:19:59,280 Speaker 2: are some things that would suggest this has a chance 360 00:19:59,320 --> 00:20:01,080 Speaker 2: to work in the relative short term. 361 00:20:01,080 --> 00:20:02,119 Speaker 3: Because the one thing. 362 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:06,359 Speaker 2: That Jared Calhoun is going to walk into that West didn't, 363 00:20:07,880 --> 00:20:10,840 Speaker 2: the John Brandon didn't necessarily walk into is gonna be 364 00:20:11,320 --> 00:20:13,879 Speaker 2: a fan base that's extraordinarily impatient. 365 00:20:14,840 --> 00:20:16,240 Speaker 3: I count myself among them. 366 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,800 Speaker 2: You see basketballs and played in an NCAA tournament game 367 00:20:19,800 --> 00:20:22,639 Speaker 2: in seven years, hasn't won an NCAA tournament game in 368 00:20:22,680 --> 00:20:27,120 Speaker 2: eight years, hasn't made a Sweet sixteen in fourteen years, 369 00:20:28,920 --> 00:20:32,720 Speaker 2: in fact, just to this century, And so there's always 370 00:20:32,760 --> 00:20:34,919 Speaker 2: a little bit of a grace period, as there should be. 371 00:20:35,000 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 2: He could be coaching a brand new roster, he'll be 372 00:20:37,320 --> 00:20:40,320 Speaker 2: coaching in a brand new place. But while there is 373 00:20:40,320 --> 00:20:43,480 Speaker 2: more stability, and while there's a lot of things that 374 00:20:43,560 --> 00:20:46,840 Speaker 2: he has working for him that maybe his predecessors didn't, 375 00:20:48,600 --> 00:20:50,640 Speaker 2: he's going to walk into a situation where fans want 376 00:20:50,640 --> 00:20:54,879 Speaker 2: to see results pretty soon. We'll see if he can 377 00:20:54,880 --> 00:20:57,320 Speaker 2: deliver on them. We are way late twenty six. What 378 00:20:57,359 --> 00:20:57,720 Speaker 2: have we got? 379 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,040 Speaker 3: Terren's got the breaking news thing happening? What's going on? 380 00:21:00,640 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 3: The Bengals have resigned quarterback Joe Flacco. 381 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:07,520 Speaker 2: Joe Flacco is back, all right? That didn't take as 382 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:11,159 Speaker 2: long as a lot of suspected. Joe Flacco back with 383 00:21:11,359 --> 00:21:13,120 Speaker 2: the Cincinnati Bengals. 384 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,280 Speaker 3: Who are we? Who are we? Crediting the reporting to 385 00:21:18,000 --> 00:21:19,760 Speaker 3: Adam Schefter and Jordan Schultz. 386 00:21:20,119 --> 00:21:23,240 Speaker 2: Adam Schefter and Jordan Schultz, friend of the show, Jordan 387 00:21:23,280 --> 00:21:26,560 Speaker 2: Schultz one year deal with the Bengals. Joe Flacco back 388 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:31,160 Speaker 2: with the Cincinnati Bengals. That's a damn experience quarterback room, 389 00:21:31,200 --> 00:21:34,199 Speaker 2: by the way, Joe Flacco, Josh Johnson, and Joe Burrow, 390 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:38,919 Speaker 2: all right, Joe Flacco back. 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Joe joined the Bengals last October one year deal. 442 00:24:34,280 --> 00:24:35,320 Speaker 3: This ends. 443 00:24:35,480 --> 00:24:37,919 Speaker 2: This ends the suspense. Although I'm not sure that's the 444 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:40,080 Speaker 2: right word. I think a lot of is kind of expected. 445 00:24:40,880 --> 00:24:43,000 Speaker 2: You know, a few more months to unfold, and then 446 00:24:43,520 --> 00:24:45,800 Speaker 2: you know, late in the game, maybe right before camp, 447 00:24:45,840 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 2: maybe once camp got started, Flakka was going to sign instead. 448 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:52,239 Speaker 2: We know who the Bengals backup quarterback is going to be. 449 00:24:52,520 --> 00:24:57,399 Speaker 2: What this means for Josh Johnson, I don't know. Here's 450 00:24:57,480 --> 00:25:02,120 Speaker 2: what I think you'll agree with. It became extraordinarily easy 451 00:25:02,680 --> 00:25:06,600 Speaker 2: to be a Joe Flacco fan based on what he 452 00:25:06,640 --> 00:25:09,000 Speaker 2: did in a very short amount of time here in Cincinnati. 453 00:25:10,280 --> 00:25:14,560 Speaker 2: You know, when he got here. You know, it's interesting. 454 00:25:14,600 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 2: Joe Flacco has mainly played in the AOC North and 455 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 2: he's had a terrific career, has been a Super Bowl MVP. 456 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,160 Speaker 2: He's played forever Prior to him coming here, I had 457 00:25:24,200 --> 00:25:27,320 Speaker 2: no real opinion of him. But when he got acquired 458 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:31,600 Speaker 2: by the Bengals, number one, they needed somebody who was 459 00:25:31,640 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 2: going to be a very quick study, which meant they 460 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:41,119 Speaker 2: needed a level of professionalism, experience, and preparedness that you 461 00:25:41,160 --> 00:25:45,160 Speaker 2: felt like Joe Flacco even at this age, which means 462 00:25:45,240 --> 00:25:49,640 Speaker 2: even at perhaps this diminished state that he's in from 463 00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 2: a skills standpoint, that's something that's exactly what they needed. 464 00:25:55,480 --> 00:26:00,800 Speaker 2: There was also, I think a level of humor and 465 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:05,359 Speaker 2: just outward appreciation for the absurdity of the situation he 466 00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 2: found himself in being traded inside the division to a 467 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:13,360 Speaker 2: team he had already played against on a Tuesday, when 468 00:26:13,400 --> 00:26:15,000 Speaker 2: he was going to have to play a road game 469 00:26:15,080 --> 00:26:18,440 Speaker 2: on Sunday and then turn around and play a divisional 470 00:26:18,480 --> 00:26:22,120 Speaker 2: game that next Thursday, which was obviously the Pittsburgh game. 471 00:26:23,760 --> 00:26:26,040 Speaker 2: I don't know about you. I became a huge Joe 472 00:26:26,040 --> 00:26:29,600 Speaker 2: Flacco fan. Nobody wants to see him play extensively next season, 473 00:26:29,800 --> 00:26:33,639 Speaker 2: but and to me, this is this is the lens 474 00:26:33,680 --> 00:26:36,240 Speaker 2: through which most of us should look at backup quarterbacks. 475 00:26:36,240 --> 00:26:39,440 Speaker 2: It's not about them playing sixteen games or ten games 476 00:26:39,560 --> 00:26:42,320 Speaker 2: or five games. It's in the offense function if something 477 00:26:42,400 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 2: happens to the quarterback for a half, for a game, 478 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,600 Speaker 2: for a series, and I think most of us would 479 00:26:48,640 --> 00:26:51,760 Speaker 2: feel pretty good about Joe Flacco running the offense for 480 00:26:51,840 --> 00:26:55,800 Speaker 2: a short amount of time if circumstance. Circumstances dictated that. 481 00:26:55,760 --> 00:26:56,199 Speaker 3: He had to. 482 00:26:57,040 --> 00:27:00,640 Speaker 2: So Welcome back, Joe Burrow. Welcome to Cincinnati, j Calhoun. 483 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:05,119 Speaker 2: He was officially named the next men's basketball head coach 484 00:27:05,520 --> 00:27:08,960 Speaker 2: at the University of Cincinnati. He will be formally introduced 485 00:27:09,000 --> 00:27:12,280 Speaker 2: at one o'clock tomorrow. You'll hear my conversation with him 486 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:16,080 Speaker 2: in the three o'clock hour tomorrow on ESPN fifteen thirty. 487 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:20,760 Speaker 2: The Reds are playing their final exhibition game today right 488 00:27:20,800 --> 00:27:24,160 Speaker 2: now against the Brewers in Milwaukee. Chase Burns the start 489 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:27,040 Speaker 2: for Cincinnati. In the first inning, he struck out the 490 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,679 Speaker 2: side in order. In his second inning of work, he 491 00:27:30,720 --> 00:27:33,040 Speaker 2: gave up a solo homer to Jake Bowers. It is 492 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:36,200 Speaker 2: one nothing Brewers Reds batting in the top of the third. 493 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,680 Speaker 2: This game is progressing a little bit slower than I 494 00:27:40,720 --> 00:27:47,440 Speaker 2: had anticipated. Radio coverage on Fox Sports thirteen sixty. 495 00:27:47,760 --> 00:27:50,960 Speaker 3: Was a Joe Flacco deal six million that can be 496 00:27:51,119 --> 00:27:55,240 Speaker 3: as high as nine million with his sentence, helly, well, no, 497 00:27:55,359 --> 00:27:56,080 Speaker 3: I don't want him to hit. 498 00:27:56,280 --> 00:27:57,760 Speaker 2: The incentives are going to have to do with like 499 00:27:57,800 --> 00:27:59,760 Speaker 2: stuff he could do while he's playing, Like it doesn't 500 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:01,280 Speaker 2: have an anything to do with like, well, number of 501 00:28:01,320 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 2: plays you're holding a clipboard for, like I, well, God 502 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:07,479 Speaker 2: love Joe, like hope, let's hope that he doesn't hit 503 00:28:07,520 --> 00:28:08,400 Speaker 2: any of those incentives. 504 00:28:08,520 --> 00:28:10,320 Speaker 3: Let the Bengals are up at like by fifty points 505 00:28:10,359 --> 00:28:10,800 Speaker 3: every game. 506 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:13,720 Speaker 2: Oh and then he can come in and throw a 507 00:28:13,720 --> 00:28:16,840 Speaker 2: few passes, hand the ball off, play a few snaps. Yeah, 508 00:28:16,880 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 2: maybe maybe, Well, welcome to Cincinnati, Welcome back to Cincinnati. 509 00:28:22,240 --> 00:28:25,720 Speaker 2: It never felt, and this is easy to say given 510 00:28:25,760 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 2: the fact that he is re up with the Bengals, 511 00:28:28,680 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 2: but it never felt that plausible that he was at 512 00:28:33,000 --> 00:28:37,920 Speaker 2: the outset of the offseason gonna find a situation where 513 00:28:37,960 --> 00:28:40,760 Speaker 2: he was going to be given a legitimate chance to start. 514 00:28:42,840 --> 00:28:45,240 Speaker 2: He might have found a situation where he was going 515 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 2: to be a backup and had a better chance to play, 516 00:28:47,560 --> 00:28:51,080 Speaker 2: because the starter isn't as good as Joe Burrow. But 517 00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 2: I if you were Joe, and if I were Joe 518 00:28:56,480 --> 00:28:58,360 Speaker 2: at this stage of the offseason, you. 519 00:28:58,360 --> 00:28:59,320 Speaker 3: Took a crack at it. 520 00:29:00,120 --> 00:29:02,880 Speaker 2: Were you really going to let this play out and 521 00:29:03,000 --> 00:29:08,320 Speaker 2: see if something unfolded with another team, or were you 522 00:29:08,440 --> 00:29:10,720 Speaker 2: just going to go back and be in a situation 523 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:12,960 Speaker 2: that you had some success in last year. If you 524 00:29:13,040 --> 00:29:15,760 Speaker 2: have to play, you're playing behind an offensive line that 525 00:29:15,800 --> 00:29:18,120 Speaker 2: played well toward the end of the season. You still 526 00:29:18,120 --> 00:29:20,360 Speaker 2: have Chase and Higgins to throw to, you still have 527 00:29:20,440 --> 00:29:23,400 Speaker 2: Chase Brown to give the ball to. You're playing behind 528 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:28,840 Speaker 2: a an a lister in Joe Burrow. Like, if your 529 00:29:28,920 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 2: fate is to be a backup quarterback, especially at this 530 00:29:32,080 --> 00:29:36,000 Speaker 2: stage of his career, you can't do, frankly, much better 531 00:29:36,000 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 2: than the situation that Joe Flacco came back to. So 532 00:29:39,720 --> 00:29:41,240 Speaker 2: he is back. 533 00:29:42,080 --> 00:29:42,440 Speaker 3: Tomorrow. 534 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:47,000 Speaker 2: We are broadcasting It's Opening Day eve from the Cincinnati Lockerhouse, 535 00:29:47,040 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 2: which you may have known as the more Line Logger House, 536 00:29:50,000 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 2: broadcasting there from a three to six tomorrow, and we've 537 00:29:53,520 --> 00:29:57,280 Speaker 2: got all sorts of happy hour specials, beer specials, appetizers. 538 00:29:57,360 --> 00:29:59,920 Speaker 2: It's going to be a blast. Nobody on the after 539 00:30:00,280 --> 00:30:02,680 Speaker 2: before Opening Day wants to get any work done, So 540 00:30:03,080 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 2: come on downtown and get the party started early with 541 00:30:06,000 --> 00:30:10,560 Speaker 2: us at the Cincinnati Laggerhouse. The consensus for the Reds. 542 00:30:11,120 --> 00:30:15,160 Speaker 2: And I've done this a lot since the weekend, looking 543 00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:20,240 Speaker 2: at different publications season previews, and pretty much the consensus 544 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:24,200 Speaker 2: is seventy seven, seventy eight wins, something in that ballpark, 545 00:30:24,360 --> 00:30:27,520 Speaker 2: something in that range. I can't find that many folks 546 00:30:27,560 --> 00:30:29,440 Speaker 2: who have the Reds making the postseason. 547 00:30:30,760 --> 00:30:31,160 Speaker 3: One of the. 548 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:34,560 Speaker 2: Baseball betting experts that I kind of lean in on, Seanzillo, 549 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 2: has made a heavy wager on the Reds not making 550 00:30:40,080 --> 00:30:42,520 Speaker 2: the postseason. They're going to have to defy the consensus, 551 00:30:43,360 --> 00:30:46,520 Speaker 2: which is weird to say. The consensus is they missed 552 00:30:46,520 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 2: the postseason, when the expectations here are that they make 553 00:30:50,920 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 2: the postseason. I said I was going to do this 554 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:59,120 Speaker 2: because I got a request. One of our frequent callers 555 00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 2: is our friend Mike from La, who listens to this 556 00:31:01,600 --> 00:31:05,280 Speaker 2: show religiously pretty much every single day, no matter what 557 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 2: he is doing, and a number of years ago he 558 00:31:08,400 --> 00:31:11,800 Speaker 2: introduced to us his home dog betting strategy for the 559 00:31:11,840 --> 00:31:15,560 Speaker 2: baseball season. And over the weekend I had somebody who 560 00:31:15,600 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 2: reached out get an email, actually reached out and said, well, 561 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:23,240 Speaker 2: you explained before the season begins, Mike from LA's home 562 00:31:23,280 --> 00:31:27,800 Speaker 2: dog betting strategy, which I've employed now for a couple 563 00:31:27,840 --> 00:31:30,560 Speaker 2: of years, and we're going to try to document on 564 00:31:30,600 --> 00:31:35,480 Speaker 2: social media as the season unfolds. The home dog's betting 565 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:39,880 Speaker 2: strategy is this the first game of every series. Bet 566 00:31:39,920 --> 00:31:44,360 Speaker 2: on each home dog if they win, and we're just 567 00:31:44,480 --> 00:31:48,560 Speaker 2: doing run line. If they win, don't bet on the 568 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:53,760 Speaker 2: rest of the series. If they lose, bet on them 569 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 2: the next game, double your bet. If they lose that one, 570 00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:03,480 Speaker 2: bet on them the game, double your bet. What you're 571 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,720 Speaker 2: betting against is a sweep. Most baseball series do not 572 00:32:06,880 --> 00:32:10,640 Speaker 2: end in sweeps. So even during the course of a 573 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 2: full one hundred and sixty two game season, wretched teams 574 00:32:13,560 --> 00:32:18,200 Speaker 2: like recently the Colorado Rockies the Chicago White Sox, they 575 00:32:18,240 --> 00:32:23,280 Speaker 2: still find ways to win fifty five sixty games. Maybe 576 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 2: in the White Sox case a couple of years ago, 577 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 2: not that many, but still all the time, bad teams 578 00:32:29,120 --> 00:32:31,040 Speaker 2: find a way to win one game in a series 579 00:32:31,080 --> 00:32:34,080 Speaker 2: against good teams. You're trying to capitalize on the value 580 00:32:34,080 --> 00:32:37,160 Speaker 2: of betting on the underdog, and you're essentially betting against 581 00:32:37,360 --> 00:32:40,240 Speaker 2: their being a sweep. There are obviously going to be 582 00:32:40,320 --> 00:32:42,880 Speaker 2: series that gets swept and you lose all your money. 583 00:32:43,400 --> 00:32:47,120 Speaker 2: Over the course of an entire season. However, say which 584 00:32:47,160 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 2: one about my guy Mike. This has been proven to 585 00:32:49,920 --> 00:32:52,320 Speaker 2: be a pretty damn good betting strategy. So there it is, 586 00:32:52,320 --> 00:32:57,840 Speaker 2: the home dog betting strategy. By request, We're gonna do 587 00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:02,720 Speaker 2: some MLB futures on Thursday's show from Smoke Justice. Can't 588 00:33:02,720 --> 00:33:05,840 Speaker 2: wait for that music means we have to go. Don't 589 00:33:05,840 --> 00:33:09,880 Speaker 2: forget more line No Cincinnati Loggerhouse tomorrow from three to six. 590 00:33:10,280 --> 00:33:14,240 Speaker 2: Smoke Justice Thursday noon to three tomorrow on the show, 591 00:33:14,280 --> 00:33:19,800 Speaker 2: Tommy Thrawl, Sam Lequire, John Morosi from MLB Network, Jared 592 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:25,080 Speaker 2: Calhoun and others. Have a great night. 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