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Speaker 2: I mean it's like hello.

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Speaker 2: A couple of thirteen and fourteen passed on comedies tend

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Speaker 2: to be I love this. Just this real quick before

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Speaker 2: we move into five, three four. There's this, there's this perfect.

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Speaker 2: There are some people that just won't give it up.

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Speaker 2: Sam Darnold admitted in a pregame interview with Kurt Warner

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Speaker 2: that settles and defense was so good that he didn't

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Speaker 2: have to take chances that could potentially result in turnovers.

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Speaker 2: He's a smart guy that has learned as he came along,

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Speaker 2: but not a franchise quarterback. They don't want to admit

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Speaker 2: this because they don't want to admit the vikings. Let

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Speaker 2: go for franchise quarter It's one of the worst quarterback

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Speaker 2: personnel decisions ever made in the history of pro football.

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Speaker 2: Just admit your team screwed up. It's not the end

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Speaker 2: of the world. We still have, hopefully our franchise quarterback

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Speaker 2: and the young kid McCarthy. Free agency comes, we can

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Speaker 2: grab somebody else, maybe Kirk Cousins, maybe Aaron Rodgers is

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Speaker 2: not over. They should not have let him leave the building.

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Speaker 2: Just it's okay to admit that is he the best

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Speaker 2: been paying attention to Darnold, he's been very humble this

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Speaker 2: entire time. They ask him all the time, what happened?

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Speaker 2: You just kept believing in myself, kept working. If you've

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Speaker 2: watched any of their games at this season, he has.

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Speaker 2: He has made big time in postseason he's made against

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Speaker 2: the Rams, he almost single handedly defeated him with his

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Speaker 2: quarterback play. What more do you want from him? He

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Speaker 2: threw he completed what almost sixty or seventy percent of

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Speaker 2: his passes against the Rams. He threw for three touchdowns,

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Speaker 2: it for over three hundred yards and didn't turn them

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Speaker 2: all over. What do you want from them? Just admit it.

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Speaker 2: Your guys screwed up. They let the quarterback leave the building,

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Speaker 2: and then never they made a decision. It didn't work out.

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Speaker 2: Life goes on.

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Speaker 1: I thought a big game win would end this debate,

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Speaker 1: but it's.

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Speaker 2: Because you don't want to admit that they let them go.

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Speaker 3: I thought it was checkmate.

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Speaker 2: I would have thought so too, but apparently not. But

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Speaker 2: it's I just find it humorous. You're not gonna get

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Speaker 2: you can you eat?

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Speaker 3: By the way, you know what?

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Speaker 2: Five defense this year the Vikings, Yes, they did go. Yes,

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Speaker 2: that's exactly right. And that's where the hope is. We'll

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Speaker 2: talk about that too. Is because we saw young We

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Speaker 2: saw both those teams. Especially see if you have a

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Speaker 2: a quarterback that can make the throws when needed in

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Speaker 2: a decent running game are gonna win a lot of games.

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Speaker 2: And the Vikings have part of that. They have the defense.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if they can get the rest three

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Speaker 2: four time now for five questions, Well, actually three, but

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Speaker 4: Question number one, Oh, it's now time to take an

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Speaker 4: in depth look at the welfare of the Wolves.

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Speaker 2: Could take bombs.

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Speaker 1: Two nights after Rudy Gobert called out his teammates for

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Speaker 1: a lack of effort on defense, the Wolves lost to the

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Speaker 1: LA Clippers one fifteen ninety six. Yesterday at Target Center,

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Speaker 1: the Wolves lost for the third time in four games.

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Speaker 1: Kawhi Leonard scored forty one points for LA. Anthony Edwards

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Speaker 1: He also had five turnovers. Julius Randalls just had seventeen

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Speaker 3: Comin what's sticks out to you from the Wolves loss

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Speaker 2: Nothing different than I've been saying all year without ever

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Speaker 2: watch Jess what here's another vindicated again, I get rip

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Speaker 2: Summed up perfectly, this last two games is what I've

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Speaker 2: Why would you guaranteed contract two hundred million, one hundred

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Speaker 2: They know they're going to make the playoffs. They don't

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Speaker 2: don't know how, why why fans continue to attack me

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Speaker 2: as if I don't know what I'm talking you wanted

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Speaker 2: me to. We're going to get to the goldbeer quotes. Oh,

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Speaker 2: trust me, I've got them. And I've got the quotes

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Speaker 2: from last night's game or yesterday afternoon's game. It's like,

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Speaker 2: postseason play. That it's unprofessional and it's and you can

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Speaker 2: We're talking about the Minnesota Timberwolves. And it's awful. That's

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Speaker 2: what it is. It's it's it's it's an embarrassment, is

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Speaker 2: what it is. Sorry to get worked up. I've got

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Speaker 2: a really good sweet potato, beef and avocado dish I'm

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Speaker 3: Question number two.

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Speaker 2: It's time now for the low down in Dinky Town.

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Speaker 1: Same old, same old, prim Minnesota Gophers. Maryland scored the

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Speaker 1: game's final seven points in a sixty seven sixty two

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Speaker 1: victory over the Gophers men's basketball team yesterday at the Barn.

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Speaker 1: David Quid hit a go ahead three point Ober twenty second.

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Speaker 2: Well, it's unfortunate because they had just come off beating

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Speaker 2: rank clubs, and the Michigan State game was a really

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Speaker 2: really that's an impressive win against the team that was

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Speaker 2: nineteen and three, number ten in the country. The steam

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Speaker 2: up pretty well. I thought, you win that game against Maryland,

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Speaker 2: The way the rest of the schedule plays out, you

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Speaker 2: a that's not a good and it's you know, I

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Speaker 2: think most of it's probably you're you've got some talent

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Speaker 2: was hoping they you know, I was hoping that that

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Speaker 2: those three victories over the ranked teams, you thought, maybe

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Speaker 2: this team can gel fairly quickly, and with the coaches

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Speaker 2: highly regarded coming here is He's he's the p He's

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Speaker 2: the basketball version of PJ Fluck. Everywhere he's coached, he's won.

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Speaker 2: Google him. You'll find out and so, yeah, that was

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Speaker 2: a tough loss. That was one you really and I

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Speaker 2: you know, I I guess I thought they would win,

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Speaker 2: and I guess I was sorely mistaken.

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Speaker 3: Question number three.

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Speaker 4: It's Tom now four? What your rank? I did?

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Speaker 1: But USA Today ad Meter ranked all fifty four big

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Speaker 1: game commercials. They have Budweiser's American Icons ranked number one.

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Speaker 2: When Eagle the baby Eagle, that was maybe the cheesiest.

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Speaker 1: Number two. They have Lay's Last Harvest number number three.

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Speaker 1: They have Pepsi's The Choice, number four, Duncan's Goodwill Duncan

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Speaker 1: and number five michelob Ultra's The Ultra Instructor Common. Do

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Speaker 1: you agree with the Big Game commercial rankings? And which

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Speaker 1: was your favorite ad.

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Speaker 2: Or?

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Speaker 3: Were you not silent during these and you have people

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Speaker 2: I got to admit, I mean I watched them a

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Speaker 3: Ahead of Oh you've seen that ahead of time.

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Speaker 2: I just kind of rolled my eyes thought anyway, Uh, yeah,

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Speaker 2: I don't know. I guess I didn't watch close enough.

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Speaker 1: I mean, I you know, I've got kids watching with

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Speaker 1: these commercials now. I feel like it's just way different

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Speaker 3: I don't know. Well, the vibe has shifted.

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Speaker 2: Well, they had the really heavy one where they had

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Speaker 2: I guess I like talking toilets. You've talked toilets on

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Speaker 2: the show before? Yes, I have turlet talk, So I guess,

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Speaker 4: Toilets.

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Speaker 2: Five question actually three questions, but five sounds like more

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Speaker 2: than four. Your team isn't playing right now.

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Speaker 1: They're off until when we have like three weeks off

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Speaker 1: to the Olympics. All right now, the women, the women's

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Speaker 1: Olympic team is about to play here in about a

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Speaker 2: And who do we face?

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Speaker 1: They play Switzerland? They're too know so far? What's our record?

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Speaker 2: So you said what, I'm sorry? You said who they

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Speaker 2: New Orleans lost to the Pelicans. Rudy Gobert was uh,

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Speaker 2: Four time NBA defensive player that year, pleaded for accountability.

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Speaker 2: Same players need to be benched. They don't give their

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Speaker 2: Here's what he said. By the way, after being up

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Speaker 2: The Wolves relaxed, played with little effort. One thing you

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Speaker 2: Here's what he said. It should start with ourselves, but

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Speaker 2: And I stuck up for him in that case. I

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Speaker 2: I know he did, and most people that I did not.

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Speaker 2: I said two seconds ago in the game it's okay.

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Speaker 4: Now, Remember when.

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Speaker 2: Which is, like I said, it's always tough to make

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Speaker 2: Let me just dog it up and down the court

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Speaker 2: For me personally, I was rooting for the lines to

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Speaker 2: So and then Gobert wanted to say, no one should

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Speaker 2: I just love it, just love it. Now. Somebody said

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Speaker 2: Gobert has been getting destroyed to everyone from Mike Malone

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Speaker 2: and all the TV idiots, the NBA is a country club.

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Speaker 2: There could be that's been going on since they since

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Speaker 1: I mean, that just would just seem to be a

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Speaker 2: So in their latest loss yesterday, here's what Rhett wrote,

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Speaker 1: By the way, you say it was ninety three point three. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: I think that's what my boss had told me earlier.

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Speaker 1: But if you google it it's ninety nine point three, oh,

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Speaker 1: I said, And I say him.

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Speaker 2: Then, all yeah, nice of that program, directord, I know

437
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Speaker 2: ninety nine point three. Here's what. So the conversation I

438
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Speaker 2: had with a golfing pal, basketball buddy blah blah blah.

439
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Speaker 2: He sent me a text message to say, I'm sorry.

440
00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:10,119
Speaker 2: I said, last night they had Sam in the building

441
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Speaker 2: nine point thirty one. I sent that they had Darnald

442
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Speaker 2: in the building. He says, all good, it's entertainment, and

443
00:26:17,960 --> 00:26:20,359
Speaker 2: then I texted back, but it's more entertaining when your

444
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Speaker 2: team is winning, and he came back with this is

445
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Speaker 2: a great comeback unless you're a guy from Detroit who

446
00:26:25,400 --> 00:26:28,160
Speaker 2: has embraced the losing and gets just as much amusement

447
00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:32,480
Speaker 2: from epic failures colossal collapses in winless seasons, which I do.

448
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Speaker 2: But then I texted back, right, But my job is

449
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Speaker 2: to provide observations, insight, and I have I alto on

450
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Speaker 2: parentheses and opinions on the day sports news to a

451
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Speaker 2: customer base that mostly are hardcore sports fans who take

452
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Speaker 2: the wins and losses, the highs and lows, the historically

453
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Speaker 2: good and the biblically bad seriously. So that's what I do.

454
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Speaker 2: My guess is a plumber doesn't really care if your

455
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Speaker 2: shower stall is draining properly, but it's his job to

456
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Speaker 2: fix it. Common just has an unusual approach. For instance,

457
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Speaker 2: Common has watched a total of four minutes of Wolve

458
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Speaker 2: basketball this year. He has analyze the club better all

459
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Speaker 2: season long than most other observers. How does he do it?

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Speaker 2: It's called the esoteric approach. I mean, it's as simple

461
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Speaker 2: as that. So, I mean, so, yeah, what, I'm surprised

462
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Speaker 2: there's not more people. There are some people rallying to

463
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Speaker 2: mine that are that go get them Common, You're absolutely right,

464
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Speaker 2: But there are others that want to defend him, or

465
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Speaker 2: maybe they're just trying to get me going. I'm not

466
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Speaker 2: sure which one it is.

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Speaker 1: See if I have it's sim Darnald, by the way,

468
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Speaker 1: be the Vikings version of David Ortiz. It could be

469
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Speaker 1: we had him in the building, yes, we let him go,

470
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Speaker 1: and then he goes elsewhere and wins world championships. Maybe

471
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Speaker 1: Donald's a Hall of Famer by the time this is

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Speaker 1: all done with.

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Speaker 2: You could make that argument. So so that was Friday night.

474
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Speaker 2: Wolves have Saturday off. What they actually took Friday off

475
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Speaker 2: at least one end of the floor, but apparently they

476
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Speaker 2: were rewarded by getting an entire day off Saturday. Then

477
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Speaker 2: they played a matinee yesterday. Chris Heine Fish Rep Factory,

478
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Speaker 2: West Side Wolves Blacks of Daisical Timberwolves pummeled by Clippers

479
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Speaker 2: one fifteen ninety six. Wolves didn't appear and engage at

480
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Speaker 2: either end of the floor and lost for the third

481
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Speaker 2: time in four games. Here's prey rights. The Timberwolves look broken,

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Speaker 2: broken from a basketball perspective and broken in terms of

483
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Speaker 2: their spirit. The Wolves just don't look like they enjoy

484
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Speaker 2: playing basketball.

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Speaker 5: Kids game. Millions of dollars guaranteed contract, three days a week,

486
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Speaker 5: six months out.

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Speaker 2: Of the year, and that's been the case for much

488
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Speaker 2: of the last six weeks. Each time it looks like

489
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Speaker 2: they snap out of a funk, they go right back

490
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Speaker 2: into one. It's not just that they're losing, it's how

491
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Speaker 2: they look doing it. Lifeless, little energy, little desire to

492
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Speaker 2: find a solution to their problems. Imagine if you own

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Speaker 2: a company and that was what your employee base was doing,

494
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Speaker 2: how long would they hang up? But these guys got

495
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Speaker 2: guaranteed deals. They know there's nothing you can do. Any

496
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Speaker 2: guy that gets a guaranteed deal, regardless of the sport,

497
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Speaker 2: can sign it, turn it around and push it back

498
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Speaker 2: at the general manager. Go guess what, I'm not going

499
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Speaker 2: to try anymore, and there's nothing you could do about

500
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Speaker 2: it because I got a guaranteed deal. I'll play when

501
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Speaker 2: I want to play. And you know what, I just

502
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Speaker 2: didn't feel like playing the defensive end of the floor

503
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Speaker 2: this time. Just didn't want to do it. That's mat

504
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Speaker 2: and a game. I have no interrot. I want to

505
00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,920
Speaker 2: get home and watch the big game and doesn't matter.

506
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Speaker 2: We're going to make the playoffs anyways. And you know,

507
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Speaker 2: I guess maybe the right, They probably are right, But

508
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Speaker 2: I did people actually pay for tickets yesterday and watch

509
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Speaker 2: that game. They're kind of expensive to, aren't they. Or

510
00:29:56,360 --> 00:29:59,200
Speaker 2: are they giving them away now? Or did you find

511
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Speaker 2: them on your dash board after somebody broke your driver's

512
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Speaker 2: side window and left there. Both ends of the floor

513
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Speaker 2: were probably against the Clippers. So not only were they

514
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Speaker 2: not playing defense, either they decided not to play offense

515
00:30:13,840 --> 00:30:26,680
Speaker 2: or they just didn't have their game. Harden was gone,

516
00:30:26,840 --> 00:30:31,320
Speaker 2: Zuebach zu Bac was gone. It didn't matter with Leonard

517
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Speaker 2: going for forty one points while Edwards and Randall bogged

518
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Speaker 2: down on isolation. Heavy Wolves offense. Hearable dribble, dribble, dribleed

519
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Speaker 2: drib dribble, dribble, dribble, drible, dribble. Shoot. Edwards were seven

520
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Speaker 2: for eighteen, one for eight from three point range. You

521
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Speaker 2: know how I've been a big fan of wild hockey

522
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Speaker 2: fans during the power play yelling shoot, shoot, shoot, I'd

523
00:30:55,600 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 2: be yelling at Edwards, don't shoot, don't don't shoot, pass,

524
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Speaker 2: pass past. He had twenty three, five turnovers. Randall had

525
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Speaker 2: seventeen points. Jade mcdam remember I said I thought Jade

526
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Speaker 2: McDaniels was almost you know, can't touch that. Yeah, he

527
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Speaker 2: had two points. Stevencenzo had one point in three shot attempts.

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Speaker 2: I don't know if that's because he didn't want to shoot,

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Speaker 2: or if he only touched the ball three times because

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Speaker 2: of the dribble, dribble, ribble, dribble, dribble by others on

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Speaker 2: the team. Shoot. Their outputs our stark indicator at the

532
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Speaker 2: lack of ball movement the Wolves have now since they

533
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Speaker 2: thrive off that, Chris Finch said they've lost their structure.

534
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Speaker 2: The knee jerk reaction from a frustrated fan base is

535
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Speaker 2: to ask for a change at head coach. Huh that

536
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Speaker 2: isn't there a saying about throwing the baby out with

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Speaker 2: the bath water. It's a head coach. Oh it's oh,

538
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Speaker 2: I see see you just pick a fall guy.

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Speaker 5: That's how you.

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Speaker 1: I heard it discussed in these offices earlier today discussing

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Speaker 1: whether Finn should be fired.

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Speaker 2: Well, who was saying that? Can you name names?

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Speaker 3: I don't remember.

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Speaker 1: You know, when the Power Trip is done with their show,

545
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Speaker 1: there's like eight of them that are in Abbot's office,

546
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Speaker 1: So I don't remember who said what.

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Speaker 2: Only eight is Monday kind of slow day.

548
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Speaker 3: Little Bee's always in there in there is eight.

549
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Speaker 2: Kind of a slow day for contributors because usually have

550
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Speaker 2: thirteen fourteen on their show.

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Speaker 3: Well, the fire department only allows a certain amount of

552
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Speaker 3: people in the office.

553
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Speaker 2: There's just and Hein brings up in here. Remember just

554
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Speaker 2: before the trade deadline the GMS, we got a puncher's

555
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Speaker 2: chance to win a championship. Here's what Edward said. The

556
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Speaker 2: players who spoke after the game said the Wolves have

557
00:33:13,640 --> 00:33:15,640
Speaker 2: done a good job in navigating these tough times of

558
00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:18,440
Speaker 2: the season as a group. Even after Gobert poured on

559
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Speaker 2: some candid thoughts after Friday's loss, Edwards said, I think

560
00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:23,720
Speaker 2: we talked to each other. We're pretty good with that

561
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Speaker 2: at it. Randold's been good. We respond, like I said,

562
00:33:27,440 --> 00:33:29,840
Speaker 2: pretty well, not really much that said, but we understand

563
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Speaker 2: as a team what we need to do that. I

564
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Speaker 2: don't know why they're not doing it. Do you think

565
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Speaker 2: they were mad at Gobert? Do you think that's what

566
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Speaker 2: it was? Oh, you think we weren't trying before. Now

567
00:33:38,160 --> 00:33:40,680
Speaker 2: they're mad at Gobert. So they're not trying at all.

568
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,560
Speaker 2: Because Gobert's after the Friday game where he basically called

569
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Speaker 2: out the team and maybe they didn't like that.

570
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Speaker 3: Well, they obviously didn't respond to it.

571
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Speaker 2: No, they sure didn't. And then the new guy from Chicago.

572
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Speaker 2: Here's what it says. The crowd gave a standing ovation

573
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Speaker 2: to new acquisition. Why did they give him a stand what?

574
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Speaker 2: He didn't do anything he had at that point. Boy,

575
00:34:08,960 --> 00:34:10,359
Speaker 2: this Wolves crowd's easy to please.

576
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Speaker 3: Just welcoming him to town. I guess let him know

577
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Speaker 3: we're on it.

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Speaker 1: I mean, the while did the same thing with Quinny Hughes,

579
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Speaker 1: did they Yeah? And rightfully so we wanted to. We've

580
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Speaker 1: want him to stay here. Hopefully he enjoys it here.

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Speaker 2: I didn't get a standing ovation when I first started

582
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Speaker 2: at the fan.

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Speaker 3: Are you comparing yourself to Quinny Hughes.

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Speaker 2: I'd want to associated pressing small market Newscast of the

585
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Speaker 2: Year award. It's not actually small market. It's it's news

586
00:34:37,080 --> 00:34:41,640
Speaker 2: departments of two or fewer. Guess how many were in mine? Fewer?

587
00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:50,520
Speaker 2: It was me. I was the news department. There you go,

588
00:34:59,120 --> 00:35:04,480
Speaker 2: So there's your club, and then I get the you know,

589
00:35:04,560 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 2: I get the text message is you're never hard on

590
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Speaker 2: the on the wild. I don't think for the wild,

591
00:35:15,960 --> 00:35:21,480
Speaker 2: it's a lack of effort. Maybe occasionally it's been I

592
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Speaker 2: don't know, Tendeby, do you think that? Do you think

593
00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:24,200
Speaker 2: the wild lack effort?

594
00:35:26,960 --> 00:35:29,200
Speaker 3: Hockey is a sport where it's kind of hard. That's

595
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Speaker 3: what I try to have effort.

596
00:35:30,520 --> 00:35:35,320
Speaker 1: Yeah, uh, I guess there's different levels of effort. I

597
00:35:35,400 --> 00:35:39,279
Speaker 1: think it's more of different levels of what you're willing

598
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Speaker 1: to put your body through and sacrificing your body. But

599
00:35:43,160 --> 00:35:44,440
Speaker 1: it's kind of go ahead. It's hard to go out

600
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Speaker 1: there and just coast because you will get hurt.

601
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Speaker 2: Yeah, that's what I thought, But this one says it's

602
00:36:02,880 --> 00:36:06,040
Speaker 2: a two way street. Gobert needs to step up offensively

603
00:36:06,160 --> 00:36:11,120
Speaker 2: or sit well happen. You can make that argument that

604
00:36:11,320 --> 00:36:15,120
Speaker 2: he he doesn't contribute as much offensively as he probably should.

605
00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:19,600
Speaker 5: But he is the fourth time defensive player of the Year.

606
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Speaker 5: I don't think you want to take him off the floor.

607
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,480
Speaker 2: That would be cutting off your nose to spite your face.

608
00:36:25,840 --> 00:36:28,160
Speaker 2: That's an old cliche. There's a reason cliches or cliches

609
00:36:28,200 --> 00:36:32,040
Speaker 2: because they're generally true. That's the that's no, that's you're

610
00:36:32,040 --> 00:36:32,600
Speaker 2: not gonna go well.

611
00:36:32,600 --> 00:36:35,520
Speaker 1: And Rudy Gobert stepping up to play offense. It's probably

612
00:36:35,560 --> 00:36:37,759
Speaker 1: not an effort thing with him. It's not like he's

613
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Speaker 1: not scoring because he does not providing enough effort on

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Speaker 1: the offensive event.

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Speaker 3: He's just not good enough. Yeah, that's part of not

616
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Speaker 3: talented enough to do that aspect of the game.

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Speaker 2: That's exactly what the case may be. So USA versus

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Speaker 2: is that Switzerland and women's we're just underway, sixteen ten

619
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Speaker 2: to go. First period, there is no score. Maybe each

620
00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,560
Speaker 2: had three shots shoot, shoot shoot, Maybe each had three

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Speaker 2: shots on goal. And did I see that? Our our

622
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Speaker 2: our mixed doubles curling team, the young lady. She's from

623
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Speaker 2: teen Peterson, right. Yes, they advanced, right, so they're guaranteed

624
00:37:21,520 --> 00:37:22,600
Speaker 2: a silver if I'm not mistaking.

625
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Speaker 1: Yes, because they were in the semis against Italy, who

626
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Speaker 1: they had previously lost to you, which is why they

627
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Speaker 1: were the three seed in Italy was the two seed.

628
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,800
Speaker 1: It was a fantastic match. Obviously, the second half of

629
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Speaker 1: the match was happening while we were on the air.

630
00:37:34,680 --> 00:37:36,400
Speaker 1: You might have noticed I was distracted a little bit.

631
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Speaker 2: But you've been distracted here too, because you're a hockey.

632
00:37:38,640 --> 00:37:43,000
Speaker 1: Obviously, I know you are. Yeah, but the game was

633
00:37:43,239 --> 00:37:45,400
Speaker 1: or the match was fantastic. It came down basically to

634
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:49,000
Speaker 1: the last throw from from USA. They had to knock

635
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Speaker 1: one of Italy's stones out that would leave and then

636
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Speaker 1: leave theirs so that they have two points in the middle,

637
00:37:55,920 --> 00:37:58,320
Speaker 1: and they hit it and they did it, so they advanced.

638
00:37:58,320 --> 00:37:59,800
Speaker 1: And yeah, so now they're in the they're in the

639
00:38:00,120 --> 00:38:02,479
Speaker 1: up against Sweden, who's the four seed. They're the three seed,

640
00:38:03,120 --> 00:38:04,919
Speaker 1: and now they're guaranteed a gold or silver.

641
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Speaker 2: Do you think any of the curlers are going to

642
00:38:07,200 --> 00:38:09,400
Speaker 2: go I just don't feel like playing that today. I

643
00:38:09,440 --> 00:38:10,759
Speaker 2: don't think they're going to do that. I think they're

644
00:38:10,760 --> 00:38:11,880
Speaker 2: going to give it everything they've.

645
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Speaker 1: Got going with that Mixed Doubles, Right, it's not like

646
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Speaker 1: Team Peterson where Tabitha will throw the stone, will throw

647
00:38:18,840 --> 00:38:20,719
Speaker 1: the rock down and then the rest of them will

648
00:38:20,719 --> 00:38:24,160
Speaker 1: do the sweeping. Yeah, Like in the mixed doubles, the

649
00:38:24,239 --> 00:38:27,239
Speaker 1: one who's throwing the stone has to sweep there their own,

650
00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:28,880
Speaker 1: So they got to hustle right down right after you.

651
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Speaker 2: It's a lot of work.

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Speaker 1: It looks like a lot of I don't know how

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00:38:31,760 --> 00:38:33,839
Speaker 1: they don't ever hit the stone while they're doing it. Yeah,

654
00:38:34,520 --> 00:38:36,640
Speaker 1: because they're basically surrounding both of you got the brush

655
00:38:36,800 --> 00:38:38,479
Speaker 1: on one side and your feet on the other side.

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Speaker 2: What so did you say we have two golds in

657
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Speaker 2: the United States. We have the one in the gold

658
00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:46,919
Speaker 2: there's one in Downhill skien Off some sort I don't

659
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Speaker 2: know what it was. It's the alpine alpine skiing. That's

660
00:38:49,640 --> 00:38:52,520
Speaker 2: the breezy. It ain't easy being breezy, but she's breezy.

661
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Speaker 3: And she's there are other ones where you're skating. It says,

662
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Speaker 3: what what what event did we win there? It's this

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Speaker 3: team event Golden Oh, so.

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Speaker 2: Maybe a couple's things or something. I don't have a

665
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:05,440
Speaker 2: team whatever it was, so two goals has always been

666
00:39:05,600 --> 00:39:09,239
Speaker 2: we've been able to to manufacture so forward. It's very

667
00:39:09,280 --> 00:39:18,080
Speaker 2: early in the Olympics as we know. The end it

668
00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,960
Speaker 2: says the wolves lack of effort is a direct coaching issue.

669
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Speaker 2: Chris French is correct saying these are professionals who motivate themselves.

670
00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:27,360
Speaker 2: He's the one who fills out the starting lineup and

671
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Speaker 2: determines playing time. The game is not too old that

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00:39:30,480 --> 00:39:37,759
Speaker 2: the bench is still not yet a motivator. I I

673
00:39:37,840 --> 00:39:39,959
Speaker 2: don't agree with that in any way, shape or form.

674
00:39:40,239 --> 00:39:45,799
Speaker 2: I mean, I don't know. Maybe maybe general managers will

675
00:39:45,800 --> 00:39:48,439
Speaker 2: be all four mentioned your best players on the team.

676
00:39:48,440 --> 00:39:53,839
Speaker 2: Maybe ownership would like that too. And do you really

677
00:39:53,880 --> 00:39:56,440
Speaker 2: think that's going to motivate any of these guys, really,

678
00:39:57,760 --> 00:39:59,560
Speaker 2: if they're not motivated just by the love of the

679
00:39:59,719 --> 00:40:07,120
Speaker 2: game and about pride in their work, professionalism, respect for

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Speaker 2: the ticket buyers, the people that are the reason you're

681
00:40:09,680 --> 00:40:12,279
Speaker 2: making the kind of money you're making. Is because people

682
00:40:12,400 --> 00:40:14,200
Speaker 2: plunk down a lot of money to watch you play,

683
00:40:14,280 --> 00:40:18,759
Speaker 2: they buy your jerseys, and because so many eyeballs are

684
00:40:18,880 --> 00:40:25,000
Speaker 2: on television. Those great, big, huge TV contracts are the

685
00:40:25,120 --> 00:40:31,480
Speaker 2: reason they're there. Is because advertisers say, hey, we think

686
00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:35,759
Speaker 2: this isn't that complicated. People, you're making it too complicated.

687
00:40:36,239 --> 00:40:40,760
Speaker 2: So if you advertise go ice Cold, Go Go Cola

688
00:40:41,200 --> 00:40:43,600
Speaker 2: during the NBA game, and you have enough eyes on it,

689
00:40:43,640 --> 00:40:45,000
Speaker 2: there were people that go, I think I'm gonna go

690
00:40:45,080 --> 00:40:48,520
Speaker 2: get myself an ice cold Go Go Cola, and then

691
00:40:48,600 --> 00:40:53,600
Speaker 2: Coke says, you know what are It seems like ever

692
00:40:53,680 --> 00:41:00,560
Speaker 2: since we started advertising during NBA games, we're selling product.

693
00:41:00,840 --> 00:41:05,840
Speaker 2: I think we'll stick with them. That's how you're getting paid,

694
00:41:06,320 --> 00:41:09,799
Speaker 2: That's how you get your money. So don't you care

695
00:41:09,840 --> 00:41:17,920
Speaker 2: about the sponsors, ownership, teammates, fans. We're supposed to just that.

696
00:41:18,200 --> 00:41:21,960
Speaker 2: That's this is all the coach's fault. Okay, so you

697
00:41:22,040 --> 00:41:24,600
Speaker 2: think the next coach is so, so should they fight.

698
00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:27,000
Speaker 2: Let's say he decides I'm not going to bench these guys,

699
00:41:27,080 --> 00:41:28,920
Speaker 2: and then he should he should he be fired and

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Speaker 2: then let the next coach to the bench. I think

701
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Speaker 2: it's all preposterous. I mean, maybe the benching would work.

702
00:41:32,880 --> 00:41:36,120
Speaker 2: I guess you could try it. I'm not so sure.

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Speaker 1: I just think I think he knows the mentality of

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00:41:39,960 --> 00:41:43,680
Speaker 1: an NBA player, and when you start benching those guys, Unfortunately,

705
00:41:43,719 --> 00:41:44,640
Speaker 1: in that support, you lose them.

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00:41:44,760 --> 00:41:48,040
Speaker 2: Yeah, that's exactly right, you lose them for good, and

707
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Speaker 2: then the coach gets fired.

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Speaker 1: Well, frankly, what we saw from the Wolves last year,

709
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,920
Speaker 1: they were a middling team. They're hanging around the playing

710
00:41:56,040 --> 00:41:58,920
Speaker 1: game for a good chunk of the season, barely snuck

711
00:41:59,000 --> 00:42:01,880
Speaker 1: to six and got to the Western Conference finals. And

712
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Speaker 1: I think they now know we can coast through the

713
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Speaker 1: regular season. There's no threat of them missing the playoffs.

714
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Speaker 1: There is a threat of them getting into a playing game, right,

715
00:42:11,680 --> 00:42:16,279
Speaker 1: but they're not going to miss the playoffs. And I

716
00:42:16,440 --> 00:42:19,080
Speaker 1: think I think it's the mentality of a lot of

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Speaker 1: NBA teams and a lot of NBA players.

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Speaker 2: You're spot on. There's no question. You've nailed it there,

719
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Speaker 2: and we've talked about it forever. Now you're right. It's

720
00:42:26,360 --> 00:42:30,040
Speaker 2: because we don't have to win every game. We can

721
00:42:30,120 --> 00:42:32,239
Speaker 2: take time off. And I understand if it was a

722
00:42:32,280 --> 00:42:35,080
Speaker 2: three hundred and sixty five day a year schedule, it's

723
00:42:35,200 --> 00:42:39,640
Speaker 2: eighty two games over six months, and you're already getting

724
00:42:39,719 --> 00:42:43,960
Speaker 2: load management games. But that is exactly what, and that's

725
00:42:44,160 --> 00:42:47,279
Speaker 2: and you know what, and that's what I've said and

726
00:42:47,400 --> 00:42:49,960
Speaker 2: answer the king of that mentality. Yes, my guess is

727
00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:52,640
Speaker 2: they'll make the playoffs, and they'll probably make it. They

728
00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:54,440
Speaker 2: might even win. They have a puncher's chance, they might

729
00:42:54,440 --> 00:42:58,799
Speaker 2: win the NBA Championship. And then people will come back

730
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Speaker 2: to me and said, what do you think you're rules now?

731
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Speaker 2: And I'll say, my mind hasn't changed at all in

732
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Speaker 2: my opinion on how they respect their fans and approach

733
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Speaker 2: the regular season hasn't changed at all in any way,

734
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Speaker 2: shape or form. It's just it just it shouldn't be done.

735
00:43:14,160 --> 00:43:16,680
Speaker 2: And look, it probably does happen around the league too,

736
00:43:16,680 --> 00:43:19,080
Speaker 2: but I'm tired of hearing that just because it happens elsewhere,

737
00:43:19,080 --> 00:43:21,080
Speaker 2: it doesn't mean you have to. You don't have to.

738
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Speaker 2: You don't have to follow the leader. You do what

739
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Speaker 2: Remember they talked about that meeting they had at the

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Speaker 2: beginning of the year. Do we want to be the

741
00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,640
Speaker 2: Harlem Globetrotters or do we want to actually win a championship?

742
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Speaker 2: Do we want to entertain or do you want to name?

743
00:43:33,600 --> 00:43:35,000
Speaker 2: They need to have a meeting, by the way that

744
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:37,040
Speaker 2: hash out, because they weren't sure how everybody was. If

745
00:43:37,040 --> 00:43:40,080
Speaker 2: everybody's on the same page, I think some of them

746
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Speaker 2: really do just want to entertain during the regular season.

747
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Speaker 2: That's what they just it's entertained. And I don't know,

748
00:43:46,480 --> 00:43:49,400
Speaker 2: blowing games are not playing defenses. And that's why in

749
00:43:49,480 --> 00:43:52,120
Speaker 2: the NFL, regardless, would just say they're they're playing defense.

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Speaker 2: To see last night's game, so good defense. There's no

751
00:43:56,600 --> 00:43:59,399
Speaker 2: glory in playing defense. How about who was the kid

752
00:43:59,480 --> 00:44:02,440
Speaker 2: for new Ing when that broke up like five different passes.

753
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Speaker 3: You recall his name, Oh, Christian Gonzalez.

754
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Speaker 4: How good is he?

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Speaker 2: At one point?

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Speaker 1: You know, because there was there was a stretch there where,

757
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Speaker 1: let's face it, Seattle was going to win, but they

758
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:13,840
Speaker 1: didn't really have any obvious MVP candidates. Yeah, and I

759
00:44:13,920 --> 00:44:15,719
Speaker 1: was thinking to myself, why not give it to a

760
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Speaker 1: guy on the losing team. He was the best player

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Speaker 1: on the field last night.

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Speaker 2: They've done well. I think Walker ended up being the

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Speaker 2: most valuable player. I think Gonzales was a close second.

764
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Speaker 2: But I think when you have one hundred and thirty

765
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Speaker 2: five yards rushing or whatever it was a hundred when

766
00:44:29,480 --> 00:44:32,480
Speaker 2: passing games were really limited, and the way he got

767
00:44:32,560 --> 00:44:35,600
Speaker 2: his yards too, he it looks like he's about to

768
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Speaker 2: be stopped and then all of a sudden he pushes

769
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Speaker 2: forward he's really good. He's jittery. I just like the

770
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Speaker 2: way he played. And yeah, so but they played defense

771
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Speaker 2: last night and that was he say.

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Speaker 1: His name is Gonzales, Christian Gonzalez. My gosh, I believe

773
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Speaker 1: he might have been a purple preyback they I remember

774
00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:52,680
Speaker 1: liking him a lot.

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Speaker 3: Out of college.

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Speaker 2: They find people like that. That kid can flat out play.

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00:44:55,960 --> 00:45:04,279
Speaker 2: So yeah, it was. It was really good. Oh here's

778
00:45:04,320 --> 00:45:07,920
Speaker 2: a text message. The other alibi the local writers have

779
00:45:07,960 --> 00:45:09,480
Speaker 2: been using this week is the Wolves team has a

780
00:45:09,520 --> 00:45:14,040
Speaker 2: lot of moody personalities. I saw that they can get

781
00:45:14,120 --> 00:45:22,760
Speaker 2: moody and affects them. Okay, it's a good excuse.

782
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Speaker 3: USA scored by the talent.

783
00:45:25,920 --> 00:45:31,839
Speaker 2: Wait, hold on, there's a lot of by the way,

784
00:45:31,880 --> 00:45:34,560
Speaker 2: the United States score a tendab We're up. We're up

785
00:45:34,560 --> 00:45:35,200
Speaker 2: one zippo.

786
00:45:37,160 --> 00:45:38,480
Speaker 3: Take a shrik getting tilted.

787
00:45:38,640 --> 00:45:40,520
Speaker 2: Yeah, we'll take a short break. Come ever more after

788
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Speaker 2: this year. On the Fan