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Speaker 2: Kind enough to give us some extra time after extended

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Speaker 2: time yesterday. Welcome back to the program. Let me here's

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Speaker 2: your toss up question. If you take Quinn Hugh was

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Speaker 2: Wild have acquired recently that intrigues you the most.

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Speaker 3: I mean, clearly, Bobby Brink, I mean, twenty four years old,

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Speaker 4: Has played before with guys like Boldie and as.

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Speaker 4: So you know, it's just it was an interesting couple

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Speaker 3: Yep, exactly right, And that's what it is, like I

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Speaker 4: And yet in the last couple of days have worked

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Speaker 2: Five oh seven, Guy Russo, for your migraine recline. But

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Speaker 2: We got to get in and we got to get out.

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Speaker 2: Brett blakemore in for guards. He again today, unfortunately, was

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Speaker 2: And the biggest issue for the Gophers today turnovers, they're

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Speaker 1: I'm not going to do the fall in this bit

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Speaker 2: So yeah, he doesn't get the bit right now.

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Speaker 1: I didn't care now, but he did do something today,

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Speaker 2: Halvey will take over.

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Speaker 1: So we can actually go to Grand Casino and Arena

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Speaker 2: Now, let's head to the X for a high school

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Speaker 2: Well, let me make sure he's there. Hang out. I

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Speaker 8: I was just in the press conference for Bruce Planned

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Speaker 2: It's gonna be a why do you catch your breath? Yeah? Right,

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Speaker 2: we'll take over from here and we'll get back here

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Speaker 2: All right, hold on, if you're not talking?

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Speaker 8: An echo in my ear, if you could take that,

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Speaker 2: Echo as what he's gone, ab Abbott, it's Abbat's fault.

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Speaker 1: I think you'll get most of that, and then Wild

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Speaker 2: read this so Bill Garon exactly. The first thing I

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Speaker 1: Yeah, high school hockey kind of player on the fan

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Speaker 2: Now this is the third game of the homestand a

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Speaker 2: he's only like twenty f I have twenty six years old,

438
00:21:01,000 --> 00:21:02,879
Speaker 2: maybe a little older than that, but in his prime,

439
00:21:03,280 --> 00:21:05,480
Speaker 2: he said enough, he's moving on with the rest of

440
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Speaker 2: his life.

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Speaker 1: Do you think in the introductory press conference to brad Berry,

442
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Speaker 1: they're going to do the same thing that every Packer

443
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Speaker 1: player coming to Minnesota says.

444
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Speaker 2: He's going to be fired up to play them twice

445
00:21:14,720 --> 00:21:17,480
Speaker 2: a year. They can't wait to get after his old

446
00:21:17,520 --> 00:21:19,760
Speaker 2: It's going to be a good revenge angle to cover

447
00:21:19,840 --> 00:21:22,400
Speaker 2: now again, Bradbury, I think we all felt too small.

448
00:21:22,920 --> 00:21:25,199
Speaker 2: We needed to move on from him. He seemed to

449
00:21:25,200 --> 00:21:27,240
Speaker 2: do pretty well I think in New England. So I

450
00:21:27,560 --> 00:21:30,160
Speaker 2: don't know. Maybe it's the way the Bears run their offense,

451
00:21:30,240 --> 00:21:34,119
Speaker 2: maybe it's different. But the fact is two teams in

452
00:21:34,160 --> 00:21:37,399
Speaker 2: division both needed centers, and the Bears have already been proactive.

453
00:21:37,560 --> 00:21:41,080
Speaker 2: Vikings have not replaced their center yet. Maybe they will

454
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Speaker 2: in the draft. Maybe they have their own free agent possibility.

455
00:21:44,080 --> 00:21:48,520
Speaker 2: Although another free agent center got plucked away by somebody else.

456
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Speaker 2: The name will come to me in a minute. That

457
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Speaker 2: but the point is is no longer available. You know

458
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Speaker 2: who is available. Our five thirty guest, Lavelle e Neil

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Speaker 2: the third is coming up the fan. It's the Bumper

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Speaker 2: to Bumper Show Rap Brochey by American Pressure. And you're

461
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Speaker 2: hearing it this early because we are out at six

462
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Speaker 2: o'clock for exclusive Fan Radio Network coverage of the state

463
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Speaker 2: high school hockey Tournament, the Double A Hermantown semi Finals. Halvey,

464
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Speaker 2: of course, will be on the call that'll be at

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Speaker 2: the top of the six o'clock hour of the broadcast.

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Speaker 2: Lavelle is with us now. He joins us via the

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Speaker 2: Connecticut Water System highline dateline Fort Myers, Florida. Is that correct?

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Speaker 7: That's correct, my friend, I mean Fort Myers. And where

469
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Speaker 7: in the where are we? We're obliviated to the top

470
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Speaker 7: of the third inning between the Twins and the Atlanta

471
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Speaker 7: Braves right now.

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Speaker 2: My sources say there have been some animal shenanigans causing

473
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Speaker 2: some disruption. Is that correct?

474
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Speaker 7: Yeah, there's miss quality entertainment and tonight already it just

475
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Speaker 7: happened too while well Brett was was was calling me, uh,

476
00:23:04,040 --> 00:23:07,280
Speaker 7: the animal control people had just marshalled the varment and

477
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Speaker 7: put them in the cage, to the applause of the audience.

478
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Speaker 7: But while play was going on in the bottom of

479
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Speaker 7: the second up towards the back row, the last row

480
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Speaker 7: of the stadium, all of a sudden conn on camera

481
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Speaker 7: is a baby raccoon rampaging through the through the the spectators,

482
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Speaker 7: unsuspected spectators until like one lady felt something against their

483
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Speaker 7: leg and had distilled a stood up and looked down.

484
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Speaker 7: But so then the barnment control people show up and

485
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Speaker 7: they've got like their little ropes and stuff to try

486
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Speaker 7: to corral it, and they thought they had them. They

487
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Speaker 7: thought they had them. They're trying to carry him over

488
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Speaker 7: into the cage, but then the varment got loose and

489
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Speaker 7: then he started going down the stairs, bounding towards the

490
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Speaker 7: front row. So now the barn the moment is in

491
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Speaker 7: the front row, and I'm wondering, this thing's gonna get

492
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Speaker 7: on the field somehow, you know, uh, But then makes

493
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Speaker 7: a run for it. Now it's running in the first

494
00:24:02,440 --> 00:24:07,280
Speaker 7: row right by home plate, cutting through the crowd. And

495
00:24:07,359 --> 00:24:09,399
Speaker 7: it got to one point where people were seeing the

496
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Speaker 7: environment coming to their staying enough to get out of

497
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Speaker 7: its way. And one dude thought they were doing the wave,

498
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Speaker 7: so he actually.

499
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Speaker 6: Stood up and waved his hands like the raccoon running

500
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Speaker 6: across from the twins. They got turned the visitings, dugout,

501
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Speaker 6: and then turned around, went back towards the twins, dugout,

502
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Speaker 6: And that's when the animal.

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Speaker 7: Control finally got the young raccoon got or whatever. That's

504
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Speaker 7: the tools they had the device of basically the pole

505
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Speaker 7: with a noose around it. We were able to laugh

506
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Speaker 7: on him with that and get him into a cage

507
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Speaker 7: and carrying carrying him away much to the delight delighted

508
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Speaker 7: audience to applaud it in appreciation.

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Speaker 2: I don't want to.

510
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Speaker 1: I'm not in the business of giving the pole adds

511
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Speaker 1: any ideas to make more money. But if the Twins

512
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Speaker 1: win this game and beat my Braves, do you think

513
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Speaker 1: it's time for the rally raccoons.

514
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Speaker 2: Potentially to come out brains?

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Speaker 7: How are they prob a paku Fana Braves fan.

516
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Speaker 1: My dad moved to Atlanta and I was in first grade,

517
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Speaker 1: and then that was just kind of our thing we did.

518
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Speaker 7: So my argument is that it's probably because of the

519
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Speaker 7: Poe edge that all spectators must have a.

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Speaker 2: Ticket wow, and the raccoon didn't. Yeah, well, there's a

521
00:25:17,680 --> 00:25:20,840
Speaker 2: million jokes there, but we won't go there. They are

522
00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:26,000
Speaker 2: very elusive varmins. I had back in an Uptown days.

523
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Speaker 2: I had an ongoing horror story with raccoons living under

524
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Speaker 2: my my my deck, my small deck. It was awful.

525
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Speaker 2: I can't I couldn't stand the sight of them.

526
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Speaker 7: I had one living I had. I was staying in

527
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Speaker 7: an apartment in Egan and there's one rummaging around under

528
00:25:46,440 --> 00:25:50,640
Speaker 7: somehow that under the apartment complex I was staying at.

529
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Speaker 7: It was like scratching through a gap in the concrete

530
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Speaker 7: and trying to get into my apartment. And I was

531
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Speaker 7: trying to explain it to the landlady. She didn't believe me.

532
00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:01,600
Speaker 7: I said, look, I do in a road trip, but

533
00:26:01,680 --> 00:26:04,680
Speaker 7: over the twins. Just walk into my living room and

534
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Speaker 7: look in the corner because at this point the raccoon

535
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Speaker 7: ha scratched the opening in between the carpet and the

536
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Speaker 7: and the base of the wall in my living room,

537
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Speaker 7: so it was trying to get in.

538
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Speaker 4: You figure out a way to squeeze its way in. Yeah,

539
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Speaker 4: And soon I get.

540
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Speaker 7: A phone call on a road trip, Eric Leavelle. I apologize.

541
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Speaker 7: When I walked in hooked down and saw that hall,

542
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Speaker 7: I couldnt believe what I saw. So they went in

543
00:26:27,880 --> 00:26:29,680
Speaker 7: and filled that hole and never had the problem again.

544
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Speaker 7: But it took like five phone calls to convince them, Yeah,

545
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Speaker 7: that a cutter was actually trying to come up through

546
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Speaker 7: the floor.

547
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Speaker 2: They're just they're they're They're not. I I've never had

548
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Speaker 2: good experiences with them, that's for sure, all Right, I

549
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Speaker 2: believe I believe it or not. I want I know

550
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Speaker 2: you're in Florida, but I want to start with the Timberwolves.

551
00:26:47,920 --> 00:26:51,080
Speaker 2: They won their fifth in a row last night. They

552
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Speaker 2: have moved up, at least for the moment, into the

553
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Speaker 2: number three spot in the Western Conference standings. They are

554
00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:01,639
Speaker 2: at forty and twenty three six thirty five winning a

555
00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,640
Speaker 2: percentage improve their home record now to twenty two and eleven.

556
00:27:05,800 --> 00:27:10,359
Speaker 2: They're a game ahead of the Rockets. They are also

557
00:27:10,520 --> 00:27:13,880
Speaker 2: a game ahead of Denver. So there's three teams bunched,

558
00:27:14,400 --> 00:27:16,399
Speaker 2: and then there's the Lakers, who are still in the

559
00:27:16,440 --> 00:27:21,720
Speaker 2: mix as well. It's basically four teams vying for three, four,

560
00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:25,600
Speaker 2: five and six. So again, I don't know how much

561
00:27:25,640 --> 00:27:28,160
Speaker 2: you've been able to watch because you've been in Florida,

562
00:27:28,800 --> 00:27:33,159
Speaker 2: But are you getting the sense because we now have

563
00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:39,240
Speaker 2: signs Leavelle that a team that had big time bench

564
00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:46,000
Speaker 2: issues now feels pretty comfortable about going a minimum of

565
00:27:46,080 --> 00:27:49,439
Speaker 2: eight players deep. And maybe if you throw SloMo in

566
00:27:49,440 --> 00:27:51,800
Speaker 2: the mix, and he was in the mix yesterday even

567
00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:57,919
Speaker 2: nine deep, and suddenly the bench, especially with the addition

568
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Speaker 2: of your fighting a Lini guy, looks like it can

569
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Speaker 2: be an ashet beyond simply whether Nasried is going good.

570
00:28:06,000 --> 00:28:08,360
Speaker 2: And on nights when he wasn't, it was pretty much

571
00:28:08,400 --> 00:28:10,680
Speaker 2: there was no there were no other answers.

572
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Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean that's the one thing that I uh

573
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Speaker 7: and so move helps. It's not like he's you know,

574
00:28:16,400 --> 00:28:19,200
Speaker 7: gonna you know, fill up the scoreboard, but he's going

575
00:28:19,240 --> 00:28:22,040
Speaker 7: to get eight to twelve points. And that's Bidal coming

576
00:28:22,080 --> 00:28:22,560
Speaker 7: off the bend.

577
00:28:22,720 --> 00:28:24,840
Speaker 2: He's going to guard, and.

578
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Speaker 7: He's going to guard and he's going to get out

579
00:28:26,320 --> 00:28:28,199
Speaker 7: to help the transition. You know, he's got a lot

580
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:30,680
Speaker 7: of pluses. It's going to fit in. You know, SloMo

581
00:28:30,800 --> 00:28:34,439
Speaker 7: knows the offense, and SloMo is a pre heavy player.

582
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Speaker 7: He was shooting pretty different the field with his recent

583
00:28:36,600 --> 00:28:41,120
Speaker 7: team before he got about out. So yeah, well, I

584
00:28:41,240 --> 00:28:44,120
Speaker 7: just think we were talking about this before the All

585
00:28:44,120 --> 00:28:46,280
Speaker 7: Star break, about how they had to get their heads

586
00:28:46,280 --> 00:28:48,440
Speaker 7: out of their kiss and start playing. I think that's

587
00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:50,800
Speaker 7: part of it right now, is that they know that

588
00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:52,320
Speaker 7: they see the light then in the tunnel with the

589
00:28:52,320 --> 00:28:55,680
Speaker 7: regular season, and now they're surgeon you know, round point.

590
00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:58,680
Speaker 7: They're listening to the coaching staff, they're executing game plans better,

591
00:28:59,040 --> 00:29:01,880
Speaker 7: and he've got some depth to so there's not a

592
00:29:01,960 --> 00:29:04,440
Speaker 7: drop off when someone needs to take a break and

593
00:29:04,520 --> 00:29:06,520
Speaker 7: come out of the game or gets or gets some

594
00:29:06,560 --> 00:29:10,680
Speaker 7: foul trouble. We're seeing that happen. It's funny. Yeah, because

595
00:29:10,680 --> 00:29:12,320
Speaker 7: I woke up this morning and saw that they were

596
00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:14,520
Speaker 7: forty and twenty three. I said, see, here we go.

597
00:29:14,800 --> 00:29:16,880
Speaker 7: In December, they sit there and complain about how they

598
00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:19,080
Speaker 7: don't pay attention to what the coaches are telling them,

599
00:29:19,280 --> 00:29:23,680
Speaker 7: and now it's March and now they're stepping up. So yeah,

600
00:29:23,760 --> 00:29:25,560
Speaker 7: so it's gonna be a gonna be a fun little

601
00:29:25,640 --> 00:29:27,480
Speaker 7: race here. The Wolves can hold off the Rockets and

602
00:29:27,560 --> 00:29:31,600
Speaker 7: Nuggets for the three seeds, that'd be awesome. So let's

603
00:29:31,600 --> 00:29:35,360
Speaker 7: see how this plays out. Of course, you also have

604
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:38,600
Speaker 7: the Rockets and the Rockets and Nuggets to contend with,

605
00:29:38,760 --> 00:29:42,800
Speaker 7: and Jokic and NC Durant, you know, and and so

606
00:29:42,800 --> 00:29:45,880
Speaker 7: you got some three headliners there going head to head.

607
00:29:45,920 --> 00:29:47,479
Speaker 7: I don't know what the head to heck schedules are

608
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:51,040
Speaker 7: going down the stretch. But now things have gotten interesting,

609
00:29:52,200 --> 00:29:52,680
Speaker 7: there's no.

610
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Speaker 2: Question about that. One other NBA note we need to cover.

611
00:29:56,400 --> 00:30:00,560
Speaker 2: It appears that tonight's the night Jason Tatum is turning

612
00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:04,440
Speaker 2: to action with the Boston Celtics. I believe, only ten

613
00:30:04,560 --> 00:30:08,920
Speaker 2: months after his basically his whole leg collapsed on him.

614
00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:12,880
Speaker 2: And from the beginning, everybody said, this guy is a

615
00:30:12,920 --> 00:30:15,720
Speaker 2: freak when it comes He's Kobe Like when it comes

616
00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:22,000
Speaker 2: to his regimen, his mentality, his workouts, et cetera. So

617
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Speaker 2: I don't know that anybody's surprised, but what does stun me?

618
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Speaker 2: And we probably haven't talked about it enough. Here is

619
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Speaker 2: the Boston Celtics without him this entire season and having

620
00:30:34,720 --> 00:30:42,040
Speaker 2: traded away three complimentary players on the championship roster, have

621
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Speaker 2: the second best record in the Eastern Conference. It's astonishing.

622
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Speaker 2: You want to talk about seriousness of purpose and not

623
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Speaker 2: playing with your food like we sometimes blame the Wolls

624
00:30:56,120 --> 00:30:59,280
Speaker 2: four at times. This is serious team and probably the

625
00:30:59,280 --> 00:31:00,880
Speaker 2: best coach tom in the league right now.

626
00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:06,479
Speaker 7: Well I was kidding, say, Joe Mizzoula probably is the

627
00:31:06,520 --> 00:31:08,600
Speaker 7: main candidate for NBA Coach of the Year with the

628
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Speaker 7: Jobeys know went out. Jason Tatum one of the top

629
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Speaker 7: ten players in the league. Is he ten? Definitely? Right?

630
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Speaker 2: We definitely ten, but at his best more and more

631
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Speaker 2: like top five.

632
00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:23,720
Speaker 7: Exactly. A fabulous player like Jayson Tatum now and Jalen

633
00:31:23,760 --> 00:31:26,080
Speaker 7: Brown stepping up you know in his absence and other

634
00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:28,760
Speaker 7: people are killing the breach when he's gone. And I

635
00:31:28,760 --> 00:31:31,360
Speaker 7: mean it's it's not fluke. They're forty one and twenty one.

636
00:31:31,400 --> 00:31:34,800
Speaker 7: That's a six sixty winning percentage, right, win like two

637
00:31:34,840 --> 00:31:36,160
Speaker 7: thirds of the games almost.

638
00:31:36,000 --> 00:31:38,320
Speaker 2: That's correct, sixty one remarkable.

639
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Speaker 7: The only thing is the Pistons guy has got the

640
00:31:42,640 --> 00:31:46,120
Speaker 7: Detroit forty five and sixteen, four and a half games

641
00:31:46,160 --> 00:31:48,640
Speaker 7: ahead of Boston. He's going to get both coach career.

642
00:31:49,120 --> 00:31:49,600
Speaker 2: That's correct.

643
00:31:49,640 --> 00:31:54,360
Speaker 7: But when we have talent Boston who's got championship pedigree,

644
00:31:54,440 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 7: you know, they got guys who got it done before

645
00:31:56,880 --> 00:31:59,080
Speaker 7: they've been they've been able to circle to rat wagons

646
00:31:59,120 --> 00:32:02,440
Speaker 7: and with Stan, uh'll stand a loss of their superstar.

647
00:32:02,720 --> 00:32:05,120
Speaker 7: And now the league has helpon paid for it because

648
00:32:05,360 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 7: Jason Tatum's back and right in time for this treatchcribe,

649
00:32:08,960 --> 00:32:13,480
Speaker 7: so he'll be informed by the playoffs. So the Celtics

650
00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 7: are a dangerous team, not just in the East, but

651
00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:19,680
Speaker 7: if they bet get back, get back to the finals. Uh,

652
00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:21,719
Speaker 7: they're gonna be help a lot of hell of a

653
00:32:21,720 --> 00:32:22,320
Speaker 7: lot to deal with.

654
00:32:23,080 --> 00:32:26,880
Speaker 2: Uh. Speaking of the National Football League, Now Lavelle from

655
00:32:26,880 --> 00:32:30,720
Speaker 2: Florida will get the spring training eventually. Did you see

656
00:32:31,400 --> 00:32:34,959
Speaker 2: You know, as we learned just within the last few days,

657
00:32:35,920 --> 00:32:40,840
Speaker 2: both the Bears and Vikings once again needed to find

658
00:32:41,600 --> 00:32:44,960
Speaker 2: starting centers. Right, the Bears lost their new guy who

659
00:32:45,000 --> 00:32:48,280
Speaker 2: was brilliant for them last year. Dolman correct, he announced

660
00:32:48,280 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 2: he's done today. No a surprise in this case. Ryan

661
00:32:53,640 --> 00:32:57,840
Speaker 2: Kelly announced his retirement. He, of course, was the the

662
00:32:57,920 --> 00:33:02,840
Speaker 2: signing that the Vikings acquired from the Indianapolis Colts at center.

663
00:33:03,400 --> 00:33:06,120
Speaker 2: And did you see who your club? The Bears has

664
00:33:06,200 --> 00:33:11,840
Speaker 2: already gone out to get to fill their starting center role.

665
00:33:13,240 --> 00:33:15,440
Speaker 7: I did not, And that's funny because I checked the

666
00:33:15,520 --> 00:33:17,960
Speaker 7: NFL news at about two o'clock this afternoon, So it

667
00:33:18,120 --> 00:33:20,760
Speaker 7: just happened. And I've been in baseball mode here because

668
00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:23,880
Speaker 7: I just interview Royce Blest and talked to some other people.

669
00:33:23,920 --> 00:33:24,840
Speaker 7: So hit me with it.

670
00:33:25,320 --> 00:33:30,080
Speaker 2: Garrett Bradbury is your new Bears center. They went out

671
00:33:30,120 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 2: and got the guy the Vikings rejected. He was with

672
00:33:33,600 --> 00:33:36,520
Speaker 2: New England and the Bears gave New England a fifth

673
00:33:36,560 --> 00:33:39,960
Speaker 2: round draft choice. Garrett Bradbury is back in the division.

674
00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:45,880
Speaker 7: Wait a minute, this is an April first. We're in March, right, happened?

675
00:33:45,920 --> 00:33:47,560
Speaker 2: This has happened. This is confirmed.

676
00:33:48,560 --> 00:33:50,560
Speaker 7: I mean, but I thought I thought they were going

677
00:33:50,640 --> 00:33:53,240
Speaker 7: after Tyler Lindebaum then take a big swing at a center.

678
00:33:53,360 --> 00:33:55,560
Speaker 7: But Linda bum apparently going to get twenty million a year.

679
00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,800
Speaker 7: Maybe they didn't want to spend that. That tells me

680
00:33:57,920 --> 00:33:59,920
Speaker 7: that the Bears are sattened up with big movie else

681
00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:03,200
Speaker 7: or that maybe they're deep into the Max Crosby sweepstakes

682
00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:08,520
Speaker 7: or going to bring in another impact player. Uh. Bradbury's

683
00:34:08,560 --> 00:34:12,520
Speaker 7: by all indications, had a good year for the Patriots,

684
00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,160
Speaker 7: and after being jendison by the Vikings and we and

685
00:34:16,239 --> 00:34:18,439
Speaker 7: you know Vikings fans grumbling about this guy for years,

686
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,280
Speaker 7: but he kind of writed his career with the Patriots

687
00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:24,200
Speaker 7: and now he's back in the division. I'm okay with this.

688
00:34:24,320 --> 00:34:28,279
Speaker 7: I'm not thrilled. I'm not upset because I I have

689
00:34:28,480 --> 00:34:32,040
Speaker 7: monitored the good Bradbury from this year, but I haven't

690
00:34:32,080 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 7: forgotten the Bradbury the Bikers fans are lamented about in

691
00:34:36,080 --> 00:34:39,640
Speaker 7: previous years. So yeah, I just don't know Ryan Poe's

692
00:34:40,239 --> 00:34:41,000
Speaker 7: offensive lineman.

693
00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,200
Speaker 2: Let me stop you here. Is it possible because we've

694
00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:46,640
Speaker 2: made it. I think a change in our offensive line coaching.

695
00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:49,439
Speaker 2: Maybe we didn't do a very good job of either

696
00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:52,600
Speaker 2: coaching or evaluating. You know, you can't rule that out

697
00:34:52,640 --> 00:34:56,680
Speaker 2: because Bradbury did have a representative year uh with New England.

698
00:34:56,719 --> 00:35:00,560
Speaker 2: He was not somebody who was embarrassing like was here.

699
00:35:00,560 --> 00:35:02,720
Speaker 2: And maybe we're finding out a little bit that there

700
00:35:03,040 --> 00:35:05,919
Speaker 2: there were some issues that that that the Bears needed

701
00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 2: to address. By the way, I should say that the

702
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:12,880
Speaker 2: Vikings need to address. Your club has opened up between

703
00:35:13,200 --> 00:35:15,560
Speaker 2: these moves, the DJ Moore move, and I think they

704
00:35:15,640 --> 00:35:20,840
Speaker 2: let a linebacker go forty five million dollars in cap space.

705
00:35:21,520 --> 00:35:24,799
Speaker 2: That's the kind of money that can allow you to

706
00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:28,520
Speaker 2: make a big splash in the NFC North.

707
00:35:29,680 --> 00:35:31,520
Speaker 7: That's what I'm thinking. That's what I'm thinking, Dan, I'm

708
00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,680
Speaker 7: thinking nex Crossey trade or Trey Hendrickson, who I believe

709
00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:37,319
Speaker 7: it's a free agent. Stay tuned to see what the

710
00:35:37,360 --> 00:35:42,040
Speaker 7: how this how this transpires because they believe it's Tremaine

711
00:35:42,200 --> 00:35:45,480
Speaker 7: Edmunds they released and that was just a million of

712
00:35:45,239 --> 00:35:49,480
Speaker 7: the cap stags that they they're experiencing. So they're a

713
00:35:49,520 --> 00:35:51,759
Speaker 7: line of to do something big here. Man. I know

714
00:35:52,360 --> 00:35:54,600
Speaker 7: it sounds like they're going to draft the defensive lineman

715
00:35:54,640 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 7: for sure, so probably a defensive tackle to replace Andrew

716
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:02,240
Speaker 7: the ones who basically looks like me in the uniform

717
00:36:03,000 --> 00:36:07,360
Speaker 7: so they're probably gonna draft defensive tackle, monitor the defensive

718
00:36:07,440 --> 00:36:09,760
Speaker 7: end market because apparently the draft has a good depth

719
00:36:09,760 --> 00:36:13,000
Speaker 7: and defensive ends does tell. But I still think on

720
00:36:13,040 --> 00:36:16,200
Speaker 7: the other end of that, they may go after one

721
00:36:16,280 --> 00:36:18,120
Speaker 7: of the big shooters that are going to be available,

722
00:36:18,280 --> 00:36:19,839
Speaker 7: and it's not gonna be cheap. You see your boy

723
00:36:19,880 --> 00:36:21,439
Speaker 7: Daniel Hunterson an extension today.

724
00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:25,600
Speaker 2: He's been great, forty million, he's been great in Houston,

725
00:36:25,800 --> 00:36:28,880
Speaker 2: he's been great. He's worth There's.

726
00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:31,439
Speaker 7: Some there's some juicy stuff going on in NFC North

727
00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:34,960
Speaker 7: because in the last calendar year now only you know

728
00:36:35,239 --> 00:36:39,200
Speaker 7: you've got Ryan Kelly retiring and Domin retiring. You'll say

729
00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,200
Speaker 7: that right now, retire about a year ago this time,

730
00:36:42,960 --> 00:36:46,799
Speaker 7: three starting centers gone from an NFC board.

731
00:36:47,080 --> 00:36:49,520
Speaker 2: Well, the other thing we've been talking about on the

732
00:36:49,560 --> 00:36:51,440
Speaker 2: show the last couple of days, which we should at

733
00:36:51,520 --> 00:36:54,719
Speaker 2: least address briefly here, and I didn't get to it

734
00:36:54,880 --> 00:36:59,160
Speaker 2: with with guestling today, is the nugget that the Bear

735
00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:05,640
Speaker 2: the Vikings are grudgingly shopping Jonathan Garnard, and the feeling

736
00:37:05,760 --> 00:37:09,799
Speaker 2: is they really don't want to, but he wants a

737
00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:14,760
Speaker 2: salary adjustment because his number is extremely low for top

738
00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,720
Speaker 2: ten pass rushers and we either don't have the money

739
00:37:19,760 --> 00:37:22,120
Speaker 2: to do it or aren't interested in doing it. And

740
00:37:22,160 --> 00:37:24,200
Speaker 2: I'll tell you, I think it's a bad sign for

741
00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:27,719
Speaker 2: the Vikings's. I understand his numbers were not as good

742
00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:31,240
Speaker 2: this year as last, but his pressure rate was actually

743
00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:35,240
Speaker 2: better last year than the year before. He's in his prime.

744
00:37:35,920 --> 00:37:38,400
Speaker 2: He was not being he was not in any shape

745
00:37:38,840 --> 00:37:42,480
Speaker 2: or a form overpaid. I'm not sure. I know we

746
00:37:42,920 --> 00:37:46,080
Speaker 2: think we got reinforcements behind him. I just don't think

747
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:48,400
Speaker 2: that's a very good sign for the Purple when you're

748
00:37:48,440 --> 00:37:51,560
Speaker 2: talking about a guy prime age that you are saying, well,

749
00:37:51,600 --> 00:37:53,400
Speaker 2: we're gonna have to see what we can get for

750
00:37:53,480 --> 00:37:55,160
Speaker 2: him because we just don't think this is going to

751
00:37:55,239 --> 00:37:55,640
Speaker 2: work out.

752
00:37:57,120 --> 00:37:58,880
Speaker 7: Yeah, Grenard's a presence in his defense.

753
00:37:58,920 --> 00:37:59,120
Speaker 6: Man.

754
00:37:59,440 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 7: I think this the sticky wicket for the Vikings to

755
00:38:02,760 --> 00:38:06,839
Speaker 7: have to consider this this type of move. He's very

756
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:09,279
Speaker 7: talented and he has a presence on that defense. And

757
00:38:10,160 --> 00:38:11,600
Speaker 7: if the end up moving him, that's gonna be one

758
00:38:11,600 --> 00:38:13,520
Speaker 7: of the eye about broad raisers across the league.

759
00:38:13,560 --> 00:38:14,960
Speaker 2: I believe so.

760
00:38:15,160 --> 00:38:18,759
Speaker 7: But this goes back to having to spend through agency,

761
00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:20,920
Speaker 7: so the last couple of years and swinging in the

762
00:38:20,960 --> 00:38:23,279
Speaker 7: midst and a couple of guys they brought in last year,

763
00:38:23,520 --> 00:38:27,360
Speaker 7: you know, Hardgrave and the other defensive tackle because quoits

764
00:38:27,400 --> 00:38:30,400
Speaker 7: it didn't draft well enough. So it's just weird because

765
00:38:30,400 --> 00:38:33,400
Speaker 7: it seems like it was just two years ago untangled

766
00:38:33,480 --> 00:38:36,120
Speaker 7: himself for the financial mess that they were trying to

767
00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:39,040
Speaker 7: untangle themselves from the previous regimes.

768
00:38:39,480 --> 00:38:40,239
Speaker 4: Right now they're back.

769
00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:41,799
Speaker 7: He how does happen?

770
00:38:42,120 --> 00:38:44,840
Speaker 2: Don't Yeah, it doesn't make sense to me. The Jackals

771
00:38:44,840 --> 00:38:46,799
Speaker 2: have not explained it to me in a way that

772
00:38:46,840 --> 00:38:48,879
Speaker 2: I think is understandable. At this point. I'm with you

773
00:38:50,200 --> 00:38:54,120
Speaker 2: on that. We got a little bit of time to

774
00:38:54,200 --> 00:38:57,000
Speaker 2: talk twins. If there's anything worth talking about that, I mean,

775
00:38:57,000 --> 00:39:01,120
Speaker 2: has anything caught your eye? Is there any juicy controversy?

776
00:39:01,160 --> 00:39:03,960
Speaker 2: Are people as bored with the twins there as we

777
00:39:04,040 --> 00:39:06,439
Speaker 2: are here or what have you seen so far?

778
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:09,960
Speaker 7: Well? Tennans is down. I was told, Uh, this spring

779
00:39:10,040 --> 00:39:12,680
Speaker 7: training they've been I think they've droven five thousand people

780
00:39:12,719 --> 00:39:14,719
Speaker 7: once and back when they were rolling good, they were

781
00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:16,840
Speaker 7: getting seven thousand people in the in the stadium. It

782
00:39:16,960 --> 00:39:21,160
Speaker 7: maybe a little bit more. Bailey ober just finished a

783
00:39:21,200 --> 00:39:24,120
Speaker 7: three in extint. When I've done here, I gotta go

784
00:39:24,200 --> 00:39:27,000
Speaker 7: around and catch the rest of his pressure with the

785
00:39:27,080 --> 00:39:31,000
Speaker 7: media because this was his first spring training action of camp.

786
00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:34,840
Speaker 7: And I thought this was a significant island because you

787
00:39:34,880 --> 00:39:38,040
Speaker 7: already lost Pablo Lopez, David fest has gone, Joe Ryant's

788
00:39:38,080 --> 00:39:41,080
Speaker 7: coming back from which who tweaked back muscle and they

789
00:39:41,120 --> 00:39:44,399
Speaker 7: got over who's been trying to untangle his mechanics? Uh.

790
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:46,560
Speaker 7: He he had not pitched in the game. He's had

791
00:39:46,560 --> 00:39:49,600
Speaker 7: similated games. He had not pitched in a game, uh

792
00:39:49,760 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 7: this year, so this was kind of noteworthy. So it

793
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:54,440
Speaker 7: looks like he was very effective. He had I think

794
00:39:54,480 --> 00:39:57,879
Speaker 7: he threw twenty three pitches on his first twinnings. Yes,

795
00:39:57,920 --> 00:40:00,719
Speaker 7: I was tracking pitches even when raccoon get what's going on,

796
00:40:01,280 --> 00:40:05,000
Speaker 7: and uh, he looked pretty efficient out there. So I

797
00:40:05,200 --> 00:40:08,320
Speaker 7: imagine he's got got gotta be pleased. And the Twins

798
00:40:08,320 --> 00:40:11,840
Speaker 7: have to be model moderately satisfied too, because you know,

799
00:40:12,040 --> 00:40:15,160
Speaker 7: if they if they're showing signs of not being ready

800
00:40:15,280 --> 00:40:18,600
Speaker 7: for opening days and now you you know, you really

801
00:40:18,680 --> 00:40:21,640
Speaker 7: are losing any depth that you were so proud of

802
00:40:22,080 --> 00:40:25,560
Speaker 7: going into the regular season. So uh, and also for Sunday,

803
00:40:25,760 --> 00:40:28,680
Speaker 7: I'm tweaking the twins a little bit about the miss message,

804
00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,680
Speaker 7: the missed messaging they're sending out. When you have the

805
00:40:31,680 --> 00:40:34,560
Speaker 7: control owner Tom Polli talking about yes we can yes,

806
00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,680
Speaker 7: what we can't contend when you have your ticket sales

807
00:40:37,719 --> 00:40:40,560
Speaker 7: people begging people to try to come watch a game. Uh,

808
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:43,760
Speaker 7: you know they're offering like two for one two dollars beers.

809
00:40:43,960 --> 00:40:45,680
Speaker 7: And I guess if you go to like a premium

810
00:40:45,719 --> 00:40:48,880
Speaker 7: game and then that another tier game, then you qualify

811
00:40:48,960 --> 00:40:51,360
Speaker 7: for free tickets to a third game. You know, the

812
00:40:51,400 --> 00:40:54,680
Speaker 7: free ice cream for kids on weekends. They're they're doing,

813
00:40:54,760 --> 00:40:57,360
Speaker 7: They're they're behaving like a team that's worried that no

814
00:40:57,360 --> 00:40:59,560
Speaker 7: one's gonna show up with the ballpark. Meanwhile, you got

815
00:40:59,560 --> 00:41:01,600
Speaker 7: the owners talking about, oh yeah, we could get ten

816
00:41:01,880 --> 00:41:03,719
Speaker 7: seventy three and a half wins that are over under

817
00:41:03,840 --> 00:41:07,080
Speaker 7: thet preposterous. I just see the there's mixed signals going

818
00:41:07,120 --> 00:41:07,560
Speaker 7: on there.

819
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,960
Speaker 2: Larry Mondela guy with this Lavelle used the word varmint

820
00:41:12,000 --> 00:41:15,319
Speaker 2: about a dozen times. Does he turn into Jed Clampett

821
00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:17,640
Speaker 2: when he goes south of the Mason Dixon line. Is

822
00:41:17,680 --> 00:41:20,400
Speaker 2: he going to finish the segment by talking about the

823
00:41:20,640 --> 00:41:22,960
Speaker 2: cement pond at his hotel?

824
00:41:25,400 --> 00:41:27,560
Speaker 7: Pond's actually at a buddy's house in Cape carl It

825
00:41:27,680 --> 00:41:32,600
Speaker 7: also includes a hotta so I have Well I may

826
00:41:32,719 --> 00:41:34,839
Speaker 7: be retreating to after the game tonight. We'll see.

827
00:41:35,000 --> 00:41:38,560
Speaker 2: Yeah, well it's it's it's very very possible. Last item

828
00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:39,960
Speaker 2: for today. We only got about a minute and a

829
00:41:40,000 --> 00:41:42,879
Speaker 2: half left because we're out at six for a state

830
00:41:42,960 --> 00:41:47,560
Speaker 2: high school hockey tournament. Coverage right here exclusively on the fan.

831
00:41:48,680 --> 00:41:52,759
Speaker 2: Wild Hockey tonight, by the way, in in Vegas, which

832
00:41:52,760 --> 00:41:55,960
Speaker 2: you can hear on the fan too. Kyler Murray do

833
00:41:56,080 --> 00:41:59,800
Speaker 2: it for you. I'm not aroused by that prospect at all.

834
00:41:59,840 --> 00:42:01,839
Speaker 2: I seemed to be in the minority among the media

835
00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,840
Speaker 2: jackals in town. Where are you on, Kyler?

836
00:42:05,040 --> 00:42:06,919
Speaker 7: I was irked at the beginning when I heard about

837
00:42:06,920 --> 00:42:09,399
Speaker 7: the possibility of Kyler Murray, But I keep thinking about it.

838
00:42:09,719 --> 00:42:12,239
Speaker 7: Kyler Murray is accomplished more than when Sam Jarnal came

839
00:42:12,280 --> 00:42:13,960
Speaker 7: to the Vikings a couple of years ago, you know,

840
00:42:15,480 --> 00:42:18,320
Speaker 7: And there's stuff to work with there. And if his

841
00:42:18,440 --> 00:42:21,560
Speaker 7: work ethic is a deed improved regardless or if that

842
00:42:21,640 --> 00:42:25,640
Speaker 7: was overblown, And maybe he's in a position now where

843
00:42:25,640 --> 00:42:28,520
Speaker 7: he's gonna like listen to the quarterback whisper and learn

844
00:42:29,239 --> 00:42:32,320
Speaker 7: and and you know this, there's risk of halve with

845
00:42:32,360 --> 00:42:34,680
Speaker 7: the viks in this one too. Kal C's got his

846
00:42:34,760 --> 00:42:36,880
Speaker 7: name next to this one. If he's bringing Kyler Murray in.

847
00:42:37,200 --> 00:42:41,240
Speaker 7: If it doesn't work out, uh, cal See's titles quarterback

848
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:43,640
Speaker 7: whisper is going to be seriously putting doubt here. So

849
00:42:44,960 --> 00:42:46,680
Speaker 7: if they believe that they can work with this guy

850
00:42:46,680 --> 00:42:49,320
Speaker 7: and win with this guy, uh, then let's see it happen.

851
00:42:49,440 --> 00:42:52,600
Speaker 7: But I'm slightly skeptical, but not as skeptical as I

852
00:42:52,760 --> 00:42:55,880
Speaker 7: was when I first heard the name Kyler Murley Murray

853
00:42:55,880 --> 00:42:58,880
Speaker 7: connected with the Vikings, So it could be uh. I

854
00:42:58,960 --> 00:43:01,239
Speaker 7: mean Julie Smith was released today. You don't want to

855
00:43:01,280 --> 00:43:03,200
Speaker 7: feel a swift anywhere in Purple, do you? No? No,

856
00:43:03,280 --> 00:43:06,759
Speaker 7: I don't. So once you think about there's a lot

857
00:43:06,800 --> 00:43:11,719
Speaker 7: of talent there. There's arm, there's legs, there's you know,

858
00:43:11,800 --> 00:43:14,680
Speaker 7: accuracy has got to work on and and you know

859
00:43:14,760 --> 00:43:17,880
Speaker 7: he's got the type of arm that probably has KOC

860
00:43:17,960 --> 00:43:22,319
Speaker 7: salivating over his precious twenty yard chunk plays, that likes

861
00:43:22,320 --> 00:43:24,799
Speaker 7: to get downfield. So let's see if he can work

862
00:43:24,800 --> 00:43:26,680
Speaker 7: with the guy. If he if he feels that convicted,

863
00:43:26,880 --> 00:43:29,479
Speaker 7: you got to be convicted about these things and tune

864
00:43:29,480 --> 00:43:31,719
Speaker 7: out the outside noise if you really think it's gonna work.

865
00:43:33,080 --> 00:43:34,920
Speaker 7: But there's one thing to be certain about a guy,

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Speaker 7: and there's nothing to be certain to be wrong, and

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Speaker 7: I don't think the Vikings are in position to be wrong.

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Speaker 2: I've been underwhelmed by his alleged work ethic as well.

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Speaker 2: But we'll see enjoy the rest of your spring training

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Speaker 2: sojourn and we will wat chat next week. Thank you,

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Speaker 2: thanks for having me, Lavelle E Neil the third date

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Speaker 2: line Fort Myers, Florida. Fort Myers, Florida, covered a lot

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Speaker 2: of ground with him. We're out at six top of

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Speaker 2: the hour today because we got, as I mentioned earlier,

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Speaker 2: high school hockey the Class Double A semifinals on the

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Speaker 2: fan early. Halvey will be of course headlining the festivities.

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Speaker 2: I'm assuming eventually, maybe depending on timing, it switches over

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Speaker 2: to the plus when we have Wild Hockey tonight. That'll

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Speaker 2: be at eight forty five this evening the Wild in Vegas.

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Speaker 2: Some new players. We're going to see him unveiled almost immediately.

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Speaker 2: What's on the on tap for Beyond the Pond tomorrow?

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Speaker 1: Big guest lineup Marcus Felino the Moose Night Beyond the

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Speaker 1: Pond tomorrow.

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Speaker 2: How many are there any other so we got, we

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Speaker 2: got his brother? How many other is that? Are there

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Speaker 2: any other pollinos we can acquire to? Okay, fair enough,

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Speaker 2: so that's tomorrow on Beyond the Pond Sermons Sunday at

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Speaker 2: at nine am as well. We hope you enjoyed the

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Speaker 2: program today. We appreciate your help. Thanks for watching and listening,

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Speaker 2: and we will talk to you Sunday morning.