1 00:00:01,040 --> 00:00:05,080 Speaker 1: And now some goofy Waco out of touch homers just 2 00:00:05,280 --> 00:00:09,640 Speaker 1: Beetle Radio just for the point by forty one yards 3 00:00:09,680 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 1: from Elliot Day and you feel it now, this. 4 00:00:12,880 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 2: Is softy and did all right, I got the bad 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:17,400 Speaker 2: news for you, boys and girls. 6 00:00:18,360 --> 00:00:21,800 Speaker 3: Naked Fridays, no clothes Thursdays are done on the radio station. 7 00:00:21,920 --> 00:00:25,439 Speaker 3: I'll never happen again. You know why, all over the 8 00:00:25,480 --> 00:00:28,520 Speaker 3: place because we're on YouTube now we can't. We gotta 9 00:00:28,520 --> 00:00:31,120 Speaker 3: be fully clothed now on YouTube. Yeah, Anders, I knew that. 10 00:00:31,160 --> 00:00:32,279 Speaker 3: By the way, I knew I was all the way 11 00:00:32,320 --> 00:00:34,199 Speaker 3: turned up. See here's the problem. Okay, this is what 12 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:35,400 Speaker 3: pisses me off about. 13 00:00:35,159 --> 00:00:35,800 Speaker 2: This place we go. 14 00:00:36,240 --> 00:00:38,280 Speaker 3: I haven't been in the studio for about a week 15 00:00:38,760 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 3: because we've been on remote. You've been on vacation. I've 16 00:00:41,280 --> 00:00:44,040 Speaker 3: been on remote, okay, which is fine. I love doing remotes. 17 00:00:44,080 --> 00:00:45,800 Speaker 3: I love being at Jimmy's. I love being at the 18 00:00:45,800 --> 00:00:47,960 Speaker 3: Emerald Queen. I love being at the five to twenty 19 00:00:48,000 --> 00:00:49,760 Speaker 3: Bar and Grill. I love being at the beer Hall. 20 00:00:49,920 --> 00:00:52,200 Speaker 3: But every time I leave this place, they always putts 21 00:00:52,200 --> 00:00:55,040 Speaker 3: around with stuff. And when I get back, everything's different. 22 00:00:55,360 --> 00:00:58,480 Speaker 3: Like my headphone level right now, I can't hear squat, 23 00:00:58,880 --> 00:00:59,720 Speaker 3: it's checked all the. 24 00:00:59,640 --> 00:01:01,200 Speaker 2: Way up, but I can't. You're a damn thing. 25 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,720 Speaker 3: Really, Yes, it's so either a I'm going death, which 26 00:01:04,760 --> 00:01:06,319 Speaker 3: is entirely possible. 27 00:01:06,560 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 4: All right. 28 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,560 Speaker 3: My wife, you know, is always telling me I need 29 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:10,639 Speaker 3: to get my hearing checked. 30 00:01:10,680 --> 00:01:11,720 Speaker 2: You can't hear anything. 31 00:01:11,800 --> 00:01:14,440 Speaker 3: But she's always telling me this, dick while we're walking 32 00:01:14,520 --> 00:01:17,520 Speaker 3: down the street and there's a fifty mile an hour 33 00:01:17,640 --> 00:01:20,360 Speaker 3: wind right in my face with a jumbo jet flying overhead. 34 00:01:20,400 --> 00:01:23,319 Speaker 1: Yeah, and you're saying this, she's like fifty yards or in. 35 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:24,280 Speaker 2: Front of make you to hear? 36 00:01:24,360 --> 00:01:25,399 Speaker 4: What? So? 37 00:01:25,560 --> 00:01:28,600 Speaker 3: I know, thirty two plus years whatever in this business, 38 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:31,839 Speaker 3: I realize my hearing is not phenomenal. But they started 39 00:01:31,880 --> 00:01:35,040 Speaker 3: messing with the headphone volume in here. We're on YouTube. 40 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:37,039 Speaker 3: There's all kinds of changes made in the studio. 41 00:01:37,480 --> 00:01:38,080 Speaker 2: I don't like it. 42 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:40,520 Speaker 3: I'm a creature a happit. Man, I need to be 43 00:01:40,600 --> 00:01:43,520 Speaker 3: involved in these things. This is my domain. You walk 44 00:01:43,560 --> 00:01:45,679 Speaker 3: in here, you mess with my domain, you better include 45 00:01:45,680 --> 00:01:46,440 Speaker 3: me in the process. 46 00:01:46,480 --> 00:01:47,400 Speaker 2: It's our domain. 47 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:47,680 Speaker 4: Right. 48 00:01:47,720 --> 00:01:50,200 Speaker 1: There's because more people sit in those chairs, right, that's right. 49 00:01:50,240 --> 00:01:52,680 Speaker 1: I mean you have to share these things. 50 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:54,680 Speaker 3: Well, I'm the last one here, so I got final sack. 51 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:56,760 Speaker 3: All right, there's nobody here after me at seven o'clock, 52 00:01:56,800 --> 00:01:58,680 Speaker 3: but anyway, we got a big one today. Mike Florio 53 00:01:58,720 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 3: will join us in a matter of minute. Here we'll 54 00:02:00,720 --> 00:02:03,520 Speaker 3: talk to some NFL with Mike Lane. Lambert is going 55 00:02:03,600 --> 00:02:05,640 Speaker 3: to join us, head coach of the Kraken at three 56 00:02:05,800 --> 00:02:08,080 Speaker 3: forty five ahead of the game with a Woolly Mammoth. 57 00:02:08,080 --> 00:02:12,079 Speaker 3: Tomorrow pregame six thirty, face off at seven. Petros will 58 00:02:12,080 --> 00:02:15,360 Speaker 3: be here at four talking about god knows what on 59 00:02:15,400 --> 00:02:18,360 Speaker 3: the program, and then Larry Stone will join us and 60 00:02:18,400 --> 00:02:21,040 Speaker 3: talk some baseball. The Mariner Yankee game should be well 61 00:02:21,080 --> 00:02:23,280 Speaker 3: over by the time Larry jumps on the air with 62 00:02:23,360 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 3: us and talks with us at five. And obviously we 63 00:02:25,960 --> 00:02:27,960 Speaker 3: got Larry's take on the cold Emerson deal. I mean, 64 00:02:28,000 --> 00:02:29,600 Speaker 3: you were gone, you didn't give your take yet, But 65 00:02:29,639 --> 00:02:31,919 Speaker 3: I love it. I think it's freaking fabulous. I think 66 00:02:31,919 --> 00:02:33,799 Speaker 3: it's awesome. This is the kind of stuff that I've 67 00:02:33,800 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 3: been hoping this franchise would do. And you and I 68 00:02:36,360 --> 00:02:38,480 Speaker 3: discussed this yesterday on the program, that if I would 69 00:02:38,480 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 3: have come to you five years ago and said, Dick, 70 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:42,840 Speaker 3: what team, what team? 71 00:02:42,919 --> 00:02:44,520 Speaker 2: And you can pick any league you want. 72 00:02:45,080 --> 00:02:47,320 Speaker 3: What team is going to sign a player to a 73 00:02:47,360 --> 00:02:53,520 Speaker 3: contract with the highest total value in North American sports history. 74 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 3: And then what team is going to sign a minor 75 00:02:58,000 --> 00:03:02,440 Speaker 3: league player or a rookie to a contract that pays 76 00:03:02,520 --> 00:03:06,519 Speaker 3: that kid the most money before he even takes a snap, 77 00:03:06,840 --> 00:03:10,600 Speaker 3: a shot or sees a pitch in baseball. And the 78 00:03:10,680 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 3: answer to both questions is the Mariners, because they did 79 00:03:13,480 --> 00:03:14,760 Speaker 3: it with Julio Rodriguez. 80 00:03:14,760 --> 00:03:15,600 Speaker 2: I mean, oh, Tony. 81 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:17,600 Speaker 3: Passed him, obviously, but at the time, at the time 82 00:03:17,639 --> 00:03:21,600 Speaker 3: it was potentially, if you include all the escalators and stuff, 83 00:03:21,800 --> 00:03:24,760 Speaker 3: the richest contract in North American sports history for just 84 00:03:24,840 --> 00:03:26,920 Speaker 3: under I think half a million bucks or five hundred 85 00:03:26,919 --> 00:03:30,200 Speaker 3: million sorry. And then cold Emerson obviously has been paid 86 00:03:30,200 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 3: the biggest contract before he even takes a pitch in 87 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:38,400 Speaker 3: Major League baseball. And the frickin Seattle Mariners, all right, 88 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:42,240 Speaker 3: these cheap skates, they're the ones that now can claim 89 00:03:42,600 --> 00:03:44,560 Speaker 3: that they were there first before anybody. 90 00:03:44,560 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: They've been kind of consistent in the fact that if 91 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:52,040 Speaker 1: it's their guys, their foundational pieces, right, they are going 92 00:03:52,120 --> 00:03:56,040 Speaker 1: to take care of them. Cal Rawley, Julio Rodriguez, now 93 00:03:56,120 --> 00:03:58,600 Speaker 1: Colt Emerson, They're gonna take care of they're gonna do it, 94 00:03:58,640 --> 00:04:00,600 Speaker 1: you know, Logan, Gilbert Kirby. 95 00:04:00,600 --> 00:04:02,720 Speaker 5: You know, they're going to take care of their guys. 96 00:04:02,760 --> 00:04:06,440 Speaker 1: What they're where they will not spend is on other 97 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:09,800 Speaker 1: people's free agents. And you know what, there's another team 98 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,600 Speaker 1: in town that doesn't really do that either, And the 99 00:04:12,600 --> 00:04:15,880 Speaker 1: Mariners get a lot more criticism for not doing it 100 00:04:16,000 --> 00:04:18,400 Speaker 1: than the Seahawks do. And I understand partially the reason 101 00:04:18,440 --> 00:04:21,960 Speaker 1: is that there's a salary cap, but there's another But 102 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:27,279 Speaker 1: the reason that I've always echoed is that you don't 103 00:04:27,440 --> 00:04:30,520 Speaker 1: want to spend a lot of money on a guy 104 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: that's going to block a Colt Emerson, a guy that's 105 00:04:33,279 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 1: going to block a Cole Young And because then you're 106 00:04:36,400 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: stuck and you're forced to try to, you know, come 107 00:04:39,040 --> 00:04:41,839 Speaker 1: up with a Robinson Cano where you got to ship 108 00:04:41,839 --> 00:04:43,680 Speaker 1: off a great closer just to get rid of a 109 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: of a bad contract. 110 00:04:44,960 --> 00:04:46,880 Speaker 3: Well, you and I just always disagree on that, and 111 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:48,880 Speaker 3: that's fine. I mean, I have no problem spending money 112 00:04:48,920 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: on free agency. I do find it funny that we're 113 00:04:51,520 --> 00:04:53,640 Speaker 3: okay in some ways with giving a guy that's never 114 00:04:53,680 --> 00:04:56,159 Speaker 3: seen a pitch in baseball ninety five million bucks, but 115 00:04:56,200 --> 00:04:58,360 Speaker 3: a proven guy that's turn up the league for four 116 00:04:58,440 --> 00:05:00,880 Speaker 3: or five years, can't get two hundred and fifty million dollars. 117 00:05:00,880 --> 00:05:02,800 Speaker 3: And I understand, you know, the age and all that 118 00:05:02,839 --> 00:05:04,760 Speaker 3: stuff whatever, but you hit the nail on the head, Dick. 119 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,839 Speaker 3: It's totally different, well, the salary cap. But for this team, 120 00:05:08,279 --> 00:05:10,960 Speaker 3: this Colt Emerson contract is a no brainer. 121 00:05:11,080 --> 00:05:12,320 Speaker 2: It's an absolute no brainer. 122 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,479 Speaker 3: I mean, we did the math on the radio show 123 00:05:14,800 --> 00:05:18,360 Speaker 3: yesterday that this could potentially if Cole Young turns out 124 00:05:18,400 --> 00:05:20,680 Speaker 3: to be what the Mariners are hoping he can be, 125 00:05:20,720 --> 00:05:22,800 Speaker 3: which I don't think anybody's sitting around thinking that Cole 126 00:05:22,880 --> 00:05:25,240 Speaker 3: Young or Colin Emerson sorry, is going to be a 127 00:05:25,400 --> 00:05:31,000 Speaker 3: Rod or Derek Jeter or very hard Emerson. 128 00:05:31,080 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 2: All Right. 129 00:05:31,960 --> 00:05:34,760 Speaker 3: So the point is is that I think to put 130 00:05:34,839 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 3: that kind of pressure on a guy and to expect 131 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,440 Speaker 3: that he's going to be that kind of player is ridiculous. 132 00:05:40,520 --> 00:05:44,080 Speaker 3: You know, we're shoying about this on Monday show. Even 133 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 3: if he turns out to be JP Crawford and he's 134 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:49,200 Speaker 3: making eleven point five on average in five years from now, 135 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:51,880 Speaker 3: it's going to be nothing. It's going to be absolutely nothing. 136 00:05:51,960 --> 00:05:53,719 Speaker 3: So I love the fact that they did this. The 137 00:05:53,760 --> 00:05:56,839 Speaker 3: idea that they've got three quarters of their infield now 138 00:05:56,880 --> 00:06:00,159 Speaker 3: locked up for at least four years with Naylor, and 139 00:06:00,160 --> 00:06:02,320 Speaker 3: then who knows about Donovan You know what his future 140 00:06:02,360 --> 00:06:04,560 Speaker 3: looks like at third base. I mean, they they're starting 141 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,400 Speaker 3: to put together a team that people can get behind 142 00:06:06,400 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 3: because they're not going anywhere. 143 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: But it seems like he's more complete of a prospect 144 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: than Evan White was. People using the Evan White example, 145 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 1: and I get it. Evan White was not worth the 146 00:06:15,240 --> 00:06:17,400 Speaker 1: contract that the Mariners gave and the end he was 147 00:06:17,839 --> 00:06:20,119 Speaker 1: in the end, but I mean, it seems like cold 148 00:06:20,120 --> 00:06:23,839 Speaker 1: Emerson's exactly. It's not like you're wasting hundreds of millions 149 00:06:23,839 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: of dollars on Evan White. You're what wasting twenty five 150 00:06:26,360 --> 00:06:26,880 Speaker 1: million dollars? 151 00:06:27,520 --> 00:06:28,400 Speaker 2: Here's twenty four million. 152 00:06:28,640 --> 00:06:30,760 Speaker 5: You may be wasting close to one hundred million on 153 00:06:30,800 --> 00:06:31,440 Speaker 5: cold Emerson. 154 00:06:31,600 --> 00:06:33,440 Speaker 2: I don't think so. You don't think so. 155 00:06:33,640 --> 00:06:37,680 Speaker 1: But like you said, be best case scenario, You've got 156 00:06:37,680 --> 00:06:40,560 Speaker 1: a guy for fifteen million year or so that is going. 157 00:06:40,560 --> 00:06:44,360 Speaker 5: To be worth fifty million year right seven years from now? 158 00:06:44,440 --> 00:06:47,520 Speaker 3: Well we uh, there were eight years ago, which is 159 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:50,760 Speaker 3: how long ever since contract is there were five players 160 00:06:50,800 --> 00:06:53,479 Speaker 3: making thirty million dollars or more, and I think the 161 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,800 Speaker 3: number is now thirty one. In just the last eight years, 162 00:06:56,880 --> 00:07:00,000 Speaker 3: there were twenty guys or forty guys making twenty mills 163 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:03,280 Speaker 3: million dollars or more. Now the number is eighty in baseball, 164 00:07:03,360 --> 00:07:05,840 Speaker 3: so the salaries are growing exponentially. Will be good for 165 00:07:06,040 --> 00:07:09,440 Speaker 3: our next guest here? Yeah, yeah, one second? Okay, Travis 166 00:07:09,480 --> 00:07:12,040 Speaker 3: needs one second. Maybe we should all just kind of 167 00:07:12,080 --> 00:07:15,040 Speaker 3: take a break. We p break here or whatever, going 168 00:07:15,080 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 3: to cafeteria, get something to drink, maybe grab a snack 169 00:07:17,600 --> 00:07:18,360 Speaker 3: or something like that. 170 00:07:18,640 --> 00:07:21,440 Speaker 2: Needs a break. Okay, he's good. Let's do it. Mike 171 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 2: Florio joining us right. 172 00:07:22,480 --> 00:07:30,640 Speaker 3: Now one second on the day we launch our YouTube 173 00:07:30,720 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 3: channel three two one. 174 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:35,000 Speaker 2: Do you have it? You got the open there? Moga 175 00:07:35,120 --> 00:07:37,320 Speaker 2: or not? We can do it about the open, well. 176 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:39,080 Speaker 3: We don't need it later, we don't need it. We 177 00:07:39,080 --> 00:07:41,000 Speaker 3: don't need it. Let's just keep it right here, all right. 178 00:07:41,040 --> 00:07:44,120 Speaker 3: Big thanks to our friends at simply Seattle dot com 179 00:07:44,240 --> 00:07:46,760 Speaker 3: for sponsoring this. Say you know what, we got the YouTube? 180 00:07:46,760 --> 00:07:48,520 Speaker 3: What the hell more do you want? You can't have both. 181 00:07:48,560 --> 00:07:50,760 Speaker 3: You can have the YouTube or the open, you can't 182 00:07:50,760 --> 00:07:53,040 Speaker 3: have both. Joining us right now on the radio show, 183 00:07:53,280 --> 00:07:56,640 Speaker 3: our friend from PFT Live Pro Football Talk dot Com, 184 00:07:56,760 --> 00:08:00,200 Speaker 3: the absolute king of the NFL media press corps, our 185 00:08:00,240 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 3: friend Mike Florio with us on the radio show. 186 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:04,040 Speaker 2: Michael, how are you pal it's going on. 187 00:08:05,040 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 4: You can't do it without the open, that's bad luck. 188 00:08:07,520 --> 00:08:09,960 Speaker 2: All right, Travis, you got the open? Are you ready 189 00:08:09,960 --> 00:08:11,239 Speaker 2: for the open? Yes? Or no? 190 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:11,440 Speaker 4: No? 191 00:08:11,560 --> 00:08:13,119 Speaker 2: Okay, it's just not gonna happen. 192 00:08:13,160 --> 00:08:13,320 Speaker 6: Man. 193 00:08:14,120 --> 00:08:17,520 Speaker 3: See, Mike, this is what happens. We got filling people here. 194 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 3: They're doing their best, they're trying their damnedest. But you 195 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:22,920 Speaker 3: know you want this big raise, We're gonna let people go, 196 00:08:23,000 --> 00:08:24,240 Speaker 3: and this is what happens, man. 197 00:08:24,280 --> 00:08:25,840 Speaker 2: So you get the rais or you get the open. 198 00:08:25,880 --> 00:08:27,240 Speaker 2: You can't have both of them. Dude. 199 00:08:27,800 --> 00:08:30,040 Speaker 6: Well, it's good to see you've made it to YouTube 200 00:08:30,080 --> 00:08:32,000 Speaker 6: on behalf of the year twenty eighteen. 201 00:08:32,080 --> 00:08:35,040 Speaker 3: I'd like to say, well, yes, yes, yes, we had 202 00:08:35,080 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 3: a state of goal. I said this in the open, 203 00:08:37,120 --> 00:08:39,120 Speaker 3: by the way, that we wanted to be the last 204 00:08:39,280 --> 00:08:42,400 Speaker 3: radio station in the country to go live on YouTube, 205 00:08:42,440 --> 00:08:43,120 Speaker 3: and now we have. 206 00:08:43,280 --> 00:08:44,680 Speaker 2: So let's just leave it at that. 207 00:08:44,760 --> 00:08:48,160 Speaker 3: But Mike, the NFL owners meetings going on obviously down 208 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:50,160 Speaker 3: there lots of stuff to talk about. I saw where 209 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:53,240 Speaker 3: Odell Beckham Junior popped in and wanted to meet with 210 00:08:53,280 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 3: the Giants about what playing. 211 00:08:55,000 --> 00:08:56,560 Speaker 2: Again, the hell's going on with that? 212 00:08:57,960 --> 00:08:59,720 Speaker 4: Well, he was. 213 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 6: Most recently in La at the Fanatic Flag Football Classic 214 00:09:04,640 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 6: and caught a nice one handed. I don't think it 215 00:09:08,120 --> 00:09:10,560 Speaker 6: was a touchdown, it was a two point conversion, but regardless, 216 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,600 Speaker 6: he looked like vintage Jodell Beckham. And he made it 217 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:16,679 Speaker 6: clear in advance of that game that he wants to 218 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,600 Speaker 6: use it as springboard to get back in the NFL. 219 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 6: He last played in the NFL during the twenty twenty 220 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:24,880 Speaker 6: four season. Dolphins released him, nobody signed him. Nobody signed 221 00:09:24,960 --> 00:09:28,600 Speaker 6: him last year either, And so if you're looking for 222 00:09:28,640 --> 00:09:31,520 Speaker 6: a job in the NFL, the one place to go 223 00:09:31,679 --> 00:09:33,840 Speaker 6: is the annual meeting because everybody's there. 224 00:09:34,280 --> 00:09:36,360 Speaker 4: Go to the lobby and hang around. And he would 225 00:09:36,360 --> 00:09:36,719 Speaker 4: like to go. 226 00:09:36,720 --> 00:09:39,800 Speaker 6: Back to the Giants, and it has sparked a trend. 227 00:09:40,000 --> 00:09:42,920 Speaker 6: Jason Pierre Paul former Giants Great, he wants to go back. 228 00:09:42,960 --> 00:09:44,839 Speaker 6: I'm waiting for Lawrence Taylor to say he. 229 00:09:44,840 --> 00:09:47,199 Speaker 4: Wants to go back. Maybe Phil Simms wants to go back, 230 00:09:47,600 --> 00:09:48,720 Speaker 4: so we'll see. 231 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:53,120 Speaker 6: But the reality is Beckham hasn't done much in recent years. 232 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 6: He had a stint with the Ravens a couple of 233 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:58,520 Speaker 6: years back, twenty twenty three. They paid him sixteen million dollars. 234 00:09:58,520 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 6: He really didn't give them sixteen million dollar worth of production. 235 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 6: So we'll see what he's got left. We'll see if 236 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,680 Speaker 6: somebody's interested. And there is some merit to a Giants reunion. 237 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:09,480 Speaker 6: And he played for Harball in Baltimore, so there's some 238 00:10:09,640 --> 00:10:10,760 Speaker 6: advanced knowledge there. 239 00:10:10,800 --> 00:10:13,200 Speaker 4: But I think it still has a way to go. 240 00:10:13,480 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 6: And it's not like the Giants are competing with anyone 241 00:10:16,559 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 6: else for Odell Beckham services, so they can they can 242 00:10:19,320 --> 00:10:21,079 Speaker 6: wait and see what happens. Maybe if they don't get 243 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,240 Speaker 6: somebody they want in the draft at the position, they 244 00:10:23,240 --> 00:10:24,360 Speaker 6: can bring in Odel Beckham. 245 00:10:24,840 --> 00:10:27,400 Speaker 5: Mike, why is the NBA embracing a fix for tanking? 246 00:10:27,400 --> 00:10:29,080 Speaker 5: In the NFL? Is just ignoring it. 247 00:10:30,840 --> 00:10:33,800 Speaker 6: Because in the NBA it's a far bigger problem. You 248 00:10:33,840 --> 00:10:36,240 Speaker 6: can tell how big of a problem something is by 249 00:10:36,280 --> 00:10:38,280 Speaker 6: how much it gets discussed, and the NBA is in 250 00:10:38,320 --> 00:10:40,640 Speaker 6: a position where they've had to talk about it openly. 251 00:10:40,679 --> 00:10:43,080 Speaker 6: They've got so many games that you get to a 252 00:10:43,120 --> 00:10:46,200 Speaker 6: point where teams recognize this just isn't going to be 253 00:10:46,320 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 6: our year. We know we're not good enough, and so 254 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:53,280 Speaker 6: there's value in being bad, strategic value in being bad. 255 00:10:53,440 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 6: If you don't make it to the playoffs, who cares 256 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:56,240 Speaker 6: what your final record is. 257 00:10:56,240 --> 00:10:59,080 Speaker 4: I've been saying about the that in the NFL for years. 258 00:10:59,120 --> 00:11:02,400 Speaker 6: What's the difference between four and thirteen, three and fourteen, 259 00:11:02,720 --> 00:11:03,560 Speaker 6: two and fifteen? 260 00:11:03,600 --> 00:11:04,640 Speaker 4: No one even remembers. 261 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:07,080 Speaker 6: What they remember is whether or not you get that 262 00:11:07,120 --> 00:11:11,040 Speaker 6: transformational player with a high pick in the draft. 263 00:11:11,120 --> 00:11:15,160 Speaker 4: But the NFL's attitude hear no evil speak, no evil? 264 00:11:15,640 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 4: Ye what else see no evil? I knew there was 265 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:18,880 Speaker 4: a third one. 266 00:11:18,720 --> 00:11:20,880 Speaker 6: And so they just don't talk about it. And when 267 00:11:20,880 --> 00:11:23,440 Speaker 6: the commissioner was asked about it yesterday, he says, we 268 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,560 Speaker 6: don't see the evidence of it. They're not looking for it. 269 00:11:25,600 --> 00:11:29,360 Speaker 6: There have been instances of it. The NFL just ignores 270 00:11:29,400 --> 00:11:32,280 Speaker 6: it because the NFL doesn't want to have this issue 271 00:11:32,600 --> 00:11:35,000 Speaker 6: that the NBA has, Because the NFL wants to be 272 00:11:35,040 --> 00:11:39,640 Speaker 6: able to tell everyone, Oh, it's pure and legitimate competition 273 00:11:39,760 --> 00:11:42,640 Speaker 6: in every game throughout the regular season, and there's no 274 00:11:42,679 --> 00:11:46,320 Speaker 6: connection whatsoever between regular season finish and whether you're not 275 00:11:46,360 --> 00:11:51,000 Speaker 6: these great, incredible, memorable opportunity to get a player of 276 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,920 Speaker 6: a lifetime. There's no connection whatsoever, and it's ridiculous, frankly, 277 00:11:55,360 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 6: that they think they can pull it off. It's even 278 00:11:57,120 --> 00:11:59,439 Speaker 6: more ridiculous that that they've been. 279 00:11:59,400 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 4: Able to pull it up. 280 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:04,400 Speaker 3: Mike Florio's with us even without the open He's still here. 281 00:12:04,520 --> 00:12:08,320 Speaker 3: Courtesy is simply Seattle. So Kyle Shanahan was claiming at 282 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:11,240 Speaker 3: the owner's meetings, the Rams wanted to move their home 283 00:12:11,280 --> 00:12:14,600 Speaker 3: game against the Niners to Australia because they didn't want 284 00:12:14,640 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 3: a bunch of Niner fans showing up at Sofi Stadium, 285 00:12:17,600 --> 00:12:19,480 Speaker 3: which they have done in years past. 286 00:12:19,520 --> 00:12:20,200 Speaker 2: Do you buy that. 287 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:24,520 Speaker 6: Well, and let's be clear about this, he wasn't just 288 00:12:24,640 --> 00:12:30,000 Speaker 6: randomly walking around the resort. It was an exclusive italics 289 00:12:30,080 --> 00:12:34,520 Speaker 6: all caps exclamation point interview with PFT Live, a joint 290 00:12:34,520 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 6: interview Kyle Shanahan and Matt Lafleur, coach of the Packers. 291 00:12:38,520 --> 00:12:40,440 Speaker 4: They both showed up at the same time. We said, 292 00:12:40,440 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 4: screw it, pull up another chair. 293 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,160 Speaker 6: We had a twenty two to twenty three minute conversation 294 00:12:44,280 --> 00:12:47,320 Speaker 6: with them, and at some point the Australia game came 295 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 6: up and Matt Lafleure kind of needled Kyle a little bit, 296 00:12:51,280 --> 00:12:52,400 Speaker 6: and Kyle. 297 00:12:52,600 --> 00:12:57,679 Speaker 4: Made it clear he believes that the Rams wanted that 298 00:12:57,760 --> 00:12:59,600 Speaker 4: game to be the forty nine ers. 299 00:12:59,640 --> 00:13:01,880 Speaker 6: Rams get to be in Australia because they don't want 300 00:13:01,920 --> 00:13:04,280 Speaker 6: to have their home stadium taken over by forty nine 301 00:13:04,360 --> 00:13:06,960 Speaker 6: Ers fans again. And it's just another reason why Shinga 302 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 6: hands sold it. He's got to start the season in Australia. 303 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,839 Speaker 4: That's no easy assignment. Simms talks about a time when 304 00:13:12,880 --> 00:13:13,719 Speaker 4: he was playing. 305 00:13:13,440 --> 00:13:15,480 Speaker 6: Where they had a preseason game in Tokyo and it 306 00:13:15,480 --> 00:13:18,880 Speaker 6: took them multiple weeks to recover from the travel and 307 00:13:18,920 --> 00:13:23,520 Speaker 6: the time change, and you're frustrated into a football season 308 00:13:23,520 --> 00:13:28,439 Speaker 6: and they're playing the game on Thursday here Friday in Australia. 309 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,800 Speaker 6: They fly back, they have a game the following weekend. 310 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 6: He's hoping that what they'll get on the back end 311 00:13:35,000 --> 00:13:39,120 Speaker 6: is a Monday night game when they return from Australia, 312 00:13:39,600 --> 00:13:42,800 Speaker 6: so it gives them an extra day when they're trying 313 00:13:42,800 --> 00:13:45,440 Speaker 6: to adjust from this long trip. And this ridiculous they 314 00:13:45,480 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 6: say it's nineteen hours. I mean, at some point, isn't 315 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,800 Speaker 6: it four hours or five hours? Like, at what point 316 00:13:51,800 --> 00:13:54,760 Speaker 6: is the time change so different? Yeah, that you just 317 00:13:54,840 --> 00:13:55,560 Speaker 6: go the other way. 318 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,800 Speaker 4: It's not a nineteen hour difference, it's a four hour difference. 319 00:13:57,960 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 1: But it's tomorrow and that sets up We've found out 320 00:14:02,240 --> 00:14:04,319 Speaker 1: that we won't be having the Kansas City Chiefs here 321 00:14:04,320 --> 00:14:07,600 Speaker 1: in town for the openers. So how do you handicap 322 00:14:07,679 --> 00:14:12,920 Speaker 1: whether it's Bears, Patriots, Chargers, who's coming to Looming Field 323 00:14:12,960 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: in your mind on that first game of the season. 324 00:14:16,080 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 6: I know that Seahawks fans would probably like to get 325 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:23,080 Speaker 6: things started with their most recent punching bag New England Patriots, 326 00:14:23,080 --> 00:14:25,360 Speaker 6: but the rest of us would like to watch a 327 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:27,400 Speaker 6: slightly more interesting game. 328 00:14:27,560 --> 00:14:29,800 Speaker 4: So I'm hoping it's going to be the Bears. 329 00:14:29,840 --> 00:14:32,600 Speaker 6: I think that is an intriguing and compelling way to 330 00:14:32,640 --> 00:14:35,080 Speaker 6: start the season and a sending team, and the Bears 331 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:37,920 Speaker 6: with Caleb William they got to come there at some point. Anyway, 332 00:14:38,320 --> 00:14:40,200 Speaker 6: Let's have that game right out of the gates that 333 00:14:40,360 --> 00:14:43,320 Speaker 6: I think, when you consider how the Bears are rising 334 00:14:43,320 --> 00:14:45,880 Speaker 6: and what the Seahawks have done, that's one of those 335 00:14:46,000 --> 00:14:48,840 Speaker 6: great games that would really move the needle. 336 00:14:48,920 --> 00:14:51,600 Speaker 4: And the NFL has a strategic decision to. 337 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 6: Make because they could put anyone against the Seahawks. 338 00:14:55,760 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 4: They could bring. 339 00:14:56,360 --> 00:14:59,240 Speaker 6: UCLA up and have them play the Seahawks, and it's 340 00:14:59,240 --> 00:15:01,640 Speaker 6: still going to get great ratings. I didn't mean to 341 00:15:01,640 --> 00:15:04,120 Speaker 6: throw straight at UCLA. At the last I checked, they weren't. 342 00:15:03,960 --> 00:15:06,440 Speaker 4: Very good, so you could put any game there. They 343 00:15:06,480 --> 00:15:09,040 Speaker 4: remember they had I think it was during the pandemic. 344 00:15:09,120 --> 00:15:11,480 Speaker 6: They had Texans chiefs at the time when the Texans 345 00:15:11,480 --> 00:15:14,200 Speaker 6: weren't very good. And you know you can do that 346 00:15:14,240 --> 00:15:16,240 Speaker 6: when they take one of the games that would. 347 00:15:16,040 --> 00:15:17,640 Speaker 4: Be a really good game later in the year and 348 00:15:17,680 --> 00:15:18,280 Speaker 4: they drop it. 349 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,400 Speaker 6: In one of those spots early, that shows you the 350 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:22,000 Speaker 6: NFL is making an effort to give us some of 351 00:15:22,040 --> 00:15:22,680 Speaker 6: their best stuff. 352 00:15:22,720 --> 00:15:24,200 Speaker 4: So I would vote for Bear Seahawks. 353 00:15:24,240 --> 00:15:28,040 Speaker 3: Yeah, Mike, I know the draft is in Pittsburgh this year, 354 00:15:28,200 --> 00:15:29,320 Speaker 3: DC next year. 355 00:15:30,240 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 2: What do we gotta do here in Seattle? 356 00:15:31,720 --> 00:15:34,640 Speaker 3: Do you get the draft at Loomenfield or you know, 357 00:15:34,720 --> 00:15:37,040 Speaker 3: downtown wherever they put the damn thing. What are the 358 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 3: odds of seeing the draft in the PNW one of 359 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:39,520 Speaker 3: these years? 360 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:40,080 Speaker 2: Huh? 361 00:15:40,320 --> 00:15:42,120 Speaker 6: Well, you got to write the check. You got to 362 00:15:42,160 --> 00:15:44,840 Speaker 6: write the check for whatever the NFL wants to do. 363 00:15:44,880 --> 00:15:45,240 Speaker 4: The thing. 364 00:15:45,320 --> 00:15:48,600 Speaker 6: And the NFL is going city by city, team by team, 365 00:15:48,680 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 6: and they'll get around everybody. And I don't know what 366 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:54,360 Speaker 6: kind of of cost we're talking about. I assume that 367 00:15:54,680 --> 00:15:57,680 Speaker 6: at a minimum, the locality picks up the cost putting 368 00:15:57,680 --> 00:16:00,000 Speaker 6: all the whole thing in. The NFL just swoops in, 369 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:02,400 Speaker 6: does its thing and moves on. It's amazing what it's 370 00:16:02,440 --> 00:16:05,120 Speaker 6: become in only eleven years. It all started because of 371 00:16:05,120 --> 00:16:08,160 Speaker 6: the scheduling conflict at Radio City Music Hall. The Radio 372 00:16:08,200 --> 00:16:11,720 Speaker 6: City Eastern Spectacular was conflicting with the proposed dates for 373 00:16:11,760 --> 00:16:13,440 Speaker 6: the draft, so the NFL said, screw it, We'll go 374 00:16:13,440 --> 00:16:13,960 Speaker 6: to Chicago. 375 00:16:14,280 --> 00:16:15,760 Speaker 4: They like Chicago enough to do it again. 376 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,320 Speaker 6: And I think the next year in twenty seventeen, when 377 00:16:18,320 --> 00:16:20,840 Speaker 6: they were in Philly and they had this sweeping camera 378 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 6: shot of the crowd outside of the museum on the 379 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:26,960 Speaker 6: Rocky Steps, That's when it was like, man, they got 380 00:16:26,960 --> 00:16:29,680 Speaker 6: something here. So everybody wants it, and it keeps getting 381 00:16:29,720 --> 00:16:32,280 Speaker 6: bigger and bigger. And I know that up the road 382 00:16:32,280 --> 00:16:34,280 Speaker 6: from me here in Pittsburgh, they're very excited to do 383 00:16:34,320 --> 00:16:34,920 Speaker 6: it this year. 384 00:16:35,040 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 1: Some TV news we got a triple header now on Christmas. 385 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,000 Speaker 1: Tell us more about that and why we are not 386 00:16:40,040 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: going to see back to back Monday night ers. 387 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:47,840 Speaker 6: Well, look, Christmas has become the well, I don't want 388 00:16:47,840 --> 00:16:49,800 Speaker 6: to say new thing, because the NFL always moves on 389 00:16:49,840 --> 00:16:51,800 Speaker 6: to something else. But it's a fairly recent development where 390 00:16:51,800 --> 00:16:55,360 Speaker 6: they understand, any year, we're going to drop games on 391 00:16:55,360 --> 00:16:57,960 Speaker 6: December twenty five. And a couple of years ago they said, oh, 392 00:16:58,000 --> 00:16:59,960 Speaker 6: we won't play on Christmas when it's on a Tuesday 393 00:17:00,080 --> 00:17:02,480 Speaker 6: or Wednesday, and then they quickly change their tune when 394 00:17:02,480 --> 00:17:04,320 Speaker 6: they realize how much money they could make by playing 395 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:07,920 Speaker 6: games on a Wednesday when it's Christmas Day. So three games, 396 00:17:07,920 --> 00:17:10,440 Speaker 6: two on Netflix, the primetime game on Fox, and they'll 397 00:17:10,480 --> 00:17:11,240 Speaker 6: do huge numbers. 398 00:17:11,280 --> 00:17:12,119 Speaker 4: And I think that. 399 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 6: Week we'll see Thursday, Friday, Saturday, Sunday, Monday games from 400 00:17:15,920 --> 00:17:18,760 Speaker 6: the NFL and ask that Monday game. Thank god they're 401 00:17:18,760 --> 00:17:21,880 Speaker 6: getting rid of the simultaneous overlapping doubleheaders. 402 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,200 Speaker 4: Thank god that drove me crazy one game at a time. 403 00:17:25,280 --> 00:17:28,280 Speaker 4: And I think what this is a precursor too, is. 404 00:17:28,400 --> 00:17:32,119 Speaker 6: More opportunities on the days they've typically avoided. They're already 405 00:17:32,160 --> 00:17:35,080 Speaker 6: talking about putting the game on the night before Thanksgiving. 406 00:17:35,720 --> 00:17:37,879 Speaker 6: Tuesday and Wednesday has been hiding in playing sight. We 407 00:17:37,920 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 6: saw during the pandemic. They know how to play games 408 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,720 Speaker 6: on Tuesdays and Wednesdays they have to, and I think 409 00:17:44,760 --> 00:17:46,600 Speaker 6: that we're moving in that direction. 410 00:17:46,680 --> 00:17:46,800 Speaker 7: You know. 411 00:17:46,920 --> 00:17:50,399 Speaker 6: It's it's like the pizza company that they're looking for 412 00:17:50,480 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 6: more and more ways to cramp cheese into the crusts there. 413 00:17:56,040 --> 00:17:58,280 Speaker 4: They keep finding new places to shove cheese. 414 00:17:58,960 --> 00:17:59,800 Speaker 2: I like cheese. 415 00:18:00,240 --> 00:18:01,840 Speaker 3: I like a lot of che By the way, I 416 00:18:02,000 --> 00:18:06,720 Speaker 3: like string cheese and cream cheese. 417 00:18:06,800 --> 00:18:08,880 Speaker 4: Jerry Jones responded to Mark Cuban yesterday. 418 00:18:08,880 --> 00:18:11,360 Speaker 6: Now, it took twelve years, but Mark Cuban said back 419 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,840 Speaker 6: in twenty fourteen about the NFL's expansion into Thursday night 420 00:18:14,920 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 6: on a weekly basis, pigs get fat, hogs get slaughtered, 421 00:18:18,320 --> 00:18:21,800 Speaker 6: And yesterday Jay Jones said, if if the ducks quack 422 00:18:21,880 --> 00:18:26,720 Speaker 6: feed them and feed them, feed them pizza cheese, eating 423 00:18:26,760 --> 00:18:28,640 Speaker 6: up all the pizza cheese, they'll give us no doubt. 424 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:30,520 Speaker 3: Hey, Mike, real quick before you go, where are we 425 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,920 Speaker 3: at with us replacement official thing? Is there a chance 426 00:18:32,920 --> 00:18:35,120 Speaker 3: we could start the year with replacement reps? 427 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 6: I think it's a good chance because I think the 428 00:18:37,400 --> 00:18:43,200 Speaker 6: NFL is held bent on using replacements, expanding replay, revolutionizing 429 00:18:43,240 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 6: the system, possibly breaking the union if they have to, 430 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:49,639 Speaker 6: and the artificial date the NFL is trying to put 431 00:18:49,680 --> 00:18:50,919 Speaker 6: out there as a deadline. 432 00:18:50,560 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 4: Is May one. 433 00:18:51,119 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 6: There was a report recently where someone from the league 434 00:18:53,920 --> 00:18:55,880 Speaker 6: said that if they don't get it done by May 435 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,399 Speaker 6: one and they start hiring replacement officials, it's going to 436 00:18:58,480 --> 00:19:01,200 Speaker 6: become harder to get a deal done with the regular officials. 437 00:19:01,200 --> 00:19:02,520 Speaker 6: This makes no sense to me. All right, think one 438 00:19:02,560 --> 00:19:04,800 Speaker 6: of the regular officials and saying, we're going to reduce 439 00:19:04,840 --> 00:19:07,840 Speaker 6: our offer by the amount of money that we have 440 00:19:07,920 --> 00:19:10,919 Speaker 6: to spend hiring these replacement officials. That's what the NFL 441 00:19:11,000 --> 00:19:14,560 Speaker 6: is doing as a leverage play. Why should the offer 442 00:19:14,960 --> 00:19:17,280 Speaker 6: to the regular officials drop the moment that they have 443 00:19:17,320 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 6: to start hiring replacement officials. So any negotiation is about 444 00:19:20,680 --> 00:19:24,080 Speaker 6: the deadline, a true deadline that both sides will buy into. 445 00:19:24,160 --> 00:19:26,119 Speaker 6: And I wish it was May one, and I wish 446 00:19:26,119 --> 00:19:28,199 Speaker 6: both sides agreed it was a real deadline, because then 447 00:19:28,200 --> 00:19:29,919 Speaker 6: it'll be done and we put talking about it. 448 00:19:29,920 --> 00:19:31,680 Speaker 4: But I think it's something we need to be concerned about. 449 00:19:32,000 --> 00:19:34,119 Speaker 6: I think the league really wants to do this again, 450 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:35,920 Speaker 6: and it's on all of us who care about the 451 00:19:36,040 --> 00:19:39,720 Speaker 6: NFL to shout as loudly as we can that this 452 00:19:40,040 --> 00:19:41,200 Speaker 6: is not acceptable. 453 00:19:41,600 --> 00:19:43,880 Speaker 4: But then here's the thing. What are we gonna do. 454 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,879 Speaker 4: We're still gonna eat the pizza and the chees and 455 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:48,520 Speaker 4: the box. 456 00:19:48,960 --> 00:19:50,480 Speaker 3: They could have no reps and we'll be eating the 457 00:19:50,560 --> 00:19:53,639 Speaker 3: cheese in the box and the crush. Hey, Mike, you're 458 00:19:53,640 --> 00:19:55,679 Speaker 3: the man. Great stuff. Appreciate it. And we're talking a 459 00:19:55,680 --> 00:19:56,600 Speaker 3: week buddy, Thank you pal. 460 00:19:57,200 --> 00:19:57,920 Speaker 4: All right, see you guys. 461 00:19:57,920 --> 00:19:59,959 Speaker 3: All right, Mike Florio, We're gonna break a lot more 462 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:02,879 Speaker 3: to get to, including a conversation with Lane Lambert cracking 463 00:20:02,920 --> 00:20:16,879 Speaker 3: head coach coming up on ninety three three KJRFM. 464 00:20:17,480 --> 00:20:18,440 Speaker 2: We're back. I'm busy. 465 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:21,480 Speaker 3: What is this Wednesday? Right here on ninety three three KJRFM. 466 00:20:21,480 --> 00:20:23,400 Speaker 3: We're live on YouTube, by the way, so check it out. 467 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,600 Speaker 3: Just go to YouTube and I just type in ninety 468 00:20:25,600 --> 00:20:27,520 Speaker 3: three three KJR and see what comes up. And if 469 00:20:27,520 --> 00:20:29,399 Speaker 3: it's not there, don't blame me. I'm pretty sure it 470 00:20:29,440 --> 00:20:31,720 Speaker 3: should be there. So I put a little link on 471 00:20:31,760 --> 00:20:34,000 Speaker 3: the Twitter account. By the way, it's off to KJR. 472 00:20:34,119 --> 00:20:36,280 Speaker 3: So if you woke up today and you really had 473 00:20:36,280 --> 00:20:39,080 Speaker 3: a desire to see our faces, which why you'd want 474 00:20:39,080 --> 00:20:42,120 Speaker 3: to do that, I got no idea. Jump on YouTube 475 00:20:42,119 --> 00:20:44,480 Speaker 3: and just search us and you'll find it right there, 476 00:20:44,520 --> 00:20:45,640 Speaker 3: So here we are. 477 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:46,640 Speaker 2: Dick is back. 478 00:20:47,080 --> 00:20:50,000 Speaker 3: Travis Smoger, the oogret is in for Jackson Felt, who's 479 00:20:50,040 --> 00:20:52,080 Speaker 3: back on Friday? Are you cool if I call you 480 00:20:52,119 --> 00:20:53,680 Speaker 3: the yogurt, by the ways, want to make sure you're 481 00:20:53,680 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 3: fine with that, because some people might think of that 482 00:20:55,440 --> 00:20:57,920 Speaker 3: as an insult or something. You're good because you're good 483 00:20:57,920 --> 00:20:59,760 Speaker 3: with it. Well, you're a fairly good looking guy. It's 484 00:20:59,760 --> 00:21:01,680 Speaker 3: not like I'm calling you the ogre because you're ugly 485 00:21:01,760 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 3: or nothing. I'm just calling you the ogre because the 486 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,760 Speaker 3: Ramsey your last name, which is Moger. That's it, right, 487 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:06,200 Speaker 3: what's worse? 488 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:06,800 Speaker 4: So the ogre? 489 00:21:08,520 --> 00:21:08,879 Speaker 2: I don't know. 490 00:21:08,920 --> 00:21:12,560 Speaker 3: I mean and Andrews comes from a very affluent, rich, 491 00:21:12,720 --> 00:21:13,760 Speaker 3: rather well off family. 492 00:21:14,000 --> 00:21:15,360 Speaker 2: True, yeah, very true. Yes. 493 00:21:15,600 --> 00:21:18,399 Speaker 3: Silver spoon by the way, yes, yes, yes he actually 494 00:21:18,480 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 3: had Yeah. Did you not notice he has a silver 495 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:21,320 Speaker 3: spoon up his ass right now? 496 00:21:21,720 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 6: Uh? 497 00:21:21,960 --> 00:21:24,320 Speaker 3: In the Sportsman. That's why he walks so funny. So 498 00:21:24,400 --> 00:21:27,160 Speaker 3: Travis is in for Jackson today. Dick is back. There's 499 00:21:27,200 --> 00:21:31,720 Speaker 3: this story, by the way about Tyrne Stokes from Rainer Beach, 500 00:21:32,200 --> 00:21:35,159 Speaker 3: number one recruit in the country that came here to 501 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 3: play for one year. From Rainier Beach right, like Michael 502 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:42,200 Speaker 3: Porter Junior did for a Nathan Hale and all along 503 00:21:42,280 --> 00:21:45,960 Speaker 3: he's been linked to schools like Kansas, Kentucky, Washington's never 504 00:21:46,000 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 3: been in the mix. And now there is a report 505 00:21:48,200 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 3: out that he might be considering you Dub in a 506 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:53,720 Speaker 3: place like Gonzaga as well. And I just wonder when 507 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:56,280 Speaker 3: I hear things like this, my ding ding ding radar 508 00:21:56,320 --> 00:21:58,439 Speaker 3: goes right up, and I wonder, all right, is this 509 00:21:58,520 --> 00:22:01,479 Speaker 3: guy really considering you Dub or is he just throwing 510 00:22:01,560 --> 00:22:04,520 Speaker 3: the local team a bone and maybe do him a 511 00:22:04,520 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 3: little courtesy call here. 512 00:22:06,000 --> 00:22:08,640 Speaker 1: I think it's different now than it was even five 513 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:12,480 Speaker 1: years ago, because five years ago Pallavancaro did the same thing. 514 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:15,960 Speaker 5: That's absolutely throwing the UDUB a bone. 515 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:19,160 Speaker 2: Wells Mom played there, right, yeah, right now that makes sense. 516 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:24,040 Speaker 1: Now It's just hey, does the UDUB have somebody that's 517 00:22:24,040 --> 00:22:28,679 Speaker 1: willing to put up demand Williams plus right money? 518 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:30,920 Speaker 2: I'd say a lot more than that, yeah right. 519 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:33,760 Speaker 1: And if that's the case, yeah, then yeah, you Dub 520 00:22:33,800 --> 00:22:36,080 Speaker 1: is live. But I don't know if you Dubb has 521 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: somebody that's willing to pay a freshman that much money 522 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:40,960 Speaker 1: that they know is going to be there for nine months. 523 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:43,760 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, I guess here's my question too. Number One, 524 00:22:44,240 --> 00:22:46,959 Speaker 3: he's a Nike guy, right, and this is an Adida school. 525 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:49,400 Speaker 3: Does that factor into his decision at all? And we've 526 00:22:49,400 --> 00:22:52,199 Speaker 3: seen players that are repped by other shoe companies go 527 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 3: play for schools that don't use that shoe, so it's 528 00:22:55,280 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 3: not impossible. But Nike's paying this guy a lot of money. 529 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:00,960 Speaker 3: I read where Nike's paying him over three million bucks 530 00:23:01,320 --> 00:23:04,200 Speaker 3: at the age of seventeen years old, so there might 531 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:07,840 Speaker 3: be some influence there. I don't knows. Kansas and Nike schools, 532 00:23:07,920 --> 00:23:10,239 Speaker 3: Kentucky and Nike school I got no idea. I mean, 533 00:23:10,280 --> 00:23:12,119 Speaker 3: you might know better than me, But that's a factor 534 00:23:12,200 --> 00:23:14,679 Speaker 3: number one. And then number two. The other idea with 535 00:23:14,720 --> 00:23:17,399 Speaker 3: this kid is like, hey, does you not even want him? 536 00:23:17,720 --> 00:23:18,200 Speaker 2: Honestly? 537 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:22,040 Speaker 3: I mean, is this the time and place in the 538 00:23:22,119 --> 00:23:25,920 Speaker 3: process over there to go get a guy like this, right? 539 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 3: Like you if your bill self for example, or if 540 00:23:29,520 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 3: you are I don't know, give me another big name, 541 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:36,400 Speaker 3: Rick Patino, whoever, John Shire, and you're in the process 542 00:23:36,440 --> 00:23:39,240 Speaker 3: of winning and competing for final fours, and you can 543 00:23:39,280 --> 00:23:42,439 Speaker 3: surround him with the right people. But Danny Sprinkle is 544 00:23:42,480 --> 00:23:45,400 Speaker 3: trying to build something still today from the ground up? 545 00:23:45,600 --> 00:23:45,800 Speaker 5: Right? 546 00:23:45,920 --> 00:23:47,480 Speaker 2: Yes? Do you really want this guy? 547 00:23:47,880 --> 00:23:51,480 Speaker 3: Because everyone and done we've had around here has flamed out, 548 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 3: not personally, but the school the team has flamed out. 549 00:23:56,320 --> 00:24:00,000 Speaker 3: Is going back to Spencer Hawes. Wasn't his fault, McDaniel Stewart, 550 00:24:00,320 --> 00:24:03,040 Speaker 3: Mark kel Fultz. They just don't work here, right. I'm 551 00:24:03,080 --> 00:24:05,520 Speaker 3: not saying they will never work here, but if you're 552 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:07,240 Speaker 3: going to bring in a guy like this, don't you 553 00:24:07,320 --> 00:24:10,400 Speaker 3: have to have the proper supporting cast around him. 554 00:24:10,440 --> 00:24:12,480 Speaker 2: I do, and do they have that cast right now? 555 00:24:12,520 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 1: I don't know what they have right now because I 556 00:24:14,560 --> 00:24:17,360 Speaker 1: don't know who's coming back right right. I found out 557 00:24:17,400 --> 00:24:19,680 Speaker 1: Courtland Mulder is not getting back, and I really liked 558 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:21,199 Speaker 1: what I saw the last month of the season from 559 00:24:21,240 --> 00:24:23,160 Speaker 1: Courtland Mulder. I was like, Hey, this is a kid 560 00:24:23,160 --> 00:24:24,679 Speaker 1: that's going to play a lot next year and now 561 00:24:24,720 --> 00:24:27,880 Speaker 1: he's gone. To answer your question, Kentucky's Nike, Kansas as Adidas, 562 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:31,399 Speaker 1: but Kansas is heavy on the list for this kid. 563 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,480 Speaker 2: I mean this guy. 564 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:37,040 Speaker 1: I've seen him play twice in person, and the two 565 00:24:37,080 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: times were very, very different, and there was one difference 566 00:24:40,600 --> 00:24:43,240 Speaker 1: about the situation. The first time I saw him in 567 00:24:43,240 --> 00:24:46,439 Speaker 1: the Metro League Championship game in SPU, there was no 568 00:24:46,560 --> 00:24:49,879 Speaker 1: Jamal Crawford. Jamal Crawford was busy doing color commentary for 569 00:24:49,920 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: the NBA All Star Game that same weekend, so he 570 00:24:52,160 --> 00:24:55,200 Speaker 1: was not there, and Tyrone Stokes, I gotta be honest 571 00:24:55,240 --> 00:24:56,800 Speaker 1: with you. I will just I'll tell you what. I 572 00:24:56,840 --> 00:24:58,720 Speaker 1: texted the rest of my basketball team. But there was 573 00:24:58,920 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: half of my basketball team was at that game, and 574 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,520 Speaker 1: I texted him all I said, don't anybody. 575 00:25:03,040 --> 00:25:06,000 Speaker 5: Act like this kid. You still in the air, act 576 00:25:06,400 --> 00:25:07,320 Speaker 5: like this kid. 577 00:25:07,960 --> 00:25:11,480 Speaker 1: He every single dead ball he was in Rod Mar 578 00:25:11,520 --> 00:25:15,840 Speaker 1: the official's ear, every single he was and God bless 579 00:25:15,920 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: rod May. He did a nice job handling it right. 580 00:25:18,680 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: Every time going to the bench he was yelling at 581 00:25:20,560 --> 00:25:24,720 Speaker 1: some other teammate. Now, I will say to his defense. 582 00:25:24,800 --> 00:25:27,560 Speaker 1: Now in the State tournament, when I saw him, Jamal 583 00:25:27,600 --> 00:25:28,680 Speaker 1: Crawford was back. 584 00:25:28,960 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 2: I think that had a lot to do with it. 585 00:25:31,200 --> 00:25:33,800 Speaker 1: And he looked like any other guy, right, He didn't 586 00:25:33,840 --> 00:25:36,199 Speaker 1: have that type of behavioral issue. So I don't know 587 00:25:36,240 --> 00:25:39,280 Speaker 1: what type of guy Bill Self is getting or Mark 588 00:25:39,320 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: Pope is getting wherever he ends up, but I just 589 00:25:42,359 --> 00:25:44,520 Speaker 1: know that it's in there, right, I mean it is 590 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:46,119 Speaker 1: definitely that problem. 591 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:49,280 Speaker 3: Well, I'll be in Look, I'll be totally truthful with you, Dick. 592 00:25:49,480 --> 00:25:53,639 Speaker 3: I am I have no interest in kissing this guy's 593 00:25:53,680 --> 00:25:56,480 Speaker 3: ass just to get a breadcrumb of a hope that 594 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:57,119 Speaker 3: he can go to ud. 595 00:25:57,280 --> 00:25:59,880 Speaker 2: Absolutely none. I'm not into that at all. Right. 596 00:26:00,000 --> 00:26:02,120 Speaker 3: I mean, if you want to play here, great, play here. 597 00:26:02,359 --> 00:26:03,879 Speaker 3: But if you don't and you wanted to come to 598 00:26:03,960 --> 00:26:06,159 Speaker 3: Rainier Beach for one year, like why why did he 599 00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,119 Speaker 3: go to Rainier Beach, by the way, Like why is 600 00:26:08,160 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 3: he here? 601 00:26:08,880 --> 00:26:09,000 Speaker 4: Well? 602 00:26:09,040 --> 00:26:12,360 Speaker 3: I think because he wanted to play with for Jamal Crawford. Okay, 603 00:26:12,400 --> 00:26:14,919 Speaker 3: that's great, fine, So he didn't come to Seattle. Like 604 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,399 Speaker 3: my point is Michael Porter and Johntay Porter came to 605 00:26:19,480 --> 00:26:22,560 Speaker 3: Seattle because they were planning to play for Lorenzo Romar, 606 00:26:22,880 --> 00:26:26,360 Speaker 3: and then Lorenzo Romar got fired and they lost him, right, 607 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,600 Speaker 3: So that's why they moved out here. I mean, Lorenzo 608 00:26:28,680 --> 00:26:32,720 Speaker 3: Romar was in Michael Porter Junior's father's wedding for God's sakes, Okay, 609 00:26:32,960 --> 00:26:36,000 Speaker 3: So there was a long history there with the Romar 610 00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,400 Speaker 3: and the Porter family. So they moved the whole operation 611 00:26:39,640 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 3: here assuming that they were going to play for Lorenzo 612 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:46,320 Speaker 3: at Udub, that's not why this Kui came to Seattle. 613 00:26:46,800 --> 00:26:48,560 Speaker 3: I mean, you're telling me he came to play for 614 00:26:48,680 --> 00:26:50,760 Speaker 3: Jamal Crawford. And that's fine. I mean, guy's got a 615 00:26:50,840 --> 00:26:53,080 Speaker 3: right to do whatever the hell he wants to do. 616 00:26:53,480 --> 00:26:55,680 Speaker 3: But I guess I just get kind of a little 617 00:26:55,720 --> 00:26:58,720 Speaker 3: bit annoyed that we're supposed to all sit around and 618 00:26:58,960 --> 00:27:01,080 Speaker 3: kiss the ass of a set sventeen year old kid 619 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 3: to get maybe a slight chance to even remotely consider 620 00:27:05,359 --> 00:27:08,560 Speaker 3: staying here to play college basketball. I'm sure he's a 621 00:27:08,600 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 3: phenomenal kid behind the scenes. 622 00:27:10,320 --> 00:27:10,800 Speaker 2: I don't know. 623 00:27:10,960 --> 00:27:14,200 Speaker 3: I've heard nothing to tell me otherwise. Besides you're experience 624 00:27:14,320 --> 00:27:17,640 Speaker 3: in that one game, which you said correctly that he 625 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 3: he's he he changed, and the next game you saw 626 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:23,760 Speaker 3: he's a fabulous player. I wish him nothing but all 627 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,520 Speaker 3: the best of lot excellent. But why would I care 628 00:27:26,600 --> 00:27:28,520 Speaker 3: about this guy if he's not going to you, Dub 629 00:27:29,119 --> 00:27:31,520 Speaker 3: or even you know, look, if you're a Gonzaga fan 630 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 3: or a Coup fan or whatever. 631 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:35,240 Speaker 1: You shouldn't because he's not going to end up at 632 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,719 Speaker 1: either place, right and but that, you know, it kind 633 00:27:37,760 --> 00:27:41,600 Speaker 1: of echoes what we see from college town. Like, I'm 634 00:27:41,640 --> 00:27:45,200 Speaker 1: sure our guys got Fowler in Tuscaloosa. 635 00:27:45,280 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 5: I'm sure they kissed the ass of five stars all. 636 00:27:47,480 --> 00:27:49,760 Speaker 3: Because they can get him, because they can get him, 637 00:27:49,760 --> 00:27:51,800 Speaker 3: because they can get him down there, right and again, 638 00:27:51,960 --> 00:27:54,760 Speaker 3: I I just wonder what I've had, what I've wanted 639 00:27:54,760 --> 00:27:56,959 Speaker 3: out of Danny Sprinkle now, is I want you to 640 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,439 Speaker 3: build a basketball team that can have some longevity together. 641 00:28:00,880 --> 00:28:03,920 Speaker 3: Build a team that's got leaders, that's got role players. 642 00:28:03,960 --> 00:28:06,240 Speaker 3: You know, go get some scrappy guys that may not 643 00:28:06,359 --> 00:28:10,399 Speaker 3: be stars, for example, but they know their role. I 644 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:12,240 Speaker 3: think he had too many guys on this team a 645 00:28:12,320 --> 00:28:14,240 Speaker 3: year ago, and this was my concern when the season 646 00:28:14,280 --> 00:28:17,399 Speaker 3: began that had a bunch of labels and titles already 647 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:21,000 Speaker 3: on their resume, Conference Players of the Year, leading scorers. 648 00:28:21,040 --> 00:28:23,399 Speaker 3: There were too many dudes like that, and they just 649 00:28:23,440 --> 00:28:25,399 Speaker 3: could not find a way to come together. Now, the 650 00:28:25,400 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 3: injuries was obviously a big part of it, if not 651 00:28:27,640 --> 00:28:29,479 Speaker 3: the biggest part of it. But I just im just 652 00:28:29,520 --> 00:28:32,960 Speaker 3: wondering out loud in this part of the process for 653 00:28:33,040 --> 00:28:35,919 Speaker 3: Danny Sprinkle, is this what he needs? Or is this 654 00:28:35,960 --> 00:28:38,720 Speaker 3: guy so good that it doesn't matter, Dick who you 655 00:28:38,800 --> 00:28:41,400 Speaker 3: surround him with. They're gonna win a lot of games 656 00:28:41,440 --> 00:28:43,240 Speaker 3: with him, make and make the tournament no matter who 657 00:28:43,280 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 3: else is on the roster. 658 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 1: I don't know if he's a transcendent player like that 659 00:28:46,240 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 1: right that can build a team. 660 00:28:47,480 --> 00:28:48,640 Speaker 5: I know he's that talented. 661 00:28:48,680 --> 00:28:50,280 Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a phenomenal player, and 662 00:28:50,320 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 1: I think he's going to be a problem the number one, 663 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,560 Speaker 1: number two, number three draft pick right in the year, 664 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 1: in the draft in fourteen months. 665 00:28:56,040 --> 00:28:58,720 Speaker 3: Let's get a break, Lane Lambert, coach of the Crack 666 00:28:58,760 --> 00:29:01,200 Speaker 3: and get to enjoy Next on ninety three three KJRFM, 667 00:29:04,360 --> 00:29:05,200 Speaker 3: O Runner. 668 00:29:05,080 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 8: Comedy about the news. You're out, Beanie is March Madness? 669 00:29:11,720 --> 00:29:15,120 Speaker 8: Now back Jasati and Dick on your Home for College 670 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:18,680 Speaker 8: Basketball Shining Moment, What Sports Radio, ninety three point three 671 00:29:19,200 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 8: kjr FM. 672 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,360 Speaker 2: Okay, We're back On'm busy Wednesday. 673 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,920 Speaker 3: Right here on ninety three three KJRFM, Crack and half 674 00:29:34,960 --> 00:29:37,760 Speaker 3: the Night Off after a loss to the Oilers last night, 675 00:29:37,800 --> 00:29:38,480 Speaker 3: before the. 676 00:29:38,720 --> 00:29:41,000 Speaker 2: Mighty Mammoth come to town tomorrow. 677 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,440 Speaker 3: You taw six thirty pre game seven thirty, Face off 678 00:29:43,520 --> 00:29:46,240 Speaker 3: right here, seven pm, Face off, Sorry, right here on 679 00:29:46,360 --> 00:29:49,480 Speaker 3: ninety three three kjr FM and our next guest guaranteed 680 00:29:49,520 --> 00:29:51,200 Speaker 3: to be there because it's kind of his job to 681 00:29:51,200 --> 00:29:54,040 Speaker 3: be there the coach of the Crack and Lane Lambert 682 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,360 Speaker 3: with his weekly visit with us right here on ninety 683 00:29:56,360 --> 00:30:00,400 Speaker 3: three to three KJRFM and coach, let's just jump right in, man. 684 00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:01,440 Speaker 2: Three. 685 00:30:01,520 --> 00:30:05,200 Speaker 3: Nothing lost to the Eilers last night, two points out 686 00:30:05,200 --> 00:30:07,640 Speaker 3: with nine to go. You got six teams fighting for 687 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,240 Speaker 3: that final spot in the playoffs. Give us your take 688 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,360 Speaker 3: on that last night and where you think your boys 689 00:30:13,360 --> 00:30:14,320 Speaker 3: sit with nine to play. 690 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,520 Speaker 7: Uh, well, it's it's really interesting. 691 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:20,040 Speaker 2: Last night. 692 00:30:20,080 --> 00:30:22,120 Speaker 7: I thought we played one of our best road games 693 00:30:22,120 --> 00:30:26,600 Speaker 7: of the year, you know. And and so I've always said, 694 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:29,120 Speaker 7: you know, I'm not happy when we don't play well. 695 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 7: I felt like last night we we did what we 696 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 7: needed to do going into Edmonton. You know, we held 697 00:30:36,240 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 7: Connor McDavid. He scored an empty net goal, but that's 698 00:30:39,120 --> 00:30:41,880 Speaker 7: that's what all he got. Yeah, you know, and we 699 00:30:41,960 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 7: played We played very solid defensively, and we had opportunities 700 00:30:45,400 --> 00:30:50,520 Speaker 7: to score. You know, we we have to vury opportunities, guys. 701 00:30:50,560 --> 00:30:53,400 Speaker 7: It's not like we weren't getting them. And you know 702 00:30:53,560 --> 00:30:56,280 Speaker 7: that game, you know, play that game ten times and 703 00:30:56,320 --> 00:30:58,600 Speaker 7: we win at least five, maybe six or seven. I 704 00:30:58,880 --> 00:31:02,040 Speaker 7: thought we played okay and game, so we have to 705 00:31:02,120 --> 00:31:05,600 Speaker 7: take that into tomorrow night and build off of that, 706 00:31:05,760 --> 00:31:08,360 Speaker 7: and you know, it's it's down to crunch time. Obviously, 707 00:31:08,520 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 7: nine games left right now. It's about, you know, keeping 708 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,240 Speaker 7: our mojo and keeping our attitude and being positive. So 709 00:31:16,160 --> 00:31:17,520 Speaker 7: we're looking forward to the game tomorrow. 710 00:31:17,560 --> 00:31:19,040 Speaker 1: Well, coach, you're going to go almost two and a 711 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:21,040 Speaker 1: half weeks up playing a home game. I mean, what 712 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:22,720 Speaker 1: are the challenge There's one thing to go on a 713 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:24,560 Speaker 1: road trip. There's another thing to go on a two 714 00:31:24,640 --> 00:31:26,959 Speaker 1: week road trip. So what are the challenges of that 715 00:31:27,120 --> 00:31:29,160 Speaker 1: extra long road trip like you just had. 716 00:31:29,800 --> 00:31:32,880 Speaker 7: Well, you know, it's to your point, you know, it's 717 00:31:33,240 --> 00:31:35,960 Speaker 7: it's an interesting schedule here in Seattle. I used to 718 00:31:36,040 --> 00:31:38,239 Speaker 7: be out in the East and there's a lot of 719 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:41,800 Speaker 7: what I call block we I thought we played well 720 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:46,200 Speaker 7: pretty much every game, and you know, we had two 721 00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:49,760 Speaker 7: shootout losses. Otherwise, we go three and three on that 722 00:31:49,880 --> 00:31:54,040 Speaker 7: road trip in difficult buildings against very good hockey teams, 723 00:31:54,120 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 7: and you know, we left two points on the table 724 00:31:57,560 --> 00:32:02,240 Speaker 7: in my opinion, that we really dearly need. But I 725 00:32:02,280 --> 00:32:04,600 Speaker 7: thought we played some pretty good hockey over the course 726 00:32:04,640 --> 00:32:06,479 Speaker 7: of that trip, but we traveled a lot of miles 727 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:11,080 Speaker 7: and we did make a pit stop back here on Sunday. Yeah, 728 00:32:11,120 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 7: and then flew out to Edmonton on Monday, so we 729 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 7: got a little pit stop there and and now we're 730 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 7: back home. So we're looking forward to these two home 731 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,040 Speaker 7: games here right now before we have to go to Winnipeg. 732 00:32:21,680 --> 00:32:26,280 Speaker 3: Lane Lambert again cracking mammoth tomorrow. Nine games left, two 733 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,600 Speaker 3: points out. Getting down to it, and I'm going to 734 00:32:28,640 --> 00:32:30,640 Speaker 3: ask you a question that you love when we ask 735 00:32:30,720 --> 00:32:33,360 Speaker 3: and that's about who your number one goaltender is. Every 736 00:32:33,360 --> 00:32:35,720 Speaker 3: time I've asked you, you've been totally upfront and honest 737 00:32:35,720 --> 00:32:38,520 Speaker 3: to Bobby, You've never skirted this question one time since 738 00:32:38,560 --> 00:32:40,680 Speaker 3: we've asked you, since you've been here. But I'm only 739 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:43,800 Speaker 3: bringing it up, Coach, because Philip Grubauer has now started 740 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:46,400 Speaker 3: three games in a row for the first time all year. 741 00:32:46,600 --> 00:32:47,920 Speaker 2: Is he now your number one guy? 742 00:32:50,560 --> 00:32:53,760 Speaker 9: We have two guys and I've said that all here 743 00:32:53,880 --> 00:32:59,320 Speaker 9: as well, And yeah, and our number one guy right 744 00:32:59,360 --> 00:33:00,920 Speaker 9: now is the guy who winning hockey games. 745 00:33:00,920 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 7: How's that all right? 746 00:33:02,040 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 4: All right? 747 00:33:02,960 --> 00:33:04,040 Speaker 5: You haven't mitched it up a little bit. 748 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,320 Speaker 3: It looks you should run for office By the way, yell, 749 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:09,760 Speaker 3: he should be a politician when you're done with this hockey. 750 00:33:09,440 --> 00:33:11,800 Speaker 5: Thing, Mayor of Seattleline Lambert, how about that? 751 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:13,400 Speaker 1: You know, but at the beginning of the year looked 752 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:15,680 Speaker 1: like you were kind of going one game, one game 753 00:33:15,720 --> 00:33:18,400 Speaker 1: and just alternating. And now you know, you got Decord 754 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,080 Speaker 1: going three in a row, then you got Grooby going 755 00:33:20,080 --> 00:33:22,240 Speaker 1: three in a row. Do you is there is there 756 00:33:22,280 --> 00:33:24,520 Speaker 1: something that you like, i mean, right in the hot hand, 757 00:33:24,600 --> 00:33:26,320 Speaker 1: or is it just you know, is it just going 758 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:28,800 Speaker 1: to give this guy an opportunity to do two or 759 00:33:28,840 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: three games in a row before you switch to the 760 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:30,920 Speaker 1: other one? 761 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,120 Speaker 7: Well, I think that a little bit has been, you know, 762 00:33:35,160 --> 00:33:37,440 Speaker 7: trying to get trying to get someone into a little 763 00:33:37,480 --> 00:33:40,360 Speaker 7: bit of a rhythm down the stretcher and have someone 764 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:43,680 Speaker 7: take the ball and run with it, you know. But 765 00:33:43,800 --> 00:33:47,280 Speaker 7: at the same time, you know, we're not averse to 766 00:33:47,320 --> 00:33:49,400 Speaker 7: going one and one either. So we'll see what happens 767 00:33:49,440 --> 00:33:51,360 Speaker 7: here over the course of the next four games, especially 768 00:33:51,360 --> 00:33:52,320 Speaker 7: with a back to back coming. 769 00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 4: Yeah. 770 00:33:52,680 --> 00:33:54,840 Speaker 3: Well, you mentioned this coach earlier in the in the 771 00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:57,360 Speaker 3: conversation Lean Lambert cracking a head coach with us on 772 00:33:57,400 --> 00:34:00,000 Speaker 3: the year about Hey, we're getting chances right, we're just 773 00:34:00,160 --> 00:34:01,960 Speaker 3: not putting the puck in the in the net, and 774 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:04,080 Speaker 3: I mean you can't finish right. I mean that's been 775 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:06,520 Speaker 3: a frustration I think for a lot of fans, including me. 776 00:34:06,680 --> 00:34:08,959 Speaker 3: I mean, do you feel like you have enough goal 777 00:34:09,040 --> 00:34:12,040 Speaker 3: scorers on this team to get that job done? And 778 00:34:12,239 --> 00:34:16,560 Speaker 3: if not, how do you fix that in the interim? 779 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,799 Speaker 7: Well, that's you know, I mean from that standpoint, that's 780 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,400 Speaker 7: a conversation for another day. But certainly, you know, we 781 00:34:22,440 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 7: have we have confidence in our guys and you know 782 00:34:25,840 --> 00:34:29,560 Speaker 7: there's there's plenty of chances to be had. We've just 783 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:31,760 Speaker 7: got to we've got to put them in. And it's 784 00:34:31,800 --> 00:34:35,000 Speaker 7: it's interesting because you know a lot of times, as 785 00:34:35,040 --> 00:34:37,200 Speaker 7: our power play goes, so does the five on five. 786 00:34:37,239 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 7: It sort of bleeds into it. And our power play's 787 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:41,359 Speaker 7: having a little bit of a tough time right now 788 00:34:41,400 --> 00:34:43,719 Speaker 7: and that leads into the five on five stuff for 789 00:34:44,120 --> 00:34:46,960 Speaker 7: you know, the McCanns or the Stevenson's, or the Cattons 790 00:34:47,200 --> 00:34:50,120 Speaker 7: or the Benears, ever leaves. So we got to get 791 00:34:50,120 --> 00:34:50,920 Speaker 7: that power play. 792 00:34:50,760 --> 00:34:54,120 Speaker 1: Going well, Sophie, you mentioned just goal scoring ability is 793 00:34:54,160 --> 00:34:57,120 Speaker 1: that's is that what the issue is in shootouts? I mean, 794 00:34:57,120 --> 00:34:59,160 Speaker 1: you guys are one in six this year in shootouts, 795 00:34:59,200 --> 00:35:01,479 Speaker 1: but this is a fin and the pre dates Lane 796 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,640 Speaker 1: Lambert in Seattle, I mean, the Cracking are nine and 797 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:07,040 Speaker 1: eighteen in their franchise history in shootout, so nowhere close 798 00:35:07,120 --> 00:35:07,880 Speaker 1: to fifty percent. 799 00:35:07,960 --> 00:35:09,880 Speaker 5: So what do you think the reasoning is behind that? 800 00:35:12,480 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 7: You know what, there's there's certainly a little bit of 801 00:35:15,080 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 7: an element of obviously I call it a skills competition, 802 00:35:18,160 --> 00:35:21,239 Speaker 7: and that's why I hate ending games that way, you know, 803 00:35:21,320 --> 00:35:23,640 Speaker 7: And there's a certain element of that, there's no question 804 00:35:23,719 --> 00:35:27,880 Speaker 7: about it. You know, it's it ebbs and flows a 805 00:35:27,880 --> 00:35:30,640 Speaker 7: little bit, but there's you know, there's no doubt that 806 00:35:30,880 --> 00:35:34,200 Speaker 7: nine and eighteen in franchise history, and I think we're 807 00:35:34,200 --> 00:35:36,759 Speaker 7: one and six maybe this year. And those are some 808 00:35:36,840 --> 00:35:40,680 Speaker 7: really important points left off the table. So whether it 809 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:44,279 Speaker 7: be you know, goaltending or whether it be scoring, we've 810 00:35:44,280 --> 00:35:45,879 Speaker 7: got to come up with a We've got to come 811 00:35:45,920 --> 00:35:47,479 Speaker 7: up with a better solution. There's no question. 812 00:35:47,640 --> 00:35:50,160 Speaker 3: Well, coach, before you go, you taugh tomorrow. And we're 813 00:35:50,200 --> 00:35:52,920 Speaker 3: definitely seeing some spark out of these guys. I mean, 814 00:35:53,080 --> 00:35:56,399 Speaker 3: Cat and Maddy Benier's Alexiak got into his first fight 815 00:35:56,560 --> 00:35:57,160 Speaker 3: in two years. 816 00:35:57,200 --> 00:35:58,240 Speaker 2: I think over the weekend. 817 00:35:58,320 --> 00:36:00,640 Speaker 3: That was good to see, right, I mean, and does 818 00:36:00,680 --> 00:36:02,880 Speaker 3: that mean anything to you when you see guys that 819 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:06,560 Speaker 3: are pushing back and sometimes in Berkeley's case, pushing back 820 00:36:06,560 --> 00:36:10,680 Speaker 3: against much bigger players, it means a. 821 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,400 Speaker 7: Lot, actually, guys. You know we went on that road trip. 822 00:36:13,400 --> 00:36:17,720 Speaker 7: We played teams that are seasoned, veteran and big hockey teams, 823 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:22,919 Speaker 7: playoff playoff hockey teams. Tampa Florida, you know, Stanley Cup 824 00:36:22,960 --> 00:36:26,880 Speaker 7: champions twice in a row, and you know, Buffalo is 825 00:36:26,920 --> 00:36:28,279 Speaker 7: having a heck of a year and they're a big 826 00:36:28,320 --> 00:36:32,440 Speaker 7: hockey team, and it was a great I've always talked 827 00:36:32,480 --> 00:36:34,759 Speaker 7: right from day one about you know, we said, we 828 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:36,879 Speaker 7: want to be in the mix. And there's a couple 829 00:36:36,960 --> 00:36:38,680 Speaker 7: of reasons why we want to be in the mix. 830 00:36:38,719 --> 00:36:40,800 Speaker 7: One is is we want to be in the mix. 831 00:36:41,000 --> 00:36:42,839 Speaker 7: We want to be in and we want to win. 832 00:36:43,000 --> 00:36:45,120 Speaker 7: That's that's the bottom line. The other reason you want 833 00:36:45,120 --> 00:36:46,600 Speaker 7: to be in the mix, and we talked about this 834 00:36:46,719 --> 00:36:48,799 Speaker 7: right from day one, is we want to get our 835 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,719 Speaker 7: youth that experience of playing in these types of situations. 836 00:36:52,760 --> 00:36:55,080 Speaker 7: Because I'm going to tell you right now, the level 837 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:58,319 Speaker 7: of hockey right now is, you know, five times to 838 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,000 Speaker 7: the level of hockey at the beginning of the year 839 00:37:00,400 --> 00:37:03,040 Speaker 7: when guys are just getting back into it and now 840 00:37:03,400 --> 00:37:07,480 Speaker 7: everything's on the line, and you know the experience of 841 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:11,759 Speaker 7: our younger players going through this and seeing what this 842 00:37:11,880 --> 00:37:14,840 Speaker 7: is all about and rising to the occasion. Like you 843 00:37:14,880 --> 00:37:17,400 Speaker 7: said on the road trip, you know, with cat and 844 00:37:17,440 --> 00:37:20,920 Speaker 7: fighting that sparked our team incredibly, you know, and Jamie 845 00:37:20,960 --> 00:37:23,880 Speaker 7: Alexiak stepping up and doing his job and doing his 846 00:37:23,920 --> 00:37:26,560 Speaker 7: thing as well when Shane Wright got ran over by Stanley. 847 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:30,719 Speaker 7: You know, these are things that galvanis the hockey team 848 00:37:30,760 --> 00:37:33,319 Speaker 7: and continue to build on our culture that we want 849 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 7: to establish. 850 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:36,399 Speaker 3: All right, go kick you Tah's yes tomorrow night, get 851 00:37:36,400 --> 00:37:38,319 Speaker 3: back in the win, Colum and we're talking a week coach, 852 00:37:38,360 --> 00:37:39,239 Speaker 3: appreciate this man. 853 00:37:39,680 --> 00:37:40,960 Speaker 7: Thanks guys, take care of you. 854 00:37:41,040 --> 00:37:42,439 Speaker 2: Bet Lane Lambert with us. 855 00:37:43,000 --> 00:37:46,320 Speaker 3: Don't forget tomorrow Utah six thirty pre game seven o'clock 856 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:47,800 Speaker 3: face off with the Mammoth. 857 00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,400 Speaker 2: I keep wanting to calm the wooly mammoth. 858 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:52,719 Speaker 3: By the way, totally the mammoth tomorrow right here on KJR. 859 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:54,080 Speaker 2: Petros joins next