WEBVTT - Mornings with Thom Brennaman 10/13/2025 0:00:00.080 --> 0:00:02.880 The morning after every Bengals game, we call it the 0:00:03.040 --> 0:00:05.160 Morning After and kind enough to join us each in 0:00:05.240 --> 0:00:11.399 every week. Former Bengals star Tim McGee, Well, good morning, 0:00:11.440 --> 0:00:13.400 mister McGee. I hope you had a good weekend. 0:00:15.080 --> 0:00:18.520 Well, my weekend was somewhat excellent. I did see some 0:00:18.560 --> 0:00:21.000 fight out of the team. So it was was down 0:00:21.040 --> 0:00:23.520 at the University of Tennessee getting honored and that was 0:00:23.520 --> 0:00:27.640 a privilege, and came back to watch the game, and 0:00:27.920 --> 0:00:30.319 that wasn't the way you want to really end the 0:00:30.640 --> 0:00:32.280 all weekend on a downer. 0:00:32.320 --> 0:00:36.559 But nevertheless, Okay, let me back up a minute. You 0:00:36.640 --> 0:00:38.120 got honored at your alma mater. 0:00:39.680 --> 0:00:41.279 Yeah, definite, yes, I did. 0:00:42.200 --> 0:00:43.839 And tell me about it. I mean, people want to 0:00:43.880 --> 0:00:46.080 hear this. This is great stuff. I love when when 0:00:46.120 --> 0:00:47.239 people have things like this. 0:00:47.320 --> 0:00:50.400 What happened, Well, first of all, it was it was 0:00:50.479 --> 0:00:52.360 really one of my well it was my first time 0:00:52.440 --> 0:00:55.160 going back since I actually left there, so it was 0:00:55.160 --> 0:00:56.800 a chance for them. You know, when I left there, 0:00:56.800 --> 0:01:00.200 I had a bunch of accolades such as the UH 0:01:00.840 --> 0:01:04.280 Leading Receiver and all Americas and all that kind of stuff, 0:01:04.319 --> 0:01:06.679 And that was the year we kind of put my 0:01:06.760 --> 0:01:09.000 senior year, we put the University of Tennessee back on 0:01:09.080 --> 0:01:12.000 the map with the big win against the University of Miami, 0:01:12.000 --> 0:01:14.200 who was playing for the NACER Championship, and we. 0:01:14.200 --> 0:01:15.440 End up winning that Sugar Bowl. 0:01:15.480 --> 0:01:19.440 So they counted the team and myself at halftime for 0:01:20.040 --> 0:01:22.440 you know, such a wonderful job that we we did. 0:01:22.560 --> 0:01:25.759 And you know, that's when it became Wide Receiver University 0:01:25.880 --> 0:01:28.800 and all the good things starts to clicking. But I'll 0:01:28.800 --> 0:01:31.479 tell you one thing, man, that stadium and that atmosphere 0:01:31.640 --> 0:01:32.360 is just electric. 0:01:32.680 --> 0:01:37.920 It's unbelievable. Yeah, I mean, it's one of the great 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:40.760 venues in all of college football. There's no doubt about it. 0:01:40.840 --> 0:01:43.920 And and they're back to relevancy again after a lot 0:01:43.959 --> 0:01:45.720 of years where they were just so so, and it's 0:01:45.720 --> 0:01:49.480 good for college football. All right, let's shift gears to 0:01:49.520 --> 0:01:54.320 the Bengals. You just said. You know, look, if you 0:01:54.440 --> 0:01:58.160 watch the game, Tim, the defense was good in the 0:01:58.200 --> 0:02:02.080 first half. The offense is completely non existent. I want 0:02:02.080 --> 0:02:04.080 to start with that for a minute. I know you 0:02:04.160 --> 0:02:07.440 have a new quarterback, but how in the world can 0:02:07.480 --> 0:02:10.639 you have fewer than thirty yards of offense in one 0:02:10.720 --> 0:02:13.920 half of football when you have the entire week to 0:02:14.000 --> 0:02:16.400 scout the opponent. I don't care how good they are. 0:02:16.840 --> 0:02:20.000 You've got an entire week to scout the opponent. How 0:02:20.000 --> 0:02:22.919 does that happen every week for the Bengals, doesn't matter 0:02:22.919 --> 0:02:23.919 who the quarterback is. 0:02:25.240 --> 0:02:27.200 Well, I don't think they're that good. 0:02:27.320 --> 0:02:29.919 I mean, let's just start there. I think we need 0:02:29.960 --> 0:02:34.200 to continue to manage our expectations. The team put all 0:02:34.240 --> 0:02:37.560 their money into three players on the offensive side, one 0:02:37.560 --> 0:02:41.520 player on the defensive side, so overall, I have never 0:02:41.840 --> 0:02:45.120 and I know we say this, I personally say this 0:02:45.240 --> 0:02:50.480 a lot. I just never expected them to be beat 0:02:50.520 --> 0:02:53.440 the Baltimore Ravens or the Pittsburgh Steelers, And now that 0:02:53.520 --> 0:02:56.000 you see it in real time, it's a very difficult 0:02:56.040 --> 0:02:59.520 pill to swallow. And I think it's on the talent side. 0:02:59.520 --> 0:03:00.919 I don't think it's on the coaching side. 0:03:00.960 --> 0:03:01.200 I don't. 0:03:01.400 --> 0:03:03.359 You know, every time they win, you don't get Mike 0:03:03.360 --> 0:03:05.720 Brown credit. But when they when they lose, you you know, 0:03:06.000 --> 0:03:08.200 you blame Mike Brown and you blame the Brown family. 0:03:08.560 --> 0:03:11.639 But I just don't think this team is very talented 0:03:11.680 --> 0:03:14.240 on neither side of the ball outside of the Big Four. 0:03:14.320 --> 0:03:17.160 And other than that, I think there's a huge disparity 0:03:17.200 --> 0:03:20.600 and talent of their top tier players versus the next tier. 0:03:23.639 --> 0:03:26.480 Were you shocked at the offense though? Was that bad 0:03:26.520 --> 0:03:29.120 in the first half and then pretty dog gone good 0:03:29.160 --> 0:03:30.280 in the second half. 0:03:31.800 --> 0:03:32.240 I was. 0:03:32.400 --> 0:03:35.400 I was really surprised they made such a conscious effort 0:03:35.400 --> 0:03:38.040 in the second half to get Chase the ball, just 0:03:38.120 --> 0:03:40.440 put the ball in his hands and let him make plays. 0:03:40.480 --> 0:03:44.040 He made obviously some unbelievable plays. But the first half 0:03:44.080 --> 0:03:45.960 it was kind of like, Okay, what are you thinking? 0:03:46.040 --> 0:03:48.960 Then you're they kind of put the they kind of 0:03:49.040 --> 0:03:53.000 put the cuffs on the offense as far as getting 0:03:53.000 --> 0:03:55.640 the ball in the personnel that's neat that can make 0:03:55.640 --> 0:03:58.200 you plays. And then the second half, obviously they changed 0:03:58.200 --> 0:04:00.360 and they open up things a lot, a lot more So, 0:04:00.720 --> 0:04:03.800 I will say this, I left with the after that game. 0:04:03.840 --> 0:04:07.120 I have I'm under the impression that this team is 0:04:07.200 --> 0:04:09.240 not as bad as I thought they were, and He's 0:04:09.400 --> 0:04:11.240 not as good as I thought they were, but they. 0:04:11.120 --> 0:04:12.040 Have some potential. 0:04:12.120 --> 0:04:15.240 I was really pleased with the offensive performance in the 0:04:15.240 --> 0:04:17.880 second half, but they kind of looked like they were 0:04:17.920 --> 0:04:20.080 a threat in Flack. Oh you know, for got it 0:04:20.120 --> 0:04:22.559 coming in, you know, four days, five days or whatever 0:04:22.600 --> 0:04:25.320 it was before before you have to put the uniform on. 0:04:25.400 --> 0:04:26.520 I thought he played pretty good. 0:04:26.640 --> 0:04:28.440 I'm with you. I'm with you all the way. I 0:04:28.480 --> 0:04:31.400 thought he looked very good. It did take a while 0:04:31.480 --> 0:04:35.960 for it to get going. But you know, Tim, I 0:04:35.960 --> 0:04:40.359 I just look at this offensive line and look, you 0:04:40.400 --> 0:04:42.640 can say they held up pretty well in the second half. 0:04:42.680 --> 0:04:43.200 They did. 0:04:43.720 --> 0:04:46.520 They don't have a play caller in the head coach 0:04:46.600 --> 0:04:50.000 Zack Taylor, who has ever been committed to the run. 0:04:50.040 --> 0:04:52.840 They're throwing the ball forty five times. There was never 0:04:52.880 --> 0:04:56.320 a time in the game yesterday ever where they were 0:04:56.360 --> 0:04:59.360 getting blown out of the gym like they were, you know, 0:04:59.520 --> 0:05:02.599 the three games prior to that, where they just had 0:05:02.760 --> 0:05:05.160 no chance and so to have any hope you got 0:05:05.200 --> 0:05:09.080 to throw it forty times. But yesterday, again it's not 0:05:09.160 --> 0:05:11.839 to say they would have been successful, but they just 0:05:11.960 --> 0:05:16.520 had no interest whatsoever in running the ball yesterday right 0:05:16.600 --> 0:05:19.880 from the get go, outside of of course, a jet 0:05:19.920 --> 0:05:22.640 sweet panned off to Jamar Chase on the first play 0:05:22.640 --> 0:05:23.080 of the game. 0:05:25.279 --> 0:05:29.159 Well, you have a combination of challenges with the run game. 0:05:29.200 --> 0:05:32.720 You have a head coach, last offensive coordinators, last play 0:05:32.720 --> 0:05:36.080 caller that loves throwing the football, he loves putting the 0:05:36.160 --> 0:05:40.400 quarterback in the pistol shotgun position and throwing the ball 0:05:40.920 --> 0:05:43.360 time at the time, down at the down. That's always 0:05:43.400 --> 0:05:45.560 going to create yourself a problem for the running game. 0:05:45.720 --> 0:05:49.039 So therefore the mentality of the offensive lineman, they're working 0:05:49.080 --> 0:05:51.800 on their kickstep, they're working on their shuttle, they're working 0:05:51.800 --> 0:05:54.000 on a lot of things other than run blocking and 0:05:54.080 --> 0:05:57.279 run blocking. As you know, the run game in particular 0:05:57.440 --> 0:06:00.440 is all about attitude and determination and stript strength. You 0:06:00.520 --> 0:06:03.360 got it, you're going downhill. They don't have that attitude. 0:06:03.400 --> 0:06:08.880 So therefore, it is very, very disappointing that week after week, 0:06:08.960 --> 0:06:12.440 game after game they're not committing to the run. I 0:06:12.480 --> 0:06:15.080 mean a commitment to we're going to be able to 0:06:15.160 --> 0:06:18.640 run this football because again, in Clement Weather's coming, we're 0:06:18.640 --> 0:06:20.120 going to need it. If we're going to be as 0:06:20.160 --> 0:06:22.400 the football team, we got to run the ball. And 0:06:22.600 --> 0:06:27.840 that is the most difficult, disappointing part of this season 0:06:27.960 --> 0:06:30.440 has been the run game. And it starts with the 0:06:30.440 --> 0:06:33.960 offensive line, and I think it also starts with the 0:06:34.320 --> 0:06:34.760 play call. 0:06:34.920 --> 0:06:37.720 Yeah yeah, I mean, you know, look, I've been saying 0:06:37.760 --> 0:06:42.440 it for years. Zach Taylor is cal taled to Burrow 0:06:42.560 --> 0:06:45.120 on this. They've put all their money, as you've mentioned, 0:06:45.160 --> 0:06:50.200 into the passing game on the offensive side. And I 0:06:50.200 --> 0:06:52.080 guess it shouldn't be a surprise, but when you have 0:06:52.279 --> 0:06:53.800 you know, you've got to be able to adapt when 0:06:53.800 --> 0:06:56.920 you have a change of quarterback. Now the third quarterback 0:06:57.120 --> 0:07:00.200 this season they've had to use. It just seems like, 0:07:00.240 --> 0:07:03.240 you know, desperate times call for desperate measures. But that's 0:07:03.279 --> 0:07:07.599 not happening. Flacco's swinging the ball around forty five plus times. Look, 0:07:09.440 --> 0:07:14.240 you talk about managing expectations, but second half yesterday, as 0:07:14.280 --> 0:07:17.360 you talked about, you know, Flacco starts to get settled in, 0:07:17.760 --> 0:07:20.000 got a little time to throw the ball. He's still 0:07:20.040 --> 0:07:22.600 got plenty of arm, and we know he has great 0:07:22.640 --> 0:07:24.400 skilled players around him. 0:07:24.720 --> 0:07:26.840 The game this Thursday night, to me. 0:07:27.080 --> 0:07:32.120 Tim, is almost a season defining game. 0:07:32.560 --> 0:07:33.760 Do you agree with that or no? 0:07:35.840 --> 0:07:37.440 You know what, I can see it both ways, Tom, 0:07:37.480 --> 0:07:40.480 And here's the reason they play Pittburgh obviously this Thursday 0:07:41.000 --> 0:07:43.840 Pittsburgh is probably you know, if you look at it 0:07:43.880 --> 0:07:45.800 on paper, they're going to come in here. They actually 0:07:45.840 --> 0:07:48.080 have the position that they haven't had in a number 0:07:48.080 --> 0:07:48.920 of years since Ben. 0:07:49.200 --> 0:07:50.120 They have a quarterback. 0:07:50.200 --> 0:07:53.560 So if things don't go the way the Bengals are 0:07:53.760 --> 0:07:56.800 hope that hope things will go. They still got the 0:07:56.840 --> 0:07:59.240 Bears in the I think the Jets coming up, so 0:07:59.680 --> 0:08:01.840 they'll have some time to kind of get back at 0:08:01.840 --> 0:08:04.280 their footing, but they'll obviously have a five game losing 0:08:04.320 --> 0:08:07.160 street if things don't go well with Pittsburgh. It's Thursday, 0:08:07.600 --> 0:08:10.840 so I wouldn't say it's the end all, but it's 0:08:10.920 --> 0:08:14.360 getting close to where you're digging a hole so deep 0:08:14.400 --> 0:08:17.560 that it's going to be almost impossible for you to 0:08:17.640 --> 0:08:20.400 regain any type of playoff momentum. And I know we'll 0:08:20.400 --> 0:08:22.760 go back to the famous head coach to take playoffs. 0:08:22.760 --> 0:08:25.280 What's playoffs? You know where we can't even be talking 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:28.560 playoffs right now, but that's the aultimate goal. I just 0:08:28.600 --> 0:08:31.000 think this team again, when you break it down, you 0:08:31.040 --> 0:08:33.360 can look at when losses, you can look at home away, 0:08:33.400 --> 0:08:34.920 you can look at divisions, you can look at a 0:08:34.960 --> 0:08:37.000 lot of different things. But it's going to start with 0:08:37.040 --> 0:08:39.679 this team running the football. They don't run the football. 0:08:39.720 --> 0:08:41.280 The defense is going to be on the field a lot. 0:08:41.480 --> 0:08:43.880 Teams are going to score points, and you know they're 0:08:43.880 --> 0:08:46.040 going to take away strategically, They're just going to take 0:08:46.040 --> 0:08:48.480 away your mar chase and make them, you know, make 0:08:48.520 --> 0:08:50.560 them beat you underneath the poser over the top, and 0:08:50.600 --> 0:08:52.640 they're not having those big chunk plays, and that there's 0:08:52.679 --> 0:08:55.480 another reason they're not having a lot of success on 0:08:55.520 --> 0:08:56.880 the offensive side of the football. 0:08:57.000 --> 0:08:59.559 Okay, well, they got the Steelers at home, and then 0:08:59.559 --> 0:09:02.760 they get the Jets, who we know are awful. But 0:09:02.880 --> 0:09:05.040 you know, some people say, hey, the Bengals aren't good either, 0:09:05.080 --> 0:09:06.640 so what would make you expect that you're going to 0:09:06.720 --> 0:09:08.800 be able to beat them? But then you got the 0:09:08.840 --> 0:09:12.240 Bears at home, they're playing okay, before you play the 0:09:12.280 --> 0:09:17.120 Steelers again. It just seems like me, let me ask 0:09:17.120 --> 0:09:21.480 you about the defense that third and eight yesterday with 0:09:21.520 --> 0:09:25.200 about two and a half minutes to go. I just 0:09:25.240 --> 0:09:29.600 continue to ask myself, how can guys get this wide 0:09:29.679 --> 0:09:31.720 open on a third down and eight. I know that 0:09:31.800 --> 0:09:34.760 sounds so elementary. And I know the Packers have a 0:09:34.760 --> 0:09:37.000 good quarterback, and they've got good receivers, they got good 0:09:37.080 --> 0:09:37.600 running backs. 0:09:37.600 --> 0:09:38.720 They're a good team. 0:09:39.160 --> 0:09:41.680 I mean, you know they are a good team, but 0:09:41.840 --> 0:09:44.320 golly day, I mean, it just seems like there are 0:09:44.360 --> 0:09:47.720 stretches where guys are so wide open. 0:09:49.280 --> 0:09:51.800 And that is man, I tell you, when that's the 0:09:51.840 --> 0:09:55.200 head scratcher right there, when you think you got or 0:09:55.240 --> 0:09:57.920 the team has some momentum. If they get this stop 0:09:57.960 --> 0:10:00.839 and you start playing possibilities in your mind, Well, if 0:10:00.840 --> 0:10:02.559 they get this, then they can go down, they can score, 0:10:02.600 --> 0:10:04.520 then they if they get the onside kick, you just 0:10:04.559 --> 0:10:06.680 start thinking of all these things going through your head 0:10:06.880 --> 0:10:09.199 because there's hope, and we haven't had hope in weeks, 0:10:09.600 --> 0:10:12.240 almost a month now. So when you think of that 0:10:12.320 --> 0:10:15.040 and then you see a blown coverage or you see 0:10:15.040 --> 0:10:18.080 a misassignment and you see a player wide open and 0:10:18.120 --> 0:10:21.200 they're playing pitching cats they get the first down, you 0:10:21.320 --> 0:10:24.360 go right back to that demoralizing stage that got this team. 0:10:24.679 --> 0:10:29.680 They find ways to lose football games, and that's the 0:10:29.720 --> 0:10:31.360 fine of a bad team. 0:10:31.679 --> 0:10:33.360 All right, let me ask you one last question. 0:10:34.800 --> 0:10:37.520 Knowing what we know about the state of the Bengals 0:10:37.559 --> 0:10:40.080 right now, there was a story that broke that the 0:10:40.120 --> 0:10:43.640 San Francisco forty nine ers might be interested in acquiring 0:10:43.679 --> 0:10:48.160 in a trade Trey Hendrickson. If you ran the Bengals, 0:10:48.160 --> 0:10:49.679 would you even consider that? 0:10:51.320 --> 0:10:55.679 Absolutely? Absolutely, And here's the reason why. He's only one 0:10:55.720 --> 0:10:59.920 year deal. He is a huge asset. You can get 0:11:00.120 --> 0:11:03.520 some draft capital or maybe another player in two backs 0:11:04.000 --> 0:11:08.200 and now you can really build a solid defense. But 0:11:08.320 --> 0:11:11.240 you only right now he is the only bona fide 0:11:11.480 --> 0:11:15.400 star or superstar player on the defensive side. So yeah, 0:11:15.480 --> 0:11:18.760 I would strongly. Now, Obviously, when I say strongly consider Tom, 0:11:19.120 --> 0:11:20.040 I'm talking about. 0:11:19.800 --> 0:11:21.320 What I got coming back in return. 0:11:21.760 --> 0:11:24.280 If I got something coming back in return that I 0:11:24.320 --> 0:11:28.480 can build a defense around Al Golden's system. Absolutely, if 0:11:28.520 --> 0:11:30.680 I get that draft capital, maybe a first round or 0:11:30.679 --> 0:11:33.640 maybe a second round or whatever, absolutely I would definitely 0:11:33.640 --> 0:11:36.160 consider it, because, you know, considering the Bengals are right 0:11:36.200 --> 0:11:38.720 now going to be drafting pretty high, and San Francisco 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:41.600 ain't doing too good himself. You may, you know, you 0:11:41.679 --> 0:11:44.280 may have two top fifteen first round picks. 0:11:44.520 --> 0:11:45.280 You just never know. 0:11:45.520 --> 0:11:46.760 Yeah, you're exactly right. 0:11:46.800 --> 0:11:49.119 I mean, you know, the forty nine ers or a franchise, 0:11:49.160 --> 0:11:51.160 it's always quote unquote trying to win. 0:11:51.240 --> 0:11:52.360 They're not doing much of it. 0:11:53.200 --> 0:11:55.960 They lost again yesterday to Tampa Bay, but they're one 0:11:55.960 --> 0:12:00.000 of the great franchises in football. Congratulations again, Tim McGee. 0:12:00.679 --> 0:12:03.120 Over the weekend at You're alma mater, Tennessee, do you 0:12:03.120 --> 0:12:06.440 think Tennessee is gonna make it to the college football Playoff? 0:12:07.679 --> 0:12:11.080 Well, you know what, whatever I think ain't gonna really matter. 0:12:11.240 --> 0:12:12.439 I guess who we have next week? 0:12:12.920 --> 0:12:13.599 Alabama? 0:12:13.720 --> 0:12:18.079 Baby, we got our big rifle coming up and it's 0:12:18.080 --> 0:12:21.640 in Alabama. So you know, like everything, if you want 0:12:21.640 --> 0:12:23.600 to win a championship at the University of Tennessee, you 0:12:23.600 --> 0:12:26.320 gotta go through Alabama or Alabama. I gotta go through Tennessee. 0:12:26.360 --> 0:12:28.920 So we'll know this time next week. 0:12:29.120 --> 0:12:31.480 Okay, I tell you the team. I just still can't believe. 0:12:31.920 --> 0:12:35.040 And my son's a student there. I just cannot believe 0:12:35.120 --> 0:12:40.000 what Kurt Signetti has done at Indiana. Indiana, Oh my god, Wow, 0:12:40.520 --> 0:12:43.600 can you talk about a coach making a difference? Man, 0:12:43.880 --> 0:12:45.600 This cat's unbelievable. 0:12:46.679 --> 0:12:48.719 Dude, they don't get the top talent in there, out 0:12:48.720 --> 0:12:50.880 there kicking button taking names. 0:12:51.360 --> 0:12:52.840 There's no I mean they ran. 0:12:53.080 --> 0:12:56.959 I mean they destroyed Oregon in the second half of 0:12:56.960 --> 0:12:58.559 that game the other day. All right, Tam, have a 0:12:58.559 --> 0:13:00.000 great rest of your day. 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Keep 0:13:30.160 --> 0:13:33.680 in mind though there are some bridge maintenance operations taking place. 0:13:33.800 --> 0:13:37.199 Eastbound two seventy five that on the Combshail Bridge might 0:13:37.240 --> 0:13:40.440 see some delays popping up in through there as well. 0:13:40.800 --> 0:13:44.520 Southbound seventy five traffic slow between the Lachland Split and 0:13:44.600 --> 0:13:47.720 Paddock Road. Two to three minute delay in through there. 0:13:48.120 --> 0:13:51.400 On eastbound seventy four from Rivolt Over to seventy five, 0:13:51.559 --> 0:13:53.760 a little bit of slow traffic two minute or two 0:13:53.840 --> 0:13:57.240 worth of delays. And on two seventy five no delays 0:13:57.280 --> 0:13:59.959 from State Route thirty two in Eastgate over to seven 0:14:00.800 --> 0:14:06.079 on that. He'zeldec on News Radio seven hundred WLW all. 0:14:06.080 --> 0:14:09.760 Right O WCPO nine First Warning fore Casts presented by 0:14:09.920 --> 0:14:12.920 K J. Jacobs. It is a beautiful morning out there. 0:14:12.960 --> 0:14:16.440 We're at fifty two degrees under mostly sunny skies today. 0:14:16.480 --> 0:14:19.160 We're getting up to seventy four clear tonight low down 0:14:19.160 --> 0:14:25.120 to fifty three Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday sunshine temperatures ranging 0:14:25.160 --> 0:14:28.960 from seventy two to seventy five is a high. The 0:14:29.120 --> 0:14:32.480 nights are going to be beautiful, clear, and of course 0:14:32.520 --> 0:14:34.920 the Bengals will be home at pay Course Stadium on 0:14:35.240 --> 0:14:39.760 Thursday night. Steelers coming to town. We're trying to get 0:14:40.000 --> 0:14:42.360 on the same page with Marty Brenneman. Our mondays with 0:14:42.480 --> 0:14:46.520 Marty segment in the next half hour. He is in Lisbon, Portugal. 0:14:46.560 --> 0:14:51.120 We're trying to find out if his cell service is working, 0:14:51.760 --> 0:14:54.400 So keep your fingers crossed. 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Corney Donahope, Bloomberg Radio. 0:16:01.400 --> 0:16:02.600 All right, eight forty three. 0:16:02.760 --> 0:16:05.640 He has been standing by and we're hoping the service 0:16:05.760 --> 0:16:13.000 can hold up all the way over in Portugal, Lisbon, Portugal, 0:16:13.320 --> 0:16:17.040 mondays with Marty. How is Lisbon, Portugal? 0:16:17.120 --> 0:16:22.440 By the way, It's absolutely beautiful, and we are currently 0:16:23.320 --> 0:16:28.160 in the Nacional Palace of Pena, which. 0:16:27.960 --> 0:16:32.840 Has taken seemingly forty eight days to get to. But 0:16:32.920 --> 0:16:36.160 it's breathtaking. It's high on not a mountain, but it's 0:16:36.200 --> 0:16:39.280 a very sizable hill overlooking. This is one of the 0:16:39.320 --> 0:16:42.800 most beautiful places as far as countries are concerned, that 0:16:42.840 --> 0:16:45.680 I've ever been in my life. They we started at Barcelona, 0:16:45.760 --> 0:16:49.080 they talked about how wonderful Barcelona is. Barcelona is good, 0:16:49.400 --> 0:16:51.920 but for our money, that's amand in me it does. 0:16:53.000 --> 0:16:54.680 It doesn't hold a candle to Portugal. 0:16:54.800 --> 0:16:57.760 I've heard other people say that about Lisbon. What do 0:16:57.800 --> 0:16:58.600 you like about it? 0:17:00.240 --> 0:17:06.359 Tom? It's clean, It's incredibly clean, it's incredibly safe. The 0:17:06.480 --> 0:17:13.400 prices are reasonable, the buildings, the antiquities, everything, there's no negative. 0:17:13.400 --> 0:17:17.840 They've got beaches that are beautiful. The climate is I 0:17:17.840 --> 0:17:22.080 think the guy said yesterday, it's very comparable to central California, 0:17:22.119 --> 0:17:24.960 is the way he put it. They rarely ever get 0:17:25.200 --> 0:17:27.960 extremely cold weather. I mean, I mean, if you were golfer, 0:17:28.000 --> 0:17:29.960 you could play golf here three hundred and sixty five 0:17:30.040 --> 0:17:33.479 days a year. It just it's just a it's an 0:17:33.480 --> 0:17:37.480 eye opener. I had no idea how beautiful it was 0:17:37.560 --> 0:17:40.159 coming into it. And you know, her horizon fell. My 0:17:40.240 --> 0:17:42.719 guy Prominent Travel put this thing together and we've had 0:17:42.760 --> 0:17:44.000 a wonderful time. You know. 0:17:44.040 --> 0:17:46.240 The one thing I always wonder about when I've had 0:17:46.280 --> 0:17:49.719 the opportunity to go overseas is how they treat Americans. 0:17:50.040 --> 0:17:52.920 And you can get you know, right varying degrees on 0:17:53.040 --> 0:17:55.840 that you brought up before you went on the trip 0:17:55.840 --> 0:18:01.359 about how so many Americans actually retire in Lisbon, Portugal. 0:18:01.440 --> 0:18:05.160 But are the native people friendly to Americans? 0:18:05.480 --> 0:18:07.840 Oh? Yeah, yeah. I think in the last ten or 0:18:07.880 --> 0:18:12.879 twelve years more retired Americans who are retired abroad, specifically 0:18:12.920 --> 0:18:15.840 in Europe have retired in Portugal. Not so much Lisbon, 0:18:15.920 --> 0:18:21.120 but the entire country. The people are great. You rarely 0:18:21.119 --> 0:18:24.560 have a run into somebody who doesn't speak English. It's 0:18:24.600 --> 0:18:27.960 a world class city with you know, if you're a 0:18:28.080 --> 0:18:30.920 lady or a man for that matter, that it's inclined 0:18:30.960 --> 0:18:34.200 to shop. They got all the big time names here, man, 0:18:34.359 --> 0:18:40.240 I mean from Gucci to Prada to everything imaginable. It's 0:18:40.280 --> 0:18:43.680 just special. It's a really special place. And now having 0:18:43.720 --> 0:18:47.160 been here, I can understand why Americans, if they want 0:18:47.240 --> 0:18:51.480 to retire abroad, would certainly seriously considered Portugal. 0:18:51.040 --> 0:18:55.280 Which begs the question, are you seriously considering retiring in Portugal? 0:18:56.160 --> 0:19:01.000 That would be an affirmative note to know. No, Marty 0:19:01.119 --> 0:19:03.400 is not respecting about retiring important. 0:19:03.440 --> 0:19:07.399 Okay, all right, well well look with a time difference. Yeah, well, 0:19:07.640 --> 0:19:09.800 not too good. I mean, although Joe Flacco in the 0:19:09.880 --> 0:19:13.159 second half looked really good and at least you, for 0:19:13.200 --> 0:19:16.600 the first time, maybe a little bit of hope. 0:19:17.119 --> 0:19:19.080 You know, I brought it up earlier. 0:19:19.160 --> 0:19:20.600 And of course there are a ton of people that 0:19:20.720 --> 0:19:23.359 listen to this show in the station across the border 0:19:23.440 --> 0:19:26.879 in Indiana. And you have a grandson. I have a 0:19:26.920 --> 0:19:30.320 son that's in college there. I mean, for people that 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:34.000 don't believe the difference of a head coach and the 0:19:34.160 --> 0:19:36.200 difference a head coach can make. 0:19:36.280 --> 0:19:36.719 I don't know. 0:19:36.760 --> 0:19:38.280 I got to be honest with you. You tell me, 0:19:38.320 --> 0:19:40.760 and I'm sure there's somebody out there. I don't know 0:19:40.840 --> 0:19:46.040 if I've ever seen any professional team, college team, hell, 0:19:46.160 --> 0:19:49.800 for that matter, high school team that is turned around 0:19:49.880 --> 0:19:55.200 from being so bad to so good as what Kurt 0:19:55.280 --> 0:19:59.960 Signetti has done it Indiana. 0:20:00.000 --> 0:20:03.640 I agree on a percent. And if anybody had any 0:20:05.240 --> 0:20:08.680 doubts in their mind about the quality of his latest edition, 0:20:08.760 --> 0:20:11.520 the twenty twenty five edition, just check out what he 0:20:11.560 --> 0:20:15.200 did against Oregon on the road last Saturday. But also, 0:20:15.320 --> 0:20:18.560 I think you have to factor in. It can't happen 0:20:18.720 --> 0:20:23.159 this quick under the old rules. If you didn't have 0:20:23.240 --> 0:20:25.080 the portal, I don't know that he would have had 0:20:25.080 --> 0:20:28.560 the year he had last year, and I guarantee that 0:20:29.080 --> 0:20:32.359 holds true. Now now they're coaches that do well in 0:20:32.400 --> 0:20:34.959 the portal, and he's one that's probably done better than 0:20:35.000 --> 0:20:39.040 anybody as opposed to go old Bill Belichick down of Carolina, 0:20:39.040 --> 0:20:41.719 who can't fight his rear end with both hands. But 0:20:43.000 --> 0:20:45.800