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Speaker 1: This is Tony Pike Cincy three sixty about Cincinnati from Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: It's Skyline time. This is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports station.

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Speaker 2: Really, it's what you need to do. Welcome in Happy Friday,

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Speaker 2: Cincy three sixty here for the next three hours, all

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Speaker 2: the way up till three o'clock. Mowager takes over after that.

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Speaker 2: If you're out braving the snow right now, get yourself

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Speaker 2: to your nearest Skyline Chili, batten down the hatches, get

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Speaker 2: yourself a meal, and allow the cruise to clean up

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Speaker 2: the roads, as this snow should be ending here soon.

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Speaker 2: We talked about a clipper Austin, and we got hit

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Speaker 2: with the clipper this morning. Come to find out it's

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Speaker 2: a clipper man. Don't mess with the clippers, the old

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Speaker 2: Alberta clipper. Incredible stuff here in Cincinnati, really as uh

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Speaker 2: snow filled our city again this morning, but it hasn't stopped.

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Speaker 2: What we do might stop what kids do. Is this

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Speaker 2: like the first time you've seen snow or well, it's

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Speaker 2: different every time.

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Speaker 3: You know.

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Speaker 2: Now snow. Well, no snowflake is the same. Well, there

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Speaker 2: was some thick flakes coming down earlier today. I wondered,

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Speaker 2: as you know, the kids had school today, I wondered

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Speaker 2: kind of thick snow coming down doesn't say it's supposed

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Speaker 2: then you know, about an hour later, they sent a

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Speaker 2: message out to go ahead and come get your kids

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Speaker 2: it's going to stop at noon or one o'clock, well

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Speaker 2: then you should be fine. When do kids get out

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Speaker 2: Well it's different. You know some around you know, two

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Speaker 2: they don't get they get out at noon. Okay, well

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Speaker 2: that makes more sense. Come on up and get your kids,

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Speaker 2: that makes more sense for yeah. Yeah. So the good

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Speaker 2: news is a lot of those kids are now home

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Speaker 2: and probably listening to this program today, and we thank

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Speaker 2: and leave us a talk back with that microphone there,

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Speaker 2: and we'll get to those talkbacks in our number two today.

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Speaker 2: We start our number two with Charlie Goldsmith. We'll catch

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Speaker 2: up on some Bengals and Reds related topics with him.

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Speaker 2: We will talk to Bob Manjean in our number three

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Speaker 2: right before quick hits today and we'll talk to Bob

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Speaker 2: about something we saw earlier today. Austin, just one week

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Speaker 2: removed from a torn ACL one hundred percent ruptured. According

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Speaker 2: to Lindsay Vaughn on Twitter, she competed in time trials

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Speaker 2: today in Milan. Unbelievable and I think was like at

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Speaker 2: How is that even possible? Speaking of these set Olympics,

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Speaker 2: the uh doubles, the mixed doubles curling squad Austin for

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Speaker 2: the US, off to a four and oh start now,

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Speaker 2: two more wins today, four and oh over the Czech

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Speaker 2: for mixed doubles curling for the Americans, shout out to them.

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Speaker 2: We'll dive into a lot deeper today. NFL awards were

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Speaker 2: show goes on this afternoon. The NBA trade deadline has

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Speaker 2: And how about this. The Charlotte Hornets won their eighth

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Speaker 2: today Austin is a win for the Cincinnati Bengals in

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Speaker 2: my opinion, even though Zach Taylor doesn't have to worry

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Speaker 2: that Jim Schwartz has gone. And based off of the reporting,

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Speaker 2: World Baseball Classic. One of those players. Actually two you,

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Speaker 2: Hennio Suarez and Edward Arroyo, stand out out on these

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Speaker 2: It'll be Edwin Arroyo, as you mentioned for Puerto Rico

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Speaker 2: the World Baseball Class Edwin o'royo did Edwin o'royo, in

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Speaker 2: a guy like Gavin Lock. How much this participation for

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Speaker 2: Edwin Arroyo takes away his opportunity to compete for the

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Speaker 2: Other players are going to be in training camp spring

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Speaker 2: it is interesting. It's probably a tough decision for Edwin Arroyo,

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Speaker 2: pretty cool one. Nonetheless, and not just that. Listen to

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Speaker 2: off Puerto Rico's roster due to insurance issues. We've talked

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Speaker 2: We mentioned Eu Henney Jo Suarez will be on the

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Speaker 2: in twenty twenty three. But these are star studded lists

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Speaker 2: Let's rip the band aid off. Last night, Fifth Third Arena,

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Speaker 2: We've heard angry Wes after the games. We've heard frustrated

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Speaker 7: What allowed the Mountaineers to pull this game out in

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Speaker 2: There are a lot of people that would put Butch

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Speaker 2: that would say that about Tommy Tupperville, right, go get

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Speaker 2: And that's what Stewart tweeted last night, and I couldn't agree,

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Speaker 2: He truly does, and he's truly now a coach that

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Speaker 2: has overwhelmed with everything that has happened this season, and

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Speaker 2: I think Wes Miller works his ass off at coaching.

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Speaker 2: I truly believe in this team, Like there was part

428
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Speaker 2: of me yesterday that's in my mind, Like what if

429
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Speaker 2: they win eight out of nine down the stretch, Like

430
00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,840
Speaker 2: I always think to that because I want nothing more

431
00:25:46,880 --> 00:25:51,359
Speaker 2: than UC to be successful, and damn if I don't

432
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Speaker 2: respect the work that wes Miller puts in, and as

433
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Speaker 2: a former UC athlete, I respect his passion for the

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Speaker 2: university and his want two to win. Regardless of last night,

435
00:26:05,760 --> 00:26:07,960
Speaker 2: his drive and his want two, you could tell the

436
00:26:08,040 --> 00:26:10,440
Speaker 2: dude cares, because if he didn't care, he'd come out

437
00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,640
Speaker 2: and say like, wow, whatever. I think he truly cares.

438
00:26:14,119 --> 00:26:16,080
Speaker 2: I think he's now so far in over his head

439
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Speaker 2: with the struggles of the season. But Brian Kelly left

440
00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:22,480
Speaker 2: this place and no one cared, no one wanted to

441
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Speaker 2: see him win. I don't think that'll be like that.

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Speaker 2: For whatever happens where West goes, I want him to

443
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Speaker 2: succeed because I do genuinely think he's a good guy.

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Speaker 2: It's it's not here. The unfortunate reality of life is

445
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Speaker 2: that sometimes, whether it's in basketball, in work, in sports,

446
00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,960
Speaker 2: whatever it is, the unfortunate reality of life is sometimes

447
00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:44,720
Speaker 2: your best isn't good enough. And that's the case with

448
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Speaker 2: Wes Miller. He's broken, Yep, a guy yesterday that was

449
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Speaker 2: on the verge of or if not in tears. In

450
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Speaker 2: the post game, the video of him talking to the

451
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Speaker 2: fans in the tunnel. You can be a good guy,

452
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Speaker 2: you can work really hard, you can be well liked,

453
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Speaker 2: you can be respected, you can be nice behind closed doors,

454
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Speaker 2: which I think he is, although none of it matters

455
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Speaker 2: if you don't have results. And that is the unfortunate

456
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Speaker 2: reality of the business of which in which wes Miller

457
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Speaker 2: is in. And I think he's at the point where

458
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Speaker 2: they really need to go their separate ways. I think

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Speaker 2: it's you see, and wes Miller and his agent need

460
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Speaker 2: to come together and say, listen, this is not benefiting anybody,

461
00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,959
Speaker 2: because once again the story is about what wes Miller

462
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Speaker 2: did and said and reacted after the game, and the

463
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Speaker 2: conversation is again about wes Miller being in over his

464
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Speaker 2: head and that can't be the talking point surrounding your

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Speaker 2: basketball program. And so he's at the point now where

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Speaker 2: if he continues down this path, he's damaging his ability,

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Speaker 2: or his reputation or his prospects in the long term future.

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Speaker 2: And for you see, they've got to do something to

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Speaker 2: show the fan base that this isn't acceptable to them.

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Speaker 2: Being a good guy and working hard. We talk about

471
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Speaker 2: this all the time with players. Oh they play hard, well, yeah,

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Speaker 2: that's a prerequisite, that's expected. I expect that from the

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Speaker 2: basketball coach. I don't expect, after all these years, in

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Speaker 2: all these games to see the same problems and continually

475
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Speaker 2: get out coached and struggle to handle your emotions post game.

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Speaker 2: That stuff tells me he doesn't have a good enough

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Speaker 2: hold on himself and on the program to be able

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Speaker 2: to turn it around. So, whether you come to some

479
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Speaker 2: sort of mutual agreement to part ways where maybe you

480
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Speaker 2: don't pay the whole buyout, maybe you just ended after

481
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Speaker 2: these next few weeks, who knows. But something's got to

482
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Speaker 2: happen because Wes Miller is broken and the Bearcat basketball

483
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Speaker 2: program is going nowhere. I sent messages out last night

484
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Speaker 2: to friends of mine that are UC fans. It sucks,

485
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Speaker 2: like in every way, it sucks. It sucks because at

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Speaker 2: a point I feel bad that that he is in

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Speaker 2: over his head. It sucks because this team continues to lose,

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Speaker 2: and it sucks Austin to hear coach say I'm giving

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Speaker 2: every ounce that I have, but what result do they

490
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Speaker 2: have to show for it? They continue to lose in

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Speaker 2: the same way every single time, and it's just it's

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Speaker 2: infuriating and it's maddening, and it's frustrating, and it's so

493
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Speaker 2: many different things, but at the core of it, it

494
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Speaker 2: just sucks that this situation where this team is at,

495
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Speaker 2: it's brutal on all ends. And he's had former players

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Speaker 2: come to his defense, and I heard Bob Huggins say

497
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Speaker 2: good things about him the other day. At the end

498
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Speaker 2: of it, at the root of it all, you're in

499
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Speaker 2: the Big Twelve, you know. And I think that's to

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Speaker 2: your point, Austin, the Big Twelve is that's the big

501
00:29:46,600 --> 00:29:50,280
Speaker 2: boy league, right like, that's the league that everyone looks

502
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Speaker 2: to right now. If you want to talk about where

503
00:29:53,880 --> 00:29:57,520
Speaker 2: college basketball starts and stops, go, look in the AP

504
00:29:57,680 --> 00:29:59,920
Speaker 2: Top twenty five right now, number one in the country,

505
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Speaker 2: Big twelve, number seven in the country, Big twelve, number

506
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Speaker 2: eight in the country, Big twelve, number eleven in the country,

507
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Speaker 2: Big twelve, number thirteen in the country, Big twelve, number

508
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Speaker 2: sixteen in the country, the Big Twelve. This is the

509
00:30:15,160 --> 00:30:20,600
Speaker 2: big leagues. And to be emotional, that's fine. But to

510
00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:23,120
Speaker 2: be at the point where I listened and saw west

511
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Speaker 2: Miller at last night, you think, man, can that be

512
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Speaker 2: the guy that is leading your program in the hardest

513
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Speaker 2: and toughest Basketball Conference in college basketball. I'm sure the

514
00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,920
Speaker 2: players are gutted. I'm sure the players are devastated. And again,

515
00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:46,720
Speaker 2: players didn't roll over. They're not not giving effort. They're

516
00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,520
Speaker 2: also not executing for anything at the end of games.

517
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Speaker 2: They're also not improving. The development's not there. They've had

518
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Speaker 2: more than a handful of winnable games that would have

519
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Speaker 2: at least shown progress. Where this team is at in

520
00:31:01,400 --> 00:31:05,320
Speaker 2: year five of the west Miller era it is it's

521
00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:10,000
Speaker 2: a crossroads. And I mean, Austin, We've literally heard this

522
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Speaker 2: season every single range of emotion in postgame interviews from

523
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Speaker 2: West Miller, every one of them. It's almost becoming, well,

524
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Speaker 2: I got to get to the car because I got

525
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Speaker 2: to hear what's going to be said. I got to

526
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Speaker 2: hear how this is handled. And oh, by the way,

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Speaker 2: there is still eight more regular season games of this.

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Speaker 2: You still play three top fifteen teams. Doesn't get any better,

529
00:31:39,960 --> 00:31:43,280
Speaker 2: it doesn't get any easier. And again, it's the big leagues.

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Speaker 2: This is the mountaintop of college basketball. You've got to

531
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Speaker 2: be equipped, not just from a scheme standpoint, but emotionally

532
00:31:51,160 --> 00:31:53,400
Speaker 2: to handle it as well. And that's what I'm saying,

533
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:59,480
Speaker 2: is like like this, it's not working, So it's time

534
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Speaker 2: to to bite the bullet here like they're going nowhere.

535
00:32:04,800 --> 00:32:10,200
Speaker 2: They've been going nowhere, And doesn't matter if he's a

536
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:13,520
Speaker 2: good guy, doesn't matter if he works hard, the results

537
00:32:13,520 --> 00:32:16,360
Speaker 2: aren't there. Yeah, And it's a result driven sports world.

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00:32:16,800 --> 00:32:21,600
Speaker 2: That's it. Every sport result driven. I mean, Austin, how

539
00:32:21,600 --> 00:32:23,840
Speaker 2: many times we had the conversation about Zach Taylor as

540
00:32:23,840 --> 00:32:28,240
Speaker 2: the head coach of the Bengals. Zach Taylor Brian Callahan

541
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Speaker 2: picked up the bill for Jay Morrison and his late

542
00:32:33,960 --> 00:32:38,320
Speaker 2: wife celebration of life. Great dude, Right, people still question

543
00:32:38,640 --> 00:32:41,280
Speaker 2: coaching at the core of it and and getting over

544
00:32:41,320 --> 00:32:44,520
Speaker 2: the hump. There's a fine line. Zach Taylor is an

545
00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:51,560
Speaker 2: awesome dude. Wes Miller is an awesome dude. There are

546
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Speaker 2: times though that that just doesn't mean you're going to

547
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Speaker 2: be successful in your job. And Zach Taylor has taken

548
00:32:55,440 --> 00:32:57,479
Speaker 2: his team a heck of a lot further. And there

549
00:32:57,480 --> 00:32:59,320
Speaker 2: are a lot more believers in Zach Taylor as a

550
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Speaker 2: head coach than anything else. Yeah, you know, it goes

551
00:33:02,400 --> 00:33:05,040
Speaker 2: that like with with Mike. You know, Mike Ditko wasn't

552
00:33:05,040 --> 00:33:07,560
Speaker 2: the nicest guy, but he had a lot of success.

553
00:33:07,600 --> 00:33:10,680
Speaker 2: Bill Belichick not a nice guy, but he worked hard

554
00:33:11,400 --> 00:33:14,120
Speaker 2: and he is going to be a Hall of Famer

555
00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:17,280
Speaker 2: and has won a ton of Super Bowls. Bill Bill

556
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Speaker 2: Parcells wasn't a nice guy. He won a bunch of games. Yep,

557
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Speaker 2: there's no prerequisite, you know, there's like no thing that Jenny, Okay,

558
00:33:25,840 --> 00:33:27,480
Speaker 2: if you're a nice guy, you're going to be successful.

559
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Speaker 2: If you're a bad guy, you're gonna be success. It

560
00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:32,320
Speaker 2: doesn't matter. It's just all that matters at the end

561
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Speaker 2: of the day, is the column in the W and

562
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Speaker 2: the column in the L, the number in those two columns.

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Speaker 2: It's all matters. And very clearly it's not been good

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Speaker 2: enough for UC basketball. We'll take a break, we'll come

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Speaker 2: back more to go. Your phone calls five, one, three, seven, four, nine,

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Speaker 2: fifteen thirty. We got a loaded college basketball weekend ahead.

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Speaker 2: Local teams in action will have a little bit more

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Speaker 2: college hoops, and then we'll switch gears to football base

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Speaker 2: Baul Charlie Goldsmith and so much more along the way.

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Speaker 2: ESPN fifteen thirty, Cincinnati Sports Station, Hey Alexa, who got hurt?

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Speaker 5: Getting ESPN fifteen thirty from iHeartRadio.

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Speaker 1: Tony Pike, since three sixty is back now on ESPN

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Speaker 1: fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back since three sixty rolling along hour number one

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Speaker 2: on a Friday, ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports station thanks

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Speaker 2: to Skyline Chili. By the way, I believe we're having

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Speaker 2: some difficulties right now with our telephones. Uh yeah, we're

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Speaker 2: working on it all right. There's an issue where it's

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Speaker 2: not just our station. I think it's the whole market

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Speaker 2: at the moment. So we're going to guess that this

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Speaker 2: happens sometimes. Yeah, once it gets rectified, we we'll let

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Speaker 2: you know. We'll welcome your phone calls. Also to wrap

584
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Speaker 2: up the conversation around you see, and just the results

585
00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:12,600
Speaker 2: Austin just this year alone, two and eleven in Quad

586
00:35:12,640 --> 00:35:17,000
Speaker 2: one or Quad two opportunities. Also a Quad four home

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Speaker 2: loss against Eastern Michigan. That is how you sum up

588
00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:25,719
Speaker 2: five straight missed NCAA tournaments with Wes Miller as the

589
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Speaker 2: head coach. Bear Katzer. It's towards the end of the year.

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00:35:30,120 --> 00:35:32,800
Speaker 2: At times with the Bengals defense, you could say, Okay,

591
00:35:32,840 --> 00:35:36,040
Speaker 2: this person's playing better, this person's taking a step forward.

592
00:35:36,120 --> 00:35:39,640
Speaker 2: Miles Murphy, DJ Turner even Demetrius Knight a little bit,

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00:35:39,680 --> 00:35:43,719
Speaker 2: You're like, Okay, there's something there. There's none of that

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00:35:43,760 --> 00:35:46,880
Speaker 2: with you, see yeah, And that I think is the

595
00:35:46,880 --> 00:35:53,240
Speaker 2: biggest issue. There's not even hints of improvement by anyone.

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00:35:53,360 --> 00:35:55,520
Speaker 2: It's always the fine line of like the players coach

597
00:35:55,600 --> 00:35:58,680
Speaker 2: because I agree, like you hear former players and current

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00:35:58,680 --> 00:36:01,880
Speaker 2: players will go to bat for Wes Miller because he's

599
00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,880
Speaker 2: a nice guy. Brian Kelly wasn't a nice guy, but

600
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Speaker 2: Brian Kelly got wins. Like I tell people all the time,

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Speaker 2: the way in which Brian Kelly coached me was the

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Speaker 2: only way probably for me to be successful. Like if

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Speaker 2: Brian Kelly was just a nice guy on the sidelines

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Speaker 2: to me, it probably wouldn't have worked out. I needed

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Speaker 2: the the energy that Brian Kelly brought. I needed the

606
00:36:27,280 --> 00:36:31,200
Speaker 2: aggression had times. I needed the anger that Brian Kelly

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Speaker 2: brought because I responded to that. I wouldn't have responded

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Speaker 2: as well if Brian Kelly just put his arm around

609
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Speaker 2: me and said all right, let's get him next series.

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Speaker 3: You know.

611
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Speaker 2: And as a player, you like that in a coach

612
00:36:42,080 --> 00:36:44,759
Speaker 2: because you feel like the coach is your friend. But

613
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Speaker 2: at the same time, coach doesn't need to be your friend,

614
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Speaker 2: right Coaches, As you said, Austin, you're trying to improve

615
00:36:51,440 --> 00:36:53,600
Speaker 2: these guys. You're trying to make him better. You're trying

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Speaker 2: to win games. There's a fine line in that, and

617
00:36:57,760 --> 00:37:01,960
Speaker 2: they have lost far more than they have won. And

618
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Speaker 2: I get being in the Big twelve, but so many,

619
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Speaker 2: so many winnable games that have just slipped through in

620
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Speaker 2: the final minutes of the game that it's beyond beyond frustrating.

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Speaker 2: UC is back in action on Sunday. They take on

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Speaker 2: the UCF Knights at Fifth Third Arena at two o'clock.

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Speaker 2: Xavier travels to Saint John's on Monday night. Saturday Slate.

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Speaker 2: Tennessee is at Rupp Arena to take on the Wildcats.

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00:37:25,560 --> 00:37:30,160
Speaker 2: Louisville is at Wake Forest. Milwaukee is on the way

626
00:37:30,200 --> 00:37:32,719
Speaker 2: to Truest Arena to take on the North on Saturday.

627
00:37:32,800 --> 00:37:36,520
Speaker 2: Dayton heads to VCU tonight in Miami of Ohio ahead

628
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Speaker 2: of that ESBN National TV matchup next Friday against ou

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Speaker 2: is on the road at Marshall Tomorrow. National Top twenty

630
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Speaker 2: five matchups, the top two teams in the Big East

631
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Speaker 2: square off tonight. Yukon is at Saint John's rivalry weekend

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Speaker 2: at Duke at North Carolina, you get Illinois at mississ

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Speaker 2: Michigan State. That's a pair top ten teams. And in

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Speaker 2: the Big twelve Houston at BYU Saturday night as well.

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Speaker 2: That wraps up a big college basketball weekend. Let's talk

636
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Speaker 2: for a few moments when we get back about the

637
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Speaker 2: NFL awards and Hall of Fame inductees from tomorrow night.

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Speaker 2: We'll tie that into a conversation with Charlie Goldsmith to

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Speaker 2: Welcome back Cinty three to sixty thanks to Skyline Chile

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Speaker 2: on ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station. We will dive

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Speaker 2: into the Hall of Fame class in our number three

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Speaker 2: because I want to have more of a conversation as

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Speaker 2: it betrains to Willie Anderson and Ken Anderson before we

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Speaker 2: get to Charlie Goldsmith. Though, we do have the NFL

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Speaker 2: honor awards that were divvied up last night. The winners

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Speaker 2: from last night off Player of the Year Jackson Smith

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Speaker 2: and Jigba no Brainer, Defensive Rookie of the Year Carson Schweisinger

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Speaker 2: from the Cleveland Browns, NFL Assistant Coach of the Year

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Speaker 2: Josh McDaniels, New England Patriots Coach of the Year. This

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Speaker 2: Austin was one I thought was an extremely extremely interesting vote.

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Speaker 2: Mike Vrabel becomes the Coach of the Year in the NFL.

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Speaker 2: Christian McCaffrey is your comeback Player of the Year. The

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Speaker 2: Protector of the Year guy we talked about for seemingly

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Speaker 2: months in Cincinnati in the offseason past. Joe Tooney, the

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Speaker 2: guard for the Chicago Bears, is your Protector of the

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Speaker 2: Year in the National Football League. Miles Garrett Defensive Player

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Speaker 2: of the Year. Who am I missing outside of the MVP?

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Speaker 2: What other award am I missing? I think that pretty

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Speaker 2: much sums at A comeback Player of the Year was

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Speaker 2: Christian man Ceterreld McMillan Offensive Rookie of the Year. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: and then of course Matthew Stafford is your MVP. He

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Speaker 2: edged out Drake May by five points in a really

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Speaker 2: cool moment last night. As Stafford is on the stage

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Speaker 2: with his four daughters accepting the award, he dropped at

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Speaker 2: the end of it that he's so much looking forward

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Speaker 2: to his kids being on the sideline when they run

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Speaker 2: it back again next year. And we've talked about this

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Speaker 2: off air, Austin. That felt like the first time that

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Speaker 2: he had confirmed that to Sean McVay and Kyrin Williams

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Speaker 2: and many others based on their reactions in the stands. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I mean the way that they kind of jumped out

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Speaker 2: of their seat and ran, almost ran up onto the stage.

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Speaker 2: I felt like Sean McVay wanted to do Yeah. I

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Speaker 2: thought that was pretty cool. It was a very very

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Speaker 2: cool moment as the awards happened. Friend of the show

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Speaker 2: Sam Monton shared last night that his vote went to

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Speaker 2: Justin Herbert first place vote. His first place vote went

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Speaker 2: to Justin Herbert, and the idea behind this is essentially

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Speaker 2: what he's leaning to is what Justin Herbert had around him,

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Speaker 2: the lack of protection, and if he were given the

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Speaker 2: same complement of weapons around him in protection, that he

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Speaker 2: would put up those type of numbers as well. Is

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Speaker 2: that the gist of it? Would you say, what is

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Speaker 2: your thought of that thinking? From Sam Monson? Because this

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Speaker 2: is obviously blown up nationally from Sam Monson. Sam's explanation

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Speaker 2: in revealing of his vote has gone ridiculously viral, nine

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Speaker 2: million views on Twitter, his address has been posted on Reddit,

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Speaker 2: He's been threatened. Reaction to this number one is absurd,

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Speaker 2: and I just appreciate that Sam was willing to put

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Speaker 2: it out there and say, hey, here was my reasoning.

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Speaker 2: And you want to know why people don't want transparency

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Speaker 2: in Hall of Fame voting is because of reactions like this. Yep,

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Speaker 2: but he posted that Justin Herbert had the worst offensive

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Speaker 2: line in the NFL all season, and despite that, he

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Speaker 2: was working miracles in almost every game. Stafford's offensive line

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Speaker 2: became two fifths as bad as Herbert's for five minutes

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Speaker 2: and he became a turnover Howitzer, Herbert embodied the word value,

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Speaker 2: so he was looking at it from a very literal

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Speaker 2: point of view in terms of the value that Justin

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Speaker 2: Herbert brought to his team as compared to the value

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Speaker 2: that Matt Stafford brought to his team with the supporting

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Speaker 2: cast around him. And that's an argument that I'm willing

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Speaker 2: to accept, Like, Okay, yeah, that makes sense to me.

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Speaker 2: The reason why people are mad is because that one

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Speaker 2: vote was the difference between Stafford winning it and Drake

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Speaker 2: May winning it. That's how close it was, and so

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Speaker 2: that's where the anger comes from. Yeah, And that's the thing, Like,

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Speaker 2: why in this country can we not just have a

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Speaker 2: civilized reaction and say, you know what, maybe I don't disagree,

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Speaker 2: but I can see Sam's thought process and I respect

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Speaker 2: his thought process correct, But we can't do that in

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Speaker 2: this country anymore. It resorts to what to hate, to threats.

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Speaker 2: I mean, we're talking about threatning a man's life because

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Speaker 2: of who he voted for for MVP. Crazy that that's

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Speaker 2: how crazy this is. And the replies that that have

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Speaker 2: flooded in, and Sam has comment on a bunch of them,

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Speaker 2: He's retweeted a bunch of them. So you could go

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Speaker 2: to to Sam Monson and and uh and see his

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Speaker 2: ex and where this is posted at sam monson NFL.

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Speaker 2: But I understand and I respect his reasoning. I don't

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Speaker 2: agree with it in the voting process, but I can

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Speaker 2: see how he got to that conclusion. And you know, again,

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Speaker 2: these votes are taken before the playoffs start, so you

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Speaker 2: can't hold of into account what's happened in the playoffs

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Speaker 2: and Drake may now playing for a Super Bowl. Those

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Speaker 2: those votes were already taken and already cast. But it's

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Speaker 2: just it's you wouldn't talk about the wild wild West

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Speaker 2: man here he is. He puts his name on it,

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Speaker 2: he gives his reasoning, he gives his explanation. And to

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Speaker 2: your point, if it's not a close vote, you're probably

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Speaker 2: it's probably not a big as big of a deal

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Speaker 2: as it is now. But the fact that it could

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Speaker 2: have single handedly changed who wins MVP obviously it has

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Speaker 2: a little bit more power, but I appreciate the honesty

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Speaker 2: and for Sam Monson UH to take a stand on

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Speaker 2: on where he's at. With that, we'll talk about the

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Speaker 2: Hall of Fame announcement and when we get into our

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Speaker 2: number three. For now, we'll break. We'll get to Charlie

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Speaker 2: Goldsmith next. On ESPN fifteen thirty. Cincinnati sports station k

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