1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:02,600 Speaker 1: K f A N and good morning Genawa. 2 00:00:03,480 --> 00:00:07,880 Speaker 2: Lavell Neil, the third columnist for the Star Tribune and 3 00:00:08,000 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 2: Star Tribune dot Com, joins us, Now you head into 4 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:15,200 Speaker 2: Fort Myers for pitchers and catchers on Thursday, and good morning. 5 00:00:15,680 --> 00:00:15,800 Speaker 1: Now. 6 00:00:15,800 --> 00:00:17,200 Speaker 3: I'll be going down in a few weeks though, but 7 00:00:17,239 --> 00:00:20,440 Speaker 3: I won't be there for the opening of Camp Bobby 8 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:21,760 Speaker 3: Knight Gilt Juniors. 9 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:24,200 Speaker 1: Down there, he'll be chronicling. 10 00:00:23,720 --> 00:00:28,840 Speaker 3: Uh all this of this uh uh of what is 11 00:00:28,880 --> 00:00:31,480 Speaker 3: going to be like the least anticipated twin season that 12 00:00:31,640 --> 00:00:32,800 Speaker 3: we've had here in years. 13 00:00:32,800 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: Alas, But it's transition. 14 00:00:34,920 --> 00:00:38,600 Speaker 2: It's transition time from what to what new manager, manager 15 00:00:38,640 --> 00:00:42,560 Speaker 2: manager got minority owners, minority owners. 16 00:00:43,000 --> 00:00:45,839 Speaker 1: It's the transition I'm saying, whether it's compelling or not. 17 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,880 Speaker 3: Bills a paid hooray, hooray, new GM. 18 00:00:50,360 --> 00:00:53,440 Speaker 1: Jeremy's all, oh, yeah, that's right. Jeremy's all yeah. 19 00:00:53,200 --> 00:00:55,440 Speaker 4: So is he the new GM or is it just 20 00:00:55,520 --> 00:00:58,800 Speaker 4: new responsibility as part of what he was already doing. 21 00:00:58,960 --> 00:00:59,600 Speaker 1: It's his shop. 22 00:00:59,720 --> 00:01:01,720 Speaker 3: I mean, he's director, he beks, he's the fact of 23 00:01:01,800 --> 00:01:04,640 Speaker 3: director of base operations. He's running the base ball department 24 00:01:04,680 --> 00:01:05,560 Speaker 3: for the Twins right now. 25 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:07,720 Speaker 2: Oh, he's the one you argued with when he ran 26 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:10,679 Speaker 2: the same the minor league bit right, that was a guy, Yep, 27 00:01:11,120 --> 00:01:14,520 Speaker 2: that's right. Yeah, so it sounds like you're starting off well. 28 00:01:14,640 --> 00:01:18,240 Speaker 4: But so this all to that end though, of you, 29 00:01:18,480 --> 00:01:21,440 Speaker 4: Jeremy's been with the team and with the in the system. 30 00:01:21,480 --> 00:01:23,240 Speaker 4: Wasn't he in like Single A or something down in 31 00:01:23,280 --> 00:01:25,800 Speaker 4: Florida like eight nine years ago or something like that, 32 00:01:25,880 --> 00:01:28,119 Speaker 4: Like he's been with the Twins for a long time. 33 00:01:28,240 --> 00:01:31,119 Speaker 3: Yeah, they brought him over from the Dodgers, so he's 34 00:01:31,520 --> 00:01:35,320 Speaker 3: used to planning, being part of a lead organizations actually 35 00:01:35,319 --> 00:01:35,880 Speaker 3: spend money. 36 00:01:36,560 --> 00:01:40,160 Speaker 1: And he came over and he started. 37 00:01:39,840 --> 00:01:43,080 Speaker 3: By as like I'm an assistant GM and overseeing. He 38 00:01:43,160 --> 00:01:44,840 Speaker 3: was like a minor league director. And Nani became an 39 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,280 Speaker 3: assistant GM and just kind of slowly worked his way up. 40 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:53,880 Speaker 3: So so solid guy, I mean we I mean we're 41 00:01:53,920 --> 00:01:56,080 Speaker 3: all on fine now. I mean our differences go back 42 00:01:56,120 --> 00:01:58,560 Speaker 3: like six seven, eight years. It wasn't something that was 43 00:01:58,600 --> 00:02:01,000 Speaker 3: like a deal breaker, like I'm I hate you forever now. 44 00:02:01,040 --> 00:02:03,320 Speaker 3: It was just when I was staying something, trying I'm 45 00:02:03,360 --> 00:02:07,000 Speaker 3: being an a treptive reporter observing something and acting on it, 46 00:02:07,040 --> 00:02:09,760 Speaker 3: and he was like, you're gonna call me every time am. 47 00:02:09,639 --> 00:02:11,119 Speaker 1: Illegally use the game in the fifth inning. 48 00:02:11,960 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, you wait, the big squad the Twins early in 49 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:23,360 Speaker 2: that conversation and unsolicited caught astray hold on caught astray 50 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,840 Speaker 2: stop early in that conversation. 51 00:02:27,080 --> 00:02:27,880 Speaker 1: Why did you you stop? 52 00:02:28,040 --> 00:02:31,280 Speaker 2: The Twins got a side winding roundhouse there when you're 53 00:02:31,360 --> 00:02:34,160 Speaker 2: like a team that actually spends money, Like last week 54 00:02:35,240 --> 00:02:36,960 Speaker 2: something when Mike Conley got traded. 55 00:02:37,200 --> 00:02:38,880 Speaker 1: You know, I'm like, I said something. 56 00:02:39,240 --> 00:02:43,080 Speaker 2: Like, what are they doing to all of Barrero's weekly guests. 57 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:46,360 Speaker 2: Adam Feeling gets traded, Mike Conley got traded. 58 00:02:46,840 --> 00:02:49,600 Speaker 1: You know, Joe Ryan's offering to come on five days 59 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: a week if I'm not mistaken, If I'm not mistaken. 60 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:56,000 Speaker 3: There's a stretch there with people appearing Twins, people appearing 61 00:02:56,040 --> 00:02:57,600 Speaker 3: on your show. Will you and de Bay were getting 62 00:02:57,639 --> 00:03:01,920 Speaker 3: like waxed the next year, right, it was like Dinny 63 00:03:01,960 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 3: Hockey was like last year with the Twins and he 64 00:03:03,639 --> 00:03:05,280 Speaker 3: was gone and define. 65 00:03:04,919 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 2: Getting waxed like within a year, they're not with the 66 00:03:07,320 --> 00:03:10,000 Speaker 2: time anywhere. Yeah, oh yeah, no, that was happening, There's 67 00:03:10,040 --> 00:03:13,120 Speaker 2: no doubt. But it had nothing to do with the 68 00:03:13,280 --> 00:03:16,200 Speaker 2: radio show. It had to do with lack of productivity 69 00:03:16,280 --> 00:03:17,200 Speaker 2: by said individual. 70 00:03:17,200 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 3: I thought there was a I thought there was a 71 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:20,919 Speaker 3: joke going on for a few years that there was 72 00:03:21,000 --> 00:03:23,079 Speaker 3: a curse of whoever was a guest on your show 73 00:03:23,440 --> 00:03:25,600 Speaker 3: he wasn't was in danger of losing their job. 74 00:03:25,720 --> 00:03:26,400 Speaker 1: Man, I don't know. 75 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:29,200 Speaker 2: I'd have to go back twenty twenty one, twenty three, 76 00:03:29,240 --> 00:03:31,560 Speaker 2: twenty four years ago. You know you mentioned that night 77 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 2: we walked into Bunkers with Dubes and Julius was singing 78 00:03:37,120 --> 00:03:38,960 Speaker 2: for Who's saying, can't get next to you? 79 00:03:39,560 --> 00:03:44,040 Speaker 1: Can't get next temptations? They can't get next to you, babe. 80 00:03:44,440 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 2: And then he sees us three walk in and he 81 00:03:46,640 --> 00:03:50,400 Speaker 2: changes the two can't get next to dubab can't get 82 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,280 Speaker 2: next to Dubes, can't get next to do? I mean, 83 00:03:53,560 --> 00:03:57,360 Speaker 2: just right, that is temptations. I took I took Nordo 84 00:03:57,480 --> 00:04:00,920 Speaker 2: to to the to the Feast, whatever you want to 85 00:04:00,960 --> 00:04:03,600 Speaker 2: call it. Sunday or Monday night. One time you'd never 86 00:04:03,680 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 2: seen it Sunday night. 87 00:04:04,760 --> 00:04:07,080 Speaker 1: And and they they did. 88 00:04:07,280 --> 00:04:13,760 Speaker 2: Curtis Mayfield's move on up. I mean, my man was mesmrize. 89 00:04:14,480 --> 00:04:17,000 Speaker 1: He still playing there. I went a few times during 90 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:18,480 Speaker 1: the summer. I haven't been in a little while, but 91 00:04:19,000 --> 00:04:19,719 Speaker 1: I mean Julius. 92 00:04:19,760 --> 00:04:22,400 Speaker 4: I mean I've seen we've all listened to a ton 93 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:25,840 Speaker 4: of music and all those things. But being close to musicians, 94 00:04:25,880 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 4: I mean I get thee I get a chat with 95 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:31,400 Speaker 4: Hawk every day. Long time musician Julius is one of 96 00:04:31,440 --> 00:04:35,120 Speaker 4: the most talented musicians that I've ever met. And when 97 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,760 Speaker 4: he hit us with Stevie's Maybe Your Baby, I mean, 98 00:04:38,920 --> 00:04:42,400 Speaker 4: oh gosh, how how much would nord to have liked it? 99 00:04:42,760 --> 00:04:46,679 Speaker 4: Back in the day at the Kaboos with Julius's band 100 00:04:46,800 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 4: Greasy Meal and Forgiveness? 101 00:04:51,880 --> 00:04:54,760 Speaker 3: Yes, And I mean it was packed in there. The 102 00:04:54,880 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 3: addition of funky town is like yeatstanding. 103 00:04:57,279 --> 00:04:58,080 Speaker 1: You're right it is. 104 00:04:58,240 --> 00:05:01,880 Speaker 2: I forgot about that when we would walk in let's 105 00:05:01,880 --> 00:05:04,440 Speaker 2: say ninety when I first meet you, ninety eight, so 106 00:05:04,560 --> 00:05:07,560 Speaker 2: ninety eight, ninety nine, two thousand, they you know, it'd 107 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 2: be three quarters full. They'd have that little chill kind 108 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:15,000 Speaker 2: of instrumental acoustic set, you know. And I knew that 109 00:05:15,160 --> 00:05:19,080 Speaker 2: I had found the right musical town and the right 110 00:05:19,279 --> 00:05:23,359 Speaker 2: musical place when I walked in there in nineteen ninety 111 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:27,400 Speaker 2: eight or ninety nine without you, and I heard sly 112 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:28,840 Speaker 2: in the family stones. 113 00:05:29,000 --> 00:05:33,920 Speaker 1: You caught me smileling Igan. I'm like, that was pretty good. 114 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:37,840 Speaker 2: Nobody but me knows that song. How do they know 115 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 2: that song? And they're doing it on a stage. It 116 00:05:40,200 --> 00:05:40,920 Speaker 2: was unbelievable. 117 00:05:40,960 --> 00:05:41,479 Speaker 1: Yeah, Norty. 118 00:05:41,520 --> 00:05:43,479 Speaker 3: It was funny because the first time I met Paulock 119 00:05:43,680 --> 00:05:46,200 Speaker 3: in person, he started talking to me about greasy meal 120 00:05:46,200 --> 00:05:47,680 Speaker 3: and I was like, this guy was meting a meeting 121 00:05:47,680 --> 00:05:48,200 Speaker 3: for breakfast. 122 00:05:48,240 --> 00:05:50,600 Speaker 1: I was like, what's he talking about? Couldn't believe it. 123 00:05:51,360 --> 00:05:53,200 Speaker 1: I could eat and then you roll in. 124 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 2: First time I take Wobble and the first song we 125 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 2: walk into is is Roger Trautman and zaps More bounced 126 00:05:59,720 --> 00:06:03,680 Speaker 2: to the outs. Yeah, cast the characters there on the 127 00:06:04,040 --> 00:06:06,200 Speaker 2: oh yeah, a spicy team when he would wrap. 128 00:06:06,320 --> 00:06:09,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, but just among our crowd, you know, be interesting folks. Oh, 129 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:13,359 Speaker 1: it was great. Hunting gall used to show up up God. 130 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,360 Speaker 2: Rest us all yes, yeah man, that those are those 131 00:06:16,440 --> 00:06:19,840 Speaker 2: kind of were the days, all right? Ten fourteen It 132 00:06:20,000 --> 00:06:23,200 Speaker 2: was marathon at ten fourteen with Wobblem column to Start Tribune, 133 00:06:23,240 --> 00:06:25,920 Speaker 2: Start Tribune dot com. Uh, the USA curling team you 134 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:27,960 Speaker 2: touched on it last week, yep. I mean you're just 135 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:29,160 Speaker 2: all over this thing, aren't you. 136 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:33,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, well, the the attire eleven person curling 137 00:06:33,600 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 3: contingent is from the state of Minnesota. Yep, you know 138 00:06:36,680 --> 00:06:39,240 Speaker 3: you got Team Casper, which is based out of here. 139 00:06:39,720 --> 00:06:42,840 Speaker 3: Danny Casper and Ben Richardson lived together in Richfield. Luke 140 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 3: Fayotlett lives in Richfield at Aiden Ownerberg No. Aiden Oenberg 141 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:49,760 Speaker 3: lives in Richfield, and Luke fayette Lett lives in Egan. 142 00:06:50,240 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 3: The peters'sisses are from Egan. You know they start tomorrow. Uh, 143 00:06:55,440 --> 00:07:00,800 Speaker 3: Corey T's and Corey Dropkin are from Duluth. So and 144 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 3: you know did the Luke Curling Club was packed yesterday 145 00:07:02,960 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 3: for the gold Mellow match in mixed doubles curl So 146 00:07:05,760 --> 00:07:09,600 Speaker 3: and Corey TC is on Tim Peterson and they pretty 147 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:11,200 Speaker 3: much loaded up their team to make a run at 148 00:07:11,240 --> 00:07:14,640 Speaker 3: the podium this year because uh, this is Tabitha's third 149 00:07:15,280 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 3: appearance at the Olympics that she. 150 00:07:16,680 --> 00:07:18,840 Speaker 1: Wants to get. She wants to podium now, you know. 151 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:20,680 Speaker 3: So they brought in t So who used to be 152 00:07:20,720 --> 00:07:22,920 Speaker 3: a skip she's to like lead her own team and 153 00:07:23,040 --> 00:07:25,880 Speaker 3: she's a third now and brought in another uh uh, 154 00:07:26,240 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 3: Taylor Anderson Heidi who grew up in Philadelphia but moved 155 00:07:29,560 --> 00:07:31,920 Speaker 3: to Minneapolis. And that's a funny part this is this 156 00:07:32,080 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 3: is like the curling capital of the United States. And 157 00:07:36,200 --> 00:07:40,400 Speaker 3: let's see Danny Casper, Corey Dropkin, Uh, Taylor Anderson, Heidi 158 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:46,360 Speaker 3: uh Uh, Luke Violette and Ben Richardson all grew up 159 00:07:46,400 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 3: out in other states and moved here for the express 160 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:52,600 Speaker 3: purpose to get the curling game on. You know, they worked. 161 00:07:52,760 --> 00:07:57,440 Speaker 3: They started curling because Dropkin and Droppings from Massachusetts. Casper's 162 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 3: from the New York State, Brian clear manor wherever that is, 163 00:08:01,520 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 3: and they both came here, you know. And Ganny Casper's 164 00:08:05,120 --> 00:08:07,080 Speaker 3: comment was he came here to curl with a side 165 00:08:07,120 --> 00:08:09,760 Speaker 3: of college because he graduated from the Universy Minnesota, right. 166 00:08:09,840 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 3: And Ben Richardson grew up in Miami, went to music 167 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,120 Speaker 3: school in Cleveland, learned how to play the cello, then 168 00:08:18,160 --> 00:08:20,360 Speaker 3: moved to Washington State and now he came here to 169 00:08:20,400 --> 00:08:21,280 Speaker 3: get his curling game on. 170 00:08:21,880 --> 00:08:23,680 Speaker 1: And his buddy Louke Violett came with him. 171 00:08:24,120 --> 00:08:26,360 Speaker 3: So that's how big curling is in the state, that 172 00:08:26,440 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 3: other people are coming here because they know if they 173 00:08:28,160 --> 00:08:29,680 Speaker 3: want to take their curling to to the next level, 174 00:08:29,800 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 3: they had come to Minnesota. 175 00:08:30,880 --> 00:08:32,520 Speaker 1: That's some deeply rooted knowledge right there. 176 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 2: Yeah, so I would imagine through all of this, all 177 00:08:36,480 --> 00:08:40,000 Speaker 2: of these conversations you've had with the Olympic curlers, the 178 00:08:40,160 --> 00:08:44,640 Speaker 2: strategy and just like everything that goes into how you win, 179 00:08:45,360 --> 00:08:47,920 Speaker 2: other than like, you know, the what's it called a 180 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 2: stone yese rock? Getting that rocket in that stone right there? 181 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:54,520 Speaker 2: Sport the only sport you can throw a rock at 182 00:08:54,559 --> 00:08:59,559 Speaker 2: a house. So, like, what's some of the strategy that 183 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:00,720 Speaker 2: would be under the radar. 184 00:09:01,480 --> 00:09:05,120 Speaker 3: Well, you look at how the rocks are are in 185 00:09:05,240 --> 00:09:08,080 Speaker 3: the in the house what they call it the scoring circle, 186 00:09:08,160 --> 00:09:11,400 Speaker 3: the twelve foot the bulls, Yeah, twelve foot, the foot 187 00:09:11,440 --> 00:09:14,600 Speaker 3: in the four foot, and you think that they should 188 00:09:14,600 --> 00:09:15,800 Speaker 3: just go for the button all the time, and no, 189 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,840 Speaker 3: that's not the case. It's kind of just some chests involved. 190 00:09:17,960 --> 00:09:19,320 Speaker 3: You have to set up shots. You have to think 191 00:09:19,320 --> 00:09:21,600 Speaker 3: two or three shots in advance. So even though you're 192 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:25,199 Speaker 3: you may be playing a stone out here that's not 193 00:09:25,440 --> 00:09:28,040 Speaker 3: center and maybe at the top of the house, uh 194 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,319 Speaker 3: uh not lined up with the nets could be like 195 00:09:31,400 --> 00:09:33,439 Speaker 3: a guard to stop the set up something later on, 196 00:09:33,720 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 3: you know, And there's a lot of strategy because there 197 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:39,760 Speaker 3: has to The last team is called the last team 198 00:09:39,840 --> 00:09:41,080 Speaker 3: has whoever has the last shot. 199 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:43,839 Speaker 1: They have the hammer. It's called the hammer. 200 00:09:44,320 --> 00:09:46,599 Speaker 3: So knowing that you have the hammer will allow you 201 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,079 Speaker 3: to kind of set up shots and put you in 202 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:50,520 Speaker 3: a position where you score a lot of points with 203 00:09:50,559 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 3: that final shot. Setting up places stones in different areas 204 00:09:55,080 --> 00:09:55,559 Speaker 3: of the house. 205 00:09:56,280 --> 00:09:57,280 Speaker 1: They scored the most points. 206 00:09:58,360 --> 00:10:03,160 Speaker 3: There's there's takeouts purpose of the broom the sweeping motion allows. 207 00:10:03,559 --> 00:10:05,640 Speaker 1: First of all, it's not regular ice. 208 00:10:05,679 --> 00:10:07,319 Speaker 3: If you try to throw a stone on the like 209 00:10:07,360 --> 00:10:10,000 Speaker 3: an NHL ice sheet of ice, it's not gonna go anywhere. 210 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:13,480 Speaker 3: The way that the ice is prepared, it's pebbled. There's 211 00:10:13,520 --> 00:10:16,040 Speaker 3: like it's pebbly ice that allows it to slide. So 212 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:23,360 Speaker 3: the broom allows the sweeping Usually it's reverse makes it. 213 00:10:23,640 --> 00:10:26,839 Speaker 3: It helps curl to the to the stone or keep 214 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:28,640 Speaker 3: it straight or make it go faster together. 215 00:10:29,200 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 1: So did you get down in the position and throw 216 00:10:31,520 --> 00:10:33,120 Speaker 1: a stone, throw a rock? I can't. 217 00:10:33,400 --> 00:10:35,520 Speaker 3: I can't hold a lunch that long, and I don't 218 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,520 Speaker 3: know if I get up out of the lunch position. Okay, 219 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,520 Speaker 3: now there are there's a brace you can use to 220 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:43,240 Speaker 3: help steady yourself while you're shooting, and it can help 221 00:10:43,280 --> 00:10:43,760 Speaker 3: you get up. 222 00:10:44,720 --> 00:10:48,439 Speaker 1: But the crazy thing is too like I'm leaving on 223 00:10:48,520 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: the table. Just go ahead. 224 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 3: So now you see when someone is shooting the stone, 225 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,280 Speaker 3: you see how they passed. There's a line on their 226 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:57,400 Speaker 3: side of the ice, and there's a line before the 227 00:10:57,520 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 3: rock is to the house. It's called the hog line. 228 00:10:59,360 --> 00:11:02,160 Speaker 3: Hog line, all right, So what are they doing here? 229 00:11:02,320 --> 00:11:06,320 Speaker 3: They actually have stopwatch watches and they time. They time 230 00:11:06,360 --> 00:11:08,000 Speaker 3: how long it takes the rock to go from hog 231 00:11:08,080 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 3: line the hog line. So when they're strategizing, they call 232 00:11:12,960 --> 00:11:14,280 Speaker 3: it the number twelve and. 233 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:15,520 Speaker 1: That's throw the stone. 234 00:11:15,559 --> 00:11:17,640 Speaker 3: So it takes twelve seconds to go from line to line, 235 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:21,520 Speaker 3: or ten, which would be faster, you know, or a fifteen, 236 00:11:21,559 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 3: which would be really slow, which really usually is when 237 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:26,920 Speaker 3: you're trying to draw in to the button or really 238 00:11:26,960 --> 00:11:29,400 Speaker 3: are trying to finetch shot. Now, if you're trying like 239 00:11:29,440 --> 00:11:33,400 Speaker 3: a ten, you're basically trying to destroy everything in the house, 240 00:11:33,920 --> 00:11:35,240 Speaker 3: which sometimes is a strategy. 241 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:36,559 Speaker 1: So it's caught a run back. 242 00:11:36,640 --> 00:11:39,400 Speaker 3: You just run the stone to the back and try 243 00:11:39,440 --> 00:11:41,319 Speaker 3: to clear as many stones as possible. It's not the 244 00:11:41,440 --> 00:11:44,640 Speaker 3: game is over and you lost. You say, let's running back. No, sorry, 245 00:11:44,760 --> 00:11:45,480 Speaker 3: that's basketball. 246 00:11:45,520 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: Do so when so when the when? 247 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:51,880 Speaker 2: When it's men's curling and the first guy is set 248 00:11:52,000 --> 00:11:55,760 Speaker 2: to launch. Is it he who casts the first stone? 249 00:11:55,960 --> 00:11:58,400 Speaker 2: I always love that that's called the person's called. 250 00:11:58,280 --> 00:11:59,400 Speaker 1: The lead or the lead. 251 00:11:59,760 --> 00:12:02,480 Speaker 3: Yeah, it's called the lead, and sending the second post 252 00:12:02,640 --> 00:12:05,120 Speaker 3: called the second, the thirds, the third, and the fourth 253 00:12:05,120 --> 00:12:07,240 Speaker 3: persons usually at the head of the team to skip, 254 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:09,840 Speaker 3: and the skip is the one that sets the strategy 255 00:12:09,880 --> 00:12:12,400 Speaker 3: and and pretty much tells make sure. 256 00:12:12,760 --> 00:12:13,679 Speaker 1: This shot needs to go here. 257 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:17,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, you know, and then he gets the final shot, 258 00:12:17,640 --> 00:12:18,920 Speaker 3: he or she gets the final shot. 259 00:12:19,120 --> 00:12:21,680 Speaker 1: So that's what John Shuster was for years. 260 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,760 Speaker 3: And that's the weird thing about this Olympics because Shoester 261 00:12:24,960 --> 00:12:27,720 Speaker 3: was part of the last five Olympics. Okay, he won 262 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:30,280 Speaker 3: to bronx. He won on the bronze with pete fencing 263 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:32,760 Speaker 3: in like two thousand and eight. I want to segment 264 00:12:33,440 --> 00:12:38,520 Speaker 3: that out up here of twenty two. Yeah, so he 265 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 3: won a bronze with fencing in six and then won 266 00:12:41,920 --> 00:12:45,719 Speaker 3: the gold skipping his own team in peong Tang in 267 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:46,480 Speaker 3: twenty eighteen. 268 00:12:46,880 --> 00:12:49,400 Speaker 1: You know, so he's a legend. Then the fact of 269 00:12:49,440 --> 00:12:51,360 Speaker 1: the place you were quarantine for a week, No, that 270 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:52,480 Speaker 1: was Beijing four years ago. 271 00:12:52,840 --> 00:12:55,520 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm having flashbacks to four years ago watching all these. 272 00:12:55,400 --> 00:12:58,839 Speaker 4: Events flashbacks on the phone build of the hotel four 273 00:12:58,920 --> 00:12:59,320 Speaker 4: years ago. 274 00:12:59,440 --> 00:13:01,319 Speaker 1: I know, guards he just wad get off of that one. 275 00:13:01,800 --> 00:13:04,520 Speaker 1: I didn't know. I did what it was costing to may. 276 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:06,920 Speaker 1: That's what we do. We beat bits into the ground 277 00:13:07,000 --> 00:13:08,959 Speaker 1: for flight. Sometimes guys got money. Look what's going on 278 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:13,000 Speaker 1: on this floor. Was all this construction updating this building. 279 00:13:13,080 --> 00:13:14,839 Speaker 1: That ad in this room. That's one way to look 280 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:15,079 Speaker 1: at it. 281 00:13:15,920 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 4: Our computers still use Windows XP, so we've found ways 282 00:13:19,480 --> 00:13:22,760 Speaker 4: to talk away squirrel away some some. 283 00:13:22,920 --> 00:13:26,079 Speaker 1: Savings for a renovation after staff still on AOL. Well wait, 284 00:13:26,480 --> 00:13:29,120 Speaker 1: so I mean I was like looking, I was like dreaming. 285 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,160 Speaker 3: I said, man, if we do send someone to the Olympics, 286 00:13:31,480 --> 00:13:33,400 Speaker 3: it'd be great to go to the Olympics in which 287 00:13:33,760 --> 00:13:35,800 Speaker 3: it's not during COVID. So you guy should get around 288 00:13:35,800 --> 00:13:38,240 Speaker 3: the city and engage with people. 289 00:13:38,440 --> 00:13:38,599 Speaker 4: You know. 290 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:40,560 Speaker 3: I was driving here listening to Park of Fox talk 291 00:13:40,600 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 3: about uh restaurants, restaurants and stuff. It was like we 292 00:13:44,920 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 3: didn't have that four years undergo in Beijing, That's right. 293 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:48,800 Speaker 3: It was like you go to the media dining room, 294 00:13:49,520 --> 00:13:51,679 Speaker 3: you couldn't go out among the people. And Mingo couldn't 295 00:13:51,679 --> 00:13:55,600 Speaker 3: go to bars, you know, and were they open if 296 00:13:55,640 --> 00:13:57,760 Speaker 3: they were so, still were we weren't allowed to go? 297 00:13:58,160 --> 00:13:59,600 Speaker 1: You know, we were, we were. 298 00:14:00,000 --> 00:14:02,280 Speaker 4: We were still getting even tested just to even get 299 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:03,160 Speaker 4: into stuff, right. 300 00:14:03,280 --> 00:14:06,160 Speaker 1: We were tested every morning, then we tested once a 301 00:14:06,240 --> 00:14:06,880 Speaker 1: day while we were there. 302 00:14:06,960 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 3: The nose swap bit. No, they did the stick down 303 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:14,120 Speaker 3: the throat to you gag. Yeah, the test, yes, that's awful. 304 00:14:14,240 --> 00:14:14,440 Speaker 1: Yeah. 305 00:14:14,559 --> 00:14:16,800 Speaker 4: And when I was in close quarantine, wanted to go 306 00:14:16,840 --> 00:14:20,200 Speaker 4: to the Olympics forever, Lavelle, and you finally got to go. 307 00:14:22,160 --> 00:14:24,680 Speaker 3: Hell and that first week when the idiot in front 308 00:14:24,680 --> 00:14:27,320 Speaker 3: of me on the plane ride into Beijing tested positive 309 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:30,120 Speaker 3: upon landing and I got thrown in a close quarantine, 310 00:14:31,360 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 3: close contact quarantine for the first week. 311 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:35,120 Speaker 1: Oh wow. I had to do a six am and 312 00:14:35,160 --> 00:14:36,880 Speaker 1: a six pm test. I was like, come on, we 313 00:14:37,120 --> 00:14:39,560 Speaker 1: we got food to your room, though, didn't you. It 314 00:14:39,680 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: was horrible food. 315 00:14:40,760 --> 00:14:43,560 Speaker 3: At six o'clock they would drop off the worst breakfast ever, 316 00:14:43,680 --> 00:14:46,800 Speaker 3: with these hard ass rolls and looking like these fake 317 00:14:46,960 --> 00:14:49,680 Speaker 3: army eggs that were like powder form that whipped up. 318 00:14:49,920 --> 00:14:51,800 Speaker 3: And then six fifteen here comes the lady dressed in 319 00:14:51,840 --> 00:14:54,120 Speaker 3: a hazmat outfit sticking a stick down my throat. 320 00:14:54,200 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: Holy gow was it Buzz Armstrong. 321 00:14:56,920 --> 00:14:57,400 Speaker 3: It was that. 322 00:14:59,120 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 2: We both have nugget Olympic stories down memory land. We 323 00:15:02,440 --> 00:15:05,280 Speaker 2: go eighty four, I believe, is when the Olympics were 324 00:15:05,320 --> 00:15:08,320 Speaker 2: in Los Angeles and I was a senior in high school, 325 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,880 Speaker 2: and you know those security people who wear the yellow 326 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 2: jacket CSSE, CSC security, right, So I was still around 327 00:15:14,680 --> 00:15:18,680 Speaker 2: the day, I think. Yeah, So I worked CSC security Nordo, 328 00:15:18,920 --> 00:15:21,800 Speaker 2: being a soccer snob. I mean, like some of those 329 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:26,080 Speaker 2: jobs that I had with these Mexican Mexico USA friendlies. 330 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:31,840 Speaker 2: I mean coliseum was packed, I mean it was it 331 00:15:32,000 --> 00:15:36,600 Speaker 2: was rock Yes, holy Cow, Diego Maradona came in one 332 00:15:36,640 --> 00:15:39,840 Speaker 2: time with Argentina I think, and had a friendly against USA. 333 00:15:39,920 --> 00:15:41,280 Speaker 1: I would have been the eighties for sure. Yeah. 334 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:43,240 Speaker 2: Yeah, And I was like, I was a minimum wage 335 00:15:43,280 --> 00:15:46,360 Speaker 2: guy at like age eighteen doing CSEC wearing the yellow jacket. 336 00:15:46,360 --> 00:15:48,400 Speaker 1: It was all cool and everything. Cool job. So I 337 00:15:48,480 --> 00:15:49,360 Speaker 1: met Barry Manilow. 338 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 2: But anyway, I was working outside of the coliseum, like 339 00:15:56,640 --> 00:15:59,240 Speaker 2: at an entrance to a section, so say it's Section 340 00:15:59,400 --> 00:16:03,640 Speaker 2: thirty two, And as the opening ceremonies were taking place, 341 00:16:03,680 --> 00:16:07,040 Speaker 2: I think Muhammad al Lei lit the cauldron. They started 342 00:16:07,160 --> 00:16:10,200 Speaker 2: rushing to the entrance to get in and stop, and 343 00:16:10,840 --> 00:16:14,720 Speaker 2: somebody tripped and thought he was tripped and then turned around. 344 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 2: I don't know if he was point two zero or not. 345 00:16:16,440 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 2: We started yelling at the guy here I am, so 346 00:16:19,280 --> 00:16:22,040 Speaker 2: I'm trying to jump right in the middle of it. Hey, guys, guys, guys, 347 00:16:23,080 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 2: I caught it. You know what, right in my face. 348 00:16:26,000 --> 00:16:28,280 Speaker 2: I got punched in the face by somebody who was 349 00:16:28,280 --> 00:16:31,320 Speaker 2: trying to punch somebody else. And it was a little 350 00:16:31,440 --> 00:16:33,360 Speaker 2: it was it was an aggressive punch too. 351 00:16:33,840 --> 00:16:36,160 Speaker 3: This this, this explains the whole catch a stray thing. 352 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:39,400 Speaker 3: Then it goes back to that moment because you literally 353 00:16:39,480 --> 00:16:42,240 Speaker 3: caught a stray. It might might have invented it. Like Si, 354 00:16:42,480 --> 00:16:44,560 Speaker 3: I just picture you just taken the jacket off. You're like, 355 00:16:44,600 --> 00:16:47,600 Speaker 3: I'm out on this, just leave. Yeah. 356 00:16:47,680 --> 00:16:48,960 Speaker 1: That When did I do that? 357 00:16:49,200 --> 00:16:53,160 Speaker 2: Eighty six NBA Finals I was inserting for the La 358 00:16:53,280 --> 00:16:57,080 Speaker 2: Times fifteen to the south of where I lived, Big 359 00:16:57,160 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 2: Larry Bird in Boston, Celtics fam, and they were playing 360 00:17:00,520 --> 00:17:02,680 Speaker 2: the Lakers in the NBA Finals. It was Game six 361 00:17:03,200 --> 00:17:05,040 Speaker 2: and I had to work that night at eight o'clock 362 00:17:05,240 --> 00:17:08,920 Speaker 2: inserting stuff, you know, like the in the inserts into 363 00:17:08,960 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 2: the newspaper. They used to be more voluminous than they 364 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 2: are now. But I was an inserting guy, and like 365 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:17,000 Speaker 2: you know, we didn't have phones and look at the 366 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:17,800 Speaker 2: score or whatever. 367 00:17:17,920 --> 00:17:19,800 Speaker 1: So I caught win that. It was a tight game. 368 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:21,719 Speaker 2: Middle of the second quarter. I took a break, never 369 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:25,040 Speaker 2: came back. I just left the plant, went home. You 370 00:17:25,119 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 2: had to see game six. 371 00:17:26,840 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: I never came back. That's it. So priorities probably in 372 00:17:31,520 --> 00:17:34,000 Speaker 1: the wrong spot, dated the job. Anyway. Did they send 373 00:17:34,040 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: you your final check? 374 00:17:35,560 --> 00:17:38,200 Speaker 2: They sent me my final check, and I subsequently took 375 00:17:38,240 --> 00:17:41,359 Speaker 2: it to Santa Anita Park lost and then got a 376 00:17:41,440 --> 00:17:45,199 Speaker 2: job at Arthur Treachers, Fish and Chips Arthur Treachers. Right, 377 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:49,240 Speaker 2: all right, let's pause. We have Lavelle Neild the third 378 00:17:49,280 --> 00:17:51,440 Speaker 2: here down memory lane we go. He's a columnist for 379 00:17:51,480 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 2: the Star Tribune, and he's bally Hoot. 380 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:53,639 Speaker 1: Here's Nordo. 381 00:17:54,000 --> 00:17:55,520 Speaker 4: The Fan wants to give you a shot at some 382 00:17:55,600 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 4: bonus bucks with the National Cash Contest. 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There have been like athletic supporters left 394 00:18:32,000 --> 00:18:35,280 Speaker 3: in the ice from the opposing teams trying to keep 395 00:18:35,359 --> 00:18:35,719 Speaker 3: up with him. 396 00:18:35,760 --> 00:18:36,439 Speaker 1: What he did. 397 00:18:37,880 --> 00:18:40,480 Speaker 3: In Buffalo when he faked out two dudes and then 398 00:18:41,200 --> 00:18:43,240 Speaker 3: set the pass to the back poles for the for 399 00:18:43,320 --> 00:18:44,679 Speaker 3: the for the goal that. 400 00:18:44,760 --> 00:18:47,280 Speaker 1: Saturday, Matt that was nasty when they were on the road. Yeah, 401 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:51,040 Speaker 1: that was absolutely filthy. My god, he he. 402 00:18:51,400 --> 00:18:54,919 Speaker 2: I mean to to tie it to basketball. He reminds 403 00:18:54,960 --> 00:18:58,400 Speaker 2: me of Alan Iverson, like with the hurky jerky stopping 404 00:18:58,520 --> 00:19:00,720 Speaker 2: go and like the Bubba Chuck cross over with the 405 00:19:00,800 --> 00:19:01,480 Speaker 2: stick and everything. 406 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:02,000 Speaker 1: I mean, it's a. 407 00:19:02,040 --> 00:19:04,080 Speaker 2: Stretch of all stretches ever to stretch. But you know 408 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:06,919 Speaker 2: what I mean, Steve, Yeah, Steve Nash, Well, why has 409 00:19:06,920 --> 00:19:07,800 Speaker 2: it gotta be Steve Nash. 410 00:19:08,320 --> 00:19:10,400 Speaker 3: I just I just when I think, when I think 411 00:19:11,080 --> 00:19:13,760 Speaker 3: badass passing, you know, I think I think Nash. I 412 00:19:13,840 --> 00:19:17,119 Speaker 3: mean I was two ives more of a score, you know, 413 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,879 Speaker 3: although you know Quinn Houston score took. 414 00:19:20,040 --> 00:19:21,800 Speaker 1: It's weird because I would I think it was a 415 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:24,040 Speaker 1: Russell Westbrook guy myself. Yeah, me too. 416 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,320 Speaker 3: I'm surprised that Quinn is not paired with favor on 417 00:19:27,440 --> 00:19:31,439 Speaker 3: the top defensive pairing. But well, McAvoy is no slouch 418 00:19:31,720 --> 00:19:33,800 Speaker 3: Magi boys badass too solely, So. 419 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,560 Speaker 2: That's so that I mean what Russo I mean, we 420 00:19:36,640 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 2: were talking about it earlier. Russoll Radio was on and 421 00:19:39,840 --> 00:19:43,800 Speaker 2: I had read something earlier from NHL Media where granted 422 00:19:43,840 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 2: there hadn't been a practice, but like NHL media is 423 00:19:46,359 --> 00:19:47,920 Speaker 2: kind of plugged into a lot of stuff. But so 424 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,160 Speaker 2: it was Rousseo Radio and they had they they had 425 00:19:51,560 --> 00:19:55,880 Speaker 2: hues in favor together. But these pairings aren't I guess 426 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,160 Speaker 2: d pairings would stay together more than lines during. 427 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:02,960 Speaker 1: How do you not have hughes in favor together together 428 00:20:02,960 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: if only for the bit. 429 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,840 Speaker 3: Well, I gotta imagine that the coaching staff sees value 430 00:20:06,880 --> 00:20:09,920 Speaker 3: in mcaveley hughes being paired so well. 431 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:12,639 Speaker 4: I think Russo mentioned something about the PK too, so 432 00:20:12,760 --> 00:20:15,280 Speaker 4: in terms of like just organizing lines and that they're 433 00:20:15,320 --> 00:20:17,680 Speaker 4: going to be on the PK together as well, throw 434 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:18,520 Speaker 4: them together on the ice. 435 00:20:18,600 --> 00:20:20,320 Speaker 3: I mean John Hines is there too, so I mean 436 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:22,359 Speaker 3: he's part of the decision making process in that. So 437 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:24,399 Speaker 3: they got a good reason. I want to trust their 438 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:27,560 Speaker 3: judgment on this one. So, but it's gonna be funny. 439 00:20:27,760 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 3: Whoever doesn't win. Selections are going to be scrutinized heavy. 440 00:20:31,720 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 2: You know they generally are ye so blasers at Wolves 441 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:38,320 Speaker 2: tonight at Target Center. It's the finale before the All 442 00:20:38,400 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 2: Star break. Benchy Finchy. Hopefully they can get another victory 443 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,680 Speaker 2: into that All Star break. Well, the I mean the 444 00:20:45,760 --> 00:20:48,520 Speaker 2: ice broke broke some last night. If you felt an 445 00:20:48,720 --> 00:20:53,199 Speaker 2: ice bubble or a tension bubble needed to burst. They 446 00:20:53,400 --> 00:20:55,399 Speaker 2: lost three or four. You got the go bear stuff 447 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,400 Speaker 2: and says something go Bears like if people ain't trying, 448 00:20:58,400 --> 00:21:00,440 Speaker 2: then yeah they should be. It just got weird, so 449 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:03,879 Speaker 2: they needed that win. Finch joined yesterday. One thing I 450 00:21:03,920 --> 00:21:06,679 Speaker 2: failed to mention purposely. They beat it in Atlanta. They 451 00:21:06,760 --> 00:21:10,520 Speaker 2: killed it in Atlanta. Squad without probably its two best players, well, 452 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:16,159 Speaker 2: Jalen Johnson is MVP candidate. Dyson Daniels is a fantastic player, 453 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:19,400 Speaker 2: good player and especially with defense, and he didn't play either. 454 00:21:19,720 --> 00:21:21,760 Speaker 2: Now they get the Blazers tonight, they're going to catch 455 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:24,280 Speaker 2: them without maybe their best scorer, one of their best 456 00:21:24,320 --> 00:21:28,639 Speaker 2: two scores, shade On Sharp. Don't know if Abija is playing, 457 00:21:28,840 --> 00:21:31,480 Speaker 2: but should be a winnable He's a nice player. Should 458 00:21:31,480 --> 00:21:33,080 Speaker 2: be a winnable game tonight. What do you think of 459 00:21:33,119 --> 00:21:33,360 Speaker 2: the hell? 460 00:21:33,680 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm just glad we're here. We're here at d 461 00:21:35,320 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 3: Ali Star Break because I refuse to get emotionally distraught 462 00:21:39,320 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 3: over the squad. I feel like this happens has been 463 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:43,920 Speaker 3: happened every year for the last three years. This year 464 00:21:43,960 --> 00:21:46,000 Speaker 3: it got a little hotter where where we've had these 465 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:50,000 Speaker 3: manning stretches where they're playing crappy basketball against bad teams 466 00:21:50,040 --> 00:21:53,000 Speaker 3: and losing and and you know, and every year, I 467 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:54,840 Speaker 3: think there's a game like the first half of the season. 468 00:21:55,359 --> 00:21:56,760 Speaker 1: We know what we're supposed to do. We know we're 469 00:21:56,760 --> 00:21:58,840 Speaker 1: supposed to do. Coaches got to play, we got to follow. 470 00:21:58,960 --> 00:22:01,359 Speaker 1: We just so followed. We'll listen to coaches. We're not 471 00:22:01,480 --> 00:22:01,720 Speaker 1: doing it. 472 00:22:01,880 --> 00:22:02,040 Speaker 3: You know. 473 00:22:02,240 --> 00:22:03,880 Speaker 1: I feel like I hear that out of him once 474 00:22:03,920 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: a year. Yeah, Anthony, Yeah, that's exact. 475 00:22:06,520 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 2: I mean earlier this season when he was like, most 476 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:13,080 Speaker 2: of the time we don't listen to the game plan, yes, 477 00:22:13,440 --> 00:22:15,240 Speaker 2: but when we do we're pretty good. 478 00:22:15,480 --> 00:22:18,560 Speaker 1: Yeah exactly. I'm like, whoa, so now they're. 479 00:22:18,480 --> 00:22:21,160 Speaker 3: So self distract I just think, you know, second half 480 00:22:21,280 --> 00:22:25,040 Speaker 3: teams start taking things more seriously. Yeah, and we'll see 481 00:22:25,440 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 3: a better basketball, we'll see a more consistent performance. 482 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,040 Speaker 2: And it's not even the second half. Man, after tonight 483 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:31,480 Speaker 2: they only got like twenty six laft. 484 00:22:31,520 --> 00:22:32,840 Speaker 3: Yeah, I know. So, I mean, it's just I just 485 00:22:32,880 --> 00:22:34,639 Speaker 3: feel like they do this to us every year. You know, 486 00:22:35,160 --> 00:22:37,760 Speaker 3: I'm I'm not going to get emotionally distraught over watching 487 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 3: this team play and listen to the machinations and h 488 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,000 Speaker 3: and having someone they need to sign out counting back 489 00:22:44,000 --> 00:22:46,080 Speaker 3: as soon as possible, because apparently he was like the 490 00:22:46,760 --> 00:22:48,720 Speaker 3: main team psychiatrist over there. 491 00:22:49,320 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: So all love to Conley, but we still have these 492 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:55,359 Speaker 1: issues when he was here too. I don't know. 493 00:22:55,760 --> 00:22:57,919 Speaker 4: I mean, again, they're a game and a half from 494 00:22:58,000 --> 00:23:00,520 Speaker 4: being in the third spot. You think about last year 495 00:23:00,640 --> 00:23:03,840 Speaker 4: where half a game or a game separated I think 496 00:23:03,960 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 4: five or six teams in the standings. 497 00:23:05,880 --> 00:23:07,080 Speaker 1: This is preposterous. 498 00:23:07,240 --> 00:23:10,720 Speaker 2: There was one loss last year when Edwards didn't play 499 00:23:10,760 --> 00:23:13,960 Speaker 2: at Utah, oh yeah, because he got that max technical 500 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:16,520 Speaker 2: foul thing. Yep, and they lost that game by a point. 501 00:23:16,880 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 2: And it's i mean against a terrible Utah team. If 502 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:23,199 Speaker 2: ant plays, they win, and then that means they get 503 00:23:23,280 --> 00:23:25,800 Speaker 2: like home court advantage and throughout the plow nothing or 504 00:23:25,880 --> 00:23:27,080 Speaker 2: most of the playoffs or something. 505 00:23:27,119 --> 00:23:27,280 Speaker 4: You know. 506 00:23:27,600 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 1: It's a razor thin is what it is. 507 00:23:29,280 --> 00:23:34,040 Speaker 2: Hey, with a we we were low key discussing NFC 508 00:23:34,240 --> 00:23:36,920 Speaker 2: North free agents yesterday. Were within the last couple of 509 00:23:37,000 --> 00:23:42,400 Speaker 2: days with your squad, your beloved squad. Uh, Kevin Byered, 510 00:23:42,720 --> 00:23:46,760 Speaker 2: all right, Kevin Byered the third maybe, yes, I mean Nordo, 511 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:51,240 Speaker 2: you know, because I'm like not necessarily like pounding the 512 00:23:51,280 --> 00:23:55,000 Speaker 2: fore mica to get him here, but nevertheless, yeah, quality 513 00:23:55,080 --> 00:23:57,879 Speaker 2: player and and kind of the anchor to that defense 514 00:23:57,960 --> 00:24:00,440 Speaker 2: quite honestly. And then Nordo hit me of the age. 515 00:24:00,480 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 2: But he's like thirty two or something, Yes, but he's 516 00:24:02,800 --> 00:24:04,440 Speaker 2: he's a nice player. Do you think he'll come back? 517 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:06,920 Speaker 2: I think one of the safeties is not coming back. 518 00:24:07,000 --> 00:24:08,920 Speaker 2: Either Bayered or Brisker isn't coming back. 519 00:24:08,920 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 1: I'd rather have Byered, What about you? If I was 520 00:24:11,440 --> 00:24:13,640 Speaker 1: a Bears, I'd look at keeping Byered for a couple 521 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:15,960 Speaker 1: more years. Risker is a lot younger, but he's a 522 00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:17,720 Speaker 1: little dicey against the pass. 523 00:24:18,480 --> 00:24:22,200 Speaker 3: Yeah, he's great as charging down and getting into the 524 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:23,360 Speaker 3: box and he stopping to run. 525 00:24:23,800 --> 00:24:25,800 Speaker 1: He's great Adrian aim has used to be when he 526 00:24:25,880 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 1: was really good with the Bear. 527 00:24:26,880 --> 00:24:31,640 Speaker 3: He's great at stiffen out screenplays and crashing the party there. Yeah, 528 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:35,960 Speaker 3: in terms of you know, pass defensive well, plus there's 529 00:24:35,960 --> 00:24:38,399 Speaker 3: still times when he makes business decisions out there when 530 00:24:38,440 --> 00:24:39,760 Speaker 3: he's trying to tackle people, you. 531 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:42,920 Speaker 1: Know, during games of the matter. Yeah, that that he 532 00:24:43,040 --> 00:24:43,879 Speaker 1: was fighting the playoffs. 533 00:24:43,920 --> 00:24:45,760 Speaker 3: He stepped up in the postseason, he did, But during 534 00:24:45,800 --> 00:24:48,680 Speaker 3: the season, Brisker, there's still times Risker can hint. Yeah, 535 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,639 Speaker 3: there's still times where he passes up on something. I 536 00:24:51,680 --> 00:24:55,280 Speaker 3: mean he's six years younger. Yeah, what about Nashan Wright. 537 00:24:56,400 --> 00:24:58,000 Speaker 1: You guys had him, You could have had him, you 538 00:24:58,000 --> 00:24:59,480 Speaker 1: could have take it wasn't the question. 539 00:25:00,560 --> 00:25:02,520 Speaker 4: No, I ain't trying to sign to Shawn Wright to 540 00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,239 Speaker 4: the free agent deal that maybe your team gives him. 541 00:25:05,280 --> 00:25:08,560 Speaker 4: But I was joking with Pa yesterday, like, it's so crazy. 542 00:25:08,720 --> 00:25:10,520 Speaker 4: This is a guy I think we got. Was it 543 00:25:10,640 --> 00:25:13,359 Speaker 4: in the Booth trade Andrew Booth? Maybe from the Cowboys. 544 00:25:13,760 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 4: We had him for a cup of coffee and then 545 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 4: he moved on something like that. Yeah, you think you're right. 546 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,240 Speaker 4: The market value per spot rack slash spo track and 547 00:25:21,600 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 4: some of this is arbitrary, some of it's probably just 548 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:28,040 Speaker 4: position based. Announced that website either sixteen million dollars. Nashaun 549 00:25:28,119 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 4: Wright he signed a will average bit. Yeah, he started 550 00:25:31,720 --> 00:25:33,840 Speaker 4: to regress towards the end of the season. Levelle what 551 00:25:33,880 --> 00:25:35,240 Speaker 4: you're gonna do with Nashaun Wright. 552 00:25:35,520 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 3: I'm on a fence with him because really, yeah, he 553 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,800 Speaker 3: had a good year. He may lost splash plays. He's 554 00:25:40,800 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 3: around the ball. But I when I first started covering 555 00:25:44,000 --> 00:25:47,040 Speaker 3: the Twins, Marie Kudoba was among the league leaders in 556 00:25:47,240 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 3: outfield assists. And it wasn't because he had a cannon, 557 00:25:49,600 --> 00:25:52,800 Speaker 3: was gunning down people all the time. People didn't believe 558 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:54,159 Speaker 3: in him, so he ran on his ass all the 559 00:25:54,240 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 3: time and it just happened to be because of volume. 560 00:25:57,080 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 3: If you watch Dashawn Wright, they still go at Dayshon 561 00:25:59,640 --> 00:26:03,360 Speaker 3: Wright do They still go at him? So even when 562 00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 3: Johnson or. 563 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:09,840 Speaker 1: Who's the other they got the j Johnson. 564 00:26:11,080 --> 00:26:11,320 Speaker 4: Gordon. 565 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:14,440 Speaker 2: Yeah, so when Johnson and Gordon are playing, I can understand, 566 00:26:14,720 --> 00:26:16,479 Speaker 2: But like those guys are out most of the year 567 00:26:17,000 --> 00:26:20,880 Speaker 2: and they're still going at Jean. Yes's got some buster 568 00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,320 Speaker 2: screen to him, what you're saying. 569 00:26:22,359 --> 00:26:25,160 Speaker 3: And then they signed C. J. Gardner Johnson during the season, 570 00:26:25,160 --> 00:26:27,720 Speaker 3: and he splashed at the beginning. But then he's a 571 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,000 Speaker 3: free agent playing against the Packers, and Packers got him 572 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:31,800 Speaker 3: trying to keep up with guys in the in the 573 00:26:31,840 --> 00:26:34,280 Speaker 3: middle of the field, and it was nasty. You can't run, 574 00:26:34,720 --> 00:26:37,879 Speaker 3: it was nasty. What about Braxton Jones, The Bears be 575 00:26:37,960 --> 00:26:41,479 Speaker 3: need of him. Start letting left tackle next year. Ozzie Tupelo. Uh, 576 00:26:41,600 --> 00:26:43,440 Speaker 3: their second round pick will not be ready at the 577 00:26:43,480 --> 00:26:48,959 Speaker 3: beginning to here. Yeah, the free agents, the old Bennett 578 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:52,359 Speaker 3: showed he's a very good run blocker, is still learning, 579 00:26:52,960 --> 00:26:56,040 Speaker 3: uh as a pass block a pass protector. Very young, 580 00:26:56,720 --> 00:26:59,399 Speaker 3: so they've got It's weird that the Bears offensive line 581 00:26:59,840 --> 00:27:02,440 Speaker 3: was considered above average this year, had two guys go 582 00:27:02,560 --> 00:27:05,919 Speaker 3: to the Pro Bowl. I believe in Tony and Dolman 583 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:09,120 Speaker 3: in the center, and left tackles like their weakest link, 584 00:27:09,800 --> 00:27:13,960 Speaker 3: you know. So Uh, they may have to bring Braxton 585 00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:16,440 Speaker 3: back for one more year just as a kind of 586 00:27:16,480 --> 00:27:19,119 Speaker 3: a stop gap while Trapelo recovers from his injury and 587 00:27:19,200 --> 00:27:20,800 Speaker 3: Bennett continues to develop. 588 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:25,520 Speaker 1: Are you bored with alamad Zechias? I like him as 589 00:27:25,560 --> 00:27:28,640 Speaker 1: a fourth receiver, you know? And he flashed. 590 00:27:28,640 --> 00:27:31,320 Speaker 3: He splashed in spring almost said spring train. He flashed 591 00:27:31,320 --> 00:27:34,880 Speaker 3: the preseason games, and he had developed a decent bond 592 00:27:34,920 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 3: with Caleb Williams. But as the season went along, he 593 00:27:37,480 --> 00:27:40,040 Speaker 3: started dropping. The Bears had a lot of drops last year. 594 00:27:40,119 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 3: They wanted they're in the top. They're in the top 595 00:27:42,400 --> 00:27:44,240 Speaker 3: at least the top ten in the league and drop passes. 596 00:27:44,960 --> 00:27:48,800 Speaker 1: What's the situation like? It's getting close? Okay, so it's 597 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: close to So it's not like they gotta make they 598 00:27:50,880 --> 00:27:55,040 Speaker 1: got some more enough do you know anything about the levers? 599 00:27:55,040 --> 00:27:57,440 Speaker 4: Because I was looking yesterday over the cap had him 600 00:27:57,440 --> 00:27:59,920 Speaker 4: at nine and a half over. So but just like 601 00:28:00,080 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 4: we talk about here, I mean, the Bears probably have 602 00:28:02,240 --> 00:28:06,120 Speaker 4: somebody's contract. We got fifty freaking void years and dead 603 00:28:06,200 --> 00:28:09,600 Speaker 4: cap related bits. Then they can make that money back, 604 00:28:09,640 --> 00:28:12,560 Speaker 4: can't they? They can they get some decisions there. 605 00:28:12,720 --> 00:28:16,240 Speaker 3: There's this there's this chatter out in Ether about trading 606 00:28:16,320 --> 00:28:20,520 Speaker 3: DJ Moore and then handing the keys to the receiver room. 607 00:28:20,600 --> 00:28:23,280 Speaker 3: The Doon say, yeah, you know what, Luther Burton is 608 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:25,600 Speaker 3: a two guy, and that would save them because I 609 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:28,879 Speaker 3: think I was good. I think more DJ's making like 610 00:28:28,960 --> 00:28:30,280 Speaker 3: twenty two million or something like that. 611 00:28:30,520 --> 00:28:32,040 Speaker 1: Sheees this. 612 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,520 Speaker 3: We talk about them walk away from one in the linebackers. 613 00:28:34,520 --> 00:28:35,800 Speaker 3: They've got decisions to make here. 614 00:28:35,880 --> 00:28:38,280 Speaker 2: Man, Well, the reason I asked about the cap is 615 00:28:39,640 --> 00:28:42,880 Speaker 2: I wouldn't be surprised if they have requisite cash. If 616 00:28:43,320 --> 00:28:46,040 Speaker 2: tell me what you think about this. Ben Johnson comes 617 00:28:46,120 --> 00:28:49,280 Speaker 2: after Jail and Naylor Speed. 618 00:28:50,680 --> 00:28:52,480 Speaker 3: I would love to see Jail and Nayler. He would 619 00:28:52,480 --> 00:28:55,000 Speaker 3: be the slot guy here though. Is he thinking about 620 00:28:55,040 --> 00:28:58,200 Speaker 3: being a number two somewhere? Well, well, it depends. I 621 00:28:58,240 --> 00:29:01,080 Speaker 3: mean he's he's played his way, he's restricted, he's played 622 00:29:01,080 --> 00:29:03,280 Speaker 3: his way into a decent contract. And if I was 623 00:29:03,320 --> 00:29:05,440 Speaker 3: a Vikings, I'd seriously considered if you had to choose 624 00:29:05,480 --> 00:29:10,320 Speaker 3: between him or citizen. That's that's not a slam dunk 625 00:29:10,360 --> 00:29:11,640 Speaker 3: to Keith Adison, I don't think of this. 626 00:29:11,760 --> 00:29:15,000 Speaker 2: Are you perchance lastly coming to the Combine for a 627 00:29:15,160 --> 00:29:18,320 Speaker 2: unique column on how the Combine has grown over the 628 00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 2: last decade and a half? 629 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:20,120 Speaker 4: Now? 630 00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 1: Can you join nine to noon for a couple of segments? 631 00:29:22,520 --> 00:29:24,200 Speaker 1: I would love to, But that's wheat. 632 00:29:24,760 --> 00:29:26,280 Speaker 3: I don't know if this starts you being can afford 633 00:29:26,280 --> 00:29:27,480 Speaker 3: to say more than one person. 634 00:29:27,320 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: The right to Indianapolis. 635 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,400 Speaker 3: Man, drive I know, well, wait minute, it's one thing 636 00:29:31,440 --> 00:29:34,040 Speaker 3: to try to Chicago. Now to keep chugging through Chicago 637 00:29:34,080 --> 00:29:36,480 Speaker 3: to Indianapolis. That's a little bit of a tester there. 638 00:29:36,520 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 1: But what but what if we well, maybe you can 639 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:42,040 Speaker 1: get a one on one with Ben Johnson. I'd be 640 00:29:42,120 --> 00:29:44,120 Speaker 1: not that'd be sweet. Oh. 641 00:29:44,200 --> 00:29:45,719 Speaker 3: I would like actually, I would like to do an 642 00:29:45,800 --> 00:29:49,680 Speaker 3: NFC coach coach roundtable. Get all four of the coaches 643 00:29:49,720 --> 00:29:51,600 Speaker 3: at the table at the same time and let them 644 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:52,160 Speaker 3: chop it up. 645 00:29:52,320 --> 00:29:54,920 Speaker 4: Is the is the entire conversation in Chicago though, around 646 00:29:54,960 --> 00:29:56,840 Speaker 4: the defense. I mean, just forget about you know, the 647 00:29:56,880 --> 00:29:59,200 Speaker 4: specific names for a moment. But it's like, man, we 648 00:29:59,240 --> 00:29:59,960 Speaker 4: got to fix this thing. 649 00:30:00,320 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 3: Uh, they got to get They gotta figure out way 650 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:04,080 Speaker 3: to generate PRESSU from the quarterback a little bit more. 651 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:07,000 Speaker 3: I mean, Montes Sweat was better after the bye, which 652 00:30:07,200 --> 00:30:08,560 Speaker 3: led us all of us to believe that he was 653 00:30:08,560 --> 00:30:10,200 Speaker 3: still banged up at the beginning of the year. 654 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:14,240 Speaker 2: Montees Sweat is the Bryant McKinney of defensive ends of 655 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:17,520 Speaker 2: edge rushers. When he turns it on by the women 656 00:30:17,600 --> 00:30:20,680 Speaker 2: and children, but it's not always. He doesn't always push 657 00:30:20,720 --> 00:30:21,400 Speaker 2: that button. 658 00:30:21,200 --> 00:30:22,000 Speaker 1: For whatever the reason. 659 00:30:22,160 --> 00:30:27,200 Speaker 3: Right, So you're looking at that other Booker cap. He's 660 00:30:27,360 --> 00:30:31,560 Speaker 3: he's training upward. The personal fouls are bothering me because 661 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:34,040 Speaker 3: they seem to keep coming with him. Late hits and 662 00:30:34,680 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 3: rough from the quarterback. You know, like I said, I 663 00:30:36,760 --> 00:30:37,800 Speaker 3: like him for your team. 664 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: Us the defensive tackle, I mean Brady Jarreted. 665 00:30:42,440 --> 00:30:45,120 Speaker 3: You know, I have an auto body experience watching sitting 666 00:30:45,200 --> 00:30:48,560 Speaker 3: in front of the TV and watching, uh, what's his name? 667 00:30:48,760 --> 00:30:51,520 Speaker 3: Ninety seven for the Bears, played defensive tackle because he 668 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:52,440 Speaker 3: built he's built like me. 669 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: Oh not Grady Jared fifty thirty years ago. No, I'm 670 00:30:57,840 --> 00:31:00,200 Speaker 1: talking about last year, number ninety seven, big play. I 671 00:31:00,200 --> 00:31:02,400 Speaker 1: don't know. I can't remember saying because I've been I've 672 00:31:02,440 --> 00:31:03,440 Speaker 1: been an Olympics bowl man. 673 00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,600 Speaker 3: No, I understand that you're practicing the curling. Andrew Billings 674 00:31:07,640 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 3: and yes, Andrew Wyoming. Yeah, I think we could probably 675 00:31:12,800 --> 00:31:13,840 Speaker 3: use an upgrade there. 676 00:31:13,760 --> 00:31:16,440 Speaker 1: Didn't you didn't you guys draft the fat guy in 677 00:31:16,520 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 1: the middle. 678 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,000 Speaker 3: Of Samar Turner he got hurt and mister chunk there 679 00:31:20,000 --> 00:31:21,760 Speaker 3: They were really bummed out about that because they thought 680 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:26,080 Speaker 3: there's some talent there. So and plus the other defensive 681 00:31:26,080 --> 00:31:27,959 Speaker 3: man who I didn't want them to sign, the guy 682 00:31:28,040 --> 00:31:31,240 Speaker 3: from the Colts. Oh Dangbo Yeah, oh Dani Bow. He 683 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,440 Speaker 3: got hurt too, and he was he was not impressive. 684 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 3: In fact, I would that would chop him from the block. 685 00:31:36,560 --> 00:31:38,239 Speaker 1: Child. I put him on the chopping block right now. 686 00:31:38,760 --> 00:31:42,120 Speaker 2: So, uh, my man, great seeing you have a wonderful week, 687 00:31:42,280 --> 00:31:44,680 Speaker 2: enjoy the Olympics, and uh we'll probably chat next week. 688 00:31:44,680 --> 00:31:45,600 Speaker 1: All right, sounds like a plan. 689 00:31:45,800 --> 00:31:48,920 Speaker 2: Lavelle Neil the third columnist Star Tribune, Star Tribune dot Com, 690 00:31:49,360 --> 00:31:53,320 Speaker 2: a Blaine native and a longtime NHLer. David Bachus a 691 00:31:53,440 --> 00:31:56,640 Speaker 2: two time Olympian for the men's hockey team. He joins 692 00:31:56,640 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 2: about eleven oh three News Norda's before we get to 693 00:32:07,400 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 2: newsd nord to have this for you. We all had 694 00:32:10,000 --> 00:32:11,480 Speaker 2: that one teacher who believed in us. 695 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:14,640 Speaker 4: Show your gratitude with thank A teacher powered by donors 696 00:32:14,760 --> 00:32:17,200 Speaker 4: Choose nominated a public school teacher to win five thousand 697 00:32:17,240 --> 00:32:19,600 Speaker 4: dollars for their classroom. This week, we want to give 698 00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:22,560 Speaker 4: a shout out to Emily Larson. She teaches at Stillwater 699 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,760 Speaker 4: Area High School. 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They handled the Atlanta Hawks 708 00:32:54,160 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 4: the other night at Buck thirty eight to one sixteen. 709 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:00,080 Speaker 4: You mentioned it, PA. They were without Jalen Johnson and 710 00:33:00,160 --> 00:33:03,720 Speaker 4: then Dyson Daniels. Weird thing about this team, You know, 711 00:33:03,760 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 4: I probably both noticed this over the course of time 712 00:33:06,520 --> 00:33:10,080 Speaker 4: that these Wolves defensively, you're locking down. 713 00:33:10,080 --> 00:33:11,440 Speaker 1: They're playing an underman group. 714 00:33:11,520 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 4: Nikhil Alexander Walker had a nice night, twenty three points 715 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:15,800 Speaker 4: in the evening. 716 00:33:16,320 --> 00:33:19,120 Speaker 1: We kind of let guys go off. It's like you 717 00:33:19,200 --> 00:33:22,680 Speaker 1: had Kawhi with forty one. CJ. McCollum looked ten years 718 00:33:22,760 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: younger the other night. 719 00:33:24,440 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 4: We've seen how this team handles or doesn't handle Luca 720 00:33:27,000 --> 00:33:29,560 Speaker 4: at various times It's just interesting to see, you know, 721 00:33:29,760 --> 00:33:32,719 Speaker 4: the way these kind of score lines go in various cases. 722 00:33:33,280 --> 00:33:36,400 Speaker 4: But CJ McCollum with thirty eight today Jay finished with 723 00:33:36,520 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 4: thirty eight points. Yeah, he was just unfreaking stoppable. He 724 00:33:39,960 --> 00:33:41,479 Speaker 4: got to the line a bunch. I think he took 725 00:33:41,520 --> 00:33:44,880 Speaker 4: eleven free throws. But tonight it's Portland. They're five and 726 00:33:44,920 --> 00:33:47,720 Speaker 4: a half point favorites. I just saw this while I 727 00:33:47,800 --> 00:33:51,880 Speaker 4: was checking fantasy hoops because my next topic is going 728 00:33:51,960 --> 00:33:55,760 Speaker 4: to include an individual that is compensated by con at 729 00:33:56,520 --> 00:34:00,520 Speaker 4: questionable with an illness apparently, So we got the toe thing, 730 00:34:00,600 --> 00:34:02,400 Speaker 4: we got an illness, like we do have just this 731 00:34:02,560 --> 00:34:03,600 Speaker 4: All Star break. 732 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:05,440 Speaker 1: Thank goodness. Yeah that it is here. 733 00:34:05,600 --> 00:34:08,640 Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm with you on that, and yeah it's it's 734 00:34:09,280 --> 00:34:11,840 Speaker 2: you know, in watching a fair amount of the league 735 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,440 Speaker 2: things over the last week week and change, they've gotten 736 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 2: really testy in a lot of games. Oh yeah, all right, 737 00:34:19,920 --> 00:34:24,359 Speaker 2: So you had nas Reed and your guy Mogay. They 738 00:34:24,719 --> 00:34:27,080 Speaker 2: they you know, were they kind of I mean it 739 00:34:27,160 --> 00:34:30,399 Speaker 2: was in an NBA shoving match. Uh so it didn't 740 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:33,800 Speaker 2: escalate anything. Charlotte Detroit went off the rails. 741 00:34:33,840 --> 00:34:35,960 Speaker 1: Oh you want to hear it? Yeah, that thing went 742 00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:36,319 Speaker 1: off the red. 743 00:34:36,360 --> 00:34:37,919 Speaker 4: What do you got, Well, this is the TV copy, 744 00:34:38,000 --> 00:34:39,840 Speaker 4: but I was gonna bring it up because you know, 745 00:34:40,000 --> 00:34:43,319 Speaker 4: Isaiah Stewart was not gonna let Jalen Duran have all 746 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,040 Speaker 4: the fun. Here's part of the TV copy. 747 00:34:45,280 --> 00:34:48,120 Speaker 1: Clearly following is not a problem for a good defensive team. 748 00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,879 Speaker 1: And Duran Dovonte. 749 00:34:56,920 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 4: All right, so we got front leapt punches. Everyone's off 750 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:07,279 Speaker 4: the benches. Now if you've never seen, listen to you 751 00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:07,920 Speaker 4: about pay like this. 752 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:14,560 Speaker 1: Okay, everything's starting to chill. Everything's fine. There's a scie fight, yeah, 753 00:35:14,719 --> 00:35:22,480 Speaker 1: Miles Bridges. Miles Bridges escalated it not Miles and keep Stow. 754 00:35:23,840 --> 00:35:26,000 Speaker 1: Insanity ensued on the court. 755 00:35:26,560 --> 00:35:32,760 Speaker 2: Who was it for the Phoenix Suns that Isaiah Stewart 756 00:35:33,400 --> 00:35:36,600 Speaker 2: had a problem with during the game, and then out 757 00:35:36,719 --> 00:35:40,600 Speaker 2: by the buses, Banks Drew U Banks broke his jaw. 758 00:35:40,719 --> 00:35:45,120 Speaker 2: I couldn't remember if it was Jack Landale or Drew 759 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,880 Speaker 2: U Banks, who quite honestly maybe the same person. And 760 00:35:49,280 --> 00:35:53,040 Speaker 2: Stuart walked up to him and punched him in the face, 761 00:35:53,680 --> 00:35:56,279 Speaker 2: and U Banks laughed apparently there were like he just 762 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:57,120 Speaker 2: laughed at him. 763 00:35:57,160 --> 00:36:00,160 Speaker 4: There were six words that were exchanged, so this had 764 00:36:00,200 --> 00:36:01,880 Speaker 4: to be something that was brewing. 765 00:36:02,200 --> 00:36:04,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, stud just rolls up to him. 766 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 2: Okay, out by the buses where they're going to the airport. So, uh, mister, 767 00:36:10,640 --> 00:36:13,480 Speaker 2: we got tonight. Sharp's out a Visa. I mean he 768 00:36:13,560 --> 00:36:15,480 Speaker 2: hadn't played in like two weeks. I don't know if 769 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:16,400 Speaker 2: he came back recently. 770 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 3: Uh. 771 00:36:17,360 --> 00:36:20,839 Speaker 2: Visa is a very very very nice player. Oh he's 772 00:36:20,880 --> 00:36:24,480 Speaker 2: fantastic for them. Super underrated. Why because he plays in Portland? 773 00:36:24,560 --> 00:36:27,680 Speaker 4: Do you think he's a box scorer because of Portland? No? 774 00:36:28,040 --> 00:36:30,480 Speaker 2: No, because he was he was good with Washington and 775 00:36:30,600 --> 00:36:33,240 Speaker 2: he was part of it. No, he's he's an emerging player. 776 00:36:33,640 --> 00:36:37,080 Speaker 2: I think Drew Holliday just came back. Yeah, skeletal remains 777 00:36:37,080 --> 00:36:39,040 Speaker 2: of Robert Williams plays every so often. 778 00:36:39,200 --> 00:36:42,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, clinging, don't have been clinging. But he can't score. 779 00:36:42,920 --> 00:36:44,960 Speaker 1: So like, I mean, what's what's going to get an 780 00:36:44,960 --> 00:36:47,840 Speaker 1: as Simons is with the Celtics. But what's going to 781 00:36:47,880 --> 00:36:50,200 Speaker 1: get us tonight? If something gets us? Oh that's right, 782 00:36:50,320 --> 00:36:51,680 Speaker 1: the only thing they can get us? 783 00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,920 Speaker 4: Yeah us Yeah, Well that's yeah, and a Visa is 784 00:36:54,920 --> 00:36:56,280 Speaker 4: gonna have thirty points tonight. 785 00:36:56,640 --> 00:36:59,080 Speaker 1: So now we gotta stop, we gotta stop. Holiday is 786 00:36:59,120 --> 00:37:00,200 Speaker 1: shadon Sharp? Hell with you? 787 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:00,600 Speaker 4: Right now. 788 00:37:01,160 --> 00:37:04,359 Speaker 1: They still got your guys. Scoot oh Henderson just came back, 789 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,239 Speaker 1: played a couple of games, so Scoot could be in 790 00:37:06,320 --> 00:37:06,720 Speaker 1: the mix. 791 00:37:07,320 --> 00:37:11,240 Speaker 4: Jeremy Grant one of my favorite Fannessy, my Fantasy twenty 792 00:37:11,440 --> 00:37:13,960 Speaker 4: and seven type players, and a couple of threes in 793 00:37:14,040 --> 00:37:18,520 Speaker 4: the mix. Zero assists, frankly and no defense. So that'll 794 00:37:18,560 --> 00:37:21,200 Speaker 4: be that'll be wolves tonight, all the fights. And that's 795 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,360 Speaker 4: effectively what I have for is we we've hit on 796 00:37:23,880 --> 00:37:27,160 Speaker 4: the women the hockey team waxing Canada as they did 797 00:37:27,280 --> 00:37:31,759 Speaker 4: yesterday mixed curling. Sadly they felt to silver, but still 798 00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:34,919 Speaker 4: they're on the podium. You dig that we're watching Slovakia 799 00:37:35,080 --> 00:37:37,479 Speaker 4: and Finland get after it on the ice. Is men's 800 00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:40,800 Speaker 4: hockey's underway. You're checking out that you you have the 801 00:37:40,880 --> 00:37:43,279 Speaker 4: two man loge on your TV right now. That's your 802 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:47,280 Speaker 4: favorite Olympic event. Well, but what happened to Slovakia Finland? 803 00:37:47,760 --> 00:37:50,400 Speaker 4: I mean, I don't get how they The Slovax. 804 00:37:49,920 --> 00:37:52,440 Speaker 2: Took a one zero lead and then they went to 805 00:37:52,520 --> 00:37:54,680 Speaker 2: break And I'm like, ah, all right, let's see what 806 00:37:54,760 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 2: these twenty four NHL players can do for the Blue 807 00:37:57,280 --> 00:37:59,279 Speaker 2: and White. That guy that scored by the way they 808 00:37:59,360 --> 00:38:02,440 Speaker 2: came back and favorite event the two man lose courtesy 809 00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 2: of courtesy of the text line six four six eight 810 00:38:05,040 --> 00:38:07,600 Speaker 2: six where people are sending the hourly keywords instead of 811 00:38:07,680 --> 00:38:10,640 Speaker 2: kfan dot com, which is absolutely brilliant. The guy that 812 00:38:10,719 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 2: scored for Finland, he's last year's I think he's last 813 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,160 Speaker 2: year's number one overall pick in the NHL to the Canadians. 814 00:38:17,719 --> 00:38:19,880 Speaker 2: So they have the finn I think they have like 815 00:38:20,160 --> 00:38:22,959 Speaker 2: only seven or eight. Or Slovakia they only have seven 816 00:38:23,040 --> 00:38:26,279 Speaker 2: or eight NHL players on their team. Heavily undermanned in 817 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,319 Speaker 2: that regard by the tallies, but they got a number 818 00:38:28,360 --> 00:38:31,440 Speaker 2: one overall pick making memories for the Slovax. Well, the 819 00:38:31,680 --> 00:38:35,000 Speaker 2: the Lotpian team that we play as five NHLers, but like, 820 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:40,680 Speaker 2: like really, Russo Radio pointed out, you know, unlike unlike 821 00:38:40,960 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 2: with women's hockey, I mean things get lopside of ay 822 00:38:45,040 --> 00:38:48,839 Speaker 2: one in a hurry. That just rarely happens with the men, 823 00:38:49,040 --> 00:38:52,080 Speaker 2: specifically given the teams that have a voluminous amount of 824 00:38:52,200 --> 00:38:56,719 Speaker 2: NHL ers. Uh, the I think if we had to qualify, 825 00:38:56,920 --> 00:39:01,919 Speaker 2: or if you had to qualify, of all Olympic sports, yeah, 826 00:39:02,120 --> 00:39:05,160 Speaker 2: winter and summer, what would your favorite be and why 827 00:39:05,640 --> 00:39:07,000 Speaker 2: because winter versus summer? 828 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:10,680 Speaker 1: Yeah, just period, like individual event, no, just the whole thing. 829 00:39:10,840 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 2: All Olympics. Okay, because Olympic hockey men's hockey. For me, okay, 830 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:20,080 Speaker 2: it's number one. It possibly hockey. 831 00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:23,600 Speaker 4: I love soccer still, so Olympic soccer the national team 832 00:39:23,640 --> 00:39:25,200 Speaker 4: at any level. That's why I can't wait for the 833 00:39:25,239 --> 00:39:29,960 Speaker 4: World Cup this year. Got soccer would be in the mix. Gosh, 834 00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:34,480 Speaker 4: it's actually difficult because we have levell In here talking 835 00:39:34,520 --> 00:39:37,080 Speaker 4: about I mean, how about Leavell I mean just from 836 00:39:37,120 --> 00:39:38,320 Speaker 4: like covering the Twins. 837 00:39:38,120 --> 00:39:39,280 Speaker 1: Days now he's a columnist. 838 00:39:39,320 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 4: He gets the flex out a little bit, sitting down 839 00:39:41,560 --> 00:39:43,920 Speaker 4: here explaining the game of curling to us like a 840 00:39:43,960 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 4: freaking scientist. Yeah yeah, I'm gonna I'm gonna say Olympic soccer. 841 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,080 Speaker 4: Olympic soccer, I absolutely love it. 842 00:39:51,200 --> 00:39:55,400 Speaker 2: Basketball would be higher if there was any competition for 843 00:39:55,480 --> 00:39:56,600 Speaker 2: the red, red, white and blue. 844 00:39:56,920 --> 00:40:00,120 Speaker 4: Well in recent I mean France, that's right, I mean 845 00:40:00,160 --> 00:40:02,560 Speaker 4: France was no speed bump. I mean they they provided 846 00:40:02,640 --> 00:40:06,399 Speaker 4: significant competition. They late has an Australia been pretty good 847 00:40:06,400 --> 00:40:09,960 Speaker 4: at times. There's like a freaking hoops revolution in France. 848 00:40:10,080 --> 00:40:12,160 Speaker 4: Right now, we're seeing your draft in the league. 849 00:40:12,200 --> 00:40:14,719 Speaker 2: Does rookie Rubio play for Spain at age forty five? 850 00:40:15,200 --> 00:40:16,960 Speaker 2: I guess we'll have to wait till the Summer Games. 851 00:40:17,040 --> 00:40:18,359 Speaker 1: We have to wait until the Summer Games. 852 00:40:18,400 --> 00:40:21,560 Speaker 2: Speaking of us, speaking of the Olympics, two time Olympic 853 00:40:21,640 --> 00:40:26,080 Speaker 2: hockey player in Minnesota David Bacchus he'll join nine to 854 00:40:26,200 --> 00:40:28,360 Speaker 2: noon next on k f A N