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Speaker 1: Fan, good morning. Last night one of them won and

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Speaker 1: one of them lost. And these days, handling defeat is

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Speaker 1: with open hearts and open ears.

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Speaker 2: So let's go. Welcome back to the show, nine to noon.

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Speaker 3: This was a great setup.

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Speaker 2: What's on deck today?

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Speaker 4: What's on deck? Full house, full set list. So right

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Speaker 4: around the corner, we're gonna catch up Minnesota Wild winning

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Speaker 4: in ot andating two points last night against the Canadians.

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Speaker 4: We're gonna have Alex Staylock joining us next segment, and

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Speaker 4: then at nine forty, at nine forty, another beautiful affair.

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Speaker 4: As we get set here nine to noon, nine, we're

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Speaker 4: gonna have new well not new. He's been with the

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Speaker 4: team for years, like eight or nine years now, Jeremy Zol,

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Speaker 2: Twins general manager.

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Speaker 4: We're going to catch up with him in terms of

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Speaker 4: just a couple of weeks moving into spring training and

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Speaker 4: after that superb ball stories.

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Speaker 1: We've got Norph Turner, two times Super Bowl champion with

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Speaker 1: the Dallas Cowboys, former offensive coordinator for the Minnesota Vikings

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Speaker 1: and also three time Super Bowl champion Mike Holmgren joins

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Speaker 1: nine to noon today, that'll be about ten thirty and

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Speaker 1: Wobble Wobble LaBelle Neil the third. He will amplify the

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Speaker 1: radio presentation as a columnist for the Star Tribune. That'll

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Speaker 1: take place at eleven o'clock and in the studios, Good morning.

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Speaker 1: Joining us now is Minnesota Timberwolves head coach Chris Finch,

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Speaker 2: Chris.

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Speaker 1: Hey there, and uh, sorry about last night, But first,

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Speaker 1: I went to one of your favorite towns, New Orleans,

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Speaker 1: by myself last week, to walk around in anonymity, lament

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Speaker 1: and overeat. Do you love shrimping grits as much as

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Speaker 1: I do?

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Speaker 5: I do love shrimping grits, but you can only eat

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Speaker 5: it every so often.

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Speaker 2: I ate it twice.

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Speaker 5: You ate it every day.

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Speaker 1: Red beans and rice and smoked sausage and met tu

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Speaker 1: fe learned how to break off some crawfish.

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Speaker 2: Head down.

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Speaker 1: Watched your game, Uh, watched your super impressive performance against

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Speaker 1: Oklahoma City from down New Orleans way.

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Speaker 2: And here we are. How are things with you.

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Speaker 5: I'm pretty good, you know, obviously still recovering from last

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Speaker 5: night's tale kicking, but but yeah, you know, overall kind

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Speaker 5: of like where the team has been at in the

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Speaker 5: last week or so.

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Speaker 1: Hey, coach, when with last night and of the lost

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Speaker 1: of Memphis, when when you say, quote we started gambling

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Speaker 1: and losing our minds and chasing things that weren't there.

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Speaker 1: Did do you mind if I asked what that means?

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Speaker 5: Yeah, for sure. You know it's basically, uh, a couple

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Speaker 5: of things there. One is, it wasn't I wouldn't say

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Speaker 5: trying to recklessly steal every ball or something like that.

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Speaker 5: We just, you know, we started losing our discipline, particularly

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Speaker 5: in our pick and roll coverages, you know, to to

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Speaker 5: the effort to just kind of make something happen. Sometimes

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Speaker 5: you know, players will do this, but it's the you know,

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Speaker 5: their teammates have to have a dandy They got to

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Speaker 5: know what you're doing. So, you know, so we lost

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Speaker 5: the and then I thought there were a couple of

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Speaker 5: playing team basketball, we got a petulant at times in

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Speaker 5: which you know, we lost our focus. Yeah, and then

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Speaker 5: you know, I thought, then we just kind of, like

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Speaker 5: I said, you know, just start chasing things that weren't there,

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Speaker 5: like we were. We were in the game, down six,

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Speaker 5: down seven, down eight, that's nothing in the league, and

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Speaker 5: playing like that we were we were playing with this

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Speaker 1: Well, and the first half, I mean there was so

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Speaker 1: I'm watching it from afar. What I mean is is

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Speaker 1: I mean, I just couldn't believe the shots that your

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Speaker 2: I mean, kind of just one of those nights.

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Speaker 5: Right, Yeah, I mean that happens too. We have been

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Speaker 5: the hottest three point shooting team in the league over

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Speaker 5: So yeah, so you know, that's uh, that's kind of,

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Speaker 5: but whether they go in or not sometimes he or no. Yeah,

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Speaker 1: And when and I mean a Memphis You not trying

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Speaker 1: do I mean, this is it's a weird question, but

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Speaker 1: I know you're going to understand what I'm saying, and

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Speaker 1: if it's wrong, please take me deep, do you Since

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Speaker 1: there was some like quote Cam Spencer, GG Jackson, Jock Londale,

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Speaker 1: and you know, maybe let the foot off the gas

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Speaker 5: I mean, there's certainly every possibility. Pa. That's that's been

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Speaker 5: I really think the biggest difference maker was, you know,

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Speaker 5: He's got a complete skill set, plays with unbelievable physicality.

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Speaker 5: more than anything, I think he was the difference than

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Speaker 5: they do it in a, you know, a pretty simple way.

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Speaker 5: They they get out and transition and they beat us

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Speaker 1: I I had forgotten, just with Jaron Jackson Jr. I

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Speaker 1: That that that's just like, yeah, that's a positive trait

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Speaker 5: I mean, you know, he's uh, he plays, like I said,

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Speaker 5: Julius is. You know, in the league today, they're really

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Speaker 5: rewarding that for guys like him. He's you know, he

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Speaker 5: You know, he's really good at selling clouds, he's really

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Speaker 1: It's interesting you say that because I've not I noticed that,

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Speaker 1: I mean, yeah, when big people topple it, they just

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Speaker 2: But I saw a lot of that last night.

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Speaker 1: So with the guys, you know, how how were they

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Speaker 1: after the game? Do do do you sense in a

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Speaker 5: I mean, you know, of course, of course they're disappointed.

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Speaker 5: You know, it's a long season, like we try not

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Speaker 5: to overreact to any single game here or there. I mean,

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Speaker 5: there's there's always twists and turns in this this thing

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Speaker 5: through the course of eighty two games. Of course, when

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Speaker 5: can look back over eighty two and there's always one

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Speaker 5: of the Western Commers, they're gonna have those games too,

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Speaker 5: and be quite honestly, the Memphis Memphis is the record

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Speaker 5: pretty healthy. Obviously they're missing missing job, but they.

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Speaker 1: Had a lot of their guys back lastly on the

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Speaker 1: thank you very much for the time today. Courtesy of

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Speaker 1: Second Harvest, Heartland, two Harvest dot Org and Prize Picks,

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Speaker 1: the Memphis bench outscored the Walls reserve fifty two to

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Speaker 5: You know what we what we really need from the

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Speaker 5: come back around, no doubt about it. But yeah, we

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Speaker 5: we've got to try to look at you know, maybe

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Speaker 5: continue to blend the lineups a little bit. That's what

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Speaker 5: we've played before or you know we haven't played yet,

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Speaker 5: or as much. I mean, there's lots of things we

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Speaker 5: have to consider right now when we least thirty games.

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Speaker 1: All right, well, now five to go before the All

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Speaker 1: Star break. All right, five games to go before the

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Speaker 1: All Star Break. The NBA trade deadline is Thursday, in

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Speaker 1: that All Star break, and hopefully to Florida for head

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Speaker 1: coach Finch after a bunch of wins on the horizon.

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Speaker 1: You have a lot going on right now, don't you.

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Speaker 5: Yeah, it's it's we thought about this around the holidays,

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Speaker 5: you know how it's kind of a funky part of

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Speaker 5: the schedule. Well, nothing's more funky than this time of year.

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Speaker 5: You know, you have really three dynamics. I think that

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Speaker 5: you got the trade deadline. It's like looming over every body.

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Speaker 5: All right, Okay, appreciate it, pay thanks.

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Speaker 2: Yep see you. But Chris Finch, coach of the Minnesota Timberwolves.

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Speaker 1: thought was really cool with the Olympics on the horizon

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Speaker 1: Jul ericson K Sweden, Right, yeah, I.

437
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Speaker 5: Heard the interview with Billy Garan. Was it during the

438
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Speaker 5: interview with Billy Garran.

439
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Speaker 1: Yes, when when he was like it was second period

440
00:23:33,440 --> 00:23:38,320
Speaker 1: when he was like Faber and ericson Eck in the

441
00:23:38,480 --> 00:23:42,080
Speaker 1: crease trying to establish superiority in front of the goalie,

442
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Speaker 1: just super physical and everything. I mean that got me

443
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Speaker 1: kind of excited for that, Like favor Usa ericson X Sweden.

444
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's you've got some got some unique battles

445
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Speaker 1: coming up, don't we ye.

446
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Speaker 5: It would be a ton of fun to watch.

447
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Speaker 6: And I mean wild fans know how ericson that plays

448
00:23:59,040 --> 00:24:04,040
Speaker 6: every single night and even in practice practice with him,

449
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Speaker 6: he uh the way he competes in practice before his

450
00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:09,760
Speaker 6: goal he lets you know as a goalie, and.

451
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Speaker 5: He's just such a competitive kid.

452
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Speaker 6: He still probably wins every preseason test, whether it's a

453
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Speaker 6: bite test or strengths test, and he's just a true competitor.

454
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Speaker 5: And early on, I know wild fans I always wanted more,

455
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Speaker 5: you know, scoring and this and that.

456
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Speaker 6: Do we get who we want the comparative Brockfesser, But

457
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Speaker 6: I think wild fans are happy who Eric Snacks turned

458
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Speaker 6: into as a player and as a leader. For this

459
00:24:32,880 --> 00:24:35,119
Speaker 6: grew up on a nightly basis what he does, and

460
00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,760
Speaker 6: he talked about the superstars night in and night out,

461
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Speaker 6: of the Quinn Hughes and the Boldies and the Favors

462
00:24:40,960 --> 00:24:43,080
Speaker 6: and those guys. But you know, you forget about the

463
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Speaker 6: players at what he does on a nightly basis.

464
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Speaker 1: Well you I mean, you know one hundred times more

465
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Speaker 1: about Quinn Hughes and where he's been, where he is

466
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Speaker 1: and where he's going than I do. I've said this

467
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Speaker 1: recently where like I'm not up late with the center

468
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Speaker 1: ice package watching the Vancouver I'm.

469
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Speaker 5: Just not so.

470
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Speaker 2: I knew who Gwinn Hughes was, and I knew he

471
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Speaker 2: was well respected.

472
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Speaker 1: Now that I've watched him as much as I have,

473
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Speaker 1: Holy cow, I mean, his his twitchy shoulder shake, stopping

474
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Speaker 1: go thing.

475
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Speaker 2: It's unbelievable, isn't it.

476
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Speaker 6: I know, I like, you know, I've heard comparisons like

477
00:25:20,240 --> 00:25:22,320
Speaker 6: he looks like a point guard in basketball, and but

478
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Speaker 6: now I'm coaching squirt hockey and he's literally like you

479
00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:28,399
Speaker 6: you never think there's like a cheat code at the

480
00:25:28,520 --> 00:25:31,040
Speaker 6: NHL level, like maybe a Connor McDaid, but this he's

481
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Speaker 6: almost like a cheat quote it at a squirt level,

482
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Speaker 6: Like you have a kid that can skate by everybody, right, yeah,

483
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Speaker 6: you know, blow down on the outside and score at

484
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Speaker 6: will when he wants. And there's feels like there's almost

485
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Speaker 6: one on every team, especially you know in the dynas

486
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,280
Speaker 6: of Minnetonka's that side of tell him they have some

487
00:25:46,359 --> 00:25:49,040
Speaker 6: of these kids that just seeks go and you're like, totally, cow,

488
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Speaker 6: what has he been doing the first years of his life?

489
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Speaker 5: You know? But still it's like when he was at

490
00:25:55,000 --> 00:25:59,760
Speaker 5: this level, it's unbelievable. His skating ability, his edgework is shifting.

491
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Speaker 5: It it's like like like Allen Iverson, almost like a

492
00:26:03,800 --> 00:26:05,720
Speaker 5: point guard. The way he disperses the park and he

493
00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:07,480
Speaker 5: breaks ankles on the ice.

494
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Speaker 2: It's, uh, it's so fun to watch.

495
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Speaker 6: And you know, you get his partner, brock Favorite a

496
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Speaker 6: ton of credit. He stabilizes his ability to do that

497
00:26:15,000 --> 00:26:17,200
Speaker 6: and take his risks and take his runs. And I

498
00:26:17,240 --> 00:26:21,159
Speaker 6: think he's only getting more comfortable having him as a partner.

499
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Speaker 6: And they're gonna go to the Olympics and chemistry is

500
00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:25,440
Speaker 6: only going to grow. And then the exciting part for

501
00:26:25,480 --> 00:26:26,920
Speaker 6: the Wild season is gonna be the push to the

502
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Speaker 6: playoffs once the Olympic break comes to a close.

503
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Speaker 1: Yeah, you talk about those sports skills or or the

504
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Speaker 1: skills of the youngsters in like Dina, Minnetonka, Afton, South

505
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Speaker 1: Saint Paul.

506
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Speaker 2: You're right.

507
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Speaker 1: I mean, it's just all over the great state of Minnesota.

508
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Speaker 1: It's it's it's unfortunate, not really, but like Montreal's Eastern Conference,

509
00:26:47,400 --> 00:26:48,400
Speaker 1: we're Western Conference.

510
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Speaker 2: The Wild.

511
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Speaker 1: Montreal man those two games that they have this year,

512
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Speaker 1: Cole Cawfield with the snipe with like thirteen seconds to go,

513
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Speaker 1: then that thing last night you know, which was back

514
00:26:57,920 --> 00:27:00,440
Speaker 1: and forth and it was fast and it was high energy,

515
00:27:00,520 --> 00:27:03,640
Speaker 1: and then Corill wins it in overtime. Those teams when

516
00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:06,560
Speaker 1: they play each other that that's high end hockey, isn't it.

517
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Speaker 5: Well, it's interesting you watch the game of it. It's

518
00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,520
Speaker 5: the third period, the shots are fourteen thirteen, and you're thinking, like,

519
00:27:14,040 --> 00:27:17,399
Speaker 5: it wasn't that boring of a game. The game's just

520
00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,960
Speaker 5: it's different now. Any chance these kids come up with

521
00:27:21,080 --> 00:27:25,480
Speaker 5: so much skill is they have skating coaches and they

522
00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:28,879
Speaker 5: come up ready now at eighteen nineteen years old, and

523
00:27:28,880 --> 00:27:30,600
Speaker 5: they come in they're some of the best players in

524
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Speaker 5: the league.

525
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Speaker 6: They don't waste any shots like it just they don't

526
00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,159
Speaker 6: come in and shoot from the outside. Other and Eric

527
00:27:37,160 --> 00:27:39,000
Speaker 6: Sinac to beat the gold golbush clean on the first

528
00:27:39,000 --> 00:27:41,200
Speaker 6: shot of the game. But you don't see shots like

529
00:27:41,280 --> 00:27:44,359
Speaker 6: that happeningmore. There's so much East West player and every

530
00:27:44,480 --> 00:27:46,800
Speaker 6: chance is a great a And I was fortunate to

531
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Speaker 6: have a flower in the booth the last game I

532
00:27:50,600 --> 00:27:52,480
Speaker 6: did for a while the while and we're just kind

533
00:27:52,480 --> 00:27:53,600
Speaker 6: of talking about it off air.

534
00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:56,120
Speaker 5: And this is a completely different game.

535
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Speaker 6: How many chances now these guys give up from taking

536
00:27:59,840 --> 00:28:01,520
Speaker 6: a shot at the net and just get into the

537
00:28:01,640 --> 00:28:04,640
Speaker 6: net where they want a perfect scoring opportunity every time,

538
00:28:04,720 --> 00:28:07,119
Speaker 6: and that's why you seed some lower shot games. But

539
00:28:07,200 --> 00:28:10,600
Speaker 6: there's good chances and it's exciting hockey because, I mean,

540
00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,200
Speaker 6: these poor goalies, I'm so glad I'm not playing this era.

541
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Speaker 5: They see so many high end chances on a nightly basis,

542
00:28:18,000 --> 00:28:18,800
Speaker 5: and al, I.

543
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Speaker 1: Don't have stats on this, but I mean, like I'm

544
00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:27,080
Speaker 1: just guessing. When you give up an emotional late period goal,

545
00:28:27,240 --> 00:28:30,440
Speaker 1: all right, super frustrating Faber's face coming off the ice

546
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Speaker 1: after that goal, you know, with like twelve seconds to

547
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Speaker 1: go or whatever it was in the second period, and

548
00:28:35,240 --> 00:28:37,880
Speaker 1: then you start in a third period and the other

549
00:28:38,000 --> 00:28:41,440
Speaker 1: guys score like seven seconds into it or ten seconds

550
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Speaker 1: into it. I mean, I can't imagine a lot of

551
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Speaker 1: teams come back from that and win. Wild found a

552
00:28:46,400 --> 00:28:50,000
Speaker 1: way to do it. But especially as a goalie, when

553
00:28:50,000 --> 00:28:52,280
Speaker 1: you give up one late at the end of a

554
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Speaker 1: period and then say early to begin the next period,

555
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Speaker 1: that's awful, isn't it.

556
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Speaker 2: Yeah.

557
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Speaker 5: I mean, PSHA is always discussing first minute or two

558
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,200
Speaker 5: minutes of a period. In the last two minutes of period.

559
00:29:02,960 --> 00:29:04,080
Speaker 2: Are most important.

560
00:29:04,680 --> 00:29:05,760
Speaker 5: Minutes of a game.

561
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Speaker 6: The Wild got one early erics and next scored right

562
00:29:08,240 --> 00:29:11,440
Speaker 6: away in the game, and then the Kadians for two

563
00:29:11,480 --> 00:29:12,800
Speaker 6: of their goals at the end of the first and

564
00:29:12,960 --> 00:29:14,400
Speaker 6: at the end of the second, under a minute to

565
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,720
Speaker 6: go in the period, and then they come back.

566
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Speaker 5: Out in the third and take the lead. Yeah, like

567
00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,400
Speaker 5: you said, it goes twelve seconds into the period.

568
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Speaker 6: No, it's just mentally, it's just shows how that group

569
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Speaker 6: can respond. And I think now it's twenty two overtime

570
00:29:26,240 --> 00:29:30,400
Speaker 6: games that team has played, So it's a group that's

571
00:29:30,400 --> 00:29:34,800
Speaker 6: battle tested. You know, you say they're younger players, but

572
00:29:34,840 --> 00:29:36,280
Speaker 6: they're not younger now. They have a lot of games

573
00:29:36,360 --> 00:29:39,040
Speaker 6: under their belt. They've been through a lot of situations

574
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,480
Speaker 6: in this league, and I think it's a group that's

575
00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,760
Speaker 6: ready to get over the hump this year. They've been

576
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:48,960
Speaker 6: through as many situations as you can get through. You

577
00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,320
Speaker 6: just hope that the injury bug that's the one thing

578
00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:53,480
Speaker 6: getting through the Olympics and then that last stretch, just

579
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Speaker 6: with the condemned schedule.

580
00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:55,520
Speaker 5: You just hope they can.

581
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Speaker 6: All stay healthy, get themselves into a position where they

582
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Speaker 6: can give whole my for playoffs and maybe he gets

583
00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:03,080
Speaker 6: to a point late in the year where he can

584
00:30:03,120 --> 00:30:05,680
Speaker 6: start giving a guy or two maybe a night off

585
00:30:05,800 --> 00:30:06,960
Speaker 6: before he head in the playoffs.

586
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Speaker 1: High end Hockey analysis from one of our friends and

587
00:30:10,240 --> 00:30:13,600
Speaker 1: one of our favorites, Alex staylocked, Alex, when you watch

588
00:30:13,680 --> 00:30:16,840
Speaker 1: yesper Volstatt, can you kind of relate to what he's

589
00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:20,480
Speaker 1: going through where he gets these reps and just young

590
00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:24,120
Speaker 1: guy trying to come up and establish himself, finding that consistency,

591
00:30:24,280 --> 00:30:26,880
Speaker 1: finding his game on the ice as a young player.

592
00:30:26,960 --> 00:30:29,720
Speaker 1: Maybe similar to what you were trying to do years

593
00:30:29,760 --> 00:30:31,640
Speaker 1: ago when you were coming up in the league.

594
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Speaker 6: I thought you were going to talk about when you

595
00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,160
Speaker 6: ended up as a blue line the top of the

596
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Speaker 6: circles and over by the boards in the game that

597
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Speaker 6: I called it was perfect.

598
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Speaker 5: I was like, finally we did some action. Yes, get

599
00:30:44,680 --> 00:30:46,040
Speaker 5: out of that. Make it interesting.

600
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Speaker 6: No, I mean for him he's a firstpick. Was never

601
00:30:50,480 --> 00:30:54,760
Speaker 6: that that to be in the first round and for him,

602
00:30:55,000 --> 00:30:59,120
Speaker 6: like just the pressure of it. You know, everybody wants

603
00:30:59,200 --> 00:31:03,120
Speaker 6: to now and whether that's in business or sports or life,

604
00:31:03,160 --> 00:31:05,200
Speaker 6: whatever it is is the result needs to be now,

605
00:31:05,840 --> 00:31:07,320
Speaker 6: and it's time.

606
00:31:07,440 --> 00:31:08,760
Speaker 5: Especially at the goal time position.

607
00:31:09,080 --> 00:31:09,920
Speaker 2: It takes reps.

608
00:31:10,560 --> 00:31:13,400
Speaker 5: You're going to have to spend time in the minor league.

609
00:31:13,480 --> 00:31:14,120
Speaker 2: That's just what it is.

610
00:31:14,200 --> 00:31:15,240
Speaker 5: Professional hockey a lot of.

611
00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:19,160
Speaker 6: Different than junior hockey, and so many people where where's

612
00:31:19,160 --> 00:31:20,800
Speaker 6: he at, where's the why is he not here playing?

613
00:31:20,840 --> 00:31:23,760
Speaker 6: And it's so different than being a forward or defense.

614
00:31:23,800 --> 00:31:25,880
Speaker 6: You can make a mistake here or there, and for

615
00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:27,760
Speaker 6: a goal, you make mistakes in the back of the net.

616
00:31:27,800 --> 00:31:29,280
Speaker 6: And then you talk about the mental side of the

617
00:31:29,360 --> 00:31:30,760
Speaker 6: game and things aren't going.

618
00:31:30,720 --> 00:31:33,200
Speaker 5: Or well going well for you early in your career.

619
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Speaker 5: It's hard and sometimes you need to take a step back.

620
00:31:35,520 --> 00:31:37,360
Speaker 5: And that's what he did last year.

621
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Speaker 6: And you know it might have been tough for mentally,

622
00:31:39,680 --> 00:31:41,840
Speaker 6: but he went down and found his game. He came

623
00:31:41,880 --> 00:31:45,400
Speaker 6: into camp, they talked about ready, not only mentally but physically.

624
00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:46,960
Speaker 6: He had a really good summer and he came out

625
00:31:46,960 --> 00:31:47,720
Speaker 6: of the gates.

626
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Speaker 5: You know, with almost something to prove. And he's been

627
00:31:51,520 --> 00:31:53,720
Speaker 5: really good for Gus to have. He's been pushing gusts

628
00:31:54,000 --> 00:31:56,120
Speaker 5: and you know it, have two goalies on the same

629
00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:58,040
Speaker 5: Olympic team, it's pretty incredible.

630
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Speaker 6: And the while they're lucky to have, uh, you know,

631
00:32:00,680 --> 00:32:03,280
Speaker 6: the situation situation they have in the crease this year,

632
00:32:03,360 --> 00:32:03,880
Speaker 6: that's for sure.

633
00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:08,080
Speaker 2: You ever had a goalie fight at any level.

634
00:32:10,560 --> 00:32:12,040
Speaker 5: No, I didn't.

635
00:32:13,200 --> 00:32:17,080
Speaker 6: Unfortunately I should I should have. I had one opportunity,

636
00:32:17,720 --> 00:32:19,960
Speaker 6: and it was actually I was early on in my

637
00:32:20,080 --> 00:32:23,080
Speaker 6: career and it was Rick Zpa Troll, who was He

638
00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:26,200
Speaker 6: was the first round pick of New York Islanders. Played

639
00:32:26,280 --> 00:32:28,560
Speaker 6: USA hockey, I think he played. He played with Philly

640
00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:32,480
Speaker 6: garon maybe the Old four Olympic team.

641
00:32:33,440 --> 00:32:34,560
Speaker 5: He was at the end of his career.

642
00:32:34,640 --> 00:32:36,920
Speaker 6: He was down in the American League trying to rehab,

643
00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:40,040
Speaker 6: and there was like six seconds left in the game.

644
00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,480
Speaker 6: There was an incident on the ice where one of

645
00:32:42,600 --> 00:32:44,920
Speaker 6: our bigger, tougher guys took around at one of their

646
00:32:44,960 --> 00:32:48,520
Speaker 6: high draft picks and they didn't like that, and so

647
00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,840
Speaker 6: then they started a big fight and he was getting

648
00:32:50,840 --> 00:32:53,560
Speaker 6: ready to down Strap and I actually I had a

649
00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:54,680
Speaker 6: pretty good game going.

650
00:32:55,240 --> 00:32:57,320
Speaker 5: And uh, I was just like, no, I'm not going

651
00:32:57,400 --> 00:32:59,280
Speaker 5: to give up my shutout. I don't want to get

652
00:32:59,320 --> 00:33:02,280
Speaker 5: tossed out of this came and give it up, So

653
00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,120
Speaker 5: I had to turn it down. There was like four

654
00:33:04,200 --> 00:33:07,160
Speaker 5: seconds left in the games in Bridgeport was probably on

655
00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:08,680
Speaker 5: a Sunday at like three o'clock.

656
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Speaker 2: We probably had a three.

657
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Speaker 5: Hour bus ride back to Worcester and what so I

658
00:33:13,840 --> 00:33:14,280
Speaker 5: had enough.

659
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Speaker 1: So when goalies like what leads to them, it's it's

660
00:33:18,680 --> 00:33:22,240
Speaker 1: like everybody else is doing something, so all right, we

661
00:33:22,360 --> 00:33:24,120
Speaker 1: got to get after it. It's just kind of part

662
00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:25,680
Speaker 1: of the unspoken cult code.

663
00:33:28,800 --> 00:33:31,760
Speaker 5: Well you're talking outdoor one, right, the most recent one.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, but because see that that was a pillow fight.

665
00:33:34,720 --> 00:33:37,120
Speaker 1: That there was one the week before or two weeks before.

666
00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:42,600
Speaker 6: Yeah, and with and yeah, Babrovski and the Belka. Well

667
00:33:42,640 --> 00:33:46,560
Speaker 6: I think the Ned like we like Tom you know, nicknames, hockey,

668
00:33:46,680 --> 00:33:47,360
Speaker 6: you know, the whole bit.

669
00:33:47,520 --> 00:33:50,280
Speaker 5: But Ned, because I do with some radio games with

670
00:33:50,400 --> 00:33:53,880
Speaker 5: San Jose Sto, with Danrews and Elski one of the best.

671
00:33:55,560 --> 00:33:56,080
Speaker 3: In the game.

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Speaker 6: And uh, I didn't get that game unfortunately. And Ned

673
00:34:01,520 --> 00:34:04,440
Speaker 6: went into the corner and was throwing throwing some blockers

674
00:34:04,520 --> 00:34:07,480
Speaker 6: at one of the Panthers players.

675
00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,480
Speaker 5: Heads and Bob took exception. Then when Ned went back

676
00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:11,239
Speaker 5: to as preious, Bob was already waiting at the blue

677
00:34:11,280 --> 00:34:12,560
Speaker 5: line and it was goal time.

678
00:34:14,840 --> 00:34:17,160
Speaker 1: That's okay, the best, right, Yeah, I mean we were

679
00:34:17,200 --> 00:34:18,759
Speaker 1: part of the team. We don't want to walk in

680
00:34:18,880 --> 00:34:20,279
Speaker 1: we don't want to walk into the locker room.

681
00:34:20,320 --> 00:34:21,920
Speaker 2: Not one of the guys. Yeah, I understand.

682
00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,640
Speaker 4: Well, there's no other fight that is more intentional than

683
00:34:24,680 --> 00:34:27,320
Speaker 4: the goalie fight though, because emotions can rise, you have

684
00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:30,759
Speaker 4: pre puck drop chatter that can take place in the

685
00:34:30,840 --> 00:34:32,719
Speaker 4: neutral zone. It's like, you want to do this, all right,

686
00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,040
Speaker 4: that's fine. Goalies got to go out of their way.

687
00:34:35,200 --> 00:34:37,560
Speaker 4: This is this feels you know, you have to climb

688
00:34:37,600 --> 00:34:40,200
Speaker 4: a mountain to get across that ice to make it happen.

689
00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:43,880
Speaker 6: Yeah, no, it's uh, it's a whole different deal. And

690
00:34:43,920 --> 00:34:46,440
Speaker 6: you can see the excitement of the players too. Oh yeah,

691
00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:49,080
Speaker 6: that just when when the goalie starts making his.

692
00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:54,400
Speaker 5: Way and wild Almos saw and recently with the Flower

693
00:34:54,480 --> 00:34:57,600
Speaker 5: and Jordan Benkton Saint Louis and uh yeah, the rest

694
00:34:57,640 --> 00:35:00,320
Speaker 5: turned that one down, which was which was unfortunately Central

695
00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:01,440
Speaker 5: Flower wanted one, but.

696
00:35:01,640 --> 00:35:04,399
Speaker 1: They Alex Alex day lock nine to noon, A couple

697
00:35:04,440 --> 00:35:08,279
Speaker 1: of quickius to close. Who think about this, Who are

698
00:35:08,400 --> 00:35:11,800
Speaker 1: some of the best players with whom you have played,

699
00:35:12,440 --> 00:35:16,280
Speaker 1: who always were there to smack somebody who was getting

700
00:35:16,360 --> 00:35:19,280
Speaker 1: into your mix, somebody trying to get under your skin

701
00:35:19,440 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: and pushing the envelope. And you always knew on all

702
00:35:23,080 --> 00:35:26,560
Speaker 1: your teams that these guys would be there for me.

703
00:35:28,160 --> 00:35:32,480
Speaker 6: Yeah, you know, I think of Minnesota and obviously Pelino,

704
00:35:32,520 --> 00:35:34,520
Speaker 6: who's still here, does it on a nightly basis, not

705
00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:37,480
Speaker 6: only for his goalies, but for anybody that finishes the

706
00:35:37,600 --> 00:35:41,400
Speaker 6: check on some of his skilled players or even himself.

707
00:35:41,520 --> 00:35:46,080
Speaker 5: He stands up to anyone who'll fight anyone in the league. Yeah,

708
00:35:46,120 --> 00:35:48,800
Speaker 5: there's been, you know, throughout my career guys and defensemen

709
00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:49,200
Speaker 5: that are.

710
00:35:50,400 --> 00:35:51,799
Speaker 6: You got to say thank you a lot of times

711
00:35:51,800 --> 00:35:53,880
Speaker 6: if you don't get the opportunity to tap him on

712
00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,040
Speaker 6: the pot on the ice. It's in the locker room, like, hey,

713
00:35:56,080 --> 00:35:58,040
Speaker 6: I really appreciate that because I know I couldn't have

714
00:35:58,080 --> 00:35:58,320
Speaker 6: done that.

715
00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,480
Speaker 5: It's not an easy job. I couldn't imagine I had

716
00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:03,520
Speaker 5: a hard time nap and thinking I had on the

717
00:36:03,560 --> 00:36:04,480
Speaker 5: ice and I had to try.

718
00:36:04,320 --> 00:36:07,040
Speaker 6: To stop Connor McDavid or Nathan McKinnon or you know

719
00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:09,200
Speaker 6: some of the skill guys around the league. I couldn't imagine,

720
00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:10,960
Speaker 6: you know, trying to take a pregame nap for trying

721
00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:13,880
Speaker 6: to sleep the day before, drive your kids up at school,

722
00:36:13,920 --> 00:36:16,960
Speaker 6: maybe that night having go fight. You know, some of

723
00:36:17,000 --> 00:36:22,120
Speaker 6: these Olivier and Columbus or Delorier and uh, Philadelphia on

724
00:36:22,160 --> 00:36:24,759
Speaker 6: a daily basis, it's just a tough job. And not

725
00:36:24,880 --> 00:36:28,799
Speaker 6: that they're fighting every night, but playing physical and yeah,

726
00:36:28,840 --> 00:36:31,759
Speaker 6: so it's a whole different, whole, different element to to

727
00:36:31,880 --> 00:36:33,600
Speaker 6: think about for a professional hockey player.

728
00:36:34,040 --> 00:36:36,120
Speaker 2: Last one, who would you rather have?

729
00:36:36,239 --> 00:36:36,600
Speaker 5: And why?

730
00:36:37,400 --> 00:36:40,440
Speaker 2: Maclenn Celebrini or Connor Bedard.

731
00:36:41,480 --> 00:36:44,279
Speaker 5: Macklin Celebriny. I've had to watch him.

732
00:36:45,440 --> 00:36:48,279
Speaker 6: I've been lucky enough to watch him, and it's no

733
00:36:48,440 --> 00:36:49,920
Speaker 6: dig at Connor Bernard.

734
00:36:49,960 --> 00:36:52,280
Speaker 5: He's a heck of a player. But what Celbrini does.

735
00:36:54,280 --> 00:36:56,640
Speaker 6: Already in his career, he plays a foot game, he

736
00:36:56,719 --> 00:37:01,480
Speaker 6: plays defensive hockey. He's physical, he plays on the inside

737
00:37:01,480 --> 00:37:04,240
Speaker 6: all the time, he bears down in the faceoff circle.

738
00:37:04,280 --> 00:37:06,719
Speaker 6: He's got such a complete game already. It's incredible. And

739
00:37:07,360 --> 00:37:11,000
Speaker 6: you talk about the MVP of the league and you

740
00:37:11,080 --> 00:37:13,440
Speaker 6: know who's most important for their team, and you look

741
00:37:13,480 --> 00:37:16,080
Speaker 6: at what he's done for the Sharks. I think he's

742
00:37:16,520 --> 00:37:19,439
Speaker 6: the next person leading scorer behind him on his team

743
00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:23,200
Speaker 6: is forty some points behind him. He's I think he's

744
00:37:23,280 --> 00:37:25,880
Speaker 6: right about eighty and the next player has forty some

745
00:37:26,320 --> 00:37:29,719
Speaker 6: And everybody's kind of ball parts in that area in

746
00:37:29,760 --> 00:37:31,720
Speaker 6: San Jose, and he's that far ahead.

747
00:37:31,800 --> 00:37:33,880
Speaker 5: But you see the.

748
00:37:33,880 --> 00:37:37,440
Speaker 6: Interviews from opposing teams before you're playing, and you know

749
00:37:37,520 --> 00:37:41,200
Speaker 6: the Connor McDavid's, the top players that he's going against

750
00:37:41,239 --> 00:37:45,680
Speaker 6: there are talking about how they're they love his game

751
00:37:46,080 --> 00:37:47,799
Speaker 6: and when it comes to the Olympic time, who they

752
00:37:47,840 --> 00:37:49,759
Speaker 6: want to play with you and Sydney Crowsey's mentioned that

753
00:37:49,840 --> 00:37:52,080
Speaker 6: he's wanted to play with mclm celebriny he did at

754
00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:55,239
Speaker 6: the World Championships last year. It's just incredible at that

755
00:37:55,600 --> 00:37:58,799
Speaker 6: age all around his game is and that's a team

756
00:37:58,880 --> 00:38:00,320
Speaker 6: that in the next couple of years it can be

757
00:38:00,360 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 6: exciting to watch what they can get what they can get.

758
00:38:02,560 --> 00:38:06,319
Speaker 1: Some all right, budsy give give Simon a stick tap

759
00:38:06,400 --> 00:38:09,200
Speaker 1: for me and and thank you very much for helping

760
00:38:09,239 --> 00:38:09,919
Speaker 1: the radio show.

761
00:38:10,400 --> 00:38:13,920
Speaker 2: And we'll be in touch soon, all right, Alex anytime,

762
00:38:14,120 --> 00:38:15,680
Speaker 2: Thanks Nordle, Thanks.

763
00:38:15,520 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: Buddy, Thanks brother Alex, staylock on the State of the

764
00:38:19,200 --> 00:38:22,520
Speaker 1: Wild and more. The Minnesota Twins have a new general manager.

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00:38:22,560 --> 00:38:24,719
Speaker 1: His name is Jeremy Zohl and he joins nine to

766
00:38:24,800 --> 00:38:27,800
Speaker 1: noon next. Jeremy Zol is the Twins general manager and

767
00:38:27,960 --> 00:38:32,120
Speaker 1: the new leader of baseball operations and he joins us now.

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Speaker 1: Jeremy it's Paul Allen. Great chatting with you and happy Tuesday.

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Speaker 2: How are you.

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Speaker 3: I'm doing well. Thanks so much for having me on

771
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Speaker 3: right now.

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Speaker 1: Man, and by the way, despite the circumstances to a

773
00:38:44,080 --> 00:38:47,879
Speaker 1: certain extent, congratulations on the elevation and the opportunity.

774
00:38:48,239 --> 00:38:48,640
Speaker 2: What's up?

775
00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:52,880
Speaker 1: What's next for you to get things ready for not

776
00:38:53,040 --> 00:38:56,920
Speaker 1: only the team, but the dedicated fans and the upcoming season.

777
00:38:58,800 --> 00:39:01,680
Speaker 3: Yeah, absolutely, obviously lease spring trainings right around the corner.

778
00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:04,680
Speaker 3: Most of us heading down to Fort Myers next Monday

779
00:39:04,760 --> 00:39:08,360
Speaker 3: or Tuesday, and you know, pitchers and catchers first workout

780
00:39:08,440 --> 00:39:12,200
Speaker 3: right around the corner later next week. So we're gearing up,

781
00:39:12,280 --> 00:39:14,680
Speaker 3: looking forward to having the whole group together spring training.

782
00:39:15,200 --> 00:39:17,080
Speaker 3: You know, one of my favorite times of the year.

783
00:39:17,239 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 3: We have the opportunity to have all of our staff together,

784
00:39:20,120 --> 00:39:22,200
Speaker 3: all of our players, major league and minor league. So

785
00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:24,480
Speaker 3: it'll be a great time to be together and get

786
00:39:24,560 --> 00:39:26,880
Speaker 3: rolling and looking forward to continuing to work through some

787
00:39:26,960 --> 00:39:30,440
Speaker 3: of these final opportunities to keep enhancing the roster which

788
00:39:30,560 --> 00:39:33,399
Speaker 3: could lead into spring training, but ultimately, you know, doing

789
00:39:33,440 --> 00:39:35,560
Speaker 3: everything we can and keep improving the club here to

790
00:39:35,680 --> 00:39:37,080
Speaker 3: hit the ground running this season.

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00:39:36,880 --> 00:39:38,320
Speaker 2: All right, So with Jeremy.

792
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Speaker 1: For those who don't know, the general managerial opportunity with

793
00:39:41,960 --> 00:39:45,160
Speaker 1: the Twins took place late twenty twenty four November, I believe,

794
00:39:45,640 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: and now, at least from what I've read, lead a

795
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Speaker 1: new leader of baseball operations. Is this something you always

796
00:39:53,120 --> 00:39:55,800
Speaker 1: wanted to do? Did you always want to be a

797
00:39:55,840 --> 00:39:59,720
Speaker 1: Major League baseball general manager or lead a team's baseball

798
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Speaker 1: up operations?

799
00:40:00,760 --> 00:40:03,879
Speaker 2: And and if so, why, Yeah?

800
00:40:04,320 --> 00:40:07,600
Speaker 3: Absolutely? I think you know, when growing growing up as

801
00:40:07,600 --> 00:40:10,040
Speaker 3: a kid, going a ton of baseball games, and I

802
00:40:10,120 --> 00:40:11,840
Speaker 3: grew up on on the East Coast and went to

803
00:40:12,239 --> 00:40:14,759
Speaker 3: a ton of Yankee games growing up, so you know,

804
00:40:14,800 --> 00:40:16,840
Speaker 3: it was one of those things that that really sparked

805
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:20,680
Speaker 3: my my passion. Played through the college level Division three,

806
00:40:20,800 --> 00:40:23,080
Speaker 3: and you know, the more that was kind of the

807
00:40:23,960 --> 00:40:26,719
Speaker 3: coming up of the moneyball era. The school I went

808
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,160
Speaker 3: to have as a handful of different alums that work

809
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,560
Speaker 3: in front offices, and kind of all the different pieces

810
00:40:31,640 --> 00:40:33,879
Speaker 3: came together. This would be something that could be really

811
00:40:33,920 --> 00:40:35,960
Speaker 3: special to to get to be a part of and

812
00:40:36,280 --> 00:40:39,520
Speaker 3: and really any capacity, and you know, work to to

813
00:40:39,560 --> 00:40:41,480
Speaker 3: figure out what what it would take to get my

814
00:40:41,520 --> 00:40:44,440
Speaker 3: foot in the door and learn and grow and back

815
00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,320
Speaker 3: when I was trying to do all that, you know,

816
00:40:47,520 --> 00:40:50,440
Speaker 3: really didn't have as good of a handle as as

817
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Speaker 3: I thought I did on on what leading the whole

818
00:40:53,719 --> 00:40:57,560
Speaker 3: entire base operation entailed. But along the way, you know,

819
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Speaker 3: as I've worked in different organizations and different in different roles,

820
00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,120
Speaker 3: you know, the idea of being able to lead a

821
00:41:04,160 --> 00:41:06,520
Speaker 3: whole group has has been really intriguing to me and

822
00:41:06,560 --> 00:41:08,719
Speaker 3: something I'm really excited about on this opportunity.

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Speaker 1: How how close where you grew up, Jeremy? How close

824
00:41:12,840 --> 00:41:16,120
Speaker 1: is Ridgewood, New Jersey to New York City?

825
00:41:16,200 --> 00:41:16,520
Speaker 2: Proper?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's about sixteen seventeen miles, but depending on the

827
00:41:21,480 --> 00:41:24,640
Speaker 3: traffic on the George Washington Bridge, could take thirty minutes

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00:41:24,719 --> 00:41:27,400
Speaker 3: or it could take over an hour. So all depends

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Speaker 3: on that testy, testy traffic.

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00:41:29,440 --> 00:41:32,759
Speaker 1: Well, the reason for the question is you mentioned, you know,

831
00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:35,520
Speaker 1: went to a lot of Yankees games. All right, Well,

832
00:41:35,600 --> 00:41:37,000
Speaker 1: why the Yankees not the Mets?

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00:41:39,160 --> 00:41:42,319
Speaker 3: Yeah, good question. So I was actually born in Massachusetts.

834
00:41:42,360 --> 00:41:45,160
Speaker 3: We moved to New Jersey when I was little, and

835
00:41:45,280 --> 00:41:49,000
Speaker 3: my dad ended up somehow through work going in with

836
00:41:49,200 --> 00:41:52,560
Speaker 3: like seven of his coworkers on a season ticket package,

837
00:41:52,600 --> 00:41:55,040
Speaker 3: and it was with the Yankees and you know, I

838
00:41:55,120 --> 00:41:58,000
Speaker 3: started in either ninety four or ninety five, I can't

839
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Speaker 3: say I remember exactly, so it was right for their

840
00:42:00,480 --> 00:42:02,880
Speaker 3: big run and uh, you know, tickets were a lot

841
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,600
Speaker 3: cheaper back then, so I think it was a product

842
00:42:05,640 --> 00:42:07,319
Speaker 3: of circumstance in a lot of ways.

843
00:42:07,640 --> 00:42:08,320
Speaker 5: That that is.

844
00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:10,800
Speaker 1: I mean that that really from a fan base standpoint.

845
00:42:11,440 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 1: That's big in New Jersey and New York right either

846
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,640
Speaker 1: Yankees or Mets, Giants or Jets. I don't know if

847
00:42:18,680 --> 00:42:22,359
Speaker 1: it's like that with with Islanders or Rangers, but it's

848
00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:23,440
Speaker 1: like that there isn't it.

849
00:42:24,760 --> 00:42:27,320
Speaker 3: Yeah, for sure, And that's kind of the northern northern

850
00:42:27,400 --> 00:42:29,799
Speaker 3: side of New Jersey, south side. Then you get into

851
00:42:30,000 --> 00:42:33,640
Speaker 3: Philly's Eagles territory, So a lot of passion on on

852
00:42:33,719 --> 00:42:38,040
Speaker 3: the East coast regardless, So fun fun, uh fun debates

853
00:42:38,120 --> 00:42:40,839
Speaker 3: and and and rivalries to be a part of, for sure.

854
00:42:41,280 --> 00:42:46,560
Speaker 1: Jeremy in in in what ways did Derek Falvey or

855
00:42:46,800 --> 00:42:49,919
Speaker 1: Thadde Levine shape you for this opportunity?

856
00:42:51,800 --> 00:42:53,920
Speaker 3: Oh yeah, I mean in so many ways. So grateful

857
00:42:54,040 --> 00:42:57,560
Speaker 3: for for their their leadership and mentorship along the way,

858
00:42:57,840 --> 00:43:00,560
Speaker 3: and even in previous roles the other leaders I got

859
00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:02,799
Speaker 3: to work under, feel like I've just been a really

860
00:43:03,440 --> 00:43:06,719
Speaker 3: fortunate product of so many great mentors, went back to

861
00:43:06,760 --> 00:43:09,840
Speaker 3: my time with the Angels and Dodgers as well, but

862
00:43:10,800 --> 00:43:15,000
Speaker 3: Derek and Sad really like complimentary personality for myself, just

863
00:43:15,280 --> 00:43:19,880
Speaker 3: really good thought partners give me the appreciation for so

864
00:43:19,960 --> 00:43:22,440
Speaker 3: many different perspectives on how to how to approach things,

865
00:43:22,480 --> 00:43:26,160
Speaker 3: how to navigate people issues, how to solve different problems.

866
00:43:26,239 --> 00:43:28,239
Speaker 3: And I knew I could always count on them to

867
00:43:29,080 --> 00:43:31,640
Speaker 3: get a to get an extra perspective to think through

868
00:43:31,680 --> 00:43:34,520
Speaker 3: things further, and sure I was considering all angles. And

869
00:43:34,560 --> 00:43:36,880
Speaker 3: I think that's really helped me continue to develop my

870
00:43:36,960 --> 00:43:38,080
Speaker 3: own leadership style.

871
00:43:38,680 --> 00:43:39,879
Speaker 2: Jeremy's all nine to them.

872
00:43:40,040 --> 00:43:44,520
Speaker 1: As as the Twins farm director in twenty eighteen and nineteen,

873
00:43:45,000 --> 00:43:49,360
Speaker 1: What what does a farm director do that maybe outside

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Speaker 1: of hardcore baseball fans, the casuals might not know.

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Speaker 3: Yeah for sure. So that role, you're overseeing the entire

876
00:43:56,520 --> 00:44:00,399
Speaker 3: minor league operation and that so that you know, back

877
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Speaker 3: then we still had multiple short season affiliates, So you're

878
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Speaker 3: talking about all of Triple A, Double A, High A,

879
00:44:06,920 --> 00:44:10,400
Speaker 3: Low A short Season Rookie Ball Complex, Rookie Ball and

880
00:44:10,560 --> 00:44:15,000
Speaker 3: the Dominican uh the Complex in the Dominican Republic, and uh,

881
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Speaker 3: you're responsible for overseeing all of that. When I started

882
00:44:19,560 --> 00:44:21,960
Speaker 3: with the organization, we had a lot of hiring to do.

883
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Speaker 3: So really the first few months I was working on

884
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Speaker 3: hiring a bunch of different coaches and trainers and trains

885
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Speaker 3: coaches to further beef beef up our infrastructure. And that

886
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Speaker 3: was a big, big thing that Derek andsd had been

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00:44:32,719 --> 00:44:34,920
Speaker 3: working on in their first year. I joined as they

888
00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:39,560
Speaker 3: were entering year two. So you respunsle for hiring and

889
00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:44,320
Speaker 3: then building out, you know, organizational programming, developmental player plans,

890
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Speaker 3: working in conjunction with the major league staff, managing all

891
00:44:47,280 --> 00:44:50,360
Speaker 3: the roster moods, you know, on a day to day basis,

892
00:44:50,520 --> 00:44:53,400
Speaker 3: and and just trying to make sure we're building the

893
00:44:53,480 --> 00:44:55,919
Speaker 3: best system we can so that all of our top

894
00:44:55,960 --> 00:44:59,640
Speaker 3: prospects can develop and reach their reach their potential.

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Speaker 1: And kind of off that in working with the with

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers as assistant director or player development for I

897
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Speaker 1: mean that was ten that was ten years ago. But

898
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Speaker 1: other with the Dodgers, other than ridiculously outspending everybody, do

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Speaker 1: the Dodgers have an approach to personnel or do things

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Speaker 1: with their minor league teams that's like different from most

901
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Speaker 1: of the league.

902
00:45:22,880 --> 00:45:24,960
Speaker 2: You know that maybe you can bring here to fortify

903
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Speaker 2: the future.

904
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Speaker 3: Yeah, that was those two years with the Dodgers were

905
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:34,839
Speaker 3: an unbelievable experience. Andrew Freeman and Karhans Aiety had had

906
00:45:34,920 --> 00:45:38,040
Speaker 3: just started for whatever reason, also joining in the second

907
00:45:38,080 --> 00:45:40,279
Speaker 3: year of their resume, a little bit of a funny

908
00:45:40,320 --> 00:45:43,600
Speaker 3: coincidence in both opportunities, but they were really trying to

909
00:45:44,520 --> 00:45:46,440
Speaker 3: break the mold and push some boundaries and be as

910
00:45:46,480 --> 00:45:50,200
Speaker 3: innovative as possible in so many different ways in that

911
00:45:50,520 --> 00:45:52,920
Speaker 3: and player development was it was a top area there

912
00:45:53,000 --> 00:45:57,200
Speaker 3: working under Skaith Kapler and Clayton McCallan, now the Marlins manager,

913
00:45:57,920 --> 00:45:59,959
Speaker 3: was our field coordinator, so just got to work close

914
00:46:00,200 --> 00:46:03,400
Speaker 3: with so many, so many great people, and you know,

915
00:46:03,440 --> 00:46:06,120
Speaker 3: we were tasked with just trying to be as innovative

916
00:46:06,160 --> 00:46:09,759
Speaker 3: and experimental as possible, and that came from technology that

917
00:46:09,880 --> 00:46:14,640
Speaker 3: came from experimental program for our players, whether that was

918
00:46:14,719 --> 00:46:17,680
Speaker 3: velocity training or bat speed training, all these different things

919
00:46:17,760 --> 00:46:20,440
Speaker 3: that you just learned a lot through that process and

920
00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,120
Speaker 3: able to bring a lot of those h that that

921
00:46:23,280 --> 00:46:25,960
Speaker 3: thought process and that that idea, but also some of

922
00:46:26,200 --> 00:46:28,400
Speaker 3: the things I learned along the way into into the

923
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Speaker 3: organization and keep building upon.

924
00:46:30,000 --> 00:46:32,080
Speaker 1: Okay, well, what about just a couple of clothes here,

925
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Speaker 1: Jeremy Jeremy Zulu general manager for the Twins, but also

926
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Speaker 1: in the new leader of baseball operations, and they all

927
00:46:38,640 --> 00:46:41,320
Speaker 1: head to Fort Myers and spring training on Monday. So

928
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Speaker 1: all of that's right in front of us. Uh, with

929
00:46:44,120 --> 00:46:46,200
Speaker 1: a right to change this opinion. It's been a whirlwin

930
00:46:46,280 --> 00:46:49,320
Speaker 1: week for you, no doubt about that. But but with

931
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Speaker 1: two of your better players, is the plan to make

932
00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,480
Speaker 1: the full season with Pablo Lopez or Joe Ryan or

933
00:46:56,800 --> 00:46:59,560
Speaker 1: our trades at any time on the table.

934
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Speaker 3: Yeah, No, Obviously it's been been a big topic this offseason.

935
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Speaker 3: I know it's come up a number of different times,

936
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Speaker 3: and you know, more recently along the way, tried to

937
00:47:10,280 --> 00:47:13,960
Speaker 3: clarify that we're we're pushing forward with with Joe and

938
00:47:14,040 --> 00:47:16,440
Speaker 3: Pablo and Byron and the group and want to put

939
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Speaker 3: as competitive of a team on the field as possible

940
00:47:20,080 --> 00:47:22,640
Speaker 3: for twenty twenty six. And we think the Central is

941
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Speaker 3: going to be really competitive and we have a chance

942
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Speaker 3: to you know, surprise some people and and you know,

943
00:47:29,600 --> 00:47:32,759
Speaker 3: knowing between the strengths of our starting pitching group and

944
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Speaker 3: and young young core position players that supplements Byron, You

945
00:47:36,840 --> 00:47:39,600
Speaker 3: don't think we have a real chance to push forward there.

946
00:47:39,680 --> 00:47:42,200
Speaker 3: So the plan is to push forward with with Joe

947
00:47:42,280 --> 00:47:44,400
Speaker 3: and Pablo and the group and and do everything we

948
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Speaker 3: can to play competitive games all the way through that

949
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Speaker 3: end of the season.

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Speaker 5: Yeah.

951
00:47:47,880 --> 00:47:49,560
Speaker 2: I appreciate that answer, thank you very much.

952
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Speaker 1: Last one in Jeremy, in what areas do you absolutely

953
00:47:55,600 --> 00:47:57,840
Speaker 1: expect injuries?

954
00:47:57,920 --> 00:47:59,040
Speaker 2: Aside spring training?

955
00:47:59,120 --> 00:48:00,960
Speaker 1: You got to get through that, but in what areas

956
00:48:01,000 --> 00:48:05,240
Speaker 1: do you absolutely expect the twenty twenty six Minnesota Twins

957
00:48:05,360 --> 00:48:06,080
Speaker 1: to be strong?

958
00:48:08,320 --> 00:48:08,520
Speaker 2: Yeah?

959
00:48:09,239 --> 00:48:11,360
Speaker 3: I think building on that last answer, starting pitching is

960
00:48:11,360 --> 00:48:13,280
Speaker 3: going to be going to be the heartbeat of our club,

961
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Speaker 3: you know, with with Joe and Pablo and and the

962
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Speaker 3: rest of the group, whether that's Todd Bradley, Bailey, Oberswie Matthews,

963
00:48:20,680 --> 00:48:24,480
Speaker 3: David Feta, Simeon Woods, Richardson, Like we're Nick Abel, we're

964
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Speaker 3: just really fortunate to have that strong of a group

965
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Speaker 3: that you know, any of them, you know, out of

966
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Speaker 3: that whole group, that's that's about as deep as you're

967
00:48:33,600 --> 00:48:35,399
Speaker 3: going to see around the league. So we think that's

968
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Speaker 3: going to be consistently the heartbeat of our of our group,

969
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Speaker 3: and now with some of the additions we've made on

970
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Speaker 3: the offensive side to supplement Byron and Luke, Keishaw and

971
00:48:44,520 --> 00:48:46,399
Speaker 3: the group, you know, we think we're going to score

972
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Speaker 3: enough runs to support that starting pitching and let them

973
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Speaker 3: set the tone.

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Speaker 1: Jeremy, congratulations on the opportunity. I look forward to future conversations.

975
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Speaker 1: May God bless you and your family and best of

976
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Speaker 1: luck with the squad.

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Speaker 3: All right, thanks so much, really appreciate you having me

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Speaker 3: on YEP.

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Speaker 1: See you about Jeremy Zaal, general manager from November of

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Speaker 1: twenty twenty four to now with the Minnesota Twins, but

981
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Speaker 1: also the new leader of baseball operations, and we thank

982
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Speaker 1: the Minnesota Twins for making that available. The next couple

983
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Speaker 1: of segments, we are going to go down the road

984
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Speaker 1: of some Super Bowl stories, and former Minnesota Vikings offensive

985
00:49:23,680 --> 00:49:27,480
Speaker 1: coordinator and two time Super Bowl champion Norv Turner begins

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Speaker 1: that you're listening to nine to noon