1 00:00:00,200 --> 00:00:04,600 Speaker 1: Bonnie money money smell that fresh money news is being served. 2 00:00:05,360 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 2: This is the Bloomberg Money Minute on seven hundred WLW. 3 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,480 Speaker 2: You always say good morning once more to Denise Pellegreening 4 00:00:12,520 --> 00:00:15,840 Speaker 2: from our Bloomberg newsroom in New York City. Good news, Denise. 5 00:00:15,880 --> 00:00:19,920 Speaker 2: For those graduating from some of the nation's elite colleges 6 00:00:19,960 --> 00:00:22,000 Speaker 2: and universities, Yeah. 7 00:00:21,800 --> 00:00:25,120 Speaker 3: Those are the lucky ones, because apparently US employers are 8 00:00:25,160 --> 00:00:29,480 Speaker 3: really shifting to a more traditional entry level recruiting strategy. 9 00:00:29,520 --> 00:00:33,240 Speaker 3: Now they're hiring from just a few select universities again, 10 00:00:33,400 --> 00:00:36,280 Speaker 3: instead of from a broad range of schools. Wall Street 11 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 3: Journal says companies are prioritizing applicants who attend prestigious universities 12 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:45,400 Speaker 3: as you mentioned are, and also schools close to company headquarters. 13 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:49,040 Speaker 3: Recruiters are citing expense savings and also a preference for 14 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:53,800 Speaker 3: in person interactions during the interview process for scaling back 15 00:00:53,840 --> 00:00:58,000 Speaker 3: diversity driven recruiting and virtual events. A survey says one 16 00:00:58,200 --> 00:01:02,680 Speaker 3: in four companies now exclusively recruiting from a short list 17 00:01:02,680 --> 00:01:03,160 Speaker 3: of schools. 18 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:03,960 Speaker 4: Yeah, okay. 19 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:08,160 Speaker 2: Meanwhile, meat eaters may qualify for some cash in a 20 00:01:08,160 --> 00:01:09,399 Speaker 2: big consumer settlement. 21 00:01:10,200 --> 00:01:13,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, if you bought beef between twenty fourteen and twenty nineteen, 22 00:01:13,400 --> 00:01:14,640 Speaker 3: you might be able to get a piece of a 23 00:01:14,680 --> 00:01:20,120 Speaker 3: new cash settlement JBS Food, Swift Beef, Cargill, Tyson Foods, 24 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,240 Speaker 3: a bunch of others. They were all accused and a 25 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,360 Speaker 3: big antitrusted of agreeing to stop competing with each other 26 00:01:25,640 --> 00:01:29,720 Speaker 3: and raising prices on beef instead. A multimillion dollar settlement 27 00:01:29,800 --> 00:01:32,039 Speaker 3: still needs to be approved. If it's approved, then they'll 28 00:01:32,080 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 3: be able to start paying out those cash payments. It's 29 00:01:34,319 --> 00:01:36,840 Speaker 3: not sure quite how you prove you bought meat. 30 00:01:37,319 --> 00:01:39,039 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, who knows. 31 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:40,560 Speaker 2: There are a lot of people out there that are 32 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,440 Speaker 2: very particular about saving lots of receipts and things like that. 33 00:01:44,720 --> 00:01:47,080 Speaker 3: And putting in for claims for any money. 34 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 2: There you go, there you go. And the futures this 35 00:01:50,200 --> 00:01:50,840 Speaker 2: morning did ease. 36 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:54,000 Speaker 3: Yeah, Dow futures have now just looked negative. We had 37 00:01:54,040 --> 00:01:56,680 Speaker 3: been saying all morning that investors were pretty much shaking 38 00:01:56,720 --> 00:02:01,800 Speaker 3: off events in Venezuela looking at bright tech stocks instead. 39 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 3: That's still somewhat true because Nasdaq futures are surging one 40 00:02:05,440 --> 00:02:07,640 Speaker 3: hundred and sixty one points, and S and P futures 41 00:02:07,640 --> 00:02:10,440 Speaker 3: are up sixteen. But Dow futures they have now flipped 42 00:02:10,440 --> 00:02:12,919 Speaker 3: negative there down forty eight gold A big winner this 43 00:02:12,960 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 3: morning from Bloomberg. I'm Denise pebllygreading news Radio seven hundred WLW. 44 00:02:20,560 --> 00:02:23,800 Speaker 2: Alright, eight ten on seven hundred WLW. We do it 45 00:02:23,840 --> 00:02:27,000 Speaker 2: every single Monday. We call it the Morning After, and 46 00:02:27,040 --> 00:02:29,760 Speaker 2: this one will tie a ribbon around what is yet 47 00:02:29,800 --> 00:02:33,880 Speaker 2: another disappointing season for the Cincinnati Bengals. Third straight year 48 00:02:34,400 --> 00:02:38,519 Speaker 2: the franchise is not going to the postseason, and here 49 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:40,040 Speaker 2: to talk about that, and we're going to break it 50 00:02:40,080 --> 00:02:42,440 Speaker 2: down on a number of different levels. Former Bengal great 51 00:02:42,840 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 2: Tim McGee, Tim, belated, Merry Christmas and Happy New Year. 52 00:02:45,880 --> 00:02:47,400 Speaker 2: I hope you had a great holiday, my friend. 53 00:02:48,040 --> 00:02:50,200 Speaker 5: Oh everything went well, and same to you, my friend. 54 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 5: Life is good. Can't complain. We're all blessed if we're here, 55 00:02:53,440 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 5: we're blessed. 56 00:02:54,120 --> 00:02:56,639 Speaker 4: Amen to that, Amen to that. All right, let's start. 57 00:02:56,800 --> 00:03:00,120 Speaker 2: I want to come at this because you are one 58 00:03:00,160 --> 00:03:03,720 Speaker 2: of the most unique people to talk about these different 59 00:03:04,360 --> 00:03:07,400 Speaker 2: areas and levels of things that go on. Of course, 60 00:03:07,440 --> 00:03:10,200 Speaker 2: you were a great player for better than a decade 61 00:03:10,240 --> 00:03:13,680 Speaker 2: in the NFL. You later served as a player agent 62 00:03:14,600 --> 00:03:17,680 Speaker 2: for players in the National Football League. So I want 63 00:03:17,720 --> 00:03:22,320 Speaker 2: to start with just what is today like for a player, 64 00:03:22,440 --> 00:03:24,640 Speaker 2: whether you know you're coming back or not, And maybe 65 00:03:24,680 --> 00:03:27,200 Speaker 2: that would be a distinct difference of whether you're coming 66 00:03:27,240 --> 00:03:29,639 Speaker 2: back or not. Are you coming down there, cleaning out 67 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,520 Speaker 2: your locker, all that kind of thing, spending time with coaches, 68 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:33,399 Speaker 2: other players? 69 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:34,440 Speaker 4: What's today like? 70 00:03:36,080 --> 00:03:37,760 Speaker 6: Now you're trying to get the hell away from there. 71 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 6: The atmosphere has been very frustrating. It's been a very 72 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:46,520 Speaker 6: frustrating year for players that had an expectation of success 73 00:03:46,600 --> 00:03:47,720 Speaker 6: of going to the playoffs. 74 00:03:47,760 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 5: So you're just basically just trying to get away from it. 75 00:03:50,040 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 5: It's a long. 76 00:03:50,960 --> 00:03:53,800 Speaker 6: Season, man, and it's a grind, just like people think 77 00:03:53,800 --> 00:03:56,840 Speaker 6: it's a physical grind, we know, but more so it's 78 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:58,720 Speaker 6: a mental grind, and you just want to get away. 79 00:03:58,760 --> 00:04:01,480 Speaker 6: And I can almost I guarantee you most of the 80 00:04:01,480 --> 00:04:04,120 Speaker 6: players will be in the Caribbeans or somewhere on vacations 81 00:04:04,120 --> 00:04:06,320 Speaker 6: with their families and just kind of relax and getting 82 00:04:06,320 --> 00:04:10,320 Speaker 6: their bodies back together, because again physically and mentally, it's 83 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:13,680 Speaker 6: a long, frustrating season, so you just want to get 84 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 6: to get away for a week or so, get your 85 00:04:15,840 --> 00:04:18,279 Speaker 6: body together, get your mind together, and then kind of 86 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:20,800 Speaker 6: go back and see what you could have done a 87 00:04:20,880 --> 00:04:24,160 Speaker 6: little bit better in the previous year, and then you 88 00:04:24,200 --> 00:04:27,120 Speaker 6: start thinking about the next year in a couple of weeks. 89 00:04:27,120 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 6: You don't get a lot of time off. You don't 90 00:04:28,480 --> 00:04:30,640 Speaker 6: get a lot of time off from thinking. But right 91 00:04:30,680 --> 00:04:32,400 Speaker 6: now you just trying to get the hell away and 92 00:04:32,480 --> 00:04:33,479 Speaker 6: just trying to get some sun. 93 00:04:33,560 --> 00:04:35,800 Speaker 5: There's some heat and just get away and relax. 94 00:04:35,920 --> 00:04:37,560 Speaker 2: So in other words, and I mean, maybe this is 95 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 2: a silly question. There's no such thing on a daylight 96 00:04:40,640 --> 00:04:43,720 Speaker 2: today as say a quote unquote exit interview with your 97 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:47,720 Speaker 2: position coach, head coach, general manager, any of that kind 98 00:04:47,760 --> 00:04:48,040 Speaker 2: of thing. 99 00:04:49,440 --> 00:04:52,440 Speaker 6: You know, some teams do that, but and it depends 100 00:04:52,520 --> 00:04:56,120 Speaker 6: on your leadership, and some teams will have the individual 101 00:04:56,120 --> 00:04:59,520 Speaker 6: players come in the day after. But you know, when 102 00:04:59,520 --> 00:05:01,919 Speaker 6: you have a from football team like the Bengals and 103 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,320 Speaker 6: you have the t Higgins and Jambar Chasers and your 104 00:05:04,480 --> 00:05:05,960 Speaker 6: Joe Burrows in the locker room, you. 105 00:05:05,920 --> 00:05:07,400 Speaker 5: Know, what are you gonna do? Bring them in there, 106 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:08,200 Speaker 5: and they're gonna they. 107 00:05:08,080 --> 00:05:10,000 Speaker 6: If you really don't want them to tell you, to 108 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:12,640 Speaker 6: tell you how they feel, because you will get an 109 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:15,279 Speaker 6: air fool. So you know, because again they've been around 110 00:05:15,360 --> 00:05:18,080 Speaker 6: so long and they had the taste of that Super 111 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:20,520 Speaker 6: Bowl and now they know what it takes to get there, 112 00:05:20,560 --> 00:05:23,839 Speaker 6: and unfortunately it's that seem to be trending in the 113 00:05:23,880 --> 00:05:26,520 Speaker 6: wrong direction. So I don't think that would probably be 114 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:29,360 Speaker 6: a healthy situation to have every single player come in 115 00:05:29,800 --> 00:05:33,240 Speaker 6: and kind of vent their their season and coaches as well. 116 00:05:33,760 --> 00:05:36,599 Speaker 6: When you just don't have a very when you have 117 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:39,599 Speaker 6: a very frustrating season, Tom you just were to it's 118 00:05:39,680 --> 00:05:40,640 Speaker 6: just that time, just. 119 00:05:40,680 --> 00:05:42,120 Speaker 4: Like in marriages, just like in. 120 00:05:42,120 --> 00:05:45,360 Speaker 5: Friendships, you go to your corner, I go to my corner. 121 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:48,120 Speaker 6: We will reconvene at the at the right time. But 122 00:05:48,200 --> 00:05:51,120 Speaker 6: right now, based on their season, based on the way 123 00:05:51,120 --> 00:05:54,800 Speaker 6: their season ended yesterday, based on watching the game last 124 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,520 Speaker 6: night between the Steelers and Baltimore, when you know, damn well, 125 00:05:58,880 --> 00:06:02,159 Speaker 6: the Cincinnati Bengals just as that, if not better than 126 00:06:02,279 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 6: some of them, than two of both of those teams. 127 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:07,000 Speaker 6: You just want to get away because it's just it 128 00:06:07,040 --> 00:06:09,360 Speaker 6: is frustrating, and you know, men will be men, and 129 00:06:09,360 --> 00:06:11,880 Speaker 6: if they'll they'll you know, the worst wouldn't be kind 130 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:15,640 Speaker 6: at all. So yeah, it's best just you know, okay, well, 131 00:06:15,720 --> 00:06:17,279 Speaker 6: we'll talk about it some other times, you know. 132 00:06:17,640 --> 00:06:21,560 Speaker 2: Burrow in the postgame press conference, at least hinted, and 133 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,239 Speaker 2: I don't know if that means today or like you said, 134 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,360 Speaker 2: maybe get a week to step away from it all. 135 00:06:26,400 --> 00:06:28,919 Speaker 2: Ten days get away from it all. He at least 136 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 2: hinted that he was going to be sitting down with 137 00:06:32,040 --> 00:06:35,640 Speaker 2: Mike Brown, Katie Brown, Troy Blackburn, et cetera, maybe even 138 00:06:35,720 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 2: Duke Tobin uh and and sharing his thoughts on where 139 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:43,680 Speaker 2: the franchise needs to go. For a guy like him, 140 00:06:43,839 --> 00:06:46,760 Speaker 2: might that be something you address sooner rather than later. 141 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:48,440 Speaker 5: Oh? 142 00:06:48,480 --> 00:06:52,480 Speaker 6: Absolutely, And because of his personality, not just because of timing, but. 143 00:06:52,480 --> 00:06:55,960 Speaker 5: You have to understand something and the listeners please understand this. 144 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,640 Speaker 5: And Joe Burrow first three years. 145 00:06:59,320 --> 00:07:03,080 Speaker 6: He was what the NFL was all about. Management, was 146 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:03,720 Speaker 6: all about. 147 00:07:03,600 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 5: Coaches, coaches coming to go free agency. 148 00:07:05,600 --> 00:07:05,839 Speaker 4: All that. 149 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:07,000 Speaker 6: Now he's there. 150 00:07:07,080 --> 00:07:08,320 Speaker 5: He's football mature. 151 00:07:08,640 --> 00:07:13,320 Speaker 6: You can no longer put the blinders on his eyes 152 00:07:13,520 --> 00:07:15,760 Speaker 6: and say, oh, this is what we're going to do. No, 153 00:07:15,960 --> 00:07:18,960 Speaker 6: he is now being assertive to say, no, this is 154 00:07:19,040 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 6: what we should be doing, because you are seriously, seriously. 155 00:07:23,440 --> 00:07:25,400 Speaker 5: Wasting my talent. 156 00:07:25,680 --> 00:07:29,520 Speaker 6: Now you've seen his frustration, you witnessed. 157 00:07:29,040 --> 00:07:29,840 Speaker 4: It this year. 158 00:07:30,280 --> 00:07:32,440 Speaker 6: He is now at the point of his career going. 159 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,200 Speaker 6: Come on, I'm in my prime. Every single year, I'm 160 00:07:35,200 --> 00:07:36,880 Speaker 6: getting banged up, I'm getting hurt. 161 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:39,880 Speaker 5: We can't outscore other teams. 162 00:07:39,960 --> 00:07:43,239 Speaker 6: That formerly is not working. What are we doing here? 163 00:07:43,280 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 6: And what are the plans for free agency? What are 164 00:07:46,040 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 6: the plans for the draft? I think they're going to 165 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,920 Speaker 6: be picking somewhere like ten. What are we planning on 166 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 6: doing with that? Are we trying to win immediately? If so, 167 00:07:54,400 --> 00:07:55,920 Speaker 6: I want to be a part of that. I want 168 00:07:55,960 --> 00:08:00,440 Speaker 6: to hear it. Now. That's a total oxymoron for the 169 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:05,560 Speaker 6: Bengals organization. That's not something they genuinely accept a player 170 00:08:05,640 --> 00:08:08,720 Speaker 6: coming in and having that type of pool or leverage. 171 00:08:08,960 --> 00:08:11,080 Speaker 6: But when you had the Boomer Siasins, and you had 172 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,600 Speaker 6: the Kenny Anderson, now you have the Joe Burrows. 173 00:08:13,920 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 5: You better listen because I tell you this. 174 00:08:16,600 --> 00:08:20,080 Speaker 6: Since nineteen sixty eight, every single season has ended in 175 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:25,040 Speaker 6: a disappointment. Only one team has a happy season. Yeah, 176 00:08:25,040 --> 00:08:26,480 Speaker 6: and that's the team that won the Super Bowl. 177 00:08:26,520 --> 00:08:28,680 Speaker 5: And if you don't qualify for that playoff. 178 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,600 Speaker 6: Tom, you're not going to be in that super Bowl. 179 00:08:30,640 --> 00:08:30,840 Speaker 6: All right? 180 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:32,840 Speaker 2: Explain this to me, though, Tim, and you were a 181 00:08:32,880 --> 00:08:36,600 Speaker 2: player agent. I'm just curious. You know, you talked about 182 00:08:36,640 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 2: Burrow and his experience in the league learning at the start, 183 00:08:40,679 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 2: they got to a Super Bowl, they got to an 184 00:08:42,360 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 2: AFC Championship game. At the end of the day, though, 185 00:08:48,040 --> 00:08:51,000 Speaker 2: you know, this was the same guy in Burrow that 186 00:08:51,200 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 2: was politicking the organization. Use whatever word you want, urging 187 00:08:55,080 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 2: the organization whatever. Maybe politicking is just a bad dirty 188 00:08:58,760 --> 00:09:01,200 Speaker 2: word in this day and age. But you know, look, 189 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,840 Speaker 2: he was a guy pushing for Chase to get the deal. 190 00:09:04,120 --> 00:09:07,440 Speaker 2: He was a guy pushing for Giseki to come back here. 191 00:09:07,679 --> 00:09:10,439 Speaker 2: He was a guy pushing for t Higgins to get 192 00:09:10,440 --> 00:09:14,440 Speaker 2: the long term contract. And you know, I just wonder 193 00:09:14,520 --> 00:09:18,199 Speaker 2: at the end of the day, sometimes you know he 194 00:09:18,280 --> 00:09:21,480 Speaker 2: wants the best players around him on the offensive side 195 00:09:21,480 --> 00:09:25,200 Speaker 2: of the ball, But I just wonder, you know, could 196 00:09:25,200 --> 00:09:28,440 Speaker 2: you put too much stock in what Joe Burrow thinks 197 00:09:28,480 --> 00:09:30,280 Speaker 2: this team needs? 198 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 6: Absolutely, And that's why they hit coaching position and a 199 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:38,400 Speaker 6: general manager, whoever's playing that role, whether it's Katie Troyer, 200 00:09:38,440 --> 00:09:42,280 Speaker 6: et cetera. That's why you sit now with Joe. 201 00:09:42,640 --> 00:09:43,360 Speaker 4: Last year. 202 00:09:43,960 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 6: Last year the organization wanted to give the fans sugar. 203 00:09:49,760 --> 00:09:52,120 Speaker 6: They gave him sugar and t Higgins. They gave him 204 00:09:52,120 --> 00:09:55,280 Speaker 6: the spotlight, they gave him the offense, They gave Joe 205 00:09:55,360 --> 00:09:58,000 Speaker 6: Burrow every single thing he wanted. But come on, you 206 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:01,840 Speaker 6: and I and any person a football IQ over one 207 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,679 Speaker 6: new and understood. Now, the only way they're going to 208 00:10:04,720 --> 00:10:09,240 Speaker 6: win football games is by outscoring. And guess what, that 209 00:10:09,360 --> 00:10:12,480 Speaker 6: did not happen. No, now you're left in a position, 210 00:10:12,559 --> 00:10:13,760 Speaker 6: your money is tied up. 211 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:16,080 Speaker 5: On the offensive side of the football. You have this 212 00:10:16,200 --> 00:10:16,959 Speaker 5: high draft pick. 213 00:10:17,240 --> 00:10:18,160 Speaker 4: What are you going to do it? 214 00:10:18,200 --> 00:10:20,360 Speaker 6: Are you going to trade it to get an impact 215 00:10:20,400 --> 00:10:24,400 Speaker 6: player because you only have potentially one impact player on 216 00:10:24,440 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 6: the defensive side of the football. So you're so heavily 217 00:10:27,600 --> 00:10:31,480 Speaker 6: weighed on one side you forgot all about the defense. 218 00:10:31,559 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 6: And let's just face it, it's been proven, Tom, It's 219 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:39,000 Speaker 6: been proven. I said with passion, you are not going 220 00:10:39,080 --> 00:10:42,480 Speaker 6: to outscore the other three teams in the AFC North 221 00:10:42,559 --> 00:10:44,520 Speaker 6: simply because they're built from. 222 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:45,720 Speaker 5: The defensive standpoint. 223 00:10:45,880 --> 00:10:49,080 Speaker 6: So it is just not going to happen. And it's 224 00:10:49,120 --> 00:10:52,840 Speaker 6: going to be interesting to see what type of adjustments 225 00:10:53,200 --> 00:10:56,920 Speaker 6: they make as far as personnel and far as strategic 226 00:10:57,000 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 6: approach to this coming season. 227 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:01,040 Speaker 2: Yeah, I mean, people can talk about Burrow being hurt. 228 00:11:01,040 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 2: But the bottom line is when Joe Flacco was in there, 229 00:11:03,400 --> 00:11:05,480 Speaker 2: they had three games where they scored thirty five or 230 00:11:05,559 --> 00:11:08,920 Speaker 2: more points and they lost all three games. So you know, look, 231 00:11:08,960 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 2: they had a hard time scoring against the Browns in 232 00:11:11,080 --> 00:11:12,840 Speaker 2: both the games they played him this year. I don't 233 00:11:12,840 --> 00:11:14,480 Speaker 2: care if it was the last game or not. The 234 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:18,040 Speaker 2: Bengals still had all their horses out there and they 235 00:11:18,080 --> 00:11:22,120 Speaker 2: couldn't do anything on offense against a great Cleveland defense. 236 00:11:22,200 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 4: Okay, let's start. If you're the. 237 00:11:24,320 --> 00:11:27,679 Speaker 2: General manager, Tim, what are the first two or three 238 00:11:27,760 --> 00:11:31,200 Speaker 2: things that should be on your mind right now for 239 00:11:31,280 --> 00:11:32,120 Speaker 2: this offseason? 240 00:11:33,600 --> 00:11:36,320 Speaker 6: Number one, Trey Henderson. Do you resigned him or not? 241 00:11:36,400 --> 00:11:38,000 Speaker 6: All right, well you number one, what would you do? 242 00:11:39,040 --> 00:11:42,319 Speaker 6: Definitely resign him? Definitely, okay, because you need impact players. 243 00:11:42,360 --> 00:11:45,240 Speaker 6: So that's remember something. You're going to flip the script. 244 00:11:45,280 --> 00:11:47,400 Speaker 6: If you don't resign him, now you're going to look 245 00:11:47,440 --> 00:11:48,160 Speaker 6: for another one. 246 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:51,280 Speaker 4: Yeah, that's right. So now you need three. 247 00:11:51,800 --> 00:11:53,800 Speaker 6: You need three impact. 248 00:11:53,400 --> 00:11:56,840 Speaker 5: Superstars on defense, preferably on You need one. 249 00:11:56,720 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 6: On the back line. You need one a linebacker. You 250 00:11:58,720 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 6: need one on. 251 00:11:59,200 --> 00:12:00,120 Speaker 4: The D line. 252 00:12:00,320 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 5: So you have the D line. 253 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:05,480 Speaker 6: Okay, now you gotta go, what do you do with that. 254 00:12:05,640 --> 00:12:08,599 Speaker 5: Tenth pick, do you leverage that to get. 255 00:12:08,360 --> 00:12:12,920 Speaker 6: Another impact player on defense or do you make that 256 00:12:13,120 --> 00:12:15,840 Speaker 6: same I'm going to call it. I don't want to 257 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:18,000 Speaker 6: call it a mistake. I think it's more neutral. You 258 00:12:18,040 --> 00:12:21,000 Speaker 6: got all these young players that you've been picking forever. 259 00:12:20,679 --> 00:12:24,319 Speaker 5: In the first round, and they're just not superstar talent. 260 00:12:24,240 --> 00:12:27,000 Speaker 6: And you gotta go get a superstar, not a star, 261 00:12:27,520 --> 00:12:32,600 Speaker 6: a superstar, another superstar to compliment Trey if you resign him. 262 00:12:32,640 --> 00:12:34,920 Speaker 6: So I would resign him, then I would get another 263 00:12:35,000 --> 00:12:36,000 Speaker 6: star player. 264 00:12:35,679 --> 00:12:38,960 Speaker 5: On defense, and I would get another superstar player on defense. 265 00:12:38,640 --> 00:12:41,199 Speaker 6: And that's going to be your one informal. 266 00:12:41,320 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 5: You have to balance this team's. 267 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,600 Speaker 6: Talent out right now, as we said in midya time, 268 00:12:45,640 --> 00:12:48,880 Speaker 6: as anyone knows, they're. 269 00:12:48,679 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 5: Just heavily weighted on the offensive side, and they have 270 00:12:50,720 --> 00:12:51,080 Speaker 5: to do. 271 00:12:51,000 --> 00:12:53,160 Speaker 6: Something on the defense. And that's what I would primarily 272 00:12:53,160 --> 00:12:53,679 Speaker 6: focus on. 273 00:12:54,440 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 2: Uh Okay, then you get to the offensive line. If 274 00:12:57,160 --> 00:13:00,120 Speaker 2: you're talking about the defensive side of the ball, there 275 00:13:00,120 --> 00:13:02,400 Speaker 2: have been questions for years and years and years. I 276 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,199 Speaker 2: thought the offensive line played much better this year than 277 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 2: maybe in recent years. I think some of the numbers 278 00:13:07,360 --> 00:13:11,360 Speaker 2: bear that out. You know, Riisner says he wants to 279 00:13:11,400 --> 00:13:15,200 Speaker 2: come back. You've got the tackles in place. Keris, I 280 00:13:15,200 --> 00:13:18,000 Speaker 2: guess has another year that you could conceivably bring him back. 281 00:13:18,520 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 2: Would you even think about an offensive lineman with that 282 00:13:21,120 --> 00:13:21,680 Speaker 2: tenth pick? 283 00:13:23,120 --> 00:13:25,560 Speaker 6: No, no way, there's absolutely no way. 284 00:13:26,800 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 5: Again. Defense, defense, defense. 285 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:32,400 Speaker 6: Because especially in the AFC North, we know in the 286 00:13:32,480 --> 00:13:34,959 Speaker 6: National Football League, if you don't have a defense. 287 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:37,079 Speaker 5: You're just not gonna win. I mean, you go back 288 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,720 Speaker 5: the history of college football, high school football, pro football. 289 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,080 Speaker 5: Of course, just offenses is just not going to win, 290 00:13:44,720 --> 00:13:46,960 Speaker 5: especially when you're throwing thirty points, because you're. 291 00:13:46,880 --> 00:13:48,760 Speaker 6: Going to have bad days and then if you're in 292 00:13:49,200 --> 00:13:49,679 Speaker 6: if you're in. 293 00:13:49,679 --> 00:13:52,440 Speaker 5: Bad weather, that's going to factor into it. He just 294 00:13:52,520 --> 00:13:53,040 Speaker 5: got it up. 295 00:13:53,040 --> 00:13:56,360 Speaker 6: And I'm pretty sure everyone knows and understand this. 296 00:13:56,520 --> 00:13:58,080 Speaker 5: It's not rocket sciences. 297 00:13:58,080 --> 00:14:01,600 Speaker 6: The defense did not all they are not very well. 298 00:14:01,880 --> 00:14:04,400 Speaker 6: You have to go and get some defensive personnel. And 299 00:14:04,520 --> 00:14:07,400 Speaker 6: no matter how tempting it would be, if you're picking 300 00:14:07,480 --> 00:14:09,719 Speaker 6: number ten and you see this offensive line that has 301 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:11,840 Speaker 6: just fallen down and he's a great player, you just 302 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:15,240 Speaker 6: got to go, Nah, we need defensive. 303 00:14:14,679 --> 00:14:15,760 Speaker 5: Personnel, and you got to go. 304 00:14:15,880 --> 00:14:17,520 Speaker 6: You've got to be like the Green Bay Packers, you 305 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:19,240 Speaker 6: got to go get the top players. 306 00:14:19,240 --> 00:14:20,080 Speaker 5: You got to go trade for. 307 00:14:20,120 --> 00:14:23,560 Speaker 6: Him, you gotta pay him. And that's not something that 308 00:14:23,600 --> 00:14:26,760 Speaker 6: we've seen over the last you know, forty fifty years 309 00:14:26,760 --> 00:14:27,600 Speaker 6: with the Bengals. 310 00:14:27,400 --> 00:14:29,200 Speaker 5: That's just not therefore tay it. 311 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:31,480 Speaker 6: But if you want to win, why Joe Burrow is 312 00:14:31,480 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 6: still in his prime, you're going to have to go 313 00:14:33,640 --> 00:14:34,800 Speaker 6: get some defensive players. 314 00:14:35,040 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 2: Last thing I want to ask you about before I 315 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:39,080 Speaker 2: let you go, and look, you think the world of 316 00:14:39,120 --> 00:14:39,680 Speaker 2: Mike Brown. 317 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 4: I know that you like him. 318 00:14:41,000 --> 00:14:43,000 Speaker 2: You've known him for a long time, you used to 319 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:45,560 Speaker 2: work for him, you still get together with him periodically 320 00:14:46,440 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 2: from time to time. I'm just curious, do you think 321 00:14:49,520 --> 00:14:53,360 Speaker 2: it would behoove Mike Brown, as it was suggested by 322 00:14:53,480 --> 00:14:56,960 Speaker 2: Jason Williams and The Inquirer today to actually hold a 323 00:14:57,040 --> 00:14:59,960 Speaker 2: press conference of any kind here postseason is. 324 00:15:00,000 --> 00:15:05,200 Speaker 4: Speak to the fans for what I mean, I don't 325 00:15:05,240 --> 00:15:06,320 Speaker 4: know you In. 326 00:15:06,400 --> 00:15:08,800 Speaker 2: Other cities where you know, owners have come out, like 327 00:15:08,920 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 2: last year, Robert Kraft comes out, writes a letter of 328 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:13,720 Speaker 2: apology to the fans, as we're going to get this 329 00:15:13,720 --> 00:15:17,080 Speaker 2: thing straightened out. I saw where the Tennessee Titans owner, 330 00:15:17,160 --> 00:15:20,320 Speaker 2: she did the same thing two days ago. I'm just curious. 331 00:15:20,360 --> 00:15:23,280 Speaker 2: I mean, would that help the franchise? Would that be 332 00:15:23,400 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 2: something that would be smart to do at all? 333 00:15:26,800 --> 00:15:31,800 Speaker 6: No. And here's why I disagree with just the concept. 334 00:15:32,120 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 6: It's because Mike and Katie and Troy gave the people 335 00:15:36,160 --> 00:15:41,000 Speaker 6: what they wanted. You wanted offense, you got it. Now 336 00:15:41,160 --> 00:15:43,440 Speaker 6: it didn't work out. But now you want to blame 337 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,560 Speaker 6: the owners. You want to blame the general managers, you 338 00:15:46,600 --> 00:15:49,840 Speaker 6: want to blame the coaches, you want the fans. I 339 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,920 Speaker 6: wanted them to resign T Higgins. If I wanted them 340 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 6: to resign T Higgins, I knew we weren't gonna have 341 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:59,560 Speaker 6: a very good defense. So I don't think he owed 342 00:15:59,600 --> 00:16:01,840 Speaker 6: the city, city and an apology. I think what they 343 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:05,360 Speaker 6: need to do it twenty twenty six is upgrade the defense. Danny. 344 00:16:05,440 --> 00:16:05,600 Speaker 5: Oh. 345 00:16:06,480 --> 00:16:08,640 Speaker 6: If they don't get that right, yes, next year. 346 00:16:08,680 --> 00:16:11,040 Speaker 5: But this year he gave them. And I'm not defending 347 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 5: and you know I. 348 00:16:11,800 --> 00:16:14,120 Speaker 4: Do not I know that, I know that, But you're 349 00:16:14,160 --> 00:16:16,280 Speaker 4: spot on. I mean, you said at the beginning of. 350 00:16:16,280 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 5: The year, he gave the fans what they want. 351 00:16:20,040 --> 00:16:22,720 Speaker 6: Everybody was like, you gotta sign Joe, you got a sign. 352 00:16:22,800 --> 00:16:25,520 Speaker 6: T you caught us sign jamorrow he signed them all 353 00:16:26,320 --> 00:16:26,840 Speaker 6: and guess what. 354 00:16:26,840 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 5: It didn't work out? 355 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 6: Yep, So now you got to go get some defensive players. 356 00:16:31,200 --> 00:16:32,680 Speaker 4: Spot on, Tim, you are the best. 357 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:34,480 Speaker 2: I can't thank you enough for taking the time to 358 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:38,200 Speaker 2: join us every single week. And the very best in 359 00:16:38,240 --> 00:16:41,119 Speaker 2: twenty twenty six to you and your family, my friend. 360 00:16:42,040 --> 00:16:43,160 Speaker 5: And the same to you, my friend. 361 00:16:43,200 --> 00:16:45,280 Speaker 6: I appreciate you having and there's been a wonderful time. 362 00:16:45,280 --> 00:16:45,920 Speaker 5: And let's do it. 363 00:16:45,840 --> 00:16:48,120 Speaker 2: Again, all right, I'll look forward to it in twenty 364 00:16:48,280 --> 00:16:50,520 Speaker 2: twenty six. It is eight twenty four. Let's check the 365 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,920 Speaker 2: roadways and see what's happening out there, Chuck Ingram, how 366 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 2: we moving along? 367 00:16:54,960 --> 00:16:58,280 Speaker 7: If everything's moving along a bit better since the last 368 00:16:58,320 --> 00:17:00,960 Speaker 7: time we talked this from the U see how TRAMFHIC 369 00:17:01,040 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 7: Center u See Health's Weight Falls Center offers surgical and 370 00:17:04,320 --> 00:17:07,960 Speaker 7: medical Obcitcaren expertise caught five one three, nine three nine 371 00:17:08,040 --> 00:17:11,680 Speaker 7: two two sixty three. That's nine nine twenty two sixty 372 00:17:11,720 --> 00:17:15,360 Speaker 7: three southbound seventy five, just a bit heavy out of Lochland, 373 00:17:15,400 --> 00:17:18,879 Speaker 7: and that's with an accident near Paddock. Cruise continue to 374 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,159 Speaker 7: clean up a wreck eastbound on the Reagan Highway just 375 00:17:21,240 --> 00:17:25,960 Speaker 7: before seventy five. That's improving from Winton northbound seventy five. 376 00:17:26,040 --> 00:17:28,880 Speaker 7: That's clear through the cut and northbound fourth seventy one 377 00:17:28,920 --> 00:17:32,400 Speaker 7: looks much better between Grand and downtown. Chuck Ingram News 378 00:17:32,520 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 7: Radio seven hundred wlw OUR WCPO nine first Warning forecast. 379 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:39,040 Speaker 7: It is going to be a beautiful day. It's already 380 00:17:39,040 --> 00:17:39,800 Speaker 7: a beautiful morning. 381 00:17:39,880 --> 00:17:42,040 Speaker 2: Still a little chilly, but we're warming up under sunny 382 00:17:42,040 --> 00:17:45,400 Speaker 2: skies to date to fifty degrees and then tonight low 383 00:17:45,520 --> 00:17:47,880 Speaker 2: thirty eight. Tomorrow, mix of sun and clouds, a little 384 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:51,040 Speaker 2: bit breezy. We're all the way up to fifty five tomorrow. 385 00:17:51,200 --> 00:17:56,520 Speaker 2: Tomorrow night our low is only forty and then on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, 386 00:17:56,600 --> 00:18:01,560 Speaker 2: we're anywhere from fifty eight into the city. If you 387 00:18:02,040 --> 00:18:06,320 Speaker 2: can believe that, it will cool down over the weekend 388 00:18:06,440 --> 00:18:11,600 Speaker 2: Saturday and Sunday, but at least we will stay dry. 389 00:18:11,680 --> 00:18:13,120 Speaker 4: Good news, good news. 390 00:18:13,560 --> 00:18:16,240 Speaker 2: Coming up at eight thirty eight, we got Mondays with Marty, 391 00:18:16,320 --> 00:18:19,639 Speaker 2: the Hall of Famer Marty Brenneman to join us. You 392 00:18:19,720 --> 00:18:22,160 Speaker 2: heard Seg talk about earlier. We're less than forty days 393 00:18:22,200 --> 00:18:26,960 Speaker 2: away from pitchers and catchers reporting to spring training in Goodyear, Arizona, 394 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:29,560 Speaker 2: so we'll see what the Reds might have store. Get 395 00:18:29,800 --> 00:18:32,560 Speaker 2: Marty's thoughts on that and his thoughts on the college 396 00:18:32,560 --> 00:18:35,920 Speaker 2: football playoff. He's all in on the Hoosiers, the Indiana 397 00:18:35,960 --> 00:18:41,800 Speaker 2: Hoosiers twenty six on seven hundred WLW. 398 00:18:42,119 --> 00:18:45,840 Speaker 4: This report is sponsored by Red Pilled America. Why haven't 399 00:18:45,880 --> 00:18:47,440 Speaker 4: you listened to Red Pilled America? 400 00:18:47,760 --> 00:18:50,480 Speaker 2: Do what every single Monday? We call it Mondays with 401 00:18:50,680 --> 00:18:54,119 Speaker 2: Marty with the Hall of Famer Marty Brenneman. How was 402 00:18:54,160 --> 00:18:56,000 Speaker 2: your holiday and Happy New Year? 403 00:18:57,800 --> 00:19:01,920 Speaker 1: Well, Holliday was fond, The New Year Year was equally good. 404 00:19:03,520 --> 00:19:05,840 Speaker 1: But at the end of the day, it's so busy 405 00:19:05,880 --> 00:19:09,040 Speaker 1: and so for neetic, and you're being pulled in different 406 00:19:09,040 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: directions or allowed yourself to be that way, because it's 407 00:19:12,000 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: what holidays are all about. Once Sarah over, you're glad 408 00:19:14,840 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 1: they're gone. 409 00:19:15,440 --> 00:19:18,159 Speaker 2: Yep, you're right about that. Well, Happy New Year and 410 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 2: love you, thank you. And seg mentioned this morning with 411 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:25,439 Speaker 2: the Bengals season now officially over, no trip to the 412 00:19:25,480 --> 00:19:29,320 Speaker 2: playoffs three years in a row, he mentioned it's thirty 413 00:19:29,400 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 2: some odd days until pitchers and catchers report to spring 414 00:19:33,640 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 2: training out in Goodyear, Arizona. I'm curious, you know, look, 415 00:19:37,080 --> 00:19:39,560 Speaker 2: the team has gone out and you know they traded 416 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:44,399 Speaker 2: for outfielder Dane Meyers. Another outfielder they brought in on 417 00:19:44,440 --> 00:19:47,560 Speaker 2: a one year deal looks like more of a versatility 418 00:19:47,640 --> 00:19:51,000 Speaker 2: kind of thing than than a big offensive boost, although 419 00:19:51,000 --> 00:19:53,560 Speaker 2: I guess time will tell. They bring in a guy 420 00:19:53,680 --> 00:19:56,040 Speaker 2: what a good year in Japan for the bullpen. They 421 00:19:56,080 --> 00:19:59,719 Speaker 2: bring back Pegan, they signed Caleb Ferguson. I mentioned all 422 00:19:59,760 --> 00:20:03,359 Speaker 2: those names because at the end of the day, do 423 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:07,199 Speaker 2: you expect a lot more forthcoming between now and the 424 00:20:07,240 --> 00:20:09,359 Speaker 2: start of spring training from this team? 425 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:11,200 Speaker 4: Well? 426 00:20:11,200 --> 00:20:13,960 Speaker 1: I would hope so, because I don't think they've yet 427 00:20:14,000 --> 00:20:16,280 Speaker 1: accomplished what they need to. You put a batting order 428 00:20:16,320 --> 00:20:20,600 Speaker 1: together with this team and you speculate on what might 429 00:20:20,680 --> 00:20:23,720 Speaker 1: be the opening day lineup. I saw one of these 430 00:20:23,800 --> 00:20:27,160 Speaker 1: Reds blogs or websites or whatever you call them, put 431 00:20:27,200 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 1: one out yesterday, and the thing that jumps out at 432 00:20:30,440 --> 00:20:33,199 Speaker 1: you is this club's going to have trouble score and 433 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:36,320 Speaker 1: runs again, because the one thing they've needed this is 434 00:20:36,320 --> 00:20:39,880 Speaker 1: a third year in a row. Now is a veteran 435 00:20:40,560 --> 00:20:42,880 Speaker 1: with a track record of being able to hit home 436 00:20:42,960 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 1: runs and drive and runs to take some of the 437 00:20:45,480 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: pressure off a still relatively young team, and they go 438 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,359 Speaker 1: out and they sign these guys that they hope and 439 00:20:52,440 --> 00:20:55,919 Speaker 1: that's the keyword, that they hope can produce to the 440 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:59,920 Speaker 1: point where the struggle they had all year long frescore 441 00:21:00,200 --> 00:21:03,960 Speaker 1: runs will be non existent. I still maintain that they 442 00:21:04,040 --> 00:21:06,159 Speaker 1: need what they needed for three years, and that's the 443 00:21:06,200 --> 00:21:10,840 Speaker 1: aforementioned You would assume alfielder who can do some things 444 00:21:10,880 --> 00:21:12,960 Speaker 1: that no one else in this club has been able 445 00:21:13,000 --> 00:21:16,800 Speaker 1: to do. And if you have to rely on pitching again, 446 00:21:16,840 --> 00:21:20,080 Speaker 1: and the pitching is awfully good, but the results are 447 00:21:20,080 --> 00:21:21,879 Speaker 1: going to be the same that they've been and that 448 00:21:22,080 --> 00:21:25,680 Speaker 1: is you get great pitching, but you have trouble producing 449 00:21:25,760 --> 00:21:29,119 Speaker 1: runs to make them winning pitchers. So I would like 450 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:31,920 Speaker 1: to think something will happen between now and the opening 451 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:32,919 Speaker 1: game of the season. 452 00:21:33,040 --> 00:21:35,200 Speaker 2: Help me with this guy's name. I'm not sure how 453 00:21:35,240 --> 00:21:37,320 Speaker 2: you pronounce it because I've been away from it for 454 00:21:37,359 --> 00:21:41,679 Speaker 2: so long. Now, is it Luis Robert or Luis Robert? 455 00:21:41,760 --> 00:21:44,119 Speaker 2: Which is it? Do you know the guy from the 456 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:44,640 Speaker 2: White Stars? 457 00:21:44,680 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 1: Correct pronounce it? I think yourrect pronunciation is Robert. 458 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,440 Speaker 2: Okay, all right, Well I want to talk about him 459 00:21:51,440 --> 00:21:53,840 Speaker 2: for a minute, because this is a guy who early 460 00:21:53,880 --> 00:21:58,320 Speaker 2: in his career, All Star, Gold Glover, Silver Slugger Award, 461 00:21:58,480 --> 00:22:02,520 Speaker 2: all that kind of thing, combination of power, speed and defense, 462 00:22:02,560 --> 00:22:05,280 Speaker 2: and the Rens for whatever reason, have been linked at 463 00:22:05,359 --> 00:22:08,720 Speaker 2: least in trade rumors that they're interested in this guy. 464 00:22:09,240 --> 00:22:12,760 Speaker 2: But again, you're coming back to a guy of hoping 465 00:22:12,880 --> 00:22:15,879 Speaker 2: there's upside left in him because he's coming off a 466 00:22:16,000 --> 00:22:19,520 Speaker 2: terrible year. Terrible year hit two twenty. Yeah, only hit 467 00:22:19,560 --> 00:22:22,480 Speaker 2: fourteen home runs in the White Sox ballpark. That's a 468 00:22:22,480 --> 00:22:25,440 Speaker 2: big time home run hitters ballpark. And he only knocked 469 00:22:25,480 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 2: in fifty three runs. 470 00:22:28,359 --> 00:22:30,480 Speaker 1: Well, yeah, it goes back to what you just stated 471 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:32,520 Speaker 1: and what I talked about a moment ago. This is 472 00:22:32,560 --> 00:22:37,120 Speaker 1: a guy that, you know, all things being equal, he 473 00:22:37,160 --> 00:22:40,399 Speaker 1: could be the answer. But again, you've got then you 474 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:44,080 Speaker 1: have to make a determination based on you know what 475 00:22:44,119 --> 00:22:45,880 Speaker 1: you're going to have to get up to bring him 476 00:22:45,920 --> 00:22:50,119 Speaker 1: into the Reds camp. Is he going to turn the 477 00:22:50,160 --> 00:22:52,720 Speaker 1: clock back to when he was one of the more 478 00:22:52,760 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: favorite hitters in the American League. You know, I don't 479 00:22:56,520 --> 00:22:58,399 Speaker 1: know what the reasons were that he fell off so 480 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: drastically last year, but uh, you know, he put he 481 00:23:02,119 --> 00:23:05,320 Speaker 1: posts terrible numbers for a team that arguably was the 482 00:23:05,359 --> 00:23:08,840 Speaker 1: worst team in Major League Baseball or awfully close to it. 483 00:23:08,960 --> 00:23:09,360 Speaker 4: UH. 484 00:23:09,520 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: So, I don't know what do I think he's UH 485 00:23:13,119 --> 00:23:16,240 Speaker 1: an improvement? I can't answer that question. I wish I 486 00:23:16,240 --> 00:23:19,720 Speaker 1: could say, yes, I think he is. But again, it's 487 00:23:19,760 --> 00:23:24,280 Speaker 1: the old the biggest single word in the baseball language 488 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: for clubs that are in the reds position, and that 489 00:23:27,520 --> 00:23:30,840 Speaker 1: is the inability to produce a kind of dollars. It 490 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,760 Speaker 1: would bring in someone that would, without a doubt, barring 491 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:39,960 Speaker 1: injury or some unforeseen seidback, help this club immensely. And 492 00:23:40,000 --> 00:23:45,000 Speaker 1: getting to the UH to the postseason is if everybody 493 00:23:45,040 --> 00:23:48,000 Speaker 1: they bring in, this guy could really help us. If 494 00:23:48,840 --> 00:23:51,440 Speaker 1: nobody comes in here and says this is it here, 495 00:23:51,520 --> 00:23:54,639 Speaker 1: this is the guy. So I don't know. I don't know. 496 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:58,000 Speaker 2: Okay, I want to get to the college football playoff 497 00:23:58,040 --> 00:24:02,720 Speaker 2: for a minute. And Indiana, I mean, you know, look, 498 00:24:02,720 --> 00:24:05,720 Speaker 2: you have a grandson that goes there, my son, so 499 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,679 Speaker 2: we're all heavily invested in seeing them do well. 500 00:24:08,720 --> 00:24:11,359 Speaker 4: But I mean, can you know, I don't know. 501 00:24:11,960 --> 00:24:14,360 Speaker 2: And Urban Meyer and I have talked about this, He's 502 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:17,240 Speaker 2: talked about this on the air. I don't know if 503 00:24:17,280 --> 00:24:21,320 Speaker 2: there's ever been a turnaround in the history of sports 504 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,760 Speaker 2: like there is with Indiana football right now. This is 505 00:24:25,800 --> 00:24:32,119 Speaker 2: the second losingest college team in the history of football 506 00:24:32,160 --> 00:24:37,000 Speaker 2: and they have lost two games in two years. 507 00:24:38,080 --> 00:24:39,880 Speaker 5: Well, no, I. 508 00:24:39,800 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 1: Don't disagree with that probability at all. The turnaround has 509 00:24:44,000 --> 00:24:50,040 Speaker 1: been incredible, and quite honestly, I don't think you'd be 510 00:24:50,240 --> 00:24:54,960 Speaker 1: out of line as saying that you can foresee I 511 00:24:55,000 --> 00:24:58,439 Speaker 1: don't know that you'll see this dominance over the rest 512 00:24:58,480 --> 00:25:02,639 Speaker 1: of Signett's career as a coach at at Indiana, but 513 00:25:02,800 --> 00:25:05,080 Speaker 1: I think you can see that this is the beginning 514 00:25:05,119 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 1: of a long run of success for this program and 515 00:25:08,760 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: and and a way of a new respectability when people 516 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:16,560 Speaker 1: talk about the Indiana Hoosiers football program. Uh, I watched 517 00:25:16,600 --> 00:25:18,800 Speaker 1: him the You know, I'm a big fan for the 518 00:25:18,840 --> 00:25:22,639 Speaker 1: reason the fact that Luke is there and heavily involved 519 00:25:23,280 --> 00:25:26,520 Speaker 1: in broadcasting, and in fact, I don't I'm proud to 520 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 1: say that he broadcasts a Rose Bowl with two of 521 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,800 Speaker 1: his teammates on the campus radio station, and we'll do 522 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:36,399 Speaker 1: the same at the Peach Bowl. So I'm a fan 523 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,720 Speaker 1: and I love to watch him play. They may complete 524 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:45,360 Speaker 1: unmitigated believer out of me, and the way they won 525 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:49,520 Speaker 1: the game, they played last weekend, so I I I 526 00:25:49,560 --> 00:25:53,960 Speaker 1: can see that this team will be greatly successful in 527 00:25:54,359 --> 00:25:58,840 Speaker 1: an incredibly difficult and competitive conference like the Big Ten. 528 00:25:59,480 --> 00:26:01,639 Speaker 1: Uh again, and people have not seen him play. Do 529 00:26:01,720 --> 00:26:05,399 Speaker 1: yourself a favor and watching play this weekend or Friday night, 530 00:26:05,480 --> 00:26:08,720 Speaker 1: whatever it is, because they really are fun to watch play. 531 00:26:09,080 --> 00:26:11,199 Speaker 2: All right, I want to get your predictions on the 532 00:26:11,400 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 2: semi final games. We'll start with the other game, which 533 00:26:15,240 --> 00:26:18,720 Speaker 2: will be Miami of Florida taking on Old Miss, and 534 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:21,560 Speaker 2: hopefully Old Miss will have enough coaches to play in 535 00:26:21,600 --> 00:26:22,000 Speaker 2: the game. 536 00:26:23,440 --> 00:26:26,000 Speaker 1: Yeah, I feel kind of sorry for that bunch. And 537 00:26:26,200 --> 00:26:28,840 Speaker 1: I guess, in the darkest of night, if you'd asked 538 00:26:28,840 --> 00:26:32,399 Speaker 1: all those assistant coaches what do you think about this 539 00:26:32,520 --> 00:26:34,880 Speaker 1: game coming up? And they say we're going to Georgia 540 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:37,560 Speaker 1: will beat us, and then we can go away and 541 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,399 Speaker 1: go on down to Baton Rouge and take over on 542 00:26:40,480 --> 00:26:43,600 Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin's staff. Now they got to worry about whether 543 00:26:43,640 --> 00:26:50,840 Speaker 1: they have jobs. You know, I don't you made a 544 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: believer out of me as far as Miami is concerned, 545 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:55,480 Speaker 1: because you tip me off the don't be so cocky 546 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:59,680 Speaker 1: about Ohio State beating them. It's a thump of the road. 547 00:27:00,840 --> 00:27:02,840 Speaker 1: You made a believer out of me. I picked Miami 548 00:27:02,920 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 1: because their defense is so blasted good. Ye yeah, they 549 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:10,400 Speaker 1: are awfully good, and I think they will score enough 550 00:27:10,440 --> 00:27:13,880 Speaker 1: points and play shutdown defense to beat ale Miss. 551 00:27:14,080 --> 00:27:15,320 Speaker 4: All right, let's shift gears. 552 00:27:15,320 --> 00:27:19,240 Speaker 2: Then to the F fourmentioned rematch earlier this year, Indiana 553 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:23,679 Speaker 2: went to Oregon snapped a long winning streak on Oregon's 554 00:27:23,720 --> 00:27:26,080 Speaker 2: home field. Out there, what do you think You're round 555 00:27:26,119 --> 00:27:27,000 Speaker 2: two in the semis? 556 00:27:28,280 --> 00:27:31,400 Speaker 1: Well, just like the rematch, things scares me to death. 557 00:27:32,359 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 1: Just like when Indiana and Ohio State played, I thought 558 00:27:35,280 --> 00:27:37,399 Speaker 1: Ohio State would win, but then I thought, you know what, 559 00:27:38,160 --> 00:27:40,959 Speaker 1: to be the team as good as Indiana two times 560 00:27:40,960 --> 00:27:44,720 Speaker 1: in the same season with the same personnel basically is 561 00:27:44,800 --> 00:27:49,480 Speaker 1: tough to do. I think that will be an exception here. 562 00:27:49,560 --> 00:27:53,440 Speaker 1: I think Indiana will have whatever it takes, and however 563 00:27:53,480 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: big that might be and however little it might be, 564 00:27:55,880 --> 00:27:58,199 Speaker 1: depending upon the way they play and the way they 565 00:27:58,240 --> 00:28:02,119 Speaker 1: handle Oregon, it'll be a game that I think the 566 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:06,040 Speaker 1: Hoosiers will emerge with a win. They have no weakness. 567 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,160 Speaker 1: Let me tell you something about that team that just man, 568 00:28:09,200 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: I told some folks we live down in North Carolina. 569 00:28:11,240 --> 00:28:12,760 Speaker 4: In the last three a few days. 570 00:28:13,520 --> 00:28:16,160 Speaker 1: I don't think I've ever seen a college football team 571 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:20,320 Speaker 1: tackle as well as Indiana tackles. Yeah, it's unreal. I 572 00:28:20,320 --> 00:28:23,320 Speaker 1: mean their technique. You know, rarely you see a guy 573 00:28:23,400 --> 00:28:26,520 Speaker 1: go for the upper part of a player's body with the. 574 00:28:26,480 --> 00:28:28,040 Speaker 4: Ball who they're trying to break down. 575 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:32,160 Speaker 1: Their technique is incredible, and that to me is as 576 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:36,080 Speaker 1: big an example of the coaching staff and their abilities 577 00:28:36,119 --> 00:28:38,840 Speaker 1: to impose their will on young men to teach them 578 00:28:38,840 --> 00:28:41,440 Speaker 1: the right way to play the game. I think Indiana 579 00:28:41,480 --> 00:28:42,240 Speaker 1: will beat Oregon. 580 00:28:42,320 --> 00:28:45,560 Speaker 2: All right, Well, we'll get your prediction on the championship 581 00:28:45,640 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 2: game next Monday. Have a great rest of you day. 582 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:50,520 Speaker 2: Thanks for the time. As always, Dad, I'll talk to 583 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:50,880 Speaker 2: you later.