1 00:00:00,160 --> 00:00:04,040 Speaker 1: Where we go, Jed did the fish will join us 2 00:00:04,080 --> 00:00:06,320 Speaker 1: coming up at six pm tonight? I mean, I just 3 00:00:06,320 --> 00:00:08,920 Speaker 1: think there's a lot of questions about the Husky football 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:10,959 Speaker 1: team that frankly, I don't even know if they've been 5 00:00:11,039 --> 00:00:14,120 Speaker 1: answered or asked. You We got sighting day obviously today, 6 00:00:14,160 --> 00:00:17,560 Speaker 1: a big press conference over there at you Dub naturally 7 00:00:17,600 --> 00:00:20,920 Speaker 1: focusing on the class. So these wide receivers, Jordan Clay, 8 00:00:21,440 --> 00:00:25,680 Speaker 1: Tres Davis, Cody Green, the tackle Derek Coleman, Brusa the 9 00:00:25,760 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: edge rusher from Kennedy coming on board. So a really 10 00:00:29,320 --> 00:00:32,600 Speaker 1: good class on paper, no doubt for Jetfish. But what 11 00:00:32,680 --> 00:00:35,600 Speaker 1: about Denzel Boston? Is he back? What about Jacob Mantu? 12 00:00:35,680 --> 00:00:39,240 Speaker 1: What about Tarik Aluta Buddha linebacker? Are these guys back 13 00:00:39,320 --> 00:00:39,920 Speaker 1: next year? 14 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,880 Speaker 2: Is he back? Can we put that to bed? 15 00:00:43,200 --> 00:00:46,280 Speaker 1: Is Jetfish going to be coaching these guys next season 16 00:00:46,360 --> 00:00:49,159 Speaker 1: without questions? So there's a lot of questions we got 17 00:00:49,200 --> 00:00:50,240 Speaker 1: to ask at six pm? 18 00:00:50,320 --> 00:00:52,040 Speaker 3: Man, No, I certainly are. 19 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,440 Speaker 4: And I think now with you know, with those jobs 20 00:00:54,440 --> 00:00:57,840 Speaker 4: all filling up, and I think this recruiting class is just, 21 00:00:58,000 --> 00:01:00,520 Speaker 4: I mean really unprecedented, right, I Mean, as far as 22 00:01:00,560 --> 00:01:03,680 Speaker 4: I'm concerned, I have never heard of a higher recruiting class. 23 00:01:03,720 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 4: I'm even seeing twelve on the composite, So thirteen on 24 00:01:06,400 --> 00:01:08,640 Speaker 4: the two four seven, let's go at twelve. I'll take 25 00:01:08,680 --> 00:01:11,400 Speaker 4: twelve at twelve. Twelve twelve is a good number in Seattle. 26 00:01:11,600 --> 00:01:14,959 Speaker 4: I mean, just an outstanding job. It's just an outstanding 27 00:01:15,120 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 4: job by Jedfish. And there's no reason to think anything 28 00:01:20,240 --> 00:01:24,639 Speaker 4: other than the trajectory of this football program is heading 29 00:01:24,800 --> 00:01:28,280 Speaker 4: straight up. The only question is what's the ceiling? And 30 00:01:28,360 --> 00:01:30,399 Speaker 4: I think that's the only answer. 31 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:30,840 Speaker 3: We don't have. 32 00:01:30,880 --> 00:01:33,200 Speaker 4: We saw a pretty damn high ceiling a couple of 33 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 4: years ago. They finished second in the country. Can they 34 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 4: get back to that type of ceiling with Jed Fish? 35 00:01:38,600 --> 00:01:39,800 Speaker 2: I mean, I think they should. 36 00:01:40,280 --> 00:01:42,920 Speaker 1: That should be the expectation at least right you know, 37 00:01:42,959 --> 00:01:45,120 Speaker 1: I don't think anything should change in the Big Ten. 38 00:01:45,160 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: I was talking to a buddy of mine last night 39 00:01:46,880 --> 00:01:49,200 Speaker 1: on the way home about the move of the Big Ten, 40 00:01:49,240 --> 00:01:51,200 Speaker 1: and he was asking, you know, was it a mistake 41 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,080 Speaker 1: to go to the Big Ten? And I said, I 42 00:01:53,120 --> 00:01:56,000 Speaker 1: don't think so, but I can see why people would 43 00:01:56,040 --> 00:01:59,560 Speaker 1: maybe feel a little nervous about Washington's future and this 44 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:02,040 Speaker 1: confer did they do the right thing? I still think 45 00:02:02,080 --> 00:02:04,240 Speaker 1: they did the right thing. They just have to adapt. 46 00:02:04,560 --> 00:02:07,120 Speaker 1: They got to recruit different players. I mean, Danny Sprinkle 47 00:02:07,160 --> 00:02:09,400 Speaker 1: has to recruit different players in the Big Ten for 48 00:02:09,520 --> 00:02:11,840 Speaker 1: basketball than he would if he were coaching in the 49 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:15,200 Speaker 1: Pac twelve. It's a totally different league with a different 50 00:02:15,280 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 1: you know, approach to the game, a lot more violence, 51 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,880 Speaker 1: a lot more physicality. I mean, it's just it kind 52 00:02:20,880 --> 00:02:22,840 Speaker 1: of drives me nuts a little bit, Nick, and you 53 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: and I have talked about this before that in basketball 54 00:02:26,200 --> 00:02:29,400 Speaker 1: and in football, it always seems like the team that 55 00:02:29,440 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 1: plays the tougher brand of football or basketball is the 56 00:02:32,919 --> 00:02:35,919 Speaker 1: one that's able to force the issue for whatever reason, 57 00:02:36,040 --> 00:02:38,440 Speaker 1: Right like the high fly and acrobatics of the Pac 58 00:02:38,520 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 1: twelve on the basketball court and the high fly and 59 00:02:41,240 --> 00:02:43,960 Speaker 1: acrobatics of the Pac twelve on the football field, throwing 60 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:46,280 Speaker 1: up forty five to fifty points a game that that 61 00:02:46,400 --> 00:02:48,880 Speaker 1: for whatever reason, it's just not gonna translate. It's not 62 00:02:48,880 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 1: gonna work in the Big Ten. They're gonna slow it down, 63 00:02:51,800 --> 00:02:54,400 Speaker 1: they're gonna grind things out, they're gonna punch you in 64 00:02:54,400 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: the face, they're gonna batter you and bruise you. 65 00:02:56,960 --> 00:02:58,040 Speaker 2: And you can't have both. 66 00:02:58,160 --> 00:03:00,880 Speaker 1: So I think Jed Fish and Danny's sprinkler, and not 67 00:03:00,919 --> 00:03:02,959 Speaker 1: that they didn't know this, by the way, because Danny 68 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:06,120 Speaker 1: said this to us before Big Ten play even began. 69 00:03:06,200 --> 00:03:08,840 Speaker 1: He said, every game is going to be a freaking battle. 70 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,280 Speaker 1: He said, he wants practices to be like a war 71 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,799 Speaker 1: for God's sake. So I think both those guys are 72 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: finding out and they're remembering that they've got to have 73 00:03:16,760 --> 00:03:20,079 Speaker 1: a different type of player to survive in this conference. 74 00:03:20,080 --> 00:03:22,720 Speaker 1: And I think the recruiting classes are a reflection of that. 75 00:03:23,040 --> 00:03:26,679 Speaker 4: Well, what's encouraging to me is what they've already done 76 00:03:26,720 --> 00:03:29,560 Speaker 4: on the defensive side of the ball. They are already 77 00:03:29,639 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 4: a top flight Now they're not Ohio State. Ohio State 78 00:03:32,400 --> 00:03:35,240 Speaker 4: is ungodly good defense, nobody is right, but they are 79 00:03:35,520 --> 00:03:41,200 Speaker 4: the next level of defensive team Michigan, Washington, Oregon. They 80 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:45,080 Speaker 4: are at the next tier of defense already in the 81 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 4: Big Ten. Yeah, and that's not going anywhere, especially if 82 00:03:47,360 --> 00:03:48,560 Speaker 4: they get guys like Budda back. 83 00:03:48,800 --> 00:03:51,080 Speaker 1: Well, look, they got to get those guys back. I mean, 84 00:03:51,120 --> 00:03:53,560 Speaker 1: I'll give you a stat you legol stats are for losers. 85 00:03:53,600 --> 00:03:54,040 Speaker 2: There for you. 86 00:03:54,120 --> 00:03:56,240 Speaker 1: How about the fact that there were only ten teams 87 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,120 Speaker 1: in the country last year. And we'll bring this up 88 00:03:58,120 --> 00:04:00,840 Speaker 1: with Jed. Only ten teams in there that finished in 89 00:04:00,880 --> 00:04:03,320 Speaker 1: the top twenty three in scoring defense and scoring offense, 90 00:04:03,360 --> 00:04:04,600 Speaker 1: and Washington was one of them. 91 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 2: Ten. 92 00:04:05,480 --> 00:04:08,720 Speaker 1: Okay, the difference is the other nine all won ten games, 93 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:10,600 Speaker 1: are more U dub was the only one of the 94 00:04:10,640 --> 00:04:13,640 Speaker 1: ten that did not win uh nine or ten or 95 00:04:13,680 --> 00:04:16,520 Speaker 1: eleven or twelve games. So they got to figure it out, man, 96 00:04:16,560 --> 00:04:18,880 Speaker 1: They got to find out a way and figure out 97 00:04:18,920 --> 00:04:22,080 Speaker 1: a way to not just beat those teams that we 98 00:04:22,160 --> 00:04:25,040 Speaker 1: talked about, like Ohio State, Michigan, Oregon, but in some 99 00:04:25,200 --> 00:04:27,560 Speaker 1: cases even just kind of hang with them, right, I 100 00:04:27,560 --> 00:04:30,719 Speaker 1: mean be able to function offensively. I mean, god, that 101 00:04:30,839 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: second half against the Michigan Wolverines was kind of a joke. Offensively, 102 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:37,240 Speaker 1: I think we all agree with that. Defense was fine. 103 00:04:37,560 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: Defense was finding all the games they played. I mean 104 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,440 Speaker 1: the hell, they only gave up twenty six points one time, 105 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:44,640 Speaker 1: and that came against the Oregon Ducks in the final 106 00:04:44,680 --> 00:04:45,240 Speaker 1: game of the year. 107 00:04:45,279 --> 00:04:46,440 Speaker 2: So Dick, I agree with you. 108 00:04:46,600 --> 00:04:49,560 Speaker 1: I think the defenses at a really, really good spot 109 00:04:49,600 --> 00:04:51,880 Speaker 1: if they can get those two linebackers back. 110 00:04:51,960 --> 00:04:53,120 Speaker 2: We'll talk to Jet about that. 111 00:04:53,320 --> 00:04:56,640 Speaker 1: Manu and Buddha that would be a major coup to 112 00:04:56,640 --> 00:04:58,880 Speaker 1: get those two dudes back. I do wonder if Buddha 113 00:04:59,000 --> 00:05:01,000 Speaker 1: is going to be ready to play in September though, 114 00:05:01,600 --> 00:05:04,080 Speaker 1: because he ripped up his knee against the Cougars obviously, 115 00:05:04,160 --> 00:05:06,280 Speaker 1: so we'll see if he's back by September. But I 116 00:05:06,320 --> 00:05:10,200 Speaker 1: agree with you, man, until I see otherwise. This is 117 00:05:10,200 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: a team that currently is led by their defense. 118 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,320 Speaker 4: Well, their defense is keeping me in every game. And 119 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 4: you look at the teams that are coming here next year. 120 00:05:16,800 --> 00:05:19,240 Speaker 4: You don't have Ohio State coming here. Yes you have Indiana, 121 00:05:19,240 --> 00:05:21,480 Speaker 4: but you're not gonna have Indiana the same Indiana team 122 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 4: this year with maybe the Heisman Trophy winning quarterback. So 123 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,720 Speaker 4: it's going to be a different Indiana team. And you've 124 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:28,719 Speaker 4: got a Penn State team that is nowhere close to 125 00:05:28,720 --> 00:05:31,600 Speaker 4: the Penn State team of last year. They're a much 126 00:05:31,640 --> 00:05:34,120 Speaker 4: different program right now, still looking for a coach. 127 00:05:34,279 --> 00:05:36,360 Speaker 1: Have you seen where the recruiting class is ranked, by 128 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:38,480 Speaker 1: the way, it's like it's like one hundred and fiftieth 129 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:40,320 Speaker 1: and there's only one hundred and twenty five teams in 130 00:05:40,400 --> 00:05:43,440 Speaker 1: Division One. 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I'm just curious. 159 00:06:54,640 --> 00:06:57,560 Speaker 1: No, I mean I start saying it after Halloween, to 160 00:06:57,600 --> 00:07:00,640 Speaker 1: be honest with you, because you're in November. Thanksgiving is 161 00:07:00,680 --> 00:07:02,960 Speaker 1: three and a half weeks away. It's the holiday season 162 00:07:03,000 --> 00:07:05,479 Speaker 1: at my house. So I say it's starting on November first. 163 00:07:06,200 --> 00:07:09,320 Speaker 7: Yeah, a long time ago, the day after Thanksgiving was 164 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:13,280 Speaker 7: the start of the Christmas season. But over time, you know, 165 00:07:13,320 --> 00:07:15,960 Speaker 7: the commercials start, the decorations go off. You got a 166 00:07:16,000 --> 00:07:18,440 Speaker 7: generation of kids who have grown up thinking it starts 167 00:07:18,480 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 7: November one, So what the hell. It's the time of 168 00:07:21,240 --> 00:07:23,800 Speaker 7: the year where everybody in theory is a little bit 169 00:07:23,880 --> 00:07:26,160 Speaker 7: nicer for the most part, most. 170 00:07:25,920 --> 00:07:27,280 Speaker 6: People with exceptions. 171 00:07:27,400 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 7: Yeah, and you know, it just feels different. It's a 172 00:07:30,160 --> 00:07:32,840 Speaker 7: good way to ease into the winter months, having two 173 00:07:32,880 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 7: months of something different than the usual rough and tumble reality. 174 00:07:38,120 --> 00:07:41,440 Speaker 1: Well, speaking of different, I saw where the Browns designated 175 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 1: Deshaun Watson to come back from the pup list. Is 176 00:07:45,800 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: there a chance that we see him play at all 177 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: this season for the Browns? 178 00:07:51,160 --> 00:07:51,800 Speaker 2: This is on my. 179 00:07:51,800 --> 00:07:53,720 Speaker 6: List of things that I need to delve into. 180 00:07:53,960 --> 00:07:57,320 Speaker 7: All that has happened is they've opened a twenty one 181 00:07:57,400 --> 00:08:01,000 Speaker 7: day practice window. We've got more and a half weeks 182 00:08:01,120 --> 00:08:03,600 Speaker 7: left in the regular season, the Browns have been eliminated 183 00:08:03,600 --> 00:08:07,120 Speaker 7: from playoff consideration. This may just be a chance for 184 00:08:07,240 --> 00:08:11,040 Speaker 7: him to come back and practice, to come back and 185 00:08:11,080 --> 00:08:13,920 Speaker 7: get on the field and spend three weeks and extra 186 00:08:14,000 --> 00:08:17,280 Speaker 7: body they're paying anyway without him being. 187 00:08:17,120 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 6: Placed on the active roster. 188 00:08:18,520 --> 00:08:21,040 Speaker 7: How it works is after twenty one days, they either 189 00:08:21,040 --> 00:08:22,640 Speaker 7: have to put him on the roster or put him 190 00:08:22,640 --> 00:08:25,440 Speaker 7: on season ending physically unable to perform less. I think 191 00:08:25,520 --> 00:08:28,520 Speaker 7: that's what they're going to do because there's an insurance 192 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:31,679 Speaker 7: angle to his contract, and I think if he plays 193 00:08:31,760 --> 00:08:35,280 Speaker 7: this year, I think they jeopardize some of that insurance 194 00:08:35,320 --> 00:08:39,000 Speaker 7: money that helps defray the cap charge, the massive cap 195 00:08:39,120 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 7: charge that they still have to take for his contract. 196 00:08:41,840 --> 00:08:44,040 Speaker 7: They've managed to push a lot of these dollars into 197 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 7: future years and they get some cash back, they get 198 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:49,880 Speaker 7: some cap space. But I think one of the keys 199 00:08:49,960 --> 00:08:52,319 Speaker 7: is him not playing this year, not being on the 200 00:08:52,360 --> 00:08:55,679 Speaker 7: active roster. So I expect he's going to practice for 201 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:57,560 Speaker 7: three weeks and then they're going to shut him down 202 00:08:58,280 --> 00:09:00,560 Speaker 7: and he'll be back next year. They won't cut him 203 00:09:00,800 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 7: because of the cap consequences of cutting him. He'll be 204 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 7: on the roster next year, he'll finish out his contract, 205 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 7: and then he'll leave in free agency in twenty twenty 206 00:09:07,880 --> 00:09:09,400 Speaker 7: seven and we'll see if anybody wants to give him 207 00:09:09,440 --> 00:09:10,079 Speaker 7: an opportunity. 208 00:09:10,920 --> 00:09:13,040 Speaker 4: Mike, there are ten teams on the top of the 209 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:16,720 Speaker 4: Super Bowl odds board at plus seventeen hundred or better. 210 00:09:16,760 --> 00:09:18,000 Speaker 3: That is unbelievable. 211 00:09:18,080 --> 00:09:21,760 Speaker 4: But are there any teams in your mind that legitimately 212 00:09:21,960 --> 00:09:24,920 Speaker 4: look like Super Bowl championship teams that have the least 213 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,240 Speaker 4: amount of red flags? Because it just seems like there's 214 00:09:27,240 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 4: a ton of teams with a lot of red flags. 215 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:32,240 Speaker 7: Yeah, and every time we think this team is the 216 00:09:32,280 --> 00:09:34,679 Speaker 7: best team in the league, something happens. 217 00:09:34,679 --> 00:09:35,200 Speaker 8: The Rams. 218 00:09:35,240 --> 00:09:39,480 Speaker 7: After punishing the Tampa Bay Buccaneers last Sunday Night, Week twelve, 219 00:09:39,520 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 7: they go to Carolina and they lose to the Panthers, 220 00:09:41,679 --> 00:09:44,679 Speaker 7: and that throws everything into flux. The Broncos, they are 221 00:09:44,760 --> 00:09:47,600 Speaker 7: the official team that plays with their food every week 222 00:09:47,679 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 7: but still finds a way to win, much like the 223 00:09:50,080 --> 00:09:51,400 Speaker 7: Chiefs of last year did. 224 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:53,480 Speaker 6: And then you got the Patriots. The thing that impressed 225 00:09:53,480 --> 00:09:55,000 Speaker 6: me about the Patriots on Monday night. 226 00:09:55,720 --> 00:09:58,160 Speaker 7: They came out going into their bye week on the 227 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:00,520 Speaker 7: tail end of Thanksgiving Week, and I I submit to 228 00:10:00,559 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 7: you that for many teams, the Thanksgiving holiday becomes a 229 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:06,679 Speaker 7: problem because it's an important day of the work week 230 00:10:07,160 --> 00:10:08,920 Speaker 7: and it's not a full work day, and you have 231 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 7: to manage around that, and guys can lose their focus. 232 00:10:12,080 --> 00:10:14,440 Speaker 7: And I think might be able to challenge them to 233 00:10:14,520 --> 00:10:16,840 Speaker 7: go out there and send a message on Monday Night 234 00:10:16,840 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 7: about what they're going to be in the final four 235 00:10:18,520 --> 00:10:20,559 Speaker 7: games they come back and play the Bills and Ravens 236 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,160 Speaker 7: back to back weeks before they have two winnable games 237 00:10:23,160 --> 00:10:27,040 Speaker 7: to wrap things up. The degree of violence that we 238 00:10:27,120 --> 00:10:29,559 Speaker 7: saw they hitting, the intensity. 239 00:10:30,080 --> 00:10:30,800 Speaker 6: They have their. 240 00:10:30,640 --> 00:10:32,360 Speaker 7: Foot on the gas pedal and they're not going to 241 00:10:32,400 --> 00:10:35,000 Speaker 7: slip their foot off. They are mashing it to the ground. 242 00:10:35,520 --> 00:10:37,959 Speaker 7: So I think the Patriots they'll be out of sight, 243 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,120 Speaker 7: out of mind for a weekend because this is the 244 00:10:40,160 --> 00:10:43,280 Speaker 7: final bye week when they come back for Bill's Ravens, 245 00:10:43,600 --> 00:10:45,360 Speaker 7: keep an eye on what they bring to the table 246 00:10:45,360 --> 00:10:48,240 Speaker 7: because I think they recognize the one seed is within 247 00:10:48,360 --> 00:10:50,000 Speaker 7: reach and they're going to do everything they can to 248 00:10:50,040 --> 00:10:50,520 Speaker 7: go get it. 249 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:54,880 Speaker 1: Mike Aaron Rodgers kind of going after the Steelers wide receivers. 250 00:10:55,400 --> 00:10:57,480 Speaker 1: I think it was you that wrote on the website 251 00:10:57,600 --> 00:11:00,400 Speaker 1: yesterday that Mike Tomlin has not been asked for his 252 00:11:00,520 --> 00:11:04,520 Speaker 1: thoughts on what Aaron Rodgers said about the receiving corps. 253 00:11:05,000 --> 00:11:07,560 Speaker 1: How close to a disaster is this turning into in 254 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh in your mind? 255 00:11:09,559 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 7: Well, Rodgers met with reporters today and no one asked 256 00:11:12,559 --> 00:11:14,160 Speaker 7: him about it. When he comes out and says in 257 00:11:14,200 --> 00:11:16,640 Speaker 7: response to the last question posed to him in the 258 00:11:16,679 --> 00:11:19,480 Speaker 7: postgame press conference after they lost an embarrassing fashion to 259 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,400 Speaker 7: the Bills twenty six to seven, he says, when asked 260 00:11:22,400 --> 00:11:24,319 Speaker 7: what can we do to get more consistency out of 261 00:11:24,360 --> 00:11:27,360 Speaker 7: the passing game, etc. He says, when there's a film session, 262 00:11:27,440 --> 00:11:30,120 Speaker 7: show up. When I tell you to run the right route, 263 00:11:30,200 --> 00:11:32,840 Speaker 7: run the right route, and he implied a lot of things. 264 00:11:32,840 --> 00:11:35,400 Speaker 7: And think about the storm that it created in Miami. 265 00:11:35,480 --> 00:11:40,040 Speaker 7: When to Atonga bay loa unsolicited called out teammates for 266 00:11:40,080 --> 00:11:42,800 Speaker 7: either being late to or not showing up for player 267 00:11:42,840 --> 00:11:46,680 Speaker 7: only film sessions. It was crying out for further questioning. 268 00:11:46,720 --> 00:11:48,839 Speaker 7: But this is what happens with a press conference. You 269 00:11:48,960 --> 00:11:52,080 Speaker 7: have a collection of reporters and they all wait for 270 00:11:52,120 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 7: somebody else to be the jerk that asks the tough 271 00:11:54,400 --> 00:11:56,640 Speaker 7: question and then none of them do it, and that 272 00:11:57,120 --> 00:12:00,280 Speaker 7: I think is collectively malpracticed. Individually, it's hard to blame 273 00:12:00,280 --> 00:12:02,240 Speaker 7: any one person because everybody's staying around with it for 274 00:12:02,280 --> 00:12:04,679 Speaker 7: someone else asked the question. But it's embarrassing for the 275 00:12:04,720 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 7: people who cover the Steelers that there was no follow 276 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:09,480 Speaker 7: up about what should have been the story of the 277 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:11,800 Speaker 7: week in Pittsburgh for Tomlin or for. 278 00:12:11,840 --> 00:12:15,920 Speaker 4: Rogers if they don't win the division in Pittsburgh? 279 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:17,200 Speaker 3: Is he gone? 280 00:12:17,240 --> 00:12:19,640 Speaker 4: As Tomlin gone? And if so, where do you think 281 00:12:19,640 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 4: the best fit for him would be. 282 00:12:22,080 --> 00:12:24,400 Speaker 7: You know, I've lived in and around Pittsburgh my whole life. 283 00:12:24,480 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 7: I'm currently sitting one hundred miles south exactly of Akroschure Stadium, 284 00:12:30,160 --> 00:12:34,880 Speaker 7: And over the past ten years, fifteen years, anytime the 285 00:12:34,880 --> 00:12:36,840 Speaker 7: Steelers lose two or three games in a row, there's 286 00:12:36,840 --> 00:12:39,480 Speaker 7: a chunk of a fan base that starts agitating for 287 00:12:39,520 --> 00:12:41,520 Speaker 7: Tomlin to go, and it never gets any traction because 288 00:12:41,520 --> 00:12:42,640 Speaker 7: the Steelers. 289 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:43,280 Speaker 6: Aren't going to fire him. 290 00:12:43,320 --> 00:12:45,920 Speaker 7: That's been the narrative the Steelers, of the team that's 291 00:12:45,920 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 7: had three coaches since nineteen sixty nine, it's their thing 292 00:12:49,000 --> 00:12:51,599 Speaker 7: it's that high school jacket that someone complimented them on 293 00:12:51,640 --> 00:12:53,600 Speaker 7: and they've never taken it off, like that is the 294 00:12:53,640 --> 00:12:55,679 Speaker 7: thing that makes them different from all the other teams. 295 00:12:55,800 --> 00:12:57,120 Speaker 6: But this year feels different. 296 00:12:57,640 --> 00:13:01,320 Speaker 7: And when you've got the fire Tomlin chant breaking out 297 00:13:01,600 --> 00:13:04,719 Speaker 7: at a Steelers game, when you've got booing during their 298 00:13:04,920 --> 00:13:07,520 Speaker 7: iconic renegade moment that the Seahawks, by the way, co 299 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:09,560 Speaker 7: opted made their own back in Week two when the 300 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:12,439 Speaker 7: Steelers lost the Seahawks thirty one to fourteen. I believe 301 00:13:12,480 --> 00:13:14,920 Speaker 7: the score was at home in their home opener. When 302 00:13:14,960 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 7: these kinds of things are happening, it feels like it's 303 00:13:17,640 --> 00:13:19,600 Speaker 7: just time for a change. And I think what happens 304 00:13:19,679 --> 00:13:22,600 Speaker 7: is because it's very rare that somebody stays this long 305 00:13:22,640 --> 00:13:25,480 Speaker 7: with one team. You get to a point where I 306 00:13:25,520 --> 00:13:28,720 Speaker 7: think you fall into a comfortable rut where you recognize, 307 00:13:28,720 --> 00:13:30,440 Speaker 7: you know what, why am I going to get myself 308 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:34,560 Speaker 7: ulcers over this game or that game, or playoff positioning 309 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 7: or this, and that we're going to be good enough, 310 00:13:37,080 --> 00:13:39,160 Speaker 7: We're going to win enough games, we're going to cash 311 00:13:39,200 --> 00:13:41,079 Speaker 7: our checks, we're going to make our money, and we'll 312 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 7: come back and do it again next year. 313 00:13:42,600 --> 00:13:44,960 Speaker 6: Yeah, And you know they're winning. 314 00:13:45,120 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 7: Like every team says our goal is to win the 315 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:48,400 Speaker 7: Super Bowl, the truth is the goal is to be 316 00:13:48,520 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 7: relevant in December when the stadiums could otherwise be empty, 317 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:55,360 Speaker 7: when the kids are making their Christmas list and they 318 00:13:55,360 --> 00:13:58,160 Speaker 7: want jerseys of the local football team. You want to 319 00:13:58,160 --> 00:14:00,959 Speaker 7: be competitive every December. And the Steelers all that's a win. 320 00:14:01,480 --> 00:14:02,199 Speaker 6: Whether you make it. 321 00:14:02,160 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 7: To the playoffs, whether you win playoff games, that's just gravy. 322 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:08,240 Speaker 7: But as long as you're relevant past Thanksgiving, your winning, 323 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:11,600 Speaker 7: you're making money and you can stave off the mutiny. 324 00:14:11,880 --> 00:14:13,719 Speaker 7: What they need to be concerned about this year is 325 00:14:13,760 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 7: the mutiny. And think of it this way. If they 326 00:14:15,160 --> 00:14:16,920 Speaker 7: lose to the Ravens on Sunday in Baltimore, they have 327 00:14:16,960 --> 00:14:19,040 Speaker 7: a Monday night game against the Dolphins on the fifteenth 328 00:14:19,080 --> 00:14:20,600 Speaker 7: of December. If I'm a season ticket holder of the 329 00:14:20,640 --> 00:14:22,840 Speaker 7: Pittsburgh Steels, I'm not going out there and freezing my 330 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,680 Speaker 7: ass off on December fifteenth to watch the Dolphins and 331 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,200 Speaker 7: the Steelers. 332 00:14:27,480 --> 00:14:29,520 Speaker 6: Ten days before Christmas. I got other things to do. 333 00:14:29,560 --> 00:14:31,960 Speaker 7: I'll watch it at home and I'll finish up the 334 00:14:32,000 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 7: tree or do whatever else it is I need to do. 335 00:14:34,440 --> 00:14:36,080 Speaker 7: And I'm not going out there and. 336 00:14:36,080 --> 00:14:37,080 Speaker 6: Subjecting myself to it. 337 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:38,680 Speaker 7: And if they have a bunch of no shows that night, 338 00:14:39,080 --> 00:14:42,960 Speaker 7: that's a red flag not for my Toma, but the 339 00:14:43,040 --> 00:14:44,480 Speaker 7: owner Art Rooney to second, Well, they. 340 00:14:44,360 --> 00:14:46,640 Speaker 1: Haven't won a playoff game with him in almost ten years. 341 00:14:46,680 --> 00:14:50,400 Speaker 1: Twenty sixteen, I saw where Ben Roethlisberger and James Harrison 342 00:14:50,520 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: both came out what yesterday or today and said maybe 343 00:14:53,800 --> 00:14:56,080 Speaker 1: it's time for a change in Big Ben actually floating 344 00:14:56,120 --> 00:14:58,160 Speaker 1: the idea of him taking the Penn State job, which 345 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,480 Speaker 1: for Penn State would be a coup kid me to 346 00:15:00,480 --> 00:15:02,320 Speaker 1: get Mike Tomlin to coach. Do you think he would 347 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:04,920 Speaker 1: ever step down to go to Penn State? I mean, 348 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:06,360 Speaker 1: you know him better than me. Is he that kind 349 00:15:06,360 --> 00:15:06,680 Speaker 1: of guy? 350 00:15:07,520 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 7: Well, four years ago he was asked about rumors that 351 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:12,360 Speaker 7: had bubbled up linking him to USC when that job 352 00:15:12,440 --> 00:15:14,560 Speaker 7: was open, and he said never say never, but never. 353 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:17,280 Speaker 7: As it relates to coaching in college, I think that 354 00:15:17,360 --> 00:15:19,880 Speaker 7: the more likely outcome is he ends up with another 355 00:15:19,960 --> 00:15:20,640 Speaker 7: NFL team. 356 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 6: Andy Reid is the name that gets mentioned the most often. 357 00:15:23,120 --> 00:15:25,480 Speaker 7: You just get to a point where it's time for 358 00:15:25,560 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 7: a change, and whether it's a trade, it's not really 359 00:15:29,280 --> 00:15:31,920 Speaker 7: a trade. Because the coach ultimately controls what happens. Because 360 00:15:31,960 --> 00:15:33,160 Speaker 7: the coach doesn't want. 361 00:15:33,040 --> 00:15:33,880 Speaker 6: To be traded. 362 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:35,720 Speaker 7: If he doesn't want to go to the team that's 363 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,000 Speaker 7: trying to trade for him, it can't happen. And I 364 00:15:38,000 --> 00:15:40,480 Speaker 7: think at this point, when you consider nineteen years together, 365 00:15:40,840 --> 00:15:43,080 Speaker 7: the Steelers should just release him. It should be a 366 00:15:43,080 --> 00:15:45,960 Speaker 7: true mutual party. We hear mutual parting all the time, 367 00:15:45,960 --> 00:15:48,080 Speaker 7: and we know that it's baloney. The guy was fired, 368 00:15:48,120 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 7: but they're trying to save some faith. This should be 369 00:15:50,800 --> 00:15:53,240 Speaker 7: a true mutual party. He goes wherever he wants to go, 370 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,240 Speaker 7: His next team isn't burdened by whatever draft picks they'd 371 00:15:56,240 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 7: have to give up to get him, and everybody moves 372 00:15:58,320 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 7: on and starts over. Now. 373 00:16:00,120 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 6: I don't know who the Steelers would hire to be 374 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:03,520 Speaker 6: their coach. That's the other side of it, And that's 375 00:16:03,560 --> 00:16:04,560 Speaker 6: the thing I've been saying. 376 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:08,560 Speaker 7: Anytime the fire Tomlin crowd comes out, who are you 377 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:11,440 Speaker 7: going to replace him with? And are you prepared to 378 00:16:11,480 --> 00:16:14,840 Speaker 7: go see him do better with another team than his 379 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:16,800 Speaker 7: replacement will do with Pittsburgh. 380 00:16:17,480 --> 00:16:19,800 Speaker 4: Mike, I'll in where you began, and that was with 381 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:22,840 Speaker 4: the Patriots. They've got the best record the Titans have 382 00:16:22,960 --> 00:16:25,480 Speaker 4: the worst record. Can you give us a little history 383 00:16:25,560 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 4: lesson and remind us why the Titans fired Mike Vrabel 384 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:31,240 Speaker 4: despite four winning seasons and three playoff trips in his 385 00:16:31,320 --> 00:16:32,040 Speaker 4: six years there. 386 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:37,520 Speaker 7: Because dysfunctional teams do dysfunctional things, and in Nashville, Amy 387 00:16:37,520 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 7: Adams Strunk runs that team basically like a real life 388 00:16:40,400 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 7: game of Thrones, and it's whoever catches her attention, whoever 389 00:16:43,840 --> 00:16:45,800 Speaker 7: she thinks at any given moment is the person who 390 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:47,960 Speaker 7: has all the answers, and she gravitates that this person 391 00:16:48,000 --> 00:16:50,640 Speaker 7: falls out of favor, this person takes over, that person 392 00:16:50,680 --> 00:16:53,760 Speaker 7: falls out of favor, another person takes over. And Mike Rabel, 393 00:16:53,920 --> 00:16:56,640 Speaker 7: I don't think cared to play that game. 394 00:16:57,120 --> 00:16:58,720 Speaker 6: I really do think, and I. 395 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:01,000 Speaker 7: Think the seeds for his fire were planted when he 396 00:17:01,080 --> 00:17:03,720 Speaker 7: was put in the Patriots Hall of Fame October of 397 00:17:03,760 --> 00:17:08,840 Speaker 7: twenty twenty three, and he said some things that, by implication, 398 00:17:09,640 --> 00:17:14,160 Speaker 7: could be interpreted as not looking so great about his 399 00:17:14,200 --> 00:17:16,280 Speaker 7: current employer, and that may have been the thing that. 400 00:17:16,320 --> 00:17:18,680 Speaker 6: Pushed her over the age. Look, Mike Grabel's smart. 401 00:17:18,359 --> 00:17:20,840 Speaker 7: And he may have played her into firing him because 402 00:17:20,840 --> 00:17:22,600 Speaker 7: he's in a much better spot now. He's got a 403 00:17:22,640 --> 00:17:25,320 Speaker 7: young franchise quarterback. He's with one of the most stable 404 00:17:25,359 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 7: and respected organizations in football with a winning tradition, and 405 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:30,920 Speaker 7: they had just enough bad years that he's not standing 406 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,520 Speaker 7: in Bill Belichick's shadow. Drake May's not standing in Tom 407 00:17:34,520 --> 00:17:37,720 Speaker 7: Brady's shadow. The shadows dissipated through the back to back 408 00:17:37,760 --> 00:17:40,800 Speaker 7: four and thirteen seasons and no playoff wins since twenty eighteen. 409 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,639 Speaker 7: It's a new day for a team that could have 410 00:17:42,680 --> 00:17:47,199 Speaker 7: slipped into multiple years of dysfunction. They have found the 411 00:17:47,280 --> 00:17:50,520 Speaker 7: lifeline and they're pulling themselves back onto the boat and 412 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:51,320 Speaker 7: they're taken over. 413 00:17:51,880 --> 00:17:54,720 Speaker 1: Hey, this is a really pleasant conversation. It must be 414 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:57,360 Speaker 1: the holiday season and you being in a good mood 415 00:17:57,440 --> 00:17:58,600 Speaker 1: because of the holiday season. 416 00:17:58,800 --> 00:18:00,000 Speaker 2: Buttholes, great stuff. 417 00:18:00,119 --> 00:18:00,320 Speaker 4: Man. 418 00:18:00,400 --> 00:18:03,600 Speaker 2: We'll talk in a week. Goodbye, see you. 419 00:18:03,800 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: Mike Florio with us on the radio show Factor Fiction 420 00:18:07,880 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 1: brought to you by the Lucky Eagle, Lane Lambert Cracking 421 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:15,560 Speaker 1: Coach three forty five on ninety three three kJ IRFM 422 00:18:15,720 --> 00:18:16,399 Speaker 1: from the R and. 423 00:18:16,520 --> 00:18:20,919 Speaker 9: R Foundation Specialist Broadcast Studio. Now back to SOFTI and 424 00:18:20,960 --> 00:18:24,040 Speaker 9: Dick on your Home for the Huskies, Kraken and the 425 00:18:24,160 --> 00:18:29,480 Speaker 9: twelfth Man Sports Radio ninety three point three kJ R FM, and. 426 00:18:29,480 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: We got Husky basketball coming up tonight, Big ten Big 427 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:39,480 Speaker 1: Ten Caferine showdown between two dick longtime Big ten rivals 428 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:44,960 Speaker 1: Ucla and Washington and Mick Cronin kidding me. 429 00:18:45,359 --> 00:18:46,800 Speaker 8: Please tell me you're kidding me. 430 00:18:47,200 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 2: At eight o'clock tonight. Sorry times. 431 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,120 Speaker 3: Has Mick Cronan seen the space needle this year? 432 00:18:52,280 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 10: Uh? 433 00:18:53,080 --> 00:18:55,560 Speaker 2: That's good question. Somebody should ask him that. 434 00:18:55,920 --> 00:18:58,200 Speaker 1: We've seen the Eiffel Tower, We've seen the Statue of 435 00:18:58,240 --> 00:19:02,280 Speaker 1: Liberty twice. I think Petros does a show with him, 436 00:19:02,320 --> 00:19:03,920 Speaker 1: by the way, we should ask him about that when 437 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,679 Speaker 1: he comes on with that. Remind me to ask him 438 00:19:05,680 --> 00:19:07,640 Speaker 1: at four o'clock, by the way, about the crowning thing 439 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:08,840 Speaker 1: on the air. 440 00:19:08,960 --> 00:19:11,919 Speaker 4: Yeah, they're playing two games here, They're playing Washington and 441 00:19:11,920 --> 00:19:14,160 Speaker 4: then they're playing gun Zag in a week and a half. 442 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:16,200 Speaker 3: Well, they're gonna see the space needle twice. 443 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:17,600 Speaker 2: How come you, dub is? 444 00:19:18,320 --> 00:19:20,840 Speaker 1: Why are they doing Ucla at home and then USC 445 00:19:21,000 --> 00:19:23,400 Speaker 1: on the road on Saturday? How come they're not doing 446 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:25,720 Speaker 1: the home and home thing, or you know, two games 447 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,399 Speaker 1: and then go down there. I personally think that if 448 00:19:28,440 --> 00:19:30,320 Speaker 1: we're going to do this whole big ten thing with 449 00:19:30,480 --> 00:19:32,959 Speaker 1: four teams from the West coast. I would love to 450 00:19:33,000 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: see in football, Washington plays Oregon, Ucla, USC every year. Right, 451 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:40,200 Speaker 1: it's just kind of part of their deal, like Stanford 452 00:19:40,200 --> 00:19:43,600 Speaker 1: plays Notre Dame, USC plays Notre Dame whatever every year. 453 00:19:43,640 --> 00:19:46,359 Speaker 1: And then in basketball the same thing, right, U dub 454 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:49,320 Speaker 1: has two games at USC, two games of Ucla in 455 00:19:49,400 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 1: two games with Oregon every single freaking year, and then 456 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 1: throwing a couple of games with the Coupes just for 457 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:54,679 Speaker 1: good measure. 458 00:19:54,800 --> 00:19:56,679 Speaker 3: And we only have that with Oregon. Is that correct? 459 00:19:56,720 --> 00:19:58,920 Speaker 2: I believe so they got the Ducks twice. 460 00:19:59,400 --> 00:20:03,040 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, yes, I mean Oregon is not very good, 461 00:20:03,040 --> 00:20:05,320 Speaker 1: by the way, in basketball. 462 00:20:05,160 --> 00:20:11,080 Speaker 4: And Ucla is. Ucla is very beatable. They are very beatable. 463 00:20:11,119 --> 00:20:14,040 Speaker 4: Now they're less beatable by the Huskies. If we don't 464 00:20:14,040 --> 00:20:16,720 Speaker 4: have Steinbach, we're gonna have to see how healthy hell 465 00:20:16,760 --> 00:20:18,920 Speaker 4: healthy the basketball team is going into this game. 466 00:20:18,960 --> 00:20:21,000 Speaker 3: But this is definitely a winnable game. 467 00:20:21,040 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 4: And I think you don't wake up some Husky basketball 468 00:20:23,520 --> 00:20:25,640 Speaker 4: fans a little bit if they either watch the game 469 00:20:25,640 --> 00:20:27,200 Speaker 4: where they get up in the morning and they check 470 00:20:27,240 --> 00:20:29,439 Speaker 4: their phone, they're like, hey, we beat Ucla, that's. 471 00:20:29,400 --> 00:20:32,399 Speaker 1: Right, they do They do play UCLA twice, by the way, 472 00:20:32,480 --> 00:20:35,320 Speaker 1: and us see it. They got the Bruins here tonight 473 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:37,520 Speaker 1: and then down there in February, and then the Trojans 474 00:20:37,520 --> 00:20:39,480 Speaker 1: come here in March. But yeah, we got basketball tonight. 475 00:20:39,600 --> 00:20:41,400 Speaker 1: You know, one thing I was gonna talk to Florio about. 476 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,199 Speaker 1: I just ran out of time. We might have to 477 00:20:43,200 --> 00:20:45,160 Speaker 1: have them on for an extra segment one of these days. 478 00:20:45,160 --> 00:20:47,000 Speaker 1: That would cost us an arm and a leg, by 479 00:20:47,040 --> 00:20:48,960 Speaker 1: the way, just like you know, to pull that off 480 00:20:48,960 --> 00:20:51,320 Speaker 1: for you kidd me if we went to Florio and said, hey, 481 00:20:51,359 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 1: can you do a full twenty minute segment with us? 482 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:57,800 Speaker 1: Oh my god, do you have any idea the amount 483 00:20:57,800 --> 00:21:00,320 Speaker 1: of people we'd have to lay off at this radio 484 00:21:00,560 --> 00:21:04,879 Speaker 1: to pay that guy a full segment? Are you kidding me? 485 00:21:05,760 --> 00:21:08,080 Speaker 1: Jackson be the only one left if that was the case. 486 00:21:08,119 --> 00:21:10,639 Speaker 1: But I wanted to ask him about the Sam Darnold 487 00:21:10,680 --> 00:21:12,600 Speaker 1: thing and kind of what the perception is of him 488 00:21:12,680 --> 00:21:13,080 Speaker 1: right now. 489 00:21:13,119 --> 00:21:14,760 Speaker 2: And then also I was going to get on him. 490 00:21:14,640 --> 00:21:17,360 Speaker 1: A little bit about you know, our our our mutual 491 00:21:17,440 --> 00:21:20,880 Speaker 1: friend Paul Allen, right, the voice of the Minnesota Vikings. 492 00:21:20,880 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: If you missed Ernest Jones yesterday, we actually played Paul's 493 00:21:24,600 --> 00:21:28,440 Speaker 1: call of the pick six off of Brozemer for Ernest 494 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:32,600 Speaker 1: Jones yesterday like that, and he loved it. But I 495 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 1: just wonder kind of how much crap the Vikings general manager, 496 00:21:36,960 --> 00:21:41,040 Speaker 1: what's Quescia doofo Mensa should be taken? Because he's put 497 00:21:41,119 --> 00:21:44,800 Speaker 1: him in a horrible position with their quarterback. And I understand, 498 00:21:44,800 --> 00:21:47,040 Speaker 1: you get JJ McCarthy banged up and you draft the 499 00:21:47,080 --> 00:21:48,439 Speaker 1: kid in the first round. You want to see what 500 00:21:48,480 --> 00:21:51,280 Speaker 1: he's all about. But my god, there's there's a team 501 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:54,560 Speaker 1: in their division, in the Green Bay Packers that for 502 00:21:54,720 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: like a combined I mean, how many years did Jordan 503 00:21:57,160 --> 00:21:59,440 Speaker 1: Love sit behind Rogers? Was two or three? 504 00:22:00,040 --> 00:22:01,000 Speaker 2: Okay maybe three? 505 00:22:01,119 --> 00:22:03,080 Speaker 1: And then how many years did Rogers sit behind Farv 506 00:22:03,240 --> 00:22:05,960 Speaker 1: At least two? Right, So let's just say low end 507 00:22:06,080 --> 00:22:09,880 Speaker 1: combine four years in that franchise where they didn't give 508 00:22:09,880 --> 00:22:11,800 Speaker 1: a damn if they had a guy that they drafted 509 00:22:11,800 --> 00:22:15,040 Speaker 1: in the first round. Didn't care. So we got, you know, 510 00:22:15,160 --> 00:22:18,160 Speaker 1: a guy that's approven commodity. What are we stupid gonna 511 00:22:18,160 --> 00:22:20,000 Speaker 1: give this guy up? I mean, the more and more 512 00:22:20,040 --> 00:22:22,919 Speaker 1: I think about it, malpractice with the Vikings, did it is? 513 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:25,480 Speaker 4: I mean, we've been talking about it since since August. 514 00:22:25,560 --> 00:22:27,800 Speaker 4: I just don't understand. They were a fourteen win team 515 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 4: last year and the Seahawks have experience here with a 516 00:22:31,640 --> 00:22:34,480 Speaker 4: player like that. His name was Matt Hasselbeck, and Mike 517 00:22:34,520 --> 00:22:37,400 Speaker 4: Holmbron just kind of let Matt Hasselbeck sit in Green 518 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:39,919 Speaker 4: Bay for a couple of years, and then he sat 519 00:22:39,960 --> 00:22:42,159 Speaker 4: for a half a season in Seattle and he just 520 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:46,040 Speaker 4: kind of became a starter. These teams that rush starting 521 00:22:46,119 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 4: quarterbacks in, they'll work occasionally, I e. 522 00:22:49,720 --> 00:22:51,879 Speaker 3: Drake May, but they don't work. 523 00:22:52,280 --> 00:22:56,520 Speaker 4: They fail probably eight to ten times more than they work. 524 00:22:56,680 --> 00:22:59,560 Speaker 4: So you absolutely have to use that system where you 525 00:22:59,640 --> 00:23:02,199 Speaker 4: got a maybe he's not your guy forever, right, but 526 00:23:02,280 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 4: he's a veteran. You can win nine ish games with 527 00:23:06,400 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 4: him for a couple of years and then get your 528 00:23:08,840 --> 00:23:10,280 Speaker 4: young guy ready to be the dude. 529 00:23:10,320 --> 00:23:12,240 Speaker 1: I just think you know you signed Darnold if you're 530 00:23:12,240 --> 00:23:14,480 Speaker 1: a Viking fan to like the same deal the Hawks 531 00:23:14,520 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: game in three years, and then you worry about year 532 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,760 Speaker 1: three of that deal. In year three and just you know, 533 00:23:19,960 --> 00:23:22,080 Speaker 1: worry about what you got now. What you got now 534 00:23:22,200 --> 00:23:24,680 Speaker 1: is a pretty damn good quarterback. And now you got 535 00:23:24,760 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: Jack Squat in Minnesota, you got Buppcus all right, speaking 536 00:23:27,880 --> 00:23:31,080 Speaker 1: of Buppkus, we have won bupkus on Factor Fiction the 537 00:23:31,119 --> 00:23:33,480 Speaker 1: last week and a half. We better get our act together, man. 538 00:23:33,520 --> 00:23:36,120 Speaker 1: Factor Fiction brought to you by the Lucky Eagle Casino. 539 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:38,280 Speaker 2: Where's that to go? Glad you're with us. 540 00:23:38,320 --> 00:23:41,720 Speaker 11: It's your shot at our weekly thousand bucks and the 541 00:23:41,960 --> 00:23:46,880 Speaker 11: ten thousand dollars grand prize. It's Fact Door Fiction, probably 542 00:23:46,960 --> 00:23:50,600 Speaker 11: presented by Lucky Eagle Casino and hotel where every Day 543 00:23:50,720 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 11: Feels Lucky. Fact Door Fiction is on Sports Radio ninety 544 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:56,639 Speaker 11: three point three kJ R. 545 00:23:57,160 --> 00:23:59,600 Speaker 1: All right, are we doing the whole pick the opposite 546 00:23:59,600 --> 00:24:01,560 Speaker 1: of the morning show deal? We're not doing that yet. 547 00:24:01,600 --> 00:24:02,919 Speaker 2: I don't think. Well, I don't thin we're gonna do 548 00:24:02,920 --> 00:24:03,359 Speaker 2: that anymore. 549 00:24:03,480 --> 00:24:05,480 Speaker 3: No, it was it was an interesting call they made 550 00:24:05,520 --> 00:24:06,000 Speaker 3: this morning. 551 00:24:06,080 --> 00:24:07,120 Speaker 2: Yeah, I took the Hawks. 552 00:24:08,320 --> 00:24:09,560 Speaker 3: I don't mind the other side of it. 553 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:09,679 Speaker 6: All. 554 00:24:09,920 --> 00:24:11,000 Speaker 3: Well, it's your pick. 555 00:24:11,080 --> 00:24:11,159 Speaker 8: No. 556 00:24:11,280 --> 00:24:14,320 Speaker 2: Wednesday, Jackson's Day. We got to have a big week. 557 00:24:14,400 --> 00:24:14,560 Speaker 5: Man. 558 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,480 Speaker 1: We've had a couple of games so far. I took 559 00:24:16,520 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 1: the Commanders minus the points against Minnesota on Monday. I 560 00:24:20,160 --> 00:24:23,720 Speaker 1: took the Chiefs minus the points against the Texans yesterday 561 00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:24,680 Speaker 1: on the radio show. 562 00:24:25,080 --> 00:24:26,840 Speaker 2: Both of those, by the way, the. 563 00:24:26,840 --> 00:24:31,600 Speaker 1: Audience responding sixty nine percent approval fifty nine on both 564 00:24:31,640 --> 00:24:34,240 Speaker 1: those games. We'll see if Jackson can maybe engender a 565 00:24:34,240 --> 00:24:35,800 Speaker 1: little more confidence from the audience. 566 00:24:35,800 --> 00:24:37,480 Speaker 12: What do you got, Yeah, I'm not going in Lanta. 567 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:39,679 Speaker 12: I think Kirk Cousin's gonna puke all over himself. Our 568 00:24:39,760 --> 00:24:42,399 Speaker 12: run defense is good, and there's no way I'm picking 569 00:24:42,400 --> 00:24:42,960 Speaker 12: the Falcons. 570 00:24:44,040 --> 00:24:45,880 Speaker 3: Like a little Bejon in your life there. 571 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:47,639 Speaker 12: Jackson, I just I think this is gonna stop him 572 00:24:47,680 --> 00:24:50,359 Speaker 12: this week. But I've loved the game all week and 573 00:24:50,400 --> 00:24:53,000 Speaker 12: I thought for sure this was going to be gone. 574 00:24:53,480 --> 00:24:57,000 Speaker 12: Speaking of puking all over himself, I think Caleb Williams 575 00:24:57,080 --> 00:24:59,159 Speaker 12: is about to puke all over himself. We picked the 576 00:24:59,200 --> 00:25:03,720 Speaker 12: Eagles last week and that didn't work. But the Bears 577 00:25:04,080 --> 00:25:07,240 Speaker 12: are not going to finish as the number one seed 578 00:25:07,280 --> 00:25:10,680 Speaker 12: at some point. This magical weird run they're going on 579 00:25:11,119 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 12: is gonna end, and in less than thirty degree temperatures 580 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:18,920 Speaker 12: in frigid Green Bay, I cannot see Caleb Williams having 581 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:22,600 Speaker 12: a remotely decent day. Packers have a decent, pretty darn 582 00:25:22,640 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 12: good defense, So I'm gonna take the Packers minus six. 583 00:25:26,760 --> 00:25:29,320 Speaker 12: I think they win this game comfortably by maybe ten 584 00:25:29,359 --> 00:25:32,280 Speaker 12: plus points. So give me the Packers minus six at 585 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:36,200 Speaker 12: home in frigid lambeau Field against the fraud. 586 00:25:35,920 --> 00:25:37,920 Speaker 1: Bears six or six and a half. By the way, 587 00:25:38,000 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 1: I'm seeing six right here. Okay, that's fine, We'll take six. 588 00:25:40,480 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 1: Green Bay giving six against Chicago. I'm looking back, going 589 00:25:43,880 --> 00:25:50,480 Speaker 1: to two thousand and sixteen. Chicago has two wins against 590 00:25:50,480 --> 00:25:54,320 Speaker 1: Green Bay. Only one of them happened at Lambeau. They 591 00:25:54,320 --> 00:25:57,159 Speaker 1: won at Lambeau in two thousand and fifteen. They won 592 00:25:57,240 --> 00:26:03,160 Speaker 1: at Lambeau last year. I think was that away game, yes, 593 00:26:03,200 --> 00:26:06,760 Speaker 1: and like week what they've been brutal. Okay, so outside 594 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: of that game they've got I believe it's two wins 595 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 1: at lambeau Field since twenty ten. 596 00:26:12,600 --> 00:26:15,360 Speaker 2: Terrible, terrible, jack. 597 00:26:15,200 --> 00:26:15,679 Speaker 3: I love it. 598 00:26:15,720 --> 00:26:17,399 Speaker 2: I love it. 599 00:26:18,320 --> 00:26:20,600 Speaker 4: Jordan love you know, kind of came out of whatever 600 00:26:20,840 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 4: weird funk that he was in where he had one 601 00:26:23,200 --> 00:26:26,760 Speaker 4: hundred and seventy six yards or less than three straight games. 602 00:26:27,359 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 4: Last week he threw for two thirty four and four 603 00:26:29,359 --> 00:26:30,640 Speaker 4: touchdowns against Detroit. 604 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:31,879 Speaker 3: They looked solid. 605 00:26:31,960 --> 00:26:37,200 Speaker 4: They look like a team that is becoming an NFC favorite, 606 00:26:37,240 --> 00:26:38,720 Speaker 4: like I thought they would be in the beginning of 607 00:26:38,720 --> 00:26:40,600 Speaker 4: the season. I picked the Green Bay Packers to go 608 00:26:40,680 --> 00:26:42,919 Speaker 4: to the Super Bowl. So I'm a believer in that 609 00:26:42,960 --> 00:26:45,879 Speaker 4: football team. And they've just had some weird hiccups the 610 00:26:45,920 --> 00:26:48,119 Speaker 4: bizarre loss to Cleveland at the beginning of the year, 611 00:26:48,119 --> 00:26:51,000 Speaker 4: they lost to Carolina by three points, but you know, 612 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 4: they've played very solid football on both both sides the 613 00:26:54,280 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 4: last month. I like him against CHICAGOI you're right, I 614 00:26:56,520 --> 00:26:59,440 Speaker 4: mean they're fraudulent. I mean, Chicago's a playoff team, but. 615 00:26:59,400 --> 00:27:02,520 Speaker 2: They're not super Bowl. Yeah. I don't think they're frauds 616 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 2: though they're well. 617 00:27:03,880 --> 00:27:06,280 Speaker 4: They're frauds if you want to consider them like one 618 00:27:06,440 --> 00:27:08,040 Speaker 4: seed super Bowl ten. 619 00:27:08,560 --> 00:27:10,520 Speaker 2: That's that's what I mean. I don't think anybody is 620 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,479 Speaker 2: assuming that. I mean, if you are, I think you're immortal. 621 00:27:13,520 --> 00:27:13,840 Speaker 12: I think. 622 00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,560 Speaker 2: That's that's dumb. 623 00:27:16,680 --> 00:27:19,880 Speaker 1: That's toughly because this is a much better Bears team 624 00:27:19,920 --> 00:27:22,200 Speaker 1: than they've had, much better Bears team. I mean, give 625 00:27:22,240 --> 00:27:24,199 Speaker 1: beb Ben Johnson's gonna be in the running for the 626 00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:26,720 Speaker 1: Coach of the Year. Uh and he deserves it, right, 627 00:27:26,800 --> 00:27:28,439 Speaker 1: I mean, we thought they'd be better. We thought the 628 00:27:28,520 --> 00:27:30,120 Speaker 1: over on that what was it nine and a half? 629 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:31,280 Speaker 2: Is that what it was? Dick whatever? 630 00:27:31,280 --> 00:27:33,600 Speaker 1: This year for the Bears play the over and they're 631 00:27:33,600 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: probably gonna get there. But they also got the Packers 632 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:38,720 Speaker 1: twice in the final four games of the regular season. 633 00:27:38,840 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 2: So I like it. 634 00:27:39,600 --> 00:27:42,040 Speaker 1: Dick likes it, Jackson, I assume likes it because you 635 00:27:42,080 --> 00:27:44,320 Speaker 1: picked it. That may not be good news, by the way, 636 00:27:44,320 --> 00:27:45,720 Speaker 1: if all of us love it, by the way, for 637 00:27:45,800 --> 00:27:47,320 Speaker 1: this weekend, so we'll see. But if you like to 638 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:51,480 Speaker 1: pick Packers minus the points against Chicago, text in fact 639 00:27:51,480 --> 00:27:53,880 Speaker 1: you hate it, text in fiction to four nine, four 640 00:27:53,880 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 1: to five one. All brought to you by the Lucky 641 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:59,560 Speaker 1: Eagle Casino and Hotel where every day feels lucky. Crack 642 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:01,800 Speaker 1: into my against the Oilers. We're going to break their 643 00:28:01,800 --> 00:28:04,920 Speaker 1: three game losing streak. The head coach Lane Lambert will 644 00:28:05,000 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: join coming up and then pet show us at four 645 00:28:07,280 --> 00:28:11,959 Speaker 1: on ninety three three KJRFM. 646 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:14,360 Speaker 9: From the R and R Foundation Specialist broadcast Studio. Now 647 00:28:14,440 --> 00:28:17,800 Speaker 9: back to SOFTI and Dick on your home for the Huskies, 648 00:28:17,920 --> 00:28:21,240 Speaker 9: Kraken and the twelfth Man Sports Radio ninety three point 649 00:28:21,240 --> 00:28:23,200 Speaker 9: three kJ r FL. 650 00:28:24,200 --> 00:28:27,960 Speaker 1: Alright back here on a Wednesday, every week, a chance 651 00:28:28,000 --> 00:28:29,960 Speaker 1: to talk some hockey, A with the head coach of 652 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 1: the Seattle Crack and a boys they're going to snap 653 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,200 Speaker 1: their three game losing streak tomorrow and Edmonton coming off 654 00:28:35,200 --> 00:28:37,760 Speaker 1: a little bit of fisticuffs over the weekend with the Oilers. 655 00:28:37,760 --> 00:28:41,320 Speaker 1: We'll see how physical this thing gets tomorrow in Canada 656 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:44,440 Speaker 1: pregame five thirty, face off six pm. Right here on 657 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:48,000 Speaker 1: ninety three three KJRFM and joining us right now. Usual 658 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,360 Speaker 1: we'll visit every Wednesday three forty five. The head coach, 659 00:28:50,440 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: Lane Lambert with us on ninety three three KJRFM. 660 00:28:53,120 --> 00:28:53,760 Speaker 2: Coach, how are. 661 00:28:53,640 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 6: You goo ahead? 662 00:28:54,680 --> 00:28:55,480 Speaker 10: How are you guys doing? 663 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:57,000 Speaker 2: Doing great? Doing great? 664 00:28:57,080 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 4: You know this I found out this is the first 665 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:03,000 Speaker 4: time in crack and history. Now cracking history hasn't been 666 00:29:03,080 --> 00:29:06,400 Speaker 4: that long, but the first time in crack and history, nonetheless, 667 00:29:06,440 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 4: that you guys have actually been in Seattle on Thanksgiving 668 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,920 Speaker 4: Day without a game so you could enjoy some festivities. 669 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:16,480 Speaker 4: And I understand you guys got together at the Stevenson 670 00:29:16,560 --> 00:29:18,360 Speaker 4: household with Chandler and his wife. 671 00:29:18,360 --> 00:29:19,000 Speaker 2: How did that go? 672 00:29:20,520 --> 00:29:20,880 Speaker 11: Well? 673 00:29:21,040 --> 00:29:22,880 Speaker 10: They actually it was the players only. 674 00:29:22,920 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 8: The last thing that guys want to do is see 675 00:29:24,920 --> 00:29:26,320 Speaker 8: me on Franksgiving Day. 676 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:32,440 Speaker 10: But but you know, kudos to Chadler and his wife 677 00:29:32,480 --> 00:29:35,880 Speaker 10: were having the entire team over. You know, and I 678 00:29:35,920 --> 00:29:39,040 Speaker 10: think that's a real good opportunity for our guys to 679 00:29:39,080 --> 00:29:41,160 Speaker 10: get together and bond. 680 00:29:40,880 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 8: And and have the spouses with them and the girlfriends 681 00:29:44,120 --> 00:29:45,440 Speaker 8: and all the kids together. 682 00:29:45,680 --> 00:29:49,560 Speaker 10: So really good on the on the Stevenson's for doing that, 683 00:29:49,920 --> 00:29:54,880 Speaker 10: and really happy about you know, being here in Seattle 684 00:29:54,920 --> 00:29:57,360 Speaker 10: and getting a day off on Thanksgiving. It doesn't usually 685 00:29:57,400 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 10: happen a lot. You know, my last probably Heaven Thanksgivings, 686 00:30:01,120 --> 00:30:06,040 Speaker 10: I've been traveling to another city so that I could 687 00:30:06,080 --> 00:30:08,920 Speaker 10: play on on the Friday, and so it was nice 688 00:30:08,920 --> 00:30:09,560 Speaker 10: to be home here. 689 00:30:09,800 --> 00:30:13,440 Speaker 1: Coach, you and Chandler Stevenson have a long history, goes 690 00:30:13,480 --> 00:30:15,840 Speaker 1: back a while. You know him better than anybody here, 691 00:30:15,920 --> 00:30:19,160 Speaker 1: that's for sure. What's the story behind your relationship, man. 692 00:30:20,280 --> 00:30:24,280 Speaker 10: Yeah, Chandler. Chandler grew up in Saskatoon. His parents and 693 00:30:24,400 --> 00:30:29,160 Speaker 10: uh and I are good friends. They were our neighbors 694 00:30:29,560 --> 00:30:33,880 Speaker 10: way back when. And you know when Chandler was probably uh, 695 00:30:34,440 --> 00:30:36,200 Speaker 10: you know, I don't know how old, but you know, 696 00:30:36,320 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 10: somewhere around four or five years old. 697 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 6: Uh, he used to just. 698 00:30:39,720 --> 00:30:42,800 Speaker 10: Be bombing around the neighborhood. We we hadn't had the 699 00:30:42,800 --> 00:30:45,280 Speaker 10: streets paved at that time, was a brand new neighborhood. 700 00:30:45,320 --> 00:30:48,760 Speaker 10: So he wore his uh, he wore his rubber boots 701 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,360 Speaker 10: and he was a pile of mud every. 702 00:30:51,240 --> 00:30:54,560 Speaker 2: Day into your house? Do you ever come in with 703 00:30:54,600 --> 00:30:55,440 Speaker 2: the my feet. 704 00:30:56,520 --> 00:30:58,960 Speaker 10: One hundred percent? Why do you think I'm talking like that? 705 00:30:59,040 --> 00:31:00,760 Speaker 10: He used to come in, say down and asked me 706 00:31:00,800 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 10: what was what he could have to eat while he dragged. 707 00:31:03,680 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 4: Mudd into That's beautiful, cracking head coach Lane Lambert joining us, Well, 708 00:31:09,520 --> 00:31:12,360 Speaker 4: you get something unusual this week? You got three practice 709 00:31:12,440 --> 00:31:15,320 Speaker 4: days in a row in between games, and in between 710 00:31:15,360 --> 00:31:18,760 Speaker 4: games against the same team and Edmonton. Do you do 711 00:31:18,840 --> 00:31:21,640 Speaker 4: anything differently when you got a long stretch right like that? 712 00:31:21,720 --> 00:31:25,160 Speaker 4: Does it revert back to more like a training camp atmosphere? 713 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:27,320 Speaker 2: You just preparing for the next game in Edmonton? 714 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:29,600 Speaker 12: Uh? 715 00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,479 Speaker 8: You know what, it's a great question. I think it's 716 00:31:31,520 --> 00:31:32,640 Speaker 8: a little bit of both. For me. 717 00:31:32,800 --> 00:31:35,120 Speaker 10: We've had such a heavy schedule here. 718 00:31:35,800 --> 00:31:38,000 Speaker 8: You know, up until this point in time and certainly 719 00:31:38,000 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 8: through the month. 720 00:31:38,520 --> 00:31:40,680 Speaker 10: Of November that we haven't had a lot of practice time. 721 00:31:40,800 --> 00:31:44,760 Speaker 10: So uh, you know, on one hand, you you worry 722 00:31:44,800 --> 00:31:47,240 Speaker 10: and you revert back to taking care of your own 723 00:31:47,280 --> 00:31:50,800 Speaker 10: game and you know, having some review and practicing some 724 00:31:50,920 --> 00:31:54,080 Speaker 10: different things that you need to work on for your team, 725 00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,719 Speaker 10: and then we'll we'll prepare a little bit for for 726 00:31:56,880 --> 00:32:00,600 Speaker 10: Edmonton here, uh, you know, and and and get ready 727 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,000 Speaker 10: for that, you know, spend a little bit of time 728 00:32:03,040 --> 00:32:06,480 Speaker 10: doing that for the rematch. But there's certainly, uh, there's 729 00:32:06,520 --> 00:32:10,600 Speaker 10: certainly you know, adjustments and things that we would like 730 00:32:10,680 --> 00:32:14,720 Speaker 10: to see, uh made for the game tomorrow night. 731 00:32:15,000 --> 00:32:16,680 Speaker 2: Coach back to back with the Oilers. 732 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:20,600 Speaker 1: We saw things get a little rough in the last game, 733 00:32:20,720 --> 00:32:23,200 Speaker 1: especially in the second and third period. Do you like 734 00:32:23,280 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 1: these back to backs, especially when you're going up against 735 00:32:25,880 --> 00:32:28,520 Speaker 1: a team that you just kind of got a little 736 00:32:28,760 --> 00:32:29,760 Speaker 1: a little physical with. 737 00:32:31,240 --> 00:32:33,280 Speaker 10: Well, playing a team back to back is never a 738 00:32:33,320 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 10: bad thing. 739 00:32:34,520 --> 00:32:37,560 Speaker 8: You know, the the emotions of the game and and 740 00:32:38,040 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 8: you know, the intensity level of the game have a 741 00:32:40,680 --> 00:32:42,960 Speaker 8: have a tendency to pick up and there's nothing wrong 742 00:32:43,000 --> 00:32:43,240 Speaker 8: with that. 743 00:32:44,840 --> 00:32:48,120 Speaker 4: Cracking head coach Lane Lambert joining US coach the The 744 00:32:48,200 --> 00:32:51,160 Speaker 4: injury bug has just bit you guys all season long, 745 00:32:51,200 --> 00:32:53,840 Speaker 4: all the way back to training camp. You did get 746 00:32:53,960 --> 00:32:57,120 Speaker 4: Jared back, though, how does McCann look that he's had 747 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:58,360 Speaker 4: a couple of games back. 748 00:32:59,720 --> 00:33:02,080 Speaker 10: He's getting his feet under him a little a little 749 00:33:02,080 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 10: more each with each you know, Shift really to be 750 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:06,640 Speaker 10: honest with you, and it was good to get him back. 751 00:33:07,280 --> 00:33:10,520 Speaker 10: He certainly provides us with an element of you know, 752 00:33:10,600 --> 00:33:14,280 Speaker 10: an element element of offense that we you know, that 753 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:16,320 Speaker 10: we sometimes are searching for here. 754 00:33:17,280 --> 00:33:18,360 Speaker 8: So it's good to get him back. 755 00:33:18,360 --> 00:33:21,520 Speaker 10: And I feel like, you know, as he came back, 756 00:33:21,560 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 10: he hadn't played much. He was hurt through most of 757 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:26,360 Speaker 10: the training camps, so he's just getting his feet under 758 00:33:26,400 --> 00:33:26,840 Speaker 10: him here. 759 00:33:27,520 --> 00:33:29,000 Speaker 8: As we move forward. 760 00:33:28,960 --> 00:33:31,040 Speaker 1: Lane Lambert with us right here on ninety three to 761 00:33:31,040 --> 00:33:33,880 Speaker 1: three kJ IR FM Weekly Visit with the Kraken coach 762 00:33:33,960 --> 00:33:35,920 Speaker 1: Jayden Schwartz going to be out for a little bit. 763 00:33:36,360 --> 00:33:39,640 Speaker 1: What's the prognosis on him and who do you see 764 00:33:39,680 --> 00:33:40,960 Speaker 1: stepping up in his absence? 765 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:44,360 Speaker 10: Well, I think you know, I've said it as soon 766 00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,120 Speaker 10: as Schwartz went out, I knew that was a big 767 00:33:47,160 --> 00:33:50,240 Speaker 10: loss for our hockey team because he offers and provides 768 00:33:50,320 --> 00:33:53,120 Speaker 10: us so much from a leadership standpoint, not only with 769 00:33:53,280 --> 00:33:55,920 Speaker 10: his game on the ice, but also you know, with 770 00:33:56,000 --> 00:33:59,000 Speaker 10: his presence off the ice. So you know, you're not 771 00:33:59,040 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 10: going to have one guy replace him necessarily. It's going 772 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:04,720 Speaker 10: to have to be a group, and we you know, 773 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 10: we need some of our older players and some of 774 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:08,960 Speaker 10: our leadership guys to continue doing what they've. 775 00:34:08,719 --> 00:34:11,440 Speaker 8: Been doing all year long and and being those leaders 776 00:34:11,480 --> 00:34:14,319 Speaker 8: and stepping up and you know, taking some of the 777 00:34:14,800 --> 00:34:18,920 Speaker 8: some of the Schwartz load and spreading it around. So certainly, 778 00:34:19,560 --> 00:34:22,560 Speaker 8: you know, we we we will miss him. We don't 779 00:34:22,560 --> 00:34:26,440 Speaker 8: know a timeframe on that necessarily, but certainly he's a 780 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:27,399 Speaker 8: big hole for our team. 781 00:34:27,640 --> 00:34:29,960 Speaker 4: Talk about one of your youngsters, Berkeley Cat, and he 782 00:34:30,040 --> 00:34:32,160 Speaker 4: was a guy that you guys made the decision like, Nope, 783 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:33,719 Speaker 4: we're not gonna leave him in the miners. We're gonna 784 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:35,359 Speaker 4: we're gonna play him up here with the big club. 785 00:34:35,400 --> 00:34:37,520 Speaker 4: He's got you five assists, but he's still looking for 786 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:38,320 Speaker 4: his first goal. 787 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:41,080 Speaker 2: How would you evaluate his progress thus far? 788 00:34:42,520 --> 00:34:43,040 Speaker 8: I like his. 789 00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:43,879 Speaker 2: Progress a lot. 790 00:34:43,960 --> 00:34:49,080 Speaker 8: Actually, you know, he wants the puck. He's not afraid 791 00:34:49,120 --> 00:34:49,840 Speaker 8: to make place. 792 00:34:50,800 --> 00:34:53,640 Speaker 10: And what I'm really impressed with Berkeley, to be honest with, 793 00:34:53,880 --> 00:34:57,200 Speaker 10: is his ability to learn the game away from the puck. 794 00:34:57,239 --> 00:34:58,759 Speaker 8: Because at the end of the day, if he can't 795 00:34:58,800 --> 00:35:01,120 Speaker 8: play the game away from the can't play the game 796 00:35:01,160 --> 00:35:04,480 Speaker 8: without the puck, you're gonna have a hard time, you know, 797 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:06,520 Speaker 8: staying in the league or playing the game. 798 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,160 Speaker 10: You you literally only have the puck on your stick if 799 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:11,880 Speaker 10: you're a really top end player, you know, for. 800 00:35:11,800 --> 00:35:14,200 Speaker 8: A minute or so of a sixty minute game. 801 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:16,360 Speaker 10: So what are you doing the other fifty nine minutes 802 00:35:16,440 --> 00:35:18,120 Speaker 10: or what are you doing the other twenty four minutes 803 00:35:18,120 --> 00:35:18,879 Speaker 10: that you're on the ice. 804 00:35:18,920 --> 00:35:23,319 Speaker 8: And he's adapting well to those situations. He's adapting well 805 00:35:23,360 --> 00:35:26,359 Speaker 8: to the defensive side of the game. And I just 806 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:28,759 Speaker 8: feel like, once he gets. 807 00:35:28,480 --> 00:35:32,520 Speaker 10: The goal here, I think you know they're gonna come 808 00:35:32,560 --> 00:35:33,520 Speaker 10: in bunch us coach. 809 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:36,719 Speaker 1: Listen, man, appreciate this. Go get them on Thursday. Go 810 00:35:36,800 --> 00:35:38,560 Speaker 1: get back in the win Colum. And we're talking a 811 00:35:38,560 --> 00:35:39,120 Speaker 1: week man. 812 00:35:39,880 --> 00:35:40,400 Speaker 8: No worry. 813 00:35:40,440 --> 00:35:42,799 Speaker 1: Thank you so much, Lane Lambert, coach of the Crack, 814 00:35:42,840 --> 00:35:45,279 Speaker 1: and his weekly visit with us on the radio show 815 00:35:45,320 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 1: We're Gonna Break. Petros Papainaka is gonna join next on 816 00:35:48,840 --> 00:35:50,480 Speaker 1: ninety three to three KJRFM.