1 00:00:09,960 --> 00:00:14,000 Speaker 1: Six seven hundred WLWR NOL carry or Sports Talk presented 2 00:00:14,000 --> 00:00:16,560 Speaker 1: by Kelsey Chevrolet on Lance. But Calister, let's get to 3 00:00:16,600 --> 00:00:18,760 Speaker 1: the news of the day, what everybody's talking about. Who 4 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:21,280 Speaker 1: better to talk with about it with than with our 5 00:00:21,320 --> 00:00:24,480 Speaker 1: next guy. They're all over at Bearcat Journal, Bearcat Journal, 6 00:00:24,520 --> 00:00:27,000 Speaker 1: dot com, podcast, hot boards, you name it, they've got 7 00:00:27,000 --> 00:00:28,880 Speaker 1: it and for more of all he has. 8 00:00:28,960 --> 00:00:31,160 Speaker 2: Let's welcome in, Chad Brundle. 9 00:00:31,880 --> 00:00:34,479 Speaker 1: I'll start with the obvious your reaction to the news 10 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:36,720 Speaker 1: of west Miller's firing today. 11 00:00:39,400 --> 00:00:43,360 Speaker 3: It stinks because you know, Wes has been very good 12 00:00:43,400 --> 00:00:46,879 Speaker 3: to me and my family. You know he was. He 13 00:00:46,960 --> 00:00:51,000 Speaker 3: was instrumental in helping Kelsey through the period where she 14 00:00:51,080 --> 00:00:54,960 Speaker 3: lost her mom, and I had a great relationship with Wes. 15 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:58,120 Speaker 3: I think Wes did everything he could to make this 16 00:00:58,160 --> 00:01:03,440 Speaker 3: thing work. But after five years, it's a results business. 17 00:01:03,480 --> 00:01:06,920 Speaker 3: You have to make the tournament, you have to get 18 00:01:06,959 --> 00:01:09,959 Speaker 3: the program where the fan base expects it to be, 19 00:01:10,520 --> 00:01:13,959 Speaker 3: and he was unable to do that. So fortunately it's 20 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:14,560 Speaker 3: time to move on. 21 00:01:15,040 --> 00:01:15,280 Speaker 2: Chad. 22 00:01:15,360 --> 00:01:18,120 Speaker 1: What's the If there was a list, what would be 23 00:01:18,319 --> 00:01:21,399 Speaker 1: number one on why ultimately it didn't work? 24 00:01:24,080 --> 00:01:28,200 Speaker 3: He was never able to put them in a position, 25 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:32,080 Speaker 3: especially in the three years in the Big Twelve where 26 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,319 Speaker 3: they separated from their peer group. And what I mean 27 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:38,040 Speaker 3: by that is, I don't think anyone expected Cincinnati to 28 00:01:38,120 --> 00:01:42,479 Speaker 3: jump in the Big Twelve and immediately compete with Kansas 29 00:01:42,760 --> 00:01:48,920 Speaker 3: and where Calvin Sampson has Houston and you know Iowa 30 00:01:49,040 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 3: stayed and as good as they've been in Texas Tech 31 00:01:51,400 --> 00:01:56,120 Speaker 3: and you know, the top of the league. But the 32 00:01:56,280 --> 00:02:02,280 Speaker 3: problem was they spent too much time fumbling those games 33 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:07,320 Speaker 3: against tier opponents and sometimes you know, teams that were 34 00:02:07,360 --> 00:02:11,520 Speaker 3: a little bit lower than them West Virginia, UCF, Oklahoma 35 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:16,000 Speaker 3: State that first year against Oklahoma when they lost a 36 00:02:16,000 --> 00:02:19,040 Speaker 3: couple of games that they probably shouldn't have lost. And 37 00:02:19,120 --> 00:02:22,720 Speaker 3: when you do that in a high major league, it 38 00:02:22,880 --> 00:02:25,760 Speaker 3: prevents you from getting to those win totals that you need. 39 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:28,960 Speaker 3: You've got to win those games because you're not going 40 00:02:29,040 --> 00:02:31,440 Speaker 3: to beat the top of the league more than two 41 00:02:31,560 --> 00:02:35,840 Speaker 3: or three times in a season. That's just reality. So 42 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 3: then how do you get to nine, ten, eleven wins. 43 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:42,600 Speaker 3: You've got to beat your peer group. And there were 44 00:02:42,639 --> 00:02:47,679 Speaker 3: too many times that it looked exactly like Wednesday afternoon 45 00:02:49,639 --> 00:02:53,160 Speaker 3: for it to continue. That's what did him in ultimately 46 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:57,520 Speaker 3: is they just couldn't finish enough and put themselves in 47 00:02:57,520 --> 00:03:02,000 Speaker 3: too many situations where or you know, the the end 48 00:03:02,080 --> 00:03:08,160 Speaker 3: result ended up costing them tournament spots and seating in 49 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:10,320 Speaker 3: Big twelve tournaments and things of that nature. 50 00:03:10,639 --> 00:03:12,920 Speaker 2: Chat I look across the land, I'll s the offense. 51 00:03:13,240 --> 00:03:14,880 Speaker 3: I'll say the offense wasn't good enough. 52 00:03:15,000 --> 00:03:16,160 Speaker 2: Agreed, no doubt. 53 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,800 Speaker 1: I look at the landscape of openings right now, and 54 00:03:19,880 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: in the context of what's out there, is it not 55 00:03:22,160 --> 00:03:25,520 Speaker 1: fair to say the UC opportunity should should be a 56 00:03:25,520 --> 00:03:28,720 Speaker 1: pretty good opportunity in the eyes of those looking for 57 00:03:28,760 --> 00:03:29,160 Speaker 1: a gig. 58 00:03:30,800 --> 00:03:33,720 Speaker 3: Absolutely. I mean, like, if you know, I know a 59 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:36,200 Speaker 3: lot of people wanted the job to open last year, 60 00:03:37,200 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: and Cincinnati opened last year, they would have been the eighth, seventh, eighth, ninth, 61 00:03:43,200 --> 00:03:47,000 Speaker 3: best job on the on the open market. This year, 62 00:03:47,080 --> 00:03:51,280 Speaker 3: you're looking at I mean right now, of the schools 63 00:03:51,320 --> 00:03:59,120 Speaker 3: that are open, you see Syracuse, Providence, maybe like you're 64 00:03:59,160 --> 00:04:03,400 Speaker 3: in a very safe per bowl position inside that group 65 00:04:03,480 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 3: of teams, and it doesn't really feel like there's you know, 66 00:04:08,720 --> 00:04:13,120 Speaker 3: there are a lot of rumblings that like Houston, Kelvin 67 00:04:13,160 --> 00:04:18,479 Speaker 3: Samson might retire, but Kelvin Sampson's son is the coach 68 00:04:18,520 --> 00:04:21,280 Speaker 3: in waiting at Houston, So it doesn't feel like there's 69 00:04:21,360 --> 00:04:24,680 Speaker 3: anything that like, this team's going to get who they 70 00:04:24,720 --> 00:04:27,080 Speaker 3: want and then everybody else figures it out from there. 71 00:04:27,680 --> 00:04:30,920 Speaker 3: Cincinnati's a, you know, position to be a top two 72 00:04:31,040 --> 00:04:32,720 Speaker 3: or three job in this market. 73 00:04:33,760 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 1: Jared Calhoun Utah State seems to be the buzz name 74 00:04:38,360 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: at least early on. Give a listeners a one sheet 75 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:42,800 Speaker 1: on Jared Calhoun. 76 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:54,479 Speaker 3: Bob Huggins disciple, so familiar with Cincinnati's background. He was 77 00:04:54,520 --> 00:04:59,280 Speaker 3: here in twenty twenty or two thousand and three as 78 00:04:59,400 --> 00:05:03,799 Speaker 3: a gradest distant for Bob Huggins, went to West Virginia, 79 00:05:04,120 --> 00:05:06,440 Speaker 3: was a video coordinator, and then in his last year 80 00:05:07,600 --> 00:05:09,960 Speaker 3: was on Huggin's staff as an assistant. That was his 81 00:05:10,000 --> 00:05:16,440 Speaker 3: first year as an assistant. Good offensive coach, had success 82 00:05:16,440 --> 00:05:19,880 Speaker 3: at the Division two level, had success at Youngstown State 83 00:05:19,920 --> 00:05:24,320 Speaker 3: where nobody has success uh, and then has had a 84 00:05:24,360 --> 00:05:29,120 Speaker 3: really good two years at Utah State. So if you're 85 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,520 Speaker 3: looking maybe for a guy that's that's a little bit 86 00:05:31,520 --> 00:05:35,800 Speaker 3: more offensive minded, Calhoun is right in that, right in 87 00:05:35,800 --> 00:05:36,520 Speaker 3: that wheelhouse. 88 00:05:37,880 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: Is it a Is it safe to assume that whoever 89 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:45,799 Speaker 1: it is his cupboard will be empty when he gets here. 90 00:05:45,880 --> 00:05:48,840 Speaker 1: But with this day and age of transfer portal and 91 00:05:48,960 --> 00:05:52,880 Speaker 1: I l the opportunity will be there to fill it 92 00:05:53,440 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 1: more quickly than a long rebuild turnaround of things. 93 00:05:59,360 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 3: Well, there is unknown here, Lance. Generally, I agree with you. 94 00:06:03,000 --> 00:06:05,000 Speaker 3: What I would tell and what I have told people 95 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:10,000 Speaker 3: is don't expect anybody to come back, because that's just 96 00:06:10,400 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 3: you know, in general, how this works in this day 97 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:18,160 Speaker 3: and age. But the unknown is Corey. 98 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,000 Speaker 2: Evans general manager. 99 00:06:21,120 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 3: If Corey Evans the general manager is still here, then 100 00:06:25,200 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 3: maybe there is some continuity on the roster. Now. You know, 101 00:06:28,960 --> 00:06:32,560 Speaker 3: I wouldn't guarantee that even if Evans is back that 102 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:36,000 Speaker 3: you know people are going to stay, but it's possible, 103 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 3: and you at least open up the door to not 104 00:06:43,000 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 3: having to completely start over. The one thing I was 105 00:06:47,960 --> 00:06:53,120 Speaker 3: just thinking about this and I mentioned it on on 106 00:06:53,160 --> 00:06:54,000 Speaker 3: Bearcat Journal. 107 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:54,200 Speaker 2: Here. 108 00:06:54,240 --> 00:07:00,840 Speaker 3: Here's something that is interesting though, Lance. Jared Calhoun is 109 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:06,840 Speaker 3: from northern Ohio, so right in the Pittsburgh area where 110 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:08,120 Speaker 3: Corey Evans is from. 111 00:07:08,080 --> 00:07:11,360 Speaker 2: Lance, oh would it be the Pittsburgh area. 112 00:07:12,320 --> 00:07:17,920 Speaker 3: The Pittsburgh area, and they're about the same age, so 113 00:07:18,080 --> 00:07:23,720 Speaker 3: there is a possibility that those two have an existing relationship. 114 00:07:24,040 --> 00:07:30,040 Speaker 3: Interesting and that could you know, help Garret Calhoun's transition 115 00:07:30,120 --> 00:07:33,360 Speaker 3: to Cincinnati and help if there is anybody that he 116 00:07:33,440 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 3: might want to keep on the roster. So something to 117 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 3: keep an eye on. 118 00:07:37,920 --> 00:07:41,120 Speaker 1: Yeah, no doubt, and certainly you've got plenty. You guys 119 00:07:41,160 --> 00:07:45,120 Speaker 1: are all over this cranking out the content. Content hot 120 00:07:45,160 --> 00:07:48,880 Speaker 1: boards explain lay the landscape of everything being offered and 121 00:07:48,920 --> 00:07:50,880 Speaker 1: why now would be the time to check out barkat 122 00:07:50,920 --> 00:07:52,040 Speaker 1: journal dot com. 123 00:07:52,880 --> 00:07:54,680 Speaker 3: So we have a great sale going on right now 124 00:07:54,720 --> 00:07:57,400 Speaker 3: for the coaching search, seventy five percent off a full 125 00:07:57,480 --> 00:08:00,360 Speaker 3: year of service. So that's thirty five bucks a full 126 00:08:00,440 --> 00:08:04,080 Speaker 3: year of Bearcat Journal, so you know, potentially Jared kl 127 00:08:04,200 --> 00:08:08,520 Speaker 3: Doon's first season as a Bearcat head coach. You'll get 128 00:08:08,560 --> 00:08:11,200 Speaker 3: all of that for thirty five bucks. Kegan's got the 129 00:08:11,240 --> 00:08:14,800 Speaker 3: hotboard version one point zero up. We're updating that with 130 00:08:14,920 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 3: as much information as we can gather as soon as 131 00:08:17,520 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 3: we gather it. We did a video live show today 132 00:08:22,400 --> 00:08:24,640 Speaker 3: when the news was announced, so if you want all 133 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:28,000 Speaker 3: of our thoughts on that, that's on the YouTube channel. 134 00:08:28,480 --> 00:08:31,880 Speaker 3: And Spring football also going on as well, so if 135 00:08:31,880 --> 00:08:35,080 Speaker 3: you want to know anything about pretty much an entirely 136 00:08:35,200 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 3: new football team. You can find that information on Bearcat 137 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:40,120 Speaker 3: Journal as well. 138 00:08:40,520 --> 00:08:42,679 Speaker 1: It is always a treat to talk with you. I 139 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,120 Speaker 1: was very fortunate I get to talk with you twice today. 140 00:08:45,160 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 1: I appreciate you making time as always. 141 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,240 Speaker 2: Thank you, Thanks fans appreciate it. Have a great night 142 00:08:50,320 --> 00:08:50,760 Speaker 2: you as well. 143 00:08:50,840 --> 00:08:54,360 Speaker 1: Chad Brendel, Bearcat Journal, Bearcat journal dot com.