1 00:00:02,360 --> 00:00:02,880 Speaker 1: Don't forget. 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:05,040 Speaker 2: We're doing calls on the fifteens in the three and 3 00:00:05,080 --> 00:00:07,280 Speaker 2: four o'clock hours to get your calls in now, nothing 4 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 2: but call's next segment. If that's what you mandate eight 5 00:00:11,000 --> 00:00:15,240 Speaker 2: three three four one two w XDX. Joining me now 6 00:00:15,320 --> 00:00:18,440 Speaker 2: from the post, Casetta's colonist, Paul's Ice, paulp. We've been 7 00:00:18,440 --> 00:00:21,599 Speaker 2: talking quarterback all week, like most talk shows do, but 8 00:00:21,640 --> 00:00:23,800 Speaker 2: in this case we have a reason. Who would you 9 00:00:23,840 --> 00:00:26,400 Speaker 2: start root off with one hundred percent or Rogers with 10 00:00:26,440 --> 00:00:27,600 Speaker 2: a broken wrist? 11 00:00:30,520 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 3: I think that and I heard Dan Lwofski I actually 12 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:37,840 Speaker 3: have said that. I think if I'm the Steelers, I'm 13 00:00:37,840 --> 00:00:42,040 Speaker 3: looking at down the road. You can essentially right now 14 00:00:42,200 --> 00:00:45,640 Speaker 3: give Aaron Rodgers a bye and let him heal up 15 00:00:45,680 --> 00:00:47,280 Speaker 3: a little bit and you know what I mean, let 16 00:00:47,320 --> 00:00:50,760 Speaker 3: his body sort of get a little bit refreshed, give 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:51,839 Speaker 3: him a week off. 18 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:54,400 Speaker 4: You can even do if what you did with Ben. 19 00:00:54,480 --> 00:00:57,800 Speaker 3: If you remember the one year where Ben came back 20 00:00:57,840 --> 00:01:00,960 Speaker 3: from an injury and they started him has the backup 21 00:01:01,000 --> 00:01:03,400 Speaker 3: in a game and of course it didn't work out 22 00:01:03,440 --> 00:01:04,959 Speaker 3: so well and they brought him into the game. 23 00:01:04,959 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 4: You can even do that is make. 24 00:01:06,240 --> 00:01:08,840 Speaker 3: Aaron Rodgers your back up and hope that you know, 25 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,360 Speaker 3: Mason Rudolph can handle it, you know can handle it, 26 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,279 Speaker 3: and you win a game, then all of a sudden, 27 00:01:13,280 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 3: you're getting basically a free week off for your forty 28 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:17,920 Speaker 3: two year old quarterback. 29 00:01:18,760 --> 00:01:20,160 Speaker 1: I go back and forth, Paul. 30 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:24,000 Speaker 2: Right now, I'm thinking Rogers should start because I think 31 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,039 Speaker 2: he's going to practice tomorrow, which would be a good sign. 32 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:29,880 Speaker 1: And he does protect the ball. 33 00:01:30,440 --> 00:01:33,760 Speaker 2: The Bears are a takeaway machine on defense, and I 34 00:01:33,800 --> 00:01:36,080 Speaker 2: trust him more in that regard than I do Rudolph. 35 00:01:36,120 --> 00:01:39,640 Speaker 2: Although Rudolph I think is bigger, stronger, better in the pocket, 36 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,680 Speaker 2: and his tools might be sharper at this point. 37 00:01:44,319 --> 00:01:47,320 Speaker 3: Well, I mean I think that you know, if you look, 38 00:01:47,680 --> 00:01:49,440 Speaker 3: here's the one thing I'll tell you about Rudolph that 39 00:01:50,560 --> 00:01:52,760 Speaker 3: and you and I have talked about it. But the 40 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:55,720 Speaker 3: entire season, the one thing that's really been missing from 41 00:01:55,760 --> 00:02:00,320 Speaker 3: the Steelers offense has been the deep ball, you know, 42 00:02:00,400 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 3: the ability to throw the ball down the field and. 43 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,120 Speaker 4: Make the other team worry about that. 44 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 3: I think when Rudolph you can bring that element back 45 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,040 Speaker 3: and probably open some things up and makes it a 46 00:02:11,080 --> 00:02:12,760 Speaker 3: little bit better for everybody else. 47 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:16,320 Speaker 4: So I'm not in the camp there's some people. 48 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:18,400 Speaker 3: Have lost their minds, and you know, they want Rudolph 49 00:02:18,440 --> 00:02:21,079 Speaker 3: and he's better and you know all this other stuff. 50 00:02:21,160 --> 00:02:24,080 Speaker 3: I'm not in that camp, but I also think you 51 00:02:24,080 --> 00:02:26,240 Speaker 3: can win a game with him, and he does bring 52 00:02:26,280 --> 00:02:29,280 Speaker 3: that element to the table, which is something they have 53 00:02:29,480 --> 00:02:32,880 Speaker 3: not had, which in those big chunk plays down the field, 54 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,720 Speaker 3: forcing teams to kind of move off the you know, 55 00:02:35,800 --> 00:02:38,960 Speaker 3: the line of scrimmage a little bit and opening some 56 00:02:39,040 --> 00:02:41,359 Speaker 3: things up for your guys underneath and your running backs. 57 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:44,960 Speaker 2: In Siri, you're white, But do they have guys who 58 00:02:45,040 --> 00:02:48,480 Speaker 2: can go deep beyond Dk Metcalf, who a gets double 59 00:02:48,560 --> 00:02:51,480 Speaker 2: covered and b drops it seems every other throw. 60 00:02:54,760 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 3: Can I just say this and and and a lot 61 00:02:58,440 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 3: of it comes down to expectator, then it should. I've 62 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:07,280 Speaker 3: been so incredibly underwhelmed and disappointed with Dk Metcalf. 63 00:03:08,520 --> 00:03:11,160 Speaker 4: You know, the Steelers decide to pay a guy. 64 00:03:11,400 --> 00:03:13,400 Speaker 3: Thirty million dollars a year, and this is the. 65 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,320 Speaker 4: Guy they come up with. 66 00:03:14,800 --> 00:03:18,480 Speaker 3: I hope it's just, you know, Aaron Rodgers and him 67 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:23,560 Speaker 3: haven't connected yet, or there's something else going on. I 68 00:03:23,600 --> 00:03:27,040 Speaker 3: was listening to a podcast the other day with Todd Haley, 69 00:03:27,080 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 3: and he didn't want to hear any excuses about DK 70 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:33,840 Speaker 3: metcalf being double teams and everything else, because his thing was, 71 00:03:34,120 --> 00:03:37,160 Speaker 3: what do you think teams did to Antonio Brown? And 72 00:03:37,280 --> 00:03:39,960 Speaker 3: I know that it's not a completely a fair comparison, 73 00:03:39,960 --> 00:03:43,160 Speaker 3: because Antonio brought at his best on the field, at 74 00:03:43,240 --> 00:03:45,680 Speaker 3: least is one of the best that's ever played. But 75 00:03:45,760 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 3: at his point, his larger point was, you give a 76 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:51,640 Speaker 3: guy thirty million dollars, I mean, he's supposed to be 77 00:03:51,680 --> 00:03:54,920 Speaker 3: able to beat those things and make those kinds of plays. 78 00:03:55,400 --> 00:03:55,920 Speaker 1: I agree. 79 00:03:55,920 --> 00:03:59,000 Speaker 2: And Matt Williamson, the former Scott, had a good point 80 00:03:59,040 --> 00:04:01,200 Speaker 2: on this show earlier this week when he pointed out 81 00:04:01,960 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 2: that we think DK metcalt is the number one receiver 82 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,960 Speaker 2: because he's the best receiver the Steelers have Paul. But 83 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 2: Matt said, and I agree that he's not a real 84 00:04:10,000 --> 00:04:13,160 Speaker 2: number one receiver. He's not cde Lamb or Justin Jefferson. 85 00:04:13,640 --> 00:04:16,400 Speaker 2: And maybe we expected too much and maybe the Steelers 86 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:17,120 Speaker 2: paid too much. 87 00:04:18,680 --> 00:04:21,400 Speaker 3: Well, if he's not a number one receiver, they paid 88 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:22,160 Speaker 3: way too much. 89 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 4: I mean, that's that's that's very very concerning. 90 00:04:25,920 --> 00:04:28,480 Speaker 3: Uh, you know, to hear from guy who scouts and 91 00:04:28,560 --> 00:04:30,400 Speaker 3: you know, watching the film and does all that kind 92 00:04:30,400 --> 00:04:31,920 Speaker 3: of stuff and has worked in football. 93 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:33,800 Speaker 4: That's very concerning to hear. 94 00:04:34,920 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 3: I think, honestly, it's a little bit unfair in some 95 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:44,039 Speaker 3: ways because Mark, I actually, and I've said this many times, 96 00:04:44,320 --> 00:04:46,560 Speaker 3: I think the other guys they have to court to 97 00:04:46,720 --> 00:04:51,400 Speaker 3: use Mike Commins word as eligibles. You know, they're they're 98 00:04:51,480 --> 00:04:54,240 Speaker 3: basically five guys named Moe. And I'm not sure Moe 99 00:04:54,320 --> 00:04:57,120 Speaker 3: ain't the best one of them. And so to me, 100 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:00,360 Speaker 3: I think, you know, you look at what they have, 101 00:05:02,040 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 3: it's a whole entire offense that's limited by that. You 102 00:05:05,520 --> 00:05:09,080 Speaker 3: add the fact that you've got an offensive coordinator and 103 00:05:09,160 --> 00:05:13,080 Speaker 3: a head coach whose philosophy on both sides of the 104 00:05:13,120 --> 00:05:17,160 Speaker 3: ball both seem to be stuck in the nineteen seventies. 105 00:05:18,160 --> 00:05:19,160 Speaker 4: It makes for an. 106 00:05:19,080 --> 00:05:21,280 Speaker 3: Offense that really, I don't know if it's the kind 107 00:05:21,279 --> 00:05:24,080 Speaker 3: of offensive guy like DK Metcalf will ever thrive it. 108 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,120 Speaker 2: We're talking to Paul Zeiss of The Post Gazette here 109 00:05:27,120 --> 00:05:29,919 Speaker 2: on the Mark Madden Show. What about Tomlins saying that 110 00:05:29,960 --> 00:05:32,359 Speaker 2: if Slay's healthy, he goes right back in and starts 111 00:05:32,400 --> 00:05:34,280 Speaker 2: ahead of Pierre. That's insanity. 112 00:05:38,080 --> 00:05:41,560 Speaker 4: Well, I mean, can you explain why that is? 113 00:05:42,680 --> 00:05:47,280 Speaker 2: Well, Doug Wayley said on another radio program that is 114 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:50,520 Speaker 2: because you're paying Slay a lot, you have to justify 115 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,280 Speaker 2: that's nonsense. You got to play Payton Slay that whether 116 00:05:54,320 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 2: he plays or not, that's gone money. 117 00:05:56,440 --> 00:05:57,400 Speaker 1: Play your best guy. 118 00:05:58,839 --> 00:06:02,599 Speaker 3: Well again, I mean, I don't I put it this way. 119 00:06:02,640 --> 00:06:05,360 Speaker 3: I think any coach that's playing the guy just because 120 00:06:05,360 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 3: he makes the most money and not the best player 121 00:06:08,240 --> 00:06:10,120 Speaker 3: is probably not going to be a coach very long. 122 00:06:11,120 --> 00:06:14,000 Speaker 3: And to me, I'll tell you I have a theory 123 00:06:14,000 --> 00:06:21,240 Speaker 3: about it. Mark Mike Tomlin gets enamored with veteran guys 124 00:06:21,520 --> 00:06:25,839 Speaker 3: and name guys, and you know, it's almost like a collection. 125 00:06:25,920 --> 00:06:28,760 Speaker 3: I mean, it's almost like a collection of guys that 126 00:06:28,839 --> 00:06:32,479 Speaker 3: have big names or names you know, or you know 127 00:06:32,640 --> 00:06:36,520 Speaker 3: he knows has had success in the NFL. It's almost 128 00:06:36,600 --> 00:06:39,640 Speaker 3: like he doesn't look at what they've done lately. It's 129 00:06:39,680 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 3: almost like he, you know, he envisions these guys based 130 00:06:42,839 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 3: on what they were or what they have been in 131 00:06:44,920 --> 00:06:47,800 Speaker 3: the past, as opposed to what they actually are now. 132 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, I totally agree with that. I think it's a 133 00:06:51,640 --> 00:06:52,280 Speaker 1: terrible move. 134 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:55,080 Speaker 2: That said I'm glad he had the faith in Ramsey 135 00:06:55,480 --> 00:06:58,000 Speaker 2: to move him to safety because him and Dubler are 136 00:06:58,000 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 2: a pretty good combination back there, and I think in safety, 137 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,880 Speaker 2: when he's not being ejected, might be the number one 138 00:07:03,920 --> 00:07:05,400 Speaker 2: defensive catalyst right now. 139 00:07:07,000 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 3: I think you know It actually wrote about this, uh, 140 00:07:11,120 --> 00:07:12,160 Speaker 3: you know, earlier this week. 141 00:07:12,200 --> 00:07:12,840 Speaker 4: I thought one of. 142 00:07:12,760 --> 00:07:16,800 Speaker 3: The things about Ramsey moving him to safety is, you know, 143 00:07:17,240 --> 00:07:19,400 Speaker 3: the Steelers over the last five or six years have 144 00:07:19,480 --> 00:07:22,800 Speaker 3: had a lot of fake tough, fake tough, fake tough 145 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:25,520 Speaker 3: guy type stuff. Yep, right, but they've not been the 146 00:07:25,600 --> 00:07:28,400 Speaker 3: kind of defense that they were, you know when you know, 147 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,600 Speaker 3: you know, James Harrison and company were out there, even 148 00:07:31,680 --> 00:07:34,000 Speaker 3: you know, Ryan Clark had a nastiness to him. All 149 00:07:34,040 --> 00:07:37,720 Speaker 3: these guys, Jayalen Ramsey is the first time now and 150 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:40,800 Speaker 3: a few us he moved them to safety. That guy's 151 00:07:40,800 --> 00:07:43,960 Speaker 3: out there looking lower the boom. He's out there looking 152 00:07:44,000 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 3: to be a little bit feisty. He's out there actually 153 00:07:47,000 --> 00:07:48,960 Speaker 3: looking to be a little bit nasty and making the 154 00:07:49,000 --> 00:07:51,960 Speaker 3: other team think about, Okay, where's he at on this play? 155 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 3: You know, because I might get hit, I might get 156 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:56,560 Speaker 3: hit hard, and you know what, after he hits me, 157 00:07:56,640 --> 00:07:57,880 Speaker 3: he might talk to me about it. 158 00:07:58,160 --> 00:08:00,920 Speaker 4: So I actually like the edge that he brought to 159 00:08:00,960 --> 00:08:02,840 Speaker 4: the that he brings to the table at. 160 00:08:02,760 --> 00:08:05,080 Speaker 3: Safety because I don't think the Steelers have had that 161 00:08:05,240 --> 00:08:07,160 Speaker 3: edge for quite some time, and. 162 00:08:07,160 --> 00:08:10,120 Speaker 2: I think Dugger adds a little edge as well. What 163 00:08:10,200 --> 00:08:12,880 Speaker 2: did you make a spit gate? I thought the overreaction 164 00:08:13,040 --> 00:08:16,280 Speaker 2: was severe. I thought Ramsey was dumb to get thrown out. 165 00:08:16,560 --> 00:08:18,080 Speaker 2: I don't want to be spin on, but I want 166 00:08:18,080 --> 00:08:20,720 Speaker 2: to stay in the game too. It's alive and not 167 00:08:20,880 --> 00:08:21,720 Speaker 2: battery acid. 168 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:28,360 Speaker 3: Yeah, I mean, I honestly think that anybody trying to 169 00:08:28,600 --> 00:08:32,720 Speaker 3: justify Jayalen Ramsey getting ejected at a very critical point 170 00:08:33,120 --> 00:08:37,040 Speaker 3: in a very critical game, I mean that I don't 171 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 3: know what to tell you obviously. Basically, first of all, 172 00:08:41,520 --> 00:08:44,120 Speaker 3: why are you involved in that confrontation to begin with? 173 00:08:44,480 --> 00:08:46,559 Speaker 4: You didn't need to be anywhere near him to begin with. 174 00:08:46,559 --> 00:08:49,080 Speaker 3: For him to spit on you. Second of all, if 175 00:08:49,080 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 3: he dead spin on you, okay, walk away and guess what, 176 00:08:51,559 --> 00:08:52,760 Speaker 3: the NFL is gonna take. 177 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:55,280 Speaker 4: Care of it like they did. So you know, I 178 00:08:55,320 --> 00:08:57,120 Speaker 4: get it, you get heated and things. 179 00:08:56,920 --> 00:08:59,560 Speaker 3: Of the such, but you're way too important of a 180 00:08:59,600 --> 00:09:03,040 Speaker 3: player to get involved in something that's silly, where you 181 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:04,760 Speaker 3: put yourself in a position. 182 00:09:04,400 --> 00:09:05,439 Speaker 4: Where you make a player. 183 00:09:05,640 --> 00:09:07,640 Speaker 3: To me, I'm Sorry, that's a selfish thing to do 184 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,320 Speaker 3: to get injected there. At that point, it couldn't really 185 00:09:10,320 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 3: cost him. You gave him a first down, right, and 186 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,880 Speaker 3: you took your You're probably your best secondary guy is 187 00:09:15,960 --> 00:09:18,920 Speaker 3: now out of the game. I agree with you one 188 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:21,840 Speaker 3: hundred percent. You know what, Let the NFL handle it. 189 00:09:21,920 --> 00:09:24,000 Speaker 3: But more importantly, how about you stay out of the 190 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:27,440 Speaker 3: confrontation and and and and all the other nonsense after the. 191 00:09:27,440 --> 00:09:29,720 Speaker 4: Whistle and guess what you know in the position to 192 00:09:29,720 --> 00:09:30,360 Speaker 4: get spin off? 193 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:32,920 Speaker 2: Yeah, just win the game. I mean, wait till the 194 00:09:33,000 --> 00:09:36,200 Speaker 2: last series. Take his knee out something like that. Revenge 195 00:09:36,240 --> 00:09:39,960 Speaker 2: can be served cold as well. Before we wrap up, 196 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 2: Paul jeff Passing from ESPN said, the Pirates are going 197 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,280 Speaker 2: after Kyle Schwarbrok. Why don't just go after Babe Ruth? 198 00:09:46,880 --> 00:09:51,000 Speaker 2: I mean, like, why would he He's this big baseball 199 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,160 Speaker 2: media guy who has such credibility. Why would you report 200 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,120 Speaker 2: something that you know won't come to fruition? 201 00:09:58,600 --> 00:10:00,839 Speaker 3: Well, I mean, Mark, I I can imagine a guy 202 00:10:00,880 --> 00:10:02,720 Speaker 3: who had fifty six on runs is going to be 203 00:10:02,720 --> 00:10:06,120 Speaker 3: in the Pirates budget. I mean, come on, here, here's 204 00:10:06,120 --> 00:10:08,160 Speaker 3: the thing. As soon as I read that in non sets, 205 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:09,960 Speaker 3: I looked up. You can go you know a couple 206 00:10:09,960 --> 00:10:14,240 Speaker 3: of places where you can look up projected contracts. 207 00:10:13,600 --> 00:10:17,080 Speaker 4: For free agents, right, and his is. 208 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:21,080 Speaker 3: Something like five years, one hundred and sixty million dollars. Wow, 209 00:10:21,120 --> 00:10:25,840 Speaker 3: So yeah, something I was like five years, one hundred 210 00:10:25,880 --> 00:10:29,400 Speaker 3: and sixty. I think that's what they're projecting's gonna get. 211 00:10:29,840 --> 00:10:31,080 Speaker 3: I think, come on, man. 212 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:35,560 Speaker 4: And then the thing about it is, you know these guys. 213 00:10:35,120 --> 00:10:37,880 Speaker 3: That I don't know if they have, like, you know, 214 00:10:38,040 --> 00:10:42,800 Speaker 3: some desire to you know, get insider information. So they're 215 00:10:42,840 --> 00:10:46,000 Speaker 3: just going to be complete marks for whoever it is. 216 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 3: It's leaking this kind of stuff. But I have to 217 00:10:49,720 --> 00:10:53,679 Speaker 3: laugh at it. There's zero chance Kyle Schwarber. I mean 218 00:10:53,679 --> 00:10:55,600 Speaker 3: they're talking about him. The thing, they're. 219 00:10:55,360 --> 00:10:58,160 Speaker 4: Talking about shipping Mitch. 220 00:10:58,080 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 3: Keller away because he you know, they want to get 221 00:11:00,120 --> 00:11:03,360 Speaker 3: it's fourteen million dollars off the books. Okay, so you're 222 00:11:03,360 --> 00:11:05,600 Speaker 3: gonna get rid of a pitcher from fourteen million and 223 00:11:05,679 --> 00:11:07,360 Speaker 3: sign this guy for thirty Come on. 224 00:11:07,320 --> 00:11:10,440 Speaker 2: Man, Well and when when you know if any money 225 00:11:10,480 --> 00:11:13,760 Speaker 2: should be spent in feudal fashion because nobody wants to 226 00:11:13,800 --> 00:11:16,280 Speaker 2: play here, Paul, but at least try to keep skis, 227 00:11:16,280 --> 00:11:17,040 Speaker 2: which they can't do. 228 00:11:17,600 --> 00:11:18,840 Speaker 1: The whole thing's just a joke. 229 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:23,840 Speaker 2: My theory on why passing reporters because he's expected to 230 00:11:23,880 --> 00:11:25,959 Speaker 2: have some kind of content on every team once in 231 00:11:26,000 --> 00:11:29,040 Speaker 2: a while. This was easy pirate content. It don't have 232 00:11:29,160 --> 00:11:32,160 Speaker 2: to be true. And he's a yay baseball guy anyway. 233 00:11:32,360 --> 00:11:35,040 Speaker 2: A lot of baseball reporters are like that, not least locally, 234 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:37,880 Speaker 2: just yay baseball. 235 00:11:37,960 --> 00:11:41,480 Speaker 3: Right, No, absolutely, And the thing about skiings and you're 236 00:11:41,480 --> 00:11:44,320 Speaker 3: absolutely right if you think about it. Right, Let's say 237 00:11:44,320 --> 00:11:46,880 Speaker 3: he wins a cy Young again next year. Well, he's 238 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:47,920 Speaker 3: gonna be going into. 239 00:11:47,760 --> 00:11:50,200 Speaker 4: His arbitration year with two cy Youngs and a Rookie 240 00:11:50,240 --> 00:11:50,720 Speaker 4: of the Year. 241 00:11:51,200 --> 00:11:54,000 Speaker 3: I mean, he could probably ask for thirty five forty 242 00:11:54,040 --> 00:11:57,439 Speaker 3: million dollars if the Pirates are really gonna pay de 243 00:11:57,520 --> 00:12:01,120 Speaker 3: Schwarmer and not him, come on, I mean that they're 244 00:12:01,120 --> 00:12:02,840 Speaker 3: not going to pay him either, by the way, mark, 245 00:12:03,080 --> 00:12:04,200 Speaker 3: So he'll be gone too. 246 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:07,400 Speaker 2: Yeah, the minute he gets that arbitration award, he'll be 247 00:12:07,480 --> 00:12:12,000 Speaker 2: traded at the latest, at the latest by the trade deadline. 248 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:13,960 Speaker 1: Paul, great stuff. We'll do it again next week. 249 00:12:15,000 --> 00:12:16,720 Speaker 4: All right, thanks man, we'll talk your sue. 250 00:12:16,760 --> 00:12:19,680 Speaker 2: That's Paul's Ice, brought to us by eighty four lumber. 251 00:12:20,120 --> 00:12:22,040 Speaker 2: We got Tyler Kennedy at the bottom of the hour. 252 00:12:22,120 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 2: We're trying to do calls on the fifteens in the 253 00:12:24,400 --> 00:12:27,360 Speaker 2: three and four o'clock hour, but a lot last hour. 254 00:12:27,440 --> 00:12:29,480 Speaker 2: Get your calls in right now. What are you making 255 00:12:29,520 --> 00:12:31,959 Speaker 2: that Schwarber stuff? What do you make of the Connor 256 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:34,680 Speaker 2: Griffin thing him maybe making the team out of spring training? 257 00:12:35,480 --> 00:12:39,000 Speaker 2: It looks like Rogers may practice tomorrow. That pretty much 258 00:12:39,160 --> 00:12:42,240 Speaker 2: would wrap him up to start on Sunday unless there's 259 00:12:42,280 --> 00:12:46,040 Speaker 2: a setback. What do you make of the Bears running attack? 260 00:12:46,960 --> 00:12:49,240 Speaker 2: I mean, can the Steelers front seven stand up to it? 261 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,520 Speaker 1: I don't know. That's a bad matchup for the Steelers. 262 00:12:52,400 --> 00:12:54,080 Speaker 1: And since we've. 263 00:12:53,920 --> 00:12:56,640 Speaker 2: Got TK coming up, Penguins with a week off, they 264 00:12:56,679 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: play Friday against Minnesota. What's the state of the Penguins. 265 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:02,880 Speaker 2: It's better than I thought it would be, almost better 266 00:13:03,160 --> 00:13:06,240 Speaker 2: than I hoped it would be. My big worry is 267 00:13:07,240 --> 00:13:09,480 Speaker 2: they finished like ninth or tenth in the conference, don't 268 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,720 Speaker 2: make the playoffs, don't get a good pick either. 269 00:13:11,760 --> 00:13:14,280 Speaker 1: And to revisit, what are. 270 00:13:14,200 --> 00:13:18,400 Speaker 2: You making the camp Scatterbo thing with him participating in 271 00:13:18,400 --> 00:13:21,920 Speaker 2: physicality at the WW Show Monday night? When just a 272 00:13:21,920 --> 00:13:24,600 Speaker 2: few weeks ago, part of his leg was facing in 273 00:13:24,640 --> 00:13:28,959 Speaker 2: the wrong direction. It's risk without reward. You want to 274 00:13:29,000 --> 00:13:33,240 Speaker 2: have fun watch WW on TV, but don't risk aggravating 275 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:36,480 Speaker 2: what was already a severe injury. And the wrestling companies 276 00:13:36,480 --> 00:13:40,079 Speaker 2: don't care. I said that earlier. If when he got shoved, 277 00:13:40,440 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 2: scatter Bow would have fallen down and rebroken that leg 278 00:13:43,880 --> 00:13:46,360 Speaker 2: after all the work had been done on it, WW 279 00:13:47,040 --> 00:13:49,200 Speaker 2: would have reveled in that. They would have said, Okay, 280 00:13:49,840 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 2: that's bad for him, but it's another big headline for us. 281 00:13:53,280 --> 00:13:56,000 Speaker 1: So your thoughts on any or all of that. Dial 282 00:13:56,040 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 1: eight three three four one two WXDX. 283 00:14:00,080 --> 00:14:06,040 Speaker 5: Smart speakersas at no extra cost. We advance every litigation 284 00:14:06,120 --> 00:14:09,560 Speaker 5: expense and you pay nothing unless we win, so you 285 00:14:09,559 --> 00:14:12,000 Speaker 5: can focus on healing. 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Okay, it's calls 293 00:14:34,040 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 2: on the fifteen. 294 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: You can call in and win. 295 00:14:35,880 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 2: Right now, call in and win eight three three four 296 00:14:38,800 --> 00:14:40,000 Speaker 2: one two w xdx. 297 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:41,920 Speaker 1: Let's go out of our good friend. 298 00:14:42,960 --> 00:14:48,000 Speaker 2: He is the Hebrew hammer hammer yaq shamash yuk shamash. 299 00:14:48,040 --> 00:14:48,520 Speaker 4: Did I win? 300 00:14:49,200 --> 00:14:49,320 Speaker 2: Uh? 301 00:14:49,400 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 3: No? 302 00:14:49,640 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: Next caller? 303 00:14:52,040 --> 00:14:53,000 Speaker 6: Hey, real quick? 304 00:14:53,320 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 7: Do you think the Steelers are scared to play Rudeolph? 305 00:14:56,800 --> 00:14:59,200 Speaker 7: And if he blows up and has a good game, 306 00:14:59,560 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 7: then the they sort of do. 307 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:01,880 Speaker 6: Have a controversy. 308 00:15:02,600 --> 00:15:04,800 Speaker 1: No, I don't think that's it, because. 309 00:15:06,320 --> 00:15:09,320 Speaker 2: I think they were disappointed in twenty twenty three when 310 00:15:10,000 --> 00:15:13,640 Speaker 2: Rudolph played so well and it really severed the relationship 311 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:16,400 Speaker 2: with Kenny Pickett because they had to keep Rudolph in there. 312 00:15:16,840 --> 00:15:20,000 Speaker 2: But I think right now, even if Rudolph played just incredibly, 313 00:15:20,600 --> 00:15:24,120 Speaker 2: nobody would think they shouldn't go back to Aaron Rodgers. 314 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:27,200 Speaker 7: Well, I think those people are wrong because it just 315 00:15:27,240 --> 00:15:29,120 Speaker 7: doesn't make sense that a forty two year old is 316 00:15:29,120 --> 00:15:31,960 Speaker 7: better than a thirty year old on any level, on 317 00:15:32,320 --> 00:15:35,160 Speaker 7: any level of Al Rodgers his greatness in his career, 318 00:15:35,480 --> 00:15:38,240 Speaker 7: he's forty two and the other guy's thirty ones at 319 00:15:38,240 --> 00:15:40,720 Speaker 7: his peak, the other one he should be playing like 320 00:15:40,760 --> 00:15:41,560 Speaker 7: a shuffle board. 321 00:15:42,080 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 2: Well, I mean you're being a bit too strong. But 322 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 2: you're not wrong either. I would suggest that Rudolfi arm 323 00:15:49,360 --> 00:15:53,160 Speaker 2: is better, very good. Rudolph's arm's better right now. Maybe 324 00:15:53,160 --> 00:15:55,680 Speaker 2: his tools are sharper, But in the game like this, 325 00:15:55,960 --> 00:15:58,440 Speaker 2: I can talk myself into starting Rogers even with the 326 00:15:58,480 --> 00:16:01,960 Speaker 2: broken wrist, because he protects the ball and they're playing 327 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:08,880 Speaker 2: a team that relies on takeaways. Yeah, I mean, forgive 328 00:16:08,880 --> 00:16:11,840 Speaker 2: the interruption, just say that I'm full of crap. I mean, 329 00:16:11,840 --> 00:16:14,680 Speaker 2: that is such a chicken scratch reason to play somebody 330 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:15,840 Speaker 2: because they protect the ball. 331 00:16:17,400 --> 00:16:19,000 Speaker 7: Well, I was just gonna ask you if you live 332 00:16:19,040 --> 00:16:19,760 Speaker 7: in your fears. 333 00:16:19,920 --> 00:16:20,800 Speaker 6: I mean to be honest. 334 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 7: I mean that was the next question. So do you 335 00:16:23,360 --> 00:16:24,560 Speaker 7: live in your fears. 336 00:16:24,760 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 2: More than you'll ever know? That's your cue. Let's go 337 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:31,280 Speaker 2: to Justin. 338 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:37,440 Speaker 1: Justin. You're on with with Mark Justin. You're on the air. 339 00:16:39,760 --> 00:16:41,840 Speaker 1: Hey we lost, Justin. Let's go to Nathan. Nathan. You're 340 00:16:41,840 --> 00:16:47,560 Speaker 1: on the air. Nathan, you're on What's up? 341 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:48,000 Speaker 4: What's up? 342 00:16:49,160 --> 00:16:49,360 Speaker 3: Hey? 343 00:16:50,160 --> 00:16:52,040 Speaker 8: I was calling. I thought I was winning something. 344 00:16:52,400 --> 00:16:55,600 Speaker 2: No, No, next caller, next caller, try again. Let's go 345 00:16:55,640 --> 00:17:01,960 Speaker 2: to Wendy. Wendy, you're on with Double M. Hi, Hi, Wendy, 346 00:17:01,960 --> 00:17:02,760 Speaker 2: what do you want? 347 00:17:05,040 --> 00:17:06,800 Speaker 9: I was just calling. I was just wondering, do you 348 00:17:06,800 --> 00:17:12,160 Speaker 9: think that's the people in the upper echelon of the 349 00:17:12,200 --> 00:17:15,040 Speaker 9: Steelers organization? Did they ever listen to this show and 350 00:17:15,119 --> 00:17:15,920 Speaker 9: take your advice? 351 00:17:17,040 --> 00:17:18,399 Speaker 1: They should? Don't you agree? 352 00:17:19,680 --> 00:17:22,040 Speaker 9: I agree? 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Penguins finally get back in action Friday 389 00:19:13,119 --> 00:19:15,280 Speaker 2: night at home against Minnesota, joining me now to talk 390 00:19:15,280 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 2: about it. He won the Cup with the Penguins in 391 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:21,320 Speaker 2: two thousand and nine. It's Tyler Kennedy DK. What's your take? 392 00:19:21,359 --> 00:19:26,000 Speaker 2: On that win Sunday for zero over Nashville at Stockholm, 393 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:29,119 Speaker 2: it seemed like a reset, really solid sixty minutes. 394 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,320 Speaker 6: Yeah, I thoroughly enjoyed it. I thought there's a little 395 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:37,639 Speaker 6: bit of anticipation of how the team was going to 396 00:19:37,720 --> 00:19:41,280 Speaker 6: respond after a couple so so games and then going 397 00:19:41,320 --> 00:19:43,920 Speaker 6: there and losing an ot to a team that they 398 00:19:43,920 --> 00:19:48,040 Speaker 6: should beat. And the response I saw was great. They're 399 00:19:48,040 --> 00:19:51,280 Speaker 6: moving the puck, they're making the right plays, and they 400 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,080 Speaker 6: played so well in their defensive end, their clear pocks, 401 00:19:54,119 --> 00:19:57,720 Speaker 6: first touches, and Miershoff played really well too. Again. Got 402 00:19:57,720 --> 00:20:00,280 Speaker 6: to give him props for his first shot out shut 403 00:20:00,359 --> 00:20:02,280 Speaker 6: out of the year, first. 404 00:20:02,080 --> 00:20:04,639 Speaker 2: Shut out of his career. Yeah, although only twenty one saves, 405 00:20:04,640 --> 00:20:06,520 Speaker 2: didn't have to do a ton. Not to take anything 406 00:20:06,840 --> 00:20:10,760 Speaker 2: away from him, and in that vain tk Jari is practicing. 407 00:20:11,640 --> 00:20:14,080 Speaker 1: Would you send more shot back to Wilkes? What would 408 00:20:14,080 --> 00:20:15,520 Speaker 1: you do about their goalie situation? 409 00:20:18,280 --> 00:20:20,480 Speaker 6: Well, I would keep him up here. I need to 410 00:20:20,520 --> 00:20:23,520 Speaker 6: see more of them, I really do. I think I 411 00:20:23,560 --> 00:20:26,639 Speaker 6: don't know how you do this, but I would probably 412 00:20:26,640 --> 00:20:30,399 Speaker 6: say trying to get Chari's take his time and get 413 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:34,240 Speaker 6: miroshof in as many games as I possibly can, Like 414 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,119 Speaker 6: I would not be shy to play him back to 415 00:20:37,240 --> 00:20:41,720 Speaker 6: back and play his wheels off to get a real 416 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:44,760 Speaker 6: good read on him, and then I would make a 417 00:20:44,840 --> 00:20:47,440 Speaker 6: decision because those next couple of games are going to 418 00:20:47,480 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 6: really depend on his future. Is he ready to make 419 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:55,040 Speaker 6: the big step and be the guy the future and 420 00:20:55,119 --> 00:20:57,560 Speaker 6: take that step and be the guy in Pittsburgh or 421 00:20:57,640 --> 00:21:00,720 Speaker 6: is he not ready yet? So I need to see 422 00:21:00,760 --> 00:21:01,440 Speaker 6: more of a mark. 423 00:21:01,920 --> 00:21:03,240 Speaker 1: Certainly, he's immediate future. 424 00:21:03,240 --> 00:21:05,199 Speaker 2: I think you know, it's inevitable he's going to be 425 00:21:05,200 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 2: the guy here, But whether it's now, you're right, I 426 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 2: think that that would go a long way in determining 427 00:21:10,600 --> 00:21:14,119 Speaker 2: why is Sid scoring more TK twelve goals? Because he 428 00:21:14,240 --> 00:21:17,440 Speaker 2: goes through stretches sometimes entire years where he's a lot 429 00:21:17,480 --> 00:21:20,520 Speaker 2: more playmaker than shooter, but he's taken more into his 430 00:21:20,560 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 2: own hands. 431 00:21:21,080 --> 00:21:21,840 Speaker 1: Why do you think that. 432 00:21:21,840 --> 00:21:27,760 Speaker 6: Is He's like a chameleon man, Like he can adapt, 433 00:21:28,280 --> 00:21:32,000 Speaker 6: he knows what the team needs, and he can read 434 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:34,399 Speaker 6: his teammates, you know, like he knows he needs to 435 00:21:34,440 --> 00:21:35,960 Speaker 6: be a little bit more of a shooter this year 436 00:21:36,000 --> 00:21:39,679 Speaker 6: because they don't. Their team's not loaded up on goal scorers, 437 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:43,760 Speaker 6: so he needs to shoot more I think he's learning. 438 00:21:45,200 --> 00:21:49,520 Speaker 6: It just seems like his confidence is getting stronger the 439 00:21:49,560 --> 00:21:53,480 Speaker 6: more goals he's getting. Like it's weird. But when Sidney Crosby, 440 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:57,200 Speaker 6: when he grows his mustache, I don't think anyone else 441 00:21:58,119 --> 00:22:00,879 Speaker 6: is so good, Like I oh, Sin is gonna have 442 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:04,840 Speaker 6: an unbelievable November because of the mustache. And then he 443 00:22:04,920 --> 00:22:07,280 Speaker 6: kind of runs with it all year. But I swear 444 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:11,520 Speaker 6: when I see him start, you know, keeping that little duster, 445 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,720 Speaker 6: it just seems to light that stick on fire. And again, 446 00:22:15,800 --> 00:22:19,280 Speaker 6: a guy that he's just getting better. He's he's getting 447 00:22:19,359 --> 00:22:22,080 Speaker 6: better at all the little things every year. Is it 448 00:22:22,160 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 6: tipping pucks, is getting his shot off? Is it bringing 449 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 6: the puck? It's all those little things. There's no one 450 00:22:27,240 --> 00:22:34,119 Speaker 6: better in the NHL at details and including scoring than 451 00:22:34,200 --> 00:22:37,880 Speaker 6: Sydney Crosby. Again, he's always willing to learn and get 452 00:22:37,920 --> 00:22:40,920 Speaker 6: better at his craft, and that's what makes him more 453 00:22:40,920 --> 00:22:44,040 Speaker 6: of a goalscorer, more of you know, the two hundred 454 00:22:44,040 --> 00:22:47,080 Speaker 6: foot player that the guy is just like it's crazy, 455 00:22:47,080 --> 00:22:50,520 Speaker 6: but he's like almost like unstoppable at his age. 456 00:22:50,640 --> 00:22:52,760 Speaker 2: You're right about all that, But that mustache makes him 457 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:55,240 Speaker 2: look like the evening cook at a Mexican restaurant. 458 00:22:57,280 --> 00:23:00,680 Speaker 1: He dad, for God's sake. 459 00:23:01,280 --> 00:23:04,440 Speaker 6: Oh, it looks like, uh, you know, you can see 460 00:23:04,480 --> 00:23:06,760 Speaker 6: Sid and his dad, you know, and now his dad's 461 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:09,159 Speaker 6: got a mustache. I was I was laughing. I was 462 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,080 Speaker 6: gonna send Sid a pitcher of his dad with a 463 00:23:11,160 --> 00:23:14,000 Speaker 6: mustache and being like, you know, must be a fun 464 00:23:14,040 --> 00:23:15,160 Speaker 6: month for everyone, you know. 465 00:23:15,720 --> 00:23:19,920 Speaker 2: Now with Raquel, nobody's really messed with Sid, and Rust 466 00:23:20,080 --> 00:23:21,880 Speaker 2: is the third guy on that line not so far, 467 00:23:22,160 --> 00:23:24,800 Speaker 2: who seems like the best bet TK they got door. 468 00:23:24,600 --> 00:23:31,119 Speaker 6: There right now, well right now, I just feel like 469 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,120 Speaker 6: you're kind of patching it up and trying to make 470 00:23:33,160 --> 00:23:38,040 Speaker 6: whatever works until he gets back. And I still would 471 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:41,280 Speaker 6: like to see Kendall back up there and see if 472 00:23:41,359 --> 00:23:45,080 Speaker 6: more time and more being more comfortable with Sid and 473 00:23:45,160 --> 00:23:45,919 Speaker 6: playing off him. 474 00:23:47,080 --> 00:23:49,000 Speaker 2: I like him at center, TK. I think he's a 475 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:50,159 Speaker 2: much better center, don't you. 476 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,280 Speaker 6: I do think that. I think he's slotted in and 477 00:23:54,320 --> 00:23:57,640 Speaker 6: he plays against better opponents on the third line. Again, 478 00:23:57,920 --> 00:24:00,640 Speaker 6: when you play against the third line, it's a lot 479 00:24:00,680 --> 00:24:03,480 Speaker 6: easier than playing against the top line in a certain way. 480 00:24:03,960 --> 00:24:09,320 Speaker 6: But when you have a young guy that can learn 481 00:24:09,440 --> 00:24:13,880 Speaker 6: how fast the game is and talk to Sidney Crosby 482 00:24:14,359 --> 00:24:17,960 Speaker 6: in between shifts and see what his mindset is. That's 483 00:24:18,000 --> 00:24:21,600 Speaker 6: hard to beat and does it come right away? Maybe 484 00:24:21,600 --> 00:24:24,919 Speaker 6: it doesn't, But I still like to give him a 485 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,720 Speaker 6: little bit more chance because you know where he's going 486 00:24:27,800 --> 00:24:29,880 Speaker 6: to go in the future. You know, in a couple 487 00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:32,760 Speaker 6: of games, hopefully he's going to be back to that 488 00:24:32,840 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 6: third line. But the more time I see him with Sid, 489 00:24:36,000 --> 00:24:37,280 Speaker 6: I think he gets better. 490 00:24:38,400 --> 00:24:40,479 Speaker 1: Well, right now it's Thue or and Kindle's back at 491 00:24:40,520 --> 00:24:41,520 Speaker 1: center on that third line. 492 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:44,920 Speaker 2: And that brings up the question when you guys won 493 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 2: the Cup and H nine, not that this team has 494 00:24:47,080 --> 00:24:50,560 Speaker 2: that potential, but back then, you oddly didn't have a 495 00:24:50,600 --> 00:24:53,720 Speaker 2: ton of legit top six wings, did you. The coaches 496 00:24:53,720 --> 00:24:56,520 Speaker 2: were always looking for the right combinations for sidon Geno. 497 00:24:58,880 --> 00:25:02,719 Speaker 6: Yeah, it's crazy because like we were, they were kind 498 00:25:02,760 --> 00:25:05,879 Speaker 6: of rotating right, like Satan was in the lineup, like 499 00:25:06,000 --> 00:25:09,399 Speaker 6: we had, and we had Max Talbot, who was a 500 00:25:09,440 --> 00:25:12,800 Speaker 6: fourth liner all year, playing with a Genny Milkin in 501 00:25:12,840 --> 00:25:15,919 Speaker 6: the playoffs like that is pretty crazy to put him 502 00:25:16,000 --> 00:25:20,840 Speaker 6: up there. But those two guys, they're not easy to 503 00:25:20,920 --> 00:25:23,000 Speaker 6: play with, and when you can find a guy that 504 00:25:23,000 --> 00:25:26,160 Speaker 6: can play off them, it's it's very special. And when 505 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:28,800 Speaker 6: I think of that Oh nineteen and maybe maybe not 506 00:25:28,840 --> 00:25:31,639 Speaker 6: the O nineteen, but when you think of Pascal du Tweet, 507 00:25:32,400 --> 00:25:35,280 Speaker 6: I give this guy so much credit because he went 508 00:25:35,320 --> 00:25:38,600 Speaker 6: from like a third fourth line guy to be in 509 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:43,840 Speaker 6: Sid's winger and and really helping Sid, and obviously Sid 510 00:25:43,840 --> 00:25:47,600 Speaker 6: helping duper a ton, but he learned how to play 511 00:25:47,640 --> 00:25:50,680 Speaker 6: off them. And that's not easy because those guys they 512 00:25:50,720 --> 00:25:52,880 Speaker 6: want the puck and they want you to get away 513 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,280 Speaker 6: from them. And when you think of the Penguins, now 514 00:25:55,560 --> 00:26:00,359 Speaker 6: that Brazoh is so good at coming across the blue line, 515 00:26:00,480 --> 00:26:03,040 Speaker 6: he looks for Melkin and then he goes to the net, 516 00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:06,040 Speaker 6: or he's so good at dishing the puck and understanding 517 00:26:06,040 --> 00:26:08,439 Speaker 6: and letting them kind of do all the the really 518 00:26:08,480 --> 00:26:11,399 Speaker 6: heavy lifting that they like to do and looking for 519 00:26:11,440 --> 00:26:14,320 Speaker 6: those little spaces going to the net. So it's it's 520 00:26:14,359 --> 00:26:17,520 Speaker 6: not easy. But when we won, guys filled in guys 521 00:26:17,640 --> 00:26:20,920 Speaker 6: learned how to do that. So it's it's a it's 522 00:26:20,960 --> 00:26:24,160 Speaker 6: an art to play with good players in that. 523 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:27,679 Speaker 2: Main TK Why didn't Gino is messing so well with 524 00:26:27,760 --> 00:26:30,360 Speaker 2: big wingers. You got Hayes there now with Brazo out, 525 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,199 Speaker 2: those guys aren't necessarily that skilled on Gino's wings, but 526 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:37,240 Speaker 2: I think it's brought a new dynamic in number seventy one. 527 00:26:38,960 --> 00:26:41,880 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think those guys the big The biggest thing 528 00:26:41,960 --> 00:26:44,119 Speaker 6: is usually when you get a big, hunky guys that 529 00:26:44,160 --> 00:26:48,440 Speaker 6: are over, you know, six months, usually that they're their 530 00:26:48,520 --> 00:26:51,920 Speaker 6: IQ is a little bit higher than small, speedy guys 531 00:26:51,960 --> 00:26:54,920 Speaker 6: because it has to because they can't get to those areas. 532 00:26:55,040 --> 00:26:58,000 Speaker 6: They can't get in certain spots fast enough, so they 533 00:26:58,040 --> 00:27:00,800 Speaker 6: got to think the game a little bit ahead of 534 00:27:00,880 --> 00:27:03,520 Speaker 6: others and where the puck's going or how to distribute 535 00:27:03,560 --> 00:27:06,119 Speaker 6: the pucks. And you think of those two guys, manthis 536 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:09,960 Speaker 6: he's always been a guy that has a hockey high Q. 537 00:27:10,880 --> 00:27:14,679 Speaker 6: It's always been a guy that thinks the game at 538 00:27:14,680 --> 00:27:17,000 Speaker 6: a high level and that can play in the top six. 539 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,320 Speaker 6: And it has nothing to do with his speak. And 540 00:27:19,359 --> 00:27:21,560 Speaker 6: when you think of that, and then we think of Brazo, 541 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,240 Speaker 6: another big guy that's got a real good set of 542 00:27:24,359 --> 00:27:27,119 Speaker 6: hands around the net, but is definitely not gonna be 543 00:27:27,200 --> 00:27:30,040 Speaker 6: a wide you know. And with Gino, what he's really 544 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:33,920 Speaker 6: learning now, I find more than ever, is how to 545 00:27:33,960 --> 00:27:37,359 Speaker 6: distribute the puck. Also instead of hey, I'm gonna grab 546 00:27:37,400 --> 00:27:40,320 Speaker 6: the puck and I'm gonna dangle four guys and if 547 00:27:40,320 --> 00:27:42,919 Speaker 6: I lose a puck, that's okay, but I'm gonna try it. Anyways. 548 00:27:43,160 --> 00:27:45,879 Speaker 6: He's distributed the puck, he's getting rid of the pucket. 549 00:27:45,920 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 6: He's trusting his line mates a lot more than I've 550 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:49,640 Speaker 6: ever seen him. 551 00:27:50,160 --> 00:27:53,040 Speaker 2: Why is Eric Carlson playing so well this year? And 552 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:56,120 Speaker 2: what role does Watherspoon have his partner who's a stay 553 00:27:56,119 --> 00:27:56,680 Speaker 2: at home guy? 554 00:27:59,560 --> 00:28:04,720 Speaker 6: Well, I think the big What an interesting question there, 555 00:28:04,840 --> 00:28:09,480 Speaker 6: because when you hear Eric Carlson talk about Mike Sullivan, 556 00:28:10,240 --> 00:28:12,800 Speaker 6: I don't. I think they butted heads a lot more 557 00:28:12,880 --> 00:28:17,000 Speaker 6: than I think everyone realized. And what I've been hearing 558 00:28:17,080 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 6: mark from people is this guy, this muse is so 559 00:28:23,480 --> 00:28:29,919 Speaker 6: good at the developing and teaching these players the simple 560 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:31,959 Speaker 6: things of like why they need to do it and 561 00:28:32,000 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 6: why they're doing it, and understanding their strength and their weaknesses. 562 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:40,400 Speaker 6: It's like completely different attitude in that drist room every 563 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:45,440 Speaker 6: day from what I'm hearing and when you got it 564 00:28:45,480 --> 00:28:49,080 Speaker 6: has nothing to do with Carlson's skill level. It was 565 00:28:49,120 --> 00:28:53,160 Speaker 6: more about raining him in and making sure his model 566 00:28:53,160 --> 00:28:56,000 Speaker 6: of play fits into the game plan and mused at 567 00:28:56,080 --> 00:28:59,440 Speaker 6: an unbelievable job at getting him to buy in and 568 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:02,400 Speaker 6: getting him to understand what he needs to do to 569 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 6: be successful. And that's again the power play, carrying the 570 00:29:06,400 --> 00:29:09,760 Speaker 6: pock across, keeping that simple play, actually getting rid of 571 00:29:09,760 --> 00:29:13,360 Speaker 6: the puck and not forcing plays breaking out of his zone. 572 00:29:14,240 --> 00:29:18,280 Speaker 6: Witherspoon again, a guy that I love. I think he's 573 00:29:18,280 --> 00:29:22,680 Speaker 6: been a great pickup. He's simple, questions hard, He's like 574 00:29:23,000 --> 00:29:25,720 Speaker 6: he's got that sand paper. And when you have when 575 00:29:25,720 --> 00:29:27,240 Speaker 6: you play with a guy that keeps it simple and 576 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:30,360 Speaker 6: adds that sandpaper what to do, it creates room for 577 00:29:30,480 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 6: that skill guy to wheel and deal, and that's what 578 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:35,239 Speaker 6: Carlson does. So they've been a great fit. But it 579 00:29:35,240 --> 00:29:40,720 Speaker 6: comes down to coach finding that chemistry between two guys 580 00:29:41,040 --> 00:29:43,000 Speaker 6: that you really didn't think they'd ever played together. 581 00:29:43,600 --> 00:29:46,120 Speaker 2: Who's the best team in the Eastern Conference right now? 582 00:29:46,240 --> 00:29:49,080 Speaker 2: It looks so wide open, especially in the Metro Division 583 00:29:49,120 --> 00:29:51,520 Speaker 2: now with Jack Hughes out for a couple months for 584 00:29:51,600 --> 00:29:53,480 Speaker 2: New Jersey. 585 00:29:55,560 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 6: You know, everyone says Carolina, I just I never really 586 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,240 Speaker 6: believe in Carolina because I never. 587 00:30:01,320 --> 00:30:03,600 Speaker 2: You're like me, I don't trust him for a minute. 588 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:07,440 Speaker 2: They play that simple style that that nobody can cannot 589 00:30:07,480 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 2: decipher in the playoffs. 590 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:13,480 Speaker 6: Right, and they don't have the muscle. You know. They 591 00:30:13,520 --> 00:30:17,080 Speaker 6: have an unbelievable regular season team where they play hard, 592 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:22,840 Speaker 6: but when you go against a team like Florida that okay, 593 00:30:22,920 --> 00:30:24,640 Speaker 6: if we're not going to be a skill, we're gonna 594 00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:27,000 Speaker 6: rough it up and you better have the guys Like 595 00:30:27,080 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 6: remember when Marshawn grabbed ahole or whatever or he was 596 00:30:31,080 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 6: running around that. I think that throws off Carolina. They 597 00:30:36,600 --> 00:30:39,240 Speaker 6: don't know how to handle that their top six, don't, 598 00:30:39,640 --> 00:30:44,000 Speaker 6: you know. So they they're definitely good regular season, but 599 00:30:44,080 --> 00:30:46,560 Speaker 6: not a team that I think would make the playoffs 600 00:30:47,160 --> 00:30:49,920 Speaker 6: or it wouldn't make a real deep run into the 601 00:30:49,960 --> 00:30:50,640 Speaker 6: Stanley Cup. 602 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,040 Speaker 2: Well, they got to the Eastern Conference final last year, 603 00:30:53,040 --> 00:30:55,840 Speaker 2: but you're right as far as winning the Cup, I don't. 604 00:30:55,640 --> 00:30:56,480 Speaker 1: Take them seriously. 605 00:30:56,760 --> 00:30:59,600 Speaker 2: I think anybody could beat him. 606 00:31:00,520 --> 00:31:03,920 Speaker 6: New Jersey Devils for some reason, they keep getting in 607 00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:08,280 Speaker 6: their own way either their top guy is always getting 608 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 6: hurt and it's like insane how this is happening. So, 609 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:14,360 Speaker 6: Mike call I don't got too much confidence there with 610 00:31:14,400 --> 00:31:16,680 Speaker 6: that team. I think they're young, but I think they're 611 00:31:16,960 --> 00:31:20,040 Speaker 6: two to three years of being a team. You really 612 00:31:20,080 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 6: have to look at again, they're very good, but they 613 00:31:22,840 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 6: don't have it. It's it's wide open. I'm very it's 614 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,960 Speaker 6: either Florida or Tampa. I think Tampa's got that veteran 615 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 6: team that could turn heads and figure it out and 616 00:31:33,760 --> 00:31:35,920 Speaker 6: pick up a couple of guys at the deadline. But 617 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:41,120 Speaker 6: like you said, Mark, there's no clear team that the 618 00:31:41,200 --> 00:31:43,840 Speaker 6: team to beat and the team that everyone thinks are 619 00:31:43,840 --> 00:31:45,440 Speaker 6: going to the Stanley Cup finals. 620 00:31:45,880 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 2: Tm K great stuff as always. We appreciate the input. 621 00:31:48,560 --> 00:31:50,360 Speaker 2: Good work on TV as well, and we'll talk to 622 00:31:50,400 --> 00:31:50,720 Speaker 2: you soon. 623 00:31:51,800 --> 00:31:53,080 Speaker 6: All right, thanks for having me Mark. 624 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:55,320 Speaker 1: That's todmer Kennedy. Always great stuff from him. 625 00:31:55,320 --> 00:31:58,200 Speaker 2: The Stanley Cup champick of nine, and that's true what 626 00:31:58,240 --> 00:32:00,560 Speaker 2: we were talking about. They had g you know, in 627 00:32:00,640 --> 00:32:03,040 Speaker 2: the top six, they had feder Tenco only had sixteen 628 00:32:03,080 --> 00:32:07,400 Speaker 2: goals in the top six. Shitan Sakora, but they got 629 00:32:07,440 --> 00:32:08,520 Speaker 2: Garren at the deadline. 630 00:32:08,560 --> 00:32:09,280 Speaker 1: That was big. 631 00:32:09,720 --> 00:32:12,560 Speaker 2: Billy g going to be in town. Oh in kunits 632 00:32:12,560 --> 00:32:15,040 Speaker 2: too well. They were pretty good by the playoffs with 633 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:17,800 Speaker 2: that top six with them two, but yeah, Billy G 634 00:32:17,920 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 2: in town on Friday as GM of the Minnesota Wild. 635 00:32:22,760 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 2: It's time to ask Mark anything brought to by People's 636 00:32:25,680 --> 00:32:29,680 Speaker 2: Natural Gas, People's Hyphengas dot Com dial eight three three 637 00:32:29,720 --> 00:32:32,880 Speaker 2: four one two WXDX, col now and ask Mark Anything 638 00:32:33,240 --> 00:32:36,920 Speaker 2: eight three three four one two w xdx, or leave 639 00:32:36,960 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 2: a talkback via the uh microphone icon on the iHeartMedia 640 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:43,280 Speaker 2: app one oh five nine. 641 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:47,240 Speaker 11: It's time to submit your questions for Ask Mark Anything. 642 00:32:47,800 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 11: Use your free iHeartRadio app and sap the microphone icon 643 00:32:51,280 --> 00:32:54,280 Speaker 11: to send your questions to the super genius instantly. 644 00:32:56,680 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 10: It's the Woody Show Tomorrow morning from six till ten. 645 00:33:00,640 --> 00:33:04,720 Speaker 1: You got a day Wednesday Man one night, Mark Madden 646 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:06,920 Speaker 1: shows brought to you by by Light. Probably served a 647 00:33:07,000 --> 00:33:10,000 Speaker 1: Blinky's in Green Tree. Stopping Blinky's and enjoy three fifty 648 00:33:10,040 --> 00:33:12,520 Speaker 1: bed light twenty. You're talking to the super. 649 00:33:12,200 --> 00:33:15,000 Speaker 12: Genius Onion ring. 650 00:33:15,160 --> 00:33:27,000 Speaker 1: Woo the ex Steelers fans. I'm afraid I've got some 651 00:33:27,160 --> 00:33:28,080 Speaker 1: bad news. 652 00:33:29,840 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 2: Darius Slay was a full participant in practice today. 653 00:33:33,400 --> 00:33:36,480 Speaker 1: You know what that means back on the corner. You 654 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:41,280 Speaker 1: know what that means, fried all day long. 655 00:33:41,760 --> 00:33:44,680 Speaker 2: It's like a gift to Caleb Williams when the Steelers 656 00:33:44,760 --> 00:33:47,520 Speaker 2: visits Chicago on the Sunday. 657 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: Also, here's a note from Cleveland. I find them using. 658 00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:56,800 Speaker 2: Kevin Stefanski said that all season he spent extra time 659 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:00,600 Speaker 2: with Shador in the morning reviewing tape of the previous 660 00:34:00,880 --> 00:34:04,200 Speaker 2: So see Josina Anderson. Not all white people are bad. 661 00:34:06,400 --> 00:34:09,640 Speaker 2: Now it's time to ask Mark anything. Brought list by 662 00:34:09,680 --> 00:34:12,600 Speaker 2: People's Natural Gas People and the Sense of Utilities Company 663 00:34:13,080 --> 00:34:17,080 Speaker 2: Safe Reliable Natural Gas Energy People's hyphengas dot Com. 664 00:34:17,400 --> 00:34:18,279 Speaker 1: Get your calls in now. 665 00:34:18,280 --> 00:34:20,120 Speaker 2: We got a bunch of talkbacks, but I like the 666 00:34:20,239 --> 00:34:23,759 Speaker 2: live calls better. That's one thing I don't like about 667 00:34:23,800 --> 00:34:27,440 Speaker 2: the talkbacks. We use them to plug the app. But 668 00:34:27,480 --> 00:34:29,640 Speaker 2: the live calls are better because they give you, the 669 00:34:29,680 --> 00:34:33,640 Speaker 2: little person, a chance to interact with me, your hero. 670 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 2: So pick up the phone now and dow eight three 671 00:34:36,600 --> 00:34:41,520 Speaker 2: to three four one two wxdx. Tom took the plunge. 672 00:34:41,800 --> 00:34:44,120 Speaker 2: Tom is a lucky man. Tom, go ahead and ask 673 00:34:44,200 --> 00:34:44,840 Speaker 2: Mark anything. 674 00:34:46,560 --> 00:34:50,279 Speaker 6: Hey, Mark, how are you terrific? Hey? 675 00:34:50,320 --> 00:34:50,640 Speaker 4: Listen. 676 00:34:50,680 --> 00:34:54,040 Speaker 13: We're Penguins fans for about the same length of time. 677 00:34:54,080 --> 00:34:54,680 Speaker 6: In fact, my. 678 00:34:54,600 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 13: First game was watching Michelle Brere play against the Saint 679 00:34:58,040 --> 00:35:03,080 Speaker 13: Louis Blues. But you don't remember a fan from the seventies. 680 00:35:03,160 --> 00:35:05,359 Speaker 13: I think his name was Ace, and he would run 681 00:35:05,440 --> 00:35:08,760 Speaker 13: up and down the aisles, blowing a big like blue 682 00:35:08,840 --> 00:35:09,960 Speaker 13: or red. 683 00:35:09,440 --> 00:35:11,200 Speaker 1: He had a Volvazela. 684 00:35:11,320 --> 00:35:14,319 Speaker 2: He had one of those plastic horns like we're popularized 685 00:35:14,320 --> 00:35:17,080 Speaker 2: a couple World Cups ago. He was a pioneer in 686 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,799 Speaker 2: that regard. He wouldn't so much run up and down 687 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 2: the steps, but he would like kind of stand and 688 00:35:22,080 --> 00:35:24,919 Speaker 2: blow the horn and posture and make himself noticed. 689 00:35:24,920 --> 00:35:27,520 Speaker 1: They're running up and down the steps. I don't remember. 690 00:35:27,800 --> 00:35:30,600 Speaker 2: There was a guy called Harry the Whale Dancing Harry, 691 00:35:31,440 --> 00:35:33,600 Speaker 2: and he was in the balcony and when they would 692 00:35:33,600 --> 00:35:35,960 Speaker 2: play the theme from the Gong Show, he would get 693 00:35:36,040 --> 00:35:38,560 Speaker 2: up and do the same dance that Jean Jean the 694 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:41,399 Speaker 2: Dancing Machine did on that show. Those are the two 695 00:35:41,480 --> 00:35:43,879 Speaker 2: fans from back then I remember the most. 696 00:35:45,120 --> 00:35:46,000 Speaker 13: Yeah, thank you, Mark. 697 00:35:46,480 --> 00:35:48,600 Speaker 2: And one that I remember too, Ace wore a Jean 698 00:35:48,680 --> 00:35:52,640 Speaker 2: Pronavo shirt. I have very clear memories Number nineteen a 699 00:35:52,719 --> 00:35:55,840 Speaker 2: Jan Pronovo shirt. I have very clear memories of stuff 700 00:35:56,040 --> 00:35:58,640 Speaker 2: from back then, maybe more so than I have memories 701 00:35:59,000 --> 00:36:01,720 Speaker 2: of things that go on. Now, let's go to Michael 702 00:36:01,760 --> 00:36:04,080 Speaker 2: in the car. Michael ask Mark anything. 703 00:36:05,680 --> 00:36:10,800 Speaker 8: Hey, how you doing great? I'm calling because so with 704 00:36:10,920 --> 00:36:12,960 Speaker 8: the recent news is sampul in how do you feel 705 00:36:13,000 --> 00:36:16,680 Speaker 8: about that? Maybe plug him in on Sid's line, because 706 00:36:16,680 --> 00:36:19,680 Speaker 8: I was thinking back to like Sprong back in the day, like. 707 00:36:19,560 --> 00:36:22,200 Speaker 10: What what did he do you know to get elevated 708 00:36:22,200 --> 00:36:23,000 Speaker 10: the Sids line? 709 00:36:23,120 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 2: Poland why not the offensive talent that Sprong was bruv. 710 00:36:26,960 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 2: I mean, they're two different kinds of players. I like 711 00:36:29,640 --> 00:36:33,080 Speaker 2: Sam Pulin. I don't think he's ever gotten a proper 712 00:36:33,120 --> 00:36:35,400 Speaker 2: shot here in Pittsburgh. Maybe he's not earned that. Maybe 713 00:36:35,440 --> 00:36:38,400 Speaker 2: his performances in Wilkes and in training camp and he 714 00:36:38,440 --> 00:36:41,440 Speaker 2: had some off ice problems a while back. You may recall, 715 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,839 Speaker 2: but I see his ceiling his third line that said 716 00:36:44,880 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 2: I'm anxious to see how he does upon his recall. 717 00:36:48,840 --> 00:36:52,920 Speaker 10: Yeah, another take on that too, like a player like 718 00:36:52,920 --> 00:36:55,719 Speaker 10: like even like Happening, you know and pool Land you know, 719 00:36:55,760 --> 00:36:59,280 Speaker 10: played on their Mike Sullivan and Cappening if I recalled before. 720 00:36:59,040 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 8: He came here, he had that season Toronto, right, He 721 00:37:01,760 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 8: did have twenty goals that season. 722 00:37:04,080 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 2: But Campanen was not a serious person. He was the 723 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:11,040 Speaker 2: son of an NHL er. He grew up in dressing rooms. 724 00:37:11,920 --> 00:37:13,799 Speaker 2: He was born on third base and thought he hit 725 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:14,320 Speaker 2: a triple. 726 00:37:14,840 --> 00:37:14,960 Speaker 12: Uh. 727 00:37:15,000 --> 00:37:17,719 Speaker 2: He just was so sporadic in his work ethic and 728 00:37:17,760 --> 00:37:20,520 Speaker 2: as a result sporadic in his performance. There was no 729 00:37:20,520 --> 00:37:23,319 Speaker 2: doubting his talent. But I was not a fan of 730 00:37:23,320 --> 00:37:24,680 Speaker 2: Casperry Kapptin. 731 00:37:25,840 --> 00:37:27,520 Speaker 8: His poo land not a son of a player. I 732 00:37:27,560 --> 00:37:30,560 Speaker 8: thought he was. But uh, but regarding. 733 00:37:30,239 --> 00:37:32,000 Speaker 1: Yes, yes, but it's not the same. 734 00:37:33,800 --> 00:37:36,720 Speaker 8: Do you think the solid and effect just absolutely ruined 735 00:37:36,719 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 8: his confidence? 736 00:37:37,400 --> 00:37:39,960 Speaker 10: And maybe like pool Land got a little piece of 737 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:40,520 Speaker 10: that as well. 738 00:37:41,080 --> 00:37:43,600 Speaker 2: I think Kaptain was just a dink. We'll see how 739 00:37:43,640 --> 00:37:46,400 Speaker 2: Poland plays now that he's back. Let's go to Tony 740 00:37:46,480 --> 00:37:52,560 Speaker 2: Tony as Mark anything. Tony, you're on the air. 741 00:37:53,360 --> 00:37:57,239 Speaker 14: Uh, Mark, I love your show, Buddy good Uh, you're 742 00:37:57,280 --> 00:38:00,640 Speaker 14: the best. I am Pittsburgh's best sports talk. It's this 743 00:38:00,760 --> 00:38:04,240 Speaker 14: perspective sports talk person to ever exist. 744 00:38:04,320 --> 00:38:04,799 Speaker 1: That's true. 745 00:38:04,840 --> 00:38:06,160 Speaker 14: But I want to ask you a question. I hate 746 00:38:06,160 --> 00:38:07,319 Speaker 14: the Pirates as much as you do. 747 00:38:07,520 --> 00:38:08,000 Speaker 1: No, you don't. 748 00:38:08,480 --> 00:38:13,320 Speaker 14: It seems Nutting is getting you'd be surprised, but I 749 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:18,400 Speaker 14: see nothing. He's getting pressure externally and internally, indirectly and 750 00:38:18,440 --> 00:38:20,920 Speaker 14: directly to spend money. You think the Pirates payrel is 751 00:38:20,920 --> 00:38:22,359 Speaker 14: gonna hit eighty five million next year. 752 00:38:22,480 --> 00:38:26,080 Speaker 2: He doesn't care about pressure from anybody, not internally, not externally. 753 00:38:26,360 --> 00:38:28,520 Speaker 2: I think the payroll will be what was it's seventy mil. 754 00:38:28,560 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 2: I think it'll be roughly the same. 755 00:38:32,200 --> 00:38:33,880 Speaker 4: That's a shame, man, you got schemes. 756 00:38:34,400 --> 00:38:35,760 Speaker 1: I'll be honest. I'll be honest. 757 00:38:35,840 --> 00:38:37,799 Speaker 2: If you're only going to spend eighty five mil, what 758 00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:39,000 Speaker 2: goods that extra fifteen? 759 00:38:39,080 --> 00:38:39,600 Speaker 1: No goo to do? 760 00:38:41,600 --> 00:38:41,759 Speaker 4: Well? 761 00:38:41,800 --> 00:38:44,440 Speaker 14: The problem is what free agents are actually gonna come 762 00:38:44,440 --> 00:38:45,080 Speaker 14: to the Pirates. 763 00:38:45,120 --> 00:38:47,839 Speaker 2: I mean, yea, guys like Tommy Fam, guys for whom 764 00:38:47,920 --> 00:38:50,880 Speaker 2: it's the last chance saloon. And actually he did okay, 765 00:38:51,560 --> 00:38:54,440 Speaker 2: but but not okay enough. I mean, Tommy Fam having 766 00:38:54,480 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 2: a good year does nothing to make this team any better. 767 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,040 Speaker 1: As we saw. 768 00:39:01,360 --> 00:39:02,960 Speaker 14: Ticket guys, I know that for sure. 769 00:39:03,080 --> 00:39:06,080 Speaker 2: But you know, no, no, they're getting Kyle swarb Er. 770 00:39:06,160 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 2: Haven't you heard Let's go to Vito Vito? You're on 771 00:39:09,239 --> 00:39:11,319 Speaker 2: with double M. 772 00:39:11,560 --> 00:39:13,240 Speaker 4: Hey, double M. Quick question? 773 00:39:13,840 --> 00:39:16,920 Speaker 13: Are you going to go to the Motley Crue show 774 00:39:17,480 --> 00:39:19,399 Speaker 13: at Stake this year? 775 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:19,759 Speaker 1: Yeah? 776 00:39:20,080 --> 00:39:22,040 Speaker 2: I just got my I just got my ticket today. 777 00:39:22,040 --> 00:39:24,719 Speaker 2: I got tickets to see them in Cleveland too. I'm 778 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:28,080 Speaker 2: only gonna go twice because I don't like the star 779 00:39:28,200 --> 00:39:32,200 Speaker 2: Lake style amphitheater. Uh and that Cleveland's the same way. 780 00:39:32,200 --> 00:39:35,000 Speaker 2: Every venue they're playing is basically the same. I think 781 00:39:35,000 --> 00:39:37,960 Speaker 2: they're gonna do other Vegas. Run in the Fall is 782 00:39:38,239 --> 00:39:40,719 Speaker 2: what I've heard, so but I'm gonna go. 783 00:39:40,760 --> 00:39:40,960 Speaker 3: Yeah. 784 00:39:40,960 --> 00:39:41,759 Speaker 1: I love Motley Crue. 785 00:39:41,800 --> 00:39:46,879 Speaker 2: I'm not crazy about the the the acts before. I'm 786 00:39:46,920 --> 00:39:49,080 Speaker 2: not a big extreme fan, not a big at all 787 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,240 Speaker 2: Tesla fan, but I'm gonna go. I love Motley. Motley's 788 00:39:52,280 --> 00:39:54,719 Speaker 2: one of my top ten groups ever. Thank you for 789 00:39:54,760 --> 00:39:57,200 Speaker 2: the call. Pirates payroll last year it says here was 790 00:39:57,200 --> 00:39:58,880 Speaker 2: eighty four mil I thought it was lower than that, 791 00:39:58,920 --> 00:40:01,080 Speaker 2: but that's still not an Let's go to. 792 00:40:01,040 --> 00:40:04,919 Speaker 15: A talkback super genius Eric and Toledo. Hey, a few 793 00:40:04,920 --> 00:40:07,480 Speaker 15: times earlier in the season, you said Aaron Rodgers is 794 00:40:07,520 --> 00:40:10,200 Speaker 15: your favorite Steeler. Wanted to know if you still felt 795 00:40:10,239 --> 00:40:11,480 Speaker 15: that way. Thanks. 796 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:15,600 Speaker 2: Aaron Rodgers is absolutely my favorite Steeler. That said, I 797 00:40:15,640 --> 00:40:18,040 Speaker 2: believe in Mason Rudolph. Say his name and he appears. 798 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:21,080 Speaker 2: Let's go another talkback, Mark. 799 00:40:21,440 --> 00:40:26,600 Speaker 12: I just went through the new Pittsburgh terminal. It's very lovely. Now, 800 00:40:26,640 --> 00:40:31,120 Speaker 12: will you consider flying to Milan to witness Crosby at 801 00:40:31,160 --> 00:40:33,240 Speaker 12: the Olympics one last time? 802 00:40:34,560 --> 00:40:36,600 Speaker 2: I've never been to Olympic hockey. That is actually an 803 00:40:36,640 --> 00:40:40,920 Speaker 2: interesting proposal. Could I get tickets? Could I get a 804 00:40:40,960 --> 00:40:44,000 Speaker 2: press credential? Actually, I don't think the hockey games necessarily 805 00:40:44,000 --> 00:40:47,160 Speaker 2: sell out at the Olympics. That's tempting. That's actually very tempting. 806 00:40:47,160 --> 00:40:49,879 Speaker 2: I haven't thought of it, but it's tempting. I could 807 00:40:49,880 --> 00:40:53,520 Speaker 2: probably room with sid maybe Trocheck if he makes the 808 00:40:53,600 --> 00:40:56,439 Speaker 2: USA team which hit better. Maybe Cooley if he makes 809 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:58,800 Speaker 2: the USA team which had double better.