1 00:00:00,120 --> 00:00:07,920 Speaker 1: Human head, common man, common man, no show, paper, solid plan, 2 00:00:08,360 --> 00:00:12,200 Speaker 1: so they aren't. We can't a securit a broach will 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:18,120 Speaker 1: fail to in. It's time for common man, common man, 4 00:00:18,600 --> 00:00:22,680 Speaker 1: common man, charge of housewors like noe can was shoot 5 00:00:23,040 --> 00:00:26,960 Speaker 1: where we play? That's nonsense on deck today, duty man, 6 00:00:27,520 --> 00:00:28,800 Speaker 1: It's time for common man. 7 00:00:30,920 --> 00:00:36,080 Speaker 2: Oh boy, why should anybody aspire to be a common man? 8 00:00:36,120 --> 00:00:37,880 Speaker 2: An average man? Do you realize what it means to 9 00:00:37,960 --> 00:00:41,280 Speaker 2: be average? That means you're the best of the lousiest 10 00:00:42,120 --> 00:00:45,120 Speaker 2: and the lousiest of the best. Now, if we demand 11 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:47,559 Speaker 2: more and more for producing less and less while they 12 00:00:47,640 --> 00:00:52,160 Speaker 2: have not, nations encourage and inspire and indeed require hard 13 00:00:52,280 --> 00:00:56,080 Speaker 2: work and maximum effort. If we deify the common man 14 00:00:56,240 --> 00:01:00,800 Speaker 2: while they encourage and reward the uncommon ones, land result 15 00:01:00,880 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 2: of such a lopsided race, as that is too obvious 16 00:01:03,240 --> 00:01:04,319 Speaker 2: to require elaboration. 17 00:01:04,560 --> 00:01:14,319 Speaker 3: I mean, it's like, hello, welcome back to the spot 18 00:01:14,400 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 3: with your men. 19 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,400 Speaker 4: Well, I read the USA today and I read the 20 00:01:21,400 --> 00:01:23,119 Speaker 4: New York Times, and I read those both every day, 21 00:01:23,600 --> 00:01:24,559 Speaker 4: and I listened to music. 22 00:01:24,600 --> 00:01:24,840 Speaker 1: I don't. 23 00:01:24,840 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 4: I wouldn't really, I mean, it wouldn't do me any 24 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:29,000 Speaker 4: good to listen to talk shows because what's great about America. 25 00:01:29,040 --> 00:01:30,880 Speaker 4: Everybody has an opinion, you know what I mean. But 26 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,040 Speaker 4: what's also great about America. You don't have to listen 27 00:01:33,080 --> 00:01:34,560 Speaker 4: to them. And that's that's a great tribe. 28 00:01:35,360 --> 00:01:36,959 Speaker 1: Got right edge, got right edge. 29 00:01:43,920 --> 00:01:44,160 Speaker 3: Show. 30 00:02:08,200 --> 00:02:11,200 Speaker 1: This is not Detroit, man, this is the super Bowl. Yeah. 31 00:02:11,200 --> 00:02:15,160 Speaker 1: I always love that one. You're breaking up, Bob here 32 00:02:15,320 --> 00:02:25,320 Speaker 1: breaking what are you doing? And that's ridiculous? Were the 33 00:02:25,360 --> 00:02:28,000 Speaker 1: state of hockey? And I think that bring that song. 34 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: Let's go. 35 00:02:32,240 --> 00:02:32,480 Speaker 5: Order. 36 00:02:35,160 --> 00:02:37,440 Speaker 1: I've seen enough out of Cousin's Paul. Put him on ice. 37 00:02:39,000 --> 00:02:48,200 Speaker 1: I'm gonna say, son, competition hid disadvantage. That's interesting. A 38 00:02:48,320 --> 00:02:50,160 Speaker 1: dog with a note in his mouth should be able 39 00:02:50,200 --> 00:02:53,880 Speaker 1: to sell those loss nuts and bolts. 40 00:02:53,960 --> 00:02:59,000 Speaker 3: We got screws. 41 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:14,079 Speaker 1: Quarter back Qandery. That's interesting. Yet he's the clown from Brown, 42 00:03:14,639 --> 00:03:19,839 Speaker 1: He's the fourth in the North. This is the common man, 43 00:03:20,240 --> 00:03:24,040 Speaker 1: dan Cole. Well Green's good afternoon, A n akakadac and 44 00:03:24,120 --> 00:03:26,280 Speaker 1: dac dacka act to you and yours. I'm the common man, 45 00:03:26,400 --> 00:03:28,760 Speaker 1: Dan Cole. He's tend to be and as I used 46 00:03:28,800 --> 00:03:31,880 Speaker 1: to say back in the olden days, do I'm Dan 47 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,359 Speaker 1: Cole is update here on the Fan Updates at the 48 00:03:34,440 --> 00:03:37,720 Speaker 1: top and bottom of every hour, breaking news as it happens, 49 00:03:37,800 --> 00:03:39,320 Speaker 1: and then I would always throw in the cheap shot 50 00:03:39,600 --> 00:03:42,280 Speaker 1: or when one of our listeners say, hey, you knuckleheads 51 00:03:42,320 --> 00:03:45,400 Speaker 1: over there, didn't you hear that? Quasya dopa mensa got fired? 52 00:03:46,560 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 1: I'm a common man, Dan Cole here on KFE and 53 00:03:48,600 --> 00:03:50,040 Speaker 1: and we'd go to commercial break. We used to do 54 00:03:50,240 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 1: two updates each and every hour, and we used to 55 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,200 Speaker 1: have sound bites included. You know what you would tend 56 00:03:56,240 --> 00:03:58,640 Speaker 1: be if you were back in the olden days running 57 00:03:58,680 --> 00:04:01,400 Speaker 1: the board for a show. Now you'd have a producer 58 00:04:01,440 --> 00:04:02,880 Speaker 1: in there too. There'd be two of you. That was 59 00:04:02,920 --> 00:04:04,720 Speaker 1: in the days when we had when we were making 60 00:04:04,800 --> 00:04:08,520 Speaker 1: money hand over fist and there would be a board 61 00:04:08,600 --> 00:04:13,040 Speaker 1: op slash sidekick slash sports update guy, and then there 62 00:04:13,040 --> 00:04:16,320 Speaker 1: would be a producer. You would be doing two sports 63 00:04:16,440 --> 00:04:19,440 Speaker 1: updates every hour at the top of the bottom and 64 00:04:19,520 --> 00:04:23,440 Speaker 1: they were like three minutes, and you'd have this, you'd 65 00:04:23,680 --> 00:04:26,440 Speaker 1: you'd you'd have a stack of carts. Do you even 66 00:04:26,520 --> 00:04:28,440 Speaker 1: know what a cart is? Were you in the carts days? 67 00:04:28,520 --> 00:04:30,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, Like when you go to a grocery store or 68 00:04:30,480 --> 00:04:34,000 Speaker 5: target and you can it's on four wheels. Usually they're 69 00:04:34,040 --> 00:04:36,240 Speaker 5: kind of wobbly and doesn't really ever ghost trade, but 70 00:04:36,240 --> 00:04:37,520 Speaker 5: you just put items in there, so you'd have to 71 00:04:37,520 --> 00:04:38,000 Speaker 5: carry it all. 72 00:04:38,000 --> 00:04:40,719 Speaker 1: Our sound by And why is it that those wheels 73 00:04:40,839 --> 00:04:44,560 Speaker 1: all four never go in the same direction. I might 74 00:04:44,600 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: have had that to flop sweat and tears. More on 75 00:04:46,360 --> 00:04:50,159 Speaker 1: that later. Meat Sauce was brilliant. By the way, close 76 00:04:50,200 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: Serguit to meat Sauce. He's going to have to start 77 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:55,760 Speaker 1: closing again. I couldn't follow him. I mean, the crowd 78 00:04:56,000 --> 00:04:59,920 Speaker 1: liked me, and I got laughs, but they were putt 79 00:05:00,200 --> 00:05:04,680 Speaker 1: in his hand out at Rochester. They laughed so you 80 00:05:04,800 --> 00:05:07,000 Speaker 1: laughed so hard your side eight your heart went pity 81 00:05:07,080 --> 00:05:15,599 Speaker 1: pat watching Felix Felix the cat. Oh see, the carts 82 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,120 Speaker 1: were like the old eight track tapes and they would 83 00:05:18,120 --> 00:05:19,920 Speaker 1: have a sound bite on it. We had cart. Now 84 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:22,080 Speaker 1: everything is so as you know, I mean, you can 85 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:24,719 Speaker 1: pull up a sound bite on the on the computer. 86 00:05:25,480 --> 00:05:28,000 Speaker 1: Before it was it's all digital. Now. Before we had 87 00:05:28,040 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 1: none of that digital stuff, and I would have and 88 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:33,320 Speaker 1: I wrote a new sports update for every single update, 89 00:05:33,400 --> 00:05:36,040 Speaker 1: though I will tell you if the news didn't change 90 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:37,880 Speaker 1: toward the end, I got a little lazy. Whatever I 91 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,479 Speaker 1: did at three o'clock. I might recycle at five thirty, 92 00:05:41,320 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 1: you know, but you know, and I would, and so 93 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,000 Speaker 1: I would finish the update and then I would start 94 00:05:46,080 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: handwriting on a piece of paper. I had no computer 95 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:50,080 Speaker 1: for me. Plus I'm not a good type. And so 96 00:05:50,279 --> 00:05:53,840 Speaker 1: while Chad Burer doing their show, I'm writing down and uh, 97 00:05:54,040 --> 00:05:56,880 Speaker 1: you know, Minnesota Twins will be taking on the Washington Center, 98 00:05:56,960 --> 00:06:00,160 Speaker 1: you know. And it was it wasn't just like all 99 00:06:00,240 --> 00:06:03,080 Speaker 1: you have to do now is just feign interest. There's 100 00:06:03,120 --> 00:06:05,040 Speaker 1: nothing else for you to do. There's no sports updates. 101 00:06:05,040 --> 00:06:08,080 Speaker 1: That is a challenge though for me. Hold on, give 102 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 1: yourself aver Chanlege please. Yeah, it is indeed a challenge 103 00:06:12,960 --> 00:06:15,560 Speaker 1: for you. So yeah, so we enjoyed us. I want 104 00:06:15,600 --> 00:06:17,320 Speaker 1: to thank every but first of all, thank thanks for 105 00:06:17,800 --> 00:06:22,599 Speaker 1: the Eagles Club for having us. And I can cross 106 00:06:22,760 --> 00:06:27,480 Speaker 1: off another club where they said I'd never work. You know, 107 00:06:27,800 --> 00:06:30,400 Speaker 1: the ninety percent of the people in the audience were stunned. 108 00:06:30,400 --> 00:06:32,760 Speaker 1: I was there because they thought, well, sure you can work. 109 00:06:32,880 --> 00:06:36,080 Speaker 1: You know, River City Extreme in Monticella, you can take 110 00:06:36,120 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 1: your Lame Act to New Hope Cinema, Grill Bogarts and 111 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:44,000 Speaker 1: Apple Valley. You can wear Grandmas in Duluth, and you 112 00:06:44,120 --> 00:06:47,279 Speaker 1: can work over at the Mermaid and Mounds View. Sure, 113 00:06:47,360 --> 00:06:51,360 Speaker 1: they'll have you even up in Fargo at the Sanctuary. 114 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:55,320 Speaker 1: And guess what, they'll book you at the legendary Cato 115 00:06:55,440 --> 00:06:59,000 Speaker 1: Ballroom in man Cato. But you'll never ever work the 116 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,320 Speaker 1: Eagles Club in Rochester. Well, guess what I got the 117 00:07:03,400 --> 00:07:06,800 Speaker 1: last laugh and meets Lerrmandello. I was really good, So 118 00:07:06,920 --> 00:07:10,160 Speaker 1: is meet Sauce. I was fine. They enjoyed it. But 119 00:07:12,360 --> 00:07:15,000 Speaker 1: when meat sauce is on a roll, I would say, 120 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,280 Speaker 1: you've never seen meat sauce? Do is comedy? Tennebe? I 121 00:07:18,320 --> 00:07:20,400 Speaker 1: would say it's a combination if you wanted to ask me, 122 00:07:20,440 --> 00:07:23,880 Speaker 1: what's it like? Sort of a combination of Dave Chappelle, 123 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,640 Speaker 1: Little Howie man Dell, and maybe I don't know if 124 00:07:29,680 --> 00:07:32,240 Speaker 1: you've heard of a comic named Dave Attel. He's kind 125 00:07:32,280 --> 00:07:36,800 Speaker 1: of a combination of those three. Quick all right, now, 126 00:07:36,840 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: he's not quick, you're reverent. Well, he's not really irreverend either. 127 00:07:41,400 --> 00:07:42,920 Speaker 1: He's meat sauce. So we had a really good time. 128 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:44,640 Speaker 1: We thank the people for having us there and all 129 00:07:44,680 --> 00:07:46,960 Speaker 1: the people. I came up with a great idea. Tena me. 130 00:07:47,080 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: I'm a marketing guy, so meat sauce, and I've been 131 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: doing this for a long time now. We always were 132 00:07:52,640 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: trying to increase the amount of money we earn, right, 133 00:07:59,200 --> 00:08:03,920 Speaker 1: But we're trying to you know, you know, profit and loss. 134 00:08:03,960 --> 00:08:05,720 Speaker 1: We're trying to get above the margin and try to 135 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:07,960 Speaker 1: get to the profit area. So we make T shirts 136 00:08:07,960 --> 00:08:11,120 Speaker 1: swag like everybody does. Right, you go to a rock concert, 137 00:08:11,200 --> 00:08:13,280 Speaker 1: they're selling T shirts. They sell for like fifty or 138 00:08:13,320 --> 00:08:16,000 Speaker 1: sixty dollars a piece. We don't do that. But we've 139 00:08:16,040 --> 00:08:19,320 Speaker 1: gone through several different iterations of T shirts. Well, we 140 00:08:19,440 --> 00:08:21,960 Speaker 1: still have a bunch that we never sold out from 141 00:08:23,240 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: the beginning of the middle of the end tour that's 142 00:08:26,640 --> 00:08:29,200 Speaker 1: like two tours ago. Probably got one hundred of those 143 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,200 Speaker 1: T shirts left. Right, medium's large is extra large, right, 144 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:37,920 Speaker 1: And we just and that was my fault on the 145 00:08:38,000 --> 00:08:40,440 Speaker 1: design on that. I decided, you know what the drama 146 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,400 Speaker 1: masks look like, where you have the mask that's smiling 147 00:08:43,520 --> 00:08:47,160 Speaker 1: in the masks that's crying steah. So I decided to 148 00:08:47,240 --> 00:08:50,480 Speaker 1: have Bury the art guy draw meat sauce on one 149 00:08:50,559 --> 00:08:51,959 Speaker 1: of them and me on the other. I'm the one, 150 00:08:52,120 --> 00:08:55,040 Speaker 1: I'm the one crying. Meat Sauce is the one that's 151 00:08:55,160 --> 00:08:58,760 Speaker 1: laughing and it's really nice. It's not his, it's it's 152 00:08:58,880 --> 00:09:00,880 Speaker 1: he did a great job on it, but it doesn't 153 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,959 Speaker 1: grab people like the newest one does, where they actually 154 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,120 Speaker 1: the this time we mean it tour, you know, it's 155 00:09:07,160 --> 00:09:09,360 Speaker 1: the it's the over tour part three, This time we 156 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:12,840 Speaker 1: mean it And that's got really lifelike caricatures, and those 157 00:09:12,960 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 1: fly off the shelves. So to sell the other ones, 158 00:09:15,160 --> 00:09:18,360 Speaker 1: that's what we did. Buy one of the really cool 159 00:09:18,440 --> 00:09:21,280 Speaker 1: ones for thirty dollars, and you can buy it one 160 00:09:21,320 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: of the other ones for five dollars. People were doing 161 00:09:25,120 --> 00:09:29,760 Speaker 1: they yeah dollars, yeah, and so then you then you 162 00:09:29,880 --> 00:09:32,360 Speaker 1: tell me, go now you're basically getting a T shirt 163 00:09:32,400 --> 00:09:35,320 Speaker 1: for just seventeen dollars and fifty cents. And the other 164 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:38,719 Speaker 1: one's fine. The older one is one cotton, you know. 165 00:09:38,800 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: The newer t shirts that almost got I don't know, 166 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:43,160 Speaker 1: does have it rayon or a little acrylic in them, 167 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:45,680 Speaker 1: whatever that is that they're a little shinier and softer, 168 00:09:45,840 --> 00:09:47,800 Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. Those are really nice. This 169 00:09:47,880 --> 00:09:52,480 Speaker 1: is high quality stuff we're selling at these shows. So yeah, 170 00:09:52,600 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: we just had a great time and we're so glad 171 00:09:54,920 --> 00:09:58,040 Speaker 1: that so many people showed up, and we'll be moving 172 00:09:58,080 --> 00:10:02,280 Speaker 1: on from there. There's there is plenty to get there. 173 00:10:02,320 --> 00:10:04,080 Speaker 1: We're not gonna splain wheel topic, but there is plenty 174 00:10:04,120 --> 00:10:07,640 Speaker 1: to get to today. You just sent me a I 175 00:10:07,679 --> 00:10:09,920 Speaker 1: don't even know if these people. 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They're shocking me affordable, Yes, sir, 216 00:12:46,160 --> 00:12:52,520 Speaker 1: So the Athletic did along. Everybody's been doing analysis, insightful, 217 00:12:53,280 --> 00:13:00,240 Speaker 1: investigative pieces ever since. The Bikings announced Friday, just before 218 00:13:00,280 --> 00:13:03,320 Speaker 1: we got on the air Friday, that Quasy adolph A Mensa, 219 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,079 Speaker 1: after a four year run as general manager of this 220 00:13:06,160 --> 00:13:09,240 Speaker 1: soon to be a big game world champion Minnesota Vikings, 221 00:13:11,040 --> 00:13:13,200 Speaker 1: was being relieved of his duties. And we talked quite 222 00:13:13,200 --> 00:13:15,520 Speaker 1: a bit about it on Friday, and I'm sure this 223 00:13:15,600 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: won't be the end of it. For those of you 224 00:13:17,200 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: that aren't aware, rober Zinski, Capology's extraordinaire, has been with 225 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:26,760 Speaker 1: the Vikings since late nineties. I think I read it 226 00:13:26,840 --> 00:13:30,000 Speaker 1: was nineteen ninety nine. He will, in an interim basis, 227 00:13:30,120 --> 00:13:35,520 Speaker 1: take over the responsibilities of Quasi a Mensa. I hope 228 00:13:35,559 --> 00:13:37,640 Speaker 1: he doesn't just like walk in the same footsteps and 229 00:13:38,120 --> 00:13:41,600 Speaker 1: like trade our trade down like twenty five spots. Okay, 230 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:45,600 Speaker 1: you know, maybe he stays out. He's up in the draft, 231 00:13:45,640 --> 00:13:47,439 Speaker 1: but anyway, he will take over and then they will 232 00:13:47,520 --> 00:13:50,679 Speaker 1: after the draft, they will do a uh in the 233 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,520 Speaker 1: and by the way, that will they'll do a thorough 234 00:13:52,559 --> 00:13:56,560 Speaker 1: search for a new general manager. Though, the Sir Mark 235 00:13:56,640 --> 00:13:59,319 Speaker 1: Wilf on Friday, during the news conference that you heard 236 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: on this radio during the common Man program if you 237 00:14:01,360 --> 00:14:07,079 Speaker 1: were with us, said that Brazinski could even be considered 238 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:08,920 Speaker 1: for the position because he's been doing all this kind 239 00:14:08,920 --> 00:14:10,480 Speaker 1: of stuff in the National Football League for a long 240 00:14:10,520 --> 00:14:13,800 Speaker 1: long time. The athletics piece was very insightful and the 241 00:14:13,880 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: thing I found most and I'm sure people that are 242 00:14:17,400 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: regulars as the program knew, I would have to sink 243 00:14:19,360 --> 00:14:21,920 Speaker 1: my teeth into this. This is a couple of paragraphs 244 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:24,760 Speaker 1: from the story. The next summer offered more evidence that 245 00:14:24,800 --> 00:14:28,760 Speaker 1: Adolpha Mensa's approach approached the work life component of the 246 00:14:28,880 --> 00:14:32,240 Speaker 1: role differently from many of his NFL peers. Following the 247 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:34,720 Speaker 1: birth of his first child, the general manager left for 248 00:14:34,800 --> 00:14:38,480 Speaker 1: paternity leave, missing about two weeks of training camp, meetings, 249 00:14:38,520 --> 00:14:41,840 Speaker 1: and practices and working remotely during the stretch. Word of 250 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: his time away from the team travel quickly like wildfire 251 00:14:45,280 --> 00:14:48,440 Speaker 1: around the league among some rival executives and coaches. It 252 00:14:48,600 --> 00:14:55,200 Speaker 1: was met with disbelief in an NFL culture where many players, coaches, 253 00:14:55,280 --> 00:14:58,600 Speaker 1: and executives proudly acknowledged missing the births of their children. 254 00:14:59,080 --> 00:15:01,280 Speaker 1: Taking time away to cat for a newborn and support 255 00:15:01,320 --> 00:15:06,120 Speaker 1: a partner remains uncommon, then in parentheses. Just this week, 256 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:08,480 Speaker 1: New Bill's head coach of Joe Brady, openly shared that 257 00:15:08,560 --> 00:15:10,760 Speaker 1: he missed the birth of one of his children and 258 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:13,360 Speaker 1: found out after a game that the baby had arrived. 259 00:15:15,720 --> 00:15:22,760 Speaker 1: Joe Brady why that, He's proud. I was there for 260 00:15:22,840 --> 00:15:26,440 Speaker 1: the game. I was there for my team. The Vikings 261 00:15:26,520 --> 00:15:29,200 Speaker 1: republic in supportive at Dopamensa's time away. He made a 262 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,720 Speaker 1: commitment to his family well before the Vikings hired him. 263 00:15:32,720 --> 00:15:35,320 Speaker 1: That NFL standard wasn't going to affect that commitment. I 264 00:15:35,360 --> 00:15:37,360 Speaker 1: think anybody listens to this show knows I'm all on 265 00:15:37,880 --> 00:15:43,600 Speaker 1: quasy side of that one. Hey, what's a general manager 266 00:15:43,720 --> 00:15:47,160 Speaker 1: do during training camp? Anyways? I've been there, Tendeby you 267 00:15:47,240 --> 00:15:50,720 Speaker 1: and I've been at Raking camp. We've seen Quacy Dopamensa there. 268 00:15:51,160 --> 00:15:53,040 Speaker 1: He walks around with his hands in his pocket like 269 00:15:53,120 --> 00:15:54,640 Speaker 1: this and just kind of looks around at the field 270 00:15:54,720 --> 00:15:57,440 Speaker 1: like this. He doesn't do anything. No, there's nothing for 271 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:58,320 Speaker 1: the general managers. 272 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,880 Speaker 5: He's not scout self scouting, his own teams. 273 00:16:00,960 --> 00:16:04,600 Speaker 1: No, no, it's like and that there were other his 274 00:16:04,840 --> 00:16:07,680 Speaker 1: peers around the country were just they were astounded by it. 275 00:16:08,120 --> 00:16:10,360 Speaker 1: How do you do that? And of course, you know me, 276 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: I had to go. I like to get a feel 277 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:15,560 Speaker 1: for what you know, the uh the public is thinking. 278 00:16:15,680 --> 00:16:18,880 Speaker 1: So you go to the message boards. I was my 279 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 1: faith in humanity has been restored at least some because 280 00:16:23,520 --> 00:16:26,000 Speaker 1: I would bet four to five of the responses we're 281 00:16:26,040 --> 00:16:28,600 Speaker 1: all on Quasy side saying look, there's things that are 282 00:16:28,640 --> 00:16:30,720 Speaker 1: more important that. Then there was the ones that were 283 00:16:30,760 --> 00:16:33,720 Speaker 1: doing the old it's big money, this is important. You 284 00:16:33,800 --> 00:16:35,360 Speaker 1: got to be there for your team. One guy was 285 00:16:35,400 --> 00:16:38,520 Speaker 1: actually saying, well, you know what, when I have had kids, 286 00:16:38,560 --> 00:16:40,360 Speaker 1: I've worked harder because I know I need the money 287 00:16:40,520 --> 00:16:43,600 Speaker 1: because I got another mouth defeat. You're probably making fifty 288 00:16:43,640 --> 00:16:46,440 Speaker 1: thousand dollars a year, Quaycy Dopamenson is making million dollars 289 00:16:46,480 --> 00:16:48,680 Speaker 1: a year. He's got plenty of money. Money's not his 290 00:16:48,960 --> 00:16:51,520 Speaker 1: issue right now. It's being there for his wife and 291 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:54,720 Speaker 1: his newborn child. Two weeks doesn't seem that bad. Matter 292 00:16:54,760 --> 00:16:56,280 Speaker 1: of fact, I'd have given him more time away. 293 00:16:56,600 --> 00:16:59,200 Speaker 5: It's like we also don't know anything about their situation 294 00:16:59,280 --> 00:17:01,080 Speaker 5: with like wife had complications. 295 00:17:01,200 --> 00:17:03,200 Speaker 1: Right, we don't know anything about it. It's pred's private. 296 00:17:03,480 --> 00:17:05,640 Speaker 1: And even if even if there weren't coming, I agree, 297 00:17:05,720 --> 00:17:11,399 Speaker 1: I agree. My point is is it's like there, he 298 00:17:11,520 --> 00:17:16,520 Speaker 1: apparently attended Zoom meetings. Right, He's a phone call away. 299 00:17:16,680 --> 00:17:18,920 Speaker 1: It's it's called a telephone. Just so you don't know this. 300 00:17:19,359 --> 00:17:21,480 Speaker 1: So let's say you needed to get a hold of Quasy, 301 00:17:21,840 --> 00:17:24,480 Speaker 1: you pick up the cell phone. He's probably in your contacts, 302 00:17:24,520 --> 00:17:27,119 Speaker 1: and you hit speed down and you go, Quazy, we 303 00:17:27,200 --> 00:17:29,200 Speaker 1: got to do something about this, and then he would 304 00:17:29,200 --> 00:17:32,159 Speaker 1: tell you what to. It's so prepositible, it's what I 305 00:17:34,080 --> 00:17:35,720 Speaker 1: It's one of the things I'm not saying I hate 306 00:17:35,760 --> 00:17:39,159 Speaker 1: about the NFL because it's it really doesn't bother me 307 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:40,920 Speaker 1: that much. But one of the things I dislike about 308 00:17:40,960 --> 00:17:46,960 Speaker 1: it is the idea that, look, you don't understand. You know, 309 00:17:47,359 --> 00:17:50,560 Speaker 1: this is seven days a week, twenty four hours a day, 310 00:17:50,600 --> 00:17:54,000 Speaker 1: three hundred and sixty five days. It's just entertainment. It's 311 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:57,880 Speaker 1: just a foot There's no decisions made during that two 312 00:17:57,960 --> 00:18:01,639 Speaker 1: week period by Quasy or input or weabon is that 313 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,560 Speaker 1: can't be done over a zoom or a telephone call. 314 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:08,160 Speaker 1: It's so preposterous, especially for his job. Well, that's it. Yeah, 315 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 1: I mean, look, I get it. For instance, I guess 316 00:18:14,080 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: I would let's say old Sam Darnold has an arm 317 00:18:18,200 --> 00:18:20,639 Speaker 1: E I E I O with the toddy here and 318 00:18:20,720 --> 00:18:24,480 Speaker 1: a pick six there. If his wife was pregnant and 319 00:18:25,520 --> 00:18:30,560 Speaker 1: she's about to give birth in the big game, I 320 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,040 Speaker 1: guess you got to consider going to the big game. 321 00:18:33,400 --> 00:18:37,320 Speaker 1: Or what I would do is, how would ever get 322 00:18:37,359 --> 00:18:41,840 Speaker 1: a sea section? Can't miss opening Day? You can't missopening day, 323 00:18:42,160 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: So I would ever get a c section? So that's that's. 324 00:18:47,240 --> 00:18:49,000 Speaker 5: That's what we're fighting against, though, the people out there 325 00:18:49,040 --> 00:18:51,480 Speaker 5: that think opening day baseball is so big that you 326 00:18:51,520 --> 00:18:53,560 Speaker 5: should get a c section before the season starts, so 327 00:18:53,640 --> 00:18:55,960 Speaker 5: you have to be there for opening Day. Yeah, there's 328 00:18:56,000 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 5: that thinking out there. 329 00:18:57,240 --> 00:18:59,119 Speaker 1: Blieber was very vocal this morning. See the birth of 330 00:18:59,119 --> 00:19:00,920 Speaker 1: your child is a seeing the birth of your child 331 00:19:00,920 --> 00:19:02,639 Speaker 1: as a common practice. Well, yeah it is, but that 332 00:19:02,640 --> 00:19:05,680 Speaker 1: doesn't mean it's right. I'm sure Lever is one of 333 00:19:05,720 --> 00:19:09,480 Speaker 1: those guys that you know it. Look when you radio 334 00:19:09,600 --> 00:19:14,960 Speaker 1: is important for me to be on these radio airwaves? Well, 335 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:18,760 Speaker 1: it's important. It's I mean, it's an important job. It's 336 00:19:18,800 --> 00:19:21,240 Speaker 1: every bit as important as a general manager. Me to 337 00:19:21,320 --> 00:19:23,359 Speaker 1: this radio station is every bit is important to a 338 00:19:23,440 --> 00:19:26,280 Speaker 1: general manager, to a to a to a football team 339 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:29,960 Speaker 1: is every important as Joe Flocko was to the Baltimore Ravens. 340 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: You can nominate me for PST. But it's true. I 341 00:19:32,720 --> 00:19:34,480 Speaker 1: took time off to be with my wife and child. 342 00:19:35,480 --> 00:19:38,879 Speaker 1: I didn't do two weeks. I don't even remember how 343 00:19:38,920 --> 00:19:41,720 Speaker 1: many days I took, but I took. I think I 344 00:19:41,760 --> 00:19:43,400 Speaker 1: don't remember what day of the week do some baby, 345 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:45,159 Speaker 1: whether the Peter were born, But I took. I took 346 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:49,040 Speaker 1: probably about a week off. It's what you do if 347 00:19:49,080 --> 00:19:51,159 Speaker 1: you're real, if you're a father, that's what you do. 348 00:19:51,200 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: If you're a husband and a father, you take time off. 349 00:19:53,960 --> 00:19:55,920 Speaker 1: None of it's that big of a deal. It's just 350 00:19:56,040 --> 00:19:59,320 Speaker 1: the national football Those are the people that are putting 351 00:20:00,160 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: more importance into football than they really should. He just 352 00:20:03,359 --> 00:20:13,480 Speaker 1: got to get a grip. So I just I just 353 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:15,639 Speaker 1: and you know, I know I'm gonna gets as I 354 00:20:15,680 --> 00:20:17,600 Speaker 1: go to the branch on bron Kafan text line, I'll 355 00:20:17,640 --> 00:20:19,440 Speaker 1: get people that want to chide me about it. Because 356 00:20:20,119 --> 00:20:22,720 Speaker 1: much of our audience is sports, sports, sports. Their whole 357 00:20:22,720 --> 00:20:24,600 Speaker 1: life is just sports, and they do think it's important 358 00:20:24,640 --> 00:20:26,120 Speaker 1: for him to be there. I think it's the most 359 00:20:26,160 --> 00:20:29,560 Speaker 1: preposterous thing. So there are plenty of things that you 360 00:20:29,720 --> 00:20:34,920 Speaker 1: can question about about Cracy. Don't go down that route. Yeah, 361 00:20:34,920 --> 00:20:35,879 Speaker 1: I don't think that's one of them. 362 00:20:35,920 --> 00:20:37,280 Speaker 5: That Sure, it does show you the culture of the 363 00:20:37,400 --> 00:20:41,520 Speaker 5: NFL though. Yeah, that just buzzing around the league that 364 00:20:41,640 --> 00:20:44,359 Speaker 5: he's even two years afterwards that he actually did that. 365 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:49,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, they're just stunned by it. And that's all but 366 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:53,840 Speaker 1: his entire job. He's not a x AS and O's guy, 367 00:20:54,000 --> 00:20:57,000 Speaker 1: these analyst guys, he's not. There's nothing in training camp 368 00:20:57,040 --> 00:20:58,800 Speaker 1: where he needs to be on the field. I can't 369 00:20:58,840 --> 00:21:01,160 Speaker 1: think scouting these players out to see you. He ain't 370 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:03,040 Speaker 1: making the cuts. The coaches are telling him who they 371 00:21:03,040 --> 00:21:06,040 Speaker 1: want to cut. Matter of fact, his job to talk 372 00:21:06,080 --> 00:21:07,880 Speaker 1: to agents and talk to other teams. As a matter 373 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:18,480 Speaker 1: of fact, I want him out of the way. You 374 00:21:18,520 --> 00:21:20,560 Speaker 1: don't need to be on the football field, you know. 375 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:24,560 Speaker 1: It's sort of like you know, it's it's like an 376 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:28,160 Speaker 1: owner that gets in like it would be like, for instance, 377 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:32,680 Speaker 1: am I making this up? Did Spielman used to go 378 00:21:32,760 --> 00:21:34,920 Speaker 1: on the football field and shorts with the whistle around 379 00:21:34,960 --> 00:21:36,639 Speaker 1: his neck or making that up. I don't know I 380 00:21:36,920 --> 00:21:41,639 Speaker 1: remember that, but I guys have done that. It's like, no, 381 00:21:41,880 --> 00:21:54,600 Speaker 1: that's not your job, man. So anyway, several other parts 382 00:21:54,640 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: of that, uh it was done by I think it 383 00:21:57,680 --> 00:22:02,080 Speaker 1: was it. I think the piece was Alec and then 384 00:22:02,400 --> 00:22:04,359 Speaker 1: I think it was it was it was co author. 385 00:22:04,800 --> 00:22:08,320 Speaker 1: Uh the Russini gal was was a part of that too. 386 00:22:08,480 --> 00:22:09,879 Speaker 1: We'll take a look at some more of that as 387 00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,160 Speaker 1: this day goes on. Many other topics do you get 388 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,480 Speaker 1: to as well? We'll take a short break, we'll come back. 389 00:22:14,960 --> 00:22:16,960 Speaker 1: UH peak at the purple brought to my our friends 390 00:22:17,000 --> 00:22:19,320 Speaker 1: that are affordable electric for all of your electrical needs 391 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,960 Speaker 1: UH one volt or affordable dash electric dot com. They're 392 00:22:23,960 --> 00:22:41,159 Speaker 1: shocking the affordable. I want to chime in. 393 00:22:41,320 --> 00:22:43,879 Speaker 5: What's happening with your favorite KFM program. We'll make your 394 00:22:43,920 --> 00:22:46,560 Speaker 5: voice heard on the Bradshaw Brian text line. Let's than 395 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:48,159 Speaker 5: what you have to say by texting your messages six 396 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 5: four six eighty six. That's six four six eighty six 397 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 5: standard message in data. 398 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:57,320 Speaker 1: It's play wow man. What's this one called Hate Ashbury Days? 399 00:22:58,480 --> 00:23:01,960 Speaker 1: Red faded void. That's sort of like hate Ashbury Days. 400 00:23:03,160 --> 00:23:05,600 Speaker 1: I told one of my Hate Ashbury Day stories. I 401 00:23:05,640 --> 00:23:07,639 Speaker 1: added some new material. By the way, one of my 402 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: Hate Ashbury Day stories at PLoP Spot and Tears. I 403 00:23:11,480 --> 00:23:14,360 Speaker 1: got to rework the entire act, not the entire act 404 00:23:14,400 --> 00:23:18,399 Speaker 1: of the hour. I have ten minutes if it's funny, 405 00:23:18,600 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: nine minutes of its fine. But I'm gonna uh, I'm 406 00:23:21,320 --> 00:23:23,240 Speaker 1: gonna go on a on a writing bitch here. Of 407 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: course I've been promising that for about ten years. But 408 00:23:26,640 --> 00:23:28,720 Speaker 1: you know what, you know who my comedy idol is 409 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,680 Speaker 1: Meat Sauce. That's who I look up to. So I'm 410 00:23:32,720 --> 00:23:36,399 Speaker 1: gonna try to be more like Meat Sauce. Timneby, do 411 00:23:36,400 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 1: you remember when did Kevin O'Connell sign his extension? Was 412 00:23:42,560 --> 00:23:46,520 Speaker 1: that pretty close to right after the season? And so 413 00:23:46,760 --> 00:23:50,040 Speaker 1: was it before free agency? And before I think yeah, 414 00:23:50,160 --> 00:23:56,320 Speaker 1: and before the draft? Because I think that's important to 415 00:23:58,320 --> 00:24:02,280 Speaker 1: the conversation here. And two, why we're at where we're 416 00:24:02,320 --> 00:24:06,359 Speaker 1: at as far as looking for new general manager, the 417 00:24:06,480 --> 00:24:12,040 Speaker 1: quarterback situation, the money we've with our salary cap situation. 418 00:24:12,160 --> 00:24:14,680 Speaker 1: We're in salary cap heck. Is from what I understand, 419 00:24:15,520 --> 00:24:17,680 Speaker 1: because I think you and I have talked about this, 420 00:24:18,200 --> 00:24:24,000 Speaker 1: we both have it from pretty good sources that O'Connell 421 00:24:24,760 --> 00:24:27,040 Speaker 1: this is alleged. I don't know, because I'm just going 422 00:24:27,119 --> 00:24:32,920 Speaker 1: by people that I trust, people that they follow the 423 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:35,600 Speaker 1: Vikings much more closely than I to. They are in 424 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:40,560 Speaker 1: they have conversations with people that are in the know, 425 00:24:42,240 --> 00:24:44,280 Speaker 1: and that one of the things that Quasi said, well, 426 00:24:44,280 --> 00:24:47,480 Speaker 1: if I'm gonna Kevin said, is well, if I'm going 427 00:24:47,520 --> 00:24:52,040 Speaker 1: to resign, I want to have more say in personnel decisions, right, 428 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 1: and then he signed an extension. The reason I say 429 00:24:55,720 --> 00:25:01,040 Speaker 1: that is because I still can't figure out who had 430 00:25:01,080 --> 00:25:03,600 Speaker 1: the finals say and who made the decision that we're 431 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,399 Speaker 1: not going to pay Sam Darnald. This from part of 432 00:25:06,480 --> 00:25:12,240 Speaker 1: that alec lewis, Diane is a Diana or Diana? Do 433 00:25:12,600 --> 00:25:17,919 Speaker 1: you know Russini? Diana Rossini? This paragraph says, in accounting 434 00:25:18,119 --> 00:25:21,840 Speaker 1: of the contributing factors to this decision begins with the 435 00:25:21,960 --> 00:25:26,280 Speaker 1: twenty to twenty five quarterback plan, the Vikings declined re 436 00:25:26,520 --> 00:25:31,720 Speaker 1: sign Donald, who loved Minnesota. Even at the time, many 437 00:25:31,800 --> 00:25:34,760 Speaker 1: within the organization believed he was an ideal fit for 438 00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:40,920 Speaker 1: O'Connell's complex vertical passing base system. One league source said 439 00:25:41,000 --> 00:25:42,879 Speaker 1: he believed there was a time at which Darnald was 440 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:46,840 Speaker 1: opened to staying in Minnesota for less money, but that 441 00:25:46,960 --> 00:25:51,680 Speaker 1: the organization ultimately weighed Donald's value against its investment in 442 00:25:51,760 --> 00:25:54,720 Speaker 1: JJ McCarthy, whom the Vikings had selected in the first 443 00:25:54,800 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: round of the twenty twenty four draft, apparently loved Minnesota. 444 00:26:03,600 --> 00:26:06,080 Speaker 1: Many in the organization believed he was an ideal fit 445 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:10,359 Speaker 1: for O'Connell's system, and there was a League source that 446 00:26:10,480 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 1: says Darnold was open to stain in Minnesota for less money, 447 00:26:13,320 --> 00:26:15,359 Speaker 1: but then they had to weigh the pros and the 448 00:26:15,440 --> 00:26:18,960 Speaker 1: cons and they decided to go in another direction. And 449 00:26:19,359 --> 00:26:24,679 Speaker 1: somebody else tend to be that, you know. That's they 450 00:26:24,720 --> 00:26:28,119 Speaker 1: don't work with the Vikings, but they work closely. And 451 00:26:28,240 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: I asked them recently, I said, do you know who 452 00:26:35,480 --> 00:26:37,720 Speaker 1: made the final decision on this? And he said, I 453 00:26:37,880 --> 00:26:40,919 Speaker 1: honestly can't tell you. That's what he said. I honestly 454 00:26:40,960 --> 00:26:44,680 Speaker 1: cannot tell you because I don't know we we And 455 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:51,600 Speaker 1: the reason I bring up the the when did when 456 00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:55,960 Speaker 1: did O'Connell resign? Because I think it is important to 457 00:26:56,119 --> 00:26:59,520 Speaker 1: know who's making all these decisions? Was that Quays you said, no, 458 00:26:59,600 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: we've d McCarthy, We're not going to resign Donald, or 459 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:08,200 Speaker 1: because O'Connell wanted to have more say in personnel decisions. 460 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:12,520 Speaker 1: Did he say, no, we're not signing I don't think 461 00:27:12,560 --> 00:27:14,439 Speaker 1: we should sign Donald. I think we need to move 462 00:27:14,520 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: on to JJ McCarthy because it's obvious to anybody that's 463 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,639 Speaker 1: been watching now it was a mistake to go the 464 00:27:21,720 --> 00:27:24,640 Speaker 1: way they did. Now again, if McCarthy ends up becoming 465 00:27:24,680 --> 00:27:28,959 Speaker 1: a brilliant quarterback and becomes a generational type player, then 466 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:30,560 Speaker 1: you don't have to go that. If it just ends 467 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:34,439 Speaker 1: up being a starting quarterback of franchise quarterback for the Vikings, 468 00:27:34,480 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 1: I guess all is right with the world. 469 00:27:36,200 --> 00:27:36,320 Speaker 2: Right. 470 00:27:36,480 --> 00:27:39,000 Speaker 1: We can say it's water under the bridge, but still 471 00:27:39,119 --> 00:27:41,800 Speaker 1: you took a season last year in which you were 472 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: coming off the fourteen and three season and your window 473 00:27:45,440 --> 00:27:47,760 Speaker 1: was open, and then all of a sudden you let it. 474 00:27:49,200 --> 00:27:51,560 Speaker 1: I don't know if it's slam shut now, but there's 475 00:27:51,560 --> 00:27:53,960 Speaker 1: certainly a lot of work to do there. So I 476 00:27:54,200 --> 00:28:06,680 Speaker 1: wish I knew who that was. Story goes on to 477 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:09,919 Speaker 1: say Quazy said at the end of the sea at 478 00:28:10,000 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 1: the end of this season that the information we had 479 00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: on McCarthy was good, but it was admittedly incomplete and 480 00:28:16,119 --> 00:28:20,800 Speaker 1: a small sample. The comment, though, is at odds with 481 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,879 Speaker 1: concerns expressed by the team sources about McCarthy's readiness dating 482 00:28:25,119 --> 00:28:28,360 Speaker 1: back to last spring. Torm meniscus and his right knee, 483 00:28:28,400 --> 00:28:31,760 Speaker 1: which McCarthy suffered in August of twenty twenty four forced 484 00:28:31,800 --> 00:28:33,520 Speaker 1: him to miss the entire rookie season had been an 485 00:28:33,520 --> 00:28:37,199 Speaker 1: immense challenge mentally, and many team sources questioned his ability 486 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:40,360 Speaker 1: to lead in an organization that would have high expectations 487 00:28:40,400 --> 00:28:42,840 Speaker 1: after that fourteen and three season. The fighting is thought 488 00:28:42,880 --> 00:28:45,360 Speaker 1: they could hedge their bet on McCarthy's youth and progress 489 00:28:45,680 --> 00:28:48,760 Speaker 1: progress by paying the premium for Daniel Jones. This is 490 00:28:48,800 --> 00:28:53,000 Speaker 1: already this is already well documented, whom they strategically signed 491 00:28:53,000 --> 00:28:55,720 Speaker 1: a late in twenty twenty four. Instead, Jones signed with 492 00:28:55,800 --> 00:28:58,920 Speaker 1: the Colts. That created an opportunity to pursue future Hall 493 00:28:58,960 --> 00:29:02,040 Speaker 1: of Famer Aaron Rodgers on a minimal contract. In idea, 494 00:29:02,160 --> 00:29:11,920 Speaker 1: many executives, coaches and even key players support executives. Coaches 495 00:29:12,440 --> 00:29:17,920 Speaker 1: and players who are the executives? Is that ownership? Is 496 00:29:18,040 --> 00:29:22,480 Speaker 1: that Robert Zinski is an executive? Quasy Udolpha Mensa was 497 00:29:22,640 --> 00:29:25,960 Speaker 1: an executive. I don't know how many more executives GM 498 00:29:26,200 --> 00:29:28,480 Speaker 1: assistant GM. I don't know how many of these people 499 00:29:28,720 --> 00:29:35,479 Speaker 1: are there, coaches, head coach, offensive coordinator. We have one 500 00:29:35,520 --> 00:29:37,480 Speaker 1: by name the way I think we all kind of 501 00:29:37,520 --> 00:29:40,800 Speaker 1: figure that. You know, it's Quazy O'Connell's the guy calling 502 00:29:40,840 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 1: the plays. Flores have something to do with that. There's 503 00:29:44,160 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: more on that and other pieces. I've been reading that 504 00:29:46,080 --> 00:29:50,560 Speaker 1: maybe Flores was none too happy with the way Quasy 505 00:29:50,680 --> 00:29:53,280 Speaker 1: was operated, But that's all that's just rumoring, innuendo. I 506 00:29:53,360 --> 00:29:55,960 Speaker 1: don't know. I don't know if anybody's asked Flores. I 507 00:29:56,000 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: don't think they have. I've not heard anything, and I 508 00:29:58,000 --> 00:30:03,720 Speaker 1: don't know that. And who are these key players? You 509 00:30:03,840 --> 00:30:06,560 Speaker 1: saw what JJ said, didn't you? 510 00:30:06,800 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 5: Yes, As I said, I'm guessing he's one of the 511 00:30:08,720 --> 00:30:10,760 Speaker 5: key players, based out of his comments that we had today. 512 00:30:10,880 --> 00:30:14,440 Speaker 1: He said, And I'll pull up the exact comment. Maybe 513 00:30:14,440 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 1: you have it, I give it to you. Yeah, I 514 00:30:15,800 --> 00:30:17,160 Speaker 1: mean I have. It's somewhere on my phone. But then 515 00:30:17,160 --> 00:30:18,600 Speaker 1: I got to get out of this. It's a lot 516 00:30:18,640 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 1: of work. This would be like, with so much to 517 00:30:20,680 --> 00:30:22,760 Speaker 1: do today, just on my phone. If my wife had 518 00:30:22,800 --> 00:30:24,920 Speaker 1: a child, I couldn't take time off to be with 519 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: her because I've got to get through this segment. This 520 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,479 Speaker 1: is important stuff we're talking about right now. 521 00:30:30,280 --> 00:30:32,280 Speaker 5: This is from ESPN dot com, the vikings, blah blah 522 00:30:32,280 --> 00:30:35,840 Speaker 5: blah blah blah. But justin Jefferson can't help but wonder 523 00:30:36,000 --> 00:30:38,640 Speaker 5: if things would have been different had quarterback Sam Darnold 524 00:30:38,680 --> 00:30:42,040 Speaker 5: been under center instead of offender JJ McCarthy. Jefferson told 525 00:30:42,120 --> 00:30:45,360 Speaker 5: USA Today Sports quote, everyone knows the difficulty of the 526 00:30:45,440 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 5: quarterback position this year, how we were dealt it. But 527 00:30:48,240 --> 00:30:50,120 Speaker 5: having a quarterback that already had a season under his 528 00:30:50,200 --> 00:30:52,160 Speaker 5: belt with US, knew, the players, knew the playbook, knew 529 00:30:52,160 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 5: the players throwing to me and Jordan Addison, T J. 530 00:30:54,640 --> 00:30:57,040 Speaker 5: Hawkins and all these guys, I definitely feel like we 531 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:57,960 Speaker 5: would have done better. 532 00:30:59,560 --> 00:31:01,680 Speaker 1: He goes on to say later in another piece, I 533 00:31:01,840 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: read that this isn't a slight towards McCarthy either, because 534 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:09,800 Speaker 1: McCarthy doesn't make they were just asked the would have 535 00:31:09,880 --> 00:31:12,440 Speaker 1: been better off? He says, well, yeah, I think everybody 536 00:31:12,520 --> 00:31:14,800 Speaker 1: thought that, including myself. I mean that's why I said, 537 00:31:14,840 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: how do you let a franchise quarterback leave the building 538 00:31:17,000 --> 00:31:18,960 Speaker 1: when that's what you've been trying to find? Every team's 539 00:31:19,000 --> 00:31:21,520 Speaker 1: trying to find well, I don't like worse. Well, it 540 00:31:21,600 --> 00:31:25,880 Speaker 1: certainly couldn't have. And that's and what I like about 541 00:31:25,920 --> 00:31:28,560 Speaker 1: that is because part of the comeback to those of 542 00:31:28,680 --> 00:31:32,000 Speaker 1: us that thought they should have assigned Donald or re 543 00:31:32,160 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 1: signed Donald, or at least taken a year on a 544 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:43,560 Speaker 1: on a team friendly contract with with Rogers, was well, 545 00:31:43,760 --> 00:31:49,440 Speaker 1: those quarterbacks wouldn't have been any better behind that offensive line. Well, 546 00:31:49,600 --> 00:31:55,160 Speaker 1: your guy, Justin Jefferson Jets, the guy we all love 547 00:31:55,520 --> 00:31:59,280 Speaker 1: and thin, can do no wrong and knows everything he says, 548 00:31:59,360 --> 00:32:01,240 Speaker 1: we would have been better, So don't you don't have 549 00:32:01,320 --> 00:32:03,400 Speaker 1: to take it from me. And by the way, I've 550 00:32:03,480 --> 00:32:06,960 Speaker 1: played the game before. You see Jason Kidds quotes. Have 551 00:32:07,000 --> 00:32:10,800 Speaker 1: you heard about Jason Kidd? We'll get to that later. Bitter, 552 00:32:11,480 --> 00:32:13,960 Speaker 1: he starts, the media is out of me. He's throwing 553 00:32:14,080 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: f bombs around to and he goes, I played the game. 554 00:32:16,240 --> 00:32:23,120 Speaker 1: You didn't. It's so good. Oh but anyway, Indian The 555 00:32:23,200 --> 00:32:25,600 Speaker 1: Vikings opted against that route, thinking that they'd be better 556 00:32:25,640 --> 00:32:28,840 Speaker 1: off assessing McCarthy's talent early in his rookie contract. The 557 00:32:28,920 --> 00:32:31,760 Speaker 1: Vikings assessed the potential fit of veterans Joe Flacco and 558 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: Ryan Tannehill, who wanted to who who wanted to starter 559 00:32:37,520 --> 00:32:42,160 Speaker 1: level contracts. According to the league source right correct, the 560 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,120 Speaker 1: Vikings rated for how long and then of course went 561 00:32:44,160 --> 00:32:46,800 Speaker 1: to wins. It says. Even this week one team source 562 00:32:46,840 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 1: brought up the subject again, saying, I would still like 563 00:32:50,000 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 1: to know who made the final decision not to sign Rogers. 564 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,360 Speaker 1: I still don't know. What I do know is it 565 00:32:56,440 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 1: affected a lot of lively hoods. What did you and 566 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:07,720 Speaker 1: I say, tenemy, when the Rogers rumors were spreading, let's 567 00:33:07,720 --> 00:33:11,760 Speaker 1: get them sign him. One was a selfish reason. It'd 568 00:33:11,800 --> 00:33:14,440 Speaker 1: be so much fun for us every day we could 569 00:33:14,480 --> 00:33:17,880 Speaker 1: do a Uh did we for a while? Yeah? We 570 00:33:17,960 --> 00:33:20,240 Speaker 1: were doing may Day Green Bay. We were doing a 571 00:33:20,360 --> 00:33:23,760 Speaker 1: daily bit. When Rogers left it was with the Jets. 572 00:33:23,800 --> 00:33:25,880 Speaker 1: It was so much fun Rogers. He would have helped 573 00:33:25,880 --> 00:33:27,960 Speaker 1: prop up our saging run. Oh yes, it would have 574 00:33:27,960 --> 00:33:31,360 Speaker 1: been so good. Plus what if he's got one more year. 575 00:33:31,680 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 1: I just liked the idea of lightning striking twice in 576 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:38,360 Speaker 1: the same place. I mean, it was it was almost 577 00:33:38,520 --> 00:33:39,040 Speaker 1: and then you get. 578 00:33:38,960 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 5: The delicious factor because he's a former packer. 579 00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:44,440 Speaker 1: Well, it's almost exactly what Farv did. Farv went to 580 00:33:44,600 --> 00:33:49,000 Speaker 1: the Jets then to the Vikings, Rogers went to the Jets, 581 00:33:49,280 --> 00:33:50,720 Speaker 1: and then it would have come to the Vikings. It 582 00:33:50,760 --> 00:33:54,720 Speaker 1: would have been the same path. And say what you 583 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:59,280 Speaker 1: want about Rogers, but he's I watched enough last year. 584 00:33:59,680 --> 00:34:03,080 Speaker 1: Is he the Rogers of twenty ten? No, probably not 585 00:34:03,160 --> 00:34:06,360 Speaker 1: even the Rogers of twenty twenty, But he's pretty good. 586 00:34:06,440 --> 00:34:08,759 Speaker 1: You can still dissect the defense. He's still he can, 587 00:34:08,880 --> 00:34:11,920 Speaker 1: he can, he can, He's got ease. He's not as 588 00:34:12,960 --> 00:34:16,440 Speaker 1: physically gifted his gift that is like even even even Stafford. 589 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:17,919 Speaker 1: You know, if you compare the two, you know, one's 590 00:34:17,960 --> 00:34:19,839 Speaker 1: forty one, one's thirty seven. Those are kind of your 591 00:34:20,120 --> 00:34:22,319 Speaker 1: your aging guys. And I guess Flacco you throw it there, 592 00:34:22,320 --> 00:34:25,040 Speaker 1: and then of course Phil Rivers. But Rogers still has 593 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:28,080 Speaker 1: enough cutting and dial where he could have and some 594 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:30,520 Speaker 1: of them the mobility, the mobility. But that's what it 595 00:34:30,560 --> 00:34:32,799 Speaker 1: says here. It says even this one team source brought 596 00:34:32,800 --> 00:34:35,120 Speaker 1: out the same I'd still like to know who made 597 00:34:35,160 --> 00:34:38,920 Speaker 1: that final decision not to sign Rogers. I still don't know. 598 00:34:39,920 --> 00:34:42,799 Speaker 1: What I do know is it affected a lot of livelihoods. 599 00:34:43,760 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 1: So yeah, it's here's one more thing. It says this 600 00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:04,880 Speaker 1: was leading up to Quasey's firing, it says, for weeks 601 00:35:05,000 --> 00:35:08,240 Speaker 1: executives and coaches inside the Vikings building and throughout the NFL, 602 00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:12,080 Speaker 1: it speculated Quasy's job could be in jeopardy even after 603 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:15,360 Speaker 1: he received an extension last offseason, and even though the 604 00:35:15,440 --> 00:35:17,560 Speaker 1: Vikings produced a forty three to twenty five record over 605 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,440 Speaker 1: his four years. While quays he had close relationships with 606 00:35:20,520 --> 00:35:23,840 Speaker 1: many players and staffers, questions about his jobs status persisted. 607 00:35:23,920 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: For several reasons. Only four of Adopha Menz's twenty eight 608 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:31,719 Speaker 1: draft picks are sure fire starters for the future. That's 609 00:35:31,760 --> 00:35:34,839 Speaker 1: a paltry return. The team's twenty twenty five quarterback plan 610 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 1: following a fourteen win season, contributed to a playoff's playoffs 611 00:35:38,440 --> 00:35:41,680 Speaker 1: less finish, and at the same time, former quarterback Sam 612 00:35:41,760 --> 00:35:45,080 Speaker 1: Darnold's leading the Seattle Seahawks to the big game. Adopha 613 00:35:45,080 --> 00:35:48,759 Speaker 1: Men's has Wall Street trading background created skepticism amongst some 614 00:35:48,880 --> 00:35:52,280 Speaker 1: football people inside and outside the organization that never completely faded. 615 00:35:52,760 --> 00:35:57,600 Speaker 1: Intention Its spilled over between Adolpha Mensa and key members 616 00:35:57,680 --> 00:36:02,160 Speaker 1: of the coaching staff, who questions his experience to do 617 00:36:02,320 --> 00:36:04,520 Speaker 1: the job. And we'd heard rumors about that tenemy that 618 00:36:04,560 --> 00:36:06,600 Speaker 1: there were people buddy heads, which is one of the 619 00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,320 Speaker 1: one why. I tend to believe my source that tells 620 00:36:10,440 --> 00:36:17,400 Speaker 1: me O'Connell wanted if he was going to re sign 621 00:36:17,840 --> 00:36:21,360 Speaker 1: another contract, he wanted more say in personnel decisions. And 622 00:36:21,480 --> 00:36:24,160 Speaker 1: that's where. Now there was one other one. And I 623 00:36:24,160 --> 00:36:33,800 Speaker 1: don't know if I say this, where was the heavy 624 00:36:34,000 --> 00:36:37,960 Speaker 1: handed Oh? Here it is in the end. This is 625 00:36:38,000 --> 00:36:41,920 Speaker 1: after the owner, you know, after Mark and Zigmund decided 626 00:36:41,920 --> 00:36:44,759 Speaker 1: to let him go. In the end, the owners felt 627 00:36:44,800 --> 00:36:47,600 Speaker 1: they needed someone who could lead with more experience and 628 00:36:47,760 --> 00:36:51,400 Speaker 1: develop and accepted consensus among all of the critical t 629 00:36:51,800 --> 00:36:57,280 Speaker 1: key decision makers. The tasks included managing and occasionally heavy 630 00:36:57,440 --> 00:37:02,239 Speaker 1: handed coaching staff that has had major influence on significant 631 00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:06,279 Speaker 1: personnel decisions, according to team sources. So again this is why. 632 00:37:08,719 --> 00:37:12,440 Speaker 1: And I wasn't what did the kids say, that's not 633 00:37:12,600 --> 00:37:14,600 Speaker 1: a hill I'm going to die on, you know, they say, 634 00:37:15,120 --> 00:37:19,440 Speaker 1: I stuck up for a men's a quasi just for 635 00:37:19,560 --> 00:37:23,439 Speaker 1: the fact that everybody's it's the Chris Carter. Everybody wants 636 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 1: a fall guy. So it's convenient take the general manager 637 00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:30,400 Speaker 1: without the experience, the guy who spends some time in 638 00:37:30,440 --> 00:37:33,000 Speaker 1: the NFL prior to being with the Vikings. But he 639 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:36,480 Speaker 1: was a Wall Street commodities trader guy, and he took 640 00:37:36,600 --> 00:37:40,240 Speaker 1: two weeks off to be with his child, his newborn, 641 00:37:40,360 --> 00:37:42,920 Speaker 1: you know, his wife and his newborn child. It's all 642 00:37:43,080 --> 00:37:46,160 Speaker 1: his fault if it wasn't for him, look at the draft, 643 00:37:46,600 --> 00:37:49,480 Speaker 1: it's all his fault. If we get rid of quasi, 644 00:37:49,719 --> 00:37:51,920 Speaker 1: all will be right with the world. I think that's 645 00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:57,000 Speaker 1: what a lot of people think. Okay, I think it's 646 00:37:57,040 --> 00:38:01,440 Speaker 1: more complicated than that, because just this, this this paragraph alone, 647 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:06,520 Speaker 1: the task included managing an occasionally heavy handed coaching staff 648 00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:11,239 Speaker 1: that had major influence on significant personnel decisions, according to 649 00:38:11,320 --> 00:38:13,880 Speaker 1: team sources. Now you can say I would rather have 650 00:38:15,120 --> 00:38:18,280 Speaker 1: the coaching staff making those decisions, and I don't disagree 651 00:38:18,360 --> 00:38:22,160 Speaker 1: with you. But my point is, it sounds to me 652 00:38:22,360 --> 00:38:25,680 Speaker 1: that every draft pick and every free agent signing wasn't 653 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:31,320 Speaker 1: one hundred percent quasy, that the coaching staff front office. 654 00:38:31,480 --> 00:38:33,160 Speaker 1: I don't know how many people have you ever heard 655 00:38:33,200 --> 00:38:36,120 Speaker 1: too many cooks spoil the broth. This seems like we 656 00:38:36,440 --> 00:38:42,520 Speaker 1: had we had a whole restaurant, and we might have 657 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:44,239 Speaker 1: that going forward st and we might have that going 658 00:38:44,280 --> 00:38:47,400 Speaker 1: forward still too. I find the. 659 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 5: Two week paternity leaves smearing to be just kind of fascinating, 660 00:38:52,640 --> 00:38:55,200 Speaker 5: like we've never heard about that, right once he's fired, 661 00:38:55,640 --> 00:38:57,120 Speaker 5: now let's bring it out when you don't even need 662 00:38:57,200 --> 00:39:00,880 Speaker 5: to bring that up, No to smear, like pull that 663 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:02,839 Speaker 5: to the side and say, hey, Quasy was fired because 664 00:39:02,880 --> 00:39:04,600 Speaker 5: he was terrible drafting players. 665 00:39:04,800 --> 00:39:07,200 Speaker 1: That's all you need to do. Yeah, and then why 666 00:39:07,200 --> 00:39:09,479 Speaker 1: would you just when we never heard about it before. 667 00:39:09,560 --> 00:39:11,120 Speaker 5: But then now that he's gone and that and that 668 00:39:11,239 --> 00:39:13,680 Speaker 5: paragraph did say it's like they're trying to create this 669 00:39:13,800 --> 00:39:14,680 Speaker 5: narrative around him. 670 00:39:14,760 --> 00:39:17,040 Speaker 1: Well, in this reporting it did say that the Vikings 671 00:39:17,080 --> 00:39:19,320 Speaker 1: signed off on that too, so the Wolves were not 672 00:39:19,719 --> 00:39:22,239 Speaker 1: the Wolves didn't look at him, and I guess and 673 00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,680 Speaker 1: that they were against that. I just don't see how 674 00:39:24,719 --> 00:39:27,200 Speaker 1: anybody could be. I just to me, it's just preposterous. 675 00:39:27,280 --> 00:39:32,120 Speaker 1: But so my my whole point in all this is, yeah, 676 00:39:32,760 --> 00:39:36,920 Speaker 1: I think we can all agree Quays he had to go. 677 00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:44,480 Speaker 1: I mean it, you look at because technically the the 678 00:39:47,160 --> 00:39:49,719 Speaker 1: the guy with the club making the final decisions on 679 00:39:49,840 --> 00:39:53,839 Speaker 1: personnel is the general manager. But as I've been saying 680 00:39:54,040 --> 00:39:57,480 Speaker 1: all along, I've said this for years, I don't believe 681 00:39:57,600 --> 00:39:59,879 Speaker 1: the general manager just comes up to you and says, 682 00:40:00,360 --> 00:40:02,120 Speaker 1: it's not like they're sitting there in the war room. 683 00:40:02,160 --> 00:40:07,920 Speaker 1: And all of a sudden, Roselle goes up to the 684 00:40:08,000 --> 00:40:11,280 Speaker 1: microphone and says, with the thirteenth pick in the National 685 00:40:11,320 --> 00:40:14,680 Speaker 1: Football League Draft. And then the coaches have the vice going, 686 00:40:14,719 --> 00:40:16,600 Speaker 1: I don't wonder who we took, wonder who we took. 687 00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:19,719 Speaker 1: They know they've talked about it. It's been discussed in 688 00:40:19,840 --> 00:40:20,560 Speaker 1: meetings forever. 689 00:40:21,360 --> 00:40:21,520 Speaker 2: Now. 690 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:23,839 Speaker 1: It may be where the general manager can pull rank. 691 00:40:23,920 --> 00:40:26,680 Speaker 1: I'm sure he can go. I like what you guys 692 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:32,080 Speaker 1: have to say, but I'm I'm I'm taking our twelfth pick, 693 00:40:32,520 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 1: giving it to Detroit. We're dropping back to thirtieth, and 694 00:40:35,560 --> 00:40:38,960 Speaker 1: I'm taking Louis c okay, because he could I guess 695 00:40:39,040 --> 00:40:41,680 Speaker 1: pull rank right. If he is the general manager, he 696 00:40:41,960 --> 00:40:43,000 Speaker 1: gets the final set. 697 00:40:43,120 --> 00:40:46,400 Speaker 5: I go back to the when Jordan Addison was drafted, 698 00:40:46,840 --> 00:40:49,080 Speaker 5: and you know, now they show like the videos of 699 00:40:49,160 --> 00:40:52,759 Speaker 5: them they're reacting after and they got miked up, and 700 00:40:52,960 --> 00:40:56,320 Speaker 5: the conversation with KOs and Quazy to me came across 701 00:40:56,360 --> 00:40:59,120 Speaker 5: as koc trying to convince Quazy after the pick, hey, 702 00:40:59,160 --> 00:41:01,200 Speaker 5: this guy's gonna be good for that's the right pick. 703 00:41:01,200 --> 00:41:03,680 Speaker 5: To even like he was trying to. It was almost 704 00:41:03,719 --> 00:41:06,000 Speaker 5: like Quazy wasn't sure about the pick, right, right, even 705 00:41:06,000 --> 00:41:08,480 Speaker 5: though he made the pick. Yeah, but you knew that 706 00:41:08,560 --> 00:41:09,359 Speaker 5: was Kos's pick. 707 00:41:10,239 --> 00:41:15,520 Speaker 1: And let's face it too, it isn't is it isn't 708 00:41:15,560 --> 00:41:20,239 Speaker 1: in exact science we have seen you you'll have from 709 00:41:23,440 --> 00:41:26,680 Speaker 1: One of my favorite examples is Ryan Leaf was the 710 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:29,319 Speaker 1: number one pick overall and I don't remember what year 711 00:41:29,360 --> 00:41:32,800 Speaker 1: it was. The draft was a can't miss surefire quarterback. 712 00:41:32,840 --> 00:41:35,080 Speaker 1: He was a complete bust all the way to the 713 00:41:35,160 --> 00:41:37,799 Speaker 1: John Randalls of the world who weren't drafted by him, 714 00:41:38,040 --> 00:41:40,920 Speaker 1: not on anybody's radar as far as drafting. No one 715 00:41:41,000 --> 00:41:42,480 Speaker 1: was going to use a draft pick on him. But 716 00:41:43,160 --> 00:41:44,640 Speaker 1: bring him in, let's see what he's got, and he 717 00:41:44,719 --> 00:41:47,440 Speaker 1: turns into a Hall of Fame football player. Right. So 718 00:41:49,320 --> 00:41:56,520 Speaker 1: general managers, NFL personnel evaluators, head coaches, coordinators, line coaches, 719 00:41:56,719 --> 00:42:01,919 Speaker 1: special teams coaches, they all miss they too. They find 720 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:04,480 Speaker 1: guys and go, wow, what a great draft picked that was. 721 00:42:04,600 --> 00:42:08,440 Speaker 1: Remember when Detroit got criticized for drafting Jamior Gibbs. If 722 00:42:08,480 --> 00:42:10,640 Speaker 1: the twelve was it the twelve pick overall? Or you 723 00:42:10,760 --> 00:42:14,520 Speaker 1: can't draft the running back that high? That position's been devalued. 724 00:42:14,800 --> 00:42:18,080 Speaker 1: What a mistake they got Steward the Holmes character, the 725 00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:20,040 Speaker 1: general manager for the lines, what do you think of 726 00:42:20,120 --> 00:42:22,799 Speaker 1: his selection now? Now he's missed other ones. He hasn't 727 00:42:22,840 --> 00:42:24,759 Speaker 1: made everyone. But that's the thing. You're not going to 728 00:42:24,840 --> 00:42:26,320 Speaker 1: hit them all. You just got to make sure you 729 00:42:26,440 --> 00:42:29,440 Speaker 1: hit the majority of them. Especially when you're drafting in 730 00:42:29,520 --> 00:42:32,000 Speaker 1: those early rounds, those first, second, and third, you got 731 00:42:32,120 --> 00:42:34,759 Speaker 1: to nail those. And if they don't have to be 732 00:42:34,880 --> 00:42:38,960 Speaker 1: a superstar, but you have to get a guy that 733 00:42:39,320 --> 00:42:41,640 Speaker 1: is going to be on your team for a good 734 00:42:42,200 --> 00:42:44,799 Speaker 1: five pen if he stays healthy, five, eight, ten years 735 00:42:44,840 --> 00:42:47,720 Speaker 1: and as a contributing player to the club. Good quality 736 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,200 Speaker 1: offensive lineman might not be the best, but when you 737 00:42:50,280 --> 00:42:53,919 Speaker 1: look at those Pro Football Focus grades, he's he grades well. 738 00:42:54,280 --> 00:42:57,240 Speaker 1: He's in that upper tier, that upper third of offensive linemans. 739 00:42:57,440 --> 00:43:00,480 Speaker 1: He's healthy, he's able to play. That's what you have 740 00:43:00,600 --> 00:43:05,680 Speaker 1: to do. And look at sir, Mark wasn't wrong. They 741 00:43:06,040 --> 00:43:07,839 Speaker 1: you know the old we got to get this right. 742 00:43:07,880 --> 00:43:09,960 Speaker 1: Remember when Taylor was saying that. Glenn Taylor said that 743 00:43:09,960 --> 00:43:11,600 Speaker 1: a few years ago. We got to get this right. 744 00:43:12,120 --> 00:43:14,920 Speaker 1: They have to get this right. They if you look, 745 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,640 Speaker 1: there's another piece I can. I'll bring up I have 746 00:43:16,719 --> 00:43:18,640 Speaker 1: it somewhere in there where you you know, we talked 747 00:43:18,640 --> 00:43:21,160 Speaker 1: about the Vikings have the four players. You know, all 748 00:43:21,239 --> 00:43:25,720 Speaker 1: the times odophamnss drafted. Green Bay's got like eighteen guys 749 00:43:25,800 --> 00:43:28,719 Speaker 1: on the roster, Detroit's got like thirteen guys on the roster, 750 00:43:28,840 --> 00:43:32,919 Speaker 1: Guys that were recently drafted in the last three four 751 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:41,200 Speaker 1: years that are either starters, certainly depth pieces, or in 752 00:43:41,320 --> 00:43:44,120 Speaker 1: some cases they're Pro bowlers. And you know, some are 753 00:43:44,160 --> 00:43:48,120 Speaker 1: no brainers. Let's see, I think we're gonna draft Aden Hutchinson. Yeah, 754 00:43:48,600 --> 00:43:52,000 Speaker 1: that makes sense, But guys say something controversial that's interesting. 755 00:43:53,000 --> 00:43:58,080 Speaker 5: Are koc and b flow are their offenses and defense 756 00:43:58,160 --> 00:44:01,000 Speaker 5: is so complicated that it's hard for young players to 757 00:44:01,040 --> 00:44:01,600 Speaker 5: come in and produce. 758 00:44:01,680 --> 00:44:02,759 Speaker 1: Right, Well, that's another thing. 759 00:44:02,800 --> 00:44:04,680 Speaker 5: That's why they want to keep going on and getting veterans. 760 00:44:05,960 --> 00:44:09,359 Speaker 5: It a development thing too, on top of bad draft picks. 761 00:44:09,480 --> 00:44:12,640 Speaker 1: It could be certainly there was another quote I have 762 00:44:13,600 --> 00:44:16,719 Speaker 1: that from it. We'll get to as well. Connell said 763 00:44:16,719 --> 00:44:20,320 Speaker 1: this recently talking about what's the most important thing in 764 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,279 Speaker 1: developing a team. You know, you got to have depth guys, 765 00:44:24,280 --> 00:44:32,319 Speaker 1: and people have read that as basically saying, well, our 766 00:44:32,400 --> 00:44:34,839 Speaker 1: general manager. Not only has he missed on a lot 767 00:44:34,920 --> 00:44:37,759 Speaker 1: of you know players that have become you know that 768 00:44:37,960 --> 00:44:41,279 Speaker 1: that are that are quality starters that are there week 769 00:44:41,320 --> 00:44:43,640 Speaker 1: in and week out year after year. We're not even 770 00:44:43,680 --> 00:44:45,879 Speaker 1: getting any guys that you can plug in because they're 771 00:44:45,960 --> 00:44:48,480 Speaker 1: not around long enough to even learn the system. So 772 00:44:48,960 --> 00:44:51,920 Speaker 1: it's quite complicated. But they've got eight draft picks minimum 773 00:44:52,120 --> 00:44:54,400 Speaker 1: coming up here. They're going to have to shed some 774 00:44:54,880 --> 00:44:57,000 Speaker 1: we know. I saw another I got another graph that 775 00:44:57,160 --> 00:45:01,440 Speaker 1: says the Vikings are like second in her third worst 776 00:45:01,520 --> 00:45:05,799 Speaker 1: and salary cap situated. I mean, it's bad, so there's 777 00:45:05,840 --> 00:45:10,520 Speaker 1: a lot to do. Let's take a break. We'll come 778 00:45:10,600 --> 00:45:12,200 Speaker 1: back when we do. Tennebe, you got a little five 779 00:45:12,320 --> 00:45:15,319 Speaker 1: three four for us? Oh yeah? Could can we? Could 780 00:45:15,360 --> 00:45:17,480 Speaker 1: we see more damage from Darnold