1 00:00:01,800 --> 00:00:05,840 Speaker 1: To last second, saves the Orange and Blue deliver drama 2 00:00:06,000 --> 00:00:06,680 Speaker 1: every game. 3 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:09,280 Speaker 2: And if that won't give you goosebumps, I don't know 4 00:00:09,360 --> 00:00:15,440 Speaker 2: what will. FC Cincinnati Soccer lives here Bayard Thing the 5 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:19,240 Speaker 2: Bailey tonight on ESPN fifteen thirty. 6 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 3: There you go, There you go. Shortest offseason of all time. 7 00:00:26,720 --> 00:00:30,880 Speaker 3: Coffee Gap Champions Club cop in the dr Wednesday for 8 00:00:31,080 --> 00:00:34,280 Speaker 3: MC Cincinnati and then they're home on Saturday, and you'll 9 00:00:34,320 --> 00:00:36,520 Speaker 3: hear the matches on ESPN fifteen thirty. 10 00:00:37,159 --> 00:00:40,000 Speaker 2: Excited for that. We have some FC Cincinnati stop later 11 00:00:40,080 --> 00:00:41,080 Speaker 2: on in the week. 12 00:00:41,600 --> 00:00:44,360 Speaker 3: We gotta talk about Jerome Tang the coach of Kansas State, 13 00:00:44,440 --> 00:00:47,040 Speaker 3: who the school says they're blowing them out for a cause, 14 00:00:47,840 --> 00:00:51,680 Speaker 3: which I'm gonna blame Jerome Tang here, even though I 15 00:00:52,080 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 3: don't think he necessarily did anything wrong. The school is 16 00:00:55,000 --> 00:00:57,360 Speaker 3: letting him go because his record stinks. But we'll get 17 00:00:57,360 --> 00:01:00,760 Speaker 3: to all that here in just a bit. There's been 18 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 3: one simple request for the Bengals when it comes to 19 00:01:03,200 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 3: Trey Hendrickson, at least for me, play nice, Play nice 20 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,600 Speaker 3: with Trey Hendrickson's agent, Play nice with Trey Hendrickson, and 21 00:01:11,640 --> 00:01:16,000 Speaker 3: if you do, maybe you could have a productive end 22 00:01:16,040 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 3: of the Trey Hendrickson run in Cincinnati, So tomorrow we're 23 00:01:19,280 --> 00:01:22,679 Speaker 3: about twenty four hours away. Tomorrow at four o'clock is 24 00:01:22,680 --> 00:01:26,120 Speaker 3: when teams can start to apply the franchise tag to players, 25 00:01:26,880 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 3: and I've not seen anything indicating strongly either way that 26 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:35,560 Speaker 3: the Bengals are gonna tag him or not tag him. Obviously, 27 00:01:35,600 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 3: the franchise tag is something they've used before with players, 28 00:01:38,959 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 3: although seemingly never with the intention of executing a trade. 29 00:01:43,400 --> 00:01:45,360 Speaker 3: I think the suggestion that most of us have for 30 00:01:45,400 --> 00:01:48,200 Speaker 3: the Bengals with Trey is to tag him and trade 31 00:01:48,280 --> 00:01:51,080 Speaker 3: him to see if you can get an asset that 32 00:01:51,120 --> 00:01:55,760 Speaker 3: you could use this coming season for him. I do 33 00:01:55,800 --> 00:01:59,000 Speaker 3: not believe, and maybe I am dead wrong about this. 34 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:03,000 Speaker 3: I do not believe that, at the end of what 35 00:02:03,040 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 3: has been a multi year saga, that if the Bengals 36 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,800 Speaker 3: apply the franchise tag to Trey Hendrickson that he would 37 00:02:09,840 --> 00:02:14,480 Speaker 3: instantly sign the franchise tag offer. That I could be 38 00:02:14,520 --> 00:02:17,079 Speaker 3: dead wrong about that. Maybe he and his agent assess 39 00:02:17,160 --> 00:02:19,679 Speaker 3: the market. He's coming off an injury, and they think 40 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,640 Speaker 3: that financially the best he's going to do is a 41 00:02:21,639 --> 00:02:23,760 Speaker 3: one year deal that's going to pay him roughly thirty 42 00:02:23,760 --> 00:02:25,880 Speaker 3: million bucks, and then the Bengals got a guy who's 43 00:02:25,919 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 3: occupying a huge chunk of the payroll going into a 44 00:02:28,919 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 3: stretch of time where they need to spend a lot 45 00:02:30,800 --> 00:02:33,680 Speaker 3: of money on a lot of different positions. But it 46 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 3: just feels like there is close to a zero percent 47 00:02:37,639 --> 00:02:41,200 Speaker 3: chance that he would do that. So, if that is 48 00:02:41,280 --> 00:02:43,920 Speaker 3: the case, and a lot of people really close to 49 00:02:43,960 --> 00:02:47,120 Speaker 3: the team who cover the team closely believe the odds 50 00:02:47,120 --> 00:02:50,800 Speaker 3: of Trey Hendrickson instantly signing the deal is close to zero, 51 00:02:51,840 --> 00:02:55,079 Speaker 3: can you figure out a way to work with him 52 00:02:55,440 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 3: to arrive at a conclusion that is of mutual benefit. 53 00:02:59,680 --> 00:03:03,520 Speaker 3: I bring this up because NFL Networks Cameron Wolf said 54 00:03:03,520 --> 00:03:07,560 Speaker 3: this weekend that a team source believes it's quote unlikely 55 00:03:08,280 --> 00:03:13,560 Speaker 3: that a Tray and Bengals reunion happens, which that's been 56 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,320 Speaker 3: the consensus all along, but he added, quote their relationship 57 00:03:17,360 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 3: has not been great in recent weeks. It doesn't have 58 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:25,760 Speaker 3: to be great forever. It doesn't even have to be great. 59 00:03:26,520 --> 00:03:30,600 Speaker 3: It's just got to be cooperative. It just has to 60 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:35,880 Speaker 3: be adult. I have negotiated with people, and I have 61 00:03:36,280 --> 00:03:40,400 Speaker 3: been involved in business decisions with people that I don't 62 00:03:40,440 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 3: have an awesome personal relationship with Like, if you're in 63 00:03:44,120 --> 00:03:48,640 Speaker 3: the workforce long enough, invariably that's going to happen. But 64 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:51,880 Speaker 3: the hope is that everybody can be an adult, everybody 65 00:03:51,880 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 3: can be professional, and you figure out a way to 66 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 3: make it work. I've had interpersonal dealings with people that 67 00:03:58,400 --> 00:04:01,440 Speaker 3: have just gone south. But if that person and I 68 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:04,880 Speaker 3: have goals that we could use each other to accomplish, 69 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:09,480 Speaker 3: we'll do that. And so you would love to believe 70 00:04:09,520 --> 00:04:17,440 Speaker 3: here that the Cincinnati Bengals and Trey Hendrickson's people can understand, 71 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,640 Speaker 3: Like you can hate the fact that the franchise tag exists, 72 00:04:22,000 --> 00:04:24,640 Speaker 3: it will be interesting down the road. You know, the 73 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,720 Speaker 3: NFL wants eighteen games. Players are going to have to 74 00:04:27,800 --> 00:04:32,200 Speaker 3: sign off on it in order to get eighteen games. 75 00:04:32,640 --> 00:04:34,360 Speaker 3: What will owners have to give up? 76 00:04:34,400 --> 00:04:34,640 Speaker 2: Now? 77 00:04:34,640 --> 00:04:38,280 Speaker 3: Traditionally, what they've given up are things that don't cost 78 00:04:38,320 --> 00:04:41,880 Speaker 3: him any money, Like, all right, there aren't as many OTAs. 79 00:04:42,120 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 3: Guess what teams don't make money on OTAs. Or we're 80 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:48,200 Speaker 3: not going to have as many training camp practices. Guess 81 00:04:48,200 --> 00:04:51,440 Speaker 3: what teams don't make money on training camp practices. The 82 00:04:51,560 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 3: offseason calendar is going to change. The NFL is more 83 00:04:55,279 --> 00:04:58,480 Speaker 3: than willing to give players things that don't impact their 84 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:03,000 Speaker 3: bottom line. But players hate the franchise tag, so would 85 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,159 Speaker 3: they be willing to kind of put their foot down 86 00:05:05,200 --> 00:05:07,800 Speaker 3: and say, cool, you want us to play eighteen games 87 00:05:07,800 --> 00:05:11,200 Speaker 3: moving forward? You want us to play more games for 88 00:05:11,320 --> 00:05:13,680 Speaker 3: basically the same amount of money, although the pool of 89 00:05:13,680 --> 00:05:16,000 Speaker 3: money the players are getting as larger and larger every 90 00:05:16,080 --> 00:05:19,040 Speaker 3: year because league revenues only go up. Cool, then let's 91 00:05:19,040 --> 00:05:21,960 Speaker 3: talk about the franchise tag and let's have it go away. 92 00:05:22,000 --> 00:05:24,520 Speaker 3: But the reality is, right now, it exists, and you 93 00:05:24,560 --> 00:05:26,839 Speaker 3: can resent the team for using it on you, but 94 00:05:26,880 --> 00:05:28,359 Speaker 3: at the end of the day, the Bengals are just 95 00:05:28,480 --> 00:05:32,400 Speaker 3: using a tool that is at their disposal. Can there 96 00:05:32,520 --> 00:05:36,719 Speaker 3: not be a way for both sides to mutually coexist 97 00:05:37,200 --> 00:05:40,680 Speaker 3: and work with each other on a very temporary basis, 98 00:05:42,839 --> 00:05:46,320 Speaker 3: with the goal of the Bengals getting something for Trey 99 00:05:47,400 --> 00:05:50,000 Speaker 3: and Trey finding a deal that makes them happy somewhere 100 00:05:50,000 --> 00:05:56,719 Speaker 3: else tagging him and trading him. If the answers are no, 101 00:05:57,279 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 3: that may solely be a reflection of one side or 102 00:06:00,120 --> 00:06:03,920 Speaker 3: the other. But if it's a reflection of the Bengals, 103 00:06:03,960 --> 00:06:07,359 Speaker 3: then that's a pretty damning indictment against the organization. You 104 00:06:07,400 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 3: can't figure out a way to play nice with somebody 105 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:12,200 Speaker 3: for a couple of weeks so that you can find 106 00:06:12,200 --> 00:06:15,080 Speaker 3: a team interested and they can figure out a deal 107 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:15,839 Speaker 3: that works for them. 108 00:06:17,560 --> 00:06:18,279 Speaker 2: We'll see. 109 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:20,599 Speaker 3: I believe that this is the sort of thing that 110 00:06:20,640 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 3: by the end of the offseason, this is going to 111 00:06:23,680 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 3: be microscopic in relation to a lot of other things 112 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 3: that happen this offseason. They have a lot of work 113 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:32,600 Speaker 3: to do in free agency. They have an offense that 114 00:06:32,720 --> 00:06:36,599 Speaker 3: they could touch in the most minuscule way, but a 115 00:06:36,640 --> 00:06:40,400 Speaker 3: defense that needs pretty close to an overhaul. They've got 116 00:06:40,440 --> 00:06:47,200 Speaker 3: contract extensions to get done in the least distracting way 117 00:06:47,320 --> 00:06:50,159 Speaker 3: possible with dudes like Dax Hill and DJ Turner and 118 00:06:50,200 --> 00:06:54,080 Speaker 3: maybe Chase Brown. They've got a lot of different areas 119 00:06:54,120 --> 00:06:57,360 Speaker 3: to address in free agency. They've got a draft that 120 00:06:57,400 --> 00:06:59,480 Speaker 3: they've got a nail this year. They have to find 121 00:06:59,480 --> 00:07:02,440 Speaker 3: players who can help them this season by the time 122 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:06,600 Speaker 3: we get to August. Ideally, Trey Hendrickson is playing somewhere else. 123 00:07:06,880 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 3: He's happy somewhere else. The Bengals in trade relationship has 124 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,920 Speaker 3: come to an end, and maybe the guy they got 125 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:16,600 Speaker 3: for him in a trade via the draft or in 126 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:19,240 Speaker 3: the draft via trade. I should say, maybe that guy 127 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:21,560 Speaker 3: ends up making a little bit of an impact, But 128 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:25,320 Speaker 3: right now, it's like, you know, the first item the 129 00:07:25,360 --> 00:07:29,080 Speaker 3: franchise tag window opens. Can the Bengals use it? Can 130 00:07:29,080 --> 00:07:32,160 Speaker 3: the Bengals and Trey Hendrickson play nice for a very 131 00:07:32,200 --> 00:07:35,720 Speaker 3: short amount of time? Like sometimes when you go through 132 00:07:35,760 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 3: a divorce, you have to work with the other party 133 00:07:38,640 --> 00:07:42,960 Speaker 3: in an effort to make the separation as amicable as 134 00:07:43,000 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 3: financially non disruptive as possible, in a way that involves 135 00:07:47,920 --> 00:07:50,280 Speaker 3: the least amount of hurt feelings, in a way that 136 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,800 Speaker 3: you know involves taking care of your kids. Like this 137 00:07:53,840 --> 00:07:58,160 Speaker 3: is how adults operate. Adults don't have to like each other, 138 00:07:58,200 --> 00:08:01,120 Speaker 3: but sometimes adults have to work with each other. Can 139 00:08:01,160 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 3: the adults here, Can the people who run the Bengals 140 00:08:03,200 --> 00:08:05,960 Speaker 3: and Trey Hendrickson's representation figure out a way to work 141 00:08:06,000 --> 00:08:09,680 Speaker 3: with each other like big kids? If the answer is yes, 142 00:08:09,720 --> 00:08:12,440 Speaker 3: there's no reason why something can't be done that benefits 143 00:08:12,480 --> 00:08:17,240 Speaker 3: both sides. If the answer is no, like really and 144 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:20,400 Speaker 3: more from a Bengals perspective, because I care more about 145 00:08:20,440 --> 00:08:24,200 Speaker 3: the Bengals than Trey Hendrickson's agent. But have things gotten 146 00:08:24,200 --> 00:08:26,160 Speaker 3: so bad that these two sides for a couple of 147 00:08:26,200 --> 00:08:29,160 Speaker 3: weeks can't figure out a way to cooperate in an 148 00:08:29,200 --> 00:08:32,800 Speaker 3: effort to give Trey a good deal and get the 149 00:08:32,800 --> 00:08:37,000 Speaker 3: Bengals something that helps them win without Trey moving forward. 150 00:08:38,720 --> 00:08:41,080 Speaker 3: I would love to think the answer is yes, we'll 151 00:08:41,080 --> 00:08:44,280 Speaker 3: see five point three seven four nine fifteen thirty is 152 00:08:44,440 --> 00:08:47,840 Speaker 3: our phone number. By the way, uh I got this 153 00:08:48,000 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 3: email and I did not. I copied the text of 154 00:08:51,480 --> 00:08:55,400 Speaker 3: the email and didn't jot down who I got it from. 155 00:08:55,800 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 3: It's from an online sports book that out lines it's 156 00:09:00,640 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 3: from port Bookies dot Com is put together odds for 157 00:09:04,360 --> 00:09:08,640 Speaker 3: where Trey Hendrickson will play in twenty twenty six, and 158 00:09:08,720 --> 00:09:14,079 Speaker 3: the Bengals are the favorite, maybe not the overwhelming favorite, 159 00:09:14,080 --> 00:09:16,480 Speaker 3: but they are the favorite at plus two seventy five, 160 00:09:17,520 --> 00:09:21,199 Speaker 3: followed by the Baltimore Ravens at plus four fifty, Chicago 161 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:24,800 Speaker 3: at plus six hundred, Washington plus six fifty, Detroit plus 162 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 3: eight hundred, and the field meaning any other team besides 163 00:09:30,040 --> 00:09:33,680 Speaker 3: those five at plus five hundred. That's at bookies dot Com, 164 00:09:34,160 --> 00:09:36,920 Speaker 3: they have the Bengals as the favorite. I would not 165 00:09:37,000 --> 00:09:39,120 Speaker 3: bet on the Bengals being the team that Trey Hendrickson 166 00:09:39,160 --> 00:09:43,120 Speaker 3: plays for in twenty twenty six at moeger On Twitter, 167 00:09:43,280 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 3: Jerome Tang. Jerome Tang did nothing wrong, he just did 168 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:49,400 Speaker 3: something stupid. I'll explain next. 169 00:09:50,640 --> 00:09:55,640 Speaker 1: Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty traffic from. 170 00:09:55,400 --> 00:09:59,240 Speaker 4: The UC Health Traffic Center. Around forty percent of cancers 171 00:09:59,280 --> 00:10:03,400 Speaker 4: are preventable. Lifestyle changes and screenings can make a difference. 172 00:10:03,480 --> 00:10:07,800 Speaker 4: Call five one three five eighty five UCCC northbound seventy 173 00:10:07,880 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 4: five at Paddock Road. The left lane blocked off from 174 00:10:10,960 --> 00:10:13,800 Speaker 4: a disabled vehicle. About a twenty minute to lay right 175 00:10:13,840 --> 00:10:17,240 Speaker 4: now back from Mitchell northbound Taylor Mill Road. It's an 176 00:10:17,320 --> 00:10:22,040 Speaker 4: accident approaching Wayman's Branch Road, northbound seventy one. Disabled bus 177 00:10:22,080 --> 00:10:25,320 Speaker 4: on the right shoulder approaching Martin Luther King Drive. I'm 178 00:10:25,320 --> 00:10:26,720 Speaker 4: at ezelic with traffic. 179 00:10:26,960 --> 00:10:28,360 Speaker 2: This report is sponsored. 180 00:10:28,559 --> 00:10:32,160 Speaker 3: Why because it's more than five months away. I cannot 181 00:10:32,160 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 3: wait to broadcast from training camp again this year. Maybe 182 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:38,560 Speaker 3: because I'm watching all the footage of the people broadcasting 183 00:10:38,800 --> 00:10:42,720 Speaker 3: in UH from Goodyear in spring training, which that would 184 00:10:42,760 --> 00:10:43,160 Speaker 3: be cool. 185 00:10:44,559 --> 00:10:45,079 Speaker 2: That would be. 186 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:49,600 Speaker 3: Twenty one minutes after four o'clock last week. You see 187 00:10:49,640 --> 00:10:54,240 Speaker 3: when to Manhattan, Kansas and just absolutely flombade that's right. 188 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:59,280 Speaker 3: I went with flombade just absolutely crushed Kansas State. And 189 00:10:59,320 --> 00:11:01,560 Speaker 3: if you watch the game, you saw a lot of 190 00:11:01,559 --> 00:11:03,880 Speaker 3: empty seats, you heard a lot of booing, you saw 191 00:11:03,880 --> 00:11:07,520 Speaker 3: a lot of students wearing bags on their heads, and 192 00:11:07,600 --> 00:11:12,160 Speaker 3: you saw a pretty impressive performance by the Bearcats. After 193 00:11:12,240 --> 00:11:16,120 Speaker 3: that game, Jerome Tang went viral. The coach of Kansas 194 00:11:16,160 --> 00:11:21,920 Speaker 3: State went viral with these postgame comments. 195 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:30,520 Speaker 5: I'm gonna honor Christ like I always do, blessed to 196 00:11:30,640 --> 00:11:37,080 Speaker 5: do this, but this was embarrassing. These dudes do not 197 00:11:37,200 --> 00:11:42,040 Speaker 5: deserve to wear this uniform. There will be very few 198 00:11:42,040 --> 00:11:47,640 Speaker 5: of them in it next year. Like I'm embarrassed for 199 00:11:47,720 --> 00:11:52,240 Speaker 5: the university. I'm embarrassed for our fans, our students section. 200 00:11:52,920 --> 00:11:55,679 Speaker 6: You know it is. It is just ridiculous. 201 00:11:55,720 --> 00:12:01,439 Speaker 5: We got practiced at six am tomorrow morning, and and 202 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:01,920 Speaker 5: we will. 203 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,600 Speaker 6: We will get this thing, right. 204 00:12:04,760 --> 00:12:09,520 Speaker 5: I I have no answer in the words, So you 205 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:12,360 Speaker 5: got you got two questions. So whoever one asks two questions, 206 00:12:12,400 --> 00:12:13,920 Speaker 5: I will answer him to the best of my ability 207 00:12:14,000 --> 00:12:14,280 Speaker 5: right now. 208 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:16,439 Speaker 6: But right now, like I'm like pissed. 209 00:12:17,800 --> 00:12:19,240 Speaker 2: So that's Jerome Tang. 210 00:12:19,679 --> 00:12:24,640 Speaker 3: After Cincinnati beat Kansas last week on Wednesday night, a 211 00:12:24,760 --> 00:12:28,560 Speaker 3: ninety one to sixty two barricat victory. Last night, it 212 00:12:28,640 --> 00:12:32,040 Speaker 3: was reported to Kansas State informed Jerome Tang that they 213 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:37,400 Speaker 3: are firing him for cause. So per his contract, he's 214 00:12:37,440 --> 00:12:41,680 Speaker 3: owed more than eighteen and a half million dollars. The 215 00:12:41,760 --> 00:12:44,880 Speaker 3: basis for the cause firing is language in his contract 216 00:12:44,960 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 3: that references any activity that quote brings public disrepute, embarrassment, 217 00:12:50,280 --> 00:12:54,880 Speaker 3: and ridicule to Kansas State, and apparently those are the 218 00:12:54,920 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 3: comments that triggered this. Now, Jerome Tang says, I'm fighting 219 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:04,000 Speaker 3: for my money. Told ESPN quote, I'm deeply disappointed with 220 00:13:04,040 --> 00:13:07,600 Speaker 3: the university's decision and strongly disagree with the characterization of 221 00:13:07,640 --> 00:13:12,040 Speaker 3: my termination. I've always acted with integrity and faithfully fulfilled 222 00:13:12,080 --> 00:13:16,280 Speaker 3: my responsibilities as head coach. The Wildcats this season. After 223 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:21,280 Speaker 3: losing again on Saturday to Houston are ten and fifteen 224 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,720 Speaker 3: and they are one and eleven in conference play. The 225 00:13:25,800 --> 00:13:29,480 Speaker 3: reason he got fired was ten and fifteen and won 226 00:13:29,600 --> 00:13:31,120 Speaker 3: and eleven in conference play. 227 00:13:32,000 --> 00:13:33,080 Speaker 2: That's the main reason. 228 00:13:34,840 --> 00:13:37,840 Speaker 3: I'd be willing to bet that if that loss on 229 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:41,720 Speaker 3: Wednesday was Kansas State's let's say it was their second 230 00:13:41,720 --> 00:13:45,680 Speaker 3: conference loss and had dropped their record to I don't 231 00:13:45,720 --> 00:13:50,719 Speaker 3: know nineteen and five, I'm gonna guess that even had 232 00:13:50,720 --> 00:13:53,520 Speaker 3: he said the exact same thing about his players and 233 00:13:53,559 --> 00:13:56,840 Speaker 3: his team, my guess is Jerome teng would be the 234 00:13:56,880 --> 00:13:59,680 Speaker 3: head coach at Kansas State today. The reason he was 235 00:13:59,760 --> 00:14:03,840 Speaker 3: let go wasn't the postgame comments. The reason he was 236 00:14:03,920 --> 00:14:07,280 Speaker 3: let go is the fact that the team stinks. Because 237 00:14:07,320 --> 00:14:10,560 Speaker 3: the team stinks, fans have apparently stopped going to games, 238 00:14:11,000 --> 00:14:14,040 Speaker 3: and you got students wearing paper bags on their heads 239 00:14:14,040 --> 00:14:17,760 Speaker 3: two games, which that in itself brings you might argue, 240 00:14:18,120 --> 00:14:20,760 Speaker 3: more embarrassment to the school and to the program than 241 00:14:20,760 --> 00:14:24,840 Speaker 3: the postgame comments by the head coach. What Jerome Tang 242 00:14:24,960 --> 00:14:30,640 Speaker 3: said was not necessarily in poor taste. I'm not sure 243 00:14:30,640 --> 00:14:33,840 Speaker 3: that what Jerome Tang said brought any embarrassment to the school. 244 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:36,760 Speaker 3: There have been lots of coaches who have thrown their 245 00:14:36,800 --> 00:14:39,920 Speaker 3: players under the bus, and you might argue it's unbecoming 246 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 3: to do so. But there's lots of coaches, including legendary coaches, 247 00:14:44,000 --> 00:14:47,080 Speaker 3: coaches who are in their school's Hall of Fame, coaches 248 00:14:47,120 --> 00:14:50,080 Speaker 3: who are in the National Basketball Hall of Fame, who 249 00:14:50,120 --> 00:14:53,920 Speaker 3: have thrown their players under the bus, And so you 250 00:14:54,040 --> 00:14:57,160 Speaker 3: might argue, as many have that Jerome Tang did nothing wrong. 251 00:14:57,240 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 3: I watched it was Get Up this morning. Seth Greenberg 252 00:15:01,680 --> 00:15:05,160 Speaker 3: argue that Jerome Tang did nothing wrong, and I agree. 253 00:15:05,200 --> 00:15:09,080 Speaker 3: What he did though was stupid because at that point, 254 00:15:09,160 --> 00:15:13,280 Speaker 3: if you're Jerome Tang, look around you. The stands are empty. 255 00:15:14,360 --> 00:15:16,840 Speaker 3: Some of the students who are there have bags over 256 00:15:16,880 --> 00:15:20,800 Speaker 3: their heads. Your team is at that point when they 257 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:24,840 Speaker 3: lost to UC one in ten in conference play. Your 258 00:15:24,920 --> 00:15:28,800 Speaker 3: seat has been hot going into the season. I mean, 259 00:15:29,240 --> 00:15:32,640 Speaker 3: it doesn't take a genius to understand that the strong 260 00:15:33,120 --> 00:15:36,240 Speaker 3: likelihood at that point is you're gonna get let go. 261 00:15:36,440 --> 00:15:40,400 Speaker 3: Maybe not during the season, but certainly after. At that point, 262 00:15:40,440 --> 00:15:45,320 Speaker 3: you have one responsibility, one responsibility to yourself, but one 263 00:15:45,360 --> 00:15:50,520 Speaker 3: responsibility protect that eighteen and a half mil. Do not 264 00:15:50,720 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 3: give them any reason to take that money away. Understand, 265 00:15:55,200 --> 00:15:58,760 Speaker 3: they may let you go. Understand coaches get let go 266 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,760 Speaker 3: all the time for lose, But when they get let 267 00:16:01,800 --> 00:16:05,040 Speaker 3: go for losing, they get that money that's guaranteed to them. 268 00:16:05,880 --> 00:16:10,000 Speaker 3: At that point, you go into Jerome Tang mode. Screw 269 00:16:10,040 --> 00:16:14,040 Speaker 3: these players, screw anything else. I gotta make sure that 270 00:16:14,080 --> 00:16:17,360 Speaker 3: I get the money that I'm contractually owed once they 271 00:16:17,440 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 3: let me go. 272 00:16:19,080 --> 00:16:22,160 Speaker 2: And so like what he said. You could laugh at it. 273 00:16:22,200 --> 00:16:24,600 Speaker 3: You could say it's unbecoming of a coach to throw 274 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 3: his players under the bus, and you could say, well, 275 00:16:27,680 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 3: you know, what he did in the grand scheme of 276 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 3: things might have been unbecoming, but it's not necessarily wrong. 277 00:16:33,000 --> 00:16:35,280 Speaker 3: A lot of coaches have thrown their players under the bus. 278 00:16:35,800 --> 00:16:38,040 Speaker 3: But at that point, you understand they're gonna fire you 279 00:16:38,120 --> 00:16:41,880 Speaker 3: no matter what. Once the school has made that decision, 280 00:16:42,000 --> 00:16:44,080 Speaker 3: And if you're Jerome Tang, you have to be smart 281 00:16:44,160 --> 00:16:47,760 Speaker 3: enough to understand they may make that decision. You also 282 00:16:47,880 --> 00:16:50,280 Speaker 3: understand they're gonna look for a way to not pay 283 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,880 Speaker 3: me my money, which means you gotta be smart enough 284 00:16:52,920 --> 00:16:58,440 Speaker 3: to understand I can't do anything anything that makes them 285 00:16:58,640 --> 00:17:00,520 Speaker 3: puts them in a position where they could eagerly take 286 00:17:00,560 --> 00:17:04,479 Speaker 3: away my money. So that postgame press conference is nothing 287 00:17:04,520 --> 00:17:08,240 Speaker 3: other than man, Cincinnati played great boy. That team has 288 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:11,080 Speaker 3: a chance to be a problem moving forward. And you 289 00:17:11,119 --> 00:17:13,280 Speaker 3: know what, we're appreciative of the fans that came out. 290 00:17:13,600 --> 00:17:16,400 Speaker 3: Wish my players would have played better. I'll deal with 291 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:21,440 Speaker 3: whatever frustrations I feel toward them with them, Like what 292 00:17:21,520 --> 00:17:24,639 Speaker 3: he did is not wrong, what he did is stupid 293 00:17:25,640 --> 00:17:28,600 Speaker 3: because maybe he's still the head coach today without saying 294 00:17:28,640 --> 00:17:31,320 Speaker 3: what he said, And maybe he's the head coach today 295 00:17:31,359 --> 00:17:33,040 Speaker 3: and they let him go in four or five weeks. 296 00:17:33,560 --> 00:17:36,800 Speaker 3: But at that point you have to understand the possibility 297 00:17:36,840 --> 00:17:40,080 Speaker 3: of being let go is not remote, it's pretty significant, 298 00:17:40,359 --> 00:17:45,280 Speaker 3: maybe it's even inevitable. You can't do anything like at 299 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 3: that point anything. It becomes objective number one more than 300 00:17:50,800 --> 00:17:53,800 Speaker 3: getting your team ready to play. I am not gonna 301 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:56,080 Speaker 3: let them fire me for a cause, because you know 302 00:17:56,160 --> 00:18:00,359 Speaker 3: they're looking for something anything. I'm not gonna say anything stupid. 303 00:18:00,600 --> 00:18:03,320 Speaker 3: I'm gonna limit my public appearances. I'm not gonna get 304 00:18:03,359 --> 00:18:06,159 Speaker 3: kicked out of games. I'm not gonna yell at the officials. 305 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:11,439 Speaker 3: I'm barely gonna talk to my players. So, like we 306 00:18:11,480 --> 00:18:13,720 Speaker 3: all saw that last night, We're like, yeah, the dude 307 00:18:13,760 --> 00:18:16,600 Speaker 3: got let go because of his comments after the UC game. 308 00:18:17,280 --> 00:18:20,080 Speaker 3: Let's be honest. That's very flimsy, and chances are this 309 00:18:20,160 --> 00:18:22,680 Speaker 3: doesn't end up in court. We'll talk with our legal expert, 310 00:18:23,200 --> 00:18:26,040 Speaker 3: attorney Stewart W. Penrose from Manila Law Group tomorrow and 311 00:18:26,040 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 3: we'll get his thoughts on this. There's a very good 312 00:18:28,080 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 3: chance this doesn't ever see a courtroom and they have 313 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:33,400 Speaker 3: a settlement. But if you're in that position, you can 314 00:18:33,440 --> 00:18:36,359 Speaker 3: apply this to regular jobs. If you're in a position 315 00:18:36,359 --> 00:18:38,040 Speaker 3: where it feels like, you know what, I might not 316 00:18:38,160 --> 00:18:41,400 Speaker 3: be let go, but there's something owed to, you go 317 00:18:41,440 --> 00:18:45,760 Speaker 3: into protection mode. Protect your eighteen and a half million dollars. 318 00:18:45,800 --> 00:18:48,800 Speaker 3: If you're Jerome Tang, they're gonna let me go. Cool, 319 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 3: that's fine, they can do that. Ain't gonna touch my money. 320 00:18:53,600 --> 00:18:57,920 Speaker 3: Ain't gonna touch the money that I'm owed. At that point, 321 00:18:57,920 --> 00:19:01,280 Speaker 3: you go into protection mode. Jerome Tang should have been 322 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:05,399 Speaker 3: thinking about only Jerome Tang on Wednesday. So what he did, No, 323 00:19:05,640 --> 00:19:09,080 Speaker 3: it's not wrong. What he did, though, is short sighted 324 00:19:09,200 --> 00:19:12,359 Speaker 3: and stupid. And while I don't think he's going to 325 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,320 Speaker 3: walk away with no money from Kansas State, it may 326 00:19:15,400 --> 00:19:17,480 Speaker 3: have cost him a significant amount of that eighteen and 327 00:19:17,480 --> 00:19:21,159 Speaker 3: a half million bucks. If you are going to be 328 00:19:21,280 --> 00:19:24,960 Speaker 3: let go at that point, protect what you got coming 329 00:19:24,960 --> 00:19:25,199 Speaker 3: to you. 330 00:19:25,280 --> 00:19:26,680 Speaker 2: Don't jeopardize it. 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Think we're really lucky here in this day 357 00:21:01,520 --> 00:21:04,919 Speaker 3: and age of you know, a media not throwing the 358 00:21:04,920 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 3: resources that they need to at covering sports. I think 359 00:21:10,560 --> 00:21:12,639 Speaker 3: I certainly wish we had more people covering the teams, 360 00:21:12,640 --> 00:21:16,720 Speaker 3: because more content is good for fans. But I think 361 00:21:16,760 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 3: we're in a good space here when it comes to, 362 00:21:19,560 --> 00:21:21,800 Speaker 3: you know, the quality of the coverage we get of 363 00:21:21,800 --> 00:21:25,400 Speaker 3: of local sports teams. And so I say this, and 364 00:21:25,440 --> 00:21:27,360 Speaker 3: I you know, this isn't one of those dudes where 365 00:21:27,520 --> 00:21:29,120 Speaker 3: one of those things where if you're like, hey man, 366 00:21:29,160 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 3: I really like pie, well you hate cake like that. 367 00:21:34,040 --> 00:21:38,440 Speaker 3: That's not what this is. But Charlie Goldsmith, who appears 368 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,360 Speaker 3: pretty frequently with Tony and Austin on since e three 369 00:21:41,359 --> 00:21:46,119 Speaker 3: to sixty, has a newsletter that he publishes, Charlie's Chalkboard. 370 00:21:46,600 --> 00:21:52,199 Speaker 3: Charlie Goldsmith is in goodyear and uh one, two, three, four, five, 371 00:21:53,040 --> 00:21:56,800 Speaker 3: six seven he has done Since Saturday morning, he has 372 00:21:56,800 --> 00:22:02,160 Speaker 3: published nine entries like f full length like pieces on 373 00:22:02,200 --> 00:22:05,760 Speaker 3: the Reds. Again, that's no knock on anybody else. It's 374 00:22:05,760 --> 00:22:08,399 Speaker 3: no knock on Pat Brennan and Gordon went Meyer, c 375 00:22:08,560 --> 00:22:11,440 Speaker 3: Trent Rosecrans or Mark Sheldon or anybody else who covers that. 376 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:16,720 Speaker 3: They're all awesome. We're very, very lucky. But the amount 377 00:22:16,840 --> 00:22:20,119 Speaker 3: of content and like quality content that Charlie is cranking 378 00:22:20,160 --> 00:22:25,600 Speaker 3: out has been astounding. I get him sent to my inbox, 379 00:22:25,720 --> 00:22:29,240 Speaker 3: and I feel like since he got to Goodyear, I mean, 380 00:22:29,280 --> 00:22:31,800 Speaker 3: he just at four h five today published another one 381 00:22:31,800 --> 00:22:35,920 Speaker 3: and it's about Euhaneosuarez and Tyler Callahan and there's something 382 00:22:35,960 --> 00:22:38,240 Speaker 3: on Chase Burns in there that on top of the 383 00:22:38,240 --> 00:22:40,639 Speaker 3: one that he published at three point thirty, that on 384 00:22:40,680 --> 00:22:43,200 Speaker 3: top of the one that got published at eleven fifty seven. 385 00:22:46,240 --> 00:22:50,000 Speaker 3: Charlie is just a machine. So good for him. Subscribe 386 00:22:50,000 --> 00:22:53,480 Speaker 3: to his newsletter. By the way, it's absolutely free, so 387 00:22:53,560 --> 00:22:56,040 Speaker 3: you're getting like free Reds cover. Charlie does not know 388 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:00,160 Speaker 3: we're doing this. Charlie belongs to Tony and Austin. When 389 00:23:00,160 --> 00:23:02,680 Speaker 3: that show took off, it was like they need folks 390 00:23:02,680 --> 00:23:06,560 Speaker 3: who are theirs, and Charlie is theirs. And that's maybe 391 00:23:06,600 --> 00:23:09,640 Speaker 3: a little bit too inside baseball for anybody to really care. 392 00:23:09,760 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 3: But the amount of stuff he is banging out in 393 00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:20,440 Speaker 3: Goodyear is insane and so reward his work by subscribing 394 00:23:20,520 --> 00:23:23,280 Speaker 3: to it. Twenty two from five o'clock. 395 00:23:23,320 --> 00:23:23,879 Speaker 2: What else do we have? 396 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:26,879 Speaker 3: College basketball latest AP Top twenty five Men's Paul Miami 397 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:31,200 Speaker 3: is twenty second. The RedHawks take on UMass in Amherst tomorrow. 398 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:34,359 Speaker 3: Louisville up to twenty first. Kentucky falls out of the 399 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,600 Speaker 3: AP Top twenty five. The Mark Pope Show is tonight 400 00:23:37,640 --> 00:23:41,480 Speaker 3: at six on ESPN fifteen thirty. The NKU Coaches Show 401 00:23:42,000 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 3: will be tonight at seven on ESPN fifteen thirty, and 402 00:23:44,800 --> 00:23:47,400 Speaker 3: the Richard Patino Radio Show will be tonight at seven 403 00:23:47,440 --> 00:23:52,240 Speaker 3: o'clock on fifty five KRC and the NFL. The Miami 404 00:23:52,320 --> 00:23:55,280 Speaker 3: Dolphins are hitting the reset button. They have released wide 405 00:23:55,320 --> 00:23:59,359 Speaker 3: receiver Tyreek killing pass rusher Bradley Chubb in addition to 406 00:23:59,440 --> 00:24:04,280 Speaker 3: other players. The Olympics US women's hockey team advances to 407 00:24:04,359 --> 00:24:07,480 Speaker 3: the gold medal game with a five nothing victory over Sweden. 408 00:24:09,080 --> 00:24:13,280 Speaker 3: The US will play either Canada or Switzerland. Now I've 409 00:24:13,320 --> 00:24:16,040 Speaker 3: been lied to because everything that I have seen has 410 00:24:16,080 --> 00:24:20,119 Speaker 3: said the second game, the second semi final game between 411 00:24:20,200 --> 00:24:22,840 Speaker 3: Canada and Switzerland, is going to be on the USA network. 412 00:24:24,080 --> 00:24:26,760 Speaker 3: And so I had the USA Network on and they 413 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:30,479 Speaker 3: were showing pairs figure skating, and then I looked at 414 00:24:30,520 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 3: the guide and it said, well, the game's going to 415 00:24:33,520 --> 00:24:36,000 Speaker 3: be shown at four fifteen, even though the game started 416 00:24:36,040 --> 00:24:39,240 Speaker 3: at three ten, and so I kept the USA Network 417 00:24:39,280 --> 00:24:45,240 Speaker 3: on and we're watching this looks like ski jumping, snowboard jumping. 418 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:47,800 Speaker 2: I don't know what it is, but it ain't hockey. 419 00:24:48,359 --> 00:24:52,080 Speaker 3: Nonetheless, the game is happening right now, and if you care, 420 00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:55,640 Speaker 3: Canada has a two to nothing lead as that game 421 00:24:55,720 --> 00:24:59,800 Speaker 3: moves to the third period, So a US versus Canada 422 00:25:00,000 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 3: old metal tilt seems likely. NBC's Olympic coverage, for the 423 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:09,320 Speaker 3: most part, I think has been pretty good. NBA's NBC's 424 00:25:09,400 --> 00:25:12,760 Speaker 3: NBA All Star Game coverage yesterday was I thought, also 425 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:18,959 Speaker 3: pretty good. It's remarkable how an event can transform when 426 00:25:19,000 --> 00:25:25,639 Speaker 3: the people competing in it actually care. So the NBA, 427 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:27,840 Speaker 3: and we don't do a lot of NBA here, but 428 00:25:27,920 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 3: the NBA is a lot of issues. Tanking is a 429 00:25:29,840 --> 00:25:33,320 Speaker 3: major problem in that sport. The All Star Game for 430 00:25:33,400 --> 00:25:36,720 Speaker 3: the last couple of decades has degenerated into a joke. 431 00:25:36,840 --> 00:25:39,160 Speaker 3: Now are a lot of folks my age who will 432 00:25:39,200 --> 00:25:41,320 Speaker 3: love to tell you how in the eighties, you know, 433 00:25:41,600 --> 00:25:43,720 Speaker 3: players treated the All Star Game like it was a 434 00:25:43,800 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 3: regular season game. 435 00:25:45,320 --> 00:25:47,000 Speaker 2: No, they didn't. Now they would over. 436 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 3: The last three or four minutes of it, but there 437 00:25:49,359 --> 00:25:52,960 Speaker 3: was a baseline level of competitiveness that made it watchable. 438 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 2: That has not been the case for years. 439 00:25:56,000 --> 00:25:59,640 Speaker 3: Last night, yesterday afternoon, the new format to US teams 440 00:25:59,680 --> 00:26:01,680 Speaker 3: in a world team playing in a round robin. That 441 00:26:01,880 --> 00:26:05,600 Speaker 3: was the players cared. And so, you know, one of 442 00:26:05,640 --> 00:26:08,320 Speaker 3: the talking points has been like, what's Adam Silver gonna do? 443 00:26:08,359 --> 00:26:10,320 Speaker 3: What's the league gonna do to fix the All Star Game? 444 00:26:10,440 --> 00:26:13,280 Speaker 3: Is the time to just scrap it? And so it 445 00:26:13,440 --> 00:26:16,320 Speaker 3: was better yesterday. And I didn't watch the entire event, 446 00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:18,600 Speaker 3: but I watched enough of it. I didn't really pay 447 00:26:18,760 --> 00:26:23,680 Speaker 3: much attention to Saturday, just doing other stuff. And so 448 00:26:23,840 --> 00:26:26,720 Speaker 3: now like Adam Silver is getting credit, the NBA commissioner 449 00:26:26,760 --> 00:26:29,040 Speaker 3: who's got this huge tanking issue on his desk, he's 450 00:26:29,119 --> 00:26:31,560 Speaker 3: being credited with, Well, maybe the All Star Game has 451 00:26:31,600 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 3: been fixed. The All Star Game under the old format 452 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:35,800 Speaker 3: would have been fixed had the players cared enough to 453 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,239 Speaker 3: actually try to play. If the players, if they if 454 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:41,480 Speaker 3: it matters to the players, the event will be good 455 00:26:41,640 --> 00:26:45,240 Speaker 3: no matter what the format is that's what happened yesterday. 456 00:26:46,720 --> 00:26:48,439 Speaker 3: Had something else I was going to get to as 457 00:26:48,480 --> 00:26:53,160 Speaker 3: well that was Cincinnati sports related and not so much 458 00:26:53,880 --> 00:26:55,920 Speaker 3: having anything to do with that, and I completely and 459 00:26:55,960 --> 00:27:00,920 Speaker 3: totally forgot what it was on the Bears. And we 460 00:27:01,040 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 3: talked about this a little bit at the top of 461 00:27:03,640 --> 00:27:05,960 Speaker 3: the show. Tony Pike and I have had fun with 462 00:27:06,040 --> 00:27:10,000 Speaker 3: the idea that the Bearcats have played themselves into bubble talk. 463 00:27:10,600 --> 00:27:13,040 Speaker 3: And I could assure you tomorrow Tony I believe is 464 00:27:13,080 --> 00:27:15,200 Speaker 3: back for Sincy three to sixty. He and Austin were 465 00:27:15,200 --> 00:27:17,879 Speaker 3: off today for President's Day, that he is going to 466 00:27:17,960 --> 00:27:20,320 Speaker 3: do a hard sell job on the Bearcats having a 467 00:27:20,440 --> 00:27:24,360 Speaker 3: chance here as the final five games of the season unfold. 468 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 3: And you know, let's be honest, if they were to 469 00:27:26,440 --> 00:27:28,919 Speaker 3: go to Lawrence Kanses and win, and then go to Lubbock, 470 00:27:29,040 --> 00:27:32,919 Speaker 3: Texas and beat Texas Tech, you know that the conversation 471 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:35,280 Speaker 3: will change a little bit. Are they good enough to 472 00:27:35,359 --> 00:27:38,000 Speaker 3: do that? Chances are the answer is no, based on 473 00:27:38,240 --> 00:27:40,560 Speaker 3: the way they've played the first twenty six games of 474 00:27:40,800 --> 00:27:44,600 Speaker 3: the season. But yesterday they were down by five points 475 00:27:44,640 --> 00:27:47,520 Speaker 3: with a minute and a half to go, and you 476 00:27:47,680 --> 00:27:49,879 Speaker 3: see to that point, for much of the afternoon had 477 00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:53,120 Speaker 3: outplayed Utah. I thought at halftime they had outplayed Utah. 478 00:27:53,160 --> 00:27:55,440 Speaker 3: They were up by three points. They had done some 479 00:27:55,560 --> 00:27:58,520 Speaker 3: good things offensively, they were up by three points. They 480 00:27:58,600 --> 00:28:02,560 Speaker 3: were dominating in the pay at least offensively, and they 481 00:28:02,600 --> 00:28:04,440 Speaker 3: were up by three points. They had only turned the 482 00:28:04,480 --> 00:28:07,520 Speaker 3: ball over two times against a one win team in 483 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,119 Speaker 3: conference play. They were up three points. Felt like they 484 00:28:10,160 --> 00:28:13,240 Speaker 3: had left the door open for Utah. And then, primarily 485 00:28:13,320 --> 00:28:15,320 Speaker 3: because of their work on the offensive glass and a 486 00:28:15,359 --> 00:28:19,159 Speaker 3: handful of bad UC possessions, Utah takes the lead and 487 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:21,800 Speaker 3: it's sixty five sixty with a minute and a half 488 00:28:21,880 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 3: to go. And had they lost that game, which frankly 489 00:28:26,680 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 3: had felt like they were going to, there would have 490 00:28:29,920 --> 00:28:34,200 Speaker 3: been unending shade thrown at Wes Miller, and I think 491 00:28:34,240 --> 00:28:36,240 Speaker 3: he would have been the first to admit he would 492 00:28:36,280 --> 00:28:39,920 Speaker 3: have deserved it. Another loss, this one to a bad 493 00:28:40,000 --> 00:28:44,400 Speaker 3: team in your own building. Whatever goodwill had been built 494 00:28:44,520 --> 00:28:46,719 Speaker 3: up by winning the previous two games the way they 495 00:28:46,840 --> 00:28:51,760 Speaker 3: did extinguished by losing to Utah. Utah's awful this season. 496 00:28:53,440 --> 00:28:55,400 Speaker 3: If that would have been the case in the aftermath 497 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:58,960 Speaker 3: of a loss, at least do this with a win. 498 00:29:01,000 --> 00:29:06,040 Speaker 3: When Wes Miller got emotional after the game against West Virginia, 499 00:29:06,760 --> 00:29:09,040 Speaker 3: when it sounded like he was gonna cry, that sort 500 00:29:09,080 --> 00:29:13,000 Speaker 3: of thing, it was very reasonable at that point to assume, 501 00:29:13,920 --> 00:29:18,240 Speaker 3: or at least wonder, is this now really gonna unravel? 502 00:29:19,240 --> 00:29:21,959 Speaker 3: Are we going to see player effort get compromised. Are 503 00:29:22,000 --> 00:29:23,960 Speaker 3: we going to see a team that starts to fracture. 504 00:29:25,160 --> 00:29:27,560 Speaker 3: Are we going to see a team that gives even 505 00:29:27,960 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 3: fans even more reason to boo or give people even 506 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 3: more reason to check out a UC basketball and get 507 00:29:33,920 --> 00:29:38,360 Speaker 3: angry about Wes Miller. And to their credit, it's probably 508 00:29:38,440 --> 00:29:40,760 Speaker 3: not enough to save the season, might not be enough 509 00:29:40,800 --> 00:29:43,960 Speaker 3: to save the coach's job. What they've put on the 510 00:29:44,000 --> 00:29:47,520 Speaker 3: floor over the last three games has been representative of 511 00:29:47,640 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 3: a team not fracturing, not falling apart, not collectively bailing 512 00:29:53,480 --> 00:29:55,640 Speaker 3: on the season. And again, man, you don't have to 513 00:29:55,800 --> 00:29:59,360 Speaker 3: go overboard and crediting anybody for that. I said many times, 514 00:29:59,400 --> 00:30:01,080 Speaker 3: I don't give you a lot of credit for playing hard. 515 00:30:01,160 --> 00:30:06,600 Speaker 3: That's sort of assumed, especially with this program. But if 516 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:10,240 Speaker 3: the takeaway after a week ago this past Thursday was 517 00:30:10,400 --> 00:30:14,400 Speaker 3: that this is about to really unravel, it hasn't, and 518 00:30:14,920 --> 00:30:19,720 Speaker 3: that is not insignificant. It's quarter to five. This is 519 00:30:19,960 --> 00:30:21,920 Speaker 3: ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports. 520 00:30:21,640 --> 00:30:27,320 Speaker 1: Station, Cincinnati's ESPN fifteen thirty traffic. 521 00:30:27,440 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 4: From the UC Health Traffic Center. Around forty percent of 522 00:30:31,040 --> 00:30:35,640 Speaker 4: cancers are preventable. Lifestyle changes and screenings can make a difference. 523 00:30:35,800 --> 00:30:40,080 Speaker 4: Called five one three, five eighty five UCCC northbound seventy one. 524 00:30:40,160 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 4: The disabled metro bus now cleared away approaching Martin Luther 525 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:47,840 Speaker 4: King Drive. Another disabled vehicle now cleared northbound seventy five 526 00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 4: at Paddock rode that one off in the left lane. However, 527 00:30:51,160 --> 00:30:55,040 Speaker 4: northbound seventy one, there is an accident after Ronald Reagan Highway. 528 00:30:55,080 --> 00:30:58,080 Speaker 4: It's on the right shoulder on that ezelic with traffic. 529 00:30:58,400 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 2: This report is sponsored by I don't know. 530 00:31:00,760 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 3: Michigan looked damn good on Saturday beating UCLA. Just mauled 531 00:31:05,960 --> 00:31:07,520 Speaker 3: him in the second half of that game. It was 532 00:31:07,520 --> 00:31:11,680 Speaker 3: a four point game at half. And it's hard to 533 00:31:11,720 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 3: fly under the radar when you've been ranked in the 534 00:31:13,640 --> 00:31:16,400 Speaker 3: top five for most of the season. But put a 535 00:31:16,440 --> 00:31:19,120 Speaker 3: lot of attention paid to the Big twelve teams, Yukon 536 00:31:19,240 --> 00:31:22,040 Speaker 3: gets a lot of East Coast love. By the way, 537 00:31:22,040 --> 00:31:25,080 Speaker 3: I had Dan Hurley ripping on Yukon fans for not 538 00:31:25,240 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 3: showing up to their game against Georgetown over the weekend, 539 00:31:28,440 --> 00:31:31,000 Speaker 3: which I don't know if I really care to get 540 00:31:31,040 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 3: into that, but I. 541 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,080 Speaker 2: Think there's my pick right now, Michigan. 542 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,640 Speaker 3: If we have to make it about one, we'll see, 543 00:31:37,760 --> 00:31:41,680 Speaker 3: We'll see ten away from five o'clock. Anything you may 544 00:31:41,760 --> 00:31:44,280 Speaker 3: have missed on this show, remember you could listen to 545 00:31:44,400 --> 00:31:46,520 Speaker 3: it on the iHeartRadio app. You could also go to 546 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:51,320 Speaker 3: my page at ESPN fifteen thirty dot com, including our 547 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,280 Speaker 3: chat last week with Mike Decursia the Sporting News on 548 00:31:54,560 --> 00:31:57,440 Speaker 3: college basketball. Tomorrow, our guy Paul Danner Junior is going 549 00:31:57,480 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 3: to be with us in studio to go over a 550 00:31:59,320 --> 00:32:02,280 Speaker 3: myriad of issues. He'll be with us in the hour 551 00:32:02,440 --> 00:32:05,880 Speaker 3: leading up to the run up or in the hour 552 00:32:06,000 --> 00:32:08,720 Speaker 3: that will be the run up to the franchise tag 553 00:32:08,800 --> 00:32:10,920 Speaker 3: window opening at four o'clock tomorrow. 554 00:32:11,160 --> 00:32:13,480 Speaker 2: Also at four o'clock tomorrow, we have. 555 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 3: Cincinnati Red's internet villain, Derek Cardy from ESPN, who wrote 556 00:32:18,640 --> 00:32:21,920 Speaker 3: the piece late last week where he talked about how 557 00:32:21,960 --> 00:32:23,600 Speaker 3: the Reds are going to be close to a bottom 558 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:27,520 Speaker 3: five starting staff and then issued a mea kulpa on 559 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:32,840 Speaker 3: Twitter alleging that he read the data wrong. So Derek 560 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,120 Speaker 3: is going to join us at four to five tomorrow. 561 00:32:36,560 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 3: We better hope that the first assessment is inaccurate. It 562 00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:44,520 Speaker 3: remains the single best thing the Reds, though, did this offseason. 563 00:32:46,360 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 3: There's a lot of optimism there always is, Like there 564 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,600 Speaker 3: have been years where the Reds you knew we're going 565 00:32:52,640 --> 00:32:56,320 Speaker 3: to lose ninety games, and the dispatches from goodyear were 566 00:32:56,360 --> 00:33:01,680 Speaker 3: still overwhelmingly positive. It's just a buy product to spring training. 567 00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,200 Speaker 3: But I think the best thing about the Reds this offseason. 568 00:33:07,320 --> 00:33:10,240 Speaker 3: They go into this year. Terry Francona talks about how 569 00:33:10,320 --> 00:33:14,320 Speaker 3: it's time, right, it's time, and I think most of 570 00:33:14,400 --> 00:33:17,080 Speaker 3: us would agree. Now we could argue about how well 571 00:33:17,120 --> 00:33:20,640 Speaker 3: equipped they are for them to deliver on this, but 572 00:33:20,760 --> 00:33:22,800 Speaker 3: I think most of us would agree that after you 573 00:33:22,880 --> 00:33:25,400 Speaker 3: make the postseason one year, it's time to do better. 574 00:33:25,520 --> 00:33:28,000 Speaker 3: It's time for better results, it's time to compete for 575 00:33:28,040 --> 00:33:31,680 Speaker 3: a championship. It's time to do more than just win 576 00:33:31,800 --> 00:33:35,320 Speaker 3: eighty three games and sneak in, you know, using getting 577 00:33:35,360 --> 00:33:39,600 Speaker 3: some help in Game one sixty two. But what best 578 00:33:39,640 --> 00:33:46,440 Speaker 3: equips them to do that is their starting staff and 579 00:33:46,560 --> 00:33:50,640 Speaker 3: the very best thing they did this offseason is not 580 00:33:50,800 --> 00:33:55,240 Speaker 3: trade any of those starting pitchers. You know, I don't 581 00:33:55,280 --> 00:33:58,520 Speaker 3: know if I believe that the Reds weren't entirely opening 582 00:33:58,960 --> 00:34:03,240 Speaker 3: to moving on from but that was talked about a 583 00:34:03,320 --> 00:34:07,680 Speaker 3: lot when the offseason started, and like I get it, 584 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:10,200 Speaker 3: the dude didn't pitch grade in the postseason. There was 585 00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,960 Speaker 3: frustration with you know, the pace at which he came 586 00:34:14,040 --> 00:34:18,960 Speaker 3: back from injury during the season last year. But trading 587 00:34:19,080 --> 00:34:23,279 Speaker 3: Hunter Green never made a ton of sense. Never made 588 00:34:23,280 --> 00:34:25,200 Speaker 3: a ton of sense from the standpoint of trading away 589 00:34:25,200 --> 00:34:27,560 Speaker 3: your staff ace, never made a ton of sense from 590 00:34:27,600 --> 00:34:31,600 Speaker 3: the standpoint of trading away a cost control asset, like 591 00:34:32,600 --> 00:34:35,839 Speaker 3: just simply never made any sense. But then you kind 592 00:34:35,840 --> 00:34:38,440 Speaker 3: of look beyond that. You might you might have argued 593 00:34:38,440 --> 00:34:41,040 Speaker 3: that it would have their best path to getting a 594 00:34:41,080 --> 00:34:42,680 Speaker 3: guy who could help the lineup would have been to 595 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 3: trading away one of the other pitchers. I don't know 596 00:34:46,520 --> 00:34:48,680 Speaker 3: that it felt like an inevitability that the Reds were 597 00:34:48,719 --> 00:34:51,239 Speaker 3: going to trade a starting pitcher, but it certainly felt 598 00:34:51,280 --> 00:34:54,960 Speaker 3: like a very very distinct possibility that to get what 599 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,120 Speaker 3: they wanted, to get what we could argue they needed, 600 00:34:58,920 --> 00:35:01,239 Speaker 3: that they were going to have to try from their surplus. 601 00:35:02,600 --> 00:35:05,600 Speaker 3: Now surplus tells me you have too much. I always 602 00:35:05,600 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 3: hear how you can never have enough. You can never 603 00:35:07,840 --> 00:35:11,920 Speaker 3: have too much starting pitching. And by the way, their 604 00:35:12,000 --> 00:35:14,120 Speaker 3: depth got tested toward the end of the season last year, 605 00:35:14,480 --> 00:35:16,919 Speaker 3: their depth at the middle of the season was such 606 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,360 Speaker 3: that they went ahead and traded for a starting pitcher 607 00:35:19,560 --> 00:35:24,640 Speaker 3: at the deadline. But they never traded away a starting 608 00:35:24,680 --> 00:35:30,040 Speaker 3: pitcher this offseason. That remains the single most important development 609 00:35:30,239 --> 00:35:35,120 Speaker 3: of this off season, especially when you looked at the 610 00:35:35,239 --> 00:35:36,960 Speaker 3: bats that were available via trade. 611 00:35:38,120 --> 00:35:41,759 Speaker 2: Do you really want Louise Robert? And time may prove 612 00:35:41,840 --> 00:35:42,719 Speaker 2: that indeed they did. 613 00:35:43,440 --> 00:35:45,640 Speaker 3: Right now, it's hard to argue that they really should 614 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,520 Speaker 3: have wanted Louise Robert where you looked at some of 615 00:35:48,560 --> 00:35:51,760 Speaker 3: the possibilities available on free agency. It's what always drove 616 00:35:51,920 --> 00:35:55,759 Speaker 3: the Kyle Schwerber conversation for me more than anything else. Which, 617 00:35:55,800 --> 00:35:58,520 Speaker 3: by the way, this weekend at Phillies Camp, Bryce Harper 618 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:01,440 Speaker 3: said he thought Kyle was coming to Cincinnati, called him 619 00:36:01,480 --> 00:36:06,239 Speaker 3: Kyle like r on a first name basis. But what 620 00:36:06,400 --> 00:36:09,319 Speaker 3: drove the Kyle Schwerber conversation was, here's a dude who 621 00:36:09,400 --> 00:36:12,560 Speaker 3: is the best at what you're not good at, which 622 00:36:12,640 --> 00:36:14,879 Speaker 3: is hitting the long ball, and if you acquire him 623 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,000 Speaker 3: in free agency, you don't have to give up anything 624 00:36:18,080 --> 00:36:21,600 Speaker 3: to get him. Now, Euhenio Suarez is a pretty good 625 00:36:21,680 --> 00:36:26,520 Speaker 3: consolation prize. But what is best about getting a Uhenio 626 00:36:26,640 --> 00:36:29,960 Speaker 3: Suarez is what you had to give up to get him. 627 00:36:30,800 --> 00:36:34,719 Speaker 3: Isn't a starting pitcher, isn't a player. Just had to 628 00:36:34,760 --> 00:36:37,640 Speaker 3: pay him a bunch of money. And it ain't my 629 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,560 Speaker 3: money and it ain't yours. So what do we care 630 00:36:39,600 --> 00:36:43,120 Speaker 3: about that? It would have been one thing to acquire 631 00:36:43,120 --> 00:36:46,680 Speaker 3: a Uhenio Souarez. It's something else entirely to acquire a 632 00:36:46,680 --> 00:36:49,720 Speaker 3: Eugenio Suarez and have to give up something of immense 633 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:54,799 Speaker 3: value to get him. And their starting pictures provide individually 634 00:36:54,880 --> 00:37:00,480 Speaker 3: and obviously collectively immense value. Among all the different things 635 00:37:00,520 --> 00:37:03,080 Speaker 3: we talked about the Reds doing this offseason, one that 636 00:37:03,200 --> 00:37:06,719 Speaker 3: at times seemed least likely was get a bat for 637 00:37:07,960 --> 00:37:10,280 Speaker 3: nothing more than money, not trading away a starting pitcher. 638 00:37:10,960 --> 00:37:12,839 Speaker 2: They didn't. That's a win. 639 00:37:13,840 --> 00:37:16,560 Speaker 3: The strength of the team is still largely intact. The 640 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,560 Speaker 3: strength of the team still stands to be the biggest 641 00:37:19,600 --> 00:37:22,640 Speaker 3: reason why this team wins. If they do win, and 642 00:37:22,760 --> 00:37:26,680 Speaker 3: They've never been better equipped to handle a picture getting injured, 643 00:37:27,160 --> 00:37:32,080 Speaker 3: handle attrition, handle something testing their depth. That might not 644 00:37:32,280 --> 00:37:35,320 Speaker 3: have been the case had they traded away a starting picture. 645 00:37:35,400 --> 00:37:38,319 Speaker 3: They also didn't do something as short sighted and as 646 00:37:38,440 --> 00:37:42,040 Speaker 3: maybe emotional as trading away an ace pitcher who's cost 647 00:37:42,120 --> 00:37:45,640 Speaker 3: controlled for the rest of the decade. Like I know, 648 00:37:45,719 --> 00:37:49,319 Speaker 3: there was frustration with Hunter Green inside that clubhouse last year, 649 00:37:50,640 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 3: and you might understand why. But they didn't overreact to that. 650 00:37:55,200 --> 00:37:58,680 Speaker 3: They didn't make an emotional decision. They decided to keep 651 00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:01,040 Speaker 3: Hunter Green in the fold and perhaps work with him 652 00:38:01,080 --> 00:38:03,160 Speaker 3: moving forward when it comes to how he handles injury, 653 00:38:03,320 --> 00:38:07,399 Speaker 3: which hopefully this year he doesn't have any of. At 654 00:38:07,480 --> 00:38:10,080 Speaker 3: Moeger on Twitter. Thanks to a Delta Dental, Delta Dental 655 00:38:10,120 --> 00:38:12,600 Speaker 3: is building healthy, smart, vibrant communities for all. Gonna Delta 656 00:38:12,640 --> 00:38:16,320 Speaker 3: dentaloage dot com. 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