1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:01,639 Speaker 1: Right now. 2 00:00:01,720 --> 00:00:07,200 Speaker 2: Chad Brendle's with us Bearcadtournle dot com on Twitter at 3 00:00:07,320 --> 00:00:11,000 Speaker 2: Chad Brendall, host of the BCJ podcast, and he's with 4 00:00:11,080 --> 00:00:11,680 Speaker 2: us now, Hi. 5 00:00:11,680 --> 00:00:14,400 Speaker 1: Chad, how's it going. 6 00:00:16,000 --> 00:00:19,120 Speaker 2: I'm doing great. Can you see beat Kansas on Saturday? 7 00:00:21,520 --> 00:00:25,960 Speaker 3: I don't think so. I mean, Kansas beat Arizona without 8 00:00:26,040 --> 00:00:30,560 Speaker 3: Darren Peterson. So even if you take Peterson out of 9 00:00:30,600 --> 00:00:35,479 Speaker 3: the mix, Kansas is losing at Fallallen field House is 10 00:00:35,520 --> 00:00:40,879 Speaker 3: not something Kansas does very often. I don't think Cincinnati, 11 00:00:41,200 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 3: this Cincinnati team is the team to do it. And 12 00:00:44,640 --> 00:00:49,800 Speaker 3: if Peterson plays. He had twenty points in fourteen minutes 13 00:00:49,800 --> 00:00:52,800 Speaker 3: in the first half last night, Like he's the best 14 00:00:52,880 --> 00:00:59,040 Speaker 3: player in America. There's just some really weird stuff going 15 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:03,320 Speaker 3: on with him that takes away from the realization that 16 00:01:03,680 --> 00:01:07,880 Speaker 3: there's nobody scoring the basketball in the country better than 17 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:09,440 Speaker 3: Darren Peterson. He's awesome. 18 00:01:11,480 --> 00:01:15,520 Speaker 2: What do you make of the weirdness involving him? 19 00:01:15,800 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 3: I don't know, Like, if you're protecting your draft stock, 20 00:01:19,440 --> 00:01:23,960 Speaker 3: just don't play right, Like, just shut it down. You've 21 00:01:24,000 --> 00:01:27,080 Speaker 3: shown all you mean is needed to show. I don't 22 00:01:27,200 --> 00:01:32,520 Speaker 3: understand the facade of he did not cramp up last night, Like, 23 00:01:32,600 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 3: let's be honest about the video that's out there. When 24 00:01:35,760 --> 00:01:40,480 Speaker 3: he checked himself out of the gate, he had what 25 00:01:40,640 --> 00:01:42,800 Speaker 3: I think twenty two points at that point in time. 26 00:01:43,680 --> 00:01:45,680 Speaker 3: It was early in the second half. They were up 27 00:01:45,720 --> 00:01:48,280 Speaker 3: a ton on a bad team, and he was like, 28 00:01:48,320 --> 00:01:51,520 Speaker 3: all right, I'm good. Let's just call his fate a 29 00:01:51,680 --> 00:01:55,400 Speaker 3: fate on that. I don't know what to make of it, man, 30 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:57,920 Speaker 3: I don't know that we've ever seen anything like it 31 00:01:58,040 --> 00:02:01,760 Speaker 3: because there's no logic or like reason behind what he's doing. 32 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:06,600 Speaker 3: It's very random and awkward and weird. 33 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:08,400 Speaker 1: It is. 34 00:02:08,680 --> 00:02:11,519 Speaker 2: And by the way, I'm all those things as well. 35 00:02:11,840 --> 00:02:14,160 Speaker 2: Can Can the Bearcats beat Texas Tech without JT. 36 00:02:14,320 --> 00:02:19,920 Speaker 3: Toppin potentially? Yeah, because that's not a deep team. Like 37 00:02:20,800 --> 00:02:25,040 Speaker 3: I'm very concerned about Texas Tech going forward. They've built 38 00:02:25,080 --> 00:02:29,720 Speaker 3: that team around JT. Topping and then Christian Anderson Popping 39 00:02:29,880 --> 00:02:32,800 Speaker 3: is gone. They don't really have anybody else down low 40 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:39,120 Speaker 3: that can even remotely replace what he was doing. Maybe 41 00:02:39,200 --> 00:02:42,000 Speaker 3: Christian Anderson just goes for forty every night the rest 42 00:02:42,040 --> 00:02:45,560 Speaker 3: of the way, which he's good enough to do. But 43 00:02:46,680 --> 00:02:48,799 Speaker 3: that's a winnable game. Will they win it? I had 44 00:02:48,919 --> 00:02:52,839 Speaker 3: no idea, but that is a winnable game, especially as 45 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:57,880 Speaker 3: they try to figure out what is our identity without J. T. Toppins. 46 00:03:00,000 --> 00:03:04,120 Speaker 2: Weeks ago tonight you see lost to West Virginia. Wes 47 00:03:04,200 --> 00:03:08,600 Speaker 2: Miller bared his soul after the game and was very 48 00:03:08,600 --> 00:03:12,640 Speaker 2: emotional in the postgame interview with Dan and Terry, and 49 00:03:12,760 --> 00:03:15,240 Speaker 2: I think that night a lot of folks started to 50 00:03:15,280 --> 00:03:18,080 Speaker 2: believe that that's that's it, right, that the walls have 51 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 2: closed in, and you know, Wes is reading the handwriting, 52 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,080 Speaker 2: reading the writing on the wall. And this is a 53 00:03:25,120 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 2: coach who's who has seen his chances of saving his 54 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 2: job go out the window. They have not lost a 55 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 2: game since two weeks ago tonight. If I would have 56 00:03:34,960 --> 00:03:38,240 Speaker 2: said to you the what percentage of a chance does 57 00:03:38,280 --> 00:03:40,880 Speaker 2: Wes Miller have have coming back? What would your answer 58 00:03:40,880 --> 00:03:42,839 Speaker 2: have been? And if I ask you that now, what's 59 00:03:42,840 --> 00:03:43,360 Speaker 2: your answer? 60 00:03:45,240 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 3: It would have been probably ninety seven percent gone three percent? 61 00:03:49,680 --> 00:03:54,080 Speaker 3: Stay because there didn't appear to be a path to 62 00:03:55,760 --> 00:03:59,800 Speaker 3: nine and nine or ten and eight, or excuse me, 63 00:03:59,840 --> 00:04:04,760 Speaker 3: what that magic number is in conference to provide the 64 00:04:05,120 --> 00:04:09,240 Speaker 3: belief that this thing is back to moving in a 65 00:04:09,320 --> 00:04:13,000 Speaker 3: positive direction. Now you've won three in a row and Granted, 66 00:04:13,880 --> 00:04:16,800 Speaker 3: those three teams were not good, and they were really 67 00:04:16,839 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 3: bad against hu Jah like they managed to win, but 68 00:04:21,400 --> 00:04:25,160 Speaker 3: that was a game that was very difficult to watch, 69 00:04:25,720 --> 00:04:29,040 Speaker 3: especially as I was watching my daughter's volleyball team play 70 00:04:29,880 --> 00:04:32,760 Speaker 3: their fifth game in two days and probably their worst 71 00:04:32,800 --> 00:04:35,719 Speaker 3: game in five over those two days. I was in 72 00:04:35,760 --> 00:04:40,080 Speaker 3: a very agitated state watching that game. Fortunately the Bearcats 73 00:04:40,080 --> 00:04:43,880 Speaker 3: came back to win. But I mean, that's what it 74 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,800 Speaker 3: looks like when they're not making three pointers at a 75 00:04:46,880 --> 00:04:51,839 Speaker 3: seventy percent clip like we saw against UCF and against 76 00:04:51,920 --> 00:04:56,760 Speaker 3: Kansas State. So there's a pass. Now, there's a pass 77 00:04:56,920 --> 00:05:00,040 Speaker 3: back to if you remember a couple months ago. So 78 00:05:00,080 --> 00:05:01,960 Speaker 3: I said, I need to see what it looks like 79 00:05:03,040 --> 00:05:05,799 Speaker 3: if they missed the tournament. It's West Miller for sure, gone, 80 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,279 Speaker 3: I need to see what it looks like now. There 81 00:05:08,400 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 3: is a chance they could be a nine or ten 82 00:05:10,720 --> 00:05:14,400 Speaker 3: win Big twelve team still not make the tournament, but 83 00:05:14,560 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 3: put the athletic department into the position where they have 84 00:05:17,640 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 3: to make a much tougher decision than if the team had, 85 00:05:21,920 --> 00:05:25,960 Speaker 3: you know, tanked and looked really bad down the stretch. 86 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:31,920 Speaker 3: So I don't know, probably still low fifteen, twenty percent, 87 00:05:32,040 --> 00:05:35,280 Speaker 3: but at least there's a path that you have to 88 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,359 Speaker 3: talk about now that they could attain. 89 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:43,160 Speaker 2: Let let's say they go down that path and find 90 00:05:43,200 --> 00:05:45,800 Speaker 2: a way to win three of their last five and 91 00:05:45,839 --> 00:05:48,600 Speaker 2: finish five hundred in the Big twelve. And you talk about, 92 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 2: like the decision, the factors influencing the decision, what are they. 93 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:59,000 Speaker 3: I know still and I know fans have a hard 94 00:05:59,040 --> 00:06:01,599 Speaker 3: time understanding that are grasping this, But I know there's 95 00:06:01,640 --> 00:06:04,160 Speaker 3: still a lot of people with a lot of influence 96 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,200 Speaker 3: and a lot of money that really like West Miller, 97 00:06:08,640 --> 00:06:12,880 Speaker 3: And that would probably be the main thing, is those 98 00:06:12,920 --> 00:06:16,480 Speaker 3: people seeing a path to we can get you know, 99 00:06:16,600 --> 00:06:19,240 Speaker 3: we need another year and we can get this thing 100 00:06:19,279 --> 00:06:22,200 Speaker 3: where we want it to be. Do I You know, 101 00:06:22,279 --> 00:06:24,200 Speaker 3: I think that's a very tough It's going to be 102 00:06:24,240 --> 00:06:26,719 Speaker 3: a very difficult vision to sell to your fan base, 103 00:06:27,560 --> 00:06:32,520 Speaker 3: but I think that exists. And look, keeping coaches with 104 00:06:32,760 --> 00:06:36,320 Speaker 3: large buyouts is a lot easier than firing coaches and 105 00:06:36,400 --> 00:06:42,760 Speaker 3: paying buyouts. So there's the monetary factor, and really that's 106 00:06:42,800 --> 00:06:44,960 Speaker 3: what a lot of this comes down to, far more 107 00:06:45,000 --> 00:06:48,960 Speaker 3: often than not, is monetary decisions. If they're at nine 108 00:06:48,960 --> 00:06:52,000 Speaker 3: to nine, do I think they probably still make a 109 00:06:52,040 --> 00:06:56,919 Speaker 3: move yeah, probably, but I'm far less certain if this 110 00:06:57,040 --> 00:06:59,279 Speaker 3: is a five hundred Big twelve team that a move 111 00:06:59,400 --> 00:06:59,960 Speaker 3: is eminent. 112 00:07:01,720 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: What's the dumbest question you ever asked Mick Cronin. 113 00:07:07,640 --> 00:07:10,200 Speaker 3: So, I don't think the question was dumb, but I 114 00:07:10,200 --> 00:07:12,800 Speaker 3: think I was very early in my career and I 115 00:07:12,960 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 3: praised it in a way that, looking back, was just 116 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,520 Speaker 3: chumming the water for Mick Cronin because I was asking him, 117 00:07:21,680 --> 00:07:26,000 Speaker 3: probably something related to the offense and it not being 118 00:07:26,080 --> 00:07:28,000 Speaker 3: as good as people would like it to be. 119 00:07:30,080 --> 00:07:33,240 Speaker 2: Oh, wait a minute, hang on, Chad Man, We've got 120 00:07:33,320 --> 00:07:38,000 Speaker 2: a goal. Hang on, Chad, my apologies. The country's business, Beckins. 121 00:07:38,520 --> 00:07:43,240 Speaker 2: We have won the gold medal in women's hockey two 122 00:07:43,240 --> 00:07:47,080 Speaker 2: to one over Canada. That's right, you sudden death over 123 00:07:47,200 --> 00:07:50,600 Speaker 2: time three on three hockey. The US women have won 124 00:07:51,000 --> 00:07:53,440 Speaker 2: the goal trickles in. It looked like it went right 125 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,880 Speaker 2: through the Canadian goaltenders wickets, and the United States has 126 00:07:56,880 --> 00:08:00,000 Speaker 2: won the women's hockey goal. The Canadian players are displed. 127 00:08:00,560 --> 00:08:01,720 Speaker 2: America wins again. 128 00:08:02,080 --> 00:08:03,760 Speaker 1: Chad. Now we have to refocus. 129 00:08:03,880 --> 00:08:06,040 Speaker 2: Go ahead and answer the question, what is the dumbest 130 00:08:06,080 --> 00:08:07,400 Speaker 2: question you ever asked mc cronan. 131 00:08:08,880 --> 00:08:13,200 Speaker 3: So I started the question with Mick. There are fans 132 00:08:13,360 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 3: that think and Mick immediately I don't even think I 133 00:08:17,160 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 3: got the question out. Do you think I care what 134 00:08:18,720 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 3: fans think what Mike God's doing basketball game? I don't care. 135 00:08:22,160 --> 00:08:24,440 Speaker 3: Why would I care what a fan thinks about the 136 00:08:24,560 --> 00:08:28,240 Speaker 3: job of winning basketball games. So, you know, it's good 137 00:08:28,240 --> 00:08:30,640 Speaker 3: to know that I'm no longer in the running. I 138 00:08:30,680 --> 00:08:33,520 Speaker 3: don't know if I asked him the stupidest question he's 139 00:08:33,559 --> 00:08:36,439 Speaker 3: ever been asked, but I know I was in the running, 140 00:08:36,880 --> 00:08:38,720 Speaker 3: and it's good to know that I'm no longer in 141 00:08:38,800 --> 00:08:41,480 Speaker 3: the running for dumbest question McK cronan has ever been asked. 142 00:08:41,480 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 3: And that was a relief. 143 00:08:42,320 --> 00:08:44,360 Speaker 1: Yeah, yeah, I can understand. 144 00:08:44,400 --> 00:08:47,080 Speaker 2: I'd be interested in hearing what like his His top 145 00:08:47,120 --> 00:08:50,839 Speaker 2: ten worst questions are, Uh, the UCE baseball team the 146 00:08:50,880 --> 00:08:54,120 Speaker 2: other night beat Auburn, And there's growing interest in Jordan 147 00:08:54,160 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 2: Bishall's team, as you might understand, because you know they 148 00:08:56,679 --> 00:08:59,600 Speaker 2: made the tournament last year. They played a fun and 149 00:08:59,720 --> 00:09:01,880 Speaker 2: entertain hanging brand of baseball. It feels like they have 150 00:09:01,920 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 2: a chance to be pretty good this year. I put 151 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:05,920 Speaker 2: this on social media. Once upon a. 152 00:09:05,880 --> 00:09:08,000 Speaker 1: Time, many many many many many. 153 00:09:07,800 --> 00:09:11,560 Speaker 2: Years ago, we did a station very impromptu station outing 154 00:09:11,840 --> 00:09:14,040 Speaker 2: to a UC baseball game. I think we called her 155 00:09:14,040 --> 00:09:16,760 Speaker 2: a tweet up, I'm not sure, and it was well attended. 156 00:09:17,240 --> 00:09:19,880 Speaker 2: And I've been asked like, would you do something similar 157 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:21,640 Speaker 2: this year? Would you want to be a part of that? 158 00:09:21,679 --> 00:09:23,280 Speaker 2: Could you be a part of it? Would you just 159 00:09:23,320 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 2: go ahead and organize it? If the answer is yes, yes. 160 00:09:27,559 --> 00:09:28,920 Speaker 3: I would love to be a part of it, we 161 00:09:28,920 --> 00:09:31,880 Speaker 3: would have to, you know, make sure we take a 162 00:09:31,960 --> 00:09:36,600 Speaker 3: date that aligns with my commitment to the Apex fifteen 163 00:09:36,760 --> 00:09:42,320 Speaker 3: black volleyball team. But other than that, I think we 164 00:09:42,400 --> 00:09:46,480 Speaker 3: could find, you know, a game to go, maybe find 165 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 3: a local establishment close to the stadium. Maybe have a 166 00:09:50,000 --> 00:09:52,360 Speaker 3: couple of pops before the game, go to the game, 167 00:09:52,880 --> 00:10:00,600 Speaker 3: do a little bcj ESPN fifteen thirty, you know. And 168 00:10:00,800 --> 00:10:03,560 Speaker 3: I think it would be an awesome time because they 169 00:10:03,640 --> 00:10:08,800 Speaker 3: are incredibly fun to watch. I absolutely love talking to 170 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 3: Jordan Bischell. I love his philosophy on coaching and how 171 00:10:14,720 --> 00:10:19,079 Speaker 3: his teams respond to him. And I've got some big news, mo. 172 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:23,800 Speaker 3: We are starting next Thursday night at I think eight pm, 173 00:10:23,880 --> 00:10:27,240 Speaker 3: maybe eight thirty. We're still ironing that out. We're gonna 174 00:10:27,280 --> 00:10:31,679 Speaker 3: have our own new live you see Baseball Show on 175 00:10:31,760 --> 00:10:34,800 Speaker 3: Thursday nights on YouTube channel. 176 00:10:35,559 --> 00:10:38,920 Speaker 1: All Right, very good. Well that's terrific. All right, so 177 00:10:38,920 --> 00:10:40,559 Speaker 1: so you're in, you're on board. 178 00:10:41,600 --> 00:10:47,200 Speaker 2: I'm on board, Okay, I'm I haven't totally committed to 179 00:10:47,240 --> 00:10:51,720 Speaker 2: this because I've I've sometimes we do these and you 180 00:10:51,760 --> 00:10:53,520 Speaker 2: hear from folks who are like, oh, yeah, I would 181 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,320 Speaker 2: do that, and it's like, oh, where are you. 182 00:10:56,000 --> 00:10:58,920 Speaker 1: So I haven't completely committed to. 183 00:10:58,920 --> 00:11:02,880 Speaker 2: Doing this, but I'm I've been inched in the right direction, 184 00:11:03,160 --> 00:11:07,479 Speaker 2: and even more so because we have your support and participation. 185 00:11:07,679 --> 00:11:09,320 Speaker 1: So I'm here for it. 186 00:11:09,760 --> 00:11:13,280 Speaker 3: Figure out at collaboration. I think a collaboration, we could 187 00:11:13,280 --> 00:11:17,120 Speaker 3: get a pretty good group of people together to watch 188 00:11:17,160 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 3: the bear Cats play. 189 00:11:19,240 --> 00:11:23,000 Speaker 1: I'm all about collaboration. I'm all about collaboration. All right. Ched, Well, 190 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:27,040 Speaker 1: well it's it is very much on my radar. Thank 191 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:30,400 Speaker 1: you as always, No, you have a wonderful show.