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Speaker 1: This is Tony Pike sincey three sixty about Cincinnati. From Cincinnati,

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Speaker 1: this is ESPN fifteen thirty Cincinnati Sports Station.

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Speaker 2: All right, welcome back our number two. ESPN fifteen thirty

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Speaker 2: Cincinnati Sports Station. Happy to have you along. Excited to

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Speaker 2: have you along as we get our number two underway.

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Speaker 2: As soon as things officially started, Clifton will send you

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Speaker 2: there with the introductory press conference for Jared Calhoun. You'll

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Speaker 2: hear some remarks, I'm sure from John Cunningham. Also, I

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Speaker 2: think it is worth noting Bob Huggins is in attendance.

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Speaker 2: They see I've seen videos of him floating around Fifth

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Speaker 2: Cronin for about an hour about this UC job. Corey Blunt,

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Speaker 2: Steve Logan in attendance. What I think is going to

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Speaker 3: A Keishan Tillery as well as there, so.

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Speaker 2: That would be good news. Haynes Tillery Mustapha Chom, Gisel James.

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Speaker 2: Those would be the four I would highlight of players

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Speaker 2: But outside of that, I think you got to add

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Speaker 2: see some players there. Also, good to see Bob Huggins

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Speaker 2: in attendance as well. For the Cincinnati Bearcats. We uh,

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Speaker 2: we'll send you there in just a moment. Again, spend

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Speaker 2: a lot of time talking to Mick Cronin. We mentioned

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Speaker 2: the also the idea of Joe Missoula and and what

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Speaker 2: Joe Mizzoula. Uh, there have been quotes from a lot

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Speaker 2: to Jared Calhoun and then how about this Austin from

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Speaker 2: the sports and entertainment executive Maverick Carter. He said this,

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Speaker 2: I've known Jared since we were eleven years old, and

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Speaker 2: the only person that I've ever met that loves the

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Speaker 2: mentioned this yesterday about Jared Calhoun got his coaching career started.

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Speaker 2: He actually played in Cleveland for a couple of years

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Speaker 2: Utah State. So this is now happening live at Fifth

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Speaker 4: Good afternoon, everyone, and welcome to a special day here

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Speaker 4: new men's basketball head coach, the reigning Mountain West Coach

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Speaker 4: of the Year, Jared Calhoun. Here's a quick rundown of

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Speaker 4: today's agenda. Athletic Director John Cunningham will share some remarks

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Speaker 4: Senior Associate ad Zach Stipe will call on reporters for questions.

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Speaker 4: Please raise your hand and use a microphone. And then

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Speaker 4: following the Q and a Coach Calhoun we'll have some

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Speaker 4: men's basketball alumni and former coaches are invited for a

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Speaker 4: the coming weeks. Now, let's get to our new head coach.

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Speaker 4: Way back in two thousand and three, I got to

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Speaker 4: welcome Athletic Director John Cunningham.

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Speaker 5: Well, good afternoon, everyone, and thank you for being here today.

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Speaker 5: This is an exciting day for the University of Cincinnati,

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Speaker 5: The competition in the Big Twelve, as we all know,

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Speaker 5: That's why today is important for our program. We have

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Speaker 5: every day. Coach Calhoun, we are thrilled to welcome you

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Speaker 7: Thank you so much, John. I want to really thank

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Speaker 7: doctor Pinto. Was great meeting you. Really look forward to

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Speaker 7: I thought this was the best process.

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Speaker 6: In my time in coaching.

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Speaker 7: I want to start by thanking my family the sacrifices

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Speaker 7: It's much bigger than a coach one player. We all

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Speaker 8: Chad coach Chad Brendel, Bearcot Journal dot com. When you

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Speaker 7: You know, none of us are taking these wins with

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Speaker 7: Sometimes when coaches move, they they bring some players with them.

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Speaker 10: If the Reds are going to have a more potent

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Speaker 10: offense than they did last season, a rookie could be

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Speaker 10: a major reason why. Sal Stewart joined the Reds late

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Speaker 10: last season, and he instantly showed some pop, clubbing five

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Speaker 10: homers in just fifty five at bats. Add that to

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Speaker 10: the twenty Stewart hit in the minor leagues before his

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Speaker 10: call up, and it's easy to see why there's so

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Speaker 10: much excitement on the twenty two year old. His position

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Speaker 10: also spend some time at third, and he has some

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Speaker 10: experience playing second base too. And despite his cup of

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Speaker 10: I'm worth mentioning as a possible Rookie of the Year Canada.

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Speaker 2: All right, welcome back since he three sixty ESPN fifteen

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Speaker 2: thirty Cincinnati Sports Station back after hearing from Jared Calhoun

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Speaker 2: at the University of Cincinnati. I will say this Austin

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Speaker 2: he was introduced, Dan Horde started and then John Cunningham

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Speaker 2: came up, and John Cunningham did say that coaching searches

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Speaker 2: are never simple, and this one was not. But that's

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Speaker 2: the only thing I think I disagree with from the

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Speaker 2: presser obviously was cut and dry.

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Speaker 3: It was probably not simple to wait and root for

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Speaker 3: the guy you want to lose. Yeah, it's probably not great.

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Speaker 2: Cool moment before the press conference started and Chad Brendle

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Speaker 2: has this on his his ex where Bob Huggins is

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Speaker 2: Jared Calhoun is sitting down, goes up and kind of

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Speaker 2: gives Calhoun a headlock and talks to him for a

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Speaker 2: few moments.

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Speaker 3: But really cool to see that.

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Speaker 2: Jared Calhoun talked about the impact of Mick Cronin and

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Speaker 2: now I understand Mick is still the coach at UCLA.

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Speaker 2: Jared Calhoun said, Mick is adamant about getting this program

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Speaker 2: back to the level it needs to be and he thinks,

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Speaker 2: Mick that Jared Calhoun is the perfect guy to do that. Yeah,

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Speaker 2: I respect that a lot. That's really cool for Mick Cronin, McK.

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Speaker 3: Cronin and to play the role that he did in

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Speaker 3: getting Jared Calhoun here. I think that's it's first class

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Speaker 3: by Mick.

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Speaker 2: And it's a good look to see Jalen Haynes and

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Speaker 2: Keishan Tillery in attendance. I love of what Calhoun said

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Speaker 2: kind of just all things in many different ways, all

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Speaker 2: things for him leading back to Cincinnati. And there were

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Speaker 2: other offers out there, and he didn't go into the

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Speaker 2: other offers, but all things kind of leading back to

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Speaker 2: here and the idea of.

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Speaker 3: What is it.

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Speaker 2: A lot of teams accumulating talent. Jared Calhoun wants to

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Speaker 2: accumulate winners to the University of Cincinnati. He wants to

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Speaker 2: bring a winning basketball program back to Cincinnati. He said, quote,

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Speaker 2: people need to fear us in the state of Ohio.

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Speaker 2: That was my favorite part, yep of everything he said.

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Speaker 2: He said that people need to fear us, which is

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Speaker 2: what for those that grew up on UC basketball, And

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Speaker 2: god knows, I hit on it a lot. That's what

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Speaker 2: UC was when I was growing up. You might beat him,

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Speaker 2: but it was going to be a dogfight. There was

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Speaker 2: a fear attached to playing Cincinnati.

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Speaker 3: That and he also said that they're going to establish

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Speaker 3: a character class. Yeah, that was cool and kind of

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Speaker 3: that and explaining what it means to be a Cincinnati

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Speaker 3: Bearcat and what it means to wear the uniform. I

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Speaker 3: thought that was cool too.

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Speaker 2: Yeah. All in all, I thought it was a home

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Speaker 2: run of a press conference.

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Speaker 3: That dude did not look nervous at all. Nope, he

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Speaker 3: didn't stutter over his words. He knew very much what

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Speaker 3: he was going to say. He's still taking questions right now.

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Speaker 3: I was just very impressed by him.

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Speaker 2: Not only that, Like, and it's different because when West

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Speaker 2: took the podium, he said a lot of good things

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Speaker 2: all coaches do, and he talked about former players. The

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Speaker 2: only difference Jared cow who knows these former players right now?

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Speaker 2: He knows Steve Logan, Melvin Levitt, Ruben Patterson from the

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Speaker 2: Cleveland area and knows the greats of a Kenyan Martin

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Speaker 2: and players like that.

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Speaker 3: So just during the break as well, he told a

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Speaker 3: story of he used to see Corey Evans when Corey

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Speaker 3: was a scout and he was at Fairmont, and he

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Speaker 3: said him and Joe Mizzula would run into core Evans

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Speaker 3: all the time out on the road. So there's a

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Speaker 3: relationship there with the current GM, which I think is

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Speaker 3: interesting as well. The I think the word he used

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Speaker 3: was precise when knowing the types of players he wants

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Speaker 3: to fit his system. I think it's also important to

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Speaker 3: note like, yes, he comes from the Huggins tree and

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Speaker 3: that brand and identity of UC basketball, but that's not

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Speaker 3: necessarily what the Calhoun brand of basketball is going to be. Defensively,

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Speaker 3: there's been some questions and a search for identity I

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Speaker 3: think is a fair way to say it with Jared

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Speaker 3: Calhoun's teams, and that's going to continue it, you see.

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Speaker 3: But I think some people might expect, Okay, well, we're

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Speaker 3: going to get back to this tough, physical defensive mindset

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Speaker 3: that that U See has played with in the past.

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Speaker 3: I think it's gonna be a little bit more of

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Speaker 3: the opposite. I think it's gonna be more of an

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Speaker 3: offensive minded and they'll figure out the defense as it comes.

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Speaker 3: But a dude that is very confident in his own

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Speaker 3: skin and what he.

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Speaker 2: Believes, I mean, I think that as well. But when

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Speaker 2: I watched them against Arizona, they had some good defensive stops,

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Speaker 2: they just didn't have the size to compete inside against

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Speaker 2: Arizona like that. I thought they initially got the stops

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Speaker 2: necessary in that game they lost. Arizona had twenty two

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Speaker 2: offensive rebounds. Yeah, so you can't really do anything about

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Speaker 2: the size.

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Speaker 3: Well, and that's the thing. I don't know if you

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Speaker 3: read what Rick Broing wrote about it last night, and

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Speaker 3: he kind of explained that that defensive style lends itself

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Speaker 3: to being beaten on the glass, and NKU runs that currently.

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Speaker 3: And the guy who was basically Calhoun's defensive coordinator left

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Speaker 3: him to go be the head coach at Tarleton State,

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Speaker 3: and so you got to find a different way to

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Speaker 3: run that defense as well. And historically since NK you

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Speaker 3: established it and Calhoun got the guy from NKU and

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Speaker 3: NKU you know, built the whole defense and they've just

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Speaker 3: struggled to get boards.

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Speaker 5: Ye.

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Speaker 3: So if you can run that defense while now being

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Speaker 3: in a place where you can get that size, yeah,

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Speaker 3: maybe that makes a difference.

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Speaker 2: He said something that I think a lot of Bearcat

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Speaker 2: fans will cling to because this Bearcat team over the

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Speaker 2: last couple of years in close games Austin, how would

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Speaker 2: you describe the Bearcats in close games under West Miller abysmal, scared, awful, hesitant, Yes,

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Speaker 2: Rosen I like hesitant. Jared Calhoun said, most games are

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Speaker 2: won in the last two minutes. At Utah State, they

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Speaker 2: were seventeen and four in the last two minutes when

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Speaker 2: it's a minimum of a two possession game, So if

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Speaker 2: it's in within two possessions, they won seventeen out of

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Speaker 2: out of the twenty one games they played. That is

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Speaker 2: that's impressive. That's needed, especially in the Big twelve because

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Speaker 2: there's just not margin for air. Rarely are you going

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Speaker 2: to have that many blowouts. You also mentioned Keishaan Tillery.

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Speaker 2: He did say he met with Keishan Tillery last night,

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Speaker 2: had a long conversation with him last night. He said

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Speaker 2: he's going to start with the guys who were on

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Speaker 2: the team mentioned earlier. Jalen Hayes was there as well,

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Speaker 2: So I think that's a pretty good start. Yeah, he

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Speaker 2: talked about the portal opening next week, but he said

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Speaker 2: it starts at two forty five today. Talked about how

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Speaker 2: he's going to get with his players and start building

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Speaker 2: in that sense. So listen, I think there's a lot

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Speaker 2: of times where you hear a new coach and his

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Speaker 2: introductory press count for you're like, yeah, you just said

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Speaker 2: all the right things. Very rarely do they not. This

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Speaker 2: one kind of just felt differently though, Like you mentioned

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Speaker 2: the confidence a little bit of or the way he

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Speaker 2: carries himself. It's just a it's a different vibe around

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Speaker 2: the program right now, and they've got to be able

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Speaker 2: to take that bottle that up and now get this

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Speaker 2: kicking into the off season, and that's kind of where

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Speaker 2: the next step Goes.

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Speaker 3: Also shout out to Bob Huggins, who reached into the

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Speaker 3: closet to all out a Jordan long sleeve polo with

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Speaker 3: the Old School Seapaul on it. Yeah, fire and had

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Speaker 3: an Ohio against the world had on Yep, Huggins look

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Speaker 3: pretty good today. Yes, fantastic stuff.

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Speaker 2: We will We'll continue to to kind of talk about

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Speaker 2: and follow up with anything else that Jared Calhoun has

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Speaker 2: to say. We'll finish up our number two next. Yeah.

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Speaker 3: I was just about to say, we'll have a couple

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Speaker 3: more segments, but Bob Huggins as we speak, is getting

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Speaker 3: a standing ovation from the crowd at at UC Dan

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Speaker 3: Horde speaking now, and they just finished up the Jared

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Speaker 3: Calhoun portion of that, And I think if everything goes

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Speaker 3: to plan, if I think, I think Jared Calhoun is

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Speaker 3: going to be on with Moe this afternoon, Nice on

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Speaker 3: MO Show. We'll take a break.

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Speaker 2: When we come back, we'll finish up our number two

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Speaker 2: and we have some some more to get to it

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Speaker 2: the top of our number three with your talkbacks to

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Speaker 2: kick off the third and final hour of this edition

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Speaker 2: the start of our number three comes up in just

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Speaker 2: a few moments. We'll also let you hear what Joe

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Speaker 2: Flacco had to say the flag. What do you make

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Speaker 2: of Joe Flaka's return.

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Speaker 3: I think it's a good thing. Yeah, I mean you'll

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Speaker 3: hear it a little bit later on. I think he's

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Speaker 3: a little bit miffed that he didn't get a legit

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Speaker 3: shot to go and start somewhere, and I think he

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Speaker 3: started to feel like, listen, if there's a place for

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Speaker 3: me to be, this is it. And yeah, I think

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Speaker 3: it's a good thing.

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Speaker 2: What do you make from from the Josh Johnson tenure

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Speaker 2: in Cincinnati.

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Speaker 3: I think he's going to be on the team. I

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Speaker 3: will remember him. I think he's going to be on

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Speaker 3: the team. I think all he can do is help.

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Speaker 2: So now you're saying that the quarterback room does not

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Speaker 2: need to be addressed any further this offseason. Correct now

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Speaker 2: that that's done, or.

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Speaker 3: It's one of those things where you know he gets

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Speaker 3: dealt during training camp or something. A quarterback goes down

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Speaker 3: and somebody needs and Bengals get that seventh round pick

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Speaker 3: starting to play just now, good to go. I do

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Speaker 3: you feel for a friend of the show, Sean Clifford,

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Speaker 3: who I know is working really hard and really wanted

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Speaker 3: to prove that he could be a viable backup quarterback.

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Speaker 3: He's he's not going to get that chance, at least

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Speaker 3: not in Cincinnati. So hopefully that happens for him. He's

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Speaker 3: still on the team. But you know, a lot can

656
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Speaker 3: happen between now and the start of the season, but

657
00:38:07,719 --> 00:38:10,200
Speaker 3: probably not going to happen. Speaking of the Bengals, Ohio

658
00:38:10,239 --> 00:38:14,480
Speaker 3: State Pro Day today big one and there's a heavy

659
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Speaker 3: Bengals contingent in Columbus Duke Tobin, Al Golden, Andrew Johnson,

660
00:38:21,840 --> 00:38:26,160
Speaker 3: Josh Hinch, Trey la Bounty all at Ohio State today

661
00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:28,439
Speaker 3: for the Ohio State Pro Day.

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00:38:28,920 --> 00:38:34,720
Speaker 2: Right now, that quarterback's off the table. March twenty fifth,

663
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Speaker 2: The number one need for the Cincinnati Bengals as of

664
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Speaker 2: today is what linebacker?

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Speaker 3: Correct? They don't have good linebackers. They don't.

666
00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:47,040
Speaker 2: None of their linebackers are very good, that's correct. They

667
00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:50,680
Speaker 2: have to address linebacker. Do they do that in free

668
00:38:50,680 --> 00:38:55,720
Speaker 2: agency or is that an after the draft thing between

669
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:56,960
Speaker 2: now and the draft to day.

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Speaker 3: They will add one between now and.

671
00:38:59,360 --> 00:39:02,239
Speaker 2: The draft, And I don't think a trade is off

672
00:39:02,239 --> 00:39:03,280
Speaker 2: the table at linebacker.

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Speaker 3: Why why do you?

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Speaker 2: I just I feel there's like, there's no conceivable way

675
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Speaker 2: that you go into this season with the current linebacking

676
00:39:14,800 --> 00:39:18,000
Speaker 2: room the way it is. What do you mean, Like,

677
00:39:18,080 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 2: I just feel like they need a veteran on the

678
00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:24,719
Speaker 2: linebacking corps and you're not gonna, Like, I'm not convinced

679
00:39:24,800 --> 00:39:27,319
Speaker 2: you might get Jake Golday in the second round. They

680
00:39:27,360 --> 00:39:29,759
Speaker 2: watched him work out yesterday, but I still feel like

681
00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,759
Speaker 2: you need a veteran presence in that room.

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00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:33,879
Speaker 3: I agree, but I don't know that they feel that way.

683
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Speaker 3: I mean, it's very comparable to what they did with

684
00:39:38,960 --> 00:39:42,839
Speaker 3: the safety position a year ago. Oh well, they'll get better.

685
00:39:42,880 --> 00:39:45,960
Speaker 3: They played better down the last I know, That's what

686
00:39:45,960 --> 00:39:49,120
Speaker 3: I'm saying. I don't believe that they will learn from

687
00:39:49,160 --> 00:39:52,040
Speaker 3: their mistakes because they've done this over and over and

688
00:39:52,080 --> 00:39:55,759
Speaker 3: over again over the course of their time, and you know,

689
00:39:55,800 --> 00:39:58,080
Speaker 3: there's this maybe this false belief that they're going to

690
00:39:58,120 --> 00:40:00,320
Speaker 3: get better, you know, and they played better over the

691
00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:02,880
Speaker 3: last five weeks and Al Golden now knows what to

692
00:40:03,360 --> 00:40:05,520
Speaker 3: you know, what their strengths are, and they know what

693
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Speaker 3: to expect of them. And yeah, of course they're going

694
00:40:08,640 --> 00:40:11,719
Speaker 3: to add to that room, whether it be a rookie.

695
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Speaker 3: But I don't think that they're gonna.

696
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Speaker 2: What if they they think it's a problem, What if

697
00:40:16,560 --> 00:40:19,160
Speaker 2: they went Golday and Bobby Wagner.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it'd be better back. Absolutely, I would sign Bobby

699
00:40:23,600 --> 00:40:24,600
Speaker 3: Wagner yesterday.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, he's the fifteenth ranked best remaining free agent.

701
00:40:28,680 --> 00:40:31,520
Speaker 3: And you know, in the Bobby Wagner has been around

702
00:40:31,520 --> 00:40:34,880
Speaker 3: for a long time. He's made like a thousand tackles,

703
00:40:35,040 --> 00:40:39,439
Speaker 3: and he I'm sure has multiple teams interested in him,

704
00:40:39,840 --> 00:40:42,480
Speaker 3: and he might take the route where he waits up

705
00:40:42,520 --> 00:40:45,520
Speaker 3: until around training camp and decides what the best fit

706
00:40:45,760 --> 00:40:48,319
Speaker 3: is for him. That very well could happen.

707
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Speaker 2: I mean, Wagner, at age thirty five last year had

708
00:40:51,000 --> 00:40:53,759
Speaker 2: nine and a half tackles per game, sixth overall in

709
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Speaker 2: the NFL. So he can still play. And he was

710
00:40:56,080 --> 00:40:58,719
Speaker 2: on a bad team last year, so you know he

711
00:40:58,760 --> 00:41:01,000
Speaker 2: can still play. I've said it a couple of times

712
00:41:01,040 --> 00:41:03,040
Speaker 2: now if you haven't seen it. The hard knocks in

713
00:41:03,239 --> 00:41:07,480
Speaker 2: season from this past year was the NFC East and

714
00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:12,279
Speaker 2: they did an entire, basically portion of one of the

715
00:41:12,320 --> 00:41:15,400
Speaker 2: shows about Bobby Wagner and what makes him great and

716
00:41:15,440 --> 00:41:18,560
Speaker 2: his preparation and his relationship with the other linebackers and

717
00:41:19,000 --> 00:41:21,160
Speaker 2: how he's done it for such a long time. They

718
00:41:21,280 --> 00:41:25,000
Speaker 2: desperately need that type of person in that room for

719
00:41:25,200 --> 00:41:28,400
Speaker 2: those young guys. And you're not asking Bobby Wagner to

720
00:41:28,400 --> 00:41:30,399
Speaker 2: come in and be Bobby Wagner from ten years ago.

721
00:41:31,120 --> 00:41:35,560
Speaker 2: You just need a veteran presence that that knows what

722
00:41:35,719 --> 00:41:39,279
Speaker 2: to do when he's on the field and can help

723
00:41:39,320 --> 00:41:42,759
Speaker 2: mentor the younger guys. There are too many times last

724
00:41:42,840 --> 00:41:46,759
Speaker 2: year when Barrett Carter was out of position, when the

725
00:41:46,840 --> 00:41:49,480
Speaker 2: run fits didn't make any sense, when the eyes were

726
00:41:49,480 --> 00:41:53,080
Speaker 2: in the wrong spot, when you came up a little

727
00:41:53,120 --> 00:41:56,440
Speaker 2: too nosy at the line of scrimmage and you lost

728
00:41:56,560 --> 00:41:58,279
Speaker 2: track of a receiver you were supposed to have out

729
00:41:58,320 --> 00:42:03,640
Speaker 2: of the backfield. Time those mistakes happened, and I think

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Speaker 2: it's asking a lot for a group of linebackers in

731
00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,400
Speaker 2: their second year to just erase those mistakes.

732
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Speaker 3: What do you think Bobby Wagner would cost? Have no idea.

733
00:42:15,040 --> 00:42:18,319
Speaker 3: They just gave Flacco six. Yeah, I mean it would

734
00:42:18,320 --> 00:42:18,960
Speaker 3: be more than that.

735
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Speaker 2: Last year, Bobby Wagner's deal with the Commanders was eight

736
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Speaker 2: million guaranteed.

737
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Speaker 3: Probably close to that again, I would assume.

738
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Speaker 2: I mean, I think anywhere from six to eight you

739
00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:29,280
Speaker 2: get Bobby Wagner.

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00:42:30,040 --> 00:42:30,440
Speaker 3: Maybe.

741
00:42:32,040 --> 00:42:38,800
Speaker 2: So right now this is spot track. They have Bobby

742
00:42:38,800 --> 00:42:43,240
Speaker 2: Wagner's projection in a one year five to seven million

743
00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:50,080
Speaker 2: dollar range. So essentially, Joe Flacco, but at linebacker, seems

744
00:42:50,120 --> 00:42:52,920
Speaker 2: like a valuable, valuable asset, not only what he can

745
00:42:52,920 --> 00:42:54,560
Speaker 2: do on the field, still at his age, but what

746
00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:56,120
Speaker 2: he can do off the field in that locker room

747
00:42:56,160 --> 00:42:56,480
Speaker 2: as well.

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Speaker 3: I'm trying to think. I'm looking at over the cap.

749
00:42:58,640 --> 00:43:04,040
Speaker 3: I don't think they've added on here yet, but if

750
00:43:04,080 --> 00:43:08,120
Speaker 3: they did, that would leave the Bengals. So they have

751
00:43:08,520 --> 00:43:12,600
Speaker 3: according to over the cap, they have twenty two million

752
00:43:12,640 --> 00:43:15,560
Speaker 3: dollars in cap space. You can lop off about ten

753
00:43:15,680 --> 00:43:18,640
Speaker 3: to twelve of that for rookies and stuff like that,

754
00:43:19,880 --> 00:43:23,120
Speaker 3: and so then take away that that leaves you at twelve,

755
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:32,560
Speaker 3: and then take away nine for Flacco leaves you at three. Okay,

756
00:43:32,600 --> 00:43:35,360
Speaker 3: this is why I'm thinking, that's why you maybe do

757
00:43:35,400 --> 00:43:38,480
Speaker 3: something with Joe Burrow's Cophit absolutely, it would make a

758
00:43:38,480 --> 00:43:40,279
Speaker 3: lot of sense. There you go, but they're not gonna

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00:43:40,320 --> 00:43:40,560
Speaker 3: do that.

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Speaker 6: Nope.

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Speaker 3: That's the maddening part.

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00:43:42,960 --> 00:43:46,479
Speaker 2: It's like, hey, this is this would be available to help,

763
00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:49,640
Speaker 2: but it just it's just not what they do, which

764
00:43:49,680 --> 00:43:54,239
Speaker 2: is maddening. Tomorrow's opening day. I talked about that a lot,

765
00:43:54,280 --> 00:43:56,000
Speaker 2: which means we're one day away from opening day. Do

766
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Speaker 2: you know the last time in Cincinnati read War number one?

767
00:43:58,880 --> 00:44:01,799
Speaker 2: Let's find out when we get back on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: Cincinnat Esports Station.

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Speaker 1: Tony Pike Sincy three sixty continues now on ESPN fifteen thirty.

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Speaker 2: Welcome back, really quick minute here before we get to

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Speaker 2: talkbacks to kick off our number three and some Joe

772
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Speaker 2: Flacco audio in there as well. We'll check in with Mowager,

773
00:44:21,840 --> 00:44:25,360
Speaker 2: who is at the Jared Calhoun press conference. Do you

774
00:44:25,400 --> 00:44:28,440
Speaker 2: know the last time a Red War number one Austin?

775
00:44:29,520 --> 00:44:29,959
Speaker 3: I don't.

776
00:44:30,320 --> 00:44:32,080
Speaker 2: Nineteen thirty seven.

777
00:44:32,120 --> 00:44:33,160
Speaker 3: Was that Fred Hutchinson.

778
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Speaker 2: That was the last time, and that was good old

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00:44:35,719 --> 00:44:39,200
Speaker 2: D More Oh d more Yep, Well, the number is

780
00:44:39,239 --> 00:44:42,960
Speaker 2: retired for Fred Hutchinson, right, A short list. The only

781
00:44:43,000 --> 00:44:47,200
Speaker 2: thing they have a number one. George Granham Jim Bottomley,

782
00:44:47,719 --> 00:44:51,279
Speaker 2: Gilly Campbell, Agus Britton, what did you call me? And

783
00:44:51,440 --> 00:44:55,120
Speaker 2: d More the only Reds, according to this to wear

784
00:44:55,200 --> 00:44:59,040
Speaker 2: number one, last one being in nineteen thirty seven. I

785
00:44:59,120 --> 00:45:02,719
Speaker 2: were on the air from the Smoke Justice blocking a

786
00:45:02,760 --> 00:45:05,480
Speaker 2: bridge away from the ballpark. That's correct. Tomorrow you know.

787
00:45:05,520 --> 00:45:07,080
Speaker 2: The last Red to wear number zero?

788
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:09,440
Speaker 3: Blandino.

789
00:45:09,640 --> 00:45:12,600
Speaker 2: Blandino in twenty twenty one. Yeah, Dominic Smith in twenty

790
00:45:12,640 --> 00:45:13,160
Speaker 2: twenty four.

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00:45:13,280 --> 00:45:16,240
Speaker 3: Oh, Dominic Smith. I forgot he had a cup of coffee.

792
00:45:16,320 --> 00:45:19,640
Speaker 3: Yeah he did. There you go? Wow? Up next? Did

793
00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:22,680
Speaker 3: I make up the Fred Hutchinson you might have. I

794
00:45:22,680 --> 00:45:26,480
Speaker 3: don't see old hutch On here. I'm pretty sure his

795
00:45:26,600 --> 00:45:30,120
Speaker 3: number is retired. We'll check into that Red More, but

796
00:45:30,200 --> 00:45:32,719
Speaker 3: yes it is. I was right, all right? He was

797
00:45:32,760 --> 00:45:36,480
Speaker 3: a manager, Okay, that's why, Okay, Fred Hutchinson, who just

798
00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:39,640
Speaker 3: kept this tour players one hundred and forty three victories

799
00:45:39,640 --> 00:45:42,040
Speaker 3: and a five forty four winning percentages of the Reds

800
00:45:42,920 --> 00:45:45,719
Speaker 3: manager Red's won at least ninety games and three of

801
00:45:45,800 --> 00:45:48,400
Speaker 3: US six seasons in nineteen sixty one took the National

802
00:45:48,480 --> 00:45:51,439
Speaker 3: League pennant. All right, A shut out to hutch shut out,

803
00:45:51,480 --> 00:45:54,799
Speaker 3: to God rest his soul. Your Talkbacks kick off our three.

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00:45:54,840 --> 00:45:57,560
Speaker 3: Next Yes, I know my red surgery, damn it. Cincinnati

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Speaker 3: Sports Station,