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Stockton Mortgage NMLS eight two five nine, Equal 20 00:00:54,840 --> 00:00:58,280 Speaker 3: Housing Lender NMLS, Consumer Access dot Org. 21 00:00:59,000 --> 00:01:02,080 Speaker 4: Welcome to our two of Kentucky Sports Radio present it 22 00:01:02,120 --> 00:01:05,520 Speaker 4: by Stockton Mortgage. Now here's Matt Jones. 23 00:01:05,880 --> 00:01:06,640 Speaker 2: Well come back. 24 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:08,960 Speaker 5: It is not Matt Jones, it is Jack Pilgrim and 25 00:01:09,040 --> 00:01:12,160 Speaker 5: Shaun Smith for the Sources Say Podcast Takeover Day on 26 00:01:12,280 --> 00:01:15,880 Speaker 5: Kentucky Sports Radio. Our third consecutive year. Very excited and 27 00:01:16,440 --> 00:01:19,119 Speaker 5: you know, grateful and appreciative to be back our third 28 00:01:19,120 --> 00:01:21,039 Speaker 5: straight year. It's it's always a blast, always a lot 29 00:01:21,040 --> 00:01:24,080 Speaker 5: of fun. First hour flu By, I can't even believe 30 00:01:24,120 --> 00:01:27,160 Speaker 5: that we're already starting our number two. Give us call 31 00:01:27,240 --> 00:01:29,680 Speaker 5: eight five to nine two eight h two two eight seven. 32 00:01:29,720 --> 00:01:31,800 Speaker 5: We want to hear from you. We have Andrew Carr 33 00:01:31,800 --> 00:01:34,040 Speaker 5: coming up at eleven forty. You will not want to 34 00:01:34,040 --> 00:01:35,720 Speaker 5: miss that one. He's going to talk about his wild 35 00:01:35,800 --> 00:01:38,959 Speaker 5: journey to Lexington, seen as one of the you know, 36 00:01:39,000 --> 00:01:42,080 Speaker 5: maybe sneaky picks for most valuable player on this this 37 00:01:42,160 --> 00:01:44,560 Speaker 5: upcoming roster. We'll hear about how things are going move 38 00:01:44,560 --> 00:01:48,559 Speaker 5: in process, and I believe workouts start in the next 39 00:01:48,600 --> 00:01:50,800 Speaker 5: couple of days, so we're gonna start getting videos and 40 00:01:51,280 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 5: you know, updates on how things are going, how the 41 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:57,160 Speaker 5: team is coming together. And I believe, uh, tomorrow is 42 00:01:57,240 --> 00:01:59,640 Speaker 5: the last player moving in a Mary Williams will be 43 00:01:59,680 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 5: moved in and right in time for the meet and 44 00:02:01,880 --> 00:02:02,640 Speaker 5: greet with Club Blue. 45 00:02:02,680 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 2: That's gonna be a blast. We'll be out there. 46 00:02:04,600 --> 00:02:06,280 Speaker 5: I can't wait to go, you know, kind of mingle 47 00:02:06,360 --> 00:02:09,799 Speaker 5: see the fans as our first big NIL event where 48 00:02:09,880 --> 00:02:13,120 Speaker 5: you know, kind of the fans and the players and 49 00:02:13,200 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 5: staff get to come together and kind of, you know, 50 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:17,799 Speaker 5: start this new era of Kentucky basketball off on the 51 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,040 Speaker 5: right page. So a lot a lot of fun stuff 52 00:02:20,040 --> 00:02:22,680 Speaker 5: coming down the pike. But sean kind of on that note, 53 00:02:23,120 --> 00:02:26,520 Speaker 5: with Andrew Carr coming up as a sneaky player that 54 00:02:26,520 --> 00:02:29,799 Speaker 5: that you know, known as potentially an MVP candidate for 55 00:02:29,840 --> 00:02:32,239 Speaker 5: this upcoming roster, let's talk a little bit about like 56 00:02:32,560 --> 00:02:36,480 Speaker 5: superlatives I want to see. We'll talk about lineups, but 57 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,280 Speaker 5: who is the player that isn't being talked enough about 58 00:02:40,320 --> 00:02:43,880 Speaker 5: right now that you think by this point next year 59 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:45,919 Speaker 5: or you know, obviously just leading up to the season, 60 00:02:45,960 --> 00:02:47,840 Speaker 5: it is going to be the one that has kind 61 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:51,360 Speaker 5: of taken over this team and is one that you 62 00:02:51,360 --> 00:02:54,040 Speaker 5: know is going to be a difference maker that decides 63 00:02:54,080 --> 00:02:55,520 Speaker 5: what this team can do in the postseason. 64 00:02:55,960 --> 00:02:58,160 Speaker 6: And that's a tough question because so many of these 65 00:02:58,200 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 6: guys are unknowns to all all of us that I 66 00:03:00,600 --> 00:03:03,840 Speaker 6: think you could probably say three or four guys and 67 00:03:03,880 --> 00:03:07,240 Speaker 6: be right with it. But obviously, to me, Andrew Carr 68 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,680 Speaker 6: is the guy that I think has that breakout potential 69 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:12,600 Speaker 6: that could go to another level. I'll take a Oway 70 00:03:12,800 --> 00:03:15,120 Speaker 6: is another guy in this system and the way that 71 00:03:15,200 --> 00:03:17,480 Speaker 6: this roster's pieced together that I think can really pop 72 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,880 Speaker 6: just because you've got spacing around him. A guy that 73 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,560 Speaker 6: can touch the paint, do it off the bounce, can 74 00:03:22,600 --> 00:03:25,840 Speaker 6: make Stan steel shots, be a really really good perimeter 75 00:03:25,960 --> 00:03:29,000 Speaker 6: lockdown defender. Like I think, he can do a lot 76 00:03:29,040 --> 00:03:30,840 Speaker 6: of things in a lot of different areas, So I'll 77 00:03:30,880 --> 00:03:32,560 Speaker 6: take it. Ohway is also a guy that I think 78 00:03:32,600 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 6: could really break through and have a big year, But 79 00:03:35,120 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 6: Andrew Carr is my guy for the breakout performer, the 80 00:03:37,880 --> 00:03:39,920 Speaker 6: guy that just kind of takes it to another level 81 00:03:40,240 --> 00:03:43,480 Speaker 6: that we are talking about. But like I said, you'll 82 00:03:43,480 --> 00:03:45,120 Speaker 6: get a little talk here to get a little talk there, 83 00:03:45,120 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 6: because there's just so many unknowns about what these guys 84 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:48,520 Speaker 6: actually are going to be at Kentucky. 85 00:03:48,720 --> 00:03:50,880 Speaker 5: It reminds me so much last year remember when Reed 86 00:03:50,920 --> 00:03:54,320 Speaker 5: Shepherd he was the guy that everybody thought would be 87 00:03:54,400 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 5: a contributor, Like, hey, you know, he's not being talked 88 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,920 Speaker 5: about enough McDonald's All American top forty recruit in the country. Like, 89 00:04:02,000 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 5: we know he's a talented piece, but just what level 90 00:04:04,840 --> 00:04:07,280 Speaker 5: of contribution will he be able to make in year one? 91 00:04:08,000 --> 00:04:12,200 Speaker 5: The whispers with early workouts were read's a guy like 92 00:04:12,280 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 5: Reid as a dude who is going to be a 93 00:04:14,600 --> 00:04:17,479 Speaker 5: you know, high level contributor for us. But was it 94 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:19,280 Speaker 5: going to be as a twenty point per game score 95 00:04:19,400 --> 00:04:21,200 Speaker 5: or was it going to be as a surefire top 96 00:04:21,200 --> 00:04:23,520 Speaker 5: five pick. We didn't know what that gap was, and 97 00:04:23,600 --> 00:04:26,599 Speaker 5: nobody thought on the latter end of you know, being 98 00:04:26,640 --> 00:04:29,559 Speaker 5: almost guaranteed to be a top five pick at this point. 99 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:34,680 Speaker 5: So a guy to me like Andrew Carr is approaching 100 00:04:34,720 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 5: that territory for me where there's so much buzz about 101 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:40,960 Speaker 5: him being a guy who could break through that it's 102 00:04:41,000 --> 00:04:42,960 Speaker 5: almost expected at this point that you know, you know 103 00:04:43,080 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 5: that he's going to be a reliable piece, so much 104 00:04:45,360 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 5: built around him. Mark Pope has talked about him every 105 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:50,760 Speaker 5: single interview that he's done, saying that guy was made 106 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 5: for me. He you know, we like Kobe brea greatest 107 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,920 Speaker 5: shooter in the last decade in college basketball. Kirk Crease 108 00:04:57,040 --> 00:04:58,720 Speaker 5: is going to be a fan favorite like he's talked 109 00:04:58,800 --> 00:05:02,279 Speaker 5: a lot in you know, hyperbolic about a lot of 110 00:05:02,279 --> 00:05:04,839 Speaker 5: these guys. Of he's the best at this, he's the 111 00:05:04,839 --> 00:05:07,880 Speaker 5: best defending, lockdown defender in college basketball. But the guy 112 00:05:07,960 --> 00:05:11,119 Speaker 5: he always kind of circles back to is Andrew Carr 113 00:05:11,120 --> 00:05:13,520 Speaker 5: as the man. A lot of our stuff is going 114 00:05:13,560 --> 00:05:15,120 Speaker 5: to be run through him, a lot of He's going 115 00:05:15,200 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 5: to be taking a lot of big shots for us, 116 00:05:18,800 --> 00:05:20,560 Speaker 5: So I think we should start to expect that. But 117 00:05:20,680 --> 00:05:24,839 Speaker 5: beyond that, I have this hunch about Colin Chandler, man, like, 118 00:05:24,920 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 5: this is a guy that was so highly touted coming 119 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,200 Speaker 5: out of high school ends up at BYU with consensus 120 00:05:30,279 --> 00:05:32,560 Speaker 5: top thirty kid. I saw him on the AAU circut 121 00:05:32,560 --> 00:05:34,479 Speaker 5: a sum of the Pengos All American Camp, thinking, man, 122 00:05:34,520 --> 00:05:37,279 Speaker 5: why is this guy going to BYU. He's you know, 123 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,120 Speaker 5: he's he's a guy, he's he is going to be 124 00:05:40,160 --> 00:05:43,760 Speaker 5: a contributor at some point. The way things unfolded, he 125 00:05:43,839 --> 00:05:46,760 Speaker 5: ends up in Lexington. Obviously, the one thing to watch 126 00:05:46,839 --> 00:05:50,200 Speaker 5: is his two year transition period after you know, taking 127 00:05:50,240 --> 00:05:54,720 Speaker 5: his mission trip. It's going to be an adjustment up 128 00:05:54,800 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 5: to the season. I think talking to some people around 129 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:01,320 Speaker 5: the program, talking to people close to college and you know, he's. 130 00:06:01,200 --> 00:06:01,839 Speaker 2: Out of shape. 131 00:06:01,920 --> 00:06:04,520 Speaker 5: He's not in game shape in the slightest. And it's 132 00:06:04,560 --> 00:06:06,560 Speaker 5: my understanding that there's like a six to eight week 133 00:06:06,920 --> 00:06:11,120 Speaker 5: ramp up period for kids in similar situations that they 134 00:06:11,320 --> 00:06:13,360 Speaker 5: you know, they had a system down pat in at 135 00:06:13,400 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 5: BYU for you know, the a number of kids that 136 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:18,920 Speaker 5: have done the exact same thing, and it takes once 137 00:06:18,960 --> 00:06:21,360 Speaker 5: they get on campus a firm six to eight period 138 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,800 Speaker 5: week period to kind of get things rolling and get 139 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,440 Speaker 5: back to game shape. He'll be fined by the regular season. 140 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:29,520 Speaker 5: I don't think we'll hear a lot of the buzz 141 00:06:29,560 --> 00:06:31,200 Speaker 5: about man. That's the guy to keep an eye on 142 00:06:31,320 --> 00:06:34,240 Speaker 5: for now because he is so behind. But when he 143 00:06:34,400 --> 00:06:37,840 Speaker 5: makes up that ground and finds his footing, I think 144 00:06:37,880 --> 00:06:42,400 Speaker 5: he has legitimate explosion potential. At least in year one 145 00:06:42,480 --> 00:06:45,040 Speaker 5: is a contributor, same vibe with Reed. Shepherd gonna be 146 00:06:45,080 --> 00:06:47,560 Speaker 5: a contributor in year one in my opinion, and then 147 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,040 Speaker 5: I think in year two he's going to be and 148 00:06:49,080 --> 00:06:51,600 Speaker 5: you know, end up being a lottery potential type type 149 00:06:51,600 --> 00:06:53,880 Speaker 5: of talent. I think Colin Chandler has a really really 150 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:54,920 Speaker 5: bright future in Lexington. 151 00:06:55,040 --> 00:06:57,480 Speaker 6: Yeah, I do too, And and there's so many guys 152 00:06:57,520 --> 00:07:00,760 Speaker 6: that that you look at on this ross that you 153 00:07:00,800 --> 00:07:03,480 Speaker 6: can kind of say, okay, like what do we expect 154 00:07:03,480 --> 00:07:05,920 Speaker 6: to be them to be now? And there's pieces here 155 00:07:05,960 --> 00:07:07,680 Speaker 6: that you look and see that Okay, I could I 156 00:07:07,680 --> 00:07:11,040 Speaker 6: could envision multiple years with this guy? Will take it? Ohway, 157 00:07:11,040 --> 00:07:14,680 Speaker 6: he's got multiple years of eligibility left, you know, Colin Chandler, Like, 158 00:07:14,680 --> 00:07:17,160 Speaker 6: there's some pieces here that you can kind of see 159 00:07:17,160 --> 00:07:20,800 Speaker 6: and do they outperform early expectations and maybe do so 160 00:07:20,880 --> 00:07:23,440 Speaker 6: well that they're not here long term? That's always that's 161 00:07:23,480 --> 00:07:26,520 Speaker 6: never a bad thing. But I'm with you on Chandler, like, 162 00:07:26,560 --> 00:07:29,120 Speaker 6: when we he's the name, I think that gets lost 163 00:07:29,200 --> 00:07:33,800 Speaker 6: the most just because he's freshman. But he's older. He's 164 00:07:33,800 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 6: an older freshman, So how does that help him? I 165 00:07:37,560 --> 00:07:39,720 Speaker 6: know that he's not had the time and the thing 166 00:07:39,760 --> 00:07:41,680 Speaker 6: that some of these other guys have had coming into this, 167 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:44,960 Speaker 6: But where is he when this thing gets started here 168 00:07:45,000 --> 00:07:46,480 Speaker 6: in a couple of days, and then where is he 169 00:07:46,560 --> 00:07:49,400 Speaker 6: when the season gets here in November? But I like 170 00:07:49,480 --> 00:07:51,600 Speaker 6: that pick from you. I think that that's one that 171 00:07:51,640 --> 00:07:52,840 Speaker 6: to really keep an eye on as well. 172 00:07:53,080 --> 00:07:54,800 Speaker 5: Let's go back to the phone lines eight five, nine 173 00:07:54,760 --> 00:07:57,200 Speaker 5: to two two eight seven, we have Joel. 174 00:07:58,880 --> 00:08:02,760 Speaker 7: Hey, guys, I'm a Kentucky and I'm a Kentucky and 175 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:06,080 Speaker 7: transplant to gold Freeze, Florida. So I want to answer 176 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:08,040 Speaker 7: your sharp question, and then I want to ask you 177 00:08:08,080 --> 00:08:12,400 Speaker 7: all the question uh that when you and I haven't 178 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:15,640 Speaker 7: had the first hand experience, thankfully, but I thought about 179 00:08:15,640 --> 00:08:17,480 Speaker 7: it enough that if you get a sharp one of 180 00:08:17,480 --> 00:08:19,960 Speaker 7: the things I haven't heard anybody say is is flee. 181 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:24,320 Speaker 7: And I've watched like like, calmly move away. That's what 182 00:08:24,360 --> 00:08:27,920 Speaker 7: I'm gonna do because I've I've watched people panic and 183 00:08:27,960 --> 00:08:31,280 Speaker 7: you they go eat and things that are in distress. 184 00:08:31,360 --> 00:08:34,840 Speaker 7: So anyway, flee calmly. And now I'll beat the living 185 00:08:34,880 --> 00:08:40,439 Speaker 7: crod out of it if if I don't flee comly. 186 00:08:41,200 --> 00:08:43,960 Speaker 7: And then on the jellyfish, keep a bottle of white 187 00:08:44,040 --> 00:08:47,400 Speaker 7: vinegar and you're talking about the urine. Help that white 188 00:08:47,480 --> 00:08:49,679 Speaker 7: vinegar does a trick as a at the local and 189 00:08:49,679 --> 00:08:52,160 Speaker 7: then watch riptides and that's my p s A announcement. 190 00:08:52,240 --> 00:08:54,960 Speaker 7: The rip tides out here get more people than than 191 00:08:55,520 --> 00:08:59,360 Speaker 7: sharks and jelly So my question for you Kentucky, like 192 00:08:59,440 --> 00:09:02,559 Speaker 7: Kentucky by I'm really excited about it. But and I'm 193 00:09:02,600 --> 00:09:04,839 Speaker 7: glad you guys are talking of basketball. I'm on board now. 194 00:09:04,960 --> 00:09:07,079 Speaker 7: I wasn't so happy when Cal was there, so I'm 195 00:09:07,080 --> 00:09:11,280 Speaker 7: glad he's gone. Kentucky sports though, you know, we're tops 196 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:15,120 Speaker 7: in the nation in gymnastics we had, we had national 197 00:09:15,200 --> 00:09:19,600 Speaker 7: team titles shot there, men's tennis national title shot. Our 198 00:09:19,640 --> 00:09:23,040 Speaker 7: football team on the rise, still hopeful, and I thought 199 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,320 Speaker 7: they were kind of taking you know, a bigger, bigger 200 00:09:26,360 --> 00:09:29,880 Speaker 7: limelight when Cal was dimming. Our volleyball team won a 201 00:09:29,920 --> 00:09:33,719 Speaker 7: national championship, rival team one. We got track and field Olympians, 202 00:09:33,840 --> 00:09:37,959 Speaker 7: we got women's basketball, really excited about that. Our softball 203 00:09:37,960 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 7: team is not good anyway. The question for y'all is 204 00:09:41,440 --> 00:09:43,480 Speaker 7: why can't we be more than a one sports team? 205 00:09:44,240 --> 00:09:45,160 Speaker 7: Why are why do we. 206 00:09:45,120 --> 00:09:45,480 Speaker 8: Have to be? 207 00:09:45,600 --> 00:09:48,400 Speaker 7: I know history says it's Kentucky basketball and you're a 208 00:09:48,440 --> 00:09:51,560 Speaker 7: one sport team. But times are changing and why or 209 00:09:51,559 --> 00:09:53,679 Speaker 7: why not? And I'll go ahead and hang up. Let's 210 00:09:53,720 --> 00:09:54,480 Speaker 7: tell answer that one. 211 00:09:54,800 --> 00:09:58,240 Speaker 5: Thanks Joel, awesome stuff there. He gets our Don Franklin 212 00:09:58,240 --> 00:10:03,680 Speaker 5: call to day, obviously appreciate the advice on the ocean. 213 00:10:03,800 --> 00:10:08,200 Speaker 5: Great insight from an on site expert there, and he 214 00:10:08,280 --> 00:10:10,800 Speaker 5: brings up a point that I think I want to 215 00:10:11,360 --> 00:10:15,240 Speaker 5: kind of share some some insight on the coach cal 216 00:10:15,320 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 5: departure and why that exact take was so important for 217 00:10:19,600 --> 00:10:22,520 Speaker 5: Mitch Barnhart when deciding whether or not to fire him 218 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:28,080 Speaker 5: after the season ended. So that is so important for 219 00:10:28,240 --> 00:10:33,679 Speaker 5: Mitch to have such a well rounded athletics department where 220 00:10:34,640 --> 00:10:38,720 Speaker 5: when it comes to a thirty million dollar buyout to 221 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:42,320 Speaker 5: fire a guy who has been underwhelming up to that point, 222 00:10:43,000 --> 00:10:46,920 Speaker 5: and you demand more and expect more, and you're trying 223 00:10:46,960 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 5: to find that middle ground of how do you demand 224 00:10:51,640 --> 00:10:54,280 Speaker 5: more without you know, kind of putting your money where 225 00:10:54,280 --> 00:10:56,720 Speaker 5: your mouth is and getting rid of him, knowing that 226 00:10:56,880 --> 00:11:00,000 Speaker 5: there were people that wanted to put the funds together 227 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:02,719 Speaker 5: to get rid of him and start fresh and end up, 228 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,200 Speaker 5: you know what we got anyway with a fresh start elsewhere. 229 00:11:06,240 --> 00:11:10,200 Speaker 5: But when you have a thirty million dollar decision of 230 00:11:10,200 --> 00:11:12,520 Speaker 5: that magnitude, and we have seen since the revenue sharing 231 00:11:12,520 --> 00:11:14,240 Speaker 5: with the NCAA and now schools are going to be 232 00:11:14,280 --> 00:11:18,320 Speaker 5: paying these kids directly, that was such a crucial part 233 00:11:18,320 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 5: of that decision for Mitch that ended up deciding Kyle's 234 00:11:22,360 --> 00:11:24,720 Speaker 5: fate that he was not going to fire col not 235 00:11:24,960 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 5: because Mitch didn't expect more, and that there was a 236 00:11:28,679 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 5: demand for more around the program, but he wasn't going 237 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:36,680 Speaker 5: to screw over these other programs around the athletics department 238 00:11:36,800 --> 00:11:40,600 Speaker 5: that deserve that money that is in the pot. But 239 00:11:41,280 --> 00:11:45,800 Speaker 5: why pay somebody to go away in one sport when 240 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:49,760 Speaker 5: there's so many other deserving people of new uniforms, new 241 00:11:49,840 --> 00:11:53,560 Speaker 5: upgrades with facilities. Knew this, knew that, like it is 242 00:11:53,600 --> 00:11:57,679 Speaker 5: so important for Mitch to have a well rounded athletics department, 243 00:11:57,679 --> 00:12:00,520 Speaker 5: and it has become that because he does doesn't want 244 00:12:00,559 --> 00:12:04,040 Speaker 5: to be identified as a one sport program. That's exactly 245 00:12:04,080 --> 00:12:09,400 Speaker 5: the reason why we got into the tough, tricky situation 246 00:12:09,520 --> 00:12:13,439 Speaker 5: with cal this offseason where you want more, but even 247 00:12:13,480 --> 00:12:15,520 Speaker 5: if we have the money, we're not gonna pay you 248 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:20,000 Speaker 5: to go away, because it you're gonna go retire and 249 00:12:20,000 --> 00:12:22,280 Speaker 5: buy an island and do whatever you want with that money. 250 00:12:22,320 --> 00:12:26,280 Speaker 5: If that's how this unfolds. But why if we're gonna 251 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:27,920 Speaker 5: do that, that's gonna screw over the rifle team, that's 252 00:12:27,960 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 5: gonna screw over the volleyball team. That's gonna screw over 253 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:33,160 Speaker 5: soccer and tennis and all these other programs that are 254 00:12:33,200 --> 00:12:36,160 Speaker 5: fighting and getting to the point that the baseball team 255 00:12:36,240 --> 00:12:39,160 Speaker 5: is experiencing right now, making history in their own sport. 256 00:12:39,600 --> 00:12:43,160 Speaker 5: So it was a tricky, tough situation that we were 257 00:12:43,160 --> 00:12:45,839 Speaker 5: all kind of a polarizing is as polarizing of a 258 00:12:45,880 --> 00:12:48,600 Speaker 5: decision as we've ever come across, maybe even in the 259 00:12:48,640 --> 00:12:51,200 Speaker 5: history of UK athletics, but at least in recent memory. 260 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:54,960 Speaker 5: But it was a calculated decision that landed on you 261 00:12:55,000 --> 00:12:57,560 Speaker 5: know that it ended up working out that cal found 262 00:12:57,559 --> 00:13:00,320 Speaker 5: his fresh start. He knew that he needed to, you know, 263 00:13:00,400 --> 00:13:03,240 Speaker 5: his messaging was falling upon deaf ears. He needed somebody 264 00:13:03,240 --> 00:13:06,080 Speaker 5: else to kind of get that message through, and this 265 00:13:06,280 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 5: basketball program found the exact guy to hit restart, you know, 266 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:12,280 Speaker 5: reset and get that fresh start on our end. It 267 00:13:12,360 --> 00:13:15,640 Speaker 5: worked out as perfectly as it could have, even though 268 00:13:15,640 --> 00:13:18,160 Speaker 5: it was kind of an ugly toxic situation initially. 269 00:13:18,320 --> 00:13:21,839 Speaker 6: I think if you ask Mitch what the most frustrating 270 00:13:21,880 --> 00:13:25,680 Speaker 6: thing has been, it wasn't about losing to Saint Peter's. 271 00:13:25,720 --> 00:13:30,520 Speaker 6: It wasn't losing to Oakland. It was probably your basketball 272 00:13:30,520 --> 00:13:32,560 Speaker 6: and your football programs being at war with one another 273 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:34,559 Speaker 6: for a moment there and then the fans going back 274 00:13:34,600 --> 00:13:36,160 Speaker 6: and forth with it like that. That's not what you 275 00:13:36,200 --> 00:13:39,480 Speaker 6: want as an athletic director, like you want the everyone's 276 00:13:39,480 --> 00:13:41,120 Speaker 6: in this thing together. You want to build to back 277 00:13:41,120 --> 00:13:42,960 Speaker 6: this program, back this program. You don't want to be 278 00:13:42,960 --> 00:13:44,880 Speaker 6: taking shots at one another. And that was just an 279 00:13:44,960 --> 00:13:47,960 Speaker 6: unfortunate time there when that happened. And I don't think 280 00:13:48,000 --> 00:13:50,600 Speaker 6: that anything really ever fully recovered from there. I think 281 00:13:50,640 --> 00:13:53,599 Speaker 6: the fans recovered. It wasn't as much well this is 282 00:13:53,600 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 6: a basketball school as a football school thing. But I 283 00:13:56,280 --> 00:13:59,120 Speaker 6: know Mitch that was not a moment that he was 284 00:13:59,160 --> 00:14:00,760 Speaker 6: proud of, Like he didn't want to have to deal 285 00:14:00,800 --> 00:14:02,520 Speaker 6: with that that day they had that press conference. You 286 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:03,520 Speaker 6: did not want to have to go to bat for 287 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:06,640 Speaker 6: his football program against his basketball program. I know that 288 00:14:06,679 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 6: was probably one of the toughest things that he's had 289 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:08,560 Speaker 6: to do. 290 00:14:09,200 --> 00:14:13,200 Speaker 5: And that's why it's been so crucial in you know, 291 00:14:13,520 --> 00:14:16,320 Speaker 5: heartwarming even if you want to go that far to 292 00:14:16,480 --> 00:14:19,600 Speaker 5: see how things have unfolded since then, where Mark Pope 293 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:21,560 Speaker 5: is showing up to football in IL events and I'm 294 00:14:21,560 --> 00:14:26,400 Speaker 5: sure tomorrow or you know, Saturday, at the NIL event 295 00:14:26,440 --> 00:14:29,040 Speaker 5: with Club Blue, I guarantee you the football program is 296 00:14:29,080 --> 00:14:31,440 Speaker 5: going to be there and support and you know there 297 00:14:31,560 --> 00:14:33,960 Speaker 5: is those two things need to be intertwined. All of 298 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,480 Speaker 5: the sports need to be in support of one another 299 00:14:36,560 --> 00:14:40,040 Speaker 5: because they're all trying to accomplish the same goals. They're 300 00:14:40,040 --> 00:14:43,840 Speaker 5: all trying to win national championships and make the University 301 00:14:43,840 --> 00:14:49,080 Speaker 5: of Kentucky the best you know, global brand. Imaginable if 302 00:14:49,080 --> 00:14:51,880 Speaker 5: you're having two sides bickering at one another and having 303 00:14:51,920 --> 00:14:54,640 Speaker 5: this back and forth, you know, tug of war, that 304 00:14:54,640 --> 00:14:57,280 Speaker 5: doesn't accomplish anything. So that was so important and why 305 00:14:57,320 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 5: it's been so you know, fresh and you know, good 306 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:04,880 Speaker 5: feeling after that all unfolded and seeing the way Mark 307 00:15:04,920 --> 00:15:08,280 Speaker 5: Pope has embraced that, the way Mark stoops during his 308 00:15:08,800 --> 00:15:12,120 Speaker 5: NIL event, bringing Mark Pope up on stage and saying, hey, 309 00:15:12,240 --> 00:15:15,080 Speaker 5: we're in this together. That it is such a good 310 00:15:15,160 --> 00:15:18,120 Speaker 5: thing and it's just a refreshing feeling to have that 311 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 5: and not feel like you got to pick sides and 312 00:15:20,880 --> 00:15:23,920 Speaker 5: be well, if you're pro basketball, you're anti football. It 313 00:15:23,960 --> 00:15:26,200 Speaker 5: should never get to that point. It should have never 314 00:15:26,240 --> 00:15:29,360 Speaker 5: been that, but it got to that point. So it 315 00:15:29,480 --> 00:15:31,880 Speaker 5: was just the best thing that could have happened for everybody. 316 00:15:32,880 --> 00:15:37,000 Speaker 5: Love Cal what he brought to the table, the memories 317 00:15:37,040 --> 00:15:41,040 Speaker 5: that we created together at Kentucky. You know, those will 318 00:15:41,040 --> 00:15:44,960 Speaker 5: never be recreated. That is that era will always be 319 00:15:45,000 --> 00:15:48,520 Speaker 5: remembered fondly on my end. But that's not to say 320 00:15:48,560 --> 00:15:50,240 Speaker 5: that it wasn't time for a fresh start either, and 321 00:15:50,280 --> 00:15:52,440 Speaker 5: we were able to get that. Thank goodness, and you know, 322 00:15:53,000 --> 00:15:55,960 Speaker 5: I'm glad we finally got to approach that. Let's hit 323 00:15:56,000 --> 00:15:58,880 Speaker 5: this break. We'll come back, answer a couple more calls. 324 00:15:58,920 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 5: Can't wait for that if I'm not two two eight seven, 325 00:16:01,520 --> 00:16:03,840 Speaker 5: we be back right after. This is sources they take 326 00:16:03,880 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 5: over on KSR, Well come back, it's a source of 327 00:16:07,280 --> 00:16:10,320 Speaker 5: say takeover on Kentucky Sports Radio. Jack Pilgrim here with 328 00:16:10,480 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 5: Sean Smith having a blast. Can't believe the show is 329 00:16:13,560 --> 00:16:16,000 Speaker 5: flying by as quickly as it is. Give us called 330 00:16:16,040 --> 00:16:18,080 Speaker 5: eight five nine two eight oh two two eight seven. 331 00:16:18,200 --> 00:16:20,640 Speaker 5: Just a couple quick more segments to go before we 332 00:16:20,680 --> 00:16:22,880 Speaker 5: get Andrew Carr on. We're gonna hopefully get him on 333 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:25,680 Speaker 5: at eleven forty on through the rest of the show, 334 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,400 Speaker 5: so very very quick window, but we're going to hit 335 00:16:28,440 --> 00:16:32,240 Speaker 5: them as they come. Let's go back to the phone line. 336 00:16:32,320 --> 00:16:36,600 Speaker 5: We have Bob on. 337 00:16:35,160 --> 00:16:40,400 Speaker 9: Good morning, what's going on? I have two days? You 338 00:16:40,560 --> 00:16:44,400 Speaker 9: talk about the sharks. I said it was Cali Perry 339 00:16:44,480 --> 00:16:47,520 Speaker 9: was swimming in the ocean, a shark beab in the 340 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:51,280 Speaker 9: butt went the rest today, asked for presidents to get 341 00:16:51,320 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 9: the taste of his mouth, and the cal Perry BYO. 342 00:16:57,960 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 9: I think Mitch is trump Cardy. He helped kel Perry 343 00:17:03,240 --> 00:17:08,120 Speaker 9: to his contract if he stayed with Kentucky. His legacy 344 00:17:08,280 --> 00:17:13,240 Speaker 9: was sinking faster than the Titanic. To give you a 345 00:17:13,359 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 9: chance to build it back, he had to leave Kentucky. 346 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,000 Speaker 9: I think it's for Mitch helt the cord on him. Anyway, 347 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:24,600 Speaker 9: It's good to hear your show. Interesting, have a good day, Bob. 348 00:17:24,680 --> 00:17:25,640 Speaker 2: Great great stuff there. 349 00:17:25,880 --> 00:17:26,080 Speaker 8: Yeah. 350 00:17:26,280 --> 00:17:29,639 Speaker 5: I think it was just a matter of you know, 351 00:17:29,720 --> 00:17:31,920 Speaker 5: you kind of made your bed and I'll go lay 352 00:17:31,960 --> 00:17:33,720 Speaker 5: in it. I know it's kind of a dating back 353 00:17:33,760 --> 00:17:37,160 Speaker 5: to the Pat forty store, you know, kind of ironic 354 00:17:37,200 --> 00:17:39,080 Speaker 5: dating back to that, but it kind of did get 355 00:17:39,119 --> 00:17:41,560 Speaker 5: to that point of we're not going to throw you 356 00:17:41,600 --> 00:17:45,240 Speaker 5: a lifeline of paying you for some of these you 357 00:17:45,280 --> 00:17:50,280 Speaker 5: know that this recent underwhelming you know, postseason success. So 358 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:54,840 Speaker 5: let's you know, we gave you this contract in good 359 00:17:54,840 --> 00:17:57,679 Speaker 5: faith so you could follow through with it and you know, 360 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 5: get the reward of having you know, being the king 361 00:18:01,720 --> 00:18:04,959 Speaker 5: in that seat. You know, do with that of what 362 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:06,280 Speaker 5: you know, what you want. 363 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:12,359 Speaker 6: No one saw when that contract was signed the next 364 00:18:12,359 --> 00:18:15,199 Speaker 6: five years, no one predicted that to play out the 365 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,720 Speaker 6: way that it did. The ship was sinking, there were 366 00:18:18,760 --> 00:18:23,520 Speaker 6: sharks in the water. No pun intended cal Cal thought 367 00:18:23,520 --> 00:18:25,040 Speaker 6: he had boogey man. He just had sharks in the 368 00:18:25,040 --> 00:18:28,720 Speaker 6: water and they smelled blood. And once it got to 369 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:30,480 Speaker 6: a certain point, Jack, I just don't think there was 370 00:18:30,520 --> 00:18:33,639 Speaker 6: any coming back from it. I think each year just 371 00:18:33,640 --> 00:18:37,840 Speaker 6: felt like a a heavier weight on this program's shoulders, 372 00:18:38,400 --> 00:18:40,639 Speaker 6: and it was good for not just Kentucky, but I 373 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:42,120 Speaker 6: think Cal to get it off his back. 374 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:46,119 Speaker 5: Too, And like I like John Caliperry, I do. I 375 00:18:47,320 --> 00:18:49,360 Speaker 5: it's a weird position to be in. And I've talked 376 00:18:49,359 --> 00:18:52,359 Speaker 5: about this on our own show because do you know 377 00:18:52,440 --> 00:18:54,320 Speaker 5: it's gonna be hard for me to root. I won't 378 00:18:54,400 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 5: root against big Z, I won't root against a do theory. 379 00:18:57,080 --> 00:19:00,000 Speaker 5: I won't root against DJ Wagner. Do I hope Arkansas 380 00:19:00,760 --> 00:19:04,919 Speaker 5: loses games? You know, finished behind Kentucky. Absolutely. It's a 381 00:19:04,960 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 5: really unique weird spot to be in where doing this 382 00:19:08,160 --> 00:19:12,480 Speaker 5: job you kind of develop personal relationships and with the 383 00:19:12,560 --> 00:19:15,399 Speaker 5: guys that are now supposed to be your sec rival. Like, 384 00:19:15,600 --> 00:19:17,879 Speaker 5: I just don't operate that way. It's tough for me 385 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:22,640 Speaker 5: to do in a vacuum. Do I hope John Caliperry 386 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:26,760 Speaker 5: finds success and closes out his career on a high note. 387 00:19:26,800 --> 00:19:29,480 Speaker 5: I do, but not at the expense of Kentucky, you know. 388 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,640 Speaker 5: I hope Kentucky goes undefeated and wins every single game 389 00:19:32,640 --> 00:19:33,399 Speaker 5: by one hundred. 390 00:19:34,080 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 2: But like it would be a cool. 391 00:19:36,600 --> 00:19:40,480 Speaker 5: Turnaround story to see Cal makeup for some of these 392 00:19:40,560 --> 00:19:44,200 Speaker 5: you know, recent downfalls, just to see that messaging get 393 00:19:44,240 --> 00:19:47,800 Speaker 5: across to the new you know, I do. I believe 394 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:50,080 Speaker 5: a lot of the stuff that Arkansas fans believe right 395 00:19:50,119 --> 00:19:52,000 Speaker 5: now when Cal says that it's going to be this 396 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,879 Speaker 5: or that, you know, I almost pity them for like 397 00:19:55,920 --> 00:19:58,960 Speaker 5: buying into some of the phrasing. But in a vacuum, 398 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:02,040 Speaker 5: I do wish him the best and want him to 399 00:20:02,119 --> 00:20:04,200 Speaker 5: kind of go out on a high note, not see 400 00:20:04,200 --> 00:20:05,919 Speaker 5: his legacy kind of tank. I think part of it 401 00:20:05,960 --> 00:20:08,040 Speaker 5: is having the right people around him. I don't think 402 00:20:08,080 --> 00:20:11,560 Speaker 5: he's made great decisions in terms of staff going down 403 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:14,280 Speaker 5: to Arkansas, and that's you know, another topic for another day. 404 00:20:14,320 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 5: But I do hope things turn around and his legacy 405 00:20:18,440 --> 00:20:20,639 Speaker 5: is saved a little bit by the fresh start Arkansas. 406 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:20,960 Speaker 10: Yeah. 407 00:20:21,080 --> 00:20:23,920 Speaker 6: I certainly don't think that taking what you were doing here, 408 00:20:24,000 --> 00:20:26,600 Speaker 6: if it's not working here, it's not gonna work in Fatteville, 409 00:20:27,320 --> 00:20:29,760 Speaker 6: and taking the same thing with you to Faytteville. I 410 00:20:29,760 --> 00:20:31,600 Speaker 6: just feel like that's a major risk, and I think 411 00:20:31,600 --> 00:20:34,840 Speaker 6: that that's what he's doing here. But as you said earlier, 412 00:20:34,960 --> 00:20:38,239 Speaker 6: I like John Caliperi. I've told you multiple times I 413 00:20:38,280 --> 00:20:40,399 Speaker 6: set in on a number of those early prexes in 414 00:20:40,400 --> 00:20:42,440 Speaker 6: his time at Kentucky when I was first breaking through 415 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:47,080 Speaker 6: into coaching. One of the most interesting minds in basketball, 416 00:20:47,119 --> 00:20:49,960 Speaker 6: the way that he would do things. He coached with 417 00:20:50,000 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 6: an edge. I think that edge went away in the 418 00:20:52,520 --> 00:20:54,199 Speaker 6: back half, and we'll see if he can find it 419 00:20:54,240 --> 00:20:54,760 Speaker 6: in Fatteville. 420 00:20:55,040 --> 00:20:57,680 Speaker 5: Eight five nine two eight seven. Let's go back to 421 00:20:57,840 --> 00:21:03,000 Speaker 5: the phone line. We have Jimmy, Hey, it's going on. 422 00:21:03,160 --> 00:21:08,600 Speaker 11: Jimmy, Yeah, Grant one coach is going to show up, 423 00:21:09,119 --> 00:21:17,680 Speaker 11: show up them off, and do we play Indiana. I'll 424 00:21:17,720 --> 00:21:18,200 Speaker 11: get out there. 425 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:24,440 Speaker 5: Thanks, great stuff there, Jimmy. No, Kentucky does not play 426 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,800 Speaker 5: Indiana this year. That starts the year after. I believe 427 00:21:27,920 --> 00:21:30,520 Speaker 5: I have no idea about that second question. The first question, 428 00:21:30,960 --> 00:21:35,320 Speaker 5: that's a really really unique situation. I you know, is 429 00:21:35,440 --> 00:21:39,600 Speaker 5: there a situation where both coaches are there where Pope 430 00:21:39,720 --> 00:21:42,840 Speaker 5: is there in support of the Shepherd family because he 431 00:21:42,960 --> 00:21:45,280 Speaker 5: has every right to be there in support. I mean, 432 00:21:45,320 --> 00:21:48,280 Speaker 5: that's family to him, but it's also Cal and they 433 00:21:48,359 --> 00:21:49,800 Speaker 5: have their tight relationship. 434 00:21:49,800 --> 00:21:53,600 Speaker 2: I hope that's the case. I think it helps that they. 435 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:55,639 Speaker 5: Are friendly and seeing them at some of these recruiting 436 00:21:55,680 --> 00:21:59,680 Speaker 5: events be you know, rubbing shoulders and shaking hands and 437 00:21:59,720 --> 00:22:03,440 Speaker 5: giving hugs like they are friendly. It does open the 438 00:22:03,520 --> 00:22:07,000 Speaker 5: door for might be awkward looking on the outside end. 439 00:22:07,119 --> 00:22:10,080 Speaker 5: But as long as she, you know, read in the 440 00:22:10,160 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 5: Shepherd family feel comfortable with. Reid's Big Day is a 441 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:15,360 Speaker 5: top five pick. I just don't want it to become 442 00:22:15,359 --> 00:22:19,440 Speaker 5: a distraction. Distraction, don't make it about you or Kentucky 443 00:22:19,520 --> 00:22:21,240 Speaker 5: versus Arkansas or Cal versus Pope. 444 00:22:21,680 --> 00:22:23,120 Speaker 2: It's a it's Reid's day. 445 00:22:23,200 --> 00:22:26,280 Speaker 5: And however, you know, maybe that maybe that leads to 446 00:22:26,400 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 5: neither of them showing up, but it needs to be 447 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:31,600 Speaker 5: about Reid. But I think there is a door slightly 448 00:22:31,680 --> 00:22:34,000 Speaker 5: open for both of them being there and being cordial. 449 00:22:34,160 --> 00:22:37,040 Speaker 6: Yeah. The last the last night of the Calipira era 450 00:22:37,480 --> 00:22:40,160 Speaker 6: is the NBA draft. That's when it officially closes. When 451 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,960 Speaker 6: these guys go, that's when it all ends. I don't 452 00:22:43,040 --> 00:22:45,359 Speaker 6: know on Pope, but I would expect at least a 453 00:22:45,440 --> 00:22:48,640 Speaker 6: quote or some type of release from Pope about more 454 00:22:48,720 --> 00:22:51,320 Speaker 6: guys from Kentucky going to the NBA. And I think 455 00:22:51,359 --> 00:22:53,200 Speaker 6: he's going to embrace all those guys that have left 456 00:22:53,240 --> 00:22:54,000 Speaker 6: in the last few years. 457 00:22:54,119 --> 00:22:56,320 Speaker 2: Absolutely. A five nine two ah two two eight seven. 458 00:22:56,359 --> 00:22:59,080 Speaker 5: Were coming up on our next break, our next our 459 00:22:59,119 --> 00:23:01,280 Speaker 5: next segment is gonna be really really short to get in, 460 00:23:01,359 --> 00:23:03,000 Speaker 5: get out so we can have Andrew Carr on for 461 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 5: the rest of the show. So get those calls in 462 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 5: very quickly. 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So let's go straight 481 00:24:01,680 --> 00:24:04,960 Speaker 5: to the phone line and wrap this up with John. 482 00:24:07,080 --> 00:24:07,320 Speaker 9: Well. 483 00:24:07,480 --> 00:24:11,080 Speaker 10: I could have talked for fifty minutes, but uh about 484 00:24:11,119 --> 00:24:13,920 Speaker 10: my disdain for John cal Perry. It's not only his 485 00:24:14,800 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 10: his uh, his winnings and losses on the losses on 486 00:24:19,080 --> 00:24:23,879 Speaker 10: the floor. It's his constant rhetoric, smart ass uh talking 487 00:24:24,359 --> 00:24:29,040 Speaker 10: talking down to the fans. Also a quick question, what 488 00:24:29,160 --> 00:24:33,520 Speaker 10: do you think about uh uh ms Parnhart And like 489 00:24:33,600 --> 00:24:35,520 Speaker 10: you talked about his you know he wants to have 490 00:24:35,680 --> 00:24:38,560 Speaker 10: overall program which is which is beautiful, but what about 491 00:24:38,600 --> 00:24:40,600 Speaker 10: the cat now they're going to have when they're actually 492 00:24:40,680 --> 00:24:45,120 Speaker 10: paying uh players from the university. I would I could 493 00:24:45,160 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 10: see some ad saying well, I'm going to cut out 494 00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:51,800 Speaker 10: this program, this program to have a stronger three or 495 00:24:51,840 --> 00:24:52,679 Speaker 10: four programs. 496 00:24:54,200 --> 00:24:57,280 Speaker 5: Yeah, yeah, great call there, Sean John appreciate that. Yeah, 497 00:24:57,400 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 5: I think it's something to keep in mind. I think 498 00:24:59,800 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 5: you're going to have to kind of come up with 499 00:25:01,880 --> 00:25:05,160 Speaker 5: that recipe in formula to make sure everybody stays competitive. 500 00:25:05,160 --> 00:25:06,640 Speaker 5: And I still think there are going to be avenues 501 00:25:06,920 --> 00:25:09,440 Speaker 5: with traditional NIL that's not just going to be straight 502 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:12,080 Speaker 5: up pay for play that we've been seeing. So the 503 00:25:12,200 --> 00:25:15,399 Speaker 5: guys that are the high profile brand, guys that are 504 00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:17,600 Speaker 5: deserving of their own NIL money, they're going to still 505 00:25:17,720 --> 00:25:19,480 Speaker 5: get it. So I think that's something to keep in mind. 506 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:22,960 Speaker 5: Where if you do see a more even balance of 507 00:25:23,240 --> 00:25:27,760 Speaker 5: the overall athletic department landscape, just know that that's still 508 00:25:27,840 --> 00:25:29,920 Speaker 5: going to reflect with the guys that need their money 509 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:32,639 Speaker 5: that you need to bring in high profile kids with 510 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,320 Speaker 5: recruiting and all that. That's still something to keep in Mindshy, 511 00:25:35,480 --> 00:25:36,680 Speaker 5: I think it's going to be evenly balanced. 512 00:25:36,960 --> 00:25:39,920 Speaker 6: I think so as well, And obviously everything that we're 513 00:25:40,000 --> 00:25:42,960 Speaker 6: navigating in college basketball college athletics. There were going to 514 00:25:43,000 --> 00:25:44,720 Speaker 6: be a couple of years there with all these changes 515 00:25:44,800 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 6: to kind of go through them and see where we 516 00:25:46,520 --> 00:25:48,800 Speaker 6: need to adjust and things and then have maybe some 517 00:25:48,920 --> 00:25:51,200 Speaker 6: more structure with what it's going to look like. But 518 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:54,040 Speaker 6: look college athletic directors right now, what they've had to 519 00:25:54,119 --> 00:25:56,080 Speaker 6: navigate the less through four years and all these changes. 520 00:25:57,200 --> 00:25:59,600 Speaker 6: Full time job became almost two full time jobs with 521 00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:01,080 Speaker 6: all that like that, it's a lot. 522 00:26:01,240 --> 00:26:04,960 Speaker 5: Yeah, And I think that's why, as uncomfortable as it 523 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:07,639 Speaker 5: was as it was unfolding, I think that was something 524 00:26:07,720 --> 00:26:09,440 Speaker 5: they had in mind because they knew that was coming 525 00:26:09,480 --> 00:26:15,200 Speaker 5: down the pike. The movement was already in motion where 526 00:26:15,320 --> 00:26:20,000 Speaker 5: you just couldn't make a financially crippling decision for your 527 00:26:20,160 --> 00:26:23,200 Speaker 5: athletics department. Right before all this stuff was about to unfold, 528 00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,760 Speaker 5: we're seeing the you know, Big twelve being turned into 529 00:26:25,800 --> 00:26:29,320 Speaker 5: the All State twelve with the idea of revenue sharing 530 00:26:29,320 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 5: and saying, hey, well, we got to get this money 531 00:26:31,400 --> 00:26:35,240 Speaker 5: somewhere somehow, that's where we're going to start. So it 532 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:36,800 Speaker 5: was kind of one step ahead of the curve where 533 00:26:36,800 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 5: everything really did work out the way it was supposed to. 534 00:26:39,520 --> 00:26:43,280 Speaker 5: In the final decision. As weird as it was unfolding, 535 00:26:43,600 --> 00:26:45,399 Speaker 5: it kind of reached the end destination that we were 536 00:26:45,400 --> 00:26:47,480 Speaker 5: all looking for. So glad, glad it worked out that way. 537 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 5: Let's go ahead, get out of here. We will have 538 00:26:49,880 --> 00:26:52,200 Speaker 5: Andrew Carr on the other side of the break. Can't 539 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,640 Speaker 5: wait to have him on. We'll be back right after 540 00:26:54,680 --> 00:26:57,280 Speaker 5: this is This is the Sources Say Takeover on Kentucky's 541 00:26:57,280 --> 00:27:01,640 Speaker 5: Ports Radio. Welcome Back Sources Say Podcast Takeover on Kentucky 542 00:27:01,720 --> 00:27:04,880 Speaker 5: Sports Radio. Jack Pilgrim here with Sean Smith and now 543 00:27:05,240 --> 00:27:09,040 Speaker 5: very excited to bring on Wake Forest Transfer in current 544 00:27:09,119 --> 00:27:11,080 Speaker 5: Kentucky Forward Andrew Carr on the show. 545 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:12,359 Speaker 2: Andrew, what's going on? 546 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:12,680 Speaker 11: Man? 547 00:27:12,880 --> 00:27:13,920 Speaker 2: Very excited to have you on. 548 00:27:15,480 --> 00:27:17,920 Speaker 8: Hey, guys, how's it going. It's awesome to meet you. 549 00:27:18,080 --> 00:27:22,159 Speaker 8: And I'm super excited to be here and really excited 550 00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:25,280 Speaker 8: about the opportunity and everything and great to talk to 551 00:27:25,320 --> 00:27:25,880 Speaker 8: you guys today. 552 00:27:26,640 --> 00:27:30,439 Speaker 5: Well, Andrew, your journey to Kentucky was obviously unique, starting 553 00:27:30,480 --> 00:27:32,959 Speaker 5: at Delaware, making your way to Wake Forest and then 554 00:27:33,520 --> 00:27:37,159 Speaker 5: you have your crazy trip to Lexington for your official 555 00:27:37,280 --> 00:27:41,200 Speaker 5: visit before ultimately committing. Just what has that process been like, 556 00:27:41,680 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 5: you know, just the journey, the visit and then just 557 00:27:44,000 --> 00:27:45,640 Speaker 5: kind of getting to where you are right now, where 558 00:27:45,640 --> 00:27:48,720 Speaker 5: you can kind of get settled in now officially a Wildcat. 559 00:27:50,040 --> 00:27:52,920 Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, definitely. I think for me, wasn't really 560 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:55,920 Speaker 8: a highly recruited kid coming out of high school, so, 561 00:27:56,680 --> 00:27:58,600 Speaker 8: like you said, a little bit different, a little bit 562 00:27:58,680 --> 00:28:02,640 Speaker 8: different path, but my dreams never changed. Always coming out 563 00:28:02,640 --> 00:28:05,120 Speaker 8: of high school, you know, every kid wants to wants 564 00:28:05,160 --> 00:28:07,560 Speaker 8: to put on the Way and Blue and go to Kentucky. 565 00:28:07,680 --> 00:28:10,720 Speaker 8: So you know, it took me a little while to 566 00:28:11,080 --> 00:28:14,040 Speaker 8: get there, but still still pretty awesome to be able 567 00:28:14,080 --> 00:28:17,080 Speaker 8: to do so and super excited. You know, at the 568 00:28:17,160 --> 00:28:18,760 Speaker 8: end of the day, I think for me, going through 569 00:28:18,960 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 8: going through my journey, my college experience, with a lot 570 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:24,680 Speaker 8: of a lot of tough decisions that I've had to 571 00:28:24,760 --> 00:28:27,600 Speaker 8: make and that that have led me here, it's been 572 00:28:27,680 --> 00:28:30,600 Speaker 8: really hard to you know, move on and leave, leave 573 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,560 Speaker 8: the places I've had great experiences at. And you know, 574 00:28:35,000 --> 00:28:39,320 Speaker 8: when I did decide to leave Wake, you know, Kentucky 575 00:28:39,520 --> 00:28:43,880 Speaker 8: was gone, and it kind of made my decision pretty easy. 576 00:28:43,920 --> 00:28:44,080 Speaker 5: You know. 577 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:47,440 Speaker 8: The visit was awesome, and like you said, a little 578 00:28:47,800 --> 00:28:51,800 Speaker 8: little chaotics trying to uh put in a bunch of 579 00:28:51,920 --> 00:28:54,680 Speaker 8: visits and in three three visits in three days, so 580 00:28:55,520 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 8: didn't try to try our best not to get off schedule. 581 00:28:58,600 --> 00:29:00,800 Speaker 8: But you know, Coach Pope really made a great impression 582 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,280 Speaker 8: driving himself out to visit in US and it was 583 00:29:04,320 --> 00:29:06,960 Speaker 8: really cool for me, you know, just to be able 584 00:29:07,000 --> 00:29:12,560 Speaker 8: to spend that time with him trying to relax lacksadaisical, 585 00:29:12,680 --> 00:29:14,480 Speaker 8: kind of not really in a formal setting and just 586 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,560 Speaker 8: kind of you know, chopping it up and talking for 587 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:19,400 Speaker 8: a couple of hours and in the middle of the 588 00:29:19,520 --> 00:29:22,200 Speaker 8: night as we're as we're driving home. So it was 589 00:29:22,240 --> 00:29:25,120 Speaker 8: really special. And and you know, I'm loving it here 590 00:29:25,200 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 8: in Lexington. It's a great spot, settling in wonderfully and 591 00:29:29,360 --> 00:29:31,120 Speaker 8: getting to meet and hanging out with the guys as 592 00:29:31,200 --> 00:29:32,680 Speaker 8: much as possible. So it's been really great. 593 00:29:33,440 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 5: And on that note, I think you were probably Mark 594 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:39,120 Speaker 5: Pope's worst kept secret, a guy that he was very 595 00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:42,240 Speaker 5: outspoken about, saying, I gotta have this guy my roster. 596 00:29:42,400 --> 00:29:44,560 Speaker 5: He was made to play for me in this system. 597 00:29:44,960 --> 00:29:47,320 Speaker 5: What did it mean to you that he a went 598 00:29:47,440 --> 00:29:50,600 Speaker 5: to those lengths to secure your commitment. But to have 599 00:29:50,720 --> 00:29:53,880 Speaker 5: a guy that believes on you, believes in you that much. 600 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:56,400 Speaker 5: Your final season of eligibility to say, I gotta do 601 00:29:56,480 --> 00:29:58,720 Speaker 5: whatever it takes to land this guy because he needs 602 00:29:58,760 --> 00:29:59,280 Speaker 5: to play for me. 603 00:30:00,600 --> 00:30:02,280 Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, I think that means a lot. And 604 00:30:03,760 --> 00:30:06,240 Speaker 8: you know, for me, it's it's my it's my last chance. 605 00:30:06,360 --> 00:30:09,040 Speaker 8: My last year, only got one year. So that was 606 00:30:09,120 --> 00:30:11,680 Speaker 8: really important when I'm trying to make my decision, is 607 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:16,320 Speaker 8: you know, I'm leaving a great experience, a positive experience 608 00:30:16,360 --> 00:30:17,800 Speaker 8: for me. We wanted to make sure that I was 609 00:30:17,840 --> 00:30:20,600 Speaker 8: going to a situation that I would be able to 610 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:23,880 Speaker 8: contribute and and you know, impact winning at the highest 611 00:30:23,960 --> 00:30:26,560 Speaker 8: level and chase championships and and you know that's what 612 00:30:26,640 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 8: we're doing here at Kentucky. And you know, I think, uh, 613 00:30:30,440 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 8: see a lot of myself and and Coach Pope, And 614 00:30:32,880 --> 00:30:35,239 Speaker 8: it was really cool. You don't really find that very 615 00:30:35,320 --> 00:30:39,720 Speaker 8: often in head coaches, especially in college, just to really 616 00:30:39,800 --> 00:30:43,680 Speaker 8: be able to you know, be with someone who has 617 00:30:43,760 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 8: experienced it and and at your position kind of similar games, 618 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:51,600 Speaker 8: similar style and and so that was really appealing to me. 619 00:30:51,720 --> 00:30:54,680 Speaker 8: And and you know allowed us to to get super close, 620 00:30:54,720 --> 00:30:56,600 Speaker 8: super fast, which was, uh, which was amazing. 621 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,440 Speaker 6: Andrew, we know that that Mark Pope has an exciting system, 622 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:02,960 Speaker 6: especially on the offensive end of the floor. What did 623 00:31:03,000 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 6: you see the first time when you turned on that 624 00:31:05,440 --> 00:31:07,200 Speaker 6: tape and looked at some of those things that that 625 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:07,920 Speaker 6: you would be doing. 626 00:31:09,360 --> 00:31:11,600 Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, I thought it was it was really cool. 627 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:15,200 Speaker 8: Coach Pope does a really good job of breaking down 628 00:31:15,240 --> 00:31:17,160 Speaker 8: the film and what he wants to see on offense 629 00:31:17,280 --> 00:31:20,760 Speaker 8: and super analytical guy, and and you know that was 630 00:31:21,320 --> 00:31:25,240 Speaker 8: that was really you know, allowed me, in a process 631 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:30,000 Speaker 8: that happened so quickly, to be able to evaluate kind 632 00:31:30,040 --> 00:31:32,480 Speaker 8: of the style of play, which I felt like was 633 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:34,640 Speaker 8: the most important thing when trying to make my decision. 634 00:31:34,680 --> 00:31:37,080 Speaker 8: So Coach Pope breaks down the analytics and says, hey, 635 00:31:37,160 --> 00:31:40,480 Speaker 8: you do this really well. You'll be able to do 636 00:31:40,560 --> 00:31:42,840 Speaker 8: it even better in this system because we do X, 637 00:31:42,960 --> 00:31:45,640 Speaker 8: Y and Z. And you know, when when the coach 638 00:31:45,680 --> 00:31:48,400 Speaker 8: breaks it down to you like that, I think, you know, 639 00:31:48,480 --> 00:31:50,920 Speaker 8: it really allows you to be able to see how 640 00:31:50,960 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 8: you're going to be able to contribute and and and 641 00:31:53,800 --> 00:31:57,520 Speaker 8: for me making the next steps. You know, Coach has 642 00:31:57,600 --> 00:32:00,920 Speaker 8: always his his offenses of out a lot of shooting threes, 643 00:32:01,000 --> 00:32:03,920 Speaker 8: and and you know he's able to infill so much 644 00:32:03,960 --> 00:32:06,640 Speaker 8: confidence in his players to be able to go out 645 00:32:06,680 --> 00:32:09,200 Speaker 8: there and shoot a high volume and high percentage. So 646 00:32:09,760 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 8: it's definitely something that I'm looking forward to standing to 647 00:32:12,680 --> 00:32:15,480 Speaker 8: work at, continuing to grow and and you know, really 648 00:32:15,520 --> 00:32:17,719 Speaker 8: be able to act in on the shooting and make 649 00:32:17,800 --> 00:32:18,600 Speaker 8: that next step there. 650 00:32:19,560 --> 00:32:22,800 Speaker 5: Andrew, He's talked a lot about comparing your role to 651 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:26,200 Speaker 5: Lori Marketing and just kind of saying he's going to 652 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:28,480 Speaker 5: have a lot of shots, that a lot of stuff 653 00:32:28,520 --> 00:32:30,520 Speaker 5: is going to be run through him. How would you 654 00:32:30,760 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 5: describe your game? Do you like that comparison, and what 655 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:35,880 Speaker 5: do you think you personally will be bringing to the table, 656 00:32:36,160 --> 00:32:37,440 Speaker 5: uh in mar Pope's offense. 657 00:32:38,440 --> 00:32:42,200 Speaker 8: Yeah, No, I definitely definitely love that, uh comparison. You know, 658 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:45,960 Speaker 8: Larry Marketing is unbelievable player and a star in his 659 00:32:46,040 --> 00:32:49,920 Speaker 8: own right in in Utah. Now, So uh, for me, 660 00:32:50,040 --> 00:32:52,800 Speaker 8: I think I think my game has been able to 661 00:32:53,200 --> 00:32:56,280 Speaker 8: continue to develop each and every year. I feel like, uh, 662 00:32:56,640 --> 00:32:58,920 Speaker 8: you know, uh work really hard to be able to 663 00:32:59,280 --> 00:33:01,800 Speaker 8: sharpen things that I might not be as good at, 664 00:33:01,920 --> 00:33:04,360 Speaker 8: you know, in the off season, to really to allow 665 00:33:04,400 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 8: that to translate to the game. So I'm super excited 666 00:33:07,400 --> 00:33:10,280 Speaker 8: to be able to you know, come off staggers and 667 00:33:10,400 --> 00:33:14,120 Speaker 8: down streets, curl and and pop, rifle back and things 668 00:33:14,160 --> 00:33:16,480 Speaker 8: like that to create shots not only for myself, but 669 00:33:17,200 --> 00:33:19,960 Speaker 8: it's really important for me to be able to cut 670 00:33:20,040 --> 00:33:22,320 Speaker 8: hard and you know, get a shot for someone else, 671 00:33:23,680 --> 00:33:26,960 Speaker 8: my teammates and and you know, be awesome to be 672 00:33:27,040 --> 00:33:29,800 Speaker 8: surrounded by such amazing guys who can also you know, 673 00:33:30,400 --> 00:33:33,200 Speaker 8: shoot the heck out of the ball, and it'll be 674 00:33:33,520 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 8: it'll be really special and and really difficult to guard. 675 00:33:36,280 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 8: And we're all out there. 676 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:42,200 Speaker 6: So, Andrew, you've played a lot of college basketball, multiple stops, 677 00:33:42,280 --> 00:33:45,160 Speaker 6: and gained a lot of experience throughout this game. How 678 00:33:45,200 --> 00:33:47,560 Speaker 6: can you use those past experiences to to help you 679 00:33:47,640 --> 00:33:49,840 Speaker 6: in this transition for this one final season and here 680 00:33:49,880 --> 00:33:50,400 Speaker 6: at Kentucky. 681 00:33:51,640 --> 00:33:56,479 Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, I think my experience has has allowed 682 00:33:56,560 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 8: me to mature and grow not only just you know, 683 00:33:59,520 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 8: as the best ball player, but you know, on and 684 00:34:02,200 --> 00:34:05,920 Speaker 8: off the court, to try to take a professional mindset 685 00:34:06,000 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 8: to it as much as possible, and you know, try 686 00:34:09,560 --> 00:34:11,759 Speaker 8: to carry a lot of my teammates and a lot 687 00:34:11,800 --> 00:34:14,880 Speaker 8: of these guys with the leads, you know, by example 688 00:34:14,920 --> 00:34:17,480 Speaker 8: on and off the court. And I think for me, 689 00:34:18,200 --> 00:34:20,480 Speaker 8: I know that you gotta be you gotta be ten 690 00:34:20,560 --> 00:34:23,839 Speaker 8: toes in in my experience with college and in order 691 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:27,239 Speaker 8: for for everybody to get the most out of out 692 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:28,840 Speaker 8: of your teammates, out of your coaches, out of the 693 00:34:28,920 --> 00:34:31,719 Speaker 8: experience and everything that you're looking for. You gotta be 694 00:34:31,880 --> 00:34:34,759 Speaker 8: you gotta be all in. And you know, I think 695 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:37,439 Speaker 8: for me only being here one year, there's only there's 696 00:34:37,480 --> 00:34:39,040 Speaker 8: only gonna be one way to do it, and that's 697 00:34:39,080 --> 00:34:42,040 Speaker 8: going to be all out, one hundred percent embracing embracing 698 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:46,120 Speaker 8: the fans, which are just with itself pretty special obviously, 699 00:34:47,320 --> 00:34:52,240 Speaker 8: and then obviously just embracing Lexington, embracing teammates and coaches, 700 00:34:52,280 --> 00:34:55,400 Speaker 8: kind of go at it full and and give it 701 00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,960 Speaker 8: everything we got to be able to have the most 702 00:34:58,000 --> 00:34:59,000 Speaker 8: success we possibly can. 703 00:35:00,040 --> 00:35:03,400 Speaker 5: Andrew, your name comes up almost always when when the 704 00:35:03,719 --> 00:35:05,880 Speaker 5: discussion of who's flying under the radar, who's going to 705 00:35:05,920 --> 00:35:08,360 Speaker 5: be the guy that we're talking about most by the 706 00:35:08,480 --> 00:35:10,279 Speaker 5: end of the season, you know, kind of a guy 707 00:35:10,320 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 5: who could emerge as the star. And I know you 708 00:35:12,160 --> 00:35:15,239 Speaker 5: you're probably humble, humbly, uh you know, deny that, but 709 00:35:16,840 --> 00:35:20,000 Speaker 5: you get you get a lot of that praise. Who 710 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:22,960 Speaker 5: would you say is flying under the radar for this 711 00:35:23,200 --> 00:35:25,640 Speaker 5: roster that you think isn't being talked about enough or 712 00:35:25,840 --> 00:35:27,719 Speaker 5: you know, somebody that you've seen earlier. Obviously, you guys 713 00:35:27,760 --> 00:35:29,879 Speaker 5: haven't got gotten into the you know, nuts and bolts 714 00:35:29,920 --> 00:35:31,880 Speaker 5: of the workouts and and all that. But who's the 715 00:35:31,960 --> 00:35:34,600 Speaker 5: one guy that you think fans will be talking about 716 00:35:34,680 --> 00:35:36,520 Speaker 5: more than they are right now by the end of 717 00:35:36,560 --> 00:35:36,799 Speaker 5: the year. 718 00:35:37,800 --> 00:35:40,920 Speaker 8: Hmm, that's a that's a great question. I think I 719 00:35:40,960 --> 00:35:45,160 Speaker 8: would have to say probably, uh, probably Brandon Garrison. You know, 720 00:35:45,280 --> 00:35:48,719 Speaker 8: he's been, uh, he's been awesome. You know, he's the 721 00:35:49,080 --> 00:35:51,239 Speaker 8: younger guy, been trying to, you know, hang out. You've 722 00:35:51,239 --> 00:35:53,120 Speaker 8: been hanging out a whole bunch and getting to know him, 723 00:35:53,120 --> 00:35:55,719 Speaker 8: and you know, he's he's just a really special guy. 724 00:35:55,719 --> 00:36:00,839 Speaker 8: Always happy, fun, easy, easy going. And I think he'll 725 00:36:00,880 --> 00:36:02,960 Speaker 8: be really great on the court. I think he's gonna 726 00:36:02,960 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 8: be able to expand his game, shoot it a little bit, 727 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 8: and just you know, the physical tools are are obviously 728 00:36:09,320 --> 00:36:11,640 Speaker 8: there for him, and I think he'll be able to 729 00:36:11,680 --> 00:36:14,799 Speaker 8: really make an impact on this team in this line 730 00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:17,279 Speaker 8: under the radar right now, Andrew. 731 00:36:17,040 --> 00:36:19,359 Speaker 6: There's a lot of balance to your game, especially when 732 00:36:19,360 --> 00:36:21,239 Speaker 6: you look at the offensive end the floor and you 733 00:36:21,280 --> 00:36:23,760 Speaker 6: can shoot the ball. You can obviously, you can watch shots. 734 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:26,759 Speaker 6: Is there a specific area of your game though, that 735 00:36:26,800 --> 00:36:29,560 Speaker 6: you're looking to improve in this final season and maybe 736 00:36:29,600 --> 00:36:32,360 Speaker 6: when you look at this system, do you have confidence 737 00:36:32,440 --> 00:36:34,640 Speaker 6: in maybe an area of your game improving just from 738 00:36:34,719 --> 00:36:35,880 Speaker 6: being in Marpope system. 739 00:36:37,120 --> 00:36:41,520 Speaker 8: Yeah, definitely. I think if we're gonna talk offensively, kind 740 00:36:41,560 --> 00:36:43,400 Speaker 8: of a little bit of two things. One would be 741 00:36:44,040 --> 00:36:47,200 Speaker 8: just being able to feeling more comfortable putting the ball 742 00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:51,080 Speaker 8: on the floor and you know, being able to kind 743 00:36:51,080 --> 00:36:54,600 Speaker 8: of each each year get a little bit more a 744 00:36:54,640 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 8: little bit more comfortable with that. But uh, you know, 745 00:36:57,920 --> 00:36:59,480 Speaker 8: I feel like I put in the work to be 746 00:36:59,520 --> 00:37:02,879 Speaker 8: able to work come ball handling and you know, grab 747 00:37:02,960 --> 00:37:05,160 Speaker 8: a rebound, to push the floor and and things like that. 748 00:37:06,080 --> 00:37:08,040 Speaker 8: So being able to do that in in this offense, 749 00:37:08,040 --> 00:37:10,080 Speaker 8: they are encouraging and feeling the confidence for me to 750 00:37:10,120 --> 00:37:11,560 Speaker 8: be able to do that. And then also I think 751 00:37:12,400 --> 00:37:14,879 Speaker 8: just being able to kind of kind of like you said, 752 00:37:15,760 --> 00:37:18,200 Speaker 8: you know, kind of facilitate the offense a little bit 753 00:37:18,239 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 8: more and kind of show my ability to to create 754 00:37:22,680 --> 00:37:25,279 Speaker 8: for others. I think, you know, one of the one 755 00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:27,759 Speaker 8: of the strengths of my game is basketball IQ and 756 00:37:28,800 --> 00:37:30,920 Speaker 8: being around the game for for a long time, so 757 00:37:32,200 --> 00:37:35,759 Speaker 8: being able to utilize that read the defense and really 758 00:37:35,880 --> 00:37:39,200 Speaker 8: find my fine teammates and and while I'm facilitating a 759 00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:41,920 Speaker 8: little bit more, I think that will just naturally happen 760 00:37:42,239 --> 00:37:45,360 Speaker 8: through this, through the system and through my for my 761 00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,120 Speaker 8: last year. So super excited about that. 762 00:37:48,160 --> 00:37:52,040 Speaker 5: There's so many different personalities, you know, twelve different guys 763 00:37:52,120 --> 00:37:54,840 Speaker 5: coming from different places and you know, different age ranges. 764 00:37:54,960 --> 00:37:57,640 Speaker 5: It just got I don't know if you've seen such 765 00:37:57,719 --> 00:38:00,680 Speaker 5: a you know, wide range of different and you know, 766 00:38:01,000 --> 00:38:02,080 Speaker 5: personalities coming together. 767 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,239 Speaker 2: How has that process been the move in? 768 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:06,719 Speaker 5: You know, obviously over the last week or so, you 769 00:38:06,920 --> 00:38:08,480 Speaker 5: talked about hanging out with some of these guys and 770 00:38:08,520 --> 00:38:11,640 Speaker 5: you guys sharing the like minded goals of the you know, 771 00:38:11,800 --> 00:38:15,880 Speaker 5: understanding the assignment, winning a national championship and embracing those expectations. 772 00:38:15,960 --> 00:38:19,080 Speaker 5: But just in terms of those personalities coming together, how 773 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 5: are you guys meshing up to this point? How excited 774 00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,520 Speaker 5: are you guys to see that kind of translate into 775 00:38:24,640 --> 00:38:25,600 Speaker 5: on court chemistry. 776 00:38:26,920 --> 00:38:29,560 Speaker 8: Yeah, you know, that's uh, that's really special. I think 777 00:38:29,600 --> 00:38:34,040 Speaker 8: that's probably my favorite part. And you know kind of 778 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:36,800 Speaker 8: what what uh you're looking for within the team, just 779 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,879 Speaker 8: kind of creating the bond with your teammates and it's 780 00:38:39,920 --> 00:38:42,279 Speaker 8: been the most fun for me being able to you know, 781 00:38:42,320 --> 00:38:44,799 Speaker 8: you got, like you said, kind of everybody's coming from 782 00:38:45,360 --> 00:38:48,360 Speaker 8: different experiences. A lot of people came from another school 783 00:38:48,480 --> 00:38:53,080 Speaker 8: and a couple from high school, and so for me, 784 00:38:53,160 --> 00:38:55,080 Speaker 8: it's been a lot of fun trying to you know, 785 00:38:55,239 --> 00:38:58,400 Speaker 8: you know, be able to impact each person and have 786 00:38:58,520 --> 00:39:00,880 Speaker 8: a connection with each person. Try to and it's going 787 00:39:00,960 --> 00:39:03,759 Speaker 8: to be different with everybody, But you think, I think 788 00:39:03,840 --> 00:39:05,680 Speaker 8: as an older guy, as a leader, I think it's 789 00:39:05,719 --> 00:39:08,600 Speaker 8: important for me to be able to you know, kind 790 00:39:08,640 --> 00:39:12,080 Speaker 8: of be able to bond and and treat that chemistry 791 00:39:12,160 --> 00:39:15,080 Speaker 8: off the court with everybody, be able to you know, 792 00:39:15,320 --> 00:39:18,000 Speaker 8: have have that connection which will lead to the on 793 00:39:18,160 --> 00:39:20,600 Speaker 8: the court things. And I think, you know, the more 794 00:39:20,640 --> 00:39:22,960 Speaker 8: time we spend together off the court, I think that 795 00:39:23,040 --> 00:39:26,120 Speaker 8: will continue to help us on the court as well. 796 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:29,520 Speaker 8: And you know, as we talked about coach posts offense, 797 00:39:29,520 --> 00:39:31,360 Speaker 8: a lot of it is is read and react, and 798 00:39:32,840 --> 00:39:35,080 Speaker 8: you know, you don't really know with the flow offense 799 00:39:35,360 --> 00:39:38,000 Speaker 8: what people are going to do. So the better we 800 00:39:38,040 --> 00:39:39,600 Speaker 8: get to know each other off the court and what 801 00:39:39,680 --> 00:39:41,520 Speaker 8: they like to do. And then as we continue to 802 00:39:41,520 --> 00:39:43,800 Speaker 8: play on the court, I think we'll be able to 803 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:47,080 Speaker 8: really you know, hit our stride when it, when it matters, 804 00:39:47,080 --> 00:39:49,160 Speaker 8: We'll continue to get better. You know, every day we 805 00:39:49,360 --> 00:39:51,239 Speaker 8: we play with each other, every day we we hang 806 00:39:51,320 --> 00:39:54,360 Speaker 8: out with each other. So I just am super excited 807 00:39:54,440 --> 00:39:56,839 Speaker 8: to continue to get to know these guys and when 808 00:39:56,840 --> 00:39:59,840 Speaker 8: Amar gets to campus here and and get to embrace 809 00:39:59,880 --> 00:40:02,680 Speaker 8: in and get to know him as well, which will 810 00:40:02,719 --> 00:40:03,680 Speaker 8: be uh, which will be awesome. 811 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:07,160 Speaker 5: Yeah, tomorrow, Tomorrow is your al's first kind of meet 812 00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:08,960 Speaker 5: and great opportunity to hang out with the fans. 813 00:40:09,400 --> 00:40:10,680 Speaker 2: How cool is that for you? 814 00:40:10,800 --> 00:40:12,960 Speaker 5: And how excited are you to you know, kind of 815 00:40:13,120 --> 00:40:15,080 Speaker 5: meet Big Blue Nation for the first time and kind 816 00:40:15,080 --> 00:40:18,360 Speaker 5: of be welcomed into the La Familia family. 817 00:40:19,760 --> 00:40:22,160 Speaker 8: Oh man, that's uh, that's gonna be awesome. I'm I'm 818 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:23,560 Speaker 8: really really excited about that. 819 00:40:23,680 --> 00:40:24,160 Speaker 11: I think. 820 00:40:25,560 --> 00:40:29,400 Speaker 8: I think it's it's been crazy, you know, since I've committed, 821 00:40:29,440 --> 00:40:33,719 Speaker 8: the fans have just shown so much love to us 822 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:37,160 Speaker 8: to get a new post on social media about us 823 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:41,200 Speaker 8: and the whole team and whatever it is each and 824 00:40:41,239 --> 00:40:44,000 Speaker 8: every day now, and you know, I think it's I 825 00:40:44,080 --> 00:40:47,520 Speaker 8: think it's awesome they're able to embrace us and and 826 00:40:47,680 --> 00:40:50,400 Speaker 8: for for one of the first things that we get 827 00:40:50,440 --> 00:40:53,680 Speaker 8: to do as a team, to create a camp for 828 00:40:53,840 --> 00:40:56,440 Speaker 8: the community kind of get to know some a Big 829 00:40:56,480 --> 00:40:59,400 Speaker 8: Blue Nation. I think is is really special for all 830 00:40:59,480 --> 00:41:04,000 Speaker 8: of us and and you know, I think it shows 831 00:41:04,080 --> 00:41:08,200 Speaker 8: obviously how much the community meets the means to us, 832 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:11,239 Speaker 8: but also how much the fans and everything you know 833 00:41:11,560 --> 00:41:15,000 Speaker 8: meets us players too. Is Uh, we're able to embrace 834 00:41:15,040 --> 00:41:17,880 Speaker 8: you guys and you know, and and be part of 835 00:41:17,960 --> 00:41:20,840 Speaker 8: Big Blue Nation as as soon as we're all together, 836 00:41:20,960 --> 00:41:23,160 Speaker 8: which is I think a really really special opportunity. And 837 00:41:23,800 --> 00:41:25,680 Speaker 8: I'm super excited to get to know you guys and 838 00:41:26,000 --> 00:41:27,000 Speaker 8: and for you guys to get. 839 00:41:26,920 --> 00:41:29,879 Speaker 5: To know me a little bit Andrew, awesome stuff, man. 840 00:41:29,880 --> 00:41:31,160 Speaker 5: We got to get out of here. Thank you so 841 00:41:31,320 --> 00:41:34,759 Speaker 5: much for coming on. And I'm excited to meet you 842 00:41:34,840 --> 00:41:36,400 Speaker 5: tomorrow and I'm sure the fans are as well. 843 00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:39,799 Speaker 8: Can't wait. Shout out Big Blue Nation. 844 00:41:39,920 --> 00:41:40,320 Speaker 11: Man, Thank you. 845 00:41:40,400 --> 00:41:41,640 Speaker 8: I appreciate you guys having me on. 846 00:41:42,520 --> 00:41:45,040 Speaker 5: Awesome man, Sean, just a couple couple of seconds here. 847 00:41:45,239 --> 00:41:47,399 Speaker 2: How awesome was that? It doesn't get much better? 848 00:41:47,480 --> 00:41:49,319 Speaker 6: Now you can tell that that's a guy that's got 849 00:41:49,360 --> 00:41:52,080 Speaker 6: a lot of experience and going to be a leader 850 00:41:52,280 --> 00:41:54,239 Speaker 6: in this program, going to be probably a captain of 851 00:41:54,280 --> 00:41:56,759 Speaker 6: this team. And well spoken, and that's a guy that 852 00:41:56,880 --> 00:41:58,399 Speaker 6: you you want. Definitely in the fold here. 853 00:41:58,560 --> 00:42:00,719 Speaker 5: Yeah, and I know tomorrow is going to be a 854 00:42:00,760 --> 00:42:03,239 Speaker 5: really cool opportunity fans get to meet and greet with 855 00:42:03,480 --> 00:42:05,480 Speaker 5: the players and coaches for the very first time, So 856 00:42:05,560 --> 00:42:07,279 Speaker 5: make sure you get on out to that. 857 00:42:07,400 --> 00:42:08,120 Speaker 2: It's been a blast. 858 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,120 Speaker 5: Can't believe the show flew by as quickly as it 859 00:42:10,320 --> 00:42:12,279 Speaker 5: as it did three years straight man. Thank you so 860 00:42:12,400 --> 00:42:15,239 Speaker 5: much to Matt. Thank you for the KSR platform. This 861 00:42:15,280 --> 00:42:18,000 Speaker 5: has been an absolute blast. We will be back, I 862 00:42:18,080 --> 00:42:20,240 Speaker 5: guess on our platform. He'll find us on the KSR 863 00:42:20,239 --> 00:42:22,359 Speaker 5: YouTube page. We will see you next time.