1 00:00:01,360 --> 00:00:19,320 Speaker 1: The Volume. What is going on, everybody? How are we doing? 2 00:00:19,920 --> 00:00:23,520 Speaker 1: John middlecop three and out podcast. Hopefully you are doing 3 00:00:23,600 --> 00:00:26,640 Speaker 1: well out there in the real world. Big week super 4 00:00:26,640 --> 00:00:29,400 Speaker 1: Bowl You ever heard of it? It's here? Well, super 5 00:00:29,400 --> 00:00:34,360 Speaker 1: Bowl Week is here. And I had originally planned to 6 00:00:34,840 --> 00:00:36,840 Speaker 1: We recorded with Stuckey at the end of the week 7 00:00:37,320 --> 00:00:40,120 Speaker 1: last week, and I was going to put it out today, 8 00:00:40,159 --> 00:00:45,479 Speaker 1: but then Quesci, the Vikings fired their GM, the Raiders 9 00:00:45,520 --> 00:00:48,960 Speaker 1: hired a coach, the Niners hired Raheem Morris, Cardinals hired 10 00:00:48,960 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: a coach. Seattle Seahawks up for sale. I said, you 11 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,560 Speaker 1: know what, I need to do a podcast, So I'm 12 00:00:54,600 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: just doing a normal podcast today. We will talk with 13 00:00:57,880 --> 00:00:59,840 Speaker 1: Al Guido, the president of the forty nine ers, to 14 00:01:00,800 --> 00:01:02,800 Speaker 1: what it's like to be the host city of the 15 00:01:02,840 --> 00:01:06,320 Speaker 1: Super Bowl, what that entails from a business standpoint, and 16 00:01:06,360 --> 00:01:09,920 Speaker 1: then I'll put it out stuck you probably Wednesday. That's 17 00:01:09,959 --> 00:01:12,920 Speaker 1: the game plan as of right now. Other than that, 18 00:01:13,200 --> 00:01:15,400 Speaker 1: I'll be in San Francisco for like thirty six hours, 19 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,240 Speaker 1: just doing a little work, doing a little meet and 20 00:01:19,240 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: greet with my people at the Volume. Not like meet 21 00:01:22,520 --> 00:01:25,040 Speaker 1: and greet fans, but like party. We got a bunch 22 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:27,720 Speaker 1: of clients and kind of all get together, you know, 23 00:01:27,840 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: kind of a not a normal company because we're all remote, 24 00:01:31,080 --> 00:01:32,640 Speaker 1: so we don't all work together. Well, some people do. 25 00:01:32,680 --> 00:01:37,080 Speaker 1: There's an office in New York and office in Los Angeles. 26 00:01:37,160 --> 00:01:39,560 Speaker 1: But you know, I'm Scott Stale, so I don't ever 27 00:01:39,720 --> 00:01:42,520 Speaker 1: see anybody beside remotely, beside Jackson every once in a while, 28 00:01:42,680 --> 00:01:44,199 Speaker 1: which I'll see him here in a couple of days, 29 00:01:44,200 --> 00:01:47,560 Speaker 1: but that's neither here nor there. And yeah, we'll have 30 00:01:47,640 --> 00:01:50,120 Speaker 1: podcasts out all week. Fired Up, you guys know the 31 00:01:50,160 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: Drill Subscribe three and out podcast wherever you listen, Apple, Spotify, 32 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:59,040 Speaker 1: we got you covered. Also Netflix, you ever heard of it. 33 00:01:58,680 --> 00:02:02,360 Speaker 1: We're up on Netflix every single day, all of our podcasts, 34 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,320 Speaker 1: all of our videos up on Netflix. To go check 35 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: that out and uh enjoy it. But let's just dive 36 00:02:08,160 --> 00:02:11,560 Speaker 1: right into the Minnesota Viking situation. Anytime you fire the 37 00:02:11,639 --> 00:02:15,640 Speaker 1: GM going into the super Bowl when you didn't make 38 00:02:15,720 --> 00:02:18,920 Speaker 1: the playoffs, it's a little weird, Like it does feel 39 00:02:18,960 --> 00:02:22,120 Speaker 1: a little dysfunctional, it does feel a little bizarre. I 40 00:02:22,560 --> 00:02:26,080 Speaker 1: will not deny that. The timing. Typically when you're gonna 41 00:02:26,080 --> 00:02:32,000 Speaker 1: fire someone, give or take the week of Black Monday, 42 00:02:32,080 --> 00:02:35,000 Speaker 1: it doesn't have to be on Monday. Sometimes it happens 43 00:02:35,080 --> 00:02:38,720 Speaker 1: like John Harbaugh on Tuesday. But typically if you miss 44 00:02:38,760 --> 00:02:41,840 Speaker 1: the playoffs, you get a decision that week. Sometimes it's 45 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:44,560 Speaker 1: pur of the moment, right, things change, there was a 46 00:02:44,600 --> 00:02:46,920 Speaker 1: power struggle, someone loses. It might happen by the end 47 00:02:46,919 --> 00:02:49,960 Speaker 1: of the week. Like Mike McDaniel, Remember, is like he's safe, 48 00:02:50,160 --> 00:02:51,640 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden in the middle of that week, 49 00:02:51,680 --> 00:02:54,480 Speaker 1: he's not safe. So shit happens. You never know. But 50 00:02:54,639 --> 00:02:58,280 Speaker 1: when QUESI was at the Senior Bowl, I talked to 51 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:01,760 Speaker 1: multiple scouts who were there that literally talked to him, 52 00:03:02,040 --> 00:03:05,760 Speaker 1: So it's safe to say that he did not see 53 00:03:05,800 --> 00:03:09,760 Speaker 1: this coming, though there have been enough reports that like 54 00:03:09,960 --> 00:03:12,360 Speaker 1: it had been rumored about really for a year. Remember 55 00:03:12,440 --> 00:03:14,120 Speaker 1: last year is like are they going to extend him? 56 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: But they did. So this is a guy who I 57 00:03:16,400 --> 00:03:19,480 Speaker 1: say it all the time, the American dream is not 58 00:03:19,560 --> 00:03:21,760 Speaker 1: a couple of kids in a white picket fence. It's 59 00:03:21,840 --> 00:03:25,280 Speaker 1: being paid millions of dollars with the kid in the 60 00:03:25,280 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: white pickt fence. Not to work. Doesn't get any better, 61 00:03:28,160 --> 00:03:30,800 Speaker 1: It's it's as good as it gets, right. This is 62 00:03:31,240 --> 00:03:33,679 Speaker 1: this guy signed a second contract as a GM I 63 00:03:33,720 --> 00:03:37,080 Speaker 1: would guess over five million dollars because that's the going 64 00:03:37,160 --> 00:03:41,800 Speaker 1: rate and living Well doesn't have any responsibilities. But my 65 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:45,640 Speaker 1: number one takeaway, and there's no arguing this, let's use 66 00:03:45,680 --> 00:03:51,560 Speaker 1: the Hardbass situation and the Sean McDermott situation. Clearly, Brandon 67 00:03:51,600 --> 00:03:54,960 Speaker 1: Bean did not fire Sean McDermott. Hell, he didn't even 68 00:03:54,960 --> 00:03:57,680 Speaker 1: see it coming. I think that's fair to say, regardless 69 00:03:57,680 --> 00:04:00,640 Speaker 1: of all the criticism of him getting l obited after 70 00:04:00,680 --> 00:04:03,080 Speaker 1: the fact, he was not pounding the table to get 71 00:04:03,080 --> 00:04:08,480 Speaker 1: Sean mcjarmoth fired. Eric DaCosta, John Harbaugh's best friend, who 72 00:04:08,560 --> 00:04:11,120 Speaker 1: was in tears when he found out the news and 73 00:04:11,160 --> 00:04:14,960 Speaker 1: he told the staff that John Harball was fired, did 74 00:04:15,000 --> 00:04:19,279 Speaker 1: not fire John Harball. Those were owner led decisions. This one, 75 00:04:19,320 --> 00:04:22,279 Speaker 1: to me feels pretty clear. Now Ultimately the decision making 76 00:04:22,360 --> 00:04:24,840 Speaker 1: power is with the guys that signed the checks, the 77 00:04:25,240 --> 00:04:27,920 Speaker 1: Wilf's family, right, I think the dad and the son. 78 00:04:28,640 --> 00:04:32,000 Speaker 1: But Kevin O'Connell wanted him gone. Because if Kevin O'Connell 79 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,880 Speaker 1: liked him, enjoyed working with him, and wanted him around, 80 00:04:35,120 --> 00:04:37,920 Speaker 1: guess what Questy would still be around. And then there 81 00:04:37,920 --> 00:04:41,400 Speaker 1: have been reports that Brian Flores, who's now making six 82 00:04:41,440 --> 00:04:43,920 Speaker 1: million dollars a year to be the defensive coordinator. Say 83 00:04:43,920 --> 00:04:48,320 Speaker 1: it all the time, like most people, aspirational people aspire 84 00:04:48,400 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: to be the top dog. If you're gonna be the 85 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,719 Speaker 1: number two NFL coaching is a pretty good gig to 86 00:04:53,720 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: be the number two. Fangio who knows after his fake 87 00:04:56,400 --> 00:04:59,599 Speaker 1: retirement might get ten million dollars a year. Flora's just 88 00:04:59,640 --> 00:05:02,200 Speaker 1: got sick? Who knows how much Rahem Morris has got 89 00:05:02,360 --> 00:05:06,159 Speaker 1: It bays a premium to be a coordinator that people 90 00:05:06,240 --> 00:05:10,760 Speaker 1: want in the NFL. Didn't wasn't a fan, didn't like them, 91 00:05:10,839 --> 00:05:14,520 Speaker 1: so the coaching staff. Like we talked about power struggles, 92 00:05:14,839 --> 00:05:17,679 Speaker 1: there was a clear power struggle here and the coach 93 00:05:17,760 --> 00:05:21,800 Speaker 1: is one. Now. I think another thing is clear on 94 00:05:22,120 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: merit alone. His drafts were really, really bad, his last 95 00:05:27,800 --> 00:05:30,479 Speaker 1: three or last four drafts. I'm gonna give you some 96 00:05:30,480 --> 00:05:32,080 Speaker 1: stats that I was reading about that are, like, God, 97 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,640 Speaker 1: it's pretty terrible. Because I don't follow the vikings like 98 00:05:34,920 --> 00:05:39,600 Speaker 1: break down every pick, follow them from a macro perspective. Obviously, 99 00:05:39,640 --> 00:05:41,839 Speaker 1: the talk of the quarterback and the Darnold and the 100 00:05:41,920 --> 00:05:45,559 Speaker 1: JJ A lot of different variables there. Everyone had their hand, 101 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:48,640 Speaker 1: you know, or was involved in that situation. I don't 102 00:05:48,640 --> 00:05:50,640 Speaker 1: think you can absolve one person and put all the 103 00:05:50,640 --> 00:05:54,440 Speaker 1: blame on the GM, not on Kevin O'Connell. Everyone played 104 00:05:54,440 --> 00:05:57,280 Speaker 1: a role. But when you are at the GM, you're 105 00:05:57,320 --> 00:06:00,440 Speaker 1: really paid to do two things. Get along, can work 106 00:06:00,480 --> 00:06:02,600 Speaker 1: closely with the coaching staff. I mean, the head coach 107 00:06:02,680 --> 00:06:05,279 Speaker 1: is mostly always going to be making more money than you. 108 00:06:05,839 --> 00:06:08,159 Speaker 1: And in the case of Kevin O'Connell, let's just pick 109 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,919 Speaker 1: some numbers. Let's say KWASI is making five million dollars. 110 00:06:11,920 --> 00:06:14,880 Speaker 1: Fair to guess that Kevin's making thirteen to fifteen. So 111 00:06:15,080 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: three x when you work with someone, even if in 112 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,480 Speaker 1: theory you're on equal footing, when one guy makes three 113 00:06:21,680 --> 00:06:24,560 Speaker 1: x what you make, that guy's got more power. Welcome 114 00:06:24,600 --> 00:06:27,640 Speaker 1: to the world. So you got to work with closely 115 00:06:27,680 --> 00:06:31,159 Speaker 1: the coaching staff and get along with them. Which listen, 116 00:06:31,160 --> 00:06:34,120 Speaker 1: it's pretty clear they weren't on board with them, and 117 00:06:34,120 --> 00:06:37,720 Speaker 1: you're paid to acquire players. It's why guys like Howie Roseman, 118 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,279 Speaker 1: John Schneider or if you just like Hall of Fame 119 00:06:40,320 --> 00:06:44,640 Speaker 1: gms because their ability to make acquisitions. Now, this is 120 00:06:45,279 --> 00:06:48,240 Speaker 1: you're dealing with human capital, right. Quessey's got a Wall 121 00:06:48,279 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: Street background. When you're in Wall Street and you're making acquisitions. 122 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:54,360 Speaker 1: When I lived in San Francisco, I live with a guy, 123 00:06:54,400 --> 00:06:59,280 Speaker 1: a buddy named Bobby. Bobby played baseball at Brown Ivy League. 124 00:06:59,279 --> 00:07:04,200 Speaker 1: Guy worked in VC banking finance his whole career. Big 125 00:07:04,279 --> 00:07:06,839 Speaker 1: mover and shaker. I mean, it was probably a millionaire 126 00:07:06,839 --> 00:07:09,160 Speaker 1: by the time he was in his early thirties. And 127 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,360 Speaker 1: I remember living with him and him just talking about 128 00:07:12,440 --> 00:07:15,120 Speaker 1: some of the deals they were doing. That is you 129 00:07:15,200 --> 00:07:18,160 Speaker 1: just kind of become numb to people. You're just buying assets, 130 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:22,560 Speaker 1: whether it's hotels, whether it's companies, and the people inside 131 00:07:22,600 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: those companies tend to be widgets to these companies. And 132 00:07:27,000 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 1: when you work on Wall Street, you're kind of numb 133 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:33,040 Speaker 1: to human capital cause it's really about the product, whether 134 00:07:33,080 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: it's hotel business. I'm just picking a couple random ones, right, 135 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,120 Speaker 1: let's pick Costco or let's pick whatever. You're just acquiring 136 00:07:40,160 --> 00:07:44,360 Speaker 1: the company or the asset. We're in football, your assets 137 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:50,800 Speaker 1: are people. And he clearly struggled at acquiring people because 138 00:07:50,960 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: let's just pick his first three years as GM right 139 00:07:53,600 --> 00:07:58,400 Speaker 1: twenty two, twenty three, and twenty four. He drafted twenty 140 00:07:58,480 --> 00:08:01,679 Speaker 1: two players. Those twenty two players have made one hundred 141 00:08:01,720 --> 00:08:05,400 Speaker 1: and fifty three starts. That is the second lowest in 142 00:08:05,440 --> 00:08:08,160 Speaker 1: the NFL over that period of time. And if you 143 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,400 Speaker 1: factor in the twenty five draft and just compare it 144 00:08:11,440 --> 00:08:17,120 Speaker 1: to his division, they those guys like so twenty two, 145 00:08:17,240 --> 00:08:21,080 Speaker 1: twenty three, twenty four, and twenty five relative to the Bears, 146 00:08:21,400 --> 00:08:25,880 Speaker 1: the Lions, and the Packers, twelve percent of those guys 147 00:08:26,160 --> 00:08:28,880 Speaker 1: or I mean, of the drafted players have made twelve 148 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:32,240 Speaker 1: percent of the starts. Meanwhile, with the other three teams, 149 00:08:32,280 --> 00:08:34,640 Speaker 1: which I think it's fair to say are all well run, 150 00:08:34,679 --> 00:08:36,560 Speaker 1: I mean, the Packers are like the cream of the 151 00:08:36,559 --> 00:08:39,520 Speaker 1: crop in terms of the decade long run of consistency. 152 00:08:39,840 --> 00:08:41,760 Speaker 1: The Bears have really kind of turned it around with 153 00:08:41,800 --> 00:08:44,600 Speaker 1: some good drafts, high picks, and the Lions are just 154 00:08:44,720 --> 00:08:48,960 Speaker 1: a high functioning organization. Now, those teams average between thirty 155 00:08:48,960 --> 00:08:51,800 Speaker 1: to thirty four percent of the starts of their drafted players, 156 00:08:51,960 --> 00:08:56,600 Speaker 1: so almost three xing QUESTI in the Minnesota Vikings. So 157 00:08:56,760 --> 00:09:00,199 Speaker 1: we'll get into the other story that went pretty viral today. 158 00:09:00,280 --> 00:09:03,600 Speaker 1: He got fired because the coaches wanted him out, and 159 00:09:03,640 --> 00:09:06,520 Speaker 1: it was pretty easy to justify it when you looked 160 00:09:06,559 --> 00:09:09,760 Speaker 1: at his track record. Now, the Sam donald thing did 161 00:09:09,800 --> 00:09:14,400 Speaker 1: not help, and it has not become public who wanted what. Clearly, 162 00:09:14,480 --> 00:09:16,680 Speaker 1: I don't think Kevin O'Connell threw his body in front 163 00:09:16,720 --> 00:09:19,720 Speaker 1: of Sam Donald. I said this before Sam Donald didn't. 164 00:09:19,960 --> 00:09:23,600 Speaker 1: I mean, was atrocious in the Lions game. Any human 165 00:09:23,640 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 1: beings that sat on their couch and watched that it 166 00:09:25,400 --> 00:09:27,760 Speaker 1: was really bad. I felt like I was one of 167 00:09:27,760 --> 00:09:31,160 Speaker 1: the only human beings alive that was critical of Kevin 168 00:09:31,200 --> 00:09:35,240 Speaker 1: O'Connell in they played the game in Arizona because of 169 00:09:35,280 --> 00:09:38,000 Speaker 1: the fires against the Rams. He did a terrible job 170 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:40,800 Speaker 1: that night. So when people say Sam Donald fell apart 171 00:09:40,800 --> 00:09:43,400 Speaker 1: in his last two games, Kevin O'Connell kind of gets 172 00:09:43,440 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: absolved from any responsibility. He was not good in that spot. 173 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:48,959 Speaker 1: He did not do a good job of running the ball, 174 00:09:49,120 --> 00:09:52,040 Speaker 1: slowing down the game. He just treated Sam Donald like 175 00:09:52,080 --> 00:09:55,720 Speaker 1: he was Patrick Mahomes or something. And obviously they just 176 00:09:55,760 --> 00:10:00,120 Speaker 1: got curb stumped. But to me, he got fired on 177 00:10:00,000 --> 00:10:06,160 Speaker 1: on his capability to acquire players and it was atrocious. Now, 178 00:10:06,200 --> 00:10:08,280 Speaker 1: if you want to go what's up with Minnesota why 179 00:10:08,320 --> 00:10:11,240 Speaker 1: they takes so long to make this decision, We'll just 180 00:10:11,280 --> 00:10:12,960 Speaker 1: have to wait for more stories to come out to 181 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:18,360 Speaker 1: truly get the dirt now a couple things. Just because 182 00:10:18,400 --> 00:10:21,760 Speaker 1: you higher outside of the box doesn't mean it's the 183 00:10:21,840 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: right move. They got a lot of credit Minnesota did 184 00:10:24,960 --> 00:10:28,000 Speaker 1: for hiring this guy who had never played football, who 185 00:10:28,080 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: honestly didn't work in football up until like ten plus 186 00:10:31,440 --> 00:10:34,720 Speaker 1: years ago, came from Wall Street, so made the transition, 187 00:10:34,760 --> 00:10:37,760 Speaker 1: took a huge pay cut, got his foot in the door, 188 00:10:37,800 --> 00:10:41,000 Speaker 1: i think with the forty nine ers, and started doing projects. 189 00:10:41,040 --> 00:10:44,640 Speaker 1: Because the forty nine ers they got a genius money 190 00:10:44,640 --> 00:10:48,320 Speaker 1: guy in Parrague who might might as well be a 191 00:10:48,320 --> 00:10:51,560 Speaker 1: Wall Street guy and has ran their cap and ran 192 00:10:51,600 --> 00:10:55,680 Speaker 1: their money forever, now runs the York businesses soccer teams 193 00:10:55,679 --> 00:10:58,839 Speaker 1: across the world. Like the guy's a fucking badass when 194 00:10:58,840 --> 00:11:01,640 Speaker 1: it comes to money. I've always been forward thinking that way, 195 00:11:01,720 --> 00:11:03,960 Speaker 1: and stuff like this. And then Questy kind of worked 196 00:11:03,960 --> 00:11:06,280 Speaker 1: his way up, got with the Browns and was hired 197 00:11:06,320 --> 00:11:08,480 Speaker 1: to be the GM and they got a lot like 198 00:11:08,559 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: look at them hiring the non traditional old guard, not 199 00:11:13,840 --> 00:11:19,000 Speaker 1: those scouts with chewing tobacco, black you know, tinted windows 200 00:11:19,120 --> 00:11:21,800 Speaker 1: so they can just watch tape sun up to sundown 201 00:11:21,840 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 1: and never see the outside world. We got this Wall 202 00:11:25,920 --> 00:11:28,200 Speaker 1: Street guy. Well, it's like, yeah, can he do the job? Like? 203 00:11:28,320 --> 00:11:31,120 Speaker 1: Does he know what he's doing. Let's use basketball as 204 00:11:31,120 --> 00:11:34,839 Speaker 1: an example. Rob Polinka and Bob Myers were viewed as 205 00:11:35,160 --> 00:11:39,680 Speaker 1: outside the box hires because they were not traditional scouts. 206 00:11:40,320 --> 00:11:45,280 Speaker 1: Rob Polinka played for the Fab of the the Fab 207 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:49,280 Speaker 1: four back in Michigan in the early nineties, with Chris 208 00:11:49,280 --> 00:11:52,320 Speaker 1: Weber Jalen Rose in that crew. He was on that team, 209 00:11:52,640 --> 00:11:57,880 Speaker 1: he played high level college basketball. Bob Myers, several years later, 210 00:11:58,200 --> 00:12:01,800 Speaker 1: played on dominant UCLA teams. I think Polenka was a 211 00:12:01,800 --> 00:12:05,000 Speaker 1: better college player than Bob, but both of them were 212 00:12:05,040 --> 00:12:11,000 Speaker 1: part of pretty historic collegiate programs and like runs of 213 00:12:11,040 --> 00:12:15,600 Speaker 1: that program right early nineties Michigan, late nineties UCLA. Then 214 00:12:15,720 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 1: both guys became prominent agents, Polinka obviously with Kobe, several 215 00:12:21,040 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: other guys, Bob negotiating contracts for a long list of guys. 216 00:12:26,280 --> 00:12:30,240 Speaker 1: That transition from doing that to GM to me is 217 00:12:30,320 --> 00:12:35,439 Speaker 1: not nearly as crazy as just going from Wall Street 218 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:39,760 Speaker 1: to running a football team. Right, if you are a 219 00:12:39,880 --> 00:12:44,400 Speaker 1: lead chef at a restaurant, it's not inconceivable if you 220 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,920 Speaker 1: have some feel for business that you could then just 221 00:12:47,080 --> 00:12:50,240 Speaker 1: run the entire restaurant. It's not that crazy of a transition. 222 00:12:50,960 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 1: But just because you're a chef or run a restaurant 223 00:12:54,160 --> 00:12:57,000 Speaker 1: doesn't mean that you can just run an HVAC company. 224 00:12:57,600 --> 00:13:02,040 Speaker 1: They're both businesses. They both have overhead, right, they both 225 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,840 Speaker 1: have client relations, they both are complicated businesses, but they're 226 00:13:05,880 --> 00:13:09,840 Speaker 1: completely different. They both deal with money. But when I 227 00:13:09,880 --> 00:13:12,360 Speaker 1: look at the QUESTI higher they got so much credit 228 00:13:12,400 --> 00:13:15,120 Speaker 1: because like, look at this, think it outside the box. Well, 229 00:13:15,120 --> 00:13:18,200 Speaker 1: look at what thinking outside the box got them historically 230 00:13:18,280 --> 00:13:21,360 Speaker 1: bad four year run of drafts Now. The story that 231 00:13:21,400 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: went pretty viral on Sunday morning was the athletic putting 232 00:13:25,840 --> 00:13:29,920 Speaker 1: out a story about his paternity leaf. And I had 233 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:32,319 Speaker 1: heard about this last week when he got fired. It was, 234 00:13:32,440 --> 00:13:35,240 Speaker 1: you know, something people talked about in the NFL for 235 00:13:35,280 --> 00:13:37,960 Speaker 1: a while. He did not get fired for going on 236 00:13:38,000 --> 00:13:41,840 Speaker 1: paternity leaf. This happened years ago. He literally got an 237 00:13:41,880 --> 00:13:48,719 Speaker 1: extension after the fact. If you work at Apple, Amazon, 238 00:13:49,440 --> 00:13:52,840 Speaker 1: you name it, some major corporation and are just whatever 239 00:13:52,880 --> 00:13:57,439 Speaker 1: your position is, I would never blame you for taking 240 00:13:57,760 --> 00:14:02,079 Speaker 1: paternity leaf. As a guy, take everything that is allotted 241 00:14:02,080 --> 00:14:04,880 Speaker 1: to you. They will get rid of you in the 242 00:14:04,920 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: blink of an eye and relative. You know, I'm just assuming, 243 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:09,640 Speaker 1: let's just say a one hundred and fifty thousand dollars job, 244 00:14:09,679 --> 00:14:12,280 Speaker 1: a two hundred fifty thousand dollars job, whatever, five hundred 245 00:14:12,280 --> 00:14:16,719 Speaker 1: thousand dollars job, you one hundred percent are insane if 246 00:14:16,760 --> 00:14:19,640 Speaker 1: you don't take paternity leave. Let me state that on 247 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,400 Speaker 1: the record. Then there are other jobs that like, yeah, 248 00:14:22,400 --> 00:14:25,320 Speaker 1: I don't think that's gonna fly. Part of being the 249 00:14:25,400 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: GM of a team, there are certain times of the 250 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: year when you were kind of obligated to be there. 251 00:14:31,440 --> 00:14:34,640 Speaker 1: Let's or a head coach or an assistant coach or 252 00:14:34,720 --> 00:14:38,760 Speaker 1: a player. You have to missshit that you don't want 253 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:42,080 Speaker 1: to miss. Even Lebron James this year on Christmas, who 254 00:14:42,080 --> 00:14:44,920 Speaker 1: I'm sure he's played in twenty plus straight Christmas games, 255 00:14:46,040 --> 00:14:48,120 Speaker 1: kind of said, I wish we weren't playing. I'd rather 256 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:51,200 Speaker 1: be at home with my family. Guess what he didn't 257 00:14:51,200 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: do stay at home with his family. He played in 258 00:14:53,840 --> 00:14:56,280 Speaker 1: the game because it kind of comes with the territory. 259 00:14:56,440 --> 00:14:59,920 Speaker 1: As Don Draper once famously said, that's what the money's for. 260 00:15:00,720 --> 00:15:03,200 Speaker 1: So there are different levels of jobs. No one's asking 261 00:15:03,240 --> 00:15:07,280 Speaker 1: you either to miss the birth of your child. That's 262 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,160 Speaker 1: not what anyone is giving him shit about in the NFL. 263 00:15:10,880 --> 00:15:15,960 Speaker 1: It's then taking off several weeks and working remotely. This 264 00:15:16,000 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 1: ain't Amazon. Homie and Sean McVay this year had a 265 00:15:20,440 --> 00:15:23,800 Speaker 1: game on a Sunday. His wife gave birth to their 266 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,600 Speaker 1: second child Sunday night, and he was still able to 267 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,160 Speaker 1: coach the game on Thursday. Guess where he was Probably 268 00:15:31,160 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: not on Monday and Tuesday at the hospital. He was 269 00:15:36,080 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: in the facility getting ready. Is that ideal? Is that 270 00:15:39,240 --> 00:15:42,080 Speaker 1: something most humans would want to do? Of course not. 271 00:15:42,800 --> 00:15:45,520 Speaker 1: But that's not the way this business works. And if 272 00:15:45,560 --> 00:15:49,240 Speaker 1: you want this role in this spot, it kind of 273 00:15:49,240 --> 00:15:51,840 Speaker 1: comes with the territory. Do you think John Schneider or 274 00:15:51,880 --> 00:15:56,040 Speaker 1: Howie Roseman would take two weeks off during training camp 275 00:15:56,080 --> 00:15:59,480 Speaker 1: and cutdowns part of the business as a GM as 276 00:15:59,520 --> 00:16:02,800 Speaker 1: a head coach, which is a coaching staff. Listen, I'm 277 00:16:02,840 --> 00:16:07,240 Speaker 1: not condoning and celebrating this, but it is what it is. 278 00:16:08,080 --> 00:16:11,360 Speaker 1: And players are no different, Like, yeah, you get to 279 00:16:11,400 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: see the birth of your child, but you're not usually 280 00:16:13,520 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 1: don't miss a game. That's not the way it is. 281 00:16:15,840 --> 00:16:17,720 Speaker 1: You don't get to miss like a week of training 282 00:16:17,760 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: camp for it. And so when he's getting crushed, And 283 00:16:20,920 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: of course some of these legacy media is like this 284 00:16:23,400 --> 00:16:26,800 Speaker 1: sick people are no people are just like well, Sean McVay. 285 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:29,960 Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell is a big family. I think he has 286 00:16:30,000 --> 00:16:32,760 Speaker 1: like three or four kids. Do you think he took 287 00:16:32,760 --> 00:16:35,320 Speaker 1: two weeks off wherever he was at the time when 288 00:16:35,360 --> 00:16:37,320 Speaker 1: he was having children. You think he's at the coach 289 00:16:37,360 --> 00:16:39,600 Speaker 1: when he was assistant coach with Sean McVay. I'm gonna 290 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:43,040 Speaker 1: need two weeks off, Kevin is sweek three. We kind 291 00:16:43,040 --> 00:16:45,120 Speaker 1: of need you. It's kind of what you sign up for. 292 00:16:45,800 --> 00:16:48,920 Speaker 1: And as people in the league has described it to me, 293 00:16:49,920 --> 00:16:52,280 Speaker 1: he comes from a corporate background when you can just 294 00:16:52,320 --> 00:16:57,800 Speaker 1: do ohoh out of office. That's Howie Roseman, John Schneider 295 00:16:58,160 --> 00:17:01,360 Speaker 1: less need. These guys don't just do out of office 296 00:17:01,800 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: during the season, during training camp, during the draft. Now, 297 00:17:05,920 --> 00:17:09,119 Speaker 1: again that did not get him fired. But you can't 298 00:17:09,160 --> 00:17:12,000 Speaker 1: tell me that Kevin O'Connell ever looked at him the 299 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:16,960 Speaker 1: same because I'm in this bunker of absolutely grinding. All 300 00:17:17,000 --> 00:17:19,679 Speaker 1: my players are working there, you know what, off, and 301 00:17:19,720 --> 00:17:22,440 Speaker 1: I look around and you're just at home. We're trying 302 00:17:22,480 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: to put together like who we're gonna claim like that's 303 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:28,320 Speaker 1: not really the way this thing works. So when I 304 00:17:28,359 --> 00:17:31,800 Speaker 1: see people in the league going what and the word 305 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:35,440 Speaker 1: used was disbelief, kind of understand it. There are certain 306 00:17:35,520 --> 00:17:38,080 Speaker 1: jobs and certain roles in this society where's like, hey, cap, 307 00:17:38,280 --> 00:17:41,720 Speaker 1: a couple weeks off, God speak to you, and again, 308 00:17:41,960 --> 00:17:44,520 Speaker 1: no one's asking you to not go to the hospital, 309 00:17:44,800 --> 00:17:47,480 Speaker 1: help go back and forth and spend the day or 310 00:17:47,480 --> 00:17:51,400 Speaker 1: two there. It's the two weeks of just going remote 311 00:17:52,160 --> 00:17:54,760 Speaker 1: is a little weird to everybody because none of them 312 00:17:54,800 --> 00:17:58,040 Speaker 1: do that. Why because it's not really on the table 313 00:17:58,040 --> 00:18:01,880 Speaker 1: for anyone else, not the coaches, not the players. So 314 00:18:01,920 --> 00:18:06,120 Speaker 1: this isn't like being unfair to him. You think if 315 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:08,000 Speaker 1: Justin Jefferson has a kid, or Kirk Cousins have as 316 00:18:08,000 --> 00:18:10,200 Speaker 1: a kid, or Sam Darnold were to have a kid, 317 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: or Kevin O'Connell was another kid, or Brian Flores, they 318 00:18:12,680 --> 00:18:16,000 Speaker 1: just disappear for two weeks. Of course not so that 319 00:18:16,119 --> 00:18:18,960 Speaker 1: story to me, like has a lot of weight. He 320 00:18:19,040 --> 00:18:22,320 Speaker 1: becomes kind of a joke in the league because you 321 00:18:22,359 --> 00:18:24,320 Speaker 1: factor that in with people watch what he's doing. It 322 00:18:24,320 --> 00:18:28,000 Speaker 1: doesn't really feel like he knows or is any good 323 00:18:28,359 --> 00:18:31,400 Speaker 1: at it, which is the main part of the problem. 324 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,960 Speaker 1: So when you have this stuff that no one else does, 325 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:35,840 Speaker 1: if you're the best in the business, what are they 326 00:18:35,880 --> 00:18:39,000 Speaker 1: gonna say? Lebron can do shit that no one else did. 327 00:18:39,680 --> 00:18:41,880 Speaker 1: He used to get people traded for twenty plus years. 328 00:18:41,880 --> 00:18:44,600 Speaker 1: Who he's the best player in the league. Do you 329 00:18:44,600 --> 00:18:47,359 Speaker 1: know who can't do that? The seventy fifth best player 330 00:18:47,359 --> 00:18:48,960 Speaker 1: in the league. No one gives a shit what his 331 00:18:49,000 --> 00:18:51,080 Speaker 1: opinions are in the front officer of the coaching staff 332 00:18:51,320 --> 00:18:54,280 Speaker 1: when it comes to player acquisition. So if you would 333 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:56,560 Speaker 1: if Howie Roseman wanted to take a week off, probably 334 00:18:56,560 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: pull it off. Never really saw him do that on 335 00:19:00,400 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 1: never disappeared at all. So and he was creating a 336 00:19:04,040 --> 00:19:07,600 Speaker 1: family at the time. So I just think that the 337 00:19:07,680 --> 00:19:12,919 Speaker 1: paternity issue is your classic social media polarizing kind of headline. 338 00:19:13,560 --> 00:19:16,560 Speaker 1: But I completely understand. Like, do you think Sean McVeigh 339 00:19:16,920 --> 00:19:19,840 Speaker 1: wanted to sleep five hours from Sunday night up until 340 00:19:19,840 --> 00:19:22,639 Speaker 1: the Thursday night game is against Seattle? Of course not. 341 00:19:22,720 --> 00:19:26,440 Speaker 1: It's not a deal. Didn't have a choice. What is 342 00:19:26,440 --> 00:19:29,160 Speaker 1: he gonna do? Hey, hey, Stafford, you handle this one, bro. 343 00:19:29,359 --> 00:19:31,600 Speaker 1: I'm gonna be uh, I'm be at home. I'm being 344 00:19:31,640 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 1: home changing some diapers, my man, and I'm pro changing diapers, 345 00:19:34,840 --> 00:19:38,320 Speaker 1: done a lot of it, but that's embarrassing. There's really 346 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,240 Speaker 1: no way around it. Uh So that's that's all I 347 00:19:42,280 --> 00:19:51,600 Speaker 1: got in that situation. 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It was announced that they have hired 397 00:22:41,200 --> 00:22:44,800 Speaker 1: Clint Kubiak, the Seattle Seahawks offensive coordinator, to be their 398 00:22:44,840 --> 00:22:48,760 Speaker 1: next head coach. And let's just run through a little 399 00:22:48,760 --> 00:22:52,480 Speaker 1: bio on Clint. Obviously, Gary Sun and I've always said 400 00:22:52,520 --> 00:22:56,399 Speaker 1: the Kubiaks and the Shanahans are basically cousins. I know 401 00:22:56,440 --> 00:23:00,399 Speaker 1: they're not technically related, they might as well be. Clint 402 00:23:00,520 --> 00:23:05,119 Speaker 1: played safety in college at Colorado State, where he was 403 00:23:05,720 --> 00:23:08,760 Speaker 1: a captain as a senior. I was reading a little 404 00:23:08,760 --> 00:23:12,440 Speaker 1: bio on him. He was a team captain at Colorado 405 00:23:12,440 --> 00:23:15,800 Speaker 1: State where he played safety. So it's not like he 406 00:23:15,840 --> 00:23:18,960 Speaker 1: was an offensive guy. But he was born into the family. 407 00:23:19,080 --> 00:23:22,600 Speaker 1: He was born into football. And to me, what I like, 408 00:23:23,119 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 1: it's not like he worked for Gary his whole career. Honestly, 409 00:23:26,000 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: only worked for him for a couple of years. He's 410 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:32,000 Speaker 1: worked for Mike Zimmer and Kevin Stefanski. He's worked for 411 00:23:32,080 --> 00:23:34,800 Speaker 1: Kyle Shanahan. He's now worked for Mike McDonald. Last year 412 00:23:34,840 --> 00:23:38,119 Speaker 1: he worked in New Orleans with when Dennis Allen and 413 00:23:38,160 --> 00:23:40,439 Speaker 1: Dennis Allen got fired. But he's seen a lot of 414 00:23:40,440 --> 00:23:43,320 Speaker 1: different things. So for a guy who turns thirty nine 415 00:23:43,359 --> 00:23:45,440 Speaker 1: here in a couple of weeks, he has a ton 416 00:23:45,440 --> 00:23:50,000 Speaker 1: of experience. And to me, from a football standpoint, what 417 00:23:50,200 --> 00:23:52,959 Speaker 1: is fires me up the most and would if I 418 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:57,480 Speaker 1: was a Raider fan. His offense is Taylor made to 419 00:23:57,600 --> 00:24:01,359 Speaker 1: Fernando Mendoza. When I watched for Nando Mendoza play. I 420 00:24:01,400 --> 00:24:05,960 Speaker 1: think that is a Kyle Shanahan offensive player. He's accurate, 421 00:24:06,280 --> 00:24:10,880 Speaker 1: he's mobile, and he's gonna thrive under center. Like when 422 00:24:10,880 --> 00:24:13,320 Speaker 1: I've watched him play at Indiana, I thought he is 423 00:24:13,480 --> 00:24:16,960 Speaker 1: ideal for the Laflor in Green Bay Kyle and San 424 00:24:17,000 --> 00:24:20,840 Speaker 1: Francisco Kubiak in Seattle. An offense that is gonna be 425 00:24:20,960 --> 00:24:25,399 Speaker 1: run oriented, which he did in Indiana, and have ideally 426 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,000 Speaker 1: less than thirty attempts a game, and you're gonna have 427 00:24:29,040 --> 00:24:32,399 Speaker 1: to make a small percentage of really really hard plays. 428 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,200 Speaker 1: Obviously some games change a little bit depending on the score, 429 00:24:35,400 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: but that's how ideally they want to play. And if 430 00:24:37,960 --> 00:24:42,040 Speaker 1: your Clint, you come in with the number one pick Mendoza, 431 00:24:42,040 --> 00:24:44,680 Speaker 1: who's gonna fit your offensive scheme. They just drafted a 432 00:24:44,760 --> 00:24:47,120 Speaker 1: running back in the top ten who Jens did show 433 00:24:47,160 --> 00:24:49,159 Speaker 1: signs at the end of the year. He had some 434 00:24:49,200 --> 00:24:51,840 Speaker 1: big games late. Just you know, it's a very talented player. 435 00:24:52,119 --> 00:24:53,840 Speaker 1: Is he ever gonna live up to being the six pick? 436 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:56,680 Speaker 1: Time will tell, but he's he's definitely starter in the NFL. 437 00:24:56,720 --> 00:24:58,159 Speaker 1: They're gonna need more out of him. He's gonna need 438 00:24:58,160 --> 00:24:59,960 Speaker 1: to push him. I mean look what happened with Kenneth 439 00:25:00,119 --> 00:25:02,840 Speaker 1: Walker down the stretch of the season. He's been excellent, 440 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:06,280 Speaker 1: and they got Brock Bauers, who is a superstar when 441 00:25:06,320 --> 00:25:08,920 Speaker 1: he's on the field and healthy. So you have some 442 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,040 Speaker 1: core pieces there. On offense, you got a star tight end, 443 00:25:11,400 --> 00:25:13,399 Speaker 1: a running back that you need to take up a level, 444 00:25:13,480 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: and the number one pick on offense. I also think 445 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,000 Speaker 1: as a young guy, you come in with spy tech, 446 00:25:18,040 --> 00:25:19,840 Speaker 1: another young guy, and you get to build it the 447 00:25:19,840 --> 00:25:23,920 Speaker 1: wrong the right way. Pete Carroll like any old guy, 448 00:25:24,480 --> 00:25:27,000 Speaker 1: they're not thinking about the next ten years. Pete. Pete. Now, 449 00:25:27,040 --> 00:25:29,359 Speaker 1: he's probably gonna live long because he looks fantastic at 450 00:25:29,400 --> 00:25:32,200 Speaker 1: seventy five. But like Pete Carroll, was living day to day, 451 00:25:32,240 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: game to game. Pete, Pete Carroll. If you're like, hey, 452 00:25:35,280 --> 00:25:39,560 Speaker 1: should we have a conversation about entertaining seeing what we 453 00:25:39,680 --> 00:25:41,959 Speaker 1: get on the open market? About Max Crosby last year 454 00:25:41,960 --> 00:25:45,120 Speaker 1: when they took over the job, which they should have done, 455 00:25:45,560 --> 00:25:48,320 Speaker 1: Pete Carroll would have thrown his body against that because 456 00:25:48,359 --> 00:25:50,600 Speaker 1: he would not be into that at all because he 457 00:25:50,680 --> 00:25:52,480 Speaker 1: was trying to win Week one, Week two. He was 458 00:25:52,520 --> 00:25:55,879 Speaker 1: obsessed with the short term and the Raiders the way 459 00:25:56,040 --> 00:25:59,480 Speaker 1: they currently are should be a big picture, long term operation, 460 00:26:00,040 --> 00:26:02,119 Speaker 1: especially in the division they are. Now, you get a 461 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,120 Speaker 1: younger guy with a big picture view spytech and him 462 00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:06,920 Speaker 1: can do it the right way. And to me, the 463 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:09,760 Speaker 1: number one thing they have to do, and this is 464 00:26:09,800 --> 00:26:12,760 Speaker 1: not easy because he's everything you want in a player. 465 00:26:13,040 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: But for the health of your organization is you have 466 00:26:15,600 --> 00:26:18,800 Speaker 1: to entertain trading Max Crosby this offseason. You don't have 467 00:26:18,920 --> 00:26:21,280 Speaker 1: to do it, but you're insane if you don't go 468 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 1: to the combine and you talk to people and just go, hey, 469 00:26:24,200 --> 00:26:26,560 Speaker 1: could we get a couple first round picks and just 470 00:26:26,920 --> 00:26:29,960 Speaker 1: change the course of our setup here and invest in 471 00:26:30,000 --> 00:26:34,040 Speaker 1: the offensive line and just kind of start over, and 472 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:37,040 Speaker 1: in fairness, kind of throw Max Crosby a bone. Let 473 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 1: him go to a place that can win. A Chicago, 474 00:26:41,040 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: a Philly, a Detroit, a Buffalo, you name it, but 475 00:26:45,960 --> 00:26:47,760 Speaker 1: a team that's gonna compete for the playoffs, because the 476 00:26:47,800 --> 00:26:49,480 Speaker 1: Raiders just simply are not going to compete for the 477 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:51,960 Speaker 1: playoffs next year. And if you're Max Crosby in the 478 00:26:52,000 --> 00:26:55,560 Speaker 1: prime of your career, you play your ass off, you 479 00:26:55,640 --> 00:26:57,440 Speaker 1: kind of deserve that. It's kind of got an NBA 480 00:26:57,600 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: like Kevin Garnett Jannis Field. It's like this ain't working. 481 00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:04,359 Speaker 1: We're not on the same timelines here. And for the 482 00:27:04,400 --> 00:27:07,280 Speaker 1: first time, it feels like the Raiders now have a 483 00:27:07,359 --> 00:27:10,200 Speaker 1: vision in a couple of years because they've just been 484 00:27:10,200 --> 00:27:13,280 Speaker 1: off kilter with all the firings. And you bring in 485 00:27:13,280 --> 00:27:16,240 Speaker 1: a young guy and you just let him in spytech 486 00:27:16,560 --> 00:27:18,800 Speaker 1: cook and just see if they can build it around 487 00:27:18,840 --> 00:27:21,399 Speaker 1: the quarterback. And they're lucky that. You know, some drafts 488 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:24,919 Speaker 1: have a quarterback that you feel very comfortable with, and 489 00:27:25,200 --> 00:27:27,240 Speaker 1: this is a guy to me that fits this offensive 490 00:27:27,240 --> 00:27:30,320 Speaker 1: scheme perfectly. So if I'm a Raider fan, I'm pretty excited. 491 00:27:30,359 --> 00:27:33,919 Speaker 1: We get a young hot shot who really resurrected his 492 00:27:34,000 --> 00:27:37,280 Speaker 1: career over the last couple of years in terms of 493 00:27:37,359 --> 00:27:40,200 Speaker 1: just becoming an offensive coordinator, being a guy like God, 494 00:27:40,240 --> 00:27:42,359 Speaker 1: this guy knows this system like the back of his hand. 495 00:27:42,440 --> 00:27:45,960 Speaker 1: Of course he does. It's literally his dad's family business. 496 00:27:46,359 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: This offense. That this offense we talked so much about 497 00:27:50,320 --> 00:27:53,639 Speaker 1: the Shanahan family. Go back and look when Kyle was 498 00:27:53,800 --> 00:27:58,159 Speaker 1: Gary's offensive coordinator with the Houston Texans, when they had 499 00:27:58,200 --> 00:28:02,040 Speaker 1: the likes of I'm trying to think of the running back. 500 00:28:02,080 --> 00:28:05,000 Speaker 1: I don't know why I'm blinking right now. He's from Tennessee, 501 00:28:05,440 --> 00:28:09,320 Speaker 1: Arian Foster and the number one rushing attack in the league. 502 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:13,040 Speaker 1: They had Andre Johnson and the tight ends thrived. The 503 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,399 Speaker 1: offense was football porn. It didn't get any better. It 504 00:28:16,440 --> 00:28:20,719 Speaker 1: was unstoppable. Matt Schaub was their quarterback and they were 505 00:28:20,760 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: going to the playoffs every year. Now they didn't go 506 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:26,040 Speaker 1: anywhere in the playoffs, but it kicked asd and took names. 507 00:28:26,520 --> 00:28:30,560 Speaker 1: So props to the Raiders for finally doing something that goes, oh, 508 00:28:30,560 --> 00:28:34,480 Speaker 1: that makes a lot of sense. Kyle Shanahan, Robert Saw 509 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: left and he needed a defensive coordinator and a lot 510 00:28:37,640 --> 00:28:40,280 Speaker 1: of signs pointed to like Gus Bradley, who had been 511 00:28:40,320 --> 00:28:42,600 Speaker 1: on the staff. I think they had kind of brought 512 00:28:42,680 --> 00:28:45,320 Speaker 1: him with Robert because they knew that Saw could get 513 00:28:45,320 --> 00:28:47,520 Speaker 1: ahead of coaching job, and obviously he did. I was like, Oh, 514 00:28:47,600 --> 00:28:50,040 Speaker 1: he's just gonna name Gus Bradley the guy, and Kyle 515 00:28:50,080 --> 00:28:51,960 Speaker 1: even said at the end of the year press conference 516 00:28:52,600 --> 00:28:55,800 Speaker 1: that Gus Bradley's the number one internal candidate. But the 517 00:28:55,840 --> 00:28:59,680 Speaker 1: moment Raheem Morris got fired, and obviously when Jim Schwartz 518 00:28:59,720 --> 00:29:02,600 Speaker 1: became available last week in theory. Who knows that the 519 00:29:02,600 --> 00:29:05,960 Speaker 1: Browns let him go. You couldn't hire Gus Bradley. Gus 520 00:29:05,960 --> 00:29:08,680 Speaker 1: Bradley seems like a great guy, But the forty nine Ers, 521 00:29:09,240 --> 00:29:11,560 Speaker 1: I couldn't name my defensive coordinator one. I think he's 522 00:29:11,880 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: not a great defensive coordinator. Great guy, probably a great 523 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:17,840 Speaker 1: position coach, great guy to have in the operation. But 524 00:29:18,000 --> 00:29:20,560 Speaker 1: if you had the opportunity to get Raheem Morse, if 525 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:22,520 Speaker 1: you had the opportunity to get Jim Schwartz, you had 526 00:29:22,560 --> 00:29:25,320 Speaker 1: to do it. Especially Kyle and Raheem are like really 527 00:29:25,320 --> 00:29:28,960 Speaker 1: good friends. I mean, Kyle Shanahan and Sean McVay are 528 00:29:28,960 --> 00:29:34,960 Speaker 1: like Raheem's guys. So love the hire part of the 529 00:29:35,000 --> 00:29:40,080 Speaker 1: forty nine ers. You know Robert Solid Demico Ryans. They 530 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:44,040 Speaker 1: have not only had great defensive coaches, those guys really 531 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:48,480 Speaker 1: resonated with their players. There was something about Fred and Bosa, 532 00:29:49,200 --> 00:29:51,960 Speaker 1: about the way they talked to those guys and the 533 00:29:52,000 --> 00:29:54,640 Speaker 1: way they interacted with those guys that just inspired something 534 00:29:54,640 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: that other guys have not, And I think that was 535 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,320 Speaker 1: something that Raheem brings to the table. I mentioned this 536 00:29:59,360 --> 00:30:04,520 Speaker 1: with Brian Fluor. Not a good head coach clearly right, 537 00:30:04,640 --> 00:30:07,720 Speaker 1: I'm talking about Raheem Morse. But there's nothing like being 538 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:09,800 Speaker 1: a number two in the NFL. When you're a highly 539 00:30:10,520 --> 00:30:15,600 Speaker 1: thought of and you know, desired individual, you make millions 540 00:30:15,600 --> 00:30:18,719 Speaker 1: of dollars. So I think Raheem Morris makes a ton 541 00:30:18,760 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: of sense, and I honestly I don't think the forty 542 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:25,000 Speaker 1: niners will really skip a beat. I mean, I actually 543 00:30:25,000 --> 00:30:26,960 Speaker 1: think you could kind of maintain that level. He just 544 00:30:27,000 --> 00:30:29,320 Speaker 1: had a ton of success before he went to Atlanta 545 00:30:29,360 --> 00:30:32,320 Speaker 1: with Sean McVay in La. He's a really really good 546 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:38,080 Speaker 1: defensive mind. He's just a fantastic certain guys. Saala has this. 547 00:30:38,160 --> 00:30:41,360 Speaker 1: They're just elite with players, I mean elite with players 548 00:30:41,400 --> 00:30:43,760 Speaker 1: and Raheem iss and there's something that I don't know 549 00:30:43,800 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 1: if he's missing when he's a head coach. Maybe maybe 550 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:48,520 Speaker 1: he's just the accountability isn't there. You don't need to 551 00:30:48,560 --> 00:30:50,960 Speaker 1: do that with the forty nine ers. Kyle handles that right, 552 00:30:51,000 --> 00:30:54,760 Speaker 1: The organization handles that. Rahem just gets the coach, just 553 00:30:54,800 --> 00:30:57,000 Speaker 1: gets the fire guys up and fucking scheme the defense. 554 00:30:57,280 --> 00:31:03,479 Speaker 1: So love the hire. The Arizona Cardinals have have hired 555 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:08,320 Speaker 1: Matt Lafleur or Mike Lafloor, Matt is the coach agreement 556 00:31:08,360 --> 00:31:12,640 Speaker 1: Packers Mike's Mike and Madder brothers, obviously, And my number 557 00:31:12,680 --> 00:31:17,479 Speaker 1: one take is like whatever, And this is nothing against Lafloor, 558 00:31:17,840 --> 00:31:19,560 Speaker 1: who probably got a raw deal a couple of years 559 00:31:19,600 --> 00:31:22,800 Speaker 1: ago when Woody forced him to fire Robert to fire him. 560 00:31:23,320 --> 00:31:25,840 Speaker 1: This Arizona job's horrendous. I know they got some players, 561 00:31:25,840 --> 00:31:27,960 Speaker 1: they have no quarterback, and they're in a division with 562 00:31:28,000 --> 00:31:31,640 Speaker 1: Sean McVay, Kyle shanahan, and Mike McDonald with an owner 563 00:31:31,720 --> 00:31:34,520 Speaker 1: who is one of, if not the cheapest guys in 564 00:31:34,560 --> 00:31:38,560 Speaker 1: the league that the league would love to have him 565 00:31:38,560 --> 00:31:42,320 Speaker 1: sell the team. That's a Roger Goodell wet dream that 566 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:44,480 Speaker 1: Bidwell calls him one day is like I want out. 567 00:31:44,640 --> 00:31:47,120 Speaker 1: I want to cash in. Get my You probably sell 568 00:31:47,160 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: the team for five to seven billion dollars and just 569 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,920 Speaker 1: cash out. They would there's they would love that to happen, 570 00:31:55,080 --> 00:31:58,520 Speaker 1: but no signs point to that happening anytime soon. So 571 00:31:58,600 --> 00:32:01,360 Speaker 1: you got to deal with him. This organization is just 572 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:05,760 Speaker 1: it's been terrible since I was a kid, and I 573 00:32:05,760 --> 00:32:08,960 Speaker 1: don't see much changing. So I don't blame Lafloor for 574 00:32:09,040 --> 00:32:12,120 Speaker 1: taking this job. You get a huge raise, they fire 575 00:32:12,160 --> 00:32:13,400 Speaker 1: you in a couple of years. I gotta pay you 576 00:32:13,440 --> 00:32:14,920 Speaker 1: to go away, and you can just be an offensive 577 00:32:14,920 --> 00:32:19,080 Speaker 1: coordinator somewhere else. But what is their path? How do 578 00:32:19,120 --> 00:32:21,880 Speaker 1: you find? Who are the quarterbacks even available? One in 579 00:32:21,920 --> 00:32:24,960 Speaker 1: free agency? And this draft is terrible, so and you 580 00:32:25,000 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: obviously don't know the number one pick. This is nothing 581 00:32:27,920 --> 00:32:30,600 Speaker 1: against Lafleur as a coach, which I'm sure he will 582 00:32:30,640 --> 00:32:33,800 Speaker 1: be fine, like Kubiak will run that thing. But I 583 00:32:33,840 --> 00:32:38,040 Speaker 1: would say the same thing kind of about the Raider job. 584 00:32:38,160 --> 00:32:39,840 Speaker 1: If there was no quarterback to be at I'd be like, 585 00:32:39,920 --> 00:32:42,320 Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? And that's my question to Arizona, 586 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: what are you gonna do? And the answer is I 587 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,760 Speaker 1: don't know. Neither do they because there is no answer 588 00:32:48,360 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: in the immediate future. So if you have no quarterback 589 00:32:50,960 --> 00:32:54,040 Speaker 1: in this league, we saw last year Jacoby actually didn't 590 00:32:54,040 --> 00:32:56,560 Speaker 1: play bad and they were getting their ass kicked every 591 00:32:56,920 --> 00:33:01,200 Speaker 1: single week. So I just think Cardinal fans, I don't 592 00:33:01,200 --> 00:33:04,400 Speaker 1: know how many there are of you. I know, Producer 593 00:33:04,480 --> 00:33:07,360 Speaker 1: Jackson's a big one. I think you're in for dark 594 00:33:07,440 --> 00:33:11,080 Speaker 1: days ahead. I just don't see much changing. I really don't. 595 00:33:11,760 --> 00:33:15,200 Speaker 1: And another big story that was reported at the end 596 00:33:15,240 --> 00:33:18,880 Speaker 1: of last week that seems kind of all but confirmed 597 00:33:19,800 --> 00:33:25,840 Speaker 1: is the Seattle Seahawks are going to go up for sale. 598 00:33:26,240 --> 00:33:28,520 Speaker 1: You know, Paul Allen, the owner of the Blazers in 599 00:33:28,560 --> 00:33:31,880 Speaker 1: Seattle and the Seahawks, passed away several years ago and 600 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: now it's in his family. There there was a report 601 00:33:34,320 --> 00:33:37,120 Speaker 1: by the Wall Street Journal that the NFL find them 602 00:33:37,120 --> 00:33:40,800 Speaker 1: for five million dollars because of some sort of ownership 603 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,040 Speaker 1: I don't even you know, they didn't meet certain standards. 604 00:33:46,200 --> 00:33:48,959 Speaker 1: It was kind of confusing. I didn't quite understand it. 605 00:33:49,520 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 1: The NFL is pushed back saying that was not true. 606 00:33:52,120 --> 00:33:55,959 Speaker 1: The Seattle Seahawks denied it. Either way, it all signs 607 00:33:56,080 --> 00:34:01,040 Speaker 1: due point to this franchise becoming available. And it's just, 608 00:34:01,160 --> 00:34:03,520 Speaker 1: you know, the Commanders became available a couple of years ago. 609 00:34:04,760 --> 00:34:07,600 Speaker 1: They had no quarterback, they had no coach, it they 610 00:34:07,640 --> 00:34:11,080 Speaker 1: have a changing name all the time, they need a 611 00:34:11,080 --> 00:34:14,440 Speaker 1: new stadium. It's just it was a lot, right, and 612 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:18,719 Speaker 1: that's franchise went for what six billion dollars. Seattle could 613 00:34:18,840 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: potentially becoming office supable. I mean, they're the heavy favorites 614 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:24,520 Speaker 1: to win this game. I think most of us unless 615 00:34:24,520 --> 00:34:27,719 Speaker 1: there's some patriot Diard expects Seattle to win unless Sam 616 00:34:27,800 --> 00:34:32,320 Speaker 1: Darnell plays a terrible game. They have a star young coach, 617 00:34:32,880 --> 00:34:36,560 Speaker 1: they have a superstar general manager. It doesn't get that 618 00:34:36,680 --> 00:34:40,000 Speaker 1: much better, you know. Like I look at the Lakers 619 00:34:40,280 --> 00:34:44,440 Speaker 1: that Jenie sold. The percentage was valued on ten billion dollars. 620 00:34:45,560 --> 00:34:48,719 Speaker 1: I think it's a little bit not overvalued because it's 621 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:52,080 Speaker 1: an all time great brand. But is JJ Redick any good? 622 00:34:52,520 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: You know, it's like, okay, you got Luca, well, okay, 623 00:34:55,320 --> 00:34:58,839 Speaker 1: Lebron's about to retire, the local television revenue is going 624 00:34:58,880 --> 00:35:03,000 Speaker 1: to slowly disappear. It's actually more of a and you 625 00:35:03,120 --> 00:35:05,719 Speaker 1: got a salary cap that's hard capped. It's a little 626 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,200 Speaker 1: more challenging than just like paying a premium to buy 627 00:35:08,239 --> 00:35:11,960 Speaker 1: the Dodgers. To me, this NFL team that has an 628 00:35:11,960 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 1: incredible fan base. And this is not me shitting on Lakers. 629 00:35:15,239 --> 00:35:18,160 Speaker 1: My point is taking over that job is gonna take 630 00:35:18,200 --> 00:35:20,640 Speaker 1: some work, right. It's not like it's just hey, ready 631 00:35:20,640 --> 00:35:24,439 Speaker 1: made Phil Jackson, Kobe Bryant, shack boom, Jerry West taking 632 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: run like that's not quite Seattle, but they're much closer 633 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,320 Speaker 1: to that than they are, Like the Washington commanders a 634 00:35:31,320 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: couple of years. So whatever the number is, Now, how 635 00:35:34,960 --> 00:35:40,759 Speaker 1: many humans on this earth can't afford to pay five, six, 636 00:35:40,880 --> 00:35:43,840 Speaker 1: seven eight billion dollars for something? Right? It's why a 637 00:35:43,880 --> 00:35:46,400 Speaker 1: lot of these groups now or teams are bought in groups. 638 00:35:47,400 --> 00:35:49,879 Speaker 1: You know, there have been rumors about Jeff Bezos. Could 639 00:35:49,920 --> 00:35:52,799 Speaker 1: he purchase it? Does he want to? Like? Does he 640 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:56,480 Speaker 1: want to own an NFL team? Could he? Yes? Does 641 00:35:56,480 --> 00:35:58,399 Speaker 1: he want to? Because if you don't want to, why 642 00:35:58,400 --> 00:36:01,840 Speaker 1: do you want to hassle? So how many Jeff Bezos 643 00:36:01,880 --> 00:36:03,960 Speaker 1: types are there? There's not as many as you think. 644 00:36:04,640 --> 00:36:06,440 Speaker 1: And here's the other thing. The NFL's does not sell 645 00:36:06,480 --> 00:36:09,200 Speaker 1: them to anybody. They gotta feel comfortable. Like David Tepper 646 00:36:09,280 --> 00:36:12,160 Speaker 1: was already a minority owner, Jimmy Haslam was already a 647 00:36:12,160 --> 00:36:15,040 Speaker 1: minority owner. Both those guys were already in the circle. 648 00:36:15,440 --> 00:36:18,959 Speaker 1: I've said this forever about commissioners. They are never gonna 649 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:23,319 Speaker 1: hire a commissioner that's from like the number two for 650 00:36:23,400 --> 00:36:27,000 Speaker 1: Jamie Diamond. It's like, oh, the NFL just Roger Goodell's 651 00:36:27,000 --> 00:36:31,640 Speaker 1: replacement was coming from JP Morgan Chase. That's never happening. Now. 652 00:36:31,840 --> 00:36:34,839 Speaker 1: There's too many bodies buried, too much shady shit going. 653 00:36:35,160 --> 00:36:37,600 Speaker 1: You keep it in the house. It's like a membership. 654 00:36:37,600 --> 00:36:40,160 Speaker 1: It's like Augusta National. Once you're in the club, you're 655 00:36:40,200 --> 00:36:43,320 Speaker 1: in the club. But everything stays in the club. Anything 656 00:36:43,320 --> 00:36:46,279 Speaker 1: gets leaked, you're in fucking big trouble. That's not gonna 657 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:49,839 Speaker 1: fly here. It's why I've said Brian Rolapped the new 658 00:36:49,880 --> 00:36:52,360 Speaker 1: PGA Tour commissioner. Why do you think he took that 659 00:36:52,480 --> 00:36:55,120 Speaker 1: job because he wants to prove to the NFL owners 660 00:36:55,120 --> 00:36:57,640 Speaker 1: when Roger retires. Look at me, look at what I've done. 661 00:36:58,800 --> 00:37:01,160 Speaker 1: Like you already knew me. You're already comfortable with me. 662 00:37:01,280 --> 00:37:04,400 Speaker 1: You know, I know what no one else is supposed 663 00:37:04,440 --> 00:37:06,520 Speaker 1: to know. But now I've proven that I can run 664 00:37:06,560 --> 00:37:10,280 Speaker 1: this which is way more difficult and way more niche 665 00:37:10,320 --> 00:37:13,279 Speaker 1: and had way more shit going on than you guys do. 666 00:37:13,920 --> 00:37:16,600 Speaker 1: It's pretty like I would be stunned if Brian Rolapp 667 00:37:16,640 --> 00:37:19,280 Speaker 1: is not the next commissioner of the National Football League. 668 00:37:19,280 --> 00:37:21,879 Speaker 1: They're not just going to hire like some random business guy. 669 00:37:21,920 --> 00:37:23,799 Speaker 1: That's not how it works. Look at all the other 670 00:37:23,840 --> 00:37:27,920 Speaker 1: sports man, Fred Adam Silver, you keep it in the family. 671 00:37:28,600 --> 00:37:33,560 Speaker 1: So I am fascinated. Is there a guy, a minority 672 00:37:33,600 --> 00:37:36,520 Speaker 1: owner on a different team with a bunch of money 673 00:37:36,520 --> 00:37:40,360 Speaker 1: that wants his own team, because clearly Jimmy Haslam, David Tepper, 674 00:37:41,000 --> 00:37:43,040 Speaker 1: Josh Harris was kind of unique. This is this ultra 675 00:37:43,120 --> 00:37:46,080 Speaker 1: rich guy who already owned a team someone like that, 676 00:37:47,200 --> 00:37:50,080 Speaker 1: which again I don't know who's gonna be, but they're 677 00:37:50,080 --> 00:37:52,479 Speaker 1: gonna get a ton of money, and whoever does buy 678 00:37:52,560 --> 00:37:55,560 Speaker 1: this team is going to be pretty lucky because this 679 00:37:55,640 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: team is a pretty unique by Typically, like you buy 680 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:02,279 Speaker 1: the Browns, right, you buy the Panthers, you just buy 681 00:38:02,320 --> 00:38:04,880 Speaker 1: something that's in shambles. That is not the case here. 682 00:38:04,920 --> 00:38:08,200 Speaker 1: When's the last time. Let's assume they win, So they 683 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:11,959 Speaker 1: win the Super Bowl, A championship team within a week 684 00:38:12,080 --> 00:38:16,279 Speaker 1: or a month just is available for purchase. I'm sure 685 00:38:16,280 --> 00:38:19,760 Speaker 1: it's happened before, way back in the day. Doesn't feel 686 00:38:19,760 --> 00:38:25,239 Speaker 1: like it's happened anytime recently. So the Allens are going 687 00:38:25,320 --> 00:38:29,040 Speaker 1: to make out Paulitizer's credit. I mean he made a 688 00:38:29,080 --> 00:38:33,120 Speaker 1: couple of purchases and that they've been financially pretty lucrative, 689 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,600 Speaker 1: you know, pretty good. ROI on buying that bad boy, 690 00:38:37,040 --> 00:38:40,280 Speaker 1: so you know, Seattle, he gets a lot of credit 691 00:38:40,280 --> 00:38:43,040 Speaker 1: that John Schneider, Pete Carrol tandem and then is obviously 692 00:38:43,160 --> 00:38:47,040 Speaker 1: keeping John has just kept the thing rolling. So I'm 693 00:38:47,040 --> 00:38:49,680 Speaker 1: sure that'll be a story this week about the potential sale, 694 00:38:50,040 --> 00:38:52,600 Speaker 1: who would be interested, what would be names to keep 695 00:38:52,600 --> 00:39:03,160 Speaker 1: an eye on, But we'll follow that one audios m