1 00:00:00,640 --> 00:00:03,520 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Let's bring in the popular Rick Stroud. I 3 00:00:07,080 --> 00:00:09,560 Speaker 1: didn't think i'd be talking to Rick probably the rest 4 00:00:09,560 --> 00:00:12,360 Speaker 1: of my life. He covers the Buccaneers for the Tampa 5 00:00:12,400 --> 00:00:16,320 Speaker 1: Bay Times host Sports Day Tampa Bay podcast. I think 6 00:00:16,320 --> 00:00:18,959 Speaker 1: those were my last words to you, Rick, and here 7 00:00:18,960 --> 00:00:23,160 Speaker 1: you are, just like Brady, You're back. If I would 8 00:00:23,200 --> 00:00:25,800 Speaker 1: have asked you, if I would have asked you on 9 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:29,600 Speaker 1: Friday that Tom Brady is coming back or he's going 10 00:00:29,640 --> 00:00:34,200 Speaker 1: to stay retired, what would you have said? Retired? Yeah? Yeah, 11 00:00:34,240 --> 00:00:36,320 Speaker 1: it's it's this whole thing is weird. Man. I can't 12 00:00:36,320 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: get used to the time change. Like it's Jason Lake 13 00:00:39,520 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: Savings time right now, right, I mean it's like twenty 14 00:00:43,920 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: and twenty, Like I woke up and they did it 15 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:49,960 Speaker 1: all over again. Right, they got remarried. You know there 16 00:00:50,040 --> 00:00:52,120 Speaker 1: was always a chance, right. I mean, people I talked 17 00:00:52,120 --> 00:00:54,680 Speaker 1: too close to Brady said he'd give him, give him 18 00:00:54,800 --> 00:00:57,760 Speaker 1: ninety days. Well he only needed forty. And I don't 19 00:00:57,800 --> 00:01:00,360 Speaker 1: think you know, the timing is not coincident. I mean, 20 00:01:00,480 --> 00:01:03,800 Speaker 1: you know we're starting at noon today, a period where 21 00:01:04,040 --> 00:01:06,360 Speaker 1: any team can reach a deal with any free agent 22 00:01:06,720 --> 00:01:09,520 Speaker 1: from another team, and so you know, Tom obviously wants 23 00:01:09,560 --> 00:01:11,880 Speaker 1: to win. If he wants to win, he's got to 24 00:01:11,920 --> 00:01:13,920 Speaker 1: keep his guys in. We've already seen a deal done 25 00:01:13,920 --> 00:01:16,840 Speaker 1: for Ryan Jensen, which was probably a little bit of 26 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:19,160 Speaker 1: a savings. I think Jensen could have gotten fifteen million 27 00:01:19,160 --> 00:01:22,720 Speaker 1: dollars a year. He comes back for thirteen million to 28 00:01:22,800 --> 00:01:24,960 Speaker 1: play with Brady, and you're gonna see a lot of signings, 29 00:01:25,000 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: I think really in the next few hours, even for 30 00:01:28,720 --> 00:01:30,960 Speaker 1: the Bucks to retain as many of their guys as 31 00:01:31,000 --> 00:01:33,720 Speaker 1: they can, and of course they got the draft and 32 00:01:33,760 --> 00:01:36,440 Speaker 1: their own free agency to deal with. Are you more 33 00:01:36,440 --> 00:01:41,120 Speaker 1: surprised that he retired or did a young retire? I 34 00:01:41,240 --> 00:01:43,880 Speaker 1: think I was a little more surprised that he retired, 35 00:01:44,040 --> 00:01:46,680 Speaker 1: And it might have to do with why he's not 36 00:01:46,800 --> 00:01:49,840 Speaker 1: retired now, and that is Dan He was playing as 37 00:01:49,880 --> 00:01:52,080 Speaker 1: good a football as he has ever played. I mean, 38 00:01:52,720 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 1: the tape shows it. The arm strength was certainly there. 39 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:57,559 Speaker 1: He led the league in passing, you know, five thousand, 40 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,720 Speaker 1: three hundred and sixteen yards forty three touchdown. How they 41 00:02:00,760 --> 00:02:02,800 Speaker 1: should have won that last game he brought him back, 42 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,360 Speaker 1: you know, down twenty four or whatever it was. They 43 00:02:05,400 --> 00:02:07,080 Speaker 1: tied up with under a minute to go, and if 44 00:02:07,080 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 1: not for some really bad defense down the stretch, you know, 45 00:02:10,040 --> 00:02:12,040 Speaker 1: the Rams kicked the field goal and win. But if 46 00:02:12,040 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: the Bucks win in that game, they're hosting San Francisco, 47 00:02:14,480 --> 00:02:16,480 Speaker 1: right and maybe they go on and win the Super Bowl. 48 00:02:16,680 --> 00:02:19,640 Speaker 1: And I think Tom realized that and he said it, 49 00:02:19,680 --> 00:02:21,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I don't know what unfinished business you could have, 50 00:02:21,960 --> 00:02:25,840 Speaker 1: but he's found some. And I think that he just 51 00:02:25,880 --> 00:02:28,079 Speaker 1: felt like when he gets to September, he's going to 52 00:02:28,160 --> 00:02:30,840 Speaker 1: know he should be playing football, and you know, that 53 00:02:30,880 --> 00:02:33,200 Speaker 1: decision needed to be made, and it needed to be made, 54 00:02:33,200 --> 00:02:36,120 Speaker 1: you know, before today. I wonder if he had won 55 00:02:36,120 --> 00:02:40,320 Speaker 1: another Super Bowl this past year, that would have been 56 00:02:40,960 --> 00:02:43,959 Speaker 1: the finality to this. That he's always going to have 57 00:02:44,040 --> 00:02:47,359 Speaker 1: unfinished business unless he wins the super Bowl. But then 58 00:02:47,840 --> 00:02:50,480 Speaker 1: you know, that's where you want to come back because 59 00:02:50,480 --> 00:02:52,840 Speaker 1: you just won the super Bowl. So it never ends 60 00:02:53,280 --> 00:02:56,720 Speaker 1: unless it's an injury. But you know, he's healthy, and 61 00:02:56,800 --> 00:02:58,919 Speaker 1: that's what I wonder about. How he comes up with 62 00:02:59,000 --> 00:03:03,960 Speaker 1: the now I'm ready to retire, I don't know, And 63 00:03:04,000 --> 00:03:06,440 Speaker 1: we talked about this when he did retire. You know, 64 00:03:06,560 --> 00:03:08,920 Speaker 1: the great ones are always the ones that don't know 65 00:03:09,080 --> 00:03:11,120 Speaker 1: when to leave the party. You know, the lights are 66 00:03:11,120 --> 00:03:13,080 Speaker 1: on and the vacuum cleaners are going, and they're still 67 00:03:13,080 --> 00:03:16,000 Speaker 1: there at the bar, and you know, Tom Brady can 68 00:03:16,040 --> 00:03:18,160 Speaker 1: still sling it. You know he can still do it, 69 00:03:18,160 --> 00:03:21,040 Speaker 1: and he's taking a risk, Let's be honest. You know, 70 00:03:21,080 --> 00:03:23,040 Speaker 1: he could have walked away on top, maybe not after 71 00:03:23,120 --> 00:03:25,360 Speaker 1: the confetti. I think the thought was they wouldn't win 72 00:03:25,400 --> 00:03:27,440 Speaker 1: a super Bowl in their first year, but maybe their second, 73 00:03:27,440 --> 00:03:30,680 Speaker 1: and they kind of did it reverse right. But the 74 00:03:30,720 --> 00:03:34,280 Speaker 1: fact is is that you know, he could get hurt 75 00:03:34,600 --> 00:03:36,960 Speaker 1: and we might you know, God forbid, he looks like 76 00:03:37,000 --> 00:03:39,680 Speaker 1: Ben Roethlisberger at some point. I mean, these are all things. 77 00:03:40,040 --> 00:03:42,840 Speaker 1: We don't know what the last image of Tom Brady 78 00:03:42,880 --> 00:03:45,280 Speaker 1: will be. We know what you know, how he played 79 00:03:45,320 --> 00:03:47,320 Speaker 1: in the final game against the Rams last year, but 80 00:03:47,320 --> 00:03:49,080 Speaker 1: we don't know how this is going to go. And 81 00:03:49,160 --> 00:03:52,560 Speaker 1: so he's taking a risk, but it's a calculated one 82 00:03:52,720 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: and I think that he's pretty comfortable knowing the landscape 83 00:03:56,800 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 1: of the NFC, especially in the NFC South. They can 84 00:03:59,320 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: absolutely in this division, but they have a brutal schedule. 85 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: They play in Germany, they play a ton of playoff teams, Cincinnati, 86 00:04:05,960 --> 00:04:09,720 Speaker 1: the Rams, you know, in Baltimore, all these teams, and 87 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:11,720 Speaker 1: it's gonna be it's gonna be a tougher road this 88 00:04:11,800 --> 00:04:13,520 Speaker 1: year they go. You know, it's not going to be 89 00:04:13,520 --> 00:04:16,839 Speaker 1: easy for him, for sure. How does Brady coming back 90 00:04:17,000 --> 00:04:21,760 Speaker 1: change the direction of this team? If Blaine gatherged the quarterback, 91 00:04:21,880 --> 00:04:26,800 Speaker 1: what is the direction as opposed to Tom Brady downward? 92 00:04:27,320 --> 00:04:31,240 Speaker 1: I mean nothing against playing gabber like a rebuild yet 93 00:04:31,279 --> 00:04:33,840 Speaker 1: well yet kind of. I mean, for sure, I think 94 00:04:33,880 --> 00:04:36,120 Speaker 1: what they would have done. You know, look, I know 95 00:04:36,200 --> 00:04:38,360 Speaker 1: they were in it in the talks for the Shaun Watson, 96 00:04:38,400 --> 00:04:40,560 Speaker 1: but Bruce Arians when I talked to him yesterday, said 97 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:42,640 Speaker 1: he just didn't think that was going to happen. Now, 98 00:04:42,640 --> 00:04:46,240 Speaker 1: whether that's ownership or compensation, he was not confident they 99 00:04:46,240 --> 00:04:48,279 Speaker 1: were going to get to Shaun Watson. So they would 100 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:50,719 Speaker 1: have signed another free agent, you know, whether that's Teddy 101 00:04:50,720 --> 00:04:53,520 Speaker 1: Bridgewater or somebody else, to compete with Blaine and try 102 00:04:53,560 --> 00:04:55,880 Speaker 1: to bring along Kyle Trask. I mean, they like Kyle Trask. 103 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,000 Speaker 1: He just simply hasn't played yet a red shirt year 104 00:04:58,080 --> 00:05:01,360 Speaker 1: last year and barely have to practice at times. And 105 00:05:01,400 --> 00:05:05,040 Speaker 1: so Kyle gets another another red shirt. You're maybe he 106 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:08,880 Speaker 1: progresses to be the backup. But I think, you know, 107 00:05:09,000 --> 00:05:11,840 Speaker 1: it would have looked totally different. And you know, and 108 00:05:12,160 --> 00:05:14,360 Speaker 1: some of these players like Ryan Jensen may not have 109 00:05:14,360 --> 00:05:16,960 Speaker 1: come back, and Grown wouldn't have come back, And so 110 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:20,240 Speaker 1: I think it's a it's a big difference between rebuild 111 00:05:20,240 --> 00:05:23,000 Speaker 1: and reload or remodel. You know, they were saying remodel. 112 00:05:23,040 --> 00:05:25,600 Speaker 1: It was a rebuild when you when you're talking about 113 00:05:25,600 --> 00:05:27,800 Speaker 1: the quarterback position. I mean, look, how many teams are 114 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,839 Speaker 1: looking for them? Um, you know. So so from that standpoint, 115 00:05:30,880 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 1: I think I think they did the right thing here. 116 00:05:34,120 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: If I gave you one question to ask to Brady, 117 00:05:36,920 --> 00:05:41,760 Speaker 1: knowing that he would give you an honest answer, what 118 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:46,240 Speaker 1: was the tipping point? What was that moment right where 119 00:05:46,279 --> 00:05:49,160 Speaker 1: you said I have to play? Um? You know, I 120 00:05:49,240 --> 00:05:51,599 Speaker 1: know there's a lot of talk about his family. Really 121 00:05:51,600 --> 00:05:53,839 Speaker 1: the offseason was just like it's always been. You know, 122 00:05:53,920 --> 00:05:55,600 Speaker 1: he does a lot of traveling, spends a lot of 123 00:05:55,640 --> 00:05:58,600 Speaker 1: time with family. There's a perception that, you know, Giselle 124 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:01,760 Speaker 1: wants him to quit. Maybe she does, Um, she's annoyed 125 00:06:01,800 --> 00:06:03,720 Speaker 1: by that. From what I understand, by the way that 126 00:06:03,720 --> 00:06:05,680 Speaker 1: that's not the case. That you know, she does not 127 00:06:05,800 --> 00:06:07,840 Speaker 1: want to be the one um to you know, to 128 00:06:07,839 --> 00:06:09,800 Speaker 1: tell Tom when he when he's supposed to end his 129 00:06:09,839 --> 00:06:12,799 Speaker 1: career because he loves what he does. There's concern, obviously, 130 00:06:12,880 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: but he loves what he does. So I would just 131 00:06:15,040 --> 00:06:18,280 Speaker 1: want to know what was that What was that clarity 132 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:21,400 Speaker 1: moment that you had? Were you watching TV? Did you 133 00:06:21,400 --> 00:06:23,640 Speaker 1: you know, did it annoy you when Russell Wilson went, 134 00:06:23,800 --> 00:06:26,479 Speaker 1: you know, from Seattle, you know, to Denver. I mean, like, 135 00:06:26,800 --> 00:06:30,039 Speaker 1: what was that moment that made you say, yeah, you 136 00:06:30,040 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: know what, I'm coming back because I know I can 137 00:06:31,880 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: whip these guys butts. Well, I guess I'll be seeing 138 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:37,440 Speaker 1: more of you, Rick, or you'll be seeing more of us. 139 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,960 Speaker 1: But thanks for joining us. Who's always fun? Hey send 140 00:06:41,000 --> 00:06:43,120 Speaker 1: me a T shirt? Man, you know, i'd love to 141 00:06:43,120 --> 00:06:45,960 Speaker 1: get What are the new what are the new slogans? Now? Uh? 142 00:06:46,000 --> 00:06:50,240 Speaker 1: Never say never? Never? Say never? Say never? Are you 143 00:06:50,320 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: a larger extra large? Rick? Oh? I'm an extra large? Yeah, 144 00:06:53,800 --> 00:06:56,720 Speaker 1: no doubt. Okay, all right, we'll we'll take care of them. 145 00:06:57,160 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: You need TV twelve. You need to get on the 146 00:06:59,080 --> 00:07:02,560 Speaker 1: TV twelve regimen. Hey. Well, now, now I got a 147 00:07:02,560 --> 00:07:04,280 Speaker 1: whole year to do it again. You know, like we've 148 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:06,360 Speaker 1: had COVID. We had all these things and I got 149 00:07:06,400 --> 00:07:08,840 Speaker 1: my call with Alex Berrero, so I'm ready to go. Man. 150 00:07:09,240 --> 00:07:12,440 Speaker 1: Thank you. Rick Let's Rick Strout, he covers the Buccaneers 151 00:07:12,480 --> 00:07:14,960 Speaker 1: for the Tampa Bay Time. Thanks for listening to The 152 00:07:15,040 --> 00:07:17,520 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live 153 00:07:17,640 --> 00:07:21,000 Speaker 1: every weekday morning nine to noon Eastern or six to 154 00:07:21,080 --> 00:07:24,160 Speaker 1: nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station 155 00:07:24,240 --> 00:07:26,960 Speaker 1: for The Dan Patrick Show at Fox Sports Radio dot com, 156 00:07:27,280 --> 00:07:30,120 Speaker 1: or stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app 157 00:07:30,360 --> 00:07:34,200 Speaker 1: by searching f s R, or stream us live on 158 00:07:34,280 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: the Peacock Act. Albert Murer, Senior NFL reporter, lead content strategist, 159 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:43,520 Speaker 1: the Monday Morning Quarterback. I don't there's no better easier 160 00:07:43,560 --> 00:07:46,400 Speaker 1: way to segue in, Albert unless you have something on 161 00:07:46,520 --> 00:07:49,080 Speaker 1: Kanye West and p Davis. Oh. I mean, look, I'm 162 00:07:49,120 --> 00:07:51,120 Speaker 1: so out of the loop with Kanye West. I remember, 163 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,480 Speaker 1: I think this is a basketball game. A couple months ago, 164 00:07:54,960 --> 00:07:57,680 Speaker 1: there are pictures in Antonio Brown that came up and 165 00:07:57,880 --> 00:08:00,800 Speaker 1: Kanye had that mask over him or whatever, like where 166 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: it was just like looked like I don't know, look 167 00:08:02,560 --> 00:08:06,840 Speaker 1: a mime or something, you know, And like immediately everybody's like, oh, 168 00:08:06,880 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: AB's with Kanye. I'm like, how do you know that's Kanye? 169 00:08:09,800 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 1: So like, I'm really really out of the loop with 170 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,720 Speaker 1: Kanye West. But that's a hell of a comeback from 171 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:16,800 Speaker 1: Pete Davidson. I don't know how you respond to that one. 172 00:08:17,040 --> 00:08:21,800 Speaker 1: But also didn't AB and Kanye It expressed interest in 173 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:25,920 Speaker 1: buying the Denver Broncos. Yeah, yeah, I guess so, I mean, 174 00:08:26,000 --> 00:08:28,160 Speaker 1: we'll see how that goes for him. I'm not sure that. 175 00:08:28,960 --> 00:08:30,920 Speaker 1: I'm not sure that's gonna work. If I'm Kanye, I 176 00:08:30,920 --> 00:08:34,079 Speaker 1: don't attach to Antonio Brown to the probably not but 177 00:08:34,440 --> 00:08:37,560 Speaker 1: probably not the way to go, like you might John Elway, 178 00:08:37,760 --> 00:08:39,880 Speaker 1: Peyton Manning, he might want to get those people in 179 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,680 Speaker 1: it and on it as investors. You know, Antonio Brown 180 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:48,000 Speaker 1: maybe not more surprised Tom Brady unretired or that he 181 00:08:48,120 --> 00:08:52,839 Speaker 1: retired in the first place. Um, I would say more 182 00:08:53,000 --> 00:08:55,960 Speaker 1: surprised that he'd retired in the first place. And you know, 183 00:08:56,040 --> 00:08:59,640 Speaker 1: I really think Dan like now like kind of like 184 00:08:59,679 --> 00:09:04,480 Speaker 1: getting a global look at this. You know, I think 185 00:09:04,520 --> 00:09:08,480 Speaker 1: either he was forced into making a decision back in 186 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 1: January or he wanted it to look forced to buy 187 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,680 Speaker 1: himself more time. Does that make sense? Like either the 188 00:09:15,720 --> 00:09:18,840 Speaker 1: news coming out when Adam and Jeff had it right 189 00:09:19,440 --> 00:09:22,120 Speaker 1: forced him to sort of push that thing along faster 190 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,840 Speaker 1: than he wanted to push it along, or and it's 191 00:09:25,880 --> 00:09:28,640 Speaker 1: just a conspiracy theory of mine, he wanted it to 192 00:09:28,720 --> 00:09:30,880 Speaker 1: look forced. He wanted it to look like he was 193 00:09:30,920 --> 00:09:33,240 Speaker 1: pushed into it so people would leave him alone for 194 00:09:33,280 --> 00:09:36,120 Speaker 1: five or six weeks and then he could actually sort 195 00:09:36,160 --> 00:09:39,240 Speaker 1: of let the rest of it play out. So you know, 196 00:09:39,360 --> 00:09:41,680 Speaker 1: like that number forty five has been a magic number 197 00:09:41,960 --> 00:09:44,920 Speaker 1: for him for a while. It's not an arbitrary number. 198 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:47,120 Speaker 1: It's a number he and Tom House has throwing coach 199 00:09:47,200 --> 00:09:49,040 Speaker 1: had come up with a long time ago, because that's 200 00:09:49,360 --> 00:09:51,720 Speaker 1: how long Nolan Ryan pitched, and he believed he could 201 00:09:51,760 --> 00:09:54,240 Speaker 1: make it to forty five. I don't think his love 202 00:09:54,280 --> 00:09:57,040 Speaker 1: for football has waned. I don't think that he thinks 203 00:09:57,080 --> 00:10:00,880 Speaker 1: that he's lost much off his fastball now. I think, 204 00:10:01,040 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: as much as anything else, Dan this came down to 205 00:10:03,040 --> 00:10:05,319 Speaker 1: where he was going to play, what team he was 206 00:10:05,360 --> 00:10:07,720 Speaker 1: going to play for in twenty twenty two. But I 207 00:10:07,760 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: don't know that like he ever fully detached from the 208 00:10:10,760 --> 00:10:14,600 Speaker 1: idea of playing even when he announced his retirement, and 209 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:19,280 Speaker 1: like he left breadcrumbs all over the freaking place. I mean, 210 00:10:19,280 --> 00:10:21,640 Speaker 1: it was like, what five days after he announced his 211 00:10:21,679 --> 00:10:25,040 Speaker 1: retirement that he's telling Jim Gray, who knows, you know 212 00:10:25,080 --> 00:10:27,600 Speaker 1: what I mean, Like you never say never, Yeah, and 213 00:10:27,679 --> 00:10:30,360 Speaker 1: that's not the things Those aren't the things you say 214 00:10:30,960 --> 00:10:32,720 Speaker 1: if you've really kind of come to peace with the 215 00:10:32,760 --> 00:10:35,679 Speaker 1: idea that you're walking away from football. But you think 216 00:10:35,800 --> 00:10:38,800 Speaker 1: it's just Tampa, that that there's no chance that he's 217 00:10:39,840 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: because they're making moves now that they might not have 218 00:10:42,200 --> 00:10:44,920 Speaker 1: made if Blaine Gelbert was going to be the quarterback here. 219 00:10:45,120 --> 00:10:47,920 Speaker 1: You think that if Tom's playing, it's Tampa and no 220 00:10:48,000 --> 00:10:50,319 Speaker 1: chance with the forty nine ers. I mean, I think 221 00:10:50,360 --> 00:10:52,079 Speaker 1: that he had an interest in the forty nine ers. 222 00:10:52,080 --> 00:10:54,480 Speaker 1: I also think that forty nine ers, you know, had 223 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:57,920 Speaker 1: an interest in him. I think maybe this is more 224 00:10:58,000 --> 00:10:59,719 Speaker 1: with him coming to peace with the fact that the 225 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:02,800 Speaker 1: Bucks weren't going to let him go anywhere, you know, 226 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:05,000 Speaker 1: And that doesn't mean he didn't want to play for 227 00:11:05,040 --> 00:11:08,360 Speaker 1: the Bucks, but you know, I think, like I think 228 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:10,640 Speaker 1: the timing of this, you know, obviously, is to set 229 00:11:10,679 --> 00:11:12,920 Speaker 1: up at the beginning of the league year. The Bucks 230 00:11:12,920 --> 00:11:14,840 Speaker 1: have a boatload of free agents. Now they took care 231 00:11:15,000 --> 00:11:17,440 Speaker 1: Ryan Jensen last night. But that's just the start. I mean, 232 00:11:17,920 --> 00:11:24,080 Speaker 1: Alice Kappa, Jason Pierre, Paul, Rob Gronkowski, Carlton Davis, you 233 00:11:24,080 --> 00:11:26,800 Speaker 1: can go right on down the line, Leonard Fournette. There 234 00:11:26,840 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: are a ton of guys that are free agents in 235 00:11:29,200 --> 00:11:32,240 Speaker 1: Dominkin Sue. So you know, I think Brady knew that 236 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:34,960 Speaker 1: if he was going to make a decision and if 237 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:37,200 Speaker 1: the Bucks were going to hold him to his contract 238 00:11:37,920 --> 00:11:40,679 Speaker 1: and his option to play in twenty twenty two, was 239 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:43,760 Speaker 1: going to be in Tampa and nowhere else. He had 240 00:11:43,840 --> 00:11:47,120 Speaker 1: to make this decision now, So some of those free 241 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:50,240 Speaker 1: agents would know the landscape and then maybe make the 242 00:11:50,280 --> 00:11:52,280 Speaker 1: decision to come back based on the fact that he 243 00:11:52,360 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: is there, Whereas if he's not there, and you're say, 244 00:11:56,080 --> 00:11:58,679 Speaker 1: like an Alex Kappa or a Carlton Davis or one 245 00:11:58,720 --> 00:12:01,040 Speaker 1: of these guys who's looking or his first real big 246 00:12:01,080 --> 00:12:04,120 Speaker 1: payday as an NFL player, You're probably just going to 247 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,079 Speaker 1: go to the highest bidder. We're talking to Albert Breer. 248 00:12:07,280 --> 00:12:10,160 Speaker 1: You can read the Monday Morning Quarterback. He's a senior 249 00:12:10,280 --> 00:12:14,400 Speaker 1: NFL reporter j Shaun Watson with what happened on Friday 250 00:12:14,880 --> 00:12:20,599 Speaker 1: and then what could happen tomorrow. What's his future, immediate 251 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,360 Speaker 1: future or this season in the NFL. I think like 252 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,760 Speaker 1: from the league standpoint, we still don't have full clarity 253 00:12:27,760 --> 00:12:30,920 Speaker 1: on that because they still could love be a suspension now. 254 00:12:31,320 --> 00:12:33,760 Speaker 1: You know, I've heard the argument as that time served. 255 00:12:33,920 --> 00:12:36,720 Speaker 1: You know, he spent a year not playing, you know, 256 00:12:36,760 --> 00:12:39,679 Speaker 1: he was paid during that year. So like, I think 257 00:12:39,679 --> 00:12:41,679 Speaker 1: that there is a little bit of gray area there, 258 00:12:42,360 --> 00:12:44,200 Speaker 1: But I do think that there's a good amount of 259 00:12:44,200 --> 00:12:46,360 Speaker 1: teams that are comfortable with where this is right now 260 00:12:46,400 --> 00:12:49,960 Speaker 1: after the Graham jury made its decision not to move 261 00:12:50,000 --> 00:12:55,000 Speaker 1: forward with criminal charges. And I can tell you this too, Dan, 262 00:12:55,760 --> 00:12:57,800 Speaker 1: there are a handful of teams. I mean, every team 263 00:12:57,800 --> 00:13:00,480 Speaker 1: that's had an interest in him right has had its 264 00:13:00,480 --> 00:13:03,480 Speaker 1: security people on this, and those security people for people 265 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:06,200 Speaker 1: don't know that's ex law enforcement that these teams employ. 266 00:13:07,840 --> 00:13:10,280 Speaker 1: Those people have been following this for the last year, 267 00:13:10,720 --> 00:13:13,240 Speaker 1: so it's not like teams just started doing homework. I'm 268 00:13:13,280 --> 00:13:16,840 Speaker 1: also told that a smaller number of teams had private 269 00:13:16,880 --> 00:13:19,840 Speaker 1: investigators they employed on the ground in Houston over the 270 00:13:19,920 --> 00:13:22,679 Speaker 1: last year. So there are a couple of teams there 271 00:13:23,280 --> 00:13:26,480 Speaker 1: that are hitting the ground running now that know everything 272 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,960 Speaker 1: about this case, and that are well aware of where 273 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,440 Speaker 1: the civil cases stand. They have their own opinions on 274 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:36,880 Speaker 1: how all that went down. And I mean, I think 275 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:38,800 Speaker 1: you can see with the aggression of teams like the 276 00:13:38,840 --> 00:13:43,200 Speaker 1: Saints and the Panthers that like, not only is this 277 00:13:43,360 --> 00:13:46,680 Speaker 1: you know, not only is that interest there because he's 278 00:13:46,679 --> 00:13:50,160 Speaker 1: a twenty six year old franchise quarterback who led the 279 00:13:50,200 --> 00:13:52,560 Speaker 1: league in passing in twenty twenty two or in twenty 280 00:13:52,640 --> 00:13:55,280 Speaker 1: twenty who is under contract for the next four years, 281 00:13:55,320 --> 00:13:58,199 Speaker 1: which is about as valuable a commodity as there is 282 00:13:58,640 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: in pro football. They've also come to a comfort level 283 00:14:02,400 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: with the off field stuff. And that's not to minimize 284 00:14:05,080 --> 00:14:08,400 Speaker 1: any of the stuff that Deshaun was accused of, but 285 00:14:08,559 --> 00:14:09,959 Speaker 1: there are a lot of teams that have done a 286 00:14:10,000 --> 00:14:11,960 Speaker 1: lot of homework on this, and I think you can 287 00:14:12,000 --> 00:14:15,160 Speaker 1: see which ones are in a good place as far 288 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,760 Speaker 1: as having their owners, which is an important piece that's 289 00:14:18,800 --> 00:14:21,760 Speaker 1: on board with making a run at Deshaun Watson. But 290 00:14:21,920 --> 00:14:25,200 Speaker 1: is this one fell swoop a big, big check that 291 00:14:25,240 --> 00:14:27,680 Speaker 1: he's going to have to write for these women assume? 292 00:14:27,720 --> 00:14:30,440 Speaker 1: I think there's yeah. I mean, I think that there's 293 00:14:30,440 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: a chance that happens now you know, my understanding was 294 00:14:33,560 --> 00:14:35,880 Speaker 1: a while back, there was like, you know, an affordable 295 00:14:35,920 --> 00:14:39,280 Speaker 1: settlement offer made to DeShawn Watson that he walked away from. 296 00:14:39,320 --> 00:14:43,240 Speaker 1: At one point, I know he had resolved to, you know, 297 00:14:43,960 --> 00:14:45,800 Speaker 1: you know, let these things play out and try to 298 00:14:45,840 --> 00:14:50,040 Speaker 1: prove his innocence. Now, Like, do I think he's still 299 00:14:50,080 --> 00:14:53,120 Speaker 1: thinking that way when he's so close to going to 300 00:14:53,160 --> 00:14:56,480 Speaker 1: a new team, when maybe that new team says, before 301 00:14:56,560 --> 00:14:58,640 Speaker 1: we trade for you, we need you to settle all 302 00:14:58,640 --> 00:15:01,960 Speaker 1: of your your your your lawsuits. Yeah, I think it's 303 00:15:01,960 --> 00:15:06,200 Speaker 1: possible that you know that that however a trade goes down, 304 00:15:06,280 --> 00:15:09,840 Speaker 1: it leads to the settlement of these lawsuits because you know, 305 00:15:09,880 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: I think Deshaun Watson probably wants to move on right now. Um, 306 00:15:14,120 --> 00:15:16,600 Speaker 1: you know, but like, I think there have been opportunities 307 00:15:16,640 --> 00:15:18,920 Speaker 1: to do that, to settle all of these over the 308 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:22,320 Speaker 1: last year, and Watson has been resistant to that. So 309 00:15:22,400 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 1: I don't know that it's a slam dunk that he 310 00:15:24,600 --> 00:15:26,880 Speaker 1: necessarily does it. I think if it makes sense for 311 00:15:27,000 --> 00:15:29,880 Speaker 1: him and helps him move on from a football standpoint, 312 00:15:29,960 --> 00:15:36,040 Speaker 1: maybe he would. Saints Panthers and they at the head 313 00:15:36,040 --> 00:15:38,320 Speaker 1: of the class here for DeShawn Watson, anybody else sho 314 00:15:38,400 --> 00:15:43,560 Speaker 1: you throw in there. Saints, Panthers, Cleveland. I've been mentioning 315 00:15:43,560 --> 00:15:48,280 Speaker 1: them for for a year on. I really think Cleveland 316 00:15:48,800 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 1: wants to take a swing here because if you look 317 00:15:50,640 --> 00:15:53,480 Speaker 1: at their roster again, a lot of guys in the 318 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:56,720 Speaker 1: heart of the prime of their careers. Um. I think Philly, 319 00:15:56,920 --> 00:15:59,640 Speaker 1: you know, I think Philly's another team that that everybody 320 00:15:59,680 --> 00:16:02,640 Speaker 1: should just at least keep an eye on. Seattle they 321 00:16:02,680 --> 00:16:05,720 Speaker 1: take a swing. The Panthers, I think have been, you know, 322 00:16:05,800 --> 00:16:08,680 Speaker 1: clearly the most aggressive team over the last year. They 323 00:16:08,720 --> 00:16:12,280 Speaker 1: made an offer to the Texans before the before the 324 00:16:12,360 --> 00:16:14,920 Speaker 1: lawsuits were filed last year, so they were involved before 325 00:16:14,960 --> 00:16:17,960 Speaker 1: all of that, you know. And then the Saints, you know, 326 00:16:18,000 --> 00:16:20,880 Speaker 1: even when Sean Payton was there, they were at least 327 00:16:20,880 --> 00:16:23,800 Speaker 1: sniffing around and keeping an eye on it. So those 328 00:16:23,840 --> 00:16:25,880 Speaker 1: are the five teams that sort of stick out to me. 329 00:16:26,560 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: And you know, I think the other the other interesting 330 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:33,240 Speaker 1: thing about this is, you know, Texans GM Nick Cassario 331 00:16:33,440 --> 00:16:36,560 Speaker 1: took a lot of slings and arrows for not trading him, 332 00:16:36,720 --> 00:16:39,520 Speaker 1: you know, in March and in April, and then again 333 00:16:39,560 --> 00:16:41,960 Speaker 1: in the summer and then again before the trade deadline. 334 00:16:42,600 --> 00:16:45,640 Speaker 1: It looks like being patient and letting this thing play 335 00:16:45,640 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: out could pay off in a spectacular way for Cassio. 336 00:16:50,320 --> 00:16:52,760 Speaker 1: You know, last year, before the lawsuits were filed, I 337 00:16:52,800 --> 00:16:55,760 Speaker 1: can tell you this, Dan at one point, like like 338 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:57,840 Speaker 1: I know, he had you know, offers of three first 339 00:16:57,920 --> 00:17:00,440 Speaker 1: round picks. Now at that point, he was resolved to 340 00:17:00,600 --> 00:17:04,200 Speaker 1: keeping Watson on his roster. Right. The lawsuits made him, 341 00:17:04,240 --> 00:17:07,080 Speaker 1: you know, soften his stance on that. But the fact 342 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:11,200 Speaker 1: that he could get back to where the Texans were, 343 00:17:11,680 --> 00:17:15,760 Speaker 1: you know, from a capital standpoint in January and February 344 00:17:15,760 --> 00:17:17,359 Speaker 1: of last year when they were unwilling to trade it 345 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,920 Speaker 1: for him, I think shows you that the patience that 346 00:17:20,000 --> 00:17:23,119 Speaker 1: Cash Serios showed over the course the last year probably 347 00:17:23,200 --> 00:17:25,879 Speaker 1: is about to pay off. Davonte Adams says he did 348 00:17:25,920 --> 00:17:28,920 Speaker 1: not go to play for the franchise tag in Green Bay. 349 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:33,200 Speaker 1: We still don't know the real structure of Aaron Rodgers 350 00:17:33,240 --> 00:17:38,199 Speaker 1: contract here. I don't know if that factors in if 351 00:17:38,640 --> 00:17:41,160 Speaker 1: Aaron is able to structure a deal that is going 352 00:17:41,200 --> 00:17:44,640 Speaker 1: to include Davante Adams as Yeah, you know, a guy 353 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:47,720 Speaker 1: more than just on a franchise tag. Yeah. I think 354 00:17:47,720 --> 00:17:49,359 Speaker 1: it's like there's only so much you can do from 355 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:53,200 Speaker 1: a contractual standpoint to create space, and I think Aaron 356 00:17:53,280 --> 00:17:56,600 Speaker 1: Rodgers will do as much as he can whenever that 357 00:17:56,640 --> 00:17:59,119 Speaker 1: new contract is signed, will do as much as he 358 00:17:59,160 --> 00:18:01,520 Speaker 1: can to create space for the Packers. Doesn't mean he's 359 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,880 Speaker 1: can take less cash, but you know, like I think 360 00:18:04,920 --> 00:18:06,840 Speaker 1: he'll do as much as he can. And the Packers 361 00:18:06,840 --> 00:18:09,119 Speaker 1: are going to do what the Buccaneers did over the 362 00:18:09,200 --> 00:18:12,760 Speaker 1: last couple of years and mortgaging deals, put tacking phony 363 00:18:12,840 --> 00:18:15,800 Speaker 1: years on the back of contracts and creating like a 364 00:18:15,880 --> 00:18:18,200 Speaker 1: two to three year window in which they can win. 365 00:18:18,720 --> 00:18:19,960 Speaker 1: And so I think they're going to be able to 366 00:18:19,960 --> 00:18:21,679 Speaker 1: create the sort of space they're going to need to do. 367 00:18:21,800 --> 00:18:25,919 Speaker 1: Davante Adams. What's tricky about Davanta Adams contract. This is 368 00:18:25,920 --> 00:18:27,600 Speaker 1: a little bit like back in the day when Calvin 369 00:18:27,680 --> 00:18:31,160 Speaker 1: Johnson's contract was a real outlier. There's a contract out 370 00:18:31,160 --> 00:18:33,919 Speaker 1: there that's a real outlier at receiver now too, and 371 00:18:34,040 --> 00:18:38,119 Speaker 1: that's the one that DeAndre Hopkins did in Arizona, which 372 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:41,240 Speaker 1: on paper is a twenty seven million dollars per year deal, 373 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:42,840 Speaker 1: but if you look at the structure of it, it 374 00:18:42,920 --> 00:18:46,640 Speaker 1: isn't really that. So the question is, you know, does 375 00:18:46,720 --> 00:18:49,680 Speaker 1: Davante Adams look more at where the market has been, 376 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,880 Speaker 1: which is around twenty twenty one, twenty two million dollars, 377 00:18:53,280 --> 00:18:56,080 Speaker 1: and he's okay with that or is he shooting to 378 00:18:56,080 --> 00:19:00,520 Speaker 1: get where Hopkins got? And I think, you know, I 379 00:19:00,560 --> 00:19:03,520 Speaker 1: think you know, over time, cooler heads will prevail and 380 00:19:03,720 --> 00:19:06,159 Speaker 1: you know, they'll find a middle ground and Davante Adams 381 00:19:06,160 --> 00:19:08,320 Speaker 1: will get taken care of because he's so important to 382 00:19:08,359 --> 00:19:12,400 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. But this is a more complicated negotiation than 383 00:19:12,440 --> 00:19:15,000 Speaker 1: I think a lot of people realize because there is 384 00:19:15,040 --> 00:19:19,320 Speaker 1: that big outlier contract at that position. If there's a 385 00:19:19,400 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: Business of Football Hall of Fame, Kirk Cousins is the 386 00:19:22,359 --> 00:19:26,240 Speaker 1: first ballad member of that. Darrell Reevas would be in 387 00:19:26,280 --> 00:19:30,160 Speaker 1: there as well. Kirk Cousins good Chase Daniel. Oh yeah. 388 00:19:30,280 --> 00:19:33,720 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins has a five hundred record as a quarterback 389 00:19:33,920 --> 00:19:36,800 Speaker 1: in the NFL. He's fifty nine fifty nine and two. 390 00:19:37,480 --> 00:19:42,199 Speaker 1: He's made two hundred and thirty one million dollars with 391 00:19:42,400 --> 00:19:46,160 Speaker 1: very little to show for as far as playoffs, big 392 00:19:46,160 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: time victories. There. It felt like the Vikings were stuck here. 393 00:19:50,920 --> 00:19:53,280 Speaker 1: You got a new new coach and a new GM, 394 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:57,320 Speaker 1: but you're sticking with Kirk Cousins. Why well, and that's well, 395 00:19:57,359 --> 00:19:59,480 Speaker 1: I mean, for one thing, let's let's start here. I mean, 396 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,800 Speaker 1: I mean, I think anybody who's been part of a 397 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:06,400 Speaker 1: contract negotiation had a contract negotiated for them. I've been there. 398 00:20:06,440 --> 00:20:09,040 Speaker 1: I know you've been there. Dan knows like it's really 399 00:20:09,080 --> 00:20:11,359 Speaker 1: about leverage, not how good you are, you know, and 400 00:20:11,480 --> 00:20:14,520 Speaker 1: almost all contract negotiations that's where it is. Now how 401 00:20:14,560 --> 00:20:16,040 Speaker 1: good you are as part of it, you know, But 402 00:20:16,080 --> 00:20:19,760 Speaker 1: that that's when he works to create leverage. And so 403 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:22,439 Speaker 1: like you know, Kirk is unique and that he was 404 00:20:22,480 --> 00:20:25,400 Speaker 1: willing to play on consecutive franchise tax that made him 405 00:20:25,400 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: a free agent. Quarterbacks never become free agents. That's why 406 00:20:27,800 --> 00:20:30,200 Speaker 1: he is where he is. Here's what I would say 407 00:20:30,200 --> 00:20:32,239 Speaker 1: about the Vikings decision making on it and why I 408 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:35,960 Speaker 1: don't hate it. Guys like Patrick Mahomes and Josh Allen 409 00:20:36,000 --> 00:20:39,439 Speaker 1: don't fall out of the sky, and like would we 410 00:20:39,480 --> 00:20:43,200 Speaker 1: have would we have criticized Andy Reid nine years ago 411 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:46,439 Speaker 1: in the current environment for trading for Alex Smith when 412 00:20:46,480 --> 00:20:49,400 Speaker 1: he got to Kansas City. Andy Reid that year looked 413 00:20:49,400 --> 00:20:52,480 Speaker 1: at the draft right and saw EJ. Manuel and Geno 414 00:20:52,560 --> 00:20:55,320 Speaker 1: Smith and Matt Barkley and said, you know what, hell 415 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:58,159 Speaker 1: with that, Like, let's go get an established guy so 416 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:00,800 Speaker 1: we can compete right away. And Alex Smith was his 417 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,600 Speaker 1: quarterback there for five years. You know what Alex Smith did. 418 00:21:03,960 --> 00:21:07,399 Speaker 1: Alex Smith bought him time to find Patrick Mahomes and 419 00:21:07,920 --> 00:21:10,080 Speaker 1: bought him time to build it up. So when they 420 00:21:10,080 --> 00:21:12,760 Speaker 1: went and found the guy that they really loved, stuck 421 00:21:12,800 --> 00:21:15,560 Speaker 1: their neck out to go get him. That guy was 422 00:21:15,680 --> 00:21:18,199 Speaker 1: entering into a situation that was already built up and 423 00:21:18,240 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: ready to go. And that's why what I think the 424 00:21:20,800 --> 00:21:24,000 Speaker 1: Vikings are doing with Kirk Cousins, It's we have a 425 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:26,600 Speaker 1: quarterback we can win with now. The head coach, Kevin 426 00:21:26,640 --> 00:21:30,680 Speaker 1: O'Connell worked with him in Washington, and we can continue 427 00:21:30,680 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 1: to build the team up and we can be patient 428 00:21:33,800 --> 00:21:35,520 Speaker 1: and wait for the guy that we really love a 429 00:21:35,640 --> 00:21:39,359 Speaker 1: quarterback and win with Kirk and the time being, and 430 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,560 Speaker 1: then whenever we find that guy down the line, if 431 00:21:42,560 --> 00:21:44,400 Speaker 1: we can go get him, we'll be able to put 432 00:21:44,440 --> 00:21:46,840 Speaker 1: him in a situation that's already built up around him. 433 00:21:46,880 --> 00:21:50,439 Speaker 1: And so I think the Kansas City example, both with 434 00:21:50,560 --> 00:21:54,440 Speaker 1: like Minnesota and Kirk Cousins, like Vegas and Derek Carr, 435 00:21:55,280 --> 00:21:57,520 Speaker 1: I think the Kansas how Kansas City did it with 436 00:21:57,560 --> 00:22:00,720 Speaker 1: Alex Smith. Can be instructive to everybody because it shows 437 00:22:01,960 --> 00:22:04,120 Speaker 1: you can do You can serve both masters. You can 438 00:22:04,160 --> 00:22:07,040 Speaker 1: get good at the position and stay good at the 439 00:22:07,080 --> 00:22:12,200 Speaker 1: position and use it as a vehicle to eventually become great. Albert, 440 00:22:12,200 --> 00:22:14,119 Speaker 1: great to talk to us, Alwais, thanks for joining us. 441 00:22:14,119 --> 00:22:16,400 Speaker 1: Have a great week. Thanks Dan, I appreciate it. That's 442 00:22:16,400 --> 00:22:21,040 Speaker 1: Albert Breer, Senior NFL reporter, lead content strategists the Monday 443 00:22:21,040 --> 00:22:24,359 Speaker 1: Morning Quarterback. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. 444 00:22:24,480 --> 00:22:26,840 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine 445 00:22:26,920 --> 00:22:30,200 Speaker 1: until noon eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, 446 00:22:30,440 --> 00:22:33,399 Speaker 1: and you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at 447 00:22:33,400 --> 00:22:39,040 Speaker 1: FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. Hey, 448 00:22:39,080 --> 00:22:42,439 Speaker 1: I'm Doug gottlie The podcast is called All Ball. We 449 00:22:42,560 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: usually talk all basketball all the time, but it's more 450 00:22:44,880 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: about the stories about what made these people love their 451 00:22:48,600 --> 00:22:52,159 Speaker 1: sport and all the interesting interactions along the way. We 452 00:22:52,240 --> 00:22:55,280 Speaker 1: talked to coaches, we talked to players, We tell you stories. 453 00:22:55,840 --> 00:22:58,640 Speaker 1: You download it, you listen to it. I think you'll 454 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,480 Speaker 1: like it. Listen to All Ball with Doug Gotlieb on 455 00:23:01,520 --> 00:23:06,320 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app Apple podcast orherever you get your podcast. 456 00:23:08,119 --> 00:23:11,399 Speaker 1: Seth Greenberg from The Mothership basketball analyst joins us on 457 00:23:11,440 --> 00:23:16,040 Speaker 1: the program. Seth, were you bothered by Tom Brady maybe 458 00:23:16,400 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: hijacking selection Sunday yesterday? I disfigured he wanted to take 459 00:23:21,280 --> 00:23:23,679 Speaker 1: some pressure from Michigan being an eleven seeds, So I 460 00:23:23,760 --> 00:23:26,280 Speaker 1: understood it. He had. You know, Tom Brady, everything he 461 00:23:26,320 --> 00:23:28,640 Speaker 1: does has a purpose. You know, we wanted to take 462 00:23:28,680 --> 00:23:30,359 Speaker 1: care of Juwan Howard to kind of take a little 463 00:23:30,359 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: pressure off from they made it into the tournament. So 464 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,880 Speaker 1: he decided to make the announcement. Then, look, he could 465 00:23:35,920 --> 00:23:38,200 Speaker 1: have waited a week, but those type of things, you know, Dan, 466 00:23:38,280 --> 00:23:41,040 Speaker 1: those you can't hide those things. Someone would have broken it. 467 00:23:41,080 --> 00:23:43,800 Speaker 1: And he wanted to control the narrative. So Phillism, on 468 00:23:43,880 --> 00:23:48,520 Speaker 1: the other hand, was not happy. Really yeah, he was 469 00:23:48,560 --> 00:23:50,320 Speaker 1: not happy. You know. I mean, like, this is our 470 00:23:50,359 --> 00:23:52,159 Speaker 1: next three weeks. I mean, this is this is our 471 00:23:52,200 --> 00:23:54,960 Speaker 1: super Bowl for the next three weeks, and well, you know, 472 00:23:55,000 --> 00:23:57,040 Speaker 1: in the middle of it, we got cheft on our 473 00:23:57,080 --> 00:24:02,120 Speaker 1: bracketality another Michigan guy. And that's why I say it's 474 00:24:02,160 --> 00:24:05,840 Speaker 1: a conspiracy. Wow. I mean, Brady makes his announcement and 475 00:24:05,880 --> 00:24:08,800 Speaker 1: another Michigan guy jumps in all of a sudden. People 476 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:12,640 Speaker 1: don't realize that Michigan's an eleven and life is good. Well, 477 00:24:12,680 --> 00:24:15,560 Speaker 1: billis is always upset at something, so I understand that. 478 00:24:15,600 --> 00:24:19,280 Speaker 1: But yeah, Tom Brady ruining. The big day for for 479 00:24:19,359 --> 00:24:22,239 Speaker 1: Jay billis do your neighbors ask for advice when they 480 00:24:22,280 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: fill out their brackets? My neighbors, my daughters, my former players, 481 00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: uh yeah, people, And then and then when you're wrong, 482 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:34,600 Speaker 1: by the way, they kill you. They absolutely And I 483 00:24:34,720 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 1: let you know, my favorite thing is a day you 484 00:24:36,480 --> 00:24:39,080 Speaker 1: go through this because you know, with social media and everything, 485 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:44,440 Speaker 1: like I picked Alabama to lose to Rutgers the winner 486 00:24:44,440 --> 00:24:47,160 Speaker 1: of the play a game. So because of that, because 487 00:24:47,200 --> 00:24:49,520 Speaker 1: of that, that's why you don't have a coaching job, 488 00:24:49,880 --> 00:24:51,920 Speaker 1: because you don't know that all about is gonna win. 489 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,480 Speaker 1: I said, Okay, that's all right. I understand that whatever 490 00:24:56,800 --> 00:24:59,080 Speaker 1: I mean, like, you're gonna make happy to people happy 491 00:24:59,080 --> 00:25:01,000 Speaker 1: happy people gonna be set when you make a pig. 492 00:25:01,040 --> 00:25:03,639 Speaker 1: And if I really knew the answer, I wouldn't been 493 00:25:03,640 --> 00:25:05,680 Speaker 1: talking to you. I'd be in Vegas and then walking 494 00:25:05,720 --> 00:25:08,440 Speaker 1: over to my yacht. All right, the top four seeds 495 00:25:08,520 --> 00:25:12,879 Speaker 1: any problem, No, I think Tennessee. You know, get a 496 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,800 Speaker 1: lot of people disagree, but I think Tennessee would win 497 00:25:15,840 --> 00:25:18,200 Speaker 1: in the SEC Tournament kind of played their way into 498 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,400 Speaker 1: a number one. I think some guys played their way out. 499 00:25:20,680 --> 00:25:22,680 Speaker 1: I look at Baylor, and you know what, Baylor has 500 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:26,119 Speaker 1: had an incredible year, but without John Pajama, Chachua, without 501 00:25:26,320 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 1: l J. Cryer. If you look at their team in 502 00:25:28,720 --> 00:25:30,760 Speaker 1: this moment in time, not what they did when they wanted. 503 00:25:30,760 --> 00:25:33,440 Speaker 1: I think their first fifteen games, their team in this 504 00:25:33,480 --> 00:25:36,320 Speaker 1: moment in time isn't the number one seed. Not saying 505 00:25:36,320 --> 00:25:39,520 Speaker 1: they're not a good team, because they're a very good team. Tennessee. 506 00:25:39,720 --> 00:25:42,800 Speaker 1: How they played the teams they beat, whether it's Kentucky twice, 507 00:25:42,840 --> 00:25:45,640 Speaker 1: whether it's Arizona, or whether it's Auburn. I think they 508 00:25:45,720 --> 00:25:48,480 Speaker 1: might have earned their way to a one. I would 509 00:25:48,480 --> 00:25:51,159 Speaker 1: said I was wrong. You know, if you're of a 510 00:25:51,280 --> 00:25:54,000 Speaker 1: certain age, you don't look at Gonzaga. Is that cute 511 00:25:54,000 --> 00:25:57,679 Speaker 1: little program somewhere in Washington. You know that it was 512 00:25:57,840 --> 00:26:01,600 Speaker 1: maybe twenty twenty five years go. Now you look at 513 00:26:01,600 --> 00:26:05,440 Speaker 1: them as like they're one of the powerhouses in college basketball. 514 00:26:05,720 --> 00:26:09,320 Speaker 1: When did it change? Do you think the national perception 515 00:26:09,359 --> 00:26:13,840 Speaker 1: of Gonzaga from being that cute little school too. You 516 00:26:13,920 --> 00:26:17,680 Speaker 1: got to knock them off. They're great. They're as blue 517 00:26:17,720 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: blood as any team in the last ten years. I mean, 518 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:22,040 Speaker 1: I think if someone gave me a stat they've went 519 00:26:22,160 --> 00:26:24,800 Speaker 1: more at Cuba tournaments in the last ten year games 520 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:27,040 Speaker 1: than than anyone in the country. And I think about that, 521 00:26:27,400 --> 00:26:30,120 Speaker 1: and it's changed everything they've done Dan because I mean, 522 00:26:30,160 --> 00:26:32,520 Speaker 1: like you see the guys they're recruiting. Yeah, I mean 523 00:26:32,680 --> 00:26:35,840 Speaker 1: they're recruiting dudes. I mean they're recruiting. They're beating North 524 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:40,280 Speaker 1: Carolina for players, They're beating Kentucky for players. Their roster 525 00:26:40,520 --> 00:26:42,080 Speaker 1: is as good as any roster in the country. Now, 526 00:26:42,119 --> 00:26:43,840 Speaker 1: I tell you the one thing they have done, they've 527 00:26:44,000 --> 00:26:47,840 Speaker 1: they've still been able to keep their culture, their environment, 528 00:26:48,840 --> 00:26:55,919 Speaker 1: their identity of more of outside the mainline. But in 529 00:26:56,000 --> 00:26:59,760 Speaker 1: terms of their program, you can't deny they do what 530 00:26:59,800 --> 00:27:01,480 Speaker 1: they have to do. It a non conference, they played 531 00:27:01,480 --> 00:27:04,160 Speaker 1: a great schedule and then they got that. Basically they're 532 00:27:04,160 --> 00:27:06,879 Speaker 1: off the radar for you know, two months playing in 533 00:27:06,880 --> 00:27:08,879 Speaker 1: the West Coast Conference, which was better this year, but 534 00:27:08,880 --> 00:27:11,359 Speaker 1: they're still off the radar play, you know, for two months. 535 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: But gonzagger is the blue blood. I mean that's just 536 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:15,679 Speaker 1: the way. It's just like Villanova is a blue blood. 537 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:18,119 Speaker 1: Don Zagger is the only team to make the Sweet 538 00:27:18,160 --> 00:27:22,879 Speaker 1: sixteen and each of the last six tournaments. So it 539 00:27:22,920 --> 00:27:26,320 Speaker 1: shouldn't come as a surprise that you know they're there. 540 00:27:26,320 --> 00:27:30,160 Speaker 1: This team might be better than last year's team. Yeah, 541 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:33,000 Speaker 1: in relation to the field, it is. Yeah, this team 542 00:27:33,040 --> 00:27:34,640 Speaker 1: is better in relations to the field because the field 543 00:27:34,720 --> 00:27:37,720 Speaker 1: last year like Baylor. It's funny. Talked to Mark Feud 544 00:27:37,720 --> 00:27:39,440 Speaker 1: the middle of last season and I said, O, look, 545 00:27:39,440 --> 00:27:41,240 Speaker 1: your team is playing really well. Blah blah blah. He 546 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:44,680 Speaker 1: gave me this answer, We're not Baylor. That was last 547 00:27:44,760 --> 00:27:48,080 Speaker 1: year because Baylor could dominate you in the backcourt. They 548 00:27:48,160 --> 00:27:52,200 Speaker 1: had a physicality of toughness, you know Mitchell and and 549 00:27:51,800 --> 00:27:55,760 Speaker 1: and Butler. I mean they were just so tough. Uh. 550 00:27:55,960 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: There's no Baylor out there this year. So in relation 551 00:27:58,720 --> 00:28:01,080 Speaker 1: to the field, it might be better. They have better 552 00:28:01,160 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: rim protection. Chad Homegrod obviously gives a better rim protection. 553 00:28:03,600 --> 00:28:05,640 Speaker 1: Timmy's a year old. It doesn't have to do as much. 554 00:28:06,119 --> 00:28:09,960 Speaker 1: Obviously they don't have the guard. But Andrew Dabhard's playing well. 555 00:28:10,840 --> 00:28:15,760 Speaker 1: But there are other teams like that team in Arizona 556 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:18,000 Speaker 1: might might be bailer. I don't know if they are 557 00:28:18,040 --> 00:28:21,920 Speaker 1: defensively in the back court, but like Arizona is Gonzaga 558 00:28:21,960 --> 00:28:25,560 Speaker 1: two point zero with Coloquo's development as a rim protector 559 00:28:25,640 --> 00:28:27,760 Speaker 1: and got front cork eyed that can move his feet. 560 00:28:28,200 --> 00:28:31,919 Speaker 1: Matherin and Dale and Terry are really good. You know, 561 00:28:32,119 --> 00:28:34,640 Speaker 1: I think Arizona right now has played the best basketball 562 00:28:34,640 --> 00:28:38,400 Speaker 1: anyone in the country. Six of Arizona's top seven scores 563 00:28:38,520 --> 00:28:46,720 Speaker 1: this season are from Canada, Lithuania, Cameroon, Estonia, Molly and Sweden. 564 00:28:48,160 --> 00:28:51,920 Speaker 1: What do you make of being able to recruit those 565 00:28:52,000 --> 00:28:55,520 Speaker 1: kind of players all over the world. Well, I mean, 566 00:28:55,600 --> 00:28:57,480 Speaker 1: Tommy Lloyd, he's the perfect guy to coach that group. 567 00:28:57,520 --> 00:28:59,280 Speaker 1: You've got to remember, now, Sean Miller did a great 568 00:28:59,320 --> 00:29:01,520 Speaker 1: job of bringing the those guys that he left. Those guys, 569 00:29:01,520 --> 00:29:05,000 Speaker 1: now Tommy mullyd had to rerecruit them because those guys 570 00:29:05,000 --> 00:29:07,240 Speaker 1: could have all left them in eligible immediately. So when 571 00:29:07,240 --> 00:29:08,840 Speaker 1: he came in, he was the right guy to heart 572 00:29:08,840 --> 00:29:11,240 Speaker 1: because you think about he had so much experience with 573 00:29:11,280 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 1: international recruiting, had such a great network with international recruiting. 574 00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:17,120 Speaker 1: So you know, he goes and he rerecruits them and 575 00:29:17,160 --> 00:29:18,960 Speaker 1: they all come back and then he puts them in 576 00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,680 Speaker 1: the system that's conducing to their skill set. But look, 577 00:29:21,680 --> 00:29:24,840 Speaker 1: that's the game. Our game is an international game, and 578 00:29:24,960 --> 00:29:28,640 Speaker 1: they they will become just like Gonzaga became a destination 579 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:31,960 Speaker 1: for the best international players. And you know, to me 580 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,640 Speaker 1: that that's a huge asset because now you're not banging 581 00:29:34,720 --> 00:29:38,080 Speaker 1: heads with Kentucky and Kansas and Duke and North Carolina 582 00:29:38,120 --> 00:29:42,000 Speaker 1: for those kids because to those kids, you are Kentucky, Duke, 583 00:29:42,560 --> 00:29:48,280 Speaker 1: North Carolina and Kansas because that's the perception they have overseas, 584 00:29:48,280 --> 00:29:51,440 Speaker 1: and the recruitings is like Hamilton, You've got to have 585 00:29:51,440 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: someone in the rumor it happens. And Gonzaga, because of 586 00:29:55,160 --> 00:29:57,880 Speaker 1: the success they've had with kids internationally, they have someone 587 00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,640 Speaker 1: into where it happens when the decisions are being We're 588 00:30:01,680 --> 00:30:05,400 Speaker 1: talking to Seth Greenberg, ESPN College Basketball analyst. Best pro 589 00:30:05,520 --> 00:30:10,320 Speaker 1: prospect in the tournament is I'm going to go outside 590 00:30:10,360 --> 00:30:12,840 Speaker 1: the box. I mean, I've been vacillated on this for 591 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:15,640 Speaker 1: a while, but right now I'm leaving towards Keegan murch 592 00:30:16,520 --> 00:30:19,360 Speaker 1: Keegan murraot Iowa is a bucket. He gets off the bus, 593 00:30:19,360 --> 00:30:21,480 Speaker 1: he drops twenty five look in the new NBA because 594 00:30:21,520 --> 00:30:24,680 Speaker 1: of the size six nine. Could he lead Iowa to 595 00:30:24,880 --> 00:30:27,840 Speaker 1: kemba type, run a different kind of game. Knocks down 596 00:30:27,880 --> 00:30:30,920 Speaker 1: threees at forty three percent, can really defend very good passer, 597 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:32,680 Speaker 1: could put it on the floor, could plain a post, 598 00:30:32,720 --> 00:30:37,400 Speaker 1: could defend one through four. I think that he would 599 00:30:37,400 --> 00:30:41,000 Speaker 1: be my first pick. I think Jay and I would 600 00:30:41,080 --> 00:30:44,240 Speaker 1: my second, part John Morant, part Russell Westbrook on a 601 00:30:44,280 --> 00:30:47,320 Speaker 1: good day, and then Jabari Smith would be my third. 602 00:30:47,040 --> 00:30:49,880 Speaker 1: I have Paul ben Carroll down the road like Paul 603 00:30:49,920 --> 00:30:52,880 Speaker 1: Bencarroll came in with all his hype, and Duke has 604 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,520 Speaker 1: had a lot of hyperduring the course of the season. 605 00:30:54,560 --> 00:30:56,800 Speaker 1: Duke doesn't have an identity defensively right now that I 606 00:30:56,880 --> 00:30:59,719 Speaker 1: turn people over. Offensively, they got a lot of good players, 607 00:30:59,720 --> 00:31:01,520 Speaker 1: But it's almost like a little kid has a lot 608 00:31:01,560 --> 00:31:04,080 Speaker 1: of toys for Christmas, doesn't know which one to play with. 609 00:31:05,360 --> 00:31:09,080 Speaker 1: But benk Carroll, he shows it to you, but he 610 00:31:09,120 --> 00:31:11,960 Speaker 1: doesn't show a t like the whole game. He doesn't 611 00:31:11,960 --> 00:31:13,560 Speaker 1: show a t at the end of the game. He 612 00:31:13,600 --> 00:31:16,200 Speaker 1: doesn't like you look at him and I'm saying he's 613 00:31:16,240 --> 00:31:18,280 Speaker 1: really good. Could he be Jabari Parker? Could he be 614 00:31:18,360 --> 00:31:21,120 Speaker 1: Scott Williams like, I want I want if I want 615 00:31:21,120 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: to take a pick in the first three, a guy 616 00:31:23,000 --> 00:31:24,520 Speaker 1: in the first three picks. I want it to be 617 00:31:24,600 --> 00:31:27,600 Speaker 1: a guy that just you know, that doesn't deferred, that 618 00:31:27,720 --> 00:31:30,600 Speaker 1: wants to take over a game. Yeah, he does disappear 619 00:31:30,800 --> 00:31:34,080 Speaker 1: and uh yeah. And I always look at when it 620 00:31:34,320 --> 00:31:38,640 Speaker 1: gets tighter, do you get larger? Do you you know? 621 00:31:38,840 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: That's that's what I always look for. It's some guys 622 00:31:41,600 --> 00:31:43,600 Speaker 1: have alligator arms. They don't want the ball, and you 623 00:31:43,640 --> 00:31:47,320 Speaker 1: know this coaching, and and you want that guy who says, 624 00:31:47,320 --> 00:31:51,120 Speaker 1: give me the ball I got. I was watching Durant yesterday, 625 00:31:51,400 --> 00:31:54,240 Speaker 1: you know, closing time against the Knicks. He was going 626 00:31:54,320 --> 00:31:57,000 Speaker 1: to the I want the ball, I want the shot. 627 00:31:57,080 --> 00:31:59,360 Speaker 1: I want you to foul me. I those are the 628 00:31:59,400 --> 00:32:03,560 Speaker 1: things that I aravitate towards, and I love seeing that mentality. 629 00:32:04,520 --> 00:32:06,240 Speaker 1: I totally agree. I mean, I think that you think 630 00:32:06,360 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: Kobe's gonna defer. Do you think Magic's gonna defer? You 631 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:11,120 Speaker 1: think Bird's going to defer, You think Lebron's going to defer? 632 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,520 Speaker 1: Not before Yeah, he doesn't have anything to defer to 633 00:32:13,680 --> 00:32:17,080 Speaker 1: right now. So I mean, you look at the best 634 00:32:17,120 --> 00:32:18,880 Speaker 1: players in the history of the game, especially in a 635 00:32:18,920 --> 00:32:21,520 Speaker 1: college game. Man, you want it, you want like games online, 636 00:32:21,520 --> 00:32:22,880 Speaker 1: give it the ball, let's go. I'll make a play 637 00:32:22,920 --> 00:32:24,280 Speaker 1: and if they doubled me, I'll kick it out. That 638 00:32:24,360 --> 00:32:27,800 Speaker 1: part of it is and this is my belief, And 639 00:32:27,840 --> 00:32:29,240 Speaker 1: I don't know. At the end of the game, you 640 00:32:29,320 --> 00:32:31,320 Speaker 1: got to have understanding of who you want to get 641 00:32:31,560 --> 00:32:33,040 Speaker 1: get the ball to, where you want to get in 642 00:32:33,120 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: the ball, and how you're going to get in the ball. 643 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:36,080 Speaker 1: The best teams that's what they do at the end 644 00:32:36,120 --> 00:32:39,800 Speaker 1: of the game. I'm not sure Duke knows where they 645 00:32:39,840 --> 00:32:41,440 Speaker 1: want to get in the ball and how they want 646 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:42,800 Speaker 1: to get into the ball. And if they're gonna win 647 00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,800 Speaker 1: national championship, they better figure that out in the next week. Yeah. 648 00:32:45,800 --> 00:32:48,680 Speaker 1: I don't know. I don't see him as I don't 649 00:32:48,680 --> 00:32:50,360 Speaker 1: see him as a national champion. You see how they 650 00:32:50,360 --> 00:32:55,000 Speaker 1: played against Syracuse, Yeah, Buddy Beheid Yeah yeah. And you 651 00:32:55,040 --> 00:32:58,240 Speaker 1: know what, Jim did a great job coaching against Duke. Oh. 652 00:32:58,280 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: I mean the fact that that game was up in 653 00:33:00,400 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: the air and then you come back and then you're thinking, 654 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,800 Speaker 1: all right, they're gonna they're gonna breeze through the acc 655 00:33:06,280 --> 00:33:08,480 Speaker 1: like they're gonna win this thing, and then Virginia Tech, 656 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:13,360 Speaker 1: you're a yeah, they roughed him up. I'll pay me 657 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:17,800 Speaker 1: anymore anymore. I mean, although I am I am a 658 00:33:17,800 --> 00:33:19,920 Speaker 1: big Mike Young fan. I think he's a great guy 659 00:33:19,960 --> 00:33:22,120 Speaker 1: and he's done a great job. And I'm really I 660 00:33:22,160 --> 00:33:24,480 Speaker 1: actually trained Tech specially with him today. I'm really happy 661 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:27,600 Speaker 1: for him. That team lost like seven out of nine. 662 00:33:28,080 --> 00:33:29,760 Speaker 1: The hardest thing to doing coaching is, you know, is 663 00:33:29,800 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: to get a team back when they're struggling. To me, 664 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,400 Speaker 1: that's the essence of coaching. Keep your team to come 665 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,120 Speaker 1: to practice every day, to get better every day. And 666 00:33:36,160 --> 00:33:38,080 Speaker 1: that's what that team did. I was really happy for him. 667 00:33:38,280 --> 00:33:40,520 Speaker 1: Give me, well, give this audience a team to keep 668 00:33:40,560 --> 00:33:42,760 Speaker 1: an eye on where you go. All right, if if, 669 00:33:42,800 --> 00:33:47,200 Speaker 1: if everything goes right, this team will do some damage. Well, 670 00:33:47,560 --> 00:33:50,160 Speaker 1: I like Iowa, and that's not a really reach. I 671 00:33:50,160 --> 00:33:52,120 Speaker 1: think that Virginia Tech and win a couple of games 672 00:33:52,560 --> 00:33:56,480 Speaker 1: in the tournament. Uh I think that uh Texas Tech 673 00:33:56,880 --> 00:33:59,200 Speaker 1: could be a team if they get to Gonzaga. Their 674 00:33:59,600 --> 00:34:01,200 Speaker 1: ability to keep the ball on one side of the 675 00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,840 Speaker 1: floor and be really physical they let him play, that's 676 00:34:03,880 --> 00:34:07,080 Speaker 1: going to be a team that can can do some damage. 677 00:34:07,160 --> 00:34:09,200 Speaker 1: For sure. I think all this. Here's my here's my 678 00:34:09,239 --> 00:34:12,520 Speaker 1: big take one, six eleven games. I got all the elevens, 679 00:34:13,040 --> 00:34:16,760 Speaker 1: m all of them across the board, six to eleven. 680 00:34:16,840 --> 00:34:19,680 Speaker 1: And then I have I have Miami beat in usc 681 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:23,680 Speaker 1: in the seventh time. Okay, all right, we'll keep an 682 00:34:23,719 --> 00:34:26,719 Speaker 1: eye on it. And always great to talk to you. Yeah, 683 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,200 Speaker 1: thanks for having me. And I'm not going to blame 684 00:34:29,239 --> 00:34:32,520 Speaker 1: you when you're wrong, okay, because usually what happens is 685 00:34:32,560 --> 00:34:34,440 Speaker 1: you don't get credit when you're right. It's just you 686 00:34:34,480 --> 00:34:36,960 Speaker 1: get blamed when you're wrong. Yeah, just set me in 687 00:34:36,960 --> 00:34:41,640 Speaker 1: an out to see Potter. Will be to Potter. Okay, 688 00:34:41,640 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: thank you, budds. That's Seth Greenberg, ESPN college basketball analyst,