1 00:00:00,080 --> 00:00:02,800 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the best of the Ben Maler 2 00:00:02,880 --> 00:00:06,199 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weeknight 3 00:00:06,240 --> 00:00:09,520 Speaker 1: from two to six Eastern eleven pm to three am 4 00:00:09,600 --> 00:00:13,040 Speaker 1: Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and to find your local 5 00:00:13,119 --> 00:00:17,280 Speaker 1: station for the Benmatlers Show at Foxsports Radio dot Com. 6 00:00:17,480 --> 00:00:19,680 Speaker 1: You can find it there or stream us live every 7 00:00:19,800 --> 00:00:23,000 Speaker 1: night on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR. 8 00:00:24,000 --> 00:00:26,520 Speaker 2: This is the best of the Ben Maler Show on 9 00:00:26,680 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. 10 00:00:32,000 --> 00:00:36,000 Speaker 1: So we're back at it again and busy night bouncing 11 00:00:36,040 --> 00:00:40,239 Speaker 1: around here. Did have a chance to attend most of 12 00:00:40,320 --> 00:00:43,280 Speaker 1: the Sunday night game. I was out there watching the 13 00:00:43,280 --> 00:00:45,960 Speaker 1: Sunday Night game Idalie a little early to make it 14 00:00:45,960 --> 00:00:49,360 Speaker 1: here to the Mothership to avoid the mass exodus, and 15 00:00:49,440 --> 00:00:53,840 Speaker 1: it was the daily double at sofar and as our 16 00:00:53,920 --> 00:00:56,720 Speaker 1: lead there Sunday Night football, Mike Tomlin and the Steelers 17 00:00:56,800 --> 00:01:01,880 Speaker 1: visiting SoCal to take on Jim Harbaugh and the Chargers 18 00:01:02,040 --> 00:01:05,360 Speaker 1: in a made for TV matchup. I did not get 19 00:01:05,400 --> 00:01:08,200 Speaker 1: to hear the broadcast. I imagine that Chris Collinsworth was 20 00:01:08,200 --> 00:01:11,560 Speaker 1: slobbering all over both quarterbacks, so very difficult to slobber 21 00:01:11,680 --> 00:01:15,600 Speaker 1: over Aaron Rodgers the way that he played, But there 22 00:01:15,640 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: they were at so far in the hood in Inglewood 23 00:01:19,760 --> 00:01:22,360 Speaker 1: and up to no good. That was Aaron Rodgers up 24 00:01:22,400 --> 00:01:26,280 Speaker 1: to no good, My god, horrific. So I'll get right 25 00:01:26,319 --> 00:01:28,760 Speaker 1: into it. Justin Herbert, who wasn't all that great either. 26 00:01:28,840 --> 00:01:31,480 Speaker 1: He had two hundred and twenty yards passing and a 27 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:38,000 Speaker 1: touchdown and Aaron Rodgers a stumble bump performance for Aaron Rodgers, 28 00:01:38,000 --> 00:01:43,320 Speaker 1: his worst game with the pet sparkstif. Despite being surrounded 29 00:01:43,760 --> 00:01:46,320 Speaker 1: by nothing but black and yellow, black and yellow, black 30 00:01:46,319 --> 00:01:49,360 Speaker 1: and yellow, black and yellow, it did not matter as 31 00:01:49,480 --> 00:01:53,800 Speaker 1: the Chargers slapping around Aaron Rodgers, and a lot of 32 00:01:53,800 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: that was unforced mistakes by Rogers. Twenty five to ten. 33 00:01:58,520 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: Your final score saw the game, you know that on 34 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:04,600 Speaker 1: Sunday night there for the third straight win. Show me 35 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,240 Speaker 1: your lightning bolt. Now, the better story is in the 36 00:02:08,280 --> 00:02:12,720 Speaker 1: losing locker room. Aaron Rodgers completed barely over fifty percent 37 00:02:12,760 --> 00:02:15,040 Speaker 1: of his passes in this game. I'm told that's not good. 38 00:02:15,440 --> 00:02:18,320 Speaker 1: He averaged a little over five yards of pass which 39 00:02:18,360 --> 00:02:20,400 Speaker 1: was actually better than it had been most of the 40 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:24,239 Speaker 1: game thanks to the fourth quarter and the garbage time 41 00:02:24,320 --> 00:02:26,480 Speaker 1: touchdown with less than three minutes to go. The game 42 00:02:26,680 --> 00:02:29,200 Speaker 1: well in the bag what's in the back. The win 43 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:33,080 Speaker 1: is in the bag for the team from Los Angeles, 44 00:02:33,120 --> 00:02:36,320 Speaker 1: the Chargers. There, Rogers also had an interception that he 45 00:02:36,720 --> 00:02:39,920 Speaker 1: sacked for a safety in the in the end zone, obviously, 46 00:02:39,919 --> 00:02:43,679 Speaker 1: and then also fumble, though that was recovered. So when 47 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: asked to assess Aaron Rodgers play, Mike Tomlin, the Steelers 48 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:55,240 Speaker 1: head coach, seemingly dismissing the question there and he delivered 49 00:02:55,360 --> 00:03:00,360 Speaker 1: a death stare, a Mike Tomlin death stare to the porter. 50 00:03:01,080 --> 00:03:02,480 Speaker 1: Do we have that? I don't know we have that? 51 00:03:02,680 --> 00:03:02,960 Speaker 2: We have that? 52 00:03:03,040 --> 00:03:05,040 Speaker 1: I listened to Mike Tomlin here is asked the basic 53 00:03:05,120 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 1: question you're starting quarterback, went out there and wrote the comment, 54 00:03:08,840 --> 00:03:15,000 Speaker 1: what do you have to say for yourself? How would you? 55 00:03:18,280 --> 00:03:22,480 Speaker 1: How would you? All? Right? So that is a good 56 00:03:22,560 --> 00:03:25,320 Speaker 1: jumping off point. Let us discuss always like angry Mike 57 00:03:25,360 --> 00:03:28,960 Speaker 1: Tomlin's fun. It's fun angry Mike tom It was an 58 00:03:29,000 --> 00:03:31,920 Speaker 1: obvious question. Everyone knows the answer to that. It's like, 59 00:03:31,960 --> 00:03:34,240 Speaker 1: but you're not supposed to say it. So let us 60 00:03:34,320 --> 00:03:38,080 Speaker 1: discuss the question what is your takeaway from Mike Tomlin 61 00:03:38,240 --> 00:03:44,080 Speaker 1: and the death stare? The death stare like the male 62 00:03:44,160 --> 00:03:47,920 Speaker 1: medusa right there, Mike tom about Aaron Rodgers and how 63 00:03:47,920 --> 00:03:51,760 Speaker 1: to assess his performance or lack thereof. So I've got 64 00:03:51,800 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: limited edition frosty mug and background noise, and we will 65 00:03:57,760 --> 00:04:01,360 Speaker 1: combine all of these things together and we are going 66 00:04:01,400 --> 00:04:07,600 Speaker 1: to pig out on ballpark food like stale popcorn, nachos, 67 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:11,760 Speaker 1: hot dogs. There's a lot of ballpark food everywhere being tossed. 68 00:04:12,160 --> 00:04:13,960 Speaker 1: So hey, my first thought on this, I loved the 69 00:04:14,000 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: Tomlin desk there. Not quite to the level of Bill 70 00:04:17,520 --> 00:04:21,440 Speaker 1: Belichick back in his salad days with the Patriots, but Tomlin, 71 00:04:21,800 --> 00:04:24,960 Speaker 1: his blood was boiling. The blood was He's like, here 72 00:04:25,000 --> 00:04:29,480 Speaker 1: we go again, Here we go again. And Ben Roethlisberger 73 00:04:29,600 --> 00:04:32,280 Speaker 1: was not very good the end of his time in Pittsburgh. 74 00:04:32,600 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: They've had a revolving door of dumb and dummer at 75 00:04:37,080 --> 00:04:40,120 Speaker 1: quarterback ever since Roethlisberger left. And again he went very 76 00:04:40,120 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: good at the end there in Pittsburgh. And so they 77 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:46,920 Speaker 1: went through a bunch last year was justin Fields, Holy 78 00:04:47,080 --> 00:04:48,760 Speaker 1: craped us. He sucked and you see what he did 79 00:04:48,800 --> 00:04:50,680 Speaker 1: for the Jets. Again they won, but not because I 80 00:04:50,760 --> 00:04:53,560 Speaker 1: am and then also Russell Wilson, so they're well, we 81 00:04:53,600 --> 00:04:58,400 Speaker 1: got better. And Aaron Rodgers has actually been better than 82 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:02,120 Speaker 1: what they had got there in Pittsburgh. But this was horrific. 83 00:05:02,960 --> 00:05:05,760 Speaker 1: That was not the kind of performance you expected. Obviously 84 00:05:05,760 --> 00:05:11,440 Speaker 1: nobody expected that. And man Rogers looking like he belonged 85 00:05:11,480 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 1: in a museum, and not the Pro Football Hall of Fame. 86 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,840 Speaker 1: I'm talking about like a museum where they look at dinosaurs. 87 00:05:18,920 --> 00:05:22,440 Speaker 1: Man ancient, ancient looking there for Rogers in the game. 88 00:05:22,480 --> 00:05:25,080 Speaker 1: And I was actually sitting kind of near the end 89 00:05:25,160 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: zone when Rogers stumbled and bumbled and fell down there 90 00:05:29,080 --> 00:05:32,720 Speaker 1: for the safety early in the football game there, and 91 00:05:33,080 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: any success he had in this game was in garbage time. 92 00:05:36,360 --> 00:05:39,280 Speaker 1: The game had already been decided. The outcome was going 93 00:05:39,320 --> 00:05:40,960 Speaker 1: to go to the Chargers, and then that's it. So 94 00:05:41,000 --> 00:05:44,040 Speaker 1: you'd think the way he was playing, there should be 95 00:05:44,120 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: some kind of spin off with Nike, a limited edition 96 00:05:47,600 --> 00:05:53,080 Speaker 1: Nike Orthopedic cleat. I get those special Orthopedic cleats with 97 00:05:53,120 --> 00:05:56,920 Speaker 1: the swooshot him and get him a walker, Holy canody man, 98 00:05:58,080 --> 00:06:00,880 Speaker 1: instead of just do it just now, We'll be the 99 00:06:01,360 --> 00:06:04,640 Speaker 1: phrase there for Rogers watching him play here, he looked 100 00:06:04,680 --> 00:06:07,160 Speaker 1: like forget forty one. He played like he was in 101 00:06:07,160 --> 00:06:10,880 Speaker 1: his late sixties there, plodding along slow there was really 102 00:06:10,920 --> 00:06:16,240 Speaker 1: no rhythm, no method to the madness here for Aaron Rodgers, 103 00:06:16,279 --> 00:06:19,520 Speaker 1: and we call the type of game Rogers had. It's 104 00:06:19,520 --> 00:06:22,880 Speaker 1: called the compass Rose. What is the compass Rose? Quarterback? 105 00:06:22,920 --> 00:06:26,400 Speaker 1: That's where the passes go up and down and right 106 00:06:26,480 --> 00:06:30,159 Speaker 1: and left, and Rogers, it seemed, specifically, had mastered in 107 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:33,760 Speaker 1: this game the art of the overthrow, the art of 108 00:06:33,800 --> 00:06:39,320 Speaker 1: the overthrow. There was vintage. This was like Jets era Rodgers, 109 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,320 Speaker 1: although I felt like it was worse than that even 110 00:06:42,120 --> 00:06:44,440 Speaker 1: watching it in person. I've seen it on TV a bunch, 111 00:06:44,480 --> 00:06:46,919 Speaker 1: but to be there in the building and watch it 112 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:50,600 Speaker 1: in person, I was like, oohah, Man, like, wait, I 113 00:06:50,640 --> 00:06:52,719 Speaker 1: gotta get more monologues in on Rogers. He's not gonna 114 00:06:52,720 --> 00:06:55,280 Speaker 1: be around very much longer. Holy crap, man alive. I've 115 00:06:55,279 --> 00:06:57,160 Speaker 1: smere the last twenty years of my life talking about 116 00:06:57,160 --> 00:07:01,400 Speaker 1: his cat Rogers and man and just grumpy, you know, 117 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:03,760 Speaker 1: typical one. Things aren't going well, you're disengaged, you're not 118 00:07:03,880 --> 00:07:07,359 Speaker 1: fired up. Here. He's like trying to do a fill 119 00:07:07,400 --> 00:07:13,080 Speaker 1: in for a Sesame Street character, Oscar the grouch, grouchy, grouchy, grouchy, 120 00:07:13,080 --> 00:07:16,120 Speaker 1: grouchy grouchy man a lot. Let's say, were playing in 121 00:07:16,120 --> 00:07:21,240 Speaker 1: a swamp. The Steelers offense, nothing, nothing going on. Third 122 00:07:21,320 --> 00:07:24,120 Speaker 1: down for Aaron Rodgers, it was bad. So they had 123 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:28,840 Speaker 1: that limited edition orthopedic shoe for Rogers, and you half 124 00:07:28,880 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 1: expected him in the third quarter just to crawl back 125 00:07:31,760 --> 00:07:34,960 Speaker 1: into the trash can the way that he was playing, 126 00:07:35,400 --> 00:07:37,520 Speaker 1: and you, of course what it was he distracted because 127 00:07:37,600 --> 00:07:40,160 Speaker 1: you know his imaginary wife was there, maybe his real wife. 128 00:07:40,240 --> 00:07:42,880 Speaker 1: I don't know who knows. He's in yours house in Malibu, 129 00:07:42,920 --> 00:07:44,880 Speaker 1: although I think he's moving. I don't know what's going 130 00:07:44,920 --> 00:07:47,560 Speaker 1: on with that. But it's week ten. There are no 131 00:07:47,600 --> 00:07:50,640 Speaker 1: more excuse like the first five weeks. Well, it's early, 132 00:07:51,320 --> 00:07:54,520 Speaker 1: we'll figure it out. Nothing to worry about. It's week ten. 133 00:07:55,080 --> 00:07:58,320 Speaker 1: We are past the midway point. What are you doing? 134 00:07:59,000 --> 00:08:01,480 Speaker 1: This is who you are. The trade deadline is over. 135 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:05,280 Speaker 1: There's no reinforcements coming in to save the day. This 136 00:08:05,360 --> 00:08:09,600 Speaker 1: is what you got. Now are we discounting the Chargers? Here? 137 00:08:09,640 --> 00:08:13,080 Speaker 1: Are the Chargers a really good defense? Then we're they're 138 00:08:13,120 --> 00:08:14,880 Speaker 1: good defense. I don't know that. I would say really good, 139 00:08:15,480 --> 00:08:18,680 Speaker 1: and I would argue based on both watching the game 140 00:08:19,040 --> 00:08:22,120 Speaker 1: on the monitor and I'm flipping down with my own eyeballs. 141 00:08:22,120 --> 00:08:26,520 Speaker 1: It seemed more case of these were self inflicted wounds 142 00:08:26,560 --> 00:08:30,800 Speaker 1: by the Pittsburgh Steelers in this game. So, using the 143 00:08:30,840 --> 00:08:35,760 Speaker 1: Malor scale of concern, the Malor scale of concern one 144 00:08:35,800 --> 00:08:39,840 Speaker 1: to ten, with ten being the worst of the worst 145 00:08:39,880 --> 00:08:44,920 Speaker 1: of the worst, I'm at a nine. I'm out of nine. 146 00:08:45,520 --> 00:08:47,560 Speaker 1: Am I being a prisoner of the moment? Probably so? 147 00:08:47,800 --> 00:08:49,800 Speaker 1: Probably so? But I'm at a nine. I just I'm 148 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:52,000 Speaker 1: telling you what I just watched. That is not a 149 00:08:52,000 --> 00:08:54,560 Speaker 1: guy that's gonna win a playoff game. That is not 150 00:08:54,679 --> 00:08:57,119 Speaker 1: a guy that looks like he's even gonna make the playoffs. 151 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:00,679 Speaker 1: That was bad. That was bad No One game. Blah 152 00:09:00,720 --> 00:09:02,800 Speaker 1: blah blah blah blah blah blah. But that's all I 153 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:04,520 Speaker 1: have to do this show right now, It's all I 154 00:09:04,559 --> 00:09:08,520 Speaker 1: have to go out. He sucked. Rogers was garbage in 155 00:09:08,559 --> 00:09:13,000 Speaker 1: that game, Okay, And if this keeps up, forget a quarterback, 156 00:09:13,040 --> 00:09:15,319 Speaker 1: coach or a wide receiver, He's gonna need a lifeguard 157 00:09:15,320 --> 00:09:18,280 Speaker 1: because he's drowning. The whole offense is drowning out. There 158 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:21,959 Speaker 1: was a gigantic Turnberger is what they served up there. 159 00:09:22,000 --> 00:09:23,880 Speaker 1: And Rogers. Now, he said after the game that he 160 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:27,559 Speaker 1: feels good, and that he'll play better and you know 161 00:09:27,679 --> 00:09:30,960 Speaker 1: he's gonna do better decision making and all that. Come on, 162 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,680 Speaker 1: all right now, turning the page. As for the big 163 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:38,600 Speaker 1: picture again, better story in the losing locker room now. 164 00:09:38,720 --> 00:09:43,000 Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin also said regarding the situation, this steelser and 165 00:09:43,040 --> 00:09:46,200 Speaker 1: he said, there's quote nothing mystical about it. He said, 166 00:09:47,240 --> 00:09:50,000 Speaker 1: he says we'll be back, he claimed, will be better. 167 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:54,880 Speaker 1: We have to be close. Quote from the very verbose 168 00:09:55,240 --> 00:09:59,040 Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin. A good SoundBite, really good sound bite, Mike 169 00:09:59,080 --> 00:10:02,480 Speaker 1: TOMPI sound bite coach. We don't do lists. I'm just saying, 170 00:10:02,520 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: top five sound bite coach. Big board, not list, big 171 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:08,880 Speaker 1: board not list. So the question here it is how 172 00:10:09,000 --> 00:10:12,600 Speaker 1: much stalk? How much stalk do you put into Mike 173 00:10:12,640 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: Tomlin promising that these Steelers will be back, will be back? 174 00:10:18,000 --> 00:10:20,520 Speaker 1: Is the quote for Mike Tomlin. So my first reaction, 175 00:10:20,600 --> 00:10:23,000 Speaker 1: much like when Aaron Rodgers says, hey, uh, you know, 176 00:10:23,040 --> 00:10:25,800 Speaker 1: I feel good, We'll play better, when Mike Tomlin says 177 00:10:25,800 --> 00:10:28,560 Speaker 1: something similar, it's like, well, what else are you supposed 178 00:10:28,600 --> 00:10:31,360 Speaker 1: to say? Like you imagine if Tomlin had come out 179 00:10:31,400 --> 00:10:33,440 Speaker 1: as the coach of the Pittsburgh Steelers and say well, 180 00:10:33,920 --> 00:10:36,680 Speaker 1: we stink boys, We'll just shut it down. Get ready 181 00:10:36,679 --> 00:10:41,080 Speaker 1: for next year. Load management, lot management. He can't say that, 182 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:43,839 Speaker 1: So it's coach speak. One oh one. You got to 183 00:10:43,920 --> 00:10:46,840 Speaker 1: say something and so we'll be back. Is just Tom 184 00:10:46,920 --> 00:10:50,640 Speaker 1: liniese What is tomlines It's a we're not going to 185 00:10:50,720 --> 00:10:53,880 Speaker 1: forfeit yet. Now we're not. We just decided not to forfeit. 186 00:10:53,920 --> 00:10:56,959 Speaker 1: We'll try to play the game. Congratulations. So the Steelers 187 00:10:56,960 --> 00:11:00,599 Speaker 1: are going to show up next week and the Steelers 188 00:11:01,160 --> 00:11:05,719 Speaker 1: can say hellllelujah, hellelujah. Now why can't they say hall? 189 00:11:06,520 --> 00:11:10,480 Speaker 1: The problem is not the pep talk. Pep talk really 190 00:11:10,800 --> 00:11:13,880 Speaker 1: means all that much. It's the quality control of the 191 00:11:13,920 --> 00:11:17,319 Speaker 1: product that has not been consistent. The defense was atrocious 192 00:11:17,400 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: the beginning of the year. The defense has played a 193 00:11:18,960 --> 00:11:22,360 Speaker 1: little bit better now. The offense falls apart one thing. 194 00:11:22,520 --> 00:11:25,480 Speaker 1: It's like playing whack a mole, like you got one problem, 195 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:27,840 Speaker 1: you slap that down, and then another one pops up 196 00:11:27,880 --> 00:11:30,319 Speaker 1: on me. Way, I only got two halves, I only 197 00:11:30,360 --> 00:11:33,560 Speaker 1: got two hours. What he's supposed to do, And so 198 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:37,360 Speaker 1: Rogers looked like watching him play in the first half 199 00:11:37,440 --> 00:11:40,920 Speaker 1: of that game and into the third quarter, it looked 200 00:11:40,960 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: like he had gone out prior to the game and 201 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: he was tailgating with like Joe Rogan, even though Rogan 202 00:11:48,080 --> 00:11:50,000 Speaker 1: lives in Texas, but they some have maybe flew out 203 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:52,600 Speaker 1: to La. They were tailgating. They had like a frosty 204 00:11:52,720 --> 00:11:55,680 Speaker 1: mug of ayahuasca. And Rogers went out there and he 205 00:11:55,760 --> 00:11:58,480 Speaker 1: was seeing demons to the right, and he was seeing 206 00:11:58,640 --> 00:12:06,720 Speaker 1: aliens to the left. And it was wild, wild goes spook. 207 00:12:07,720 --> 00:12:10,600 Speaker 1: It was a comedy of errors, is what it was. 208 00:12:10,720 --> 00:12:13,479 Speaker 1: And now the good news is and I said, hallelujah, 209 00:12:13,600 --> 00:12:19,040 Speaker 1: the good news is up next be ben Gals. They suck. 210 00:12:19,480 --> 00:12:22,640 Speaker 1: If you don't have success on offense against the Cincinnati Bengals, 211 00:12:22,960 --> 00:12:25,640 Speaker 1: then you might want to go and get your pulse 212 00:12:25,760 --> 00:12:28,760 Speaker 1: check because you might be dead. Okay, they suck. So 213 00:12:29,240 --> 00:12:31,800 Speaker 1: that's the good news. That's the silver lining playbook for 214 00:12:31,920 --> 00:12:35,680 Speaker 1: Mike Tomlin and for Aaron Rodgers. You got Cincinnati their 215 00:12:35,720 --> 00:12:37,959 Speaker 1: easy mark. You still got to show up. You gotta 216 00:12:37,960 --> 00:12:41,920 Speaker 1: win the game. You'll get a focused Pittsburgh team next week. 217 00:12:42,320 --> 00:12:44,960 Speaker 1: The question is is this going to be what Rogers 218 00:12:45,080 --> 00:12:49,040 Speaker 1: is the rest of the way. Who knows. But Mike 219 00:12:49,080 --> 00:12:52,120 Speaker 1: Tomlin can talk about and he loves the quote the 220 00:12:52,200 --> 00:12:55,680 Speaker 1: standard is the standard. It's the iconic Mike Tomlin quote 221 00:12:56,000 --> 00:12:58,199 Speaker 1: from his time in Pittsburgh with the if you look 222 00:12:58,200 --> 00:13:00,719 Speaker 1: at the drive through menu board right now, if you 223 00:13:00,760 --> 00:13:03,559 Speaker 1: look at the drive through menu board there, it says 224 00:13:03,559 --> 00:13:05,000 Speaker 1: here and you can look it up. It says a 225 00:13:05,160 --> 00:13:09,920 Speaker 1: standard lately has been mediocrity. And then they've got a 226 00:13:10,000 --> 00:13:12,400 Speaker 1: side dish with the combo on the drive through menu. 227 00:13:12,559 --> 00:13:16,000 Speaker 1: You've got mediocrity and then a side of false hope 228 00:13:16,640 --> 00:13:18,600 Speaker 1: aside of false hope. So you've got a little bit 229 00:13:18,600 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: of that, a little bit of this. It's all kind 230 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:24,120 Speaker 1: of mixedgether now. The last word among and I did 231 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:28,240 Speaker 1: see this was multitasking, and people were telling me old 232 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:29,840 Speaker 1: stories that they didn't really want to hear, but they 233 00:13:29,920 --> 00:13:34,520 Speaker 1: kept on me anyway. The other storyline was the crowd, 234 00:13:35,520 --> 00:13:38,280 Speaker 1: and it's not new. It's been this way ever since 235 00:13:38,320 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: the NFL left Los Angeles for a generation. Came back. 236 00:13:43,320 --> 00:13:47,920 Speaker 1: Certain teams that have a rich history packed the stadium, 237 00:13:48,480 --> 00:13:51,280 Speaker 1: in this case the Pittsburgh Steelers. It might as well 238 00:13:51,320 --> 00:13:55,960 Speaker 1: have been in the confluence there where they formed the 239 00:13:55,960 --> 00:13:59,880 Speaker 1: Ohio River, the Monongahela and the Allegheny give birth to 240 00:14:00,040 --> 00:14:02,360 Speaker 1: a baby. I might as well have had that. They 241 00:14:02,360 --> 00:14:04,360 Speaker 1: had a little man made lake out front so far 242 00:14:04,760 --> 00:14:08,200 Speaker 1: that they have there. But the NBC cameras you couldn't 243 00:14:08,240 --> 00:14:12,120 Speaker 1: help but miss it. You couldn't, You couldn't avoid it, 244 00:14:12,400 --> 00:14:14,160 Speaker 1: is what I'm trying to say. The cameras showed, Now 245 00:14:14,920 --> 00:14:17,480 Speaker 1: we were shocked by it, shouldn't be shocked by. It 246 00:14:17,520 --> 00:14:20,520 Speaker 1: was happens every time they play a legacy team like 247 00:14:20,560 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: the Packers, Steelers and the forty nine Ers, teams that 248 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:27,160 Speaker 1: have huge followings. So the cameras kept showing these Steeler 249 00:14:27,320 --> 00:14:31,120 Speaker 1: fans waving the terrible towels, and a buddy of mine 250 00:14:31,280 --> 00:14:33,440 Speaker 1: in the press box is like, hey, did they give 251 00:14:33,480 --> 00:14:36,720 Speaker 1: those out? I said, why would they give out terrible towels? 252 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,320 Speaker 1: That's a Pittsburgh thing, you dummy. They don't give those out, 253 00:14:40,520 --> 00:14:42,520 Speaker 1: but it looked like it. It was like a promotion. 254 00:14:43,080 --> 00:14:47,560 Speaker 1: Everyone had one. Everyone had a Terrible towel. At one point, 255 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:50,240 Speaker 1: I think the Charger fans started holding them up there 256 00:14:50,240 --> 00:14:52,960 Speaker 1: were like, hey, they're yellow, we'll make it about that. 257 00:14:53,560 --> 00:14:56,720 Speaker 1: So you had Mike Tariko on the broadcast. He said, 258 00:14:56,880 --> 00:14:59,480 Speaker 1: and he was being generous when he said, sixty five percent, 259 00:14:59,520 --> 00:15:03,240 Speaker 1: he estimate a pro Steeler crowd at sixty five percent. 260 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:06,560 Speaker 1: Other estimates said seventy percent. I did the malor math 261 00:15:06,920 --> 00:15:09,520 Speaker 1: and I was there, so boots on the ground, I 262 00:15:09,520 --> 00:15:15,000 Speaker 1: said seventy five percent. Steeler fans seventy five percent. The 263 00:15:15,040 --> 00:15:19,760 Speaker 1: place was packed. It was absolutely packed, everyone in the 264 00:15:19,760 --> 00:15:22,080 Speaker 1: house there with the black and yellow, black and yellow, 265 00:15:22,080 --> 00:15:23,960 Speaker 1: black and yellow, black and yellow, all that. So the 266 00:15:24,080 --> 00:15:30,520 Speaker 1: question is this embarrassing for the NFL that you have 267 00:15:30,600 --> 00:15:35,240 Speaker 1: an island game, island game Sunday night football. Yet again, 268 00:15:35,400 --> 00:15:38,840 Speaker 1: Chargers there and they've been in LA for a while 269 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,480 Speaker 1: now and they have not been able to develop a 270 00:15:41,560 --> 00:15:45,800 Speaker 1: fan base in LA. And here's the latest example example 271 00:15:45,840 --> 00:15:50,760 Speaker 1: A your honor the defense now rest, so listen. It 272 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,440 Speaker 1: is I would not say it's embarrassing. I'm looking. I'm 273 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,520 Speaker 1: not gonna use the word embarrassing. The word that should 274 00:15:55,560 --> 00:15:58,400 Speaker 1: be used to you, and I like words. Inevitable is 275 00:15:58,440 --> 00:15:59,960 Speaker 1: the word I will use. So I'm gonna use the 276 00:16:00,000 --> 00:16:02,000 Speaker 1: word inevitable. And the reason I'm using the word inevable 277 00:16:02,480 --> 00:16:07,400 Speaker 1: the Chargers ghosted San Diego. You know how you're saying 278 00:16:07,440 --> 00:16:09,320 Speaker 1: you a date and you might just you know, you 279 00:16:09,800 --> 00:16:11,280 Speaker 1: go out and date, you get a free meal, you 280 00:16:11,280 --> 00:16:13,520 Speaker 1: blow the other person off it, I'm gonna contact them again. 281 00:16:13,840 --> 00:16:16,560 Speaker 1: So the Chargers ghosted the city of San Diego. Now 282 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: you know some of you know, I started in radio 283 00:16:18,280 --> 00:16:21,000 Speaker 1: in San Diego. I was there as a young lad. 284 00:16:21,080 --> 00:16:24,160 Speaker 1: The Chargers got to a Super Bowl. The town was electric. 285 00:16:24,600 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: It was a loyal fan base of Charger fans in 286 00:16:27,840 --> 00:16:31,360 Speaker 1: San Diego, and the franchise, the Spanos family, said screw you, 287 00:16:31,840 --> 00:16:35,600 Speaker 1: We're done and that's it. And so they they and 288 00:16:35,680 --> 00:16:37,640 Speaker 1: I know this guy, I've had this explained to me 289 00:16:37,800 --> 00:16:39,840 Speaker 1: by some people that work for the Chargers years ago. 290 00:16:39,880 --> 00:16:42,720 Speaker 1: When they first came to LA, they said, listen, we're 291 00:16:42,720 --> 00:16:45,440 Speaker 1: gonna get a certain percentage of people that are going 292 00:16:45,480 --> 00:16:48,480 Speaker 1: to drive up from San Diego, and they're gonna make 293 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:50,800 Speaker 1: the drive every Sunday. It's gonna be a thing. And 294 00:16:50,880 --> 00:16:53,880 Speaker 1: then they're gonna go back. And so they figured they'd 295 00:16:53,880 --> 00:16:56,920 Speaker 1: have that, and then they'd add slowly, they'd add fans 296 00:16:57,000 --> 00:17:00,200 Speaker 1: in LA. Could not have been more wrong, couldn't not 297 00:17:00,280 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: have been more wrong. I love when really educated people 298 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:06,359 Speaker 1: who have gone through all of academia have had all 299 00:17:06,400 --> 00:17:12,120 Speaker 1: that crap and they just are complete morons. People. There's 300 00:17:12,160 --> 00:17:13,879 Speaker 1: a few Charger fans that make the trip up in 301 00:17:13,960 --> 00:17:17,679 Speaker 1: San Diego very few. The town's pretty much like, screw you, 302 00:17:17,760 --> 00:17:20,760 Speaker 1: we hate all things LA. We're not going up there. 303 00:17:21,080 --> 00:17:23,080 Speaker 1: You people come down here on the weekends and run 304 00:17:23,080 --> 00:17:26,679 Speaker 1: amok in our city. So we're out. And so you 305 00:17:26,720 --> 00:17:31,440 Speaker 1: can't just reboot a fan base like you can reboot 306 00:17:31,480 --> 00:17:34,840 Speaker 1: a computer or a phone. It's not the way it works. Obviously. 307 00:17:35,320 --> 00:17:37,919 Speaker 1: You certainly can't get all of a sudden loyal large 308 00:17:38,000 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: numbers of loyal fans. There are loyal Charger fans, just 309 00:17:41,080 --> 00:17:44,280 Speaker 1: not many, not many of them. And you know, San 310 00:17:44,320 --> 00:17:47,800 Speaker 1: Diego say what you want, military towns, surf for town, 311 00:17:47,880 --> 00:17:50,400 Speaker 1: all that. But they did love the Chargers. They did, 312 00:17:50,680 --> 00:17:53,080 Speaker 1: and they were rewarded with the bird from the NFL 313 00:17:53,160 --> 00:17:57,200 Speaker 1: and from the Spanos family. So the reality is hardly 314 00:17:57,200 --> 00:18:00,680 Speaker 1: anybody cares about the Chargers in LA. They're just kind 315 00:18:00,720 --> 00:18:04,199 Speaker 1: of background noise, if you will, in between commercials and 316 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:06,200 Speaker 1: they pop up and you're like, why is the Charger game? 317 00:18:06,240 --> 00:18:07,720 Speaker 1: I don't want to watch the Charger game. Why don't 318 00:18:07,720 --> 00:18:09,440 Speaker 1: we get another game? Well, that's the game because they're 319 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:10,960 Speaker 1: in LA, so you get to charge again, but I 320 00:18:10,960 --> 00:18:12,600 Speaker 1: don't want the charge of it. But that's the game. 321 00:18:12,960 --> 00:18:16,160 Speaker 1: That's what you get. Nine years they've been back. It's 322 00:18:16,200 --> 00:18:18,639 Speaker 1: been nine years already. The Chargers have been back in 323 00:18:18,840 --> 00:18:22,520 Speaker 1: LA and most of the time they're playing road games 324 00:18:22,960 --> 00:18:25,440 Speaker 1: and it doesn't affect the outcome. And I'm not gonna 325 00:18:25,440 --> 00:18:27,399 Speaker 1: say people make a big deal about it. They love 326 00:18:27,440 --> 00:18:30,200 Speaker 1: to talk about home field, ev it doesn't. The Chargers 327 00:18:30,400 --> 00:18:33,199 Speaker 1: won this game. It was a Steeler home game. The 328 00:18:33,359 --> 00:18:35,560 Speaker 1: Rams win most of their home games. When there's other 329 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,600 Speaker 1: fans from other teams, it doesn't matter. It feels good 330 00:18:38,640 --> 00:18:40,199 Speaker 1: if you're a fan of another team, Like I know, 331 00:18:40,240 --> 00:18:42,240 Speaker 1: the Niner fans love when they come to LA to 332 00:18:42,240 --> 00:18:43,880 Speaker 1: play the Rams and it's like a Niner home game. 333 00:18:43,920 --> 00:18:46,400 Speaker 1: They love it. Lin Ms win most of the time. 334 00:18:46,440 --> 00:18:48,679 Speaker 1: When the other team has more fans than the Chargers, 335 00:18:48,680 --> 00:18:51,959 Speaker 1: it doesn't affect them. But it does take at least 336 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:57,280 Speaker 1: a generation, at least a generation to cultivate to grow. 337 00:18:57,400 --> 00:19:00,480 Speaker 1: If you're a farmer, it takes a generation to grow 338 00:19:01,280 --> 00:19:03,919 Speaker 1: on fan base. Right, twenty years, it's been nine So 339 00:19:03,920 --> 00:19:05,920 Speaker 1: if you do the math on that, eleven more years, 340 00:19:06,119 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 1: Holy crap, we're looking at twenty thirty six. Twenty thirty 341 00:19:10,640 --> 00:19:13,040 Speaker 1: six Before you start to feel any kind of local, 342 00:19:14,080 --> 00:19:16,639 Speaker 1: local family. And that's the kids that became charge of 343 00:19:16,680 --> 00:19:19,399 Speaker 1: fans that now have become adults and then they're starting 344 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:22,280 Speaker 1: families and crap like that. That's what that is. Now 345 00:19:22,280 --> 00:19:25,480 Speaker 1: you can fast track it. You can fast track it 346 00:19:25,520 --> 00:19:27,159 Speaker 1: the way you would fast track it is to win 347 00:19:27,200 --> 00:19:29,359 Speaker 1: a couple of super Bowls, because everyone's a front runner. 348 00:19:29,560 --> 00:19:32,639 Speaker 1: Everyone's a band wagner, as Blair and Maine likes to say, 349 00:19:32,840 --> 00:19:34,879 Speaker 1: and so you can zip things along a little faster. 350 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:37,920 Speaker 1: The Chargers don't look like a super Bowl team to me. 351 00:19:38,000 --> 00:19:39,440 Speaker 1: Do they look like a super Bowl team to you? 352 00:19:39,480 --> 00:19:40,920 Speaker 1: They don't look like a super Bowl team to me. 353 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,320 Speaker 1: They like a typical middle of the pack good team, 354 00:19:43,400 --> 00:19:47,919 Speaker 1: not great team where five things happen, right, meaning a 355 00:19:47,960 --> 00:19:51,359 Speaker 1: couple of quarterbacks break their ankles or whatever. You could 356 00:19:51,359 --> 00:19:54,959 Speaker 1: go to the super Bowl. Other than that, eh, you know, 357 00:19:55,000 --> 00:19:57,399 Speaker 1: they'll win their ten or eleven games, and they'll be 358 00:19:57,440 --> 00:19:59,200 Speaker 1: a playoff team and they're losing the first or the 359 00:19:59,240 --> 00:20:01,240 Speaker 1: second weekend of the NFL playoffs, and that'll be that. 360 00:20:02,000 --> 00:20:05,760 Speaker 1: And so meanwhile, the Steeler fans generation, which under the 361 00:20:05,760 --> 00:20:10,560 Speaker 1: mathot so nineteen seventies, the Great Steeler teams with Terry 362 00:20:10,600 --> 00:20:13,600 Speaker 1: Bradshaw on that great defense. And so you fast forward 363 00:20:13,600 --> 00:20:17,080 Speaker 1: out for those people in the seventies had kids, so 364 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,520 Speaker 1: then they became adults in the nineties. So then those 365 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:25,920 Speaker 1: people they had kids maybe in the twenty tens, right, 366 00:20:26,000 --> 00:20:29,160 Speaker 1: So now we're on to another generation of Steeler fans. 367 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,200 Speaker 1: And it was crazy, man. I was looking around. I 368 00:20:32,320 --> 00:20:34,679 Speaker 1: saw her buddy, Eddie, the Great Eddie Garcia caught up 369 00:20:34,720 --> 00:20:36,600 Speaker 1: with him, had a little pow wow with Eddie down there. 370 00:20:36,720 --> 00:20:39,239 Speaker 1: He had full Steeler gear on. I couldn't find him 371 00:20:39,240 --> 00:20:41,159 Speaker 1: because he had full Steeler gear. If you want to 372 00:20:41,160 --> 00:20:42,720 Speaker 1: stand out, you should want to charge your jersey. I 373 00:20:42,760 --> 00:20:45,840 Speaker 1: would have found him right away. Was King EDDI right there. 374 00:20:45,840 --> 00:20:47,480 Speaker 1: But it was like a black and yellow, black and 375 00:20:47,560 --> 00:20:51,560 Speaker 1: yellow circus. It was like Halloween had continued here and 376 00:20:51,600 --> 00:20:55,000 Speaker 1: it was like a pajama party mixed with Halloween. There 377 00:20:55,000 --> 00:20:59,280 Speaker 1: were dudes with homemade costumes. It was pretty pretty intense. 378 00:20:59,320 --> 00:20:59,439 Speaker 2: Man. 379 00:20:59,480 --> 00:21:01,639 Speaker 1: These guys spent a lot of time and effort to 380 00:21:01,720 --> 00:21:04,200 Speaker 1: come up with the right look. And some of it 381 00:21:04,320 --> 00:21:05,919 Speaker 1: was store bought, you know. Some of it was just 382 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:07,800 Speaker 1: what you can find online. But it looked like there 383 00:21:07,800 --> 00:21:11,240 Speaker 1: were some things I had never seen before. I saw 384 00:21:11,240 --> 00:21:13,520 Speaker 1: a lot of Steely McBean, which is I thought that 385 00:21:13,520 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: was kind of a mascot. Eddie hated the mascot, but 386 00:21:16,240 --> 00:21:17,919 Speaker 1: I saw a lot of shirts with Steely McBean on 387 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:18,639 Speaker 1: it and all that stuff. 388 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:20,960 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Mellor 389 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:24,520 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific on 390 00:21:24,680 --> 00:21:27,600 Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio app. 391 00:21:28,720 --> 00:21:31,400 Speaker 1: Hey, it's Rob Parker and Kelvin Washington from The Odd 392 00:21:31,400 --> 00:21:32,960 Speaker 1: Couple on Fox Sports Radio. 393 00:21:33,240 --> 00:21:35,920 Speaker 3: And in addition to hearing us live weeknights from seven 394 00:21:35,960 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 3: to ten pm Eastern on Fox Sports Radio, we are 395 00:21:39,400 --> 00:21:42,720 Speaker 3: excited to announce brand new YouTube channel for the show. 396 00:21:42,880 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 1: That's right, you can now watch The Odd Couple live 397 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:48,200 Speaker 1: on YouTube every day. 398 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:51,600 Speaker 3: All you gotta do search Odd Couple FSR on YouTube. 399 00:21:51,640 --> 00:21:55,600 Speaker 3: Again YouTube, Just search Odd Couple FSR. Check us out 400 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:57,560 Speaker 3: on YouTube and subscribe. 401 00:21:58,720 --> 00:22:00,920 Speaker 1: Let's go to the coaching care So round and round 402 00:22:00,920 --> 00:22:03,320 Speaker 1: and round and round and round and round the coaching carousel. 403 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:06,520 Speaker 1: So on a giving year, anywhere from seven to ten 404 00:22:06,640 --> 00:22:11,200 Speaker 1: coaches typically get whacked in the NFL. That's normally how 405 00:22:11,240 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: this goes. Seven to ten coaches typically get whacked in 406 00:22:14,640 --> 00:22:18,240 Speaker 1: the NFL. And so it got cranked up on Monday. 407 00:22:18,280 --> 00:22:20,720 Speaker 1: We anticipated that somebody was going to lose their job 408 00:22:20,760 --> 00:22:22,560 Speaker 1: when the sun rose in the east on Monday. We 409 00:22:22,600 --> 00:22:24,840 Speaker 1: talked about this in the Overnight Show in a previous episode, 410 00:22:25,160 --> 00:22:28,080 Speaker 1: and it turns out that we were correct. We weren't 411 00:22:28,080 --> 00:22:29,480 Speaker 1: sure whether it would be the head coach or one 412 00:22:29,520 --> 00:22:31,080 Speaker 1: of the coordinators. But it turns out if you did 413 00:22:31,119 --> 00:22:35,119 Speaker 1: not hear by now, perhaps not. We have learned that 414 00:22:35,280 --> 00:22:40,720 Speaker 1: the gat alright, hey and t s Giants they fired 415 00:22:40,840 --> 00:22:44,879 Speaker 1: coach Brian day Ball. He gon' he's out here, Na 416 00:22:45,200 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: La day go bye. He's out. Brian dave Ball moving 417 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:57,440 Speaker 1: on from the coaching ranks. There head coach of the Giants, 418 00:22:58,160 --> 00:23:02,879 Speaker 1: and he's out way through his fourth season of suckage 419 00:23:03,080 --> 00:23:07,120 Speaker 1: with the Giants two and eight record, two and eight. 420 00:23:07,960 --> 00:23:11,760 Speaker 1: Oh Man offensive quarner Mike Kofka will take over as 421 00:23:11,800 --> 00:23:15,719 Speaker 1: the interim coach at one point, a up and coming 422 00:23:15,800 --> 00:23:18,639 Speaker 1: star and the coach he ranks and not lately, but 423 00:23:18,680 --> 00:23:21,040 Speaker 1: he'll be the interim coach. Always watch out for that 424 00:23:21,119 --> 00:23:24,320 Speaker 1: interim coach. You always want to avoid giving the full 425 00:23:24,320 --> 00:23:27,720 Speaker 1: time job to the interim coach. If you don't believe me, 426 00:23:27,840 --> 00:23:32,600 Speaker 1: look up Romeo Crennell. Anyway, so the move made by ownership. 427 00:23:32,640 --> 00:23:37,960 Speaker 1: It came a day after the Giants did the impossible. 428 00:23:38,040 --> 00:23:40,359 Speaker 1: They've been a laughing stock of a franchise and they 429 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:45,240 Speaker 1: embarrassed themselves some more with that double digit blown lead 430 00:23:45,320 --> 00:23:49,080 Speaker 1: yet again against the man that has the manny and 431 00:23:49,080 --> 00:23:52,439 Speaker 1: the petty down Pat Caleb Williams and Chicago as the 432 00:23:52,480 --> 00:23:56,840 Speaker 1: Bears came back down ten and we talked about Greg Olsen, 433 00:23:56,920 --> 00:24:00,520 Speaker 1: the Fox broadcaster who put the coach, Brian day Ball 434 00:24:00,560 --> 00:24:04,520 Speaker 1: on blast. Normally, when a broadcaster goes after a coach 435 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:07,600 Speaker 1: or a player, they've been given the green light to 436 00:24:07,600 --> 00:24:11,600 Speaker 1: do that. So Olsen, it turns out he blasted Brian Daball. 437 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: He must have known if the Giants did not win 438 00:24:14,640 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: that game that the coach was going to be fired, 439 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:21,639 Speaker 1: and he was. He was whacked. That's it. So Joe Shane, 440 00:24:21,680 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: the most amazing part of this is this guy, Joe Shane, 441 00:24:25,560 --> 00:24:29,720 Speaker 1: not spelled like that, will remain as the general manager 442 00:24:29,840 --> 00:24:34,159 Speaker 1: of the Giants. Yeah. John Mara and the other ownership 443 00:24:34,160 --> 00:24:38,960 Speaker 1: people there said that the GM will lead a search party. 444 00:24:39,000 --> 00:24:42,480 Speaker 1: It's a rescue and recovery mission for the franchise, which 445 00:24:42,560 --> 00:24:47,479 Speaker 1: sucks now. Day Ball. The second coach number two that 446 00:24:47,600 --> 00:24:55,600 Speaker 1: has been has been let go as Brian Callahan, whose 447 00:24:55,640 --> 00:24:59,119 Speaker 1: team as to quote cam Ward we asked that was 448 00:24:59,160 --> 00:25:01,919 Speaker 1: his quote about to tell Titan. So the we ass 449 00:25:02,000 --> 00:25:05,399 Speaker 1: coach got let go. He was let go after six games. 450 00:25:05,440 --> 00:25:08,000 Speaker 1: Titans started out one in five and they have not 451 00:25:08,160 --> 00:25:11,320 Speaker 1: won since then. So as far as the Giants not 452 00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:14,680 Speaker 1: everyone is pleached, which blows me away, like this seemed 453 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:17,280 Speaker 1: like one of those moves in sports that no one 454 00:25:17,400 --> 00:25:22,320 Speaker 1: would have a problem with. How would you possibly justify 455 00:25:22,480 --> 00:25:25,200 Speaker 1: keeping Brian day Ball as the coach? It makes no sense. 456 00:25:26,000 --> 00:25:30,920 Speaker 1: But sure enough, there are people of some prominence depending 457 00:25:30,960 --> 00:25:34,679 Speaker 1: on who you give prominence to, that are on the record, 458 00:25:35,080 --> 00:25:38,400 Speaker 1: on the record stating that this is not a good move. 459 00:25:39,400 --> 00:25:42,320 Speaker 1: Some of the commentary coming in from the NFL, the 460 00:25:42,800 --> 00:25:47,680 Speaker 1: poor Brian day Ball crowd, it's not fair. It's not fair, 461 00:25:48,320 --> 00:25:52,360 Speaker 1: led by who else but that dunce Dan Orlovsky, the 462 00:25:52,359 --> 00:25:57,320 Speaker 1: man that famously playing for the Ohen sixteen Lions decided 463 00:25:57,359 --> 00:25:59,160 Speaker 1: to run out of the back of the end zone. 464 00:25:59,160 --> 00:26:03,320 Speaker 1: That guy is now giving football commentary on television. That's right, yes, anyway, 465 00:26:03,400 --> 00:26:06,720 Speaker 1: Dan Olasky and the usual other NFL pity Party crew. 466 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,639 Speaker 1: They're like, oh man, this is a mistake. This is 467 00:26:10,680 --> 00:26:14,840 Speaker 1: a mistake, saying the Giants should have let Brian day 468 00:26:14,880 --> 00:26:19,040 Speaker 1: Ball finish what is essentially like a love story with 469 00:26:19,240 --> 00:26:24,400 Speaker 1: Jackson Dart, the coach and the player Jackson Dart there 470 00:26:24,480 --> 00:26:29,840 Speaker 1: because they had I love this good chemistry bull crap, 471 00:26:30,320 --> 00:26:32,919 Speaker 1: all right, So that is a good jumping off point. 472 00:26:33,800 --> 00:26:38,080 Speaker 1: Let us discuss the question did Brian day Ball deserve 473 00:26:38,280 --> 00:26:42,520 Speaker 1: more time? Did the Giants not give him enough time 474 00:26:43,280 --> 00:26:48,840 Speaker 1: to coach Jackson Dart the prodigy from Old Miss, and 475 00:26:49,080 --> 00:26:51,400 Speaker 1: did he not get the fair shake with the Giants? 476 00:26:51,440 --> 00:26:54,840 Speaker 1: So on this one, I've got tender Muppet babies and 477 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:58,760 Speaker 1: Windy's and we will combine all of these things together 478 00:26:59,160 --> 00:27:01,040 Speaker 1: and we're going to put that in a deep frier 479 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,399 Speaker 1: because anything in a deep fryer just tastes good. Just 480 00:27:03,480 --> 00:27:12,480 Speaker 1: anything fried just as delicious. So number number, you can 481 00:27:12,520 --> 00:27:17,040 Speaker 1: tell who Brian Dayball's buddies are in the media. It's 482 00:27:17,080 --> 00:27:19,280 Speaker 1: not that hard to test. I'm not that bright. I 483 00:27:19,320 --> 00:27:21,640 Speaker 1: do an overnight show, but I know the people right 484 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:25,800 Speaker 1: now that are advocating and that are preaching and singing 485 00:27:25,880 --> 00:27:29,600 Speaker 1: the gospel about Brian Dayball. They are in the tank. 486 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,400 Speaker 1: They are in the tank. They're all his media buddies. 487 00:27:32,600 --> 00:27:34,720 Speaker 1: And like I said, the word on the street is 488 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:36,640 Speaker 1: that Brian Dave Ball is a great guy. Everyone loves 489 00:27:36,640 --> 00:27:38,399 Speaker 1: hanging out with him, which is how he was able 490 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 1: to keep the job that he was unfit for for 491 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:44,160 Speaker 1: as long as he kept the job with the Giants 492 00:27:44,280 --> 00:27:48,680 Speaker 1: and all these guys trying to convince you, you and 493 00:27:48,800 --> 00:27:53,360 Speaker 1: me that the Giants were building something. What were they building? 494 00:27:53,600 --> 00:27:56,919 Speaker 1: They were building an outhouse is what they were building. Okay, 495 00:27:57,240 --> 00:28:00,720 Speaker 1: there's one problem with his building the offense up. The 496 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:04,360 Speaker 1: offense was dial up Internet. That was the Giants offense. 497 00:28:05,119 --> 00:28:06,919 Speaker 1: But what about that game when he scored a lot 498 00:28:06,920 --> 00:28:09,560 Speaker 1: of plays? Okay, what about the other games? What about 499 00:28:09,600 --> 00:28:12,880 Speaker 1: the other games? I don't have any skin in the game, 500 00:28:13,119 --> 00:28:16,879 Speaker 1: But it was past time for the Giants here to 501 00:28:16,920 --> 00:28:19,920 Speaker 1: go on tender and swipe left, not right, not right, 502 00:28:20,000 --> 00:28:24,760 Speaker 1: swipe left unattractive. Brian day Ball has been living off 503 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:29,120 Speaker 1: borrow time. There's only so many days you get. Well, 504 00:28:29,160 --> 00:28:31,880 Speaker 1: I'm the guy that coached up Josh Allen. I'm the guy. 505 00:28:31,920 --> 00:28:35,880 Speaker 1: What about me, George Allen? No, shove it up your tuckers, 506 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,040 Speaker 1: with Josh Allen living on borrow time in that Fluke 507 00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,400 Speaker 1: fugase playoff situation a couple of years ago. You go 508 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: two and eight this year, uh, and since Coach of 509 00:28:47,320 --> 00:28:50,960 Speaker 1: the Year he somehow won that eleven and thirty three. 510 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:56,880 Speaker 1: That is a brown bag situation, as in brown backett, 511 00:28:56,880 --> 00:28:59,480 Speaker 1: pack your stuff up in a brown bag and get 512 00:28:59,480 --> 00:29:04,320 Speaker 1: out of here. And enough. Brian day Ball overall forty losses, 513 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:08,480 Speaker 1: twenty wins and one time twenty games under five hundred, 514 00:29:08,720 --> 00:29:12,280 Speaker 1: a three thirty six winning percentage for the now former 515 00:29:12,280 --> 00:29:14,160 Speaker 1: head coach of the Giants. Now what does that mean 516 00:29:14,200 --> 00:29:17,800 Speaker 1: in Layman's terms? So that means if you look at 517 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,360 Speaker 1: the NFL since the merger, there have been one hundred 518 00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,880 Speaker 1: and sixty six coaches, one hundred and sixty six coaches 519 00:29:24,880 --> 00:29:29,520 Speaker 1: that have met the criteria, and Brian day Ball has 520 00:29:30,280 --> 00:29:32,920 Speaker 1: in that group one hundred sixty sixties, ranked one hundred 521 00:29:33,000 --> 00:29:36,880 Speaker 1: and fifty fourth, So he's in the ninety third percent tile, 522 00:29:36,920 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: which means ninety three percent of all coaching hires have 523 00:29:41,000 --> 00:29:45,800 Speaker 1: been better than Brian Dayball. But yet his buddies get 524 00:29:45,840 --> 00:29:50,160 Speaker 1: on television. Who's not in full and Jackson Darden, Oh 525 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:54,200 Speaker 1: my god, they're acting like the these day Ball stands 526 00:29:54,520 --> 00:29:56,920 Speaker 1: are acting like they just the Giants just got rid 527 00:29:56,960 --> 00:30:01,400 Speaker 1: of Sean McVeigh two point zero. You combine Sean McVay 528 00:30:02,120 --> 00:30:05,800 Speaker 1: and the late Steve Jobs or someone along that isa, well, 529 00:30:05,840 --> 00:30:09,600 Speaker 1: no no, no, no, no no no. Even the movie 530 00:30:09,640 --> 00:30:12,920 Speaker 1: Man Moving Man matchs like, well, this is ridiculous. Guess what. 531 00:30:13,320 --> 00:30:16,960 Speaker 1: Brian day Ball is not innovating anything. I'm sure he's 532 00:30:16,960 --> 00:30:21,080 Speaker 1: great over a prime rib dinner that's paid for by 533 00:30:21,120 --> 00:30:24,120 Speaker 1: the Giants and a nice bottle of alcohol and the 534 00:30:24,160 --> 00:30:27,479 Speaker 1: whole thing at a dinner. Do I want him coaching 535 00:30:27,480 --> 00:30:29,520 Speaker 1: an NFL team? No? 536 00:30:29,520 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 3: No. 537 00:30:30,120 --> 00:30:32,920 Speaker 1: The Giants offense for the most part, you're gonna judge 538 00:30:32,960 --> 00:30:35,400 Speaker 1: him by the full body of work has been prehistoric, 539 00:30:36,560 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: prehistoric with Brian day Ball as the coach. And as 540 00:30:40,480 --> 00:30:43,920 Speaker 1: far as the whole chemistry experiment, this is not junior 541 00:30:44,000 --> 00:30:48,360 Speaker 1: high school chemistry. And I don't know where that's coming from. 542 00:30:48,360 --> 00:30:50,720 Speaker 1: I don't see it. Do you see it? I don't. 543 00:30:51,800 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: I must be missing something. There's got to be a disconnect, 544 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,840 Speaker 1: because I don't see any sign that this is going 545 00:30:58,120 --> 00:31:01,560 Speaker 1: as good as some of these idiots are saying. So 546 00:31:01,640 --> 00:31:05,800 Speaker 1: pump the breaks, Pump the break, Jackson Dart, whether or 547 00:31:05,800 --> 00:31:07,800 Speaker 1: not he makes it or not, will have nothing to 548 00:31:07,840 --> 00:31:12,040 Speaker 1: do with Brian Dayball nothing. And they're making it seem 549 00:31:12,080 --> 00:31:14,479 Speaker 1: like he's a top five quarterback in the NFL right now. 550 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: It's because of the scheme for Brian day Ball the coach, 551 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:21,000 Speaker 1: and everybody's being held back. And now this evil ownership 552 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:23,000 Speaker 1: in the front office is involved in all this stuff. 553 00:31:23,120 --> 00:31:26,800 Speaker 1: It's like, is he a top ten quarterback? No? Is 554 00:31:26,840 --> 00:31:29,200 Speaker 1: he a top fifteen. No, He's right in the middle. 555 00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:32,800 Speaker 1: He's an average NFL quarterback. Jackson Dart is ranked eighteenth 556 00:31:32,840 --> 00:31:35,840 Speaker 1: in the NFL. He is right now, he's in a wedgie. 557 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:40,400 Speaker 1: He's wedged between Jaden Daniels, who's always hurt these days, 558 00:31:40,480 --> 00:31:45,560 Speaker 1: and CJ. Stroud, who's also missing games because of concussions 559 00:31:45,560 --> 00:31:47,840 Speaker 1: and other things here. So those are the two guys 560 00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: right there. On one side, you got Jayden and Daniels. 561 00:31:50,640 --> 00:31:52,320 Speaker 1: On the other side you got c J. Stroud there, 562 00:31:52,800 --> 00:31:55,520 Speaker 1: And for the most part, those other quarterbacks have been 563 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:59,000 Speaker 1: like day Old Seltzer. It's just not that great for 564 00:31:59,080 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: Jayden Daniels or CJ. Stroud. Now, as far as Jackson Darty, 565 00:32:04,120 --> 00:32:07,280 Speaker 1: jury is obviously still out there. Is no formal decision 566 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:10,080 Speaker 1: that has been made here, and they'll say, oh, he'll 567 00:32:10,080 --> 00:32:13,440 Speaker 1: figure something out. But the whole chemistry thing, I was like, dude, 568 00:32:13,480 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 1: come on, that tells you that they have no argument 569 00:32:16,360 --> 00:32:20,480 Speaker 1: to keep the coach, because there'd be no reason, absolutely 570 00:32:20,560 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: no reason to bring that up, no reason if there 571 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:29,080 Speaker 1: was something tangible like chemistry is just made up sports gibberish. 572 00:32:29,160 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: It's something that dumb people say. It's like momentum, chemistry, momentum. 573 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,479 Speaker 1: It's all bull crap that people just get taught when 574 00:32:36,480 --> 00:32:38,320 Speaker 1: they're kids and they just couldn't get They repeat it 575 00:32:38,320 --> 00:32:40,640 Speaker 1: because they're lazy and all that stuff. And so yeah, 576 00:32:41,000 --> 00:32:42,720 Speaker 1: I always bring this up because I used to cover 577 00:32:42,760 --> 00:32:44,480 Speaker 1: the NBA a lot, and I covered the Clippers in 578 00:32:44,520 --> 00:32:47,480 Speaker 1: the nineties, and they those guys, they loved each other. 579 00:32:47,560 --> 00:32:49,800 Speaker 1: Late nineties, early two thousands. They had a guy named 580 00:32:49,880 --> 00:32:52,640 Speaker 1: Darius Miles and oh he was the life of the party. 581 00:32:52,680 --> 00:32:54,840 Speaker 1: Quentin Richardson, those guys hung out together all the time. 582 00:32:55,160 --> 00:32:57,720 Speaker 1: They were playing video games on the road. They went 583 00:32:57,760 --> 00:32:59,800 Speaker 1: out to dinner and meals and all that. And they 584 00:33:00,200 --> 00:33:02,440 Speaker 1: not play basketball to save their life. They sucked, but 585 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:06,280 Speaker 1: they got they got along while that great chemistry, Greg chemistry. 586 00:33:06,640 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: Oh Man Anyway, turning the page, So the question now 587 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:17,280 Speaker 1: becomes Who's got next? Who's got next? Lane Kiffen has 588 00:33:17,400 --> 00:33:23,080 Speaker 1: entered the chat. Lane Kiffen and Clint Kubiak. Huh who Yeah? 589 00:33:23,120 --> 00:33:26,720 Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin and Clint Kubiak are among the betting favorites 590 00:33:28,400 --> 00:33:31,080 Speaker 1: as the body is not yet cold for Brian day 591 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,240 Speaker 1: Ball in terms of coaching the Giants, and already the 592 00:33:34,360 --> 00:33:37,520 Speaker 1: talk is Lane Kiffin and Clint Kubiak among the favors 593 00:33:37,560 --> 00:33:39,880 Speaker 1: to be the next head coach of the Giants. So 594 00:33:40,240 --> 00:33:43,320 Speaker 1: how would that play? How would that play with the 595 00:33:43,360 --> 00:33:46,760 Speaker 1: bass with the Giants? If this assume for the purposes 596 00:33:46,800 --> 00:33:49,200 Speaker 1: of this monologue that those are the two guys. So 597 00:33:49,240 --> 00:33:52,920 Speaker 1: how would that play? So what you have here, you 598 00:33:53,040 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 1: have the Muppet babies is what you've got? You've got, 599 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:57,320 Speaker 1: or actually the net Bole Babies would be a better 600 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,440 Speaker 1: way to discribe. You've got the net Bole babies. You've 601 00:33:59,480 --> 00:34:04,040 Speaker 1: got the sons of former NFL big shots Monty Kiffen 602 00:34:04,280 --> 00:34:09,160 Speaker 1: and Gary Kubiak. Monty Kiffin, the father of the Tampa two. 603 00:34:09,800 --> 00:34:14,040 Speaker 1: All right back in the day, Gary Kubiak, John Elway's caddie, 604 00:34:14,160 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: who hold he held the clipboard for John Elway. Both 605 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:22,480 Speaker 1: dads coached a long time in the NFL, and certainly 606 00:34:23,120 --> 00:34:25,880 Speaker 1: Monty Kiffen considered roy he died, I think it was 607 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,800 Speaker 1: last year, but he considered royalty because of the Tampa 608 00:34:28,840 --> 00:34:30,799 Speaker 1: two defense, which is still mimicked by a bunch of 609 00:34:30,800 --> 00:34:32,600 Speaker 1: teams in the NFL, and not so much Gary Kubiak. 610 00:34:33,680 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: But if you look around, all right, both of them 611 00:34:35,760 --> 00:34:38,520 Speaker 1: NEPO babies, So we know that going in. What is 612 00:34:38,560 --> 00:34:42,560 Speaker 1: an internet meme and the other ones just kind of there. 613 00:34:43,360 --> 00:34:45,239 Speaker 1: I think we know who the internet meme is. The 614 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:49,560 Speaker 1: other guy, Clint Kubiak, is like a carbon neutral coach. 615 00:34:50,600 --> 00:34:53,120 Speaker 1: He's a carbon neutral coach. Now what does that mean. 616 00:34:53,560 --> 00:34:58,600 Speaker 1: That means there's no real carbon footprint, no noise, no headlines, 617 00:34:59,040 --> 00:35:02,680 Speaker 1: nothing gets you all excited. Just a guy with the 618 00:35:02,800 --> 00:35:05,480 Speaker 1: right last name who went into the family business and 619 00:35:05,480 --> 00:35:08,120 Speaker 1: because his dad he got him connections. He was able 620 00:35:08,160 --> 00:35:12,040 Speaker 1: to get some jobs and he's currently working in Seattle 621 00:35:12,120 --> 00:35:15,120 Speaker 1: and things are going well for the Seahawks. And Sam Darnold, 622 00:35:15,160 --> 00:35:17,359 Speaker 1: who played well last year in minnesota's playing well again 623 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:19,080 Speaker 1: in the regular season until it's a big game, and 624 00:35:19,120 --> 00:35:22,040 Speaker 1: then he rides the vomit comet and so because of that, 625 00:35:22,280 --> 00:35:25,480 Speaker 1: and there's really a supply chain shortage of coaches. The 626 00:35:25,560 --> 00:35:29,080 Speaker 1: name Clint Kubiak has been mentioned for the Giants. Now 627 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:33,840 Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin. Meanwhile, all right, so Lane Kiffen would bring 628 00:35:34,640 --> 00:35:39,000 Speaker 1: the full circus parade, and I'm there for I Am 629 00:35:39,080 --> 00:35:46,680 Speaker 1: talking elephants, camels, zebras, clown cars, the whole shebang. There'll 630 00:35:46,719 --> 00:35:48,239 Speaker 1: be a thing of a jig and watch you m 631 00:35:48,400 --> 00:35:52,040 Speaker 1: call Oh, I'm all for it. He's the ultimate look 632 00:35:52,080 --> 00:35:55,000 Speaker 1: at me coach? Is there any coach more about looking 633 00:35:55,040 --> 00:35:58,920 Speaker 1: at me than Lane Kiffen. Everything he does is for 634 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,440 Speaker 1: the matrix. He's full immersed in the fake world of 635 00:36:02,480 --> 00:36:05,319 Speaker 1: social media. He is. He's the ultimate look at me 636 00:36:05,400 --> 00:36:10,200 Speaker 1: guy in college football. He could get any college football 637 00:36:10,280 --> 00:36:14,000 Speaker 1: job he wants. Really, he's like the big name that 638 00:36:14,040 --> 00:36:16,560 Speaker 1: could get any job he wants. But you'd much rather 639 00:36:16,600 --> 00:36:18,359 Speaker 1: a coach in the NFL. College football is a joke 640 00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: compared to the NFL. You'd much rather coach in the NFL. 641 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 1: All these guys want to coach in the NFL. And 642 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:24,440 Speaker 1: Lane Kiffin, though, here's the thing. He would turn the 643 00:36:24,480 --> 00:36:30,360 Speaker 1: Giants into a reality show. It would be a content superstore. 644 00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:35,600 Speaker 1: For those of us that do sports talk radio, man, Now, 645 00:36:35,600 --> 00:36:38,080 Speaker 1: would it work? Probably not? Probably not, wouldn't work, but 646 00:36:38,120 --> 00:36:40,400 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter. I don't care about that. It'd be 647 00:36:40,440 --> 00:36:43,759 Speaker 1: a fun thrill ride, be pretty cool, right, you know, 648 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:47,880 Speaker 1: lots of loopty loops and maybe a few barf bags 649 00:36:47,920 --> 00:36:50,400 Speaker 1: mixed in. For Lane Kiffin with the Giants, the problem, 650 00:36:50,400 --> 00:36:53,040 Speaker 1: he's got to get the job. The Giants are so 651 00:36:53,440 --> 00:36:59,200 Speaker 1: buttoned up as a franchise, so conservative, that's the family 652 00:36:59,400 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: brand for the New York Giants. Doesn't seem like they'd 653 00:37:02,719 --> 00:37:06,920 Speaker 1: go for Lane Kiffin striking a pose at the thirty 654 00:37:06,960 --> 00:37:10,399 Speaker 1: five yard line and they wouldn't liked it all right, 655 00:37:10,560 --> 00:37:14,239 Speaker 1: So there you go. And the fact that the Giants 656 00:37:14,960 --> 00:37:19,080 Speaker 1: are going to allow this guy, Joe Shane allegedly to 657 00:37:19,160 --> 00:37:21,240 Speaker 1: continue as the gym. We'll see if that actually happens 658 00:37:21,239 --> 00:37:23,160 Speaker 1: when we get to the end of the year. Feeling 659 00:37:23,239 --> 00:37:27,320 Speaker 1: there could be a switch roo on that one that 660 00:37:27,719 --> 00:37:30,239 Speaker 1: he doesn't seem like he's willing to go off off 661 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:32,120 Speaker 1: the grid on a coach, and so you're going to 662 00:37:32,160 --> 00:37:34,000 Speaker 1: bring in another coach, but you're going to keep the 663 00:37:34,120 --> 00:37:37,400 Speaker 1: general manager, which means the coach and GM are not aligned. 664 00:37:38,120 --> 00:37:44,719 Speaker 1: And so you're essentially rearranging the furniture on the Exxon Valdize. 665 00:37:45,120 --> 00:37:46,640 Speaker 1: It's not going very well. It's gonna be a big 666 00:37:46,640 --> 00:37:49,840 Speaker 1: oil spill there, and so so much for the full reboot. 667 00:37:50,760 --> 00:37:52,520 Speaker 1: You know, turn the computer off, turn it back on. 668 00:37:52,640 --> 00:37:55,000 Speaker 1: Wait a minute, blah blah blah, blah blah. Now someone's 669 00:37:55,040 --> 00:37:56,799 Speaker 1: gonna take the job. It pays very well. It's New 670 00:37:56,880 --> 00:37:59,200 Speaker 1: York while it's New Jersey. And yeah, you get paid 671 00:37:59,200 --> 00:38:01,480 Speaker 1: a lot in taxi and I guess you can get 672 00:38:01,520 --> 00:38:03,920 Speaker 1: free free bus rides. If he coached the Giants, you 673 00:38:04,000 --> 00:38:06,439 Speaker 1: get free cheese at the government store. So that'll be good. 674 00:38:07,120 --> 00:38:09,480 Speaker 1: And there's only thirty two of the jobs, So there 675 00:38:09,520 --> 00:38:11,560 Speaker 1: you go. You know, so somebody will take it. And 676 00:38:11,760 --> 00:38:14,279 Speaker 1: if it's laying kiffing, buckle up, I'm there for it. 677 00:38:14,320 --> 00:38:18,479 Speaker 1: Why not. It's gonna be gonna be loud, and it'll 678 00:38:18,480 --> 00:38:22,239 Speaker 1: be fast and will likely crash and burn spectacularly. But 679 00:38:22,239 --> 00:38:25,320 Speaker 1: that's fine, all right. Final point. So, now that Brian 680 00:38:25,400 --> 00:38:29,080 Speaker 1: Dayball has been decommissioned as the coach of the Giants, 681 00:38:29,520 --> 00:38:33,960 Speaker 1: what do you think happens? Suddenly he becomes hot to trot. 682 00:38:34,160 --> 00:38:38,480 Speaker 1: He becomes the hottest offensive mind on the market, the 683 00:38:38,560 --> 00:38:41,960 Speaker 1: guy that just proved he can't get the job done 684 00:38:42,000 --> 00:38:46,320 Speaker 1: as a head coach. He was horrific in that job, 685 00:38:46,400 --> 00:38:48,640 Speaker 1: one of the worst coaches in the ninety third percent 686 00:38:48,719 --> 00:38:53,000 Speaker 1: tile as a head coach, and his resume actually got 687 00:38:53,200 --> 00:38:59,759 Speaker 1: better from getting canned, actually got better from getting canned. Yeah, 688 00:39:00,120 --> 00:39:03,879 Speaker 1: So okay, that's that's the way it is. So they 689 00:39:03,920 --> 00:39:07,520 Speaker 1: asked the Buffalo Bills he used to work in Buffalo. 690 00:39:07,520 --> 00:39:09,279 Speaker 1: His claim defend the reason he got the Giants job 691 00:39:09,400 --> 00:39:13,160 Speaker 1: is because he was credited with Josh Josh Allen could 692 00:39:13,160 --> 00:39:16,520 Speaker 1: not even eat his food without being being cut up 693 00:39:16,560 --> 00:39:20,200 Speaker 1: and all that, and he was eating baby food until 694 00:39:20,680 --> 00:39:24,839 Speaker 1: Brian Daball came in and so Buffalo coach Sean McDermott 695 00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:28,800 Speaker 1: was asked about this and basically said, now, we're good. 696 00:39:29,239 --> 00:39:32,279 Speaker 1: When asked whether or not Brian da Ball would be 697 00:39:32,360 --> 00:39:36,080 Speaker 1: joining the Giants joined the Bills from the Giants and 698 00:39:36,160 --> 00:39:39,440 Speaker 1: some kind of fluff, no show consulting job which all 699 00:39:39,440 --> 00:39:41,000 Speaker 1: these guys get, you know, paid a lot of money, 700 00:39:41,000 --> 00:39:43,640 Speaker 1: fly in, you know, text a few times a day, 701 00:39:43,719 --> 00:39:46,360 Speaker 1: that kind of thing. So when asked about a reunion, 702 00:39:46,680 --> 00:39:50,040 Speaker 1: he essentially said, we're good. So the question is this 703 00:39:50,680 --> 00:39:54,080 Speaker 1: with Brian Dable on the market the Buffalo Bills underachieving 704 00:39:54,200 --> 00:39:59,399 Speaker 1: this season. What was that response by McDermott about why 705 00:39:59,440 --> 00:40:03,960 Speaker 1: would you not at least text and say come buy sometime. 706 00:40:04,520 --> 00:40:07,279 Speaker 1: I'll get you a creampuff. You can have a cream 707 00:40:07,320 --> 00:40:11,120 Speaker 1: puff and watch Josh Allen practice. So my theory on this, 708 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:13,520 Speaker 1: and I don't think I'm wrong on it, is this 709 00:40:13,560 --> 00:40:19,360 Speaker 1: is personal to totally dismiss this is a personal situation, 710 00:40:19,520 --> 00:40:22,480 Speaker 1: like the old marketing campaign for Windy's back in the day. 711 00:40:22,480 --> 00:40:25,760 Speaker 1: Where's the beef. Where's the beef? Now here's the beef. 712 00:40:26,120 --> 00:40:29,360 Speaker 1: There's clearly a beef there. And if there was no beef. 713 00:40:30,239 --> 00:40:33,760 Speaker 1: If there was no beef, then you'd say, well, we'll 714 00:40:33,800 --> 00:40:36,319 Speaker 1: talk to him, but we like our coaching staff, we'll 715 00:40:36,400 --> 00:40:38,399 Speaker 1: see you never know, he might not want to coach. 716 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:41,600 Speaker 1: He didn't say anything. McDermott and day Ball, I remember 717 00:40:41,600 --> 00:40:43,719 Speaker 1: if I'm doing monologues about this back in the day, 718 00:40:43,800 --> 00:40:45,920 Speaker 1: and went back and I checked some of my notes 719 00:40:45,920 --> 00:40:50,799 Speaker 1: and they were not they were not best buds at 720 00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:53,440 Speaker 1: the end. In fact, there was a lot of chatter 721 00:40:54,360 --> 00:40:58,440 Speaker 1: that you're not gonna see McDermott and day Ball splitting 722 00:40:58,520 --> 00:41:02,640 Speaker 1: chicken wings at the Anchor Bar in Buffalo. It's not 723 00:41:02,680 --> 00:41:05,920 Speaker 1: gonna happen. They were loggerheads, didn't really like each other 724 00:41:05,960 --> 00:41:09,359 Speaker 1: all that much. And McDermott was, I believe, jealous of 725 00:41:09,400 --> 00:41:16,160 Speaker 1: the amount of attention that the day Ball coaching genius 726 00:41:16,239 --> 00:41:18,640 Speaker 1: was getting and getting credited by all the TV guys 727 00:41:18,680 --> 00:41:25,080 Speaker 1: for propping up Josh allen Wood above me and all 728 00:41:25,120 --> 00:41:27,640 Speaker 1: that stuff. So day Ball now he has been type cast. 729 00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,400 Speaker 1: He has been type cast as a good coordinator and 730 00:41:30,480 --> 00:41:33,160 Speaker 1: a bad head coach, the kind of a guy that 731 00:41:33,239 --> 00:41:38,480 Speaker 1: will keep getting gigs year after year after year after 732 00:41:38,600 --> 00:41:43,360 Speaker 1: year until the next offensive fad comes along and then 733 00:41:43,760 --> 00:41:48,319 Speaker 1: he will be persona non grata. Brian David that's the 734 00:41:48,400 --> 00:41:51,279 Speaker 1: NFL's comfort food. It's saying, well, we want he's got 735 00:41:51,280 --> 00:41:53,880 Speaker 1: coaching experience, head coaching experience. Yeah, but he suck. Doesn't matter, 736 00:41:53,920 --> 00:41:57,080 Speaker 1: he's got coaching experience. You know, same names. They just 737 00:41:57,120 --> 00:42:00,280 Speaker 1: get reshuffled around the NFL and there is a apply 738 00:42:00,360 --> 00:42:03,320 Speaker 1: chain shortage on available coaches. But you just microwave the resume. 739 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:07,279 Speaker 1: That's it. Serve it up again. Go to a new 740 00:42:07,320 --> 00:42:09,400 Speaker 1: town like the carpet baggery that you are. 741 00:42:09,360 --> 00:42:11,680 Speaker 2: Be sure to catch live editions of The Ben Malor 742 00:42:11,760 --> 00:42:16,040 Speaker 2: Show weekdays at two am Eastern eleven pm Pacific. Now, 743 00:42:17,160 --> 00:42:21,839 Speaker 2: Mailor's Mountain of Money? Do you have what it takes 744 00:42:21,880 --> 00:42:25,000 Speaker 2: to get to the top? Probably? 745 00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:25,120 Speaker 4: Not? 746 00:42:25,880 --> 00:42:27,440 Speaker 1: All right, let's do it. Here we go. We have 747 00:42:27,520 --> 00:42:30,880 Speaker 1: our matchup here. We have Grant in Kansas City and 748 00:42:31,480 --> 00:42:36,280 Speaker 1: Jed who fled? I believe Jed deferred? Is that correct? 749 00:42:36,320 --> 00:42:39,080 Speaker 1: He chose not he didn't choose a category right away. 750 00:42:40,000 --> 00:42:42,359 Speaker 1: I'm hearing a lot of feedback which is not particularly 751 00:42:42,400 --> 00:42:45,120 Speaker 1: great here. So what are the categoyies again? Coop here? 752 00:42:45,120 --> 00:42:45,680 Speaker 1: What are we doing here? 753 00:42:45,719 --> 00:42:48,279 Speaker 4: We have regulate and you don't stop game, don't wait? 754 00:42:48,320 --> 00:42:49,759 Speaker 4: And I want it all you have? I won it 755 00:42:49,800 --> 00:42:50,520 Speaker 4: all with Grant? 756 00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:54,120 Speaker 1: All right? I want it all? Are you ready there, Grant? 757 00:42:54,600 --> 00:42:57,920 Speaker 1: Let go? All right? For these athletes all won MVP 758 00:42:58,040 --> 00:43:00,279 Speaker 1: and championships in the same season. We'll put forty five 759 00:43:00,320 --> 00:43:03,560 Speaker 1: sections on the clock. Were on our way and go. 760 00:43:04,520 --> 00:43:09,160 Speaker 1: He was Larry Bird's rival with the Lakers in the eighties. Yes, 761 00:43:09,200 --> 00:43:11,560 Speaker 1: the greatest running back, leading all time leading rusher in 762 00:43:11,640 --> 00:43:16,480 Speaker 1: NFL history for the Cowboys. Yes, play just won the 763 00:43:16,520 --> 00:43:18,440 Speaker 1: World Series with the Dodgers. He was traded from the 764 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:22,200 Speaker 1: Red Sox. He's played shortstop this year. Was an out 765 00:43:22,760 --> 00:43:27,920 Speaker 1: it was an outfielder, all right. Greatest Bronco running back 766 00:43:27,960 --> 00:43:30,760 Speaker 1: of all time. He helped John Elway win two Super Bowls 767 00:43:30,800 --> 00:43:37,680 Speaker 1: late in Lway's career. No close. Nicknamed Pops for the 768 00:43:37,719 --> 00:43:41,040 Speaker 1: Pittsburgh Steelers in the nineteen seventies. A giant home run 769 00:43:41,120 --> 00:43:47,000 Speaker 1: hitter for the Pirates. We are family, all right. Brooklyn 770 00:43:47,040 --> 00:43:50,160 Speaker 1: Dodger Catcher was in a car accident, was paralyzed. No A, 771 00:43:50,520 --> 00:43:52,439 Speaker 1: thirty points, thirty points. 772 00:43:55,920 --> 00:43:59,560 Speaker 4: Mookie Betts was who he wanted, and Terrell Davis not to. 773 00:44:00,520 --> 00:44:04,959 Speaker 1: Willie Starge was Pops and Roy Camp all. 774 00:44:04,920 --> 00:44:09,200 Speaker 4: Right, Jed, we have regulate. These athletes are all from 775 00:44:09,320 --> 00:44:10,600 Speaker 4: Long Beach, California. 776 00:44:11,239 --> 00:44:12,839 Speaker 1: I'm sure Jet's familiar with Long Beach. 777 00:44:12,880 --> 00:44:15,799 Speaker 4: For the LBC forty five seconds on the clock, let's begin. 778 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:19,279 Speaker 4: This guy was the triple double guy. He started his 779 00:44:19,320 --> 00:44:25,640 Speaker 4: career with Oklahoma City. Yes, butt fumble quarterback for the Jets. 780 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:32,040 Speaker 4: Mark Yes, mister Padre best Padre ever. This guy is 781 00:44:32,080 --> 00:44:34,160 Speaker 4: a forty two year old tight end who's still in 782 00:44:34,200 --> 00:44:39,680 Speaker 4: the league. He started with the Jaguars out of u 783 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:44,759 Speaker 4: c l A. Yes, uh, this guy was a linebacker 784 00:44:44,800 --> 00:44:46,560 Speaker 4: for the Patriots and the Tom Brady era. 785 00:44:46,840 --> 00:44:48,400 Speaker 1: He beat somebody up in a nightclub. 786 00:44:51,160 --> 00:44:56,120 Speaker 4: Nope, nope, all right, the female tennis player, she had 787 00:44:56,160 --> 00:45:06,440 Speaker 4: the square glasses. She's a lesbian marking. No billy Jeane King. 788 00:45:06,480 --> 00:45:08,640 Speaker 1: All right, great, we need seven, we need over seven. 789 00:45:08,680 --> 00:45:12,560 Speaker 1: Grant you want and you don't stop or game? Don't 790 00:45:12,560 --> 00:45:17,960 Speaker 1: wait wait, Okay, these athletes did not bother playing in college. 791 00:45:18,000 --> 00:45:20,439 Speaker 1: It didn't matter. Are you ready? Forty five seconds? Run 792 00:45:20,440 --> 00:45:21,399 Speaker 1: away and go? 793 00:45:22,040 --> 00:45:22,279 Speaker 3: Uh. 794 00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:25,200 Speaker 1: The star for the Lakers out of Akron, Ohio. He 795 00:45:25,320 --> 00:45:29,399 Speaker 1: played with the Cavaliers in the Heat. All right, yes, 796 00:45:29,719 --> 00:45:32,200 Speaker 1: what an MVP with Orlando. He was a center, not 797 00:45:32,520 --> 00:45:36,439 Speaker 1: Shaquille O'Neill, though out of Georgia. Played high school ball 798 00:45:36,440 --> 00:45:39,440 Speaker 1: in Georgia. Played with the White Yes, that is correct. 799 00:45:39,520 --> 00:45:39,640 Speaker 3: Uh. 800 00:45:40,040 --> 00:45:42,440 Speaker 1: He was a number two pick by the Chicago Bulls. 801 00:45:42,480 --> 00:45:46,319 Speaker 1: Out of Southern California. He was a center. Played in 802 00:45:46,400 --> 00:45:51,120 Speaker 1: the early two thousands with Chicago. Nope, all right, Uh, 803 00:45:52,000 --> 00:45:58,120 Speaker 1: we're out of time. We want we congratulations, grant. Maybe 804 00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:01,200 Speaker 1: you'll learn nokie Betts. Maybe you'll learn about milky bets 805 00:46:01,280 --> 00:46:02,960 Speaker 1: next time. All right, milky bets