1 00:00:01,320 --> 00:00:18,799 Speaker 1: The volume What is going on Everybody? John middlecough three 2 00:00:18,840 --> 00:00:22,560 Speaker 1: and out podcast, How are we doing? I'm actually recording 3 00:00:22,560 --> 00:00:26,000 Speaker 1: this on Sunday afternoon. There's a little mailbag at John Middlecoff. 4 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,280 Speaker 1: At John Middlecoff is the instagram. I'm traveling on Monday. 5 00:00:29,840 --> 00:00:33,200 Speaker 1: So since we took a little time off, I wanted 6 00:00:33,240 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: to get some podcasts up, and I didn't want to 7 00:00:35,280 --> 00:00:38,239 Speaker 1: lose any and lost in translation traveling across the country. 8 00:00:38,800 --> 00:00:42,440 Speaker 1: I got I'm not leaving late until Monday night, actually, 9 00:00:42,479 --> 00:00:45,879 Speaker 1: but I got her mom's in town, her brother and 10 00:00:45,920 --> 00:00:50,800 Speaker 1: his wife and their baby, my son's cousin. So trying 11 00:00:50,800 --> 00:00:53,520 Speaker 1: to do a little family time still, So I sided, 12 00:00:53,560 --> 00:00:57,040 Speaker 1: you know what it's I got a little time before dinner. 13 00:00:57,080 --> 00:00:59,200 Speaker 1: Let's let's fire out a big mail bag at John 14 00:00:59,200 --> 00:01:01,920 Speaker 1: Middlecoff is the int We're gonna have a lot more mailback. Hey, 15 00:01:01,960 --> 00:01:03,200 Speaker 1: a lot of people like, are you can done to it? 16 00:01:03,400 --> 00:01:05,920 Speaker 1: I'm not done to a mailbags, So keep firing in 17 00:01:05,920 --> 00:01:08,920 Speaker 1: those mailbacks. We will keep answering questions. We've got the combine, 18 00:01:08,959 --> 00:01:11,760 Speaker 1: We've got free agency, then we got the draft. We 19 00:01:11,880 --> 00:01:15,039 Speaker 1: got a lot happening, So buckle, you know what up 20 00:01:15,440 --> 00:01:17,360 Speaker 1: because there is no stop in this train, kind of 21 00:01:17,360 --> 00:01:20,399 Speaker 1: like Team USA. We're just coming down the tracks. Baby, 22 00:01:20,480 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: We're just we're just gaining momentum. It's only the beginning, 23 00:01:24,400 --> 00:01:26,039 Speaker 1: so that that will be the game plan today. So 24 00:01:26,040 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: you guys know the drill. If you listen on Collins Feed, 25 00:01:28,120 --> 00:01:32,840 Speaker 1: subscribe to three and out on Spotify, Apple, wherever you 26 00:01:32,880 --> 00:01:36,520 Speaker 1: may listen. All of our podcasts were up on this little, uh, 27 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:40,120 Speaker 1: little place we like to call Netflix. That's where the 28 00:01:40,200 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: video of these podcasts live. And uh and yeah. Other 29 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:46,800 Speaker 1: than that, let's rock and roll, so uh fire in 30 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:49,920 Speaker 1: my dms. And let's take some questions. What do you 31 00:01:49,960 --> 00:01:52,960 Speaker 1: think this from McCollum, I don't even actually know if 32 00:01:52,960 --> 00:01:56,040 Speaker 1: that's his real name, But what do you think that 33 00:01:56,200 --> 00:01:59,120 Speaker 1: happened this past year that teams can learn from. It 34 00:01:59,160 --> 00:02:01,200 Speaker 1: was a weird year in that no team with a 35 00:02:01,280 --> 00:02:04,720 Speaker 1: huge contract with a quarterback made it far. Will we 36 00:02:04,800 --> 00:02:08,079 Speaker 1: see a shift to where quarterbacks won't get max money 37 00:02:08,120 --> 00:02:11,680 Speaker 1: and sign contracts like Donald did? It feels like unless 38 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:14,240 Speaker 1: you have a quarterback on a rookie deal or on 39 00:02:14,280 --> 00:02:17,280 Speaker 1: a Donald Way contract, your roster isn't good enough to compete. 40 00:02:17,440 --> 00:02:19,320 Speaker 1: I just don't think there are that many guys worth 41 00:02:19,360 --> 00:02:22,639 Speaker 1: giving that much money too, So like CJ. Stroud's a 42 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:26,040 Speaker 1: good example one if mulged it comes to the Texans 43 00:02:26,040 --> 00:02:28,760 Speaker 1: about a contract extension. The answer to this offseasons, of 44 00:02:28,760 --> 00:02:31,520 Speaker 1: course is no. But even if next year he solid 45 00:02:32,040 --> 00:02:35,040 Speaker 1: you win a playoff game, again, like I'm not giving 46 00:02:35,040 --> 00:02:38,000 Speaker 1: you two hundred fifty million dollars. You know, there has 47 00:02:38,040 --> 00:02:41,880 Speaker 1: to be levels. The NFL turned into the NBA where 48 00:02:41,880 --> 00:02:45,320 Speaker 1: it's like, not everyone's a MAX guy. Curry and Lebron 49 00:02:45,400 --> 00:02:47,920 Speaker 1: are on a MAX and so is Zach Levine. They're 50 00:02:47,960 --> 00:02:51,359 Speaker 1: not the same. So quarterback contracts like, well he gets 51 00:02:51,400 --> 00:02:53,400 Speaker 1: a MAX, he gets a Max, he gets a MAX, 52 00:02:53,840 --> 00:02:55,880 Speaker 1: and you're like, this is stupid. At the end of 53 00:02:55,919 --> 00:02:58,440 Speaker 1: the day, the Bills or the Chiefs do not or 54 00:02:58,600 --> 00:03:01,919 Speaker 1: the Ravens don't regret giving all that money to their quarterback. Right, 55 00:03:02,240 --> 00:03:04,480 Speaker 1: it does make it more challenging, But when that guy's on, 56 00:03:04,520 --> 00:03:07,360 Speaker 1: he can beat anybody. And you know, look at Josh 57 00:03:07,360 --> 00:03:09,880 Speaker 1: this year, right with their team's not that great and 58 00:03:09,919 --> 00:03:13,320 Speaker 1: he's a bad throwaway from being the AFC Championship game. Right. Obviously, 59 00:03:13,440 --> 00:03:16,639 Speaker 1: Mahomes that year got a little weird, But I think 60 00:03:16,720 --> 00:03:19,160 Speaker 1: part of it is when you start giving the next 61 00:03:19,240 --> 00:03:21,480 Speaker 1: tier of guy a lot of money. That's like, Perty's 62 00:03:21,480 --> 00:03:24,680 Speaker 1: got to be elite. Jordan Love's got to be elite. 63 00:03:25,320 --> 00:03:29,760 Speaker 1: We saw, you know, Tua and Kyler derail your franchise. Right, 64 00:03:29,840 --> 00:03:32,960 Speaker 1: Stafford's making forty million dollars and won the MVP. You 65 00:03:32,960 --> 00:03:34,920 Speaker 1: could argue, bang for your bucket. Doesn't get much better 66 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:37,840 Speaker 1: than that. I'm trying to think of other guys that 67 00:03:38,520 --> 00:03:41,240 Speaker 1: you know. Jalen Hurst has got to be better. So 68 00:03:41,280 --> 00:03:42,640 Speaker 1: when you pay a guy a lot of money, he's 69 00:03:42,640 --> 00:03:45,600 Speaker 1: just got to be at a Pro Bowl caliber, dominant 70 00:03:45,640 --> 00:03:49,480 Speaker 1: fashion as a player. Right. If I give nicolea Jokic 71 00:03:49,920 --> 00:03:52,600 Speaker 1: sixty million dollars a year, he wins the MVP every year, Like, 72 00:03:52,640 --> 00:03:55,000 Speaker 1: I can't really ask for more. But when I'm giving 73 00:03:55,000 --> 00:03:57,080 Speaker 1: a guy in the NBA fifty million dollars and he 74 00:03:57,200 --> 00:03:59,480 Speaker 1: doesn't sniff the All Star Game, we got a major problem. 75 00:03:59,640 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: It's no different quarterback. So this isn't baseball where you 76 00:04:03,200 --> 00:04:06,240 Speaker 1: can just be the Dodgers. Right, It's a cap league. 77 00:04:06,240 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: You gotta be smart with your money. You gotta allocate 78 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:12,760 Speaker 1: the right resources. I think the league is shifted back 79 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:15,280 Speaker 1: to running the ball a little bit more physicality between 80 00:04:15,320 --> 00:04:18,720 Speaker 1: the trenches. Financially, I don't think we've seen I don't 81 00:04:18,720 --> 00:04:21,240 Speaker 1: think we're gonna see a shift. I think more people 82 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,200 Speaker 1: are gonna be less likely to break the bank for 83 00:04:25,320 --> 00:04:29,839 Speaker 1: quarterbacks who are not like John Elway, Dan Marino, Brett Farve, 84 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:32,800 Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers. Like if I have a second tier guy like, 85 00:04:33,000 --> 00:04:35,159 Speaker 1: I'm sorry, I have a hard time, Like you're not 86 00:04:35,200 --> 00:04:37,640 Speaker 1: gonna bend me over for a quarterback the agent. Remember 87 00:04:37,680 --> 00:04:39,320 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago when Joe Shane was like 88 00:04:39,839 --> 00:04:42,840 Speaker 1: Daniel Jones's agents, we're elite? How are they elite? Just 89 00:04:42,920 --> 00:04:47,640 Speaker 1: keep saying no. The answer is no, no, no, most 90 00:04:47,680 --> 00:04:52,000 Speaker 1: powerful word in the English language. No. I think something. Okay, 91 00:04:52,040 --> 00:04:55,279 Speaker 1: we'll do it. Also on the owner, you know, like 92 00:04:55,560 --> 00:05:02,600 Speaker 1: why is Deshaun Watson on the Browns Jimmy hasl So 93 00:05:02,680 --> 00:05:05,520 Speaker 1: I mean part of it's the owner having overachieved the season. 94 00:05:05,600 --> 00:05:07,680 Speaker 1: How would you approach the Patriots offseason? Would you make 95 00:05:07,720 --> 00:05:10,080 Speaker 1: a trade for Crosby or aj or take a more 96 00:05:10,120 --> 00:05:14,280 Speaker 1: traditional rebuild approach? I think any they have a thirty 97 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:17,599 Speaker 1: second pick or thirty thirty first pick, would I trade 98 00:05:17,600 --> 00:05:20,039 Speaker 1: pick thirty one and my next year's one for Max Crosby. 99 00:05:20,040 --> 00:05:24,680 Speaker 1: I would right now, would I trade my second round 100 00:05:24,680 --> 00:05:27,040 Speaker 1: pick for AJ Brown? That's where I kind of struggle with. 101 00:05:27,720 --> 00:05:30,160 Speaker 1: I think the AJ Brown thinks a lot more complicated, 102 00:05:30,240 --> 00:05:34,720 Speaker 1: makes a ton of money, older player. Would I take 103 00:05:34,720 --> 00:05:36,839 Speaker 1: AJ Brown for like a fourth? Yeah? But are the 104 00:05:36,880 --> 00:05:39,880 Speaker 1: Eagles given you fourth? Like to me, he's like a 105 00:05:39,920 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: complicated negotiation. Crosby is a no brainer if you're a 106 00:05:43,240 --> 00:05:47,520 Speaker 1: team like the Patriots. But if he's not available, I'm not. 107 00:05:48,279 --> 00:05:50,039 Speaker 1: I need to build in the trenches. I need better 108 00:05:50,080 --> 00:05:52,719 Speaker 1: offensive and defensively alignment. Like I'm doubling down on the 109 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:57,000 Speaker 1: offensive defensive line. That's all I'm doing. So offense defensive line, 110 00:05:57,040 --> 00:06:00,920 Speaker 1: that's where you win. How did vrabel think about when 111 00:06:00,920 --> 00:06:03,880 Speaker 1: they turned it around in Tennessee? Aj Brown second round pick, 112 00:06:03,920 --> 00:06:08,520 Speaker 1: Derek Henry second round pick. Their best two offensive players 113 00:06:08,520 --> 00:06:13,400 Speaker 1: in Tennessee were two second round picks. You already got 114 00:06:13,480 --> 00:06:15,840 Speaker 1: Drake May. So it's like if you hit on some 115 00:06:15,960 --> 00:06:19,239 Speaker 1: second and third round picks, like you can find Poka Nakua. 116 00:06:19,600 --> 00:06:21,440 Speaker 1: You can't, maybe not to that level, but you can 117 00:06:21,480 --> 00:06:24,960 Speaker 1: find impact guys. On the second day of the draft, 118 00:06:25,560 --> 00:06:28,440 Speaker 1: Ken right Out was an elite stud great interview and 119 00:06:28,480 --> 00:06:31,960 Speaker 1: would love to see more of these left discovered badass mothers. 120 00:06:33,200 --> 00:06:35,160 Speaker 1: We're gonna try to mix it up this offseason. We're 121 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:39,279 Speaker 1: gonna have more that that interview was It's not like 122 00:06:39,360 --> 00:06:41,720 Speaker 1: I initiated. If someone gave it to me and then 123 00:06:41,760 --> 00:06:43,599 Speaker 1: I watched his story, I'm like, this guy is this 124 00:06:43,680 --> 00:06:48,520 Speaker 1: is incredible. This is like Whitey Bulger meets Lance Armstrong. 125 00:06:48,680 --> 00:06:52,560 Speaker 1: I mean, you couldn't when you listen to that, you 126 00:06:52,640 --> 00:06:55,160 Speaker 1: just can't make that up. You know, you can't make 127 00:06:55,240 --> 00:06:59,080 Speaker 1: that up. But if I had ten Ken rideouts, I 128 00:06:59,120 --> 00:07:01,200 Speaker 1: would interview him over the course of the next month. 129 00:07:01,640 --> 00:07:04,120 Speaker 1: But it's hard to find. But we're gonna do different 130 00:07:04,120 --> 00:07:09,040 Speaker 1: interviews of just not necessarily like someone associated with football. 131 00:07:09,360 --> 00:07:12,560 Speaker 1: That's definitely on the table for the next you know, 132 00:07:12,680 --> 00:07:16,680 Speaker 1: the off season. It gets slow. He was good, but again, 133 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:19,960 Speaker 1: you can't create that like that is that's a pretty 134 00:07:20,000 --> 00:07:23,360 Speaker 1: special situation. It was awesome. He was great. What are 135 00:07:23,400 --> 00:07:26,320 Speaker 1: your thoughts and the Bears potentially moving their stadium to Indiana. 136 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,160 Speaker 1: I talked about this on the podcast on Monday that 137 00:07:30,600 --> 00:07:32,480 Speaker 1: I think once you get to a point where things 138 00:07:32,480 --> 00:07:35,800 Speaker 1: have gotten weird between the league slash the team, because 139 00:07:35,800 --> 00:07:39,640 Speaker 1: the team is also represented by the league's lawyers and 140 00:07:39,680 --> 00:07:44,520 Speaker 1: the politicians. I just think everything's on the table. And again, 141 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:49,680 Speaker 1: I can't speak to the geographic like you know, when 142 00:07:49,680 --> 00:07:52,200 Speaker 1: you live somewhere or you know, for those of you 143 00:07:52,240 --> 00:07:53,640 Speaker 1: that live in the Midwest and spend a lot of 144 00:07:53,680 --> 00:07:55,640 Speaker 1: time in Chicago, you have a great understanding of where 145 00:07:55,680 --> 00:07:59,480 Speaker 1: everything is. I don't really so my opinion on this 146 00:08:00,280 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: because you hear some people say it's not that far away. 147 00:08:02,960 --> 00:08:05,680 Speaker 1: So maybe is it that different from you know, when 148 00:08:05,680 --> 00:08:09,200 Speaker 1: the forty nine ers move Candlestick to Levi's right, or 149 00:08:09,400 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: is it the the heart and soul of being in Chicago. 150 00:08:12,200 --> 00:08:14,480 Speaker 1: But if they're gonna move to the suburbs anyway, maybe 151 00:08:14,480 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: it's not as crazy. But to just be in the 152 00:08:16,960 --> 00:08:19,120 Speaker 1: state of Indiana where Indiana's open up their doors, like 153 00:08:19,120 --> 00:08:20,560 Speaker 1: what do you want? You want some tax money here, 154 00:08:20,600 --> 00:08:25,720 Speaker 1: we got you. And Chicago's not with the Bear's ownership 155 00:08:25,760 --> 00:08:29,760 Speaker 1: that doesn't have cronky Dave Tepper level cash. It's just 156 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,439 Speaker 1: complicated situation. So I would say, as I sit here 157 00:08:33,440 --> 00:08:37,840 Speaker 1: recording this, I would say it is definitely a possibility. 158 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:39,920 Speaker 1: It's a possibility. Is it gonna happen? I don't know, 159 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:43,800 Speaker 1: But it's things are getting weird. There's no way around it. 160 00:08:46,840 --> 00:08:53,080 Speaker 1: Unsolicited parenting advice. We need the Dad Diaries. Keep reading 161 00:08:53,080 --> 00:08:55,640 Speaker 1: to your son. The ROI on that will be higher 162 00:08:55,679 --> 00:08:59,280 Speaker 1: than any investment you make beside buying an NFL franchise. 163 00:09:01,000 --> 00:09:04,920 Speaker 1: I was thinking about this one Dad Diaries. Maria's grandma 164 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,280 Speaker 1: sent him a card for like Valentine's Day and had 165 00:09:08,320 --> 00:09:11,600 Speaker 1: five dollars, and Marie got this piggy bank with the 166 00:09:11,679 --> 00:09:14,240 Speaker 1: letter J. It's like Jack, you know, and we're gonna 167 00:09:14,240 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: put you know, we put the five dollars in there, 168 00:09:16,040 --> 00:09:19,800 Speaker 1: and I was like, Marie, let's do this every week. 169 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:22,880 Speaker 1: I'll just invest one hundred dollars more in just some 170 00:09:23,080 --> 00:09:26,280 Speaker 1: you know, safe etf. If someone had done that for 171 00:09:26,400 --> 00:09:29,400 Speaker 1: me when he's eighteen, that'll be way better off than 172 00:09:29,400 --> 00:09:31,839 Speaker 1: ever giving him an allowance or you know, giving him 173 00:09:31,840 --> 00:09:34,440 Speaker 1: some money in a piggy bank. She thought I was crazy, 174 00:09:35,200 --> 00:09:36,520 Speaker 1: but I was like, we got to think a little 175 00:09:36,520 --> 00:09:41,240 Speaker 1: differently now. But I agree the ROI on just I 176 00:09:41,240 --> 00:09:42,880 Speaker 1: mean reading to him right now. He can just read 177 00:09:42,920 --> 00:09:45,280 Speaker 1: those black and white books which hold his attention for 178 00:09:45,320 --> 00:09:50,560 Speaker 1: about five minutes max. But I hear you on one 179 00:09:50,600 --> 00:09:54,640 Speaker 1: problem is like lullabys. You realize I don't know any lullabys, 180 00:09:55,320 --> 00:09:58,280 Speaker 1: So I just sing him like songs that I know 181 00:09:58,840 --> 00:10:00,920 Speaker 1: that I would have heard on the radio throughout my life, 182 00:10:01,080 --> 00:10:03,839 Speaker 1: and then I kind of baby attize it. That's kind 183 00:10:03,840 --> 00:10:06,640 Speaker 1: of where I'm at right now, singing him songs that 184 00:10:06,720 --> 00:10:10,920 Speaker 1: are actual songs that are just some of the great 185 00:10:10,920 --> 00:10:14,360 Speaker 1: songs in the history of the world, and then kind 186 00:10:14,400 --> 00:10:17,640 Speaker 1: of baby angling the songs. But I'm not like an 187 00:10:17,679 --> 00:10:22,400 Speaker 1: eminem ad liber so it's probably pretty terrible, but I 188 00:10:22,480 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: hear you on the reading. I have a college football question. 189 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:30,840 Speaker 1: Does it make sense to have any football only conferences 190 00:10:30,880 --> 00:10:33,280 Speaker 1: in different conferences for all the other sports, so we 191 00:10:33,320 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: don't have things like UCLA flying to Rutgers on a 192 00:10:35,720 --> 00:10:38,839 Speaker 1: weekday to play a volleyball game, or Michigan go into 193 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:43,400 Speaker 1: Washington for a swim meet. The problem is, and football 194 00:10:43,440 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: eventually is going to kind of go out on their own. 195 00:10:46,160 --> 00:10:49,160 Speaker 1: Football pays for all that shit, which you could argue 196 00:10:49,280 --> 00:10:52,319 Speaker 1: that's where the business is kind of weird. But the 197 00:10:52,360 --> 00:10:58,080 Speaker 1: only way that these teams, right UCLA and listen, my son, 198 00:10:58,120 --> 00:11:00,360 Speaker 1: if he plays a college sport, more than they ain't 199 00:11:00,360 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: gonna be football. So it'd be an Olympic sport, right. 200 00:11:03,280 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: But the way the golf team or the softball team 201 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,599 Speaker 1: pays for their flight to wherever is because of the 202 00:11:09,640 --> 00:11:13,680 Speaker 1: football team. They generate all the revenue and fund and 203 00:11:13,760 --> 00:11:18,920 Speaker 1: subsidize everything, right. So that's where if you lost football, 204 00:11:19,040 --> 00:11:22,600 Speaker 1: those sports could not financially function. They couldn't even function 205 00:11:22,679 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: if they were geographically tied to each other. UCLA wouldn't 206 00:11:26,280 --> 00:11:28,320 Speaker 1: be afforded to just fly to Washington. They don't make 207 00:11:28,360 --> 00:11:31,760 Speaker 1: any money. They make no money. They are in the red. 208 00:11:32,160 --> 00:11:35,160 Speaker 1: I'll never forget working at Fresno State. I was in 209 00:11:35,200 --> 00:11:38,040 Speaker 1: this town hall meeting. All the coaches were there in 210 00:11:38,080 --> 00:11:41,160 Speaker 1: the ad and Pat Hill, or football coach, came in 211 00:11:41,200 --> 00:11:44,880 Speaker 1: like twenty minutes late, and the volleyball coach looked around 212 00:11:44,920 --> 00:11:47,199 Speaker 1: and said, like, must be nice and not at the 213 00:11:47,240 --> 00:11:52,040 Speaker 1: show up in time. And he basically essentially said, like, yeah, 214 00:11:52,280 --> 00:11:55,840 Speaker 1: must be nice to have me just fundraising your salary. 215 00:11:56,600 --> 00:11:58,720 Speaker 1: So he was basically saying I was somewhere at an 216 00:11:58,760 --> 00:12:01,440 Speaker 1: event making money. It pays for all you guys. And 217 00:12:01,480 --> 00:12:03,840 Speaker 1: he wasn't wrong. And that's Fresdent State. Well who ood 218 00:12:03,840 --> 00:12:06,520 Speaker 1: he thinks pays for everything at USC or Texas or 219 00:12:06,559 --> 00:12:10,040 Speaker 1: Ohio State the football program. I saw Ohio State terrible 220 00:12:10,040 --> 00:12:12,079 Speaker 1: at basketball. It's like, well, why do you think they've 221 00:12:12,120 --> 00:12:15,959 Speaker 1: invested all their resources into football? May treat football like 222 00:12:16,000 --> 00:12:18,760 Speaker 1: an NFL team, and clearly they don't care about anything else, 223 00:12:18,800 --> 00:12:21,360 Speaker 1: which I don't really have a problem with. I know 224 00:12:21,400 --> 00:12:25,800 Speaker 1: a college coach that offered Miles Russell five hundred k 225 00:12:26,000 --> 00:12:29,240 Speaker 1: for two years and did not get him. We think 226 00:12:29,440 --> 00:12:32,120 Speaker 1: FSU may be paying him more than that. Maybe they 227 00:12:32,120 --> 00:12:34,760 Speaker 1: have some Tiger money, but as you know, he doesn't 228 00:12:34,800 --> 00:12:41,800 Speaker 1: like to part with it. Miles Russell is like I'm 229 00:12:41,800 --> 00:12:44,520 Speaker 1: trying to think of his equivalent. It'd be more like 230 00:12:44,559 --> 00:12:47,280 Speaker 1: a basketball player. It'd be more like a like a 231 00:12:47,400 --> 00:12:50,800 Speaker 1: Zion someone like that. You know, who's just this high 232 00:12:50,840 --> 00:12:54,680 Speaker 1: school phenom who's going to Florida State. He's in Tiger 233 00:12:54,720 --> 00:12:57,959 Speaker 1: Woods Sun Charlie's class. They're going to go to Florida 234 00:12:58,000 --> 00:13:01,400 Speaker 1: State together. But Miles Russell is the number one junior player. 235 00:13:01,520 --> 00:13:04,600 Speaker 1: He's played in PGA events. Left handed kid, little skinny guy, 236 00:13:04,679 --> 00:13:09,520 Speaker 1: who's an elite talent. Right. I know someone that works 237 00:13:09,559 --> 00:13:14,600 Speaker 1: in the apparel business that signs golfers, and I remember 238 00:13:14,640 --> 00:13:16,319 Speaker 1: a year ago or so I asked him, I'm like, 239 00:13:16,320 --> 00:13:18,640 Speaker 1: why wouldn't Miles Russell just go right to the pros? 240 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:21,439 Speaker 1: And he said, Bro, have you heard of nil? Do 241 00:13:21,520 --> 00:13:23,880 Speaker 1: you know how much Miles Russell is gonna get? He's like, 242 00:13:23,880 --> 00:13:25,920 Speaker 1: you see how wants these basketball players are get. What 243 00:13:25,960 --> 00:13:27,480 Speaker 1: do you think he's gonna get? What do you think 244 00:13:27,480 --> 00:13:31,720 Speaker 1: the Florida State is not paying him? It's the apparel 245 00:13:31,800 --> 00:13:36,600 Speaker 1: companies that he is getting millions of dollars to go 246 00:13:36,640 --> 00:13:40,960 Speaker 1: to Florida State, millions of dollars. So I don't know 247 00:13:41,000 --> 00:13:43,720 Speaker 1: exactly where all the money's coming from, but he is 248 00:13:43,760 --> 00:13:47,160 Speaker 1: getting paid seven. He's making way more money than all 249 00:13:47,160 --> 00:13:48,959 Speaker 1: the guys that are battling it out on the corn 250 00:13:49,000 --> 00:13:53,240 Speaker 1: Ferry tour. So five hundred k, yeah, would get you 251 00:13:53,360 --> 00:13:57,480 Speaker 1: laughed at by a guy like him. A lot of 252 00:13:57,520 --> 00:14:01,040 Speaker 1: you guys sent me the picture of the Titans their 253 00:14:01,080 --> 00:14:05,120 Speaker 1: coaching staff, which they're head coach is Bald, they're their 254 00:14:05,160 --> 00:14:08,600 Speaker 1: coordinator's Bald day ball O line coach Bald, running back 255 00:14:08,640 --> 00:14:12,600 Speaker 1: coach Bald. The assistant on line coach is Bald, Gus Bradley, 256 00:14:12,679 --> 00:14:16,560 Speaker 1: the defensive coordinators Bald. Defensive line coach is Bald. Cornerbacks 257 00:14:16,559 --> 00:14:19,320 Speaker 1: coach is bald, and the safety's coach is bald, and 258 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:24,239 Speaker 1: obviously Solad is bald as well. It is It's incredible. 259 00:14:25,000 --> 00:14:28,080 Speaker 1: I mean, what a moment for the bald community. Now 260 00:14:28,160 --> 00:14:30,680 Speaker 1: we're gonna need the Titans to be good. We're gonna 261 00:14:30,680 --> 00:14:32,840 Speaker 1: need the Titans to be solid, and they have been 262 00:14:32,880 --> 00:14:35,320 Speaker 1: pretty bad for a couple of years. But it's gonna 263 00:14:35,360 --> 00:14:38,520 Speaker 1: be easy to root for solid day Ball. I appreciate 264 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:40,840 Speaker 1: day Ball because a couple of years ago he was 265 00:14:40,880 --> 00:14:44,720 Speaker 1: on he was on the JAB. I mean, he got skinny. 266 00:14:45,040 --> 00:14:46,600 Speaker 1: He clearly is like, I have this ame for me. 267 00:14:47,080 --> 00:14:49,280 Speaker 1: I'm an eater and I appreciate people that are like, 268 00:14:49,720 --> 00:14:52,280 Speaker 1: you know, Berkley right now is really skinny. You can 269 00:14:52,280 --> 00:14:55,440 Speaker 1: tell Charles is lost. Looks like one hundred pounds. Like, 270 00:14:55,560 --> 00:14:57,600 Speaker 1: you don't just lose one hundred pounds by now he 271 00:14:57,640 --> 00:14:59,760 Speaker 1: goes to the elliptical. No, you lose a one hundred 272 00:14:59,760 --> 00:15:03,040 Speaker 1: pounds by you know, getting the GLP once, which I got. No, 273 00:15:03,160 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: if you want to get the GOP once, you get 274 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,040 Speaker 1: the GOP once. I got no issue with it. Not 275 00:15:07,040 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: necessarily for me. I love to eat and I love sweets, 276 00:15:09,240 --> 00:15:11,640 Speaker 1: and it's a battle and I know people that are 277 00:15:11,680 --> 00:15:14,720 Speaker 1: on it. You stop wanting food, you clearly lose a 278 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 1: lot of weight. But I do appreciate a guy it's 279 00:15:17,440 --> 00:15:19,160 Speaker 1: like I did it, I tried it. I was fucking 280 00:15:19,160 --> 00:15:20,840 Speaker 1: like deep. I want to eat some pasta, I want 281 00:15:20,840 --> 00:15:23,000 Speaker 1: to eat some cookies. I want to enjoy myself. I'm 282 00:15:23,000 --> 00:15:26,920 Speaker 1: an eater. I think about food and listen as someone 283 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:30,000 Speaker 1: that could easily I could swing twenty pounds either way. 284 00:15:30,280 --> 00:15:32,440 Speaker 1: If I stopped working out, I would gain twenty pounds. 285 00:15:32,520 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: I mean, I basically have always worked out to eat. 286 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: The problem as you get older, you can't outrun a 287 00:15:36,920 --> 00:15:38,880 Speaker 1: bad diet, so you gotta kind of like you gotta 288 00:15:38,960 --> 00:15:41,880 Speaker 1: order salads when you used to order a burger and fries, 289 00:15:41,920 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: like you gotta order the chicken salad. And it sucks. 290 00:15:44,560 --> 00:15:46,720 Speaker 1: And if someone thinks about food a lot, who dreams 291 00:15:46,720 --> 00:15:49,440 Speaker 1: about food, who loves having conversations with people about food, 292 00:15:49,440 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: about restaurants and what they ordered, it's a battle. But 293 00:15:53,360 --> 00:15:55,320 Speaker 1: I do appreciate people that are like I am who 294 00:15:55,320 --> 00:15:57,840 Speaker 1: I am, and I like to eat now. As Barkley 295 00:15:57,840 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: once famously said, you ain't gonna meet many fattles old people. 296 00:16:00,840 --> 00:16:04,120 Speaker 1: So as you get older, you clearly you know it's 297 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,360 Speaker 1: hard on your body, right having the extra weight. But 298 00:16:07,800 --> 00:16:10,240 Speaker 1: props to Chuck. But let's listen, and I got no 299 00:16:10,280 --> 00:16:12,080 Speaker 1: issue with it. We got to call a spade a spade. 300 00:16:12,120 --> 00:16:14,640 Speaker 1: Like when you see someone now who's ben fat gets 301 00:16:14,680 --> 00:16:17,120 Speaker 1: really skinny, he's like, oh, he's on the Jets, he's 302 00:16:17,120 --> 00:16:20,240 Speaker 1: getting the JLP once. Actually my transition to get some 303 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:24,120 Speaker 1: peptides for good things about those start getting weekly peptides, 304 00:16:24,280 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: just start firing myself up. Uh. Question for the pod. 305 00:16:29,680 --> 00:16:31,640 Speaker 1: I heard Coward saying on his show the other day 306 00:16:32,040 --> 00:16:35,720 Speaker 1: that like he likes Mendoza, just not to the Raiders 307 00:16:35,760 --> 00:16:38,800 Speaker 1: because they have so many quote holes. You know what 308 00:16:38,960 --> 00:16:43,080 Speaker 1: team's biggest hole is quarterback? Do you think these pundits 309 00:16:43,160 --> 00:16:45,200 Speaker 1: really think this team won't use their on hundred million 310 00:16:45,200 --> 00:16:47,800 Speaker 1: dollars cap space and draft the old line deficiency. I 311 00:16:47,800 --> 00:16:50,400 Speaker 1: didn't hear these same thing pundits said about the Titans. 312 00:16:50,560 --> 00:16:52,560 Speaker 1: They shouldn't have drafted Ward or the Bear shouldn't have 313 00:16:52,640 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: drafted Caleb. Don't you think those teams have had holes 314 00:16:55,600 --> 00:16:59,840 Speaker 1: they fill as well? Make the madness stop. I think 315 00:17:00,000 --> 00:17:03,920 Speaker 1: one of the issues is just is you guys, I 316 00:17:03,920 --> 00:17:07,040 Speaker 1: mean it's I think it's gonna work. They're gonna have 317 00:17:07,080 --> 00:17:09,320 Speaker 1: to address it. But I think it's fair to say 318 00:17:09,720 --> 00:17:12,920 Speaker 1: that when you're you know, the Raiders are situation historically 319 00:17:12,960 --> 00:17:15,560 Speaker 1: over the last Internet era has not been good on 320 00:17:15,600 --> 00:17:17,680 Speaker 1: a lot of people, right, So it's it's gonna be 321 00:17:17,720 --> 00:17:19,879 Speaker 1: a challenge. He's coming from a team that had the 322 00:17:19,880 --> 00:17:22,320 Speaker 1: best running game in the country, had one of the 323 00:17:22,359 --> 00:17:24,159 Speaker 1: best offensive lines in the country, had one of the 324 00:17:24,200 --> 00:17:25,680 Speaker 1: best defense in the country. He played on one of 325 00:17:25,680 --> 00:17:27,680 Speaker 1: the best teams in the country, one of the best 326 00:17:27,680 --> 00:17:30,240 Speaker 1: coach teams in the country. That's not the case here. 327 00:17:30,320 --> 00:17:32,000 Speaker 1: He went from a guy that was sixty five years 328 00:17:32,040 --> 00:17:35,199 Speaker 1: old in Signetti, who had been a head coach for 329 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:37,199 Speaker 1: almost twenty years at that point, who had kind of 330 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,160 Speaker 1: mastered his craft, to getting a guy that two years 331 00:17:40,160 --> 00:17:43,679 Speaker 1: ago was fired. And I'm pro Kubiak, but like it is, 332 00:17:45,720 --> 00:17:47,679 Speaker 1: who knows you just you don't. You don't know how 333 00:17:47,680 --> 00:17:52,800 Speaker 1: it's gonna go. So yeah, I don't think it's crazy 334 00:17:52,880 --> 00:17:55,600 Speaker 1: to go the only red flag on Mendozo's gonna go 335 00:17:55,640 --> 00:17:57,280 Speaker 1: to a team that more than likely is not gonna 336 00:17:57,280 --> 00:18:00,159 Speaker 1: be any good next year. Totally understandable. They're in the 337 00:18:00,160 --> 00:18:02,919 Speaker 1: best division in football. They got you know in theory 338 00:18:02,920 --> 00:18:06,000 Speaker 1: three playoff teams, right, the Chiefs who are gonna be back, 339 00:18:06,600 --> 00:18:10,800 Speaker 1: and the Broncos and the Chargers with Andy Hardball and 340 00:18:10,840 --> 00:18:15,160 Speaker 1: Sean Payton, it's just gonna be tough. I mean all 341 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,040 Speaker 1: three of them have high level defenses. I think it's 342 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:27,480 Speaker 1: a fair thing to say. Today's show is brought to 343 00:18:27,520 --> 00:18:30,439 Speaker 1: you by a presenting sponsor, hard Rock Bet, Florida's sportsbook. 344 00:18:30,640 --> 00:18:33,439 Speaker 1: I know it's tough with no football. 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If you were so, some one you know 370 00:20:00,880 --> 00:20:04,600 Speaker 1: has a gambling problem and wants help, call one eight 371 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:10,880 Speaker 1: hundred and nine with it. Gambling problem Call one Gambler Arizona, Colorado, Illinois, 372 00:20:10,920 --> 00:20:20,359 Speaker 1: New Jersey, Ohio, Tennis Steve, Virginia. Do you think the 373 00:20:20,400 --> 00:20:23,080 Speaker 1: Texans will eventually move on from CJ due to his 374 00:20:23,160 --> 00:20:26,399 Speaker 1: lackluster performances the past two seasons. I do believe that 375 00:20:26,440 --> 00:20:28,960 Speaker 1: They have a good squad to push deep to the playoffs, 376 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:32,560 Speaker 1: but they need to at least a competent quarterback to 377 00:20:32,560 --> 00:20:35,920 Speaker 1: do that. I think there's a massive year for him. 378 00:20:36,520 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: This is gonna make or break his career in terms 379 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,919 Speaker 1: of with the Texans. He has a big year, shows 380 00:20:41,960 --> 00:20:45,359 Speaker 1: promise is better in the playoffs, whether they win or lose, 381 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,960 Speaker 1: he'll get a contract and he'll be the Texans long 382 00:20:48,040 --> 00:20:51,000 Speaker 1: term starter. If he has an up and down season 383 00:20:51,000 --> 00:20:52,600 Speaker 1: and then shits the bed in the playoffs, like I 384 00:20:52,960 --> 00:20:56,920 Speaker 1: just can't, they're just no extension coming. So I think 385 00:20:56,960 --> 00:20:59,960 Speaker 1: he is. He's one of the biggest wild cards into 386 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:03,800 Speaker 1: twenty six because I see no scenario in which Casario 387 00:21:03,880 --> 00:21:06,199 Speaker 1: extends him now, and he's kind of playing for the 388 00:21:06,240 --> 00:21:09,520 Speaker 1: extension to prove, like, am I a forty fifty million 389 00:21:09,520 --> 00:21:12,399 Speaker 1: dollars quarterback? Because right now he's not. Is he a 390 00:21:12,440 --> 00:21:15,760 Speaker 1: good player? He's sawd But like if I was the Texans, 391 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:17,920 Speaker 1: like ied off from the Sam Darnold contract. What's a 392 00:21:17,960 --> 00:21:20,240 Speaker 1: good track in the Scottsdale area that won't break the bank? 393 00:21:20,400 --> 00:21:23,760 Speaker 1: Everything is crazy that I've been looking at. Welcome to Scottsdale, homie. 394 00:21:23,960 --> 00:21:28,320 Speaker 1: There's not really there's nothing cheap here. Golf is inflation 395 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: over the course of the twenty twenties. I would say 396 00:21:31,800 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: nothing at least in my life has been hit harder 397 00:21:37,240 --> 00:21:40,880 Speaker 1: than something that I do constantly than golf, whether it's 398 00:21:41,200 --> 00:21:43,640 Speaker 1: public courses, whether it's trying to join a private course. 399 00:21:43,680 --> 00:21:47,440 Speaker 1: I mean, the prices, especially in this area are fucking bananas. 400 00:21:48,160 --> 00:21:51,560 Speaker 1: So if you're gonna want a cheaper price to play 401 00:21:51,600 --> 00:21:54,080 Speaker 1: around to golf in airs, you know, the general Scott's 402 00:21:54,240 --> 00:21:57,080 Speaker 1: you're gonna have to go to like Phoenix or some 403 00:21:57,119 --> 00:22:00,400 Speaker 1: of the general outside areas Whirlwind and Rave or two 404 00:22:00,400 --> 00:22:02,760 Speaker 1: courses that I recommend, but they are not in Scottsdale. 405 00:22:03,000 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: There is not Grayhawks, TPC, Scottsdale Truon. I mean these 406 00:22:07,760 --> 00:22:09,760 Speaker 1: if you're coming soon, I mean you're talking five six 407 00:22:09,800 --> 00:22:14,600 Speaker 1: hundred dollars for golf, which I'd say, no way. These 408 00:22:14,600 --> 00:22:17,080 Speaker 1: courses are worth it. You go to these courses and 409 00:22:17,200 --> 00:22:20,280 Speaker 1: their t sheet is packed, so it's just applied demand 410 00:22:21,080 --> 00:22:23,520 Speaker 1: and people are more than willing to pay these prices. 411 00:22:23,680 --> 00:22:25,280 Speaker 1: If you one thing, it's like you're charging five hundred 412 00:22:25,280 --> 00:22:27,160 Speaker 1: dollars for golf and you went out to the course 413 00:22:27,200 --> 00:22:30,000 Speaker 1: and it's empty. It's the complete opposite. You're like, you're 414 00:22:30,080 --> 00:22:31,879 Speaker 1: charging what for golf? And then you go It's like 415 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:34,720 Speaker 1: there is not an empty tee down. This is insanity, 416 00:22:35,080 --> 00:22:37,240 Speaker 1: but it is what it is. My buddies and I 417 00:22:37,320 --> 00:22:39,600 Speaker 1: always do an Eagles away game. This year is Zona. 418 00:22:39,680 --> 00:22:41,840 Speaker 1: Probably gonna stay in Scottsdale. We are a bit of 419 00:22:41,880 --> 00:22:44,760 Speaker 1: the crazy crowd and like to do adventurous things. What 420 00:22:44,800 --> 00:22:48,560 Speaker 1: are some good trails or maybe national parks near there? Well, 421 00:22:49,080 --> 00:22:51,159 Speaker 1: not to tell on myself, but I don't know if 422 00:22:51,200 --> 00:22:53,960 Speaker 1: I strike you, but I am not a national park guy, 423 00:22:54,240 --> 00:22:57,680 Speaker 1: so I can't necessarily help you there. I'm not even 424 00:22:57,720 --> 00:23:02,400 Speaker 1: necessarily a I have high before. You know. My brother's 425 00:23:02,440 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: a big hunter, fisher, outdoorsman. My dad definitely was. I 426 00:23:06,160 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: didn't really get that gene. I have hiked Cammelback here 427 00:23:10,080 --> 00:23:12,960 Speaker 1: a long time ago. Depending on the time of year, 428 00:23:13,000 --> 00:23:14,440 Speaker 1: I guess if you're coming to the fall, it shouldn't 429 00:23:14,440 --> 00:23:15,960 Speaker 1: be that bad. I mean the game. If the games 430 00:23:16,000 --> 00:23:18,480 Speaker 1: in September, it could be really hot. People have died 431 00:23:18,960 --> 00:23:20,960 Speaker 1: trying to hike cammel Back because it gets so hot. 432 00:23:21,080 --> 00:23:27,119 Speaker 1: But I would say I can't help you on the 433 00:23:27,200 --> 00:23:30,600 Speaker 1: national parks. Camelback's really the only thing. I know, I'm 434 00:23:30,640 --> 00:23:32,480 Speaker 1: just the wrong guy to asked that question. I mean, 435 00:23:32,480 --> 00:23:36,280 Speaker 1: if you're looking for a golf course, a steakhouse, you know, 436 00:23:36,680 --> 00:23:40,040 Speaker 1: a good you know, borrow with some TVs, got you covered. 437 00:23:40,480 --> 00:23:44,200 Speaker 1: But if you're looking for a national park, uh, definitely 438 00:23:44,240 --> 00:23:47,680 Speaker 1: not your guy. Not you know, just not my thing, 439 00:23:49,280 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: though I appreciate them. Freshly joined a men's rec hockey 440 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,280 Speaker 1: league in Portland, Oregon. I grew up in the Midwest, 441 00:23:56,840 --> 00:23:59,960 Speaker 1: and I find myself trying to coach the less experienced teammates, 442 00:24:00,040 --> 00:24:04,560 Speaker 1: and the team generally use basic defensive strategy because it's 443 00:24:04,600 --> 00:24:07,040 Speaker 1: the surest path to a victory that I can see. 444 00:24:08,000 --> 00:24:12,720 Speaker 1: Thought the experience shed light on the Seahawks dominance this season. 445 00:24:13,000 --> 00:24:18,800 Speaker 1: Is he compared him coaching his rec league hockey defense 446 00:24:19,520 --> 00:24:23,800 Speaker 1: to the Seahawks. I like it. Defense wins championships. Totally agree. 447 00:24:23,880 --> 00:24:27,320 Speaker 1: Let's face most people, if you're playing pickup hockey, if 448 00:24:27,320 --> 00:24:30,359 Speaker 1: you're playing pickup basketball, most people aren't looking to be 449 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,960 Speaker 1: the defensive standout. I've never played a pickup game where 450 00:24:33,960 --> 00:24:36,440 Speaker 1: it's like I'm gonna take defense really seriously this game. 451 00:24:36,760 --> 00:24:39,359 Speaker 1: Everyone just won't score. Makes some plays kind of jog 452 00:24:39,520 --> 00:24:41,919 Speaker 1: back on d I would imagine hockey somewhat similar. What 453 00:24:41,920 --> 00:24:44,959 Speaker 1: do you want to do score the puck? Are there 454 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,560 Speaker 1: a lot of people in rec league hockey? If people 455 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:48,480 Speaker 1: standing in front of the goal, like I'm gonna block 456 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:50,800 Speaker 1: this puck, it's probably not the go to thing for 457 00:24:50,800 --> 00:24:53,080 Speaker 1: people to do. If you do do it, big point 458 00:24:53,080 --> 00:24:57,800 Speaker 1: of difference. The difference is in pro sports, like you're 459 00:24:57,840 --> 00:25:00,600 Speaker 1: not gonna win a World Series if you don't play defense, right, 460 00:25:00,680 --> 00:25:02,800 Speaker 1: You're not gonna win a Super Bowl or a college 461 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:05,520 Speaker 1: national championship. If you don't play defense, you got no 462 00:25:05,640 --> 00:25:08,239 Speaker 1: shot in the NBA if you play no defense. So 463 00:25:08,320 --> 00:25:10,280 Speaker 1: like at the highest level, you have to play defense. 464 00:25:10,320 --> 00:25:12,880 Speaker 1: At the lowest level, you could argue a big point 465 00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:15,720 Speaker 1: of difference to be good, Like if you wanted to 466 00:25:15,720 --> 00:25:19,000 Speaker 1: win in high school football, everyone thinks score the football. Score. 467 00:25:19,119 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: What if you're like, we're gonna be the best defensive 468 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:24,600 Speaker 1: team in the area. You might have a ceiling because 469 00:25:24,640 --> 00:25:26,359 Speaker 1: your offense might suck, but you're gonna win a lot 470 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,960 Speaker 1: of games. So maybe you just found a hack promote 471 00:25:30,160 --> 00:25:36,880 Speaker 1: defense at the lowest levels. Uh, listen to Coward Show 472 00:25:36,920 --> 00:25:40,400 Speaker 1: with you doing the news. The problem with load management, 473 00:25:40,680 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: I think it should be based on a time work payment. 474 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: I have to work forty to sixty hours a week 475 00:25:46,400 --> 00:25:48,560 Speaker 1: and I make decent money, but I punch a clock. 476 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:51,880 Speaker 1: I only get paid when I work. So maybe these 477 00:25:51,920 --> 00:25:54,919 Speaker 1: guys get their contract but then put in a clause 478 00:25:55,040 --> 00:25:58,000 Speaker 1: they get a percentage if they don't work their potential. 479 00:25:58,560 --> 00:26:00,439 Speaker 1: I get hurt. I only get sixty per of my 480 00:26:00,560 --> 00:26:03,400 Speaker 1: pay while I'm hurt. So I think it's something to discuss. 481 00:26:05,040 --> 00:26:08,000 Speaker 1: I hear what you're saying. Here's the problem. There are 482 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:13,800 Speaker 1: certain industries. One, they have a very powerful union, baseball, basketball, whatever, 483 00:26:13,840 --> 00:26:16,399 Speaker 1: so they fight for guaranteed money they don't work on 484 00:26:16,560 --> 00:26:20,159 Speaker 1: like the clocking in and out structure. Right, no one 485 00:26:20,359 --> 00:26:23,119 Speaker 1: whether you're on time or late, no one really pays attention. 486 00:26:23,160 --> 00:26:26,680 Speaker 1: You're basically just paid based on The crazy part is 487 00:26:26,720 --> 00:26:30,600 Speaker 1: about basketball. Beside the eliteally guys, A lot of times 488 00:26:30,720 --> 00:26:34,960 Speaker 1: these young players get max contracts based on potential. Right, 489 00:26:37,119 --> 00:26:40,040 Speaker 1: they have leverage. I mean they just do. So I 490 00:26:40,080 --> 00:26:45,520 Speaker 1: hear what you're saying. They owners don't have the juice 491 00:26:45,560 --> 00:26:49,400 Speaker 1: to roll it back. Once you've negotiated these guaranteed contracts 492 00:26:49,400 --> 00:26:52,800 Speaker 1: the way they're they it raally comes back the other way. 493 00:26:52,880 --> 00:26:56,240 Speaker 1: It's why Football's always fought against it because they know 494 00:26:56,480 --> 00:26:59,359 Speaker 1: if it ever goes through, like every contract, let's just 495 00:26:59,359 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: say in a theory, it has to be fully guaranteed. 496 00:27:01,880 --> 00:27:05,160 Speaker 1: There's never a time when it wouldn't be. So once 497 00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:10,760 Speaker 1: it crosses a line in a negotiation, there's no going back, right. 498 00:27:11,359 --> 00:27:13,760 Speaker 1: So I think part of it is I hear what 499 00:27:13,800 --> 00:27:17,560 Speaker 1: you're saying in your business. You know, my business, we 500 00:27:17,640 --> 00:27:20,600 Speaker 1: only make money when I record a podcast. I technically 501 00:27:20,640 --> 00:27:25,359 Speaker 1: could have, like I guess, someone fill in, but like, 502 00:27:25,480 --> 00:27:28,560 Speaker 1: if I want my business, if I want to make money, 503 00:27:28,960 --> 00:27:31,840 Speaker 1: I have to work. This isn't one of those jobs 504 00:27:31,880 --> 00:27:34,040 Speaker 1: where it's like I got ten people working for me 505 00:27:34,119 --> 00:27:35,840 Speaker 1: and I don't have to do shit and I can 506 00:27:35,920 --> 00:27:38,679 Speaker 1: just go to the beach. Like my business is me 507 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:41,919 Speaker 1: and me talking. So I mean, we all are in 508 00:27:41,920 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: different industries with different quirks. And one thing the basketball 509 00:27:46,440 --> 00:27:47,920 Speaker 1: players have going for them is like if I sign 510 00:27:47,960 --> 00:27:50,200 Speaker 1: one hundred million dollar contract, whether I play ten games 511 00:27:50,280 --> 00:27:52,560 Speaker 1: or whether I play eighty two games, I'm making the 512 00:27:52,560 --> 00:27:55,239 Speaker 1: same amount of money, which you can say incentivize. Is 513 00:27:55,240 --> 00:27:57,600 Speaker 1: a problem because guys clearly don't play as much as 514 00:27:57,600 --> 00:28:01,359 Speaker 1: they once did. So I hear what you're saying, I 515 00:28:01,400 --> 00:28:06,639 Speaker 1: just think that's not a realistic outcome. Long time no 516 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:10,360 Speaker 1: talk coach. The Raiders have a coach, a running back, 517 00:28:10,440 --> 00:28:13,359 Speaker 1: stable quarterback, left tackle, and currently Crosby. I think the 518 00:28:13,359 --> 00:28:15,800 Speaker 1: next step is the biggest baddest o line D line, 519 00:28:15,960 --> 00:28:19,800 Speaker 1: so they can hold up for Mendoza and Genty. Would 520 00:28:19,840 --> 00:28:23,000 Speaker 1: you pick up, say Hendrickson from the Bengals to help Crosby? 521 00:28:23,160 --> 00:28:27,639 Speaker 1: What say you? The Crosby thing is they're kind of 522 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:32,240 Speaker 1: they're fork in the road. If they keep Crosby, they're 523 00:28:32,240 --> 00:28:34,120 Speaker 1: just all in on this operation. They're going to try 524 00:28:34,160 --> 00:28:37,679 Speaker 1: to be competitive next year. If they trade Crosby Micah 525 00:28:37,680 --> 00:28:40,800 Speaker 1: Parson style, it's almost like we'll take a step back, 526 00:28:41,160 --> 00:28:44,160 Speaker 1: you're one of Mendoza and build this thing for years two, three, 527 00:28:44,160 --> 00:28:48,959 Speaker 1: and four. So until I personally would trade Crosby, his 528 00:28:49,080 --> 00:28:53,480 Speaker 1: value is still elite. You're not gonna make the playoffs 529 00:28:53,480 --> 00:28:56,040 Speaker 1: next year, like I would say, a high percentage chance. 530 00:28:56,840 --> 00:28:59,000 Speaker 1: I think you're better off doing that than just trying 531 00:28:59,000 --> 00:29:03,760 Speaker 1: to add Hendrickson. Now, would it shock me if they 532 00:29:03,840 --> 00:29:06,360 Speaker 1: try to be competitive next year? Would not, because that's 533 00:29:06,360 --> 00:29:09,640 Speaker 1: how NFL teams operate. But me personally, I think I 534 00:29:09,720 --> 00:29:13,960 Speaker 1: would punt on Crosby, because you could if you go 535 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: Monday or Tuesday, Max Crosby is available, you will have 536 00:29:18,840 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: a bidding war. I mean a bidding war because this 537 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:24,160 Speaker 1: is not this is not Michaeh Parsons. He does not 538 00:29:24,360 --> 00:29:26,240 Speaker 1: need to sign a contract with the new team. He's 539 00:29:26,320 --> 00:29:30,560 Speaker 1: under contract. So part of like when they traded Michael Parsons, 540 00:29:31,480 --> 00:29:34,360 Speaker 1: fifteen teams weren't involved. Why because he wasn't gonna sign 541 00:29:34,400 --> 00:29:36,640 Speaker 1: with a lot of teams. It was gonna be shortlisted teams, 542 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,920 Speaker 1: the Eagles, the Packers, maybe not the Eagles, but whoever, 543 00:29:40,240 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: Right Max, you could trade Max to the Bengals if 544 00:29:43,400 --> 00:29:47,400 Speaker 1: you wanted. You can trade Max wherever. So I think 545 00:29:47,400 --> 00:29:50,520 Speaker 1: it's a unique situation. I would do that, And I'm 546 00:29:51,280 --> 00:29:53,400 Speaker 1: a pro Max Crosby. I think he's a study. I 547 00:29:53,440 --> 00:29:57,320 Speaker 1: think he was underpaid early on in his career. I 548 00:29:57,800 --> 00:30:01,000 Speaker 1: just think that now would be the time Mendoza just 549 00:30:01,040 --> 00:30:03,400 Speaker 1: kind of start a float and give Max an opportunity 550 00:30:03,440 --> 00:30:05,440 Speaker 1: to win. Trade him to the Bears, trade them to 551 00:30:05,440 --> 00:30:07,080 Speaker 1: the Patriots, trade him to the Lions, trade him to 552 00:30:07,080 --> 00:30:11,120 Speaker 1: the Eagles, trade them wherever the Bills. As a Chiefs fan, 553 00:30:11,240 --> 00:30:15,520 Speaker 1: I'm consumed I'm confused. Why every mock has us taking 554 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:19,400 Speaker 1: Love or a wide receiver. I'm thinking defense, No One, 555 00:30:19,480 --> 00:30:22,240 Speaker 1: Veach and Andy, what do you think? Also, there's rumors 556 00:30:22,320 --> 00:30:24,720 Speaker 1: we are now looking to deal McDuffie. I feel like 557 00:30:24,720 --> 00:30:26,880 Speaker 1: we gotta trade him. We can't cover number one wide 558 00:30:26,920 --> 00:30:30,960 Speaker 1: receivers and we can't pay him like he wants. What's 559 00:30:30,960 --> 00:30:34,520 Speaker 1: his trade value? That's a good question, I well ask 560 00:30:34,560 --> 00:30:37,080 Speaker 1: this week. I don't know. I don't know. I'll find 561 00:30:37,080 --> 00:30:40,480 Speaker 1: out in the next couple of days. Like are we 562 00:30:40,560 --> 00:30:43,080 Speaker 1: talking he's not getting a first round pick, but I mean, 563 00:30:43,120 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: are you getting like a second and a third for him? 564 00:30:46,200 --> 00:30:48,040 Speaker 1: I don't know the answer on that question. To be 565 00:30:48,040 --> 00:30:51,120 Speaker 1: honest with you, I would say no one, Veach and 566 00:30:51,120 --> 00:30:56,920 Speaker 1: Andy the the love thing. I would say this I have. 567 00:30:57,720 --> 00:31:00,479 Speaker 1: I would be stunned if Jeremiah, if they stayed at nine, 568 00:31:00,560 --> 00:31:03,680 Speaker 1: Jeremiah Love was the pick they will take and look 569 00:31:03,720 --> 00:31:07,239 Speaker 1: at historically what he did. When I was there. We 570 00:31:07,320 --> 00:31:11,760 Speaker 1: drafted Fletcher Cox, we drafted Brandon Graham. These are their 571 00:31:11,800 --> 00:31:17,320 Speaker 1: first round picks. Brandon Graham, Fletcher Cox, Danny Watkins was 572 00:31:17,360 --> 00:31:20,560 Speaker 1: obviously a miss. So my three years with Andy Reid, 573 00:31:20,880 --> 00:31:23,880 Speaker 1: the three picks we had were two defensive linemen and 574 00:31:24,000 --> 00:31:28,320 Speaker 1: offensive lineman last year, who they take Simmons when they 575 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:30,840 Speaker 1: took a running back? And again it's not apples to apples. 576 00:31:30,960 --> 00:31:33,600 Speaker 1: Is the end of the first round, Clyde, it was 577 00:31:33,600 --> 00:31:35,520 Speaker 1: a great regret. And the other thing is Jeremiah Love 578 00:31:35,880 --> 00:31:39,640 Speaker 1: is much more. I would not put him like Christian 579 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:42,040 Speaker 1: McCaffrey or b John Robinson. He's much more to me 580 00:31:42,160 --> 00:31:45,400 Speaker 1: like a Saquon Barkley, who is just a true running 581 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,640 Speaker 1: back right. Sakuan's not a great pass catching running back. 582 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:51,600 Speaker 1: I would not put him in the CMC you know, 583 00:31:51,760 --> 00:31:57,640 Speaker 1: Marshall falk lt bijon category. He's much closer like Adrian Peterson. 584 00:31:58,040 --> 00:32:00,400 Speaker 1: He's like fucking running between the tackles. When he's on, 585 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,960 Speaker 1: he can dominate, right, And that's to me, Jeremiah Love 586 00:32:04,080 --> 00:32:06,200 Speaker 1: is more in that world. And maybe I'm wrong. Maybe 587 00:32:06,200 --> 00:32:08,800 Speaker 1: I'll do some recon this week and people will disagree 588 00:32:08,840 --> 00:32:10,400 Speaker 1: with me, and if they do, all change my opinion, 589 00:32:10,480 --> 00:32:13,320 Speaker 1: because I got people with Super Bowl rings that evaluate 590 00:32:13,360 --> 00:32:17,640 Speaker 1: these players for a living. But I'd be stunned if 591 00:32:17,680 --> 00:32:19,920 Speaker 1: Andy Reid did not take a defensive her offensive lineman. 592 00:32:19,960 --> 00:32:22,120 Speaker 1: If he stays at nine, if he trades back then 593 00:32:22,160 --> 00:32:24,640 Speaker 1: You never know, but I don't even think there's a 594 00:32:24,640 --> 00:32:27,600 Speaker 1: wide receiver that he would take there at nine that 595 00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:31,240 Speaker 1: would be worthy of him taking. So my guess is 596 00:32:31,360 --> 00:32:35,560 Speaker 1: he takes a pass rusher or like the right tackle 597 00:32:35,680 --> 00:32:39,240 Speaker 1: from Utah and put Simmons at left and that guy 598 00:32:39,400 --> 00:32:41,760 Speaker 1: right and just goes. We got our left and right tackle. 599 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,640 Speaker 1: That to me feels more like something the Chiefs would 600 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:47,320 Speaker 1: do than take Jeremia Love. Why wouldn't you take a 601 00:32:47,400 --> 00:32:51,440 Speaker 1: running back like? Rounds later? Congrats on the kid. I 602 00:32:51,520 --> 00:32:55,760 Speaker 1: know you listen and read these. Just wanted to thank 603 00:32:55,800 --> 00:32:58,600 Speaker 1: you for the last pod with Ken really different to 604 00:32:58,640 --> 00:33:00,800 Speaker 1: just football, which I love that you do. You are 605 00:33:00,840 --> 00:33:03,040 Speaker 1: my favorite podcaster. I'm just happy still listening to your 606 00:33:03,040 --> 00:33:05,360 Speaker 1: stuff and watching you grow. I'm an engineer, but I'm 607 00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:08,320 Speaker 1: already planning to do a podcast with my friends to 608 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:13,920 Speaker 1: reach Mexican crowds. And your words are awesome. That's from JP. Well, 609 00:33:13,960 --> 00:33:18,200 Speaker 1: I appreciate that. Good luck with the you know the 610 00:33:18,280 --> 00:33:21,560 Speaker 1: podcast question for the back how long till we give 611 00:33:21,640 --> 00:33:25,240 Speaker 1: baby Jack a couple cocktails? You know what's crazy is 612 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:30,080 Speaker 1: you have a baby and I'm not a big drinker, 613 00:33:30,240 --> 00:33:32,280 Speaker 1: just naturally like I'm not one of those guys that's 614 00:33:32,280 --> 00:33:36,760 Speaker 1: a cocktail every night. I'm much more, definitely historically probably 615 00:33:36,760 --> 00:33:39,959 Speaker 1: more of a binge social drinker. The older I've gotten, 616 00:33:40,520 --> 00:33:43,000 Speaker 1: the binge drinking has to come down because I can't 617 00:33:43,040 --> 00:33:47,080 Speaker 1: handle the hangovers. But I only drink socially, really on 618 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:50,520 Speaker 1: the golf course, around at night with people. When you 619 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:53,719 Speaker 1: have a child, especially when they're young, all you can 620 00:33:53,760 --> 00:33:56,480 Speaker 1: think about is, I would rather jump off a bridge 621 00:33:56,640 --> 00:34:00,080 Speaker 1: than be hungover feeding this baby with my wife I 622 00:34:00,120 --> 00:34:02,120 Speaker 1: fit three in the morning, or changing him. I would 623 00:34:02,360 --> 00:34:06,680 Speaker 1: That sounds like being, you know, a prisoner of war. 624 00:34:07,200 --> 00:34:10,640 Speaker 1: You know, I can't fathom. I don't think I've had 625 00:34:10,640 --> 00:34:15,040 Speaker 1: more than two cocktails in two months, which you know, 626 00:34:15,040 --> 00:34:19,759 Speaker 1: I have much more mental clarity, much more energy. Had 627 00:34:19,840 --> 00:34:22,000 Speaker 1: one yesterday on the golf course. I'm like, I'm good. 628 00:34:22,480 --> 00:34:25,959 Speaker 1: I'm good just because in last night one o'clock, four 629 00:34:25,960 --> 00:34:28,279 Speaker 1: o'clock I'm up feeding him like clockwork. No big deal, 630 00:34:28,280 --> 00:34:32,120 Speaker 1: good dad. I'm not sure my dad did that, but uh, 631 00:34:32,200 --> 00:34:35,840 Speaker 1: your boy did. My point is I would say drinking, 632 00:34:35,880 --> 00:34:39,839 Speaker 1: he's a long we got a we got a long 633 00:34:39,880 --> 00:34:41,680 Speaker 1: way to go. We got along. I think I had 634 00:34:41,680 --> 00:34:46,440 Speaker 1: my first drink I tried some brandy maybe when I 635 00:34:46,440 --> 00:34:48,720 Speaker 1: was like twelve or thirteen. I remember having my first 636 00:34:48,760 --> 00:34:53,000 Speaker 1: tall boy in ninth grade. A couple of tall boys. 637 00:34:53,040 --> 00:34:55,160 Speaker 1: I remember I had a couple cours like tall boys 638 00:34:55,160 --> 00:34:58,480 Speaker 1: and first time I'd ever been drunk, Like, well, this 639 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:01,000 Speaker 1: is this is kind of cool. Even though I hated 640 00:35:01,000 --> 00:35:02,879 Speaker 1: the you know, when you first started drinking beer, it's 641 00:35:02,920 --> 00:35:05,920 Speaker 1: just my dad was not a drinker, so it's like 642 00:35:06,040 --> 00:35:08,600 Speaker 1: I wasn't really It's not like I saw a beer 643 00:35:08,640 --> 00:35:10,239 Speaker 1: all the time, and then you have the first beer, 644 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:11,680 Speaker 1: like I didn't even like the taste, and then he 645 00:35:11,719 --> 00:35:13,160 Speaker 1: kind of grows on you and then now you kind 646 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:19,000 Speaker 1: of like it. Okay. One with this a lot of 647 00:35:19,080 --> 00:35:23,399 Speaker 1: good positive feedback on the ride. Hote write out, Ken 648 00:35:23,440 --> 00:35:25,920 Speaker 1: write out interview. He was if you haven't listened to it, 649 00:35:26,080 --> 00:35:29,120 Speaker 1: I can't recommend it enough. Even my producers and people 650 00:35:29,160 --> 00:35:30,839 Speaker 1: behind the scenes when we did it, when we ended, 651 00:35:30,840 --> 00:35:34,000 Speaker 1: they're like, that was did not see that coming, Like 652 00:35:34,080 --> 00:35:39,560 Speaker 1: neither did I. I man, that was awesome. As someone 653 00:35:39,560 --> 00:35:42,680 Speaker 1: who relates to him very hard. A JP Morgan worker 654 00:35:42,760 --> 00:35:45,520 Speaker 1: who struggled in the past with addiction from weed, as 655 00:35:45,600 --> 00:35:47,359 Speaker 1: Ken said, I used to be a piece of shit, 656 00:35:47,480 --> 00:35:50,680 Speaker 1: abusing marijuana for twenty basically to twenty five and a 657 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,960 Speaker 1: half years. I was also a high functioning drug addict 658 00:35:54,280 --> 00:35:57,640 Speaker 1: current age twenty six. I've been sober for a while now, 659 00:35:58,960 --> 00:36:02,239 Speaker 1: So you started, oh from twenty to twenty five, okay, 660 00:36:02,239 --> 00:36:05,560 Speaker 1: I got ya? Gotcha? It gives me motivation to keep 661 00:36:05,560 --> 00:36:07,960 Speaker 1: going and make my life better a day at a time. Well, 662 00:36:09,360 --> 00:36:13,200 Speaker 1: I'm glad that we can help anyone out. I mean, 663 00:36:13,239 --> 00:36:17,279 Speaker 1: I listen, I addiction doesn't run in my family. I mean, 664 00:36:17,320 --> 00:36:23,520 Speaker 1: I do not have addictive characteristics inside me, which you know, 665 00:36:24,640 --> 00:36:27,520 Speaker 1: I've seen friends. I've had friends that aren't even around 666 00:36:28,239 --> 00:36:31,000 Speaker 1: that addiction runs deep in their family and it takes 667 00:36:31,040 --> 00:36:36,160 Speaker 1: them out in their thirties. And I mean I've seen 668 00:36:36,200 --> 00:36:39,520 Speaker 1: it firsthand and the impact it has on people's family, 669 00:36:39,840 --> 00:36:43,040 Speaker 1: especially as you get older, you create a family and 670 00:36:43,080 --> 00:36:46,760 Speaker 1: you leave children behind, the impact it has just potentially 671 00:36:46,800 --> 00:36:50,880 Speaker 1: on other people, you know, making decisions. It's why you 672 00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,640 Speaker 1: have someone like Kenna. It's you can't fake that, you know, 673 00:36:54,719 --> 00:36:58,160 Speaker 1: I can't. I can't speak to any of that like 674 00:36:58,239 --> 00:37:02,359 Speaker 1: you just lot can talk and cook and it's real 675 00:37:02,560 --> 00:37:05,000 Speaker 1: because when you hear him speak like he ain't bullshit 676 00:37:05,000 --> 00:37:08,279 Speaker 1: and you, and I think people human beings, whether you 677 00:37:08,400 --> 00:37:12,400 Speaker 1: have been someone like you, which is awesome to overcome it, 678 00:37:12,520 --> 00:37:16,000 Speaker 1: whether someone who just have been impacted by it. When 679 00:37:16,040 --> 00:37:17,960 Speaker 1: you hear it, you know it, and you're listening to 680 00:37:18,000 --> 00:37:20,880 Speaker 1: the story, you're like, jeez, this is this is intense. 681 00:37:22,040 --> 00:37:24,239 Speaker 1: This is intense. And let's face it, for every guy 682 00:37:24,320 --> 00:37:26,960 Speaker 1: like him who figures it out or you that figure 683 00:37:26,960 --> 00:37:33,040 Speaker 1: it out, there's a lot of people that don't and struggle. Man. 684 00:37:33,239 --> 00:37:36,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I feel you, and I'm glad you're doing well, 685 00:37:36,080 --> 00:37:39,920 Speaker 1: and hopefully anyone that you know. The Rondale Moore story 686 00:37:39,960 --> 00:37:43,279 Speaker 1: of him committing suicide is something that I remember watching 687 00:37:43,360 --> 00:37:44,920 Speaker 1: him when he first got to the Cardinals as a 688 00:37:44,960 --> 00:37:48,040 Speaker 1: rookie thing, and like, this kid's a fucking problem. He 689 00:37:48,200 --> 00:37:50,800 Speaker 1: was just he looked like gonna have a special career 690 00:37:50,840 --> 00:37:54,359 Speaker 1: and then obviously injuries derailed it. But and again I'm 691 00:37:54,400 --> 00:37:59,120 Speaker 1: not saying Rondale had addiction issues, but you kill yourself 692 00:37:59,120 --> 00:38:01,120 Speaker 1: at twenty five, you know. The thing is as you 693 00:38:01,120 --> 00:38:05,440 Speaker 1: get older, and the thing with USA hockey, with the 694 00:38:09,360 --> 00:38:14,239 Speaker 1: Goudreau family, you just realize sometimes I think about this, 695 00:38:14,360 --> 00:38:17,799 Speaker 1: it's like you just never know, you know, you never 696 00:38:17,880 --> 00:38:21,280 Speaker 1: know and life is so precious. Life is so short. 697 00:38:21,560 --> 00:38:24,399 Speaker 1: As you get older, you know, whether you know some 698 00:38:24,440 --> 00:38:28,440 Speaker 1: of you, like all my grandparents were dead, I mean 699 00:38:28,480 --> 00:38:29,920 Speaker 1: three out of the four of them were dead by 700 00:38:29,960 --> 00:38:33,839 Speaker 1: the time I was not even out of high school, right, 701 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,120 Speaker 1: And I saw my mom's parents die when I was 702 00:38:36,160 --> 00:38:40,799 Speaker 1: in junior high so and I saw the impact. You know, 703 00:38:41,040 --> 00:38:44,000 Speaker 1: you start kind of understanding life. Then you lose parents, 704 00:38:44,000 --> 00:38:47,680 Speaker 1: you lose friends as you gain life. If you don't 705 00:38:47,800 --> 00:38:50,640 Speaker 1: see it early on in your life, it's inevitable. We're 706 00:38:50,640 --> 00:38:53,279 Speaker 1: gonna see it all, especially you know, if you have, 707 00:38:54,640 --> 00:38:57,160 Speaker 1: you know, multiple friends, it's just you know, there's gonna 708 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:59,879 Speaker 1: be a web and a connection of things that are 709 00:39:00,080 --> 00:39:04,359 Speaker 1: just unavoidable. And listen, we all struggle with different shit. 710 00:39:04,880 --> 00:39:07,920 Speaker 1: And I think anytime that you can listen to things 711 00:39:07,960 --> 00:39:11,440 Speaker 1: that work as motivation or know that people share in 712 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:16,080 Speaker 1: your struggle, you know you're not alone because none of 713 00:39:16,120 --> 00:39:18,160 Speaker 1: us we all deal with it, but we all do. 714 00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:23,080 Speaker 1: I mean, so I'm glad that sounds like you got 715 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:25,480 Speaker 1: your life together and things are going well, and good 716 00:39:25,520 --> 00:39:31,440 Speaker 1: luck to you man, talk soon. Audios. The volume