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But first, my top takes of the week. 20 00:01:21,080 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: Any time things seem sudden and strange, there is usually 21 00:01:28,680 --> 00:01:34,280 Speaker 1: a coup involved. Bruce Arians, who never showed any interest 22 00:01:34,360 --> 00:01:37,759 Speaker 1: in the front office, although he had hinted at retirement, 23 00:01:38,280 --> 00:01:43,760 Speaker 1: suddenly retires so quickly that the Buccaneers had to rush 24 00:01:43,840 --> 00:01:47,000 Speaker 1: the staff and rush the players together to tell them, 25 00:01:47,520 --> 00:01:53,120 Speaker 1: meaning it wasn't really planned, meaning Brady wanted him out. Listen, 26 00:01:53,720 --> 00:01:57,840 Speaker 1: Tom retires, then un retires. Arians. I'm good here, Then 27 00:01:57,920 --> 00:02:01,480 Speaker 1: suddenly I'm moving upstairs. Todd is in It. All is 28 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: very strange and sudden. Come on, now, I think most 29 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:09,320 Speaker 1: of you understand how the game works. This was never 30 00:02:10,400 --> 00:02:14,359 Speaker 1: culturally New England to Tampa was always a weird fit. 31 00:02:14,680 --> 00:02:21,920 Speaker 1: One is academic, cold weather, Boston politics, sports, a powerbroker's town, 32 00:02:22,639 --> 00:02:29,120 Speaker 1: one Tampa ibar city cocktails, early, a goofy franchise, one 33 00:02:29,400 --> 00:02:35,239 Speaker 1: obsessed quarterback, one dysfunctional franchise. Tom went there for more 34 00:02:35,320 --> 00:02:39,440 Speaker 1: control and better weapons. He got the weapons, he got 35 00:02:39,480 --> 00:02:43,040 Speaker 1: the Super Bowl. But what Tom never truly got, even 36 00:02:43,080 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: in his Super Bowl winning season, was control. And that 37 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:49,480 Speaker 1: Arians is a seat of the pants, go with your 38 00:02:49,520 --> 00:02:53,320 Speaker 1: gut coach. When Arians and I like Bruce, but when 39 00:02:53,320 --> 00:02:56,400 Speaker 1: he went to CBS to broadcast. The feeling was he 40 00:02:56,520 --> 00:03:00,280 Speaker 1: wasn't overly prepared, he was funny. People liked him. He 41 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,760 Speaker 1: is as seat of the pants guy and Brady's not. 42 00:03:03,240 --> 00:03:07,920 Speaker 1: This was always a weird cultural fit. It was always 43 00:03:07,960 --> 00:03:14,160 Speaker 1: a weird fit, old school Bruce adapting, evolving obsessed Tom, 44 00:03:14,200 --> 00:03:16,680 Speaker 1: and it worked the first year. Folks. We saw this 45 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:22,000 Speaker 1: multiple times. I mean Arians called out Brady. Tom took 46 00:03:22,000 --> 00:03:25,400 Speaker 1: one for the team. You think Tom liked that. Legends 47 00:03:25,440 --> 00:03:28,240 Speaker 1: don't like to be called out. They can laugh, they 48 00:03:28,240 --> 00:03:31,720 Speaker 1: can fall on the sword at the podium. They don't 49 00:03:31,760 --> 00:03:35,680 Speaker 1: like that. So this has always been a very, very 50 00:03:35,720 --> 00:03:40,320 Speaker 1: turbulent relationship, and of course it is, of course it is. 51 00:03:41,160 --> 00:03:44,160 Speaker 1: You know, I always think Bruce Arians was a perfect 52 00:03:44,200 --> 00:03:48,200 Speaker 1: fit with big Ben. Big Ben was not obsessed. Big 53 00:03:48,200 --> 00:03:51,160 Speaker 1: Ben was a gun slinger. Big Ben isn't over the 54 00:03:51,240 --> 00:03:58,280 Speaker 1: top backyard football quarterback. Arians and big Ben, to me, like, 55 00:03:58,480 --> 00:04:01,560 Speaker 1: that's a perfect relationship. You know what I think Tom's 56 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:08,920 Speaker 1: perfect relationship is Kyle Shanahan, obsessed, maniacal, considered the great 57 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:11,840 Speaker 1: scheming coach. Remember, as good as McVeagh is, mcveay will 58 00:04:11,840 --> 00:04:15,480 Speaker 1: acknowledge privately Shanahan is the better scheme guy. Sean is 59 00:04:15,960 --> 00:04:18,280 Speaker 1: the better culture builder, better in front of the room, 60 00:04:18,640 --> 00:04:21,279 Speaker 1: and he has built that with Rams, So you know, 61 00:04:21,520 --> 00:04:25,720 Speaker 1: fit matters. This is why Aaron Rodgers, for all his talent, 62 00:04:26,360 --> 00:04:29,520 Speaker 1: has one super Bowl. He doesn't know us get along 63 00:04:29,520 --> 00:04:32,320 Speaker 1: with players. He has struggled with coaches, he has struggled 64 00:04:32,360 --> 00:04:37,000 Speaker 1: with executives. Aaron Rodgers should have multiple super Bowls. If 65 00:04:37,040 --> 00:04:39,520 Speaker 1: you looked at his talent in Tom, you'd say he's 66 00:04:39,520 --> 00:04:42,120 Speaker 1: got seven super Bowls. The other guy has won. Tom 67 00:04:42,400 --> 00:04:44,880 Speaker 1: usually is a better fit, easier to get along with. 68 00:04:45,880 --> 00:04:49,680 Speaker 1: Aaron's difficult and so you know, fit has always been 69 00:04:49,760 --> 00:04:54,640 Speaker 1: undervalued in sports. Chemistry has always been undervalued. We talked 70 00:04:54,640 --> 00:04:57,400 Speaker 1: about this often that you know, if it was just 71 00:04:57,480 --> 00:05:00,919 Speaker 1: about movie stars make movies, then why I wouldn't Paramount 72 00:05:01,080 --> 00:05:05,840 Speaker 1: or Sony or Disney just go higher? Five movie stars 73 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:08,480 Speaker 1: make movies and everybody files into the theater. Doesn't work 74 00:05:08,560 --> 00:05:12,239 Speaker 1: that way. It's plot. It's director works very well with casting, 75 00:05:12,279 --> 00:05:17,120 Speaker 1: director and producer and stars and complimentary pieces. So you know, 76 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:21,360 Speaker 1: Brady and Arians was destined to have a great deal 77 00:05:21,360 --> 00:05:24,640 Speaker 1: of tumult. It was destined to be turbulent. They got 78 00:05:24,640 --> 00:05:26,719 Speaker 1: a super Bowl out of it, but all these things 79 00:05:26,720 --> 00:05:31,120 Speaker 1: happening so strangely, and so suddenly they tell you Tom 80 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:35,159 Speaker 1: wanted two things in Tampa. He wanted better weapons and 81 00:05:35,320 --> 00:05:38,440 Speaker 1: more control, and he got one and he didn't get 82 00:05:38,480 --> 00:05:41,880 Speaker 1: the other. Now, Todd Bowles as the coach, I'm going 83 00:05:41,960 --> 00:05:43,320 Speaker 1: to talk about that in a couple of minutes with 84 00:05:43,360 --> 00:05:47,400 Speaker 1: Mike Silver. You know, Todd is the kind of coach 85 00:05:47,480 --> 00:05:51,040 Speaker 1: that will let Brady take the offense. That's very much 86 00:05:51,080 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: his personality. Todd's a great defensive coach. He's not power hungry. 87 00:05:56,360 --> 00:05:59,800 Speaker 1: You know, he is not a formulaic coach where this 88 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:01,840 Speaker 1: is the way I do it, my way or the highway. 89 00:06:01,880 --> 00:06:04,200 Speaker 1: It's not really Todd Bull's personality. He'll let Tom run 90 00:06:04,240 --> 00:06:07,520 Speaker 1: the offense. He'll run the defense. It will you know, 91 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:10,279 Speaker 1: Bulls when he was with the Jets. You know, he 92 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:12,680 Speaker 1: wasn't much at the podium. He's not much of a personality. 93 00:06:12,760 --> 00:06:17,799 Speaker 1: He is not a self promoter. He's just a really driven, humble, grateful, 94 00:06:18,080 --> 00:06:22,360 Speaker 1: gracious guy who coaches the hell out of defense. You know, 95 00:06:23,080 --> 00:06:26,240 Speaker 1: is he a great coach, He's a great coordinator. But 96 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:30,599 Speaker 1: I think he and Brady will align better than Bruce 97 00:06:30,640 --> 00:06:35,000 Speaker 1: and Brady. And I mean Tom is obsessed. I still 98 00:06:35,040 --> 00:06:39,680 Speaker 1: contend that, and we've had multiple reports to confirm this, 99 00:06:39,920 --> 00:06:45,400 Speaker 1: including Tom Brady's dad. What did Tom Brady's dad say 100 00:06:45,440 --> 00:06:48,800 Speaker 1: two three weeks ago Tom didn't want to retire? There 101 00:06:48,800 --> 00:06:52,760 Speaker 1: were external forces. Was one of the external forces the 102 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:57,040 Speaker 1: power grab? I mean Tom Brady's dad said there were 103 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:00,920 Speaker 1: there were other things going on. He didn't name names. 104 00:07:02,040 --> 00:07:05,440 Speaker 1: So you know, Tom Brady's dad has to a fault, 105 00:07:05,680 --> 00:07:08,040 Speaker 1: not for me, but for Tom to a fault. Been honest, 106 00:07:08,680 --> 00:07:12,480 Speaker 1: he came out. Tom doesn't want to retire. So this 107 00:07:12,600 --> 00:07:16,160 Speaker 1: is um. It may be sudden and strange, but it's 108 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:21,360 Speaker 1: fairly predictable. And I mean Brady is too detailed and 109 00:07:21,440 --> 00:07:27,080 Speaker 1: too planned to suddenly retire and unretire. That is the 110 00:07:27,120 --> 00:07:32,800 Speaker 1: most Unbrady move ever. That is just that's just not 111 00:07:32,840 --> 00:07:35,960 Speaker 1: what he does. I mean Aaron Rodgers and drama. Yeah, 112 00:07:36,000 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: that's kind of predictable. Brady not having everything thought out, 113 00:07:41,480 --> 00:07:45,200 Speaker 1: that's just not that's so off brand. So listen, I 114 00:07:45,240 --> 00:07:50,520 Speaker 1: think Bowls and Brady will be a better fit. Tom 115 00:07:50,640 --> 00:07:53,480 Speaker 1: runs the offense, I'll have say in personnel when he 116 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,240 Speaker 1: can absolute control of the game plans, which you were 117 00:07:57,520 --> 00:08:02,400 Speaker 1: you watched Tom versus time he wanted more control of 118 00:08:02,840 --> 00:08:07,280 Speaker 1: the game plans. That's well documented. Now he's gonna have it. 119 00:08:08,160 --> 00:08:09,880 Speaker 1: So you know a lot of times you go for 120 00:08:09,920 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 1: a job and there's two or three things that you want, 121 00:08:14,280 --> 00:08:16,880 Speaker 1: and you get one or two of them early, and 122 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: then you have success, and then you get that one 123 00:08:19,640 --> 00:08:21,760 Speaker 1: you didn't get the first year in your second or 124 00:08:21,800 --> 00:08:24,880 Speaker 1: third year. And so once Brady won the Super Bowl, 125 00:08:25,840 --> 00:08:28,560 Speaker 1: the owners probably went all right, let's let's weigh the 126 00:08:28,560 --> 00:08:33,240 Speaker 1: options here. Greatest football quarterback ever, good coach, good guy. 127 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:36,200 Speaker 1: We still owe them money on the salary. We'll just 128 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:39,400 Speaker 1: move him upstairs. But that's what this is. Now. You're 129 00:08:39,440 --> 00:08:42,600 Speaker 1: probably gonna have agents, and you're gonna have people come 130 00:08:42,640 --> 00:08:45,440 Speaker 1: out and say, oh, this is really their best of friends. 131 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:49,160 Speaker 1: Oh stop, we're not idiots here, sports fans, you follow it, 132 00:08:49,280 --> 00:08:54,719 Speaker 1: I Fallow, this is incredibly easy to spot what happened here. 133 00:08:54,760 --> 00:08:58,199 Speaker 1: It's not like Bruce and Tom can't walk down the hallway. 134 00:08:58,320 --> 00:09:01,199 Speaker 1: Arians is still getting his money. They're still going to 135 00:09:01,280 --> 00:09:04,240 Speaker 1: be in the same building. They're adults. They'll get along. Fine. 136 00:09:04,679 --> 00:09:06,880 Speaker 1: This is better for the franchise, it's better for Tom. 137 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,960 Speaker 1: You know, Bruce Arians has had a heck of an 138 00:09:12,040 --> 00:09:15,320 Speaker 1: NFL career. Now he's just going to have a different office, 139 00:09:15,559 --> 00:09:21,040 Speaker 1: probably on the second floor. NFL free agency isn't done. 140 00:09:21,720 --> 00:09:24,760 Speaker 1: I am very interested to see where New York Giants 141 00:09:24,800 --> 00:09:29,640 Speaker 1: corner James Bradberry lands. He's good and the Chiefs are 142 00:09:29,840 --> 00:09:34,200 Speaker 1: leading on him. Well, well, well, so Kansas City, which 143 00:09:34,240 --> 00:09:36,800 Speaker 1: has twelve draft picks and a lot of cap space, 144 00:09:37,080 --> 00:09:40,680 Speaker 1: loses Tyreek Hill, and what do you know, they're adding 145 00:09:40,720 --> 00:09:45,960 Speaker 1: really nice players. We always overreact to this stuff. About 146 00:09:46,000 --> 00:09:51,800 Speaker 1: thirty three percent of free agents hit are highly productive. 147 00:09:52,280 --> 00:09:56,079 Speaker 1: That means almost seventy percent are not. Listen, Tyreek Hill 148 00:09:56,200 --> 00:09:59,680 Speaker 1: is great, but he's going to go from Andy Reid 149 00:10:00,040 --> 00:10:04,920 Speaker 1: and Patrick Mahomes to rookie head coach Mike McDaniel and Tua. 150 00:10:05,120 --> 00:10:08,040 Speaker 1: Call me Zaney, I see a drop off in production. 151 00:10:09,160 --> 00:10:11,640 Speaker 1: The Chiefs went out and got ju Juice Smith Schuster. 152 00:10:12,720 --> 00:10:16,240 Speaker 1: He was a good slop receiver with an old, bad 153 00:10:16,360 --> 00:10:19,480 Speaker 1: quarterback and a terrible old line. What's he going to 154 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:23,280 Speaker 1: be in Kansas City? The reality is, and we know 155 00:10:23,440 --> 00:10:26,800 Speaker 1: this to be true, if just a bunch of great 156 00:10:26,880 --> 00:10:31,880 Speaker 1: actors made great movies, then you just as a studio 157 00:10:32,480 --> 00:10:35,720 Speaker 1: hire five or six A list actors, regardless of the 158 00:10:35,760 --> 00:10:38,880 Speaker 1: plot and put him on screen. But we know that 159 00:10:38,960 --> 00:10:42,520 Speaker 1: some of the biggest busts in Hollywood history, the biggest 160 00:10:42,520 --> 00:10:47,040 Speaker 1: flops have been when you throw multiple A list actors together. 161 00:10:48,040 --> 00:10:51,240 Speaker 1: You know that fit matters. Because college preparatory counseling has 162 00:10:51,240 --> 00:10:54,400 Speaker 1: become a huge business in the last two decades. What 163 00:10:54,480 --> 00:10:58,520 Speaker 1: a good counselor will tell you even if you have 164 00:10:58,640 --> 00:11:03,240 Speaker 1: the perfect student, great grades and act scores, that doesn't 165 00:11:03,240 --> 00:11:07,200 Speaker 1: mean they fit at Harvard and Yale. It's all about 166 00:11:07,240 --> 00:11:10,359 Speaker 1: the fit. So much of that is true in Hollywood, 167 00:11:11,160 --> 00:11:14,880 Speaker 1: where you go to college and free agency. Listen, you 168 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,000 Speaker 1: know this and I know this. You can look around 169 00:11:18,000 --> 00:11:22,599 Speaker 1: the NBA. Lebron is the rare player that works everywhere. 170 00:11:23,920 --> 00:11:29,240 Speaker 1: NBA is a great example. Chris Paul works everywhere. But 171 00:11:29,360 --> 00:11:33,040 Speaker 1: we've seen time and time again some guys just don't connect. 172 00:11:33,840 --> 00:11:39,280 Speaker 1: Kyrie Irving James Harden both are two ball dominant. The 173 00:11:39,400 --> 00:11:44,280 Speaker 1: reality with Tyree Hill, Kansas City has good chemistry, a 174 00:11:44,360 --> 00:11:48,920 Speaker 1: great play designer, and a world class quarterback Juju Smith. 175 00:11:49,000 --> 00:11:55,600 Speaker 1: Schuster's numbers should increase, by the way, so should Marquis 176 00:11:55,679 --> 00:12:01,520 Speaker 1: Valdez Scantling's number. Why because Aaron and Roy J. Generally 177 00:12:02,559 --> 00:12:08,040 Speaker 1: doesn't trust anybody but his favorite wide receiver or favorite 178 00:12:08,080 --> 00:12:12,840 Speaker 1: tight end. In big spots, Patrick mahomes much more willing 179 00:12:13,440 --> 00:12:18,040 Speaker 1: to distribute to multiple wide receivers. Take a deep breath. 180 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:22,440 Speaker 1: Kansas City is fine. 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I said when Tom went to Tampa. The 218 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:43,920 Speaker 1: cultures are different. One Boston sports politics, obsessed, prep schools, intense, academic, 219 00:14:44,160 --> 00:14:49,480 Speaker 1: lousy weather, workaholics, the great history the other ibor City 220 00:14:49,560 --> 00:14:52,920 Speaker 1: baby cocktails, early you know. So. So I always thought, 221 00:14:53,080 --> 00:14:55,400 Speaker 1: and I said this, I said, Tom Will, it's the 222 00:14:55,400 --> 00:15:00,520 Speaker 1: football's not the problem. It's the cultural gap. He's gonna 223 00:15:00,560 --> 00:15:02,840 Speaker 1: have to get used to. Like he's gonna have to 224 00:15:02,840 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: train this team to be obsessed. Remember the helicopter pictures 225 00:15:07,440 --> 00:15:09,240 Speaker 1: at the high school. I'm like, Okay, he's getting there. 226 00:15:09,600 --> 00:15:13,560 Speaker 1: He's getting there. But this feels like and probably the 227 00:15:13,680 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: term sounds too intent, a little bit of a power grab, 228 00:15:18,240 --> 00:15:23,120 Speaker 1: older coach obsessed quarterback. Tom went to Tampa for two things, 229 00:15:23,320 --> 00:15:26,520 Speaker 1: weapons in control. He got one right out of the shoe. 230 00:15:26,960 --> 00:15:29,680 Speaker 1: He didn't get the other, and he wanted it is 231 00:15:29,720 --> 00:15:34,880 Speaker 1: that fair? Well, Okay, listen, first of all, let's let's assess. 232 00:15:34,960 --> 00:15:38,600 Speaker 1: Let's step back. They had two pretty good years together, right, 233 00:15:38,600 --> 00:15:44,000 Speaker 1: They one a Super Bowl went to Lambo, albeit fanless Lambeau, 234 00:15:44,080 --> 00:15:47,400 Speaker 1: but one in the cold at Lambeau and then killed 235 00:15:47,400 --> 00:15:50,800 Speaker 1: the Chiefs. And then this year one of my favorite 236 00:15:50,840 --> 00:15:53,280 Speaker 1: Brady games ever, if not my favorite, And I wrote 237 00:15:53,280 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: about this when he retired for a while, but you know, 238 00:15:59,240 --> 00:16:01,880 Speaker 1: he's still twenty seven three, and we all know about 239 00:16:01,880 --> 00:16:04,640 Speaker 1: twenty eight three and all the crazy things that had 240 00:16:04,680 --> 00:16:08,760 Speaker 1: to happen there, but this was to be equally epic. 241 00:16:08,840 --> 00:16:11,000 Speaker 1: And yeah, there was a coverage breakdown at the end 242 00:16:11,040 --> 00:16:13,200 Speaker 1: that Cooper cut made a play and the Rams did 243 00:16:13,320 --> 00:16:16,160 Speaker 1: win that game, but you know, what he did in 244 00:16:16,200 --> 00:16:20,160 Speaker 1: that last game was incredibly hard and maybe if they 245 00:16:20,240 --> 00:16:23,200 Speaker 1: get that to overtime and win, you know, who knows 246 00:16:23,240 --> 00:16:28,080 Speaker 1: what would happen. So two great years, And look, I 247 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:31,480 Speaker 1: don't want people to oversimplify and go in Tom Brady 248 00:16:31,480 --> 00:16:34,840 Speaker 1: and Bruce arians. I mean, was it a perfect match? 249 00:16:34,880 --> 00:16:38,440 Speaker 1: Of course not, but way better match than Tom Brady 250 00:16:38,440 --> 00:16:44,760 Speaker 1: and Bill Belichick personality wise, and that one lasted what 251 00:16:45,040 --> 00:16:49,680 Speaker 1: twenty years, and obviously they did incredible things together. So 252 00:16:51,000 --> 00:16:54,160 Speaker 1: I think if you gave trom Brady truth, Sarah had said, 253 00:16:54,400 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: would you rather play another year with Bill? Belichick or 254 00:16:57,800 --> 00:17:00,720 Speaker 1: Bruce Arians. He would laugh. I'd be like, lease, Ba, 255 00:17:01,360 --> 00:17:06,920 Speaker 1: it's great, But yeah, I don't think it's I think 256 00:17:07,000 --> 00:17:13,080 Speaker 1: more just you know, the control thing, I don't think 257 00:17:13,200 --> 00:17:16,879 Speaker 1: was an issue in terms of the offense. I think 258 00:17:17,359 --> 00:17:19,960 Speaker 1: based on what Bruce Arias told me that first year, 259 00:17:20,600 --> 00:17:23,840 Speaker 1: he told Tom, let's run what you want, let's put 260 00:17:23,880 --> 00:17:27,479 Speaker 1: your stuff in, and he kind of stepped back a lot, 261 00:17:27,560 --> 00:17:30,919 Speaker 1: and they ran Brady's offense for better or worse, and 262 00:17:31,000 --> 00:17:35,919 Speaker 1: obviously for better in terms of the results. I just wonder, 263 00:17:37,680 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 1: you know, if I think, you know, you could look 264 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:45,560 Speaker 1: to the Antonio Brown thing for example, right, Bruce Arias 265 00:17:45,600 --> 00:17:48,479 Speaker 1: had had it with Antonio Brown in that moment, and 266 00:17:49,400 --> 00:17:55,840 Speaker 1: maybe a younger coach who is less by way or 267 00:17:55,840 --> 00:17:59,920 Speaker 1: the highway would have massage that. I actually don't know. 268 00:18:00,520 --> 00:18:03,280 Speaker 1: I'm kind of on Ba's side on that one, but 269 00:18:03,600 --> 00:18:07,560 Speaker 1: you know, maybe things like that, Tom Brady would think, hey, 270 00:18:07,680 --> 00:18:11,000 Speaker 1: we could be a little less reactionary here. You know, 271 00:18:11,119 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 1: BA grabbed his own guy. You know, there's some old 272 00:18:15,000 --> 00:18:20,760 Speaker 1: school moments. But I honestly think it's an oversimplification to 273 00:18:20,840 --> 00:18:24,720 Speaker 1: just go, well, Tom needed to get rid of Bruce 274 00:18:24,760 --> 00:18:31,600 Speaker 1: Arians just a that's a terrible bat. He's the host 275 00:18:31,600 --> 00:18:33,719 Speaker 1: of the podcast The Adam Corolla Show. He was one 276 00:18:33,720 --> 00:18:38,199 Speaker 1: of the first big podcasts in this industry, you know, 277 00:18:38,240 --> 00:18:40,600 Speaker 1: and from The Man Show, he has a book out. 278 00:18:40,680 --> 00:18:44,920 Speaker 1: His latest book is Everything Reminds Me of Something advice 279 00:18:45,000 --> 00:18:48,120 Speaker 1: answers but no apologies. And with that we bring in 280 00:18:48,880 --> 00:18:52,320 Speaker 1: the world renowned Adam Carolla. So, Adam, I'm gonna give 281 00:18:52,359 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: you my take, my ninety second take on Will Smith, 282 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:57,639 Speaker 1: and then you slice it, dice it, do whatever you 283 00:18:57,680 --> 00:19:00,800 Speaker 1: want with it as a stand up comedian, in as 284 00:19:00,840 --> 00:19:03,600 Speaker 1: somebody who's on stage. You tell me where I'm wrong 285 00:19:03,600 --> 00:19:08,000 Speaker 1: on this. So I'm agnostic, So I don't speak about religion. 286 00:19:08,119 --> 00:19:12,439 Speaker 1: But there's a certain reality for the mobster who goes 287 00:19:12,480 --> 00:19:15,120 Speaker 1: to repent his sins on Sunday then shoots the guy 288 00:19:15,119 --> 00:19:17,760 Speaker 1: in front of a steakhouse on Thursday night. He's not 289 00:19:17,880 --> 00:19:23,000 Speaker 1: fooling God right like he's fooling himself. The Hollywood athlete 290 00:19:23,160 --> 00:19:25,920 Speaker 1: or the athlete, or the Hollywood act or the leading man, 291 00:19:26,240 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: they've all got side dishes right multiple when they come out. 292 00:19:31,359 --> 00:19:33,600 Speaker 1: And I'm not speaking specifically to Will, but you know, 293 00:19:33,760 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: leading man and athletes. There are no industries where men 294 00:19:38,400 --> 00:19:40,320 Speaker 1: cheat more than those two. They use their power in 295 00:19:40,359 --> 00:19:44,800 Speaker 1: the leverage to gain access to beautiful women. I saw 296 00:19:44,800 --> 00:19:49,280 Speaker 1: a lot of takes from athletes, current former, a lot 297 00:19:49,280 --> 00:19:52,400 Speaker 1: of leading men types, big tough guys, saying, hey, you've 298 00:19:52,440 --> 00:19:54,400 Speaker 1: got to protect your woman, and I'm like, no, No, 299 00:19:55,359 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: like the mobster who shoots the guy in front of 300 00:19:57,160 --> 00:20:01,159 Speaker 1: a steakhouse. You're not fooling anybody but yourself. If you 301 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:03,960 Speaker 1: cared about the woman in your life, you wouldn't be 302 00:20:04,000 --> 00:20:06,639 Speaker 1: fucking around all the time. This is about your ego, 303 00:20:06,800 --> 00:20:10,080 Speaker 1: which you couldn't subjugate because your wife cheated on you. 304 00:20:10,280 --> 00:20:13,359 Speaker 1: It's very public, and in this moment you look small. 305 00:20:13,560 --> 00:20:16,439 Speaker 1: This was not about your wife. This was about your ego. 306 00:20:17,600 --> 00:20:20,800 Speaker 1: Take a well. Also, there's a context. You know you're 307 00:20:20,800 --> 00:20:22,879 Speaker 1: going to be in show business. You're gonna sit in 308 00:20:22,920 --> 00:20:27,440 Speaker 1: the front seat of the Oscars. I've written for two Oscars. 309 00:20:27,440 --> 00:20:31,520 Speaker 1: I've been there. You know. The process is you show 310 00:20:31,640 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 1: up days before and they have the pictures of all 311 00:20:35,320 --> 00:20:39,040 Speaker 1: the celebrities and where they're sitting by the way, always 312 00:20:39,040 --> 00:20:41,840 Speaker 1: in black and white. I always thought to myself, this 313 00:20:41,920 --> 00:20:45,520 Speaker 1: is the Oscars. You can't afford a color ink cartridge, 314 00:20:45,960 --> 00:20:48,480 Speaker 1: but they can't. It's black and white. And by the way, 315 00:20:48,560 --> 00:20:51,119 Speaker 1: some of the older guys and some of the other guys, 316 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:52,840 Speaker 1: you have to look at it for a while before 317 00:20:52,880 --> 00:20:55,840 Speaker 1: you can realize just who that is. But anyway, so 318 00:20:55,880 --> 00:20:59,239 Speaker 1: there's a context. Your front seat of the Oscars, and 319 00:20:59,560 --> 00:21:02,679 Speaker 1: here is Chris Rock and it is his job to 320 00:21:03,000 --> 00:21:07,240 Speaker 1: roast notable people that are sitting up front. So this 321 00:21:07,560 --> 00:21:12,119 Speaker 1: essentially it's like marrying a porn star, going to the 322 00:21:12,200 --> 00:21:15,359 Speaker 1: set of the porn movie and then freaking out because 323 00:21:15,359 --> 00:21:19,480 Speaker 1: someone's your wife. You knew the job was dangerous when 324 00:21:19,480 --> 00:21:23,120 Speaker 1: you took it. There's a context. Chris Rock didn't show 325 00:21:23,200 --> 00:21:25,800 Speaker 1: up to your home and start making fun of your wife. 326 00:21:26,600 --> 00:21:28,800 Speaker 1: You sat in the very front seat of the Oscars. 327 00:21:29,200 --> 00:21:32,800 Speaker 1: He's a comic, He's going to roast. That's your context. 328 00:21:32,960 --> 00:21:36,159 Speaker 1: It shouldn't elicit that kind of response. Adam, I go 329 00:21:36,280 --> 00:21:39,399 Speaker 1: to you know, Hermosa Beach comedy store. I've gone you know, 330 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:43,199 Speaker 1: down on Sunset West Sunset. So I've had friends that 331 00:21:43,359 --> 00:21:45,840 Speaker 1: are comedy writers. I've talked to Leno. You know, when 332 00:21:45,840 --> 00:21:47,439 Speaker 1: I was a kid, I wanted to be Johnny Carson. 333 00:21:47,480 --> 00:21:48,560 Speaker 1: Like a lot of kids, I didn't want to be 334 00:21:48,560 --> 00:21:50,679 Speaker 1: a sportscast. I didn't even know what it meant. Just 335 00:21:50,760 --> 00:21:53,680 Speaker 1: wasn't talented enough. So I went into sports lower bar 336 00:21:53,840 --> 00:21:57,800 Speaker 1: for that. Probably. So one of the things I've noticed 337 00:21:57,800 --> 00:22:01,240 Speaker 1: about the great comedians They've got a set, but they 338 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:04,040 Speaker 1: played with the crowd. They interact with the crowd. I 339 00:22:04,080 --> 00:22:07,720 Speaker 1: don't think somebody said it's not as scripted. It wasn't scripted. 340 00:22:08,160 --> 00:22:10,520 Speaker 1: It was you look at her, you have a line. 341 00:22:10,760 --> 00:22:12,439 Speaker 1: By the way, g I Jane was sort of an 342 00:22:12,520 --> 00:22:15,600 Speaker 1: empowered woman, right, she was like a powerful, successful woman. 343 00:22:16,160 --> 00:22:19,680 Speaker 1: So in that instance, I think Jesus, if you tell 344 00:22:19,800 --> 00:22:24,480 Speaker 1: comedians they can't add lib in the biggest stage in 345 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:28,720 Speaker 1: the industry, the Oscars, what are we doing here? Yeah? 346 00:22:28,760 --> 00:22:32,120 Speaker 1: I disagree, just because I've been behind the curtain there 347 00:22:32,240 --> 00:22:36,120 Speaker 1: a couple of times. It probably wasn't ad libbed. It 348 00:22:36,119 --> 00:22:41,280 Speaker 1: could have been quickly thought of backstage or at some 349 00:22:41,480 --> 00:22:45,560 Speaker 1: previous point, but it probably wasn't ad libbed. In that 350 00:22:46,520 --> 00:22:50,760 Speaker 1: you get writing assignments, it's like here's here's gonna be 351 00:22:50,800 --> 00:22:52,600 Speaker 1: sitting here and this person is going to be there, 352 00:22:52,640 --> 00:22:56,160 Speaker 1: and they'll go give me a few jokes for this person, 353 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,760 Speaker 1: and give me a few jokes for that person. So 354 00:22:58,960 --> 00:23:04,359 Speaker 1: probably wasn't off the cuff. Regardless whether it's off the 355 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,160 Speaker 1: cuff or not, you're on stage, you're telling the joke, 356 00:23:07,520 --> 00:23:10,960 Speaker 1: there's no barrier between you and the audience, and sort 357 00:23:11,000 --> 00:23:13,480 Speaker 1: of taking the law into your own hands is not 358 00:23:13,560 --> 00:23:17,520 Speaker 1: a good precedent. Speaking of the law, I literally just 359 00:23:17,640 --> 00:23:21,280 Speaker 1: got done doing a podcast with Attorney Mark Arrigos, And 360 00:23:21,400 --> 00:23:26,919 Speaker 1: as far as the law goes, if Chris Rock doesn't 361 00:23:27,000 --> 00:23:31,639 Speaker 1: want to press charges and there was no damage done 362 00:23:31,680 --> 00:23:35,080 Speaker 1: to him, then the law is going to leave it alone, 363 00:23:35,320 --> 00:23:39,040 Speaker 1: unless you have some prosecutor who's looking for a bunch 364 00:23:39,040 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: of publicity who would like to take this on. Is 365 00:23:43,119 --> 00:23:46,280 Speaker 1: really a grand stand type type trial? What would you 366 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:49,560 Speaker 1: do if I was the prosecutor? No, if you were 367 00:23:49,680 --> 00:23:52,080 Speaker 1: Chris Rock, we are a bigger, stronger you. You're a 368 00:23:52,119 --> 00:23:56,160 Speaker 1: former boxer. I think you're something right. Yeah, Well, first off, 369 00:23:56,200 --> 00:24:00,960 Speaker 1: I'd be so surprised that I don't know what I 370 00:24:00,960 --> 00:24:05,000 Speaker 1: would do. Like it's hard to fathom. Chris's brain must 371 00:24:05,040 --> 00:24:08,560 Speaker 1: have been whirling like a dervish, not only from the slap, 372 00:24:08,600 --> 00:24:13,560 Speaker 1: but just from the bizarre context of the whole thing. Right, 373 00:24:14,200 --> 00:24:17,200 Speaker 1: I probably would have done what he did. I probably 374 00:24:17,240 --> 00:24:21,840 Speaker 1: would have just sort of carried on. Now, what I 375 00:24:21,920 --> 00:24:25,679 Speaker 1: was hoping for is that they would escort will Smith 376 00:24:25,720 --> 00:24:28,679 Speaker 1: out of the building and then later on, when he 377 00:24:28,760 --> 00:24:32,520 Speaker 1: won the Academy Award, Chris Rock would accept it on 378 00:24:32,640 --> 00:24:35,959 Speaker 1: his behalf. You still do a lot of stand up, right, Yes, 379 00:24:36,119 --> 00:24:38,679 Speaker 1: you drive a lot of revenue in podcasting that we 380 00:24:38,760 --> 00:24:41,160 Speaker 1: all know. I figured you drive a lot of revenue 381 00:24:41,200 --> 00:24:43,679 Speaker 1: in your stand up, which you're very active. Do you 382 00:24:43,880 --> 00:24:47,960 Speaker 1: worry now this incentivizes some idiot for Miller lights in 383 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,240 Speaker 1: the heck all you. I have little to no regard 384 00:24:52,320 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 1: for my own personal safety. I've just always kind of 385 00:24:54,800 --> 00:24:57,560 Speaker 1: been wired that way. It's never a thing for me. 386 00:24:58,119 --> 00:25:01,239 Speaker 1: I've been in fights, I used to te boxing. I 387 00:25:01,320 --> 00:25:04,360 Speaker 1: just don't have a fear for my own personal safety. 388 00:25:04,880 --> 00:25:07,920 Speaker 1: But you know, Jeff Ross does, and so he's gonna 389 00:25:07,920 --> 00:25:11,760 Speaker 1: have to think about it when he goes up on stage. 390 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:15,320 Speaker 1: I am wired from where I come from and work 391 00:25:15,320 --> 00:25:18,159 Speaker 1: in construction and riding motorcycle, getting in fights, you know, 392 00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,520 Speaker 1: teaching boxing and stuff like that. I just don't have 393 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:24,320 Speaker 1: that sure. Oh you know, what could happen. It doesn't 394 00:25:24,359 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: mean it won't. It certainly is kind of greased the 395 00:25:27,640 --> 00:25:32,320 Speaker 1: skids for that behavior, and I won't. It won't be 396 00:25:32,320 --> 00:25:38,919 Speaker 1: in the back of my head when I perform well. 397 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:40,719 Speaker 1: I think he does as good a job as anybody 398 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:44,200 Speaker 1: in the country in college basketball. Aaron Torres I met 399 00:25:44,280 --> 00:25:46,200 Speaker 1: him a few years ago. He came on my set 400 00:25:46,280 --> 00:25:49,080 Speaker 1: when people were allowed to come on my set pre COVID, 401 00:25:49,800 --> 00:25:52,959 Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio, host of the Aeron Torres podcast. He 402 00:25:53,000 --> 00:25:55,240 Speaker 1: really knows his stuff. Author of One in Fun, the 403 00:25:55,240 --> 00:25:59,399 Speaker 1: book about the twenty ten Kentucky Wildcats. Listen, this is 404 00:25:59,440 --> 00:26:01,359 Speaker 1: now a cliche, but it's been. It's been a really 405 00:26:01,400 --> 00:26:05,119 Speaker 1: great tournament we've had. Aaron jut like, the Saint Peter's 406 00:26:05,160 --> 00:26:08,399 Speaker 1: story is obviously great. Miami shocked me. I don't really 407 00:26:08,440 --> 00:26:12,680 Speaker 1: get them. I you know, I'm five minutes from UCLA. 408 00:26:12,880 --> 00:26:15,520 Speaker 1: I watched them all year long, and I'm like, they're 409 00:26:15,560 --> 00:26:17,800 Speaker 1: just I don't know what I get. Then I watch 410 00:26:17,840 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: them in the tournament. Then in the minute I fall 411 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,480 Speaker 1: in love with them, they get whacked by Carolina. So 412 00:26:23,320 --> 00:26:25,600 Speaker 1: I mean, my takeaway is we ended up with a 413 00:26:25,600 --> 00:26:30,520 Speaker 1: lot of blue bloods. I like that, but it's interesting. 414 00:26:30,560 --> 00:26:33,040 Speaker 1: I don't feel we have a great team. I think 415 00:26:33,040 --> 00:26:35,320 Speaker 1: we have four good teams. I think Duke feels like, 416 00:26:35,320 --> 00:26:37,879 Speaker 1: to me, the most talented. But you do this, you 417 00:26:38,000 --> 00:26:42,119 Speaker 1: love this, you watch all of these you're encyclopedic. Is 418 00:26:42,320 --> 00:26:46,120 Speaker 1: did this tournament have more upsets? Did it feel different? 419 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:49,680 Speaker 1: Or is it just the fact that it's been good TV, 420 00:26:49,960 --> 00:26:54,240 Speaker 1: good announcers, good times, mostly righting it. You know, outside 421 00:26:54,240 --> 00:26:56,480 Speaker 1: of a couple of late games. It just feels this 422 00:26:56,560 --> 00:27:01,560 Speaker 1: year has been special. I mean, I think the biggest 423 00:27:01,600 --> 00:27:04,000 Speaker 1: thing with this tournament, we gotta remember this is the 424 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:06,560 Speaker 1: first time in three years that we've had a normal tournament. 425 00:27:06,680 --> 00:27:09,600 Speaker 1: And you know, as the Carolina game goes final and 426 00:27:09,680 --> 00:27:13,479 Speaker 1: we realize we're getting this this final four basically of 427 00:27:13,560 --> 00:27:16,879 Speaker 1: a television you know, executive's dream, right as much as 428 00:27:16,920 --> 00:27:19,440 Speaker 1: there can be. I went back and you think about 429 00:27:19,440 --> 00:27:22,600 Speaker 1: it twenty twenty then see a tournament's really the only 430 00:27:22,680 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 1: major sporting event that really ended up being canceled. We 431 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,639 Speaker 1: figured out a way to play the NBA in a 432 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:30,119 Speaker 1: bubble Major League Baseball, and a bubble the NFL with 433 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:33,760 Speaker 1: limited fans. Then last year, the twenty twenty one tournament 434 00:27:33,920 --> 00:27:36,440 Speaker 1: is planned in the middle of the pandemic, and so 435 00:27:36,560 --> 00:27:39,320 Speaker 1: it was the it was really the last major sporting 436 00:27:39,320 --> 00:27:42,320 Speaker 1: event that felt like a COVID sporting event. Two weeks later, 437 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:45,160 Speaker 1: we're starting in the NBA playoffs. We have full, full arenas. 438 00:27:45,200 --> 00:27:47,080 Speaker 1: I mean, I remember turning into that first Knicks game 439 00:27:47,119 --> 00:27:50,320 Speaker 1: against the Hawks. Medison Square Garden's rocking, and so I 440 00:27:50,359 --> 00:27:52,760 Speaker 1: think it's it's a lot of things. I think that 441 00:27:53,440 --> 00:27:55,679 Speaker 1: the early rounds were awesome. They were fun. You know, 442 00:27:55,760 --> 00:27:58,679 Speaker 1: you have the storylines that always carry the tournament. You 443 00:27:58,760 --> 00:28:01,840 Speaker 1: have the familiar aces and coach k Jay Wright Bill 444 00:28:01,920 --> 00:28:04,800 Speaker 1: self later, and I just think fans in the stands 445 00:28:05,040 --> 00:28:07,600 Speaker 1: normal time schedule. Like you said, if you remember last year, 446 00:28:07,600 --> 00:28:11,240 Speaker 1: we were playing games on like Monday, yesterday nights. It's 447 00:28:11,280 --> 00:28:13,400 Speaker 1: just good to have it feel in a little bit 448 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:16,200 Speaker 1: normal again after three full years. Twenty nineteen was the 449 00:28:16,280 --> 00:28:17,840 Speaker 1: last time we had one of these normal ones. And 450 00:28:18,200 --> 00:28:20,600 Speaker 1: even though we have blue bloods. Let's talk about this. 451 00:28:20,640 --> 00:28:24,000 Speaker 1: So I try to I watch more Duke and Gonzagger 452 00:28:24,040 --> 00:28:28,520 Speaker 1: than anybody else because I know Mark Fu I went 453 00:28:28,560 --> 00:28:30,480 Speaker 1: to college up there, so I probably watch a half 454 00:28:30,480 --> 00:28:33,119 Speaker 1: dozen games a year. I always watched Duke when they're on, 455 00:28:33,200 --> 00:28:36,840 Speaker 1: and they're on constantly. But let's let's talk about that. 456 00:28:37,160 --> 00:28:40,160 Speaker 1: So let's start with Duke. I think they're the most 457 00:28:40,200 --> 00:28:43,800 Speaker 1: talented team. You know, they've got a five star point 458 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:47,280 Speaker 1: guard who is not as good as everybody thinks. And 459 00:28:47,360 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 1: you know, I watched them in the tournament and I'm like, oh, 460 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:51,520 Speaker 1: total gamer. It's feelings say he's busting out and becoming 461 00:28:51,560 --> 00:28:54,480 Speaker 1: like a star. But when I watched them play, my 462 00:28:54,600 --> 00:28:58,160 Speaker 1: eyes tell me that And this is I think endemic 463 00:28:58,200 --> 00:29:01,280 Speaker 1: of college basketball. They're figure you're out how to play 464 00:29:01,320 --> 00:29:06,880 Speaker 1: together finally, but they feel like the most gifted team 465 00:29:06,920 --> 00:29:12,400 Speaker 1: athletically are they Oh they're zero down. And it's crazy 466 00:29:12,480 --> 00:29:16,880 Speaker 1: because you know, they just I don't really ever remember 467 00:29:16,880 --> 00:29:18,800 Speaker 1: anything quite like it, where they have a couple of 468 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:21,560 Speaker 1: really nice wins. Early in the year. You mentioned being 469 00:29:21,760 --> 00:29:24,480 Speaker 1: a Gonzaga guy and knowing that program. Well, yeah, they 470 00:29:24,520 --> 00:29:27,920 Speaker 1: played in Vegas on Black Friday. I was there Duke one, 471 00:29:28,680 --> 00:29:30,200 Speaker 1: and you came out of that game saying, Duke's the 472 00:29:30,200 --> 00:29:32,600 Speaker 1: best team in the country because Gonzaga have just destroyed 473 00:29:32,720 --> 00:29:34,440 Speaker 1: UCLA a few nights before. So that's all the way 474 00:29:34,480 --> 00:29:37,640 Speaker 1: back into November. Then we have two and a half 475 00:29:37,720 --> 00:29:41,120 Speaker 1: months where they basically hit cruise control in the ACC 476 00:29:41,760 --> 00:29:43,920 Speaker 1: and that was kind of the crazy thing about it 477 00:29:43,960 --> 00:29:46,000 Speaker 1: to me, coming into this tournament was I sat there 478 00:29:46,040 --> 00:29:47,680 Speaker 1: and said, listen, by the way, I am not the 479 00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:49,760 Speaker 1: guy that picked Dukes, so I'm not trying to take 480 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,040 Speaker 1: credit and pat myself on the back. But it was 481 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:55,280 Speaker 1: also kind of crazy to think about most talented team, 482 00:29:55,840 --> 00:29:59,800 Speaker 1: legendary coach in a tournament where everybody has stuff to 483 00:29:59,800 --> 00:30:01,800 Speaker 1: pay play for. They have the most to play for, 484 00:30:02,040 --> 00:30:04,200 Speaker 1: you know, sending out coach k and style. Yeah, and 485 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,920 Speaker 1: so I think, not only have they figured it out, Kom, 486 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:08,680 Speaker 1: but but what I notice is, and I'm sure you've 487 00:30:08,680 --> 00:30:12,200 Speaker 1: noticed it too, they're figuring it out throughout the tournament. 488 00:30:12,320 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 1: Right like the Arkansas game felt easier than the Texas 489 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:18,040 Speaker 1: Tech game. The Texas Tech game felt easier than the 490 00:30:18,080 --> 00:30:20,480 Speaker 1: Michigan State game. And so what does that mean for 491 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:22,960 Speaker 1: next weekend in New Orleans. I don't know. But they 492 00:30:22,960 --> 00:30:25,760 Speaker 1: are the most talented team. That's why I thought they 493 00:30:25,800 --> 00:30:28,440 Speaker 1: would give Arkansas trouble. Arkansas, what they're great at doing 494 00:30:28,560 --> 00:30:30,640 Speaker 1: is taking away what you do best. When you got 495 00:30:30,680 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: five NBA players on the floor, you could do just 496 00:30:33,320 --> 00:30:35,440 Speaker 1: about anything you want at any given time. And we 497 00:30:35,480 --> 00:30:38,440 Speaker 1: saw that in the Saturday games. And I think your 498 00:30:38,480 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 1: spot on it. They're by far the most talented team. 499 00:30:40,760 --> 00:30:42,840 Speaker 1: We'll see if they get these two final wins. But 500 00:30:42,920 --> 00:30:45,800 Speaker 1: as you said, very much figuring it out here as 501 00:30:45,800 --> 00:30:49,480 Speaker 1: we go along in this tournament. You know, it's interesting. 502 00:30:50,040 --> 00:30:52,640 Speaker 1: I don't know why I instinctively think this every time, 503 00:30:52,880 --> 00:30:54,920 Speaker 1: every time Duke has a great run. I know it 504 00:30:55,040 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: must eat away at Kalapari because I think, listen heat 505 00:31:00,080 --> 00:31:03,560 Speaker 1: a shot at Duke in their recruiting, their one and 506 00:31:03,600 --> 00:31:05,880 Speaker 1: done stuff saying, you know, they say we'll take care 507 00:31:05,880 --> 00:31:07,760 Speaker 1: of her for life, and he's like, you know, we 508 00:31:07,800 --> 00:31:11,200 Speaker 1: don't sell that stuff. And my takeaways it's recruiting. You 509 00:31:11,280 --> 00:31:13,400 Speaker 1: do whatever you gotta do. You just show the kid 510 00:31:13,440 --> 00:31:15,720 Speaker 1: more love if that's the way Duke shows the love. 511 00:31:16,600 --> 00:31:20,960 Speaker 1: But I do think because I think we understand Duke 512 00:31:21,240 --> 00:31:25,120 Speaker 1: is a you know, private small academically, you know, I 513 00:31:25,200 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 1: understand athletes can take classes. But I think instinctively, I 514 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: think Kentucky should be better than Duke, right, like Kentucky 515 00:31:36,160 --> 00:31:39,160 Speaker 1: should be better than Duke. The revenue, the arena is bigger. 516 00:31:41,000 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: You know, they recruit in the South, big that they 517 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:46,240 Speaker 1: are the name in the South, or as that unfair 518 00:31:46,760 --> 00:31:50,640 Speaker 1: and that Duke because they're so prestigious should be the 519 00:31:50,680 --> 00:31:54,200 Speaker 1: best team in college basketball. Well, Duke has the thirty 520 00:31:54,240 --> 00:31:57,760 Speaker 1: year track record of the same guy in that seat. 521 00:31:58,000 --> 00:32:00,239 Speaker 1: And now, you know, I mean coach K. You can 522 00:32:00,280 --> 00:32:03,320 Speaker 1: say what you want about them, but what five national championships? 523 00:32:03,320 --> 00:32:05,240 Speaker 1: That the other thing that coach K did a great 524 00:32:05,320 --> 00:32:07,640 Speaker 1: job of selling probably about seven eight years ago, all 525 00:32:07,640 --> 00:32:10,760 Speaker 1: those Olympic gold medals. Oh yeah, I coached Kobe, I 526 00:32:10,840 --> 00:32:15,000 Speaker 1: coach Lebron, I coach Katie. You know, there's no there's 527 00:32:15,040 --> 00:32:17,400 Speaker 1: no high school player that there isn't a comp to 528 00:32:17,760 --> 00:32:20,760 Speaker 1: in you know, coach K's rolodex. So you know, are 529 00:32:20,840 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 1: they supposed to be better? I don't know. What I 530 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,720 Speaker 1: would say is definitively, they're not supposed to be losing 531 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:28,280 Speaker 1: to Saint Peter's. And it's like you said, you know, 532 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,959 Speaker 1: seven years, so Final four twenty fifteen, that seven years, 533 00:32:31,960 --> 00:32:35,160 Speaker 1: one year there's a COVID season, there's no tournament played, 534 00:32:35,160 --> 00:32:38,240 Speaker 1: so really the last six tournaments, I would say, is 535 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:40,120 Speaker 1: this so actually I think you'll like this, Colin. I 536 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:41,800 Speaker 1: don't know if you saw me say this the other day, 537 00:32:41,840 --> 00:32:45,880 Speaker 1: but right now, to me, they are the Dallas Cowboys 538 00:32:45,960 --> 00:32:50,160 Speaker 1: of college football college basketball, and it's because they win 539 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:53,880 Speaker 1: in the regular season. They win enough where you can't 540 00:32:53,920 --> 00:32:58,320 Speaker 1: really like just clean house and start over, but they 541 00:32:58,320 --> 00:33:00,720 Speaker 1: don't win the games that matter. And that's to me 542 00:33:01,120 --> 00:33:03,560 Speaker 1: where I think Kentucky and Kentucky fans would say, oh, 543 00:33:03,600 --> 00:33:05,520 Speaker 1: you know, the Cowboys haven't won a World super Bowl 544 00:33:05,480 --> 00:33:07,959 Speaker 1: since blah blah blah. But I bring it up because 545 00:33:08,840 --> 00:33:12,080 Speaker 1: where Kentucky is now is I don't think their fans 546 00:33:12,080 --> 00:33:14,800 Speaker 1: are national championship or bust. If they got to an 547 00:33:14,800 --> 00:33:18,280 Speaker 1: Elite eight and they lost to UCLA or Baylor, or 548 00:33:18,320 --> 00:33:20,200 Speaker 1: they got to a Final four and lost to Kansas 549 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:23,440 Speaker 1: or North, they'd be frustrated. But you can't lose to 550 00:33:23,480 --> 00:33:25,640 Speaker 1: Saint Peter's. And it's like I said, with the Cowboys, 551 00:33:25,800 --> 00:33:28,560 Speaker 1: you can lose in the playoffs. You can't lose because 552 00:33:28,680 --> 00:33:30,760 Speaker 1: Dak doesn't know when to spike the ball and when 553 00:33:30,800 --> 00:33:32,480 Speaker 1: to go and you're running up field and it's you know, 554 00:33:32,600 --> 00:33:35,600 Speaker 1: And that to me is where we are with Kentucky. 555 00:33:36,080 --> 00:33:38,520 Speaker 1: I don't I really don't believe that the fan base 556 00:33:38,680 --> 00:33:40,840 Speaker 1: is if we don't win a national title, fire everybody. 557 00:33:40,880 --> 00:33:43,160 Speaker 1: That's not what it's about. But you can't lose to 558 00:33:43,240 --> 00:33:46,880 Speaker 1: Saint Peter's as a fifteen seed. And again, by the way, 559 00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:49,320 Speaker 1: in a season where Duke is in a final four, 560 00:33:49,400 --> 00:33:51,600 Speaker 1: Kansas is in a Final four. All those that have 561 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:55,080 Speaker 1: all the advantages that you do, they're in the Final four, 562 00:33:55,120 --> 00:33:57,560 Speaker 1: Elite eight. You're at home to Saint Peter's Beat You 563 00:34:01,120 --> 00:34:04,120 Speaker 1: at the Volume Sports, Twitter, Instagram, go to our YouTube 564 00:34:04,120 --> 00:34:28,600 Speaker 1: page at the Volume Sports. Subscribe the Volume. Make sure 565 00:34:28,640 --> 00:34:32,320 Speaker 1: to check out The Draymond Green Show. I brought Draymond 566 00:34:32,360 --> 00:34:34,760 Speaker 1: Green into The Volume because one of the more entertaining 567 00:34:34,840 --> 00:34:39,280 Speaker 1: voices in sports. Unique perspective understands behind the rope. 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