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Speaker 1: What is going on, everybody? How are we doing? Happy

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Speaker 1: fooghazy Friday? And we had a skip last week because

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Speaker 1: so the draft was starting last week at this time.

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Speaker 1: Fun times. But today I wanted to dive into the

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Speaker 1: think they're one of the biggest stories in the NFL.

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Speaker 1: But you you got to prove it on the field,

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Speaker 1: Like Purty's not better than Caleb. Yeah, well we'll see.

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Speaker 1: I've seen Purty be in the MVP discussion at the

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Speaker 1: end of December. Middleicoff, you're being a homer. Well, one

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Speaker 1: team was just in the Super Bowl with the lead

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Speaker 1: in overtime. I would say three. This is gonna sound crazy.

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Speaker 1: Is just the hope of Drake may It's just the

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Speaker 1: hope of Drake may I don't like anything about the Patriots.

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Speaker 1: I think there are an organization in turmoil. I mean

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Speaker 1: they have a GM that they can't name, a GM

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Speaker 1: that has like prove his worth. The owner's son wants

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Speaker 1: to have all this power. First time head coach who

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Speaker 1: hasn't even been coaching that long. The talent on the

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Speaker 1: roster is not great. Their offensive line isn't very good.

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Speaker 1: Who knows if Drake may Is is even gonna play

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Speaker 1: this year. But at least you got the hope of

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Speaker 1: a young player and you know for a fact that

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Speaker 1: you have him under a four year contract and if

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Speaker 1: he's good, he'll be on your team for a second contract.

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Speaker 1: That's why I have to put the Jets forth, because

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Speaker 1: they had an opportunity to change their franchise. It turns

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Speaker 1: out they didn't because any of these guys they would

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Speaker 1: have picked would have been a failure. But they get

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Speaker 1: rid of Wilson and now they have a forty year

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Speaker 1: old quarterback that, let's face it, if this year doesn't

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Speaker 1: go well, could easily retire. I mean he's openly talked

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Speaker 1: about it before. So even if Rogers is good this year,

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Speaker 1: what happens after this year? Like part of the way

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Speaker 1: I rank, this is the big picture. You know, the

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Speaker 1: Jets really have a band aid on the situation. Now,

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Speaker 1: you would gladly to win ten eleven games or to

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Speaker 1: win the division. It'd be incredible to host a playoff game.

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Speaker 1: It'd all be worth it, and you would think if

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Speaker 1: they have success, Rogers would come back for another year.

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Speaker 1: But let's face it, the way he talks and maybe

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Speaker 1: just talks a big game, but you are on borrow

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Speaker 1: time with the guy and you have no future answer

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Speaker 1: at the position. So I think the Jets are in

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Speaker 1: the most tumultuous situation given just the status of his contract,

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Speaker 1: his age, his injury now and let's face it, and

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Speaker 1: I would have done this deal. I don't blame you

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Speaker 1: for trading for Aaron Rodgers, but it wasn't exactly coming

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Speaker 1: off a great year, you know, it was trending down.

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Speaker 1: Broncos traded for Russell Wilson coming off a pretty bad

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Speaker 1: year in Seattle, and it proved to be like the

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Speaker 1: downward trajectory. So I would go Niners pretty one, Chicago,

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Speaker 1: Caleb Williams two, Drake May just based on the hope

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Speaker 1: and the youth three and the Jets in this weird

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Speaker 1: Aaron Rodgers situation for.

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Speaker 1: One thing gms have consistently talked about over this period

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Speaker 1: of time has been drafting our type guys, and one

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Speaker 1: thing you consistently hear post draft is toughness, character, leadership,

485
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Speaker 1: love of football. I mean every GM says the same thing,

486
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Speaker 1: every single one, like we love the I haven't been

487
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Speaker 1: ran carthin. Talk about mister Dui. But other than that,

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Speaker 1: the majority of the guys and this draft seem to

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Speaker 1: be a pretty high character group. Pretty high character group, right,

490
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Speaker 1: Guys that haven't been arrested, Guys that just love football

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Speaker 1: like I've been this long time. I guess it feels

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Speaker 1: like a pretty high level top forty five picks of

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Speaker 1: just pretty good guys, some of them really really good guys.

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Speaker 1: But one thing I remember Les Needs said after they

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Speaker 1: i think their third round, their final press conference, was like,

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Speaker 1: this has become a lot easier doing this with Sean

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Speaker 1: those our eighth draft, so we know exactly what we're

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Speaker 1: looking for. This is the draft isn't a fantasy football auction.

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Speaker 1: You're not just trying to pick the best players. You're

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Speaker 1: ultimately trying to pick the best people that fit in. Clearly,

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Speaker 1: you have to have the talent to play on Sundays, Mondays, Thursdays,

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Speaker 1: and this year I think Wednesday, but we just use

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Speaker 1: this figure speeches on Sundays. You got to have the

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Speaker 1: baseline of talent and I would say most guys typically

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Speaker 1: they get draft in the first couple rounds of a draft,

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Speaker 1: have some high end physical gifts. I've always thought what

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Speaker 1: separates people is the stuff that you can't quantify. And

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Speaker 1: it sounds cheesy, but the heart, the work ethic, the toughness,

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Speaker 1: and toughness is more than just you know, playing through

510
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Speaker 1: a hamstring pull. It's mental toughness, the grind of the

511
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Speaker 1: week when you're tired in the off season. Do I

512
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Speaker 1: want to do more? Do I get complacent where I'm at?

513
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Speaker 1: How much am I willing to do to get better?

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Speaker 1: And the better I get, the harder it is, the

515
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Speaker 1: more money I get, the more fame I get. How

516
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Speaker 1: much do I prioritize everything around football? And John Lynch

517
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Speaker 1: said it to McAfee today. This was likes Less, Need

518
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Speaker 1: and McVeigh. They were all hired. Less was already there,

519
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Speaker 1: but McVeigh, Kyle Shanahan, John Lynch same year, we know

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Speaker 1: exactly what we're looking for. It doesn't mean you're going

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Speaker 1: to be right on every pick. I mean half the draft.

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Speaker 1: You out a league in a couple of years, but

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Speaker 1: you know the traits and the people that fit into

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Speaker 1: what you do. It's why certain players fit certain places

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Speaker 1: that don't fit other places. Xavier Worthy makes a lot

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Speaker 1: of sense with Andy and Veach. You know, Andy and

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Speaker 1: Veach have worked together for twenty plus years. Twenty plus

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Speaker 1: years they've been together. Maybe maybe it's like eighteen, but

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Speaker 1: Veach was his personal assistant. It's a position coach Reda

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Speaker 1: has had for a long time. Sean McDermott started there

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Speaker 1: as well in the mid two thousands, so when they're

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Speaker 1: looking at people slash players, they know what they're looking for.

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Speaker 1: Eric Tacosta retired, Ozzie Newsom and John Harbaugh have been

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Speaker 1: together forever. So when they draft Nate Wiggins and everyone's like,

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Speaker 1: of course they did. Of course they did because they're

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Speaker 1: all on the same page. And I was watching some

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Speaker 1: of McAfee with Howie and he's like, the reality is

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Speaker 1: when you're a GM and a head coach, like, that's

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Speaker 1: your football marriage. That's your football marriage. And the longer

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Speaker 1: you're together, I'm essentially married. Boy might have a ring

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Speaker 1: on the way, but let's probably keep that quiet. But

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Speaker 1: the reality is, the longer together, you know more about

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Speaker 1: the other person, what to say, when to say it,

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Speaker 1: what needs to be said. At certain times you know

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Speaker 1: when they need support, when they don't need support, you

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Speaker 1: get to know someone better. It's who do you know

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Speaker 1: the best in your life? Even the older you get

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Speaker 1: your family because for eighteen years, whether it's your mom,

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Speaker 1: your dad, your brothers or sisters, you spend a lot

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Speaker 1: of time with those people. That's why that relationship is

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Speaker 1: unlike any other. They're just nothing's even close some of

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Speaker 1: maybe your childhood friends or your college friends. The older

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Speaker 1: you get, you've had this long standing bond, but it's

554
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Speaker 1: harder and harder the older you get to create that

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Speaker 1: level connection and when you do it, it's pretty special.

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Speaker 1: But the time if you meet a close person at

557
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Speaker 1: forty is not the same, you know, relationship I would

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Speaker 1: have with my brother that I've known since I was

559
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Speaker 1: four years old. So I think these football teams that

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Speaker 1: have the coach and the GM in place, have just

561
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Speaker 1: been together for have such an advantage on the situation.

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Speaker 1: It's why when I read these articles about people writing

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Speaker 1: about I can't believe the Rams gave up next year

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Speaker 1: second to get the defensive tackle from Florida State. Do

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Speaker 1: they even read the value chart? What are you guys

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Speaker 1: talking about? I understand being critical when you give up

567
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Speaker 1: first round picks, that is more than fair. That is

568
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Speaker 1: a very, very valuable asset. But we just saw the

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Speaker 1: Rams this year go toe to toe with one of

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Speaker 1: the best teams in football, the Lions, on the road

571
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Speaker 1: in the playoffs. If Matt Stafford is healthy with their roster,

572
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Speaker 1: you're talking about eleven plus win team, eleven twelve wins

573
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Speaker 1: and a team that a lot of people, if they're

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Speaker 1: in the playoffs, will pick two win games. So their

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Speaker 1: second round pick would be somewhere in the early to

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Speaker 1: mid fifties. Guess what, if you have a first round

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Speaker 1: pick and a third round pick, you can figure out

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Speaker 1: a way to get it second round pick. It's not

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Speaker 1: that big a deal. I can't believe the Lions traded

580
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Speaker 1: a future third round pick to get a dude in

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Speaker 1: the fourth round. Who gives a shit. This is not

582
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Speaker 1: the Carolina Panthers. This is not some trash team. These

583
00:31:19,280 --> 00:31:21,720
Speaker 1: are teams that have one goal when they step in

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Speaker 1: OTAs and it's not one of those Brian day Ball

585
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Speaker 1: getting in front of the team or Jonathan Gannon get

586
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Speaker 1: in front of the team, Like I think we can

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Speaker 1: compete for the Super Bowl. No, you can't. You got

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Speaker 1: no shot. Let's just try to get over seven wins, right.

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00:31:36,880 --> 00:31:38,960
Speaker 1: These are teams that look at everyone like, we got

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Speaker 1: one goal. Fellas to be playing in February, You bet

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Speaker 1: your ass. We're playing in January, and we plan on

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Speaker 1: winning those games, and if we're healthy, we'll be favored

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Speaker 1: in those games. So trading future second and third round

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Speaker 1: picks when the goal. Sean McVay almost left a couple

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Speaker 1: years ago, because that's all I've heard about. I can't

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Speaker 1: believe the Rams traded this much. It's too rich. Sean

597
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:07,320
Speaker 1: McVeigh to me is on a year by year basis.

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Speaker 1: He literally almost went to Amazon. Had to think long

599
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Speaker 1: and hard about it. You were not guaranteed to have

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Speaker 1: Sean McVay like a John Harbaugh for twenty plus years

601
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Speaker 1: or a Mike Tomlin. You're just not. He's already super

602
00:32:19,600 --> 00:32:23,120
Speaker 1: rich now as a child. It's an easy transition. Now

603
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Speaker 1: he might. I hope he does. I don't want him

604
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Speaker 1: to leave the NFL. But every single year, especially for

605
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Speaker 1: that organization, chips in the middle of the table. Look

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Speaker 1: at the Lions, how are they going to upgrade over

607
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Speaker 1: Ben Johnson? Like more than likely Ben Johnson isn't just

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Speaker 1: going to be their offensive coordinator for a decade, probably

609
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Speaker 1: be his last year, especially if things go well. So

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Speaker 1: being aggressive about future picks when your time is now,

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Speaker 1: never have any issue in this you're talking. It's one

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Speaker 1: thing like a top thirty pick, where we're talking about

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Speaker 1: picks in like the fifties, in the sixties. What are

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Speaker 1: we talking about? Another quick thing? You know, most of

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Speaker 1: you don't know these people, and I don't even know

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Speaker 1: a lot of them, but I've seen some headlines about

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Speaker 1: different teams firing guys. When it comes to assistant coaches

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Speaker 1: getting fired, it's very easy to quantify their impact, right,

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Speaker 1: Like you're the wide receiver coach, Your wide receiver suck,

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Speaker 1: like you're just not doing good enough. Coordinators that get

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Speaker 1: fired very clear, like this guy not a good coordinator,

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Speaker 1: and they get fired all the time. But they also

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Speaker 1: make huge money. So when an offensive coordinator fails and

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Speaker 1: it's pretty clear he sucks, you know that guy's on

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Speaker 1: a seven figure contract. You know, when a wide receiver

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Speaker 1: coach or a linebacker coach gets fired, they're making six

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Speaker 1: seven hundred thousand dollars. These personnel people that are getting

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Speaker 1: fired all over the league. It's not a lot of

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Speaker 1: times based on your results, your your ability at your job.

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Speaker 1: Because I know a lot of guys who have been

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Speaker 1: let go, myself included, and he goes, God, guy's really

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Speaker 1: good at his job. The personnel department is much more

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Speaker 1: about personalities and did that guy bring you in? Do

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Speaker 1: you get along with this guy? And you know the

635
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Speaker 1: other thing. In personnel, they're much closer to normal people

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Speaker 1: jobs in terms of pay making eighty grand, make it

637
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Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty grand, make one hundred and fifty grand.

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Speaker 1: And I saw a headline today of a guy that

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Speaker 1: got fired at an organization that I saw at the combine,

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00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:35,960
Speaker 1: and he had left a very successful team with the

641
00:34:36,000 --> 00:34:40,120
Speaker 1: buddy who was then running the team for a pay race.

642
00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:43,000
Speaker 1: But you could tell, and he didn't. I don't know

643
00:34:43,080 --> 00:34:46,680
Speaker 1: him that well, but he was pretty lit. He'd had

644
00:34:46,719 --> 00:34:48,680
Speaker 1: a few and I had a few two, and I

645
00:34:48,800 --> 00:34:51,279
Speaker 1: just vividly remember looking into his eyes and you could

646
00:34:51,360 --> 00:34:54,680
Speaker 1: just tell, like, God, I made a mistake. This sucks.

647
00:34:55,440 --> 00:34:57,160
Speaker 1: And it has nothing to do with like I'm not

648
00:34:57,200 --> 00:34:58,799
Speaker 1: good at my job. Because I was with the team

649
00:34:58,840 --> 00:35:01,760
Speaker 1: that was rattling off playoff victories, going to Super Bowls

650
00:35:01,960 --> 00:35:04,640
Speaker 1: for a decade I know what I'm doing. But when

651
00:35:04,640 --> 00:35:07,239
Speaker 1: you're not the decision maker, one, no one has to

652
00:35:07,280 --> 00:35:10,960
Speaker 1: listen to you. Two. When you get fired, it's not like,

653
00:35:11,000 --> 00:35:14,600
Speaker 1: well he missed on seven of the ten guys we

654
00:35:14,680 --> 00:35:16,920
Speaker 1: needed him to hit on. That's not the way it

655
00:35:16,960 --> 00:35:20,120
Speaker 1: is where it's like, yeah, we fired our offensive line coach.

656
00:35:20,280 --> 00:35:22,960
Speaker 1: Do you see the way our offensive line played? And

657
00:35:22,960 --> 00:35:26,120
Speaker 1: the other thing is the money. It's why I feel

658
00:35:26,200 --> 00:35:29,719
Speaker 1: no sympathy. I'm much I'll talk shit about coaches all

659
00:35:29,800 --> 00:35:31,600
Speaker 1: day long because half of them, to me, are frauds,

660
00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:35,880
Speaker 1: and half those frauds are making a ton of money

661
00:35:36,239 --> 00:35:38,880
Speaker 1: and could never sniff that money in any other industry.

662
00:35:39,719 --> 00:35:41,920
Speaker 1: Or these personnel guys get into it like I did

663
00:35:41,920 --> 00:35:44,080
Speaker 1: because you're passionate about it, and then you realize you're

664
00:35:44,120 --> 00:35:46,320
Speaker 1: not making that much money. It's a very fickle business,

665
00:35:46,320 --> 00:35:49,040
Speaker 1: and if something goes wrong, a GM turns on you.

666
00:35:49,400 --> 00:35:52,400
Speaker 1: They got to throw someone to the wolves. I'm not

667
00:35:52,440 --> 00:35:55,440
Speaker 1: acting like everyone in the scouting departments are good. That's

668
00:35:55,480 --> 00:35:57,799
Speaker 1: not what I'm saying at all. I'm just saying when

669
00:35:57,960 --> 00:36:02,360
Speaker 1: these guys get fired, it's never about their ability or

670
00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:07,799
Speaker 1: very very rarely, it's usually about personalities and just restructuring,

671
00:36:07,880 --> 00:36:11,160
Speaker 1: wanting to bring in your friends. It's wanting to bring

672
00:36:11,200 --> 00:36:13,600
Speaker 1: in people you're comfortable with. And it's just it's a

673
00:36:13,600 --> 00:36:15,600
Speaker 1: shitty part about the job. And I just something I

674
00:36:15,640 --> 00:36:18,839
Speaker 1: don't miss. There's no amount of money you could pay

675
00:36:18,880 --> 00:36:32,320
Speaker 1: me to go back, No amount of money, Okay, Fagazi Friday.

676
00:36:33,239 --> 00:36:35,160
Speaker 1: We had a skip last week. We got a bunch.

677
00:36:35,520 --> 00:36:39,359
Speaker 1: Wanted to dive into that right now because I got

678
00:36:39,360 --> 00:36:43,760
Speaker 1: I got a couple of messages I tech, I DMed

679
00:36:43,800 --> 00:36:47,120
Speaker 1: you back personally. You know, there's a line here. This

680
00:36:47,120 --> 00:36:49,719
Speaker 1: is supposed to be fun and we're having you know,

681
00:36:49,800 --> 00:36:52,160
Speaker 1: kind of laughing at stuff. You know some of the

682
00:36:52,160 --> 00:36:55,799
Speaker 1: stuff and clearly, you know, impact your life. Someone lose

683
00:36:55,880 --> 00:36:59,080
Speaker 1: their life in a situation about a fagazi with insurance companies.

684
00:36:59,640 --> 00:37:01,920
Speaker 1: It his is me off too, But this is I

685
00:37:01,960 --> 00:37:04,640
Speaker 1: try to keep this lighter. So certain ones I'm just

686
00:37:04,640 --> 00:37:06,160
Speaker 1: not gonna read because it is supposed to be fun,

687
00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,200
Speaker 1: but listen, it is what it is. So I it's like,

688
00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:12,960
Speaker 1: if you send me a DM, I'm gonna try to

689
00:37:12,960 --> 00:37:15,239
Speaker 1: read it like this one. This is not super positive,

690
00:37:15,280 --> 00:37:18,960
Speaker 1: but I was just fired from my job in television.

691
00:37:19,000 --> 00:37:23,640
Speaker 1: This Fugazi Friday I'm a weekend reporter and meteorologist. The

692
00:37:23,719 --> 00:37:27,000
Speaker 1: company laid off a lot of part timers. I'm using

693
00:37:27,040 --> 00:37:29,680
Speaker 1: the job to pay my way through college. Now I'm

694
00:37:29,719 --> 00:37:33,160
Speaker 1: stuck with the summer with nothing to do. Right as

695
00:37:33,200 --> 00:37:36,759
Speaker 1: the summer begins. The corporate people think laying off on

696
00:37:36,840 --> 00:37:39,200
Speaker 1: air talent making twelve dollars an hour will solve the

697
00:37:39,239 --> 00:37:42,560
Speaker 1: company's problems. Maybe there are other issues they need to solve.

698
00:37:43,680 --> 00:37:46,440
Speaker 1: I hear you. Luckily, which we turn this into a positive.

699
00:37:46,719 --> 00:37:50,000
Speaker 1: You're in college, you're young, there's other line of works

700
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:52,200
Speaker 1: you can figure out to just keep your head above water.

701
00:37:52,920 --> 00:37:56,319
Speaker 1: And you know, I think it's a good example, and

702
00:37:56,480 --> 00:37:59,000
Speaker 1: you know, I think there's probably some parallels when I

703
00:37:59,000 --> 00:38:02,680
Speaker 1: worked in radio to television. Middle management never wants to

704
00:38:02,719 --> 00:38:06,200
Speaker 1: fire themselves, so it's very easy for these guys where

705
00:38:06,239 --> 00:38:09,160
Speaker 1: you go, what is this guy actually doing, who's making

706
00:38:09,200 --> 00:38:12,319
Speaker 1: depending on your market three hundred, five hundred, six hundred grand,

707
00:38:13,040 --> 00:38:16,320
Speaker 1: they will cut anyone's head off to keep that paycheck

708
00:38:16,400 --> 00:38:19,120
Speaker 1: rolling in. So I hear you. I feel for you.

709
00:38:19,320 --> 00:38:21,640
Speaker 1: The best thing about getting fired, and I've been fired

710
00:38:21,640 --> 00:38:24,560
Speaker 1: twice is being young when you're fired, because you still

711
00:38:24,560 --> 00:38:26,319
Speaker 1: got options. And i'd argue, even if you're old, you

712
00:38:26,320 --> 00:38:29,279
Speaker 1: got options, but when you're young, especially in college, you

713
00:38:29,360 --> 00:38:32,840
Speaker 1: got your whole world ahead of you, and that you

714
00:38:32,880 --> 00:38:35,400
Speaker 1: know fugazi that you went through. Getting fired is a

715
00:38:35,440 --> 00:38:37,879
Speaker 1: part time employee or laid off or however you want

716
00:38:37,880 --> 00:38:40,720
Speaker 1: to you put it is something that kind of shapes

717
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:44,760
Speaker 1: you moving forward. And I think one thing that helps

718
00:38:44,760 --> 00:38:50,080
Speaker 1: in life is to realize how if you're gonna work

719
00:38:50,080 --> 00:38:53,920
Speaker 1: in the private sector, how just cutthroat and cold this

720
00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:56,680
Speaker 1: world is, because that's what business is. And the faster

721
00:38:56,840 --> 00:38:59,040
Speaker 1: you get numb to it, the easier it is to

722
00:38:59,040 --> 00:39:02,440
Speaker 1: play the game because you're either getting played or you're

723
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,279
Speaker 1: playing it. And obviously when you're young, you don't have

724
00:39:05,360 --> 00:39:07,319
Speaker 1: as much control, but at least you know what you're

725
00:39:07,320 --> 00:39:10,520
Speaker 1: getting into. And the quicker you kind of experience that,

726
00:39:10,640 --> 00:39:14,520
Speaker 1: to me, the quicker it hardens and puts those callusies

727
00:39:14,520 --> 00:39:16,200
Speaker 1: on you to kind of know what to look for

728
00:39:16,760 --> 00:39:20,200
Speaker 1: and know what you want. And I would turn that

729
00:39:20,239 --> 00:39:25,560
Speaker 1: experience into a positive experience. I really would, even though

730
00:39:25,600 --> 00:39:29,680
Speaker 1: it stings a lot early on because I've been hurt too,

731
00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:34,719
Speaker 1: But then looking back, without those moments, it makes you

732
00:39:34,760 --> 00:39:39,320
Speaker 1: stronger to attack life. Little Fugazi Friday. In New Jersey

733
00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:43,960
Speaker 1: and I think New York, the government officials passed laws

734
00:39:44,480 --> 00:39:48,120
Speaker 1: about the use of plastic in stores. They are not

735
00:39:48,239 --> 00:39:51,200
Speaker 1: allowed to have plastic bags, and now you have to

736
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:56,400
Speaker 1: buy bags from stores. Whatever. Trust me, I'm from California.

737
00:39:56,440 --> 00:39:59,480
Speaker 1: We've been doing that forever. This is a fugazi by itself.

738
00:40:00,080 --> 00:40:03,439
Speaker 1: They also banned plastic straws. Now, I have to drink

739
00:40:03,520 --> 00:40:07,160
Speaker 1: my beverage with a shitty paper straw that disintegrates after

740
00:40:07,200 --> 00:40:10,359
Speaker 1: two minutes and is horrible to use. Certain fast food

741
00:40:10,400 --> 00:40:13,320
Speaker 1: places will give me my beverage inside of a styrofoam

742
00:40:13,360 --> 00:40:17,760
Speaker 1: cup with a plastic lid. So what's the fucking point.

743
00:40:17,920 --> 00:40:19,719
Speaker 1: I know that it's a small thing, but when you

744
00:40:19,800 --> 00:40:22,399
Speaker 1: have to drink out of a shitty paper straw, it's

745
00:40:22,520 --> 00:40:25,600
Speaker 1: very infuriating. Going to other states is such an eye opener.

746
00:40:26,239 --> 00:40:29,040
Speaker 1: Trust me, when I moved there never, I mean. A

747
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:32,760
Speaker 1: big reason I'm in Arizona is because in twenty twenty,

748
00:40:33,040 --> 00:40:36,160
Speaker 1: when everything in California was locked down, they would beat

749
00:40:36,200 --> 00:40:38,560
Speaker 1: you with a stick if you left your house, let alone,

750
00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,920
Speaker 1: didn't have a mask on. I came to Arizona for

751
00:40:41,080 --> 00:40:44,399
Speaker 1: a golf trip and everything was normal. I'm like, we're

752
00:40:44,440 --> 00:40:47,319
Speaker 1: all breathing in the same air. Everyone's here rocking and

753
00:40:47,400 --> 00:40:50,640
Speaker 1: rolling and over there. I was like, what is going on?

754
00:40:50,840 --> 00:40:54,520
Speaker 1: And last year when I went to Tahoe for the summer,

755
00:40:54,680 --> 00:40:56,759
Speaker 1: you know in Arizona, we don't have you just get

756
00:40:56,800 --> 00:40:58,880
Speaker 1: a plastic straw, you get a straw, you get a

757
00:40:58,920 --> 00:41:02,759
Speaker 1: plastic straw. Went to tap and we went to Starbucks

758
00:41:02,760 --> 00:41:06,320
Speaker 1: and they gave us a paper straw. You can't solve

759
00:41:06,360 --> 00:41:10,520
Speaker 1: a problem with something that doesn't work. That is not

760
00:41:10,600 --> 00:41:14,640
Speaker 1: a solution. A paper straw is not a solution to

761
00:41:14,680 --> 00:41:19,000
Speaker 1: the plastic straw because a paper straw melts in water.

762
00:41:20,239 --> 00:41:23,279
Speaker 1: It honestly is one of the in California. I mean,

763
00:41:23,560 --> 00:41:27,600
Speaker 1: you could do crack on the sidewalk. You can't have

764
00:41:27,640 --> 00:41:29,400
Speaker 1: a plastic straw. They give you a paper straw that

765
00:41:29,520 --> 00:41:33,080
Speaker 1: does not work. You're like, what are we doing here?

766
00:41:33,160 --> 00:41:37,480
Speaker 1: Nothing ever makes sense. But until social media, I have

767
00:41:37,600 --> 00:41:41,880
Speaker 1: never heard of people that rooted for the government. That's

768
00:41:41,920 --> 00:41:44,400
Speaker 1: what's weird to me, is like the media cheers on

769
00:41:44,480 --> 00:41:46,360
Speaker 1: the government. Where I come from, we made fun of

770
00:41:46,400 --> 00:41:51,680
Speaker 1: them all, every single one of them. Like one of

771
00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,640
Speaker 1: the biggest fugazis of all time is the government and

772
00:41:54,680 --> 00:41:58,280
Speaker 1: people that work in government. Obviously there are some capable people,

773
00:41:58,800 --> 00:42:01,400
Speaker 1: but the way the setup is is like, how is

774
00:42:01,400 --> 00:42:05,800
Speaker 1: this solving anything? Hint, it's not, and it never does.

775
00:42:06,200 --> 00:42:11,240
Speaker 1: And that's a consistent theme with society. So plastic straws.

776
00:42:11,280 --> 00:42:14,640
Speaker 1: It used to drive me up a wall. One thing

777
00:42:14,880 --> 00:42:18,080
Speaker 1: I remember, in like twenty twenty one, when everything in

778
00:42:18,120 --> 00:42:21,520
Speaker 1: California was still like twenty twenty, I was like, I'm

779
00:42:21,520 --> 00:42:25,040
Speaker 1: not gonna complain about this anymore. I'm not. I hate

780
00:42:25,040 --> 00:42:28,840
Speaker 1: being angry all the time, so I just left and

781
00:42:28,880 --> 00:42:32,400
Speaker 1: I've been happy ever since. So and I know my

782
00:42:32,520 --> 00:42:34,960
Speaker 1: situation is different than other people's situation, but I just

783
00:42:36,200 --> 00:42:38,160
Speaker 1: one thing I try to get away from is just

784
00:42:38,239 --> 00:42:40,520
Speaker 1: complaining about all the things and everything in the Bay

785
00:42:40,520 --> 00:42:44,560
Speaker 1: Area used to drive me nuts. Little stuff like that,

786
00:42:44,640 --> 00:42:47,319
Speaker 1: paying for the bags. I don't pay for bags. Give

787
00:42:47,360 --> 00:42:50,040
Speaker 1: me paper bags, plastic bags, my own bags, whatever. I

788
00:42:50,040 --> 00:42:52,960
Speaker 1: can have any bag I want here. So you just

789
00:42:53,000 --> 00:42:55,640
Speaker 1: sometimes you gotta move and you realize society operates a

790
00:42:55,640 --> 00:42:58,319
Speaker 1: little different if you just cross an imaginary line. But

791
00:42:58,560 --> 00:43:03,960
Speaker 1: paper straws are not a solution. They don't work. Fugazi Friday,

792
00:43:04,120 --> 00:43:07,480
Speaker 1: NFL Draft rankings immediately after the draft. Tough to get

793
00:43:07,520 --> 00:43:10,319
Speaker 1: sold on someone being a good or bad pick without

794
00:43:10,360 --> 00:43:13,360
Speaker 1: watching them play a snap in the NFL. Totally agree.

795
00:43:14,080 --> 00:43:20,319
Speaker 1: Not much to say fugazi Friday Friday weddings cheaper for

796
00:43:20,400 --> 00:43:23,839
Speaker 1: the couple, but a pain for the guests. I've got

797
00:43:23,880 --> 00:43:26,520
Speaker 1: five this calendar year, and I've got to take half

798
00:43:26,600 --> 00:43:31,040
Speaker 1: or full days off just to attend rehearsal dinners would

799
00:43:31,080 --> 00:43:34,800
Speaker 1: be on Thursday. I'm going to defend the Friday wedding

800
00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:40,040
Speaker 1: for a hot minute. Wedding costs. Having been to a

801
00:43:40,080 --> 00:43:43,759
Speaker 1: lot over the years and just knowing people, knowing the

802
00:43:43,800 --> 00:43:49,600
Speaker 1: finances that it costs for weddings, it's outrageous. It really would,

803
00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:54,160
Speaker 1: it really is. I'm hammering this home. I will gladly

804
00:43:54,239 --> 00:43:58,040
Speaker 1: go to the courthouse next week and get married. And

805
00:43:58,200 --> 00:44:01,960
Speaker 1: however much money per side had set away, give it

806
00:44:01,960 --> 00:44:04,360
Speaker 1: to me. I'll put in the stock market, I buy something,

807
00:44:04,440 --> 00:44:08,879
Speaker 1: do something. But I have now I get it. It's

808
00:44:08,920 --> 00:44:12,080
Speaker 1: a big moment for people's family. Everyone's different, and I know,

809
00:44:12,239 --> 00:44:16,759
Speaker 1: especially you know, for for her it's a really really

810
00:44:16,760 --> 00:44:21,560
Speaker 1: big deal. But the costs on these weddings, I mean,

811
00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:25,680
Speaker 1: I think you can't have the lowest budget wedding. You

812
00:44:25,680 --> 00:44:29,600
Speaker 1: would struggle to get it for twenty five grand. I mean,

813
00:44:29,640 --> 00:44:31,680
Speaker 1: this is all that's a lot of money. So you're

814
00:44:31,680 --> 00:44:36,560
Speaker 1: talking fifty eighty one hundred grand. I don't care. Most

815
00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:39,960
Speaker 1: people are not upper middle class, let alone rich. That

816
00:44:40,080 --> 00:44:43,319
Speaker 1: amount of cash to invest is a lot of money.

817
00:44:44,280 --> 00:44:47,279
Speaker 1: And the price is clearly with inflation, is the price

818
00:44:47,320 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 1: of everything has never been higher. But it's if it's

819
00:44:51,480 --> 00:44:53,759
Speaker 1: the difference if you're someone and I get it, and

820
00:44:53,800 --> 00:44:56,960
Speaker 1: I understand it's hard for people attending, but put yourself

821
00:44:56,960 --> 00:44:59,759
Speaker 1: in their shoes. Let's say they have thirty grand to

822
00:44:59,800 --> 00:45:02,279
Speaker 1: put the wedding, and it's the difference of like, we

823
00:45:02,320 --> 00:45:04,480
Speaker 1: want to do it here or this is where our

824
00:45:04,480 --> 00:45:06,280
Speaker 1: families live, so we want to do in this area.

825
00:45:06,840 --> 00:45:09,879
Speaker 1: We can't afford to do it anywhere under fifty grand

826
00:45:09,960 --> 00:45:14,480
Speaker 1: for a Saturday wedding. I think it's tough, and I

827
00:45:14,520 --> 00:45:17,640
Speaker 1: get it from your side. If it was me, i'd

828
00:45:17,680 --> 00:45:22,320
Speaker 1: probably say it can't make it, gotta work. But it

829
00:45:22,360 --> 00:45:26,360
Speaker 1: to me, it's the costs. It just gets back to

830
00:45:26,400 --> 00:45:30,440
Speaker 1: the outrageous price of everything, which literally everything has never

831
00:45:30,480 --> 00:45:33,720
Speaker 1: been higher. And starting with this stuff, the venue, the food,

832
00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:37,400
Speaker 1: I mean, it's just it's not cheap man Now, weddings,

833
00:45:37,520 --> 00:45:41,040
Speaker 1: you know, relative have never been quote unquote cheap. But

834
00:45:41,400 --> 00:45:43,359
Speaker 1: I would say hearing some of these stories these last

835
00:45:43,400 --> 00:45:47,920
Speaker 1: couple of years, it's eye opening. You're like, you spent

836
00:45:48,120 --> 00:45:53,200
Speaker 1: what so hope you got a lot of pictures. Fugazi Friday,

837
00:45:53,960 --> 00:45:58,919
Speaker 1: Annoyingly thick burgers. Burgers at restaurants have gotten too tall

838
00:45:59,080 --> 00:46:02,680
Speaker 1: and are impossible to eat properly. All your toppings will

839
00:46:02,680 --> 00:46:05,480
Speaker 1: fall out, and you'll need a sink shower for your

840
00:46:05,520 --> 00:46:09,800
Speaker 1: hands and face afterwards. Risky meal choices for first dates.

841
00:46:10,440 --> 00:46:15,000
Speaker 1: Napkin management is a nightmare. At least with wings or ribs.

842
00:46:15,080 --> 00:46:17,920
Speaker 1: You know exactly what you're signing up for. Ordering a

843
00:46:17,920 --> 00:46:21,600
Speaker 1: burger in twenty four is paying is playing Russian roulette.

844
00:46:21,800 --> 00:46:25,799
Speaker 1: People's jaws can hang, and the toothpick sword doesn't do shit.

845
00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,000
Speaker 1: I think it's fair to say, unless you're going to

846
00:46:31,080 --> 00:46:36,240
Speaker 1: like some diners, drive ins and dines, like a place

847
00:46:36,280 --> 00:46:40,279
Speaker 1: that's known for a specific special burger, you should not

848
00:46:40,480 --> 00:46:43,040
Speaker 1: need a massive knife to cut the thing in half.

849
00:46:43,880 --> 00:46:45,520
Speaker 1: You should be able to grip the burger and fit

850
00:46:45,520 --> 00:46:48,600
Speaker 1: it right in your mouth. I'm with you. I think

851
00:46:48,600 --> 00:46:51,399
Speaker 1: the perfect size of a burger, even with the toppings. Now,

852
00:46:51,400 --> 00:46:54,319
Speaker 1: obviously it comes out if you're at a restaurant. Some

853
00:46:54,920 --> 00:46:58,720
Speaker 1: the functuae of the look of everything. They want everything

854
00:46:58,760 --> 00:47:01,440
Speaker 1: to look cool, including the food, to have it kind

855
00:47:01,480 --> 00:47:05,200
Speaker 1: of layered. But if you can't press it down and

856
00:47:05,239 --> 00:47:08,320
Speaker 1: have a crisp bite. And again, there are certain places,

857
00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:11,319
Speaker 1: certain barbecue joints in Texas or the South, or you know,

858
00:47:11,560 --> 00:47:15,239
Speaker 1: every place has their like specialty. But you're running the

859
00:47:15,239 --> 00:47:19,000
Speaker 1: mill restaurant that's just serving a cheeseburger. I'm with you,

860
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:23,000
Speaker 1: because the toppings everything, It's like, I can't this is

861
00:47:23,040 --> 00:47:26,400
Speaker 1: not this is not a functional meals and I just

862
00:47:26,400 --> 00:47:28,640
Speaker 1: don't want to order the chicken. I want a cheeseburger.

863
00:47:28,680 --> 00:47:33,080
Speaker 1: But can we just make it possible to bite into thing?

864
00:47:33,360 --> 00:47:36,200
Speaker 1: And as a lover of cheeseburgers who probably over under

865
00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:39,960
Speaker 1: cheeseburgers in my life forty years old, three sixty five,

866
00:47:40,360 --> 00:47:45,279
Speaker 1: so we're talking, I don't know a thousand. A lot

867
00:47:45,280 --> 00:47:47,960
Speaker 1: of times I've eaten too, so it hell could be

868
00:47:47,960 --> 00:47:51,120
Speaker 1: fifteen hundred. I've eaten a lot of cheeseburgers. Yeah, I

869
00:47:51,160 --> 00:47:54,720
Speaker 1: hear you. There. Here's a little food, GUYSI Airline charges

870
00:47:54,719 --> 00:47:56,600
Speaker 1: one hundred and twenty five dollars for my pet to

871
00:47:56,640 --> 00:47:59,680
Speaker 1: travel under the seat, zipped in a carrier for the

872
00:47:59,800 --> 00:48:04,520
Speaker 1: entire or flight. I don't know what you know. We

873
00:48:04,560 --> 00:48:07,920
Speaker 1: fly with little Lolli's on Southwest Airline. She's a service

874
00:48:07,920 --> 00:48:10,399
Speaker 1: dog to mitigate panic attacks, and she does a really

875
00:48:10,440 --> 00:48:13,480
Speaker 1: good job but doesn't cost you anything. So I don't

876
00:48:13,520 --> 00:48:17,880
Speaker 1: know what airline you fly on. Yeah, I don't know

877
00:48:17,880 --> 00:48:20,359
Speaker 1: what to say to that. I'm pro. I'm pro little

878
00:48:20,360 --> 00:48:23,239
Speaker 1: dogs being on the plane if they're good travelers. Just

879
00:48:23,239 --> 00:48:26,319
Speaker 1: sit under, take a little take a little snooze. No

880
00:48:26,400 --> 00:48:29,680
Speaker 1: issue with dogs. I would say my experience with dogs

881
00:48:31,800 --> 00:48:34,080
Speaker 1: definitely better than kids. And I don't blame anyone you're

882
00:48:34,080 --> 00:48:36,880
Speaker 1: traveling with the kids, but obviously little kids sometimes just

883
00:48:36,960 --> 00:48:38,920
Speaker 1: freak out on planes and are crying. There's nothing you

884
00:48:38,920 --> 00:48:41,799
Speaker 1: can do. Now, there are levels. I sat next to

885
00:48:41,840 --> 00:48:44,200
Speaker 1: one where the parents like were like on their iPads

886
00:48:44,200 --> 00:48:46,479
Speaker 1: and stuff like, at least try to help, like your

887
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:49,799
Speaker 1: kids crying bloody murder here. I don't think I've ever

888
00:48:49,840 --> 00:48:53,759
Speaker 1: had an issue with another dog barking, saying a word.

889
00:48:54,080 --> 00:48:56,000
Speaker 1: A lot of times when people come sitting next to

890
00:48:56,040 --> 00:48:58,440
Speaker 1: us and Lolli's on the plane, like I didn't even

891
00:48:58,440 --> 00:48:59,880
Speaker 1: know what dog was there if she just comes right on,

892
00:48:59,920 --> 00:49:03,400
Speaker 1: the lays down, takes a snooze flying back to Southern

893
00:49:03,400 --> 00:49:08,440
Speaker 1: California in northern California, So I get it, though if

894
00:49:08,480 --> 00:49:13,440
Speaker 1: I ran the airline, I would charge as well. I

895
00:49:13,480 --> 00:49:16,200
Speaker 1: played around a golf last Sunday afternoon and the round

896
00:49:16,239 --> 00:49:18,799
Speaker 1: cost over one hundred dollars. On top of that, I

897
00:49:18,840 --> 00:49:22,200
Speaker 1: had to pay twenty five dollars to take a cart.

898
00:49:22,520 --> 00:49:25,480
Speaker 1: The course requires you to take a cart at that time,

899
00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:28,680
Speaker 1: and there is no option to even walk. What exactly

900
00:49:28,719 --> 00:49:31,920
Speaker 1: am I paying for here? The carts are electric, so

901
00:49:32,000 --> 00:49:34,560
Speaker 1: there's no gas that needs to be filled. It just

902
00:49:34,600 --> 00:49:37,040
Speaker 1: seems like an extra way the course can screw up.

903
00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:44,440
Speaker 1: Am I missing something? Well? I've never seen the books

904
00:49:44,520 --> 00:49:47,279
Speaker 1: of a golf course, but in college for a couple

905
00:49:47,280 --> 00:49:49,919
Speaker 1: of years I've played in you know, been playing golf

906
00:49:50,000 --> 00:49:51,719
Speaker 1: my whole life. If you ever go to a cart

907
00:49:51,760 --> 00:49:55,000
Speaker 1: barn right with the electric carts which they all are now,

908
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,719
Speaker 1: there are a million chargers, so I would imagine there

909
00:49:58,800 --> 00:50:02,799
Speaker 1: is some cost to be speaking out a turn of

910
00:50:02,920 --> 00:50:06,719
Speaker 1: charging all the carts for the operation. Anyone running a

911
00:50:06,719 --> 00:50:09,279
Speaker 1: golf course listening to this maybe you can chime in,

912
00:50:09,880 --> 00:50:13,400
Speaker 1: but maybe it's to compensate that. Maybe it's just the

913
00:50:13,480 --> 00:50:17,160
Speaker 1: wear and tear of the golf course. If it's cart

914
00:50:17,200 --> 00:50:19,279
Speaker 1: path only and they charge you that, that feels like,

915
00:50:19,320 --> 00:50:21,359
Speaker 1: are you fucking kidding me? Now, if you can drive

916
00:50:21,400 --> 00:50:23,600
Speaker 1: it anywhere, you know you got to pay them, you know,

917
00:50:23,640 --> 00:50:29,279
Speaker 1: the maintenance of the grass. Uh, depending on where you're playing.

918
00:50:29,280 --> 00:50:31,200
Speaker 1: One hundred dollars, I mean, if the course is decent,

919
00:50:31,239 --> 00:50:33,600
Speaker 1: it seems like a pretty good deal. Now if it's

920
00:50:33,600 --> 00:50:35,520
Speaker 1: po dunk nowhere. But if it's one hundred dollars course,

921
00:50:35,520 --> 00:50:37,359
Speaker 1: a nice course, they're basically charge one hundred and twenty

922
00:50:37,400 --> 00:50:39,799
Speaker 1: five dollars for a round of golf, I'd argue it's

923
00:50:39,800 --> 00:50:42,520
Speaker 1: pretty good price point. Again, I have to see the

924
00:50:42,560 --> 00:50:45,560
Speaker 1: course and you know where you're living and the different options.

925
00:50:45,600 --> 00:50:48,160
Speaker 1: But I'm gonna push back on that a little bit.

926
00:50:48,800 --> 00:50:50,239
Speaker 1: I would just view it as the cost of the

927
00:50:50,320 --> 00:50:53,960
Speaker 1: round one twenty five. Honestly, that course is stupid. They

928
00:50:53,960 --> 00:50:58,560
Speaker 1: should just build the carts price into the round, especially

929
00:50:58,600 --> 00:51:03,640
Speaker 1: if they're mandating the take a card. Have a Fugazi

930
00:51:03,680 --> 00:51:05,719
Speaker 1: Friday for you. I'm not sure if you have this

931
00:51:05,800 --> 00:51:09,600
Speaker 1: in the States, but in New Zealand, we have payless payment.

932
00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:14,239
Speaker 1: But the fugazi is the banks are charging businesses who

933
00:51:14,320 --> 00:51:18,120
Speaker 1: pass on the customer one point five percent to use

934
00:51:18,239 --> 00:51:22,360
Speaker 1: payWave or something similar. I can save that one point

935
00:51:22,400 --> 00:51:26,040
Speaker 1: five percent by inserting my bank card and tapping in

936
00:51:26,080 --> 00:51:30,080
Speaker 1: my pen. It takes about twenty seconds longer, so isn't

937
00:51:30,239 --> 00:51:33,000
Speaker 1: a big deal. But when I'm out and I have

938
00:51:33,120 --> 00:51:36,200
Speaker 1: my phone, the fact that an extra one point five

939
00:51:36,239 --> 00:51:39,640
Speaker 1: percent is tacked on to payless is a massive ripoff

940
00:51:40,440 --> 00:51:46,880
Speaker 1: and a bank fugazi. Your thoughts. I don't know exactly

941
00:51:46,920 --> 00:51:48,480
Speaker 1: what that would be in the States. I don't think

942
00:51:48,480 --> 00:51:51,440
Speaker 1: it's not called payless. But I'm an investor in this

943
00:51:51,520 --> 00:51:57,440
Speaker 1: company called Toast. Whenever you go to a restaurant, some

944
00:51:57,480 --> 00:52:00,640
Speaker 1: gas stations have them when you tap your card. That

945
00:52:00,800 --> 00:52:06,560
Speaker 1: little mechanism is the brand and the reason I invest in.

946
00:52:06,760 --> 00:52:10,120
Speaker 1: They get a cut of every time that a transaction happens.

947
00:52:10,440 --> 00:52:12,920
Speaker 1: Like someone has to make money. They're providing a service.

948
00:52:13,680 --> 00:52:18,040
Speaker 1: So I've never worked in the banking industry, but we're

949
00:52:18,040 --> 00:52:20,880
Speaker 1: all getting dinged someway or another, like that's how all

950
00:52:20,880 --> 00:52:23,720
Speaker 1: these people make money. Right. If you have a nice

951
00:52:23,719 --> 00:52:28,320
Speaker 1: credit card with you know, usually you're paying a yearly fee,

952
00:52:29,320 --> 00:52:32,920
Speaker 1: so it's just in some way or another. I don't

953
00:52:33,080 --> 00:52:35,960
Speaker 1: call me old school. Put any of my credit cards

954
00:52:35,960 --> 00:52:39,040
Speaker 1: on my phone, like Apple Pay, I guess is something

955
00:52:39,080 --> 00:52:41,280
Speaker 1: a lot of people use. I just carry my wallet

956
00:52:41,280 --> 00:52:43,040
Speaker 1: with me, so if I have an issue, I just

957
00:52:43,200 --> 00:52:45,279
Speaker 1: use my card. But I'm sure I'm getting dinged all

958
00:52:45,280 --> 00:52:48,200
Speaker 1: the time. I don't even notice. I guess maybe here

959
00:52:48,200 --> 00:52:50,080
Speaker 1: in the States, you're just so numbed all the charges.

960
00:52:50,560 --> 00:52:53,040
Speaker 1: I mean, you get taxed on, taxed on tax You're like, fuck,

961
00:52:53,160 --> 00:52:57,480
Speaker 1: just here's the money. I was staying at a hotel

962
00:52:57,520 --> 00:53:00,000
Speaker 1: the other night when I see a card left from

963
00:53:00,120 --> 00:53:03,080
Speaker 1: me on the nightstand with a name on it. The

964
00:53:03,160 --> 00:53:05,960
Speaker 1: name was of the housekeeper that cleaned the room I

965
00:53:06,080 --> 00:53:08,799
Speaker 1: was staying in, and there was a QR code on

966
00:53:08,920 --> 00:53:13,319
Speaker 1: the card. The card stated it's never been easier to

967
00:53:13,400 --> 00:53:17,000
Speaker 1: tip and the QR code for a website to tip

968
00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:22,960
Speaker 1: the housekeeper that cleaned my room. Fugazi or is this commonplace? Well?

969
00:53:22,960 --> 00:53:27,239
Speaker 1: I think with technology, I would imagine this stuff's gonna

970
00:53:27,280 --> 00:53:31,120
Speaker 1: come more in vogue. Stuff like that. I do think

971
00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:33,239
Speaker 1: whenever you're staying at a hotel and you see the

972
00:53:33,320 --> 00:53:36,200
Speaker 1: amount of shit these people have to clean up. I

973
00:53:36,360 --> 00:53:39,120
Speaker 1: try always to leave twenty bucks or ten bucks or

974
00:53:39,280 --> 00:53:42,400
Speaker 1: hand them the money. I would never put it in

975
00:53:42,400 --> 00:53:44,960
Speaker 1: the QR code because who knows how that thing's getting

976
00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:47,200
Speaker 1: divvied up. If you just leave the cash, you can

977
00:53:47,239 --> 00:53:50,160
Speaker 1: just put it in her pocket. Uh. But yeah, I

978
00:53:50,200 --> 00:53:52,360
Speaker 1: mean I think more and more of these QR codes.

979
00:53:53,040 --> 00:53:55,759
Speaker 1: They're not going away. I'll promise you that. But I

980
00:53:55,800 --> 00:53:59,080
Speaker 1: do think the housekeeping one is an easy one if

981
00:53:59,120 --> 00:54:03,720
Speaker 1: you feel you're not obligated, but likes that job sucks.

982
00:54:04,520 --> 00:54:07,560
Speaker 1: And I mean I leave my hotel rooms just what

983
00:54:07,640 --> 00:54:10,680
Speaker 1: I'm staying by, my towels, everywhere, it's dirt, you know,

984
00:54:10,760 --> 00:54:14,520
Speaker 1: you just food, It's just gross. Think of the amount

985
00:54:14,520 --> 00:54:17,800
Speaker 1: of people today. It's just that sucks. I always try

986
00:54:17,840 --> 00:54:19,480
Speaker 1: to do that, and sometimes I'm not gonna act like

987
00:54:19,520 --> 00:54:21,920
Speaker 1: I do it every time. Sometimes you forget. But I

988
00:54:21,920 --> 00:54:24,760
Speaker 1: would always leave cash. I would never in a million

989
00:54:24,800 --> 00:54:28,400
Speaker 1: years hit the QR code. Zero chance. Will never happen

990
00:54:28,440 --> 00:54:30,839
Speaker 1: till the day I die, because you can just there's

991
00:54:30,840 --> 00:54:32,640
Speaker 1: always gonna be a human coming in. Just leave the

992
00:54:32,680 --> 00:54:37,200
Speaker 1: cash on the desk. When with this fugazi Friday, let

993
00:54:37,239 --> 00:54:39,600
Speaker 1: me know if that Drone Donut company goes public, I'd

994
00:54:39,640 --> 00:54:43,560
Speaker 1: short that stock into oblivions. I agree the drone Donut

995
00:54:43,920 --> 00:54:50,880
Speaker 1: company will never work. Have a good weekend, the volume