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Today will be the debut of the 21 00:01:08,840 --> 00:01:12,800 Speaker 4: new coach Mark Pope will come on here at eleven o'clock. 22 00:01:13,080 --> 00:01:16,679 Speaker 4: First time here, that's right, Tell him about it, Rachel, 23 00:01:16,959 --> 00:01:21,200 Speaker 4: first time here on the show after a big recruiting weekend. 24 00:01:21,959 --> 00:01:24,440 Speaker 4: It's you know they I always say to you, Ryan, 25 00:01:24,680 --> 00:01:27,319 Speaker 4: the most important days are your first day at work 26 00:01:27,360 --> 00:01:31,440 Speaker 4: and your last day. This is our first impression for 27 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:34,120 Speaker 4: Mark Pope. We have to we have to make sure 28 00:01:34,160 --> 00:01:36,200 Speaker 4: we come off well. Are you excited to have the 29 00:01:36,240 --> 00:01:36,679 Speaker 4: new coach? 30 00:01:37,080 --> 00:01:39,559 Speaker 5: I am super excited. I was hoping he was gonna 31 00:01:39,560 --> 00:01:41,000 Speaker 5: be on for like the whole two hours so we 32 00:01:41,000 --> 00:01:43,039 Speaker 5: could fill it up talking to him. Not everything's been 33 00:01:43,080 --> 00:01:43,600 Speaker 5: going on to teach. 34 00:01:43,800 --> 00:01:48,160 Speaker 4: So the goal is before I leave. For before I leave, 35 00:01:48,240 --> 00:01:51,320 Speaker 4: we're gonna try to have him on for a longer segment. 36 00:01:51,360 --> 00:01:55,240 Speaker 4: Today he can only do twenty minutes because he's got 37 00:01:55,320 --> 00:01:58,320 Speaker 4: recruits in test still. Yeah, so, but hopefully we can 38 00:01:58,360 --> 00:02:00,280 Speaker 4: do a long one before I leave. If not, we'll 39 00:02:00,280 --> 00:02:01,840 Speaker 4: do it when we get back. But I'm hoping to 40 00:02:01,840 --> 00:02:03,480 Speaker 4: be able to do it before we leave. We're working 41 00:02:03,480 --> 00:02:05,520 Speaker 4: with him on that, Drew. Are you excited to have 42 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:10,400 Speaker 4: Coach Pope on? Very excited, also, very grateful he's doing this. 43 00:02:10,600 --> 00:02:12,200 Speaker 4: He's so busy right now. So he was at the 44 00:02:12,200 --> 00:02:14,840 Speaker 4: airport late last night. Looked like he was by himself. 45 00:02:14,919 --> 00:02:17,639 Speaker 4: He looked like he was by himself. We can't have 46 00:02:17,840 --> 00:02:20,440 Speaker 4: him at the airport. Somebody needs to ride with him. 47 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 4: It looked like he was just standing there by himself. 48 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:24,720 Speaker 4: Maybe everyone else around him is too tired. He's letting 49 00:02:24,720 --> 00:02:26,400 Speaker 4: all of them naps so he can play catch up. 50 00:02:26,480 --> 00:02:28,360 Speaker 4: But I mean, the man has not stopped. Had a 51 00:02:28,400 --> 00:02:30,280 Speaker 4: huge weekend that we'll talk about, and it's right back 52 00:02:30,280 --> 00:02:31,799 Speaker 4: to it today with more of the same. Well, I 53 00:02:31,840 --> 00:02:33,800 Speaker 4: want to talk about all that, but Shannon, first, I 54 00:02:33,840 --> 00:02:35,880 Speaker 4: have something more than that. Here's my question for you. 55 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:38,040 Speaker 4: This is going to be our debate before we start. Okay, 56 00:02:38,560 --> 00:02:42,400 Speaker 4: will Mark Pope remember Ryan Limit? 57 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:44,320 Speaker 3: Absolutely he will. 58 00:02:44,480 --> 00:02:47,760 Speaker 4: Okay, So will he remember Ryan Limmit? Is that a 59 00:02:47,880 --> 00:02:50,680 Speaker 4: yes or no? So he worked with Ryan Lemon in 60 00:02:50,760 --> 00:02:54,640 Speaker 4: nineteen ninety seven during the tournament run. Have you spoken 61 00:02:54,720 --> 00:02:55,600 Speaker 4: to him since then? 62 00:02:55,880 --> 00:02:58,480 Speaker 5: I've not, and I don't know if he will remember 63 00:02:58,720 --> 00:03:00,600 Speaker 5: because I was only with him at the final four 64 00:03:00,639 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 5: in Indianapolis. 65 00:03:01,320 --> 00:03:04,800 Speaker 4: So you were with him one weekend, yes, twenty seven 66 00:03:04,880 --> 00:03:05,400 Speaker 4: years ago? 67 00:03:05,600 --> 00:03:08,560 Speaker 5: Yes, So I say the chances are slim he's going. 68 00:03:08,480 --> 00:03:10,800 Speaker 3: To say he remembers even if he doesn't. 69 00:03:10,960 --> 00:03:13,720 Speaker 4: No, I think you would too. But I'm going to 70 00:03:13,800 --> 00:03:16,840 Speaker 4: judge whether or not he actually remembers you, because I 71 00:03:17,000 --> 00:03:19,120 Speaker 4: I think we'll be able to know Drew if he's 72 00:03:19,160 --> 00:03:21,440 Speaker 4: faking it or not. Do you think he remembers Ryan 73 00:03:21,720 --> 00:03:25,200 Speaker 4: because he clearly remembered Alan Cutler. Yes, he recalled Alan Cutler, 74 00:03:25,480 --> 00:03:28,640 Speaker 4: he recalled working with him. Does he remember Ryan? 75 00:03:29,280 --> 00:03:32,640 Speaker 6: I think the setting we're in is working against Ryan 76 00:03:32,680 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 6: because there won't be a face to face. So just 77 00:03:34,720 --> 00:03:38,120 Speaker 6: over the radio with name recognition, I leen no. Now, 78 00:03:38,160 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 6: if Pope walked in and saw Ryan, they'd probably take 79 00:03:40,960 --> 00:03:42,119 Speaker 6: their shirts off in chest bump. 80 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,280 Speaker 4: But I think just over the air, I'm leaning no, 81 00:03:44,720 --> 00:03:47,680 Speaker 4: So you're no, Shannon. Do you think he remembers right? 82 00:03:47,800 --> 00:03:49,600 Speaker 3: Yeah, I think he does. I think he'll remember him. 83 00:03:49,720 --> 00:03:53,360 Speaker 4: But you, I say, no, you will Big Weekend. 84 00:03:53,440 --> 00:03:53,640 Speaker 5: Huh. 85 00:03:53,680 --> 00:03:56,960 Speaker 4: But you were supposed to be our connection to the 86 00:03:57,040 --> 00:03:59,320 Speaker 4: new coach. You worked with him, you were supposed to 87 00:03:59,320 --> 00:03:59,880 Speaker 4: be our inn. 88 00:04:00,200 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 5: Well like that. That first round they were in Salt 89 00:04:01,920 --> 00:04:05,040 Speaker 5: Lake City, I didn't go. Then they went out to California. 90 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:06,880 Speaker 5: I didn't go. So I didn't hook up with him 91 00:04:06,960 --> 00:04:07,920 Speaker 5: until he went to Indianapolis. 92 00:04:08,040 --> 00:04:09,839 Speaker 4: So when you went to Indianapolis, did you all hang 93 00:04:09,880 --> 00:04:10,960 Speaker 4: out you and Pope? We did. 94 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:13,240 Speaker 5: We did some shows, did some specials, you know, but. 95 00:04:13,200 --> 00:04:14,680 Speaker 4: They were like hang out in your free time. 96 00:04:15,680 --> 00:04:18,080 Speaker 5: I don't remember. We all went to shawn Woods mom's 97 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:19,640 Speaker 5: house for dinner one night. 98 00:04:20,200 --> 00:04:22,440 Speaker 4: Really, yeah, that's a pretty big deal. Yeah, so you 99 00:04:22,440 --> 00:04:23,280 Speaker 4: were at dinner with me. 100 00:04:23,440 --> 00:04:25,240 Speaker 5: Yeah, she fixed dinner for all of us. It was 101 00:04:25,279 --> 00:04:28,720 Speaker 5: awesome where Sewan grew up and he's childhood home. So yeah, 102 00:04:28,800 --> 00:04:31,160 Speaker 5: I'm still gonna go, no, Matthew, I'm thinking no, Well, 103 00:04:31,200 --> 00:04:31,880 Speaker 5: I'm excited. 104 00:04:32,160 --> 00:04:34,920 Speaker 4: I'm gonna set you up for your one question, and 105 00:04:34,960 --> 00:04:37,800 Speaker 4: then I'm gonna say this is this is Ryan Lemon. 106 00:04:38,200 --> 00:04:40,400 Speaker 4: You worked with him in nineteen ninety seven. 107 00:04:40,600 --> 00:04:41,960 Speaker 5: He'll go, I'm really. 108 00:04:41,680 --> 00:04:45,040 Speaker 4: Excited to see what his uh, what his reaction will be. 109 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:48,000 Speaker 6: Do you think he'll remember me from nineteen ninety five 110 00:04:48,080 --> 00:04:49,320 Speaker 6: when I was at camp with him? 111 00:04:50,320 --> 00:04:52,320 Speaker 4: I think that's unlike it. I think that, you know, 112 00:04:52,440 --> 00:04:55,600 Speaker 4: I was thinking I thought I had I met him 113 00:04:56,040 --> 00:04:59,080 Speaker 4: at like an AAU event when he was at Utah Valley. 114 00:04:59,120 --> 00:05:02,640 Speaker 4: He certainly wouldn't, but I don't. We were in school 115 00:05:02,640 --> 00:05:05,400 Speaker 4: at the same well, no, he graduated a year before 116 00:05:05,440 --> 00:05:07,200 Speaker 4: I started college, so I never met him that way. 117 00:05:07,400 --> 00:05:10,640 Speaker 4: I'm not sure that actually one on one I said 118 00:05:10,680 --> 00:05:12,560 Speaker 4: hello to him, but it was like a bunch of 119 00:05:12,560 --> 00:05:14,240 Speaker 4: people were saying hello to him. So I don't know 120 00:05:14,279 --> 00:05:16,360 Speaker 4: that I've actually ever officially met him before. 121 00:05:16,360 --> 00:05:17,760 Speaker 5: A lot of guys on that team, you know, I've 122 00:05:17,800 --> 00:05:20,960 Speaker 5: seen since then, But for Mark, I've not really seen 123 00:05:21,040 --> 00:05:23,080 Speaker 5: him since he was playing here, you know, since that 124 00:05:23,360 --> 00:05:26,359 Speaker 5: ninety seven tournament run. So well, big fat no. 125 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:29,040 Speaker 4: Well, all right, well we will see. 126 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:31,279 Speaker 5: I don't remember a lot of the crew. His camera 127 00:05:31,320 --> 00:05:33,080 Speaker 5: guy was Bama. 128 00:05:33,200 --> 00:05:35,360 Speaker 4: They're not on the show. Yeah, you're the one that's 129 00:05:35,400 --> 00:05:37,800 Speaker 4: on the show. I mean, no offense. Even if he 130 00:05:37,920 --> 00:05:41,640 Speaker 4: remembers Bama, I'm not really I don't care about Bama. 131 00:05:42,040 --> 00:05:43,599 Speaker 5: Bama was his personal photographer. 132 00:05:43,760 --> 00:05:45,640 Speaker 4: Well good, but they're not on the show. 133 00:05:46,400 --> 00:05:48,480 Speaker 5: So I really was not his personal photographer. I was 134 00:05:48,520 --> 00:05:50,880 Speaker 5: just there doing some shows with him in my UK tie. 135 00:05:51,200 --> 00:05:55,159 Speaker 4: All right, well we'll see twenty two eighty seven, A right, 136 00:05:55,200 --> 00:05:58,200 Speaker 4: let's go over the weekend. Massive weekend since the last 137 00:05:58,240 --> 00:06:00,479 Speaker 4: time we were on the show on Friday, I said, 138 00:06:00,520 --> 00:06:03,360 Speaker 4: this is the biggest weekend for Mark pope he'll have 139 00:06:03,480 --> 00:06:05,920 Speaker 4: in his first year of recruiting. He needs to have 140 00:06:06,000 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 4: a big weekend, and he did. He got three players 141 00:06:09,720 --> 00:06:14,200 Speaker 4: in three days, each of which I think is huge 142 00:06:14,279 --> 00:06:16,560 Speaker 4: for what Kentucky wants to do. Let's do the first one, 143 00:06:16,560 --> 00:06:18,680 Speaker 4: which I think is the best story, which is Lamont 144 00:06:18,720 --> 00:06:22,000 Speaker 4: Butler from San Diego State. People who don't remember him 145 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,240 Speaker 4: or know him. He played for San Diego State, hit 146 00:06:24,279 --> 00:06:26,960 Speaker 4: the shot that took him to the championship game. He 147 00:06:27,080 --> 00:06:30,359 Speaker 4: was defensive player of the Year in his conference multiple times. 148 00:06:30,600 --> 00:06:34,600 Speaker 4: He's probably the best lockdown perimeter defender in the country. 149 00:06:35,160 --> 00:06:37,719 Speaker 4: He was in the portal. Here's kind of the story 150 00:06:37,720 --> 00:06:41,160 Speaker 4: behind the story. He was not like I don't think 151 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:43,560 Speaker 4: a lot of people knew Kentucky was recruiting him, but 152 00:06:43,640 --> 00:06:46,960 Speaker 4: I think they believed they had it okay, but they 153 00:06:46,960 --> 00:06:49,000 Speaker 4: were trying to get him on campus for a visit, 154 00:06:49,720 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 4: trying to figure out when it's gonna happen. Then from 155 00:06:52,560 --> 00:06:56,279 Speaker 4: this is a sources tell KSR word starts to leak 156 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:59,760 Speaker 4: out that Duke is interested. On Thursday, Remember they're supposed 157 00:06:59,760 --> 00:07:01,880 Speaker 4: to come on the show Friday. They're like, you know what, 158 00:07:02,240 --> 00:07:05,120 Speaker 4: we can't wait. Let's get on a plane to Vegas 159 00:07:05,320 --> 00:07:07,120 Speaker 4: and they get on a plane the next morning and 160 00:07:07,160 --> 00:07:10,280 Speaker 4: go to lock him up before Duke can go scene, 161 00:07:10,800 --> 00:07:14,320 Speaker 4: and it works the exact opposite of what I think 162 00:07:14,360 --> 00:07:17,040 Speaker 4: may have happened to us on a different player where 163 00:07:17,080 --> 00:07:20,520 Speaker 4: we had interest and then Baylor came and said, no, 164 00:07:21,560 --> 00:07:24,720 Speaker 4: we did to Duke with this kid and they locked 165 00:07:24,800 --> 00:07:28,120 Speaker 4: him up. And honestly, he didn't really get associated with 166 00:07:28,280 --> 00:07:32,000 Speaker 4: Kentucky in the public until about thirty minutes before it 167 00:07:32,040 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 4: got announced, and I think it was done then. I 168 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,800 Speaker 4: think Kentucky found a way Drew to keep that quiet, 169 00:07:37,880 --> 00:07:40,840 Speaker 4: which was their goal. I mentioned that on Friday and 170 00:07:40,840 --> 00:07:43,000 Speaker 4: it ended up working out. Yeah. I love the addition. 171 00:07:43,080 --> 00:07:44,080 Speaker 4: I love how it played out. 172 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:46,560 Speaker 6: Like you said, we can talk a lot of offense 173 00:07:46,600 --> 00:07:48,720 Speaker 6: with Pope and what he did at BYU doesn't have 174 00:07:48,760 --> 00:07:50,840 Speaker 6: a lot of great record with the defense, so I 175 00:07:50,880 --> 00:07:53,360 Speaker 6: like that He's adding got a different defensive player of 176 00:07:53,480 --> 00:07:56,080 Speaker 6: Year from two different conferences right now with Butler and 177 00:07:56,080 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 6: then Williams inside and then really there's been some people 178 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:01,440 Speaker 6: cheeking Butler, can he do this? 179 00:08:01,600 --> 00:08:02,200 Speaker 4: Can he do that? 180 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,000 Speaker 6: When the man hit a buzzer beater in the final four, 181 00:08:05,080 --> 00:08:06,920 Speaker 6: That's all I need to know. He hit a buzzer 182 00:08:06,960 --> 00:08:08,760 Speaker 6: beater in the final. We haven't been to a final 183 00:08:08,760 --> 00:08:12,320 Speaker 6: four in a while. He's already won what five NCAA 184 00:08:12,400 --> 00:08:14,680 Speaker 6: tournament games in one tournament. I'll take that experience. 185 00:08:14,720 --> 00:08:17,760 Speaker 4: And I think everybody cut when that came out. And 186 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,120 Speaker 4: again it's a small group, but the people that were 187 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:22,240 Speaker 4: like you, no, no, if he's good, like shut up. 188 00:08:22,280 --> 00:08:24,600 Speaker 4: I mean, that's the that's the dumbest thing in the world. 189 00:08:24,640 --> 00:08:27,640 Speaker 4: The guy's won seven NCAA tournament games the last two years. 190 00:08:27,640 --> 00:08:29,800 Speaker 4: You know, the only two teams he's lost to to 191 00:08:30,320 --> 00:08:33,600 Speaker 4: in the NCAA tournament you con twice who won the 192 00:08:33,679 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 4: national championship both times. You know how many more NCAA 193 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:40,680 Speaker 4: tournament wins he has than us in those years? Six? Yeah, 194 00:08:40,960 --> 00:08:43,240 Speaker 4: and now I know he averaged nine point eight points 195 00:08:43,240 --> 00:08:45,400 Speaker 4: a game, but some of the dudes that have been 196 00:08:45,440 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 4: the most important to us over the years for titles 197 00:08:48,400 --> 00:08:51,480 Speaker 4: have averaged less. DeAndre Liggins remember how big a big 198 00:08:51,520 --> 00:08:54,280 Speaker 4: of that was. Think about how much our fans wanted 199 00:08:54,280 --> 00:08:56,800 Speaker 4: to keep Adu. How many points a game did it do? 200 00:08:57,000 --> 00:09:01,800 Speaker 4: Average five? Six? I mean, you know, I'm not saying 201 00:09:01,800 --> 00:09:05,520 Speaker 4: this is a beggars, can't be choosers. But this is 202 00:09:05,600 --> 00:09:08,679 Speaker 4: the kind of guy you have in modern college basketball 203 00:09:09,960 --> 00:09:12,320 Speaker 4: Ryan to win games. He can't be your best player, 204 00:09:12,720 --> 00:09:16,079 Speaker 4: but he certainly can be your most very important player. 205 00:09:15,880 --> 00:09:19,000 Speaker 5: A leader, you know, a veteran lockdown defending on the 206 00:09:19,000 --> 00:09:20,920 Speaker 5: perimeter of something the Kentucky hasn't had in years. 207 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:23,800 Speaker 4: When's last time we had a lock down perimeter defender 208 00:09:23,920 --> 00:09:29,120 Speaker 4: like lockdown? It might be Hashton Hagen's thank you Mario. 209 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:31,400 Speaker 4: I probably Ashton Hayen. That's the last time. 210 00:09:31,640 --> 00:09:33,400 Speaker 5: Yeah, and before him, you go up mag go back 211 00:09:33,440 --> 00:09:35,280 Speaker 5: to Liggins. I mean they we just don't get that 212 00:09:35,360 --> 00:09:37,640 Speaker 5: lot during the cal era. But I love the story. 213 00:09:37,640 --> 00:09:39,959 Speaker 5: You just told the fact that he was supposed to 214 00:09:39,960 --> 00:09:42,680 Speaker 5: come on the show Friday morning, and I will walk 215 00:09:42,720 --> 00:09:44,880 Speaker 5: to Jeffersonville to catch a private flight to go to 216 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:46,440 Speaker 5: Las Vegas to lock this guy down. 217 00:09:46,559 --> 00:09:49,200 Speaker 4: I woke up at eight am to a message that 218 00:09:49,240 --> 00:09:52,760 Speaker 4: he wasn't coming on, and at first I was frustrated, 219 00:09:53,280 --> 00:09:56,000 Speaker 4: but then I understood once I understood what was happening. 220 00:09:56,000 --> 00:09:59,160 Speaker 4: And I think, by the way, what I've learned about 221 00:09:59,160 --> 00:10:04,000 Speaker 4: this staff is this staff knows how to play the game. 222 00:10:04,679 --> 00:10:07,079 Speaker 4: Right there on social media, you have one of our 223 00:10:07,120 --> 00:10:12,200 Speaker 4: coaches saying boom when we get commitments. Yeah. Again, I 224 00:10:12,240 --> 00:10:14,120 Speaker 4: don't mean to compare to the previous staff, but you 225 00:10:14,200 --> 00:10:16,480 Speaker 4: have to to talk about the changes. The previous staff 226 00:10:16,480 --> 00:10:18,480 Speaker 4: didn't do that. There was no did any of them 227 00:10:18,480 --> 00:10:19,760 Speaker 4: have a social media presence? 228 00:10:20,640 --> 00:10:21,000 Speaker 5: No? 229 00:10:21,080 --> 00:10:23,880 Speaker 4: I don't think any of them did. Chin didn't, really, 230 00:10:24,000 --> 00:10:28,920 Speaker 4: Orlando didn't, Welch didn't. When's the last time we've had 231 00:10:28,960 --> 00:10:33,720 Speaker 4: a coach with a social media presence? And I mean, like, 232 00:10:33,720 --> 00:10:35,600 Speaker 4: like the day to day? What the day to day 233 00:10:35,679 --> 00:10:35,920 Speaker 4: do it? 234 00:10:36,000 --> 00:10:36,080 Speaker 5: Like? 235 00:10:36,120 --> 00:10:37,840 Speaker 4: Can you think of one? And now we have two 236 00:10:38,000 --> 00:10:40,920 Speaker 4: because Alvin Brooks is like that too, and I like 237 00:10:40,920 --> 00:10:42,679 Speaker 4: our booms. We got the Yatzi on the football. We 238 00:10:42,720 --> 00:10:46,520 Speaker 4: got there. So then on Saturday they get a commitment 239 00:10:46,559 --> 00:10:48,960 Speaker 4: from the kid from Oklahoma. I don't know how to 240 00:10:49,000 --> 00:10:51,160 Speaker 4: pronounce his name. I'm gonna rely on you, Drew. How 241 00:10:51,160 --> 00:10:53,400 Speaker 4: do you pronounce his name? Last name is definitely oh wah. 242 00:10:53,520 --> 00:10:55,640 Speaker 6: I don't know if it's Otiga or Otaga is the 243 00:10:55,640 --> 00:10:56,960 Speaker 6: first name, Otagaway. 244 00:10:57,080 --> 00:11:01,120 Speaker 4: His birther plays for the Baltimore Ravens. Uh from Oklahoma 245 00:11:01,360 --> 00:11:04,200 Speaker 4: plays for the Sooners, but his brother's on the on 246 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:07,960 Speaker 4: the Ravens. We had him and then yesterday they had 247 00:11:08,040 --> 00:11:11,960 Speaker 4: Andrew Carr from Wake Forest, who is a big who 248 00:11:11,960 --> 00:11:14,440 Speaker 4: can shoot. It's a stretch four, which you know, I 249 00:11:14,480 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 4: love those guys who can shoot threes from out there. 250 00:11:17,240 --> 00:11:20,559 Speaker 4: So I like where we are. Kentucky now has six players, 251 00:11:20,840 --> 00:11:25,880 Speaker 4: all right. I think they are in good with another 252 00:11:27,080 --> 00:11:31,560 Speaker 4: three and then there's one. I don't know who it is, 253 00:11:31,600 --> 00:11:33,160 Speaker 4: but I think they have another one out there that 254 00:11:33,200 --> 00:11:36,200 Speaker 4: they feel really good about. And then you know, he'll 255 00:11:36,240 --> 00:11:38,280 Speaker 4: probably fill in some pieces there at the end. We'll 256 00:11:38,320 --> 00:11:40,160 Speaker 4: ask him about that when we come in, like how 257 00:11:40,160 --> 00:11:42,960 Speaker 4: many players do you do you play? On having? But 258 00:11:43,960 --> 00:11:46,800 Speaker 4: on Friday there definitely was a sense of people of 259 00:11:47,080 --> 00:11:51,640 Speaker 4: who know what's gonna happen? And then three days later, Ryan, 260 00:11:51,720 --> 00:11:52,800 Speaker 4: I don't feel like it's like that. 261 00:11:52,880 --> 00:11:55,000 Speaker 5: Yeah, we will at our show on Friday, he said, 262 00:11:55,040 --> 00:11:57,800 Speaker 5: ask me on Tuesday, That's what did I not? Yeah, 263 00:11:57,800 --> 00:11:59,240 Speaker 5: he said on Tuesday. 264 00:11:59,640 --> 00:12:03,960 Speaker 4: And you know there's still a chance something happens today. 265 00:12:04,000 --> 00:12:08,000 Speaker 4: I think, so, I mean or tomorrow. I don't. I know. 266 00:12:09,240 --> 00:12:12,080 Speaker 4: I get the I get what we are as a 267 00:12:12,080 --> 00:12:14,520 Speaker 4: fan base, that we're nervous. That's part of what makes 268 00:12:14,600 --> 00:12:17,800 Speaker 4: us good. But the panic was ridiculous. That's why I said, 269 00:12:17,840 --> 00:12:21,040 Speaker 4: ask me on Tuesday. We're up to six, might be 270 00:12:21,280 --> 00:12:25,280 Speaker 4: seven by Tuesday, and then it becomes I still think Drew, 271 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:31,600 Speaker 4: they've got to get one like dude, and I think Jackson, right, really, 272 00:12:31,640 --> 00:12:34,079 Speaker 4: I think we have a chance that two dudes great 273 00:12:34,120 --> 00:12:37,760 Speaker 4: Osibor and Jackson Robinson. Those are dudes. You get two 274 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:40,720 Speaker 4: of those guys and combine them with what we have, 275 00:12:41,679 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 4: and then they're still going after a couple other dudes. 276 00:12:44,480 --> 00:12:46,200 Speaker 4: I think we could, I mean, can I say this. 277 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,440 Speaker 4: I think we could end up with a really good team, like, 278 00:12:48,559 --> 00:12:51,280 Speaker 4: not just a team that's decent, like a really good one. 279 00:12:51,320 --> 00:12:53,640 Speaker 4: I love what he has right now. Now you need more. 280 00:12:53,720 --> 00:12:56,200 Speaker 6: This isn't a contender yet, but certainly a great foundation 281 00:12:56,320 --> 00:12:58,320 Speaker 6: with the task he had in front of him. I 282 00:12:58,440 --> 00:13:00,760 Speaker 6: was pretty annoyed last week with some of our fan 283 00:13:00,800 --> 00:13:03,720 Speaker 6: base acting like the sky was falling when Alvin Brooks 284 00:13:03,720 --> 00:13:05,400 Speaker 6: had just gotten here. I mean, Pope had to get 285 00:13:05,400 --> 00:13:07,760 Speaker 6: coaches before he could get players, and they had just 286 00:13:07,800 --> 00:13:10,199 Speaker 6: gotten the staff last Tuesday, and we had fans acting 287 00:13:10,240 --> 00:13:11,920 Speaker 6: like the season was already ending. I even heart a 288 00:13:11,960 --> 00:13:14,360 Speaker 6: little bit of everyone calmed down on Friday, and then 289 00:13:14,600 --> 00:13:16,559 Speaker 6: here we are with three commitments since the last time 290 00:13:16,559 --> 00:13:19,040 Speaker 6: we were on the air, and I'm still believing Scoop 291 00:13:19,080 --> 00:13:21,040 Speaker 6: over here with great Auscinbor, So I'm just kind of 292 00:13:21,040 --> 00:13:22,360 Speaker 6: waiting for that one to pop too. 293 00:13:22,600 --> 00:13:26,560 Speaker 4: I think the amount of people that know everything this 294 00:13:26,679 --> 00:13:33,880 Speaker 4: staff is doing, it's probably like eight. I'm being serious, Yeah, 295 00:13:33,880 --> 00:13:38,600 Speaker 4: it's probably like eight. And I talked to one of 296 00:13:38,640 --> 00:13:42,240 Speaker 4: those eight and I was like, and they look there, 297 00:13:42,920 --> 00:13:45,160 Speaker 4: I'm being honest, I don't know all the names, and 298 00:13:45,200 --> 00:13:48,160 Speaker 4: I think that's intentional. I don't think those eight people 299 00:13:48,240 --> 00:13:50,079 Speaker 4: want anybody to know all the things. But I just 300 00:13:50,160 --> 00:13:54,480 Speaker 4: said this, are we good? And they just said, yeah, 301 00:13:54,520 --> 00:13:57,000 Speaker 4: we're good. Well that's all I need to hear, right, 302 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:58,960 Speaker 4: And then at some level you just have to trust 303 00:13:59,120 --> 00:14:02,440 Speaker 4: just because you and hear it on a Twitter space 304 00:14:02,640 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 4: does not mean it's not happening. And if you don't 305 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:08,360 Speaker 4: believe that, look at Lamont Butler. Who I think it 306 00:14:08,360 --> 00:14:10,800 Speaker 4: it's we had They had said we'd contacted him, but 307 00:14:10,880 --> 00:14:12,640 Speaker 4: no one had going here until he was. 308 00:14:12,640 --> 00:14:15,720 Speaker 5: Here, right, yeah, right? I love the picture. Well, first 309 00:14:15,720 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 5: of the first picture I saw of Andrew Carr and Pope, 310 00:14:18,040 --> 00:14:20,000 Speaker 5: and this guy's taller than Pope. 311 00:14:20,400 --> 00:14:22,720 Speaker 4: And then we know Pope six ' ten because we 312 00:14:22,800 --> 00:14:24,240 Speaker 4: keep seeing dudes taller than him. 313 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:27,040 Speaker 5: He was and Andrew Cars definitely taller than Pope. 314 00:14:27,160 --> 00:14:28,600 Speaker 4: So how old's how tall is Pope? 315 00:14:29,480 --> 00:14:32,440 Speaker 5: Maybe he shrunk an we shrink when we get older. 316 00:14:32,480 --> 00:14:35,160 Speaker 4: You bend over a little bit, that back starts hurting. Yeah, yeah, 317 00:14:35,280 --> 00:14:36,960 Speaker 4: I just because I've seen a couple of pictures with 318 00:14:37,080 --> 00:14:39,720 Speaker 4: guys who are supposed to be the same height and 319 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:41,120 Speaker 4: they tower over him with him. 320 00:14:41,360 --> 00:14:43,880 Speaker 5: But then that second picture where they're flexing. Man, I giggled. 321 00:14:43,920 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 4: I thought that I want to talk about that picture 322 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 4: because I think that picture is very too. But we 323 00:14:47,480 --> 00:14:49,360 Speaker 4: will take a break. We are here at Chos Bar 324 00:14:49,440 --> 00:14:51,080 Speaker 4: and grill. You can give us a shout. Mark Pope 325 00:14:51,160 --> 00:14:55,720 Speaker 4: joins us at eleven o'clock. This is Kentucky Sports Radio. Yes, 326 00:14:58,200 --> 00:15:00,880 Speaker 4: we could play this three times. We can't because we 327 00:15:00,960 --> 00:15:05,000 Speaker 4: got three and we want one's enough. I know Shandon 328 00:15:05,040 --> 00:15:07,840 Speaker 4: doesn't love it, but Lee Rhimes singing three of them? 329 00:15:07,880 --> 00:15:12,720 Speaker 4: Were it out to six? I think I'm telling you 330 00:15:12,800 --> 00:15:14,840 Speaker 4: we need the way I look at it is. We've 331 00:15:14,880 --> 00:15:22,800 Speaker 4: got pieces three, four, five, six, eight nine, something like that. 332 00:15:23,440 --> 00:15:27,440 Speaker 4: We need a one, maybe a two. I think that's 333 00:15:27,560 --> 00:15:31,240 Speaker 4: Robinson and Osibor. But then there's a Kobe Brea is 334 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 4: now visiting today, which is a little bit of a surprise. 335 00:15:34,160 --> 00:15:36,360 Speaker 4: I don't think they locked that down TLL this weekend. 336 00:15:36,360 --> 00:15:39,720 Speaker 4: That's the kid from Dayton. He would be a heck 337 00:15:39,760 --> 00:15:41,920 Speaker 4: of again. I kind of had given up on him, 338 00:15:42,360 --> 00:15:46,480 Speaker 4: UK did not, and now he's visiting. And like I said, 339 00:15:46,560 --> 00:15:48,640 Speaker 4: I think there is a person. I don't know who 340 00:15:48,640 --> 00:15:50,640 Speaker 4: it is. People keep asking me, and if I ask you, 341 00:15:50,680 --> 00:15:53,360 Speaker 4: if the thing is, if I tell people what something is, 342 00:15:53,440 --> 00:15:55,920 Speaker 4: even if I knew, it's not a surprise anymore. Right, 343 00:15:56,760 --> 00:16:00,720 Speaker 4: it's gonna be different. In the col Era, stuff got 344 00:16:00,760 --> 00:16:05,520 Speaker 4: out rarely, but we were dealing with such big time 345 00:16:05,600 --> 00:16:09,080 Speaker 4: people that it really wasn't surprises, right because the national 346 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:13,120 Speaker 4: media were always interviewing them as well. There are staffs 347 00:16:13,160 --> 00:16:15,800 Speaker 4: out there that want everything out. I think there's gonna 348 00:16:15,800 --> 00:16:18,360 Speaker 4: be a staff that wants to play the game, wants 349 00:16:18,400 --> 00:16:20,960 Speaker 4: people to know. But Drew, they only want you to 350 00:16:21,000 --> 00:16:23,400 Speaker 4: know what they want you to know, and does that 351 00:16:23,440 --> 00:16:25,720 Speaker 4: make sense? So I think you're gonna see things like 352 00:16:25,800 --> 00:16:28,680 Speaker 4: happen with Lamont Butler. I think that's gonna keep happening. 353 00:16:28,760 --> 00:16:30,680 Speaker 4: And I don't think that's a bad thing. But I 354 00:16:30,680 --> 00:16:33,120 Speaker 4: would also say that means like if I say something 355 00:16:34,080 --> 00:16:36,120 Speaker 4: and that's all I say, then that's all I can say. 356 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:37,960 Speaker 4: And there will be other people. I'm not the only 357 00:16:38,040 --> 00:16:40,040 Speaker 4: one person that's gonna know this stuff. There'll be other 358 00:16:40,080 --> 00:16:41,640 Speaker 4: people that do too, I think. 359 00:16:41,920 --> 00:16:43,560 Speaker 6: I think the staff is still gonna have a little 360 00:16:43,560 --> 00:16:46,080 Speaker 6: period here where they're figuring out how stuff gets out, 361 00:16:46,120 --> 00:16:49,160 Speaker 6: how much it gets out. Like Brooks posting the tail 362 00:16:49,240 --> 00:16:51,480 Speaker 6: number of the plane at Bay probably does that all 363 00:16:51,520 --> 00:16:53,400 Speaker 6: the time and there's nothing of it. You do it 364 00:16:53,440 --> 00:16:55,800 Speaker 6: here and everyone is quickly running too the flight tracker 365 00:16:55,800 --> 00:16:56,800 Speaker 6: to figure out where you're going. 366 00:16:56,880 --> 00:16:59,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, the Jeremy Roach thing I think was a lesson 367 00:16:59,480 --> 00:17:03,240 Speaker 4: for him, Right, it was a lesson. They wanted to 368 00:17:03,280 --> 00:17:06,840 Speaker 4: go like try to get involved in that, and then 369 00:17:06,880 --> 00:17:08,680 Speaker 4: it got out they were in and people used it 370 00:17:08,720 --> 00:17:12,400 Speaker 4: against them. We have more media and fans that want 371 00:17:12,400 --> 00:17:15,160 Speaker 4: to know than these other schools did, right, these other 372 00:17:15,280 --> 00:17:20,200 Speaker 4: schools and National. Here's another thing. National people follow us. 373 00:17:20,480 --> 00:17:25,160 Speaker 4: They don't follow the random beat reporter at these other schools. 374 00:17:25,240 --> 00:17:27,879 Speaker 4: I mean, this is just a reality they have to 375 00:17:27,880 --> 00:17:30,959 Speaker 4: deal with. I have three hundred and ten thousand people 376 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,280 Speaker 4: following me. Kyle Tucker has eighty five thousand, what do 377 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:39,600 Speaker 4: you have? Drew one one sixty, So like no other 378 00:17:39,640 --> 00:17:42,919 Speaker 4: school has that the biggest reporter, Like I've looked at 379 00:17:42,920 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 4: all these Arkansas Dude, it's the biggest report of Arkansas's 380 00:17:45,040 --> 00:17:48,080 Speaker 4: got like fifteen you know what I mean. So because 381 00:17:48,119 --> 00:17:51,240 Speaker 4: of that, like we can't hide stuff. That's something Cale 382 00:17:51,320 --> 00:17:53,440 Speaker 4: used to say. That's true, you can't hide stuff here. 383 00:17:53,720 --> 00:17:55,679 Speaker 4: And so I do think they have to be careful 384 00:17:55,720 --> 00:17:58,560 Speaker 4: and maybe Ryan, they're trying to figure out how to navigate. 385 00:17:58,720 --> 00:18:02,080 Speaker 5: Yeah, well, like you said, when the McDonald's all Americans, 386 00:18:02,160 --> 00:18:05,480 Speaker 5: these highly reded freshmen, they would they would announce a 387 00:18:05,520 --> 00:18:08,240 Speaker 5: list of ten, announce a list of eight, then they 388 00:18:08,280 --> 00:18:09,760 Speaker 5: would cut it to five, then they would cut it 389 00:18:09,800 --> 00:18:11,280 Speaker 5: the three. So we always kind of knew the guys 390 00:18:11,359 --> 00:18:14,080 Speaker 5: Kentucky was in on these transferred guys. They're not doing that. 391 00:18:14,160 --> 00:18:17,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, the national media is not calling Great Ossibor 392 00:18:17,320 --> 00:18:19,440 Speaker 4: every day and go and giving me an interview. Yeah, 393 00:18:19,520 --> 00:18:22,639 Speaker 4: they did that with John wall right, So it was 394 00:18:22,720 --> 00:18:25,640 Speaker 4: it was a different it's a it's a different circumstance. 395 00:18:25,680 --> 00:18:29,680 Speaker 4: All right, let's talk about the picture. H Andrew Carr 396 00:18:29,760 --> 00:18:34,200 Speaker 4: and Pope do a Shannon flexing picture. They both flex 397 00:18:34,359 --> 00:18:37,280 Speaker 4: in the locker room. I love it because I'm a 398 00:18:37,280 --> 00:18:40,880 Speaker 4: goofball Ryan, I know would do something like that. You're 399 00:18:40,960 --> 00:18:44,479 Speaker 4: mister cool guys, Shannon. Did you like the flexing picture? 400 00:18:44,560 --> 00:18:45,080 Speaker 3: I like it. 401 00:18:44,960 --> 00:18:46,960 Speaker 2: It's quite a change of pace from where we were 402 00:18:47,000 --> 00:18:50,080 Speaker 2: the last fifteen years or so. Is there another coach 403 00:18:50,119 --> 00:18:53,359 Speaker 2: that you could have seen in Kentucky's history posing in 404 00:18:53,400 --> 00:18:54,159 Speaker 2: a picture like that? 405 00:18:54,200 --> 00:18:56,280 Speaker 3: Like, would if Tubby have done that? Would a Rick 406 00:18:56,320 --> 00:18:56,800 Speaker 3: have done that? 407 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:57,080 Speaker 4: No? 408 00:18:57,320 --> 00:18:59,320 Speaker 3: Billy Gillespie, I don't know. 409 00:18:59,359 --> 00:19:03,959 Speaker 4: Billy might have had less clothes on now. 410 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 7: No rough, No, Okay, I might be able to see 411 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,800 Speaker 7: Mark Stoop's doing it kind of as a goofy thing, 412 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,439 Speaker 7: but nobody would do it like Pope. 413 00:19:15,520 --> 00:19:19,520 Speaker 4: I mean Pope's doing Here's a little secret. People come 414 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:22,560 Speaker 4: up to me sometimes and they want a selfie, and like, 415 00:19:22,600 --> 00:19:26,719 Speaker 4: if it's a woman or an older couple, I do 416 00:19:26,840 --> 00:19:30,080 Speaker 4: just like a normal smile. But then sometimes when it's 417 00:19:30,119 --> 00:19:34,800 Speaker 4: like a young dude, I feel weird like posing with them, 418 00:19:35,000 --> 00:19:37,440 Speaker 4: so I just like open my mouth really wide. You've 419 00:19:37,440 --> 00:19:40,639 Speaker 4: seen me do this right, and go like that because 420 00:19:40,680 --> 00:19:42,880 Speaker 4: it feels like that's the best thing I can do 421 00:19:42,920 --> 00:19:45,760 Speaker 4: in that circumstance. I feel like that's what Mark Pope's 422 00:19:45,760 --> 00:19:48,320 Speaker 4: doing right, Like he's like, this is the goofy pose, 423 00:19:48,480 --> 00:19:50,119 Speaker 4: and it seems I loved it. 424 00:19:50,320 --> 00:19:52,280 Speaker 6: Yeah, I like it too. It's such a different approach 425 00:19:52,320 --> 00:19:55,200 Speaker 6: from before. I mean, we had our players first. This 426 00:19:55,240 --> 00:19:57,240 Speaker 6: is a different players first where almost wants to just 427 00:19:57,240 --> 00:19:58,560 Speaker 6: be their buddy and hang out with them the whole 428 00:19:58,600 --> 00:20:00,600 Speaker 6: time they're here. It's really fun to watch. I saw 429 00:20:00,680 --> 00:20:04,520 Speaker 6: Pope downtown on the sidewalk Saturday night taking other pictures. 430 00:20:04,520 --> 00:20:07,360 Speaker 6: That man is getting swarmed for selfies everywhere he goes, 431 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:09,199 Speaker 6: and he's been so gracious to play along when I 432 00:20:09,200 --> 00:20:09,880 Speaker 6: know he's so busy. 433 00:20:09,960 --> 00:20:11,520 Speaker 4: Rick now and by the way, I think he's going 434 00:20:11,560 --> 00:20:17,840 Speaker 4: to announce today something that will be great for fans 435 00:20:17,840 --> 00:20:22,160 Speaker 4: who want to get their own selfie. We'll talk about that. Well, 436 00:20:22,160 --> 00:20:23,639 Speaker 4: I'll let him talk about it when he gets on, 437 00:20:23,720 --> 00:20:26,560 Speaker 4: but I think he's probably gonna announce that today. But 438 00:20:26,560 --> 00:20:33,640 Speaker 4: but you know, I love I loved cool Cow when 439 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:39,240 Speaker 4: he was swaggy cool like I'm, you know, wearing versace 440 00:20:39,520 --> 00:20:42,240 Speaker 4: and like Drake's at the house. I did love that too. 441 00:20:42,480 --> 00:20:44,320 Speaker 4: I think that changed over the years a little bit. 442 00:20:44,400 --> 00:20:46,280 Speaker 4: But when that was Roland. I loved it. But this 443 00:20:46,320 --> 00:20:50,040 Speaker 4: is a completely different thing. This is like goofy, fun 444 00:20:50,240 --> 00:20:54,240 Speaker 4: guy you can approach Pope. It's a completely different style. 445 00:20:54,320 --> 00:20:55,880 Speaker 4: But Ryan I like it as well. 446 00:20:56,000 --> 00:20:58,119 Speaker 5: I love it. I mean, keep in mind we're just 447 00:20:58,119 --> 00:21:00,000 Speaker 5: a couple of months removed from him. A plastic shit 448 00:21:00,320 --> 00:21:02,080 Speaker 5: and a hard hat picture with some recruits. 449 00:21:02,119 --> 00:21:05,040 Speaker 4: I nearly posted those pictures back to back, but I 450 00:21:05,040 --> 00:21:09,879 Speaker 4: didn't want to. Like that is a but. But do 451 00:21:09,920 --> 00:21:11,760 Speaker 4: you you like the goofy? I love it. 452 00:21:11,760 --> 00:21:14,680 Speaker 5: It shows me he's as excited as we are. He's 453 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:16,639 Speaker 5: as excited as the recruits are, you know, and I 454 00:21:17,040 --> 00:21:18,440 Speaker 5: think we're gonna see a lot more of that. I 455 00:21:18,840 --> 00:21:21,040 Speaker 5: just like the fact that he's picking him up at 456 00:21:21,040 --> 00:21:22,600 Speaker 5: the airport. I know it seems like it's trivial, but 457 00:21:22,640 --> 00:21:24,480 Speaker 5: that means a lot. I think to a family and 458 00:21:24,520 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 5: a kid, to know your coach is that invested in 459 00:21:26,960 --> 00:21:28,480 Speaker 5: you that he's doing that for you. 460 00:21:28,520 --> 00:21:33,200 Speaker 4: And shaneon I would also say, Mark Pope, the way 461 00:21:33,280 --> 00:21:36,600 Speaker 4: he's doing this is kind of how we are as 462 00:21:36,680 --> 00:21:39,840 Speaker 4: fan Like, let's let's be real, like we're not cool, 463 00:21:41,720 --> 00:21:45,440 Speaker 4: We're dorks. So I mean, no, you're not cool either, 464 00:21:45,480 --> 00:21:48,480 Speaker 4: You're forty now, like you're like, you just need you're 465 00:21:48,520 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 4: cool on stage at the band, but you're a dork too. Like, 466 00:21:52,119 --> 00:21:55,560 Speaker 4: but I also just mean our fan base. Our fan base. 467 00:21:56,760 --> 00:22:00,280 Speaker 4: We're not the This is not the Miami Heat fan base, right, 468 00:22:00,320 --> 00:22:03,479 Speaker 4: This is Kentucky. And I think Mark Pope Shannon is 469 00:22:03,600 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 4: kind of like that, isn't it. Yeah. 470 00:22:05,600 --> 00:22:08,560 Speaker 2: I mean he's very personal with the fans, and you know, 471 00:22:08,720 --> 00:22:11,040 Speaker 2: I think fans are fine with the goofiness off the court, 472 00:22:11,200 --> 00:22:13,200 Speaker 2: but you know, he's gonna be all business on the court. 473 00:22:13,520 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 2: So as long as long as we get the success 474 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,000 Speaker 2: and we win, that's all it's gonna matter at the 475 00:22:18,080 --> 00:22:18,439 Speaker 2: end of the day. 476 00:22:18,440 --> 00:22:21,600 Speaker 4: Anyway, Drew for a fan base that wants to engulf 477 00:22:22,080 --> 00:22:27,760 Speaker 4: every piece of info possible, it feels like this coaching 478 00:22:27,840 --> 00:22:30,919 Speaker 4: staff wants to give them stuff like that. Does that 479 00:22:30,960 --> 00:22:31,320 Speaker 4: make sense? 480 00:22:31,400 --> 00:22:35,000 Speaker 6: Yeah, he understands that we're absolutely obsessed with this stuff. 481 00:22:35,040 --> 00:22:37,679 Speaker 6: It consumes us. We have nothing but time and can 482 00:22:37,720 --> 00:22:39,760 Speaker 6: do this every day following this team. We don't have 483 00:22:39,800 --> 00:22:42,200 Speaker 6: pro teams, we don't have other stuff going on. It's 484 00:22:42,280 --> 00:22:44,600 Speaker 6: Kentucky basketball, and I think it's a twenty four to 485 00:22:44,600 --> 00:22:47,320 Speaker 6: seven that we're one news and they're doing a little 486 00:22:47,320 --> 00:22:48,199 Speaker 6: bit to keep us informed. 487 00:22:48,560 --> 00:22:51,080 Speaker 4: Well, the flex was great, it was great, It was great. 488 00:22:51,680 --> 00:22:54,199 Speaker 4: We may need him in OVW now. Flexing like that. 489 00:22:54,280 --> 00:22:57,399 Speaker 4: I will take your calls right for this KSR TJ. 490 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 4: Smith personal injury attorney called TJ. He'll make them pay now. 491 00:23:01,760 --> 00:23:04,879 Speaker 2: More of Kentucky Sports Radio presented by Stockton Mortgage. 492 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,080 Speaker 4: Here's Matt Jones, Welcome back Tucky Sports Radio. Got some 493 00:23:08,160 --> 00:23:10,560 Speaker 4: folks here from Oldham County who said he try to 494 00:23:10,600 --> 00:23:13,160 Speaker 4: figure out where Billy went to school. Yeah, it's a mystery. 495 00:23:13,240 --> 00:23:17,119 Speaker 4: Nobody knows. Uh included you got a guy here from Winchester. 496 00:23:17,240 --> 00:23:20,240 Speaker 4: We got Rachel and Casey all a lot of folks 497 00:23:20,240 --> 00:23:23,560 Speaker 4: here for the Mark Pope Day. Got a question for 498 00:23:23,640 --> 00:23:26,000 Speaker 4: the text machine seven seven two seven seven four five 499 00:23:26,040 --> 00:23:28,960 Speaker 4: two five for this will be my Kentucky branded text 500 00:23:29,000 --> 00:23:30,760 Speaker 4: of the day. Go to Kentucky brand dot com for 501 00:23:30,880 --> 00:23:34,240 Speaker 4: UK gear and KSR gear one. Birst rights Matt rank 502 00:23:34,359 --> 00:23:38,400 Speaker 4: the seasons next year and how good they'll be Kentucky, 503 00:23:38,520 --> 00:23:44,760 Speaker 4: Arkansas and Louisville. Three teams building a new roster. Let 504 00:23:44,760 --> 00:23:48,400 Speaker 4: me put aside the postseason because in the postseason, who 505 00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:52,920 Speaker 4: knows like it can be random. Let's just do regular 506 00:23:53,000 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 4: season Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisville. 507 00:23:55,440 --> 00:23:58,080 Speaker 5: Ryan, you go first, I'm gonna take him exactly what 508 00:23:58,160 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 5: you just said, Kentucky Arkansas, and then Louisville because I'm mistaken. 509 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:03,639 Speaker 5: Arkansas still doesn't have much of a roster either. At 510 00:24:03,640 --> 00:24:05,320 Speaker 5: this point, there's not a lot of guys out there. 511 00:24:06,200 --> 00:24:08,280 Speaker 5: I think Kentucky wind upstill with a great season because 512 00:24:08,359 --> 00:24:11,200 Speaker 5: these guys are coming in are veterans that are tough 513 00:24:11,640 --> 00:24:14,040 Speaker 5: minded type players. That's gonna not gonna will you do 514 00:24:14,080 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 5: a lot of wins. 515 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,720 Speaker 4: I wouldn't have said this Friday because I still didn't 516 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,560 Speaker 4: know fully what the roster would be. But today I'm 517 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:23,600 Speaker 4: going Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisville as well. I think that's I 518 00:24:23,600 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 4: think Louisville has a lot of players, but they really 519 00:24:26,119 --> 00:24:31,680 Speaker 4: don't have a difference maker yet. And you know, Arkansas 520 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:36,879 Speaker 4: doesn't mean I don't know. I will say see how 521 00:24:36,880 --> 00:24:39,720 Speaker 4: their roster finishes out. But I'm gonna go Kentucky, Arkansas, Louisville. 522 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:41,119 Speaker 4: They got a lot of work to do too. I'm 523 00:24:41,160 --> 00:24:44,200 Speaker 4: also going Kentucky Arkansas, Louisville. I know I'm a homer 524 00:24:44,240 --> 00:24:46,240 Speaker 4: and I would say that anyway, but I genuinely really 525 00:24:46,320 --> 00:24:49,000 Speaker 4: like what Pope has already locked in, hoping there's still 526 00:24:49,040 --> 00:24:51,119 Speaker 4: a few more big pieces to wrap it up. I 527 00:24:51,200 --> 00:24:54,120 Speaker 4: love the pieces that he already has. And I'll put 528 00:24:54,240 --> 00:24:57,040 Speaker 4: Arkansas above Louisville just because I know Louisville's pumping their 529 00:24:57,119 --> 00:24:59,200 Speaker 4: chest and they have a roster, but it has been 530 00:24:59,280 --> 00:25:02,200 Speaker 4: so long since they mattered, I can't just certainly think 531 00:25:02,200 --> 00:25:04,000 Speaker 4: they're gonna be good next year. And now in the 532 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:09,040 Speaker 4: portal rankings right now, we are eighth without what I 533 00:25:09,080 --> 00:25:12,919 Speaker 4: think will be our two best portal gets even here yet, 534 00:25:13,240 --> 00:25:16,640 Speaker 4: and Louisville is tenth with twice as many players as 535 00:25:16,680 --> 00:25:20,080 Speaker 4: we have. So that's how I would compare them. What 536 00:25:20,119 --> 00:25:23,160 Speaker 4: would you say, Shannon, Kentucky Arkansas over. 537 00:25:23,359 --> 00:25:25,440 Speaker 3: Level's gonna be last, so we'll start there. 538 00:25:25,880 --> 00:25:28,399 Speaker 2: Then it comes down to Kentucky Arkansas, And I just 539 00:25:28,440 --> 00:25:33,000 Speaker 2: think that if we're going regular season record only Arkansas 540 00:25:33,680 --> 00:25:35,720 Speaker 2: and what they're willing to pay for their recruits, I 541 00:25:35,720 --> 00:25:38,200 Speaker 2: think Arkansas is probably gonna have the better overall record 542 00:25:38,280 --> 00:25:40,440 Speaker 2: in the regular season. Kentucky second level third. 543 00:25:40,240 --> 00:25:42,520 Speaker 4: He's always got to be are I believe that? 544 00:25:42,600 --> 00:25:43,119 Speaker 3: I believe that. 545 00:25:43,160 --> 00:25:44,560 Speaker 5: I mean, they don't have a they don't. 546 00:25:44,560 --> 00:25:47,440 Speaker 3: I mean, but they will will There ain't that many. 547 00:25:47,359 --> 00:25:49,959 Speaker 4: They will left. I mean, now, now let's see what 548 00:25:49,960 --> 00:25:52,679 Speaker 4: what the final portal is. But if you're looking at 549 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:59,159 Speaker 4: Difference Maker Superstars right now, there's only about six in 550 00:25:59,240 --> 00:26:03,679 Speaker 4: the portal. Now there may get more, but I you know, 551 00:26:04,720 --> 00:26:08,520 Speaker 4: you got it. He can't manifest players out of Korea. 552 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,880 Speaker 4: And you know he only got half of his recruiting 553 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:15,399 Speaker 4: class too. You know, Somto's going to Georgia, Acquaintance is 554 00:26:15,400 --> 00:26:19,160 Speaker 4: going somewhere else. And then Perry stayed here. He lost 555 00:26:19,160 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 4: his best recruits and in my opinion, lost his best coaches. 556 00:26:22,000 --> 00:26:24,080 Speaker 4: By the way he lost. This is the thing that 557 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:27,480 Speaker 4: he lost two of the top two recruits. The two 558 00:26:27,480 --> 00:26:30,040 Speaker 4: guys he lost were the two highest rated boys. Now 559 00:26:30,080 --> 00:26:33,159 Speaker 4: they also were probably the two youngest, but they were 560 00:26:33,200 --> 00:26:34,000 Speaker 4: the two highest rated. 561 00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,399 Speaker 5: And he needs to get DJ Wagner's like that. 562 00:26:36,440 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 4: If I were him, you can't let Dj Wagon go. 563 00:26:39,200 --> 00:26:40,840 Speaker 5: To USC But the girlfriends. 564 00:26:40,880 --> 00:26:43,640 Speaker 4: I think DJ Wagner is gonna be really good. I do. 565 00:26:43,720 --> 00:26:48,480 Speaker 4: I I still put me in the buying DJ Wagner's stock. 566 00:26:49,359 --> 00:26:51,480 Speaker 4: I think he's gonna be really good next year. It 567 00:26:51,520 --> 00:26:53,960 Speaker 4: will make me happy to see him go to USC 568 00:26:54,320 --> 00:26:56,840 Speaker 4: because I think he's gonna be really good. I think 569 00:26:57,680 --> 00:26:59,280 Speaker 4: by the end of the year, I think he was 570 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:02,480 Speaker 4: playing pretty good and he missed that time, and then 571 00:27:02,840 --> 00:27:05,240 Speaker 4: Reid rob and Reeves he was kind of the odd 572 00:27:05,320 --> 00:27:10,040 Speaker 4: man out put me in buying DJ Wagner's dock. I 573 00:27:10,080 --> 00:27:11,760 Speaker 4: think he's gonna be good next year. For instance, if 574 00:27:11,760 --> 00:27:14,800 Speaker 4: you put him on this team next year, I'm like, 575 00:27:14,880 --> 00:27:15,720 Speaker 4: bring it on too. 576 00:27:15,760 --> 00:27:17,320 Speaker 6: I think his ankle was holding him back and he 577 00:27:17,359 --> 00:27:19,600 Speaker 6: had that shooting slump that really weighed where they were 578 00:27:19,640 --> 00:27:21,879 Speaker 6: sagging off of him, which takes away his driving. I 579 00:27:21,920 --> 00:27:23,800 Speaker 6: think if he adds a shot and he's completely healthy 580 00:27:23,800 --> 00:27:26,200 Speaker 6: next year, he's just who's next? 581 00:27:26,280 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 4: Devin, Devin, how are you? Devin? 582 00:27:29,160 --> 00:27:31,959 Speaker 8: Hey, I'm doing good, guys. I just had a quick question. 583 00:27:33,280 --> 00:27:37,600 Speaker 8: I don't know how how likely these were these were 584 00:27:37,640 --> 00:27:43,760 Speaker 8: to come about, But if Hunter Dickinson or or Oscarbwey 585 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,480 Speaker 8: were on the team last year, do you all think 586 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:48,320 Speaker 8: that we'd be in the position we're in right now? 587 00:27:48,680 --> 00:27:54,479 Speaker 4: I'll hang up, Ah, I appreciate the call. I don't know. 588 00:27:57,119 --> 00:27:59,720 Speaker 4: There's no doubt that Hunter Dickens are Oscar Shewey last 589 00:27:59,760 --> 00:28:02,000 Speaker 4: year would have added things we didn't have. But the 590 00:28:02,119 --> 00:28:05,800 Speaker 4: question is, Ryan, would they have taken away things we 591 00:28:05,840 --> 00:28:08,280 Speaker 4: did well? Right? I mean, do you run a different 592 00:28:08,320 --> 00:28:10,919 Speaker 4: off Let's if we had Oscar Sheebway, they'd have pounded 593 00:28:10,960 --> 00:28:12,639 Speaker 4: the ball inside to him the whole game, and I 594 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,879 Speaker 4: don't think we would have had the same team. Hunter 595 00:28:14,960 --> 00:28:17,680 Speaker 4: Dickinson's a little different, but he didn't have the year 596 00:28:17,760 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 4: everybody thought he would. And then some people think there's 597 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,360 Speaker 4: a little bit like he's kind of a tough teammate. 598 00:28:22,400 --> 00:28:24,320 Speaker 4: So I don't know, you said it. 599 00:28:24,520 --> 00:28:26,720 Speaker 5: We saw the offense the two years Oscar was here, 600 00:28:26,840 --> 00:28:28,560 Speaker 5: and if Oscar was back last year, it would have 601 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:31,320 Speaker 5: been a lot of the same. I feel like, pounded inside. 602 00:28:31,520 --> 00:28:32,919 Speaker 5: Of course, you know he's a College Player of the Year. 603 00:28:32,920 --> 00:28:34,639 Speaker 5: You're going to feed in the basketball. But I think 604 00:28:34,680 --> 00:28:36,920 Speaker 5: you're right too about Hunter Dickinson. He just doesn't seem 605 00:28:37,000 --> 00:28:39,520 Speaker 5: like maybe that jailed very well on paper. 606 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,640 Speaker 4: If you take a guy like Hunter Dickinson and put 607 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:44,200 Speaker 4: him on that Kentucky team last year, he'd have been good. 608 00:28:44,680 --> 00:28:47,760 Speaker 4: But some didn't connect with that guy. That Kansas team 609 00:28:48,200 --> 00:28:51,640 Speaker 4: just yeah, it just didn't say so. I don't know, Yeah, 610 00:28:51,840 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 4: he's coming back for another year. I was all right 611 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,120 Speaker 4: with them having him. If you had had Oscar, it's 612 00:28:57,160 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 4: not even so much the offense. I still think the 613 00:28:59,120 --> 00:29:00,680 Speaker 4: defense would have been bad. I mean, we were bad 614 00:29:00,680 --> 00:29:03,440 Speaker 4: defensively with Oscar in the pick and roll, so I'd 615 00:29:03,480 --> 00:29:05,560 Speaker 4: worry about the defense. Yeah, who's next? 616 00:29:05,840 --> 00:29:06,080 Speaker 3: Justin? 617 00:29:06,520 --> 00:29:07,560 Speaker 4: Justin? Go ahead, Justin. 618 00:29:09,520 --> 00:29:13,440 Speaker 9: Hey, matt Ah. I love the show and I've been 619 00:29:13,480 --> 00:29:15,200 Speaker 9: trying to get into you guys. You are hard to. 620 00:29:15,120 --> 00:29:17,200 Speaker 5: Get into since Coach Pope came to Kentucky. 621 00:29:17,480 --> 00:29:18,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, well, I have a couple. 622 00:29:19,320 --> 00:29:20,680 Speaker 9: I have a couple of things, and I want to 623 00:29:20,720 --> 00:29:21,920 Speaker 9: hang up and let you guys react. 624 00:29:22,320 --> 00:29:22,440 Speaker 4: Uh. 625 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:25,520 Speaker 9: The first thing is, doesn't this feel like the start 626 00:29:25,520 --> 00:29:29,080 Speaker 9: of something great? I mean like it didn't feel this 627 00:29:29,160 --> 00:29:32,080 Speaker 9: way when Gilespie came Like it didn't feel like there 628 00:29:32,160 --> 00:29:36,560 Speaker 9: wasn't this magical feeling, right. And and when Pope's up 629 00:29:36,600 --> 00:29:39,200 Speaker 9: on the podium and he's i mean he's giving it 630 00:29:39,200 --> 00:29:43,280 Speaker 9: to us and he's talking exciting, it feels authentic. And 631 00:29:43,320 --> 00:29:46,720 Speaker 9: I think it's because it is these other coaches pals 632 00:29:46,760 --> 00:29:51,080 Speaker 9: A prime example Kisewsky Patino is Oh. A lot of 633 00:29:51,120 --> 00:29:54,120 Speaker 9: these coaches that have been doing this for years and years. 634 00:29:54,360 --> 00:29:56,240 Speaker 9: I feel like they tell you the things you want 635 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 9: to hear, and I know those are the things we 636 00:29:58,120 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 9: want to hear. We want to win banners, we want 637 00:29:59,560 --> 00:30:01,120 Speaker 9: to go to the you know, to the tournament, and 638 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:02,840 Speaker 9: when we want to go to SEC and win. 639 00:30:03,360 --> 00:30:05,880 Speaker 4: But it just still But I will say though, I mean, 640 00:30:06,960 --> 00:30:09,360 Speaker 4: I do think we need to remember it was pretty 641 00:30:09,440 --> 00:30:11,800 Speaker 4: dagone exciting when Gal first got here too. I mean 642 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,880 Speaker 4: like it was it was it was we just I 643 00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:17,560 Speaker 4: wasn't on the radio then, so I didn't feel it 644 00:30:17,640 --> 00:30:20,239 Speaker 4: like this. I think the better way to put it is, 645 00:30:21,840 --> 00:30:25,480 Speaker 4: I've had people texting me about UK basketball who haven't 646 00:30:25,520 --> 00:30:29,600 Speaker 4: texted me about basketball in ten years. Okay, I mean 647 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:35,160 Speaker 4: I think there is an injection of there's just ye 648 00:30:35,280 --> 00:30:37,560 Speaker 4: I think you're the same way, right, guys, like they're 649 00:30:37,600 --> 00:30:41,040 Speaker 4: just people just are into it. I got people texting 650 00:30:41,040 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 4: me who who kind of felt disconnected from basketball for 651 00:30:45,360 --> 00:30:48,480 Speaker 4: whatever reason that are kind of ryan now back yet 652 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:48,800 Speaker 4: in my. 653 00:30:48,800 --> 00:30:51,000 Speaker 5: Opinion, and I think a lot of it are the 654 00:30:51,040 --> 00:30:52,920 Speaker 5: guys that are kind of our age, that remember what 655 00:30:53,000 --> 00:30:54,720 Speaker 5: it was in the nineties and we probably I was 656 00:30:54,760 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 5: here in those championship runs and they felt maybe a 657 00:30:57,080 --> 00:30:59,360 Speaker 5: little disconnected with the program last sever years. Now we 658 00:30:59,360 --> 00:31:01,960 Speaker 5: all feel like we're back. It's our program again. 659 00:31:02,040 --> 00:31:05,400 Speaker 4: What I want to know, I think for people Drew's 660 00:31:05,520 --> 00:31:11,360 Speaker 4: age and older, this hire is like, let's go right 661 00:31:11,560 --> 00:31:14,479 Speaker 4: because we remember him, We remember that time. I mean, 662 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:18,120 Speaker 4: everybody likes to remember their youth. Yea right, like Mark 663 00:31:18,200 --> 00:31:21,239 Speaker 4: Pope is our youth. In some ways, what I've been 664 00:31:21,360 --> 00:31:24,880 Speaker 4: encouraged to see are the people Mario's age buying in 665 00:31:25,640 --> 00:31:29,360 Speaker 4: because I remember the text I got from Mario that 666 00:31:29,520 --> 00:31:33,280 Speaker 4: night where he was like, you can be honest, we'll 667 00:31:33,280 --> 00:31:36,360 Speaker 4: go back and look. You were like, ugh, who's that? 668 00:31:38,680 --> 00:31:43,400 Speaker 4: But like watching him and people his age buying in 669 00:31:44,240 --> 00:31:46,440 Speaker 4: is exciting to me because that was my worry, like 670 00:31:46,480 --> 00:31:52,360 Speaker 4: I was in after sixteen hours. Now the question is, well, 671 00:31:52,400 --> 00:31:55,800 Speaker 4: the people who their whole connection to our fan base 672 00:31:56,160 --> 00:32:00,640 Speaker 4: was John Caliperi. I have a producer at ESPN Okay, 673 00:32:01,120 --> 00:32:04,640 Speaker 4: he's twenty seven. I think I worked with him on 674 00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:06,760 Speaker 4: the NFL draft stuff. I don't work with him regularly, 675 00:32:06,840 --> 00:32:09,440 Speaker 4: but I work with him sometimes. What's interesting is he 676 00:32:09,520 --> 00:32:12,640 Speaker 4: became a Kentucky fan because of cal He has no 677 00:32:12,720 --> 00:32:16,400 Speaker 4: connection to Kentucky. He just started cheering for Kentucky because 678 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:19,360 Speaker 4: as a kid he liked John Wall and he started 679 00:32:19,400 --> 00:32:23,520 Speaker 4: cheering for Kentucky when he left. When Cal left, I 680 00:32:23,520 --> 00:32:25,880 Speaker 4: asked him Thursday night, so he's still gonna be a 681 00:32:25,920 --> 00:32:28,760 Speaker 4: Kentucky fan or you can cheer for Arkansas And he 682 00:32:28,880 --> 00:32:31,880 Speaker 4: was like, no, Kentucky, man, it's a lot more fun 683 00:32:31,880 --> 00:32:34,920 Speaker 4: to be a Kentucky fan. I was glad to hear that. Yeah, 684 00:32:35,080 --> 00:32:37,800 Speaker 4: that's the kind of guy who's not connected to the state, 685 00:32:37,880 --> 00:32:40,040 Speaker 4: who still wanted to be a part of it. But quickly, 686 00:32:40,160 --> 00:32:42,560 Speaker 4: justin I just got like thirty seconds. 687 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,400 Speaker 9: No, you're a good boss. Hey, listen. They always talk 688 00:32:44,440 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 9: about Cal being a player's coach, right, but I think 689 00:32:47,520 --> 00:32:50,200 Speaker 9: coach Cal's always looking out for the future of those kids. 690 00:32:50,240 --> 00:32:52,680 Speaker 9: And that's great. But doesn't it seem that Mark Pope 691 00:32:52,720 --> 00:32:57,040 Speaker 9: will be a relatable players coach now today and also 692 00:32:57,160 --> 00:32:59,520 Speaker 9: in the future Because he played in the NBA, he had. 693 00:32:59,400 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 4: A different I think when it comes to relating to players, 694 00:33:02,600 --> 00:33:04,560 Speaker 4: and I appreciate the call. When it comes to relating 695 00:33:04,560 --> 00:33:06,800 Speaker 4: to players and getting players, Cal was still great. We 696 00:33:06,800 --> 00:33:09,400 Speaker 4: can't act like he wasn't. Pope may just be great 697 00:33:09,520 --> 00:33:12,560 Speaker 4: Drew in a different way, right, It's not about better 698 00:33:12,640 --> 00:33:15,240 Speaker 4: or worse. He's just different. He's a different kind of guy. 699 00:33:15,280 --> 00:33:19,400 Speaker 4: It's like different between doing being the the cool dude 700 00:33:19,480 --> 00:33:21,800 Speaker 4: that run that walks into your room and like Col's 701 00:33:21,840 --> 00:33:24,120 Speaker 4: in my living room and the guy who goes outside 702 00:33:24,160 --> 00:33:26,520 Speaker 4: and shoots basketball with you and your little brother. It's 703 00:33:26,560 --> 00:33:28,400 Speaker 4: just a different kind of thing, right, Yeah. 704 00:33:28,480 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 6: And I think both are good ways to approach it. 705 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,360 Speaker 6: Cal's obviously very successful, he's one of one in recruiting, 706 00:33:34,440 --> 00:33:36,479 Speaker 6: but Pope's is completely different. I think it's just a 707 00:33:36,480 --> 00:33:39,200 Speaker 6: refreshing way to approach it now, doing a new uh, 708 00:33:39,480 --> 00:33:40,400 Speaker 6: doing a different direction. 709 00:33:40,440 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 4: I think it'll still work. All Right, everybody, it's time 710 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,320 Speaker 4: to get ready. We do have the Derby this weekend. 711 00:33:45,360 --> 00:33:48,800 Speaker 4: It is Derby week, so DraftKings we all, I'm gonna 712 00:33:48,840 --> 00:33:52,600 Speaker 4: do this tonight. Ryan, you're gonna do it tonight. 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There, okay, 728 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:39,279 Speaker 4: KSR Horse DK Sports App. We're gonna be talking about 729 00:34:39,320 --> 00:34:41,480 Speaker 4: the Derby, especially towards the end of the week, but 730 00:34:41,560 --> 00:34:42,680 Speaker 4: you'll download it tonight. 731 00:34:43,160 --> 00:34:44,240 Speaker 5: Already got it downloaded. 732 00:34:44,280 --> 00:34:45,720 Speaker 4: Did you put in the promo code? 733 00:34:45,800 --> 00:34:48,239 Speaker 5: Well, we downloaded it when we talked about a months ago. 734 00:34:48,280 --> 00:34:49,440 Speaker 5: So am I not eligible? 735 00:34:49,480 --> 00:34:51,560 Speaker 4: Now you did you put in the code? 736 00:34:51,719 --> 00:34:53,439 Speaker 5: Not when we did it like a year ago. 737 00:34:54,280 --> 00:34:56,040 Speaker 4: All right, well, then you can do it. It doesn't 738 00:34:56,080 --> 00:34:57,839 Speaker 4: do it by download, it's when you put in. 739 00:34:57,800 --> 00:34:59,919 Speaker 5: The Okay, good, I was gonna ask you this, So put. 740 00:34:59,840 --> 00:35:02,520 Speaker 4: In information and the amount you put in up to 741 00:35:02,520 --> 00:35:07,759 Speaker 4: two turn fifty. You'll get that you got this promo code. 742 00:35:07,800 --> 00:35:11,439 Speaker 4: Is KSR horse Mario kmire, There we go. You're gonna 743 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,160 Speaker 4: read this. You gotta read it fast, though, Start right 744 00:35:15,200 --> 00:35:18,799 Speaker 4: here here here give him this, start right here in 745 00:35:18,840 --> 00:35:19,520 Speaker 4: the in. 746 00:35:19,520 --> 00:35:23,680 Speaker 2: The the italics, ebody else. 747 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:27,560 Speaker 4: You gotta read fast, all right? 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Yeah, 761 00:36:13,719 --> 00:36:17,160 Speaker 4: look about tell you sports radio A five nine two 762 00:36:17,160 --> 00:36:20,439 Speaker 4: eight oh twenty two eighty seven, text machine seven seven 763 00:36:20,480 --> 00:36:22,720 Speaker 4: two seven seven four five two five four one person 764 00:36:22,760 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 4: rights I bet Ryan does get uh does get knowledge 765 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,080 Speaker 4: from Mark popis to who he is. Ryan's the kind 766 00:36:29,080 --> 00:36:30,440 Speaker 4: of guy you can't forget. 767 00:36:31,719 --> 00:36:33,480 Speaker 5: Yeah, but I had a lot of hair back. 768 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:36,680 Speaker 2: Then, and he's in a city of today, so he's 769 00:36:36,680 --> 00:36:38,240 Speaker 2: not gonna true your voice. 770 00:36:38,680 --> 00:36:41,479 Speaker 4: Yeah yeah, Ryan Lemon, come on, how are you gonna 771 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:45,760 Speaker 4: forget that? Anything wild on that trip? Anything stick out? Uh? 772 00:36:45,840 --> 00:36:48,160 Speaker 5: No, he was doing all the crazy stuff like they 773 00:36:48,160 --> 00:36:49,239 Speaker 5: were on those I think I told you on the 774 00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,040 Speaker 5: ski slopes in Salt Lake City he took his shirt 775 00:36:51,040 --> 00:36:53,120 Speaker 5: off his running around in the snow up there. 776 00:36:53,160 --> 00:36:53,919 Speaker 4: But you weren't there. 777 00:36:53,960 --> 00:36:56,920 Speaker 5: I wasn't there. I saw it, like. 778 00:36:57,320 --> 00:37:00,239 Speaker 4: Yeah, Drew, I'm kind of with you. No, No, though, 779 00:37:01,000 --> 00:37:07,600 Speaker 4: it's just for he'll say he remembers. He's not gonna 780 00:37:07,600 --> 00:37:11,120 Speaker 4: be rude. He'll say, yes, I remember you, Ryan, but 781 00:37:11,160 --> 00:37:16,080 Speaker 4: it'll be one of those like you know what I mean, Shannon, Like, 782 00:37:16,120 --> 00:37:18,319 Speaker 4: he'll say yes, but I don't know if his heart 783 00:37:18,360 --> 00:37:19,359 Speaker 4: will be in it. Yeah. 784 00:37:19,920 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 2: We can ask him a question just to verify that. 785 00:37:23,480 --> 00:37:25,880 Speaker 4: What's a question we could ask that he would know 786 00:37:25,920 --> 00:37:31,160 Speaker 4: about you? Uh. I don't know. If he's not gonna 787 00:37:31,160 --> 00:37:34,640 Speaker 4: go you know what, it's all right, you got to meet. 788 00:37:35,239 --> 00:37:38,399 Speaker 4: He doesn't know us either. So yeah, have you been 789 00:37:38,400 --> 00:37:40,839 Speaker 4: called by any of the coaches to help him buy house? No? 790 00:37:40,960 --> 00:37:43,960 Speaker 5: Remember I was on the Scott Drew Relter. 791 00:37:45,360 --> 00:37:52,080 Speaker 4: You're gonna tell yourself that from now. Yeah, yeah, that's 792 00:37:52,080 --> 00:37:54,319 Speaker 4: gonna be. That's gonna be like you're gonna be going. 793 00:37:55,400 --> 00:37:57,600 Speaker 5: That was the day you know that. Guess the rumor 794 00:37:57,640 --> 00:38:00,600 Speaker 5: about coach Cow's house being sold? Maybe no true? Did 795 00:38:00,600 --> 00:38:04,120 Speaker 5: you see that Miss Cow posted something that they haven't 796 00:38:04,120 --> 00:38:07,120 Speaker 5: sold their house yet? So maybe those are How about 797 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,359 Speaker 5: you for that? We go he Miss Ellen, I. 798 00:38:10,280 --> 00:38:13,680 Speaker 4: Don't think you're getting that one. Who's next, Aaron? Go ahead? 799 00:38:13,760 --> 00:38:17,120 Speaker 5: Erin Okay, I have a couple points. 800 00:38:18,320 --> 00:38:20,440 Speaker 4: Let's go one point because we only got a commended 801 00:38:20,560 --> 00:38:21,600 Speaker 4: or to pick your best one. 802 00:38:21,680 --> 00:38:26,759 Speaker 5: Okay, okay, if we if we get two or three 803 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:31,120 Speaker 5: more big transfer names, we'll have a really really good team. 804 00:38:31,800 --> 00:38:36,239 Speaker 5: And lamm Butler was a complete surprise. I did not 805 00:38:36,320 --> 00:38:37,239 Speaker 5: expect that at all. 806 00:38:37,840 --> 00:38:39,759 Speaker 4: All Right, there you go. I appreciate the call. I 807 00:38:39,760 --> 00:38:41,239 Speaker 4: agree with both of those comments. 808 00:38:41,320 --> 00:38:43,600 Speaker 5: Well, even Friday we were doing the show, it didn't 809 00:38:43,600 --> 00:38:45,160 Speaker 5: even out came out yet who they were going for. 810 00:38:45,200 --> 00:38:47,800 Speaker 4: I didn't get in Las Vegas well, and the news 811 00:38:47,880 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 4: leaked and people thought it was one person and it wasn't, 812 00:38:50,719 --> 00:38:52,560 Speaker 4: and I think they were okay with that. I think 813 00:38:52,800 --> 00:38:54,480 Speaker 4: like there was everybody thought it was a kid from 814 00:38:54,560 --> 00:38:57,040 Speaker 4: Washington State, and I think everybody was all right. I 815 00:38:57,040 --> 00:38:58,960 Speaker 4: think the staff was alright with it because it kept 816 00:38:58,960 --> 00:38:59,919 Speaker 4: everybody off their train. 817 00:39:01,239 --> 00:39:04,320 Speaker 5: And the guy from Oklahoma is the Otega Tron is 818 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:05,840 Speaker 5: his nickname, Otega Tron. 819 00:39:06,480 --> 00:39:07,120 Speaker 4: Do you know that? 820 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 5: I saw it posted, so it's gotta be true. Yeah, 821 00:39:09,160 --> 00:39:11,880 Speaker 5: where did you see it posted social media? It's on 822 00:39:11,960 --> 00:39:14,960 Speaker 5: his social Okay, so it is o Tega Tron is 823 00:39:15,000 --> 00:39:15,799 Speaker 5: what they call him. 824 00:39:15,920 --> 00:39:20,120 Speaker 4: I got you, did you see? Quickly? The Charlotte Panthers 825 00:39:20,200 --> 00:39:25,800 Speaker 4: football owner, the Carolina So, the Carolina Panthers football owners 826 00:39:25,840 --> 00:39:28,440 Speaker 4: walking down the street. He's just doing his thing between 827 00:39:28,520 --> 00:39:30,400 Speaker 4: day right before day one of the draft. 828 00:39:30,400 --> 00:39:30,920 Speaker 5: Okay, it's the. 829 00:39:30,920 --> 00:39:33,960 Speaker 4: Day of the draft. He walks in, he walks. He 830 00:39:33,960 --> 00:39:37,320 Speaker 4: sees a sign on a sports bar that says, dear, 831 00:39:37,920 --> 00:39:41,560 Speaker 4: whatever his name is, please please let the coach and 832 00:39:41,719 --> 00:39:45,320 Speaker 4: GM draft this year. Not you so kind of a 833 00:39:45,360 --> 00:39:49,759 Speaker 4: shot at the owner. He walks into the restaurant. The 834 00:39:49,800 --> 00:39:52,120 Speaker 4: guy at the front is wearing a hat of a 835 00:39:52,160 --> 00:39:54,360 Speaker 4: different team. I don't know what team it is, but 836 00:39:54,400 --> 00:39:57,799 Speaker 4: he's wearing the hat of a different team. He is 837 00:39:57,880 --> 00:40:01,439 Speaker 4: complaining about the sign, and he takes the guy's hat 838 00:40:01,480 --> 00:40:05,239 Speaker 4: off and sets it on the ground. So not only 839 00:40:05,320 --> 00:40:08,360 Speaker 4: is he complaining about the sign, he takes the man's 840 00:40:08,440 --> 00:40:11,439 Speaker 4: hat off his head and and and sets it down. 841 00:40:11,840 --> 00:40:14,879 Speaker 4: So here's my question for you. First of all, how 842 00:40:14,920 --> 00:40:17,319 Speaker 4: do you have such thin skin that you're gonna walk 843 00:40:17,400 --> 00:40:20,800 Speaker 4: into a restaurant to complain about it sign? But secondly, 844 00:40:21,080 --> 00:40:24,520 Speaker 4: how do you take another man's hat off? This is 845 00:40:24,560 --> 00:40:26,520 Speaker 4: also the same guy he throw a drink on someone, 846 00:40:28,239 --> 00:40:31,200 Speaker 4: drink on a fan. Yeah, the taking the hat off, 847 00:40:31,360 --> 00:40:34,160 Speaker 4: I retaliate right there. I'm not saying I punch, but 848 00:40:34,640 --> 00:40:37,080 Speaker 4: to quote Denzel, I'm leaving with something and I probably 849 00:40:37,160 --> 00:40:39,720 Speaker 4: well I think he has glasses. I'm ripping your glasses 850 00:40:39,760 --> 00:40:41,120 Speaker 4: right off. If you want my hat. What are you 851 00:40:41,160 --> 00:40:44,200 Speaker 4: gonna do if somebody, if some man say you're filling 852 00:40:44,239 --> 00:40:46,879 Speaker 4: in working as a hostess here at ksbar, some man 853 00:40:46,960 --> 00:40:49,640 Speaker 4: walks in complains about the fact that we do X, 854 00:40:49,800 --> 00:40:51,399 Speaker 4: Y or Z and takes your hat off. 855 00:40:51,920 --> 00:40:53,920 Speaker 5: Well, and in that capacity you got to be a 856 00:40:53,960 --> 00:40:56,719 Speaker 5: professional and just escort him. Ount. But if it's out 857 00:40:56,719 --> 00:41:00,279 Speaker 5: on the street. Oh, that's game on, it's it's come on. 858 00:41:00,440 --> 00:41:03,560 Speaker 5: The guy's obviously a powerful, wealthy man. Dude, I thin 859 00:41:03,640 --> 00:41:05,640 Speaker 5: like you've been there before. Man, don't have such thin 860 00:41:05,719 --> 00:41:06,600 Speaker 5: skin when you're gonna. 861 00:41:06,440 --> 00:41:09,000 Speaker 4: Get what are you doing? What are you doing? Shannon? 862 00:41:09,000 --> 00:41:09,880 Speaker 4: If a man takes. 863 00:41:09,719 --> 00:41:11,040 Speaker 3: Your hat, I'm taking that hat. 864 00:41:11,040 --> 00:41:13,000 Speaker 2: I'm putting it on his head and I'm pulling it 865 00:41:13,040 --> 00:41:15,320 Speaker 2: down so far where you can't see over his eyes 866 00:41:16,360 --> 00:41:17,760 Speaker 2: and just give him a little noogie. 867 00:41:17,840 --> 00:41:22,160 Speaker 4: You know. See, sometimes really rich people just think they 868 00:41:22,160 --> 00:41:25,400 Speaker 4: can like they think they're the boss of the entire world. 869 00:41:25,680 --> 00:41:28,920 Speaker 4: They think like, oh, I'm a boss at my place, 870 00:41:29,040 --> 00:41:31,520 Speaker 4: I'll be a boss here too, And that's not really 871 00:41:31,520 --> 00:41:32,480 Speaker 4: how the world works. 872 00:41:32,520 --> 00:41:34,239 Speaker 6: And that sounds not even that bad. He made a 873 00:41:34,280 --> 00:41:36,759 Speaker 6: horrible pick last year that's been criticized for a year. 874 00:41:37,200 --> 00:41:39,560 Speaker 6: I mean, he knows there's jokes out there about him. 875 00:41:39,600 --> 00:41:41,680 Speaker 6: How you gonna just walk in and take a man's 876 00:41:41,680 --> 00:41:44,240 Speaker 6: hat off. I mean, if you say a few words whatever, 877 00:41:44,280 --> 00:41:46,160 Speaker 6: you shouldn't do that. But to actually take that dude's 878 00:41:46,200 --> 00:41:48,440 Speaker 6: hat off, That's why I'm saying, you gotta do something back. 879 00:41:48,480 --> 00:41:52,520 Speaker 4: I don't think it's as disrespectful as a slap or 880 00:41:53,239 --> 00:41:55,799 Speaker 4: the worst will be like spitting in a person, but 881 00:41:55,960 --> 00:41:59,560 Speaker 4: taking their hat off is a pretty disrespectful. 882 00:42:00,120 --> 00:42:01,920 Speaker 2: What's weird to me is that he shook hands with 883 00:42:01,960 --> 00:42:03,239 Speaker 2: the guy when he left. 884 00:42:03,120 --> 00:42:05,479 Speaker 4: Because he was trying to be well, maybe the guy 885 00:42:06,520 --> 00:42:08,520 Speaker 4: trying not to cause because he knows he's big in 886 00:42:08,560 --> 00:42:11,000 Speaker 4: the community or something. But he's lucky. That could have 887 00:42:11,000 --> 00:42:12,040 Speaker 4: gone a lot worse for him. 888 00:42:12,040 --> 00:42:13,480 Speaker 5: You could have got it and a picture took a 889 00:42:13,480 --> 00:42:14,080 Speaker 5: picture of him. 890 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,560 Speaker 4: That's right, we will have. Mark Pope makes his CHSR 891 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,680 Speaker 4: debut here at Kentucky Sports Radio right after this. This 892 00:42:20,760 --> 00:42:21,400 Speaker 4: is KSR