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Well, we got a little bit of 20 00:01:03,800 --> 00:01:06,120 Speaker 1: a different conversation from a big story coming up in 21 00:01:06,160 --> 00:01:10,399 Speaker 1: about twenty minutes. But how about forty million reasons a 22 00:01:10,440 --> 00:01:13,319 Speaker 1: new quarterback is going to be out there if you 23 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:17,440 Speaker 1: want this offseason. Okay, forty million is a pretty hefty 24 00:01:17,440 --> 00:01:20,560 Speaker 1: price tag. Again, am I getting forty million dollars worth 25 00:01:20,600 --> 00:01:23,640 Speaker 1: of quality? Oh? Oh well, well wait did I pay 26 00:01:24,280 --> 00:01:27,800 Speaker 1: yesterday's price? That's uh, that's that's that's that's two different questions. 27 00:01:27,880 --> 00:01:30,320 Speaker 1: Let's just let's just do it. There's a forty million 28 00:01:30,360 --> 00:01:32,720 Speaker 1: dollar quarterback that's likely going to be out there for you. 29 00:01:32,720 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 3: To get this off season. Okay, all right now? Is 30 00:01:35,720 --> 00:01:40,000 Speaker 3: he worth forty million? Did different conversation? Okay, okay, choose 31 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:40,680 Speaker 3: your own adventure. 32 00:01:40,760 --> 00:01:43,720 Speaker 1: Well, like you always like to say, memorabilia is worth 33 00:01:43,720 --> 00:01:44,320 Speaker 1: what someone. 34 00:01:44,080 --> 00:01:46,960 Speaker 3: Will put someone will pay. Absolutely, I don't think that. 35 00:01:47,160 --> 00:01:49,400 Speaker 1: I don't think that card is worth one point four 36 00:01:49,440 --> 00:01:52,160 Speaker 1: million dollars, but someone paid one point but somebody liked it. 37 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:54,760 Speaker 1: I don't think Kirk Cousins is worth forty million dollars 38 00:01:54,800 --> 00:01:57,240 Speaker 1: a year. But guess what someone paid Kirk Cousins forty 39 00:01:57,240 --> 00:02:01,160 Speaker 1: million dollars a year. Jetsu, no, this stop, don't put 40 00:02:01,160 --> 00:02:01,600 Speaker 1: that out there. 41 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 3: Don't put that out there. 42 00:02:02,440 --> 00:02:04,160 Speaker 1: Come on on these years later and he could be 43 00:02:04,200 --> 00:02:06,480 Speaker 1: yours at the price is right? Put that evil out 44 00:02:06,480 --> 00:02:07,800 Speaker 1: there on me, Ricky Bobby. 45 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:08,640 Speaker 3: Don't you got you once? 46 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:09,960 Speaker 2: This time you can get him. 47 00:02:10,960 --> 00:02:15,320 Speaker 1: So, according to The Athletic, now Kevin Stefanski taking over 48 00:02:16,240 --> 00:02:19,000 Speaker 1: as head coach in Atlanta, he and Kirk Cousins have 49 00:02:19,040 --> 00:02:22,560 Speaker 1: a pretty good uh working Oh maybe not. The Athletic 50 00:02:22,680 --> 00:02:27,240 Speaker 1: reports that the Falcons are likely going to release Kirk 51 00:02:27,280 --> 00:02:30,120 Speaker 1: Cousins sometime in the next month and a half. He 52 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:32,600 Speaker 1: is doing a big roster bonus if he's on the 53 00:02:32,639 --> 00:02:36,240 Speaker 1: team by March thirteenth, So by March thirteenth he will 54 00:02:36,280 --> 00:02:38,840 Speaker 1: be available for somebody else to go get. They are 55 00:02:38,880 --> 00:02:41,160 Speaker 1: going to move on from him at the quarterback position 56 00:02:41,600 --> 00:02:44,240 Speaker 1: and Cousins will be available to sign someplace else. Now 57 00:02:44,280 --> 00:02:49,040 Speaker 1: before we get to Cousins, I honestly I love this 58 00:02:49,200 --> 00:02:52,680 Speaker 1: move by the Falcons because you are starting over as 59 00:02:52,760 --> 00:02:55,720 Speaker 1: much as you can. Because the worst thing they did 60 00:02:56,240 --> 00:02:59,799 Speaker 1: was not sign Kirk Cousins. The worst thing they did 61 00:02:59,880 --> 00:03:03,480 Speaker 1: was drafting Michael Pennick junior. The worst thing was signing 62 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,440 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins and drafting Michael Pennix junior. That was stupid, 63 00:03:07,639 --> 00:03:10,520 Speaker 1: That was absolutely stupid. And all they did was have 64 00:03:10,600 --> 00:03:12,880 Speaker 1: two years of yeah, we don't know what we want, 65 00:03:12,919 --> 00:03:16,520 Speaker 1: we're gonna deal with quarterback controversy the entire time, which 66 00:03:16,560 --> 00:03:19,200 Speaker 1: they did, and no playoffs, and here there are two 67 00:03:19,280 --> 00:03:21,519 Speaker 1: years later, and now we got to move on. Sign 68 00:03:21,639 --> 00:03:24,880 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins or draft Michael Pennix. Don't do both because 69 00:03:24,880 --> 00:03:27,480 Speaker 1: that's just stupid. But now the crazy part is they 70 00:03:27,480 --> 00:03:29,680 Speaker 1: may not have any quarterback because Michael Pennix has been 71 00:03:29,760 --> 00:03:32,280 Speaker 1: hurt and not great when he's played. So they had 72 00:03:32,520 --> 00:03:34,800 Speaker 1: they thought we solved our quarterback room two years ago. 73 00:03:34,920 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: Now they're not gonna have anybody because Cousins is just 74 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,040 Speaker 1: an okay guy. Now he's gonna be on a new 75 00:03:39,040 --> 00:03:41,560 Speaker 1: team as a bridge quarterback somewhere or as a high 76 00:03:41,640 --> 00:03:44,840 Speaker 1: level backup. And who knows when Michael Pennick Junior is 77 00:03:44,880 --> 00:03:46,440 Speaker 1: going to be back on the field, if he's ever 78 00:03:46,480 --> 00:03:47,280 Speaker 1: gonna be any good. 79 00:03:47,480 --> 00:03:48,960 Speaker 3: So you thought you had it two years ago. 80 00:03:49,080 --> 00:03:52,000 Speaker 1: Now you might have anybody like the Falcons, Like they 81 00:03:52,080 --> 00:03:54,400 Speaker 1: might be an absolute blow up, Like they might be 82 00:03:54,440 --> 00:03:57,440 Speaker 1: a year where hey, this year is awful and next 83 00:03:57,520 --> 00:04:01,120 Speaker 1: year is everything. New new quarterback, new receiver, tight end, 84 00:04:01,200 --> 00:04:02,800 Speaker 1: knew everything except. 85 00:04:02,480 --> 00:04:04,040 Speaker 3: For be John Robinson. He's the best running back in 86 00:04:04,080 --> 00:04:04,480 Speaker 3: the NFL. 87 00:04:04,720 --> 00:04:06,560 Speaker 1: But it might be an absolute blow up when you 88 00:04:06,600 --> 00:04:08,840 Speaker 1: think Atlanta is this close to being a contender. 89 00:04:09,000 --> 00:04:09,840 Speaker 3: But that's just it, right. 90 00:04:09,840 --> 00:04:12,720 Speaker 1: You look at the way they finished the season, solid defense, 91 00:04:12,800 --> 00:04:17,640 Speaker 1: speed for days there, Bijon Robinson, Drake London, Kyle Pitts. 92 00:04:17,680 --> 00:04:19,960 Speaker 1: The big decision. Are you signing him long term? Are 93 00:04:19,960 --> 00:04:22,880 Speaker 1: you franchising him? Or are you just waving goodbye like 94 00:04:22,920 --> 00:04:26,200 Speaker 1: a Vegas blackjack dealer as he leaves the table. You 95 00:04:26,240 --> 00:04:29,960 Speaker 1: look at the Cousins in Pennix conundrum, and we talked 96 00:04:30,000 --> 00:04:31,760 Speaker 1: about it on the draft night. It's like, well, you 97 00:04:31,800 --> 00:04:34,080 Speaker 1: signed him, you didn't know what Cousins would be physically, 98 00:04:34,240 --> 00:04:36,680 Speaker 1: where he was whatever, and then you'd have your guy 99 00:04:36,720 --> 00:04:39,359 Speaker 1: at the future. Okay, I could reconcile it to a 100 00:04:39,400 --> 00:04:43,240 Speaker 1: point as long as everybody understands the sandbox they're playing in. 101 00:04:43,480 --> 00:04:46,200 Speaker 1: I mean, you did bring in Kevin Stefanski, so he 102 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,880 Speaker 1: just left a Pro Bowl quarterback. Maybe you could do 103 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:52,400 Speaker 1: the same for Michael Pennick jun d That's well, okay, 104 00:04:52,480 --> 00:04:54,359 Speaker 1: that's the h I could get you seven touchdowns and 105 00:04:54,400 --> 00:04:55,240 Speaker 1: ten picks this year. 106 00:04:55,320 --> 00:04:56,719 Speaker 3: That's an average year for you, right. 107 00:04:57,000 --> 00:04:57,880 Speaker 2: Pro Bowl? 108 00:04:58,400 --> 00:05:01,760 Speaker 1: That's the only silver li The uh uh for the 109 00:05:01,960 --> 00:05:04,599 Speaker 1: for the Falcons is that the fancy going, Oh, that's 110 00:05:04,600 --> 00:05:05,679 Speaker 1: what I got to deal with here. 111 00:05:06,160 --> 00:05:08,039 Speaker 3: That's nothing, man. You see the crap I had to 112 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 3: deal with. And he's got a book. 113 00:05:09,640 --> 00:05:12,120 Speaker 1: I guarantee, man, he's got nine hundred pages of a 114 00:05:12,120 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: manuscript somewhere. 115 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,240 Speaker 3: I'll solve this thing in twenty minutes. Let's just sit 116 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:15,800 Speaker 3: down and do it. 117 00:05:16,160 --> 00:05:20,279 Speaker 1: Your release gone, you, I need more you. I'm drafting 118 00:05:20,480 --> 00:05:24,000 Speaker 1: a guy on day three. But it's the conundrum with 119 00:05:24,080 --> 00:05:27,560 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins now as we watched the dominoes fall and 120 00:05:27,880 --> 00:05:30,680 Speaker 1: we're still in the final throes of the coaching caresel, 121 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: but also with quarterbacks because you still have so many 122 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:37,120 Speaker 1: others that are out there that were probably more attractive 123 00:05:37,160 --> 00:05:41,160 Speaker 1: options or guys with more mileage and maybe still quote 124 00:05:41,240 --> 00:05:45,240 Speaker 1: unquote Salvagable right when you look over in Arizona in 125 00:05:45,279 --> 00:05:48,320 Speaker 1: Miami in particular, with two guys that teams are making 126 00:05:48,360 --> 00:05:51,400 Speaker 1: decision on and Murray and two a tongue of IDOA. 127 00:05:51,920 --> 00:05:55,120 Speaker 1: But for Kirk Cousins, I mean, do we do the Hey, 128 00:05:55,160 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 1: he's that far removed from the injury, but we didn't 129 00:05:57,960 --> 00:06:00,960 Speaker 1: see him exactly light up the scoreboard regular And here's 130 00:06:00,960 --> 00:06:03,000 Speaker 1: what they relied a lot on that defense to get 131 00:06:03,040 --> 00:06:05,599 Speaker 1: them home. Kirk Cousins is just a guy at this 132 00:06:05,720 --> 00:06:07,440 Speaker 1: point right now that you want to think that old 133 00:06:07,440 --> 00:06:09,680 Speaker 1: fountain of youth because you look, Aaron Rodgers is sixty 134 00:06:09,680 --> 00:06:13,000 Speaker 1: three and he's still playing Kirk Cousin. Kirk Cousins is 135 00:06:13,000 --> 00:06:16,840 Speaker 1: only thirty seven darkness, but he's just a row And 136 00:06:16,880 --> 00:06:20,279 Speaker 1: I and the thing, the trap you fall into with 137 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: Kirk Cousins before I tell you who to go get 138 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:24,480 Speaker 1: this offseason, because it's not Kirk Cousins. You can give, 139 00:06:24,520 --> 00:06:26,839 Speaker 1: You can low ball his salary because you though he 140 00:06:26,880 --> 00:06:29,960 Speaker 1: doesn't spend it on wardrobe. If you go get Kirk Cousins, 141 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:34,000 Speaker 1: you're gonna wind up being the Steelers, which is every year, 142 00:06:34,520 --> 00:06:38,440 Speaker 1: what do we do at quarterback? We went for an overpriced, 143 00:06:38,480 --> 00:06:42,800 Speaker 1: aging veteran who was okay enough, but it's stopping us 144 00:06:42,880 --> 00:06:45,760 Speaker 1: from really hitting the reset buttoner doing what we need 145 00:06:45,800 --> 00:06:48,080 Speaker 1: to do with the position because what we got wasn't 146 00:06:48,080 --> 00:06:51,520 Speaker 1: so incredibly awful, but it wasn't great. How big, how 147 00:06:51,520 --> 00:06:53,960 Speaker 1: cold would the Steelers beat right now if they'd solved 148 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:57,039 Speaker 1: after Ben Roethlisberger. Yeah, they whiffed on Kenny Pickett. But 149 00:06:57,080 --> 00:06:59,719 Speaker 1: you keep drafting guys, Draft another guy, draft another guy. 150 00:07:00,400 --> 00:07:02,080 Speaker 1: If the Steelers you think they're gonna get it right, 151 00:07:02,120 --> 00:07:03,960 Speaker 1: where would they be right now? Because it's three years 152 00:07:04,000 --> 00:07:06,280 Speaker 1: it could have had a franchise quarterback, but instead they 153 00:07:06,279 --> 00:07:08,440 Speaker 1: decided with Mike Tom and no, no, no, I want 154 00:07:08,560 --> 00:07:11,760 Speaker 1: retreads that night are either old and past their prime, 155 00:07:11,920 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: and I'll make it work because I want the QB 156 00:07:13,800 --> 00:07:16,720 Speaker 1: to be a necessary evil. That didn't work right? If 157 00:07:16,760 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: you go with Kirk Cousins, Let's say he has just 158 00:07:19,240 --> 00:07:22,120 Speaker 1: an average ish kind of year. You go into next 159 00:07:22,200 --> 00:07:24,040 Speaker 1: year going, well, do we stick with him? Do we 160 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,400 Speaker 1: draft our quarterback of the future? Do we draft a 161 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:30,440 Speaker 1: guy late? Like you're stuck by the paralysis of a 162 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:31,840 Speaker 1: thirty eight year old quarterback? 163 00:07:31,880 --> 00:07:32,320 Speaker 3: What do you do? 164 00:07:32,360 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: You're kind of just running in place. So if you're 165 00:07:34,720 --> 00:07:37,280 Speaker 1: just gonna get jag results from Kirk Cousins, I go 166 00:07:37,400 --> 00:07:40,040 Speaker 1: somewhere else because there's better options out there. At this point, Yeah, 167 00:07:40,040 --> 00:07:44,040 Speaker 1: at that point you sys of this, you're pushing the rock. 168 00:07:44,120 --> 00:07:45,400 Speaker 3: Pushing the rock. 169 00:07:45,960 --> 00:07:50,200 Speaker 1: Twenty eight touchdowns, twenty one interceptions, sixty one point seven 170 00:07:50,280 --> 00:07:55,680 Speaker 1: percent completion rate by far a career low for for Cousins. 171 00:07:55,720 --> 00:08:00,720 Speaker 1: In twenty twenty five, Immobile erratic I guess if you 172 00:08:00,760 --> 00:08:04,960 Speaker 1: are a contender, he becomes the consideration of all right, 173 00:08:05,000 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 1: he's going to be better than whatever young quarterback. 174 00:08:07,400 --> 00:08:10,680 Speaker 3: If you think you need to make that move because. 175 00:08:10,400 --> 00:08:12,480 Speaker 1: You've got a bunch of guys who are coming up 176 00:08:12,760 --> 00:08:16,840 Speaker 1: their rookie deals or what that future considerations are in 177 00:08:16,920 --> 00:08:20,440 Speaker 1: terms of high price contracts that you have to consider, 178 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:23,800 Speaker 1: then maybe, But I think the price of pokers too much. 179 00:08:23,920 --> 00:08:25,400 Speaker 1: It's like we talk about with a lot of these 180 00:08:25,440 --> 00:08:28,400 Speaker 1: would be NBA trades, like I'm going to break up 181 00:08:29,080 --> 00:08:31,960 Speaker 1: or preclude myself from being in the market for a 182 00:08:32,000 --> 00:08:36,040 Speaker 1: pass rusher, a protector, a better cornerback in this passing 183 00:08:36,520 --> 00:08:41,880 Speaker 1: age of the NFL for a guy that is middling 184 00:08:41,920 --> 00:08:44,960 Speaker 1: at best on his best day. Yeah, like with Pittsburgh, 185 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:47,640 Speaker 1: they just don't want to bottom out. Like for anybody 186 00:08:47,760 --> 00:08:50,400 Speaker 1: looking at Cousins right now, it's the break glass in 187 00:08:50,440 --> 00:08:55,480 Speaker 1: case of emergency, or you're okay with just being middling 188 00:08:56,840 --> 00:08:59,400 Speaker 1: now if you don't want to get Kirk Cousins, I 189 00:08:59,480 --> 00:09:01,440 Speaker 1: tell you the two guys you should go after, because 190 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:03,120 Speaker 1: it's not a great year to need a quarterback. If 191 00:09:03,160 --> 00:09:04,720 Speaker 1: you looking for somebody for a year or two or 192 00:09:04,720 --> 00:09:07,880 Speaker 1: someone is that maybe you can yeah, Uh no, someone 193 00:09:07,920 --> 00:09:10,480 Speaker 1: who is good, uh, someone who maybe you can strike 194 00:09:10,559 --> 00:09:13,079 Speaker 1: lightning in a bottle with and maybe like Sam Darnold 195 00:09:13,080 --> 00:09:15,760 Speaker 1: finding the right system, Baker Mayfield finding the right system. 196 00:09:15,800 --> 00:09:16,280 Speaker 3: You can do it. 197 00:09:16,600 --> 00:09:19,440 Speaker 1: And not only that, I go get both of them 198 00:09:19,679 --> 00:09:20,439 Speaker 1: right because. 199 00:09:20,240 --> 00:09:21,679 Speaker 3: You want to, because you can. 200 00:09:23,120 --> 00:09:26,760 Speaker 1: Malik Willis and Mac Jones, those are the two guys, right, 201 00:09:26,760 --> 00:09:28,720 Speaker 1: because when you're going out looking for a quarterback. 202 00:09:28,760 --> 00:09:32,160 Speaker 3: Now, okay, what's the safest play? All right? Who played well? 203 00:09:32,559 --> 00:09:35,640 Speaker 1: You saw Mac Jones play incredibly well without any weapons 204 00:09:35,679 --> 00:09:37,880 Speaker 1: in San Francisco. They all got healthy when Brock Purdy 205 00:09:37,920 --> 00:09:39,920 Speaker 1: came back, or most of them did, and Brock Perdy 206 00:09:39,920 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 1: played great, but Mac Jones played incredibly well. Malik Willis 207 00:09:43,920 --> 00:09:48,160 Speaker 1: shoved in when Jordan Love got hurt, played well on occasions, 208 00:09:48,200 --> 00:09:50,840 Speaker 1: right and and and showed you that, hey, maybe this 209 00:09:51,000 --> 00:09:52,960 Speaker 1: was the right system for him. That Malik Willis is 210 00:09:53,360 --> 00:09:55,040 Speaker 1: the guy that there was drafted in the first round 211 00:09:55,040 --> 00:09:57,920 Speaker 1: a couple of years ago by Tennessee. I like both 212 00:09:57,960 --> 00:09:59,800 Speaker 1: of these guys because of what they did, because of 213 00:09:59,840 --> 00:10:03,000 Speaker 1: the youth, and also because you can look back and say, hey, 214 00:10:03,120 --> 00:10:05,440 Speaker 1: they had the pedigree coming in. They had high grades 215 00:10:05,440 --> 00:10:07,320 Speaker 1: in the NFL because they were both first round picks, 216 00:10:07,320 --> 00:10:09,720 Speaker 1: which tells you what the league thought of them. This 217 00:10:09,920 --> 00:10:12,160 Speaker 1: wasn't Hey, we got lucky with a guy who is 218 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:14,800 Speaker 1: a fifth round pick that suddenly turned out to be great. Hey, 219 00:10:14,960 --> 00:10:17,880 Speaker 1: we go back to his analysis and his evaluation. 220 00:10:18,280 --> 00:10:19,200 Speaker 3: He was this good coming. 221 00:10:19,360 --> 00:10:21,840 Speaker 1: We knew he had all the skills, and now in 222 00:10:21,880 --> 00:10:24,600 Speaker 1: a different system from where they were originally, we see 223 00:10:24,600 --> 00:10:26,920 Speaker 1: them playing well, so we know they can do it again. 224 00:10:27,240 --> 00:10:29,959 Speaker 1: And you saw this year. Will Willis is a guy 225 00:10:30,000 --> 00:10:32,280 Speaker 1: everybody wanted to start him in fantasy when Jordan Love 226 00:10:32,280 --> 00:10:34,120 Speaker 1: got out because he did a lot of great things. Right, 227 00:10:34,280 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: these are your two guys. Because they're young. You're hoping 228 00:10:37,000 --> 00:10:38,520 Speaker 1: you can hit it with one of them, and maybe 229 00:10:38,559 --> 00:10:41,560 Speaker 1: they're your next Sam Darnold. But you could go get 230 00:10:41,559 --> 00:10:44,000 Speaker 1: both of them, right, and you can sell them both 231 00:10:44,120 --> 00:10:46,160 Speaker 1: on it as well, because you can go get Malik 232 00:10:46,240 --> 00:10:50,240 Speaker 1: Willison mac Jones and your total price would probably be 233 00:10:50,800 --> 00:10:53,640 Speaker 1: twenty five million dollars and a fourth round draft pick. 234 00:10:54,040 --> 00:10:56,640 Speaker 1: That's you would pay for both of them. Because mac 235 00:10:56,760 --> 00:10:59,520 Speaker 1: Jones they would love to turn him into something. They're 236 00:10:59,559 --> 00:11:01,360 Speaker 1: not going to keep them just to be a backup, 237 00:11:02,520 --> 00:11:04,480 Speaker 1: you know. The teams don't really hold a guy back 238 00:11:04,520 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: from getting a starting job if they can. Maybe you 239 00:11:07,080 --> 00:11:10,240 Speaker 1: can even get a third round pick for Mac Jones, 240 00:11:10,240 --> 00:11:12,760 Speaker 1: which I gulds because he's had the big starting experience before, 241 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,960 Speaker 1: so maybe that's what it is. But a guy like 242 00:11:15,040 --> 00:11:17,280 Speaker 1: Malik Willis, you could say, all right, here's two years 243 00:11:17,280 --> 00:11:20,400 Speaker 1: and twenty million dollars guaranteed, and Matt Jones is already 244 00:11:20,400 --> 00:11:23,280 Speaker 1: on a contract for one one more year and four million, 245 00:11:23,559 --> 00:11:26,280 Speaker 1: So that's what you're getting for these guys, and you 246 00:11:26,320 --> 00:11:28,040 Speaker 1: can sell them on it because I would say, hey, 247 00:11:28,080 --> 00:11:29,840 Speaker 1: we're gona commit. You guys are gonna compete for the job. 248 00:11:30,280 --> 00:11:32,640 Speaker 1: They might not be thrilled with it, but I would say, okay, 249 00:11:33,440 --> 00:11:35,440 Speaker 1: you want to go someplace else where you're maybe gonna 250 00:11:35,440 --> 00:11:37,439 Speaker 1: be a bridge person where somebody else is going to 251 00:11:37,520 --> 00:11:40,360 Speaker 1: draft a quarterback and you know they're gonna play. Or 252 00:11:40,400 --> 00:11:42,440 Speaker 1: do you want to battle it out here where you 253 00:11:42,520 --> 00:11:45,560 Speaker 1: know most likely the winner's gonna get the gig. But 254 00:11:46,040 --> 00:11:48,040 Speaker 1: are you really gonna go all year and not get 255 00:11:48,040 --> 00:11:50,280 Speaker 1: a chance to start? You really think that's that's a 256 00:11:50,600 --> 00:11:52,640 Speaker 1: like if Malik Willis wins the job, back Jones is 257 00:11:52,679 --> 00:11:54,320 Speaker 1: gonna think I'm not gonna start again the rest of 258 00:11:54,320 --> 00:11:56,960 Speaker 1: this year. Malik Willis has never started a long time. Maybe, 259 00:11:57,040 --> 00:11:59,079 Speaker 1: but again, these are chances you're taking, but you want 260 00:11:59,080 --> 00:12:01,720 Speaker 1: to take the best chances. So you're both these guys. 261 00:12:01,760 --> 00:12:03,520 Speaker 1: You think, Okay, I have a better chance if I 262 00:12:03,600 --> 00:12:06,480 Speaker 1: don't start at starting at some point. Whereas if I 263 00:12:06,520 --> 00:12:09,000 Speaker 1: go to another team as a bridge quarterback, whoever gets 264 00:12:09,000 --> 00:12:12,040 Speaker 1: Mac Jones, you know, unless he likes the world on fire, 265 00:12:12,280 --> 00:12:14,960 Speaker 1: they're gonna they're drafting somebody else that they're gonna put 266 00:12:14,960 --> 00:12:17,240 Speaker 1: in and then you're done in finding a new team. 267 00:12:17,400 --> 00:12:20,120 Speaker 1: Whereas if we say, hey, you guys, we're not gonna 268 00:12:20,200 --> 00:12:23,080 Speaker 1: draft a quarterback this year, so you guys are it 269 00:12:23,200 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: battle it out and most likely you're both gonna play. 270 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:27,719 Speaker 3: Who would say no to that, right? 271 00:12:27,800 --> 00:12:31,040 Speaker 1: They both would, And worst case scenario after this year, 272 00:12:31,400 --> 00:12:33,520 Speaker 1: if one of them stinks, well the only could be 273 00:12:33,520 --> 00:12:35,319 Speaker 1: your backup, right, and Milik Willis can be your backup 274 00:12:35,360 --> 00:12:37,240 Speaker 1: then next year when you draft a new quarterback, whatever 275 00:12:37,280 --> 00:12:39,959 Speaker 1: it is. So yeah, if I'm an individual team, those 276 00:12:40,000 --> 00:12:41,839 Speaker 1: are the two guys I go for. But honestly, if 277 00:12:41,840 --> 00:12:43,840 Speaker 1: I'm the Jets, I'm the Browns, I'm someone like that 278 00:12:43,920 --> 00:12:46,240 Speaker 1: I'm the Raiders. I go get both of them and 279 00:12:46,280 --> 00:12:48,280 Speaker 1: I bring them in. This is just a mutant extension 280 00:12:48,280 --> 00:12:50,640 Speaker 1: of what you've been pushing for a decade plus here 281 00:12:50,640 --> 00:12:54,200 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports. Yeah, draft nothing but quarterbacks. On Day three, 282 00:12:54,920 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: rounds four through seven, draft a quarterback, quarterback and been. 283 00:12:58,000 --> 00:12:59,760 Speaker 3: Sent six quarterback. 284 00:12:59,800 --> 00:13:00,000 Speaker 2: Yeah. 285 00:13:00,160 --> 00:13:03,360 Speaker 1: I got quarterbacks all over and it's fight club. What's 286 00:13:03,360 --> 00:13:06,640 Speaker 1: going on over there? Backside backers? No, we have the quarterbacks. 287 00:13:06,679 --> 00:13:10,240 Speaker 1: Do get because I need to see toughness, because you know, 288 00:13:10,360 --> 00:13:11,800 Speaker 1: he needs to be able to run inside. 289 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:12,800 Speaker 3: So you got that going for I. 290 00:13:12,800 --> 00:13:15,160 Speaker 1: Run extra practices to make sure they all get reps. 291 00:13:15,160 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: You can see them. I do all that stuff. But 292 00:13:17,080 --> 00:13:19,360 Speaker 1: go on down the line. You do have plenty of options. 293 00:13:19,360 --> 00:13:20,920 Speaker 1: I'm gonna throw one in there that's kind of funny 294 00:13:20,920 --> 00:13:25,520 Speaker 1: for you. Well, first off, the Jets, Miami and Arizona 295 00:13:25,600 --> 00:13:28,360 Speaker 1: has Brissett. I think he's under contract for one more year. 296 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:28,640 Speaker 3: So fine. 297 00:13:29,040 --> 00:13:32,959 Speaker 1: Cleveland's still a mess. Indianapolis is Daniel Jones gonna be healthy? 298 00:13:32,960 --> 00:13:36,800 Speaker 1: And do they want keep whatever? Anthony richardson question Mark 299 00:13:37,160 --> 00:13:40,520 Speaker 1: for that, You've got Atlanta me and Kirk Cousins is leaving, 300 00:13:40,640 --> 00:13:42,600 Speaker 1: Michael Bennox coming off a big injury. 301 00:13:42,720 --> 00:13:44,760 Speaker 3: You're gonna need a body New Orleans. 302 00:13:44,800 --> 00:13:47,520 Speaker 1: Do you like Spencer Rattler behind the great Tyler Shut 303 00:13:47,640 --> 00:13:50,280 Speaker 1: don't know, but then you have the other one, two 304 00:13:50,360 --> 00:13:55,440 Speaker 1: more one in the NFC when we look at Jameis 305 00:13:55,480 --> 00:13:58,280 Speaker 1: Winston's there. But maybe you want another arm in New 306 00:13:58,360 --> 00:14:01,280 Speaker 1: York because Jackson Art's gonna be in the Blue Tans 307 00:14:01,280 --> 00:14:04,240 Speaker 1: at some point. And then Sean Payton showed he he 308 00:14:04,360 --> 00:14:07,559 Speaker 1: hates bo Nick. Yeah, yeah, yea, so maybe you could 309 00:14:07,600 --> 00:14:10,400 Speaker 1: become the guy he wants. You know, Jared Cinnamon coming back? No, 310 00:14:10,679 --> 00:14:14,760 Speaker 1: probably not. He had his opportunity after those three games 311 00:14:15,240 --> 00:14:18,000 Speaker 1: or three years there. He had his game and that 312 00:14:18,480 --> 00:14:21,320 Speaker 1: congratulations on a job done. But even if you can't 313 00:14:21,320 --> 00:14:23,800 Speaker 1: pull that off, you could, but that's it's great. But 314 00:14:23,960 --> 00:14:25,840 Speaker 1: those are your two guys to go out and get 315 00:14:25,840 --> 00:14:29,080 Speaker 1: this year because you know that the chances that maybe 316 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:32,040 Speaker 1: young quarterbacks with another and again just keep put up 317 00:14:32,040 --> 00:14:34,240 Speaker 1: posters of Darnold and Mayfield and all those guys. 318 00:14:34,280 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 3: Hey, it could work, man, You never know. 319 00:14:35,840 --> 00:14:38,000 Speaker 1: It could work, and if it doesn't, you go get 320 00:14:38,000 --> 00:14:40,360 Speaker 1: a quarterback next year when when the draft for quarterbacks 321 00:14:40,400 --> 00:14:40,960 Speaker 1: is much better. 322 00:14:41,200 --> 00:14:41,880 Speaker 3: It there you go. 323 00:14:42,040 --> 00:14:44,680 Speaker 1: He goes sign Willis and then you have to go 324 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,040 Speaker 1: deal with San Francisco. Who's gonna hold you over the barrel? 325 00:14:48,160 --> 00:14:50,960 Speaker 1: Exit out about a Fresca exit swollen Dome. Jason Smith 326 00:14:51,000 --> 00:14:53,800 Speaker 1: Mike Harman live from the Fox Sports Radio Studios. 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Check us out on YouTube, Subscribe, hit that 343 00:15:43,360 --> 00:15:48,320 Speaker 4: thumbs up icon and comment away Fox Sports Radio The 344 00:15:48,400 --> 00:15:49,359 Speaker 4: Jason Smith. 345 00:15:49,120 --> 00:15:52,680 Speaker 1: Show with My bas friend Mike Harmon has something a 346 00:15:52,680 --> 00:15:54,840 Speaker 1: little different before we end with two big stories out 347 00:15:54,840 --> 00:15:58,600 Speaker 1: of the NFL this hour at Big Story earlier today, 348 00:15:58,720 --> 00:16:00,600 Speaker 1: it got a lot of attention on social media. 349 00:16:00,880 --> 00:16:04,240 Speaker 3: ESPN had it. 350 00:16:02,920 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: Am According to a national survey released Thursday by the 351 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:11,120 Speaker 1: US Center for Safe Sports, So it's a big national survey. 352 00:16:11,640 --> 00:16:15,440 Speaker 1: When it comes to youth sports, most of America's youth 353 00:16:15,480 --> 00:16:18,600 Speaker 1: sport coaches are burned out and fed up with verbal 354 00:16:18,640 --> 00:16:22,960 Speaker 1: harassment and abuse, mainly from parents of athletes. So this 355 00:16:23,120 --> 00:16:24,640 Speaker 1: is a huge survey. 356 00:16:24,360 --> 00:16:25,040 Speaker 3: That was put out. 357 00:16:25,080 --> 00:16:27,520 Speaker 1: Hey, the status of youth sports, which we've heard about 358 00:16:27,520 --> 00:16:29,360 Speaker 1: for the last few years and all the different you know, 359 00:16:29,480 --> 00:16:32,800 Speaker 1: problems there are with youth sports, and the majority of 360 00:16:32,880 --> 00:16:36,680 Speaker 1: people that coach feel burned out, don't like it, not 361 00:16:36,840 --> 00:16:40,680 Speaker 1: happy because of verbal harassment and abuse, mainly from parents 362 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:43,760 Speaker 1: of the kids they're coaching. Now, when I saw this 363 00:16:43,800 --> 00:16:47,400 Speaker 1: and I saw the breakdown, it made me sad because 364 00:16:47,440 --> 00:16:49,080 Speaker 1: you know, I was a big youth sport coach for 365 00:16:49,080 --> 00:16:51,240 Speaker 1: a long time. You know, you went through the entire 366 00:16:51,280 --> 00:16:54,200 Speaker 1: youth sports with your daughter as well, and you know, 367 00:16:54,520 --> 00:16:56,880 Speaker 1: I saw this and I just said, you know, we 368 00:16:57,000 --> 00:16:59,760 Speaker 1: hear all the bad stories about youth sports, and there 369 00:16:59,760 --> 00:17:01,880 Speaker 1: are and I thought about this, I said, you know, 370 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:03,120 Speaker 1: I really want to talk about this tonight. 371 00:17:03,160 --> 00:17:04,600 Speaker 3: And I was trying to think, you know, what's the 372 00:17:04,600 --> 00:17:05,440 Speaker 3: angle to come at. 373 00:17:05,359 --> 00:17:07,199 Speaker 1: This from, because I could sit here and tell stories 374 00:17:07,200 --> 00:17:09,359 Speaker 1: about you know, what went on and what goes on. 375 00:17:10,440 --> 00:17:12,159 Speaker 1: But I think the best thing to do is to 376 00:17:12,359 --> 00:17:14,760 Speaker 1: is to solve this. Is to help people solve this, 377 00:17:14,840 --> 00:17:17,320 Speaker 1: because anybody that's had a kid that's playing, has a 378 00:17:17,400 --> 00:17:20,320 Speaker 1: kid that's playing, that is coaching, that wanted to coach. 379 00:17:20,359 --> 00:17:22,879 Speaker 1: Everybody goes through this at some point when you go 380 00:17:22,880 --> 00:17:24,679 Speaker 1: through youth sports. Maybe you played it in you're in 381 00:17:24,720 --> 00:17:27,199 Speaker 1: your life and there are issues for you. But I 382 00:17:27,240 --> 00:17:29,440 Speaker 1: got to say that, you know, from the experience had 383 00:17:29,480 --> 00:17:32,760 Speaker 1: for you know, the last decade, like I really think 384 00:17:32,800 --> 00:17:36,240 Speaker 1: that the solving this is is a little bit easier 385 00:17:36,280 --> 00:17:37,080 Speaker 1: than people make it. 386 00:17:37,440 --> 00:17:39,960 Speaker 3: Okay, So the first thing is this is. 387 00:17:39,920 --> 00:17:45,040 Speaker 1: That you've heard all of the crazy stories about parents. 388 00:17:45,400 --> 00:17:48,199 Speaker 1: Here's an unruly parent, a softball game, unruly parent, a 389 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:50,800 Speaker 1: soccer game, and a youth football game, whatever it is. 390 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:54,359 Speaker 1: And because you see this, you think it's rampant. Like 391 00:17:54,560 --> 00:17:57,480 Speaker 1: half of the parents you're going to coach are all 392 00:17:57,520 --> 00:18:00,720 Speaker 1: going to be this insane. Well, it's not understand that 393 00:18:00,760 --> 00:18:02,720 Speaker 1: you don't hear about all the good parents, because there's 394 00:18:02,720 --> 00:18:03,399 Speaker 1: tons of good parts. 395 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:05,720 Speaker 3: Like again, I got a decade of data and experience. 396 00:18:05,840 --> 00:18:09,040 Speaker 1: Yeah, you're gonna get bad parents because when you coach 397 00:18:09,520 --> 00:18:12,159 Speaker 1: a group of players, a group of girls or boys, 398 00:18:12,400 --> 00:18:15,200 Speaker 1: and your roster is twelve to sixteen people, whether it's 399 00:18:15,200 --> 00:18:18,119 Speaker 1: softball or soccer or something else, Yeah, the math is 400 00:18:18,160 --> 00:18:20,320 Speaker 1: gonna tell you you're gonna get at least one parent 401 00:18:20,400 --> 00:18:23,960 Speaker 1: or one set of parents that's gonna be really problematic, 402 00:18:24,119 --> 00:18:26,879 Speaker 1: that are good that are going to be at the 403 00:18:26,880 --> 00:18:31,080 Speaker 1: point of harassing or abusing, whether it's they're mad at you, 404 00:18:31,359 --> 00:18:34,160 Speaker 1: they get mad at officials. Like you're gonna get somebody 405 00:18:34,240 --> 00:18:36,199 Speaker 1: just because the math tells you that, But understand that's 406 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:37,760 Speaker 1: what you're gonna get. You're not gonna get an entire 407 00:18:37,840 --> 00:18:40,360 Speaker 1: team of parents like that, but you are gonna get them. 408 00:18:40,359 --> 00:18:41,959 Speaker 1: So under So the first thing I would tell you 409 00:18:42,000 --> 00:18:44,159 Speaker 1: to solve this problem is that if you want to 410 00:18:44,200 --> 00:18:46,720 Speaker 1: be a coach, if you're coaching, understand you're going to 411 00:18:46,760 --> 00:18:49,119 Speaker 1: get them and you have to deal with it. You 412 00:18:49,160 --> 00:18:51,440 Speaker 1: can't blow it off. You can't say, well that's a parent, 413 00:18:51,480 --> 00:18:53,480 Speaker 1: I don't talk to them. I don't really talk to 414 00:18:53,520 --> 00:18:55,639 Speaker 1: the kid that much. No, you have to deal with that, 415 00:18:55,720 --> 00:18:58,160 Speaker 1: and you have to embrace that challenge because that's what's 416 00:18:58,200 --> 00:18:59,879 Speaker 1: gonna solve it. Because if you just treat this and 417 00:18:59,880 --> 00:19:05,159 Speaker 1: I get that, it's second nature for volunteer coaches to say, 418 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:07,280 Speaker 1: I don't need this stress, so I don't talk to 419 00:19:07,320 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 1: this parent. I don't talk to That's the worst thing 420 00:19:09,640 --> 00:19:11,639 Speaker 1: you can do because that's not going away. It's not 421 00:19:11,800 --> 00:19:14,000 Speaker 1: that the season's not gonna go in midway through they're 422 00:19:14,000 --> 00:19:15,920 Speaker 1: gonna throw their hands up. No, things are just gonna 423 00:19:15,920 --> 00:19:18,520 Speaker 1: get worse, whether it's how they treat you or how 424 00:19:18,520 --> 00:19:22,440 Speaker 1: they talk to the people in the league on whether 425 00:19:22,480 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 1: it's All Stars or club, or how they talk to 426 00:19:24,440 --> 00:19:27,040 Speaker 1: the referees or the officials. So the thing I'm gonna 427 00:19:27,040 --> 00:19:29,439 Speaker 1: tell you is understand that you're gonna have people on 428 00:19:29,480 --> 00:19:31,800 Speaker 1: your team. It's not gonna be everybody, it's gonna be 429 00:19:31,840 --> 00:19:34,120 Speaker 1: one or two. But you have to do it first. 430 00:19:34,200 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: You have to deal with that. You have to embrace 431 00:19:35,840 --> 00:19:38,480 Speaker 1: it and take the challenge and say, Okay, how do 432 00:19:38,560 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: I turn this into the best situation it could Because 433 00:19:40,600 --> 00:19:42,760 Speaker 1: if you try to say, I just don't deal it. No, no, no, 434 00:19:42,840 --> 00:19:44,480 Speaker 1: I know that's what a lot of coaches do. I 435 00:19:44,480 --> 00:19:46,400 Speaker 1: don't talk to that parent. I can't talk to the dad. 436 00:19:46,440 --> 00:19:48,000 Speaker 1: I can't talk to the mom. I can't do that. No, 437 00:19:48,440 --> 00:19:50,680 Speaker 1: you got to embrace it because that's the only way 438 00:19:50,680 --> 00:19:52,080 Speaker 1: that you're gonna be able to fix something. Look, I'll 439 00:19:52,080 --> 00:19:54,439 Speaker 1: get the team to wrap around it, because kicking the 440 00:19:54,440 --> 00:19:57,159 Speaker 1: can down the road. Guess what, there's the parent in 441 00:19:57,240 --> 00:20:00,560 Speaker 1: the next year and the next year and the next year. 442 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 1: And that's where you get into the volunteerism of it. 443 00:20:03,920 --> 00:20:06,919 Speaker 1: You like with anything, if you're giving your time, money, 444 00:20:06,960 --> 00:20:10,240 Speaker 1: effort to something and you're not seeing the requisite return 445 00:20:11,040 --> 00:20:13,520 Speaker 1: in terms of you finished it, and you're like, I 446 00:20:13,520 --> 00:20:15,920 Speaker 1: did a good thing, we did a good good job coaching. 447 00:20:16,160 --> 00:20:20,040 Speaker 1: The girls are happy, the boys are happy, whatever. Then 448 00:20:20,080 --> 00:20:23,240 Speaker 1: at some point you're just saying, why am I bothering? Yeah? 449 00:20:23,280 --> 00:20:24,520 Speaker 1: I got and I get it. I get a lot 450 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:25,879 Speaker 1: of people. A lot of people do that with their 451 00:20:25,960 --> 00:20:27,760 Speaker 1: jobs that they get paid to do. I get it, 452 00:20:28,119 --> 00:20:31,440 Speaker 1: and I get that. It's also something when you volunteer 453 00:20:31,480 --> 00:20:34,160 Speaker 1: coach youth sport, like whether you're coaching at an all star 454 00:20:34,280 --> 00:20:37,040 Speaker 1: level or at a little league level, or you know, 455 00:20:37,480 --> 00:20:41,320 Speaker 1: it doesn't matter because you're doing something that other people 456 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:43,360 Speaker 1: think they can do just as well as you. Right, 457 00:20:43,520 --> 00:20:45,480 Speaker 1: if you think you watch an NFL game and you 458 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:47,639 Speaker 1: think people that can coach NFL teams better than the 459 00:20:47,640 --> 00:20:49,600 Speaker 1: head coach, what do you think it's like in youth 460 00:20:49,640 --> 00:20:52,879 Speaker 1: sports when I'm just a volunteer. I have a background 461 00:20:52,920 --> 00:20:54,440 Speaker 1: in sports, and I played it and I did X, 462 00:20:54,600 --> 00:20:56,560 Speaker 1: Y and Z. But it's not like I went to 463 00:20:57,200 --> 00:21:00,960 Speaker 1: you know, I majored in coaching in college and I coached, 464 00:21:01,080 --> 00:21:04,400 Speaker 1: you know, on staffs, and I was a graduate assistant, 465 00:21:04,400 --> 00:21:07,040 Speaker 1: and then I moved up and I was no, Okay, 466 00:21:07,200 --> 00:21:08,919 Speaker 1: you're not doing the right thing. And all you are 467 00:21:09,040 --> 00:21:11,960 Speaker 1: is a volunteer. So that that's if you think you're 468 00:21:11,960 --> 00:21:14,280 Speaker 1: going to avoid that, you're not. And it's just part 469 00:21:14,280 --> 00:21:18,640 Speaker 1: of it. And to say, the best thing I can say, 470 00:21:18,680 --> 00:21:21,399 Speaker 1: the best piece of advice I can give that will 471 00:21:21,680 --> 00:21:26,400 Speaker 1: that can stop this is that there's nothing that can 472 00:21:26,440 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: help you more dealing with a kid whose parents are problems, 473 00:21:30,800 --> 00:21:33,960 Speaker 1: whether it is the yell at the officials or they're 474 00:21:33,960 --> 00:21:37,639 Speaker 1: mad at you, there's nothing that will solve this better 475 00:21:37,880 --> 00:21:41,400 Speaker 1: more likelihood of solving it then just show them that 476 00:21:41,480 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: you care about their kid, which you should anyway, right, 477 00:21:44,480 --> 00:21:46,080 Speaker 1: I mean that should be it you get into coaching. 478 00:21:46,560 --> 00:21:48,359 Speaker 1: Don't get into coaching if I just want to coach 479 00:21:48,400 --> 00:21:50,359 Speaker 1: my kid and I only coach one kid and the 480 00:21:50,400 --> 00:21:52,600 Speaker 1: other fifteen, I kind of ignore because I want to 481 00:21:52,640 --> 00:21:54,520 Speaker 1: get my kid to college or I think my kid is. 482 00:21:54,840 --> 00:21:57,920 Speaker 1: You're in it because you want to coach, and I'll 483 00:21:57,920 --> 00:22:00,199 Speaker 1: be honest, I have just as many great memory and 484 00:22:00,280 --> 00:22:02,560 Speaker 1: things I think about that moments I had with Zoe, 485 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:06,160 Speaker 1: that moments I had with other girls that I thought 486 00:22:06,160 --> 00:22:09,160 Speaker 1: of so many of them today. Uh, you know, going 487 00:22:09,160 --> 00:22:11,439 Speaker 1: through with with a bunch of different players. Oh my goodness, 488 00:22:11,480 --> 00:22:13,240 Speaker 1: I missed this fan, I miss their family, and I 489 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:16,600 Speaker 1: miss this person. So just understand that you you show 490 00:22:16,600 --> 00:22:20,600 Speaker 1: that you care about their kid because you're not only 491 00:22:20,720 --> 00:22:23,800 Speaker 1: just coaching the kid, You're kind of coaching the parents too. 492 00:22:24,080 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: So understand that when you draft a kid, or you 493 00:22:26,800 --> 00:22:28,480 Speaker 1: pick a kid for an all Star team, you pick 494 00:22:28,480 --> 00:22:31,040 Speaker 1: a kid for your team, you're not just coaching them. 495 00:22:31,200 --> 00:22:33,680 Speaker 1: You are coaching the parents too. You pick the parents 496 00:22:33,960 --> 00:22:35,440 Speaker 1: in addition to picking the kids. 497 00:22:37,359 --> 00:22:38,320 Speaker 3: So you have to make. 498 00:22:38,200 --> 00:22:40,760 Speaker 1: Sure that you know you are you you are coaching 499 00:22:40,760 --> 00:22:42,879 Speaker 1: because they want to know stuff. They want to know 500 00:22:42,920 --> 00:22:44,920 Speaker 1: that their kid is getting taken care of. They want 501 00:22:44,960 --> 00:22:47,720 Speaker 1: to make sure things like communication and that their kids 502 00:22:47,720 --> 00:22:51,040 Speaker 1: getting a fair shake. But basically, it's just you show somebody. 503 00:22:51,080 --> 00:22:53,199 Speaker 1: You show a kid that you care about them, and 504 00:22:53,400 --> 00:22:56,000 Speaker 1: that's going to stop a lot of things. Because let's 505 00:22:56,000 --> 00:22:58,680 Speaker 1: say that this kid's at a dinner table with with 506 00:22:58,680 --> 00:23:01,000 Speaker 1: with their parents and the like, you should be playing 507 00:23:01,040 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: first base more. You should be playing striker more. I 508 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:06,080 Speaker 1: don't know why you're you're playing you're playing defense so much, 509 00:23:06,119 --> 00:23:08,800 Speaker 1: whatever it is, you should be doing this more. And 510 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: if you are a coach that, hey, you're not coach 511 00:23:11,960 --> 00:23:13,600 Speaker 1: that has shown you care about that kid, that kid's 512 00:23:13,640 --> 00:23:17,000 Speaker 1: gonna go yeah whatever, this season is whatever. And that 513 00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,680 Speaker 1: just fires up the parents more and they're gonna they're 514 00:23:19,720 --> 00:23:22,359 Speaker 1: gonna be even more mad. But let's just say the 515 00:23:22,359 --> 00:23:25,320 Speaker 1: same conversation takes place, but you show you care about 516 00:23:25,320 --> 00:23:27,400 Speaker 1: the kid, the kids having fun kids, and the parents 517 00:23:27,440 --> 00:23:29,480 Speaker 1: that you should be playing first base more. You should 518 00:23:29,480 --> 00:23:31,479 Speaker 1: be playing striker more. You should be playing center mid more. 519 00:23:31,480 --> 00:23:33,439 Speaker 1: You should be doing this more. I can't believe that. 520 00:23:33,760 --> 00:23:36,120 Speaker 1: And the kid says, yeah, but you know, what, I'm 521 00:23:36,160 --> 00:23:39,320 Speaker 1: really having fun and I'm learning a lot. Nothing stops 522 00:23:39,400 --> 00:23:43,080 Speaker 1: a parent out of control in their tracks more than well, Okay, 523 00:23:43,640 --> 00:23:46,040 Speaker 1: my kid says they're having fun and they're enjoying themselves 524 00:23:46,040 --> 00:23:48,320 Speaker 1: and they're and they're learning a lot. I may still 525 00:23:48,359 --> 00:23:51,000 Speaker 1: disagree with that coach, but guess what, I'm not gonna 526 00:23:51,040 --> 00:23:53,440 Speaker 1: go crazy at games and I'm not going to make 527 00:23:53,440 --> 00:23:55,520 Speaker 1: it tougher for them. I'm not gonna make it tougher 528 00:23:55,600 --> 00:23:57,359 Speaker 1: on the umpires because that's gonna make it tougher on 529 00:23:57,440 --> 00:24:01,400 Speaker 1: my kid. If my kid says they're having fun and learning, okay, 530 00:24:01,640 --> 00:24:04,919 Speaker 1: that tamps down a lot of of vitriol from the 531 00:24:04,960 --> 00:24:07,160 Speaker 1: parents one hundred percent. Just got to show you care 532 00:24:07,200 --> 00:24:10,120 Speaker 1: about them and understand you're drafting, you're picking the family 533 00:24:10,280 --> 00:24:12,000 Speaker 1: as well as you're picking the kid because they want 534 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:14,760 Speaker 1: to know stuff to communication all the way through. So 535 00:24:14,840 --> 00:24:19,400 Speaker 1: it's like any working personal relationship, right You're you're together 536 00:24:19,560 --> 00:24:22,520 Speaker 1: for whatever the period of time is, three months, six months, 537 00:24:22,520 --> 00:24:25,080 Speaker 1: a year, uh cycle into the next year. 538 00:24:25,119 --> 00:24:26,080 Speaker 3: I mean, depending on. 539 00:24:26,080 --> 00:24:28,840 Speaker 1: The the way your league goes, you may be under 540 00:24:28,880 --> 00:24:31,480 Speaker 1: the same coach for a number of years yea, and 541 00:24:31,720 --> 00:24:34,560 Speaker 1: which creates its whole a whole other set. We we 542 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:37,960 Speaker 1: experienced it where coach moved into a different role at 543 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:42,240 Speaker 1: a different club. Folks had never dealt with another coach. 544 00:24:42,680 --> 00:24:44,720 Speaker 1: So all of a sudden, philosophies are different. And if 545 00:24:44,920 --> 00:24:47,679 Speaker 1: if you're not upfront with everybody, all of a sudden, 546 00:24:47,720 --> 00:24:51,679 Speaker 1: it becomes a very uh, temperamental type of set. So 547 00:24:52,080 --> 00:24:54,679 Speaker 1: say the same thing, right, you just get to know 548 00:24:54,760 --> 00:24:57,159 Speaker 1: your people as early as you can. Yeah, it's a 549 00:24:57,200 --> 00:24:59,680 Speaker 1: you know, and the whole thing about drafting the parents 550 00:24:59,760 --> 00:25:04,040 Speaker 1: is is a big thing, right, it's every team is 551 00:25:04,040 --> 00:25:06,159 Speaker 1: not going to be the same. Every team is not 552 00:25:06,200 --> 00:25:08,600 Speaker 1: always going to be Everything is wonderful, everything is great. 553 00:25:08,920 --> 00:25:12,280 Speaker 1: The best you can do is get as many people 554 00:25:12,280 --> 00:25:14,840 Speaker 1: on the same page as possible, and as long as 555 00:25:14,880 --> 00:25:17,639 Speaker 1: that's the case, you're going to have a successful season. 556 00:25:17,800 --> 00:25:22,400 Speaker 1: Because I've seen other coaches who have different strategies, different philosophies, 557 00:25:22,440 --> 00:25:23,120 Speaker 1: I've seen them work. 558 00:25:23,160 --> 00:25:25,320 Speaker 3: I've seen a lot of them not work, and and 559 00:25:25,440 --> 00:25:26,000 Speaker 3: I can just. 560 00:25:25,920 --> 00:25:28,679 Speaker 1: Say that, Okay, everybody's got a different different way they 561 00:25:28,680 --> 00:25:32,439 Speaker 1: want to coach. But the best thing to do is 562 00:25:32,680 --> 00:25:35,120 Speaker 1: when you're coaching. Yes, it's one thing to coach them 563 00:25:35,119 --> 00:25:37,040 Speaker 1: on the dirt and on the grass, But you do 564 00:25:37,119 --> 00:25:39,080 Speaker 1: much more coaching when you coach them up here and 565 00:25:39,080 --> 00:25:42,160 Speaker 1: I'm pointing to my head, you could that's coaching too, right, 566 00:25:42,240 --> 00:25:45,000 Speaker 1: It's not just coaching x's and o's. Right, what's a 567 00:25:45,000 --> 00:25:46,879 Speaker 1: big phrase, Not x's and o's about the Jimmy's and 568 00:25:46,920 --> 00:25:49,240 Speaker 1: the Joe's. Right, Like, that's kind of how I look 569 00:25:49,280 --> 00:25:51,760 Speaker 1: at things. And I know a lot of coaches. And 570 00:25:51,800 --> 00:25:53,600 Speaker 1: because you know more in the survey, when I see 571 00:25:53,800 --> 00:25:56,159 Speaker 1: coaches were dissatisfied with how leagues were running, all this, 572 00:25:56,280 --> 00:25:56,880 Speaker 1: like all all. 573 00:25:56,800 --> 00:25:57,600 Speaker 3: That stuff, I get. 574 00:25:57,760 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: I get all that stuff, right, Like, you know, the 575 00:26:00,280 --> 00:26:02,560 Speaker 1: coaches and the leagues that I coached, and I wasn't 576 00:26:02,560 --> 00:26:04,560 Speaker 1: always their cup of tea because I did things differently 577 00:26:04,920 --> 00:26:07,280 Speaker 1: and and I don't know if it's because they didn't 578 00:26:07,280 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: recognize it. 579 00:26:07,960 --> 00:26:11,159 Speaker 3: It was different, you know, to go moneyball and scaring them, 580 00:26:11,160 --> 00:26:12,280 Speaker 3: it's scaring their livelihood. 581 00:26:12,320 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: It's like, it's just there's a couple of different ways 582 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:17,320 Speaker 1: to coach, and knowing that all of that goes into it. 583 00:26:17,320 --> 00:26:19,240 Speaker 1: It's not just hey, we're gonna go and we're gonna 584 00:26:19,400 --> 00:26:21,359 Speaker 1: hit the heavy balls and we're gonna we're gonna hit 585 00:26:21,359 --> 00:26:24,239 Speaker 1: off the bonnet and you're gonna take thirty swings. Some 586 00:26:24,320 --> 00:26:26,080 Speaker 1: of it is how you talk to them, how you 587 00:26:26,119 --> 00:26:28,120 Speaker 1: deal with the parents, how you coach them, keeping them 588 00:26:28,400 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: in the in the best place they can be so 589 00:26:30,920 --> 00:26:33,480 Speaker 1: they can be the best version of themselves. And that's 590 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: coaching too. And it's not just it's not just about 591 00:26:36,880 --> 00:26:38,440 Speaker 1: one thing. I mean, it's a thing to get into. 592 00:26:38,560 --> 00:26:40,760 Speaker 1: It's it's it's a responsibility. The deep you get, the 593 00:26:40,760 --> 00:26:43,320 Speaker 1: more you do, you realize, the more levels you're getting at. 594 00:26:43,560 --> 00:26:46,840 Speaker 1: But when you do this to get that, hey, to 595 00:26:47,040 --> 00:26:49,679 Speaker 1: to try to coach them and to be and to 596 00:26:49,760 --> 00:26:53,720 Speaker 1: have that experience, whether they're coming off you and they're 597 00:26:53,760 --> 00:26:56,200 Speaker 1: saying I'm gonna be a great player and I'm gonna 598 00:26:56,240 --> 00:26:58,800 Speaker 1: go to college, or hey, I'm enjoying this time and 599 00:26:58,840 --> 00:27:01,280 Speaker 1: when I'm fourteen, I'm gonna playing. When I'm fifteen, I'm 600 00:27:01,280 --> 00:27:03,560 Speaker 1: gonna stop. And they can look back and say I 601 00:27:03,600 --> 00:27:05,800 Speaker 1: had a great experience. I mean, that's your win. I 602 00:27:05,840 --> 00:27:07,720 Speaker 1: mean that that that's absolutely your. 603 00:27:07,640 --> 00:27:08,119 Speaker 3: Win right there. 604 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:11,960 Speaker 1: No, But that's the hope is that the parents, the player, 605 00:27:12,119 --> 00:27:16,159 Speaker 1: and everybody else decides if they're walking away, it's not 606 00:27:16,240 --> 00:27:20,919 Speaker 1: because they're dissatisfied with the experience. Right, because certainly that 607 00:27:20,960 --> 00:27:22,800 Speaker 1: can be the case because eventually you're going to hit 608 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:25,480 Speaker 1: the wall. Eventually you're retired from it, like only so 609 00:27:25,520 --> 00:27:27,920 Speaker 1: many whatever the percentages, go on to play. 610 00:27:27,680 --> 00:27:29,720 Speaker 3: In college and beyond from that. 611 00:27:29,880 --> 00:27:34,760 Speaker 1: But it's recognizing and being realistic about each of the opportunities. 612 00:27:34,760 --> 00:27:36,840 Speaker 1: And look, I am what I am, like my my 613 00:27:37,000 --> 00:27:41,359 Speaker 1: on air personality is not made up. So I'm loud, 614 00:27:42,040 --> 00:27:45,920 Speaker 1: that's just and I'm a nuisance and I apologize profusely 615 00:27:45,960 --> 00:27:49,120 Speaker 1: to everybody for it, but it's just I'm but I'm 616 00:27:49,160 --> 00:27:50,920 Speaker 1: not a nuisance to the coach at least I don't 617 00:27:50,920 --> 00:27:54,840 Speaker 1: think so. But it's I'm not trying to tell anybody 618 00:27:54,840 --> 00:27:58,080 Speaker 1: how to coach. Yes, it's you know, you you're entrusting 619 00:27:58,440 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: your son or daughter with the coach, and you know, 620 00:28:01,119 --> 00:28:04,520 Speaker 1: unless something's egregious, sometimes there's some tough love that needs 621 00:28:04,560 --> 00:28:06,600 Speaker 1: to be in now. I mean, that's the as long 622 00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:08,959 Speaker 1: as you committ Like, look, the three biggest things is 623 00:28:09,320 --> 00:28:12,119 Speaker 1: know you're gonna get a bad parent or upset of parents. 624 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:14,640 Speaker 1: Know you have to deal with it and just show 625 00:28:14,680 --> 00:28:16,760 Speaker 1: you care about the kid, because that that that that's 626 00:28:16,800 --> 00:28:19,320 Speaker 1: the best thing you can do to tamp down all 627 00:28:19,359 --> 00:28:21,679 Speaker 1: of that Now, is that gonna stop everybody? No, but 628 00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:26,600 Speaker 1: it's gonna solve the vast majority of your point. Now, 629 00:28:27,119 --> 00:28:30,639 Speaker 1: how coaches deal with umpires, that's different, and that's a 630 00:28:30,680 --> 00:28:34,399 Speaker 1: different conversation for a different survey for another night. Okay, 631 00:28:34,400 --> 00:28:38,360 Speaker 1: that's a completely different from that's completely different from this 632 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,560 Speaker 1: because when it comes to umpires and officials, my philosophy is, hey, 633 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:48,600 Speaker 1: if you're gonna come in and suck, don't come in 634 00:28:48,640 --> 00:28:48,960 Speaker 1: and do it. 635 00:28:49,040 --> 00:28:52,320 Speaker 3: Let somebody else. Don Angel would have got that right. 636 00:28:52,520 --> 00:28:52,720 Speaker 1: Ah. 637 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:54,200 Speaker 3: But that's where it's difficult. 638 00:28:54,280 --> 00:28:57,080 Speaker 1: Depending on what league you're in, it's either parents that 639 00:28:57,240 --> 00:29:01,000 Speaker 1: have to volunteer for points for playoffs so or there 640 00:29:00,920 --> 00:29:03,720 Speaker 1: are folks that actually draw a decent paycheck to come 641 00:29:03,800 --> 00:29:05,880 Speaker 1: referee your game. They make they make like the the 642 00:29:06,120 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: high school the umps for the for softball, I think 643 00:29:08,800 --> 00:29:11,280 Speaker 1: made fifty bucks a game, and they would do like 644 00:29:11,400 --> 00:29:13,240 Speaker 1: that's a whole day for a day, Like they go 645 00:29:13,320 --> 00:29:15,160 Speaker 1: and do like six games, you know, or do six 646 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:19,520 Speaker 1: you know b center refer maybe two of a softball 647 00:29:19,960 --> 00:29:20,920 Speaker 1: softball Saturday. 648 00:29:21,000 --> 00:29:23,440 Speaker 3: Yeah, yeah, no, that but that's a that's a different conversation. 649 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:27,000 Speaker 1: That is a different con but like the doers, Yeah, 650 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:31,000 Speaker 1: but it's it's a completely different So again, that's the 651 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:32,560 Speaker 1: best thing I thought I could do. Hey, let let's 652 00:29:32,600 --> 00:29:34,080 Speaker 1: try to solve it. Let's try to tell you what 653 00:29:34,120 --> 00:29:34,400 Speaker 1: this is. 654 00:29:34,440 --> 00:29:36,720 Speaker 3: And it's not. It's not nearly as Ramp and you 655 00:29:36,760 --> 00:29:37,320 Speaker 3: think it's. 656 00:29:37,200 --> 00:29:40,840 Speaker 1: Everywhere every league, every single day and half the team 657 00:29:40,920 --> 00:29:43,120 Speaker 1: is out of control. And that's that's not the case. 658 00:29:43,200 --> 00:29:45,680 Speaker 1: That's not you go but that guy. Everybody to read 659 00:29:45,720 --> 00:29:47,960 Speaker 1: it because it was sky is falling. Yeah, yeah, well 660 00:29:48,000 --> 00:29:49,720 Speaker 1: that but that's the But I think that's a general 661 00:29:49,760 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 1: perception people think about you sports. 662 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:53,720 Speaker 3: All U sports is terrible. The parents just ruin it 663 00:29:53,720 --> 00:29:54,200 Speaker 3: for everybody. 664 00:29:54,240 --> 00:29:57,160 Speaker 1: It's like, okay, yes there are bad parents and unfortunately 665 00:29:57,200 --> 00:29:59,560 Speaker 1: what we see are the worst of it. But that's 666 00:29:59,600 --> 00:30:02,360 Speaker 1: not that that's not my that's not been my experience 667 00:30:02,400 --> 00:30:03,840 Speaker 1: for ten plus years. 668 00:30:04,120 --> 00:30:04,320 Speaker 3: You know. 669 00:30:04,520 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: Yeah, there's been some, but it's not I mean, that's 670 00:30:07,360 --> 00:30:09,200 Speaker 1: not what it is. So I mean, again, just a 671 00:30:09,200 --> 00:30:10,960 Speaker 1: little just something I thought that we could talk about 672 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:13,120 Speaker 1: with a little bit of experience too.