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Speaker 2: Well that's right, you heard the man. It's that time

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Speaker 2: a week. My name is Bernie Fratta. We're coming to

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Speaker 2: absolute corncopia extravaganza of topics. Tonight, of course, we've got

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Speaker 2: the NBA Finals. We will have the most comprehensive coverage

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Speaker 2: of what should be a fantastic Stanley Cup Finals starting

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Speaker 2: here in Vegas in about twenty one hours. No check that,

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Speaker 2: try eighteen hours between Vegas Golden Knights and the Florida Panthers.

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Speaker 2: We'll break it all down for you. Gambling lou Loof

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Speaker 2: and Akara joins it joint just at eleven fifteen. Is

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Speaker 2: the Lord Stanley's Cup the most difficult trophy to win

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Speaker 2: in sports? Yes? I will explain why that, plus many

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Speaker 2: other things. Okay, I mean, we have a famous person

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Speaker 2: that turned eighty. John Morant's got some issues. Jimmy Garoppolo's

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Speaker 2: got some issues. Nick Saban's at it again. Throw some

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Speaker 2: love to Luton mentioned being a soccer team. You were

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Speaker 2: bought for seven dollars twenty years ago and the original

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Speaker 2: owner left at fifty five days earned Vegas party, by

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Speaker 2: the way, two hundred million dollars richer. By the way,

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Speaker 2: Bernie's trivia game resumes at midnight eleven forty five. The

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Speaker 2: phone lines we'll open. We covered all and much more,

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Speaker 2: but we start with this attention Miami. Did you get

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Speaker 2: the license number of that truck last night? You know,

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Speaker 2: I've got a bone to pick here with a few

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Speaker 2: million people, and here's how I will start. You know,

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Speaker 2: the late great Muhammad Ali once got word in New

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Speaker 2: he wanted to help. So he was more than willing

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Speaker 2: home so that it wouldn't go away. And he told

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Speaker 2: his agent and told his handlers. He goes before we

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Speaker 2: finalized the deal, Like can I just go take a

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Speaker 2: look at it. I want to walk inside, take a

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Speaker 2: So sure enough they took a trip bent Town, Manhattan.

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Speaker 2: Ali walked in with his handler, and no sooner does

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Speaker 2: he entered the property, an elderly gentleman in a wheelchair

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Speaker 2: Look who's here. It's unbelievable, the greatest, the greatest of

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Speaker 2: all time. Look it's Joe Louis. And precisely that moment,

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Speaker 2: Ali put his hand on his agent's arm. Stop, let

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Speaker 2: him go, leave him alone. Don't correct him. Don't correct him.

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Speaker 2: He's excited. I don't want to ruin his excitement. The

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Speaker 2: truth of the matter is the gentleman in the wheelchair

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Speaker 2: had the right guy. He was the greatest. He just

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Speaker 2: had the wrong name. For whatever. People don't want to

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Speaker 2: give the Denver Nuggets their flowers. I keep hearing this

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Speaker 2: I remember the Kansas City Royals and eighty five. It

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Speaker 2: says they have to be fascinating? How about if they're

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Speaker 2: just newsworthy. You see, I don't recall any of the Royals,

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Speaker 2: any of their players, breaking any of Wilt Chamberlaoom's records

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Speaker 2: that were sixty years old. You know, there were many

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Speaker 2: national figures, highly respected people that predicted the Lakers would

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Speaker 2: win the championship. They are the illustrator. Look that one up.

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Speaker 2: Mike Frotello, he said they were going to win. Plenty

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Speaker 2: get swept. That's not newsworthy. The reality of it is,

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Speaker 2: I thought, I want to hear that. You know, Denver's

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Speaker 2: the small market, so it was Milwaukee. They got their

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Speaker 2: you watch the game Thursday night, the Nuggets are overwhelming.

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Speaker 2: The margin of error for the Heat in this series

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Speaker 2: centimeter apart. You know, I'm you know, omons to the

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Speaker 2: reason physically guarded Nicole Yoki. Forget the fact that Yokik

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Speaker 2: times Thursdaday still managed twenty seven points, fourteen rebounds, ten assists.

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Speaker 2: twenty six points, three hut of nuggets also scored in

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Speaker 2: double figures. And what's the rest thing? People tell me

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Speaker 2: you too much? Rest played nine days? Did they look

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Speaker 2: the resting is way overblown. I covered three Red Wings

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Speaker 2: not buying it. So the Nugget going to be able

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Speaker 2: The only way the Heat finds their way to an

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Speaker 2: if I'm being honest, the Heat have excelled on defense

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Speaker 2: this postseason, to be fair, but they've also combined that

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Speaker 2: Caleb Martin, Max Strews, Duncan Robinson. Unfortunately, Thursday night they

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Speaker 2: were combined two to sixteen from three. Jimmy Butler only

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Speaker 2: scored thirteen points, so there's your margin of error. They

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Speaker 2: Almost kind of got a cover. That was crazy guy

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Speaker 2: thing is, though Miami did get within single digits late

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Speaker 2: but too late. So now Miami has forty eight hours

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Speaker 2: Here's why Yoki proved again he's the best player in

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Speaker 2: the NBA period. Sorry about that, Kendrick Perkins. He's your MVP.

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Speaker 2: Joki is your MVP. He just simply had no answer

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Speaker 2: You want a double team and knock yourself out. He'll

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Speaker 2: turn to Cody Zeller, who actually was a very good

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Speaker 2: with Cody Zeller night, It'd be tough enough for the

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Speaker 2: plenty of help, and part of it is the way

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Speaker 2: he sets up the offense. But Jamal Murray twenty six

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Speaker 2: the second pair of teammates to have at least twenty

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Speaker 2: five points in ten assists in an NBA Finals game

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Speaker 2: since Magic Johnson and James Worthy did it back in

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Speaker 2: nineteen eighty seven, and that was the team that won

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Speaker 2: in eighty seven and one in eighty eight. Might have

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Speaker 2: threepeated half the roster hadn't got heard, but Aaron Gordon

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Speaker 2: he chipped in as well, sixteen points, seven to ten,

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Speaker 2: This is what you call a total team effort. Scary

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Speaker 2: thing is it could have been worse for the Heat.

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Speaker 2: Interestingly enough, Denver Thursday night had their second worst three

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Speaker 2: they had kind of an uncharacteristically uncharacteristically lackluster performance from

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Speaker 2: thing they did do is make about sixty two percent

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Speaker 2: So you combine Denver Stott defense and the Heat's terrible

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Speaker 2: There's a silver lining somewhere, but I don't know where

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Speaker 2: it is. The bottom line is Miami they would did

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Speaker 2: Heat were the best three point shooting team in the postseason.

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Speaker 2: If they can recapture some of that to try to

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Speaker 2: get back in the series, you're saying there's a chance.

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Speaker 2: the other deciding factor. Again, just to put a capper

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Speaker 2: to be more aggressive. We got to attack the rim

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Speaker 2: a lot more, myself included. Easier said than done. The

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Speaker 2: bottom line is, there's no question the Heat, with all

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Speaker 2: their accolades, with a great job eric' spolster, has done

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Speaker 2: they had seventy two hours to figure it out, not

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Speaker 2: Panthers to go anywhere. Yes, they were the President's Trophy

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Speaker 2: be a test of wills and styles, and we're gonna

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Speaker 2: break it down for you. Coming up, I'm Bernie Frattle.

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Speaker 2: coming you live from the Tarak dot Com studios here

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Speaker 4: I'm great. I totally appreciate you bringing me back. It's

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Speaker 2: Yes, I'm glad the Golden Knights ended up getting that.

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Speaker 4: The way I'm attacking this series, Vernie is I'm gonna

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Speaker 2: Interesting strategy. A couple things, lou, Let's just chop this

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Speaker 4: Well, I mentioned the five on five. If they can

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Speaker 4: I don't want to make it that it's all about

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Speaker 2: Fair enough, louse, So I didn't phrase the question properly.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think it's I think it's going to be

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think Vegas has been deep all year. They've

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Speaker 4: I'm that that wary of Vegas that said I am

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Speaker 2: And for the record, Vegas minus one thirty game one

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Speaker 2: minus one twenty for the series. Great stuff, Lou, Let's

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Speaker 2: continue on quickly. Wake Forest the number one seed overall

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Speaker 4: Oh man? I mean, you got some great, great matchups here.

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Speaker 4: The SEC is more dominant a conference in major college

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Speaker 2: Fair enough. Interesting. I'm glad you mentioned Penn. They actually

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Speaker 2: Great stuff. I know you're tied up with some stuff

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Speaker 4: Bernie, Thanks so much for having me on. And enjoy

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Speaker 2: Thanks buddy. That is Lou Gambling Lou Loof and Carol

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Speaker 2: They would face off most likely Wake Forest in a

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Speaker 5: With the latest, Yeah, Bernie, some late baseball scores from

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Speaker 5: Arlington Heights is no longer its singular focus for a

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Speaker 5: new stadium after tax issues arose, the city in Naperville

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Speaker 5: launching its own bid to lure the Bears. Outfielder Aaron

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Speaker 5: Judge of the Yankees name the AL Player of the Month,

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Speaker 5: while the NL winner was Dodgers' first baseman Freddie Freeman.

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Speaker 5: The Dodgers beating the Yankees tonight, Rough found the doll

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Speaker 5: had author part authroscopic surgery for the hip injury that

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Speaker 5: had forced him to sit out the French Open in

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Speaker 5: that role in Garrow's top seed to Carlos Alcoraz, advouncing

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Speaker 5: to the round of sixteen in straight sets over the

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Speaker 5: number twenty six seed. Back to you, Bernie, all.

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Speaker 2: Right, thanks Kevin. So we are in Las Vegas certainly

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00:25:45,280 --> 00:25:49,520
Speaker 2: waiting feverishly for the beginning of the Stanley Cuff Finals.

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Speaker 2: The Golden Knights an incredible success story. They were born

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Speaker 2: in twenty seventeen, opened up beating Dallas, never looked back

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Speaker 2: out to the Stanley Cuff Finals their first year, beat

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Speaker 2: Washington in Game one. Washington came back to win the

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Speaker 2: series in five. But what a credible accomplishment for the

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Speaker 2: Golden Knights. And here they are in year six and

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Speaker 2: you know they've got a chance for Stanley Cup again.

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Speaker 2: Interestingly enough, this will be the first There will be

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Speaker 2: a first time Stanley Cup champion in twenty twenty three.

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Speaker 2: So they're gonna be the Florida Panthers who were there

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Speaker 2: in ninety six. You remember John van Beiesbrook, the Beezer.

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Speaker 2: I happened to be in Florida when they played Colorado.

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Speaker 2: That Colorado team was just too good ninety six with

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Speaker 2: Joe Sachek and you know Adam Forstburg or Peter Forsberg

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Speaker 2: and Patrick Waugh, they knocked out my Red Wings. But

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Speaker 2: the Stanley Cup final set, Golden Knights Panthers are going

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Speaker 2: to go head to head. They're calling the Florida Panthers

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Speaker 2: run a Cinderella run. In the postseason, they swept Carolina

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Speaker 2: and the Eastern Conference Finals. Matthew Kachuk had two overtime

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Speaker 2: winners in the series, scored the series clinching goal with

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Speaker 2: less than five seconds in Game four, and let's not

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Speaker 2: forget that four overtime game in Game one. Interestingly enough,

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Speaker 2: the Panthers ended the postseason as the number sixteen team,

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Speaker 2: yet they knocked off three of the top four teams

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Speaker 2: in the league in the Bruins, Leafs, and Hurricanes. They

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Speaker 2: beat the Bruins in seven. They were down three games

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Speaker 2: to one. I remember it was in my hotel in

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Speaker 2: tuscalous Alabama. In Game seven. The Bruins were up with

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Speaker 2: a minute ago, and I said, well, they're gonna They're

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Speaker 2: gonna get this done. And sure enough, Kuchuk scores and

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Speaker 2: a minute later they go to overtime and Florida does

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Speaker 2: the unthinkable again. Remember they were President's Trophy champions last

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Speaker 2: year and they traded for Kachuck in July. So you know,

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Speaker 2: this is a team that looks very scary to me.

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Speaker 2: They remind this series reminds me a hell of a

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Speaker 2: lot of a series I covered in nineteen ninety five

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Speaker 2: between the Detroit Red Wings and the New Jersey Devils,

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Speaker 2: and heading into the final Scottie Bowman's second year. None

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Speaker 2: of us thought New Jersey had a chance. Boy were

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Speaker 2: we wrong. They killed us with their neutral zone trap.

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Speaker 2: Martin Brodor stood on his head. They were better in

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Speaker 2: every every category and they swept the Red Wings. This

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Speaker 2: series feels weird to me. It just I don't think

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Speaker 2: people are really underestimating this Florida team. But we'll let

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Speaker 2: a play out and we'll see what happens. But I

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Speaker 2: will tell you this is in a very interesting series,

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Speaker 2: and I want to give the Golden Knites a ton

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Speaker 2: of credit. They punched their ticket to the finals with

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Speaker 2: their win over Dallas in the Western Conference Final. They

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Speaker 2: only needed six games. They took out Dallas in Dallas,

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Speaker 2: I believe, by the way, I think the Golden Knights

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Speaker 2: are six and two on the road in the playoffs,

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Speaker 2: and I believe the Florida Panthers were eight and one

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Speaker 2: and they won eight in a roll on the road. Again,

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Speaker 2: they're scary, and we'll see if this rust thing really

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Speaker 2: rears its head. I think it's theoretical because I don't

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Speaker 2: want to go back in history. There's plenty of data

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Speaker 2: at to show either way, the hotter team, the better.

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Speaker 2: Team that gets it done. You know, there are other

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Speaker 2: factors here, okay, on who's gonna step up and who's

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Speaker 2: there's an X factor, Okay, there is a clutch factor,

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Speaker 2: and it's can you be great when the situation the

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Speaker 2: man's greatness. We're gonna find out which team can do that.

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Speaker 2: But one of the big storylines, one of the big storylines,

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Speaker 2: I believe, is the goaltending battle between Sergei Bobrovski and

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Speaker 2: Aiden Hill. Aiden Hill has been sensational and he's twenty

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Speaker 2: seven years old, so he's been around the leave for

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Speaker 2: a bit of time. Barsau got hurt in this in

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Speaker 2: Game two against Edmonton, and Aiden Hill stepped in. He's

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Speaker 2: been tremendous. And there's the ironies. When the playoffs began

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Speaker 2: over a month ago, neither Bobrowski or Hill were the

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Speaker 2: starters for the respective teams. Alex Lyon, I've been starting

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Speaker 2: in goal down the final stretch of the regular season

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Speaker 2: for Florida because Brabrovski hadn't gotten it done. And meanwhile,

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Speaker 2: Lauren Bersuis was you know, he was in net for

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Speaker 2: the Golden Knights. Then you flash forward both Pebroski and Hill,

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Speaker 2: they're not only starters for the you know, for the

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Speaker 2: respective teams. They're playing very pivotal roles, very pivotal roles

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Speaker 2: and getting their team to the Stanley Cup Finals. Bobrowski

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Speaker 2: has been absolute lights out. He took over the job

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Speaker 2: part way through the first round series against Boston when

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Speaker 2: they were down three to one. He's since gone eleven

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Speaker 2: and two in the playoffs, two point two goals against,

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Speaker 2: nine to thirty five save percentage. He's had at least

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Speaker 2: one postseason shoutout that I know of, and you know

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Speaker 2: he's on the short list Bobrowski for the consent offf

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Speaker 2: as well as Matthew Kachuck, who's been incredible. Now Aiden Hill,

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Speaker 2: he was dramatically thrust into the starting role in the

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Speaker 2: second round. Bersui went down with an injury in game Towo.

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Speaker 2: I think it was a groin injury, and since then

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Speaker 2: Aiden Hill, he's only lost two games. He's recorded two

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Speaker 2: shutouts in the Western Conference final. And he's never been

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Speaker 2: an established starter in six seasons in the NAH, yet

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Speaker 2: he finds himself in a critical pivotal role and he's

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Speaker 2: done a phenomenal job. I just gave you Bobrowski's numbers,

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Speaker 2: Hills are even better two point zero seven goals against

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Speaker 2: nine thirty seven, say percentage, and I would say that

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Speaker 2: both goaltenders they've absolutely outdueled their counterparts on the other side,

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Speaker 2: and because they've been elite. So I mean Bobrowski he

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Speaker 2: got the better of Lionet Soulmark and Jeremy Swaman, Ilia

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Speaker 2: Samson Off, Joseph wall look, Anti ran up it. Meanwhile,

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Speaker 2: Hill came up against three pretty good goalie Stewart Skinner,

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Speaker 2: Jake Ottinger. So look, it's a situation where as you know,

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Speaker 2: the golden knit are goaltending is what I would say

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Speaker 2: probably the most important aspect of a Stanley Cup final.

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Speaker 2: I've seen it many times. I don't care if you

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Speaker 2: want to go deep into the cookie jar and talk

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Speaker 2: about Ken Dryden, you want to talk about Patrick Waugh,

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Speaker 2: you want to talk about Mark Keen bro Door throughout

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Speaker 2: the playoff, John Sebastian Jaguar. All it takes is a

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Speaker 2: hot goalie and it cuts your heart out and Brebrowski

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Speaker 2: wants that goalie. Now nine days have gone by and

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Speaker 2: the theory is he said he's not going to be

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Speaker 2: as sharp. People will have lost that mojo. We don't

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Speaker 2: really know. Maybe we'll see. You have to And in

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Speaker 2: Florida is realigned as they've been on Brebrowski. They have

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Speaker 2: plenty of other you know, weapons and things that would

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Speaker 2: give you concern as it were, right, Stanley Cup is

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Speaker 2: the hardest trophy to win in all of sports. You

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Speaker 2: got sixteen teams at end of the tournament, and part

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Speaker 2: of the I think it's harder of the winning a

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Speaker 2: super Bowl, it's hard of the winning in a World Series,

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Speaker 2: hardly winning an NBA title, partly because the disparity between

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Speaker 2: the number one seed the number eight seed is you

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Speaker 2: know this, I'm holding my fingers a centime. You're apart.

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00:32:50,600 --> 00:32:53,800
Speaker 2: It's that close, and NOBE gets to buy like you

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Speaker 2: get in the NFL, and you know it's it's it's

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Speaker 2: the duration of this series. It takes two months. You

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00:33:02,320 --> 00:33:04,880
Speaker 2: may have to win up to twenty eight games before

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Speaker 2: you win the darn thing. And you know, like you

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Speaker 2: win a super Bowl, you gotta win four games to

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Speaker 2: you win the Stanley Cup. Finally you gotta win sixteen games.

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Speaker 2: And I know it's that way in other sports as well.

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Speaker 2: But the disparity because of the salary cap, because of

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Speaker 2: the way salaries are structured because of the talent and

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Speaker 2: the worldwide pool. And the other thing too, is it's

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Speaker 2: not just the bigger cities you find like you find

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Speaker 2: in the NBA and sometimes in Major League Baseball, you

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Speaker 2: have smaller market cities. Okay, everybody bagging on Denver, Well,

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Speaker 2: Denver and Colorado. They won the Stanley Cup last year

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Speaker 2: in Tampa Bay the year before, But the Anaheim Ducks

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Speaker 2: have won wh the Carolina Hurricanes have won one. You know,

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Speaker 2: So no matter what market you come from, no matter

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Speaker 2: what your situation was as you had before you get

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Speaker 2: into the playoffs, it's an entirely different environment. It's an

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Speaker 2: entirely different game of attrition. And there's also the injury factor.

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Speaker 2: The NHL is the only major professional sport that actually

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Speaker 2: allows fighting, so the players who participate, they may not

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Speaker 2: disclose their injuries, but the wear and tear, make no mistake.

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Speaker 2: The wear and tearing on an NHL player's body in

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Speaker 2: eighty two games is I think dramatically more than that

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Speaker 2: of any other sport. And that's not to diminish the

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Speaker 2: National Football League because there's high collisions, in tremendous physical

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Speaker 2: contact in the NFL, but come on, Major League Baseball

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Speaker 2: in NBA, they're not. They're barely contact sports, much less

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Speaker 2: collision sports. So the type of physicality you're going to

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Speaker 2: dure as a player, and the NHL is unlike any

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Speaker 2: other sport and probably more than any other sport, it's

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Speaker 2: truly a team game. You saw a situation in twenty

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Speaker 2: sixteen where basically Lebron James single handley got the Cavaliers

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Speaker 2: to the finals. But if you're the Pittsburgh Penguins, Sidney

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Speaker 2: Crosby doesn't get the Penguins to the finals by himself

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Speaker 2: if he doesn't have quality teams, teammates like if Guinea

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Speaker 2: Malkin or Marion Hosa or Sergey Gonchar. You get the point, right, Celtics,

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Speaker 2: they would have won. It would have been their Big three.

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Speaker 2: You hear Big three, Big three. But in the end,

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Speaker 2: the team that wins the Stanley Cup will have done

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Speaker 2: it top to bottom with a team effort. Just look

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Speaker 2: what Lou and I just talked about a minute ago,

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Speaker 2: the way the Golden Knights and their depth have been

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Speaker 2: so sensational this year. I think, in fairness, the most

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Speaker 2: difficult trophy to win. It's thirty seven pounds. People want

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Speaker 2: to hoist it, and it just people go gaga when

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Speaker 2: they seed. I remember when it first came through Detroit

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Speaker 2: ninety seven, when the Red Wings finally broke through in Sweat, Philadelphia,

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Speaker 2: they were lined up for blocks to take a look

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Speaker 2: at it. And it's here in town now and it's

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Speaker 2: quite a sight. So best of luck to both teams.

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Speaker 2: It should be sensational, all right. Phone lines are open

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Speaker 2: resumes at midnight. So Tuesday, May thirty first marked the

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Speaker 2: eighty year birthday of a gentleman who Bear Bryant called

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Speaker 2: the greatest athlete he ever coached. You know, Joe Amath

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Speaker 2: has been called a lot of things over the years,

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Speaker 2: but now you can call him an octagenarian. Beer Falls,

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Speaker 2: Pennsylvania is where it all started, obviously, you know. He

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Speaker 2: played college football in Alabama and won a national championship

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Speaker 2: in nineteen sixty four. Became the first overall pick of

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Speaker 2: the AFL Draft in nineteen sixty five, taken by the Jets,

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Speaker 2: twelfth overall pick in the NFL Draft, also selected by

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Speaker 2: the Saint Louis Cardinals, he opted to go play for

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Speaker 2: Sonny Werblin and the New York Jets. Signed for four

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Speaker 2: hundred and twenty seven thousand dollars took him four years.

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Speaker 2: He led the Jets to the AFL title in the

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Speaker 2: biggest upset in pro football history. They were seventeen point

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Speaker 2: underdog Super Bowl three over the heavily favored legendary Baltimore Colts.

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Speaker 2: Nameth famously guaranteed to win and came through that legitimized

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Speaker 2: the merger. He became Broadway Joe. He was a crossover star.

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Speaker 2: He was a pop culture icon and in his life

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Speaker 2: he retired briefly when the NFL told him he had

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Speaker 2: to sell a steak in a bar that was frequented

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Speaker 2: by the mob. Eventually, Namath did sell the bar. But

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Speaker 2: he's a Hall of Famer. He's sixty seventh at all

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Speaker 2: time passing yardage. But when it comes to fame and greatness,

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Speaker 2: Nameth in his legacy is absolutely secure. His knees were

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Speaker 2: not friendly to him. He was an incredible athlete in college,

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Speaker 2: he couldn't run as well in the Pro. Had torn

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Speaker 2: hamstrings his final year with the Rams in nineteen seventy seven.

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Speaker 2: He was very pragmatic about the fact that how injuries,

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Speaker 2: uh you know, had really derailed his career. But name

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Speaker 2: it is a humble guy. More than people realize he's

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Speaker 2: a blend. He once said that if he hadn't gotten

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Speaker 2: knee injuries, he might have been killed in Vietnam instead

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Speaker 2: of playing football. So at any rate, the Jets to

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Speaker 2: this day have been searching for their next Joe Namath.

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Speaker 2: They hope they found him in Aaron Rodgers, who is

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Speaker 2: actually six years older than Joe Namath when Joe Namath

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Speaker 2: last played for the Jets in the mid seventies. Joe Namoth,

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Speaker 2: Happy birthday. I hope you have a lot more in you,

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Speaker 2: because it's great when you're around. Coming out Bernie's Trivia

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Speaker 2: Game eight seven seven ninety nine on Fox eight seven

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Speaker 2: seven nine to ninety six six three six ' nine.

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Speaker 2: Dial him up. We'll have a little fun. Keep it

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Speaker 2: locked right here. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show

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Speaker 2: on Fox Sports Radio Studios and Fox Scores. Here's Bernie. Well,

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Speaker 2: you heard the man. The Bernie Fratter Show keeps from

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Speaker 2: rolling right along. My name is Bernie frattlewor come to

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Speaker 2: are up to week nine the game. Ethan works so

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Speaker 2: hard to create Bernie's backyard bunking bets. We are in

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Speaker 2: the final stretch run. It will go twelve weeks and

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Speaker 2: we will crown a champion. Phone lines are full. We

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Speaker 2: have our top six callers. So without further ado, Ethan

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Speaker 2: take it away.

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Speaker 6: We got questions, we got crisis.

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Speaker 2: Who will come out on top?

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Speaker 6: We're calling on you. Let's see what you got. It's

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Speaker 6: gain time, it's showtime. It's Bernie's backyard bucks and bets.

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Speaker 7: All right, all right, it's getting tight Bernie.

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Speaker 8: We're excited for another week of Bernie's backyard funkin vets.

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Speaker 7: Start off, we have the leader.

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Speaker 8: And he's doing pretty well for staying in the league.

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Speaker 6: We have.

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Speaker 7: Ryan from Utah. Ryan, how you doing?

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Speaker 2: I'm bad day. How you guys doing tonight? All right? Ryan,

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Speaker 2: persistence always comes out on top of you are the leader,

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Speaker 2: so let me go.

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Speaker 7: All right, here we go.

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Speaker 8: So trivia question for tonight is which individual player in

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Speaker 8: the NFL has the most Super Bowl rings of all time?

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Speaker 8: And if you get the number of rings he had,

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Speaker 8: you get an extra hundred points, then if you could

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Speaker 8: tell me the year, if you get another one hundred.

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Speaker 2: Points, most rings is Tom Brady?

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Speaker 7: Okay?

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Speaker 2: Great, okay?

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Speaker 8: And he has.

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Speaker 2: Oh boy, five rings? Well he's actually got seven. Everyone

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Speaker 2: sings with New England and one with Tampa Bay. But

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Speaker 2: getting greaty, that's pretty good, I got.

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Speaker 7: It, great stough.

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Speaker 8: Brian's all right, So we're gonna go to your best bet,

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Speaker 8: which is going to be lucky you the NBA Finals

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Speaker 8: this weekend, which is on Sunday. The Heat will be

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Speaker 8: in Denver to take on the Nuggets for a five

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Speaker 8: Pacific eight Eastern start. Denver's currently minus eight and a half.

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Speaker 8: That's what I have it at. Will you be going

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Speaker 8: with the Nuggets minus eight and a half or with

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Speaker 8: the Heat plus eight and a half At the points.

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Speaker 2: I gotta go with my hometown Serbian Jos and I'll

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Speaker 2: go with the Nuggets. Awesome. Yeah, this is really a

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Speaker 2: tough one because I don't know that Miami solved anything,

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Speaker 2: but I do believe in the zigzag and NBA betting,

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Speaker 2: and so I will hold my nose and grab the

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Speaker 2: eight and a half points. You'll get max effort out

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Speaker 2: of Miami, and much like Las night Thursday night, they

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Speaker 2: trailed by twenty four, but started to find the rhythm

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Speaker 2: in the fourth quarter and ended up losing by eleven.

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Speaker 2: So I'll hold my nose. Will not surprise me though,

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Speaker 2: if Ryan's correct and Miami gets handed or took us.

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Speaker 7: All Right, you guys are split on that one.

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Speaker 2: Ryan.

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Speaker 7: We appreciate you for calling in and best of luck

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Speaker 7: on that game.

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Speaker 2: All right, great night, Thanks Ryan, Thanks buddy, Thank you sir.

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Speaker 8: All right, Next we have Elliott from Olympia.

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Speaker 2: Hey, doing Elliott?

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Speaker 7: I mean come on, oh sorry, sorry.

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Speaker 2: Somebody typed out Elliott. So it's Emmett.

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Speaker 8: Okay, hey that's my bat. Somebody did that. You know

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Speaker 8: that's ridiculous. Play mighty Mark. All right, here, come on,

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Speaker 8: here we go, Here we go, Emmett.

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Speaker 7: We have trivia for you. The trivia the night for

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Speaker 7: you is going to be.

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Speaker 8: Who which baseball player was referred to mister November.

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Speaker 4: No idea.

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna say Darry BOMs got no clue. Yeah, I'll

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Speaker 2: never forget where I was sitting. It's obviously Derek Jeter.

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Speaker 2: Maybe not obvious, but it was Halloween night two thousand

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Speaker 2: and one World Series against the Eurozone on Diamondbacks and

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Speaker 2: Jeter hits the I think he hit a dinger in

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Speaker 2: the tenth thing of Game four, if I'm not mistaken,

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Speaker 2: and that beating he became mister November.

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Speaker 8: All right, I was gonna I was gonna give Elliott

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Speaker 8: a shot too, but it's fine.

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Speaker 7: We'll move on to the to the to the MLB.

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Speaker 8: The Rays will take on the Red Sox tomorrow during

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Speaker 8: the day for a ten ten Pacific time, one ten

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Speaker 8: Eastern start.

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Speaker 7: It's currently at a pick them.

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Speaker 8: We'll be taking the fourteen eighteen Rays or the home

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Speaker 8: team twenty nine to twenty seven Red Sox.

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Speaker 7: It's Kelly for the Rays and Whitlock for the Red Sox.

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Speaker 4: I'm gonna take a a very hot Tampa Bay raise.

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Speaker 7: All right on the rais, Bernie.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, Whitlock has been hit around quite a bit this year.

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Speaker 2: I gotta be honest with you, he's been. Tampa Bay's

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Speaker 2: just just that good, you know what. Boston's slight favorite

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Speaker 2: for a reason. I'm gonna go with the hometown Red Sox.

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Speaker 2: All right, good luck at good luck. I'm right for you,

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Speaker 2: But I gotta call him as I see him.

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Speaker 7: All right, We appreciate you. Next, buddy, see you next week.

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Speaker 7: All right. Next, we have Nathan from Florida. Nathan you there?

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Speaker 8: Yes?

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Speaker 2: I alright, Nathan, you've called him before, right, keep putting

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Speaker 2: part of.

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Speaker 7: This game before, Nathan. I think, so what four time caller?

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Speaker 8: Uh?

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Speaker 7: Yeah, something like that.

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Speaker 8: All right, Nathan, here we go. What year was there

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Speaker 8: no MLB World Series? Could you remember?

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Speaker 4: Uh?

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Speaker 2: I think I do? Uh?

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Speaker 7: Ooh so close?

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Speaker 2: Well, I'll never forget. It'd only been in radio sixty days.

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Speaker 2: Bud Seily canceled the World Series. He canceled the season

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Speaker 2: August eleventh, nineteen ninety four. Yep, and there was no

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Speaker 2: World Series that year. Bumber. The Montreal Expos around their

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Speaker 2: way to win in one hundred games, and the Cleveland

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Speaker 2: Indians were having their best season in forty years. Nineteen

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Speaker 2: ninety four is brutal.

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Speaker 7: All right, Well, Nathan, you'll like this bet. It's MLB.

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Speaker 8: The Yankees will be in Los Angeles tomorrow for a

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Speaker 8: four to ten to seven ten Eastern first pitch. It's

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Speaker 8: currently at a pickup. Will you be taking the Yankees

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Speaker 8: or the Dodgers? Uh?

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Speaker 2: The Dodgers? All right, I gotta go with the Yankees.

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Speaker 2: I love Garrett Cole in this spot. It's brutal to

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Speaker 2: hit in twilight and Dodger Stadium. The Yankees stunk it

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Speaker 2: up tonight pretty good. And you're coming back with Garrett Cole,

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Speaker 2: who's got an E or under three. So i'll take

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Speaker 2: the Yankees, all right.

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Speaker 7: Now they're split.

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Speaker 8: Thank you, Nathan, we'll see thank you.

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Speaker 7: All right. Next we have Dave from Phoenix. Now Dave

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Speaker 7: is red hot, Dave.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm right here.

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Speaker 8: All right, this guy, Bernie, I'm telling you here in

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Speaker 8: three hundred points last week.

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Speaker 7: All right, all right, here we go.

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Speaker 8: Your question of the week is, Babe, Ruth started his

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Speaker 8: career in what year? Now, if you can, you can

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Speaker 8: earn another one hundred points if you tell me the

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Speaker 8: position he played that year. And you can earn another

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Speaker 8: one hundred points if you tell me which team he

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Speaker 8: started with that year.

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Speaker 4: Okay, I'm gonna say nineteen fourteen with the Boston Red Sox.

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Speaker 2: And he was a picture. Wow, that's outstanding.

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Speaker 7: That's great. It doesn't get any better than that, No,

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Speaker 7: it doesn't, it doesn't.

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Speaker 2: Ruth was so good as a picture. He had one

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Speaker 2: hundred victories and a microscopic here in the postseason. Had

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Speaker 2: he never hit a home run, they say he would

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Speaker 2: have been in the Hall of Fame. Wow.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, that was impressive. That was great. They appreciate that

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Speaker 7: that week, we like beyond impressive. Yeah, it was great.

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Speaker 7: All right, Onto the NHL.

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Speaker 8: The Panthers will travel to Vegas for Game one of

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Speaker 8: the Stanley Cup Finals for five Pacific eight Eastern start.

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Speaker 8: Will be taking the Golden Knights or the Panthers money

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Speaker 8: line and to pick.

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Speaker 2: Them, well, I'm gonna have to go with the home

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Speaker 2: standing Las Vegas Golden Knights to win Game one. And

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Speaker 2: by the way, are you guys aware that if the

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Speaker 2: Nuggets sweep, they become the first team in NBA history

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Speaker 2: to sweep both the conference finals and the NBA Finals.

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Speaker 7: We are now, Yeah, yeah, great, stat appreciate that.

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Speaker 2: For shure, I'm gonna I'm gonna. I'm gonna go with

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Speaker 2: the Golden Knights Saturday night as well. Although I do

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00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:47,080
Speaker 2: think Flora is gonna win the series. I don't know.

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00:48:47,120 --> 00:48:50,840
Speaker 2: I don't even have a reason or a handicap analysis.

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00:48:51,160 --> 00:48:55,280
Speaker 2: I'll just I will jump on board with all the lemmings.

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Speaker 2: All right, good, good job, great job on the trivia.

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Speaker 8: Yeah, that was great. Check the standings on Monday. We'll

856
00:49:03,680 --> 00:49:04,200
Speaker 8: have them out.

857
00:49:05,040 --> 00:49:07,279
Speaker 2: Very cool, all right, great bye, all.

858
00:49:07,239 --> 00:49:09,720
Speaker 7: Right, next week, got Mason the Millennial.

859
00:49:09,760 --> 00:49:10,200
Speaker 2: Are you there?

860
00:49:11,719 --> 00:49:12,319
Speaker 4: Oh yo?

861
00:49:12,400 --> 00:49:15,960
Speaker 2: How are we doing on the fine Saturday? Where are

862
00:49:15,960 --> 00:49:19,640
Speaker 2: you calling from? Mason the Bay Area? Oh? Very nice?

863
00:49:19,719 --> 00:49:23,600
Speaker 7: Okay, all right, here we go, Mason.

864
00:49:22,600 --> 00:49:23,920
Speaker 2: From the Embarcadia. Let's go.

865
00:49:24,760 --> 00:49:26,680
Speaker 8: All right, he earned one hundred points last time he

866
00:49:26,800 --> 00:49:29,880
Speaker 8: was on. But the question is who won the first

867
00:49:29,920 --> 00:49:33,319
Speaker 8: ever Super Bowl. If you tell me the year, you'll

868
00:49:33,320 --> 00:49:35,560
Speaker 8: get an extra hundred point. If you tell me who

869
00:49:35,600 --> 00:49:37,320
Speaker 8: they played against, you'll get another hundred.

870
00:49:39,080 --> 00:49:44,840
Speaker 4: First, I'm gonna go with the Oak Raiders.

871
00:49:45,280 --> 00:49:48,680
Speaker 2: Well, Ethan, it's there's a chapter in my book devoted

872
00:49:48,719 --> 00:49:52,120
Speaker 2: to this. The game was played in nineteen sixty seven

873
00:49:52,239 --> 00:49:55,480
Speaker 2: January in the coliseum. They had to give away tickets.

874
00:49:55,480 --> 00:49:58,000
Speaker 2: They were only thir thousand people. Green Bay won thirty

875
00:49:58,040 --> 00:49:59,799
Speaker 2: five to ten, and they beat the Kansas City.

876
00:50:00,400 --> 00:50:05,640
Speaker 8: That's pretty good. That's pretty good, awesome stuff. All right, Mason,

877
00:50:05,640 --> 00:50:10,839
Speaker 8: here we go MLB on this Sunday. It's gonna be angels.

878
00:50:11,080 --> 00:50:13,799
Speaker 8: Will you there? Are you there?

879
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:15,560
Speaker 2: Stay calm everybody?

880
00:50:15,640 --> 00:50:17,239
Speaker 7: All right, it's all good.

881
00:50:17,400 --> 00:50:21,920
Speaker 2: Any any charge for the sound effects. All right, I'm

882
00:50:21,920 --> 00:50:23,800
Speaker 2: gonna work. Here we go the Angels.

883
00:50:23,960 --> 00:50:27,240
Speaker 8: The Angels will be taking on the Astros. It's currently

884
00:50:27,239 --> 00:50:31,040
Speaker 8: had to pick them for Sunday. It'll be Griffin Canning

885
00:50:31,520 --> 00:50:35,239
Speaker 8: for the Angels and JP France for the Astros.

886
00:50:35,239 --> 00:50:36,160
Speaker 7: Who will you be taking?

887
00:50:37,040 --> 00:50:37,719
Speaker 4: Uh?

888
00:50:37,760 --> 00:50:38,120
Speaker 5: You know.

889
00:50:39,600 --> 00:50:43,880
Speaker 7: The angel Okay, right, it's in Houston.

890
00:50:44,440 --> 00:50:46,680
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm walking with the Angels.

891
00:50:46,760 --> 00:50:48,719
Speaker 4: Man threw those cheaters.

892
00:50:48,840 --> 00:50:50,080
Speaker 7: Okay, go ahead, Bernie.

893
00:50:50,440 --> 00:50:51,960
Speaker 2: Yeah, I'm gonna go with the Astros.

894
00:50:52,160 --> 00:50:54,279
Speaker 7: All right, we appreciate you for coming on.

895
00:50:54,600 --> 00:50:56,959
Speaker 2: Thanks, good luck tomorrow, good luck?

896
00:50:57,640 --> 00:50:59,640
Speaker 7: All right? Last week, have Poppy.

897
00:50:59,640 --> 00:51:03,279
Speaker 4: Pop Hey, hey, Poppy here, I'm a guy.

898
00:51:04,040 --> 00:51:07,040
Speaker 2: Awesome you better than your padres man. See that's what happened.

899
00:51:07,040 --> 00:51:10,160
Speaker 2: Do you have expectations? No good? No bueno? I know

900
00:51:10,400 --> 00:51:12,960
Speaker 2: pogis are no good and now they're charging it. You

901
00:51:12,960 --> 00:51:17,040
Speaker 2: don't bring Tim Flannery my buddy. Go ahead. Yeah, I'm

902
00:51:17,040 --> 00:51:19,200
Speaker 2: gonna tell you I have a pick on for tomorrow

903
00:51:19,200 --> 00:51:21,160
Speaker 2: in US seeing Vegas and the o Eggs.

904
00:51:21,200 --> 00:51:21,759
Speaker 4: I really like.

905
00:51:21,760 --> 00:51:23,120
Speaker 2: Daniel Santo's guys.

906
00:51:23,160 --> 00:51:25,080
Speaker 4: And if you want to hear the rest of my pigs,

907
00:51:25,239 --> 00:51:26,920
Speaker 4: to check out my picks on YouTube.

908
00:51:27,120 --> 00:51:28,040
Speaker 2: Picking with Poppy.

909
00:51:28,120 --> 00:51:28,400
Speaker 1: Guys.

910
00:51:29,120 --> 00:51:31,880
Speaker 2: All right, Poppy, all right, let's see how you're doing trivia.

911
00:51:32,160 --> 00:51:34,040
Speaker 8: Yeah, let's see. Let's if you get the trivia right,

912
00:51:34,080 --> 00:51:39,520
Speaker 8: maybe I'll check it out. Here we go the giants one.

913
00:51:41,120 --> 00:51:43,640
Speaker 8: Oh wait, sorry, wrong, I was reading the wrong thing.

914
00:51:44,520 --> 00:51:48,799
Speaker 8: What was the horse's name that won the twenty eighteen

915
00:51:49,719 --> 00:51:51,040
Speaker 8: horse Triple Crown?

916
00:51:52,160 --> 00:51:55,640
Speaker 4: Oh that's a hard one. I'm not a horse fan,

917
00:51:55,880 --> 00:52:00,279
Speaker 4: but I don't know.

918
00:52:00,320 --> 00:52:01,120
Speaker 1: I have to go with it.

919
00:52:02,040 --> 00:52:05,360
Speaker 7: I don't know, all right, Bernie, there might have been

920
00:52:05,400 --> 00:52:05,880
Speaker 7: a horse name.

921
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:07,760
Speaker 2: I don't know, but I'm pretty sure it was Justify.

922
00:52:08,000 --> 00:52:08,239
Speaker 7: Yep.

923
00:52:09,239 --> 00:52:11,160
Speaker 2: Oh, yeah, pretty sure was Justify. There hadn't been that

924
00:52:11,160 --> 00:52:14,440
Speaker 2: many triple Crown winners in the last forty five years,

925
00:52:15,000 --> 00:52:18,239
Speaker 2: you know, American Pharaoh in twenty fifteen, and before that

926
00:52:18,320 --> 00:52:19,920
Speaker 2: it was you had to go back to the seventies,

927
00:52:19,920 --> 00:52:22,719
Speaker 2: Seattle slew in that, you know that area there? All right, right,

928
00:52:22,840 --> 00:52:24,440
Speaker 2: what's our bet for Boppy?

929
00:52:24,560 --> 00:52:26,160
Speaker 8: Poppy is a big one for You're gonna have to

930
00:52:26,200 --> 00:52:28,239
Speaker 8: get this right to, you know, keep staying in the

931
00:52:28,600 --> 00:52:33,920
Speaker 8: in the hunt here. Manchester City takes on Manchester United

932
00:52:33,960 --> 00:52:38,160
Speaker 8: tomorrow morning at seven am. Manchester City currently has eighty

933
00:52:38,239 --> 00:52:44,240
Speaker 8: nine points. Manchester United has seventy five points.

934
00:52:44,400 --> 00:52:45,400
Speaker 7: Who will you be taking?

935
00:52:46,160 --> 00:52:48,239
Speaker 4: Do you know what's playing at home? Is it Manchester

936
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:49,000
Speaker 4: United at home?

937
00:52:49,120 --> 00:52:50,800
Speaker 7: Or I think it's Manchester City.

938
00:52:51,920 --> 00:52:53,759
Speaker 4: Well you know what, I'm gonna go with Manchester City.

939
00:52:53,800 --> 00:52:56,840
Speaker 2: There's a better game, better called Little with Manchester City.

940
00:52:57,239 --> 00:53:01,840
Speaker 2: All right, I'm gonna have to stick with me and you. Sorry, Poppy,

941
00:53:01,920 --> 00:53:05,640
Speaker 2: but all good. Maybe you'll love best be on this one.

942
00:53:05,719 --> 00:53:09,960
Speaker 2: But good job and good luck to your padres. All right,

943
00:53:10,600 --> 00:53:13,640
Speaker 2: thanks for calling in. So we had Ryan from Utah,

944
00:53:13,960 --> 00:53:16,840
Speaker 2: em it not, Elliott from Olympia and Nathan from Florida,

945
00:53:16,960 --> 00:53:20,480
Speaker 2: Day from Phoenix, Mason the Millennial from the Bay Area,

946
00:53:21,120 --> 00:53:24,759
Speaker 2: and Pop from San Diego. Thanks guys for checking in. Yeah,

947
00:53:24,760 --> 00:53:27,200
Speaker 2: this game's been really popular, Ethan, So we are in

948
00:53:27,239 --> 00:53:29,520
Speaker 2: week nine. Tell everybody what happens from here on now

949
00:53:29,560 --> 00:53:31,799
Speaker 2: through week twelve and what the champion will win.

950
00:53:32,040 --> 00:53:34,880
Speaker 7: Yeah, so here we go. We have three more weeks

951
00:53:34,920 --> 00:53:35,319
Speaker 7: after this.

952
00:53:35,400 --> 00:53:38,000
Speaker 8: It'll be week ten, Week eleven, and week twelve, and

953
00:53:38,080 --> 00:53:40,560
Speaker 8: then Bernie and I will make a decision if they'll

954
00:53:40,600 --> 00:53:44,400
Speaker 8: be like a playoff round after that. But really definitely

955
00:53:44,400 --> 00:53:46,480
Speaker 8: try to call in because the winner will get Fox

956
00:53:46,520 --> 00:53:50,560
Speaker 8: Sports Radio gear. It is confirmed, and I will be

957
00:53:50,600 --> 00:53:52,720
Speaker 8: picking up the gear in the next couple of weeks

958
00:53:53,160 --> 00:53:55,680
Speaker 8: and it'll actually be coming to the studio. So if

959
00:53:55,680 --> 00:54:00,480
Speaker 8: you're interested and you're interested in some cool gear, definitely

960
00:54:00,560 --> 00:54:01,279
Speaker 8: keep calling in.

961
00:54:01,360 --> 00:54:02,560
Speaker 7: And it's been a lot of fun.

962
00:54:03,640 --> 00:54:05,080
Speaker 2: I think it's been a lot of fun. I appreciate

963
00:54:05,120 --> 00:54:08,640
Speaker 2: everybody's participation. They've done a great job. These trivia questions

964
00:54:08,680 --> 00:54:10,640
Speaker 2: are not easy, you know, and it's tough. You got

965
00:54:10,640 --> 00:54:13,200
Speaker 2: the ticker going on in the background and you know

966
00:54:13,239 --> 00:54:16,000
Speaker 2: you don't want to miss it. But in some of these,

967
00:54:16,040 --> 00:54:17,799
Speaker 2: some of the guys that I mean, it's they've all

968
00:54:17,800 --> 00:54:18,239
Speaker 2: done well.

969
00:54:18,280 --> 00:54:20,720
Speaker 8: So Berry, I had to give you credit, to be honest,

970
00:54:20,840 --> 00:54:23,400
Speaker 8: You're like, you must be in the ninety percent now

971
00:54:23,400 --> 00:54:24,840
Speaker 8: because you want one hundred today.

972
00:54:25,080 --> 00:54:26,240
Speaker 7: Yeah, it's crazy.

973
00:54:26,440 --> 00:54:29,920
Speaker 2: Well I damn well better if I'm hosting a national

974
00:54:30,040 --> 00:54:32,120
Speaker 2: radio show, know what the hell I'm talking about? Right,

975
00:54:32,600 --> 00:54:35,040
Speaker 2: I'm not normal. I got that rain Man memory. And

976
00:54:35,160 --> 00:54:37,960
Speaker 2: if you read my book, I've been in a lot

977
00:54:37,960 --> 00:54:41,160
Speaker 2: of I've had a really idiosyncratic life in terms of

978
00:54:41,200 --> 00:54:43,319
Speaker 2: the sporting events I've been to, the people I met,

979
00:54:43,760 --> 00:54:45,799
Speaker 2: the games I've covered, and just have a I just

980
00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:48,680
Speaker 2: seem to remember everything that I that I come.

981
00:54:48,560 --> 00:54:51,680
Speaker 8: Across the book is good. I can't confirm that it

982
00:54:51,719 --> 00:54:52,400
Speaker 8: was ingreciated.

983
00:54:52,440 --> 00:54:54,600
Speaker 2: Yeah, appreciate it, Yeah, dude, you from the chief seats.

984
00:54:54,600 --> 00:54:56,719
Speaker 2: It came out about a year ago and still seems

985
00:54:56,760 --> 00:55:00,160
Speaker 2: to be doing doing pretty good. And of course my

986
00:55:00,280 --> 00:55:03,440
Speaker 2: radio career ended, or checked that ended. Oh boy, my

987
00:55:03,600 --> 00:55:09,080
Speaker 2: radio career began very in a very conspicuous fashion. Friday night,

988
00:55:09,239 --> 00:55:11,759
Speaker 2: June seventeenth, nineteen ninety four, the very first night I

989
00:55:11,800 --> 00:55:15,360
Speaker 2: ever had a credential was obviously the knight of the

990
00:55:15,360 --> 00:55:18,239
Speaker 2: OJ Chase, and I was in the press box at

991
00:55:18,280 --> 00:55:20,160
Speaker 2: Tiger Stadium, and that was the first year they had

992
00:55:20,280 --> 00:55:23,120
Speaker 2: monitors in the press box. So instead of watching the

993
00:55:23,160 --> 00:55:25,960
Speaker 2: game on TV, which you do now, we're watching the

994
00:55:25,960 --> 00:55:28,200
Speaker 2: OJ Chase with no sound. We had no idea what

995
00:55:28,239 --> 00:55:33,360
Speaker 2: the hell happened, what was going on, what police Commander

996
00:55:33,440 --> 00:55:36,279
Speaker 2: David Gascon was saying, And of course I loved the

997
00:55:36,320 --> 00:55:40,160
Speaker 2: Circle of life. Right, So fast forward to twenty eighteen,

998
00:55:40,239 --> 00:55:42,680
Speaker 2: I joined Fox Sports Radio. One of our update anchors

999
00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:46,520
Speaker 2: David Gascon, the son of police Commander David Gascon. I

1000
00:55:46,719 --> 00:55:49,080
Speaker 2: talk about that in the first chapter of my book. Right,

1001
00:55:49,120 --> 00:55:52,600
Speaker 2: good job with the game Ethan and onward and upward.

1002
00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:55,640
Speaker 2: We'll see where it takes us as we head into

1003
00:55:55,640 --> 00:55:57,560
Speaker 2: week ten, and you'll have the standings out Monday. Is

1004
00:55:57,560 --> 00:56:01,239
Speaker 2: that correct? Monday? All right? Season, we still got six

1005
00:56:01,320 --> 00:56:04,279
Speaker 2: bets as well to solve, so there's still chance for

1006
00:56:04,320 --> 00:56:07,239
Speaker 2: these guys to get some points. Want to remind everybody.

1007
00:56:07,560 --> 00:56:11,279
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Speaker 2: dot Com coming up Philly, pulls a coup in terms

1012
00:56:25,840 --> 00:56:28,520
Speaker 2: of their new hire. Gotta believe Ethan is happy with

1013
00:56:28,560 --> 00:56:31,560
Speaker 2: this one. We'll break it down in just a minute.

1014
00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:33,919
Speaker 2: I'm Bernie fraddlew coming to you why from Las Vegas,

1015
00:56:33,960 --> 00:56:36,359
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio, Tirec dot Com studios. Keep you locked

1016
00:56:36,440 --> 00:56:38,400
Speaker 2: right here. You're listening to the Bernie Frattle Show on

1017
00:56:38,440 --> 00:56:44,799
Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio.

1018
00:56:46,640 --> 00:56:49,560
Speaker 1: Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in

1019
00:56:49,560 --> 00:56:52,920
Speaker 1: the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio

1020
00:56:53,080 --> 00:56:57,160
Speaker 1: dot Com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to

1021
00:56:57,280 --> 00:56:57,960
Speaker 1: listen live.

1022
00:56:58,200 --> 00:57:01,120
Speaker 2: Now we're back on the Bernie Frattle Show, Sports Radio,

1023
00:57:02,280 --> 00:57:06,240
Speaker 2: Bernie Frattle Company Alive from the Las Vegas tirerac dot

1024
00:57:06,239 --> 00:57:10,680
Speaker 2: Com studios. Here take you up to two am Pacific,

1025
00:57:10,840 --> 00:57:14,279
Speaker 2: five a m. Eastern And before I dive into this

1026
00:57:14,960 --> 00:57:17,840
Speaker 2: news out of Philadelphia, I think congratulations are in order

1027
00:57:17,880 --> 00:57:20,960
Speaker 2: for the Sixers, who I believe may have won this

1028
00:57:21,040 --> 00:57:24,880
Speaker 2: offseason's NBA coaching cycle by hiring a gentleman who won

1029
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:30,479
Speaker 2: a championship in twenty nineteen. They fire the doctor, the doc,

1030
00:57:30,560 --> 00:57:33,240
Speaker 2: and they bring in a nurse. Let's start Tay what ethan.

1031
00:57:33,640 --> 00:57:37,000
Speaker 2: You're a Philadelphia guy, You've got a vested entrance interest.

1032
00:57:37,080 --> 00:57:39,760
Speaker 2: Are you happy with the hire of Nick Nurse?

1033
00:57:40,440 --> 00:57:44,240
Speaker 8: I am actually very happy with the hire. I think

1034
00:57:44,320 --> 00:57:48,440
Speaker 8: that he's a great fit for the city. He's a

1035
00:57:48,560 --> 00:57:52,560
Speaker 8: serious guy. I think the big thing about Philadelphia is

1036
00:57:52,600 --> 00:57:56,200
Speaker 8: yet to earn your respect, and I think he understands that.

1037
00:57:56,440 --> 00:57:59,960
Speaker 8: I think he knows how to win. He did it

1038
00:58:00,600 --> 00:58:05,080
Speaker 8: in Toronto when he was not the favorite usually Philly's.

1039
00:58:05,480 --> 00:58:07,600
Speaker 8: You know, it would be a similar type of team

1040
00:58:07,640 --> 00:58:10,360
Speaker 8: to that Toronto team if they were ever win a championship.

1041
00:58:11,240 --> 00:58:14,680
Speaker 8: You know, a team that's you know, probably maybe supposed

1042
00:58:14,680 --> 00:58:16,600
Speaker 8: to win, but you know, not the favorite.

1043
00:58:17,160 --> 00:58:20,080
Speaker 7: So I like this. I think it'll be good for Joel.

1044
00:58:20,320 --> 00:58:22,960
Speaker 8: I think it'll I mean, we'll see what happens with

1045
00:58:23,200 --> 00:58:27,800
Speaker 8: James and all of that, but I think that helps

1046
00:58:27,840 --> 00:58:31,440
Speaker 8: the case for maybe him to stay. I think Doc

1047
00:58:31,560 --> 00:58:35,520
Speaker 8: was a huge issue. I didn't like him when he

1048
00:58:35,560 --> 00:58:39,120
Speaker 8: first came in Docs just you know, he just Hollywood

1049
00:58:39,160 --> 00:58:42,280
Speaker 8: to me, He's just a Hollywood name. He won a

1050
00:58:42,360 --> 00:58:45,760
Speaker 8: championship and you know twenty eleven was it or what

1051
00:58:45,840 --> 00:58:47,840
Speaker 8: was it, twenty.

1052
00:58:47,640 --> 00:58:48,440
Speaker 7: Eleven, two thousand?

1053
00:58:50,160 --> 00:58:53,160
Speaker 2: He was in Boston, Yeah, right, and I wanted they

1054
00:58:53,200 --> 00:58:57,000
Speaker 2: had a great defensive team. Tom Tabba was defensive coordinator.

1055
00:58:57,200 --> 00:58:57,800
Speaker 8: Was it was?

1056
00:58:57,840 --> 00:59:00,480
Speaker 2: Oh wait, they hammered the Lakers pretty good.

1057
00:59:00,560 --> 00:59:02,240
Speaker 7: Yes, So that's a long time ago.

1058
00:59:02,960 --> 00:59:04,640
Speaker 2: That can be a trivia question for next week. I

1059
00:59:04,720 --> 00:59:06,760
Speaker 2: see people are paying attention. That's a good one.

1060
00:59:06,840 --> 00:59:08,160
Speaker 8: That's a good one. That's a good one, like where

1061
00:59:08,160 --> 00:59:12,240
Speaker 8: your head's at. So yeah, I just I'm happy the

1062
00:59:12,240 --> 00:59:17,600
Speaker 8: Sixers made this move. He's won a championship recently, hasn't

1063
00:59:17,640 --> 00:59:19,760
Speaker 8: been like fifteen years, and he's holding on to this

1064
00:59:19,800 --> 00:59:20,600
Speaker 8: thing like Doc.

1065
00:59:21,120 --> 00:59:23,560
Speaker 7: So I'm on it. I like it. I think the

1066
00:59:23,600 --> 00:59:25,880
Speaker 7: Sixers are going to have a good season next year.

1067
00:59:25,880 --> 00:59:29,320
Speaker 2: I think, look and in froster Frank Vogel, who got

1068
00:59:29,360 --> 00:59:33,800
Speaker 2: hired by the Suns, and obviously he'll bring a defensive culture.

1069
00:59:33,840 --> 00:59:36,400
Speaker 2: He did win a championship with the Bubble. But wherever

1070
00:59:36,440 --> 00:59:39,040
Speaker 2: Frank Vogel has been, his teams have ranked in the

1071
00:59:39,080 --> 00:59:42,160
Speaker 2: top two or three in defensive efficiency off and number

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Speaker 2: one A little later in the show, if not tonight, tomorrow,

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Speaker 2: I'm gonna give Monty Williams his flowers. I think it's

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00:59:48,400 --> 00:59:51,760
Speaker 2: a great hire by the Detroit Pistons got almost eighty

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Speaker 2: million dollars. I worked and lived in that market. I

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00:59:53,640 --> 00:59:55,360
Speaker 2: think it's going to be a great job for somebody

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Speaker 2: because there's only one way to go but up. But

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Speaker 2: I agree with you Ethan, look in what I would

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Speaker 2: call a very stacked coaching market. Clearly this offseason, or

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Speaker 2: it's not the offseason yet, but you get my point.

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Speaker 2: On paper, Nick Nurse I think was the best coach available. Right.

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Speaker 2: Nurse never was never bad in his time with the Raptors.

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Speaker 2: That the bad season, I guess they were twenty seven

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Speaker 2: and forty five and twenty twenty. That was, you know,

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01:00:23,520 --> 01:00:25,720
Speaker 2: when the team was forced to play in Tampa due

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Speaker 2: to the COVID protocols. But it was an aberration because

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Speaker 2: outside of that, he won two hundred games, lost in one

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Speaker 2: hundred and eighteen and won a title. That was a

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Speaker 2: very good Toronto team. But Nick Nurse brought him together,

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Speaker 2: so he assumes the rule in Philadelphia. It's a very

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Speaker 2: tense time in Philadelphia. They're gonna need someone like a

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Speaker 2: Nick Nurse. And yes, Joel Embiid is the MVP, but

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Speaker 2: he is in his prime and the seventy six ers,

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Speaker 2: for whatever reason, can't make it past the second round

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Speaker 2: of the damn playoffs. So the expectations for Nick Nurse

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Speaker 2: are clear, you know, get to the finals, win a championship.

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Speaker 2: This is Philadelphia, for crying out loud, there's I don't

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Speaker 2: know that there's gonna be much of a grace period.

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Speaker 2: And by the way, not for nothing, you know, not

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Speaker 2: that I have any inside information on this, but you

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Speaker 2: here that Nurse, his relationship with the players and the

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Speaker 2: front office personnel. It's something that people will watch, they'll

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Speaker 2: be focused on because even though the optimism is high

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Speaker 2: and this man is very capable, there's I guess a

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Speaker 2: backstory in Toronto having to do with when Nurse was dismissed.

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Speaker 2: But nonetheless, you do win a championship, and that seems

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Speaker 2: to be going around. You win a championship, you get fired. Right,

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Speaker 2: It's been four coaches they've been fired here recently. They

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Speaker 2: all won championships. So anyway, at the end of the day,

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Speaker 2: apparently there was dissension between Nurse and coaching staff and

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Speaker 2: management and some players that issued with Nurse. But he

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Speaker 2: got results, didn't he. So let's see what happens in Philadelphia.

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Speaker 2: And again, I think the consensus is Nurse. I'm pretty

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Speaker 2: sure Phoenix made a hard run at Nick Nurse. I

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Speaker 2: don't know what happened there, but I think if anybody

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Speaker 2: can produce results in Philadelphia, it'll be Nick Nurse. We

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Speaker 2: shall see. Speaking of results, does South Florida rule the

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Speaker 2: sports world? Let's talk about it coming up, but first

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Speaker 2: let's go back to our guy, Kevin Wired with the latest. Well.

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Speaker 5: Today was elimination day in the Women's College World Series.

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01:02:28,600 --> 01:02:33,120
Speaker 5: Alabama eliminated by Stanford to nothing and then Utah losing twice.

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Speaker 5: Washington beats him four to one into Oklahoma State, shutting

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Speaker 5: him out ate nothing to send the Ute home packing.

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Speaker 5: As for Major League Baseball, we had some late scores

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Speaker 5: from the West Coast Dodgers and eight to four win

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Speaker 5: over the Yankees as La had a six run lead

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01:02:48,560 --> 01:02:51,240
Speaker 5: in the first inning. Mookie Bets hitting two home runs.

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Speaker 5: Clayton Kershaw seven innings, nine strikeouts as he picks up

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Speaker 5: his first career victory against the New York Yankees. Orioles

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Speaker 5: top the Giants three to two in San Francisco, Padres

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01:03:03,360 --> 01:03:05,520
Speaker 5: fall to the Cubs two to one. In San Diego.

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Speaker 5: Diamondbacks out last of Raves three to two. Some other scores,

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Speaker 5: White Sox over the Tigers three to nothing, Twins shut

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Speaker 5: out the Guardians one nothing. Angels fall to the Astros

1135
01:03:15,600 --> 01:03:20,600
Speaker 5: six to two. Big Anticipated Series Nationals beat the Phillies

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01:03:20,640 --> 01:03:23,800
Speaker 5: they upset them eight to seven, and the Brewers beat

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Speaker 5: the Reds five to four. NBA News Frank Vogel reportedly

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01:03:28,640 --> 01:03:31,640
Speaker 5: finalizing a five year, thirty one million dollar contract to

1139
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Speaker 5: become the new head coach of the Phoenix Suns. College

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Speaker 5: Sports Big twelve commissioner Brett Yormark saying the conference will

1141
01:03:37,840 --> 01:03:41,880
Speaker 5: pursue more expansion if the opportunity presents itself. NFL News

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Speaker 5: the Chicago Bears announcing Arlington Heights no longer Its singular

1143
01:03:45,280 --> 01:03:48,440
Speaker 5: focus for our new stadium after taxis Who's arose? The

1144
01:03:48,440 --> 01:03:51,960
Speaker 5: city of Naperville watching its own bid to lure the

1145
01:03:52,000 --> 01:03:56,760
Speaker 5: Bears at the French Open. Top seed at Carlos Alcarez

1146
01:03:56,800 --> 01:03:59,760
Speaker 5: advancing to the round is sixteen in straight sets. Raphaele

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01:03:59,760 --> 01:04:01,800
Speaker 5: on THEA not playing in the tournament. He had a

1148
01:04:01,880 --> 01:04:05,600
Speaker 5: hip injury and had Arthur scropic surgery to help fix that,

1149
01:04:05,800 --> 01:04:09,000
Speaker 5: so we'll see when he comes back. Justin Sue leads

1150
01:04:09,040 --> 01:04:12,840
Speaker 5: the Memorial by one stroke over Hideki Matsuyama. Back over

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01:04:12,880 --> 01:04:13,560
Speaker 5: to you burning.

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01:04:13,880 --> 01:04:18,040
Speaker 2: All right, thanks Kevin. So you know, there are periods

1153
01:04:18,040 --> 01:04:20,960
Speaker 2: of time when certain cities have their day in the sun,

1154
01:04:21,080 --> 01:04:23,840
Speaker 2: literally and figuratively. I mean, the last decade has been

1155
01:04:23,840 --> 01:04:27,200
Speaker 2: pretty good at the city of Boston, right The Red

1156
01:04:27,240 --> 01:04:32,160
Speaker 2: Sox have done well, the Bruins have done well, Celtics

1157
01:04:32,880 --> 01:04:34,760
Speaker 2: right on down the line. Obviously New England a couple

1158
01:04:34,840 --> 01:04:39,320
Speaker 2: of Super Bowl championships. But right now, you think about

1159
01:04:39,320 --> 01:04:42,920
Speaker 2: this for a second, is South Florida ruling the sports world?

1160
01:04:43,520 --> 01:04:46,440
Speaker 2: Because for the third time in four years, let's take hockey,

1161
01:04:46,440 --> 01:04:50,320
Speaker 2: the Stanley Cup could be heading to the state of Florida.

1162
01:04:50,600 --> 01:04:53,840
Speaker 2: It's been over a week now, but when the Panthers

1163
01:04:54,280 --> 01:04:57,680
Speaker 2: polished off the Hurricanes, it was a very dramatic four

1164
01:04:57,720 --> 01:04:59,480
Speaker 2: to three win. Just before the game was about to

1165
01:04:59,480 --> 01:05:04,680
Speaker 2: go over to they swept the Carolina Panthers. Carolina Hurricanes,

1166
01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:07,520
Speaker 2: excuse me, A very good team, very good defensive team.

1167
01:05:08,640 --> 01:05:11,040
Speaker 2: Florida finds himself in their first Stanley Cup Final since

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01:05:11,080 --> 01:05:15,160
Speaker 2: nineteen ninety six. Right, Matthew Kachuk scores the game winner

1169
01:05:15,160 --> 01:05:17,200
Speaker 2: and a power play there was five seconds left in

1170
01:05:17,240 --> 01:05:21,240
Speaker 2: the game. That was the latest serious clinching regulation goal

1171
01:05:21,280 --> 01:05:28,280
Speaker 2: in NFL iNHL playoff history. That is saying something, all right, Kuchuk. Obviously,

1172
01:05:28,360 --> 01:05:30,080
Speaker 2: they got him in a trade last July with the

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01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:35,200
Speaker 2: Calgary Flames, and he's done it for the Panthers this postseason.

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01:05:35,280 --> 01:05:38,200
Speaker 2: He's leading the team in goals. He has nine goals

1175
01:05:38,280 --> 01:05:42,680
Speaker 2: twelve assists. Only one player in the playoffs, Dallas's Rupe

1176
01:05:42,720 --> 01:05:45,160
Speaker 2: Hans had more points than Kachuck twenty two to twenty one.

1177
01:05:45,760 --> 01:05:49,720
Speaker 2: But clutch has been the middle name for Matthew Kuchuk.

1178
01:05:49,840 --> 01:05:52,720
Speaker 2: He had three game winners in one series. Of course,

1179
01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:56,600
Speaker 2: their goalie Serghia Bobrovski has been basically unbeatable the last

1180
01:05:56,640 --> 01:05:59,840
Speaker 2: couple three weeks, and I gave you the numbers earlier.

1181
01:06:00,120 --> 01:06:03,080
Speaker 2: So it's been a hell of a spring, not just

1182
01:06:03,160 --> 01:06:05,640
Speaker 2: for South Florida's NHL team, but how about their NBA

1183
01:06:05,680 --> 01:06:10,240
Speaker 2: team as well. They've had basically similar identical playoff runs.

1184
01:06:10,560 --> 01:06:14,880
Speaker 2: The Heat are in the NBA Finals. They're down one game, yes,

1185
01:06:15,360 --> 01:06:18,040
Speaker 2: but they made it as a number eight seed. The

1186
01:06:18,080 --> 01:06:22,280
Speaker 2: Panthers headed to the Stanley Cup Final, which is about

1187
01:06:22,320 --> 01:06:26,240
Speaker 2: eighteen I check that, fifteen hours away, seventeen hours away,

1188
01:06:26,280 --> 01:06:30,520
Speaker 2: five pm Pacific on Saturday. It faces off maybe five

1189
01:06:30,520 --> 01:06:35,520
Speaker 2: point fifteen. But the Heat they're in the NBA Finals

1190
01:06:35,520 --> 01:06:37,800
Speaker 2: as a number eight seed, and the Panthers they're in

1191
01:06:37,800 --> 01:06:40,800
Speaker 2: the Stanley Cup Finals as also a number eight seed. Now,

1192
01:06:40,840 --> 01:06:43,160
Speaker 2: technically the NHL where the doesn't have eight seeds anymore

1193
01:06:43,480 --> 01:06:46,720
Speaker 2: since the playoffs are split into four brackets. But Florida

1194
01:06:47,440 --> 01:06:50,240
Speaker 2: had the worst regular season record the Florida Panthers of

1195
01:06:50,280 --> 01:06:52,760
Speaker 2: any team that made the playoffs in the NHL, and

1196
01:06:52,800 --> 01:06:55,160
Speaker 2: now they're four wins away from lifting the cup. Now,

1197
01:06:56,320 --> 01:06:58,760
Speaker 2: this is what makes this story so interesting. The Panthers,

1198
01:06:59,120 --> 01:07:01,440
Speaker 2: they needed a minor miracle just to make the playoffs.

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01:07:01,480 --> 01:07:03,200
Speaker 2: They were in complete panic mode at the end of

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01:07:03,240 --> 01:07:06,960
Speaker 2: the regular season. They lost three straight at the end

1201
01:07:07,000 --> 01:07:11,000
Speaker 2: of March. Actually, their goalie at the time, Bobrovski, was struggling.

1202
01:07:11,440 --> 01:07:14,360
Speaker 2: The Panthers benched him in favor of Alex Lyon, and

1203
01:07:14,400 --> 01:07:17,000
Speaker 2: then they won in the regular season six of the

1204
01:07:17,000 --> 01:07:20,560
Speaker 2: team's last eight games. And the only reason that the

1205
01:07:20,600 --> 01:07:24,280
Speaker 2: Florida Panthers clinched the spot in the postseason is partly

1206
01:07:24,320 --> 01:07:27,040
Speaker 2: because the Penguins lost to the Blackhawks and this was

1207
01:07:27,120 --> 01:07:29,720
Speaker 2: not a good Blacksawks team this year in their second

1208
01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:32,720
Speaker 2: last game of the season. So then Lions started the

1209
01:07:32,720 --> 01:07:35,480
Speaker 2: first three games of Florida's first round series against the Bruins.

1210
01:07:36,320 --> 01:07:40,440
Speaker 2: He hadn't fare so well ander Sergei Bobrovski, and the

1211
01:07:40,480 --> 01:07:45,520
Speaker 2: rest is history. So much like the Heat the Panthers,

1212
01:07:45,800 --> 01:07:49,480
Speaker 2: they'd been Giants layers. They upset the Bruins in the

1213
01:07:49,480 --> 01:07:53,200
Speaker 2: first round. That was a monumental upset. Boston won more

1214
01:07:53,240 --> 01:07:57,800
Speaker 2: regular season games than any team in NHL history, and

1215
01:07:57,840 --> 01:07:59,880
Speaker 2: then they blew the three to win lead to Florida

1216
01:08:00,120 --> 01:08:04,480
Speaker 2: and the Toronto Maple Leafs, who we know have notoriously

1217
01:08:04,560 --> 01:08:07,680
Speaker 2: underachieved in the postseason, but they had a very good

1218
01:08:07,720 --> 01:08:11,520
Speaker 2: regular season, and then they got blitzed by the Florida

1219
01:08:11,600 --> 01:08:15,440
Speaker 2: Panthers four games to one. So then Florida goes on

1220
01:08:15,520 --> 01:08:20,000
Speaker 2: to beat Carolina. So Carolina, Boston and Toronto. Florida has

1221
01:08:20,040 --> 01:08:23,200
Speaker 2: now beaten three of the five teams they had the

1222
01:08:23,240 --> 01:08:27,559
Speaker 2: best regular season ructors in league this year. Now, the

1223
01:08:27,600 --> 01:08:30,800
Speaker 2: Golden Knights took care of Dallas. So you'll see the

1224
01:08:30,840 --> 01:08:33,920
Speaker 2: Golden Knights and the Stars face it off, or check

1225
01:08:34,000 --> 01:08:36,360
Speaker 2: that the Golden Knights and the Panthers face it off,

1226
01:08:36,600 --> 01:08:40,080
Speaker 2: probably around five point fifteen Pacific on Saturday eight fifteen.

1227
01:08:40,120 --> 01:08:43,920
Speaker 2: Star right here, t Mobile Arena, the whole Spoca's in town,

1228
01:08:44,240 --> 01:08:48,000
Speaker 2: the media throng, you name it. Everybody's here. Even the

1229
01:08:48,160 --> 01:08:50,600
Speaker 2: Luton soccer team, which I'm gonna talk about later in

1230
01:08:50,640 --> 01:08:55,799
Speaker 2: the show, is here. Incredible story for them as well.

1231
01:08:56,600 --> 01:09:01,880
Speaker 2: But should the Panthers, Florida Panthers prevail and win the

1232
01:09:01,920 --> 01:09:06,280
Speaker 2: Stanley Cup, they will have beaten the fourth top five team.

1233
01:09:06,840 --> 01:09:09,320
Speaker 2: No one has ever faced the Gaunt like this in

1234
01:09:09,360 --> 01:09:12,679
Speaker 2: the Stanley Cup playoffs and prevailed. No One's ever faced

1235
01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:14,479
Speaker 2: the Gaunt like this just to get to the Stanley

1236
01:09:14,520 --> 01:09:17,000
Speaker 2: Cup finals. But Florida has done it. But you know.

1237
01:09:17,080 --> 01:09:18,639
Speaker 2: And by the way, give it up to Vegas. They've

1238
01:09:19,080 --> 01:09:22,920
Speaker 2: they've been very dominant in the playoffs. They beat the

1239
01:09:22,960 --> 01:09:26,120
Speaker 2: Winnipeg Jets in five. They beat the Edmonton Oilers, and

1240
01:09:26,160 --> 01:09:29,240
Speaker 2: the Oilers were a pretty substantial favorite minus one sixty.

1241
01:09:29,280 --> 01:09:31,640
Speaker 2: They beat the Oilers in six, and they beat the

1242
01:09:31,680 --> 01:09:34,479
Speaker 2: Stars in six, and they did it in fine fashion.

1243
01:09:35,000 --> 01:09:38,000
Speaker 2: They skated the Stars out of the rink Monday ninety

1244
01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:40,680
Speaker 2: The game was over before the seats were warm. So

1245
01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:43,719
Speaker 2: this has been a season first, okay, season of first

1246
01:09:43,920 --> 01:09:46,280
Speaker 2: By the way, the Denver Nuggets first time reaching the

1247
01:09:46,400 --> 01:09:50,680
Speaker 2: NBA Finals.

1248
01:09:48,800 --> 01:09:48,880
Speaker 4: And.

1249
01:09:50,479 --> 01:09:53,160
Speaker 2: They had there as a franchise. They had ninety four

1250
01:09:53,240 --> 01:09:56,759
Speaker 2: playoff win that's the most ever in NBA history prior

1251
01:09:56,800 --> 01:09:59,519
Speaker 2: to making it to their first ever finals. First team

1252
01:09:59,560 --> 01:10:02,799
Speaker 2: of the best record in their conference, first playoff series,

1253
01:10:03,160 --> 01:10:07,240
Speaker 2: season of firsts. Let's not forget the Nuggets. They also

1254
01:10:07,240 --> 01:10:09,120
Speaker 2: look to become the latest Denver sports team to bring

1255
01:10:09,120 --> 01:10:12,200
Speaker 2: home the title. The Colorado Avalanche did it last year.

1256
01:10:12,240 --> 01:10:18,120
Speaker 2: They swept the Tampa Bay Lightning. And oh yeah, the

1257
01:10:18,600 --> 01:10:22,040
Speaker 2: Colorado Apps had nine days arrest last year. Seemed to

1258
01:10:22,040 --> 01:10:26,320
Speaker 2: work on for them. If you're into NL lacrosse, the

1259
01:10:26,360 --> 01:10:29,240
Speaker 2: Colorado Mammoth won it in twenty twenty two. And oh,

1260
01:10:29,280 --> 01:10:31,840
Speaker 2: by the way, the University of Denver Pioneers they won

1261
01:10:31,880 --> 01:10:34,719
Speaker 2: the twenty twenty two Men's ice Hockey Championships. So maybe

1262
01:10:34,760 --> 01:10:40,320
Speaker 2: Denver and South Florida can duke it out for the

1263
01:10:40,360 --> 01:10:45,519
Speaker 2: title of who is ruling the sports world? Currently? Speaking

1264
01:10:45,520 --> 01:10:47,800
Speaker 2: of ruling the sports world, and I love this guy,

1265
01:10:47,920 --> 01:10:50,479
Speaker 2: Nick Saban, but he's out again doing a little bit

1266
01:10:50,479 --> 01:10:53,920
Speaker 2: of politicking. The SEC held its annual meetings this past week,

1267
01:10:54,120 --> 01:10:58,879
Speaker 2: which means it's time for the tradition Nick Saban complaining

1268
01:10:58,880 --> 01:11:03,519
Speaker 2: about how college football is changing this year, the topic nil.

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Speaker 2: We will bring you his pros and poetry coming up.

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Speaker 2: Comedy Life from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio tirect

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Speaker 2: Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. We're back on the

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Speaker 2: Bernie Frattle Show, Come to life from the Fox Sports

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Speaker 2: Radio Tireract dot com studio is here in Las Vegas.

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Speaker 2: Great job, Ethan, great John Mark, good stuff there. Top

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Speaker 2: of the r we're gonna dive into the Ja Moran thing.

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Speaker 2: It's flying under the radar, but the commissioner may some

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Speaker 2: very cryptic comments. I'll give you my thoughts. Top of

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Speaker 2: the hour. We're bringing the crew as well. All right,

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Speaker 2: Nick Saban, And make no mistake, I love Nick Saban,

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Speaker 2: and I mean that the year he was the head

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Speaker 2: coach at Michigan State. There was a couple of years

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Speaker 2: back in nineteen ninety five. I think the world of

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Speaker 2: Nick Saban. But it's that time of year. The SEC

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Speaker 2: holding itst Anuel meetings this week, which means here we

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Speaker 2: go Death Texas and Nick Saban complaining about how college

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Speaker 2: football is changing this year's topic the nil. Saban said,

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Speaker 2: I believe it was Tuesday Wednesday that while he supports

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Speaker 2: the players getting paid, the current NIL system only increased

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Speaker 2: disparity in college football. Then he said is this what

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Speaker 2: we want college football to become? There's always been to sparity, Nick,

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Speaker 2: come on, man, going back over one hundred years, this

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Speaker 2: stuff was probably happening under the table. And listen, I've

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Speaker 2: been to Alabama. I've been to the campus and see

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Speaker 2: what they got going there. If you think that, you know,

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Speaker 2: Vanderbilt has the same advantages as Alabama does when they

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Speaker 2: take the football field. Not that against Vanderbilt or a

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Speaker 2: finance SEC school or a fine institution, but you get

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Speaker 2: the you get the drift. Okay, there's never been a

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Speaker 2: level playing field in college football. But here's here's what's interesting.

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Speaker 2: Ten years ago, Saban famously made somewhat similar comments about

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Speaker 2: the disparity in college football. He didn't like the spread offense,

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Speaker 2: the tempo offense, and he really wondered, do we want

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Speaker 2: college football to see more points in a faster pace? Well,

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Speaker 2: come on, now, who's taken advantage of that? With the

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Speaker 2: dynamic offenses that Alabama has put on the field in

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Speaker 2: the last decade. Saba, No, he might be right, Okay,

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Speaker 2: but it doesn't really change that much. Okay. The richest

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Speaker 2: programs will always continue to attract the best recruits. The

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Speaker 2: richest programs will always can you to produce, buy and

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Speaker 2: large the best football teams. I know the sport could

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Speaker 2: use some guardrails, but you can't argue the game will

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Speaker 2: change dramatically, and perhaps it has already started, but I

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Speaker 2: haven't seen a correlation between schools with a ton of

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Speaker 2: NIL money and success. At some point, I'll revisit the

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Speaker 2: great nil program the Texas A and M put together

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Speaker 2: last year and the money they spent. How did it

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Speaker 2: work out? How did it work out? And again I

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Speaker 2: understand Saban's premise that nil was supposed to be stipends

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Speaker 2: money for players. You know, you're on the football team,

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Speaker 2: you're on the basketball team, you're on the baseball team.

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Speaker 2: You hop over to the local car dealership, hang on

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Speaker 2: for four hours, kiss baby, sign autographs, take pictures. They

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Speaker 2: slip your five hundred bucks or a thousand bucks. You

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Speaker 2: got a little, you got a little walking around money.

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Speaker 2: But this has become pay for play, free agency. And

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Speaker 2: if that's where this is gonna go, that's where this

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Speaker 2: is gonna go. There's nothing I can do about. I mean,

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Speaker 2: he had Quinn yours. Did he even finish his high

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Speaker 2: senior year in Texas? On his way to Ohio State.

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Speaker 2: You know, was gonna get a million dollars. Couldn't start

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Speaker 2: at Ohio State. Now he was back of Texas. You

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Speaker 2: get the drift, Okay. But Saban's complaint, though, it does

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Speaker 2: make you start to wonder. Saban's seventy one years old,

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Speaker 2: but I think he's a young seventy one. But is

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Speaker 2: he getting a little burnout by this? Okay? Is he

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Speaker 2: is Alabama maybe coming back to earth a little bit.

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Speaker 2: By Alabama's standards, they're in a little bit of a swoon.

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Speaker 2: They haven't won a title in two years. Those are

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Speaker 2: not Saban's standards. He already has filed complaints about the

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Speaker 2: proposed permanent opponent list Auburn, LSU, and Tennessee. The SEC

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Speaker 2: was considering adopting the nine game schedule. They voted against

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Speaker 2: it because they wanted money to come along. But like

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Speaker 2: Greg Sankie said, money, money follows, it doesn't lead. So

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Speaker 2: maybe the SEC should have adopted the nine game schedule.

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Speaker 2: But you know, they don't want to be each other up.

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Speaker 2: But it's the best conference in college football. Okay. But

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Speaker 2: out of that. Kirby Smart, a former disciple of Nick Saban,

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Speaker 2: Georgia looks like a newer version of Alabama, and it's

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Speaker 2: perhaps starting that Saban's dominance is fading. Georgia's won back

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Speaker 2: to back national championships. Do I think they'll do it

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Speaker 2: again this year? No, but I think Ohio stated to

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Speaker 2: be very good. I think it's gonna be very good Alabama.

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Speaker 2: But they'll all be good, you know, tendans. There's a

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Speaker 2: lot of good schools and Saban, you know, he was

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Speaker 2: complaining about the fact that it's the dynamic is changing

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Speaker 2: and he had his soapbox. Okay, at the end of

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Speaker 2: the day, this is probably just classic Saban, right, Remember

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Speaker 2: how he complained, like I said a minute ago, Remember

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Speaker 2: how he complained after he didn't like the way the

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Speaker 2: game was changing and all those spread offenses and you

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Speaker 2: couldn't get your defensive rotations down of the field. Well

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Speaker 2: guess what Saban did. He adopted those spread offenses and

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Speaker 2: he kicked everybody's butt. Okay, So the nil comments are

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Speaker 2: sort of just grousing and complaining, and maybe maybe is

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Speaker 2: this a signal to Alabama boosters that hey, maybe you

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Speaker 2: can shut you know, maybe you can shovel a few

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Speaker 2: shekels this way, keep them ready if if you want

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Speaker 2: Tuscaloosa to continue to be the per center of the

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Speaker 2: SEC and the epicenter of college football going forward. Right,

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Speaker 2: So here's the question. You ask yourself, how many more

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Speaker 2: national titles can Saban win? In sixteen years at Alabama?

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Speaker 2: He's won six titles, so he wins one every two

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Speaker 2: and a half years. I think he could win one more,

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Speaker 2: but that might be about it. There is a lot

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Speaker 2: more parody in college football, especially in the SEC. Brian

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Speaker 2: Kelly at LSU, you know he's got something to say Tennessee.

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Speaker 2: He's got to find program. Georgia isn't going anywhere. Auburn

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Speaker 2: is always going to be a pest and so look,

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Speaker 2: it's kind of I get a kick out of Nick Saban.

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Speaker 2: I was actually in a scramble eightsm or whatever the

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Speaker 2: hell it was back in nineteen ninety five. It's the

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Speaker 2: most intense guy I've ever been around in my life.

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Speaker 2: And I say that with the utmost respect. You want

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Speaker 2: to be successful in life. If you look at guys

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Speaker 2: like John Wooden, you look at guys like Augie Grito,

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Speaker 2: you look at guys like Nick Saban, They're focused on

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Speaker 2: the process. Success is a process oriented endeavor. The results

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Speaker 2: are directly related to your process and your commitment to

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Speaker 2: that process. No one can deny that Nick Saban has

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Speaker 2: been a master at that. This upcoming season is going

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Speaker 2: to be a lot of fun because there is a

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Speaker 2: lot of parody in college football. What might not be

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Speaker 2: fun is the news Jah Morant could be getting soon.

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Speaker 2: We'll talk about it. I'm Bernie Frattle. This is the

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Speaker 2: Bernie Fraddle Show. Keep it locked. You're listening to the

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio. That's right, you heard the man. Bernie

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Speaker 2: Fraddle Show keeps rolling right along. My name is Bernie Frattle.

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Speaker 2: The Commissioner, Adam Silver, NBA commissioner, makes very cryptic comments

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Speaker 2: this week about John Morant and having more information and

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Speaker 2: they'll deal with it after the playoffs. I don't know

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Speaker 2: why he would bother to do that unless he's softening

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Speaker 2: you up for a blow. And another thing happened under

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Speaker 2: the radar. About ten days ago, Nike removed the latest

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Speaker 2: edition of the JAW one, the Hunger Colorwave, from their

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Speaker 2: website after the Grizzlies suspended jaw on May fourteenth, again,

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Speaker 2: second time seen on Instagram live flashing would appeared to

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Speaker 2: be a gun and it are. These are tough times

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Speaker 2: for John Moran, and he clearly needs to figure things

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Speaker 2: out before he further damages his career. He's young, he's

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Speaker 2: twenty three, He's got time. But I want to give

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Speaker 2: you some thoughts about what I think should happen. Let

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Speaker 2: me start by sharing his story. You know, Bill Cosby

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Speaker 2: wrote a book many it was decades ago, called Fatherhood.

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Speaker 2: It was an outstanding book, and I think Bill Cosby

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Speaker 2: knows a thing or two about fatherhood. He raised four

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Speaker 2: children and in the book he tells a story about

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Speaker 2: how he caught his son in a lie and it

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Speaker 2: really bothered him, and he took his son out back

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Speaker 2: and he stressed to his son, I think his name

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Speaker 2: is Annis, that you you don't lie, you don't lie

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Speaker 2: in life. And I'm greatly disappointed that I caught you

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Speaker 2: in a lie. And I cannot tell you how upset

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Speaker 2: I am. And I said, so, you're not gonna hit me,

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Speaker 2: are you, Dad? He goes, no, I'm not going to

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Speaker 2: hit you, but I just want to let you know

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Speaker 2: how upset I am, and that I don't want you

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Speaker 2: to lie anymore. And then they turned to walk in

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Speaker 2: the house and Bill Coffee whack him on the back

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Speaker 2: of the head, and his son was shocked and he

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Speaker 2: was upset, and he turned on says Dad, I thought

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Speaker 2: you said you weren't going to hit me. He said,

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Speaker 2: I lied. How does it feel to be lied to?

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Speaker 2: And this is how I feel. Maybe the commissioner feels,

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Speaker 2: and the NBA feels that after that short eight game

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Speaker 2: suspension where he sort of took a couple of weeks

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Speaker 2: off to clear his head, so to speak, and they

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Speaker 2: said all the right things. Here you are again with

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Speaker 2: act number two. And this is becoming a story as

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Speaker 2: old as time. You take a young, gifted, talented athlete,

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Speaker 2: talented individual, and because of a god given skill set,

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Speaker 2: they're elevated to a plateau in life where their character

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Speaker 2: can't keep them. This is America. You're free to screw up,

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Speaker 2: make a damn fool of yourself, cost yourself millions of

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Speaker 2: dollars entered Jah Morant. I don't feel sorry for him,

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Speaker 2: but I do have a feeling. Moran is trying to

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Speaker 2: serve two masters. He's trying to climb two mountains at

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Speaker 2: the same time. He plays basketball. He's a human highlight reel.

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Speaker 2: He's incredibly talented, never won a damn thing that I

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Speaker 2: know of. But Moran also has a personal life. He

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Speaker 2: has friends and they bond over things probably you and

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Speaker 2: I can't relate to. I'm not judging John Moran, so

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Speaker 2: he perhaps those folks Moran associates with mean a lot

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Speaker 2: to him, and I get that. It's it's kind of

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Speaker 2: like Matt Damon and Goodwill Hunting. They were there before

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Speaker 2: he met Professor Jared Lambeau. Now, Moran is not going

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Speaker 2: to win a Fields Medal, and at this point, I

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Speaker 2: don't think he's gonna win an NBA title anytime soon

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Speaker 2: because he's got real issues, and no matter what happens here,

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Speaker 2: Moran has a real choice to make. He life is funny.

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Speaker 2: It's all about choices. You stack up good choices, things

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Speaker 2: usually work out. You start to stack up bad choices

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Speaker 2: usually doesn't end so well. So you take Moran's friend.

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Speaker 2: It's clearly they're a big part of his life. He's

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Speaker 2: beholding to them, he respects them, there's mutual love. These

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Speaker 2: are things we can relate to. But Morant needs to

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Speaker 2: be suspended for a year. You heard me, Here's why.

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Speaker 2: Keep in mind during that time, Jahn Moran could he

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Speaker 2: can decide take him away from basketball. He can decide

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Speaker 2: where his values truly lie. In one year, he'll be

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Speaker 2: twenty four. He'll start his whole life ahead of him.

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Speaker 2: By the way, Moran has earned thirty one million dollars

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Speaker 2: in his first three years in the NBA, and if

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Speaker 2: that's all he ever makes in his life, he should

1487
01:23:34,600 --> 01:23:37,439
Speaker 2: be sent for three lifetimes. I know you're not supposed

1488
01:23:37,439 --> 01:23:40,320
Speaker 2: to count anybody anybody's money, but I just did because

1489
01:23:40,360 --> 01:23:42,800
Speaker 2: this is much more than about money and involves a

1490
01:23:42,880 --> 01:23:46,000
Speaker 2: human life. And for all the fake outrage out there

1491
01:23:46,000 --> 01:23:48,280
Speaker 2: and all the fake platitudes like I feel sorry for him.

1492
01:23:48,320 --> 01:23:51,520
Speaker 2: I hope he gets some help. Morant needs to help himself.

1493
01:23:53,360 --> 01:23:57,080
Speaker 2: Life is like golf rule number six. You're responsible for

1494
01:23:57,120 --> 01:24:01,240
Speaker 2: your own ball and your own score. Adam Silver doesn't

1495
01:24:01,479 --> 01:24:05,479
Speaker 2: remove him from basketball for a year, then he must

1496
01:24:05,560 --> 01:24:08,240
Speaker 2: have his own agenda in mind, not Moran's. And I'll

1497
01:24:08,240 --> 01:24:13,519
Speaker 2: tell you why. A few saturdays back when you saw

1498
01:24:13,560 --> 01:24:17,799
Speaker 2: that Instagram photo and it made the rounds quickly on Twitter.

1499
01:24:18,680 --> 01:24:20,880
Speaker 2: I don't care what John Morant was thinking. The truth

1500
01:24:20,920 --> 01:24:22,960
Speaker 2: is he probably wasn't thinking. Remember it had only been

1501
01:24:23,000 --> 01:24:26,800
Speaker 2: sixty days before the NBA suspended Morent in March after

1502
01:24:26,840 --> 01:24:29,639
Speaker 2: he was seen on Instagram live brandishing a gun inside

1503
01:24:29,640 --> 01:24:32,559
Speaker 2: a Denver's Trip club and that was during the Memphis

1504
01:24:32,560 --> 01:24:36,599
Speaker 2: Grizzlies road trip. Now the team, the league, they weren't

1505
01:24:36,600 --> 01:24:40,040
Speaker 2: real happy they hit Moran, who's, by the way, his

1506
01:24:40,360 --> 01:24:43,240
Speaker 2: five year, one hundred and ninety four million dollar contract.

1507
01:24:43,640 --> 01:24:49,280
Speaker 2: The extension is kicking in later this fall. Well, could

1508
01:24:49,320 --> 01:24:52,479
Speaker 2: that be in jeopardy? Nike has a twelve million dollar deal.

1509
01:24:53,560 --> 01:25:00,679
Speaker 2: Could that be in jeopardy? Everyone is watching Moran sort

1510
01:25:00,720 --> 01:25:04,439
Speaker 2: of this dual character. He's a very stimulating player. He's

1511
01:25:04,479 --> 01:25:07,280
Speaker 2: a nightly highlighted real He's an inspiring story. By the way,

1512
01:25:07,920 --> 01:25:10,679
Speaker 2: Moran has made it to the big time. He wasn't

1513
01:25:10,760 --> 01:25:14,160
Speaker 2: recruited heavily out of high school in South Carolina. He

1514
01:25:14,320 --> 01:25:15,920
Speaker 2: just went to a small high school and ended up

1515
01:25:15,920 --> 01:25:19,920
Speaker 2: going to Murray State. But he's fast forward. He's a star.

1516
01:25:20,560 --> 01:25:22,960
Speaker 2: He's got the potential to make hundreds of millions of

1517
01:25:23,000 --> 01:25:27,439
Speaker 2: dollars in career innings. But with that counts responsibility to

1518
01:25:27,520 --> 01:25:30,240
Speaker 2: who much is given, much is required. The NBA has

1519
01:25:30,240 --> 01:25:33,200
Speaker 2: made it clear. They have said they are not going

1520
01:25:33,280 --> 01:25:39,080
Speaker 2: to tolerate images of players glorifying guns. Now, don't get twisted.

1521
01:25:39,920 --> 01:25:42,120
Speaker 2: Moran is a US citizen. He has the right to

1522
01:25:42,160 --> 01:25:45,120
Speaker 2: own a gun, just don't flash it on Instagram live

1523
01:25:45,160 --> 01:25:49,880
Speaker 2: in public. That is a condition of employment. The NBA says,

1524
01:25:49,880 --> 01:25:52,280
Speaker 2: if you want to do that, then go find your

1525
01:25:52,280 --> 01:25:55,280
Speaker 2: own life. But if you want to comply by the rules,

1526
01:25:55,320 --> 01:25:57,479
Speaker 2: like ninety nine percent of the rest of our league,

1527
01:25:57,560 --> 01:26:00,720
Speaker 2: you can have an NBA career. And that's where this

1528
01:26:01,000 --> 01:26:03,720
Speaker 2: whole argument lies. Marant said he understood. He said he

1529
01:26:03,760 --> 01:26:07,320
Speaker 2: took full responsibility, or at least that was the public

1530
01:26:07,360 --> 01:26:10,040
Speaker 2: relations message at the time. He said he was going

1531
01:26:10,080 --> 01:26:11,760
Speaker 2: to take some time away and this is his march

1532
01:26:12,200 --> 01:26:15,200
Speaker 2: to get some help and work on learning better methods

1533
01:26:15,240 --> 01:26:18,320
Speaker 2: of dealing with stress and overall well being well. Whatever

1534
01:26:18,360 --> 01:26:22,080
Speaker 2: help he got, it didn't work, because that fateful Saturday

1535
01:26:22,120 --> 01:26:25,720
Speaker 2: a few weeks ago, Morant back on Instagram Live with

1536
01:26:25,760 --> 01:26:27,759
Speaker 2: what appeared to be a gun in his hand. Again,

1537
01:26:28,160 --> 01:26:31,760
Speaker 2: a condition of employment. Just don't do that and you

1538
01:26:31,800 --> 01:26:35,799
Speaker 2: don't have an issue. The response swift and sure, immediate.

1539
01:26:37,760 --> 01:26:42,040
Speaker 2: The Grizzlies has suspended him indefinitely. Now that's another suspension,

1540
01:26:42,439 --> 01:26:46,559
Speaker 2: more loss money, the shoe deal, potential jeopardy, a ton

1541
01:26:46,600 --> 01:26:50,400
Speaker 2: of embarrassment, the league and a lot of his peers

1542
01:26:50,720 --> 01:26:54,400
Speaker 2: doubting him clearly speaking out this time much more so.

1543
01:26:55,400 --> 01:26:57,160
Speaker 2: And I would say, when you start to line up

1544
01:26:57,200 --> 01:27:01,439
Speaker 2: people with self inflicted wounds and self inflict humiliation, this

1545
01:27:01,520 --> 01:27:04,160
Speaker 2: might be one of the more ridiculous and easily avoidable.

1546
01:27:04,560 --> 01:27:07,760
Speaker 2: How hard is it not to get filmed with a

1547
01:27:07,800 --> 01:27:11,519
Speaker 2: gun in your hand? Apparently too hard for Moran. So

1548
01:27:11,880 --> 01:27:15,400
Speaker 2: since then Moran has been mocked, He's been scolded. Whether

1549
01:27:15,439 --> 01:27:17,200
Speaker 2: he deserves to be made fun of, I don't know.

1550
01:27:17,240 --> 01:27:20,240
Speaker 2: But this isn't just an active immaturity. This is just

1551
01:27:20,400 --> 01:27:24,240
Speaker 2: flat out stupidity. Now, there were plenty of executives and

1552
01:27:24,280 --> 01:27:28,519
Speaker 2: coaches and players that stood by Morant in March. They

1553
01:27:28,560 --> 01:27:30,680
Speaker 2: went to bat for him. They put the credibility on

1554
01:27:30,720 --> 01:27:35,240
Speaker 2: the line. And that's why I draw the bill cosby analogy,

1555
01:27:35,400 --> 01:27:38,559
Speaker 2: I think they felt their trust was abused and they

1556
01:27:38,640 --> 01:27:42,000
Speaker 2: relied to and for what again, let me repeat myself

1557
01:27:42,040 --> 01:27:45,600
Speaker 2: because some people get this twisted. The Second Amendment assures

1558
01:27:46,000 --> 01:27:51,360
Speaker 2: John Morant to have a right to his own firearms. Okay,

1559
01:27:51,439 --> 01:27:55,400
Speaker 2: they have no power over an employer though setting the

1560
01:27:55,439 --> 01:27:59,320
Speaker 2: standards for behavior. What does that mean is that if

1561
01:27:59,320 --> 01:28:02,280
Speaker 2: your employers we don't want to be associated with gun culture,

1562
01:28:02,800 --> 01:28:05,400
Speaker 2: we don't want weapons in the workplace, then that is

1563
01:28:05,439 --> 01:28:07,920
Speaker 2: the right of your employer. You don't like it, don't

1564
01:28:07,960 --> 01:28:12,519
Speaker 2: work there, that's their right. The NBA is a sought

1565
01:28:12,560 --> 01:28:15,479
Speaker 2: after job. It's a precious job. It's a privileged job.

1566
01:28:16,800 --> 01:28:18,720
Speaker 2: Now Moran earned his way into the league, but he's

1567
01:28:18,720 --> 01:28:22,360
Speaker 2: also managed to get in trouble with by the way,

1568
01:28:23,080 --> 01:28:25,200
Speaker 2: not even breaking the law to the best of my knowledge.

1569
01:28:26,160 --> 01:28:29,000
Speaker 2: But what you have to understand is the NBA does

1570
01:28:29,000 --> 01:28:31,479
Speaker 2: a better job than any of their leagues promoting their stars.

1571
01:28:32,400 --> 01:28:36,839
Speaker 2: It's a lead based on stars. Every player, to a degree,

1572
01:28:36,960 --> 01:28:40,120
Speaker 2: is an ambassador of the NBA. They're an ambassador of

1573
01:28:40,120 --> 01:28:43,599
Speaker 2: the business that the NBA is. And people will come

1574
01:28:43,680 --> 01:28:46,360
Speaker 2: to an arena and buy a ticket with hard earned

1575
01:28:46,400 --> 01:28:51,080
Speaker 2: money just to watch Moran play. But those same customers

1576
01:28:51,080 --> 01:28:53,400
Speaker 2: can be easily turned off with those images. And you

1577
01:28:53,479 --> 01:28:56,840
Speaker 2: know that that's at least how the NBA calculates it.

1578
01:28:57,240 --> 01:28:59,400
Speaker 2: And they're the one holding the per strings. They made

1579
01:28:59,800 --> 01:29:02,400
Speaker 2: the they made the standard clear. They do a line

1580
01:29:02,439 --> 01:29:04,920
Speaker 2: in the sand. There can't be any doubts about what

1581
01:29:05,200 --> 01:29:10,040
Speaker 2: was and what wasn't expected, and what was acceptable after

1582
01:29:10,320 --> 01:29:14,320
Speaker 2: the suspension in March, and yet Morant, for some reason

1583
01:29:14,760 --> 01:29:18,040
Speaker 2: couldn't resist basically the same action at the first chance

1584
01:29:18,040 --> 01:29:22,360
Speaker 2: he could get All right, now, is Moran a young guy? Yeah,

1585
01:29:22,439 --> 01:29:25,559
Speaker 2: yes and no. But at twenty three, you're a grown man.

1586
01:29:25,640 --> 01:29:28,719
Speaker 2: You're old enough to know right and wrong, the basics

1587
01:29:28,720 --> 01:29:31,559
Speaker 2: of how the world works. He went to college a

1588
01:29:31,600 --> 01:29:33,880
Speaker 2: couple of years, been in the NBA four years now.

1589
01:29:34,080 --> 01:29:35,600
Speaker 2: He's not the you can't give me the babe in

1590
01:29:35,600 --> 01:29:39,840
Speaker 2: the wood routine on this one. Morent has basically morphed

1591
01:29:39,880 --> 01:29:43,679
Speaker 2: into his own corporation. He's got agents, he's got lawyers,

1592
01:29:43,680 --> 01:29:47,559
Speaker 2: he's got advisors, he's got trainers and doctors. Those people

1593
01:29:47,720 --> 01:29:52,280
Speaker 2: Team Rant is designed to create the you know, the

1594
01:29:52,720 --> 01:29:58,799
Speaker 2: structure to keep him mentally able, physically able, and legally

1595
01:29:59,000 --> 01:30:02,240
Speaker 2: you know, adept so he can get on the court

1596
01:30:02,240 --> 01:30:06,760
Speaker 2: where he makes his money. And you know, he's also

1597
01:30:06,800 --> 01:30:10,400
Speaker 2: got a pretty good support system from the Grizzlies, his employer,

1598
01:30:10,520 --> 01:30:13,559
Speaker 2: because they've invested in him, they've invested in his continued success.

1599
01:30:13,560 --> 01:30:16,160
Speaker 2: So this is not some clulest kid out on an island.

1600
01:30:16,200 --> 01:30:18,880
Speaker 2: This is not some young teenager that's playing for some

1601
01:30:19,400 --> 01:30:23,840
Speaker 2: college football college basketball program with an nefarious coach. It'll

1602
01:30:23,840 --> 01:30:27,000
Speaker 2: win it all costs. Moran has to be focused on

1603
01:30:27,000 --> 01:30:30,280
Speaker 2: the long term, not just himself, but everybody around him

1604
01:30:30,280 --> 01:30:34,240
Speaker 2: as well. And I really can't blame the friends that

1605
01:30:34,400 --> 01:30:37,000
Speaker 2: Morent hangs around with. I'll tell you why, And yeah,

1606
01:30:37,000 --> 01:30:40,200
Speaker 2: they're doing him no favors. But if you're John Morant,

1607
01:30:41,040 --> 01:30:43,519
Speaker 2: you go back to your hometown or just about anywhere

1608
01:30:43,560 --> 01:30:46,080
Speaker 2: you go, you're going to be the alpha dog of

1609
01:30:46,080 --> 01:30:48,880
Speaker 2: your group because you're the star athlete. You're the multimillionaires

1610
01:30:49,680 --> 01:30:52,599
Speaker 2: for lack of a better term. The other people their

1611
01:30:52,600 --> 01:30:56,320
Speaker 2: hangers on. And if Morent's not capable of standing up

1612
01:30:56,360 --> 01:30:59,320
Speaker 2: for himself and doing the right thing, which isn't always

1613
01:30:59,320 --> 01:31:03,400
Speaker 2: the easy thing, then he's looking at a serious issue.

1614
01:31:03,439 --> 01:31:07,519
Speaker 2: So even Kwame Brown about a month ago, cited the

1615
01:31:07,600 --> 01:31:10,080
Speaker 2: hip hop star. He says, I'm gonna call you NBA

1616
01:31:10,200 --> 01:31:14,360
Speaker 2: dumb boy, And now you got Kwame Brown cracking on you.

1617
01:31:14,600 --> 01:31:18,479
Speaker 2: So whatever Morant is chasing, whatever is causing him to

1618
01:31:19,080 --> 01:31:22,679
Speaker 2: barrel headfirst and do the oblivion and controversy in trouble,

1619
01:31:22,960 --> 01:31:27,040
Speaker 2: whatever's pushing him away from what is potentially going to

1620
01:31:27,080 --> 01:31:30,960
Speaker 2: be a brilliant future, he better figure it out now.

1621
01:31:31,479 --> 01:31:34,320
Speaker 2: The NBA hasn't announced its punishment or the NORTH he

1622
01:31:34,560 --> 01:31:38,840
Speaker 2: has said its long term punishment. Is it coming? Well,

1623
01:31:39,160 --> 01:31:42,240
Speaker 2: what do you think Adam Silver was alluding to the

1624
01:31:42,280 --> 01:31:45,439
Speaker 2: other day. It's cryptic. I don't even know why he

1625
01:31:45,520 --> 01:31:49,760
Speaker 2: opened his mouth, but in opening his mouth, I just

1626
01:31:49,760 --> 01:31:51,519
Speaker 2: don't think it was a preview that it's going to

1627
01:31:51,560 --> 01:31:54,200
Speaker 2: be good news. He says, he's dealing with more information

1628
01:31:54,680 --> 01:31:58,840
Speaker 2: and trust me, major league teams, employee security and investigators

1629
01:31:58,880 --> 01:32:01,599
Speaker 2: beyond belief to know your shoe size, what you had

1630
01:32:01,600 --> 01:32:04,560
Speaker 2: for breakfast, where you're sleeping here, You're going the metadata

1631
01:32:04,560 --> 01:32:07,120
Speaker 2: that exists these days. If you don't think they got

1632
01:32:07,160 --> 01:32:09,800
Speaker 2: the goods on him, whatever, it may be, well you

1633
01:32:09,880 --> 01:32:12,160
Speaker 2: got something else coming. But again, it's cryptic. We don't

1634
01:32:12,160 --> 01:32:16,280
Speaker 2: know what Adam Silver is gonna say. But I will

1635
01:32:16,320 --> 01:32:19,120
Speaker 2: tell you that the only way for Jahn Morant to

1636
01:32:19,120 --> 01:32:23,360
Speaker 2: figure out his life is to do this. Remove him

1637
01:32:23,360 --> 01:32:27,520
Speaker 2: from basketball for one year. Perhaps it's rehabilitation, not punishment,

1638
01:32:28,040 --> 01:32:31,360
Speaker 2: because then he can see what his life will look

1639
01:32:31,400 --> 01:32:34,240
Speaker 2: like if he doesn't have the game he loves in

1640
01:32:34,320 --> 01:32:36,559
Speaker 2: his life front and center. He's going to see what

1641
01:32:36,600 --> 01:32:40,120
Speaker 2: it looks like to have that taken away, and he's

1642
01:32:40,160 --> 01:32:43,959
Speaker 2: going to see that if he just follows simple conditions

1643
01:32:44,000 --> 01:32:47,160
Speaker 2: of employment, he can resume at age twenty four and

1644
01:32:47,240 --> 01:32:50,080
Speaker 2: have a ten year career or more and maybe even

1645
01:32:50,120 --> 01:32:53,639
Speaker 2: a championship someday. The only way for him to know that, though,

1646
01:32:54,080 --> 01:32:56,559
Speaker 2: is if it's taken away from him. If you want

1647
01:32:56,560 --> 01:32:58,360
Speaker 2: to play a game, slap on the wrists. Did it

1648
01:32:58,400 --> 01:32:59,120
Speaker 2: work last time?

1649
01:32:59,240 --> 01:32:59,320
Speaker 8: No?

1650
01:33:00,080 --> 01:33:03,360
Speaker 2: There have been other players suspended for a year. Calvin Ridley,

1651
01:33:03,520 --> 01:33:05,519
Speaker 2: he'll be back this year with the Tampa Bay Bucks.

1652
01:33:05,960 --> 01:33:08,560
Speaker 2: That was crazy. What he did was far less egregious,

1653
01:33:09,320 --> 01:33:13,400
Speaker 2: and he missed a year. He's gonna be okay. Alex

1654
01:33:13,479 --> 01:33:15,920
Speaker 2: Karris and Paul Harnan back in the sixties missed the

1655
01:33:16,000 --> 01:33:19,400
Speaker 2: year for betting. There have been other year suspensions. A

1656
01:33:19,560 --> 01:33:22,799
Speaker 2: Rod went away for a year, came back, finished his career,

1657
01:33:23,200 --> 01:33:26,600
Speaker 2: seems to have righted the ship. The key behind a

1658
01:33:26,760 --> 01:33:31,320
Speaker 2: year removal will allow John Morant to see what unfolds

1659
01:33:31,320 --> 01:33:33,240
Speaker 2: in front of him and living color what his life

1660
01:33:33,240 --> 01:33:37,720
Speaker 2: looks like without basketball. And it's gonna hurt. It's gonna hurt.

1661
01:33:37,760 --> 01:33:39,680
Speaker 2: It's gonna hurt in October when teams are going to camp.

1662
01:33:39,680 --> 01:33:41,760
Speaker 2: It's gonna hurt, November when the tip off. It's gonna hurt.

1663
01:33:41,760 --> 01:33:43,920
Speaker 2: On Christmas Day, it's gonna hurt. After the new year,

1664
01:33:43,960 --> 01:33:46,880
Speaker 2: it's gonna hurt when the playoffs start. But it will

1665
01:33:47,520 --> 01:33:50,040
Speaker 2: hold a snapshot, a picture up to him. It will

1666
01:33:50,040 --> 01:33:53,040
Speaker 2: force him to look in the mirror and decide what

1667
01:33:53,080 --> 01:33:54,519
Speaker 2: does he want to do with his life, what does

1668
01:33:54,560 --> 01:33:56,600
Speaker 2: he want his legacy to be, And he'll know exactly

1669
01:33:57,000 --> 01:34:00,559
Speaker 2: the tangible, visceral feel what it's like to experience no

1670
01:34:00,720 --> 01:34:05,439
Speaker 2: basketball after having experienced basketball for the last six years

1671
01:34:05,600 --> 01:34:09,080
Speaker 2: at the highest levels. Now again, the NBA hasn't announced

1672
01:34:09,080 --> 01:34:12,280
Speaker 2: the long term punishment, but if they do, this time,

1673
01:34:13,080 --> 01:34:15,720
Speaker 2: Morant needs to turn his downtime into a positive. He's

1674
01:34:15,720 --> 01:34:18,479
Speaker 2: got too much to offer, he's got too much to lose,

1675
01:34:19,040 --> 01:34:22,520
Speaker 2: and he's got a lot of people trying to help him,

1676
01:34:22,560 --> 01:34:25,519
Speaker 2: trying to save him. Anything less than a year to me,

1677
01:34:26,200 --> 01:34:30,680
Speaker 2: as a fugaysy coming up, I'm gonna bring in the crew.

1678
01:34:30,720 --> 01:34:32,479
Speaker 2: I'll bring an Ethan, I'll bring in Kevin and see

1679
01:34:32,479 --> 01:34:35,200
Speaker 2: what they say. I'm Bernie Frattle. We're come to you

1680
01:34:35,280 --> 01:34:37,720
Speaker 2: live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio Tarreck dot

1681
01:34:37,720 --> 01:34:40,040
Speaker 2: Com Studios. Don't go away. You're listening to the Bernie

1682
01:34:40,040 --> 01:34:44,000
Speaker 2: Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio. There are back on

1683
01:34:44,040 --> 01:34:46,439
Speaker 2: the Bernie Frattle Show, Fox Sports Radio, coming to you

1684
01:34:46,520 --> 01:34:49,640
Speaker 2: live from the Tarak dot Com studios here in a

1685
01:34:49,760 --> 01:34:54,120
Speaker 2: Las Vegas and we are talking about Ja Morant. The

1686
01:34:54,120 --> 01:34:58,760
Speaker 2: commissioner had some cryptic comments this past week. Not sure

1687
01:34:58,800 --> 01:35:01,640
Speaker 2: why he would bother opening his mouth right in the

1688
01:35:01,680 --> 01:35:05,960
Speaker 2: eve of the NBA Finals. Perhaps he's softening the blow.

1689
01:35:06,160 --> 01:35:09,599
Speaker 2: I am on record that Jeral Morant needs to sit

1690
01:35:09,680 --> 01:35:12,439
Speaker 2: for a year. It's not punishment, it's rehabilitation. He needs

1691
01:35:12,479 --> 01:35:16,840
Speaker 2: to understand what life looks like without basketball, and he

1692
01:35:16,920 --> 01:35:19,639
Speaker 2: needs to understand the choice he wants to make. Because

1693
01:35:19,640 --> 01:35:24,240
Speaker 2: the condition of employment is pretty simple. Don't be flashing

1694
01:35:24,320 --> 01:35:27,519
Speaker 2: guns in public. You can own a gun. The Second

1695
01:35:27,560 --> 01:35:30,559
Speaker 2: Amendment gives you the right, but the condition of employment

1696
01:35:30,680 --> 01:35:33,200
Speaker 2: was The NBA does not want those images. It makes

1697
01:35:33,200 --> 01:35:37,280
Speaker 2: it harder to sell tickets. So let's bring in the crew,

1698
01:35:37,360 --> 01:35:39,679
Speaker 2: because I want to ask him two questions each. First,

1699
01:35:40,280 --> 01:35:44,720
Speaker 2: how do you interpret the Commissioner's comments? And what do

1700
01:35:44,760 --> 01:35:48,320
Speaker 2: you think will be the resultant decision here in a

1701
01:35:48,360 --> 01:35:52,240
Speaker 2: couple of weeks? And irrespective of what you think the

1702
01:35:52,280 --> 01:35:55,160
Speaker 2: decision will be, what do you think should happen? Kevin,

1703
01:35:55,240 --> 01:35:59,120
Speaker 2: Let's start with you. You're familiar with Commissioner Silver's comments

1704
01:35:59,120 --> 01:35:59,679
Speaker 2: this past week.

1705
01:35:59,720 --> 01:36:03,400
Speaker 5: Correct, Yes, And I agree with you that the way

1706
01:36:03,439 --> 01:36:06,120
Speaker 5: he has spoken of it seems to imply that it

1707
01:36:06,160 --> 01:36:08,800
Speaker 5: would be a significant punishment, because why wait till the

1708
01:36:08,920 --> 01:36:11,240
Speaker 5: end of the finals if it's going to be something minor.

1709
01:36:11,880 --> 01:36:14,479
Speaker 5: So I think he wants to have the focus and

1710
01:36:14,520 --> 01:36:17,120
Speaker 5: attention right now be on the NBA's marquee event, the

1711
01:36:17,200 --> 01:36:20,760
Speaker 5: NBA Finals, and then once that's over, get around to

1712
01:36:20,800 --> 01:36:25,479
Speaker 5: actually doling out whatever significant punishment they might have in

1713
01:36:25,600 --> 01:36:27,960
Speaker 5: store for him. So yeah, I do agree that it

1714
01:36:28,040 --> 01:36:30,599
Speaker 5: probably will be significant. Whether it's a year, whether it's

1715
01:36:30,640 --> 01:36:33,160
Speaker 5: half a season, it's not going to be just eight

1716
01:36:33,240 --> 01:36:34,960
Speaker 5: games like it was this past year.

1717
01:36:36,040 --> 01:36:38,120
Speaker 2: See, I think even if it's half a season, that's

1718
01:36:38,160 --> 01:36:40,919
Speaker 2: just not going to get it done. That's just my opinion.

1719
01:36:41,280 --> 01:36:43,080
Speaker 2: What would you do if you were a commissioner, you're

1720
01:36:43,080 --> 01:36:44,679
Speaker 2: going to get to where the commissioner hat what would

1721
01:36:44,720 --> 01:36:44,960
Speaker 2: you do?

1722
01:36:45,360 --> 01:36:49,080
Speaker 5: I would say half a season would be the minimum,

1723
01:36:49,439 --> 01:36:53,880
Speaker 5: but definitely a full season again to not just just

1724
01:36:53,960 --> 01:36:58,559
Speaker 5: to punish him and make him kind of suffer the

1725
01:36:58,560 --> 01:37:01,360
Speaker 5: consequences for his action, but to at least try to

1726
01:37:01,400 --> 01:37:04,920
Speaker 5: teach him and get him to behave in a more

1727
01:37:04,960 --> 01:37:08,400
Speaker 5: responsible way, because that's really been the issue is regardless

1728
01:37:08,439 --> 01:37:11,519
Speaker 5: of the gun debate going on in America right now,

1729
01:37:11,600 --> 01:37:14,880
Speaker 5: the fact of the matter is he acted irresponsibly and

1730
01:37:14,920 --> 01:37:17,880
Speaker 5: for pr reasons. It's easy to understand why the league

1731
01:37:17,920 --> 01:37:21,120
Speaker 5: wouldn't want to have that associated with them. So I

1732
01:37:21,160 --> 01:37:24,760
Speaker 5: think it's going to be a very clear message that

1733
01:37:25,280 --> 01:37:30,160
Speaker 5: he has to behave and carry himself in a much

1734
01:37:30,160 --> 01:37:34,320
Speaker 5: more responsible way once he does come back. So I

1735
01:37:34,360 --> 01:37:36,800
Speaker 5: do definitely see it being a significant suspension.

1736
01:37:38,960 --> 01:37:41,360
Speaker 2: So would you give him a full year, half a

1737
01:37:41,439 --> 01:37:42,840
Speaker 2: year or it.

1738
01:37:42,840 --> 01:37:48,080
Speaker 5: Would depend on how he has acted in private discussions

1739
01:37:48,080 --> 01:37:52,840
Speaker 5: and interviews with the league and how he has seen

1740
01:37:53,000 --> 01:37:57,519
Speaker 5: his past actions. If he's remorseful, I mean half, It

1741
01:37:57,520 --> 01:38:00,320
Speaker 5: depends on how remorseful and how understanding he is of

1742
01:38:00,360 --> 01:38:01,080
Speaker 5: the situation.

1743
01:38:01,720 --> 01:38:03,640
Speaker 2: We said that last time and sixty days later he

1744
01:38:03,680 --> 01:38:04,280
Speaker 2: did the same thing.

1745
01:38:04,360 --> 01:38:07,599
Speaker 5: Yeah, so I would say I would lean toward more

1746
01:38:07,600 --> 01:38:09,920
Speaker 5: of full suspend, full season suspension than.

1747
01:38:10,040 --> 01:38:13,720
Speaker 2: And again I just so people are clear, I'm not

1748
01:38:13,840 --> 01:38:16,599
Speaker 2: looking to bury the guy. Okay, he'd be twenty four,

1749
01:38:17,120 --> 01:38:20,080
Speaker 2: come back and his whole life ahead him. Calvin Ridley

1750
01:38:20,160 --> 01:38:22,120
Speaker 2: was suspended for a hell of a lot less a

1751
01:38:22,320 --> 01:38:25,519
Speaker 2: Rob's been suspended for a year back in the day,

1752
01:38:25,600 --> 01:38:30,519
Speaker 2: Paul Horning, Alex Carris. This is not unprecedented. This is

1753
01:38:30,560 --> 01:38:34,360
Speaker 2: a little different situation though, and I think people should

1754
01:38:34,439 --> 01:38:37,360
Speaker 2: understand the dynamic. The good news is he's still young,

1755
01:38:37,439 --> 01:38:39,360
Speaker 2: but he's old enough to know better. So that's why

1756
01:38:39,360 --> 01:38:42,040
Speaker 2: I took the position I took, all right, Ethan, So A,

1757
01:38:42,240 --> 01:38:46,840
Speaker 2: what was your reaction to the Commissioner's comments and your interpretation?

1758
01:38:47,840 --> 01:38:50,160
Speaker 2: B what do you think the commission is going to do?

1759
01:38:50,360 --> 01:38:52,439
Speaker 2: And see you get to put on the commissioner hat?

1760
01:38:52,479 --> 01:38:53,120
Speaker 2: What would you do?

1761
01:38:54,479 --> 01:38:56,160
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean it's pretty simple for me.

1762
01:38:57,439 --> 01:39:01,520
Speaker 8: I think, you know, commission was just sending a message

1763
01:39:01,960 --> 01:39:04,320
Speaker 8: to everybody saying, you know, this isn't going to be

1764
01:39:05,200 --> 01:39:09,519
Speaker 8: tolerated within the league. You know, I think he's going

1765
01:39:09,600 --> 01:39:13,479
Speaker 8: to make an example out of Jaw. I hate to

1766
01:39:13,520 --> 01:39:16,720
Speaker 8: say an example, but it is an example for the

1767
01:39:16,760 --> 01:39:19,360
Speaker 8: rest of the players into the guys coming into the

1768
01:39:19,439 --> 01:39:21,880
Speaker 8: league that you know, this is not going to happen again.

1769
01:39:21,960 --> 01:39:25,120
Speaker 8: I think he's going to get the year just because

1770
01:39:25,120 --> 01:39:29,439
Speaker 8: where we're at in today's society and how serious gun

1771
01:39:29,520 --> 01:39:33,559
Speaker 8: violence is. You know, I just think that that's what's

1772
01:39:33,600 --> 01:39:37,040
Speaker 8: going to happen. And what was your other part of

1773
01:39:37,040 --> 01:39:37,720
Speaker 8: the question.

1774
01:39:37,920 --> 01:39:40,040
Speaker 2: What would you do? Let's say you're the commissioner.

1775
01:39:40,160 --> 01:39:43,120
Speaker 8: I would I would give him half a year, okay,

1776
01:39:43,960 --> 01:39:46,800
Speaker 8: because you know, I'd hate to see the guy out

1777
01:39:46,800 --> 01:39:51,120
Speaker 8: for the entire year. But with like I said, everything

1778
01:39:51,160 --> 01:39:53,560
Speaker 8: going on in today's world, I think he's going to

1779
01:39:53,640 --> 01:39:54,160
Speaker 8: get that year.

1780
01:39:54,800 --> 01:39:57,080
Speaker 2: Would you hate to see he is to make a

1781
01:39:57,080 --> 01:40:00,679
Speaker 2: third mistake? Yeah, And what you know, would you bet

1782
01:40:00,680 --> 01:40:03,000
Speaker 2: a finger that he'll He'll not make a third mistake

1783
01:40:03,080 --> 01:40:03,800
Speaker 2: the rest of his life.

1784
01:40:04,160 --> 01:40:06,519
Speaker 7: I don't think. I don't think I'll make a third mistake.

1785
01:40:06,640 --> 01:40:07,000
Speaker 7: I don't.

1786
01:40:07,720 --> 01:40:09,880
Speaker 8: Especially if he gets that year, I think he's going

1787
01:40:09,920 --> 01:40:12,639
Speaker 8: to have to do a lot of rehabitabilitation and stuff.

1788
01:40:12,680 --> 01:40:17,519
Speaker 2: So you know, yeah, well, it'll be interesting to watch, guys.

1789
01:40:17,520 --> 01:40:20,920
Speaker 2: I would just say this that I'm slightly curious as

1790
01:40:20,960 --> 01:40:25,640
Speaker 2: to why the commissioner would make that public statement in

1791
01:40:25,680 --> 01:40:29,760
Speaker 2: the eve of the NBA playoffs. How calculating was it?

1792
01:40:29,800 --> 01:40:31,559
Speaker 2: What was he really trying to do? Is there something

1793
01:40:31,600 --> 01:40:34,640
Speaker 2: hitting the gender here? He's trying to soften everybody up

1794
01:40:34,680 --> 01:40:37,479
Speaker 2: for a blow. They're just he said he doesn't want

1795
01:40:37,479 --> 01:40:39,000
Speaker 2: to talk about it, but then he talks about it.

1796
01:40:39,439 --> 01:40:41,160
Speaker 2: What's the point of talking about it? So he don't

1797
01:40:41,160 --> 01:40:43,920
Speaker 2: want to talk about it. So it's that's why I

1798
01:40:43,960 --> 01:40:47,799
Speaker 2: use the word cryptic, And it's a bit of a distraction.

1799
01:40:47,880 --> 01:40:50,120
Speaker 2: I want to say. Now, you know, I don't think

1800
01:40:50,120 --> 01:40:52,639
Speaker 2: these NBA playoffs are going to be one for the ages.

1801
01:40:52,680 --> 01:40:55,519
Speaker 2: It feels like Denver's going to handle this thing in shoulder.

1802
01:40:55,720 --> 01:40:58,439
Speaker 2: So now I'm I'm more interested in seeing what happens here,

1803
01:40:59,200 --> 01:41:03,559
Speaker 2: just from the the journalistic standpoint of it. And I mean,

1804
01:41:03,560 --> 01:41:06,800
Speaker 2: this young man's a star, he's an exquisite player, is

1805
01:41:06,840 --> 01:41:11,040
Speaker 2: a human highlight film. But we all have to comply

1806
01:41:11,160 --> 01:41:13,200
Speaker 2: in life, and if you don't, if you don't want

1807
01:41:13,200 --> 01:41:15,800
Speaker 2: to comply, then you go somewhere else and play by

1808
01:41:15,840 --> 01:41:18,680
Speaker 2: your own rules. And at some point you have to

1809
01:41:18,720 --> 01:41:22,400
Speaker 2: answer to somebody. So we shall see coming up one

1810
01:41:22,439 --> 01:41:25,240
Speaker 2: of the greatest stories. Chris talked about it last week.

1811
01:41:26,360 --> 01:41:29,960
Speaker 2: Chris is off tonight, but I'm going to give Luton

1812
01:41:30,200 --> 01:41:35,320
Speaker 2: their flowers. Can you imagine thirty years ago you buy

1813
01:41:35,360 --> 01:41:40,120
Speaker 2: a soccer team for seven dollars, the original owner only

1814
01:41:40,200 --> 01:41:45,120
Speaker 2: lasted fifty five days. But last Saturday the English Championship playoff,

1815
01:41:45,120 --> 01:41:49,160
Speaker 2: which is unlike any other event in sports, within ninety minutes,

1816
01:41:50,439 --> 01:41:53,519
Speaker 2: a big promotion and two hundred million dollars, a far

1817
01:41:53,640 --> 01:41:57,800
Speaker 2: cry from seven dollars and fifty five days thirty years ago.

1818
01:41:57,920 --> 01:42:00,280
Speaker 2: Tell you all about it. Coming up first, go back

1819
01:42:00,280 --> 01:42:01,880
Speaker 2: to our guy Kevin Wyer with the latest.

1820
01:42:02,240 --> 01:42:05,520
Speaker 5: Yeah, we had some baseball action, plenty of it on Friday,

1821
01:42:05,560 --> 01:42:08,200
Speaker 5: the Dodgers and Yankees. That was the big series everyone

1822
01:42:08,240 --> 01:42:11,200
Speaker 5: anticipating this week in La getting the first of the

1823
01:42:11,240 --> 01:42:13,840
Speaker 5: three games, Slate beating the Yankees eight to four, Mookie

1824
01:42:13,840 --> 01:42:17,040
Speaker 5: Betts hitting two home runs, and Clayton Kershaw getting his

1825
01:42:17,120 --> 01:42:20,799
Speaker 5: first career win against the Yankees. He went seven innings

1826
01:42:21,160 --> 01:42:25,200
Speaker 5: and struck out nine hitters. Ortels beat the Giants three

1827
01:42:25,240 --> 01:42:27,760
Speaker 5: two in San Francisco. Padres followed the Cubs two to one.

1828
01:42:27,800 --> 01:42:30,080
Speaker 5: In San Diego. Diamondbacks over the Braves three to two.

1829
01:42:30,520 --> 01:42:33,479
Speaker 5: White Sox shut out the Tigers three nothing, Rockies over

1830
01:42:33,479 --> 01:42:36,000
Speaker 5: the Royals seven to two, Twins with a one nothing

1831
01:42:36,040 --> 01:42:39,240
Speaker 5: win over the Guardians. Angels fall to the Astros six

1832
01:42:39,280 --> 01:42:43,120
Speaker 5: to two, Rangers over the Mariners two nothing, Blue Jays

1833
01:42:43,160 --> 01:42:45,559
Speaker 5: shut out the Mets three nothing, Pirates over the Cardinals

1834
01:42:45,560 --> 01:42:48,360
Speaker 5: seven to five. Nationals beat the Phillies eight to seven,

1835
01:42:48,800 --> 01:42:52,439
Speaker 5: Marlins shutting out the Athletics for nothing, and the Brewers

1836
01:42:52,439 --> 01:42:55,360
Speaker 5: over the Reds five to four. It's elimination day in

1837
01:42:55,400 --> 01:42:59,519
Speaker 5: the Women's College World Series and at Stanford taking out

1838
01:42:59,560 --> 01:43:03,559
Speaker 5: Alabama to nothing, ending the Crimson Tide season and Utah

1839
01:43:03,600 --> 01:43:06,960
Speaker 5: losing twice too and their season. They fell to Washington

1840
01:43:07,000 --> 01:43:09,719
Speaker 5: four to one and were shut out by Oklahoma State

1841
01:43:10,120 --> 01:43:16,519
Speaker 5: eight to nothing. In NBA, Franke Volgel finalizing a five year,

1842
01:43:16,600 --> 01:43:19,200
Speaker 5: thirty one million dollar contract to become the new head

1843
01:43:19,200 --> 01:43:22,439
Speaker 5: coach of the Phoenix Suns. In College Sports, Big twelve

1844
01:43:22,439 --> 01:43:25,519
Speaker 5: commissioner Brett your Mark saying the conference will pursue more

1845
01:43:25,520 --> 01:43:29,280
Speaker 5: expansion if the opportunity arises. In the NFL, the Chicago

1846
01:43:29,280 --> 01:43:32,880
Speaker 5: Bears announcing Arlington Heights no longer it's singular focus for

1847
01:43:32,920 --> 01:43:35,880
Speaker 5: a new stadium after tax issues arose the city in

1848
01:43:35,920 --> 01:43:41,240
Speaker 5: Aprilville launching its own bid to lure the Bears. Tennis

1849
01:43:41,280 --> 01:43:45,919
Speaker 5: news Roland Garros French Open, top seeded Callos al KaAZ

1850
01:43:45,960 --> 01:43:48,639
Speaker 5: advancing to the round of sixteen and straight sets. Raphael

1851
01:43:48,760 --> 01:43:52,639
Speaker 5: Nadal missing the tournament because of hip injury. He had

1852
01:43:52,760 --> 01:43:57,040
Speaker 5: arthroscopic surgery today to help repair that. And at the

1853
01:43:57,040 --> 01:44:01,599
Speaker 5: memorial Justin Sue leading Hideki Mattuyama by one stroke. Back

1854
01:44:01,600 --> 01:44:05,160
Speaker 5: over to you burning all right, thanks Kevin So.

1855
01:44:05,600 --> 01:44:08,240
Speaker 2: Last Saturday, it was a monumental day in the English

1856
01:44:08,360 --> 01:44:14,160
Speaker 2: Championship playoff. In the world of soccer, as I mentioned Lutontown,

1857
01:44:14,880 --> 01:44:17,920
Speaker 2: who's been around for a long time, but they've been

1858
01:44:17,920 --> 01:44:21,000
Speaker 2: more abund for the better part of three decades. They

1859
01:44:21,040 --> 01:44:25,400
Speaker 2: found themselves in ninety minutes, a promotion to the Premier

1860
01:44:25,439 --> 01:44:29,040
Speaker 2: League and about two hundred million dollars in found money.

1861
01:44:29,040 --> 01:44:32,400
Speaker 2: Incredible and I would be able to remodel their stadium,

1862
01:44:32,960 --> 01:44:36,800
Speaker 2: which is the smallest stadium. It's dilapidated, it's you have

1863
01:44:36,880 --> 01:44:39,120
Speaker 2: to walk through someone's backyard to get to the stadium

1864
01:44:39,120 --> 01:44:43,040
Speaker 2: and only holds ten thousand people. Imagine three decades ago,

1865
01:44:43,560 --> 01:44:46,679
Speaker 2: this is a soccer club that was sold for seven

1866
01:44:46,720 --> 01:44:50,080
Speaker 2: dollars to an owner who only lasted fifty five days.

1867
01:44:50,600 --> 01:44:54,440
Speaker 2: But last week the trajectory of that club, the trajectory

1868
01:44:54,479 --> 01:44:59,080
Speaker 2: of soccer changed, changed people's lives, players' careers. The game

1869
01:44:59,160 --> 01:45:02,799
Speaker 2: was an absolute tree again Lutontown and you can google

1870
01:45:02,840 --> 01:45:06,280
Speaker 2: what their stadium looks like and see pictures they playing

1871
01:45:06,320 --> 01:45:10,080
Speaker 2: home games on a c You know, it's smaller, much

1872
01:45:10,120 --> 01:45:12,920
Speaker 2: smaller and much more dilapidated than your average high school

1873
01:45:12,920 --> 01:45:17,120
Speaker 2: football stadium in Texas or anywhere they haven't played. Luton

1874
01:45:17,200 --> 01:45:20,959
Speaker 2: hasn't played in England's top tier league since nineteen ninety two.

1875
01:45:21,120 --> 01:45:24,439
Speaker 2: But somehow they get to the shootout and a penalty

1876
01:45:24,439 --> 01:45:29,360
Speaker 2: shootout and the defeat Coventry Club they secure a promotion. Okay,

1877
01:45:29,400 --> 01:45:31,920
Speaker 2: this is like the Wrexham dream story. This is the

1878
01:45:31,960 --> 01:45:36,120
Speaker 2: story of Wrexham dreams about so Luton, which plays in

1879
01:45:36,160 --> 01:45:39,240
Speaker 2: a town about an hour north of London. They had

1880
01:45:39,280 --> 01:45:42,360
Speaker 2: been playing in the fifth tier of the English pyramid

1881
01:45:42,960 --> 01:45:45,439
Speaker 2: just nine years ago, but they started to climb the

1882
01:45:45,520 --> 01:45:50,320
Speaker 2: ladder ever so slowly. And when you look at this

1883
01:45:50,479 --> 01:45:55,400
Speaker 2: team in total, it's like a Disney movie. The stadium

1884
01:45:55,400 --> 01:45:58,800
Speaker 2: it's really kind of a gem, but it's old and

1885
01:45:58,840 --> 01:46:02,880
Speaker 2: it's small. It was built on a street called Kennilworth

1886
01:46:03,000 --> 01:46:05,120
Speaker 2: Road back in nineteen oh five. It only see ten

1887
01:46:05,200 --> 01:46:07,640
Speaker 2: thousand people and it's right in the middle of a

1888
01:46:07,680 --> 01:46:11,080
Speaker 2: neighborhood of a bunch of old homes that are really nondescript.

1889
01:46:11,240 --> 01:46:15,759
Speaker 2: That they got these great colors, and that's the older

1890
01:46:15,840 --> 01:46:18,720
Speaker 2: type home that you see in London that has a

1891
01:46:18,760 --> 01:46:22,320
Speaker 2: great amount of character to it. They're just there's something

1892
01:46:22,400 --> 01:46:25,960
Speaker 2: special about the way these structures look right. And then

1893
01:46:26,000 --> 01:46:29,960
Speaker 2: there's the US MNT connection as well. A gentleman named

1894
01:46:29,960 --> 01:46:33,559
Speaker 2: Ethan Horvath. He was their first team goalkeeper this season.

1895
01:46:33,880 --> 01:46:36,960
Speaker 2: He was on the World Cup squad last year, stepped

1896
01:46:36,960 --> 01:46:39,040
Speaker 2: in to help the US to a National League final

1897
01:46:39,120 --> 01:46:41,479
Speaker 2: well for Mexico. In twenty twenty one, he plays for

1898
01:46:41,600 --> 01:46:45,559
Speaker 2: Luton the captain Tom Locke. Here, he basically collapsed, had

1899
01:46:45,560 --> 01:46:48,280
Speaker 2: to be transferred to a hospital ten minutes into the game,

1900
01:46:48,560 --> 01:46:51,200
Speaker 2: but the team rallied win went for the gipper as

1901
01:46:51,200 --> 01:46:53,240
Speaker 2: you were, They celebrate from his family. They all go

1902
01:46:53,280 --> 01:46:55,000
Speaker 2: to the hospital after the game. He can't make this

1903
01:46:55,040 --> 01:46:59,679
Speaker 2: stuff up. So I know they're already saying that lut

1904
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Speaker 2: On will be heavily favored to go back down after

1905
01:47:03,360 --> 01:47:06,960
Speaker 2: one season in the Premier League, but they got a

1906
01:47:07,000 --> 01:47:10,240
Speaker 2: fighting chance. It won't be impossible to stay up. All

1907
01:47:10,280 --> 01:47:12,960
Speaker 2: three teams that rose from the Championship this year, Fulham,

1908
01:47:13,240 --> 01:47:17,000
Speaker 2: Bornemouth and Nottingham they all manage to avoid relegation this year.

1909
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Speaker 2: So with the additional resources and the additional support, maybe

1910
01:47:22,479 --> 01:47:25,760
Speaker 2: Luton can hang around for a while. Anyway, is slice it?

1911
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Speaker 2: What an incredible story In ninety minutes they go from

1912
01:47:29,960 --> 01:47:33,200
Speaker 2: rags to riches. These are the kind of dream stories

1913
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Speaker 2: that you love and never get tired of hearing in

1914
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Speaker 2: the world of sports. Coming up, it all starts here

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Speaker 2: in about fourteen hours, fourteen and a half hours, Lord

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Speaker 2: Stanley's Cup, the most coveted trophy in all of sports.

1917
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Speaker 2: The Florida Panthers. Can they continue their role? Can the

1918
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Speaker 2: Golden Knights. We're going to have something here where a

1919
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Speaker 2: team for the first time will be crowned Stanley Cup Champion.

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Speaker 2: Let's break it down and give you some final thoughts

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Speaker 2: about this matchup between the Florida Panthers and the Vegas

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Speaker 2: School of the Knights. Coming up. I'm Bernie Frattle, We're

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Speaker 2: company live from the Las Vegas Fox Sports Radio tirack

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Speaker 2: dot Com studios. Keep it locked right here. You're listening

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Speaker 2: to the Bernie Frattle Show on Fox Sports Radio fire

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Speaker 2: wrapping it up on the Bernie Frattle Show comedy live

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Speaker 2: from the Tirak dot Com studios here in Las Vegas, Nevada,

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Speaker 2: Fox Sports Radio for go any further. I want to

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Speaker 2: thank my broadcast team back in Los Angeles. They'd been

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Speaker 2: with me since eleven pm Pacific on Friday night. It

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Speaker 2: would be Mark Ramsey, our technical producer, Kevin Wyatt on

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Speaker 2: the updates, and Ethan Miller turning all the dials keeping

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Speaker 2: us glued together. And great job, great teamwork, guys. We'll

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Speaker 2: be back on these airwaves Saturday night, eleven pm Pacific,

1935
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Speaker 2: recapping Game number one between the Vegas School of Knights

1936
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Speaker 2: and the Florida Panthers and what promises to be a

1937
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Speaker 2: very exciting series. They will be a brand new, first

1938
01:49:01,439 --> 01:49:06,600
Speaker 2: time ever Stanley Cup champion this year. Florida got to

1939
01:49:06,600 --> 01:49:09,920
Speaker 2: the Stanley Cup Finals in ninety six, they lost to

1940
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Speaker 2: the Colorado Avalanche, and of course, the Golden Knights in

1941
01:49:13,360 --> 01:49:17,960
Speaker 2: their inaugural season got to the Stanley Cup Finals in

1942
01:49:18,000 --> 01:49:21,559
Speaker 2: twenty eighteen, one game won and then got rolled by

1943
01:49:21,640 --> 01:49:24,479
Speaker 2: the Washington Capitals in five. But it was an amazing

1944
01:49:24,600 --> 01:49:29,799
Speaker 2: year and this year's been pretty cool too for both teams.

1945
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Speaker 2: You know, Yogi Berra once said it's hard to make predictions,

1946
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Speaker 2: especially about the future. But if you're gonna put a

1947
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Speaker 2: gun to my head, I feel Florida wins this series.

1948
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Speaker 2: But I'm not gonna go into these granular reasons why

1949
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Speaker 2: I would just say this. Before the playoffs started, no

1950
01:49:47,320 --> 01:49:50,240
Speaker 2: one expected the Panthers to go anywhere near as far

1951
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Speaker 2: as they have. They had an up and down regular season.

1952
01:49:53,120 --> 01:49:56,000
Speaker 2: They barely snuck into the playoffs. They got a late

1953
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Speaker 2: push and the Pittsburgh Penguins collapse, and the next thing

1954
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Speaker 2: you know, the Panthers the enters an eight seed. Who

1955
01:50:02,840 --> 01:50:06,759
Speaker 2: do they get to play the best regular season record

1956
01:50:06,800 --> 01:50:09,080
Speaker 2: setting team of all time, the Boston Bruins, and they

1957
01:50:09,080 --> 01:50:11,639
Speaker 2: promptly go down three to one of the series. They

1958
01:50:11,640 --> 01:50:15,719
Speaker 2: looked like Florida was in line for another early playoff exit,

1959
01:50:16,160 --> 01:50:20,800
Speaker 2: but that's not what happened. Panthers changed goalies. Sergey Bobrovski

1960
01:50:20,880 --> 01:50:24,760
Speaker 2: takes over. He's been unconscious. The Panthers clawback from the

1961
01:50:24,800 --> 01:50:28,200
Speaker 2: series deficit three games to one. They win Games seven

1962
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Speaker 2: and overtime. They completely stun the Bruins. They stunned the

1963
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Speaker 2: hockey world. After that, they thrash the Toronto Maple Leafs,

1964
01:50:36,000 --> 01:50:39,280
Speaker 2: follow up by sweeping the Carolina Hurricanes and one of

1965
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Speaker 2: the most impressive runs in recent memory. To cap off

1966
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Speaker 2: that run, though, they're going to have to go through

1967
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Speaker 2: the Vegas Golden Knights, and Vegas has been on a

1968
01:50:47,520 --> 01:50:51,160
Speaker 2: very impressive run of their own. They finished as the

1969
01:50:51,200 --> 01:50:53,679
Speaker 2: best team in the Western Conference in the regular season.

1970
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Speaker 2: They've not even faced an elimination game once in the playoffs.

1971
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Speaker 2: And yes, the Panthers are underdogs. They're slight underdogs to

1972
01:51:01,280 --> 01:51:03,800
Speaker 2: once again win a series, but they seem to like

1973
01:51:03,800 --> 01:51:07,880
Speaker 2: it that way. Well. That said, there are three things

1974
01:51:07,920 --> 01:51:12,120
Speaker 2: to consider as to why the Panthers could win the

1975
01:51:12,160 --> 01:51:18,160
Speaker 2: Stanley Cup Final. One, Matthew Kuldchuck, the clutch factor in

1976
01:51:18,200 --> 01:51:21,040
Speaker 2: his first season in Florida, has been off the charts.

1977
01:51:21,640 --> 01:51:24,880
Speaker 2: Matthew Kulchuck has emerged as one of the very best

1978
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Speaker 2: players in the league. He said career highs this year

1979
01:51:29,479 --> 01:51:32,040
Speaker 2: in the regular season with forty goals and one hundred

1980
01:51:32,080 --> 01:51:35,000
Speaker 2: and nine points. Now, compare that to the star that

1981
01:51:35,360 --> 01:51:38,160
Speaker 2: Vegas has well, one of the stars Jack Eichel. He

1982
01:51:38,200 --> 01:51:40,200
Speaker 2: hits sixty five points in the regular season, but Jack

1983
01:51:40,200 --> 01:51:42,479
Speaker 2: Eickle has been pretty good in the playoffs, even though

1984
01:51:42,520 --> 01:51:45,519
Speaker 2: he didn't score a goal against Dallas in six games.

1985
01:51:45,680 --> 01:51:48,479
Speaker 2: He's done a lot of good things. But Kachuck has

1986
01:51:48,520 --> 01:51:51,479
Speaker 2: been that much more clutch. Kud Chuck is a Hart

1987
01:51:51,520 --> 01:51:56,000
Speaker 2: Trophy finalist, and even though you know that pales in

1988
01:51:56,040 --> 01:51:58,439
Speaker 2: comparison to what he's done through the playoffs. K Chuck

1989
01:51:58,840 --> 01:52:01,799
Speaker 2: he leads to Panthers with nine goals in the playoffs

1990
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Speaker 2: in twenty one points. He's come up huge when he

1991
01:52:04,880 --> 01:52:09,200
Speaker 2: needs it. Talked about that series against Boston, Game seven,

1992
01:52:10,120 --> 01:52:13,360
Speaker 2: They're in Boston, the Panthers trailed by a goal with

1993
01:52:13,400 --> 01:52:18,000
Speaker 2: about a minute to go. Who scores Kachuk Unreal just

1994
01:52:18,200 --> 01:52:24,240
Speaker 2: knocked Linus Olmark off his game. He was clearly, you know, flustered,

1995
01:52:24,560 --> 01:52:28,200
Speaker 2: and Boston ends up getting overturned and that keeps the

1996
01:52:28,240 --> 01:52:32,400
Speaker 2: Panthers seasons alive. That really starts what has been a

1997
01:52:32,479 --> 01:52:37,200
Speaker 2: complete magical run since then. Okay Kachuk also scored overtime

1998
01:52:37,240 --> 01:52:41,759
Speaker 2: winning goals in games one and two against Carolina. Remember

1999
01:52:41,840 --> 01:52:46,599
Speaker 2: game of Game one was a four overtime contest and

2000
01:52:46,920 --> 01:52:48,960
Speaker 2: you talk about a marathon. Oh my goodness, what was

2001
01:52:49,000 --> 01:52:53,639
Speaker 2: that game? Six hours something like that. Then Matthew Kuchuk

2002
01:52:53,680 --> 01:52:57,759
Speaker 2: broke the Caroline's back and broke their hearts. In Game four,

2003
01:52:58,680 --> 01:53:02,160
Speaker 2: he scores the series lynching goal in the final five

2004
01:53:02,439 --> 01:53:08,560
Speaker 2: seconds of the game. And that's not even really highlighting

2005
01:53:08,560 --> 01:53:11,519
Speaker 2: what Matthew Kuchuk's biggest strength might be, and that is

2006
01:53:11,640 --> 01:53:17,080
Speaker 2: ability to get under his opponent's skin quietly. Matthew Kochuk

2007
01:53:17,160 --> 01:53:20,520
Speaker 2: is one of the best agitators in the entire NHL.

2008
01:53:21,120 --> 01:53:23,479
Speaker 2: He's able to go to opponents into making mistakes they

2009
01:53:23,520 --> 01:53:26,040
Speaker 2: might not otherwise. And you've got some other strong agitators,

2010
01:53:26,080 --> 01:53:30,200
Speaker 2: Sam Bennett, rat Coo Gudis the Panthers. They're a frustrating

2011
01:53:30,240 --> 01:53:32,880
Speaker 2: team to play against. They're a very difficult team to

2012
01:53:32,880 --> 01:53:35,439
Speaker 2: play against, much like the Golden Knights, who are very

2013
01:53:35,439 --> 01:53:39,120
Speaker 2: well coached with Bruce Cassidy. They're very well coached with

2014
01:53:39,600 --> 01:53:42,559
Speaker 2: Paul Maurice, and they will bring a fierce for check

2015
01:53:42,640 --> 01:53:46,559
Speaker 2: that's helped those agitators. In addition to the clutch play

2016
01:53:47,000 --> 01:53:50,680
Speaker 2: has helped Florida tremendously in this run. They are eleven

2017
01:53:50,880 --> 01:53:54,320
Speaker 2: and one since going down three games to one. They're

2018
01:53:54,360 --> 01:53:55,880
Speaker 2: eight and one on the road. There're eight no one

2019
01:53:55,880 --> 01:53:58,000
Speaker 2: in the road since going down three games to one.

2020
01:53:58,040 --> 01:54:01,880
Speaker 2: If Kuchuk comes up big again, it feels like the

2021
01:54:01,920 --> 01:54:03,519
Speaker 2: Panthers are going to be in very good shape to

2022
01:54:03,520 --> 01:54:07,479
Speaker 2: win this series. The number two reason Sergey Bobrovski. Their

2023
01:54:07,520 --> 01:54:11,559
Speaker 2: goalie is on absolute fire and it's a redemption. A

2024
01:54:11,640 --> 01:54:14,400
Speaker 2: redemption is good for the soul. These are the playoffs

2025
01:54:14,439 --> 01:54:19,320
Speaker 2: that have been incredible to watch before you know and remember,

2026
01:54:19,560 --> 01:54:23,519
Speaker 2: Bobroski got a seventy million dollar contract and he took

2027
01:54:23,600 --> 01:54:25,320
Speaker 2: a lot of heat for it. He was not living

2028
01:54:25,400 --> 01:54:27,160
Speaker 2: up to it. He was not playing up to the

2029
01:54:27,200 --> 01:54:30,200
Speaker 2: potential they thought when they gave him that massive contract,

2030
01:54:30,479 --> 01:54:32,680
Speaker 2: and a lot of folks thought that was holding Florida back.

2031
01:54:33,080 --> 01:54:35,040
Speaker 2: It wasn't even the starting goalie head again into the

2032
01:54:35,040 --> 01:54:39,040
Speaker 2: playoffs Alex Lyon. He had a late season run that

2033
01:54:39,200 --> 01:54:41,600
Speaker 2: got him the nod, but it was only after Lions

2034
01:54:41,640 --> 01:54:46,000
Speaker 2: started to struggle against Boston in the first series that

2035
01:54:46,120 --> 01:54:49,000
Speaker 2: they went back to Bobroski to give him another chance,

2036
01:54:49,080 --> 01:54:51,720
Speaker 2: and he's made the most of it. Pebroski hasn't just

2037
01:54:51,800 --> 01:54:54,440
Speaker 2: been one of, if not the best goalies in the postseason,

2038
01:54:54,920 --> 01:54:58,440
Speaker 2: he's completely taken the NHL by storm. In the thirteen

2039
01:54:58,560 --> 01:55:01,240
Speaker 2: starts he's had, he's eleven in two on nine to

2040
01:55:01,280 --> 01:55:05,440
Speaker 2: thirty five save percentage, two point two goals against the average.

2041
01:55:05,920 --> 01:55:10,360
Speaker 2: He's also saved nineteen point seven goals above expected. That's

2042
01:55:10,400 --> 01:55:13,120
Speaker 2: by far the most of any goalie in the playoffs.

2043
01:55:13,680 --> 01:55:16,320
Speaker 2: He may have two Veslan Trophies under his belt, but

2044
01:55:16,520 --> 01:55:19,040
Speaker 2: even now he's playing the best hockey of his career,

2045
01:55:19,440 --> 01:55:21,520
Speaker 2: the best hockey of his life when it matters most,

2046
01:55:21,960 --> 01:55:28,520
Speaker 2: and it's telling with cut with Matthew Kachuck's heroics. Even

2047
01:55:28,760 --> 01:55:32,240
Speaker 2: with all of the things Kachuk has done, Sergey Brabowski

2048
01:55:32,320 --> 01:55:34,520
Speaker 2: is the favorite to win the cons My Trophy, so

2049
01:55:34,640 --> 01:55:37,280
Speaker 2: if he steals one or two games, he will cement

2050
01:55:37,400 --> 01:55:41,560
Speaker 2: his name in NHL Playoff floor. The third thing is

2051
01:55:42,480 --> 01:55:45,480
Speaker 2: this is really kind of one of those group think

2052
01:55:45,600 --> 01:55:50,280
Speaker 2: echo chamber statements that you cringe when you say, are

2053
01:55:50,360 --> 01:55:53,000
Speaker 2: they a team of destiny that pops up too much?

2054
01:55:53,560 --> 01:55:56,280
Speaker 2: This might be a case where it's justified because the

2055
01:55:56,400 --> 01:55:59,200
Speaker 2: Panthers run has been almost unbelievable, to the point where

2056
01:55:59,200 --> 01:56:01,640
Speaker 2: it feels like it's fate is guiding them to the

2057
01:56:01,680 --> 01:56:05,680
Speaker 2: Stanley Cup. Okay, they've drawn comparisons to other teams at destiny,

2058
01:56:05,800 --> 01:56:08,240
Speaker 2: like the twenty twelve La Kings. By the way, the

2059
01:56:08,320 --> 01:56:10,840
Speaker 2: team barely snuck into the playoffs, like I said, as

2060
01:56:10,840 --> 01:56:12,880
Speaker 2: an eight seed, beat the President's Trophy winners in the

2061
01:56:12,960 --> 01:56:16,040
Speaker 2: first round, kept plotting their way to the finals. No

2062
01:56:16,120 --> 01:56:18,320
Speaker 2: one gave the team a chance to heading into the playoffs,

2063
01:56:18,720 --> 01:56:22,080
Speaker 2: but they still managed to win regardless, by the way

2064
01:56:22,120 --> 01:56:25,040
Speaker 2: that King's team back in twenty twelve they won the

2065
01:56:25,080 --> 01:56:28,440
Speaker 2: Cup two similar dynamic with the great goalie. If the

2066
01:56:28,520 --> 01:56:31,760
Speaker 2: Panktherers keep playing like that, they will as well. Now

2067
01:56:31,760 --> 01:56:33,960
Speaker 2: I don't think it's gonna be easy. You talk about

2068
01:56:34,000 --> 01:56:36,320
Speaker 2: teams of destiny, like the old Miracle on Ice team

2069
01:56:36,360 --> 01:56:40,120
Speaker 2: from nineteen eighty, Well they wore a team of destiny

2070
01:56:40,560 --> 01:56:43,160
Speaker 2: that game against the Russians, the famous game in February

2071
01:56:43,240 --> 01:56:46,800
Speaker 2: nineteen eighty. The Americans trailed one nothing, and then they

2072
01:56:46,880 --> 01:56:49,400
Speaker 2: trailed two to one, and then they trailed three to two,

2073
01:56:49,920 --> 01:56:52,839
Speaker 2: and they were outshot by the Russians thirty nine to sixteen,

2074
01:56:53,920 --> 01:56:56,560
Speaker 2: but they won the game. They were a team of destiny.

2075
01:56:58,080 --> 01:57:00,440
Speaker 2: Then they had to beat Finland. Everybody forgets and they

2076
01:57:00,520 --> 01:57:05,160
Speaker 2: trailed that entire game as well. So we all know

2077
01:57:05,600 --> 01:57:09,200
Speaker 2: that the Stanley Cup comes down to your stars, it

2078
01:57:09,320 --> 01:57:12,480
Speaker 2: comes down to goalies, and it comes down to X factors.

2079
01:57:13,120 --> 01:57:15,760
Speaker 2: The Golden Knights have shown they are a deep team

2080
01:57:15,840 --> 01:57:19,480
Speaker 2: with four lines. They're extremely well coached when you've got

2081
01:57:19,520 --> 01:57:23,960
Speaker 2: a bottom six that scores goals. Bruce Cassidy is confident

2082
01:57:24,080 --> 01:57:26,280
Speaker 2: he can roll with four lines and he's a great

2083
01:57:26,320 --> 01:57:29,960
Speaker 2: coach with a great defensive system. We shall see what happens.

2084
01:57:30,360 --> 01:57:32,560
Speaker 2: I can't wait. We will be back on these ear

2085
01:57:32,640 --> 01:57:36,240
Speaker 2: waves Saturday night, eleven pm Pacific to break it down

2086
01:57:36,680 --> 01:57:40,120
Speaker 2: among many other things, as we also preview Game two

2087
01:57:40,280 --> 01:57:44,640
Speaker 2: of the NBA Finals as well. Him Bernie Fratto, see

2088
01:57:44,680 --> 01:57:47,040
Speaker 2: you Saturday. In the meantime, keep it locked up next

2089
01:57:47,040 --> 01:57:50,360
Speaker 2: to great Anthony Gargano on Fox Sports Radio.