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Again, just search Fox 20 00:00:59,080 --> 00:01:01,760 Speaker 1: Sports Radio in the iHeart app so you can lock 21 00:01:01,840 --> 00:01:02,120 Speaker 1: it in. 22 00:01:02,440 --> 00:01:05,160 Speaker 4: Rip the knob off, send it along and we'll put 23 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 4: it on the wall. 24 00:01:06,120 --> 00:01:08,480 Speaker 1: So we have Rick Buker coming up in about twenty minutes. 25 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:11,160 Speaker 1: All the latest news from the NBA. Right, big games tonight, 26 00:01:11,160 --> 00:01:15,120 Speaker 1: big statement game standin the San Antonio Spurs by the 27 00:01:15,160 --> 00:01:20,199 Speaker 1: Detroit Pistons. But I can tell you this for certain, 28 00:01:20,959 --> 00:01:24,640 Speaker 1: shirt certain, for absolute certain, regarding Major League Baseball. Okay, 29 00:01:26,720 --> 00:01:30,720 Speaker 1: we are in the early days of spring training. Games 30 00:01:30,720 --> 00:01:33,640 Speaker 1: have been about five or six days old. Now everybody's 31 00:01:33,680 --> 00:01:35,680 Speaker 1: getting in the swing. Now we're getting split squad games. 32 00:01:35,680 --> 00:01:41,560 Speaker 1: People hitting all those preseason home runs, all those exhibition 33 00:01:41,560 --> 00:01:43,560 Speaker 1: home runs. Yeah sure, no, Frostburn, I get you on there. 34 00:01:43,600 --> 00:01:44,759 Speaker 1: Dodgers haven't lost a game. 35 00:01:44,880 --> 00:01:47,199 Speaker 3: No, Dodgers are good, scoring ten runs a game. 36 00:01:47,360 --> 00:01:53,400 Speaker 4: Yeah, it's a veritable congou But I will. 37 00:01:53,200 --> 00:01:55,640 Speaker 1: Tell you this, I can already tell you and this 38 00:01:55,680 --> 00:01:57,880 Speaker 1: is where it's gonna This is a story that's gonna 39 00:01:57,880 --> 00:02:00,480 Speaker 1: wind up having so much positive tivity in it. 40 00:02:00,560 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 3: Like remember last night we did the story where. 41 00:02:02,360 --> 00:02:04,360 Speaker 1: I said it's gonna sound positive, but it's negative, but 42 00:02:04,360 --> 00:02:05,720 Speaker 1: it's positive with the Falcons. 43 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:07,520 Speaker 3: No, there's a lot going on there. But then it 44 00:02:07,560 --> 00:02:08,720 Speaker 3: was negative that it was positive. 45 00:02:08,800 --> 00:02:11,480 Speaker 1: Right, Yeah, Sure, this is a story that's gonna sound negative, 46 00:02:11,720 --> 00:02:16,160 Speaker 1: but it's absolutely positive. Really good all right, son, Because 47 00:02:16,200 --> 00:02:19,480 Speaker 1: here you go, I can tell you who's going to 48 00:02:19,560 --> 00:02:22,760 Speaker 1: have the worst season in Major League Baseball. 49 00:02:22,440 --> 00:02:25,120 Speaker 3: And so far so that it's not even gonna be 50 00:02:25,160 --> 00:02:30,760 Speaker 3: a debate. Let's go one hundred last season in five years. 51 00:02:31,160 --> 00:02:33,600 Speaker 1: No, and it's not gonna be the Chicago White song 52 00:02:33,720 --> 00:02:36,680 Speaker 1: number one with a bullet. It's not gonna be the mess. 53 00:02:36,960 --> 00:02:40,000 Speaker 1: It's nope, it's not. It's not gonna go. You're not 54 00:02:40,160 --> 00:02:43,240 Speaker 1: gonna be It's not. It's not gonna be Edwin Diaz 55 00:02:43,280 --> 00:02:45,119 Speaker 1: and his five and a half e r a year 56 00:02:45,200 --> 00:02:46,320 Speaker 1: one in Chavez Ravine. 57 00:02:46,440 --> 00:02:48,079 Speaker 3: You're scoring ten a game. You don't know them. 58 00:02:48,200 --> 00:02:51,240 Speaker 1: Nope, They're not not gonna be, not even close. I'm 59 00:02:51,240 --> 00:02:52,920 Speaker 1: gonna tell you who's gonna have the worst year, and 60 00:02:52,919 --> 00:02:56,280 Speaker 1: you're gonna say, oh no, the Mets are gonna look 61 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:59,080 Speaker 1: like they're gonna have a twenty seven Yankees year compared 62 00:02:59,120 --> 00:03:03,639 Speaker 1: to who. I'm gonna tell you, Okay, worst year without 63 00:03:03,680 --> 00:03:10,040 Speaker 1: a doubt, major League Baseball across the board, home plate umpires, 64 00:03:10,880 --> 00:03:16,400 Speaker 1: the worst year in Major League Baseball. I I gotta 65 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:20,520 Speaker 1: be honest with you. This ABS system is great for 66 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:23,920 Speaker 1: the game. It's great for getting things right. It is 67 00:03:24,160 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: awful for the umpires, and it's awful for the future 68 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,239 Speaker 1: of umpiring. So far in the spring abs, I think, 69 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:34,520 Speaker 1: what is it ninety three percent over overturn rate of 70 00:03:34,639 --> 00:03:36,480 Speaker 1: balls and strikes. Now, this is the first year where 71 00:03:36,720 --> 00:03:39,360 Speaker 1: people are gonna get to challenge balls and strikes if 72 00:03:39,400 --> 00:03:41,080 Speaker 1: it's over the plate, not over the plate. You get 73 00:03:41,120 --> 00:03:45,360 Speaker 1: two challenges a game, and it's only the batter the pitcher. 74 00:03:46,160 --> 00:03:48,600 Speaker 1: But they seem to have a pretty good handle on 75 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:51,480 Speaker 1: it already because they are challenging and they are winning. 76 00:03:51,560 --> 00:03:54,440 Speaker 1: Right today, in the Yankee game, six out of seven challenges, 77 00:03:55,080 --> 00:03:57,760 Speaker 1: we're shown that the home plate umpire missed a pitch 78 00:03:57,760 --> 00:03:59,680 Speaker 1: and the one the one trending the fastball down the 79 00:03:59,680 --> 00:04:01,520 Speaker 1: middle where it's like he calls it a ball and 80 00:04:01,600 --> 00:04:04,160 Speaker 1: right away the catch, he goes, yeah, challenge, challenge. Now, 81 00:04:04,160 --> 00:04:07,560 Speaker 1: obviously you're going to wait to have a strategic challenge 82 00:04:07,600 --> 00:04:09,560 Speaker 1: because you don't want to have it where ooh, if 83 00:04:09,600 --> 00:04:12,000 Speaker 1: we lose this one, we lose one. So it's not 84 00:04:12,000 --> 00:04:14,000 Speaker 1: gonna quite be like, hey, first batter of the game 85 00:04:14,040 --> 00:04:14,880 Speaker 1: a three and one count. 86 00:04:14,960 --> 00:04:17,599 Speaker 4: Yeah, imagine that, right up, Hey, that guy blew that 87 00:04:18,240 --> 00:04:20,360 Speaker 4: challenge in the bottom of the first. 88 00:04:20,600 --> 00:04:23,120 Speaker 3: We didn't have it when we needed in the eighth. 89 00:04:22,800 --> 00:04:25,479 Speaker 1: And now we're out of the playoffs, like they like 90 00:04:25,520 --> 00:04:27,640 Speaker 1: the fastball down in the middle of that. Denrico Polazzo 91 00:04:27,760 --> 00:04:28,920 Speaker 1: is a ball ball? 92 00:04:29,000 --> 00:04:29,919 Speaker 3: What are you talking about? 93 00:04:30,560 --> 00:04:35,360 Speaker 1: Uh? But already home plate umpires are getting embarrassed there 94 00:04:35,640 --> 00:04:37,320 Speaker 1: and now it part of it is your job, Hey, 95 00:04:37,360 --> 00:04:38,440 Speaker 1: you should be better at your job. 96 00:04:38,520 --> 00:04:38,680 Speaker 3: Right. 97 00:04:38,880 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: If we can do something better and we use technology 98 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,640 Speaker 1: to do it, yeah, that that's to make it better, 99 00:04:44,080 --> 00:04:48,159 Speaker 1: not just different, but better. That's gonna happen. Home plate 100 00:04:48,240 --> 00:04:51,360 Speaker 1: umpires are getting embarrassed already, and they're gonna be embarrassed 101 00:04:51,360 --> 00:04:53,559 Speaker 1: throughout the season. This is not gonna be where hey, 102 00:04:53,839 --> 00:04:56,040 Speaker 1: we're getting our game into shape. No, you're umpiring for 103 00:04:56,080 --> 00:04:57,640 Speaker 1: a while. You know what a ball and a strike is. 104 00:04:57,640 --> 00:05:01,440 Speaker 1: You're calling stuff. You're seeing how many calls that umpires 105 00:05:01,480 --> 00:05:04,280 Speaker 1: get wrong, and if they're just missing the calls that 106 00:05:04,360 --> 00:05:07,320 Speaker 1: go on in abs, how many calls are they missing 107 00:05:07,360 --> 00:05:09,400 Speaker 1: the rest of the way that maybe, well, we don't 108 00:05:09,400 --> 00:05:13,240 Speaker 1: have the amount to continue to uh combat this or 109 00:05:13,279 --> 00:05:15,200 Speaker 1: to challenge it. How many more are you missing? 110 00:05:15,279 --> 00:05:15,520 Speaker 3: Right? 111 00:05:15,640 --> 00:05:18,640 Speaker 1: So I know you know, homeplate umpires, this is gonna 112 00:05:18,640 --> 00:05:20,840 Speaker 1: be the most awful season for them. And it's not 113 00:05:20,960 --> 00:05:24,360 Speaker 1: just about Hey, we're getting embarrassed by by computers. It's 114 00:05:24,400 --> 00:05:27,000 Speaker 1: going to be where after the seat it's gonna be hmmm. 115 00:05:27,600 --> 00:05:31,880 Speaker 1: Uh boy. This computer system has been pretty good and 116 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,599 Speaker 1: home plate umpires have been pretty bad. Do we really 117 00:05:34,600 --> 00:05:36,680 Speaker 1: need them? Do we need them anymore? Do we need 118 00:05:36,720 --> 00:05:38,680 Speaker 1: them just to be behind home plate just in case 119 00:05:38,720 --> 00:05:41,320 Speaker 1: the system goes down and to have plays at the plate, 120 00:05:41,600 --> 00:05:44,120 Speaker 1: or to rule if a ball was was tipped by 121 00:05:44,400 --> 00:05:47,240 Speaker 1: a batter or not right, or if it's catcher's interference, 122 00:05:47,240 --> 00:05:48,880 Speaker 1: like you're gonna it's gonna be hey, just kind of 123 00:05:48,920 --> 00:05:50,400 Speaker 1: sit behind home plate in troubleshoot. 124 00:05:50,480 --> 00:05:52,599 Speaker 4: Yeah, we could do that with the robot and isolate 125 00:05:52,640 --> 00:05:54,240 Speaker 4: the sound. Did we have a foul tip? 126 00:05:54,400 --> 00:05:57,960 Speaker 3: Yeah we did. We have better ears than the umpire. Well, 127 00:05:57,960 --> 00:05:58,760 Speaker 3: I don't know about that that. 128 00:05:59,000 --> 00:06:00,839 Speaker 1: I think that's a TV thing because I remember how 129 00:06:00,880 --> 00:06:02,800 Speaker 1: many TV shows like twenty four was big on it 130 00:06:02,800 --> 00:06:04,800 Speaker 1: where you couldn't hear or see something, and Jack Bower 131 00:06:05,080 --> 00:06:09,599 Speaker 1: just say enhance enhanced. Now you can just press that button. 132 00:06:10,320 --> 00:06:11,640 Speaker 1: Why don't you enhance right away? 133 00:06:11,640 --> 00:06:13,680 Speaker 3: Then? Why why are you waiting for me to have 134 00:06:13,760 --> 00:06:14,640 Speaker 3: the dramatic moment? 135 00:06:15,279 --> 00:06:18,320 Speaker 1: You're at that point where after this year, you're gonna 136 00:06:18,360 --> 00:06:20,440 Speaker 1: wonder our home plate umpire is gonna be there in 137 00:06:20,480 --> 00:06:22,960 Speaker 1: case something's wrong with with the with the UH, with 138 00:06:23,040 --> 00:06:26,320 Speaker 1: the ABS system, if they have to do catchers interference, 139 00:06:26,320 --> 00:06:29,000 Speaker 1: they have to do tips or something else that that 140 00:06:29,160 --> 00:06:32,200 Speaker 1: is there. But not balls and strikes, because it's not fair, 141 00:06:32,320 --> 00:06:34,680 Speaker 1: not taking away from us to get the call from 142 00:06:34,720 --> 00:06:37,279 Speaker 1: the umpire, like the the the challenge is going really fast, 143 00:06:37,520 --> 00:06:40,280 Speaker 1: so is as this technology continues to get better, it's 144 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:43,280 Speaker 1: gonna be can't we just use this forever yet? Bat 145 00:06:43,279 --> 00:06:45,000 Speaker 1: it's right over right away, we see it. We see 146 00:06:45,040 --> 00:06:47,880 Speaker 1: it up on the on the big screen in center field. 147 00:06:47,920 --> 00:06:50,039 Speaker 1: We see where that ball is strike one. We all know, 148 00:06:50,120 --> 00:06:51,960 Speaker 1: we don't need we all see where it's We don't 149 00:06:51,960 --> 00:06:54,560 Speaker 1: need to see the homeplate umpire. As that technology gets 150 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:57,440 Speaker 1: faster and it's almost instantaneous, I mean, we're getting to 151 00:06:57,480 --> 00:07:00,240 Speaker 1: a point where there's going to be no homeplate umpire 152 00:07:00,560 --> 00:07:03,040 Speaker 1: basic you know, bas mpires still the same thing. You're 153 00:07:03,040 --> 00:07:05,520 Speaker 1: looking at balls where they land. You know, eventually we're 154 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:07,600 Speaker 1: gainst computers for that. But balls and strikes with the 155 00:07:07,600 --> 00:07:10,440 Speaker 1: balls coming in over over over the plate, this is 156 00:07:10,480 --> 00:07:12,880 Speaker 1: gonna be suck. I don't think people understand how bad 157 00:07:12,880 --> 00:07:13,960 Speaker 1: a year this is gonna be for Hope. 158 00:07:13,960 --> 00:07:14,160 Speaker 3: Playing. 159 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:17,680 Speaker 4: Part of it is just from the throughout the organization, 160 00:07:18,240 --> 00:07:21,840 Speaker 4: you're gonna have to make that determination of what once 161 00:07:22,000 --> 00:07:24,880 Speaker 4: was a strike for you might not have been a 162 00:07:24,920 --> 00:07:28,920 Speaker 4: strike for Frostburg or Monsey or ty Shirt. Right, all 163 00:07:29,000 --> 00:07:31,760 Speaker 4: umpires had their own zone. With this guy, I knew 164 00:07:31,800 --> 00:07:34,920 Speaker 4: I could get the the paint right, I can go 165 00:07:35,040 --> 00:07:37,160 Speaker 4: a little bit beyond the black as long as I 166 00:07:37,200 --> 00:07:38,920 Speaker 4: caught part. It's kind of like a ball going out 167 00:07:38,920 --> 00:07:41,960 Speaker 4: of bounds in soccer. Right until the full ball's off, 168 00:07:42,160 --> 00:07:45,760 Speaker 4: it's it's still a strike. Same thing here, uh, and 169 00:07:46,000 --> 00:07:49,880 Speaker 4: or up and down right that umbire to umpire, it's 170 00:07:49,920 --> 00:07:52,360 Speaker 4: been a difference for our lifetimes, Like, all right, who's 171 00:07:52,360 --> 00:07:54,760 Speaker 4: behind the plate? It's like, okay, what's the book on him? 172 00:07:55,280 --> 00:07:59,800 Speaker 4: And you pitch and you catch accordingly and as a 173 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:03,200 Speaker 4: hit you adjust. Now that's going out the window because 174 00:08:03,240 --> 00:08:07,720 Speaker 4: we've got the automation of this and the instantaneous results 175 00:08:08,200 --> 00:08:11,880 Speaker 4: also takes a bite out of the all right, you 176 00:08:11,920 --> 00:08:16,080 Speaker 4: get that split second of thought from the umpire of 177 00:08:16,400 --> 00:08:17,559 Speaker 4: all right, what did I see? 178 00:08:17,560 --> 00:08:18,440 Speaker 3: Did I see that? Right? 179 00:08:18,600 --> 00:08:21,480 Speaker 1: Yeah? And the human element we talked about it with 180 00:08:21,520 --> 00:08:28,760 Speaker 1: the NFL. Right, the rules challenges and implementing potential competition committee, 181 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:34,800 Speaker 1: revamping of different rules and how they're adjudicated, the rams 182 00:08:35,679 --> 00:08:40,320 Speaker 1: on how things were done with the charbonnat longest yard 183 00:08:40,360 --> 00:08:42,320 Speaker 1: picking up of the two point conversion. 184 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,840 Speaker 3: Well, if they're getting it right right, that's the goal. 185 00:08:45,880 --> 00:08:48,240 Speaker 4: It's like we were talking about with the television side 186 00:08:48,280 --> 00:08:52,280 Speaker 4: of things and the Olympics. You're no longer you know, 187 00:08:52,720 --> 00:08:58,520 Speaker 4: in these ancient times where you're just for the command 188 00:08:58,559 --> 00:09:03,000 Speaker 4: performance of the No, it's it's a global event and 189 00:09:03,040 --> 00:09:04,199 Speaker 4: should be treated thustly. 190 00:09:04,480 --> 00:09:05,080 Speaker 3: Same thing here. 191 00:09:05,160 --> 00:09:08,200 Speaker 4: If you have the technology to get it right, we 192 00:09:08,240 --> 00:09:11,040 Speaker 4: want to get it right until we don't right. And 193 00:09:11,040 --> 00:09:12,880 Speaker 4: that's where we're at with a bunch of these sports. 194 00:09:13,000 --> 00:09:16,080 Speaker 4: With baseball, the umpires, hey, you're gonna have to wear 195 00:09:16,120 --> 00:09:20,000 Speaker 4: the and do the walk of shame more regularly. 196 00:09:19,880 --> 00:09:22,800 Speaker 3: Because of this. And with the NFL the same thing. 197 00:09:22,840 --> 00:09:25,360 Speaker 4: If sky judge is there to catch when a guy 198 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,080 Speaker 4: gets punched in the face on the sideline, guess what. 199 00:09:28,400 --> 00:09:30,000 Speaker 1: You don't get away with punching a guy in the 200 00:09:30,000 --> 00:09:32,760 Speaker 1: face anymore. That's the way the way life goes. 201 00:09:32,960 --> 00:09:36,040 Speaker 4: It evolves with the time with the cameras on the field, 202 00:09:36,200 --> 00:09:38,920 Speaker 4: and if we can get it right. That's the charge, right, 203 00:09:39,000 --> 00:09:43,440 Speaker 4: particularly when you've got billions upon billions of dollars tied 204 00:09:43,520 --> 00:09:46,520 Speaker 4: up in TV revenue and gambling partnerships. 205 00:09:46,640 --> 00:09:49,800 Speaker 1: I really we're gonna be after this year, right to 206 00:09:49,960 --> 00:09:52,599 Speaker 1: just think how this is gonna play out. It's embarrassing 207 00:09:52,640 --> 00:09:55,920 Speaker 1: already for the for the home plate umpires. If I 208 00:09:56,360 --> 00:10:00,439 Speaker 1: if I thought it was something like player performances, the 209 00:10:00,640 --> 00:10:03,480 Speaker 1: performance where hey, they're rounding in the shape in the spring, 210 00:10:03,679 --> 00:10:06,520 Speaker 1: they'll get there at the beginning. It's not the same thing, right, 211 00:10:06,520 --> 00:10:09,040 Speaker 1: You're still you're still doing the same thing you've always done. 212 00:10:09,040 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 3: It's not I I gotta get my timing down. I 213 00:10:10,679 --> 00:10:11,280 Speaker 3: gotta get back. 214 00:10:11,320 --> 00:10:13,560 Speaker 1: You're still doing the same things you've always done. So 215 00:10:13,720 --> 00:10:17,040 Speaker 1: this is going to continue the Major League Baseball, whether 216 00:10:17,080 --> 00:10:20,440 Speaker 1: it's the catcher, the batter, the pitcher, they're gonna win 217 00:10:20,800 --> 00:10:23,760 Speaker 1: the vast majority of the challenges, which is what's gonna 218 00:10:23,760 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: make it worse for the home plate umpire. So think 219 00:10:25,559 --> 00:10:28,240 Speaker 1: about this being a big store all the way through 220 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:31,280 Speaker 1: the season. Hey, this would have been a punch out, 221 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:34,000 Speaker 1: but it was overruled. Next pitch was a home run. 222 00:10:34,120 --> 00:10:35,040 Speaker 3: This is this is not. 223 00:10:34,960 --> 00:10:37,000 Speaker 1: Gonna be a torpedo bad story where after a week 224 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:39,280 Speaker 1: it's like, ah, yeah, we don't talk about torpedo bats anymore. 225 00:10:39,720 --> 00:10:42,080 Speaker 1: This is gonna go through the entire season, into the 226 00:10:42,120 --> 00:10:44,880 Speaker 1: playoffs where it becomes a bigger deal, and then Major 227 00:10:44,960 --> 00:10:47,160 Speaker 1: League Baseball. Just see how this story is going to 228 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,360 Speaker 1: going to unfold where there's going to be the conversation 229 00:10:50,440 --> 00:10:53,800 Speaker 1: of we're not gonna not employ the home plate umpires, 230 00:10:54,000 --> 00:10:58,240 Speaker 1: but we're gonna go to the computers and electronically electronic 231 00:10:58,320 --> 00:11:00,480 Speaker 1: system so we have a robot in Rocky. We're gonna 232 00:11:00,480 --> 00:11:03,559 Speaker 1: take Happy Birthday, poly strike three year out, Happy Birthday Polly, 233 00:11:03,920 --> 00:11:07,040 Speaker 1: outside ball four, Happy Birthday Polly, Happy Birthday Polly. 234 00:11:07,280 --> 00:11:08,600 Speaker 3: The match strikeout again. 235 00:11:09,440 --> 00:11:12,000 Speaker 1: There wasn't even a pitch. Doesn't matter, nah ma ma 236 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:17,320 Speaker 1: map make that they really suck. I'm gonna play Narco 237 00:11:17,720 --> 00:11:19,559 Speaker 1: de press this button right here on my chest and 238 00:11:19,640 --> 00:11:20,679 Speaker 1: Narco will play for you. 239 00:11:21,760 --> 00:11:21,880 Speaker 5: Uh. 240 00:11:22,240 --> 00:11:25,640 Speaker 3: The owner really tricked all their dummy fans. Stop. 241 00:11:25,880 --> 00:11:28,240 Speaker 1: I'll see you in the NLCS Frostburg with the you'll 242 00:11:28,240 --> 00:11:31,680 Speaker 1: see me on TV. We will take the home the 243 00:11:31,679 --> 00:11:35,320 Speaker 1: the human element of balls and strikes out of the 244 00:11:35,360 --> 00:11:38,560 Speaker 1: game within the next two three years. But it'll be completely. 245 00:11:38,559 --> 00:11:41,000 Speaker 1: But it is an adjustment, right that has to be 246 00:11:41,080 --> 00:11:44,160 Speaker 1: made because you and I growing up and all those 247 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:46,720 Speaker 1: that played softball, baseball, whatever. 248 00:11:46,880 --> 00:11:49,160 Speaker 4: It's like, here's the letter of the law, right, and 249 00:11:49,200 --> 00:11:50,840 Speaker 4: what we've always talked about. It's like, all right, it's 250 00:11:50,840 --> 00:11:53,280 Speaker 4: the letters to the knees. Has it ever been called 251 00:11:53,360 --> 00:11:56,760 Speaker 4: letter to the knees to your thinking? No, Every umpire 252 00:11:56,840 --> 00:12:01,760 Speaker 4: has decided where they'd truncate that in their history. So 253 00:12:01,960 --> 00:12:04,880 Speaker 4: if you got a guy who's been a lifer of 254 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:06,880 Speaker 4: twenty five years, is like, hey, you know what you 255 00:12:06,880 --> 00:12:09,600 Speaker 4: got to call to these uh these specifications. 256 00:12:09,640 --> 00:12:11,280 Speaker 1: Now, that's gonna take a little bit. You got to 257 00:12:11,320 --> 00:12:13,600 Speaker 1: retrain your eye. That doesn't happen overnight. 258 00:12:13,640 --> 00:12:15,760 Speaker 4: You need more reps than a lot of these guys 259 00:12:15,840 --> 00:12:17,640 Speaker 4: in spring training where we're hearing, hey, I want to 260 00:12:17,720 --> 00:12:18,160 Speaker 4: ramp up. 261 00:12:18,240 --> 00:12:19,800 Speaker 1: What are you gonna try to get? Try to get 262 00:12:19,840 --> 00:12:22,720 Speaker 1: like forty played appearances. That's what I'm looking for in 263 00:12:22,760 --> 00:12:25,160 Speaker 1: the month and a half. It's like, oh, okay, cool, 264 00:12:25,640 --> 00:12:27,839 Speaker 1: how about the umpires, Well, I want to I want 265 00:12:27,840 --> 00:12:29,559 Speaker 1: to punch out a lot of guys here. 266 00:12:29,760 --> 00:12:31,520 Speaker 4: I want to see as many pitches as I can't. 267 00:12:31,600 --> 00:12:34,160 Speaker 4: Are they working on the backfields too, so they can 268 00:12:34,200 --> 00:12:37,360 Speaker 4: get their eye like, oh, it's a total change in 269 00:12:37,480 --> 00:12:38,560 Speaker 4: terms of the approach. 270 00:12:38,800 --> 00:12:41,439 Speaker 1: They're gonna be in the worst season by far, will 271 00:12:41,480 --> 00:12:44,080 Speaker 1: be the home home plate and they were already wearing 272 00:12:44,160 --> 00:12:45,840 Speaker 1: people aren't gonna want to be home playing on who's 273 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:46,560 Speaker 1: the night's crew chief? 274 00:12:46,600 --> 00:12:48,560 Speaker 3: I was a crew chief last time. You can do 275 00:12:48,600 --> 00:12:48,920 Speaker 3: it again. 276 00:12:48,960 --> 00:12:51,680 Speaker 1: No, I don't want to do it be the crew chief. No, no, no, 277 00:12:51,880 --> 00:12:53,760 Speaker 1: I still want to be the first base umpire. I 278 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,120 Speaker 1: don't want to be the home plane umpire. There's an 279 00:12:56,160 --> 00:12:58,439 Speaker 1: award for the worst robot of the of the year 280 00:12:58,559 --> 00:12:59,880 Speaker 1: from the Angel Hernandez. 281 00:13:01,120 --> 00:13:03,079 Speaker 3: And then you call Rob Manford and say I need 282 00:13:03,120 --> 00:13:05,120 Speaker 3: you to step in. He goesh, you touching. 283 00:13:04,800 --> 00:13:08,000 Speaker 1: That exit out about a Fresco exit swallowing down The 284 00:13:08,080 --> 00:13:10,559 Speaker 1: Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. 285 00:13:10,640 --> 00:13:14,800 Speaker 3: Coming up next NBA insider Rick Buker, all the issues 286 00:13:14,800 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 3: with the NBA. Who's the best team right now? Bakers? 287 00:13:18,480 --> 00:13:22,000 Speaker 3: Keep it right here? 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Okay, man, I can't. I can't. 310 00:14:30,320 --> 00:14:33,640 Speaker 1: I can't not when the Spurs are this good, this fast, 311 00:14:33,720 --> 00:14:39,800 Speaker 1: this young, this deep, this is how's gone? What about 312 00:14:39,800 --> 00:14:42,200 Speaker 1: the respect for Adam Silver we talked about? What about 313 00:14:42,200 --> 00:14:45,360 Speaker 1: fixing tanking? What about the Lakers issues? Nobody better to 314 00:14:45,400 --> 00:14:47,480 Speaker 1: talk to? And the guy getting set to join us 315 00:14:47,520 --> 00:14:50,800 Speaker 1: right now on the hot Line. He is a long 316 00:14:50,880 --> 00:14:54,480 Speaker 1: time NBA insider, joined us every week here on the show, 317 00:14:54,840 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: and he's probably gonna be happy that we are not 318 00:14:59,040 --> 00:15:01,200 Speaker 1: gonna be talking a lot of Nicks talk about Tony. 319 00:15:01,240 --> 00:15:03,320 Speaker 4: No, no, no, no, I mean they've kind of sluffed off 320 00:15:03,600 --> 00:15:05,320 Speaker 4: a little bit. Yeah, I man, we got our mocking 321 00:15:05,440 --> 00:15:10,320 Speaker 4: tones in on Brunson being sure outfitted with the older crew. Sure, 322 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 4: you know he's a young guy. It's okay, but yeah, 323 00:15:14,000 --> 00:15:16,280 Speaker 4: certainly sluffing. He'll be blacking. 324 00:15:16,360 --> 00:15:18,640 Speaker 1: He'll be happy for the non Nick talk. Fox Sports 325 00:15:18,680 --> 00:15:21,840 Speaker 1: One's own Rick Buker. Check out the On the Ball 326 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:23,520 Speaker 1: podcast as well, Rick, what's happening? 327 00:15:23,560 --> 00:15:23,680 Speaker 5: Man? 328 00:15:23,720 --> 00:15:24,480 Speaker 3: Happy Wednesday? 329 00:15:25,520 --> 00:15:26,800 Speaker 7: What do you mean no Knicks talk? 330 00:15:27,600 --> 00:15:31,000 Speaker 3: Just now? You're mad? Now he's mad? Dare you. 331 00:15:33,640 --> 00:15:36,200 Speaker 7: Threw it? I'm not doing this. 332 00:15:36,560 --> 00:15:39,120 Speaker 1: I'm done, And then Rick Buker hung up. We haven't 333 00:15:39,160 --> 00:15:42,320 Speaker 1: talked to him since, so last we heard of him. 334 00:15:42,520 --> 00:15:44,320 Speaker 7: You know what, It really doesn't matter because I'm going 335 00:15:44,360 --> 00:15:45,640 Speaker 7: to bring some Nix talk anyway. 336 00:15:45,880 --> 00:15:48,880 Speaker 1: Yeah, all right, all right, I like that. Look, I look, 337 00:15:48,920 --> 00:15:51,320 Speaker 1: repeating is difficult in the NBA. The Knicks are figuring 338 00:15:51,320 --> 00:15:51,640 Speaker 1: that out. 339 00:15:52,120 --> 00:15:55,120 Speaker 7: Uh, I got something better than that. It has to 340 00:15:55,160 --> 00:15:57,960 Speaker 7: do with one of the subjects that that I'm pretty 341 00:15:57,960 --> 00:15:59,040 Speaker 7: sure that we're going to discuss. 342 00:15:59,280 --> 00:16:01,440 Speaker 3: Okay, so let's see you do it. Let's see if 343 00:16:01,440 --> 00:16:02,280 Speaker 3: we get to all right, So. 344 00:16:02,320 --> 00:16:04,760 Speaker 7: First, that's known as the teams in the business. 345 00:16:04,760 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: That's not your first day. That's nice one of the 346 00:16:09,560 --> 00:16:11,920 Speaker 1: topics that we just touched on it a bit here. 347 00:16:11,960 --> 00:16:14,400 Speaker 1: Now the best three teams in the NBA in action. Tonight, 348 00:16:14,800 --> 00:16:17,200 Speaker 1: the Spurs get another big win. They win another game 349 00:16:17,240 --> 00:16:20,280 Speaker 1: where it's it's a subpar game for Wembin Yam and 350 00:16:20,320 --> 00:16:23,320 Speaker 1: Steph Castle, but it doesn't matter. Rick watching the last 351 00:16:23,320 --> 00:16:25,600 Speaker 1: few nights as good as Detroit is and I know 352 00:16:25,640 --> 00:16:29,320 Speaker 1: that Oklahoma City is missing Sgah, the Spurs have become 353 00:16:29,360 --> 00:16:31,560 Speaker 1: the best team in the league. I mean really, while 354 00:16:31,600 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: we haven't been watching, it's all of a sudden. Wow, 355 00:16:33,880 --> 00:16:36,400 Speaker 1: they're young, they're deep, and Wemby. Wemby plays great, Wenby 356 00:16:36,400 --> 00:16:38,120 Speaker 1: doesn't play great. They still win these games. 357 00:16:38,640 --> 00:16:41,440 Speaker 7: Yeah, No, there's no argument that they're they're playing the 358 00:16:41,440 --> 00:16:44,320 Speaker 7: best basketball, or certainly there's an argument to be made 359 00:16:44,320 --> 00:16:47,440 Speaker 7: that they're playing the best basketball in the league right now. 360 00:16:47,560 --> 00:16:52,600 Speaker 7: But does that translate to the postseason if everybody is healthy, 361 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:57,440 Speaker 7: and can they win the postseason if Wemby doesn't play well, 362 00:16:57,600 --> 00:16:59,520 Speaker 7: and how are the matchups going to work when we 363 00:16:59,560 --> 00:17:02,200 Speaker 7: get there. So I agree with you, I do. I 364 00:17:02,200 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 7: would dare say that they are healthier than anybody else 365 00:17:05,800 --> 00:17:09,640 Speaker 7: is right now, and that depth is something that they're 366 00:17:09,680 --> 00:17:12,280 Speaker 7: able to take advantage of, and that plays a little 367 00:17:12,680 --> 00:17:16,359 Speaker 7: larger in the regular season than it does in the postseason. 368 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:21,600 Speaker 7: Really comes postseason. Who are your healthy, healthiest, best seven 369 00:17:21,600 --> 00:17:26,119 Speaker 7: to eight players, and that's going to determine who ultimately 370 00:17:26,160 --> 00:17:28,879 Speaker 7: makes the deep run in the postseason. So I agree 371 00:17:28,880 --> 00:17:31,200 Speaker 7: with you as far as where san Antonio and san 372 00:17:31,200 --> 00:17:34,040 Speaker 7: Antonio is and they're letting everybody know that they are 373 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:38,800 Speaker 7: on their way. I'm not going to completely dismiss Oklahoma 374 00:17:38,840 --> 00:17:41,960 Speaker 7: City and Denver in particular and who they might be 375 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:44,080 Speaker 7: in the postseason if healthy. 376 00:17:44,520 --> 00:17:46,760 Speaker 4: That's the fun part as we go down the stretcher 377 00:17:46,760 --> 00:17:50,439 Speaker 4: as well, Rick, when we're talking about the MVP candidacy 378 00:17:50,520 --> 00:17:52,639 Speaker 4: of players as well, we've already had a couple of 379 00:17:52,800 --> 00:17:56,959 Speaker 4: big names eliminated. No Yiannis, no Steph, couple other guys 380 00:17:57,400 --> 00:18:01,440 Speaker 4: on the borderline of that sixty five game threshold. How 381 00:18:01,520 --> 00:18:04,919 Speaker 4: much do we re relitigate this in the next season 382 00:18:05,040 --> 00:18:09,120 Speaker 4: or is this the lesser of the NBA problems? 383 00:18:09,440 --> 00:18:13,040 Speaker 7: I hope, I hope not at all, because Number one, 384 00:18:13,359 --> 00:18:16,840 Speaker 7: I mean, okay, so steph And and Giannis are no 385 00:18:16,920 --> 00:18:20,240 Speaker 7: longer eligible. They weren't going to win. I can tell 386 00:18:20,240 --> 00:18:22,399 Speaker 7: you right now, I wasn't planning on putting either one 387 00:18:22,440 --> 00:18:26,240 Speaker 7: of them on my ballot based on what they've done 388 00:18:26,280 --> 00:18:28,440 Speaker 7: and where their teams are. There's just way too many. 389 00:18:28,640 --> 00:18:32,000 Speaker 7: There are other guys that are that are bigger and 390 00:18:32,080 --> 00:18:36,760 Speaker 7: better candidates. And perhaps the biggest issue that I've seen 391 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 7: raised is, you know, oh, Shay Gills is Alexander is 392 00:18:40,640 --> 00:18:43,360 Speaker 7: close to not being eligible. He's got to play sixteen 393 00:18:43,400 --> 00:18:45,720 Speaker 7: of the final twenty two games. If he can't play 394 00:18:45,760 --> 00:18:48,320 Speaker 7: at least sixteen of the final twenty two games, then 395 00:18:49,640 --> 00:18:51,439 Speaker 7: what are we What are we talking about with all 396 00:18:51,440 --> 00:18:53,840 Speaker 7: the games that he's missed already. Jokic is a little 397 00:18:53,880 --> 00:18:58,760 Speaker 7: bit closer, But then again, Jokic, Jokic miss missed a 398 00:18:58,800 --> 00:19:01,520 Speaker 7: big chunk of the season and the Denver Nuggets had 399 00:19:01,520 --> 00:19:05,520 Speaker 7: to survive without him. And guess what both of those 400 00:19:05,560 --> 00:19:11,320 Speaker 7: teams have survived without their best player. Without Jokic, the 401 00:19:11,320 --> 00:19:14,520 Speaker 7: Denver Nuggets were ten and six, and that's with missing 402 00:19:14,520 --> 00:19:19,239 Speaker 7: Aaron Gordon as well. So this idea that you know 403 00:19:19,280 --> 00:19:22,720 Speaker 7: that we're going to be eliminating a guy who I 404 00:19:22,760 --> 00:19:28,040 Speaker 7: saw somebody right, like the sixty five game rule is 405 00:19:28,119 --> 00:19:31,879 Speaker 7: going to result in the wrong player being named MVP, 406 00:19:32,119 --> 00:19:38,040 Speaker 7: which is just a preposterous. What are we talking about? 407 00:19:38,200 --> 00:19:41,840 Speaker 7: I mean because if Jokic, let's say Jokic and Shay 408 00:19:41,880 --> 00:19:46,320 Speaker 7: gilss Alexander are knocked out, and say this becomes a 409 00:19:46,400 --> 00:19:50,840 Speaker 7: race between Kate Cunningham and Jalen Brown, who just happened 410 00:19:50,840 --> 00:19:53,399 Speaker 7: to be the best players on the two best teams 411 00:19:53,400 --> 00:19:55,159 Speaker 7: in the Eastern Conference. 412 00:19:55,119 --> 00:19:57,640 Speaker 1: And San Antonio being led. 413 00:19:57,480 --> 00:20:00,840 Speaker 7: By Victor wimbin Yama and the possibility that he could win. 414 00:20:01,359 --> 00:20:03,840 Speaker 7: You we just talked about it. They're playing the best 415 00:20:03,880 --> 00:20:08,960 Speaker 7: basketball of any team, and yes, there are times where 416 00:20:09,320 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 7: Victor isn't necessarily the ultimate driving force the way Nikola 417 00:20:13,400 --> 00:20:17,959 Speaker 7: Jokic is. But there's something about the old line, you know, 418 00:20:18,560 --> 00:20:24,119 Speaker 7: ability starts with availability, and I take issue with this 419 00:20:24,280 --> 00:20:29,000 Speaker 7: idea that Kid Cunningham and Jalen Brown because they've missed 420 00:20:29,040 --> 00:20:33,840 Speaker 7: so few games that that somehow that they're not worthy, 421 00:20:34,040 --> 00:20:36,920 Speaker 7: and again their teams have played well. And this is 422 00:20:36,960 --> 00:20:40,600 Speaker 7: where my next element comes in because there's one guy, 423 00:20:41,400 --> 00:20:45,439 Speaker 7: there's one guy who has been mentioned here and there 424 00:20:45,800 --> 00:20:50,679 Speaker 7: as an MVP candidate, and that is your man Brunson Berner. 425 00:20:51,520 --> 00:20:55,240 Speaker 7: And of all the guys that I've mentioned, Nikola Jokic, 426 00:20:55,840 --> 00:21:01,919 Speaker 7: Shay Gilds, Alexander Jalen Brown, Kid Cunningham, Victor win min Yama, 427 00:21:02,960 --> 00:21:08,920 Speaker 7: all of their teams have winning records without their top star. 428 00:21:11,560 --> 00:21:15,959 Speaker 7: The New York Knicks are thirty six and eighteen with 429 00:21:16,560 --> 00:21:20,600 Speaker 7: Jalen Brunson. They are one in four without a very 430 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:21,960 Speaker 7: small sample side. 431 00:21:22,160 --> 00:21:23,000 Speaker 1: But it's the. 432 00:21:22,840 --> 00:21:26,679 Speaker 7: Only record of all the guys that I've mentioned that 433 00:21:26,840 --> 00:21:30,480 Speaker 7: is a losing record without their player. So should we 434 00:21:31,080 --> 00:21:34,480 Speaker 7: again if you're looking at and this is where it's 435 00:21:34,520 --> 00:21:38,480 Speaker 7: tricky with the definition of MVP, right because some people 436 00:21:38,520 --> 00:21:40,600 Speaker 7: will look at it as the best all around player. 437 00:21:40,720 --> 00:21:46,040 Speaker 7: Some people will say it's the most indispensable player to 438 00:21:46,119 --> 00:21:50,760 Speaker 7: their team. You know, there's no set definition of MVP. 439 00:21:51,320 --> 00:21:55,680 Speaker 7: But if it's most indispensable, Jalen Brunson has a very 440 00:21:55,720 --> 00:21:58,200 Speaker 7: strong case. And if it's if it means that Jalen 441 00:21:58,240 --> 00:22:01,639 Speaker 7: Brunson and Kate Cunningham and Jail Brown are going to 442 00:22:01,680 --> 00:22:04,639 Speaker 7: be on the ballot, where maybe one or two of 443 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:05,440 Speaker 7: those guys would not. 444 00:22:06,760 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 1: I don't I. 445 00:22:07,560 --> 00:22:10,120 Speaker 7: Don't have a problem with it. If injuries have kept 446 00:22:10,200 --> 00:22:13,280 Speaker 7: Jokich and Shay Gills as Alexander and knocked them out 447 00:22:13,280 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 7: this year, I think the new Blood deserves the attention. 448 00:22:16,320 --> 00:22:19,679 Speaker 1: We're talking with the greatest basketball insider in the history 449 00:22:19,680 --> 00:22:20,760 Speaker 1: of the sport, Rick Buker. 450 00:22:21,000 --> 00:22:23,480 Speaker 3: He's a legend. Jason Smith Show with Mike Harmon, He's 451 00:22:23,480 --> 00:22:24,360 Speaker 3: surely one of one. 452 00:22:24,520 --> 00:22:27,040 Speaker 1: Now you bring up the point about about the the MVP, 453 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:28,679 Speaker 1: Rick and I want to take this in a different 454 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,960 Speaker 1: direction because this just tells me how far the league 455 00:22:32,000 --> 00:22:36,879 Speaker 1: is falling. And Adam Silver again, no sports league we 456 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:39,560 Speaker 1: talked about early in the show has more problems right 457 00:22:39,600 --> 00:22:43,000 Speaker 1: now than the NBA. Whether it's tanking, whether it's players 458 00:22:43,000 --> 00:22:46,359 Speaker 1: getting interested enough in the regular season. Everything he has 459 00:22:46,480 --> 00:22:49,640 Speaker 1: tried to do to combat these issues has been met 460 00:22:49,680 --> 00:22:52,320 Speaker 1: with a shrug or, if not out and out defiance 461 00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:53,920 Speaker 1: by the league. Well, we're going to try to figure 462 00:22:53,920 --> 00:22:56,200 Speaker 1: out tanking. Hey, I'm finding the Pacers one hundred grand 463 00:22:56,280 --> 00:22:58,879 Speaker 1: want to do the next game, they sat everybody and 464 00:22:58,920 --> 00:23:01,600 Speaker 1: now Rick Carlisle's up said saying, no, doctors talk to us. 465 00:23:01,600 --> 00:23:03,560 Speaker 1: What's going on here? Hey, you got to play sixty 466 00:23:03,560 --> 00:23:05,840 Speaker 1: five games to win. The MVP players saying yeah, we 467 00:23:05,840 --> 00:23:07,760 Speaker 1: don't care. We're you know, we're not gonna play sixty 468 00:23:07,800 --> 00:23:10,480 Speaker 1: five games. Like like, I don't know that the players 469 00:23:10,480 --> 00:23:13,040 Speaker 1: respect him. I don't know that the owners respect him. 470 00:23:13,440 --> 00:23:16,120 Speaker 1: And and he's he's got this I want to keep 471 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,080 Speaker 1: everybody happy kind of countenance. 472 00:23:18,359 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 3: And it's just not working. 473 00:23:19,560 --> 00:23:22,240 Speaker 1: And emeil you look at all the major professional sports, 474 00:23:22,600 --> 00:23:24,640 Speaker 1: nobody has the problem that the NBA does. 475 00:23:26,560 --> 00:23:29,040 Speaker 7: Yeah, I can't. I can't argue with that. I would 476 00:23:29,119 --> 00:23:34,639 Speaker 7: say that you know what made Adam Silver so strong 477 00:23:34,760 --> 00:23:38,879 Speaker 7: and initially replacing David Stern is that he was a unifier. 478 00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,520 Speaker 7: He was a guy who was good at getting compromised, 479 00:23:43,320 --> 00:23:48,240 Speaker 7: in bringing the owners together and getting them to work 480 00:23:48,280 --> 00:23:53,000 Speaker 7: together and creating a salary cap that allows the Oklahoma 481 00:23:53,040 --> 00:23:55,600 Speaker 7: City Thunders and some of the smaller markets to be 482 00:23:55,680 --> 00:23:59,200 Speaker 7: as successful as the big markets. But there's a price 483 00:23:59,280 --> 00:24:01,919 Speaker 7: that comes with that. And there's there's a price that 484 00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 7: comes with when you open the door to gambling to continue. 485 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:09,280 Speaker 7: Because here's the other part, like he's got he's dealing 486 00:24:09,680 --> 00:24:14,600 Speaker 7: When David Stern was the commissioner, particularly early on, he 487 00:24:14,720 --> 00:24:19,600 Speaker 7: was dealing with millionaires that he turned into hundred millionaires 488 00:24:19,680 --> 00:24:25,920 Speaker 7: and billionaires. Well, now Adam Silver has billionaires and he 489 00:24:26,000 --> 00:24:29,240 Speaker 7: has to demonstrate to them that he can continue to 490 00:24:29,280 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 7: get to keep the money train rolling. And as a 491 00:24:31,560 --> 00:24:38,000 Speaker 7: result of that, he's had to make decisions that impact 492 00:24:38,320 --> 00:24:44,080 Speaker 7: the credibility of the league. And in doing all that compromise, 493 00:24:44,400 --> 00:24:47,040 Speaker 7: it's now hard to crack the whip and say no, 494 00:24:47,119 --> 00:24:49,359 Speaker 7: we're going to do it my way, when that's not 495 00:24:49,600 --> 00:24:53,600 Speaker 7: how you got the job done to begin with and 496 00:24:53,640 --> 00:24:56,199 Speaker 7: had your greatest successes. And I think that the biggest 497 00:24:56,280 --> 00:25:00,560 Speaker 7: issue that they have is that this has become not 498 00:25:01,200 --> 00:25:05,800 Speaker 7: it's so far afield from you know what, we want 499 00:25:05,840 --> 00:25:11,720 Speaker 7: people owning teams, and we want to provide an entertainment 500 00:25:11,920 --> 00:25:16,840 Speaker 7: that cities get behind and fans love because of the sport. 501 00:25:17,480 --> 00:25:21,160 Speaker 7: And now it's become all about how much money can 502 00:25:21,200 --> 00:25:26,320 Speaker 7: we generate off this thing called basketball, And so now 503 00:25:26,359 --> 00:25:29,760 Speaker 7: it just becomes a sort of a bottom line business, 504 00:25:30,040 --> 00:25:35,760 Speaker 7: and people aren't focused on, you know, what's the integrity 505 00:25:35,840 --> 00:25:40,080 Speaker 7: of the game and how do we maintain certain standards. 506 00:25:40,080 --> 00:25:42,000 Speaker 7: When it comes to the game, it's like, how are 507 00:25:42,040 --> 00:25:44,760 Speaker 7: we going to make the most money? And so you're like, 508 00:25:44,960 --> 00:25:47,439 Speaker 7: you don't have And this is something I'm actually going 509 00:25:47,520 --> 00:25:50,000 Speaker 7: to talk about in my in my podcast this week, 510 00:25:50,080 --> 00:25:53,840 Speaker 7: because like, if it was really about the integrity and 511 00:25:53,920 --> 00:25:59,240 Speaker 7: competitive balance, then the league would be cracking down on 512 00:25:59,400 --> 00:26:02,439 Speaker 7: tampering with other players, which go, you know, players on 513 00:26:02,520 --> 00:26:06,280 Speaker 7: other teams, and it would do something about star players 514 00:26:06,760 --> 00:26:12,200 Speaker 7: forcing trades and there's nothing done about those. But oh 515 00:26:12,240 --> 00:26:16,120 Speaker 7: wait a minute, our gambling partner is upset because because 516 00:26:16,240 --> 00:26:21,960 Speaker 7: the teams that can't acquire star players through free agency, 517 00:26:22,240 --> 00:26:24,520 Speaker 7: they're tanking in order to get a better place in 518 00:26:24,600 --> 00:26:26,320 Speaker 7: the draft because that's the only way they can get 519 00:26:26,320 --> 00:26:30,920 Speaker 7: star players. Now that's an issue. Why not because the 520 00:26:31,000 --> 00:26:33,080 Speaker 7: league has an issue with it. It's because the gambling 521 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:36,960 Speaker 7: outfits have an issue with it, and they're in bed 522 00:26:37,000 --> 00:26:38,240 Speaker 7: now with the gambling companies. 523 00:26:38,800 --> 00:26:42,719 Speaker 4: Fox Sports Radio Jason Smith Show with Mike Harman Coachable. 524 00:26:42,920 --> 00:26:45,639 Speaker 4: That's the book coming out in May. Order it now 525 00:26:45,680 --> 00:26:48,640 Speaker 4: on Amazon. It's our guy, Rick Buker at past one 526 00:26:49,480 --> 00:26:52,679 Speaker 4: at Rick Buker's where you'd find him as well in 527 00:26:52,760 --> 00:26:55,640 Speaker 4: the Twitter verse. All the latest and greatest he's got 528 00:26:55,680 --> 00:26:59,200 Speaker 4: popping so Rick, the Lakers now down to the six seed, 529 00:26:59,320 --> 00:27:04,720 Speaker 4: the Pesky closing quickly here and yesterday at four and 530 00:27:04,800 --> 00:27:07,840 Speaker 4: four of their last date, and Luca passing up on 531 00:27:07,920 --> 00:27:11,280 Speaker 4: a shot on saying, hey, you know he put me 532 00:27:11,280 --> 00:27:13,400 Speaker 4: in a bag. You'll have to ask him. And now 533 00:27:13,440 --> 00:27:15,680 Speaker 4: a lot of Spider Man mean finger pointing. 534 00:27:16,080 --> 00:27:16,800 Speaker 3: Yep, yep. 535 00:27:17,200 --> 00:27:20,640 Speaker 7: Well look there they came out of the gate strong. 536 00:27:21,160 --> 00:27:24,359 Speaker 7: And but if you can't defend and they're just not 537 00:27:24,440 --> 00:27:27,560 Speaker 7: a good defensive team, that's eventually going to catch up 538 00:27:27,600 --> 00:27:30,200 Speaker 7: with you. And we had some teams in the Western 539 00:27:30,200 --> 00:27:35,600 Speaker 7: Conference that we weren't Minnesota started off very poorly. Uh, 540 00:27:35,640 --> 00:27:38,840 Speaker 7: San Antonio didn't catch fire right away. 541 00:27:39,480 --> 00:27:39,600 Speaker 1: Uh. 542 00:27:39,760 --> 00:27:41,679 Speaker 7: There's a number of teams that we expected to be 543 00:27:41,760 --> 00:27:45,560 Speaker 7: at the top who have simply reasserted themselves. And I 544 00:27:45,560 --> 00:27:47,679 Speaker 7: would say that the Phoenix Suns have been much better 545 00:27:48,359 --> 00:27:52,800 Speaker 7: than we expected. They're breathing down the Lakers neck collective 546 00:27:52,800 --> 00:27:57,160 Speaker 7: nets and so you know they're there. I think this 547 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,320 Speaker 7: is basically about where I expected them to be at 548 00:28:00,359 --> 00:28:04,280 Speaker 7: the beginning of the season. I forecast that they would 549 00:28:04,280 --> 00:28:06,960 Speaker 7: be on this trying to fight their way or keep 550 00:28:07,000 --> 00:28:09,920 Speaker 7: their spot in the sixth seed. But I never thought 551 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:11,719 Speaker 7: that they were going to be at the top. And 552 00:28:11,760 --> 00:28:15,520 Speaker 7: this is the point where you start to see everybody 553 00:28:15,560 --> 00:28:18,920 Speaker 7: play their absolute best basketball. A case could be made 554 00:28:18,920 --> 00:28:22,639 Speaker 7: that we've already seen the Lakers play their best basketball. 555 00:28:24,119 --> 00:28:27,320 Speaker 3: He's on Twitter at Rick Buker. That is at Rick Buker. 556 00:28:27,480 --> 00:28:29,840 Speaker 1: Check out the On the Ball podcast where he breaks 557 00:28:29,880 --> 00:28:35,399 Speaker 1: down Jalen Brunson's unanimous MVP candidacy. Right, that's I took away, right, 558 00:28:35,520 --> 00:28:37,240 Speaker 1: unanimous MVP for Jalen Brunson. 559 00:28:37,280 --> 00:28:43,120 Speaker 7: Rick, give him an inch and he takes a marathon. 560 00:28:43,840 --> 00:28:46,160 Speaker 3: Hey, you brought it back to the Knicks. It's your fault, 561 00:28:46,720 --> 00:28:47,400 Speaker 3: and don't. 562 00:28:47,200 --> 00:28:49,760 Speaker 7: Forget my fault. You know what, it's all my fault. 563 00:28:49,760 --> 00:28:52,640 Speaker 7: It'll never happen again. I take it all back. 564 00:28:52,800 --> 00:28:55,160 Speaker 1: The book coming out and may coachable how the greatest 565 00:28:55,200 --> 00:28:58,400 Speaker 1: performers reached their highest potential by Rick Buker. Rick, Who's 566 00:28:58,400 --> 00:28:59,960 Speaker 1: some of the players you talk to in that one? 567 00:29:00,960 --> 00:29:04,800 Speaker 7: Oh oh man, we got everybody Landon Donovan, Steph Curry, 568 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:10,600 Speaker 7: Derk Novitski, o, little Steve Young brand. 569 00:29:13,000 --> 00:29:15,080 Speaker 3: Wow. There it is coachable. 570 00:29:15,880 --> 00:29:18,920 Speaker 1: And then look for Coachable Part two after the Knicks championship, 571 00:29:18,920 --> 00:29:20,760 Speaker 1: where it's all Knicks players that that'll be. 572 00:29:20,760 --> 00:29:22,920 Speaker 3: The next best study of Bike Brown. Yeah, there you go. 573 00:29:23,040 --> 00:29:26,560 Speaker 1: Yeah, Rick is always buddy, appreciate it, man, we'll talk 574 00:29:26,600 --> 00:29:27,200 Speaker 1: to you next week. 575 00:29:27,280 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 3: Have fun. He's the best. Here goes Rick Boker. 576 00:29:31,160 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 4: He leaned into it, though. As soon as the door open, 577 00:29:33,720 --> 00:29:35,760 Speaker 4: all of a sudden there was Nicks. 578 00:29:35,800 --> 00:29:37,880 Speaker 3: Oh man, okay, okay. 579 00:29:37,560 --> 00:29:39,360 Speaker 4: And then and then the door open is like, wait, 580 00:29:39,400 --> 00:29:41,880 Speaker 4: I've got a reason to bring up Jalen Brunton. 581 00:29:42,040 --> 00:29:44,080 Speaker 3: No, it's it's and that's gonna be a thing. 582 00:29:44,080 --> 00:29:46,360 Speaker 1: Whereas as you get closer to the MVP, with it 583 00:29:46,400 --> 00:29:48,400 Speaker 1: being this type of year where hey, look at these 584 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:51,360 Speaker 1: guys who are not going to be eligible, he's I 585 00:29:51,360 --> 00:29:54,080 Speaker 1: mean really the number one thing is hey, okay, he's 586 00:29:54,080 --> 00:29:56,239 Speaker 1: got enough games. He's he's got to be in the 587 00:29:56,240 --> 00:29:58,120 Speaker 1: top right when you get down to the end, I 588 00:29:58,160 --> 00:30:00,280 Speaker 1: would be surprised. As long as the Knicks and look, 589 00:30:00,480 --> 00:30:02,200 Speaker 1: when you get to this point in the season, you 590 00:30:02,280 --> 00:30:05,120 Speaker 1: are who you are. I would be surprised if at 591 00:30:05,120 --> 00:30:07,240 Speaker 1: this point when it when he comes down to everybody 592 00:30:07,240 --> 00:30:11,000 Speaker 1: that's eligible that the final three, Jalen Brunson is not 593 00:30:11,000 --> 00:30:12,480 Speaker 1: gonna be it. The final three is not gonna be 594 00:30:12,560 --> 00:30:15,720 Speaker 1: Jalen Brunson, Jalen Brown, and Kate Cunningham. That's gonna be 595 00:30:15,760 --> 00:30:16,840 Speaker 1: your final three for MVP. 596 00:30:18,560 --> 00:30:19,040 Speaker 3: There you go. 597 00:30:19,120 --> 00:30:23,560 Speaker 1: I've got your guy Wenby though, yes, I mean I 598 00:30:23,560 --> 00:30:25,960 Speaker 1: got again. I saw an article that's comparing him to 599 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,760 Speaker 1: Ralph Sampson. Again, I didn't click on it because I'm 600 00:30:29,800 --> 00:30:33,040 Speaker 1: not going to give him the satisfaction time not to. 601 00:30:33,000 --> 00:30:34,479 Speaker 3: Find out what's trending in the wide role. 602 00:30:34,520 --> 00:30:36,600 Speaker 1: It's worts on someone who's been called the Ralph Sampson 603 00:30:37,040 --> 00:30:39,959 Speaker 1: of Fox Sports Radio because she's been to Houston. 604 00:30:40,240 --> 00:30:40,760 Speaker 3: It's Monty. 605 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:45,200 Speaker 5: I've been to Houston. Can you remind me how my 606 00:30:45,240 --> 00:30:45,720 Speaker 5: trip went? 607 00:30:46,360 --> 00:30:49,520 Speaker 3: It was? He was good, very human, very very very human. 608 00:30:49,640 --> 00:30:52,760 Speaker 1: Okay, Yeah, you landed on the plane, you heard a 609 00:30:52,840 --> 00:30:57,440 Speaker 1: trash can being hit, and then yes, then you got 610 00:30:57,480 --> 00:30:59,560 Speaker 1: back on the plane and you left. 611 00:30:59,320 --> 00:30:59,960 Speaker 5: And then I left. 612 00:31:00,600 --> 00:31:03,080 Speaker 3: What a quick trip I had run. 613 00:31:03,320 --> 00:31:06,880 Speaker 1: I was for three days like twenty like like ten 614 00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:08,760 Speaker 1: years ago, and then for like a day and a 615 00:31:08,840 --> 00:31:12,160 Speaker 1: half like twenty five years ago. The best thing I 616 00:31:12,160 --> 00:31:13,920 Speaker 1: could tell you why I remember, I mean, I remember 617 00:31:14,120 --> 00:31:18,080 Speaker 1: first place ever went to Quiznos, Oh for the first 618 00:31:18,080 --> 00:31:18,720 Speaker 1: time in Houston. 619 00:31:18,720 --> 00:31:20,120 Speaker 3: Is my favorite. 620 00:31:22,200 --> 00:31:24,920 Speaker 5: Was my problem with Quiznos here. Every time I walked 621 00:31:24,920 --> 00:31:28,360 Speaker 5: into it. It's with a built in basking robins. Am 622 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,280 Speaker 5: I crazy? Or what it was like together? Like ice 623 00:31:31,320 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 5: cream and sandwiches, And I was like, I don't know 624 00:31:33,040 --> 00:31:35,400 Speaker 5: what to smell. I don't know what's good. 625 00:31:35,480 --> 00:31:37,680 Speaker 3: It's like the is it the waffle cone or is 626 00:31:37,720 --> 00:31:38,800 Speaker 3: it the damn sandwich? 627 00:31:39,160 --> 00:31:41,840 Speaker 1: It's like the KFC taco bells. Yeah, I'm gonna get 628 00:31:41,840 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: a chicken. I'm gonna get a taco. 629 00:31:43,040 --> 00:31:44,200 Speaker 3: I want to get both. 630 00:31:44,280 --> 00:31:46,280 Speaker 5: That one I'm not as mad about. I was more 631 00:31:46,400 --> 00:31:49,680 Speaker 5: annoyed about the Quiznos and the ice cream, pizza and 632 00:31:49,800 --> 00:31:53,640 Speaker 5: taco bell or anything like that. I don't call me crazy, 633 00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:56,120 Speaker 5: I'm into it. We've got one game going on in 634 00:31:56,120 --> 00:31:59,120 Speaker 5: the NBA, fellas, and it's a close one. Little defense 635 00:31:59,160 --> 00:32:01,680 Speaker 5: being played in this one. The Celtics do lead the 636 00:32:01,760 --> 00:32:04,280 Speaker 5: Nuggets right now, fifty eight to fifty seven. They're halfway 637 00:32:04,320 --> 00:32:07,240 Speaker 5: through the third quarter. Nikola Jokicic He's got twenty points 638 00:32:07,240 --> 00:32:10,840 Speaker 5: and six rebounds. Derek White for Boston, he's got eighteen points. 639 00:32:11,000 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 5: But right now, the best team in the NBA it's 640 00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,280 Speaker 5: the Detroit I was waiting for Alex to be like 641 00:32:16,400 --> 00:32:20,200 Speaker 5: cold On it's the Detroit Pissons. They beat the thunder 642 00:32:20,280 --> 00:32:23,480 Speaker 5: one twenty four to one sixteen. Detroit right now their 643 00:32:23,640 --> 00:32:28,160 Speaker 5: record forty three and fourteen. Okse's record forty five and fifteen. 644 00:32:28,280 --> 00:32:31,720 Speaker 5: Kata Cunningham twenty nine points, thirteen assists and three steals 645 00:32:31,720 --> 00:32:34,800 Speaker 5: in today's win. The Spurs keep on rolling. They've won 646 00:32:34,840 --> 00:32:37,200 Speaker 5: ten in a row. They held on to defeat the 647 00:32:37,280 --> 00:32:40,760 Speaker 5: Raptors in Toronto, one ten to one oh seven. The 648 00:32:40,800 --> 00:32:43,440 Speaker 5: Bucks also held on to defeat the Cavaliers won eighteen 649 00:32:43,520 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 5: to one sixteen. It was a shorthanded Cleveland team on 650 00:32:47,080 --> 00:32:49,160 Speaker 5: the court today, but Kevin Porter Junior did hit the 651 00:32:49,160 --> 00:32:51,120 Speaker 5: game winner for the Bucks and ended with twenty points 652 00:32:51,120 --> 00:32:54,000 Speaker 5: and eight rebounds. Alprin Shangoon with the triple double as 653 00:32:54,000 --> 00:32:56,640 Speaker 5: the Rockets just rocked the Kings one twenty eight to 654 00:32:56,840 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 5: ninety seven. In men's college hoops, it was not a 655 00:33:00,360 --> 00:33:04,760 Speaker 5: pretty game for number fifteen Saint John's. Their thirteen games 656 00:33:04,800 --> 00:33:08,400 Speaker 5: winning streak was snapped as Yukon crushed them seventy two 657 00:33:08,480 --> 00:33:11,560 Speaker 5: to forty. The Red Storm struggled from the field, shot 658 00:33:11,560 --> 00:33:14,720 Speaker 5: about twenty percent, literally only eleven field goals. They were 659 00:33:14,720 --> 00:33:17,120 Speaker 5: held without a field goal for the final seventeen minutes 660 00:33:17,360 --> 00:33:21,840 Speaker 5: of the second half. In college football, Cincinnati has sued 661 00:33:21,880 --> 00:33:25,520 Speaker 5: former quarterback Brendan Sorosby in a federal court, alleging he 662 00:33:25,560 --> 00:33:28,720 Speaker 5: breached his nil contract with the Bearcats when he refused 663 00:33:28,760 --> 00:33:32,360 Speaker 5: to pay one million dollars as an exit fee because 664 00:33:32,360 --> 00:33:34,920 Speaker 5: he transferred to Texas Tech. So they're suing him for 665 00:33:34,960 --> 00:33:35,840 Speaker 5: a million dollars. 666 00:33:36,000 --> 00:33:37,960 Speaker 3: Oh sure, this is college football. 667 00:33:38,000 --> 00:33:41,960 Speaker 5: This is this is college football in NFL. 668 00:33:42,160 --> 00:33:44,840 Speaker 3: Where's that money? I don't have any where? 669 00:33:44,840 --> 00:33:46,400 Speaker 2: It is no se no set. 670 00:33:46,760 --> 00:33:49,280 Speaker 5: ESPN reports that Cowboys kicker Brandon Aubrey wants to be 671 00:33:49,320 --> 00:33:52,080 Speaker 5: the highest paid kicker in the NFL, with a salary 672 00:33:52,160 --> 00:33:55,560 Speaker 5: averaging about ten million. They also report that teams have 673 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:59,719 Speaker 5: shown interest in acquiring Panthers backup quarterback Andy Dalton. And 674 00:33:59,760 --> 00:34:03,560 Speaker 5: in baseball, Yes, in Casia missed it, The Yankees are 675 00:34:03,600 --> 00:34:07,720 Speaker 5: acquiring another are acquiring are retiring another number. It will 676 00:34:07,760 --> 00:34:11,000 Speaker 5: be the twenty fourth number that the Yankees retired. This 677 00:34:11,040 --> 00:34:13,879 Speaker 5: one is going to be C. C. Sabbathia's number fifty two. 678 00:34:14,400 --> 00:34:16,279 Speaker 5: They're going to add a plaque at Monument Park on 679 00:34:16,320 --> 00:34:19,839 Speaker 5: September twenty six, Diamondbacks pitcher Merrill Kelly. He's gonna miss 680 00:34:19,880 --> 00:34:21,920 Speaker 5: opening day with a back injury and there is no 681 00:34:22,080 --> 00:34:25,719 Speaker 5: timetable for his return in the NHL as it came 682 00:34:25,760 --> 00:34:30,200 Speaker 5: back from the winter break of the Olympic Winter. Whatever happened, 683 00:34:30,480 --> 00:34:32,920 Speaker 5: Avalanche are up on the Mammoth right now, four to 684 00:34:32,920 --> 00:34:34,680 Speaker 5: two with five minutes to go into the third period. 685 00:34:34,800 --> 00:34:37,319 Speaker 5: After two periods, Jets and Canucks are tied at two. 686 00:34:37,640 --> 00:34:39,759 Speaker 5: Late in the second period, Golden Knights and the Kings 687 00:34:39,800 --> 00:34:42,360 Speaker 5: are tied at one. Early in the second period. The 688 00:34:42,400 --> 00:34:44,560 Speaker 5: Oilers and the Ducks are tied at two. 689 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,520 Speaker 1: Back to you, thanks a bunch one Yes, Jason Smith 690 00:34:48,560 --> 00:34:51,719 Speaker 1: Mike Harmon live from the Fox Sports Radio studios. Coming 691 00:34:51,800 --> 00:34:54,200 Speaker 1: up next, Do we have a great NFL story for 692 00:34:54,239 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: you from today. We've been full of fire tonight. After 693 00:34:57,000 --> 00:35:01,600 Speaker 1: I heard this today, it's cemented every buddy involved with 694 00:35:01,719 --> 00:35:04,960 Speaker 1: this team that helped make this decision should be fired. 695 00:35:05,040 --> 00:35:11,719 Speaker 1: Oh got that next right here, Fox Sports Radio, The 696 00:35:11,760 --> 00:35:18,399 Speaker 1: Jason Smith Show with my best friend Mike Harmon. Now, 697 00:35:20,800 --> 00:35:23,520 Speaker 1: it's just been one of those nights filled with fire tonight. 698 00:35:23,560 --> 00:35:28,400 Speaker 3: We just had a good man and uh to continue 699 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:31,040 Speaker 3: on with the fire again. 700 00:35:31,200 --> 00:35:34,920 Speaker 1: Getting great news out of the NFL Combine. You had 701 00:35:34,920 --> 00:35:38,320 Speaker 1: great news on quarterbacks yesterday, more big news on quarterbacks today. 702 00:35:38,360 --> 00:35:40,239 Speaker 1: And this is where I this is where I come 703 00:35:40,280 --> 00:35:42,479 Speaker 1: down on this story, because it just keeps getting better 704 00:35:42,480 --> 00:35:47,520 Speaker 1: and better today. Minnesota Vikings Isyecative VP of football Operations 705 00:35:47,600 --> 00:35:51,680 Speaker 1: Rob Razinski confirmed at the combine that the team is 706 00:35:51,760 --> 00:35:58,279 Speaker 1: quote exploring all possibilities for the quarterback position this offseason. 707 00:35:59,160 --> 00:36:04,000 Speaker 1: We are explo boring all possibilities for the quarterback position 708 00:36:04,680 --> 00:36:10,520 Speaker 1: this offseason. Okay, JJ McCarthy is not guaranteed to be starting. 709 00:36:10,680 --> 00:36:14,120 Speaker 1: They're bringing in competition, maybe somebody to take his job. 710 00:36:14,680 --> 00:36:18,680 Speaker 1: And I'm gonna say, if you are employed by the 711 00:36:18,719 --> 00:36:22,400 Speaker 1: Minnesota Vikings, either as a player, as a coach or 712 00:36:22,520 --> 00:36:25,680 Speaker 1: front office member, if you are a fan of the team, 713 00:36:25,719 --> 00:36:29,719 Speaker 1: no matter how, anybody who was still associated with the 714 00:36:29,800 --> 00:36:34,200 Speaker 1: team when they decided no, Sam Darnold had a Pro 715 00:36:34,280 --> 00:36:38,000 Speaker 1: Bowl year for US thirty five touchdowns, four thousand yards, 716 00:36:38,080 --> 00:36:41,120 Speaker 1: yes a down last couple of games. We are moving 717 00:36:41,160 --> 00:36:45,200 Speaker 1: on from him because we love the unproven, injured JJ McCarthy. 718 00:36:45,800 --> 00:36:48,800 Speaker 1: Everybody who was associated with the team should be fired. 719 00:36:50,040 --> 00:36:53,520 Speaker 1: That decision just is so it gets more and more 720 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:58,320 Speaker 1: unforgivable as every day goes on. The loyalty they wanted 721 00:36:58,360 --> 00:37:00,120 Speaker 1: to have to a guy that you didn't know if 722 00:37:00,160 --> 00:37:02,600 Speaker 1: he was any good. When you had a guy walk 723 00:37:02,640 --> 00:37:05,359 Speaker 1: in and show you, hey, guess what, I'm pretty good here. 724 00:37:05,640 --> 00:37:07,359 Speaker 1: In fact, i'm really I'm one of the top three 725 00:37:07,440 --> 00:37:10,360 Speaker 1: quarterbacks in the entire conference. What's the hardest position to 726 00:37:10,360 --> 00:37:10,719 Speaker 1: get right? 727 00:37:10,800 --> 00:37:11,320 Speaker 3: Quarterback? 728 00:37:11,520 --> 00:37:14,560 Speaker 1: You had it, You had luck, Lady Luck just plopped 729 00:37:14,600 --> 00:37:16,399 Speaker 1: down on your door and say, hey, guess what, I'm here. 730 00:37:16,800 --> 00:37:19,480 Speaker 1: Oh wow, No, no, we don't want you, We want 731 00:37:19,520 --> 00:37:23,879 Speaker 1: the other guy. That's they deserve whatever quarterback misery they 732 00:37:23,960 --> 00:37:27,359 Speaker 1: get because of that decision. And it's not like it's 733 00:37:27,440 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: not like it was a decision when we didn't know 734 00:37:29,120 --> 00:37:31,320 Speaker 1: the guy was good and we let him go early. 735 00:37:31,400 --> 00:37:33,080 Speaker 1: We didn't know that he could work. So you had 736 00:37:33,080 --> 00:37:34,879 Speaker 1: the guy come in and said, wow, he was great 737 00:37:35,160 --> 00:37:37,640 Speaker 1: fourteen and three playoffs. But no, no, no, we're gonna 738 00:37:37,640 --> 00:37:40,040 Speaker 1: find a way to move on from him, not franchise him, 739 00:37:40,080 --> 00:37:42,239 Speaker 1: not keep him around. And then a year later, a 740 00:37:42,320 --> 00:37:45,279 Speaker 1: year later, hey, we're bringing in somebody else because we 741 00:37:45,280 --> 00:37:47,760 Speaker 1: don't like the guy that we drafted in the first round. 742 00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:50,880 Speaker 1: Like that decision is so unforgivable. I don't know how 743 00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,440 Speaker 1: if you're Viking's ownership, you don't comme in SA I'm sorry, 744 00:37:53,440 --> 00:37:55,799 Speaker 1: I'm wiping everybody out because you told me, let's move 745 00:37:55,840 --> 00:37:58,160 Speaker 1: on from Sam darn Let's not sign Sam dar Right. 746 00:37:58,200 --> 00:37:59,319 Speaker 3: GM's already got fired. 747 00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:01,319 Speaker 1: But I really don't know how anybody that was in 748 00:38:01,440 --> 00:38:04,480 Speaker 1: on this decision at all to let's let Sam Darnold 749 00:38:04,520 --> 00:38:06,080 Speaker 1: go really keeps their job. 750 00:38:06,320 --> 00:38:06,959 Speaker 3: I really don't. 751 00:38:07,160 --> 00:38:10,600 Speaker 4: Yeah, it comes back to the decision of the dollar 752 00:38:10,640 --> 00:38:14,800 Speaker 4: cost averaging. You know what JJ McCarthy was on the books. 753 00:38:15,400 --> 00:38:18,919 Speaker 4: He's a rookie quarterback. It is, you know, rookie second year. 754 00:38:19,160 --> 00:38:21,960 Speaker 4: He's not costing you much, right, he's still on that 755 00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:26,680 Speaker 4: that low grade. Welcome to the NFL contract. So dollar 756 00:38:26,719 --> 00:38:30,520 Speaker 4: cost averaging, pay the franchise tag, be done with it. 757 00:38:31,080 --> 00:38:34,200 Speaker 4: You have proof of concept and the chemistry, and you 758 00:38:34,200 --> 00:38:36,879 Speaker 4: had multiple guys come out of the woodwork to talk 759 00:38:36,880 --> 00:38:39,439 Speaker 4: about it. Guys you never heard from I never heard 760 00:38:39,600 --> 00:38:42,880 Speaker 4: Justin Jefferson say so much as BOO until he started 761 00:38:42,880 --> 00:38:45,000 Speaker 4: showing up on podcast saying yeah, we kind of biffed 762 00:38:45,000 --> 00:38:47,719 Speaker 4: that one. Yeah, Aaron Jones, When was the last time 763 00:38:47,760 --> 00:38:51,239 Speaker 4: you heard Aaron Jones Tuck, he's arius front and center. Yeah, no, 764 00:38:51,360 --> 00:38:54,239 Speaker 4: we really biff that. One bad job by us. To 765 00:38:54,360 --> 00:38:57,080 Speaker 4: everybody's standing around. The only guy that's safe is Ragnark 766 00:38:57,080 --> 00:38:59,600 Speaker 4: because they got rid of him years ago. See that's 767 00:38:59,640 --> 00:39:01,920 Speaker 4: where the down that's where the down times happened. 768 00:39:01,920 --> 00:39:02,640 Speaker 3: When they got there, they. 769 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,400 Speaker 4: Took away his motorcycle in his vest and that was 770 00:39:05,440 --> 00:39:09,160 Speaker 4: the end of it. But for this squad moving forward 771 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:12,240 Speaker 4: to say, you've got an open competition and your best 772 00:39:12,360 --> 00:39:15,360 Speaker 4: option is, well, we don't know what kirk Cousins is 773 00:39:15,400 --> 00:39:18,880 Speaker 4: at this point, but he'll come back right right. 774 00:39:19,360 --> 00:39:19,799 Speaker 3: That's real. 775 00:39:20,320 --> 00:39:23,160 Speaker 1: That's really where you're at because everything anybody who says, 776 00:39:23,239 --> 00:39:25,960 Speaker 1: let's bring kirk Cousins back should be fired twice. We're 777 00:39:26,000 --> 00:39:28,120 Speaker 1: firing you for darnold, and then we're gonna say no, 778 00:39:28,160 --> 00:39:29,680 Speaker 1: we'll keep you that we're firing you again. 779 00:39:29,800 --> 00:39:31,880 Speaker 3: Because if you bring him back, what is he a 780 00:39:31,880 --> 00:39:35,600 Speaker 3: bridge to the same decision that you're trying to make 781 00:39:35,719 --> 00:39:36,560 Speaker 3: right now, TJ. 782 00:39:37,040 --> 00:39:39,160 Speaker 1: Just like was talked about in the election of two 783 00:39:39,239 --> 00:39:43,319 Speaker 1: thousand and eight, it would have been a bridge to nowhere, DJ. 784 00:39:43,280 --> 00:39:44,720 Speaker 3: A bridge to fourth place. 785 00:39:48,640 --> 00:39:52,880 Speaker 1: With every passing day, this decision gets so worse and 786 00:39:52,920 --> 00:39:55,160 Speaker 1: I get. If it's one thing to say we couldn't 787 00:39:55,200 --> 00:39:56,760 Speaker 1: see the future, it's one thing to say. 788 00:39:56,719 --> 00:40:00,000 Speaker 3: You saw it, you saw the president, you saw the future. Yeah, 789 00:40:00,000 --> 00:40:00,560 Speaker 3: he's another. 790 00:40:00,400 --> 00:40:04,520 Speaker 1: Great example of anybody in a front office position. You 791 00:40:04,560 --> 00:40:06,719 Speaker 1: get in front of a microphone right now, you are 792 00:40:06,840 --> 00:40:11,200 Speaker 1: full throated endorsing JJ McCarthy is the second Coming. That 793 00:40:11,360 --> 00:40:13,960 Speaker 1: is what you're doing right now. And if that changes 794 00:40:14,000 --> 00:40:17,600 Speaker 1: come camp, great, but today you have to stand strong. 795 00:40:18,080 --> 00:40:21,759 Speaker 1: They deserve whatever quarterback misery they have to deal with 796 00:40:21,800 --> 00:40:25,880 Speaker 1: for making that decision. It's just incredibly bad. Exit out 797 00:40:25,880 --> 00:40:28,719 Speaker 1: bouta Fresca exit swollen dome. Jason Smith might harpin live 798 00:40:28,719 --> 00:40:31,359 Speaker 1: from the Fox Sports Radio studios. Coming up next, big 799 00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:33,360 Speaker 1: news out of the NBA. Keep it right here, Jason 800 00:40:33,360 --> 00:40:35,520 Speaker 1: and Mike. This is Fox Sports Radio.