1 00:00:01,280 --> 00:00:03,320 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to the best of the Doug Gottlieb 2 00:00:03,360 --> 00:00:05,960 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday 3 00:00:05,960 --> 00:00:09,440 Speaker 1: three to five Eastern twelve two Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. 4 00:00:09,520 --> 00:00:12,039 Speaker 1: Find your local station for The Doug Gottlieb Show at 5 00:00:12,080 --> 00:00:15,280 Speaker 1: boxsports Radio dot com, or stream us live every day 6 00:00:15,360 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 1: on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR Boom, What Up America, 7 00:00:20,600 --> 00:00:25,959 Speaker 1: Doug Gottlieb Show, Fuck Sports Radio. Hope you're having a 8 00:00:25,960 --> 00:00:35,280 Speaker 1: great day. It is a Wednesday. That is a hump day. 9 00:00:36,080 --> 00:00:39,040 Speaker 1: It also means it's a day for the Midway. Oh, 10 00:00:39,120 --> 00:00:41,160 Speaker 1: fans of the Midway are coming out of the woodworks. 11 00:00:42,000 --> 00:00:45,159 Speaker 1: Every Olympic dream starts for the first glide. Through Learn 12 00:00:45,240 --> 00:00:48,400 Speaker 1: to Skate USA, kids build confidence, strength and join the ice. 13 00:00:48,440 --> 00:00:52,000 Speaker 1: Learns k USA offers programs of all ages for all 14 00:00:52,040 --> 00:00:55,280 Speaker 1: ages and abilities. Find a program near you at learnskusa 15 00:00:55,440 --> 00:00:59,440 Speaker 1: dot com. So you heard from Dan Byer. I think 16 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:01,520 Speaker 1: that's story of the day. It's a pretty easy lead 17 00:01:03,120 --> 00:01:12,720 Speaker 1: that that. Oh I'm sorry from Isaaca Longcron that is 18 00:01:13,480 --> 00:01:18,399 Speaker 1: no longer the starting quarterback of your Miami Dolphins. And 19 00:01:19,640 --> 00:01:22,319 Speaker 1: you know what the hardest thing to admit is when 20 00:01:22,360 --> 00:01:24,480 Speaker 1: you're I don't know if it's just guys. I do 21 00:01:24,520 --> 00:01:29,039 Speaker 1: feel like it's guys. It's admitting you were wrong, right, 22 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:33,480 Speaker 1: kind of a guy thing. And the most powerful words 23 00:01:33,880 --> 00:01:36,160 Speaker 1: that you can say sometimes is like, hey, I was 24 00:01:36,200 --> 00:01:40,280 Speaker 1: wrong and and when you're saying you're wrong again, I 25 00:01:40,400 --> 00:01:46,000 Speaker 1: kind of think that's what Mike McDaniel's doing here on Tuesday. 26 00:01:46,080 --> 00:01:49,800 Speaker 1: Remember McDaniel said its quarterback was not good enough, and 27 00:01:49,840 --> 00:01:51,760 Speaker 1: now they'll see if he's gonna get if they're gonna 28 00:01:51,760 --> 00:01:57,000 Speaker 1: get any better. The issue with Tua is like what 29 00:01:57,160 --> 00:02:02,400 Speaker 1: really improves? You know, they built this with unbelievable speed 30 00:02:02,480 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: where he could get it and throw it to a spot. 31 00:02:04,920 --> 00:02:09,000 Speaker 1: He's just not mobile. And while he's accurate, it doesn't 32 00:02:09,040 --> 00:02:13,440 Speaker 1: have the needed zip on it. And he just struggles 33 00:02:13,480 --> 00:02:15,600 Speaker 1: in cold weather. He struggles to move in the pocket. 34 00:02:16,120 --> 00:02:19,840 Speaker 1: And I think, obviously if he struggled postgame with some 35 00:02:19,840 --> 00:02:24,480 Speaker 1: of his press conference, struggled in his leadership, and McDaniel 36 00:02:24,480 --> 00:02:28,560 Speaker 1: and the Dolphins are saying they're wrong. But ninety million 37 00:02:28,600 --> 00:02:32,760 Speaker 1: dollars in whoo, ninety million dollars in dead cap money, 38 00:02:33,639 --> 00:02:35,519 Speaker 1: and sure, I'll take a little bit of a victory 39 00:02:35,560 --> 00:02:38,800 Speaker 1: lap right when I get him wrong. People go crazy. 40 00:02:38,840 --> 00:02:40,640 Speaker 1: How about when I get it right. I told you 41 00:02:40,720 --> 00:02:43,639 Speaker 1: I didn't buy into the two hype versus Justin Herbert 42 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:48,080 Speaker 1: years ago, and I know I'm right now, and again 43 00:02:48,240 --> 00:02:49,679 Speaker 1: it's going to be up to other people to say 44 00:02:49,760 --> 00:02:52,639 Speaker 1: I was wrong. The issue with the Dolphins is now 45 00:02:52,680 --> 00:02:54,000 Speaker 1: some of it is. Yet you're going to have a 46 00:02:54,040 --> 00:02:55,639 Speaker 1: new GM. So the new GM's going to draft a 47 00:02:55,639 --> 00:02:58,400 Speaker 1: new quarterback and maybe he gets new coach because they 48 00:02:58,480 --> 00:03:00,320 Speaker 1: kind of had recovered. The defense have been good, the 49 00:03:00,400 --> 00:03:02,360 Speaker 1: running game had been good. The only thing that hadn't 50 00:03:02,360 --> 00:03:05,440 Speaker 1: been great the quarterback play. Can you pin it all 51 00:03:05,480 --> 00:03:08,720 Speaker 1: on the quarterback? You can't if you think McDaniel is 52 00:03:08,760 --> 00:03:13,480 Speaker 1: that guy. If you think McDaniel is is capable of 53 00:03:13,600 --> 00:03:17,440 Speaker 1: finding another quarterback, developing another quarterback, and rebuilding the culture 54 00:03:17,440 --> 00:03:22,520 Speaker 1: of this team. But man, that thing that happened quick, 55 00:03:24,240 --> 00:03:27,280 Speaker 1: That one happened quick. You know, he had a couple 56 00:03:27,280 --> 00:03:31,639 Speaker 1: of bad postgame press conferences. The team had started to 57 00:03:31,639 --> 00:03:35,640 Speaker 1: play better, then they play very poorly in cold weather 58 00:03:35,920 --> 00:03:40,720 Speaker 1: yet again, and Mike McDaniel had had it. He had 59 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,720 Speaker 1: had it. And you know this is all of the 60 00:03:45,720 --> 00:03:49,880 Speaker 1: Dolphins saying we were wrong. And look, we could go 61 00:03:49,960 --> 00:03:53,400 Speaker 1: back and go. You know, it might not have been 62 00:03:54,160 --> 00:03:58,800 Speaker 1: the wrong pick had to a not gotten hurt before 63 00:03:58,880 --> 00:04:02,240 Speaker 1: the draft. It might not been the wrong pick to 64 00:04:02,320 --> 00:04:05,920 Speaker 1: have not gotten hurt early in his NFL career, or 65 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:09,920 Speaker 1: the multiple concussions that he suffered where all of us 66 00:04:09,920 --> 00:04:13,600 Speaker 1: were concerned for his post football health and how much 67 00:04:13,600 --> 00:04:17,560 Speaker 1: you could actually play him. But all of these things 68 00:04:17,920 --> 00:04:19,840 Speaker 1: cause you to have to get rid of the football earlier. 69 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,239 Speaker 1: If you don't move well, so you're a stationary target there, 70 00:04:24,880 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: if you have to guess and get rid of it 71 00:04:26,720 --> 00:04:28,000 Speaker 1: and throw it to a spot because you don't have 72 00:04:28,000 --> 00:04:29,719 Speaker 1: the arm strength of others, nor do you have this 73 00:04:29,839 --> 00:04:33,279 Speaker 1: capability needed that can do it. And then are you 74 00:04:33,320 --> 00:04:36,960 Speaker 1: a gun shy because you've had multiple concussions and everybody's concerned, 75 00:04:37,120 --> 00:04:38,960 Speaker 1: so your kind of you get rid of the ball 76 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:42,240 Speaker 1: more quickly that can do it as well. Whatever the 77 00:04:42,960 --> 00:04:49,719 Speaker 1: reason is, Tua just has not looked like a high 78 00:04:49,800 --> 00:04:53,000 Speaker 1: level quarterback for a good part of the last I 79 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:54,880 Speaker 1: don't know, a year and a half, two years, and 80 00:04:54,920 --> 00:04:57,080 Speaker 1: never has looked a part when they played in cold weather. 81 00:04:59,160 --> 00:05:00,680 Speaker 1: I don't hate to say I told you so. I 82 00:05:00,680 --> 00:05:03,200 Speaker 1: did tell you so. The only hard part is Tua 83 00:05:03,240 --> 00:05:08,040 Speaker 1: by all accounts, really good dude, really good dude, just 84 00:05:08,040 --> 00:05:10,680 Speaker 1: like I'm talking about, not if he's a good teammate whatever, 85 00:05:10,880 --> 00:05:12,600 Speaker 1: just a good He seems like a good human being, 86 00:05:12,720 --> 00:05:16,280 Speaker 1: doesn't seem like a mean spirited person. So there is 87 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:19,479 Speaker 1: some sympathy that I have towards the position day and 88 00:05:19,520 --> 00:05:21,279 Speaker 1: you could sit there and go, how can you be synthetic? 89 00:05:21,520 --> 00:05:23,200 Speaker 1: He's gonna get if they cut him, he's gonna get 90 00:05:23,200 --> 00:05:26,320 Speaker 1: fifty five million dollars guaranteed. He already got ninety four 91 00:05:26,360 --> 00:05:28,640 Speaker 1: million dollars for next year, like all of these checks 92 00:05:28,640 --> 00:05:32,760 Speaker 1: have already been cut. Yeah, I understand. But again, like 93 00:05:33,560 --> 00:05:36,400 Speaker 1: he was at one point in time, they it was 94 00:05:36,480 --> 00:05:40,119 Speaker 1: tanked for Tua. Was that the alliteration Jaysu tank for Tua? 95 00:05:40,600 --> 00:05:42,839 Speaker 2: Oh yeah, love literation. That was a good one. 96 00:05:43,120 --> 00:05:45,080 Speaker 1: I know you're a big You're a big alliteration guy. 97 00:05:46,040 --> 00:05:50,360 Speaker 1: And now it is no more. And again, the the 98 00:05:50,680 --> 00:05:54,039 Speaker 1: mistake here to me is not in drafting him. Yeah, 99 00:05:54,080 --> 00:05:58,040 Speaker 1: you drafted him, and I I remember having discussions with 100 00:05:58,120 --> 00:06:02,240 Speaker 1: Tom Tullusco who joins us about him versus Herbert, and 101 00:06:02,320 --> 00:06:04,080 Speaker 1: he didn't have the choice. I think they would have 102 00:06:04,160 --> 00:06:08,839 Speaker 1: drafted to it. I do they would have they Herbert 103 00:06:08,920 --> 00:06:12,400 Speaker 1: checked every box physically, and remember he was a Rose 104 00:06:12,440 --> 00:06:15,159 Speaker 1: Bowl MVP. He was an amazing player, but he did 105 00:06:15,200 --> 00:06:17,160 Speaker 1: have a reputation that's throwing a lot of things kind 106 00:06:17,160 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: of laterally, which is sort of what Tua does now. 107 00:06:20,160 --> 00:06:22,719 Speaker 1: And for whatever reason, people weren't all in on Justin Herbert, 108 00:06:22,720 --> 00:06:27,279 Speaker 1: despite the fact he literally checks every box, every box. 109 00:06:29,000 --> 00:06:31,760 Speaker 1: But the mistake wasn't in drafting Tua if you evaluate 110 00:06:31,839 --> 00:06:34,960 Speaker 1: him as the best prospect. The mistake was the doubling 111 00:06:35,000 --> 00:06:37,520 Speaker 1: down and the contract extension. This is no different than 112 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:41,080 Speaker 1: running backs. It's no different than anything. It's no different 113 00:06:41,160 --> 00:06:44,520 Speaker 1: than in life. You know, you get pressured to make 114 00:06:44,560 --> 00:06:47,360 Speaker 1: that call. Do you get married? Right? You've been together 115 00:06:47,560 --> 00:06:49,560 Speaker 1: for like a year and a half, you've been dating, 116 00:06:50,160 --> 00:06:53,279 Speaker 1: and everybody's like, hey, you're getting married, Hey, when are 117 00:06:53,279 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: you gonna have kids? Hey? And there's lots of guys 118 00:06:57,480 --> 00:06:59,880 Speaker 1: who have decided to go all in because well that 119 00:07:00,000 --> 00:07:04,920 Speaker 1: that's what people do. And I understand the philosophy of 120 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: Chris Greer again, if we walk ourselves back through it. 121 00:07:10,440 --> 00:07:13,640 Speaker 1: They decided they tanked for Tua, they decided to go 122 00:07:13,680 --> 00:07:16,560 Speaker 1: get him. Their first coach didn't think he was good enough, 123 00:07:16,640 --> 00:07:18,880 Speaker 1: they jettisoned the first coach. They wanted to prove that 124 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,760 Speaker 1: it was. He had some really good moments under McDaniel, 125 00:07:22,840 --> 00:07:26,080 Speaker 1: especially early in his first year with McDaniels and early 126 00:07:26,120 --> 00:07:29,720 Speaker 1: in several different seasons. But the injuries, the concussions piled up, 127 00:07:30,800 --> 00:07:34,280 Speaker 1: and instead of admitting, hey, this might not work out 128 00:07:34,320 --> 00:07:37,760 Speaker 1: long term, they doubled down and gave him the contract attention, 129 00:07:37,840 --> 00:07:44,000 Speaker 1: and that killed the franchise. It just did. Here's Mike McDaniel, 130 00:07:44,560 --> 00:07:47,600 Speaker 1: head coach of the Dolphins. Remember he got the job 131 00:07:47,720 --> 00:07:51,000 Speaker 1: in no small part as a play color in San Francisco, though, 132 00:07:51,080 --> 00:07:55,200 Speaker 1: because I'm sure he convinced Chris Greer, Hey, man, I 133 00:07:55,240 --> 00:07:56,600 Speaker 1: can fix Tua. Take a listen. 134 00:07:57,680 --> 00:08:00,480 Speaker 3: I think Quinn gives this team the best is to win. 135 00:08:00,800 --> 00:08:04,360 Speaker 3: You know, our focuses obviously to win the next three games, 136 00:08:04,360 --> 00:08:07,320 Speaker 3: but in particular, like I tell the players, we are 137 00:08:07,360 --> 00:08:09,800 Speaker 3: focused on beating the Bengals. So that was the motivation. 138 00:08:10,720 --> 00:08:13,480 Speaker 3: Zach will be backing them up and two will be 139 00:08:13,520 --> 00:08:14,920 Speaker 3: the emergency emergency. 140 00:08:14,960 --> 00:08:18,360 Speaker 1: Third. Yeah, so this means that they're moving on from Tua. 141 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:20,840 Speaker 1: They don't want him to get hurt, and they got 142 00:08:20,840 --> 00:08:22,800 Speaker 1: to figure out a way to make sure he doesn't 143 00:08:22,800 --> 00:08:24,760 Speaker 1: get hurt, so they don't owe him any additional money. 144 00:08:24,760 --> 00:08:28,080 Speaker 1: He doesn't have any injury claim, and they can if 145 00:08:28,080 --> 00:08:31,120 Speaker 1: they can't move him, they can trade him before the 146 00:08:31,200 --> 00:08:36,480 Speaker 1: league year ends. Here's McDaniel on how Tua took the news. 147 00:08:37,040 --> 00:08:39,559 Speaker 4: It was, you know, a tough conversation. 148 00:08:39,679 --> 00:08:42,680 Speaker 3: But also I think he exhibited what makes him a 149 00:08:42,720 --> 00:08:45,960 Speaker 3: captain and a leader on this team as he he 150 00:08:46,080 --> 00:08:52,400 Speaker 3: understood what that you know, means for his his contribution 151 00:08:52,600 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 3: to the team and how he's gonna help Quinn. 152 00:08:56,800 --> 00:08:59,319 Speaker 4: Prepare for his first start. 153 00:08:59,760 --> 00:09:04,280 Speaker 3: So so, you know, I think he displayed leadership skills 154 00:09:04,280 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 3: by understanding. 155 00:09:06,760 --> 00:09:08,720 Speaker 4: But as a competitor, you know, it's tough. 156 00:09:09,480 --> 00:09:11,840 Speaker 1: No, no, it's it is tough. And I think the 157 00:09:11,920 --> 00:09:15,040 Speaker 1: issue for Tua now becomes if he gets cut and 158 00:09:15,080 --> 00:09:17,960 Speaker 1: he has all that money and he suffered multiple concussions, 159 00:09:18,400 --> 00:09:20,480 Speaker 1: does somebody go all in and make him the starter. 160 00:09:21,000 --> 00:09:22,960 Speaker 1: Does somebody bring him in as a backup? Does he 161 00:09:23,040 --> 00:09:26,079 Speaker 1: want to be a backup? I think he does. I 162 00:09:26,080 --> 00:09:27,880 Speaker 1: actually don't think he has the makeup of a guy 163 00:09:28,040 --> 00:09:31,439 Speaker 1: who could be a great backup. You know, somebody who 164 00:09:31,440 --> 00:09:34,920 Speaker 1: everybody likes, somebody who has played has played well, has 165 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:37,360 Speaker 1: a bunch of money, so he doesn't need the money, right, 166 00:09:37,400 --> 00:09:41,280 Speaker 1: He'll be a very handsomely compensated backup. But if you 167 00:09:41,360 --> 00:09:44,800 Speaker 1: look at these deals where people have moved on from quarterbacks, 168 00:09:45,040 --> 00:09:48,599 Speaker 1: it's almost always in that the worst ones are the 169 00:09:48,679 --> 00:09:54,840 Speaker 1: Danny Dimes the second contract, right, the Tua the second contract. 170 00:09:56,040 --> 00:09:59,760 Speaker 1: If you don't know that he's absolutely the guy, then 171 00:09:59,760 --> 00:10:04,280 Speaker 1: he's not the guy. That's the lesson. It's the same 172 00:10:04,360 --> 00:10:07,520 Speaker 1: lesson when you know you're thinking about Gary getting married, 173 00:10:07,559 --> 00:10:10,559 Speaker 1: If you're not absolutely positively sure, then you are absolutely 174 00:10:10,600 --> 00:10:15,080 Speaker 1: positively sure it's not her. And I know it does 175 00:10:15,200 --> 00:10:22,480 Speaker 1: sound trite, it does sound cliche to say she'll be 176 00:10:22,520 --> 00:10:28,320 Speaker 1: fine or he'll be fine, But that's the reality, you know, 177 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:31,760 Speaker 1: just the reality if you're not absolutely this is the 178 00:10:32,679 --> 00:10:38,160 Speaker 1: and as has nothing to do with me, because like 179 00:10:38,200 --> 00:10:40,160 Speaker 1: my marriage was twenty years, like well, I was absolutely 180 00:10:40,200 --> 00:10:41,640 Speaker 1: sure and I was right and she was great. It's 181 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,320 Speaker 1: just I don't need to get into my own personal problems. 182 00:10:44,320 --> 00:10:46,280 Speaker 1: But I can tell you there are plenty of other guys. 183 00:10:46,480 --> 00:10:49,640 Speaker 1: And we've all been at weddings where you're like six 184 00:10:49,679 --> 00:10:54,600 Speaker 1: months right. We've all had jobs where somebody gets hired 185 00:10:54,600 --> 00:10:59,680 Speaker 1: and you're like, oh, we've all seen players and for 186 00:10:59,760 --> 00:11:04,040 Speaker 1: two like the writing was all there, Like the Dolphins 187 00:11:04,120 --> 00:11:08,240 Speaker 1: kept trying to convince us, especially their social media team. No, 188 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,000 Speaker 1: he really does have a good arm. No he really 189 00:11:11,280 --> 00:11:15,920 Speaker 1: is healthy. No, the concussions really aren't an issue. I mean, look, 190 00:11:15,960 --> 00:11:19,200 Speaker 1: this is a really minor one. But being left handed 191 00:11:19,280 --> 00:11:25,680 Speaker 1: is hard. Being left handed is hard. Go track it. So, first, 192 00:11:25,840 --> 00:11:28,760 Speaker 1: he was the first left handed quarterback since to throw 193 00:11:28,800 --> 00:11:33,080 Speaker 1: a touchdown, right, was it? Des Bryant was the last 194 00:11:33,320 --> 00:11:36,560 Speaker 1: left handed throw for a touchdown in the NFL, And 195 00:11:36,600 --> 00:11:39,200 Speaker 1: it was like ten to fifteen years previously, Mike Vick 196 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:43,360 Speaker 1: was the last left handed quarterback. And he didn't lose 197 00:11:43,360 --> 00:11:45,720 Speaker 1: his job because he's left handed. He didn't lose his 198 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,880 Speaker 1: job just because of concussions. He didn't lose his job 199 00:11:47,960 --> 00:11:49,959 Speaker 1: just because he doesn't have a great arm. He didn't 200 00:11:50,000 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: just lose job just because he's immobile. And he didn't 201 00:11:53,320 --> 00:11:56,400 Speaker 1: lose his job because, man, he really handled some postgame 202 00:11:56,400 --> 00:11:59,920 Speaker 1: press conferences, some acceptance of blame someone, It wasn't an 203 00:12:00,400 --> 00:12:02,440 Speaker 1: it's death by a thousand cuts. All of these things 204 00:12:02,440 --> 00:12:08,160 Speaker 1: don't help, and all of those things probably should have 205 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,440 Speaker 1: been seen before. He's drafted in definitely should have been 206 00:12:10,440 --> 00:12:14,240 Speaker 1: seen before they re up to his contract. So the 207 00:12:14,280 --> 00:12:17,160 Speaker 1: Dolphins are in quarterback purgatory. Now they're gonna take a 208 00:12:17,160 --> 00:12:23,839 Speaker 1: massive cap hit and Mike McDaniel's future very much hangs 209 00:12:23,840 --> 00:12:26,160 Speaker 1: in the balance as they wait for a new GM 210 00:12:26,200 --> 00:12:29,719 Speaker 1: to get a job. 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How many years do you have to 219 00:12:58,600 --> 00:13:02,720 Speaker 1: be sitting there below five hundred with a wide receiver 220 00:13:03,000 --> 00:13:08,680 Speaker 1: who is constantly constantly a problem plus noutcoming off an injury, 221 00:13:09,480 --> 00:13:11,839 Speaker 1: or a quarterback who you're worried about the next hit 222 00:13:12,640 --> 00:13:17,360 Speaker 1: and even when he plays, there's something missing there. The 223 00:13:17,440 --> 00:13:21,440 Speaker 1: Dolphins new GM, probably new coach, Light a match start over. 224 00:13:22,360 --> 00:13:24,800 Speaker 5: This is the best of the dog Dot Leap Show 225 00:13:24,880 --> 00:13:26,280 Speaker 5: on Fox Sports Radio. 226 00:13:29,120 --> 00:13:31,280 Speaker 1: Why then I got lives out Box Sports Radio. Oh, 227 00:13:31,360 --> 00:13:33,520 Speaker 1: you're having a great day. It's a game day here 228 00:13:33,640 --> 00:13:39,000 Speaker 1: in the GB That's right. 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Equally big day. 237 00:14:09,320 --> 00:14:15,000 Speaker 1: Walked outside this morning it was thirty four degrees and 238 00:14:15,040 --> 00:14:19,960 Speaker 1: I literally said, huh, it's really nice today. Now keep 239 00:14:19,960 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: in mind that t minus. I don't know if you go, 240 00:14:23,560 --> 00:14:29,160 Speaker 1: if you subtract seventy two hours seventy two hours ago, 241 00:14:29,280 --> 00:14:33,359 Speaker 1: it was like minus twenty eight windshield, So that's a 242 00:14:33,520 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: feeling change of like sixty degrees. 243 00:14:35,960 --> 00:14:39,200 Speaker 6: Everything is relative, Doug, It totally is okay. 244 00:14:39,360 --> 00:14:43,400 Speaker 1: But if you walked outside tomorrow morning, Sam. 245 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:49,040 Speaker 6: Yeah, Isaac at thirty four degrees here and it was. 246 00:14:49,040 --> 00:14:51,400 Speaker 1: Thirty four degrees, You'd be like, what what. 247 00:14:51,560 --> 00:14:54,440 Speaker 7: Depends on whether it's cloudy and or windy, though. 248 00:14:56,040 --> 00:14:58,280 Speaker 1: Now we do. If it's thirty four degrees in southern California, 249 00:14:58,320 --> 00:15:01,720 Speaker 1: people be losing their mind. The city which check degrees, 250 00:15:01,840 --> 00:15:04,320 Speaker 1: everybody picks up there, puts their the women put on 251 00:15:04,320 --> 00:15:07,440 Speaker 1: their puffer coats on and their ug boots. 252 00:15:07,360 --> 00:15:10,840 Speaker 2: And they'd be paralyzed. So my parents grew up in 253 00:15:10,920 --> 00:15:13,920 Speaker 2: upstate New York. I've spent Syracuse winters. I know that 254 00:15:14,080 --> 00:15:17,440 Speaker 2: cold and stuff. But when things get cold out here 255 00:15:17,480 --> 00:15:20,440 Speaker 2: and when and when weather starts to happen, people are like, 256 00:15:20,520 --> 00:15:25,280 Speaker 2: I can't do anything. I can't work. That's that's the difference. 257 00:15:25,360 --> 00:15:27,840 Speaker 2: Like people in Green Bay right now are definitely out 258 00:15:27,880 --> 00:15:29,840 Speaker 2: and about because they have to make a living. But 259 00:15:29,840 --> 00:15:33,520 Speaker 2: pell in California take weather as an excuse to take 260 00:15:33,560 --> 00:15:34,040 Speaker 2: the day off. 261 00:15:34,200 --> 00:15:37,720 Speaker 1: I can't know. They're literally like running outside of my 262 00:15:37,760 --> 00:15:39,640 Speaker 1: building with their shirt off, thriving the. 263 00:15:39,560 --> 00:15:42,240 Speaker 6: Spring thirty four degrees and thriving thirty four. 264 00:15:42,280 --> 00:15:43,880 Speaker 1: I think it's actually thirty eight. Now it's thirty four 265 00:15:43,960 --> 00:15:46,040 Speaker 1: this morning, and weather're on the ones here in the 266 00:15:46,400 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: thirty eight and thriving thirty eight and thriving thirty eight 267 00:15:50,400 --> 00:15:54,080 Speaker 1: and thriving. Why they're on the ones. It's the Dug 268 00:15:54,120 --> 00:15:57,720 Speaker 1: Outley Show. Hey we got I thought Jalen Hurts did 269 00:15:57,720 --> 00:16:01,920 Speaker 1: a great job of pointing out something called a trigger 270 00:16:02,000 --> 00:16:06,680 Speaker 1: word in interviewing a trigger word. We'll play the sound 271 00:16:06,720 --> 00:16:08,240 Speaker 1: for you. We'll kind of teach you about it. That 272 00:16:08,360 --> 00:16:12,560 Speaker 1: upcoming in I don't know fifteen minutes plus Daniel Jeremiah 273 00:16:12,600 --> 00:16:15,040 Speaker 1: Joints just we'll find out if he thinks TUA is 274 00:16:15,080 --> 00:16:18,280 Speaker 1: a starter anywhere next year, we have several of these 275 00:16:18,360 --> 00:16:20,320 Speaker 1: quarterbacks which are going to be looking for new homes. 276 00:16:20,520 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: Get to all that. But it is a Wednesday, which 277 00:16:22,560 --> 00:16:24,360 Speaker 1: is the middle of the week. This is the middle 278 00:16:24,440 --> 00:16:27,000 Speaker 1: of the day relatively, and it's the middle of the show. 279 00:16:27,000 --> 00:16:28,920 Speaker 1: Remember we got an hour podcast which drops as soon 280 00:16:28,920 --> 00:16:30,880 Speaker 1: as this show is over. Just type in Doug Gotli 281 00:16:30,880 --> 00:16:33,520 Speaker 1: wherever you get podcast, you can download it. Before we 282 00:16:33,560 --> 00:16:36,960 Speaker 1: get to that, we get to the midway. He's not 283 00:16:37,120 --> 00:16:38,400 Speaker 1: getting the middle with you. 284 00:16:39,080 --> 00:16:41,240 Speaker 5: It's time for the. 285 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:49,760 Speaker 1: Midway, Jason Stewart. The midway is all. 286 00:16:50,600 --> 00:16:53,360 Speaker 2: I'll take it from here. I'll take it from It's 287 00:16:53,400 --> 00:16:56,200 Speaker 2: the holiday season. I hope everyone's aware of this. If 288 00:16:56,240 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 2: you haven't bought presents for anybody, then you're selfish, but 289 00:17:00,640 --> 00:17:02,440 Speaker 2: I do want to give out. I want to give 290 00:17:02,440 --> 00:17:06,159 Speaker 2: out presents. I want to figuratively give out presents today. 291 00:17:06,680 --> 00:17:11,359 Speaker 2: Each of you need to have a sports figure in mind. 292 00:17:11,400 --> 00:17:14,520 Speaker 2: It doesn't matter anyone involved in sports. Could even be 293 00:17:14,560 --> 00:17:16,560 Speaker 2: a celebrity not involved in sports, but I just want 294 00:17:16,560 --> 00:17:19,439 Speaker 2: to give them a gift and just to kind of 295 00:17:19,800 --> 00:17:22,919 Speaker 2: set the tone of this gift giving session on the 296 00:17:22,960 --> 00:17:27,920 Speaker 2: Midway today, eight days before Christmas, I want to give 297 00:17:29,240 --> 00:17:34,080 Speaker 2: prophylactics to Stefan Diggs. Ah, now you're probably saying, you're 298 00:17:34,119 --> 00:17:39,000 Speaker 2: probably asking why would you spare Tyreek Hill? Say good? 299 00:17:39,280 --> 00:17:40,639 Speaker 1: Can people call him rubbers anymore? 300 00:17:41,040 --> 00:17:42,680 Speaker 2: I don't think you say rubbers on the air. I 301 00:17:42,720 --> 00:17:45,760 Speaker 2: don't think you could say condoms on the air. So 302 00:17:45,760 --> 00:17:48,639 Speaker 2: I'm going to say profilactics just to be safe and 303 00:17:48,680 --> 00:17:53,520 Speaker 2: then clean it up and edit. Stefan Diggs is going 304 00:17:53,600 --> 00:17:58,320 Speaker 2: to be the father four times this year this year 305 00:17:59,520 --> 00:18:02,680 Speaker 2: mostly Cardi B is going to be one of his 306 00:18:03,400 --> 00:18:08,600 Speaker 2: baby mamas. So I just assumed he just doesn't have prophylactics, 307 00:18:08,640 --> 00:18:10,879 Speaker 2: and I want to send him with a note to 308 00:18:10,920 --> 00:18:15,000 Speaker 2: be like, hey, I figured you could use these. In fact, 309 00:18:15,119 --> 00:18:19,040 Speaker 2: last week Philip Rivers was in the news and among 310 00:18:19,080 --> 00:18:24,000 Speaker 2: all the dad jokes was this very underrated joke. As 311 00:18:24,000 --> 00:18:25,680 Speaker 2: soon as the news came out that Philip Rivers was 312 00:18:25,720 --> 00:18:28,800 Speaker 2: officially signed by the Colts, I said Stefan Diggs quote 313 00:18:28,800 --> 00:18:31,800 Speaker 2: tweeted that news and said, why would you have all 314 00:18:31,840 --> 00:18:38,160 Speaker 2: those babies with just one woman? And the response from 315 00:18:38,200 --> 00:18:40,080 Speaker 2: the public was just like it was on the air 316 00:18:40,160 --> 00:18:43,000 Speaker 2: right there. It's a complete silence. You just want to 317 00:18:43,040 --> 00:18:44,959 Speaker 2: go back to your old dad jokes. I got it, 318 00:18:45,119 --> 00:18:48,600 Speaker 2: simple humor, got it. 319 00:18:47,400 --> 00:18:52,800 Speaker 1: All right, Stefan Diggs, prophylactics, got it. Sam. 320 00:18:53,200 --> 00:18:57,919 Speaker 8: I have a gift here for WNBA superstar Kaitlin Clark. 321 00:18:58,000 --> 00:19:04,040 Speaker 8: It is a GNC store or sized jug of Multi vitamins, 322 00:19:04,119 --> 00:19:07,320 Speaker 8: multivitamins from G and C and some Tiger bombs so 323 00:19:07,359 --> 00:19:10,600 Speaker 8: she stays good and healthy, not in pain, needs to 324 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,080 Speaker 8: play the full season, needs to continue to lead this 325 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:16,320 Speaker 8: surge of w NBA popularity, and you need to be 326 00:19:16,320 --> 00:19:18,160 Speaker 8: out on the court to do that. So a lot 327 00:19:18,200 --> 00:19:21,440 Speaker 8: of multi items and some Tiger bombs, so she's feeling 328 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:24,399 Speaker 8: good and playing the full season and getting to the playoffs. 329 00:19:24,520 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 2: I miss her, This industry missed her. She was great 330 00:19:28,600 --> 00:19:32,359 Speaker 2: content and great content. We totally ignored the sport YEP, 331 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:34,520 Speaker 2: which it deserves to be ignored. But I miss her. 332 00:19:34,960 --> 00:19:36,359 Speaker 2: Get her back on the court. Please. 333 00:19:37,280 --> 00:19:41,320 Speaker 1: That funny because I also have it. I also I 334 00:19:41,400 --> 00:19:46,439 Speaker 1: also have a a present for the w NBA. It 335 00:19:46,520 --> 00:19:49,640 Speaker 1: is from my old Martyn, Oklahoma State, but more importantly 336 00:19:49,680 --> 00:19:53,520 Speaker 1: the Spears School of Business, and it is an intro 337 00:19:53,840 --> 00:19:58,879 Speaker 1: to business and economics book. It's very easy reading. It 338 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:03,159 Speaker 1: said one hundred class. And there's also a case study 339 00:20:03,680 --> 00:20:07,320 Speaker 1: on the NHL and what happened to the NHL in 340 00:20:07,359 --> 00:20:13,320 Speaker 1: the nineties when it expanded because Wayne Gretzky came to 341 00:20:13,359 --> 00:20:18,200 Speaker 1: the States and several franchises folded or had to move 342 00:20:18,240 --> 00:20:20,919 Speaker 1: back to Canada. They had a lockout, they had to 343 00:20:21,000 --> 00:20:24,159 Speaker 1: change their salary structure. They're now back fully healthy. But 344 00:20:24,240 --> 00:20:26,800 Speaker 1: again there's a big case study in the Spear School 345 00:20:26,800 --> 00:20:31,280 Speaker 1: of Business. It's it's a one hundred level class on 346 00:20:31,840 --> 00:20:33,560 Speaker 1: intro to business and economics. 347 00:20:33,640 --> 00:20:35,280 Speaker 2: Now you got to be a little bit more specific, 348 00:20:35,359 --> 00:20:38,480 Speaker 2: because are you going to pay for that course? For 349 00:20:38,640 --> 00:20:42,920 Speaker 2: everybody involved? It sounds I just read the book. 350 00:20:43,119 --> 00:20:45,920 Speaker 1: It's a book. It's nineteen ninety. Yeah, you gotta go. 351 00:20:46,080 --> 00:20:47,359 Speaker 1: You don't even have to go to the bookstore anymore. 352 00:20:47,400 --> 00:20:49,800 Speaker 1: You get books on tape. The book on tape is 353 00:20:49,840 --> 00:20:56,240 Speaker 1: likest like is good? Get back to play basketball, Welcome, 354 00:20:56,280 --> 00:20:59,000 Speaker 1: pay to buck back with up and on. That's actually 355 00:20:59,359 --> 00:20:59,840 Speaker 1: chapter one. 356 00:21:00,119 --> 00:21:03,880 Speaker 2: Didn't we see yesterday Isaac that the FISA collier came out, 357 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:06,920 Speaker 2: she the president of the union or something and said 358 00:21:06,920 --> 00:21:10,399 Speaker 2: that talks are going well. I think the FISA collier 359 00:21:10,480 --> 00:21:14,560 Speaker 2: needs needs to not say a word. She completely torpedoed 360 00:21:14,560 --> 00:21:17,600 Speaker 2: the commissioner and she gave away her cards as there's 361 00:21:17,760 --> 00:21:20,159 Speaker 2: They're not going to deal in good faith here. This 362 00:21:20,240 --> 00:21:23,680 Speaker 2: is a joke. This is an absolute joke. They're negotiating 363 00:21:24,040 --> 00:21:28,760 Speaker 2: for funds that don't exist, for future funds that don't exist. 364 00:21:28,960 --> 00:21:33,119 Speaker 2: It's it's gonna be incredible, Ilo. 365 00:21:33,600 --> 00:21:34,200 Speaker 7: I think. 366 00:21:36,720 --> 00:21:44,040 Speaker 9: This is admittedly not objective, it's it's not journalistic. It's 367 00:21:44,119 --> 00:21:46,320 Speaker 9: more on the fan side. But I'll get some support 368 00:21:46,359 --> 00:21:47,879 Speaker 9: here from Jason. 369 00:21:47,960 --> 00:21:50,520 Speaker 7: I know what's in the box. 370 00:21:50,840 --> 00:21:53,119 Speaker 2: I'm gonna it's a gift. 371 00:21:53,720 --> 00:21:55,720 Speaker 7: Like what's in the box the directions I could go there, 372 00:21:55,800 --> 00:21:59,840 Speaker 7: all right, Uh, I am going to get lost. 373 00:22:00,160 --> 00:22:01,119 Speaker 1: Puts in the buck. 374 00:22:05,000 --> 00:22:07,600 Speaker 9: If you get some armpit, make some armpit noises, get 375 00:22:07,640 --> 00:22:09,400 Speaker 9: it all out of your system. I'm going to get 376 00:22:09,640 --> 00:22:13,679 Speaker 9: Los Angeles Chargers quarterback Justin Herbert the gift of blocking. 377 00:22:14,560 --> 00:22:19,119 Speaker 9: Here's a guy who has long since lost his top 378 00:22:19,280 --> 00:22:24,560 Speaker 9: two tackles with season ending injuries. Officially, he has had 379 00:22:24,840 --> 00:22:28,320 Speaker 9: sixteen different offensive line combinations this year. 380 00:22:29,000 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 7: It's actually probably a lot more than that. 381 00:22:32,760 --> 00:22:35,760 Speaker 9: Two games ago against the Eagles, Kat's playing with a 382 00:22:35,800 --> 00:22:38,400 Speaker 9: broken left hand and he got sacked a career high 383 00:22:38,720 --> 00:22:46,959 Speaker 9: seven times. If he can just consistently be protected consistently. 384 00:22:46,280 --> 00:22:49,439 Speaker 1: By maybe we get him Stefan Digg's prophylagics. 385 00:22:49,880 --> 00:22:51,680 Speaker 2: Boom. 386 00:22:51,840 --> 00:22:58,360 Speaker 9: Well that's one stone now now not to give more 387 00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:00,919 Speaker 9: oxygen to Jason. 388 00:23:01,000 --> 00:23:05,040 Speaker 1: He needs isotoners. Right? Remember that Icetona commercial Da Reno? 389 00:23:05,200 --> 00:23:07,640 Speaker 7: Okay, I thought you were going to talk about another endorser. 390 00:23:09,280 --> 00:23:11,520 Speaker 2: Yeah. People don't think about Dann Marino when they think 391 00:23:11,520 --> 00:23:11,800 Speaker 2: of is. 392 00:23:15,600 --> 00:23:16,680 Speaker 1: I mean Dan Marino? Also? 393 00:23:17,080 --> 00:23:17,240 Speaker 2: Right? 394 00:23:17,800 --> 00:23:19,520 Speaker 1: Do you guys remember how it ended for him on TV? 395 00:23:21,200 --> 00:23:22,680 Speaker 7: Why did you refresher memories? 396 00:23:23,960 --> 00:23:25,680 Speaker 1: He had a kid with a makeup chick that nobody 397 00:23:25,720 --> 00:23:26,120 Speaker 1: knew about. 398 00:23:26,600 --> 00:23:31,479 Speaker 7: Oh oh, I'm all up to speed now. Okay, Well 399 00:23:31,560 --> 00:23:32,280 Speaker 7: I'll tell you what. 400 00:23:33,680 --> 00:23:37,240 Speaker 8: Well, if we were too uh, if we were to materialize. 401 00:23:37,320 --> 00:23:39,760 Speaker 1: I was working at CBS at the time. It is 402 00:23:39,840 --> 00:23:43,199 Speaker 1: and when you walk when you walked in, and it 403 00:23:43,280 --> 00:23:46,399 Speaker 1: wasn't the makeup woman. It was very very nice. Hello Mindy, 404 00:23:46,840 --> 00:23:50,639 Speaker 1: Happy hanaka to Ya Mendola. Anyway, it was a previous 405 00:23:50,640 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: makeup woman, but it was you want to talk about 406 00:23:55,520 --> 00:23:58,760 Speaker 1: weird like weird? 407 00:23:58,920 --> 00:24:02,480 Speaker 9: Yeah, I I had one occasion to be made up 408 00:24:02,480 --> 00:24:04,879 Speaker 9: by a professional makeup artist and they looked at me 409 00:24:05,000 --> 00:24:08,200 Speaker 9: and they said, they sighed, and they said, I don't 410 00:24:08,200 --> 00:24:08,840 Speaker 9: have the strength. 411 00:24:09,200 --> 00:24:11,440 Speaker 7: It was a real uh confidence booster there. 412 00:24:11,520 --> 00:24:12,680 Speaker 6: I'm retiring today. 413 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 2: I think what Dan Marino is to Isatner's. I want 414 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,480 Speaker 2: to say that any given famous Italian actor is to 415 00:24:22,960 --> 00:24:24,360 Speaker 2: Bruno Molly shoes. 416 00:24:25,320 --> 00:24:29,400 Speaker 9: Well, no, that's another one that uh yes, that suffered 417 00:24:29,400 --> 00:24:32,480 Speaker 9: from branding, just like I would think hurts rental. 418 00:24:32,240 --> 00:24:36,439 Speaker 1: Cars or when I run through an airport, you remind 419 00:24:36,440 --> 00:24:37,640 Speaker 1: me of I can't say. 420 00:24:37,480 --> 00:24:43,960 Speaker 2: That I need I need to give one more gift out. 421 00:24:44,560 --> 00:24:48,080 Speaker 2: I want to give Tony Romo for uh for the holidays. 422 00:24:48,080 --> 00:24:52,719 Speaker 2: I want to give him a pink slip. He doesn't 423 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,760 Speaker 2: deserve to the money he makes. 424 00:24:55,040 --> 00:24:58,919 Speaker 1: I actually thought, kind of, I actually thought he's pretty good. 425 00:24:58,960 --> 00:24:59,520 Speaker 1: Last weekend. 426 00:25:00,920 --> 00:25:04,880 Speaker 2: Here's the tricky part about Romo. He has what Brady lacks, 427 00:25:04,920 --> 00:25:08,760 Speaker 2: Like he has insight. He does. He'll say some things that. 428 00:25:08,680 --> 00:25:10,359 Speaker 1: You're like, oh, I didn't think it's a personality. 429 00:25:10,760 --> 00:25:14,240 Speaker 2: It's just his voice first of all, like presentation wise, 430 00:25:14,280 --> 00:25:19,360 Speaker 2: his voice. He doesn't have a voice, Jim. Secondly, we yeah, 431 00:25:19,400 --> 00:25:22,560 Speaker 2: he gets so caught up in all these little childish things. 432 00:25:23,040 --> 00:25:23,880 Speaker 1: Jim, here we go. 433 00:25:24,240 --> 00:25:27,280 Speaker 2: It's been reported, and I know it's because CBS executives 434 00:25:27,320 --> 00:25:30,160 Speaker 2: are giving background to these reporters. It's been reported that 435 00:25:30,359 --> 00:25:33,719 Speaker 2: he and Nance are like on the outs, they're acting 436 00:25:33,800 --> 00:25:37,879 Speaker 2: like it on the air. So yeah, Tony Romo, I 437 00:25:37,920 --> 00:25:40,600 Speaker 2: want Charles Davis in there. I love Charles Davis. Hel good, 438 00:25:40,720 --> 00:25:41,760 Speaker 2: he's great, gonna happen. 439 00:25:42,680 --> 00:25:43,960 Speaker 1: I mean, I love Charles Davis too. 440 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,399 Speaker 2: What does Tony Romo have that Charles Davis doesn't. 441 00:25:46,600 --> 00:25:53,080 Speaker 1: He was starting quarterback in the Dallas That's it. That's 442 00:25:53,240 --> 00:25:56,240 Speaker 1: really there there. It is right, It doesn't help, it's everything. 443 00:25:56,760 --> 00:25:58,800 Speaker 1: And and look when he came in, he was a 444 00:25:58,840 --> 00:26:02,680 Speaker 1: breath of fresh air. Uh that air is now sort 445 00:26:02,680 --> 00:26:07,119 Speaker 1: of like your fourth grade teacher, missus Hemkerk, do you 446 00:26:07,240 --> 00:26:10,080 Speaker 1: just live on cigarettes and coffee. Is that it like, 447 00:26:11,480 --> 00:26:14,160 Speaker 1: oh God, your breath, I can I can still smell 448 00:26:14,160 --> 00:26:19,919 Speaker 1: it now. And this is, you know, thirty eight. 449 00:26:19,880 --> 00:26:26,480 Speaker 6: Years later she needs some Zelman's minty mint bad breath advertisement. 450 00:26:26,480 --> 00:26:28,359 Speaker 1: Miss Hemkerk had terrible breath. 451 00:26:28,480 --> 00:26:29,240 Speaker 6: Could you see? 452 00:26:30,680 --> 00:26:36,840 Speaker 1: I I I need there's there's we gotta figure out 453 00:26:36,920 --> 00:26:39,280 Speaker 1: a gift. Can we get together? Okay? I feel like 454 00:26:39,320 --> 00:26:42,159 Speaker 1: this is the mound hold On. This is the mound 455 00:26:42,240 --> 00:26:45,800 Speaker 1: gathering at bull Durham hold hold On where they're trying 456 00:26:45,840 --> 00:26:49,919 Speaker 1: to decide what to get for the wedding and candlesticks, candles, right, 457 00:26:50,880 --> 00:26:55,879 Speaker 1: what do we get? Ryan Clark, He's he's the worst 458 00:26:55,880 --> 00:26:58,560 Speaker 1: of them. But there's a group of them that are 459 00:26:58,600 --> 00:27:03,280 Speaker 1: these race baders who who have decided that two thousand 460 00:27:03,280 --> 00:27:06,520 Speaker 1: and twenty and twenty twenty one, where there was all 461 00:27:06,560 --> 00:27:10,280 Speaker 1: of these racial issues in America and protests and whatever, 462 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:12,600 Speaker 1: plus we had COVID and all those other things, they've 463 00:27:12,640 --> 00:27:15,879 Speaker 1: decided that that is the reason that every decision is 464 00:27:15,960 --> 00:27:18,880 Speaker 1: made in sports circles back to race. 465 00:27:20,200 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 2: Yes, what do we get it? 466 00:27:21,119 --> 00:27:21,679 Speaker 1: What do we get it? 467 00:27:21,760 --> 00:27:25,720 Speaker 2: Well, I mean, what's the reason anyone does anything? Because 468 00:27:25,760 --> 00:27:27,960 Speaker 2: they can't? So I think you just need to get 469 00:27:28,040 --> 00:27:32,800 Speaker 2: him a manager producer that tells him that his content 470 00:27:33,880 --> 00:27:35,760 Speaker 2: is not good when he does that stuff. I don't 471 00:27:35,760 --> 00:27:37,240 Speaker 2: think there's I don't. 472 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,200 Speaker 1: Think what about a what about it? This is this 473 00:27:39,280 --> 00:27:43,560 Speaker 1: is an extreme step? What about a shot calling? You 474 00:27:43,600 --> 00:27:45,320 Speaker 1: ever had? You know, have a shot collar? You know, 475 00:27:45,400 --> 00:27:48,399 Speaker 1: like animal doesn't do it? You know, it's like anytime 476 00:27:48,440 --> 00:27:52,680 Speaker 1: you go to race. And again, there are things that 477 00:27:52,920 --> 00:27:56,040 Speaker 1: race is part of. I'm not diminishing it that it's 478 00:27:56,600 --> 00:28:00,919 Speaker 1: completely eimulated, but it's it's literally the first thing that 479 00:28:00,960 --> 00:28:04,399 Speaker 1: he comes to that he falls back on. So is 480 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,840 Speaker 1: there a way in which like there's a little buzzer 481 00:28:06,840 --> 00:28:09,720 Speaker 1: where it's like he's like, well, maybe it's because it's no, 482 00:28:09,960 --> 00:28:12,359 Speaker 1: that's not it right, like where he just gets I 483 00:28:12,359 --> 00:28:12,840 Speaker 1: don't know. 484 00:28:13,160 --> 00:28:15,720 Speaker 6: Well, yeah, we used to have these collars for our dogs. 485 00:28:15,760 --> 00:28:18,480 Speaker 8: When they'd bark, it would release like a citronella spray 486 00:28:18,480 --> 00:28:19,000 Speaker 8: in their face. 487 00:28:20,280 --> 00:28:22,280 Speaker 1: So peanut butter, you guys ever do the peanut butter 488 00:28:22,359 --> 00:28:24,960 Speaker 1: with dogs? Or I've seen Tabasco sauce put Tabasco sauce 489 00:28:25,000 --> 00:28:26,840 Speaker 1: on their tongues. It's a good way to teach him that. 490 00:28:27,560 --> 00:28:30,000 Speaker 8: Well, if the if the electrified collar doesn't go over well, 491 00:28:30,240 --> 00:28:31,200 Speaker 8: how about just another. 492 00:28:31,040 --> 00:28:33,040 Speaker 6: Brooch pin for him and he'd really appreciate that. 493 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,520 Speaker 1: Yeah, big, what do we get from Cam Newton? Right, 494 00:28:36,640 --> 00:28:38,200 Speaker 1: he doesn't want to be viewed as a clown. 495 00:28:38,240 --> 00:28:38,800 Speaker 2: Another hat? 496 00:28:39,480 --> 00:28:42,720 Speaker 1: Another hat? Do we get him a hat for his bat? 497 00:28:43,400 --> 00:28:46,480 Speaker 1: Hats for bats. I was just thinking of all the 498 00:28:46,520 --> 00:28:47,880 Speaker 1: different things. 499 00:28:48,000 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 2: Clown sleep box for his hat, so he could fill 500 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 2: it and we could throw it in the garbage. 501 00:28:51,960 --> 00:28:54,920 Speaker 1: What's in the box, It's just a hat. 502 00:28:56,760 --> 00:28:57,880 Speaker 6: I have one more quick one. 503 00:28:59,360 --> 00:29:02,440 Speaker 8: Uh, this is met Uh, this was this is me 504 00:29:02,520 --> 00:29:03,960 Speaker 8: giving my present to someone. 505 00:29:04,120 --> 00:29:08,720 Speaker 1: Marry Christmas, filthy animal and a happy New Year. 506 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:09,440 Speaker 2: All right. 507 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:11,120 Speaker 8: I just want to play that real quick. This is 508 00:29:11,160 --> 00:29:14,360 Speaker 8: for coach Kirk Farrens of the Iowhawk Gyes. He's he's 509 00:29:14,360 --> 00:29:17,760 Speaker 8: going to open up the box, uh, the wrap box, 510 00:29:18,160 --> 00:29:20,520 Speaker 8: and it's going to be the really the Reliah Quest 511 00:29:20,560 --> 00:29:23,560 Speaker 8: Bowl Championship Trophy, because that will mean that he will 512 00:29:23,600 --> 00:29:27,120 Speaker 8: have defeated Vanderbilt Vanderbilt Diego Pavia and he will have 513 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:31,040 Speaker 8: snapped a losing streak to AP ranked teams that goes 514 00:29:31,080 --> 00:29:33,640 Speaker 8: back I think to twenty twenty one and it's like 515 00:29:33,680 --> 00:29:36,040 Speaker 8: at thirteen games now, So that would be a nice 516 00:29:36,040 --> 00:29:37,960 Speaker 8: way to end the year if they could win the Really, I. 517 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: Don't think Diego Pavia can win that game because the 518 00:29:40,040 --> 00:29:44,480 Speaker 1: winner goes to Disney World in Orlando and gets to 519 00:29:44,520 --> 00:29:45,720 Speaker 1: ride all the rides in Diego. 520 00:29:46,440 --> 00:29:47,840 Speaker 4: Oh jeez. 521 00:29:51,680 --> 00:29:53,640 Speaker 6: Dot dot dot old blooded. 522 00:29:54,120 --> 00:29:55,120 Speaker 1: I mean, watch him. 523 00:29:55,080 --> 00:29:56,960 Speaker 6: Run for two hundred and fifty yards on IOWA. 524 00:29:57,120 --> 00:29:58,560 Speaker 1: He's like two and a half INSes smarter than me. 525 00:29:58,640 --> 00:30:01,040 Speaker 1: So one of my one am my pause what am 526 00:30:01,080 --> 00:30:02,600 Speaker 1: I saying? And that is the Midway? 527 00:30:03,400 --> 00:30:06,640 Speaker 5: The Midway. Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk 528 00:30:06,680 --> 00:30:09,240 Speaker 5: lineup in the nation. Catch all of our shows at 529 00:30:09,320 --> 00:30:13,000 Speaker 5: foxsports Radio dot com and within the iHeartRadio. 530 00:30:12,240 --> 00:30:18,800 Speaker 1: App Stut gott Leave Show Fox Sports Radio. I'm gonna 531 00:30:18,800 --> 00:30:22,280 Speaker 1: prove something to you, improve something to him. I've been 532 00:30:22,280 --> 00:30:28,960 Speaker 1: doing this for twenty two years nationally, two thousand and three. 533 00:30:29,000 --> 00:30:31,080 Speaker 1: It's actually twenty three if you do the math, twenty 534 00:30:31,120 --> 00:30:35,720 Speaker 1: three years nationally. And I believe I'm the only guy 535 00:30:36,840 --> 00:30:40,640 Speaker 1: who has ever said that Roger Goodell is not a 536 00:30:40,720 --> 00:30:44,840 Speaker 1: good commissioner. He's a great one. And you're like, wait, 537 00:30:44,840 --> 00:30:54,400 Speaker 1: what anyway, Yeah, because he has found ways to every 538 00:30:54,560 --> 00:31:05,120 Speaker 1: year expand their TV their TV partnerships, which grows the 539 00:31:05,200 --> 00:31:10,840 Speaker 1: honeypot for everybody involved, owners and players. Everybody is making 540 00:31:10,880 --> 00:31:14,520 Speaker 1: more money. Include the TV partners do quite well. It 541 00:31:14,600 --> 00:31:20,480 Speaker 1: takes a lot. It's being a TV partner with the 542 00:31:20,600 --> 00:31:25,920 Speaker 1: NFL is a lot. Like living in California. The hardest 543 00:31:25,960 --> 00:31:30,240 Speaker 1: part is getting in. Buying in. The buy in is 544 00:31:31,160 --> 00:31:33,680 Speaker 1: a lot. But once you get in, we make a 545 00:31:33,720 --> 00:31:38,200 Speaker 1: lot of money doing it. But I can prove to 546 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:43,000 Speaker 1: you beyond a reasonable doubt that he's the best commissioner. 547 00:31:43,920 --> 00:31:50,600 Speaker 1: Now it doesn't hurt that it's the easiest and most 548 00:31:51,120 --> 00:31:54,000 Speaker 1: bet on sport, right, That's really what it's about. Fantasy 549 00:31:54,080 --> 00:31:57,880 Speaker 1: football is huge. Betting on football is huge, and with 550 00:31:57,960 --> 00:32:03,680 Speaker 1: the proliferation of legal sports, gambling, sports wagering, whatever, it 551 00:32:03,760 --> 00:32:07,800 Speaker 1: makes it way easier because Thursday this you know coming up, 552 00:32:07,800 --> 00:32:11,720 Speaker 1: you hat Saturdays, but Thursday, Sunday, Monday, that's it gives 553 00:32:11,760 --> 00:32:16,560 Speaker 1: you time space, chance to collect your thoughts, all those things. 554 00:32:16,920 --> 00:32:21,840 Speaker 1: But I watched the NBA Cup last night. Now keep 555 00:32:21,880 --> 00:32:24,040 Speaker 1: in mind, okay, we have a game today. We play 556 00:32:24,080 --> 00:32:26,320 Speaker 1: you see Santa Barbara coming up in three and a 557 00:32:26,320 --> 00:32:33,760 Speaker 1: half hours. So my day is always jam packed. Coffee 558 00:32:33,800 --> 00:32:36,760 Speaker 1: with a donor in the morning, sweet little old lady. 559 00:32:37,760 --> 00:32:45,440 Speaker 1: Then practice, film meeting, then prep for this show show, 560 00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:48,520 Speaker 1: then meeting with the staff. We have two recruits on 561 00:32:48,560 --> 00:32:53,560 Speaker 1: campus watching film. So I walk into a restaurant with 562 00:32:53,600 --> 00:32:57,320 Speaker 1: my staff and with two players were recruiting, and I 563 00:32:57,360 --> 00:33:00,320 Speaker 1: look up and there's an NBA game on. I didn't 564 00:33:00,320 --> 00:33:02,360 Speaker 1: think anything of a set down, and they're like, this 565 00:33:02,440 --> 00:33:14,080 Speaker 1: is the Cup Final on a Tuesday, okay, And I 566 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:18,480 Speaker 1: just it was that moment when I started to think, 567 00:33:19,880 --> 00:33:24,240 Speaker 1: what are we doing here? It's in Las Vegas in December. 568 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:27,840 Speaker 1: Jason Stewart can attest to this. The only people that 569 00:33:27,880 --> 00:33:31,840 Speaker 1: think Las Vegas in December is a great landing spot 570 00:33:31,960 --> 00:33:35,360 Speaker 1: for an event are people who are not West Coasters. 571 00:33:35,440 --> 00:33:42,680 Speaker 1: There's just no chance. There's no chance. Las Vegas, Nevada 572 00:33:42,840 --> 00:33:46,520 Speaker 1: is a great destination city. It is a major league city. 573 00:33:47,480 --> 00:33:51,640 Speaker 1: It is it continues to continues to grow, it continues 574 00:33:51,680 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: to expand. It's getting a baseball team, they got a 575 00:33:54,840 --> 00:33:57,719 Speaker 1: hockey team, they got a football team. But you know, 576 00:33:58,440 --> 00:34:00,960 Speaker 1: it's literally like there's two months out of the year 577 00:34:00,960 --> 00:34:03,880 Speaker 1: when you don't go there, and this is one of them. 578 00:34:04,040 --> 00:34:11,239 Speaker 1: Nobody goes because it's cold, there's nothing special about it. 579 00:34:11,239 --> 00:34:17,920 Speaker 1: It's just smoke filled casinos and sad, sad nightclubs that 580 00:34:19,680 --> 00:34:22,680 Speaker 1: high rollers aren't going to. This is the reality to it. 581 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:25,759 Speaker 1: There's a lot of ways in which they can win. 582 00:34:26,200 --> 00:34:28,160 Speaker 1: And by the way, the NBA Cup wants to make 583 00:34:28,160 --> 00:34:30,640 Speaker 1: it big, they should probably think about having their finals 584 00:34:30,680 --> 00:34:33,680 Speaker 1: on New Year's Day, right because right now they just 585 00:34:33,719 --> 00:34:36,359 Speaker 1: compete with college football, but be a great TV viewership day. 586 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,839 Speaker 1: There's a way in which you could do it. But 587 00:34:39,040 --> 00:34:41,759 Speaker 1: it feels like to me, somebody from New York was like, Hey, 588 00:34:42,040 --> 00:34:45,319 Speaker 1: what about Vegas. Awesome? Vegas loves basketball. Vegas has got 589 00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:48,360 Speaker 1: new arenas, Vegas has got hotel rooms, It's got everything. 590 00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:52,160 Speaker 1: When are we doing December? Okay, yeah, it'll be nice there. 591 00:34:52,320 --> 00:34:56,960 Speaker 1: It's cold everywhere else. No, it's not on a Tuesday 592 00:34:57,000 --> 00:34:59,480 Speaker 1: in December. That's what they came up with. That's what 593 00:34:59,520 --> 00:35:04,000 Speaker 1: we're gonna have in Las Vegas. At least the Knicks 594 00:35:04,040 --> 00:35:06,680 Speaker 1: get it. They celebrated, they had fun, Josh Hart a 595 00:35:06,680 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: little too much fun. But they're not raising a banner, 596 00:35:12,280 --> 00:35:14,799 Speaker 1: they're not doing a ticker tape raid. They're just taking us. Hey, 597 00:35:14,800 --> 00:35:20,560 Speaker 1: we want tournament. That's pretty good. Let's welcome in. A 598 00:35:20,840 --> 00:35:24,440 Speaker 1: dear friend of mine, a dude who I have on 599 00:35:24,560 --> 00:35:30,000 Speaker 1: some former fashion worked in the same company as for Buke, 600 00:35:30,080 --> 00:35:31,920 Speaker 1: was there all ten years when I was. We were 601 00:35:31,920 --> 00:35:34,799 Speaker 1: at ESPN together, and I think he's been at Fox 602 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:36,239 Speaker 1: most of the time I've been here as well. Rick 603 00:35:36,280 --> 00:35:39,160 Speaker 1: Buker he co hosts Finding the Scenes, the podcast of 604 00:35:39,200 --> 00:35:41,360 Speaker 1: Brendan Haywood. You can find it wherever you find your 605 00:35:41,360 --> 00:35:43,560 Speaker 1: podcast covered the NBA forever, Plus he's our Fox Sports 606 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:52,120 Speaker 1: Radio NBA insider, Buke, how big a marketing debacle is 607 00:35:52,200 --> 00:35:55,319 Speaker 1: the Cup when you have it on a Tuesday night 608 00:35:55,520 --> 00:35:57,560 Speaker 1: in Vegas in December. 609 00:35:58,600 --> 00:36:00,840 Speaker 10: Well, considering who you had and the fact that you 610 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:04,359 Speaker 10: had the Knicks and you had Victor Wibin Yama and 611 00:36:04,960 --> 00:36:09,600 Speaker 10: that was your platform, it's a pretty big debacle. It's 612 00:36:09,920 --> 00:36:13,040 Speaker 10: it's certainly a swing in a miss in terms of 613 00:36:13,320 --> 00:36:15,720 Speaker 10: what you could have done. But and I do believe 614 00:36:15,760 --> 00:36:18,799 Speaker 10: this is why the NBA has already talked about it 615 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:21,839 Speaker 10: won't be in Vegas next year. They they're I think 616 00:36:21,880 --> 00:36:24,600 Speaker 10: they're trying to determine exactly where they're going to have it, 617 00:36:25,200 --> 00:36:28,680 Speaker 10: but I think they realized going in and this is 618 00:36:28,719 --> 00:36:31,400 Speaker 10: always this has been funny for me listening to the 619 00:36:31,440 --> 00:36:35,960 Speaker 10: broadcast and listening to the players being asked, Hey, what 620 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:38,759 Speaker 10: do you think about going to Vegas? And it's like, 621 00:36:38,960 --> 00:36:41,400 Speaker 10: you know what, for an NBA player going to Vegas, 622 00:36:41,520 --> 00:36:44,000 Speaker 10: particularly in the middle of the season, it ain't no 623 00:36:44,080 --> 00:36:46,279 Speaker 10: big deal. And going to Vegas is not a big 624 00:36:46,280 --> 00:36:50,640 Speaker 10: deal for NBA players in general. They can they can 625 00:36:50,719 --> 00:36:53,160 Speaker 10: run a yacht in the south of France. It's not 626 00:36:53,640 --> 00:36:57,000 Speaker 10: It's not the same as maybe what we think of, 627 00:36:57,600 --> 00:37:00,880 Speaker 10: you know, the average American going to going to Vegas 628 00:37:00,960 --> 00:37:03,200 Speaker 10: and having a good time. And as you pointed out, 629 00:37:03,600 --> 00:37:07,200 Speaker 10: this really isn't the time of year to be in 630 00:37:07,200 --> 00:37:11,520 Speaker 10: in Las Vegas. So uh, the is it is? There? 631 00:37:11,600 --> 00:37:14,640 Speaker 10: Is it a market potentially for an NBA team, Absolutely, 632 00:37:14,719 --> 00:37:18,640 Speaker 10: But for this event and for if you really want 633 00:37:18,680 --> 00:37:22,239 Speaker 10: to make this NBA Cup thing, uh, a real thing 634 00:37:22,320 --> 00:37:24,480 Speaker 10: and real valuable, I think you have to add. 635 00:37:24,200 --> 00:37:26,279 Speaker 11: Some some added value to. 636 00:37:26,200 --> 00:37:30,200 Speaker 10: It beyond the money and uh and and you have 637 00:37:30,280 --> 00:37:31,960 Speaker 10: to have it in a location that makes sense at 638 00:37:31,960 --> 00:37:32,560 Speaker 10: this time of year. 639 00:37:35,360 --> 00:37:41,080 Speaker 1: Wemby unbelievable in the first half, yep, just an unbelievable talent, 640 00:37:41,680 --> 00:37:46,879 Speaker 1: but a complete no show in the fourth quarter. How 641 00:37:47,000 --> 00:37:51,760 Speaker 1: much how much is that a warning sign of maybe 642 00:37:51,760 --> 00:37:53,640 Speaker 1: who he is or where he is right now in 643 00:37:53,680 --> 00:37:54,200 Speaker 1: his development. 644 00:37:55,080 --> 00:37:57,480 Speaker 10: Uh, well, it's certainly where he is in his development. 645 00:37:57,520 --> 00:37:59,799 Speaker 10: I don't think it's a reflection of who he is. 646 00:38:00,560 --> 00:38:03,640 Speaker 10: I do think he has to figure out when the 647 00:38:03,760 --> 00:38:08,239 Speaker 10: game gets tough and the pace slows down, where is 648 00:38:08,280 --> 00:38:13,280 Speaker 10: he going to operate from? And Kenny gets strong enough 649 00:38:13,520 --> 00:38:18,920 Speaker 10: in his base and in his positioning to be able 650 00:38:18,960 --> 00:38:21,440 Speaker 10: to operate from a certain place on the floor. And 651 00:38:22,400 --> 00:38:24,160 Speaker 10: some of this is just a byproduct of the fact 652 00:38:24,160 --> 00:38:27,080 Speaker 10: that you know he's missed a stretch and so you 653 00:38:27,160 --> 00:38:29,720 Speaker 10: saw the difference. I think to me, the big difference 654 00:38:29,920 --> 00:38:34,080 Speaker 10: was one Jordan Clarkson and Mitchell Robinson came in off 655 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,560 Speaker 10: the bench and just gave the Knicks an energy boost 656 00:38:37,760 --> 00:38:40,200 Speaker 10: at the beginning of the fourth quarter that flipped the game. 657 00:38:40,800 --> 00:38:43,160 Speaker 10: And then you have a team that knows who their 658 00:38:43,200 --> 00:38:46,080 Speaker 10: go to guy is and how to operate off of that, 659 00:38:46,680 --> 00:38:50,680 Speaker 10: the go to guy being Jalen Brunson, and so there 660 00:38:50,760 --> 00:38:53,279 Speaker 10: was just a familiarity and an understanding of how we're 661 00:38:53,280 --> 00:38:55,719 Speaker 10: going to play and what we need to do in 662 00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:59,320 Speaker 10: the fourth quarter for the Knicks that the Spurs don't 663 00:38:59,320 --> 00:39:02,560 Speaker 10: have right now. With Victor Wembanyama. I would assume you know, 664 00:39:02,640 --> 00:39:05,359 Speaker 10: at some point that's the guy that they are going 665 00:39:05,400 --> 00:39:09,680 Speaker 10: to play through in crunch time. But the fact that 666 00:39:09,719 --> 00:39:14,000 Speaker 10: they haven't had the ability to develop that synchronicity and 667 00:39:14,120 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 10: understanding at this point is not a surprise to me. 668 00:39:17,280 --> 00:39:19,359 Speaker 10: There is a question, like, I don't I don't think 669 00:39:19,400 --> 00:39:23,040 Speaker 10: it's a foregone conclusion. I do believe that with his 670 00:39:23,080 --> 00:39:26,480 Speaker 10: work ethic and his intelligence that he will find a 671 00:39:26,520 --> 00:39:27,680 Speaker 10: way to. 672 00:39:27,719 --> 00:39:30,239 Speaker 11: Be that go to guy, and I have no question that. 673 00:39:30,239 --> 00:39:33,319 Speaker 10: He has the temperament for it. But he still needs 674 00:39:33,360 --> 00:39:38,319 Speaker 10: to figure out how do I utilize what my strengths 675 00:39:38,320 --> 00:39:41,960 Speaker 10: are when the game is on the line and not 676 00:39:42,160 --> 00:39:44,960 Speaker 10: allow people to get into my legs and knock me 677 00:39:45,000 --> 00:39:49,440 Speaker 10: off balance and make me feel so uncomfortable that that 678 00:39:49,480 --> 00:39:51,319 Speaker 10: I that I can't get a shot or make a 679 00:39:51,360 --> 00:39:53,479 Speaker 10: play when the game is on the line. That's That's 680 00:39:53,520 --> 00:39:56,560 Speaker 10: what I'm seeing right now is a guy who's still 681 00:39:56,560 --> 00:39:57,880 Speaker 10: trying to figure that out. 682 00:39:58,680 --> 00:40:02,600 Speaker 1: As a basketball coach and a former basketball analyst, nailed it. 683 00:40:02,840 --> 00:40:06,799 Speaker 1: He just he ain't strong enough. He just he's so 684 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:11,720 Speaker 1: so long pause that he just the Hey low Man wins. 685 00:40:12,320 --> 00:40:15,080 Speaker 1: You know, it's ill wrestling and life analogy. Low Man 686 00:40:15,120 --> 00:40:17,560 Speaker 1: wins and and he's struggling when it becomes a man's game, 687 00:40:17,680 --> 00:40:20,040 Speaker 1: which is what happens in the playoffs as well. Rick 688 00:40:20,080 --> 00:40:24,719 Speaker 1: Buker joining US Fox Sports Radio NBA Insider, I'm watching 689 00:40:25,000 --> 00:40:28,600 Speaker 1: I've watched the Lakers a bunch, and Lebron does look older. 690 00:40:28,640 --> 00:40:31,400 Speaker 1: I mean, it's it's hit him this year. He has moments, 691 00:40:31,440 --> 00:40:34,960 Speaker 1: but then I see, uh it was the national anthem 692 00:40:35,080 --> 00:40:39,280 Speaker 1: or or introductions, and he's he's doing the golf club 693 00:40:39,320 --> 00:40:42,879 Speaker 1: grip and he's like clearly thinking about golf. Then he's 694 00:40:42,880 --> 00:40:44,759 Speaker 1: got a day off and he's posting it looks like 695 00:40:44,760 --> 00:40:50,920 Speaker 1: he was at riv playing golf, Like is he actively retired. 696 00:40:52,200 --> 00:40:54,200 Speaker 10: Well, I gotta tell you, from the beginning of the year, 697 00:40:54,520 --> 00:40:57,360 Speaker 10: just watching him as stoic as he was at the 698 00:40:57,440 --> 00:41:00,359 Speaker 10: end of the bench when he wasn't playing, and how 699 00:41:00,400 --> 00:41:07,279 Speaker 10: disengaged he was, it it has felt like a he's 700 00:41:07,280 --> 00:41:12,040 Speaker 10: either disengaged or it's a silent protest that this is 701 00:41:12,080 --> 00:41:15,920 Speaker 10: not me any you know, this this team isn't about 702 00:41:16,000 --> 00:41:17,000 Speaker 10: me anymore. 703 00:41:17,719 --> 00:41:20,520 Speaker 11: And you know, if you're a Lebron fan, you're. 704 00:41:20,440 --> 00:41:22,840 Speaker 10: Saying, hey, he's just he's trying not to steal the 705 00:41:22,840 --> 00:41:26,759 Speaker 10: spotlight or he's he's acknowledging that he's moved over. I 706 00:41:26,800 --> 00:41:28,759 Speaker 10: think there are ways to do that if you're still 707 00:41:28,760 --> 00:41:31,960 Speaker 10: committed to trying to win as much as possible and 708 00:41:32,040 --> 00:41:35,200 Speaker 10: support the new sheriff in town. Sure there's ways to 709 00:41:35,239 --> 00:41:38,880 Speaker 10: do that. And I don't I don't see that. What 710 00:41:38,920 --> 00:41:43,160 Speaker 10: I'm really curious about is and it was just we 711 00:41:43,239 --> 00:41:47,279 Speaker 10: saw that that Luca bought all everybody on the team, 712 00:41:47,360 --> 00:41:49,680 Speaker 10: that he bought him electric bikes, and I don't know 713 00:41:49,680 --> 00:41:51,680 Speaker 10: if he saw the clip online, and I was like, okay, 714 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:54,960 Speaker 10: I'm going to see, like, wait a minute, there's nothing 715 00:41:55,000 --> 00:41:58,840 Speaker 10: of Lebron. There's no Lebron in the picture. When whenever 716 00:41:58,880 --> 00:42:02,879 Speaker 10: you're advertising any thing involving the Lakers, you always try 717 00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:08,080 Speaker 10: to put Lebron in there somewhere for visibility. And I 718 00:42:08,080 --> 00:42:12,239 Speaker 10: don't know what, you know, I wasn't there. But I'm 719 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:18,920 Speaker 10: just curious how far the disengagement goes. And I think 720 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:22,520 Speaker 10: it's problematic. And I think we saw a little bit 721 00:42:22,520 --> 00:42:26,360 Speaker 10: of that conflict or that wrestling that Lebron has with 722 00:42:26,560 --> 00:42:29,279 Speaker 10: the fact and the Lakers, with the fact that he's 723 00:42:29,320 --> 00:42:32,640 Speaker 10: no longer the guy there, and it came down with 724 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:36,160 Speaker 10: the technical free throw like he's not supposed to take that. 725 00:42:36,640 --> 00:42:40,239 Speaker 10: And what was most interesting was his response afterwards, why 726 00:42:40,239 --> 00:42:43,120 Speaker 10: wouldn't I take it? Well, because you're not the guy anymore? 727 00:42:43,239 --> 00:42:45,000 Speaker 10: And they thros all. 728 00:42:44,920 --> 00:42:47,600 Speaker 1: That particularly well outside of the fact you're not a 729 00:42:47,600 --> 00:42:50,600 Speaker 1: great free throw shooter Lucas and he shot like fifteen 730 00:42:50,719 --> 00:42:54,760 Speaker 1: and he's the better player now outside of that, like honestly, 731 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:57,440 Speaker 1: probably be the third guy to take it. Probably the 732 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,719 Speaker 1: third guy, like he's taken it before him. 733 00:43:01,360 --> 00:43:03,279 Speaker 10: And you know, the other the other part was like, 734 00:43:03,680 --> 00:43:06,120 Speaker 10: I think it was a game. Maybe it was Phoenix. 735 00:43:06,840 --> 00:43:08,360 Speaker 10: I think it was I think it was Phoenix, But 736 00:43:08,400 --> 00:43:11,960 Speaker 10: there was a game recently where he was energized and 737 00:43:12,200 --> 00:43:14,920 Speaker 10: defensively he was getting after it. And it wasn't the 738 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,759 Speaker 10: whole game it was. It was the second half. But 739 00:43:16,800 --> 00:43:20,959 Speaker 10: I was really impressed. And this is what I don't 740 00:43:20,960 --> 00:43:24,080 Speaker 10: think we're gonna see, but what I would I would 741 00:43:24,160 --> 00:43:28,120 Speaker 10: love to see from Lebron, which is recognizing we got 742 00:43:28,120 --> 00:43:32,040 Speaker 10: all the offense we need. Luka, Doncic and Austin Reeves 743 00:43:32,680 --> 00:43:35,960 Speaker 10: proved that coming out of the gate. Uh and DeAndre 744 00:43:36,040 --> 00:43:39,760 Speaker 10: Ayton is playing much better than I think anybody expected 745 00:43:39,800 --> 00:43:42,919 Speaker 10: him to, certainly me you know where I can. I can. 746 00:43:43,080 --> 00:43:47,600 Speaker 10: I can bring defensive energy because that's just what we need. 747 00:43:47,800 --> 00:43:50,000 Speaker 10: And I can still be a factor there. And it 748 00:43:50,040 --> 00:43:51,759 Speaker 10: might be shorter minutes and it might not be the 749 00:43:51,800 --> 00:43:55,600 Speaker 10: same box score, but that's how I can positively affect 750 00:43:55,600 --> 00:44:00,279 Speaker 10: this game, affect this team. If he were, if he 751 00:44:00,360 --> 00:44:04,279 Speaker 10: were approaching this this that way, I would be the 752 00:44:04,400 --> 00:44:07,400 Speaker 10: first to stand up and giving him give him a 753 00:44:07,400 --> 00:44:10,799 Speaker 10: standing ovation for having the humility to accept that role 754 00:44:11,160 --> 00:44:13,480 Speaker 10: and understand, you know what, I'm just here to win, 755 00:44:14,000 --> 00:44:16,760 Speaker 10: and I'm here to do whatever is necessary to support 756 00:44:16,880 --> 00:44:20,560 Speaker 10: us winning. And I unfortunately I don't. I have not 757 00:44:20,760 --> 00:44:23,239 Speaker 10: seen that for the for the most part, and I'm 758 00:44:23,239 --> 00:44:26,080 Speaker 10: not counting on seeing it. And and that's where it 759 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:30,400 Speaker 10: feels like he's just he's having somewhat of a tantrum 760 00:44:30,680 --> 00:44:34,400 Speaker 10: or you know, a silent protest that he's not the 761 00:44:34,440 --> 00:44:38,279 Speaker 10: guy anymore. So Okay, guys, go ahead, flukashow. Let's let's 762 00:44:38,280 --> 00:44:40,440 Speaker 10: see what you got. I'm gonna work on my golf swing. 763 00:44:41,840 --> 00:44:47,520 Speaker 1: That is only topped by the ouster of Chris Paul 764 00:44:48,480 --> 00:44:53,240 Speaker 1: winning Clippers. I mean, we're talking about a first ballot 765 00:44:53,320 --> 00:44:56,440 Speaker 1: Hall of Fame point guard who comes back to the 766 00:44:56,440 --> 00:45:01,399 Speaker 1: Clippers where he was mister lob City, and not only 767 00:45:01,480 --> 00:45:07,120 Speaker 1: does he not make it to Christmas, they cut him 768 00:45:07,239 --> 00:45:09,560 Speaker 1: in the middle of the night on the road. And 769 00:45:09,560 --> 00:45:11,920 Speaker 1: now more and more details are coming out. All right, 770 00:45:11,960 --> 00:45:15,680 Speaker 1: so what happened? What really happened? 771 00:45:16,200 --> 00:45:19,400 Speaker 10: Well, I don't know that we've got all of the 772 00:45:19,480 --> 00:45:25,080 Speaker 10: details quite yet, because clearly Lawrence Frank got to a 773 00:45:25,120 --> 00:45:29,120 Speaker 10: point where it was like, Okay, that's enough, We're done. 774 00:45:29,480 --> 00:45:32,040 Speaker 10: And I don't know what that last straw was. I 775 00:45:32,080 --> 00:45:36,080 Speaker 10: haven't I haven't found that out yet, But there was 776 00:45:36,120 --> 00:45:39,960 Speaker 10: the last straw, and it was, you know, while while 777 00:45:40,600 --> 00:45:43,600 Speaker 10: no one was paying attention to it, it was building 778 00:45:43,680 --> 00:45:44,360 Speaker 10: for a while. 779 00:45:45,239 --> 00:45:47,840 Speaker 11: And I know from Chris Paul's history. 780 00:45:48,160 --> 00:45:50,840 Speaker 10: I mean, if you just look at all the teams 781 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:54,240 Speaker 10: he's been with over the last couple of years. Once 782 00:45:54,280 --> 00:45:59,600 Speaker 10: you're not the same player, then how you treat people, 783 00:46:00,280 --> 00:46:04,600 Speaker 10: how you carry yourself, how you think of yourself within 784 00:46:05,200 --> 00:46:09,560 Speaker 10: the organization, you gotta be careful because if you're rubbing 785 00:46:09,560 --> 00:46:13,759 Speaker 10: people the wrong way, and your contract ain't that big, 786 00:46:13,840 --> 00:46:15,280 Speaker 10: the financial commitment. 787 00:46:14,880 --> 00:46:16,840 Speaker 11: Ain't that big, and your. 788 00:46:16,800 --> 00:46:19,800 Speaker 10: Role or your contribution to the team is not that big, 789 00:46:20,480 --> 00:46:23,640 Speaker 10: at some point it becomes you know, what we would 790 00:46:23,680 --> 00:46:25,520 Speaker 10: love for this to be a fairy tale ending, but 791 00:46:25,520 --> 00:46:28,759 Speaker 10: we're just sick of you, so we're gonna make a move. 792 00:46:28,800 --> 00:46:31,880 Speaker 10: And so the biggest, the only the question for me 793 00:46:32,040 --> 00:46:35,160 Speaker 10: is not that they made this move, or even that 794 00:46:35,200 --> 00:46:38,440 Speaker 10: they made this move when they did. It's that it 795 00:46:38,520 --> 00:46:41,840 Speaker 10: feels like it was an emotional decision in the moment 796 00:46:42,360 --> 00:46:47,840 Speaker 10: and I don't know what inspired that emotional moment yet, 797 00:46:47,880 --> 00:46:50,839 Speaker 10: but I will continue to work at it and see 798 00:46:50,880 --> 00:46:51,719 Speaker 10: if I can find out. 799 00:46:52,360 --> 00:46:56,080 Speaker 1: Buke, thanks for joining us. We gotta keep this thing going. 800 00:46:56,120 --> 00:46:59,319 Speaker 1: This is awesome finding the seams, by the way, just 801 00:46:59,440 --> 00:47:02,680 Speaker 1: you know, I love talk of the seams. People understand 802 00:47:02,719 --> 00:47:06,320 Speaker 1: that that's the rubber part of leather basketball is the seams, 803 00:47:06,520 --> 00:47:09,200 Speaker 1: all right. Brendan Haywood obviously can tell you that, just 804 00:47:09,239 --> 00:47:11,560 Speaker 1: so you know, I was like one of I feel 805 00:47:11,600 --> 00:47:13,880 Speaker 1: like five view on Earth that could make any pass 806 00:47:13,920 --> 00:47:17,439 Speaker 1: and deliver it on the seams. So I have all ball, 807 00:47:17,640 --> 00:47:19,239 Speaker 1: but I wanted to call it on the seams. That's 808 00:47:19,280 --> 00:47:20,080 Speaker 1: what I wanted to call it. 809 00:47:20,160 --> 00:47:24,520 Speaker 10: So that is quietly one of the gifts or the 810 00:47:24,560 --> 00:47:29,920 Speaker 10: skills that goes completely unappreciated except for shooters. 811 00:47:29,960 --> 00:47:31,640 Speaker 11: To know that they're going to get that ball. 812 00:47:31,360 --> 00:47:33,560 Speaker 10: In the pocket and it's going to be lined up, 813 00:47:33,840 --> 00:47:39,600 Speaker 10: and it gives them that extra point whatever seconds to 814 00:47:39,719 --> 00:47:42,799 Speaker 10: knock down a shot and has great effect on the percentage. 815 00:47:42,840 --> 00:47:44,000 Speaker 10: So I'm with you. 816 00:47:44,080 --> 00:47:47,360 Speaker 1: Tell Brandon I said, Hi, thanks for joining us. You 817 00:47:47,440 --> 00:47:47,799 Speaker 1: got it.