WEBVTT - 07/22/21 DPS Hour 2 Pat Connaughton 0:00:00.680 --> 0:00:03.520 You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 0:00:03.560 --> 0:00:06.640 Sports Radio Hour two. When it's Thursday, Dan and the 0:00:06.720 --> 0:00:10.680 dan 'stan Patrick Show. No mclovin, who's got it better 0:00:10.680 --> 0:00:15.120 than us? No, buddy, that's me. And come on, mclovin 0:00:15.240 --> 0:00:18.440 is still on vacation. I think we got a vacation 0:00:18.520 --> 0:00:21.960 two out of this with mclovin on vacation. Come on in, 0:00:22.120 --> 0:00:24.639 stay a while. We'll check in with Pat Connaughton, the 0:00:24.960 --> 0:00:27.600 Milwaukee Bucks guard. He'll join us coming up a little bit, 0:00:27.840 --> 0:00:30.480 and we'll check in with the Pittsburgh Steelers who opened 0:00:30.520 --> 0:00:33.479 up camp yesterday. Your phone calls are welcome. We'll get 0:00:33.520 --> 0:00:35.960 to those coming up here in a moment. Eight seven 0:00:36.080 --> 0:00:38.479 seven three d P Show Email address DP at Dan 0:00:38.520 --> 0:00:41.600 Patrick dot com. Twitter handle it d DP Show. Say 0:00:41.600 --> 0:00:44.600 good morning to our radio and TV partners. There's a 0:00:44.600 --> 0:00:46.920 lot going on in sports right now. The NBA Finals 0:00:46.960 --> 0:00:51.920 just wrapping up. Golf and tennis had majors, Baseball, the 0:00:51.960 --> 0:00:55.400 Olympics opens up on Friday night on NBC, and for 0:00:55.440 --> 0:00:57.840 a certain kind of fan, all of that can be 0:00:58.000 --> 0:01:02.200 put on hold when one topic comes up. Training camp 0:01:02.440 --> 0:01:07.560 quarterback battles now, whether it's a true open battle or not. 0:01:07.720 --> 0:01:10.880 That's a little consequence for people in my business. We're 0:01:10.920 --> 0:01:12.800 gonna make a big deal out of it, even a 0:01:12.920 --> 0:01:16.520 hint of QB drama and we go crazy. Drew Locke 0:01:16.640 --> 0:01:21.000 versus Teddy Bridgewater in Denver, Bring it on? Jameis Winston, 0:01:21.120 --> 0:01:25.280 Taysom Hill in New Orleans, fascinating. Mac Jones. Can he pushed? 0:01:25.319 --> 0:01:28.640 Cam Newton intow England? Who cares if he can't. We'll 0:01:28.640 --> 0:01:31.200 make it a big deal. Trey Lance, Jimmy Garoppolo and 0:01:31.240 --> 0:01:35.520 San Francisco, Justin Fields, Andy Dalton in Chicago? Is there 0:01:35.520 --> 0:01:37.920 a starter in jeopardy of losing his job to a 0:01:38.000 --> 0:01:41.640 tongue of Iolo? In Miami? Jalen Hurts in Philadelphia? What's 0:01:41.680 --> 0:01:44.319 going to happen with Deshaun Watson in Texas? What's going 0:01:44.400 --> 0:01:46.759 to happen with the Green Bay Packers? And Aaron Rodgers 0:01:47.360 --> 0:01:51.440 training camp is almost here and quarterback battles could take 0:01:51.560 --> 0:01:55.720 center stage before too long. We love it. We love 0:01:55.760 --> 0:01:59.240 to push it a little bit, you know, you push 0:01:59.280 --> 0:02:02.960 the envelope. We are doing our best to pull it, 0:02:03.440 --> 0:02:06.760 push it product whatever it is, because these are topics 0:02:06.800 --> 0:02:09.520 that people love to dive into, whether it's real or 0:02:09.560 --> 0:02:12.680 not like Mac Jones. Cam Newton came out and said 0:02:12.800 --> 0:02:15.480 Patriots made the right call, make them that draft pick 0:02:15.520 --> 0:02:19.360 with Mac Jones. Okay, how's he going to feel if 0:02:19.360 --> 0:02:21.920 mac Jones is the starter? Would Bill Belichick go with 0:02:21.919 --> 0:02:25.360 a rookie quarterback? When does Justin Fields take over in Chicago? 0:02:25.680 --> 0:02:28.640 How secure is Jimmy Garoppolo? Like there's a lot of 0:02:28.720 --> 0:02:32.040 drama there that that is real. Some of it is 0:02:32.080 --> 0:02:35.480 manufactured bias. Yes, Paul, I think my biggest one. It 0:02:35.480 --> 0:02:39.079 doesn't get any talk about because the Saints they're coming 0:02:39.120 --> 0:02:41.359 off seasons twelve wins, thirteen wins, thirteen wins. They're a 0:02:41.480 --> 0:02:45.520 very competitive team. They've got two question marks at quarterback, 0:02:45.680 --> 0:02:48.280 not one, They've got two. You know, that's a really 0:02:48.280 --> 0:02:51.760 weird one because both could go poorly it appears, but 0:02:51.960 --> 0:02:54.560 you know, like Taysom Hill was above average last year 0:02:54.639 --> 0:02:56.560 for what I think a lot of people expect it. Yeah, 0:02:56.639 --> 0:02:59.760 but it doesn't feel like it's his team. It's weird. 0:03:00.000 --> 0:03:02.560 Depends on the day where you feel like, is this 0:03:02.639 --> 0:03:06.280 jamis Winston's team, which I thought all along it should be, 0:03:06.720 --> 0:03:09.200 And then I can use Taysom Hill in a role 0:03:09.240 --> 0:03:12.359 that he's a little more comfortable with as opposed to saying, hey, 0:03:12.400 --> 0:03:15.000 there's no surprise when you come into the game. You're 0:03:15.040 --> 0:03:18.080 the starting quarterback. Nobody's going to be surprised at anything. 0:03:18.440 --> 0:03:20.799 Still feels like there's the element of surprise with Taysom 0:03:20.880 --> 0:03:22.359 Hill when he's in the game. Where do you line 0:03:22.400 --> 0:03:25.040 him up? What do you ask him to do? With Jamis, 0:03:25.280 --> 0:03:28.359 it's one dimensional. He would be just your passing quarterback 0:03:28.400 --> 0:03:33.160 and that's it. Cowboys open up camp yesterday and Jerry 0:03:33.240 --> 0:03:36.800 Jones got in front of the camera. He had some 0:03:36.920 --> 0:03:41.440 interesting things to say, including the expectations for this Dallas 0:03:41.480 --> 0:03:47.080 team this year. I'd do anything known to man to 0:03:47.120 --> 0:03:52.720 get in a Super Bowl. That's a fact. And there's 0:03:54.240 --> 0:04:00.000 nothing in my mind that can have a higher priority. 0:04:00.000 --> 0:04:04.480 And then, and I respect that. I'm if I'm a 0:04:04.560 --> 0:04:07.760 Dallas fan, I want to hear my owners say that. 0:04:09.120 --> 0:04:11.760 And it's easy to poke fun at Jerry with some 0:04:11.760 --> 0:04:13.520 of the things he says and some of the things 0:04:13.560 --> 0:04:15.640 he does, but you could hear it in his voice. 0:04:16.160 --> 0:04:19.000 He is getting up there in age. It's been twenty 0:04:19.000 --> 0:04:21.520 five years since the Cowboys were in a Super Bowl, 0:04:22.560 --> 0:04:28.359 and you get a taste of this, and then it disappears, 0:04:28.400 --> 0:04:32.760 and then you keep finding a new formula. Hey let's 0:04:32.800 --> 0:04:37.719 try this. Let's try that new coach, new quarterback, new 0:04:37.760 --> 0:04:41.200 defensive coordinator. Let's take a chance on that guy. Let's 0:04:41.240 --> 0:04:46.000 resign that guy. He keeps trying a lot of times 0:04:46.000 --> 0:04:49.560 he's gotten in his own way, but he has been 0:04:49.600 --> 0:04:53.159 fortunate that sometimes he'll listen to other people. Because Jerry 0:04:53.200 --> 0:04:56.320 the owner, Jerry the GM those are the same people, 0:04:56.480 --> 0:05:00.479 but it's really two different people because one act in 0:05:00.520 --> 0:05:03.800 a spontaneous way. Hey, look, we're gonna we want to 0:05:03.839 --> 0:05:06.440 take Johnny Manzel. No you don't. You don't want to 0:05:06.480 --> 0:05:09.560 take Johnny Manziel, take an offensive lineman who's going to 0:05:09.640 --> 0:05:11.480 be there for a decade and be an all pro. 0:05:12.760 --> 0:05:15.760 You know, he didn't. He wasn't going to take Dak Prescott. 0:05:17.800 --> 0:05:19.800 They were going to trade up into the first round. 0:05:21.760 --> 0:05:24.360 Connor Cook was the quarterback they were going to take 0:05:24.440 --> 0:05:27.000 before the Raiders took him, and then they took Dak Prescott. 0:05:27.040 --> 0:05:32.000 After that, they were going to take who's our six 0:05:32.120 --> 0:05:36.680 six guy out of Denver, Paston Lynch. They wanted to 0:05:36.720 --> 0:05:39.520 trade up to get Paxton Lynch. We loved him, though, 0:05:39.680 --> 0:05:41.520 we did, but we did say that he was an 0:05:41.560 --> 0:05:43.760 inch too tall, Like you can't be six six and 0:05:43.839 --> 0:05:46.200 be good six to five. You can be a little 0:05:46.200 --> 0:05:51.159 bit better for some reason. But Jerry is spontaneous, falls 0:05:51.200 --> 0:05:56.320 in love quickly, but he wants to win man. He 0:05:56.480 --> 0:06:01.200 was all in on Quincy Carter, Drew Henson gave Ryan 0:06:01.279 --> 0:06:07.920 Leaf another chance, but he missed having Jimmy Johnson because 0:06:08.080 --> 0:06:11.120 Jimmy was really the genius behind all of this. He 0:06:11.240 --> 0:06:13.839 made it all work, He made the personalities all work. 0:06:14.440 --> 0:06:18.200 Jerry gave him all the ingredients, and Jimmy said, I'm 0:06:18.240 --> 0:06:22.000 gonna I'm gonna be a Michelin Star restaurant. Here, give 0:06:22.000 --> 0:06:24.000 me a couple of Michelin Stars and put one on 0:06:24.080 --> 0:06:29.720 my helmet too, and then you have the falling out. Hey, 0:06:29.720 --> 0:06:33.240 I'm not getting enough credit. Like jealousy. Jealousy can do 0:06:33.279 --> 0:06:37.000 as much damage to a potential dynasty or dynasty as 0:06:37.040 --> 0:06:43.200 anything else. Like Lebron and Kyrie could have stayed together, 0:06:44.440 --> 0:06:48.280 could have created something there in Cleveland, Shack and Kobe 0:06:48.720 --> 0:06:52.359 like it just it happens. Even Belichick and Brady, I 0:06:52.400 --> 0:06:55.640 mean they lasted a long time, not that there was jealousy, 0:06:55.680 --> 0:06:58.839 it was just they were they were in the same organization, 0:06:59.160 --> 0:07:02.200 on the same football field, on the same page, but 0:07:02.560 --> 0:07:07.320 really not. There wasn't a wavelength that they were on 0:07:07.920 --> 0:07:12.720 when it came to their personalities, and Bill was business, 0:07:12.760 --> 0:07:15.320 Tom was business. But Tom wanted to have fun with this, 0:07:15.600 --> 0:07:18.960 enjoy this, and that led to that break up in 0:07:19.000 --> 0:07:23.280 New England. But this happens, and what happened in Dallas 0:07:23.440 --> 0:07:26.360 with Jimmy Johnson. The fact that they haven't put Jimmy 0:07:26.520 --> 0:07:29.680 Johnson in their Ring of Honor. Now I don't follow 0:07:29.720 --> 0:07:32.960 these that closely. Where you go, I don't know. Did 0:07:33.000 --> 0:07:36.240 you know that Randy Gratishar is in the Ring of 0:07:36.280 --> 0:07:39.760 Honor for the Broncos? Okay, right? Or this guy is 0:07:40.040 --> 0:07:43.760 Jimmy Johnson is as instrumental as anybody in the history 0:07:43.760 --> 0:07:48.560 of the franchise with the Dallas Cowboys. When you think 0:07:48.560 --> 0:07:52.840 of the nineties Cowboys, I start with Jimmy Johnson and 0:07:54.000 --> 0:07:57.080 he's going into the Hall of Fame this year. It's 0:07:57.160 --> 0:08:00.600 petty on Jerry's part. You know, you brought in Switzer 0:08:00.720 --> 0:08:03.400 and Barry proved that that's how good this team is 0:08:03.720 --> 0:08:07.160 that even Barry couldn't screw this up. In fact, this 0:08:07.240 --> 0:08:12.120 is something that Jerry Jones had to say. Yesterday, Barry 0:08:12.200 --> 0:08:15.040 came down from Norman, Oklahoma to talk about getting the job. 0:08:15.440 --> 0:08:17.840 And he comes in and he said, where's Jimmy? And 0:08:17.880 --> 0:08:21.000 I said, Jimmy's gone. He said, well, that's not right. 0:08:21.080 --> 0:08:25.280 Get him in here. I said, Barry, Jimmy's gone. We're 0:08:25.320 --> 0:08:27.920 sitting here talking about you being the coach. I said, 0:08:28.080 --> 0:08:29.800 what in the world you so anxious to talk to 0:08:29.880 --> 0:08:32.280 Jimmy about? He said, I just wanted to get both 0:08:32.320 --> 0:08:36.400 you on this couch and asked you both, how could 0:08:36.440 --> 0:08:45.200 you pet this up? That was a Switzer. Never I've 0:08:45.240 --> 0:08:51.600 never been able to know why up. Yeah. I mean, 0:08:51.640 --> 0:08:55.560 he's honest about it. But you know, Jerry, get ready 0:08:55.559 --> 0:08:58.119 for a lot of Jerry because hard knocks with the Cowboys. 0:08:59.480 --> 0:09:01.560 Got a camera on, He've got a microphone. He'll be 0:09:01.559 --> 0:09:04.720 ready to go. But you start to look at Dallas 0:09:05.240 --> 0:09:08.640 and I'm not doing this for clicks, not trolling you. 0:09:08.960 --> 0:09:11.880 Talking about the Cowboys because a couple of years ago 0:09:12.120 --> 0:09:14.199 I thought that they could go to the super Bowl. 0:09:14.840 --> 0:09:18.600 Pick them to go to the super Bowl. And you 0:09:18.640 --> 0:09:20.560 know I've done this with the Chargers as well. Where 0:09:20.600 --> 0:09:23.920 you go, God, they got everything, and you know I 0:09:24.040 --> 0:09:28.480 was oversold on a Dallas defense. I like Dak a lot. 0:09:28.880 --> 0:09:32.000 I'm not a big Zeke Elliott fan. I don't want 0:09:32.000 --> 0:09:34.280 to have my running back making that kind of money. 0:09:34.280 --> 0:09:36.560 You got a great offensive line, all right, You got 0:09:36.559 --> 0:09:38.640 to get some wide receivers. Everybody else has that. I 0:09:38.920 --> 0:09:42.440 get all of those things. But this year, if Dak 0:09:42.520 --> 0:09:49.080 is Zeke the offensive line, you got weapons wide receivers. 0:09:49.920 --> 0:09:51.880 The issue is going to be their defense again. But 0:09:52.640 --> 0:09:55.160 you think about the NFC. How many teams do you 0:09:55.240 --> 0:10:01.120 think have legitimate chances of winning the NFC? You start 0:10:01.160 --> 0:10:04.880 with Tampa. We don't know about the Rogers situation. If 0:10:04.880 --> 0:10:07.120 he plays for them, then yes, they have a great chance. 0:10:08.400 --> 0:10:14.959 Who else? Are you sold on the Saints? Right? Seahawks? 0:10:14.960 --> 0:10:19.480 Are you sold on them? What about the Rams? Feels 0:10:19.520 --> 0:10:22.640 like the West, the NFC West is in play here, 0:10:22.760 --> 0:10:25.440 not Arizona. If the Niners get healthy, but that like, 0:10:25.559 --> 0:10:30.160 it's not formidable. And we saw, you know, Tampa last 0:10:30.200 --> 0:10:33.360 year was what seven and five after twelve games, I think, 0:10:34.160 --> 0:10:37.520 and then they caught some magic there and their defense 0:10:37.600 --> 0:10:42.920 was wonderful. But it's conceivable you're in a bad division 0:10:43.840 --> 0:10:48.880 if you win twelve games thirteen games have home field advantage. 0:10:49.360 --> 0:10:52.000 I mean even ten, you can win. With ten wins, 0:10:52.040 --> 0:10:55.000 it feels like, you know, Philly is not going to 0:10:55.080 --> 0:10:59.760 be that good. The Giants, we don't know. Washington I like, 0:11:00.200 --> 0:11:06.200 but Ryan Fitzpatrick giveth and take it away. It's conceivable 0:11:06.760 --> 0:11:11.520 that Dallas is a twelve thirteen win team in my mind, 0:11:12.000 --> 0:11:16.520 just because of the division and with Dak back, you know, 0:11:16.679 --> 0:11:20.320 Mike McCarthy gets one more go with this, you know, 0:11:20.360 --> 0:11:24.760 you get rid of your defensive coordinator. They have to 0:11:24.800 --> 0:11:27.200 be better on They were one of the historically one 0:11:27.280 --> 0:11:29.360 of the one of the worst defenses in the history 0:11:29.440 --> 0:11:34.400 of the NFL last year, no no way to go 0:11:34.520 --> 0:11:38.680 but up. You give up four hundred and seventy three 0:11:38.720 --> 0:11:42.720 points worst in the NFL. Nowhere to go but up. 0:11:43.440 --> 0:11:46.000 And then you get a little offense in there bad division. 0:11:46.480 --> 0:11:49.680 Maybe you get to host two games in the postseason. 0:11:49.960 --> 0:11:52.080 Maybe maybe you go on the road and you face 0:11:52.320 --> 0:11:56.400 Tampa or the Rams or Green Bay. I don't know. 0:11:56.960 --> 0:12:01.280 It's conceivable, And I'm not ready to make my Super 0:12:01.280 --> 0:12:04.600 Bowl pick yet, just letting you know, not ready because 0:12:04.640 --> 0:12:08.839 I love what Kansas City did. Han City addressed their 0:12:08.920 --> 0:12:13.320 biggest need. You drop some guys, you replace them, You 0:12:13.440 --> 0:12:16.920 bolster the offensive line, because if you have the offensive line, 0:12:17.200 --> 0:12:20.560 that means you have Mahomes with time, and when he 0:12:20.600 --> 0:12:26.120 has time, there's nobody better and that makes them obviously 0:12:26.240 --> 0:12:30.560 very dangerous. Cleveland will be very good. Baltimore should be good. 0:12:30.840 --> 0:12:34.680 You know, could the Chargers emerge, they'll be There'll be 0:12:34.720 --> 0:12:37.000 one or two outliers that you go, wow. They ended 0:12:37.040 --> 0:12:38.720 up with eleven wins this year. I mean, it just 0:12:38.840 --> 0:12:42.440 it happens because of the schedule. But I look at 0:12:42.520 --> 0:12:47.600 Dallas and I'm I'm I'm not afraid of picking Dallas 0:12:47.679 --> 0:12:50.000 to do some damage this year in the postseason. Are 0:12:50.000 --> 0:12:53.640 they a super Bowl caliber team? I'd need to see 0:12:53.640 --> 0:12:55.840 a little bit more with that defense, and they did 0:12:55.880 --> 0:12:58.920 spend most of their draft capital on defensive players. I 0:12:58.960 --> 0:13:04.880 like Michael Parsons. He's extremely athletic. But every single year, 0:13:04.920 --> 0:13:07.720 if you play defense for the Cowboys, somehow you're better 0:13:07.760 --> 0:13:11.959 than what you really are because you're more covered. No, 0:13:12.640 --> 0:13:14.880 it just happens that. As Sean Lee, you know, if 0:13:14.920 --> 0:13:22.120 he stays healthy, Layton vander Ash Okay, if they stay healthy. Yeah, 0:13:24.000 --> 0:13:26.600 if pigs had wings, yes, point you want to hear 0:13:26.640 --> 0:13:29.520 about the script line for the Washington team this year, 0:13:29.960 --> 0:13:33.000 Ryan Fitzpatrick three and one in September gets Player of 0:13:33.040 --> 0:13:34.720 the Month, then is out of a job by November. 0:13:34.960 --> 0:13:37.719 That's the Ryan Fitzpatrick Formula Yeah. Player of the Month 0:13:37.760 --> 0:13:41.600 in September, out of work by November. Olympics start tomorrow 0:13:42.040 --> 0:13:45.559 live from Tokyo and NBC, and you can stream some 0:13:45.679 --> 0:13:48.360 of the biggest moments from the games on Peacock. Get 0:13:48.440 --> 0:13:52.120 live coverage, original series, daily highlights replays in Moorego to 0:13:52.200 --> 0:13:56.800 Peacock tv dot com slash Olympics to get started. Get 0:13:56.840 --> 0:13:58.440 a phone call in here and we'll take a break. 0:13:58.520 --> 0:14:01.079 Pat Connaughton from the Bucks will join us. Julianne in 0:14:01.200 --> 0:14:07.000 San Diego joins us Hi Julienne Hey DP five four 0:14:07.400 --> 0:14:14.520 one forty eight. I was Colin to wish my best friend, 0:14:14.559 --> 0:14:17.520 whose name also happens to be Dan, happy birthday, but 0:14:17.880 --> 0:14:21.640 wanted you to wish him happy birthday if you wouldn't mind. Okay, 0:14:22.200 --> 0:14:26.960 give me a little background on Dan. You like this guy? Yeah, 0:14:27.000 --> 0:14:28.960 he's my best friend. He's the reason I listened to 0:14:29.000 --> 0:14:31.640 you guys, and he's also the reason that I found 0:14:31.680 --> 0:14:39.280 out Todd Fritz is my spirit animal. How about that? Wow? Yeah, 0:14:39.760 --> 0:14:42.680 he looks at me a lot and says thank you, Todd. 0:14:44.680 --> 0:14:48.720 Oh well, Dan, happy birthday from not only Julienne, but 0:14:48.920 --> 0:14:51.120 all of us here on the Dan Patrick Show, including 0:14:51.240 --> 0:14:56.080 your spirit bear, Todd Fritz. Yeah, he's on his way 0:14:56.080 --> 0:14:58.440 to Alaska, so let's hope he makes it back from 0:14:58.440 --> 0:15:01.720 the wilderness. All right, Todd, Now do a social media 0:15:01.800 --> 0:15:07.000 search of Julianne in San Diego. Wow. Really, I think 0:15:07.000 --> 0:15:13.720 you'd be happy with what you find to Okay, put 0:15:13.840 --> 0:15:16.560 it out there, all right, Well, thank you Julianne. We 0:15:16.640 --> 0:15:21.120 appreciate that. That's very nice, all right. Felt a little 0:15:21.160 --> 0:15:26.240 flirtations there. Well, hello, that's their spirit animals. Yeah. Yeah, 0:15:26.760 --> 0:15:28.240 I'm gonna be out of pocket for a little while 0:15:28.320 --> 0:15:34.840 to try in your pocket growth. I'm gonna take a 0:15:34.920 --> 0:15:37.640 break here. We'll get more phone calls coming up. We'll 0:15:37.680 --> 0:15:39.760 check in with Milwaukee Bucks in an hour. For now, 0:15:39.800 --> 0:15:42.920 we'll check in with the Pittsburgh Steelers. 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I think I when 0:16:54.680 --> 0:16:56.520 I first was that Notre Dame coming out. I was 0:16:56.600 --> 0:17:01.040 calling him Connaton and then all he goes known it's Connaton, 0:17:01.840 --> 0:17:04.920 and I go, Are you sure no, Yeah, box fans 0:17:04.920 --> 0:17:11.400 say Cannaton, Yeah, come on yeah Connaton, Right, I think so, Todd. 0:17:12.880 --> 0:17:17.359 I believe it's I'm gonna go with Patton for a 0:17:17.440 --> 0:17:20.159 hundred Jack, thank you. It's Pat. We know that, right, 0:17:20.480 --> 0:17:23.160 definitely Pat. Yeah. I like how we we figured out 0:17:23.200 --> 0:17:26.880 the Greek freak. We're still working on Pat Connaton. He'll 0:17:26.960 --> 0:17:29.280 join us, coming up here in a moment, Todd working 0:17:29.359 --> 0:17:32.240 on that. A couple of phone calls in here, Jeremy 0:17:32.280 --> 0:17:38.680 and Alabama. Hey Jeremy, Hello, damn, oh boy, all right, 0:17:39.080 --> 0:17:42.800 shout out, shout out the ride Todd, France. Look your 0:17:42.840 --> 0:17:45.840 anchor's gone this week. You shine like a star. You are, buddy, 0:17:46.359 --> 0:17:49.320 You're you're You're doing great. Thank you. Um. I think 0:17:49.440 --> 0:17:54.280 that this Nile has kicked started something that that's gonna be. 0:17:55.320 --> 0:17:58.320 You know, you talked about something's bigger coming for college football. 0:17:58.960 --> 0:18:01.200 I've kind of think that you're going to look at 0:18:01.760 --> 0:18:04.840 there's a chance you'll have three national championships. You'll have 0:18:05.040 --> 0:18:09.600 the North Dakota States, the Jacksonville States, that lower. Then 0:18:09.640 --> 0:18:12.600 you're going to have a mid level when you're like UCS, 0:18:12.760 --> 0:18:15.960 your Boise States, those tip. But I think all these 0:18:16.080 --> 0:18:21.399 money making teams, the big superpowers. I think they'll end 0:18:21.520 --> 0:18:25.600 up getting their own national championship and just forming just 0:18:25.760 --> 0:18:29.199 a whole new division. Oh. I agree with you, Jeremy, 0:18:29.480 --> 0:18:31.840 and thanks for the phone call. Yeah. I think you're 0:18:31.880 --> 0:18:36.560 gonna have superpowers and super conferences in college football where 0:18:36.600 --> 0:18:40.760 maybe it's forty schools and they're going to be the 0:18:40.840 --> 0:18:44.480 ones playing for the national championship. Pat Connaughton, the star 0:18:44.520 --> 0:18:47.840 of the Milwaukee Bucks, former Notre Dame fighting irishman, joining 0:18:47.920 --> 0:18:50.200 us on the program. Pat, could you have played a 0:18:50.240 --> 0:18:55.200 basketball game last night? Honestly with all the adrenaline I 0:18:55.320 --> 0:18:59.240 had probably the excitement coming off it. It was. It 0:18:59.359 --> 0:19:01.400 was something. So it was great to be out there 0:19:01.520 --> 0:19:05.280 and obviously have my teammates around and celebrate with them 0:19:05.400 --> 0:19:08.280 last night. But you know, we probably could have pulled 0:19:08.320 --> 0:19:11.160 it off if needed to be. Who was the MVP 0:19:11.280 --> 0:19:16.440 of the celebration? Who? PJ? Tucker and Bobby Portis I 0:19:16.560 --> 0:19:21.400 give a combp awards? You know they were, They were phenomenal. 0:19:21.440 --> 0:19:24.199 They enjoyed it. I was super happy from PJ. I mean, 0:19:24.280 --> 0:19:27.840 Pj's had an incredible career and obviously this was something 0:19:27.960 --> 0:19:30.440 that he was looking for and he did a lot 0:19:30.480 --> 0:19:33.560 of things to help us get it, so he deserved 0:19:33.600 --> 0:19:35.720 to be the MVP of the celebration. Do you just 0:19:35.880 --> 0:19:40.480 wear your uniform out of the arena? Ah, so funny story. 0:19:40.600 --> 0:19:43.560 I didn't. I showered eventually, and then obviously went to 0:19:43.640 --> 0:19:45.639 the after party and after dinner and stuff like that. 0:19:45.880 --> 0:19:48.960 But I do recall one of my teammates did show 0:19:49.040 --> 0:19:51.520 up to the after party still wearing the entire uniform, 0:19:51.640 --> 0:19:56.119 shoes tied, shooting sleep on well. I saw Jannis checking 0:19:56.200 --> 0:19:58.280 into a hotel at four in the morning. I got 0:19:58.359 --> 0:20:01.119 a picture from a buddy, and he's got the trophies 0:20:01.200 --> 0:20:04.160 and he's in full uniform. He's at the front desk 0:20:04.480 --> 0:20:07.560 checking into a hotel. At it was like he was 0:20:07.640 --> 0:20:11.160 checking into the game at four in the morning. I mean, 0:20:11.600 --> 0:20:14.600 you saw his Chick fil A order the next morning 0:20:14.680 --> 0:20:17.920 when he said he didn't sleep. So Jannis is. I 0:20:18.000 --> 0:20:20.760 think the one of the coolest part was about this 0:20:20.840 --> 0:20:22.720 whole thing is the world got to see a little 0:20:22.720 --> 0:20:26.920 bit of Jannas's personality. I mean, he's quiet sometimes media 0:20:27.040 --> 0:20:30.720 and obviously he's very focused on accomplishing our goals. But 0:20:31.320 --> 0:20:33.639 when you get him and he's outside and he's in 0:20:33.720 --> 0:20:37.240 the locker room outside of you know, media and business setting. 0:20:37.320 --> 0:20:39.880 The kids funny, and I was happy that the world 0:20:39.920 --> 0:20:43.080 got to see that. Yeah, he came off as a great, 0:20:43.560 --> 0:20:46.199 great kid. I mean I shouldn't say kid. I mean 0:20:46.240 --> 0:20:53.080 he's just he had humility, sense, he humor, timing. There 0:20:53.200 --> 0:20:55.560 was a lot, and I was glad that he was 0:20:55.600 --> 0:20:58.439 able to showcase that because I think we're always going 0:20:58.480 --> 0:21:00.600 to be looking at him going, you can win all 0:21:00.600 --> 0:21:04.040 those MVPs, you got to win championships. Well now he 0:21:04.160 --> 0:21:06.560 got a Hall pass, he's on scholarship for a little while. 0:21:06.680 --> 0:21:08.400 That people aren't gonna go, hey, when are you gonna 0:21:08.400 --> 0:21:11.960 win a championship? When did you realize, though, what he 0:21:12.119 --> 0:21:16.600 was capable of doing. You know, the first day I 0:21:16.680 --> 0:21:19.200 got here three years ago and I signed with the Bucks, 0:21:19.840 --> 0:21:22.960 I was we were having you know, some open gym 0:21:23.080 --> 0:21:25.000 type stuff and we were all working out in the morning, 0:21:25.040 --> 0:21:27.640 and you know, I'm a second round guy, a guy 0:21:27.680 --> 0:21:29.119 that was trying to make sure that I had a 0:21:29.280 --> 0:21:31.800 role on this team. So at night, you know, I'd 0:21:31.840 --> 0:21:34.440 come back and I'd work out and I think, you 0:21:34.480 --> 0:21:36.080 know I did it in Portland or something that I 0:21:36.160 --> 0:21:38.240 have to do it, something that you know, I enjoyed doing, 0:21:38.359 --> 0:21:40.440 but you got to put time into your craft. And 0:21:41.800 --> 0:21:44.800 the coolest part that I think people don't know is 0:21:45.000 --> 0:21:47.439 when I came back and continue to come back, Ynest 0:21:47.560 --> 0:21:49.639 was there and you honest looked at me like, what 0:21:49.760 --> 0:21:51.119 are you doing here? And I looked at him like, 0:21:51.600 --> 0:21:53.119 what are you doing here? I'm the guy that has 0:21:53.160 --> 0:21:55.720 to be here. Why are you here? And so just 0:21:55.880 --> 0:21:57.520 the things that he does behind the scenes and the 0:21:57.600 --> 0:22:00.800 time and effort that he puts in that people don't see, 0:22:00.960 --> 0:22:03.879 I think made me realize that he is a championship 0:22:04.000 --> 0:22:07.080 type guy. And then it was just watching his growth 0:22:07.160 --> 0:22:10.200 as a leader. You know, he had obviously the physical 0:22:10.280 --> 0:22:12.440 work ethic that you would I would see on a 0:22:13.160 --> 0:22:16.560 daily basis, but the vocal leadership that he's grown into, 0:22:16.680 --> 0:22:19.000 that type of role he's grown into to where when 0:22:19.040 --> 0:22:20.480 he got hurt and he was out for those last 0:22:20.480 --> 0:22:22.960 two games in Atlanta, he was still president on the bench. 0:22:23.000 --> 0:22:26.159 He was still being vocal both individually and collectively to 0:22:26.240 --> 0:22:29.280 the team, to teammates and pulling them aside to give 0:22:29.359 --> 0:22:32.720 them the confidence to understand that you know, he was here, 0:22:32.760 --> 0:22:34.520 he had our backs even though he wasn't out there, 0:22:34.520 --> 0:22:36.040 and it was on us to make sure we had 0:22:36.080 --> 0:22:39.560 his I was scary injury, though, Pat, because you had 0:22:39.640 --> 0:22:42.040 guys former players who came on this show and said 0:22:42.640 --> 0:22:44.639 they didn't know if he'd even play again and the 0:22:44.720 --> 0:22:47.120 rest of the postseason. That's why I think we're under 0:22:47.200 --> 0:22:50.280 selling what he accomplished in the finals based off of 0:22:50.760 --> 0:22:55.520 the hyper extended knee. I mean, remarkable. Yeah, I mean, look, 0:22:55.560 --> 0:22:57.920 he's he's a freak. He's got that nickname for a reason. 0:22:57.960 --> 0:23:01.600 In but I think the funny part is exactly what 0:23:01.720 --> 0:23:04.040 you said. You know, he it was questionable if he 0:23:04.080 --> 0:23:05.560 was going to play again in the postseason. He was 0:23:05.600 --> 0:23:07.360 able to make it back for Game one of the Finals, 0:23:07.880 --> 0:23:13.640 and because of the type of obviously a series he had, 0:23:13.960 --> 0:23:15.760 I think people kind of forget, Hey, it was a 0:23:15.880 --> 0:23:18.480 question if he was going to play again, but because 0:23:18.520 --> 0:23:20.720 of the performances he had, people kind of took it 0:23:20.800 --> 0:23:23.400 for granted. And you know, he just wanted to win 0:23:23.560 --> 0:23:25.960 and that was the coolest part about being alongside a superstar. 0:23:26.040 --> 0:23:29.359 All he cared about was the winning. Pat Connaughton the 0:23:29.720 --> 0:23:32.040 Milwaukee Bucks card joining us on the program, Why did 0:23:32.080 --> 0:23:35.280 you kind of find your role, your your place in 0:23:35.359 --> 0:23:39.800