1 00:00:00,760 --> 00:00:03,600 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,680 --> 00:00:07,800 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. He's Brandon Staley, the Charger's head coach. He 3 00:00:08,080 --> 00:00:10,600 Speaker 1: was with the Rams. He's been at a variety of places. 4 00:00:10,680 --> 00:00:14,560 Speaker 1: He's been at Tennessee, He's been at Hutchison Community College, 5 00:00:14,880 --> 00:00:20,439 Speaker 1: John Carroll University, Saint Thomas in Minnesota. And yes, you 6 00:00:20,480 --> 00:00:22,480 Speaker 1: would have thought he would ended up with the Chargers 7 00:00:22,520 --> 00:00:25,079 Speaker 1: as the new head coach. He's Brandon Staley. Did I 8 00:00:25,079 --> 00:00:27,800 Speaker 1: miss anything on the resume there, Brandon? Of all your 9 00:00:27,800 --> 00:00:33,320 Speaker 1: stops here, yeah, Northern Illinois, James Madison, and then you know, Chicago, Denver. 10 00:00:34,880 --> 00:00:37,680 Speaker 1: The list is long and distinguished. If I would have 11 00:00:37,720 --> 00:00:40,840 Speaker 1: told you when you were John Carroll six years ago, hey, 12 00:00:41,040 --> 00:00:42,879 Speaker 1: you're gonna be an NFL head coach, you would have 13 00:00:42,880 --> 00:00:47,199 Speaker 1: said what I would have said that, you know, I 14 00:00:47,280 --> 00:00:49,320 Speaker 1: believe that I could do it. I think, you know, 15 00:00:50,000 --> 00:00:51,800 Speaker 1: that's the belief I had in myself. And I think 16 00:00:51,840 --> 00:00:54,920 Speaker 1: the people that were with me at Carroll would verify that. 17 00:00:55,040 --> 00:00:56,840 Speaker 1: But I think they would probably be the only people 18 00:00:57,240 --> 00:01:00,680 Speaker 1: that would verify it in the world. And I understand 19 00:01:00,680 --> 00:01:03,560 Speaker 1: that you know a lot of people you know, uh, 20 00:01:03,600 --> 00:01:05,720 Speaker 1: you know, needed Google to figure out you know, just 21 00:01:05,800 --> 00:01:08,240 Speaker 1: exactly who I was. But um, you know, I think 22 00:01:08,280 --> 00:01:10,280 Speaker 1: you know what I've tried to do is, you know, 23 00:01:10,360 --> 00:01:13,320 Speaker 1: every opportunity that I've received is just try to you know, 24 00:01:13,959 --> 00:01:17,480 Speaker 1: prove myself. And hopefully with this opportunity, I'll be able 25 00:01:17,480 --> 00:01:19,679 Speaker 1: to do the same thing. And I don't know, it 26 00:01:19,800 --> 00:01:22,520 Speaker 1: was probably twenty years ago. I'm at the University of Dayton. 27 00:01:22,560 --> 00:01:25,080 Speaker 1: I see this eighteen year old freshman and I'm in 28 00:01:25,080 --> 00:01:28,240 Speaker 1: the communications building and uh and I saw Brandon ste 29 00:01:28,440 --> 00:01:31,080 Speaker 1: I've never told this story. And uh he said he 30 00:01:31,120 --> 00:01:33,679 Speaker 1: wanted to be in the media. And I said, son, 31 00:01:34,080 --> 00:01:36,600 Speaker 1: you look like a football coach and uh and that 32 00:01:36,720 --> 00:01:38,560 Speaker 1: was it. That was all I said to him. And 33 00:01:39,040 --> 00:01:42,880 Speaker 1: I can now tell that story publicly. We did it, Brandon, 34 00:01:43,200 --> 00:01:45,480 Speaker 1: We did it. Yeah. I'm one of the few people 35 00:01:45,520 --> 00:01:47,920 Speaker 1: that know you know, your full name. I'm aware of 36 00:01:48,000 --> 00:01:51,120 Speaker 1: like where it all began. And uh so you know, 37 00:01:51,880 --> 00:01:55,520 Speaker 1: like I said, fire Pride, we are u D and uh. 38 00:01:55,760 --> 00:01:59,200 Speaker 1: He was also the starting quarterback who plays in the 39 00:01:59,280 --> 00:02:06,120 Speaker 1: NFL the way you played at Dayton. Oh Man, that's 40 00:02:06,120 --> 00:02:09,640 Speaker 1: a good question, Dan. I would say maybe a little 41 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:12,440 Speaker 1: Baker Mayfield, you know, maybe a little Baker because I 42 00:02:12,440 --> 00:02:14,720 Speaker 1: wasn't you know, wasn't the you know, the tallest guy, 43 00:02:14,800 --> 00:02:18,440 Speaker 1: six footer, mobility, but not like an elite athlete, but 44 00:02:18,520 --> 00:02:22,960 Speaker 1: good enough and you know, competitor. I think Baker certainly 45 00:02:22,960 --> 00:02:24,880 Speaker 1: throws it better than I did, but that could be 46 00:02:24,919 --> 00:02:28,400 Speaker 1: a decent comp A better college quarterback you were Sean 47 00:02:28,480 --> 00:02:33,040 Speaker 1: McVeigh Brandon Staley. Jean McVeigh played receiver. Oh I thought 48 00:02:33,080 --> 00:02:37,520 Speaker 1: he was a quarterback, Yeah, high school, high school option quarterback, okay, movie, Yeah, 49 00:02:37,600 --> 00:02:40,560 Speaker 1: moved to receiver. Oh okay, So then you were a 50 00:02:40,560 --> 00:02:45,760 Speaker 1: better college quarterback than he was. How do you sell 51 00:02:45,840 --> 00:02:48,959 Speaker 1: yourself in an interview to be the head coach, because 52 00:02:49,040 --> 00:02:53,040 Speaker 1: you do have to sell yourself. I'm guessing, well, I think, Dan, 53 00:02:53,120 --> 00:02:55,120 Speaker 1: you got to be yourself number one. And I think 54 00:02:55,160 --> 00:02:57,320 Speaker 1: that you know so much about a head coaching interview 55 00:02:57,400 --> 00:03:01,680 Speaker 1: is just expression. You're expressing your vision for how you're 56 00:03:01,680 --> 00:03:03,800 Speaker 1: going to lead a team, and I think that you 57 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:05,920 Speaker 1: know it's you know, it's a difficult job because it 58 00:03:05,960 --> 00:03:08,120 Speaker 1: requires a lot of different skill sets to be good 59 00:03:08,160 --> 00:03:09,400 Speaker 1: at it. And I think what you got to try 60 00:03:09,440 --> 00:03:12,120 Speaker 1: and do is is share your vision for all the 61 00:03:12,200 --> 00:03:15,079 Speaker 1: parts of the job, not just you know, defense or 62 00:03:15,120 --> 00:03:17,560 Speaker 1: offense or the kicking game. But you know how you're 63 00:03:17,600 --> 00:03:19,680 Speaker 1: going to lead everybody in the building. You know, how 64 00:03:19,680 --> 00:03:21,520 Speaker 1: are you going to connect you know, to your players, 65 00:03:21,560 --> 00:03:23,960 Speaker 1: How are you going to connect to fans? Um? You know, 66 00:03:24,000 --> 00:03:26,640 Speaker 1: how are you going to organize schedules? And um, how 67 00:03:26,639 --> 00:03:28,000 Speaker 1: are you going to lead a team? You know, three 68 00:03:28,080 --> 00:03:29,840 Speaker 1: hundred and sixty five days out of a year and 69 00:03:29,880 --> 00:03:32,320 Speaker 1: so um. You know That's why I've been working so 70 00:03:32,360 --> 00:03:34,639 Speaker 1: hard throughout my whole life because this is this has 71 00:03:34,680 --> 00:03:36,840 Speaker 1: been my dream and I've been working towards it. And 72 00:03:36,880 --> 00:03:39,280 Speaker 1: I think in that interview, I was able to express 73 00:03:39,320 --> 00:03:40,920 Speaker 1: all the things that I've been working so hard for. 74 00:03:41,000 --> 00:03:44,120 Speaker 1: And you know, I was fortunate that's what the Spanos family, 75 00:03:44,360 --> 00:03:47,640 Speaker 1: Tom tolesco ed McGuire, That's that's what they were looking for, 76 00:03:47,720 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: and um, it really really fit well in the interview process. 77 00:03:51,640 --> 00:03:55,560 Speaker 1: But also, being an offensive minded guy is a college quarterback. 78 00:03:55,880 --> 00:03:58,200 Speaker 1: At what point do you make the shift to being 79 00:03:58,240 --> 00:04:03,160 Speaker 1: a defensive minded coach. Yeah, I think that my background Dan, 80 00:04:03,320 --> 00:04:05,120 Speaker 1: you know, as a quarterback has really you know, I 81 00:04:05,160 --> 00:04:08,280 Speaker 1: think sort of shape the trajectory of my career as 82 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,160 Speaker 1: a defensive coach because I think when you see the 83 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:12,920 Speaker 1: game through the lens of the quarterback. It's just going 84 00:04:12,960 --> 00:04:15,840 Speaker 1: to change you knowing that you're responsible for all twenty two, 85 00:04:15,880 --> 00:04:19,799 Speaker 1: every single play, knowing you know the responsibility the quarterback 86 00:04:19,839 --> 00:04:22,680 Speaker 1: has within the team, the locker room, you know, outside. 87 00:04:22,720 --> 00:04:25,600 Speaker 1: I think you know, my defensive philosophy has certainly been 88 00:04:25,680 --> 00:04:28,479 Speaker 1: driven by my experiences as a quarterback, and you know, 89 00:04:28,600 --> 00:04:30,359 Speaker 1: trying to make it tough on that position because the 90 00:04:30,360 --> 00:04:33,599 Speaker 1: reality is this is a quarterback league, and you look 91 00:04:33,640 --> 00:04:35,880 Speaker 1: no further than the four teams that are playing right now. 92 00:04:36,800 --> 00:04:38,760 Speaker 1: You have to be able to you know, compete with 93 00:04:38,800 --> 00:04:41,520 Speaker 1: these guys ultimately to be successful. And then when you're 94 00:04:41,560 --> 00:04:43,600 Speaker 1: the head coach of a team, you know you need 95 00:04:43,640 --> 00:04:46,400 Speaker 1: to be able to help your quarterback, you know, become 96 00:04:46,400 --> 00:04:49,400 Speaker 1: as good as he can be. You interviewed for other jobs, 97 00:04:50,480 --> 00:04:56,680 Speaker 1: right Eagles, Texans? Correct? Were you offered those jobs? I 98 00:04:56,800 --> 00:04:59,240 Speaker 1: was not. No. I this is uh, this is the 99 00:04:59,279 --> 00:05:01,920 Speaker 1: first opportunity that was offered to me, and this is 100 00:05:01,920 --> 00:05:03,720 Speaker 1: the one we were shooting for. And it was such 101 00:05:03,720 --> 00:05:07,120 Speaker 1: a great experience to go through that process. Um, and 102 00:05:07,160 --> 00:05:10,520 Speaker 1: I think it became clear to me and my family, uh, 103 00:05:10,560 --> 00:05:12,359 Speaker 1: that that this was the place that we were hoping 104 00:05:12,600 --> 00:05:15,440 Speaker 1: would choose us, and you don't have to move, do you? 105 00:05:16,640 --> 00:05:18,440 Speaker 1: Just right down the right down the road. I know 106 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,240 Speaker 1: my wife that that's early Christmas president. I wont Husband 107 00:05:21,240 --> 00:05:24,359 Speaker 1: of the Year, um you know, and didn't even really 108 00:05:24,800 --> 00:05:27,599 Speaker 1: you know, need to get to Christmas to do it. So, um, 109 00:05:27,640 --> 00:05:29,240 Speaker 1: you know, we're off to a good start in this 110 00:05:29,279 --> 00:05:32,120 Speaker 1: new year. And uh you know, uh, my family and 111 00:05:32,120 --> 00:05:34,520 Speaker 1: I have really fallen in love with California and I 112 00:05:34,640 --> 00:05:36,920 Speaker 1: you know, in a short time and during a pandemic, 113 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,440 Speaker 1: so I can only imagine what this place is like when, um, 114 00:05:39,480 --> 00:05:41,040 Speaker 1: you know, it'll be up and running. So we're so 115 00:05:41,080 --> 00:05:43,240 Speaker 1: excited to be a part of the southern California community. 116 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,360 Speaker 1: We're talking to the new Charger's head coach, the Pride 117 00:05:46,360 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: of Perry, Ohio. He's Brandon Staley. Who do people say 118 00:05:49,120 --> 00:05:54,360 Speaker 1: that you look like you get mistaken for anybody? Um, 119 00:05:54,880 --> 00:05:58,120 Speaker 1: you know, there have been some like Matt Liner, Johnny Knoxville. 120 00:05:58,360 --> 00:05:59,720 Speaker 1: You know, there have been some people that have kind 121 00:05:59,760 --> 00:06:02,960 Speaker 1: of gone on like that direction. Um you know, I 122 00:06:02,960 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: can see the Knoxville I can see. And I also 123 00:06:05,200 --> 00:06:08,640 Speaker 1: thought of Peter Brady from the Brady Budge. Not as 124 00:06:08,720 --> 00:06:12,120 Speaker 1: familiar with Peter, but um, you know, you know, I'll 125 00:06:12,160 --> 00:06:14,960 Speaker 1: have to look him up. Yeah, but yeah, yeah, I 126 00:06:14,960 --> 00:06:17,000 Speaker 1: think that those are some a few that have been 127 00:06:17,000 --> 00:06:19,400 Speaker 1: thrown at me. Whether or not they're accurate, I don't know. 128 00:06:19,640 --> 00:06:23,120 Speaker 1: Johnny Knoxville, I could see that you have. I'm sure 129 00:06:23,120 --> 00:06:26,760 Speaker 1: you have a personality that is nothing like Johnny Knoxville. Well, 130 00:06:26,839 --> 00:06:28,359 Speaker 1: I you know, I love to meet the guy. I 131 00:06:28,360 --> 00:06:30,240 Speaker 1: know he's good at what he does, so I know 132 00:06:30,279 --> 00:06:32,400 Speaker 1: I've watched a lot of his movies, so maybe we 133 00:06:32,440 --> 00:06:34,640 Speaker 1: can connect at some point. What was that first meeting 134 00:06:34,680 --> 00:06:38,120 Speaker 1: with Justin Herbert? Like a special you know, on the 135 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,760 Speaker 1: way home after I call my family, you know, I really, 136 00:06:40,800 --> 00:06:42,679 Speaker 1: you know, something that's important to me. Dan's just reaching 137 00:06:42,680 --> 00:06:44,800 Speaker 1: out to the guys and just being able to connect 138 00:06:44,839 --> 00:06:47,080 Speaker 1: with him right away. And then yesterday on our way 139 00:06:47,080 --> 00:06:48,920 Speaker 1: to the press conference, you know, we kind of FaceTime 140 00:06:49,040 --> 00:06:51,200 Speaker 1: him my wife and I because you know, I wanted 141 00:06:51,279 --> 00:06:53,680 Speaker 1: him to share in this special day because you know, 142 00:06:54,000 --> 00:06:56,320 Speaker 1: he's at the front of everything that we're doing, and 143 00:06:56,680 --> 00:06:58,599 Speaker 1: you know, we got to really pour into him because 144 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,680 Speaker 1: he has so many qualities that we're excited to get 145 00:07:01,680 --> 00:07:04,520 Speaker 1: working with. And um, you know, certainly one of the 146 00:07:04,560 --> 00:07:07,760 Speaker 1: highlights of this opportunity and uh, and with that comes 147 00:07:07,760 --> 00:07:11,120 Speaker 1: great responsibility. So UM, looking forward to getting started with 148 00:07:11,200 --> 00:07:13,800 Speaker 1: justin for sure. Before I leave you or let you go, 149 00:07:13,880 --> 00:07:16,240 Speaker 1: You've got other important things to do. But I know 150 00:07:16,360 --> 00:07:19,200 Speaker 1: cancer has played a role in your life, and UH, 151 00:07:19,320 --> 00:07:23,080 Speaker 1: if you could maybe deliver a message to this audience 152 00:07:23,160 --> 00:07:26,560 Speaker 1: of what you've gone through, your parents have gone through, 153 00:07:26,960 --> 00:07:29,160 Speaker 1: and uh sort of the importance of that. And even 154 00:07:29,640 --> 00:07:32,760 Speaker 1: you've singled out Shelley Smith, one of my good friends 155 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,240 Speaker 1: at the press conference, who I went through cancer and 156 00:07:35,720 --> 00:07:38,880 Speaker 1: a wonderful reporter. And I don't know it touched me 157 00:07:38,960 --> 00:07:42,280 Speaker 1: that that that you singled out Shelley Smith with everything 158 00:07:42,320 --> 00:07:46,160 Speaker 1: she's gone through. But you've certainly gone through some things yourself. Yeah. 159 00:07:46,200 --> 00:07:47,880 Speaker 1: I think it's just one of those moments. It's almost 160 00:07:47,880 --> 00:07:49,760 Speaker 1: like my mother was, you know, kind of watching down 161 00:07:49,800 --> 00:07:52,880 Speaker 1: on us. You know, both my parents had cancer. My 162 00:07:52,920 --> 00:07:55,240 Speaker 1: dad just went through prostate cancer treatment in the fall, 163 00:07:56,360 --> 00:07:58,720 Speaker 1: you know, thumbs up. You know, I got a really 164 00:07:58,920 --> 00:08:00,960 Speaker 1: good report, but my mom passed away when I was 165 00:08:01,000 --> 00:08:03,640 Speaker 1: in college. She had breast cancer that turned into a 166 00:08:03,720 --> 00:08:05,640 Speaker 1: lot of things for for nine years, and I just 167 00:08:05,720 --> 00:08:08,240 Speaker 1: I saw a lot as a young guy, UM, growing 168 00:08:08,320 --> 00:08:12,120 Speaker 1: up and her strength, her grace, her resilience and um. 169 00:08:12,440 --> 00:08:14,360 Speaker 1: And then when you go through it yourself, when you 170 00:08:14,400 --> 00:08:16,440 Speaker 1: were actually feeling it. You know, I went through Hodskins 171 00:08:16,520 --> 00:08:19,560 Speaker 1: lampoma when I was twenty four, and you do six 172 00:08:19,600 --> 00:08:21,920 Speaker 1: months of chemotherapy, six week weeks of radiation, and when 173 00:08:21,920 --> 00:08:23,960 Speaker 1: you come on the other side of it, there's just 174 00:08:24,000 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: a strength, there's a there's a confidence, there's a feeling 175 00:08:26,800 --> 00:08:29,720 Speaker 1: that you can't really explain. And when I saw Shelley Smith, 176 00:08:29,760 --> 00:08:31,520 Speaker 1: you know, when she was going through her treatment. You know, 177 00:08:31,560 --> 00:08:33,920 Speaker 1: I mean I grew up watching the ESPN. I grew 178 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,199 Speaker 1: up watching you and Stewart and and all those people 179 00:08:36,240 --> 00:08:38,040 Speaker 1: there that made that so special. I was one of 180 00:08:38,040 --> 00:08:41,200 Speaker 1: those gym rats, you know, Uh, studying all that I could, 181 00:08:41,240 --> 00:08:43,480 Speaker 1: and watching Shelley go through what she went through, I 182 00:08:43,480 --> 00:08:45,880 Speaker 1: just saw a lot of the grace and that my 183 00:08:45,960 --> 00:08:48,560 Speaker 1: mother had, and UM, you know, it was a really 184 00:08:48,600 --> 00:08:51,040 Speaker 1: cool moment. And uh, you know, I think that if 185 00:08:51,080 --> 00:08:54,000 Speaker 1: you see me here today, hopefully for any boy or 186 00:08:54,080 --> 00:08:57,199 Speaker 1: girl growing up going through something difficult, maybe it's not that, 187 00:08:57,240 --> 00:09:00,640 Speaker 1: but something you know, really challenging. UM, if you come 188 00:09:00,679 --> 00:09:02,000 Speaker 1: on the other side of it, if you believe in 189 00:09:02,040 --> 00:09:05,440 Speaker 1: yourself that your dreams can come true. Wait, if I 190 00:09:05,440 --> 00:09:07,560 Speaker 1: would have said to you five years ago, do you 191 00:09:07,559 --> 00:09:09,280 Speaker 1: want to be a sports center anchor? Or do you 192 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:12,200 Speaker 1: want to be a head coach? I how about twenty 193 00:09:12,280 --> 00:09:13,640 Speaker 1: years ago? If I said you want to be a 194 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,600 Speaker 1: sports center anchor or a head coach? What would you said? 195 00:09:18,640 --> 00:09:20,360 Speaker 1: I'd say that I'd have a good chance at both. 196 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,920 Speaker 1: I'd say that whatever I put my mind, easy, easy, 197 00:09:24,040 --> 00:09:26,440 Speaker 1: here with it, he had a good chance at both. 198 00:09:26,520 --> 00:09:29,240 Speaker 1: I mean it's hard. I mean there's a lot of 199 00:09:29,280 --> 00:09:32,080 Speaker 1: guys who coached the Chargers. There's very few people who 200 00:09:32,120 --> 00:09:34,800 Speaker 1: can really do Sports Center here. Brandon, Well, Well, I 201 00:09:34,840 --> 00:09:36,720 Speaker 1: grew up. I grew up, you know, getting you know, 202 00:09:36,800 --> 00:09:39,520 Speaker 1: coffee early and reading Sports Page and then watching all 203 00:09:39,559 --> 00:09:41,920 Speaker 1: of the Sports Center reruns. That's when Sports Center had 204 00:09:41,920 --> 00:09:43,880 Speaker 1: the you know, you know, like that's what my brothers 205 00:09:43,880 --> 00:09:47,000 Speaker 1: and I were doing. So you and Stewart and everybody, 206 00:09:47,040 --> 00:09:48,920 Speaker 1: I mean, we were you know, we were those young 207 00:09:49,000 --> 00:09:50,960 Speaker 1: kids that were reciting lines like you know that we 208 00:09:51,040 --> 00:09:54,280 Speaker 1: knew something. So, you know, just I think we just 209 00:09:54,320 --> 00:09:56,680 Speaker 1: grew up around the game sports just in general. And 210 00:09:56,760 --> 00:09:59,319 Speaker 1: so I think all of it kind of led to this, 211 00:09:59,400 --> 00:10:02,880 Speaker 1: and you know, that's good. Glad, glad I took this 212 00:10:02,920 --> 00:10:05,360 Speaker 1: path because I wouldn't be nearly as uh you know, 213 00:10:06,240 --> 00:10:10,280 Speaker 1: believable or watchable as you are. Oh well, I understand that, 214 00:10:10,520 --> 00:10:14,000 Speaker 1: but good luck with this. It's a great moment for 215 00:10:14,040 --> 00:10:17,520 Speaker 1: you and certainly a proud moment for all involved, including 216 00:10:17,559 --> 00:10:22,360 Speaker 1: your family and we are ud. So take that same 217 00:10:22,400 --> 00:10:25,559 Speaker 1: fighting spirit there that you would have had it Dayton 218 00:10:25,760 --> 00:10:30,080 Speaker 1: and bring it to the Chargers. Thank you, Dan, new 219 00:10:30,120 --> 00:10:33,240 Speaker 1: head coach the Churches, Brandon Staley. Thanks for listening to 220 00:10:33,240 --> 00:10:35,640 Speaker 1: The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us 221 00:10:35,640 --> 00:10:39,160 Speaker 1: live every weekday morning nine to noon Eastern or six 222 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:42,120 Speaker 1: to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. 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DC and Steve joining us on the programs. 241 00:11:57,640 --> 00:12:02,000 Speaker 1: I'm doing great, Thanks for joining a song on the program. 242 00:12:02,000 --> 00:12:07,560 Speaker 1: How wild has this ride been this month? It's been fun. 243 00:12:07,920 --> 00:12:11,360 Speaker 1: Really hasn't been a ride. We're used to it. We've 244 00:12:11,360 --> 00:12:14,440 Speaker 1: been doing this forever, man, So we're just happy to 245 00:12:14,480 --> 00:12:18,440 Speaker 1: be blessed and happy to continue on bringing happiness to 246 00:12:18,480 --> 00:12:21,640 Speaker 1: everybody in the world. Take me back to what is 247 00:12:21,640 --> 00:12:25,760 Speaker 1: the early nineties and who came up with the idea 248 00:12:26,240 --> 00:12:29,040 Speaker 1: for the song? All right, so I heard you in 249 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:32,800 Speaker 1: before the break and you got that totally wrong. Wait, wait, 250 00:12:32,920 --> 00:12:35,600 Speaker 1: Cinnamon was not involved in this or trying to commit 251 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:38,200 Speaker 1: Wait a Minute'm gonna tell you the story. Okay, okay, okay. 252 00:12:38,960 --> 00:12:42,400 Speaker 1: Back then it was a popular saying, right, So it's 253 00:12:42,440 --> 00:12:45,800 Speaker 1: kind of like lit it was, or any popular catch phrase, 254 00:12:46,320 --> 00:12:47,920 Speaker 1: they're gonna be a whole bunch of people that make 255 00:12:47,960 --> 00:12:52,880 Speaker 1: songs about it. Right. So in my situation, we used 256 00:12:52,880 --> 00:12:54,520 Speaker 1: to say it at a club I used to work 257 00:12:54,520 --> 00:12:57,319 Speaker 1: at as the DJ called Magic City in Atlanta, Georgia. 258 00:12:57,400 --> 00:13:03,040 Speaker 1: How are the wings the wings are? So? You know, 259 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:07,320 Speaker 1: I remember, you know, we used to just party and 260 00:13:07,520 --> 00:13:12,160 Speaker 1: it was one day it's called midshift round seven pm. 261 00:13:12,200 --> 00:13:17,040 Speaker 1: It was chocolate cinnamon dark and lovely Coco Vogue uh 262 00:13:17,880 --> 00:13:20,880 Speaker 1: and several other girls just it just kind of erupted 263 00:13:20,880 --> 00:13:24,000 Speaker 1: it and it just kept going right, and we had 264 00:13:24,000 --> 00:13:25,960 Speaker 1: been doing it, but I never paid attention to it, 265 00:13:26,400 --> 00:13:28,160 Speaker 1: and then it just went on a night shift with 266 00:13:28,280 --> 00:13:34,439 Speaker 1: Vanity Sparkle Tinkle, So you understand. So it's basically a 267 00:13:34,559 --> 00:13:38,520 Speaker 1: party record in the club. The customers love it, the 268 00:13:38,559 --> 00:13:42,360 Speaker 1: guys loved it, and I knew, being in the Southeast, 269 00:13:42,440 --> 00:13:46,480 Speaker 1: we had to make something up tempo. So I went 270 00:13:46,520 --> 00:13:50,720 Speaker 1: to Steve and tell the resty U. He came to 271 00:13:50,800 --> 00:13:52,920 Speaker 1: me and said, hey, we need to make a song 272 00:13:52,960 --> 00:13:56,400 Speaker 1: called wooth there it is like, how do you spell 273 00:13:56,440 --> 00:13:58,240 Speaker 1: it and he told me how to spell it right. 274 00:13:59,000 --> 00:14:01,440 Speaker 1: And then after that, uh, he told me, hey man, 275 00:14:01,440 --> 00:14:05,000 Speaker 1: it has to be up tempo track, some down south stuff. 276 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,160 Speaker 1: And I'm like, wait a minute, man, we're from Denver. 277 00:14:08,000 --> 00:14:11,240 Speaker 1: I don't know how to make that. He said, well, man, 278 00:14:11,320 --> 00:14:15,080 Speaker 1: he said, do it your way and um. And then 279 00:14:15,120 --> 00:14:17,400 Speaker 1: from there, man, he told me, he said, hey man, 280 00:14:17,480 --> 00:14:21,480 Speaker 1: just remember planning rock and Egyptian lover, Egypt, Egypt and 281 00:14:21,520 --> 00:14:23,480 Speaker 1: all that type of stuff. Just some up tempo stuff 282 00:14:23,520 --> 00:14:25,640 Speaker 1: and um. And that's when I put the beach together 283 00:14:25,720 --> 00:14:28,160 Speaker 1: and we went to the studio, we laid it down 284 00:14:28,240 --> 00:14:31,800 Speaker 1: and shoot. The rest was history. Man. Okay, but when 285 00:14:31,920 --> 00:14:35,760 Speaker 1: it's whoop, there it is are the are the strippers 286 00:14:35,800 --> 00:14:39,760 Speaker 1: taking off their clothes? Is that where it's strippers are 287 00:14:39,760 --> 00:14:45,440 Speaker 1: already naked, already naked. Let see, back then, it wasn't 288 00:14:45,440 --> 00:14:47,640 Speaker 1: about making it rain or throw money. It was about 289 00:14:47,680 --> 00:14:50,320 Speaker 1: who had the biggest guarter belt. So if the girls 290 00:14:50,360 --> 00:14:52,680 Speaker 1: guarter belt looked like an afrol on their leg, that 291 00:14:52,840 --> 00:14:55,000 Speaker 1: was the girl that had that had the most juice, 292 00:14:55,000 --> 00:14:59,160 Speaker 1: that had the most money. That's a historical fact. Okay, 293 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:01,120 Speaker 1: I knew that. By the way. To get off of this, 294 00:15:03,360 --> 00:15:06,240 Speaker 1: this this this is part of the story. This is 295 00:15:06,240 --> 00:15:12,280 Speaker 1: what makes the story show like this. I think you're 296 00:15:12,320 --> 00:15:14,640 Speaker 1: all set when when did when did you know you 297 00:15:14,760 --> 00:15:19,640 Speaker 1: had something? Um, I left the studio and it was 298 00:15:19,720 --> 00:15:23,480 Speaker 1: on a We mixed it down to a cassette tape. 299 00:15:23,880 --> 00:15:27,120 Speaker 1: For all you young ands out there, cassette tape was 300 00:15:27,200 --> 00:15:30,600 Speaker 1: right after the A track tape, but before the CD. 301 00:15:31,280 --> 00:15:36,880 Speaker 1: Right you popped it in? Yeah exactly. Computer, not a 302 00:15:37,240 --> 00:15:41,800 Speaker 1: not a laptop, Yeah exactly. And I popped it in 303 00:15:42,440 --> 00:15:44,120 Speaker 1: the tape because I was a DJ. I set up, 304 00:15:44,120 --> 00:15:47,080 Speaker 1: popped it in and I played it. And to this day, 305 00:15:47,160 --> 00:15:50,360 Speaker 1: that is the biggest response I've had as a DJ 306 00:15:50,560 --> 00:15:52,520 Speaker 1: on any record I've ever played. At least ten to 307 00:15:52,600 --> 00:15:54,720 Speaker 1: fifteen people came. I was like, man, what is that? 308 00:15:55,360 --> 00:15:58,280 Speaker 1: And I knew, you know, and we had had other 309 00:15:58,320 --> 00:16:00,480 Speaker 1: songs and other songs done well, so I kind of 310 00:16:00,480 --> 00:16:02,320 Speaker 1: sat on it for a while. I didn't really realize 311 00:16:02,360 --> 00:16:04,880 Speaker 1: what I had. And then one of the girls was like, 312 00:16:04,880 --> 00:16:06,640 Speaker 1: how come we don't play mouth there it is anymore? 313 00:16:07,000 --> 00:16:09,520 Speaker 1: And I was like, I played for you, and I 314 00:16:09,640 --> 00:16:13,080 Speaker 1: played it again and it was the same thing. And 315 00:16:13,120 --> 00:16:16,720 Speaker 1: then one of the record reps, Alan Cole, I was like, man, 316 00:16:16,800 --> 00:16:18,840 Speaker 1: give me that. You know, I'm gonna take that to 317 00:16:18,920 --> 00:16:22,120 Speaker 1: New York and let them hear it, and then shopped 318 00:16:22,120 --> 00:16:25,360 Speaker 1: it for a deal, and uh, we got with Bellmark Records, 319 00:16:25,400 --> 00:16:27,800 Speaker 1: and I left Magic. I gave my two weeks of 320 00:16:27,800 --> 00:16:32,920 Speaker 1: Magic City, left Freak Nick ninety three and a month 321 00:16:32,960 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: and a half we were platinum, and it went platinum 322 00:16:36,520 --> 00:16:40,200 Speaker 1: a few times. Uh, Steve, when when did they When 323 00:16:40,240 --> 00:16:42,760 Speaker 1: did you hear about maybe they wanted to do a 324 00:16:43,120 --> 00:16:48,520 Speaker 1: commercial with you guys? Like, how did that come up? Um? Actually, 325 00:16:48,520 --> 00:16:51,560 Speaker 1: they sent DC an email and he sends me all 326 00:16:51,560 --> 00:16:55,240 Speaker 1: the emails because he has our business account. So um, 327 00:16:55,280 --> 00:16:58,680 Speaker 1: he sent me the email and we discussed it, man, 328 00:16:58,720 --> 00:17:01,920 Speaker 1: and said, hey, keep our mouth shut before we blow it, 329 00:17:02,160 --> 00:17:05,480 Speaker 1: because if you get to talk it too much, blow it, man. 330 00:17:05,960 --> 00:17:10,560 Speaker 1: And we agreed upon that, and everything happened for us, man, 331 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:15,280 Speaker 1: and we're grateful for it. How many takes? Oh, Man, 332 00:17:16,240 --> 00:17:18,639 Speaker 1: it was all they shoot. It was all day shoot. 333 00:17:19,160 --> 00:17:21,679 Speaker 1: But it was cool for me because I'm an actor 334 00:17:21,760 --> 00:17:24,280 Speaker 1: and a voice artist. Right. So this is part for 335 00:17:24,400 --> 00:17:28,560 Speaker 1: the course from me, right, But Steve can explain how 336 00:17:28,600 --> 00:17:32,480 Speaker 1: it was for him. Man. It was exhausting to me. Man. 337 00:17:32,760 --> 00:17:35,119 Speaker 1: When I went home, I went to sleep and slept 338 00:17:35,240 --> 00:17:39,200 Speaker 1: all night like a baby. Man. I was exhausted. We 339 00:17:39,240 --> 00:17:41,639 Speaker 1: did We danced so much that day. Man, it was like, 340 00:17:42,520 --> 00:17:45,800 Speaker 1: oh man, I've never danced that much. Man. There there's 341 00:17:45,800 --> 00:17:49,639 Speaker 1: a villion takes of it. Yeah. I love the sprinkles. 342 00:17:50,359 --> 00:17:53,320 Speaker 1: You know what that's from, don't you? You know what 343 00:17:53,359 --> 00:17:55,879 Speaker 1: that you know what sport? That's from a sports Uh 344 00:17:55,920 --> 00:17:59,520 Speaker 1: that's like a sports analogy, right, you know when Lebron 345 00:17:59,640 --> 00:18:02,240 Speaker 1: goes to the table before he comes in and does 346 00:18:02,280 --> 00:18:05,879 Speaker 1: the chocol Yeah, okay, sprinkles. That that's so you're giving 347 00:18:05,920 --> 00:18:10,320 Speaker 1: a shout out to Lebron Lebron James because he inspired 348 00:18:10,359 --> 00:18:15,399 Speaker 1: the sprinkles. But cinnamon, but cinnamon and chocolate came up 349 00:18:15,440 --> 00:18:27,760 Speaker 1: with they they inspired the song and lovely? Is there 350 00:18:27,760 --> 00:18:30,240 Speaker 1: a sequel? Is there a sequel in the works? Steve, 351 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:36,120 Speaker 1: uh No, not right now. Um yeah, man, we kind 352 00:18:36,119 --> 00:18:39,240 Speaker 1: of you know, hey, it's not. It should be it 353 00:18:39,320 --> 00:18:43,560 Speaker 1: should be more more sequels, a lot more. Um, whoever 354 00:18:43,640 --> 00:18:47,159 Speaker 1: wants to do them, let's do them. Yeah. And you 355 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,760 Speaker 1: know what's great is you've got a younger generation. You 356 00:18:49,840 --> 00:18:53,640 Speaker 1: got young kids. You know, my guys, their kids, they 357 00:18:53,680 --> 00:18:56,760 Speaker 1: just walk around and they probably don't even know that 358 00:18:56,800 --> 00:18:59,560 Speaker 1: they're singing, you know, peanut butter cookie dough. But but 359 00:18:59,640 --> 00:19:02,359 Speaker 1: they're they're doing it. I mean, it's it's really kenchy. 360 00:19:02,960 --> 00:19:06,080 Speaker 1: We're actually about to do a scoop there. It is 361 00:19:06,240 --> 00:19:10,560 Speaker 1: challenge who where everybody? You know, I can get a 362 00:19:10,600 --> 00:19:13,920 Speaker 1: lot of videos where people record their babies in front 363 00:19:13,920 --> 00:19:15,760 Speaker 1: of the TV and then when the commercial goes off, 364 00:19:15,760 --> 00:19:18,360 Speaker 1: the baby starts screaming and play it again. So they 365 00:19:18,359 --> 00:19:20,640 Speaker 1: sit there and winding over and over and over again. 366 00:19:20,720 --> 00:19:23,080 Speaker 1: The babies just don't even don't even have to walk 367 00:19:23,320 --> 00:19:26,120 Speaker 1: like we've been baby's first step because of this commercial, 368 00:19:26,160 --> 00:19:28,600 Speaker 1: because they find the way to get up on the 369 00:19:28,680 --> 00:19:32,280 Speaker 1: TV and just start dancing. So we're about doing scoop there. 370 00:19:32,320 --> 00:19:34,600 Speaker 1: It is challenge and the winner. I don't know if 371 00:19:34,600 --> 00:19:37,199 Speaker 1: I'm gonna do some T shirts I'm gonna do. I 372 00:19:37,200 --> 00:19:39,520 Speaker 1: don't know what I'm gonna do, but we're gonna do something. 373 00:19:39,600 --> 00:19:41,399 Speaker 1: So we're on the lookout for the scoop there. It 374 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:45,280 Speaker 1: is challenge. No, it's great, it's fun and oh yeah, definitely, 375 00:19:45,320 --> 00:19:47,760 Speaker 1: but but don't you have the people in the background 376 00:19:47,840 --> 00:19:52,320 Speaker 1: doing kid and play, aren't they That's that's Nikki and 377 00:19:52,600 --> 00:19:58,280 Speaker 1: uh Anthony Anthony Anthony right, and I love that part 378 00:19:58,320 --> 00:20:02,400 Speaker 1: because their kid in play is flawless. I was like, whoa, 379 00:20:02,720 --> 00:20:05,360 Speaker 1: and you know all that stuff was really like imprompt 380 00:20:05,400 --> 00:20:07,080 Speaker 1: I mean we just did it on the spot, man, 381 00:20:07,200 --> 00:20:11,360 Speaker 1: So uh yeah, can you give me a little can 382 00:20:11,400 --> 00:20:14,240 Speaker 1: you give me a little taste here before I say goodbye? 383 00:20:14,920 --> 00:20:22,000 Speaker 1: H got the commercial? No no no, no, no, we okay, okay, 384 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:23,320 Speaker 1: here we go, Here we go, there we go, there 385 00:20:23,359 --> 00:20:33,200 Speaker 1: we go. There you go, Steve, Steve, I was waiting 386 00:20:33,240 --> 00:20:36,120 Speaker 1: for you. Oh, I'm taking it back to the old 387 00:20:36,119 --> 00:20:39,600 Speaker 1: school because I was gonna kick old food cool. I 388 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:41,439 Speaker 1: was gonna kick in there a little bit, you know. 389 00:20:43,000 --> 00:20:46,520 Speaker 1: Oh you know me. I went to Gold Club. I 390 00:20:46,560 --> 00:20:50,600 Speaker 1: went to Gold Club in Atlanta. Never imagined, shy. Yeah, 391 00:20:50,720 --> 00:20:53,119 Speaker 1: I used to go to Gold Club too. Yeah. Well 392 00:20:55,359 --> 00:20:59,560 Speaker 1: that's where I first met Portia and Cinnamon and Sprinkles 393 00:20:59,720 --> 00:21:11,920 Speaker 1: and Tiffany. To the main stage, to the main stay. Yeah. Hey, 394 00:21:12,320 --> 00:21:15,640 Speaker 1: congrats guys, thanks for joining us and hopefully we can 395 00:21:15,760 --> 00:21:19,719 Speaker 1: see more with this. We appreciate your time. All right, 396 00:21:19,760 --> 00:21:23,160 Speaker 1: thank you guys. Uh So that's tag team right there. 397 00:21:23,560 --> 00:21:26,119 Speaker 1: Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be 398 00:21:26,160 --> 00:21:28,720 Speaker 1: sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine until 399 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:31,760 Speaker 1: noon eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, 400 00:21:32,040 --> 00:21:34,960 Speaker 1: and you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at 401 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:38,800 Speaker 1: FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app. Just 402 00:21:38,840 --> 00:21:41,320 Speaker 1: a quiet gentleman who was one of the great players 403 00:21:41,320 --> 00:21:45,239 Speaker 1: of all time, and last time we had him on 404 00:21:45,359 --> 00:21:48,600 Speaker 1: was in April, and coming up next hour, we will 405 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:53,560 Speaker 1: play that interview for you, hopefully gives uh a little 406 00:21:53,600 --> 00:21:56,480 Speaker 1: bit more of a context of who Hank was, what 407 00:21:56,600 --> 00:21:58,639 Speaker 1: he was all about. And we had him on on 408 00:21:58,680 --> 00:22:01,960 Speaker 1: the anniversary of his seven hundred and fifteenth home run. 409 00:22:02,880 --> 00:22:05,560 Speaker 1: And I have a poster that I have here in 410 00:22:05,560 --> 00:22:09,560 Speaker 1: the man Cave that I it had all of Hank's 411 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:12,400 Speaker 1: home runs in the pictures that he hit them off 412 00:22:12,440 --> 00:22:15,840 Speaker 1: of and it's back in one of the rooms in 413 00:22:15,880 --> 00:22:18,119 Speaker 1: the back. In fact, our cameraman Weeks is going to 414 00:22:18,200 --> 00:22:21,159 Speaker 1: go get that. And I remember at the end of 415 00:22:21,160 --> 00:22:24,720 Speaker 1: the interview, and I think it's still going to be. 416 00:22:24,800 --> 00:22:27,600 Speaker 1: On the end of the interview, I said to Hank 417 00:22:27,640 --> 00:22:31,000 Speaker 1: that I had this poster and did he wanted and 418 00:22:31,080 --> 00:22:33,560 Speaker 1: he said yes, that he had not seen it before, 419 00:22:34,560 --> 00:22:37,800 Speaker 1: and it was put out by McGregor, and I had 420 00:22:37,800 --> 00:22:41,800 Speaker 1: it in my office for years, never thinking that I 421 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:46,360 Speaker 1: would offer this up to Hank Aaron, and I forgot 422 00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:49,520 Speaker 1: all about sending it to him. And I remember going 423 00:22:49,560 --> 00:22:51,280 Speaker 1: back there a couple of weeks ago and I go, 424 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:56,480 Speaker 1: I gotta send this to Hank Aaron and never got 425 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:01,560 Speaker 1: around to it. But I just loved who he was. 426 00:23:02,200 --> 00:23:06,720 Speaker 1: Were showing it. If you're watching on Peacock, it's it's 427 00:23:06,760 --> 00:23:10,080 Speaker 1: Hank getting ready to unload on a fastball here and 428 00:23:10,240 --> 00:23:12,840 Speaker 1: has all of the pictures that he hit home runs 429 00:23:12,840 --> 00:23:16,920 Speaker 1: off of the seven hundred and fifteen, but he ended 430 00:23:17,000 --> 00:23:20,280 Speaker 1: up with what seven fifty five? Yeah. I remember a 431 00:23:20,320 --> 00:23:22,360 Speaker 1: bunch of years ago, maybe eight or nine years ago, 432 00:23:22,400 --> 00:23:25,080 Speaker 1: we had the great Senator John McCain of Arizona on 433 00:23:25,119 --> 00:23:27,879 Speaker 1: our show. We had him many times, and you asked 434 00:23:27,960 --> 00:23:30,320 Speaker 1: him who he considers the all time home run king. 435 00:23:30,320 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: He goes, oh, it's Hank Aaron. Yeah, he goes, Hank Aaron, 436 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,080 Speaker 1: I believe it. He said that we've lost a lot 437 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,200 Speaker 1: of Hall of Famers in baseball the last year, a lot, 438 00:23:40,960 --> 00:23:43,720 Speaker 1: And you know, it's in my wheelhouse. These were players 439 00:23:43,720 --> 00:23:46,240 Speaker 1: that I grew up watching. You know, when you have 440 00:23:46,359 --> 00:23:48,880 Speaker 1: your baseball cards, when you go to see a game. 441 00:23:49,320 --> 00:23:55,080 Speaker 1: You wanted to see these players and Hank Aaron passing 442 00:23:55,119 --> 00:23:57,919 Speaker 1: away at the age of eighty six. McLevin. Have you 443 00:23:58,000 --> 00:24:01,480 Speaker 1: seen the list of Hall of Famers passed away? We'll 444 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,040 Speaker 1: get it. It's unbelievable. Yeah, I mean twenty most of them. 445 00:24:05,240 --> 00:24:09,520 Speaker 1: Yeah this year or too, and yeah, Joe Morgan passing away. 446 00:24:09,600 --> 00:24:15,080 Speaker 1: And there there's so many lou Brock, Tom severer Um, 447 00:24:15,080 --> 00:24:19,000 Speaker 1: Whitey Ford passed away. It felt like they were about 448 00:24:19,000 --> 00:24:22,439 Speaker 1: fifteen Hall of Famers who passed away. And here we 449 00:24:22,480 --> 00:24:26,720 Speaker 1: are coming up for the Hall of Fame voting done. Yeah. 450 00:24:26,800 --> 00:24:31,520 Speaker 1: Don Sutton just passed away. Yeah, so we'll bring that back. 451 00:24:31,800 --> 00:24:35,120 Speaker 1: You know, I don't want to be bummed out um, 452 00:24:35,560 --> 00:24:41,320 Speaker 1: because I just hope Hank found peace, because I always 453 00:24:41,359 --> 00:24:44,439 Speaker 1: worried about that. You know, you're in the spotlight and 454 00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:46,200 Speaker 1: then all of a sudden you sort of drift away, 455 00:24:46,280 --> 00:24:48,760 Speaker 1: and then you become an older man, an older person, 456 00:24:49,359 --> 00:24:53,159 Speaker 1: and you know, people aren't calling people who uh you 457 00:24:53,200 --> 00:24:56,400 Speaker 1: know aren't is interested in you. And I felt very 458 00:24:56,440 --> 00:25:00,000 Speaker 1: protective of Hank Aaron because when he was going through 459 00:25:00,840 --> 00:25:04,199 Speaker 1: be Home Run Chase to surpass Babe Ruth, and he 460 00:25:04,320 --> 00:25:09,080 Speaker 1: got all of this hate mail and just the vitriol 461 00:25:09,200 --> 00:25:12,200 Speaker 1: that people sent to Hank Karen, who didn't who didn't 462 00:25:12,240 --> 00:25:14,360 Speaker 1: ask for any of this. All he did is played baseball. 463 00:25:14,440 --> 00:25:17,400 Speaker 1: He played it at a high level. There's nothing controversial 464 00:25:17,440 --> 00:25:22,119 Speaker 1: about him. It wasn't mean, didn't didn't say negative things. 465 00:25:22,680 --> 00:25:27,480 Speaker 1: He was He was the quintessential professional when he stepped 466 00:25:27,520 --> 00:25:32,000 Speaker 1: on the baseball field. And I remember a friend who 467 00:25:32,040 --> 00:25:34,960 Speaker 1: saw some of the letters and just said, you can't 468 00:25:34,960 --> 00:25:39,119 Speaker 1: imagine that another human being would write that to another 469 00:25:39,240 --> 00:25:43,919 Speaker 1: human being. But through all of that, I hope he 470 00:25:43,960 --> 00:25:48,679 Speaker 1: eventually found peace and enjoyment of being and still in 471 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,639 Speaker 1: my mind the old time home run champ because he 472 00:25:52,800 --> 00:25:58,439 Speaker 1: is Scott and South Carolina High Scott And thanks for 473 00:25:58,480 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: taking my call. I wanted to just paraphrase Hank Aaron 474 00:26:02,160 --> 00:26:05,919 Speaker 1: quote that really I think sums up who he was 475 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:07,960 Speaker 1: and why he was such a great role model in 476 00:26:08,000 --> 00:26:10,480 Speaker 1: addition to being one of the greatest players of all time. 477 00:26:10,880 --> 00:26:13,960 Speaker 1: And again I'm heavily paraphrasing, but he said, it's great 478 00:26:14,000 --> 00:26:16,560 Speaker 1: that people want to remember me for being a great 479 00:26:16,600 --> 00:26:19,680 Speaker 1: ball player, but I'd rather they remember me for being 480 00:26:19,720 --> 00:26:22,600 Speaker 1: a great person. Yeah, and that is just I think 481 00:26:22,640 --> 00:26:26,400 Speaker 1: a profound statement. Thanks much, thank you, Scott. And really 482 00:26:26,440 --> 00:26:30,879 Speaker 1: we don't factor that in nowadays, but back then, like you, 483 00:26:30,880 --> 00:26:33,120 Speaker 1: you wanted to know your hero was a good guy, 484 00:26:33,359 --> 00:26:36,280 Speaker 1: a good person, whether they were or not. We didn't 485 00:26:36,320 --> 00:26:41,720 Speaker 1: have that much access and we didn't crave that salacious, 486 00:26:41,920 --> 00:26:44,800 Speaker 1: you know, story or angle for somebody like I didn't. 487 00:26:45,200 --> 00:26:47,520 Speaker 1: I didn't really care what Mickey Manna was like off 488 00:26:47,520 --> 00:26:50,240 Speaker 1: the baseball field or Joe Namat. It didn't matter to me. 489 00:26:51,040 --> 00:26:54,520 Speaker 1: But I I, you know, if I did invest like 490 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,680 Speaker 1: Johnny Bench, Johnny Bench was always one of my idols. 491 00:26:57,720 --> 00:27:02,040 Speaker 1: I just thought Johnny Bench was he who I thought 492 00:27:02,080 --> 00:27:05,760 Speaker 1: he was. And there's just something to be said for that. 493 00:27:05,920 --> 00:27:10,359 Speaker 1: Jerry West one of my idols, you know that who 494 00:27:10,359 --> 00:27:17,119 Speaker 1: he was, who he is. But now that's try to 495 00:27:17,160 --> 00:27:19,800 Speaker 1: think positive things with Hank, because that's a that's a 496 00:27:19,840 --> 00:27:22,760 Speaker 1: great life passing away at the age of eighty six. 497 00:27:22,800 --> 00:27:26,000 Speaker 1: But we'll bring back that interview that we had back 498 00:27:26,000 --> 00:27:30,159 Speaker 1: in April. Also, the Packers former gym Ted Thompson passed away. 499 00:27:30,320 --> 00:27:33,120 Speaker 1: Ted was responsible for a lot of great draft picks 500 00:27:33,119 --> 00:27:38,199 Speaker 1: there in Green Bay and including Aaron Rodgers. So Don Sutton, 501 00:27:38,440 --> 00:27:41,040 Speaker 1: Ted Thompson, now Hank Aaron Here in the last but 502 00:27:41,560 --> 00:27:44,679 Speaker 1: forty eight hours. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick 503 00:27:44,720 --> 00:27:47,480 Speaker 1: Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every weekday 504 00:27:47,520 --> 00:27:50,840 Speaker 1: morning nine to noon Eastern or six to nine Pacific 505 00:27:50,840 --> 00:27:53,520 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio. Find your local station for The 506 00:27:53,560 --> 00:27:56,439 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick Show at Fox Sports Radio dot com, or 507 00:27:56,480 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: stream us live every day on the iHeartRadio app by 508 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:03,480 Speaker 1: Sir f s R. Or stream us live on the 509 00:28:03,520 --> 00:28:06,920 Speaker 1: Peacock Act. Let's bring in the Hall of Famer Johnny Bench, 510 00:28:06,960 --> 00:28:09,840 Speaker 1: who went toe to toe I'm sure with Hank quite 511 00:28:09,840 --> 00:28:12,080 Speaker 1: a few times. And uh, I don't know when you 512 00:28:12,160 --> 00:28:14,719 Speaker 1: got the news, Johnny, but if I'm bringing it to 513 00:28:14,760 --> 00:28:17,359 Speaker 1: you now, I apologize, but I thought you'd be a 514 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:22,119 Speaker 1: good person to have on well. Actually, DANIELI I got 515 00:28:22,200 --> 00:28:25,840 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, a flood of text and Henry 516 00:28:26,440 --> 00:28:29,119 Speaker 1: and with you know, eyes that are crying and it's 517 00:28:29,680 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: and I said, nah, don't tell me this. I mean, 518 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:35,280 Speaker 1: I'm just absolutely worn out from this is our ninth 519 00:28:35,320 --> 00:28:37,600 Speaker 1: person in a year and within the year's time, and 520 00:28:38,480 --> 00:28:41,160 Speaker 1: you know, with Don Sutton and Los Sorta and I 521 00:28:41,200 --> 00:28:44,760 Speaker 1: mean dies to hang out with in Palm Springs. And 522 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:47,000 Speaker 1: then I thought, man, this is just getting too much. 523 00:28:47,000 --> 00:28:50,480 Speaker 1: And then and I just sent a picture to Fritzie 524 00:28:50,520 --> 00:28:53,080 Speaker 1: and I hope you can pull it up. It's Hank 525 00:28:53,200 --> 00:28:55,360 Speaker 1: sliding into me and it's hanging on my wall here 526 00:28:55,360 --> 00:28:59,120 Speaker 1: in my office. And Henry said, Henry writes on it 527 00:28:59,680 --> 00:29:02,240 Speaker 1: to John, I wish the hell you'd stay out of 528 00:29:02,280 --> 00:29:08,880 Speaker 1: my way. You go ahead. Were you behind the plate 529 00:29:09,440 --> 00:29:14,400 Speaker 1: when Hank hit seven fourteen off Jack Billingham? Yeah, Jack 530 00:29:14,480 --> 00:29:19,680 Speaker 1: still says, I called it. Wait, what did you call fastball? 531 00:29:19,760 --> 00:29:22,760 Speaker 1: Called the breaking ball a breaking ball? And I was 532 00:29:22,800 --> 00:29:24,560 Speaker 1: there at the time. I was standing on home plate 533 00:29:24,560 --> 00:29:28,080 Speaker 1: when I shook Hank Aaron's hands because I damn when 534 00:29:28,120 --> 00:29:31,680 Speaker 1: I when I broke in uh, and I'm catching, and 535 00:29:32,400 --> 00:29:34,200 Speaker 1: Henry would come up, and you know, I'd take off 536 00:29:34,320 --> 00:29:36,120 Speaker 1: his put his bat down and put his helmet on 537 00:29:36,160 --> 00:29:38,880 Speaker 1: over his soft cap, and he would say, Hi, John, 538 00:29:38,920 --> 00:29:42,640 Speaker 1: how are you doing? And nobody ever knew that. And 539 00:29:42,760 --> 00:29:45,280 Speaker 1: from the very beginning, I don't think there was a 540 00:29:45,320 --> 00:29:47,720 Speaker 1: game that when a led off, or when his first 541 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,760 Speaker 1: time at bet that he didn't say hello. And I mean, 542 00:29:50,800 --> 00:29:54,000 Speaker 1: it was such a reward just to be with the 543 00:29:54,040 --> 00:29:56,760 Speaker 1: man and to be at the Hall of Fame with 544 00:29:56,840 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: him and his gentleness, his class at the Gold Glove Awards. 545 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:07,280 Speaker 1: I mean, just anywhere you were with Hank and we 546 00:30:07,280 --> 00:30:09,880 Speaker 1: were trying to put together a zoom call just recently 547 00:30:09,920 --> 00:30:12,760 Speaker 1: and it hadn't happened. And I'm I'm so just sad 548 00:30:12,840 --> 00:30:16,000 Speaker 1: and disappointed. I mean, you can't you know, you can't 549 00:30:16,080 --> 00:30:19,760 Speaker 1: measure the what we've lost in baseball this year. And 550 00:30:20,840 --> 00:30:22,800 Speaker 1: but he was just you know, like I heard you 551 00:30:22,880 --> 00:30:25,200 Speaker 1: talking about the flip of the wrists and everything else. 552 00:30:25,240 --> 00:30:28,240 Speaker 1: And of course he filled out on his forearms looked 553 00:30:28,240 --> 00:30:30,040 Speaker 1: like my thighs. I mean they were you know, you 554 00:30:30,080 --> 00:30:32,800 Speaker 1: wonder how the wrist and those forearms and everything else. 555 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:35,600 Speaker 1: And hit off his front foot and just flicked it 556 00:30:35,600 --> 00:30:38,720 Speaker 1: and I mean it was and you know, seven hundred 557 00:30:38,720 --> 00:30:41,240 Speaker 1: and fifty five home runs. If you take those away, 558 00:30:41,320 --> 00:30:45,320 Speaker 1: he still had three thousand hits. Yeah, I mean this, 559 00:30:45,840 --> 00:30:48,080 Speaker 1: but you know, but he was a great base stealer, 560 00:30:48,480 --> 00:30:51,240 Speaker 1: he was a great defender, and he was just a better, 561 00:30:51,440 --> 00:30:53,640 Speaker 1: better man. I had, a better person. I mean, I 562 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,520 Speaker 1: am I'm just so sad and uh god, ye, it's 563 00:30:57,560 --> 00:30:59,760 Speaker 1: just and we can't do enough, you know, to say 564 00:30:59,840 --> 00:31:02,320 Speaker 1: for him and what he did for baseball and what 565 00:31:02,360 --> 00:31:05,040 Speaker 1: he meant to baseball, what he meant to everybody he 566 00:31:05,080 --> 00:31:07,960 Speaker 1: played with. I can tell you, to a man, all 567 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:12,200 Speaker 1: those all those players were just with adelation and respect. 568 00:31:12,320 --> 00:31:14,320 Speaker 1: And I don't think you can leave a better legacy 569 00:31:14,360 --> 00:31:16,960 Speaker 1: than than for us to talk about him in this 570 00:31:17,040 --> 00:31:19,600 Speaker 1: kind of manner and say, what a what a just 571 00:31:19,680 --> 00:31:22,880 Speaker 1: a gentle person and what a wonderful person and the 572 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:25,320 Speaker 1: all time home run king to most people. Yeah, I 573 00:31:25,320 --> 00:31:27,840 Speaker 1: wondered about that, Johnny. Do you think the Hall of 574 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:33,040 Speaker 1: Famers view Hank as the all time home run king? Yeah? Yeah, 575 00:31:33,120 --> 00:31:36,040 Speaker 1: And I think it's just out of respect and everything else. 576 00:31:36,080 --> 00:31:39,239 Speaker 1: I think if everybody's always always looking at the you know, 577 00:31:39,640 --> 00:31:42,280 Speaker 1: the pds and the story strood Era and whatever, and 578 00:31:42,400 --> 00:31:45,280 Speaker 1: how much difference it would have made and you know, 579 00:31:45,360 --> 00:31:52,840 Speaker 1: and um, you know, it's sort of but there there's 580 00:31:53,080 --> 00:31:55,600 Speaker 1: there's so many there's just a few people in your 581 00:31:55,600 --> 00:31:58,280 Speaker 1: life that when you walk in to the Hall of 582 00:31:58,280 --> 00:32:01,080 Speaker 1: Fame and you walk in, you walk into the hotel 583 00:32:02,320 --> 00:32:04,880 Speaker 1: and you know, the first time was Ted Williams, and 584 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:08,120 Speaker 1: there was Joe and there was Campanella, and here's Duke 585 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:11,600 Speaker 1: Snyder and you know, here's all these guys and and 586 00:32:11,800 --> 00:32:14,000 Speaker 1: there's Henry and Willie and I mean it was just 587 00:32:15,080 --> 00:32:18,840 Speaker 1: it just gave credence, it gave validity to being in 588 00:32:18,840 --> 00:32:21,000 Speaker 1: the Hall of Fame. I don't I don't know that 589 00:32:21,440 --> 00:32:24,880 Speaker 1: we will ever, you know, none of us will you know, 590 00:32:24,960 --> 00:32:27,920 Speaker 1: ever have that stature. I think because it's to me, 591 00:32:28,080 --> 00:32:31,160 Speaker 1: it will always be. That's what the Hall of Fame is. 592 00:32:31,200 --> 00:32:34,400 Speaker 1: It's it's those people, it's you know, what we dreamed 593 00:32:34,440 --> 00:32:37,080 Speaker 1: of all our lives and hitting in the rocks out 594 00:32:37,120 --> 00:32:40,920 Speaker 1: of the driveway and hitting playing home run derby at 595 00:32:40,920 --> 00:32:44,440 Speaker 1: the park, and you know, and you know, the thing is, 596 00:32:45,120 --> 00:32:47,200 Speaker 1: if you think about it, Dan, I don't know that 597 00:32:47,280 --> 00:32:52,760 Speaker 1: there's anybody that's ever emulated hitting like Cank Aaron, because 598 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:54,800 Speaker 1: I don't think it's I don't think you can. I 599 00:32:54,800 --> 00:33:00,200 Speaker 1: don't think you can copy or emulate or perfect those things. 600 00:33:00,680 --> 00:33:03,280 Speaker 1: He was one of a kind as a as a 601 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,560 Speaker 1: baseball player, and he's one of a kind as a person. 602 00:33:05,600 --> 00:33:11,240 Speaker 1: And my whole being a sad. Yeah, we lost Tom Sieber, 603 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,480 Speaker 1: we lost Leu Bronch, we lost Joe Morgan, Bob Gibson, 604 00:33:14,760 --> 00:33:21,160 Speaker 1: Don Sutton, Now Hank Aaron, Yeah, listen Necro and Necro. 605 00:33:21,320 --> 00:33:24,920 Speaker 1: I talked to him. I talked to him about once 606 00:33:24,960 --> 00:33:28,480 Speaker 1: a week, and I don't know. But I tell you 607 00:33:28,520 --> 00:33:31,760 Speaker 1: the story about Sparky calling me into the office one 608 00:33:31,840 --> 00:33:34,840 Speaker 1: day and and he said, John, we've got a chance 609 00:33:34,840 --> 00:33:37,920 Speaker 1: to trade for necro What do you think? And I said, 610 00:33:37,960 --> 00:33:43,440 Speaker 1: you better trade for his catcher because and he always 611 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:45,280 Speaker 1: loved that nugs he was. I said, you know, he'd 612 00:33:45,320 --> 00:33:46,800 Speaker 1: called me and I see you to tell me at joker, 613 00:33:46,840 --> 00:33:48,160 Speaker 1: I don't want to talk to you. And of course 614 00:33:48,800 --> 00:33:51,680 Speaker 1: that was the one thing. And Analyst sort of was 615 00:33:51,760 --> 00:33:56,560 Speaker 1: just the wizard on my baseball bunch. And I gotta 616 00:33:56,600 --> 00:33:58,600 Speaker 1: put you in bubble wrap, all right. I gotta make 617 00:33:58,640 --> 00:34:02,000 Speaker 1: sure nothing happens to you. Yeah, I'm you know, and 618 00:34:02,040 --> 00:34:04,360 Speaker 1: all of a sudden we start feeling so vulnerable. I 619 00:34:04,360 --> 00:34:07,480 Speaker 1: mean it's like, I mean, all of us, I guess, 620 00:34:07,560 --> 00:34:09,960 Speaker 1: you know, to think they were, you know there and that. 621 00:34:10,440 --> 00:34:12,760 Speaker 1: And I talked to Raleigh, I talked to Wade Buggs, 622 00:34:12,800 --> 00:34:16,640 Speaker 1: I talked to to Brett, and talked to Robin y 623 00:34:16,640 --> 00:34:19,160 Speaker 1: out the other day. And you know, you just want 624 00:34:19,160 --> 00:34:20,800 Speaker 1: to call and you know, say just hey, is just 625 00:34:20,920 --> 00:34:25,640 Speaker 1: thinking about you. Get on that zoom call. Get on 626 00:34:25,640 --> 00:34:29,320 Speaker 1: that zoom call with these guys who are still alive. Johnny, 627 00:34:29,640 --> 00:34:31,640 Speaker 1: make sure you do it. Make sure you do it. Hey, 628 00:34:32,040 --> 00:34:35,719 Speaker 1: thank thank you, buddy. I appreciate it. That's Johnny Bench 629 00:34:37,360 --> 00:34:41,120 Speaker 1: and yeah, I appreciate him coming on. I could hear 630 00:34:41,239 --> 00:34:44,719 Speaker 1: new voice. Thanks for listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. 631 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,200 Speaker 1: Be sure to catch us live every weekday morning nine 632 00:34:47,280 --> 00:34:50,560 Speaker 1: until noon eastern six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio, 633 00:34:50,840 --> 00:34:53,760 Speaker 1: and you can find us on the iHeartRadio app at 634 00:34:53,800 --> 00:34:57,000 Speaker 1: FSR or stream us live on the Peacock app