Speaker 1: What do you call two guys were there when this happened?
Speaker 1: Back to return at Spurlock, Michael Spurlock at the chain.
Speaker 1: He's still the twenty, he's the twenty five thirty to
Speaker 1: fourty yardline history fifty forty, the thirty yards Iruck, Michael Rot,
Speaker 1: Michael Rout, Michael Rod touched out tape. There you go,
Speaker 1: and then sixty two yard for your goal attempts. It
Speaker 1: is God, God, God, God, box be Eagles. Who can
Speaker 1: forget again? I'm looking again already. Derek Bucks, Diredy touchdown
Speaker 1: tamp a day, Derek Books, Bubble spariable player. You're the
Speaker 1: national football like third as Tuck Daggers and where are
Speaker 1: you gonna wear the Super Bowl? We call them the
Speaker 1: Salty Dogs. Welcome again, Bucking your fans to the Salty
Speaker 1: Dog Podcast Number three. I'm excited. I really am, you know, excited,
Speaker 1: and you are I am, Jeffrey, Yes, and I'm I'm
Speaker 1: excited about this. This is what's going well. It's it's interesting. Yeah,
Speaker 1: the comments that you get, especially from football people in
Speaker 1: the building, that it'll say stuff to you, so they're
Speaker 1: paying attention. I like it, or there at least pretending well.
Speaker 1: Either or they know what a salty dog is, because
Speaker 1: that's everybody keeps calling me. I'm Scott Smith. And in
Speaker 1: a little while, we're gonna have a third person on
Speaker 1: for one of our segments. And you know, in these
Speaker 1: last couple of ones we've been we've been recording, I've
Speaker 1: been trying to decide whether or not to reveal who
Speaker 1: it was. But you know what, Jeff, they clicked on
Speaker 1: a link that says Salty Dogs with Randi Barr. Yeah,
Speaker 1: today they clicked on link that's the Salty Dogs with Mike.
Speaker 1: I saw. I saw that, and I'm a thinking, why
Speaker 1: are we holding out? So, yes, number forty, Mike all
Speaker 1: Start's gonna trade whistles ready, Yeah, excited about talking with him. Yeah,
Speaker 1: Mike's a great friend of the franchise and of us
Speaker 1: very much. They always very much from So, Jeff, we
Speaker 1: finally have a game to talk about, uh in Miami,
Speaker 1: which has the worst radio boots in the league. And
Speaker 1: you were a witness to that because you joined our
Speaker 1: pregame show. And probably the best line out of the
Speaker 1: whole broadcast is the U. They finally got to our
Speaker 1: end zone and Dave says, oh good, we can see
Speaker 1: the players that that is so frustrating, and you know
Speaker 1: what this is gonna come in for a question that's
Speaker 1: similar to at the end, But fans may not realize
Speaker 1: for for radio booth to be in the INDs on
Speaker 1: like that, there's a reason why they're there, and we
Speaker 1: all know what it is. It's money because radio boosts
Speaker 1: and even press boxes with the written guys used to
Speaker 1: all be in the middle of the fifty yard line
Speaker 1: and spreading out from there. But that's premium real estate.
Speaker 1: That's where we are at Raymond James State. I know
Speaker 1: that's very good that they've kept those booths and if
Speaker 1: the Glazier family has kept us right there. But you know,
Speaker 1: from when we got in this league and everybody's press
Speaker 1: boxes and radio boots were right around the fifty. Yet
Speaker 1: around the league they have spread out to the corners
Speaker 1: because that's mac that's great real estate for luxury suites,
Speaker 1: and it's understandable. I'm not even saying it's it's wrong,
Speaker 1: It's just is what it is. I don't have an
Speaker 1: argument with it other than just trying to do the job,
Speaker 1: because if you're looking at you can't do it down
Speaker 1: a distance. Looking down the field you can't tell if
Speaker 1: it's a two yard run or a seven yard run.
Speaker 1: You can't tell until they until they announce it. And
Speaker 1: so it's hard to get a real ques. Especially must
Speaker 1: be hard for you guys trying to call into an
Speaker 1: immediate field for what the plague? Yeah, what what happens
Speaker 1: there is? It's it becomes more of all hands on deck.
Speaker 1: Spotters are on more. I'm talking a lot. Uh t
Speaker 1: J on the sideline, who was actually on this side
Speaker 1: can feed us how many yards? So everybody takes another
Speaker 1: role other than just what they're doing. So we did
Speaker 1: get to see some pretty good football. We did, okay.
Speaker 1: We we liked what the quarterbacks did. Loved with the quarterbacks,
Speaker 1: every single one of them. I mean, Ryan Fitzpatrick should
Speaker 1: have been eight for eight, he was six or six.
Speaker 1: That great play to Chris Godwin. Chris Godwin like never
Speaker 1: drops the pass. He didn't really drop it. He dived
Speaker 1: and when he hit the ground, that's gonna have it
Speaker 1: popped out. Unfortunate. And then I think the last past
Speaker 1: Ronald Jones failed hold on so fits easily could have
Speaker 1: been for eight. And I thought, I thought Jamess Winston
Speaker 1: looked really good. I thought that to me, he just
Speaker 1: seemed like he wasn't pressing. To me, he just seemed like,
Speaker 1: I'm playing football and here we go. And you all
Speaker 1: last week we talked sed about him playing with the
Speaker 1: second and third string, and I don't like to say
Speaker 1: second and third string. If you're on a football team,
Speaker 1: you're on the football team. But for now, for now,
Speaker 1: But he elevated I personally believe he elevated their play
Speaker 1: because of the way he was thrown. You know, Fitzpatrick
Speaker 1: was very sharp and lead to scoring drives. Um I thought.
Speaker 1: The thing is so about Jamis was he made some
Speaker 1: throws that I don't think the other guys on this
Speaker 1: roster can make. I would totally agree with that, and
Speaker 1: that's that's why he's the quarterback when he comes back,
Speaker 1: I believe, because the potential for some of the stuff
Speaker 1: that he can do. He made some I don't want
Speaker 1: you to what called stick throws or something where it's
Speaker 1: a fifteen yard past the sideline, travels in the air
Speaker 1: like thirty five yards or something like that, and he's
Speaker 1: putting it on a dime between three defenders. There was
Speaker 1: one on the right sideline. I think it might have
Speaker 1: been to a tight end. I can't remember for sure,
Speaker 1: it was just a beautiful pass. And then Ryan Griffin
Speaker 1: the game. You know that by that point it was
Speaker 1: all reserves in the games. You have to take that
Speaker 1: with a grain of salt. But the game was not
Speaker 1: too big for him. He really managed it very well.
Speaker 1: And then he ran that two minute drill that you
Speaker 1: had to have to win the game. His reserves played
Speaker 1: better than their reserves, so you have to measure it somehow,
Speaker 1: and he did. It was less than a minute on
Speaker 1: the clock, and he ran it about a minute or
Speaker 1: saw on the half. I think moved him down was
Speaker 1: making the calls. Didn't waste time outs, didn't waste time,
Speaker 1: got it set up for a field goal, That's all
Speaker 1: you asked. In fact, he got down there so fast
Speaker 1: that we kind of wished he had wasted more time
Speaker 1: because we had to try to run out the time
Speaker 1: so they didn't have any. So you said something just there.
Speaker 1: You said our reserves were better than their reserves, and
Speaker 1: and you meant it. And I think it's a good point,
Speaker 1: as he made them, he elevated them. But I also
Speaker 1: think this speaks to something I wanted to bring up.
Speaker 1: I think it's fair to say, let me see if
Speaker 1: you agree. Has a buccaneer quarterback or group of quarterbacks
Speaker 1: ever had as good and as deep of a group
Speaker 1: of past catchers. I'm not talking about the back shows
Speaker 1: receivers and tit ends as we have right now. No,
Speaker 1: I don't think so. I don't think so. I don't
Speaker 1: think so. When you go, we know what Mike ems is,
Speaker 1: we know what to Sean Jackson can do if we
Speaker 1: can unlock that this year. And I'm Humphrey's is one
Speaker 1: of the better slot receivers in the NFL. Everybody's in
Speaker 1: love with Chris. Guy went in his potential and you
Speaker 1: still and then you've got that depth you're talking about
Speaker 1: Justin Justin Watson, Bernard ready to some extent um, Bobo Wilson,
Speaker 1: Freddie Martinea and even even the young guys like they
Speaker 1: probably won't make the team, but they played well and
Speaker 1: everybody who was called on did their job. Yeah, that's true.
Speaker 1: That's what I like. I was looking at some of
Speaker 1: the seasons, like the best scoring season in in in
Speaker 1: Buck's history, so a good offense, right was two thousand twelve.
Speaker 1: That team had v Jacks at his height. We just
Speaker 1: got him so that's a Pro Bowl v Jacks and
Speaker 1: Mike Williams, and that's a really good start. But after that,
Speaker 1: it's like Dallas Clark Tae Kwon Underwood not ripping those
Speaker 1: guys with that's Dallas Clark at the end of his career.
Speaker 1: Two thousand was next, and that was Keyshn Johnson. Okay,
Speaker 1: that's a good start. A lot of volume catches that year,
Speaker 1: no touch showns Jacques has Green, Rita Anthony, our friend
Speaker 1: Dave Moore. I mean, we love Dave Moore, but Jack hasn't.
Speaker 1: Ridel did not hold up to those the guys we
Speaker 1: have now. Two thousand and eight is next, and that
Speaker 1: was kind of a funky season because that was Antonio
Speaker 1: Bryant's one giant season here. But otherwise it was I
Speaker 1: Killiared at the end of his career. Michael Clayton really
Speaker 1: not at the top of his career. No, no, he
Speaker 1: Jeremicha Stevens. Michael Clayton did well his rookie year and
Speaker 1: then kind of film never never, never went back. And
Speaker 1: Joey Gallery was on that team, but it was at
Speaker 1: the very end. He only like twelve catches. Yeah, so
Speaker 1: none of these are are matching not even you know
Speaker 1: when I think comes the closest. And this team was
Speaker 1: not known for its offense. He was known for its defense.
Speaker 1: But the Super Bowl year of two thousand two, you
Speaker 1: had Keshan Johnson, you had Keenan McCardell. He was still
Speaker 1: very good at that point, Joe Jovisious, I was about
Speaker 1: to bring all this up, and you had decent tight ends,
Speaker 1: although somewhat later in their career, and Ken Dilger and
Speaker 1: Ricky Dudley. That's getting closer, but I don't think it
Speaker 1: stands up to what we got right now. And you
Speaker 1: had you still had Michael start in there, so it
Speaker 1: gave you well, yeah, I specifically said three but receivers,
Speaker 1: but I mean a running game helps your passing. And
Speaker 1: Michael Pittman was a great pass catching back and he
Speaker 1: was on this team. So that's the one part the
Speaker 1: reason I was kind of cherry picking there, because you
Speaker 1: are running backs right now are pretty much a unproven group,
Speaker 1: especially in the passing game. So yeah, there's some of
Speaker 1: these teams had better pass catching backs for sure, like
Speaker 1: two thousand two with Michael Pittman. And I'd like to
Speaker 1: say last week I was spot on about our our
Speaker 1: corners are don't worry about our cornerbacks at all. You
Speaker 1: don't need to worry about it. And who goes out
Speaker 1: on the first series, Yes, and that's a shame because
Speaker 1: because he's been practicing and he looked good. Yeah, and
Speaker 1: then it was a rough go of it for Ryan
Speaker 1: Smith who came in to replace him. But the rookies
Speaker 1: got in after that and they looked good again. Carlton
Speaker 1: Davis and m J. Stewart and even Jordan White had
Speaker 1: m Jay's Stewart is he's that's your guy. Yeah. I
Speaker 1: think he's gonna be my guy. He kind of like
Speaker 1: Godwin on the other side. Just yeah, just uh, I
Speaker 1: saw Okay. So we've been raving and raving and raving
Speaker 1: for good reason about Carlton Davis. But there was a
Speaker 1: playing practice yes Monday, I was in jury duty Monday,
Speaker 1: continue I was watching and they did um they did Skelly,
Speaker 1: which is basically like seven on seven red zone, so
Speaker 1: there's no pass rush, and they were only doing half lines,
Speaker 1: so you're only using half the field. You had three
Speaker 1: receivers or three pass catchers sometimes tight ends or whatever,
Speaker 1: and it's a half field thing. So it's pretty tighten.
Speaker 1: There these drills without defensive linemen favor of the offense
Speaker 1: because there's no pressure on the quarterback. But in this case,
Speaker 1: it's kind of compacted and it's it's running kind of
Speaker 1: combination routes and quick stuff. The first one, I don't
Speaker 1: remember who was in the slot or closest to the quarterback,
Speaker 1: but on the outset was was Mike Evans and he
Speaker 1: was matched up against Carlton Davis and just a good
Speaker 1: matchup because there's a size there. And I was standing
Speaker 1: with some of our fine communications slash PR guys and
Speaker 1: I don't remember which Jack group, and uh, I don't
Speaker 1: don't remember which one, so I can't give him credit
Speaker 1: for it. But he's like, well, Mike Evans. It's like,
Speaker 1: that's gonna be Mike Evans because we' guessing where they're
Speaker 1: gonna throw it. And yeah, I mean, Mike, listen, Carlton
Speaker 1: Davis has been great, but the rookie is not gonna
Speaker 1: be great on every play. And Mike beat him very
Speaker 1: thoroughly and was back in the end zone. It wasn't
Speaker 1: even like a contested one that he usually has to do.
Speaker 1: But see, I think that's good because that gets him
Speaker 1: to learn more. But it also was nice to see
Speaker 1: Mike Evans and know what kind of weapon you have there,
Speaker 1: So I think we know what kind of weapon we have.
Speaker 1: Here's another thing from the game that wasn't great. The
Speaker 1: kicker are new kicker missed an extra point and missed
Speaker 1: a fifty three yard field goal. But here's the difference.
Speaker 1: We can have a kicker have a bad not bad
Speaker 1: just so so Dame. I mean, you don't necessarily a
Speaker 1: fifty three yard or isn't a hugely high percentage one.
Speaker 1: And he made the game winner, and he made another
Speaker 1: one his kickoffs. Kickoffs were pretty good. Um, but it
Speaker 1: wasn't an awesome debut. But we can watch that happen
Speaker 1: and not get this impending sense of doom that's it's
Speaker 1: going to employ immediately. I mean, I'm not worried about
Speaker 1: Chandler Katon's are in the next game, isn't my point.
Speaker 1: The funniest line of the broadcast was at the half
Speaker 1: when t J was talking to Dirt Cutter and going
Speaker 1: through how everybody played, and as the interview ended, Dirt said, well,
Speaker 1: we got the missed extra point out of the way,
Speaker 1: that's right, and walked were just boomed, Mike drop and
Speaker 1: walked away, and I was like, Okay, right now, we
Speaker 1: don't have to worry about it because we already had
Speaker 1: it and they'll make all the rest of him. We
Speaker 1: certainly could happen. One other thing that happened in a
Speaker 1: game that I want to call back to our last episode. Um,
Speaker 1: we talked about some of the new rules and the
Speaker 1: diving rule, and I was kind of complaining about it.
Speaker 1: It was called in that game on a second in
Speaker 1: something near the goal line. Uh, Fitzpatrick scrambled and uh
Speaker 1: he the first time. I would have been at the one,
Speaker 1: and he dived and appeared to get to the two,
Speaker 1: and in the old rules he would have been credited
Speaker 1: for the two. But they actually spotted the ball back
Speaker 1: at the four because that's where he began his dive.
Speaker 1: I know this is yet another rule based on player safety.
Speaker 1: So I get that, and if that's what the league
Speaker 1: of the players want to do, fine, but I don't
Speaker 1: like it. I think a guy should have the option
Speaker 1: to dive for yardage as maybe not so much during
Speaker 1: a preseason game, but most definitely during a game and
Speaker 1: the playoffs. I mean he should have he said, the option,
Speaker 1: which means if you can't have the rule because you
Speaker 1: can't go, well, this time I'm diving for yards, but
Speaker 1: this time I'm diving to give myself up. They have
Speaker 1: to call everyone like they're diving to give themselves up.
Speaker 1: But if you're a quarterback and you know the first
Speaker 1: downs of the one, you're diving to try to get there,
Speaker 1: a lot of guys will do that. Now Fitz says,
Speaker 1: he dies because he can't slide. He's terrible sliding, so
Speaker 1: he would have been diving anyway. And of course then
Speaker 1: they take the risk of getting hit. But that's the
Speaker 1: risk you take if you are desperate for those two yards.
Speaker 1: What if this two yards? What if it was fourth
Speaker 1: down and he had to get there and he dives,
Speaker 1: They're gonna take it back. There's gonna be an ugly
Speaker 1: situation like that, and I'm not gonna I'm raising myself
Speaker 1: for it already and I don't like it, and it's
Speaker 1: not gonna take long. I agree. All right, Well, alright,
Speaker 1: we cover everything I think we did. We go to Nashville,
Speaker 1: so uh, as you're listening to this, we're probably already
Speaker 1: in nash right because we should yesterday. Yeah, we'll practice
Speaker 1: with the team. Um and uh, well not us, but
Speaker 1: practicing with the Titans. So that's exciting. That's that's a good,
Speaker 1: good experience. I like when we do stuff like that. Yeah,
Speaker 1: I mean, as Brent Grimes said today, is like, no,
Speaker 1: I don't really like it because I don't like living
Speaker 1: in a hotel for a week. But I mean it's
Speaker 1: still small. It's like, wait, I always like what Brett
Speaker 1: Grimes was talking about where he can't sit still, and
Speaker 1: you know that's true, right, I proved he proved me
Speaker 1: right from another podcast. Go back to the first podcast.
Speaker 1: I didn't remember that. Yes, good job. Yeah, he's the
Speaker 1: guy who's on the sideline kicking a football up in
Speaker 1: there like it's a soccer ball. Always find very good
Speaker 1: at by the way, always find time to play. As
Speaker 1: he says, yes, yeah, he deales say that he should
Speaker 1: be the play sixty spokesman for the NFL because he
Speaker 1: says it on his own. All right, that's enough about
Speaker 1: what's going on. Now. We're gonna come back here in
Speaker 1: a second and talk about since we're playing Tennessee, maybe
Speaker 1: a few Tennessee memories. There's not a lot because I'm
Speaker 1: playing with a ton uh and then we're gonna get
Speaker 1: to Mike all Style, which is probably what a lot
Speaker 1: of people who were waiting for to finish up with
Speaker 1: your questions. So we'll be back in just a minute
Speaker 1: the Salty Dogs. All right, welcome in once again to
Speaker 1: These Salty Dogs Podcast. This is the part of the
Speaker 1: show where we hey, you remember that when that happened?
Speaker 1: And since we're gonna be talking about the Tennessee Titans,
Speaker 1: this is gonna be a very short segment. We've only
Speaker 1: played them eleven times and we've only beat him twice,
Speaker 1: and one was before we got here. I think, well
Speaker 1: you might have seen it. I think it was in
Speaker 1: the eighties. Well, now I I my memory of of
Speaker 1: that was it wasn't at that game, but it was
Speaker 1: in the nineties. Uh, with Sam White's the head coach.
Speaker 1: We played at the um Astro Dome. We did. That
Speaker 1: must have been because I didn't think is before then?
Speaker 1: Well you said the nineties? What it was the nineties?
Speaker 1: I got here two, okay, so it had to be.
Speaker 1: When did when did they go to Tennessee? They didn't
Speaker 1: go until n start bring. They didn't go until later.
Speaker 1: This was this was under trust me, I do trust
Speaker 1: you this is one of these. This is one of
Speaker 1: these check marks. I mean, I trust you in regards
Speaker 1: to this. I don't want to make a blanket statement.
Speaker 1: Trust I understand the astrodome. Check did a game in
Speaker 1: the aster I wouldn't remember if I went to the Astrodome,
Speaker 1: you don't, you know? I dope? So maybe well ninety
Speaker 1: one was Richard Williamson. Yeah, Sam, you said, Sam White
Speaker 1: and I got here sandwich. I don't know either one
Speaker 1: of our failing not mine. I don't know. I remember stadium, remember,
Speaker 1: I remember Statius, but we lost that game. No, I
Speaker 1: think we won that game. I can't remember, but I
Speaker 1: just I just remember how cool looking it was. Earl
Speaker 1: Campbell there, No like I was trying to catch you.
Speaker 1: I know I figured you did. But what's funny in Pastorini?
Speaker 1: Uh no, no, but you know Dan Pastorini quit playing
Speaker 1: football and then he became a drag racer. Did you
Speaker 1: know that? There? You and that's a driver drag racing.
Speaker 1: I just want to make sure cars things like it's
Speaker 1: a new day and age. I don't know. I want
Speaker 1: to be um. But my story is as big as
Speaker 1: the astro Dome is, because it's still there. Next to
Speaker 1: the new stadium. I don't know what it's called now,
Speaker 1: because it was Reliant before and now it's something else
Speaker 1: in Houston g Year centergy or something. It's like a
Speaker 1: it looks like it's the shed for for that new stadium.
Speaker 1: That's the only thing, and the only other thing I
Speaker 1: remember about playing Tennessee is we were ahead and we
Speaker 1: lost in the fourth quarter, and I was miserable in
Speaker 1: the rain. Sorry to make you relive that in the rain,
Speaker 1: he said in the Astra Dome. No, this was This
Speaker 1: was the only other memory I have a playing tennant being. Okay,
Speaker 1: maybe it's the same game. No it's not. No, no,
Speaker 1: I'm saying, is the one I'm about to talk Yeah,
Speaker 1: in Tennessee. Oh no it's not. Then remember that one.
Speaker 1: This one was from This is really my only vivid
Speaker 1: memory of playing against Tennessee. I mean, we beat him
Speaker 1: in in two thousand seven. I vaguely remember that with
Speaker 1: Jeff Garcia, and I think we had I think Joey
Speaker 1: Galloway had a long touchdown. Okay, but in the season,
Speaker 1: was you remember that it kind of went off the
Speaker 1: rails a little bit in the middle, and we ended
Speaker 1: up eight and eight. Playoffs, UM three game losing streak,
Speaker 1: all close games in the middle of the first one
Speaker 1: was Tennessee and John Lynch was out for the game,
Speaker 1: and it made all the difference in the world because
Speaker 1: they ran the ball up and down the field on
Speaker 1: us for like two or fifty yards, but seventy one
Speaker 1: of those yards I remember the number. Seventy one came
Speaker 1: on a Steve McNair the quarterback. The quarterback scrambled for
Speaker 1: seventy one yards for a touchdown. Do you remember that, Yes,
Speaker 1: it wasn't. It was like third and eight and we
Speaker 1: had a chance to get the ball back, only down
Speaker 1: by two, and he play action, which is not really
Speaker 1: believable on third and eight in the first place. In
Speaker 1: turns was right and one of our alignement is there,
Speaker 1: I don't remember who, and so he cuts up and
Speaker 1: now always off and we've got we must have eight
Speaker 1: guys dive at him, and everybody just misses or they're
Speaker 1: diving and hitting each other, and he runs seventy one
Speaker 1: yards for the quarterback in the ice the game. I
Speaker 1: do remember. That wasn't a good minute. That was a
Speaker 1: crazy season two because coming off the nineties seven season,
Speaker 1: finally making into the playoffs have winning a playoffs right,
Speaker 1: going to Green a lot of expectations, and we were
Speaker 1: in the thick of things, back and back and back,
Speaker 1: and then um, last game of the year was Cincinnati.
Speaker 1: We beat him like touchdowns and we were flying home
Speaker 1: and uh, this is when we would have little TVs
Speaker 1: and you would have to change the channel depending on
Speaker 1: what's what state you're flying over. The game that everybody's
Speaker 1: trying to get. Yeah, it was the Arizona game. Jake
Speaker 1: Snake uh okay, and Jake the Snake drove him down
Speaker 1: and a winning field goal took us out of the playoffs.
Speaker 1: It went from cheers and cheers in the airplane to
Speaker 1: dead silent, right because even in eight and eight Affarizona
Speaker 1: last we would have made the playoffs on a tiebreaker
Speaker 1: over them, and then I think they went on to
Speaker 1: beat Dallas. So that was that was weird. But these
Speaker 1: are a very good memory. So let's quit this. Remember
Speaker 1: the wind segment, Well we can, I mean, but the
Speaker 1: problem is it depends on what team we're p right. No,
Speaker 1: I mean today, I don't mean get rid of it total,
Speaker 1: Oh you'll made it, you made it. Just let's just
Speaker 1: move on from no, don't get rid of it. Okay, No,
Speaker 1: we gotta give the fan. We gotta show them. We
Speaker 1: don't know anything about this one there, we have no
Speaker 1: memories of them. We're making well, we made some memories
Speaker 1: every decent. We'll make some now, all right, So let's
Speaker 1: end this and let's get to Michael Stale. Let's get
Speaker 1: right to my the Salty Dogs. All right, Bucking your fans,
Speaker 1: welcome back into the Salty Dog Podcast. Here. I'm Scott
Speaker 1: Smith and I'm Jeff Ryan, and we have a guest
Speaker 1: with us now. Um, you know, it's a short history
Speaker 1: of the Saltydogs Podcast, but this is maybe our most
Speaker 1: exciting guests yet, right, and I haven't talked to this
Speaker 1: guy in a long time. Get out your train whistles
Speaker 1: and and make your bouncing off tackles sound effects, because
Speaker 1: joining me now is the a train Mike call stop.
Speaker 1: Mike's thanks so much for being with us. How are
Speaker 1: you doing, guys, great? Great, thanks for having me. First
Speaker 1: of all, oh, well, you know, Buck fans are gonna
Speaker 1: love it, so we'll talk to you about training camp
Speaker 1: stuff like that. But first, you know, Buck fans, no,
Speaker 1: Mike all said, is, as you know, a train and
Speaker 1: all that. But right now, Michael Start is a head
Speaker 1: coach at Northside Christian. You've been doing that for I
Speaker 1: guess seven years, and now how much do you actually
Speaker 1: like being a head coach? At this point? I enjoy it,
Speaker 1: I really did. Um I do. And it all started
Speaker 1: just coaching, be an assistant coach and in Breck football,
Speaker 1: and then I tried one year of being assistant and uh,
Speaker 1: you know, becoming the head coach at north Side fell
Speaker 1: in my lap, and uh, I've enjoyed it. You know,
Speaker 1: my kids go to school there, My girls go to
Speaker 1: school there, so I get to see them, be around them,
Speaker 1: and you know, I got to coach my son, and
Speaker 1: I got to coach a whole bunch of kids that
Speaker 1: became sons, and you know, it's just, uh, it's great
Speaker 1: and uh and in every way, you know, it's just
Speaker 1: not about football. It's more about you know, life and
Speaker 1: you know, and trying to help them make decisions and
Speaker 1: have them grow up, to help them mature and be young,
Speaker 1: be young adults. Getting involved was it part because Griffin
Speaker 1: wanted to play some football and it gave you an
Speaker 1: opportunity to to get closer with your with your oldest son. Yeah.
Speaker 1: You know, it's funny. He didn't want to play at first,
Speaker 1: and we weren't making him, and uh, when he's a
Speaker 1: sixth grade he's like his best friend was playing. So
Speaker 1: he's like, hey, Dad, I want to play. I want
Speaker 1: to play football. And I'm like, well, and he was.
Speaker 1: He was playing baseball, baseball, baseball, And you know how
Speaker 1: that goes. You know, once you get in a baseball season,
Speaker 1: you really practice, you play more games and practice, and
Speaker 1: I'm like, well, it's totally different. You know, you're gonna
Speaker 1: practice you know, nine percent of time and you're gonna play,
Speaker 1: you know, on the field one percent, especially in wreck football. Right. So, um,
Speaker 1: you know he liked it. And now he's at Western
Speaker 1: Michigan being the quarterback over there and uh doing well. Yeah,
Speaker 1: that's exciting, very exciting. Well, Mike, if you if you
Speaker 1: were if we were to rewind about fifteen years at
Speaker 1: this time of year, you'd be right in the middle
Speaker 1: of training camp. Instead of running the guys through the paces,
Speaker 1: somebody be running you through the paces. What are your
Speaker 1: memories of training camp? Do you look back finally at
Speaker 1: that part of the year in any given season, or
Speaker 1: was it just getting through it. No, I enjoyed it.
Speaker 1: I enjoyed training camp. Um, yeah, it was a grind,
Speaker 1: but you know it was. It was especially when we
Speaker 1: we're in um Disney World over at the White and
Speaker 1: Rold Sports that there was you know, there was some bonding,
Speaker 1: a lot of bonding, camaraderie, building and stuff like that,
Speaker 1: and and it was I guess when his training camp
Speaker 1: is real when you had practices and full pads every day,
Speaker 1: right twice a day, I have to agree with you, Mike.
Speaker 1: I thought to being at UT was was unique. Being
Speaker 1: at Disney was a great bonding experience. And now doing
Speaker 1: what ten well, we've been in the building ten years,
Speaker 1: so we started hearing to the okay, so almost yeah,
Speaker 1: almost a decade, yeah almost, it's yeah, and the new
Speaker 1: one yeah, and each one has its own unique experience.
Speaker 1: But my favorite is when we were at Wide World
Speaker 1: of Sports. And you're right. What I liked about it
Speaker 1: is that we were there for so long and it
Speaker 1: gave an opportunity, like a guy like me to be
Speaker 1: able to make relationship with players, mainly because we all
Speaker 1: ate in the same place breakfast, lunch, and dinner. And
Speaker 1: after about a week you were looking for someone new
Speaker 1: to talk to. Everybody got to know everyone, and you
Speaker 1: didn't have somewhere just to get up and go and
Speaker 1: go somewhere else, you know what I mean. You're always
Speaker 1: at each other and um, you have time to study harder,
Speaker 1: watch more film, do all that stuff. I don't know
Speaker 1: what they do now, do they They're still sending hotels? Yeah,
Speaker 1: yeah they do. But you know, obviously they just had
Speaker 1: the one practice in the morning and then they get
Speaker 1: breaks and they have meetings. But it's and it's probably
Speaker 1: for the best in terms of player safety, but it's
Speaker 1: definitely a lot less grueling. No, No, I get it,
Speaker 1: you know at times of change and life changes and
Speaker 1: stuff like that. But you know, it was just just
Speaker 1: being a way, I guess, being a way of and
Speaker 1: nobody wants to be away from their family for four
Speaker 1: weeks and stuff like that. But you know it's for
Speaker 1: you to focus and concentrate and build a championship team
Speaker 1: that you know, that's what That's what we did, you
Speaker 1: know what I mean. Yeah, we use use the word
Speaker 1: camaraderie and um, and not just in camp, but I'm
Speaker 1: sure that was existence all throughout the season. A subset
Speaker 1: of that maybe a little bit of um when you
Speaker 1: sort of messed around with your teammates and little pranks.
Speaker 1: We had Dave Moron last week, and I have a
Speaker 1: feeling that some of your stories might overlap with him
Speaker 1: because you guys are partners in crime at time there
Speaker 1: an you have those old behind the scenes pranks that
Speaker 1: fans wouldn't know about it. You remember, finally geez that
Speaker 1: you can share. Uh, there's a lot of stuff. There's
Speaker 1: a lot of stuff about cars. He did the one
Speaker 1: about Jeb Terry taking the hood off the truck. He
Speaker 1: did that one. Yeah, that's that's a pretty good one.
Speaker 1: So Paul Paul Kelly, yes, right hand man two Gruden.
Speaker 1: They were messing with me and they put a stick
Speaker 1: around my light and plate and stuff like that, and
Speaker 1: there remember that we would always do that, do pranks
Speaker 1: and stuff like that. And uh. But anyway, so for
Speaker 1: me to get him back, so meat and they came
Speaker 1: in at like four o'clock in the morning, five o'clock
Speaker 1: in the morning something like that, and um sitting on
Speaker 1: Ana Paul Kelly's range rover, jacking it up and boutill
Speaker 1: Paul the tires and uh, he comes out the back
Speaker 1: door of the weight room and says that I got
Speaker 1: you guys put it back. Huh Franks, and you guys
Speaker 1: you got woke up, you guys woke up so early,
Speaker 1: and blah blah. So every day he used to park
Speaker 1: his car in a different spot and at around the
Speaker 1: facility and all that's the new Buccaneers facility. And so
Speaker 1: one day he pulled it into them the owner's lot.
Speaker 1: When we got into the owner's lot, right, and then
Speaker 1: we put that thing. No excuse me, he parked it
Speaker 1: one time. We couldn't get in there, but he parked
Speaker 1: on the other side of the owner's lot and we
Speaker 1: found it. So long story, sure, we put it on blocks,
Speaker 1: and we hang his tires from the goal post, and
Speaker 1: then I guess, uh, um, the GM says, hey, look
Speaker 1: out the window. That's pretty hilarious. And he realized this
Speaker 1: his tires and stuff like that. But just stuff like that.
Speaker 1: You know, we always kept it, you know, for real
Speaker 1: around there, and uh, everybody's head on this level. I
Speaker 1: don't think I would have messed with you guys, you
Speaker 1: and Dave, because I would have expected it to come
Speaker 1: back twice as hard. The my personal experience, I'm sure
Speaker 1: you'll remember this Mike, when we were in Philadelphia the
Speaker 1: first go round and we were on the field and
Speaker 1: you and I had a discussion about my beard. Yes,
Speaker 1: oh yeah, you've been waiting to tell this. I was
Speaker 1: saving this story for while it's actually guest. You're the guest,
Speaker 1: so you tell your version of the story, and then
Speaker 1: I'm gonna tell mine. Okay, he wants, all right, my
Speaker 1: My version of the story was we were in Philadelphia
Speaker 1: and I think we were five and one was our record.
Speaker 1: We were playing really really well. And this was before
Speaker 1: social media, this was before uh NFL network would be
Speaker 1: on the field early. Mike used to go to the
Speaker 1: go to the stadium really early, like like US broadcasters
Speaker 1: did the set up. But then we would all meet
Speaker 1: on the field and we would goof around on the field,
Speaker 1: try to you know, snap a ball and hit the
Speaker 1: goal put. Yeah, just just bonding and entertaining, just having
Speaker 1: a conversation. And and Mike was talking and he looked
Speaker 1: at me and he goes, hey, how long have you
Speaker 1: had your beard? And I said, oh, gosh, long time. Mike.
Speaker 1: He goes everything about shaving it off. Nah, no, I don't,
Speaker 1: I don't think about that, and he goes, uh, how
Speaker 1: about if the Bucks go to the super Bowl And
Speaker 1: I said, oh, well, I'll go to a goatee. And
Speaker 1: Mike goes, Okay, well when we go to the super Bowl,
Speaker 1: you're you're your your beard's coming off. You're gonna be
Speaker 1: wearing a goatee, and uh I said yeah. And I
Speaker 1: didn't think anything of it until the Philadelphia game and
Speaker 1: when Ronde Barber is running down probably the best moment
Speaker 1: in buccaneer hisstor me, I'm thinking, oh jeez, I gotta
Speaker 1: shave my beard, and uhum. On the flight back. On
Speaker 1: the flight back, Jeff Christie and Mike wanted to hold
Speaker 1: me down and shave my beard on the airplane, and
Speaker 1: I said, Mike, Mike, I promise, I'll do it. I'll
Speaker 1: do it. And and the next day when we were
Speaker 1: flying out to San Diego, as I was walking on
Speaker 1: the tarmac, Mike had a camera and he saw that
Speaker 1: I had taken it down to a goatee. And he
Speaker 1: probably still has video on what's your version. It's totally accurate.
Speaker 1: And I remember that start coming together now and every
Speaker 1: time you see me, you go, I've made you a
Speaker 1: much better looking boy, because you've you've kept a look
Speaker 1: everything I have. I'm staring you right now. I know
Speaker 1: it's crazy. It's your signature looking, yeah it is, it is,
Speaker 1: but but all because of uh. And the hardest part was, um,
Speaker 1: you know, trying to get it done before we went
Speaker 1: to San Diego. But you know, I think, you know,
Speaker 1: it's like you tell that story and I tell the
Speaker 1: other stories and stuff like that, and I don't know
Speaker 1: how it is now, but you know, I enjoyed, you know,
Speaker 1: the NFL. You know, obviously being inside the Grand Iron
Speaker 1: playing and doing all the things, but those little stories
Speaker 1: behind the scenes and hanging out not just with football players,
Speaker 1: but you know, the whole the whole organization. Everybody was
Speaker 1: great in my time, and uh, you know, I got
Speaker 1: stories for everyone and stuff like that. But you know
Speaker 1: that's uh never some good days. Yeah, yeah, well I'll
Speaker 1: never forget it. I still laugh every time I see
Speaker 1: you and I think about it, and every time we
Speaker 1: play Philadelphia. That is my initial thought of not Rande
Speaker 1: barbera running back, but you're all, well, I was really
Speaker 1: excited he was running back, but I was thinking, oh,
Speaker 1: and then I honestly the only other thing with Mike
Speaker 1: that I totally enjoyed. Was flying back after the Super
Speaker 1: Bowl win, going over Raymond James Stadium and Mike and
Speaker 1: Jeff Christie were sitting on the other side of the
Speaker 1: plane and as the plane tilted they wanted to see
Speaker 1: the stadium, and he came up where I was sitting.
Speaker 1: And when you have Mike Alstad and Jeff Christie smashing
Speaker 1: you to look out the window, you'll never forget that.
Speaker 1: I remember, I remember that, Jeff. I remember that that
Speaker 1: plane felted. We saw, we saw that the lights on.
Speaker 1: That was incredible. One more question, Mike before you go.
Speaker 1: Last week we had we're reading a question from a fan,
Speaker 1: that's what we do at the end of this podcast,
Speaker 1: and he want to know about a player that we
Speaker 1: have right now named Alan Cross. And he said, do
Speaker 1: you think Alan Cross could be They could use him
Speaker 1: in a role like Michaels. No, I mean, he's not
Speaker 1: that type of player. But my question for you, Mike
Speaker 1: is if you were coming into this league right now
Speaker 1: with the exact same skill set that you came in
Speaker 1: the league in, do you think there's a team that
Speaker 1: would give you the same sort of role or has
Speaker 1: a game changed? You know, I'm not sure. Um, it's
Speaker 1: changed so much. Huh. I mean it's just uh play
Speaker 1: with the fullback anymore. Yeah, and it's more it's more
Speaker 1: of an H back a little bit. Now. It's kind
Speaker 1: of like doing a whole little circle, isn't it. Yeah?
Speaker 1: Would they view you as an H back and not
Speaker 1: really give you the chance to prove that you're a
Speaker 1: tailback in the NFL? Essentially, I don't know. I don't know,
Speaker 1: And you know, I see you know the Bucks now,
Speaker 1: I mean all their running backs are pretty pretty um
Speaker 1: you know, Nick, They're they're smaller. It's hard. They don't
Speaker 1: have the bigger back combinations time with me and work done,
Speaker 1: do they. Well, Peyton Barber's got a little thickness to him, Um,
Speaker 1: but he's the main one. But we don't have and
Speaker 1: we don't even have a fullback position on the rosterroom. Fact,
Speaker 1: if a guy like Austin Johnson, who played fullback in Orleans,
Speaker 1: comes here, they just call him a tight end and
Speaker 1: make him run with the tight ends. Oh yeah, So
Speaker 1: if we're gonna do a late lead back, it's going
Speaker 1: to be a tight end servant is basically like an
Speaker 1: H back. Yeah, that's to go to linebacker. I guess,
Speaker 1: well that would be that that'd be fun to watch.
Speaker 1: You know. It's just right before I even came in,
Speaker 1: I think it was you know, the warn Moon era
Speaker 1: where they just had to run and shoot right right,
Speaker 1: and they didn't have the they didn't have the fullback,
Speaker 1: and then the little trend went to the full back
Speaker 1: a little bit, and then um, now they're getting a
Speaker 1: little bit out into the tetel back type of things,
Speaker 1: more scantier baths and stuff. So you know that's kind
Speaker 1: of went with with fruiting and stuff. But uh, you know,
Speaker 1: I don't follow that much as much as far as
Speaker 1: who's got what and stuff like that, but um, yes,
Speaker 1: it's it's different. It's just weird how it it all
Speaker 1: comes froll circle though. Yeah, I tend to think that
Speaker 1: they'd find a role for you. I mean, yeah, I
Speaker 1: was just gonna say he's hand the wall and say
Speaker 1: run and and you know the words of all start
Speaker 1: up to gut will live forever. Alright, that's a good
Speaker 1: way to end it, I think. Yeah. Well, best in
Speaker 1: the cale, best of the family. Thanks for taking time
Speaker 1: out of your busy, busy day to to join us.
Speaker 1: Thanks guys, pret should save me. Are you talking to
Speaker 1: you guys? All right, Mike, thanks the Salty Dog. Alright,
Speaker 1: we're back here on the Salty Dogs Podcast. We just
Speaker 1: had Mike all stud on. That was fun. That's jeff
Speaker 1: Ryan's voice. I'm Scott Smith. Maybe we can give him
Speaker 1: a come on like every like four or five weeks. Yeah. Yeah,
Speaker 1: he's such down to earth. He's no airs. Yeah, he's
Speaker 1: very very busy. But I mean even as a player,
Speaker 1: he was just he always I did a lot of
Speaker 1: different things with Mike uh, a lot of appearances and
Speaker 1: and he was always you know, just yeah, where you
Speaker 1: want me to get a good guy? That family stuff
Speaker 1: he was talking about, you know how he said that's
Speaker 1: what he remembers and cherishes. That's true. I remember him
Speaker 1: saying that when he retired, that that's what he was
Speaker 1: gonna miss. Dave said that. Dave Moore said that last week.
Speaker 1: It's amazing I missed the guys. I don't miss all
Speaker 1: this other stuff. Right, all right, um, let's get to
Speaker 1: your questions. That's what we do here on the last segments.
Speaker 1: This is always hard. Well, this is tough for you, Jeffy,
Speaker 1: because I I I get these questions. Cheating I mean
Speaker 1: I have to read them. I have to vet them. Okay,
Speaker 1: we've been talking for about twenty five minutes. Not one
Speaker 1: time have you slid that piece of paper over here
Speaker 1: and said, oh, by the way, we questions. I understand,
Speaker 1: but go ahead. I'm good, I'm good on my feet.
Speaker 1: I am like it. You're gonna have to prove that now,
Speaker 1: all right, So we have three of them. Do you
Speaker 1: think we have questions? We get questions this week? I
Speaker 1: think we did. Yes, we did. We got three of them.
Speaker 1: I'm hoping that number goes up every week, so you
Speaker 1: can send us questions. Salty Dogs s A L T
Speaker 1: Y D O G s at Buccaneers dot NFL dot com.
Speaker 1: We love them. We want to read your questions in
Speaker 1: the year. Um, you can have fun with it. You can.
Speaker 1: You can. You can make fun fun of Jeff and
Speaker 1: his goatee if you want you to participate. This is
Speaker 1: this is a two ways these are good here, okay, Um,
Speaker 1: salty dogs great espect These are good too. Because they
Speaker 1: compliment means the question is going to be there's a
Speaker 1: butt coming. No. No, I'm saying they compliment us, and
Speaker 1: so I understand. But after they compliment you they go,
Speaker 1: but no great podcast so far. Thank you. My question
Speaker 1: is who would you say is the strongest guy on
Speaker 1: the team this year? Or thank you Matt Jaspin go
Speaker 1: bucks and wait before you answer that. He also has
Speaker 1: some advice for you, specifically because you're the technical guy. Here.
Speaker 1: Quick suggestion. I like hearing you in the podcast with
Speaker 1: music on episode two. I think you should continue with that.
Speaker 1: That was your addition last time, but have the music
Speaker 1: play and have it gradually fade out to silence. He
Speaker 1: wants he wants he wants a tail out. Yeah, I
Speaker 1: didn't know he wants a tail out. That means something
Speaker 1: different to me. There was one. The tail out was
Speaker 1: sufficient tail It's about two seconds, So we will, we will.
Speaker 1: Let's get these tail out tail outs, right. It's basically
Speaker 1: a personal preference. My preference was the ended soon. But
Speaker 1: I am a team players. Well, I mean Matt, Matt
Speaker 1: has spoken alright. You know, Matt does have to understand that.
Speaker 1: You know, when I say the key word, it's over.
Speaker 1: So whether there's a music or that was your alright,
Speaker 1: So you got any answers here? The strongest, wrongest guy
Speaker 1: on the team right now? Wow needs help. I think
Speaker 1: it DeMar Dotson as being a strong guy just because
Speaker 1: he's big. Yeah, I don't know if this question means
Speaker 1: overall or pound per pound. I think I've got an
Speaker 1: answer for both. I did a little asking around in
Speaker 1: the building. I'm gonna answer the questions longest around the building.
Speaker 1: Then this is the poll I took. As long as
Speaker 1: the fans are getting the information, appreciate Evan Smith. Evan
Speaker 1: Smith heard that repeatedly. He is a big dude. I mean, no, no,
Speaker 1: but but yes, I can. I can see that he
Speaker 1: drives a really cool car too. I didn't know that
Speaker 1: he drives a fifty seven Chevy that's been customer. I
Speaker 1: know when he leaves. I can hear it from my office.
Speaker 1: I know the sound of that car. You probably had
Speaker 1: one at one point. Wow, you're just really it's just alright.
Speaker 1: I could swear on this podcast so because you well
Speaker 1: that's true too, but I would I think since you
Speaker 1: didn't have an answer on your own, and you went
Speaker 1: with with with Evans, I'd go with the same thing.
Speaker 1: I would. Okay, well, then maybe pound for pound, And
Speaker 1: I didn't know this. I know he's a great player.
Speaker 1: Lavante David d is apparently well yeah, but I'm just saying,
Speaker 1: you're comparing these guys. How do you know a guy
Speaker 1: is strong? Well, it's in the weight room. Okay, let's
Speaker 1: see that. I mean, I don't hang out. Yeah, we
Speaker 1: don't hang it. That's why I asked. Yeah, but I
Speaker 1: thought it'd be kind of creepy to stay there in
Speaker 1: the weight room. We didn't work out. Perhaps tomorrow I
Speaker 1: will be doing that to check that. All right, next week,
Speaker 1: I'll give you a little advanced warning that question. But
Speaker 1: that's good. Right. But but because you're especially salty Salty Dog,
Speaker 1: no I I I can appreciate not knowing the questions.
Speaker 1: It makes it a little more fun for me. But
Speaker 1: I do like what you're saying. I would say, I
Speaker 1: would say that, so those two guys are all right,
Speaker 1: You're you're not gonna have any problem with this, okay, ahoy,
Speaker 1: Scott and Jeff getting the nautical theme in there first
Speaker 1: and foremost go Bucks with with the regular season right
Speaker 1: around the corner, I always have a hard time quenching
Speaker 1: my Bucks thirst. So I just binged too, Salty Dog episode. Cool, Thanks,
Speaker 1: it helps, You're welcome. I started going to Bucks games
Speaker 1: fortunately to catch some games at the big Sombrero, which
Speaker 1: was what everybody used to call it tamp Stadium, and
Speaker 1: that was the last year of tamp Stadium. Can you
Speaker 1: guys talk about what you remember from that time if
Speaker 1: you remember, sorry, bad age joke. Yeah that is a
Speaker 1: bad age joke. Yeah, I'm not gonna read this question anymore.
Speaker 1: So was he a memory out of when the Glaciers
Speaker 1: bought the team in Hillsroe County built a new stadium.
Speaker 1: What effect did that have on the culture? If any
Speaker 1: cheers Bobby Munster, who I happened to email back and
Speaker 1: he apparently lives in California, but it still season taken
Speaker 1: care What effect it had on me personally or what
Speaker 1: I think? You can answer both ways? What was the culture?
Speaker 1: How the culture change? I think the culture was changing
Speaker 1: even before the stadium was right because the Glaciers bought.
Speaker 1: Because the Glaziers bought the team, they had a plan,
Speaker 1: they had an agenda. They bought the team. It went
Speaker 1: one year, um, and that was under Sam. After that
Speaker 1: year was over with, they decided to make changes, UM,
Speaker 1: so they bought it seven uniforms Stadium Champion actually actually
Speaker 1: was the new stage. Yeah, UM, But ninety seven was
Speaker 1: fun because you could after the ninety six season, you
Speaker 1: could see the team coming together and you and as
Speaker 1: a fan, you had to say, wow, you know this,
Speaker 1: this is something we haven't seen before since the late seventies.
Speaker 1: And a lot of fans don't remember the great defenses
Speaker 1: in the lates because they were well that's true, but
Speaker 1: that that was something that the organization, as a Buck
Speaker 1: fan would hang their hats on from worse the first
Speaker 1: and seventy nine. So you take seventy nine and ninety seven,
Speaker 1: you flip the numbers. Now you start there you go.
Speaker 1: So now you started thinking that this could be pretty good.
Speaker 1: And as the team, as the team played better and better,
Speaker 1: the stadium filled up more and more, and then you
Speaker 1: had that electricity and then you could see where the
Speaker 1: new stadium was going in. Also, that was the first
Speaker 1: year of the new uniforms. Yes, so my answer to
Speaker 1: this question would be in terms of what remembered and
Speaker 1: how the culture. It was a sense of relief once
Speaker 1: once the Community Investment Tax passed and we knew they
Speaker 1: were going to build stadium, we knew for sure that
Speaker 1: the team was going to stay here, and that was
Speaker 1: a big relief because there was concerns that they could
Speaker 1: be moved out of our Lando or something like. I
Speaker 1: was involved in a I don't know if I don't
Speaker 1: know if you remember this, but all TV stations in
Speaker 1: Tampa Bay we did a rally at at the stadium.
Speaker 1: It was live on TV and UM. It was to
Speaker 1: help promote the have sent sales tax, to bring the
Speaker 1: fans together to and and this is I know you're
Speaker 1: gonna you're gonna go b s on me on this,
Speaker 1: but this a true story. When Hillsborough County voted to
Speaker 1: do the half sent sales tax, we moved to Hillsboro County. You, yes,
Speaker 1: just to help the clause. Well, because I wanted to
Speaker 1: keep my job. I do whatever I had to. And
Speaker 1: then I was working for a radio station. But but yeah,
Speaker 1: well we we were looking to build somewhere, and we
Speaker 1: in Hillsborough County and and we eventually we moved in.
Speaker 1: Actually we uh built the house in a very small way,
Speaker 1: so I was hoping. So but yes, I think that
Speaker 1: I think people forget how how much had to change
Speaker 1: and and everybody has to remember that there are other
Speaker 1: cities wanting a team. And that was the beginning of
Speaker 1: stadiums being built in UM Baltimore and they got a team.
Speaker 1: But but they were all yeah, but they had the
Speaker 1: plans for those new stadiums, all of that new stadium
Speaker 1: So that was a pretty electrifying time. In fact, if
Speaker 1: I'm not mistaken, and I'm gonna check it out, hopefully, uh,
Speaker 1: we'll tease a little bit. Hopefully we'll we'll of Tony
Speaker 1: Dungee next week. Um, it might be a couple of
Speaker 1: weeks or a few weeks, So I ring a honor.
Speaker 1: I'm sorry to ring a honor, but I think I
Speaker 1: read somewhere and in my discussions with him, I think
Speaker 1: he said the nineties seven season was his most fun season. Really, Yeah,
Speaker 1: right this down because I'm gonna gonna make sure we
Speaker 1: get that. I understand. Don't worry. The people who listen
Speaker 1: to this podcast have no problem calling me out. So yeah,
Speaker 1: you know that was fun. It was a five and
Speaker 1: old start to the season and return the playoffs on that. So, UM,
Speaker 1: one more question, let's just get to it. We could
Speaker 1: go on and on about a couple of years. Am
Speaker 1: I answering too long? Should? No? No, I'm staying. I
Speaker 1: want to make sure we get this last one by
Speaker 1: a guy who actually got a question in the first podcast,
Speaker 1: David Harrison, so thanks for sending in another one. Scott
Speaker 1: and Jeff no old jokes appreciate that. Thank you guys
Speaker 1: are killing it though on this new podcast. My question
Speaker 1: is this, what's the best part of your jobs? And
Speaker 1: wanted something about your jobs, good or bad that people
Speaker 1: outside your field would be surprised to learn. Asking for
Speaker 1: a friend, hopefully let you guys keep this up, go bucks.
Speaker 1: The best part of my job is I don't feel
Speaker 1: like I go to work I am doing I am
Speaker 1: doing something that I've always wanted to do, and not
Speaker 1: necessarily sports, because I started my career off as a
Speaker 1: disc jockey. From being a disc jockey, I went to
Speaker 1: an air personality because that's what you called them. From that,
Speaker 1: I launched a sports station and well from that, I
Speaker 1: um got involved running the Bucaneer Radio network, and then
Speaker 1: I launched a sports station. So I'm able to do
Speaker 1: my love of being on the radio and having a
Speaker 1: good time and then my love for sports. And it's
Speaker 1: extra special for me because that's how my father and
Speaker 1: I connected was because of sports, and we went to
Speaker 1: many many different sporting goods and um, I always appreciated
Speaker 1: the time, my dad was in the broadcast booth and
Speaker 1: got to see what I did, and so so I
Speaker 1: would say that that, um, nobody in my family cares
Speaker 1: about sports, so they don't care about my well, my
Speaker 1: family people don't care about my My brother still asked me,
Speaker 1: sore you're coming for Christmas dinner. I mean, he just
Speaker 1: they don't They just don't understand. But I got one
Speaker 1: more bit. I like, I enjoy the relationships with the players,
Speaker 1: not because they're players, but as people. Yeah, yeah, it's
Speaker 1: good when you get those you don't get those relations
Speaker 1: one of them, but um, mind is really it's kind
Speaker 1: of dumb. But I just it's so much fun when
Speaker 1: we win. Yes, you know, so that's and then the
Speaker 1: locker room afterwards and everybody's having such a good time.
Speaker 1: But I will say this, uh, after a win, after
Speaker 1: a win. But but I will say doing a game,
Speaker 1: a broadcast game when the team isn't winning, makes you
Speaker 1: a better broadcaster because you're working harder to bring entertainment
Speaker 1: value to everybody because when you win, the stories fall
Speaker 1: in your lap. But still it's more fun when we win.
Speaker 1: The question is what you like about it? And then
Speaker 1: the last part, what would surprise people out our job. Uh,
Speaker 1: when we fly on these team planes, if you wanted to,
Speaker 1: you could gain five hundred pounds because they I don't
Speaker 1: think we'll have any idea. They are constantly bringing food
Speaker 1: up and down the meals and ice cream and backs
Speaker 1: and candy. You don't get candy going up, so that's right,
Speaker 1: trying to keep it healthy on the way up. Yeah,
Speaker 1: before the game, but coming back it's an unbelievable smart
Speaker 1: sport of food you kind of have to pass on
Speaker 1: like s yes, because they have they have food at
Speaker 1: the stadium for the team. You could grab a box.
Speaker 1: You could grab because you need to eat on the
Speaker 1: bus as you're driving to the air. This is probably
Speaker 1: very important for players because they need to refuel a
Speaker 1: lot and immediately, but it's not important for us. And
Speaker 1: then walking up the plane, you have a sandle you
Speaker 1: can grab. You sit down and filet on the way
Speaker 1: out and then they ask you if you need But yes,
Speaker 1: you do have to watch your you do have to.
Speaker 1: I'm good for a fifteen pound games this season. I
Speaker 1: have to fight to get it off. But I will
Speaker 1: say this, Yeah, I'm with you, I'm with you. I
Speaker 1: will say this it's a cool job. It's fun and um,
Speaker 1: I'm not gonna say i'd do it for free, but
Speaker 1: you know what I'm saying. It's a good job, all right.
Speaker 1: This part's fun too. I like this. I'm enjoying this. Well,
Speaker 1: I'm kind of I'm doing full circle because as long
Speaker 1: as you're going full circle, want to take us off.
Speaker 1: We'll see you next week. And since you did, thanks
Speaker 1: for listening.