1 00:00:00,680 --> 00:00:03,480 Speaker 1: You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox 2 00:00:03,560 --> 00:00:07,080 Speaker 1: Sports Radio. Welcome to the program. It's our one on 3 00:00:07,120 --> 00:00:10,320 Speaker 1: this Thursday, Dan and the Dane's Dan Patrick Show. Seaton, 4 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:12,880 Speaker 1: of course is on the road to Los Angeles. Marvin 5 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:15,520 Speaker 1: is sitting in the front row with Paulie Fritzie in 6 00:00:15,560 --> 00:00:17,800 Speaker 1: the back row with all of his friends. You can 7 00:00:17,840 --> 00:00:19,919 Speaker 1: be part of the program eight seven seven three d 8 00:00:20,000 --> 00:00:22,720 Speaker 1: P show Email address DP at dan Patrick dot com, 9 00:00:22,720 --> 00:00:26,120 Speaker 1: Twitter handle a DP show. I started out my morning 10 00:00:26,200 --> 00:00:29,320 Speaker 1: by a being flipped off by a driver double birds, 11 00:00:30,120 --> 00:00:33,000 Speaker 1: and I was thinking, okay, the car was in front 12 00:00:33,040 --> 00:00:36,040 Speaker 1: of me at the light. The light was green. One second, 13 00:00:36,440 --> 00:00:43,159 Speaker 1: two seconds, three seconds, double bird, And I thought, you 14 00:00:43,240 --> 00:00:47,720 Speaker 1: know what, this is a teaching moment here. Maybe maybe 15 00:00:47,760 --> 00:00:50,640 Speaker 1: this is something that, with the help of Elon Musk, 16 00:00:51,240 --> 00:00:55,240 Speaker 1: maybe I can contribute something to society today. It's rare, 17 00:00:55,400 --> 00:00:59,400 Speaker 1: but maybe how about can you make a horn on 18 00:00:59,440 --> 00:01:02,560 Speaker 1: your call? Are that is a polite horn, as if 19 00:01:02,600 --> 00:01:06,880 Speaker 1: to say, hey, green light, excuse me, yeah, excuse me, 20 00:01:07,440 --> 00:01:13,280 Speaker 1: exqueeze me, exqueeze me. So instead of the it's a hey, 21 00:01:14,000 --> 00:01:16,520 Speaker 1: that's that's all because I thought, you know what, I 22 00:01:16,560 --> 00:01:19,640 Speaker 1: didn't mean. I wasn't blasting on the horn, but you know, 23 00:01:19,720 --> 00:01:23,000 Speaker 1: you start your day. Then I spilled my Starbucks coffee 24 00:01:23,040 --> 00:01:25,679 Speaker 1: on me. That's how I started my day. But every 25 00:01:25,760 --> 00:01:27,679 Speaker 1: day it's the super Bowl in here, and I have 26 00:01:27,760 --> 00:01:30,280 Speaker 1: to come in and I have to, you know, plow forward, 27 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:33,360 Speaker 1: move forward. Can't you know, dwell on the past. But 28 00:01:33,440 --> 00:01:37,360 Speaker 1: I thought, okay, it's my mistake with the coffee. And 29 00:01:37,720 --> 00:01:41,199 Speaker 1: I got double burded by somebody this morning, and I thought, okay, 30 00:01:41,200 --> 00:01:44,600 Speaker 1: maybe just a polite horn. You can have the regular one, 31 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:47,360 Speaker 1: or you could have just a really nice one, just 32 00:01:47,400 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: to say, hey, Jimmy Lipper. Green light, Yeah, damn. We 33 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:55,440 Speaker 1: have some questions on horn etiquette at the journalists. I'd 34 00:01:55,440 --> 00:01:56,960 Speaker 1: like to ask you, okay, the cars in front of 35 00:01:56,960 --> 00:01:59,320 Speaker 1: you with the green light, yeah, you're the second position. Yes, 36 00:01:59,480 --> 00:02:02,480 Speaker 1: the car pauses. How many seconds were you? I even 37 00:02:02,520 --> 00:02:05,920 Speaker 1: counted three seconds? Okay. And during the morning commute people 38 00:02:05,960 --> 00:02:08,480 Speaker 1: are in a hurry, which is fair. Now did you 39 00:02:08,760 --> 00:02:11,600 Speaker 1: one pump the horn? Did you two pump the horn? 40 00:02:11,880 --> 00:02:14,560 Speaker 1: Or did you pump and hold the horn? No? No, no, no, 41 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:18,160 Speaker 1: no pump and hold. It was just a like but 42 00:02:18,200 --> 00:02:21,160 Speaker 1: it sounded low. Well tap tap, yes, that's that is 43 00:02:21,240 --> 00:02:24,280 Speaker 1: standard procedure, acceptable because if you hold the horn, it 44 00:02:24,280 --> 00:02:27,519 Speaker 1: has a more much more aggressive note. It was the volume. 45 00:02:28,120 --> 00:02:30,240 Speaker 1: See that's the problem. I think when you hear the horn, 46 00:02:30,240 --> 00:02:34,920 Speaker 1: you're like okay, or it's a you're like okay, and 47 00:02:35,000 --> 00:02:38,639 Speaker 1: I I'd like to come up with, hey, okay. One 48 00:02:38,639 --> 00:02:40,799 Speaker 1: more question. The person who double burted you, what cup 49 00:02:40,840 --> 00:02:42,480 Speaker 1: of car was it? Did it look like a big 50 00:02:42,520 --> 00:02:45,880 Speaker 1: person man or woman? It was a man and uh 51 00:02:46,040 --> 00:02:51,720 Speaker 1: he was in a look like a SUV type. I 52 00:02:51,720 --> 00:02:54,760 Speaker 1: don't know. Nothing aggressive left kit, no big wings, no, no, no, 53 00:02:54,840 --> 00:02:56,840 Speaker 1: nothing like that, because then I wouldn't have hit the 54 00:02:56,880 --> 00:02:59,600 Speaker 1: horn right, I would have. I would have gone out, 55 00:02:59,760 --> 00:03:01,320 Speaker 1: got out of my car and gone up and say, 56 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:04,000 Speaker 1: excuse me, it's a green light. Maybe you need to 57 00:03:04,040 --> 00:03:06,040 Speaker 1: go through that, Yes, yes, time, but you're not at 58 00:03:06,040 --> 00:03:07,600 Speaker 1: the road rage type. You didn't feel a need to 59 00:03:07,600 --> 00:03:08,960 Speaker 1: pull up next to him. Whatever. You don't know what 60 00:03:09,000 --> 00:03:11,000 Speaker 1: people are carrying. You hit his horrible stories. People are 61 00:03:11,000 --> 00:03:13,280 Speaker 1: shooting each other because they're all angry on the road. 62 00:03:13,320 --> 00:03:14,440 Speaker 1: You kind of kind of just you know, why do 63 00:03:14,440 --> 00:03:16,480 Speaker 1: you gave me the double bird? I'm gonna put my 64 00:03:16,480 --> 00:03:19,919 Speaker 1: life on the line over this psycho. I actually laughed. 65 00:03:19,919 --> 00:03:22,960 Speaker 1: When I got the double bird, I thought, oh, okay, 66 00:03:23,480 --> 00:03:26,079 Speaker 1: and then I thought, you know what, you know, if 67 00:03:26,160 --> 00:03:27,880 Speaker 1: I could have done it in a more polite way, 68 00:03:27,919 --> 00:03:29,600 Speaker 1: I would have done it. So this gentleman took both 69 00:03:29,600 --> 00:03:31,760 Speaker 1: hands off the wheel, went over the shoulder, double bird 70 00:03:31,800 --> 00:03:34,640 Speaker 1: Why he wasn't moving, wow, So he double birded me 71 00:03:35,160 --> 00:03:38,200 Speaker 1: and and I could see it through the rear view, 72 00:03:38,480 --> 00:03:41,040 Speaker 1: you know, you know his back window that he was 73 00:03:41,080 --> 00:03:44,000 Speaker 1: double birding me. And then I thought, okay, it's all right, 74 00:03:44,320 --> 00:03:46,280 Speaker 1: And I thought maybe maybe I could come up with 75 00:03:46,320 --> 00:03:49,560 Speaker 1: a horn and if he's listening right now, hey, you 76 00:03:49,640 --> 00:03:52,360 Speaker 1: know obviously the guy behind you, and I'm trying to 77 00:03:52,360 --> 00:03:54,640 Speaker 1: be better and you need to be better as well. 78 00:03:55,640 --> 00:04:02,640 Speaker 1: And when the lightest green, that's what I wanted to do. 79 00:04:02,720 --> 00:04:04,840 Speaker 1: So you're suggesting on the new car is for twenty 80 00:04:04,880 --> 00:04:07,760 Speaker 1: twenty three, have it incressive horn choice and a polite 81 00:04:07,760 --> 00:04:11,080 Speaker 1: horn choice. Yeah, maybe just something on the I don't 82 00:04:11,080 --> 00:04:14,560 Speaker 1: know you can get some of these fancy car designers. 83 00:04:14,680 --> 00:04:16,880 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll talk to Mercedes see if they have a 84 00:04:17,040 --> 00:04:22,840 Speaker 1: polite I'll even be the voice move please excuse me, 85 00:04:23,640 --> 00:04:26,680 Speaker 1: that's all. Yes. The worst thing though, is if it's 86 00:04:26,680 --> 00:04:28,400 Speaker 1: a long red light. Then the person in front of 87 00:04:28,440 --> 00:04:31,279 Speaker 1: you is distracted, and finally they turn and you're stuck 88 00:04:31,320 --> 00:04:32,920 Speaker 1: at the red light there at yellow. All of a 89 00:04:32,960 --> 00:04:35,040 Speaker 1: sudden they're making a slow turn, and then you're stuck 90 00:04:35,040 --> 00:04:37,600 Speaker 1: there for another ten minutes. I once had a situation. 91 00:04:37,600 --> 00:04:39,080 Speaker 1: This is pretty bad of add minute. Since you're a 92 00:04:39,080 --> 00:04:41,080 Speaker 1: miding it. You know, when it says no turn on red, 93 00:04:41,800 --> 00:04:43,360 Speaker 1: you're not supposed to turn on red. I think that's 94 00:04:43,360 --> 00:04:45,320 Speaker 1: why they put that up there. And I was sitting 95 00:04:45,320 --> 00:04:47,520 Speaker 1: there once and there's a guy behind me and he's 96 00:04:47,839 --> 00:04:51,240 Speaker 1: beeping at me, like five bump, bump bump, and I 97 00:04:51,279 --> 00:04:52,800 Speaker 1: look up and I point to the no turn on 98 00:04:52,839 --> 00:04:56,320 Speaker 1: red sign and he's going burmp, burmp, purmp. So I 99 00:04:56,360 --> 00:04:58,599 Speaker 1: put my car in park and I just sat there 100 00:04:59,080 --> 00:05:01,600 Speaker 1: and there's no way for around me. And I had 101 00:05:01,640 --> 00:05:03,240 Speaker 1: all the time in the world. I had a leisurely 102 00:05:03,279 --> 00:05:06,960 Speaker 1: afternoon planned. It made him way way more upset. Yes, 103 00:05:07,040 --> 00:05:09,280 Speaker 1: don Speaking of traffic, do you ever feel a need 104 00:05:09,320 --> 00:05:11,320 Speaker 1: I've done this and I've got some bad results. Do 105 00:05:11,400 --> 00:05:13,480 Speaker 1: you have a block that side lane where people try 106 00:05:13,520 --> 00:05:15,080 Speaker 1: to cut you. You're in the right land and you're 107 00:05:15,080 --> 00:05:17,520 Speaker 1: trying to get off the exit and everyone's just going 108 00:05:17,560 --> 00:05:19,680 Speaker 1: to that little right the area where you're only supposed 109 00:05:19,680 --> 00:05:22,320 Speaker 1: to if you're breaking down. Do you do that? I 110 00:05:22,400 --> 00:05:24,440 Speaker 1: have done that. I think I've navigated. So I'm like 111 00:05:24,520 --> 00:05:26,600 Speaker 1: half blocking it because I'm sick of all these people 112 00:05:26,600 --> 00:05:28,560 Speaker 1: cutting me and making it take another fut just to 113 00:05:28,600 --> 00:05:30,760 Speaker 1: get off the exit, which is literally four hundred feet 114 00:05:30,760 --> 00:05:33,719 Speaker 1: in front of you. I've done it. I've tried to 115 00:05:33,720 --> 00:05:35,920 Speaker 1: get off when I know that the exit is there, 116 00:05:36,040 --> 00:05:39,520 Speaker 1: and you know, have that whatever the emergency lane there. 117 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:42,200 Speaker 1: I've tried to do that. And then there's always the 118 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,520 Speaker 1: guy who starts to creep over a little bit, and 119 00:05:45,560 --> 00:05:49,080 Speaker 1: then you just stop and then you have to wait 120 00:05:49,200 --> 00:05:51,200 Speaker 1: for them to move and then you get off the exit. 121 00:05:51,560 --> 00:05:53,560 Speaker 1: But we're getting off track. This is just about a 122 00:05:53,600 --> 00:05:56,279 Speaker 1: polite horn. It's a good story. It's a polite horn, 123 00:05:56,800 --> 00:06:00,080 Speaker 1: double bird. Maybe it's gonna when somebody says, how did 124 00:05:59,880 --> 00:06:03,560 Speaker 1: you come up with the polite horn? Well, it's an 125 00:06:03,600 --> 00:06:07,279 Speaker 1: interesting story. I got double birded on one morning. Yes, 126 00:06:07,600 --> 00:06:09,159 Speaker 1: but you know what happened to put a bow on this. 127 00:06:09,200 --> 00:06:10,680 Speaker 1: The guy would have got out of his car, walked 128 00:06:10,720 --> 00:06:13,479 Speaker 1: up to your car, started like getting your face and going, hey, damn, 129 00:06:13,520 --> 00:06:16,440 Speaker 1: Patrick from Sports Center. I love you. Yeah, that's exactly 130 00:06:16,480 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: what's gonna happen. Alrighty, welcome to the program, as you 131 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:24,040 Speaker 1: can tell already in progress here. Um, we'll hear from Seaton. 132 00:06:24,160 --> 00:06:26,600 Speaker 1: I think he's in Texas. He's gonna be in Texas 133 00:06:27,000 --> 00:06:31,880 Speaker 1: the whole day. He's leaving Houston this morning. Hugetown is 134 00:06:31,920 --> 00:06:35,440 Speaker 1: Todd calls it. Some call it Htown. Todd calls it Hugetown. 135 00:06:36,200 --> 00:06:38,280 Speaker 1: I'm standing by that. I think it is Houteowl. Everyone's 136 00:06:38,279 --> 00:06:40,240 Speaker 1: got it wrong. Just call it what it is like 137 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:42,440 Speaker 1: when you're looking at the box scores as h O U. 138 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,880 Speaker 1: So it's Hugetown. I know. I know when we were 139 00:06:44,880 --> 00:06:47,640 Speaker 1: in Houston a couple of years ago and you said, yeah, 140 00:06:47,680 --> 00:06:49,800 Speaker 1: it's called Hutetown. They all want to be to leave 141 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:52,400 Speaker 1: the city because I said, I said, it's not Hugetown, 142 00:06:52,800 --> 00:06:58,880 Speaker 1: It's Htown. Chorus off as Joe's Vet is the hottest rookies, 143 00:06:58,920 --> 00:07:01,440 Speaker 1: biggest superstars the time. Grade's the only place to collect 144 00:07:01,480 --> 00:07:04,080 Speaker 1: them all. 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Fritzie's been building up a great guest 151 00:07:23,360 --> 00:07:27,600 Speaker 1: list for next week in Los Angeles, and I know 152 00:07:27,720 --> 00:07:30,600 Speaker 1: Dak Prescott's going to stop by, Will Ferrell's going to 153 00:07:30,680 --> 00:07:34,480 Speaker 1: stop by, m Sandler, Reggie Miller set to join us 154 00:07:34,520 --> 00:07:37,680 Speaker 1: in studio in a while. Yeah, Reggie is set to 155 00:07:37,800 --> 00:07:41,239 Speaker 1: join us. And then you said that there's a guest 156 00:07:41,320 --> 00:07:44,720 Speaker 1: on Tuesday, Yes, top of the second hour in studio 157 00:07:44,760 --> 00:07:48,840 Speaker 1: on Tuesday, February eighth, in our La Studios. Not a 158 00:07:48,880 --> 00:07:52,520 Speaker 1: celebrity here, but someone we that's not a select not 159 00:07:52,600 --> 00:07:55,119 Speaker 1: a celebrity like an actor or an actress, but someone 160 00:07:55,200 --> 00:07:57,840 Speaker 1: that very big fan favorite of the show. We love 161 00:07:57,920 --> 00:07:59,760 Speaker 1: them and it's been a long time since we were 162 00:08:00,080 --> 00:08:02,520 Speaker 1: to have him on. But supposedly he's going to be 163 00:08:02,520 --> 00:08:04,760 Speaker 1: with us this time. But he's not a big star. 164 00:08:05,960 --> 00:08:10,160 Speaker 1: Um star is a good hint with using the word 165 00:08:10,240 --> 00:08:16,960 Speaker 1: star star Star Jones, who used to be entertainment tonight 166 00:08:17,000 --> 00:08:18,720 Speaker 1: inside Star is not in the name of the person. 167 00:08:18,840 --> 00:08:22,160 Speaker 1: Star has to do with the person and his accomplishments, 168 00:08:22,200 --> 00:08:26,760 Speaker 1: Stark and his affiliation. Okay, I'm gonna guess he's the 169 00:08:26,760 --> 00:08:30,320 Speaker 1: Hall of Famer. Troy Aikman in studio. Troy Aikman will 170 00:08:30,360 --> 00:08:32,839 Speaker 1: be joining us a studio on Thursday the tenth. Oh, 171 00:08:33,320 --> 00:08:37,080 Speaker 1: but you're definitely warmer when you're talking about Troy Aikman 172 00:08:37,160 --> 00:08:41,720 Speaker 1: and possible teammates. Okay, So Dak Prescott is already going 173 00:08:41,760 --> 00:08:44,480 Speaker 1: to join us a lot of cowboys. Prescott's Friday the eleventh, 174 00:08:44,520 --> 00:08:47,280 Speaker 1: Aikman's Thursday the tenth, But this is Tuesday the eighth. 175 00:08:47,440 --> 00:08:52,800 Speaker 1: Jerry Jones great guest, but no Stephen Jones. I think 176 00:08:52,840 --> 00:08:54,439 Speaker 1: you guys know, and you're just giving me a hard time. 177 00:08:55,760 --> 00:08:58,120 Speaker 1: Is it someone that's been on the show before and 178 00:08:58,280 --> 00:08:59,760 Speaker 1: we've loved having him on? And then we will hot 179 00:09:00,080 --> 00:09:01,720 Speaker 1: can to find out that we couldn't have him. Dion 180 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:04,160 Speaker 1: Sanders Yon Sanders will be a guest on our show. 181 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:07,480 Speaker 1: Also not him, Okay, yeah, boy, the playmaker Michael Irv. 182 00:09:07,600 --> 00:09:13,440 Speaker 1: There you go. Okay, we love Mike. He is going 183 00:09:13,559 --> 00:09:15,640 Speaker 1: to be with us in the second show. He's gonna 184 00:09:15,640 --> 00:09:19,360 Speaker 1: bring some energy, sure I will, all right. There was 185 00:09:19,400 --> 00:09:22,199 Speaker 1: a lot of drama surrounding Jim Harball the past couple 186 00:09:22,200 --> 00:09:25,040 Speaker 1: of weeks, and then it was reported that he would 187 00:09:25,080 --> 00:09:29,960 Speaker 1: entertain NFL offers. Then he went to Minnesota interview yesterday, 188 00:09:30,080 --> 00:09:34,840 Speaker 1: National Signing Day. Of course, um, this came out this 189 00:09:34,920 --> 00:09:37,400 Speaker 1: morning a couple of minutes ago. Tom Peli Sero from 190 00:09:37,440 --> 00:09:40,959 Speaker 1: the NFL network, who has done a great job, very underrated. 191 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:45,360 Speaker 1: The Vikings met with Jim Harball for nine hours yesterday, 192 00:09:45,400 --> 00:09:48,560 Speaker 1: but the team didn't make an offer, per source, So 193 00:09:48,720 --> 00:09:53,760 Speaker 1: Harball returns to ann Arbor. Kevin O'Connell, who's with the Rams, 194 00:09:54,160 --> 00:09:56,840 Speaker 1: is expected to head to Minnesota to be their next 195 00:09:56,880 --> 00:10:01,200 Speaker 1: head coach, and I wasn't sure of Harball decided to 196 00:10:01,240 --> 00:10:05,880 Speaker 1: pass on the job. Now we're getting the information that 197 00:10:07,080 --> 00:10:10,680 Speaker 1: I think the Vikings passed on Jim Harball. And also 198 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:15,120 Speaker 1: there were other reports that Harball went in thinking that 199 00:10:15,679 --> 00:10:18,560 Speaker 1: it was almost like the Vikings had to pitch him. Now, 200 00:10:18,600 --> 00:10:21,719 Speaker 1: I don't have any information on this. I don't want 201 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,280 Speaker 1: to talk out of school, but there are reports that 202 00:10:24,280 --> 00:10:26,520 Speaker 1: that's what happened. He went in and thought, this is 203 00:10:26,600 --> 00:10:29,360 Speaker 1: slam dunk. I'm gonna get this job. Come on ahead 204 00:10:29,360 --> 00:10:31,600 Speaker 1: and talk to me, say nice things about me and 205 00:10:31,920 --> 00:10:34,440 Speaker 1: I'll be your head coach. And they probably went in 206 00:10:34,520 --> 00:10:36,960 Speaker 1: and went up, all right, Jim, what would you do 207 00:10:37,040 --> 00:10:40,480 Speaker 1: for us? What kind of changes would you mean? And 208 00:10:40,559 --> 00:10:44,120 Speaker 1: I think Jim Harball probably thought, oh, okay, I gotta 209 00:10:44,200 --> 00:10:47,679 Speaker 1: win this job here nine hours and then you get 210 00:10:47,720 --> 00:10:49,520 Speaker 1: on your plane, you go back home, and he act 211 00:10:49,559 --> 00:10:53,760 Speaker 1: as if nothing ever happened. It's like Ann Arberg goes, Jim, 212 00:10:53,760 --> 00:10:58,720 Speaker 1: where are you been not doing much? You know, well, 213 00:10:58,720 --> 00:11:02,760 Speaker 1: you know a little mean time and went to Minneapolis. 214 00:11:03,040 --> 00:11:06,400 Speaker 1: Oh okay this time of the year. Yeah yeah, yeah, 215 00:11:06,480 --> 00:11:08,840 Speaker 1: but hey, I'm all in. And then you know, when 216 00:11:08,880 --> 00:11:12,120 Speaker 1: a coach signs with a school, they put out a 217 00:11:12,120 --> 00:11:16,360 Speaker 1: big presentation like year one of us and Twitter has 218 00:11:16,440 --> 00:11:21,040 Speaker 1: their little moment there, pictures there, and Michigan made it 219 00:11:21,040 --> 00:11:24,600 Speaker 1: seem like Jim Harball was joining Michigan as a new hire. 220 00:11:25,679 --> 00:11:29,120 Speaker 1: It's like go blue. It's like, oh, I liken it. 221 00:11:29,240 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: I call it jet blue. He was on the jet 222 00:11:32,280 --> 00:11:35,840 Speaker 1: and he was leaving Michigan. It's like, I'm jetting blue 223 00:11:36,160 --> 00:11:40,640 Speaker 1: over to Minnesota. Be purple. But Harball, like Harball, has 224 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:42,920 Speaker 1: had four ten win seasons and they went to the 225 00:11:42,920 --> 00:11:47,560 Speaker 1: final four this year. He beat Ohio State, and you know, 226 00:11:47,640 --> 00:11:49,640 Speaker 1: he was one of the Big ten's lowest paid coaches 227 00:11:49,760 --> 00:11:53,440 Speaker 1: last season. But here's the thing, and I think people 228 00:11:53,840 --> 00:11:56,240 Speaker 1: look at this and say, well, Jim's earned the right 229 00:11:56,320 --> 00:11:58,920 Speaker 1: to go talk to an NFL team, and I guess 230 00:11:58,920 --> 00:12:01,600 Speaker 1: he has. I mean, it's really between him and the 231 00:12:01,640 --> 00:12:07,440 Speaker 1: athletic director or president or chancellor at Michigan. But Jim 232 00:12:07,600 --> 00:12:10,920 Speaker 1: got his pay cut because he wasn't performing up to 233 00:12:11,000 --> 00:12:13,160 Speaker 1: the standards that they thought he should be for what 234 00:12:13,240 --> 00:12:16,160 Speaker 1: he was getting paid. And then he has a great 235 00:12:16,240 --> 00:12:19,520 Speaker 1: ear and now all of a sudden, you know, Michigan 236 00:12:19,600 --> 00:12:22,400 Speaker 1: stayed with him. They could have fired him. They stayed 237 00:12:22,400 --> 00:12:26,440 Speaker 1: with him, took a pay cut, all right, prove yourself again, 238 00:12:26,679 --> 00:12:29,120 Speaker 1: and he did. He had a wonderful year. But it's 239 00:12:29,120 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: not like boy, Michigan created this because they cut his pay. Well, 240 00:12:32,440 --> 00:12:37,520 Speaker 1: they could have fired him if they wanted to. But also, 241 00:12:38,200 --> 00:12:41,840 Speaker 1: I still believe if the Dolphins weren't involved with what 242 00:12:41,880 --> 00:12:46,280 Speaker 1: they're involved in right now, that Stephen Ross would probably 243 00:12:46,360 --> 00:12:50,920 Speaker 1: hire Jim Harbell. I truly believe that. But if you're 244 00:12:50,920 --> 00:12:55,600 Speaker 1: looking at the timing of this, it's horrible, and with 245 00:12:55,640 --> 00:12:59,080 Speaker 1: what's going on with the Dolphins, and Stephen Ross says 246 00:12:59,160 --> 00:13:02,360 Speaker 1: that he promises to cooperate with the league. What if 247 00:13:02,400 --> 00:13:04,760 Speaker 1: he said, no, I'm not going to cooperate. Of course 248 00:13:04,760 --> 00:13:08,400 Speaker 1: he's going to cooperate. He's going to defend the integrity 249 00:13:08,440 --> 00:13:11,240 Speaker 1: of the Miami Dolphins and himself. We'll have more on 250 00:13:11,280 --> 00:13:14,480 Speaker 1: this after the break because I have a couple other things, 251 00:13:14,880 --> 00:13:18,320 Speaker 1: and I know it's a sensitive subject that Brian Flores 252 00:13:18,360 --> 00:13:22,800 Speaker 1: and what he's accusing these teams of, but I want 253 00:13:22,840 --> 00:13:25,840 Speaker 1: to ask you a couple of questions you the audience 254 00:13:26,000 --> 00:13:30,360 Speaker 1: when we come back about this in fairness too, the 255 00:13:30,440 --> 00:13:36,559 Speaker 1: giants and interviewing and really all teams, all parties and 256 00:13:37,000 --> 00:13:42,520 Speaker 1: really all business. But it feels like what's going on 257 00:13:42,559 --> 00:13:46,760 Speaker 1: with Miami and incentivizing somebody to lose, I mean that 258 00:13:47,280 --> 00:13:50,400 Speaker 1: they could be Stephen Ross could be guilty of sports 259 00:13:50,400 --> 00:13:55,319 Speaker 1: bribery because if there's money involved here and you're saying 260 00:13:55,360 --> 00:14:00,480 Speaker 1: I want you to lose, you're fixing games. And that 261 00:14:00,720 --> 00:14:04,960 Speaker 1: is what worries the NFL more than anything, because billions 262 00:14:04,960 --> 00:14:07,920 Speaker 1: of dollars. You know, they'll settle a lawsuit maybe with 263 00:14:07,960 --> 00:14:10,280 Speaker 1: Brian Flores out of court. I don't think it would 264 00:14:10,320 --> 00:14:13,400 Speaker 1: ever get to court, but you know you have an 265 00:14:13,440 --> 00:14:16,680 Speaker 1: owner who's fixing games or wants you to lose games 266 00:14:16,679 --> 00:14:19,800 Speaker 1: on purpose. That's a bigger issue for the NFL. And 267 00:14:19,920 --> 00:14:23,840 Speaker 1: by the way, next week the commissioner speaks, he has 268 00:14:23,880 --> 00:14:26,640 Speaker 1: his State of the Union. Like he has to talk 269 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:31,520 Speaker 1: once a year. He has to talk. All the media's there. 270 00:14:32,080 --> 00:14:35,480 Speaker 1: It's not like, you know, if this was March, you're not. 271 00:14:35,640 --> 00:14:38,600 Speaker 1: He doesn't have to say anything. He does his State 272 00:14:38,600 --> 00:14:41,520 Speaker 1: of the Union. He stands up there, ask me any 273 00:14:41,600 --> 00:14:45,040 Speaker 1: question you want. Then they're going to ask these questions 274 00:14:45,760 --> 00:14:48,920 Speaker 1: at is going to be some interesting TV. Thanks for 275 00:14:48,960 --> 00:14:51,360 Speaker 1: listening to The Dan Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to 276 00:14:51,400 --> 00:14:54,720 Speaker 1: catch us live every weekday morning nine to noon Eastern 277 00:14:54,920 --> 00:14:57,880 Speaker 1: or six to nine Pacific on Fox Sports Radio. Find 278 00:14:57,880 --> 00:15:00,800 Speaker 1: your local station for The Dan Patrick Show sports Radio 279 00:15:00,920 --> 00:15:03,440 Speaker 1: dot Com, or stream us live every day on the 280 00:15:03,480 --> 00:15:08,240 Speaker 1: iHeartRadio app by searching f s R, or stream us 281 00:15:08,360 --> 00:15:11,880 Speaker 1: live on the Peacock Act. Fritzie as the honors of 282 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:15,280 Speaker 1: the poll question today, let's roll it out alrighty, what 283 00:15:15,400 --> 00:15:18,760 Speaker 1: Dolphins owner Stephen Ross is accused of doing is tanking 284 00:15:19,000 --> 00:15:26,600 Speaker 1: like other teams do. It's throwing games both. I mean, 285 00:15:26,640 --> 00:15:30,720 Speaker 1: you are asking your coach to tank but you're instructing 286 00:15:30,760 --> 00:15:34,840 Speaker 1: someone to lose a sporting event. Isn't that throwing a game? Yes? 287 00:15:35,040 --> 00:15:37,160 Speaker 1: Or is it still? Is it under the tanking tent 288 00:15:37,520 --> 00:15:40,120 Speaker 1: or the throwing game? Cent? Are they the same thing? 289 00:15:40,520 --> 00:15:45,000 Speaker 1: But are you bribing your coach? Like the mob would 290 00:15:45,040 --> 00:15:49,160 Speaker 1: bribe players to point shave, right, all right, Like what 291 00:15:49,320 --> 00:15:51,560 Speaker 1: is the difference here? Well, in point shaving, you could 292 00:15:51,600 --> 00:15:54,040 Speaker 1: still win the game. Like let's say your favorite by twelve, 293 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,040 Speaker 1: they say, win by say, but you're still bribing right, Well, 294 00:15:57,080 --> 00:15:59,840 Speaker 1: how about this. There's some stories about Brian Flores such 295 00:16:00,320 --> 00:16:03,160 Speaker 1: that says he was instructed to lose games while they 296 00:16:03,160 --> 00:16:07,640 Speaker 1: were still playoff eligible. You know they weren't like out 297 00:16:07,680 --> 00:16:09,440 Speaker 1: of the playoffs, Mark Cubans, So hold us years ago 298 00:16:09,440 --> 00:16:11,200 Speaker 1: once they were not eligible for the playoffs, you do 299 00:16:11,240 --> 00:16:13,840 Speaker 1: everything you can to help your draft position. That seems 300 00:16:13,880 --> 00:16:18,480 Speaker 1: more palatable. Stephen Ross promises to cooperate with the NFL 301 00:16:18,600 --> 00:16:22,520 Speaker 1: and defend the integrity of the Miami Dolphins and himself. 302 00:16:22,920 --> 00:16:31,040 Speaker 1: So in part, his statement called Brian flores lawsuit false, malicious, 303 00:16:31,040 --> 00:16:35,440 Speaker 1: and defamatory, promising to defend his personal integrity as well 304 00:16:35,480 --> 00:16:40,080 Speaker 1: as that of the organization. Now he's saying it's completely 305 00:16:40,160 --> 00:16:45,240 Speaker 1: untrue with regards to the allegations being made by Brian Flores. 306 00:16:45,320 --> 00:16:47,640 Speaker 1: I'm a man of honor and integrity and cannot let 307 00:16:47,640 --> 00:16:52,800 Speaker 1: them stand without responding. I welcome the investigation. I'm eager 308 00:16:52,960 --> 00:16:56,480 Speaker 1: eager to defend my personal integrity, the integrity and values 309 00:16:56,480 --> 00:17:00,560 Speaker 1: of the entire Miami Dolphins organization from these base, unfair, 310 00:17:00,960 --> 00:17:05,399 Speaker 1: disparaging claims. According to Chris Mortenson and the mothership, the NFL, 311 00:17:05,440 --> 00:17:08,800 Speaker 1: we should a statement after the lawsuit came out saying 312 00:17:08,880 --> 00:17:14,200 Speaker 1: that Flora's allegations were without merit. But they said they're 313 00:17:14,240 --> 00:17:18,400 Speaker 1: going to investigate. So if it's there without merit, why 314 00:17:18,400 --> 00:17:21,680 Speaker 1: are you investigating? It feels like somebody is lying. Here, 315 00:17:22,080 --> 00:17:26,760 Speaker 1: is Brian Flores lying? Is Stephen Ross lying? One is 316 00:17:27,080 --> 00:17:31,639 Speaker 1: completely lying. It's either did or you didn't. It's not 317 00:17:32,080 --> 00:17:34,880 Speaker 1: you know, Stephen Ross could have said this yesterday. I'll 318 00:17:34,920 --> 00:17:38,400 Speaker 1: come on, I'm joking around with him, you know, like, hey, 319 00:17:38,400 --> 00:17:41,040 Speaker 1: come on, why don't you lose some games. I'll pay you. 320 00:17:41,160 --> 00:17:45,720 Speaker 1: I'll pay it, so you could lose some games. Miscommunication 321 00:17:46,359 --> 00:17:50,040 Speaker 1: took it out of context. He went the other way. 322 00:17:50,880 --> 00:17:53,840 Speaker 1: So now we're all in and Brian Flores didn't say, 323 00:17:53,880 --> 00:17:57,840 Speaker 1: you know what, maybe I misremembered or no, it feels 324 00:17:57,880 --> 00:18:02,320 Speaker 1: like he's got some information here. He's got some hard 325 00:18:02,560 --> 00:18:07,280 Speaker 1: information here. And I think, if I'm Steven Ross, if 326 00:18:07,320 --> 00:18:09,199 Speaker 1: you're the NFL, do you want to find what do 327 00:18:09,240 --> 00:18:12,439 Speaker 1: you want to find here when you investigat because normally 328 00:18:12,440 --> 00:18:15,359 Speaker 1: when you start an investigation into your own business, your 329 00:18:15,400 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: own house. Okay, what is the fallout here if you say, hey, 330 00:18:19,800 --> 00:18:23,280 Speaker 1: we didn't find anything with Stephen Ross. Okay, what if 331 00:18:23,359 --> 00:18:26,880 Speaker 1: Brian Flores says, let me bring in the GM here 332 00:18:26,920 --> 00:18:30,400 Speaker 1: we had a conversation about this, or here's a text message, 333 00:18:31,320 --> 00:18:35,000 Speaker 1: here's another person who heard this, whatever it is now 334 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:38,840 Speaker 1: all of a sudden, Let's say you bet you were 335 00:18:38,920 --> 00:18:43,280 Speaker 1: betting on Dolphins games? Can you have class action lawsuits 336 00:18:43,359 --> 00:18:48,639 Speaker 1: against the Dolphins if they were purposely tanking and you 337 00:18:48,640 --> 00:18:52,440 Speaker 1: could prove it, Like this is a rabbit hole. If 338 00:18:52,480 --> 00:18:55,440 Speaker 1: you go down, who knows what you're going to find, 339 00:18:57,000 --> 00:18:59,679 Speaker 1: and you know you do you want to If you 340 00:18:59,720 --> 00:19:01,800 Speaker 1: find something, then you're gonna have to take aways to 341 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:05,760 Speaker 1: Like there's a lot of different tentacles attached to this, 342 00:19:06,520 --> 00:19:10,760 Speaker 1: and we're just starting the investigation there. There's also the 343 00:19:10,800 --> 00:19:14,159 Speaker 1: other aspect and I was told by somebody in the 344 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,920 Speaker 1: NFL with the NFL yesterday that yes, the Rooney Rule 345 00:19:18,000 --> 00:19:21,480 Speaker 1: the hiring practices. You know, it's not a perfect system, 346 00:19:22,000 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 1: but the Stephen Ross situation far more alarming and damning 347 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:31,040 Speaker 1: for the NFL because of the gambling aspect of it. Now, 348 00:19:31,080 --> 00:19:34,040 Speaker 1: when the Rooney Rule came out established in the early 349 00:19:34,040 --> 00:19:38,280 Speaker 1: two thousands, the teams were told when interviewing for the 350 00:19:38,359 --> 00:19:42,840 Speaker 1: head coaching position, a minority applicant must be included no 351 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:49,560 Speaker 1: guidelines about the seriousness of the interview. What if the 352 00:19:49,640 --> 00:19:53,480 Speaker 1: Giants locked in on Brian Dable but also said, hey, 353 00:19:53,480 --> 00:19:57,280 Speaker 1: we got how many times have you hired somebody? And 354 00:19:57,560 --> 00:20:00,520 Speaker 1: let's say there's ten people. The third person who comes in, 355 00:20:00,600 --> 00:20:03,399 Speaker 1: you go, oh my god, that person and blew me away. 356 00:20:04,920 --> 00:20:09,440 Speaker 1: But you still have to interview the other people because 357 00:20:09,520 --> 00:20:13,200 Speaker 1: human resources says you have to interview everybody. Well, maybe 358 00:20:13,200 --> 00:20:18,320 Speaker 1: the Giants locked in on Brian Dable, right, Plus you 359 00:20:18,320 --> 00:20:20,560 Speaker 1: don't want to lose him to some of their team 360 00:20:21,160 --> 00:20:25,280 Speaker 1: because when Brian Dable, after they blew out the Patriots, 361 00:20:25,320 --> 00:20:29,080 Speaker 1: Brian Dable, it was reported, could have his pick of jobs. 362 00:20:29,960 --> 00:20:33,760 Speaker 1: Albert Breer, you know, joined us Monday morning quarterback and 363 00:20:33,840 --> 00:20:36,119 Speaker 1: said that, but you have to go through the process. 364 00:20:36,200 --> 00:20:39,000 Speaker 1: If I'm the Giants, so I want Brian Dable, I'm 365 00:20:39,000 --> 00:20:41,359 Speaker 1: gonna let Brian Dable know you're gonna get the job, 366 00:20:41,600 --> 00:20:44,960 Speaker 1: but I gotta go through the interviewing process. It's not perfect. 367 00:20:45,560 --> 00:20:50,200 Speaker 1: I get it. It's sensitive, but you're telling somebody not 368 00:20:50,280 --> 00:20:55,159 Speaker 1: to decide, Like, how can you do that? Hey, don't decide. Well, 369 00:20:55,520 --> 00:20:58,160 Speaker 1: you're gonna fall in love with somebody, and it might 370 00:20:58,200 --> 00:21:01,119 Speaker 1: be the third candidate, the fifth, maybe it is the 371 00:21:01,200 --> 00:21:04,440 Speaker 1: last candidate, and maybe the Giants just made up their 372 00:21:04,440 --> 00:21:08,040 Speaker 1: mind but still wanted to go through the process, had 373 00:21:08,080 --> 00:21:13,240 Speaker 1: to go through the process and interview Brian Flores. I 374 00:21:13,280 --> 00:21:16,200 Speaker 1: don't know if there's any rule that can prevent that 375 00:21:16,359 --> 00:21:20,720 Speaker 1: from you making a decision on hiring somebody, and maybe 376 00:21:20,760 --> 00:21:22,760 Speaker 1: that's what happened. Now. I don't agree with the Giants 377 00:21:22,760 --> 00:21:25,119 Speaker 1: when they say, hey, we looked at the resumes, and 378 00:21:25,320 --> 00:21:27,959 Speaker 1: you know, we hired the guy who was more qualified. 379 00:21:28,760 --> 00:21:32,639 Speaker 1: That to me is nonsense. Brian Flores three years as 380 00:21:32,640 --> 00:21:36,160 Speaker 1: a head coach, and you know was keeping his team 381 00:21:36,160 --> 00:21:39,160 Speaker 1: in playoff contention. They were winning in spite of an 382 00:21:39,160 --> 00:21:44,439 Speaker 1: owner who wanted him to Tank by all accounts a 383 00:21:44,520 --> 00:21:48,720 Speaker 1: man of principle. And you're telling me, man, Brian Dabele 384 00:21:48,760 --> 00:21:50,400 Speaker 1: can turn out to be a great coach, But don't 385 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:54,000 Speaker 1: say he's more qualified. You can just say what we 386 00:21:54,000 --> 00:21:57,000 Speaker 1: were looking for. We liked he was the right fit 387 00:21:57,080 --> 00:22:02,359 Speaker 1: for us. I mean, but Brian Flores, how do we 388 00:22:02,440 --> 00:22:06,760 Speaker 1: know did you really interview him? Now? How serious was 389 00:22:06,800 --> 00:22:08,960 Speaker 1: that interview? And it's just like the Broncos. If the 390 00:22:08,960 --> 00:22:13,159 Speaker 1: Broncos had locked in on Vic Fangio, but they still 391 00:22:13,200 --> 00:22:16,480 Speaker 1: had to do the interview with Brian Flores. And maybe 392 00:22:16,520 --> 00:22:19,000 Speaker 1: you know, John Elway and company didn't go in there, 393 00:22:19,960 --> 00:22:22,280 Speaker 1: you know, with the thought of let's make this a 394 00:22:22,320 --> 00:22:25,199 Speaker 1: serious interview. I don't know, maybe you had to do it. 395 00:22:25,240 --> 00:22:27,240 Speaker 1: They did it, maybe they didn't do it in a 396 00:22:27,280 --> 00:22:31,560 Speaker 1: professional manner. But once again the Rooney rule, this is 397 00:22:31,600 --> 00:22:36,119 Speaker 1: what teams were told that there's no guidelines about this 398 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:41,040 Speaker 1: seriousness of the interview. You hope that it's not a 399 00:22:41,040 --> 00:22:46,600 Speaker 1: faux interview, but there are faux interviews. We've been involved 400 00:22:46,600 --> 00:22:50,320 Speaker 1: in faux interviews. I was involved in a faux interview. 401 00:22:52,200 --> 00:22:55,199 Speaker 1: Found out later that somebody was already going to get something. 402 00:22:56,680 --> 00:23:02,400 Speaker 1: You're going okay, but the Rooney rule. The reason why 403 00:23:02,400 --> 00:23:05,520 Speaker 1: I was put in was because of situations like this 404 00:23:06,040 --> 00:23:09,119 Speaker 1: that you just wanted to get an interview and now, 405 00:23:09,160 --> 00:23:11,919 Speaker 1: and they extended it to general managers as well. But 406 00:23:12,480 --> 00:23:14,920 Speaker 1: so there's a lot of things going on here, and 407 00:23:15,440 --> 00:23:18,159 Speaker 1: I feel bad for Brian Flores because it felt like 408 00:23:18,280 --> 00:23:20,680 Speaker 1: he was a leading candidate. We were surprised he got 409 00:23:20,680 --> 00:23:24,000 Speaker 1: fired in Miami, and then the Bears job came up, 410 00:23:24,240 --> 00:23:27,320 Speaker 1: the Saints job came up. You know, he was mentioned 411 00:23:27,359 --> 00:23:31,520 Speaker 1: with two or three other jobs and they're still openings. 412 00:23:32,560 --> 00:23:35,440 Speaker 1: I think the Texans were going to interview him. But 413 00:23:36,119 --> 00:23:39,120 Speaker 1: with everything that's going on, there's the Dolphins part of this, 414 00:23:39,680 --> 00:23:45,160 Speaker 1: and then there's the Rooney rule and labeling the Giants's racist. 415 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,200 Speaker 1: I don't I don't know if you can label them racist. 416 00:23:51,880 --> 00:23:54,920 Speaker 1: They made up their mind with Brian Dable and Brian 417 00:23:54,960 --> 00:23:59,639 Speaker 1: Dabele does have a great resume, but I don't know. 418 00:23:59,760 --> 00:24:02,440 Speaker 1: I don't know. I think you got to be when 419 00:24:02,520 --> 00:24:05,080 Speaker 1: you when you throw that word around, like how do 420 00:24:05,119 --> 00:24:08,120 Speaker 1: you prove that now you have to go through all 421 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,040 Speaker 1: the hirings that you had in the organization, or hey, 422 00:24:11,240 --> 00:24:13,040 Speaker 1: I'm going to prove to you that we're not this 423 00:24:14,480 --> 00:24:17,399 Speaker 1: the history of the organization. I don't know how you 424 00:24:17,480 --> 00:24:20,719 Speaker 1: prove that. And once again I asked a source yesterday, 425 00:24:20,720 --> 00:24:24,520 Speaker 1: I said, what does Brian Flores want? And my source said, 426 00:24:24,960 --> 00:24:28,879 Speaker 1: I don't know, And we did reach out to his people. 427 00:24:29,000 --> 00:24:30,760 Speaker 1: I didn't want to have his attorney on. I wanted 428 00:24:30,800 --> 00:24:32,960 Speaker 1: to have Brian on. I thought Mike Greenberg did a 429 00:24:33,000 --> 00:24:36,639 Speaker 1: great job yesterday on the Mothership. I'll get up, you know, 430 00:24:36,680 --> 00:24:38,680 Speaker 1: getting the right questions. I don't want I don't want 431 00:24:38,680 --> 00:24:40,440 Speaker 1: the lawyers in there. I want to talk to you. 432 00:24:41,640 --> 00:24:46,400 Speaker 1: That's it. One host, let me talk to you. And 433 00:24:46,640 --> 00:24:49,080 Speaker 1: I thought Arney did a great job with that. So 434 00:24:49,520 --> 00:24:52,320 Speaker 1: it's it's kind of tricky with everything that's going on 435 00:24:52,600 --> 00:24:56,399 Speaker 1: proving this the NFL. Do they do a deep dive 436 00:24:56,480 --> 00:25:00,239 Speaker 1: on this with Stephen Rossum? You know, was he really 437 00:25:00,280 --> 00:25:03,680 Speaker 1: trying to incentivize losing? And you know there's a lot 438 00:25:03,720 --> 00:25:08,160 Speaker 1: attached to it. But you know, the commissioner, he's gonna 439 00:25:08,280 --> 00:25:10,639 Speaker 1: meet with the media next week in Los Angeles and 440 00:25:10,800 --> 00:25:14,960 Speaker 1: there's gonna be a lot of questions and I don't know. 441 00:25:15,119 --> 00:25:17,560 Speaker 1: I mean, he might say, what's an ongoing investigation I 442 00:25:17,600 --> 00:25:20,560 Speaker 1: can't really talk about. I mean, there's ways to I've 443 00:25:20,600 --> 00:25:23,719 Speaker 1: been I've been covering sports for forty years. I know 444 00:25:23,800 --> 00:25:26,080 Speaker 1: how this works when somebody doesn't want to tell you 445 00:25:26,160 --> 00:25:29,720 Speaker 1: something and just blame the legal system. You know, it's 446 00:25:29,720 --> 00:25:32,920 Speaker 1: an ongoing investigation and I really can't say anything about 447 00:25:32,960 --> 00:25:35,879 Speaker 1: it right now. Yeah, Paul, I always want to report 448 00:25:35,880 --> 00:25:38,280 Speaker 1: it to come back date. Well you can. Here's a 449 00:25:38,320 --> 00:25:40,040 Speaker 1: bike in front of you right now. No one's actually 450 00:25:40,119 --> 00:25:42,240 Speaker 1: basically keeping you for You're the commissioner, You're the boss. 451 00:25:44,080 --> 00:25:46,280 Speaker 1: What a week ahead? Thanks for listening to The Dan 452 00:25:46,320 --> 00:25:49,120 Speaker 1: Patrick Show podcast. Be sure to catch us live every 453 00:25:49,160 --> 00:25:52,200 Speaker 1: weekday morning nine until noon eastern six to nine Pacific 454 00:25:52,240 --> 00:25:54,639 Speaker 1: on Fox Sports Radio, and you can find us on 455 00:25:54,680 --> 00:25:58,879 Speaker 1: the iHeartRadio app at FSR or stream us live on 456 00:25:58,920 --> 00:26:02,919 Speaker 1: the Peacock app. Hey, this is Jason McIntyre. 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Ross Tucker 465 00:26:34,320 --> 00:26:38,879 Speaker 1: host of the Ross Tucker Football podcast and also Even 466 00:26:38,920 --> 00:26:41,960 Speaker 1: Money podcast. You can find him on social media at 467 00:26:42,040 --> 00:26:45,640 Speaker 1: Ross Tucker NFL. I saw an article in the La 468 00:26:45,720 --> 00:26:49,119 Speaker 1: Times and the gist of the article is who has 469 00:26:49,160 --> 00:26:51,520 Speaker 1: the most pressure on them in the Super Bowl? And 470 00:26:51,600 --> 00:26:57,959 Speaker 1: the La Times was saying, it's Sean McVeigh. You behind 471 00:26:58,000 --> 00:27:01,800 Speaker 1: to that. Yeah, is gonna be my initial reactly. I 472 00:27:01,840 --> 00:27:05,720 Speaker 1: mean it's nobody on the Bengals. I mean it's nobody 473 00:27:05,720 --> 00:27:08,720 Speaker 1: on the Bengals. Obviously, nobody expected to be here. I 474 00:27:08,800 --> 00:27:12,920 Speaker 1: think you could say Matthew Stafford, but he's already won 475 00:27:13,160 --> 00:27:17,080 Speaker 1: three playoff games. He already got them to the Super 476 00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:21,000 Speaker 1: Bowl further than Jared Goff did. The only person here 477 00:27:21,560 --> 00:27:25,360 Speaker 1: who has the ability really to accomplish something that they 478 00:27:25,440 --> 00:27:30,000 Speaker 1: have missed out on to this point is McVeigh, because 479 00:27:30,160 --> 00:27:32,520 Speaker 1: not only did they lose that Super Bowl to the Patriots, 480 00:27:32,920 --> 00:27:36,120 Speaker 1: but they couldn't score. I mean, Dan, he's an offensive genius, 481 00:27:36,320 --> 00:27:41,280 Speaker 1: whiz guru. They could not score against the Patriots in 482 00:27:41,400 --> 00:27:43,879 Speaker 1: that Super Bowl. I don't think there's that much pressure 483 00:27:43,880 --> 00:27:46,400 Speaker 1: on anybody, to be honest with you, But if there 484 00:27:46,520 --> 00:27:50,040 Speaker 1: is one person that has the biggest onus on them 485 00:27:50,080 --> 00:27:53,879 Speaker 1: in this game, it's probably McVeigh. Let's look at the 486 00:27:53,960 --> 00:27:55,919 Speaker 1: last couple of days in the NFL. Let me let 487 00:27:56,000 --> 00:27:59,600 Speaker 1: me start with Jim Harball. What question or questions do 488 00:27:59,640 --> 00:28:04,640 Speaker 1: you have with Harball going back to Michigan, how bad 489 00:28:04,680 --> 00:28:07,760 Speaker 1: he wants to get back in the NFL. I mean, like, 490 00:28:07,920 --> 00:28:11,600 Speaker 1: to me, this makes me laugh, Dan. You know, you 491 00:28:11,640 --> 00:28:16,040 Speaker 1: see last night multiple reports Jim Harball has called Michigan 492 00:28:16,520 --> 00:28:19,240 Speaker 1: he wants to come back and be there, And then 493 00:28:19,280 --> 00:28:22,680 Speaker 1: like fifteen minutes later, the Vikings are expected to hire 494 00:28:22,760 --> 00:28:26,199 Speaker 1: Kevin O'Connell as their head coach. You know, like everybody 495 00:28:26,280 --> 00:28:28,679 Speaker 1: does this. I mean, from now on, anytime the head 496 00:28:28,720 --> 00:28:31,520 Speaker 1: coach interview, I'm gonna call the Rostocker podcast and be like, 497 00:28:31,680 --> 00:28:33,679 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay. I'm gonna stay as soon as I 498 00:28:33,720 --> 00:28:36,040 Speaker 1: find out somebody else gets the head job. I'm gonna 499 00:28:36,040 --> 00:28:38,640 Speaker 1: stay going on Dan Patrick every week, like, give me 500 00:28:38,680 --> 00:28:44,000 Speaker 1: a break, dude, National signing good. I wonder if Harball 501 00:28:44,080 --> 00:28:48,440 Speaker 1: went there expecting for the Vikings to sell him on 502 00:28:48,480 --> 00:28:51,880 Speaker 1: the Vikings organization, and it feels like the Vikings said 503 00:28:52,040 --> 00:28:56,080 Speaker 1: to Jim Harball, we want you to sell yourself to us, 504 00:28:56,560 --> 00:29:00,400 Speaker 1: and I think you're there for nine hours. I mean, 505 00:29:00,800 --> 00:29:04,400 Speaker 1: you don't go through nine hours without getting a job 506 00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:07,520 Speaker 1: if you're Jim Harball. I'm thinking. But I think he 507 00:29:07,560 --> 00:29:10,040 Speaker 1: went into that interview and maybe it was like, I'm here, 508 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,560 Speaker 1: hire me, and Minnesota probably went no, it doesn't work 509 00:29:14,600 --> 00:29:16,640 Speaker 1: that way, Jim. We want to know what you can 510 00:29:16,640 --> 00:29:21,080 Speaker 1: do for the organization. Well, I think that's possible at 511 00:29:21,080 --> 00:29:25,400 Speaker 1: a minimum. He wouldn't go for a nine hour interview 512 00:29:25,400 --> 00:29:28,680 Speaker 1: to Minnesota on National signing Day, and I know it's 513 00:29:28,760 --> 00:29:31,200 Speaker 1: the second signing day, but still he wouldn't do that 514 00:29:31,720 --> 00:29:34,560 Speaker 1: unless you wanted the job. I believe you wanted the job. 515 00:29:35,080 --> 00:29:37,000 Speaker 1: You know. There have been so many rumors for the 516 00:29:37,120 --> 00:29:39,560 Speaker 1: last few weeks that he really wants to get back 517 00:29:39,560 --> 00:29:43,400 Speaker 1: to the NFL. I don't blame him. Recruiting is twenty 518 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,480 Speaker 1: four seven, And when I personally think happened is as 519 00:29:46,480 --> 00:29:48,920 Speaker 1: soon as he caught wind or his agent caught wind 520 00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:52,240 Speaker 1: that he wasn't getting the job, he wanted to make 521 00:29:52,280 --> 00:29:55,880 Speaker 1: it look like he was turning them down. It's not you. 522 00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,400 Speaker 1: You know it's me. It's not you. That's not the case. 523 00:29:58,440 --> 00:30:01,160 Speaker 1: I'm pretty confident he wanted the job. And if you're 524 00:30:01,200 --> 00:30:04,840 Speaker 1: the new GM for the Vikings, do you really want 525 00:30:04,880 --> 00:30:08,760 Speaker 1: your first hire to be bringing a guy who had 526 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:12,040 Speaker 1: ended really poorly the last time because he got into 527 00:30:12,080 --> 00:30:14,800 Speaker 1: a power struggle with the GM. I mean this would 528 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:18,360 Speaker 1: be a first time GM. My guy Quasi from Princeton, 529 00:30:18,400 --> 00:30:20,760 Speaker 1: who's younger than me, makes me feel bad about myself, 530 00:30:20,800 --> 00:30:23,200 Speaker 1: and now he's a GM of an NFL team. He 531 00:30:23,240 --> 00:30:25,360 Speaker 1: didn't want to bring it. I wouldn't think you would 532 00:30:25,360 --> 00:30:27,280 Speaker 1: want to bring in a guy that could lead to 533 00:30:27,320 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: a power struggle. I don't think it'll happen with Kevin O'Connell. Yeah, 534 00:30:31,440 --> 00:30:34,640 Speaker 1: and then I wonder if I'm Steven Ross and the 535 00:30:34,640 --> 00:30:37,840 Speaker 1: timing is horrible, But Steven Ross didn't want to poach 536 00:30:38,040 --> 00:30:41,560 Speaker 1: Harball from Michigan. But if he knows that Minnesota is 537 00:30:41,600 --> 00:30:44,320 Speaker 1: going to poach him from Michigan, then what would stop 538 00:30:44,360 --> 00:30:48,240 Speaker 1: Steven Ross from not trying to poach him because Jim 539 00:30:48,280 --> 00:30:50,719 Speaker 1: wants to go to the NFL. But giving the timing 540 00:30:50,760 --> 00:30:53,960 Speaker 1: of what happened and the Brian Floras stuff, it probably 541 00:30:54,000 --> 00:30:57,920 Speaker 1: felt like you know Jim can't go play for Stephen wrong, 542 00:30:58,040 --> 00:31:00,640 Speaker 1: Steven Ross may not have this team a year with 543 00:31:00,720 --> 00:31:03,600 Speaker 1: everything that's gone on, What do you make the allegations 544 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:07,080 Speaker 1: against the Dolphins in their owner Well, that's the one 545 00:31:07,120 --> 00:31:09,200 Speaker 1: that jumped out to me the most. You know, all 546 00:31:09,240 --> 00:31:14,760 Speaker 1: of the Rooney rule coach hiring stuff is of course 547 00:31:14,880 --> 00:31:18,680 Speaker 1: a huge topic, but it's one that we broach every offseason. 548 00:31:18,680 --> 00:31:20,520 Speaker 1: I mean, we talk about that. Every officer doesn't make 549 00:31:20,520 --> 00:31:24,440 Speaker 1: it better. And I'd be incredibly frustrated if I was 550 00:31:24,480 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 1: a minority head coach candidate. But what's new this year 551 00:31:28,960 --> 00:31:32,360 Speaker 1: in this lawsuit? What jumped out to me was the 552 00:31:32,520 --> 00:31:37,200 Speaker 1: allegations of being incentivized to lose games, which is a 553 00:31:37,280 --> 00:31:41,560 Speaker 1: major major problem. I mean, if there's any evidence of that, 554 00:31:44,000 --> 00:31:46,640 Speaker 1: the NFL is going to come down on him as 555 00:31:46,720 --> 00:31:48,720 Speaker 1: hard as they ever have. They're going to take his 556 00:31:48,840 --> 00:31:53,200 Speaker 1: team away. You think they will for that. Where you're 557 00:31:53,200 --> 00:31:58,080 Speaker 1: you're fixing games, I mean it's bribing. It's it's a 558 00:31:58,200 --> 00:32:01,960 Speaker 1: bribery act. And you can't just find him a million 559 00:32:02,080 --> 00:32:05,560 Speaker 1: or ten million or twenty million, and doesn't matter to him. 560 00:32:05,680 --> 00:32:09,960 Speaker 1: He's throwing games. He wants you to throw games. Allegedly, 561 00:32:10,400 --> 00:32:13,280 Speaker 1: and paying you to do it. You can't let him. 562 00:32:13,720 --> 00:32:16,120 Speaker 1: He can't stay because he wants to get Joe Burrow. 563 00:32:16,760 --> 00:32:19,640 Speaker 1: I mean, that's why he was doing this. I can't 564 00:32:19,720 --> 00:32:22,600 Speaker 1: let him have his team. Yeah. So the thing I 565 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,280 Speaker 1: always think is interesting about that is, Dan, if that's 566 00:32:25,320 --> 00:32:29,040 Speaker 1: the case, then if what Hugh Jackson saying is accurate, 567 00:32:29,480 --> 00:32:32,920 Speaker 1: are you getting rid of Haslem and Stephen Ross? And 568 00:32:33,000 --> 00:32:36,400 Speaker 1: if you're one of the thirty two owners or thirty one, 569 00:32:36,440 --> 00:32:40,440 Speaker 1: I guess that makes this decision, are you really comfortable 570 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:42,520 Speaker 1: with getting rid of two of those? I mean, those 571 00:32:42,560 --> 00:32:45,000 Speaker 1: guys don't want to think that there's anything that can 572 00:32:45,040 --> 00:32:47,040 Speaker 1: get them out of the club. They're in the club. 573 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:50,960 Speaker 1: They bought in my guests, Dan, and you know more 574 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,280 Speaker 1: than I do. I guess, but I would think it'd 575 00:32:53,320 --> 00:32:56,600 Speaker 1: be like three first round picks and ten million dollars. 576 00:32:56,640 --> 00:33:00,360 Speaker 1: I think it would be the most severe punishment a 577 00:33:00,480 --> 00:33:03,840 Speaker 1: team and an owner has ever gotten. I don't know 578 00:33:03,880 --> 00:33:06,240 Speaker 1: if they're going to kick out two owners of this 579 00:33:06,320 --> 00:33:08,360 Speaker 1: exclusive club, because then the other owners is gonna be like, 580 00:33:08,400 --> 00:33:10,160 Speaker 1: wait a minute, If we can kick out this guy 581 00:33:10,200 --> 00:33:12,480 Speaker 1: for that and that guy for that, they might come 582 00:33:12,720 --> 00:33:15,640 Speaker 1: come at me for something at some point. Well, I 583 00:33:15,680 --> 00:33:19,440 Speaker 1: think Cleveland is different because Hugh Jackson didn't get money, 584 00:33:19,840 --> 00:33:23,040 Speaker 1: He just got his contract extended. Like I think the 585 00:33:23,080 --> 00:33:26,040 Speaker 1: owner thought, hey, this is a couple of years rebuild, 586 00:33:26,480 --> 00:33:31,000 Speaker 1: and you're doing really well at doing really poorly, and 587 00:33:31,080 --> 00:33:34,480 Speaker 1: we want to keep you in that job. So they 588 00:33:34,480 --> 00:33:38,800 Speaker 1: didn't say for each loss you get one hundred thousand dollars. 589 00:33:38,800 --> 00:33:41,520 Speaker 1: They're just saying, hey, if you keep losing, we're going 590 00:33:41,560 --> 00:33:45,960 Speaker 1: to continue to extend your contract. Now is that semantics? 591 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:52,640 Speaker 1: But the direction is not lose games and you get 592 00:33:52,640 --> 00:33:55,680 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars. That's the difference. That's where it 593 00:33:55,680 --> 00:33:58,800 Speaker 1: gets far more severe with Stephen Ross. Yeah, I guess 594 00:33:58,840 --> 00:34:01,880 Speaker 1: because here's my question. Okay, and I tweeted about this 595 00:34:01,880 --> 00:34:07,479 Speaker 1: this morning at Ross Tucker, NFL Dan. I'm a Sixers fan, Okay. Now, 596 00:34:07,520 --> 00:34:09,480 Speaker 1: I'm not a diehard NBA guy, you know, I'm a 597 00:34:09,520 --> 00:34:14,399 Speaker 1: football guy. But the Sixers essentially lost on purpose for 598 00:34:14,480 --> 00:34:17,799 Speaker 1: like four years in a row. I mean, I think 599 00:34:17,800 --> 00:34:20,560 Speaker 1: it's it's interesting to me that the Browns and the 600 00:34:20,600 --> 00:34:23,919 Speaker 1: Dolphins are under fire when I don't know, I don't 601 00:34:23,920 --> 00:34:26,320 Speaker 1: follow it that close. Again, but don't aren't there several 602 00:34:26,440 --> 00:34:29,840 Speaker 1: NBA teams that essentially lose on purpose every year. The 603 00:34:29,920 --> 00:34:33,880 Speaker 1: Cabs did this for Lebron James, you know, the Rockets 604 00:34:33,920 --> 00:34:36,320 Speaker 1: did this I think for a chem Alie you on. 605 00:34:36,920 --> 00:34:39,560 Speaker 1: I mean, this is this is, this happens that. But 606 00:34:39,680 --> 00:34:41,880 Speaker 1: why has nobody why have they never gotten in trouble? Like, 607 00:34:41,880 --> 00:34:44,400 Speaker 1: why has nobody ever bet nobody ever been an issue? 608 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:47,560 Speaker 1: I guess no coach said anything. Well, the Sixers called 609 00:34:47,600 --> 00:34:52,720 Speaker 1: it the process. See that's the difference. That that's the difference. 610 00:34:52,840 --> 00:34:56,840 Speaker 1: It's the process. It's it's not tanking. You can't say tanking. 611 00:34:57,280 --> 00:34:59,759 Speaker 1: Mark Cuban used the word tanking and they got fine 612 00:35:00,000 --> 00:35:03,680 Speaker 1: one hundred thousand dollars. It's the process. There we're talking 613 00:35:03,680 --> 00:35:07,680 Speaker 1: to Ross Tucker is Ross Tucker Football podcast is available 614 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:12,120 Speaker 1: well wherever you can get podcast and social media at 615 00:35:12,239 --> 00:35:17,160 Speaker 1: Ross Tucker NFL. I don't know why Jimbo Fisher isn't 616 00:35:17,239 --> 00:35:20,720 Speaker 1: just embracing the obvious, and that is we got resources 617 00:35:20,760 --> 00:35:23,239 Speaker 1: at Texas A and M and this is a great 618 00:35:23,239 --> 00:35:26,680 Speaker 1: place to play, and we beat Alabama. We're here, We're 619 00:35:26,719 --> 00:35:30,880 Speaker 1: for real. But instead he had this reaction yesterday to 620 00:35:31,520 --> 00:35:34,760 Speaker 1: the reported slush fund that an M has that's somewhere 621 00:35:34,800 --> 00:35:37,760 Speaker 1: between twenty five and thirty million dollars for the recruits. 622 00:35:38,520 --> 00:35:41,080 Speaker 1: There is no thirty million dollars fund. There is no five, meaning, 623 00:35:41,120 --> 00:35:43,600 Speaker 1: there is no ten. This is garbage and it does. 624 00:35:43,640 --> 00:35:46,160 Speaker 1: It pisses me off. And here it comes from a 625 00:35:46,200 --> 00:35:49,560 Speaker 1: site called robible by a guy named Slice Bread. Then 626 00:35:49,600 --> 00:35:51,640 Speaker 1: everybody runs with it, so it's written on the internet 627 00:35:51,680 --> 00:35:54,840 Speaker 1: as gospel. How irresponsible is that? And then to have 628 00:35:55,120 --> 00:35:57,799 Speaker 1: coaches in our leg and across this leg to say 629 00:35:57,800 --> 00:36:01,920 Speaker 1: it clown x all right, irresponsible as hell, multiple coaches 630 00:36:01,920 --> 00:36:05,040 Speaker 1: in our league. And the guy's griping about NIO, griping 631 00:36:05,080 --> 00:36:07,279 Speaker 1: about transfer porter, using it the most, and bragging about 632 00:36:07,280 --> 00:36:10,040 Speaker 1: it the most. That's the ironic part. You want character, 633 00:36:10,080 --> 00:36:12,280 Speaker 1: I'll test. I'll take it with any y'all. It's a joke. 634 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,880 Speaker 1: It does piss me off. Okay, you know what I 635 00:36:15,880 --> 00:36:18,400 Speaker 1: would do if I'm him, I would say no, No, 636 00:36:18,440 --> 00:36:20,680 Speaker 1: it's on twenty five or thirty minute. It's fifty million 637 00:36:20,800 --> 00:36:23,799 Speaker 1: we have in a name, image and likeness slush fund. 638 00:36:24,000 --> 00:36:26,200 Speaker 1: There's a whole lot more where that came from. Come 639 00:36:26,200 --> 00:36:29,400 Speaker 1: on down here and play with the aggies. Well, a 640 00:36:29,440 --> 00:36:33,280 Speaker 1: couple of things. Then number one, what's the line methinks 641 00:36:33,320 --> 00:36:35,840 Speaker 1: he doth protest too much. You know, I think he 642 00:36:35,960 --> 00:36:40,360 Speaker 1: went a little far there. Secondly, look, I've been around 643 00:36:40,400 --> 00:36:43,440 Speaker 1: long enough to know remember the year when old miss 644 00:36:43,480 --> 00:36:48,279 Speaker 1: got Laramie Tunsul and Laquon Treadwell. And like I mean, 645 00:36:48,760 --> 00:36:52,720 Speaker 1: when a school that isn't a typically a top five 646 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:56,320 Speaker 1: recruiting school, and Texas A and M does pretty well usually, 647 00:36:56,360 --> 00:36:58,839 Speaker 1: but not top five, not number one in the country, 648 00:36:59,160 --> 00:37:01,440 Speaker 1: when they come out to nowhere to be the number 649 00:37:01,440 --> 00:37:05,319 Speaker 1: one school, there's usually a reason for that. What I 650 00:37:05,360 --> 00:37:08,919 Speaker 1: think is unique or different about this is, as far 651 00:37:08,960 --> 00:37:11,160 Speaker 1: as I know, you're kind of allowed. Now. I read 652 00:37:11,200 --> 00:37:14,400 Speaker 1: the rule where they say it's not supposed to be 653 00:37:15,080 --> 00:37:19,760 Speaker 1: an inducement for someone to attend a school. It's supposed 654 00:37:19,840 --> 00:37:22,600 Speaker 1: to just be money that they earn from their image 655 00:37:22,600 --> 00:37:26,839 Speaker 1: and likeness while they're actually at the school. But this 656 00:37:26,880 --> 00:37:29,080 Speaker 1: is what I always thought it would turn into and 657 00:37:29,200 --> 00:37:31,279 Speaker 1: it has. And I'm happy for the kids. I'm happy 658 00:37:31,320 --> 00:37:33,279 Speaker 1: that they're getting the money and this is what I 659 00:37:33,360 --> 00:37:38,399 Speaker 1: always thought it would be, which is essentially guaranteeing every kid. Hey, 660 00:37:38,480 --> 00:37:41,239 Speaker 1: you'll get at least one hundred grand a year in name, 661 00:37:41,280 --> 00:37:44,959 Speaker 1: image and likeness. But I'm a backup center. We don't care. 662 00:37:45,160 --> 00:37:50,240 Speaker 1: We need depth one hundred grand year buddy, you're in. Yeah, 663 00:37:50,280 --> 00:37:52,600 Speaker 1: they made it legal, and this is you know, the 664 00:37:52,800 --> 00:37:56,719 Speaker 1: the NCUBLEA just wanted to make sure that these kids 665 00:37:56,719 --> 00:37:59,440 Speaker 1: weren't getting paid money that was going to be for 666 00:37:59,480 --> 00:38:02,960 Speaker 1: the school playoffs all of that. Hey, we don't want 667 00:38:02,960 --> 00:38:05,080 Speaker 1: to pay the players, but we'll let you have name, 668 00:38:05,080 --> 00:38:07,799 Speaker 1: image and likeness. And no one thought this through that 669 00:38:07,920 --> 00:38:11,000 Speaker 1: the schools who have money willing to spend money. And 670 00:38:11,200 --> 00:38:14,680 Speaker 1: yes it's an I'll go there and you're going to 671 00:38:14,719 --> 00:38:17,200 Speaker 1: pay me for name, image and likeness, But how much 672 00:38:17,239 --> 00:38:19,320 Speaker 1: are you going to pay me for name, image and likeness? 673 00:38:19,520 --> 00:38:22,600 Speaker 1: So then it becomes an inducement because nobody there's no 674 00:38:22,640 --> 00:38:26,400 Speaker 1: salary cap that says you can only offer them this. Well, 675 00:38:26,840 --> 00:38:30,640 Speaker 1: legally I can offer you whatever I want. And so 676 00:38:30,840 --> 00:38:33,239 Speaker 1: if Texas A and M has the money and they're 677 00:38:33,280 --> 00:38:36,280 Speaker 1: willing to spend the money like I wouldn't be apologizing. 678 00:38:37,920 --> 00:38:42,640 Speaker 1: Then I was told three years ago by a personnel 679 00:38:42,719 --> 00:38:46,320 Speaker 1: director at a power of five school that the nil 680 00:38:46,520 --> 00:38:51,319 Speaker 1: department would end up being bigger than the recruiting department 681 00:38:51,880 --> 00:38:56,080 Speaker 1: at these schools sooner rather than later. I mean this 682 00:38:56,200 --> 00:38:59,960 Speaker 1: is going to be what goes a long way towards 683 00:39:00,160 --> 00:39:04,279 Speaker 1: determining where these kids go. I don't blame them. You know, 684 00:39:04,360 --> 00:39:06,919 Speaker 1: who knows if you'll make the NFL or not. They're 685 00:39:07,040 --> 00:39:11,480 Speaker 1: essentially free agents. The part that gets really interesting is 686 00:39:11,480 --> 00:39:13,440 Speaker 1: that they can all transfer free year. I'll give you 687 00:39:13,480 --> 00:39:17,160 Speaker 1: another one, Dan, I've had multiple coaches tell me that, 688 00:39:17,360 --> 00:39:19,480 Speaker 1: you know why they love the transfer portal. You know 689 00:39:19,520 --> 00:39:22,440 Speaker 1: why they want to get more transfers because you only 690 00:39:22,480 --> 00:39:26,200 Speaker 1: get to do it without penalty. Once you recruit a 691 00:39:26,280 --> 00:39:30,040 Speaker 1: high school kid to come in, he's a perpetual free agent. 692 00:39:30,520 --> 00:39:32,480 Speaker 1: You know you get you get to transfer one time 693 00:39:32,800 --> 00:39:35,880 Speaker 1: without sitting out at all. That kid can leave whenever 694 00:39:36,480 --> 00:39:39,800 Speaker 1: you get a transfer from somewhere else. He's got to 695 00:39:39,840 --> 00:39:42,920 Speaker 1: make it work. He's got to stay there otherwise be 696 00:39:43,000 --> 00:39:46,680 Speaker 1: transfer again. Unless he's a graduate, he has to sit 697 00:39:46,760 --> 00:39:48,960 Speaker 1: out a year. So they actually feel like there's a 698 00:39:49,040 --> 00:39:52,360 Speaker 1: chance for more loyalty from the kid. That it's a 699 00:39:52,440 --> 00:39:55,200 Speaker 1: it's a lot, the whole thing has changed. It's wild. 700 00:39:57,040 --> 00:40:00,840 Speaker 1: You played for the Washington Redskins six games. I believe 701 00:40:01,320 --> 00:40:06,480 Speaker 1: so curious your old team with the new nickname. You're 702 00:40:06,480 --> 00:40:10,759 Speaker 1: a commander. Yeah, I guess I really wanted to be. 703 00:40:11,440 --> 00:40:15,080 Speaker 1: I would have really embraced ward Hogs or Red Hogs. 704 00:40:15,160 --> 00:40:18,520 Speaker 1: I wanted something to go back to the Hogs. I 705 00:40:18,560 --> 00:40:22,080 Speaker 1: actually started my career there and finished it there, so 706 00:40:22,120 --> 00:40:24,839 Speaker 1: I have somewhat of an affinity for them, not like 707 00:40:24,880 --> 00:40:26,680 Speaker 1: I do for the Bills, where I played the most 708 00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:31,160 Speaker 1: or whatever. I mean. Commanders reminds me of the Cleveland Indians. 709 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:34,040 Speaker 1: Changing the name of the Guardians. It just seems so 710 00:40:34,680 --> 00:40:38,400 Speaker 1: it's such an xfl type of name to me, the Commanders, 711 00:40:39,200 --> 00:40:41,920 Speaker 1: it's just very generic. I mean, I guess it's fine, Dan, 712 00:40:42,560 --> 00:40:45,520 Speaker 1: I guess it's safe. But let me ask you this. Okay, 713 00:40:46,000 --> 00:40:48,879 Speaker 1: when someone says to my daughters or says to me, 714 00:40:49,680 --> 00:40:55,320 Speaker 1: you know, hey, Ross, what teams did you play for? Cowboys, Bills, Patriots, 715 00:40:55,440 --> 00:40:59,680 Speaker 1: Browns for the fifth one? Am I saying Commanders? Or 716 00:40:59,680 --> 00:41:02,640 Speaker 1: am I sang Redskins because I played for the Redskins? 717 00:41:02,719 --> 00:41:05,400 Speaker 1: Or am I not saying that because that is obviously 718 00:41:05,440 --> 00:41:08,240 Speaker 1: offensive to some people and that name is no longer around. 719 00:41:08,280 --> 00:41:14,719 Speaker 1: I would say Washington, but then that sounds weird. Cowboys, Bills, Patriots, 720 00:41:14,760 --> 00:41:19,080 Speaker 1: Browns and Washington. I wanted to say I was a Wardhog. 721 00:41:19,320 --> 00:41:21,080 Speaker 1: I think that's all. I don't know why they didn't 722 00:41:21,120 --> 00:41:23,520 Speaker 1: go with the warhocks. I'm still bothered by this. I 723 00:41:23,600 --> 00:41:26,240 Speaker 1: know you have a new business venture that you wanted 724 00:41:26,280 --> 00:41:29,600 Speaker 1: to mention here to Oh. I appreciate that, Dan, Yeah, 725 00:41:29,640 --> 00:41:32,960 Speaker 1: it's awesome. It's the greatest Valentine's Day gift ever. It's 726 00:41:33,000 --> 00:41:36,839 Speaker 1: called my front page story dot com. Everybody just gets 727 00:41:36,840 --> 00:41:40,520 Speaker 1: flowers or chocolates, are a gift card to a spa. 728 00:41:40,640 --> 00:41:43,319 Speaker 1: When they open it, Dan, it literally looks like it's 729 00:41:43,360 --> 00:41:47,160 Speaker 1: on the cover of the newspaper. It's a framed newspaper 730 00:41:47,200 --> 00:41:50,520 Speaker 1: cover story with the picture of your wife, the family. 731 00:41:50,880 --> 00:41:53,040 Speaker 1: She'll be like, what is this way, honey, my wife, 732 00:41:54,000 --> 00:41:58,200 Speaker 1: anybody's wife, whoever you get the story for you. I'm 733 00:41:58,239 --> 00:42:01,200 Speaker 1: assuming you would get it for your wife for Valentine's Day. 734 00:42:01,280 --> 00:42:03,560 Speaker 1: So it's a picture your wife, maybe your kids, and 735 00:42:03,600 --> 00:42:06,320 Speaker 1: your wife's like, Dan, what is this And you're like, honey, 736 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:08,759 Speaker 1: I want to do something special and unique. I care 737 00:42:09,120 --> 00:42:11,960 Speaker 1: I had a story written about you. I get way 738 00:42:11,960 --> 00:42:13,840 Speaker 1: too much pub I get way too much attention, as 739 00:42:13,880 --> 00:42:16,839 Speaker 1: Dan Patrick, the story, the cover story should be about you. 740 00:42:17,040 --> 00:42:18,960 Speaker 1: And then when she reads the quotes, Dan, and by 741 00:42:18,960 --> 00:42:21,080 Speaker 1: the way, I've heard you talk about this, like on 742 00:42:21,120 --> 00:42:24,160 Speaker 1: my buddy Kyle Brandt's podcast. When she reads the quotes 743 00:42:24,200 --> 00:42:27,279 Speaker 1: about I just never tell her enough how much I 744 00:42:27,280 --> 00:42:30,640 Speaker 1: appreciate all the little things she does. She will cry, 745 00:42:30,800 --> 00:42:34,120 Speaker 1: like your wife or anybody's wife, Fritzie. Fritzie's probably gonna 746 00:42:34,120 --> 00:42:36,400 Speaker 1: get his wife, you know, a gift card to the 747 00:42:36,440 --> 00:42:39,520 Speaker 1: Olive Garden again, Fritzie. It's twelve years in a row 748 00:42:39,640 --> 00:42:45,240 Speaker 1: an Olive Garden gifts from story dot com. Well, Tod 749 00:42:45,480 --> 00:42:49,400 Speaker 1: has limericks, and he writes his wife a limerick not 750 00:42:49,520 --> 00:42:51,680 Speaker 1: as good as this, Maybe not trust me, you know. 751 00:42:51,760 --> 00:42:53,440 Speaker 1: I was just saying to the guys the other day. 752 00:42:53,440 --> 00:42:55,640 Speaker 1: When I think of love, I think of Ron's Tucker 753 00:42:56,719 --> 00:42:59,880 Speaker 1: and nothing else. So I would like to get a 754 00:43:00,040 --> 00:43:02,080 Speaker 1: picture of you, and then I would be able to 755 00:43:02,080 --> 00:43:05,080 Speaker 1: present that to my wife. That would be awesome. I'm sure. 756 00:43:05,160 --> 00:43:08,279 Speaker 1: I'm sure she would love that you got any like 757 00:43:09,040 --> 00:43:18,000 Speaker 1: scannily klaned Um, probably back in college. Does she want 758 00:43:18,040 --> 00:43:23,400 Speaker 1: does she want to see like three hundred ten pounds? Yeah, 759 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:26,520 Speaker 1: that's what I mean. The only pictures I had with 760 00:43:26,560 --> 00:43:30,600 Speaker 1: my shirt off are like at a keg party in 761 00:43:30,640 --> 00:43:33,520 Speaker 1: the summer when I was in college. I'm actually I 762 00:43:33,520 --> 00:43:35,480 Speaker 1: actually think for three ten I looked all right. I 763 00:43:35,520 --> 00:43:38,560 Speaker 1: was pretty danny, not too bad. But you know, here's 764 00:43:38,560 --> 00:43:41,640 Speaker 1: the thing, Dan, I don't know about your wife. A 765 00:43:41,680 --> 00:43:44,040 Speaker 1: lot of women are not into that. Like when I 766 00:43:44,080 --> 00:43:46,600 Speaker 1: was in college and I would go to a party, Okay, 767 00:43:46,840 --> 00:43:48,640 Speaker 1: you could tell right away. I mean I was three 768 00:43:48,680 --> 00:43:52,560 Speaker 1: hundred and fifteen pounds. Girls either like that or they don't, 769 00:43:52,719 --> 00:43:55,560 Speaker 1: and there's no in between. And you know right away 770 00:43:55,800 --> 00:43:58,960 Speaker 1: most girls are not like blow drying their hair hoping 771 00:43:59,000 --> 00:44:01,160 Speaker 1: to meet up the per vick three und fifteen pound 772 00:44:01,200 --> 00:44:03,759 Speaker 1: guy that night. Okay, it doesn't work that. If you 773 00:44:03,840 --> 00:44:06,200 Speaker 1: had been able to get into Notre Dame, then they 774 00:44:06,280 --> 00:44:09,120 Speaker 1: might have cared. But you went to Princeton. Those those 775 00:44:09,440 --> 00:44:13,120 Speaker 1: women don't care about football at Princeton. So that is 776 00:44:13,160 --> 00:44:17,160 Speaker 1: a fact, okay that it does not. It doesn't help 777 00:44:17,200 --> 00:44:21,319 Speaker 1: you to be a Princeton football player at Princeton. But 778 00:44:21,640 --> 00:44:23,960 Speaker 1: I would go visit like my buddies at Penn State, 779 00:44:24,480 --> 00:44:26,120 Speaker 1: and they'd be like, are you a football player? And 780 00:44:26,120 --> 00:44:28,479 Speaker 1: I'd be like, you're darn right, I am. I didn't 781 00:44:28,520 --> 00:44:31,000 Speaker 1: say it wasn't at Penn State. I just said you're 782 00:44:31,040 --> 00:44:34,960 Speaker 1: darn right. And it worked every time, every time. If 783 00:44:34,960 --> 00:44:36,920 Speaker 1: I could do it, if I could do college over again, 784 00:44:37,000 --> 00:44:39,680 Speaker 1: I would go to one of those. That would be uh, 785 00:44:39,680 --> 00:44:42,120 Speaker 1: that would be Princeton was amazing. I'm glad I had 786 00:44:42,200 --> 00:44:46,120 Speaker 1: that experience. But man, I'll go to techsay and M 787 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:49,919 Speaker 1: get the money and the girls. Thank you Ross, good 788 00:44:49,920 --> 00:44:50,799 Speaker 1: to talk to you, man,