1 00:00:05,600 --> 00:00:12,760 Speaker 1: This is Straight Fire with Jason McIntyre. What's up, straight Fire, fam, 2 00:00:12,800 --> 00:00:18,640 Speaker 1: It's me Jason McIntyre, Straight Fire, Thursday, July twenty second. 3 00:00:18,880 --> 00:00:23,079 Speaker 1: We've now had a little bit over thirty six hours 4 00:00:23,400 --> 00:00:27,120 Speaker 1: to let the whole Bucks are Champions thing marinate. Of course, 5 00:00:27,600 --> 00:00:31,000 Speaker 1: everybody's been very very happy that the Bucks are champs, 6 00:00:31,800 --> 00:00:35,159 Speaker 1: right a non super team. Johannice has a ring. And 7 00:00:35,400 --> 00:00:37,320 Speaker 1: by by the way, yes, I did, like everyone else, 8 00:00:37,680 --> 00:00:41,319 Speaker 1: love that Janice went and got a fifty piece on 9 00:00:41,360 --> 00:00:43,720 Speaker 1: the court and then when got a fifty piece and 10 00:00:43,760 --> 00:00:47,880 Speaker 1: the Chick fil A drive through. Yes nice. Definitely stay winning. Um. Hey, 11 00:00:47,920 --> 00:00:51,360 Speaker 1: before I dive into uh this this Bucks take and 12 00:00:51,400 --> 00:00:54,000 Speaker 1: I don't think it's gonna be for everyone, UM, I 13 00:00:54,160 --> 00:00:57,560 Speaker 1: wanted to, uh just let you guys know there's a 14 00:00:57,560 --> 00:01:01,440 Speaker 1: big day for me. UM. I have in playing a 15 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:04,840 Speaker 1: lot of tennis lately, pretty much the last you know, 16 00:01:05,319 --> 00:01:08,520 Speaker 1: six months, at least once a week, really working hard 17 00:01:08,520 --> 00:01:10,440 Speaker 1: for this tennis tournament that I got in. My first 18 00:01:10,560 --> 00:01:14,160 Speaker 1: round match is today. If I win, I played Friday. 19 00:01:14,240 --> 00:01:17,039 Speaker 1: If I win, I play Saturday. Um, and then if 20 00:01:17,080 --> 00:01:20,280 Speaker 1: I get to like the semifinals, it's Saturday night. So 21 00:01:20,319 --> 00:01:22,600 Speaker 1: two games in a day would be tough. Sunday would 22 00:01:22,640 --> 00:01:25,840 Speaker 1: be the championship. Um, I don't know. The field is 23 00:01:26,000 --> 00:01:28,640 Speaker 1: much larger than it was when I got to the 24 00:01:28,640 --> 00:01:32,119 Speaker 1: semis in I have. And this is how nerdy I am. 25 00:01:32,120 --> 00:01:35,400 Speaker 1: This is a snapshot into Jason McIntyre. So I've been 26 00:01:35,400 --> 00:01:37,640 Speaker 1: playing tennis with a bunch of different dudes. I sent 27 00:01:37,840 --> 00:01:42,400 Speaker 1: the draw to five different people who I played tennis with. 28 00:01:42,480 --> 00:01:44,640 Speaker 1: They all play well. Most of them played this country club, 29 00:01:44,640 --> 00:01:46,200 Speaker 1: but a lot. I'm playing this thing called the ladder. 30 00:01:46,920 --> 00:01:50,400 Speaker 1: I don't play in the ladder. Um, they don't know 31 00:01:50,600 --> 00:01:53,040 Speaker 1: one person in the bracket, and I don't know whether 32 00:01:53,080 --> 00:01:57,480 Speaker 1: it to be oh maybe I have a chance or huh, mystery. 33 00:01:57,520 --> 00:01:59,440 Speaker 1: I have no scouting report. You guys know me as 34 00:01:59,440 --> 00:02:01,640 Speaker 1: a I coach my kids in sports, and I like 35 00:02:01,680 --> 00:02:04,840 Speaker 1: to have a scouting report, whether it's soccer, basketball, whatever. Um, 36 00:02:04,960 --> 00:02:08,000 Speaker 1: I like to know what I'm going up against. Now. 37 00:02:08,040 --> 00:02:11,359 Speaker 1: I did recognize that, like you know, the third time 38 00:02:11,400 --> 00:02:14,200 Speaker 1: I looked at the draw. One name and it happens 39 00:02:14,200 --> 00:02:17,679 Speaker 1: to be the fantasy football commissioner for a league I'm in. Um. 40 00:02:17,800 --> 00:02:19,639 Speaker 1: I barely know the guy. He's just he's a real 41 00:02:19,720 --> 00:02:22,640 Speaker 1: estate dude. But of course I text one of his friends. 42 00:02:23,000 --> 00:02:24,320 Speaker 1: Is he good? Oh, I don't know. You have to 43 00:02:24,360 --> 00:02:26,160 Speaker 1: ask this guy. He's played him, And of course I've 44 00:02:26,160 --> 00:02:28,880 Speaker 1: played the buddy who played him, So I text him 45 00:02:29,320 --> 00:02:32,399 Speaker 1: and say, hey, man, yeah, how how good is this guy? 46 00:02:32,600 --> 00:02:34,440 Speaker 1: He's in my draw. I would face him in the 47 00:02:34,440 --> 00:02:37,560 Speaker 1: semifinals possibly if I get that far. I'm probably looking 48 00:02:37,560 --> 00:02:39,400 Speaker 1: way ahead and I'm overthinking, and I would probably bow 49 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:42,200 Speaker 1: out in the first round. He goes, oh, dude, he's slow. 50 00:02:43,120 --> 00:02:45,280 Speaker 1: You could easily run him around and crush him. But 51 00:02:45,440 --> 00:02:48,120 Speaker 1: he has a really good surf. And that that that's 52 00:02:48,160 --> 00:02:50,079 Speaker 1: the scouting report I'm looking for. Guys. This is how 53 00:02:50,080 --> 00:02:53,120 Speaker 1: nerdy I am listening. I don't mind admitting this. Um. 54 00:02:53,200 --> 00:02:54,440 Speaker 1: You know, I think this is the kind of thing 55 00:02:54,440 --> 00:02:56,680 Speaker 1: that I pushed big on my Saturday radio show, like 56 00:02:56,760 --> 00:03:01,840 Speaker 1: snapshots into my life, um and sadly, you know, between work, 57 00:03:02,280 --> 00:03:04,920 Speaker 1: the wife, the kids, like you've got to find your 58 00:03:05,200 --> 00:03:09,320 Speaker 1: small victories, um and and playing sports for me is 59 00:03:09,360 --> 00:03:12,280 Speaker 1: a big one. Um. So, at any rate, very excited 60 00:03:12,280 --> 00:03:14,480 Speaker 1: for the tennis tournament. But I'm sure you guys are 61 00:03:14,560 --> 00:03:16,240 Speaker 1: very excited for my take because I've let this one 62 00:03:16,320 --> 00:03:19,960 Speaker 1: marinate all night and I thought about it, and I 63 00:03:19,960 --> 00:03:22,840 Speaker 1: started to push back a little bit on people yesterday 64 00:03:22,919 --> 00:03:24,400 Speaker 1: and then I said no, no, no, no, I'm gonna 65 00:03:24,440 --> 00:03:28,280 Speaker 1: really think this one over. And um, it has to 66 00:03:28,280 --> 00:03:31,200 Speaker 1: do with the Jannie quote, with what Yanna said after 67 00:03:31,280 --> 00:03:33,520 Speaker 1: they won the championship. Now, I did post this on 68 00:03:33,560 --> 00:03:37,440 Speaker 1: i G and here is the quote. It's this is 69 00:03:37,440 --> 00:03:40,640 Speaker 1: what Janna said after winning the title. It's easy to 70 00:03:40,720 --> 00:03:45,560 Speaker 1: go somewhere and go win a championship with somebody else. 71 00:03:46,360 --> 00:03:49,520 Speaker 1: It's easy. I could go. I don't put. I could 72 00:03:49,560 --> 00:03:51,400 Speaker 1: go to a super team and just do my part 73 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:53,960 Speaker 1: and win a championship. But this is the hard way 74 00:03:53,960 --> 00:03:56,800 Speaker 1: to do it. And this is the way to do it. 75 00:03:56,840 --> 00:03:59,960 Speaker 1: And we did it. Fan did it. We did it man, 76 00:04:00,000 --> 00:04:02,920 Speaker 1: and and I like the honest I love his story. 77 00:04:02,960 --> 00:04:05,960 Speaker 1: He is really one of the great sports stories of 78 00:04:06,080 --> 00:04:08,800 Speaker 1: this century. I'm not even exaggerated. I mean, eight years ago, 79 00:04:08,880 --> 00:04:12,480 Speaker 1: Janice was basically selling CDs in the streets of Greece 80 00:04:12,840 --> 00:04:14,839 Speaker 1: as a uh you know, and maybe not eight maybe 81 00:04:14,840 --> 00:04:17,520 Speaker 1: it was like, you know, when he was like twelve 82 00:04:17,600 --> 00:04:20,160 Speaker 1: years old, and now maybe maybe it's fifteen years ago. 83 00:04:20,800 --> 00:04:24,320 Speaker 1: He was selling CDs out of like a trunk of 84 00:04:24,320 --> 00:04:26,240 Speaker 1: a car in the streets of Greece with his brothers. 85 00:04:26,320 --> 00:04:27,840 Speaker 1: Now all three of them are in the NBA, all 86 00:04:27,880 --> 00:04:31,080 Speaker 1: three of titles and of course the honest two m 87 00:04:31,120 --> 00:04:34,520 Speaker 1: v p s of the league as well as the 88 00:04:34,600 --> 00:04:38,600 Speaker 1: finals MVP. The thing is, he's wrong on this quote. Guys. 89 00:04:39,200 --> 00:04:42,000 Speaker 1: It's not the easy way out to go join a 90 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:43,919 Speaker 1: super team, and people don't want to give it the 91 00:04:43,960 --> 00:04:47,120 Speaker 1: time and actually think about it. But I have done that, 92 00:04:47,640 --> 00:04:51,039 Speaker 1: and I've mentioned this before on the radio, I have 93 00:04:51,160 --> 00:04:53,680 Speaker 1: touched on on the podcast. I'm just telling you it 94 00:04:53,880 --> 00:04:57,320 Speaker 1: is the hard way out to go join the super team. 95 00:04:57,400 --> 00:05:00,800 Speaker 1: The easy way out is just staying in your city. 96 00:05:01,160 --> 00:05:04,600 Speaker 1: That's the easy way. The hard way is starting over. 97 00:05:05,320 --> 00:05:08,320 Speaker 1: That's what you do when you leave your team to 98 00:05:08,360 --> 00:05:10,800 Speaker 1: go join the super team and you start over. Okay, Now, 99 00:05:10,960 --> 00:05:13,320 Speaker 1: you said, Jason, how how is it hard to start over? Well, 100 00:05:13,320 --> 00:05:16,200 Speaker 1: think about life, Okay, And I've used this analogy before. 101 00:05:18,240 --> 00:05:22,240 Speaker 1: You're climbing a mountain, hypothetical mountain, and in real life, 102 00:05:22,279 --> 00:05:24,960 Speaker 1: we're all climbing a mountain. Whether it's sports, whether it's work, 103 00:05:25,560 --> 00:05:29,080 Speaker 1: whatever field you're in, accounting, private equity, video games, it 104 00:05:29,120 --> 00:05:31,280 Speaker 1: doesn't matter. We're all trying to get to the top, 105 00:05:31,400 --> 00:05:35,440 Speaker 1: trying to be the best, and not everyone's gonna reach 106 00:05:35,440 --> 00:05:38,080 Speaker 1: the top. That's obvious, right. It's really hard, obviously to 107 00:05:38,120 --> 00:05:40,279 Speaker 1: reach the top of any field. A lot of people 108 00:05:40,279 --> 00:05:42,280 Speaker 1: just give up, or they get content and where they 109 00:05:42,320 --> 00:05:45,440 Speaker 1: are and other stuff takes priority in life. Not everybody 110 00:05:45,600 --> 00:05:48,000 Speaker 1: wants to compete and get to the top. But we 111 00:05:48,080 --> 00:05:51,719 Speaker 1: are all climbing a mountain. That's undeniable. Right. Some people 112 00:05:51,760 --> 00:05:53,360 Speaker 1: just say, screw it, I don't want climb to the top. 113 00:05:53,360 --> 00:05:56,080 Speaker 1: I'm good making my salary or wherever I am. I'm 114 00:05:56,080 --> 00:05:59,520 Speaker 1: making money, set my family up, I'm having fun, I'm traveling. 115 00:06:00,040 --> 00:06:01,560 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna get to that. But I don't care. 116 00:06:02,720 --> 00:06:05,080 Speaker 1: I'm not really built that way. I I definitely want 117 00:06:05,120 --> 00:06:08,120 Speaker 1: to get to the top or die trying. Um, but 118 00:06:08,160 --> 00:06:10,080 Speaker 1: we're all we're all different, right, That's what the beauty 119 00:06:10,200 --> 00:06:14,280 Speaker 1: of being on planet Earth. Right. So you're climbing this 120 00:06:14,320 --> 00:06:17,640 Speaker 1: mountain and you hit a roadblock there. There's just no 121 00:06:17,920 --> 00:06:20,320 Speaker 1: way around it to the top, none at all. So 122 00:06:20,360 --> 00:06:22,080 Speaker 1: you're faced with two choices. Do you come down the 123 00:06:22,080 --> 00:06:26,040 Speaker 1: mountain a little bit and look for another path, or 124 00:06:26,080 --> 00:06:28,080 Speaker 1: do you go all the way back down to the bottom. 125 00:06:28,080 --> 00:06:31,039 Speaker 1: Of the mountain and start over. Not a lot of 126 00:06:31,040 --> 00:06:32,640 Speaker 1: people want to go down to the bottom and start over. 127 00:06:32,800 --> 00:06:35,159 Speaker 1: Think about it in your field whatever you do. And 128 00:06:35,200 --> 00:06:36,960 Speaker 1: I keep using accounting, I don't know. I'm a big 129 00:06:37,000 --> 00:06:40,719 Speaker 1: fan of the movie office Space UM and TPS reports obviously, 130 00:06:40,920 --> 00:06:43,840 Speaker 1: but think about it. You can't get to the top 131 00:06:43,880 --> 00:06:46,159 Speaker 1: of accounting. You don't want to like take a step 132 00:06:46,160 --> 00:06:48,039 Speaker 1: back to maybe take a step forward a different companies. 133 00:06:48,040 --> 00:06:49,680 Speaker 1: You say, you know what, screw it, I'm out of 134 00:06:49,680 --> 00:06:54,400 Speaker 1: this field. I've always had a passion for science, philosophy, 135 00:06:54,520 --> 00:06:57,280 Speaker 1: will coach it whatever it is. I'm out. You're going 136 00:06:57,320 --> 00:07:01,000 Speaker 1: back to the bottom of the mountain and starting over. Now, 137 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:05,320 Speaker 1: think about this from an NBA perspective. Okay, you are drafted, 138 00:07:05,520 --> 00:07:09,640 Speaker 1: your top five pick, You're drafted by whatever team drafts you. 139 00:07:09,640 --> 00:07:13,720 Speaker 1: You have no control over anything, not the city you 140 00:07:13,760 --> 00:07:16,040 Speaker 1: go to, not the coach you're drafted to, not what 141 00:07:16,080 --> 00:07:18,920 Speaker 1: the front office does. You are in charge of anything. 142 00:07:18,960 --> 00:07:22,680 Speaker 1: You have no say in the matter, in anything. You 143 00:07:22,720 --> 00:07:25,960 Speaker 1: can pull them along and they can kind of be 144 00:07:26,000 --> 00:07:27,880 Speaker 1: along for a ride, but ultimately you have no say. 145 00:07:27,920 --> 00:07:31,280 Speaker 1: And I've used this example many times. Kevin Durant was 146 00:07:31,400 --> 00:07:34,640 Speaker 1: close to the mountaintop and okay, see Kevin Durant, Russell 147 00:07:34,680 --> 00:07:38,240 Speaker 1: Westbrook and James Harden got to the NBA Finals. They 148 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:40,760 Speaker 1: lost to the Heat. Everybody looked at that roster said, 149 00:07:40,760 --> 00:07:43,320 Speaker 1: oh my gosh, Russ is under twenty k d S 150 00:07:43,400 --> 00:07:46,000 Speaker 1: under twenty five, Hardens under twenty five. This team is set. 151 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,320 Speaker 1: What does the idiot GM Sam Presty do he trades 152 00:07:50,400 --> 00:07:53,160 Speaker 1: James Harden liked a month later? Two months later, what 153 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:56,320 Speaker 1: are you doing? Why would you do that? They didn't 154 00:07:56,320 --> 00:08:00,840 Speaker 1: think they could afford Hardened. Okay, Kevin right was nearly 155 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:05,120 Speaker 1: to the top of the mountaintop, and the GM trades 156 00:08:05,200 --> 00:08:07,680 Speaker 1: James Harden, who turns out to be an m v P. Like, 157 00:08:08,280 --> 00:08:12,000 Speaker 1: that's out of Kevin Duran's hands. So what should he do? 158 00:08:12,040 --> 00:08:14,960 Speaker 1: Should he stick around and try to win? That's the Jannie. 159 00:08:15,080 --> 00:08:19,240 Speaker 1: This is where Janice gets it wrong. The only way 160 00:08:19,320 --> 00:08:22,680 Speaker 1: you ever say is in free agency. That's your only 161 00:08:22,720 --> 00:08:24,560 Speaker 1: say unless the team comes to you you and says, what 162 00:08:24,600 --> 00:08:28,440 Speaker 1: do you think about acquiring this guy? Hey Lebron back 163 00:08:28,440 --> 00:08:30,440 Speaker 1: in Cleveland back in the day, we're you know, we 164 00:08:30,520 --> 00:08:33,840 Speaker 1: see the Celtics annying up Orlando. I mean what they 165 00:08:33,880 --> 00:08:37,319 Speaker 1: added pieces around Dwight Howard, um, we're thinking of bringing 166 00:08:37,360 --> 00:08:42,240 Speaker 1: in thirty four year old Shack and Antoine Jamison. Like, really, 167 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:47,120 Speaker 1: the Calves failed Lebron in his first into Cleveland. They did, 168 00:08:47,160 --> 00:08:52,320 Speaker 1: that's undeniable. Look at the guys they brought in, Larry Hughes, 169 00:08:52,400 --> 00:08:56,080 Speaker 1: Come on, they hell out of here with that. So 170 00:08:56,520 --> 00:08:59,320 Speaker 1: these players have no say. So. The hard way out 171 00:09:00,440 --> 00:09:03,240 Speaker 1: is to leave your comfort zone. Get out of the 172 00:09:03,280 --> 00:09:06,120 Speaker 1: team that drafted you. Remember you're there for six, seven, eight, 173 00:09:06,240 --> 00:09:12,400 Speaker 1: nine years with the same franchise. That's your home. You 174 00:09:12,400 --> 00:09:15,960 Speaker 1: you get to the NBA, whether it's one whatever, and 175 00:09:16,000 --> 00:09:17,800 Speaker 1: you're on your rookie contract for like four or five, 176 00:09:17,840 --> 00:09:20,680 Speaker 1: six seven years. That's as long as you've pretty much 177 00:09:20,720 --> 00:09:23,839 Speaker 1: stayed anywhere. Remember, you go away to college some of them. 178 00:09:24,000 --> 00:09:25,760 Speaker 1: Some of them just go straight to to the pros. 179 00:09:26,000 --> 00:09:28,520 Speaker 1: Dwight Howard grew up in the Atlanta area, straight to 180 00:09:28,559 --> 00:09:31,040 Speaker 1: the pros. Spent all this time with Orlando, got to 181 00:09:31,080 --> 00:09:35,160 Speaker 1: the finals, didn't work out. I'm out. This is what happens. 182 00:09:36,320 --> 00:09:38,800 Speaker 1: Like your face through the decision do I want to 183 00:09:38,880 --> 00:09:41,640 Speaker 1: start over and make that tough decision? Man, Life is easy, 184 00:09:41,720 --> 00:09:46,680 Speaker 1: life is good. It is real easy to just stay 185 00:09:46,720 --> 00:09:50,080 Speaker 1: here and keep playing and deal with whatever the front 186 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:52,200 Speaker 1: office does. All the fans are gonna love you because 187 00:09:52,240 --> 00:09:56,080 Speaker 1: you stuck around. That is easy. You know what's hard 188 00:09:58,200 --> 00:10:00,480 Speaker 1: going to all those fans and saying, sorry, you guys, 189 00:10:01,400 --> 00:10:05,120 Speaker 1: I'm leaving. All those fans that loved you, they now 190 00:10:05,200 --> 00:10:07,760 Speaker 1: hate you because you could not win a championship and 191 00:10:07,800 --> 00:10:11,119 Speaker 1: you're leaving the jerseys they bought of you. They're disappointed 192 00:10:11,120 --> 00:10:15,000 Speaker 1: there in Cleveland. They burned them. Okay, ah, but it's 193 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:19,520 Speaker 1: bigger than that. Not only do your fans in your 194 00:10:19,559 --> 00:10:24,880 Speaker 1: hometown now dislike you because you're leaving, but all the 195 00:10:24,920 --> 00:10:27,480 Speaker 1: fans around the league are really ticked off at you 196 00:10:27,559 --> 00:10:31,320 Speaker 1: because you joined the superstar team. Think about when Lebron 197 00:10:32,800 --> 00:10:36,320 Speaker 1: went to the Heat. All of Cleveland hated Lebron instantly. 198 00:10:36,360 --> 00:10:39,640 Speaker 1: Oh you're ditching us. We're in Cleveland, we got nothing cooking, 199 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,880 Speaker 1: and you're leaving the greatest thing ever to happen to 200 00:10:41,920 --> 00:10:45,160 Speaker 1: Cleveland and you're leaving. WHOA, you suck? We hate you. 201 00:10:46,040 --> 00:10:49,720 Speaker 1: But it didn't just stop there. Every other team fan 202 00:10:49,840 --> 00:10:52,760 Speaker 1: base all of a sudden hated Lebron. Now you could say, oh, Jason, 203 00:10:52,880 --> 00:10:57,360 Speaker 1: just because uh, the the decision on ESPN fine, okay, 204 00:10:57,360 --> 00:11:01,480 Speaker 1: fair enough, But let's remember these same fans who around 205 00:11:01,480 --> 00:11:03,320 Speaker 1: the country hated you in every city because you made 206 00:11:03,320 --> 00:11:06,920 Speaker 1: the heat, the stacked heat. Guess what, they all went 207 00:11:06,960 --> 00:11:09,160 Speaker 1: to your games. They paid tickets to go see you 208 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:11,720 Speaker 1: because you were the greatest show. They hated you, but 209 00:11:12,080 --> 00:11:14,360 Speaker 1: they went to see your games. Fine, you want to 210 00:11:14,360 --> 00:11:16,880 Speaker 1: say Lebron wasted because the decision. Fine, Let's look at 211 00:11:16,960 --> 00:11:20,800 Speaker 1: Kevin Durant almost gets to the mountaintop, loses in the finals, 212 00:11:21,080 --> 00:11:26,120 Speaker 1: then almost takes down the seventy three win Warriors with okay, see, 213 00:11:26,520 --> 00:11:28,640 Speaker 1: they were leading three to to Clay Thompson has the 214 00:11:28,640 --> 00:11:32,040 Speaker 1: game of all games in Game six, epic three point performance, 215 00:11:33,679 --> 00:11:36,760 Speaker 1: and they lose. He's again close to the mountaintop. Does 216 00:11:36,760 --> 00:11:39,240 Speaker 1: he want to start all over? Is he Kenny stomach 217 00:11:39,360 --> 00:11:45,640 Speaker 1: that he leaves? So? Okay, See, fans hated hated Kevin Durant, 218 00:11:45,679 --> 00:11:49,400 Speaker 1: boot him mercilessly for the next like many years every 219 00:11:49,440 --> 00:11:53,320 Speaker 1: time he would come back. Couldn't stand him. Russell Westbrook 220 00:11:53,520 --> 00:11:57,120 Speaker 1: hated him. They were Russell Westbrook would not speak to 221 00:11:57,160 --> 00:12:00,000 Speaker 1: remember the All Star Game. It took like eight or 222 00:12:00,080 --> 00:12:03,360 Speaker 1: nine months for Russell weapons to rest Brook to acknowledge Durant. 223 00:12:03,440 --> 00:12:05,800 Speaker 1: But it wasn't just that, it was everyone else around 224 00:12:05,800 --> 00:12:09,240 Speaker 1: the league. Oh man, you're going to the Warriors, even 225 00:12:09,280 --> 00:12:10,880 Speaker 1: though they just lost to the Cats. They had won 226 00:12:10,920 --> 00:12:12,640 Speaker 1: a title before. They want seventy three games in the 227 00:12:12,679 --> 00:12:16,880 Speaker 1: regular season, and you're stacking on that team. So that's 228 00:12:16,920 --> 00:12:21,720 Speaker 1: the tough way out leaving you now have no fans 229 00:12:21,720 --> 00:12:24,800 Speaker 1: in the hometown where you just spent eight years, and 230 00:12:24,880 --> 00:12:26,360 Speaker 1: everyone else in the league hates you, except for the 231 00:12:26,400 --> 00:12:29,960 Speaker 1: Warriors and that new city which loves you. You're telling 232 00:12:30,000 --> 00:12:32,400 Speaker 1: me that's the easy way out when nobody likes you. 233 00:12:33,679 --> 00:12:36,280 Speaker 1: And this is where it gets amplified. And again, nobody 234 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:38,319 Speaker 1: thinks about this when these guys are making the decision 235 00:12:38,440 --> 00:12:41,160 Speaker 1: and Janice is popping off these tough guy quotes about 236 00:12:41,360 --> 00:12:44,240 Speaker 1: that's the easy way out. Janice is a thousand percent wrong. 237 00:12:44,640 --> 00:12:46,760 Speaker 1: It's not easy to go join a super team. And 238 00:12:46,800 --> 00:12:50,720 Speaker 1: here's why. The advent of social media. When Lebron left 239 00:12:51,440 --> 00:12:55,120 Speaker 1: for the decision, Twitter was like super duper tiny. It 240 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:58,040 Speaker 1: did not really register a lot. I by the way 241 00:12:58,360 --> 00:13:00,679 Speaker 1: I looked it up, I joined in two thousand nine, 242 00:13:00,679 --> 00:13:02,080 Speaker 1: but Twitter was not huge. It was not like an 243 00:13:02,080 --> 00:13:05,200 Speaker 1: everyday thing. I don't think Twitter pops for like three 244 00:13:05,280 --> 00:13:09,280 Speaker 1: or four more years Instagram and I looked this up, 245 00:13:09,400 --> 00:13:14,680 Speaker 1: started in started, didn't really pop to And I remember 246 00:13:14,679 --> 00:13:17,560 Speaker 1: this because as we're getting ready to leave Pennsylvania, all 247 00:13:17,600 --> 00:13:20,760 Speaker 1: these people are on Instagram and I had an account, 248 00:13:20,800 --> 00:13:22,720 Speaker 1: and I didn't really know what to post. I'm like, 249 00:13:23,040 --> 00:13:26,240 Speaker 1: who's gonna care what I'm posting? Then boom, we moved 250 00:13:26,240 --> 00:13:28,760 Speaker 1: to Los Angeles and I start posting, and then the 251 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:31,040 Speaker 1: follower account starts picking up. I'm like, okay, I get 252 00:13:31,080 --> 00:13:38,480 Speaker 1: Instagram now, but Instagram is behind the curve. Fast forward two. Currently, okay, 253 00:13:38,720 --> 00:13:41,160 Speaker 1: social media is where everybody spends their time. It's in 254 00:13:41,200 --> 00:13:45,079 Speaker 1: your pocket. The apps are amazing. Everybody has an iPhone. Now, 255 00:13:45,160 --> 00:13:49,440 Speaker 1: think about the players that take the quote easy, wrong 256 00:13:49,559 --> 00:13:52,679 Speaker 1: way out. It used to just be that those people 257 00:13:52,760 --> 00:13:55,079 Speaker 1: hated you out there, the fans from your town that 258 00:13:55,120 --> 00:13:58,520 Speaker 1: you abandoned what you're in your right to do, and 259 00:13:59,280 --> 00:14:00,840 Speaker 1: all the fans of the their cities who are angry 260 00:14:00,880 --> 00:14:04,080 Speaker 1: at you for starting a team. Well guess what, Not 261 00:14:04,200 --> 00:14:05,880 Speaker 1: only did they just hate you when you go to 262 00:14:05,920 --> 00:14:09,320 Speaker 1: the arena, they boo you. Now they're in your pocket 263 00:14:09,760 --> 00:14:13,520 Speaker 1: every single time you go on Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, every 264 00:14:13,559 --> 00:14:19,400 Speaker 1: single time, bile anger, sell out, whatever they want to say. 265 00:14:19,520 --> 00:14:24,280 Speaker 1: They're in your pocket every single day. And think about this, 266 00:14:24,560 --> 00:14:28,680 Speaker 1: These athletes have millions of followers. I saw by the way, 267 00:14:28,760 --> 00:14:32,280 Speaker 1: this week, Leonel Messi posted a photo of him with 268 00:14:32,320 --> 00:14:36,640 Speaker 1: the trophy when Argentina national team finally won with Messi, 269 00:14:36,960 --> 00:14:40,440 Speaker 1: they finally want a title. It's the most liked photo 270 00:14:40,480 --> 00:14:42,880 Speaker 1: in the history of Instagram, like twenty one million likes 271 00:14:43,000 --> 00:14:48,040 Speaker 1: or something. Okay, do you know that the same people 272 00:14:48,440 --> 00:14:54,400 Speaker 1: cheering from Messy and liking that photo. Also, we're giving 273 00:14:54,440 --> 00:14:56,640 Speaker 1: him crap on social media every time he missed a 274 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:59,120 Speaker 1: p K or Argentina lost in the World Cup finale 275 00:14:59,400 --> 00:15:02,080 Speaker 1: or the European out. It's all like you stink, you 276 00:15:02,120 --> 00:15:04,440 Speaker 1: suck your failure, blah blah blah. That's the world of 277 00:15:04,440 --> 00:15:07,800 Speaker 1: social media that these athletes are in. That is the 278 00:15:07,840 --> 00:15:11,360 Speaker 1: hard way out. Not everybody's built for that. And that's 279 00:15:11,360 --> 00:15:15,440 Speaker 1: where Janice is wrong. Janice took the easy way out. 280 00:15:15,480 --> 00:15:17,840 Speaker 1: I'm gonna stay in Milwaukee. Nobody's gonna hate you, honest 281 00:15:17,880 --> 00:15:20,240 Speaker 1: if he stays. No. I mean, the guy's great, he's 282 00:15:20,280 --> 00:15:22,960 Speaker 1: extremely like well, I like j honest, he's fun, he's 283 00:15:22,960 --> 00:15:26,640 Speaker 1: a great story it's the easy way out. Now, we 284 00:15:26,680 --> 00:15:31,640 Speaker 1: should note as much as Lebron's front office failed him 285 00:15:31,640 --> 00:15:35,880 Speaker 1: in Cleveland and Kevin Duran's front office failed him in Okay, 286 00:15:35,920 --> 00:15:40,560 Speaker 1: see the honest is front office, Boy did they deliver. 287 00:15:41,440 --> 00:15:45,120 Speaker 1: They went out, spent three first round picks and grab 288 00:15:45,200 --> 00:15:47,560 Speaker 1: Drew Holiday, who was a difference maker in the finals. 289 00:15:47,600 --> 00:15:49,680 Speaker 1: I know he didn't shoot well, but in the most 290 00:15:49,680 --> 00:15:54,000 Speaker 1: pivotal game, Game five thirteen, his defense picking up Chris 291 00:15:54,040 --> 00:15:57,240 Speaker 1: Paul full court that changed the series. His defense was amazing. 292 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:03,000 Speaker 1: The front office helped Yana did a great job. Amazing job. 293 00:16:03,960 --> 00:16:07,960 Speaker 1: Bobby portis great, huge wind and still despite all that 294 00:16:08,000 --> 00:16:12,200 Speaker 1: good stuff, they were about two inches away. Kevin Durant's 295 00:16:12,200 --> 00:16:14,480 Speaker 1: foot was barely on the line for that three pointer 296 00:16:15,040 --> 00:16:17,320 Speaker 1: at the end of Game seven in regulation. If that's 297 00:16:17,320 --> 00:16:21,240 Speaker 1: a three and not a two, Brudenholders probably fired. And 298 00:16:21,280 --> 00:16:23,600 Speaker 1: we're talking about Janice failing for a third trade postseason. 299 00:16:24,120 --> 00:16:27,560 Speaker 1: So like that's the small margin of error and the 300 00:16:27,640 --> 00:16:31,120 Speaker 1: difference in in something as fun as the NBA. I'm 301 00:16:31,160 --> 00:16:33,400 Speaker 1: just listen, I'm not bashing your honest for saying this. 302 00:16:33,480 --> 00:16:36,520 Speaker 1: I'm just saying he's wrong. It's a nuanced discussion. So 303 00:16:36,560 --> 00:16:38,360 Speaker 1: You can't go on social media and say this because 304 00:16:38,360 --> 00:16:40,880 Speaker 1: people are like, no, it's easy to it's just easy 305 00:16:40,920 --> 00:16:43,800 Speaker 1: to leave. No, it is not. Not everybody's built for that. 306 00:16:44,240 --> 00:16:48,840 Speaker 1: Why do you think guys like Dame Lillard have been 307 00:16:48,880 --> 00:16:51,840 Speaker 1: reluctant to say I want out because they're not ready 308 00:16:51,880 --> 00:16:55,040 Speaker 1: for the brushback? Do you know how small of a 309 00:16:55,080 --> 00:16:57,720 Speaker 1: town Portland is? Do you guys know what's going to 310 00:16:57,840 --> 00:17:01,640 Speaker 1: happen to Dame the second he says I demand a trade. 311 00:17:02,680 --> 00:17:04,240 Speaker 1: I mean, I'm not saying people are gonna show up 312 00:17:04,280 --> 00:17:05,720 Speaker 1: in his front lawn and be like, we hate you? 313 00:17:05,840 --> 00:17:10,600 Speaker 1: How could you? But I wouldn't be surprised. Remember somebody 314 00:17:10,640 --> 00:17:13,119 Speaker 1: came on my radio show a month back, I forget 315 00:17:13,160 --> 00:17:16,200 Speaker 1: who it was, a guest from Portland's and said Portland 316 00:17:16,440 --> 00:17:18,800 Speaker 1: is the city of people walking in and say, I 317 00:17:18,880 --> 00:17:21,760 Speaker 1: need to talk to your manager, Like that's the kind 318 00:17:21,800 --> 00:17:25,800 Speaker 1: of city Portland is. They are very angry, They are 319 00:17:25,840 --> 00:17:29,480 Speaker 1: willing to argue over anything. I personally, I have never been, 320 00:17:29,520 --> 00:17:32,160 Speaker 1: so I can't critique it. A friend just went to Bend, 321 00:17:32,240 --> 00:17:34,359 Speaker 1: Oregon and was raving about it feels it says it 322 00:17:34,359 --> 00:17:38,720 Speaker 1: feels like a junior Austin, Texas. I don't know Bend, Oregon. 323 00:17:38,720 --> 00:17:41,920 Speaker 1: Maybe I'll buy some real estate there, um kidding of course. Um. 324 00:17:42,119 --> 00:17:46,040 Speaker 1: But Bradley Beale is he built for leaving and demanding 325 00:17:46,080 --> 00:17:49,000 Speaker 1: to go to a Super Team. Again, not all these 326 00:17:49,000 --> 00:17:52,159 Speaker 1: guys are Lebron can take it. Kevin Durant can take it. 327 00:17:52,200 --> 00:17:54,080 Speaker 1: But then you know, I say you can take it? 328 00:17:54,080 --> 00:17:59,359 Speaker 1: And oh wait what Kevin Durants creating fake accounts to 329 00:17:59,440 --> 00:18:01,640 Speaker 1: argue with pull on the internet. He's doing that. That's 330 00:18:01,640 --> 00:18:05,159 Speaker 1: a thing that's happening. Again, not everybody's built for it. 331 00:18:06,400 --> 00:18:09,600 Speaker 1: I'm Kevin Durant recently held like an I g live 332 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,679 Speaker 1: with fans or did the clubhouse or whatever it was, 333 00:18:13,480 --> 00:18:16,639 Speaker 1: and he basically was like, why do I have to 334 00:18:16,680 --> 00:18:19,760 Speaker 1: tell you my decision on why I did that or 335 00:18:20,080 --> 00:18:22,560 Speaker 1: why I feel that way or whatever? And then guys like, well, 336 00:18:23,080 --> 00:18:25,320 Speaker 1: essentially the guys like, well, what are you doing holding 337 00:18:25,320 --> 00:18:27,040 Speaker 1: this thing for fans if you don't want to answer 338 00:18:27,119 --> 00:18:29,280 Speaker 1: the question, like Kevin Durant's taking this too far? Like 339 00:18:30,119 --> 00:18:33,720 Speaker 1: And that's where the social media aspect of this is 340 00:18:33,760 --> 00:18:36,879 Speaker 1: totally underplayed and missed by everybody on the Super Team. 341 00:18:36,920 --> 00:18:41,399 Speaker 1: Like Kevin Garnett did not want to leave Minnesota, he 342 00:18:41,400 --> 00:18:43,520 Speaker 1: gets traight at the Boston. Kevin Garnett's a hero and 343 00:18:43,600 --> 00:18:45,520 Speaker 1: all time great. Before that, he was just a good guy, 344 00:18:45,600 --> 00:18:48,560 Speaker 1: good player one an MVP in Minnesota, could never get 345 00:18:48,560 --> 00:18:52,000 Speaker 1: to the top of the mountain. Now Kevin Garnett is 346 00:18:52,000 --> 00:18:55,200 Speaker 1: an all time great because of one Super Team championship. 347 00:18:55,359 --> 00:18:57,560 Speaker 1: So I'm not going to bash super teams personally, I 348 00:18:57,600 --> 00:19:00,080 Speaker 1: love them. I thought the last decade of the b 349 00:19:00,160 --> 00:19:03,159 Speaker 1: A has been one of the most exciting runs the 350 00:19:03,240 --> 00:19:06,560 Speaker 1: league has had since Magic in the eighties. I personally 351 00:19:06,560 --> 00:19:09,640 Speaker 1: didn't think that Jordan's one was run was great, um 352 00:19:09,680 --> 00:19:11,960 Speaker 1: because he was so dominant against everybody and the league 353 00:19:11,960 --> 00:19:14,800 Speaker 1: was so watered down with so many like good not 354 00:19:14,920 --> 00:19:19,040 Speaker 1: great teams. UM. I don't know, guys. I hope this 355 00:19:19,160 --> 00:19:24,200 Speaker 1: explained why I feel that the tough way out is 356 00:19:24,280 --> 00:19:27,360 Speaker 1: leaving to join the super team, but again, leaving your 357 00:19:27,400 --> 00:19:31,200 Speaker 1: comfort zone, a place where everybody loves you. You walk 358 00:19:31,240 --> 00:19:33,560 Speaker 1: into any store and they're happy to see you. They're 359 00:19:33,560 --> 00:19:35,800 Speaker 1: thrilled at taking pictures. Can I have your autograph? We 360 00:19:35,960 --> 00:19:40,600 Speaker 1: love you? You know, that's what it is. When you stay. 361 00:19:41,680 --> 00:19:45,040 Speaker 1: When you leave, all those people instantly hate you. Nobody 362 00:19:45,040 --> 00:19:49,840 Speaker 1: wants to be hated. Nobody. Trust me. I get negative 363 00:19:49,880 --> 00:19:52,560 Speaker 1: comments all the time on social media. It just happens. 364 00:19:52,560 --> 00:19:54,159 Speaker 1: It's part. It comes with the territory. Do you know 365 00:19:54,160 --> 00:19:58,800 Speaker 1: how many negative comments I've got in person from people? Zero? 366 00:19:58,920 --> 00:20:01,280 Speaker 1: Not one in my life. Nobody said you suck, You're 367 00:20:01,280 --> 00:20:04,720 Speaker 1: an idiot, never to my face. Funny when I don't 368 00:20:04,720 --> 00:20:07,800 Speaker 1: think I mentioned on the pod, so you know, you 369 00:20:07,800 --> 00:20:10,480 Speaker 1: guys follow me on the ground. Our family went down 370 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:13,239 Speaker 1: to Orange County to go to this pretty cool like 371 00:20:13,800 --> 00:20:19,000 Speaker 1: Bay Harbor type place and they had inflatable American Ninja 372 00:20:19,040 --> 00:20:22,520 Speaker 1: warrior type things and in in the lake. Um, I 373 00:20:22,520 --> 00:20:24,440 Speaker 1: think it was about it might have been off the ocean, 374 00:20:24,480 --> 00:20:26,919 Speaker 1: but there there's no waves, right, so you have to 375 00:20:26,920 --> 00:20:28,879 Speaker 1: wear like a life vest and you go out there 376 00:20:28,880 --> 00:20:30,760 Speaker 1: and you can jump off. It's really fun and awesome. 377 00:20:30,760 --> 00:20:35,040 Speaker 1: I highly recommend it. Um it's in Orange County. So 378 00:20:35,560 --> 00:20:38,119 Speaker 1: me and my son come out a little early. You know, 379 00:20:38,160 --> 00:20:39,840 Speaker 1: my son was cold, and I was like, I listen, 380 00:20:39,880 --> 00:20:43,159 Speaker 1: I've had enough. I'm done. I was truthfully, I had 381 00:20:43,240 --> 00:20:45,320 Speaker 1: jumped off this high thing and I didn't I didn't 382 00:20:45,359 --> 00:20:47,760 Speaker 1: do the pencil jump off, so my arms were out 383 00:20:47,800 --> 00:20:50,280 Speaker 1: and I got this like just it burned under my 384 00:20:50,440 --> 00:20:52,439 Speaker 1: arms for like thirty minutes. I was like, you know what, 385 00:20:52,480 --> 00:20:56,159 Speaker 1: I'm I'm good. So I returned the vests and then 386 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:59,120 Speaker 1: I come back and my wife and daughter were out 387 00:20:59,119 --> 00:21:02,399 Speaker 1: by that point, so I take their vest to return them. 388 00:21:02,440 --> 00:21:05,680 Speaker 1: And as I'm going up, these younger guys, either high 389 00:21:05,720 --> 00:21:08,000 Speaker 1: school or young college are walking by me and they're 390 00:21:08,000 --> 00:21:12,200 Speaker 1: looking at me, and I was like, oh, well, I 391 00:21:12,240 --> 00:21:13,800 Speaker 1: mean no, I didn't really think anything of it. They're 392 00:21:13,840 --> 00:21:16,119 Speaker 1: just looking at like, you know, like kind of staring, 393 00:21:16,160 --> 00:21:19,080 Speaker 1: and I was like, huh. Anyway, so I returned the vest, 394 00:21:19,080 --> 00:21:20,640 Speaker 1: I turned around. I walked by them on the way 395 00:21:20,640 --> 00:21:22,440 Speaker 1: back and this guy goes, excuse me, are you Jason 396 00:21:22,520 --> 00:21:26,879 Speaker 1: McIntyre And I kind of stopped and I looked around, like, 397 00:21:26,920 --> 00:21:29,960 Speaker 1: am I being punked? You know? Where's the camera? These 398 00:21:29,960 --> 00:21:31,800 Speaker 1: guys gonna make fun of me or they're gonna attack, 399 00:21:32,000 --> 00:21:33,840 Speaker 1: Like I really had no idea because I haven't got 400 00:21:33,880 --> 00:21:35,280 Speaker 1: that in a few months. We've been in a pandemic. 401 00:21:35,280 --> 00:21:39,280 Speaker 1: I'm not out all the time. And I was like yeah, 402 00:21:39,480 --> 00:21:41,920 Speaker 1: um yeah, and they were like, oh dude, I love 403 00:21:41,920 --> 00:21:43,960 Speaker 1: your work. This one guy says it and I'm like, oh, 404 00:21:44,000 --> 00:21:46,480 Speaker 1: so he shakes my hand. I was like, oh, thanks 405 00:21:46,480 --> 00:21:49,720 Speaker 1: a lot, man. Thanks. I was a little surprised and 406 00:21:49,760 --> 00:21:51,879 Speaker 1: it was a nice feeling. And again I have no 407 00:21:51,920 --> 00:21:53,359 Speaker 1: idea who that guy is. He did not hit me 408 00:21:53,440 --> 00:21:55,040 Speaker 1: up on social media to say hey that was me. 409 00:21:55,640 --> 00:21:58,880 Speaker 1: Somebody did that once at shake shack um. But that's 410 00:21:58,920 --> 00:22:00,960 Speaker 1: another story. And then I go to play pick up 411 00:22:01,000 --> 00:22:06,120 Speaker 1: basketball this week and you know, there's um indoor game. 412 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,320 Speaker 1: There's three on three and we're kind of dividing up 413 00:22:09,359 --> 00:22:12,320 Speaker 1: the teams and this guy, you know, young guy. Um, 414 00:22:12,480 --> 00:22:13,960 Speaker 1: I couldn't tell if he was a good player, young 415 00:22:14,000 --> 00:22:16,680 Speaker 1: black guy, and like, you know, he's well built, and 416 00:22:17,359 --> 00:22:20,399 Speaker 1: but his shot looked weird, so I didn't you know. 417 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:22,119 Speaker 1: I was like, oh, he's probably Oh he looks okay, 418 00:22:22,119 --> 00:22:26,760 Speaker 1: he's athletic. And he goes the first as we divide up, Um, 419 00:22:27,160 --> 00:22:28,520 Speaker 1: I go, you want to go here? This guy is 420 00:22:28,560 --> 00:22:30,640 Speaker 1: really good. You gotta guard him. And he's like all right, 421 00:22:30,760 --> 00:22:32,639 Speaker 1: and he looks at me, goes, hey you on ESPN, 422 00:22:34,000 --> 00:22:35,840 Speaker 1: and I paused. I was like, now FS one. He's like, 423 00:22:35,880 --> 00:22:37,640 Speaker 1: that's where I know you from. And again he doesn't 424 00:22:37,640 --> 00:22:39,920 Speaker 1: even know my name, but he says that that's where 425 00:22:39,920 --> 00:22:42,440 Speaker 1: I know you from. And of course, gosh, I should 426 00:22:42,440 --> 00:22:45,000 Speaker 1: not even be admitting this. So we played the first 427 00:22:45,040 --> 00:22:49,000 Speaker 1: game and I missed like my first seven shots. I was, 428 00:22:49,359 --> 00:22:51,600 Speaker 1: I was in my head. I was like, oh great, 429 00:22:51,600 --> 00:22:54,399 Speaker 1: this guy's seen me on TV. He knows my work, 430 00:22:55,960 --> 00:22:57,520 Speaker 1: and now if I go and stink it up, he's 431 00:22:57,520 --> 00:23:00,760 Speaker 1: gonna SE's that guy's talking about Janice And here he is. 432 00:23:00,800 --> 00:23:04,240 Speaker 1: He can't make a shot, and I shot so poorly. 433 00:23:04,240 --> 00:23:06,040 Speaker 1: We lost the first game. And then I dug in 434 00:23:06,080 --> 00:23:07,719 Speaker 1: and I played better, and we want and then we 435 00:23:07,720 --> 00:23:09,760 Speaker 1: want and then we want again. But I'll tell you, 436 00:23:09,800 --> 00:23:11,880 Speaker 1: this guy was awesome. He kept making all these threes. 437 00:23:11,880 --> 00:23:13,920 Speaker 1: I was like, jeez, this guy is unbelievable at any rate. 438 00:23:14,119 --> 00:23:18,240 Speaker 1: Small potatoes. Bottom line is for us little guys in media, 439 00:23:18,320 --> 00:23:20,400 Speaker 1: like nobody's going up. I'm sure. I'm sure you guys 440 00:23:20,400 --> 00:23:22,960 Speaker 1: saw this. Kendrick Perkins, for some reason blocked me on Twitter. 441 00:23:23,000 --> 00:23:25,879 Speaker 1: I don't know why. I do have a cell phone. 442 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,280 Speaker 1: I have invited him on the pod via text. He 443 00:23:28,359 --> 00:23:31,199 Speaker 1: did not reply. Uh. This was a while back, and 444 00:23:31,200 --> 00:23:32,720 Speaker 1: then I just found out he blocked me this week 445 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:35,000 Speaker 1: for whatever. I have no idea. I didn't say anything 446 00:23:35,040 --> 00:23:40,200 Speaker 1: to him. Whatever. I guarantee you nobody's going up to 447 00:23:40,400 --> 00:23:42,920 Speaker 1: Kendrick Perkins and saying you suck your sell out blah 448 00:23:43,000 --> 00:23:45,760 Speaker 1: blah blah on social media keyboard Warriors, they're willing to 449 00:23:45,800 --> 00:23:49,960 Speaker 1: do that. I'll tell you this, fans are crazy. You've 450 00:23:49,960 --> 00:23:53,560 Speaker 1: seen them in the arenas, spitting on Trey young in 451 00:23:53,560 --> 00:23:56,520 Speaker 1: in the garden um dumping water. What was the guy 452 00:23:56,600 --> 00:24:01,080 Speaker 1: dumped ice on Russell Westbrook? Like, fans are passionate about 453 00:24:01,080 --> 00:24:05,160 Speaker 1: these players. It's not easy to leave guys. You need 454 00:24:05,200 --> 00:24:07,679 Speaker 1: to understand that going to a super team you're more 455 00:24:07,720 --> 00:24:13,960 Speaker 1: likely to win a title. Yes, mentally super difficult. Yeah, 456 00:24:14,000 --> 00:24:16,520 Speaker 1: I figured we need to talk about this Texas Oklahoma 457 00:24:16,600 --> 00:24:21,239 Speaker 1: report that the Houston Chronicle claims Texas and Oklahoma are 458 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:24,840 Speaker 1: angling to get to the SEC. Personally, I think it's crazy. 459 00:24:24,880 --> 00:24:27,200 Speaker 1: I think there's no chance of it. I think it's 460 00:24:27,280 --> 00:24:30,560 Speaker 1: absolutely insane that the Houston Chronicle will try to break 461 00:24:30,560 --> 00:24:33,719 Speaker 1: a story like this. But there are hurdles even if 462 00:24:33,720 --> 00:24:36,479 Speaker 1: they think they can pull it off, because, according to 463 00:24:36,560 --> 00:24:41,240 Speaker 1: one report, Oklahoma and Oklahoma State are tied together. They 464 00:24:41,240 --> 00:24:44,879 Speaker 1: have to be in the same conference. And the idea, 465 00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:46,840 Speaker 1: the idea that Texas A and M when they left 466 00:24:46,880 --> 00:24:49,800 Speaker 1: for the SEC. They want to be the only SEC 467 00:24:49,960 --> 00:24:53,920 Speaker 1: school in Texas. Now, obviously Texas has a massive following. 468 00:24:53,920 --> 00:24:55,879 Speaker 1: The Longhorn Networks has been a failure, but they have 469 00:24:55,920 --> 00:24:59,440 Speaker 1: a huge national following. Um, listen, I'm not going to 470 00:24:59,560 --> 00:25:01,800 Speaker 1: dive to deep into this. It sounds like a pipe dream, 471 00:25:01,840 --> 00:25:07,600 Speaker 1: but I'll say this, Okay, um, folks, Bigger is better. 472 00:25:07,760 --> 00:25:10,800 Speaker 1: We know this. Okay. All leagues are angling for as 473 00:25:10,880 --> 00:25:13,120 Speaker 1: much money as possible. You want to get the best 474 00:25:13,119 --> 00:25:17,159 Speaker 1: teams in leagues. We just saw this summer that the 475 00:25:17,200 --> 00:25:21,040 Speaker 1: attempt that the Super League made in Europe trying to 476 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:23,680 Speaker 1: break away and form a elite of the best of 477 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:29,399 Speaker 1: the best soccer league. Okay, that failed spectacularly. We know 478 00:25:30,480 --> 00:25:33,240 Speaker 1: that the NBA is trying to have two more teams. 479 00:25:33,240 --> 00:25:35,640 Speaker 1: They're trying to expand. That's on the table. Adam Silver 480 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,960 Speaker 1: is disgusted they're looking to expand the NFL. Why are 481 00:25:39,000 --> 00:25:41,080 Speaker 1: they pushing Europe? Take a guess they're trying to expand 482 00:25:41,080 --> 00:25:45,399 Speaker 1: them for print, get new audience, continue to break in 483 00:25:45,440 --> 00:25:48,639 Speaker 1: the revenue. There's money to be made. Bigger is better 484 00:25:48,720 --> 00:25:52,160 Speaker 1: in sports. That's obvious. And I will say this as 485 00:25:52,200 --> 00:25:56,600 Speaker 1: a disclosure, I am partial owner of a Legua MX team, NASA. 486 00:25:56,920 --> 00:26:00,240 Speaker 1: I've talked about it on this spot, UM it was 487 00:26:00,240 --> 00:26:02,080 Speaker 1: written about in a couple of places on the internet. 488 00:26:02,760 --> 00:26:05,840 Speaker 1: We know that there's lots of speculation that the MLS 489 00:26:05,960 --> 00:26:10,520 Speaker 1: and Liga MX, the two best soccer leagues in North America, UM, 490 00:26:11,720 --> 00:26:14,119 Speaker 1: are are trying to join forces and make like a 491 00:26:14,280 --> 00:26:18,040 Speaker 1: great spectacular North American soccer league with like fifty teams 492 00:26:18,119 --> 00:26:21,600 Speaker 1: to rival what's in the e p L. If you 493 00:26:21,720 --> 00:26:24,840 Speaker 1: join forces, bigger is better. That's what's happened. So, I mean, 494 00:26:24,880 --> 00:26:28,160 Speaker 1: it sounds insane, and I don't think Texas Okla, Oklahoma 495 00:26:28,200 --> 00:26:31,280 Speaker 1: will end up in the SEC. But I don't know 496 00:26:31,280 --> 00:26:34,240 Speaker 1: why anybody's shocked by this, Like this is what everybody's 497 00:26:34,240 --> 00:26:35,760 Speaker 1: trying to do. How do we make more money? We 498 00:26:35,840 --> 00:26:39,200 Speaker 1: joined forces with other big people. That's the move. Consolidation 499 00:26:40,119 --> 00:26:44,720 Speaker 1: and growing is just I mean, it's listen. It would 500 00:26:44,760 --> 00:26:48,280 Speaker 1: be awesome obviously for the sport. UM I don't know how, 501 00:26:48,560 --> 00:26:50,679 Speaker 1: Like the SEC already is the best league, but now 502 00:26:50,760 --> 00:26:54,280 Speaker 1: you're taking the two best from the Big twelve, Like geez, 503 00:26:54,560 --> 00:26:56,360 Speaker 1: Big ten is really good. Back twelve has been down 504 00:26:56,359 --> 00:26:59,800 Speaker 1: for a while, but they're good. UM SEC just getting bigger, Like, 505 00:27:00,160 --> 00:27:01,680 Speaker 1: that's the story, um, and I want to close out 506 00:27:01,680 --> 00:27:06,960 Speaker 1: real quick. I mentioned when this Dion Sanders thing went down. 507 00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:09,679 Speaker 1: Deon Sanders was it like a media day and somebody 508 00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,439 Speaker 1: referred to him as Dion and he said, hold up, 509 00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:14,480 Speaker 1: hold up, hold up, don't call me Dion, call me 510 00:27:14,760 --> 00:27:18,080 Speaker 1: coach Dion or coach Sanders or coach Prime Time whatever 511 00:27:18,119 --> 00:27:21,600 Speaker 1: whatever he wanted to be called by. And then guys like, huh, 512 00:27:21,880 --> 00:27:24,800 Speaker 1: He's like, you don't call Nick Saban, Nick, you call 513 00:27:24,920 --> 00:27:28,639 Speaker 1: him coach Saban, call me what I want to be called. 514 00:27:29,480 --> 00:27:32,000 Speaker 1: And then guy goes, okay, Dion, and then Deon Sanders 515 00:27:32,040 --> 00:27:35,000 Speaker 1: got up and walked away. I mean, the arrogance on 516 00:27:35,080 --> 00:27:40,920 Speaker 1: Dean Sanders is unbelievable. Like whatever I mentioned this on Instagram, 517 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:42,960 Speaker 1: the Deon Sanders was one of the worst interviews I 518 00:27:43,040 --> 00:27:46,960 Speaker 1: ever had as a journalist. Um, Deon Sanders was one, 519 00:27:47,160 --> 00:27:51,040 Speaker 1: Bobby Knight was another, Steve Francis was another, and Albert 520 00:27:51,040 --> 00:27:53,280 Speaker 1: pooh Holes was the other one. I'll quickly just tell 521 00:27:53,320 --> 00:27:56,119 Speaker 1: the story. So Deon Sanders, you know, I uh I 522 00:27:56,160 --> 00:27:59,080 Speaker 1: did this, um this thing geez. This was way back 523 00:27:59,080 --> 00:28:01,040 Speaker 1: in the early blog. It must have been a decade 524 00:28:01,040 --> 00:28:03,600 Speaker 1: ago um where it was a bunch of bloggers and 525 00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,480 Speaker 1: Deon Sanders and it was like this clothing brand, I 526 00:28:06,520 --> 00:28:08,119 Speaker 1: forget the name of it, and we all did like 527 00:28:08,160 --> 00:28:11,119 Speaker 1: this photo shoot with Dion and he was fine, okay. 528 00:28:11,359 --> 00:28:13,399 Speaker 1: So then afterward they're like, oh yeah, we'll stitt you 529 00:28:13,440 --> 00:28:15,919 Speaker 1: up on the phone and interview Dion. Great. So I 530 00:28:15,920 --> 00:28:18,959 Speaker 1: called like two questions and he's like, I don't want 531 00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,240 Speaker 1: to talk about that stuff. I don't want I don't 532 00:28:20,240 --> 00:28:23,240 Speaker 1: want to answer that, like okay. When another one he 533 00:28:23,280 --> 00:28:24,720 Speaker 1: said no, no no, no, let's talk about this. I was like, 534 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:27,919 Speaker 1: m but this is like the big story whatever it was, 535 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:33,120 Speaker 1: and he hung up the phone like literally three questions. 536 00:28:33,119 --> 00:28:36,199 Speaker 1: It just hung up on me. Well, and then you know, 537 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,240 Speaker 1: obviously they tried to set it up and again I 538 00:28:38,280 --> 00:28:39,840 Speaker 1: was like, can you can you make this happen again? 539 00:28:39,840 --> 00:28:41,760 Speaker 1: They're like, yeah, we talked to Dean. He's not gonna 540 00:28:41,760 --> 00:28:46,520 Speaker 1: talk like okay. Like I mean, Deon Sanders loves flapping 541 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:50,080 Speaker 1: his gums, but when anybody asked any remotely interesting question, 542 00:28:50,880 --> 00:28:54,360 Speaker 1: he just he's not having it. Um. Steve Francis, I 543 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,440 Speaker 1: was freelancing for a website. This is way back, must 544 00:28:57,480 --> 00:29:00,840 Speaker 1: have been like two thousand four five. I don't know. 545 00:29:01,400 --> 00:29:04,840 Speaker 1: Yao Ming was on the Rockets and they were playing 546 00:29:04,960 --> 00:29:08,080 Speaker 1: the Nets in Jersey. This is back before they went 547 00:29:08,120 --> 00:29:10,520 Speaker 1: to Brooklyn, and so they were like, hey, we wanted 548 00:29:10,560 --> 00:29:14,000 Speaker 1: you to do a story on Steve Francis and um 549 00:29:14,720 --> 00:29:18,000 Speaker 1: and the Rockets or whatever. So I go in and, 550 00:29:18,080 --> 00:29:20,480 Speaker 1: you know, talk to yell Ming through an interpreter. Is fine, 551 00:29:20,680 --> 00:29:23,160 Speaker 1: talked to a couple other guys, and Steve France is 552 00:29:23,200 --> 00:29:25,240 Speaker 1: like before the game, He's like, no, no, you know, 553 00:29:25,240 --> 00:29:28,400 Speaker 1: I'm not I don't answer questions before the game. I 554 00:29:28,480 --> 00:29:30,440 Speaker 1: was like, it's it's just like campful of quiet. He's like, no, 555 00:29:30,680 --> 00:29:32,520 Speaker 1: let me after the game. It's fine. So I went 556 00:29:32,560 --> 00:29:33,880 Speaker 1: around after the game go up. He's like, yeah, I 557 00:29:33,880 --> 00:29:38,520 Speaker 1: didn't play well. I don't want to talk, like really seriously. 558 00:29:38,600 --> 00:29:40,040 Speaker 1: And then he got rude about it. I was like, 559 00:29:40,080 --> 00:29:42,320 Speaker 1: it's just two questions, like and then he was firm 560 00:29:42,520 --> 00:29:45,480 Speaker 1: in the locker room, loud like you know. This was 561 00:29:45,520 --> 00:29:47,640 Speaker 1: back in the day before Zoom took over, and it 562 00:29:47,720 --> 00:29:50,080 Speaker 1: was just a total jerk. I mean it listens. De 563 00:29:50,200 --> 00:29:52,360 Speaker 1: France has always was a problem good basketball player for 564 00:29:52,400 --> 00:29:56,040 Speaker 1: a couple of years, but massive attitude ego and that's 565 00:29:56,040 --> 00:29:58,360 Speaker 1: what happens with some of these athletes. Um, Bobby Knight, 566 00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:00,840 Speaker 1: of course I've written about it, how he hung up 567 00:30:00,840 --> 00:30:02,440 Speaker 1: the phone on me a couple of times when I 568 00:30:02,480 --> 00:30:06,360 Speaker 1: broke the story about him in ESPN falling apart, and um, 569 00:30:06,880 --> 00:30:08,600 Speaker 1: he's a he's a jerk. We know he's a prick. 570 00:30:09,040 --> 00:30:12,959 Speaker 1: And then finally Albert Pooh holes this one. Maybe he 571 00:30:13,080 --> 00:30:16,400 Speaker 1: wasn't the biggest jerk. Um. This is the first time 572 00:30:16,440 --> 00:30:19,480 Speaker 1: I ever covered a Major League Baseball game at Shase Stadium, 573 00:30:19,640 --> 00:30:23,160 Speaker 1: way way way back in the day two thousand and 574 00:30:23,200 --> 00:30:27,600 Speaker 1: I don't know one, maybe two two. I was at 575 00:30:27,600 --> 00:30:31,360 Speaker 1: the Bergen Record Um and they, you know, they threw 576 00:30:31,400 --> 00:30:33,280 Speaker 1: me a bone one summer. You know, I was like 577 00:30:33,680 --> 00:30:36,360 Speaker 1: a journalist on the Rise and other newspapers that inquired 578 00:30:36,400 --> 00:30:37,960 Speaker 1: about me. So then they were like, oh, yeah, we'll 579 00:30:37,960 --> 00:30:39,560 Speaker 1: send you to the schae Stadium, but let you cover 580 00:30:39,600 --> 00:30:42,320 Speaker 1: some NBA. I Meanwhile, I was covering high schools most 581 00:30:42,320 --> 00:30:43,840 Speaker 1: of the year. You know, I hated it. It made 582 00:30:43,840 --> 00:30:45,680 Speaker 1: no money, but they threw me a bone to go 583 00:30:45,720 --> 00:30:47,760 Speaker 1: to Shade Stadium and they were like, hey, let's get 584 00:30:47,840 --> 00:30:51,480 Speaker 1: something on pool holes. He's like, all right, sure, So 585 00:30:51,560 --> 00:30:54,200 Speaker 1: of course, you know before the game pools same deal 586 00:30:54,240 --> 00:30:57,080 Speaker 1: with Steve France is not talking, doesn't want to talk. Fine, 587 00:30:57,320 --> 00:30:59,880 Speaker 1: So I'm walking around the bowels of shade. This is 588 00:31:00,480 --> 00:31:05,320 Speaker 1: or two hours before the game, and I see pooh 589 00:31:05,320 --> 00:31:09,960 Speaker 1: Holes just walking right and I'm like, okay, there's really 590 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,400 Speaker 1: nobody around. Um this is the first time and I 591 00:31:12,400 --> 00:31:14,440 Speaker 1: every cover baseball, and I was like, oh, maybe I 592 00:31:14,520 --> 00:31:17,720 Speaker 1: just grab him here. I mean literally, just walking around 593 00:31:18,240 --> 00:31:21,720 Speaker 1: in the bowels of the stadium. I say, hey, Albert, um, 594 00:31:21,760 --> 00:31:24,160 Speaker 1: can I get a couple of questions? And he looks 595 00:31:24,200 --> 00:31:27,920 Speaker 1: at me like I have three heads, and he says no, 596 00:31:29,400 --> 00:31:33,160 Speaker 1: and then he keeps walking. I mean, I was just stunned. 597 00:31:33,200 --> 00:31:36,120 Speaker 1: I was like, I'm just asking you a couple of 598 00:31:36,320 --> 00:31:38,240 Speaker 1: questions about baseball, and the guy just looks at me 599 00:31:38,280 --> 00:31:40,880 Speaker 1: and says no, it walks away, and I get it. Listen, 600 00:31:41,280 --> 00:31:43,160 Speaker 1: who wasn't be bothered when you're a pro athlete by 601 00:31:43,240 --> 00:31:45,920 Speaker 1: journalists Again, this is all like over fifteen years ago 602 00:31:46,600 --> 00:31:48,440 Speaker 1: when I was still a journalist. And then you know 603 00:31:48,520 --> 00:31:50,520 Speaker 1: that kind of interest fadd when you know a bunch 604 00:31:50,520 --> 00:31:53,600 Speaker 1: of athletes, they don't care about you, guys. The journalist 605 00:31:53,640 --> 00:31:57,920 Speaker 1: that is the ink stained wretches. And I just at 606 00:31:57,960 --> 00:31:59,400 Speaker 1: the time, you know, I was a young guy. I 607 00:31:59,480 --> 00:32:02,600 Speaker 1: was a couple of years out of college, and I 608 00:32:02,640 --> 00:32:05,280 Speaker 1: was just like, really, Pools, like, doesn't want to answer 609 00:32:05,280 --> 00:32:08,640 Speaker 1: a couple what am I doing here? And I think 610 00:32:08,680 --> 00:32:11,440 Speaker 1: it was within a year I realized, like, I'm just 611 00:32:11,520 --> 00:32:13,840 Speaker 1: done with this crap. Like these athletes they don't want 612 00:32:13,880 --> 00:32:17,160 Speaker 1: to talk. It was like, it's fun writing about sports, 613 00:32:17,200 --> 00:32:18,440 Speaker 1: but then to have to go and interview some of 614 00:32:18,440 --> 00:32:22,680 Speaker 1: these guys, they just they wanted no part of newspaper guys. Um, 615 00:32:22,800 --> 00:32:25,000 Speaker 1: maybe some of that's changed, and you know, maybe some 616 00:32:25,040 --> 00:32:27,440 Speaker 1: guys get it, and maybe if you're on the beat 617 00:32:27,480 --> 00:32:29,360 Speaker 1: as a regular, they treat you better than just a 618 00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:34,120 Speaker 1: guy parachuting in. But I was just stunned. Now, I 619 00:32:34,200 --> 00:32:36,320 Speaker 1: will say the one of the best interviews I've ever 620 00:32:36,320 --> 00:32:41,040 Speaker 1: had was Tom Brady, and this was before he was 621 00:32:41,080 --> 00:32:44,320 Speaker 1: a massive star. This was when I had pivoted out 622 00:32:44,360 --> 00:32:49,520 Speaker 1: of newspapers into US Weekly and one of the one 623 00:32:49,520 --> 00:32:50,920 Speaker 1: of the people, one of the editors like, hey, this 624 00:32:51,000 --> 00:32:53,240 Speaker 1: is Victoria's secret party. Of course, I instantly put my 625 00:32:53,240 --> 00:32:55,200 Speaker 1: hand up before they even finished the sentence. Oh yeah, 626 00:32:55,200 --> 00:32:57,520 Speaker 1: I'll the graud. I'll take that Tom Brady is gonna 627 00:32:57,520 --> 00:32:59,560 Speaker 1: be there. Can you ask him some stuff? So I 628 00:32:59,640 --> 00:33:02,560 Speaker 1: was like, of course. So I go to the Victoria's 629 00:33:02,560 --> 00:33:04,880 Speaker 1: Secret Party and I bring my roommate, who actually just 630 00:33:04,920 --> 00:33:07,240 Speaker 1: a random guy met on Craigslist. He actually played put 631 00:33:07,240 --> 00:33:10,440 Speaker 1: football Penn State. UM. I was like, yeah, Tom Brady's 632 00:33:10,480 --> 00:33:12,600 Speaker 1: gonna be there. He's like, oh my gosh, I'm definitely coming. 633 00:33:13,800 --> 00:33:16,120 Speaker 1: And we go and you know, there's Victoria's Secret models. 634 00:33:16,120 --> 00:33:18,440 Speaker 1: It's fun, and all of a sudden I see Brady 635 00:33:18,440 --> 00:33:20,280 Speaker 1: and he's with like three of his boys. I didn't know. 636 00:33:20,640 --> 00:33:24,040 Speaker 1: I mean, maybe they were Patriot guys who weren't major stars. 637 00:33:24,040 --> 00:33:26,360 Speaker 1: But this is again also way back. We're talking like, 638 00:33:26,720 --> 00:33:30,440 Speaker 1: oh four Brady hadn't wanted a million super bowls. Um, 639 00:33:30,480 --> 00:33:32,240 Speaker 1: I might have the years off by a year or two, 640 00:33:32,240 --> 00:33:34,280 Speaker 1: but I'm not looking at the calendar at any rate. 641 00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:37,200 Speaker 1: I go up to Brady and I'm like, hey, Tom, 642 00:33:37,240 --> 00:33:39,280 Speaker 1: sorry to interrupt, Can I get a couple of questions. 643 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:43,480 Speaker 1: He's like, yeah, sure, okay, super Bowl winning quarterback Tom 644 00:33:43,520 --> 00:33:46,480 Speaker 1: Brady willing to answer a couple of questions. But Steve 645 00:33:46,520 --> 00:33:50,560 Speaker 1: Francis could not be bothered. Albert pooh Holes could not 646 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,880 Speaker 1: be bothered. Now, Brady was in the off season. He 647 00:33:52,960 --> 00:33:54,760 Speaker 1: was at a party and he wasn't liquored up, but 648 00:33:54,800 --> 00:33:58,000 Speaker 1: he had He was drinking with his buddies, and you know, 649 00:33:58,040 --> 00:34:00,240 Speaker 1: I had to get get Brady talking with him. My 650 00:34:00,240 --> 00:34:02,440 Speaker 1: my roommate at the time standing like, you know, eight 651 00:34:02,440 --> 00:34:06,480 Speaker 1: feet away, like slack John. Like, my roommate is interviewing 652 00:34:06,480 --> 00:34:09,840 Speaker 1: Tom Brady, what's going on? And Brady super cool answers 653 00:34:09,840 --> 00:34:12,080 Speaker 1: to questions and I kid you not. In the middle 654 00:34:12,080 --> 00:34:14,640 Speaker 1: of the interview, some Victoria Seco model walks up. It's like, oh, well, 655 00:34:14,640 --> 00:34:17,680 Speaker 1: hold on, Tom, I gotta ask you, and like swoops 656 00:34:17,719 --> 00:34:20,279 Speaker 1: in and just starts talking to him. At that point, 657 00:34:20,280 --> 00:34:23,120 Speaker 1: I kind of figured, okay, I got Brady for a 658 00:34:23,160 --> 00:34:27,279 Speaker 1: couple of minutes. Um, he's talking to Victoria Segra model. 659 00:34:27,280 --> 00:34:29,040 Speaker 1: I'm not gonna hang out like some kind of loser 660 00:34:29,600 --> 00:34:32,000 Speaker 1: um and try to shake him down. But he couldn't 661 00:34:32,000 --> 00:34:38,480 Speaker 1: have been nicer. And like the experiences it's covering, you know, 662 00:34:40,040 --> 00:34:43,160 Speaker 1: I'm not always superstars, but athletes has been interesting. And 663 00:34:43,280 --> 00:34:47,719 Speaker 1: just to hear this, Dion Sanders don't refer to me 664 00:34:48,080 --> 00:34:52,680 Speaker 1: as Dion, call me coach. Like just these the attitudes 665 00:34:52,719 --> 00:34:55,200 Speaker 1: in the entitlement. Like, listen, I'm not ripping Dion Sanders here, 666 00:34:55,239 --> 00:34:57,560 Speaker 1: and my experience with him was terrible. I'm sure he's 667 00:34:57,560 --> 00:35:00,680 Speaker 1: a fine human being, UM, but I don't know. I 668 00:35:00,719 --> 00:35:02,839 Speaker 1: just I just figured i'd explain that because I had 669 00:35:02,880 --> 00:35:06,400 Speaker 1: a lot of Instagram questions about that. At any rate, um, 670 00:35:06,440 --> 00:35:08,440 Speaker 1: just to go back to Texas, Oklahoma. We have just 671 00:35:08,560 --> 00:35:13,319 Speaker 1: booked a guest for tomorrow's podcast who will explain what 672 00:35:13,440 --> 00:35:15,040 Speaker 1: the hell is going on. He is in one of 673 00:35:15,040 --> 00:35:17,000 Speaker 1: those states. I'm not gonna I'm not gonna give the 674 00:35:17,080 --> 00:35:19,799 Speaker 1: name out. He's really good, UM, and we'll talk about 675 00:35:19,800 --> 00:35:21,520 Speaker 1: that tomorrow. So we'll talk to you then.