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of cover, a lot of sports going on. It's a great
busy time in sports. Got to start with a little
rant of my own, though. Last night, the Bucks
bowed down to the Pacers to end that series.
A lot of junk talking going on. I guess that's
fun. Everyone loves it. It's to an all time level,
though. You got a father of a star player. coming
out with a towel and hanging it five feet away
from arguably the best one of the best athletes
on the planet. And I got to say kind of a classy
guy from what I'm seeing over the last several
years. And what is that guy supposed to do? Sit
there and take it. He did. He had a few words.
They pulled him away and blah, blah, blah. But
here's the thing. The disrespect that is happening
everywhere is disgusting. High school college
guys hit these home runs. They go halfway down
the line and fling their bat in the air. Man,
would I like to see Bob Gibson. face the next
batter and then that guy the next time, whether
it's in that game or five weeks later. But the
level of disrespect is it's bothering me. It
kind of reminds this rub it in culture we have.
It kind of reminds me of our last presidential
election. And I do not we will not talk politics
here. But do some people think that we don't
know who won the election because they buy signs
reminding people of who won? I mean, what are
we doing? Spitting in the face of your neighbor
who you know, wish it went a different way. And
people are allowed to say things, but like, do
we have to rub it into that level? And that kid,
that guy last night, rubbing it into a class
act. And what was Giannis' response? I don't
play that. That's what he said. He goes, I don't
believe that talk in SHIT. He goes, I've won
one. They haven't won anything. He goes, what
happened to respecting your opponent when it's
over? And I just can't believe that's what it's
come to. Like, it's just a level of how you can
roast and demean people. whenever you can and
by the way him with that great attitude and perception
of things not born in America just saying anyway
guys next thing signing day for high school athletes
you get a kid that is signing us for a scholarship
which I don't even think you do it on that signing
day like I think it's kind of fake that and letter
of intent type of thing. But not every school
has got to have a signing day with everyone's
got a sweatshirt at the division three school
the kids go into. And they can wear that up until
the year when they after their first year when
they quit. And then they don't have an unsigning
day. And this is bothering me. We got to celebrate
every little thing. We don't who knows if the
kid's a good kid. If he was a culture team kid
in the high school, you know. For all we know,
many of them are probably AAU jerks who listen
to these clowns telling them what to do. And
then they got to continue to self promote. And
again, and the Angry Jay knows this, not on a
baseball level, but. It is a special accomplishment
to get a roster spot in one of these 60 man baseball
rosters that they have in division three So can't
we just go out to dinner? Like why does everyone
have to come and have balloons and put it in
a newspaper? I just I don't get it. I'm probably
wrong I'm probably wrong about senior day, too
Maybe we should have senior day and golf and
swimming and everything else when when I was
in high school There was senior day in one sport.
We didn't have football Thomas and there was
senior day and basketball and like my last baseball
game I went into the locker room, cried, got
my uniform ready for the coach, and it was really
sad to have it be done. But now, you know, you
get a bucket full of Big League chew and a couple
of baseball cards and flowers for your mother.
And like, what is this really about? Like, who
are we celebrating? Mom and dad? Why are we celebrating?
You lost again. You lost again. You got a hand
in your uniform. Baseball didn't love you back
again. And it's going to continue to happen.
Why do we have to celebrate it? And then on some
of these senior nights, I know at least in hoops,
and I think in volleyball too from my memory,
like they don't even have it on the last home
game anymore. They pick an opponent. that you
can beat so now you got to win also on senior
night let me let me also guess you got to score
20 the other team's got to lay down so you could
score 20 well what if what if the the junior
or sophomores better what if that league has
state implications why do we have to play the
seniors you stuck it out now we got to kiss your
butt just because you're a senior i'm so sick
of signing day and senior day Football and basketball
excluded, okay. Lastly, no because they've always
been around. Lastly, you guys have heard this
before, now it is at an all time level, went
to a baseball game the other night, Muzzy Field,
then the two teams, batters one through nine,
most of them hitting under 200, every single
player had multiple pads on their body. I mean,
if they're that afraid. Go play something else.
You're supposed to have pads for lacrosse. That's
opposite of baseball. Go play lacrosse. Go play
golf. No pads. You know what, Don father, we
should probably come up with a golf thing too,
in case you foul one off your, you know, your
front leg or something like that. What is that?
Now you find out these guys don't wear cups,
but they got a pad on every other part of their
body. One kid who struck out twice and hit into
a double play. That was his night. Not only have
Pat, he had one of those move on highlight sets
that things covering his whole right arm. The
poor first base coach had to lug it back to the
dugout. You know what I mean? But that was after
the third out after the double play. That wasn't
because he got on base. Then you got to go out
into the field with the stuff jammed in your
pocket like that. That'll make you real comfortable
to get out there and make a play stuff hanging
out of your pockets. But. Went to the Yankees
Royals on a Tuesday night with my twins. And
one of them who doesn't follow baseball that
close, he's like, Dad, look at these batting
averages. There's like five of them below the
Mendoza line Royals, right? I go wait till the
home team gets up. We only had four that night.
I mean, so why do we have these pads on to hit
less than 200? Can we just get back to sticking
your face in there and trying to get on base
and move on? He needed a pad. He hung his body
over the plate and dared you to hit him. So he
said, after a while, you know, I'm going to chuck
this pad on sick getting hit. Barry Bonds was
not afraid of the inside pitch and they came
in on him pretty hard. Again, stuck that humongous
steroid melon in there. Whatever. I remember
Ellis Valentine had half of a baseball football
face. because he had broken his jaw. That's a
tough guy, that's 80s. Now, you don't get a hip,
but you get to wear three pads? Yet you don't
wear a cup to cover the most important thing?
Jesus Christmas. Like my high school baseball
coach said, guys don't have to be good looking.
So what are you afraid to get a hip for? You
know what I mean? That's my rant. I don't like
the disrespect in sports, and I'm not a sportsmanship
guy. Shake your hand, no, not for sportsmanship.
Good game, good game, good game, good game. What
if you think somebody didn't play a good game?
What if you were dirty the whole game and now
you're gonna tell them how much you respect them?
Find somebody on their team you respect, give
them that bro hug and say, good job buddy, see
you next time. That's it. So the disrespect in
sports, signing in senior day, garbage, and baseball
gear, it's gotta go. Or maybe it's too late and
that sport is freaking ruined. Sorry guys. Any
of you guys wanna share anything? I'll jump in
on some of that. Let's go. The shit talking thing.
It used to be where a guy of a guy talk crap
It was like you're running down the court next
to the guy, you know, just between you and him,
you know, and it turned I don't want to The thing
I remember was the the fab five when they dunked
they kind of started turning into a taunt and
I don't want to just blame it on them, but You
know they dunk and it was always it was like
wolfing then was getting in your face and all
that and now it's it is it's ridiculous some
of the like the dunks you see and stuff, they
just literally just get there and they stand
over guys and stuff and the only way to stop
that is either officials team up or even the
coaches do something about it and the coaches
usually don't do something about it because the
kid's usually pretty good, right? But I totally,
I think it is way out of hand that some of the,
especially, I mean, obviously in the NBA, like
what that... If you're Tyrese Halliburton, how
embarrassed are you that your father did that?
I think he was fairly embarrassed. He should
be. I was embarrassed for him. That's how bad
it was, you know? The senior night thing, that's
more for parents, isn't it? The parents love
to see their kid. You guys are all parents, right?
They love to see their kid get noticed for whatever.
I retract the senior night thing. Can we just
do it the last game, the last home contest? Yeah.
I say that the kids have their moment. I don't
really think it's about the parents. I mean,
I don't really care if I walked out with my daughter
or not, but it was nice to do it. She spent four
years playing the sport. Why not have her moment?
So let me, I'll throw one thing at you. That's,
so we, when I coached in high school was, you
know, the stupid thing was like before the game,
they announced it on you come out and you hand
out the flower or whatever. And like I, I, I
hated it so much as an opposing coach. Cause
we went to Wolcottek one night and they had cheerleaders
reading poems. Like it was like a, it was like
45 minutes. Like this was like, we should have
warmed up again. It was so bad. So like, I just
decided, like, you know, with the AD, we decided
to do it after our last home game, after the
game was over. Let the opposing people clear
out if they chose. Yeah, leave. They would leave
like out of the side door. And actually it turned
kind of into an event, which kind of sucked for
me cause I talked about each kid, but yeah, I
did. Yeah, but at least it's just your guys and
it's not putting everybody else out. Yeah, that's
what it was. It was just our guys. So, I mean,
that was the way we did it. Angry Jay, if you
did that, then you don't have to do it at your
banquet. You did it in a more important place,
the gym. We didn't have banquets. You know what
I mean. Yeah, I know. Sports awards, nights,
and whatever they had. Yeah. Yes. But I don't
know, like, as far as... Booster club. I don't
know how you do it for baseball and all that
stuff. So, you know. They do it. As far as the
pads go, for all these guys wearing it, like,
you would know better than me, but all the major
leaguers are wearing them. Again, they're hitting
under 200, these guys. You didn't have a job
if you hit under 200. Yeah, but so, like, we're
all high school kids. I see Aaron Judge, you
know, somebody wearing a freaking shoulder pad.
Judge, he doesn't wear a shoulder pad. I know,
you know what I mean. Gardner put on a slide.
Yeah, they pull all that stuff on. So what do
the kids want to do? They want to do the same
thing. Like, hey, you know, my guy wears it.
Let me do it too. You got Trent Grisham, second
on the Yankees in home runs, doesn't even wear
batting gloves. I love that. You have both guys,
you know, both sides. Roman Maroney. Love it
too. Yeah. So I mean, but you're right, predominantly
guys are wearing it and people emulate that.
But it's the it's a keeping up with the Joneses
is across the board. I'm going to go off sports
for a second when it comes to senior night stuff
or the signing thing. It takes one person to
do it. Then every other parent says, hey, if
they did it, my kid's going to feel left out
if we don't do it. And I won't get into a rant
about this, but one of the crazy things having
kids in high school and seeing it. this idea
of promposals, which was a thing that never existed
before, is we gotta make a big deal about asking
someone to go to the prom with you. It's like,
holy cow, how much attention these kids need,
how much, I think it's a lot of the parents,
you know, look at me, look at my kid, make sure
they're getting noticed, and, you know, so it's
sports, definitely, but it's across the board.
Anytime anybody can get their kid looked at,
getting some clicks, likes, I mean, it's been
this way for a while. It's gotta be an Instagram
moment. Everything's gotta be, you know, for
the moms or the dads and the... Kids, you know,
we got a, you know, promposal. Look at what I
did. Look at, look at me. Yeah. And a lot of
times these kids, again, I'll get off the promposal
in a second, but they, they set everything up
ahead of time. Like, yeah, these two kids are
going together. Okay. That's fine. But you have
to ask me, even though we already agreed to go,
you're going to ask me in front of my friends
and my mom's going to be there taking pictures
and we're going to get a video of it to be a
Tik Tok about it. It's ridiculous. I mean, it's
again, across the board with stuff. Sports is
the thing you hope it doesn't translate into
cause, uh, I don't know you get enough attention
if you're a good athlete I feel it's the last
meritocracy out there is if you're a good player
people notice you you get in the paper because
you had it made a good player you had a good
night so it's warranted notoriety and attention
but just you know it waters the whole thing down
if everyone gets attention for everything they
do then you know Then no one's getting any attention,
so you're not you're not earning much. I love
it Thank thank God nobody recorded me asking
a prom date to the prom man because I was nervous.
I was so nervous I wasn't making posters like
it was some slam dunk man. I was There's a difference
in signing days too right when you're doing it
your own high school or One of the high schools
I saw today had not signing day, but every kid
said what college are going to Okay, we can read
that in a newsletter. All right, but if you're
signing at the school or like if somebody's going
to play for angry at Eastern Connecticut You're
signing at Eastern like I think that's kind of
cool to be at the college and sign a letter But
yeah signing in a hallway. I do love the I like
that too on the Instagram and all these things
that they put 100 % committed, you know and then
And then a month later when they're not playing
a lot 100 % really isn't well, how about the
guy? Yeah Who'd they get again in the transfer
portal? Well, yeah. All right. How about North
Carolina? That sounds pretty good. And the posing
on Giannis, by the way, I can't stand Hal Burns'
dad, but Giannis, the 6 '11 guy who flexes on
every six one guy he dunks on, he could freaking
pound stand. I don't give a crap who flexes in
front of that guy. He can make a dunk from one
foot away. He'll flex on some poor looking like
me six guard that's guarding him. So he could
pry all the way to the river. Yeah, and we forgot
right back at him about five minutes later. So
my only rant right now, Mack, is Nico Harrison,
GM of the year. Best trade in the history of
the NBA. He got rid of that Albatross. I was
bringing the Mavericks down. He didn't know.
What did Kendrick Perkins say last night? Luka
Dantic is the worst defensive player in the modern
era. Worst defensive player in the modern era.
He's what he is. I was saying. Thought Tatum
was a better player than him years ago and people
were laughing at me. I was probably one of them
and I'm not now but yeah, I mean then Luca Lucas
of Phenomenal offensive player, but like you're
not winning. You're not winning with that You
don't get your best player to buy in on defense.
You're you're not winning James Harden think
JJ was talking about him last night when he was
talking about like Getting in, you know conditioning
is probably number one for them. I don't know
but speaking of that We're getting to the NBA
later, by the way Dick, I'll just put it that
way. He came on in his introductory press conference,
J .J. Reddick, and said he didn't give a blank
of what people thought. And did you see his press
conference last night after the game? He got
all pissy about one question. Oh, he really cared.
Yeah, he was pouting and he got up and walked
out. He looked like... He might have cared. Yeah,
he looked like the... Dookie. Yeah, he looked
like a dookie who just stormed out and didn't
get what he wanted. Boy, what a third grader.
That's a tough break. You're not a Duke Hater?
No, why would I be? Come on, man. I don't, you
know, he could pound sand. So about the disrespect,
the signing days and senior days and baseball
gear, I digress. Any other comments? I will just
say I don't really, I don't hate signing day,
but I don't get to, I don't have to see as much
as maybe some of you guys. I don't know. I don't
pay attention to it. I do think that's great
for the athletic program to celebrate one of
theirs moving on. I'm not saying it's not great,
but jeez, we're making a big deal out of every
little thing anyone ever does, and I guess you
only live once, go for it, but jeez. I kind of
like the way Breanna Stewart did hers. You guys
remember? No. She signed it on the hood of her
dad's truck. That's unbelievable. When she sent
it in. It's gotten to the point where I've seen
kids who barely played high school. They're signing,
they're going to go somewhere. And they didn't
even, they went one day to school and left. Like.
100 % committed. Yeah, exactly. You know, it's
like. Yeah, we should have an unsigning day.
Yeah, but there's so few kids that get the opportunity
to play D3, D2, let alone D1. I hear you. So
I mean, you gotta look at it in the big thing.
I think it's a moment for that kid, you know,
whether it's D3 or D1. I don't have a hard time
with it. I don't disagree. I think that there's
more than that moment for the kid. I think there's
all those moments they should be working harder
than they're working, which is why a lot of them
pack it in. Because when you get there, everyone
was really good in high school. I think when
you blend everything together, the promposals,
the self -recognition on TikTok, it just makes
it a huge ordeal, and it gets tiresome. But when
you pull out certain things, I think certain
things should be celebrated. I don't have a problem
with it. Fair enough. One last thing, the signing
day thing, the way they do it is whether it's
a D3 kid who only played JV in high school who
signed on somewhere. Your parents are getting
pulled out of their work. So they take the day
off. It happens in the middle of the school day.
So the teacher or your coach, if they happen
to teach in the school, has to leave their classroom
to come down. The principal goes down. You sit
at the table with your family. You pulled your
siblings out of their schools they're in to come
stand behind you. Your teammates get pulled out
of class. It's not that it's, it is disruptive.
And if you do it so many times, I mean, every
kid's getting pulled out of class and people
have to take days off from work for it. I don't
know if it's that big of a deal. That's really
common. It's not done in a particularly convenient
time. Maybe senior night you could do it. All
right. Enough of that. Let's get on to sports,
guys. This is a cool time in sports. We say goodbye
to college hoops, but now it's a business, so
all the GM stuff's eating up. But we've got,
you know. The NFL Draft, NBA playoffs, MLBs in
full swing, and then Derby Day is Saturday, which
is always a special day. NFL Draft, this one
made some news. We'll get into the winners and
losers in a minute, I'm sure. that the Don father's
got his thoughts. But like, guys, I'm driving
around New Haven from one gym to the next for
these kids basketball games. And I just can't
believe that the best pick available according
to ESPN for about three straight rounds wasn't
taken. And, you know, they say he can make all
the throws. He's been in a pro system his whole
career. His dad made sure of it. his dad made
sure of it, right? Only 6 -2, so that's not in
his favor. But again, they say he can make all
the throws. And he did have the Heisman number
two draft pick on his team and got to a 17 and
a 14 record. in two years with the buffaloes,
but like, how is he passed on that much? He can
make all the throws, subpar, semi -exciting,
at least in the Limelight college career. How
does he get passed on for three straight rounds
or more? Anybody? Do you care? Does anybody there
bad in the locker room? I mean, is it is it his
attitude? Is it that bad? I mean, they got passed
on and passed on and passed on. It was it was
incredible. And I thought ESPN did a poor job,
too, to be honest with you, because they covered
it nonstop. They didn't give speaking, giving
kids their their fair their fair shake. They
they were talking about Shador Sanders more than
we're talking about the guy who just got drafted.
Mel Kuiper was a little little over. Oh, my God,
it was it was nauseating. I get so he's Maybe
not that good. You know, he played in a system
with his dad. He went from Jackson State to Colorado.
His dad is his coach. I mean. How good is he
like they test these guys with everything that
if he was so talented, he could have. He could
have done even worse in his interviews that he
said he did, and they said what he would have
been picked early because. Talent trumps everything,
especially in the NFL. All people look out for
him, right? His completion percentage, highest
completion percentage. And they brought in Pet
Shermer. Dan brought in his buddy, Pet Shermer,
to create an offense for Sugar standards. And
if you look, I think I said 75 % of his passes,
he did not have a defender within 70 yards of
his receiver. Seven yards. Didn't have a what?
A defender within seven yards of his receiver.
He's throwing the guys wide open. Yeah, he won't
have that in the NFL That's right and early and
you know good for the NFL teams if you're gonna
be that much of a dick in there like I don't
See you later. Like I don't want the headache.
Yeah, you know and dad's dad's the guy That's
the you know was putting up with it. Well, that's
not coaching team anymore. So welcome to real
world and now he's Does he make the team? Yes.
Yes. Yes, absolutely. They got to cut two guys.
That's all I'm saying. Pickets are, no, which
one? Let me ask you guys something. Pickets gone.
Yeah, I think Pickets gone too, but. Can he pick
it? He does have a great road mile on Deshaun
Watson, so he should be good. If you're the Browns
and they're not going to be good, right? They're
going to lose games. They go right to Shador
Seniors after they lose. What do you think he's
saying? I told you so. I don't know. I mean,
you know, they start Joe Flacco, whoever. Broadway
Joe starts. And they lose 31 to 14 in the opening
week. And the media is going right to show standards.
Is he just going to say nothing? What do you
think? What do you think Deon's going to be saying?
Well, I think he's going to be holding the clipboard
on week one, to be honest with you. Exactly.
But they're still going to go to him after the
game and they're going to ask him for comments.
You think he's going to be quiet? That's going
to be great for team culture. Me and the guy
who had a $200 ,000 watch flashing into the student
section during warm -ups. Is he going to be quiet?
Yeah, it's a problem. It's going to be a problem.
We're going to touch him in a million years.
And good for all the NFL teams passing on that
headache. Yeah, that's a great point. I mean,
I think if you talk to a lot of the GMs and I
listen to a lot of things about Sanders, it comes
down to is he a starting quarterback or is he
a backup, right? And I think if you look at his
skill set, the system he played in, if they determine
that this guy is at best going to be a backup
quarterback. Let's say the best backup quarterback
in the history of the league, which I'm not saying
that's the case, but let's just say that. There
you go. Even a good call. But do you want the
distraction of that, right? Do you want the.
a backup quarterback's gonna get all the attention
in the locker room. The reporters are at his
locker after every game, and it reminds me a
lot, actually, if you think back to Tim Tebow,
can't argue with how great he was in college,
but gets to the pros, clearly not a starting
quarterback, but he gets all the attention, and
that's - Playoff games, come on. Yeah, a couple,
right? One, two, two. DeMarius Thomas. But he's
a guy, right? So I mean, the distraction of that,
everyone's talking to Tim Tebow. I mean, that
doesn't do well for your culture in your locker
room. You're looking for a guy who is a leader.
And if you've got your backup quarterback getting
all the attention, it's just a weird power dynamic
in that room where I think that chemistry is
critically important and it's disrupted. It's
just not, I don't know, it's not flowing the
right way. So if you have a backup quarterback
getting all the reporters at his locker asking
questions, I don't know. I think that's a big
problem for GMs, big problem for coaches and
not that he's a bad guy. I'm not going to comment
on his character. I did hear him speak several
times. Does not present himself all that well.
I think as a as a starting Let's say he is a
starting quarterback, you know You're a you're
a young kid relative to the to the real men You're
gonna be playing with and I don't know if that
sort of attitude that he has is gonna come in
the respect of veteran, you know receivers Offensive
lineman offensive lineman who have to break block
for you. I don't they may not you know This is
we're talking. Well now it's Cleveland, right?
So he's gonna have to deal with the fact that
he's in a city like Cleveland blue collar Type
town, you know, I don't know if it's a great
fit for him As a backup, yeah, maybe it'll add
a little excitement to the program, but I don't
know. I don't think he was done dirty. I just
think he was not a starting quarterback. He ended
up where he ended up, and I don't know. I think
it's where he should have been drafted. Will
he be a starting quarterback? I mean, not this
year. Next year, two years. He's on the Browns
roster, so the odds are he'll start at some point,
because they've had like 58 of them in the last
seven years, right? They usually go through three
or four guys a year. They'll start him. Take
Dylan Gabriel. That was my only thing. Because
they think he's better. Take him, fine. They
think he's better. Why take both? That's the
only thing I didn't understand. They probably
thought it was value. I like Dylan Gabriel, by
the way. To answer your question, Mack, yeah,
I think he'll start at some point. Just to sell
tickets. To share? To sell tickets. They're going
to be, you know. two and 13 and there's two games.
There'll be two games to go and people will be
clamoring for it. They'll make a big deal about
it. They got a better quarterback than the Steelers.
I love prime time. There it is. Make no mistake
about it. I love prime time. I liked him when
he left the Cowboys. Like I just love prime time.
I love him when he threw the water on McCarver,
which is a little bit against my disrespect thing,
but McCarver is a bum. Let's be consistent here,
Matt. No, I do. I love the prime time. I just...
a self -made athlete that was just, he's just
different. There's nobody that's ever liked him.
No one could have said they were gonna be the
next him. I mean, there was other multi -sport
guys, Brian Jordan, guys like that. Just his
separation, I guess, and his ability to make
a big play. I know he wasn't a great tackler,
but he hit the baseball. He hit the baseball
and scampered around the bases. Didn't he win
a playoff game? and then go play football the
next day or something like that. I don't know
if it was a playoff game. He's no Danny. It was
in the fall. Yeah, something like that. So I
don't dislike the kid at all. And I actually
went on today to see if they're selling like
just t -shirts with his number yet. I think he's
going to be number one. I really think that Lottie
told me that. I would have bought one today.
I would have bought one today. I like the kid.
I'm going to root for him. But to me, instead
of Skip Bayless saying it's a racial thing to
hold down the black quarterback, which two black
quarterbacks are taking before him, I know we
don't want to go there. But the first the first
pick of the draft was in Milrow, who can't throw.
And they say Chidora makes a lot of throws. So
why Milrow? Because they say he's the best running
quarterback that's ever come out of college,
really. Like, so I like him. But What it really
is is an opportunity to show people wrong like
Tom Brady did. If the greatest of all time can
be drafted that late, why can't you? Because
your dad's a coach? Because your dad's cool?
Like, I think the dad's really cool. Doesn't
mean you should get drafted. Well, let me guess,
his senior day was his third to last game so
that he could win. You know what I'm saying?
And let me guess, big signing day to go to Jackson
State. And let me guess, when he played baseball,
he had catcher's gear on when he hit. Sure. And
let me guess, he taunted the pitcher, he taunted
the pitcher when he hit it far, because he's
in the cool generation, so you know what? We're
not taking him. And then eventually somebody
took him. Mack, you hit on something I think
is the most important kind of thing, is you talk
about Brady, who has a lot to say for the Raiders.
The fact that he didn't take him at all, and
they have Geno Smith for two more years, and
he has a relationship with Deon, relationship
with Shador. They thought about taking him in
the first round at one point. He could have taken
him in the fourth, fifth. The fact that he didn't
take him, I think, is the biggest comment on
him in the entire draft, that Brady refused to
take him for five picks. And they have no future.
I'm sorry, Geno Smith is not the future of the
Raiders. No, but he's there for a few years.
He said they got unfinished business, him and
Carroll. I don't know if this is true. There's
a narrative that Dion told certain teams not
your job. Oh, he did. He did in the beginning.
Before the year. The executive producer said
that something happened with the Giants meeting
where he's walking around just not listening
to, you know, people during the meeting because
he's better than them. Like, you know what? Word
gets out quick. Angry Jay and I know a guy who
was definitely a big league ball player, probably
should have won a World Series ring with the
Twins. And did the Twins win it that year? They
beat the Braves? Did Kirby win one? Yeah. Yeah.
So, what was that, 87? 91. Jesus, I'm way off.
Anyway, we had a guy that was blackballed and
every team said, you know, take a hike. In terms
of like... doing what's right in an interview
you would think he would have put his best foot
forward with the giants of all people but you
don't have to with the new york media all you
want to do is get you just want to get drafted
by new york it doesn't even matter if you play
he would have made so much money endorsement
wise on the side it would have been ridiculous
and they were just too idiotic to realize that
yeah but with that watch he really doesn't have
to bow down to anyone he doesn't have to play
their game So they played their own game without
them and left them out. Then he should be wearing
five for the fifth round. In fact, they said
what three to five teams said, they completely
took them him off their draft board before the
draft off no matter what round. No chance. Did
they say who the teams were? No, but the Giants
were one of them because Dable said he had after
the interview, he was off the draft board. I
don't know who the other teams were. I think
that's kind of short sighted, too, like what
you said. Talents got to prevail. I mean they
took this guy Laramie Tunsel in the first round.
You remember this guy? Yeah, he was wearing like
a gas mask from like World War two so he couldn't
let any of the weed smoke escape. Now he's one
of the best offensive linemen in football. Laramie
Tunsel? Yeah, right. Yeah, right. He's one of
the best linemen in football now. He's a commander
now. Just like Tyreek. My boy Tyreek. It's just...
He's never been arrested. There's no sure. Yeah
great guy All right winner of the draft don father.
What do you got giants? This is no brainer. You
think the kid dart is that good? I think there's
two generational players in the draft. The Giants
got one of them. There's two 100. Who's the other
one? Travis Hunter and Abdul Carter No, oh so
hunter. They're the only two no doubt players.
He plays defense He's gonna play hunter plays
a game. Is he gonna play 75 points? How long
is that gonna last? I don't know, but he's special.
I can't see him playing full -time both. Like
I can see him. He can't play full -time on both.
He's not gonna play receiver. He could play like
a handful plays. Abdul Carter is a slam dunk.
He is going to be, he's Micah Parsons. They gotta
have, hold on, Hunter, they gotta have a bigger
than Deion package for him at receiver in Jacksonville.
He can't be an every down guy. No, he's the third
down guy, I think, eventually, right? I would
think so. I mean, they traded a first round pick
for him next year. He's a cornerback. And by
the way, he's an unbelievable athlete. I love
Jackson Dart. I think, by the way, his name is
awesome for a quarterback. Mom's talented. The
fact that they didn't take him, they just traded
up to get him. I think was great, and their third
on pick out at Toledo I think was fantastic for
defensive tackle. I think Giants had a great
draft. I think the Steelers, no offense, Crocker
shit the bed. I think the Falcons shit the bed.
How do you say, I can see a B minus or a C. No,
a C, okay, a C. Well shit, the bed isn't after
my book. Listen, I wanted to ask you guys this.
C is good for some of you guys, but I mean, I
was an H student. I think the Cowboys messed
up again. Russell Wilson, we got Jameis Winston,
and now we got Jackson Dart. Does Dart play at
all this year? Yeah, he'll play eventually. Is
Wilson a starter? Yep. Is Winston going nuts
at some point, or is he just eating crab legs?
I think he's making five and a half million dollars,
so I don't think he cares. He's okay with it?
So you think Dart will start at some point, like
second half of the year, and then those other
guys are done? Yeah, I think Russ is on one year
deal, right? Winston has two. Yeah, I believe
so. I think Russ is going to be going after one
year. He's gone, right? He's going to be working
at a restaurant. So, Crocker, why are we here?
Danny Dimes? What's going on with your quarterback
situation in Pittsburgh? They had a chance to
get Sanders... Four or five times? That's the
only reason I said they were winners. Do you
want Aaron Rodgers? Do you want Aaron Rodgers?
He's a bridge to the 2026 class, I guess so,
but he's only got one year. Yeah, they did, but
I... Who? Will Howard. The Ohio State quarterback.
He can't be. I honestly... Career backup. Before
you heard all these stories after the draft about
Sanders, I was like, why aren't they taking this
kid? But in hindsight, when you see that 2020,
right? All right, maybe I'm glad they didn't,
but... I don't know what they did right now.
Mason Rudolph. It's my point. So you have George
Pickens and DK McCaff now. At what point does,
what point does George Pickens start? Oh yeah,
right away. Yeah, 100%. First map. First map.
So are you in favor of Rodgers or no? I honestly
think they are going to do something with Rodgers.
They had to have known that he's going to sign
eventually and that's going to be - That's why
they didn't drop the quarterback. He's been throwing
with D .K. Metcalf in California, they said,
right? Aaron Rodgers has been throwing with Metcalf
in California. All signs are there, but Aaron
Rodgers, that guy's aloof. Who knows what he
might just decide tomorrow, I'm going to wrap
it up. We don't know what aloof means on this
podcast, whatever you crack. Other losers, by
the way, the Falcons. and the Jets. Why? Why
did the Jets think that Justin Fields is their
long -term solution to quarterback? They had
seven chances to take a quarterback. Five to
take Shadour Sanders in New York. Nobody's good
though. Take Sanders in the fifth round. Justin
Fields? He's already proven it. I would rather
have Justin Fields. For a year or two. That's
fine. I'm not taking a headache, dude. Not taking
a headache. And they also drafted with five defensive
players and two offensive players. They have
a good defense and a terrible offense. You can't
just take a quarterback though. Huh? You're just
saying take a quarterback. Pittsburgh didn't
do it. Exactly. That's why they're going to be...
Tomlinson is going to have his first losing season
ever this year. Tom, start fire. I'll bet you
a lunch. And why is it lunch? To trade next year's
first round pick for the 26th pick to grab. I
think that was a little bit of a stretch. That's
the only reason. I think two pass rushers in
the first round. Was that their biggest need?
When was the last time somebody had 10 sacks
for the Falcons? That's a good trivia question.
Do you know the answer? Yes. Vic Beasley. He
had like 10. Like 10 or 10? 11? 10 or 11? Yeah.
See, we got a guy over there who knows football.
We got time for football. NBA playoffs. Full
swing right here. Some of the first rounds wrapped
up. I actually liked that play -in. I didn't
think I would like messing around with stuff.
I kind of like the excitement of that. And I
actually love the format, like you get a second
chance if you lose the first one. Either way,
Sells and Cavs in the East, Thunder looking like
they're gonna run away with the West. Do the
Warriors have a chance? Yes. Over the Thunder?
No. To get there. They got a wonderful series,
but yeah. Don Father, what are you thinking about
the NBA playoffs? Who do you like? I think the
Celtics are going to beat the Cavs, but the Thunder
is a really tough matchup for Boston. Really
tough matchup. The Thunder is the only team I
think can defend at all five positions as well,
or if not better than the Celtics. So I think
that's going to be a tough round. And they're
the only team that has a bench that can compete
with Boston's. Cleveland's got a pretty good
bench now, too, after the Hunter trade. They
made some good moves. But to me, that's the only
other team that can compete with them. Did you
guys talk? You're talking about the finals or
like what? Like we the Knicks cannot beat the
Celtics. Come on, man. This guy's killing me.
Like, I hope you're right. But Jesus, Celtics
is knocking on wood left and right. Or the Pistons.
I'm a superstitious guy, too. But I think Cleveland
Celtics can be great. Do you think the Pistons
go seven games here? Because it's three, too.
Right. I would see it's an 11 point game right
now. That was up winning. We're actually winning
by 11. I want to see it go seven games, as you
do, because Thibodeau plays his starters. So
you really don't think that Knicks can play with
Desoleks at all? I don't think they can guard
him. All right. They're not going to win four,
but I think they're going to win. In fact, we
do need Halliday back, like you said. Yeah, absolutely
need him. We need him for Brunson, basically.
Yeah, agreed. The West is OKC, and I'm actually
impressed with Houston. They're not, I don't
think, anywhere as talented as some of the other
teams, but. Tough. They're coaches. Low coach,
but he's such a good defensive coach. Yeah, so
like, people, his idiotic behavior in Boston,
but he got those guys to play, you know? Tatum
and Brown, and he wasn't easy on them, unlike
most coaches now with their NBA superstars. Like,
he gets on the guys, man. Say what you want about
them. They're borderline tackle and curry all
over the place, but. They play, man. They can't
be fun to play against. Definitely going after
his thumb. Yeah, I didn't, I saw them talking
about it. And Steve Kerr, by the way. Steve Kerr
whining about it. Steve Kerr, by the way, crying
that Houston, did you see this? Did you guys
see that Houston fans were chanting F .U. Draymond
and Steve Kerr afterwards? No. Steve Kerr got
up there and he's like, you know, he's got kids.
We shouldn't, we shouldn't, I just wish they
would be better than that. No mention of him
assaulting players on a nightly basis, but a
couple guys were swearing at Draymond. Is Steve
Kerr the one who had the Duke fans chanting stuff
at him? No, that was Arizona State. He went to
Arizona. That was a little... About his father
and stuff like that? That's probably... That's
a little stepping over the line. Yeah, that's
it. And now we can't say something, because you
have a kid? To Draymond? I mean, come on, Draymond.
Draymond's a jerk. Yeah, the way he is. Most
of them have five or six I don't even know about,
but yeah. Is Steve Kerr a top 10 coach of all
time? No. No? No. To be a great coach, you've
got to win without great players. Is Doc Rivers?
He sucks, right? I think he ran into something
with the Celtic. He stinks. I think he's the
most overrated coach of all time. Who, Doc? Doc.
Terrible. I don't know. I don't think he's great
by any means, but he does catch a lot of crap.
Is Pop still active? Pretty much. Is he top 10?
Yes. Is he the only active one that's top 10?
They call him active. Is Carlisle active? Yeah.
He ain't top 10, but. I don't know. Masula's
not that far away yet, is he? Oh, Jesus. Don't
get there. Three years worth. You guys are gonna
be crazy. All right, so maybe there's not as
much to talk about as I thought with the NBA.
What's more important in the NBA though, the
coach or the GM? Shooting threes. Good call.
Coach is, I don't know. I would probably say,
I'd probably say general manager. With Brad Stevens
going up into that role with the Celtics. He's
been pretty good, man. Made a big difference.
They had one of the greatest ones of all time
too. Coach makes a big difference. I mean, there's
so many great players and never made it to NBA
finals. Greatest what? One of the greatest general
managers. Who? Danny H. Oh my god. He's phenomenal.
What a punk. Phenomenal. Where is he now? Utah.
Did a good job in Phoenix. He did actually a
decent job. He's a goat. Heat culture. They did
well. Did Washington win the last game of the
season? They tied. I don't know. They both did.
I think Washington won the last game of the year.
Cory Kisper came out. Jordan Poole got his jersey
retired. That's a great trade by the way. Chris
Middleton for Kyle Kuzma. Kyle Kuzma played nine
minutes last game. Yeah. How pumped do you go
for your Chris Middleton? Seriously. By the way,
Mack Trivia. Since NBA. Let's go. What NBA player
in history has the highest points per game average,
but has never made it to an NBA finals qualifications,
by the way, 10 ,000 career points, 400 career
games. That's the that's the NBA criteria for
to be considered for any kind of all time. Has
never played a playoff game. Never made. No,
never made NBA finals. Oh, a final. Highest point.
George Gervin. Highest points per game to never
make an NBA final. Are you talking career? Career.
points per game. I mean, off the top of my head,
I'll say James Harden right away. He's got to
be in the discussion. The player is active. I
only know number one and two. Westbrook? No,
Harden. He made NBA final, didn't he? With who?
Yes. Thunder. Oh, yeah, you're right. But Harden
was on that team, too, wasn't he? Yeah, actually,
yeah. Good point. You got to give us an error.
Right now, he's active. He's active right now
in the NBA. Average is 27 .2 points a game for
his career. That's pretty good. I'll tell you
number two is Dame Willard. What are his initials?
Has he ever rapped? He plays in the Eastern Conference.
Same team his whole career. I thought you were
serious that it was Dame Willard. Okay, Dame
Willard is number two. Oh, come on. How many
points total? 27 .2 a game. Trey Young can't
have that many points, right? He can't. Did you
study numbers both ways, Bobby? No, hold up,
hold up, hold up. I mean, I was disappointed
in Jared. I'm stumped, yeah. I can't, I'm blanking.
Eastern Conference, same team, his entire career.
Never made it to the finals. That's the amazing
part. And today he's in, you know... Next hint,
he's gotten beaten by the Celtics more than once
in the playoffs. Dead air is great for podcasts
by the way while we're thinking some chatter
About something on the process B didn't 27 .2
points a game and employing my 30 games a year
he's played over He's got over 10 ,000 points
and he played 400 games Should have gotten that
quick. I really was disappointed. He doesn't
play. Lucas got it. Lucas got it right away.
Get him down here. Carabans back. Anybody care?
Yeah, I like it. I'm excited. I like him as a
player. I think he took undue criticism this
year because he missed a few jumpers. And God
forbid he missed a free throw. I think it's the
right decision for the kid. Good friend makes
you look better. What kind of money we talking
about for him? Oh My god Jesus what's going on?
I thought he's some kind of foreign national.
I couldn't get money or something like that There's
players match staying there. We're offered more
schools At Yukon you're saying I got a question
for you. How about the women? How much did they,
somebody like Becker's or? She made, the sheep
is over a million probably. She's the anomaly
though. But she also had a Nike deal. She had
Gatorade too, right? Gatorade and. How about
somebody like Fudd? She'll probably be the next
one. Elmer? Cause she's the last college one,
so yeah. Or that girl they got from Wisconsin.
Yeah, I just saw that. You gotta give her 50
bucks. What's it, Battles, the other girl? The
mom's in the head office at the Celtics. No,
that's Fudd. No, no, I'm sorry. No, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no,
no, no, no, no, no, no, no, no, All -American
year, when the whole offense doesn't have to
run through him. I think he's not that guy to
have everything run through him, which they had
to have last year. I think Solo Ball will come
back, I mean, come back and be the guy that that
can happen with. I'll have a Jordan Hawkins type
year. It's my guess. And then as long as this,
the Mary Smith guy can, he seems like a Newton
kind of guy. And if he can, you know, distribute
the ball a little bit, play some defense, I think
Caravan's gonna be right back in the right slot
for him. I think he's gonna have an unbelievable
year. And he did a great job to boost his draft
position. Let me throw this out. So yeah, I agree
with Caravan, by the way. I don't think he's
like a main. He should be the number one guy
on an offense. He's the guy who gets lost because
you're defending other guys. He knows how to
find openings. I definitely think he'd play in
the NBA though. He'd definitely be a 3 -and -D
guy in the NBA. But let me ask what I saw to
you guys. Hurley getting into the guards in the
portal. You think that's on purpose? That was
the biggest what do you mean getting into him?
Well, he got the kid from Dayton and a kid from
Georgia the two guards like that made Darius
Adams say like I'm out of here I'm not having
you know, I got to earn my playing time. I got
to get out of here. So do you think Curly after?
This year again bounced in a second round. You
think he said like I want older guys, especially
especially in the back They were just hurting
at point guard. Yeah, you know when a son started
getting hurt with the tendonitis and he sat and
if he got in foul trouble or something they just
could not bring the ball up the court and just
make good plays. I think, how about them bringing
back three guys who've been there for three years
who could go somewhere else for more money. I
think that's a strong saying for UConn and how
they're doing. I think if they got one more big
guy it would be great. So, I mean they got ten
guys. And they got the big freshman that had
a lefty there that shoots it. Is he gonna, yeah,
is he gonna play right away? I would imagine.
Well, right away, they'll probably play like
Canisius now after last year. They'll probably
play like a bunch of Knizos. They don't do that.
He plays. He don't do that. He cried about going
in that tournament. He did cry about it. He shouldn't
have, but like, they play like real games. Publicly
cried about going out there and playing? Come
on, man. You're in favor of that? Crying about
it? Did I say that? Yeah, you're defending everything
he does, man. This guy's... I'm defending everything
he does. Yeah, you're always talking about his
offense. He's great. He's got a phenomenal offense
and they guard like motherfuckers. Where was
it this year? Yeah. Where the hell was it this
year? They weren't that good. They guard Florida.
They didn't. They guarded them better than anybody
else did. Not down the stretch. Okay. We'll step
back. Okay. He's terrible. He's done a terrible
job there. I don't think he's done a terrible
job there. Well, yeah, but in total last two
years. Last episode, you're complaining that
he wants to win too much and it's supposed to
be OK to lose. I think Hawaii is on him as anyone.
He lost him that first game. Thank you. The first
game. Right. It's maybe a different story. Thank
you. The whole three days. Wow, wow, wow. I totally
agree. I think he would admit that. OK, so how
many years he been there now? I was a six seven
seven is a seven. Okay, so in the first five
everyone wasn't saying how great he was He's
embarrassing everyone at the Civic Center people
are putting their heads down being like cuz he
done yet So they could rewatch they continue
watching the game now He wins too and he's like
this great guy hid That's what happens when you
win championships. Not by luck, though. I never
said I was lucky, but how come he didn't win
in his first few years? He didn't have the right
guys? Why not? Why didn't he get the right guys?
Because he inherited guys. He is the greatest
coach in college basketball. Self -proclaimed.
Give me his, though. But, anyway. I'll take Hurley.
Well, here's the thing. He inherited, guys, that's
the excuse. What was last year's excuse? Too
many guys graduated? He had a little window with
a ton of NBA guys, more than maybe most coaches.
I'm not saying they're doing an incredible job,
first of all. That's an incredible job. But all
he's doing is pumping up Luke Murray. Everyone's
like, Luke Murray, Luke Murray. He told Luke
Murray to sit down and shut up. Like, come on,
man. That was those guys. Come on. That's a bad
look. That's a bad look. But you got to get it.
He's a punk. He's more than he was more than
that five second clip. And the only thing I want
to say you're wrong on this back is that the
early on, he said, you better get us now. The
whole you better get us now comment. He knew
what he had and he dealt with players that he
did not recruit. And he said, by the time we
get his players in there, it was a whole different
story. And man, that's going to go down in history
is one of the best things is you better get us.
Let me get a 30 here. Let me get a 30. So he
did say that. And I love it. and he was right
but now all of a sudden he faces adversity after
he's going on ESPN telling everybody that's either
a championship or bust which is an absolute garbage
statement stupid and and then they don't win
it and now he doesn't want his guys anymore now
halfway through the year he says 50 percent of
this this roster is going to transfer or be in
the portal and i'm fine with it so we can go
out and get older guys like everyone else is
doing so now is he not just patino and the next
guy and the next guy instead of Izzo just sticking
it out getting tough guy after tough guy and
making them tougher and tougher like now he does
now now you can just go out and get new guys
so what's more important to college the GM or
the coach? all right fair enough so now there's
a gm position which didn't exist as long as i
followed college basketball never is a gm tom
more now is the next gm right and then uh we've
had the first gm for uconn as a guest on this
podcast go ahead no big deal was going that way
that night said he was there phasing him out
So I think the early thing, you know, he has
to now do what everyone else is doing, which
isn't great. But he's he's I think it's a reality.
This is how you have to to now coach in this
current environment. Has to or path of least
resistance and that has to have to have to. I
mean, what are your options? So doesn't have
to. So here's the thing. I would say this. So
you think school is not good. I think he's recruiting
off that he's not recruiting off of the portal
a little bit. Well, I mean, everyone is. I mean,
Finding the freshmen come in, there's only so
many. And they're spreading out, they're taking
the money wherever they can go, right? It's all
about the money. The SEC is gonna wipe everyone
out. I mean, 14 teams this year make it. The
Big East is gonna hurt the most. They have no
football, so they have no money. So that's why
Yukon is gotta play, I think he's gotta play
it up bigger than other teams because he has
to get the recognition to Yukon. and we have
to probably find another conference. Before we
get into the other conferencing though, Anchor
Jay, you could probably comment on this. I think
the way Hurley coaches, he's an animal and his
expectations are extremely high. I think his
practices are... Unbelievably tough. I think
he doesn't know the metal of his players until
they get there So there's gonna be an element
of it of him recruiting guys he think can play
in his system who can handle the the pressure
they get there and he's like, you know, this
guy just is not the guy we thought he was and
that's just Personalities and human nature. So
a guy's gonna show up You're gonna get a in Mahaney
who's gonna be there and be like, yeah, this
is not the guy we thought he was Certainly wasn't
Joey California. Let's just ditch him then. Well,
he's a guy, though, like you're not going to
be able to handle the pressure. And I think that
that's a big thing. You have to want to love
the way he runs practices. I do love it as a
player, though. Right. So if you might be a guy
like I think I might be a guy, I'm a tough and
I'm, you know, a tough kid from Connecticut right
now. I don't know how well he would do there.
Like a really good Connecticut high school player.
Abdu Tory, West Haven. No name must save him.
We are gonna find out. We saw him cracker, right?
There you go. So I think that's part of Hurley's
problem is he's gonna recruit guys in that he's
not giving up on but they may be giving up on
it and saying like I can't handle this kind of
pressure. So was Joey California always Joey
California or did he have a real bad lull and
then all of a sudden make a few jumpers down
the stretch on a team with a bunch of other NBA
players so he didn't need to do too much but
make those like Like if Mahaney was with Sanogo
and all these guys, may it have been easier for
him to just catch and shoot one? Fair point.
And if you've got guards, who are you going to
defend? Hawkins or him? So who's got the weaker
defender on him that and then, you know, he went
through a stretch late in the season. He couldn't
shoot. He had a couple big game. The Georgetown
game was huge for him. You know, that's where
he also played it up the name. You know, he had
rice. He had the guy making points over here.
I think I think Mahaney, I think he'd love Hurley.
I think he had the crazy mentality. Yeah, he
just couldn't. Well, they were headbutting each
other like they were Hulk Hogan and Bob Backlund
at one point. All right, so I'm jumping in here
now. Go ahead. Yeah. So first of all, his theatrics
are sometimes way too much for me and I'll be
the first guy to say it. I agree. Like his, I'm
the best coach thing, comment is stupid. I mean,
he gets, cause the way he acts on the sideline,
the camera's always on him. Okay. Surprising
some of this coming from you cause He gets the
guys to play, dude. And in today's day and age,
it's a problem. And he is as old school as you
can get. He's Tom Izzo at 50 years old. Like,
he'll get in the guy's face and, you know, he'll
MF a guy up and down. Like, this is how I want
you to play. And it's easy to say, well, these
guys were NBA players. Like, did anybody think
Kim Spencer was an NBA player when he was at
Rutgers? Or Tristan Newton, who was a zero -star
recruit at Texas A &M? So you're thinking that,
you're thinking that you're turning him, Spencer,
into an NBA guy? I didn't think Spencer was an
NBA player at Yukon until all of a sudden they
were, the team. My point is you're giving no
credit to the coach for helping these guys become
great players? No Jay, like honestly, you know
I think he's a great coach. I'm just annoyed
by some of his bull crap. And now, remember Coach
K, the reason we were supposed to hate Duke,
but guys like me and you secretly were like,
It's awesome. The four guys stay there, but it's
a different game now. I know it is, and I don't
have to like it, just I didn't like the stuff
when I was ranting about it. I don't have to
like it, and he's part of it. What I'm saying
is, we kind of like that Duke stuff when we weren't
supposed to. And then, what did Sheshevsky do?
Because he had to. He at least started to go
to the one and duns. with all these Ky Reaves
and all these guys. And he did what everyone
else did, because he knew he couldn't win his
way. Talent trumps out. Yeah, but back then,
talent, they still had Christian Leitner, not
a great NBA player. Bobby Hurley, not a great
NBA player. Thomas Hill, not a great NBA player.
Brian Davis, not an NBA player. You know, they
are one good NBA player from that whole era.
Grant Hill, right? I totally agree with you.
I think the old school thing is, but your point,
you eventually have to conform to the way I get
it. But that but the score is stupid. The real
question is, do we even really know what we're
in? We set with the old school way. This is evolving
every year, like every year it's changed. I think
it's only been out. He's been one year out of
the college. It's been three years. Three years
ago, barely anyone was talking about NIL. That
was the first or second year of it. Now we're
so far into this that guys are getting, you know,
four million dollars. Football is getting multi
-million dollar for one year. guaranteed money,
basically. Backups are getting that money. Yeah.
Manning and all that. So there's that. And then
now you have the ability to move players around
year after year. Those guys locked kids in. That's
the other thing. The good basketball programs
got the kids to go there and they were going
to stay. You develop them. Or what you couldn't
leave. Yeah, I like those rules. You had to sit.
I totally agree. Kevin, do you like the current
system? I don't. Is there anyone here that likes
it? No, but it's good. But if you're a player,
you're a player like Darius Adams and you you
want to play in the NBA, right? That's the goal
for him. Not going to UConn with 10 guys are
in a in a and and all right. So you're you're
Braden Mullins. Let's say he doesn't play next
year. He will. But let's say in the Aniket. Yeah,
let's say he doesn't. Is he staying at UConn?
Heck no. He's going to Indiana. I give solo ball
credit for sticking around. To Kevin's point,
the other schools are offering them more money.
You're not staying, dude. You're not staying.
I'm not staying. Are you coaching differently
because of that, too? Of course. You don't really
have programs anymore. It's a team from year
to year. Yeah, you're a one year NBA coach. Especially
at that level. Well, look at all these teams
that are starting from scratch. Almost no one
coming back. Speaking of Indiana, they had a
point where they had a Bosnian sniper the other
day, though. McNeese State was our top six guys
in the transfer portal. It's crazy. The best
player on Florida was at Iona last year. And
the second best one was at Princeton. Correct.
No, this coming year. The kids, Xavier and Lee.
Jay, do you remember going to, I think it was
Oklahoma. UConn at the Civic Center. We lost
96 -95. Ben Gordon was a freshman. Oklahoma had
guys like Eby Arrah and guys like that. Do you
remember that name? No. But we were there. And
this freshman played about eight minutes for
the Huskies, number four. Yeah, he was pretty
good. And he came off and he huffed and puffed.
He couldn't get his breath because it was like
his first real big one preseason, not preseason,
early season game at the old Civic Center, right?
Ben Gordon. The next year he comes back, he's
unbelievable. The next year he comes back, they
rename Madison Square Garden, Madison Square
Gordon, because he goes nuts at the biggest thing.
All right, guys, hold on. I'm going to get back
to that. Emergency press conference. We have
an NBA expert in the house. This is our youngest
podcast guest ever. Emergency press conference.
Lucas Don is going to tell us who's going to
win the NBA championship and the why. Lucas,
you're on. On the spot. Who's going to win it?
I mean, I think the Celtics are going to win
it. Why? That a boy. I just think they're the
best playoff -built team. How are they built
better than the others, especially the Thunder?
They just have more experience winning the playoffs.
Do you think they experience trumps? I think
they're a better overall team than the Thunder,
too. You think the coach will hurt them down
the stretch? Probably not. Who's the best basketball
player to ever wear number 33? Larry Bird. Give
me a break. Best basketball player to ever wear
number 23? That's a tough one. It's not really
that tough. Don't do it. Don't do it. I know
we're off. LeBron. Whoa! Okay, our emergency
press conference is over. Hold on. Hold on. I
got a trivia question I want to ask. He won't
get this one. He got the Joel Ellenby one, by
the way. Lucas is kicked off. But this question
he won't get, but I want to see if Angry, because
we just talked about Duke. We talked about Duke
for a while. I heard this today. Which Duke player
has the most, random question I know, but most
double -doubles in their NBA career? Regularly
season, postseason. Elton Brand. Double -doubles.
He was number two. That was my guess too. Grant.
Who? Grant Hill. Nope. Tadum. He was three. Tadum.
That's the best guess, but he's not right. Kyrie.
Double -doubles in the NBA. In the NBA. A Duke
player in the NBA. How many double -doubles?
Could it possibly be that fat lefty that broke
his shoe? No, but the most doubles all time as
we're staying on this. Who got that? That's eight
hundred and forty one NBA career, not Duke. Most
double double doubles. Tim Duncan, eight hundred
and forty one. But he's new player. I don't know
the number, to be honest, but I know who it is.
Come on, Carlos Boozer. Come on. Who wouldn't
get booze? He's got two two sons coming to college.
A one because he might know this one. He might
not Lucas. Most points in an NBA finals game.
Any player, any team winner or lost most points.
in an NBA championship game. Is it in the 50s?
In the NBA finals. Got to be in the 50s. Finals
or final games? Finals. Maybe in the 40s. Kobe.
One game, NBA finals. Who had the most points?
I'll go Jerry West. I can tell the point total
is 61. Wilt? Was it Wilt? It was not Wilt. Come
on Lucas. You're 0 for 2. Elgin Bailowitz. Was
it Elgin Baylor? Elgin Baylor. Elgin Baylor.
47. 61 points in a game. 61. That's the one Jordan,
yeah. Okay, well give your dad to me now. I want
to go back to Loops as the answer, though. Maybe
LeBron is the best answer you can get, right?
What best number? Maybe LeBron. He hates LeBron,
too. He's not a LeBron fan. In fact, you put
a maybe, though. Maybe LeBron is the answer.
Who's the greatest player? Not LeBron. Never
to wear number 23 in the NBA. Calvin Murphy.
Sorry, what what's his nickname? Oh? That was
a great thing Calvin The Nat no that was Calvin
that dude no Calvin and that Murphy maybe was
true story remember all right remember what he
was also prolific at dribbling no That's a good
answer. That's a good answer Shawn Kemp What
do you got? Calvin Murphy, baton twirling. Get
the heck out of here. Baton twirling, yeah, look
at him, it's incredible. And by the way, he was
an enforcer, like in the 70s and 80s, for a little
guy. Quiff Quaven over here. I love it. It's
a little known fact that Calvin Murphy went over
time. Before we get back into that Ben Gordon
thing, Joe said that Hurley tests their metal.
Who's the smartest guy here, Joe? What do you
think? You could say yourself. I wouldn't say
myself, it's tough, I'm looking around the room.
Do I have to say anybody? Come on man. I'll go
with Crocker because he's sitting right next
to me. Crocks, testing your metal. Can you spell
metal? Can you spell metal? Yes, I got it. Go.
M -E -T -A -L. Do you want to revise your answer,
Joe? M -E -T -T -L -E. Boom. That's one of the
three medals, and that's correct in context.
That's the guy I want playing in my future right
there. I saw it. A life well planned. I saw this
in a Calhoun sound bite. They asked him for his
all -time UConn starting five, which I think
is not OK to ask a guy like that. because you
gotta draw lines in the sand between great players.
So he went Emeka number one at the five. He did
positions. He took Kemba second at the one. You
listening, man? He said Emeka, Kemba, he went
Ray, no, the next one he said was Karam Butler.
I said his most versatile, strongest player.
Then he went Ray, and now you're thinking, well
Ray's at the two, it's gotta be Rip, right? No.
He said Gordon and he goes he'd bring Rip off
the bench because he needed a sixth guy. So his
all -time team would be Kemba or Kember as he
calls them. Kember, Gordon, Ray, Butler, Emeka.
That team win today? Would Rip coming off the
bench? Couch? Yeah. Yes. Are they not big enough?
No, they all leave. Not enough shots to go around.
Maybe. Anyway. NBA, SchmenBA, NCAA, SchmenCAA.
Let's talk baseball. Tom Izzo. It's May. Tom
Izzo is awesome, dude. What are you talking about?
You don't like him? I do like him. Would you
rather, if you had a kid. High school player
Hurley you could send him to eat really yeah,
okay after he transfers cuz he wants him to transfer
then where would you send them? Oh, the guys
don't transfer out of Michigan State Kid me the
flint. They put on goddamn helmets at practice.
That's what I'm talking about. So we want we
build toughness out there smarty Anyway Yanks
Yanks are in first place For one reason Aaron
actually three reasons Aaron judge. They're the
pirates without judge and a captain Judgy, leading
us in average over 400. He's Babe Ruth. He's
unbelievable. He's Babe Ruth. Goldschmidt, I
like him. Grisham, I hate to say it, because
he didn't hustle that one time last year. We
might have to play him all the time. Chisholm
hitting 181, and he sucks in defense. Judgy leads
us in home runs. Rice and Grisham right there.
Judgy, 32. The next guy's not even at 20 yet.
I like the team. I think we're gonna be okay.
He's gonna say we're not. But I don't want Lamehu
and Stanton getting into this mix. I love this
young electric crew. Even Bellinger at 186 or
whatever. He runs around and dives and catches
it once while he launches one. I wanna go with
this group. And then trade for a real player
instead of. These stat guys. Love DJ. I think
DJ, you know, it's obviously a health thing.
Is Stanton injured? Tennis. They just went to
the 60 day today. They just placed him on the
60 day. Tennis elbow. Shocker. Is it a torpedo
bat? Shocker. Bat adjustments. That's what they...
That was the injury. They said it was caused
by bad adjustment. I thought Colin, I thought
saying Ellsbury was out with general fatigue
was bad. They might've been topped. Bad adjustment.
It was topped by bad adjustments. Rod Crew made
a bad adjustment every pitch. He just choked
up more or less. Pete Rose, same thing, or got
closer to the plate or backed up. It's a bad
adjustment. Stanton, he's out for a year. Oh,
those elbows just took a beating. You want the
young guys, right? I do. What are they going
to do with Ben Rice when bat adjustment comes
back? They're going to play him, dude. They're
going to play him. Schmidty's got to play. Don't
tell me they're going to platoon the two of them.
Schmidty's hitting like three eighties. Honestly,
they'll probably send Schmidty. They'll send
Ben Rice down. Ben Arroz? Yeah. Spanish for rice,
guys. Yeah. They should just wave him, dude.
Just wave that stiff. He's such a fraud. Yeah,
we talked about the Browns before. You got a
cup eight with Watson. You got a cup eight with
Stan. Just get rid of him. We can't trade him
for anything. I don't, we don't need, we don't
just, you know, the Red Sox waved that fat third
baseman they had there, the panda guy, right?
They're like, you know something, this ain't
gonna work. See you later. They ate a hundred
million. We just keep playing our guy. Jay, if
they did that, would you at least say you kind
of like this team right here? I mean, Cashman's
still there. What would it take for you to like
them? Willie Randolph? I like the team. I hate
the organization. That's the problem. Are you
a fan? Yeah. Watch that freaking game, dude.
Yeah. Are you a fan of the organization? It was
built into me from a young age. There is nothing
else. But I'm going to bet you about them because
the little midget that runs the team sucks. That's
unkind. Boon? He's short. He's short. It's unkind.
Climbing buildings and stuff. Can't get a third
baseman. We don't need one right now. Yeah, I
mean. What, do you want an all -star? What, are
you early? No. You're gonna have two third basemen?
Well, if we can get an all -star, yeah. But we
gotta play a guy with you who can't throw the
ball across the diamond. Going through the portal
now? I mean, what are you? We should go into
the portal for a third baseman. Jesus, I'll take
somebody from Tennessee or something, the guy
we got playing over there now. Christ. Let's
get some money up. Maybe get some no money for
a Yankee third baseman. Outside of the obviously
the Dodgers, Mets are pretty good. Padres are
okay. Phillies are okay. The Sox, they can hit.
I don't want to like them or pay attention, but
they can hit. Endeavors has a hit till like last
night. These kids can hit. And the kid in the
minor leagues, they said he's going to come up
and be something special. I don't know what they're
waiting for. They got two of them on there, right?
Marcelo Mayer and Roman Anthony. We can't get
anybody. The first time we've had a farm system
in like 15, 20 years. Taxman, are you watching
the Sox? I'm watching the Sox every night. Can't
hear you, Taxman. Watching the Sox all the time.
Real happy with the way they're playing. You
know, like we talked about the other night. I
like the young players. I'm willing to... You
like Abreu? I love Abreu. Casas? Casas. I love
them all. You see Durant still home? You know,
I thought we would trade for him cool Duran He's
good. We don't trade for good guys Yeah, you
know, you don't name is Rio. You don't mind watching
the you know lose games, you know with the young
guys It's when you know, you have overpriced
free agents guys in their 30s We got with tennis
elbow Pistons up by two at halftime by game six
Yeah, these ladies hit a buzzer three to get
them up by two. All right. Not too much baseball.
It's early in the season. Would it be 30 games
in? Yeah. If there was a player not in your favorite
team, you would pay to see who would that player
be? Shohei. For me, I hate saying it, but it's
easy. Shohei. I'll take Paul skeins. I want to
see him pitch and then when they're when he's
when they're hitting I'll look at his girlfriend.
Yeah Did you see yeah, you got it Did you see
they did one of those hidden camera things announcing
to him that he was gonna start opening day and
he was like, yeah Cuz he knew he's gonna start
opening day anybody else. Oh My god, I can't
believe I'm gonna say this. I haven't seen judge
play and I'd actually like to see a judge a tax
man go over five, but You can't say Stanton because
he doesn't play any of the games. I'd like to
see Stanton play loser. What a fraud. How about
the senior vice president? Anything? I want to
see Ellie Delacruz play and I wouldn't mind seeing
O 'Neal Cruz play and I wouldn't mind seeing
a kid from Seattle. What's his name? I don't
know. The outfielder. You're picking a team or
you picking one player. No, you know, I'm talking
about come on who is what's the kids name? The
Rodriguez guy Rodriguez. Yeah. Yeah. So anyway,
I'm gonna go ahead and do that this year guys.
We're moving on to a next new segment Speaking
of baseball angry Jay has a little game. We're
gonna play All right, who would you rather again
we're doing managers you guys remember the last
time we have all whole Yeah, we got to go quick
the whole roundtable. All right, so The premise
is who would you want your son or daughter playing
for? We're gonna pretend these managers came
back to middle school slash high school to coach
your son or daughter. So you're picking. And
Tommy is not making today's list. So we'll start
with executive producer. We're going Tom Lasorda,
Sparky Anderson. I'm also gonna go Tommy. Got
hit three home runs? Lasorda. Sparky Anderson
Tommy Sparky isn't all day long smoking butts
in the dugout. Come on I go sparky too, but the
sort of ones at four to three. So let's go Tommy.
He's moving on. All right Well going going your
way dusty Baker Tony LaRusso Son or daughter
now remember now, who do you think better manages
your your son or daughter has to play for this
guy Yeah, you know more respect for dusty. I
mean Tony's got the records, but I go to I go
dusty Baker all day LaRusso Tony Gotta be Tony.
You can't have your manager wearing wristbands.
I go Tony Tony I'm going dusty Baker too. I mean
he's you guys are going all old -school. Hi Tony's
moving on Lou Ponella Earl Weaver Jeff going
back to you Managers corner Ponella or weaver
Weaver Lou When I I'll go at Weaver when I think
of Panella I just think of him and dibble going
at it in the clubhouse fighting players think
you're a man Earl Weaver only because he had,
if you ever look at his manager uniform, he had
a pocket stitched into his uniform where he put
his cigarettes in the middle of games. So I gotta
go Earl Weaver all day long. Real baseball. Rocker?
Are all your votes based on cigarettes? I say
Weaver. Oh, so Weaver's moving on. 4 -2. You
kidding me? I make it 5 -2. Joe, going back to
you, Jim Leland, Terry Francona. My father's
a winner. Oh, just because I like the smokers,
I guess I'm gonna go Leland. I don't know. Francona.
Terry Francona Francona is one of the best ever
so Leland I'll say Francona as well. It's a wrap.
I'm going Tito Tito. Oh my god, I'm going Leland
I'm going with Leland just for just just for
killing Barry Bonds that time. Let's go Tito!
Alright, I'll start this one cuz it's it's pretty
easy for me Billy Martin Buck Showalter. I'm
going Buck Showalter Buck? I want my son or daughter
playing for Buck Fuck all day Billy. Yeah, you
have to go buck. Oh, yeah buck Billy's not making
it. Yeah son or daughter's gotta be buck Billy's
young You drink with Billy afterwards. I whitey
Herzog Bruce Bochy Oh hers on go cards Bochy
Bochy for me to to her sock I'm going Bochy.
I'm going Bochy, even though I love hers. Bochy
wins it. All right, Joe Tory. Joe Tory. Alex
Cora. Cora. Joe Tory. Tory, man. Cora. Oh, what
a dick. At least I wasn't even. Come on. Joe.
I'm going Tory also. All right, going back your
way. Bobby Cox. Aaron Boone. This better be a
clean sweep, dude. Don father you love Cox, right?
I'm gonna go Bobby. I thought you liked him Who
was it Bobby Cox Aaron Boone Cox Bobby Cox Cox
Cox him his own in the dugout time. I know all
day long We're down to eight. Would you want
to you want to go to an elite eight tour? We
just wrapping that up. No, let's go. All right
in the lead eight. We're going Tommy Lasorda
Tony LaRusso going back to you the rusa The sorda
Yeah, I'll go the sorda sorda all day go rusa
That's a wrap down. It's four little sorda. I
would go the rusa because I hate that little
guy but next We're going Earl Weaver Terry Francona
Tito I Got like you are a liar Earl Tito Tito
Tito girl, you're fucking me. You're fucking
I'm going Earl to thank you. Thank you. I'm gonna
roll No, no He's not Frank owners moving on to
the final four Show Walter and Bruce Bochy show
Walter Bochy Bochy Bruce show Walter show Walter
show Walter it is cuz I The last guy to make
the final four Joe Tory Bobby Cox Joe Joe Tory
Tory beat each other in 96 Tory You guys didn't
plan that huh? You two tools they got together
before hey Here we go Final four Tom Lasorda
Terry Francona Francona Francona Tito It's a
wrap Tommy Tito Francona is in the final games
pretty good show Walter and Tory It's gonna go
down to Tori and... Joe? Uh, Sean Walter. Tori.
Tori. Tori. Mr. Tori. Dammit. Oh, I like that.
Sean Walter. You like Sean Walter, too? Ah, he's
the man, dude. Turn the whole program around.
Cranky. Alright, last, this is the championship
game, Francona and Tori. Tori. Francona. Tito.
Is that a, Homer picks over there? Tito. Tito.
It's over. I would pick Tory or Francona. I was
just trying to figure out who were the fans.
Francona is the winner of the Under 18. Who would
you want your son or daughter to play for? Jay,
I could live with it though. He wants tough players.
What he said to the little... I know, but I'm
just saying Ramirez. No, he's a clown. Ramirez,
he told him... play like your pants are on fire
and these young kids will follow you and he did.
Indians shouldn't be good. So we got Frank Horn
and Jim Callahan are the guys we want our kids
playing for. They're tough guys. An Irishman
and an Italian. It is day and age. Imagine that.
I would have taken Showalter and Bayheim, but
whatever. All right. Listen, we have... We have
a hybrid version of, and I think there's only
three of us prepared, but you guys could jump
in, a hybrid version of Mount Rushmore and the
number game. So what this segment is, and this
is sponsored by Capital Securities and Joe Moriello,
senior vice president who really could plan out
your life, and his creed is a life. Well planned.
You're allowed to pick a jersey number. You're
tasked with picking a jersey number, and the
four, they don't have to be the greatest, they're
your iconic people wearing that number. We're
gonna start with the Don father. Oh, I get first
pick, all right. I think I'm gonna go with the
obvious one, which is number 34. Oh my God, I
had 34. Sorry, I mean, I can go another way,
but you put me first. If I had to pick four,
I'm going Shaq, Walter Payton. Love it. No one
Ryan and Hakeem Olajuwon. Oh, no Paul Pierce.
Oh the truth. He was like six that had Barkley
ahead of him, right? Barkley ahead of him, Giannis,
I mean 34 is a great number. It is. Bo Jackson
and Earl Campbell. Kirby Puckett maybe? Earl
Campbell. I'd rather pay him, I'd love to. Can't
walk for Christ's sake. Angry? No, your number
now. Alright, I'm going number five. No, because
you know what a homer I wore it the five guys
With George Brett would be one as a kid. I loved
that the baby blue and he was that obviously
a phenomenal hitter Johnny bench would be another
one again as a kid It was baseball guy wore number
five Joe DiMaggio as a Yankee homer I'm picking
him Yep, you heard me And last guy would be Jason
Kidd, number five basketball player. Number 32
at Cal. Yeah, well he wore it at number five
in the NBA and he was an all -time, underrated
all -time player. Is he still coaching? That's
what you call it. Yeah. Jay Kidd. Remember who
his college teammate was? LeVon Murray. What
number did he wear? 21. Let's do some quick 21s.
I got Dominique. Clemens. Dion. Ha, Mike Wilson.
Paul O 'Neill. Paul O 'Neill. Anybody else? 21s?
You got one? You got a 21? No, I don't got a
21. Guys, my number is 99. And here's why. 99,
they still name a basketball drill. Almost every
program in the world does some form of every
day where there are big guys and maybe every
player and that's George Mikan. and bottles of
beer on the wall. True story. Should we rename
the drill so it's someone relevant? Probably,
but no other basketball players have no other
cages have worn 99 that I know of. I think Rodman
wore 91. My next guy, and this is not for angry
Jay, but I really believe this great Philadelphia
Eagle pass rusher, JB. You know what I'm going
with that, Jay? Yeah, Jerome Brown. Is he worthy
of it? A Rushmore? For 99, I mean, he would be
one of the last guys. He did. Yeah. Well, it
was him or Gastineau for me. Oh, I'm picking
Jerome Brown. But now my next two, I think you
guys know because they're two of the greatest
who ever lace them up in whatever sport. So great.
One of them's nickname, The Great One. Yeah,
Wayne Gretzky and by the way, if you ever seen
any of those videos of him sprinting forget about
his Forget about his hockey. He's faster and
like most people on the planet He's like crushing
these guys and he's superstar competitions, right?
Remember day crushed them speaking of crushing
wearing a collared shirt. If you remember course.
Yeah and pop the collar speaking of crushing
Not overdoing this, maybe one of the best baseball
players we've seen in our lifetime. Judgy. I
know he struggled in the playoffs, but like,
boy, can he put those numbers up and carry a
team in a regular season? Not only that, he says
the right things. He said about the facial hair
thing. Well, if you don't care about that. If
that rule bothers you, maybe you're not the right
guy to be here anyway. Soto wants to get into
this thing where, oh, I don't have Judge hitting
behind me anymore. He goes, I don't want to engage
in that. He goes, I'll say nothing about it.
Class act and a great player. I got Mike and
JB. Is it too soon to put him on that list? That's
the only thing. On what list? On your list. On
my 99s? Yeah. Not even close. How many years
he got now? Nine? How many guys wore 99? Is he
10? He's got 50 hits right now. We played 30
games. He has 50 hits, guys. Do some quick math.
He has 50 hits. Just 50 hits. He's gonna get
300 hits? Jesus. That's judgy. I'll take the
under on the 300 hits, but yeah. You know what
I'm saying, though. Give me two. 50 that's unbelievable.
You're not getting there. I know he's not but
right now. He's got 50 hits in the cold It's
judgy good player. You guys got any numbers you
want to chuck out there real quick You don't
need four guys, but any impromptu to go just
to bother you. I'm gonna go soccer with ten Payday
maradona and messy who are those guys Mount Rushmore
needs four guys Yeah, you do. I probably do,
but I don't know. All right, Crocker's doesn't
count, discounted from the record. That's your
99th. Cordell Stewart was the fourth guy. You
can go with Dan Hampton and Jason Taylor. Great
pass rushers, right? Warren Sapp. Yeah. You know,
they're hall -famers in their sport. They might
not be, you know. Yeah, not a common number,
but those pass rushers are up there. What about
33? I mean it's bird and then there's bird. And
then probably bird. I probably finished off a
bird. I think Kareem. Nah. Well there's Khalid
Shaq. Tony Dorsett. Patrick Ewing. Patrick Ewing.
What was the high school he went to? DeMatha.
No, Boston. Boston. Something in Boston, right?
With Muggsy Bogues or something like that? Cambridge.
Great Cambridge High School? Cambridge what?
Boys and Girls? Cambridge Latin? Ridge and Latin,
yeah. What number nine? Drew Brees. Ted Williams.
Greg Nettles. Gordie Hobbs. Who? Gordie Hobbs.
Roy Hobbs, number nine. Aha! Oh, God! We're Brian
James. We're Brian James. LeBron James. Hey,
I think 32 and 8 are better numbers than those.
32, Magic. Jim Brown. OJ Simpson. Not a great
player. Phenomenal player. All -timer. Who else
with 32? Great announcer too. Actor. Nordberg.
Nice, Beaver. The only number you cannot choose
in the NBA. 69. Correct. Hold on. That's true?
Only number you cannot choose. Why? Obvious reason.
What do you think Rodman would be wearing? He
went with 91. He probably got a whole different
vocabulary. Anyway, we're going to wrap that
up. We got some guests coming. Spoiler alert,
we can't tell you. Who's gonna win the Derby,
guys? Nobody cares. All right, Mint Julep. One
more trivia question, Mac. Go, let's go. The
only quarterback who played for the University
of Miami that threw for 4 ,000 yards in a season
in the NFL. One quarterback ever. through for
4 ,000 yards. Steve Walsh. Jim Kelly. He got
it. Crocker ran out of the gates. What does Testa
Verde mean in Italian? Interception. Man of truth.
Do you know? Green head. Just saying it just
saying that sounds so weird. Okay guys good showing
executive producer Kevin Ross. Thanks for the
insight Don father you're off about the Giants
angry Jay Kevin Garneau totally all over number
five. You messed up. You're totally all over
Hurley I can't believe you had man. You're bad
at numbers. I went champagne. It's rock. We got
a job Jesus Christ rock great great job on the
test of erdy and uh senior vice president loves
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