WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:25.679 day. Now here's Nick coffee all right now? Were number two here on 3 00:00:25.719 --> 00:00:30.160 a feel good Friday Coffee any company? Fuel about Thornton's right here on Sports 4 00:00:30.160 --> 00:00:32.880 Talk seven ninety. Don't forget you could take us with you wherever you go. 5 00:00:32.960 --> 00:00:37.200 Listen live on the AHUR Radio Listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. 6 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:39.240 If you want to join the show, you can five O two five 7 00:00:39.359 --> 00:00:42.439 seven one seventy nine hundred. That's the number to give us a call. 8 00:00:42.479 --> 00:00:45.200 You can text in on the L and N Federal Credit Union text line five 9 00:00:45.240 --> 00:00:49.280 O two sixty five to three zero seven ninety. So I'm gonna wait until 10 00:00:49.280 --> 00:00:52.880 a little bit later in the show to uh to look at some of the 11 00:00:53.000 --> 00:00:57.119 you know, likely selections tonight in the second and third round of the NFL 12 00:00:57.240 --> 00:01:00.600 Draft. And trust me, we're gonna get back into the little the Kentucky 13 00:01:00.600 --> 00:01:04.079 stuff because I do believe I've you know, a lot of Kentucky fans are 14 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:07.120 are you know, I guess seeing this side of me for the first time 15 00:01:07.200 --> 00:01:10.280 or hearing this side of me for the first time. You know, they 16 00:01:11.040 --> 00:01:12.280 you got to keep in mind for if you're new to this show, like 17 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:15.400 if you you know, you just joined in the last couple of years or 18 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:17.920 something, or maybe you were somebody that joined the show when we made the 19 00:01:17.959 --> 00:01:23.879 move to afternoons. I mean, I've never had you know, whenever I 20 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:29.120 was talking about Cali Perry and you know, rarely what I have a rivalry 21 00:01:29.239 --> 00:01:33.640 because Louisville's been pretty lifeless in this basketball rivalry for the last couple of years, 22 00:01:33.640 --> 00:01:37.519 certainly during the Kenny Payne era. So you you didn't hear me, 23 00:01:37.560 --> 00:01:38.640 you know, And I'm not even really you know, it's trust me. 24 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:42.200 It's not like I'm already saying louis is going to beat Kentucky next year in 25 00:01:42.239 --> 00:01:45.799 the first ever Mark Pope versus Pat Kelsey battle. But yeah, there's some 26 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:48.920 life about the Louisville basketball fan base, and you know, I'm part of 27 00:01:48.959 --> 00:01:51.799 it, like I have life too, Like it's you know, it feels 28 00:01:51.799 --> 00:01:53.599 good to be excited, feels good to look at the guys that he's brought 29 00:01:53.640 --> 00:01:57.079 in and know that they're still working on some others and I have no clue 30 00:01:57.120 --> 00:02:00.239 of who they're going to be. Nobody does, but I know it's not 31 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:05.040 what we just had and that has me excited. And when I would talk 32 00:02:05.120 --> 00:02:08.639 Kentucky and Poke fun at cal and really highlight his shortfall or you know, 33 00:02:08.680 --> 00:02:14.800 his shortcomings and just the dynamic there and how you know the fan base is 34 00:02:14.840 --> 00:02:17.000 over him. They're tired of him, you know, and it's it's a 35 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:21.840 loveless marriage. You know, they're stuck together because of the lifetime contract. 36 00:02:21.840 --> 00:02:23.159 And he's so like all if you agreed, so like, there wasn't a 37 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.280 whole lot of you know, I mean, I think you all maybe not, 38 00:02:25.319 --> 00:02:28.520 you know, maybe there were some that you know, agreed but didn't 39 00:02:28.520 --> 00:02:30.680 want to hear Louisville fans say it. But deep Dan, you agreed. 40 00:02:30.000 --> 00:02:32.039 Well, now that's a little bit different. You know. I'm still gonna 41 00:02:32.039 --> 00:02:35.879 be fair like if. And that's why whenever I started talking about, you 42 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:40.919 know, the hilarious inability to acknowledge that Mark Pope might miss on some guys. 43 00:02:43.080 --> 00:02:46.400 Yet if somebody doesn't end up going to Kentucky, if somebody picks another 44 00:02:46.439 --> 00:02:50.080 school, somebody decides to stay at BYU, if somebody decides to go to 45 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:53.479 Louisville instead of going to Kentucky to follow Mark Pope, like it's always something. 46 00:02:53.479 --> 00:02:58.159 There's no scenario that, like they just lost a guy. It's hilarious 47 00:02:58.199 --> 00:03:05.039 to me. So when they do get players, I'll acknowledge it. And 48 00:03:05.080 --> 00:03:07.080 they already have a good player, you know, a Marii Williams I think 49 00:03:07.080 --> 00:03:08.599 it's his name, who transferre from Drexel. Yes, I mean he's a 50 00:03:08.599 --> 00:03:10.879 good player. He's good. He's certainly a good player. He'll probably be 51 00:03:12.319 --> 00:03:14.120 a guy that plays a lot of minutes for him. And you know, 52 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:16.039 he's top fifty ish, top forty ish depending on where you look, and 53 00:03:16.240 --> 00:03:19.439 that was I mean that's but he's the only guy they have right now that 54 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.960 has ever played college basketball. So you know, if they end up getting 55 00:03:23.080 --> 00:03:27.759 osor Bor or Osibor or the the other guys that are you know, the 56 00:03:27.840 --> 00:03:30.080 kid from Saint Mary's, I mean, I don't think he's a guy that 57 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:32.719 you feel like you're gonna make a deep run with, but he's certainly a 58 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:36.639 good piece. He's considering Yukon and Kentucky, which those are. You know, 59 00:03:36.800 --> 00:03:38.159 if Hyukon wants him, then that means everybody should want him. So 60 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:42.599 you know they're gonna get good players and they may end up having a roster 61 00:03:42.800 --> 00:03:44.479 that you know, at the end of the summer we say, wow, 62 00:03:44.520 --> 00:03:46.360 you know, he did a pretty good job. But you know, so 63 00:03:46.479 --> 00:03:51.000 far, they're off to a slow start. Despite you know, Pope starting 64 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:53.319 a little bit later than other coaches, including Kelsey, they're still off to 65 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.319 a slow start, and they've lost players and you know, guys they wanted 66 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:59.719 that didn't want to go there, and the inability to just acknowledge that as 67 00:03:59.719 --> 00:04:01.639 a rious to me. But again, I'll be fair, I always am. 68 00:04:01.919 --> 00:04:05.840 I'm a Louisville fan. I'm gonna have fun with us. Was it 69 00:04:05.840 --> 00:04:09.680 two three weeks ago? But I guess two weeks ago. Whenever, it 70 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:12.000 feels like it was a year ago when both these coaches were hired for some 71 00:04:12.039 --> 00:04:14.120 reason, doesn't it, John, feels like it was so long ago, 72 00:04:14.199 --> 00:04:16.959 a totally different realm. Yeah, so, you know, I'm always gonna 73 00:04:17.000 --> 00:04:19.759 be fair, but I now am having fun with it more than I've been 74 00:04:19.759 --> 00:04:21.600 able to do in a long time. That's why, you know, when 75 00:04:21.839 --> 00:04:25.959 when once we knew that, you know, first we knew Kelsey was in 76 00:04:26.000 --> 00:04:29.319 the mix, and then Pope, despite nobody thinking it was possible, he 77 00:04:29.399 --> 00:04:30.680 ended up being the coach, and he won the fan base over and again, 78 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.519 it felt like there was life back in his rivalry. And that's what 79 00:04:34.600 --> 00:04:39.360 Louisville fans are bringing to the you know, to the table here and when 80 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:43.160 we do you know, the rivalrying for lack of a better word, I 81 00:04:43.160 --> 00:04:49.720 mean, so I think some people are genuinely telling the truth when they say 82 00:04:49.839 --> 00:04:53.600 it's nice to see Louisville you know, back into it and you know, 83 00:04:53.720 --> 00:04:57.519 being you know, just trolling and you know, talking back and just engaging 84 00:04:57.519 --> 00:05:01.079 in rivalry banter. But there's some little like you know, like you know, 85 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:04.959 offended by which you know that's the case, you know, chill out, 86 00:05:05.199 --> 00:05:09.240 all right. So the NFL draft last night, again we talked a 87 00:05:09.240 --> 00:05:14.480 lot about the obvious big reaction, which is Michael Pennock Junior going to the 88 00:05:14.480 --> 00:05:17.800 Falcons when they just had signed Kirk Cousins to a lucrative four year deal. 89 00:05:18.319 --> 00:05:24.920 The explanation that I heard from Schefter was, I mean, it made sense, 90 00:05:27.279 --> 00:05:30.839 but it's you know, it still just doesn't make sense though, to 91 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:35.560 take him at eight. And what Schefter said was they did let kirk Cousins 92 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:38.959 know, like you know, I guess a few minutes before they made the 93 00:05:39.000 --> 00:05:43.000 pick, and he was not you know, not surprised. I'm sorry he 94 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:45.560 was surprised, and was he bothered. I'm not sure. You know, 95 00:05:45.680 --> 00:05:47.519 he's not a guy that I think you'd ever see publicly like you know, 96 00:05:47.560 --> 00:05:50.920 air out his team and you know claim he's and he's not that kind of 97 00:05:50.920 --> 00:05:54.879 guy. In fact, Mark kirk Cousins at one point kind of became like 98 00:05:54.879 --> 00:05:57.240 the punching back of the NFL, I think because he got all that money 99 00:05:57.519 --> 00:06:00.800 from Washington and he never delivered in the postseason. But he's a good quarterback. 100 00:06:00.920 --> 00:06:03.959 And that show on Netflix that I've still not seen, called Quarterback, 101 00:06:03.959 --> 00:06:10.399 they profiled Patrick Mahomes Kirk Cousins, and I believe was it Marcus Mariota, 102 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:15.120 which is super random. It sounds like kirk Cousins was like the most likable, 103 00:06:15.120 --> 00:06:18.000 relatable dude in the NFL. So I think that won him some points 104 00:06:18.000 --> 00:06:20.040 where you know, people just won't go out of their way to talk crap 105 00:06:20.079 --> 00:06:24.160 about him anymore. And he's a good quarterback. He's not elite, but 106 00:06:24.199 --> 00:06:27.560 he's certainly better than a lot of guys. Like whenever the Falcons signed him 107 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.160 to that deal, I don't remember there being like, Wow, you're giving 108 00:06:30.279 --> 00:06:33.800 kirk Cousins that I think people realize, look, you get what you pay 109 00:06:33.839 --> 00:06:36.279 for in the NFL. And he's not you know, he's not Lamar Jackson, 110 00:06:36.399 --> 00:06:42.360 he's not Patrick Mahomes, he's not Josh Allen, he's not Aaron Rodgers. 111 00:06:42.959 --> 00:06:46.680 But he's good and you can win with him. So to see them 112 00:06:46.680 --> 00:06:49.759 make that pick, you know, it just it's a head scratcher. But 113 00:06:50.000 --> 00:06:56.879 what Schefter said was that they had gone through a really dysfunctional time with the 114 00:06:56.959 --> 00:07:00.560 quarterback position as soon as the Matt Ryan era ended. And I guess when 115 00:07:00.560 --> 00:07:02.160 Matt Ryan, you know, was there, you know, when he left 116 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:04.639 and went to the Colts for a while. I guess Matt Ryan's been gone 117 00:07:04.680 --> 00:07:08.680 with three years now, maybe from from the Falcons. So you know, 118 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:13.759 he was their guy forever, like for what I mean fifteen years roughly, 119 00:07:14.720 --> 00:07:16.000 he was the guy in Atlanta, took him to the Super Bowl, won 120 00:07:16.000 --> 00:07:21.240 an MVP. So life after Matt Ryan was not great for them. They 121 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:26.600 ended up drafting Desmond Ritter. No offense to the local kid from Saint X, 122 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:30.040 but like he ain't it. And I think they wanted stability at quarterback 123 00:07:30.199 --> 00:07:33.639 to where whenever they do in fact move on from a guy that is a 124 00:07:33.720 --> 00:07:36.519 veteran that did some good things. And who knows if Kirk Cousins does that, 125 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:41.639 but that at least made sense of it. Like they don't just they 126 00:07:41.720 --> 00:07:43.720 never want to be in the position they were in. I guess the last 127 00:07:43.759 --> 00:07:46.079 two years. I think that's the best. Like, who was the quarterback 128 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:48.920 for the Falcons as soon as as soon as Matt Ryan left, because it 129 00:07:48.920 --> 00:07:56.800 wasn't Ritter, Ritter sat and was was it Mariota? Now you know, 130 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:59.319 see if you can't look that up John, because it's somebody that like was 131 00:07:59.360 --> 00:08:01.439 a journeyman that probably just got the gig, got the got the opportunity, 132 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:05.920 and it wasn't He wasn't good. So then they moved on to Ritter and 133 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:07.160 those were failed experiments, so they went. You know, they had two 134 00:08:07.199 --> 00:08:11.639 guys on their roster at quarterback and both were bums essentially no offense. Again, 135 00:08:11.680 --> 00:08:13.120 I mean, hard to call somebody a bum and not expecting them to 136 00:08:13.120 --> 00:08:16.120 be offended. But like Desmen, Ridy wasn't was not good as their starter. 137 00:08:16.680 --> 00:08:20.680 And whoever that you know the guy was, it was Mariota. Yeah, 138 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:24.399 I mean he wasn't good either. In fact, he and another fact, 139 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:28.120 Mariota was kind of a. He was kind of a problem for them, 140 00:08:28.160 --> 00:08:31.000 Like he once he realized he wasn't going to be the guy anymore, 141 00:08:33.120 --> 00:08:35.480 you know, he started they claim, you know, saying he couldn't go 142 00:08:35.519 --> 00:08:37.559 and practice. And their coach, who I think is already know he's already 143 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:41.559 been replaced because they've got Rhee Morris now believe is that who is Raheem Morris 144 00:08:41.559 --> 00:08:45.559 as their coach. Either way, the coach at the time was pretty public 145 00:08:45.559 --> 00:08:48.200 about how like, you know, he wasn't going to say that Mariota wasn't 146 00:08:48.200 --> 00:08:52.399 injured, but like clearly he was just kind of poutent. So they had 147 00:08:52.440 --> 00:08:54.440 a very dysfunctional quarterback situation. So then they signed Kirk Cousins, and I 148 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:58.399 think they just want to know that if they ever end up losing Cousins to 149 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:01.279 an injury or maybe Cousin falls off the that they can go to a guy 150 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:03.000 like Pinnix, who whomever. Know, you never know how any of these 151 00:09:03.039 --> 00:09:05.399 guys are going to project in the NFL, but he is somebody that they 152 00:09:05.440 --> 00:09:11.080 believe could step in if in whenever Kirk Cousins is done. To do it 153 00:09:11.120 --> 00:09:15.799 at the eighth pick is wild, but I think it means that then not 154 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:18.600 only are they thinking about having some long term stability. And I'm sure they 155 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:22.200 watched what happened with Jordan Love this year with the Packers. You know, 156 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:28.519 he sat behind far forever or not far Rogers, and when he did get 157 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:31.159 to play, initially he didn't look good. Well then you know, sure 158 00:09:31.240 --> 00:09:33.000 enough he became his team this year this past season, I should say, 159 00:09:33.080 --> 00:09:37.960 and he was good, you know, blew out Dallas in the playoffs. 160 00:09:37.960 --> 00:09:39.879 And you know, I mean he looks secific. He looks like he's a 161 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:43.519 guy that will have a long future and a successful future in Green Bay. 162 00:09:45.200 --> 00:09:48.440 So maybe they're just trying to mimic that. But also what it tells you 163 00:09:48.559 --> 00:09:50.799 is that they love Michael Pennock stunor Like, they don't do that unless they 164 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:54.080 love that quarterback. So I guess good on him. But like he can't 165 00:09:54.120 --> 00:09:56.919 be happy there, right, he can't be happy to be I mean, 166 00:09:56.919 --> 00:10:01.480 Michael Pennox juer is twenty four years old, doesn't mean that he's you know, 167 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:05.600 actually people mention that, and I just did too, Like that's not 168 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:07.720 ideal. You'd rather have a guy that you know, you feel like, 169 00:10:07.799 --> 00:10:11.240 can you know, can really grow, like he could be heck, he 170 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:13.600 could be, you know, in his third year as your starter and be 171 00:10:13.639 --> 00:10:16.799 thirty, which is just unusual. But the way they protect quarterbacks now and 172 00:10:16.840 --> 00:10:22.080 the way quarterbacks take care of their body, I mean, like Aaron Rodgers, 173 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:24.639 there's no doubt in my mind that once he's completely healed from his achilles 174 00:10:24.679 --> 00:10:30.080 injury, the way he plays and the way that he's protected and should be 175 00:10:30.120 --> 00:10:35.440 protected, he could play forever. I mean it would take probably like a 176 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:37.720 show, some kind of an injury to your arm to make it to where 177 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:41.440 you can't or your shoulder to where you can't. You can't, Like, 178 00:10:41.519 --> 00:10:43.639 no doubt in my mind, Tom Brady could still play today. He's in 179 00:10:43.679 --> 00:10:46.440 phenomenal shape. I mean, he's throwing the football. Guys, he's not 180 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:50.159 you know, it's not he's not there taking hits. He's not running the 181 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:52.200 ball. So his age is not as big of an issue. But I 182 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:56.080 do understand why people bring it up. But what is in I mean, 183 00:10:56.519 --> 00:11:01.480 I'm not making fun here, John, but Indiana like they still claim him 184 00:11:01.600 --> 00:11:03.200 and it actually kind of think that's cool. I mean yeah, because I 185 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:07.080 mean, for the most part, Indiana fans haven't had a lot to cheer 186 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:09.960 about outside of the seasons where Michael Pennix was doing good for the Hoosiers, 187 00:11:11.039 --> 00:11:13.120 and so when he went to Washington and had success there, they kind of 188 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:18.440 adopted Washington at least I did as their team for that year. Yeah, 189 00:11:18.480 --> 00:11:20.480 and so now, at least for me, if Pennix is able to do 190 00:11:20.559 --> 00:11:24.080 something with Atlanta or some other team in the future, that's too. I'm 191 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:26.519 going to form the NFL. He's a pretty likable guy anyway. Yeah, 192 00:11:26.679 --> 00:11:31.720 it seems that way. So what I think really is going to be the 193 00:11:31.759 --> 00:11:35.600 tell here is what Kirk Cousins does, because I actually have actually think that 194 00:11:35.679 --> 00:11:37.279 if he wanted, if he wanted to force his way out, there are 195 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:41.840 teams that don't feel good about their quarterback position that would take him. Now, 196 00:11:41.879 --> 00:11:43.759 I don't know if I doubt the Falcons would, would you know? 197 00:11:43.840 --> 00:11:46.600 I guess at this day and age, you can get what you want, 198 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:48.480 right like if you hold out the only the only position in the NFL. 199 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:52.200 Unfortunately I shouldn't laugh when I say it, because it is unfortunate for these 200 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:56.720 guys. But the quarterbacks can hold out and get what they want. They 201 00:11:56.720 --> 00:12:01.440 can running backs can receives usually can I guess depends, you know? I 202 00:12:01.519 --> 00:12:07.039 still go back to Antonio Brown and Le'Veon Bell with the Steelers because at the 203 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:11.000 time that they held out and wanted more money, you could make the case, 204 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.159 and I think it was actually the case. I don't think it was 205 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:18.240 just somebody having to really work hard to manufacture this. This to be, 206 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.360 you know, believable, it was. I think it was true. Leveon 207 00:12:20.360 --> 00:12:24.639 Bell and Antonio Brown were the two best players at their position at the time 208 00:12:24.639 --> 00:12:26.200 all that was going on, which is why they wanted more money. But 209 00:12:26.639 --> 00:12:31.120 they were in position to be the highest paid guys in the league at their 210 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:35.519 position and still didn't think it was enough money. So the Pittsburgh Steelers, 211 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:39.799 they didn't they didn't flinch. They let them hold out, you know, 212 00:12:39.240 --> 00:12:41.600 they didn't pay them, and those guys, I mean Leveon Bell sat for 213 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:43.919 a year. I don't remember exactly what happened with Brown, but we all 214 00:12:43.960 --> 00:12:50.879 know Bell and Brown their careers after that. Nothing I mean, Brown did 215 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:54.080 play for Was he on that Super Bowl team with Tampa. I think he 216 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:58.360 was, but he still, you know, he was like his best days 217 00:12:58.399 --> 00:13:01.799 were in Pittsburgh and his his career never was the same after that. So 218 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:05.039 he ended up being a really wise choice by Pittsburgh to do that, however, 219 00:13:05.360 --> 00:13:09.080 also makes me appreciate Mike Tomlin because he may be the only coach that 220 00:13:09.120 --> 00:13:11.600 could kind of, you know, get the most out of those guys. 221 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.600 And I'm not even kidding you, like this is kind of sad. You 222 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:18.840 know what Le'Veon Bell does now to make money only fans? Are you serious? 223 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:24.240 I would have never guessed that he does porn. I mean it's independently 224 00:13:24.240 --> 00:13:30.279 produced by himself. But like that that tells you like he's he's I'm not 225 00:13:30.360 --> 00:13:31.279 laughing to make fun. I just never would have guessed. I mean, 226 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:33.000 you can make fun. I mean that's I mean, that's Does he have 227 00:13:33.000 --> 00:13:37.120 a name? I wonder, like a separate name? I mean, no, 228 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:39.679 it's him, Like it's mean though, that's why people are signing up, 229 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:41.240 Like you know, if people do sign up, it's you know, 230 00:13:41.480 --> 00:13:43.679 well, I say separate name for sometimes they have like a stage name. 231 00:13:43.000 --> 00:13:48.000 Yeah, I don't know what would Le'Veon Bell's only fans stage name be. 232 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:52.519 I'm gonna google Le'Veon Bell only fans and I want it on the record. 233 00:13:52.559 --> 00:13:54.639 It is on the record here. We're gonna make sure we keep this audio 234 00:13:54.720 --> 00:13:58.399 because if I ever get like flagged by HR for looking up porn at work, 235 00:13:58.440 --> 00:14:01.440 like it's part of the just part's content. Yeah, yeh right now 236 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:05.840 if you go to so it's just Leveon bell and he has two hundred and 237 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.279 forty four pieces of content. His last post was two days ago, and 238 00:14:11.399 --> 00:14:15.080 yeah, I mean I can't see it because but yeah, thirty five dollars 239 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:22.919 per month and you can get I guess you know, X rated content from 240 00:14:24.120 --> 00:14:28.759 free plug from from Leveon Bells. It doesn't show me how many people have 241 00:14:30.200 --> 00:14:33.720 like are have paid for it. But you know he has posted a lot 242 00:14:33.720 --> 00:14:35.320 of content. I can't it is you know, I gotta pay for it 243 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:39.879 to see it, which I don't want to. But two days ago he 244 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:46.000 said, who trying to join me a lot? You know? You know 245 00:14:46.159 --> 00:14:52.759 you can, you can let your imagination maybe see what I mean. As 246 00:14:52.840 --> 00:14:54.399 soon as you get a dose of me, I'm gonna keep you coming back. 247 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:58.840 That's what one of the pieces of content says. As far as the 248 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:05.720 title, ooh, no workout today? So I got energy for that, 249 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:15.480 he's insinuating he has the energy for oral Oh yeah, so I mean again, 250 00:15:15.559 --> 00:15:20.159 like that's what a wild road we just went down talking about not even 251 00:15:20.159 --> 00:15:26.960 sure what, but he's proven you can have life after the NFL, but 252 00:15:26.000 --> 00:15:28.639 it doesn't work out for you. Who says the life after the NFL, 253 00:15:28.840 --> 00:15:33.240 you know, can't be fun and lucrative. But I was just saying, 254 00:15:33.240 --> 00:15:37.240 guys like holding out, they they usually get what they want because it just 255 00:15:37.240 --> 00:15:39.360 becomes a headache. Now, maybe they don't end up where they want to 256 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.000 go as far as a trade destination all that kind of stuff. But Kirk 257 00:15:41.000 --> 00:15:46.000 Cousins, if he wanted out, he could get out of Atlanta. But 258 00:15:46.080 --> 00:15:46.960 I'm not sure, you know, to me, he seems like somebody that 259 00:15:48.080 --> 00:15:52.039 would you know, would probably handle it maturely. And and you know he's 260 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:52.960 not gonna, I mean, he's not gonna not be the starter like he's 261 00:15:54.000 --> 00:16:00.759 their guy. And and to be fair, like, I think the you 262 00:16:00.799 --> 00:16:03.919 know, knowing that they're taking the quarterback with the eighth pick after they just 263 00:16:03.960 --> 00:16:06.679 signed you, it would make you, you know, raise your eyebrown and 264 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.600 think like, what are you guys doing? But if you know, I 265 00:16:07.600 --> 00:16:11.080 think you could trust the Falcons if they told you this has nothing to do 266 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:14.440 with what we think of you, and we are we don't have any plans 267 00:16:14.480 --> 00:16:18.399 for you to not be our guy for you know, the foreseeable future, 268 00:16:18.360 --> 00:16:21.320 and then you go out there and play, and if you get results then 269 00:16:21.360 --> 00:16:23.519 then then you know, heck, maybe if he kills it in Atlanta, 270 00:16:23.559 --> 00:16:27.519 maybe they trade Pinnix or something because they realize, you know, they've got 271 00:16:27.519 --> 00:16:30.799 a guy that can still play it a high cause. Again, I think 272 00:16:30.879 --> 00:16:37.120 quarterbacks, you know, especially guys like Cousins, I mean, maybe you 273 00:16:37.200 --> 00:16:41.039 just kind of lose your edge, right, your arm is not as strong 274 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:44.720 as it once was. But I just think old age, you know it. 275 00:16:45.279 --> 00:16:47.759 I mean, look at look at Joe Flacco. I mean, he 276 00:16:47.879 --> 00:16:52.200 came back last year for the Browns. He was phenomenal in that role. 277 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:53.200 You know, he wasn't like the best quarterback in the NFL. But like 278 00:16:53.240 --> 00:16:57.840 you know, I just I think physical ability is going to be there when 279 00:16:57.879 --> 00:17:02.120 these guys get older. It's just about, you know, no team's going 280 00:17:02.159 --> 00:17:06.039 to want to make you the franchise quarterback when you're forty five. But if 281 00:17:06.079 --> 00:17:07.960 you're already the franchise quarterback and you're playing well, and you're getting up there 282 00:17:07.960 --> 00:17:12.240 in age and you can keep performing, I think they will keep you around, 283 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:15.920 all right. So real quick, before we get to this next break 284 00:17:15.920 --> 00:17:19.799 I wanted to mention this, so David Tepper, he is the owner of 285 00:17:19.960 --> 00:17:23.640 the of the Carolina Panthers, and he's believed to be, you know, 286 00:17:25.400 --> 00:17:30.440 a real a hole and he's shown that. I mean, this is a 287 00:17:30.480 --> 00:17:37.279 guy who last season was fined three hundred thousand dollars by the NFL because when 288 00:17:37.319 --> 00:17:41.440 he was in his his suite at a home game I'm sorry it was. 289 00:17:41.839 --> 00:17:45.359 It was in the Jacksonville Stadium at Jacksonville, so the Jaguars Panthers game. 290 00:17:45.400 --> 00:17:49.559 He was in the you know, the suite that I guess the opposing owners 291 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:53.839 get when they travel, very nice. Obviously, there were fans below him, 292 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:56.799 below the suite that knew he was up there, and I guess they 293 00:17:56.799 --> 00:17:59.200 were heckling him or whatever. And I don't even know if it was a 294 00:17:59.200 --> 00:18:02.480 fan of Jacksonville fan of Carolina, but he threw his drink on that fan. 295 00:18:02.680 --> 00:18:07.839 As the owner of the of a team like that is unbelievably unbelievable behavior 296 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:11.079 from somebody who owns an NFL team. So that to me showed this guy 297 00:18:11.160 --> 00:18:15.359 was really thin skinned. Well check this out. This is something that like, 298 00:18:15.400 --> 00:18:18.000 I'm surprised it's not become a bigger story. Like again, I don't 299 00:18:18.000 --> 00:18:19.839 know what you know, I don't know what people will do about it. 300 00:18:19.880 --> 00:18:26.480 But David Tepper when he was either he drove by it or he saw it. 301 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:33.640 There was a restaurant in Charlotte that had a sign up outside yesterday leading 302 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.599 up to the draft that said, let the coach and GM make the draft 303 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:40.640 picks this year. It just said that, like, you know, instead 304 00:18:40.640 --> 00:18:45.160 of happy Hour four to six or you know wings, you know, fifty 305 00:18:45.240 --> 00:18:48.640 nine cents, they just said, let the coach and GM make the picks 306 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:52.759 this year, you know, kind of having some fun because the Panthers don't 307 00:18:52.799 --> 00:18:56.000 feel like they've drafted well in recent years meeting their fans, and Temper is 308 00:18:56.039 --> 00:18:57.559 one of those guys that gets in the way of the football people that he 309 00:18:57.640 --> 00:19:03.039 hires and pays a lot of money to handle the football stuff. So this 310 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:10.079 a hole showed up to the restaurant who put the sign up and walked in 311 00:19:10.319 --> 00:19:14.440 and they ended up shaking hands as they left. But he showed up, 312 00:19:14.839 --> 00:19:18.200 walked in, you know, like the hostess standing there where like they've got 313 00:19:18.279 --> 00:19:21.039 like the where they write your name down. Yeah, there's a host there. 314 00:19:21.119 --> 00:19:22.480 And then I guess the guy to the right of him is the owner. 315 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:29.400 He's wearing Carolina Panthers hat and Tepper walks in and takes the hat off 316 00:19:29.440 --> 00:19:33.640 of the guy and you can't hear what's being said, and the owner is 317 00:19:33.720 --> 00:19:38.400 kind of like, you know, like lifting his like raising his hand. 318 00:19:38.440 --> 00:19:41.519 Actually I don't know if it may not be the owner, but it's somebody 319 00:19:41.519 --> 00:19:44.000 who works there. But he takes the hat off of his head, sets 320 00:19:44.000 --> 00:19:45.079 it down, and you know, I guess it's just giving the guy a 321 00:19:45.119 --> 00:19:48.960 hard time for what has been said. A lot of a lot of layers 322 00:19:48.960 --> 00:19:52.400 here. One what a loser? Like are you that thin skinned? Like 323 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:57.160 that's you're the owner of the team, and that level of criticism, which 324 00:19:57.160 --> 00:20:00.960 again is kind of in fun. It's not even I mean, I guess 325 00:20:00.960 --> 00:20:04.000 it is about you, but like it it's nobody. It didn't say fire 326 00:20:04.079 --> 00:20:07.440 David Tepper, which again you can't he owns the team, but he showed 327 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:11.079 up, pulled his hat off his head, and initially is you know, 328 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:14.519 being you know, in alpha, pretty aggressive, you know, probably just 329 00:20:14.559 --> 00:20:15.759 trying to intimidate this guy because you know, David Tepper, the owner of 330 00:20:15.759 --> 00:20:21.119 the Carolina Panthers, just walked into his bar. But what a loser. 331 00:20:22.640 --> 00:20:27.160 I mean in another thing, I feel like taking somebody's hat off there, 332 00:20:27.279 --> 00:20:32.440 taking another man's hat off his head when you approach him to address something you're 333 00:20:32.480 --> 00:20:37.200 unhappy with, you can get punched in the face. You're crossing the line 334 00:20:37.240 --> 00:20:41.920 that, yeah, taking another man's hat off his head, Like I kind 335 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:45.640 of you know, I've been watching a lot of tiktoks where you know, 336 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:51.079 like cop stuff. Have you ever seen like the the you know, people 337 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:55.960 getting arrested and you know, like they love to like just antagonize police officers 338 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:59.759 thinking that they know like what line they can it can't cross, and then 339 00:20:59.759 --> 00:21:02.640 they do something to where like you know, nope, yeah that's it. 340 00:21:02.799 --> 00:21:04.039 You're now you're getting arrested. Like they just love to do it, and 341 00:21:04.039 --> 00:21:07.640 they video everything. Oh wan's your badge number? Or like just you know 342 00:21:07.680 --> 00:21:11.519 the people who are you know, just the worst and anytime like you make 343 00:21:11.559 --> 00:21:17.039 contact like that, like it's I mean technically if I've got my phone out 344 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:19.359 and i'm and I'm filming you John because I'm you know, you're you're doing 345 00:21:19.400 --> 00:21:22.400 something you shouldn't be doing, and you like grab my phone from me. 346 00:21:22.559 --> 00:21:26.880 Like people get arrested for that and they call it some level of assault. 347 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:29.759 I know nothing about you know, charges or anything like that, but like 348 00:21:30.559 --> 00:21:33.440 if the dude knocked him out after he took his hat off his head, 349 00:21:33.480 --> 00:21:36.480 Like I'm curious, would he be facing charges or would it be seen as 350 00:21:36.519 --> 00:21:40.079 like you're defending yourself because the man took his took your hat off your head. 351 00:21:40.799 --> 00:21:41.880 All right, don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here. Coffee 352 00:21:41.880 --> 00:21:48.559 and Company Filbeth Thornon's on Sports Talk seven to ninety. We're about halfway to, 353 00:21:48.839 --> 00:21:51.119 you know, getting out here for the weekend. Halfway through. Maybe 354 00:21:51.160 --> 00:21:56.400 your weekend's already started. If so, cheers, maybe happy hour has started 355 00:21:56.519 --> 00:22:02.839 for you. Fridays have turned into the most low key day of the week 356 00:22:03.240 --> 00:22:07.200 for us, and I really like that, which is, you know, 357 00:22:07.079 --> 00:22:10.880 I guess it's a good thing, but it's just so unusual. Every Friday, 358 00:22:11.039 --> 00:22:15.000 for you know, the majority of my adult life, I have you 359 00:22:15.079 --> 00:22:17.599 know, not every time I've done the same thing, but it's usually Okay, 360 00:22:17.599 --> 00:22:19.720 it's Friday, so let's go get dinner somewhere, let's connect with some 361 00:22:19.799 --> 00:22:22.599 friends. Even when we had kids, we'd go meet up with other friends 362 00:22:22.599 --> 00:22:27.000 who have kids and just do something. And I'd say, in the last 363 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:30.119 few months. More often than not, on a Friday, John, I 364 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:33.200 get home from work, my wife and the kids are already there, you 365 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:36.839 know, they're and they used to be waiting for me to like go somewhere, 366 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.039 and now we just kind of hang out at the house and it's kind 367 00:22:38.079 --> 00:22:41.079 of awesome. Awesome. Well, I mean you're just saying that to be 368 00:22:41.160 --> 00:22:45.319 nice. I mean, that's what I'm gonna do tonight. I'm I'm a 369 00:22:45.400 --> 00:22:48.640 loser though, what I'm a loser for somebody my age? What would you 370 00:22:48.680 --> 00:22:53.359 say that if I had friends, Like I'm more than if I had friends 371 00:22:53.519 --> 00:22:57.519 ask me to do something, I'm more than likely to say no, especially 372 00:22:57.640 --> 00:23:00.640 last minute, and to go out and do something on a Friday night. 373 00:23:00.720 --> 00:23:03.519 If I have something planned, it's a different story. But if you need 374 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:07.319 you need something planned right, like you're not like you're not the guy that's 375 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:08.839 like you know, like if you don't know ahead of time, you don't 376 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:11.319 want to be hit. You know, if if somebody asks you to do 377 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:15.559 something with like you know, an hour or two hours notice, like you 378 00:23:15.599 --> 00:23:17.680 don't feel bad about saying no because they just told you, right, yeah, 379 00:23:17.759 --> 00:23:19.799 not at all. Yeah, So we you know, when we don't 380 00:23:19.839 --> 00:23:22.119 have plans. We usually just like, you know, okay, let's go 381 00:23:22.279 --> 00:23:25.960 let's go to elm Apauling at dinner, Let's go to roosters. Uh, 382 00:23:26.119 --> 00:23:29.640 you know, let's you know, let's go somewhere and just be out of 383 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:32.039 the house. And you know, now we kind of stay at home and 384 00:23:32.480 --> 00:23:34.039 I kind of like it. We save money. You can start having fires 385 00:23:34.079 --> 00:23:37.240 in your backyard, so I did last night. Yeah, I think, 386 00:23:37.400 --> 00:23:40.519 Uh, we don't have a fire pit, but we do have a backyard 387 00:23:40.599 --> 00:23:42.759 we don't utilize. We've got a nice back porch, you know, with 388 00:23:44.400 --> 00:23:47.680 you know, TV, and it's covered, and we have a big enough 389 00:23:47.720 --> 00:23:51.440 backyard for the kids to run around and you know, do anything they want. 390 00:23:51.519 --> 00:23:56.240 We got a trampoline. Uh. So yeah, I it's a good 391 00:23:56.319 --> 00:23:59.240 thing. But it's just different for me. Like I feel a little underwhelmed 392 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:03.519 knowing I don't have anything in the works tonight. But I shouldn't feel that 393 00:24:03.559 --> 00:24:06.519 way, right, I Mean, my day was made earlier whenever I had 394 00:24:06.720 --> 00:24:10.680 the first field trip experiences as a parent. I talked about at the beginning 395 00:24:10.680 --> 00:24:11.920 of the show. I went to the zoo with my my daughter Maya and 396 00:24:12.000 --> 00:24:15.759 her classmates, and it was I mean that my weekend. I mean, 397 00:24:15.799 --> 00:24:18.839 my weekend is only going to go down from there because that was that was 398 00:24:18.880 --> 00:24:23.200 a heck heck of an experience. So tomorrow full day getting like this is, 399 00:24:23.279 --> 00:24:26.720 this is me getting older, John right in front of your eyes. 400 00:24:26.519 --> 00:24:30.559 Fridays are now kind of nothing. I mean not to say I want to 401 00:24:30.599 --> 00:24:32.680 enjoy being home with my family, but like we don't do anything, we 402 00:24:32.680 --> 00:24:33.400 know, any plans. We just kind of low key. I'll watch the 403 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:37.720 draft at home and probably you know, go back and forth and troll Kentucky 404 00:24:37.759 --> 00:24:40.400 fans on Twitter. I mean that's probably going to be the evening and then 405 00:24:40.440 --> 00:24:42.519 tomorrow full day of baseball. Maya's got her game at the Miracle League Moose, 406 00:24:45.079 --> 00:24:48.319 He's got team pictures, so that's another day at the ballpark that'll be 407 00:24:48.400 --> 00:24:51.160 later. So you know, that's that's life now. Sunday, you know, 408 00:24:51.279 --> 00:24:52.759 we usually end up going to watch my nephew play in his game. 409 00:24:52.920 --> 00:24:56.920 So I'm just an all around family man, which you know, nothing better 410 00:24:56.960 --> 00:25:00.359 than that, right, you're in your mid thirties, got too just the 411 00:25:00.400 --> 00:25:02.720 way to do it. Yeah, I mean, I'm sure there's others that 412 00:25:02.799 --> 00:25:04.200 are listening that are older, maybe my age, maybe younger They're like, 413 00:25:04.319 --> 00:25:07.880 man, this guy sounds boring as hell. I'm gonna make sure it never 414 00:25:08.000 --> 00:25:11.640 get married and have kids because that life is not fun. And it is 415 00:25:11.720 --> 00:25:15.319 fun, I promise you. All right, let's go to the text line. 416 00:25:15.359 --> 00:25:18.920 Five O two six five three zero seven ninety is the number if you 417 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:21.720 want to shoot us a text again. It's the llen N Federal Credit Union 418 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:27.160 text line. This text says, Nick, do you worry about the amount 419 00:25:27.200 --> 00:25:32.599 of transfers that come in it? I think what you're trying to say is 420 00:25:32.759 --> 00:25:34.759 is it like will they work to will they work well together? I mean, 421 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:37.720 that's that's the risk. And then the same person ended up texting a 422 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:41.759 little bit later on in the show about like nil stuff, and I think 423 00:25:41.759 --> 00:25:44.480 what you're I think what you're putting together here in the text line that I'm 424 00:25:44.480 --> 00:25:48.279 trying to interpret without reading the whole thing. You know, is there a 425 00:25:48.319 --> 00:25:51.880 worry that all these guys from all these different places that have never played together 426 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:55.880 will will it all work? Will they gell? Is there gonna be chemistry? 427 00:25:56.000 --> 00:25:59.920 And I think another part of that question was about, like nil, 428 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:03.640 are people going to get jealous over somebody making more money than the other? 429 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:07.759 I mean those are all legitimate questions that you just there's no way to know 430 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:12.839 until until you know, right, guys that come from the portal, and 431 00:26:12.920 --> 00:26:18.359 then this may just this may sound like me doing some mental gymnastics on my 432 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:22.160 end, kind of like Kentucky fans are doing about players who just you know, 433 00:26:22.240 --> 00:26:23.880 And again doesn't mean anything's wrong with Kentucky, but they will they just 434 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:26.200 cannot accept that somebody just didn't want to come there. They didn't want to 435 00:26:26.200 --> 00:26:29.799 go to Kentucky play for Mark Pope. Like it happens, it's normal. 436 00:26:30.160 --> 00:26:33.960 What you guys had with Caliperry for fifteen years was not normal. But anyways, 437 00:26:34.279 --> 00:26:37.200 this could be a reach here, but I'm just gonna I'm just gonna 438 00:26:37.200 --> 00:26:38.880 share it. And if you think it's a reach and you want to clown 439 00:26:38.960 --> 00:26:42.160 me and call me cardboy, that's fine. His cardboy was gone for a 440 00:26:42.200 --> 00:26:45.480 while. He's back now. I mean, John, you can feel it 441 00:26:45.519 --> 00:26:47.680 too, right, I can definitely feel it. Am I ready to see 442 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:49.920 the full yeah evolution. I mean you saw it with Brahm, but now 443 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:52.559 with basketball. I mean it's it's it's about to be back. For those 444 00:26:52.559 --> 00:26:56.119 who don't know, I mean they were for a couple of years when I 445 00:26:56.200 --> 00:26:57.880 was on in the mornings, you know Kentucky fans that would call in or 446 00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:00.559 text in that you just want to do, you know, call me a 447 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:03.960 homer. They just what I did was I made a mistake. I read 448 00:27:03.039 --> 00:27:07.359 one text where somebody called me cardboy, and that was just an invitation for 449 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.799 everybody to call me cardboy. So you know, you live and you learn. 450 00:27:08.880 --> 00:27:11.160 And now I've just mentioned it again, but I'm fine with it. 451 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:15.480 I'll wear it for Pat Kelsey if that's what he wants. But bringing in 452 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:23.240 three to four veterans in the portal that are joining a nucleus that's already together 453 00:27:23.400 --> 00:27:29.759 with returning players and a couple of freshmen that can work. But I think 454 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:33.119 that actually may in fact be a little bit of a different process. The 455 00:27:33.240 --> 00:27:37.680 fact that everybody's new. You know, nobody's going to I mean, I 456 00:27:37.880 --> 00:27:40.599 don't feel like there's going to be a sense of entitlement from any of these 457 00:27:40.640 --> 00:27:44.640 guys, right, I mean, certainly some players are better than the others, 458 00:27:44.680 --> 00:27:45.960 and certainly there's going to be a couple guys. Who knows, maybe 459 00:27:47.000 --> 00:27:49.200 there's ends up being a big time edition that quite literally is the best player 460 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:52.599 on this team and it's not even a debate. We don't know, but 461 00:27:52.720 --> 00:27:56.559 I think it being completely brand new with a brand new coach that none of 462 00:27:56.559 --> 00:28:00.279 these guys have played for. Some would say, well, that's just there's 463 00:28:00.279 --> 00:28:03.000 no way that could work early on because it's a working Why not. I 464 00:28:03.039 --> 00:28:07.279 mean, I actually think there's not a whole I mean there's there being an 465 00:28:07.359 --> 00:28:11.200 adjustment for everybody involved. Making the same level of adjustment. I think actually 466 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:15.559 gives it a better chance to work out than when you have three to four 467 00:28:15.640 --> 00:28:18.880 guys that are joining something that's already in place. Everybody's having to adapt. 468 00:28:19.599 --> 00:28:22.039 It's a collective thing here. Doesn't mean that. I mean, I'm not 469 00:28:22.119 --> 00:28:26.720 saying I'm not spinning it as that's a positive, but I'm just saying like 470 00:28:26.839 --> 00:28:30.079 that, you don't have to worry about, you know, because there is 471 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:32.519 guy for example, I'll give you a name. There's a guy who transferred 472 00:28:32.559 --> 00:28:37.079 in that you know, he was a I don't know if it as a 473 00:28:37.079 --> 00:28:38.680 person, but you know, he didn't really he didn't fit and he didn't 474 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:42.799 he couldn't really adjust to what was going on at Louisville. And that was 475 00:28:42.960 --> 00:28:45.920 Tony Hicks. If you remember that name, transfer from Penn was I believe 476 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:51.359 on Rick Patino's last team, uh here, maybe second to last team. 477 00:28:52.319 --> 00:28:55.440 And he was a fine player at Penn and occasionally he got in did some 478 00:28:55.559 --> 00:28:59.839 things, but like he he went from being the man at Penn and he'd 479 00:28:59.839 --> 00:29:02.640 all have been, you know, kind of dismissed from Penn to where he 480 00:29:02.720 --> 00:29:06.279 came to Louisville. And you know, it's Rip Patino different than whoever you 481 00:29:06.359 --> 00:29:11.240 play for Penn and Donovan Mitchell's there and Dgadel and Race Baulding and I mean 482 00:29:11.279 --> 00:29:12.839 it was a different world and he just didn't you know, that's an adjustment 483 00:29:12.880 --> 00:29:17.599 period all these I mean, everybody's adjusting now. And as far as the 484 00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:19.839 NIL stuff, I mean, that is something that I think will always be 485 00:29:19.960 --> 00:29:23.440 there and you just have to manage it, right. It's not I mean, 486 00:29:23.519 --> 00:29:27.039 you can do everything, you know you can. There are folks that 487 00:29:27.160 --> 00:29:32.359 are working for the fundraising side of you know, I mean folks that left 488 00:29:32.400 --> 00:29:34.680 the fundraising side of UFL Athletics to go work for the FABO two circle that 489 00:29:34.799 --> 00:29:37.960 are talking to you know, people at u of L to makes you know, 490 00:29:38.440 --> 00:29:41.960 arranging what makes the most sense for these guys to be paid, How 491 00:29:41.000 --> 00:29:47.680 it's going to be divvied out and covering themselves from guys getting paid and leaving. 492 00:29:47.799 --> 00:29:52.200 So it's a it's a you know, it's a full process here. 493 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:59.039 But the worry about guys yapping about what they're being paid, like bragging or 494 00:29:59.079 --> 00:30:03.039 maybe lying to you know that you just that that's probably gonna happen. In 495 00:30:03.079 --> 00:30:04.920 fact, you know a lot of those guys that left in the portal, 496 00:30:06.240 --> 00:30:07.319 you know they were doing that. You know, they I don't you know, 497 00:30:07.400 --> 00:30:11.079 I don't know what their intent was, but they came here, they 498 00:30:11.119 --> 00:30:14.400 got n I all money, and they were creating trouble in the locker room. 499 00:30:14.440 --> 00:30:17.799 They were they were trying to for whatever reason, maybe because they knew 500 00:30:17.799 --> 00:30:21.920 they were on their way out, they were trying to damage the environment in 501 00:30:21.960 --> 00:30:25.759 the locker room and in the camaraderie, the morale, and Jeff Bram is 502 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:27.880 not going to stand for that, which is why he essentially told them to 503 00:30:27.920 --> 00:30:32.880 get out and you know, quite literally like forced them to leave. Now 504 00:30:32.880 --> 00:30:33.720 they were already gona leave anyway, So it's not as if, you know, 505 00:30:33.759 --> 00:30:36.759 he didn't want them on the team, but once he realized what was 506 00:30:36.759 --> 00:30:40.640 going on, like they're out of here, and what these guys don't realize 507 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:48.160 is excuse me. If you're going to be pursued in the portal after you've 508 00:30:48.240 --> 00:30:51.960 left the school, they're going to contact like, you know, unless the 509 00:30:52.039 --> 00:30:56.799 coach feels like you've tampered. Coaches talk so like there are dudes who've burned 510 00:30:56.799 --> 00:31:00.759 bridges when they leave and they'll end up elsewhere, but it's not where they 511 00:31:00.759 --> 00:31:04.039 want it, not where they thought they'd be. Because you bring in a 512 00:31:04.119 --> 00:31:08.079 bad apple and he gets it. You know, he has influence, meaning 513 00:31:08.160 --> 00:31:12.440 he's a player that you know, players you know kind of gravitate towards. 514 00:31:12.480 --> 00:31:15.480 But if he's a bad apple, he can ruin your locker room and that 515 00:31:15.519 --> 00:31:18.440 can make a team that has a lot of potential be bad. So those 516 00:31:18.480 --> 00:31:22.160 are just things throughout this new world of NIL that you wait and you see 517 00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:26.559 right and and when if there is something that that's that you know appears to 518 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:32.319 be funky, meaning like you know, somebody maybe being a bad apple and 519 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:36.839 trying to create drama for whatever reason, you know, lying about how much 520 00:31:36.880 --> 00:31:38.480 money they're getting in NIL, and then other players hear about that and they 521 00:31:38.519 --> 00:31:41.759 believe it and they get jealous. Like those are just things that are probably 522 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:44.680 gonna happen, and you know, you got to deal with it. You 523 00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:48.119 got to handle it. I mean, I would hope that that Kelsey you 524 00:31:48.160 --> 00:31:52.200 know, knows the players he's bringing in are high quality guys, but you 525 00:31:52.279 --> 00:31:55.759 don't know. I mean, you never know until you know you're actually they're 526 00:31:55.759 --> 00:32:00.359 actually here. So dates your question. I don't worry as much about that, 527 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:02.880 but not because I'm telling you that, like it won't be a bit. 528 00:32:02.920 --> 00:32:06.599 It's just something you can't control until it happens, and then you got 529 00:32:06.720 --> 00:32:08.240 to you gotta nip it in the bud, like like Jeff Brohm did. 530 00:32:10.319 --> 00:32:13.640 But I'm curious. I wonder how, I mean, I wonder how much 531 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:16.960 like I'm weird like this, I don't want to know what anybody makes. 532 00:32:17.759 --> 00:32:21.720 I don't want anybody knowing what I make, Like you know, I just 533 00:32:21.839 --> 00:32:25.440 have always It's been my nature to finances in every aspect. I just just 534 00:32:25.640 --> 00:32:30.680 I think that should be private from everybody, meaning like I you know, 535 00:32:31.039 --> 00:32:35.119 I don't want my mom knowing my finances. It's not because I'm hiding something 536 00:32:35.160 --> 00:32:37.240 from her, and really it's not her business and I think she knows that. 537 00:32:37.279 --> 00:32:37.799 And I don't know why I'm bringing up my mom. But like that's 538 00:32:37.799 --> 00:32:42.160 somebody who's close to me that knows probably everything about me more than anybody else 539 00:32:42.200 --> 00:32:44.920 in the world. But like, I've just always felt like, like salary 540 00:32:45.559 --> 00:32:47.599 expenses. I mean, there's certain things you can find out if you look 541 00:32:47.599 --> 00:32:51.079 hard enough, because you know, the Internet, but I've just always been 542 00:32:51.160 --> 00:32:53.599 very private about that, and I've learned that, like some are just like 543 00:32:53.680 --> 00:32:58.400 me, but others are the opposite. Like I'll be having dinner with friends 544 00:32:58.480 --> 00:33:01.720 and you know, acquaintances, and they'll just start yapping about their salary. 545 00:33:01.799 --> 00:33:06.400 And sometimes I think it's probably exaggerated to brag. And sometimes I'm like, 546 00:33:07.319 --> 00:33:08.240 damn, why would you tell people that, Like, you know, I 547 00:33:08.400 --> 00:33:12.920 just but it's just it's probably it's just a difference in personalities, Like I've 548 00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:15.880 I've worked with people here who and what we do for the most part, 549 00:33:15.000 --> 00:33:17.079 like it ranges as far as how much you know, how much money you 550 00:33:17.119 --> 00:33:21.359 make and all that kind of stuff. We're all on contracts and how we 551 00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:22.839 make money and how we actually you know, are able to do well for 552 00:33:22.920 --> 00:33:28.440 ourselves depends upon which companies want to work with us. But you know, 553 00:33:29.079 --> 00:33:31.240 you never really know, like unless you're somebody that works internally and you know, 554 00:33:31.279 --> 00:33:34.559 puts that stuff together as far as endorsement piece and all that. But 555 00:33:34.640 --> 00:33:37.240 like nine out of ten people I've worked with here, it's just a known 556 00:33:37.279 --> 00:33:40.440 thing. Like it doesn't come up because what happens. And I actually think 557 00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:45.279 this is this is probably what would happen. Like if I knew, you 558 00:33:45.400 --> 00:33:49.759 know, what a guy down the hall and I'm not talking about Terry Minors 559 00:33:49.759 --> 00:33:52.119 because obviously you know he's he's a legend, but just if I knew, 560 00:33:53.599 --> 00:33:59.640 you know, sports radio Derek was you know, on it on mid days 561 00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:05.119 and he was making twice as much as I was making. First of all, 562 00:34:05.160 --> 00:34:07.280 I'd be pissed, right, but it would also consume me, like 563 00:34:07.360 --> 00:34:08.760 it would it would? It would? It would? It would? It 564 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:12.320 would take it? Would it would make me? Maybe it would. It 565 00:34:12.320 --> 00:34:14.159 wouldn't be good for me. I don't want to know, because you know, 566 00:34:14.440 --> 00:34:16.119 first of all, I probably can't control it, and also it would 567 00:34:16.239 --> 00:34:20.000 it would mess with me. So I've always just kept stuff private. I 568 00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:22.199 feel like if you are a player, I guess it just depends on your 569 00:34:22.239 --> 00:34:25.639 personality. But like I would assume a lot of these guys aren't super public 570 00:34:25.639 --> 00:34:29.000 about what money they're making. But maybe I'm wrong. Maybe maybe I'm the 571 00:34:29.039 --> 00:34:31.400 one who's in the minority and everybody talks about that kind of stuff. What 572 00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:35.079 do you think, John, you think in the Indiana locker room those players 573 00:34:35.159 --> 00:34:37.559 are public about what money they're making. That's a good question because I mean 574 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:42.239 they're kids. I mean, they may not really think much about trying not 575 00:34:42.480 --> 00:34:46.159 to be abrasive and braggy about it. So that's a tough question. Yeah, 576 00:34:46.360 --> 00:34:51.280 I just I mean even if you had them sign like an NDA to 577 00:34:51.320 --> 00:34:53.239 where they were not allowed to be public, like they were not allowed to 578 00:34:53.280 --> 00:34:58.119 disclose it, which those things exist in you know, professional life. But 579 00:34:58.360 --> 00:35:00.960 you know, they're college athletes, like they'll probably they're gonna talk, you 580 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:04.280 know what I mean actually like roommates. I bet they known each other, 581 00:35:04.360 --> 00:35:08.920 ye think. So that hasn't been something I've thought about a whole lot because 582 00:35:09.440 --> 00:35:13.599 this is still relatively brand new, to be honest with you, meaning players 583 00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:15.280 being able to get paid and all that, but like how it all works 584 00:35:15.360 --> 00:35:20.039 right, how it comes together, how the money is dispersed and all that. 585 00:35:20.280 --> 00:35:22.400 Like, I mean, I've never once thought about, like, do 586 00:35:22.480 --> 00:35:28.639 you think they all know what they make? I would imagine that they probably 587 00:35:29.119 --> 00:35:32.079 have. I mean, they've probably heard something, but they're probably not showing 588 00:35:32.199 --> 00:35:37.000 like their deposits, right, Like I wouldn't think so are you do you 589 00:35:37.480 --> 00:35:40.719 do you think people are more my side of that or more the other way. 590 00:35:40.760 --> 00:35:47.360 As far as just finances salary expenses, like I worth, like, 591 00:35:47.440 --> 00:35:52.599 I just think that's always something that it should be private. The unwritten rule 592 00:35:52.760 --> 00:35:57.000 of when you're asking any man in question is don't ask their salary. Yeah, 593 00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:59.800 I mean, I just think it's and that's not to say because you're 594 00:36:00.079 --> 00:36:02.199 arist of what you make. It's just because like it's just you know, 595 00:36:02.400 --> 00:36:06.760 I don't think that's anybody's business. Yeah, And it's something that I actually 596 00:36:06.800 --> 00:36:09.679 think people will judge you on, which you know, maybe I don't know. 597 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:13.480 There are certain jobs like that are public government jobs, like you can 598 00:36:13.519 --> 00:36:15.320 look it up and all that, but I think even that shouldn't be allowed. 599 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:19.800 But I guess if it's you know, taxpayer money that's going towards it, 600 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:24.719 then I guess it makes a little more sense. But anyways, as 601 00:36:24.760 --> 00:36:27.880 I just said, it's still brand news. So there may be some things 602 00:36:27.920 --> 00:36:30.719 that arise from the Anile world in a year or two or maybe in a 603 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:31.760 few months that like we never would have thought of him. Were like, 604 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:35.519 oh yeah, I could see where that that could be a problem paying these 605 00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:40.000 college athletes. I mean, it's it's that it's just a different world than 606 00:36:40.039 --> 00:36:43.119 what we were used to. All right, quick break, we'll come back 607 00:36:43.159 --> 00:36:45.320 on the other side. Wrap up the four o'clock hour right here on Sports 608 00:36:45.360 --> 00:36:49.679 Talk seven ninety. All right, so Mark Pope landed a player. John 609 00:36:49.719 --> 00:36:52.679 did you see this? I didn't. Who do we got here, Lamont 610 00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:54.800 Butler? You ever heard of him? I don't think so. San Diego 611 00:36:54.880 --> 00:37:00.519 State. So he has committed to Tucky. He looks like is he a 612 00:37:00.599 --> 00:37:06.719 cute little three star? He is ranked as the seventy third best player in 613 00:37:06.800 --> 00:37:13.480 the portal, behind him Maury Williams. And he was a four year guyt 614 00:37:13.519 --> 00:37:17.360 San Diego State average nine points a game last year and was played twenty six 615 00:37:17.440 --> 00:37:22.480 minutes per game for the San Diego State team that played in the National Championship 616 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:29.079 against Yukon. So a veteran guy, probably a good depth guy. I 617 00:37:29.159 --> 00:37:30.559 mean, maybe he ends up being your starter. I mean again, I 618 00:37:30.639 --> 00:37:34.760 know he played for San Diego State whenever they went all the way to the 619 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:37.719 championship. But you know, San Diego State's in the Mountain West. Kentucky's 620 00:37:37.719 --> 00:37:42.199 a different level. He never averaged double figures in his time. But you 621 00:37:42.280 --> 00:37:46.679 know that's in all seriousness, and I mean this, this is the kind 622 00:37:46.719 --> 00:37:52.639 of guy you need, like just because if he's your third guard, like 623 00:37:52.760 --> 00:37:54.599 that's a good place to be in because he's good means good enough. Now 624 00:37:54.760 --> 00:37:58.480 he's like your main guy, I think you'd be in trouble. But I 625 00:37:58.519 --> 00:38:01.119 don't think he'll be Kentucky's main guy. I would imagine they'll have, you 626 00:38:01.239 --> 00:38:04.800 know, other players that would have I guess more of a prominent role. 627 00:38:06.320 --> 00:38:12.039 But uh yeah, Lamont Butler, a six to two combo guard, has 628 00:38:12.079 --> 00:38:15.960 committed to I was about to say John Keller Perry committed to Bark Pope and 629 00:38:15.039 --> 00:38:21.000 Kentucky. And for those that didn't get you know John John's reference to the 630 00:38:21.159 --> 00:38:24.480 you know, cute little three stars because you know they're and this is something 631 00:38:24.719 --> 00:38:27.800 you should do as a fan, like you should be excited when you get 632 00:38:27.840 --> 00:38:30.239 a player. You should, you know, I mean that's what fans do, 633 00:38:30.400 --> 00:38:36.719 right, Like, there's no scenario where you should you know. I 634 00:38:36.800 --> 00:38:38.199 mean, I guess if like your roster's filled with dudes who you like, 635 00:38:38.280 --> 00:38:43.599 No aren't good then you know that's not ideal. But honestly, it's your 636 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:45.039 it would be your coach's fault, not these players fault, right, it's 637 00:38:45.199 --> 00:38:49.639 I mean, he's the guy who would won them. But you know the 638 00:38:50.639 --> 00:38:54.000 reaction when they would land you know, five McDonald's all Americans. You know, 639 00:38:54.119 --> 00:38:58.519 there was a level of like excitement that was you know, justified. 640 00:38:59.159 --> 00:39:00.639 The same level of and I think is there with some of these guys. 641 00:39:00.679 --> 00:39:04.039 And again, like what are you gonna do like not be excited? Like 642 00:39:04.159 --> 00:39:06.280 and you need players like this is a good sign. They landed one, 643 00:39:06.320 --> 00:39:08.440 they needed one. They now have two guys that you know, have some 644 00:39:08.519 --> 00:39:13.000 experience. The other two that are in the fold. One is a transfer 645 00:39:13.079 --> 00:39:15.639 from Byu who's never played, and then obviously Travis Perry who's a true freshman. 646 00:39:15.719 --> 00:39:21.000 So you know it, this was a good pickup for Mark Pope in 647 00:39:21.079 --> 00:39:28.480 every aspect. But seeing them celebrate getting players that for fourteen years they would 648 00:39:28.559 --> 00:39:32.480 mock Louisville and other fan bases for celebrating these players, it's just it's just 649 00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:36.800 so different, you know what I mean, It's just different. But you 650 00:39:36.880 --> 00:39:40.800 know it'll be an adjustment. And again they needed this, like they needed 651 00:39:40.960 --> 00:39:45.039 another guy just to give them a little bit more of a foundation to kind 652 00:39:45.039 --> 00:39:50.159 of build with. And I think the ideal for a lot of coaches here 653 00:39:50.400 --> 00:39:52.239 is you know, and again I say a lot, not many are doing 654 00:39:52.280 --> 00:39:57.280 what Louis's doing here. I would say Louisville, Kentucky, or I mean 655 00:39:57.280 --> 00:40:00.519 Louis l Kentucky. Louis Kentucky, Arkansas and and USC actually think is the 656 00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:05.719 other example of a team that kind of was starting completely over. And I 657 00:40:05.760 --> 00:40:08.599 think USC and Eric Musselman have done a pretty good job. I think he's 658 00:40:08.599 --> 00:40:12.360 added quite a few transfers, and I know he brought at least one or 659 00:40:12.400 --> 00:40:15.639 two freshmen that he had signed with him at Arkansas. So it's rare to 660 00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:22.960 have this many open spots that you got to go fill. So I think 661 00:40:22.000 --> 00:40:27.840 the idea in this spot would be let's go, let's go lock in starters 662 00:40:28.039 --> 00:40:30.480 and then try to build depth. But once you have to start adding guys 663 00:40:30.519 --> 00:40:36.480 who quite clearly can see that you are that second tier, that second wave 664 00:40:36.960 --> 00:40:39.360 because they've already kind of got the core together, that's where it becomes more 665 00:40:39.400 --> 00:40:43.440 difficult to land, you know, players, because a lot of players don't 666 00:40:43.440 --> 00:40:46.679 want that. And I would imagine Lamont Butler probably feels confident enough that he 667 00:40:46.760 --> 00:40:50.960 could have a big role there. But also, you know, I wouldn't 668 00:40:50.960 --> 00:40:52.519 be shocked if they go get players that are just better than him to where 669 00:40:52.519 --> 00:40:54.880 he's still gonna play. But maybe he's not, you know, maybe he's 670 00:40:54.920 --> 00:40:58.559 your sixth man or seventh man or something like that. But again, the 671 00:40:58.679 --> 00:41:01.079 kind of player he is, I think is the guy that oftentimes in this 672 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:05.519 situation I would assume would be harder to get. But he's committed to Kentucky. 673 00:41:05.599 --> 00:41:09.239 Lamont Butler six to senior combo guard from San Diego State. All right, 674 00:41:09.480 --> 00:41:12.920 let's take top of the hour break. We'll come back one more hour 675 00:41:12.960 --> 00:41:15.320 to go finish strong. Five o'clock on a Friday. Let's party