WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:04.759 Forward to being here at three o'clock and doing what I love. This is 2 00:00:04.799 --> 00:00:07.839 a fun, fun gig. It doesn't feel like a gig slash job because 3 00:00:07.839 --> 00:00:10.439 I love doing it. But today is one of those days, and I'd 4 00:00:10.519 --> 00:00:15.560 say it happens every few weeks where I just you know, I'm running around 5 00:00:17.679 --> 00:00:21.519 Aaron's just doing you know, adult stuff. This is one of the best 6 00:00:21.519 --> 00:00:24.640 things about this job is that, like it doesn't feel like adult stuff. 7 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:26.879 I mean, you guys have listened to the show, right, I mean 8 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:32.000 this is far from a professional you know broadcast, right, but you know, 9 00:00:32.119 --> 00:00:35.640 just being an adult and being responsible. It's just been a hectic day, 10 00:00:35.679 --> 00:00:38.320 but I'm glad to be here, and I again, every day I'm 11 00:00:38.320 --> 00:00:41.479 glad to be here, but today I was really looking forward to just settling 12 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:43.960 in and getting the show started. And that's what we're doing right now. 13 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:47.520 It is Coffee and Company. We are fueled by Thornton's here on a sports 14 00:00:47.560 --> 00:00:50.439 Talk seven ninety. My name is Nick Coffee. I hope you knew that. 15 00:00:50.520 --> 00:00:53.560 If not, my ego took a little bit of a hit, but 16 00:00:54.200 --> 00:00:57.640 I'll grow from it. The other voice you're going to hear today is the 17 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:02.000 one and the only mister Austin Montgomery going on the government name again. Yeah, 18 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:04.879 what do you want me to call you? We've always kind of had 19 00:01:04.879 --> 00:01:07.560 that struggle. There was one time I was Chuck on the show. Remember 20 00:01:07.599 --> 00:01:11.680 that, Oh Chucky, Yeah, Chucky, that's right, Chucky. Yeah, 21 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.120 remind me how you became Chucky. We worked at Chucky Cheese. Yeah, 22 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.079 I worked at That was my first job. It was Chucky Cheese. 23 00:01:17.120 --> 00:01:19.280 That's how I try to impress you and Matt Allen back in the day. 24 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:26.760 So nicknames, it's not I've actually tried to give nicknames before in radio, 25 00:01:27.120 --> 00:01:34.560 and yours didn't hit. Billy's didn't hit. We never had Billy's. We 26 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:37.879 never we never came to a good one. I mean it was like Billy 27 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:40.920 Vanilly was what we went with, and like it just did. I mean, 28 00:01:41.280 --> 00:01:42.760 Billy's not gonna lie. I don't I don't mind that. I don't 29 00:01:42.799 --> 00:01:46.599 know why that didn't take off well because Billy, like Billy, Billy thought 30 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.480 he could make his own nickname, Okay, And like if you've listened to 31 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:53.480 I mean love Billy so happy to see him thriving doing his thing on the 32 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:57.640 KOSR pre show. I mean he's somebody that as they often mentioned on KSR. 33 00:01:57.680 --> 00:02:00.560 I mean, he's got big aspirations. My man will shoot his shot 34 00:02:00.799 --> 00:02:04.280 in just about any aspect. And it goes back to and for those who 35 00:02:04.280 --> 00:02:07.360 don't know, like the story about Billy and Jennifer Lawrence that became, I 36 00:02:07.360 --> 00:02:13.039 wouldn't say. I wouldn't say it's a legendary story on KSR, but I 37 00:02:13.080 --> 00:02:15.639 know it's been mentioned from Toime to tom And if you listen to that show 38 00:02:15.639 --> 00:02:19.759 and you think of Billy, like one of the early times where Billy became 39 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:23.360 like a known, you know character if you will, within the KSR world, 40 00:02:23.439 --> 00:02:27.879 is whenever he became one of the film producers and I let Matt know 41 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:35.039 that Billy was training for I guess a few days or something. And at 42 00:02:35.080 --> 00:02:38.280 the time, you know Jennifer Lawrence, of course we know who. She's 43 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:40.400 one of the most famous actresses in the world, right, Louisville native. 44 00:02:40.680 --> 00:02:46.080 Well, just so happens that her family and her I guess herself, and 45 00:02:46.080 --> 00:02:49.680 I believe her brother, they're friendly with the one of the only Terry miners. 46 00:02:50.240 --> 00:02:53.599 And before she became, you know, the superstar that she is, 47 00:02:53.000 --> 00:02:58.439 there was some level of relationship between the Lawrence family and mister miners, and 48 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.080 she's been in studio times and she came in studio. This was gosh, 49 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:05.319 this is pretty early in my time. This is when I was on mid 50 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:07.439 days, and you know, she was I mean, gott to keep in 51 00:03:07.439 --> 00:03:09.840 mind, like she has she's at that time. You know, she's not 52 00:03:09.879 --> 00:03:13.840 just roaming in part. I mean she's she's got an entourage with her, 53 00:03:13.919 --> 00:03:17.719 she's got you know, probably security. Right, So it was known that 54 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:21.360 she was there, and it was kind of a big deal, right, 55 00:03:21.400 --> 00:03:25.240 I mean, she's a super celebrity, and Billy was quite sure that if 56 00:03:25.280 --> 00:03:30.319 in fact he did cross paths with her and they like were in the same 57 00:03:30.400 --> 00:03:32.280 room, like, he would get her phone number. And what made it 58 00:03:32.280 --> 00:03:36.240 great is that he wasn't joking, He wasn't trying to be funny, he 59 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:38.599 wasn't trying to you know, create clever content. My man was dead serious 60 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:43.240 that all it would take was a conversation and he'd get the number. Okay, 61 00:03:43.240 --> 00:03:45.560 Obviously it never happened. I think at the time she was engaged. 62 00:03:45.560 --> 00:03:46.879 I don't know if she's married now, I'm not quite sure, but that's 63 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:52.000 when I knew Billy. I mean, he's he's he's business yeah, exactly, 64 00:03:52.120 --> 00:03:55.520 and that led to Billy not not being cool with you know, any 65 00:03:55.639 --> 00:03:59.520 nickname. We but because you can't pick your own nickname, no, you 66 00:03:59.560 --> 00:04:02.400 can't. Has to be bestowed upon you, like like from you or a 67 00:04:02.680 --> 00:04:05.680 mister Miners or a mister Vinetti, or it has to have to be hearing 68 00:04:05.719 --> 00:04:10.360 it and cross exactly. So look, I've actually now that I'm thinking about 69 00:04:10.400 --> 00:04:14.319 it. You know, yours was the story was good, the chucky cheese 70 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:16.160 thing, right, but it's not a good enough nick dam to where people 71 00:04:16.160 --> 00:04:18.959 would just think your name is Charles. You know what I'm saying, Like, 72 00:04:19.199 --> 00:04:24.000 you know that's true. So you didn't push back on it, so 73 00:04:24.040 --> 00:04:27.439 I you know, no, I mean who was I young in my radio 74 00:04:27.519 --> 00:04:30.839 days to do that? Right? So yeah, the you and Billy it 75 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:33.040 just you know, for different reasons, it never really stuck. However, 76 00:04:33.720 --> 00:04:38.560 the marvelous Matt Allen that just rolls off the tongue, it does. I 77 00:04:38.560 --> 00:04:42.680 think the company man is it fits perfectly well. And for those who don't 78 00:04:42.680 --> 00:04:46.000 really like John absolutely is like the you know, he's the guy that's gonna 79 00:04:46.040 --> 00:04:48.360 do his I mean, he's super professional and I'm just here to do my 80 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:50.680 job. Yeah, And he's the company man, right, he's gonna you 81 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:54.240 know, and he's not here for you know, airtime. He's not here 82 00:04:54.319 --> 00:04:57.120 to uh, you know, to spit out some hot takes. My man 83 00:04:57.199 --> 00:05:00.040 wants to run the show, run the operation, run the board. And 84 00:05:00.079 --> 00:05:04.000 he's you know, he's he's an old soul and I mean totally, totally, 85 00:05:04.240 --> 00:05:08.120 totally and I you know, love him so. And then there was 86 00:05:08.199 --> 00:05:11.800 another another producer that was here for a while. And for those that have 87 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:14.720 listened to this show for a long time, rather it be when I say 88 00:05:14.800 --> 00:05:15.879 this show, I know it's now Coffee and Company, but when it was 89 00:05:15.879 --> 00:05:18.120 the Red Zone, I mean it's really it's the same thing we've had for 90 00:05:18.199 --> 00:05:24.600 you know, many years now. But there was a guy named Nick Simmons 91 00:05:24.639 --> 00:05:28.319 I think was his name, and he was a producer here for a little 92 00:05:28.319 --> 00:05:30.879 while. His background was like audio engineering, super super great guy to work 93 00:05:30.879 --> 00:05:33.959 with. Not a sports fan, which actually made it cool because like we 94 00:05:34.000 --> 00:05:38.319 could we could connect on the air about stuff that's not sports related, and 95 00:05:38.360 --> 00:05:40.800 he was he was a good dude. He ended up moving to Nashville, 96 00:05:40.879 --> 00:05:44.720 and uh, I'm pretty sure he's involved in the music scene there in some 97 00:05:44.759 --> 00:05:47.240 capacity, working for a recording studio. But he was a big dude. 98 00:05:47.720 --> 00:05:50.759 I mean you would see him and think like like physically damn, like he 99 00:05:50.839 --> 00:05:55.240 must play football, like we're talking, My man was my man was big. 100 00:05:55.879 --> 00:05:59.639 I mean, this is I'm sorry to do this. If Nick's listening, 101 00:05:59.639 --> 00:06:02.439 and I'm sure he's not. But if you ever seen the show teen 102 00:06:02.480 --> 00:06:06.079 Mom, Yes, do you remember, like the original like the og teen 103 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:11.040 Mom? I don't know, you know, Gary, I do? Yeah, 104 00:06:11.160 --> 00:06:14.240 big, big g Yeah, that is that. That's what That's what 105 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:16.279 Nick looked like, straight up looked like him. So I called him Nick 106 00:06:16.319 --> 00:06:19.279 the Brick because he was huge and and and you know, it stuck. 107 00:06:19.360 --> 00:06:21.759 It works. So here I am acting like I can't give good nicknames, 108 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:27.839 and I've had a few, but yeah, at one point and this is 109 00:06:27.920 --> 00:06:31.360 just this just shows how stupid I am seven minutes in already giving you a 110 00:06:31.360 --> 00:06:36.759 good example of how stupid I can be. He no longer worked here because 111 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:40.800 he again, he moved to Nashville and started, you know, working a 112 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:44.480 job that you know, was I think his dream career. And I would 113 00:06:44.519 --> 00:06:47.120 reference him and say he's no longer with us, and it hit me like 114 00:06:47.319 --> 00:06:50.680 after a few techs, like some of the text line, Like I saw 115 00:06:50.720 --> 00:06:54.600 a text that thought like that somebody was telling me on the text line that 116 00:06:54.680 --> 00:06:58.959 he was dead. And then I realized that he just posted on Facebook two 117 00:06:58.959 --> 00:07:01.399 hours ago he's not. But then because I was saying he's no longer with 118 00:07:01.480 --> 00:07:04.560 us I met with the company, everybody thought I meant that he was dead. 119 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:08.720 He's no longer with us. Yeah, so you know like it, 120 00:07:09.079 --> 00:07:12.519 you know. So anyways, We've had a lot of different you know, 121 00:07:12.680 --> 00:07:15.920 nicknames over the years for different people, and some have been good, some 122 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.360 have you know, have not, but either way, it is it's the 123 00:07:17.399 --> 00:07:20.000 one and the only, mister Austin Montgomery, a jack of all trades. 124 00:07:20.040 --> 00:07:25.279 Thank you here at iHeart and uh, you know, you can't be thinking 125 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:29.480 about anything other than WrestleMania right now. That's all that's on my ready for 126 00:07:29.519 --> 00:07:32.360 it when you leave, you flying out? Yeah tomorrow, nice tomorrow, 127 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:36.040 we're flying out of Nashville. Though you said that, like I said's a 128 00:07:36.040 --> 00:07:39.399 problem. Well no, no, that's not a problem. It's just it's 129 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:42.120 just you know, I'm so ready to leave. There's just good you're driving 130 00:07:42.199 --> 00:07:45.680 up there, you stay in the night tonight, uh tomorrow morning. It's 131 00:07:45.759 --> 00:07:48.240 just like there's gonna be three different us leaving before we finally leave, you 132 00:07:48.279 --> 00:07:51.480 know, me leaving the house and me leaving their house, and then us 133 00:07:51.560 --> 00:07:56.600 leaving for Nashville and then so you know, I'm I'm impatient. I'm mentioning 134 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:58.519 for it. Yeah, I get. I mean again, it goes back 135 00:07:58.560 --> 00:08:03.399 to yesterday as far as just you know, having a destination, a trip, 136 00:08:03.920 --> 00:08:05.920 an event or something, and I haven't had that in a while, 137 00:08:05.959 --> 00:08:09.120 and I'm I'm itching for one. And your trip to Philadelphia for WrestleMania has 138 00:08:09.120 --> 00:08:13.319 got me even more interested in doing something, you know, something like that. 139 00:08:13.399 --> 00:08:15.639 So we'll see. I'm gonna try by the next couple of weeks to 140 00:08:15.680 --> 00:08:18.439 actually figure out because I need to. I need to legitimately let the brass 141 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:22.319 here know what days I'm gonna use so they can make, you know, 142 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:24.720 the necessary range. Try to hope to get you to like WrestleMania next year 143 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:28.879 or something. There's a there's a lot of speculation that it could come to 144 00:08:28.959 --> 00:08:31.560 Nashville soon. So if it all comes in, ask wouldn't shock me because 145 00:08:31.600 --> 00:08:35.519 Nashville's like become like Nashville in ten years, became like the New La. 146 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:41.519 It's huge, and it's you know, it's it's I'm just gonna say it, 147 00:08:41.039 --> 00:08:45.919 I hate Nashville. There are certain there's certain elements of Nashville that are 148 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:48.200 that are like, I mean, it's it's not a bad town, but 149 00:08:48.519 --> 00:08:52.240 like it's just become too big for itself, if that makes sense. Like 150 00:08:52.320 --> 00:08:56.879 property, like you can't live in Nashville unless you know you're i mean, 151 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:58.799 help, everything's expensive this day and age. Like yeah, I mean, 152 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:03.720 I mean it's crazy. Like the two cities that, like, ten fifteen 153 00:09:03.799 --> 00:09:07.080 years ago, if you just said, yeah, these two cities will be 154 00:09:07.120 --> 00:09:11.600 two of the most booming cities in America that everybody's gonna want to be in, 155 00:09:11.159 --> 00:09:16.159 whether it be you know, young people wanting to start their adult life 156 00:09:16.240 --> 00:09:20.679 or celebrities wanting to relocate. Nashville, Tennessee, Austin, Texas. Yeah, 157 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:24.600 those two cities in ten fifteen years have completely transformed to something that they 158 00:09:24.600 --> 00:09:28.799 are just that. I mean, heck, Louisville and Nashville not even kidding 159 00:09:28.799 --> 00:09:31.399 you. Twenty years ago, very similar cities, Yeah, very similar. 160 00:09:31.440 --> 00:09:35.039 Now not as much. And you would have thought that Nashville would have been 161 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:37.320 bigger twenty years ago than Louisville. People would have laughed at you maybe it's 162 00:09:37.399 --> 00:09:41.720 crazy the come up for Nashville, but the glow up for Nashville, that's 163 00:09:41.799 --> 00:09:46.240 right. That's right. So let's just dive right in here, because yesterday 164 00:09:46.360 --> 00:09:50.879 was a big day in regards to the news for Pat Kelcey, and that 165 00:09:50.039 --> 00:09:52.840 is that he landed his first commitment. And I'm still saying it it's his 166 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:56.200 first commitment as the Louisville coach because I'm telling you, the dudes who followed 167 00:09:56.240 --> 00:10:00.360 into Charleston, I'm happy that they did, but they were already admitted to 168 00:10:00.399 --> 00:10:05.279 Pat Kelsey. They just followed him. Terence Davis Junior, who of course 169 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:09.320 is you know, known by known as Fats, which I love. You 170 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:11.840 know, he's uh, he's in the mix. He committed yesterday and that 171 00:10:11.879 --> 00:10:13.519 was that was a big get sun Belt Player of the year, a guy 172 00:10:13.559 --> 00:10:18.480 who was a top ten player in the portal. And and Pat's not slowing 173 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.360 down, folks, because you know, yesterday we talked about the flight tracker 174 00:10:22.519 --> 00:10:28.559 and the the private you know, the chartered plight plane, the private plane 175 00:10:28.559 --> 00:10:31.480 that he took. I guess it was out of Jeffersonville and he went to 176 00:10:31.720 --> 00:10:35.039 Toledo. And I think we've known that that trip to Toledo was to see 177 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:41.759 one player specifically, and that was Dante Maddox junior, who really good player 178 00:10:41.799 --> 00:10:46.159 from the MAC at Toledo. He's considering schools like Kansas, Texas, Creighton, 179 00:10:46.240 --> 00:10:48.279 and I don't have his list in front of me, but Louisville is 180 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.519 one of the many Power six programs. In fact, you know, we're 181 00:10:52.519 --> 00:10:56.039 talking about programs that have been really good lately, like recently is this year. 182 00:10:56.559 --> 00:10:58.679 So I don't know where Louisville stands, but clearly they are there, 183 00:11:00.200 --> 00:11:03.799 they're pushing, They've got a lots Here's what Louisville has right now that a 184 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:07.600 lot of schools don't and they won't have this eventually at least one of these 185 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:11.080 components. What Pat Kelsey can sell right now is I'm building a team, 186 00:11:11.159 --> 00:11:16.279 my dude, Like right now, you know, we're gonna bring in the 187 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:20.039 amount of guys needed, right thirteen scholarship players, and you're gonna compete and 188 00:11:20.080 --> 00:11:24.000 have to work for everything you get. But right now, you come in, 189 00:11:24.039 --> 00:11:26.240 I mean there's no but there's I mean, there's nobody competing for your 190 00:11:26.240 --> 00:11:31.559 spot because again there's currently three players on the roster right now, essentially, 191 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:35.960 so that you Kansas can't sell that, Creighton can't sell. That doesn't mean 192 00:11:37.000 --> 00:11:39.879 Louisville is gonna for sure get these guys. But they also have the bag 193 00:11:39.960 --> 00:11:45.440 the money nil and we all know that matters. And I feel like, 194 00:11:45.480 --> 00:11:46.559 in a way, as much as it was talked about Yesterdy, I kind 195 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:52.799 of feel like, I'm I'm I'm just now truly realizing where Louisville can when 196 00:11:52.840 --> 00:11:58.399 apps can can separate themselves from a from the vast majority of college basketball with 197 00:11:58.919 --> 00:12:05.039 the nil money right now again, eventually, you know, money runs, 198 00:12:05.039 --> 00:12:07.039 I mean, it's got to be something you got to you got to sustain 199 00:12:07.080 --> 00:12:09.039 it. And I don't know if they can sustain the amount of money they've 200 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:13.200 been, uh they've been raising in the last week or so, but you 201 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:18.120 know, Louisville has really I mean, if you're a transfer, a guy 202 00:12:18.120 --> 00:12:22.000 that's played a few years at a school like James Madison or a couple of 203 00:12:22.039 --> 00:12:30.639 years at a school like FAU or Toledo for Dante Maddix junior specifically, what 204 00:12:30.639 --> 00:12:33.120 would you think those guys are looking to do. They're looking to go up 205 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.879 a level, but they also want to have a key role, right, 206 00:12:35.919 --> 00:12:39.320 Maybe they don't want to be the guy that gets the most shots a game. 207 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.159 But they want to go somewhere where they will be an integral part of 208 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:46.840 that team's you know, identity, and they also want money, right Like, 209 00:12:48.159 --> 00:12:52.799 that's probably I would say guys can transfer for any reason at this day 210 00:12:52.840 --> 00:12:56.399 and age, and it won't shock me. But you know, if you're 211 00:12:56.440 --> 00:13:00.360 somebody that's already kind of a man at a certain school and you know you're 212 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:05.000 getting your numbers, you're getting notoriety, you have friends, it could just 213 00:13:05.039 --> 00:13:07.480 be where truly you're looking to make money because you know that you won't be 214 00:13:07.519 --> 00:13:11.440 in the NBA, and yeah, you could play overseas in the G League, 215 00:13:11.440 --> 00:13:16.639 but depending on what those contracts look like across the pond, your biggest 216 00:13:16.720 --> 00:13:20.440 chance to put some money away is probably going to be nil in college at 217 00:13:20.440 --> 00:13:26.639 a place like this, So I'm not trying to set the bar too high. 218 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:30.360 Who knows, maybe in a week's time we don't have any other added 219 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:33.879 commitments other than the one we have right now, but man, momentum is 220 00:13:33.879 --> 00:13:37.919 there and it's awesome to see so right now, according to Trilly, Donovan 221 00:13:37.519 --> 00:13:43.120 Dante Maddox junior Louisville is believed to be the leader, and there's a couple 222 00:13:43.159 --> 00:13:48.559 of there's a couple of players at FAU that Louisville is. You know, 223 00:13:48.559 --> 00:13:50.120 we talked about the flight tracker yesterday. I don't know if he ever made 224 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:54.360 it to Boca Raton, because it seems I think I saw that the flight 225 00:13:54.399 --> 00:13:56.080 to Toledo landed back in Louisville, and you know, I don't know if 226 00:13:56.080 --> 00:14:03.159 he stayed longer than expected or if whether it was an impact. But on 227 00:14:03.279 --> 00:14:07.120 three Sports is now reporting that John L. Davis, who, by the 228 00:14:07.159 --> 00:14:09.039 way, is the number one player available in the portal right now, according 229 00:14:09.080 --> 00:14:13.720 to three Sports, that Louisville is not the leader because again, Michigan is 230 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:18.960 the school that every FAU transfer that is in the portal, the belief is 231 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:24.879 they are going to follow their coach, Dustin May to Michigan. And I'd 232 00:14:24.919 --> 00:14:28.080 still say that it's most likely that that's what John L. Davis does. 233 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:35.080 But the report from on three Sports is that I'll read the direct report here. 234 00:14:35.120 --> 00:14:37.960 It says Michigan is the school to watch for FAU transfer John L. 235 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:41.600 Davis. But Louisville isn't going down without a fight. With an influx of 236 00:14:41.679 --> 00:14:46.639 nil capital, Pat Kelsey is ready to take some big swings to reconstruct the 237 00:14:46.759 --> 00:14:48.600 roster. So for those who aren't familiar with John L. Davis, I 238 00:14:48.600 --> 00:14:52.200 mean he's been the star player for FAU eighteen point two points a game, 239 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:56.480 six and a half rebounds, three assists, I mean, shot the ball 240 00:14:56.519 --> 00:15:03.200 really well, was co American Athletic Conference Player of the Year, and I 241 00:15:03.240 --> 00:15:07.480 mean those are all American caliber numbers. So I mean, again, the 242 00:15:07.559 --> 00:15:11.279 number one player in the portal if you're going off of on three. So 243 00:15:11.399 --> 00:15:15.000 with all that said, I mean I'd still think Michigan would be the school 244 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.960 to be because you would think he'd want to follow the coach that he's already 245 00:15:16.960 --> 00:15:20.080 played for, that he had success under, and it's going to be at 246 00:15:20.080 --> 00:15:22.559 a higher level, and certainly there'll be some nil potential for him there. 247 00:15:24.000 --> 00:15:26.320 But I mean Louisville may I mean, I'm not kidding you this. You 248 00:15:26.360 --> 00:15:31.960 know, it's such a private world in regards to like the actual money that 249 00:15:31.000 --> 00:15:37.240 every player truly gets. But it sounds as if, just given the current 250 00:15:37.720 --> 00:15:43.159 makeup of the collectives and the previous I guess lack of support with NIL at 251 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:48.480 Michigan, would he go to Michigan If Louisville could double his money. I 252 00:15:48.480 --> 00:15:50.159 mean, I don't think he would. I don't know the guy at all. 253 00:15:50.159 --> 00:15:52.919 Maybe money's not what he's mostly after, but I mean come on now, 254 00:15:52.000 --> 00:15:58.080 like that's that matters. Now it matters. So by the way, 255 00:15:58.120 --> 00:16:03.279 he's not the only FAU player that apparently Pat Kelsey's can. They got ten 256 00:16:03.320 --> 00:16:07.039 scholarships to fill, so they're gonna be kicking tires talking to evaluating like probably 257 00:16:07.080 --> 00:16:11.480 everybody in the portal to an extent, at least guys that you know have 258 00:16:11.639 --> 00:16:15.080 proven to be pretty good or really good college players. But Nicholas Boyd is 259 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:21.279 another guard for FAU who put up ten points a game last year, and 260 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:26.200 it's just a sophomore and I believe let me just double check this. Yeah, 261 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:30.279 as a I mean he's he shot at about thirty eight percent from three 262 00:16:30.360 --> 00:16:34.679 for his careers. So you know, I those two guys for FAU, 263 00:16:34.799 --> 00:16:38.720 let's be real. I mean they were good. I mean johnal Davis has 264 00:16:38.720 --> 00:16:41.919 proven to be really, really good, and he's played really well against some 265 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:44.960 really good teams, including their run to the Final four last year. But 266 00:16:45.000 --> 00:16:47.320 like, you're gonna need more than just these guys. But like, man, 267 00:16:47.360 --> 00:16:51.519 if this is like what you could start with. I mean, I'm 268 00:16:51.519 --> 00:16:53.279 not sure you could have envisioned a better you know, first couple of weeks 269 00:16:53.279 --> 00:16:56.200 here for Pat Kelsey. So again, I'm probably already getting ahead of myself 270 00:16:56.559 --> 00:17:00.320 because it sounds as if I'm acting like the players in the portal have already 271 00:17:00.360 --> 00:17:04.119 decided they're going to come to Louisville. But you guys have heard my man 272 00:17:04.200 --> 00:17:07.839 Pat Kelsey sell. He can do it, he's really good at it, 273 00:17:07.200 --> 00:17:11.440 and now he's got Louisville to sell with a fan base that's clearly showing their 274 00:17:11.480 --> 00:17:17.240 support with the collective here five h'o two circle. I mean, even if 275 00:17:17.240 --> 00:17:21.440 these guys don't give a damn about Louisville's final fours and championships and all that, 276 00:17:21.920 --> 00:17:23.640 you're still gonna be playing in an NBA arena, and if things are 277 00:17:23.720 --> 00:17:26.079 rolling that arena, I mean, even if Louisville had a dabt like, 278 00:17:26.559 --> 00:17:33.880 let's just go back to a previous world. Let's say twenty I mean twenty, 279 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:37.640 let's say twenty eighteen, twenty nineteen, Chris Mack, that era, 280 00:17:38.359 --> 00:17:42.000 you know, when Louisville was going. Let's let's use this as an example. 281 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:45.880 The David Paget year twenty two thousand weren't showing up because of just you 282 00:17:45.920 --> 00:17:49.319 know, it was the team wasn't as good. They just got rid of 283 00:17:49.359 --> 00:17:52.000 Tom and Rick and it just you know, was uncomfortable. But still we're 284 00:17:52.039 --> 00:17:56.640 talking probably sixteen seventeen thousand, and you could tell it was a lighter crowd 285 00:17:56.680 --> 00:18:00.359 at that time because we weren't used to that. And then who would have 286 00:18:00.400 --> 00:18:03.119 thought five years later we'd have four thousand people there at Max. But my 287 00:18:03.160 --> 00:18:07.759 point is this, even if like we know what it's like when it's crazy 288 00:18:07.119 --> 00:18:12.079 crowded and it's just you know, when it's at its best, but these 289 00:18:12.119 --> 00:18:19.480 players coming from Fau, James, Madison, Toledo, wherever else that you 290 00:18:19.519 --> 00:18:25.559 know is not Louisville, they'll I mean, Louisville could have half capacity. 291 00:18:25.640 --> 00:18:27.640 You know, let's say they have eleven thousand instead of the twenty two that 292 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:32.079 it holds. That's still going to be a much bigger atmosphere than where most 293 00:18:32.119 --> 00:18:34.680 of these guys have played. And I think that matters. So again, 294 00:18:36.240 --> 00:18:40.759 trying not to to raise the bar too high here to where I have people 295 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:42.440 thinking that I'm saying this guy needs to go get every elite player in the 296 00:18:42.440 --> 00:18:47.720 portal. But there's no doubt. One week on the job, this guy 297 00:18:47.839 --> 00:18:51.359 is. You know, it's off to a good start and that's exciting. 298 00:18:51.599 --> 00:18:52.200 All right, we got to get to our first break coming up here. 299 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:55.799 Just a moment we got, but we have a lot to run through in 300 00:18:55.839 --> 00:19:00.680 these next two and a half hours roughly, Yukon they've got more fuel to 301 00:19:00.759 --> 00:19:03.960 believe that that it is Yukon versus the world. I don't know if you 302 00:19:04.000 --> 00:19:07.119 guys saw the story last night. They couldn't get a plane out of out 303 00:19:07.119 --> 00:19:12.200 of Yukon. And I love Dan Hurley documenting it, and I'm sure he's 304 00:19:12.279 --> 00:19:15.200 leaning into this because he now knows that like people think it's kind of funny 305 00:19:15.200 --> 00:19:18.599 that he's acting as if they're underdogs or you know, it's it's the world 306 00:19:18.599 --> 00:19:22.799 against Yukon. But it's become a pretty fun storyline, I think. All 307 00:19:22.839 --> 00:19:26.960 right, we talked about the uk Collective and how they've really struggled to raise 308 00:19:27.039 --> 00:19:30.240 money with a lot familiar but it's you know, it's not just the ribbon 309 00:19:30.319 --> 00:19:33.759 back and forth between the fan the fans here and the rivalry. It's now 310 00:19:33.759 --> 00:19:37.240 starting to get a little bit of national coverage at the college, you know, 311 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:41.400 college basketball level, that like, yikes, why can't they raise more 312 00:19:41.440 --> 00:19:45.680 money? And what I want to do is read the comments from Kentucky fans 313 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:48.720 about it, because that's just I mean, it's I know it doesn't represent 314 00:19:49.200 --> 00:19:52.759 uh an entire fan base, but ready for that. It's it's it's actually 315 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:57.839 kind of fun. And then tonight, I'm gonna say it, we got 316 00:19:57.839 --> 00:20:02.640 a big basketball game tonight and n i T Championship seen Holloway and the Seaton 317 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:07.400 Hall Pirates, Josh Shirts and the Indiana State Sycamores, and I'm really excited 318 00:20:07.440 --> 00:20:11.920 because I may, I may put everything in the account tonight on Seaton Hall 319 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:14.440 plus two and a half. And you hear me Seton Hall plus two and 320 00:20:14.440 --> 00:20:17.720 a half. Oh, they're four, they're they're they're actually minus they were 321 00:20:17.759 --> 00:20:19.759 they were minus four. I'm sorry, plus four. Now it's plus two 322 00:20:19.759 --> 00:20:22.759 and a half. And I'm I'm gonna ride with Sheen Holloway and the uh 323 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:26.160 uh and the uh screw it, let's just go get Pat Kelsey instead bowl. 324 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:30.200 Yeah, which about that? And that's that's that's not a bad thing, 325 00:20:30.200 --> 00:20:33.480 not a bad thing. Yes, and again, revision is history. 326 00:20:33.480 --> 00:20:37.400 But like I think, I mean, imagine if you were waiting on these 327 00:20:37.440 --> 00:20:40.359 guys in the N I T right now. Yeah, you wouldn't have the 328 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:42.640 first the start that you have here. It'll by the way, you wouldn't 329 00:20:42.680 --> 00:20:47.599 have this big pot of money for players right now, right, so we 330 00:20:47.640 --> 00:20:48.599 are loaded. The rest of the way stick with us. 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You can learn more and open your accounts. 340 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.240 Say hey at LNFCU dot com. All right, So this first text 341 00:21:22.440 --> 00:21:26.119 that comes in in regards to the NIL stuff I was just discussing earlier with 342 00:21:27.319 --> 00:21:30.799 Well, I mean, it was really just talking about potential additions to this 343 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:33.519 roster, and we do know that Louisville is in really good shape with NIL 344 00:21:33.640 --> 00:21:38.079 right now, and that makes you feel good about nearly any player they talk 345 00:21:38.160 --> 00:21:44.240 to because we know that matters. Now, it's not the overall factor for 346 00:21:44.319 --> 00:21:49.359 everybody, and other schools also have NIL resources too, but still, I 347 00:21:49.400 --> 00:21:53.400 mean, in this new world, I mean, I think Louisville is going 348 00:21:53.440 --> 00:21:57.200 to be competitive with just about everybody in this space now on the floor of 349 00:21:57.200 --> 00:22:00.319 that kind of stuff, totally different situation, and that's something we won't know 350 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:04.799 until some time. But this Texas, Nick, do you get the sense 351 00:22:06.000 --> 00:22:14.160 that Kelsey was so bothered by Dusty May being the prized pick that he's not 352 00:22:14.279 --> 00:22:18.000 just trying to take players so they don't go to Michigan. I don't know 353 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:22.279 what his motive is, but I mean whatever, I mean, if he 354 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:26.519 wants to go get those players, and it's because not only he thinks they're 355 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:27.799 good, but he wants to stick it to Dusty May, then you know, 356 00:22:27.880 --> 00:22:32.200 whatever gets those players because they're both really I mean specifically John L. 357 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:33.960 Davis. I mean again, we're talking about a guy that is the number 358 00:22:33.960 --> 00:22:38.680 one player in the portal right now, so I mean Dusty May connection or 359 00:22:38.680 --> 00:22:41.400 not. I mean, that's a good player that anybody would want to go 360 00:22:41.440 --> 00:22:45.720 get, So you know, I don't. I mean, we'll we'll we'll 361 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:52.599 learn about Pat Kelsey over the years, And to me, I think it's 362 00:22:52.640 --> 00:22:56.680 going to be pretty easy to kind of pick up on his personality this kind 363 00:22:56.720 --> 00:22:59.680 of stuff, because you know, he's I think he's going to be a 364 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:03.079 I wouldn't say, you know, he'll be transparent more so than what we 365 00:23:03.079 --> 00:23:06.960 were used to with the last regime. But it's not like he's gonna tell 366 00:23:07.039 --> 00:23:08.559 us everything. But my point is this, like I think with him being 367 00:23:08.599 --> 00:23:15.079 a high energy clearly emotions very much a part of how he does his thing, 368 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:18.319 whether it be coaching or talking in a press conference. He's always on. 369 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:23.319 That's the first thing that someone said to me when they were describing him 370 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:27.160 having worked with him before, is my man is always on. So if 371 00:23:27.160 --> 00:23:30.599 he is somebody that you know is better about that and wants to you know, 372 00:23:30.680 --> 00:23:34.240 like embarrass the guys that were offered the job before him, then you 373 00:23:34.279 --> 00:23:40.160 know, whatever works, whatever works. But again, when it comes to 374 00:23:41.319 --> 00:23:47.400 this particular situation, I mean, maybe that is a factor. I don't 375 00:23:47.440 --> 00:23:49.160 know. We'll never know for sure because I don't think he come out and 376 00:23:49.240 --> 00:23:55.160 say that, but now that I'm thinking on it, him mentioning the Scott 377 00:23:55.240 --> 00:24:00.359 Drew and Dusty May situation in the when he was doing his thing at the 378 00:24:00.400 --> 00:24:03.640 press conference about the neighborhood and the house where they live this and that, 379 00:24:04.319 --> 00:24:11.799 I mean, I guess that's somewhat like self deprecating. But a lot of 380 00:24:11.839 --> 00:24:15.799 coaches wouldn't do that. A lot of coaches would never even enter, like 381 00:24:15.839 --> 00:24:18.799 even bring up cal or other. I mean, that's just that's you know, 382 00:24:19.839 --> 00:24:22.319 That's why when I think back to his press conference, other than just 383 00:24:22.359 --> 00:24:27.039 you know, it being a good, good job on his part of executing 384 00:24:27.119 --> 00:24:30.480 how relatable he can be and how how much he wants to be here and 385 00:24:30.519 --> 00:24:36.160 how you know, that kind of stuff, he was so much aware of. 386 00:24:37.000 --> 00:24:40.039 He could read the room and read the situation. He knew that everybody 387 00:24:40.079 --> 00:24:44.400 there was was well aware that he wasn't the first second, really even the 388 00:24:44.440 --> 00:24:48.480 third choice, and he probably knew that a lot of fans weren't all that 389 00:24:48.599 --> 00:24:55.440 familiar with him in his resume. So, you know, long story short, 390 00:24:55.480 --> 00:24:57.599 I think we'll find out within you know, I don't know how long, 391 00:24:57.599 --> 00:25:00.279 but I don't think if he somebody that will, in fact, you 392 00:25:00.319 --> 00:25:03.480 know, go out of his way to try to really you know, stick 393 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.000 it to somebody, which I don't think he has any ill feelings towards Dusty 394 00:25:07.000 --> 00:25:11.079 May. But then again, if you remember that video when they played each 395 00:25:11.079 --> 00:25:11.960 other, because for those who don't know this, and if you're not like 396 00:25:12.000 --> 00:25:15.640 on Twitter, you probably never saw it. And I know people that are 397 00:25:15.680 --> 00:25:17.759 on Twitter, it's a constant thing, but there's a lot of folks that 398 00:25:17.799 --> 00:25:21.319 aren't. But Austin, do you know what video I'm referring to where no, 399 00:25:21.720 --> 00:25:26.039 So yeah, refresh. Dusty May and FAU played College at Charleston earlier 400 00:25:26.079 --> 00:25:33.039 this year, and it was in one of those early season tournaments and apparently 401 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:40.319 one of the players for FAU had set something to uh, had said something 402 00:25:40.359 --> 00:25:45.359 to Pat Kelsey to my coach. Yeah, okay, so I meanly quite 403 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:48.640 literally, I mean that's I mean, he an FAU player, had just 404 00:25:48.839 --> 00:25:51.359 I don't know what he'd said, but it got Pat Kelsey really hot, 405 00:25:51.799 --> 00:25:56.200 and Kelsey marched down the sideline to tell Dusty May, like, hey, 406 00:25:56.319 --> 00:26:00.559 your players being disrespectful kind of thing, like, you know, And I 407 00:26:00.839 --> 00:26:03.039 don't know if we'll ever find out what it is he actually said, but 408 00:26:03.240 --> 00:26:07.039 it clearly got him all upset and bothered, and Dusty May responded with just 409 00:26:07.079 --> 00:26:11.480 a h don't don't talk to me. So I just said it. I 410 00:26:11.519 --> 00:26:15.759 think I just sent it to you. Uh check it out. So maybe 411 00:26:15.759 --> 00:26:18.599 they're maybe they're maybe it's not even about like Dusty May being the guy that 412 00:26:18.599 --> 00:26:22.920 that that you know, Louisville tried to hire. Uh, but maybe there's 413 00:26:22.960 --> 00:26:26.720 some connection there because of how worked up Kelsey got about you know, that 414 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:30.279 whole exchange. And I'm sure I'm manufacturing a very non existent beef between the 415 00:26:30.319 --> 00:26:36.319 two, but hey, uh, I'm down because, like, let's just 416 00:26:36.319 --> 00:26:38.279 be real. Dusty May, I never I never wanted him to be the 417 00:26:38.319 --> 00:26:41.279 coach in any way. It was a I think it was not a great 418 00:26:41.359 --> 00:26:45.039 look as far as the optics of the search, the way it went down 419 00:26:45.079 --> 00:26:47.920 with him. But if you listen to this show even a little bit for 420 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.680 weeks leading up, in fact longer than weeks, I just never felt like 421 00:26:49.759 --> 00:26:52.480 Dusty May would be a fit here. I didn't think there was enough on 422 00:26:52.519 --> 00:26:56.200 the resume to say let's let this guy try. I mean, you know 423 00:26:56.799 --> 00:27:00.559 again, Final four is great and I can't take that away from him. 424 00:27:00.559 --> 00:27:03.880 I'm not even discrediting it. Discrediting it. But the other factor that everybody 425 00:27:03.920 --> 00:27:07.319 got so horned up for about Dusty May was the fact that FAU used to 426 00:27:07.359 --> 00:27:11.160 suck and now they're now they're decent. I mean, that's that's what it 427 00:27:11.200 --> 00:27:14.079 turned into. And they they were barely a decent team this year. They 428 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:15.319 would not have made the tournament if they weren't a final four team the year 429 00:27:15.319 --> 00:27:18.640 before. You will not, You will not convince me otherwise. So you 430 00:27:18.680 --> 00:27:22.200 know what I remember seeing that video, Okay, now that you showed like 431 00:27:22.200 --> 00:27:25.799 if there is a coach that like, you know, and look, I 432 00:27:25.799 --> 00:27:27.519 can say this because I'm not a very big guy either when it comes to 433 00:27:27.559 --> 00:27:30.079 stature, although yes, as you can probably tell, I've been in the 434 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:34.200 weight room a little bit lately. But when it comes to like, I 435 00:27:34.240 --> 00:27:37.759 mean, Pat Kelsey's not a real big dude. But if there's one dude, 436 00:27:37.799 --> 00:27:40.079 I feel like, you know, and not to say there's only one, 437 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:41.839 but like he would he would beat the hell out of Dusty May. 438 00:27:42.039 --> 00:27:45.799 If you set up the match at WrestleMania Austin, Dusty May, Pat Kelsey, 439 00:27:47.160 --> 00:27:49.279 Pat Kelsey's going over. Yeah, He's going over. Yeah, he's 440 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:52.680 going over. I could see that. I remember that video. No, 441 00:27:52.759 --> 00:27:56.079 what it probably is he probably told him that he's not a Kelciotto guy, 442 00:27:56.240 --> 00:28:02.079 and that's that's a that's a big mistake. Huge. So yeah, when 443 00:28:02.079 --> 00:28:03.279 you texted that in, I hadn't even thought about that. Whoever it was 444 00:28:03.319 --> 00:28:06.640 that sent that. But you know, I like the way we're thinking now, 445 00:28:06.720 --> 00:28:10.039 right, we are so in love with this new coach that we're thinking 446 00:28:10.079 --> 00:28:11.240 like, oh yeah, he's trying to stick it to these other coaches. 447 00:28:11.279 --> 00:28:15.440 Man, he's he's our guy now, and he's got he's got the Louisville 448 00:28:15.480 --> 00:28:18.000 muscles to flex with Chigan. I know Louisville's been really bad lately, but 449 00:28:18.079 --> 00:28:22.799 hey, right now, I mean it's a new era, it's a fresh 450 00:28:22.799 --> 00:28:26.640 start, and that alone is very very exciting. All right. So, 451 00:28:26.519 --> 00:28:30.720 Austin, we talked a little bit about your story yesterday in the five o'clock 452 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:33.720 hour for those who might have missed it, and that was that was you 453 00:28:33.720 --> 00:28:37.960 know, he spent a lot of time growing up in Arizona and five to 454 00:28:38.000 --> 00:28:47.039 two, oh what what how would you compare Arizona Highway expressway and traffic situations 455 00:28:47.160 --> 00:28:49.480 there? How would you compare that to Louisville. It's a lot more chill, 456 00:28:49.480 --> 00:28:52.319 and not just only in Arizona, just the West coast in general. 457 00:28:52.359 --> 00:28:56.680 You said you've been out there before. It's like and we talked about it 458 00:28:56.759 --> 00:29:00.039 yesterday, like the retirement nature and the retirement community of like the Arizona and 459 00:29:00.079 --> 00:29:04.119 the California and like the nomada of the West area out there. The highways 460 00:29:04.119 --> 00:29:07.519 are just so wide, right, I don't know if you've ever seen the 461 00:29:07.559 --> 00:29:11.079 Western how like I ten, it's so wide, and the I always feel 462 00:29:11.079 --> 00:29:14.960 like a lot if for some reason that like we have like you know, 463 00:29:15.000 --> 00:29:17.640 I sixty five, Yeah, but I feel like a lot of the West 464 00:29:17.680 --> 00:29:21.440 Coast interstates or you know, obviously the eyes furnished it, but like eye 465 00:29:21.519 --> 00:29:23.519 something the up let me let me catch the eye thin for the eyes, 466 00:29:23.680 --> 00:29:26.240 you know, yeah, for to me. But it's so like you have 467 00:29:26.359 --> 00:29:30.880 that it's more more wide open, more free flowing. And I think I 468 00:29:30.920 --> 00:29:33.200 actually just read something a couple of weeks ago, just the study of the 469 00:29:33.279 --> 00:29:37.160 elderly people really kind of don't like to be on the expressways all that much, 470 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.319 so they more they're more or less using main roads. So everything just 471 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:45.319 kind of way more free flowing out there on the west. What about Louisville 472 00:29:45.319 --> 00:29:48.160 though, like it's it's it's another different story. The first of all, 473 00:29:48.200 --> 00:29:52.799 always under construction. I know everyone always says that, and a lot of 474 00:29:52.799 --> 00:29:55.720 people like to try to come back, well, you that's over exaggerated, 475 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:57.799 but like just take a look at downtown, like how long it usually takes 476 00:29:57.799 --> 00:30:02.440 to get here because of construction. It's already bad with the one way streets 477 00:30:02.480 --> 00:30:07.160 anyways, and then you got you got everything's blocked, you have bridges blocked. 478 00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:11.559 It's it's absolutely that's what it is. It's the construction that never never 479 00:30:11.680 --> 00:30:15.000 ends. Like there's areas of interstates in the metro in you know, the 480 00:30:15.039 --> 00:30:22.319 region essentially here that have that have been being worked on for years with no 481 00:30:22.440 --> 00:30:23.880 progress seemingly. And I say that, you know, tongue in cheek. 482 00:30:23.880 --> 00:30:26.039 I'm sure, I don't want to act like nobody's out there working, but 483 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:33.000 like, for example, the area between Geen Snyder and sixty four east or 484 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:41.440 west, I mean that whole from I guess just past the Jeffersontown Taylorsville Road 485 00:30:41.480 --> 00:30:45.720 exit if you're heading east to probably around Old Henry, Like that's just been 486 00:30:45.759 --> 00:30:48.839 a mess for I feel like my whole life. Yeah, the old Henry 487 00:30:48.880 --> 00:30:52.720 and even we've got a little bit further, like the bill toown road area 488 00:30:52.799 --> 00:30:55.319 too, is still kind of like a mess that way in the Gene Snyder. 489 00:30:55.519 --> 00:30:59.920 So the I'm aware that trapped for you know, I'll just start with 490 00:31:00.480 --> 00:31:03.359 when it comes to traffic, like, we don't have it nearly as bad 491 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:07.200 as big I mean, like, first of all, you can get to 492 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:11.279 if there's no construction or traffic, you can get to really anywhere in Louisville 493 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.640 or the Louisville metro area rather quickly. I agree. And you know, 494 00:31:15.720 --> 00:31:19.240 from a traffic standpoint, I mean, we all everybody hates traffic. There's 495 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:23.319 nobody that likes traffic, but we don't. We're not Nashville, Atlanta, 496 00:31:25.200 --> 00:31:29.400 DC, Chicago. Like you know, at times when I complain about traffic, 497 00:31:29.640 --> 00:31:30.519 I feel like, you know what, like you know, in the 498 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:34.039 grand scheme of things like this, is I have it easy compared to other 499 00:31:34.039 --> 00:31:37.880 I means there are there are people who live in like the suburbs of bigger 500 00:31:37.920 --> 00:31:41.559 cities that it's just a it's a given that they're in the car for two 501 00:31:41.640 --> 00:31:44.319 and a half hours a day, and that's to get to working. To 502 00:31:44.319 --> 00:31:47.559 come home from work and that would suck. So we don't have it that 503 00:31:47.680 --> 00:31:52.359 bad. But the construction is what I just don't know today. To me, 504 00:31:52.640 --> 00:31:56.119 this is just something that I cannot understand. How there could have been 505 00:31:56.119 --> 00:31:59.079 an easy There has to have been a better way to do it than how 506 00:31:59.119 --> 00:32:04.240 they decided to do it on the So I'm leaving an appointment on the old 507 00:32:04.319 --> 00:32:07.559 Henry exit and I am going, I'm getting back on the Snyder and I'm 508 00:32:07.559 --> 00:32:14.200 heading west to HIT sixty four. Yeah, and there's two lanes and you 509 00:32:14.240 --> 00:32:17.759 know, they're kind of you know, hodgepodge together if you will, because 510 00:32:17.799 --> 00:32:22.960 it's you know, they're doing construction. And then there's this big concrete barrier 511 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:27.119 between the two lanes. Yeah, and there's not enough unless you know, 512 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:30.079 unless I've just missed all these warnings, all these signs, and if you're 513 00:32:30.119 --> 00:32:32.960 on it every day then you would know, but I'm not. So there. 514 00:32:34.119 --> 00:32:37.359 There's that concrete barrier where you can go left or right, but you're 515 00:32:37.359 --> 00:32:38.799 just you know, it's just a two lane interstate and you're you're you know, 516 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:43.200 long story short, if you do, if you're not in the far 517 00:32:43.279 --> 00:32:46.599 right lane going west on the Snyder, I guess it's called south on the 518 00:32:46.640 --> 00:32:52.880 Snyder. I'm sorry, if you're not on the far right lane three miles 519 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:58.240 or so before you get to I sixty four, you can't get off. 520 00:32:58.519 --> 00:33:01.640 Oh so you're like stuck in that lane. So I had to drive three 521 00:33:01.680 --> 00:33:06.240 and a half four miles past sixty four and there was no sign that said 522 00:33:06.240 --> 00:33:07.680 there, and there might have been one, but like, first of all, 523 00:33:07.759 --> 00:33:09.920 sign or no sign, why would you do like that? That just 524 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:15.480 seems that just seems crazy, because let's be real, that exit, that's 525 00:33:15.920 --> 00:33:19.000 the majority of people that are on sn I would I shouldn't say the majority, 526 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:21.880 but a lot of people that are on Snyder heading south. You know, 527 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:24.359 some of them may be just continuing to go down Snyder to get to 528 00:33:24.400 --> 00:33:27.759 one of those exits, or you know, maybe go to the to the 529 00:33:27.799 --> 00:33:30.319 south end. But a lot of people are going to be getting on sixty 530 00:33:30.319 --> 00:33:34.599 four east or west. And again I'm sure some people are thinking, what 531 00:33:34.680 --> 00:33:37.920 an idiot that's been like that forever and there's signs everywhere. Well, like 532 00:33:37.000 --> 00:33:40.440 to me, it's not normal to just know, Hey, why I'm heading 533 00:33:40.680 --> 00:33:44.599 in the right direction, The exit's on the right. Why can I not 534 00:33:44.880 --> 00:33:46.319 like switch lands and again, I'm sure it's because of what they're doing with 535 00:33:46.359 --> 00:33:51.559 its construction, but I had to drive and here everybody else did it too. 536 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:53.079 Like I noticed that I got off. I got off of the J 537 00:33:53.200 --> 00:33:57.160 ten exit, which is the next exit available, and I took a left. 538 00:33:57.640 --> 00:34:01.319 And I'm not kidding you, eighty percent of the cars that were at 539 00:34:01.359 --> 00:34:05.920 that light getting off of the exit were taking a left and getting back on 540 00:34:06.000 --> 00:34:09.239 Snyder heading the other way because they missed it too, like you were, 541 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:15.039 Like the pace car. It's just just leading everybody back on. And look, 542 00:34:15.079 --> 00:34:16.800 I'm not going to say that I don't deserve some blame here because you 543 00:34:16.800 --> 00:34:20.039 know, I could have just been a little more mindful, a little bit 544 00:34:20.079 --> 00:34:22.039 more aware of it, and maybe there was a sign and I should have 545 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:30.239 known whatever, But that that made me twenty minutes late to something that I 546 00:34:30.280 --> 00:34:31.480 would have been on time for. Yeah, and like that, you know, 547 00:34:31.519 --> 00:34:37.719 again taking some accountability on my part. But just I said this to 548 00:34:37.719 --> 00:34:40.440 Austin during the break, I don't know if anybody's ever been on the Snyder 549 00:34:40.519 --> 00:34:45.039 in that in that vicinity of the Gene Snyder and it not been an experience 550 00:34:45.159 --> 00:34:51.039 that dampened your day a little bit. It's just a mess and on my 551 00:34:51.119 --> 00:34:53.159 way and I just kind of what I just now on the city part, 552 00:34:53.239 --> 00:34:57.400 like the inside when we're using like actual main roads. And I texted you 553 00:34:57.400 --> 00:35:00.280 about this earlier, like I've it's twenty two, twenty four. There's got 554 00:35:00.320 --> 00:35:05.880 to be a better way to temporarily patch up street work than the three inch 555 00:35:06.039 --> 00:35:07.719 like things. Oh yeah, the plates that are in the middle of the 556 00:35:07.800 --> 00:35:10.800 road that you could cook kunk over and you could just kind of feel your 557 00:35:10.840 --> 00:35:15.679 tires going spuddy. You know, what was that for? It might as 558 00:35:15.719 --> 00:35:17.440 well have been a speed bump on the interstate when you're going sixty five. 559 00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:21.800 Yeah, I just I just don't. I just don't. There has to 560 00:35:21.840 --> 00:35:23.639 be, like I don't know, maybe I don't get paid to make these 561 00:35:23.639 --> 00:35:27.119 decisions, so that's why. But there has to be, like I feel 562 00:35:27.159 --> 00:35:29.920 like that's been around for so many years, there has to be another way. 563 00:35:30.000 --> 00:35:32.440 Is there like a little bit thinner plates like it? It just shreds 564 00:35:32.480 --> 00:35:37.000 your tires and it's almost like the equivalent of like stubbing your toe, you 565 00:35:37.039 --> 00:35:40.280 know. And it's the sound and the feel like I don't, you know, 566 00:35:40.280 --> 00:35:44.360 I've had I can't hopefully you didn't have any actual damage to your car, 567 00:35:44.760 --> 00:35:47.199 but the feel of it when you're holding the wheel, and then the 568 00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:51.079 sound when you do it, you're thinking, damn, that couldn't have been 569 00:35:51.079 --> 00:35:52.400 good for me. Body. Yeah, it makes you. It's a kind 570 00:35:52.400 --> 00:35:55.119 of sound that it makes you like turn your radio down like, oh yeah, 571 00:35:55.119 --> 00:35:58.880 what what just happened? That about it? So all right, let's 572 00:35:58.880 --> 00:36:00.960 get too quick break. We'll come back on the other side. And I'm 573 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:04.400 not sure how much time we're going to spend on this specifically, but some 574 00:36:04.440 --> 00:36:07.800 breaking news in college basketball. Eric Musselman is in fact leaving Arkansas as he's 575 00:36:07.800 --> 00:36:10.519 been trying to get the hell out of Fayetteville for a long time now. 576 00:36:10.559 --> 00:36:14.519 He has found a new destination and that is in Los Angeles. He's going 577 00:36:14.559 --> 00:36:16.760 to be the next USC coach. Which you got to think about the dominoes 578 00:36:16.760 --> 00:36:23.199 here, fellas. We've got Arkansas open and Arkansas they're going after Chris Beard, 579 00:36:23.199 --> 00:36:27.039 They're going after Will Wade, They're going after Jerome Tang. Those are 580 00:36:27.039 --> 00:36:30.400 the three guys. And yes, Twitter's already let you know, light me 581 00:36:30.480 --> 00:36:32.119 up, letting me know that you know, Arkansas is about to conduct a 582 00:36:32.159 --> 00:36:35.400 search that basically would have been led by me but hey, I don't care 583 00:36:35.440 --> 00:36:38.559 about that. Now. We got Pat Kelsey and he's he's fired up and 584 00:36:38.599 --> 00:36:43.079 ready to be here, and you know, will he win? I hope 585 00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:45.920 so, but I'm not gonna worry about that until you know, we get 586 00:36:45.920 --> 00:36:47.800 there. This is the honeymoon, all right, it's coffee. In fact, 587 00:36:47.800 --> 00:36:51.119 it's coffee and Company, not the honeymoon. But stick with us right 588 00:36:51.119 --> 00:36:55.000 here on Sports Talk seven to ninety. Now back to Coffee and Company, 589 00:36:55.199 --> 00:37:00.119 fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine day. That's right, coffee and 590 00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:04.239 Company, wrapping up the three o'clock hours. Still got two more hours left 591 00:37:04.239 --> 00:37:07.039 here and a lot to get into. So don't go anywhere. Hang out 592 00:37:07.079 --> 00:37:08.599 right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Take us with you wherever you go. 593 00:37:08.599 --> 00:37:12.519 You can listen live on the AHET Radio app. Listen live at seven 594 00:37:12.639 --> 00:37:16.519 ninety Louisville dot com. All right, so this, uh, this news 595 00:37:16.519 --> 00:37:21.480 broke yesterday and it's not something that gets you know, it's got a whole 596 00:37:21.519 --> 00:37:23.159 lot of it. It has not received a whole lot of attention nationally, 597 00:37:23.199 --> 00:37:27.760 at least not that I can tell. But there is a new tournament, 598 00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:32.239 postseason tournament, I should say, in college basketball that I guess is hoping 599 00:37:32.320 --> 00:37:40.199 to rival the NIT And I mean when I think of college basketball tournaments that 600 00:37:40.239 --> 00:37:45.039 aren't the NSAA Tournament, I mean I kind of just feel like, I 601 00:37:45.039 --> 00:37:46.440 mean, well, for just me specifically, I'm thinking, Okay, that 602 00:37:46.519 --> 00:37:51.639 gives me more games to bet on. But if you care about a team 603 00:37:51.719 --> 00:37:55.039 that is that has done some things in college basketball as far as deep tournament 604 00:37:55.119 --> 00:38:00.119 runs, national championships, final fours, it's just impossible for you to look 605 00:38:00.119 --> 00:38:02.079 at the n i T or anything like that, this new tournament or the 606 00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:09.079 CBI or whatever. It's just hard to to to embrace that because you didn't 607 00:38:09.119 --> 00:38:14.440 get anywhere close to your goal. And the realization of that is that you're 608 00:38:14.480 --> 00:38:16.920 playing in these other tournaments. But when it comes to like Indiana State tonight, 609 00:38:16.960 --> 00:38:21.599 they're gonna play in the n i T Championship and that's a big deal 610 00:38:21.639 --> 00:38:24.719 for them. So it really is, you know, it's relative to where 611 00:38:24.760 --> 00:38:28.639 you are, I guess in the hierarchy of college basketball. But this new 612 00:38:28.760 --> 00:38:35.960 tournament has been put together by Fox and I can't be I can't be reading. 613 00:38:36.079 --> 00:38:39.920 I mean, the name is Fox Sports n I T. There's no 614 00:38:39.960 --> 00:38:43.880 way now I'm gonna I'm gonna have to go to the actual official release because 615 00:38:43.920 --> 00:38:46.760 that they couldn't be able to call it that. Uh what's it called? 616 00:38:47.800 --> 00:38:53.440 I mean, what are they gonna call the tournament? Now? Yeah, 617 00:38:53.440 --> 00:38:55.360 I mean I don't. I mean, that's very generic. If it is, 618 00:38:55.440 --> 00:38:59.119 I'm reports in it. Oh, it can't be that because that's the 619 00:38:59.199 --> 00:39:01.000 name of another tournament, you would, you know, But the right up 620 00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:07.039 at the Athletics says the says that's what they're gonna call it. Okay, 621 00:39:07.559 --> 00:39:12.599 it's called the College Basketball Crown, which whatever. I mean, that's not 622 00:39:12.760 --> 00:39:19.079 the worst name, but again, like it's a crown that, like you 623 00:39:19.079 --> 00:39:22.320 you don't want to because one school wants Nick in March. I mean, 624 00:39:22.719 --> 00:39:25.800 the Crown is like the best you could do because you didn't qualify for a 625 00:39:25.880 --> 00:39:30.639 much bigger tournament that happens to include sixty eight teams. But I mean, 626 00:39:30.679 --> 00:39:35.800 I just look, I'm not bothered by it. It's not gonna hurt anything, 627 00:39:35.880 --> 00:39:37.840 but it is to me. It just seems kind of silly. But 628 00:39:37.880 --> 00:39:42.840 it's gonna be a sixteen team tournament called the College Basketball Crown. It's going 629 00:39:42.880 --> 00:39:46.320 to feature schools that failed to qualify for the tournament obviously, like nobody's gonna 630 00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:51.000 turn down the ensible A tournament to go to this. But there's gonna be 631 00:39:51.039 --> 00:39:53.760 two teams from each of these leagues, the Big Ten, the Big Twelve, 632 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:57.960 in the Big East. They're going to receive automatic bids. So teams 633 00:39:58.039 --> 00:40:00.079 don't make the tournament from those three leagues. I guess the two best teams 634 00:40:00.079 --> 00:40:04.760 that got left out are going to qualify for this tournament. And these leagues 635 00:40:04.760 --> 00:40:07.639 are going to require they play in this tournament and not the n I T. 636 00:40:07.840 --> 00:40:12.159 You know why, because Fox that's who. That's the leagues that Fox 637 00:40:12.239 --> 00:40:16.480 is partnered with for broadcast coverage. So the Big Ten, Big Twelve, 638 00:40:16.480 --> 00:40:20.599 Big East, they all have games in some form or fashion on Fox. 639 00:40:20.599 --> 00:40:22.480 I don't think the Big Twelve does yet. I think this is the year 640 00:40:22.480 --> 00:40:27.119 where they're going to start. So I mean it's going to take place in 641 00:40:27.239 --> 00:40:30.320 Vegas. I guess the entire tournament will be in uh in Vegas at the 642 00:40:30.440 --> 00:40:37.800 MGM Garden Arena, and it'll be on Fox, FS one or Fox. 643 00:40:37.960 --> 00:40:40.639 So I don't know if this was necessary, but just give you let me 644 00:40:40.639 --> 00:40:45.559 just give you an example like Rick Patino this year, he declined to go 645 00:40:45.639 --> 00:40:47.679 to the n I T and a lot of schools did, and I think 646 00:40:49.239 --> 00:40:52.960 declining to go to the n i T is usually just because like you know, 647 00:40:53.000 --> 00:40:55.800 hey, like what are we like this? That's not who we are, 648 00:40:55.880 --> 00:41:00.880 right But now I think if you're saying John's Kansas State, I mean, 649 00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:04.039 there's a lot of schools that decline the n i T this year. 650 00:41:04.320 --> 00:41:06.800 And it's not because you think you're too good for it. You just know 651 00:41:06.880 --> 00:41:10.039 that it's not a huge accomplishment. And also you've got to be focused on 652 00:41:10.079 --> 00:41:15.280 the portal right now. And then I l like, that's that's I mean 653 00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:19.760 coaching in the n i T while you know the rest of the country is 654 00:41:20.360 --> 00:41:23.079 aggressively pursuing the portal that kind of stuff, like you you could you could 655 00:41:23.079 --> 00:41:28.760 get left behind. So what I'm why I'm bringing up those teams is that 656 00:41:28.840 --> 00:41:32.760 because of the affiliation with Fox and these conferences, Saint John's wouldn't be allowed 657 00:41:32.760 --> 00:41:36.360 to sit this out like they're going to be required to play in it by 658 00:41:36.360 --> 00:41:40.159 their conference because it's now kind of you know, it's part of this partnership. 659 00:41:40.960 --> 00:41:45.199 But I think it was Matt Norlander who said it best that this just, 660 00:41:45.280 --> 00:41:52.360 I mean, this just isn't necessary. You know, the ACC and 661 00:41:52.400 --> 00:41:59.159 the SEC aren't even officially attached to this because of the allegiances to the example, 662 00:41:59.239 --> 00:42:00.840 like ACC, these teams aren't going to play in it. I don't 663 00:42:00.840 --> 00:42:07.360 think they're even allowed because again it's all about the TV network war and a 664 00:42:07.400 --> 00:42:14.519 lot of logistical issues here with everybody playing in Vegas and again like coaching changes 665 00:42:15.519 --> 00:42:17.199 for non instead of a tournament teams like again like a magic I mean, 666 00:42:17.239 --> 00:42:21.320 it's just it's going to be the ultimate, Like nobody really wants to be 667 00:42:21.360 --> 00:42:24.480 here. Because if you're in the NAT and you're from a mid major, 668 00:42:24.960 --> 00:42:30.039 then yeah, it's it's a different situation entirely. But if you're in the 669 00:42:30.119 --> 00:42:34.719 Big East, the Big twelve, or the Big Ten and you're there unless 670 00:42:34.719 --> 00:42:37.719 you're just a doormat of that league, like nobody wants to be there, 671 00:42:37.800 --> 00:42:39.519 and there's a chance that they'll probably they could be moving on from you as 672 00:42:39.519 --> 00:42:44.480 the coach because you didn't you didn't qualify for a much bigger tournament that actually 673 00:42:44.519 --> 00:42:47.280 matters. So look, there'll be some TV revenue at it, and I'm 674 00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:50.760 never going to complain about more basketball, But like if you're one of these 675 00:42:50.760 --> 00:42:54.239 teams that ends up here from those three leagues like it. Just it seems 676 00:42:54.239 --> 00:42:57.760 like a waste of time. Which, by the way, speaking of the 677 00:42:57.840 --> 00:42:59.440 NAT, you want to talk about that a little later on, because, 678 00:42:59.440 --> 00:43:00.639 believe it or not, we have a good game to night Seaton Hall in 679 00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:05.159 Indiana State. And it is wild to think that two of the coaches coaching 680 00:43:05.159 --> 00:43:07.679 tonight were in the mix for the Louisville job. One was offered the Louisville 681 00:43:07.719 --> 00:43:12.159 job and could not take it. And I think early on it looks like 682 00:43:12.199 --> 00:43:15.000 a blessing in disguise. But just think about this. Imagine if you know 683 00:43:15.360 --> 00:43:19.679 Louisville didn't have a coach yet because he was still coaching in the n I 684 00:43:19.760 --> 00:43:22.599 T. I mean, that would not be a good look. All right, 685 00:43:22.639 --> 00:43:24.880 we got to run two more hours to go. Stick with us. 686 00:43:25.519 --> 00:43:29.599 It is coffee and Company. 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