WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.399 --> 00:00:07.879 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jakonsalis on Fox Sports fourteen 2 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:14.560 fifteen powered by Nova Insurance Services. Make sure your most prized possessions Katz R 3 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.960 two Son and iHeart Radio Station pay Good afternoon. Everybody. Welcome to I 4 00:00:19.079 --> 00:00:21.640 on the Ball here on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. I'm Steve Rivera, he's 5 00:00:21.719 --> 00:00:27.079 Jagon's ass. We're by ourselves today, so expect the unexpected and get used 6 00:00:27.079 --> 00:00:30.079 to it. I always chuckled when you start the show like that, because 7 00:00:30.399 --> 00:00:39.640 because we're such a circus without that. Mike godf Hey, as I was 8 00:00:39.640 --> 00:00:43.159 listening to the show today, I'm gonna do some a little fun. We 9 00:00:43.159 --> 00:00:47.600 didn't talk about this because we never do uh the last night's piece. Okay, 10 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:50.600 but we'll do this on the second part of today's show and then maybe 11 00:00:50.640 --> 00:00:54.799 get some callers on sec best athlete that you may Wait, did you take 12 00:00:54.880 --> 00:01:00.560 notes on the on the thing that you put around your cup? Hot coffee 13 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.880 cup? What are your notes? Oh, it's I find you. I'm 14 00:01:03.920 --> 00:01:07.000 on the desk here, I find whatever's available. This is a hat. 15 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:10.959 Oh that's the insert to a hat. Okay, come on, I didn't 16 00:01:10.959 --> 00:01:12.680 write on the desk. Look, I looked like that. You know the 17 00:01:12.719 --> 00:01:15.879 coffee is too hot. I know they have those in in in the break 18 00:01:15.920 --> 00:01:21.000 room. Yeah, my name is Steph today from the best Athlete at Ubay, 19 00:01:21.480 --> 00:01:26.799 Best Performance, best Coach, best moment, best team. Okay atributed. 20 00:01:29.040 --> 00:01:32.319 We'll talk about it after this after our first guest. Who is who 21 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:36.120 is Um Hurt his chin head coach of the two on Sugar Skulls. They 22 00:01:36.159 --> 00:01:40.400 got there. The regular season finale this week or day after tomorrow at six 23 00:01:40.439 --> 00:01:42.840 o'clock taking on the Green Bay Blizzard. It's a game that still has some 24 00:01:42.920 --> 00:01:49.120 meaning because they could They're right now in the three spot in their division for 25 00:01:49.359 --> 00:01:53.280 a playoff spot. They can, I think drop to the four if they 26 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:56.120 lose. Um, I don't think they can move up. Who's the one 27 00:01:56.319 --> 00:01:59.439 Phoenix? U? Yeah, the res Rattlers are one Bay are your Panthers 28 00:01:59.519 --> 00:02:01.319 or two the Sugar Sculls. I'd have to look at the tiebreaker, but 29 00:02:01.439 --> 00:02:07.120 I think the Sugar Skulls could possibly fall out of the three spot. They 30 00:02:07.120 --> 00:02:08.800 don't want to do that because you don't want to have to play the Rattlers 31 00:02:08.840 --> 00:02:12.639 in the first round. The Rattlers are they have gotten their mojo back, 32 00:02:12.960 --> 00:02:15.280 they got the quarterback back. They're on a winning streak, and they're gonna 33 00:02:15.280 --> 00:02:19.159 be tough to beat. I think they I don't know if they're the favorites 34 00:02:19.199 --> 00:02:21.719 two in the league, but certainly the favorites. You come out of the 35 00:02:21.759 --> 00:02:24.000 Western Division, so you know, you want to take your chances and play 36 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:28.919 Bay Area. You've beaten Bay Area at their place this season, so that's 37 00:02:28.960 --> 00:02:30.439 really what you want to hang on. So it's a big game, so 38 00:02:30.439 --> 00:02:35.439 so being I don't want to see an insider, but you're kind of an 39 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:38.680 inside. Uh good season to this point, yeah, you know, Um, 40 00:02:38.840 --> 00:02:42.599 it's been up and down. I think they've won two games in a 41 00:02:42.680 --> 00:02:45.039 row. Well, they won their first three, yeah, and then they 42 00:02:45.080 --> 00:02:46.919 only one another time during the season that they put back to back wins together. 43 00:02:47.159 --> 00:02:50.960 It's been up and down. They've they've won on the road, lost 44 00:02:51.000 --> 00:02:54.080 at home. They're they're two and two and five at home, uh six, 45 00:02:54.159 --> 00:02:57.639 and uh where are they? You know, they're not good at home, 46 00:02:57.639 --> 00:03:00.039 but they're terrible l at home, great on the road. Six and 47 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:04.840 one on the road and uh yeah, I think two and five at home 48 00:03:05.280 --> 00:03:08.240 and uh so you know, the home fans haven't had a lot of fun 49 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:12.400 walking out of the arena this year. But they're in the playoffs in the 50 00:03:12.439 --> 00:03:15.840 place past range for the third time in four years as a franchise, so 51 00:03:16.080 --> 00:03:21.879 no home field advantage now. Bed has been good, crowd has been growing 52 00:03:21.919 --> 00:03:24.400 good over the course of the season, been getting They hit a you know, 53 00:03:24.439 --> 00:03:28.599 there was a jersey night, a kid's jersey night. They had like 54 00:03:28.639 --> 00:03:31.000 forty three hundred that night, which was a really good crowd. I mean, 55 00:03:31.000 --> 00:03:34.960 they've been in the threes, you know, the last couple of last 56 00:03:35.000 --> 00:03:38.360 couple of So you're telling me that they've realized you got to give to get, 57 00:03:38.960 --> 00:03:40.280 Yeah, I think so, you know, people want stuff. Yeah, 58 00:03:40.280 --> 00:03:44.719 and this week's another giveaway. Um, I can't remember what it is. 59 00:03:44.719 --> 00:03:46.319 I should know. We'll talk about it. I'll get that before we 60 00:03:46.439 --> 00:03:51.240 get hurt us on but um, you know, and it's the season finale, 61 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:53.360 so there's some other stuff going on with uh, you know, fan 62 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:57.759 appreciation night and all that kind of stuff. But at six o'clock at the 63 00:03:57.759 --> 00:04:00.879 arena, at the at the bone Yard as we call it, and Pat 64 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:03.080 Paris and I will be calling the game on YouTube. You'll be able to 65 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:06.319 if you're in your car, you can listen to it Fox Sports fourteen fifty. 66 00:04:06.360 --> 00:04:11.199 You'll pick up our our play by play there and uh and you can 67 00:04:11.199 --> 00:04:14.960 watch a live or you watch on YouTube, or you can go to the 68 00:04:15.000 --> 00:04:17.480 game. You're really give you encouraged to do. Give it try. Don't 69 00:04:17.480 --> 00:04:19.959 listen to Jay, go to the game, give it a try, or 70 00:04:20.040 --> 00:04:23.279 go to go to the game and listen to Jay on the radio. Oh 71 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:25.639 yeah, go to the game and wave at me and throw me the finger. 72 00:04:25.720 --> 00:04:28.000 Whatever youone is. You got to start being a little like Bill Wild. 73 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:30.720 Yeah. So you know I was on I was on Justin's show on 74 00:04:31.680 --> 00:04:35.720 yesterday morning talking about it, and we were talking about my bad luck, 75 00:04:36.000 --> 00:04:40.879 my my ability to bring bad luck, you know, to everything that everything, 76 00:04:41.199 --> 00:04:44.199 everything that happens we're talking about. You know, I keep trying to 77 00:04:44.199 --> 00:04:46.279 pick a tie that I think will be a lucky tie to the point where 78 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:50.000 the last game I wore a purple time and no color do you need? 79 00:04:50.759 --> 00:04:54.120 Yeah, I have to wear I have to work. This would be professional. 80 00:04:54.199 --> 00:04:58.759 Yeah, yeah, because we're on camera pre game. So Kevin Kathy 81 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:03.959 guy want to se let's professional parison he's got you know, he hasn't warned 82 00:05:04.000 --> 00:05:06.879 the same suit. You know, all year all year long. Well they're 83 00:05:06.879 --> 00:05:11.000 sponsored black Gun about or whatever they're sponsored about, you know, uh, 84 00:05:12.279 --> 00:05:15.839 big man, big and small and whatever. It's just this is my third 85 00:05:15.959 --> 00:05:17.959 year doing that, doing the games with Patri where we have a lot of 86 00:05:18.000 --> 00:05:23.120 fun. Uh, it's exciting. We have a great time. The games 87 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:26.399 end and we kind of slump our shoulders and go, what the hell was 88 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:29.399 that? And uh then we talked about it later. But we're having a 89 00:05:29.399 --> 00:05:32.480 good time. We're we'll be wrapping we'll be wrapping up our season on on 90 00:05:32.519 --> 00:05:36.000 Saturday, so it'll be fun. Yeah, okay, could maybe they'll win 91 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:40.279 this weekend. We'll see what happens. Good luck to them the rest away 92 00:05:40.279 --> 00:05:44.000 because it's it's it's win or diet or die right after that. And the 93 00:05:44.000 --> 00:05:46.920 cool thing about the cool thing about the league now it's it used to you 94 00:05:46.959 --> 00:05:50.279 know, it used to be where you know, somebody was the home team 95 00:05:50.279 --> 00:05:53.759 ever you know, Well, the championship game is in Vegas now every year. 96 00:05:53.839 --> 00:05:56.839 Okay for Vegas. That's good and they I think they had a really 97 00:05:56.839 --> 00:06:00.519 good crowd last year. There's a there's a new arena and Henderson and uh 98 00:06:00.800 --> 00:06:08.000 it's called the I can't remember the name of the arena something Green Valley Casino 99 00:06:08.079 --> 00:06:09.839 or something. No, yeah, it's something you know, but it's a 100 00:06:10.160 --> 00:06:15.040 it's a it's a brand new arena and that's where that's where the Vegas Nighthawks 101 00:06:15.079 --> 00:06:18.319 play and uh and so that's where the game is and I you know last 102 00:06:18.360 --> 00:06:21.800 year that had a pretty good crowd there. Um, the game was between 103 00:06:21.839 --> 00:06:26.480 Northern Arizona and I can't remember who they beat, but in order the Arizona 104 00:06:26.519 --> 00:06:29.439 from Prescott right up the road, right do they they fall they won? 105 00:06:29.800 --> 00:06:31.079 They fall off that well, they're in fourth place. They're they're gonna be 106 00:06:31.079 --> 00:06:34.639 they're probably gonna make the playoffs. How many teams make you? Four in 107 00:06:34.680 --> 00:06:39.519 each division? Okay, so it's it's four in each division, and it's 108 00:06:39.560 --> 00:06:42.600 a it's a bracket, and then you're starting your division. The first two 109 00:06:42.639 --> 00:06:47.199 games, uh for for each are each other, and then the champions of 110 00:06:47.199 --> 00:06:51.120 each division go play in the in the championship game. Okay, and then 111 00:06:51.120 --> 00:06:57.040 at four fifteen, who do we have We have a John Perlman, the 112 00:06:57.680 --> 00:07:01.120 president and owner of FC two on. They've got their last match coming up. 113 00:07:01.160 --> 00:07:05.560 Fan Relaciation Night also Saturday at seven o'clock, you know, North Stadium 114 00:07:06.079 --> 00:07:09.959 so you can go to that. Uh, they're they're they're wrapping up. 115 00:07:09.959 --> 00:07:13.759 Like their Tuesday game got canceled. I wasn't sure why it was the weather 116 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:15.680 thing. Yeah, no, I don't think so. It was supposed to 117 00:07:15.680 --> 00:07:18.160 be a micham outa Mica Mountain. Yeah, and then it got canceled for 118 00:07:18.199 --> 00:07:25.439 some reason. But their their game now against Arizona Arsenal will be this Saturday 119 00:07:25.480 --> 00:07:30.519 at the stadium at Keino and that too is fan appreciation night. You can 120 00:07:30.560 --> 00:07:34.800 get your tickets also on their website. UM clicking on this odyssey how much 121 00:07:34.879 --> 00:07:39.759 tickets are It's taking its time, but John will command, we'll talk about 122 00:07:39.759 --> 00:07:43.560 this season that they've had. I give him grief. I'll explaining too later 123 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:47.000 with John. Okay, So I'm gonna ask you the second half, second 124 00:07:47.040 --> 00:07:50.720 half, the hour, best athlete, are you may best best performance, 125 00:07:50.920 --> 00:07:54.759 best coach, best moment, best team. If you come come up with 126 00:07:55.040 --> 00:07:58.639 else, we'll do that. Feel free to call with do with. I 127 00:07:58.639 --> 00:08:01.519 don't I didn't study this because I don't know. I'm just I think my 128 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:05.560 obvious ones are maybe your obvious one. So we'll talk. Okay, that'd 129 00:08:05.560 --> 00:08:09.800 be fine. Okay, Um, so summary is finishing a lot of the 130 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:15.920 guys are playing. Uh Matherin doing very well, Dylan Terry, Uh okay, 131 00:08:16.000 --> 00:08:20.160 you know, underscript um Dalen had a tough first year. I think 132 00:08:20.199 --> 00:08:24.439 it was up and down and down, up and down, consistent. You 133 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:28.839 notice what isn't playing there, which is not a surpriser. Maybe it is 134 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:33.960 is uh Cooco you know. Yeah. Second, he's not on the roster. 135 00:08:33.039 --> 00:08:39.240 He's so I guess they felt enough of him not to go down and 136 00:08:39.320 --> 00:08:43.559 play, which which is good for him, I guess. Uh. With 137 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:46.039 Manion doing okay and some of the other guys doing okay, we'll see what 138 00:08:46.080 --> 00:08:50.960 happens. Pretty much in the NBA, they already know what they're gonna do. 139 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.000 Yeah, I have a good idea. Yeah yeah, So we'll see 140 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:58.799 what happens with them as they moved to the playoffs this weekend. Um anything 141 00:09:00.039 --> 00:09:03.039 so that we need to talk about growing, No, you know, just 142 00:09:03.200 --> 00:09:07.159 uh, you know, just the usual stuff. Um. Uh, there's 143 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:11.639 they've announced who's going to be a Pactwave media day uh next next Friday. 144 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:16.320 Unfortunately for us leg maybe for me, I won't be. I'll be traveling 145 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:20.159 that day, so I couldn't help it. I have to travel that day. 146 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:22.759 Since Steve will be handling that handling that stuff on that day. Been 147 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:30.759 to talk about media, but as expect at least I expected it, and 148 00:09:30.879 --> 00:09:33.759 I think you expected that, Steve. But I think some of the other 149 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:37.279 local media did not expect that Jaden Delora was going to be one of the 150 00:09:37.320 --> 00:09:41.240 guys, one of the one of the athletes going on there. I think 151 00:09:41.240 --> 00:09:43.559 you have to, Yeah, you have to. In fact, we said 152 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:48.120 that they should make them available before the prior twelve right, just to just 153 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:52.320 to make the locals happy. Yeah, you know, well not just to 154 00:09:52.320 --> 00:09:54.039 make them happy, Steve. But I think you can knock some of the 155 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:01.679 tension off of this if you as as they say, pull the band aid 156 00:10:01.720 --> 00:10:05.840 off ahead of time. But I think the time for that was like a 157 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:07.600 month ago. Sure, you know, sort of in the dead time. 158 00:10:09.279 --> 00:10:11.919 Let Jayden get up there. Let him have his say about you know, 159 00:10:11.960 --> 00:10:15.600 what he wants to say about it, because he's got to say something about 160 00:10:15.600 --> 00:10:16.679 it, because he's gonna get asked about it. Yeah, I don't know 161 00:10:16.720 --> 00:10:20.039 if they're gonna instruct him. You know, if you get asked a question 162 00:10:20.039 --> 00:10:22.120 about just say I'm not talking about it. Are you gonna do that? 163 00:10:22.720 --> 00:10:24.639 I would as a PR guy, I wouldn't advise that. No, I 164 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:28.080 don't go into detail, just say look, I'm dealing with this, you 165 00:10:28.120 --> 00:10:31.360 know the way I have to deal with it. It's an unfortunate situation for 166 00:10:31.399 --> 00:10:35.399 everybody. I'm sorry all this happened. I want to move on with my 167 00:10:35.440 --> 00:10:39.879 career. I've done what I could to make it as right as it can 168 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:43.600 possibly be, and I you know, I want to move on and say 169 00:10:43.639 --> 00:10:46.159 that that's it. That's all I got to say. Right, he might 170 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:48.080 even come up with a statement, and if he said, he might even 171 00:10:48.080 --> 00:10:50.399 say something at the beginning that somebody's gonna say, Okay, this is what 172 00:10:50.440 --> 00:10:52.720 I'm gonna say. This is all I'm gonna say. Sure, And I 173 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:56.600 would say that's okay, but don't say I'm not saying anything. Yeah, 174 00:10:56.639 --> 00:11:01.159 thanks for your all have questions. This is what my one and only statement. 175 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:07.320 Right, move on and say but say something right, don't say nothing, 176 00:11:07.080 --> 00:11:09.080 say nothing without saying nothing. Sure, no, no, no, 177 00:11:09.159 --> 00:11:13.039 you that's your PR job to make you say that you're right. And that's 178 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.519 if I'm advising. If i'm if I'm a PR guy for the athletic department. 179 00:11:16.519 --> 00:11:20.159 Now hopefully they've got they're smart people, you know, figuring this out. 180 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:24.639 You say something like that, and you know, don't let him read 181 00:11:24.679 --> 00:11:28.799 it right right, Let it come from sure, from him to say, 182 00:11:28.120 --> 00:11:31.759 you know, I know everybody wants to know everything that's going on with YEA, 183 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:37.320 practice it, yeah, practice it right. This is a This is 184 00:11:37.320 --> 00:11:39.759 all I'm gonna say about it. This is all I can say about it. 185 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:41.960 You know, I'm sorry. It's an unfortunate situation for everybody. I'm 186 00:11:41.960 --> 00:11:46.879 sorry this happened. Uh. You know, I've done what I could to 187 00:11:46.360 --> 00:11:50.840 make this as to make this as as right for everybody as I possibly can. 188 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:54.120 And now I need to move on with my my career and I don't 189 00:11:54.120 --> 00:11:58.039 want to answer any more questions about it, and I'm not going to boom, 190 00:11:58.120 --> 00:12:01.399 you're done. But he could have done that a month ago, right, 191 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:03.039 And I think you've done that a month ago. Maybe gone a little 192 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:07.000 deeper a month ago with you know, some of the local media, but 193 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:11.639 not much right, right, much? Yeah? Interesting to see there are 194 00:12:11.720 --> 00:12:13.840 first up on Oh no, I take it back, they're not. They 195 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:16.759 have an alphabetic quarter in my bad um. But it's at ten thirty in 196 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:22.759 the morning. Jet Fish comes on the main stage this morning and then Uh, 197 00:12:22.840 --> 00:12:26.759 Jaden Delora and Trade and Stokes the cornerback come on at ten fifty five, 198 00:12:26.840 --> 00:12:28.759 So they'll be on the main stage. And I'm sure that then later 199 00:12:28.799 --> 00:12:33.440 on they'll be you know, stuff they'll do and they'll do. We go 200 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:35.639 out next week. We are gonna get Yogi promised he would come on with 201 00:12:35.720 --> 00:12:39.679 us next week ahead of Pack twelve. We'll ask Yogi, y do what 202 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:43.399 do you what do you advise? What do you advise Jade Delora to do? 203 00:12:45.000 --> 00:12:48.559 Uh? Excuse me? On Friday? Yeah, okay, no, 204 00:12:50.480 --> 00:12:54.159 So it's it's quarterback loaded, ums it with all the quarterbacks in the league. 205 00:12:54.200 --> 00:13:01.480 Got Shdor Sanderson very interesting things when the announcement they put out on on 206 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:05.399 on you know the list of coaches in schools, says Dion quotes coach Prime 207 00:13:07.000 --> 00:13:09.480 Sanders. I like, really, are we gonna feed this? Because that's 208 00:13:09.519 --> 00:13:11.960 what you want, that's what he wants to do. Are we gonna feed 209 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:16.279 this? He'son Sanders, right, He's not Jed the something Fish. He's 210 00:13:16.320 --> 00:13:20.159 not you know, Kenny the fixer Dillingham. You know he's not you know 211 00:13:20.600 --> 00:13:26.840 Klin the bear deboror you know, he's deon Sanders. Anyways, Shadoor Sandersons 212 00:13:26.879 --> 00:13:31.679 kids their quarterback bow Knicks, the quarterback at Oregon, Caleb Williams obviously the 213 00:13:31.759 --> 00:13:37.159 quarterback at USC, Cam Rising, the quarterback at Utah, Michael Pennocks, 214 00:13:37.200 --> 00:13:41.039 the quarterback at Washington and Campbell. Cameron Board, the quarterback at Washington States. 215 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:43.679 Seven quarterbacks at the very least, this year's final Hurrah or the Pac 216 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:46.720 twelve as we know it should be a fun one. Yeah, given the 217 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:52.639 given the quality of players right the quarterback spot, so it's gonna be a 218 00:13:52.639 --> 00:13:54.480 heck of a go away party. And that you know, nationally, um 219 00:13:54.960 --> 00:13:58.879 a lot of a lot of a lot of attention being paid to the fact 220 00:13:58.879 --> 00:14:03.159 that the packtalk could be really good, all the quarterbacks, that the pack 221 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:05.480 telf could actually be really good. I even heard some guys I can't remember 222 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:09.440 who it was, some guy who said I could see two packed twelf teams 223 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:13.600 in the in the in the playoffs. Was really what that would But that 224 00:14:13.639 --> 00:14:18.600 would requires two teams to go undefeated. One of them loses in the in 225 00:14:18.639 --> 00:14:22.200 the in the Pactelf Championship game, so one has no losses on loss. 226 00:14:22.639 --> 00:14:24.720 I don't see that happen. No, I don't either. I don't either. 227 00:14:24.759 --> 00:14:26.840 It's gonna be too tough of the league to survive that, right, 228 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:30.000 it is, it is, it is. I mean, well they and 229 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:33.000 again when you see all these quarterbacks that are in the league, Yeah, 230 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:35.919 you know, somebody's gonna win some games and somebody's gonna lose some games. 231 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:41.080 Also, the players are important in the quarterbacks obviously essential. But but but 232 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:43.960 they're loaded. And you know, a team like Arizona, who most aren't 233 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:46.440 predicting, finished in the top half of the league as one of the top 234 00:14:46.519 --> 00:14:50.559 quarterbacks in the conference. Interesting to see. Probably we're gonna take a break, 235 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.840 We're gonna come back. 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We 303 00:20:03.559 --> 00:20:07.960 have Hurdish Chin, the head coach of the Sugar scoach. How are you 304 00:20:07.039 --> 00:20:11.200 hurtis? I'm better than wonderful. How are you all well? I wish 305 00:20:11.240 --> 00:20:18.079 I were. Come on, I know you spent time outside every day, 306 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:25.559 so you gotta be a little bit. Hey, I take what comes with 307 00:20:25.599 --> 00:20:29.039 it. Yeah, well, how are your guys taking the heat? Because 308 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:30.920 this is bad, man, this has been really bad the last the last 309 00:20:30.960 --> 00:20:34.160 few weeks. Have you have you had a chance to practice at the arena 310 00:20:34.200 --> 00:20:38.519 at all since there's no hockey going on over there. Oh no, we've 311 00:20:38.519 --> 00:20:45.759 been outside and doing the weather and you know, it hasn't the mindset has 312 00:20:45.839 --> 00:20:48.119 been you know, pushed through it, but it hasn't been a fun thing 313 00:20:48.160 --> 00:20:52.720 for some of the players. It has been getting to some of them. 314 00:20:52.039 --> 00:20:56.160 But you know, we try to treat it like life in translation to football, 315 00:20:56.200 --> 00:20:59.839 just to push through even when you don't like it, you know, 316 00:21:00.039 --> 00:21:03.400 to get to the other side of that rainbow. Go ahead and asking your 317 00:21:03.480 --> 00:21:08.079 question about the home court. Okay, so all rights, have you ever 318 00:21:08.119 --> 00:21:11.119 had a season like this? Work? You just, you know, it's 319 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:15.880 just so flipped that you're so good on the road, not very good at 320 00:21:15.880 --> 00:21:18.200 home. I'm not gonna say so bad, but just not very good at 321 00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:19.880 home. Your home record is not good. You got a home game left. 322 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:22.680 I mean, how are you? How are you dealing with all of 323 00:21:22.680 --> 00:21:30.119 that? I'm having fun with it, even doing something even though it something 324 00:21:30.200 --> 00:21:34.599 fortunate that you know, the you know, the home winning record has not 325 00:21:34.720 --> 00:21:38.519 been good this year. We've been fortunate enough to still, you know, 326 00:21:38.680 --> 00:21:42.599 find ways on the road to get the job done and make it into these 327 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:48.279 playoffs in one of the probably even the commissioners said, which is the toughest 328 00:21:48.319 --> 00:21:52.680 year ever the IFL. So we've came up short at home a couple of 329 00:21:52.720 --> 00:21:57.640 times, and trust me, we've tried multipooling the multitude of different things just 330 00:21:57.680 --> 00:22:00.759 to try to fix the way we are approach it. And we're just gonna 331 00:22:00.839 --> 00:22:06.519 keep on churning at it until we get it right. This last game along 332 00:22:06.599 --> 00:22:11.440 those lengths up until this point, how would you grade or talk about the 333 00:22:11.519 --> 00:22:18.880 year to this point. Um, you know, if you look at the 334 00:22:19.079 --> 00:22:22.319 other you know, across the league, so I would say we, you 335 00:22:22.359 --> 00:22:26.799 know, we've done a pretty good job. We've just been unfortunate at home. 336 00:22:27.039 --> 00:22:30.640 So this year has been wonderful again, which is the toughest year the 337 00:22:30.640 --> 00:22:34.480 IFL, you know, which everybody who's been around this league can agree and 338 00:22:34.519 --> 00:22:40.640 attest to that. But you know, dealing with a quarterback take it for 339 00:22:40.759 --> 00:22:42.359 instance, for us, we have a quarterback who hasn't played. This is 340 00:22:42.400 --> 00:22:47.599 his first full season in IFL. You know, we have a bunch of 341 00:22:47.640 --> 00:22:51.319 one and two year players, just a couple of veterans that never played with 342 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:53.680 each other, so no camaraderie coming into the season, you know, no 343 00:22:53.839 --> 00:22:59.240 familiar at or with all of those guys coming in. So when you look 344 00:22:59.279 --> 00:23:03.319 at all things is considered, honestly, we've done a pretty good job and 345 00:23:03.960 --> 00:23:07.400 taking a defense that was you know, one of the poor on the fourth 346 00:23:07.440 --> 00:23:11.640 side of things last year, one of the least fortunate ones to one of 347 00:23:11.640 --> 00:23:15.240 the top ones and turning that around. And then you look at from the 348 00:23:15.279 --> 00:23:19.519 beginning of the year offense, we were last. Now we've turned up and 349 00:23:19.559 --> 00:23:23.160 moved towards the middle of the pack, so you can just see progress all 350 00:23:23.200 --> 00:23:26.680 around. So I would say a pretty good job that I'm I've been having 351 00:23:26.680 --> 00:23:30.160 a ball with. So, uh, this is gonna be like kind of 352 00:23:30.200 --> 00:23:33.519 asking you, you know, which kid is your favorite kid? But you 353 00:23:33.559 --> 00:23:37.319 know I got asked you. I got asked yesterday. You know who I 354 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:41.519 thought, you know, the let's say the MVPs on offense and defense are 355 00:23:41.640 --> 00:23:45.880 in my mind. I thought defensively, I think I feel like you could 356 00:23:45.920 --> 00:23:49.759 give it to you the Rashi Hodge or Maurice Jackson, a lot of other 357 00:23:49.799 --> 00:23:53.079 guys have done a great job because your defense has been so good. Offensively, 358 00:23:53.079 --> 00:23:56.759 i'd probably leaned towards Carrington Thompson. What are your thoughts on that? 359 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:03.480 Um, I want to agree with you, you know, given that the 360 00:24:03.480 --> 00:24:07.279 proof is in the pudding when you talk about right now, Carrington is tied 361 00:24:07.400 --> 00:24:10.920 for first in the league in receptions, and not only that, it's just 362 00:24:11.000 --> 00:24:12.759 big plays, it's just what you don't get to see. It's a lot 363 00:24:12.799 --> 00:24:18.359 of growth in him and just personal growth. So I've been you know, 364 00:24:18.440 --> 00:24:22.599 around him last year as officers Accordinas and they get to see his growth off 365 00:24:22.720 --> 00:24:26.880 the field is amazing compared from last year and to this year. You know, 366 00:24:26.960 --> 00:24:30.359 he's also like a little assistant coach out there helping all the new guys, 367 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:33.920 the new receivers, you know, catch up to speed. So and 368 00:24:33.119 --> 00:24:37.920 he continues to make big playoffs, the big playoffs, the big play for 369 00:24:37.640 --> 00:24:41.200 during the course of this season. So that would be fair to say on 370 00:24:41.400 --> 00:24:45.960 office he's been our guy. I'll go to guy that has been coming up 371 00:24:45.960 --> 00:24:48.480 time at the time. And again you can flip a point with ROSSI has 372 00:24:48.920 --> 00:24:53.200 and uh, you know Maurice Jackson. But some of those interceptions from Hard 373 00:24:53.359 --> 00:24:57.119 just attested to the pressures that that front gets from Jackson, you know, 374 00:24:57.480 --> 00:25:02.559 which is a part of it, just his tackles for loss actually just the 375 00:25:02.599 --> 00:25:07.200 way he's approached practice the same as Hard. So you talked about a guy 376 00:25:07.200 --> 00:25:11.119 in Maurice Jackson that hasn't missed one practice this whole year. You gotta take 377 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:14.759 your hat off to a person like that. So, uh, in talking 378 00:25:14.799 --> 00:25:17.400 to some people out in the public, uh, they love you. You 379 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:21.359 think you're a great guy, a very good, very good coach. And 380 00:25:21.400 --> 00:25:23.680 obviously in talking to you on this thing and having never met you, very 381 00:25:23.880 --> 00:25:29.680 very optimistic, very friendly, happy, go lucky almost. How has this 382 00:25:29.799 --> 00:25:34.000 gone for you in your first year as the head coach. It's been well, 383 00:25:34.319 --> 00:25:37.440 you know, again, a lot of people just don't it's you know, 384 00:25:37.640 --> 00:25:41.000 it's unfortunately you don't get to see the locker room side of things, 385 00:25:41.039 --> 00:25:45.160 you know. So when I say it's been well, I'm talking about from 386 00:25:45.319 --> 00:25:49.839 top to bottom, from the organization standpoint to the fan base has been tremendous 387 00:25:49.880 --> 00:25:53.319 for us this year, and we're so appreciative of that. And just the 388 00:25:53.480 --> 00:25:59.000 young men in those locker room are assistant coaches. Everybody has just skipped in 389 00:25:59.240 --> 00:26:03.079 to where this thing has just been a ball. Even to our bus rise 390 00:26:03.599 --> 00:26:08.480 back home from away games. We get the equipment guys involved, the trainers 391 00:26:08.599 --> 00:26:15.319 involved, and we literally have swun So I've always said to all right guys 392 00:26:15.359 --> 00:26:19.319 that you know, just meet us halfway from a coaching standboy to the players, 393 00:26:19.319 --> 00:26:22.880 just meet us halfway. And it's only to say to them, like, 394 00:26:23.200 --> 00:26:26.480 you know, we have experience in this game. And for me personally 395 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:33.519 being offensive coordinator coming here in nineteen as the first year organization, even when 396 00:26:33.559 --> 00:26:38.079 Nebraska I was a officsive coordinator, then get we won six games, then 397 00:26:38.279 --> 00:26:41.920 went to the head coach and won nine games, and then getting my second 398 00:26:41.920 --> 00:26:47.079 go round as a head coach. So since twoy thirteen, either way, 399 00:26:47.079 --> 00:26:49.640 I find a way to get to a playoff game or a championship game. 400 00:26:49.680 --> 00:26:53.000 And not many that's been around this league that long can say that. Well, 401 00:26:53.039 --> 00:26:56.519 you know, we we've talked a lot about the fact that this is, 402 00:26:56.799 --> 00:26:59.680 you know, three times in four years as the franchise at the Sugar 403 00:26:59.680 --> 00:27:02.839 Scall have gotten to the playoffs. I mean, that's that's not an easy 404 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:04.799 thing to do, especially when you got you know, some of the teams 405 00:27:04.799 --> 00:27:08.079 that have been around for a while, the Rattlers right up the road and 406 00:27:08.119 --> 00:27:12.359 whatnot. So quite an accomplishment on your part, that, you know, 407 00:27:12.799 --> 00:27:18.720 is that something? Is that something that sort of keeps you and you think 408 00:27:18.759 --> 00:27:25.079 about that or do you just let the season develop the way it develops unflead 409 00:27:25.279 --> 00:27:27.160 something you don't think about it until you think about it, so to speak. 410 00:27:27.200 --> 00:27:30.160 So you don't go through the season think about that. You just do 411 00:27:30.200 --> 00:27:37.079 the work. And that's what I've always done personally. I just actually I 412 00:27:37.160 --> 00:27:41.279 believe in me. But to me, honestly, it just sea. It 413 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:44.920 taught me a life lesson to if you push through, if you find a 414 00:27:45.000 --> 00:27:49.319 way to translate and communicate and to you know, correlate with these young men 415 00:27:49.680 --> 00:27:53.480 from a course of a season, you find the growth. You will see 416 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:57.720 the growth, and they'll finally catch on at some point they'll catch on, 417 00:27:59.160 --> 00:28:02.480 you know. Like again at the beginning of the season, with turnovers and 418 00:28:02.519 --> 00:28:04.720 things of that nature, just how we was playing on offense. You know, 419 00:28:04.759 --> 00:28:07.559 it wasn't where I would want to see us be in the end. 420 00:28:07.640 --> 00:28:11.880 But now you know, we've hitting our scride so well. We might get 421 00:28:11.920 --> 00:28:15.640 stopped once and maybe twice at the most in the game in the last month, 422 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:19.279 so to speak. Coming into these games, so you get to see 423 00:28:19.319 --> 00:28:22.279 the progress. You get to see young men. By end, you get 424 00:28:22.319 --> 00:28:26.359 to see them grow get better, you know, and that's whether it keeps 425 00:28:26.359 --> 00:28:30.799 you going. So just thinking about those things, uh, not so much, 426 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:34.279 but just thinking about enjoying the journey. Yet, this may be a 427 00:28:34.319 --> 00:28:37.079 hard question to ask off the cuff, like this, but what do you 428 00:28:37.119 --> 00:28:44.039 know about your team today that you really didn't know or really weren't sure of. 429 00:28:44.880 --> 00:28:47.759 You know at the beginning of the year, you know, what what 430 00:28:47.759 --> 00:28:53.880 what's developed with them or something like that. You know they played together when 431 00:28:53.880 --> 00:29:02.160 it matters, and you know some of that from off the field. It 432 00:29:02.240 --> 00:29:07.599 starts from the locker room. It starts from those guys you know outside of 433 00:29:07.720 --> 00:29:11.599 football, just building a bun of brotherhood. It starts with that whole the 434 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:18.599 trust into the discipline and to not put football down once practice is done. 435 00:29:18.759 --> 00:29:22.519 So once you get you know, back to your home and you get comfortable, 436 00:29:22.799 --> 00:29:25.079 what are you doing the rest of the day. Are you calling the 437 00:29:25.119 --> 00:29:29.839 teammate? Are you still trying to get better? So all of that builds 438 00:29:29.880 --> 00:29:33.160 trust in the course of a game. So now you know, again when 439 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:37.039 you own the road like we've been and being successful on the road, it 440 00:29:37.079 --> 00:29:41.680 comes times in the game you gotta look at your teammate and trust and believe 441 00:29:41.759 --> 00:29:45.200 in them. And going into a season or the beginning of the season, 442 00:29:45.559 --> 00:29:48.559 you don't know how that will play out when it matters. So now that 443 00:29:48.759 --> 00:29:52.880 I can say on office and defense, when it matters, they've been doing 444 00:29:52.920 --> 00:29:56.240 things or showing such progress that I'm proud of that. But when you say 445 00:29:56.279 --> 00:30:00.599 that, because I totally agree with, can you go to this and you 446 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:03.519 work on the things you need to work on. But it's the stuff you 447 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:07.119 do beyond the practice right to get better. Let me ask you your roster's 448 00:30:07.119 --> 00:30:11.599 what eighteen the twenty five guys, how many of you think could do that? 449 00:30:11.759 --> 00:30:15.720 What you just said, do the practice and then go home and do 450 00:30:15.799 --> 00:30:22.759 some more stuff. Um, so we get from a film standpoint, you 451 00:30:22.799 --> 00:30:26.839 see a large percentage of them because we can actually log in and see who's 452 00:30:26.839 --> 00:30:33.000 been watching film outside of practice. So do they know that? Well they 453 00:30:33.039 --> 00:30:37.359 do now. Yeah, So once you do that, you know it makes 454 00:30:37.359 --> 00:30:40.640 you feel better honestly. Then they come back. You know, like if 455 00:30:40.759 --> 00:30:45.920 you send the script out a game playing script parts plays on office indeceness. 456 00:30:45.119 --> 00:30:49.240 When we come into building the next day and they have questions from the script, 457 00:30:49.599 --> 00:30:55.200 we know that they had to been looking over these things. So you 458 00:30:55.240 --> 00:30:59.240 know in a large percentage of them and started doing it in new players when 459 00:30:59.240 --> 00:31:03.839 they come come into Tucson. They started catching on to that. And that's 460 00:31:03.960 --> 00:31:07.359 been a beautiful thing. Also when you when you talk about that and you 461 00:31:07.400 --> 00:31:12.000 get these guys for as much time as you get them, how simplified does 462 00:31:12.039 --> 00:31:15.440 a lot of this stuff have to be right? You gotta do things, 463 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:18.759 you gotta keep other teams off balance, but you still have to do this 464 00:31:18.880 --> 00:31:21.480 in a way that guys can get it in a short period of time. 465 00:31:21.799 --> 00:31:26.680 Is that a true statement? Yes, so very true. And it takes 466 00:31:26.720 --> 00:31:30.680 time. And once you get to that point, you can even see it 467 00:31:30.880 --> 00:31:36.119 in other people or other coaches that understand that they just haven't found that yet, 468 00:31:36.279 --> 00:31:37.720 you know, because it's not a lot of coaches that could bring a 469 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:42.519 player in and see him give you something right away or in two weeks, 470 00:31:42.559 --> 00:31:47.440 you know, because it takes time. So once you come to a point 471 00:31:47.519 --> 00:31:51.359 where you can simplify things, you know, even if it's complicated to the 472 00:31:51.440 --> 00:31:53.240 defense, but make it in a way that to the offense, you can 473 00:31:53.359 --> 00:31:57.599 understand it easily, simplify it, and then you can catch on and you 474 00:31:57.640 --> 00:32:00.680 can bring guys in. It's just to plug and play, you know. 475 00:32:00.799 --> 00:32:04.720 That's that's actually an art to do and it's not hard to do. It 476 00:32:04.720 --> 00:32:07.599 takes time to do. But that's a very true statan. So your quarterback 477 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:10.359 first, your guy, he I guess he had an up and down. 478 00:32:14.319 --> 00:32:19.680 So how has he done for you overall? Overall? He's developed, you 479 00:32:19.680 --> 00:32:22.559 know, even through the time when he was turning the ball over a lot. 480 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:28.000 And this again from it's always in from the outside and just stuff people 481 00:32:28.119 --> 00:32:31.000 wouldn't understand on the day to day basis. Even when he was throwing interceptions, 482 00:32:31.000 --> 00:32:35.839 he would tell anybody, I'm a better quarterback than I was, you 483 00:32:35.880 --> 00:32:38.119 know, a couple of months ago before I got here. I'm a better 484 00:32:38.200 --> 00:32:42.039 quarterback, you know, even though I didn't have a full year under my 485 00:32:42.039 --> 00:32:45.799 belt. So I got here. But to somebody watching him throw an interception 486 00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:49.119 here or turning the ball, they would not understand what he even mean by 487 00:32:49.200 --> 00:32:52.960 that, you know. So just watching him actually grow and develop and depend 488 00:32:53.119 --> 00:32:57.799 and you know, on his teammates and them learn to trust and believe in 489 00:32:57.880 --> 00:33:00.720 him and vice versa, that's just the one of fool thing to watch, 490 00:33:00.759 --> 00:33:04.839 Just a wonderful thing for him to accept accountability and not for me to have 491 00:33:04.880 --> 00:33:07.640 to say nothing to him for him to know and believe that, man, 492 00:33:07.720 --> 00:33:09.839 that was on me. I have to do a better job here, okay, 493 00:33:10.160 --> 00:33:14.680 you know, just okay, is you know, talking himself through situation 494 00:33:14.720 --> 00:33:16.279 in football. So well, as soon as he comes to me to get 495 00:33:16.279 --> 00:33:20.039 to play, he understand, Okay, coach, I know I can't take 496 00:33:20.079 --> 00:33:22.559 the sack here. Hey, I got to get the ball out here because 497 00:33:22.559 --> 00:33:24.440 they're doing this. But just to see if he was able to get an 498 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:30.759 opportunity from a CFL, NFL, XFL, he would do better for them 499 00:33:30.160 --> 00:33:35.039 because of his growth since he's been here. Okay, so you got Green 500 00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:38.039 Bay, a team that's not been it's not been to Tucsons since the Sugar 501 00:33:38.079 --> 00:33:42.720 Sulls have been in the league. They're they're they're eliminated from the playoffs, 502 00:33:42.759 --> 00:33:45.240 but they're still playing for a winning season. What are we gonna see? 503 00:33:45.359 --> 00:33:47.599 We're not giving up the game plan obviously. What do you think we're gonna 504 00:33:47.599 --> 00:33:53.480 see from Green Bay on Saturday? I always under just see a fighting team 505 00:33:53.559 --> 00:33:58.119 that's pretty balance, you know when they come to offense and defense, green 506 00:33:58.200 --> 00:34:00.400 Bay is pretty balanced. That's why you know this season is they're trying to 507 00:34:00.480 --> 00:34:06.319 you know, go above five hundred but days. That's a pretty solid team 508 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:08.960 that was, you know this last week still had a chance to make the 509 00:34:08.960 --> 00:34:14.119 playoffs. That team is solid on both sides of the football. You got 510 00:34:14.119 --> 00:34:19.719 a offensive coordinator that's there that you know who played for me, that learned 511 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:22.480 a lot from me, that um that has grown into his own at this 512 00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:29.199 point, and a decordinator and UH coach Robinson who's always been had a solid 513 00:34:29.239 --> 00:34:32.440 decense. So we're just gonna see a fisty team that's gonna be disciplined on 514 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:36.400 on both sides of the ball and gonna come in here and play hard. 515 00:34:37.039 --> 00:34:39.119 All right, Well, herds, we appreciate it. Uh, you know, 516 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:43.519 go get one, really, go get a home game. It'd be 517 00:34:43.599 --> 00:34:47.440 nice. Touch me. I feel the same way. I don't feel nothing 518 00:34:47.440 --> 00:34:54.360 about it when you stay because I'm on the same page as you. Appreciate 519 00:34:54.400 --> 00:35:00.159 it. See you Saturday. Okay, thank you. He's a good sport 520 00:35:00.239 --> 00:35:04.280 man. But dang, she's just win a home game. You know, 521 00:35:04.639 --> 00:35:07.679 there's the last you know, last chance home home. People want to you 522 00:35:07.719 --> 00:35:10.599 know, let people walk out of the walk out of the arena with the 523 00:35:12.119 --> 00:35:15.480 win because you know they're really The thing is, the losses have been tough 524 00:35:15.519 --> 00:35:19.039 losses. You know, they come down to the end, right, they 525 00:35:19.119 --> 00:35:22.159 come down to the very end, and all the games are like that, 526 00:35:22.199 --> 00:35:24.360 I mean last uh you know, and then you know they played really well. 527 00:35:24.400 --> 00:35:28.440 Asked what they scored every time they had the ball, but they had 528 00:35:28.480 --> 00:35:30.559 to in order to win the game. They won the game by a touchdown. 529 00:35:30.599 --> 00:35:32.159 So um, it should be a lot of fun. Hope everybody comes 530 00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:37.880 out and uh and checks this out on Saturday kickoff as at six oh five 531 00:35:37.880 --> 00:35:42.039 and at the boonyard. Okay, all right, let's start our break. 532 00:35:42.079 --> 00:35:44.519 We're gonna come back. Take your costs five two zero, four one, 533 00:35:44.599 --> 00:35:46.400 six seventy four forty we'll talk about whatever you want to. What are we 534 00:35:46.440 --> 00:35:51.480 gonna do the Okay, we're gonna do the our own little local espies here 535 00:35:51.840 --> 00:35:53.400 and Steve's gonna put me on the spot with some of these questions, so 536 00:35:53.440 --> 00:35:57.119 we'll see, we'll see where we where we come together. So we'll be 537 00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:00.159 right back. If you're an Arizona Man's basketball fan, you know it's been 538 00:36:00.159 --> 00:36:04.079 successful for newly forty years. 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I mean, I heart radio. AM. This is 580 00:39:08.000 --> 00:39:14.559 I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports fourteen fift 581 00:39:14.639 --> 00:39:16.079 day. Hey, welcome back to on the Ball. Here a Fox Sports 582 00:39:16.119 --> 00:39:20.400 fourteen fifty on Steve Rivera. He's Ja Genzos. Now we'll have about twelve 583 00:39:20.400 --> 00:39:22.760 minutes. If you guys want to call it and Finn help us outinger, 584 00:39:22.039 --> 00:39:27.079 please do five two h four one, six seventy four forty. We have 585 00:39:27.159 --> 00:39:29.800 a some time now, we'll probably do it more in this in the second 586 00:39:29.800 --> 00:39:32.519 hour. Okay, So the best athlete, best performance, best coach, 587 00:39:32.599 --> 00:39:37.599 best moment, best team. I haven't looked into anything. I haven't I 588 00:39:37.639 --> 00:39:40.199 don't know. I just from the people we've talked to, the you know, 589 00:39:40.360 --> 00:39:45.159 lathletes, we've talked to Okay, so this year only this year only? 590 00:39:45.400 --> 00:39:47.360 What do you mean this year? Oh? This school year? Oh 591 00:39:47.400 --> 00:39:51.800 just this school year? Yeah? Oh right, I was already going back 592 00:39:51.800 --> 00:39:54.679 to the nineteen eighty eight No no, no, no, yeah, this 593 00:39:54.840 --> 00:39:59.840 school year. School year. Yeah, best team, best best us. 594 00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:04.880 There were best athletes, so we could best athlete this year, athlete this 595 00:40:04.960 --> 00:40:10.039 year. Oh god, I think I I I think you got to go 596 00:40:10.079 --> 00:40:15.760 with either Jordan Geist or Delay. That's the only two the national champions. 597 00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:19.679 Right, they could be coach, they could they could be Olympians, cod 598 00:40:19.800 --> 00:40:23.239 Code winners of this right. Um, uh you know you want I mean 599 00:40:23.840 --> 00:40:27.480 you want to say, you know, a zulus I was almost packed up 600 00:40:27.480 --> 00:40:29.840 player of the year. But I mean you got a couple of national champions, 601 00:40:30.159 --> 00:40:36.159 you know, and I'm gonna go. I'm gonna go Jordan Guist. 602 00:40:36.679 --> 00:40:38.440 That's who I would have gone with. And I don't I do this naively 603 00:40:38.920 --> 00:40:43.280 because I don't know. Hey, I couldn't dive off that thing, right, 604 00:40:43.400 --> 00:40:45.760 right, I could? I don't think about To me, it's almost 605 00:40:45.800 --> 00:40:50.599 like a one and one a I mean or one right one or a coin 606 00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:52.880 not a coin, touse, but you together, yeah, you put both 607 00:40:52.920 --> 00:40:58.559 them there, right, because you know they're national champions. The best yeah, 608 00:40:58.719 --> 00:41:01.119 best athlete or biggest performance, and that's kind of like one of the 609 00:41:01.119 --> 00:41:05.719 same. Give them what they what they've done, right, Okay, if 610 00:41:05.719 --> 00:41:07.519 anybody wants to call in them, maybe give us some thoughts on whomever. 611 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:13.679 That'd be great too. I think the second maybe third person Zulas could be 612 00:41:13.679 --> 00:41:21.400 a could hope run here a local girl. Yeah yeah, well you know 613 00:41:21.440 --> 00:41:23.400 Alice Skags who didn't make an error at second base. You know all season 614 00:41:23.519 --> 00:41:27.760 great great loss, was a great hitter. So you know you could you 615 00:41:27.800 --> 00:41:30.880 could argue there. Okay, Uh, there's that Okay, best performance, 616 00:41:31.519 --> 00:41:37.360 best performance? Um, god, well you know there was that game that 617 00:41:37.360 --> 00:41:42.679 is Zulas had thirty at halftime, right, confitions for forty and change. 618 00:41:42.760 --> 00:41:46.119 Everybody thought he was gonna get he was gonna get the record, the record. 619 00:41:46.719 --> 00:41:51.360 Um, that one sticks out again. You have to go, you 620 00:41:51.400 --> 00:41:53.719 know, best performance. You know that the two the performances were you know, 621 00:41:53.840 --> 00:41:59.760 Jordan guys and won their national championships. Um, there's there's that. 622 00:42:00.440 --> 00:42:06.840 Um you know it's maybe it's because I've seen I've watched this game over a 623 00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:12.320 couple of times, but the game that Jayden Delora had against UCLA in that 624 00:42:12.440 --> 00:42:16.159 upset at Ucla. You know they fell behind, it was the fourth quarter, 625 00:42:16.760 --> 00:42:20.320 you know, they drive down the field put a touchdown on the board. 626 00:42:20.840 --> 00:42:23.079 Um hent, I don't even know what his yards were to that game, 627 00:42:23.679 --> 00:42:30.519 but the way he played that game and in Arizona, you know, 628 00:42:30.599 --> 00:42:35.440 beats a ranked team on the road when you least expect it. I think 629 00:42:35.480 --> 00:42:38.320 that's got to be up there among the performances. Um So, but I 630 00:42:38.800 --> 00:42:42.679 think I'm gonna go with I think I'm gonna go with that. Zula's forty 631 00:42:42.679 --> 00:42:45.559 plus point. Yeah, that's that's the one that sticks out to me the 632 00:42:45.559 --> 00:42:50.199 most. He could have easily broken that record to but we just didn't think 633 00:42:50.280 --> 00:42:52.599 we wanted to give him baskets at the stat table. We kept wanting to 634 00:42:52.639 --> 00:42:57.719 give him baskets that week. But I can't remember his his stat line, 635 00:42:58.159 --> 00:43:00.840 uh, in terms of how many games shots he took to makes and all 636 00:43:00.840 --> 00:43:04.199 that stuff, it wasn't a lot. I mean he was efficient. He 637 00:43:04.239 --> 00:43:07.000 was very efficient, very efficient. Yeah, but I'd had to grow with 638 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:13.000 you on that one. Also. T T. Mac had some nice, 639 00:43:13.119 --> 00:43:17.239 nice two games for this first year, um that were very impressive. Obviously 640 00:43:17.519 --> 00:43:23.000 ignoring not ignoring the geist and the diny snow stuff. Yeah, but I'll 641 00:43:23.039 --> 00:43:27.280 go with you on the zewist. I think so too. Very visible, 642 00:43:28.119 --> 00:43:30.880 Yeah, yeah, I'm very visible. Try to look up that box scores 643 00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:34.360 if I can. Oh, here it is he uh, it was. 644 00:43:34.519 --> 00:43:38.320 It was the I had the date of the game. But his line was 645 00:43:38.719 --> 00:43:43.880 he was sixteen of twenty one field fantastic, only shot one three point or 646 00:43:43.960 --> 00:43:47.639 eight and nine free throws, nine rebounds, three assists, three steals in 647 00:43:47.719 --> 00:43:52.280 the block. No, that was a fantastic game all around, all around, 648 00:43:52.639 --> 00:43:55.519 and he didn't do it with the intention of doing all that, right, 649 00:43:55.719 --> 00:43:59.000 He just played his game. He just played a game and it went 650 00:43:59.000 --> 00:44:02.400 on all his fluidity, if that's the right word for him, because he 651 00:44:02.800 --> 00:44:07.239 his knock is that he can't shoot the long distance shot right, and he's 652 00:44:07.280 --> 00:44:09.960 not a good defender. But but that was kind of what he can do. 653 00:44:10.280 --> 00:44:16.800 Yeah, flawlessly. One turn he had no turnovers. Oh take back, 654 00:44:19.440 --> 00:44:22.719 one turnover he did. He did fat four falls, he almost filled 655 00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:25.800 out. But forty points and what do you he had thirty one they think 656 00:44:25.840 --> 00:44:29.719 at halftime, Yeah, and then kind of eased off. Yeah, and 657 00:44:29.719 --> 00:44:32.320 they wine. Yeah, I'll go with you on that with the other guys, 658 00:44:32.599 --> 00:44:37.599 with the other two that we mentioned the best athletes being second and third. 659 00:44:37.599 --> 00:44:42.000 Maybe okay, okay, let's go with best moment. Best moment. 660 00:44:42.239 --> 00:44:45.800 If that's not it, I don't know what it is. But your Dolora 661 00:44:45.880 --> 00:44:47.559 thing and the team, well, see, I'm gonna I'm gonna say, 662 00:44:47.639 --> 00:44:52.360 I'm gonna say, you know, beating Ucla on the on the road, 663 00:44:52.480 --> 00:44:55.719 Yeah, that could be ranked you know, a ranked team, um on 664 00:44:55.760 --> 00:45:01.639 the road? Um? You maybe maybe a close second. There's a score. 665 00:45:01.679 --> 00:45:05.679 Who's the score of that game? I don't remember. Well, Ucla 666 00:45:05.760 --> 00:45:07.159 could could have won the game. On the last play of the game. 667 00:45:07.280 --> 00:45:09.440 Threw a ball into the endzone. The guy was open, but they threw 668 00:45:09.440 --> 00:45:12.719 the ball out of bounces, so it was you know, it was a 669 00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:15.400 less than a one score game. I think they won by three or four. 670 00:45:15.880 --> 00:45:19.280 But um, another one, that one that I don't know, Maybe 671 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:22.840 somebody doesn't think about this one, but Courtney Ramy's three point shot that essentially 672 00:45:22.960 --> 00:45:25.760 won the UCLA game in the Black twelve championship game, again, Arizona, 673 00:45:25.880 --> 00:45:30.440 they've been going back and forth. It just didn't look like Arizona was gonna 674 00:45:30.440 --> 00:45:32.679 pull that thing. Out at the end. UCLA kept making plays, Arizona 675 00:45:32.760 --> 00:45:37.679 kept missing free throws, and then Courtney Ramy hits a step back three D 676 00:45:38.559 --> 00:45:44.000 and that wins the game. I think that was a great moment. Could 677 00:45:44.000 --> 00:45:46.039 being in the arena two for that was really cool. Yeah, you would 678 00:45:46.400 --> 00:45:51.239 win nuts. You went into this softball game when they lost the UCLA in 679 00:45:51.280 --> 00:45:53.079 their final game, right, that would have been a great that would have 680 00:45:53.079 --> 00:45:55.880 been. They could have pulled that one and they were people on base and 681 00:45:55.920 --> 00:46:00.920 the whole right there, right right. But I'm gonna but I'm gonna I'm 682 00:46:00.920 --> 00:46:04.239 gonna stick with you know, I'm gonna stick with the with the you see 683 00:46:04.800 --> 00:46:08.719 the beating U c l A uh at the Rose Bowl, you know, 684 00:46:09.599 --> 00:46:13.639 a ranked team. Okay, so I'm gonna go the opposite way, just 685 00:46:13.800 --> 00:46:17.440 real close, uh, just quickly. The worst moment, the worst moment, 686 00:46:19.840 --> 00:46:24.760 oh Los principal. Yeah, I agree because of the magnitude of it. 687 00:46:24.880 --> 00:46:30.039 But when they lost Washington State at home, oh man, you don't 688 00:46:30.119 --> 00:46:37.639 do that. You don't do that again the state. Yeah. But you 689 00:46:37.679 --> 00:46:40.920 know what, that game, except for you, is forgotten. It's taking 690 00:46:42.000 --> 00:46:45.400 over, taking over by taking over by the prince. I don't disagree with 691 00:46:45.440 --> 00:46:49.920 that, right, let's take this call. You're on the air and on 692 00:46:50.000 --> 00:46:54.239 the ball for you guys. Um hey, yeah, what you're talking about? 693 00:46:54.440 --> 00:46:59.280 Um uh? You know, to me from the outside looking in the 694 00:46:59.440 --> 00:47:05.800 get what impressed me that I was nineteen ninety two Arizona versus Miami. Yea, 695 00:47:06.559 --> 00:47:09.519 the emergence of the Great Defense. I think they became Desert Swarm, 696 00:47:09.599 --> 00:47:13.920 right, that was where Desert Swarm was born that day. And I mean 697 00:47:13.960 --> 00:47:16.559 to tell you all, that was one of the greatest performances I've ever seen. 698 00:47:17.119 --> 00:47:22.880 And to me, Mike Skirlock is probably like my favorite Arizona Wildcat over 699 00:47:22.920 --> 00:47:28.519 the years to watch fund it was a tough dude and he was he got 700 00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:30.880 put in positions that made it made it tough to be Mike Scurlock. But 701 00:47:31.039 --> 00:47:34.320 he was a guy joy high school. Right. Let me tell you, 702 00:47:34.360 --> 00:47:37.280 lot man, there was nobody you you you least wanted to be tackled by 703 00:47:37.320 --> 00:47:40.280 them. Mike Scarlock. It's funny you bring up that name, because that's 704 00:47:40.360 --> 00:47:45.360 kind of like an out of the blue nie, but a guy. I 705 00:47:45.480 --> 00:47:47.880 started noticing him out of nowhere, and I was like, what in the 706 00:47:47.920 --> 00:47:51.320 world. Yeah, and then you know, of course he had a very 707 00:47:51.320 --> 00:47:54.800 successful NFL career. So, I mean he was great. He's a great 708 00:47:54.840 --> 00:48:00.840 football player. I remember him in where it was like, holy crap, 709 00:48:00.880 --> 00:48:05.800 that guy, it's hard did kill you. You know, he had leverage 710 00:48:05.800 --> 00:48:09.000 and Mike's not the tallest person in the world. And you know he played 711 00:48:09.039 --> 00:48:13.159 linebackers, playing inside linebacker and then and the end the family played a lot 712 00:48:13.199 --> 00:48:15.119 of safety. Yeah. I thought, you know, he's just a great 713 00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:19.960 athlete and he's just an incredible That was incredible defense they had for a few 714 00:48:20.039 --> 00:48:22.639 years that, Richard, So your old you team gonna live it up in 715 00:48:22.679 --> 00:48:28.760 this final year, I think. So. I think we're gonna be getting 716 00:48:28.800 --> 00:48:32.199 ready to head to the FCC and they're very positive. Evil we'll see what 717 00:48:32.239 --> 00:48:37.719 happens, you know. Okay, my expectations are low. I really don't 718 00:48:37.719 --> 00:48:40.039 have any expectations, you know. Okay, Richard, thanks so much, 719 00:48:40.039 --> 00:48:44.880 man, appreciate good call. Thank you, Richard. Anybody else want to 720 00:48:44.920 --> 00:48:49.119 change? So I saw Washington. I get the Princeton thing. I totally 721 00:48:49.119 --> 00:48:52.119 get it because it was the magnitude of it. But you don't do that 722 00:48:52.119 --> 00:48:54.280 to Washingtons day, and we just don't. That's kind of like that was 723 00:48:54.280 --> 00:48:58.679 a micro cost him about this whole year, like you did get the lead 724 00:48:58.719 --> 00:49:02.719 and yeah that was yeah, you know, epitomize what happens that that Yes, 725 00:49:02.840 --> 00:49:07.119 that was a sign of who they were exactly, and then you could 726 00:49:07.159 --> 00:49:09.559 kind of say, how did this happen? Prison, No, you can 727 00:49:09.639 --> 00:49:15.119 go back, right, you have a lead and then dwindle, have a 728 00:49:15.199 --> 00:49:17.920 lead, then dwindle. Okay, Okay, so now we'll go to uh 729 00:49:17.960 --> 00:49:24.000 the best coach, best coach this year, best coaches. This is tough 730 00:49:25.320 --> 00:49:31.119 man. There's no right answer, wrong answer. No, you know, 731 00:49:31.519 --> 00:49:35.719 I mean, I mean you want to come out and say Tommy Lloyd, 732 00:49:35.760 --> 00:49:37.320 but then when you think about how it ended, you kind of that's a 733 00:49:37.400 --> 00:49:40.280 you know, that's a demerit on you know, on that and you still 734 00:49:40.320 --> 00:49:45.440 could be right. Jet Fish had a nice job, right, um you 735 00:49:45.480 --> 00:49:52.679 know uh, you know god uh um. And the two golf coaches you 736 00:49:52.679 --> 00:49:57.000 know they did you know Clancy Shields right, Actually you bring him up. 737 00:49:57.119 --> 00:49:59.719 I'm gonna go with Shields. I think, yeah, I'm gonna go with 738 00:49:59.719 --> 00:50:00.719 that one. I think that I think That's where I'm gonna go to, 739 00:50:00.920 --> 00:50:04.599 especially after last year. They played really well last year, did things that 740 00:50:04.679 --> 00:50:08.000 they had never done before, right, and he repeated it and went further 741 00:50:08.119 --> 00:50:12.000 this year. Right, Yeah, I like that. I'm gonna go Clancy 742 00:50:12.039 --> 00:50:16.880 Shields because you know, um, a better feeling at the end. Yeah, 743 00:50:16.960 --> 00:50:21.159 right, but they did right, there was not that disappointment right last 744 00:50:21.239 --> 00:50:22.719 year. Right, Yeah, I'll go Clancy Shields. Okay, no, 745 00:50:22.880 --> 00:50:29.519 I'll take you on that. That's a little one. And the best team 746 00:50:30.199 --> 00:50:32.559 it might have been the tennis team. It could have been the tennis the 747 00:50:32.599 --> 00:50:36.559 golf team, the women's golf team, women's golf team. They got to 748 00:50:36.639 --> 00:50:42.519 they got to the the uh they got out of their region. I didn't 749 00:50:42.679 --> 00:50:46.559 you know, but um, it could be women's golf. I think I'd 750 00:50:46.559 --> 00:50:51.039 stick with tennis on that as well. Yeah, you know yea again, 751 00:50:51.800 --> 00:50:54.760 Look, you know Tommy Lloyd did. Tommy Lloyd did what Tommy Lloyd does. 752 00:50:55.000 --> 00:50:58.239 Thanks, we got a call, but we won't have one minute left, 753 00:50:58.280 --> 00:50:59.920 Yeah we got Yeah, we gotta get out of here to the top. 754 00:51:00.039 --> 00:51:02.519 Yeah, let's let's take your call. Call us back during breaking yews 755 00:51:02.719 --> 00:51:06.039 right after the break. We can't we can't take this car. Now, 756 00:51:06.280 --> 00:51:13.159 I'm going I'm going tennis again. You've given all the circumstances even tracted really 757 00:51:13.159 --> 00:51:20.119 well for Harvey's kind of understated. But okay, that's that's good. But 758 00:51:20.199 --> 00:51:22.440 if you guys want to chime in on the other side, please do. 759 00:51:22.559 --> 00:51:23.599 Yeah, we love you. Well. We'll take your calls during break, 760 00:51:23.880 --> 00:51:27.679 duram breaking news. There's some breaking stuff, a lot of things going on, 761 00:51:27.760 --> 00:51:30.039 but uh, you certainly want to hear what you have to sound some 762 00:51:30.079 --> 00:51:34.639 of this stuff, but interesting, interesting stuff. See when you brought that 763 00:51:34.719 --> 00:51:38.360 up, I thought we were going, Yeah, okay, so let's for 764 00:51:38.400 --> 00:51:42.960 the year. Yeah, I get it. All right, let's take our 765 00:51:43.000 --> 00:51:46.119 break, we'll come back. We'll hit some breaking news and again take your 766 00:51:46.119 --> 00:51:51.880 calls on all these topics, best and worst of the Arizona UH sports season. 767 00:51:51.960 --> 00:51:52.639 We'll dright back