WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:12.000 day. Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think we are. 3 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:16.000 Get off our show, idiot. The kids are playing or trail off. 4 00:00:16.320 --> 00:00:19.199 The countries are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, 5 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:24.039 Goldplay Inner Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 6 00:00:24.839 --> 00:00:28.559 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 7 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:36.600 Now? Here's nick coffee? All right, let's get right to it, 8 00:00:36.679 --> 00:00:40.679 ladies and gents. Welcome in Happy Monday. A lot to get to 9 00:00:40.679 --> 00:00:46.479 today, A loaded show. We've got a solar eclipse about to happen, 10 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:51.840 which I don't remember there being something talked about this much nationally, and they're 11 00:00:51.880 --> 00:00:57.039 being this much like local interest. I guess we're in position in the area 12 00:00:57.119 --> 00:01:00.759 I guess mostly southern Indiana to be in like one of the best spots for 13 00:01:00.799 --> 00:01:03.920 this eclipse. But again, it's a big deal, and I've never felt 14 00:01:03.000 --> 00:01:07.760 less interested in something that is such a big deal. And I'm confused, 15 00:01:07.760 --> 00:01:11.920 like, didn't we just do this in twenty seventeen? And then I read 16 00:01:11.920 --> 00:01:15.439 something about why this makes this is so much more special. This is more 17 00:01:15.519 --> 00:01:21.640 rare because this is the first time we've had this kind of solar eclipse since 18 00:01:21.840 --> 00:01:23.760 eighteen oh six. But then I read more information and like, no, 19 00:01:25.359 --> 00:01:27.400 it's actually the same thing since twenty seventeen. But they believe this will be 20 00:01:27.519 --> 00:01:30.560 just bigger. So anyways, I don't have a whole lot to add to 21 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:34.599 that, but I know it is a big deal. We've got the Final 22 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:40.599 Four to react to National Championship game tonight, two best teams clearly in college 23 00:01:40.640 --> 00:01:44.560 basketball playing for it all. I mean it when I say it, the 24 00:01:44.560 --> 00:01:49.280 women's Final Four was better, the games they were better, and I mean 25 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:53.560 women's college basketball took a huge step forward in these last couple of years as 26 00:01:53.599 --> 00:01:57.079 far as just the reach. I mean, the game has grown so much 27 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:00.799 and it's crazy to see, but to see. And then, of course, 28 00:02:01.400 --> 00:02:06.560 some big news last night that I really just didn't think was real, 29 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:13.479 and that's John cali Perry's leaving Kentucky to take the job at Arkansas. And 30 00:02:14.319 --> 00:02:22.879 outside of the initial because I think the reaction here from like everyone involved Arkansas 31 00:02:23.240 --> 00:02:29.080 meeting, they're fans Kentucky's fans, the administration at Arkansas, the administration at 32 00:02:29.120 --> 00:02:31.960 Kentucky, like this is a win win for everybody, Like this is a 33 00:02:31.960 --> 00:02:38.319 good thing for everyone involved. But it still just doesn't seem like it really 34 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:43.159 happened. John Cali Perry's leaving Kentucky to take a job against or to take 35 00:02:43.159 --> 00:02:50.080 a job in the same league, and it's real, it's happening. And 36 00:02:50.199 --> 00:02:55.240 yesterday I was I was just you know, having a lazy Sunday, essentially 37 00:02:55.360 --> 00:03:00.240 ended up going and seeing some family who's in town, which, by the 38 00:03:00.280 --> 00:03:04.080 way, how random is this. My family from Arkansas, from Fayetteville is 39 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:07.919 in Louisville right now visiting during this whole stuff. So I saw a couple 40 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:13.360 of tweets about it, and I just assume, well, that's just like, 41 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:15.680 that's gotta be fake. And I have become now, I guess, 42 00:03:15.719 --> 00:03:21.560 just a little bit more weary of what you see on the platform Twitter, 43 00:03:21.680 --> 00:03:24.840 just because it's so hard to really get Let me back up, I'm not 44 00:03:24.919 --> 00:03:28.800 going to give people one out here, because it's not that hard to figure 45 00:03:28.800 --> 00:03:32.479 out if what you're seeing from a certain account like how believable it is. 46 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:37.439 You don't really know if what people are reporting via source, like you just 47 00:03:37.479 --> 00:03:40.120 never know how true it is. But it's pretty easy to actually spot something 48 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:44.039 that you would know, Okay, that's not a real account. They're just 49 00:03:44.199 --> 00:03:47.919 you know, trying to fool people. So I knew that a couple of 50 00:03:47.960 --> 00:03:52.639 the folks that put it out that there may be some truth to it, 51 00:03:52.719 --> 00:03:55.599 that hey, I'm hearing this could be actually real Arkansas and Kentucky. You're 52 00:03:55.639 --> 00:04:00.599 talking. One of them was a sports director for I believe, a TV 53 00:04:00.680 --> 00:04:04.599 station in Little Rock, a real guy worked in the sports business, media 54 00:04:04.639 --> 00:04:08.319 business for a long long time, and you know, maybe he just heard 55 00:04:08.319 --> 00:04:10.400 from it. But again, here I am thinking, Okay, this guy's 56 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:12.800 on the older side, maybe he's really gullible. And sure enough, like 57 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:17.279 each hour that passed, you'd see more and more appearing on the timeline from 58 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:24.240 like each hour there was more noise about Caliperry in Arkansas. And then I 59 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:28.639 think also each hour it was noise from people that you would know have info. 60 00:04:29.199 --> 00:04:30.560 And that's when it started to seem like, here we go, like 61 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.680 this may be happening. And sure enough I woke up this morning thinking no 62 00:04:34.759 --> 00:04:38.800 way that was real, right, Like that had to just be some foggy 63 00:04:38.879 --> 00:04:43.240 like there may maybe I had a dream or something. And then every time 64 00:04:43.279 --> 00:04:47.279 I popped open any social media app Instagram, Facebook, Twitter, I'm missing 65 00:04:47.279 --> 00:04:51.560 anything else. There's like snapchat and what are some other ones? TikTok, 66 00:04:51.680 --> 00:04:56.279 Yeah, TikTok, but those aren't necessarily like timeline specific, right, Like, 67 00:04:56.360 --> 00:05:00.040 it's not LinkedIn. That's where I go for all my sports media information, 68 00:05:00.199 --> 00:05:03.319 right Like, it's where I got all my content for the show is 69 00:05:03.360 --> 00:05:08.319 just just perusing LinkedIn. But I mean it's a big deal. I think 70 00:05:08.319 --> 00:05:11.600 it's you know, I know it's very much a local topic to us here 71 00:05:11.639 --> 00:05:15.600 in Kentucky, but I think it's actually, in a way kind of trumped 72 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:20.000 the national championship game, which, to be honest with you, I mean, 73 00:05:20.160 --> 00:05:24.519 this is a this is a huge title game. These are clearly two 74 00:05:24.920 --> 00:05:27.959 really really good teams, the best two teams all year in college basketball, 75 00:05:28.000 --> 00:05:32.160 i'd say, And I think Yukon deserves to be the favorites here and I 76 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:35.199 think they will win. But I mean, let's be honest, Purdue has 77 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:40.199 something that nobody else has, which is a giant who also happens to be 78 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:46.360 insanely good at basketball. So Kentucky, the job opening itself, Caliperry leaving 79 00:05:46.399 --> 00:05:50.160 to go to a conference foe I mean, it's it's juicy. You can't 80 00:05:50.199 --> 00:05:56.519 make this stuff up. But again, once you get pasted, I guess 81 00:05:56.639 --> 00:06:02.480 the overall surprise and shock, I think everybody is thinking this is this is 82 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:06.480 this is good? Like this this worked out perfect for Kentucky because you know 83 00:06:08.560 --> 00:06:11.879 that marriage was was over. They were just sticking together for the kids. 84 00:06:12.639 --> 00:06:15.279 And I don't really know even who the kids would be in that analogy, 85 00:06:15.319 --> 00:06:19.279 but like, I think the fear of not being with one another was was 86 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:24.360 a factor and it wasn't going to be easy. Divorces are expensive, right, 87 00:06:24.399 --> 00:06:28.480 I don't know that from experience, but I think that's saying is probably 88 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:31.079 true. In fact, Tony Vinetti has one of my favorite lines, well 89 00:06:31.120 --> 00:06:34.240 one of my favorite Vinette lines, and there's some great ones, but his 90 00:06:34.319 --> 00:06:39.439 wife that she married him twice, like they've been divorced and then got remarried, 91 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:42.199 and Vinetti always says it was the most expensive fight we ever got in, 92 00:06:42.319 --> 00:06:46.000 and like because the divorce is not cheap. So you know, with 93 00:06:46.040 --> 00:06:50.240 that said, the divorce not being cheap in this analogy was that it was 94 00:06:50.279 --> 00:06:54.959 going to cost thirty three million dollars to get rid of Cow, and it 95 00:06:54.959 --> 00:06:59.120 could have been done like it was possible, because really anything's possible, but 96 00:06:59.199 --> 00:07:02.800 it was far from from an easy thing to do, and it you know, 97 00:07:03.360 --> 00:07:05.519 it would have made it. Look, when you're gonna do that, 98 00:07:05.560 --> 00:07:10.480 you better be ready for somebody to step in and obviously not loose to Saint 99 00:07:10.480 --> 00:07:13.839 Peter's in Oakland and whatnot. But like, also like you got to get 100 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:17.000 a good coach. But with Cal deciding to leave on his own, I 101 00:07:17.040 --> 00:07:19.680 mean, it literally is a gift to Kentucky. Now. I don't know 102 00:07:19.680 --> 00:07:21.800 how good they're gonna be next year. Nobody knows who their coach is going 103 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:29.560 to be for sure, but I think Arkansas they feel alive more than they 104 00:07:29.560 --> 00:07:31.120 ever have in basketball because look, as much as we make fun of Cal 105 00:07:31.839 --> 00:07:34.519 and even their own fans didn't like. Like, I know, Kentucky fans 106 00:07:34.560 --> 00:07:39.839 will remember the good days of Cal more than probably anything. But you haven't 107 00:07:39.920 --> 00:07:43.560 liked this guy in years. He hasn't liked you guys in years, So 108 00:07:43.839 --> 00:07:49.000 you know, it got real stale with that relationship. And there's a reason 109 00:07:49.040 --> 00:07:54.040 that that job is a job that really I don't know if it's even possible 110 00:07:54.120 --> 00:07:56.800 to thrive in that role longer than ten years. I mean, everybody has 111 00:07:56.800 --> 00:07:59.519 said it. Cal has said it himself. And after being there about ten 112 00:07:59.600 --> 00:08:03.279 years, it just it started to not work. It was just a very 113 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:09.720 very dysfunctional situation from top to bottom. So that's all real. But with 114 00:08:09.839 --> 00:08:13.360 Cal and we'll get into this little a little more, a little bit more 115 00:08:13.439 --> 00:08:16.439 later on, because I feel like now he's going to be like Arkansas is 116 00:08:16.480 --> 00:08:20.800 going to act as if they just got the best basketball coach of all time. 117 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:22.879 And I think it's gonna bother Kentucky fans because they're gonna say, hey, 118 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:26.240 have fun with it, because you know, he's stubborn and he's he 119 00:08:26.279 --> 00:08:31.040 doesn't do modern basketball and he you know, he's I don't know what they'll 120 00:08:31.079 --> 00:08:37.159 say about him, but like Arkansas, I feel like should have that. 121 00:08:37.279 --> 00:08:39.000 I mean, would you say, John Arkansas should feel good that they just 122 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:43.720 like take out the whole rivalry dynamic between Louisville, Kentucky, Indiana. Like 123 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:48.120 you could understand Arkansas feeling like they just absolutely like won the lottery, right. 124 00:08:48.159 --> 00:08:50.840 Yeah, And I'm sure that they weren't expecting to get anybody with the 125 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:56.320 caliber of Caliperry. No, and look, they had Jerome Tang and Chris 126 00:08:56.320 --> 00:08:58.679 Beard turn him down. They were talking to a mid major coach within the 127 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:03.159 state of Arkansas. I believe it Little Rock maybe yes. And now they've 128 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:05.600 got John Caliperry, so like I understand their level of like, wow, 129 00:09:05.639 --> 00:09:11.200 we just you know, this is crazy. But I told John this before 130 00:09:11.200 --> 00:09:16.679 the show started. I think he's either going to be super energized and motivated 131 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:22.879 not to you know, make Arkansas razorback Nation happy. He's going to be 132 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:28.799 motivated and energized to stick it to Kentucky, make no mistake about that. 133 00:09:28.840 --> 00:09:31.360 And I think everybody like it may be hard to hear that because you know, 134 00:09:31.720 --> 00:09:35.480 there were some good times, but this man has hated everything about Kentucky 135 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:43.600 in the last few years. He feels so bitter and so betrayed by fans. 136 00:09:43.639 --> 00:09:46.919 And you know, Matt Jones, I guess since the twenty twenty one 137 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:52.440 season when they won nine games, and it has consumed him so much that 138 00:09:52.519 --> 00:09:56.440 he's really unraveled, Like it's it has bothered him so much that he's like 139 00:09:56.519 --> 00:10:01.799 things that like he should be a avoiding, like he can't avoid like walking 140 00:10:01.799 --> 00:10:03.799 into press conferences after a win not to talk about, you know, how 141 00:10:03.799 --> 00:10:07.240 good his team played, but to like stick it in the face of the 142 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:11.440 four media members who made the road trip because in his mind, like I 143 00:10:11.440 --> 00:10:13.279 shouldn't say hate, but let's be honest, man, this guy has not 144 00:10:13.320 --> 00:10:16.799 been happy there. He's he's I mean, he wanted to go to Texas. 145 00:10:16.519 --> 00:10:18.440 And this is what's crazy to me, is that last year, you 146 00:10:18.440 --> 00:10:22.039 know, we talked about it on the show, John Texas was like the 147 00:10:22.039 --> 00:10:26.840 only realistic lifeline because they could pay whatever they could. They're Texas, and 148 00:10:26.879 --> 00:10:28.840 they had an opening and they just went and hired Chris Beard, which I 149 00:10:28.879 --> 00:10:33.120 think showed that they do have a commitment to being good in basketball. But 150 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:35.279 then they decided to retain Rodney Terry, and had they not done that, 151 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:39.720 they could have gone after Cali Perry and he would have left. Like he's 152 00:10:39.759 --> 00:10:41.879 wanted out of there, but because of the price tag that comes with him, 153 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:48.120 he's not gonna And he's such an arrogant coach. And look, some 154 00:10:48.159 --> 00:10:50.799 of his arrogance has probably justified, right, I mean, he's he's had 155 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:54.240 a hell of a run overall as a coach. I think there's some you 156 00:10:54.279 --> 00:10:56.200 know, some specifics in each of his stops that kind of make you question 157 00:10:56.240 --> 00:10:58.200 how good he really was. But either way, the man's in the Hall 158 00:10:58.240 --> 00:11:01.120 of Fame, so he's not going to come for the cheap. So like 159 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:07.120 they were just stuck together. And I didn't think it was realistic that anybody, 160 00:11:07.120 --> 00:11:09.720 I mean, the thought of him leaving for another job. He got 161 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.200 brought up here and there, but I think a lot of people just quickly 162 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:16.879 vanished from their mind because you would think, like, well, who would 163 00:11:16.960 --> 00:11:20.919 go hire him and pay him what Kentucky could pay him? You know who 164 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:24.399 wants to And again it's not to say because he's a bum, but like 165 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:26.759 the recent and we live in a world where it's quite clearly what have you 166 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:31.240 done for me lately? Right, cal Perry has not been like relevant at 167 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.679 the top of the game in quite some time, and in fact, when 168 00:11:33.720 --> 00:11:37.960 the eyeballs are on the sport at a level like they never are March Madness, 169 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:41.559 the last few times he's been there, he's been embarrassed. He lost 170 00:11:41.639 --> 00:11:46.120 to a fifteen seed and a fourteen seed, So it just didn't seem likely 171 00:11:46.200 --> 00:11:50.919 that there would be a compatible rebound, if you will, Right, Like 172 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:54.399 he's dumping you guys, but you all agree it's over. But he's not 173 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:56.279 going to be alone. He's not going to walk away from the game. 174 00:11:56.360 --> 00:12:01.399 He's got to find somebody. And the compatibility is the fact that Arkansas has 175 00:12:01.480 --> 00:12:05.759 money. They have, I mean, and they care about basketball. And 176 00:12:05.960 --> 00:12:13.360 Eric Musselman reminded college basketball the world the sport that Arkansas can be really, 177 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:18.559 really good and they care. And now they've got people throwing out money that 178 00:12:20.240 --> 00:12:26.480 basically got Cali Perry and eight to nine million dollar salary and also about five 179 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:30.360 million dollars annually. It sounds like for nil, which is important. So 180 00:12:30.960 --> 00:12:35.879 Arkansas saved Kentucky and Caliperry, make no mistake about it. But I think 181 00:12:37.279 --> 00:12:41.919 Cal's either going to thrive and really like he'll like all these things he wouldn't 182 00:12:41.960 --> 00:12:43.759 do because he felt like it would be him admitting that he's wrong. His 183 00:12:43.799 --> 00:12:46.960 stubbornness got in the way, right. He wanted to play his two bigs 184 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:52.000 together because he knew that you all hated that. And you think I'm joking, 185 00:12:52.039 --> 00:12:54.879 I'm not, Like, I mean some of the pettiness about like how 186 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:58.000 much like remember when Dante Allen played there a few years ago. He didn't 187 00:12:58.000 --> 00:13:00.000 want to play Dante Allen. You know why, because he knew that fans 188 00:13:01.080 --> 00:13:03.279 knew that Dante Allen should play more because he's a shooter. And if he 189 00:13:03.279 --> 00:13:07.320 gets in the game and he knocks down shots, that's cal essentially admitting he 190 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:11.360 or being proven that he was wrong. It's like, you know, he 191 00:13:11.360 --> 00:13:15.039 can choose not to be as young as he is right, but he wants 192 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:16.240 to do it his way. He wants to relow with freshmen every year. 193 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:20.879 He would never ever want to admit that, you know, others were right 194 00:13:20.919 --> 00:13:24.919 and he was wrong and he had to listen and make adjustments. His ego 195 00:13:24.039 --> 00:13:28.080 and his arrogance, his stubborness would never let that happen. But now he 196 00:13:28.120 --> 00:13:31.639 can do all those things at Arkansas, and it's not admitting that he was 197 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:35.440 wrong. It's just embracing this new world, this new challenge. So he 198 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:39.519 may make some necessary adjustments as far as his philosophy that kind of stuff, 199 00:13:39.720 --> 00:13:43.440 and he may knock it out of the park and really thrive there. Or 200 00:13:45.799 --> 00:13:50.639 he may be a guy that looks at Arkansas and thinks they should be worshiping 201 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:52.399 him that he's even there and that he's going to do it his way, 202 00:13:52.399 --> 00:13:56.799 and if there's any level of criticism or questioning, you know, then they 203 00:13:56.799 --> 00:14:00.440 can go kick rocks because they should just be in all of his presence, 204 00:14:00.679 --> 00:14:01.519 and if that's the way he's going to go about it, he's going to 205 00:14:01.600 --> 00:14:07.759 crash and burn. So I don't believe there's gonna be much of a middle 206 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:16.200 ground because I just I mean, if he's there for three or four years 207 00:14:16.759 --> 00:14:20.759 and they are maybe you know, in the tournament every year, but never 208 00:14:20.799 --> 00:14:24.320 a good seed, maybe the farthest they go is one Sweet sixteen. Like, 209 00:14:24.399 --> 00:14:28.080 I mean, there's no way Arkansas fans would sit back and say they 210 00:14:28.159 --> 00:14:31.720 got a return on set investment, considering what they paid him, and also 211 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:33.559 knowing that Eric Musselman went to two bi llid eights in a Sweet sixteen in 212 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:37.559 a three year span. So one thing I do want to share with you 213 00:14:37.600 --> 00:14:43.279 really quickly here because this was posted on Twitter right as soon as the show 214 00:14:43.320 --> 00:14:48.000 started today, no joke, like right before we went live on the air. 215 00:14:48.240 --> 00:14:52.399 Cali Perry's apparently walking his dog along Richmond Road and Lee Howard of w 216 00:14:52.720 --> 00:14:58.600 KYT and Lexington, I guess they were just camping out around near Cow's house. 217 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:01.120 And I don't I mean, I don't know Richmond Road very well. 218 00:15:01.120 --> 00:15:05.320 I don't know the Lexington area all that well, but from this video, 219 00:15:05.360 --> 00:15:09.519 it just looks like cala is just strolling with like I mean, visibly in 220 00:15:09.519 --> 00:15:13.120 front of everyone. It's all I mean again, it's he wants people to 221 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:18.039 see him. He's in Lexington, he's walking his dog on what appears to 222 00:15:18.039 --> 00:15:20.120 be very busy public street. I mean, I've heard of Richmond Road, 223 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:24.120 but I don't know Lexington, so therefore I feel like Richmond Road is a 224 00:15:24.279 --> 00:15:28.480 very very highly traveled road. Like he wants people to see him. And 225 00:15:28.519 --> 00:15:30.960 he's not wearing uk gar, although he's wearing something that looks kind of blue. 226 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:33.440 He's not wearing his Arkansas hog stuff just yet. But he was asked 227 00:15:33.440 --> 00:15:37.120 for a comment. And again I'm hearing this for the first time, so 228 00:15:37.879 --> 00:15:41.519 it may just be a bunch of dead sound as they're following him walking his 229 00:15:41.600 --> 00:15:45.440 dog, so you may just hear like wind and outside noise. But eventually 230 00:15:45.440 --> 00:15:48.840 he does he does ask he is asked, I should say, if he's 231 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:54.279 going to give a comment, it's doing the stupid, stupid thing again. 232 00:15:54.320 --> 00:15:58.480 We'll make some adjustments here because we got to play this and even it's probably 233 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:03.799 very and I do know how to avoid the one channel thing, meaning that 234 00:16:04.879 --> 00:16:10.240 you know, if we play it over the radio, well, we're playing 235 00:16:10.240 --> 00:16:12.600 everything over the radio. But if you're listening on the radio not stream, 236 00:16:12.759 --> 00:16:18.360 you don't hear anything. If you're listening on the iheartstream or you know, 237 00:16:18.639 --> 00:16:22.720 and I guess the heart stream is on the app or it's or it's on 238 00:16:23.480 --> 00:16:27.679 or it's on the website, then then you hear it. Fine, But 239 00:16:29.559 --> 00:16:33.600 I can now avoid that by doing this. And just I mean, I 240 00:16:33.639 --> 00:16:36.399 need to learn the tricks of the trade. Well, if you learn them, 241 00:16:36.480 --> 00:16:41.240 let me know, because I don't mean, here's what happens and nobody 242 00:16:41.279 --> 00:16:45.799 cares about it. But when we play something from a different source, if 243 00:16:45.840 --> 00:16:49.799 I'm playing a video from Twitter, if I'm playing it from you know, 244 00:16:51.440 --> 00:16:55.519 any other platform like that, and it's coming out of just one channel, 245 00:16:55.799 --> 00:16:57.919 meaning one side left and not right, and that's when it messes up. 246 00:16:57.960 --> 00:17:02.080 But there's no way to avoid that unless you know, there's no a weekend 247 00:17:02.080 --> 00:17:03.679 of what. I don't know if it's something on the board or whatever, 248 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:11.440 but here here it is. Hey, coach, you guys, thank you. 249 00:17:14.759 --> 00:17:21.240 Right now you will say I'm good, come on, palm, come 250 00:17:21.240 --> 00:17:29.960 on, my dog, my dog is walking me. Come on, I'll 251 00:17:34.839 --> 00:17:38.839 yeah. I think the rest is just loud noise from traffic. But I 252 00:17:38.839 --> 00:17:44.400 mean, it's the biggest story in college basketball right now, on the day 253 00:17:44.440 --> 00:17:49.200 the national Championship game is being played, and he's walking his dog down a 254 00:17:49.279 --> 00:17:56.720 very public, busy street in Lexington, visible for everybody to see. That's 255 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:00.640 not a coincidence. That is him wanting you to see him now. He 256 00:18:00.640 --> 00:18:06.720 didn't want to say anything, but this guy, I mean, one more 257 00:18:06.720 --> 00:18:08.119 thing before we go to our first break. This is something that came up 258 00:18:08.839 --> 00:18:12.200 last night, I believe for Matt no orlander about him having interest in the 259 00:18:12.200 --> 00:18:18.559 Ohio State job. But the timing wasn't right because they obviously didn't want to 260 00:18:18.599 --> 00:18:23.160 wait for a coach that could potentially be playing deep into the tournament. They 261 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:27.359 didn't know that wasn't going to be an issue because he played one game in 262 00:18:27.359 --> 00:18:33.640 the tournament and lost. But he told them to wait because he felt like, 263 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:34.839 you know, he had a really good chance to make a deep run, 264 00:18:34.839 --> 00:18:37.839 which is, by the way, you know what every coach should think 265 00:18:37.880 --> 00:18:40.799 going into the tournament, right, And he did have a really good team 266 00:18:40.799 --> 00:18:42.000 this year. They were three ced. They should have never lost to Oakland. 267 00:18:42.200 --> 00:18:45.200 They wouldn't have won the national championship, I don't think, but they 268 00:18:45.200 --> 00:18:48.160 clearly should have been playing into the second weekend, I would say, but 269 00:18:51.519 --> 00:18:55.039 this is a guy who felt like he was about to have the breakthrough year 270 00:18:55.480 --> 00:18:59.799 in the tournament where he goes deep because they're really good. They had phenomenal 271 00:18:59.839 --> 00:19:03.759 Burt, that trio was phenomenal this year, Reeves, Dillingham and Sheppard. 272 00:19:06.880 --> 00:19:11.920 But he wanted to win big and make that deep run snap the drought. 273 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:15.920 However long it's been since the second weekend snapped the drought, since I guessed 274 00:19:15.920 --> 00:19:19.519 twenty fifteen for a final four. He wanted to do that and then get 275 00:19:19.519 --> 00:19:22.759 the hell out of town and tell you guys to go, you know, 276 00:19:22.920 --> 00:19:26.680 take a nap or something like that was his mindset. Now what you've actually 277 00:19:26.759 --> 00:19:30.599 done it after winning a title, maybe there'd be so much love for him 278 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:33.640 that he would just be completely intoxicated with it and he would go back to 279 00:19:33.799 --> 00:19:37.920 the way he felt in his first five six years or whatever. Or maybe, 280 00:19:37.319 --> 00:19:41.400 and I think this is more likely. This man is so stubborn and 281 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:45.039 loyalty is so big to him that he has felt a level of betrayal. 282 00:19:45.039 --> 00:19:48.880 And which, by the way, if you're in Kentucky, like you didn't 283 00:19:48.880 --> 00:19:51.559 betray him, you criticized him after he won nine games. I mean, 284 00:19:51.599 --> 00:19:53.680 like it's what comes with Kentucky, but he never really had to deal with 285 00:19:53.720 --> 00:19:57.799 that before. And I think he has just been trying to get the hell 286 00:19:57.799 --> 00:20:00.880 out of there for quite some time. And that that, I mean, 287 00:20:00.880 --> 00:20:03.680 that's another reason why in the end of at the end of the day, 288 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:04.759 this is good for everybody. But what I am curious to see, and 289 00:20:04.839 --> 00:20:11.359 only time will tell, will it be? I mean, if he just 290 00:20:11.440 --> 00:20:15.720 retired and walked away, he'd be bitter. They'd be, you know, 291 00:20:15.880 --> 00:20:18.359 worrying about as he you know is I hope wish nothing but the best for 292 00:20:18.440 --> 00:20:22.920 him. Now he's going to coach against you in your same conference, and 293 00:20:23.640 --> 00:20:27.559 I just I kind of feel like it's going to be impossible for the you 294 00:20:27.599 --> 00:20:32.559 know, the early stages of the Caliperi era in Faateteville, however long it 295 00:20:32.640 --> 00:20:37.000 lasts. Initially, I mean, he's gonna he's gonna want to kill him. 296 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:41.119 I mean, he's gonna he's gonna he's gonna feel that he's there because 297 00:20:41.160 --> 00:20:45.079 you all did it, you all ran him out of town, I guess. 298 00:20:45.279 --> 00:20:47.839 I mean, it came out last night that one of the one of 299 00:20:47.920 --> 00:20:51.000 the factors is because he did not feel once today Kentucky, which honestly it's 300 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:53.279 the truth. But I guess in his mind he thinks that's absurd and that's 301 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:57.200 betrayal. But at the end of the day, like you're paid to do 302 00:20:57.599 --> 00:21:02.400 a job that is very hard to do, and you were not nearly good 303 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:03.519 at it, nearly as good at it as you should be in the last 304 00:21:03.559 --> 00:21:07.839 five years. So anyways, who the next coach is. I'm just here 305 00:21:07.880 --> 00:21:11.079 to tell you I think it's gonna be a very boring coaching search. And 306 00:21:11.160 --> 00:21:15.160 that's that speaks to what the job is like. This job's not gonna get 307 00:21:15.200 --> 00:21:18.680 offered many people without somebody taking it. Let's just be real and they'll be 308 00:21:18.799 --> 00:21:22.200 They'll be guys. They don't get they don't get offered the job because there's 309 00:21:22.200 --> 00:21:26.599 been enough. There's been enough, you know, I guess back and forth 310 00:21:26.640 --> 00:21:30.240 to know that they're not worth actually offering the job and getting to that stages 311 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:33.720 in the conversation. All right, we're loaded today, John's back. Welcome 312 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:36.519 back the company, man, What a day for you to return, so 313 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:40.039 much to get into plenty. So let's let's keep it rolling along again. 314 00:21:40.039 --> 00:21:41.920 It is coffee and company, and we are fueled by Thornton's right here on 315 00:21:41.960 --> 00:21:47.319 Sports Talk seven ninety. That's right. Feel free to give us a call, 316 00:21:47.440 --> 00:21:51.960 share your thoughts on you know this Caliperi stuff. Is Kentucky and Louisville 317 00:21:52.319 --> 00:21:56.559 are going to have new new basketball coaches next year, which this cannot be 318 00:21:56.720 --> 00:22:00.559 something that's happened in my lifetime where each of them have a new coach in 319 00:22:00.599 --> 00:22:06.000 the same offseason. But here we are not only that there's a I don't 320 00:22:06.039 --> 00:22:10.720 know if it'll work out this way, but you could have a you could 321 00:22:10.720 --> 00:22:12.759 have a you know, two rosters next year when these two teams play, 322 00:22:12.799 --> 00:22:18.680 where every scholarship player is new was not there the year before, So crazy 323 00:22:18.720 --> 00:22:22.119 times, all right? Five two five seven seventy nine hundred is the number 324 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:23.119 if you want to give us a call. Bold lines are now open, 325 00:22:23.480 --> 00:22:26.279 and if you want a text, and you can do that too, five 326 00:22:26.279 --> 00:22:29.079 O two six five three zero seven ninety. It's the L and N Federal 327 00:22:29.079 --> 00:22:33.200 Credit Union text line. And the solar eclipse like did it just happen? 328 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.920 Like is it over? Pretty sure it was during our first segment. Yeah, 329 00:22:36.319 --> 00:22:37.519 right as we started, I knew like three oh seven or three O 330 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:41.880 eight or something was like the was the I mean, and the world didn't 331 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:45.920 end right. There were some people saying that this was another sign of the 332 00:22:45.960 --> 00:22:49.000 apocalypse. Well, I mean we're still here, I mean hopefully. Like 333 00:22:49.000 --> 00:22:52.039 what if like what if what if it was just us left, just me 334 00:22:52.079 --> 00:22:59.680 and you is talking to So again, I don't want to, you know, 335 00:22:59.799 --> 00:23:02.839 pop on the parade if people think this was like a really really awesome 336 00:23:02.920 --> 00:23:04.039 cool thing that they did, because like, you know, if your kids 337 00:23:04.039 --> 00:23:07.920 are interested in this stuff, and or even if you are, like you 338 00:23:07.920 --> 00:23:11.119 know, knock yourself out. I am interested in things and would find things 339 00:23:11.160 --> 00:23:15.240 fascinating that like a lot of you guys would probably think that's lame as hell. 340 00:23:15.720 --> 00:23:18.160 So you know, everybody's got their own interest that kind of stuff. 341 00:23:18.200 --> 00:23:22.480 But I'm just I've had a tough time really understanding what makes this such a 342 00:23:23.359 --> 00:23:27.880 spectacle, and I from what I've gathered, it's just because this is this 343 00:23:29.000 --> 00:23:34.440 apparently is believed to be you know, the best, the biggest coverage is 344 00:23:34.440 --> 00:23:40.799 that what it is like for our area, yes, which I believe was 345 00:23:40.880 --> 00:23:44.559 ninety nine percent, so you're almost in full and the total darkness, as 346 00:23:44.559 --> 00:23:47.759 they call it, the path of totality, yeah, I just you know, 347 00:23:48.640 --> 00:23:49.920 I feel like we just did this in twenty seventeen. And that's what's 348 00:23:49.960 --> 00:23:53.680 really kind of because a lot of folks that were really into that when it 349 00:23:53.759 --> 00:23:57.640 happened, I feel like they were underwhelmed and kind of felt like that was 350 00:23:57.720 --> 00:24:02.880 it, you know, all this for that, and here we are doing 351 00:24:02.960 --> 00:24:04.440 it again, and whenever, you know, people push back like, hey, 352 00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:07.000 we had it not that long ago and it was very underwhelming. I'm 353 00:24:07.039 --> 00:24:10.640 not getting hyped again. Well then, well no, no, this was 354 00:24:10.640 --> 00:24:12.839 different. This one's different. Well, you know, I'm just assuming people 355 00:24:12.839 --> 00:24:15.279 who say that are telling the truth. But then if you do, like 356 00:24:15.319 --> 00:24:18.000 I mean, you know, it's not like I'm getting it from some random 357 00:24:18.039 --> 00:24:21.519 internet site. I mean there are rite ups that like you know, NASA 358 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:25.640 and stuff like that that that you know, that tell you that it's actually 359 00:24:25.680 --> 00:24:30.039 the same thing. It's just expected to I guess had you know, total 360 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:37.400 solar eclipse is what this is, and I've been told that, well, 361 00:24:37.400 --> 00:24:40.279 no, this one is the twenty twenty four. It's it's more total. 362 00:24:40.319 --> 00:24:42.680 We'll know, like they're technically classified as the exact same thing. But I 363 00:24:42.680 --> 00:24:48.240 guess maybe there could be more, Maybe it reaches more human I mean yeah, 364 00:24:48.279 --> 00:24:49.880 I mean so if you had fun and you know you're enjoying it, 365 00:24:51.000 --> 00:24:55.799 knock yourself out. Southern Indiana apparently is like the like Seymour Indiana up there. 366 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.519 They they're apparently like you know, sold out of hotel, hells and 367 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:03.000 everything because people are traveling across from across the country to kind of be there 368 00:25:03.039 --> 00:25:07.240 to see it. Look, that's cool. I just can't you know, 369 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:11.640 I can't relate to that being something that I would be interested in. They're 370 00:25:11.680 --> 00:25:15.400 seeing more of the eclipse and see more. When you think that, God, 371 00:25:15.160 --> 00:25:18.440 I missed you. I'm so glad you're back. That's just that's I'm 372 00:25:18.440 --> 00:25:22.119 so glad you're back. That was that was great. They are seeing more, 373 00:25:22.160 --> 00:25:26.279 and Seymour they they hopefully they coined that, like that's the thing needs 374 00:25:26.359 --> 00:25:30.079 to be, Yeah, it needs to be all right. So, uh, 375 00:25:30.559 --> 00:25:33.000 before we get back into the Kentucky stuff really quickly, here the Final 376 00:25:33.039 --> 00:25:38.359 four, the NC State Perdue game. I'm just gonna say it, awful 377 00:25:38.400 --> 00:25:44.480 basketball product. Like that game sucked, and I think Purdue kind of likes 378 00:25:44.640 --> 00:25:47.599 games to be played that way. H n C State, you know, 379 00:25:47.680 --> 00:25:49.960 they just really ran out of gas and clearly like Purdue is just a much 380 00:25:51.000 --> 00:25:53.359 better team than them. And at halftime, you know, I thought NC 381 00:25:53.440 --> 00:25:56.720 State played pretty poorly and made a lot of mistakes that Purdue had nothing to 382 00:25:56.759 --> 00:26:00.480 do with, and yet they were only down what five six something like that. 383 00:26:00.519 --> 00:26:03.359 It was in a good spot. Uh But sure enough, you know, 384 00:26:03.400 --> 00:26:06.119 Purdue played better in the second half. And Zach Edy is you know, 385 00:26:06.160 --> 00:26:12.119 he's a monster. But one thing that like the coverage of like the 386 00:26:12.200 --> 00:26:15.920 duo of Iron Eagle, is it Ian or Iron Eagle. I've heard it 387 00:26:15.079 --> 00:26:18.799 hurt Iron, yeah, more frequently. Iron Eagle and and Bill Raftury are 388 00:26:18.839 --> 00:26:23.319 great. But like Grant Hill is so bad. Like he's such a vanilla, 389 00:26:25.240 --> 00:26:27.960 you know, likable, seems like a good dude, like he's he's 390 00:26:29.160 --> 00:26:32.279 he's you know, he's he seems like a nice man. But man, 391 00:26:32.319 --> 00:26:37.920 he's so vanilla and he just like you know, it's he annoys me. 392 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:41.839 And one thing that stood out more than anything in that game that just you 393 00:26:41.839 --> 00:26:45.799 know, irked me, is that any little miss cue by n C State 394 00:26:47.720 --> 00:26:52.240 anything that you know that they were thinking about Edie around there, just thinking 395 00:26:52.240 --> 00:26:55.480 about his here they're worried about Edie. You know, if the guy misses 396 00:26:55.519 --> 00:26:57.279 a layup wh when heat he's around, like he may have like gone up 397 00:26:57.319 --> 00:27:00.960 awkwardly because he was in fear of getting blocked, but like you know, 398 00:27:02.039 --> 00:27:04.640 dudes missing free throws. You know why they're thinking about Edie down there? 399 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:08.839 You know the water the water boys slips and falls and spills water on the 400 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:12.519 court getting it to the players up he's thinking about Eddie. Like Edie's a 401 00:27:12.559 --> 00:27:17.039 giant, clearly, and he impacts the game in a way that nobody does 402 00:27:17.079 --> 00:27:19.319 with his size. And he's also a dude that's a giant. And there's 403 00:27:19.359 --> 00:27:22.480 been many giants that have played college basketball, but he's just different. He 404 00:27:22.519 --> 00:27:27.480 can play for a long time. You know, he's skilled. But I'm 405 00:27:27.480 --> 00:27:32.279 hoping tonight that like it doesn't turn into her every single play if there's any 406 00:27:32.359 --> 00:27:36.599 mistake made by Yukon. You know what they're thinking about Edie. Just knowing 407 00:27:36.599 --> 00:27:41.160 he's just knowing he's near just annoyed me. And I was annoyed because I 408 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:47.559 wanted NC State to win. But Purdue is deserving. I mean quite literally, 409 00:27:47.599 --> 00:27:49.240 they've won every game in the tournament to get here. But you know 410 00:27:49.279 --> 00:27:53.400 they're they're a team that had the the not the bulls eye on their back, 411 00:27:53.480 --> 00:27:59.039 necessarily because that's been Yukon, but nobody really felt like they knew that 412 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:02.519 there was no belief that they were actually going to get here despite being a 413 00:28:02.599 --> 00:28:04.599 one seed that was really good all year, and it's because Purdue had never 414 00:28:04.640 --> 00:28:10.559 made the Final four under Matt Painter, and this same team almost last year 415 00:28:10.720 --> 00:28:14.200 lost to who was it, I know it was the sixteen Dicks, Yeah, 416 00:28:14.200 --> 00:28:18.200 Fairley Dickinson. So I'm hoping we get a really really good game tonight, 417 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:22.960 But wouldn't shock me if Yukon kind of mean Yukon if they win this 418 00:28:23.000 --> 00:28:26.720 game by double figures, which nobody would be shocked if that's what ends up 419 00:28:26.759 --> 00:28:29.160 happening, right, I mean, they will have been that. This will 420 00:28:29.160 --> 00:28:30.759 have been the most dominant tournament run ever as far as just beating the hell 421 00:28:30.799 --> 00:28:33.920 out of everybody. They played, really two straight tournament runs of dominating. 422 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:37.799 They were a lower just like a four seed I believe last year, but 423 00:28:37.799 --> 00:28:40.960 they still killed everybody. They snuck up on people when they got into the 424 00:28:41.039 --> 00:28:42.359 term where they were good enough to make it clearly. But yeah, four 425 00:28:42.400 --> 00:28:48.000 seed. But I don't think nationally people really knew how good they were playing 426 00:28:48.119 --> 00:28:52.359 until like a fluky championship a little bit last year. Yeah, but and 427 00:28:52.440 --> 00:28:56.200 even the fact that they had to play San Diego State in the title game, 428 00:28:56.200 --> 00:28:57.119 Like you knew they were deserving of it, but you didn't know how 429 00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:02.200 good that team actually was compared to other champions. And now you know it's 430 00:29:02.279 --> 00:29:03.799 it's not a brand new team, but man, a lot of new pieces 431 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.319 on this team, and the same guy that's leading them is Dan Hurley, 432 00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:11.000 who, in my opinion is is currently the top I mean the top guy 433 00:29:11.039 --> 00:29:14.279 in the sport. I mean, he's about to get his second title tonight, 434 00:29:14.319 --> 00:29:17.119 which I believe he will, and he'll do it back to back years. 435 00:29:17.519 --> 00:29:21.279 He'll be one of two coaches that has two titles that are currently coaching. 436 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:23.519 And it's hard for me to think that Dan Hurley has not surpassed Bill 437 00:29:23.599 --> 00:29:27.000 Self. I mean, Bill selves had a lot of other good teams. 438 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:30.680 But you know, Dan Hurley's been at Yukon what five six years now, 439 00:29:30.240 --> 00:29:33.920 and man the few the last few years they have turned into a monster. 440 00:29:34.920 --> 00:29:37.920 And you know, will this be the last game he coaches at Yukon? 441 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:42.720 I doubt it. Do you think win or lose it matters for the Kentucky 442 00:29:42.920 --> 00:29:45.960 perspective because I feel like a lot of people thinking that if he loses, 443 00:29:45.960 --> 00:29:49.960 he's more than likely to go to Kentucky, which I see, I see 444 00:29:49.960 --> 00:29:53.680 why they would think that, but you still have it rolling and Yukon can 445 00:29:53.720 --> 00:29:59.160 always counteract with whatever off for Kentucky wants to make. Maybe they don't have 446 00:29:59.200 --> 00:30:03.279 the same kind of money obviously is Kentucky, but you've got it rolling it 447 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:06.039 in a way that no one's had it, I guess really since Florida, 448 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:11.599 Since in Florida. This is one of those things where it's really gonna it's 449 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:17.240 gonna come down to things we don't know about Dan Hurley as a person. 450 00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:22.759 And what I mean by that is does he care that, like, overall 451 00:30:22.319 --> 00:30:26.319 the women's coach is a bigger name than him at Yukon. I mean, 452 00:30:26.359 --> 00:30:30.160 it's just the truth Gino Arima is I mean he's I mean the run that 453 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:33.319 they've had and look they've made the final four this year, they haven't won 454 00:30:33.359 --> 00:30:34.359 a title in the last few but still, like, you know, does 455 00:30:34.400 --> 00:30:37.440 he care about that? I doubt it? Right Yukon fans, clearly, 456 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:41.039 there's a lot of them, but they're in, they're in you know, 457 00:30:41.079 --> 00:30:42.839 they're in stores Connecticut, like it's not a big market like those are things 458 00:30:42.839 --> 00:30:48.680 that it's just down to personal preference as a human being rather than anything basketball 459 00:30:48.720 --> 00:30:52.160 related, or does he want to be the man because at Kentucky it's again, 460 00:30:52.200 --> 00:30:55.440 it's the best job in college basketball. You know, pains me to 461 00:30:55.480 --> 00:30:57.200 say that as a as a diehard Louisville fan, but it's just the truth. 462 00:30:57.240 --> 00:31:00.599 It's the best job in the sport. I think it's better than Carolina. 463 00:31:00.599 --> 00:31:03.960 I think it's better than Kansas. And it's because they've had what six 464 00:31:04.000 --> 00:31:10.200 different coaches win national championships there in a variety of different eras, different lifetimes 465 00:31:10.240 --> 00:31:14.880 really, and they have a fan base that is probably one of the biggest 466 00:31:14.920 --> 00:31:18.599 in college sports. And again, if you're I mean, I'm not telling 467 00:31:18.640 --> 00:31:22.359 people. I'm not telling anybody listening something they don't already know. And you 468 00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:26.599 can go to Pluto for vacation and you're gonna see Kentucky fans. You can 469 00:31:26.599 --> 00:31:29.359 go to you know, wherever in the world, you'll run into him and 470 00:31:29.359 --> 00:31:33.319 they'll be wearing blue. They're everywhere, and having like that army with you 471 00:31:33.359 --> 00:31:37.799 when things are going great has got to be a great feeling. But I 472 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:40.519 don't know if Dan Hurley values that. I don't know if he cares about 473 00:31:40.519 --> 00:31:42.640 that. To me, I think he's clearly in a great spot at Yukon, 474 00:31:44.039 --> 00:31:45.880 and if he wins his second title, it would be hard to envision 475 00:31:45.960 --> 00:31:52.880 him walking away. But if he loses, you know, I guess maybe 476 00:31:52.920 --> 00:31:55.799 they're I don't think it makes that big of a difference what happens tonight, 477 00:31:55.920 --> 00:31:59.640 John, But I would say it would be a better chance to get him 478 00:31:59.640 --> 00:32:02.200 if he likes But then again, I don't know just envisioning him walking away 479 00:32:02.240 --> 00:32:07.119 at Yukon when they are quite literally on top of the world in the sport, 480 00:32:07.720 --> 00:32:09.279 and I think, you know, I think he likes being able to 481 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:13.599 say we don't even lead Sports Center, you know what I mean? Like 482 00:32:13.680 --> 00:32:17.759 he it would almost be like leaving Yukon for Kentucky. It would almost be 483 00:32:17.880 --> 00:32:23.359 like he is he's justifying why they haven't, in his mind, got the 484 00:32:23.440 --> 00:32:28.079 attention that they deserve. Does that make sense because Kentucky would, There's no 485 00:32:28.079 --> 00:32:30.599 doubt about it. If Kentucky was in the midst of doing what Yukon is 486 00:32:30.640 --> 00:32:32.319 doing right now, it would be a bigger story nationally. And I don't 487 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:36.480 mean in college basketball, because college basketball obviously is covering it and talking about 488 00:32:36.480 --> 00:32:39.400 it, but I mean bigger on shows like Sports Center. You know what 489 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:43.640 I'm saying. So I don't know him well enough. I don't know him 490 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:49.680 at all. But Kentucky's also the job that anybody taking it, and I 491 00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:53.720 mean anybody taking it, you cannot says a surprise. You can't because it's 492 00:32:53.799 --> 00:32:58.880 Kentucky. Like Jay Wright coming out of retirement. I don't predict that. 493 00:32:58.920 --> 00:33:02.000 I don't think he would, but if he did, you could certainly understand 494 00:33:02.000 --> 00:33:08.799 why Billy Donovan would he leave the Bulls. I don't think he would at 495 00:33:08.799 --> 00:33:12.920 all. I actually don't think Billy Donovan has any interest in coaching in college 496 00:33:12.960 --> 00:33:16.079 basketball at all, because the things that he hated about college basketball ten years 497 00:33:16.079 --> 00:33:20.200 ago are even worse now because you don't have to just recruit. You got 498 00:33:20.240 --> 00:33:22.920 to rerecruit your guys every year. You got to make sure nil is in 499 00:33:22.960 --> 00:33:24.680 place. He didn't. That guy left college to go to the NBA because 500 00:33:24.680 --> 00:33:29.519 he was tired of just the previous world of college hoops where it wasn't this 501 00:33:29.640 --> 00:33:36.000 complicated. But again, if he did leave the NBA to come to Kentucky, 502 00:33:36.599 --> 00:33:38.480 at the end of the day, how surprising would it be. In 503 00:33:38.519 --> 00:33:42.000 fact, I guess the surprise level there would be the fact that it took 504 00:33:42.079 --> 00:33:45.359 him three chance, three tries to get him and then he finally said yes. 505 00:33:45.759 --> 00:33:49.759 So when I say this search is going to be boring, it's more 506 00:33:49.799 --> 00:33:52.319 so just because the four names everybody is talking about I think are going to 507 00:33:52.319 --> 00:33:57.400 be the four that they pursue, and it'll be it'll be one of them. 508 00:33:57.440 --> 00:34:04.799 Like I guess, five names, and I think all Kentucky fans are 509 00:34:04.799 --> 00:34:07.559 saying these names. I think everybody has a different preference as far as which 510 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:09.239 direction they go, how they would be ordered. But I think every Kentucky 511 00:34:09.280 --> 00:34:14.639 fan, and maybe there's a Kentucky fan listening that has a different option, 512 00:34:14.719 --> 00:34:16.440 a different idea different direction, But I feel like the vast majority of the 513 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:21.519 fan base is talking about these names, in no particular order. Dan Hurley, 514 00:34:22.400 --> 00:34:29.480 Billy Donovan, Jay Wright, Natoates, and Scott Drew. Have you 515 00:34:29.480 --> 00:34:32.360 heard any other name mentioned? I've heard Patino mentioned, and I just don't. 516 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:36.719 I heard someone say Richard Patino had plus seven hundred and fifty odds or 517 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:39.199 something. Yeah, I mean for never, And then Mark Pope was up 518 00:34:39.239 --> 00:34:45.559 there as well. But like if you're Mitch Barnhardt, you wouldn't even want 519 00:34:45.599 --> 00:34:47.800 to pursue Rick Patino, right, Like, take take out all of the 520 00:34:50.360 --> 00:34:52.760 history there. He wouldn't go after it Patino, right Like, he's just 521 00:34:52.880 --> 00:34:57.039 on the older side and you're only going to get a few years out of 522 00:34:57.079 --> 00:35:00.360 the tops. Yeah, in Kentucky's the kind of job where look, clearly, 523 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:02.960 if things are going well, you know you want it to last as 524 00:35:04.000 --> 00:35:07.320 long as possible. But like, does Rick have ten years left the coaching 525 00:35:07.360 --> 00:35:12.360 in him? I don't think so, but again don't know, but I 526 00:35:12.400 --> 00:35:16.280 will say this, I mean, if they hired Rick Pertino back, what 527 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:22.360 would that do to this state? I mean, I think Dougie Vans would 528 00:35:22.400 --> 00:35:23.400 root for him because what are they going to do not cheer for him? 529 00:35:23.400 --> 00:35:27.119 And I think they know he's a good coach. But it would just like 530 00:35:27.199 --> 00:35:30.119 just the thought of that happening, which again I think it's highly unlikely. 531 00:35:30.519 --> 00:35:35.960 But I'll tell you of those five who I fully believe it will be on 532 00:35:36.000 --> 00:35:42.320 the other side, because I think the experience that Mitch Barnhardt had with Caliperry 533 00:35:42.400 --> 00:35:47.199 for fifteen years is going to make him go in really one direction for this 534 00:35:47.320 --> 00:35:50.760 hire. We'll talk about it next right here again Coffee and Company. I 535 00:35:50.760 --> 00:35:55.360 feelbout Thorton's on Sports Talk seven ninety so. A lot of businesses were I 536 00:35:55.360 --> 00:36:00.360 think strategic and how to really cash in on this totally lips. You know. 537 00:36:00.400 --> 00:36:04.679 There was some like I think French Lick Resort up in Southern Indiana, 538 00:36:05.239 --> 00:36:08.880 which I guess that's considered southern Indiana. But they had some type of like 539 00:36:09.280 --> 00:36:15.679 special edition bourbon that they sold to people who bought like a ticket to like 540 00:36:15.719 --> 00:36:19.239 have a viewing of the solar eclipse there up in French Lick, and it 541 00:36:19.320 --> 00:36:22.440 you know, the bottle just basically says, you know, total solar eclipse 542 00:36:22.679 --> 00:36:24.880 version of whatever brand bourbon it is, and like the amount of money people 543 00:36:24.880 --> 00:36:29.880 paid for that is probably very high. And then just kind of the fun 544 00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:36.599 marketing angles you could go with, like this this Gentleman's Club, which I 545 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:40.159 can tell you sincerely I've never been there, but Seventh Street, I'm sorry, 546 00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:44.159 the Thoroughbred Is Lounge, which I think is on Seventh Street. Their 547 00:36:44.239 --> 00:36:47.400 sign is what I posted up before the I posted on Twitter today and I 548 00:36:47.480 --> 00:36:51.039 wasn't there, you know, not that I would be afraid to go there, 549 00:36:51.079 --> 00:36:52.800 because you know, I'm sure it's a fine establishment, but somebody on 550 00:36:52.800 --> 00:36:55.159 Facebook could share their sign because it's funny to me. It says, if 551 00:36:55.199 --> 00:37:00.360 the sun can block out on a Monday afternoon, so can you. And 552 00:37:00.679 --> 00:37:05.440 if you just look up the you know the if you just google Thoroughbred Lounge 553 00:37:05.480 --> 00:37:07.400 signs, there's the there's a lot of really good ones over the years. 554 00:37:07.639 --> 00:37:12.719 I'm sure other adult establishments have had this before, but it just says we 555 00:37:12.719 --> 00:37:15.159 we you know, the sign says we fired the ugly one. They had 556 00:37:15.159 --> 00:37:17.480 that one up there at one point. This says our corona doesn't have a 557 00:37:17.559 --> 00:37:23.239 virus. I remember they were all in like nobody else at supporting Rick Patino 558 00:37:23.320 --> 00:37:28.000 when the Katina pal stuff went on, which you know, I'm sure they 559 00:37:28.000 --> 00:37:30.719 were really supporting Rick Putino, but you know they you know, I think 560 00:37:30.760 --> 00:37:35.199 you guys get the connection and why that's funny to some people. So yeah, 561 00:37:35.199 --> 00:37:37.480 shout out to shout out to everybody enjoying today and you know, making 562 00:37:37.519 --> 00:37:40.679 money off of it. I hope it's successful. Kids got out of school 563 00:37:40.679 --> 00:37:45.400 today, which I don't know, Like my daughter's in school and she you 564 00:37:45.400 --> 00:37:47.480 know me not today, but she's in the school system. She's the second 565 00:37:47.519 --> 00:37:52.119 grader. I don't remember if like, was this actually you would know, 566 00:37:52.280 --> 00:37:54.800 John, your wife's teacher. Was this scheduled off because of the eclipse or 567 00:37:54.920 --> 00:37:58.679 was it already planned? I think they always plan it for the Monday after 568 00:37:58.719 --> 00:38:00.559 spring break. It was just a lucky coincidence. Okay, that makes a 569 00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:06.760 little more sense. But anyways, happy you know. Total eclipse day, 570 00:38:07.119 --> 00:38:10.480 Total solar eclipse day. 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A lot of I guess wannabes have popped up over time offering very 587 00:39:14.719 --> 00:39:19.000 similar services, but they don't last because you know they're not They can't compete 588 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:21.559 with our friends over at the louis of men's clinics, So again, go 589 00:39:21.639 --> 00:39:23.559 check them out a Louivelemen's Clinic dot com. Five oo two four four four 590 00:39:23.639 --> 00:39:28.639 four thousand is the number. We'll talk a little more about the Louisville basketball 591 00:39:28.679 --> 00:39:30.519 side of things. Not a whole lot to update you on from the weekend. 592 00:39:30.519 --> 00:39:36.559 However, Pat Kelsey continuing to make contact with a lot of players in 593 00:39:36.599 --> 00:39:40.840 the portal as they have ten scholarships to fill before the season starts, which 594 00:39:42.400 --> 00:39:45.679 I've got a theory on how the roster will come together, not that I 595 00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:46.840 have any idea as far as who's going to be on the roster, but 596 00:39:49.000 --> 00:39:52.719 we'll save that for the second hour because I do think it's it's gonna be 597 00:39:52.719 --> 00:39:57.519 almost impossible for anybody to put together. I mean, to add thirteen scholarship 598 00:39:57.559 --> 00:39:59.719 players, you can do it, but I think, you know, there 599 00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:04.039 may be some guys added that down the line you're not super thrilled about. 600 00:40:04.039 --> 00:40:06.119 But you got to keep in mind you're not going to play thirteen players. 601 00:40:06.639 --> 00:40:07.360 So we'll get to that a little later on, but real quick. When 602 00:40:07.360 --> 00:40:09.840 it comes to who is going to be the next coach for Kentucky, I 603 00:40:09.880 --> 00:40:12.960 don't. I don't. I mean, I'm just guessing like anybody else. 604 00:40:13.000 --> 00:40:15.840 But as I mentioned earlier, it's not going to be a long search because 605 00:40:15.880 --> 00:40:20.360 the job's not going to be turned down by many people. And I believe 606 00:40:20.400 --> 00:40:22.159 the four to five names that have been discussed, it's going to be one 607 00:40:22.159 --> 00:40:25.440 of those, and it could be any of them, I suppose. But 608 00:40:25.480 --> 00:40:30.679 I think Jay Wright is not going to leave the TV world because I think 609 00:40:30.719 --> 00:40:35.760 he really likes it and he's had opportunities to take jobs like Kentucky. Maybe 610 00:40:35.800 --> 00:40:37.079 not Kentucky. Actually he did turn Kentucky down. I think the first time 611 00:40:37.079 --> 00:40:39.679 around, but I just think he's content. He wouldn't want to get back 612 00:40:39.679 --> 00:40:43.199 in now that it's changed so much. As far as what that job is, 613 00:40:44.079 --> 00:40:46.159 I don't think Billy Donovan would do it because again I think he's been 614 00:40:46.159 --> 00:40:50.079 in the NBA this long because he wants to be in the NBA. And 615 00:40:50.119 --> 00:40:53.800 again, as I mentioned earlier, he left college complaining about recruiting and all 616 00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:59.960 that stuff and AAU before it became a completely different world like it is now 617 00:41:00.039 --> 00:41:02.440 with the last few years with Nil on the portal. So then you get 618 00:41:02.480 --> 00:41:13.119 to Dan Hurley, Natos and scot Drew Hurley. Again, I it's hard 619 00:41:13.119 --> 00:41:16.519 to imagine anybody walking away when you're on top of the world at a place 620 00:41:16.559 --> 00:41:19.880 like Yukon, which, by the way, like if they win this title 621 00:41:19.920 --> 00:41:22.960 tonight, not only will they be will this be their sixth title? I 622 00:41:22.960 --> 00:41:24.719 think it is. It would be since nine, Yeah, I mean six, 623 00:41:24.920 --> 00:41:29.119 it's their sixth title and it's their six and ninety nine, So like 624 00:41:29.119 --> 00:41:31.599 they're not a blue blood because they don't have titles from the sixties, seventies, 625 00:41:31.679 --> 00:41:37.079 eighties, But who's been more dominant in the last twenty five years than 626 00:41:37.159 --> 00:41:39.960 Yukon. They'd also be undefeated in championship games if they win tonight, So 627 00:41:40.000 --> 00:41:46.519 I mean they're gonna be two behind Kentucky and they just started in ninety nine. 628 00:41:46.599 --> 00:41:50.800 Think about that. So just hard to imagine somebody walking away from that. 629 00:41:50.960 --> 00:41:52.840 But again, I don't know enough about Hurley to know, like if 630 00:41:52.840 --> 00:41:57.639 he values what makes Kentucky the best job, because as far as like what 631 00:41:57.719 --> 00:42:00.719 he needs, he's gonna get paid a lot of money regardless if he leaves 632 00:42:00.960 --> 00:42:02.159 or not. I mean, Yukon is going to pay him a lot of 633 00:42:02.159 --> 00:42:06.760 money. Kentucky could pay him more, but like, if he's got eight 634 00:42:06.880 --> 00:42:10.440 nine million a year from Yukon, I'd say probably be more inclined to stick 635 00:42:10.480 --> 00:42:15.559 around there. And then with Nate Oates, I think you could get him. 636 00:42:15.719 --> 00:42:16.719 I just don't know if they would, you know, if they would 637 00:42:16.719 --> 00:42:22.199 go that route because of what happened last year with the whole Brandon Miller situation. 638 00:42:22.280 --> 00:42:23.519 I mean, I know some people will say, what are you talking 639 00:42:23.519 --> 00:42:25.760 about? Who cares? Well, if there's one person that might care, 640 00:42:25.800 --> 00:42:31.159 it's Mitch Barnhart. So I think Mitch Barnhart working with a guy he did 641 00:42:31.199 --> 00:42:34.360 not work well with at all, and they didn't like each other. Let's 642 00:42:34.400 --> 00:42:36.840 be real, they weren't friends. That whole TV interview was nonsense. They 643 00:42:36.880 --> 00:42:40.599 don't like each other at all. And it's a guy that you know was 644 00:42:40.639 --> 00:42:45.280 difficult their relationship. I wouldn't even say it was toxic because it was just 645 00:42:45.320 --> 00:42:47.840 non existent. And that's not normal or healthy for anybody in an athletic department. 646 00:42:49.360 --> 00:42:52.079 If the college basketball, if you're the coach of your top program, 647 00:42:52.480 --> 00:42:55.079 doesn't view his boss as his boss, kind of does whatever he wants. 648 00:42:55.519 --> 00:42:58.599 So I think there's going to be a real I mean, obviously you got 649 00:42:58.599 --> 00:43:00.440 to go hire a winner, you got to go hire a goa coach. 650 00:43:00.639 --> 00:43:02.840 I think there's gonna be an emphasis for Mitch on hiring somebody that he knows 651 00:43:02.920 --> 00:43:07.039 can win and as a successful coach, a good coach that he also knows 652 00:43:07.039 --> 00:43:09.599 he will align with and he will work well with. And you know who 653 00:43:09.599 --> 00:43:14.960 that is. That's God Drew. That's god Drew. He's a national champion, 654 00:43:15.639 --> 00:43:17.199 has you know, done some great things at Baylor. Again, I 655 00:43:17.239 --> 00:43:22.119 think a lot of what you look at with Baylor, you know, the 656 00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:24.440 fact that he's viewed as a great coach one is because he does have a 657 00:43:24.440 --> 00:43:30.280 freaking national championship. Not many people have that. But also Baylor is Baylor 658 00:43:30.320 --> 00:43:31.679 now, which I'm not even really sure what that equates to, but like 659 00:43:31.800 --> 00:43:36.440 it's him. He did all that, and I think he'd leave for Kentucky. 660 00:43:36.880 --> 00:43:44.840 But you never really know as far as you know what what coaches truly 661 00:43:45.639 --> 00:43:50.920 prioritize in a job. Again, things that we saw firsthand here with Louisville, 662 00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:53.039 the things that you know, one of the things you would say that 663 00:43:53.079 --> 00:43:58.119 makes Louisville such a great job is is you know the fact that it's such 664 00:43:58.119 --> 00:44:00.599 a big deal. Right, there's a lot, a lot of pressure, 665 00:44:00.599 --> 00:44:02.119 there's a lot of eyeballs. You are, you're more than a basketball coach. 666 00:44:02.159 --> 00:44:05.320 Destin May didn't like that. It wasn't comfortable, didn't want that. 667 00:44:06.639 --> 00:44:08.000 Well, a guy like Pat Kelsey, I mean, he thrives with that. 668 00:44:08.000 --> 00:44:13.039 That's what he wants. I'm sure that's the only reason. But I 669 00:44:13.119 --> 00:44:15.679 bet by the end of the week they have a new basketball coach and it's 670 00:44:15.679 --> 00:44:16.639 one of those one of those names. Who do you who do you guess 671 00:44:16.639 --> 00:44:19.679 it is? John? I'm with you. I think you laid it out 672 00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:22.360 perfectly with Scott Drew. Yep. I think it's who it's going to be, 673 00:44:22.440 --> 00:44:24.719 but we shall see. I know we got a run. Sorry for 674 00:44:24.760 --> 00:44:28.280 being so late. Here two more hours left right here on Sports Talk seven ninety