WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.640 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:30.320 day. Now here's Nick coffee. I guess in the end, like it's 3 00:00:30.359 --> 00:00:34.960 a good thing, But isn't it fair to say that, like the expectation 4 00:00:35.399 --> 00:00:40.000 the predictions as far as like severe crazy weather, like that was a little 5 00:00:40.039 --> 00:00:43.799 over the top, right? I heard sirens on my way home last night, 6 00:00:43.840 --> 00:00:46.359 But whenever I heard them, I was looking around and I'm like, 7 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:49.640 what's going on here? So what triggers those sirens? Like? I don't 8 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.320 think somebody sets them off manually like I would just but what the hell do 9 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:57.159 I know? Maybe I'm wrong? I feel like it again, I could 10 00:00:57.200 --> 00:00:59.960 be completely talking in my rear end, which wouldn't be much different than what 11 00:00:59.960 --> 00:01:03.840 I typically do. But I just assumed that, like conditions are a certain 12 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:07.959 level to where that goes off. Yes, maybe it's manual. I don't 13 00:01:07.000 --> 00:01:11.159 know. I think something has to be reported like what you were just describing 14 00:01:11.239 --> 00:01:15.159 to the local weather service and that type of stuff. Yesterday on the way 15 00:01:15.200 --> 00:01:21.000 home, I was listening to eight forty whas Joe Elliott doing a phenomenal job 16 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.959 filling infantry miners who's on vacation and they went live to our partners of WKY, 17 00:01:25.000 --> 00:01:29.120 who were of course live on television track, you know, given everybody 18 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:34.439 updates. Jake rd Oci and I noticed throughout he kept mentioning, what I'm 19 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:38.400 seeing does not show a tornado. He wasn't, you know, he was 20 00:01:38.400 --> 00:01:41.040 being professionally, wasn't calling anybody out for being wrong, but he was basically 21 00:01:41.120 --> 00:01:45.480 saying, like, yes, they've issued a tornado warning, which is a 22 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:48.599 super serious thing you can't take lightly, right, But what he was saying 23 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.640 is that what I'm seeing does not track that, Like it's not to that 24 00:01:51.719 --> 00:01:53.280 level, which is good, right, It wasn't as dangerous, but yes, 25 00:01:53.480 --> 00:01:57.439 the sirens were going off, and man, it was wild. I 26 00:01:57.519 --> 00:02:00.159 left here. It was sunny, and I think you and I left here 27 00:02:00.159 --> 00:02:01.680 at the same time. The sun was out downtown when we left, and 28 00:02:01.719 --> 00:02:05.719 there were like little patches. It's almost like, obviously this used to be 29 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:07.680 a hurricane. And so you see the different breakups in the clouds, and 30 00:02:07.680 --> 00:02:10.080 it looks just very eerie the way that it was up in the sky, 31 00:02:10.240 --> 00:02:15.000 and the clouds can appear in a certain shape and form to where someone can 32 00:02:15.039 --> 00:02:19.080 take a picture and you will believe that it's a tornado, but it's not 33 00:02:19.840 --> 00:02:22.840 like three different instances of that happened yesterday with me. And I'm not saying 34 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:23.919 like somebody sent it and said it's a tornado, but I looked at I 35 00:02:23.960 --> 00:02:27.800 mean, I took a picture one myself, and I'm like, you know, 36 00:02:28.039 --> 00:02:30.439 it's not even Wendy, which in a way it kind of scares you 37 00:02:30.479 --> 00:02:34.039 because like, you know, the call before the storm, but you know, 38 00:02:34.120 --> 00:02:37.280 whenever we were leaving, it was I guess around the and I guess 39 00:02:37.280 --> 00:02:40.000 it started around Litchfield, made its way to eat Town, Radcliffe, and 40 00:02:40.000 --> 00:02:46.039 then it kept saying, you know, northwestern Bully County, which I'm pretty 41 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:49.240 sure that seems like exactly where I am, where I live. That's where 42 00:02:49.280 --> 00:02:51.639 I was heading. So I'm like, I guess I'm driving right to it. 43 00:02:51.680 --> 00:02:54.599 But it never I mean, it never did anything. It never even 44 00:02:54.639 --> 00:02:58.280 was Wendy, which again that's good. I'm not like bringing it up to 45 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:02.639 blame someone. But you know, weather's tricky man, because you can never 46 00:03:04.199 --> 00:03:07.479 like you can never just say, well, hey, they've been wrong a 47 00:03:07.520 --> 00:03:09.800 bunch of times. So I'm going to assume whatever they say is nonsense because 48 00:03:10.280 --> 00:03:14.919 you know, mother nature, she's not consistent. You know these guys who 49 00:03:14.960 --> 00:03:20.159 are in gals that are meteorologists that are paid to, you know, inform 50 00:03:20.240 --> 00:03:23.039 us of severe situations to try to keep us safe. I mean, I 51 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:25.759 don't you know they're doing the best they can. They wouldn't you know? 52 00:03:25.800 --> 00:03:30.919 They clearly have training. But it's not a perfect science, and it's just 53 00:03:30.120 --> 00:03:36.439 an odd industry to where you can be wrong and it is not and I'm 54 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:39.000 not saying it should be, but you could be wrong, and it's never 55 00:03:39.039 --> 00:03:43.520 really looked at as if like you you you know, you aren't good at 56 00:03:43.520 --> 00:03:45.280 your job, or you did something wrong, because at the end of the 57 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:47.280 day, if you if you thought something crazy bad was gonna happen and it 58 00:03:47.280 --> 00:03:50.759 didn't, everybody wins, you know what I mean, because it means it 59 00:03:50.800 --> 00:03:54.879 wasn't severe. But do you think a certain meteorologist at WDRB was phoning up 60 00:03:54.879 --> 00:03:58.599 the bats last night? Oh? I don't know if the bats were playing, 61 00:03:58.639 --> 00:04:00.800 but I saw what happened last week. Yeah, I mean I don't 62 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:04.120 know what he was doing. I mean I didn't see any clips of him. 63 00:04:04.159 --> 00:04:08.879 I didn't I didn't see any tweets. But yeah, knowing what I 64 00:04:08.919 --> 00:04:13.039 know and knowing the pattern, like I would imagine he was a high alert, 65 00:04:13.080 --> 00:04:15.560 like, hey, I'm not saying you're about to die everybody, but 66 00:04:15.639 --> 00:04:19.040 you you might want to call your mom and dad and say say you love 67 00:04:19.120 --> 00:04:23.879 him or something like. He would never say that I'm exaggerating, but you 68 00:04:23.920 --> 00:04:27.240 all know what I mean. Like he again, when we really did get 69 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:30.519 tornadoes that hit us in one rocked the Fern Creek area, in fact, 70 00:04:30.560 --> 00:04:32.879 the Glenn Mary area. I remember my mother left my house and she was 71 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:36.759 going back to where she lives and she'd literally cuts through on Barchtown Road through 72 00:04:36.800 --> 00:04:41.680 Glenn Mary that area to get to her home, and there was a tornado 73 00:04:41.800 --> 00:04:44.480 on the ground in Glenn Mary. Now, luckily she'd already made it back 74 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:46.600 to the house and she was safe. But I didn't know that at the 75 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:50.439 time, and I'm freaking out. So I'm going back and forth to what 76 00:04:50.600 --> 00:04:55.519 to to stations and I'm on DRB listening to Mark with a CEA, and 77 00:04:56.800 --> 00:05:00.279 you know, I felt scared, and to be fair, like that was 78 00:05:00.319 --> 00:05:02.920 a severe situation to where, like you know, people should have been fearful, 79 00:05:02.959 --> 00:05:08.560 but it was a when I think of my preference in how a meteorologist 80 00:05:08.560 --> 00:05:10.600 should handle it, and really, I guess It's just a matter of your 81 00:05:10.639 --> 00:05:14.120 personality, right, Like I think what you see is what you get with 82 00:05:14.160 --> 00:05:16.279 Mark with the C. I think that we have a good variety of personalities 83 00:05:16.319 --> 00:05:19.680 with me. You can kind of you got options, right, we have 84 00:05:19.800 --> 00:05:24.680 plenty. Yeah, And I remember I couldn't take it anymore because I was 85 00:05:24.720 --> 00:05:26.560 worrying, and I'm like, man, come on, like I I you 86 00:05:26.600 --> 00:05:30.600 know, even if you're not exaggerating, like there's a level to like do 87 00:05:30.639 --> 00:05:32.439 it. And I didn't exactly know how to give him it. You know, 88 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:34.920 I couldn't tell him what was bothered me so much, not that he 89 00:05:35.000 --> 00:05:41.360 was giving it damn about what I thought, meaning meaning Mark with the C. 90 00:05:41.680 --> 00:05:44.480 But I switched over to WKY and sure enough it was Ja card O 91 00:05:44.639 --> 00:05:46.959 C and he was kind of saying the same thing but saying it differently to 92 00:05:47.000 --> 00:05:49.160 where like I knew it was severe and I was worried, but you know, 93 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:54.920 I wasn't panicked as if we were all about to die. And even 94 00:05:54.959 --> 00:05:59.600 if you know that is the case, like let me go in peace, 95 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:04.000 don't scare me. I would prefer to be wiped out and not like my 96 00:06:04.160 --> 00:06:10.720 mind would my mind if like I if if that kind of impending doom was 97 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:14.319 coming. I would die before it happened because my head would explode because I'm 98 00:06:14.360 --> 00:06:17.399 such an anxious person that would lose my mind. So yeah, I ended 99 00:06:17.480 --> 00:06:19.959 up being I think, pretty mild. And today I don't know why. 100 00:06:20.000 --> 00:06:24.399 But we didn't have once the once the once the decent weather got here, 101 00:06:24.480 --> 00:06:27.000 humidity seemed pretty low. And you know, again it's probably different now, 102 00:06:27.040 --> 00:06:29.920 but when I got here about an hour and a half ago, it was 103 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:32.079 beautiful outside, which is which is what we want, right not you know, 104 00:06:32.160 --> 00:06:35.720 low humidity, not temperatures that are you know, near one hundred degrees. 105 00:06:35.800 --> 00:06:40.079 So that's uh, that's that's what we want. And what John was 106 00:06:40.120 --> 00:06:46.120 referring to in regards to to last week, I mean, I sometimes need 107 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.600 to just not like make it. You know, I can't help myself, 108 00:06:48.639 --> 00:06:53.560 and I should because I can tell I'm a I'm a jerk when it comes 109 00:06:53.639 --> 00:06:57.279 to some of this stuff. Like it's not personal, I don't insult, 110 00:06:57.319 --> 00:07:01.399 but like clearly, I mean I poke fun of our Kwanberg online. Again 111 00:07:01.639 --> 00:07:06.680 not in a nasty way, but like clearly the guy takes himself very serious, 112 00:07:08.720 --> 00:07:14.040 and I'm somebody who does the exact opposite and whenever. He On July 113 00:07:14.199 --> 00:07:17.160 third, tweeted out, for those of the Louisville Bats game, I am 114 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:25.600 in contact with the team and advising with storms approaching like that, Like that's 115 00:07:25.720 --> 00:07:30.360 just you wanting people to know your your power. So I tweeted out, 116 00:07:30.399 --> 00:07:32.600 and by the way, I got a lot of traction in case anyone was 117 00:07:32.639 --> 00:07:35.839 wondering who calls the shots in this town? And then I shared that tweet 118 00:07:35.879 --> 00:07:38.920 because like that's like, hey, just so you guys know, I'm the 119 00:07:38.959 --> 00:07:42.040 one deciding what the little of bats are gonna do tonight, So just keep 120 00:07:42.079 --> 00:07:46.120 it locked right here on my Twitter account and on WDRB because I'm the one 121 00:07:46.120 --> 00:07:50.160 that's gonna determine what happens here. But like, you know what's crazy. 122 00:07:50.160 --> 00:07:54.279 I can appreciate a guy who's that into it. You know, it's a 123 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:57.920 little much when I'm actually scared about weather. But like one day, and 124 00:07:58.199 --> 00:08:01.519 to be fair, like he moves the needle WDRB, like you know, 125 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:03.000 everybody knows who he is. He's the kind of guy you want to open 126 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:07.000 a couple of bush lights while you're watching him. Yeah, I need a 127 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:11.040 couple of I don't know if there's always a want for me to pound some 128 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:13.480 bush lights. But yeah, like if I'm like if if he's the only 129 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:16.800 option as far as getting some updates on a severe storm, I need to 130 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:20.360 pound a couple of bush lights before I can take his company. But he 131 00:08:20.120 --> 00:08:24.120 maybe I don't know. That's uh, I'm loyal to bush light. But 132 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:26.959 if they didn't have any I would I'd probably take whatever. I'd probably take 133 00:08:26.959 --> 00:08:28.959 shots of something, just to kind of, you know, calm my nerves 134 00:08:30.000 --> 00:08:33.240 a little bit, because I I worry about things that are out of my 135 00:08:33.279 --> 00:08:35.159 control. And one thing that is out of all of our control, mother 136 00:08:35.279 --> 00:08:39.200 nature. Right, it's a scary thing. But you can take caution, 137 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:41.440 you can you can do whatever. But at the end of the day, 138 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:48.600 she's undefeated. She wants to wipe us all out with with some crazy weather 139 00:08:48.679 --> 00:08:54.399 a tornado, a hurricane, tsunami. Like there's certain levels to it to 140 00:08:54.440 --> 00:08:56.639 where you can take cover and be safe, and you should do that, 141 00:08:56.679 --> 00:08:58.639 by the way, But like at the end of the day, like, 142 00:08:58.639 --> 00:09:01.919 there's we can do about it if he gets that bad. But again, 143 00:09:03.000 --> 00:09:05.840 yesterday wasn't bad, which is a good thing, all right. Coffee and 144 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:07.399 Company, that is us. We are fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk 145 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:11.440 seven ninety. Appreciate you hanging out with us. Don't forget you can take 146 00:09:11.480 --> 00:09:13.159 us with you anywhere you go. 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When Patino does something, 156 00:09:48.159 --> 00:09:52.840 he finds himself in the news, he says something, it usually gets 157 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:54.519 reaction out of a lot of people, which is why I started the show 158 00:09:54.519 --> 00:09:58.080 today by saying, look in radio, regardless of what kind of radio you 159 00:09:58.120 --> 00:10:01.879 do, if you're playing U Musick, if you're doing news talk, you're 160 00:10:01.879 --> 00:10:05.639 doing sports talk, whatever it is, play the hits. That's a radio 161 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:11.360 cliche that is true and will always be true. And Ruy Patino's a hit. 162 00:10:11.480 --> 00:10:16.159 So him two weeks after breaking the hearts of some Louisville fans and claiming 163 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:20.360 that he you know, still loves Kentucky fans and loves his loved his time 164 00:10:20.399 --> 00:10:24.759 there, and he loves Mark Pope and will support him in any way, 165 00:10:24.039 --> 00:10:28.399 and that he donated money to the UK Football and IL Collective, which still 166 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:31.360 is weird, but you know what Rick does weird things, Like two weeks 167 00:10:31.360 --> 00:10:35.159 after he did all that, he'd posts something on Twitter that has fans, 168 00:10:35.279 --> 00:10:37.480 you know, probably in their fields a little bit. I mean, it 169 00:10:37.440 --> 00:10:41.159 didn't make me emotional, but it you know, regardless of the just let's 170 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:45.559 just say the whole UK thing didn't happen, and he didn't go on pardon 171 00:10:45.600 --> 00:10:48.960 my take, not knowing he was actually going to be on KSR, and 172 00:10:50.000 --> 00:10:52.919 he didn't say what he said. I would still have the same feeling about 173 00:10:52.919 --> 00:10:56.559 seeing him sharing that picture of all his former players preparing for the TBT. 174 00:10:56.799 --> 00:11:01.120 So it was a tweet that said, let's see here. I just said 175 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:05.759 it pulled up here, Well here we go. Rick's tweet said this This 176 00:11:05.879 --> 00:11:09.720 was posted in the two o'clock hour. Warms my heart to see my guys 177 00:11:09.759 --> 00:11:13.279 together. Let's win this thing. He's referring to the TBT, the tournament 178 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:18.000 that he mentioned Russ and said, sell your great bourbon, no drinking it. 179 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:24.240 That's like a is that that's a dad jokes, Such a dad joke, 180 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:28.200 and like Rick Bettino dropping dad jokes as his former players who gave us 181 00:11:28.240 --> 00:11:31.919 a national championship, as Louisville fans, at least a handful of them, 182 00:11:33.399 --> 00:11:39.320 Like that's that makes you feel good? Right, I mean, at least 183 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:43.120 it does me. And then the picture is his mop Luke Hancock. By 184 00:11:43.159 --> 00:11:46.600 the way, he still looks like a million bucks. He's not playing in 185 00:11:46.639 --> 00:11:52.240 the TVT but he looks like he could play right now. But it's Luke 186 00:11:52.559 --> 00:11:56.720 Russ Smith. One of the all time great players ever to play here and 187 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:00.360 always will be Shane Behannon, who was on a national championship team. Earl 188 00:12:00.399 --> 00:12:03.159 Clark, who didn't win a title, but was a part of a great 189 00:12:03.240 --> 00:12:05.679 run there back to back Elite eights. One of the most talented teams I've 190 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:09.240 ever seen at Louisville was his last year here with him and t Will and 191 00:12:09.279 --> 00:12:13.919 those guys. Peyton Siva, legendary point guard now on staff here at Louisville, 192 00:12:15.399 --> 00:12:18.120 helped guide Louisville to a national championship, one of the best point guards 193 00:12:18.159 --> 00:12:20.399 ever play here. And then Reece Gaines, who was the holdover. You 194 00:12:20.480 --> 00:12:24.480 know, Reese played for both Rick Patino and Denny Crumb and he had success 195 00:12:24.559 --> 00:12:28.000 under both and was a first round draft pick. And by the way, 196 00:12:30.000 --> 00:12:31.120 Reese is the one coaching the tv T team for those who didn't know. 197 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:33.720 And then Chris Jones is in there as well as David Johnson, so you 198 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:41.759 know that. I can hear Rick say what he says about Kentucky and their 199 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:45.039 fans and his time there, and it doesn't change anything as far as how 200 00:12:45.080 --> 00:12:48.799 I feel about the Louisville experience for him, because even when he coached here, 201 00:12:50.159 --> 00:12:52.679 it was hard to even bring it up because he hated Caliperi. He 202 00:12:52.759 --> 00:12:56.240 hated him. They were personal rivals. Take away Louisville Kentucky, they were 203 00:12:56.320 --> 00:13:01.440 rivals before they were coaching against each other in this state. They were there's 204 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:03.840 a history there. I think a lot of people know about that. So 205 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:07.399 it wasn't even something we thought about because it was so like we'll never be 206 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:13.080 able, in my opinion, to match the intensity and just the I mean 207 00:13:13.080 --> 00:13:18.559 you could feel and I mean it like you could feel the tension when watching 208 00:13:18.600 --> 00:13:24.360 Louisville and Kentucky play the first four or five games of the patinocal going up 209 00:13:24.399 --> 00:13:26.840 against each other here and in this state. I mean, it was down 210 00:13:26.840 --> 00:13:31.519 and uncomfortable when they when they tipped it off. Whenever Eric Bledsoe got in 211 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:35.480 was it Reggie Delk's face, And Cali Perry got in Reggie Delk's face too 212 00:13:35.559 --> 00:13:39.120 and said, you're you're messing with the wrong m effort. Like man there 213 00:13:39.159 --> 00:13:41.799 were. It was a it was a personal game for everybody involved. Fans 214 00:13:41.840 --> 00:13:46.200 hated each other. Of course, it's a rivalry. I mean, Louisville 215 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:50.879 clearly had been bullying Kentucky a little bit under the Billy Gillespie era. That 216 00:13:50.960 --> 00:13:54.200 was, you know, expected to change. And clearly Cali Perry his players 217 00:13:54.279 --> 00:13:56.799 knew that he hated Rick. And to be fair, you know, cal 218 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:01.799 had a lot of success in Kentucky and one of the most successful things he 219 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:03.840 did was beat Louisville. I mean, one of the things I guess he 220 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:07.639 had the most success that I guess I can't speak today, but anyways, 221 00:14:07.840 --> 00:14:09.759 my point is this, like we never really thought about it because of the 222 00:14:09.879 --> 00:14:15.519 level of the rivalry, Like it was so intense and we didn't win much 223 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:18.679 when Rick was here and Cal was there. But if anybody else would have 224 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:24.759 coached Kentucky, I wouldn't be shocked. Like let's say it's let's say Tubby, 225 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:28.159 you know, never left, which, by the way, Tubby was 226 00:14:28.200 --> 00:14:30.799 there whenever. Well, yeah, Tubby was there when Rick was there for 227 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.559 a little while and Tubby had success, and I don't really remember how, 228 00:14:33.600 --> 00:14:35.960 you know, how friendly they were with each other, but it hit a 229 00:14:35.960 --> 00:14:39.159 different level when it was Cal there. So like I think it made people 230 00:14:39.320 --> 00:14:41.879 kind of just forget the fact that Rick really has no reason to be bitter 231 00:14:41.919 --> 00:14:46.600 about Kentucky at all. And when it comes to the way the fans treated 232 00:14:46.639 --> 00:14:52.080 him and the things that they said about him and the ks R coverage where 233 00:14:52.080 --> 00:14:54.960 every I mean that I think that website and I would say this to Matt, 234 00:14:56.000 --> 00:14:58.799 and I don't think you would disagree with me. One of the biggest 235 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:01.200 factors in the explo and growth of KSR, which, by the way, 236 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:07.879 say what you want about those guys and Matt and and it's now been sold 237 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:09.840 to a different company that's run I mean, it's not Matt really involved with 238 00:15:09.879 --> 00:15:13.440 the actual website. But my point is this, you can't recreate that. 239 00:15:13.480 --> 00:15:16.519 There's nowhere else that exists that. I mean, it's just insane. So, 240 00:15:16.879 --> 00:15:22.519 you know, their website really a huge part of the explosion is because 241 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.480 of the Rick Patino content that they did. I mean, and we gave 242 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:30.759 him good content. I should say Rick gave him good content with the Karen 243 00:15:30.799 --> 00:15:35.080 Cipher and the Katina pal stuff. Right, So with all that said, 244 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.000 like Rick doesn't get lost in the weeds on that. I mean, he 245 00:15:39.320 --> 00:15:41.159 probably, I mean, I know he knows who Matt is, and I 246 00:15:41.200 --> 00:15:43.320 know he was aware of some things that were said, but like he's not 247 00:15:43.480 --> 00:15:46.240 listening to a whole lot of fans. That's just not him. He's you 248 00:15:46.240 --> 00:15:52.399 know, he's above that in his mind. So you know, I don't 249 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:54.679 I don't think with a lot of people ever, you know, those who 250 00:15:54.720 --> 00:15:58.759 just still feel as if like he did some disgraceful thing by going on that 251 00:15:58.840 --> 00:16:03.000 show and talking up Kentucky, I just think you've never really given it a 252 00:16:03.080 --> 00:16:06.240 deep thought, and you never given it much thought. As far as the 253 00:16:06.240 --> 00:16:10.200 fact that like that's natural. It would be almost unnatural for him to, 254 00:16:10.440 --> 00:16:12.919 at this point in his career now at Saint John's to not look back at 255 00:16:14.000 --> 00:16:17.480 Kentucky. Finally, Kentucky, let's be real, made him. I mean, 256 00:16:17.519 --> 00:16:19.200 he was with the Knicks and clearly was successful there. I don't want 257 00:16:19.200 --> 00:16:23.000 to say, but he became the larger than life future. I mean, 258 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:26.679 he was the most talked about college basketball, one of the most talked about 259 00:16:26.720 --> 00:16:30.519 coaches of every level. Obviously Phil Jackson was doing the damn thing with the 260 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.879 Bulls at that time, but what Rick did at Kentucky it put him on 261 00:16:33.919 --> 00:16:36.919 a different level to where the Celtics came in and offered him a job. 262 00:16:37.799 --> 00:16:42.279 So, you know, any expectation that he would hate, hate Kentucky and 263 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:48.279 feel bitter and never acknowledge them, I think the rivalry component makes people like 264 00:16:48.399 --> 00:16:52.600 believe that that would be realistic, but it's not at all. And Rick's 265 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.759 a hard guy to like humanize because you know, he's not relatable to most 266 00:16:56.799 --> 00:17:02.159 of us, but he is human, that is true, and I think 267 00:17:02.200 --> 00:17:10.519 it's understandable and reasonable for him to still feel fondly about Kentucky and want Mark 268 00:17:10.559 --> 00:17:15.279 Pope to do well and As far as how he thinks about Louisville, I 269 00:17:15.279 --> 00:17:17.599 don't know if he wants them to do well or not right. He'd probably 270 00:17:17.640 --> 00:17:18.519 tell us that he does, but I don't know if he believes it, 271 00:17:19.039 --> 00:17:22.680 because he still feels bitter about how it ended right or wrong. He's bitter. 272 00:17:22.759 --> 00:17:26.720 He says he's not right. What's his line, get better or not 273 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:30.839 bitter? But he's bitter and he's he's He's shown that without saying it, 274 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:34.400 and the people he I guess owes that bitterness towards are no longer around, 275 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:38.440 but still doesn't. That doesn't make the feeling that he has go away. 276 00:17:38.519 --> 00:17:42.559 But one component to this that he's not bitter about as his players. He 277 00:17:42.599 --> 00:17:45.079 loves these guys. He loves it. And I remember it came up a 278 00:17:45.119 --> 00:17:47.640 couple of weeks ago. Somebody asked, like, do you think the'll ever 279 00:17:47.680 --> 00:17:51.240 be a day where Rick Patino comes back? And I said, here's here's 280 00:17:51.279 --> 00:17:56.880 how that happens. Like if there's no like if there's no if nothing happens 281 00:17:56.960 --> 00:18:00.160 until this point on the fifteen year anniversary of that twenty three team national championship 282 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.960 team, if these guys asked him to come back and be a part of 283 00:18:03.960 --> 00:18:06.759 it and he could do it, meaning he's not still coaching at Saint John's, 284 00:18:07.240 --> 00:18:12.119 or maybe he has the opening on the schedule. If Peyton and Luke 285 00:18:12.640 --> 00:18:17.039 and Russ, if they asked him to come back and be a part of 286 00:18:17.039 --> 00:18:21.079 it, and he could, he would do it because of those guys, 287 00:18:21.119 --> 00:18:23.759 but not because of Louisville. And I don't think if you asked him that 288 00:18:23.759 --> 00:18:27.440 he would blame fans or even blame anybody currently involved. But he still feels 289 00:18:27.440 --> 00:18:33.680 as if his world got turned upside down unfairly, and he blames Louisville. 290 00:18:33.720 --> 00:18:37.440 And again I think he'd tell you it's Pizza Boy, Papa John, It's 291 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:42.759 Greg Postal, who is a UK fan, It's you know, David Grissom, 292 00:18:42.799 --> 00:18:48.160 who was clearly incompetent throughout his time in his position at u of L. 293 00:18:49.759 --> 00:18:52.480 And then who else was it? Oh a Bevin. I don't know 294 00:18:52.480 --> 00:18:55.920 if he's ever mentioned Bevan. I feel like he has, but like I 295 00:18:55.960 --> 00:18:57.519 think he knows it's geared towards them, But like, just because they're not 296 00:18:57.559 --> 00:19:00.519 around anymore doesn't make that a motion that he has, and that bitterness that 297 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:07.880 he has towards Louisville just disappear. So again, I'm not telling anybody to 298 00:19:07.920 --> 00:19:10.160 like feel a certain way about Rick. You can feel however you want. 299 00:19:10.240 --> 00:19:12.960 I just I think if you really gave it some thought and kind of put 300 00:19:12.960 --> 00:19:17.079 the rivalry emotion on pause for just a moment, you'd realize, like, 301 00:19:17.079 --> 00:19:18.880 this is like he didn't really do anything that crazy. The UK and IL 302 00:19:18.920 --> 00:19:22.559 football stuff is just weird. I'll never be able to really understand why he 303 00:19:22.599 --> 00:19:25.440 did that or wanted to do that, but you know, chalk it up 304 00:19:25.880 --> 00:19:27.359 to Rick being Rick. A right quick break will come back. On the 305 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:30.960 other side, we'll hear from the future of louisvill basketball. I mean, 306 00:19:32.000 --> 00:19:33.200 he's not the future coach, he's the current coach. It's Pat Kelsey. 307 00:19:33.240 --> 00:19:37.240 He did a really good interview with Andy Katz, which I want you guys 308 00:19:37.279 --> 00:19:38.720 to hear. We'll chop it up into two sections. We'll play the first 309 00:19:38.759 --> 00:19:42.000 half of it coming up here on the other side, and I think you'll 310 00:19:42.079 --> 00:19:47.559 enjoy it. So stick around. We're about halfway through here on a Wednesday 311 00:19:47.559 --> 00:19:52.799 Coffee and company feel by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety right. So the 312 00:19:52.839 --> 00:19:56.359 text line five point two six five three zero seven ninety is the LNN Federal 313 00:19:56.359 --> 00:20:00.440 Credit Union text line and a couple of people A couple people have asked kind 314 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:03.680 of the same question a little bit differently. Do you think somebody asked Rick 315 00:20:03.680 --> 00:20:07.319 Patino to post that picture? I would say no, I mean, maybe 316 00:20:07.319 --> 00:20:10.680 they did. I'm not sure. Like, I think that's a I don't 317 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:14.160 mean, I don't think he's doing that to try to like make Louisville fans 318 00:20:14.200 --> 00:20:18.039 happy because they were upset about what he said when it comes to Kentucky. 319 00:20:18.079 --> 00:20:21.160 I think I think that's a I mean again, I think it's a natural 320 00:20:21.200 --> 00:20:25.839 thing for him to feel the I mean not to defend Rick here, because 321 00:20:25.880 --> 00:20:29.759 you know, he's clearly going to say things that are just insane at times. 322 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.359 And by the way, nobody's ever really like if somebody fact checked and 323 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:37.119 found out that he didn't actually donate money to the UK Football Like, would 324 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:40.119 anybody be surprised if it wasn't true and it would just be chocked up as 325 00:20:40.160 --> 00:20:41.839 Rick being Rick. But you know, even if somebody did encourage him, 326 00:20:41.920 --> 00:20:44.759 Like, I don't think it's like a forced thing for him. I think 327 00:20:44.759 --> 00:20:48.880 he does feel strongly about all those guys that are in that picture that that 328 00:20:48.960 --> 00:20:53.319 he shared all right, let's see here real quick, I'll mention this just 329 00:20:53.319 --> 00:20:56.799 because somebody had sent it in and I think it's it's worth mentioning. The 330 00:20:57.000 --> 00:21:03.240 Evan Maya Evan Mayakawa. He's college basketball analytics guy, kind of like a 331 00:21:03.319 --> 00:21:06.759 Ken Palm type of guy who has his own formula and does a really good 332 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:11.680 job of crunching numbers for those that really get into the analytics side of college 333 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:18.480 basketball. He has updated transfer portal activity class rankings, which is a lot 334 00:21:18.559 --> 00:21:23.000 that sounded just like a bunch of mumble jumble, but he's got updated rankings 335 00:21:23.000 --> 00:21:26.720 here. I guess now that some of the dust is settled, or maybe 336 00:21:26.720 --> 00:21:29.319 he retooled something. I'm not quite sure because I feel like he actually did 337 00:21:29.319 --> 00:21:36.559 this not that long ago, but currently the top five programs in the twenty 338 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:41.440 twenty four transfer portal class and again he does it differently. Overall, transfer 339 00:21:41.480 --> 00:21:48.880 activity ranking is viewed in who you lost and who you added, right, 340 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:51.319 Like, there's two of different There's a lot of ways to look at it, 341 00:21:51.359 --> 00:21:53.079 but the two that I think are both worth looking into, although I 342 00:21:53.079 --> 00:21:56.519 think the bigger, the most valuable one is to look at what you lost 343 00:21:56.559 --> 00:22:00.559 and what you added rather than just who you brought in. Both both are 344 00:22:00.559 --> 00:22:03.720 important to an extent, but as far as overall activity, that's considering. 345 00:22:03.960 --> 00:22:07.400 You know, you didn't lose anybody. That's a huge loss, and you 346 00:22:07.480 --> 00:22:11.640 brought in good players. Saint John's is number one and both both overall activity 347 00:22:11.720 --> 00:22:15.960 and their incoming class, and it's really top heavy with Davion Smith who transferre 348 00:22:15.960 --> 00:22:21.160 from Utah and then Kadari Richmond I think it's his name. Was that the 349 00:22:21.160 --> 00:22:25.960 guy who transferred from Seaton Hall to Saint John's. Yeah, I mean this 350 00:22:26.000 --> 00:22:29.920 guy entered the portal not super late, but I kind of feel like everybody 351 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:32.200 knew this guy was a good player, but like it just didn't get Like. 352 00:22:32.240 --> 00:22:36.039 He's the number one player in the portal in college basketball and at least 353 00:22:36.079 --> 00:22:37.240 a couple of the rankings, and Rick Matino landed him, so that's why 354 00:22:37.279 --> 00:22:41.240 he's at He's at number one in both. But Vanderbilt is number two in 355 00:22:41.359 --> 00:22:47.880 overall transfer portal activity, Louisville number three, Indiana number four, and then 356 00:22:47.960 --> 00:22:52.759 Kansas State's number five. They got who did They landed it the last Yeah, 357 00:22:52.759 --> 00:22:55.279 they landed coleman aginst the last minute, and got some other guys along 358 00:22:55.279 --> 00:22:57.920 the way. So that's your top five. Kentucky came in at number twelve. 359 00:22:59.440 --> 00:23:03.400 So again, and I'll defend Kentucky a little bit here, Kentucky is 360 00:23:03.440 --> 00:23:07.039 being hurt in these rankings by something that I don't really think is legit, 361 00:23:07.200 --> 00:23:15.240 and that's this despite their production kind of being blah and certainly underwhelming given expectations, 362 00:23:15.640 --> 00:23:19.640 the fact that Aaron Bradshawn DJ Wagnertle left Kentucky and are still viewed as 363 00:23:19.720 --> 00:23:23.160 like really good players in the portal, They're being hurt. Kentucky's being hurt 364 00:23:23.160 --> 00:23:26.400 in these rankings because of that, and those guys may be great at Ohio 365 00:23:26.400 --> 00:23:30.160 State in Arkansas respectively. But I don't mean I don't I mean I think 366 00:23:30.400 --> 00:23:33.920 Kentucky has added players that are better than them. To be honest with you, 367 00:23:34.480 --> 00:23:38.160 but if you look at just incoming transfer class ranking alone, meaning just 368 00:23:38.240 --> 00:23:41.440 where you rank as far as the guys you brought in, which is a 369 00:23:41.480 --> 00:23:47.640 little a little misleading with Louisville and even Kentucky because literally almost every single guy, 370 00:23:47.640 --> 00:23:49.519 I mean, everybody's new. However, Kentucky has, I think, 371 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:56.519 is it two freshmen. They have one freshman and Travis Perry a second freshman, 372 00:23:56.559 --> 00:23:59.279 and the kid who transferred from BYU but never played because he was on 373 00:23:59.279 --> 00:24:03.960 that mission trip. But Louisville is at number two with just the collective amount 374 00:24:03.000 --> 00:24:07.440 of guys they brought in, and Indiana is at number eight, which they 375 00:24:07.480 --> 00:24:11.000 got to be being held down by some of the last guys they got, 376 00:24:11.079 --> 00:24:15.480 because I'm sure Langdon Hatten wasn't somebody that was highly touted. But I mean, 377 00:24:18.079 --> 00:24:22.119 not to guess up Woodie, but like everybody they added other than the 378 00:24:22.160 --> 00:24:23.319 other than the kid from Bellermne. That's his name, right, That's the 379 00:24:23.319 --> 00:24:26.119 guy I just mentioned. They're guys that I think like everybody wanted, so 380 00:24:26.160 --> 00:24:30.920 I don't really understand that. But they came in at number eight, and 381 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:36.200 then Kentucky is at number six, so huge difference there. Kentucky's twelfth in 382 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:40.599 overall activity. Six then just when you rank the guys specifically they brought in, 383 00:24:40.880 --> 00:24:44.119 and again it's because some of the guys Kentucky lost don't look like big 384 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:45.839 losses to you, and I get it. But yet in the eyes of 385 00:24:45.880 --> 00:24:49.079 these metrics they do. All right, let's talk about the little of Men's 386 00:24:49.079 --> 00:24:52.160 clinic again, Fellas I'm telling you, there's a lot of things they could 387 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:55.079 do to help you. You may feel like you're good, right, you 388 00:24:55.079 --> 00:24:56.799 don't need any help. You're a man, you're tough, you're strong, 389 00:24:56.920 --> 00:25:00.400 you're happy, you're healthy. And if that's the case, God bless you. 390 00:25:00.559 --> 00:25:03.240 But what if you could be even happier and healthier? And you'll never 391 00:25:03.279 --> 00:25:06.839 know until you go talk to the friends that I have at the Louisville Men's 392 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:08.559 Clinic doctor, would you know, let him know? Say, Hey, 393 00:25:08.599 --> 00:25:11.799 Nick was talking about all the things you can do. Here's my situation. 394 00:25:11.880 --> 00:25:15.359 Do you think there's something maybe that you guys could do to help me out? 395 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:18.359 And you know, there may be a situation to where you don't need 396 00:25:18.519 --> 00:25:22.039 anything, and hey, you know, at least you tried. But I'd 397 00:25:22.039 --> 00:25:25.559 be willing to bet that if you had your levels checked, you may feel 398 00:25:25.559 --> 00:25:29.079 like you're the toughest, most masculine dude out there. But your levels may 399 00:25:29.079 --> 00:25:30.279 not be where they're supposed to be for somebody your age, and you've just 400 00:25:30.279 --> 00:25:33.160 been and you've just been chalking that up as being normal for years now. 401 00:25:34.000 --> 00:25:37.839 And then once you do get your levels where there need to be with testosterone 402 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:40.680 treatment, you'll feel like a million bucks, just like I do. So 403 00:25:40.680 --> 00:25:44.119 again, liblemnsclinic dot COM's the website. Fibo two four four four four thousand 404 00:25:44.400 --> 00:25:47.000 is the number if you guys want to give him a call. All right, 405 00:25:47.079 --> 00:25:51.519 Pat Kelsey on with Andy Katz, which Kats used to work for ESPN. 406 00:25:51.519 --> 00:25:55.119 Now I think he works for like everybody. He's on NCAA's website doing 407 00:25:55.119 --> 00:25:56.920 coverage. I think he works for the Does he work for the Big ten 408 00:25:56.960 --> 00:26:00.319 network too? He has, I don't know if he does currently, but 409 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:02.359 I know he has before. He's done some like studio work for him. 410 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:07.119 So this is from the NABC website, which is the I think the National 411 00:26:07.119 --> 00:26:10.400 Association of Basketball Coaches. I think that's what that stands for. But a 412 00:26:10.440 --> 00:26:12.359 sixteen minute conversation here. I'm not going to play the entire thing right now, 413 00:26:12.400 --> 00:26:17.279 but here's the first half of it as Pat Kelsey and Andy Katch chop 414 00:26:17.319 --> 00:26:22.839 it up and welcome everyone to an off season ANYBC chat. I'm Andy Katz, 415 00:26:22.880 --> 00:26:27.799 pleased to be joined by Louisville head coach Pat Kelsey and Pat, I 416 00:26:27.880 --> 00:26:32.599 just want to go back a little bit here because you had so many opportunities. 417 00:26:32.640 --> 00:26:37.839 You've had great success, and you could have left a number of different 418 00:26:37.839 --> 00:26:41.880 times you chose to stay. You're a very loyal person. Why was this 419 00:26:42.319 --> 00:26:48.160 the right fit at the right time. I mean, Andy, it's Louisville, 420 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:52.720 and I have to correct you. I'm so sorry, but I was 421 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:57.319 corrected probably eight or nine times before I finally got it right. Because in 422 00:26:57.359 --> 00:27:03.160 this town it's Louisville. You can't say Louisville. Oh you're right, Sorry, 423 00:27:03.400 --> 00:27:06.559 sorry, Louisville. I've been corrected so many times I can make it, 424 00:27:06.960 --> 00:27:10.519 thank you, But I think the best way to answer it is, 425 00:27:11.240 --> 00:27:17.799 it's Louisville. It's Louisville, basketball man. And I grew up ninety miles 426 00:27:17.799 --> 00:27:21.039 from here, so I was close enough, you know, obviously, to 427 00:27:21.960 --> 00:27:27.039 feel the magic of the Louisville brand in the eighties. But even if I 428 00:27:27.079 --> 00:27:30.759 didn't grow up ninety miles from here, and I grew up a million miles 429 00:27:30.759 --> 00:27:34.519 from here, it's one of the most powerful brands in college basketball. It's 430 00:27:34.519 --> 00:27:38.599 one of the most tradition rich programs ever, so I think the power and 431 00:27:38.640 --> 00:27:47.079 the mystique of this program's past was what was the biggest thing. Well, 432 00:27:47.119 --> 00:27:51.079 and you're coming in at a pretty crazy time, not just in the sport, 433 00:27:51.240 --> 00:27:56.839 But I don't think anyone could have imagined that Louisville would be toward the 434 00:27:56.880 --> 00:28:00.079 bottom of the ACC or whatever league it happened to be in. They've changed 435 00:28:00.079 --> 00:28:06.480 a lot of leagues during its history, and so you've got you know, 436 00:28:06.519 --> 00:28:10.359 you're here, and you've got the ability to take it up to where it's 437 00:28:10.440 --> 00:28:15.920 been. How did you assess sort of the landscape of the program of where 438 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:19.559 the ACC is at this point where there's a lot of movement, there's not 439 00:28:19.799 --> 00:28:23.200 sort of just these teams that you can't see at the top of the mountain 440 00:28:23.240 --> 00:28:26.279 that you can't you know, try to match, because we've seen a lot 441 00:28:26.319 --> 00:28:30.160 of different teams get up there with do Carolina and take their turn. How 442 00:28:30.160 --> 00:28:33.960 did you assess sort of the overall landscape of the job and the league. 443 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:41.359 Well, you know, I started my career in the ACC. Skip Prosser, 444 00:28:41.480 --> 00:28:45.720 the late great Skip Prosser, hired me. He used to say it 445 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:49.279 was the biggest meteoric rise in coaching history. I went from the freshman basketball 446 00:28:49.319 --> 00:28:55.119 coach at Famed Elder High School in Cincinnati, and I was selling cars for 447 00:28:55.240 --> 00:28:59.960 my dad on the side to the ACC. I thought that was funny. 448 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:04.000 It was the mediorc eyes. But you know, so it's it's where I 449 00:29:04.039 --> 00:29:11.319 got my start in gosh, ACC basketball is is traditionally the greatest league in 450 00:29:11.359 --> 00:29:15.519 the history of college basketball, in my opinion, and you know, to 451 00:29:15.559 --> 00:29:18.880 be a part of this great league again and there's there's there's movement, and 452 00:29:18.920 --> 00:29:25.799 there's changes and but that's that's happening. That's happening everywhere. But you know, 453 00:29:25.839 --> 00:29:27.359 you talked about like kind of where the program has been the last couple 454 00:29:27.400 --> 00:29:33.000 of years. That's not my focus. My focus is what we're doing from 455 00:29:33.039 --> 00:29:36.000 the moment we took the job I think one hundred and two days ago now, 456 00:29:36.680 --> 00:29:40.079 Uh, and moving forward. So what's happened in the past is the 457 00:29:40.119 --> 00:29:44.200 past, and what happens in the future is what we're all about. So, 458 00:29:44.319 --> 00:29:51.359 look, there's a different path in terms of roster management for everybody and 459 00:29:51.359 --> 00:29:56.119 and resources. Are you know good at Louisville. Uh, it's different than 460 00:29:56.200 --> 00:30:00.880 where you've been, that's just obvious. But what was your your mentality at 461 00:30:00.920 --> 00:30:04.000 least in this first year. Maybe going forward, you pick up Chucky Hepburn, 462 00:30:04.039 --> 00:30:08.359 who had a great career at Wisconsin to try to manage sort of high 463 00:30:08.400 --> 00:30:15.400 school international transfer to get this thing going right off the bat. Yeah, 464 00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:19.640 you know, it was a crazy whirlwind of the first several months because you 465 00:30:19.680 --> 00:30:23.519 know, we started at zero, right, we had to build an entire 466 00:30:23.680 --> 00:30:30.119 roster. And I give my staff a ton of credit, and I think 467 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:34.119 I have the best basketball coaching staff in the entire country. They make this 468 00:30:34.200 --> 00:30:38.440 dude look smart, which is pretty hard to do. So they busted their 469 00:30:38.480 --> 00:30:44.519 tail. And I know it's boring interview speak, but we stuck to our 470 00:30:44.519 --> 00:30:48.480 process what we believe in. Obviously, we had to utilize the portal heavily, 471 00:30:49.680 --> 00:30:52.680 you know, getting the job kind of you know, in the spring 472 00:30:52.839 --> 00:30:57.000 and starting from zero, and we wanted to put together a team that can 473 00:30:57.039 --> 00:31:02.119 compete from day one. So, you know, we have a process that 474 00:31:02.160 --> 00:31:04.759 we go about and how we identify guys in the portal that we want to 475 00:31:04.799 --> 00:31:11.920 recruit, you know, traditional recruiting, grassroots recruiting, underclass recruiting, high 476 00:31:11.960 --> 00:31:15.200 school recruiting obviously, or relationships built over a long long time, and that's 477 00:31:15.240 --> 00:31:18.680 always going to be at the center and the heart and soul of our recruiting 478 00:31:18.720 --> 00:31:22.839 efforts in the portal. It's kind of recruiting on steroids. You know, 479 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:30.119 what usually is a two year process sometimes becomes a two week process, so 480 00:31:30.759 --> 00:31:33.839 you can't skip steps. You have to make sure you're doing your due diligence 481 00:31:33.880 --> 00:31:38.400 and making your calls. But at the same time, you know, thirty 482 00:31:38.440 --> 00:31:42.759 forty other schools are trying to recruit the same person. So all these things 483 00:31:42.759 --> 00:31:45.920 are going on at the same time, where you're building a relationships, selling 484 00:31:47.039 --> 00:31:49.799 your program, and that the ends at the same time checking all the box 485 00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:55.160 to make sure that the players you're bringing in that you're recruiting are great fits. 486 00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:57.359 I don't want to dwell in the past. I won't, but they're 487 00:31:57.359 --> 00:32:01.839 obviously you know, the us some apathy. I think that has changed dramatically 488 00:32:01.920 --> 00:32:06.440 just with your hire, because of your passion and your energy. If I'm 489 00:32:06.480 --> 00:32:09.799 a Louisville fan, Louisville fan, Uh, what am I going to see 490 00:32:09.799 --> 00:32:15.440 on day one when I get to the YOUM center on the floor at both 491 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:21.160 ends. Yeah, that's a great question. And I was asked questions similar 492 00:32:21.160 --> 00:32:23.000 to that at my press conference and what's this going to look like? And 493 00:32:23.039 --> 00:32:27.640 what are we going to be this year? And you know, I'm I'm 494 00:32:27.680 --> 00:32:32.960 a big believer that those things will take care of themselves. If everybody in 495 00:32:32.960 --> 00:32:37.640 an organization, starting with me, all the way down to the student managers 496 00:32:38.440 --> 00:32:43.599 are doing their job every single day with excellence. We got a weightlifting session 497 00:32:43.640 --> 00:32:46.920 that's going to start here in three minutes, and the goal of that weightlifting 498 00:32:46.960 --> 00:32:52.119 session is to be the greatest weightlifting session in the history of our program. 499 00:32:52.960 --> 00:32:54.119 And then as we turn the page to the next thing we do, and 500 00:32:54.160 --> 00:32:58.200 the next thing we do, and the next thing we do, that'll be 501 00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:02.799 our focus and always been my way. Right. I let the guys like 502 00:33:02.880 --> 00:33:08.079 you right make all the prognozers a lot, But what style of play? 503 00:33:08.119 --> 00:33:13.119 What? What will what will me and everyone else? What will we see 504 00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:15.359 in time? I want to play well. First of all. I think, 505 00:33:15.720 --> 00:33:19.200 you know, Skip Pross used to say a team usually takes on the 506 00:33:19.240 --> 00:33:22.079 personality of their coach. So you're gonna see a high energy team, you 507 00:33:22.119 --> 00:33:27.160 know, that plays hard. I like to think that our teams, our 508 00:33:27.200 --> 00:33:31.000 staffs, teams, my teams play with grit, play with tenacity, play 509 00:33:31.039 --> 00:33:36.119 with passion, play with fire. We're always going to play stinking hard. 510 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:43.680 Our teams are usually from an offensive standpoint, dynamic in terms of our pace, 511 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:45.079 how we play, we push the ball, we play downhill. There's 512 00:33:45.079 --> 00:33:51.039 a lot of possessions in our game. We value ball movement, people movement. 513 00:33:51.359 --> 00:33:54.400 Uh. We value three point shooting typically one of the you know, 514 00:33:54.960 --> 00:34:00.240 uh towards the tops of the country, and three point volume rate. We're 515 00:34:00.240 --> 00:34:04.400 also usually very very good in offensive rebounding, so we go and pursue our 516 00:34:04.400 --> 00:34:08.039 own missus as well. On the defensive end. You know, we're going 517 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:14.559 to be a tough, nasty, tenacious I like to think Manda Man team 518 00:34:14.599 --> 00:34:19.559 predominantly all right. So we'll get to the rest of that a little later 519 00:34:19.599 --> 00:34:22.559 on. And a lot of that, of course, is things that you've 520 00:34:22.559 --> 00:34:24.719 already heard from from Pat Kelsey and his other interviews that he's done, including 521 00:34:24.719 --> 00:34:29.599 when he joined us on the show here. But I know Louisville fans have 522 00:34:29.679 --> 00:34:34.039 to appreciate him already, feeling I mean, he is clearly one of us. 523 00:34:34.079 --> 00:34:36.719 He's leading the basketball program. He's the guy that has been tasked to 524 00:34:36.719 --> 00:34:38.239 get this thing turned around. And I think he's got a lot of support 525 00:34:38.239 --> 00:34:40.840 here so far. But obviously we have to wait and see what happens. 526 00:34:40.840 --> 00:34:46.039 However, he feels as if it's his duty to correct people who don't say 527 00:34:46.079 --> 00:34:51.679 Louisville correctly and say what Andy Kat said, which is Louisville I don't know. 528 00:34:51.679 --> 00:34:53.719 That's the fact that he's already doing that is I think a good sign. 529 00:34:54.280 --> 00:34:57.079 All right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side, 530 00:34:57.519 --> 00:35:00.320 and to wrap up the four o'clock hour, I want to talk about something 531 00:35:00.360 --> 00:35:01.920 at some point. I don't if we're gonna have time to do it before 532 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:04.920 we get to the five o'clock hour, but at some point I do want 533 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:07.599 to talk about something that I'll give credit where it's due. It was somebody 534 00:35:07.679 --> 00:35:10.800 a former NBA player on Instagram had posted this, but like it's a very 535 00:35:10.880 --> 00:35:17.440 obvious thing to bring up in the always played out lebron versus MJ thing, 536 00:35:17.519 --> 00:35:21.679 but it has something with Bronnie James. I think it's a really good point 537 00:35:21.679 --> 00:35:23.000 that I haven't heard many people talk about. So we'll get to that in 538 00:35:23.039 --> 00:35:24.960 a lot of other things throughout the rest of the show, So stick with 539 00:35:25.039 --> 00:35:29.639 us right here, Coffee and Company feel about Thorton's on Sports Talk seven ninety 540 00:35:30.760 --> 00:35:34.480 as we wrap up the four o'clock hour, A couple things on the football 541 00:35:34.519 --> 00:35:40.840 side to share with you. When it comes to the on three rankings of 542 00:35:40.880 --> 00:35:47.840 the G five transfers only meaning guys who are transferring into the ACC from a 543 00:35:47.920 --> 00:35:53.599 non Power five, they've got a top ten and Louisville's got some major presence 544 00:35:53.639 --> 00:35:58.199 here. In fact. Number one is Colin Lacy, the receiver from South 545 00:35:58.239 --> 00:36:02.159 Alabama, which you know we talked about him really since he decided to transfer 546 00:36:02.199 --> 00:36:05.920 Louisville because he was one of the big gets in the portal, but he 547 00:36:05.920 --> 00:36:07.320 did not have a I don't want see he had a good or bat spring. 548 00:36:07.480 --> 00:36:09.679 It just was you didn't hear a whole lot about him, and I'm 549 00:36:09.679 --> 00:36:14.440 not sure if that's for any reason, but he is still somebody that has 550 00:36:14.679 --> 00:36:19.360 proven to be a pretty I mean, I'm pretty I'm trying to find the 551 00:36:19.440 --> 00:36:23.880 number here, but there may be only one player in college football that's returning 552 00:36:23.960 --> 00:36:28.519 this twenty twenty four season that has more receiving yards than Colin Lacey. So, 553 00:36:28.599 --> 00:36:30.199 yes, he did it at South Alabama. That's a lower level. 554 00:36:31.039 --> 00:36:36.320 But you know the top receiver leisvel had last year also came from that level, 555 00:36:36.400 --> 00:36:39.760 right, I mean, Jamari Thrash was a pretty successful G five transfer 556 00:36:39.800 --> 00:36:45.679 to the ACC and hopefully Colin Lacey is the same thing. Number two is 557 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:47.920 justin Jolly, the tight end to transferred from Yukon to NC State, but 558 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:52.239 Number three is louisvill was tied in Mark Redman, who was an All Mountain 559 00:36:52.280 --> 00:36:57.079 West performer at San Diego State. And then at number five is Thor Griffin 560 00:36:57.440 --> 00:37:00.840 of Griffith. I should say who I this guy is. You know, 561 00:37:00.079 --> 00:37:04.639 there's a lot of hypes surrounding him. He already had some NFL buzz after 562 00:37:05.000 --> 00:37:08.159 a great successful run there at Harvard. But you know, if it does 563 00:37:08.239 --> 00:37:13.960 translate like seventy five percent, he's gonna make a really big impact. He's 564 00:37:14.320 --> 00:37:17.079 He's one of those guys that you see on the Freakly the Freakalist every year 565 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:22.920 from Bruce Feldman, just guys who physically and athletically are are different. You 566 00:37:22.960 --> 00:37:23.960 know, you never know what you're gonna get from the Ivy League. That's 567 00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:28.679 a much different level than even G five. But this guy had a lot 568 00:37:28.679 --> 00:37:31.840 of options transferring from Harvard, and you know, Jeff Brown feels really good 569 00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:36.480 about his d line and I would imagine Thor Griffith is is a part of 570 00:37:36.519 --> 00:37:38.239 that. And then the only other leus of a guy mentioned here in the 571 00:37:38.280 --> 00:37:45.519 top ten is Jordan Gerard, who was kind of a late addition in the 572 00:37:45.559 --> 00:37:49.280 portal. He transferred from well I don't think he was that late, but 573 00:37:49.400 --> 00:37:52.079 he just didn't get mentioned a whole lot. But FIU is where he transferred 574 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:53.400 from, and obviously they weren't very good last year, but he graded out 575 00:37:53.400 --> 00:37:57.440 as one of the best defensive linemen in the G at the G five level, 576 00:37:57.960 --> 00:38:01.119 was an all conference performer there at FIU. So again, obviously there's 577 00:38:01.119 --> 00:38:06.360 always the question mark is just how much of that will translate from the lower 578 00:38:06.480 --> 00:38:09.880 level to the power for previously power five, and you really never know until 579 00:38:09.880 --> 00:38:13.880 you actually get out there and see results. But again, last year, 580 00:38:13.920 --> 00:38:16.000 I think Louisville was able to see that. Just because somebody you know, 581 00:38:16.559 --> 00:38:21.239 played below the power four or five doesn't mean they can't come up and help 582 00:38:21.280 --> 00:38:22.239 you in a major way. I mean, I think tomorrow Thrash might have 583 00:38:22.280 --> 00:38:27.159 been better at Louisville than he was. Was it Georgia State that he transferred 584 00:38:27.159 --> 00:38:30.840 from. I think that's right. Also, really quickly before we get out 585 00:38:30.840 --> 00:38:31.679 of here at the top, you know we're not leaving. Yeah, we 586 00:38:31.719 --> 00:38:37.320 another hour, so make sure you guys stick around. But another football thing 587 00:38:37.320 --> 00:38:44.639 here to Brent to mention the the what's the what's the award? Let's see 588 00:38:44.639 --> 00:38:46.559 here. I want to make sure I get it correct, because if Jeff 589 00:38:46.599 --> 00:38:50.079 wins this, we're going to be talking up this award like it's the biggest 590 00:38:50.079 --> 00:38:53.039 award ever. Yeah. So it's the Bobby Dodd Coach of the Year preseason 591 00:38:53.119 --> 00:38:57.519 watch list, which Jeff Brawm was one of the twenty one coaches on that 592 00:38:57.599 --> 00:39:00.199 list, So shout out to him. Not a surprise. I mean, 593 00:39:00.239 --> 00:39:01.840 he wasn't gonna win National Coach of the Year and he didn't even win acc 594 00:39:01.960 --> 00:39:05.639 Coach of the Year last year, But still doesn't mean he didn't have a 595 00:39:05.679 --> 00:39:09.039 great I mean, he totally took advantage of his first season and really gave 596 00:39:09.199 --> 00:39:16.119 the program a lot of momentum. But these preseason watch lists, like we 597 00:39:16.159 --> 00:39:20.159 all know, they don't mean a whole lot because you cannot be on it 598 00:39:20.199 --> 00:39:22.320 and then be added once you actually, you know, have results within the 599 00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:24.719 season. Like I'm not really sure, Like John, what do you what 600 00:39:24.760 --> 00:39:29.559 do you think they would tell us as far as why they choose to even 601 00:39:29.599 --> 00:39:34.519 put out a preseason watch list. Yeah, I've never really finished a value 602 00:39:34.519 --> 00:39:37.119 yourself, because I mean, I guess you're basing all of it off of 603 00:39:37.239 --> 00:39:40.639 potential or maybe past results, especially when you're thinking about guys who have already 604 00:39:40.639 --> 00:39:45.159 played a couple of years the college level. So what to me, it's 605 00:39:45.199 --> 00:39:47.840 it just gives people an example to like say either that you left somebody off, 606 00:39:49.039 --> 00:39:53.559 which wish they did here, or that you know, like, wow, 607 00:39:53.800 --> 00:39:57.920 you really showed us that you were way way wrong here because you had 608 00:39:57.920 --> 00:40:00.079 five guys on this list coaches or play depending on what the award is, 609 00:40:00.119 --> 00:40:02.559 and like none of those guys were nearly as good. They might as well 610 00:40:02.639 --> 00:40:06.679 just let big Game Boomer make these things exactly exactly. So again, like 611 00:40:06.719 --> 00:40:09.159 I I'm not surprised that all the Jeff's on the list, and I have 612 00:40:09.239 --> 00:40:13.079 no reason to think that if Lowell has a good season he won't be considered 613 00:40:13.119 --> 00:40:17.000 for that award. But they left off a guy who I think you could 614 00:40:17.079 --> 00:40:22.000 argue has I mean as far as a name that a lot of people didn't 615 00:40:22.039 --> 00:40:24.400 know recently in the last few years. I think this guy now is a 616 00:40:24.519 --> 00:40:29.079 known name and has a lot of momentum. That's Dan Landing at Oregon, 617 00:40:29.559 --> 00:40:30.679 Like, how could he not be on the list? Yeah, he was, 618 00:40:30.800 --> 00:40:34.679 Like, that's just clearly one of the top candidates to be Alabama's head 619 00:40:34.719 --> 00:40:37.000 coach. He turned him down, right, I mean, like, I 620 00:40:37.039 --> 00:40:38.960 just I don't know. He's been at Oregon since two thousand and twenty two, 621 00:40:39.039 --> 00:40:42.400 so he's entering his fourth season. They went twelve and two, eight 622 00:40:42.440 --> 00:40:45.679 and one in the PAC twelve last year, won the Fiesta Bowl. He 623 00:40:45.760 --> 00:40:47.920 was ten and three in his first in his first year. I mean, 624 00:40:47.960 --> 00:40:53.159 like, I think it's clearly like cause again it's not just because he's a 625 00:40:53.159 --> 00:40:55.880 good coach, but like, this guy's got momentum like this guy's is. 626 00:40:57.039 --> 00:41:00.360 I mean, he's the only guy that, like pretty much everybody who covered 627 00:41:00.360 --> 00:41:04.920 this coaching search for Bama, Like there's other guys that got extensions right and 628 00:41:05.000 --> 00:41:07.400 acted as if they turned Bama down, which I don't believe all these guys 629 00:41:07.400 --> 00:41:10.719 did, but I believe Dan Lanning did. Like it was quite clear that's 630 00:41:10.719 --> 00:41:14.079 who they wanted, and within twenty four hours, like you know, he 631 00:41:15.199 --> 00:41:19.000 said he's staying at Oregon. So yeah, I mean, I'm not bitter 632 00:41:19.000 --> 00:41:21.920 about Jeff not winning those awards last year because the Coach of the Year award, 633 00:41:21.920 --> 00:41:23.400 like there should be two of them. There should be the coach who 634 00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:27.639 has the best season, coach of the year did the best job coaching, 635 00:41:27.679 --> 00:41:30.960 because the results tell you that and there should be the Overachiever of the year 636 00:41:30.079 --> 00:41:32.760 because they're two different things, and sometimes, you know, the award just 637 00:41:32.800 --> 00:41:36.320 goes to one of those two, and it's really two different types of criteria. 638 00:41:36.400 --> 00:41:39.960 And last year Florida State exploded through had an undefeated season the until the 639 00:41:40.079 --> 00:41:45.119 uh you know, to the bowl game where they got killed. But Brohm, 640 00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:47.639 last year, I mean that was I mean, Louisville was seven and 641 00:41:47.679 --> 00:41:51.280 one in the acc All right, quick break, we got the five o'clock 642 00:41:51.320 --> 00:41:53.000 hour coming your way, so make sure you stick around right here on Sports 643 00:41:53.000 --> 00:42:00.639 Talk seven to ninety