WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.960 It's time for coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine day. 2 00:00:09.439 --> 00:00:25.000 Now here's Nick Coffee. All right, let's get it started hour number 3 00:00:25.000 --> 00:00:28.160 two. Thanks for hanging out with us here on a Sports Talk seven ninety 4 00:00:28.160 --> 00:00:30.920 Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's. My name is Nick Coffee. I hope 5 00:00:30.960 --> 00:00:33.679 you knew that. If not, now you do the company man, mister 6 00:00:33.719 --> 00:00:37.600 John Alden alongside today. As always on a Monday, it's busy, a 7 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:43.000 lot to react to. Today is no different, and we will, I 8 00:00:43.000 --> 00:00:46.159 guess, pick up where we left off. So Louisville Basketball a lot of 9 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:49.560 visitors from over the last week or so. In fact, two of those 10 00:00:49.640 --> 00:00:53.520 visitors have committed. But now we wait to see if those that took in 11 00:00:53.679 --> 00:00:58.039 everything they could in a twenty four to forty eight hour window of time here 12 00:00:58.039 --> 00:01:03.760 in louisvill Hopefully they were because Louisville needs players, and you know, I 13 00:01:03.760 --> 00:01:06.560 think there's a lot to offer here. One of the things that I just 14 00:01:06.599 --> 00:01:11.159 haven't seen many people mention as to why Louisville could have an advantage. A 15 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:15.879 lot of guys in the portal won a specific role because that's you know, 16 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:18.000 one of the reasons why they're leaving. I think a lot of times it 17 00:01:18.079 --> 00:01:21.400 ends up being money and they know they can go make more money, and 18 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:25.599 hey, more power to them. As much as there are some that think 19 00:01:25.640 --> 00:01:29.680 that this is just completely ruined college sports, I feel like if you were 20 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:33.959 in their shoes at that age, you probably do the same thing. But 21 00:01:34.079 --> 00:01:38.680 Louisville, I mean, obviously in the back court, you've got some competition 22 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:42.519 now with some of the guys that have already committed. Terrence Edwards Junior, 23 00:01:42.519 --> 00:01:44.200 which, by the way, he's gonna be on the show with us tomorrow 24 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:48.159 four thirty. We're gonna have fats On talk to him about his decision to 25 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:51.359 come to Louisville and we get to know him a little bit better. But 26 00:01:52.239 --> 00:01:56.159 with him being the first commitment, and obviously I think at this point, 27 00:01:56.159 --> 00:01:57.400 I think it's safe to say he's your best guy that you've added. I 28 00:01:57.400 --> 00:02:00.040 mean, I'm sure there'll be other guys that maybe don't put up the same 29 00:02:00.079 --> 00:02:02.879 numbers, but their role is just as important. But I mean, he 30 00:02:02.920 --> 00:02:06.519 committed pretty early on in the process, which I think has actually led to 31 00:02:06.519 --> 00:02:07.960 some people kind of enough forgetting about him. But he's a really, really 32 00:02:08.000 --> 00:02:10.639 good player. I mean, this is somebody that, to be honest with 33 00:02:10.680 --> 00:02:14.759 you, you know, I don't want to say he could have picked any 34 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:17.560 school to go to, but he's one of the top twenty caliber players in 35 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:23.599 the portal. So you've got him, and then you throw in Javon Hadley, 36 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:28.000 who's kind of like a positionless player, and I mean that like, 37 00:02:28.319 --> 00:02:30.759 you could put him on the perimeter and he can knock down threes and we 38 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:35.400 saw that in highlights and obviously his percentage was pretty strong. But he could 39 00:02:35.439 --> 00:02:37.439 also put him in the post and say, look, we need more help 40 00:02:37.479 --> 00:02:38.520 in the interior. Go get us eight rebounds, and he can do that 41 00:02:38.560 --> 00:02:42.439 too. So you know, I think you can play him in a variety 42 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:45.159 of spots, probably more so going to be the three, in the four, 43 00:02:45.199 --> 00:02:50.599 but maybe at the two. And then Rain Smith another guard who's your 44 00:02:50.639 --> 00:02:54.520 shooter, James Scott, the big who was one of the All Conference freshmen 45 00:02:54.639 --> 00:03:00.479 last year on All Conference Freshman team last year at Charleston for Kelsey. And 46 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:04.560 then Ali Khalifa, who committed just last week, who has expected a red 47 00:03:04.560 --> 00:03:07.719 shirt. So you know, they at least have, I guess a base 48 00:03:07.840 --> 00:03:12.159 level of a roster, but for the most part. I mean, Louis 49 00:03:12.159 --> 00:03:15.560 has got a lot of minutes to sell, right Like in certain players, 50 00:03:15.319 --> 00:03:19.400 they may not look at anybody that's already committed and say they're worried about not 51 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.800 having a specific role because they feel as if they're they're gonna they're gonna be 52 00:03:22.879 --> 00:03:27.319 hungry to compete, and they feel good about their ability to do so. 53 00:03:27.319 --> 00:03:31.919 So you know, we'll see. But Jaden quants, that is the Jaden 54 00:03:32.000 --> 00:03:36.599 quaintance. I'm terrible names, never gonna, you know. And now what 55 00:03:36.680 --> 00:03:40.159 happens is once I say a name incorrectly, it's it's there's no salvaging the 56 00:03:40.159 --> 00:03:45.680 situation because I'll be in my own head about saying it wrong before and then 57 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:50.759 constantly asking myself, what the hell is this person's actual name. I've said 58 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:52.879 this, I've said that, I've said that. Which one is that I 59 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:58.400 don't remember? So, you know, JQ that's what everybody calls him on 60 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:00.800 Twitter, Maybe that's what I'll call him. That's very easy for me to 61 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:04.879 remember how to pronounce. But his father, we talked about his tweet last 62 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:12.080 week where he or he liked a tweet that indicated that Kentucky essentially dropped the 63 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:15.960 bag and Mitch Barnhardt didn't pursue any of these kids that were committed to Caliperry 64 00:04:15.199 --> 00:04:18.639 when they reopened the recruitment. And then of course that tweet also happened to 65 00:04:18.639 --> 00:04:21.720 say that he's likely Louisville, which again I think I knew deep down that 66 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:26.199 him liking the tweet had really nothing to do with the Louisville stuff. It 67 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:29.160 was probably just confirming that Mitch Barnhardt didn't get involved with any of those players. 68 00:04:29.439 --> 00:04:36.160 But I like a parent who will publicly like call out anybody who's online, 69 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:41.959 just acting like they know what's going on. And his father, which 70 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:48.160 is up his Twitter handle is up T like up t Q the letter T 71 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:53.480 and Q the number four life. But I just retweeted it because this is 72 00:04:53.519 --> 00:04:59.160 this is the exact tweet I referenced earlier today, because I just see everybody 73 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:03.120 sharing it, you know, and it's it's got over one hundred thousand impressions, 74 00:05:03.680 --> 00:05:09.360 and it's it's what looks to be a made up name, Xavier Ricks. 75 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:15.639 But he tweeted out hearing hearing the bidding is about one and a half 76 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:19.920 to two million for Jaden Quaintance. Getting Memphis involved gives j q's camp leverage 77 00:05:20.040 --> 00:05:26.759 to up the bidding for Arkansas to match smart move, and then he says, 78 00:05:26.800 --> 00:05:30.639 prior to his commitment to Kentucky, Jaden Quaintons was asking schools for around 79 00:05:30.680 --> 00:05:34.680 five hundred thousand dollars of his nil up front. Missouri wasn't willing to spend 80 00:05:34.720 --> 00:05:38.560 that, which is why I ended up in Kentucky. Well, his father 81 00:05:38.680 --> 00:05:45.879 has responded to that and and just said the fake news King, which you 82 00:05:45.879 --> 00:05:49.279 know, this guy, you know, apparently he's been doing a lot of 83 00:05:49.279 --> 00:05:53.839 this, like people just run with it and believe it, and that's just 84 00:05:53.879 --> 00:05:56.879 a scary world to be in where and I could be wrong, but I 85 00:05:56.879 --> 00:06:00.839 feel like a lot of it is a lot of it is based off of 86 00:06:00.079 --> 00:06:03.040 It's just Twitter, right, Like I don't think you see as much of 87 00:06:03.079 --> 00:06:06.160 this happening elsewhere. But then again, I feel like Facebook. Yeah, 88 00:06:06.160 --> 00:06:10.720 but Facebook it's a different audience though, No, I'm not even talking about 89 00:06:10.720 --> 00:06:15.240 the audience. On Twitter, you can easily within five to ten seconds put 90 00:06:15.279 --> 00:06:18.959 together a profile that visually looks like you're a real reporter. Yeah, that 91 00:06:19.000 --> 00:06:24.120 makes sense. On Facebook, it's different, Like, you know, I 92 00:06:24.160 --> 00:06:28.480 think there's a bigger audience of more gullible people. Actually, yeah, but 93 00:06:28.839 --> 00:06:32.360 it's not as easy to you know, to mask Yeah, yeah, yeah, 94 00:06:32.360 --> 00:06:36.639 like you know that makes sense, so you know it, it still 95 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:41.240 happens, but just differently, you know what I mean. So I think 96 00:06:41.279 --> 00:06:45.920 Louisville is still alive. You know, that's maybe wishful thinking on my end, 97 00:06:46.000 --> 00:06:48.439 but I do get the sense that that there's just the you know, 98 00:06:48.480 --> 00:06:53.240 the money here for this kid is gonna is gonna make it too, because 99 00:06:54.319 --> 00:06:57.000 I don't believe at all that it's one and a half to two million for 100 00:06:57.079 --> 00:07:00.920 him. But let's just say it's you know, half that, or you 101 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:03.399 know, two hundred k whatever, I don't know, just make up a 102 00:07:03.480 --> 00:07:12.000 number as good as this kid is. I actually think that it's foolish to 103 00:07:12.040 --> 00:07:15.600 spend that much money on a high school kid. And it's not my money, 104 00:07:15.639 --> 00:07:17.319 right, if you've got to spend it. However, I assume every 105 00:07:17.319 --> 00:07:21.480 program will have to monitor how much they spend here and there, like you 106 00:07:21.560 --> 00:07:25.560 just because you know they don't. I don't think anybody has unlimited money, 107 00:07:25.639 --> 00:07:27.800 unless you know, Jerry Jones is truly going to get involved and try to 108 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:31.959 help John Caliperry. But I think if Louisville kind of just you know, 109 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:36.720 felt good about their their pitch, what they could do for him, and 110 00:07:36.759 --> 00:07:42.399 it ends up to where he gets to Arkansas and or maybe Memphis, and 111 00:07:42.439 --> 00:07:45.279 it's because they were willing to pay more money. Like, I don't really 112 00:07:45.319 --> 00:07:47.279 think that that's something that I would. I mean, I wouldn't be critical 113 00:07:47.360 --> 00:07:51.000 of Pat Kelsey for that decision. You know, others you know probably wouldn't 114 00:07:51.040 --> 00:07:56.279 agree. But I just I think the going rate for a high school kid, 115 00:07:56.639 --> 00:07:59.040 I mean, I guess, you know you're worth what they're willing to 116 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.959 pay you. But as somebody who has never you know, spent in this 117 00:08:03.120 --> 00:08:07.519 market, I just feel like I would use ninety percent of the money that 118 00:08:07.600 --> 00:08:11.000 I have to buy players on proven transfers. I mean, to me, 119 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:18.959 that's a no brainer. But there's something about a five even though you know, 120 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:20.920 this kid's sixteen years old and I actually think he would be an impact 121 00:08:20.959 --> 00:08:24.920 guy for anybody to an extent, but you know, he's that young. 122 00:08:24.639 --> 00:08:30.040 In the last few years, we've seen the high impact freshman that you know 123 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:33.399 are some of the best players in the country. Like that that's fading away 124 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:37.559 a little bit. And I think one is because you can now through the 125 00:08:37.559 --> 00:08:43.480 portal build a really old team and that'll fade a little bit whenever the COVID 126 00:08:43.480 --> 00:08:46.600 stuff runs out. But even when that ends, you can still strategically go 127 00:08:46.679 --> 00:08:50.720 out in free agency and just make sure you're not young. And if you've 128 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:54.679 got a team that your core is your three star freshmen and then some role 129 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.840 players, they're gonna be playing against grown men. So I just think the 130 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.200 game has changed to where I just don't you know, I don't think it's 131 00:09:01.720 --> 00:09:11.240 that's a wise spend if you will, but fans haven't really, you know, 132 00:09:11.519 --> 00:09:15.279 caught up yet. And what I mean by that is I think some 133 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:16.200 would agree with what I just said, like, hey, if it's one 134 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:20.639 point one and a half to two million dollars, then you know, good 135 00:09:20.759 --> 00:09:24.759 luck to the young man. But maybe it's the intrigue of the unknown. 136 00:09:24.840 --> 00:09:28.960 This is a five star kid, top ten, number eight in the country, 137 00:09:28.559 --> 00:09:33.320 like if he was to commit to Louisville, let's say, let me 138 00:09:33.360 --> 00:09:35.480 see. Let me just so, I'm looking at the rankings here, I'm 139 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:39.440 trying to look at like the best, like the best available player in the 140 00:09:39.480 --> 00:09:45.679 portal who has not picked a new school yet. John L. Davis, 141 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:50.919 We'll use him, right, So John L. Davis. He is it. 142 00:09:50.960 --> 00:09:52.360 Well, maybe he's not a good example, but I I feel like 143 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:56.399 just when I you know, as best I can check the pulse of Louisville 144 00:09:56.399 --> 00:10:01.039 fans with this show, with social media and whatnot, I think fans would 145 00:10:01.080 --> 00:10:07.360 actually have a bigger reaction, one more so of like extreme joy and excitement 146 00:10:07.600 --> 00:10:11.159 if Jake h committed rather than John L. Davis. I think obviously you'd 147 00:10:11.200 --> 00:10:15.120 love to have both. And maybe Davis isn't the best example, but like 148 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:18.919 there's guys who you know have played elsewhere, that you know put up good 149 00:10:18.960 --> 00:10:22.960 numbers, that you've watched play, that you know would be probably a fifteen 150 00:10:22.000 --> 00:10:24.840 to twenty point per game kind of guy, and you know you need that, 151 00:10:26.440 --> 00:10:30.080 and you probably know that your freshman coming in is maybe gonna be double 152 00:10:30.080 --> 00:10:33.919 digits per game at best. But there's just it's the intrigue of the unknown, 153 00:10:35.000 --> 00:10:37.840 I think, and just you know, that's when it comes to power 154 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:41.279 programs, you know, sticking their chest out, you know, always wanting 155 00:10:41.320 --> 00:10:45.480 to talk about where they stand in the hierarchy of college basketball, they had 156 00:10:45.480 --> 00:10:48.399 true blue blood or not. You know, I think those fan bases really 157 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:50.960 do go back and forth about recruiting rankings. I mean, John, I'm 158 00:10:50.960 --> 00:10:54.799 sure Indiana fans have done it too. I mean they care about that stuff. 159 00:10:54.840 --> 00:11:01.200 Even though we now know that your freshman class is probably year by year 160 00:11:01.279 --> 00:11:05.200 gonna have lesser impact just because of the way the game's changing. I still 161 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:09.960 think landing a big recruit is just it gets fans more excited than any transfer 162 00:11:09.000 --> 00:11:11.840 for the moment, you know, other than you know, the the rare 163 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:15.919 transfers like a Hunter Dickinson or maybe Jhonalll Davis. Maybe he's that, maybe 164 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:22.279 maybe he's gonna be another example of that. But I can't remember there being 165 00:11:22.320 --> 00:11:24.960 a visitor rather it be a transfer or a recruit that you know, fans 166 00:11:24.960 --> 00:11:30.360 have been I shouldn't say obsessed with. And I think everybody heap Down knows 167 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:33.600 Louisville you know, it's probably not going to get this guy because it just 168 00:11:33.679 --> 00:11:39.240 it just seems like he's gonna go to Arkansas. But I just, you 169 00:11:39.279 --> 00:11:41.279 know, I think it's just the fact that Louisville fans are feening. Yeah 170 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:43.399 they are, there's no doubt about it being so long. And I don't 171 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:48.240 blame them. Yeah, I mean, look like Ali Khalif is somebody that 172 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:52.200 I wouldn't super familiar with and really didn't understand Louisville's interest level, but sure 173 00:11:52.240 --> 00:11:54.120 enough they got him in the next day. I was ready to tell you 174 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.720 guys, he's the best player in America, because you know that's what we're 175 00:11:56.759 --> 00:12:01.440 we're we're we're feening. As you said, John, all right, let's 176 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:07.039 switch gears to to football really quickly here, because Louisville football lost I think 177 00:12:07.159 --> 00:12:11.840 four maybe three players in the portal earlier today. I know Luke Burgess is 178 00:12:11.879 --> 00:12:13.480 one of them, the offensive lineman who came in a few years ago and 179 00:12:13.840 --> 00:12:20.159 really just was never able to climb up the depth chart. There's some others 180 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:24.519 that have let me just see. Yeah, you've got linebacker Jalen Alderman, 181 00:12:24.519 --> 00:12:26.720 who I think late last week it was announced he was going to hit the 182 00:12:26.759 --> 00:12:31.639 portal. I guess they became official today. There's another defensive lineman, yeah 183 00:12:31.759 --> 00:12:35.600 to Feke Thomas. He entered the portal too, And I think these are 184 00:12:35.639 --> 00:12:39.519 guys that they expected. Sam Seacrest, another offensive lineman, he hit the 185 00:12:39.519 --> 00:12:43.759 portal. These are all guys that post spring game have decided to transfer and 186 00:12:43.120 --> 00:12:46.639 wish him nothing but the best. But I think that this is scholarships opening 187 00:12:46.679 --> 00:12:50.279 up for Jeff Brohm to go get players, and you know, there's I 188 00:12:50.279 --> 00:12:56.080 think from when I saw in the spring game, I know that they would 189 00:12:56.120 --> 00:13:00.320 like to go get a running back and I think they're going to and you 190 00:13:00.399 --> 00:13:03.120 know, you could never have too much depth there, But I do think 191 00:13:03.159 --> 00:13:07.879 that from when I you know, I think they have some good pieces there, 192 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:11.120 right. I know, when you look at the what you lost last 193 00:13:11.200 --> 00:13:13.679 year, I mean you lost a lot. You lost two really good running 194 00:13:13.679 --> 00:13:18.399 backs, and Grindo I mean, and he became, you know, one 195 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:22.919 of your best run I mean, Girndo became really really good towards the end 196 00:13:22.960 --> 00:13:26.480 there. Juar Jordan was great, was banged up. Lates Like, just 197 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:28.000 the fact that you're replacing those two guys, I feel like, you know, 198 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:31.440 those are big shoes to fill. And I don't think anybody on the 199 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:35.399 roster, to be honest, is as good as those guys were when they 200 00:13:35.399 --> 00:13:37.919 were really on. But at the same point in time, like, I 201 00:13:37.960 --> 00:13:39.879 think there's some guys that you like. I think they could utilize what they 202 00:13:39.879 --> 00:13:43.759 have now, and if they keep everybody healthy, I think they'd be okay 203 00:13:43.759 --> 00:13:46.480 at running back. I mean, what do I know, But I mean 204 00:13:46.519 --> 00:13:52.039 I think, you know, the transfer from Miami. I think of his 205 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:56.399 name here, Donald Cheney. I mean he's he's somebody that was productive at 206 00:13:56.399 --> 00:13:58.799 Miami. Wasn't their feature back, but you know, I think it was 207 00:13:58.840 --> 00:14:01.799 a star freshman last year, be a sophomore that kind of emerged and became 208 00:14:01.879 --> 00:14:03.639 the guy for Miami. But I thought Cheney looked pretty good. It sounds 209 00:14:03.639 --> 00:14:07.200 like in the spring he was playing well. Kewan Brown, who red shirted 210 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:09.759 last year, I think, you know, he's a talented guy, really 211 00:14:09.799 --> 00:14:13.639 really love his upside. Maurice Turner, he's made plays here for a few 212 00:14:13.720 --> 00:14:16.960 years, so they're gonna need to add somebody. But I actually think the 213 00:14:16.000 --> 00:14:20.960 guys that we saw are pretty impressive. Isaac Brown the freshman tough to know 214 00:14:20.000 --> 00:14:24.039 what you could expect from a true freshman, but it sounds like he's been 215 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:28.279 the real deal. Now what I worry about a little bit at receiver is, 216 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.519 you know, do they have a Jamari Thrash? And I think there's 217 00:14:33.519 --> 00:14:37.559 some good receivers that have been added that you know, fans should be really 218 00:14:37.559 --> 00:14:45.279 excited about. But Jamarty Thrash was really really good, and I think you 219 00:14:45.360 --> 00:14:48.519 really saw how much he mattered to you when he got hurt and wasn't himself 220 00:14:48.519 --> 00:14:52.399 anymore. Chris Bell, We've seen him make plays, you know, he 221 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:56.639 had the first touchdown of the spring game. Big, physical receiver. Almost 222 00:14:56.639 --> 00:15:01.600 looks like he could be like a two guard on the basketball floor. He's 223 00:15:01.600 --> 00:15:03.919 talented, you know, But is he you know, is he can he 224 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:09.200 be your main guy? Colin Lacey, the transfer from South Alabama, really 225 00:15:09.279 --> 00:15:13.200 highly regarded in the portal. A lot of big schools wanted him. Louova 226 00:15:13.240 --> 00:15:16.360 got him. He was not really impressive in the spring game, to be 227 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:20.240 honest with you, and I know that doesn't mean anything because I can tell 228 00:15:20.279 --> 00:15:22.399 you there are many guys who've over the years looked great in the spring game 229 00:15:22.440 --> 00:15:26.120 and it never produced anything. And there's guys that look bad in the spring 230 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:28.840 game that became stars. He really just don't know, but you know, 231 00:15:28.879 --> 00:15:31.519 I don't It didn't doesn't sound like he was, you know, dominant throughout 232 00:15:31.519 --> 00:15:33.639 spring. I'm sure they still love having him, and maybe he makes some 233 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:37.679 big plays this year, but I don't know. It could be cha Cory 234 00:15:37.679 --> 00:15:39.919 Brooks, but he did not play in the spring game. He's the transfer 235 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:41.960 from Alabama, and if you remember, he was not as productive for them 236 00:15:43.000 --> 00:15:46.960 this past year. You know, he essentially got passed up in the depth 237 00:15:46.000 --> 00:15:48.840 chart, which is never something you want to hear about a guy. But 238 00:15:48.840 --> 00:15:52.240 then again, keep in mind, he did play at Alabama, but he 239 00:15:52.320 --> 00:15:54.720 was there for he played thirty six games, caught ten touchdown passes throughout his 240 00:15:54.799 --> 00:16:00.480 career, did have an injury that a limited limited his timeline last year. 241 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.960 So maybe he's that guy. But you know, I could see them going 242 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:07.320 after another receiver. I know they're going to try to go after another running 243 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:08.840 back, and I'm sure there's some other spots they want to go add depth. 244 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:11.159 They did lose a lot of old linemen to the portal, so maybe 245 00:16:11.200 --> 00:16:15.000 they're going to go out and try to add some depth there. But make 246 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:18.279 no mistake about it, they've they've got scholarships available to use now. They 247 00:16:18.279 --> 00:16:22.200 were over the scholarship limit around the time spring. You know, I don't 248 00:16:22.200 --> 00:16:25.440 know if they were over it, but yeah, I think they were going 249 00:16:25.519 --> 00:16:27.919 to have to figure something out before the next semester started. And now they've 250 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:32.720 got guys that have decided to leave, and hopefully they go out and fill 251 00:16:32.759 --> 00:16:34.600 those spots with really good players. But one name I wanted to talk about 252 00:16:34.840 --> 00:16:38.039 if you weren't with us in at the beginning of the show. Penny Boon, 253 00:16:38.240 --> 00:16:42.519 he decided to transfer last week kind of became a bigger story than your 254 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:49.559 typical transfer because there were, you know, rumors on message boards and Twitter 255 00:16:49.600 --> 00:16:56.399 and Discord and MySpace and you know everything Farmville on Facebook about Louisville not being 256 00:16:56.440 --> 00:17:02.480 able to fulfill an il obligations as far as money checks weren't clearing or something 257 00:17:02.559 --> 00:17:04.440 like that. And I don't know if it's been proven, but the belief 258 00:17:04.519 --> 00:17:11.920 is that the source of that whole thing was Penny Boone's agent. And I'd 259 00:17:11.920 --> 00:17:18.440 say Penny Boone is being advised, you know, poorly, just given how 260 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:22.000 this thing's played out. So he's transferring in the portal see you later, 261 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:26.119 right. He later deleted some stuff on his social media, but he indicated 262 00:17:26.119 --> 00:17:30.400 that it was a money thing. I mean, I'm pretty sure that's exactly 263 00:17:30.400 --> 00:17:33.799 what he said when he mentioned standing on business and that kind of stuff. 264 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:37.519 Well, now we hear that there's a chance he could come back to Louisville, 265 00:17:37.640 --> 00:17:41.440 which, hey, if if Brahm's willing to take him back, then 266 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:42.640 you know, that tells me all I need to know, because I think 267 00:17:42.680 --> 00:17:47.920 he would know how much his team needs Penny Boone, and if Penny Boon 268 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:51.359 maybe I mean, if Penny Boone is somebody that may be in a great 269 00:17:51.359 --> 00:17:55.000 locker room kind of no clue of he is or not. I think I 270 00:17:55.000 --> 00:17:56.319 would trust Jeff to know if that's a big enough deal to work, it 271 00:17:56.359 --> 00:18:02.319 could really impact your team in a negative way. But I think his standing 272 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:06.039 on business comment, I guess that's like typical, like, you know, 273 00:18:06.200 --> 00:18:07.839 it's just and I mean it's money, Like I don't think any of his 274 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:11.920 teammates will be bothered by that, but you know, some of the other 275 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:14.039 things that were later to lead it just kind of indicated that, you know, 276 00:18:14.079 --> 00:18:17.480 he didn't really think a whole lot about Louisville and in this place and 277 00:18:17.519 --> 00:18:21.759 maybe this team, And I just feel like that would be hard to walk 278 00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:25.680 back. But it sounds like it may be Louisville or Kentucky where he ends 279 00:18:25.720 --> 00:18:29.720 up, because he is visiting Kentucky, I think as we speak, so 280 00:18:30.000 --> 00:18:33.240 that would be an all time I mean, Louisvill's got a guy on their 281 00:18:33.279 --> 00:18:36.680 team right now, Isaiah Cummins, who transferred from Kentucky. So it's not 282 00:18:36.680 --> 00:18:37.920 one of those things that's never happened. For in fact, it just happened 283 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:42.079 a couple months ago. But the way this played out where he didn't exactly 284 00:18:42.240 --> 00:18:45.440 leave Louisville and you know, looking good on the way out, and he 285 00:18:45.480 --> 00:18:48.559 didn't say good things about them on the way out. So now to know 286 00:18:48.599 --> 00:18:52.240 that maybe he could come back, but he's also going to visit Kentucky, 287 00:18:52.279 --> 00:18:56.400 like I just guessing here, and I mean literally just guessing. I haven't 288 00:18:56.440 --> 00:19:00.559 talked to anybody, and the people that I do talk he wouldn't tell me 289 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.640 anything anyway, but I could see Jeff Brohm tell him this guy to kick 290 00:19:03.720 --> 00:19:07.160 Rocks, like, you know, maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like 291 00:19:07.359 --> 00:19:10.000 just the way he handled the whole situation, and to know that he's now 292 00:19:10.079 --> 00:19:15.960 visiting Kentucky, like I'm just guessing here that the never I was gonna say, 293 00:19:15.960 --> 00:19:18.359 the era, the Penny Boon era at Louisville, which again he never 294 00:19:18.359 --> 00:19:19.839 played a game here, showed up, showed up, burn Christmas time, 295 00:19:19.920 --> 00:19:23.319 took some money, practiced in the spring for a few weeks, and left, 296 00:19:23.680 --> 00:19:30.160 So that that was the extent of the Pennyboon era. But I want 297 00:19:30.240 --> 00:19:33.440 him to go to Kentucky just because again, you know, it'll it'll add 298 00:19:33.440 --> 00:19:37.599 some fuel to the rivalry. You know that we need it. But anyways, 299 00:19:37.720 --> 00:19:40.720 he was gonna visit Ole miss Now that visit's not happening. And he 300 00:19:40.799 --> 00:19:44.680 was, i think this past weekend, expected to visit to visit Washington and 301 00:19:44.720 --> 00:19:48.440 he never was able to make the trip. So this could be somebody resetting 302 00:19:48.440 --> 00:19:52.160 the market thinking they're going to go get a lot of money, and they 303 00:19:52.160 --> 00:19:56.680 didn't realize that the situation they had at Louisville was probably as good as they 304 00:19:56.680 --> 00:20:00.039 were going to get. But we'll see, you never know. And look, 305 00:20:00.079 --> 00:20:03.319 if he does end up back at Louisville, you know, I'll hope 306 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:07.920 he does well, but you know, you don't usually see that scenario play 307 00:20:07.920 --> 00:20:11.319 out the way that it did. And then him come and a guy come 308 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:12.680 back to school. All right, quick break will come back. Keep this 309 00:20:12.680 --> 00:20:15.920 thing rolling along again. Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's right here. On 310 00:20:15.960 --> 00:20:22.279 Sports Talk seven ninety so at the end of the three o'clock hours, somebody 311 00:20:22.759 --> 00:20:25.799 assumed, you know, making a joke, asked if Mark Pope is the 312 00:20:25.799 --> 00:20:30.279 first coach to ever drive a recruit to the airport, which it is crazy 313 00:20:30.279 --> 00:20:33.880 how big this has become. Online, so I guess it was yesterday. 314 00:20:34.599 --> 00:20:38.400 I'm sorry, No, it was earlier today. Matt Jones posted this, 315 00:20:38.559 --> 00:20:47.279 Mark Pope has been personally picking up and taking recruits to the airport this weekend 316 00:20:47.319 --> 00:20:49.319 for visits. I don't think I've ever heard of a coach doing this before, 317 00:20:49.640 --> 00:20:53.480 which Hetty just left out the last sentence. This would probably be one 318 00:20:53.519 --> 00:20:56.759 of Matt's you know, I wouldn't say that, it would be like one 319 00:20:56.759 --> 00:21:03.680 of his least you know, least engaged posts, because you know, I 320 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:07.400 think seeing Pope there, I mean, Kentucky fans, they're excited about Mark 321 00:21:07.400 --> 00:21:10.759 Pope, so like maybe anything he posted about Mark Pope would get a lot 322 00:21:10.799 --> 00:21:12.960 of attention. But saying that he doesn't think he's ever heard of any other 323 00:21:14.000 --> 00:21:17.599 coach doing this before has just led to like the basketball world like, what 324 00:21:17.599 --> 00:21:22.079 do you mean everybody does that? Which I mean, it's got one point 325 00:21:22.079 --> 00:21:26.880 two million views countless, you know, quote tweets and you know, other 326 00:21:26.880 --> 00:21:30.599 people sharing pictures of other coaches doing this. In fact, apparently Cal did 327 00:21:30.640 --> 00:21:36.640 it at one point as well. But this was I thought this was I 328 00:21:36.640 --> 00:21:40.599 thought this was funny an Arkansas fan. Of course, you know, there's 329 00:21:41.039 --> 00:21:45.000 there's you know a rivalry there now, So does Kentucky basketball even need to 330 00:21:45.000 --> 00:21:48.680 bother with Nil when their recruits get a ride of the airport. The rest 331 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:56.240 of the SEC has been put on notice. Which Mark Pope is doing his 332 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:00.480 radio interviews nationally. I think he was on with Jim Rome earlier. Also 333 00:22:00.759 --> 00:22:06.759 might have been on with Fonnenbaum here recently. And you know, he's he's 334 00:22:06.799 --> 00:22:12.000 such a he's so different than Caliperry. And I feel like where Kentucky fans 335 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:18.799 just kind of became annoyed with cal and just his you know, can I 336 00:22:18.799 --> 00:22:22.039 say behavior. I mean it's not like he was, you know, getting 337 00:22:22.119 --> 00:22:26.039 arrested or being a terrible human being, but you know, he his personality, 338 00:22:26.119 --> 00:22:29.920 Yeah, his personality, the callisms, and just his stubbornness. I 339 00:22:29.920 --> 00:22:33.640 mean, it just it was quite clear that that thing would run its course 340 00:22:33.680 --> 00:22:37.119 and it needed to end. So everything that I think made, you know, 341 00:22:37.160 --> 00:22:40.279 outside of the obvious issues like losing in the tournament to teams like Saint 342 00:22:40.279 --> 00:22:45.640 Peter's and Oakland, you know, outside of that, I think everything else 343 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:51.480 about him just kind of made it just not resent him. But let's be 344 00:22:51.559 --> 00:22:55.000 real, towards the end, I think the majority of their fan base wanted 345 00:22:55.039 --> 00:22:56.200 him gone and kind of felt like they didn't really like him anymore. I 346 00:22:56.200 --> 00:22:59.880 think they knew they would always have a special spot for him because again, 347 00:22:59.880 --> 00:23:03.000 he had a great run there all things considered, but everything that everything about 348 00:23:03.000 --> 00:23:07.039 cal that bothered you. Again, outside of like the actual basketball results, 349 00:23:07.400 --> 00:23:11.119 Mark Pope is so much different in a good way to where I feel like 350 00:23:11.079 --> 00:23:15.039 it's not just about the fact that he seems like a really likable guy and 351 00:23:15.240 --> 00:23:19.400 you know that he played there, but I think also it's just because he 352 00:23:19.480 --> 00:23:22.759 is. He's such a breath of fresh air compared to what you used to 353 00:23:22.799 --> 00:23:26.279 have. Now, will it be as good? Who knows. And here's 354 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:30.519 what's crazy. It can be really good, but not as good as Calipario 355 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:34.119 because calib Perry early in his time there was phenomenal. Now, I'd say 356 00:23:34.119 --> 00:23:38.680 Mark Pope will probably not lose to those caliber teams in the NCAA Tournament. 357 00:23:38.720 --> 00:23:41.759 But you know, it remains to be seen if Pat Kelsey or Mark Pope 358 00:23:41.839 --> 00:23:45.160 are gonna be able to get both programs where they feel like they belong. 359 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:49.759 Louisville. You know, has has has a long way to go, just 360 00:23:49.759 --> 00:23:52.000 given the fact that the last two years they were awful, but again, 361 00:23:52.039 --> 00:23:55.400 as we now know, you can change things pretty quickly. And I think 362 00:23:55.400 --> 00:23:59.519 one thing Louisville fans have going form is that we're not expecting Pat Kelsey, 363 00:24:00.079 --> 00:24:03.160 you know, to be in the Final four next year or really anytime soon 364 00:24:03.200 --> 00:24:10.359 probably, And even though we know we have high standards, what he's going 365 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:14.039 to do may not even be considered to be good for us right away, 366 00:24:14.440 --> 00:24:18.039 but it's going to be a billion times better than what we just had, 367 00:24:18.279 --> 00:24:21.519 which is going to make it more fun. And that's a good thing, 368 00:24:21.599 --> 00:24:25.279 right, Like, clearly expectations are going to be high, but we're going 369 00:24:25.359 --> 00:24:30.440 to experience things that you know, didn't used to give us really any feeling, 370 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:33.359 right like, oh yeah, we're supposed to beat team I've never heard 371 00:24:33.400 --> 00:24:37.000 of on a Tuesday in December by forty because we're Louisville and you know they're 372 00:24:37.039 --> 00:24:41.279 not. Well we went we started sweating those games last couple of years and 373 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:45.200 losing some of them. So like that that's something Pat Kelsey has working for 374 00:24:45.279 --> 00:24:49.839 him. With Mark Pope, I do. I'm very curious to see with 375 00:24:49.960 --> 00:24:55.359 cal being in the SEC still and probably you know, going to poke at 376 00:24:55.400 --> 00:24:59.240 you here and there, try to get players that Mark Pope wants that kind 377 00:24:59.279 --> 00:25:02.039 of stuff, Like, well, I think what it's probably going to end 378 00:25:02.079 --> 00:25:07.680 up doing is it's going to make you in the moment say the hell with 379 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:10.480 cal and be like, you know, Pope's our guy, but will you 380 00:25:10.519 --> 00:25:12.480 continue to do that? Like if the results that Pope has are way different 381 00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:15.680 than the results Calipari has, that's I mean, I don't think anybody can 382 00:25:15.720 --> 00:25:19.839 answer that until it actually happens. But one thing that we knew all along 383 00:25:21.960 --> 00:25:23.480 was that he was not going to bring in the same caliber player that Cali 384 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:27.759 Perry does, because that's I mean, nobody does. Only Duke I feel 385 00:25:27.799 --> 00:25:32.279 like in recent years can say that they recruit at the same level that Cali 386 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:37.200 Perry has for the most part during his time in Lexington. So the BYU 387 00:25:37.240 --> 00:25:41.119 transfer who did not play for two years because of his Mormon mission, I 388 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:45.359 mean, that's a solid pick up in theory, But you know, it's 389 00:25:45.400 --> 00:25:49.640 a guy that I think nearly any school outside of maybe three or four would 390 00:25:49.680 --> 00:25:52.440 be thrilled by a top forty player. And now maybe they'd be worried about 391 00:25:52.440 --> 00:25:55.519 the fact that he didn't play basketball for two years, But either way, 392 00:25:55.920 --> 00:26:00.759 I mean top forty players, the group of schools and fans that would feel 393 00:26:00.759 --> 00:26:03.079 as if they don't really need to be excited about that. It is very 394 00:26:03.079 --> 00:26:06.720 small, wouldn't you agree? John A tough forty's a good player, like 395 00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:10.599 Borderline mcdonald's'll American. Maybe, like that's a good player. But Kentucky they 396 00:26:10.720 --> 00:26:12.160 used to be able to kind of laugh at people for getting excited about that, 397 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:15.359 because you know, that guy, if he ever earned a spot at 398 00:26:15.400 --> 00:26:19.039 Kentucky, would be their worst recruit. Like it's just the waters they were 399 00:26:19.039 --> 00:26:25.799 swimming in. So to see now that they've got an addition via the portal 400 00:26:26.359 --> 00:26:32.480 solid player. I mean Amari Williams really good player. I don't think he's 401 00:26:32.519 --> 00:26:38.240 great, but he's a top fifty caliber transfer is the reigning three time Colonial 402 00:26:38.240 --> 00:26:41.839 Athletic Association Defensive Player of the Year. Put up some decent numbers. I 403 00:26:41.880 --> 00:26:45.920 mean, that's a good pickup, but you know it's still it's it's just 404 00:26:47.000 --> 00:26:49.039 not just sexy pickup that they're used to. Yeah, it doesn't mean that 405 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:53.400 he can't end up being somebody that is better than their expect I get the 406 00:26:53.480 --> 00:27:00.000 sense that they want to be chesty, arrogant Kentucky, but they kind of 407 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:04.839 feel like hypocrites because even if they do feel a certain way about a player, 408 00:27:04.960 --> 00:27:08.400 they know how they've behaved on the internet for the last fourteen years about 409 00:27:08.440 --> 00:27:14.880 anybody being excited about any recruit ever because they were the elitists, and in 410 00:27:14.920 --> 00:27:18.000 the end they were right. They got Cali Perry is the best, you 411 00:27:18.039 --> 00:27:22.799 know. I think recruiting, actually, it can be viewed a lot of 412 00:27:22.799 --> 00:27:25.720 different ways, and this is not a conversation for the current time we have 413 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:29.799 right now, but I think an elite recruiter is somebody that is getting good 414 00:27:29.839 --> 00:27:33.160 players and does not care where they're ranked, and getting players that like fit 415 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:36.720 what they want to do and like understanding, you know. Like I think 416 00:27:36.720 --> 00:27:38.880 that actually makes a great recruiter. But in how we view it as fans, 417 00:27:38.960 --> 00:27:42.200 great recruiters are guys who have those high rankings every year, Like that's 418 00:27:42.559 --> 00:27:48.799 that's the way it And it's really stupid that we evaluate great classes before they 419 00:27:48.799 --> 00:27:49.799 play and not after. I think you should do it both, but either 420 00:27:49.839 --> 00:27:53.440 way that's not really important. But my point is this, like they they 421 00:27:53.519 --> 00:27:59.279 recruited, as far as just loading up every year with the best available players 422 00:27:59.319 --> 00:28:00.920 in the country, I don't think you'll find anybody that ever did it as 423 00:28:00.920 --> 00:28:04.759 good as Calipery or ever will because nobody's really gonna try to now because that's 424 00:28:04.799 --> 00:28:07.799 really not the best way to go about building your roster from from you know, 425 00:28:07.880 --> 00:28:12.559 from season to season. So I just I think I don't think they're 426 00:28:12.559 --> 00:28:15.400 having a I don't think they're having an identity crisis because I think they know 427 00:28:15.440 --> 00:28:18.720 that, like, this could still work because it's happening elsewhere. There are 428 00:28:18.799 --> 00:28:21.559 really good teams that make deep runs in the tournament in the last couple of 429 00:28:21.599 --> 00:28:23.880 years that you know, what was there one McDonald's All American in the entire 430 00:28:23.920 --> 00:28:29.359 final four. I mean that that's that's where we are. But it's just 431 00:28:29.480 --> 00:28:33.720 they you know, even when they didn't have a deep tournament run to fall 432 00:28:33.759 --> 00:28:37.400 back on, because that stopped happening in Lexington. The one thing that never 433 00:28:37.559 --> 00:28:41.880 ever let them down was where they ranked in recruiting, and they could talk 434 00:28:41.920 --> 00:28:45.720 all that talk even after a loss to a Saint Peter's. They can talk 435 00:28:45.759 --> 00:28:48.240 all that talk to other fans because they'll tell you we're loading up again next 436 00:28:48.319 --> 00:28:52.559 year. We're like, now they don't have that, and now they could 437 00:28:52.640 --> 00:28:55.839 be you know, over the moon about these players. But if they start 438 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:59.960 like expressing that as if these guys are great, like you know, they 439 00:29:00.160 --> 00:29:03.240 just no deep down that just a year ago, maybe two years ago, 440 00:29:03.359 --> 00:29:04.599 like they would make fun of people for being excited about that. And I 441 00:29:04.640 --> 00:29:07.319 know that's not every Kentucky fan, right, Like that's the sick of fans 442 00:29:07.680 --> 00:29:11.200 that are the most obnoxious, that are you know, constantly on the toxic 443 00:29:11.240 --> 00:29:15.640 wasteland that is Twitter. But you know those are people that you know, 444 00:29:15.119 --> 00:29:18.720 I see a lot, right because that's the world I'm in at times, 445 00:29:19.000 --> 00:29:22.480 but in all seriousness, and mar Williams is a good pick up for them. 446 00:29:22.640 --> 00:29:29.359 And I think Mark Pope has visits scheduled for transfers like every day this 447 00:29:29.359 --> 00:29:33.160 week. I think I saw Matt Orlander post that earlier on CBS Sports. 448 00:29:33.960 --> 00:29:38.240 Now, one of the guys they're gonna hope to get is Dayton transfer Who 449 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:41.000 let me see if I can pull up his because this guy right here, 450 00:29:41.079 --> 00:29:45.720 I mean, this guy is picking from I mean, this may be the 451 00:29:45.720 --> 00:29:49.559 most impressive list I've ever seen. Kobe Brea transferring from Dayton about ten points 452 00:29:49.559 --> 00:29:55.559 a game last year, good shooter wing. His schools are Kentucky, Yukon, 453 00:29:55.720 --> 00:29:59.240 North Carolina, Duke in Kansas. That is somebody that is picking from 454 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:02.640 like a five star freshman. I mean, that's that's I mean, that's 455 00:30:02.640 --> 00:30:07.359 a guy picking from the blue bloods. I mean, that's it's impressive. 456 00:30:07.039 --> 00:30:10.960 So this is somebody that you know, I'd say, all these places do 457 00:30:11.039 --> 00:30:14.599 have anisle resources and all you know, everybody, everybody will take a really 458 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:18.079 good shooter with size. I mean, i'd say, if you could shoot 459 00:30:18.079 --> 00:30:22.000 it and you've proven that throughout your career, especially multiple seasons. Uh, 460 00:30:22.279 --> 00:30:26.119 if you're not a huge liability on the other end of the floor, but 461 00:30:26.160 --> 00:30:29.279 you're a marksman, then I think you could find a spot at a lot 462 00:30:29.279 --> 00:30:33.119 of places. I mean, Kansas, Duke, Carolina, Yukon, Kentucky. 463 00:30:33.119 --> 00:30:37.160 Those are the five schools this guy's considering. Imagine telling him that when 464 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:40.200 he picked Dayton coming out of high school, that's wild. That's why the 465 00:30:40.200 --> 00:30:45.119 I mean, that's the portal is it changes everybody's lives. And you know, 466 00:30:45.200 --> 00:30:47.920 for some it's for great thing. For it's for some it changes it 467 00:30:47.960 --> 00:30:49.119 in such a positive way. Others, you know, maybe not maybe not 468 00:30:49.160 --> 00:30:52.480 as much. 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Because if you had low testosterone, you probably 485 00:31:53.440 --> 00:31:56.400 didn't even know it, especially if you're somebody that is, you know, 486 00:31:56.440 --> 00:31:59.440 in your thirties or maybe even younger than that, because it's not something that 487 00:31:59.440 --> 00:32:02.680 comes to mind you because you don't feel like you're old. But that's the 488 00:32:02.680 --> 00:32:06.880 biggest misconception. You don't have to be old to have low testosterone. Really 489 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:09.160 has nothing to do with your age. Each a at every age we are 490 00:32:09.200 --> 00:32:13.319 at, there's a range of where your testosterone should be as far as the 491 00:32:13.400 --> 00:32:20.000 level, and it decreases over time as you get older, so it is 492 00:32:20.039 --> 00:32:22.000 a part of it. But like you, again, I'm somebody that for 493 00:32:22.000 --> 00:32:24.400 the most part, I've been a relatively healthy person in my whole life, 494 00:32:24.880 --> 00:32:28.519 and you know, I felt like I'd lost my edge. I was lethargic, 495 00:32:28.720 --> 00:32:30.960 you know, felt like I was doing the same type of workouts, 496 00:32:30.000 --> 00:32:34.079 same stuff, and I just I wasn't getting the same results, and I 497 00:32:34.079 --> 00:32:37.160 didn't feel I didn't feel like it was paying off. So I said, 498 00:32:37.160 --> 00:32:39.440 you know, let's reach out. I know they've been a client here with 499 00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:44.039 us at Ahart for a long time, so called doctor Wood went over, 500 00:32:44.440 --> 00:32:46.240 chatted with him. They checked my levels and sure enough, they were not 501 00:32:46.480 --> 00:32:50.519 anywhere near where they needed to be. And now I've addressed that, and 502 00:32:50.559 --> 00:32:53.519 I feel better than ever. So you may not feel that, you may 503 00:32:53.920 --> 00:32:57.839 not think that you feel awful because you just your pride gets in the way. 504 00:32:57.960 --> 00:33:00.960 But it never hurts to at least get levels check because then they could 505 00:33:00.960 --> 00:33:02.839 help you and you may feel better than you knew you could. So again, 506 00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:06.559 FABO two four four four thousand as the number, it's the Louisville Men's 507 00:33:06.559 --> 00:33:08.440 Clinic. Quick break will come back on the other side and keep this thing 508 00:33:08.519 --> 00:33:12.759 rolling along again. It's coffee and Company. We are feel about Thornton's right 509 00:33:12.759 --> 00:33:16.000 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. All right, so tomorrow at four thirty. 510 00:33:16.000 --> 00:33:19.000 I mentioned this earlier, but I don't think I mentioned what time it 511 00:33:19.039 --> 00:33:22.680 was. But we're gonna have one of the future Louisville Cardinals on the show 512 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:25.400 four thirty tomorrow. We're going to talk to Terrence Edwards junior James Madison transfer 513 00:33:27.079 --> 00:33:29.720 and get to know him a little bit, talk about his decision to come 514 00:33:29.759 --> 00:33:32.400 to Louisville. I know, you know he's he did an interview I believe 515 00:33:32.440 --> 00:33:36.519 it might have been with twenty four seven Sports a couple of weeks ago, 516 00:33:36.519 --> 00:33:38.799 and just really you know, from when I gathered in just you know, 517 00:33:39.079 --> 00:33:42.799 an interview that was quotes right. It wasn't like I heard him or anything 518 00:33:42.799 --> 00:33:47.759 like that. He seems like someone that is very competitive and really looking forward 519 00:33:47.759 --> 00:33:53.359 to not only playing at Louisville and having success, but helping change the perception 520 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:57.759 of Louisville basketball. And I don't think anybody, despite how bad things were 521 00:33:57.759 --> 00:33:59.599 the last couple of years, you know, think that Louisville will never be 522 00:33:59.640 --> 00:34:01.480 good again. And but you know, it's it's what if you've done for 523 00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:06.079 me lately? World? And you know, when Louisville was brought up in 524 00:34:06.200 --> 00:34:09.559 real time in regards to you know, the college basketball seasons the last couple 525 00:34:09.599 --> 00:34:14.039 of years, it was usually because they were being made fun of because people 526 00:34:14.039 --> 00:34:16.920 couldn't believe how far they've fallen. So I think he's somebody that takes pride 527 00:34:16.960 --> 00:34:21.760 and wants to be able to remind people that Louisville basketball can you know, 528 00:34:22.159 --> 00:34:23.760 can be can be great. And I don't know they're gonna be great in 529 00:34:24.280 --> 00:34:30.199 his one and only year here, but he certainly helps them get things turned 530 00:34:30.199 --> 00:34:32.199 around. Given the fact that he's one of the top twenty ish players that 531 00:34:32.360 --> 00:34:36.320 entered the portal, which, by the way, that gives me a chance 532 00:34:36.360 --> 00:34:39.760 to bring this up. So I got bombarded in the text line by some 533 00:34:39.880 --> 00:34:46.119 Kentucky fans who claimed I was just making up where where Amari Williams is ranked 534 00:34:46.119 --> 00:34:50.760 in these portal rankings like top fifty. Come on and somebody's sent in, 535 00:34:50.840 --> 00:34:52.960 and you know, I didn't know if they were, like, I didn't 536 00:34:52.960 --> 00:34:57.039 think much of it. And then somebody sent in a screenshot of the on 537 00:34:57.280 --> 00:35:02.000 three rankings, and on three he has Amari Williams as the twentieth best player 538 00:35:02.119 --> 00:35:07.679 in the portal, which is like forty off of where everyone else has him. 539 00:35:08.119 --> 00:35:15.000 The Athletic has him at number sixty two, CBS Sports has him at 540 00:35:15.800 --> 00:35:22.400 Let's see here has him at number fifty seven, and ESPNS I believe is 541 00:35:22.440 --> 00:35:28.960 behind a paywall, so I don't know where they have it. So you 542 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:36.039 know, I I laugh sometimes when Louisville fans claim that like On three Sports 543 00:35:36.320 --> 00:35:42.599 is really biased against you know, against Louisville because their affiliation with UK, 544 00:35:43.159 --> 00:35:45.239 because you know, On three Sports, to be fair, does own KSR. 545 00:35:45.719 --> 00:35:50.280 But you know, they also have like thousands of other sites seemingly, 546 00:35:50.440 --> 00:35:53.760 so they don't really stand to benefit a whole lot from Louisville not being good 547 00:35:53.800 --> 00:35:58.840 in Kentucky being good. But you know, people run with that, and 548 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:01.599 that is an example of why people believe that because that, I mean, 549 00:36:02.039 --> 00:36:07.599 I'm sure you can find other rankings out there that are you know that you 550 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:10.400 see certain players, even high school recruiting rankings, right Like, there's some 551 00:36:10.480 --> 00:36:14.760 kids that you'll see four star, four star and then a two star, 552 00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:17.119 Like you know, that's rare, but it happens. And sometimes, you 553 00:36:17.119 --> 00:36:21.480 know, nobody pays attention to how frequently these things are updated, right Like, 554 00:36:21.519 --> 00:36:24.119 they don't realize that what you're referencing was, you know before a player 555 00:36:24.239 --> 00:36:28.039 you know had a great spring in the AAU circuit or whatever it may be. 556 00:36:28.719 --> 00:36:31.360 But twenty four seven sports, let's see here. One thing I hate 557 00:36:31.360 --> 00:36:35.039 about twenty four seven sports is that you can't like search within the page. 558 00:36:35.119 --> 00:36:37.199 You ever do that on a Google tab? It helps me find what I'm 559 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:42.239 looking for, and it's great, but I can never can never seem to 560 00:36:42.679 --> 00:36:45.800 get it to work on the twenty four seven sports page. But I'm gonna 561 00:36:45.840 --> 00:36:50.119 guess that they have him. Yeah, here's another one though, Like Terrenceivers 562 00:36:50.199 --> 00:36:53.159 Junior is the number sixty one and twenty four seven sports. In the athletic 563 00:36:53.239 --> 00:36:58.760 he's like twenty something, so you know, it doesn't really matter, to 564 00:36:58.760 --> 00:37:00.400 be honest with you. In fact, I think players in the portal are 565 00:37:00.440 --> 00:37:06.239 actually even more difficult to rank, just because it's just almost I mean, 566 00:37:06.239 --> 00:37:08.519 it's impossible to know. It's also impossible to know, like who, in 567 00:37:08.559 --> 00:37:10.840 fact are the five best high school kids. But we've been doing that for 568 00:37:10.840 --> 00:37:15.159 so long. It's you know, and most of the time you really trust 569 00:37:15.199 --> 00:37:19.039 those rankings because you're not watching every high school basketball kid play, right, 570 00:37:19.159 --> 00:37:22.760 You're not. It's not on TV. When you see these rankings, you 571 00:37:22.760 --> 00:37:23.920 know you know who they are. You've watched some of these guys play and 572 00:37:23.960 --> 00:37:25.880 you think, well, you know, how could that guy be ranked here 573 00:37:27.000 --> 00:37:30.400 not there? So anyways, apologies to BBN if I've offended them, because 574 00:37:30.440 --> 00:37:35.239 you know, I guess he is technically top twenty in one, but you 575 00:37:35.239 --> 00:37:37.719 know all the others have him closer to sixty. So when we just call 576 00:37:37.800 --> 00:37:40.159 those are the top forty, can we meet there? Maybe? All right? 577 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:44.679 Look, if you're looking to buy or sell a home, the process, 578 00:37:44.760 --> 00:37:47.599 at least in my opinion, always just seems and feels like an absolute 579 00:37:47.679 --> 00:37:52.199 hassle. Like everything that goes on in that process is something I don't want 580 00:37:52.199 --> 00:37:55.760 to be a part of, which is why I trust the folks at Eatlin 581 00:37:55.800 --> 00:37:59.199 and Eedland, because this is what they do, this is their passion, 582 00:38:00.079 --> 00:38:02.440 and they're really good at it. And I don't think you stay around in 583 00:38:02.519 --> 00:38:07.920 business with such a great reputation, especially in such a competitive field, unless 584 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:10.800 you are for lack of it mean they're doing the damn thing they've been. 585 00:38:10.960 --> 00:38:15.760 They've been in business since nineteen seventy six, full service residential real estate brokerage, 586 00:38:16.199 --> 00:38:20.519 and they will list your home for just one percent. That listen, 587 00:38:20.639 --> 00:38:24.519 one percent for those who don't really understand, like why I'm emphasizing that the 588 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:29.559 market rate for listing your home is three percent for the listing agent and of 589 00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:32.800 course three percent for the buyer's agent. As your listing agent Etlin and Elan, 590 00:38:34.000 --> 00:38:37.360 they'll list your home for one percent and offer the buyer's agent two and 591 00:38:37.360 --> 00:38:40.159 a half percent. So that's a total of a three and a half percent 592 00:38:40.679 --> 00:38:45.039 versus the current market rate of six. Example, your home sells for let's 593 00:38:45.039 --> 00:38:49.800 say three hundred thousand dollars, you're going to walk away from the closing with 594 00:38:50.000 --> 00:38:53.159 seventy five hundred more dollars in your pocket because they listed it for one percent. 595 00:38:53.159 --> 00:38:57.400 It's a no brainer. They're greater what they do and know by the 596 00:38:57.440 --> 00:38:59.400 way, they're going to help you save a lot of money throughout the process. 597 00:38:59.880 --> 00:39:02.519 Is Eland dot com is the website E D E L E N. 598 00:39:02.599 --> 00:39:05.159 And if you would have give him a call, you can do that too. 599 00:39:05.239 --> 00:39:09.440 Five two five eight hundred Again it is Eland and Eland Realtors are We 600 00:39:09.440 --> 00:39:15.320 got another hour to go. We will try to finish strong. I got 601 00:39:15.320 --> 00:39:17.280 a baseball game to get you after this, looking forward to it. When 602 00:39:17.320 --> 00:39:22.800 when Moose plays at six at six o'clock, John, I really like to 603 00:39:22.880 --> 00:39:28.199 challenge myself because he's you know, it's probably about I don't know, fifteen 604 00:39:29.199 --> 00:39:34.320 to eighteen minutes away from here right now where he plays, and you know, 605 00:39:34.360 --> 00:39:37.039 the show ends at like what fifty three. So if I have my 606 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:38.639 stuff like ready and the show ends and I just jet out of here, 607 00:39:39.039 --> 00:39:44.960 if I can get on sixty five North before it actually hits six o'clock, 608 00:39:45.559 --> 00:39:49.320 I can get there for at least one of the times he gets to bat, 609 00:39:49.360 --> 00:39:51.800 which is always my goal. That's a superpower, right yeah, And 610 00:39:52.119 --> 00:39:54.360 I feel like such a badass dad when I make it, because one, 611 00:39:54.960 --> 00:39:58.000 it just is great to be able to be there for his game, and 612 00:39:58.039 --> 00:40:00.039 he when he does see me show up, he gets really happy. It 613 00:40:00.159 --> 00:40:01.840 makes me feel happy to be a dad because it's the best thing that ever 614 00:40:01.840 --> 00:40:05.639 happened to me. But you know, other people are like, wait a 615 00:40:05.679 --> 00:40:07.679 second, didn't you just get off the radio? And I'm like, yep, 616 00:40:08.480 --> 00:40:12.639 I'm super dad made it here that quickly, all right, stick around 617 00:40:12.679 --> 00:40:17.280 right here on Sports Talk seven ninety