WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.880 It's time for coffee and company. Fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety 2 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.359 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think when we are get 3 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:16.280 off our show, idiot. The kids are crying or turning off. The 4 00:00:16.359 --> 00:00:19.920 countries are screwing it up. Gold Play Inn Murals, Brother, gold Play 5 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:24.000 Inn Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 6 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:28.440 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? 7 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:51.159 Now? Here's Nick coffee. All right, let's try to do what we 8 00:00:51.159 --> 00:00:55.359 do every single Friday, finish the week strong. I can't guarantee you that's 9 00:00:55.399 --> 00:00:58.399 what's gonna happen today, but that's what we're gonna attempt to do. So 10 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:02.840 welcome everybody, Happy Friday, the weekend. It's kind of here. I 11 00:01:02.840 --> 00:01:04.480 mean it's here for some folks. I bet there are many listening right now. 12 00:01:04.480 --> 00:01:08.560 The weekend's already started. Maybe the weekend will start for you within these 13 00:01:08.640 --> 00:01:11.439 next three hours. Maybe like us, it'll start, you know, when 14 00:01:11.439 --> 00:01:15.480 the show ends. But as always, we tried to make it to where 15 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:18.159 you know, even if you are still on the clock, I don't know, 16 00:01:18.159 --> 00:01:21.799 maybe you're driving home. Maybe it hasn't happened yet. Well, let's 17 00:01:21.799 --> 00:01:26.840 collectively get this thing started. I mean on Friday between three and five and 18 00:01:26.879 --> 00:01:30.920 six pm. I mean, I'm sure those that work certain jobs, I 19 00:01:30.920 --> 00:01:33.840 mean, you can never really not be on. You got to always be 20 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:36.519 productive, right, I guess it really just depends on what you do. 21 00:01:37.079 --> 00:01:42.159 But you know, before I was able to do this, which you know, 22 00:01:42.280 --> 00:01:44.920 is like we talked about yesterday, doesn't really feel like a job. 23 00:01:44.959 --> 00:01:47.359 It is. We work hard, love what I do, believe it or 24 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:49.640 not. They actually pay me a salary to do this, but it don't 25 00:01:49.680 --> 00:01:53.439 really feel like work. So prior to this, I lived the cube life, 26 00:01:53.760 --> 00:01:56.400 meaning I was a cubicle guy, used to work in software, which 27 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:59.560 I actually really enjoyed that not just saying it to be nice. It was 28 00:01:59.560 --> 00:02:01.560 something that I really liked doing. I would have never left it had this 29 00:02:01.599 --> 00:02:06.879 opportunity not happened. But I can tell you this firsthand, the cube life. 30 00:02:06.920 --> 00:02:09.479 I was a part of office life three to six, three to five 31 00:02:09.560 --> 00:02:14.360 pm, really noon to five pm. We weren't gett much done. I 32 00:02:14.360 --> 00:02:16.560 mean, it was just a known thing. We would pretend to be, 33 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:22.759 you know, alert, continuing to do our jobs, but we kind of 34 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:25.080 weren't you know, like maybe an email that came in at four o'clock, 35 00:02:25.120 --> 00:02:28.879 Well, you know, they can wait till Monday. You know, maybe 36 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:31.439 you had something you had to get done. In fact, here's what was 37 00:02:31.439 --> 00:02:36.560 pretty common. If we had like something that needed to be done by the 38 00:02:36.639 --> 00:02:38.240 end of the week, it would be done by like ten am, and 39 00:02:38.280 --> 00:02:43.080 then it's just we're doing whatever the hell we want the rest of the way. 40 00:02:43.800 --> 00:02:45.879 And I'm not sure if the workplace is still like that, Like I 41 00:02:45.879 --> 00:02:50.360 don't know, like I would imagine that environment, that situation still exists, 42 00:02:50.360 --> 00:02:53.479 but I feel like what I used to do, a lot of it is 43 00:02:53.520 --> 00:02:57.520 remote now and that wouldn't be as fun for me. Do you think you'd 44 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.919 be working remote today if you were still in software? Yeah, because where 45 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:07.159 I used to work got bought out, and everybody who still worked for the 46 00:03:07.199 --> 00:03:09.240 company that you know worked here. I mean, they just absorbed this company. 47 00:03:09.319 --> 00:03:13.639 Somebody who bought them absorbed the company here that was a little smaller, 48 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:16.520 and you know, you could, I guess, relocate to Orlando if you 49 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:20.719 wanted, but I mean they weren't going to pay for it, so they 50 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:23.199 just basically told you you can keep your job, but you know have you 51 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:24.400 know, we're not going to keep the lease on this side. And by 52 00:03:24.400 --> 00:03:28.120 the way, we had such a cool spot in the Germantown I'm not german 53 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:30.639 Town. I'm sorry, Butchertown Market. But uh yeah, I would. 54 00:03:30.840 --> 00:03:32.800 I imagine I would, which you know, it still would be you know, 55 00:03:34.159 --> 00:03:36.439 a good gig, and I would love doing it, but it wouldn't 56 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:38.039 be the same. Part of what made that job fun is I I like, 57 00:03:38.199 --> 00:03:42.840 you know, I'm a tech nerve myself, and I didn't mind working 58 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:45.960 with computers and software and that kind of stuff. But also like the environment, 59 00:03:46.080 --> 00:03:47.599 like you know, the you know, my co workers, that kind 60 00:03:47.599 --> 00:03:50.199 of stuff. That's what made it. That's what made it fun. If 61 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:53.919 I was just doing it by myself alone in my basement or something, I 62 00:03:53.919 --> 00:03:58.599 think I probably hate it. Speaking of that, I learned during the pandemic 63 00:03:59.240 --> 00:04:00.840 work from home, and it sounded good to me, you know, pre 64 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:04.080 twenty twenty, Like if I was doing, you know, a job that 65 00:04:04.240 --> 00:04:06.439 wasn't this one, I would think, hell, yeah, if I can 66 00:04:06.439 --> 00:04:10.560 work from home, I do it every day. Well then I did work 67 00:04:10.560 --> 00:04:14.360 from home every single day, and it was not for me. I think 68 00:04:14.360 --> 00:04:16.560 everybody's different, you know, some people I think probably love it, but 69 00:04:17.120 --> 00:04:19.319 I know I'm not alone as far as learning, Like, hey, that's 70 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:23.839 just not a healthy thing because I'm not going to be as productive. I 71 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.560 just don't like being alone by myself all day. That wouldn't be that would 72 00:04:26.600 --> 00:04:29.879 that would really bother me. I mean, everybody needs their alone time to 73 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:32.879 kind of you know, do you and decompress that kind of stuff. But 74 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:35.120 like, but it's also easy to get in your own head. And oh 75 00:04:35.160 --> 00:04:39.560 my gosh, yes, my head is my worst enemy for a variety of 76 00:04:39.600 --> 00:04:42.279 reasons. One at times, you know, I just really expose how big 77 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:45.720 of a dumbass I can be. But also I just overthink everything and I 78 00:04:45.839 --> 00:04:49.680 just get like completely lost in my own head. And you know, I'm 79 00:04:49.720 --> 00:04:53.439 not one thing I wish I was a lot better at, and maybe I 80 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:58.000 could if I really tried. I wish I could be more. I wish 81 00:04:58.040 --> 00:05:00.759 I could be more productive, and and you know, if I'm sitting around, 82 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:04.120 I'm just not going to be as productive if I was you know, 83 00:05:04.319 --> 00:05:08.600 up and up and moving around and doing something in like an office setting, 84 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:13.000 like in an actual workplace. But everybody's different. So again, I we 85 00:05:13.120 --> 00:05:15.000 you know, I could work from home every day if I wanted to with 86 00:05:15.079 --> 00:05:18.040 this show, but it wouldn't be the same, and you know, I'd 87 00:05:18.040 --> 00:05:21.800 miss the company man's presence. And we made it work. When we were 88 00:05:21.839 --> 00:05:26.079 toying around with the live streaming, we were able to see each other and 89 00:05:26.079 --> 00:05:29.240 that made it feel more like when you're here in studio. But whenever we 90 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:32.879 can't see each other on camera, that's what really creates a different dynamic with 91 00:05:32.959 --> 00:05:35.600 the show. I feel like, yeah, and it's all it's also just 92 00:05:35.680 --> 00:05:40.480 all in my head, like even if even if I didn't see you on 93 00:05:40.600 --> 00:05:43.519 camera, I would know you're next to me in the other room. If 94 00:05:43.519 --> 00:05:45.759 I'm at home and I can't see you on camera, it's like, what, 95 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:48.199 like, is anybody out there? It's like I'm just sitting here, 96 00:05:48.439 --> 00:05:53.600 you know, talking, talking to myself. But we once we've really got 97 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:57.279 our groove going with the doing the live stream of the show, meaning like 98 00:05:57.360 --> 00:06:00.120 through Facebook, Twitter and all that YouTube. Right as soon as I feel 99 00:06:00.120 --> 00:06:02.240 like we started to catch a little bit of a rhythm, that's whenever it 100 00:06:02.279 --> 00:06:05.199 got they pulled the plug up and that's how that stuff always goes. But 101 00:06:05.240 --> 00:06:09.759 I will say this, there's no doubt in my mind if we're here every 102 00:06:09.839 --> 00:06:12.800 day in this setting, this you know, in our great studios we have 103 00:06:12.800 --> 00:06:15.000 set up here in downtown Louisville at four Street Live. Like that's that's when 104 00:06:15.040 --> 00:06:17.399 the show is gonna be its best. And you know, that's what we're 105 00:06:17.399 --> 00:06:19.519 doing. And that's what we're doing today. We're taking you up till six 106 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:23.279 o'clock. Hopefully you guys will stick with us. I will go ahead and 107 00:06:23.279 --> 00:06:27.120 warn you you know, I'm not going to recap the s piece from last 108 00:06:27.199 --> 00:06:30.199 night. That's not happening. I don't have a lot of thoughts on what 109 00:06:30.319 --> 00:06:35.720 Joe Biden said when he showed up very late and continued to really I mean 110 00:06:35.879 --> 00:06:40.600 just I mean, I've thought I didn't watch it, but seeing all the 111 00:06:40.639 --> 00:06:43.560 clips because it was all anybody was talking about. Because it has become appointment 112 00:06:43.639 --> 00:06:46.199 viewing. Not because just these guys are running for president, Donald Trump and 113 00:06:46.480 --> 00:06:51.480 Joe Biden, but it's it's appointment viewing if you're in it for the comedy 114 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:55.199 effect, like if you're in it to be you know, to kind of 115 00:06:55.240 --> 00:06:57.480 just laugh so you don't cry that kind of stuff, you know what I 116 00:06:57.480 --> 00:07:00.879 mean, sad clown, Yeah, because that's I mean what he said last 117 00:07:00.959 --> 00:07:06.160 night with Putin and then Vice President Trump. You can't make that stuff up, 118 00:07:06.480 --> 00:07:11.639 like you that's that's a script out of a movie. Like given all 119 00:07:11.680 --> 00:07:16.480 the noise about how incompetent Biden seems to be and has proven to be with 120 00:07:16.639 --> 00:07:20.879 his goofs and just you know, inability to like you know, put together 121 00:07:20.879 --> 00:07:24.560 a coher and sentence, doesn't seem like he knows what planet he's on, 122 00:07:25.040 --> 00:07:30.360 Like, you can't make this stuff up. And and you hear from some 123 00:07:30.439 --> 00:07:33.800 of his biggest supporters, famous people you know who've donated a lot of money, 124 00:07:33.839 --> 00:07:38.000 George Clooney one of them, like saying, hey, like I'll say 125 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:40.680 it, this guy needs to step down. And and you know, just 126 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:44.000 move on, like this isn't gonna work. And then he shows up and 127 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.959 says those things that he said last like you can't make it up. It's 128 00:07:46.959 --> 00:07:49.600 insane. And again, let's just laugh, so we don't, we don't 129 00:07:49.639 --> 00:07:53.920 cry. So anyways, like we're gonna mix it up on a Friday, 130 00:07:53.959 --> 00:07:55.680 We're gonna have some fun. We're gonna let you guys be a part of 131 00:07:55.720 --> 00:07:59.800 the show. I did something earlier today that I should have done previously, 132 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:03.040 and I probably should do more often, And that is do a good fifteen 133 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:07.920 to twenty minute filter of the text line to check in on some things that 134 00:08:07.959 --> 00:08:11.040 I may have missed that could be good talking points, some good points made 135 00:08:11.079 --> 00:08:16.319 by you listeners, some good questions that come in, some good insults about 136 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:18.360 me that can always be you know, we can. That's just that's what 137 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:20.399 we go to when we run out of stuff. Just make fun of me. 138 00:08:22.120 --> 00:08:24.279 Right self deprecation. It always plays. Man, if you can lean 139 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:28.199 into it, and you can really you know, just embrace it. It 140 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:31.480 works, It really does. So we'll have some fun today. Don't forget 141 00:08:31.519 --> 00:08:33.600 though. If you are out and about doing whatever it is you're doing on 142 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:37.639 a Friday afternoon, you can take us with you. Listen live on the 143 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:41.279 iHeartRadio app Listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. And if you want 144 00:08:41.320 --> 00:08:43.639 to be a part of the show today, there's a lot of options. 145 00:08:43.720 --> 00:08:46.240 You can give us a call five oh two five to seven one seventy nine 146 00:08:46.320 --> 00:08:50.559 hundred. You can also text in on the L and N Federal Credit Union 147 00:08:50.600 --> 00:08:52.759 text line five O two sixty five three zero seven ninety and if you want 148 00:08:52.799 --> 00:08:56.919 to get involved on Twitter X whatever you want to call it at the Card 149 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:58.919 Connect that is h that's the best way to do it. In fact, 150 00:09:00.240 --> 00:09:07.519 your best bet is to probably I left dms open long ago and I've never 151 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:11.159 turned them off, and I still get the the bot dms, like, 152 00:09:11.240 --> 00:09:15.360 for example, all the porn bots, which I'm finally now of the I 153 00:09:15.440 --> 00:09:18.080 finally believe you guys like I thought you guys just messing with me and telling 154 00:09:18.120 --> 00:09:20.480 me like that. No, those aren't real women, Nick, that want 155 00:09:20.519 --> 00:09:24.039 you to get on webcam with them. Those aren't real Nick. Those are 156 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:28.320 those are not real women that want to you know, see you know, 157 00:09:28.360 --> 00:09:31.679 they want to get naked for you on webcam. It's kind of like people 158 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:35.519 who believe that the prints of Nigeria really did email them and say, look, 159 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.000 if you send me one hundred thousand dollars, I'm gonna give you twenty 160 00:09:37.039 --> 00:09:41.600 million. Like in all seriousness, I'm not that naive. But Twitter, 161 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.639 I'll give you a long musk a little credit like that stuff does go automatically 162 00:09:46.639 --> 00:09:48.600 to a different like thing. It's where I don't see it. So if 163 00:09:48.639 --> 00:09:50.879 you want to DM me, that's probably your best bet, because sometimes like 164 00:09:50.919 --> 00:09:54.840 replies and mentions get a little lost. But if you want to get involved 165 00:09:54.840 --> 00:09:58.320 on the show, through Twitter X you can DM me at the card Connect. 166 00:10:00.000 --> 00:10:03.120 So again, we're gonna open up for you guys today. And I'm 167 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:05.559 really gonna stick with that because I made it quite clearly when I was putting 168 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:07.840 together what I wanted to do here on a Friday to get us out of 169 00:10:07.840 --> 00:10:11.759 here for the weekend. I wasn't going to try to force something that I 170 00:10:11.799 --> 00:10:15.559 don't care about it. I'm pretty sure you don't care about either. Like 171 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:20.720 anybody watched The SP's last night, I mean, some of the content from 172 00:10:20.720 --> 00:10:26.879 like the the athletes who go up there and make jokes and entertain it didn't 173 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.639 surprise me, but I kind of felt like a like an idiot for assuming 174 00:10:30.679 --> 00:10:33.720 that they wrote their own stuff, like did you know that John? Like 175 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:37.440 some of the people who make like funny jokes on the SP's and you know, 176 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:41.919 get a good laugh and it's actually like somewhat clever. They don't write 177 00:10:41.960 --> 00:10:45.279 it. Most of them. Doesn't surprise me. It's kind of in the 178 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:46.799 same format as like a late night talk show. I think, yeahs kind 179 00:10:46.799 --> 00:10:50.480 of oh yeah, and it's wild because last night, you know, I 180 00:10:50.519 --> 00:10:54.200 didn't watch the SP's at all. But if you're popping open Twitter you're seeing 181 00:10:54.279 --> 00:11:01.639 the Nick Saban stuff you're seeing. And then there was also a and they 182 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:05.279 didn't mention Louisville, but there was something said about Scotty Scheffler from Nicki Glazier 183 00:11:05.279 --> 00:11:07.519 that was clearly referencing what happened here with Scotti Scheffler, which I thought was 184 00:11:07.600 --> 00:11:13.120 kind of funny. Nick Saban said something as he accepted an award and like 185 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:16.720 he's kind of becoming like really likable, which I don't know if that's like 186 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:18.559 surprising or not. I mean, he wasn't a villain in college football, 187 00:11:18.600 --> 00:11:20.960 but he was just so dominant, you know, he became Goliath and you 188 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:24.840 always wanted to pull for the underdog. But again I didn't watch any of 189 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:28.519 it, but I did see a good breakdown. I think it might have 190 00:11:28.559 --> 00:11:31.840 been at awful announcing that put together kind of a rundown of sort of how 191 00:11:31.840 --> 00:11:33.879 this stuff works. Like there are some people, like, for example, 192 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:37.480 Nicky Glazer, she's not an athlete, she's a comedian, so she doesn't 193 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:39.320 need somebody to write her stuff. That's literally what she does. But you 194 00:11:39.360 --> 00:11:43.039 know, probably like the Serena Williams, who you know, took a shot 195 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:46.440 at Caitlyn Clark last night, Like, I'm sure she didn't write that, 196 00:11:46.960 --> 00:11:48.120 And again it's not surprising, as you said, John, you mentioned those 197 00:11:48.200 --> 00:11:50.519 late night talk shows. But then later on, I was watching the news 198 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:54.200 last night. That's what I do now as an old man. My kids 199 00:11:54.240 --> 00:11:56.679 and my wife go to bed, and I'm sitting up watching the local news. 200 00:11:56.480 --> 00:11:58.559 Well, yeah, it's with thirty six is baby? Hey, nothing 201 00:11:58.600 --> 00:12:01.080 else on too. I'm too old to stay up and like you know, 202 00:12:01.159 --> 00:12:05.240 get into something and binge it. Let's just watch the local news till I 203 00:12:05.279 --> 00:12:09.200 fall asleep on my recliner like an old fart. But when the news ended, 204 00:12:09.240 --> 00:12:13.240 it was was it Jimmy? I guess fallin? Depends on what channel 205 00:12:13.279 --> 00:12:16.320 it is, Yeah, on I think it was on Wave, like NBC. 206 00:12:16.399 --> 00:12:18.679 Is that Jimmy fou Jemmy? He's really I don't know, I get 207 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:22.120 the mixed up. And sure enough, like I'm right after reading that article, 208 00:12:22.159 --> 00:12:24.960 I'm then watching this and seeing Jimmy fallon, I'm like, yeah, 209 00:12:26.039 --> 00:12:28.559 quite literally, somebody wrote that for you, and you're just kind of like 210 00:12:28.639 --> 00:12:31.519 reading off the teleprompter, you know, whatever. Whatever works, which those 211 00:12:31.559 --> 00:12:35.720 shows like, there's clearly an audience for them, and I'm sure that they 212 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:41.519 have like an insane amount of viewers every night, or even people who watch 213 00:12:41.600 --> 00:12:46.519 it now like on on replay with DVR, that kind of stuff. But 214 00:12:46.559 --> 00:12:48.720 I don't know who the market is for that, Like who's the demo? 215 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:52.960 I think it's people what's that. I think it's people who have already retired. 216 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:54.679 And that's not an old people joke, but I feel like that era 217 00:12:56.000 --> 00:13:00.519 of television viewership that's like whenever they were growing up, that's and all that 218 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:05.360 stuff was getting really big and popular. Yeah, I mean, and I 219 00:13:05.399 --> 00:13:07.879 actually don't like there's some of those and I can't even think of all the 220 00:13:07.960 --> 00:13:11.200 names of people who've done shows like that, like obviously Jimmy Fallon's the one 221 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:15.320 I just mentioned. M yeah, Kimmel, and then like there was Letterman 222 00:13:15.559 --> 00:13:18.200 and Leno, right, like that's the same stuff. Doesn't retired? I 223 00:13:18.200 --> 00:13:20.759 don't know. I think Leno's re tired too, So like I actually think 224 00:13:20.799 --> 00:13:22.759 those guys are pretty good, like entertaining, I don't you know, It's 225 00:13:22.759 --> 00:13:24.759 not like I think, oh, who would watch that? Those guys suck. 226 00:13:24.799 --> 00:13:28.840 They're not entertaining. It's just that format that cont like that, that 227 00:13:28.919 --> 00:13:33.360 whole shtick, Like I I guess it's timeless because I'm just thinking to myself, 228 00:13:33.399 --> 00:13:37.440 like, even if you like those hosts and you really are interested in 229 00:13:37.440 --> 00:13:39.759 the guests that they would have, I just I don't know, Like I 230 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:43.919 to me, it seems like such an old fogy kind of thing. And 231 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:48.360 plus a few of them take frequent jabs at the most popular politicians like Trump 232 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.240 and Biden. I think Stephen Colbert is pretty well known for being a Trump 233 00:13:52.279 --> 00:13:56.759 hater. Yeah, who's the one who? Uh gosh, And I shouldn't 234 00:13:56.759 --> 00:14:00.960 get into this without really knowing the specifics and really remembering names, because it's 235 00:14:01.000 --> 00:14:03.759 going to make it look as if I'm just making something up. But there's 236 00:14:03.080 --> 00:14:07.679 there's someone who is always attacked by the Republicans. Who's one of those hosts. 237 00:14:07.759 --> 00:14:13.960 Is it Jimmy Fallon? I shouldn't throw that on about that. Some 238 00:14:15.000 --> 00:14:18.279 of them are more harsh towards Trump than others. There was one who who, 239 00:14:18.840 --> 00:14:24.200 really, in all honesty, like was nasty about the vaccine, like 240 00:14:24.879 --> 00:14:28.639 instead of just like you know, encouraging people and kind of lightly shaming him, 241 00:14:28.679 --> 00:14:33.360 like acted as if you should like you don't be mad if you know 242 00:14:33.480 --> 00:14:35.879 you're basically like if you die, that's what you get and I that's not 243 00:14:35.919 --> 00:14:39.519 word for what was word what was said. But yeah, I just I 244 00:14:39.559 --> 00:14:43.080 don't know, like that's that that that kind of stuff is just not uh, 245 00:14:43.840 --> 00:14:46.320 not for me. But you know, hey, there's a lot of 246 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:50.000 things that are for me that a lot of you would say, who the 247 00:14:50.000 --> 00:14:54.519 hell would watch that? So before we set the table and get us rolling, 248 00:14:54.559 --> 00:15:00.639 I do have a question for anybody, John Listeners, this is the 249 00:15:00.679 --> 00:15:05.039 time of year where if you're high school basketball, recruiting used to be something 250 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:09.440 that I feel like, well, it's always a niche, but if you're 251 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:13.200 a diehard fan of Louisville basketball, Kentucky basketball, we can even throw Indiana 252 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.320 in there. You know, recruiting is important and it still is. I 253 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:18.879 mean, like recruiting has always been important and it always will be to an 254 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.519 extent. But like right now, you've got the Peach Jam going on, 255 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:26.000 which is the biggest AAU event in the country, has been for quite some 256 00:15:26.120 --> 00:15:30.600 time, some of the best players in the country participating in it. I 257 00:15:30.639 --> 00:15:33.000 mean, we are in the thick of it. When it comes to all 258 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:37.240 these college basketball coaches, right they're not recruiting in the portal, They're not 259 00:15:37.440 --> 00:15:39.799 you know, they're they're at all these recruiting events, and I just got 260 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:43.240 I kind of feel as if because the portal has now been such a huge 261 00:15:43.240 --> 00:15:48.120 factor in how you can really reset your roster, gather expectations for the upcoming 262 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:52.080 season based on how your team did in the portal, I just don't think 263 00:15:52.080 --> 00:15:56.120 that there's quite the appetite for that anymore, because you may still have the 264 00:15:56.120 --> 00:15:58.440 occasional freshman that comes in and makes a big impact. Because again we talked 265 00:15:58.440 --> 00:16:03.360 about it all week, Cooper Flag maybe the best freshman that enters the college 266 00:16:03.360 --> 00:16:07.039 basketball ranks in a long long time. I mean we talked about Zion. 267 00:16:07.399 --> 00:16:11.039 I mean, Zion didn't have this level of hype. Zion's hype was kind 268 00:16:11.039 --> 00:16:11.840 of like a roller coaster, to be honest with you, because by the 269 00:16:11.879 --> 00:16:15.200 time he got to college, a lot of people that just thought, well, 270 00:16:15.279 --> 00:16:17.600 yeah, that ain't gonna work. He's as good as he's gonna get. 271 00:16:17.879 --> 00:16:22.600 He's fat, he's slow, and he can't dribble, he's undersized for 272 00:16:22.799 --> 00:16:25.799 you know, for a big man. And then everybody was completely wrong. 273 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:30.039 So it still matters, like I'm gonna get excited. I find myself looking 274 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:33.600 into the write ups as far as who the best recruits are out there, 275 00:16:33.799 --> 00:16:37.320 and which recruits Pat Kelsey and his staff are watching because they're there right now. 276 00:16:37.360 --> 00:16:41.080 I mean they're at We actually heard him reference that when we played the 277 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.840 Andy Kats interview that he did earlier this week, So you know, I 278 00:16:45.399 --> 00:16:48.519 recruiting has always been something that when it comes up on a show like this, 279 00:16:48.720 --> 00:16:52.600 especially when we're talking you know, Drive Time, you know, PM, 280 00:16:52.840 --> 00:16:56.159 Like, I just I know that there are some people that are feening 281 00:16:56.279 --> 00:16:59.720 for information because they really get into it, like message board people. If 282 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:02.320 those people are still still around for me, they all went to the Trilli 283 00:17:02.360 --> 00:17:04.000 Dnovan discord. I don't know, but I know there's also some that just 284 00:17:04.000 --> 00:17:07.240 don't really care, and I just feel like when I go there, I'm 285 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:11.079 like, well, I'm losing them as a listener because they just they care 286 00:17:11.119 --> 00:17:12.720 about Louis of basketball, Kentucky basketball. But they're just not you know, 287 00:17:12.720 --> 00:17:15.519 they don't. They're they're the crew that's like, well, you know, 288 00:17:15.960 --> 00:17:18.799 I'll either read about it on the internet as far as you know, getting 289 00:17:18.839 --> 00:17:22.400 information, or I'll just wait until they arrive and then get excited. From 290 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:27.559 my perspective, I feel like whenever the recruiting involves a local prospect specifically, 291 00:17:27.640 --> 00:17:30.559 like what the Indiana show that I work on in the mornings, they get 292 00:17:30.559 --> 00:17:33.720 all horned up about any local Indiana Hell yeah, they'd be interested, whether 293 00:17:33.799 --> 00:17:38.720 AAU players or not. Anytime there's news regarding the Indiana high school guys, 294 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:44.240 people will eat that stuff up. I mean, was is Miller cop the 295 00:17:44.279 --> 00:17:45.559 guy? Or no he's not from Indiana? Is he? No? I 296 00:17:45.599 --> 00:17:48.559 couldn't think if he's from media. He who's like a posta guy and a 297 00:17:48.640 --> 00:17:52.440 guy. There's one of the guys who covers IU that used to do it 298 00:17:52.480 --> 00:17:56.240 for Espionation. He's really funny. He doesn't golf. He's Kyle Robbins. 299 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:57.640 I'll shout him out. Yeah, he does golf as well. Kyle Robbins 300 00:17:57.759 --> 00:18:04.480 is really funny and he it to me. It's it's just right down my 301 00:18:04.680 --> 00:18:10.240 lane. As far as like comedy on Twitter, whenever one of the white 302 00:18:10.319 --> 00:18:15.119 dudes who was from Indiana got hot in a game this past year, probably 303 00:18:15.160 --> 00:18:18.079 against like a no name non conference team, he sent a screenshot and it 304 00:18:18.279 --> 00:18:23.400 just showed like the iPhone text message thread and the contact was Dad and the 305 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:26.839 message just said I really like such and such. It was game cups. 306 00:18:26.920 --> 00:18:30.839 Yeah, game cups and and and I'm just like, that's that's perfect right, 307 00:18:30.880 --> 00:18:33.200 Like that's exactly what you were just referencing. Right, The stereotypical white 308 00:18:33.240 --> 00:18:37.319 boy gave cups isn't from Indiana's from Ohio. But it's that typical type of 309 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:41.279 a player. Well, if you and if if somebody, if if you 310 00:18:41.319 --> 00:18:44.480 didn't know, and you said he grew up in Bloomington, and and you 311 00:18:44.559 --> 00:18:47.119 know, the only clothes he ever wore had the candy stripe red on it, 312 00:18:47.200 --> 00:18:48.279 everybody would believe it. Right, Yes, he's the he fits the 313 00:18:48.359 --> 00:18:52.680 mold. So you know, there's look, trust me, recruiting is always 314 00:18:52.680 --> 00:18:53.920 important, and there is an interest in it. I just have never really 315 00:18:53.960 --> 00:18:57.039 been able to find a good balance as far as how to make it somewhat 316 00:18:57.279 --> 00:19:02.160 entertaining and interesting. It certainly could be informative, but that's really as far 317 00:19:02.200 --> 00:19:04.279 as I usually go with it. However, I will say there's a huge 318 00:19:04.279 --> 00:19:08.160 I mean, that's that is really what's left of the Internet when it comes 319 00:19:08.240 --> 00:19:12.279 to content about teams like you know, this day and age, like you 320 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:15.640 can crank out blog posts and all that, and I used to do that. 321 00:19:15.720 --> 00:19:18.559 That was my life. I mean, that's how I got my start 322 00:19:18.720 --> 00:19:22.680 and whatever you want to call this. But nowadays, man, Twitter's killing 323 00:19:22.720 --> 00:19:25.000 a lot of that. You know, like it's still out there, but 324 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:26.680 you know, as far as just like hey, let me share my thoughts 325 00:19:26.720 --> 00:19:30.039 on the game, there's still value in that. People put great work in. 326 00:19:30.440 --> 00:19:34.960 But the time spent on a dot com website now, especially if you 327 00:19:36.160 --> 00:19:38.880 end up at the dot com website from a social media platform like Twitter, 328 00:19:40.440 --> 00:19:42.359 it's such a small thing because people just want to scroll. They don't want 329 00:19:42.400 --> 00:19:45.599 to read a lot, and there are people that do. But I'll bring 330 00:19:45.640 --> 00:19:49.079 all that up to say, when you're talking recruiting, people care like that 331 00:19:49.279 --> 00:19:53.119 is still a huge market and that's why, you know, that's it's an 332 00:19:53.200 --> 00:19:56.039 undefeated kind of thing. I know that, like the message board stuff isn't 333 00:19:56.039 --> 00:19:59.200 as big as it once was. But as far as people who do cover 334 00:19:59.319 --> 00:20:03.920 recruiting have inside information and you know, put it up on websites like that, 335 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:07.480 that has really been a timeless thing because even if it's not you know, 336 00:20:07.000 --> 00:20:11.279 like even if eighty percent of the fan base isn't isn't really that into 337 00:20:11.359 --> 00:20:15.400 it as far as checking every day, the twenty percent that is, man, 338 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:19.640 it's like all they do. So you know, I'm not acting like 339 00:20:19.720 --> 00:20:22.240 recruiting and coverage and all that stuff isn't important. I just again, it's 340 00:20:22.240 --> 00:20:25.559 some me thing I've never really understood how to make it, you know, 341 00:20:25.720 --> 00:20:30.279 interesting when it comes to a radio topic. But there are some local kids 342 00:20:30.799 --> 00:20:34.640 that I mean'd be a great story. I don't mean we're way I'm getting 343 00:20:34.640 --> 00:20:37.519 way ahead of myself even thrown it out there, But there are a couple 344 00:20:37.559 --> 00:20:40.640 of kids from Louisville, some that are still around here, some that are 345 00:20:40.839 --> 00:20:44.119 well actually that neither of them play here in this city anymore, but they're 346 00:20:44.119 --> 00:20:45.440 from here, and like, it'd be such a cool story. If Pat 347 00:20:45.519 --> 00:20:49.000 Kelsey, you know, he lands, he puts together his first couple of 348 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:53.480 recruiting classes and they feature dudes that have clearly the hometown connection, and they're 349 00:20:53.680 --> 00:20:56.039 believed to be some of the best players in the country. So we will 350 00:20:56.079 --> 00:20:59.319 get into that a little bit later on, but we'll be all over the 351 00:20:59.359 --> 00:21:02.279 place that they will have some fun and again we'll let you guys be a 352 00:21:02.559 --> 00:21:04.559 big be a big part of the show. So you know, I don't 353 00:21:04.559 --> 00:21:07.039 know if you guys have any weekend plans, but it's another weekend for me, 354 00:21:07.160 --> 00:21:10.319 John where I really don't have a lot going on, and I'm once 355 00:21:10.319 --> 00:21:12.720 again looking forward to it. Was it last weekend I said that and ended 356 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:15.160 up being wrong or was it the week before? I can't remember last you 357 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:17.880 remember when I asked July, wasn't it? Yeah? I think it was 358 00:21:17.920 --> 00:21:18.799 a week before, because last week, if you remember, I was like, 359 00:21:18.880 --> 00:21:22.279 yeah, no big Fourth of July plans. And then I realized, 360 00:21:22.319 --> 00:21:25.480 oh, yeah, we had, without me remembering, had committed to going 361 00:21:25.519 --> 00:21:27.119 down to Dawston Spring. Yeah, going to making a camping trip, which 362 00:21:27.119 --> 00:21:30.119 is great, by the way, Like there was a level of you know 363 00:21:30.480 --> 00:21:33.720 it being spontaneous that made it a lot of fun. All right. Want 364 00:21:33.759 --> 00:21:36.000 to remind you once again, we are fueled by Thornton's, Folks. I 365 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.640 think you know you already knew that. 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They've got the Frequency Club and what that is is that 375 00:22:11.319 --> 00:22:15.400 is you purchase something frequently, eventually one will be free, which is why 376 00:22:15.440 --> 00:22:18.960 it's called the Free Quincy Club. They threw that extra e in there to 377 00:22:18.000 --> 00:22:21.480 get creative. That's what they do, shout out to the creative team over 378 00:22:21.519 --> 00:22:23.400 at Thornton's. So there's all kinds of different items. You know, maybe 379 00:22:23.440 --> 00:22:26.559 it's a certain drink, maybe it's a candy bar or something like that. 380 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:30.720 Well, if it's something you often pick up when you stop in at Thornton's 381 00:22:30.240 --> 00:22:33.640 every now and then, you know, maybe it's eight, you get the 382 00:22:33.720 --> 00:22:36.839 ninth three. Maybe it's ninth, you get the tent three and it adds 383 00:22:36.920 --> 00:22:40.759 up. People love free stuff and Thornton's they know that. They're well aware. 384 00:22:40.920 --> 00:22:41.920 That's how they keep you coming back because they'll hook you up. All 385 00:22:41.960 --> 00:22:44.640 right, let's get to a quick break again. If you want to join 386 00:22:44.680 --> 00:22:47.480 us on the show, you can five oo two five to seven seventy nine 387 00:22:47.559 --> 00:22:49.440 hundred is the number and the text line. It's the Ellen in Federal Credit 388 00:22:49.519 --> 00:22:52.960 Union text line five oh two sixty five to three zero seven ninety right here 389 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:57.880 on Sports Talk seven ninety. I think I would throw this into like a 390 00:22:59.000 --> 00:23:03.079 pool of guilty pleasure music. I wouldn't request it. I wouldn't you know, 391 00:23:04.440 --> 00:23:07.839 I wouldn't you know, sing it at the top of my lungs in 392 00:23:07.839 --> 00:23:11.839 front of other people. But it's good before your time, isn't it. 393 00:23:11.599 --> 00:23:15.640 It could be I mean, I mean not like before you were alive, 394 00:23:15.759 --> 00:23:18.359 but like before I was like, I remember when this was this was new 395 00:23:18.640 --> 00:23:26.680 John, who is it? Tal Bachmann? Well, I assume it was 396 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:29.160 human beings making the music, but I didn't know if it was a band 397 00:23:29.279 --> 00:23:32.960 or that was just their that was their name or what. But good stuff. 398 00:23:33.000 --> 00:23:36.039 This was in a movie before I ever heard it anywhere else. And 399 00:23:36.079 --> 00:23:37.160 then it became you know, I feel like it became a big, big 400 00:23:37.240 --> 00:23:40.599 hit man. There used to be songs that, really, you know, 401 00:23:40.680 --> 00:23:45.200 before the internet did its thing, you know music. You know, not 402 00:23:45.319 --> 00:23:48.400 to nerd out on this stuff, because I'm sure I'm saying something that everybody's 403 00:23:48.440 --> 00:23:51.160 well aware of and if you're the younger generation, you're thinking, what the 404 00:23:51.200 --> 00:23:55.240 hell you're talking about. But before the Internet, think about how you had 405 00:23:55.319 --> 00:23:59.039 to get music out to people. There weren't that many options. You you 406 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:00.759 had to get on the right d I mean, you just did. Like 407 00:24:00.839 --> 00:24:03.799 there was no other way for you to market music. I mean, the 408 00:24:03.839 --> 00:24:07.640 Internet did not mean and even even when the Internet was was a big thing 409 00:24:08.440 --> 00:24:14.480 initially like the first I don't know, like I feel like artists could begin 410 00:24:14.599 --> 00:24:18.200 getting discovered off the internet. Once YouTube became a bigger thing, well you 411 00:24:18.240 --> 00:24:21.759 could get discovered and you could get coverage, but like playing me, like 412 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:26.640 streaming was not something the Internet was capable of, like YouTube. YouTube was 413 00:24:26.759 --> 00:24:30.279 became a thing like when I was when I was like in high school. 414 00:24:30.920 --> 00:24:34.319 So the Internet existed long before that. And of course obviously Napster and lime 415 00:24:34.359 --> 00:24:37.079 wire and that kind of stuff. But that's really I mean, I feel 416 00:24:37.119 --> 00:24:41.519 like to this day, had that never happened, like had Napster never Like 417 00:24:41.960 --> 00:24:48.079 if that whole era never was a thing, I don't know if the music 418 00:24:48.160 --> 00:24:51.400 industry would have adapted, you know what I mean, Like they had to 419 00:24:51.720 --> 00:24:53.440 because there was no scenario that anybody was going to be able to get around 420 00:24:53.680 --> 00:24:56.079 getting that music. Yeah, that's a good point. You can go buy 421 00:24:56.119 --> 00:25:00.240 it out, go buy a CD and put it up on a cl out 422 00:25:00.279 --> 00:25:03.519 server and and you know, something like Napster or LimeWire or kazah if you 423 00:25:03.519 --> 00:25:07.759 remember that one and it was inevitable. Oh yeah, you can. You 424 00:25:07.759 --> 00:25:10.200 can make an example out of one person and go, you know, to 425 00:25:10.680 --> 00:25:12.880 eight seventeen year old kid's house and arrest him and throw all kinds of you 426 00:25:12.960 --> 00:25:17.519 know, federal charges at him. But it's not going to stop the other 427 00:25:17.640 --> 00:25:21.599 millions of people doing it, like you you know so and bother. You 428 00:25:21.599 --> 00:25:26.119 could still do that, I suppose. But you know, the Internet has 429 00:25:26.279 --> 00:25:30.039 changed a lot in life. I mean it's changed everything, but music is 430 00:25:30.079 --> 00:25:33.039 a constant thing, like it's just a I mean, think about how much 431 00:25:33.240 --> 00:25:38.519 quicker music became like an internet based thing to Netflix streaming. Like John, 432 00:25:38.640 --> 00:25:41.960 I'm gonna make myself sound really old here, but like I remember when Netflix 433 00:25:42.039 --> 00:25:45.960 was with they would mail you DVDs. I remember that too. I wasn't 434 00:25:45.000 --> 00:25:48.279 a part of that market obviously, I was a lot younger, but I 435 00:25:48.400 --> 00:25:52.279 remember when that was there were commercials and stuff. I'd never heard of Netflix 436 00:25:52.400 --> 00:25:55.960 until my mom and stepdad had it and they would get DVDs in the mail, 437 00:25:56.200 --> 00:25:59.039 and wouldn't they mail video games to you as well? I feel like 438 00:25:59.039 --> 00:26:00.680 that was part of him. That was game Fly. Do you remember game 439 00:26:00.720 --> 00:26:03.079 Flo? I knew there was some service that did do that, but I 440 00:26:03.200 --> 00:26:06.720 wasn't familiar with what it was, but yeah, that was that was the 441 00:26:06.799 --> 00:26:10.720 thing. So, you know, I really do miss this. I miss 442 00:26:11.079 --> 00:26:15.920 big movies. Call you know whoever, you know, whatever production company would 443 00:26:15.920 --> 00:26:18.920 put together feature films that were gonna get you know, big box that we're 444 00:26:18.960 --> 00:26:23.720 gonna be big box office hits. They would collaborate with record labels and that 445 00:26:23.920 --> 00:26:29.559 is how like they would be a soundtrack made for a movie that featured, 446 00:26:29.599 --> 00:26:32.359 you know, a bunch of different artists, and that was a big way 447 00:26:32.440 --> 00:26:34.039 to really get your music out there. You're hit. It wasn't just based 448 00:26:34.079 --> 00:26:37.759 off the fact that it was gonna be played on the radio. It was 449 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:40.240 gonna be in the preview for a movie. And if you watch a movie, 450 00:26:40.400 --> 00:26:41.519 you're gonna hear a bunch of songs that you've probably never heard before, 451 00:26:41.559 --> 00:26:45.359 but you're gonna recognize the artists. Now, most of the music you hear 452 00:26:45.680 --> 00:26:48.240 in not all of it, but a lot of music you hear in movies 453 00:26:48.319 --> 00:26:52.279 that is actual, like you know, artists, rather than just instrumental music 454 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:56.720 for effect. It's it's people who you know, you know, they got 455 00:26:56.000 --> 00:26:59.480 it's called a placement, like you know, because they can now search a 456 00:26:59.559 --> 00:27:03.319 humongous database called the World Wide Web and find music's that's music that is licensed 457 00:27:03.319 --> 00:27:06.000 and they can use it. You know, they can use it that way 458 00:27:06.240 --> 00:27:07.680 back then that didn't exist, Like you had to basically like go into the 459 00:27:07.759 --> 00:27:11.640 lab. Hey, we're creating this movie. Let's get this record label, 460 00:27:11.720 --> 00:27:15.759 that record label to gather whoever they have as an artist, and we'll have 461 00:27:15.839 --> 00:27:18.000 to put something together. Like it was a part of the of the of 462 00:27:18.119 --> 00:27:22.880 the creative process in a movie, and still obviously when it comes to cinema, 463 00:27:22.079 --> 00:27:25.440 music is a big part of how it all comes together. But you 464 00:27:25.599 --> 00:27:29.359 have endless things to reference to find what fits it used to be where you 465 00:27:29.440 --> 00:27:32.200 had to all kind of create it together. And I'm sure I'm sounding like 466 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:34.200 an old nerd here, but like that I've missing that the biggest it was 467 00:27:34.200 --> 00:27:37.200 an art to it. The biggest example of of what you were talking about 468 00:27:37.240 --> 00:27:41.079 that I can think of, at least how it relates to me. Is 469 00:27:41.200 --> 00:27:45.559 in one of the Spider Man movies, Chad Krueger of Nickel Webb and Josie 470 00:27:45.599 --> 00:27:51.079 Scott from Saliva did the song Hero and that wasn't like a Nickelback song before 471 00:27:51.160 --> 00:27:53.279 that movie. That was made for that movie and then became a hit after 472 00:27:53.359 --> 00:27:56.839 the fact. Man, that that time. I can't remember what year that 473 00:27:57.079 --> 00:28:00.319 was, but that was right around the time that that stuff stopped. But 474 00:28:00.400 --> 00:28:03.319 I know exactly what we were talking about because again, like they were promoting 475 00:28:04.200 --> 00:28:07.359 when we weren't on our smartphones, because I don't even if smartphones were really 476 00:28:07.400 --> 00:28:11.000 a thing at that time. When we weren't connected to our own devices and 477 00:28:11.079 --> 00:28:15.920 our hands non stop. We were always watching TV and you would see commercials 478 00:28:17.079 --> 00:28:19.759 and previews for that stuff NonStop. And now it's just different, man, 479 00:28:19.839 --> 00:28:22.799 It's it's a different world, all right. It's Coffee and Company. That's 480 00:28:22.880 --> 00:28:26.599 us. We are feel abou Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. If 481 00:28:26.599 --> 00:28:27.960 you want to join us on the Llen and Federal Credit Union text line, 482 00:28:27.960 --> 00:28:32.079 you can five two six five three zero set of ninety. This text says 483 00:28:32.160 --> 00:28:36.279 Nick when it comes to the players with local connections, you mentioned I know 484 00:28:36.400 --> 00:28:38.559 one you're talking about is Tyron Stokes. Who's the other one, Well, 485 00:28:40.160 --> 00:28:41.720 Tyron Stokes is one that I was talking about, and the other one is 486 00:28:42.000 --> 00:28:45.599 Kate Magwood. So real quick. For those just now joining us that didn't 487 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:49.000 hear me mention this earlier, the Peach jam and the eybl circuit is ongoing, 488 00:28:49.519 --> 00:28:52.640 and clearly there's still interested in that for those that are really into recruiting 489 00:28:52.680 --> 00:28:56.279 when it comes to college basketball. But I just think that recruiting, although 490 00:28:56.279 --> 00:29:00.480 it's still going to be important, it now has you know, direct competition, 491 00:29:00.680 --> 00:29:03.400 and we haven't talked about it much on this show, but the portal 492 00:29:03.440 --> 00:29:07.319 has made it harder for high school kids to get opportunities, Like there's no 493 00:29:07.400 --> 00:29:10.359 way around that. Like it coaches. Again, I say this all the 494 00:29:10.400 --> 00:29:15.279 time. The portals given coaches the opportunity to decide do I want to be 495 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.960 young or do I not? And most coaches don't want to be young because 496 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:22.359 it's a disadvantage and it's more work. You're going and getting a guy in 497 00:29:22.440 --> 00:29:25.480 the portal that is maybe not a finished product, but he's not a kid 498 00:29:25.519 --> 00:29:27.839 coming out of high school that's eighteen years old that's never really had any taste 499 00:29:27.880 --> 00:29:33.759 of high level, you know, grown man college basketball. So the elite 500 00:29:33.799 --> 00:29:37.400 of the elite are still going to be recruited at a high level, and 501 00:29:37.759 --> 00:29:40.759 you know they'll still be I mean, I don't want to act as if 502 00:29:40.759 --> 00:29:41.640 these guys are going to have nowhere to go, but I feel like, 503 00:29:42.319 --> 00:29:48.480 you know, Landing Division one offers for kids that are D one caliber, 504 00:29:48.559 --> 00:29:52.240 but they're not three stars. They're you know, guys who used to be 505 00:29:53.200 --> 00:29:59.640 Missouri Valley type recruits or I don't know, the MAC something like that. 506 00:30:00.759 --> 00:30:03.480 There's still gonna be opportunities for those guys, but you're not gonna be pursued. 507 00:30:03.559 --> 00:30:07.640 Like put it this way. I talked to a high school coach that 508 00:30:07.759 --> 00:30:11.480 I know that as an assistant, but he also runs an AAU club. 509 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:15.680 Well he's a part of running an AAU club here in the region, and 510 00:30:15.720 --> 00:30:21.559 you know, he says he now tells his kids if you're sixteen seventeen, 511 00:30:22.240 --> 00:30:25.359 and you you know, you kind of feel like the schools that are offering 512 00:30:25.480 --> 00:30:30.160 you that is sort of the ceiling for you. Like let's say, let's 513 00:30:30.160 --> 00:30:36.839 say John is playing over at Jeffersonville High School and you know, he's about 514 00:30:36.880 --> 00:30:41.599 to enter his senior season and he's got you know, seven offers from the 515 00:30:41.759 --> 00:30:45.759 MAC and five offers from the Missouri Valley, maybe a couple of Sun Belt 516 00:30:45.799 --> 00:30:48.880 schools, and he's about to be a senior after this summer. At that 517 00:30:48.039 --> 00:30:51.680 point, I hate to break it to you, John, but if you're 518 00:30:51.799 --> 00:30:55.240 entering your senior year, it's unexpected that the elite of the elite a going 519 00:30:55.319 --> 00:30:59.400 to start recruiting you because they've probably already determined that you weren't that level. 520 00:31:00.160 --> 00:31:03.799 So you can't be picky. You can't be you can't I mean, you 521 00:31:03.799 --> 00:31:07.119 don't want to rush into a decision, but don't wait on an offer from 522 00:31:07.160 --> 00:31:10.480 that level if that's what your level is, because here's what happens. That 523 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:14.240 offer goes away because somebody else takes it, and then they now like those 524 00:31:14.240 --> 00:31:18.160 schools, now saves scholarships for the portal, just like everybody else. And 525 00:31:18.240 --> 00:31:19.480 that's where these kids don't realize. And I get it. You always want 526 00:31:19.519 --> 00:31:22.839 to believe in yourself and think that you can, you know, aim higher. 527 00:31:22.920 --> 00:31:26.759 But you know, if you've got an offer from you know, Ohio 528 00:31:27.279 --> 00:31:33.319 or Illinois State and you're still holding out hope that you know, maybe Kentucky 529 00:31:33.400 --> 00:31:37.799 offers or Indiana offers that could happen. And here's the thing, if you 530 00:31:37.880 --> 00:31:40.440 end up having like an ex, if you really break out and have a 531 00:31:40.599 --> 00:31:44.519 huge year, they'll still recruit you even though you've probably already signed, because 532 00:31:44.519 --> 00:31:47.240 that happens. So you know, those are the kind of kids that need 533 00:31:47.359 --> 00:31:51.599 to need to take advantage of what's there because if they get selective, as 534 00:31:51.640 --> 00:31:52.559 if they're too good for that, then they'll end up, you know, 535 00:31:53.759 --> 00:31:57.119 at'll even lower level. And I hate to break that news to you, 536 00:31:57.240 --> 00:31:59.960 John, I think you've got potential. I mean, you could do it, 537 00:32:00.000 --> 00:32:01.160 but you could do a Joey Hart, right, Wasn't he committed a 538 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:04.960 Ball State or was it Indiana State or something. I don't know that he 539 00:32:05.079 --> 00:32:08.000 ever committed, but I know he hasked for a release to go to go 540 00:32:08.039 --> 00:32:10.240 to Kentucky, didn't he That might have been the case. He's back at 541 00:32:10.279 --> 00:32:13.880 Ball State now. Yeah, I didn't realize that that was the case. 542 00:32:14.000 --> 00:32:17.119 Maybe I'm wrong, but I feel like he had decommitted when he ended up 543 00:32:19.119 --> 00:32:22.920 committing to Kentucky because Louisville was recruiting him too. But either way, anyway, 544 00:32:23.000 --> 00:32:27.279 regardless, like that's just the way it is. So anyways, back 545 00:32:27.319 --> 00:32:30.680 to the local kids. And by the way, these two kids I'm referencing 546 00:32:30.720 --> 00:32:31.640 are not kids that you got to worry about. When it comes to like 547 00:32:31.920 --> 00:32:35.720 h they should go ahead and commit. I mean Tyron Stokes. Let's talk 548 00:32:35.720 --> 00:32:38.079 about him. I know he's come up on this show before, but it 549 00:32:38.160 --> 00:32:43.079 probably wasn't for a long conversation because I'm pretty sure at the time he was 550 00:32:43.079 --> 00:32:46.200 probably fourteen fifteen years old. He's now sixteen, and this makes me feel 551 00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:49.559 really old. He was born in October of two thousand and seven, so 552 00:32:49.720 --> 00:32:54.039 Tyron Stokes is believed to be the number one player in the world, in 553 00:32:54.160 --> 00:33:00.200 the twenty twenty six class in the world, and he's from Little born in 554 00:33:00.279 --> 00:33:04.160 Louisville, lived in Louisville as a kid. I don't know when he moved, 555 00:33:04.559 --> 00:33:06.680 but as a young kid, I think, you know, maybe middle 556 00:33:06.759 --> 00:33:09.920 school, maybe early middle school, because again he's in the twenty twenty sixth 557 00:33:09.960 --> 00:33:14.960 class. This is a guy who still has two more years of high school 558 00:33:14.960 --> 00:33:19.279 basketball before. He just finished his sophomore season. But he became a national 559 00:33:19.400 --> 00:33:21.680 name when he was in middle school, so I would assume it's probably like 560 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:23.960 fifth grade, sixth grade. He ended up moving and playing at the prep 561 00:33:24.039 --> 00:33:28.559 level. He's now in California playing for Prolific Prep, one of the bigger 562 00:33:28.559 --> 00:33:30.359 prep schools in the country. They produced some of the best players in the 563 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:34.960 country. So I believe his family some of his family still here. I 564 00:33:35.079 --> 00:33:38.119 did read an article about him years ago as far as and I could be 565 00:33:38.200 --> 00:33:40.480 wrong on this, maybe it has changed, but at the time he moved 566 00:33:40.519 --> 00:33:45.079 out to kind of, you know, honestly start his basketball career as a 567 00:33:45.160 --> 00:33:49.519 young kid, I think he'd already kind of had some people around him that 568 00:33:49.640 --> 00:33:52.720 were, you know, hopefully looking out for his best interest in kind of 569 00:33:52.799 --> 00:33:57.000 helping him find the right opportunities to really showcase how good he is. And 570 00:33:57.079 --> 00:33:59.440 so far that has worked because again I'm not just talking. I mean, 571 00:33:59.440 --> 00:34:02.599 he's the number one player in the country in twenty twenty six by twenty four 572 00:34:02.640 --> 00:34:07.400 to seven by the Composite, and you know, this summer he has continued 573 00:34:07.440 --> 00:34:10.400 to showcase just how insanely good he is. And he is from Louisville. 574 00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:15.639 Now, I know he still has some family here. I don't know how 575 00:34:15.760 --> 00:34:17.440 strong his connections are still here. I mean, again, I don't know 576 00:34:17.440 --> 00:34:20.599 if he grew up a Louisville fan. I don't know much about that part 577 00:34:20.639 --> 00:34:23.320 of it, but at least in a couple of different interviews throughout his his 578 00:34:23.519 --> 00:34:25.719 time, you know, playing at a high level here in the last couple 579 00:34:25.760 --> 00:34:29.280 of years, he's referenced, I mean, he's been asked about Louisville and 580 00:34:29.519 --> 00:34:31.400 spoke, you know, highly of him at the I mean, he was 581 00:34:31.480 --> 00:34:35.719 so young when he became a phenom, it was foolish to even talk about 582 00:34:35.880 --> 00:34:38.519 what school he may be interested in because at that point, who knows who 583 00:34:38.559 --> 00:34:43.039 the I mean at the time, Like, here's the thing when he when 584 00:34:43.039 --> 00:34:45.679 he probably first became like a known name, like, Okay, this kid's 585 00:34:45.719 --> 00:34:49.440 gonna be special. Louisville probably has had three coaches since then, no joke. 586 00:34:49.559 --> 00:34:52.559 I mean that's because of Louisville situation specifically, but like who knows, 587 00:34:52.559 --> 00:34:54.840 maybe the NBA one and done rule is no longer a thing at that point, 588 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:59.480 So I don't think there's any feel for where he's leaning as far as 589 00:34:59.519 --> 00:35:05.199 schools what he's gonna do. But you know, he's that good and if 590 00:35:05.280 --> 00:35:08.199 Louisville can establish some momentum here in the first couple of years of the Pat 591 00:35:08.280 --> 00:35:15.119 Kelsey era and continue to prove to be a top spender in NIL then maybe 592 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:16.800 you could, maybe you could land this kid. I mean, you're obviously 593 00:35:16.880 --> 00:35:21.320 gonna have to pay him a lot. So I'm getting way ahead of myself 594 00:35:21.320 --> 00:35:24.760 when it comes to this kid's recruitment because again, you know, he's still 595 00:35:24.800 --> 00:35:29.440 got two years left of high school and Pat Kelsey hasn't coached a game yet. 596 00:35:29.519 --> 00:35:30.960 But what a story that would be, right, Like, that's the 597 00:35:31.000 --> 00:35:35.880 big payoff for an early uh, you know, an early great start for 598 00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:37.239 Pat Kelsey if that's what ends up happening. For those who don't know much 599 00:35:37.239 --> 00:35:40.119 about him, he's six foot seven, two hundred and forty five pounds. 600 00:35:40.239 --> 00:35:45.119 Just look look him up, Tyron Stokes, t y R A N and 601 00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:46.960 he's all over the internet and he looks like a guy who could play in 602 00:35:47.000 --> 00:35:50.880 the NBA right now. I mean that's somewhat of an exaggeration, but like 603 00:35:51.679 --> 00:35:53.760 he you watch some highlights and you'll see why he has the hype that he 604 00:35:53.880 --> 00:35:58.800 has. So what I guess it'll probably be another year or so before you 605 00:35:58.960 --> 00:36:04.400 really start to even get a sense for who's believed to be in a good 606 00:36:04.400 --> 00:36:07.400 spot for him. So therefore he would probably be you know, the Duke's 607 00:36:07.719 --> 00:36:13.559 the Kansas's, you know, Kentucky. I assume they're still gonna recruit at 608 00:36:13.559 --> 00:36:16.519 a high level, like gonna go after big names, but like I would 609 00:36:16.719 --> 00:36:20.400 certainly have thrown them in there if Cal is still there, But like Mark 610 00:36:20.440 --> 00:36:25.079 Pope's gonna clearly recruit differently. So yeah, Tyron Stokes, that's I mean, 611 00:36:25.840 --> 00:36:29.519 he's appointment viewing if you can, if you can find highlights of him, 612 00:36:29.519 --> 00:36:31.719 I mean even on the even this summer, any time he plays, 613 00:36:31.800 --> 00:36:35.239 it becomes like the most talked about thing, whatever event he's playing at. 614 00:36:35.960 --> 00:36:37.199 And the other one is a guy we've talked about before, Caden Magwood, 615 00:36:37.239 --> 00:36:42.960 who I played against his dad in high school for many years and we actually 616 00:36:43.000 --> 00:36:45.920 signed to go to the same school initially when we graduated, and his dad 617 00:36:46.039 --> 00:36:50.639 was a hell of a player, and Cayden was a freshman at I think 618 00:36:50.679 --> 00:36:52.880 it was we yeah, Western High School, and I think he was a 619 00:36:52.920 --> 00:36:55.159 freshman there, maybe's in eighth grade, but he was already dunking on people 620 00:36:55.519 --> 00:36:59.519 at the varsity level. And sure enough he ends up at Oakill Academy, 621 00:36:59.519 --> 00:37:00.960 where he's been for the last few years, and he's I mean, he's 622 00:37:01.639 --> 00:37:07.119 picking up new offers. It seems every week and really good combo guards. 623 00:37:07.199 --> 00:37:09.199 So I know his dad was a big UK fan. So I don't know 624 00:37:09.199 --> 00:37:13.519 if that well, we'll hurt Loulvi's chances. I would assume it's not, 625 00:37:13.719 --> 00:37:15.440 but he's a name to keep an eye on. Two. All right, 626 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:17.880 we got to get to a break because it's three forty five and for some 627 00:37:17.960 --> 00:37:23.039 reason, I'm about to go. I gotta I got a sneeze slash cough 628 00:37:23.119 --> 00:37:27.840 thing coming on here. I'm not sure what's going on, but God willing, 629 00:37:27.840 --> 00:37:30.440 I'll be back with you in about five minutes. Right here on Sports 630 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:37.519 Talk seven ninety. Another song I'm familiar with but can't place who sings it, 631 00:37:37.840 --> 00:37:42.000 don't know like what it's known for. This is Eagle Eye Cherry and 632 00:37:42.119 --> 00:37:45.960 similar to the former artist. This is the only song I can probably tell 633 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:49.400 you by them, Eagle Eye Cherry. Yes, I gotta be honest with 634 00:37:49.480 --> 00:37:51.639 you. I've never heard of him. I know the song well, I 635 00:37:51.679 --> 00:37:54.760 mean it was a big hit you know when I was younger. And this 636 00:37:55.000 --> 00:37:59.079 is is this This is a guy, right, not a band. It 637 00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:02.920 sounds like a band, but it's definitely a dude. Yeah, looks like 638 00:38:04.199 --> 00:38:07.360 from a quick search here that yeah, save Tonight was his only hit, 639 00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:14.400 So there you go. Save Tonight came out in ninety seven. You were 640 00:38:14.519 --> 00:38:16.880 born then or in ninety seven? Yeah? Was this from a movie? 641 00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:21.039 Do you know? It sounds like it's probably in a movie. It sounds 642 00:38:21.119 --> 00:38:23.360 like it, But yeah, I mean being a one hit wonder, Like, 643 00:38:23.440 --> 00:38:27.719 I'd never feel sorry for one hit wonders because I feel like they're lucky, 644 00:38:28.039 --> 00:38:30.039 not like, oh man, it would suck to only be known for 645 00:38:30.119 --> 00:38:36.119 that song because you know, any people who are musicians artists that never had 646 00:38:36.360 --> 00:38:39.000 one hit that became like a thing, you know, it is just one 647 00:38:39.039 --> 00:38:42.840 of those things. I bet if you're that person who's had the one hit 648 00:38:42.920 --> 00:38:45.880 wonder and you look back and it's been maybe ten or fifteen years, you 649 00:38:45.000 --> 00:38:47.800 probably think what could have been? Because you were on top of the world 650 00:38:47.960 --> 00:38:52.280 for probably a good majority of the year that your song came out. But 651 00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.920 that was it for you. Yeah, And you know, if you were 652 00:38:53.920 --> 00:38:58.360 a one hit wonder in ninety seven like this guy was, I mean, 653 00:38:59.360 --> 00:39:01.679 I feel like it's probably better for you because there's just well, I don't 654 00:39:01.719 --> 00:39:06.480 know, because you could disappear like there was no like that's true. Nobody's 655 00:39:06.480 --> 00:39:08.119 popping open TikTok and Instagram. Hey, I wonder what he's up to, 656 00:39:08.320 --> 00:39:12.920 because you know, there was no ability to do that, Like I can't 657 00:39:12.920 --> 00:39:15.599 think of any band or artists that that has that is that I can think 658 00:39:15.639 --> 00:39:17.360 of that has done it. But I know it's a thing to where there 659 00:39:17.360 --> 00:39:23.320 are certain musicians that get bothered if you like, go to a show and 660 00:39:23.880 --> 00:39:28.960 halfway through people are, you know, channing and encouraging you to play like 661 00:39:29.159 --> 00:39:32.360 the one song they know by you, Like artists times have like felt disrespected 662 00:39:32.960 --> 00:39:37.159 and you know we're not just that well like okay, well then just say 663 00:39:37.199 --> 00:39:38.400 that ahead of time and we won't be here like there should be. We 664 00:39:38.440 --> 00:39:42.000 won't come and watch it because that's what that's what we know, that's why 665 00:39:42.039 --> 00:39:45.800 we're here. There should be a club, like a secret society of bands 666 00:39:45.880 --> 00:39:47.559 or artists who have had one hit and they just kind of all hang out 667 00:39:47.599 --> 00:39:52.519 together after they disappear from from the uh, I guess being in the public 668 00:39:52.599 --> 00:39:55.519 guye for a short time and after a while once once you know, I 669 00:39:55.599 --> 00:39:59.559 think you've learned the hard way that yeah, like that was kind of it, 670 00:39:59.719 --> 00:40:04.280 Like that it's gonna if I'm gonna keep really I wouldn't even say like 671 00:40:04.360 --> 00:40:07.880 succeeding. But if I'm gonna continue to get gigs and be known and you 672 00:40:07.960 --> 00:40:13.599 know, make a living somehow with with with music this craft, like I've 673 00:40:13.639 --> 00:40:19.039 got to really really lean on what made me have relevance, and eventually they 674 00:40:19.079 --> 00:40:21.679 do that. Like for example, I don't know if this group ever was 675 00:40:21.800 --> 00:40:24.760 like Anti their big hit that made them famous, but I saw TikTok the 676 00:40:24.840 --> 00:40:29.079 other day. My sister sent it to me because she was I mean, 677 00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:31.920 it was all she listened to when we were I don't know what age, 678 00:40:31.960 --> 00:40:36.000 but like young, and we had bedrooms next to each other, and you 679 00:40:36.079 --> 00:40:38.679 know, she had posters up all her in the room and I would hear 680 00:40:38.719 --> 00:40:42.719 her playing at NonStop and I'd bang on the wall tell him to turn it, 681 00:40:42.840 --> 00:40:46.280 turn it down, or turn it off. Handsome umbop. Those guys 682 00:40:46.360 --> 00:40:50.960 still tore, and they get good crowds, and man, they get into 683 00:40:51.159 --> 00:40:53.719 mumbop and it's a it's a hit, like it's a jam, like the 684 00:40:53.840 --> 00:40:58.360 lie. Like the live version is. They're now like not young teeny boppers, 685 00:40:58.400 --> 00:41:00.639 and they're older and you know, like they play with when they play 686 00:41:00.639 --> 00:41:02.840 it live, there's a little bit more of like a rock element to it, 687 00:41:04.000 --> 00:41:07.239 like it it's it's a song you heard a billion times and I'm sure 688 00:41:07.320 --> 00:41:10.760 in real time back then you thought it was the stupidest thing ever. But 689 00:41:10.880 --> 00:41:14.239 like when it comes on now, I know I'm not the only one that's 690 00:41:14.320 --> 00:41:16.440 like, Okay, you know this this kind of still hits. Do you 691 00:41:16.440 --> 00:41:20.679 even know what song I'm talking about. I'm familiar with Hanson or I've heard 692 00:41:20.719 --> 00:41:22.159 of them, but I don't think I know the song at least off the 693 00:41:22.239 --> 00:41:27.280 top of it. No, this this is quite literally the like I mean, 694 00:41:27.360 --> 00:41:30.960 this is this is to me the age thing because this song probably came 695 00:41:31.000 --> 00:41:36.960 out around the time you were born, and it was like, no, 696 00:41:37.119 --> 00:41:40.760 these were two or these were three brothers that were you know, long hair, 697 00:41:42.159 --> 00:41:45.960 you know the day just looked like little young hippies and one of them 698 00:41:45.199 --> 00:41:47.559 kind of looked like a girl and sounded like a girl because he was so 699 00:41:47.719 --> 00:41:51.760 young. And I don't like, I'm gonna look it up. This song 700 00:41:51.880 --> 00:41:55.960 had to be number one on Yeah this This song came out in ninety seven 701 00:41:57.039 --> 00:42:02.599 April fifteenth of nineteen ninety seven, and it was It was number one on 702 00:42:02.800 --> 00:42:10.400 the weekly charts in Australia. Austria Belgium, Canada, Denmark, Europe, 703 00:42:10.440 --> 00:42:15.239 Finland, France, Germany, Hungary, US Billboard Hot one hundred, number 704 00:42:15.280 --> 00:42:19.320 one, like it was, so it was everywhere. Oh my god, 705 00:42:19.360 --> 00:42:22.760 it was everywhere. I mean it was I mean it was insane, and 706 00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:24.400 you know, at the time it just became like, God, shut this 707 00:42:25.039 --> 00:42:28.280 is too much. And then you know, I'm sure people now would turn 708 00:42:28.360 --> 00:42:30.119 the station if it came on, But it was a little nostalgic for me 709 00:42:30.239 --> 00:42:34.880 seeing these guys, now grown men, you know, still playing this hit 710 00:42:35.000 --> 00:42:37.599 that I'm sure you know there are teenage girls at the time. Heck, 711 00:42:37.679 --> 00:42:42.199 my sister was ten years old at the tunch went a teenager, all right, 712 00:42:42.239 --> 00:42:45.719 two hours left, John doesn't know umbap And I now really do feel 713 00:42:45.760 --> 00:42:45.559 thirty six years old.