WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.640 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.720 --> 00:00:27.399 day. Now here's Nick coffee. All right, as we get the four 3 00:00:27.440 --> 00:00:34.479 o'clock hour started here, I have to confess something I am really really enjoying 4 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:41.759 just kind of sitting back and watching on Twitter Arkansas and Kentucky fans like just 5 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:46.799 coming at each other's necks like it's any You know, anytime there is something 6 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:55.359 that Arkansas fans post about Caliperry getting a player or adding a coach, Kentucky 7 00:00:55.359 --> 00:00:59.240 fans are quick to jump in the mansions and let everybody know, oh yeah, 8 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:03.119 have fun with that. We'll see how that works out. Huh. 9 00:01:03.159 --> 00:01:07.120 We thought the same thing. And then anytime like Mark Pope does something, 10 00:01:07.359 --> 00:01:12.640 Arkansas fans and they got a big army. They're making fun of Kentucky fans 11 00:01:12.680 --> 00:01:17.560 for being excited about, you know, a coach named Mark Pope, and 12 00:01:17.719 --> 00:01:22.200 you know the fact that he's landing three star players within the state, and 13 00:01:23.239 --> 00:01:26.159 that's now the new level of excitement for Kentucky. Whenever again, this is 14 00:01:26.200 --> 00:01:30.760 true, I can tell you firsthand, they would mock anybody for being excited 15 00:01:30.760 --> 00:01:33.920 about that Calber player. For the last fifteen years, but obviously you know 16 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.760 things have changed. I think Kentucky fans are doing what any fan will do, 17 00:01:38.079 --> 00:01:40.680 but you can do not be a fan like you're gonna support Mark Pope 18 00:01:40.719 --> 00:01:42.719 and understand that he's going to be doing it differently than cal did, and 19 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:47.439 you're gonna hope that it all works out. But I have a question for 20 00:01:47.519 --> 00:01:53.480 Kentucky fans. There's no way you knew that the Arkansas fan army online was 21 00:01:53.519 --> 00:02:00.200 as big as it is and as ruthless as it is because they're savages man 22 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.239 like. It's I mean, it's and it's it's wild to see. I 23 00:02:02.280 --> 00:02:06.840 always said this whenever Arkansas came up, which was very rarely right. We 24 00:02:06.879 --> 00:02:08.599 never talked about Arkansas around here. I mean, why would we, But 25 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:13.120 having family in Fetteville, I've been there a few times in the last five 26 00:02:13.199 --> 00:02:16.639 years, and it I mean that state. They mean, what do they 27 00:02:16.639 --> 00:02:22.520 have other than the Hawks? I mean there's no I mean there's not even 28 00:02:22.520 --> 00:02:24.280 a I mean they've been a semi pro team. Like Arkansas is a rare 29 00:02:24.360 --> 00:02:28.560 state where it's super huge as far as I mean size, I don't know 30 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:31.759 where it is as far as population, but like the biggest Citi's what Little 31 00:02:31.840 --> 00:02:35.919 Rock and that's not considered like a huge city, is it. I mean, 32 00:02:35.919 --> 00:02:38.360 people know what Little Rock, Arkansas is, but it's certainly not a 33 00:02:38.400 --> 00:02:44.039 destination spot. And it's you know, it's Little Rock bigger than Lexington probably 34 00:02:44.039 --> 00:02:49.000 maybe, I don't know. So, Like they are obsessed with the Razorbacks. 35 00:02:50.080 --> 00:02:53.000 And in football, you know they've they've they've struggled, right, They've 36 00:02:53.039 --> 00:02:57.479 not been great, and they've kind of just I think, probably become a 37 00:02:57.520 --> 00:03:01.280 little I don't have the word. They want to be good, right, 38 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:05.680 And the best they have they've ever been, at least in my lifetime, 39 00:03:05.759 --> 00:03:07.439 was whenever Bobby Petrino was there, you know, first go around. Now 40 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.840 he's back as the OC. But in basketball, I guess this is when 41 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:14.759 it would come up. I would talk about muss like even when Louisville's job 42 00:03:14.759 --> 00:03:16.000 opened up after Chris Mack, Like Musk was on top of the world, 43 00:03:16.039 --> 00:03:20.120 and I remember saying, like, look, I wish he would come to 44 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.879 Louisville, but like, he has a great job. They pay me a 45 00:03:23.879 --> 00:03:27.159 lot of money. He's succeeding. They have a humongous fan base. You 46 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:30.479 know, they camp out before games, they sell out Bud Walton, which 47 00:03:30.560 --> 00:03:32.360 is not that much smaller than the Yump Center, to be honest with you. 48 00:03:32.719 --> 00:03:39.280 So I've always known that they're a big fan base, but Kentucky fans 49 00:03:39.280 --> 00:03:44.159 online are learning it. Like I'm even Kentucky fans who probably aren't like on 50 00:03:44.240 --> 00:03:47.960 there to troll, but just like you know, great get Pope or something, 51 00:03:49.039 --> 00:03:52.919 or posting some you know, corny hashtag or picture. I think Arkansas 52 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:57.080 I wouldn't guess that they are a state that is a leader or a pioneer 53 00:03:57.080 --> 00:04:00.000 in you know, technology, but I feel like they got some kind of 54 00:04:00.120 --> 00:04:02.919 set up, some kind of bot software is something that like they get notified 55 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:06.520 anytime a Kentucky fan tweets, because the Arkansas fans are going, they know 56 00:04:06.719 --> 00:04:12.120 within seconds they're in there making fun of Kentucky talking trash and you know, 57 00:04:12.120 --> 00:04:15.400 I'm sitting back from afar, this is in my fight. But obviously you 58 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.879 know Kentucky's Louisville rivals, so you know, I at times do get some 59 00:04:18.000 --> 00:04:23.920 joy out of seeing Arkansas fans, you know, taking shots at them, 60 00:04:24.240 --> 00:04:28.800 and a lot of it's just you know, the typical nonsense you see online 61 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:32.600 from you know, the toxic wasteland that is Twitter. But sometimes they're like 62 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:35.279 really funny and I'm like, I'm gonna save that. That's good. I 63 00:04:35.319 --> 00:04:40.399 could use that one day if Arkansas is a really good program next year. 64 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:44.720 I cannot wait for Cow's return trip to rap Arena because it is going to 65 00:04:44.800 --> 00:04:47.439 be I don't even know how to predict what it's going It's gonna be an 66 00:04:47.480 --> 00:04:54.160 insane well, like if they meet in January and Kentucky struggling and Cow's having 67 00:04:54.160 --> 00:04:57.720 a really good year, Like, what are Kentucky fans gonna do? Like 68 00:04:57.759 --> 00:05:00.680 they're gonna I mean, they may have I I still think that they're going 69 00:05:00.720 --> 00:05:06.079 to choose to say, hey, like good for him, but like this 70 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:10.399 needed to end, we needed a fresh start, like and I think that's 71 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:14.639 a logical way to look at it. However, it's easy to say that 72 00:05:14.759 --> 00:05:17.800 now your emotions are going to change if your team is lousy under Pope. 73 00:05:17.800 --> 00:05:20.439 And look, if they are lousy or just underwhelming, it won't mean that 74 00:05:20.480 --> 00:05:26.439 he's going to be terrible. It's just part of the process. But I 75 00:05:26.439 --> 00:05:30.519 don't think a Kentucky fan could with a straight face tell me that they're not 76 00:05:30.560 --> 00:05:33.360 going to pay attention at least a little bit to what Cal's doing more than 77 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:36.480 like they typically would Arkansas. I mean, it's human nature, isn't it. 78 00:05:36.519 --> 00:05:41.439 This is your absolutely, this was your man for fourteen years, right, 79 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:43.240 something like that. So, I mean, it would just be I 80 00:05:43.279 --> 00:05:45.600 think it would be odd. You're going to tell yourself you don't want to, 81 00:05:45.800 --> 00:05:46.839 You're going to tell your stuff you don't care, but you're going to. 82 00:05:47.759 --> 00:05:53.279 Maybe others will do it more than you know most, but it's just 83 00:05:53.319 --> 00:05:57.519 it's normal. And I've already, like I mean, I heard Matt talking 84 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:59.959 about it the other day on a show. I see it all the time 85 00:06:00.040 --> 00:06:03.279 I'm on social media. If they'll go out of their way to say, 86 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:09.000 like, I don't care what Kyle's doing, why are people talking about Cal? 87 00:06:09.040 --> 00:06:12.199 I don't care what you really? Really don't you care? You don't 88 00:06:12.240 --> 00:06:15.160 care so much you're letting us know what you're talking about it, you know 89 00:06:15.199 --> 00:06:17.160 what I'm saying. And that's normal, not even mean like this is a 90 00:06:17.560 --> 00:06:24.079 this is a rare situation where your coach who is believed by a lot of 91 00:06:24.079 --> 00:06:26.680 people to be one of the best in the game. I mean, he 92 00:06:26.680 --> 00:06:30.480 does have a national championship, a lot of final fours. He walked away 93 00:06:30.759 --> 00:06:33.120 and it was good for everybody when he did it. But now he's he's 94 00:06:33.160 --> 00:06:36.720 next door in your conference and you're gonna see him, and he could have 95 00:06:36.759 --> 00:06:42.560 gone somewhere in the Big Ten or the ACC and him making moves is always 96 00:06:42.600 --> 00:06:46.839 going to be newsworthy in this world of college basketball because that's John Cali Perry. 97 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:51.000 Like he's one of the larger than live figures within the sport. Right 98 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:55.319 Whenever he's on top, you know, he's arrogant, and it moves the 99 00:06:55.360 --> 00:06:59.120 needle. When he stinks and loses to Saint Peter's in Oakland, it's a 100 00:06:59.120 --> 00:07:03.600 big talking point because he's Cali Perry. So I mean, I'm not I'm 101 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:08.560 not like, I'm not a liar like some people about the rivalry, you 102 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:11.199 know what I mean, Like I don't even why we play them, I 103 00:07:11.199 --> 00:07:15.959 don't care. I don't even I don't care, which maybe some people truly 104 00:07:15.000 --> 00:07:17.399 see it that way, and if that's the case, then cool, but 105 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:20.600 a lot of people don't because that's why rivalries, you like, the best 106 00:07:20.680 --> 00:07:24.279 night for you is if your team wins and your rival loses, Obviously you're 107 00:07:24.279 --> 00:07:27.800 gonna care way more about what happens with your team. That's that's totally normal. 108 00:07:28.319 --> 00:07:32.879 But I really think that when it comes down to you know, when 109 00:07:32.879 --> 00:07:38.519 it comes down to it, like it'll be one of the fascinating things to 110 00:07:38.560 --> 00:07:41.839 see, not just for like us around here. I think it'll be a 111 00:07:41.839 --> 00:07:44.920 college basketball storyline just to kind of because that's what's gonna happen this year. 112 00:07:44.920 --> 00:07:47.439 It won't be lead. Look, it's not gonna lead the storylines within the 113 00:07:47.439 --> 00:07:49.040 sport at least I don't think it will, right. I Mean, you 114 00:07:49.120 --> 00:07:54.519 got Yukon coming off back to back titles. You know, if neither team 115 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:57.920 is like relevant at the top as far as like looking like they're gonna be 116 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:00.199 a really good team that can make a tournament run, then it's it's not 117 00:08:00.279 --> 00:08:03.160 going to be all you hear about. But I think within college hoops it'll 118 00:08:03.199 --> 00:08:07.360 be you know, these two fan bases and you know, just Cal and 119 00:08:07.399 --> 00:08:09.600 Pope in their new spot, like it'll be it'll be a talking point. 120 00:08:11.399 --> 00:08:16.160 So anyways, just thought that was, you know, as I'm scrolling through 121 00:08:16.360 --> 00:08:20.800 uh Twitter here to see if there's anything I may have missed during the last 122 00:08:20.800 --> 00:08:24.079 break, I just you know, I now find myself not getting engaged. 123 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:26.800 I'm not I'm not engaging in anything, right like I'm not like, I'm 124 00:08:26.839 --> 00:08:31.000 not respond I'm not jumping in and tweeting or anything like that. But I 125 00:08:31.039 --> 00:08:35.320 guess I do click on enough of the tweets and read the responses to where 126 00:08:35.360 --> 00:08:39.399 my algorithm John on my four you page is now like just Arkansas and Kentucky 127 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.000 fans going at each other's next and you know, it's times pretty interesting to 128 00:08:43.039 --> 00:08:46.840 watch, all right, it is Coffee and Company. We are feeled by 129 00:08:46.879 --> 00:08:48.639 Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you hanging out with us. 130 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:50.960 If you want to join us on the show, you can five O two 131 00:08:52.000 --> 00:08:54.559 five seven one seventy nine hundred is the number you can also text in on 132 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:58.200 the L and N Federal Credit Union text line five O two six five three 133 00:08:58.559 --> 00:09:03.759 zero ninety. I mentioned earlier that a lot of good buzz here in the 134 00:09:03.759 --> 00:09:05.519 city of Louisville. Last week we had Kentucky Derby one fifty. Now we've 135 00:09:05.559 --> 00:09:09.600 got the PGA event coming up, Tiger Woods is already in town, and 136 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:13.080 you know, it's just not I don't I can't remember a scenario where we've 137 00:09:13.080 --> 00:09:16.200 had, you know, three weeks essentially where it just feels like there's a 138 00:09:16.200 --> 00:09:18.600 lot more eyeballs on us than we typically get. And let's be real, 139 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:22.759 there's at times in recent years been a lot of attention on Louisville for like 140 00:09:22.919 --> 00:09:26.720 not good reason. So I enjoy it whenever. You know, we've got 141 00:09:26.720 --> 00:09:30.279 these big events and the derbies every year. But the PGA, it's happened 142 00:09:30.320 --> 00:09:33.240 before a few times, I believe, But good vibes, no doubt. 143 00:09:33.679 --> 00:09:35.279 All right, let's go to the phone lines again. Five x two, 144 00:09:35.320 --> 00:09:37.679 five seven, one seventy nine hundred. That is the number. Let's welcome 145 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.679 in, Mike, Mike, how are you, sir? Doing well? 146 00:09:41.720 --> 00:09:46.120 Man? Doing well? I think Kentucky fans have always known Arkansas had a 147 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:52.519 great fan base in Pior volume wise, because in the nineties when Patino was 148 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:58.320 there, it was just crazy the games and the SEC tournament. So so 149 00:09:58.399 --> 00:10:01.879 I think they always knew they were there. Uh. You know the thing 150 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:05.399 with cal it's like, even if he wins the national championship, Yeah, 151 00:10:05.440 --> 00:10:09.600 it's going to be you know, it's gonna hurt and we're gonna be like, 152 00:10:09.879 --> 00:10:13.519 you know, but it wasn't gonna happen at Kentucky. He wasn't going 153 00:10:13.600 --> 00:10:18.559 to change. He was still going to be the guy I mean and yes, 154 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.159 just like Louisville, side eyes Kentucky. You see what's going on in 155 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:26.919 Kentucky. Side eyes louis to see what they're doing. Kentucky's doing the same 156 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:31.600 thing with Arkansas, and Arkansas fans are doing the same thing to Kentucky because 157 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:35.080 there's so much interconnected there. And sure, you know, it's like you 158 00:10:35.080 --> 00:10:39.159 know when you when you break up with somebody that you've dated for years, 159 00:10:39.399 --> 00:10:43.080 you just don't wipe him out of yere and you create that It's it's almost 160 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:46.200 a burner account, and you go, yeah, you create that burner account 161 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:48.720 just to check in to see what's going on with him. I'm with you, 162 00:10:48.759 --> 00:10:52.240 Mike, and I think with cal I think you're right he was he 163 00:10:52.360 --> 00:10:54.559 was not going to change. In fact, I'm not even sure he's going 164 00:10:54.600 --> 00:10:58.600 to change anything in Arkansas. He's bringing the same staff that was not effective 165 00:10:58.639 --> 00:11:01.919 for him. But if he did change at Arkansas, it wouldn't be him 166 00:11:01.960 --> 00:11:03.279 admitting he was wrong, you know what I mean, he would be you 167 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:05.440 know, so this is kind of is out if he did want to do 168 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:09.519 some things differently, because he was going to be so stubborn in Lexington, 169 00:11:09.039 --> 00:11:11.679 I think, you know, the best thing that could have happened was what 170 00:11:11.799 --> 00:11:16.279 happened right that he that somebody came in and got paid to get rid of 171 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:18.639 him, and you didn't have to have the buy out. And then you've 172 00:11:18.679 --> 00:11:20.200 got a guy that is the polar opposite of cow. Will see if he 173 00:11:20.240 --> 00:11:24.080 gets results, but I think, man, he's checking some boxes that have 174 00:11:24.200 --> 00:11:28.639 have given Kentucky fans some feels about their program they haven't had in a long 175 00:11:28.679 --> 00:11:31.919 time. Yes, I mean, and and like you know, Pope, 176 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:35.759 that's gonna be a big game for them whenever they come in. But I 177 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:39.639 don't know if it's more important for Pope or more important for cal. Oh, 178 00:11:39.679 --> 00:11:43.840 It's more important for me. It's more important for cal because I mean, 179 00:11:43.879 --> 00:11:46.679 there's a lot going to be around. Calls basically took what was going 180 00:11:46.759 --> 00:11:50.320 to be the Kentucky team and just moved it to Fayerville. Yeah, I 181 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:54.000 uh, and he and he and he doesn't have his star freshman and quaintance 182 00:11:54.000 --> 00:11:56.120 and I'm with you and Mike. I appreciate the phone called don't be a 183 00:11:56.120 --> 00:12:01.399 stranger. I'm glad he said that because I absolutely think I think the pressure 184 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:03.759 will be on John Calipariy to win that game. Now, again, we 185 00:12:03.759 --> 00:12:07.159 don't know what the situation is gonna be at that time. Maybe Kentucky's rolling 186 00:12:07.240 --> 00:12:09.440 in Arkansas stinks and maybe there's not as much pressure or whatever. But if 187 00:12:09.440 --> 00:12:13.320 that's the case, he's gonna be getting roasted for going to Arkansas and beat 188 00:12:13.320 --> 00:12:18.399 a bum. But Mark Pope is not expected to beat John Caliperry. I 189 00:12:18.399 --> 00:12:20.799 wouldn't think in year one. I mean, Kentucky is a superior program than 190 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:24.759 Arkansas, clearly, but look at this me, John Calla Perry's in the 191 00:12:24.759 --> 00:12:26.279 whole fame man, and he's gonna have a I mean, right now, 192 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:30.799 on paper, I don't know if I would take the roster that Arkansas has 193 00:12:30.799 --> 00:12:33.120 over Kentucky's because again it's mostly well, I don't know, John oll Davis 194 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.720 is a pretty damn good player and the kid from Tennessee as as well. 195 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:41.759 But no, I mean, I I think if Mark Pope, like, 196 00:12:41.840 --> 00:12:43.879 let's say, the first time they play, which I know we don't have 197 00:12:43.919 --> 00:12:46.600 the schedule yet, but the first time they play, if it's in Fayetteville 198 00:12:46.600 --> 00:12:52.039 and Pope goes in there and at the time they're looking like a fringe Turney 199 00:12:52.120 --> 00:12:54.559 team and they beat him in Fayetteville, that would be. Not only is 200 00:12:54.559 --> 00:12:58.960 that gonna be huge for Pope, that will be I mean that'll I mean 201 00:13:01.440 --> 00:13:05.080 Cal's gonna have heat coming at him like he never has before. Maybe not 202 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:09.039 from Arkansas fans, but you know, Col's of polarizing, larger than life 203 00:13:09.080 --> 00:13:15.000 figure to where a lot of people like dancing on his grave. I mean, 204 00:13:15.080 --> 00:13:16.320 he has a lot of haters. Some would say it's because he's had 205 00:13:16.360 --> 00:13:20.919 success. I think also it's because his brand. I think it is very 206 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:22.399 natural for people to not like him. If he's your guy, you love 207 00:13:22.480 --> 00:13:24.879 him. If he's not, you hate him. And I think even he 208 00:13:24.919 --> 00:13:30.399 would probably agree with that. So if Pope gets him, it'll be a 209 00:13:30.480 --> 00:13:35.720 national talking point within college basketball, right cal Perry hosting his former team, 210 00:13:37.679 --> 00:13:41.120 and you know, the man from BYU who nobody wanted came in and beat 211 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:43.720 him like that would be huge. And if cal beats Pope, you know, 212 00:13:43.879 --> 00:13:48.600 Arkansas fans will be chesty, cow will do Cal things. And I'm 213 00:13:48.639 --> 00:13:50.879 sure Kentucky fans will feel like, man, that one's stung a little bit 214 00:13:50.919 --> 00:13:54.720 more, you know, than others. But it's not. I mean, 215 00:13:54.879 --> 00:14:01.919 I just think overall we're talking about Mark Pope and John cal Perry and this 216 00:14:01.960 --> 00:14:05.919 is not an this is not an insult Pope. But like he's not I 217 00:14:05.919 --> 00:14:09.120 mean, he isn't. I mean, he's never one of I mean his 218 00:14:09.240 --> 00:14:16.559 resume wouldn't even be opened up by Mitch Barnhardt if he didn't play at Kentucky. 219 00:14:16.559 --> 00:14:18.679 Doesn't mean he can't be good, trust me, that's not an insult, 220 00:14:18.720 --> 00:14:22.799 but like objectively speaking, and I maybe I can't be objective because again 221 00:14:22.840 --> 00:14:26.679 I'm I'm a part of the rivalry here. I don't want to see Kentucky 222 00:14:26.720 --> 00:14:28.840 do well. But those that are objective, that look at this from the 223 00:14:28.879 --> 00:14:33.200 top, there's like just saying Mark Pope should be beating cala Perry's just not 224 00:14:33.279 --> 00:14:35.200 something I think a lot of people expect. Now, maybe in a few 225 00:14:35.240 --> 00:14:39.200 years, when Pope's got his feet under him and Kentucky's potentially rolling and maybe 226 00:14:39.240 --> 00:14:43.519 Col's looking like, you know, he's doing the same kind of stuff he 227 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.879 was doing in Lexington, maybe it could be a different situation. All right. 228 00:14:46.879 --> 00:14:50.559 Five O two five seventy nine hundred is the number if you guys want 229 00:14:50.559 --> 00:14:52.480 to give us a call. Let's hit a text really quick here before we 230 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:54.399 take a time out. That text line is five O two six five three 231 00:14:54.639 --> 00:14:58.399 zero, seven ninety. It's the L and N Federal Credit Union text line. 232 00:15:00.159 --> 00:15:01.480 Get more at Ellen and Federal Credit Union. You can learn more and 233 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:05.000 open your account today at LNFCU dot com. All right, I like this 234 00:15:05.080 --> 00:15:11.240 text, and I typically feel like I would not know what the hell you're 235 00:15:11.279 --> 00:15:13.840 talking about, but I do know what you're talking about, says Nick. 236 00:15:13.399 --> 00:15:18.200 What are your thoughts on the Bullet County Walmart drama? Johnny, you know 237 00:15:18.279 --> 00:15:20.639 about this? I don't, and I go to that Walmart frequently. I'm 238 00:15:20.679 --> 00:15:24.240 curious. We'll talk about it on the other side, stick around. It's 239 00:15:24.240 --> 00:15:28.840 coffee and company. Feel about Thorton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 240 00:15:30.039 --> 00:15:35.000 I find myself probably not as much as others, but I'm now I'm now 241 00:15:35.039 --> 00:15:39.759 on the Trilly Donovan bandwagon to where I I check his uh. I mean, 242 00:15:39.759 --> 00:15:41.639 there's a lot of stuff in there that I don't I can't, you 243 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:45.279 know, I can't keep up with what they're talking about, but you know 244 00:15:46.360 --> 00:15:52.240 what's happening here in the Trilly Donovan discord. Like each Power five program, 245 00:15:52.279 --> 00:15:56.559 and I can say Power five because the Big East like they have their own 246 00:15:56.600 --> 00:16:02.120 community or channel is what it's called. So there's a bunch of Louisville fans 247 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:04.279 in here, and I think, didn't you tell me John that at one 248 00:16:04.279 --> 00:16:10.559 point uh at one point Indiana had the most like interaction or was it the 249 00:16:10.559 --> 00:16:14.879 most fans and I don't remember the specific stat but Indiana and Kentucky were the 250 00:16:14.879 --> 00:16:17.840 top two. So what's happening is that, like, there are some people 251 00:16:17.840 --> 00:16:22.080 that are like connected, that are fans that aren't Trilly Donovan, and they'll 252 00:16:22.080 --> 00:16:27.360 get info and you know that'll lead to Trilly maybe checking his sources. But 253 00:16:27.399 --> 00:16:33.320 what's really fascinating to me is that some of the Louisville stuff has has has 254 00:16:33.360 --> 00:16:38.759 gotten out because of another team going after a guy and saying, hey, 255 00:16:38.759 --> 00:16:44.200 I'm here in Louisville, is you know is uh is involved? I'm here 256 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:47.440 in Louisville. Is going to bring him in for a visit. And they're 257 00:16:47.519 --> 00:16:49.639 you know, they're their their interest in their reporting on it, or even 258 00:16:51.000 --> 00:16:52.240 if you call it it's just a fan, they're just you know, communicating 259 00:16:52.240 --> 00:16:55.080 with fans online. I don't know if you'd call that a report or not, 260 00:16:55.159 --> 00:16:57.279 but it's not about Louisville, but it connects it. So then somebody 261 00:16:57.279 --> 00:17:02.919 on the Louisville side will do some digging and like it's almost like a like 262 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:08.359 a community based way of like getting info. And like I hate it for 263 00:17:08.400 --> 00:17:11.200 the guys that have the paywall on the twenty four to seven and the rivals, 264 00:17:11.200 --> 00:17:14.559 because you know, they do work, they do they work hard, 265 00:17:14.559 --> 00:17:17.480 and they do have connections and sources. But like there are people that are 266 00:17:17.480 --> 00:17:21.720 getting things a day before them on this discord. So I'll bring all that 267 00:17:21.799 --> 00:17:26.440 up to say it has gotten a little bit quiet as far as just you 268 00:17:26.480 --> 00:17:32.480 know, here's what I think. I think by the weekend or maybe Monday, 269 00:17:33.359 --> 00:17:36.680 we'll we'll find out if some of these guys we've talked about recently are 270 00:17:36.799 --> 00:17:40.960 visiting Louisville, like their scheduling visits, and I think we'll find out. 271 00:17:41.599 --> 00:17:45.279 I think next week between Monday and Wednesday is my guest as to when we're 272 00:17:45.319 --> 00:17:49.000 going to get a decision from Great osibor who. I still haven't heard any 273 00:17:49.519 --> 00:17:55.960 any legitimate like noise about which way he's leaning, who feels good, who 274 00:17:55.960 --> 00:17:59.039 feels bad? I know, Texas Tech. You know, it seemed as 275 00:17:59.079 --> 00:18:02.359 if they were done just because it sounds like they were going to go to 276 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:04.599 a different direction. But then you know, and let me ask you this, 277 00:18:04.640 --> 00:18:08.519 John, you get your opinion. If you see somebody is on a 278 00:18:08.599 --> 00:18:14.559 visit and they start following players that are there, a coach or two, 279 00:18:15.440 --> 00:18:18.920 do you think that that is a tell? I don't at all. I 280 00:18:18.920 --> 00:18:22.119 think there's some legitimacy to it. So, for example, Indiana had Feral 281 00:18:22.200 --> 00:18:25.279 Pain or fell Pain, however you say his name. He was a guy 282 00:18:25.279 --> 00:18:30.400 from Minnesota visiting around the same time that Umar Ballow was visiting Indiana. They're 283 00:18:30.400 --> 00:18:34.000 both big men. As soon as Ballow committed, the guy from Minnesota, 284 00:18:34.039 --> 00:18:38.039 Pain unfollowed everybody, so I'm assuming he was wanting to create to India. 285 00:18:38.240 --> 00:18:44.039 That's different unfollowing, totally different following, like while they're hey, let me 286 00:18:44.079 --> 00:18:47.200 follow this dude on the team I just met on my visit. Like I 287 00:18:47.279 --> 00:18:49.839 just think that's normal, Like that's being core, Like that's just be I 288 00:18:49.880 --> 00:18:52.119 mean, if it's just one guy, yeah, but if you start following 289 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:55.720 the whole team, the whole coaching staff, I think that can be a 290 00:18:55.759 --> 00:18:59.400 tell for sure. And I'm sure, I'm sure every situation is different, 291 00:18:59.480 --> 00:19:04.279 but I would actually believe that if you follow them while you're there, I'm 292 00:19:04.359 --> 00:19:08.160 kind of thinking it's just you being around him, and it's not much of 293 00:19:08.200 --> 00:19:11.599 a tell. If you start following a bunch of dudes like a day two 294 00:19:11.680 --> 00:19:14.880 after you left, then I'm thinking that's where you're going, you know what 295 00:19:14.920 --> 00:19:17.920 I mean? Yeah, that makes sense, but don't I don't really think 296 00:19:17.960 --> 00:19:22.680 there's much. I mean, as far as visitors throughout the process of Pat 297 00:19:22.759 --> 00:19:25.599 Kelsey building his roster, I think a lot of them have been active on 298 00:19:25.640 --> 00:19:30.000 social media, but with Great osib Or, I've not seen anything. I've 299 00:19:30.079 --> 00:19:33.920 not seen a picture of him on any visit other than somebody in a picture 300 00:19:33.960 --> 00:19:37.519 of him walking into Churchill Downs from like one hundred yards away, and it 301 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:41.440 looked like it could be him and his folks and Pat Kelsey, but like 302 00:19:41.480 --> 00:19:45.119 you know, it's so far away. So and it also makes me think 303 00:19:45.400 --> 00:19:48.240 that he wants he wants to be private, Like if you're visiting in Alexon 304 00:19:48.279 --> 00:19:52.759 and you're visiting in Lowell during Derby Week even Texas Tech, maybe like people 305 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:56.319 are gonna fight. It's almost like he wants to hide. Not that he's 306 00:19:56.359 --> 00:19:59.440 hiding something, but I think this may be somebody who wants to be private 307 00:19:59.559 --> 00:20:02.440 or something. But anyways, let's get to the important stuff here because we 308 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:06.559 had a text right before they said it in earlier, but I read it 309 00:20:06.640 --> 00:20:08.200 right before we went to our last break there that asked what I think about 310 00:20:08.240 --> 00:20:12.240 the drama with the Bullet County Walmart, and I don't. And let me 311 00:20:12.279 --> 00:20:15.319 clarify, if you're talking about what I think you're talking about, which I 312 00:20:15.319 --> 00:20:19.839 believe you are, it's it's it's a Walmart that I do think serves a 313 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:23.279 good chunk of Bullet County. But it's actually it's on the line literally like 314 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:27.960 I mean maybe a football field before you get to Bullet County. It's the 315 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:33.839 Walmart in Hillview. And there is a Facebook page group I should say, 316 00:20:33.880 --> 00:20:40.480 called all Things Hillview and it's it's something there's a lot of entertainment in there 317 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:45.839 from time to time, and I it's like a guilty pleasure, like there 318 00:20:45.880 --> 00:20:48.400 could be a sitcom based on Hillview. Yeah, he'llview all things. He'llview 319 00:20:51.359 --> 00:20:55.920 the like like my old I don't live in this neighborhood anymore, but I 320 00:20:56.039 --> 00:20:59.119 still am a part of the neighborhood Facebook group that I used to live in 321 00:20:59.559 --> 00:21:03.400 and I can't leave it because there's a lot of like drama and just like 322 00:21:03.960 --> 00:21:07.720 crazy stuff that I just I'm an addict for that kind of stuff. But 323 00:21:07.960 --> 00:21:11.720 somebody asked yesterday, anybody know what's going on with the hill View Walmart? 324 00:21:11.720 --> 00:21:15.079 Why are they closed? And a lot of folks mentioned it was electrical issues. 325 00:21:15.160 --> 00:21:18.039 They didn't have power. I don't know what led to that could have 326 00:21:18.079 --> 00:21:23.359 been maybe maybe you know, maybe lightning striking or something. I'm not sure, 327 00:21:23.359 --> 00:21:26.920 but I feel like if Walmart for Walmart to not have power or have 328 00:21:27.000 --> 00:21:30.640 some electrical issues, like you think, they'd be everywhere. But anyways, 329 00:21:30.440 --> 00:21:36.359 what this turned into was, you know, somebody saying that, hey, 330 00:21:37.000 --> 00:21:41.839 this is sad because now they're gonna have to trash all the frozen stuff because 331 00:21:41.839 --> 00:21:45.200 it's because if it's not freezing, it's thawing out and it's gonna get to 332 00:21:45.279 --> 00:21:51.799 a warmer temperature and it's going to go bad. And then there's somebody claiming, 333 00:21:51.839 --> 00:21:56.240 hey, my daughter works there, and uh, they are emptying everything 334 00:21:56.279 --> 00:21:59.680 out as we speak, because you know they are. This is what you're 335 00:21:59.680 --> 00:22:02.559 supposed to do. And then it led to a bunch of people claiming, 336 00:22:02.599 --> 00:22:04.480 well, I know somebody that works there, and they don't they tell their 337 00:22:04.519 --> 00:22:07.759 employees to throw it back, you know, so who knows who's right who? 338 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:11.720 And it does look as if the thread's going on here to show pictures 339 00:22:11.759 --> 00:22:18.319 of their of their sections having food, but like there's no way to know 340 00:22:18.359 --> 00:22:21.880 if it's the stuff that was frozen thought out, went bad and they put 341 00:22:21.880 --> 00:22:26.039 it back in, or if it's you know, new stuff anyone could manufactured 342 00:22:26.240 --> 00:22:32.640 picture like you don't you don't know, but it's just I mean, Wendy 343 00:22:32.680 --> 00:22:36.759 here says interesting because I've seen them self frozen stuff after they had freezer issues 344 00:22:36.839 --> 00:22:38.079 last summer. Everything was thawn out and they just put it back in. 345 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:41.720 But we shall see. Well, I'll be asking once they open back up, 346 00:22:41.839 --> 00:22:48.119 Like nobody wants to buy bad food, but to see this have this 347 00:22:48.240 --> 00:22:51.359 many comments, you know, a bunch of people sharing it, Like, 348 00:22:52.319 --> 00:22:56.240 man, I can't imagine being that board and that being sort of what consumes 349 00:22:56.759 --> 00:23:03.640 my time and my interest. I can't imagine planning going into there and asking 350 00:23:03.680 --> 00:23:06.680 somebody whether or not they did anything with it. I'll just go somewhere else 351 00:23:06.680 --> 00:23:10.000 about this, Yeah, I mean, and I guess you know it. 352 00:23:10.200 --> 00:23:15.920 It's not like hey, because it was frozen and it thought out and it 353 00:23:15.519 --> 00:23:19.519 then refroze like it got frozen again. That like it's going to taste bad 354 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:22.400 or be free. You know, it's because it's like if it's meat, 355 00:23:22.400 --> 00:23:25.960 like it's unhealthy, right, Yeah, you can get bacteria, Yeah, 356 00:23:25.960 --> 00:23:29.599 shouldn't have So, like I'm going to I'm going to believe that the you 357 00:23:29.680 --> 00:23:32.720 know, maybe this is me being naive, I'm going to believe that corporation 358 00:23:32.839 --> 00:23:37.799 like Walmart would like understand the the legal issues they would have if like they 359 00:23:37.799 --> 00:23:40.880 were caught doing that, and like an employee would probably one of the many 360 00:23:40.920 --> 00:23:44.440 employees would probably tell on them and that would be like a big issue. 361 00:23:44.480 --> 00:23:48.880 Again, maybe I'm naive, but yeah, it's if that's what you're talking 362 00:23:48.920 --> 00:23:52.960 about, which it looks like that's what you're confirming that that you know that 363 00:23:52.400 --> 00:23:56.400 you are talking about. Yeah, I mean, I guess the electric issues 364 00:23:56.440 --> 00:23:59.720 have been fixed and they're good to go. But I'm sure they had a 365 00:23:59.720 --> 00:24:04.599 few angry locals wanting clarification, wanting proof. Did you throw out the stuff 366 00:24:04.599 --> 00:24:11.039 that you know wasn't you know that that it wasn't frozen after they lost power? 367 00:24:11.599 --> 00:24:15.440 Are you? Are you like really like when it comes totally different conversation, 368 00:24:15.480 --> 00:24:18.559 I don't want to get to like the the the like back like the 369 00:24:18.559 --> 00:24:23.119 the the sickness you could get if meat is below the temperature that's raw. 370 00:24:23.400 --> 00:24:26.319 But like when it comes to expired stuff, are you like a are you 371 00:24:26.480 --> 00:24:30.000 like anal about that? It depends on on what it is like. So 372 00:24:30.079 --> 00:24:34.000 to me, there's a difference between best buy date and an expiration date. 373 00:24:34.160 --> 00:24:38.119 Best buy means it's still fine if you go past the date and consume it. 374 00:24:38.400 --> 00:24:41.599 But an expiration to me, are they both on there? It depends 375 00:24:41.599 --> 00:24:47.279 on what you buytch I think for me, it's usually expiration. Okay, 376 00:24:47.400 --> 00:24:52.319 I could be wrong, so I'm probably going to gross people out here. 377 00:24:52.200 --> 00:24:56.480 I really don't if I can't, like if it looks fine to me, 378 00:24:59.359 --> 00:25:03.079 Like I don't really care. Like there was a it was it. There 379 00:25:03.160 --> 00:25:07.640 was like a like a seasoning packet for a dinner my wife was making, 380 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:11.640 and it was like a month expired, which means we had it for a 381 00:25:11.759 --> 00:25:15.160 long time because those things don't expire, Like that's not something they would expire 382 00:25:15.279 --> 00:25:18.000 quickly, right, Yeah, And she didn't want to use it, and 383 00:25:18.039 --> 00:25:22.640 I'm like why, Like what could have happened to it? And like she 384 00:25:22.759 --> 00:25:26.160 thought she was married to the grossest human being on the planet. I think 385 00:25:26.200 --> 00:25:30.119 the seasoning packet is fine, but if it was like eggs, I got 386 00:25:30.440 --> 00:25:33.039 milk. So milk, No, I'm not, I mean, milk can 387 00:25:33.079 --> 00:25:37.680 bee as fresh as can be. I just milk. Milk's milk is obviously 388 00:25:37.799 --> 00:25:38.720 used to make a lot of things. And I don't like, I'm not, 389 00:25:40.200 --> 00:25:41.960 I don't, I don't. I'm not grossed out by the thought of 390 00:25:42.000 --> 00:25:45.880 drinking milk. But there's just something about milk that just is, you know, 391 00:25:45.920 --> 00:25:48.599 I don't know, I'm I can't tell you the last time I drank 392 00:25:48.599 --> 00:25:55.960 milk, like straight mean either probably twenty years not even kidding, But yesterday, 393 00:25:56.359 --> 00:26:00.079 just a day ago, I made like so what I do because I'm 394 00:26:00.079 --> 00:26:03.920 trying to eat healthier and it is healthy, but it's also just something I 395 00:26:03.960 --> 00:26:10.279 really enjoyed doing. I'll get like a I'll get chicken thighs or chicken tenders, 396 00:26:10.480 --> 00:26:15.200 and I'll cook them all in the air fry or the oven if I 397 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:18.400 have time, and I'll just save them and you know, seizon them up 398 00:26:18.440 --> 00:26:19.440 and all that. And that's just what I'll eat for like lunch for a 399 00:26:19.440 --> 00:26:26.720 week. And I cooked these chicken thighs yesterday that the I don't know which 400 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:30.359 date it was, John it either said one of the two best buy or 401 00:26:30.720 --> 00:26:37.640 expire by and the date was May the fifth, So with poultry, i'd 402 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:42.359 have thrown that crap out, so three days after that date. And I 403 00:26:42.400 --> 00:26:48.319 looked at it and I'm like, looks totally normal. I mean it's I 404 00:26:48.359 --> 00:26:52.079 mean, there's not. I mean, and it's and it's three days behind 405 00:26:52.119 --> 00:26:56.640 the date. And I cooked them and I ate two of them this morn 406 00:26:56.720 --> 00:27:02.839 or today for lunch, and so far I'm good. But I'm the kind 407 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:06.640 of psycho that like now because I've done that, and so far I haven't 408 00:27:06.640 --> 00:27:11.559 got sick. Like I may notice the ones a week expired and I may 409 00:27:11.640 --> 00:27:15.359 try just because I'm a sick Oh see how far you go. But it's 410 00:27:15.359 --> 00:27:17.640 certain, Yeah, it's certain things like I don't cook much stuff at all 411 00:27:17.680 --> 00:27:18.799 anyway, so it's a rare situation. But it is odd that like that 412 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:22.559 happened to me yesterday. And I was telling my wife and she was like, 413 00:27:22.640 --> 00:27:25.480 I mean, I'm not eating that. You can do what you want. 414 00:27:25.519 --> 00:27:26.480 I was like, all right, well cook them, especially with chicken 415 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:30.000 chickens, you can really get sick. But I just you know, again, 416 00:27:30.079 --> 00:27:33.400 this is me probably just once again making myself look like a real dumbass. 417 00:27:33.079 --> 00:27:37.160 I just assume that that dates like yeah, they just they they're just 418 00:27:37.319 --> 00:27:38.680 you know, it's probably we probably got another month or so like that, 419 00:27:38.839 --> 00:27:44.160 which is clearly not the case. But I don't know if it looked as 420 00:27:44.200 --> 00:27:48.480 if it was good something like there are certain places where like meats on sale 421 00:27:48.440 --> 00:27:52.839 at like not your big chains, but like your smaller places like a priceless 422 00:27:52.920 --> 00:27:56.599 or even a like a value market. Yeah. Yeah, like a lot 423 00:27:56.599 --> 00:28:02.440 of their stuff that you see that's super cheap, like it's got you buy 424 00:28:02.480 --> 00:28:03.960 it, you better make it in two days because that's what the date thing 425 00:28:04.000 --> 00:28:07.440 says on there. Yeah, and it looks as if like it's not as 426 00:28:07.480 --> 00:28:11.359 fresh, you know what I'm saying. Yes, sure, so this didn't 427 00:28:11.519 --> 00:28:15.200 this was like this was a I mean, I don't want to act like 428 00:28:15.200 --> 00:28:18.480 we're bougie, but like when it comes to that kind of if I'm doing 429 00:28:18.480 --> 00:28:22.680 like pork or chicken, like I buy thee the more expensive kind, because 430 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:26.880 I do think there's a difference, right, So if it had been one 431 00:28:26.960 --> 00:28:32.039 of those you know, off brand things that we got from when they got 432 00:28:32.079 --> 00:28:34.079 like when it's out in the middle and you eat it, or it's out 433 00:28:34.079 --> 00:28:36.839 in the middle and it's on it and it's like, you know, on 434 00:28:36.920 --> 00:28:40.200 a sale then like I'm I wouldn't even consider it. But I still felt 435 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:42.079 like I was. I was in I was in the clear. And so 436 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:45.559 far, you know, so far, so good. But uh maybe maybe 437 00:28:45.599 --> 00:28:48.720 tomorrow, you know, I'll have to take a sick day and you guys 438 00:28:48.759 --> 00:28:52.519 will all know, yees, it's because that six son of a you know 439 00:28:52.599 --> 00:28:56.319 what, decided to eat chicken that had that it that had gone bad. 440 00:28:57.359 --> 00:29:03.000 But I think I think I'm good. I think I'm good. All right, 441 00:29:03.079 --> 00:29:06.759 let's see here, and we have more people sending in pictures from I 442 00:29:06.799 --> 00:29:10.079 guess that Walmart that are you know, that are showing that they do have 443 00:29:10.200 --> 00:29:12.000 Like, I don't know what you're in. I don't know what you're indicating 444 00:29:12.000 --> 00:29:17.359 with that picture. Are you telling me that like, hey, they've got 445 00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:18.359 new stuff out here, we're good, or are you telling me like, 446 00:29:18.359 --> 00:29:22.480 hey see they put the stuff that you know, fell below the temperature it's 447 00:29:22.480 --> 00:29:30.559 supposed to be so anyways, So another question that came on the text line 448 00:29:30.599 --> 00:29:33.839 about the TBT we were talking earlier before the end of the show that I'm 449 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:37.119 sorry, before the end of the three o'clock hour about the TBT, Kyle 450 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:41.400 Kurrick was added to the team, and some of some have asked me who 451 00:29:41.400 --> 00:29:47.160 the coach is going to be. I remember Reese Gaines being named the coach 452 00:29:47.279 --> 00:29:52.480 of the TBT whenever they were kind of putting this this round together. But 453 00:29:52.519 --> 00:29:56.000 I don't know if that's still the case because he's not I mean, he 454 00:29:56.079 --> 00:29:57.039 might still be in Louisble, but he's not on the staff anymore. I 455 00:29:57.039 --> 00:30:00.079 don't knowbout that would matter. So maybe he still is going to be the 456 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:02.920 coach. I really don't know. But Mark Lieberman is not doing it this 457 00:30:03.000 --> 00:30:04.839 year, which I really wish he would have because I love Mark and I 458 00:30:04.880 --> 00:30:07.599 thought his coaching was a big part of why that team was having success. 459 00:30:07.640 --> 00:30:11.279 But he decided not to do it, and congrats to him. By the 460 00:30:11.279 --> 00:30:14.599 way, he was just named the head coach at holy Cross, so they 461 00:30:14.599 --> 00:30:18.119 got a great coach in Mark Lieberman. And uh, I know, not 462 00:30:18.240 --> 00:30:22.640 coaching this past year was probably something that was very unusual for him because it's 463 00:30:22.680 --> 00:30:25.200 been his life and he's great at it. I mean, he was a 464 00:30:25.200 --> 00:30:30.960 Division one assistant coach at Southeastern Louisiana before I think up until this past season, 465 00:30:30.480 --> 00:30:33.400 and you know, he wanted to be back here in Louisville closer to 466 00:30:33.680 --> 00:30:38.519 his daughter who you know who lives here. So that'll be a great situation 467 00:30:38.599 --> 00:30:41.599 for for Holy Cross because again they got themselves a really really good coach. 468 00:30:41.880 --> 00:30:45.319 All let's go to the phone. One five two five is the number, 469 00:30:45.720 --> 00:30:51.440 and we will now welcome in Danny. Danny, how are you, hey, 470 00:30:51.519 --> 00:30:53.960 Nick? I'm good. I had a question today, like, how 471 00:30:55.000 --> 00:31:00.599 if you heard the Trent Noah the new UK commits from Harlan County woks are 472 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:03.880 today and it was kind of refreshed here. It was refreshing hearing him talking 473 00:31:03.880 --> 00:31:07.480 about he was excited today he got up and put on a Kentucky hoodie and 474 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:11.359 it meant a lot more because he was on the team. Now. It's 475 00:31:11.400 --> 00:31:15.240 just such a you know, juxtaposition between the and not to knock the kid 476 00:31:15.319 --> 00:31:18.599 like Jadan Quaintins, who's just you know, whoever can offer me the most 477 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:22.759 money. That's strictly transactional with a guy like that, whereas different Yeah, 478 00:31:22.759 --> 00:31:26.480 I get it, and even Cow's guys like I love dealing Ham and Shepherd 479 00:31:26.519 --> 00:31:30.200 to a lesson degree. But I mean, I just wonder if you think 480 00:31:30.279 --> 00:31:33.079 like and I want to ask TWESDAYDS if louis has got any guys like that? 481 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:37.279 But do you think it matters in the tournament, because I do. 482 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:38.799 I mean I think that Rob dealing him last year. I think it's hard 483 00:31:38.799 --> 00:31:41.880 for a kid that goes whether I win this game against Oakland or not, 484 00:31:42.519 --> 00:31:47.880 four months from now, five I'm gonna be making five million dollars versus like 485 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:51.400 Trent No today was like his big thing and you could tell with Sincerea. 486 00:31:51.839 --> 00:31:55.079 I want to win a banner for Kentucky. I want to win, like, 487 00:31:55.480 --> 00:31:57.279 you know, going back to his hometown and being a hero because he 488 00:31:57.400 --> 00:32:00.119 you know, he's a guy that maybe no what thought Red was gonna do 489 00:32:00.160 --> 00:32:02.119 that? Well, but maybe it'll go to the NBA, but that's not 490 00:32:02.279 --> 00:32:06.519 his Yeah, I don't know if you can win with those guys. I 491 00:32:06.680 --> 00:32:09.279 have a dissector because I know you I like to think Ukon lineup was like 492 00:32:09.319 --> 00:32:12.480 that, and then you're like, well, they've got two lottery picks, 493 00:32:12.839 --> 00:32:15.720 so they're not winning it with the quote unquote hometown guys. And then honestly, 494 00:32:15.759 --> 00:32:20.400 I'm going to try to follow both rosters this year. So I don't 495 00:32:20.400 --> 00:32:23.720 know if Louisville's got any guys like that that are you know, just want 496 00:32:23.759 --> 00:32:29.160 to play for Louisville their whole life and there a five stars so and I'm 497 00:32:29.480 --> 00:32:30.400 I'm just curious. Yeah, thank you for the call, Danny. I 498 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:34.200 appreciate. That's a good question. I'm want to reset that on the other 499 00:32:34.200 --> 00:32:36.279 side because we don't have a whole lot of time here. But I will 500 00:32:36.279 --> 00:32:39.799 say this. You know, people can say that all that stuff doesn't matter, 501 00:32:39.920 --> 00:32:44.720 you need talent. All that's corny, that's cute, and I mean 502 00:32:44.720 --> 00:32:49.359 I get why they're saying that, but I mean it it as a fan 503 00:32:50.079 --> 00:32:55.119 that will always stand out to you because that's I mean, it's not a 504 00:32:55.240 --> 00:32:59.400 knock on anybody who does come to play for these local schools that will acknowledge 505 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:00.279 like, hey, I love it now because I'm here, but like I 506 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:05.200 didn't grow up idolizing this program because I'm from you know, across the country. 507 00:33:05.200 --> 00:33:07.359 But let's reset that on the other side. It's a really good question 508 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:12.559 because I worry now that the young players, and I mean kids, they're 509 00:33:12.599 --> 00:33:17.160 sixteen years old, their memory of Louisville growing up, Like, when's the 510 00:33:17.200 --> 00:33:21.839 last time Louisville was really really relevant For like a stretch, It's been a 511 00:33:21.880 --> 00:33:23.440 long time. So like, even if you grew up around Louisville and you 512 00:33:23.519 --> 00:33:29.200 like louisvillecause you're from here or your dad liked Louisville, it's just been a 513 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:30.519 long time. You know, you kind of missed a gap there. I 514 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:32.880 don't mean you can't go get players. But great question, Danny. We'll 515 00:33:32.880 --> 00:33:35.920 talk a little more about that on the other side right here on Sports Talk 516 00:33:35.920 --> 00:33:39.680 seven ninety. All right, so let's finish up the four o'clock hour, 517 00:33:40.160 --> 00:33:44.880 picking up where he left off there before the break. Good question from one 518 00:33:44.920 --> 00:33:52.400 of our callers, Danny, about the local kid that cares about a program 519 00:33:52.480 --> 00:33:57.319 that he's committing to because it's like all he's ever known, Right, it's 520 00:33:57.359 --> 00:34:02.400 happened. I mean, the latest, the most recent player that I can 521 00:34:02.559 --> 00:34:08.079 think of for Louisville that came to Louisville and I know grew up a big 522 00:34:08.079 --> 00:34:15.360 Louisville fan and probably dreamed of playing at Louisville. Dwayne Sutton certainly is that. 523 00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:20.000 And and you know his path was a little bit different because he was 524 00:34:20.039 --> 00:34:22.400 not a big recruit. He actually started at U in c Asheville and then 525 00:34:22.440 --> 00:34:24.559 transferred here as a walk on. Obviously got a scholarship and became a great 526 00:34:24.559 --> 00:34:29.719 player. So he's one of them. But Quent Sneyder, I mean, 527 00:34:29.760 --> 00:34:32.119 I know his father, Scott as a diehard Louisll fan, always has been. 528 00:34:32.280 --> 00:34:37.000 And you know Quentin was a star from a young age and was a 529 00:34:37.079 --> 00:34:40.199 top forty recruit and you know, had a great career at Louisville. So 530 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:45.199 the question, I suppose, like, and now, of course Trenton Noah 531 00:34:45.280 --> 00:34:49.079 is is doing that for Kentucky. He's committed to Kentucky. Same thing with 532 00:34:49.119 --> 00:34:51.559 Travis Perry, I would assume, who's also going to Kentucky. So the 533 00:34:51.639 --> 00:34:54.079 question was, you know, can that really help you? Right? And 534 00:34:54.880 --> 00:34:59.639 the first answer to that would be if they have like if they can play 535 00:34:59.679 --> 00:35:02.159 like if the good and I mean, that's really what it comes down to. 536 00:35:02.239 --> 00:35:06.480 So if you've got a guy who you know, one of the reasons 537 00:35:06.519 --> 00:35:08.639 you got him is because you know you could because he loves Kentucky in like 538 00:35:08.719 --> 00:35:13.320 clearly Kentucky or Louisville. If that's the school he chooses, are the is 539 00:35:13.360 --> 00:35:16.119 the best offer and that the other offers are nowhere near the caliber, then 540 00:35:16.239 --> 00:35:22.039 you know it's probably unlikely that that'll really matter. I mean, but it 541 00:35:22.079 --> 00:35:23.480 can never hurt anything, right, Like, if you're relying on those guys 542 00:35:23.480 --> 00:35:27.159 to be you know, the stars in a different, different situation. But 543 00:35:27.679 --> 00:35:32.880 I do think there's something of value when a guy is not only out there 544 00:35:35.280 --> 00:35:38.800 busting his ass wanting to win for his team, meaning the players that he's 545 00:35:38.880 --> 00:35:43.480 become close with, the coach that recruited him, and you don't end up 546 00:35:43.519 --> 00:35:47.480 at this level of basketball if you're not a very driven and fierce competitor. 547 00:35:47.519 --> 00:35:52.559 I mean, I don't think it's possible. So you have all that and 548 00:35:52.599 --> 00:35:55.519 then you throw in, you know, the love that they've had for the 549 00:35:55.559 --> 00:36:00.360 program they're playing for forever, then yeah, it can only well, but 550 00:36:00.440 --> 00:36:04.559 how much I really don't know, you know, I don't I don't think 551 00:36:04.599 --> 00:36:07.519 that there are players who, you know, don't give it there all because 552 00:36:07.599 --> 00:36:09.679 they're like, yeah, you know, I grew up a Duke fan, 553 00:36:09.760 --> 00:36:13.920 you know. I just I just think you're not wired that way. And 554 00:36:14.840 --> 00:36:16.440 I, I don't know, I've never been in this situation. I grew 555 00:36:16.519 --> 00:36:22.159 up idolizing Louisville basketball and I pretended to be Dewan Wheat in my driveway, 556 00:36:22.199 --> 00:36:25.599 like I that's I love Louisville basketball, always have and I dreamed of playing 557 00:36:25.599 --> 00:36:29.239 for Louisville, and unfortunately that was not in the cards for me. No 558 00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:34.679 pun intended, But like I think, if you get there and you're you're 559 00:36:34.719 --> 00:36:37.239 you're in it, you're part of it, like you're playing for a coach 560 00:36:37.719 --> 00:36:39.679 and you're I mean, like I kind of think that fan stuff, it 561 00:36:39.719 --> 00:36:43.920 doesn't go away. It's never gonna go away, and it actually will be 562 00:36:44.039 --> 00:36:46.199 much different when you finish your career. But I think in the moment, 563 00:36:46.800 --> 00:36:50.679 the whole, like, man, I gotta win this for the state. 564 00:36:50.760 --> 00:36:52.960 Like, I just don't think people, I don't think players kind of think 565 00:36:53.000 --> 00:36:55.239 about that kind of stuff. I could be wrong. I just you know, 566 00:36:55.239 --> 00:36:59.119 I think it's different when it's you, right, when you're watching as 567 00:36:59.119 --> 00:37:02.159 a kid, it's it's you're a fan, right, But when you're playing, 568 00:37:02.199 --> 00:37:05.880 you're not a fan. I mean you are, but for totally different 569 00:37:05.920 --> 00:37:08.280 reasons, if that makes any sense at all. Can you think of any 570 00:37:08.320 --> 00:37:15.079 Indiana players john that, like we'll say Trace Jackson Davis for sure. Yeah, 571 00:37:15.320 --> 00:37:17.119 and then he always considered to be like a locke for Indiana. I 572 00:37:17.119 --> 00:37:22.480 guess I don't know too much about his background and his story, but he 573 00:37:22.559 --> 00:37:25.199 never I mean he stock around for four years as somebody who was super talented, 574 00:37:25.239 --> 00:37:28.960 could have jumped in the transfer portal, never did, could have gone 575 00:37:28.960 --> 00:37:30.360 to the NBA early, Never did. I mean, I guess technically with 576 00:37:30.400 --> 00:37:34.760 the COVID year, he did leave early, but he still got his degree 577 00:37:34.840 --> 00:37:37.679 from what I've been from what I remember. And then currently, Anthony Leal 578 00:37:37.960 --> 00:37:40.199 grew up in Bloomington. He's not a star player, but he's somebody who's 579 00:37:40.199 --> 00:37:45.360 been around it his entire life. Yeah, I think. And again some 580 00:37:45.480 --> 00:37:47.000 will say this is corny. Who cares. You gotta have talent, you 581 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:52.000 gotta win. I mean, I get, I get why people say that, 582 00:37:52.079 --> 00:37:58.280 But when it comes to culture, when it comes to camaraderie, like 583 00:37:58.440 --> 00:38:00.960 fan it's good to have. It's good to have guys like that, even 584 00:38:01.000 --> 00:38:06.360 if they're just complimentary players, because it's healthy for your program and it can 585 00:38:06.400 --> 00:38:10.559 help outsiders who committed not knowing anything about the program other than you know, 586 00:38:10.599 --> 00:38:14.760 seeing them on TV. Like it's just good to have guys around who really 587 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:19.360 can like for example, Peyton Siva is now he's not a Louisville kid, 588 00:38:19.400 --> 00:38:22.320 but he you know, he played here four years, win a national championship 589 00:38:22.360 --> 00:38:28.519 for the best players we've ever had, and he made Louisville his home after 590 00:38:28.519 --> 00:38:31.000 playing basketball because it's part of him, Like he loves Louisville, always will, 591 00:38:31.079 --> 00:38:36.639 the city, and of course obviously the program. So Peyton is a 592 00:38:36.679 --> 00:38:40.360 perfect guy for the position that Pat Kelse hired him for because who can better 593 00:38:42.039 --> 00:38:44.760 sell I know he can't be out on the road recruiting, but who can 594 00:38:44.800 --> 00:38:49.519 better sell the payoff of what it's like to be a great player at Louisville 595 00:38:49.559 --> 00:38:52.239 and accomplished the ultimate goal of making a Final four and maybe winning a national 596 00:38:52.360 --> 00:38:55.079 championship. He lived it right, and he knows what it's like to be 597 00:38:55.239 --> 00:39:00.360 remembered and to be a legend around here. So like it's good to have 598 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:04.000 somebody like that. They can give that perspective because they've lived it, they've 599 00:39:04.039 --> 00:39:05.920 done it, you know what I mean. It makes sense, Like I 600 00:39:05.920 --> 00:39:09.199 think that's I think that's really valuable to have. So, you know, 601 00:39:09.679 --> 00:39:14.880 to answer your question, it can't hurt you. I think it can only 602 00:39:14.920 --> 00:39:16.639 help you. How much I really you know, I really don't know. 603 00:39:20.440 --> 00:39:22.960 And if you're wired a certain way, like it could make it to where 604 00:39:22.960 --> 00:39:25.159 you're pressing too much, because like you're it means that much to you know 605 00:39:25.159 --> 00:39:28.960 what I mean, Like, it's just everybody's different. All right, let's 606 00:39:29.000 --> 00:39:30.679 get to uh our top of the hour break. We'll come back for the 607 00:39:30.719 --> 00:39:35.719 five o'clock hour. Try to finish strong for you lovely folks here on a 608 00:39:35.760 --> 00:39:37.800 Thursday afternoon. It's coffee and company fuel. But Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety