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Ladies and gentlemen, hour number three, the five o'clock hour. Here
on a Wednesday afternoon Coffee and company. That's us. My name's Nick Coffee.
The company man John Alden alongside. As you could expect a lot of
reaction today to the big news that isn't just big news around here, but
it is national news. LPD has not ILYMPD, but the prosecutors have decided
to dismiss all charges that were filed against Scotti Scheffler twelve days ago when he
was on his way to the PGA Championship right after a fatal accident took place
and was told by one law enforcement officer that he was good to go around
and then stopped by another, and then it, you know, all hell
broke loose, really just with one guy. I mean, it sounds as
if the entire situation, you know, the one person that was like hot
about it was that guy, the guy who you know, hopefully he pulls
through, I'm not sure he's gonna make it. He had a booboo on
his knee, and he got his pants ruined. I think what happened.
He might have pooped his pants, that's how they got ruined. He was
so frightened that Scotty Scheffler was going to run him over. And yes I'm
exaggerating because that didn't come close to happening. That's probably what it was.
Look, I've never done that, but I bet if I got scared enough,
I could see that happening to me. I mean, you never know
what your body's gonna do when you get that scared. And clearly someone driving
in a PGA Championship vehicle going slow kind of trying to skirt around you guys
to get to his tea time, that'll put some fear into you that you've
probably never experienced. And that's probably why he pooped his pants and they were
ruined eighty dollars pants for that matter, and you know he had a booboo.
So this is good news that they've dropped charges, but I mean,
it still sucks that it happened. And each day that there has been new
information provided, and really each day that like anybody talked about it from the
Louisville side, meaning when Mayor Greenberg talked about it. LL and PD talked
about it, did their presser, but it really wasn't a presser because it's
not a press conference if you don't take questions, is it it's just a
statement that you're like you're releasing. I mean, I think you could have
just put it in a statement if you're not going to take questions. So,
you know, it sucks all the way around. And I don't know
if it's going to be something that people years from now think of when they
think of Low I would imagine not. But sometimes crappy things happen, and
you know there's really nobody to blame. Sometimes bad things happen, and you
know it's it's clearly just one person that decided to do something crazy that was
a bad, you know, terrible crime or whatever it may be, and
it brought it brought attention here. But like, and I don't give any
examples, but what makes this just such a frustrating thing is that it was
so easily avoidable. It didn't need to happen. And for those of you
that haven't heard this yet, this was released earlier this morning. This is
the audio as Scotty Scheffler was talking to an officer after he was arrested.
So this is the aftermath, and this is Scheffler talking to a different cop
who we'll let you hear for yourself. You can come to your own conclusion.
But this confirms I believe what everybody has said about Scheffler as being a
very very nice, upstanding man with high character. And I don't think you
could have been more kind to this police officer at that time. And these
guys got their feelings hurt, especially the guy who who might have pooped his
pants, and you know, Nope, you can't talk to him. You're
going to jail because I said so. So here here's this clip. It's
about three minutes, so a little longer than what we would typically give you.
That's what she said. No, that's will nevermind it'd be wouldn't that
be what he said? Not? She said? Anyways, here you go
my tea time. Yeah. I had to loop all the way around that
way. Took me about probably a half hour. Because I pulling in here,
the police officer up there told me to come the opposite way with the
traffic and then come in. And as I was pulling in, my window
is down an officer told me to stop, and as I was First of
all, I did not know that he was a police officer. I thought
he was one of the security guards that was mistaken. And as I was
pulling by me, he grow stop stop right there was or if he's a
security guard or a police officer, because if somebody's telling you to stop,
yes, you're right, I should have stopped. I did get a little
bit impatient because I'm I'm quite late for my tea time, and as he
was reaching in the car, he grabbed my shoulder and hit me like I'm
trying to get you to stop right, yes, okay. It seemed to
be a little bit over aggressive because the entrance was open, okay, and
I pulled a little bit because I was afraid. I thought he was gonna
start hitting me, and I didn't know who he was. He didn't tell
me he was a police officer. I didn't always always a yellow jacket.
I know what he was doing. I was listened well, a police officer.
So the thing is he's wearing a uniform, okay, he also is
wearing the same jacket that I have on the says police also on that if
someone's telling you to stop. No matter who it is, you don't keep
going. So what happened is you kept going and you took him with you
while he's a pedestrian. Okay, So you took him with your car and
drug him, okay, which is not a good thing right everywhere that was
that was to make it so to listen to me, so make it even
worse. When he asked you to get out of the car, he refused
to get out of the car. I still did not was not wear he
was a police officer. I was actually looking out the window of the car
to try to find a police officer. I asked, we're all right here,
and he was there, believe me. Sure, we're all wearing yellow
vests. So you can see this. If you knew he was a police
officer, I would have been much more less afraid. But panic kind of
set in. As you can see, I'm still shaking because I was afraid.
I didn't know who he was. He didn't say police, get out
of the car. He just hit me with this flashlight and yelled get the
car. So we're wearing a lot of police gears. That's surely signifies that
we're leaving me. If I knew he was a police officer, I would
have gotten out of the car. I don't know what to tell you other
than well, it's a little bit panic trying to get into the golf course.
And I now I don't know what to do. But let's go back
to the first point. Okay, No matter if you thought he was a
police officer or not, somebody have stuff. Why we're wearing yellow best?
Why do you think we're wearing yellow vest? So you can see us right,
so you can see this. And if somebody tells you to stop,
if it's a traffic guard, security guard, anybody, that means you stop
at that time and you don't keep going. Okay, so stuff like this
doesn't happen, Yes, because you actually actually hurt him and he's a police
officer. Yes, he's got a huge scrape on his knee. He's getting
checked by ems, big Bruce. So I don't I don't know. But
for you right now, you're the main question is if you're going to jail,
and it's up to him. I don't know. Am I able to
speak with him? No? Not at this time. He's no. So
what I'm gonna do? Yeah? So that was it. And when you
play a clip that long. I try, you know, make some notes
here as far as things to hit on from that, and I guess I'll
work my way with the most recent one and go back. Who knew you
could bruise that quickly? Right? He's Bruce got a bruise. It sounds
like he is it a broken bone? Is it possible to bruise? Like
when I think of a bruise, I think, you know, purple dark
bruise like brucees take a while, don't they at least to be visible.
Well, it's just another one of those things where it's just like really trying
to overdo it when it comes to like the injury that was caused. But
also to hear the doesn't matter if he's law enforcement or if he's traffic or
security guard. If they tell you to stop, you stop, not necessarily.
I mean, I mean, I get that that really all depends on
the context of the situation. But that's not just like a known thing if
I mean, and the one thing everybody asked, whatever they you know,
there was live cameras from the television stations in the aftermath. Is all the
policemen out there wearing those yellow jackets. I'm sure something on those said police,
but it wasn't on the back. It didn't seem as if it was
like some big thing that everybody would notice. And if he was told by
another law enforcement officer that he could that he could go, why didn't that
guy intervene and say, yes, I told him were good, Like,
I don't think it every They never would have the conversation to let that be
discussed because they were so hot about it and wanted to, you know,
just in my opinion, abuse their authority. I mean, he couldn't have
been more nice to the to the law enforcement officer that he talked to there,
and he wanted to, I guess, explain himself, you know he
was. I mean I actually think he probably I don't know him at all,
but it wouldn't shock me if he wanted in real time to in fact,
maybe counter some of the things that was said, not to say like
hey, no you're lying, but maybe kind of to explain himself a little
bit more. But instead he just he just chose to be kind and apologetic
for the situation happening all the way around, whereas they took no accountability for
how there could have been a you know, not only could have there been
a miscommunication and you know, use your brain and realize that, like it's
dark outside, it's pouring down rain, it's not actually you know clear to
know what's going on. It's a hectic situation, and you know they don't
think about that. I mean, in that situation, they didn't. So
whenever he did say yes, I'm sorry, I realized, you know,
that led to somebody asking Steve Romans, Scheffler's attorney, today about why did
he, you know, kind of admit to that he did, in fact,
you know, drag the officer, And that led to a fiery response
from Steve Romans that of all the things that Romans said today, I mean,
he delivers with about every second of time he gets to speak publicly in
front of a camera and a microphone, and certainly to a judge and a
jury, he's very good at doing exactly that. But this woman asked,
you know, why, why did you know? Why did he basically tried
to say Scheffler lied after saying it was a misunderstanding because this audio proved that
he admitted that, like which it didn't. I mean, she she's exaggerating
that, but I thought this this response was was was something worth hearing.
And clearly I'd say that is what a lot of folks believe because I think
the Way three reporter who had this video out there on Twitter, it's got
like over a million views. And again that's that's because this is a national
story. Steve. I have to ask you, though, the Standard said
Scott, he need after the vest, don't need to prove the line with
the point they're seeing right now, he admits that he got in piche and
brent to far. No, here's what happens is he is being interrogated after
the most stressful situation of his life, right, and the officer is actually
asking him leading questions and trying to get him to agree with them. Okay,
and that's why you don't talk to the police, because they are going
to try to put words in your mouth. And that's exactly what they did.
No, of course he didn't have to speak, but again, he
asked to talk to the officer. He wanted to explain to him what happened.
However, they are trying to get him to confess to something that he
didn't do, and the video evidence shows he didn't do it. That's why
you don't talk to the police. They are not trying to get to what
happened. They are trying to get you to incriminate yourself. And that's what
they were trying to do to him, and he didn't incriminate himself. He
continued to show the quality of his character by trying to diffuse the situation.
He is being interrogated after the most stressful situation of his life. That's just
more from that same clip there. But this is something that I'm sure it's
getting talked about because it's an important it's an important detail, the claim that
he dragged the officer. You know, I don't know if this is going
to I mean, I guess the closest thing to proof is that they've dropped
the charges. However, there's no evidence that that happened other than it just
being what the And again, I don't believe that there was a secondary altercation
and what we I'm sorry there was that what we saw was after the fact.
You know, there's people that say a bus was blocking one of the
cameras that's set up there at the course to where you couldn't see initially what
had happened, and that he actually already had dragged this officer before you saw
the officer try to bring him out of his car, and you know,
make it hostile. That just doesn't make any sense to me. Doesn't make
any sense at all. And what I mean by that is like, if
what we saw in the video that was released last week was after he had
already dragged this officer ten to fifteen yards, everybody else who's out there with
Gillis would have been swarming him, honestly, probably would have had guns drawn,
given the way that some of these these guys act so like, it
just doesn't make any sense. And to now know that there's witnesses that have
talked to both the county attorney and to Romans claim and I guess we're willing
to testify that they saw it. They didn't video it, they don't have
any evidence, but they saw it, and they're willing to testify that that
just flat out did not happen. He is being interrogated whip after the most
stressed. There are multiple eyewitnesses to the incident. The actual initial contact that
I've spoken with, I have statements from that the county spoke the Prosecutor's office
have spoken with that confirmed that he was not dragged. You believe they would
have dismissed this case if he was dragged. No, they would not have.
That did not happen. And what really sucks about this is that it
wouldn't be a huge shock if, in fact, there was somebody that's famous,
like Scottie Scheffler that did something. Actually, just put it this way.
Let's say that whole thing is true and he was dragged and there was
video of it and he was still charged and it was a felony. There
would still be people claiming LMPD was in the wrong. There'd still be people
claiming, oh, come on, give him a break, he was just
trying to get to his tea time and you guys were holding him up because
you're a bunch of bum cops. Like that would be the reaction from some
people, and that's just where we are in society. But to know that
like this was so like this, this was nothing. I mean, I
shouldn't say nothing. I mean it was, but I think at least I
choose to think that most people would have at least had more of a conversation
and diffused the situation as much as Scheffler tried to. Because I think that's
all he was trying to do in that conversation, and yet they didn't want
any part of it because in their mind, he'd already you know nothing,
Hey, no talking about he's going to jail, buddy, He's going to
jail. Remember the first video that came out that morning after the fact,
Like that's what they just kept. It's almost like they were bragging, like
scoreboard gotcha, Nope, going to jail. And I know that there are
great law enforcement officers all over the world, especially in this city, in
this in this area. It just sucks that, you know, you have
these kind of things happen, and there are some that will never trust cops
for a variety of reasons and just it's unfortunate. But when it comes to
what Roman said about like never talk to cops, I mean, I think
you should always be kind. If they're kind to you, you should be
respectful. If they're respectful to you, you should follow a lawful command because
I mean, you know, I don't know, maybe I shouldn't have said
that part because maybe they're giving you a lawful command and it's to incriminate you.
I don't know. But if you're just looking to give any law enforcement
officer a hard time. Like, you know, I don't think you should
do that. I can't tell you what to do. You can do whatever
you want, but I don't think that's something people should do because I believe
in being kind to human beings when you can. But some of the questions
they do ask, I mean, you know, it's not their business and
it has nothing to do. They don't have a right to know that it's
not their business, and there's no reason that you should have to answer it.
And some people probably answer those questions, and you know, it ends
up getting them down a path to where maybe they've incriminated themselves or at least
given law enforcement enough to charge them with something that maybe wasn't legitimate. It's
one of the things he talked about. I don't have the clip of it,
but how often times everybody's overcharged initially, and it's because of those kind
of things, just because they you know they'll and by the way, you
know, until you in front of a judge, I mean, that's really
when it comes down to did you do what they're accusing you of doing?
Right? But like, let's not act like just being charged with something isn't
a substantial thing. I mean that's I mean, I think if you're charged
with a crime and it's like proven that like it was not legitimately something that
should have like the charges were not legit I mean, people aren't held accountable
for that, and I just think that's wild. I guess if you are
someone who brings information to law enforcement that you lie about that then brings charges,
then I guess you can be held accountable legally. But it sounds like
this guy, this officer Gillis, I mean, it sounds like he just
completely exaggerated or maybe made it up, which is wild to think about,
but clearly that stuff kind of happens. It was nice to hear Scotty Scheffler
meant, you know, not Scotty Seffler. But his attorney mentioned that,
you know, they didn't want to do any they didn't want to pursue litigation
at all, which I think is is good news because you know, it
sounds like with the family history of I guess I think his mother, I
don't know if she was an attorney or is an attorney still, But there
was some national coverage of this, basically stating that, you know, if
he wanted to file a lawsuit, you know, he may have some resources
on his side to potentially win a big lawsuit, which good news is he's
not going to file a lawsuit, and I think that's you know, nice
of him to do. But also, let's be real, if he filed
a lawsuit and he won and it was a ton of money, it's taxpayers
they would have to pay for that. Lawsuits are paid by the taxpayers.
He prevails in civil litigation against LMPD, who pays that taxpayers a Louisville he
doesn't wish the taxpayers the Louisville of Louisville to pay him for whatever occurred.
So I'm sure it'll die down in the coming days. But one thing that
I don't have a clue what to expect that could make it to where this
thing doesn't just go away is that LMPD released a statement earlier this afternoon,
shortly after it became public that the charges were dropped, and said that videos
and documents which were previously unreleased due to the judicial process, will be made
available after appropriate reactions are made. So maybe there's more video that comes out
that makes this look even worse for this officer. All right, quick break,
we'll come back on the other side, keep this thing rolling along again.
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So, the door to door salesman who was in my neighborhood the other
day, I talked about it, I think right around this time yesterday,
and we've mentioned it here and there throughout the show today because apparently these this
company, you know, I'm not going to mention their name, but they
sell pest control services. They wear like a like a lime green, like
a white and lime green I think. But they have those hover boards that
they ride around on in your neighborhood, and it's quite clear like they're they're
selling stuff usually like the clipboards a giveaway or like a tablet or something like
that. And I've had people since the show started that are like, you
know, friend of mine, one of them being a great friend of mine,
Miss Tony Venetti, who says that the sales door to door sales guys
from this company they hit Saint Matthew's recently today. It sounds like they got
boots on the ground in Jaytown. That's when my buddy tells me they're everywhere.
They're aggressive, and it's not uncommon to see somebody walking around a neighborhood
trying to hustle, go door to door. And I got no problem with
somebody trying to make a living. I actually don't even mind if somebody came
to my door and knocked on it, or they saw me outside and they
came to approach me to have a conversation. I'm uncomfortable and awkward because I
don't want to be rude and just say no. And I know that they're
not just going to take no for an answer. They're going to be not
even pushy, but just have a response, have an answer for everything.
They can counter whatever it is you have to say. That annoys me,
but the overall, you know, initial interaction doesn't bother me because they're just
trying to make a living. Now the way it all started for me the
other day, holiday right, I'm packing up the kids. We're going to
my mother's house for a little cookout, enjoy the holiday. I'm putting my
children in the car seat. It's quite clear what I'm doing in my garage,
and sure enough I turn around the guys right behind me, I mean
not like literally, but like, you know, within five six feet and
instead of like, you know, hey did I catch at a bad time?
Like he you know, inky, went right into who do you guys
use for? Because it's never a hey, would you be interested in having
a conversation about whatever I'm selling? They never do that because nobody would say
yes. So it's who do you use? And if you say this company
or you say you don't, you don't use anybody, then that you know,
they can go right into what they want to do. If you,
you know, like not interested, they won't just say okay, have a
nice day. Oh do you know the smith's down the road? Talk to
them. I mean, they have an answer for everything. And I'm not
as pushy as maybe some be. I mean, I think as pushy as
I've ever been. Was like, look, I'm not interested, man,
not gonna happen, see you later. That's probably about as aggressive as I
would ever be, unless you know, it got to a point where it's
like, all right, I'm gonna call the cops, you lunatic, leave
me alone. But this company, the ones that the one that I'm referring
to that's got boots on the ground everywhere they're training. It's it's impressive.
Like I would love to be a fly on the wall with a new employee,
a new hire, just to hear how they because these guys are not
bashful, they're not discouraged by anything you have to say. And you know,
if you've got a neighborhood that doesn't allow soliciting, and I'm sure you
know there's some ways around that. But what they've told somebody not in my
neighborhood, but a neighborhood near me, because again, this has become like
a big conversation around my area because they're everywhere and they're not just like you
know, they're I guess more persistent than anybody else. And it's just got
a lot of people upset because like, hey, they keep coming back and
they won't leave me alone. But when they ride around on those hoverboards in
the street, you know they're on a public street, like they don't think
there's anything anybody can do, like I don't. They're not breaking the law.
Public street is not private property. They have every right to be there,
so like they're not doing anything wrong. And then they when they come
on your property and you say, hey, you can't be here no soliciting
because of because of like the HOA or whatever it may be like that has
that rule. They the company they work for. Clearly it's not a local
company. I mean, they're huge. They pay money in certain areas,
according to these salesmen to have like a city permit to where they have the
right to solicit, which I'm not even sure if that's the thing, but
that's what they tell people. And you know, it'd be tough for you
to be able to, like, you know, prove them wrong. Right.
In fact, they may have documentation on them it tells them they're allowed
to be there now if you have private property. I guess that's a little
bit of a different story. But what I think is wild is that it
seems as if, in like the last seventy two hours, they just went
crazy. Maybe it's because summer's officially still well I don't know if it's officially
starting, but my official kickoff to the summer is this past holiday week and
they just concluded, I mean, and they have it, and I guess
they know people are going to be out because the weather's nice and most people
aren't working on Monday, but they were everywhere. But even since then,
like they're still around and I just find it fascinating, and we've it's led
to a lot of people sharing stories of what, you know, what they
what they say to these people who try to sell them something, and then
like if you're just immediately a jerk to them, again, you have every
right to do that, and I'm sure they've dealt with worse. But what
really just makes it irritating is the a simple hey, no, thank you,
not interested like that in any any walk of life, any sales gig,
shouldn't that be enough. I mean, I guess that makes you a
bad salesman if you do take no for an answer right out of the gate.
Because unless people come to you looking to buy, and you're approaching them
like you are, you're hustling. You are soliciting business. And if you
go to someone's door, clearly they weren't looking for what you were selling because
they were in their home, right, It's it's not you know, if
guy walks on the car lot, he wants to buy, right, or
at least he's there for a reason and not just to, you know,
just to hang out. A guy comes in your store. There's interest at
some point it, you know, to some level that you can ask him,
hey can I help you? You know, just you know we got
this deal going on. They're already there there, there's some level of interest
that brought them to you. But like to go to somebody's door try to
do your sales pitch and then tell you not interested, and for you to
still try like it is kind of a crazy move if you think about it.
But at one point, like the you know, not to say anybody
should be violent or do anything crazy, but I'm just there's gonna be like
a video of somebody video on one of these guys, and you know it'll
go viral because everybody will share it and say, hey, these guys were
my neighborhood. And I'm I don't mean one or two guys specifically, I
just mean the people who work for this company. It'll be a video of
somebody pushing them off of their hoverboard as they're walking away. I would be
terrible at selling anything, I believe. In fact, my first job I
worked at Finish Line. I'm sorry. My first job that I actually worked
for a while I was Finished Line. But my first job was at Hollister,
and uh, you know, I made very little money hourly, and
I got commissioned if I helped somebody with something. So what I was told
to do was stand and unfold and refold jeans in the in the guy section
and ask people who walked by, have you heard how good our jeanes fit?
And you know that didn't. That wasn't a line that got much interest
from anybody, and it was awkward. So I took my first break and
never came back. Had a little bit of better luck at finish line,
which is kind of the same type of job if you think about it.
But I'm just curious, like I would love to hear it. I don't.
I'm not. I wouldn't. I wouldn't make fun of them. I
wouldn't do it to, you know, to make a joke out of them.
If you have done that type of job, and you've had success to
where you have legitimately made a living, and you didn't like look to leave
the first chance you get because it was something you were able to actually generate
income from and you and you found out you were kind of good at it,
I'd love to pick your brain on the show, because I bet you
have some stories about things people have said to you that what did you to
get the hell away? I'm sure you've got some success stories where might it
might have started out like that type of an interaction and sure enough you sold
them. And I would also love to know the commission structure because I would
imagine probably if you because that's a hard thing to do. It'd be funny
if when you were having the conversation with the guy the other day or just
in another instance in the future, if you got them, if you started
your own conversation about how do you do this? Man like just making it
about I may do job. I may do that next time. I may
say, look, let me tell you this is who I am. I'm
sure you don't know who I am, but I host the radio show and
we've talked about you, not you specifically, but this situation I got it.
I would I'm not gonna buy from you, but I'll give you my
time if you want it. Knowing you're not gonna get a sale, he'll
probably walk away, right, But if he would have a conversation with me,
I would pick his brain and he may not tell me the truth,
but I'm you know, well, if he broke down. He's just like,
man, this sucks, this is all of God. I would that
may I'm let's be real, you think some of these guys haven't given like
the ultimate pity sympathy thing to get a sale. I guarantee you they have,
right, Like, I'm just trying to make a living to feed my
kids, and that may that may be true as well, and that may
be that may be a savvy move to to get it done, you know,
get the deal by you know, anything, anything, any means necessary.
One of the things I didn't mention yesterday was when he asked me if
I knew the Smiths who I don't know? Who they are? He asked
me if I knew my neighbor across the street, who I do, and
I don't believe that they are a customer, which I'm pretty sure they're not.
You know, he continued to mention other people. And you know,
at this time, I'm just walking around walking, you know, just finally
got my daughter in her car seat, got her buckle in. I'm walking
like, I'm not even looking at him. I'm just walking back to the
car to get in. So he finally takes the hint, and sure of
me shutting the door and you know, turning the car on. That was
him, you know, that was him. He was leaving at that point,
but it's like he had the like he in his world, he thought
that that's all people do in the neighborhood is talk about the services they provide
and how we all need it. Like, what do you mean, Like,
even if I do know them, do you think that's what we talk
about? Like just fascinating to me. Fascinating stuff. All right, quick
break, we'll come back and wrap this thing up. On the other side,
it sounds as if we're getting closer and closer to figuring out every player
that is in the draft currently if they're going to stay in or come back.
And man, a lot of schools have already used their scholarships because I
think a lot of coaches would love to rather be safe than sorry. But
there's some good players left. I don't know if i'd say there's any elite
guy left, but Arthur Kaluma Coleman Hawkins. I mean, those are two
guys that I feel like could play for anybody. Obviously different role depending on
where they go, but where they end up it'll be interesting to see,
all right, quick break again, We'll let wrap it up. On the
other side, it's coffee and company. Feel abut Thorton's right here on Sports
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So I'm trying to see if there's any if there's any up to date list
here. The one I'm looking at is is from a couple of hours ago.
But you know, Arthur Kaluma, we talked about him. He's coming
back to uh to college. Don't know where he's gonna end up. Also,
who else was it that Coleman Hawkins He's gonna which he's I guess he's
withdrawn from the draft. And those are two players that I feel like right
now would have to be up there as far as you know, some of
the best players available in the portal. And I'm sure there are some schools
that have scholarships available. I mean, I'm sure Kentucky has some, Indiana
doesn't have any, Louval didn't have any, Indiana has one. I thought
they took the kid from Butlerman they did, that was one of their two.
Yeah, well heck, maybe they could get involved here with one of
these players and you know, really add a nice piece to to to round
out the roster. So if I was a coach, this would be a
difficult decision for me as far as how you like, how you go about
managing scholarships, because at this point, I mean, there's probably still players
available. But I would say on the Louisville side, you know, they
they were willing to take that last commitment from Frank. I can't think of
his last name and Insulm. Maybe I'm saying that incorrectly. He was the
transfer who played at Syracuse and at Georgia, and it's played a lot of
basketball but has not at all been you know, a super productive player.
But maybe he's just a good a good body. I mean to me,
he's the exact kind of player that you should expect to get if you only
have one scholarship left, you know, he's not going to have a ton
of high interest. And you know, when you're at thirteen and you've built
a team from scratch, it's going to take somebody willing to have a minor
role. And I'd say given that he's had a minor role at Syracuse and
at Georgia for four years collectively, then you know, Louisville was an attractive
spot for him. But if they'd have left that open and potentially, you
know, pursued one of these guys available, I wouldn't have criticized it because
you could still get some good players. But you never know, right like,
there's a lot of schools that are going to be going after these guys,
and if you can, you know, if you have the ability to
just finalize your roster, like a lot of schools probably have it. Point
I mean, I get it. Which, by the way, UL has
announced a lot of these guys officially meeting all these players that have that have
transferred in and I'm excited. We got a long way to go to basketball,
but just you know, these are not. These aren't guys we weren't
aware of. But I cannot wait. I mean, the air has already
started, right with with I mean Pat Kelsey, I mean we know that,
but this will be a great year for them to have had a summer
trip for us to see this team. But you know they don't choose to
do that, and that's fine. Have a good night, everybody, see tomorrow.