Well, theme do it Broncos country tonight. But with all Brian Dick,
Ferguson, Grant Smith, CSU upon Virginia, Let's see if they can hold
it. No, right, we're just smiling somewhere. Virginia's is that team
in the NCAA tournament that always disappoints. They always find the ways. I
saw somebody on lines like I'm willing to risk it all for Virginia again and
you'll be disappointed. Oops. CSU up twenty seven fourteen. Looks like just
under two minutes left the first half. Look at the NFL six pack here
in a second, Yeah, CS, you put it to Virginia. Looks
like Colorado basketball will be going in. Then, of course we get the
Sea Buffs men's basketball tomorrow, also at tend Seed. Also a play in
game. We had Mark Johnson on earlier, had a chance to talk with
him that interviews up Broncos Counry Dot that Com Slash podcast pregame six thirty Tip
seven to ten right here on Anyway, right here exclusively on Kley, Official
Home of the Cu Buffs. It's time for the NFL six back. It's
time for the NFL sixth pad I'm going to trade at yarn insight and insight
information you can't find anywhere else. No. Six. The top six NFL
headline on the Minnesota Vikings are the betting favorites to draft JJ McCarthy from the
Vikings trade up to get to the first round draft pick last week, widely
viewed as the first step to the forty move into the top ten to draft
their franchise quarterback. Michigan's JJ McCarthy is expected to be that quarterback. Betting
odds have the Vikings as the favorite to lam Mcarthury. They're minus one fifteen.
The biggest question is how high they need to move up to get him.
Caleb Williams is heavily favored to go first overall, Jade Daniels favorite to
go second, Drink May favor to go third, trading up to fourth.
Maybe the goal for the Vikings bit currently owned by the Arizona Cardinals that the
Vikings don't draft McCarthy. The Giants are of the team of the next best
odds plus three point fifty, and they're followed by the Broncos at plus four
thirty and the Patriots at plus nine hundred. Basically, if you want to
get one of these quarterbacks, you've got to get into the top six.
If you want one of the big forty, you've got to get in the
top six. This is shaping up to go exactly the way that we've been
talking about it here on this show Minnesota. Does that make Minnesota funny or
an enemy for stomping all over the Broncos plans by signing Sam Darnold and then
jumping ahead of further ahead of them to draft JJ McCarthy. No, it
doesn't at all, because the Vikings decisions should not impact the Broncos as far
as what they want to do. The Minnesota Vikings are making decisions based on
how they see their team right now in the future outlook, So they set
themselves up properly to make that movie if they want to. But you were
mentioning about, well, if you don't have the draft capital to get the
top four quarterbacks, then you're out of the mix, which we know the
Broncos don't really have those picks. But at the same time, do you
really need to get one of those top quarterbacks to be successful in the NFL?
History has shown us no, you don't. You just need to get
your guy. You need to get your guy and give him time to develop.
Two. The Carolina Panthers have agreed to terms with wide receiver David Moore,
but more importantly, linebacker Justin Sternad. Sternad, of course, was
previously with the Broncos. It's a one year deal for Sternad, which reunites
him with the Garo Riverro. Obviously, Josie Jewel already signed with the Carolina
Panthers, giving them an interesting tandem there that both know the defensive scheme.
How do we feel about Jaro Rivero loading up on former Broncos there in Carolina.
I like it. I like to see guys move on and continue to
play in the similar system. And what it means is that somehow you made
an impression. And obviously, based on what Josie was paid, he made
one hell of an impression. Where the Panthers we're willing to give him up
success a lot more than the Broncos are willing to give him. But I'm
happy for both players and Scherannad has an opportunity, you know, to work
himself into that second role, backing up maybe Josie, but you know he's
going to be there as a player that helps him out on special team.
So I like when players find themselves in these situations. Stas twenty seven appeared
in fifty games five starts with the Broncos over the last three seasons twenty twenty
three, seventeen games, five tackles, three hundred and ninety five special teams
snaps, So it gives you some versatility there are owners are not likely to
vote on Tom Brady's bid to buy a piece of the Raiders next week.
The Super Bowl Sunday Splash report suggested that Tom Brady's moving closer to having his
effort to buy a piece of the Raiders approved now. Mark Maskis of Washington
Post reports NFL owner is not expected during next week's annual meetings to vote on
Brady's bid, borring a last minute change. The deal was done more than
a year ago. The effort he became derailed when the NFL adopted a rule
remitted owners from giving equity to employees. Raiders owner Mark Davis spoke out against
the change. Is believed he wanted to use employment by Brady as a way
to partially consummate the deal. Since then, it became clear that Davis had
agreed to sell roughly ten percent of the team at a deep discount. That
does not sit well with other owners since it needs to devalue their equity as
well. Now, the potential issue is Brady's looming debut with Fox as the
network's number one analyst for NFL games. It's an obvious conflict of interest from
Brady will have an actual rooting interest for the Raiders and against any team at
which they are competing. Coaches a certain teams reasonably would and should bar him
for practice and or production meetings. But it's Tom Brady tends to get what
he wants, except what it has to do with their pressure of footballs or
the whereabouts of certain cell phones. How do we feel about the owners refusing
to vote on Tom Brady's potential ten percent ownership stake in the Raiders. I
think at some point they're going to have to deal with this because there are
a lot of players who are growing in financial resources and popularity, and those
players are going to want into the ownership market. The only thing that's different
here is that Tom is scheduled to broadcast for one of the league's broadcast partners,
and you could see it as somewhat of being a way of being biased.
But there are ways around it, like everything else. I mean,
if you say, oh, Tom By gets a portion of the Raiders from
an ownership standpoint, you don't have to do the Raiders freaking games. The
networks can determine that. Yeah. So for me, it's not a big
deal. And I would love to see Tom Brady being part of NFL ownership
because it opens doors for more players. Yeah, I would as well.
I think just ethically, you'd have to make sure that you know lines are
crossed. That kind of stiff. I think if you could come on,
man, Troy Aikman does a lot of Cowboys games, You think that's by
coincidence? Well, no, but he also doesn't own anything of the Cowboys.
There's not I mean he played for them, and there's probably loyalty there,
but there's no incentive to I would say financial incentive for him to do
anything. Well, why would Brady somehow on the broadcast if he has the
Raiders? What is he going to say to benefit the Raiders? Is not
going to change the wins and losses. I'm not saying it's saying on the
air. I'm saying it being a lot of production meetings, seeing strategy ahead
of time. Like a lot of those guys, that's what happens. You
go in there and the coach is telling you what they're going to do that
week, can so you can be prepared for it, to talk about it
on the game, you know, talk about it on the air and all
that kind of stuff. Just don't do Raiders games. Problem solved there,
It is okay, come with it. Four. Pennsylvania Governor Josh Shapiro is
pushing for Pittsburgh to host the NFL Draft s Barauer a letter of the NFL
Commissioner, saying that the Steel City is an ideal location. Pittsburgh has quote
established itself one of those dynamic cities on the East Coast, the birthplace of
professional football. It's the best choice in the country to host the NFL Draft,
Shapiro said. The draft and surrounding activities but have three hundred fifty thousand
visitors and an impact on the Pittsburgh area economy or one hundred million dollars.
For half a century of the Draft was always in New York City, and
although the event's stature grew as a major television event, it was never seen
as a big deal as an in person fan experience. But in twenty fifteen,
twenty sixteen, the draft moved to Chicago and it was accompanied by a
major outdoor fan attraction, and since it has been moved, viewed by both
the NFL and most of the cities, is a major tourism events. Since
taking place in Philadelphia, Dallas, Nashville, Cleveland, Las Vegas, Kansas
City, this year's draft is going to be in Detroit, which we gave
away an all expenses paid trip to back on Saturday. Next year's is going
to be in Green Bay, which is an interesting logistical choice there. I
know that Denver would like to host the NFL Draft. What do we think
about the possibility of the NFL Draft in Pittsburgh? What do we think about
the possibility the NFL Draft here in Denver? Well? I like the fact
that they're moving the draft around. It used to be Radio City Music Hall
in New York City. And why not? Could Pittsburgh have the Super Bowl?
I mean that Super Bowl for the NFL Draft. I mean Cleveland has
had it, Nashville has had it, Dallas, Philadelphia, and if it's
going to Green Bay, I mean, if you going to Green Bay,
you need to have it in Pittsburgh because I don't know if you've been to
Green Bay, Yeah, there's not a lot to do. If you want
to do something in green Bay, you got to go to Milwaukee. Yeah.
Green Bay is such a small I've worried logistically and I gonna have a
hotel rooms because more people go to the draft than go to a game,
absolutely, you know, and a lot of the game it's locals or whatever
else. Like you got unit people coming from all over the country. In
Green Bay, it's not big and they don't have a lot of hotels.
Well, you mentioned something about whether the Denver would be able to hold the
draft. I asked Troy Vincent about that, and he was he wasn't ready
to commit to it, but he did say that it was a possibility.
And obviously there's enough space downtown at the convention Center, and you got the
hotel, and I know the one big argument was that living here in Denver,
you never know when the snow is going to come. But still with
the hotels and proximity to the convention Center to the east, they could make
it work. Yeah, it just seems like an oprainer to ring it here.
To Ben at some point, so I imagine that's going to happen probably
in the next ten years. It'll be fun, fun experience. If you've
never been to the draft, like I've been the one that they had in
Nashville and like they've never been to a big time fun experience. It's it's
an all week party, it's a it's it's a fun experience. Five before
Jerry Judy even attended a practice with the Browns, he has received a new
contract. We talked about it earlier. Judy as agreed to a three year
contract extension worth up to fifty eight million dollars forty one million guaranteed at signing,
according to multiple reports, a first round a first round pick. Obviously
back in twenty twenty, Judy was slated to become an unrestricted free agent next
March after completing his rookie contract. Now he's going to be tied to Cleveland
through twenty twenty seven. Judy twenty four years old, as two hundred and
eleven career receptions for three thousand and fifty three yards eleven touchdown in Judy seven
games. While he's battle through injuries, it's on the field for sixteen games
that the Broncos last year and he's the season with fifty four catches seven to
fifty eight yards to touchdowns. Best year obviously twenty twenty two sixty seven catches
nine to seventy two sixty d's it was the top receiver of Maury Cooper is
sitting the last year his contract tied in. David and Jigoku is under contract
through twenty twenty five. Brown set the Broncos a fifth and sixth round pick
in twenty twenty four to acquire Judy earlier this month. I think we know
your your feelings on this. But before we go any further into Jerry Judy's
contract, right after we got done with a Justin Sternad story, he has
had a change of hearts reversed, keep right back to the Broncos. Yes,
so if you listen to the NFL six fact, the Justin Sternad stuff
I just talked about scratch all that he's coming back to Denver. Does it
was a tract? Right? Yes, he's coming back to Denver. It
makes you wonder with him just only moments away from aching to deal, what
made him come back? Now? Maybe they told him that you're going to
have an opportunity to compete for a starting job. I don't know that,
but maybe it was money, because money has a way of changing people's minds.
So maybe that was the case of having Justice Ernard back in the building.
But in the case of Jerry Judy, hey great for him. We
just have to watch and see if it all pans out. And if Andrew
Berry, Uh, with the decisions that he's made with Deshaun Watson's contract and
Jerry Judy's contract, is he going to come out on the bright side of
this. If not, the people in Cleveland, they're gonna come out with
their pitchforks and they're taking torches, and he's gonna be out of the job.
So we get a chance to see what or how it all plays out.
Yeah. I As far as the uh Sternod thing, I mean,
we've seen a few guys change their minds, Eric Kendricks, there have been
a couple of people change their minds, Will Lutz, Will LUTs That's two
different people that if we're going to go somewhere else to the Broncos and elected
to come back with a change of heart. So kind of interesting to see
that a little bit. As far as the Jerry Judy thing that it's mine
of the opinion that getting at the Browns gave him too much money. I'm
not mad at Jerry Judy for it. I love the fact the player secured
the bag. I'm always gonna root for that from the But if I put
my GM hat on for a second, like what the world of the Browns
doing paying that much money to a guy who's gonna be at least the fourth
option in that offense? They must have seen something in Jerry Judy when he
first came out of Alabama to what they wanted in limited production here with the
Denver Broncos and say, well, we could actually turn Jerry lou was supposed
to what he was before. So maybe that's to frame them on I'm not
sure. Yeah, I mean this, this situation is fascinating to me,
sick as is the other one. I want to talk about here. How
much is Jimmy Garoppolo getting from the Rams because nobody knows. Four days ago
reports emerged the quarterback Jimmy Ggaropolo is going to sign with the Rams. Today,
the Rams officially announced the move. He had his intro press conference,
and there's no disclosure from any guind from anybody he as to what he's gonna
make with the Rams. Six years ago, Garoppolo was briefly the highest paid
player at NFL history, through a five year deal that average twenty seven and
a half million per year. Now, whatever he's getting isn't worth his isn't
worth his agent, don yee leaky, it's anybody. General thumb is the
numbers don't emerge, they're not worth writing home about. And it's been four
days for Garoppolo inevidently will see him between his PD policy suspension to start the
season, in the fact he hasn't played at high level little While I would
expect it to be impressive, do we care that Jimmy Garoppol's numbers aren't out
there yet? Now, we don't really care because at this point, how
much do you anticipate Jimmy Garoppolo actually playing this year? Now, if you
look at the depth chart, Stephan Bennett is still listed on the depth chart.
What is this situation with the club? I mean that's still ongoing.
We still really don't know. But because Jimmy's played in a similar system under
Kyle Shenhan, it boes well for Sean McVeigh to have a backup quarterback in
waiting who has Super Bowl experience, Jippy Garoppolo. Obviously, we missed the
first two games of the season, which is going to for ped suspension,
which is going to create a situation where they're going to have to find a
quarterback for those two games. So it'll be interesting to kind of see what
goes on with those situations. Yeah, Justin Sterrenaud coming back to Denver after
initially orally agreeing at least to a deal with the Carolina Panthers to go join
a Gerald verro who you know he coached. But that's it. That's fascinating
to me. That's the second time we've seen a player turn around and come
back to come back to Denver. One year deal for him here. It
makes you wonder within these negotiations what's being said, because obviously you have to
figure that Stannard had already had talks with the team through his agent, and
the team might have decided, Okay, well maybe we're going to go in
a different direction because you want too much money. But what was it in
that twenty fifth hour that force or convinced the Broncos to go back after Strenaud
and convince him to come back. I don't know. I'm interested to see
that if it's you know, I mean, obviously, if Errol is a
guy who coached him twice for for you know, for coach him for that
season that he was here, I mean, you know, obviously the Panthers
made it an effort to well. But I guess I guess he likes it
here. I guess there's a loyalty to the team that drafted you, and
you know, maybe Sean Payton convinces him come back. See see, that's
that's like player in coach speed, I'm loyal to the team that draft me.
Let's be totally honest. We know what talks and we know what walks
in marathon. So I'm thinking there had to be something like that to convince
him to change his mind. Because if you look on a Carolina Panthers depth
chart, he's on the depth chart. Yeah, right, as a free
agent. Now, maybe they offered him a life supply of riz. You
know, I don't know, maybe they stood outside and played players. Maybe
come back. I don't know. Great, looks like you wanted to say
something. Well, we'll find out what that is. On the other side,
Rocos Country tonight. Welcome back to it, Broncos Country Tonight. Benjamin
Albrighten, Nick Ferguson, Grant Smith here with you. Hope you guys have
a good night tonight. I have some fun here. Dave Tepper lurking around
there. I see him somewhere. He was in here a minute ago.
CSU doubled up Virginia early on playing game. Did you see this kind of
taking place? I have money on CSU, so I mean to cover the
spread or just overall, like win to win? Wow? Okay, yeah,
I had money on CSU to win. Well I didn't. I didn't.
In the interest of full disclosure, be yes, see you after that
game has got a tough road to ho because you get Florida and you know
Marquette. I think you know waiting. But man, the idea of the
tournament is you just win the first one, right, you survive in advance,
and you can't look at the bracket and how it sets up and try
to anticipate what's going to happen. You have to be in that particular moment
because just think about it. I mean, you play all season long to
get into the tournament, and for certain schools when you think about CU and
CSU. How long it's been since they appeared. I think twenty twenty one
for one school, and think twenty twenty twenty twenty for another. But you're
in this moment and the only thing you can think about is what you're going
to need to do to help your team advance. Because we've seen some of
the looks on the players faces over the years, that look of where you
distraught and guys on the floor crying and all that. To me, if
you want to make sure that you prevent that, you have to go out
there and you have to play your best game in that moment. Don't worry
about what's around the corner of who that next opponent is. What though you
call look ahead and I mean, it's just like in the league, you
know, I mean, the last thing you want to do is be looking
ahead, miss what's right in front of you, you know, And I
think you know, I mean, sees you looks like they're going to pull
this out, barring up a late collapse. But if you're Colorado, that's
how you have to look at it. You gotta handle business against Pois and
not worry about the fact that you've got Florida and Marquette looming. But see
Ben, that's the greatest thing about And we asked Mark Johnson about this when
he was on Early earlier, is these are the things that we love about
March Madness because you may see a team in the first half that looks like
they're gonna run over the game and they have a big lead, and then
all of a sudden, they relax, they get comfortable, the other team
started knocking down some outside shots, they get to the free throw line,
they get the other team in foul in trouble. Next thing you know,
now we're waiting for that buzzer beater, because that's what March Maddness says.
To me. It's about those buzzer beaters because at the end of this we
always see the one shiny moment. You can call it cheeky or whatever,
but it's all filled with big shots and big moments. Yeah, in this
particular game here, I think CSU doesn't really I don't think it's gonna come
down to a buzzer beater in this one. They are actually beating the breaks
Offvirginia right now. But I do I think there's going to It takes hard
work, and preparation and all that kind of stuff. But there's an element
of luck and a component of that. And I know some coaches will say,
well, luck is just preparation and opportunity, But at the same time,
I mean there's an element of that too, having the ball at the
last second, being able to take that shot. How many times out of
one hundred is Kyrie hit that shot over Yokic, Oh, one hundred times?
Maybe maybe twenty, like five. I'm only going to give him twenty
because he's Kyrie and he's made big shots like that. Right. Well,
in the tournament, there's always some unsuspected team, some unsuspecting player who hits
that game winning shot because no one thinks that he's going to make the shot.
So guess what, they don't even guard him. Yeah, and that's
the guy who you know puts that dagger in your coffin. Yeah, I'm
you know, I'm I'm hoping to see you can make it. If they
win tomorrow And by the way, we'll have exclusive coverage here starting at six
point thirty tomorrow night to off just after seven. If they win tomorrow night,
they'll play Friday as well right here on KOA. So look, you
know, hoping to see you Buffs men's basketball do. We're also gonna have
the CEU Buffs women's game Friday as well, so if you're if you're looking
forward to that, that will be right here on KOA as well. We
talked a little bit throughout the show. We talked to Ryan Michael. You
guys can get that at Broncos Country Tonight dot com, Slash Podcast, talk
to Mark Johnson, get that same place, you know, wherever you get
your podcasts. We have. I have one of the things here. We
wanted to talk about how one college coach is hurting the game. One college
coach is hurting the game of football. And I got to ask you at
the annual meeting of the Knicks, how do you not tell coach Saban you're
ruining football? Well, I mean coach Saban's been coaching for a while,
so he comes with a lot of clout right and wait behind him. And
sometimes the individuals like that, I mean, they've been doing things so long
the way they've been doing that, they may not be open to hear input
from other people. Why do you think that he is hurting the game?
He DROs Nician, He's Dros's nician. I mean, he's out there with
Ted Cruz, right, and I'm not saying that these are congressional hearings,
but he's going through political individuals and he's talking about Nils and how Nil's is
hurting basketball, and he's talking about how he remembers those days Alabama sitting in
his living room or dining with the players and their families and talking about the
players' futures. And he's say, well, college football has changed because as
soon as you talk to a player, they want to know how much money
you're going to give them. And I just thought that was so wrong of
him to now try to put these players on blast. Now, don't get
me wrong, there needs to be a system in place to make sure that
things don't get out of hand, because they're a little out of hand.
But I'm just like, well, where was this before. I mean,
when you were dominating college football LSU Alabama and you were making a significant amount
of money, you were not talking about how players there needs to be balanced
in landscape of college football. I mean, you were taking whatever money that
you were receiving from the institution, whatever car dealership that your name was attached
to, in Alabama, you were making money hand over this. But now
with nil since has been introduced, now it's balanced the playfield. Those players
that you were able to get before you now have to compete with Michigan,
Wisconsin and other schools. So now you're trying to somewhat stifle some of these
kids from getting this paper that you've been getting for so many years. Yeah,
I think, I mean, I don't wrong. I think Nick Scament
has some points, but I think the game in the sense that how you
recruit Snick saban By with the nil he just didn't know how to do it
anymore. He knew how to go in and charming the pants off a family,
and you know, he comeing to Alabama. You future all that kind
of stuff. But the playing field has changed, and it is a dollar
amount and it is about collectives and those are a large portion of the process.
Now we had the kid was a kid I think it was Iowa State
who showed up, took the N nil deal and immediately hit the transfer portal.
And there's no recourse for getting that money back. By the way,
when the nil money is paid out that you don't get it back. And
this isn't the first time we've had a kid down in Miami who racked up
what was it like, a twelve million dollars, never played, a never
player, a snap for anybody, just milking the milking the nil stuff and
then bouncing into the portal to try to get the next bag. There's a
few bad actors when it comes to that, But I think Nick Saban doesn't
understand the evolved landscape. Just putting my feet up right now, yeah,
I mean, just just make yourself at home, damn, oh do don't
worry. I am. Yeah, But when you think about it, it's
just like, well, how is it okay? Smell like corn chips in
here? Yeah, it smell like but I don't know. Yeah, if
you're saying, timmy here figures smells like corn chips. I don't want that
to perfume cologne, don't want it. It doesn't smell bad in here.
As the person with his feet off, well off, they're on your shoes
off, but your feet are on the table. I'm just I'm listened.
What I would be doing to Nick Saban and this pitch, I'd be taking
my shoes off. See what he said. He would tell you, hey,
hey, hey, son, put your feedback and shoes, yes,
so put a suit on and a tie yes, yeah. Well, let's
be totally honest man about this situation with Nick Saban. Saban has made a
substansful amount of money both on the field and off the field. And my
ideas, why come after the players now now that you have somewhat taken taken
up retirement. Now this is the thing that you want to take up.
Now, this is your plight. Now now you are the post to chow
for doing these types of things. I think I don't think he's trying to
do that. I think that's an invert consequence of what he's doing. I
think Nick Saban is trying to explain that the way that there does need to
be regulation on the NIL. But why you go to Ted Cruz then,
well, I mean that's that's who's holding these hearings. And Ted Cruz famously
represents what state m interesting Texas and where are the two largest Nile collectives Texas,
Texas? Once again, they no longer impact Nick Saban because he's not
coaching. Well, I mean, he still has an affiliation with Alabama and
I think that he wants, you know, wants them to succeed. Okay,
but think about it, Oh, so Bama, you gotta think they
have a large collective dowry that they can shove up money for Nio. So
he was good. Is it just fact that you don't know how to communicate
with players now where you can walk into the living room and you just can't
put your rings down and guys go for that. I think so. I
think he didn't know how to adapt. And where I think Deon Sanders has
an advantage is that he understands the evolved landscape. He knows that you create
a culture in an environment and it is about the dollars and cents, and
it is about the exposure and all that kind of stuff. And so I
think that he has a built in advantage when it comes to that. So
much of being a head coach in college football now is being a recruiter.
You got a recruit out of the portal. I mean, some of these
guys don't even recruit high school anymore. You know why bother let him go
to a juco or let him go to a G five school and then you
can go get your pick out of the portal. Say hey, look,
you tired of playing it Wyoming, Come come play for Alabama. See there
needs to be regulations in Io. And what I suggested, or is my
plan as far as me trying to make it sense, make it make sense,
is that if a guy gets a substants amount of money through the school,
it's like, okay, well we're gonna hold this money for you until
you decide that you want to leave to I don't know, pursue other things
or go turn pro, whether that's basketball, baseball, what have you.
But we're going to keep that in somewhat of a trust. In order to
get the money out, you have to make sure that you are in good
standings academically, or we're not going to give you the money. I yeah,
I think that there are ways to do this, and I think that's
what Nick Saban is trying to do, is help evolve what has become a
wild West cash grab free for all into something that's a sustainable model going forward.
I don't I don't have the assumption that Nick Saban is out here but
drysiness I think he's I think he's doing that on accident. I don't know,
how can you once again, you said, like my kids, maybe
one hundred and fifty million over his career, Nick Saban do need the money?
He's out. I think he's in it for you know. I think
he's try to try to build the legacy. At this point, he can't
see you have a buy a stick. He's an SEC head coach. No,
no, hell no, no it's not. It's not because he's an
SEC head coach. It's because he's a coach that made us who stance of
the amount of money. Hey, like you said, he doesn't. He
doesn't really need the money now, So why is he choosing now to stand
on his soapbox. I think he's trying to answer it the best way he
knows how. I just think he's his views are a bit dated, and
I don't think he knew how to adapt. I think it's part of the
reason he quit. I think he had a couple of years left in him.
But I think that he just did not know how to adapt. He
saw, he saw the changing landscape and just didn't understand. It's like,
and I agree with that, I'm gonna try to send huh. I think
that it's like the scene from No Country for Old Men, great movie at
the end of the movie where Tommy Lee Jones just kind of realizes that the
whole thing is the world just passed him by, you know, like he
just he cannot understand the mechanisms of Anton Sigour, Like he just can't.
He can't. And I think that Nick Saban is just kind of in that
same It's a smart guy. He you know, its great football minds,
but head coaches in college football anymore aren't even coaching. They're recruiters. We
see. That's once again Nick Saban's problem and his deal that he could do
it if you realize that you can't do something like they like it's been said
those who can't do teach, so go sign up to be a part of
a network show. Is something like that. Don't take your agreemances with the
process and then start to make waves when you were making a substantial amount of
money. That is just that's my deal with him. Yeah, I get
it, and it looks hypocritical. I get it. I think he thinks
that what he's doing is trying to do the best way he knows how whether
why I agree with it or not. And I don't exactly agree with all
his points, and I do think it's a bit hypocritical. For a guy
who made one hundred and fifty million, well one hundred and twenty five million
off Alabama, but you know who made over one hundred million dollars to be
sitting there trying to create barriers to players trying to get money. It would
have been better if Saban came out with some possible solutions. Here's what we
can do right to remedy the ongoing issues that Nils have opened up. But
that's not what he chose to do. He chose to say, okay,
well, as he was he was doing in the past, the building of
men right to the molding of men and how that was his angle. And
now the way that things are structured, it's a free fraw and the players
are not being developed. But don't you think for a control freak like Nick
Saban, that's the frightening thing. Like the someone Force says, you could
argue Saban is now in the best spot the voice and opinion. He's no
longer coaching. It's not going to benefit from this. This listener would have
a bigger issue if he was still coaching. Well, here's where Nick Saban
stands to benefit. He now has a poolpit. He now has an audience
and people want to hear what he has to say because he is fresh out
of the game talking about something that a lot of college coaches are definitely dealing
with. Once again, if Saban came up with solutions, here's what we
need to do. We need to form somewhat of a committee, somewhat of
a union, an oversight committee to look over these situations and ensure that hey,
listen, says, we are entering into a contract and there is a
collective like every single contract that is signed, then now are we going to
renew it every single year? And if you jump into portal, how many
times can you jump into portal in one given year? If he did that,
now I'm right there with him. But that's not what he did,
I know, and I think that I believe he would come around to that.
But I think that Nick Saban right now is just trying to It feels
to me like he's expressing I don't know how to compete aymore. That's what
it feels like when you watch this stuff. It feels like you have a
guy saying, hey, I was the top dog in college football and it's
changed it. I don't know. I don't know how to navigate it.
And that's what it feels like that he's saying. I think that there's there
are people catching strays. I think the players are catching strays a lot of
right, because you know the way that he's doing it. I mean,
I don't know. I think that there needs to be reforming oversight on the
Nile stuff. I just don't know where to start because the problem is is
that what's the dam broke on that thing? It broke all the way.
Well, see that was because the NCAA refused to take a look at the
inadequacies when it came to college basketball, football, women's because you got to
include women's sports due to Title nine. They were unwilling to look at it
as long as they were making money. That's the only thing that matters,
specially to think about. You know, all the years of March Madness,
as many of these games that are shown on different networks CBS, T and
T TBS, and all the money that those networks are making in the coaches,
but the players receive none of that. You get a trip to wherever
you're going and maybe a little cash or sweatsuit. No, put some money
in those players' pockets, and it definitely needs to be regulated to a point
where you can determine how much East player is going to make outside of brokering
deals lucrative deals from other outside sources. Yeah, in the NCAA is such
an inteffectual enforcement organization on top of it, I do think there's gonna have
to be some major overalls and oversights. I do agree with you though Nick
Saban was probably not the right voice to the right Tom Froucice country like k