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Here's Nick Coffee. You guys have heard me say this a few times
over the last couple of weeks, probably more than just a few times.
But we're getting the show started here Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's here
on Sports Talk seven ninety. We're getting get started with a lot going on.
Like as we get started, there's things in motion, there's there's fresh
news to share, and that's once again, what is happening today? But
I like it's it's just different today. So I suppose we will start with
what you know, the most recent stuff and then work our way back.
Because three notable updates on the Louisville basketball roster situation, and again, I
guess we'll start with what's most recent, and that is that Jade and Quaint's
the guy we've talked about quite a bit. In the last few weeks.
He has either canceled or postponed his visit to Memphis, which, if you
remember earlier this week after he eliminated Arkansas didn't want to go play for Cal
for whatever reason. Of course, Arkansas folks will tell you that, you
know, Cal just didn't want him, which you know would be Caliperi actually
changing everything about what he's always branded his way, which is to go get
those kind of players. But Arkansas is out of the picture. Kentucky was
going to do a visit in home that got canceled, so then it just
looked like Memphis in Louisville. Now he has canceled his visit to Memphis according
to you know, the the Jaden Quainton's camp. However, Memphis folks will
tell you that it's postponed, and Trilly Donovan as well as a few others
who have the ability to put in a crystal ball. On twenty four to
seven Sports have predicted that Jaden Quainton's the number eight player in America, will
end up at Louisville, which I do love like this is one of those
things that makes me feel like we are in fact back on our way or
on our way back. I should say, you know, we're not.
You know, nothing's really happened yet as far as results, but the work
that Pat Kelsey's already done in the portal has gotten a lot of attention,
as it should, a lot of momentum within the fan base. But you
know, others are noticing, Wow, this guy's really hit the ground run
and putting together a pretty good roster so far. But landing a player of
this caliber, if in fact that's what happens, that that that's a buzzworthy
thing. And I don't just mean like around here like that will that'll probably
be one of the most I guess, noticeable things in a positive way Louis
of basketball has done in a long time as far as roster acquisition. So
we'll see if it end up happening. I don't want to get my hopes
up, but it certainly looks as if that is the way this thing is
trending. And what I was saying as far as what makes me feel like
we're back, is that you know, there are people that are jealous,
right well, if Louisville wants to throw out that kind of money, I
mean, that's crazy. And it's kind of back to the Kentucky fan like
identity crisis, right because you know, this is the exact thing they used
to be chesty about for years, as you know, being able to go
get these kind of players, and in recent years were there were many myself
included, that would say, you know, that's great, but you know
you can't have that be your entire core. A bunch of five star freshmen.
You need really good you need veterans, you need experience. It's a
grown man's game now. And you know, now that's what they're saying because
they're not getting players like this, and I just find it to be I
find it to be funny and enjoyable and I'm starting to get really really excited
John, And they hit me on the way in here because some of this
stuff was sort of playing out while I was on my way into the studio
today. I don't know if you've ever seen me like really excited and into
Louisville basketball. I don't think you have. When would you have? No,
I've seen you excited for Louisville football. Oh yeah, this basketball situation
is another story for sure. Yeah, and that makes me sad, but
also like it's I mean, who knows what the roster is going to finalize
at, like what it's going to look like, and who knows what there
was you know, what type of results we're going to see next year in
year one. But I know I'm going to be super excited for this fresh
start and I think I think right now, the way it's headed, this
could be a pretty good, pretty good first season for Pat Kelsey. I'm
trying not to get ahead of myself because again, there's still a lot of
work to be done, but the momentum is there, and it just it's
it feels great to be a Louisville basketball fan again. And that may get
me made fun of by some others because you know, you're thinking, like,
what the hell have they done? Geez, well, you have to
consider the last two years and just consider the drastic difference right now. So
I don't know if we'll get any breaking news during the show today, but
that is the latest on Jade and Quaintance. It seems as if all other
you know, candidates for him are kind of out. I guess maybe Memphis
does end up getting a visit. But you know, as weird as it
still sounds to say, I trust Trillie Donovan. You know, he rarely
gets it wrong when it comes to this kind of stuff. And you know,
just in the last I think couple of hours, he is he has
put on his board, his forum that he has that he thinks Louislle is
gonna get and he's not doing the alert like, hey, the commitment's about
to come any minute now, but he's now saying that he believes that Louisville
will land five star Jaden quaintance. So again, now we're going to work
our way back a little bit because I think it was at about I don't
know, twelve thirty or something like that, Louisville Land did another commitment a
Bubba car tray or or tray orra. I think it's tray orra. But
either way we'll get it. We'll make sure we get it figured out,
or I will because I love this guy. He is the transfer from a
long Beach state and earlier in the week, and it wasn't as if I've
got any kind of inside info. I'm just you know, trying to connect
some dots and and you know, figure out which commitments we could potentially be
getting on the Louisville side. And here's the process I laid out yesterday that
I'll share once again. If somebody visits the visit seems to be going well,
you don't hear of any other visits scheduled, I think at that point
you know you could be on alert. And that's exactly what has happened this
week. Korn Johnson and and by the way, he goes by Cater.
Cater Treya is what he is. What he goes by. And Aboubacar,
I guess is his legal name, and I guess that's what's probably gonna be
on the roster. But at Long Beach State he went by Cater. That's
what they called him, and that's what like his Instagram is, so uh,
cater Treya is how I'm gonna refer to him until until he tells me
not to. But Coren Johnson and Cater Treiora were the two that you just
just seemed as if, okay, you know, there doesn't doesn't look as
if there's other visit scheduled. Louisville appeared to be in good shape. The
visit happened the visit seemed to go well, and now we wait and sure
enough those two have come in. And this guy, I mean, he's
he is as rare of a player as I can think of, as far
as you know, his skill set, his production. I mean, he's
six foot five. For some reason, I thought he was like six eighty
six foot five, so he actually, you know, has I mean,
I don't know what position he plays, but I do know that he put
up some big time numbers this past year. I mean he was an All
West Coast Conference selection. Twelve points, eight boards, four and a half
assists, one point six deals per game, and a block and a half
per game. I mean, he's a big time athlete. He's strong as
can be. If you saw the picture that he posted making his his commitment
public on his Instagram, he is absolutely jacked. You know, he doesn't
shoot threes, not good at it, but he knows that, right.
He's one of these guys that seems like he knows who he is as a
player. And there's actually some numbers that can nerd out on with him later
that will really I think put in perspective how rare he is and how how
much of a game changer. He could be, I mean, a really
good defender. You know, despite being six y five, he's got a
long wingspan, can block shots. And you know, this is a guy
who had a triple double in the West Coast Conference tournament. Just a stat
stuffer. But I think if you look at what each of these guys that
have committed thus far are known for, you know, this guy can do
a little bit of everything. His stat line shows that. And there are
some other guys that you could say the same thing about, right Javon Hadley
at from Colorado, I think he's a you know, mister do it all
kind of guy. But this I think with with Trey Ore, this is
a guy who is a defensive presence that can really help you. And the
roster's coming together and it's exciting. And then I guess the other update to
get to that is from last night. I didn't hear anything about this until
I think it might have been Tie Spaulding from Rivals that had tweeted it out
yesterday evening that CHUCKI Hepburn was on his way to Louisville from for for an
official visit. So he arrived last night at the airport pat Kelsey and some
of the staffers were there to greet him, and I would assume right now
as we speak, he is taking in Louisville and visiting, and that,
I mean, this is a guy that I believe could really take take the
You know, I could speak for anybody but myself, but I think a
lot of us are kind of on the same page with our thoughts about this
roster as of right now. So far it looks it's very I mean,
just given what you have right now, knowing there are other pieces you need
to add, it's hard not to be super impressed with the pieces that he's
already added. But CHUCKI Hepburn's a guy that obviously has has played in a
big time league in the Big ten, and he's been productive every year that
he's been there. And he's a defensive specialist, right, I mean,
I think Chucky Hepburn and Corn Johnson, those are two guys that could be
a pretty special backcourt. Not to mention, you know, you put but
Terrence Edwards Junior on the wing, I mean, puttray Ore at the four
despite being six or five. I don't think you have to worry a whole
lot about him being I mean he's not gonna You're not gona take advantage of
him in the pick and roll, I can tell you that. And then
at the five, I mean you've got James Scott of course the freshman that's
coming in, but there's some other bigs that that obviously they're still pursuing.
There's a visitor, a seven footer from Stony Brook that's coming in this weekend.
Uh and obviously uh ohsa Bar that I'll say it right, that's it,
right, ohsa Bar. Yes, yeah, he's gonna be here next
week to around on Oaks Day. And then obviously Jaden Quainton's I mean,
if you end up getting him, so you know, I don't want to
act as if Chucky Hepburn is this guy that you know, a once in
a lifetime talent, although I do think he's very talented and he can help
you, but you know, to me, he's somebody that really wouldn't be
like the finit you know, the final piece to take you over the top,
but he would just really compliment everything else you already have. And yes,
you're gonna need some more bigs, but I think some are going to
see the six foot five Trey Ora and think, Okay, this guy's not
a big but he I mean it's not just that he plays bigger than he
is, but like with his wingspan, his strength, he's ripped and his
athleticism, I mean, and his motor too, and you can't cut.
I mean that that's something that you know, you can't really coach either have
a I think you either have have a high running motor or you don't.
So like with all those things considered, being six or five is is not
really a big issue for him. Now. Certainly there could be mismatches and
things like that, but it's just it's it's exciting to see this come together
and you know they're not even close to being finished yet. So there's your
Louisville basketball update to get things started. And it's been fun, man,
the last few weeks seeing it slowly but surely come together. And maybe it's
not even fair to say slowly because you know, actually here we are,
what a month in to to this, you know, pursuit of building a
tire roster, and and you know they're I think they're more than halfway there
now. All right, Coffee and company, that's us. We are fueled
by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety Nick Coffee. That is me the
company man, mister John all On alongside today as we take you up till
six o'clock. It's NFL Draft Day. I love the draft. You know,
I haven't followed the lead up to this draft as much as as I
as I used to. And I don't really know why. I just you
know, I'm a little bit burnt out on every year there being so many
quarterbacks taken, even when we kind of know that these guys, I mean,
like it, the NFL gms just can't help themselves right like to see.
I mean even Drake May, who I think is good, but I
don't I'm not sure if Drake May is gonna be you know a guy that
can. You know, Justin Herbert is the guy they're comparing him to.
And look, I'm not acting like he's bad, but it's just I know
how important the quarterback position is. But the NFL and their desperation to find
a franchise coquarter back, you know so frequently and again I know, but
if you don't love one of these guys and you don't truly think that they
could be, you know, your franchise guy to get you to a super
Bowl. Then like go get really good players in the first round, second
round, you know, and use it, you know, sign a veteran
or something like that until until until that guy comes along. I just I
don't know, Like the fact that JJ McCarthy is believed to be a top
ten pick is insane to me. Like, again, I know it's all
about position of need and look, I get it, but just to see
on all these mock drafts I've looked at today that tight end Brock Bowers could
get drafted after JJ McCarthy is insane to me. But again, that's what
the NFL does. And we'll give you the latest as far as the buzz
surrounding the local players in the draft, which we don't necessarily have to do
that today because I don't think there's going to be anybody local that gets drafted
tonight. But maybe we save that, Maybe we save that for tomorrow and
some other things I certainly want to get into today. There is an update
on the Louisville transferred portal situation. From the football side. I know Drew
Diner had shared something yesterday on Twitter that I wasn't totally surprised to hear,
but it was kind of awesome. I mean, I hate that it happened
as far as how it played out, but it is nice to know that
Jeff Brohm, you know, his high level intensity that you see on the
field in games and if you ever been to a practice then I know you've
seen it and he's super calm, cool collected. But on the field when
it comes to competing, he runs hot and he's the ultimate competitor. And
he didn't take any bs and sounds as if he had to, essentially,
I mean kick some dudes off the team unofficially, if that makes sense,
which you never want that to happen, but it you know, I'm glad
that he, you know, took action and realized we got some bad apples
in the locker room. We got to get rid of that because that can
that can ruin I mean, that can ruin a team. So we'll get
to that, and you know, again we're gonna we're gonna keep this thing
rolling along kind of like we have all week. We're a little bit under
a week, a little bit over a week away from Derby, which you
know, is is uh is exciting. I haven't figured out what I'm gonna
wear. Although I usually usually dress pretty for Derby, like when I work,
I usually dress not casual, but you know, I'm not somebody that's
gonna go out and wear something insane. We're talking. You know, maybe
some slacks, a shirt and a jacket, like you know, that's probably
as as fancy as I'll get. But for Oaks, I usually try to
get something that is, you know, pink. But I I anytime I
even though I know that it's a pink themed event, when I look for
clothes that you know, have like a pink jacket or maybe a pink shirt
with a blue jacket or something like that, have other pink pants, I
just I can't. I can't justify buying it because I would never wear for
anything other than that, Like when you wear pink and look I have like
like salmon or maybe you could call it pink like you know, like dress
shirts and things like that. But but you know, a blazer like I
would only wear that for four Oaks. It's one day a year, so
I don't know. I mean, I guess you're going to justify wearing it
for like a breast cancer awareness event, especially for football games and stuff.
Like that. If I know they have those usually once a year as well,
That's that's a solid point. I've not been to any of those events,
but I know they have them, so you know, maybe maybe even
if I don't get invited or involved in any of those events, John,
I could purchase it knowing that if I ever do. Boom, I'm ready.
If you go to a game at the jack you got, you got,
You've got your pink for the breast cancer Awareness game. Yeah, they
do that. I know they do that in basketball. I'm not sure if
they do it in football or not, but yeah, I mean, I
like this. Let's see, let's see what other events slash, you know,
functions that that you know it would be not only uh doable to wear
pink, but like it's preferred because you know you're spot on. That's that's
and it actually is the same kind of I mean, I guess there's all
kinds of different pinks that you see at at Oaks, but I think that
when I think breast cancer pink and I think pink for Oaks, I think
it's kind of the same shade. So well done, well done, John.
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well as doctor Larry beIN's from pro Rea Physical Therapy. Now, let me
ask you this. Have you ever texted somebody like two questions and then you
get you get one answer and you don't know which question they were answering.
Oh yeah, So that happened that we're gonna do this live on the air,
and he won't mind because you know, he's a he's a fixture within
the show, mister Spencer from WHS eleven. So usually we have him on
once a week. It'll be on a Wednesday or Thursday. So I texted
him earlier today and then he asked what time And I initially said, you
know, could you do five thirty, and he mentioned doing something a little
bit earlier because his daughter has a soccer game, and I'm thinking, okay,
well, you know now I feel bad for You've been asking him to
give me any of his time if he's going to be going to his kid's
soccer game. So I just I said, these are two different questions.
Would three thirty work? Question mark? And then I said, wide open
tomorrow, if that works best for you question mark. He said yes,
sir. I think he said yes, sir to three thirty, but there's
no way to know. I mean, that's a fifty to fifty shot right
there. Well, wide open tomorrow, if that works best for you.
I didn't put the question mark, it was just a statement. So the
fact that he said yes, sir, I don't know. I guess we'll
find out. How soon did he respond after you sent the second message?
So I sent those two texts at the same time to twenty four. Okay,
he wrote me back at two twenty five. What do you think I
think I'm with you. I think it's three thirty. So whenever we get
to our first break, we'll call him and we'll, uh, you know,
we'll figure you know, actually here's what I don't like. If you
don't mind, and I know you don't mind, because you know you talk
to him every week. Ask him if he if he was confirming for three
thirty or if he wanted to do tomorrow, and just see what he says,
because uh, if he's if he means three, if you meant three
thirty, then we're ready to roll. But you know, I don't you
know if you just say, hey, can't you ready to go on?
Like he may be like crap, I thought I told Nick tomorrow. You
know what I'm saying. Yeah, So we may have Kent Spencer coming up
in a few minutes. We may wait. We may make you wait until
tomorrow. And I know that's unfortunate because you guys, that's why you tune
in. You want your fix. That is what Kent Spencer brings to the
table. All right, Uh, let's see here. There's something else I
wanted to to mention. When we get this up, we get this things
started today. Oh yeah, this is this is this was not it,
but it is worth mentioning now that there there is another big name added to
the portal. You see who it is? John, I haven't Nord Chadowmere
FJOI name, yeah, literally a big name yep, seventeen and ten last
year. I haven't heard anything about anybody involved, but I know there's been
some rumblings that there's been a cons there's been a player that hasn't at the
portal yet that if they do, it would be a big, big time
name that everybody would would want. Uh and that Kentucky has felt like,
you know, Kentucky fans, Kentucky media have felt like that, you know,
basically, we're in really good shape for a guy who hasn't at the
portal yet. They may have been referred to this guy. And last year
Miami was easily the most disappointing team in college basketball. I don't think you
could. I mean, I don't know who else would be. So Final
four in twenty twenty three, they bring back almost that entire team minus Isaiah
Long and then and they just completely fell apart. But Norman nor Chattomere is
a really good player. Whoever gets him is getting a good one. And
I think this was more so from yesterday. But the fact that R.
J. Davis is coming back to Carolina, I mean, he was a
star last year, right, I mean and they fell short, losing to
Who was it that knocked him off Alabama? But no, I mean that,
I mean he'll be Will he not be preseason Player of the Year in
college basketball? I mean, I don't mean who else would it be.
I mean, he's probably already an All American of the first team All Americans.
I wonder how many are coming back. I mean probably not many.
So some significant news there in college hoops. All right, let's get our
first break out of the way. Keep this thing rolling along again. It
is Coffee and Company. I don't know about you, guys, if you're
a Louisville fan, I know some that listen or not. But how about
being back into this kind of stuff right following along every step of the way
of guys visiting. I mean, it's it just feels good to have momentum
once again. All right, don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here
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company. It is the one the only mister Kent Spencer from w h as
eleven Kent. How we doing today, brother man? I'm going excellent.
Thank you so much for asking. It's a beautiful day outside, and Louisville
basketball fans are feeling beautiful just because they're seeing this roster come together. And
I know a lot of these players are guys that most haven't really heard of
until they hit the portal. Certainly haven't watched a lot of them. But
just any any thoughts from on your end as far as just kind of seeing
the way Pat Kelsey has gone about, you know, building this roster really
from scratch. Well, first first thing I would say is, I think
when you get the pulse of the fan base and the things that they've done
in the portal and things that Pat Kelsey has done right now like it.
They're just feels like there's hope in the fan base once again. And you
know, I think that you know, if you looked at it year one
or the summer, and we haven't even hit the summer yet, and Hope
is already back in the program, and you know that was a that's a
huge goal and he's already he's already hit it. How these pieces work together
and how they function together, I don't know, but you know, on
the surface, they feel like some some pretty good gets and and you know,
they get a lot closer to to where they want to be by each
piece they had. Obviously there's there's still some out there that that need I
mean, it's not it's nowhere near a full roster. And you know,
for at some point it does get tricky because everybody that Louisville was getting,
for the most part, are portal guys. Portal guys don't want to go
anywhere and sit on the bench absolutely, and you can only play, and
you can only play so many and so then it gets tricky about how you
you know, how you're you're piecing together this roster. But you know,
to be quite honest with you, neck, I mean, so far,
so good, and I think the biggest thing is there's hope back. Yeah,
And I forgot what it was. I mean, I forgot what it
was like to as a fan myself to kind of just you know, know
that as far as results and wins and you know, nothing's happening yet.
But just again, you said it best. It's hope. It's belief and
momentum and that has been lacking, no doubt, in the last couple of
years. But you're right, nobody in the portal is wanting to be pursued
and hoping that a coach sells them, hey, can you come be a
part of our depth. They want to play, they want to be They
want to be told that they're going to have a big role. Maybe not
be the guy that takes the most shots, but you know, that's that's
what these guys want. They want money too, obviously, which that gives
me a chance to switch here to football, because I actually think that on
both sides Louisville and Kentucky, a lot of the guys that they're losing in
the portal right now, maybe not all of them. There's certainly some exceptions
where maybe guys just had said, Hey, you know, this is what
I thought it'd be. I'm gonna leave. I can go get money elsewhere,
so I'm gonna leave. But I think, you know, you see
some guys come in in the portal, especially some that showed up in spring
for Louisville, and you know, they're here and they go through spring.
And it's not to say that they you know, don't want to or they
can't compete, but you know, I think when they left their previous school,
they probably especially if they came from an SEC or a big ten,
right, they're probably not thinking they're coming to Louisville to be a part of
the two deep. They want to be, you know, the man.
And I don't know how coaches navigate that, right like, because I just
I don't Sometimes with the portal, you're just gonna see players leave, and
fans and others are gonna want to hold somebody accountable. But I just I
don't know if anybody is at fault for some of these guys deciding the bold.
If anything, I think it's on these guys. But then again,
you know it's their decision. Well look, we talked about it a great
deal last week, right, like it's the nature, it's it's really just
officially a business. And you know, I always look at you know,
for me, you know Petty Boon from from Louisville, who jump back in
the portal after three weeks of springball. You know, every spring practice that
I went to, he was part of the equation. And you know,
if you look at Louisville last year, you know Juwar Jordan and then Isaac
Garrindo you know, emerged and then you had a two headed monster and sometimes
they played three backs in the ACC or the SEC or the Big ten or
you know, wherever you're going to play. You know, there are certain
positions where not one dude isn't going to get forty touches a game. You
know, you you're going to have to have multiple guys because you just can't
last a whole season if you're just going to be, you know, strictly
just a bell cow. Like you need a second or third option in some
of these positions, and they're and they're there. But yeah, I mean,
I think so much of this is it comes down to two things like
P and P. Baby, you want to get You want to play and
you want to get paid, no doubt about it. And I think coaches
will learn, right they're gonna I mean, this is a learning process for
everybody as far as the portal in NIL and I think coaches have probably made
some decisions taken on guys that they now will say, look, there's there
was red flags there that I didn't really consider. But you know, if
a guy bounced around to a bunch of schools already, you know, maybe
that's just enough reason for me to think, look, if he's not somebody
that's really going to be a game changer for us. Maybe I just maybe
I just stay away because I think that's another thing that nobody brings up,
is when you have so many guys coming in from different you know, different
schools. Meaning these aren't guys entering their college career there, they've played sometimes
three four years elsewhere. You know, you just never know how it's all
gonna come together, right, Like, you don't know what kind of culture
they came from in their locker room. I mean it's it's it's it's a
real crapshoot. Well, and so you know, look over the years,
we've heard coaches talk about, you know, they have to be the right
fit. They have to be the right fit for our program and for our
culture. And I think in this time and day and age, some coaches
approach it, and even the good ones, right Like, I think everybody
can get burned by this. Well, if we give them this amount of
money, they'll just fall in line. And guess what, that's not true,
not at all. A lot of them are probably learning that, right,
Like, it just ain't about like they don't have the right attitude if
you just pay them enough, And that's not that's not going to be the
case. So I think as you go along, you know, coaches will
start to learn certain lessons and see certain red flags, and there will be
more maybe equipped to navigate some of this stuff because you know, every now
and then, you can be a good player, but you may cost a
lot of money, but you could be a head case and the juice just
doesn't work. The Squeeze Kid Spencer of WHAS eleven is our guest joining us
here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Let's talk in NFL draft. We'll get
to some of the local players that won't hear their name called tonight or even
tomorrow, but certainly a lot of local guys from Kentucky, Louisville, Indiana
WK you could hear their name on Saturday, for sure. But what do
you make of just this draft class? Obviously, Caleb Williams has been believed
to be this, you know, the number one pick for quite some time.
Certainly looks like that's what's going to happen. Right behind him Jayden and
Daniels. Another quarterback number three could could be could be Mac Jones. Uh
I'm sorry, not Mac Jones, but Drake May uh I said Mac Jones
because that's actually been my comparison. I think I think McCarthy could be the
next mac Jones. But you know, what do you make of this this
crop of quarterbacks because obviously, you know the NFL gms, I mean,
they can't help themselves if they see a quarterback they fall in love with.
I mean, they'll they'll take them early. But I just I don't know,
I'm not totally wowed by by this crop. Compared to some others.
It seems like a crop that's gonna get somebody fired. Yep. Couldn't have
said it better. Actually, Yeah, you know, like because because ultimately
it feels like if you're in that those first three spots, it's almost like
you're you've got to take a quarterback. You know, you you're you're almost
in this like whatever it is, it's got to be a quarterback or the
best quarterback of available. I'm not always on on the same page. You
know. It's so funny as you as you kind of go down. You
know, Caleb Williams, for for instance, you know, he's been kind
of picked apart. I know what I've looked at him. I think he
can make all the throws. I think he's a competitor, you know,
I think he's he's a tough guy to bring down. So while he's trying
to figure out the NFL game, he can buy some time with his legs.
You know, his big knock is you know, he broke down you
know a couple of times this year after after losses. You know, for
me, man, that just means you care. Yeah, that just means
you you you you absolutely care, winning and losing to you matters. So
I don't I don't look at that as a negative whatsoever for me in this
draft class. I think he is the cream of the crop, and after
that, I think there's a there's a big gap between the between the rest
of them. And that's just me from from what I've been able to see,
I haven't guiltiest charts. I probably haven't seen a tone of Drake may
same here. I mean, despite being in the A C c uh,
you know, Louis Will never played against him, and you know, I
just felt like they were a team that put up a lot of big number
and they were usually in shootouts because their defense was so bad. So certainly
a talented guy, but he's somebody that you know, I don't believe he'll
ever be an elite guy in the NFL. And if he ends up being
a guy that in you know, five years, isn't in the league anymore,
you know, you know, it wouldn't shock me. I think this,
you know this this draft. As far as some of the skill position
players with Harrison Junior neighbors from LSU at receiver, and then I mean,
I I like, I will lose my mind if Brock Bowers from Georgia gets
drafted after JJ McCarthy. Can't like that, That just can't. That's not
possible, right, Yeah, I mean I honestly think, I honestly think
you're too like and and I'm sure there are other players out there, but
you know, Harrison Junior from Ohio State and Brock Bowers I think are like
you're sure fire beats. Totally agree, Like, would you would you draft
those two guys? You're drafted studs and they're Day one starters, like they're
gonna absolutely produce as rookies like you're drafted studs. I'm sure there are other
guys out there, but like I would bet the farm on those two guys.
I'm with you, all right. So as far as the local guys
from Louisville, Kentucky. Western Kentucky may actually have the first guy drafted malacat
Corley, the receiver from from Campbellsville who's had a phenomenal career there. But
of the of the Louisville and Kentucky guys specifically, who do you see potentially
having, you know, maybe the longest career man. That's a that's a
really really good question. You know, generally speaking, it probably is.
This is not going to be this is not going to be sexy. But
I'd like to see what Jarvis Brownlee for Louisville looks like long term at cornerback,
or maybe Andrew Phillips at Kentucky at corner you know, I feel like,
for some odd reason, I feel like, you know, quarters at
both places usually could catch on and and have a nice long career and make
an impact. I'm curious to see where the three running backs end up from
louis Wood, Kentucky, you know, Jordan and Grindo, and then of
course Ray Davis from UK. I'm curious to see what kind of you know,
what kind of fit you know, and at a team that they latch
onto and how they're used and so I think I'm more curious about that.
But if I had to say, like, look, I think this person
is going to have a really really long career, just off the top of
my head, I would probably say Brownley or Phillips, Yeah, I'm with
you. And when it comes to the running backs, you just never know
because that what that position is kind of turned into. But I could see
Grindo being a guy that maybe he is never elite, but just kind of,
you know, I just see him having a longer shelf life just because
I think he's built for it. You know, maybe he you know,
like any running back, you can kind of just fall off a cliff when
you get to the NFL. And maybe I'm just kind of falling into the
buzz that he's generated as of late, especially after a pretty good showing at
the Combine. But yeah, all three of those guys, I mean,
Ray Davis is great too. It's just crazy what that position has turned into
over the years. I mean, these are guys that you know, ten
to fifteen years ago, if with that kind of production, with that size
and that productivity, you'd think, man, these guys are going to be
in for a long lasting career and it's just not the way it works anymore.
Yeah, I mean I think Jawar is more of a third down back,
yeah, at the at the next level, just because it would be
really, really tough for him to take on a pounding over time. I
mean, you know, heck, we even saw it, you know,
with his usage rate last year. I mean, you know, he just
got digged up right, like it was. It became pretty tough for him
to be able to finish games and play in every game and finished the season.
You know, guys like you know, really Grindo probably maybe even more
than Davis. But guys like Grindo and Davis can be you know, every
down back. So but Grendo's got speed and power, He's got it all.
He's you know, a total package. I think Ray Davis from Kentucky
catches the ball a little better than or better than Grenda out of the backfield.
So I think both of those guys are kind of intriguing as far as
you know, you can be in every down back those kind of three guys.
And I think I think Juwar could really add value to a team.
Is that third down change of pace, you know, catch balls out of
the backfield type guy, you know who I'm just curious to see. I
wouldn't claim to have the knowledge and the expertise to know how how long this
guy is going to play in the league. But Trevin Wallace of Kentucky somebody
that anytime, I mean I watched a lot of Kentucky football during his time
there, really really good player productive. I think he's listed as a top
one hundred overall prospect by Daniel Jeremi of the NFL Network. You haven't heard
I at least haven't heard a whole lot of buzz about him. But anytime
I watched Kentucky, I walked away really really impressed with him. Well,
and they do have a track record of producing linebackers, you know, in
the league, and guys would seemingly play forever, right, Yeah, and
they and they so you know, like I probably could probably reset my other
answer and say him as part of the guy that I think would make the
longest impact. That I probably forgot about him a little bit, and I
don't know why, but I mean, that kid can fly, and you
know when he arrived, he arrives with bad intentions, which I don't know.
Last time I looked up NFL linebacker. That's like prerequisite, you know,
for all of that stuff. So no, I think you're I think
you're right. He's a he's an intriguing guy and could be you know,
nobody's nobody's going off the board tonight, but he could be one of the
first guys off the board from from the local schools. Sure, all right,
you're ready for rapid fire, kent Oh board ready, baby, let's
do it. Travel destination you've never been to, but you really want to
make sure you make a trip at some point. Uh, Paris, France,
Okay, never been, don't know a whole lot about it. Obviously,
I know what it is, but yeah, that I would not would
not have guessed that. But hey, Paris, France, it's it's a
it's a popular place, all right, all times. Sports villain. Oh
for me, it was Jim Kelly, okay, explained from the quarterback from
the Buffalo Bills. So obviously you know Buffalo and Cincinnati the Bengals, Yes,
had had all kinds of games back in the day. Jim Kelly was
just an unbelievable you know, uh quarterback back in the day. But man
always he always rubbed me the wrong way and I don't know why, but
he always rubbed me the wrong way. And then I got a chance to
meet him after he got done playing, and he couldn't be nicer. But
during the but when he was the quarterback of the Buffalo Bills and ward number
twelve, you know, I despised him with the fire of a thousand sons.
I don't know what it is there are There are not many, and
there's not like it's not like there's a ton of them. But over the
years there have been athletes in the NFL, NBA, even college players at
times that I'm like, man, I can't stand that guy. And I
really can't even tell you why. I have no reason. He seems they
seem like nice people. They're not dirty players, but I'm just like,
I can't stand that guy. So I've been there, I've been there.
But you know, with with he, I'm also a huge I was also
a huge dann Rito guy growing up. Okay, so it makes sense.
And then they obviously had that rivalry as well. All Right, I know
you keep yourself in shape, so I'm sure you're not eating terrible food and
fast food, But what is a guilty pleasure meal for you? Like if
you, let's say you're gonna have a big cheat meal and you know it's
like not great for you, calories that kind of stuff, but you're like,
man, this is it's worth it. Okay, So Skyline Chili,
Okay, good one and so and I'll give you I'll give you the order.
It's it's it's a three way with two cheese Cony's and a Mountain dew
to wash it all down. It is probably and they can't give me enough
oyster crackers. And by the time I started eating it, it's probably done
the whole meal in five minutes. Man, that sounds good. All right.
Last, I like, I'm an episode of like Man Versus Food and
it's up like I'm against the clock. That was good. I mean I
didn't I didn't expect to uh to be this hungry this early in the show.
But yes, Skyline. I had never had Skyline until about nine months
ago. Now I've had it about three or four times since then, and
now I understand and all the hype. All right. Last question, who
do you want the Bengals to draft tonight? Oh, let me tell you
something. If they could get and it's not going to happen, Rock Bowers.
Oh, man, that'd be something special because he's I mean, you
could make the case maybe the best player in this draft. Honestly, Yeah,
that'd be I mean, don't I don't think he'll fall that far,
but man, if they could get him, oh filthy good stuff. Can't
appreciate you, man, Talk to you soon, brother, Be good buddy.
All right. That's Ken Spencer from WHAS eleven. Always appreciate the time.
Quick break. We'll come back and wrap at the three o'clock hour.
Keep this party rolling along, and John played some party music, so we're
partying today on a Thursday. I doubt this is like a real sign of
anything, you know, happening, but looks like the folks at WDRB their
website jump the gun, I guess in a a post that is a published
article at WDRB dot com. I can't see the headline, but there's a
Twitter account called rational u of L. It's rational U of L fans a
Twitter handle, and he posted an article that was posted today and it just
shows a picture and a caption for the picture says. Jaden Quainton's, a
five star prospect from Raleigh, North Carolina, has committed Louisville, but it
doesn't show the headline and it's not there now, so maybe, you know,
maybe they've got the post ready in case it happens, which you know,
I think a lot of a lot of people do that for for for
obvious reasons. In fact, I know, you know, back when I
used to work the online content game, the blog world, I would oftentimes,
you know, just a quick hitter, a quick published post that just
gives you, you know, the news, the information now, stuff that
you can all just get on Twitter. You know, I would have three
versions, right, you know, louisvillelanded a player, a LITTLEVI did land
a player, or Louisville lost the Louisville didn't get him and he went here.
And this is why it's bad, Like you know nothing, you know,
it was just just to be you know, just to be ready.
So if you you are just now joining us, I don't want to misrepresent
this as if you know, it's actually happened. But Louisville appears to be
the school that those that cover college basketball recruiting, Louisville is the school that
they think is going to get Jayden Quaintan's which is you know, which is
big and you know, I don't think we're you know, a couple of
Kentucky fans on the on the text line, you know, acting as if
Louisville fans are being hypocrites for, you know, knocking people for being excited
about five star No. I mean, I don't. I don't think.
I don't think anybody's ever said you, shay, wait a second, don't
be happy about a top ten player because you know they suck. Nobody wants
those like, nobody would do that. Where the game has changed is that
you cannot win specifically with that. If Jayden Quains's up at Louisville and everybody
around him's played three years, two to three years of college basketball and been
productive and been good, that could be the perfect roster for a guy like
that that's sixteen years old, that you know, he's you know, he's
kind of learning. I'm not learning. I mean, he's learning on the
go, but also may have I mean, he's gonna have probably the most
upside of anybody on this roster. So it's it's totally different, right,
Like Louisville fans now being happy about something that they started to criticize Calip Perry
for in the recent years. Is just I mean, that's that's that's not
accurate. It's totally different. Cali Perry would go and just build his team
specifically off of those kind of guys. Jayden Quayton's would be the only freshman
on this team. So it's it's it's in fact, and you could argue
that's the best scenario for a guy like that. Veterans, the guys that
have played for a long time, and you know he can learn from them.
So we'll see. Again, I'm already talking as if he's he's he's
here, and I don't want to do that, Like I don't want to
you know, I'll put it this way, John, I'm at the point
now where I can't help but get my hopes up. Like it's it's trending
that way. All the noises that he's gonna be at Louisville. You know,
people are making, you know, their way of coping with it.
A lot of Kentucky fans, specifically even some Arkansas fans, their way of
coping with this is to say, oh, yeah, wow, they'd pay
that for that guy, which for Louisville it would be worthy because again,
he's a he's a guy that you could have for two years, and if
you build it. The team you're already building around him has a bunch of
veterans. I mean, he could be a really good I mean, I
don't want to say a complimentary piece. We're talking about a top ten player
in the country. He'd be a nice piece to go along with a veteran
group. And if you can get him two years, I mean, and
look, perception is it matters. And Pat Kelsey has already done a solid
job of landing good transfers. I don't want to say they're great, but
you know, good players. And if he could land a top ten recruit
and then maybe one of the better guards that's transferring out of the big ten
in Chucky Hepburn. I mean, John, I may lose my mind.
I'm excited. I may start thinking. I may start thinking crazy stuff like
you. I may start looking in to, you know, rooms in San
Antonio next year for the Final four. That's I mean, if we you
know, I could get nuts. It's been a long time since it's happened,
and I think the final Fours in San Antonio next year. I could
be wrong. I think you're right, you know, don't you because you've
already got reservations. Because because Woodson has got it rolling, baby all right,
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