WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.880 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 2 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:11.839 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think when we are 3 00:00:12.119 --> 00:00:16.719 get off our show. Idiot. The kids are playing or tail off countries 4 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:20.239 are screwing it up. Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner 5 00:00:20.320 --> 00:00:25.120 Murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. Who's 6 00:00:25.120 --> 00:00:29.519 the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? Now? 7 00:00:29.559 --> 00:00:37.200 Here's nick coffee? All right, let's get it started. Ladies and 8 00:00:37.240 --> 00:00:41.840 gentlemen, welcome into a shortened edition of Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's 9 00:00:41.880 --> 00:00:45.719 here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Getting it started at four o'clock rather than 10 00:00:45.759 --> 00:00:50.119 three due to a UK baseball game, which is kind of weird. I 11 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:54.039 guess this is this is the UK Baseball postgame show. Let's load them up? 12 00:00:54.079 --> 00:00:58.560 Five two, five seventy nine hundred. Can this What do they call 13 00:00:58.600 --> 00:01:00.799 themselves the Batcats? I've never heard that, but that might be it. 14 00:01:02.000 --> 00:01:04.280 I mean it's probably something I've heard that before. It's I don't know who 15 00:01:04.280 --> 00:01:07.799 else the bat Cats would be. Yeah, but yeah, this is a 16 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:11.480 really weird week. I mean, it's a super short week. We had 17 00:01:11.519 --> 00:01:15.079 Monday off because of the holiday, and then today just two hours and Tuesday 18 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:19.799 it was your first day back from vacation. That's right, So haven't really 19 00:01:19.359 --> 00:01:23.040 got the groove back just yet. And what I mean by that is like 20 00:01:23.079 --> 00:01:26.640 it just still hasn't felt like a normal like as much as I like short 21 00:01:26.640 --> 00:01:29.959 weeks, and to be honest with you, I'm not like upset that you 22 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:33.079 know, I didn't have to do an hour today. I mean I would 23 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:38.680 have rather had a full show. But either way it works, right, 24 00:01:38.760 --> 00:01:40.799 I mean, now I can do about it, no reason to be mad 25 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:45.920 or be worked up or anything. But yeah, I'm actually looking forward to 26 00:01:47.359 --> 00:01:51.799 a regular week, getting back to the routine, getting back to you know, 27 00:01:52.760 --> 00:01:56.760 structure. Not that I'm like want in the weekend to go about super 28 00:01:56.760 --> 00:01:59.719 fast, but you know what I mean. But then what happens after that, 29 00:02:00.000 --> 00:02:01.560 because then I'm gone for another week. You're here next week, though, 30 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:04.920 right, correct, So I get a full normal week with you before 31 00:02:04.959 --> 00:02:07.200 you head out, before you had out of the week. So hey, 32 00:02:07.280 --> 00:02:09.039 this is the time of the year where we got to get in our vacation 33 00:02:09.080 --> 00:02:10.960 at least, you know, that's what I choose to do. I mean, 34 00:02:12.000 --> 00:02:14.479 technically, you can take your vacation whenever you want, as long as 35 00:02:14.520 --> 00:02:21.120 they approve it. But I'll have another week off in July, and I 36 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.039 got to figure out something to do to burn up some days. I'm gonna 37 00:02:24.080 --> 00:02:29.639 save some for maybe some long weekends during the fall, and of course I 38 00:02:29.719 --> 00:02:32.520 like to take off some time near Christmas. But last year, if you 39 00:02:32.560 --> 00:02:37.199 remember, I was burned. I mean I was actually those two years ago 40 00:02:37.240 --> 00:02:39.159 that I ended up literally not using some of the vacation that I had because 41 00:02:39.159 --> 00:02:43.479 I didn't want't. I didn't want to because of the timing of the year. 42 00:02:43.520 --> 00:02:47.599 It's college basketball season. I mean I think Brahm had just got hired 43 00:02:47.800 --> 00:02:52.479 in December. Kenny Paynes first year, things were terrible, so like I 44 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:55.319 didn't want to be away because I felt like there'd be some strong listenership just 45 00:02:55.319 --> 00:02:59.360 given what was going on. So last year, I took three weeks off 46 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:01.879 in like a six week period. I think I went to I remember that, 47 00:03:01.960 --> 00:03:05.400 Yeah, it was like April, May and July or something. Yeah, 48 00:03:05.400 --> 00:03:09.360 So I did. I went to Georgia in June, Cabo a month 49 00:03:09.520 --> 00:03:13.520 or so before that, and then I did our We did our July trip 50 00:03:13.599 --> 00:03:16.520 to Destin, So I may go to Charleston at some point in the next 51 00:03:16.560 --> 00:03:21.759 couple of months for like maybe a long weekend, maybe Thursday, Friday, 52 00:03:21.840 --> 00:03:23.719 come home Sunday or something like that. But yeah, I gotta, I 53 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:27.159 gotta get these because there's nothing worse than like knowing you had time off and 54 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:29.560 you didn't take it and they don't you know, they don't pay you for 55 00:03:29.599 --> 00:03:30.960 that, which I'm not sure many companies do that anymore at all. It 56 00:03:31.039 --> 00:03:34.639 used to be a thing to where if you didn't take your vacation at the 57 00:03:34.719 --> 00:03:37.319 end of the year, howvery much time you had that you didn't use, 58 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.960 they'll pay you for it. So, I mean, I get what they 59 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:43.080 stopped doing that, but man, that would have been sweet back in the 60 00:03:43.120 --> 00:03:46.240 day, because I'm sure there's a lot of people who didn't take. If 61 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:50.120 you if you've been somewhere a long time and you didn't take the five six 62 00:03:50.199 --> 00:03:53.719 weeks that you that you were getting, let's say you just took two or 63 00:03:53.800 --> 00:03:55.840 three, which a lot of people can probably get by with. Just that, 64 00:03:55.840 --> 00:03:58.919 that's a pretty good I mean, heck, that's like a bonus, 65 00:03:59.280 --> 00:04:03.080 a pretty decent I would say. So anyways, let's let's jump right in. 66 00:04:03.080 --> 00:04:06.159 Actually, before we do that, how can we get people to stop 67 00:04:06.199 --> 00:04:11.879 walking in on you whenever we're on the air. I think the idea that 68 00:04:11.919 --> 00:04:14.639 you threw out a couple of weeks ago this was off the air, that 69 00:04:14.680 --> 00:04:18.319 you told me if I left my microphone on but turned down when I wasn't 70 00:04:18.360 --> 00:04:23.879 saying something, it may indicate to people who were standing outside of the production 71 00:04:23.959 --> 00:04:27.920 studio that maybe they shouldn't come in. Yeah. So for those who don't 72 00:04:27.920 --> 00:04:30.680 know, we are not in the same I mean, we're probably, you 73 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:32.759 know, twenty feet from each other. But I am in Studio B and 74 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:35.560 he is in Studio E. Is that right? Yes, So he is 75 00:04:35.600 --> 00:04:39.680 in what I guess you can call you'd call the control room, where you 76 00:04:39.680 --> 00:04:44.839 know, he runs the show, and it is paired with my studio in 77 00:04:44.879 --> 00:04:47.920 here. And how we see each other old day. I mean, I'm 78 00:04:47.959 --> 00:04:54.360 sure there's still plenty of studios across the country elsewhere that do it where you're 79 00:04:54.399 --> 00:04:57.519 in two rooms but there's just a big piece of glass between you. We 80 00:04:57.560 --> 00:04:59.680 don't have it set up that way here, but we so we see each 81 00:04:59.680 --> 00:05:01.759 other on monitor, And honestly, it didn't take long to get used to 82 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:05.560 that, Like I'm totally fine with that being how we communicate. But because 83 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:11.839 John is in the studio the control room, which isn't technically where you would 84 00:05:11.879 --> 00:05:15.720 host a show, out of nobody ever like looks to see if the on 85 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:19.079 air light's on. And to John's credit, he's a pro. He's been 86 00:05:19.160 --> 00:05:24.800 trained, so when he is not speaking, his microphone is off, which 87 00:05:25.279 --> 00:05:29.959 you know typically that I mean, that makes total sense, you know for 88 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:30.920 me, I, you know, I turn my mic off when we go 89 00:05:30.920 --> 00:05:33.160 to break because usually even if I'm not talking, if it's a guest or 90 00:05:33.199 --> 00:05:35.959 if it's John, I don't need to turn my mic off. But John, 91 00:05:36.040 --> 00:05:39.680 you know, as a producer, always turns it off when he's not 92 00:05:39.720 --> 00:05:42.759 talking, which again is totally normal. But that leads to people just assuming 93 00:05:42.800 --> 00:05:45.680 he's not involved in the show. So we could be doing a back and 94 00:05:45.720 --> 00:05:48.199 forth where I talk twenty seconds, John talks twenty seconds, but in the 95 00:05:48.240 --> 00:05:54.920 twenty seconds if his microphone is off, that on air light and sign outside 96 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:58.199 of his door is not on, so people just barge in. And here's 97 00:05:58.240 --> 00:06:00.519 what's unfortunate. Even if it was on, there are still people that would 98 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:03.279 just barge in and assume that you don't have that you don't have a role 99 00:06:03.319 --> 00:06:06.920 on the show, and that pisces me off, but I don't really know 100 00:06:06.920 --> 00:06:10.759 what you can do about it. Pitches me off for a couple of reasons. 101 00:06:10.759 --> 00:06:13.680 One, I feel like it's I'm just assuming, well, there's no 102 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.759 way you'd be talking on the air. But also people don't listen to you 103 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:17.920 know. And again, if you're working and you're doing your own stuff, 104 00:06:17.920 --> 00:06:20.160 like I get it, but if you've listened to this show at least a 105 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:24.920 little bit and you work here, you would know that my producer always has 106 00:06:24.959 --> 00:06:28.959 been an integral piece to what is going on. So nobody does it to 107 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:31.560 be a jerk, but it just I see it. So I'm looking at 108 00:06:31.560 --> 00:06:36.240 the screen and somebody barges in without any and just starts yapping. It startles 109 00:06:36.279 --> 00:06:40.240 me. If yeah, so if you're not talking, I mean, it's 110 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.360 happened when you're on the air and talking before too. It's just nobody, 111 00:06:43.399 --> 00:06:45.759 you know. All you have to do is look in there and see if 112 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:49.079 it looks as if he's speaking or not. So I think the best way 113 00:06:49.560 --> 00:06:53.959 is to do what I mentioned, if you can get used to it, 114 00:06:54.000 --> 00:06:56.759 where instead of turning it off and on, you just turn the level up 115 00:06:56.839 --> 00:07:00.720 and down, but there'll still be people that just kind of to barge in. 116 00:07:00.680 --> 00:07:04.839 And I am someone who would you know, like if it was me, 117 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:08.959 I would just hold my hand up like this with one finger, like 118 00:07:08.959 --> 00:07:12.319 hang on a second, like we're on the air here, because it's like 119 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:16.079 the it's like the ultimate sin, at least how I was trained. And 120 00:07:16.120 --> 00:07:18.879 in my experiences, if you walk in on somebody who's on the air, 121 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:21.199 like you know, it's, oh my gosh, I'm sorry. I didn't 122 00:07:21.199 --> 00:07:24.439 know you were on the air. And that's why they have those lights and 123 00:07:24.439 --> 00:07:28.319 those signs that say on air. And you know, people hover around this 124 00:07:28.399 --> 00:07:31.120 door every now and then because this is like the host studio. But like, 125 00:07:31.560 --> 00:07:34.639 does that happen. There's no way that happens to Shannon Grigsby. There's 126 00:07:34.639 --> 00:07:38.040 no way. Yeah, I wouldn't think so. And even whenever, like 127 00:07:38.439 --> 00:07:41.199 because people know he's a part of the show. If I go down to 128 00:07:41.279 --> 00:07:46.000 talk to Ian who works with eight for whas, I always peek in his 129 00:07:46.040 --> 00:07:48.759 window even if his light's not on. You can you can visually see and 130 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:51.360 we can get away from this, but you can see whether or not I 131 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:56.639 want to complain about it. More so, yeah, So I mean it's 132 00:07:56.959 --> 00:08:01.920 I don't know, it's a pet peeve for me and if if you know, 133 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:05.680 because at times John and I will literally be having a conversation where our 134 00:08:05.720 --> 00:08:09.079 listeners are listening as we go back and forth, and because somebody has walked 135 00:08:09.079 --> 00:08:11.480 in there we it ends like I just have to I have to kind of 136 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:16.199 just you know, move on to something else, like the conversation just didn't 137 00:08:16.199 --> 00:08:20.680 happen, because you know, And to be honest, you do, you 138 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:24.800 but don't be afraid to tell people like not right now, like hang on 139 00:08:24.839 --> 00:08:28.879 a second, because I know sometimes people don't. They're not they're not aware, 140 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:31.600 and they'll walk in and just hover around and just and just shit shat 141 00:08:31.639 --> 00:08:35.919 you. And I swear it pisses me off because it just they don't you 142 00:08:35.960 --> 00:08:37.679 know, they're not they don't care what's going on. This show? The 143 00:08:37.720 --> 00:08:41.159 hell this show we play such a pushover to and we don't need this show. 144 00:08:41.279 --> 00:08:43.679 I mean, that's that's what it That's what it comes down to. 145 00:08:43.879 --> 00:08:48.399 So I just got to stop being a push over. And if and if 146 00:08:48.440 --> 00:08:52.840 we're in, if we're conversing about something right now, I'm telling you don't 147 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:56.000 and you don't have to like, I know you want to answer the phone, 148 00:08:56.000 --> 00:09:00.279 and having people not you know, get a get an answer when they 149 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:01.080 call us. Fine, but if you and I are in the middle of 150 00:09:01.080 --> 00:09:05.000 a segment and you are part of it, don't answer one thing the other 151 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:07.080 day and I guess I just did it now as well. Is if I 152 00:09:07.080 --> 00:09:11.919 see somebody's calling, I'll answer, put him immediately on screen, and then 153 00:09:11.960 --> 00:09:15.120 talk to him after I'm talking. So when you do that, they hear 154 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:18.759 the show, right, yes, so that means they know they've been picking 155 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:22.440 just say what I just said, gotcha? Okay, So anyways, we'll 156 00:09:22.480 --> 00:09:26.960 move on. That was probably five minutes of conversation that didn't need to happen, 157 00:09:26.960 --> 00:09:31.320 and I'm sure none of you care, but it's it's already irritating knowing 158 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:33.759 that this is just a weird show because we didn't get the full three hours 159 00:09:33.960 --> 00:09:35.440 and then you get it rolling and then somebody just pop in there, Hey, 160 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:41.159 d just not even you know, And even if you're not like going 161 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.120 back and forth with me, let's just say you didn't want to talk. 162 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.960 There are people here who produce shows that are in the production side of things 163 00:09:46.960 --> 00:09:50.600 that have made it clear do not talk to me. I don't want to 164 00:09:50.600 --> 00:09:54.000 be on the air. I don't. It just it's you know nothing at 165 00:09:54.000 --> 00:09:56.639 all. I'm just going to run the show, produce it, get you 166 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:58.759 on air, get you in and out of breaks. But you don't I 167 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:01.240 don't want to talk. And that's fine. But even if that was the 168 00:10:01.279 --> 00:10:05.600 case, you still need to know what's going on on the show to where 169 00:10:05.600 --> 00:10:07.840 you need to hear, Like if I send it to break and you're not 170 00:10:07.960 --> 00:10:11.080 listening, Not that you'd ever do that, but like, producers should be 171 00:10:11.159 --> 00:10:15.759 left alone while they're producing a show just as much as a host, I 172 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:20.879 swear, In fact, maybe more if you think about it. So anyways, 173 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.919 let's dive in, shall we. So I guess we'll start with something 174 00:10:22.960 --> 00:10:28.960 that I still don't know if it's worth getting your hopes up about, if 175 00:10:28.000 --> 00:10:33.440 it's worth really putting a lot of energy and excitement as a fan into. 176 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:37.759 But if it is real and there's a potential chance that could happen, it 177 00:10:37.759 --> 00:10:39.799 would be huge. And that is the Coleman Hawkins situation. So let's back 178 00:10:39.879 --> 00:10:46.159 up to yesterday. He shared a tweet I'm sorry. Yeah, He shared 179 00:10:46.159 --> 00:10:48.320 a tweet from Frank, Big Frank. We're just gonna call him Big Frank, 180 00:10:48.480 --> 00:10:52.600 and in fact, I do think that's kind of what the fans is. 181 00:10:52.759 --> 00:10:54.519 The fans have already started to refer to him as on Twitter and even 182 00:10:54.639 --> 00:10:58.720 like the Trillie Donovan discord Big Frank. The guy who transferred last week played 183 00:10:58.720 --> 00:11:03.279 at Your played a Ques. He was teammates with Colemanhawkins at Prolific Prep. 184 00:11:05.600 --> 00:11:09.399 Frank shared the official announcement, the official release that he had signed with Louisville 185 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:13.879 and Coleman Hawkins quote tweeted it and shared a picture of the two of them 186 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:15.919 playing together in high school. And I think he just said, hey, 187 00:11:15.919 --> 00:11:20.480 Frank. Well he quickly deleted it, and you know, I thought that 188 00:11:20.480 --> 00:11:26.159 that meant one of two things. Either he's just trying to get people, 189 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:30.759 you know, he's he's hinting that, you know, he's he's noticing what's 190 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:35.639 going on at Louisville. He's letting fans myself included know of a connection that 191 00:11:35.720 --> 00:11:39.600 I didn't know existed, meaning that he played high school ball with one of 192 00:11:39.639 --> 00:11:43.720 Louisville's new players. And he could just be doing the you know, because 193 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:46.120 he's pretty, you know, he's pretty. I can't think of the right 194 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:52.279 word because I don't I want to say maybe savvy. He's pretty savvy on 195 00:11:52.320 --> 00:11:56.679 social media. Some would say maybe he's just a troll. I'd say the 196 00:11:56.679 --> 00:11:58.360 best way to describe it is he likes to have fun with people on social 197 00:11:58.399 --> 00:12:03.759 media, meaning you know, he'll go back and forth with fans. Yesterday 198 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:09.879 he actually shared his venmo once it became public that he was coming back to 199 00:12:09.919 --> 00:12:16.000 school, and now you know, he keeps people are paying him money too, 200 00:12:16.039 --> 00:12:18.519 by the way. So anyways, it was either him kind of just 201 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:24.840 you know, wanting to get Louisville fans excited and maybe there is some interest 202 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.639 there and he's you know, letting us know that that Wolfe was one of 203 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:31.200 the schools he's interested in and they're interested in him, or he's just having 204 00:12:31.279 --> 00:12:35.879 fun on the internet and trying to potentially raise the price for what it would 205 00:12:35.879 --> 00:12:41.240 cost to get him through NIL. So I have no clue. However, 206 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:46.879 Louisville is trying to get him to visit Louisville would make this work, and 207 00:12:46.080 --> 00:12:50.480 I wish I had specifics, but I don't. But I remember hearing this 208 00:12:50.639 --> 00:12:52.480 a few weeks ago, and I talked a little bit a little bit about 209 00:12:52.480 --> 00:12:58.840 it yesterday, and that is that if they got to thirteen and there was 210 00:12:58.879 --> 00:13:03.360 still talent available, guys they feel like could really help them. They will 211 00:13:03.360 --> 00:13:07.120 make it work, and it's not necessarily. They'll find a way. I 212 00:13:07.120 --> 00:13:09.720 think they have a way and know what way they would go about it, 213 00:13:09.759 --> 00:13:13.000 but I don't know what that is. So you've got two guys that are 214 00:13:13.000 --> 00:13:18.600 gonna be here that are not playing. They're gonna red shirt because of injuries. 215 00:13:18.799 --> 00:13:28.559 That's Kobe and Khalifa. Now I assume you don't get like an extra 216 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:31.720 scholarship because a guy that you have on scholarship is hurt. In fact, 217 00:13:31.720 --> 00:13:35.879 I know that's not the case. Also with Nil, I'm not sure if 218 00:13:35.879 --> 00:13:37.799 this is the case. I guess it's the same. I don't know why 219 00:13:37.799 --> 00:13:41.799 you would do one and not the other. But these guys will get in 220 00:13:41.879 --> 00:13:45.440 IL, but they won't be getting in IL while they're not playing, which 221 00:13:45.759 --> 00:13:48.039 I guess that's kind of fair, right, although you're injured, right, 222 00:13:48.039 --> 00:13:50.559 it's like if you play. I mean, if you're a professional player and 223 00:13:50.559 --> 00:13:54.320 you're injured, you still get your paycheck. But again, these are you 224 00:13:54.360 --> 00:13:56.960 know, these aren't professionals. You know, at least that's what they're we're 225 00:13:56.960 --> 00:14:01.919 told to believe. So I'd say by Monday, we'll figure out if there's 226 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:07.759 any traction here to where maybe he is going to come and visit. Louisbell 227 00:14:07.120 --> 00:14:09.360 has an I own money. Now, I don't know if they have enough 228 00:14:09.440 --> 00:14:13.240 left or if they would even be willing to pay what he's going to try 229 00:14:13.240 --> 00:14:15.120 to get, because it sounds like he's gonna want a lot of money, 230 00:14:15.879 --> 00:14:18.240 and it sounds like Arkansas is you know, believed to be the school that's 231 00:14:18.279 --> 00:14:22.960 willing to pay the most, and you know, they're they're probably gonna have 232 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:26.600 a pretty good team, but there is at least some some mutual interest there. 233 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:31.600 But I get the sense from the folks I've talked to that at this 234 00:14:31.759 --> 00:14:35.279 point, I think they're I mean I say they I guess, I mean, 235 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:37.519 you know, the entire staff, they're probably still kicking tires here with 236 00:14:37.639 --> 00:14:41.039 him to just see, all right, are we gonna, like, do 237 00:14:41.080 --> 00:14:46.320 we really feel like his interest is truly genuine or is he just trying to 238 00:14:46.399 --> 00:14:50.399 you know, get his name out there attached to schools that have paid a 239 00:14:50.440 --> 00:14:52.840 lot of money in an il to see if he can get a you know, 240 00:14:54.279 --> 00:14:56.759 I don't think you'd go after this guy and you know, try to 241 00:14:56.759 --> 00:14:58.879 bring bring him in for a visit unless you felt like, you know, 242 00:15:00.320 --> 00:15:03.120 he's truly wanting to potentially be a part of your program, and obviously Nil 243 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:07.480 would have to be a big part of that. But you know, I 244 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:11.000 don't know if they got played by Olsabor and really doesn't matter because in the 245 00:15:11.080 --> 00:15:13.600 end they saved money and they ended up getting case In Prior, who I 246 00:15:13.639 --> 00:15:18.080 really really like. But I'd say, at this point, you already have 247 00:15:18.159 --> 00:15:20.879 thirteen. So even if he you know, even if you find out down 248 00:15:20.919 --> 00:15:24.039 the line he is just kind of trying to take you up on your visit 249 00:15:24.080 --> 00:15:28.720 to raise the price elsewhere, I think the risk is worth taking because again, 250 00:15:30.320 --> 00:15:33.399 you know, he would be just an added piece that is not just 251 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.480 an extra player. It's I mean, you're talking about one of the best 252 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:39.879 players available in the portal. In fact, not even just available, but 253 00:15:39.919 --> 00:15:43.759 of all the players that have entered the transfer portal in college basketball. I 254 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:46.120 don't know where he ranks, but he's got to be top twenty, is 255 00:15:46.200 --> 00:15:50.080 top thirty ish, I would think. I'm sure I could find him in 256 00:15:50.080 --> 00:15:52.440 a lot of different places, given how different these rankings are depending on where 257 00:15:52.480 --> 00:15:56.799 you look. But you know, again, I'll go back to how I 258 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:00.600 started the conversation about this guy. I still don't know if it's worth really 259 00:16:00.639 --> 00:16:06.559 getting your hopes up or getting excited or you know, anticipating a real race 260 00:16:06.600 --> 00:16:08.960 here to see who can land him. But I would say by Monday, 261 00:16:10.639 --> 00:16:15.480 there'll be something out there as far as which which schools he's prioritizing, which 262 00:16:15.480 --> 00:16:18.759 schools he's going to visit, and if Louis's one of them, I mean, 263 00:16:18.799 --> 00:16:22.960 i'd say they have a chance now when it comes. I mean, 264 00:16:23.000 --> 00:16:26.279 you gotta keep in mind, this guy did not want to come back to 265 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:30.960 college, and it took him going through the NBA draft process to figure out 266 00:16:30.120 --> 00:16:36.600 that he wasn't going to be drafted and going back to college is probably going 267 00:16:36.679 --> 00:16:40.440 to be best for him. So I don't think he's visited any schools. 268 00:16:40.480 --> 00:16:42.159 I know he's talked to some. I mean, Louis has already had conversations 269 00:16:42.200 --> 00:16:45.399 with him before. I don't know the extent of that. I just know 270 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.039 they were, you know, involved in some way, and that could mean 271 00:16:48.039 --> 00:16:51.320 a lot of different things, right. Being involved could mean they DMed him. 272 00:16:51.480 --> 00:16:52.759 It could mean that they've talked on the phone. You just really don't 273 00:16:52.799 --> 00:16:56.559 know. But yeah, we'll see again, I'm not getting my hopes up 274 00:16:56.600 --> 00:17:00.879 just yet. But if he's got like three visits that are scheduled by the 275 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:03.599 end of the weekend and Louis was one of them, at that point, 276 00:17:03.640 --> 00:17:07.599 I'll say, look, do what you gotta do. You know you've already 277 00:17:07.599 --> 00:17:11.839 got everybody you need as far as thirteen and this is really just kind of 278 00:17:11.839 --> 00:17:17.559 an added bonus. I mean, you know the Big Ten better than I 279 00:17:17.599 --> 00:17:19.599 do. John Colmenhawk's a good player, right. Yeah. I find it 280 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:23.640 interesting too that Coleman Hawkins doesn't want to play in the Big Ten too. 281 00:17:23.640 --> 00:17:27.880 I think it's good because he's somebody's he's a bigger guy, and usually the 282 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.960 Big Ten is a conference for the bigger guys, but he's kind of a 283 00:17:30.960 --> 00:17:36.759 non traditional big and I think he kind of sees he's hot. Happened with 284 00:17:37.240 --> 00:17:40.559 the fact that you haven't had a national champion from that conference since the year 285 00:17:40.599 --> 00:17:42.119 two thousand, maybe things he can't win one there. Yeah, So he 286 00:17:42.279 --> 00:17:48.039 was on or this was at the NBA Draft combine. He was talking about 287 00:17:49.880 --> 00:17:53.160 if he ends up at a new school and this was his answer, and 288 00:17:53.839 --> 00:17:57.319 yeah, he doesn't want to play in the Big Ten. I would never 289 00:17:57.400 --> 00:18:00.680 play in the Big Of course it's doing that same thing, isn't it. 290 00:18:00.960 --> 00:18:03.240 He says, I will never play in the Big Tit again, I wouldn't 291 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:04.680 play in the Big East. I would go somewhere where I can enjoy a 292 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:08.920 football game. Like what do you? What do you? What do you 293 00:18:08.960 --> 00:18:12.279 make of that? Of that comment? So the Big Ten I already laid 294 00:18:12.279 --> 00:18:15.640 out what I just said about that the Big East is interesting. I don't 295 00:18:15.640 --> 00:18:18.160 know why wouldn't want to play in the Big East. Maybe it's television And 296 00:18:18.200 --> 00:18:19.680 that's what he said because he wants to be Ah, that's right, there's 297 00:18:19.680 --> 00:18:23.880 no football but that. But that, Come on, don't insult us, 298 00:18:25.680 --> 00:18:29.599 like you would not pick your next college based off of their football program? 299 00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:33.000 Like what are you talking about? Dude? Is his whole personality? Like 300 00:18:33.079 --> 00:18:36.480 I think I think that you know that. I think that that's sort of 301 00:18:36.480 --> 00:18:38.440 his brand, right, like to just be kind of I don't know, 302 00:18:38.759 --> 00:18:41.440 he's the kind of guy like if if if he's going to continue to be 303 00:18:41.599 --> 00:18:45.240 this way on social media and he's not on your team, you're not gonna 304 00:18:45.720 --> 00:18:48.079 I think that I think that's already the case. I feel like right now 305 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:51.599 it's different because he's available and he would help any team, but no, 306 00:18:51.720 --> 00:18:53.799 he's and I think he would embrace that. I think he would absolutely embrace 307 00:18:56.000 --> 00:19:00.359 being a villain by everybody, maybe even everybody even fans of his own team. 308 00:19:00.359 --> 00:19:03.240 I don't know. But if you ever want to check him out on 309 00:19:03.319 --> 00:19:06.880 Twitter, it's easy to find. Just search his name Coleman Hawkins but cole 310 00:19:06.920 --> 00:19:10.839 Hawk twenty three And if you go look at like his replies, like he'll 311 00:19:10.839 --> 00:19:15.720 go back and forth with trolls, you know. Again, he he tweeted 312 00:19:15.759 --> 00:19:19.839 out his Venmo and uh, forty one dollar and fifty three cents has come 313 00:19:19.880 --> 00:19:25.000 his way from a few different fans. So I don't know if it's weird. 314 00:19:25.359 --> 00:19:26.839 Yeah, know why I feel like it's just weird. Yeah, because 315 00:19:26.839 --> 00:19:32.079 it's like these guys are getting paid. Well, I think he's doing it 316 00:19:32.119 --> 00:19:36.079 to try to be funny. Yeah, but also you know, like I 317 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:40.359 think there's a good chance that maybe he actually thought somebody would just start throwing 318 00:19:40.519 --> 00:19:44.400 like hundred bucks here, a hundred bucks there, and like you know, 319 00:19:44.480 --> 00:19:48.480 it would be like it's free money for him, right, Yeah, I'm 320 00:19:48.480 --> 00:19:52.319 putting my vemo out there. You know, on Twitter, you can you 321 00:19:52.359 --> 00:19:56.559 can you can edit your profile to have a tip jar Oh really, Well, 322 00:19:56.599 --> 00:20:02.279 people can like tip you because they tweet they appreciate your your your content, 323 00:20:02.440 --> 00:20:07.359 which I mean that's I mean, like I just you know, like 324 00:20:07.559 --> 00:20:11.319 asking for tips on social media just to me seems very It would be very 325 00:20:11.400 --> 00:20:14.599 uncomfortable. It's just as weird as a tip in the drive through. Yeah, 326 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:17.279 that is odd. You know, you can monetize your Twitter now, 327 00:20:17.920 --> 00:20:22.359 I saw that. I haven't looked into, but i've I wouldn't tell anybody 328 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:26.599 any So the verification for the blue check it is now where you are a 329 00:20:26.640 --> 00:20:32.599 premium member of Twitter, and I have that and I use it because it 330 00:20:32.680 --> 00:20:37.359 lets me post like longer videos. It gives you more capability within your account, 331 00:20:37.359 --> 00:20:38.160 and I do a lot of video stuff. So that was the main 332 00:20:38.200 --> 00:20:42.799 reason why once they went away from the standard verification process, I still needed 333 00:20:42.799 --> 00:20:47.599 those resources that I used to have because of content within within the platform. 334 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:51.920 Well that's been how long over a year now, I mean how long has 335 00:20:51.960 --> 00:20:53.720 Elon Musk been involved in Twitter? Easily a year? Right, Yeah, 336 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:57.480 it's about a year believe, So I've had that, but I didn't really 337 00:20:57.519 --> 00:21:04.440 know anything about like what the premium you know options were. So you can 338 00:21:04.480 --> 00:21:10.160 now turn on like monetization and it's like ad sharing revenue. So I turned 339 00:21:10.160 --> 00:21:14.559 it on like maybe four or five weeks ago, and it was like for 340 00:21:14.640 --> 00:21:18.119 the last I think it might have been for like the last couple of weeks, 341 00:21:18.480 --> 00:21:21.160 maybe like the last ten days of April. It was on and I 342 00:21:21.200 --> 00:21:22.880 didn't you know, I don't even know what it means. So because I 343 00:21:22.920 --> 00:21:27.640 have so because I have the premium service with with with X and or Twitter, 344 00:21:29.400 --> 00:21:32.440 I don't see ads, you know what I'm saying, So like it's 345 00:21:32.480 --> 00:21:36.119 pretty so so when I go to my thread and there's I don't know, 346 00:21:36.200 --> 00:21:40.400 let's say, like for example there and I want to get to this later. 347 00:21:40.440 --> 00:21:41.759 But the I talked about it on the show a couple of days ago, 348 00:21:41.799 --> 00:21:45.359 and I threw it out there on Twitter. Former level basketball players that 349 00:21:45.440 --> 00:21:48.640 made little to no impact on the court, but we'll be remembered for decades 350 00:21:48.680 --> 00:21:52.799 for other reasons. We mentioned Andrew McGee, Brian Bowen, and then I 351 00:21:52.799 --> 00:21:53.839 said, I think you could throw Kron Davis in there, just because of 352 00:21:53.880 --> 00:21:56.759 the whole scenario, the shenanigans that took place, and you know, and 353 00:21:56.799 --> 00:22:00.039 that's no knock on him. I mean that's just like it was wild. 354 00:22:00.119 --> 00:22:04.640 How that whole thing played out. So you know, that had fifty seven 355 00:22:06.440 --> 00:22:11.799 responses, fifty seven thousand views on the thread, twelve retweets, one hundred 356 00:22:11.799 --> 00:22:17.000 and fifty eight likes or favorites or whatnot. So within that, like you'll 357 00:22:17.039 --> 00:22:18.920 see ads between responses. I don't see those, so like I'm you know, 358 00:22:19.039 --> 00:22:22.920 I'm thinking, how do they monetize this? There's no ads? Well, 359 00:22:22.000 --> 00:22:26.519 it's because I don't see them. So, you know, long story 360 00:22:26.519 --> 00:22:30.200 short, after like ten days of April, I ended up getting a payout 361 00:22:30.440 --> 00:22:33.160 and it's not like life changing money, but like I couldn't believe like that 362 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:37.880 that mean I do have thirty or not thirty twenty. Let's see, I 363 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:42.359 have twenty seven thousand, three hundred followers. But I've just always assumed that 364 00:22:42.839 --> 00:22:47.400 like most people who followed me many many many years ago on Twitter, like 365 00:22:47.440 --> 00:22:51.480 aren't on the platform anymore. But one thing that is important to note is 366 00:22:51.519 --> 00:22:53.640 just because they're not active on their meaning they're not tweeting, doesn't mean they're 367 00:22:53.640 --> 00:22:59.319 not checking it. Like Twitter is really a sports information resource for a lot 368 00:22:59.359 --> 00:23:02.559 of people, and they still use it in that and as long as they're 369 00:23:02.559 --> 00:23:07.279 on and they're you know, getting impressions and views to certain things. So 370 00:23:07.319 --> 00:23:08.559 like, I have no clue what to expect as far as like money, 371 00:23:08.960 --> 00:23:12.200 but like I kind of feel like, damn, during the coaching search if 372 00:23:12.200 --> 00:23:15.000 I would have had that on like, because I had, I got a 373 00:23:15.039 --> 00:23:21.359 notification that I had the most impressions within my account that I've ever had during 374 00:23:22.079 --> 00:23:25.119 the you know, during the searching. So I'm sure that would have been 375 00:23:25.160 --> 00:23:27.400 some you know, some money. So hey, for those who like clown 376 00:23:27.480 --> 00:23:33.599 people for blue check buying or whatever, I mean, I would if you 377 00:23:33.640 --> 00:23:36.200 have a good, good following. And I don't mean twenty seven thousand, 378 00:23:36.200 --> 00:23:37.440 I mean like, you know, a few thousand or something, maybe even 379 00:23:37.440 --> 00:23:41.720 the letter off. You know, if you have people that you know engage 380 00:23:41.720 --> 00:23:44.160 your content, you tweet a lot, you can make some money. All 381 00:23:44.200 --> 00:23:45.039 right, quick break, we'll come back on the other side. Keep this 382 00:23:45.039 --> 00:23:48.000 thing rolling along. Let you hear from Pat Kelsey. He did one of 383 00:23:48.000 --> 00:23:52.119 his social media shoutouts last night to the fan base. We'll let you guys 384 00:23:52.119 --> 00:23:56.079 hear that Lenardi has given us his first bracket, which I think is really 385 00:23:56.119 --> 00:23:57.640 stupid. But you know what, we'll talk about it. Why not. 386 00:23:59.200 --> 00:24:06.000 It's the UKBA small postgame show folks. That's right, Coffee and Company rolling 387 00:24:06.039 --> 00:24:11.119 along here. Short show today just two hours because of the the baseball game, 388 00:24:11.880 --> 00:24:15.960 which I guess we could still potentially run into. Uh, I don't 389 00:24:17.000 --> 00:24:19.160 know if you have. If you it's regional, then super regional, and 390 00:24:19.200 --> 00:24:22.559 I guess super Regionals could still take place during the day during the week. 391 00:24:22.680 --> 00:24:26.680 Yeah, so I already looked ahead. If they make the super Regional, 392 00:24:26.039 --> 00:24:30.400 it could eat the series will either be a Thursday through a Saturday or a 393 00:24:30.400 --> 00:24:34.720 Friday through a Sunday next week, and if the regional goes to the extra 394 00:24:34.759 --> 00:24:38.440 game on Monday, that could potentially become a problem. Yeah, that's true. 395 00:24:38.480 --> 00:24:44.200 So super Regional is just it's it's two teams, right, Yeah, 396 00:24:44.200 --> 00:24:47.640 it's two out of three. Yeah, so I would assume that they'd play 397 00:24:47.759 --> 00:24:51.960 those during the evening and not during the day. But then again, if 398 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:53.519 there's a bunch of them and they're yeah the TV and those are all on 399 00:24:53.599 --> 00:24:56.519 tv C. Yeah, I guess, I guess there's still a chance. 400 00:24:56.720 --> 00:25:00.319 But you know, out of our control, out of our control, and 401 00:25:00.359 --> 00:25:03.880 I'm you know, I'm a company man myself, right, so I mean 402 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:06.319 got it. I mean, if they want me to, if they want 403 00:25:06.319 --> 00:25:11.000 this to be the UK a UK Coffee and Company show. You know, 404 00:25:11.039 --> 00:25:12.119 I'll do what the company wants, right, What am I gonna do? 405 00:25:14.000 --> 00:25:17.400 I gotta I got no, Uh, I've got no. Uh. There's 406 00:25:17.440 --> 00:25:22.599 no power here. That's why we call it Coffee and Company because we're both 407 00:25:22.640 --> 00:25:26.440 company men. That's that's right, right, Masville is just called the Company 408 00:25:26.480 --> 00:25:27.839 Men, the company Men. That's not a bad name for the show. 409 00:25:27.880 --> 00:25:32.680 To be honest with you, I actually kind of like that. I mean, 410 00:25:32.799 --> 00:25:34.720 limiting my name wouldn't be wouldn't be ideal for me for brand. Yeah, 411 00:25:34.799 --> 00:25:37.640 but the company men, I mean, yeah, I don't. I 412 00:25:37.680 --> 00:25:41.160 don't mind that at all. Uh, there is there's Actually I used to 413 00:25:41.160 --> 00:25:44.559 be a real nerd for this, and I would look in different markets and 414 00:25:44.599 --> 00:25:48.759 find uh names of shows and like think of who had like the most creative, 415 00:25:49.480 --> 00:25:52.160 And then I realized, like it doesn't matter. You do not need 416 00:25:52.200 --> 00:25:56.000 to aim for creativity. You need to aim for what is very easy for 417 00:25:56.039 --> 00:25:59.960 people to remember. And it needs to include your name, not because you're 418 00:26:00.000 --> 00:26:03.680 obsessed with yourself and your ego, but because it's it's it's another chance for 419 00:26:03.720 --> 00:26:06.559 people to remember who you are. If the name has nothing to do with 420 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:10.079 your show and you're resetting all the time and not mentioning your name. It 421 00:26:10.279 --> 00:26:12.119 just you know, people should still remember you if you give if you give 422 00:26:12.160 --> 00:26:15.400 him a reason too, and you still mention your name here and there. 423 00:26:15.880 --> 00:26:22.599 But the name being in your show is strategic for you know, reasons other 424 00:26:22.640 --> 00:26:25.319 than just maybe wanting to to, you know, inflate your own ego. 425 00:26:25.480 --> 00:26:26.720 But there was a show that I think it may still be on the weekends 426 00:26:26.759 --> 00:26:30.119 on Fox Sports Radio. It's just called The Fellas, and I love that, 427 00:26:30.400 --> 00:26:34.160 like it's it's subtle. Yeah, it's simple, but you know it 428 00:26:34.240 --> 00:26:37.279 works. There's another Fox Sports one that's kind of the opposite of subtle. 429 00:26:37.319 --> 00:26:41.559 It's two pros and a cup of Joe worst a lot worst name I've ever 430 00:26:41.599 --> 00:26:45.359 heard for a radio show. Wouldn't tell you who hosts it either. The 431 00:26:45.440 --> 00:26:52.680 pros are Brady Quinn and I think LeVar Arrington. And then is the cup 432 00:26:52.720 --> 00:26:55.720 of Joe a guy named Joe? I would think so because I thought, 433 00:26:55.920 --> 00:27:00.599 Oh, Jonas Knox, I think is the guy who hosts that and Jonas 434 00:27:00.640 --> 00:27:02.799 I guess that's what it is. I mean, not Joe Jonas of the 435 00:27:02.880 --> 00:27:04.960 Jonas Brothers. But you know what I mean, Joe is short for uh 436 00:27:06.039 --> 00:27:08.680 for for Jonas. Yeah, that name, that name is is terrible. 437 00:27:08.839 --> 00:27:12.880 But and there's a lot of companies too, by the way, and like 438 00:27:14.000 --> 00:27:15.480 just like this, like I trust me Coffee and Company. There's there's a 439 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:19.559 there's other something in companies across the country. And it's for strategic reasons again, 440 00:27:19.640 --> 00:27:23.039 because I don't want it to just be the Nick Coffee Show, because 441 00:27:23.039 --> 00:27:26.640 I want people to, you know, to feel as if you're gonna you're 442 00:27:26.640 --> 00:27:30.960 gonna hear from other people like the company man or any guest or callers or 443 00:27:30.000 --> 00:27:34.960 whatnot. So anyways, I like this better than the Red Zone. The 444 00:27:36.519 --> 00:27:40.039 red Zone it was it was just too generic. It's the most overused name 445 00:27:40.119 --> 00:27:42.759 for for teams that have read in their yeah colors. Yeah. I remember 446 00:27:44.640 --> 00:27:49.240 our former big boss, meaning like he was he was high up within iHeart. 447 00:27:49.240 --> 00:27:53.119 I don't mean just here in Louisville, but he used to he was. 448 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:57.000 He doesn't work here anymore. But whenever I got hired, it was 449 00:27:57.119 --> 00:28:02.359 me Kelly Carl's who hired me and then later retired within like a couple of 450 00:28:02.400 --> 00:28:04.279 months. And how we I think was around. It's I mean how he 451 00:28:04.319 --> 00:28:07.680 was around, but I think the four of us were kind of just going 452 00:28:07.720 --> 00:28:11.599 back and forth discussing what the name of each show that was debuting should be 453 00:28:11.599 --> 00:28:15.319 called. And of course, you know, I was starting at noon, 454 00:28:15.400 --> 00:28:19.200 how he was on in the mornings at seven, and our boss was throwing 455 00:28:19.240 --> 00:28:25.480 out different names for this show for my show, and they were all terrible, 456 00:28:25.559 --> 00:28:26.640 and I was like, godly, like, I can't I just got 457 00:28:26.680 --> 00:28:30.039 hired, haven't even actually started the show yet, Like, I can't tell 458 00:28:30.119 --> 00:28:30.839 him that name sucks. I don't want it. I'm gonna have to just 459 00:28:30.920 --> 00:28:33.400 deal with whatever. But man, these names he's throwing out here are awful. 460 00:28:33.880 --> 00:28:37.000 So he just finally went, h you know, red Zone, the 461 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:38.640 red Zone. I'm like, oh yeah, let's do that. Yep, 462 00:28:38.680 --> 00:28:41.720 the red Zone. We're gonna go with the red Zone. I love it. 463 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:44.279 That's great, and you know, and it you know, it was 464 00:28:44.319 --> 00:28:45.960 fine name. But man, some of the other ones, it was do 465 00:28:47.039 --> 00:28:51.559 you remember them? Or can you even say them? Like the Cardinal Club 466 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:53.759 or something. Was like they wanted it to be very specific about U of 467 00:28:53.880 --> 00:28:59.160 L, which I understand that was our brand at the time, but it's 468 00:28:59.160 --> 00:29:02.039 hard to do that without it being you know, corny. I throughout the 469 00:29:02.079 --> 00:29:06.000 idea of making it, you know, naming it sort of after at that 470 00:29:06.079 --> 00:29:07.880 time the website that I ran, But they weren't really you know, they 471 00:29:08.079 --> 00:29:11.680 that would have that would have only helped me and not really them specifically. 472 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:14.079 So there were names that I didn't love. And I heard that and I 473 00:29:14.079 --> 00:29:17.039 said, let's just let's just go with it, you know what. The 474 00:29:17.079 --> 00:29:19.279 first, uh, in fact, the first radio show ever did it was 475 00:29:19.319 --> 00:29:25.559 like twice weekly at a smaller station that first hired me, and it was 476 00:29:25.640 --> 00:29:29.960 just called The Cardinal Connection. Like the Cardinal It was just based after I 477 00:29:30.000 --> 00:29:33.160 took my podcast to a radio station, like that's how I first ever got 478 00:29:33.160 --> 00:29:37.920 a start in radio. And then whenever I started doing afternoon Drive from five 479 00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:41.440 to seven, uh, the show was called Inside the press Box, Which 480 00:29:41.920 --> 00:29:45.240 what do you think of that, honest thoughts? Inside the press Box it's 481 00:29:45.279 --> 00:29:49.279 not a bad name, but it sounds like a very informational show. Yeah. 482 00:29:49.680 --> 00:29:56.119 I liked being able to come in and out of a break or start 483 00:29:56.119 --> 00:29:59.319 a show and tell them this is where you are. You are in the 484 00:29:59.319 --> 00:30:02.359 press You are inside the press box, like kind of like you are in 485 00:30:02.359 --> 00:30:04.880 the red Zone. I like that that makes it seem natural here you know, 486 00:30:06.119 --> 00:30:07.160 you're in the red zone, you're in the press box. It's like, 487 00:30:07.200 --> 00:30:11.440 you know, it flows good. Now I don't get to say that. 488 00:30:11.480 --> 00:30:15.119 I just say this is Coffee and Company, you know, which is 489 00:30:15.160 --> 00:30:18.119 fine. But I remember thinking that's the perfect name for a show inside the 490 00:30:18.119 --> 00:30:21.400 press box, which now many years later, I'm like, yeah, I 491 00:30:21.400 --> 00:30:22.920 don't if that was great, the press box would have been fine. But 492 00:30:22.960 --> 00:30:26.000 as you said, John, and you're right, it just seems boring, 493 00:30:26.079 --> 00:30:32.519 informational, very vanilla, very poindexter, if you will. And that's the 494 00:30:32.599 --> 00:30:37.079 last kind of radio who I want to do. But anyhow, let's take 495 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.359 a look here at Joe Lenardi's first bracket, shall we, And it is 496 00:30:41.440 --> 00:30:44.880 silly, trust me, And I make fun of Joe. Actually I don't 497 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.440 make fun of Lenardi a whole lot. I make fun of how ESPN and 498 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:53.440 everybody else treats it as if he does, in fact decide who makes the 499 00:30:53.440 --> 00:30:59.000 tournament, when we all know that he doesn't. And Jim Phillips bringing Lenardi 500 00:30:59.039 --> 00:31:03.559 to the ACC meetings a couple of weeks ago to try to tell ACC basketball 501 00:31:03.559 --> 00:31:07.319 coaches how they can get more teams in the tournament is hilarious. I mean, 502 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:08.680 now that a couple of weeks have passed. It's even funnier now than 503 00:31:08.720 --> 00:31:11.359 it was when I heard about it, because it's so stupid. I mean, 504 00:31:12.400 --> 00:31:15.640 even if Flint like, here's the thing, like Lenardi actually did really 505 00:31:15.640 --> 00:31:18.519 good last year. I don't know if we talked about it or not. 506 00:31:18.599 --> 00:31:19.880 Usually I'll rail on him, but I'll be honest with you, he was 507 00:31:19.880 --> 00:31:25.559 phenomenal at knowing what the committee was going to do last year. But he 508 00:31:25.640 --> 00:31:26.839 doesn't have say so, so like, how are you going to take advice 509 00:31:26.880 --> 00:31:32.240 from somebody who does not actually determine who makes it and doesn't have anything to 510 00:31:32.279 --> 00:31:34.319 do with the process. And you could make the case at times that like 511 00:31:36.839 --> 00:31:42.039 he should have, like you know, or someone who legitimately lives in Breeze 512 00:31:42.160 --> 00:31:48.039 college basketball analytics and resumes should be the you know, there should be a 513 00:31:48.079 --> 00:31:55.079 committee of objective, unbiased, experienced bracketologists who have been very good at, 514 00:31:55.119 --> 00:31:57.519 you know, putting it together and have been pretty accurate with what the NSAA 515 00:31:57.559 --> 00:32:04.279 actually does. Those of the people that should, I think be a part 516 00:32:04.279 --> 00:32:07.279 of who decides to make the tournament, because when it's like athletic directors assistant 517 00:32:07.279 --> 00:32:14.119 ads from all over the country, like they're not like they're just crunching numbers 518 00:32:14.160 --> 00:32:16.359 at the end of the season. They're not watching a ton of college basketball 519 00:32:16.359 --> 00:32:20.480 elsewhere they're watching. They're they have they have a full time job, which, 520 00:32:20.480 --> 00:32:22.599 by the way, if you're an athletic director, that's a very busy 521 00:32:22.599 --> 00:32:27.319 and very important job. But anyways, Leon already put it out today and 522 00:32:28.200 --> 00:32:32.839 Louisville first team out. Top overall seat is Kansas. Last team in is 523 00:32:32.920 --> 00:32:38.640 Nebraska and Kentucky. They are a seventh seed I believe here, Yeah, 524 00:32:38.720 --> 00:32:44.519 seven seed for Kentucky and Indiana. There are four yeah, four seed, 525 00:32:44.839 --> 00:32:50.680 So one seeds are Kansas, Houston, Yukon, and Duke, which I 526 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:57.680 kind of feel like, I mean, Houston's gonna keep being Houston and they'll 527 00:32:57.680 --> 00:33:00.000 probably end up having a really good record, so I guess it's I can't 528 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:05.480 say that'd be like that, that's a fraudulent one seed. Yukon makes total 529 00:33:05.480 --> 00:33:08.039 sense, Kansas makes total sense. Duke, I you know, I don't 530 00:33:08.160 --> 00:33:12.640 you know, Duke. Duke should be good. They always are. But 531 00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:15.720 I wouldn't be shocked if Duke is once again like the five to six seed 532 00:33:15.759 --> 00:33:20.359 that they were last year, whatever it ended up being. I mean, 533 00:33:20.400 --> 00:33:22.640 Duke was mid all year. I think they ended up getting a pretty good 534 00:33:22.640 --> 00:33:24.559 seed, but I don't think Duke was I mean Duke gond of losing two 535 00:33:24.599 --> 00:33:29.680 who was in the Elite eight. Yeah, I think you should put Alabama 536 00:33:29.720 --> 00:33:31.000 on the one. Yeah, that's the one because that's the one team and 537 00:33:31.000 --> 00:33:35.000 they're on the two line. So it's not like they're being like totally disrespected. 538 00:33:35.000 --> 00:33:38.400 But like Alabama, now that they got Mark Sears back and Grant Nelson 539 00:33:38.480 --> 00:33:43.119 back, they've been tabbed as like on paper, this team is the best, 540 00:33:43.200 --> 00:33:44.960 which you know, they made a final four last year. The found 541 00:33:44.960 --> 00:33:46.039 I mean, I shouldn't say they finally broke through. Natoates has only been 542 00:33:46.079 --> 00:33:51.000 there a handful of years and didn't take them too long to make them relevant 543 00:33:51.039 --> 00:33:53.480 and successful. And now again that's a breakthrough moment for a coach like Natoate's 544 00:33:53.480 --> 00:33:58.440 to make it all the way to the final four. So yeah, I 545 00:33:58.480 --> 00:34:01.480 mean Duke being a number one seed, could you know? I just have 546 00:34:01.519 --> 00:34:05.920 a hard time thinking that Lenardi's factoring this in when he's putting together a bracket 547 00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:08.440 in May. But like maybe Cooper Flag like is that guy right? Like 548 00:34:08.480 --> 00:34:12.719 we talk all the time about how freshmen don't impact the way they used to, 549 00:34:12.840 --> 00:34:16.400 not only because there's a lot more old guys playing college basketball now, 550 00:34:16.440 --> 00:34:19.719 but it's just there's been a drop off, like you don't have to be 551 00:34:19.760 --> 00:34:22.320 young if you don't want to be young. And I'll tell you what, 552 00:34:22.320 --> 00:34:25.079 there aren't many college coaches that'll that'll decide to be young when they have the 553 00:34:25.119 --> 00:34:30.039 option to go to the portal and not be young. But if Cooper Flag 554 00:34:30.079 --> 00:34:31.679 is as good as advertised, like he could be the next freshman that really 555 00:34:31.760 --> 00:34:36.599 is the most talked about player in the country throughout the entire season, and 556 00:34:36.639 --> 00:34:38.840 they'll They'll probably be other players in college that are on teams that are better 557 00:34:38.880 --> 00:34:44.079 than Duke, that have maybe had a better run as a in their career, 558 00:34:45.039 --> 00:34:46.400 like maybe they've had like let me give an example, Hunter Dickinson, 559 00:34:46.880 --> 00:34:51.519 Hunter Dickinson. Let's just say Kansas ends up being as good as advertised and 560 00:34:51.559 --> 00:34:54.639 he has his best year ever, which is not you know, not much 561 00:34:54.679 --> 00:34:58.559 different than what he's done recently. But maybe he just is having a more 562 00:34:58.559 --> 00:35:00.440 efficient season, more productive. He's in the never and they're really winning at 563 00:35:00.440 --> 00:35:05.000 a high level. He's looking like he's probably gonna be a National Player of 564 00:35:05.000 --> 00:35:08.719 the year, and he'll get notoriety he's playing for Kansas, But when it 565 00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:15.400 comes to like the mainstream national attention that gets, you know, that that 566 00:35:15.880 --> 00:35:17.880 college basketball gets, it'll all go to Cooper Flag if he's really good, 567 00:35:19.000 --> 00:35:21.880 like if he's an Anthony Davis, if he's a Zion Williamson, a Trey 568 00:35:21.920 --> 00:35:24.360 Young, And I mean, to be honest with you, that's putting high 569 00:35:24.360 --> 00:35:28.559 expectations on him. But by all accounts, like I think it's I think 570 00:35:28.639 --> 00:35:32.039 it's been a while since there's been a number one player in the country entering 571 00:35:32.079 --> 00:35:37.519 college that you know, had this kind of hype. I mean, you're 572 00:35:37.599 --> 00:35:40.480 right, and he reclassified too, didn't he? I don't know. I 573 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:44.920 believe he did. And I feel like that's I don't want to say it's 574 00:35:44.960 --> 00:35:46.159 part of the problem, but I feel like when you have so many of 575 00:35:46.159 --> 00:35:51.559 these freshmen reclassifying that and some of them are ready, but you get guys 576 00:35:51.599 --> 00:35:54.239 And I'm just gonna use Indian as an example. Christian Lander reclassified and he 577 00:35:54.320 --> 00:35:57.599 was one of the most underwhelming guys. He was a five star. I 578 00:35:57.639 --> 00:36:00.960 think he was a fringe five star. He's now Western Kentucky. He's a 579 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:02.400 bench player there. Yeah, I mean, he was. He's somebody that 580 00:36:02.440 --> 00:36:06.519 I feel like there's He's not the only example, I'm sure, but there's 581 00:36:06.599 --> 00:36:09.440 plenty of guys with this whole reclassifying to get to college earlier so you can 582 00:36:09.480 --> 00:36:12.960 get to the NBA. It's it's hurting some of these players. Yeah. 583 00:36:13.039 --> 00:36:17.159 Last year, I'm trying to see who the number one freshman in America was, 584 00:36:17.199 --> 00:36:20.480 Wagner, was it not? Uh No, we ended up being Ron 585 00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:23.800 Holland, Okay, and then Isaiah Collier, by the way, who was 586 00:36:23.880 --> 00:36:27.159 really good at USC. Didn he go to He went to USC, right, 587 00:36:27.280 --> 00:36:30.199 yeah, really good at USC. I mean he's I don't know where 588 00:36:30.199 --> 00:36:32.559 he's gonna end up going in the draft. But like he was the number 589 00:36:32.559 --> 00:36:36.519 two player, number one actually depending on he's actually number one in the twenty 590 00:36:36.519 --> 00:36:38.840 four to seven Sports rankings, but the Composite had it the other way around. 591 00:36:38.840 --> 00:36:43.360 But nobody talked about him all that much. You know why because of 592 00:36:43.400 --> 00:36:45.400 Bronnie James. He was also at USC as a freshman, and he was 593 00:36:45.440 --> 00:36:49.039 going to get more attention. Justin Edwards was the number three player in the 594 00:36:49.079 --> 00:36:54.679 class for Kentucky. Like that's wild. Brad Shall number five, Wagner number 595 00:36:54.679 --> 00:36:59.480 three, and what's crazy about that is that Kentucky still had two of the 596 00:36:59.840 --> 00:37:07.639 very best freshman in the country in Dillingham and Read, but Wagner, Bradshaw 597 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:10.639 and Justin Edwards were all top six, and those three guys you could not 598 00:37:10.760 --> 00:37:14.800 have them on the floor laid in games when you were playing good teams, 599 00:37:14.840 --> 00:37:16.079 not because you felt like they were going to screw it up, but it 600 00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:21.239 was quite clear that at those positions you had other guys that were just better. 601 00:37:21.800 --> 00:37:24.679 Like it'll be, you know, if Kentucky ends up thriving with Mark 602 00:37:24.679 --> 00:37:29.039 Pope. I'm not sure how many people go back and look at Cal's last 603 00:37:29.119 --> 00:37:32.920 year because why would you but that team. It's just odd how it all 604 00:37:32.960 --> 00:37:36.920 played out. Like Reeves, I think was their best player, but he's 605 00:37:36.960 --> 00:37:40.639 not a great pro prospect, therefore he got like no attention. Wagner was 606 00:37:40.880 --> 00:37:44.880 nowhere near as good as he needed to be, Bradshaw probably even worse, 607 00:37:45.519 --> 00:37:49.039 Edwards even worse than all three of them, and yet they were still really 608 00:37:49.079 --> 00:37:51.440 good, Like they still should have had a really good season and should have 609 00:37:51.440 --> 00:37:55.159 made a deep run. But you know, it's just broken. It was 610 00:37:55.199 --> 00:38:00.280 broken for Cal. All right. Let's get to a lot of our last 611 00:38:00.280 --> 00:38:02.159 break here in the four o'clock hour. It feels weird saying four o'clock as 612 00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:06.199 it feels actually like, you know, three o'clock because we just started essentially, 613 00:38:06.280 --> 00:38:08.199 But we'll take you up till six o'clock. Get yourself for the weekend. 614 00:38:08.239 --> 00:38:12.559 If your weekend has already started, congratulations to you, Cheers to you. 615 00:38:13.280 --> 00:38:15.519 Hopefully you've already cracked open a cold beer. Beautiful weather, beautiful weekend 616 00:38:15.679 --> 00:38:19.880 for some cold beer. I'm looking forward to it. Is it frown? 617 00:38:19.920 --> 00:38:22.079 Actually, I'll say this for the other side. I got a question for 618 00:38:22.119 --> 00:38:24.280 parents out there. You need some feedback. Stick with us right here on 619 00:38:24.280 --> 00:38:30.639 Sports Talk seven ninety. Keep the bush Lights in your thoughts this weekend because 620 00:38:30.639 --> 00:38:34.559 they're gonna get ambushed. You're gonna get completely demolished. Won't even see it 621 00:38:34.599 --> 00:38:39.639 coming. Just part of life, part of life. I like this song. 622 00:38:40.519 --> 00:38:45.840 Is this Luke Combs with Jamison Rogers or the other way around it is? 623 00:38:45.920 --> 00:38:52.400 I've never heard this before. Yeah, there's songs that context and you 624 00:38:52.440 --> 00:38:58.280 know substance story that if a lot of the bro pretty boys sang it, 625 00:38:58.360 --> 00:39:01.039 I would say change it because my ears are going to bleed. But Luke 626 00:39:01.079 --> 00:39:04.320 Combs can sing it, and I'm like, hell, yeah, I want 627 00:39:04.320 --> 00:39:06.880 to be a redneck son of a bitch, you know what I mean, 628 00:39:06.960 --> 00:39:09.719 not saying he is that, but like, you know, yeah, yeah 629 00:39:09.760 --> 00:39:14.280 exactly. But if it's not an exactly style of song, I shouldn't have 630 00:39:14.280 --> 00:39:16.719 said that. But you know, when this music is getting the best of 631 00:39:16.760 --> 00:39:19.800 me, and I'm ready for the weekend. It's almost five o'clock on a 632 00:39:19.840 --> 00:39:22.239 Friday. Cut me a little bit of slock here, all right. So 633 00:39:23.000 --> 00:39:25.920 tomorrow is my son's birthday party. In fact, it's his actual birthday, 634 00:39:25.960 --> 00:39:29.360 which works out well. So his party is going to be on his actual 635 00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:32.760 birthday and he'll be four years old, and we're having a pool party at 636 00:39:34.679 --> 00:39:37.079 my mother and stepfather's house, which works out perfect. We have a lot 637 00:39:37.079 --> 00:39:42.719 of our kids parties out there, my kids. My nephew has his party 638 00:39:42.719 --> 00:39:45.239 out there usually every year, and it's a lot of fun and we certainly 639 00:39:45.239 --> 00:39:47.800 appreciate them for hosting us each and every year. But now that Moose is 640 00:39:47.800 --> 00:39:52.440 a little bit older, he's made some friends rather be baseball or at daycare, 641 00:39:52.920 --> 00:39:55.719 and he's got one buddy of his, Scotty, who's been his closest 642 00:39:55.719 --> 00:39:59.199 friends. I mean, they started at the daycare together when they were infants 643 00:39:59.239 --> 00:40:01.480 and they are inseparable. But then there's other kids that have that he's you 644 00:40:01.480 --> 00:40:05.360 know, gotten closer to, and we've invited them, and I think their 645 00:40:05.360 --> 00:40:07.079 parents are going to bring some of them. So it'll be cool to see 646 00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:12.280 him hanging out with his bros. And he said he has a girlfriend too. 647 00:40:12.280 --> 00:40:15.760 I don't matter yet, but oh said she's coming to to the birthday 648 00:40:15.760 --> 00:40:17.559 party. But my question, like, I don't know these parents other than 649 00:40:17.599 --> 00:40:21.119 you know, seeing them at pick up or drop off and saying hello. 650 00:40:21.679 --> 00:40:24.079 Is it frowned upon to crush beers at your kids for you at both the 651 00:40:24.079 --> 00:40:29.320 birthday party? Like, I'm not gonna get hammered. I mean at least 652 00:40:29.360 --> 00:40:32.000 not until after the party maybe, but like I'm not gonna be obnoxiously drunk 653 00:40:32.079 --> 00:40:36.199 and make a fool of myself. But like, you know, if if 654 00:40:36.519 --> 00:40:39.519 it's just right outside and the party's going good, like they may see me 655 00:40:40.159 --> 00:40:45.599 inhale and go through plenty of bush lattes throughout the afternoon, and I just 656 00:40:45.599 --> 00:40:49.800 don't want them thinking, Man, I'm never letting my kid hang out with 657 00:40:49.920 --> 00:40:52.559 this with this mason cake because his dad's just a you know, he's a 658 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:55.400 problem. If you're on your own property, you have the right to do 659 00:40:55.440 --> 00:40:59.519 whatever you want. And I'm gonna do whatever I want. But what I 660 00:40:59.519 --> 00:41:01.920 worry about it's like, will people view me like, come on, man, 661 00:41:02.039 --> 00:41:06.239 can you not wait till the kid's birthday party ends to start pounding beers? 662 00:41:06.239 --> 00:41:07.880 Which, to be honest, now that I say that out loud, 663 00:41:07.960 --> 00:41:10.960 it's a reasonable it's a reasonable question. It's just that's kind of you know, 664 00:41:12.360 --> 00:41:15.239 like a lot of my friends who are now you know, old like 665 00:41:15.320 --> 00:41:20.679 me, we all have kids, multiple kids. So when we get together, 666 00:41:21.039 --> 00:41:25.679 when schedules permit and we've got a cookout at somebody's house or you know, 667 00:41:25.760 --> 00:41:29.639 just getting together, everybody bring the kids over. Like that's that's our 668 00:41:29.679 --> 00:41:32.480 new social part of life. Like you know, we all we don't we 669 00:41:32.519 --> 00:41:35.800 don't go out to the bars very often. We don't, you know, 670 00:41:35.920 --> 00:41:37.920 we rarely and honestly if we don't really want to. And we have families, 671 00:41:37.960 --> 00:41:40.800 we you know, we've we've evolved into being you know, the olds. 672 00:41:42.519 --> 00:41:45.119 But one way for us to socialize, let loose, have some drinks 673 00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:50.199 and just you know hang out, is to let our kids all play together 674 00:41:50.239 --> 00:41:52.320 and us just you know, hang out by a pool or you know, 675 00:41:52.639 --> 00:41:55.880 grill out or whatnot. So that kind of happens at my kids' birthday parties. 676 00:41:55.880 --> 00:41:59.400 But then again, we've got some newcomers, people who don't know us, 677 00:41:59.400 --> 00:42:01.440 and they may think, like, what are you doing drinking beer at 678 00:42:01.440 --> 00:42:07.280 your kids four year old birthday party? And again like that's as it's a 679 00:42:07.280 --> 00:42:09.480 good question. I mean, it's not a I mean, it's not a 680 00:42:09.480 --> 00:42:15.880 crazy thing to say if you're not doing anything wrong. I mean, you 681 00:42:15.920 --> 00:42:17.480 know exactly what you're doing. You're a professional. Yeah. After, hey, 682 00:42:17.519 --> 00:42:20.719 guys, after we have Mason opens his gifts, we're gonna go play 683 00:42:20.760 --> 00:42:22.119 some beer pong. I'll show you guys how to play. It's a lot 684 00:42:22.159 --> 00:42:25.519 of fun. They would love. That's a fun game too, to be 685 00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:28.679 honest with you. But all right, real quick, before we get to 686 00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:30.639 the top of the hour, let's talk about something that is usually not a 687 00:42:30.639 --> 00:42:34.400 fun process, and that is buying and selling a home. Moving. But 688 00:42:34.440 --> 00:42:37.639 if you go through my friends at Eveland and Eedland, it'll be a lot 689 00:42:37.719 --> 00:42:40.519 more smooth. In fact, it may end up being fun. But I 690 00:42:40.559 --> 00:42:45.199 know what everybody can agree on is fun and that's money, and you will 691 00:42:45.199 --> 00:42:47.280 save a lot of money if you go through Eveland and Eland because they will 692 00:42:47.280 --> 00:42:52.159 list your home for just one percent. They also offer a one percent buyer's 693 00:42:52.199 --> 00:42:55.519 rebates to look it costs. You know, everything's expensive right now. Would 694 00:42:55.519 --> 00:43:00.400 imagine moving is probably in that category as well. But you're gonna save a 695 00:43:00.400 --> 00:43:05.920 lot of money throughout that process by using Eedland and Eland. So that's one 696 00:43:05.920 --> 00:43:07.159 of the many reasons why you should trust him. Give him a call FABO 697 00:43:07.199 --> 00:43:12.119 two five hundred to check them out online at edland dot com. All right, 698 00:43:12.159 --> 00:43:14.920 we got one hour left, five o'clock on a Friday. Let's get 699 00:43:14.960 --> 00:43:17.000 it started, folks, I mean for this break. You know what I mean.