WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:19.719 day. Now here's Nick coffee. All right, we'll get the five o'clock 3 00:00:19.719 --> 00:00:22.920 hours started with some breaking news I think it was, you know, within 4 00:00:22.960 --> 00:00:27.480 the last hour or so uh UFC and the YOUM Center announcing there's gonna be 5 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:32.280 a UFC card, a live US, live UFC event here in Louisville on 6 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:37.759 June the eighth. So we've got Derby one point fifty coming up on May 7 00:00:37.759 --> 00:00:41.439 the fourth, We've got a PGA Championship at Valhalla May sixteenth, at the 8 00:00:41.479 --> 00:00:45.399 nineteenth, and then of course now a UFC event that'll be on June the 9 00:00:45.439 --> 00:00:52.000 eighth. So good times here in Louisville. And I'm I'm gonna maybe do 10 00:00:52.079 --> 00:00:55.119 the show at the PGA Championship one day. That was what I was talking 11 00:00:55.119 --> 00:00:59.960 about before the show today. With the brass here at iHeart you're gonna vibe 12 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:03.079 golfers as they're taking swings. They probably swing the club. I wouldn't they 13 00:01:03.359 --> 00:01:07.680 like that. If there's one place that like it would be frowned upon to 14 00:01:07.680 --> 00:01:11.400 to do that kind of stuff whatever you want to call it, golf, 15 00:01:11.560 --> 00:01:15.079 it would be that Now UFC could be a lot of fun, right Derby 16 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:21.519 Derby is gonna be fun too, So I need to I need to get 17 00:01:21.519 --> 00:01:23.760 some reps in I haven't. We didn't do any at basketball this year for 18 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:29.120 vibe check and the opening the opening week, I guess there's a preseason game. 19 00:01:29.920 --> 00:01:30.519 I mean, yeah, you're with me, right, Yeah. It 20 00:01:30.599 --> 00:01:34.519 was the only one we did. Yeah, and I thought about doing another 21 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:40.359 one, but it just became it was it was. There was no vibes, 22 00:01:40.400 --> 00:01:44.000 you know what I'm saying. And the people that were there, you 23 00:01:44.040 --> 00:01:46.760 know, I think to them, they just love it so much regardless of 24 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.120 what's going on, they're gonna still go. And they didn't really fit like 25 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:53.480 with what you know, it was gonna be hard to make that, in 26 00:01:53.519 --> 00:01:57.959 my opinion, really entertaining it all just because of the vibes surrounding everything. 27 00:01:59.200 --> 00:02:02.840 So, you know, it was you know, I'm looking forward to doing 28 00:02:02.879 --> 00:02:06.280 more of them and keeping it rolling along. But I've always said this, 29 00:02:07.400 --> 00:02:09.719 what make you know, whenever I end up being able to for those who 30 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:14.400 don't know what the hell I'm talking about. Before the Kinney paint aras started, 31 00:02:14.400 --> 00:02:15.639 I just decided I wanted to do something a little different when it comes 32 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:20.039 to content and you know, coverage, I guess, and it really isn't 33 00:02:20.080 --> 00:02:22.360 coverage of anything other than you know, people that are at the games. 34 00:02:22.360 --> 00:02:24.439 But I started doing something called a vibe check, which is interially like man 35 00:02:24.479 --> 00:02:28.800 on the Street interviews with people, and I've done it in a lot of 36 00:02:28.800 --> 00:02:31.199 places, the State Fair, the Louder than Live Festival, football games. 37 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:36.680 I feel like there's I've done it on remotes before at different places that we've 38 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:38.360 gone and do the show, and it is just a you know, four 39 00:02:38.360 --> 00:02:43.120 to five minutes sometimes three minutes video that I post after. And there's so 40 00:02:43.199 --> 00:02:46.439 many conversations I have that don't end up in it because it wasn't much of 41 00:02:46.479 --> 00:02:50.400 anything, and you know, I know early on if it's going to be 42 00:02:50.479 --> 00:02:52.680 used, but I still at least continue to have the conversation briefly, just 43 00:02:52.719 --> 00:02:54.159 because it would be rude to to walk away like that and say, no, 44 00:02:54.240 --> 00:03:00.479 you're you're not entertaining, see ya. And then also there's convers stations 45 00:03:00.479 --> 00:03:05.400 that are had three minutes on their own, but I only use maybe twenty 46 00:03:05.520 --> 00:03:09.879 thirty seconds on like two different answers. So the ones that I feel the 47 00:03:09.960 --> 00:03:15.560 best about are when people don't have a clue what I'm doing, who I 48 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:19.280 am. Those who see it and like run up to it, those aren't 49 00:03:19.360 --> 00:03:24.280 very Like that's just harder to make that I think seem organic. Now you're 50 00:03:24.319 --> 00:03:28.199 like really hammered. Then I can probably make it work and it could be 51 00:03:28.280 --> 00:03:30.560 funny, and it could, you know, probably be There was one we 52 00:03:30.599 --> 00:03:35.879 did where I it was Louisville Duke and football, and I still feel pretty 53 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:39.400 good about it. But because it was a rainy cold, like not many 54 00:03:39.400 --> 00:03:43.719 people out tailgating because of the weather. I mean it was gloomy and rainy 55 00:03:43.960 --> 00:03:46.479 all day that day when they played duke and football, So you know, 56 00:03:46.639 --> 00:03:50.400 I had to I had to dig deep. And I went back to where 57 00:03:50.520 --> 00:03:53.520 the college kids, the fraternities and the sororities tailgate at the end of the 58 00:03:53.560 --> 00:03:57.520 lot, and you know they were they were saw stuff and we made it 59 00:03:57.560 --> 00:04:01.159 work. But I like to mix it up. Do I of different types 60 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:06.080 of folks to talk to. But again, when people you know, I 61 00:04:06.080 --> 00:04:10.159 do wonder at some point like is that just going to become like stale And 62 00:04:10.199 --> 00:04:13.199 it's so not me. Anybody who knows me, like has known me a 63 00:04:13.240 --> 00:04:15.480 lot, you know, for a long time, known me in my in 64 00:04:15.519 --> 00:04:19.360 my life outside of this. Uh, they couldn't believe that I ever decided 65 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:23.240 to do that. But I did it. You know, didn't know what 66 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.240 to think, didn't know how it would go, and uh it became something 67 00:04:26.399 --> 00:04:29.560 fun and it became you know, something that that got a lot of you 68 00:04:29.600 --> 00:04:31.279 know, got got a lot of feedback, good feedback for the most part. 69 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:36.199 But the second it feels like, you know, cringe to me, 70 00:04:36.279 --> 00:04:39.279 then I'm probably gonna have to hang it up. I don't want to do 71 00:04:39.319 --> 00:04:41.759 that. Everything runs its course. Yeah, things run their course. And 72 00:04:42.279 --> 00:04:45.560 I think the different types of of I mean in reality, the different like 73 00:04:45.639 --> 00:04:48.360 different various places to do it with the different types of people, that's what 74 00:04:48.399 --> 00:04:53.480 would make it really not run its course. Because if it's a different environment, 75 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:57.560 a different atmosphere for like a music festival for you know, the State 76 00:04:57.600 --> 00:05:01.240 Fair was something I didn't even get to do one a derby last year, 77 00:05:01.439 --> 00:05:06.759 so you know it, I just think doing it before football and basketball games, 78 00:05:08.000 --> 00:05:11.199 Uh, I always feel like, you know, man, what like 79 00:05:11.600 --> 00:05:15.639 which direction am I gonna go? Like? But now that I think about 80 00:05:15.639 --> 00:05:18.439 it, football is always going to be There's so many people and it's you 81 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:21.639 know, tailgating. I mean, those are pretty easy to do because there's 82 00:05:21.680 --> 00:05:25.839 so many people that you encounter. There's so many more people that go to 83 00:05:26.160 --> 00:05:28.959 and you're walking around tail getting a lot or walking around the concourse when you 84 00:05:29.000 --> 00:05:32.120 get into the stadium. Basketball games is a little bit different. But on 85 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.319 on the basketball side moving forward though, I mean, there's gonna be so 86 00:05:34.399 --> 00:05:41.079 much enthusiasm and excitement that hopefully we have a good a good amount of them 87 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:43.120 that are that are you know, worth doing next year, which I can't 88 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:47.600 imagine we won't because again, there's going to just be built in excitement just 89 00:05:47.639 --> 00:05:49.680 because this. I mean, we have no clue who's going to be on 90 00:05:49.720 --> 00:05:53.160 the roster, We have no clue how it's gonna how it's all gonna come 91 00:05:53.199 --> 00:05:59.319 together. But it's new. Pat Kelcey is going to continue to make sure 92 00:05:59.319 --> 00:06:01.480 the fan base is excited. He's going to continue and get to engage with 93 00:06:01.519 --> 00:06:04.279 the fan base and it's gonna work. And look, if they don't win, 94 00:06:04.399 --> 00:06:08.519 then there's gonna be criticism, but that's that's part of it and he 95 00:06:08.639 --> 00:06:12.360 knows that. So anyways, it is our number three here Coffee and Company. 96 00:06:12.399 --> 00:06:15.519 Feel But Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. Been very busy throughout the 97 00:06:15.519 --> 00:06:16.680 show. Today, we'll get back into the football stuff coming up on the 98 00:06:16.720 --> 00:06:19.720 other side because Penny Boon, the running back who showed up to Louisville in 99 00:06:19.720 --> 00:06:26.399 December after transferring to Toledo. He has hit the portal after a few months, 100 00:06:26.480 --> 00:06:30.360 and there was some controversy, if you will, in the last twenty 101 00:06:30.360 --> 00:06:32.839 four hours as far as what led to him, leaving some idiots on the 102 00:06:32.839 --> 00:06:41.480 internet claiming it's because checks aren't clearing, which I'm amazed how many people don't 103 00:06:41.519 --> 00:06:46.279 just believe anything they see and it's not like because there's a lot of legitimate 104 00:06:46.920 --> 00:06:49.959 well I don't wanna say fake news because I know what people think of when 105 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:54.680 they think of that, and you know, don't believe anything on the internet, 106 00:06:54.720 --> 00:06:57.680 like that's such a vague thing that just it sounds as if like anybody 107 00:06:57.759 --> 00:07:00.040 sharing legitimate information, that's just that's your go to to tell them that they're 108 00:07:00.040 --> 00:07:04.480 wrong, like you know, credible reporters and writers, you know CNN, 109 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:09.279 and I'm only using seeing a CNN because it's like a political thing. There'll 110 00:07:09.319 --> 00:07:12.120 be people that will just say, well, you know, just because it's 111 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:15.000 on the Internet doesn't mean it's doesn't mean it's true, which you know technically 112 00:07:15.120 --> 00:07:17.720 is true. But these Twitter accounts that we talked about, you, I 113 00:07:17.720 --> 00:07:24.040 just cannot believe how many people don't automatically realize that there's no way that that's 114 00:07:24.920 --> 00:07:30.639 a legitimate source for news. And even when it's quite clear that it's not 115 00:07:30.839 --> 00:07:35.160 like a legitimate outlet that reports on news, some of the things that they 116 00:07:35.360 --> 00:07:40.240 report, like, think about how unrealistic that is, and then think about 117 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:42.879 where it comes from, and then you should just know like that's probably something 118 00:07:42.920 --> 00:07:48.800 that's not true. But anyways, the money situation, I think his sense 119 00:07:48.879 --> 00:07:55.759 deleted Penny Boone since deleted Instagram story confirms that he does claim that it's about 120 00:07:55.759 --> 00:08:00.000 money. So we'll let you guys hear that and educate those as we were 121 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:03.600 educated earlier in the show to understand what it means to stand on business. 122 00:08:05.199 --> 00:08:09.000 And we've been standing on business ever since John Right, We always stand, 123 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:11.399 always stand on business, always about it's the whole show, always about the 124 00:08:11.439 --> 00:08:18.319 bag. Yep. So real quick on the basketball side, So tomorrow starts 125 00:08:18.480 --> 00:08:22.000 a four day run for Pat Kelsey and his staff with visitors, and we've 126 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:28.480 talked a lot about those guys and The big name is Jaden Quaintance, the 127 00:08:28.600 --> 00:08:33.960 five star top ten player who decommitted from Kentucky last week. He'll visit tomorrow 128 00:08:33.960 --> 00:08:37.480 and Pat Kelsey's going to have a chance to sell. I think we learned 129 00:08:37.519 --> 00:08:41.879 right away this guy can sell pretty well. He sold us the day he 130 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:43.759 was introduced as the coach, and he's been, you know, really kind 131 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:48.559 of reading the room, reading the situation, and understanding what this job is 132 00:08:48.399 --> 00:08:50.320 in the first few weeks that he's been on the job. Now, obviously 133 00:08:50.360 --> 00:08:54.600 he hadn't coached a basketball game yet, but so far in regards to what 134 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:56.840 he can do to get us excited, he's doing exactly that. And just 135 00:08:56.879 --> 00:09:01.279 getting this visit, I mean, I don't want to sound like the guy 136 00:09:01.320 --> 00:09:03.039 that acts like just getting a visit means anything, because it really doesn't. 137 00:09:03.120 --> 00:09:07.000 Right, if you don't get a kid to actually commit, then the visit 138 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:11.639 really wasn't worth anything. But I do think given the circumstances with Louisville, 139 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:15.639 Pat Kelsey being at this level for the first time, and Louisville coming off 140 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:18.799 of two years where they were awful, I mean, just getting this kid 141 00:09:18.840 --> 00:09:24.440 to make his first visit since de committee in Kentucky it's not something you know 142 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:26.960 that we'll look back and say, well, you remember when he got that 143 00:09:26.120 --> 00:09:28.879 visit from that five star kid who didn't come here. That was awesome. 144 00:09:30.240 --> 00:09:33.639 But it is at least an early sign of things heading in the right direction. 145 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.240 I believe. I still think Arkansas is probably gonna where it's gonna be 146 00:09:37.240 --> 00:09:41.759 where he's gonna end up. He'snna follow Caliperi, but we shall see the 147 00:09:41.840 --> 00:09:46.320 other visitors getting here tomorrow. I mentioned this guy earlier a Bubba car tray 148 00:09:46.480 --> 00:09:52.840 or which I actually actually listened to something the other day of him describe him 149 00:09:52.840 --> 00:09:54.480 pronouncing his name, and I don't think I'm way off there, But anyways, 150 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:58.320 he is a forward kind of like a hybrid big that played at Long 151 00:09:58.320 --> 00:10:05.480 Beach State lifelast year. And he I mean, he's similar in a way 152 00:10:05.919 --> 00:10:09.919 to Javon Hadley who committed yesterday, meaning that it's just a guy that can 153 00:10:09.960 --> 00:10:13.840 do a little bit of everything. And last I checked, if you have 154 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:16.320 you know, I think you're gonna need guys who really excel in certain things, 155 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:20.639 like for example, Rain Smith. He's here as a shooter. He's 156 00:10:20.639 --> 00:10:24.720 followed Pat Kelsey from Charleston, and he's got I mean, his role on 157 00:10:24.759 --> 00:10:26.639 this team is going to be to knock down three point shots, and he's 158 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:28.720 done a great job of it so far in his career. Let's hope he 159 00:10:28.720 --> 00:10:33.840 does it here at Louisville. But you know, Treyor averaged twelve points, 160 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:37.279 eight and a half boards, four and a half assists, shot fifty one 161 00:10:37.360 --> 00:10:41.159 percent from the field. Not a three point shooter, because again he's more 162 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:43.759 of a big. He's listed at six to six, but I mean, 163 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:45.759 I think you could actually play him at the five, to be honest with 164 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:48.399 you, but this is a guy who had to think four triple doubles this 165 00:10:48.440 --> 00:10:52.159 past year at Long Beach State, so he will be a fourth year guy 166 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:56.480 next year. He's played college basketball for three years. So this is the 167 00:10:56.559 --> 00:11:01.960 exact kind of guy that you see end up as a not just a role 168 00:11:01.000 --> 00:11:05.000 player, but has a specific role with the team that maybe isn't an All 169 00:11:05.039 --> 00:11:07.919 American caliber player, but he's an impactful guy that can help you win games 170 00:11:07.919 --> 00:11:09.960 and make a deep run on the tournament. We saw it in March, 171 00:11:11.919 --> 00:11:13.720 so it sounds like Louisville is believed to be in really good shape for these 172 00:11:13.759 --> 00:11:18.360 young men. So we shall see. So the other name that's visiting tomorrow 173 00:11:18.399 --> 00:11:20.360 that I didn't get to yet. I kind of just forgot about it. 174 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:28.200 But Ali Khalifa, the big man from BYU, who has numbers that just 175 00:11:28.879 --> 00:11:33.960 I'm telling you, man, this guy has, in my opinion, a 176 00:11:33.960 --> 00:11:39.240 stat line you'll never see recreated. Because he plays nineteen minutes a game. 177 00:11:41.000 --> 00:11:46.120 He averaged five points in three point seven rebounds, and he only shot thirty 178 00:11:46.159 --> 00:11:52.559 eight percent from the field. Like that alone, right there is a lousy 179 00:11:52.600 --> 00:11:58.720 stat line. Lousy And I'll say that if he commits to Louisville because maybe 180 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:01.279 he's great here and puts up trip of what those numbers are, but that 181 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:07.480 like five points three rebounds, thirty eight percent from the field, you would 182 00:12:07.480 --> 00:12:13.639 think when this guy hits the portal that he would be lowering, he'd be 183 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:16.879 going to a lower level school and he would have to, you know, 184 00:12:16.000 --> 00:12:20.519 kind of take a step down. Well, no, he's being recruited. 185 00:12:20.559 --> 00:12:22.960 You know, I feel comfortable saying this. Louisville has a level of interest 186 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:26.360 in this is not just some like stunt because they're hosting him for a visit. 187 00:12:26.960 --> 00:12:31.399 He's also considering following Mark Pope from BYU to Kentucky and then he's also 188 00:12:31.440 --> 00:12:37.200 considering staying at BYU. But what makes him, I guess, a hot 189 00:12:37.240 --> 00:12:41.960 commodity is he's he averaged four assists per game last year in nineteen minutes as 190 00:12:43.000 --> 00:12:46.799 a seven foot, two hundred and seventy pounds center. So he's a really 191 00:12:46.799 --> 00:12:52.960 good passing big, and there's value there. In fact, in nineteen minutes 192 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:56.080 a game, he averaged more assists last year than I believe anybody anybody on 193 00:12:56.120 --> 00:13:03.639 Louisville's team. So there's value in a big that can pass the ball. 194 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:07.360 But he doesn't really like he's again, seven fo two hundred and seventy pounds, 195 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:09.960 He's not exactly someone that I feel like would really fit the style of 196 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:16.159 play that Pat Kelsey has played at Winthrop and at Charleston, So to me, 197 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:18.399 it's still is a head scratcher. But he's going to be here for 198 00:13:18.440 --> 00:13:24.240 a visit unless that's been canceled, and I've not seen anything that would suggest 199 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.720 that the visit's not happening. So then on Saturday, Boopy Miller, the 200 00:13:26.720 --> 00:13:31.360 Wake Forest guard, he's going to be here for a visit. Coraan Johnson, 201 00:13:31.559 --> 00:13:35.320 another guard who's transferring from Washington after a really good freshman season, I'm 202 00:13:35.360 --> 00:13:37.840 sorry, sophomore season, he'll be visiting as well. And then on Saturday, 203 00:13:37.879 --> 00:13:43.960 Trey Townsend, the Oakland transfer who had a good game against Kentucky, 204 00:13:45.000 --> 00:13:48.559 but he didn't really hurt him. It was Goalkie who really ended the calipari 205 00:13:48.600 --> 00:13:52.879 ara I suppose, but Trey Townsend was a really good player all year for 206 00:13:52.919 --> 00:13:56.799 Oakland, put up big numbers like nineteen and eight. I believe it was 207 00:13:56.840 --> 00:14:01.519 something like that. And he'll visit on Sathaturday, that is, if he 208 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.639 doesn't commit elsewhere, because he's also visiting Arizona and Ohio State before then, 209 00:14:05.799 --> 00:14:09.639 and maybe he makes a decision. We'll see two dames I didn't talk about 210 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:16.679 earlier that have already visited. One is Deonta Maddox and he is somebody that 211 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.039 visited Louisville this past weekend. He visited Illinois, and I think a lot 212 00:14:22.080 --> 00:14:24.080 I don't know, you never know if it's like people just it's wishful thinking, 213 00:14:24.159 --> 00:14:28.200 or if there's like intel that he was going to make a decision after 214 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:31.559 the visit, but he didn't commit to Louisville, and then he visited Illinois, 215 00:14:31.639 --> 00:14:35.279 and I think a lot of folks thought that Illinois kind of became the 216 00:14:35.360 --> 00:14:39.039 leader there because he's from Chicago. Well now he's visiting Xavier as we speak, 217 00:14:39.279 --> 00:14:43.279 and you know, I guess Louisville is still in the mix here. 218 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.399 And then the other guard, Nick Boyd, he visited last weekend as well. 219 00:14:46.440 --> 00:14:50.799 I've not heard anything about his visit other than it went great, which 220 00:14:50.799 --> 00:14:54.360 every kid says that. But he's also going to visit San Diego State this 221 00:14:54.440 --> 00:14:56.840 weekend. So I don't know if the interest is going to fade between those 222 00:14:56.879 --> 00:15:01.440 two. But I wouldn't say that Boyd is like a high priority right now. 223 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:03.799 And with Maddox, you know, it's anybody's guess. I just saw 224 00:15:05.000 --> 00:15:09.200 one of the insiders for Illinois claimed that some believe that Louisville is the leader 225 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:15.120 and some say that maybe their last of the three, and that Maddox has 226 00:15:15.159 --> 00:15:16.360 been a guy that it's been tough to get a read on. That's what 227 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:20.120 the Illinois recruiting writer for twenty four to seven Sports said. So he did 228 00:15:20.360 --> 00:15:28.679 like the tweet that Javon Hadley posted yesterday announcing his commitment, which I think 229 00:15:28.679 --> 00:15:33.480 had people assuming that that means he's excited, But I don't really think that 230 00:15:33.519 --> 00:15:35.639 could they think That could mean anything, right. That could mean like, 231 00:15:37.480 --> 00:15:39.559 all right, well they've already got a guard, so I'm gonna go elsewhere. 232 00:15:39.639 --> 00:15:43.159 Or it could mean like, oh wow, I'd like to play with 233 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:46.679 that guy. So I don't put much into that. So anyways, on 234 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:50.840 the Kentucky side, there's a handful of guys they're in on. As far 235 00:15:50.879 --> 00:15:52.799 as interest level, it's kind of tough to know, just because for what 236 00:15:52.840 --> 00:15:56.399 it's worth, Mark Pope really is just a few days on the job. 237 00:15:56.799 --> 00:16:00.159 But the big name that entered the portal last night, this is a guy 238 00:16:00.240 --> 00:16:04.960 that will probably have his choice of any school. To be honest with you, 239 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:08.159 that is Jeremy Roach, the Duke transfer who I guess is going to 240 00:16:08.159 --> 00:16:12.279 be using his fifth year. He is the fourth best player in the portal 241 00:16:12.320 --> 00:16:18.000 according to CBS Sports, and it sounds like Kentucky Saint John's in Arkansas are 242 00:16:18.039 --> 00:16:22.679 believed to be the three schools that have the best chance of landing him. 243 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:26.480 And I have no clue which way where he's going to go or anything like 244 00:16:26.480 --> 00:16:33.799 that, but it's got to make Kentucky fans like feel a certain way knowing 245 00:16:33.879 --> 00:16:41.000 that the guy who left has a way better chance of getting this kid than 246 00:16:41.039 --> 00:16:45.039 Mark Pope. And that's not even like a criticis. That's not Mark Pope's 247 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:48.480 fault, that's just the situation. So these are the kind of guys maybe 248 00:16:48.519 --> 00:16:51.639 not in the portal, but like you know, big name gets that, 249 00:16:51.759 --> 00:16:56.320 Like Cal don't lose many recruiting battles, right, he doesn't. And it's 250 00:16:56.440 --> 00:17:03.960 just it's got to be a weird feeling knowing that when you see Cali Perry 251 00:17:04.039 --> 00:17:07.920 in on a player that Mark Pope wants, Mark Pope's not going to get 252 00:17:08.000 --> 00:17:15.160 him nine times out of ten. And that's not Mark Pope's fault, that's 253 00:17:15.240 --> 00:17:18.119 just the situation. Cal left for Arkansas. You hired Mark Pope. I'm 254 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:22.319 sure he's going to recruit talented freshman, but he's also gonna recruit the kind 255 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:25.920 of guys he's been talking about the last few days, which is dudes who 256 00:17:26.000 --> 00:17:29.119 will you know, die to put on the uniform. And I'm not mocking 257 00:17:29.160 --> 00:17:33.559 him in saying like that's corny, because I get it, but that that 258 00:17:33.759 --> 00:17:41.359 sales pitch like what Mark Pope is selling Kentucky as right now with him as 259 00:17:41.400 --> 00:17:47.480 the coach is not only different, it's just it's a night and day difference. 260 00:17:48.039 --> 00:17:55.359 So like what made Kentucky appealing to younger players that dreamed of being recruited 261 00:17:55.400 --> 00:17:57.880 by Kentucky when they got to be you know, sixteen years old or whatever, 262 00:18:00.160 --> 00:18:03.640 or kids who were in the portal and they never got a sniff from 263 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:06.640 Kentucky because they were late bloomers and went under the radar. And now they're 264 00:18:06.680 --> 00:18:15.200 transferring and their hot commodities. What they thought of Kentucky that dream. I 265 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:18.519 mean, it's still Kentucky, but that's not what Mark Pope is going to 266 00:18:18.559 --> 00:18:22.480 sell them. Doesn't mean he can't get players, but it's just such as 267 00:18:22.599 --> 00:18:27.720 it's got to be a weird feeling knowing that of that recruitment, like Mark 268 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:34.000 Pope maybe last among Patino in Cali Perry, because again we're talking Patino, 269 00:18:34.000 --> 00:18:37.559 Caliparry, Mark Pope. And again that's not his fault, doesn't mean he's 270 00:18:37.599 --> 00:18:40.759 not going to be a good coach. It's just this is a process. 271 00:18:40.839 --> 00:18:45.400 This is so different. But I just don't know if Kentucky fans, despite 272 00:18:45.400 --> 00:18:48.519 how much they love Mark Pope and realized that he's you know, he's hitting 273 00:18:48.519 --> 00:18:52.359 all the notes and really reminding them of that era that wasn't talked about a 274 00:18:52.359 --> 00:18:55.599 whole lot, not because anybody forgot about it, but the nineties era was 275 00:18:55.640 --> 00:19:00.480 not really prominently mentioned, and they have, like you know, they honored 276 00:19:00.559 --> 00:19:03.640 those teams that won titles and stuff and brought them back. But like you 277 00:19:03.640 --> 00:19:06.920 know, Cal's not exactly you know, Cal is the face of the program, 278 00:19:07.039 --> 00:19:08.559 and he's the head coach. It's his program. He wasn't really propping 279 00:19:08.640 --> 00:19:12.359 up those teams in the nineties because you know why, because Patino coached him. 280 00:19:12.839 --> 00:19:17.160 So Pope's gonna really take you back to that era. And there's a 281 00:19:17.200 --> 00:19:21.480 lot of folks my age, older, younger that probably fell in love with 282 00:19:21.559 --> 00:19:25.799 Kentucky basketball during that time. And it's gonna make you feel good. But 283 00:19:26.160 --> 00:19:27.759 you know, if he puts together a roster that on paper is maybe like 284 00:19:29.039 --> 00:19:33.559 ninth in the SEC which let's be honest, that's realistic here, and that's 285 00:19:33.559 --> 00:19:37.480 say in year one, they really struggle because of this process, this adjustment, 286 00:19:37.640 --> 00:19:41.519 not only for a new coach, new philosophy, but just everything about 287 00:19:41.599 --> 00:19:47.519 Kentucky is gonna be so different. Like will their fans be patient? They'll 288 00:19:47.519 --> 00:19:51.759 be more patient because it's Pope compared to if it wasn't. But at the 289 00:19:51.839 --> 00:19:53.319 end of the day, like if they're not good and Cali Perry is next 290 00:19:53.400 --> 00:19:57.279 year. That's gonna be a disastrous situation. And it's not because they're gonna 291 00:19:57.279 --> 00:20:00.920 say, how do we let this guy lead? Maybe some people will say 292 00:20:00.920 --> 00:20:03.279 that because facts are facts, you can't rewrite history. That thing needed to 293 00:20:03.359 --> 00:20:08.119 end. It had run its course. But just the way it played out, 294 00:20:08.319 --> 00:20:11.599 with Pope being the guy that you know, you never thought mean a 295 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:17.559 week ago, you know what everybody was talking about, Scott Drew bringing his 296 00:20:17.680 --> 00:20:22.559 top two recruiting class with him from Baylor to Kentucky. Now you know, 297 00:20:22.799 --> 00:20:26.799 it's anybody's guess who ends up on their roster. And again that's not to 298 00:20:26.799 --> 00:20:30.119 say that they're gonna have nobody. They're gonna go start, you know, 299 00:20:30.720 --> 00:20:37.119 bringing in walk ons because I think seeing other players commit to schools, seeing 300 00:20:37.119 --> 00:20:41.960 other rosters kind of getting close to being you know, somewhat finalized, and 301 00:20:41.039 --> 00:20:45.279 knowing Kentucky has two guys on their team, three guys, I suppose, 302 00:20:47.359 --> 00:20:49.759 like that's not ideal, but like there's nobody to blame, Like Pope was 303 00:20:49.799 --> 00:20:53.680 hired when he was hired, and he's hit the ground running, and I'm 304 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:59.200 sure it's consuming every second of what he's doing. But I can feel the 305 00:20:59.240 --> 00:21:03.680 antsiness from Kentucky fans and I'm just curious if if that will eventually shift to 306 00:21:03.720 --> 00:21:06.440 all right, what the hell is this guy doing? Who the hell will 307 00:21:06.440 --> 00:21:08.759 we hire? And that would, you know, be unfair, but I 308 00:21:08.839 --> 00:21:14.599 kind of hope that happens. I kind of do all Right, Well, 309 00:21:14.680 --> 00:21:18.119 we'll revisit the standing on business coming up here on the other side, so 310 00:21:19.000 --> 00:21:22.640 make sure you stick around. Also, Uh, I want to want to 311 00:21:22.640 --> 00:21:26.960 get back to the text line. Some good stuff coming in there, and 312 00:21:27.839 --> 00:21:32.319 well, I'm gonna make sure this is actually a legitimate thing being said by 313 00:21:32.400 --> 00:21:36.160 Trillie Donovan. But somebody has sent in a screenshot on the text line about 314 00:21:36.720 --> 00:21:41.200 a potential staff situation for Mark Pope that I think would probably make Kentucky fans 315 00:21:41.200 --> 00:21:44.839 happy. So again, we got a lot to get to before we run 316 00:21:44.880 --> 00:21:48.960 out of times, so stick with us right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 317 00:21:48.039 --> 00:21:51.480 All right, So, if you are going to put your house up 318 00:21:51.519 --> 00:21:53.720 on the market and uh list it, put it up for sale, move 319 00:21:53.759 --> 00:22:00.319 somewhere else before you do anything as far as that process, just make sure 320 00:22:00.440 --> 00:22:07.200 that you do it with Elan and Needland. I mean, it's a no 321 00:22:07.279 --> 00:22:10.359 brainer. But then again. You know, maybe maybe you guys are unaware 322 00:22:10.400 --> 00:22:14.920 of Eveland and Eland. I highly doubt that considering they've been doing this very 323 00:22:14.920 --> 00:22:18.559 successfully and that is helping people with the buying and selling process in real estate. 324 00:22:18.640 --> 00:22:22.680 They've been doing it since nineteen seventy six, so they're gonna make it 325 00:22:22.720 --> 00:22:26.519 smooth. Just the thought of moving everything that comes with it, the entire 326 00:22:26.559 --> 00:22:27.960 process, I'm not even talking about it, you know, packing up boxes 327 00:22:27.960 --> 00:22:33.319 and moving. I'm talking just like you know, mortgages and paperwork and you 328 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:38.079 know, just words like scrow and it just it gives me anxiety because you 329 00:22:38.119 --> 00:22:41.519 know, I don't like being I'm not really a grown up. I've been 330 00:22:41.519 --> 00:22:45.640 able to kind of get by being like halfway or grown up. But none 331 00:22:45.680 --> 00:22:48.160 of that's a worry for you if you trust Eland and Eland, because they're 332 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:51.079 going to help you throughout the process, make it as smooth as possible. 333 00:22:51.119 --> 00:22:52.480 And they're going to list your home for just one percent. That's right, 334 00:22:52.480 --> 00:22:56.440 they will list your home for one percent, which means you're gonna save a 335 00:22:56.480 --> 00:23:00.480 lot of money throughout the process. You'll end up keeping a lot of your 336 00:23:00.480 --> 00:23:03.759 hard earned money right there in your pocket. You can it can help you, 337 00:23:03.839 --> 00:23:06.799 maybe you pay somebody to move for you. Maybe you I don't know, 338 00:23:06.839 --> 00:23:08.839 save it and go on vacation. So what I do know is Eatland 339 00:23:08.839 --> 00:23:11.400 and Needland. That's who can do that for you, So trust them. 340 00:23:11.440 --> 00:23:15.079 Eland dot com is the website. Five two five hundred is the number. 341 00:23:15.119 --> 00:23:19.319 Again it is Eatlin and Eland tell him I sent you, all right, 342 00:23:19.400 --> 00:23:22.640 So I mentioned this before going to break And again I don't know how I 343 00:23:22.680 --> 00:23:30.599 mean, I don't know if this is one thousand percent true, but I 344 00:23:30.640 --> 00:23:36.000 will say, truly Donovan putting stuff out there on his discord, on his 345 00:23:36.240 --> 00:23:38.240 you know, his pay you know, behind a paywall or whatever it may 346 00:23:38.279 --> 00:23:42.759 be. You know, I tend to trust that, you know, he's 347 00:23:42.759 --> 00:23:48.799 getting good information. And apparently what he has shared recently is that Orlando Antigua 348 00:23:48.880 --> 00:23:56.200 may not want to leave Kentucky. So this is what truly said that there 349 00:23:56.240 --> 00:24:00.480 is apparently a four hundred thousand dollars retention bonus coming up in June for Antigua. 350 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:04.119 His wife loves Lex and he doesn't want to leave again, and neither 351 00:24:04.240 --> 00:24:11.240 his coach Antigua. So that would be huge for Mark Pope as far as 352 00:24:11.279 --> 00:24:17.680 just keeping some some level of you know, recruiting prowess on that staff. 353 00:24:17.920 --> 00:24:22.039 Again, I would say that if that would work, you'd have to well, 354 00:24:22.079 --> 00:24:26.799 I don't know, maybe you tell coach Antigua to just do whatever to 355 00:24:26.799 --> 00:24:30.960 help get players, and you know, we'll we'll get them up caught up 356 00:24:30.000 --> 00:24:34.039 to speed on culture, that kind of stuff and whatnot. But you know 357 00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:41.599 Orlando Antigua going into a living room without John Kella Perry but instead Mark Pope 358 00:24:41.720 --> 00:24:48.519 and selling all that Kentucky can do for you and then mentioning that they want 359 00:24:48.559 --> 00:24:52.400 guys who would die to put on the uniform. That just doesn't add up 360 00:24:52.440 --> 00:24:56.319 because it's so different. But if they could keep him, that would be 361 00:24:56.359 --> 00:24:57.319 a big addition for them. But I'm not sure if that's gonna end up 362 00:24:57.319 --> 00:25:02.279 happening or not, because there hasn't been been and any staffer is officially named 363 00:25:02.400 --> 00:25:06.839 to the Caliperry staff down in Fayetteville. But if you remember the reports were 364 00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:10.799 that he's taking everybody with him, well, maybe he wants to take Anti 365 00:25:10.920 --> 00:25:14.480 when he don't want to go with him. That'd be a real shocker, 366 00:25:14.480 --> 00:25:18.920 though, if he tries to stay and not follow Cow because I mean, 367 00:25:18.960 --> 00:25:26.519 those two guys are really really tight, all right, So Diebler the coach 368 00:25:26.559 --> 00:25:30.319 that got hired at Ohio State. JA. I get him mixed up because 369 00:25:30.319 --> 00:25:33.839 there's two Deblers, there's two Deebler brothers. And the reason I'm bringing this 370 00:25:33.920 --> 00:25:40.400 up is because, yeah, the Jake Diebler is the new coach. John 371 00:25:40.440 --> 00:25:41.720 Diebler is his brother, who, by the way, is the school's all 372 00:25:41.799 --> 00:25:47.240 time three point leader and he's a current He's currently an assistant coach for Thad 373 00:25:47.240 --> 00:25:49.599 Motto, who he played for Ohio State at Butler. Well, they tried 374 00:25:49.599 --> 00:25:52.359 to, you know, he tried to hire his brother on the staff, 375 00:25:52.359 --> 00:26:00.160 but Ohio State said no because it was nepotism, Like nepotism laws guy in 376 00:26:00.160 --> 00:26:03.599 the way, and they're not allowing Jake Diebler to hire his brother, which, 377 00:26:04.000 --> 00:26:07.160 like I think everybody knows what nepotism is and why it's you know, 378 00:26:07.279 --> 00:26:12.240 something that has to be in place, just because it would be damn near 379 00:26:12.240 --> 00:26:17.319 impossible not to give favoritism to somebody that you are related to over somebody that 380 00:26:17.359 --> 00:26:19.599 you're not. I mean, it could be done, but you know, 381 00:26:19.640 --> 00:26:23.759 it's just a you could think you're being objective and fair and not considering the 382 00:26:23.759 --> 00:26:26.319 fact that this person is your brother, your mother, your father, whatever. 383 00:26:26.839 --> 00:26:30.279 But like you don't know, you're unable to be truly to the core, 384 00:26:32.599 --> 00:26:37.680 objective and unbiased. But this happens everywhere, right, Like this is 385 00:26:37.759 --> 00:26:41.640 I mean you got Samson's son, yes, I mean a Pearl's son at 386 00:26:41.680 --> 00:26:45.839 Auburn. Yeah, I'm not sure. I feel like there's more to this. 387 00:26:45.039 --> 00:26:48.519 In Ohio State, what have they ever cared about these rules? Right? 388 00:26:48.759 --> 00:26:53.160 I mean they must have There must be a personal thing between an administrator 389 00:26:53.480 --> 00:26:59.680 and the brother and this is an assumption obviously, But why else would they 390 00:27:00.039 --> 00:27:07.279 reject this. I've not heard of any family relative trying to be hired by 391 00:27:07.319 --> 00:27:11.480 the head coach who's a family member at a high level school where they didn't 392 00:27:11.519 --> 00:27:18.680 let it happen. You know, Patrino hire his son's whole family. Patrino 393 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:22.359 had two son in laws on the staff, a brother at one point and 394 00:27:22.400 --> 00:27:26.240 his son. I mean, Bobby did it, but in the end it 395 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:30.279 was actually because Bobby couldn't get anybody to work for him for obvious reasons. 396 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:33.160 That was a big factor in it. But I just felt like there's something 397 00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:37.839 more to this, not that they know, not that they think Deebler the 398 00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:41.240 uh, you know, the better player and the guy that's an assistant and 399 00:27:41.279 --> 00:27:45.759 Butler is a bad guy or anything, but maybe they just don't want that 400 00:27:45.920 --> 00:27:49.200 youthful of a staff. I'm not sure, but I just to me that 401 00:27:49.319 --> 00:27:53.279 stood out because again, a lot of places you'd be like, and I 402 00:27:53.319 --> 00:27:56.440 don't mean schools, I mean the workforce, you'd be like, well, 403 00:27:56.440 --> 00:27:59.559 no brainer, you can't do that. But it happens all the time, 404 00:27:59.720 --> 00:28:03.240 and college basketball in college football all the time. So I don't know. 405 00:28:03.400 --> 00:28:07.920 I will say this if you remember I went to and I'm sure not a 406 00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:08.839 lot of you remember because you don't keep up with my schedule, but I 407 00:28:08.880 --> 00:28:14.279 did go to Butler to watch Butler and Creighton play in February. The weekend 408 00:28:14.319 --> 00:28:18.119 I went up for the NBA All Star festivities in Indianapolis, and Hinkle was 409 00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:22.079 great. Got a chance to stay after the game and go out on the 410 00:28:22.079 --> 00:28:30.599 court and talk to coach Baghee and my buddy Andrew Linz who's now working for 411 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:33.319 fad Matas as a kind of a director of ops kind of guy. But 412 00:28:33.359 --> 00:28:36.160 it was good to reconnect with those guys. But also they let a lot 413 00:28:36.200 --> 00:28:38.799 of kids play, you know, just shoot basketball on the Hinkle court, 414 00:28:40.359 --> 00:28:44.599 and it's mostly like kids of of of the you know, children of the 415 00:28:44.920 --> 00:28:47.680 of the coaching staff and things like that. We sat kind of with the 416 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:51.440 with the I guess with like the parents of the players and the and the 417 00:28:51.480 --> 00:28:53.000 wives and family of the coaches. That was kind of where we were. 418 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:59.839 Well, sure enough, Moose was in this real competitive not a basketball game, 419 00:28:59.880 --> 00:29:03.279 but it was basically two three year olds, you know, just trying 420 00:29:03.279 --> 00:29:04.920 to steal the ball from each other, running around, chasing each other around, 421 00:29:04.960 --> 00:29:08.160 having a good old time. And I did not know it until my 422 00:29:08.200 --> 00:29:11.440 buddy Lenz came out and told me just so you know, your your son 423 00:29:11.559 --> 00:29:18.000 is competing right there with with with deebler son. So he came over to 424 00:29:18.000 --> 00:29:19.440 me and was like, hey, is this your son. I was like, 425 00:29:19.519 --> 00:29:22.799 yeah, that's you know, he's like he is he is picking on 426 00:29:22.880 --> 00:29:25.319 him, and I said, no, they're just playing. He's like, 427 00:29:25.359 --> 00:29:27.119 okay, well he's kind of awful. So I just want to make sure 428 00:29:27.119 --> 00:29:30.119 he wasn't like hitting your kid. I'm like, well, okay, now 429 00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:33.240 I know that to keep an eye out for Deebler's son because he could be 430 00:29:33.319 --> 00:29:37.759 you know, could be a handful. But if you could find an article 431 00:29:40.359 --> 00:29:45.000 or story that references a similar higher being blocked like this one, I would 432 00:29:45.000 --> 00:29:49.279 be shocked. Just interesting. But anyways, sticking with the highest state, 433 00:29:49.279 --> 00:29:55.400 I just want to give you some numbers really quickly here because we oftentimes talk 434 00:29:55.440 --> 00:30:00.000 about nil dollar amounts for players, and I'm still love to the impression that 435 00:30:00.039 --> 00:30:04.160 nobody truly has a real good idea of how much money is being spent. 436 00:30:06.279 --> 00:30:10.000 I think it's exaggerated what each player gets. I think players ask for a 437 00:30:10.000 --> 00:30:15.599 certain number and realize because let's just put it this way, the market is 438 00:30:15.640 --> 00:30:21.079 going to determine what you're paid. And if you're asking for a million dollars 439 00:30:21.680 --> 00:30:23.279 and the best thing you're gonna get is four hundred thousand, which to me 440 00:30:23.359 --> 00:30:26.880 is still a lot of money for player, Like that's what you're gonna take, 441 00:30:27.039 --> 00:30:30.680 Like you're not gonna you're gonna hold out right, You're gonna take what 442 00:30:30.759 --> 00:30:37.119 you can get because that's that's how it works. So I'm not sure we'll 443 00:30:37.119 --> 00:30:41.039 ever truly have the transparency that you know we have in pro sports, because 444 00:30:41.039 --> 00:30:45.920 this kind of is pro sports, but you know, kind of isn't supposed 445 00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.079 to be. But R. J. Young, who covers college football for 446 00:30:48.119 --> 00:30:52.960 Fox Sports, he put these numbers out earlier today. Ohio State Boosters reportedly 447 00:30:53.000 --> 00:31:00.160 spent thirteen million dollars in NIL on their roster. So Ohio State the school 448 00:31:00.200 --> 00:31:07.519 that not only you would think has more resources than most if you remember one 449 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:11.640 of the things that was brought up during the it's not like they fell off 450 00:31:11.640 --> 00:31:15.039 the face of the earth. They just started losing to Michigan. Like that's 451 00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:17.599 the ultimate difference in Ohio State, right, Like that's just the only thing 452 00:31:17.640 --> 00:31:19.519 that's changed in recent years. They're still doing the same thing, dominating, 453 00:31:19.559 --> 00:31:22.920 winning at a high level. But Michigan's got the best of them. And 454 00:31:22.960 --> 00:31:26.160 they did lose to Missouri in that bowl game, but they didn't have some 455 00:31:26.200 --> 00:31:30.519 of their best players. But that's thirteen million. And again, they knew 456 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:33.279 this was the year they had to be competitive. They had some players that 457 00:31:33.319 --> 00:31:37.359 were on their way out that said that, you know, ANIL wasn't really 458 00:31:37.359 --> 00:31:41.480 in place for some of like the linemen and all that. So I'm emphasizing 459 00:31:41.519 --> 00:31:45.880 that because thirteen million is them spending more than they probably ever spent by a 460 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:48.440 lot. And I say ever, like it's been going on for decades, 461 00:31:48.440 --> 00:31:56.440 it's still relatively new. But the Boosters spent thirteen million on ANIL Ohio State. 462 00:31:56.799 --> 00:32:02.119 They spent eleven point four million on their assistant coaching staff. They made 463 00:32:02.119 --> 00:32:06.279 some staff changes again, they're trying to not lose to Michigan anymore, and 464 00:32:06.319 --> 00:32:09.839 they're pulling in all the reinforcement staff changes. You know they brought in was 465 00:32:09.880 --> 00:32:14.599 a Chip Kelly who's now there oc or did yes. Yeah, so you 466 00:32:14.640 --> 00:32:17.680 know, thirteen million for players, eleven point four million for new assistant coaches. 467 00:32:21.599 --> 00:32:23.480 Ryan Day's still there, right, yes, Okay, I guess Ryan 468 00:32:23.559 --> 00:32:27.559 Day. You know, ten million is what he gets paid annually, which 469 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:30.160 I guess that checks out considering he's you know, at a at a place 470 00:32:30.200 --> 00:32:37.039 like Ohio State, so just in one year and it won't be an annual 471 00:32:37.079 --> 00:32:39.000 thing, although I guess it could be, right, Like you know, 472 00:32:39.079 --> 00:32:45.319 your assistant coaching salaries are, I mean, like, for example, they're 473 00:32:45.319 --> 00:32:47.440 paying ten million year for their head coach, eleven point four for all of 474 00:32:47.480 --> 00:32:50.920 their assistants. So I guess that is kind of an annual thing you're gonna 475 00:32:50.920 --> 00:32:53.599 pay. And thirteen million wouldn't be shocked if that's a number that goes up 476 00:32:53.640 --> 00:33:00.119 every year. So Ohio State, this is what they spent from top to 477 00:33:00.160 --> 00:33:06.519 bottom for personnel for football, thirty four million dollars for one team thirty four 478 00:33:06.519 --> 00:33:13.359 million dollars in a calendar year to put your team together. It's pro sports, 479 00:33:13.519 --> 00:33:15.079 I mean. But then again, like the way we have to go 480 00:33:15.119 --> 00:33:21.359 about it makes it at times feel like it's not. But is there a 481 00:33:21.440 --> 00:33:25.480 number that shows how much they brought in strictly ex as far as revenue. 482 00:33:25.640 --> 00:33:29.440 They've been losing money in football for a long time. Wow, yeah, 483 00:33:29.480 --> 00:33:31.519 I mean as far as just the And when I say losing money, I 484 00:33:31.559 --> 00:33:37.359 mean, like you know, from what they generate as far as business. 485 00:33:37.680 --> 00:33:39.880 The money they get from their TV deal is way. I mean, it's 486 00:33:39.920 --> 00:33:42.920 going to cover everything, you know what I mean, that's true. And 487 00:33:43.240 --> 00:33:45.440 you get to keep in mind that thirteen million from nil is not a high 488 00:33:45.480 --> 00:33:49.279 state. That's other people. That's not their money. So you know, 489 00:33:50.759 --> 00:33:59.480 I guess twenty one million point four on your just your staff altogether, that's 490 00:33:59.519 --> 00:34:04.359 probably not that different than anybody else. And also thirteen million, I wouldn't 491 00:34:04.359 --> 00:34:07.039 be shocked if there's schools that spent more than that, or are schools that 492 00:34:07.119 --> 00:34:08.119 had, you know, more money to give than that, because the schools 493 00:34:08.119 --> 00:34:16.480 aren't spending it. But it's uh, it's wild man. So it's clearly 494 00:34:16.559 --> 00:34:21.119 an issue for some fans just because it's so different. I guess there's some 495 00:34:21.239 --> 00:34:27.960 level of purity that you felt whenever guys weren't getting paid. But there's there's 496 00:34:27.960 --> 00:34:30.159 no going back. I mean, in fact, it's probably only going to 497 00:34:30.400 --> 00:34:35.199 be even more evident that it's not an amateur sport. It's clearly pro sports, 498 00:34:35.599 --> 00:34:38.280 probably every year. But if you want to be good, you're the 499 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:40.719 team you cheer for has got to be in this They got to be in 500 00:34:40.800 --> 00:34:46.719 this space with nil and free agency, and they've got to excel. I 501 00:34:46.719 --> 00:34:52.199 mean, even if you're top dog, like for example, Yukon won back 502 00:34:52.239 --> 00:34:55.800 to back national championships and you know they're adding pieces as we speak. I 503 00:34:55.800 --> 00:35:00.840 think they landed a big man earlier today. So no matter how good you 504 00:35:00.880 --> 00:35:04.840 are, this is now the new world. This is now how it This 505 00:35:04.960 --> 00:35:08.760 is just how it works. All right. Let's go to the text line 506 00:35:08.760 --> 00:35:13.840 five two six five three zero seven nineties the number if you guys would like 507 00:35:13.920 --> 00:35:19.199 to uh to text in this text says Nick, do you know who won 508 00:35:19.239 --> 00:35:22.280 the fight at the baseball game last night between the Louisville fan and the Kentucky 509 00:35:22.320 --> 00:35:25.440 fan? So I don't think it was a louis A fan in a Kentucky 510 00:35:25.440 --> 00:35:29.239 fan. I think it was. I wish it was just because not that 511 00:35:29.280 --> 00:35:31.239 I wish anybody would fight, but I think it would be. It would 512 00:35:31.239 --> 00:35:35.920 be it would be such a story about this rivalry. At the Louisville Kentucky 513 00:35:35.920 --> 00:35:38.119 game that was taking place in Louisville, the baseball game, there was a 514 00:35:38.119 --> 00:35:45.320 fight that led to arrest and it was you know, big Blue Bob talking 515 00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:50.320 about Mark Pope being the man, and then you know, maybe Cardinal Cardinal 516 00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:54.559 Danny had enough of it and started started talking smack and letting him know that, 517 00:35:54.639 --> 00:36:00.360 you know, Pat Kelsey's the man. Like that would be childish and 518 00:36:00.519 --> 00:36:06.360 you know, unnecessary, but would it shock you? No. But I 519 00:36:06.360 --> 00:36:07.639 think it was a Louisville fan and a Louisville fan they got in a fight 520 00:36:07.679 --> 00:36:12.159 and I don't know why, so I'm not even really sure it was a 521 00:36:12.199 --> 00:36:14.960 fight. I think, you know, it just ended up. And I 522 00:36:14.960 --> 00:36:16.639 saw the video which didn't show a fight. Maybe the fight happened prior to 523 00:36:16.639 --> 00:36:20.440 that, but there was just a video where you had like cops on the 524 00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:27.519 concourse there at Jim Patterson Stadium, you know, settling down a contentious scene 525 00:36:32.119 --> 00:36:36.639 there'll be some kind of like some sorry for the for the long pause there, 526 00:36:36.719 --> 00:36:42.920 there's going to be some kind of situation that makes the news this summer 527 00:36:43.239 --> 00:36:45.920 where Louisville because it's because the rivalry is the derby, could be the rivalry's 528 00:36:45.960 --> 00:36:51.199 back on, you know what I mean, Like it's just back because we're 529 00:36:51.519 --> 00:36:54.840 both starting over. And clearly they don't fear Louisville right now, and Louisville, 530 00:36:55.400 --> 00:36:58.880 I mean, I don't know if any Louisville fans truly ever feared Kentucky, 531 00:36:58.920 --> 00:37:00.079 but like if you did, I get it. They dominated, and 532 00:37:00.199 --> 00:37:04.039 Cow was a guy who would go get really almost any player he wanted more 533 00:37:04.079 --> 00:37:06.400 often than not. Well, now like that's not who they are anymore, 534 00:37:07.679 --> 00:37:12.800 so should be fun, but again I don't condone violence. All right, 535 00:37:12.840 --> 00:37:14.960 quick break, we'll come back on the other side to wrap this thing up 536 00:37:15.800 --> 00:37:21.480 on Sports Talk seven ninety. That's right, we are wrapping things up here, 537 00:37:21.639 --> 00:37:22.960 and as soon as this show ends, I got a jet out of 538 00:37:23.000 --> 00:37:29.480 here and head to my son's baseball game two games a week, which you 539 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:31.400 know, he loves it. I love watching him play. He's having fun. 540 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:35.519 But he's three years old, so I feel like that's you know, 541 00:37:35.760 --> 00:37:37.639 it's a big commitment, but hey, you got to start somewhere. And 542 00:37:38.119 --> 00:37:42.639 so far he has loved playing any sport, which has been fun for us, 543 00:37:42.679 --> 00:37:45.400 no doubt. Last year, I remember you were nervous about how you 544 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:47.920 would act about Moose playing baseball. So you've got a year under your belt 545 00:37:47.960 --> 00:37:52.280 as a dad baseball dad. How are you feeling this year? Well? 546 00:37:52.440 --> 00:37:57.119 I love it because he's he craves to be coached and like wants to get 547 00:37:57.159 --> 00:38:00.719 better. He's competitive. He asks me all the time, like how he 548 00:38:00.760 --> 00:38:04.280 did, how his swing was. And it's not just because he wants his 549 00:38:04.360 --> 00:38:07.039 dad to say you did great, because like he wants to get better. 550 00:38:07.039 --> 00:38:10.639 He loves it. But as far as my worry about, like you know, 551 00:38:12.119 --> 00:38:15.280 letting instincts kick in and maybe being like that crazy parent, I mean 552 00:38:15.320 --> 00:38:17.880 it's they're not really they don't keep score, so like it's it's not there 553 00:38:17.960 --> 00:38:22.199 yet at three years old. But you know, I I don't think I'll 554 00:38:22.239 --> 00:38:27.320 have any issues because I know myself and I'm not somebody that ever calls any 555 00:38:27.400 --> 00:38:30.440 kind of scene. That's just so not me at all. And I don't 556 00:38:30.480 --> 00:38:32.400 mean say that to brag. It's just that's not in all my personality. 557 00:38:32.400 --> 00:38:37.239 I'm not somebody that whatever seek confrontation or anything like that. But you know, 558 00:38:37.280 --> 00:38:42.639 I hear other parents, you know, and not even just you know 559 00:38:42.719 --> 00:38:44.480 some parents in this league where I'm like, i mean, come on, 560 00:38:44.519 --> 00:38:47.239 they're three, Like what're we doing here? And then there's other leagues going 561 00:38:47.239 --> 00:38:51.920 on at the same place that have older kids playing, and I mean it's 562 00:38:51.960 --> 00:38:57.599 pretty common you get like not fights, but just I mean it's what there's 563 00:38:57.599 --> 00:39:00.840 one thing to be into it and like cheering on and yeah, yeah, 564 00:39:00.360 --> 00:39:04.119 you know, like that's there's nothing wrong with that. That's awesome, but 565 00:39:04.280 --> 00:39:08.280 it's just like you know, yelling at umpires and you know, just kind 566 00:39:08.280 --> 00:39:14.079 of like parents of other teams, like they're on the other side, right, 567 00:39:14.119 --> 00:39:15.639 like one bleachers for this team, one bleachers for that team, and 568 00:39:15.679 --> 00:39:19.440 you just like feel the tension that like they don't like each other. And 569 00:39:19.440 --> 00:39:22.800 that's just weird to me. But then again, like it's how it is, 570 00:39:22.519 --> 00:39:25.960 like who's your your your favorite player and anything is going to be your 571 00:39:27.039 --> 00:39:30.599 kid, right And it's not something you can just not be into, I 572 00:39:30.599 --> 00:39:32.360 think, but I used to before I you know, became a dad. 573 00:39:32.559 --> 00:39:37.360 I've been a dad now for a long time. But when my daughter was 574 00:39:37.400 --> 00:39:39.199 young, when my son wasn't born yet, that's when I started to think, 575 00:39:39.280 --> 00:39:42.039 like, you know, how am I going to react well now, 576 00:39:42.159 --> 00:39:45.599 Like you know, if my kids didn't play sports at all, I mean, 577 00:39:45.719 --> 00:39:47.960 it might make me sad for a minute, but like you know, 578 00:39:51.159 --> 00:39:53.239 Vinetti's told me that one time, and it was great advice because you know, 579 00:39:53.280 --> 00:39:55.880 he thought that would be the way with John and football and all that. 580 00:39:57.000 --> 00:39:59.039 But like you know, you love your kid regardless of what they want 581 00:39:59.079 --> 00:40:00.239 to do. And to go because I gotta go to this game. See 582 00:40:00.239 --> 00:40:01.519 you guys tomorrow.