WEBVTT 1 00:00:01.120 --> 00:00:07.360 Steve Rivera and Jacob Salis they have their Eye on the Ball on Tucson Sports 2 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:13.119 Stage Chef Fox Sports fourteen fifty talk about Tie on the Ball. I'm your 3 00:00:13.119 --> 00:00:16.600 host, Jagan Zalas. Steve my buddy, Stea Rivera is on the road 4 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:24.160 headed to Phoenick for their Alabama I almost forgot where he was going for the 5 00:00:24.399 --> 00:00:28.239 Alabama Arizona game coming up tonight at nine o'clock. You can catch it on 6 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:33.280 ESPN, or you can listen to our first hour guest, Ryan Hanson doing 7 00:00:33.280 --> 00:00:38.880 the game with Brian Jeffries on Wildcat Sports twelve ninety, the competing station with 8 00:00:39.000 --> 00:00:42.320 us, but nonetheless friendly. So all right, so we've got to do 9 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:46.280 have some breaking news to cover for with you, and it's not all recruiting 10 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:53.079 stuff. So well, we're about ready to lisis Eye on the Ball breaking 11 00:00:53.159 --> 00:00:59.399 news on Fox Sports fourteen fifty. All right, we did a few little 12 00:00:59.399 --> 00:01:02.079 recruiting tap bits to come in here. But some of the big news of 13 00:01:02.119 --> 00:01:07.799 the day is that Oregon State and Washington State are taking their non football sports, 14 00:01:07.840 --> 00:01:15.040 including men's and women's basketball, over to the West Coast Conference. From 15 00:01:15.079 --> 00:01:19.159 a basketball standpoint, they're gonna be in there with Gonzaga and that that group 16 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:23.879 of teams. But football is gonna stay separate. They're gonna play a mount 17 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:27.159 West Conference schedule this next school year, but at least for the twenty four 18 00:01:27.159 --> 00:01:32.840 to twenty five academic year, the the other sports are going to be in 19 00:01:32.840 --> 00:01:38.120 the West Coast Conference. I can't believe it's come to that. There's just 20 00:01:38.120 --> 00:01:41.879 no PAC twelve. It's gone. Unbelievable, it's gone, the last remnant 21 00:01:41.959 --> 00:01:48.599 of it. That's that's one of the all time bungle jobs in sports history. 22 00:01:49.879 --> 00:01:52.719 Yeah, you're not gonna get an argument for me. That's crazy. 23 00:01:52.840 --> 00:01:57.239 That got butchers went from it went from all right, they're just working on 24 00:01:57.280 --> 00:02:01.400 a TV contract this, and then there's just no conferences gone. It's gone. 25 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:07.640 It's just like that. It's dissipated in a year. Yeah, it's 26 00:02:07.719 --> 00:02:10.479 unbelievable. Yeah. Yeah. So again in Oregon State, Washington State, 27 00:02:10.520 --> 00:02:15.719 they've got seven Mountain West Conference games next year. They're not part of the 28 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:20.599 conference championship or anything like that. They've got, you know, other games 29 00:02:20.639 --> 00:02:27.120 to fill in their twelve game schedule. I suppose they're considered group of five 30 00:02:27.159 --> 00:02:31.000 if it comes to play. I don't know what I don't think that the 31 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:37.120 that the college football playoff has decided where they fit. Let's say one of 32 00:02:37.159 --> 00:02:39.800 them goes undefeated. Did they get in a twelve team playoff? I assume 33 00:02:39.840 --> 00:02:46.000 that right, Yeah, they'd have to. Yeah so, but I bet 34 00:02:46.039 --> 00:02:51.439 you they'll treat them like Notre Dame, like an independent, as an independent, 35 00:02:51.560 --> 00:02:57.400 yeah, but not not like Notre Dame in that if they go all 36 00:02:57.560 --> 00:03:00.960 right, in the fact that I think it would happen, for sure, 37 00:03:00.080 --> 00:03:06.520 get into you're gonna be considered closer to a group of five team than a 38 00:03:06.680 --> 00:03:12.439 you know, a true independent. Uh. Fortunately, we don't have any 39 00:03:12.759 --> 00:03:15.800 any news from that awful incident up and up in Vegas today, but I 40 00:03:15.840 --> 00:03:21.680 have to mention that that's just still something to me that's just unbelievable. It's 41 00:03:21.719 --> 00:03:24.680 just unbelieved. I still I'm still trying to wrap my head around around what 42 00:03:24.759 --> 00:03:30.479 all of that is. What are you gonna say? There were more details 43 00:03:30.520 --> 00:03:35.479 that came out about it that he that will that he's being charged with kidnapping 44 00:03:35.520 --> 00:03:38.800 now because he can he outed. No, I don't think he's getting murder 45 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:46.240 charge. I what I read that was they gave him a deal, saying, 46 00:03:46.240 --> 00:03:49.360 hey, if you give us the details on your ex girlfriend. Now 47 00:03:49.439 --> 00:03:52.240 we will just charge you with Oh, they won't charge you with the murder. 48 00:03:52.360 --> 00:03:58.479 Correct, Well, they wanted all the details on her. Okay, 49 00:03:58.479 --> 00:04:00.360 I'm gonna have to I have to take at the break looked that up, 50 00:04:00.360 --> 00:04:04.319 because that is I can't imagine anyway. Okay, let's get past that. 51 00:04:04.919 --> 00:04:12.840 We did report extensively on on the sudden departure of of uh, the south 52 00:04:12.840 --> 00:04:17.959 Point coach suth point from I don't I don't know football. I'm sorry, 53 00:04:18.240 --> 00:04:23.399 that's not why you brought me in here. Come on, you can't show 54 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:27.240 up with the breaking news topic and you don't know the person's name. I 55 00:04:27.319 --> 00:04:32.199 had him, I had him. Uh, next move on. Anyways, 56 00:04:32.240 --> 00:04:36.639 they pat Ryding, who's who's been a local coach? He's uh, he's 57 00:04:38.240 --> 00:04:42.839 he's been assistant at Pima. Eric Rogers is the guy who left. He's 58 00:04:42.920 --> 00:04:46.040 left sudden, just suddenly resigned, uh, he said in a statement. 59 00:04:46.279 --> 00:04:49.839 He announced to be with his family. But pat Ryding, he's been he's 60 00:04:49.879 --> 00:04:53.560 been a coach here in town, I included at south Point. He's been 61 00:04:53.639 --> 00:04:57.199 hired to be the south Point football coach. A program that's been pretty good, 62 00:04:57.800 --> 00:05:00.879 even even recently. So Pat right in the new the new coach at 63 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:08.360 South Point on the on the recruiting side of it, Uh, Dan walkin 64 00:05:08.959 --> 00:05:15.759 a USA today ranks Dion Sanders and Colorado is having the best transfer portal recruiting 65 00:05:15.800 --> 00:05:18.519 class or transfer that means something, class, which is that means something. 66 00:05:18.839 --> 00:05:23.720 There's all these rankings, just like our high school rankings. You now have 67 00:05:23.879 --> 00:05:27.399 portal. Where did they? Where did he have all miss? Look, 68 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:30.120 let's see if they have done the list? Uh, because Ole Miss has 69 00:05:30.120 --> 00:05:34.680 gotten some dudes. Yeah. Uh, well, this story is about Dion, 70 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:39.879 so it's about Colorado. Gotcha. I can't say what the what the 71 00:05:39.879 --> 00:05:44.399 recruiting ranks. That's by Dan Wilkin again past guest to the show. Not 72 00:05:44.680 --> 00:05:48.439 on the not moving up on the recruiting rankings as Florida, who in the 73 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:57.720 last few weeks has lost three five start players uh and and three four star 74 00:05:57.759 --> 00:06:00.800 players. Five of those are flips and one is saying he's not signing today 75 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:08.120 and he may not sign. Florida is is quickly becoming Nebraska, very quickly 76 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:13.759 becoming Nebraska. And when you've got Oklahoma and Texas moving in over this year, 77 00:06:14.199 --> 00:06:17.040 you know they're dropping some rungs and uh, and it's not. It's 78 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:20.240 not going to Nebraska though they got the number one kids in the country. 79 00:06:20.360 --> 00:06:24.240 They did. They got the number one transfer to a Dylan No transfer, 80 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:27.759 he's a he's a quarterback. Oh yeah, the recruit he was he was 81 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.160 flip from Georgia. Well, he'd flipped from Ohio State and then to Georgia 82 00:06:30.199 --> 00:06:34.040 and now and he went to like four different high schools. I don't I 83 00:06:34.079 --> 00:06:41.079 don't know. Again at a recruiting is different. It's it's way different now 84 00:06:41.079 --> 00:06:44.639 and the stuff that you got to deal with. But that definitely something that 85 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:49.759 has gotten kind of crazy. Okay, we're slipping over to the NBA because 86 00:06:50.319 --> 00:06:56.600 Shaq last night, uh Shaquille O'Neal on the NBA of Post Games d after 87 00:06:56.680 --> 00:07:00.399 this great shot that Steph Curry made to win the Game of all he shout 88 00:07:00.439 --> 00:07:05.360 into the raptors said he deserves to be in the conversation or the greatest NBA 89 00:07:05.519 --> 00:07:13.160 player of all time, not just not just the top like the greatest. 90 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:16.959 Okay, what do you go first? What do you think? No? 91 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:19.600 No, what? No, He's not the greatest NBA player for sure, 92 00:07:19.839 --> 00:07:27.279 but does he deserve to be? Can you be in the conversation. Yes 93 00:07:28.160 --> 00:07:34.399 you say yes, yes, I'm not. I don't know he is maybe 94 00:07:38.199 --> 00:07:44.800 yeah, No, he's the most influential influential basketball player maybe ever, certainly 95 00:07:44.839 --> 00:07:47.040 since Michael Jordan. No, no, no, no, no, no. 96 00:07:47.519 --> 00:07:54.480 Michael Jordan didn't change the game like Steph Curry's changing game. That okay, 97 00:07:54.560 --> 00:08:01.360 all right. Teams play differently, teams construct rosters differently because of inlet 98 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:05.319 player players played. Let me simplify this. Okay, let me simplify this. 99 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:11.839 People, after Steph Curry teams and organization gms, they finally realized that 100 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:20.439 three points are worth more than two. Okay, it took him a lot 101 00:08:20.480 --> 00:08:24.480 of time to figure that three is worth more than two. But the game 102 00:08:24.560 --> 00:08:26.879 is different. It is different. It is different. And when you think 103 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:31.920 about guys like you know, well again you go to the fact that you 104 00:08:31.920 --> 00:08:35.120 know, a guy like Zach Edy basically has no future in the No, 105 00:08:35.159 --> 00:08:39.039 he doesn't, because the center can't be a guy who plays with us back 106 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:43.080 to the back, be Anthony David make shots. It's got to be Anthony 107 00:08:43.200 --> 00:08:46.759 Davis. It's got to be a guy, maybe not quite Kevin Durant, 108 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:52.159 but somebody who's got some of those capabilities to step out, make shots, 109 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:56.039 run the floor. He can't be a two hundred and ninety pound guy running 110 00:08:56.080 --> 00:08:58.360 up and down the Zach Eady would have been the number one draft pick last 111 00:08:58.440 --> 00:09:03.559 year and he or if sorry, if this was two thousand and one, 112 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:07.720 Zach Ei he would have been the number one draft back. Well, he's 113 00:09:07.759 --> 00:09:09.639 not gonna get drafted last year, you know, I mean, it's it's 114 00:09:09.759 --> 00:09:16.279 possible that from a back to the basket kind of guy, that DeAndre Ayton 115 00:09:16.720 --> 00:09:22.799 had to be the most athletic non you know, I know what you mean, 116 00:09:22.879 --> 00:09:26.679 center. You know that that plays that game as opposed to the step 117 00:09:26.759 --> 00:09:31.919 out of the Anthony Davis game. Well as athletic as anybody could be. 118 00:09:31.360 --> 00:09:35.759 And he's just kind of a so so guy in the NBA. He wasn't 119 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:39.240 with the Sons. That's kind of a common misconception. DeAndre Ayton was really 120 00:09:39.279 --> 00:09:45.279 good with the He's now becomes social because the trail lasers are dog water. 121 00:09:45.519 --> 00:09:48.799 Yeah, but with the Suns, he was very good. Yeah, but 122 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:52.639 he wasn't. He was he was. I mean, let me look this 123 00:09:52.799 --> 00:09:58.240 up, but he no, I hear you, But again not he's not 124 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:05.200 the what the what the NBA teams are looking for anyway, Yes to no, 125 00:10:05.320 --> 00:10:09.240 he yes, I mean he's not your typical back to the basket center. 126 00:10:09.360 --> 00:10:13.360 He does step out and shoot jumpers. He's not shooting threes, right, 127 00:10:13.919 --> 00:10:20.000 but he isn't Zachy if that makes sense. Yeah. Yeah, so 128 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:24.159 I mean, look he Okay, last year he ever eighteen points and ten 129 00:10:24.200 --> 00:10:28.440 rebounds. Okay, give me five players who are in the conversation as the 130 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:33.080 greatest NBA players, Okay, Michael Jordan, Lebron, James, Kareem Abdul 131 00:10:33.159 --> 00:10:43.120 Jabbar, Larry Bird, and Magic Johnson. Kobe. Steph is better than 132 00:10:43.200 --> 00:10:48.480 Kobe. Okay, all right, I'll accept that. I'll accept that I 133 00:10:48.559 --> 00:10:54.480 didn't even say Steph is better than Larry Bird. Yeah, I'll accept that 134 00:10:56.159 --> 00:11:01.039 Steph might be better than Magic Johnson. Certainly a better shooter than all of 135 00:11:01.080 --> 00:11:05.600 those guys. Yeah, I mean, you know he of course he's not 136 00:11:05.759 --> 00:11:11.399 the best player. But you can talk about him up there. Yeah, 137 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:13.480 Like at what number? Is it legit? Yeah? To say, like 138 00:11:13.639 --> 00:11:16.440 is he not one? Not two? Yeah? Are there ten guys in 139 00:11:16.480 --> 00:11:20.279 the conversation? Are there eight guys in the conversation for best of all time? 140 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:26.000 It's two realistically, But like when you're talking about the best of all 141 00:11:26.039 --> 00:11:30.799 time. He's in there. He's one hundred percent. Okay, so you 142 00:11:30.799 --> 00:11:33.360 know you can go you can go to anyone of a bunch of numbers. 143 00:11:33.360 --> 00:11:35.960 You go to ten and say, okay, if Steph Cray is going to 144 00:11:35.000 --> 00:11:39.399 move into the top ten, who you who you're kicking out? Oh God, 145 00:11:39.440 --> 00:11:41.240 I don't know. Yeah right, I mean he's easily top ten. 146 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:43.279 Yeah, we could sit in here, name ten. I think he's closer 147 00:11:43.320 --> 00:11:46.159 to five than he is the ten. Is it closer to five than he 148 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:52.360 is the one? Yeah? Is he three? Uh no, probably not 149 00:11:52.440 --> 00:11:54.600 yet, so he's four or five? Yeah? Maybe. I mean I'd 150 00:11:54.600 --> 00:11:58.519 have to look at all this. I don't think it's completely unreasonable to say 151 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:03.799 he's in the discussion for one of like the best of all time. He's 152 00:12:03.879 --> 00:12:07.159 one of the greatest of all time for sure. Is he the best of 153 00:12:07.200 --> 00:12:09.679 all time? No? No, not, but he's you know, certainly. 154 00:12:11.039 --> 00:12:13.759 You know, I love what It's crazy, like you know, everybody, 155 00:12:13.879 --> 00:12:18.320 a lot of people talk about lebron and losing titles. Most of these 156 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:28.039 guys like a Michael Jordan a they didn't run into another player like Steph Curry 157 00:12:28.279 --> 00:12:33.080 at the same time. You know what I mean like Jordan got BYRD and 158 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:37.840 Magic Johnson at the end of their careers, right, exactly, that's true 159 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:43.720 too, Lebron James ran into peak Steph Curry. Yeah, so they split 160 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:48.039 the titles. I don't know. Yeah, so Steve Rivera who's on the 161 00:12:48.120 --> 00:12:52.759 road, says, would not Steve Kirby be the influencer he constructed the formula 162 00:12:52.879 --> 00:13:00.759 to use Steph in that offense. Sure, but you need someone to do 163 00:13:00.799 --> 00:13:03.600 it. Yeah, exactly, you obviously do. I mean in the end, 164 00:13:05.320 --> 00:13:09.120 I mean, right, coaches coaches, Steve recognizing that coaches get too 165 00:13:09.200 --> 00:13:16.080 much credit and too much uh the opposite blamee. Yes, the players play 166 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:18.519 the game. They get too much credit, too much play. But you 167 00:13:18.559 --> 00:13:24.240 know Steph Curry was playing for Mark Jackson, Mark Jackson, and he wasn't 168 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:30.120 Steph Curry. Steph Curry becomes Steph Curry, Yes, after Steve Kurr. 169 00:13:31.159 --> 00:13:35.080 Uh. Yeah, but again that Steph Steph Curry was like in his third 170 00:13:35.159 --> 00:13:39.360 year, fourth year in the league. He yes, Steve curR is very 171 00:13:39.360 --> 00:13:46.279 influential, but the players got to make thee The players play. Steph Curry 172 00:13:46.279 --> 00:13:50.679 is what Steve Kurk could have been if he had athletic ability. Sure, 173 00:13:52.879 --> 00:13:56.600 I hope he didn't hear that, or I never plays that for him. 174 00:13:56.600 --> 00:13:58.559 He would never come up. He would, he would say that he would, 175 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:03.440 you would. Yeah, but it's again, this is a conversation that 176 00:14:03.519 --> 00:14:07.440 you'll never ever get to a consensus no on any of it. I thought 177 00:14:07.440 --> 00:14:11.159 it was interesting that Shaq would go on publicly, you know, which is 178 00:14:11.200 --> 00:14:16.840 crazy because older basketball players hate current basketball players. Yeah, they think they 179 00:14:16.879 --> 00:14:20.120 all suck. They think all they do, all they want to do is 180 00:14:20.159 --> 00:14:22.639 launch three. But not just sad. It's like, oh, they couldn't 181 00:14:22.720 --> 00:14:26.559 last in you know, the eighties and nineties, and I mean when we 182 00:14:26.799 --> 00:14:30.159 play it, but when when when they can knock you on your butt? 183 00:14:30.240 --> 00:14:33.240 Not? But yeah, they oh so much physical back then. I mean 184 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:37.480 sure, if that's what you want to call it, exactly, exactly. 185 00:14:37.879 --> 00:14:39.440 All right, that was fun discussion. Okay, we'll be back. We're 186 00:14:39.440 --> 00:14:43.799 going to have Matt Morano from Rivals at Goysycats dot com. 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Steve Riverison is late to Phoenix to cover 262 00:20:11.279 --> 00:20:15.279 that Alabama Arizona game tonight up at the Footprint Center. I've got Adam Gonzalas, 263 00:20:15.359 --> 00:20:21.319 my my son, good friend and a former sports information director at Arizona 264 00:20:21.440 --> 00:20:23.039 joining me today. And now on the phone, we've got man Moreno, 265 00:20:23.119 --> 00:20:27.680 who's uh, this is kind of your super Bowl Sunday, Matt covering National 266 00:20:27.759 --> 00:20:30.680 Signing Day. How you doing? I'm doing pretty good. That's fine. 267 00:20:30.680 --> 00:20:33.160 That's exactly the way I explained to somebody who's trying to figure out, like 268 00:20:33.240 --> 00:20:36.559 what to day? Why, what's the significance of today? I'm like, 269 00:20:36.559 --> 00:20:37.680 well, just think of it as like the super Bowl of recruiting, and 270 00:20:37.680 --> 00:20:41.759 that's essentially what it is. But yeah, it's been a long day, 271 00:20:41.759 --> 00:20:44.519 but you know, always obviously lots of excitement for a lot of programs, 272 00:20:44.640 --> 00:20:48.240 including Arizona exactly. So well, let's get to let's get to Arizona first. 273 00:20:48.240 --> 00:20:49.039 We'll get if we have a chance, we'll get to some of the 274 00:20:49.039 --> 00:20:53.240 other stuff. But just overall, I'll just throw it out there, how 275 00:20:53.240 --> 00:20:57.640 do you think Arizona did today? You know, obviously it's hard to compare 276 00:20:57.680 --> 00:21:00.720 it to not compare it to what you knew the class could have been at 277 00:21:00.720 --> 00:21:04.799 one time when you're talking about Elijah Rushing Killina will Height being part of this 278 00:21:04.839 --> 00:21:07.680 group at one point in time, and some of the guys that you eventually 279 00:21:07.759 --> 00:21:11.000 found their way to other schools. But when you look at what Arizona wanted 280 00:21:11.039 --> 00:21:15.640 to accomplish and how they've pieced this thing together, there's a lot of really 281 00:21:15.680 --> 00:21:18.359 strong pieces to this group, and led by Demal Williams, the quarterback who 282 00:21:18.359 --> 00:21:22.160 feels like very much the quarterback of the future for Arizona. He's someone that 283 00:21:22.279 --> 00:21:26.680 Arizona, Jimmy Doherty Jetfish have had their eye on really since they arrived in 284 00:21:26.759 --> 00:21:30.279 Tucson. Demon Williams has been, you know, a big time playmaker up 285 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:36.039 at Basha in Chandler, and that thought was, like, I think they're 286 00:21:36.079 --> 00:21:37.359 going to have a good chance with him, and he always talked highly of 287 00:21:37.359 --> 00:21:42.119 the program, always talk about his relationship with both Jimmy Doherty and Jetfish, 288 00:21:42.160 --> 00:21:45.559 and it felt like Arizona was gonna have a really, really good shot. 289 00:21:45.599 --> 00:21:48.279 And he commits to ole myths and you go, okay, well maybe not. 290 00:21:48.000 --> 00:21:52.480 But Arizona kind of circled back and fall a part of old myths with 291 00:21:52.480 --> 00:21:55.000 with Demon and he decided you want to stay a little bit closer to home, 292 00:21:55.039 --> 00:21:57.200 and that's a huge, huge win because he's a very talented player. 293 00:21:57.720 --> 00:22:00.880 He fits right in with what Arizona wants to do, and that's kind of 294 00:22:00.880 --> 00:22:06.279 the crown jewel of the class. But there's some other really nice pieces and 295 00:22:06.319 --> 00:22:08.279 maybe to the kind of casual fan, it's not going to look the same 296 00:22:08.319 --> 00:22:12.440 as that class that had T Mac and Noa Fafida and you know, Jacob 297 00:22:12.440 --> 00:22:17.440 Manu and all these types of players. But there's there's no quality within this 298 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:19.440 group, and I think it's more about, you know, finding pieces to 299 00:22:19.480 --> 00:22:22.839 fit in and kind of fill the gaps as opposed to kind of making drastic 300 00:22:22.920 --> 00:22:26.680 changes like they had to do with that class with t Mac and a lot 301 00:22:26.680 --> 00:22:29.079 of those guys. They needed that class to, you know, build this 302 00:22:29.160 --> 00:22:33.000 thing the way they want. So it maybe doesn't have the same appeal as 303 00:22:33.240 --> 00:22:34.599 some of those classes, but you know, if you really take a deeper 304 00:22:34.640 --> 00:22:38.119 look at it, there's some there's some quality talent within this group, and 305 00:22:38.160 --> 00:22:40.920 I think a lot of guys who are going to spend a lot of time 306 00:22:40.960 --> 00:22:45.279 on the field for Arizona. How important is it for Arizona to get not 307 00:22:45.319 --> 00:22:48.440 only you know this guy out of Arizona, but this guy is your quarterback 308 00:22:48.440 --> 00:22:52.200 of the future, and I mean that's the kind of the top of your 309 00:22:52.200 --> 00:22:56.640 class. Yeah, I mean that's huge. And I think within the state, 310 00:22:56.640 --> 00:22:57.960 obviously, Jet Fish has really kind of made it a point to try 311 00:22:57.960 --> 00:23:00.559 and win the state, and the state's gonna, I think, start to 312 00:23:00.559 --> 00:23:04.119 do this thing a little bit more within state guys and maybe make a little 313 00:23:04.119 --> 00:23:07.480 bit more of an impact there than the previous staff with the Sun Devils. 314 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:10.799 So it makes it a little bit more difficult. But for Arizona, I 315 00:23:10.799 --> 00:23:14.240 think they've kind of been more established with Jet Fisher of hey, we want 316 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:17.160 you guys to stay home, and so I think that's helped. I think 317 00:23:17.160 --> 00:23:19.240 he saw that in this class in particularly at one point in time, there 318 00:23:19.359 --> 00:23:23.720 was no other program in the country that had more in state commitments in Arizona, 319 00:23:23.799 --> 00:23:27.960 more commitments from Arizona than you know they in state schools. So in 320 00:23:29.079 --> 00:23:30.519 terms of the top twenty, guys kind of fell apart a little bit, 321 00:23:30.559 --> 00:23:33.079 but still you end up with Dylan Tapley, who was committed to AFC at 322 00:23:33.079 --> 00:23:36.960 one point. We have him, you know, inside the top ten of 323 00:23:36.960 --> 00:23:41.200 the Arizona state rankings at rivals, the Monllalliams obviously mentioned, and then you 324 00:23:41.519 --> 00:23:45.160 got guys at Apollo, which is a very you know, really good group, 325 00:23:45.200 --> 00:23:47.480 and I think all those guys are gonna have a shot to play as 326 00:23:47.519 --> 00:23:52.160 well. So, you know, I think kind of it's it's it's important 327 00:23:52.160 --> 00:23:55.160 now, but it's even more important for the future because if the Mollolliams has 328 00:23:55.200 --> 00:23:57.640 success, and other guys around Arizona who knowing him, He's a very popular 329 00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:02.480 guy, people know him, know them well from around the you know, 330 00:24:02.480 --> 00:24:03.599 some of the bigger schools in the state, high schools in the state. 331 00:24:03.799 --> 00:24:07.799 If he goes to Arizona and does well, I think it's only going to 332 00:24:07.880 --> 00:24:10.400 resonate with a lot of those other prospects within the state to go, hey, 333 00:24:10.440 --> 00:24:12.039 I think I need to take a deeper look at what you know uo 334 00:24:12.119 --> 00:24:15.400 A is doing and maybe take another trip down to Tucson and see what we'll 335 00:24:15.400 --> 00:24:18.799 see what it's about. You know, I think that's going to be really 336 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:22.400 big for Arizona in terms of in state recruiting. And then you know, 337 00:24:22.480 --> 00:24:25.119 even as he as he spread out a little bit and you go regently, 338 00:24:25.519 --> 00:24:26.480 you know, if he has success, you can see it now with no 339 00:24:26.559 --> 00:24:30.160 Fafida, I think there's a lot of recruits that are looking at Arizona and 340 00:24:30.680 --> 00:24:33.759 seeing what guys like t mac and Nofafida and Jacob Monu and some of the 341 00:24:33.799 --> 00:24:37.799 other players that you know are from the West Coast what they're doing at Arizona 342 00:24:37.880 --> 00:24:40.400 right now. I think they're seeing what they like what they see and they're 343 00:24:40.400 --> 00:24:41.319 going, Okay, I need to take a deeper look at this program. 344 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:45.480 And I think, you know, there's still a couple outstanding, you know, 345 00:24:45.640 --> 00:24:48.039 recruits out there that are still looking at Arizona that could sign. But 346 00:24:48.519 --> 00:24:52.000 you know, before the end of the week the signing everything's kind of focused 347 00:24:52.000 --> 00:24:56.599 on signing day, but there's a three day period here where recruits have until 348 00:24:56.599 --> 00:24:59.720 Friday to sign and decide, and there's a couple other guys that could potentially, 349 00:25:00.039 --> 00:25:02.680 you know, make that move as well, and so you know, 350 00:25:02.720 --> 00:25:04.799 I think it's all good things. But yeah, having somebody at that position 351 00:25:04.799 --> 00:25:08.839 who's the highest traded guy is going to be a good thing for Arizona, 352 00:25:10.079 --> 00:25:11.480 not only you know, this upcoming year, but in years to come. 353 00:25:12.119 --> 00:25:17.519 And people also forget there's a whole other signing period, the original signing day 354 00:25:17.559 --> 00:25:22.640 in February. But sticking with Demon Williams, what is Arizona's pitch to him? 355 00:25:22.680 --> 00:25:26.799 Because you know, uh Fafitas a freshman, he's a freshman. They 356 00:25:26.839 --> 00:25:30.079 got the kid from Colorado? Yeah, still sitting here. So how do 357 00:25:30.160 --> 00:25:33.599 you get a kid like that? Because I mean nowadays, like you want 358 00:25:33.599 --> 00:25:38.559 to play right away, and you're gonna have to keep recruiting him to stay 359 00:25:38.599 --> 00:25:41.960 there. Even I talked to the we were talking earlier, like you recruit 360 00:25:41.960 --> 00:25:45.039 a kid, they commit, they sign, You got to keep recruiting him 361 00:25:45.039 --> 00:25:48.680 for four years. So what is Arizona's pitch to demand if they've got a 362 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:53.599 quarterback who's a freshman this year? I will you know. Jeffresh talking Rivals 363 00:25:53.599 --> 00:25:57.440 today a little bit about it, and he was talking about development because he 364 00:25:57.480 --> 00:26:02.359 was asked that question of like, it's a difficult spot for coaches to be 365 00:26:02.400 --> 00:26:04.240 in because every coach will tell you, hey, I want four or five 366 00:26:04.240 --> 00:26:07.359 scholarship quarterbacks, like especially if you're an offensive minded coach, like you want 367 00:26:07.400 --> 00:26:11.599 as many quarterbacks as you can on your roster, and so but it's just 368 00:26:11.640 --> 00:26:15.240 in this day and age, it's so difficult to do because of those reasons 369 00:26:15.240 --> 00:26:18.599 that you mentioned that you know, players feel like they have other opportunities, 370 00:26:18.640 --> 00:26:22.200 and the transfer portal kind of makes that a reality for them where they can 371 00:26:22.279 --> 00:26:23.559 kind of see what else is out there, and more often than not, 372 00:26:23.559 --> 00:26:26.279 they're going to find a spot that will take them. So it is a 373 00:26:26.279 --> 00:26:30.240 difficult spot to be in. But I think the thing that Jeed Fish when 374 00:26:30.240 --> 00:26:33.880 you listen to him talk about the situation and talk about you know what it's 375 00:26:33.960 --> 00:26:37.599 going to look like, I think he kind of focuses on development, and 376 00:26:37.640 --> 00:26:38.640 I think he can point to someone like, no, if if he didn't 377 00:26:38.640 --> 00:26:41.480 say, look he waited a year, he didn't come in and you know, 378 00:26:41.519 --> 00:26:45.200 play right away as a true freshman and take over the starting job, 379 00:26:45.240 --> 00:26:47.640 he took his time, and now look what he's done. And so even 380 00:26:47.640 --> 00:26:48.799 if it's a you know, a year grace period where you can go, 381 00:26:49.079 --> 00:26:52.759 you can have that built in where you know, player will say, Okay, 382 00:26:52.759 --> 00:26:55.759 I'll wait a year, I'll develop over the course of the year and 383 00:26:56.079 --> 00:27:00.519 I'll work on my skill set and I'll learn the system and into what you're 384 00:27:00.519 --> 00:27:03.960 teaching me. I think, you know, I think if you can buy 385 00:27:03.000 --> 00:27:07.079 that and have that afford that time, you know, I think it has 386 00:27:07.119 --> 00:27:10.799 a longer staying power, and so I think for someone like Themaloin is to 387 00:27:10.839 --> 00:27:12.640 take you can come in. You're really great, You're a very good player 388 00:27:12.680 --> 00:27:17.319 right now, You've accomplished a lot of things. You've put up monster staffs 389 00:27:17.319 --> 00:27:19.039 as a high school player. But you know, the college game is a 390 00:27:19.039 --> 00:27:22.319 different level. And so I think you really sell him on development, and 391 00:27:22.319 --> 00:27:25.799 that's what it sounds like has been the pitch to him, and I know 392 00:27:25.839 --> 00:27:27.200 he's talked about that a lot, even going back a couple years when Ariz 393 00:27:27.240 --> 00:27:30.279 when I really first started to get involved, when he was taking his early 394 00:27:30.359 --> 00:27:34.000 visits and looking at his options, he talked about the development and I think 395 00:27:34.160 --> 00:27:37.880 the draw for jett Fish and he talks about this for a reason. He 396 00:27:37.960 --> 00:27:41.039 has those connections to the NFL, and I think there's a lot of trust 397 00:27:41.160 --> 00:27:45.200 in who he is and what he's seen and who he's worked with in the 398 00:27:45.240 --> 00:27:49.000 past. That gives a lot of quarterbacks, in particular, you know, 399 00:27:49.519 --> 00:27:52.400 a reason to want to stick around because they feel like, hey, this 400 00:27:52.440 --> 00:27:55.839 is the person that can get me to that next level. And you know, 401 00:27:55.880 --> 00:27:57.960 everybody who's signing today doesn't matter if they're a five star guy, a 402 00:27:59.039 --> 00:28:00.839 two star guys. Our guy they all believe that, you know, if 403 00:28:00.839 --> 00:28:06.519 they're playing college football, especially at the high level, they feel like they 404 00:28:06.559 --> 00:28:08.279 can get to the NFL and that's their ultimate goal. So I think that 405 00:28:08.319 --> 00:28:11.000 resonates with a lot of players, and I think for someone like Demalllians, 406 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:14.480 it's like, hey, if you're just fishing, tells, hey, you 407 00:28:14.480 --> 00:28:15.640 can trust me. I've been to the next level. I know what it 408 00:28:15.720 --> 00:28:18.599 takes. Be patient, and we'll get you there. And I think that's 409 00:28:18.680 --> 00:28:22.519 kind of where kind of the pitch centers around. Yeah. To me, 410 00:28:22.680 --> 00:28:26.400 that shows kind of where coach Finish and the whole staff are right now. 411 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:30.119 They are able to get a Demon Williams and tell him, hey, like 412 00:28:30.480 --> 00:28:32.960 come in and develop first, like they didn't pitch to him, You're gonna 413 00:28:32.960 --> 00:28:34.960 play right away. That shows you the kind of trust that these guys happened 414 00:28:34.960 --> 00:28:38.680 to him and the staff. Yeah. Absolutely, I mean that's that's a 415 00:28:38.720 --> 00:28:42.400 huge deal. Yeah, you know, and in his comments about Williams, 416 00:28:42.160 --> 00:28:45.920 he talked about the fact that you know, he showed his film to you 417 00:28:45.960 --> 00:28:51.359 know NFL, you know, quarterback and head coaches and offensive coordinators and that 418 00:28:51.640 --> 00:28:56.440 when Demon Williams knows he's getting that visibility again that's obviously a selling point. 419 00:28:56.680 --> 00:29:00.920 One of the things that he did talk about was, you know, sort 420 00:29:00.920 --> 00:29:06.880 of the as you mentioned, you know, it's not the it's not the 421 00:29:06.880 --> 00:29:11.000 the marquee class that where they just had to go get it great players at 422 00:29:11.000 --> 00:29:15.119 all the positions that they were out there filling needs. It's sort of a 423 00:29:15.440 --> 00:29:18.599 you know, you get to a certain point and maybe they're there a little 424 00:29:18.640 --> 00:29:22.680 earlier than any of us expected. That they're just now filling gaps as opposed 425 00:29:22.720 --> 00:29:26.400 to revamping a piece of the team like they did with the offense and the 426 00:29:26.440 --> 00:29:32.680 defense in the in the last two years. You know, is that you 427 00:29:32.680 --> 00:29:34.880 know, when you when you look at it that way. Look, we 428 00:29:34.880 --> 00:29:38.319 were all excited when Arizona had, you know, a top ten recruiting class 429 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:41.799 and all that kind of stuff. Well they don't anymore. But they don't 430 00:29:41.799 --> 00:29:45.640 need to have that class if they're just filling holes and keeping guys that they 431 00:29:45.640 --> 00:29:49.880 have that are good. That's sort of what where Jedfish kind of hung us 432 00:29:49.920 --> 00:29:55.160 at today. That last part, I think is the most important, because 433 00:29:55.240 --> 00:29:57.720 you have to be realistic. If you're in Arizona, you don't have the 434 00:29:57.799 --> 00:30:02.000 deep pockets like Texas A and M or in Oregon, you don't. You 435 00:30:02.039 --> 00:30:04.160 can't. Or you can go out and recruit five stars all they want and 436 00:30:04.240 --> 00:30:07.960 keep those guys rolling in and not care if five stars leave. Arizona is 437 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:11.519 just not in a position to do that right now. And so you know, 438 00:30:11.599 --> 00:30:12.880 if you recruit over a guy like t Mac, he's going to go, 439 00:30:12.960 --> 00:30:15.559 hey, see you later, and you're not going to necessarily have you 440 00:30:15.599 --> 00:30:19.000 know, the nil means to keep someone like that or to replace someone like 441 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:22.799 that right away. It took a lot to get a player like that to 442 00:30:22.839 --> 00:30:26.160 Arizona in terms of just effort and resources and all those things. And so, 443 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:29.799 you know, I think if you're Arizona, it's a little bit of 444 00:30:29.839 --> 00:30:32.680 a delicate situation. I think that's why you're seeing the class that looks like 445 00:30:32.720 --> 00:30:36.599 this because you know, I think you know, Arizona and Jetfish and this 446 00:30:36.640 --> 00:30:38.400 staff have proven themselves as recruiters. They think they can go out and get 447 00:30:38.400 --> 00:30:42.200 guys. But I think there's I think there's a kind of a deliberate element 448 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:45.400 to how this class came together, and that you understand that a lot of 449 00:30:45.440 --> 00:30:51.000 your top playmakers still have a year to play at least potentially a couple of 450 00:30:51.039 --> 00:30:52.839 years, and so there is that element of like, you can't scare those 451 00:30:52.880 --> 00:30:56.559 guys off because you can't necessarily it's difficult. It was difficult to get them 452 00:30:56.559 --> 00:31:00.079 to Arizona in the first place. You can't necessarily replace from that that easily. 453 00:31:00.119 --> 00:31:03.720 And yes, Arizona's on the rise. I do think it's a very 454 00:31:03.400 --> 00:31:07.440 desirable place for a lot of recruits to look at. But I think there's 455 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:11.000 that kind of delicate balance that jet Fish and staff have kind of had to 456 00:31:11.039 --> 00:31:14.839 deal with, and that you have to recruit and build for the future, 457 00:31:14.880 --> 00:31:18.880 but you can't necessarily run anybody off either, because it's just a difficult situation 458 00:31:18.920 --> 00:31:22.160 to be in. Because you know, you're talking about NFL those three letters 459 00:31:22.160 --> 00:31:23.720 matter, but NIL matters as well, and that's kind of a big part 460 00:31:23.759 --> 00:31:26.720 of this equation that hasn't been part of it, you know, maybe even 461 00:31:26.759 --> 00:31:30.440 you know, five ten years ago. That is a very big factor and 462 00:31:30.480 --> 00:31:33.000 a lot of the decisions that you're seeing made right now, and there's there's 463 00:31:33.000 --> 00:31:37.400 been some head scratchers in terms of guys flipping on signing day, and you 464 00:31:37.440 --> 00:31:41.759 go, I can kind of pinpoint exactly why that situation played out the way 465 00:31:41.759 --> 00:31:45.279 it did because you look at maybe where they were committed to, and you 466 00:31:45.279 --> 00:31:48.759 go that that fits you a lot more than what the school you're going to 467 00:31:48.880 --> 00:31:52.440 now. And when you look at at school like Oregon flipping someone from USC 468 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:55.480 or you know, just different schools, or Maryland, you know, flip 469 00:31:55.559 --> 00:32:00.440 potentially flipping a recruit from Colorado, you know, it's just it's kind of 470 00:32:00.519 --> 00:32:05.319 pin points to one thing, and so it's all these things matter, and 471 00:32:05.359 --> 00:32:07.720 I think for Arizona it's a situation where you kind of have to have that 472 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:09.680 little bit of a delicate balance to make sure that you're keeping everyone happy that's 473 00:32:09.720 --> 00:32:13.039 on the team because they got you to this point, they got you to 474 00:32:13.119 --> 00:32:15.559 nine and three, and you got to make sure they're just as happy as 475 00:32:15.559 --> 00:32:19.319 the incoming recruits. Right. Okay, so you mentioned something, but that's 476 00:32:19.359 --> 00:32:23.200 something new to this whole thing. Are you, as your developing conference ratings, 477 00:32:23.200 --> 00:32:28.119 are you comparing to Arizona is Big twelve this year or the PAC twelve? 478 00:32:29.960 --> 00:32:32.359 It should be looked at the Big twelve rivals. We still kind of 479 00:32:32.359 --> 00:32:36.720 are looking at the PAC twelve until the TAC twelve was officially completely done and 480 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:39.400 did, which I think many people would say it is now. But yeah, 481 00:32:39.440 --> 00:32:43.160 you definitely have to start looking at the Big twelve, and you know 482 00:32:43.160 --> 00:32:45.680 where Arizona is going to be stacking up. And I think that's Jetfish talked 483 00:32:45.680 --> 00:32:49.720 about this as well. Where I think the thing is they still feel like 484 00:32:49.759 --> 00:32:52.200 they're a West Coast program, and I think that's going to be the big 485 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:54.640 sell. I think you're going to continue to see them recruit California heavily and 486 00:32:57.000 --> 00:32:59.359 you know, kind of continue to maybe go a little bit east and then 487 00:32:59.400 --> 00:33:01.519 get into tech just even a little bit more as you make this transition to 488 00:33:01.559 --> 00:33:04.160 the Big twelve. But yeah, I mean I think you have to look 489 00:33:04.160 --> 00:33:07.359 at them now in comparison to know how they look to against Baylor and some 490 00:33:07.400 --> 00:33:09.960 of these other schools that are in the you know, in the Big twelve, 491 00:33:10.039 --> 00:33:13.799 and obviously Utah and if you're going to be making that move as well, 492 00:33:13.799 --> 00:33:17.319 and Colorado. But yeah, I think it's I think you have to 493 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:21.720 start looking at them in that light. And and and I again I think 494 00:33:21.759 --> 00:33:23.559 that they're right where they want to be in terms of the development of the 495 00:33:23.640 --> 00:33:28.160 program, and we'll kind of see where thing has moved from here. But 496 00:33:28.200 --> 00:33:30.920 I think the next class is going to be the one where you really see 497 00:33:30.960 --> 00:33:34.440 Arizona kind of ramp it up again because it just kind of lines up with 498 00:33:34.720 --> 00:33:37.000 you know, some of these players are are going to be moving on and 499 00:33:37.440 --> 00:33:39.640 some of those players that made this ninety three record happen are going to be 500 00:33:40.039 --> 00:33:44.680 leaving the program eventually and getting toward towards the second half of their careers. 501 00:33:44.720 --> 00:33:46.519 And so I think the next class is going to be a really big one 502 00:33:46.559 --> 00:33:49.359 fair zone. I think you're going to see them kind of ramp it up 503 00:33:49.359 --> 00:33:52.400 and really try and you know, get some some top notch players and make 504 00:33:52.440 --> 00:33:54.359 it look a little bit different than what it looked like this year. So 505 00:33:55.160 --> 00:34:00.599 aside from the quarterback obviously, you you mentioned the three guys from uh Apollo, 506 00:34:00.640 --> 00:34:04.000 you know, the in state guys. You know who who do we 507 00:34:05.559 --> 00:34:07.320 right the too early to who to tell? Who are we going to see 508 00:34:07.320 --> 00:34:12.559 on the field next year out of this class? Yeah, I mean I 509 00:34:12.599 --> 00:34:15.920 think, I really think someone like Rashaan Clark, the Arizona was able to 510 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:19.719 flip him from Calis with Seattle recruit I really had a good senior season. 511 00:34:20.920 --> 00:34:22.920 Maybe you know, fans that aren't as familiar with him because you know, 512 00:34:22.960 --> 00:34:27.400 he was committed somewhere else for so long. But you know, he just 513 00:34:27.599 --> 00:34:30.599 I really like his game. I think he has a lot to bring to 514 00:34:30.639 --> 00:34:32.679 the table. He has good size. I could really play on either side 515 00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:36.519 of the ball, to be honest, but probably gonna start out on defense. 516 00:34:36.519 --> 00:34:37.559 I really like. But you know, just who he is is the 517 00:34:37.559 --> 00:34:40.159 recruit. I watched him quite a bit during the off season, in the 518 00:34:40.159 --> 00:34:44.480 spring and some different events, and I was really impressed by him. I 519 00:34:44.480 --> 00:34:47.960 think he's going to be a really intriguing prospect. And then I know there's 520 00:34:49.039 --> 00:34:50.840 you know, a lot, there's a lot, a lot of talent at 521 00:34:50.880 --> 00:34:54.159 running back for Arizona, but Jordan Washington, running back out of California Long 522 00:34:54.159 --> 00:34:59.320 Beach, California, really put up some gaudy numbers and it's just one of 523 00:34:59.360 --> 00:35:00.400 those guys that just give him the ball and you're like, oh, he's 524 00:35:00.400 --> 00:35:06.280 gone, he's going for a touchdown. And so it's for having done this 525 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:08.920 for so long. The one thing that continues to seem to translate is high 526 00:35:08.960 --> 00:35:15.920 school production highly productive players, especially in kind of talent rich areas like a 527 00:35:15.960 --> 00:35:20.360 place like southern California. If you're able to produce at a high level and 528 00:35:20.840 --> 00:35:23.199 put up big numbers, it usually carries over to the college game. That 529 00:35:23.239 --> 00:35:25.880 was something that I saw at JJ Taylor. I told a lot of people, 530 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:28.480 I said, I think he's going to be really good. And he 531 00:35:28.559 --> 00:35:31.840 won missed the California football and put up just kind of insane numbers at the 532 00:35:31.880 --> 00:35:36.039 high school level, and he wasn't playing against lower level teams. He was 533 00:35:36.079 --> 00:35:39.199 playing against good teams. And so Jordan wa Washing's a little bit of a 534 00:35:39.199 --> 00:35:42.920 different player. He's a track guy and has a lot of speed to him, 535 00:35:42.960 --> 00:35:46.519 and and I just I really like what he brings to the tables well. 536 00:35:46.519 --> 00:35:50.400 And again I just go back to that production and you look at that 537 00:35:50.480 --> 00:35:52.000 and to me, that's something that's going to carry over. So I really 538 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:55.920 would look at him as someone to potentially have a chance to get on the 539 00:35:57.000 --> 00:35:59.559 field. But it'll be interesting to see kind of how they're able to do 540 00:35:59.559 --> 00:36:04.320 that with someone talent at the running backs off so as important in recruiting as 541 00:36:04.360 --> 00:36:07.199 not only the guys you get, but the guys you keep of. Johnny 542 00:36:07.280 --> 00:36:10.920 Nansen today said that Bill Norton is coming back on the defensive line. That 543 00:36:12.159 --> 00:36:15.519 means that's that's one less defensive line guy that you got to go out and 544 00:36:15.639 --> 00:36:19.320 get, at least for next year. How much does that mean to this 545 00:36:19.519 --> 00:36:22.400 to this team and this program to be able to keep a guy like that 546 00:36:22.480 --> 00:36:27.239 in next FRA year. It's huge because of the position. I think every 547 00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:30.679 coach will tell you kind of across college football, offensive and defensive line are 548 00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:35.719 the most difficult spots to recruit too. It's just it's it's really difficult to 549 00:36:35.760 --> 00:36:37.960 find everything that you want in that position. A lot of times it's you 550 00:36:38.000 --> 00:36:40.159 know, many of the things that you want or some of the things that 551 00:36:40.199 --> 00:36:43.320 you want, and you have to try and develop the rest and kind of 552 00:36:43.320 --> 00:36:47.519 make up that ground and make up that gap in their skill set. It's 553 00:36:47.559 --> 00:36:52.039 really difficult to find. Just play especially defensive line is really difficult. You 554 00:36:52.039 --> 00:36:54.159 know, there's only so many guys that fit kind of the mold of what 555 00:36:54.320 --> 00:36:57.519 coaches want, which is, you know, a big guy who is also 556 00:36:57.599 --> 00:37:00.480 fast and athletic. Like there's just not that many guys like that, and 557 00:37:00.960 --> 00:37:02.400 you know, if they're if they're truly lee, you know they're going to 558 00:37:02.679 --> 00:37:07.719 a handful of schools, so you know, it's it's it's huge for Arizona 559 00:37:07.559 --> 00:37:09.840 to be able to keep Bill Norton. I think, you know, just 560 00:37:09.920 --> 00:37:14.519 at that position, it's so key to have, you know, veterans, 561 00:37:14.559 --> 00:37:15.840 to have players who have been to the battles and know what they're doing, 562 00:37:16.159 --> 00:37:20.760 we know the system, because it just makes everything around them easier, and 563 00:37:20.800 --> 00:37:22.880 it's going to make you know, everybody's life around him easier. And so 564 00:37:23.599 --> 00:37:27.480 that's huge. I mean, again you mentioned it takes kind of the pressure 565 00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:30.639 off of having to find someone like that, you know, in recruiting our 566 00:37:30.519 --> 00:37:32.719 he's always doing it in a transfer portal in Arizona has been good about, 567 00:37:32.920 --> 00:37:37.000 you know, doing that in transport, Bill Norton being an example of that. 568 00:37:37.079 --> 00:37:39.280 But you know, to not have to go try and find one of 569 00:37:39.280 --> 00:37:43.639 those guys out of high school is a is a huge advantage for Arizona and 570 00:37:43.719 --> 00:37:46.239 I think a really big deal to get Bill Norton to come back. All 571 00:37:46.320 --> 00:37:49.920 right, Matt, Well, appreciate all the insight, A lot of good 572 00:37:49.920 --> 00:37:52.320 insight there on this class. And again, you know you say kind of 573 00:37:52.320 --> 00:37:55.159 a middle of the road class when you talk about ratings and stuff like that. 574 00:37:55.199 --> 00:38:00.000 But as Jeed said, feeling some needs. We appreciate your analysis on 575 00:38:00.039 --> 00:38:04.159 that triangle. Get some sleep now, man, will you I'll try, 576 00:38:04.159 --> 00:38:07.000 I'll try, Okay with you guys, all right, thank you much. 577 00:38:07.960 --> 00:38:12.000 That was Matt Marnino from Arrivals and Goisycats dot Com talking about the classes. 578 00:38:12.320 --> 00:38:15.039 You know, one of the guys that just does this for a living, 579 00:38:15.079 --> 00:38:20.159 and very well, very well first on what this class and recruiting looks like 580 00:38:20.199 --> 00:38:24.039 for Arizona. Big deal. All right, okay, cool, all right, 581 00:38:24.119 --> 00:38:27.119 let's take our break. We're to come back. 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This is I on the Ball 644 00:42:58.760 --> 00:43:05.280 with Steve Bravera A Gonzalez Block Sports sporteen Welcome back time to the ball here 645 00:43:05.320 --> 00:43:08.960 on Pot Sports fourteen fiftgame'm your host to take Gonzales sitting in with Steve on 646 00:43:09.000 --> 00:43:15.639 the road headed to Phoenix for the Alabama Arizona Games tonight, a quote unquote 647 00:43:15.679 --> 00:43:19.880 neutral sport game that we played as a footprint center of the Sun Arena up 648 00:43:19.880 --> 00:43:22.800 in Phoenix, but should be a good one Alabama, although you know six 649 00:43:22.880 --> 00:43:27.320 and four not a great ranking, but they're in a string of three straight 650 00:43:27.840 --> 00:43:32.679 Top ten games. I'm here with Adam Gonzales, former sports information director at 651 00:43:32.679 --> 00:43:37.679 Arizona, covering of football and as well as other sports. Happens to be 652 00:43:37.760 --> 00:43:40.920 my son as well, but very good at this and appreciate your beating here, 653 00:43:40.920 --> 00:43:45.039 Adam. But you know, let's say let's switch over to basketball. 654 00:43:45.079 --> 00:43:47.920 You know, a big game tonight. What do you think UH need a 655 00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:53.400 bounce back. Not to say that I mean the Cats didn't play like great 656 00:43:53.599 --> 00:43:59.599 against Perdue. I think Purdue just straight up beat Arizona. They just played 657 00:43:59.639 --> 00:44:02.559 better. Wasn't necessarily that Arizona. What we'll get Steve. Steve's calling it 658 00:44:02.639 --> 00:44:09.920 right now to stand by. Well, let's let's get this, so we're 659 00:44:10.079 --> 00:44:15.440 we're on the air. Steve. Okay, So okay, Adam. Well, 660 00:44:15.440 --> 00:44:17.880 Adam was just getting to his thoughts on on on what, you know, 661 00:44:17.920 --> 00:44:22.440 what he thinks needs to happen. I think Arizona need they need to 662 00:44:22.480 --> 00:44:25.880 play better. Not to say they were terrible against Purdue. There was a 663 00:44:25.920 --> 00:44:30.480 ten to fifteen minute stretch where they were pretty bad, especially on defense. 664 00:44:31.039 --> 00:44:36.119 On the defensive end, But I do think it would be nice to see 665 00:44:36.119 --> 00:44:39.119 the Cats, you know, come out, play better, play, more 666 00:44:39.119 --> 00:44:43.960 of more of a complete game. Yeah, where's your brain on this game 667 00:44:44.039 --> 00:44:46.480 right now? Steve? As you're headed up there, Well, I was 668 00:44:46.480 --> 00:44:55.119 gonna Adam did he did he gonna win against Purdue? And I'm a believer 669 00:44:55.320 --> 00:45:01.679 of styles make fight? Did the style that Purdue play effect Arizona plays? 670 00:45:04.159 --> 00:45:08.760 Did this not necessarily? I don't think No, I don't. I don't 671 00:45:08.800 --> 00:45:12.639 really think so. I think it came down to they just they made shots. 672 00:45:12.800 --> 00:45:15.440 That's what it comes down to, in my opinion. And I think 673 00:45:15.440 --> 00:45:17.840 that that's what we I think that's what we talked about, Steve, that 674 00:45:19.280 --> 00:45:22.119 you know these guys that you know made all the you know, the two 675 00:45:22.159 --> 00:45:25.920 guards that just killed them, you know they don't they both had a great 676 00:45:27.000 --> 00:45:30.800 day on the same day. If one or the other doesn't have that kind 677 00:45:30.840 --> 00:45:34.599 of a day, who knows where this game winds up? Well, right, 678 00:45:34.679 --> 00:45:37.920 No, Number I said that, I don't know. At some point 679 00:45:37.960 --> 00:45:43.360 in the in the year, Arizona plays against some team where this dude, 680 00:45:43.519 --> 00:45:45.800 this dude shows up and you don't even know who the dude is, and 681 00:45:45.840 --> 00:45:50.000 he shows up and he scored twenty seven points. Well, it happens, 682 00:45:50.719 --> 00:45:53.480 and it happens right. Washington State was a toyist for that or last week 683 00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:58.599 last year, Washington came to you know, I mean things happened, but 684 00:45:58.800 --> 00:46:01.199 you say, how did that happen? I don't think that's gonna happen to 685 00:46:01.280 --> 00:46:06.639 night because one, they're coming off a loss and and Alabama plays their style. 686 00:46:07.559 --> 00:46:10.719 Yeah, we had we had Ryan Hanson on and he said, they 687 00:46:10.760 --> 00:46:15.960 play the style in the from the from the standpoint of tempo, but they 688 00:46:15.039 --> 00:46:20.599 kind of do it in a little different way. And his his analysis was, 689 00:46:20.880 --> 00:46:23.199 they don't have an Umar Ballow kind of guy that's gonna, you know, 690 00:46:23.239 --> 00:46:28.119 get into the paint and stay there. They're they're big guys step out, 691 00:46:28.519 --> 00:46:30.760 uh and and they do it a kind of a different way. But 692 00:46:30.800 --> 00:46:35.119 nonetheless you're correct in terms of pace. They run up and down the floor. 693 00:46:35.480 --> 00:46:38.800 And I do think there is there is something to there being a good 694 00:46:38.840 --> 00:46:43.480 loss. I don't think there is such a thing as a good loss. 695 00:46:44.039 --> 00:46:47.039 But in this situation for college basketball, when you're playing a non conference game 696 00:46:47.079 --> 00:46:52.719 against Umber three team in Indianapolis, you do get a chance to learn see 697 00:46:52.719 --> 00:46:54.960 what you need to tweak a little bit, and you you know, you 698 00:46:55.079 --> 00:46:59.280 learn a little more from a loss there than you probably would have with a 699 00:46:59.320 --> 00:47:04.159 win. No question, I totally agree with that. So another have you 700 00:47:04.239 --> 00:47:08.119 got? Who is the must have for Arizona to play well but to win? 701 00:47:08.800 --> 00:47:14.559 Boswell? I'm I'm on Collin Kylin Boswell as well. He's got to 702 00:47:14.559 --> 00:47:17.519 play well. He did not have a good game on Saturday. I think 703 00:47:19.239 --> 00:47:23.079 even you know he's he's as they say, the straw that stirs. But 704 00:47:23.920 --> 00:47:28.440 you know, even when he's off the court, you know he's he his 705 00:47:28.559 --> 00:47:31.000 then they still have to feel his influence, Like, okay, Colin bos 706 00:47:31.159 --> 00:47:35.679 was about to come back in and and you know, and and do what 707 00:47:35.840 --> 00:47:38.679 Colin Boswell does? You know the guys that come in for him, Jade 708 00:47:38.679 --> 00:47:44.079 and Jaden Bradley kJ Lewis. You know they come in to hold court to 709 00:47:44.159 --> 00:47:47.320 kind of keep you know, keep things in in uh not in check, 710 00:47:47.400 --> 00:47:52.960 but just not do anything dumb. Well Colin Boswell gets a blow and then 711 00:47:52.039 --> 00:48:00.559 comes back in. Uh oh, you're we're ast you a little bit. 712 00:48:00.599 --> 00:48:05.320 You're in a bad spot. So adam, who's your guy? It's it's 713 00:48:05.360 --> 00:48:08.599 also Boswell, I think, not just from an Arizona standpoint, but from 714 00:48:08.760 --> 00:48:13.639 a personal standpoint, I think he wants to have a big time bounce back 715 00:48:13.679 --> 00:48:15.119 game because I mean, he got benched for a bit, and I think 716 00:48:15.159 --> 00:48:19.880 he wants to, you know, kind of play really well for himself, 717 00:48:19.880 --> 00:48:23.039 for his psyche, but also to get the Cat to win. Yeah, 718 00:48:23.079 --> 00:48:30.360 so I guess they didn't make Cowa yesterday. And see maybe Pale Larson was 719 00:48:30.360 --> 00:48:35.440 the guy. Well that's what we saw pay having my college. You know, 720 00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:39.440 listen Paly Larson when when you're talking about who has the best influence on 721 00:48:39.519 --> 00:48:43.559 the team, he ross the board that it's Pally Larson. And when he 722 00:48:43.559 --> 00:48:45.760 plays bad, it's really bad. Fair. That's a good point, but 723 00:48:46.599 --> 00:48:51.199 right, right, so we'll see what happening. I'm getting in the bad 724 00:48:51.199 --> 00:48:53.679 spot, guys, I'm breaking up, okay, But Will chamber then, 725 00:48:53.719 --> 00:49:00.480 don't forget Will Chamberlain. Will Chamberlain played against like you and me. He 726 00:49:00.599 --> 00:49:07.599 was than everybody. He altered old people, older people than you would know 727 00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:09.360 that. I think that some of the rules are changed because of him, 728 00:49:09.440 --> 00:49:16.519 like the I I think your point with with with Steph changing the way the 729 00:49:16.519 --> 00:49:20.920 game is played, but Will back back in the day, I think changed 730 00:49:21.519 --> 00:49:24.880 things. True, Well, so did George Miken. Well, he's on 731 00:49:25.000 --> 00:49:31.280 the left to all right, Steve work hard, Uh tryes sweeze in a 732 00:49:31.360 --> 00:49:37.960 nap before the game and we'll talk to you tomorrow. I puys. Okay, 733 00:49:37.400 --> 00:49:40.480 have I ever talked to you about how there's a theory out there that 734 00:49:40.519 --> 00:49:45.320 Will didn't actually score one hundred points in a game? What's the theory that 735 00:49:45.440 --> 00:49:49.840 didn't actually happen and it didn't really happen. There's no video? Yeah, 736 00:49:50.239 --> 00:49:54.639 so somebody score book has Yeah, there's like market actually who went to high 737 00:49:54.639 --> 00:50:00.440 school as well? Chamber Really Yeah, it was strangest thing because there weren't 738 00:50:00.679 --> 00:50:02.559 a lot of tall guys around. You know, back in the day you 739 00:50:02.639 --> 00:50:06.599 have to duck his head to walk into a classroom and all that kind of 740 00:50:06.599 --> 00:50:09.639 stuff. But in uh, in Philadelphia, it was a very interesting conversation 741 00:50:09.719 --> 00:50:13.760 I have with that guy. But getting back to the game tonight, you 742 00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:16.360 know you're talking about you know it needs it needs to be a bounce back, 743 00:50:16.440 --> 00:50:20.920 for sure, you know that it has to be that. But you 744 00:50:20.960 --> 00:50:22.400 know, I mean, I think Tommy to tell you across the board, 745 00:50:22.400 --> 00:50:27.079 everybody's got to play better, got to play better. You know, Caleb 746 00:50:27.159 --> 00:50:30.559 Love had a great game, but you know, nobody I think you can 747 00:50:30.639 --> 00:50:36.800 argue that nobody played well defensively and right, yeah, Saturday again, and 748 00:50:36.840 --> 00:50:38.800 that's something that they're gonna have to do. And maybe because you know, 749 00:50:38.880 --> 00:50:44.159 Alabama runs up and down the court, Arizona, that's more in tune with 750 00:50:44.159 --> 00:50:47.840 what Arizona what there guys like to do. So maybe they'll play better defense 751 00:50:47.920 --> 00:50:52.440 because of that. But you know, I don't know, you know that 752 00:50:52.519 --> 00:50:58.199 I think over under one hundred and seventy five points, what do you think? 753 00:50:59.599 --> 00:51:02.639 Yeah? I mean go over? Why would you bet an under on 754 00:51:02.679 --> 00:51:07.519 this? Why would why? Why would you sit there and plug your nose 755 00:51:07.599 --> 00:51:12.119 watching Arizona and Alabama saying hope the sun goes under. That's all it is. 756 00:51:12.119 --> 00:51:17.039 You're plugging your nose and hoping it's certainly going to be you know again, 757 00:51:17.199 --> 00:51:22.159 you know a game that it has some attention. Uh you know, 758 00:51:22.800 --> 00:51:25.960 I know it's very late for the East Coast and they most of them won't 759 00:51:25.960 --> 00:51:30.199 watch it comes on eleven o'clock. Grow up and stay up, but watch 760 00:51:30.440 --> 00:51:32.800 much basketball. It'll get talked about tomorrow when they for sure result. If 761 00:51:32.880 --> 00:51:36.239 you know, if Arizona wins the game, it'll be okay. You know, 762 00:51:36.280 --> 00:51:38.679 Arizona's bounce back, they go to they go to Vegas and play fau 763 00:51:39.079 --> 00:51:43.199 on on Saturday, and so, you know, let's see and then you 764 00:51:43.280 --> 00:51:45.679 head into the conference, into the conference. But I think the expectation is 765 00:51:45.679 --> 00:51:50.159 that Arizona, you know, it takes care of business tonight, get and 766 00:51:50.159 --> 00:51:52.000 and they should. I mean, in the end, Alabama is a six 767 00:51:52.079 --> 00:51:55.119 and fourteen. They've got some they've got a couple of nice wins, but 768 00:51:55.119 --> 00:51:59.199 they've got, you know, some loss. They came off coming off a 769 00:51:59.199 --> 00:52:00.400 tough loss to create. Did you see any of that game? I didn't 770 00:52:00.440 --> 00:52:04.800 see any of the game. So at the end of the game, Alabama 771 00:52:04.880 --> 00:52:07.559 was down three and they had a chance and guy put up a half court 772 00:52:07.599 --> 00:52:10.000 shot. It banked in and out. I mean it was like, there's 773 00:52:10.000 --> 00:52:15.440 a screenshot like the balls halfway down. Yeah. So, and uh, 774 00:52:15.760 --> 00:52:21.039 who's the coach that right? Okay, that's right. He went wild the 775 00:52:21.079 --> 00:52:23.159 other day over something, right, wasn't there. He's a he's a wild 776 00:52:23.199 --> 00:52:29.159 card always. We saw him at the the West Region. Uh, it 777 00:52:29.199 --> 00:52:30.639 was last year, the year before. I wouldn't say last year, I 778 00:52:30.639 --> 00:52:34.480 don't remember. Anyways, it was Brandon Miller. There was that a whole 779 00:52:34.480 --> 00:52:37.480 thing. No, it wasn't. It's two years confused with Arkansas. Okay, 780 00:52:38.320 --> 00:52:42.400 that happened, Muss and they stayed over Musselman. Yeah, yeah, 781 00:52:42.760 --> 00:52:46.880 he's a nut. He's the one that's okay. Hey, I appreciate you 782 00:52:46.920 --> 00:52:50.280 being here today. Yeah, this was fun. I hope you had fun. 783 00:52:50.360 --> 00:52:54.320 Yeah, gave the folks something interesting to talk about. I didn't get 784 00:52:54.360 --> 00:52:59.039 to yell at you about anything really today, you didn't. I didn't give 785 00:52:59.119 --> 00:53:02.039 you I beg I carefully planned that. Yeah. Tell me your call on 786 00:53:02.079 --> 00:53:09.719 the game tonight. Give me a score Arizona ninety five to eighty six six, 787 00:53:09.880 --> 00:53:14.239 Yeah, going over? Yeah, and taking cat and Cats covering. 788 00:53:14.280 --> 00:53:16.360 I think it's six and a half. Is that what I saw? Last 789 00:53:16.400 --> 00:53:19.880 I saw it was seven seven? Okay, all right, I'm taking the 790 00:53:19.880 --> 00:53:22.760 Cats too. I think they'll cover. I don't know about the overunder though, 791 00:53:22.800 --> 00:53:27.440 but who knows what you know that. I don't know much of anything. 792 00:53:27.960 --> 00:53:30.119 All right, thanks for being here. Well, Steve will be back 793 00:53:30.119 --> 00:53:32.320 tomorrow and we'll go back over this game tomorrow, So I'll be sure to 794 00:53:32.320 --> 00:53:34.760 come back tomorrow. See later,