WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.520 --> 00:00:07.559 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera and Jay Gonzalez on Fox Sports 2 00:00:07.599 --> 00:00:14.320 fourteen fifty powered by Nova Insurance Services and Sure Your Most Prized Possessions kat z 3 00:00:14.640 --> 00:00:18.600 R two SAD at iHeartRadio Station. Good afternoon, Welcome down the Ball. 4 00:00:18.920 --> 00:00:22.399 I'm your host, Jagan Zalez. My partner Steve Rivera is still out. 5 00:00:22.920 --> 00:00:26.199 We'll be out for the rest of the week. I've got Ryan here to 6 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:29.920 handle the board duties and join in on the conversation. I hope we'll have 7 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:34.640 some good ones today. Ryan, We're a lot again as every day, 8 00:00:34.640 --> 00:00:37.079 there's some news, and we've got some more news breaking today, So I 9 00:00:37.079 --> 00:00:39.880 don't know how much of it will say for your breaking news, but things 10 00:00:39.920 --> 00:00:44.159 going on. Got an interesting show because I you know, yesterday when we 11 00:00:44.200 --> 00:00:48.960 had Judy McDermott on talking about the youth golf programs they have and that they're 12 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:53.240 doing and ways for kids to spend their summer. I thought of my friend 13 00:00:53.320 --> 00:01:00.000 Ryan Dunn, who runs a business called TGA Premier Sports that offers how wouldn't 14 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:03.239 call them camps, just you know programs you use sports programs throughout the summer. 15 00:01:03.519 --> 00:01:07.560 They also do stuff after school programs and whatt It's like that, let's 16 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:11.040 get one more person in here to talk about the things that are available for 17 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:14.359 your kids out there or your grandkids, whoever is listening. So Ryan Dunn 18 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:19.200 is going to join us at about three twenty to discuss his program and the 19 00:01:19.200 --> 00:01:23.799 sports that you can get your kids involved in with the with the things that 20 00:01:23.840 --> 00:01:26.040 they do. It's a it's a really great program and a great business that 21 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:30.920 Tucson has here. And then at four twenty we're gonna bring in Greg Hanson. 22 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.480 I had wanted to bring him in to get some some of his historical 23 00:01:34.519 --> 00:01:38.120 perspective on Willie Mays. We'll see what he's got to say about that. 24 00:01:38.239 --> 00:01:42.159 You know, Greg a great historian, always has a lot of interesting factoys 25 00:01:42.159 --> 00:01:46.560 about just about anything, and I wanted to get his thoughts on, you 26 00:01:46.599 --> 00:01:49.519 know, one of the all time great players who passed away this week. 27 00:01:51.239 --> 00:01:56.120 In line with that, this game at Rickwood, right, is that that 28 00:01:56.159 --> 00:02:00.599 the name of it? Yes? And the Rickwood Stadium in Alabama where the 29 00:02:00.640 --> 00:02:06.280 Negro leagues played a lot of their stuff. There's a major League baseball game 30 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:09.840 there tonight. Who's playing I never paid attention to that. It's going to 31 00:02:09.879 --> 00:02:13.639 be the Giants and the Cardinals. The Giants and the Cardinals, okay, 32 00:02:13.680 --> 00:02:15.919 you know two of the old old time teams. Giants go all the way 33 00:02:16.000 --> 00:02:20.919 going all the way back to when they were the New York Giants, and 34 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.960 certainly the Cardinals have been around for a thousand years, so a lot of 35 00:02:24.039 --> 00:02:27.560 history there. So that game is going to be going on tonight. I'm 36 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:30.960 assuming it's on ESPN, It's on Fox, It's on Fox and four fifteen. 37 00:02:31.000 --> 00:02:36.800 Okay, so they've they've done a lot of refurbishing of that stadium. 38 00:02:37.199 --> 00:02:38.919 Obviously, they've got to make the grounds major league level. They don't want 39 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:42.719 anybody going out there and getting hurt. So that game is going to be 40 00:02:42.719 --> 00:02:47.639 tonight. I guess the big news of the day Ryan JJ Reddick. Yeah, 41 00:02:50.599 --> 00:02:54.240 coach. Lakers have their coach who is as he's six months older than 42 00:02:54.680 --> 00:03:00.120 their oldest player. He's about six months older than Lebron James. But those 43 00:03:00.159 --> 00:03:05.360 two guys are pals. So we'll see how how Lebron uh works with JJ 44 00:03:05.479 --> 00:03:07.800 Reddick. They do a podcast together and stuff, so they're you know, 45 00:03:08.280 --> 00:03:12.919 certainly I'm guessing that you know, Lebron had a little bit of a say 46 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:17.000 in that Lebron will be forty years old in December, you know, getting 47 00:03:17.080 --> 00:03:20.319 up there, and then there's a whole question about what happens to to Bronnie 48 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:23.159 James. But JJ Reddick made the made the coach of the Lakers today. 49 00:03:23.159 --> 00:03:28.800 What do you think? So? Growing up, I used to watch Duke 50 00:03:29.080 --> 00:03:31.639 Duke basketball and JJ Redick was one of my He was he was one of 51 00:03:31.639 --> 00:03:35.240 the guys I enjoyed watching. He was such a good player, right, 52 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:38.039 good leader on that team, right, And then of course he went to 53 00:03:38.080 --> 00:03:42.840 the NBA and I didn't really follow him after that, but he's he's always 54 00:03:42.840 --> 00:03:46.479 been a good player of mine. And I think just watching a video before 55 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.120 the show, they're saying, you know, he has a really good IQ 56 00:03:49.280 --> 00:03:53.000 for the game. I didn't really catch a lot of his games as being 57 00:03:53.000 --> 00:03:57.120 an analyst on ESPN, right, I don't know if you ever got a 58 00:03:57.199 --> 00:04:00.400 chance, not really, so I don't know if you he did a good 59 00:04:00.439 --> 00:04:03.120 job at that. But but yeah, I think he's got a good basketball 60 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:08.800 mind. And you know, it'll means to be seen if he'll be uh, 61 00:04:09.080 --> 00:04:13.159 if he'll be able to take the Lakers back to you know the finals 62 00:04:12.800 --> 00:04:15.879 are yeah, well, you know the the the Athletic had a piece on 63 00:04:15.959 --> 00:04:25.800 him. Uh really, I don't know some they had somebody very inside on 64 00:04:25.800 --> 00:04:29.720 this, because they just talked about some stuff about how JJ Redick was very 65 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:34.800 impressive in the h in his interviews, that that he he with his knowledge 66 00:04:34.839 --> 00:04:39.079 of of you know, schemes and how he's gonna run you know, how 67 00:04:39.079 --> 00:04:42.800 he's gonna run his team in terms of you know, offense defense. Uh, 68 00:04:43.000 --> 00:04:45.920 how they how he would use Anthony Davis. Now clearly, you know, 69 00:04:46.759 --> 00:04:48.240 you'd like to think he went and did uh, you know, a 70 00:04:48.279 --> 00:04:53.800 whole lot of homework to get ready for his interview. But it just, 71 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:59.000 uh, it just basically went deep into why the why the Lakers hired JJ 72 00:04:59.079 --> 00:05:00.879 Reddick, and they just said he was, you know, he is very 73 00:05:00.920 --> 00:05:03.759 impressive. This is what it said. It says in a piece of the 74 00:05:03.839 --> 00:05:11.720 article. This was written by by Sham Sharania, Sam Ammick Amic and Jovon 75 00:05:11.839 --> 00:05:16.360 Boja. There's a paragraph from from the article. It says multiple sources with 76 00:05:16.480 --> 00:05:23.000 direct knowledge of the meeting described Reddick as quote impressive during and quote during his 77 00:05:23.120 --> 00:05:27.800 visit to Los Angeles, diving deep into his offensive and defensive philosophies and displaying 78 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:31.920 his passion for the sport that foreshadowed willingness to submit himself to the countless working 79 00:05:31.959 --> 00:05:36.360 hours for the modern head coach. So it just talks about how how he 80 00:05:36.360 --> 00:05:44.120 would go about making decisions, his intent to, you know, increase Anthony 81 00:05:44.160 --> 00:05:46.519 Davis's involvement in everything that they do. He's the best player. I mean, 82 00:05:46.560 --> 00:05:50.160 you can say it's Lebron, but Lebron's going to be forty next season, 83 00:05:50.240 --> 00:05:53.600 so you know, he's he's on the down side of it. So 84 00:05:54.240 --> 00:05:58.600 taking advantage of what they have in the younger and the younger guy in Anthony 85 00:05:58.680 --> 00:06:02.040 Davis, and then you know how he will how important it's going to be 86 00:06:02.120 --> 00:06:06.040 to develop the young players that they have. Uh, you know Austin uh 87 00:06:06.720 --> 00:06:14.000 Ruy Hachimura. Austin reeves those guys. So you know, look, guys 88 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:18.839 have gone from the broadcast booth to you know, head coaching all the time 89 00:06:19.079 --> 00:06:24.240 right more. You know, Arizonans know that you know Bob Brindley, you 90 00:06:24.279 --> 00:06:27.439 know he was a booth guy. You know, he took he took the 91 00:06:27.480 --> 00:06:30.120 Diamondbacks to a World Series and then shortly after that got fired and went back 92 00:06:30.160 --> 00:06:39.480 to the booth and uh, you know what's his name? The asc football 93 00:06:39.519 --> 00:06:46.759 coach. Edwards, Oh, his first name her Edwards. He had been 94 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.439 now he had been a head coach, went to the booth, was it 95 00:06:49.480 --> 00:06:53.199 was there for a lot of years. Came back to a s U. 96 00:06:53.279 --> 00:06:57.120 He did a decent job early, it kind of floundered. Then they broke 97 00:06:57.120 --> 00:06:59.639 a bunch of rules and he got fired. But you know, guys have 98 00:06:59.720 --> 00:07:03.639 done at So we'll see, you know, Uh, you know what people 99 00:07:03.639 --> 00:07:06.600 do say about JJ Reddick, as you said, he's got a good basketball 100 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:11.560 IQ. So we'll see what happens. I don't know, I know, 101 00:07:12.879 --> 00:07:16.279 you know. I mean, it's a hard enough job, right The Lakers 102 00:07:16.360 --> 00:07:20.759 are a hard job. You know, it's it's a hard job to Uh, 103 00:07:20.800 --> 00:07:27.120 it's the job itself. It's tough. It's the Lakers. The expectations 104 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:30.160 are always high. The organization by you know a lot of people that just 105 00:07:30.160 --> 00:07:36.120 hasn't been well run in recent years under Jenie Buss, you know. And 106 00:07:36.240 --> 00:07:40.720 any NBA coach is a tough coaching position is a tough job. But the 107 00:07:40.800 --> 00:07:46.759 Lakers because of what fans expect, what the media expects, you know, 108 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:49.399 what the players expect. Uh, it's gonna be interesting to see how how 109 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:53.680 he manages that they've had a bunch of coaches in recent years. And here's 110 00:07:53.720 --> 00:07:57.439 another one. We'll see what happens. They just they fired all their coachesn't 111 00:07:57.439 --> 00:08:01.839 they. Yeah, he'll get his whole you know, whether he keeps any 112 00:08:01.879 --> 00:08:03.199 of the of the guys. But see that's the thing. Okay, so 113 00:08:03.240 --> 00:08:09.199 he's been, he's been in broadcast. What coaching connections? Does he have 114 00:08:09.240 --> 00:08:11.480 to bring in a staff to do what he needs to do? You know, 115 00:08:11.480 --> 00:08:16.160 because being a coach goes beyond drawing up ex's and o's on the board. 116 00:08:16.160 --> 00:08:18.680 You got to have a coaching staff. You got to have a staff 117 00:08:18.680 --> 00:08:22.399 that you can work with. You got to have a staff that can execute 118 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:26.480 what you want them to execute, what kind of players you want to coach. 119 00:08:26.879 --> 00:08:30.680 There's a lot of stuff behind that. And that's the part to me 120 00:08:31.959 --> 00:08:43.879 that you go, okay, JJ reddick, good guy. It was choking 121 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:50.919 on my eg's good guy, smart guy, right. But there's a lot 122 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:54.279 of pieces to a job like that. You know, you're running a pretty 123 00:08:54.320 --> 00:08:58.120 good sized organization. I get it, there's only fifteen players, but you 124 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:03.720 know it's not like a football team. But you've got coaches and analysts and 125 00:09:03.879 --> 00:09:07.559 all kinds of there's a system to running a team. How much he knows 126 00:09:07.600 --> 00:09:11.320 about that is what is what will be interesting to find out. Yeah, 127 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:18.240 it's a it's a four year contract, so I mean I think it's going 128 00:09:18.279 --> 00:09:24.679 to take at least a couple of years for really you know you and it'll 129 00:09:24.720 --> 00:09:26.960 be interesting to see. Right, Okay, what did the expectations? How 130 00:09:28.039 --> 00:09:31.759 much time are you going to give him to learn the ropes? Right? 131 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.039 I mean you have to think about that, and you got to give him 132 00:09:35.080 --> 00:09:39.360 some leeway if they suck next year, you can't fire him right away unless 133 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:45.799 unless what you see you feel like there's no hope for it, and there's 134 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:50.000 situations like that. That's obviously what happened with many Williams up up at Detroit. 135 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.000 Right. But if they if he's as smart as they say he is, 136 00:09:54.720 --> 00:09:56.960 it's not going to be like he doesn't have a clue. So now 137 00:09:56.000 --> 00:10:00.159 it's going to be Okay, how long before he has to start winning to 138 00:10:00.200 --> 00:10:03.320 a point where he gets you into the playoffs and those kinds of things. 139 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:05.639 That's that's going to be the interesting part of this, uh, this whole 140 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:09.960 experience with him. Yeah, but he's getting paid I think it's eight million 141 00:10:11.000 --> 00:10:15.720 a year, which is about three million dollars less than what they had offered 142 00:10:15.799 --> 00:10:20.639 Dan Hurley. You know, does JJ have an ego about that? Uh? 143 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:24.559 You know, he's certainly I mean, being that he's never coached before, 144 00:10:24.600 --> 00:10:26.600 he can't expect to be getting what Dan Hurley was going to get. 145 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:31.919 So you know, maybe that's three million dollars you can put into a player 146 00:10:31.000 --> 00:10:33.240 or something like that. So we'll see how that, how that works for 147 00:10:33.320 --> 00:10:37.600 him. Good luck, you know, good luck. I know, I 148 00:10:37.639 --> 00:10:41.879 know a lot of Arizona fans don't really root for him here because he was 149 00:10:41.159 --> 00:10:45.039 one. He was a duke too. He was a duke at a time 150 00:10:45.080 --> 00:10:48.360 where he was giving a lot more attention and a lot more credit as being 151 00:10:48.919 --> 00:10:52.039 called, you know, great shooter in college basketball when probably a much better 152 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:56.919 shooter was right here in Tucson with Celine Stodommeier. So I'm guessing that there's 153 00:10:56.919 --> 00:11:03.480 some Arizona fans who immediately don't become at Lakers fans, right, People don't 154 00:11:03.519 --> 00:11:05.639 forget her on here and stuff like that. So I don't know, you 155 00:11:05.679 --> 00:11:09.200 know, well, well it's one of those things. Okay, let's wait 156 00:11:09.200 --> 00:11:11.519 and see what happens. I mean, the basketball season will be. It'll 157 00:11:11.519 --> 00:11:16.919 be back here before you know it. So yeah, exactly we will. 158 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:22.879 We will find out soon enough. So anyway, so there's some news coming 159 00:11:22.919 --> 00:11:24.279 out of Arizona. We'll talk about this when in breaking news. But they're 160 00:11:24.320 --> 00:11:30.759 they're going to be due handling their multimedia rights a little differently obviously. Uh 161 00:11:31.600 --> 00:11:35.320 uh. Desiree read francois coming in with a with an idea of how she 162 00:11:35.360 --> 00:11:37.360 wants to do things. So we'll talk a little bit about that. We're 163 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:41.960 talking about offering. I'm not even sure one hundred percent exactly what it means. 164 00:11:41.039 --> 00:11:43.720 We'll have to have somebody come in and explain to us. Then there's 165 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:48.159 a continuing discussion. It looks like this thing with you know, expanding the 166 00:11:48.240 --> 00:11:52.559 n CUAA tournament is going to happen and it's just really dumb. Well, 167 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:58.360 yes, yesterday you and Henri, yeah, you guys talked about it being 168 00:11:58.279 --> 00:12:03.240 uh eight or they're going with sixty eight now, so they're going to either 169 00:12:03.279 --> 00:12:07.639 seventy two or seventy six. I'm like, why, you know, somebody 170 00:12:07.639 --> 00:12:11.879 made a good point today. You know, the pac clove is done right, 171 00:12:13.240 --> 00:12:18.559 it's gone. So there's three, four or five spots that are open 172 00:12:18.679 --> 00:12:22.639 now because they're not going to this conference. You know, now those teams 173 00:12:22.639 --> 00:12:26.360 are playing elsewhere. But those teams that get absorbed into the other leagues, 174 00:12:26.519 --> 00:12:31.919 you're not gonna take, you know, a seventh place team this year if 175 00:12:31.960 --> 00:12:37.120 you weren't taking a sixth place team last year. So I don't know, 176 00:12:37.159 --> 00:12:41.159 I just don't. I just don't get how you keep messing with stuff that's 177 00:12:41.159 --> 00:12:46.200 already really good. And that's going to be a continuing discussion this summer until 178 00:12:46.320 --> 00:12:50.960 that's also just that's not just then the women's right, and then they're yet 179 00:12:50.440 --> 00:12:54.759 right, they're gonna do it to the women's Well, they do both, 180 00:12:54.799 --> 00:13:00.279 so you know it's going to be again, you know, just let's just 181 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:03.600 get more teams in there, let's get more participation trophies, right and then. 182 00:13:03.720 --> 00:13:07.200 And I hate that. I hate especially for this because it's there's there's 183 00:13:07.240 --> 00:13:13.399 people who will say it's perfect, right now, it's perfect, don't mess 184 00:13:13.440 --> 00:13:16.080 it up, And all they're gonna do is mess it up. That's all 185 00:13:16.120 --> 00:13:18.639 that's all they're doing. All right, let's go and take our break. 186 00:13:18.679 --> 00:13:24.320 We're gonna come back. We're gonna have ryan done. From the TGA Sports 187 00:13:24.600 --> 00:13:26.919 Premier Sports in Tucson. It's a youth program where you can sign up your 188 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:31.279 kids, your grandkids to go out and you know, play various sports. 189 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:37.720 They teach things, they have a lot of things. We'll have Ryan talk 190 00:13:37.759 --> 00:13:41.759 to us again about what it does, what's available, and of course the 191 00:13:41.799 --> 00:13:45.600 cost to this. But it's really nice thing. Again. You know, 192 00:13:45.639 --> 00:13:48.480 I'm one of those proponents of let kids play sports. Let them play all 193 00:13:48.519 --> 00:13:52.039 the sports. If it's tennis, golf, whatever, let them play at 194 00:13:52.080 --> 00:13:56.360 all and you know, be three sport athletes. 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Got Ryan here running the board and joining the conversation. And on 272 00:19:27.400 --> 00:19:33.160 the phone, we've got Ryan Dunn from TGA Sports, Premiere Sports of Tucson. 273 00:19:34.680 --> 00:19:38.480 It's a kid it's a youth sports program running through the summer. They 274 00:19:38.480 --> 00:19:42.200 do after school programs and all kinds of cool stuff. I wanted to bring 275 00:19:42.319 --> 00:19:48.480 Ryan on after we had Judy McDermott on yesterday talking about the first tea in 276 00:19:48.519 --> 00:19:51.599 the summer programs there. So, Ryan, thanks for being here. How 277 00:19:51.680 --> 00:19:56.000 is it going. It's great. How are you doing. We're we're just 278 00:19:56.480 --> 00:20:02.720 trying to stay cool here the warm summer days and and and and you're out 279 00:20:02.759 --> 00:20:04.640 there with a layer of dust today, so it was like all smoky and 280 00:20:06.359 --> 00:20:10.599 dusty all day today. Yeah, exactly. And we got a couple couple 281 00:20:10.599 --> 00:20:14.480 of drizzles this afternoon too, so there you've got an interesting weather day. 282 00:20:14.640 --> 00:20:18.160 So right, just give us a little summary of of you know, what 283 00:20:18.200 --> 00:20:21.079 your business is and and what's out there, and then we'll get into some 284 00:20:21.119 --> 00:20:22.880 of the specifics of it, because I don't know, you know, I 285 00:20:22.920 --> 00:20:26.240 know you guys are doing well, but there's probably still a lot of people 286 00:20:26.240 --> 00:20:29.400 out there who don't know that this is here in Tucson. And you can 287 00:20:29.440 --> 00:20:33.319 put your kids into some of these into some of these activities, yeah for 288 00:20:33.359 --> 00:20:37.839 sure. Yeah. So we're really just a youth sports organization that provides camps, 289 00:20:37.960 --> 00:20:41.839 clinics, and after school programs sports programs for kids. So, you 290 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:45.640 know, a lot of our businesses after school programs. We actually go to 291 00:20:45.720 --> 00:20:51.839 the elementary schools and middle schools and provide programs there after school, so you 292 00:20:51.839 --> 00:20:53.680 know, parents don't have to take their kids somewhere else. They can leave 293 00:20:53.720 --> 00:20:57.200 their kids at school in the after school programs, and we come in there 294 00:20:57.240 --> 00:21:02.160 and and do a lot of sport at a bunch of different schools in the 295 00:21:02.160 --> 00:21:06.799 area. But right now we're real big into summer camp season. So we've 296 00:21:06.839 --> 00:21:11.680 got summer camps going on all throughout the summer, multiple camps per week, 297 00:21:11.680 --> 00:21:15.880 get multiple different locations, all right, and the sports that you have going 298 00:21:15.960 --> 00:21:19.759 right now that that kids can be a part of, Yeah, just a 299 00:21:19.799 --> 00:21:22.160 variety. I mean, each week is kind of something different. I mean, 300 00:21:22.160 --> 00:21:26.559 we've got some golf and tennis combined camps, which are really popular. 301 00:21:26.240 --> 00:21:30.359 We've got flag football camps going on. We've got we've introduced pickleball this year, 302 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:34.440 which has really taken off. We've got some We've got a pickleball camp 303 00:21:34.559 --> 00:21:40.119 coming up next week in Oro Valley. But we've got we just finished a 304 00:21:40.200 --> 00:21:42.759 cheerleading camp last week. So we've got kind of a variety of things for 305 00:21:44.559 --> 00:21:47.960 different kids. Wait a minute, pickleball isn't that an old people's sport? 306 00:21:48.119 --> 00:21:52.039 I mean, what are you doing teaching kids pickleball these days. You know, 307 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:55.000 it's funny because a lot of these kids, their parents are playing it, 308 00:21:55.160 --> 00:21:57.839 right, so you know, now the kids see it and they're kind 309 00:21:57.839 --> 00:22:03.039 of into it. And what I have seen is it's a lot easier to 310 00:22:03.079 --> 00:22:06.279 teach and a lot easier to play than tennis. So tennis is a really 311 00:22:06.279 --> 00:22:10.640 popular sport for us, but the kids, you know, especially in that 312 00:22:11.119 --> 00:22:15.279 younger range, it's easier for them to play than tennis. So you know, 313 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:18.279 they can learn the skills for a couple of days and then they can 314 00:22:18.319 --> 00:22:23.559 actually volley back and forth fairly easy with pickleball. So I'm looking through your 315 00:22:23.559 --> 00:22:27.160 website. You're all over the place out in Vail. You're up in Royal 316 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:33.359 Valley, Marana, Catalena Foothills, or where some of these places that kids 317 00:22:33.359 --> 00:22:37.359 can go and be part of these programs. Yeah, So we worked through 318 00:22:37.720 --> 00:22:41.759 kind of the local parks and rec sites at Oro Valley and Marana, and 319 00:22:41.799 --> 00:22:45.680 then we kind of have done our own thing in the Rita Ranch Vail area. 320 00:22:45.799 --> 00:22:51.359 So we're going to be in a lot of those Vale schools this upcoming 321 00:22:51.359 --> 00:22:55.160 school year, which we haven't been a part of the last few years. 322 00:22:55.400 --> 00:22:59.319 So we're really excited about that, and we're hoping to grow those those camps 323 00:22:59.319 --> 00:23:03.240 for anytimes kids are out of school, spring break, fall break, winter 324 00:23:03.319 --> 00:23:07.400 break, and of course summer break. So we'll add a lot of that 325 00:23:07.480 --> 00:23:11.079 stuff. In the Roota Ranch Vail area and then Catalina Foothills, we do 326 00:23:11.119 --> 00:23:15.920 a lot of camps through their community schools programs, so a lot of that 327 00:23:17.039 --> 00:23:21.440 stuff is opened to the public, but a lot of their obviously they're after 328 00:23:21.480 --> 00:23:23.920 school programs, are just open to the kids that are in that school district, 329 00:23:25.200 --> 00:23:26.759 right and so and now, And also I think we've talked about this, 330 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:33.400 sometimes there's opportunities for for you know, students, college students even right 331 00:23:33.480 --> 00:23:37.000 even high school students to come out and be coaches and mentors and instructors and 332 00:23:37.039 --> 00:23:41.720 stuff like that. Yes, absolutely, we always have a need for really 333 00:23:41.759 --> 00:23:45.839 good coaches and people that want to be around kids and want to have fun. 334 00:23:45.640 --> 00:23:49.599 So we have a variety of different types of coaches. We've got some 335 00:23:51.279 --> 00:23:56.799 retired folks, we've got some college a lot of college students. High school 336 00:23:56.799 --> 00:24:00.799 students for us is a little bit difficult because just because the elementary schools do 337 00:24:00.880 --> 00:24:04.720 get get out earlier than the high school typically, so those for after school 338 00:24:04.759 --> 00:24:08.839 programs, the high school students that are kind of tough to get because they're 339 00:24:08.839 --> 00:24:11.960 still in school for the most part. So but yeah, we are always 340 00:24:12.039 --> 00:24:18.119 looking for really good fun coaches that love to get out run around with the 341 00:24:18.200 --> 00:24:21.519 kids. So, okay, so here's here's a question. So the camp, 342 00:24:21.559 --> 00:24:26.200 let's say it's a golf camp. How much of in the camp, 343 00:24:26.240 --> 00:24:30.960 how much of what you're doing with the kids is actual instruction? You know, 344 00:24:30.160 --> 00:24:33.720 how to hit a golf ball, how to you know, how do 345 00:24:33.839 --> 00:24:36.480 you know? How to putt? How to chip? You know that kind 346 00:24:36.519 --> 00:24:40.119 of thing versus just some going out and playing and having a good time. 347 00:24:41.319 --> 00:24:45.640 Yeah, it's basically all instruction. There are some fun games that we obviously 348 00:24:45.680 --> 00:24:48.759 do to keep things interesting, but it's a lot of you know, a 349 00:24:48.799 --> 00:24:53.519 lot of instruction to kids that maybe have never don't know anything about golf, 350 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:56.559 maybe have never played before, maybe have never held a club before. So 351 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.599 it's learning the basics, it's learning etiquette, it's learning the rules. We 352 00:25:00.680 --> 00:25:07.240 have rule sessions typically part of every day, we go through stations, you 353 00:25:07.279 --> 00:25:11.160 know, chipping, putting, in full swing. So a lot of that 354 00:25:11.279 --> 00:25:17.319 stuff is uh, you know a lot of our camps are really instruction based, 355 00:25:17.519 --> 00:25:21.160 got it? Okay? All right? And who puts this curriculum together 356 00:25:21.519 --> 00:25:25.240 with the programs together what you're going to do every day? How does that 357 00:25:25.279 --> 00:25:27.119 work? I mean that sounds like a lot of work if you're doing as 358 00:25:27.119 --> 00:25:32.880 many camps as that as you see on your website. Yeah. Absolutely, 359 00:25:32.960 --> 00:25:37.079 Yeah. We we kind of spend spend the off season kind of putting those 360 00:25:37.079 --> 00:25:40.720 together, and uh, we kind of have a formula of what we want 361 00:25:40.759 --> 00:25:42.279 to do for each each one of our camps, so we kind of have 362 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:45.440 it laid out for our coaches. So you know, typically we make it 363 00:25:45.559 --> 00:25:48.880 very easy for our coaches. You know, they can they can obviously do 364 00:25:49.000 --> 00:25:52.960 some of their own own thing, but we have it laid out for them 365 00:25:52.079 --> 00:25:56.519 so that they can kind of look at the curriculum for the day, for 366 00:25:56.599 --> 00:25:59.920 the week, and we have it kind of broken down by by the men 367 00:26:00.359 --> 00:26:03.759 of kind of what should be done. Wow. Okay, So basically, 368 00:26:03.759 --> 00:26:06.599 if I want my kid to learn tennis, I can send it to one 369 00:26:06.599 --> 00:26:07.839 of these camps and they're going to come out of there and they're going to 370 00:26:07.880 --> 00:26:11.240 be ready for the tour or what. Yeah, I mean a lot of 371 00:26:11.240 --> 00:26:15.960 the other the other thing with tennis is we have lots of clinics that we 372 00:26:17.000 --> 00:26:21.079 do. We have a really good tennis instructor that has worked for us for 373 00:26:21.079 --> 00:26:25.680 the last couple of years. We've got a clinic that happens basically every Saturday 374 00:26:25.759 --> 00:26:29.039 in Marana at Continental Ranch Park, and so we've gotten a lot of those 375 00:26:29.119 --> 00:26:30.799 kids that have been with us for a couple of years that are that have 376 00:26:30.839 --> 00:26:36.160 gotten really good and they've We've added some programs, so we've got a Wednesday 377 00:26:36.240 --> 00:26:38.039 We've got a Wednesday night clinic for the people that can't, you know, 378 00:26:38.160 --> 00:26:41.920 have commitments on the weekend. So we have a Wednesday night clinic from six 379 00:26:41.960 --> 00:26:48.000 to seven thirty every Wednesday in Marana as well. And then Catalina Foothills we'll 380 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:53.119 have one starting in July at Catalina Foothills High School at the tennis courts there. 381 00:26:53.160 --> 00:26:59.519 So there's lots of lots of good tennis that we offer, and uh, 382 00:26:59.759 --> 00:27:03.759 you know, the after school programs are great getting kids kind of introduced 383 00:27:03.799 --> 00:27:07.599 to how it works. But then you know the next step would be attending 384 00:27:07.599 --> 00:27:14.000 one of those clinics and you know, kind of coming through there every year, 385 00:27:14.079 --> 00:27:17.200 you know, and kind of build on those skills now are there for 386 00:27:17.359 --> 00:27:18.839 the summer for the summer camps? What are going on right now? Are 387 00:27:18.839 --> 00:27:22.839 there certain periods to sign up or can you join in the middle of a 388 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:26.160 camp? How does that work? You can join in the middle of the 389 00:27:26.160 --> 00:27:32.480 camp. You know, our our registration is typically always open, so yeah, 390 00:27:32.519 --> 00:27:37.680 we're we're open. But obviously our our camps in the summer or Monday 391 00:27:37.720 --> 00:27:41.519 through Friday, typically they're from eight am to eleven am to get out of 392 00:27:41.599 --> 00:27:48.160 the really hot weather. But typically, you know, a new camp starts 393 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.680 every Monday, and so yeah, you can sign up right before the camp 394 00:27:51.759 --> 00:27:55.960 starts day before and you know, even if you realize, hey, I'm 395 00:27:56.359 --> 00:27:59.839 gone on Monday, but you want to attend Tuesday through Friday, then you 396 00:28:00.240 --> 00:28:03.559 can absolutely do that. Got it? Okay, we're talking to Ryan Donn, 397 00:28:03.680 --> 00:28:08.200 owner of t TGA Premier Sports, a youth youth sports program where you 398 00:28:08.240 --> 00:28:11.960 can take your kids to learn all kinds of things. Do you get do 399 00:28:11.000 --> 00:28:15.839 you get a lot of kids who do multiple camps and you know, in 400 00:28:15.960 --> 00:28:19.319 different sports their parents just like that, you know, them being you know, 401 00:28:19.400 --> 00:28:22.920 in this stuff, or do you see kids kind of sticking with a 402 00:28:23.480 --> 00:28:27.599 sport? Yeah, a little both I mean, I have a kid right 403 00:28:27.640 --> 00:28:30.200 now that I right off the top of my head that I know out in 404 00:28:30.240 --> 00:28:33.920 oural Valley that's been to every one of our camps in Ooral Valley so far 405 00:28:33.960 --> 00:28:40.160 this summer and scheduled to be basically all the ones in the future as well. 406 00:28:40.240 --> 00:28:44.680 So yeah, we get some kids that kind of go through multiple camps 407 00:28:44.680 --> 00:28:47.839 with us, and yeah, and then we get the other kids that you 408 00:28:47.839 --> 00:28:51.680 know, are really just interested in one sport. So yeah, we get 409 00:28:52.119 --> 00:28:53.680 a little bit of a variety there. Okay, So who's the golf coach? 410 00:28:53.720 --> 00:28:56.960 Because I know you're a really good golfer, you've been in high school 411 00:28:56.960 --> 00:29:00.279 golf coat. Are you the golf coach or do you have some that does 412 00:29:00.319 --> 00:29:06.039 that for you? We have we have multiple golf coaches, so h I 413 00:29:06.200 --> 00:29:08.119 like to get in there and help out with some golf from time to time. 414 00:29:08.119 --> 00:29:11.480 But yeah, we've got we've got multiple golf coaches that that are really 415 00:29:11.480 --> 00:29:17.920 good and uh are really strong golfers and teachers as well. Got it. 416 00:29:18.240 --> 00:29:21.599 You can go ahead and tell everybody that you shot as sixty nine over the 417 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:26.000 weekend, your first sub seventy round, even though I would have given you 418 00:29:26.039 --> 00:29:30.039 credit for a whole lot more. But where'd you got? Where'd you guys 419 00:29:30.039 --> 00:29:33.119 play? We played Cricket Tree, Crooked Tree, So sixty nine at Crooked 420 00:29:33.119 --> 00:29:36.960 Tree. So that that right there cements it. You know, if anything 421 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:40.119 in the sixties, it's not on a miniature golf course. You you did 422 00:29:40.160 --> 00:29:42.880 pretty good. Yeah, it was a it was a fun day. Uh. 423 00:29:44.000 --> 00:29:45.160 And it was just kind of one of those days where I had it 424 00:29:45.359 --> 00:29:48.079 had it all going, So it was uh, it was it was fun 425 00:29:48.079 --> 00:29:51.799 to do that. Yeah, very cool. Now you run this with your 426 00:29:51.839 --> 00:29:56.519 with your wife, right with Alicia? Absolutely, Ryan's married to alisiha halliwell 427 00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:59.799 we all know, well she does she go by Alisia Hallowell done Alicia? 428 00:30:00.240 --> 00:30:03.960 Where what is it? She typically just goes by Alicia Dunn. But you 429 00:30:03.960 --> 00:30:10.319 know a lot of people know where right the great you have a you have 430 00:30:10.400 --> 00:30:14.559 a softball pitcher. Tell me a little bit about how how this business developed? 431 00:30:14.640 --> 00:30:18.359 Right? Uh? I know you you you took it over from somebody. 432 00:30:18.400 --> 00:30:22.039 But the business itself, the business model itself, how did that come 433 00:30:22.079 --> 00:30:27.000 about? Do you know? Yeah? So it really it started out as 434 00:30:27.160 --> 00:30:32.799 really just a golf and tennis company, and you know they were looking for 435 00:30:32.960 --> 00:30:37.240 and this has been you know, more than a decade now, but they 436 00:30:37.279 --> 00:30:44.759 were looking for something that wasn't so readily available in the community sports wise, 437 00:30:45.400 --> 00:30:48.359 So they didn't want to do anything basketball or soccer stuff like that that's so 438 00:30:48.480 --> 00:30:52.839 readily available. So golf and tennis was kind of the obvious where there weren't 439 00:30:53.079 --> 00:30:59.319 as many programs available, especially in the after school settings. So that's really 440 00:30:59.359 --> 00:31:03.519 where it started, and then it kind of just expanded from there after golf 441 00:31:03.519 --> 00:31:07.519 and tennis and and really you know, pickleball is a is a new one 442 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:11.880 that we just started last year, and that's one that really fits in nicely. 443 00:31:11.720 --> 00:31:15.160 But some of the other sports we do volleyball and cheerleading and flag football 444 00:31:15.920 --> 00:31:18.880 as well as some other sports that are that are pretty popular as well. 445 00:31:18.960 --> 00:31:22.440 Well. You mentioned flag football, right, I mean, that's that's really 446 00:31:22.440 --> 00:31:26.359 picking up. You've got a you know, a girls flag football in high 447 00:31:26.359 --> 00:31:30.079 school now, Uh? Is that? Do you see that picking up in 448 00:31:30.200 --> 00:31:33.480 terms of what you guys are doing. Yeah, As far as our numbers 449 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:37.759 for summer camps, I would say flag football is probably our most popular summer 450 00:31:37.799 --> 00:31:42.359 camp along with I mentioned earlier, are we have a golf and tennis combined 451 00:31:42.400 --> 00:31:48.160 camp that does really well, but yeah, flag football is definitely right up 452 00:31:48.200 --> 00:31:52.720 there as far as our most popular. Okay, so let's talk a little 453 00:31:52.720 --> 00:31:56.200 bit about what this costs. How how uh you know, how can you 454 00:31:56.240 --> 00:31:57.640 know people with kids who they want to put in these programs? How do 455 00:31:57.680 --> 00:32:00.720 they how do they access that? And? Uh, you know what does 456 00:32:00.720 --> 00:32:06.319 a our different sports? Do different sports cost different amounts? Or is everything 457 00:32:06.359 --> 00:32:12.480 the same? Typically everything's around the same same price, you know. Right 458 00:32:12.480 --> 00:32:15.279 now, our summer camps are one eighty nine for a full week, full 459 00:32:15.319 --> 00:32:19.759 week summer camp. But we do have some other things, like I mentioned 460 00:32:19.759 --> 00:32:23.400 earlier, like our clinics. Uh, those happened once a week for for 461 00:32:23.519 --> 00:32:29.319 a month, and those are typically uh they started around eighty dollars. So 462 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:32.559 that's a really really good way to kind of get into a sport and kind 463 00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:37.200 of get into tennis and kind of learn it and see if you like it 464 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:38.880 for a month and then keep going from there, kind of building from there. 465 00:32:39.799 --> 00:32:44.200 So that's a nice thing. But you can find all of our pricing 466 00:32:44.240 --> 00:32:47.960 information all of our locations at PLAYTGA dot com slash two soon all right, 467 00:32:49.279 --> 00:32:52.480 and then school's going to start to well, school kind of descended for some 468 00:32:52.599 --> 00:32:54.799 but you know we will get going in August some early August, right, 469 00:32:54.880 --> 00:32:59.880 which is which is crazy. But so, how how do how do some 470 00:33:00.079 --> 00:33:02.920 if you know, if you've got a program at their school, do the 471 00:33:02.920 --> 00:33:06.720 schools help you out put you know, putting the word out? Uh? 472 00:33:07.240 --> 00:33:08.680 How does that work? And let's say you go to let's say you want 473 00:33:08.720 --> 00:33:12.200 your kid in one of these programs, but it's not at their school. 474 00:33:12.240 --> 00:33:15.400 How do they how do they join one of your programs? Yeah? So 475 00:33:15.640 --> 00:33:19.079 good, good questions. So, yeah, the schools really do a good 476 00:33:19.160 --> 00:33:22.279 job of helping us out kind of putting our name out there for parents and 477 00:33:22.359 --> 00:33:28.039 their newsletters. We send flyers home with the kids, We show up to 478 00:33:28.079 --> 00:33:30.319 their back to school nights, Uh, set up a set up a table, 479 00:33:30.359 --> 00:33:32.160 and a lot of the schools that we're going to be at, so 480 00:33:34.279 --> 00:33:37.000 we try to get that out there as much as possible to kind of promote 481 00:33:37.039 --> 00:33:40.759 our programs. But yeah, it's really it's Uh, the schools do a 482 00:33:40.799 --> 00:33:45.480 really good job of helping us out with that. And uh, you know 483 00:33:45.519 --> 00:33:50.559 the schools that do a lot such as newsletters letting us send flyers out, 484 00:33:51.680 --> 00:33:55.279 you know, those are the ones that were really successful at So yeah, 485 00:33:55.319 --> 00:34:01.160 and then uh, again PLAYTGA dot com slash Tucson you and fine, as 486 00:34:01.160 --> 00:34:05.759 soon as we put new schools up on our website, we'll have it. 487 00:34:05.920 --> 00:34:08.599 Uh, we'll have it there for people to register. All right, Ryan, 488 00:34:08.920 --> 00:34:12.159 Well this is fun. I mean, this is this is cool. 489 00:34:12.239 --> 00:34:15.519 You just look again. To me, there's nothing better than getting the kids 490 00:34:15.519 --> 00:34:17.480 out to you know, to do some stuff outside. Get off their phones, 491 00:34:17.920 --> 00:34:22.119 right, get off my lawn kind of thing for me. But you 492 00:34:22.119 --> 00:34:23.280 know, get out there and again you know, being that you know, 493 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:27.039 I love golf. You love golf to me. You know, you learn 494 00:34:27.079 --> 00:34:30.199 how to play golf. That's something you get to do until you you know, 495 00:34:30.320 --> 00:34:32.360 until you just can't do it anymore. So very cool. So all 496 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:36.039 right, we'll keep an eye on you guys, and uh, you know, 497 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:37.960 get the word out for you know, once the school schools get going. 498 00:34:38.000 --> 00:34:42.199 But you know, congratulations on the business. It looks like you guys 499 00:34:42.239 --> 00:34:45.800 are doing really well. Yeah, appreciate it. Yeah, thanks for having 500 00:34:45.840 --> 00:34:47.239 me. I always appreciate it. All right, Well, well we'll get 501 00:34:47.239 --> 00:34:50.480 out there and you're going to show me how to get a sixty nine because 502 00:34:50.480 --> 00:34:54.920 I you know, I'm not not e been ever. I've never even been 503 00:34:54.960 --> 00:34:58.679 close to that. So okay, Ryan done, Thanks so Bud, talk 504 00:34:58.719 --> 00:35:01.039 to you soon. Give give my best to your family. Sounds good. 505 00:35:01.079 --> 00:35:06.440 Same here, Thanks Jay. All right, that was Ryan Donn TGA's premier 506 00:35:06.480 --> 00:35:12.599 Sports. Go to their website PLAYTGA dot com again. Just get your you 507 00:35:12.639 --> 00:35:16.480 know, you get your kids out and doing stuff. It's always good. 508 00:35:16.519 --> 00:35:21.519 There's never anything bad about it. And you know, get them to play 509 00:35:21.519 --> 00:35:28.039 because you know, I saw funny funny. Uh. I don't know if 510 00:35:28.039 --> 00:35:29.760 you'd call it a meme or whatever, but it was saying, you know, 511 00:35:30.119 --> 00:35:32.519 kids in the nineteen sixties, you had all these kids standing around their 512 00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:36.760 bikes and stuff. They're out in the middle of the street nineteen seventies, 513 00:35:36.760 --> 00:35:38.599 you know, they're doing stuff. They're playing records nineteen and as you go 514 00:35:38.599 --> 00:35:43.440 along, then the one that says twenty twenty, everybody's standing there looking at 515 00:35:43.440 --> 00:35:46.559 their phone. You know, I mean, yeah, I mean they you 516 00:35:46.639 --> 00:35:49.599 know, our parents would kick us out of the house at you know, 517 00:35:49.800 --> 00:35:52.920 nine o'clock in the morning the summer, and you wanted to be out of 518 00:35:52.920 --> 00:35:54.480 the house, right, and so it's it's interesting how things go. So 519 00:35:54.960 --> 00:36:00.599 anyways, okay, so that's a program for you if if you want to 520 00:36:00.639 --> 00:36:06.039 have somebody learn a little bit about that. Directing to our podcast, they 521 00:36:06.079 --> 00:36:07.599 can listen to the interview with Ryan and figure out, you know, how 522 00:36:07.639 --> 00:36:10.760 to how to participate in this. It's again, it's a good business. 523 00:36:10.840 --> 00:36:13.840 It's a lot of fun. Okay, stick around, We're going to come 524 00:36:13.840 --> 00:36:15.360 back. We'll take your costs five two zero, four one, six, 525 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:19.639 seventy four forty. If you're an Arizona N's basketball fan, you know it's 526 00:36:19.639 --> 00:36:22.480 been successful for nearly forty years. Now take a look back at the Ludolsen 527 00:36:22.559 --> 00:36:25.039 era. 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Lots of stuff to talk about, as always, I was just 559 00:38:45.400 --> 00:38:51.719 looking at something that came across that maybe came across a couple of days ago, 560 00:38:51.719 --> 00:38:55.039 but I'm seeing it for the first time. But on three Sports is 561 00:38:55.079 --> 00:39:00.360 going through a thing where they're listing the top five Heisman Trophy andndidates for each 562 00:39:00.440 --> 00:39:05.639 conference. So they did they did their Big twelve one. I think this 563 00:39:05.880 --> 00:39:09.480 may may have been a couple of days ago, but they list their number 564 00:39:09.599 --> 00:39:16.559 one candidate from the Big Big Twelve for the Heisman Trophy as none other than 565 00:39:16.920 --> 00:39:24.639 Noah Fafieda, one of the few that isn't buying the uh. The the 566 00:39:25.039 --> 00:39:30.199 are totally buying the the all the uh. What's what's the right word for 567 00:39:30.239 --> 00:39:35.800 this? Just not not just putting Travis Hunter and Shador Sanders on top of 568 00:39:35.840 --> 00:39:38.800 everybody else just because Deion Sanders is their coach, right, they do have 569 00:39:38.840 --> 00:39:45.679 Travis Hunter as the number number two UH from from the Big twelve, Jalen 570 00:39:45.760 --> 00:39:50.440 Daniels, the quarterback of Kansas number three, Avery Johnson, the quarterback of 571 00:39:50.519 --> 00:39:53.559 Kansas State, is number four, and Olie Gordon, running back from Oklahoma 572 00:39:53.559 --> 00:39:57.000 State, is number five. So they even have Shador Sanders in there. 573 00:39:57.199 --> 00:40:00.480 They've got him as a as a as a wild card, but they say 574 00:40:00.480 --> 00:40:04.039 that he's got a better shot at being the first quarterback off the board in 575 00:40:04.079 --> 00:40:07.079 the NFL Draft next year, but not a good shot of winning the Heisman 576 00:40:07.159 --> 00:40:12.159 because Colorado just isn't gonna be good enough for them to win it. They 577 00:40:12.199 --> 00:40:15.719 basically said, if Arizona can go win the Big Twelve, which okay, 578 00:40:16.320 --> 00:40:20.960 you know that it would, it would put for Feta firmly in the running 579 00:40:21.480 --> 00:40:23.880 for the Heisman if he's the one that direct set So, you know, 580 00:40:24.000 --> 00:40:29.039 more stuff that makes me nervous, Ryan, more stuff that just makes me 581 00:40:29.199 --> 00:40:36.840 nervous, worrying about whether Arizona can step up to the expectations. I think 582 00:40:36.880 --> 00:40:38.159 I think they're gonna be okay, honestly, you do. I think. 583 00:40:38.199 --> 00:40:43.760 So it really is a wide open conference. It is. And that's great 584 00:40:43.800 --> 00:40:50.679 to see that that his top right for the year. That's really that's awesome, 585 00:40:50.840 --> 00:40:53.079 right. I hope, I really hope Arizona can go out there and 586 00:40:53.079 --> 00:40:57.000 they can. That would be it would be incredible in their first year. 587 00:40:57.119 --> 00:41:00.360 Is big twelve to win the win the car. Right, there's a lot 588 00:41:00.400 --> 00:41:07.559 of preseason hyped to him more than pro I almost discount the clil Tate stuff, 589 00:41:07.599 --> 00:41:12.119 but you know, Cliltate, you know, got mentioned as a Heisman 590 00:41:12.159 --> 00:41:15.400 candidate and all that stuff, and then we all saw how that ended. 591 00:41:15.440 --> 00:41:20.920 But you know, this team, it's because this team can be really good, 592 00:41:20.960 --> 00:41:23.239 and it was really good last year. You know, with Cliltate, 593 00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:28.039 it was really all about that four gain stretch that he had in the middle 594 00:41:28.039 --> 00:41:31.119 of the of the twenty seventeen season, whereas you know, we didn't know 595 00:41:31.159 --> 00:41:35.760 how good that Arizona football team was going to be. This team, there's 596 00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:38.119 a lot of expectation that's going to be really damn good and that's why he's 597 00:41:38.119 --> 00:41:44.320 getting this kind of attention. And you know, and then you got a 598 00:41:44.360 --> 00:41:49.119 guy like like Tatora McMillan that also bringing a lot of attention to the program 599 00:41:49.239 --> 00:41:51.920 or to the team for this coming year. So I don't know, man, 600 00:41:52.000 --> 00:41:54.559 I'm again, I'm I'm getting I know, I'm going to get more 601 00:41:54.599 --> 00:41:59.519 nervous as we go along. I'll probably be nervous until after we see what 602 00:41:59.559 --> 00:42:01.719 they do. It's Kansas State, uh and you see, Okay, how 603 00:42:01.760 --> 00:42:06.440 good are they really? In the third game of the year. You brought 604 00:42:06.519 --> 00:42:08.360 up mc millan. Is there any update on him on his injury? No, 605 00:42:08.599 --> 00:42:15.599 we we talked to both asked that of Troy Hutchison and Justin Spears, 606 00:42:15.639 --> 00:42:22.199 and there really isn't one. Just what what Brent Brandon is publicly saying that 607 00:42:22.559 --> 00:42:27.239 he's going to be okay, he's going to be ready to go. You 608 00:42:27.239 --> 00:42:30.159 know, we don't see these guys anymore right now. You know, they 609 00:42:30.320 --> 00:42:34.159 they're they're working out, you know, they're not out on the field anywhere. 610 00:42:34.760 --> 00:42:37.440 Spring practice is over, so I don't know that anybody's even spotted him 611 00:42:37.480 --> 00:42:40.920 recently to see if he's still in a walking boot or if he's walking around 612 00:42:40.960 --> 00:42:45.960 or whatever. So I don't know. I don't know. Starts next month, 613 00:42:45.039 --> 00:42:50.360 right the training tip. Yeah, it'll start in Yeah, it'll start 614 00:42:50.400 --> 00:42:54.480 in Uh. I think late July, now, Pat, I'm going to 615 00:42:54.559 --> 00:42:59.679 do this all season long. Big twelve Media Day is uh. I think 616 00:42:59.719 --> 00:43:02.719 the week in July. It's up in Vegas. Got a time, figure 617 00:43:02.760 --> 00:43:07.559 out a way to go. I don't know though, but but uh, 618 00:43:07.599 --> 00:43:10.440 you know, once once media days began, then you start seeing things right, 619 00:43:10.480 --> 00:43:14.760 and you think that Big twelve Media Day, they're gonna want to take 620 00:43:15.280 --> 00:43:20.199 you know, either Fafida or McMillan and probably Jacob man who or somebody like 621 00:43:20.199 --> 00:43:22.159 that, you know, somebody from the defense, uh to Cardio Davis or 622 00:43:22.159 --> 00:43:25.519 one of those guys always you know, take one of the top players in 623 00:43:25.559 --> 00:43:29.719 the upcoming season. So we'll see, you know, we're gonna we're gonna 624 00:43:29.719 --> 00:43:32.960 find out when everybody else finds out about what's going on with Tata Roy McMillan. 625 00:43:34.800 --> 00:43:38.000 You know, if it's one of those things where he's gonna come back 626 00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:42.559 in the middle of the year or whatever. Now you got issues, right, 627 00:43:42.599 --> 00:43:45.199 But uh, you know, until until he's not ready, we're gonna 628 00:43:45.199 --> 00:43:50.880 assume the best. And I believe Brent Brennan when he says he'll be ready. 629 00:43:50.920 --> 00:43:53.119 So we'll see what happens. I don't know. I don't know, 630 00:43:54.559 --> 00:43:59.000 all right. Uh, you know, baseball going on a lot of a 631 00:43:59.119 --> 00:44:01.039 lot of of Theankees and the Orioles are playing today, and I think there 632 00:44:01.159 --> 00:44:05.480 are kicking the crap out of them right now. Last I heard it was 633 00:44:05.559 --> 00:44:08.639 it was it was a lot to not very many. The Dodgers took just 634 00:44:08.679 --> 00:44:13.960 took a the third out of four games with the Rockies. Do you see 635 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:20.480 a score in the Yankees game? Yeah, it's Oh, it's even worse 636 00:44:20.480 --> 00:44:23.400 than I thought. I mean, that's a big series, right, But 637 00:44:23.559 --> 00:44:28.760 they're the two the two teams in the in the East? Is that in 638 00:44:28.760 --> 00:44:30.599 New York? Was it in in in It's in the Bronx. It's in 639 00:44:30.639 --> 00:44:35.039 the Bronx Baltimore right now? Is one and a half gams back in the 640 00:44:35.440 --> 00:44:37.840 Yeah, okay, well there you go, making a making a statement. 641 00:44:38.599 --> 00:44:42.960 You know, this is this is where the dog days start. Right. 642 00:44:43.320 --> 00:44:46.559 It's hot, you know, most teams have fifty or sixty games in. 643 00:44:47.280 --> 00:44:51.480 You know, you're still you still got one hundred games to go. You're 644 00:44:51.519 --> 00:44:52.679 trying to make sure that you stay in the race. But you know, 645 00:44:53.400 --> 00:44:57.480 bodies start to, you know, start to wear out. You know, 646 00:44:57.599 --> 00:45:00.199 Dodgers have had a bunch of injuries. U all the teams are dealing with 647 00:45:00.239 --> 00:45:04.800 those. You're trying to get guys back, the Dodgers trying to get k 648 00:45:04.920 --> 00:45:07.480 Clayton Kershaw back. Walker Bueller, who's who was there ace a couple of 649 00:45:07.519 --> 00:45:12.079 years ago, has not been very good coming off of his his surgery. 650 00:45:13.039 --> 00:45:16.320 It's this is the time where baseball season starts to get long, and they're 651 00:45:16.320 --> 00:45:22.199 not even halfway yet. They're not even halfway. But you know that game 652 00:45:22.239 --> 00:45:24.079 with the with the Orioles, you know that they you know, they want 653 00:45:24.119 --> 00:45:27.880 to they want to make it make a statement against the Yankees, and it 654 00:45:27.960 --> 00:45:31.360 sounds like they are. So that's very cool, very cool. All right? 655 00:45:31.400 --> 00:45:37.880 What else? Uh? Oh, I don't know if you guys talked 656 00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:42.360 about it yesterday, but the College Baseball World Series is going to be A 657 00:45:42.440 --> 00:45:45.320 and M in Tennessee. Yeah, tax a one last night, okay, 658 00:45:45.639 --> 00:45:52.840 and that starts on Saturday. Saturday and Saturday for thirty our time. Okay, 659 00:45:52.440 --> 00:45:55.199 yeap, they're up in Omaha. So that's a three game set or 660 00:45:55.280 --> 00:45:59.639 best of three, best of three. Tennessee and Texas A and M a 661 00:45:59.719 --> 00:46:04.320 couple of SEC teams, all right, you know, say what you want. 662 00:46:04.840 --> 00:46:07.199 Uh, there were too many of them in the in the in the 663 00:46:07.239 --> 00:46:09.199 tournament anyways, they were bound to bound to finish it. But you know, 664 00:46:09.239 --> 00:46:14.559 two teams that I remember, Texas A and M ever being good at 665 00:46:14.559 --> 00:46:17.280 baseball. So you know, there you go. Tennessee has been good for 666 00:46:17.440 --> 00:46:21.079 you know, a lot of years at different times and stuff like that. 667 00:46:21.400 --> 00:46:22.840 But I think, uh, Texas A and NAM is a little bit of 668 00:46:22.880 --> 00:46:27.880 a newcomer to this. I don't know, I don't know, you know, 669 00:46:28.119 --> 00:46:31.320 this this is like the first year I've not really followed college baseball as 670 00:46:31.360 --> 00:46:36.239 closely. Yeah, I like last year, year before, I mean I 671 00:46:36.400 --> 00:46:37.880 tended to watch it. I think it was a little more exciting last year 672 00:46:38.440 --> 00:46:43.079 and the year before, but I don't know, this year has just been 673 00:46:43.119 --> 00:46:45.159 kind of dull. Yeah, yeah, yeah, so yeah, you know, 674 00:46:45.199 --> 00:46:47.119 I mean it's where, you know, again, like I said, 675 00:46:47.119 --> 00:46:52.119 we're at that time where things start to settle down Okay, we're gonna be 676 00:46:52.119 --> 00:46:54.400 talking about the NBA draft coming up. We'll get some we'll try and get 677 00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:58.559 some people in here to talk to us about that. Arizona's got a couple 678 00:46:58.599 --> 00:47:01.880 of guys and you know, they may get drafted. I think, uh, 679 00:47:02.039 --> 00:47:06.199 Keisha Johnson has moved up up the draft board a little bit. I 680 00:47:06.239 --> 00:47:09.440 don't know where Pela Larson is on any of the mock drafts, so he'd 681 00:47:09.480 --> 00:47:12.679 gotten into him. I don't know if he's still in there or not. 682 00:47:13.360 --> 00:47:15.800 But uh, you know, you like to you know, Arizona, you 683 00:47:15.840 --> 00:47:20.760 start getting guys, you know, drafted again. Uh, you get a 684 00:47:20.760 --> 00:47:23.559 couple of guys out there, you know, if they do, they you 685 00:47:23.599 --> 00:47:27.400 know, then you're starting to feel it. You know, Tommy Lloyd's getting 686 00:47:27.400 --> 00:47:30.960 guys out there. You know, Benedict mather and got drafted a couple of 687 00:47:30.000 --> 00:47:36.280 years ago, very high, Dyale and Terry Rissian Coloco. So you know 688 00:47:36.440 --> 00:47:38.360 they wanted to Arizona. Who needs to continue putting guys in the draft because 689 00:47:38.559 --> 00:47:42.679 that's how you get guys in right that guys want to come and they want 690 00:47:42.719 --> 00:47:45.400 to know they've got a chance to be in the NBA. So we'll see 691 00:47:45.639 --> 00:47:52.199 we'll see what happens. So I don't know, is there hands down number 692 00:47:52.280 --> 00:47:57.440 one pick this year that you're aware of? Think? So I've actually I'm 693 00:47:57.480 --> 00:48:00.280 trying to pull something up about Larson. I don't know if it's true or 694 00:48:00.320 --> 00:48:07.159 not, but the headline said he was withdrawing from the drafts to go back 695 00:48:07.199 --> 00:48:13.119 to school. Really, where did you see that? I was just googling 696 00:48:13.119 --> 00:48:17.119 his name just to see. Huh you sure that wasn't from last year because 697 00:48:17.119 --> 00:48:21.559 he was in the draft. He went in the draft last year and then 698 00:48:21.639 --> 00:48:23.920 pulled out and came here. So maybe maybe that maybe that's what that is. 699 00:48:24.360 --> 00:48:30.480 But no, I think he's done with his eligibility, so that that 700 00:48:30.559 --> 00:48:35.599 has to be that has to be an old year. Man. I'm like, 701 00:48:35.679 --> 00:48:42.199 really, what what do what do we not know about? All right? 702 00:48:42.320 --> 00:48:45.079 Ryan, You're okay, all right, We're gonna let that one slide 703 00:48:45.119 --> 00:48:49.440 because I'm like, what the heck? But you know, again, you 704 00:48:49.440 --> 00:48:52.480 know, Arizona's been that program or been a program that is, you know, 705 00:48:52.480 --> 00:48:55.000 putting guys in the NBA with Josh Josh Green, was you know in 706 00:48:55.119 --> 00:48:59.960 the NBA finals? Right? He played a lot more this year, didn't 707 00:49:00.039 --> 00:49:01.880 he? Yeah, he played a little a little more. He had more 708 00:49:01.880 --> 00:49:07.159 of a more of a starting role with the Mavericks throughout the year. He's 709 00:49:07.199 --> 00:49:13.039 a really good he's a really good three point shooter. Really yeah. He 710 00:49:13.199 --> 00:49:16.480 wasn't that when he was here, of course not of course he wasn't. 711 00:49:16.760 --> 00:49:20.199 Well you know again, you know you can, you can work on that 712 00:49:20.239 --> 00:49:22.800 and reinvent yourself. So, I mean, he's a solid he's a solid 713 00:49:22.880 --> 00:49:27.119 roster guy now, not the guy who's going up and down and stuff like 714 00:49:27.119 --> 00:49:32.239 that. When I say three point shooter like righterv like, he's not one 715 00:49:32.280 --> 00:49:36.880 of those. But when he gets the chance make it open three, he 716 00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:39.239 can, you know, he can think it. Well, good for him. 717 00:49:39.400 --> 00:49:42.920 I'm glad to hear that. I mean, you know, I still 718 00:49:42.920 --> 00:49:45.880 don't believe he belongs in the rafters at Michale, but you know, I 719 00:49:45.199 --> 00:49:49.199 don't wish him to not have a good, you know, a good NBA 720 00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:52.159 career. Uh. You know, he was a good guy when he was 721 00:49:52.199 --> 00:49:57.000 here, played under Sean Miller, and that particular team didn't do great in 722 00:49:57.000 --> 00:49:59.360 the n C Double A tournament. But you know, good, good for 723 00:49:59.440 --> 00:50:01.599 Josh Green. He's you know, he's making his way over there and and 724 00:50:01.800 --> 00:50:05.320 sometimes it takes It takes time. You know, if you can hang around 725 00:50:05.400 --> 00:50:07.719 long enough, get some experience, get guys to know you, you got 726 00:50:07.719 --> 00:50:10.719 a chance to stay. And so he's doing that, so so good for 727 00:50:10.800 --> 00:50:14.400 him. I hope it. I hope it works works well for him. 728 00:50:15.159 --> 00:50:22.519 All right. About Larson reading reports from this morning, it looks like currently 729 00:50:22.599 --> 00:50:28.079 he's objected the faults who number forty three for the heat. Okay, all 730 00:50:28.159 --> 00:50:30.000 right, but but he's in there. I mean, I think when the 731 00:50:30.119 --> 00:50:34.360 when the season ended, and maybe it was going into the combine. I 732 00:50:34.440 --> 00:50:39.079 don't think either him or Keisha Johnson were were in many of the mock drafts. 733 00:50:39.400 --> 00:50:43.480 I think there were a little bit lower. Yeah, I know, 734 00:50:43.599 --> 00:50:45.719 I read one. I think it was Bleacher Report, uh huh, and 735 00:50:45.840 --> 00:50:49.960 they had one I think it was Johnson who was in, uh huh, 736 00:50:50.000 --> 00:50:53.400 but then was not. So yeah, and at one point Larson was in 737 00:50:53.440 --> 00:50:57.880 and Johnson was not. I think, you know, early on. So 738 00:50:58.039 --> 00:51:00.440 you know, whoever, whatever's happening, and however people are finding out about 739 00:51:00.440 --> 00:51:04.679 these two guys. You know, good luck to both of them. You 740 00:51:04.719 --> 00:51:07.519 know, it'd be nice if one of them could slip into the first round. 741 00:51:07.840 --> 00:51:09.400 That would be key shot, right because I think it was thirty seven 742 00:51:09.519 --> 00:51:13.840 was the last thing we saw on him. But you know, if they 743 00:51:13.880 --> 00:51:15.000 get drafted in the second round, that means they've got a shot. They'll 744 00:51:15.039 --> 00:51:19.039 get to go to a camp and have a chance of making the team. 745 00:51:19.039 --> 00:51:22.199 So we'll see what happens. I you know, I like both of those 746 00:51:22.239 --> 00:51:24.440 guys. I thought they were good soldiers. I thought they were good players. 747 00:51:25.679 --> 00:51:29.519 Didn't, you know, didn't get Arizona to where we wanted wanted them 748 00:51:29.559 --> 00:51:31.480 to get. But I thought that they were both good guys and uh and 749 00:51:31.519 --> 00:51:36.119 didn't and did a nice job at Arizona. You know, I really wasn't 750 00:51:36.159 --> 00:51:39.480 fond of Palla Larson his first year here. I thought he made, you 751 00:51:39.480 --> 00:51:43.559 know, a lot of mistakes, right, a lot of turnovers, that 752 00:51:43.639 --> 00:51:45.719 kind of stuff. But you know, you saw him grow into, you 753 00:51:45.800 --> 00:51:49.920 know, being a pretty good player, pretty good, reliable player, always 754 00:51:49.920 --> 00:51:52.360 a good defensive player. So hopefully it works out for him. All right, 755 00:51:52.440 --> 00:51:54.079 let's go and take our break. At the top of the hour, 756 00:51:54.079 --> 00:51:57.840 we're gonna come back. Ryan's gonna have breaking news for us, and then 757 00:51:57.840 --> 00:52:01.800 we're gonna get into some baseball history again with Greg Hanson talking about some Willie 758 00:52:01.840 --> 00:52:07.880 Mays and and and other history like that, because you know, Willy being 759 00:52:07.920 --> 00:52:09.639 gone is it's a big deal, and uh, you know, we all, 760 00:52:10.400 --> 00:52:15.480 I think, you know, unanimously agree if not the greatest player of 761 00:52:15.480 --> 00:52:17.840 all time one of we'll see where Greg sits on that. He's a big 762 00:52:17.880 --> 00:52:22.039 Mickey Mantle fans. We'll see where he puts them compared to Mickey Mantle. 763 00:52:22.079 --> 00:52:24.639 But Greg will join us and we'll talk about some of that, So stick 764 00:52:24.639 --> 00:52:27.519 around for all that. We'll be right back with breaking news.