WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:03.640 I mean, it didn't just break. This isn't something that is developing as 2 00:00:03.640 --> 00:00:07.759 we speak, but within I don't know, roughly the last forty five minutes 3 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:12.240 or so, we did learn that Dan Hurley, who has won back to 4 00:00:12.240 --> 00:00:18.160 back national championships at Yukon, has decided to stay at Yukon, and he 5 00:00:18.239 --> 00:00:22.320 has turned down the Los Angeles Lakers. So I know many of you, 6 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:27.559 in fact, probably all of you listening, do not give a damn about 7 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:33.320 Yukon basketball. But most of us around here we love college basketball. It's 8 00:00:33.439 --> 00:00:37.359 mostly because of the love we have for our teams right Louisville, Kentucky. 9 00:00:37.640 --> 00:00:41.920 I know we have some Indiana fans around here too. But if this was 10 00:00:41.960 --> 00:00:45.240 going to be such a big hit to college basketball, right, like losing 11 00:00:45.280 --> 00:00:49.960 this guy who is in the midst of potentially a run will never see happen 12 00:00:50.000 --> 00:00:52.799 again. I mean, whenning back to back is already impressive enough, putting 13 00:00:52.840 --> 00:00:56.119 him in elite status. But if it was going to be such a big 14 00:00:56.240 --> 00:01:00.679 hit to lose a legend in the making, some would say his accomplishment's already 15 00:01:00.679 --> 00:01:04.280 make him a legend. Then I would say keeping him in college basketball it's 16 00:01:04.319 --> 00:01:11.159 got to be a big win for college hoops. Right So that is the 17 00:01:11.159 --> 00:01:14.439 big news, and I could be wrong. We'll discuss it. I mean, 18 00:01:14.439 --> 00:01:17.840 we're not going to spend three hours on it. But I got the 19 00:01:17.920 --> 00:01:22.400 sense that a lot of people who aren't Yukon fans but you know, care 20 00:01:22.439 --> 00:01:26.879 about college basketball, wanted him to stay. Maybe I'm wrong, Maybe that's 21 00:01:26.959 --> 00:01:29.799 just the way I saw it because I am somebody that wanted him to stay. 22 00:01:30.000 --> 00:01:34.519 But I kind of feel like, even though again Yukon they're not a 23 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:38.200 you know, they're not America's team. Again, I don't even think they 24 00:01:38.200 --> 00:01:40.680 have, you know, a gigantic fan base compared to some of the other 25 00:01:40.680 --> 00:01:42.799 big brands in the sport. But I'm happy that he's staying. Now. 26 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.680 Maybe if he wins, you know, six in a row and it's just 27 00:01:46.760 --> 00:01:49.680 everybody else played for second, maybe I would have second thoughts. But I 28 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:51.959 don't think that's going to happen. But anyways, that is the big news. 29 00:01:52.040 --> 00:01:59.239 Dan Hurley has turned down Yukon, meaning Dan Hurley in one offseason, 30 00:01:59.239 --> 00:02:04.920 has turned down Kentucky's head coaching job and the Los Angeles Lakers. My man 31 00:02:05.000 --> 00:02:08.639 is on top of the basketball world right now. All right, let's do 32 00:02:08.639 --> 00:02:12.199 it. It's Coffee and Company. We are field By Thornton's here on Sports 33 00:02:12.199 --> 00:02:15.240 Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you hanging out with us. Hopefully you had yourselves 34 00:02:15.240 --> 00:02:16.840 a good weekend. My name is Nick Coffee. I hope you knew that. 35 00:02:16.879 --> 00:02:20.719 If not, now you do the man with the plan, mister Austin 36 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:24.599 Montgomery in the saddle this week as he's filling in for the company man John. 37 00:02:24.879 --> 00:02:29.599 So I'll start with this. What a weekend for I guess do we 38 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:32.439 call it combat sports? I mean that's UFC, But we also had SmackDown 39 00:02:32.479 --> 00:02:37.800 on Friday, and I feel like the city did a really really good job 40 00:02:37.879 --> 00:02:39.840 of, you know, making it clear that if you want to bring these 41 00:02:39.919 --> 00:02:43.759 kind of events to our city, we will do our part as well. 42 00:02:44.599 --> 00:02:47.360 Yeah, over nineteen thousand people showed up for the UFC Fight. I think 43 00:02:47.360 --> 00:02:53.080 they said that that was the highest attended, engrossing like fight nights. They 44 00:02:53.120 --> 00:02:55.879 called it the Fight Night. It's not like the official like UFC two thirty 45 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:59.800 nine or something with like huge names. It was like kind of one of 46 00:02:59.800 --> 00:03:01.840 the more of their side shows. I guess they're just kind of testing it. 47 00:03:02.000 --> 00:03:07.240 I am a I'm a bandwagon UFC fan, meaning like i'll get I'll 48 00:03:07.280 --> 00:03:12.199 get in if it's like a big, big pay per view that's been built 49 00:03:12.280 --> 00:03:15.599 up. But yes, you're right, I learned what UFC Fight Night means. 50 00:03:15.680 --> 00:03:16.919 That's what because it's not pay per view, it's just one of the 51 00:03:17.280 --> 00:03:22.000 one of their you know, I guess regular events. That's that's not quite 52 00:03:22.120 --> 00:03:23.599 as big as as the pay per views that they build up for a long 53 00:03:23.639 --> 00:03:29.280 long time. But yeah, many records broken on Saturday as Yeah, it 54 00:03:29.479 --> 00:03:35.919 was the highest grossing US UFC fight of all time, so meeting for UFC 55 00:03:35.960 --> 00:03:38.000 Fight Night. So for this kind of event, again not their biggest event, 56 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:42.879 this one grows to more money than any of them, bringing in more 57 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:46.599 than two point five million, which that has now been put out there just 58 00:03:46.599 --> 00:03:52.280 about it. And I'm reading this from WDRB. But whenever Dana White posts 59 00:03:52.319 --> 00:03:54.680 about it, and you know, the graphics up and he posts that, 60 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:59.280 I believe like either night of or maybe first thing the next morning. Maybe 61 00:03:59.319 --> 00:04:00.960 he does that all time, but I kind of feel like, at least 62 00:04:01.000 --> 00:04:05.520 it seemed like Dana White was very happy that they brought UFC Louisville and hopefully 63 00:04:05.560 --> 00:04:09.479 they decided to come back. So yeah, this is also the highest grossing 64 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:14.280 single day sporting event ever at the UM Center with nineteen thousand, five hundred 65 00:04:14.319 --> 00:04:17.639 and seventy eight fans showing up, which is good. Now, how did 66 00:04:17.680 --> 00:04:21.639 SmackDown do it? Was? Uh? I think I don't know the actual 67 00:04:21.720 --> 00:04:25.079 number, but it was, uh, it was pretty crowded, I guess, 68 00:04:25.160 --> 00:04:29.480 like the the very MIDI wrestling shows. So I'm just curious, like, 69 00:04:29.519 --> 00:04:31.600 you know, did you feel like we did a good job at city? 70 00:04:31.639 --> 00:04:34.600 Okay? Good? Absolutely, you know, the ties do eew and 71 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:39.759 everything like that. People in this city do love wrestling. Obviously combat sports 72 00:04:39.879 --> 00:04:44.120 ties back to Muhammad Ali, right yep. And then of course with you 73 00:04:44.160 --> 00:04:46.600 know, the ww used to have their developmental system. But I felt like 74 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:49.600 it was it was a you know how they say it was the crowd was 75 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:53.920 hot, the crowd was ready to just tear at anything. So it was 76 00:04:54.079 --> 00:04:58.680 it was really really cool, really fun. So so SmackDown is every Friday, 77 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:02.040 yes, Raw is still every Monday. How so did they do it 78 00:05:02.120 --> 00:05:06.519 different? Like they're all still within both both events are clearly WWE events. 79 00:05:06.680 --> 00:05:10.160 Yeah, but at one point, you know, way back in the day 80 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:12.920 when I watched wrestling, I think it was like towards the end of the 81 00:05:12.959 --> 00:05:16.160 Attitude era, when when like they were just two weekly TV shows, right, 82 00:05:16.160 --> 00:05:18.480 they were kind of the same thing, same storyline, and at some 83 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.920 point they were kind of I think, didn't they do like a draft where 84 00:05:21.920 --> 00:05:25.639 somebody was going to be on Raw, Somebody's gonna be on Smacked Them? 85 00:05:25.759 --> 00:05:28.920 They still do that. Yeah, they actually just did that, I think 86 00:05:29.240 --> 00:05:31.519 probably like literally the weekend of the NFL draft. That's kind of how they 87 00:05:31.600 --> 00:05:36.079 kept up with it and drafted people from their their NXT brand and people from 88 00:05:36.120 --> 00:05:42.199 just everybody just went everywhere. So usually they they kind of stay specific to 89 00:05:42.240 --> 00:05:45.879 their shows. But yeah, this this one was smacked Down. Of course, 90 00:05:45.920 --> 00:05:49.879 SmackDown's only two hours on Friday, so we're we're raws like three on 91 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:53.240 TV. Yes, okay, that's what I thought. They had like a 92 00:05:53.240 --> 00:05:57.000 couple like dark matches like announced like after the show went off, you know, 93 00:05:57.160 --> 00:06:00.360 just kind of make you get what you paid for, so just not 94 00:06:00.399 --> 00:06:02.759 only there for two hours, they give you about another like forty five minutes 95 00:06:02.759 --> 00:06:05.600 of just stuff that's not on TV afterwards too. When's the last time we 96 00:06:05.639 --> 00:06:09.920 had Raw? Have we had it recently? Like? Is it them Center? 97 00:06:09.959 --> 00:06:12.199 Like I know the ww's come, but I don't remember if we've had 98 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:14.879 Raw at the UM Center. It's it's been here a couple of times. 99 00:06:15.240 --> 00:06:16.879 I think it's here. They come about one. They come about twice a 100 00:06:16.959 --> 00:06:20.160 year. They usually have a SmackDown Anna Raw usually once a year, either 101 00:06:20.199 --> 00:06:26.000 here or up in Lexington, down in Lexington. What about a pay per 102 00:06:26.079 --> 00:06:29.199 view? We haven't had one of those in a long time, So I 103 00:06:29.279 --> 00:06:32.759 remember in May of two thousand, I had to look it up and I'm 104 00:06:32.759 --> 00:06:38.600 glad. I thought, maybe there's I thought to myself, I watched wrestling 105 00:06:38.680 --> 00:06:42.279 around this time. I was twelve years old, and I'm thinking, Okay, 106 00:06:42.360 --> 00:06:45.959 maybe I'll remember the name of the actual pay per view, but I'm 107 00:06:45.959 --> 00:06:46.800 thinking, you know where where you're going. I'm thinking, you know, 108 00:06:46.879 --> 00:06:49.040 you know what, maybe maybe there's no owl. Remember, but was it 109 00:06:49.160 --> 00:06:54.639 Judgment Day? It was Judgment Day Freedom Hall in two thousand, the Rock 110 00:06:54.680 --> 00:07:00.720 Vers Triple h and a sixty minute Ironman match for the WWF Championships on Michael's 111 00:07:00.920 --> 00:07:04.959 special guest referee. Wouldn't shock me if that's the last time we had an 112 00:07:05.000 --> 00:07:08.040 event like that, or you know, pay per view for Yeah, I 113 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:12.519 think they probably had just like a few, but obviously probably wasn't during that 114 00:07:12.639 --> 00:07:15.839 was like when wrestling was high, you know, oh, and of Attitude 115 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.639 area, and that was That was actually the show where the Undertaker came back 116 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:23.519 after being gone for about three four years, and he debuted the American Badass 117 00:07:23.560 --> 00:07:26.519 gimmick, which everyone loves now. He came out on the motorcycle. He 118 00:07:26.560 --> 00:07:30.319 wasn't the dead zombie like he usually was. I remember, like you could 119 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:32.920 obviously notice your like if you've been to the Young Center or Freedom Hall, 120 00:07:33.560 --> 00:07:39.040 you could probably watch any event and you know, not realize where it is, 121 00:07:39.079 --> 00:07:41.480 and you know, talking about events from previous years, you're like, 122 00:07:41.480 --> 00:07:44.000 wait a second, that's that's a the Young Center. That's a Freedom Hall. 123 00:07:44.399 --> 00:07:46.319 But make no mistake about it. At Freedom Hall, you always knew 124 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.319 because they never blocked off that thing. That's right there, like by where 125 00:07:49.319 --> 00:07:51.839 the Hard came hard camera would be a Freedom Hall. Yeah, just his 126 00:07:51.920 --> 00:07:55.759 Freedom Hall on the side of it. But yeah, yeah, good stuff. 127 00:07:56.199 --> 00:07:59.399 There's that legendary image of the Undertaker coming back and he goes to choke 128 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:01.920 slam step phone McMahon and that's all you see is just the Freedom Hall behind 129 00:08:01.959 --> 00:08:05.839 it. The camera was shaken, dude, that's wrestling. I was I 130 00:08:05.920 --> 00:08:11.439 was really into both right around whenever they were really competitive with each other, 131 00:08:11.600 --> 00:08:15.480 WCW and WWF. Yeah, I mean that was I feel like I was 132 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.360 into wrestling for a probably. I mean I was into it big time for 133 00:08:18.399 --> 00:08:20.319 probably about eighteen months to two years. Yeah, And I feel like it 134 00:08:20.399 --> 00:08:24.040 might and I'm sure everybody says it's about their era, but I feel like 135 00:08:24.079 --> 00:08:26.600 it might have been the best time ever just because of where things were. 136 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:30.439 It was. Even today still people reference that era as, you know, 137 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:33.240 one of the best. But I remember when I was a little bit younger, 138 00:08:33.679 --> 00:08:37.360 when Goldberg was a big deal, when he was undefeated, my dad 139 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:41.840 took me to see a WCW house show in Lexington, And I got to 140 00:08:41.840 --> 00:08:43.440 be honest with you, at that time, I didn't know what a house 141 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:46.840 show was. I didn't realize the internet wasn't. I mean, the Internet 142 00:08:46.919 --> 00:08:48.879 was kind of brand new at that point. So for me, I just 143 00:08:48.919 --> 00:08:52.840 thought, the only time they're ever wrestling is whenever they're on TV. Like, 144 00:08:52.879 --> 00:08:56.879 I didn't know that they're in like different cities every day. Yeah, 145 00:08:56.919 --> 00:09:01.879 And so we ended up going to WCW LEXI. I don't remember what I 146 00:09:01.960 --> 00:09:05.039 thought about the day because I knew it wasn't on you know, Monday night 147 00:09:05.159 --> 00:09:07.519 nightro knew it wasn't a Sunday for a pay per view, but we went 148 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:11.039 and you know, of course they wait till the end. Goldberg comes out 149 00:09:11.279 --> 00:09:15.679 and we were in like the nosebleeds, but he had I mean, it's 150 00:09:15.679 --> 00:09:18.679 funny looking back now because I think his whole his whole gimmick was kind of 151 00:09:18.679 --> 00:09:20.759 corny and kind of kind of stale. Really, I mean it was it 152 00:09:20.840 --> 00:09:24.080 was not a whole lot of dynamic there, right, Like he wasn't really 153 00:09:24.200 --> 00:09:28.840 entertaining. He just came out and he tackled people and looked like a badass. 154 00:09:28.879 --> 00:09:31.000 A bunch of squash matches. Yeah. So but I remember they brought 155 00:09:31.039 --> 00:09:35.480 out some dude to wrestle him at the end, and it was somebody I'd 156 00:09:35.519 --> 00:09:37.600 never heard of. I don't remember who it was, but I remember like 157 00:09:37.720 --> 00:09:41.159 not knowing who he was. I mean, it was just a jobb or 158 00:09:41.159 --> 00:09:43.440 to come out there and get mopped. And I remember we were on the 159 00:09:43.440 --> 00:09:45.919 way home and I was like asking, like who was that guy? I 160 00:09:45.960 --> 00:09:48.039 think because my dad had to break it to me, like yeah, just 161 00:09:48.039 --> 00:09:50.759 so you know, like every time, like you know, it's always they're 162 00:09:50.799 --> 00:09:52.480 not always going to be these big events where they're gonna be live on TV. 163 00:09:52.559 --> 00:09:54.840 So occasionally, you know, if you go see a you know, 164 00:09:54.919 --> 00:09:58.799 a show that's not televised, like, you may end up seeing somebody you 165 00:09:58.840 --> 00:10:01.879 don't recognize. I see something you've already seen before and they're just doing it 166 00:10:01.919 --> 00:10:03.960 again. So yeah, I learned early, you know how how how it 167 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:07.200 works, and I remember kind of being disappointed. But yeah, wrestling, 168 00:10:07.559 --> 00:10:13.679 were you an nWo or Degeneration X guy? Oh? I mean, honestly, 169 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:16.360 they were. I mean I had air. I mean, I like 170 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:20.159 when nWo went Wolfpack, I had a hard time, not like, you 171 00:10:20.200 --> 00:10:22.919 know, thinking that those guys were badass. But I would say overall, 172 00:10:24.399 --> 00:10:26.879 the group of of uh you know what do you call? I mean, 173 00:10:26.919 --> 00:10:30.679 they they were a group, right, I mean you had the tag team 174 00:10:30.960 --> 00:10:33.960 grow Dog and Billy Outlaw. Yeah, but they were. I mean, 175 00:10:33.960 --> 00:10:39.320 that's the best group of wrestlers that work together collectively that I can think of 176 00:10:39.360 --> 00:10:41.279 in my lifetime. But I that I was a fan of, right, 177 00:10:41.279 --> 00:10:43.720 I'm sure everybody has their own preferences, but no, whenever, I mean 178 00:10:43.799 --> 00:10:46.279 d X was cool as hell. Yeah, I mean we were all getting 179 00:10:46.279 --> 00:10:48.039 in trouble, getting you know, getting written up at school for doing this, 180 00:10:48.279 --> 00:10:50.879 for doing the sucking, you know what I mean. Yeah, of 181 00:10:50.919 --> 00:10:52.679 course, yeah, so I had no clue what that was too, you 182 00:10:52.720 --> 00:10:54.960 know, oh yeah, I mean we didn't realize how vulgar it was. 183 00:10:54.960 --> 00:10:58.879 We didn't realize like what you were actually saying, and even if you did, 184 00:10:58.919 --> 00:11:01.559 you kind of just quit. We forgot about it because you didn't care 185 00:11:01.639 --> 00:11:03.759 because you're you know, you want to be the heartbreak kid. Shawn Michaels 186 00:11:03.840 --> 00:11:11.399 or Triple H. Yeah, my first, my first time watching wrestling, 187 00:11:11.600 --> 00:11:13.960 like and kind of like, you know, kind of knowing what was going 188 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:16.720 on a little bit. It was before Triple H became the Triple H. 189 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.200 It was when he was like the snobby dude from Connecticut. You remember that, 190 00:11:20.360 --> 00:11:22.639 right, like Hunter Helmsley or he played like yeah, Hunter Hurst Helmsley. 191 00:11:22.720 --> 00:11:26.480 He was like like an aristocrat something like that. It is funny seeing 192 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:31.440 the gimmicks that these guys had previously before they became you know where they became, 193 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:35.320 you know, over and had a great run that. But you like 194 00:11:35.399 --> 00:11:39.000 that, you like that wrestling terminology to deep cut. That's something that I 195 00:11:39.000 --> 00:11:43.000 think because I know, I know you like were probably one of the biggest 196 00:11:43.000 --> 00:11:46.639 stars in Netflix. Wrestlers show absolutely your famous lines about losing money. It 197 00:11:48.440 --> 00:11:52.960 made talk about burgers too. Yeah, it made wrestling ways. And I 198 00:11:52.000 --> 00:11:56.840 know that you you kind of like, uh, I wouldn't that's as a 199 00:11:56.159 --> 00:11:58.960 I guess you'd call yourself a casual, right, You're not really die hard. 200 00:12:00.039 --> 00:12:01.360 If it happens to come one, you might just turn it on for 201 00:12:01.399 --> 00:12:05.600 a little bit. Have you just noticed, because we talked to Cody Rhoades 202 00:12:05.639 --> 00:12:07.519 was actually in your studio, the ww un Disputed Champion. He came through 203 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:11.799 the other day, And a lot of people in the wrestling community seem to 204 00:12:11.840 --> 00:12:16.840 think that today's wrestling is kind of, at least with the WWE, it's 205 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:20.600 almost as big as was the Attitude era. Probably maybe not pop culture, 206 00:12:20.679 --> 00:12:24.559 but I mean I see a lot of people reference it still. I mean 207 00:12:24.600 --> 00:12:28.639 they obviously the WWE's kind of still sends belts out to teams like the championship 208 00:12:28.679 --> 00:12:31.399 teams, even the Kentucky Derby winner. So like, as what do you 209 00:12:31.480 --> 00:12:35.399 necessarily think about that? I know it's probably not just as popular, but 210 00:12:35.480 --> 00:12:37.799 money wise and everything like that, you probably see it on your screens on 211 00:12:37.840 --> 00:12:41.559 your Twitter just as much like what do you think about today's wrestling. It's 212 00:12:41.559 --> 00:12:46.120 a really good question because I am an outsider. I am somebody who does 213 00:12:46.200 --> 00:12:50.240 not tune in to watch wrestling really ever. In fact, if I am 214 00:12:50.960 --> 00:12:54.000 in any way watching any kind of wrestling or keeping up with it, which 215 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:58.840 is not much, it's usually OVW because of my involvement with Craig and Matt 216 00:12:58.039 --> 00:13:03.799 and those guys out al mostly now. But you know, so for those 217 00:13:03.840 --> 00:13:07.039 who don't know, maybe we have listeners who don't know the story. Craig 218 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:09.919 Greenberg and Matt Jones bought into OVW years ago and had and brought me on 219 00:13:11.080 --> 00:13:13.600 to not even really sure what it was they wanted me to do, but 220 00:13:15.000 --> 00:13:16.679 basically help out with money, you know, part time thing to kind of 221 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.919 help him out and us. It's been an experience. I mean, it 222 00:13:20.960 --> 00:13:24.279 hasn't turned me into some like big wrestling fan, but it has. I've 223 00:13:24.320 --> 00:13:26.919 learned a lot about how a lot of the stuff works as far as business 224 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:30.600 that kind of stuff. But anyways, when I first met Al Snow, 225 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.159 who I still talk to all the time, work closely with him on some 226 00:13:33.200 --> 00:13:37.559 stuff. He's a great guy. And if you watched show Wrestlers on Netflix, 227 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.159 what you saw is exactly who Al is. He's He's a great guy 228 00:13:41.279 --> 00:13:45.200 and I really appreciate his friendship and it's been great getting to know him over 229 00:13:45.200 --> 00:13:48.919 the years. But I was doing what normal people my age would do when 230 00:13:48.919 --> 00:13:50.279 you first meet Al Snow talk about, Oh, I used to watch you 231 00:13:50.320 --> 00:13:54.480 all the time on Monday night row we wanted, you know, yeah the 232 00:13:54.519 --> 00:13:58.960 head like and I was just kind of you know, shooting the you know 233 00:13:58.000 --> 00:14:01.840 what with him about it, and I'd you know, again, this is 234 00:14:01.840 --> 00:14:05.159 somebody at this time I had. I mean, I still don't know much 235 00:14:05.159 --> 00:14:07.679 about wrestling as it is today, but you know, I was that guy 236 00:14:07.720 --> 00:14:09.600 thinking like, you know, back in the day it was big dud. 237 00:14:09.759 --> 00:14:11.679 You know. He was just kind of saying what a lot of folks say 238 00:14:11.679 --> 00:14:15.879 that that era, the Attitude era with Stone Cold and the Rock and all 239 00:14:15.919 --> 00:14:20.080 that. I mean, that was a great era, and it was so 240 00:14:20.240 --> 00:14:22.919 popular outside of just wrestling, like it became mainstream like it you know, 241 00:14:22.960 --> 00:14:28.000 it seemed like if there are people that had a brief, just a brief 242 00:14:28.039 --> 00:14:31.039 moment in their life where they were into it and kind of invested in keeping 243 00:14:31.120 --> 00:14:33.480 up with the storylines. It was probably during that stretch just because of how 244 00:14:33.879 --> 00:14:37.480 widespread it was as far as popularity, and I sort of asked him, 245 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:41.519 so, you know why, like what's changed that? Like did you know 246 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:45.000 why? Why isn't that the case anymore? And this goes back to your 247 00:14:45.080 --> 00:14:48.159 question, Austin. With the power of social media and the Internet, you 248 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:52.080 can now just market yourself way differently, right, Like there are endless ways 249 00:14:52.120 --> 00:14:56.120 to market wrestling to people. You know, the Internet didn't used to exist 250 00:14:56.200 --> 00:14:58.919 at all, and then when it did at that point twenty something years ago, 251 00:15:00.120 --> 00:15:01.360 it was nothing like it is now. There was no social media. 252 00:15:01.559 --> 00:15:05.639 Probably a lot of people probably had dial up. So with that, you 253 00:15:05.639 --> 00:15:09.200 know, there's limits. I mean again, you didn't know what you didn't 254 00:15:09.200 --> 00:15:11.720 have because it didn't exist yet. However, now and this time, I 255 00:15:11.759 --> 00:15:16.759 always remember we didn't have Like I couldn't go to Stone Cold Steve Austin's Instagram. 256 00:15:16.360 --> 00:15:18.360 I couldn't, you know, I didn't. I didn't find him on 257 00:15:18.399 --> 00:15:22.639 MySpace, right, I wasn't watching him on a YouTube podcast. So the 258 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:28.960 only time I ever saw him was when he was running out, chugging beers 259 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:31.960 and whooping ass. So it was the only image I had of him, 260 00:15:33.120 --> 00:15:35.120 which made it very much, you know, it made it to where the 261 00:15:35.200 --> 00:15:39.039 storylines. You know, you don't really you don't really find yourself like considering 262 00:15:39.120 --> 00:15:43.159 is it real because the only instance you see this person is on television in 263 00:15:43.200 --> 00:15:48.600 that character. Yeah, you know people, people would go to work and 264 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:50.919 you know probably think like, I hold, my boss didn't pissed me off 265 00:15:50.919 --> 00:15:54.919 today because I'm I'm gonna whoop his ass like stone cold. Like you know, 266 00:15:54.919 --> 00:15:56.960 like you could get caught up in it, you think if you really 267 00:15:56.960 --> 00:16:00.320 give it some thought. I think everybody knows what's going on. It comes 268 00:16:00.320 --> 00:16:02.960 to the storylines and that kind of stuff and how it works, but you 269 00:16:03.000 --> 00:16:06.480 could actually have a bigger imagination because there was nothing in front of you to 270 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:11.080 distract you from what the character was now and and and and you know as 271 00:16:11.080 --> 00:16:14.600 a bright guy, he's been in a business for forty something years. But 272 00:16:14.600 --> 00:16:19.679 it makes total sense now. You see wrestlers that are in a storyline where 273 00:16:19.679 --> 00:16:23.919 it's building for I don't know, weeks, maybe maybe months, depending on 274 00:16:23.960 --> 00:16:29.120 who it is, But then they'll have Instagram stories and posts of them hanging 275 00:16:29.159 --> 00:16:32.679 out with that person, being casual and friendly. Sure, and even though 276 00:16:32.679 --> 00:16:34.960 we all kind of know what's going on, don't throw it in people's face 277 00:16:36.279 --> 00:16:41.000 that it's that it's that it's you know, choreographed. Yeah, and I 278 00:16:41.120 --> 00:16:44.080 never thought about that, but that's so true because I think in a way, 279 00:16:44.200 --> 00:16:48.279 it's hard to argue that the Internet and social media and technology hasn't helped 280 00:16:48.080 --> 00:16:52.720 a business like professional wrestling, because it's probably helped a ton of businesses, 281 00:16:52.759 --> 00:16:56.080 right, like it's a new world. But also pre digital, pre internet, 282 00:16:56.120 --> 00:17:03.440 you had the ability to capture people and hook them in because again I 283 00:17:03.480 --> 00:17:06.240 think if they give it some thought, they know what's going on, but 284 00:17:06.440 --> 00:17:07.799 you could get lost in it a little bit better. That makes sense. 285 00:17:07.880 --> 00:17:11.079 Yeah, no, it makes perfect sense. I couldn't I couldn't have put 286 00:17:11.079 --> 00:17:14.480 it to you anywhere. You can imagine if you would if you just had 287 00:17:14.480 --> 00:17:18.079 the the heated rivalry those Snow Cold and and Vincent man had, right, 288 00:17:18.119 --> 00:17:21.680 and then you just happen to go on the computer and just see them shaking 289 00:17:21.720 --> 00:17:23.880 hand and just having a beer outside you you wouldn't be what you would think 290 00:17:23.880 --> 00:17:26.880 it was fake or something, right, Yeah? Yeah, so I meaning 291 00:17:26.880 --> 00:17:29.920 you know, like there's no way they're actually friends. They have to hate 292 00:17:29.920 --> 00:17:32.599 each other. He just hit him over the head with a bedpan in the 293 00:17:32.599 --> 00:17:36.079 hospital, Like great, stuff, dude. Right, So if anyone's never 294 00:17:36.079 --> 00:17:38.480 went out to a WW event, go the production's amazing that they always have 295 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:41.680 a good time for the family. Yeah, and you know, it's one 296 00:17:41.680 --> 00:17:45.759 thing I have I've really learned to appreciate with with Alan what they do at 297 00:17:45.799 --> 00:17:49.759 OVW is because I'm not you know, I'm not I'm not I'm not into 298 00:17:49.799 --> 00:17:52.839 wrestling itself, you know what I'm saying, Like, I'm not like, 299 00:17:52.880 --> 00:17:56.240 Wow, that guy's got great in ring you know moves. Yeah, that's 300 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.759 just not me. So where you really can hook me, even if I'm 301 00:18:00.799 --> 00:18:03.640 not really looking to get hooked and maybe watch for an hour or so, 302 00:18:03.240 --> 00:18:07.920 it's with the writing in the storylines, and that's you know, that's really 303 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:11.960 really important. So and it's one thing you'll see if you haven't watched the 304 00:18:11.960 --> 00:18:15.720 show on Netflix called Wrestlers that does feature obw Al Snow and Matt Jones, 305 00:18:15.759 --> 00:18:18.920 Kreig Greenberg, those guys. I'm in a few episodes and my role is 306 00:18:18.960 --> 00:18:22.759 so important. They didn't even put subtitles on when I was speaking like they 307 00:18:22.759 --> 00:18:26.720 did everybody else. But anyways, it really does. I mean, would 308 00:18:26.720 --> 00:18:30.920 I tell anybody who asked me about that show? Everything you saw is exactly 309 00:18:30.440 --> 00:18:36.680 what it is. Like there's I mean, it's that's real. But the 310 00:18:36.720 --> 00:18:41.079 wrestlers who put in like the time, the I mean, I just I 311 00:18:41.119 --> 00:18:44.680 can't even I can't relate. Like, you know, you have people that'll 312 00:18:44.759 --> 00:18:48.519 drive six hours to wrestle in a match for you know, fifty bucks. 313 00:18:48.640 --> 00:18:52.839 Yeah, and you know drive back the same night, and like that's not 314 00:18:52.039 --> 00:18:56.559 considered like something crazy to them. That's just what they do. They sacrifice, 315 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:59.839 and you know, you can be. One thing that does make me 316 00:19:00.039 --> 00:19:03.240 kind of sad about it is you can have everything, like everything you would 317 00:19:03.240 --> 00:19:07.720 ever need to be a superstar in that world. Meaning you could have the 318 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:11.240 look, you could have the charisma, you could have the skills to talk 319 00:19:11.279 --> 00:19:14.119 to an audience, you could go heal, you could be a great face. 320 00:19:14.640 --> 00:19:18.119 You could have it all, but you could still maybe never have your 321 00:19:18.119 --> 00:19:21.319 big break. Because that's just like it's not just about I mean, it's 322 00:19:21.480 --> 00:19:26.200 it's timing, it's opportunity and that h like that's something everybody I guess knows 323 00:19:26.240 --> 00:19:30.680 when they get into that business. But man, yeah, you know, 324 00:19:30.839 --> 00:19:34.000 seeing people who've done it for twenty something years that are still grinding away working 325 00:19:34.039 --> 00:19:37.480 another job, just hoping one day they get a big break. Yeah, 326 00:19:37.519 --> 00:19:41.519 I mean that's that's that's sacrifice though. Hustle man. Yeah, it's it's 327 00:19:41.559 --> 00:19:45.880 a hustle Well well yeah, well welcome to the wrestling show, right, 328 00:19:45.960 --> 00:19:48.240 Yeah, here we go. We're gonna talk wrestling the rest of the way. 329 00:19:48.759 --> 00:19:51.119 Actually, what we'll do here is we'll take a quick time out. 330 00:19:51.119 --> 00:19:52.759 But what I want to do on the other side, let you guys hear 331 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:56.079 some reaction from the Big News as Dan Hurley has decided to say no to 332 00:19:56.119 --> 00:20:02.200 the NBA and remain at Yukon. Who else broke the story, of course, 333 00:20:02.200 --> 00:20:04.440 it's Woje, so we can talk about that. Also. I don't 334 00:20:04.440 --> 00:20:07.559 have any thoughts on Kentucky baseball making the College World Series, but it is 335 00:20:07.599 --> 00:20:11.839 a big accomplishment for him, and I think what it's done has had some 336 00:20:11.920 --> 00:20:15.480 Louisville fans, you know, kind of miss this part of the year where 337 00:20:15.480 --> 00:20:18.039 it used to just be the norm. Right, you get to the regional 338 00:20:18.119 --> 00:20:22.440 round, you host, you do the thing, and then you at times 339 00:20:22.480 --> 00:20:23.960 have been able to host a super regional, and it's been a while since 340 00:20:25.000 --> 00:20:27.920 that happened. In fact, Louisvill's missed the NCAA tournament three the last four 341 00:20:29.000 --> 00:20:33.400 years. So Dan McDonald, I don't think he's going to South Carolina. 342 00:20:33.400 --> 00:20:37.119 I think they've already. I don't know if he removed his name or what 343 00:20:37.200 --> 00:20:41.319 happened, but I think fans just want this thing to be successful again. 344 00:20:41.000 --> 00:20:44.359 So we can get into that and a lot more. Stick with us. 345 00:20:44.400 --> 00:20:47.960 It is Coffee and Company. We are fueled by Thornton's right here on Sports 346 00:20:47.960 --> 00:21:11.759 Talk seven ninety. Now back to Coffee and Company. A few of my 347 00:21:11.000 --> 00:21:17.680 thortens on Sports Talk seven nine day. That's right, Coffee and Company. 348 00:21:17.720 --> 00:21:19.640 You're rolling along here on a Monday afternoon. Hopefully you guys had yourself. 349 00:21:19.640 --> 00:21:23.599 It's a good weekend, getting another week started here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 350 00:21:23.599 --> 00:21:26.240 My name is Nick. Coffee to the company man. Mister John Alden 351 00:21:26.319 --> 00:21:30.880 is on vacation. Hopefully he's enjoying himself. So we've got mister Auston Montgomery 352 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:34.680 in the house and much deserve for John. Yes he needs it. Yes, 353 00:21:34.799 --> 00:21:38.319 I mean he told me about the thirteen hour drive he was making straight 354 00:21:38.400 --> 00:21:44.160 through, which it just sounds I don't know. I have been, uh, 355 00:21:44.960 --> 00:21:48.920 I've been looking at driving long distance much differently since having children, because 356 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:53.160 it's just a totally different world. And I know a lot of people say, 357 00:21:53.200 --> 00:21:55.799 well, hey, just get you know, do it to the night, 358 00:21:55.880 --> 00:21:59.160 give the kids a tablet. We tried everything. It's just not Oh, 359 00:21:59.240 --> 00:22:02.359 I'm sure you haven't tried that one before. Our family is not meant 360 00:22:02.359 --> 00:22:07.720 to do really long road trips unless we stop and make it like a two 361 00:22:07.759 --> 00:22:10.400 day thing, which you know isn't usually convenient for people. So if we 362 00:22:10.440 --> 00:22:12.000 can, we try to fly. But John didn't have many kids, just 363 00:22:12.079 --> 00:22:17.200 him and his wife. They left on Saturday, I guess early Saturday morning, 364 00:22:17.240 --> 00:22:19.880 and hopefully he's enjoying himself. Yeah, you're right, Well deserved break 365 00:22:21.079 --> 00:22:23.680 for the company man. All right, So the big news is that Dan 366 00:22:23.759 --> 00:22:27.240 Hurley has decided to stay at Yukon, not go to the Lakers, turn 367 00:22:27.279 --> 00:22:32.160 down a seventy million dollar contract. We'll let you guys hear what Adrian woj 368 00:22:32.279 --> 00:22:34.960 Narowski said as he broke this news earlier today. He's been I mean, 369 00:22:36.039 --> 00:22:37.799 he's the first person who broke the story that he was even a candidate, 370 00:22:37.799 --> 00:22:41.160 and that since the beginning of this search, they've had their eyes set on 371 00:22:41.240 --> 00:22:45.640 Dan Hurley. And I feel like the way the news came out last week, 372 00:22:45.599 --> 00:22:49.880 it seemed as if you know, it was about to be announced any 373 00:22:49.920 --> 00:22:56.799 minute that he was leaving, right because I feel like that story breaking by 374 00:22:56.920 --> 00:23:02.720 Woje while he was, you know, live on ESPN's National Show that morning, 375 00:23:03.119 --> 00:23:04.759 it felt a little strategic. I don't know if it was on the 376 00:23:04.799 --> 00:23:07.079 Lakers part or if it was on Dan Hurley's part, but either way, 377 00:23:07.559 --> 00:23:11.440 I just felt like, if he wasn't going to take the job, it 378 00:23:11.480 --> 00:23:17.359 wouldn't have it wouldn't have broke that way to where you know they want him. 379 00:23:17.400 --> 00:23:21.400 He's gonna go visit him and his family, and sure enough, you 380 00:23:21.440 --> 00:23:26.079 know he went heard LA's pitch. They were gonna make him, I think, 381 00:23:26.079 --> 00:23:30.000 one of the top five highest paid coaches in the NBA and he decided 382 00:23:30.000 --> 00:23:33.880 to stay at Yukon. Does this mean he stays at Yukon forever? Kind 383 00:23:33.880 --> 00:23:36.680 of makes you wonder, right if you were, I mean, this would 384 00:23:36.680 --> 00:23:38.480 have been the perfect time to leave. I'm glad he's staying, But you 385 00:23:38.559 --> 00:23:41.359 just went back to back national championships. You can be a phenomenal coach, 386 00:23:41.400 --> 00:23:45.160 you could be one of the best ever and not keep that momentum because it's 387 00:23:45.240 --> 00:23:52.079 damn near impossible. And the Lakers, I mean, the Lakers. It's 388 00:23:52.079 --> 00:23:55.720 the freaking Los Angeles Lakers. Now, when it comes to college, you 389 00:23:55.759 --> 00:23:57.559 know, you CON's not the best job in the country by any means, 390 00:23:57.680 --> 00:24:02.839 but he turned down Kentucky. So like, if you're Yukon, you must 391 00:24:02.839 --> 00:24:04.960 celebrate this, like you just won another national championship. Who knows if you 392 00:24:04.960 --> 00:24:07.640 get another one with Hurley, because again, those things don't come easy. 393 00:24:08.119 --> 00:24:15.039 But being a Yukon fan for the last five days and then getting this kind 394 00:24:15.079 --> 00:24:18.079 of news within the last hour, so it's got to be. I mean, 395 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:21.720 I bet the entire state of Yukon is partying. I don't know what 396 00:24:21.720 --> 00:24:23.720 else they do up there. Never been to the state of Connecticut that I 397 00:24:23.759 --> 00:24:26.839 just say this sires. Yeah, Yukon's not a state. Connecticut's the state. 398 00:24:26.920 --> 00:24:30.359 Yukon is the school. But you guys know what I mean. So 399 00:24:30.640 --> 00:24:33.440 yeah, I think it's good that he's staying in college basketball, and I'm 400 00:24:33.480 --> 00:24:37.119 happy that he is. Seems very rare because now, especially the money's tight, 401 00:24:37.240 --> 00:24:41.720 right, so everyone's looking for that next promotion. Sure, from any 402 00:24:41.839 --> 00:24:45.839 any head coaching at any level, whether basketball or football or hell, even 403 00:24:45.839 --> 00:24:48.440 in football, you hear one year of like a good offensive coordinator under somebody 404 00:24:48.480 --> 00:24:52.359 the very next year. They're just taking the next better job. They hardly 405 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:55.720 ever stick around, so good for him. Yeah, And I'm curious how 406 00:24:55.759 --> 00:25:00.480 two things One, what is the equivalent to this? Has there been a 407 00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:03.759 coach at any level of any sport? And I guess you know you'd have 408 00:25:03.799 --> 00:25:07.559 to be either high major, college or professional ranks. But think about it. 409 00:25:08.200 --> 00:25:14.319 In what off season this guy turned down Kentucky, which I mean, 410 00:25:14.400 --> 00:25:18.880 I know you know that you could say that Carolina or Kansas is the best 411 00:25:18.920 --> 00:25:23.119 job in the sport. I can hear. I can hear an expl I 412 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:26.799 can hear a case for any of those three as far as the best jobs 413 00:25:26.799 --> 00:25:30.880 in college basketball Kentucky, Kansas, and North Carolina. But if I'm being 414 00:25:30.920 --> 00:25:33.480 honest with you, I would actually, you know, I hate to say 415 00:25:33.519 --> 00:25:37.759 it, but it's just what I think this is. I can't even speak 416 00:25:37.759 --> 00:25:41.440 because it's just it's uncomfortable, comfortable for me to say it, but I 417 00:25:41.440 --> 00:25:44.839 think Kentucky is the best basketball job in the country, not by a wide 418 00:25:44.880 --> 00:25:47.119 margin. And again I could hear a case for the other two, but 419 00:25:47.519 --> 00:25:51.480 for him to turn down those two the Lakers in Kentucky. Give me an 420 00:25:51.480 --> 00:25:55.279 example, of that something similar happening. I can't think of any in the 421 00:25:55.319 --> 00:25:57.960 same offseason. I mean, it's crazy. So one thing though that this 422 00:25:59.000 --> 00:26:03.240 could just be people piling on the Lakers for not getting who they wanted. 423 00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:06.400 But Matt Norlander put this out there earlier today. He said, as we 424 00:26:06.480 --> 00:26:08.519 wait for Dan Hurley's decision to stay at Yukon or leave for the Lakers. 425 00:26:08.559 --> 00:26:12.599 One bit of context that I found interesting in talking to a few NBA sources 426 00:26:12.640 --> 00:26:18.160 over the weekend is how lowly regarded the actual Lakers job is within NBA circles 427 00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:23.240 and where it ranks versus other organizations. I mean, I can't be the 428 00:26:23.279 --> 00:26:29.039 only one thinking it's because of Lebron. Yeah, I mean, I mean 429 00:26:29.640 --> 00:26:33.039 you're not alone. I won't claim to know that if they're the best rand 430 00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:37.799 organization as far as personnel on the front office, ownership, that kind of 431 00:26:37.799 --> 00:26:41.200 stuff. I mean, I know enough, but Lebron is one of the 432 00:26:41.200 --> 00:26:45.319 best of all time. But I can see teammates not wanting to play with 433 00:26:45.400 --> 00:26:48.000 him, not because he's a terrible person, but just you know, he's 434 00:26:48.039 --> 00:26:49.720 Lebron, Like, there's a lot that comes with that. He's you know, 435 00:26:51.200 --> 00:26:57.799 it's just it can't be a normal situation for a franchise when Lebron's involved, 436 00:26:57.799 --> 00:27:03.440 because Lebron kind of decided everything, and they can dress it up and 437 00:27:03.519 --> 00:27:04.799 act as if, you know, he's not really calling the shots, but 438 00:27:04.839 --> 00:27:10.079 we know he is. I mean, so I could see coaches, players, 439 00:27:10.119 --> 00:27:14.680 really everybody involved like not really wanting to play with Lebron. But then 440 00:27:14.720 --> 00:27:18.480 again, he's Lebron. Therefore, if you're somebody that's a GM or an 441 00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:22.720 owner, I mean, that's that's why the whole Bronni James NBA draft situation 442 00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:26.240 is just is it's unique because it sounds like the Lakers are going to draft 443 00:27:26.279 --> 00:27:30.119 him, and they can try to tell us it's because of development and they 444 00:27:30.119 --> 00:27:33.319 think he's got a lot of potential. No, in fact, don't disrespect 445 00:27:33.400 --> 00:27:37.279 us, don't don't patronize us by trying to tell us that you would be 446 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:41.400 drafting Bronnie James for any reason other than his father wants you to draft him 447 00:27:41.400 --> 00:27:45.640 and his father also works for you. But if another team drafted him, 448 00:27:45.960 --> 00:27:49.640 it would be like, for example, if the Orlando Magic ended up taking 449 00:27:49.640 --> 00:27:53.160 Bronnie James, I don't know, with like the fifteenth pick, it would 450 00:27:53.200 --> 00:27:56.559 be because they know that would mean, Lebron James would then come and play 451 00:27:56.839 --> 00:28:00.599 in Orlando, and what are they going to do? They're the right, 452 00:28:00.640 --> 00:28:04.799 That's like they could probably have more jersey sales, more attendance, more eyeballs, 453 00:28:04.839 --> 00:28:10.960 more viewership, more notoriety than they've ever had if Lebron's playing there with 454 00:28:11.039 --> 00:28:11.960 his son. And I know a lot of you are thinking, like, 455 00:28:11.960 --> 00:28:15.200 what are you talking about. Don't you remember when Penny and Shack were there? 456 00:28:15.240 --> 00:28:18.839 Don't you remember when Dwight Howard took him to the finals? Yeah? 457 00:28:18.839 --> 00:28:22.599 I remember all that. But like, Lebron is different, and there's a 458 00:28:22.640 --> 00:28:26.799 reason he's talked about more than maybe any athlete on the planet because as much 459 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:30.720 as some of his opinions and the way you know, Lebron is just I 460 00:28:30.720 --> 00:28:33.359 don't know. I don't know. I've had a tough time for years describing 461 00:28:33.440 --> 00:28:37.119 Lebron because I do respect how great he is as a player. Sure, 462 00:28:37.200 --> 00:28:40.799 I love that I've been able to watch his career from start to finish. 463 00:28:40.880 --> 00:28:45.400 I think he exceeded expectations, which is insane considering what those expectations were. 464 00:28:45.799 --> 00:28:49.960 But because he's been a superstar, and I mean like a global superstar since 465 00:28:51.000 --> 00:28:52.960 he was like fifteen years old. He has zero ability to read the room 466 00:28:53.039 --> 00:28:57.160 and understand how he comes off. He has no self awareness, and it's 467 00:28:57.279 --> 00:29:00.759 it, you know, like he'll say things that I don't think he's doing 468 00:29:00.119 --> 00:29:03.640 to be a jerk or to be you know, because I think he's done 469 00:29:03.680 --> 00:29:06.720 many things that are that make make him appear to be a kind person. 470 00:29:07.079 --> 00:29:08.000 But you know, just some of the things he says, I'm like, 471 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:11.720 come on, Lebron, Like, come on, Lebron, Like I want 472 00:29:11.759 --> 00:29:15.240 to offend you. I don't want to look back in fifteen years when you're 473 00:29:15.279 --> 00:29:19.160 retired and think of these nonsensical things that you say that I know you don't 474 00:29:19.160 --> 00:29:22.279 believe, but you know you can't get out of his own way. I 475 00:29:22.359 --> 00:29:26.759 just sort of feel like that definitely played into the factor, and Dan Hurley 476 00:29:26.799 --> 00:29:32.279 seems very content with really trying to build himself as a college coach at the 477 00:29:32.279 --> 00:29:33.759 place he's at. I think, I mean, just look at the turnover. 478 00:29:33.839 --> 00:29:37.519 It just happened. Happens to be under Lebron and just coaches that he's 479 00:29:37.559 --> 00:29:42.359 had with David Blatt, Tyron Lieu and then Dark Darvin Hammond's that was his 480 00:29:42.440 --> 00:29:48.119 name with Darvin. You know, it's these these these slackles that that obviously 481 00:29:48.240 --> 00:29:51.720 Lakers want to build now they're not going to sit around and want to wait. 482 00:29:52.119 --> 00:29:55.759 I figure that that's something what Curl Turley has kind of been doing. 483 00:29:55.759 --> 00:30:00.319 And the college thing ranks recently up until like the nil thing, and you 484 00:30:00.319 --> 00:30:03.359 could probably equate it to I don't know the closest thing I could think of. 485 00:30:03.400 --> 00:30:07.039 I mean, they just won a championship was Michigan, but Jim Harball 486 00:30:07.079 --> 00:30:08.920 did. But I know, for the last couple of years, I'm sure 487 00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:14.279 there's been like Florida jobs and maybe Florida state jobs. Hell, even during 488 00:30:14.279 --> 00:30:17.920 the Texas A and M coach search a couple of years ago that a lot 489 00:30:17.960 --> 00:30:22.480 of people you're just gonna stay at Michigan and he's and he's turned down several 490 00:30:22.559 --> 00:30:25.960 jobs in the NFL up until leading to that national championship. So you're right, 491 00:30:26.000 --> 00:30:30.039 there's really nothing like comparative about it in terms of coaching, like literally 492 00:30:30.079 --> 00:30:33.119 on top of the college spectrum, and then the only place to go now 493 00:30:33.200 --> 00:30:36.319 is go doing on a pro level, and they still turn that down. 494 00:30:36.400 --> 00:30:40.279 Yeah. I think I'm glad you mentioned Harball because when he won a national 495 00:30:40.359 --> 00:30:44.880 championship, he finally broke through, made a couple of college football playoffs, 496 00:30:44.880 --> 00:30:48.559 then he won the National Championship, and it was quite clear he was going 497 00:30:48.640 --> 00:30:52.119 to be pursued by some NFL teams. And when he left, I mean, 498 00:30:52.160 --> 00:30:56.279 that's a national championship coach leaving his alma mater where he was on top. 499 00:30:56.359 --> 00:31:00.720 But there really wasn't a whole lot of surprise because he's already been in 500 00:31:00.720 --> 00:31:03.920 the NFL. And when you win the title, I mean, there's a 501 00:31:03.920 --> 00:31:07.480 good chance that it's only going to go down from there. You may get 502 00:31:07.519 --> 00:31:11.039 back and win another, but like that's not guaranteed. Like I think leaving 503 00:31:11.079 --> 00:31:15.599 something in great shape, going out on top is you know, to me 504 00:31:15.680 --> 00:31:18.480 that would be important, but to others, you know, I'm not sure. 505 00:31:18.519 --> 00:31:23.440 I mean, with Dan Hurley two things. One I think I think 506 00:31:23.519 --> 00:31:29.839 Dan Hurley is very, very comfortable in his own skin. He know. 507 00:31:30.079 --> 00:31:33.519 I mean that the pardon my take interview that we played some clips from last 508 00:31:33.519 --> 00:31:36.960 week that had him talking about the NBA, and again it's probably something that 509 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:40.680 nobody paid attention to when that interview actually happened months ago, but he did 510 00:31:40.680 --> 00:31:42.599 say he always has had interest and will have interest in the NBA. But 511 00:31:42.640 --> 00:31:45.680 he then went on to say that, like if you've watched you know, 512 00:31:45.920 --> 00:31:48.920 he watches himself on the sideline, like he knows people in the NBA don't 513 00:31:48.960 --> 00:31:51.160 coach like him. So I'm sure there's a lot that went into it, 514 00:31:51.160 --> 00:31:53.160 but I do believe he was well aware that, Look, I know I 515 00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:57.480 can I'm super competitive. I can win and be successful. Look at what 516 00:31:57.480 --> 00:32:01.279 I'm doing at Yukon. Could I do it in the NBA? Yeah? 517 00:32:01.359 --> 00:32:06.920 If I can coach the way I coach, the Lakers can tell him, 518 00:32:06.920 --> 00:32:08.359 you know, we're going to support you. You're going to be able to 519 00:32:08.559 --> 00:32:13.680 install your own offense, You're going to be able to really develop these players, 520 00:32:13.720 --> 00:32:16.200 like you're going to have a close grip on everything we're doing here from 521 00:32:16.240 --> 00:32:21.640 a basketball standpoint, from a personnel standpoint. But if he was to ask 522 00:32:21.680 --> 00:32:23.880 them a straight direct question, can I coach the way I always? Can 523 00:32:23.960 --> 00:32:27.559 I take what I'm doing the way I do it, the way I coach, 524 00:32:27.599 --> 00:32:30.960 the way I motivate? Can I take what I'm doing at the college 525 00:32:30.039 --> 00:32:35.400 level and do it here in the pro level with the Los Angeles Lakers, 526 00:32:35.799 --> 00:32:37.720 They couldn't mean they could allie to them, but they couldn't with a straight 527 00:32:37.720 --> 00:32:40.559 face tell him yes, because it's just different. And if you're so successful 528 00:32:42.079 --> 00:32:44.319 doing it the way you're doing it, the way you want to do it 529 00:32:44.400 --> 00:32:46.799 right, not really catering get anybody, but just doing your thing. I 530 00:32:46.799 --> 00:32:50.599 mean, yeah, maybe money would be a motivator to potentially change, but 531 00:32:50.799 --> 00:32:52.160 you don't even know if you'd be successful. Like I think you can look 532 00:32:52.200 --> 00:32:55.160 at the look at how different those leagues are and how different it is coaching 533 00:32:55.160 --> 00:33:00.319 college kids and it is coaching pros including Lebron James, And it's not like, 534 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:01.319 oh, I'm not very good, so I can't do it. It's 535 00:33:01.359 --> 00:33:04.759 like, no, that's not my style. I'm not an NBA coach. 536 00:33:04.839 --> 00:33:07.119 I'm a college coach. In fact, he used to be a high school 537 00:33:07.160 --> 00:33:09.240 coach and he was like the biggest hard ass I've ever seen when it comes 538 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:13.160 to coaching high school kids. I mean there's videos of him from back in 539 00:33:13.200 --> 00:33:15.359 the day before he got his start in college. So yeah, that's big 540 00:33:15.359 --> 00:33:19.720 news for college hoops that Dan Hurley's deciding to stay at Yukon. And this 541 00:33:19.759 --> 00:33:23.680 is the news when it broke by the one and the only mister Adrian coach 542 00:33:23.759 --> 00:33:30.039 Nrowski, what can you tell us about how this all came to be Shay 543 00:33:30.519 --> 00:33:37.480 Dan Hurley just informed his players, his administration that he's turned down the Lakers 544 00:33:37.559 --> 00:33:42.920 job. He's going to remain at Yukon chase a third straight national championship. 545 00:33:43.279 --> 00:33:46.759 I'm told he was offered a six year deal worth seventy million dollars that would 546 00:33:46.759 --> 00:33:52.680 have put him among the top six highest paid coaches in the NBA. The 547 00:33:52.799 --> 00:34:00.519 Lakers were relentless in their pursuit of Hurley, but ultimately his opportunity to make 548 00:34:00.599 --> 00:34:05.559 history of Yukon to win a third straight title, to do that for the 549 00:34:05.599 --> 00:34:13.119 first time potentially since the John Wooden UCLA teams was too much to walk away 550 00:34:13.159 --> 00:34:20.159 from. At Yukon obviously back to back national championships, and Dan Hurley was 551 00:34:21.400 --> 00:34:27.280 really taken away by the Lakers courtship. He spent Friday out in LA with 552 00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:32.400 his family with Rob Polinka Genie Buss and there was a lot of momentum walking 553 00:34:32.440 --> 00:34:36.800 out of that room that night. I'm told you know that Dan Hurley very 554 00:34:36.800 --> 00:34:39.880 well could be the next Lakers coach, but he came back East, and 555 00:34:40.119 --> 00:34:45.440 ultimately, I think the timing of this again with a team that's preseason top 556 00:34:45.519 --> 00:34:52.079 five Alex Caraban, his best returning player, returning to school, pulling out 557 00:34:52.079 --> 00:34:55.400 of the draft, a lot of factors, but the NBA has always been 558 00:34:55.639 --> 00:35:00.519 an ambition of Dan Hurley's and the chance to talk to the Lakers, to 559 00:35:00.559 --> 00:35:06.280 be offered the Lakers job and really sit with them on a vision of what 560 00:35:06.320 --> 00:35:09.559 it looked like. This was not an easy decision for him. You know, 561 00:35:09.599 --> 00:35:14.840 he viewed this. I'm told it's really a once in a lifetime offer. 562 00:35:14.880 --> 00:35:17.960 Now, he had already been talking with Yukon about a new deal, 563 00:35:19.679 --> 00:35:23.920 about another contract after winning his back to back title that will put him among 564 00:35:23.960 --> 00:35:30.039 the highest paid coaches in college basketball. But they'll eventually, i'm told, 565 00:35:30.159 --> 00:35:37.079 finish that up. But the Lakers' money was substantial, nearly twelve million dollars 566 00:35:37.119 --> 00:35:40.880 a year, and again Hurley thought long and hard about this. This is 567 00:35:40.920 --> 00:35:46.360 the twentieth anniversary of the Lakers courtship of Duke's Mike Krzyzewsky. He stayed at 568 00:35:46.400 --> 00:35:52.920 Duke, and now Dan Hurley returns to the two time defending champion Connecticut Huskies. 569 00:35:52.679 --> 00:35:57.320 So that's that's the thing to see that, you you know, Yukon 570 00:35:57.400 --> 00:36:01.239 still putting together a contract for him. They I guess collectively have been working 571 00:36:01.280 --> 00:36:05.159 through since he won back to back titles, which again, all that makes 572 00:36:05.199 --> 00:36:09.639 total sense, but I just think, you know, he's so on top 573 00:36:09.719 --> 00:36:15.239 right now. The Lakers were about to offer him seventy million. Can Yukon 574 00:36:15.400 --> 00:36:20.840 really not dig deep and find a way to making the highest paid coach in 575 00:36:20.880 --> 00:36:24.480 the country. I mean, maybe that's not as important to him. Right 576 00:36:24.480 --> 00:36:28.840 He's gonna make enough money and he'll be compensated. He'll be doing just fine 577 00:36:28.880 --> 00:36:32.599 financially. And I'm sure he understands that Yukon doesn't have the money that in 578 00:36:32.760 --> 00:36:37.000 Arkansas or a Kansas has to throw at their basketball coach because they just don't 579 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:42.280 financially bring in that much money. Maybe Dan Hurley just likes biggies football. 580 00:36:42.840 --> 00:36:46.400 Maybe, but I mean it could. I mean, I don't know. 581 00:36:46.639 --> 00:36:51.679 It's to hear that he's turning down the Lakers after winning back to back titles 582 00:36:51.679 --> 00:36:53.480 to come back to Yukon and yet he still won't be the highest paid coach 583 00:36:53.559 --> 00:36:59.119 in college basketball. Just you know, it's not a crime. And again 584 00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:00.800 there's an explanation and forth, they don't have the same amount of money. 585 00:37:01.079 --> 00:37:05.480 But I just feel like with him coming back now, you would do whatever 586 00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:09.119 you can to get round up every penny possible to make him, you know, 587 00:37:09.280 --> 00:37:12.880 the highest paid coach in the league. But yeah, big news, 588 00:37:12.880 --> 00:37:15.440 no doubt. Quick break. We need to get to uh right here, 589 00:37:15.440 --> 00:37:16.400 and then we'll come back. Keep this thing rolling along, wrap at the 590 00:37:16.400 --> 00:37:20.039 three o'clock hour. Don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here. It's 591 00:37:20.039 --> 00:37:22.480 Cofee and Company and we are fuel bout Thornton's right here. On Sports Talk 592 00:37:22.519 --> 00:37:31.920 seven ninety Well, this is not for real the field. Rohn't no where, 593 00:37:34.519 --> 00:37:44.880 Sime where step Sime? Stop? And now back to Coffee and Company? 594 00:37:45.119 --> 00:37:54.599 Feel my Thorttens on Sports Talk seven nine day. WHOA, All right, 595 00:37:54.679 --> 00:37:58.280 let's hit the Llenn Federal credit. You need textall on five O two 596 00:37:58.280 --> 00:38:00.480 six five three zero seven nineties number. If you would like the text in 597 00:38:00.599 --> 00:38:04.800 questions, complaints, compliments, insults, whatever you've got, feel free to 598 00:38:05.679 --> 00:38:07.360 send them our way. All right. So this TeX's a good question that 599 00:38:07.400 --> 00:38:13.360 came in. It says Nick, if you were Dan Hurley and Lebron was 600 00:38:13.440 --> 00:38:17.159 involved on your visit, would you be more encouraged to take the job or 601 00:38:17.199 --> 00:38:21.880 more afraid to take the job. So I think that's sort of a I'm 602 00:38:21.920 --> 00:38:24.559 assuming that you're kind of leading the question with these two things. One that 603 00:38:24.639 --> 00:38:29.519 if he's there, it could be seen as he is really supportive and he 604 00:38:29.559 --> 00:38:31.519 wants you to be the coach, and he's Lebron James, so he's he's 605 00:38:31.559 --> 00:38:36.239 making it a priority to let you know that he's supportive of it. And 606 00:38:36.280 --> 00:38:39.000 he can do that because he's Lebron. Right, like a lot of NBA 607 00:38:39.079 --> 00:38:43.679 players, even the good ones, would not be asked to join the brass 608 00:38:43.719 --> 00:38:46.559 of the franchise as they host a coach they want to hire. So that's 609 00:38:46.639 --> 00:38:50.639 I guess the way you could say, Okay, well, at least this 610 00:38:50.719 --> 00:38:53.039 guy looks like he so far, this guy seems like he likes me, 611 00:38:53.239 --> 00:38:55.639 and he won't, you know, go to the GM and owner and get 612 00:38:55.639 --> 00:38:59.079 me fired. But I mean, I'm sure he did that with a lot 613 00:38:59.119 --> 00:39:00.199 of the coaches that have been high to coach Lebron and then you know, 614 00:39:00.559 --> 00:39:04.920 they all get fired, and I don't think that's a coincidence. But if 615 00:39:04.920 --> 00:39:07.039 he's not there, maybe it means that, you know, the Lakers told 616 00:39:07.119 --> 00:39:10.320 him, no, we don't, we don't need your help here. We're 617 00:39:10.360 --> 00:39:15.679 going to make the higher that is best for the franchise moving forward. For 618 00:39:15.760 --> 00:39:17.920 many many many years to come, meaning years that you will not be here. 619 00:39:19.559 --> 00:39:22.360 I mean, Lebron did say that he doesn't want them to consider him 620 00:39:22.360 --> 00:39:25.480 and he wants the organization to make the best choice, the best higher for 621 00:39:25.519 --> 00:39:29.800 the for them, which you know, that's that's the kind of thing Lebron 622 00:39:29.840 --> 00:39:30.840 would say. But we know he would get in the he would get in 623 00:39:30.880 --> 00:39:35.559 the way, like that's just that's that's that's a perfect example of the Lebron 624 00:39:35.599 --> 00:39:37.119 stuff I'm referring to, Like he'll act as if he's you know, he's 625 00:39:37.159 --> 00:39:39.960 fu humble. Oh I don't make it about me. Well, then he 626 00:39:40.039 --> 00:39:44.199 literally makes every single thing on planet Earth about him. That's kind of how 627 00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:47.719 he's it's kind of how he's wired. So anyways, I would probably be 628 00:39:47.920 --> 00:39:52.639 more encouraged that he wasn't there, because that would at least give me some 629 00:39:52.800 --> 00:39:57.480 level of indication that the Lakers front office would, you know, one not 630 00:39:57.519 --> 00:40:01.000 even not want him around because they you know, any players shouldn't be consulted. 631 00:40:01.519 --> 00:40:05.039 But either way, it doesn't matter because Stan Hurley is staying at Yukon, 632 00:40:05.079 --> 00:40:07.840 and that's that's a good thing. That's a really good thing. All 633 00:40:07.920 --> 00:40:09.519 right. So we got Father's Day coming up here, and I've got a 634 00:40:09.559 --> 00:40:12.800 list here from Yahoo that I want to share with you guys before we get 635 00:40:12.840 --> 00:40:15.079 to the top of the hour. Here. This is a list of the 636 00:40:15.119 --> 00:40:20.840 worst Father's Day gifts. So, I mean, twenty I'm somewhat of a 637 00:40:20.840 --> 00:40:22.039 newer father. I mean, I'm not brand new, but my kids, 638 00:40:22.119 --> 00:40:25.960 like my kids don't buy me stuff because my son just turned four, my 639 00:40:27.119 --> 00:40:30.920 daughter is eight, and they give me gifts for Father's Day every year, 640 00:40:30.920 --> 00:40:32.880 and they spend time with me and they tell me Happy Father's Day, and 641 00:40:32.920 --> 00:40:36.480 it's you know, it's great. But like they're not out shopping. They're 642 00:40:36.639 --> 00:40:39.719 young children. So I can't say that I've gotten a bad gift. In 643 00:40:39.760 --> 00:40:44.719 fact, I don't, you know, literally, just being with them and 644 00:40:44.760 --> 00:40:47.199 having a day is usually all that I would need for Father's Day. But 645 00:40:47.239 --> 00:40:51.920 twenty six percent of fathers say they'd be fine with any gift they get. 646 00:40:52.800 --> 00:40:57.320 But others say, yeah, I prefer you not to get me a gift 647 00:40:57.320 --> 00:41:00.920 if you're you know, gonna get this. But here's some takeaway from this 648 00:41:00.920 --> 00:41:05.760 article from Yahoo trying to figure out how they came up with this, Like 649 00:41:05.800 --> 00:41:09.000 who they surveyed, Yeah, so they asked about two thousand people about their 650 00:41:09.039 --> 00:41:13.880 shopping habits for the holiday, and it reveals which presents are most and least 651 00:41:13.880 --> 00:41:17.280 appreciative about fathers on this special day. It says, it seems a lot 652 00:41:17.320 --> 00:41:21.320 of dads just aren't all that picky, as twenty six percent say they'd be 653 00:41:21.360 --> 00:41:24.719 happy with anything. They're lying but I can appreciate you know why they say. 654 00:41:24.719 --> 00:41:28.960 That says there are some items fathers would rather not unwrapped this year, 655 00:41:29.000 --> 00:41:32.360 and fishing gear tops the list. I can't tell you I've never received fishing 656 00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:35.960 gear for Father's Day, Austin. I know you're not a dad yet, 657 00:41:36.000 --> 00:41:38.000 at least not that you know of you. I mean, have you ever 658 00:41:38.000 --> 00:41:42.880 bought your old man fishing gear? No, that's a Father's Day is Actually 659 00:41:42.920 --> 00:41:45.079 I think like the my dad is either of my dad. I had two 660 00:41:45.119 --> 00:41:47.719 dads, I have a stepdad in a biological father I'm really close with, 661 00:41:47.800 --> 00:41:52.800 but same here. Actually they're like the toughest I feel to buy for. 662 00:41:52.920 --> 00:41:57.360 Like moms are very easy to please, dads always play the easy to please, 663 00:41:57.400 --> 00:42:00.119 but you still want to get them something. Dads do play that car 664 00:42:00.159 --> 00:42:05.159 though I don't need anything, And although I think sometimes genuinely they do mean 665 00:42:05.239 --> 00:42:09.199 that they don't need anything. But what I've found difficult is getting Like my 666 00:42:09.360 --> 00:42:15.000 wife and I we get each other gifts. And that's for not only birthday's, 667 00:42:15.079 --> 00:42:17.599 Christmas, but again for like Mother's Day, Father's Day. You know, 668 00:42:17.639 --> 00:42:20.880 I'm the one buying her gifts from Mother's Day. She's the one buying 669 00:42:20.880 --> 00:42:23.280 me gifts of Father's Day because not only are we parents together, but you 670 00:42:23.280 --> 00:42:27.920 know again our kids don't go buy stuff. But I don't know what. 671 00:42:28.039 --> 00:42:30.920 Like my wife wants something and needs something, she's gonna go get it. 672 00:42:30.039 --> 00:42:32.559 Same thing for me, right. And I don't say that as if I've 673 00:42:32.559 --> 00:42:35.639 got unlimited money. You want a new house, We'll go buy a new 674 00:42:35.639 --> 00:42:37.880 house. I just mean like things that I can't put together a list, 675 00:42:37.960 --> 00:42:42.039 right, Like every Christmas, I get an email from my mom, Hey, 676 00:42:42.039 --> 00:42:44.719 what do you I need? I need to start getting some stuff for 677 00:42:44.800 --> 00:42:45.559 you. Give me a list, and I'm like, I don't even know 678 00:42:45.599 --> 00:42:47.519 where to start. Like again, there's not a lot of things. I'm 679 00:42:47.519 --> 00:42:51.000 like, whom this would be a great gift somebody, you know, somebody 680 00:42:51.079 --> 00:42:52.719 go buy it for me. But anyways, back to this list. This 681 00:42:52.840 --> 00:42:59.000 surprised me. The number two here as far as the Father's Day gifts dads 682 00:42:59.039 --> 00:43:02.440 don't want coming in behind fishing gear is golf related items. I'm not a 683 00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:07.039 big golfer, but I feel like that would be a really on brand Father's 684 00:43:07.119 --> 00:43:08.920 Day gift if your dad golf's Now, if you get your dad golf stuff 685 00:43:08.960 --> 00:43:13.159 and he doesn't golf, then that's really stupid if you to do But why 686 00:43:13.159 --> 00:43:17.159 would you do that? Right? Number three Hawaiian shirts. Yeah, that's 687 00:43:17.159 --> 00:43:20.480 a bad gift. It's a dad staple though. Yeah, but like that 688 00:43:20.480 --> 00:43:22.239 that you're just like you're mailing it in with that, right, like, 689 00:43:22.280 --> 00:43:25.280 oh this looks this looks dad? Once you go and throwing the Nike Air 690 00:43:25.360 --> 00:43:29.480 Monarchs in there too. Just get him the dad the Dad Starter pack. 691 00:43:29.559 --> 00:43:32.920 Right. My mom always talks about getting my dad something like it's always like 692 00:43:34.000 --> 00:43:37.199 it's turned into something like that, like work shirts or something like a polo 693 00:43:37.880 --> 00:43:40.000 or like, I don't know, something like I will say this, there 694 00:43:40.000 --> 00:43:43.679 are gifts for dudes. This isn't just Father's Day. This is just like 695 00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:46.280 a lot of dudes get socks and underwear for Christmas because they they're not going 696 00:43:46.320 --> 00:43:49.719 to go buy them themselves, because they're not really funded by it. It's 697 00:43:49.760 --> 00:43:52.320 not that's not a purchase that you're like, yeah, I can't wait to 698 00:43:52.360 --> 00:43:57.639 go buy new socks at the store. So getting the getting that person a 699 00:43:57.679 --> 00:44:00.639 gift like father, brother, whoever may be. I mean, it's it's 700 00:44:00.679 --> 00:44:04.760 actually a good gift because you know they need it and you're buying it for 701 00:44:04.800 --> 00:44:06.800 them they don't have to go buy it. Yeah, but it's also kind 702 00:44:06.800 --> 00:44:08.039 of a wasted gift, right, Like I don't know, I guess it 703 00:44:08.039 --> 00:44:10.079 all depends on how you look at it. If it's something that you need 704 00:44:10.119 --> 00:44:13.960 and someone got it for you, then that's a thoughtful gift because it wasn't 705 00:44:14.000 --> 00:44:15.920 just a gift, it was something you needed. Yeah, But also, 706 00:44:16.119 --> 00:44:20.679 like you know, there's not a whole lot of excitement there, like the 707 00:44:21.199 --> 00:44:23.960 opening it up, seeing what it is. That level of excitement might last 708 00:44:24.000 --> 00:44:28.440 a millisecond if it sucks, because again, you know you need them, 709 00:44:28.440 --> 00:44:30.760 but you know it's not an exciting gift. How do you react to like 710 00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:35.800 when do you open ah sucks or do you act like it's like the coolest 711 00:44:35.840 --> 00:44:37.880 thing, Because sometimes it's fifty to fifty for me, Like I'll appreciate some 712 00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:43.039 socks and a good pair of week's worth of boxers but like, yeah, 713 00:44:43.159 --> 00:44:45.280 like you said, it takes a thrill out of it sucks some people. 714 00:44:45.559 --> 00:44:49.519 Sometimes you just don't have the energy to act like you's the best gift ever, 715 00:44:49.559 --> 00:44:51.119 you know what I mean. And I'm with you. I'm with you. 716 00:44:51.480 --> 00:44:53.480 Number four was bow ties and number five was coupling. So yeah, 717 00:44:53.599 --> 00:44:58.239 of all those items, yeah, I've never I've never purchased any of those 718 00:44:58.239 --> 00:45:01.639 things for a Father's Day gift for my dad, my stepdad, grandfather's nothing. 719 00:45:01.719 --> 00:45:05.199 So yeah, use cuff links? Ever? Do you have like a 720 00:45:05.199 --> 00:45:08.079 tailored suit like that? I got a suit for my buddy's wedding last year 721 00:45:08.159 --> 00:45:13.079 and it came with cuff links and we didn't use them, and I wouldn't. 722 00:45:13.440 --> 00:45:15.320 Yeah, I don't. I mean, I guess I'm not fancy enough 723 00:45:15.800 --> 00:45:19.519 because cuf links. Again, don't. I've never, even when I've dressed 724 00:45:19.599 --> 00:45:22.440 up as dressy as as possible for me, which again is wearing a suit, 725 00:45:22.440 --> 00:45:27.000 which is a rare occasion, I've never thought, better get my cuff 726 00:45:27.039 --> 00:45:30.480 links. I don't need my cuff links on my Cole's cash jacket. Yeah, 727 00:45:30.519 --> 00:45:31.079 I'm with you, all right, we got to run. We got 728 00:45:31.079 --> 00:45:34.760 two hours to go, though, so stick around one hour in the books. 729 00:45:34.760 --> 00:45:37.920 We're gonna keep this thing rolling along. A Monday edition of Coffee and 730 00:45:37.920 --> 00:45:44.239 Company. Feel about Thorton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety