WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:08.679 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven nine 2 00:00:08.759 --> 00:00:23.920 day. Now here's Nick coffee. I'd like to get the five o'clock hours 3 00:00:23.920 --> 00:00:29.039 started today here on a Monday, with a pat on the back to my 4 00:00:29.160 --> 00:00:34.479 father. He's he's learning. So my dad did the no no in the 5 00:00:34.560 --> 00:00:37.399 last twenty thirty minutes or so, he called me while I was on the 6 00:00:37.439 --> 00:00:41.520 air, which you know, usually makes me think something's wrong. Right if 7 00:00:41.520 --> 00:00:45.600 there's you know, a couple people that might know in fact what I'm doing 8 00:00:45.600 --> 00:00:48.520 from three to six and I'm not reachable, it's because I'm you know, 9 00:00:48.520 --> 00:00:51.600 I'm on the radio. I'm doing doing the show. So whenever they my 10 00:00:51.719 --> 00:00:54.359 parents call or somebody calls that knows me and they know him on the air, 11 00:00:54.439 --> 00:00:57.119 makes me feel like something like they're calling because it's like an emergency. 12 00:00:57.159 --> 00:00:59.759 Well, then you know, go to break call my dad back. He 13 00:01:00.159 --> 00:01:03.759 answer, So then I'm freaking out. But he did text me and say, 14 00:01:03.799 --> 00:01:07.439 hey, sorry, I butt dolled you and didn't mean to scare you. 15 00:01:07.480 --> 00:01:10.840 Well, hey, apology is accepted, because that's that's a worry. 16 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:15.000 I mean, I'm sure like we can text during commercial breaks and things like 17 00:01:15.040 --> 00:01:18.200 that, and heck, we could take phone call we needed during the break. 18 00:01:18.200 --> 00:01:21.359 I mean it wouldn't be a very long phone call. But like you 19 00:01:21.359 --> 00:01:25.400 know, if your wife called you during the show, would you be worried 20 00:01:25.480 --> 00:01:29.239 or would you just think she's not thinking I always hit the straight end. 21 00:01:29.359 --> 00:01:30.640 Well I'll be I'm always Oh, no, I did, I would do. 22 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.959 I would do the same thing, but it usually doesn't pan. I 23 00:01:34.000 --> 00:01:37.920 never answered, but like as soon as I might be a little early to 24 00:01:37.959 --> 00:01:42.159 go to a break, because if they just call once then there's no answer, 25 00:01:42.200 --> 00:01:44.120 and then they don't call back, then I just assume it was that 26 00:01:44.200 --> 00:01:48.760 it was an accident. It was it was a butt dial. But yeah, 27 00:01:48.319 --> 00:01:51.159 I always get worried if somebody calls me on the ship on the air, 28 00:01:51.159 --> 00:01:53.280 because especially people who clearly know that that I'm not able to talk, 29 00:01:53.319 --> 00:01:56.439 but they're trying to get me. It could be, you know, because 30 00:01:56.640 --> 00:01:59.680 something bat's happened. But just uh, you know, the good old fashioned 31 00:01:59.760 --> 00:02:06.000 pop a dial, which my dad has an iPhone and he does that all 32 00:02:06.040 --> 00:02:09.240 the time and he doesn't have like a pass code set, but you still 33 00:02:09.280 --> 00:02:12.919 have to like lock your phone like locks. You have to slide it to 34 00:02:13.120 --> 00:02:15.639 I don't understand how pocket dialing happens this day and age, with the with 35 00:02:15.680 --> 00:02:19.520 the with the smartphones, because even if you have an Android, like if 36 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.800 your phone is locked or whatever, and I don't mean locked where you have 37 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:24.240 to put in a password. I just mean where you've got to like it's 38 00:02:24.280 --> 00:02:27.800 not just in your pocket of if you move like I don't know, maybe 39 00:02:27.840 --> 00:02:30.120 I'm wrong, I guess. Can you can you turn off something on a 40 00:02:30.159 --> 00:02:35.479 smartphone that doesn't make it need any kind of like swipe or finger tap or 41 00:02:35.520 --> 00:02:38.840 code. I think you can. It's been ages. It'd be foolish to 42 00:02:38.879 --> 00:02:40.319 do that because if it's in your pocket, you don't mean you could be 43 00:02:40.360 --> 00:02:45.000 doing god knows what on that phone without you know, without any without it 44 00:02:45.039 --> 00:02:47.960 being like you know, locked down. But yeah, there's only one person 45 00:02:47.960 --> 00:02:53.479 that continues to pocket dial man. It's my old man. And what's wild 46 00:02:53.599 --> 00:03:00.400 is that he'll do it four straight times and yet never answered, like eventually 47 00:03:00.400 --> 00:03:02.919 it just hangs up. I guess because I've answered it and hung up and 48 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:07.240 then like he's calling right back, and then you know, I'll call him 49 00:03:07.599 --> 00:03:09.280 like, hey, what's going on. He's like, I don't know what 50 00:03:09.599 --> 00:03:14.080 you called me? Like four times in the last you know, two minutes, 51 00:03:14.400 --> 00:03:19.599 oh sorry, which you know he doesn't. He's it isn't mean to 52 00:03:19.599 --> 00:03:22.919 do it. It's clearly an accident. But you know, I'm getting to 53 00:03:22.960 --> 00:03:24.919 that point, and it's because as I get older. I'm now thirty six. 54 00:03:25.000 --> 00:03:29.560 Yesterday it was my birthday, you know, like I now, I 55 00:03:29.639 --> 00:03:31.800 worry about my parents more than I ever have, and there's really no need 56 00:03:31.800 --> 00:03:35.120 to. My parents are in good health. They take care of themselves. 57 00:03:35.199 --> 00:03:38.199 And in fact, the older that I get and I see how good they 58 00:03:38.240 --> 00:03:42.199 look for their age and how healthy they seem to be. You know, 59 00:03:42.479 --> 00:03:45.120 it's good, right. I want them to have the longest life possible. 60 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:46.599 I don't know what I'd do without my parents. But you know, my 61 00:03:47.000 --> 00:03:50.800 dad was telling me about his doctor appointment a couple weeks ago, and here 62 00:03:50.840 --> 00:03:52.840 I am. I feel like I'm the parent lecturing him, Well, have 63 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:54.199 you've been taking care of yourself? I mean we did. Are you just 64 00:03:54.240 --> 00:03:57.439 gonna You're gonna go back and get it, get it get looked at again. 65 00:03:57.439 --> 00:03:59.000 You're gonna get it checked out? Like what are you doing? I 66 00:03:59.039 --> 00:04:01.400 mean, I feel like I'm I'm nagging. I'm the nagging parent, and 67 00:04:01.400 --> 00:04:04.120 he's the kid because I'm like, well, you need to go back and 68 00:04:04.280 --> 00:04:06.479 get a second opinion, or you need to make sure you're doing this and 69 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:09.199 that. And I don't know what the hell I'm talking about when it comes 70 00:04:09.240 --> 00:04:12.240 to you know, health and medical stuff and all that. But you know, 71 00:04:12.639 --> 00:04:15.400 wasn't it last year when he did the big walk for one of his 72 00:04:15.439 --> 00:04:17.120 birthdays and you try to convince him not to do Oh yeah, he did 73 00:04:17.160 --> 00:04:20.240 another one this year too on his birthday. It didn't it fell on a 74 00:04:20.279 --> 00:04:23.079 weekend, so we didn't talk about it on the show. But yeah, 75 00:04:23.120 --> 00:04:26.600 that's his new thing. And yes, he did later tell me by the 76 00:04:26.639 --> 00:04:30.439 way he climbed some he wasn't like climbing Mount Everest, but he went on 77 00:04:30.600 --> 00:04:34.079 like a grueling hike that took like all day, like you know, seven 78 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:40.240 eight hours to get somewhere in back, and you know, I'm thinking, 79 00:04:40.279 --> 00:04:43.360 you should really be doing that. And he knew how worried I was and 80 00:04:43.399 --> 00:04:46.120 how worried my sister was. Where he gave us updates. In fact, 81 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:48.240 if he could find service, he would like post stuff on Facebook to like 82 00:04:48.360 --> 00:04:53.680 check in. And you know, after the fact, I think, because 83 00:04:53.800 --> 00:04:56.120 you know, he knew how worried I was. He didn't want to, 84 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.759 you know, he didn't want to act like it was that difficult. But 85 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:00.000 a couple of months went by and he was like, yeah, I probably 86 00:05:00.000 --> 00:05:03.160 should have done that, and I was like, well, you're not doing 87 00:05:03.160 --> 00:05:09.720 it again. So he did something much much more, much less intense this 88 00:05:10.160 --> 00:05:13.360 past birthday he had. So anyways, let's get it started here, ladies 89 00:05:13.399 --> 00:05:15.600 and gents, it's the five o'clock hour Coffee and Company. We are fueled 90 00:05:15.600 --> 00:05:18.560 by Thornton's. Make sure you sign up to become a member of the Refreshing 91 00:05:18.560 --> 00:05:21.560 Awards program at Thorntons. She'll save money every time you hit the gas pump. 92 00:05:21.800 --> 00:05:26.920 I was in Thornton's earlier today, took advantage of the three for seven 93 00:05:26.959 --> 00:05:30.319 bucks Monster Energy drinks, which, to be honest with you, given the 94 00:05:30.360 --> 00:05:32.399 price of everything, as we've discussed earlier in the show, that's actually not 95 00:05:32.439 --> 00:05:35.839 a bad deal. So take advantage of that. You can take advantage of 96 00:05:35.879 --> 00:05:40.319 a lot of perks that come of being a member of the Refreshing Awards program 97 00:05:40.319 --> 00:05:43.759 at Thornton's. All right, So, Jeff Brom earlier this afternoon had a 98 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:46.279 press commence, just a summer update kind of talk about his team. You 99 00:05:46.319 --> 00:05:47.879 know, camp hasn't started just yet, but at this point, you know 100 00:05:47.920 --> 00:05:54.240 who's on the roster, right And I was eager to hear coach brom talk 101 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:59.079 about this team, and I didn't really have any expectation. And I can't. 102 00:06:00.160 --> 00:06:02.959 I can't take anything from today's press conference other than some updates on some 103 00:06:03.000 --> 00:06:08.399 guys who've been injured. I can't take anything that you know, is like 104 00:06:08.439 --> 00:06:13.800 a big storyline about the upcoming season. Jeff Brahm's press conferences, to be 105 00:06:13.839 --> 00:06:15.639 honest, are pretty boring, which is not a bad thing. You know, 106 00:06:15.759 --> 00:06:19.759 off season news, once the portal has kind of ended, you want 107 00:06:19.759 --> 00:06:23.120 it to be pretty quiet because if you got if you're in the if you're 108 00:06:23.160 --> 00:06:26.040 in the news in college football right now, it's usually not for good reasons. 109 00:06:26.040 --> 00:06:29.680 It's got a player getting in trouble, like for example, the Oklahoma 110 00:06:29.720 --> 00:06:31.959 State running back preseason Big Twelve Player of the Year Ali Gordon I believe is 111 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:34.240 his name. I mean he got arrested for a DUI. I mean, 112 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:36.519 that's not the end of the world. Who'll probably still play. But like 113 00:06:38.399 --> 00:06:43.519 usually when you get this close to camp, portal season's over, your staff's 114 00:06:43.519 --> 00:06:47.240 already fully intact, Like big, big headline news in college football in July, 115 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:50.759 I feel like, is either you know, an unexpected big piece of 116 00:06:50.800 --> 00:06:55.920 news about conference realignment, or it's somebody getting in trouble right like we had 117 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:59.560 last week. It was the Utah State coach. Who's who got fired? 118 00:07:00.759 --> 00:07:02.720 You know, Ollie Gordon, probably best running back in the country in the 119 00:07:02.720 --> 00:07:08.600 eyes of some got arrested. So like, being quiet is not a good 120 00:07:08.600 --> 00:07:12.000 thing for fans because they want and they want news, they want information, 121 00:07:12.120 --> 00:07:15.759 They're eager for football season to start. I'm one of those fans. But 122 00:07:15.839 --> 00:07:18.360 if it's quiet, it's usually pretty good. But with all that said, 123 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:24.519 just hearing Jeff Brom talk about the personnel on this year's team, I mean, 124 00:07:25.560 --> 00:07:28.959 it reminded me how much they have coming back. They've got guys that 125 00:07:29.000 --> 00:07:31.120 are healthy now and they did really good once again in the portal, and 126 00:07:31.160 --> 00:07:35.120 I feel like this team is going to be better than they were a year 127 00:07:35.160 --> 00:07:39.079 ago. I think they have better personnel. I think they have more overall 128 00:07:39.160 --> 00:07:43.040 talent. I think they can be more balanced offensively, but I don't know 129 00:07:43.040 --> 00:07:46.240 if it's going to lead to them having a ten win regular season that finds 130 00:07:46.240 --> 00:07:49.120 them in the ACC Championship. Game. The schedule is a lot tougher than 131 00:07:49.160 --> 00:07:53.600 it was a year ago. I feel comfortable saying that now. I also 132 00:07:53.639 --> 00:07:56.079 know we'll never know until you actually see, right, Maybe teams that we 133 00:07:56.079 --> 00:07:58.759 think are going to be good stink. Maybe there's a bomb on the schedule 134 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:01.360 that ends up being pretty good. You never or no, right. But 135 00:08:01.399 --> 00:08:03.639 when I say the schedule is going to be tougher, it's not me telling 136 00:08:03.639 --> 00:08:07.600 you Louisvill's got a tough schedule in the grand scheme of things. It's just 137 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:11.879 that last year's schedule was very manageable. Remember when we would go through those 138 00:08:11.879 --> 00:08:13.920 filler words to use to like not call it weak, but call it, 139 00:08:13.959 --> 00:08:18.800 you know, something that doesn't sound as bad as a week schedule politically correct. 140 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:20.959 Yeah, way to say it. Yeah, So this year it is, 141 00:08:20.040 --> 00:08:22.959 you know, you've got two games where you go on the road. 142 00:08:22.000 --> 00:08:26.480 And even though these two teams are probably not going to be national championship contenders 143 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:28.920 this year, those are still two really tough places to go win football games. 144 00:08:28.920 --> 00:08:31.799 And that's at Notre Dame and at Clemson. You know, I think 145 00:08:31.919 --> 00:08:35.720 SMU can end up being a pretty solid team this year. Now they're going 146 00:08:35.759 --> 00:08:39.879 to be you know, are they going to be one of the best teams 147 00:08:39.879 --> 00:08:43.080 in the ACC. We'll see. I think that's actually a big storyline, 148 00:08:43.159 --> 00:08:48.519 is this SMU team is going to be preseason top twenty five. Depending on 149 00:08:48.559 --> 00:08:50.120 where you look. They may sneak in the preseason a people, which really 150 00:08:50.159 --> 00:08:52.759 you know, doesn't mean a whole lot, right, It'll change once you 151 00:08:52.759 --> 00:08:56.960 start playing games. But you know they they're coming off a pretty good season 152 00:08:56.039 --> 00:09:00.279 last year, so I don't know what their record's going to be, but 153 00:09:00.320 --> 00:09:03.120 I still think, as I said a few weeks ago, I think ten 154 00:09:03.159 --> 00:09:07.200 and two, although unlikely and hard, it's gonna be harder to do. 155 00:09:07.399 --> 00:09:11.080 It's I think the ceiling. I think eight and four can be the floor. 156 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:13.480 So if they go eight and four, nine and three, I'm sure 157 00:09:13.480 --> 00:09:16.320 there's gonna be a game in there that you wish he didn't lose. I 158 00:09:16.360 --> 00:09:18.679 mean, you wish he didn't lose any game, but one that maybe you'll 159 00:09:18.720 --> 00:09:22.240 let get away. So again, that's my stance on Lois before all. 160 00:09:22.320 --> 00:09:26.000 Right now, I think they're gonna be better as far as talent and personnel, 161 00:09:26.440 --> 00:09:28.080 I just don't know if it's going to translate into the same level of 162 00:09:28.120 --> 00:09:33.080 success. I mean, before we get into some of these. Actually, 163 00:09:33.120 --> 00:09:37.039 let's just get right into it. So Tyler Shuck, he's finally healthy, 164 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:39.639 he's he's you know, he's been healthy before, and then he gets injured. 165 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:43.159 That's the story of his career. He's been in college for a long 166 00:09:43.159 --> 00:09:46.399 time. He's twenty five years old, I believe it is, and Oregon 167 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:50.080 played there a couple of years, transferre to Texas Tech. At both places 168 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:54.600 he got injured, and I think both I think he's had three different types 169 00:09:54.600 --> 00:09:56.960 of injuries, I believe. So it's always been about, hey, Candy, 170 00:09:58.000 --> 00:10:00.720 stay healthy, because he's shown flashes when healthy at both schools. He 171 00:10:00.720 --> 00:10:03.840 could be a pretty good player. And I just feel like quarterbacks, if 172 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.240 they, you know, if they don't make a lot of mistakes, and 173 00:10:07.279 --> 00:10:11.480 they you know, have a good arm, which he does, you could 174 00:10:11.519 --> 00:10:16.480 really thrive in a Jeff Brom offense. So the biggest thing about Shuck has 175 00:10:16.480 --> 00:10:18.440 always been his health. That's what comes up any time Louisville fans talk about 176 00:10:18.480 --> 00:10:22.320 this guy. Understandably so, and that's a legitimate concern. However, what 177 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:26.720 I did not know until Jeff Brom talked about it today, he was asked 178 00:10:26.759 --> 00:10:28.759 to run the ball a lot at both of those schools. I mean, 179 00:10:28.799 --> 00:10:31.480 in twenty two career games, he had two hundred and four carries as a 180 00:10:31.559 --> 00:10:35.440 quarterback. He's not gonna be doing that here. He's not going to be 181 00:10:35.480 --> 00:10:37.840 asked to, you know, carry the ball twenty you know, twenty times 182 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:41.120 a game as a quarterback. And I'm not even sure if that's what led 183 00:10:41.120 --> 00:10:43.759 to him getting injured. But you know, he's taken a lot of hits 184 00:10:43.759 --> 00:10:46.000 if he's running the ball out that much for a quarterback, I mean he's 185 00:10:46.000 --> 00:10:50.159 six five to twenty five, I believe it is. So they're going to 186 00:10:50.200 --> 00:10:52.960 protect him in the pocket. He is going to be your traditional pocket quarterback. 187 00:10:54.000 --> 00:10:56.039 Now they have a package in place. I'm sure where he could take 188 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:58.200 off if they want to do that. Brom actually mentioned that today. But 189 00:10:58.759 --> 00:11:03.159 he you know, keeping him healthy and keeping him clean, I don't think 190 00:11:03.279 --> 00:11:07.240 is going to be as big of a task. Whenever, He's going to 191 00:11:07.279 --> 00:11:13.000 be used much differently than he was at the previous two schools he played at 192 00:11:13.000 --> 00:11:18.120 where he happened to get hurt a lot. So Shuck is an upgrade in 193 00:11:18.200 --> 00:11:22.080 my opinion from what we know right now from Jack Plumber. So, like 194 00:11:22.279 --> 00:11:24.480 last year was weird with the quarterback right Plumber was not great. In fact, 195 00:11:24.519 --> 00:11:28.840 that's a nice way of saying times wasn't very good. He was good 196 00:11:28.919 --> 00:11:31.120 enough to help you win. You won ten games, and he was your 197 00:11:31.159 --> 00:11:33.759 starting quarterback during a ten win season. But I think the weakness of your 198 00:11:33.799 --> 00:11:37.360 team was your quarterback, which is just weird to say about a ten win 199 00:11:37.480 --> 00:11:41.399 team and certainly weird to say about a Jeff Browm coach team. So we'll 200 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:43.480 see. You know, maybe we're way off here, but I think Shuck 201 00:11:43.799 --> 00:11:48.480 is going to be a big upgrade there. And the tight end position last 202 00:11:48.519 --> 00:11:54.080 year was almost non existent for Louisville, and now they've got options there. 203 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:56.919 Mark Redman, the transfer from San Diego State. He's one of the best 204 00:11:56.960 --> 00:12:01.120 G five tight ends that hit the portal. I imagine he's going to be 205 00:12:01.279 --> 00:12:05.159 involved in a major way this year. Jamari Johnson, a former high four 206 00:12:05.200 --> 00:12:09.000 star kid from California, red shirt freshman this year. They say he's in 207 00:12:09.039 --> 00:12:13.080 good shape. I mean he's talented. Isaiah Cummings who made some place for 208 00:12:13.200 --> 00:12:16.200 Kentucky during his time there. I mean they've got options at tight end, 209 00:12:16.200 --> 00:12:18.360 where I feel like they did not last year. Proven options, I should 210 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:22.360 say, a proven option with Mark Redman. So again, they didn't have 211 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:30.840 that last year. So you're not going to be nearly as talented at running 212 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:33.720 back because that's nearly impossible. I mean, you may actually use more guys 213 00:12:33.759 --> 00:12:37.559 than just the two that you used last year, because you got a bunch 214 00:12:37.600 --> 00:12:39.559 of running backs that could probably that are probably all, you know, going 215 00:12:39.639 --> 00:12:43.240 to be competitive with one another for reps. But last year you had Juwar 216 00:12:43.360 --> 00:12:50.879 Jordan and in gosh, what I kind of think of his name? Goodness, 217 00:12:50.919 --> 00:12:54.759 gracious, Isaac Garendo, excuse me. So those two guys were both 218 00:12:54.840 --> 00:12:56.919 really good and it worked out to where, you know, Garindo was kind 219 00:12:56.960 --> 00:13:01.440 of, you're lightly used back whenever Juar Jordan needed a break or just you 220 00:13:01.480 --> 00:13:05.799 know, mix it up, and then when Jordan was hurt, Grendo took 221 00:13:05.840 --> 00:13:09.600 the reins and was phenomenal. So you know, like this year, they've 222 00:13:09.600 --> 00:13:13.240 got they've got running backs that I feel, you know, confident, and 223 00:13:13.279 --> 00:13:18.000 I think they've got guys that you could see having success. You know, 224 00:13:18.840 --> 00:13:22.519 they're not nearly as proven as those two guys. But let's talk real quickly 225 00:13:22.519 --> 00:13:24.600 before we I'm gonna mention some of the names that brom talked about earlier when 226 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:28.120 it comes to the running back position. But you know, last year, 227 00:13:28.559 --> 00:13:31.000 I think we knew we were spoiled at running back. But like to really 228 00:13:31.039 --> 00:13:35.639 put it in perspective, the only school that had two running backs drafted in 229 00:13:35.759 --> 00:13:39.559 last year's NFL this past year's NFL draft were Louisville with Grindo and with Jordan. 230 00:13:41.200 --> 00:13:43.919 You know, the only other school that had two running backs invited to 231 00:13:43.960 --> 00:13:48.080 the combine was Georgia, and neither of those guys got drafted. So you're 232 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:50.600 gonna have a step You're gonna take a step back with not having those two 233 00:13:50.600 --> 00:13:54.639 guys because those guys were special, to be honest with you, And maybe 234 00:13:54.639 --> 00:13:58.000 you find a star here, but I'd say that's unlikely. But I think 235 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:01.879 Maurice Turner, who's now junior, kind of the veteran here, sounds like 236 00:14:01.919 --> 00:14:05.960 he's in great shape, probably in position to be the starting running back. 237 00:14:05.000 --> 00:14:07.840 Donald Chaney, the transfer from Miami's going to get a lot of carries. 238 00:14:09.399 --> 00:14:11.960 Isaac Brown, the freshman, they may mix him, They may mix it 239 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:13.320 up and put him in there. He's the fastest running back on the roster. 240 00:14:13.360 --> 00:14:18.879 According to Jeff Brohm, Kewan Brown loved the kid from Atlanta. You 241 00:14:18.919 --> 00:14:20.320 know, he only played I think one game last year and he was effective. 242 00:14:20.360 --> 00:14:22.879 It was against Murray State. But still like he's somebody that I feel 243 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:26.840 like, if called upon he could he could get the job done. So 244 00:14:26.879 --> 00:14:28.279 you're going to take a step back and running back, but you could arguably 245 00:14:28.320 --> 00:14:33.519 be better everywhere else. I don't know if if you're going to have a 246 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:37.480 receiver that was kind of the man the way Jamary Thrash was, But I 247 00:14:37.519 --> 00:14:41.279 don't know. You know, Jamari Thrash was super successful at the G five 248 00:14:41.360 --> 00:14:43.960 level and that translated when he got to Louisville. Maybe that same thing happens 249 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:50.200 with Colin Lacey. The South Alabama transfer Corey Brooks was limited in the spring, 250 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.840 but he's healthy now. He transfer from Alabama and two years prior, 251 00:14:52.879 --> 00:14:56.519 two years ago I think it was twenty twenty two, he was one of 252 00:14:56.519 --> 00:14:58.600 the top receivers for Alabama. So if he can do it there, I'm 253 00:14:58.639 --> 00:15:03.000 assuming he can do it here. Maybe Chris Bell takes a big step forward. 254 00:15:03.000 --> 00:15:05.799 So again I think offensively, you should be better than you were a 255 00:15:05.840 --> 00:15:09.759 year ago. And that really is in sane much because at times we felt 256 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:13.919 underwhelmed by the offense. But you're going to be able to be more vertical. 257 00:15:13.159 --> 00:15:16.000 Jeff's gonna be able to be much more balanced, and that could be 258 00:15:16.000 --> 00:15:20.039 a dangerous thing. And I mean that in a good way. And on 259 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:24.600 the defensive side of the ball, you know, they feel good about their 260 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:26.519 depth on the D line. I think Jeff said, this is as deep 261 00:15:26.519 --> 00:15:31.320 as as he can remember a defensive line he's coached. And they bring back 262 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.679 two really good players. I mean, the first team All American in Ashton 263 00:15:33.720 --> 00:15:39.759 Julyatti Quincy Riley again, I think one of the more underappreciated players in college 264 00:15:39.799 --> 00:15:43.759 football. And then MJ. Griffin is healthy, which by all accounts, 265 00:15:43.759 --> 00:15:46.639 he was the best defensive player last year in camp before he got injured, 266 00:15:46.679 --> 00:15:50.360 didn't play a single snap, missed the entire year, and now he's on 267 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:52.399 track to be, you know, one hundred percent once camp starts, which 268 00:15:52.440 --> 00:15:56.399 is great. So I feel really good about this team from a personnel standpoint, 269 00:15:56.480 --> 00:16:00.080 and it's just nice to be in this position, right Jeff Brown back 270 00:16:00.080 --> 00:16:06.639 here in his second season and he's coming off ten wins and acc appearance, 271 00:16:06.679 --> 00:16:07.759 and I know, you know, we had some people on the text line 272 00:16:07.759 --> 00:16:11.320 earlier when we were talking about his press conference that were that were you know, 273 00:16:11.399 --> 00:16:14.240 kind of saying, you know, Nick, you got me excited. 274 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:17.240 Why why isn't there more love for Louisville. You may find Louisville in the 275 00:16:17.279 --> 00:16:19.080 preseason top twenty five, depending on where you look. I mean, I'm 276 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.320 sure I could find some that have them. I could find some that don't 277 00:16:22.360 --> 00:16:26.080 have them, but actually feel like Louisville's always been better whenever they are kind 278 00:16:26.080 --> 00:16:30.600 of you know, I mean, everybody's going to try to play the disrespect 279 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.559 card and try to play the underrated card because that's just you know, used 280 00:16:33.559 --> 00:16:36.799 as added motivation, and some people really have to do some mental gymnastics to 281 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.799 really, you know, believe that they are being doubted. But you know, 282 00:16:41.080 --> 00:16:44.600 I think it's true. If Louisville is not a preseason top twenty five 283 00:16:44.639 --> 00:16:47.679 team coming off of a ten win season where they actually in the portal, 284 00:16:47.759 --> 00:16:51.120 got better and bring back some really good players, I think they can play 285 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:56.159 the disrespect card and it's not a huge reach. I mean, I don't 286 00:16:56.159 --> 00:16:57.799 think people are out there saying louis Is going to stink this year, But 287 00:16:57.919 --> 00:17:00.399 if they needed to, if they want wanted to use that, I think 288 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:03.519 they could all right. Last thing here on Jeff Brohm, and then we'll 289 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:07.319 take a quick time out keep this thing rolling along. He talked earlier about 290 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:11.000 the quarterback position, and as we have known, Tyler shucks the guy. 291 00:17:11.000 --> 00:17:15.839 I don't think he transfers here unless you know, I doubt he was told, 292 00:17:15.880 --> 00:17:18.240 hey, the job is yours, but you know, for what it's 293 00:17:18.279 --> 00:17:21.599 worth, you know, I would imagine that he felt pretty good about that 294 00:17:21.680 --> 00:17:26.279 being, you know, that being his job, considering the fact that Louisville 295 00:17:26.279 --> 00:17:27.519 clearly was going to go to the portal. But anyways, as far as 296 00:17:27.519 --> 00:17:33.400 the backup quarterbacks, somebody you never usually expect to see until, you know, 297 00:17:33.680 --> 00:17:36.119 until the unexpected happens, right, somebody gets hurt, or maybe you 298 00:17:36.200 --> 00:17:37.720 realize the guy that you thought was going to be your starter all year, 299 00:17:37.960 --> 00:17:41.279 maybe you learn he hadn't any good. But Jeff knows who his backup it's 300 00:17:41.279 --> 00:17:45.160 going to be. And I think this is a really good sign for Louisville 301 00:17:45.519 --> 00:17:49.480 that it's going to be. Pierce Clarkson, Jeff, you talked behind Tyler, 302 00:17:49.559 --> 00:17:53.200 you talked about a lot of the other backup quarterbacks, so to speak. 303 00:17:53.240 --> 00:17:56.160 And I'm sure nothing's completely set in stone, but do you have a 304 00:17:56.240 --> 00:18:00.920 clear cut number two right now at that position, I wouldn't say clear cut 305 00:18:00.000 --> 00:18:03.839 right now. Pierce Clarkson would be the next guy in. Harrison Bailey and 306 00:18:03.880 --> 00:18:07.920 Brady Allen would be right there, and there will always be competition for the 307 00:18:08.000 --> 00:18:11.319 other always be competition for the starting spot. You know, right now, 308 00:18:11.359 --> 00:18:15.160 Tyler Shuck has proved that, you know, he's a really good quarterback with 309 00:18:15.240 --> 00:18:18.079 experience, and we like what we've seen, and the other guys are right 310 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:23.000 behind him, but we'll always have competition there. Sometimes you kind of e 311 00:18:23.039 --> 00:18:27.640 gauge and see what what are certain strengths of each player and if you need 312 00:18:27.680 --> 00:18:30.480 to develop a certain package for every game to have that ready to go. 313 00:18:30.839 --> 00:18:36.079 We were not scared to do that, So I wouldn't be surprised if we 314 00:18:36.119 --> 00:18:40.319 have those packages ready this year for different quarterbacks. And then unfortunately, if 315 00:18:40.359 --> 00:18:42.960 someone goes down, like your start of the next asked me ready to go 316 00:18:44.000 --> 00:18:45.519 in there and win the game for you? So he didn't say, hey, 317 00:18:45.559 --> 00:18:49.200 the backup quarterback is and he actually did say he didn't have a clear 318 00:18:49.240 --> 00:18:52.640 cut, but like he answered the question by telling us that his backup is 319 00:18:52.640 --> 00:18:56.359 Pierce Clarkson, because if he had to go to somebody that's who he would 320 00:18:56.359 --> 00:18:59.240 go with, and that's a good sign for his growth. I was never 321 00:18:59.319 --> 00:19:03.440 worried about Pierce Clarkson meeting, like I never felt like a lot of things 322 00:19:03.480 --> 00:19:07.519 changed with the portal, and that's highly regarded. Freshman quarterbacks don't see the 323 00:19:07.519 --> 00:19:11.799 field that early anymore. It's just because, again, when you don't have 324 00:19:11.920 --> 00:19:15.400 to be young and inexperienced, coaches are going to choose not to be young 325 00:19:15.440 --> 00:19:19.039 and experienced. So with that said, you know, I think Chris Clarkson 326 00:19:19.079 --> 00:19:23.039 has showed some maturity and understand sort of the things have changed, and that 327 00:19:23.400 --> 00:19:29.240 you know now as a red shirt freshman this year, he'll be the backup. 328 00:19:29.279 --> 00:19:33.960 And I'm sure if there's a big name player in the portal at quarterback, 329 00:19:33.839 --> 00:19:40.160 Louisville may still kick the tires. But I think an ideal situation would 330 00:19:40.160 --> 00:19:41.880 be that Louisville when they play, because last year you didn't get a chance 331 00:19:41.920 --> 00:19:45.920 to really give a lot of guys reps other than the Murray State game. 332 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.920 Was it Murray State they played and they killed him? That was when we're 333 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:52.400 all ten quarterbacks. Yeah, yeah, So you know, this year, 334 00:19:52.480 --> 00:19:55.759 if you let's say you're taking care of business, and you've got a comfortable, 335 00:19:55.839 --> 00:20:00.240 healthy lead against Jacksonville State and Austin p which you should. Heck, 336 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.039 maybe you end up doing the same thing when you play Virginia or something. 337 00:20:03.079 --> 00:20:06.559 I don't know. Then you can get Pierce Clarkson some reps to where you 338 00:20:06.599 --> 00:20:08.400 can see, you know, he can just get some real experience, even 339 00:20:08.400 --> 00:20:11.519 if he doesn't ball out, Like, just getting him some real live reps 340 00:20:11.519 --> 00:20:15.559 in a game is valuable. And if Brom tells us after that that he, 341 00:20:15.799 --> 00:20:18.799 you know, meaning after the next season, that Pierce is the guy, 342 00:20:18.799 --> 00:20:22.759 then that'd be a good sign. So it sounds like in the spring, 343 00:20:23.319 --> 00:20:26.920 you know, they wanted to see something out of him as far as, 344 00:20:26.000 --> 00:20:30.240 like I guess, confirmation that you know he was progressing the way they 345 00:20:30.319 --> 00:20:33.960 wanted and that he could be a guy to take the reins when called upon. 346 00:20:33.000 --> 00:20:37.440 And who knows, maybe I don't know, maybe Shuck ends up struggling 347 00:20:37.480 --> 00:20:40.720 or something. I mean that happens. I don't think they'd feel as if 348 00:20:40.720 --> 00:20:44.519 they're having a humongous drop off there. What was getting at is during the 349 00:20:44.519 --> 00:20:47.039 spring, I think they wanted to see something and they saw exactly that, 350 00:20:47.079 --> 00:20:49.319 and they feel really good about where he is I won't pretend to know how 351 00:20:49.359 --> 00:20:52.960 a guy can really just you know, take a big step forward at the 352 00:20:52.000 --> 00:20:56.880 quarterback position during spring practice. But it sounds like that happened with Pierce Clarkson, 353 00:20:56.920 --> 00:20:57.960 which again is a good sign. All right, quick break, we'll 354 00:20:57.960 --> 00:21:00.400 go back on the other side, the party rolling along. It's coffee and 355 00:21:00.440 --> 00:21:04.920 company, feel by Thornton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. I gotta 356 00:21:04.960 --> 00:21:11.319 be honest with you, I'm not sure there's a bigger story in sports across 357 00:21:11.400 --> 00:21:18.079 the planet right now being talked about more than Lebron James and his son playing 358 00:21:18.440 --> 00:21:22.839 on the same NBA team. Like it's a story that I mean, to 359 00:21:22.880 --> 00:21:26.480 me, it's not all that interesting. It's cool to see that that is 360 00:21:26.519 --> 00:21:29.319 a real thing that you're going to see a father and son playing together in 361 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:30.599 the NBA on the same team. But like we all know, it's not 362 00:21:30.839 --> 00:21:34.359 like legit. I mean, no offense to Bronni, but I mean he 363 00:21:34.400 --> 00:21:40.279 didn't get drafted because of ability, So that has led to, you know, 364 00:21:41.519 --> 00:21:45.680 the coverage of the coverage of this story has been like its own story. 365 00:21:45.720 --> 00:21:49.640 That makes sense. I think it was awful Announcing dot Com that put 366 00:21:49.680 --> 00:21:55.319 it out there over the weekend that ESPN their front page for I think twenty 367 00:21:55.319 --> 00:22:00.200 four hours or longer. The front page of ESPN dot com was Ronnie James 368 00:22:02.039 --> 00:22:04.160 making his summer league debut. That was the first story that you see right 369 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:07.119 there. He scored four points, was two of nine from the field, 370 00:22:07.240 --> 00:22:11.319 zero of three from three point range, missed both free throws that he played 371 00:22:12.119 --> 00:22:15.480 in, played twenty two minutes in a one oh eight to ninety four loss. 372 00:22:15.920 --> 00:22:19.920 So, I mean, those are the kind of numbers from a guy 373 00:22:21.000 --> 00:22:23.599 that you would expect when you know that he's not somebody that would ever sniff 374 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:29.519 the NBA, at least at this age, unless his father was Lebron James. 375 00:22:30.319 --> 00:22:32.839 So I would just give people advice like, get used to it. 376 00:22:32.880 --> 00:22:37.599 This is not going anywhere. I mean, it did kind of die down 377 00:22:37.640 --> 00:22:41.119 at USC, But I don't know if that's I mean, I don't know 378 00:22:41.119 --> 00:22:45.000 if we should expect the same thing in the NBA. I mean, if 379 00:22:45.000 --> 00:22:48.160 he spends the majority of this season in the G League, which he should 380 00:22:48.160 --> 00:22:51.720 and probably will, then I guess it probably won't be. But in fact, 381 00:22:51.880 --> 00:22:53.759 I think give a bigger chance of it being a talking point if he's 382 00:22:53.759 --> 00:22:56.079 in the G League, because at that point, he probably is going to 383 00:22:56.119 --> 00:23:00.839 get minutes and may actually, you know, do something. I mean again, 384 00:23:00.079 --> 00:23:06.920 if you're getting frontpaggespn dot com pub for over twenty four hours from a 385 00:23:06.960 --> 00:23:11.359 four point performance in a statistically bad game for you in the NBA Summer League, 386 00:23:11.799 --> 00:23:15.160 if he scores twenty, imagine if he has a good game, what 387 00:23:15.200 --> 00:23:18.039 they're gonna do. I mean, you think the coverage is gonna be unbearable, 388 00:23:18.039 --> 00:23:21.640 meaning where it's all people are going to talk about. Imagine Lebron how 389 00:23:21.680 --> 00:23:23.839 unbearable he will be. Like if Brody ended up being like really good, 390 00:23:23.960 --> 00:23:26.839 Lebron would be the worst. Is if he isn't already the worst and he 391 00:23:26.880 --> 00:23:30.039 has a lot of people. I hope that this is the only year of 392 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:33.000 this, and I know he got all that guaranteed money, which I still 393 00:23:33.039 --> 00:23:38.079 think is crazy. But if it's a complete flop in year one and you 394 00:23:38.160 --> 00:23:42.559 maybe you'll obviously get the iconic appearance where they're playing together on the court in 395 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:45.640 an NBA game. Whether that's all he ends up doing, I guess we'll 396 00:23:45.720 --> 00:23:49.119 get to find that out. But I hope this is unless I want him 397 00:23:49.160 --> 00:23:52.319 to be successful. But I also don't want this to be just the Lebron 398 00:23:52.440 --> 00:23:56.960 James Show in an extended format with his son. I think a great story 399 00:23:56.039 --> 00:24:00.119 would have been if he did get drafted by somebody else and he and ed 400 00:24:00.200 --> 00:24:03.599 up being successful, Meaning I think that would make it to where Lebron would 401 00:24:03.599 --> 00:24:07.480 still make it about him, which he's already done, by the way, 402 00:24:07.519 --> 00:24:11.279 saying that his son making it to the NBA is the biggest accomplishment in his 403 00:24:11.319 --> 00:24:15.000 life, meaning in Lebron's life, not even not even giving his son any 404 00:24:15.000 --> 00:24:18.359 credit for it. But maybe that, as I said earlier, kind of 405 00:24:18.519 --> 00:24:21.799 kind of talked myself through that one. Maybe this is actually a sign of 406 00:24:21.880 --> 00:24:25.559 Lebron being a little more self aware because he knows that people would not actually 407 00:24:25.559 --> 00:24:30.240 think that Bronny just earned and deserved to be drafted by the Lakers. But 408 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:33.480 yeah, I mean that would be best case scenario because then he would be 409 00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:38.240 out there playing and you know, like him having success. Like here's what 410 00:24:38.240 --> 00:24:42.079 could happen. Let's say the Lakers, you know, are the Lakers once 411 00:24:42.119 --> 00:24:45.720 again and they miss out. I mean, let's be real, the Lakers 412 00:24:45.720 --> 00:24:48.759 didn't get better this offseason, Like, I mean, they missed the playoffs 413 00:24:48.759 --> 00:24:53.599 this past year, right, I mean they were let's see pull up their 414 00:24:53.640 --> 00:24:57.119 record a year ago. Are they they were in the were they in the 415 00:24:57.119 --> 00:25:02.400 play in? They did make the playoffs? I thought they lost to the 416 00:25:02.440 --> 00:25:04.559 Warriors in the play in, but they lost to Denver. But Denver wouldn't 417 00:25:04.559 --> 00:25:07.279 have been in the play and so I apologize. I guess they did make 418 00:25:07.319 --> 00:25:11.119 the playoffs. I didn't maybe I have that either way, Like the Lakers 419 00:25:11.119 --> 00:25:14.200 were not a relevant threat to win the NBA Championship this past year, and 420 00:25:14.200 --> 00:25:15.559 and they didn't get better. They get older. I mean, I think 421 00:25:15.640 --> 00:25:18.119 Dalton connect might be a nice piece, but like, you know, they 422 00:25:18.119 --> 00:25:22.559 didn't. They didn't. They didn't get any better. They didn't get anybody 423 00:25:22.559 --> 00:25:26.319 in free agency. So you know, they're probably going to be the same 424 00:25:26.319 --> 00:25:29.279 type of team, maybe a little worse next year. And that could lead 425 00:25:29.279 --> 00:25:32.319 to where maybe Brawny ends up getting an opportunity to play and he scores some 426 00:25:32.319 --> 00:25:33.599 points, like maybe he puts you know, maybe he ends up being a 427 00:25:33.640 --> 00:25:37.519 role player or something in the next couple of years, and they're still irrelevant. 428 00:25:37.559 --> 00:25:40.119 Like that's just going to be the worst, because it's just it's I 429 00:25:40.160 --> 00:25:42.880 mean, it's already bad enough that it's commanded this much attention, but like 430 00:25:42.920 --> 00:25:45.559 I saw it coming, so therefore I guess I'm as annoyed as everybody, 431 00:25:45.599 --> 00:25:49.519 But I'm also not surprised. Therefore, you know, just trying not to 432 00:25:49.559 --> 00:25:52.839 pay much attention to it. You may not know the answer to this, 433 00:25:52.880 --> 00:25:56.119 but like, are Laker fans even excited about this or they think this is 434 00:25:56.160 --> 00:25:59.759 all ridiculous? I don't know. I think Boston winning a champion like true. 435 00:25:59.839 --> 00:26:03.599 Like I feel like Boston winning a championship and having a team that does 436 00:26:03.680 --> 00:26:07.480 not look like they're going to be able to be I mean, who knows 437 00:26:07.519 --> 00:26:10.559 if they win it again next year. But Boston's loaded for a while, 438 00:26:10.920 --> 00:26:15.319 and the Lakers are not getting better. They've taken steps back since that Bubble 439 00:26:15.440 --> 00:26:18.960 championship, and now the priority of the organization seems to be to make Lebron 440 00:26:19.000 --> 00:26:22.720 happy and bring in his kid and not actually, I mean, they did 441 00:26:22.759 --> 00:26:26.920 not get DeMar de Rosen or Klay Thompson in free agency, which would have 442 00:26:26.920 --> 00:26:30.519 helped them. And you cannot tell me that it's that that part of that 443 00:26:30.640 --> 00:26:33.599 is not due to the fact that they don't want to be a part of 444 00:26:33.599 --> 00:26:36.559 the circus that's in La now. I mean, that's that's what this is. 445 00:26:36.680 --> 00:26:40.839 Same with Dan Hurley and the coaching. Yeah, again that I'm sure 446 00:26:40.839 --> 00:26:42.359 he saw the writing on the wall, meaning that they were going to draft 447 00:26:44.119 --> 00:26:47.079 Bronnie James and he wouldn't have any say so in it, and that like, 448 00:26:47.279 --> 00:26:51.000 at the end of the day, you're never really gonna be calling the 449 00:26:51.000 --> 00:26:53.759 shots here, man, this is Lebron's team. I'm sure they don't say 450 00:26:53.759 --> 00:26:57.799 that that directly, that matter of fact, but you don't need to. 451 00:26:57.920 --> 00:27:02.799 We know, and their actions, like we've seen for a long time, 452 00:27:02.839 --> 00:27:06.400 regardless of who he's playing for, Lebron calls the shots for just about every 453 00:27:06.440 --> 00:27:10.480 franchise he's ever played for. The one guy that did not, you know, 454 00:27:11.400 --> 00:27:15.359 I remember the Heat drafted Shabba's Napier because Lebron wanted them to and they 455 00:27:15.400 --> 00:27:18.720 did not want to. And I think when that happened, that was pat 456 00:27:18.799 --> 00:27:22.119 Riley being like I think he felt. Because pat Riley's one of the most 457 00:27:22.160 --> 00:27:27.359 successful people that has ever been involved in basketball as a great player at Kentucky, 458 00:27:29.039 --> 00:27:32.079 a great player in the pros, a great coach in the NBA, 459 00:27:32.240 --> 00:27:36.160 winning titles, and now he's a great GM. I mean, he's done 460 00:27:36.160 --> 00:27:38.759 a phenomenal job managing the Miami heat He's really good at what he does, 461 00:27:40.319 --> 00:27:44.200 so he's somebody that you know, will have the backbone to not just let 462 00:27:44.240 --> 00:27:45.599 Lebron do whatever he wants. Well, I think after that happened and they 463 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:48.160 ended up wasting a first round pick on a guy that they didn't really want, 464 00:27:48.160 --> 00:27:51.720 but they did what Lebron did, I think it was quite clear that 465 00:27:51.799 --> 00:27:55.079 Lebron knew he couldn't he couldn't call the shots there like he wanted to, 466 00:27:55.759 --> 00:27:59.799 and they wanted Lebron wanted Spolster outs. Bolster stayed and Spot was one of 467 00:27:59.799 --> 00:28:03.000 the best US coaches in the NBA in my lifetime as far as just longevity. 468 00:28:03.759 --> 00:28:07.519 So you know, outside of that that situation in Miami, Lebron has 469 00:28:07.559 --> 00:28:08.839 really called the shots from the beginning, so like they don't you know, 470 00:28:08.839 --> 00:28:14.400 they wouldn't need to if Dan Hurley's there interviewing for the job and they're kind 471 00:28:14.400 --> 00:28:17.440 of selling him on the roll like they could say whatever they want. It's 472 00:28:17.480 --> 00:28:22.079 quite clear Lebron is the one in charge, and this draft situation with his 473 00:28:22.160 --> 00:28:26.839 son makes it even more obvious that, like he's the one in charge. 474 00:28:26.440 --> 00:28:30.599 So that I'm glad you brought up Dan Hurley because I never thought if he 475 00:28:30.640 --> 00:28:33.640 stayed at Yukon it would be about money, because you know, they just 476 00:28:33.680 --> 00:28:38.240 clearly can't compete with I mean, they can't keep with Kentucky for paying coach, 477 00:28:38.240 --> 00:28:42.480 They're not gonna be able to compete with the Lakers. So Dan Hurley 478 00:28:44.480 --> 00:28:48.160 his deal became official today. They announced it. It's a fifty million dollar 479 00:28:48.240 --> 00:28:55.839 contract extension. He'll be paid seven point I think his current salary is still 480 00:28:55.880 --> 00:28:56.920 locked. Oh no, I'm sorry. Next season, he'll be paid seven 481 00:28:56.920 --> 00:29:00.359 point eight million. He'll go up to eight million the year after that, 482 00:29:00.759 --> 00:29:03.759 and then he'll take gradual increases until twenty twenty or sorry, twenty twenty nine 483 00:29:03.799 --> 00:29:07.079 to thirty and that's when he'll be making eight point eight million. Well, 484 00:29:07.519 --> 00:29:11.839 the deal that he had, I believe with the with the Lakers was for 485 00:29:11.920 --> 00:29:18.160 more money than that, so you know, it wasn't about money, and 486 00:29:18.599 --> 00:29:21.319 just kind of seeing like we knew it was happening, but now seeing it 487 00:29:21.400 --> 00:29:25.079 play out to where BRONI was in fact drafted. They had the press conference 488 00:29:25.160 --> 00:29:27.279 acting as if it wasn't he didn't have anything to do with his dad being 489 00:29:27.359 --> 00:29:33.720 Lebron James. It makes it even more clear that like Dan Hurley ain't putting 490 00:29:33.759 --> 00:29:36.880 up with that nonsense, and he can get to the NBA and not be 491 00:29:37.119 --> 00:29:38.359 in LA. Like this is crazy to say. It's one of the best 492 00:29:38.359 --> 00:29:45.400 players of all time, and I mean this Lebron James, but who would 493 00:29:45.400 --> 00:29:48.839 want to coach him, especially this point in his career, like it would 494 00:29:48.880 --> 00:29:52.079 be it mean, you can find worse jobs, right, there's worse things 495 00:29:52.079 --> 00:29:53.759 you could do. Not anybody's gonna be able to sign up to do it. 496 00:29:53.799 --> 00:29:57.039 But like, if you really are a coach that has a bright future 497 00:29:57.079 --> 00:30:00.160 ahead of you, Danny Hurley one of those guys you're killing it in the 498 00:30:00.160 --> 00:30:06.599 college level, you can be selective about the NBA because that I mean again, 499 00:30:07.960 --> 00:30:11.440 saying that being the head coach of the Los Angeles Lakers is a bad 500 00:30:11.640 --> 00:30:17.480 job in the world of basketball sounds like a ridiculous thing to say, But 501 00:30:17.839 --> 00:30:22.720 I think the Lebron component of it makes it an unattractive gig for somebody who 502 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:26.759 feels like they're you know, they're not desperate, and Dan Hurley is clearly 503 00:30:26.920 --> 00:30:33.359 not desperate. All right, let's see here, let's go to let's go 504 00:30:33.440 --> 00:30:37.160 to let's go to text line five two six, five three zero seven ninety 505 00:30:37.200 --> 00:30:41.160 it's the L and N Federal Credit Union text line. This text says, 506 00:30:41.240 --> 00:30:45.319 Nick, am I crazy to think that bram and Is scheduling moving forward is 507 00:30:45.359 --> 00:30:49.920 weak compared to other coaches we've had. I expected brom to follow the way 508 00:30:49.920 --> 00:30:55.240 Schnellenberger scheduled and play anybody anywhere. And this person also went on to send 509 00:30:55.279 --> 00:31:00.640 me a went on to send me the schedule for Lilwa Louisville football in the 510 00:31:00.680 --> 00:31:03.079 coming year. So, yeah, if you go to FBS schedules, but 511 00:31:03.119 --> 00:31:07.640 that's what this is a screenshot of. You can go look ahead to schedules 512 00:31:07.640 --> 00:31:11.839 for your program years down the line, and you know, Louisville, let's 513 00:31:11.880 --> 00:31:15.039 be real, they've got they've got some games on the scale. Like, 514 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:18.880 for example, next year in twenty twenty five, they're gonna play e Ku, 515 00:31:18.119 --> 00:31:25.480 James Madison, and Bowling Green as their three non conference opponents outside of 516 00:31:25.559 --> 00:31:30.200 Kentucky. That's a weak schedule in the non conference. And that's honestly, 517 00:31:30.240 --> 00:31:33.119 if I'm gonna be real with you, that's the kind of schedule that we 518 00:31:33.160 --> 00:31:36.960 would make fun of Kentucky for playing, because they usually play that kind of 519 00:31:36.960 --> 00:31:41.440 schedule. If I'm being honest with you, So I don't know if I 520 00:31:41.480 --> 00:31:45.240 mean, I don't know if that's because Jeff tries to schedule as lightly as 521 00:31:45.240 --> 00:31:48.319 possible. I will say this, at Purdue, I didn't feel like they 522 00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:52.519 were one extreme to the other. I do know they hadn't they have nine 523 00:31:52.599 --> 00:31:55.720 league games in the Big Ten, so I do think they were a little 524 00:31:55.720 --> 00:31:59.039 more mindful about And you're at Purdue. Let's be real, the ceiling of 525 00:31:59.039 --> 00:32:01.200 Purdue is not that high, so you know, but you look at the 526 00:32:01.200 --> 00:32:05.799 next year, you go play Georgia like that, I'll be shocked if that 527 00:32:05.839 --> 00:32:07.759 game ends up happening. But like George is supposed to come to Louisville and 528 00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:13.720 play in September of twenty twenty six. So Kentucky and Georgia, along with 529 00:32:13.799 --> 00:32:17.640 Villanova and Charlotte make up your make up your non conference schedule. So I 530 00:32:17.680 --> 00:32:22.279 don't know. Look last year's schedule, I don't think it had anything to 531 00:32:22.279 --> 00:32:24.079 do with brom It was probably already in place when he got here. And 532 00:32:24.119 --> 00:32:29.400 this year the schedule, you know, you're replacing I don't know if you're 533 00:32:29.400 --> 00:32:32.480 replacing Indiana with Jacksonville State or with Austin p but it's one of them, 534 00:32:32.599 --> 00:32:37.279 and you know, that's not a it's not a great not a great team 535 00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:38.759 to have on your schedule, right, And it was supposed to be James 536 00:32:38.759 --> 00:32:44.119 Madison originally, wasn't it. That was the replacement before Signetti left. Maybe 537 00:32:44.160 --> 00:32:46.160 I'm wrong about that, but I thought James Madison was supposed to come and 538 00:32:46.200 --> 00:32:51.559 play Louisville. Well, they played them two years ago, okay under sat 539 00:32:51.599 --> 00:32:53.359 and then they played them. They're going to play them again next year. 540 00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.680 Okay, so it is a part of it in the future. Yeah, 541 00:32:55.720 --> 00:33:00.440 So Signette's already played Louisville and he would have played him again. Of course 542 00:33:00.480 --> 00:33:02.839 they backed out of that game before Signetty was hired. I think. So 543 00:33:04.400 --> 00:33:07.079 then, look, that hurts you because that was supposed to, like you 544 00:33:07.079 --> 00:33:09.640 don't have that was gonna be a game where Indiana comes here and you're not 545 00:33:09.720 --> 00:33:14.640 paying them to come here. Now you're paying Jacksonville State or Austin p a 546 00:33:14.640 --> 00:33:17.319 lot of money, and it keeps you from being able to really have it 547 00:33:17.359 --> 00:33:20.640 a revenue day. That makes sense. I mean, you could still make 548 00:33:20.680 --> 00:33:22.680 money, but again, you're paying probably a million dollars roughly for one of 549 00:33:22.680 --> 00:33:25.559 these teams to come in. And if Indiana was coming in one, it's 550 00:33:25.559 --> 00:33:29.160 a Big ten team that gives you a little more interest than these two teams. 551 00:33:29.200 --> 00:33:31.160 And it's not a pay for play. It's a home and home, 552 00:33:31.440 --> 00:33:36.240 a mutual agreement to where we'll do a neutral site here and then we'll go 553 00:33:36.279 --> 00:33:39.519 there and you come here. That kind of thing. So that's a bummer. 554 00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:43.079 That stuff happens in college football. But here's what you got to keep 555 00:33:43.079 --> 00:33:46.720 in mind. The name of the game, like you're gonna need college football. 556 00:33:47.440 --> 00:33:55.160 Your college football program is gonna need at minimum like seven home games moving 557 00:33:55.160 --> 00:33:59.680 forward because those are big paydays. You open up those gates at your stadium, 558 00:33:59.720 --> 00:34:02.720 that is a one of the biggest revenue days of the of the year 559 00:34:02.759 --> 00:34:06.359 you'll have, especially if you're good and you have good you know people turning 560 00:34:06.359 --> 00:34:08.559 out. So this year, if you remember when we whenever they gave away 561 00:34:08.639 --> 00:34:15.199 the breakdown of the budget meeting they had at the ULA board had a few 562 00:34:15.199 --> 00:34:17.599 weeks ago, if you remember, one of the challenges they listed for the 563 00:34:17.679 --> 00:34:22.840 upcoming year was they only have six games at home, and two of those 564 00:34:22.840 --> 00:34:27.199 games are against Jacksonville State and Austin p The other home games are Georgia Tech, 565 00:34:27.880 --> 00:34:34.920 SMU, Miami, and Pitt I mean, that's a that's a very 566 00:34:35.000 --> 00:34:39.679 very very rough non conference home slate, which I haven't really thought about it 567 00:34:39.760 --> 00:34:46.119 like that. I haven't really looked at you know how kind of underwhelming that 568 00:34:46.199 --> 00:34:49.559 is as far as the caliber opponent's coming. But you know what, it's 569 00:34:49.599 --> 00:34:52.119 because there's excitement for louisvill football that people aren't complaining about it. They might, 570 00:34:52.199 --> 00:34:57.599 you know, once the season happens. But yeah, so moving forward, 571 00:34:57.639 --> 00:35:01.000 you're gonna look, you need twenty two million annually is an athletic department 572 00:35:01.000 --> 00:35:09.440 to pay student athletes, So you may sacrifice a really competitive you know, 573 00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:13.639 like you're gonna do everything you can to make sure you make as much money 574 00:35:13.639 --> 00:35:15.119 as possible. That should always be the goal, right, that's just business, 575 00:35:15.199 --> 00:35:20.360 that's life, that's common sense. But now you need it even more 576 00:35:20.400 --> 00:35:24.039 than ever, so you gotta be money hungry, is an athletic department and 577 00:35:24.440 --> 00:35:30.000 cut costs, trim things because again, once that House Bill settlement is cleared, 578 00:35:30.039 --> 00:35:36.599 which it's going to be, I mean, I think there's gonna be 579 00:35:36.599 --> 00:35:38.639 things happen that like none of us could even envision, but it's gonna make 580 00:35:38.679 --> 00:35:45.400 sense because you have to realize the price just went up to operate college athletics 581 00:35:45.480 --> 00:35:47.159 at a high level. All right, quick break, we'll come back wrap 582 00:35:47.159 --> 00:35:50.400 things up on the other side. Appreciate you hanging out with us right here, 583 00:35:50.400 --> 00:35:53.760 Coffee and Company. Fil Beth Thornton's on Sports Talk seven to ninety. 584 00:35:54.000 --> 00:35:59.719 Somebody on the text line said that they're not sure what is the more annoying 585 00:36:00.960 --> 00:36:07.760 talking point right now this summer in sports the WNBA controversy with Angel Angel Reese 586 00:36:07.760 --> 00:36:10.960 and Kaitlin Clark or Ronnie James and Lebron James. It does kind of feel 587 00:36:10.960 --> 00:36:16.360 like a like a TMZ type of you know, summer here with those two 588 00:36:16.360 --> 00:36:20.599 things, because I mean, the WNBA is up in viewership and all that. 589 00:36:20.679 --> 00:36:24.559 In fact, both Angel Reese and Kaitlin Clark are playing well. I 590 00:36:24.559 --> 00:36:29.320 think Kaitlyn Clark had a triple double last night that I dreamed that. I 591 00:36:29.320 --> 00:36:32.880 think I saw that. But you know, I just Lebron. Actually, 592 00:36:32.920 --> 00:36:36.639 I'm not even sure if there are many Lebron fans like defending this as if 593 00:36:36.679 --> 00:36:39.880 like it's indefensible, as far as like anybody claiming that Bronnie James was drafted 594 00:36:39.920 --> 00:36:44.800 for anything any other reason than his dad. But yeah, look, July 595 00:36:44.960 --> 00:36:49.360 is always this kind I mean, it's always pretty boring for me as far 596 00:36:49.400 --> 00:36:52.239 as sports stuff, and the things that are being talked about in the sports 597 00:36:52.239 --> 00:36:53.840 world usually are things I'm not all that interested in because I'm not a big 598 00:36:53.880 --> 00:36:58.400 baseball guy. But we do get basketball in July with the tvt and as 599 00:36:58.440 --> 00:37:00.800 I've said, I hope this's becomes an any thing to where we just had. 600 00:37:00.920 --> 00:37:05.599 We know, every every July we're looking forward to hosting and a group 601 00:37:05.639 --> 00:37:07.239 of former Louisville players you know, are gonna you know, give us that 602 00:37:07.320 --> 00:37:12.760 nostalgia and hopefully when all right. So, I don't know if this was 603 00:37:12.800 --> 00:37:15.639 northbound or southbound. I missed that very important detail. But did you hear 604 00:37:15.679 --> 00:37:20.360 the traffic update there? We've heard some dumpster garbage or garbage dump whatever. 605 00:37:21.320 --> 00:37:24.159 Somebody was hauling a dumpster or like, uh, I don't know if it 606 00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:27.400 was truck. I don't know if it was on a flatbed or what it 607 00:37:27.480 --> 00:37:31.519 is, but it is it has fallen off of whatever was attempting to transport 608 00:37:31.519 --> 00:37:35.000 it somewhere, and I guess it's like in the middle of the interstate, 609 00:37:35.039 --> 00:37:38.920 which would be pretty problematic for an interstate during rush hours. So if you're 610 00:37:38.960 --> 00:37:43.000 impacted by that I apologize. That would suck. Could be a fun ride 611 00:37:43.039 --> 00:37:45.320 home to night, Yeah, that would suck in a major way. All 612 00:37:45.440 --> 00:37:46.559 Right, everybody, have a good night. We're back at it tomorrow. 613 00:37:46.960 --> 00:37:52.280 Appreciate you hanging out and we'll we'll talk to you then. Take care.