WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:08.839 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety. 2 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.400 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think we are getting 3 00:00:12.480 --> 00:00:16.719 off our show, idiot. The kids are playing or trail off their countries 4 00:00:16.760 --> 00:00:20.879 are screwing it up. Gold Play Intermurals, Brother gold Play Inner Murals. 5 00:00:21.239 --> 00:00:25.519 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. Who's the kid 6 00:00:25.519 --> 00:00:29.879 here? Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me? Now? Here's 7 00:00:30.000 --> 00:00:47.240 Nick Coffee? All right, folks, you made it. It's Friday. 8 00:00:47.320 --> 00:00:50.520 That's right, It feel good Friday. You made it to the end of 9 00:00:50.560 --> 00:00:53.200 the week, and we're here to get you set for the weekend. It 10 00:00:53.280 --> 00:00:57.359 is Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety Nick 11 00:00:57.399 --> 00:00:59.960 Coffee. That is me, the company man, mister John Alton the long 12 00:01:00.119 --> 00:01:03.240 side today for a few hours. Then he's out of here. Are you 13 00:01:03.280 --> 00:01:07.040 guys leaving tomorrow? We're leaving overnight tonight. It's like three am. So 14 00:01:07.120 --> 00:01:11.359 are you someone who has done that type of travel before meeting where you'll just 15 00:01:11.400 --> 00:01:14.319 get in the car and drive through the night. This is regular for me. 16 00:01:14.599 --> 00:01:18.040 Yeah, I uh, it depends on where I'm going I made that 17 00:01:18.120 --> 00:01:21.239 trip once, made a trip once, I should say, uh in the 18 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.239 middle of the night, and it was a lot of back roads, and 19 00:01:23.280 --> 00:01:26.280 it spooked me out a little bit. I just started panicking, like if 20 00:01:26.319 --> 00:01:29.519 I had a flat tire, if I got in a wreck, like, 21 00:01:29.599 --> 00:01:33.159 you know, no service. So yeah, if it's just mostly interstate, 22 00:01:33.359 --> 00:01:36.000 I can do it. But uh, yeah, it's really the best. 23 00:01:36.120 --> 00:01:41.840 If you can manage to not be really really tired and dragging the first couple 24 00:01:41.840 --> 00:01:44.120 of days, then it's the way to go because you save a lot of 25 00:01:44.159 --> 00:01:48.000 time, right, Like, you're gonna get there probably tomorrow. You'll be 26 00:01:48.079 --> 00:01:51.040 there what mid afternoon, Yeah, early midafternoon. That's it's a good way 27 00:01:51.079 --> 00:01:53.159 to get it started. And if you would have if you would have left 28 00:01:53.200 --> 00:01:57.040 in the morning tomorrow, you know, you probably get there closer to nighttime, 29 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:59.599 right, kind of waste your entire first day. So it's a savvy 30 00:01:59.640 --> 00:02:01.640 move on your part, no surprise, you're a you're a very savvy guy. 31 00:02:01.799 --> 00:02:06.200 So he'll be out next week. So we got to make sure this 32 00:02:06.280 --> 00:02:09.319 is a phenomenal show to send you off for a nice vacation. Have you 33 00:02:09.360 --> 00:02:14.520 noticed how busy downtown is? Yeah, I've noticed there was an accident on 34 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:16.319 sixty or at least there was an officer dealing with what could have been an 35 00:02:16.360 --> 00:02:21.199 accident down sixty five. No, it was before downtown good. I came 36 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:23.960 in through seventy one, which means I might have avoided some traffic. But 37 00:02:23.599 --> 00:02:27.560 there's a big weekend going on here. When it comes to, you know, 38 00:02:29.439 --> 00:02:31.520 action, I don't know what you I don't think you would want to 39 00:02:31.560 --> 00:02:36.680 put I don't think either would want to be in the same category together. 40 00:02:36.719 --> 00:02:40.759 But tonight you have WWE, some professional wrestling SmackDown is going to be at 41 00:02:40.759 --> 00:02:45.719 them Center, oh wow. And tomorrow you HAVEC event at the UM Center. 42 00:02:45.800 --> 00:02:50.879 So busy, you know, just bloodying up the y a brawling weekend 43 00:02:50.960 --> 00:02:54.560 or something like that. Mean, obviously wrestling is you know, entertainment, 44 00:02:54.840 --> 00:02:59.319 whereas UFC is entertainment as well, but you know, like they're actually fighting 45 00:02:59.360 --> 00:03:02.360 and hurting each other. So when I got here, I walked down to 46 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:07.280 the to the CVS that's across from the Seal Box, just a block over 47 00:03:07.919 --> 00:03:10.879 and where I park you have to come down the elevator, or not the 48 00:03:10.879 --> 00:03:15.960 elevator, but the steps to walk really all the way through for street for 49 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:19.800 the most part to get there, and there's I mean each restaurant is open, 50 00:03:19.879 --> 00:03:23.080 which I guess maybe they open up during the spring or maybe on a 51 00:03:23.120 --> 00:03:24.280 Friday, I mean during the winter, and really I feel like a good 52 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:28.280 chunk of the year the restaurants that are here at four Street are not open, 53 00:03:28.319 --> 00:03:30.400 so like if we wanted to eat lunch here, and it's only like 54 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:34.759 there's like two options, like the Guy Fieri seems like it's usually open all 55 00:03:34.800 --> 00:03:38.680 the time, as well as the TJ Fridays that's still there. It's there, 56 00:03:38.719 --> 00:03:42.319 isn't it. I actually don't know if it is. I've never been 57 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:44.960 to I think it's still open in there. But anyways, there's a lot 58 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:46.560 of folks that are here, and I you know, the fact that they're 59 00:03:46.560 --> 00:03:51.599 out, you know, drinking and socializing at you know, two point thirty 60 00:03:51.639 --> 00:03:53.680 on a Friday makes me think that they're visitors and they're in town. They're 61 00:03:53.759 --> 00:03:59.680 tourists and they're taking in Louisville because they're here for either some wrestling or some 62 00:04:00.039 --> 00:04:03.800 I'm fighting UFC style. So I always like it whenever we have, you 63 00:04:03.840 --> 00:04:08.599 know, tourists in town, and I hope that they enjoyed themselves. And 64 00:04:08.639 --> 00:04:10.439 have a good time and maybe they come back. Right, it's good for 65 00:04:10.479 --> 00:04:12.840 the city if you've got people that want to visit, and you know, 66 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:17.519 give your establishments, give your give your businesses some business. However, anytime 67 00:04:17.519 --> 00:04:23.399 I try to guess up downtown Louisville, I get at least one and it's 68 00:04:23.439 --> 00:04:27.279 usually from the same person on the text line that'll send me like a crime 69 00:04:27.360 --> 00:04:30.360 map, you know what I mean. Like it'll show like like little dots 70 00:04:30.439 --> 00:04:32.600 activity. Yeah, It'll show dots where each criminal activity took place. And 71 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:35.959 I'm like, well, you know, thank you for that. But I 72 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:40.600 mean, I don't know. Maybe I'm naive, maybe I'm someone that just 73 00:04:40.600 --> 00:04:43.480 thinks I'm invincible, but I don't. I don't. I mean there are 74 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:46.639 certain places, certain areas where if I, you know, felt like I 75 00:04:46.639 --> 00:04:49.360 would head on a swivel kind of thing, right, like, Okay, 76 00:04:49.360 --> 00:04:53.360 maybe I should make sure I'm looking over my shoulder because I'm all alone. 77 00:04:53.360 --> 00:04:57.040 I'm in a vulnerable spot. It's laid outside, you know. But I 78 00:04:57.439 --> 00:05:00.279 don't know, Like if I'm roaming around downtown, which I I got to 79 00:05:00.279 --> 00:05:02.319 be honest, it doesn't happen often. But if I'm going block to block 80 00:05:02.439 --> 00:05:05.600 walking you know, which again doesn't happen that often. I rarely ever think 81 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:10.680 like, hm, I better be careful, I might get mugged, which 82 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:14.480 even if there was like a there's always a chance that could happen anywhere, 83 00:05:14.519 --> 00:05:16.079 Like I wouldn't be a fun way to live your life, always just assuming 84 00:05:16.079 --> 00:05:20.160 that you're gonna be you know, somebody's gonna get you. So anyways, 85 00:05:21.199 --> 00:05:28.399 I hope one day there's no longer this uh, this mindset from some that 86 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:32.160 like downtown Louisville is you know, a boarded up war zone and you can't 87 00:05:32.160 --> 00:05:36.079 go you can't even come down here without getting stabbed or something, which clearly 88 00:05:36.079 --> 00:05:41.439 that's an exaggeration. But and I know there are a lot of crimes and 89 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:47.560 carjackings and like that kind of stuff happens, and it's unfortunate. But I'm 90 00:05:47.600 --> 00:05:50.839 sure a lot of cities are sized deal with like the exact same kind of 91 00:05:50.879 --> 00:05:55.879 thing. Maybe some are a little bit better at not having as much crime, 92 00:05:55.920 --> 00:05:58.839 maybe some are worse. But anyways, it's a beautiful day here in 93 00:05:58.879 --> 00:06:00.720 Louisville. And again we're gonna get you set for the weekend. If you 94 00:06:00.720 --> 00:06:03.240 guys want to take us with you wherever you're going whatever you may be doing. 95 00:06:03.279 --> 00:06:06.000 You can listen live on the iHeart radio app Listen Live. It's seven 96 00:06:06.000 --> 00:06:11.959 to ninety Louisville dot Com. And I guess we'll start with the big news, 97 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:15.720 and it's it's not great news, but it's not really you know, 98 00:06:15.839 --> 00:06:21.759 bad news. And I feel pretty pretty happy with the way that I've discussed 99 00:06:21.800 --> 00:06:26.240 the Coleman Hawkins situation throughout the entire week. In fact, let's just go 100 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:30.759 back a week ago today, whenever it seemed as if there might be a 101 00:06:30.879 --> 00:06:38.160 chance that Louisville could could could get involved here, and despite having thirteen scholarship 102 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:43.759 players, they have some way in which they could potentially add someone. Still 103 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:46.240 don't know how they were going to do it, but I do know that 104 00:06:46.319 --> 00:06:50.160 is something that they have the ability to do. But it didn't really seem 105 00:06:50.519 --> 00:06:53.920 realistic. I don't know, it just it was hard for me to really 106 00:06:54.839 --> 00:06:58.240 buy in, get excited and track this thing, and you know, keep 107 00:06:58.240 --> 00:07:01.240 my fingers crossed. And then I believe it surely started to seem more and 108 00:07:01.279 --> 00:07:03.959 more real and then we find it. We found out I guess it was 109 00:07:04.439 --> 00:07:08.160 Monday or Tuesday of this week that he was going to be visiting Louisville, 110 00:07:08.560 --> 00:07:11.079 and the visit was supposed to take place this weekend. In fact, I 111 00:07:11.079 --> 00:07:14.120 think he was supposed to arrive today, and then it turns out that the 112 00:07:14.160 --> 00:07:16.000 visit's not gonna happen. He is not going to visit Louisville. Louisville is 113 00:07:16.040 --> 00:07:23.040 no longer in the mix for Colemenhawkins. And with the last minute cancelation, 114 00:07:23.480 --> 00:07:27.480 which it was a last minute cancelation from from what I gather, I think 115 00:07:27.560 --> 00:07:30.240 like right before he was set to to, you know, make the trip, 116 00:07:31.800 --> 00:07:40.240 it all ended. And rarely am I ever someone that is, you 117 00:07:40.279 --> 00:07:43.120 know, in the know, right. I mean I talked to some people, 118 00:07:43.160 --> 00:07:45.160 and there's a few people that you know, keep me up to date 119 00:07:45.199 --> 00:07:46.360 on things they feel like I should know. But you know, I'm not 120 00:07:46.439 --> 00:07:49.720 that you know, my sources guy, or my my source within, because 121 00:07:49.720 --> 00:07:51.480 I don't really have a whole lot of sources. I wish I did, 122 00:07:51.480 --> 00:07:56.120 but I don't. But I did get a phone call earlier today from somebody 123 00:07:56.120 --> 00:07:59.000 who made it clear, Hey, saw what you said, just wanted to 124 00:07:59.079 --> 00:08:01.720 let you know that's not what happened. You know, Louisville is the one 125 00:08:01.720 --> 00:08:05.600 who canceled the visit and decided not to pursue him. And it's not because 126 00:08:05.639 --> 00:08:09.079 oh they don't want him, they don't need him, he's not any good. 127 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:11.040 They decided to back out. They don't have any money. It really 128 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:16.519 comes down to this, and this makes total sense. They feel really good 129 00:08:16.519 --> 00:08:20.160 about where they are as far as personnel meeting the talent that they have. 130 00:08:20.759 --> 00:08:22.759 Now, you can never have too much of it. So it's not as 131 00:08:22.759 --> 00:08:26.720 if they're saying, well, hey, you know, we're so talented, 132 00:08:26.759 --> 00:08:28.399 we don't want any other players. But they really like what they have. 133 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:35.840 And it's not just about the ability of these players, it's the chemistry. 134 00:08:35.399 --> 00:08:39.399 And most of these guys just got here with them the last week, but 135 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.519 it's been they've been around each other NonStop. And some of these guys who've 136 00:08:43.559 --> 00:08:50.759 never met before have been communicating with these guys their future teammates for weeks now, 137 00:08:50.799 --> 00:08:52.720 prior to everybody arriving here in Louisville. So it's not as I mean, 138 00:08:54.000 --> 00:08:56.919 maybe some of them just met in person for the last week or so, 139 00:08:56.440 --> 00:09:01.000 but they have some good chemistry going right now, which clearly was going 140 00:09:01.039 --> 00:09:03.919 to be step number one. I mean, get to know each other, 141 00:09:05.000 --> 00:09:07.440 right, get to get to you know get close with your teammates, develop 142 00:09:07.519 --> 00:09:13.120 established some chemistry, because all of this is brand new. I mean, 143 00:09:13.159 --> 00:09:16.960 you do have you do have one guy. Actually you got two sets of 144 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.679 teammates. I suppose, yeah, two sets of teammates. You've got three 145 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:26.000 guys from Charleston and Rain Smith and Jordan Scott, not George Scott, James 146 00:09:26.000 --> 00:09:30.080 Scott or the two that are gonna play. Kobe's gonna read share this year 147 00:09:30.120 --> 00:09:33.720 because of his injury, and then Noah Waterman and Ali Khalifa also teammates, 148 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.559 but Khalif is expected to redshirt this year. So like as far as guys 149 00:09:37.559 --> 00:09:41.279 that are playing, most of these guys are gonna have to get used to 150 00:09:41.279 --> 00:09:43.200 each other, get to know each other right, develop and establish that chemistry. 151 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:46.519 So it's still a work in progress. But they feel really good about 152 00:09:46.720 --> 00:09:48.960 where they are and that is why they decided to just, you know, 153 00:09:50.200 --> 00:09:54.240 not pursue Coleman Hawkins. Maybe there were other factors as well. I don't 154 00:09:54.240 --> 00:10:00.519 think it was. I don't I don't believe that they felt a certain way 155 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:03.480 about Coleman Hawkins and said, look, our chemistry is already pretty good. 156 00:10:03.600 --> 00:10:05.159 This guy, he's the kind of guy that would ruin it. I mean 157 00:10:05.200 --> 00:10:07.480 maybe they thought that, but I don't. I don't get the sense that 158 00:10:07.480 --> 00:10:11.360 that was why they decided to just back out and you know, tell him 159 00:10:11.360 --> 00:10:16.919 best to luck and move on. But you know, a lot of these 160 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:22.240 guys kind of have a similar background. You know, Terrence Edwards junior, 161 00:10:22.840 --> 00:10:28.440 very underrated, recruited, under recruited kid, goes to James Madison really kind 162 00:10:28.440 --> 00:10:31.600 of had to. I mean, he wasn't a guy who was a star 163 00:10:31.919 --> 00:10:33.000 when he first got there. In fact, he redshirted I believe his first 164 00:10:33.039 --> 00:10:37.840 year. A James Madison didn't start at JMU until last year. I mean 165 00:10:37.840 --> 00:10:41.159 he was the sixth man of the Year in the Sun Belt in his junior 166 00:10:41.200 --> 00:10:43.120 season and then last year was player of the year in that league and had 167 00:10:43.120 --> 00:10:48.120 a big, big year. You know. Javon Hadley, the Colorado transfer, 168 00:10:48.200 --> 00:10:52.320 I mean he came from Juco, I mean before he ended up in 169 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:56.840 Colorado. In fact, I think he actually played for a very small Division 170 00:10:56.840 --> 00:11:01.159 One team before he ended up taking the Juco routes. Like, these guys 171 00:11:01.159 --> 00:11:03.960 have kind of had to grind it out. They're you know, like I 172 00:11:05.000 --> 00:11:05.799 don't know how to describe. I don't want to make it sound like you 173 00:11:05.799 --> 00:11:11.159 know, they're all blue collar journeymen, but you know, they've had to 174 00:11:11.200 --> 00:11:13.360 really work to get to where they are. And it's not as if they've 175 00:11:13.360 --> 00:11:20.720 accomplished something insane like national championships or All American status, but they've really built 176 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:26.559 themselves up. And not to say Colemanhawkins wouldn't fit with that, but he's 177 00:11:26.639 --> 00:11:30.360 just, you know, he's it's a little bit different. So I don't, 178 00:11:30.399 --> 00:11:31.799 you know, I know some people will say, well, hey, 179 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:37.039 they must have solved the Shenanigans and you know the Colemanhawkins experience, Colemenhawkins experience 180 00:11:37.080 --> 00:11:39.159 that was on social media, and just felt like, you know what, 181 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:43.720 he could really potentially cost some issues for us, Like I don't. I 182 00:11:43.720 --> 00:11:48.120 don't know if they thought that. Maybe they did, but I think the 183 00:11:48.120 --> 00:11:54.399 majority of the you know, the the biggest factor here, I should say 184 00:11:54.399 --> 00:11:56.960 in this decision, I think was they just felt good about where they are, 185 00:11:56.000 --> 00:12:00.879 like they didn't want to rock the boat. And when it comes to 186 00:12:01.039 --> 00:12:05.120 how they were going to make it work again, I don't. I won't 187 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:09.080 claim to know how you know, what loopholes there could be for guys that 188 00:12:09.159 --> 00:12:13.039 are going to be red shirting and not playing like obviously they still take up 189 00:12:13.080 --> 00:12:16.840 a scholarship, but you know, maybe there is a workaround. But it 190 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:20.799 does sound as if they did bring in Colemanhawkins and he decided to come to 191 00:12:20.840 --> 00:12:26.559 Louisville after his visit, that you were going to lose one but maybe two 192 00:12:26.559 --> 00:12:31.080 guys that have already committed. And I don't know who that who those guys 193 00:12:31.120 --> 00:12:33.360 are. I think it would probably make sense that it would be somebody that 194 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:35.879 is, you know, that plays in the front court. I don't really 195 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:39.720 know what kind of options they would have because if they're already enrolled in school, 196 00:12:39.759 --> 00:12:43.240 I guess if you've enrolled in school but you haven't taken classes, like 197 00:12:43.279 --> 00:12:46.799 maybe you can like maybe you don't have to enter the portal. But I 198 00:12:46.840 --> 00:12:52.399 think they kicked the tires on it. I think they think highly of Colemanhawkins 199 00:12:52.440 --> 00:12:54.080 as a player, and most people do. He's a talented guy. That 200 00:12:54.200 --> 00:13:00.279 would be a good addition for most but Louisville's already full and I think, 201 00:13:00.960 --> 00:13:05.519 and I don't know, not that it really matters because again it's over Colemenhawks 202 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:09.120 for those just not joining us is not going to visit, so that'll be 203 00:13:09.159 --> 00:13:11.639 a name we probably rarely ever talk about it again, maybe never talk about 204 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:13.320 again, depending on where he ends up. But I would love to know, 205 00:13:13.399 --> 00:13:18.320 Like, is that a conversation you have with your team, because this 206 00:13:18.360 --> 00:13:22.080 isn't just Louisville. This is probably something that happens everywhere now, right, 207 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:26.840 Like, Hey, we really want you, We have you know, set 208 00:13:26.919 --> 00:13:33.480 up nil to where you're being taken care of. We would love to keep 209 00:13:33.519 --> 00:13:35.279 you, but we're gonna go get this guy, or at least try to 210 00:13:35.320 --> 00:13:39.639 go get this guy who plays a similar position or maybe plays the same position 211 00:13:39.679 --> 00:13:41.919 as you, and we want to make sure you're not gonna leave, Like 212 00:13:41.960 --> 00:13:46.200 you have to balance that. Before players had no power, right, like 213 00:13:46.240 --> 00:13:48.399 they could leave, but they weren't going to be playing for a new school 214 00:13:48.440 --> 00:13:52.720 the next year. They were gonna have to sit out, so you know, 215 00:13:52.759 --> 00:13:56.000 you could get recruited over and sometimes you'd have to just deal with it 216 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:58.360 and just you know, work your ass off and try to make sure that 217 00:13:58.399 --> 00:14:01.559 whoever they brought in is not going to take minutes from you, which I 218 00:14:01.559 --> 00:14:05.360 think is the right way to approach it. But now these guys have all 219 00:14:05.360 --> 00:14:09.960 the power, like they can leave whenever they want, and I guess technically 220 00:14:09.960 --> 00:14:13.399 not whenever they want, because there is a window of time. But I 221 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:18.519 go back to what I said ten minutes ago. I'm pretty happy with the 222 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:20.960 way I, you know, approached this because I didn't want to give my 223 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.200 hopes up about Coleman Hawkins, and for some reason, this never really felt 224 00:14:24.200 --> 00:14:26.519 like it was going to happen. Even though things were lining up. The 225 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:30.480 visit was set, Louisville was believed to be the leader because there was nobody 226 00:14:30.519 --> 00:14:33.559 else really in the mix at that time other than SMU, and it was 227 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:35.159 just hard for me to think that he would go to SMU over Louisville. 228 00:14:35.320 --> 00:14:39.360 But for some reason, I just never felt like this was going to happen. 229 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:43.480 And sure enough, it's not going to happen. But even without Hawkins, 230 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:46.720 I still really really like the personnel on this roster. I do you 231 00:14:46.720 --> 00:14:50.240 know, I'm not going to backtrack. I think the addition of Hawkins would 232 00:14:50.240 --> 00:14:52.399 have made it to where instead of just looking like a team that could you 233 00:14:52.440 --> 00:14:56.399 know, be borderline top twenty five, that could make the tournament and that 234 00:14:56.440 --> 00:15:00.720 wouldn't be a shock. I think that's where you were you are now, 235 00:15:01.320 --> 00:15:03.519 and if you added Hawkins, I think it would have given you a little 236 00:15:03.519 --> 00:15:07.360 bit of a bump. I think you would have gotten some more recognition this 237 00:15:07.440 --> 00:15:11.919 offseason from the college basketball national folks, So you know, they still, 238 00:15:11.960 --> 00:15:15.799 I guess, have the chance to have at somebody if they if they want. 239 00:15:15.840 --> 00:15:18.919 You know, there's a couple of freshmen out there that I think they've 240 00:15:18.919 --> 00:15:22.240 been talking to. One we've discussed earlier this week. His name is Jiggy 241 00:15:22.320 --> 00:15:24.960 Phillips. So we'll see what they end up doing. But I now feel 242 00:15:26.039 --> 00:15:31.320 as if this is this is going to be the roster, and I'm I'm 243 00:15:31.360 --> 00:15:33.000 cool with it. I mean, they've got a chance to be pretty good 244 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:37.919 and i'd like to know. And I you know, again, I'm not 245 00:15:37.960 --> 00:15:43.000 trying to spin this is like, hey, Coleman Hawkins visits canceled, Louisville 246 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:46.000 doesn't want him and they're better without him. That's not my That's not how 247 00:15:46.039 --> 00:15:48.159 I'm trying to sound, and I hope I don't sound like that. But 248 00:15:48.720 --> 00:15:52.399 I am happy to know that they're already feeling really good about team chemistry, 249 00:15:52.879 --> 00:15:58.919 because that's something that you really only bring up if things you know aren't going 250 00:15:58.960 --> 00:16:03.519 well. Right, and you can have a team that has a really good 251 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:07.879 nucleus, that has continuity and chemistry can just be up and down. For 252 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:14.919 example, that North Carolina team that made the National Championship Game in twenty twenty 253 00:16:14.919 --> 00:16:19.000 two. I mean, that team mediocre throughout the year, but they made 254 00:16:19.000 --> 00:16:22.720 that run and really started playing well. They brought back everybody. The following 255 00:16:22.759 --> 00:16:27.240 year. You remember that John Caleb Blove and yeah I were underwhelming, Yeah, 256 00:16:27.279 --> 00:16:32.159 Bay Coot and RJ. Davis and the team chemistry was bad. It 257 00:16:32.200 --> 00:16:36.600 didn't It just didn't work. Not to say that those guys were all jerks 258 00:16:36.759 --> 00:16:40.120 and that you know, there was some crazy stuff going on behind the scenes, 259 00:16:40.120 --> 00:16:41.840 but just the chemistry wasn't there, and it showed last year when RJ. 260 00:16:41.960 --> 00:16:45.960 Davis ended up becoming you know, I mean, they didn't need ktle 261 00:16:47.000 --> 00:16:49.320 Bluff. Carolina was much better without Love. Not to say he's not a 262 00:16:49.320 --> 00:16:52.960 good player, but everything else worked better without Caleb Love, and RJ. 263 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:56.039 Davis ran the show and he had a phenomenal season, was he I think 264 00:16:56.039 --> 00:16:59.960 he might have been a SC Player of the Year. And then Caleb Love 265 00:17:00.039 --> 00:17:03.279 at Arizona and he's the man there. He wins Pack twelve Player of the 266 00:17:03.360 --> 00:17:07.319 Year. So you know, chemistry is really important, but it's not as 267 00:17:07.359 --> 00:17:11.599 if this group a week ago had good chemistry or bad chemistry, they had 268 00:17:11.640 --> 00:17:17.079 no chemistry because they never, like they've never played together. So I'm encouraged 269 00:17:17.079 --> 00:17:21.119 to hear that these guys, you know, because again they're all coming from 270 00:17:21.480 --> 00:17:26.519 different styles, different systems, different backgrounds, but there is there is some 271 00:17:26.519 --> 00:17:30.200 similarities between not all of them, but a lot of them, and that 272 00:17:30.359 --> 00:17:34.480 is sort of this blue collar, you know, dog work, you know, 273 00:17:34.960 --> 00:17:37.359 very motivated. But I mean, we brought Terrence Edwards on the show 274 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:40.759 a few weeks ago, and you know, he mentioned one of the first 275 00:17:40.759 --> 00:17:44.480 things I asked him about what really attracted him to Pat Kelsey and his staff, 276 00:17:44.480 --> 00:17:48.839 and you know, he talked about everybody's dogs. And I think I 277 00:17:48.920 --> 00:17:52.079 knew what I mean. He wasn't talking about everybody's dogs meeting their pets, 278 00:17:52.079 --> 00:17:55.720 but like he was saying that everybody on the team like their dogs. And 279 00:17:56.240 --> 00:17:59.920 that's sort of I guess the culture that Pat Kelsey's had before. Everybody's gonna 280 00:18:00.279 --> 00:18:03.240 what they get and it's easy to say those kind of things. But I 281 00:18:03.279 --> 00:18:07.000 think, again, just knowing what we know about a lot of the players 282 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.440 you've added via the portal, I feel like that's kind of already part of 283 00:18:08.440 --> 00:18:11.559 their DNA, which is a good thing. So again that's the that's the 284 00:18:11.559 --> 00:18:18.000 big news that Coleman Hawkins experience, whatever you want to call it, is 285 00:18:18.039 --> 00:18:22.839 over because he's now not going to visit and it sounds like he will end 286 00:18:22.960 --> 00:18:27.680 up probably going to SMU. I mean, I feel like I don't know. 287 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:34.599 Here's the latest from Colemenhawkins. He tweeted out again this guy again doesn't 288 00:18:34.599 --> 00:18:38.880 matter. But like he deletes tweets all the time. Did he delete the 289 00:18:38.880 --> 00:18:41.400 tweet saying he was getting off the app? No, he kept that up. 290 00:18:41.440 --> 00:18:48.119 But then earlier he tweeted out. Is that he tweeted out, I 291 00:18:48.119 --> 00:18:52.799 guess everything happens for a reason, and like not a it was like kind 292 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:56.240 of a I guess a sad emoji, you know what I mean, which 293 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:59.960 again kind of confirmed what I guess. A lot of people are doubting that. 294 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:03.599 They just don't believe louisvill would would not would would would back out. 295 00:19:03.279 --> 00:19:07.759 But that's that's exactly what happened, and I think that tweet from him insinuates 296 00:19:07.759 --> 00:19:10.960 that. But then he deleted it. Now he read so now he's only 297 00:19:11.119 --> 00:19:15.119 his latest I guess tweet on his timeline is not his. It's a retweet 298 00:19:15.160 --> 00:19:18.440 from Jeff Goodman that says Colemanhawkins is set to visit Kansas State this weekend. 299 00:19:18.519 --> 00:19:22.240 Now so last minute change, He's now going to visit Kansas State. And 300 00:19:22.400 --> 00:19:26.119 uh this this other little tidbit here in the tweet from from Goodman says one 301 00:19:26.119 --> 00:19:30.440 major misnomer with Hawkins. I'm told there's no asking price of two million. 302 00:19:30.480 --> 00:19:33.519 He obviously wants to be compensated fairly for the current marketplace, but this is 303 00:19:33.519 --> 00:19:37.200 more about fit, the chance to develop play for a winning program and for 304 00:19:37.240 --> 00:19:41.160 a coach that will get the most out of him. So here's here's something 305 00:19:41.160 --> 00:19:42.720 that I think is very realistic here. And I don't believe that. Again, 306 00:19:44.240 --> 00:19:45.359 I don't know if Louisville was ever going to pay two million, I 307 00:19:45.359 --> 00:19:48.000 don't. I don't believe that. I think they felt like they could pay 308 00:19:48.799 --> 00:19:53.839 and offer him in an il situation that would have been attractive enough for him 309 00:19:53.839 --> 00:19:56.640 to pull the trigger and say yes. I mean I never we'll never know. 310 00:19:56.680 --> 00:19:59.319 So maybe I shouldn't act and say, hey, he was going to 311 00:19:59.400 --> 00:20:00.920 visit, and he would for sure said yes, we'll never know. Now. 312 00:20:02.079 --> 00:20:07.519 But Aaron Torres I think put it out earlier this afternoon, and it 313 00:20:07.519 --> 00:20:10.720 makes sense. He says. He feels bad for Colemanhawkins came back for a 314 00:20:10.720 --> 00:20:14.480 big nil bag, but he waited so late. Most marquee rosters are already 315 00:20:14.480 --> 00:20:18.480 set and most anile money has been spent less than for next year's guys. 316 00:20:18.480 --> 00:20:22.839 If you're going to withdraw from the withdraw the deadline, your agent better be 317 00:20:22.880 --> 00:20:25.319 working behind the scenes to make sure there's a landing spot for you. So 318 00:20:25.359 --> 00:20:27.039 look, Colemanhawkins. He'll find a spot, he'll make money, and he'll 319 00:20:27.039 --> 00:20:30.920 probably probably be pretty good. But he did, I mean, he did 320 00:20:30.000 --> 00:20:33.920 wait till the very last minute, and again he didn't have a whole lot 321 00:20:33.960 --> 00:20:40.680 of conversations with programs from what I understand, until he officially pulled out of 322 00:20:40.680 --> 00:20:42.079 the draft, which again it's been pretty I mean, he was out there 323 00:20:42.079 --> 00:20:45.640 from day one. He didn't want to come back to school. He wanted 324 00:20:45.680 --> 00:20:48.519 to go to the NBA, but the NBA, I think made it quite 325 00:20:48.559 --> 00:20:52.920 clear that you may not get drafted, and obviously back being back in school, 326 00:20:52.920 --> 00:20:56.240 making money and then entering the draft next year is probably what's best for 327 00:20:56.319 --> 00:21:00.240 him and him being picky, saying he doesn't want to play in the Big 328 00:21:00.279 --> 00:21:02.359 Ten or the Big East. Can't help either of him. Yeah, I 329 00:21:02.400 --> 00:21:04.920 mean, I just you know, I don't want to act like anything he's 330 00:21:04.920 --> 00:21:10.240 ever done and said on social media makes him like a you know, a 331 00:21:10.440 --> 00:21:12.279 character risk or anything like that, or a guy who you know you wouldn't 332 00:21:12.279 --> 00:21:17.200 want on your team. But it's just it's just unusual to see And I 333 00:21:17.240 --> 00:21:21.119 can't even claim that like it's because he's childish, but I get why other 334 00:21:21.119 --> 00:21:22.519 people would see it that way. Right, Like we had that clip we 335 00:21:22.519 --> 00:21:26.559 played the other day from Sam Vassini discussing why NBA teams weren't as impressed with 336 00:21:26.680 --> 00:21:30.880 him, and he said that it's because they do want to see more maturity 337 00:21:30.920 --> 00:21:33.440 from him. So, you know, he'll probably end up at Kansas State 338 00:21:33.440 --> 00:21:37.000 because I would imagine go to Kansas State before he go to SMU. But 339 00:21:37.039 --> 00:21:38.440 I don't know if he ends up at SMU will be playing against him next 340 00:21:38.480 --> 00:21:44.759 year because they're in the ACC now. All right, So a lot of 341 00:21:44.759 --> 00:21:48.559 other things we need to get to throughout these next two hours and some change. 342 00:21:48.960 --> 00:21:52.480 The Dan Hurley situation. Sounds like he's in LA today. His family 343 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:56.240 and I still have a hard time thinking then he won't be the Lakers coach. 344 00:21:56.319 --> 00:22:02.119 But the longer it drags out, I guess I can see a scenario 345 00:22:02.200 --> 00:22:07.359 where he does have a hard time pulling the trigger and leaving such a great 346 00:22:07.400 --> 00:22:11.640 situation. We got a lot of other things we need to get into today, 347 00:22:11.680 --> 00:22:15.279 so let's go ahead and take a quick time out, save some time 348 00:22:15.319 --> 00:22:17.799 for the show so we can, you know, get into all these things. 349 00:22:17.880 --> 00:22:21.799 I'm you know that I've got planned for us throughout these next two hours, 350 00:22:21.799 --> 00:22:22.960 so stick with us. It's coffee and company. We are feel about 351 00:22:22.960 --> 00:22:29.880 Thorton's right here on Sports Talk seven ninety As picky of an eater as you 352 00:22:29.960 --> 00:22:33.960 are, John, I'm gonna assume you don't like onions. I do. 353 00:22:33.000 --> 00:22:37.319 I like onions. Really surprises me. I'm not an onion guy, but 354 00:22:37.359 --> 00:22:44.000 it's mostly just because of texture. Onion flavor is good on stuff, and 355 00:22:44.039 --> 00:22:48.720 I don't like you know, I don't despise onions, but onions stink, 356 00:22:48.839 --> 00:22:52.160 man, they do. So my wife brought home some pizza last night, 357 00:22:52.440 --> 00:22:56.039 and she doesn't eat a lot of leftovers. So sometimes if it's something I 358 00:22:56.039 --> 00:22:57.440 would eat, she'll bring it home and it'll be my lunch the next day. 359 00:22:57.480 --> 00:23:00.880 That's what I did today. So I had before I left, I 360 00:23:00.920 --> 00:23:04.759 heat it up a piece of for pizza, and it had like little onions 361 00:23:04.759 --> 00:23:08.000 on it, and I was trying to pull them off and I was able 362 00:23:08.039 --> 00:23:12.759 to do that effectively. And I just put my hand near my face before 363 00:23:12.759 --> 00:23:15.640 we're coming back from break, and I can smell the onion on my finger. 364 00:23:17.240 --> 00:23:19.039 It is so disgusting. Now, I wouldn't do onions on pizza, 365 00:23:19.039 --> 00:23:22.799 wouldn't you agree? Though? Like onions stink? Oh, I mean it 366 00:23:22.839 --> 00:23:26.200 smells like in the right setting, though, it can smell good. Oh 367 00:23:26.279 --> 00:23:29.680 my, what setting is that? I guess when you're about to eat more 368 00:23:30.079 --> 00:23:32.839 or eat something with an onion, it just it's got I don't know, 369 00:23:32.920 --> 00:23:37.759 attached them, something like that, like bo leftover onions that you were eating. 370 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:41.160 Body odor smells like onions like it. When I smell bad, Like 371 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:45.039 when I smell somebody that's got bo, it gives me I get a hint 372 00:23:45.079 --> 00:23:48.119 of you know what onion smells like. Another thing that I feel like can 373 00:23:48.160 --> 00:23:51.839 be comparable in terms of it can smell bad in the wrong setting is fish, 374 00:23:51.880 --> 00:23:53.599 But if you're out in the seafood place, it smell pretty good. 375 00:23:53.720 --> 00:23:56.319 Yeah, that's true, but yeah, I need a next break. I'm 376 00:23:56.319 --> 00:24:00.119 gonna go wash my hands because very very gross. It's coffee and Company here 377 00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:03.079 on Sports Talk seven ninety feel Beth Thornton's make sure you sign up to become 378 00:24:03.119 --> 00:24:07.319 a member of the Thornton's Refreshman Awards program. If you haven't already, you 379 00:24:07.359 --> 00:24:10.640 can do it at Refreshment Awards dot com or download the app. So we 380 00:24:10.839 --> 00:24:18.720 have an update on the Scotti Scheffler officer Officer Gillis, and I mean we 381 00:24:18.799 --> 00:24:22.440 knew once the charges were dropped. The press conference took place and LMPD announced 382 00:24:23.000 --> 00:24:27.279 via press release that they would be releasing more I guess, you know, 383 00:24:27.680 --> 00:24:30.720 I don't remember what if they called it evidence or if they called it photo 384 00:24:30.960 --> 00:24:34.480 or audio video, whatever it may be, but they were going to release 385 00:24:34.519 --> 00:24:37.960 it once things are redacted. Well, I guess it's been redacted because we 386 00:24:38.000 --> 00:24:45.039 now have some pictures of Officer Gillis after the fact, his pants, his 387 00:24:45.119 --> 00:24:52.319 booboos, and we have audio. So apparently he turned on his body cam 388 00:24:52.400 --> 00:24:56.480 but only audio, which I guess video wouldn't be it wouldn't be relevant after 389 00:24:56.480 --> 00:25:02.119 the fact, but he turned it on after everything ended, and there's only 390 00:25:02.160 --> 00:25:04.759 and there's audio from that which before we play it for you. I mean, 391 00:25:06.680 --> 00:25:08.359 why would he have it off and then turn it on? Like I 392 00:25:08.400 --> 00:25:14.000 mean, just even if it's not because he was trying to get away with 393 00:25:14.079 --> 00:25:18.720 doing something shady, it's still not following protocol and you lose the ability to 394 00:25:18.720 --> 00:25:21.559 say that it wasn't working, you know what I mean, like a malfunction. 395 00:25:21.680 --> 00:25:23.440 You just literally weren't prepared to do your job because you're supposed to have 396 00:25:23.519 --> 00:25:27.279 that on. But you you haven't heard this yet, have you. No? 397 00:25:27.319 --> 00:25:34.559 I've seen the photos though, oh man. I mean, like I'll 398 00:25:34.599 --> 00:25:42.240 go back to what I said the day that they announced that charges were dropped 399 00:25:42.319 --> 00:25:45.839 and Romans did his thing, and really, you know, body bagged LMPD 400 00:25:48.759 --> 00:25:56.720 every step of this entire situation. Every time there's an update, which today 401 00:25:56.799 --> 00:26:00.160 there's an update, there's more more, you know, evidence from the whole 402 00:26:00.200 --> 00:26:08.200 situation. It looks more and more bad for LMPD and specifically Officer Gillis because 403 00:26:11.359 --> 00:26:14.319 the day that it happened, I remember thinking, well, surely, like 404 00:26:14.359 --> 00:26:17.240 come on, like I get it, Like cops can get hot headed and 405 00:26:17.519 --> 00:26:21.960 abuse their power and let emotions get in the way from actually doing their job, 406 00:26:22.200 --> 00:26:23.920 But you know, I'm going to give them the benefit of it out 407 00:26:23.960 --> 00:26:27.880 like probably shouldn't have happened where Scotty Scheffler goes to jail and gets arrested in 408 00:26:27.960 --> 00:26:32.240 charge with a felony. But there's got to be something there that led for 409 00:26:32.359 --> 00:26:34.720 it to get to this point, Like there's got to be more to it, 410 00:26:34.759 --> 00:26:37.000 Like what are we missing? Are we going to find out that Scotty 411 00:26:37.039 --> 00:26:41.359 Scheffler called him a bad name, talked about his mama, Like, like 412 00:26:41.400 --> 00:26:45.079 what led to it getting to that level where he's thrown in jail for you 413 00:26:45.119 --> 00:26:51.880 know, five minutes seemingly and we still have no evidence And I don't. 414 00:26:52.000 --> 00:26:56.160 I don't because he didn't. Like this is exactly what everybody who doubted LMPD 415 00:26:56.519 --> 00:26:59.920 for doing the right thing and handling it the way they were supposed to, 416 00:27:00.599 --> 00:27:06.039 specifically Officer Gillis was right. What this is is a law enforcement officer who 417 00:27:06.319 --> 00:27:11.279 got his feelings hurt, abused his power seemingly, and just made this thing 418 00:27:11.319 --> 00:27:15.200 into something it did not need to be at all. We already knew that 419 00:27:15.240 --> 00:27:18.880 with the evidence that has been presented to us and made public in recent weeks, 420 00:27:18.359 --> 00:27:22.440 but the pictures of his pants we'll start there before you guys hear what 421 00:27:22.480 --> 00:27:26.359 he had to say after the fact. I mean he has a small rip, 422 00:27:26.920 --> 00:27:30.720 like a little hole on the back of his pants, and then I 423 00:27:32.440 --> 00:27:33.519 mean that's pretty much it, is it not? So if you guys want 424 00:27:33.559 --> 00:27:37.359 to, I just retweeted Paul Miles, who was in our newsroom, Paul 425 00:27:37.359 --> 00:27:42.200 Miles of news Radio eight forty whas I just retweeted the picture that he posted 426 00:27:42.240 --> 00:27:48.160 of the pants. But there's some other images as well. His knee. 427 00:27:48.359 --> 00:27:51.599 I'm not kidding you. My son last night playing basketball, he's four. 428 00:27:52.240 --> 00:27:55.920 My son last night outside fell down on his knee and he had a bigger 429 00:27:56.720 --> 00:28:00.279 scab cut whatever you want to call it than Officer Jealous who acted like you 430 00:28:00.319 --> 00:28:06.200 know, I mean, he this is I'm speechless, the injury to the 431 00:28:06.240 --> 00:28:08.960 knee. My son had a bigger whelp, a bigger you know cut on 432 00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:12.160 his knee last night and he's four, and he got up and kept playing. 433 00:28:12.519 --> 00:28:17.319 This guy threw somebody in jail because of this what a I mean, 434 00:28:17.319 --> 00:28:22.680 I'm it all got handled to where charges were dropped. And Scottie Scheffler is 435 00:28:22.720 --> 00:28:26.240 the one who was, you know, caught up in this and he seems 436 00:28:26.279 --> 00:28:30.359 to be handling it better than anybody possibly could, better than I would, 437 00:28:30.839 --> 00:28:37.680 but it's still is just insane. I'm I'm, I'm speechless as to like, 438 00:28:37.039 --> 00:28:41.599 like, how's this guy not fired? He already had issues as a 439 00:28:41.720 --> 00:28:45.279 law enforcement officer before that probably doesn't warrant getting fired, but if it did, 440 00:28:45.279 --> 00:28:51.319 it wouldn't surprise me. But like, this guy created this entire situation 441 00:28:51.839 --> 00:28:56.680 and he's making LMPD all look bad because of him. And unfortunately, that's 442 00:28:56.839 --> 00:29:02.440 you know, there could be a few bad cops in different law enforcement you 443 00:29:02.519 --> 00:29:06.119 know, different police departments across the country. It doesn't mean that everybody's like 444 00:29:06.160 --> 00:29:08.000 that, and that's unfortunate because if you have a few, or maybe just 445 00:29:08.039 --> 00:29:11.920 one that does bad things they're not supposed to do, you know, it's 446 00:29:11.960 --> 00:29:15.279 a black eye for everybody, which isn't fair, but that's just how it 447 00:29:15.319 --> 00:29:17.839 works. Like, I know, there are many great law enforcement officers here 448 00:29:17.880 --> 00:29:19.880 in Louisville that are that you know, do things the right way and wouldn't 449 00:29:19.920 --> 00:29:25.519 have let this happen. But man, this guy is a clown. I 450 00:29:25.559 --> 00:29:30.480 mean, go look at these pictures. It's crazy and I can't I don't 451 00:29:30.519 --> 00:29:36.920 know how this works, but I can't tell if you know, he had 452 00:29:36.960 --> 00:29:40.000 to prove that he was hurt, meaning they're like, okay, well, 453 00:29:40.000 --> 00:29:41.880 if you're gonna if we're gonna throw these charges on and we need to see 454 00:29:41.880 --> 00:29:45.880 like the injuries or is is this guy just such a clown, such a 455 00:29:45.920 --> 00:29:51.000 delusional buffoon that he's like you come look, come look at come look at 456 00:29:51.039 --> 00:29:55.359 my knee. I mean it looks like he scratched a bug bite. It 457 00:29:55.400 --> 00:30:00.039 doesn't look it's not a wound. I mean, what a clown. And 458 00:30:00.119 --> 00:30:03.319 then to release the statement that he released after the fact, like I did 459 00:30:03.359 --> 00:30:08.480 get dragged, if that's one he didn't, because again, there were witnesses 460 00:30:08.519 --> 00:30:17.000 that were willing to testify and told both the county attorney and Scheffler's attorney Romans, 461 00:30:17.160 --> 00:30:18.880 that they saw it. They didn't have video, they weren't filming, 462 00:30:19.319 --> 00:30:22.680 but they saw it and that he did not that that didn't happen. He 463 00:30:22.720 --> 00:30:27.119 did not get dragged by Scheffler's vehicle, and Romans, I thought, you 464 00:30:27.119 --> 00:30:30.400 know, said it best. If he was dragged, they wouldn't drop charges. 465 00:30:30.440 --> 00:30:34.720 If he legitimately dragged an officer, mistake or not, they wouldn't drop 466 00:30:34.799 --> 00:30:37.799 charges. And to be honest with you, they probably shouldn't. Now, 467 00:30:37.799 --> 00:30:40.519 maybe you can lower the charge, but like you can't even if it's a 468 00:30:40.519 --> 00:30:44.960 mistake. You can't be driving with a law enforcement officer attached to your vehicle. 469 00:30:44.960 --> 00:30:47.359 But that didn't happen. So like I'm just I don't know. It 470 00:30:47.359 --> 00:30:49.960 doesn't matter, makes no difference, but I am curious, was it is 471 00:30:51.000 --> 00:30:52.119 this? I mean, I'm sure it's protocol, but just I can you 472 00:30:52.119 --> 00:30:56.880 know, given how this thing's been handled, especially by Gillis since day one, 473 00:30:56.920 --> 00:30:59.799 Like I can see him like wanting to show everybody his knee as if 474 00:30:59.839 --> 00:31:03.720 the gonna you know, drop to any of themselves and say a prayer and 475 00:31:03.720 --> 00:31:06.640 hope that he survives and hope that he has a speedy recovery. I mean, 476 00:31:06.640 --> 00:31:10.559 what a clown. And now see one of the replies. Actually I 477 00:31:10.599 --> 00:31:11.759 want to bring one of them. It's funny. Maybe it's childish, but 478 00:31:11.799 --> 00:31:15.599 I think it's funny. That's a weird spot for poop to come out from. 479 00:31:15.039 --> 00:31:19.279 Yeah, maybe he didn't, in fact poop his pants like I thought 480 00:31:19.279 --> 00:31:26.640 he did. I could be wrong there, but you know Boo Boo's poopoos. 481 00:31:26.640 --> 00:31:30.920 It's allah, I mean, it's I mean, in again, there 482 00:31:30.920 --> 00:31:37.400 are four clips that our news team put together from Officer Gillis after the fact, 483 00:31:37.519 --> 00:31:41.559 whenever Scheffler was in the police car. And here they are. So 484 00:31:41.559 --> 00:31:44.279 I'm gonna have to play them individually because these are news cuts for our news 485 00:31:44.279 --> 00:31:47.960 station. But uh, here is the first one. I think this is 486 00:31:47.960 --> 00:31:49.880 when the officer, the other officer I guess was talking to Scheffler that we 487 00:31:49.880 --> 00:31:53.400 did here, who I don't think handled that very well, to be honest 488 00:31:53.440 --> 00:32:01.240 with you, but I mean, come here, they want to talk to 489 00:32:01.279 --> 00:32:09.519 you too. Man, Yeah you are. I'm pissed. My pants are 490 00:32:09.599 --> 00:32:15.920 ripped. I had this scrape on my knee and my wrist. I'm pissed. 491 00:32:16.279 --> 00:32:21.359 I'm pissed. I mean, I feel like we should make that a 492 00:32:21.400 --> 00:32:23.960 job. That's and that's again. I mean that is again you like you 493 00:32:24.079 --> 00:32:28.880 let your you got your feelings hurt, like you let your emotions like I 494 00:32:28.880 --> 00:32:32.920 mean, if that gets you pissed and worked up to where you you know, 495 00:32:34.839 --> 00:32:37.519 have to file a felony charge. Like man, I don't know if, 496 00:32:37.680 --> 00:32:40.599 if, if this is the right lane for you. My man, 497 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:45.279 It's like he went around everybody else. We already had a line of them 498 00:32:45.279 --> 00:32:47.079 trying to come in, and he decided he's going to be recording. No, 499 00:32:47.279 --> 00:32:55.119 was at a time was it wasn't expecting to run over. Wasn't expecting 500 00:32:55.160 --> 00:33:01.200 to get run over? Is that? I mean? I mean, I 501 00:33:01.200 --> 00:33:04.640 think he believes he got ran over, Like I think it's you know, 502 00:33:04.680 --> 00:33:07.480 George Costanza type stuff, like it's not it's not a lie if you believe 503 00:33:07.519 --> 00:33:09.599 it, like you didn't get run over? What are you talking about? 504 00:33:10.119 --> 00:33:14.279 Especially with the statement where he reiterated, you know he took offense to see 505 00:33:14.359 --> 00:33:16.359 Roman's comments and then wanted to let everybody know he did get run over. 506 00:33:16.480 --> 00:33:21.640 I mean, no, you didn't like that didn't happen. What world are 507 00:33:21.680 --> 00:33:24.200 you? Are you on? He goes, He goes, I want to 508 00:33:24.240 --> 00:33:27.720 go. My hand's on, and like no, no, not he is, 509 00:33:27.720 --> 00:33:30.559 I want to go. He floors it. You never floor and that 510 00:33:30.680 --> 00:33:36.160 never happened. He didn't floor it like you're I mean, are you are 511 00:33:36.160 --> 00:33:38.680 you the one that I ran? I mean my wrist, my angle, 512 00:33:38.880 --> 00:33:50.039 my knee, and my rip my hand. I hope he's okay. I 513 00:33:50.079 --> 00:33:58.000 mean, I can see even if it is a misunderstanding and you're not wanting 514 00:33:58.039 --> 00:34:00.839 to take it to the level that he took it, I can see you 515 00:34:00.920 --> 00:34:07.319 not being like chill about it. But again to say you got run over, 516 00:34:07.599 --> 00:34:13.920 I mean, and if like, have you ever really like I'm just 517 00:34:13.920 --> 00:34:19.960 trying to this is not a great comparison, but I've hurt myself before, 518 00:34:20.000 --> 00:34:22.920 like you know, playing sports or whatever, or even just you know, 519 00:34:23.360 --> 00:34:30.760 hit my shint on something, or like sometimes whenever you whenever you hurt yourself 520 00:34:30.119 --> 00:34:35.760 and you're like really like in pain, like ah, like you're really hurting 521 00:34:35.760 --> 00:34:37.760 because it's a Charlie horse or maybe I don't know what it is, like 522 00:34:37.800 --> 00:34:42.559 you can have something that really does cause you pain and discomfort, but there's 523 00:34:42.599 --> 00:34:45.440 no visual like proof that you're really hurt, you know what I'm saying. 524 00:34:45.800 --> 00:34:50.679 So I mean, I just I wouldn't show anybody my knee. I wouldn't 525 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:54.960 show anybody my my my wrist because it would make you look as if you're 526 00:34:55.000 --> 00:35:00.239 not very tough. But again, that's you know, maybe he was really 527 00:35:00.280 --> 00:35:01.920 hurt. I mean clearly he was, because he was that emotional about it 528 00:35:01.920 --> 00:35:06.760 and he was pissed, as he said. I just I feel like the 529 00:35:06.800 --> 00:35:10.440 adrenaline in the situation probably caused him to overreact in this way, and he 530 00:35:10.519 --> 00:35:13.599 wasn't thinking, well, I hate to give him the benefit of the doubt. 531 00:35:13.599 --> 00:35:16.239 Maybe I'm not by saying that, but he's still shouldn't fair. He 532 00:35:16.320 --> 00:35:21.480 still shouldn't have made this what it was. Yeah, and you know, 533 00:35:22.840 --> 00:35:30.480 I don't know why there wasn't a chance to talk it out, and they 534 00:35:30.480 --> 00:35:32.119 did talk. You heard there that the you know that last clip I played, 535 00:35:32.159 --> 00:35:37.719 you could hear Scheffler talking to him briefly, and I just feel like 536 00:35:37.719 --> 00:35:43.079 in most instances that would have that would have at least calmed the situation a 537 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:47.239 little bit to where you could have still been upset but understood that what you 538 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:52.760 what you decided to do initially wasn't overreaction and doesn't need to happen. And 539 00:35:52.800 --> 00:35:59.039 that never I guess crossed his mind. So yeah, I mean it's I 540 00:35:59.079 --> 00:36:01.199 mean, you even heard the office or who asked him did you have your 541 00:36:01.360 --> 00:36:05.920 body cam on? And he said no, because I didn't expect to get 542 00:36:06.000 --> 00:36:08.239 run over. I mean, you know, I'm not gonna I can't read 543 00:36:08.239 --> 00:36:12.000 anybody's mind, but he could have just been asking him because like, you 544 00:36:12.079 --> 00:36:14.639 know, they're gonna need that, or also like you know, we're supposed 545 00:36:14.639 --> 00:36:15.960 to it his policy, So like I hope you did have it on or 546 00:36:16.000 --> 00:36:20.440 maybe he's thinking, like, I don't know if I believe what you're telling 547 00:36:20.480 --> 00:36:22.880 me, because it's not adding up, like you don't look that hurt, 548 00:36:22.880 --> 00:36:25.320 and I didn't see anybody floor it like you said, I didn't see you 549 00:36:25.320 --> 00:36:30.679 get dragged. But maybe if you have it on cam, then we'll be 550 00:36:30.719 --> 00:36:31.400 able to show that, like, I don't know. I mean, again, 551 00:36:31.519 --> 00:36:35.599 I can't speak for the other officer who asked him that, but just 552 00:36:35.719 --> 00:36:37.840 again, to go back to the first day this happened, I think it 553 00:36:37.880 --> 00:36:40.239 was it three weeks ago today? Was it two weeks I think it was 554 00:36:40.239 --> 00:36:44.320 three weeks ago today when this whole thing happened. It was the day before 555 00:36:44.360 --> 00:36:46.119 you left for your trip, wasn't it. Yeah, so I think that 556 00:36:46.199 --> 00:36:52.119 was three weeks ago. Yeah. I mean, unfortunate situation all the way 557 00:36:52.119 --> 00:36:58.920 around, but there's no scenario it needed to go that far, and it's 558 00:36:59.000 --> 00:37:00.840 just a bad look unfortunately. All right, quick break will come back and 559 00:37:01.039 --> 00:37:06.599 wrap up the three o'clock hour and keep this thing rolling along. I'm curious 560 00:37:06.599 --> 00:37:09.519 if we get any Danny Hurley updates today. I know he's visiting la Maybe 561 00:37:09.559 --> 00:37:14.400 he falls in love while there and gives him the yes, or maybe you 562 00:37:14.440 --> 00:37:16.239 know he comes back to Connecticut. I think the longer he drags out, 563 00:37:16.719 --> 00:37:21.320 the better chance there is of him not going to the Lakers. But I 564 00:37:21.360 --> 00:37:23.320 still believe as of now, he's going to be in the NBA, not 565 00:37:23.360 --> 00:37:25.760 in college basketball next year. And that's a bummer. I really do think 566 00:37:25.840 --> 00:37:29.960 that that's not a good thing for college hoops. Quick break, keep a 567 00:37:29.960 --> 00:37:34.760 lock right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Who is this? I'm just 568 00:37:34.880 --> 00:37:39.039 enjoying the SpongeBob cartoon. Okay, I don't I didn't recognize the voice. 569 00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:44.599 This is uh so, Okay, I'm thinking to myself, who would make 570 00:37:44.639 --> 00:37:46.920 a song about ripping pants? But then you mentioned cartoon SpongeBob, and you 571 00:37:47.000 --> 00:37:51.760 know, I could see it be in that in there somewhere. SpongeBob became 572 00:37:51.840 --> 00:37:54.199 really big right after, Like I was not a little kid anymore. That 573 00:37:54.239 --> 00:37:59.679 was my prime cartoon as a child. Yep, you know about rug Rats? 574 00:38:00.239 --> 00:38:02.119 What about Hey Arnold? Yeah, it's the football Head. Yeah. 575 00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:06.079 So those were the big cartoons when I was a kid. But I didn't 576 00:38:06.079 --> 00:38:07.679 watch a lot of cartoons as a kid. It was never really never really 577 00:38:07.719 --> 00:38:10.960 my thing. 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That doesn't really surprise 603 00:39:46.320 --> 00:39:51.719 me, because I don't I mean Yukon, you know, I think they'll 604 00:39:51.719 --> 00:39:54.840 they'll figure it out, right, Like if he names a price that says, 605 00:39:54.880 --> 00:40:00.320 hey, this is what it's gonna take to get me to stay part 606 00:40:00.320 --> 00:40:04.000 of me says, they'll just say yes and agree to it, and they'll 607 00:40:04.000 --> 00:40:07.119 find a way to make they'll find a way to to to have that money 608 00:40:07.119 --> 00:40:12.440 available. People Connecticut tax tax, the people of Connecticut have people you know 609 00:40:13.880 --> 00:40:15.679 sell their you know, Organs On the dark web to try me like, 610 00:40:15.719 --> 00:40:19.440 that's how much Yukon wants to keep this guy. But I don't. I 611 00:40:19.440 --> 00:40:21.760 don't think it's about money, So I don't really have a strong reaction to 612 00:40:22.920 --> 00:40:24.719 him. Not because he just won two national championships in a row. So 613 00:40:24.760 --> 00:40:29.960 you would think, given the trajectory that he's on and what he's accomplished, 614 00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:32.719 that he deserves to be the highest paid coach in college basketball. I don't 615 00:40:32.719 --> 00:40:37.119 think Yukon can can can do that unless again they got real creative and you 616 00:40:37.159 --> 00:40:39.320 know, had some help on their end. But I don't, like, 617 00:40:39.920 --> 00:40:43.559 it's not going to be about money. If he comes back to Yukon, 618 00:40:43.679 --> 00:40:46.519 it won't be because they made him a rich man. I mean, he's 619 00:40:46.519 --> 00:40:49.679 already going to be paid a lot if he comes back, and yeah, 620 00:40:49.719 --> 00:40:53.639 the Lakers would put him in a different ballpark financially. You know, life 621 00:40:53.719 --> 00:41:00.559 changing money is different for everybody. Meaning he's been coaching Yukon, he's been 622 00:41:00.599 --> 00:41:05.400 a high level D one coach for some years now. I would imagine that, 623 00:41:05.440 --> 00:41:07.239 you know, the life changing money for him probably happened when he signed 624 00:41:07.239 --> 00:41:09.599 his contract with Yukon the first time, because I'm sure he was making a 625 00:41:09.639 --> 00:41:14.119 lot more money there than he was at Rhode Island and at Wagner, So 626 00:41:15.079 --> 00:41:19.119 I think he's probably already had life changing money, and then the Laker money 627 00:41:19.159 --> 00:41:21.840 could probably make it to where it's even more life changing, because we're talking 628 00:41:21.880 --> 00:41:24.760 about, you know, potentially making fifteen sixteen million dollars a year, which 629 00:41:24.880 --> 00:41:29.239 is a lot of money. So I don't think it's going to be about 630 00:41:29.239 --> 00:41:30.880 the money. I think it'll just come down to does he want to take 631 00:41:30.920 --> 00:41:36.760 that challenge? And I still think he will go to the Lakers because of 632 00:41:36.840 --> 00:41:38.880 the timing here, like what else does he have left to accomplish at Yukon? 633 00:41:39.920 --> 00:41:45.519 And in fact, there are some that really struggle when they're in a 634 00:41:45.559 --> 00:41:49.960 situation like this where they know that, hey, I've really proved that I 635 00:41:50.000 --> 00:41:55.079 am one of the best of all time and I've already been at the top 636 00:41:55.199 --> 00:41:59.559 two straight years. You know, you find yourself thinking, man, does 637 00:41:59.599 --> 00:42:01.880 it really get better than this? Like you know what's next? You know, 638 00:42:01.880 --> 00:42:05.519 I could win a title again and it'll feel great, But man, 639 00:42:05.559 --> 00:42:08.519 like you know not that he would be unhappy if he keeps winning national championships. 640 00:42:08.519 --> 00:42:12.800 But Billy Donovan after he won back to back titles at Florida. He 641 00:42:12.880 --> 00:42:17.320 talked about this years ago where he battled with like depression because he sort of 642 00:42:17.320 --> 00:42:22.599 felt lost, like he really did achieve something he probably never thought was realistic 643 00:42:22.599 --> 00:42:27.079 for him. Maybe he did, I don't know, but the success he 644 00:42:27.079 --> 00:42:29.760 had at Florida in those two years where he went back to back championships, 645 00:42:30.079 --> 00:42:31.360 you know, you don't win a title the next year and it's like a 646 00:42:31.360 --> 00:42:36.960 big leutdown and you can still be really good, but like you may never 647 00:42:37.000 --> 00:42:38.639 win back to back titles again. You could be a great coach and never 648 00:42:38.639 --> 00:42:44.320 win another title again. So I think moving on to the NBA makes a 649 00:42:44.320 --> 00:42:47.000 lot of sense for him, and LA is the best job you can probably 650 00:42:47.039 --> 00:42:50.440 get. But I really think it. You know, if it was me, 651 00:42:51.280 --> 00:42:53.360 it would come down to, you know, just how much am I 652 00:42:53.440 --> 00:42:57.840 going to be able to run this team? Like how much am I going 653 00:42:57.880 --> 00:43:02.440 to have to? Let you know? How much is Lebron gonna dictate what 654 00:43:02.480 --> 00:43:06.519 we do? Which you know it sounds crazy, but no, like, 655 00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:10.639 let's be real, Like Lebron James, I mean, he's he's I mean, 656 00:43:10.639 --> 00:43:15.000 he's the coach a lot of times when he's wherever he is. I 657 00:43:15.000 --> 00:43:16.840 mean, I don't say that tongue in cheek literally like he used to make 658 00:43:16.840 --> 00:43:21.679 fun of Tylo when he was the coach of the of the Calves whenever Lebron 659 00:43:21.800 --> 00:43:24.400 was was there the last time like Tylou in the huddle, I mean like 660 00:43:24.639 --> 00:43:27.960 Lebron would just kind of like irt, like nudge him out of the way, 661 00:43:28.000 --> 00:43:30.000 like come on, I got like I got this. And I still 662 00:43:30.079 --> 00:43:31.719 think Dan Hurley's the kind of guy they would want to coach basketball like that. 663 00:43:31.880 --> 00:43:35.719 But we'll see, all right, two hours left. 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