WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.480 --> 00:00:05.559 This is I on the Ball with Steve Rivera on 2 00:00:05.679 --> 00:00:10.919 Fox Sports fourteen fifty powered by Nova Insurance Services insure 3 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.080 your most prized POSSESSI yets. 4 00:00:14.800 --> 00:00:16.000 Hell, you good enough to moon everybody. 5 00:00:16.000 --> 00:00:18.039 Welcome to Eye on the Ball here on Fox Sports 6 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:20.839 fourteen fifty. I was Steve Bavera and with me today 7 00:00:21.000 --> 00:00:23.559 is one of our usual guys. I'm good to see 8 00:00:23.600 --> 00:00:26.480 you as you do it, Okay, Blake, Blake Eager, Yeah, 9 00:00:26.519 --> 00:00:27.519 thanks thanks for having me. 10 00:00:27.519 --> 00:00:27.760 Steve. 11 00:00:27.839 --> 00:00:29.399 Did you was it? 12 00:00:29.960 --> 00:00:33.280 You were obviously handling the WBC World Baseball Classic? 13 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:38.200 Did you was it? Did a met your expectations or beyond? 14 00:00:38.679 --> 00:00:41.200 I think beyond I mean, and you know, step back 15 00:00:41.359 --> 00:00:44.280 a little bit. You know, our tendance numbers weren't exactly 16 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.399 where we would like to have them. It's a first 17 00:00:46.439 --> 00:00:49.079 time event, first time having Major League Baseball back in 18 00:00:49.159 --> 00:00:53.439 fifteen years. But you know, we we probably averaged roughly 19 00:00:53.560 --> 00:00:55.600 twenty five hundred fans per game. The Kids in the 20 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:57.640 Park day were an absolute hit. We had six thousand 21 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:00.520 kids out there on Monday and Tuesday eleven am. But 22 00:01:00.560 --> 00:01:03.039 the feedback that we got from Major League Baseball and 23 00:01:03.039 --> 00:01:07.120 World Baseball Classic far exceeded what we were hoping for, 24 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:09.040 and then and then we had six of those games 25 00:01:09.040 --> 00:01:10.959 were on nationally tele advised on Fox Sports Too and 26 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:13.760 MLB Network. So actually Thursday night we got done and 27 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:16.760 went did a little post recap with MLB and WBC 28 00:01:16.920 --> 00:01:20.400 and all the TVs and at the Union were playing 29 00:01:20.400 --> 00:01:22.519 the game, and it was just it was surreal as 30 00:01:22.560 --> 00:01:24.400 a kid that grew up in Tucson to step back 31 00:01:24.439 --> 00:01:26.599 for a second and say, as a community, we were 32 00:01:26.599 --> 00:01:28.840 able to do this, and I think it puts us 33 00:01:28.879 --> 00:01:31.400 in the driver's seat on a lot of different things. 34 00:01:32.000 --> 00:01:34.159 Cool, very cool, and maybe a return. 35 00:01:34.480 --> 00:01:37.480 Maybe a return, Yeah, working through that logistically, because now 36 00:01:37.480 --> 00:01:39.439 you have baseball back in the Olympics in LA and 37 00:01:39.519 --> 00:01:44.319 twenty six, six, twenty eight, so it looks like the 38 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:48.000 qualifier would be in twenty nine. But I think we 39 00:01:48.239 --> 00:01:49.799 would be a front runner for it and I would 40 00:01:49.799 --> 00:01:50.560 love to have them back. 41 00:01:50.640 --> 00:01:50.959 Yeah. 42 00:01:51.400 --> 00:01:53.280 Oh okay, yeah, I want to Throsty. I think a 43 00:01:53.719 --> 00:01:55.959 part of the issue was a little cold. Yeah, a 44 00:01:56.000 --> 00:02:00.400 little cold, and well we'll talk about that. You talked 45 00:02:00.400 --> 00:02:02.480 about fans. This is what I want to talk about today. 46 00:02:02.719 --> 00:02:05.439 You're a you're a U A basketball fan. You're a fan, 47 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:08.039 You're a ticket holder from a long time, I think, right, 48 00:02:08.120 --> 00:02:11.000 m huh, and you've been doing it for a while. Uh, 49 00:02:11.840 --> 00:02:14.479 what do you think about the fans in McHale? What 50 00:02:14.479 --> 00:02:16.960 do you think about the fans the feeling of the 51 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:18.199 fandom in McHale? 52 00:02:18.400 --> 00:02:21.360 Yeah? What should be? And you did you hear Tommy's comments? 53 00:02:21.439 --> 00:02:24.039 I didn't. Okay, good, So you're I'm blasted, but going ayeah. 54 00:02:26.039 --> 00:02:29.159 I would start by saying that, depending on the opponent, 55 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:31.639 we could be considered one of the top destinations for 56 00:02:31.759 --> 00:02:36.680 a game. I think consistently, consistently we lack the type 57 00:02:36.680 --> 00:02:39.400 of energy that other places do. I mean when you're 58 00:02:39.400 --> 00:02:41.919 looking at Kansas, right, I think we could. 59 00:02:42.199 --> 00:02:43.639 You did not hear any of his comments? 60 00:02:43.919 --> 00:02:46.680 I didn't hear any Okay, okay, So, and you're kind 61 00:02:46.680 --> 00:02:48.479 of going in directions where I okay. 62 00:02:48.439 --> 00:02:50.680 Yeah, I So I've kind of taken myself back, and 63 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:52.000 I think you and I spoke about it on the 64 00:02:52.039 --> 00:02:54.000 game on Thursday. I haven't even I haven't gone back 65 00:02:54.000 --> 00:02:58.120 and watched the ASU game. Okay, I'm just getting, you know, uh, 66 00:02:58.439 --> 00:03:01.800 secondhand news from other people. But when I'm feeling like 67 00:03:01.879 --> 00:03:03.800 what I feel there is like when we played Houston 68 00:03:03.800 --> 00:03:06.080 and Iowa was there, or we played Iowa State fantastic, 69 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:11.759 fantastic right when you played other teams. So I don't 70 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:12.919 want to say subpar, but subpar. 71 00:03:13.400 --> 00:03:17.639 Yeah, exactly, Jue, You've gone to many, if not all right. 72 00:03:17.680 --> 00:03:20.280 I look back at you sometimes and I think this 73 00:03:20.360 --> 00:03:21.199 is what we talk about. 74 00:03:21.520 --> 00:03:23.280 So what are your thoughts? And I'm sure you read 75 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:24.479 you read Tommy's quotes. 76 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:27.159 Oh yeah, everything Tommy said I was already I had 77 00:03:27.159 --> 00:03:30.319 already thought. I've already said to multiple people that asked 78 00:03:30.319 --> 00:03:36.400 me about the crowds and the atmosphere. And I'm gonna 79 00:03:36.439 --> 00:03:41.240 use Tommy's quote, there are steps between Arizona and the 80 00:03:41.319 --> 00:03:45.280 Kansas Major Iowa State. Yeah, Houston's and Houston's barely in 81 00:03:45.280 --> 00:03:47.360 their second year, and yeah they did their forehead. 82 00:03:47.639 --> 00:03:49.919 I told I saw his quotes. Let me say this. 83 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:52.360 That's not the first time he said this. It's like 84 00:03:52.400 --> 00:03:54.479 the third or fourth time he says this that he 85 00:03:54.960 --> 00:03:56.800 kind of got on not got on the fans, but 86 00:03:56.919 --> 00:04:01.400 he says, these are these guys. We're here, and no 87 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:04.520 doubt you you said it without being biased pretty much right, 88 00:04:04.680 --> 00:04:06.520 And it's only for the big games. That's that's the case. 89 00:04:06.560 --> 00:04:09.120 And we're in Tucson Lake games and all that. But 90 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:11.199 he's he said it spun on. He said it when 91 00:04:11.240 --> 00:04:13.479 he first got here and he went to his first 92 00:04:13.479 --> 00:04:15.800 game at U of A and he says, you guys 93 00:04:15.960 --> 00:04:17.360 say you're a good basketball town. 94 00:04:18.120 --> 00:04:19.920 You didn't come today. You guys. 95 00:04:19.920 --> 00:04:21.680 If you guys need to be what you say you are, 96 00:04:21.920 --> 00:04:24.639 show up and cheer the team. Right this is four 97 00:04:24.759 --> 00:04:27.079 three almost four years ago, three four years ago, and 98 00:04:27.079 --> 00:04:28.920 I'm thinking he's spot on. He's calling them out, and 99 00:04:29.279 --> 00:04:33.199 people's got it. They listened, they listened. But to your point, Blake, 100 00:04:33.519 --> 00:04:36.120 they only come out for the big games, and it's 101 00:04:36.120 --> 00:04:37.199 got to be crazy. 102 00:04:37.639 --> 00:04:39.160 And even for the big games. 103 00:04:39.199 --> 00:04:41.439 I looked back at you, yep, one of those big games, 104 00:04:41.439 --> 00:04:42.920 and we saw empty seats. 105 00:04:42.600 --> 00:04:46.759 Where everywhere, almost everywhere near the near the top. 106 00:04:47.199 --> 00:04:49.680 It's not just the top, there's there's spots in the 107 00:04:49.680 --> 00:04:50.519 lower bowl. 108 00:04:50.360 --> 00:04:53.639 Near us, near us, right to the left of us. Yeah. 109 00:04:53.959 --> 00:04:57.000 So, but the thing is, Tommy said a lot in 110 00:04:57.040 --> 00:04:58.439 that quote, right, he said a lot of Babe. 111 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:00.639 We talked about it, but he spot on. 112 00:05:00.959 --> 00:05:03.680 He's spot on, and he's not talking to the people 113 00:05:03.720 --> 00:05:06.199 that are actually in the room. He's talking about the 114 00:05:06.199 --> 00:05:08.920 people that don't go, And I think it was the 115 00:05:08.920 --> 00:05:09.759 people that don't go. 116 00:05:10.240 --> 00:05:12.920 We're the ones that were a lot of people were 117 00:05:13.000 --> 00:05:16.639 upset and they shouldn't be right. They're going to be right, Yeah, but. 118 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:18.399 People have a tough time looking in the mirror and 119 00:05:18.439 --> 00:05:21.360 having a realistic conversation with the selves. You're you're spot all 120 00:05:21.399 --> 00:05:23.360 of that to mean, you talk about our current climate 121 00:05:23.399 --> 00:05:26.839 where we're at to have ownership and your mistakes is 122 00:05:26.879 --> 00:05:30.160 almost unheard of these days. And so as a fan, 123 00:05:30.279 --> 00:05:32.319 you should take pride in what you do day in 124 00:05:32.319 --> 00:05:35.319 and day out for this club. And you should listen 125 00:05:35.360 --> 00:05:38.920 when somebody of Tommy's stature comes and says what he says, 126 00:05:38.959 --> 00:05:41.000 because he's seeing the other side of it. Yes, when 127 00:05:41.000 --> 00:05:43.240 he goes to other places, he's commenting and saying, guys, 128 00:05:43.240 --> 00:05:45.480 we are not in Iowa state. You're not a Kansas, 129 00:05:45.480 --> 00:05:48.519 You're not a Houston, You're not anywhere near these right now? 130 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:49.839 How do you change that culture? 131 00:05:49.920 --> 00:05:52.439 When I say, and I think want will agree with me, 132 00:05:52.519 --> 00:05:55.399 you can agree with me or not. When I say 133 00:05:55.439 --> 00:06:00.519 Arizona's not a blue blood, I mean it realistically. We've 134 00:06:00.560 --> 00:06:02.639 had that conversation and do you agree. I agree with you, 135 00:06:03.120 --> 00:06:06.319 But these people think they are, You're not. You know, 136 00:06:06.399 --> 00:06:09.240 I think I'm Brad Pitt. Guess what I'm not. I 137 00:06:09.399 --> 00:06:12.160 just just the way the world is. And you can't 138 00:06:12.199 --> 00:06:14.399 overthink this that you're better than you think you are, 139 00:06:14.399 --> 00:06:17.680 because you're not the fans. Like I said, he's not 140 00:06:17.720 --> 00:06:20.240 talking about the people in the room in the Michale. 141 00:06:20.319 --> 00:06:23.040 He's talking about the people that don't show up and 142 00:06:23.199 --> 00:06:24.879 fill out this stadium. 143 00:06:25.160 --> 00:06:28.360 And I think the question is like for me as 144 00:06:28.480 --> 00:06:31.079 a two sewn in and looking at what we currently have, 145 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:36.079 and I'm talking about across the sports spectrum, we want 146 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:37.639 to stand up and we want to complain about the 147 00:06:37.680 --> 00:06:40.240 things we don't have and not recognize the reason of 148 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:43.399 why we don't have them anymore and not willing to change. 149 00:06:43.480 --> 00:06:43.639 Right. 150 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.240 You're a perfect example of it. And you just had 151 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:49.240 an event with Major League Baseball. You want baseball, we 152 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:51.480 want baseball, we want baseball. Oh here's baseball. 153 00:06:51.680 --> 00:06:51.920 Yeah? 154 00:06:52.120 --> 00:06:55.240 Oh I couldn't go yeah, Oh sorry, yeah, sorry I couldn't. 155 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:58.399 It's like, hey, these were the most affordable tickets you 156 00:06:58.439 --> 00:07:01.000 possibly can. You had Manny Ramiers on the freaking field 157 00:07:01.000 --> 00:07:03.720 when Brazil won, going crazy. You had stephie Graff and 158 00:07:03.720 --> 00:07:06.279 Andrea Gatacy and that's outside of the fans. And then 159 00:07:06.279 --> 00:07:07.759 you look at that field and you're like, there's big 160 00:07:07.839 --> 00:07:08.879 leaguers all over the place. 161 00:07:09.160 --> 00:07:11.199 And it was a ten dollars ticket. Here we go. 162 00:07:11.279 --> 00:07:13.319 So we got to call it. Hello, you're on there 163 00:07:13.319 --> 00:07:15.160 around the ball. Who's this? 164 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:16.439 This is Vic Vic? 165 00:07:17.199 --> 00:07:21.040 Here's the gustel that Well, I'll tell you right now, 166 00:07:21.160 --> 00:07:23.879 Tommy can go suck a big one because guess what 167 00:07:24.879 --> 00:07:27.959 his team is playing like crap? And he watched the cut. 168 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:32.480 It was it was that timing Blake. See, you can 169 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:35.639 say how great Kansas is and say, hey, that's a 170 00:07:35.680 --> 00:07:39.319 great environment, but don't bring the Arizona crowd into it. 171 00:07:39.319 --> 00:07:40.959 It's that timy. 172 00:07:41.879 --> 00:07:43.480 You've lost five, five. 173 00:07:43.199 --> 00:07:47.759 Out of eight you're coaching suck. You can't defend the three. Everybody, 174 00:07:48.160 --> 00:07:50.600 some five eight guys from Arizona State goes off on 175 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:54.720 you for thirty and you're gonna talk crap about the crowd. 176 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:58.920 Dude, come on all that? 177 00:07:59.040 --> 00:08:01.040 No, Vic, So, I mean, I think the question on 178 00:08:01.079 --> 00:08:03.920 eart standpoint is that Kansas had a they haven't had 179 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:07.680 very good year and they're still running that gauntlet and. 180 00:08:07.639 --> 00:08:11.000 That's okay, that's okay. I can't talk about the guy 181 00:08:11.040 --> 00:08:13.319 at the bar that leads with a hot chick because 182 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:15.879 he's fricking porked over a whole bunch of money for it. 183 00:08:17.160 --> 00:08:20.480 I just have to deal with it. I just have 184 00:08:20.600 --> 00:08:21.120 to deal with it. 185 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:23.399 So you are you saying timing was not good? 186 00:08:24.319 --> 00:08:26.480 Now, timing was horrible for him to come out and 187 00:08:26.480 --> 00:08:29.240 say that. And like I said, if he would have said, hey, 188 00:08:29.360 --> 00:08:32.480 Kansas has a great environment, second to none, it's awesome, 189 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:34.840 that's cool, and leave it at that, But then to 190 00:08:34.840 --> 00:08:39.279 bring the Arizona fans into it, then that's that's what 191 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:40.000 bad times. 192 00:08:40.120 --> 00:08:40.279 Vick. 193 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:41.559 I love you. You know that. 194 00:08:41.639 --> 00:08:43.759 I see you everywhere. You on my autograph here, every 195 00:08:43.759 --> 00:08:46.320 time I see you. Thank you. But how many games 196 00:08:46.360 --> 00:08:47.279 do you go to a year? 197 00:08:49.000 --> 00:08:52.240 The man probably about six. 198 00:08:53.320 --> 00:08:55.080 Have you been impressed with what you've seen. 199 00:08:56.799 --> 00:08:57.360 At times? 200 00:08:57.399 --> 00:08:57.600 Yeah? 201 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:01.120 That I was State deal was great, Duke was great. 202 00:09:02.200 --> 00:09:06.000 So yeah, they were pretty good. I just came from 203 00:09:06.080 --> 00:09:09.120 the I just came from the football game, twelve o'clock 204 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:11.320 game on a Monday, and it was pretty cool. So 205 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:12.240 I was impressed. 206 00:09:12.639 --> 00:09:15.159 Yeah, well that's that's softball. They're running, they're running well. 207 00:09:15.240 --> 00:09:18.200 So I Vic, I hear you. I understand that. 208 00:09:18.240 --> 00:09:20.120 And I didn't see Tommy at the softball game. 209 00:09:21.759 --> 00:09:25.039 Did you look where's this sorry at? So do you 210 00:09:25.039 --> 00:09:26.879 think he should be at every other sporting event? 211 00:09:27.559 --> 00:09:31.360 He should be at a few. He should darn well 212 00:09:31.399 --> 00:09:31.960 be at a few. 213 00:09:32.080 --> 00:09:35.200 Yeah, yeah, Okay, I got to make sure someone doesn't 214 00:09:35.200 --> 00:09:37.120 piss in your break breakfast next time. 215 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:37.519 Dude. 216 00:09:37.600 --> 00:09:40.480 I like I said, if you were, if you were 217 00:09:40.519 --> 00:09:45.840 out there winning and you were second seed and ready 218 00:09:45.840 --> 00:09:49.000 to roll next week this week, but we all know 219 00:09:49.279 --> 00:09:52.279 what we're going to say in this radio show that 220 00:09:52.399 --> 00:09:56.679 they can't go any farther than second game in the Big. 221 00:09:56.519 --> 00:09:58.679 Twelve and maybe second game in the tournament. 222 00:09:58.919 --> 00:10:02.120 You're gonna say at geeve Blake going, I'm going to say. 223 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:03.879 I'm glad you did. 224 00:10:04.080 --> 00:10:06.039 But this is a town and you know this, but 225 00:10:06.320 --> 00:10:09.159 Vic your your Sonan who left, But it's back Blake, 226 00:10:09.200 --> 00:10:12.080 You've been to the games. This is a front running town. Yeah, 227 00:10:12.120 --> 00:10:13.080 all over across the board. 228 00:10:13.080 --> 00:10:14.960 It's a million and a half people that we struggle 229 00:10:15.000 --> 00:10:17.840 with drawing crowd to support our local communities in our 230 00:10:17.879 --> 00:10:18.600 economic impact. 231 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:20.360 Would you agree? 232 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:21.679 Oh, definitely definitely. 233 00:10:21.720 --> 00:10:23.519 But so I mean sod U s La. 234 00:10:23.679 --> 00:10:25.559 I mean I lived in La and went to see 235 00:10:25.759 --> 00:10:27.720 I used to go to more UCLA games in my. 236 00:10:27.720 --> 00:10:30.360 Ucla But hell, if I'm at Ucla, I'm not going 237 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:31.759 to drive two and a half hours to the game. 238 00:10:31.840 --> 00:10:32.879 That's my first au. 239 00:10:33.480 --> 00:10:36.600 But that's an excuse if I at nine o'clock starts 240 00:10:36.679 --> 00:10:37.320 or an excuse. 241 00:10:37.919 --> 00:10:40.080 Okay, So if he if like today. 242 00:10:39.960 --> 00:10:42.960 Twelve o'clock game, I was there at the softball game. 243 00:10:43.080 --> 00:10:44.399 I mean, we're. 244 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:46.600 Gonna get We're gonna get you a job. You gonna 245 00:10:46.600 --> 00:10:49.600 get you a job. Big, thanksfully call. I appreciate you. 246 00:10:51.360 --> 00:10:53.840 I do you go, and I can't wait to hear 247 00:10:53.879 --> 00:10:54.919 what the rest of the game says. 248 00:10:55.000 --> 00:10:56.679 Okay, thank you, thank you. I think we're gonna get 249 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:59.000 another call. Here, we got another call already. Hello, you're 250 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:04.960 on the airline the ball. Who's hello, you're on the 251 00:11:04.960 --> 00:11:05.559 airline on the ball. 252 00:11:06.480 --> 00:11:10.240 Hey, Steve Carlos, Carlos Carlos, Hi, thanks for the call. Hey. 253 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:13.039 I read one of your posts over the weekend about 254 00:11:13.120 --> 00:11:16.360 fans and and it was maybe you know, they was 255 00:11:16.399 --> 00:11:17.320 so negative or whatever. 256 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:18.399 I can't remember what you said. 257 00:11:20.159 --> 00:11:23.559 Yeah, I just said it's basically the the I mean, 258 00:11:23.679 --> 00:11:26.240 lack of a better term, the ghetto banter just saying 259 00:11:26.279 --> 00:11:29.879 that we suck. You know, I understand being critical, I 260 00:11:29.960 --> 00:11:32.000 get that, but this is not being critical, you know, 261 00:11:32.200 --> 00:11:34.679 saying that we don't you know, our transitioned or slower 262 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:38.399 or defensive is you know, defensive looking so good? Different 263 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:41.360 than just badgering on the team and a coach. And 264 00:11:41.720 --> 00:11:43.039 I'm totally guess that to me, that's not. 265 00:11:43.039 --> 00:11:43.559 A fan base. 266 00:11:44.720 --> 00:11:46.679 I mean we've done Carlos, You're not wrong. I mean 267 00:11:46.679 --> 00:11:47.840 we've had the same conversation. 268 00:11:48.399 --> 00:11:48.519 Uh. 269 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:50.480 You go on the message boards and it's a it's 270 00:11:50.480 --> 00:11:53.440 a peak and valley situation where the blame always lies 271 00:11:53.519 --> 00:11:56.279 with the coach or with Caleb Love, and it's his 272 00:11:56.399 --> 00:11:59.639 consistency after consistency, which I understand is a fan you 273 00:11:59.679 --> 00:12:02.000 want to go and air out some grievances, but at 274 00:12:02.039 --> 00:12:03.799 some point we're still going to be a four seed 275 00:12:03.799 --> 00:12:06.360 in the tournament and we've done a pretty good job 276 00:12:06.399 --> 00:12:08.600 of turning the season around from our early start. 277 00:12:08.720 --> 00:12:10.159 Carlos, I know you did that. 278 00:12:10.200 --> 00:12:12.440 But here's and I don't post this very often or 279 00:12:12.440 --> 00:12:15.000 respond to this because I think it's frivolous, but if 280 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:18.039 Carlos or Jim Bob, Jim Bob who gets on the 281 00:12:18.080 --> 00:12:20.679 on the on the Facebook post or whatever, you don't 282 00:12:20.720 --> 00:12:24.200 wellcat whatever, and they say these things, what does it matter? 283 00:12:24.279 --> 00:12:25.000 What not? 284 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:25.080 Not? 285 00:12:25.159 --> 00:12:25.720 What does it matter? 286 00:12:25.799 --> 00:12:28.480 What are they trying to prove that they know basketball? 287 00:12:28.559 --> 00:12:30.320 That they just want to say that because you could 288 00:12:30.360 --> 00:12:31.919 go outside your house and yell yell it to the 289 00:12:32.000 --> 00:12:34.559 rooftops and guess what, no one's going to give a crap, 290 00:12:34.960 --> 00:12:36.720 just like no one should give a crap about this 291 00:12:36.840 --> 00:12:38.759 on Facebook. Does that make sense? 292 00:12:39.879 --> 00:12:40.120 Yeah? 293 00:12:40.159 --> 00:12:41.960 I mean the only reason why I do is because 294 00:12:42.000 --> 00:12:43.480 people do want that. 295 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:45.759 No, no, no, no no. Why do you think they 296 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:46.200 do it? 297 00:12:46.480 --> 00:12:49.159 Because you were, you responded to it, you you did it, 298 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:50.759 and you can't you get because you're tired of it. 299 00:12:50.799 --> 00:12:52.360 But what do you think they get out of it? 300 00:12:53.720 --> 00:12:54.559 I don't know. 301 00:12:54.799 --> 00:12:57.080 And usually it's the type of people that doesn't go 302 00:12:57.159 --> 00:13:00.200 to the games. Is not a booster, you know. They 303 00:13:00.279 --> 00:13:03.039 they're basically again getting the little feet of we lost 304 00:13:03.120 --> 00:13:05.200 or what the stats were, and they might you know, 305 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.360 watch a little bit on ESPN or whatever. But most 306 00:13:07.360 --> 00:13:10.240 of those people do have nothing invested into this. 307 00:13:11.600 --> 00:13:13.440 But I just think some people. 308 00:13:13.159 --> 00:13:16.120 Are just you know, wired negatively. They don't know what 309 00:13:16.159 --> 00:13:18.240 it is to coach. I've been coaching for thirty years 310 00:13:18.240 --> 00:13:21.639 and people think, oh, yeah, let's go, you know. And 311 00:13:21.799 --> 00:13:24.440 at the same time, you know, we had three guys, 312 00:13:24.679 --> 00:13:27.759 three starters that left last year that were pivotal players, 313 00:13:27.799 --> 00:13:31.159 you know, huge, and now we're making the adjustments and 314 00:13:31.200 --> 00:13:33.240 they want us to be first place. Don't ever lose 315 00:13:33.279 --> 00:13:35.240 a game, and then if you didn't win by thirty, 316 00:13:35.279 --> 00:13:36.840 you won horribly, right. 317 00:13:37.120 --> 00:13:39.519 You know, I just don't get what the purpose of 318 00:13:39.600 --> 00:13:44.399 doing it is. It's therapeutic for them in what way? 319 00:13:44.480 --> 00:13:46.879 Because maybe they don't listen and I'm not getting in 320 00:13:46.879 --> 00:13:49.840 personal spaces here, but maybe they don't have that at home. 321 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:52.000 Maybe they don't have an outlet, and that's their way 322 00:13:52.039 --> 00:13:55.679 of we'll call controls. That's their way of getting their 323 00:13:55.679 --> 00:13:59.039 point across and feeling like they're adding something to society. 324 00:13:59.080 --> 00:14:01.679 Well, here's like being at the keyboard. This team needs 325 00:14:01.720 --> 00:14:03.799 to rebound better. V Show needs to play better. Caleb 326 00:14:03.799 --> 00:14:04.879 loves these to shoot better. 327 00:14:05.840 --> 00:14:06.240 Period. 328 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:10.320 No crap, no crap you and everybody knows that. Why 329 00:14:10.320 --> 00:14:13.919 I post it? Yeah, I mean in game decisions like 330 00:14:13.960 --> 00:14:16.960 Carlos is talking about. From a coaching standpoint, nobody understands that. 331 00:14:17.120 --> 00:14:19.120 Nobody really sees it, and they put all the blame 332 00:14:19.159 --> 00:14:21.440 on one person, and then they go up and say 333 00:14:21.440 --> 00:14:24.360 the same three things every single time. I can't believe Calebs. 334 00:14:24.519 --> 00:14:26.720 I can't believe Caleb's taking that shot. It's like that's 335 00:14:26.759 --> 00:14:29.360 what he does. Like you either love him or hate him. 336 00:14:29.399 --> 00:14:31.200 But hell, I'm glad he's on our side. 337 00:14:32.600 --> 00:14:36.399 Right Well, Carlos, you're gonna have to save us from 338 00:14:36.440 --> 00:14:37.360 our Facebook people. 339 00:14:38.639 --> 00:14:40.080 I don't know, man, I mean, I don't know if 340 00:14:40.200 --> 00:14:42.000 I mean, I doubt anyone keeps track of me, but 341 00:14:42.039 --> 00:14:45.399 I never react. I read those posts and I have 342 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:47.840 to bite my tongue. You go, whatever, what do they know? 343 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:48.360 Whatever? 344 00:14:48.399 --> 00:14:48.960 What do they know? 345 00:14:49.519 --> 00:14:52.360 And it's like, you know, I see I got a 346 00:14:52.360 --> 00:14:54.159 little tib But what you are talking about before about 347 00:14:54.320 --> 00:14:56.799 you know, attendance and stuff like that. Have you guys 348 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:58.159 ever been to the pitt New Mexico. 349 00:14:58.600 --> 00:15:02.440 Yeah, yes, it's ridiculous. Oh, Carlos, I see this all 350 00:15:02.480 --> 00:15:05.480 the time. What's embarrassing about Tucson is you have albert 351 00:15:05.519 --> 00:15:08.360 Querque and El Paso that support their sports more than 352 00:15:08.399 --> 00:15:11.120 we even come close to supporting oursel Well, let. 353 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:12.600 Me also say this, Carlos, because I grew up in 354 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.159 that area. It wasn't like that it hadn't been like 355 00:15:15.200 --> 00:15:17.759 there forever, and they even have worse fans because they 356 00:15:17.799 --> 00:15:20.399 thought they invent They think they invented the game, and 357 00:15:20.440 --> 00:15:23.360 they haven't been to the second weekend of the tournament ever. 358 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.480 But it's only good when they're running good. And like 359 00:15:26.559 --> 00:15:29.240 everybody else, if you're running hot, they come and show up. 360 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:32.120 But if you're not. That was a ten thousand, nine thousand. 361 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:34.320 That's how they were when they were bad, and they've 362 00:15:34.360 --> 00:15:36.799 been bad for a long time. Now you see it 363 00:15:36.840 --> 00:15:39.120 because they're running hot and then they'll lose the first 364 00:15:39.159 --> 00:15:40.879 round and then you won't see them again. They're like 365 00:15:40.919 --> 00:15:43.639 they did last year, and that's it's And I'll get this. 366 00:15:44.200 --> 00:15:48.679 If you're running hot, teams come, you lose and they scatter. 367 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:51.519 Yeah right, So. 368 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:55.200 I mean yeah, But and then what gets me too 369 00:15:55.320 --> 00:15:57.840 is we are kind of guilty of that because our 370 00:15:57.919 --> 00:15:59.919 stands are not we should be sold out. And I'm 371 00:16:00.120 --> 00:16:04.759 used to our stand being piled out, even with worse records, 372 00:16:05.080 --> 00:16:07.279 and I'm like, why are we not sold out today? 373 00:16:07.320 --> 00:16:10.840 That thinks they're just too expensive, you know, or I 374 00:16:10.840 --> 00:16:14.080 don't know what the reasoning is. But a big doctor too, 375 00:16:14.080 --> 00:16:16.600 is those nine o'clock games I don't mention any games a. 376 00:16:17.039 --> 00:16:19.879 No question, No question, I re questioned. 377 00:16:20.039 --> 00:16:21.960 Just for the purpose of the show was to called 378 00:16:22.639 --> 00:16:24.360 or text to someone to give me some numbers on 379 00:16:24.399 --> 00:16:27.960 the numbers four season tickets. I didn't get a response. 380 00:16:28.559 --> 00:16:30.399 But let me tell you it started happening at the 381 00:16:30.519 --> 00:16:33.279 end of end of Sean when he had those bad 382 00:16:33.320 --> 00:16:35.240 two three years and you can see the people start 383 00:16:35.279 --> 00:16:37.279 showing up less and less and they even had to 384 00:16:37.320 --> 00:16:39.120 run ads. When was the last time you saw ads? 385 00:16:39.679 --> 00:16:42.279 And then and they started showing ads because he wasn't 386 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.960 getting the crowds. Yeah, he also wasn't winning a lot. 387 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.519 Now he's gone, so okay, we got to go. Thanks 388 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:51.840 Carlos for the call. All right, buddy, every day we 389 00:16:51.879 --> 00:16:53.840 gotta go. We're not gonna have a guest at three seventeen, 390 00:16:53.919 --> 00:16:55.840 so we'll take some more calls. 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