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<v Speaker 1>Think when we are getting off our show, idiot, the

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<v Speaker 1>kids are playing or tail off.

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<v Speaker 2>The coaches are screwing it up.

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<v Speaker 3>Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, Goldplay Inn Murals.

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<v Speaker 2>They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not.

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<v Speaker 2>Who's the kid here?

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<v Speaker 3>Who's the kid here? Are you kidding me?

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<v Speaker 2>Now?

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<v Speaker 3>Here's Nick Coffee?

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<v Speaker 2>All right, let's get it started here one of our

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<v Speaker 2>final shows of twenty twenty four. Coffee and Company. That's

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<v Speaker 2>the name of the show. My name is Nick Coffee,

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<v Speaker 2>and you guys are the company. I'm here along with

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<v Speaker 2>the one and only Austin Montgomery as we take you

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<v Speaker 2>up until six o'clock. Hopefully you had a good weekend.

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<v Speaker 2>It is Monday, doesn't feel like a Monday. And I've

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<v Speaker 2>said this many times over the years. I'm somebody that

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<v Speaker 2>is very much in need of structure and consistency, and

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<v Speaker 2>with the holiday schedule, and it's nice to have time off,

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<v Speaker 2>especially during the holidays. And it's something you always know,

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<v Speaker 2>is I mean, you're never surprised to wake up on Christmas. Oh,

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<v Speaker 2>I don't have to go to work to do like

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<v Speaker 2>you know, but with me doing has in the morning's

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<v Speaker 2>filling in for Tony Cruz and then also doing this.

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<v Speaker 2>It's just been, it's been. It's been wild, and I

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<v Speaker 2>don't really know what day it is, but I mean

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<v Speaker 2>I do it's Monday, but I kind of feel like

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<v Speaker 2>it was because I know we've got New Year's Off

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<v Speaker 2>coming up in a couple of days. It doesn't really

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<v Speaker 2>feel like a Monday, which I guess is a good thing.

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<v Speaker 2>But I'm running on fumes. Do you ever get so tired,

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<v Speaker 2>Austin that you're like slap happy oh all the time?

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<v Speaker 2>That's me and I'm not. I don't feel tired, but

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<v Speaker 2>I have like this weird energy that's kind of I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like the vibes are pretty good right now

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<v Speaker 2>to get this thing started. But I got up at

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<v Speaker 2>four o'clock this morning to do the show on HAS

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<v Speaker 2>and it's been great filling in and being able to

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<v Speaker 2>be on the big stick as they call it. I mean, didn't.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm not saying this because I mean, I

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<v Speaker 2>feel like we're all we're all company men here, we're

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<v Speaker 2>all on the same fee, we're all we're all on

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<v Speaker 2>the same team here at our heart. But you said

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<v Speaker 2>the big leagues is what I got called up to

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<v Speaker 2>and I guess it kind of feels like that.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, so it's a flagship, right.

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<v Speaker 2>It's been it's been fun. Uh and it's been it's

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<v Speaker 2>been a good experience just to kind of tryt something

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<v Speaker 2>different and and it's different.

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<v Speaker 4>You're familiar with the Big Stick.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, that's absolutely that's I think that's why they asked me.

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<v Speaker 2>I think that's what led to them kind of being like, hey,

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<v Speaker 2>big stick got an opening in the morning, hight as

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<v Speaker 2>well go with the Big Stick guy. I think it's

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<v Speaker 2>kind of how it all. And again, that's the kind

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<v Speaker 2>of thing I couldn't say on the Big Stick, you

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<v Speaker 2>know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 4>We can we can get coffee, we can get in the.

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<v Speaker 2>Mud here, and it's it's probably not gonna, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>raise a lot of red flags. I mean, maybe it does,

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<v Speaker 2>and if so, then you know, I'll apologize.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, look at some of the other talent the

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<v Speaker 1>w H A. S has and look what they get

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<v Speaker 1>away with that. Have you heard the name Tony Vanetti? Yeah,

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<v Speaker 1>you know, the guyed White Wave.

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<v Speaker 2>I was gonna say it might be the other one,

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<v Speaker 2>but the guys are which by the way, Tony is

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<v Speaker 2>totally because he is a very uh how do I

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<v Speaker 2>describe it. I he's he's more polished on h as,

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<v Speaker 2>he's more sophisticated. He's still then, but like it's a

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<v Speaker 2>different version, it's and it's a good version. It's a

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<v Speaker 2>great version. I don't know of a bad version of

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<v Speaker 2>Venettie now. But with Dwight as his as his guy,

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<v Speaker 2>their partners on the air, like Tony looks like the

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<v Speaker 2>choir boy at times, yes, and Dwight can only be

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<v Speaker 2>Dwight right, Like we don't want it, We don't make

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<v Speaker 2>we don't want any adjustments. We don't want to make

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<v Speaker 2>any changes. Dwight is perfectly Dwight is himself. We don't

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<v Speaker 2>want to newter Dwight exactly, because then you don't then

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<v Speaker 2>then what do you get? Right? Like Dwight is Dwight

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<v Speaker 2>is is the best thing going around here.

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<v Speaker 4>So you know, Tony Vnetti went to Trinity. I are

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<v Speaker 4>you sure you heard that?

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<v Speaker 2>Are you sure?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah? He's in the Hall of Fame.

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<v Speaker 2>I feel like if he went to Trinity, he would

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<v Speaker 2>have talked about Trinity more. Yeah, I kind of I

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<v Speaker 2>kind of feel like if he would have went there,

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<v Speaker 2>then we would maybe know never I mean, I've never

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<v Speaker 2>even I mean it just speaks to how he's become

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<v Speaker 2>so humble in his uh in his I mean with

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<v Speaker 2>all those state championships in football and there league. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>like he's you'd think he'd bring it up. But again

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<v Speaker 2>that's just the humble man that is, that is Tony Venetti.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>But anyways, we're here until six clock. We're gonna have

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<v Speaker 2>some fun and I am looking forward to it. I

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<v Speaker 2>can tell you that a lot to get into. But

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<v Speaker 2>I I've had a tough time. Have you ever had

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<v Speaker 2>Do you have issues sleeping at all? Let's just have

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<v Speaker 2>an open, an open therapy session here. Do you have

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<v Speaker 2>trouble sleeping at night? It depends little myself.

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<v Speaker 1>It depends sometimes if I if it depends on when

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<v Speaker 1>I want to get to bed. And like I recently,

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<v Speaker 1>actually before the holidays, I was going to bed at

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<v Speaker 1>like two three o'clock.

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<v Speaker 4>Not good, not healthy.

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<v Speaker 1>But if I can get in bed at like eleven

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<v Speaker 1>twelve at midnight, I'll be fine. But my ADHD, I

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<v Speaker 1>guess that's what you want to call it. It, I

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<v Speaker 1>don't know what it is. It's like a fomo, a

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<v Speaker 1>fear of missing out, like I have to be like

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<v Speaker 1>the last one up in the world before I go

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<v Speaker 1>to sleep, I got a scroll Twitter. I gotta scroll

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<v Speaker 1>Instagram to make sure every stone is is covered, nothing's

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<v Speaker 1>been changed.

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<v Speaker 2>Like you're not gonna call it a day until you

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<v Speaker 2>feel like, all right, I'm calling it until until I

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<v Speaker 2>know you're gonna miss out.

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<v Speaker 4>Nothing's gonna happen under my watch while I'm asleep.

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<v Speaker 2>No, I got you. I got you.

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<v Speaker 1>And then and that leads to me just kind of

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<v Speaker 1>slogging into work the next day and kind of being

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<v Speaker 1>like you just a little bit slap happy to start

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<v Speaker 1>the day. And not that I love that, but there's

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<v Speaker 1>something peaceful about staying up at night and kind of

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<v Speaker 1>being the last one.

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<v Speaker 4>To go to bed. I don't know what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>I'll tell you this. I have for the first time

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<v Speaker 2>since I used to work mornings on this station many

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<v Speaker 2>I say many years ago, cause it's been roughly two

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<v Speaker 2>years ago exactly. But so I've not been a I've

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<v Speaker 2>not been in the mindset of like you need to

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<v Speaker 2>go to bed because you have to wake up early,

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<v Speaker 2>because I get up normally. Sometimes I get up really

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<v Speaker 2>early and I'm just up. So I get up and

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<v Speaker 2>I'm up like an hour and a half before my

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<v Speaker 2>wife and kids get up. That's rare. But usually I

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<v Speaker 2>can roll out of bed at like, I don't know,

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<v Speaker 2>seven fifteen, seven thirty, and I'm not too tired. I

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<v Speaker 2>got enough sleep, and I'm not in a hurry, like

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<v Speaker 2>I can kind of just casually start today. So what

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<v Speaker 2>I'm getting at is I've not been in the mindset

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<v Speaker 2>in the evenings of you need to go ahead and

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<v Speaker 2>you need to be mindful of when you go to

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<v Speaker 2>bed because you have to get up early. I've not

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<v Speaker 2>been in that cycle for a couple of years now, right,

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<v Speaker 2>So I've not really been where I've got a like

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<v Speaker 2>I got to get the kids to school on time

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<v Speaker 2>and daycare on time, but I usually like that's such

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<v Speaker 2>a late start, Like Mason has to be at daycare

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<v Speaker 2>by nine thirty, We're good there. Maya has to be

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<v Speaker 2>at school by nine. I'm good there. So like I'm

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<v Speaker 2>just not it's not a point and by the way

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<v Speaker 2>they wake up to where like if I was going

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<v Speaker 2>to try to sleep and I wouldn't be able to.

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<v Speaker 2>So I've not been in the mindset of needing to

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<v Speaker 2>go to bed early enough because I need I need

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<v Speaker 2>to be mindful of the amount of sleep that I get.

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<v Speaker 2>But I've also never had to get up and be like,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, let's get ready quickly and get out the

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<v Speaker 2>door because we're going to start our day. Yeah, which,

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<v Speaker 2>by the way, I kind of missed that. To be

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<v Speaker 2>honest with you, it's been kind of it's been kind

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<v Speaker 2>of enjoyable the last few days, just because you know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's when I get up whenever, like there's no alarm clock,

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<v Speaker 2>I just know I'm going to wake up. I'm very

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<v Speaker 2>fortunate to be able to do that. But also like

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<v Speaker 2>it makes me just kind of feel like I'm lazy,

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<v Speaker 2>although you know, I am doing the mister mom stuff

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<v Speaker 2>getting the kids ready, and that's something I'll I'll always cherish.

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<v Speaker 2>But since I've known, like, hey, you you've got a

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<v Speaker 2>show that starts at five am, you need to be like,

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<v Speaker 2>you need to go to bed. So then when I

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<v Speaker 2>try to go to bed, what do I do think

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<v Speaker 2>non stop fall asleep, fall asleep, fall asleep, And what

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<v Speaker 2>does that do that makes me not fall asleep?

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<v Speaker 1>If I fall asleep, now I'll get exactly exactly twenty

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<v Speaker 2>That's been my mind for like the last the last

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<v Speaker 2>few nights. I've done it. Yeah, And last night I

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<v Speaker 2>just laid there and I fell asleep at like two fifteen,

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<v Speaker 2>got up at four, and I wasn't that tired. But

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<v Speaker 2>I think it's because I never really fell into like

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<v Speaker 2>a deep sleep. So after the show this morning, I

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<v Speaker 2>went home and I tried to like catch a quick nap,

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<v Speaker 2>not a nap. Guy can't do it because I just can't.

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<v Speaker 2>I can't relax enough to just kind of crash out.

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<v Speaker 2>So I laid there, wasted an hour trying to fall asleep,

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<v Speaker 2>and I'm like, look, if I fall asleep now, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>going to be dragging. So I'm I'm when I say

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<v Speaker 2>I'm rolling on fumes, I'm rolling on fumes. And that

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<v Speaker 2>means that one that's probably going to be a little

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<v Speaker 2>loopy today. I may get a little slap happy. I'm

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<v Speaker 2>kind of already there, I feel like. But also when

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<v Speaker 2>that crash shits, like, I don't know what to expect

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<v Speaker 2>because you know it's coming.

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<v Speaker 4>You bring a monster in today, I have one. There.

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<v Speaker 2>You go and open that it helps here, but we

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<v Speaker 2>shall see. Let me take a little drink here to

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<v Speaker 2>get to get the juices flowing.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, let me go ahead and ask you like Are

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<v Speaker 1>the kids relatively good with waking up or do you

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<v Speaker 1>have to go? Like REMI Maya Moose like, all right,

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<v Speaker 1>I tried waking up three times already.

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<v Speaker 4>Are they just are?

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<v Speaker 1>Are they trained enough to kind of get ready and

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<v Speaker 1>get out the door whenever they have to?

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<v Speaker 2>So for the most part, it depends on where they're

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<v Speaker 2>going that day. That's the first thing they ask me

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<v Speaker 2>when they get up, and usually it's I mean, they've

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<v Speaker 2>Because he'll once he's up, he's good, but like the

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<v Speaker 2>like just gonna keep faking that he's sleeping. But here's

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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not even kidding, So he is. He's really

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<v Speaker 2>but he's really into wrestling. Yes, he wants he wants

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<v Speaker 2>to watch wrestling all the time on Peacock. Because we

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<v Speaker 2>I'm like why not? And then I'm realizing, wait a second,

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<v Speaker 2>Like I could go pull up old Monday Night Raw

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<v Speaker 2>from when I was a little kid, and I'm like,

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<v Speaker 2>this could be really nostalgic. So sure enough, like we've

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<v Speaker 2>it's wild to see what that era was, like the

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<v Speaker 2>attitude era in professional wrestling, Like I feel like I

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<v Speaker 2>got I feel like everybody feels like they're era of everything, Like, man,

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<v Speaker 2>you know we had it better. We you know, we

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<v Speaker 2>our era is the best. But I also feel like

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<v Speaker 2>we were lucky because that was something you'll that'll never

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<v Speaker 2>be recreated again. And I don't know how in such

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<v Speaker 2>a PC culture, like it's such a you know, such

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<v Speaker 2>a woke world we live in now, and I don't

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not even really saying that, like, well, take it

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<v Speaker 2>how you mean it, but like there's things that I

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<v Speaker 2>like I knew kind of maybe I shouldn't be watching,

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<v Speaker 2>but like it was awesome. And I don't mean just

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<v Speaker 2>very small covering their nipples on television, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>Jerry the King was horned up NonStop, and you know,

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<v Speaker 2>the the the I mean just some of the things

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<v Speaker 2>like that. I'm just thinking now whenever the Big Boss

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<v Speaker 2>the chains up to the casket and drove a drove

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<v Speaker 2>off with the with the Big Show's dad in the

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<v Speaker 2>back of the end chasing after all, and as a kid,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm thinking, like, you know, there's no doubt in my

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<v Speaker 2>mind at that age, like that's real, Like damn, I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know what they got me messed up if somebody

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<v Speaker 2>does to my dad like I'm you know, and it

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<v Speaker 2>was it was a fun ride, but we were lucky

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to because there's no way they could

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<v Speaker 2>ever pull that off in any way. And to be

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<v Speaker 2>honest with you, the former leader of the WWE, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>he's now in some hot water for a variety of things,

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<v Speaker 2>but it's really none of that, you know what I mean.

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<v Speaker 2>Like they were able to get away with it. You

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<v Speaker 2>can go pull the footage and see it. It's probably

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<v Speaker 2>some of the things have been removed from the cloud

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<v Speaker 2>that they're on on Peacock, but like we all know,

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<v Speaker 2>it was there and they got away with it, and

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<v Speaker 2>like nobody cares. Like to me, it's a sign of

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<v Speaker 2>can we you know, I understand we need to be

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<v Speaker 2>respectful and not go out of our way to insult

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<v Speaker 2>people or be disrespectful or offend them, but like also

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<v Speaker 2>like can we not take ourselves so serious? Like that

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<v Speaker 2>to me speaks to that era. So the reason I'll

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<v Speaker 2>bring all this up often is because when he watches it,

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<v Speaker 2>he won't sleep, like like he'll you know, I'll be like,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, one more match, one more match, and he

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't really get into the promos. He just wants to

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<v Speaker 2>watch him wrestle. Oh okay, old school, but like, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>all right, one more match. It's eleven o'clock. He should

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<v Speaker 2>have been a bed of two hours ago, but like,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, I'm kind of that dad, Like if he

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<v Speaker 2>wants to stay up and stay with me, we kind

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<v Speaker 2>of have our own time. But then I go put

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<v Speaker 2>him in bed, and like he'll come two hours later, like,

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<v Speaker 2>hey Dad, I can't sleep, And I'm like, you haven't

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<v Speaker 2>been to sleep, but all he's like no, So like

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<v Speaker 2>he watches wrestling and then he doesn't sleep. So I

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<v Speaker 2>don't know, Like I don't know what if there's anything

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<v Speaker 2>that they can be done about that, but he's he's

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<v Speaker 2>certainly into it.

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<v Speaker 1>I was kind of I was kind of the same

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<v Speaker 1>way because that stuff was just fascinating, the draw of wrestling,

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<v Speaker 1>Like everything's so colorful, Like the characters are just kind

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<v Speaker 1>of like out of this world and you're just like

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<v Speaker 1>drawn to him. Does does he have any favorites that

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<v Speaker 1>he likes watching or does he have anybody that he

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<v Speaker 1>that he that that like kind of sticks to him

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<v Speaker 1>just yet or is he just like so he said

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<v Speaker 1>he doesn't watch the promos.

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<v Speaker 4>You sometimes that's the best part.

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<v Speaker 2>You would be you would know this more than I would. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>when Jeff Jarrett initially and maybe this was just a

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<v Speaker 2>Jeff Jarrett thing throughout his time as a wrestler. I

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<v Speaker 2>know he's been everywhere, but at one point in the

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<v Speaker 2>WWF now the WWE, he had a guitar.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's all right.

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<v Speaker 2>Moose thought that was cool as hell. So that's his

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<v Speaker 2>guy business. Pat Paul plays guitar and he just cool. Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>double j Jeff Jarrett. So he likes him, uh, and

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<v Speaker 2>he's he's a bandwagon guy, like you know, he gets

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<v Speaker 2>mad dad who we like whenever they start and I'm like, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>we like this guy, and I try to guess who's

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<v Speaker 2>gonna win because whenever we get to the end of

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<v Speaker 2>the maschi and if they lose, he yells at me

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<v Speaker 2>like why do we pick him?

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<v Speaker 4>He seaks.

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<v Speaker 2>He just he's he's only once the guys that are

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<v Speaker 2>going over and that's what he's that's what he's all

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<v Speaker 2>in on.

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<v Speaker 4>So that's great.

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<v Speaker 1>So I was just about to ask, like, when do

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<v Speaker 1>you do the the cover of his eyes when you

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<v Speaker 1>know something raunchy's coming up, like something with a diver.

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<v Speaker 4>Do you just kind of like let him have it?

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<v Speaker 2>No, So that now that you say that, I kind

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<v Speaker 2>of feel like they have like the stuff that might

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<v Speaker 2>have been like super riskue like super revealing for like women.

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<v Speaker 2>I don't we we either we haven't got there yet

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<v Speaker 2>or it wasn't as it might have happened like twice,

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<v Speaker 2>but like it's what you remember when you're a kid,

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<v Speaker 2>because you see Sable, you see Denbrah Yeah, oh yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean that was that was that was my era.

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<v Speaker 2>So I haven't seen any of that in any of

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<v Speaker 2>the ones we've watched, So maybe we just haven't hit

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<v Speaker 2>it yet, or maybe they maybe they didn't include that,

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<v Speaker 2>because like I've seen pictures of stuff that, like I

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<v Speaker 2>know I watched on TV and I'm like, oh my god,

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<v Speaker 2>like and well, never mind, we'll move on. This isn't

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<v Speaker 2>has But I was about to go down a path

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<v Speaker 2>that I probably shouldn't show.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, it's Monday night, you're getting the wrestling fans

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<v Speaker 1>True Wrestling, and the.

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<v Speaker 2>Next Monday it'll be on Netflix.

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<v Speaker 1>Right, It's it's the last time of them on actual

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<v Speaker 1>cable television for a while because they're switching to Netflix

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<v Speaker 1>and they've been rolling that whole promotion out like crazy,

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<v Speaker 1>with like the whole Christmas game and everything like that.

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<v Speaker 1>They're having the promos on Netflix whenever you log in,

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<v Speaker 1>but try to get as much as wrestling content as

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<v Speaker 1>you can because there's a lot of a lot of

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<v Speaker 1>speculation that they're not going to transfer like the full

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<v Speaker 1>library over and it's gonna be a little bit limited

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<v Speaker 1>when it's on Netflix, So get as much as you can.

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<v Speaker 2>So Peacock still owns like their contract's not running out

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<v Speaker 2>because I don't have They just don't care anything live, right, Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>They they usually do carry like like the pl e

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<v Speaker 1>s what it's called the new pay per views, like okay,

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<v Speaker 1>something on Saturday. Well, most of the pay per views

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<v Speaker 1>now are on Saturday, and they're not called pay per

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<v Speaker 1>views anymore because you're obviously not paying for them just

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<v Speaker 1>to view it. So if you stream it then that's

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<v Speaker 1>what's So as far as I know, everything switching over Netflix,

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<v Speaker 1>and I know at the beginning of the year, that's

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<v Speaker 1>when Peacock is losing the WWB library.

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<v Speaker 2>Okay, I didn't know they were losing it. That makes

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<v Speaker 2>that makes more sensus. The whole relationship with Netflix and honestly,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, I know there's so many people listening right

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<v Speaker 2>now that don't watch or care about wrestling, and that's

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<v Speaker 2>totally fine, but that was a humongous component for their

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<v Speaker 2>subscription service. They're there incentive because they don't have a

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<v Speaker 2>ton of local programming they do have or not local.

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<v Speaker 2>They don't have a ton of original programming, and they

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<v Speaker 2>they have some like they they end up is it

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<v Speaker 2>NBC stuff that ends up there a lot, yes, yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>and some of it ends up on Hulu or whatever.

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<v Speaker 2>But like, I kind of feel like Peacock's going to

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<v Speaker 2>have to step their game up because I remember doing

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<v Speaker 2>a deep dive on this just because I'm an nerd

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<v Speaker 2>for it that that really like that that made Peacock

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<v Speaker 2>a competitor with the others is because they had the

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<v Speaker 2>ww library. It's viewed as a niche thing to a

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<v Speaker 2>lot of people, and I guess technically it is, but

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<v Speaker 2>the people who love it really love it, and that

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<v Speaker 2>alone is why they were subscribing. And if you don't

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<v Speaker 2>have that, I think you're probably gonna lose a lot

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<v Speaker 2>of those people unless there's just like this segment of

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<v Speaker 2>Peacock content that Peacock content sounds bad, doesn't it?

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<v Speaker 4>Content on the Cocker.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, Like, you know, unless there's some original programming they

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<v Speaker 2>have that's great that I just don't. I'm not aware,

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<v Speaker 2>but I can't think of any original Peacock like series

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<v Speaker 2>that I've watched that like was really good. Like I

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<v Speaker 2>don't even know of any, to be honest with you.

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<v Speaker 1>Technically, NBC since they had the only reason that I

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<v Speaker 1>subscribed to Peacock was one it's generally more cheap than

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<v Speaker 1>some of the other ones, Like it was four dollars

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<v Speaker 1>when it started out. Now it's gone on to like

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<v Speaker 1>six seven dollars, but it's strictly because of the ww

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<v Speaker 1>network and to watch The Office. I'm a huge Office

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<v Speaker 1>fan and I could watch that series like one hundred times,

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<v Speaker 1>so I love being able to log and watch that.

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<v Speaker 1>Once WWE leaves at it's going to be it's do

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<v Speaker 1>I want to pay this much for The Office? And

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<v Speaker 1>I probably still will because I love that show. But

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<v Speaker 1>they have other stuff on there too, like King of

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<v Speaker 1>Queen's other like other NBC content, But that's I think

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<v Speaker 1>that was originally I'm pretty sure The Office first aired

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<v Speaker 1>on NBC, and for the longest time, The Office was

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<v Speaker 1>on Netflix and then a few years ago that's when

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<v Speaker 1>it went to Peacock.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, so there are some shows that end up on

423
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<v Speaker 2>Netflix first that left there to go to Peacock and Hulu.

424
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<v Speaker 2>That that really was a big was a big investment

425
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<v Speaker 2>from those streaming services to try to get subscribers because

426
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<v Speaker 2>they felt like that alone, those two shows specifically, and

427
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<v Speaker 2>I'm sure there's more than those two. I know, like

428
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<v Speaker 2>Parks and Rec's a big deal. I'm not sure where

429
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<v Speaker 2>that's at now, but I know when Seinfeld and uh

430
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<v Speaker 2>the office were moving around from where they were like that.

431
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<v Speaker 2>Those are shows that even if you've seen every episode

432
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<v Speaker 2>multiple times, people will I mean, I kind of feel

433
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<v Speaker 2>like it's crazy to say, but maybe not. I think

434
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<v Speaker 2>people will pay, specifically that monthly subscription to be able

435
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<v Speaker 2>to watch any episode of those shows anytime they want,

436
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<v Speaker 2>because they're arguably to the most popular shows of all time.

437
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<v Speaker 2>So this show has been a very unusual start today.

438
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<v Speaker 2>But again I told you, I'm a little loopy. I'm

439
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<v Speaker 2>running on fumes. But we're gonna have some fun. There's

440
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<v Speaker 2>certainly a lot to get into. We got to talk

441
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<v Speaker 2>about Louisville's game against dKu, a win but man, they

442
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<v Speaker 2>were fortunate in that game, and I've got some thoughts

443
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<v Speaker 2>on it. I'm not gonna harp. I mean, I'm not

444
00:18:21.799 --> 00:18:23.319
<v Speaker 2>gonna act like, you know, we need to be super.

445
00:18:23.599 --> 00:18:26.119
<v Speaker 2>That's just a reminder that this team, if they don't

446
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<v Speaker 2>play well against good teams and if they really have

447
00:18:29.640 --> 00:18:33.200
<v Speaker 2>stretches of bad play against maybe anybody, they're going to

448
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<v Speaker 2>be vulnerable to a loss. Also, Louisville in action tomorrow

449
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<v Speaker 2>in the Sun Bowl, which man, I'm excited to watch.

450
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<v Speaker 2>I have no clue what to expect, which I think

451
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<v Speaker 2>has kind of led to a lot of people kind

452
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<v Speaker 2>of being like, yeah, we'll tune in, let's go go cards,

453
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<v Speaker 2>but nobody has a clue what to really expect. Right

454
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<v Speaker 2>In a way, I'm trying to convince myself that makes

455
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<v Speaker 2>it fun. I don't know if I'm lying to myself

456
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<v Speaker 2>or not, but either way, it's tomorrow two o'clock. And

457
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<v Speaker 2>then another thing we got to get into is the

458
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<v Speaker 2>story out of Florida State today. I mean, my goodness,

459
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<v Speaker 2>the the nil situation. You know, I said it not

460
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<v Speaker 2>that long ago. I think it might have been one

461
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<v Speaker 2>of the last things that came up on this show

462
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<v Speaker 2>last week. Before we got out of here for the weekend.

463
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<v Speaker 2>There's really no story in college sports that pertains to

464
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<v Speaker 2>the portal or nil that'll surprise you. And today we

465
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<v Speaker 2>have another one that is you know, I don't know

466
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<v Speaker 2>if anybody expected it, but if you think about it,

467
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<v Speaker 2>it's not shocking. Florida State's got five former basketball players

468
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<v Speaker 2>suing Leonard Hamilton for him promising them a bunch of

469
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<v Speaker 2>money through NIL and maybe you get any of it.

470
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<v Speaker 2>I mean it's been I mean again, like this is

471
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<v Speaker 2>not sustainable, and that's the most obvious statement of all time.

472
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<v Speaker 2>But what is the answer. What's the solution? And I

473
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<v Speaker 2>don't know if anybody can provide one, And that's what's

474
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<v Speaker 2>kind of scary, to be honest with you. So we

475
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<v Speaker 2>got a lot to get to. Thanks for you know,

476
00:19:44.839 --> 00:19:48.559
<v Speaker 2>letting me just, you know, wake up here. I was

477
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<v Speaker 2>basically waking myself back up here as we get the

478
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<v Speaker 2>things started. So stick around, don't go anywhere. It's coffee

479
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<v Speaker 2>and company, and we are feel about Thorton's right here

480
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<v Speaker 2>on Sports Talk seven.

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<v Speaker 5>Ninety from the Fox Sports Studios in Los Angeles.

482
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<v Speaker 3>Here's Steve Desiger.

483
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<v Speaker 4>In the Sunday night NFL game in Washington. The Commanders

484
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<v Speaker 4>in overtime beat Atlanta.

485
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<v Speaker 3>Now back to Coffee and Company. Fueled by Thornton's on

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<v Speaker 3>Sports Talk seven nine.

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<v Speaker 2>Day, I was gonna say that the performance from Louisville

488
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<v Speaker 2>on Saturday against e KU was the worst performance of

489
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<v Speaker 2>the Pat Kelsey era. But I really don't know if

490
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<v Speaker 2>that's accurate. You know, they won, and they've had some

491
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<v Speaker 2>losses along the way, but all the losses were to

492
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<v Speaker 2>good teams. But yet the good teams that beat you,

493
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<v Speaker 2>some of them beat you really bad to where it's like, yeah,

494
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<v Speaker 2>you lost to a good team that's better than you,

495
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<v Speaker 2>meaning you play them ten times, you're gonna lose more

496
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<v Speaker 2>than you're gonna win, may lose them all. But to

497
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<v Speaker 2>lose by the amount a loss to to Ole miss

498
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<v Speaker 2>and Tennessee, you know, obviously that's you know, that's that's

499
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<v Speaker 2>that's not a good look. But again, it's not a

500
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<v Speaker 2>loss where it's like, how the hell did that happened?

501
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<v Speaker 2>Had you not held on against KU, you know what

502
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<v Speaker 2>that would have been, that would have been a how

503
00:21:11.440 --> 00:21:15.079
<v Speaker 2>the hell did that happen? Loss? So I've not had

504
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<v Speaker 2>a feeling like that in a long time, where I

505
00:21:18.240 --> 00:21:22.039
<v Speaker 2>know that they were so fortunate to be able to win.

506
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<v Speaker 2>And I don't feel like better about the team after

507
00:21:28.200 --> 00:21:31.920
<v Speaker 2>that game, but I was just so relieved to know

508
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<v Speaker 2>that they avoided a very embarrassing loss like that would have.

509
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<v Speaker 2>And look, I know there's already people using the game

510
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<v Speaker 2>as ash and I shouldn't even I shouldn't have prefaced

511
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<v Speaker 2>it as if they're they're in the wrong, Like yeah,

512
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<v Speaker 2>if you're somebody who's you know, just wanting to gain.

513
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<v Speaker 2>By game kind of checked the pulse of the momentum

514
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<v Speaker 2>that this team has as far as can they can

515
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<v Speaker 2>they find a way to the tournament? Can they find

516
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<v Speaker 2>a way to the bubble? That was not a good

517
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<v Speaker 2>game against dKu, But it's also kind of a weird game.

518
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<v Speaker 2>And I'm not gonna make any excuses. I'm not going

519
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<v Speaker 2>to tell anybody that their concerns about Saturday are like wrong,

520
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<v Speaker 2>But I just know that Louisville can't have many stretches

521
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<v Speaker 2>of poor play against really anybody and expect to be

522
00:22:18.200 --> 00:22:22.880
<v Speaker 2>able to win. And I think Eku. Maybe this is

523
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<v Speaker 2>going to be me, you know, being a homer here

524
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<v Speaker 2>and saying it, but like, I think Eku was as

525
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<v Speaker 2>much of a factor in their ability to hang around

526
00:22:33.640 --> 00:22:36.000
<v Speaker 2>and put themselves in a position to win. Like again,

527
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<v Speaker 2>if ek you can do that to you, then yeah,

528
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<v Speaker 2>that's concerning that. That's not good. However, like I'm not

529
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<v Speaker 2>I knew going in that Louisville not I didn't think

530
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<v Speaker 2>they would end up in the position they were in

531
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<v Speaker 2>where they needed a last minute Noah waterman bucket. And

532
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<v Speaker 2>by the way, like he'll still get made fun of

533
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<v Speaker 2>by Louisville fans and he'll still be the guy that

534
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<v Speaker 2>people just when people are frustrated, Like, here's what I

535
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<v Speaker 2>think happened. I would never I'm gonna hold you to that.

536
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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, I would never, so me.

537
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<v Speaker 2>So you're your back on, So you're on your you're

538
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<v Speaker 2>you're pro Noah now knowing that, like he saved us

539
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<v Speaker 2>from an embarrassing loss to where it would have been

540
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<v Speaker 2>unbearable to hear from Kentucky fans forever about that.

541
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<v Speaker 4>Now, I've always been okay, it's right, yeah, oh yeah,

542
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<v Speaker 4>it's right.

543
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<v Speaker 2>I gotten mixed up with somebody else.

544
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<v Speaker 4>Yeah you're.

545
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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, yeah, that's what it is. Yes, But with Noah,

546
00:23:24.599 --> 00:23:28.559
<v Speaker 2>he like I don't think anybody truly has any I

547
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<v Speaker 2>mean they they you can find the nastiest people on

548
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<v Speaker 2>the Internet, and it doesn't take you very long and

549
00:23:32.799 --> 00:23:35.119
<v Speaker 2>it's not very difficult to find them. Like people, they'll

550
00:23:35.160 --> 00:23:37.680
<v Speaker 2>just say the meanest stuff. But I think deep down

551
00:23:37.680 --> 00:23:40.039
<v Speaker 2>people realize, like, even though this team has had some

552
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<v Speaker 2>beatdowns and they've at times not looked great, but like

553
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<v Speaker 2>they're they're playing hard, they've got a good head about

554
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<v Speaker 2>him despite how unlucky they've been with injuries, and even

555
00:23:50.119 --> 00:23:53.519
<v Speaker 2>when they do have a dud game, they usually come

556
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<v Speaker 2>ready to play the next time out, And I think

557
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<v Speaker 2>people do appreciate that. But as Louisville fans, there's really

558
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<v Speaker 2>no no scenario where we're are going to get used

559
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<v Speaker 2>to losing to Kentucky and it feel like, well I

560
00:24:03.279 --> 00:24:04.680
<v Speaker 2>shouldn't say used to it, we should be used to

561
00:24:04.680 --> 00:24:06.079
<v Speaker 2>it now, but like it's never gonna feel good. It's

562
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<v Speaker 2>never gonna be something you just kind of like are

563
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<v Speaker 2>numb to. And then when you get beat down by teams,

564
00:24:10.599 --> 00:24:14.000
<v Speaker 2>like there's still despite what happened the last few years,

565
00:24:14.039 --> 00:24:16.119
<v Speaker 2>how bad it was, there is still like a level

566
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<v Speaker 2>of like, we're Louisville and we need to at least

567
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<v Speaker 2>be respectable. And when you get blown out, like fans

568
00:24:20.680 --> 00:24:22.160
<v Speaker 2>kind of lose their mind a little bit, And I

569
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<v Speaker 2>get it. That's what makes us crazy, that's what makes us,

570
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<v Speaker 2>in my opinion, special. But my point is when you

571
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<v Speaker 2>don't have it, when they don't really know who to

572
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<v Speaker 2>direct it out, they're like, well, Pat Kelsey, man, I

573
00:24:29.599 --> 00:24:30.960
<v Speaker 2>wish you would have won, But man, I kind of

574
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<v Speaker 2>love that guy. And then most of the players on

575
00:24:33.519 --> 00:24:35.319
<v Speaker 2>this team, I feel like people have a hard time

576
00:24:35.400 --> 00:24:38.279
<v Speaker 2>like wanting to be like overly critical for or critical love.

577
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<v Speaker 2>But the one guy that they have no problem throwing

578
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<v Speaker 2>it all at is no Waterman. And I don't know

579
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<v Speaker 2>if it's because of his I don't know what it is.

580
00:24:45.200 --> 00:24:47.440
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's clearly had times where he's not played well,

581
00:24:47.799 --> 00:24:50.799
<v Speaker 2>and he was brought here to do a variety of things.

582
00:24:50.880 --> 00:24:52.680
<v Speaker 2>Most importantly they'll be a shooter, and at times he

583
00:24:52.720 --> 00:24:55.240
<v Speaker 2>hasn't shot it well. But I know I'm not alone

584
00:24:55.240 --> 00:24:58.400
<v Speaker 2>and realizing that fans are not everybody, But like, if

585
00:24:58.400 --> 00:25:00.480
<v Speaker 2>you want to if you're a if you're seeing a

586
00:25:00.519 --> 00:25:06.799
<v Speaker 2>fan being really angry and I guess critical and at

587
00:25:06.839 --> 00:25:09.640
<v Speaker 2>times in a personal way about a player on this team,

588
00:25:10.000 --> 00:25:12.480
<v Speaker 2>I bet nine out of ten times, maybe ten out

589
00:25:12.480 --> 00:25:15.519
<v Speaker 2>of ten times, it's no waterman. And again I kind

590
00:25:15.519 --> 00:25:17.880
<v Speaker 2>of get it just because you know, when he's out

591
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<v Speaker 2>there firing it up NonStop, because that's kind of what

592
00:25:20.079 --> 00:25:21.720
<v Speaker 2>he's supposed to do, and he can't make it like

593
00:25:22.079 --> 00:25:24.519
<v Speaker 2>he's struggling, Like it's a tough look, like he's the

594
00:25:24.519 --> 00:25:26.440
<v Speaker 2>guy people think get him the hell out of the game.

595
00:25:27.039 --> 00:25:29.359
<v Speaker 2>But yet you know at times he plays well and

596
00:25:29.400 --> 00:25:31.920
<v Speaker 2>he helps you. But he helped me like that that game.

597
00:25:31.960 --> 00:25:34.519
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I'm not saying he's a different player now

598
00:25:34.519 --> 00:25:38.160
<v Speaker 2>than he was before that game, but keep in mind

599
00:25:38.240 --> 00:25:40.599
<v Speaker 2>he went and got a bucket that kept you from

600
00:25:40.640 --> 00:25:43.799
<v Speaker 2>having that kind of loss, because like you may lose teams,

601
00:25:44.119 --> 00:25:45.960
<v Speaker 2>you may lose to teams in the ACC this year

602
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<v Speaker 2>that aren't good at all because the league's down, But

603
00:25:48.160 --> 00:25:50.359
<v Speaker 2>that Akau loss would have been would have been something

604
00:25:50.400 --> 00:25:52.920
<v Speaker 2>that got brought up like by everybody, like for a

605
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<v Speaker 2>long time, and it would have been I mean, it

606
00:25:55.160 --> 00:25:57.839
<v Speaker 2>would have been an excusable And with saying that, I

607
00:25:57.839 --> 00:25:59.880
<v Speaker 2>guess you could say like their performance would be like

608
00:26:00.440 --> 00:26:02.799
<v Speaker 2>if they can win that way and we can excuse it,

609
00:26:02.839 --> 00:26:04.759
<v Speaker 2>then how could we say a loss would be inexcusable?

610
00:26:04.799 --> 00:26:06.920
<v Speaker 2>I get it, but that's what makes sports crazy, That's

611
00:26:06.960 --> 00:26:10.119
<v Speaker 2>what That's why winning and losing should have more value

612
00:26:10.319 --> 00:26:14.920
<v Speaker 2>than it does in these metrics. Right, Louisville one against dKu,

613
00:26:15.000 --> 00:26:17.559
<v Speaker 2>but they dropped ten spots in the net, nine spots

614
00:26:17.599 --> 00:26:19.039
<v Speaker 2>in the kN palm, and I knew going in that

615
00:26:19.119 --> 00:26:21.519
<v Speaker 2>was gonna happen. It was a metric loss, and that

616
00:26:21.359 --> 00:26:23.880
<v Speaker 2>that that hurts. But you should still get way more

617
00:26:24.000 --> 00:26:26.839
<v Speaker 2>value in just winning than you do. And you know,

618
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<v Speaker 2>even though when it comes to like the resume, when

619
00:26:30.079 --> 00:26:32.640
<v Speaker 2>it comes to like the vibes, Saturday was an l

620
00:26:33.160 --> 00:26:38.279
<v Speaker 2>but let's not act like it wasn't a miraculous like ability.

621
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<v Speaker 2>There wasn't a miraculous ability there to avoid what could

622
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<v Speaker 2>have been. I mean, I don't think I'm out of

623
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<v Speaker 2>line here. I feel like that, like deep down, that

624
00:26:46.480 --> 00:26:48.480
<v Speaker 2>would have been one of the more embarrassing home losses

625
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<v Speaker 2>for Louisville basketball. Like, let's let's just be real and

626
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<v Speaker 2>call like it is. That would have been as bad

627
00:26:52.680 --> 00:26:54.480
<v Speaker 2>as any loss Kenny Payne had. That was a real game.

628
00:26:54.599 --> 00:26:57.400
<v Speaker 2>Kenny Payne really did himself no favors by losing to

629
00:26:58.000 --> 00:27:02.119
<v Speaker 2>Leonora Ryan and Kentucky Wesleyan. But those games technically don't

630
00:27:02.160 --> 00:27:06.720
<v Speaker 2>count their exhibitions he lost to. I mean last year

631
00:27:06.920 --> 00:27:12.640
<v Speaker 2>was Chattanooga got Ham, Arkansas State, Gotham, and in the

632
00:27:12.720 --> 00:27:16.559
<v Speaker 2>year before that they lost to Gosh. Now I gotta

633
00:27:16.559 --> 00:27:17.839
<v Speaker 2>look it up and not I got to go relive

634
00:27:17.880 --> 00:27:20.519
<v Speaker 2>this nightmare. So no, only and I'm not doing it

635
00:27:20.559 --> 00:27:22.839
<v Speaker 2>to like pick on Kenny again because you know that

636
00:27:22.880 --> 00:27:25.160
<v Speaker 2>wouldn't be fun. Oh, Bellerman. I actually happened to think

637
00:27:25.200 --> 00:27:27.680
<v Speaker 2>Bellerman is the most embarrassing regular season loss this team's

638
00:27:27.680 --> 00:27:29.480
<v Speaker 2>ever had, this program's ever had, just because of the

639
00:27:29.480 --> 00:27:32.000
<v Speaker 2>scenario Bellerman, who was in D one at all, and

640
00:27:32.640 --> 00:27:34.880
<v Speaker 2>you know, the thought of Bellerman ever beating Louisville in

641
00:27:34.880 --> 00:27:36.960
<v Speaker 2>a real game just didn't seem realistic because for so

642
00:27:37.039 --> 00:27:39.359
<v Speaker 2>long it wasn't possible because they weren't Division one. Well

643
00:27:39.400 --> 00:27:41.480
<v Speaker 2>then they became Division one and then they came in

644
00:27:41.519 --> 00:27:44.640
<v Speaker 2>and gotcha the Right State loss and app State loss

645
00:27:45.279 --> 00:27:48.880
<v Speaker 2>those and to be honest with you, to Kenny's I

646
00:27:48.880 --> 00:27:51.920
<v Speaker 2>guess defense if you will. They did play a really,

647
00:27:52.200 --> 00:27:54.960
<v Speaker 2>really tough schedule in his first year, but he also

648
00:27:55.000 --> 00:27:57.079
<v Speaker 2>lost his first three games to Bellarmin, Right State and

649
00:27:57.119 --> 00:28:00.519
<v Speaker 2>app State. I happened to think that as far as

650
00:28:00.559 --> 00:28:02.880
<v Speaker 2>just like perception, and look, Pat's done way more in

651
00:28:02.920 --> 00:28:04.680
<v Speaker 2>this year than Kenny didn't too. So it's not like

652
00:28:04.720 --> 00:28:07.880
<v Speaker 2>I'm saying that. I'm just what I'm trying to do,

653
00:28:07.920 --> 00:28:09.599
<v Speaker 2>and I probably didn't go about it the right way.

654
00:28:10.000 --> 00:28:13.480
<v Speaker 2>We should be thanking Noah Waterman for avoiding what would

655
00:28:13.480 --> 00:28:16.640
<v Speaker 2>have been a disastrous thing for everybody involved. I have

656
00:28:16.720 --> 00:28:18.279
<v Speaker 2>no doubt if they would have lost, they still would

657
00:28:18.319 --> 00:28:21.200
<v Speaker 2>have come, like ready to play against North Carolina on Wednesday.

658
00:28:21.279 --> 00:28:23.400
<v Speaker 2>Doesn't mean they're going to win, but like I they

659
00:28:23.440 --> 00:28:25.640
<v Speaker 2>could have lost that game. Put it this way, them

660
00:28:25.680 --> 00:28:28.599
<v Speaker 2>being in a close game like that and still winning

661
00:28:29.640 --> 00:28:32.359
<v Speaker 2>doesn't change the way I feel about Kelsey even if

662
00:28:32.400 --> 00:28:35.319
<v Speaker 2>they would have lost, because I just, you know, I

663
00:28:35.400 --> 00:28:38.400
<v Speaker 2>know the situation. Like everybody says its excuses, and you

664
00:28:38.440 --> 00:28:39.839
<v Speaker 2>can view it that way if you want, but it's

665
00:28:39.839 --> 00:28:43.359
<v Speaker 2>really an explanation like they they really like you know, people,

666
00:28:43.440 --> 00:28:46.400
<v Speaker 2>people keep claiming, well, why are they so bad at home?

667
00:28:47.119 --> 00:28:51.279
<v Speaker 2>Look who's beat them at home? Like context is is

668
00:28:51.400 --> 00:28:53.000
<v Speaker 2>really not like something you got to go look for.

669
00:28:53.279 --> 00:28:55.759
<v Speaker 2>I think it's pretty obvious. I know they got blown

670
00:28:55.759 --> 00:28:57.920
<v Speaker 2>out by Tennessee at home, and they got blown out

671
00:28:57.960 --> 00:29:00.559
<v Speaker 2>by Old Miss at home, but the home. Some teams

672
00:29:00.599 --> 00:29:04.359
<v Speaker 2>that they've lost to are Tennessee, who's the number one

673
00:29:04.400 --> 00:29:08.279
<v Speaker 2>team in the country, and to Ole Miss, who did

674
00:29:08.319 --> 00:29:10.839
<v Speaker 2>take their second loss of the season. But still like

675
00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:13.720
<v Speaker 2>that's a good team. And also, I don't think you'll

676
00:29:13.720 --> 00:29:16.240
<v Speaker 2>see Louisville shoot as poorly as they did in that game.

677
00:29:16.720 --> 00:29:19.680
<v Speaker 2>And I think coming off of that three game stretch

678
00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:22.319
<v Speaker 2>in the Bahamas, you return and the day you play

679
00:29:22.920 --> 00:29:25.519
<v Speaker 2>Ole Miss, you find out you've now lost Casein and

680
00:29:25.599 --> 00:29:28.119
<v Speaker 2>Coraan Johnson for the entire year. You can say that

681
00:29:28.119 --> 00:29:30.799
<v Speaker 2>they shouldn't no excuses, come ready to play fair enough,

682
00:29:30.799 --> 00:29:32.640
<v Speaker 2>because I know that's what their coach says. But I'm

683
00:29:32.640 --> 00:29:35.640
<v Speaker 2>also aware of like the human element in sports, it matters.

684
00:29:35.640 --> 00:29:36.960
<v Speaker 2>So I think that they were like that was just

685
00:29:37.000 --> 00:29:40.200
<v Speaker 2>a bad night for everybody involved. Nine o'clock tip on

686
00:29:40.279 --> 00:29:43.119
<v Speaker 2>a Tuesday. I mean, it was dead and they couldn't

687
00:29:43.119 --> 00:29:46.160
<v Speaker 2>make a freaking shot. I would be shocked. I would

688
00:29:46.160 --> 00:29:48.440
<v Speaker 2>take action, not much, but I would bet that they

689
00:29:48.480 --> 00:29:50.119
<v Speaker 2>won't have a shooting night as bad as that win

690
00:29:50.160 --> 00:29:51.960
<v Speaker 2>against Ole Miss. So again, I'm not trying to shine

691
00:29:51.960 --> 00:29:53.440
<v Speaker 2>it up like it wasn't a really bad loss, But

692
00:29:53.480 --> 00:29:56.839
<v Speaker 2>my point is context, it's always important. So I don't

693
00:29:56.839 --> 00:29:59.400
<v Speaker 2>think there's some terrible team at home. I think they

694
00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:02.400
<v Speaker 2>have beaten I mean most of their wins have come

695
00:30:02.400 --> 00:30:04.240
<v Speaker 2>at home, and the teams that beat them at home

696
00:30:04.440 --> 00:30:07.319
<v Speaker 2>are good teams. One of them really really good. They

697
00:30:07.319 --> 00:30:08.920
<v Speaker 2>played Duke at home and they lost, but you know what,

698
00:30:08.920 --> 00:30:10.759
<v Speaker 2>they outplayed them for thirty minutes in that game. That

699
00:30:10.759 --> 00:30:12.720
<v Speaker 2>doesn't mean they won. I'm not trying to convince you

700
00:30:12.759 --> 00:30:15.039
<v Speaker 2>that it's a win rather than a loss. But like

701
00:30:15.440 --> 00:30:17.319
<v Speaker 2>they could play Duke ten more times at home, you

702
00:30:17.359 --> 00:30:18.759
<v Speaker 2>know what, They're probably gonna lose a lot more than

703
00:30:18.759 --> 00:30:20.960
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna win because it's Duke, who, by the way,

704
00:30:21.000 --> 00:30:23.079
<v Speaker 2>is the number two team in the kin pong. So

705
00:30:23.160 --> 00:30:26.400
<v Speaker 2>like when people like again I I had a little

706
00:30:26.440 --> 00:30:28.920
<v Speaker 2>bit of like self reflection, like whenever I would when

707
00:30:28.920 --> 00:30:31.759
<v Speaker 2>I would just when I would acknowledge obvious things about

708
00:30:31.799 --> 00:30:34.880
<v Speaker 2>the previous regime, and people would act like I'm manufacturing

709
00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:37.039
<v Speaker 2>reasons to be negative, and I would lose my mind

710
00:30:37.319 --> 00:30:39.680
<v Speaker 2>on this very radio show because I would think, to myself,

711
00:30:39.799 --> 00:30:42.079
<v Speaker 2>are people out of their minds? There's nobody watching and

712
00:30:42.160 --> 00:30:45.960
<v Speaker 2>realizing what's happening here, And maybe some people are saying

713
00:30:45.960 --> 00:30:48.039
<v Speaker 2>that now about me with Kelsey. But if you are

714
00:30:48.079 --> 00:30:50.440
<v Speaker 2>like again, we can disagree, but I want you to

715
00:30:50.440 --> 00:30:53.440
<v Speaker 2>know you're wrong, because Pat Kelsey clearly is doing way

716
00:30:53.480 --> 00:30:56.160
<v Speaker 2>more than I would have expected with what he has

717
00:30:56.200 --> 00:30:58.400
<v Speaker 2>to work with. Like the injuries here are a real factor,

718
00:30:58.880 --> 00:31:00.960
<v Speaker 2>and yet these guys still I'm ready to play, and

719
00:31:01.079 --> 00:31:03.160
<v Speaker 2>even when fully healthy, this wasn't going to be a

720
00:31:03.160 --> 00:31:04.880
<v Speaker 2>team that had like the talent to where they could

721
00:31:04.880 --> 00:31:07.720
<v Speaker 2>play poorly and beat really good teams, because that's mean.

722
00:31:08.039 --> 00:31:09.680
<v Speaker 2>It's a team with a bunch of guys who have

723
00:31:09.720 --> 00:31:12.519
<v Speaker 2>played college basketball for a really long time, and it's

724
00:31:12.519 --> 00:31:15.079
<v Speaker 2>because they you know, they they can now and they

725
00:31:15.079 --> 00:31:17.079
<v Speaker 2>can make money. And I think most of these guys

726
00:31:17.119 --> 00:31:20.079
<v Speaker 2>are appreciate him to be here. So the UTEP game

727
00:31:20.079 --> 00:31:22.319
<v Speaker 2>that could have been a loss, and the e KU game,

728
00:31:22.359 --> 00:31:24.960
<v Speaker 2>which I I mean, I know Pat probably wouldn't like

729
00:31:25.039 --> 00:31:27.759
<v Speaker 2>hearing anybody say this, but I'll say it like that

730
00:31:27.839 --> 00:31:30.359
<v Speaker 2>should have been a loss. You get credit for winning.

731
00:31:30.559 --> 00:31:33.319
<v Speaker 2>It's not like you it's not. And I'm trying to

732
00:31:33.720 --> 00:31:37.559
<v Speaker 2>be really careful how I worded, because again them being

733
00:31:37.559 --> 00:31:40.240
<v Speaker 2>able to stay locked in and Noah having the you know,

734
00:31:40.319 --> 00:31:42.799
<v Speaker 2>the confidence to to to take it to the rack

735
00:31:43.000 --> 00:31:44.599
<v Speaker 2>and just try to get a bucket Like that's a

736
00:31:44.759 --> 00:31:46.799
<v Speaker 2>that's a guy who just was trying to make a play,

737
00:31:46.880 --> 00:31:49.079
<v Speaker 2>not overthinking it not. I mean it wasn't in any

738
00:31:49.160 --> 00:31:51.599
<v Speaker 2>way like a beautiful play, but like it got it.

739
00:31:51.680 --> 00:31:53.599
<v Speaker 2>You got it done and you needed it. So credit

740
00:31:53.599 --> 00:31:56.680
<v Speaker 2>to him. But they know they're lucky to survive that uh,

741
00:31:56.720 --> 00:31:59.200
<v Speaker 2>and they're able to I think hopefully learn learn through

742
00:31:59.240 --> 00:32:01.400
<v Speaker 2>a win rather than would have been a devastating loss.

743
00:32:01.839 --> 00:32:03.759
<v Speaker 2>So I think if you really look at it, and

744
00:32:03.759 --> 00:32:05.839
<v Speaker 2>again I know it sounds like I'm making all these excuses,

745
00:32:05.880 --> 00:32:07.759
<v Speaker 2>I look at it as more of an explanation. I'm

746
00:32:07.759 --> 00:32:09.880
<v Speaker 2>not here to tell you that you're wrong, because because

747
00:32:09.960 --> 00:32:11.440
<v Speaker 2>I don't think we're arguing here, I'm not telling you

748
00:32:11.440 --> 00:32:13.480
<v Speaker 2>evolves great. But for those who claim, and that's what

749
00:32:13.519 --> 00:32:15.279
<v Speaker 2>really irked me a little bit, is all the why

750
00:32:15.279 --> 00:32:17.079
<v Speaker 2>are they so bad at home? That's my one issue

751
00:32:17.079 --> 00:32:19.160
<v Speaker 2>with Pat Kelsey. He can't get these guys to play

752
00:32:19.160 --> 00:32:23.680
<v Speaker 2>well at home. Well, again, they they won, and I

753
00:32:23.720 --> 00:32:25.559
<v Speaker 2>know it wasn't against great teams, but like they beat

754
00:32:25.599 --> 00:32:27.759
<v Speaker 2>the hell out of Bellerman, Winthrop and Moorehead stayed at

755
00:32:27.759 --> 00:32:29.839
<v Speaker 2>home and they lost to Duke and all miss at home.

756
00:32:30.279 --> 00:32:32.200
<v Speaker 2>I don't like that, but you know those are good teams.

757
00:32:33.160 --> 00:32:35.480
<v Speaker 2>UTEP was a dud for sure, but it was in

758
00:32:35.559 --> 00:32:39.519
<v Speaker 2>between Duke and Kentucky. Again, the human element is real, Like, yeah,

759
00:32:39.559 --> 00:32:41.200
<v Speaker 2>you can tell yourself, we got to treat this like

760
00:32:41.240 --> 00:32:43.920
<v Speaker 2>it's Kentucky. But then you get out there and you

761
00:32:43.960 --> 00:32:45.880
<v Speaker 2>know it's not. You're playing in front of a very

762
00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:48.079
<v Speaker 2>light crowd on your home court, and you've got the

763
00:32:48.160 --> 00:32:50.559
<v Speaker 2>rivalry game coming up on some you know, within a

764
00:32:50.599 --> 00:32:53.519
<v Speaker 2>few days, Like it's you can tell yourself, Like it's

765
00:32:53.519 --> 00:32:55.720
<v Speaker 2>like when football teams go out there against Popcorn State

766
00:32:55.759 --> 00:32:58.000
<v Speaker 2>and the opener, Like they can tell themselves, let's go

767
00:32:58.000 --> 00:33:00.279
<v Speaker 2>out here like we're about to go winn a conference championsh. No,

768
00:33:00.359 --> 00:33:02.039
<v Speaker 2>you know you're about to go play a team that

769
00:33:02.119 --> 00:33:04.559
<v Speaker 2>you can take off plays and probably still win by forty.

770
00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:09.039
<v Speaker 2>So with EKU, I'm not going to say it's the

771
00:33:09.039 --> 00:33:10.599
<v Speaker 2>same exact thing as you TEP because I want to

772
00:33:10.599 --> 00:33:12.359
<v Speaker 2>give coach A. W. Hamlton a lot of credit. I

773
00:33:13.119 --> 00:33:15.680
<v Speaker 2>love Coach Hamilton, always have love his story. Kid who

774
00:33:15.680 --> 00:33:18.039
<v Speaker 2>grew up in Kentucky, played at Scott County High School

775
00:33:18.039 --> 00:33:20.759
<v Speaker 2>and Georgetown had a hell of a career playing in

776
00:33:20.799 --> 00:33:23.240
<v Speaker 2>the Sweet sixteen for Billy Hicks and went on to

777
00:33:23.720 --> 00:33:26.240
<v Speaker 2>play Division one basketball. Started his career at Wake Forest,

778
00:33:26.359 --> 00:33:29.519
<v Speaker 2>ended up at Marshall, got into coaching, was under coach

779
00:33:29.599 --> 00:33:32.480
<v Speaker 2>Keats's wing at Hargrave Academy and really did well there

780
00:33:32.519 --> 00:33:34.920
<v Speaker 2>and turned that into the EKU job, and they're lucky

781
00:33:34.960 --> 00:33:36.720
<v Speaker 2>to have him. I think he would do really well

782
00:33:37.160 --> 00:33:39.440
<v Speaker 2>at a program with better resources, in a program that

783
00:33:39.559 --> 00:33:42.079
<v Speaker 2>wasn't so vulnerable to getting hit by the portal. They

784
00:33:42.240 --> 00:33:44.440
<v Speaker 2>lost some of their best players that have gone on

785
00:33:44.480 --> 00:33:46.400
<v Speaker 2>to be really good, and nobody like ever acknowledges they

786
00:33:46.400 --> 00:33:49.400
<v Speaker 2>played at EKU. One of Bruce Pearl's better guards at

787
00:33:49.400 --> 00:33:51.759
<v Speaker 2>Auburne a couple of years ago came from aw Hamilton.

788
00:33:51.880 --> 00:33:54.400
<v Speaker 2>So I thought he did a great job at knowing that, Hey,

789
00:33:54.480 --> 00:33:56.119
<v Speaker 2>we know they like to play fast, but that's what

790
00:33:56.160 --> 00:33:58.599
<v Speaker 2>we do too. So in a weird way, they actually

791
00:33:58.680 --> 00:34:00.440
<v Speaker 2>sped the game up at times where they were a

792
00:34:00.440 --> 00:34:02.440
<v Speaker 2>little more comfortable than Louisville was, and they had some

793
00:34:02.519 --> 00:34:05.759
<v Speaker 2>dudes out there that were just making really really tough

794
00:34:05.799 --> 00:34:08.000
<v Speaker 2>shots that like, I don't know if you could have

795
00:34:08.000 --> 00:34:10.639
<v Speaker 2>defended any better. Now. Sometimes that wasn't the case like

796
00:34:10.639 --> 00:34:12.880
<v Speaker 2>the three late that James Scott kind of fell asleep

797
00:34:12.880 --> 00:34:15.400
<v Speaker 2>on that wasn't well defended, but some of those shots

798
00:34:15.400 --> 00:34:18.159
<v Speaker 2>were just really tough buckets, and Kelsey knew ahead of

799
00:34:18.199 --> 00:34:20.239
<v Speaker 2>time they had some guys that could potentially, in a

800
00:34:20.280 --> 00:34:24.400
<v Speaker 2>one on one situation, really exploit Louisville, because you know,

801
00:34:24.880 --> 00:34:26.960
<v Speaker 2>Louisvill's got guys that let's just be real here, like

802
00:34:27.400 --> 00:34:30.159
<v Speaker 2>there's no pros on this team, there's no there's no

803
00:34:31.559 --> 00:34:34.920
<v Speaker 2>there's nobody with like a talent level when it comes

804
00:34:34.960 --> 00:34:37.320
<v Speaker 2>to well, I'll say it's Chucky and I don't know

805
00:34:37.320 --> 00:34:38.519
<v Speaker 2>if he got hit in the eye and he kind

806
00:34:38.519 --> 00:34:40.920
<v Speaker 2>of never really recovered, but you know, Chucky's a really

807
00:34:40.920 --> 00:34:42.880
<v Speaker 2>good defender. Chucky's a really good talent to where at

808
00:34:42.920 --> 00:34:45.400
<v Speaker 2>times I kind of feel like he could do something

809
00:34:45.400 --> 00:34:47.559
<v Speaker 2>to where you feel like, Okay, we've got something here.

810
00:34:47.679 --> 00:34:50.000
<v Speaker 2>We need to rely on this a lot because even

811
00:34:50.039 --> 00:34:52.840
<v Speaker 2>if it's good teams, you'll realize Chucky's a little different.

812
00:34:53.079 --> 00:34:55.320
<v Speaker 2>But everybody else, I think you're getting about the most

813
00:34:55.360 --> 00:34:57.519
<v Speaker 2>you can get out of them, and that's not ideal.

814
00:34:57.800 --> 00:35:00.760
<v Speaker 2>That's probably something that has you worry for good reason

815
00:35:00.800 --> 00:35:03.280
<v Speaker 2>that like maybe you don't become a tournament team. But

816
00:35:03.320 --> 00:35:07.239
<v Speaker 2>I just can't. I can't manufacture anger when I don't

817
00:35:07.239 --> 00:35:10.679
<v Speaker 2>feel like at times like they're struggling because they're poorly

818
00:35:10.800 --> 00:35:12.719
<v Speaker 2>coached or they're not trying. This team just is who

819
00:35:12.719 --> 00:35:17.000
<v Speaker 2>it is. And again, when it comes to athleticism talent,

820
00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:23.039
<v Speaker 2>you know guys that in many situations, you know the

821
00:35:23.079 --> 00:35:25.559
<v Speaker 2>opposing team is gonna kind of have to worry about,

822
00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:29.199
<v Speaker 2>right because like that guy's pretty good. He's he's a

823
00:35:29.599 --> 00:35:33.079
<v Speaker 2>like Korin Johnson and and Casein are those guys like

824
00:35:33.199 --> 00:35:34.440
<v Speaker 2>Corn was the six Man of the Year in the

825
00:35:34.480 --> 00:35:37.400
<v Speaker 2>PAC twelve four star recruit Like he's talented. He could

826
00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:39.679
<v Speaker 2>have played for anybody. Maybe not been like a prominent guy,

827
00:35:39.760 --> 00:35:42.320
<v Speaker 2>but he could play for anybody because he's talented, he's

828
00:35:42.519 --> 00:35:45.119
<v Speaker 2>and he's he knows who he is as a player. Casein,

829
00:35:45.599 --> 00:35:48.320
<v Speaker 2>I mean, I think I've learned that they missed him

830
00:35:48.320 --> 00:35:49.719
<v Speaker 2>a little more than I thought they would, just as

831
00:35:49.719 --> 00:35:52.360
<v Speaker 2>far as his athleticism, his his his ability to kind

832
00:35:52.360 --> 00:35:54.119
<v Speaker 2>of be above the rim more than some other guys.

833
00:35:55.519 --> 00:35:57.679
<v Speaker 2>But he's also just a mismatch problem because he's six

834
00:35:57.719 --> 00:35:59.719
<v Speaker 2>' ten and can dribble like he's a true wing.

835
00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:04.239
<v Speaker 2>So you know, I'm not surprised and I'm not like

836
00:36:05.000 --> 00:36:08.360
<v Speaker 2>annoyed by most of like the criticism from Saturday's game.

837
00:36:08.960 --> 00:36:10.880
<v Speaker 2>I would just kind of, you know, I would tell

838
00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:14.360
<v Speaker 2>fans this, feel how you feel. Don't don't feel like

839
00:36:14.360 --> 00:36:17.920
<v Speaker 2>I'm trying to change your mind about anything, and be

840
00:36:18.039 --> 00:36:19.880
<v Speaker 2>you like, don't you know that's how fan fans should

841
00:36:19.920 --> 00:36:21.920
<v Speaker 2>always just be a fan whichever way they want to

842
00:36:21.960 --> 00:36:24.440
<v Speaker 2>be and don't try to, you know, change their opinion

843
00:36:24.440 --> 00:36:26.639
<v Speaker 2>based off of the majority or based off you know, anything.

844
00:36:26.719 --> 00:36:29.280
<v Speaker 2>Just come to your own conclusion and ride with it.

845
00:36:29.960 --> 00:36:31.639
<v Speaker 2>But I would just encourage you to just kind of

846
00:36:31.679 --> 00:36:34.920
<v Speaker 2>keep in perspective when this team ends up having some

847
00:36:34.920 --> 00:36:37.559
<v Speaker 2>shortfalls and maybe you look at Saturday as a shortfall

848
00:36:37.599 --> 00:36:39.519
<v Speaker 2>because it was a near a loss in a game

849
00:36:39.559 --> 00:36:40.960
<v Speaker 2>that you won, but yet it kind of killed you

850
00:36:41.039 --> 00:36:44.599
<v Speaker 2>in the numbers. You know, they should have been better. Right,

851
00:36:44.639 --> 00:36:46.599
<v Speaker 2>If you can play Duke way you did, you can

852
00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:48.519
<v Speaker 2>outplay Kentucky, you can play Kentucky the way you did,

853
00:36:48.519 --> 00:36:50.400
<v Speaker 2>like you shouldn't have been in that situation. But like

854
00:36:50.960 --> 00:36:52.480
<v Speaker 2>there could be a few plays here and there to

855
00:36:52.480 --> 00:36:55.440
<v Speaker 2>where like the game gets flipped because that's just that's

856
00:36:55.480 --> 00:36:59.159
<v Speaker 2>just who they are. And they still play it like, man,

857
00:36:59.199 --> 00:37:00.519
<v Speaker 2>this is probably not a good to get into it,

858
00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:04.039
<v Speaker 2>but like I still believe, and I know people will

859
00:37:04.039 --> 00:37:07.000
<v Speaker 2>throw stats at where these guys are now in my face,

860
00:37:07.039 --> 00:37:10.519
<v Speaker 2>like you're way wrong. Last year's team had more legitimate

861
00:37:10.559 --> 00:37:14.039
<v Speaker 2>athleticism and god given talent than this team, and this

862
00:37:14.079 --> 00:37:17.400
<v Speaker 2>team's getting way more out of it. And I have

863
00:37:17.400 --> 00:37:20.280
<v Speaker 2>a hard time being like disappointed when I see that

864
00:37:20.360 --> 00:37:23.119
<v Speaker 2>every night, like they could get another big injury. God

865
00:37:23.159 --> 00:37:25.480
<v Speaker 2>willing that hopefully didn't happen, but like they could. And

866
00:37:25.480 --> 00:37:26.719
<v Speaker 2>I think they're still gonna come out here and not

867
00:37:26.760 --> 00:37:30.000
<v Speaker 2>make excuses and play hard and just me myself not

868
00:37:30.039 --> 00:37:32.079
<v Speaker 2>telling anybody how they should feel. I'm just being honest

869
00:37:32.119 --> 00:37:32.360
<v Speaker 2>with you.

870
00:37:33.039 --> 00:37:33.400
<v Speaker 4>I love that.

871
00:37:33.480 --> 00:37:35.719
<v Speaker 2>I'm gonna continue to support this team. I'm not telling

872
00:37:35.719 --> 00:37:37.320
<v Speaker 2>you they're great. I'm not telling you that you're you're

873
00:37:37.639 --> 00:37:40.360
<v Speaker 2>crazy if you're being critical. I just I like watching

874
00:37:40.400 --> 00:37:42.199
<v Speaker 2>them play because I think they play really hard. And

875
00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:45.280
<v Speaker 2>Saturday was like a Saturday we know what it did, Austin.

876
00:37:45.599 --> 00:37:46.800
<v Speaker 2>It let me know that I'm in love.

877
00:37:46.679 --> 00:37:49.039
<v Speaker 6>With this team because me too, because I was so

878
00:37:49.679 --> 00:37:52.559
<v Speaker 6>relieved that they avoided what would have been like I

879
00:37:52.559 --> 00:37:55.920
<v Speaker 6>mean that kind of loss around here, Kenny Payne, Pat Kelsey,

880
00:37:56.000 --> 00:37:58.599
<v Speaker 6>Rick Beatino, could have been John Wooden or Phil Jackson.

881
00:37:59.199 --> 00:38:02.559
<v Speaker 2>That's one fan don't really forget about, right, Like Rick

882
00:38:02.599 --> 00:38:04.519
<v Speaker 2>didn't have those losses, you know what I mean? Right,

883
00:38:04.679 --> 00:38:06.639
<v Speaker 2>Dinny did, but he also had a couple of titles

884
00:38:06.639 --> 00:38:08.320
<v Speaker 2>in his back pocket when he did, and then he

885
00:38:08.400 --> 00:38:11.119
<v Speaker 2>won after that. So I'm happy they avoided it. But

886
00:38:11.119 --> 00:38:13.440
<v Speaker 2>I get why people are a little, you know, concerned

887
00:38:13.480 --> 00:38:14.880
<v Speaker 2>about what they saw. Quick break. We'll come back and

888
00:38:14.880 --> 00:38:16.880
<v Speaker 2>wrap up, wrap it up, wrap up the hour. On

889
00:38:16.920 --> 00:38:19.760
<v Speaker 2>the other side, don't go anywhere, keep a lock right

890
00:38:19.760 --> 00:38:20.880
<v Speaker 2>here on Sports Talk seven ninety.

891
00:38:35.480 --> 00:38:39.320
<v Speaker 3>Now back to coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's on

892
00:38:39.519 --> 00:38:41.159
<v Speaker 3>Sports Talk seven nine day.

893
00:38:41.760 --> 00:38:45.599
<v Speaker 2>That's right, coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's that's us

894
00:38:45.599 --> 00:38:47.440
<v Speaker 2>here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Don't forget you could

895
00:38:47.440 --> 00:38:49.639
<v Speaker 2>take us with you wherever you go. Listen live on

896
00:38:49.679 --> 00:38:52.400
<v Speaker 2>the iHeartRadio app. Also listen live at seven ninety Louisville

897
00:38:52.400 --> 00:38:53.679
<v Speaker 2>dot com. I do want to let you know that

898
00:38:54.199 --> 00:38:57.320
<v Speaker 2>after the end of this year, which of course you

899
00:38:57.360 --> 00:39:01.519
<v Speaker 2>know is not far away, we'll be back to hopefully

900
00:39:01.599 --> 00:39:07.719
<v Speaker 2>a pretty normal schedule slash routine. I mean, they always

901
00:39:07.719 --> 00:39:10.039
<v Speaker 2>tell me, like, don't go out of your way to

902
00:39:10.119 --> 00:39:12.719
<v Speaker 2>let people know that this show may not be live

903
00:39:12.800 --> 00:39:15.159
<v Speaker 2>at all times. And I get why, you know, because

904
00:39:16.559 --> 00:39:18.679
<v Speaker 2>that's not something you should just throw out there if

905
00:39:18.679 --> 00:39:21.239
<v Speaker 2>you don't need to. But I have, I've got a complex,

906
00:39:21.760 --> 00:39:23.760
<v Speaker 2>like you know, I whenever that happens, and we've had

907
00:39:23.760 --> 00:39:26.079
<v Speaker 2>to repurpose some content just because of the schedules and

908
00:39:26.119 --> 00:39:28.360
<v Speaker 2>because of the holidays. I mean, but the holidays, it

909
00:39:28.360 --> 00:39:30.400
<v Speaker 2>makes sense because you know, we do get days off,

910
00:39:30.639 --> 00:39:32.840
<v Speaker 2>but other times you've had to make some adjustments because

911
00:39:32.840 --> 00:39:36.639
<v Speaker 2>of just my filling in for Tony Cruz on has

912
00:39:36.639 --> 00:39:39.440
<v Speaker 2>and Austin really being thrown in and being a being

913
00:39:39.480 --> 00:39:43.079
<v Speaker 2>a trooper and you know, being our full time producer,

914
00:39:43.079 --> 00:39:45.840
<v Speaker 2>but also having another full time job where he he's

915
00:39:46.159 --> 00:39:48.880
<v Speaker 2>I mean, he's he's a guy, that's you know, he's

916
00:39:48.920 --> 00:39:50.960
<v Speaker 2>got a what do they say, where's a lot of hats?

917
00:39:51.079 --> 00:39:52.199
<v Speaker 4>Yeah, that's that's funny.

918
00:39:52.199 --> 00:39:54.639
<v Speaker 1>It's some people, especially when I introduced myself, they ask,

919
00:39:54.719 --> 00:39:55.760
<v Speaker 1>so like, what do you like?

920
00:39:56.079 --> 00:39:57.000
<v Speaker 4>What do you do at?

921
00:39:57.079 --> 00:39:57.199
<v Speaker 1>Uh?

922
00:39:57.280 --> 00:39:58.599
<v Speaker 4>What you do at iHeartRadio.

923
00:39:58.639 --> 00:40:00.639
<v Speaker 2>I'm like, well it's you should say how much time

924
00:40:00.639 --> 00:40:01.480
<v Speaker 2>you got? Yeah?

925
00:40:02.719 --> 00:40:05.760
<v Speaker 1>Yeah, it's it's I really don't have just one job.

926
00:40:05.880 --> 00:40:08.679
<v Speaker 1>I guess what technically under like my W two thing

927
00:40:09.079 --> 00:40:12.519
<v Speaker 1>it has me as a broadcast producer, doesn't have me

928
00:40:12.599 --> 00:40:15.840
<v Speaker 1>under promotions or doesn't have me under office assistant.

929
00:40:15.840 --> 00:40:17.280
<v Speaker 4>What I've had to play and which I don't mind.

930
00:40:17.320 --> 00:40:19.519
<v Speaker 1>I love doing all this stuff, but like they should

931
00:40:19.559 --> 00:40:21.719
<v Speaker 1>just create a role specifically for me and just call

932
00:40:21.760 --> 00:40:22.960
<v Speaker 1>it the Austin role.

933
00:40:23.039 --> 00:40:25.320
<v Speaker 2>Yeah, the all like we need know, we need to

934
00:40:25.519 --> 00:40:29.920
<v Speaker 2>we need to find a way to really make it

935
00:40:30.000 --> 00:40:33.280
<v Speaker 2>sound like there's like it's the most and it is

936
00:40:33.320 --> 00:40:35.119
<v Speaker 2>a special position because I don't know many that could

937
00:40:35.119 --> 00:40:36.920
<v Speaker 2>pull off where you're pulling off with all these different

938
00:40:36.920 --> 00:40:38.920
<v Speaker 2>things that you're doing. But you know those jobs that

939
00:40:39.079 --> 00:40:42.599
<v Speaker 2>like they'd really doctor up the title of it to

940
00:40:42.679 --> 00:40:45.400
<v Speaker 2>make it like I know a janitor who Bob, who

941
00:40:45.480 --> 00:40:48.000
<v Speaker 2>tells people his job is he's a custodial engineer, Like

942
00:40:48.079 --> 00:40:50.960
<v Speaker 2>come on, bro, Like you know, like hey, and I

943
00:40:51.000 --> 00:40:53.239
<v Speaker 2>love people who do whatever job it is, regardless of

944
00:40:53.239 --> 00:40:56.280
<v Speaker 2>what it pays, regardless of what society views it as,

945
00:40:56.320 --> 00:40:57.760
<v Speaker 2>and if they're gonna be happy to do it and

946
00:40:57.760 --> 00:40:59.920
<v Speaker 2>they're gonna give it, they're all I gotta I love that.

947
00:41:00.239 --> 00:41:02.639
<v Speaker 2>I mean that like if you're and I've not seen

948
00:41:02.679 --> 00:41:05.440
<v Speaker 2>it as much lately, but like even before, people who

949
00:41:05.519 --> 00:41:07.400
<v Speaker 2>you know, worked retail and whatnot seem to just hate

950
00:41:07.440 --> 00:41:10.119
<v Speaker 2>their lives in a major way. I mean, if I

951
00:41:10.199 --> 00:41:12.519
<v Speaker 2>went to Taco Bell and there was somebody in the

952
00:41:12.599 --> 00:41:14.760
<v Speaker 2>drive through that like, I felt like there was no

953
00:41:14.880 --> 00:41:17.519
<v Speaker 2>better place for them to be working than Taco Bell

954
00:41:17.599 --> 00:41:20.199
<v Speaker 2>because they're just out they're just like they are giving it.

955
00:41:20.239 --> 00:41:23.320
<v Speaker 2>They're all they're courteous, they're polite or you know, jobs

956
00:41:23.360 --> 00:41:25.000
<v Speaker 2>that you wouldn't think people are signing up to do,

957
00:41:25.079 --> 00:41:26.719
<v Speaker 2>but you see people out there doing them and they

958
00:41:26.800 --> 00:41:28.519
<v Speaker 2>love it and they're having a good time, they're taking

959
00:41:28.519 --> 00:41:31.719
<v Speaker 2>it serious. I love that stuff, man, I think that's great.

960
00:41:32.360 --> 00:41:33.679
<v Speaker 2>So I'm not trying to act like if you do

961
00:41:33.719 --> 00:41:35.800
<v Speaker 2>have a job that maybe people don't view as a

962
00:41:35.800 --> 00:41:38.559
<v Speaker 2>good job, maybe they look down on it. If you

963
00:41:38.559 --> 00:41:40.960
<v Speaker 2>can doctor up your title, then do it, you know.

964
00:41:41.079 --> 00:41:43.519
<v Speaker 2>But like also people who worked at Subway, they were

965
00:41:43.559 --> 00:41:44.760
<v Speaker 2>sayingwich artists, that's right.

966
00:41:45.800 --> 00:41:48.960
<v Speaker 1>I also love selfishly doing the adding whatever I can

967
00:41:49.039 --> 00:41:52.280
<v Speaker 1>to my resume, just so you know that little signature

968
00:41:52.280 --> 00:41:54.719
<v Speaker 1>that we have at like the end of our emails. Yeah,

969
00:41:54.719 --> 00:41:56.800
<v Speaker 1>I just I love adding to that, and it makes

970
00:41:56.800 --> 00:41:58.880
<v Speaker 1>me see when I email people, I'm not much more

971
00:41:58.880 --> 00:42:03.280
<v Speaker 1>important when I say I'm an event specialist, a broadcast producer,

972
00:42:03.440 --> 00:42:07.480
<v Speaker 1>podcast host, office assistant, a little bit of everything. I

973
00:42:07.480 --> 00:42:10.800
<v Speaker 1>will say this, I sleep management because I gotta. I

974
00:42:10.840 --> 00:42:13.519
<v Speaker 1>have to be the one that keeps tracked. Yeah, like yeah,

975
00:42:13.559 --> 00:42:14.400
<v Speaker 1>all the vans, who do.

976
00:42:14.400 --> 00:42:16.320
<v Speaker 2>I reach out to when I need a company vehicle?

977
00:42:16.800 --> 00:42:20.039
<v Speaker 2>It's it's Austin feel like that's he's he's the he's uh,

978
00:42:20.239 --> 00:42:22.320
<v Speaker 2>you know, the fleet supervisor or the you know some

979
00:42:22.519 --> 00:42:24.679
<v Speaker 2>something like that. We can we can doctor it up.

980
00:42:25.199 --> 00:42:26.719
<v Speaker 2>And it is important to be honest with you. What

981
00:42:26.719 --> 00:42:28.719
<v Speaker 2>we've what's happened around here is we've had we've had

982
00:42:28.760 --> 00:42:30.920
<v Speaker 2>some cuts, we've had some changes, some adjustments that have

983
00:42:30.960 --> 00:42:33.800
<v Speaker 2>been made, and everybody's doing their best to try to,

984
00:42:33.840 --> 00:42:36.440
<v Speaker 2>you know, get through and and and and you know

985
00:42:36.480 --> 00:42:38.519
<v Speaker 2>adjust That's what that's what happens. That's that's there's a

986
00:42:38.519 --> 00:42:42.320
<v Speaker 2>lot of career, there's a lot of jobs out there. Industries.

987
00:42:42.360 --> 00:42:45.360
<v Speaker 2>I should say that they evolved like you got to

988
00:42:45.400 --> 00:42:47.039
<v Speaker 2>you got to be able to make adjustments and adapt.

989
00:42:47.079 --> 00:42:49.119
<v Speaker 2>And I think we're doing uh, we're doing the best

990
00:42:49.159 --> 00:42:51.320
<v Speaker 2>that we can. But what's happened is that you know,

991
00:42:51.360 --> 00:42:55.360
<v Speaker 2>there are people right now that I mean, I'm I'm

992
00:42:55.360 --> 00:42:58.000
<v Speaker 2>talking to one of them to you, like, if you

993
00:42:58.039 --> 00:43:00.920
<v Speaker 2>weren't here to do it, we would be screwed. And

994
00:43:01.000 --> 00:43:04.079
<v Speaker 2>I know I appreciate that, and I hope that our

995
00:43:04.119 --> 00:43:06.480
<v Speaker 2>superiors do. I assume they do. But like, of course,

996
00:43:06.599 --> 00:43:08.960
<v Speaker 2>you know, it's it's it doesn't go unnoticed with me

997
00:43:09.079 --> 00:43:11.880
<v Speaker 2>because you know, Austin, he's always wanted to do this

998
00:43:11.920 --> 00:43:14.480
<v Speaker 2>and it's been fun. But like he's he's also like

999
00:43:14.519 --> 00:43:17.079
<v Speaker 2>he just absorbed this role when he was already doing

1000
00:43:17.679 --> 00:43:20.760
<v Speaker 2>another full time job within the company. So it's been

1001
00:43:20.800 --> 00:43:23.039
<v Speaker 2>weird the last couple of months, to be honest with you.

1002
00:43:23.199 --> 00:43:25.360
<v Speaker 2>And I'm hoping that once we get into the twenty

1003
00:43:25.400 --> 00:43:27.920
<v Speaker 2>twenty five year we have a little bit more. I mean,

1004
00:43:28.800 --> 00:43:30.119
<v Speaker 2>one thing I know it's going to be better is

1005
00:43:30.159 --> 00:43:32.239
<v Speaker 2>that are just we're not going to have these holiday breaks.

1006
00:43:32.559 --> 00:43:34.119
<v Speaker 2>And I don't know about you, but I'm not burning

1007
00:43:34.159 --> 00:43:36.079
<v Speaker 2>up a bunch of vacation in January and February, so

1008
00:43:36.119 --> 00:43:38.000
<v Speaker 2>like we'll be here and there may be some times

1009
00:43:38.000 --> 00:43:41.239
<v Speaker 2>where Austin's got to run early because of a because

1010
00:43:41.280 --> 00:43:43.760
<v Speaker 2>of a production that he's got a promotional event he's

1011
00:43:43.760 --> 00:43:45.079
<v Speaker 2>got to be at, or maybe he's got to go

1012
00:43:45.119 --> 00:43:47.880
<v Speaker 2>shake hands, kiss babies, be a man of the people.

1013
00:43:47.960 --> 00:43:48.679
<v Speaker 4>Yes that he is.

1014
00:43:49.800 --> 00:43:52.079
<v Speaker 2>But I think we'll have some things in place to

1015
00:43:52.119 --> 00:43:54.480
<v Speaker 2>where like that won't impact the show. And I mean,

1016
00:43:55.480 --> 00:43:56.960
<v Speaker 2>this is what I hate, like when that when you

1017
00:43:57.000 --> 00:43:59.079
<v Speaker 2>when you're pulled to do your other full time job

1018
00:43:59.159 --> 00:44:01.360
<v Speaker 2>that you had before the one. I can tell that

1019
00:44:01.400 --> 00:44:03.079
<v Speaker 2>at times you kind of feel bad for me, and

1020
00:44:03.119 --> 00:44:05.760
<v Speaker 2>I hate it because you shouldn't. It's not you at all.

1021
00:44:06.159 --> 00:44:10.199
<v Speaker 2>And I don't know, like it's in my career and

1022
00:44:10.360 --> 00:44:12.440
<v Speaker 2>I shouldn't even say career because like this really has

1023
00:44:12.440 --> 00:44:14.119
<v Speaker 2>nothing to do with the industry that we work in.

1024
00:44:14.360 --> 00:44:16.280
<v Speaker 2>But this is the first time in my in my

1025
00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:18.559
<v Speaker 2>life as like a you know, an employee at a

1026
00:44:18.639 --> 00:44:22.039
<v Speaker 2>company to where like everybody for the most part is

1027
00:44:22.119 --> 00:44:24.519
<v Speaker 2>doing everything they can to kind of ride out the

1028
00:44:24.599 --> 00:44:26.280
<v Speaker 2>end of this year as we kind of adjust to

1029
00:44:26.519 --> 00:44:28.960
<v Speaker 2>some changes that were made. And it's been it's been

1030
00:44:29.000 --> 00:44:30.960
<v Speaker 2>difficult at times. I mean I can tell you first

1031
00:44:30.960 --> 00:44:33.960
<v Speaker 2>ten I've been real frustrated at times, but I quickly

1032
00:44:34.000 --> 00:44:36.400
<v Speaker 2>realized there's nobody that I work with that had any

1033
00:44:36.679 --> 00:44:38.920
<v Speaker 2>role in this like, this is an ideal. Nobody wanted

1034
00:44:38.960 --> 00:44:41.960
<v Speaker 2>it to happen. It just was something that was out

1035
00:44:41.960 --> 00:44:44.039
<v Speaker 2>of our control, and we're trying our best to, you know,

1036
00:44:44.480 --> 00:44:47.239
<v Speaker 2>to get through. Or maybe I'm just talking crazy because

1037
00:44:47.239 --> 00:44:51.159
<v Speaker 2>I've been up since three fifty am and I'm running

1038
00:44:51.199 --> 00:44:51.719
<v Speaker 2>on fumes.

1039
00:44:51.800 --> 00:44:54.360
<v Speaker 1>I still have a lot of vacation left on the

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<v Speaker 1>table from this year that I'm pretty sad I didn't use.

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<v Speaker 2>Are you serious? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 1>I had like sixty hours a sick time and a

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<v Speaker 1>whole two weeks of.

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<v Speaker 2>Doesn't really like you know, no, you're not sick, you don't.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean what, I worked from home because I worked,

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<v Speaker 4>I bet.

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<v Speaker 2>But I bet like you probably have comp days. You

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<v Speaker 2>probably have vacation that you didn't use.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, sure, that's it's a lot, well a lot. This

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<v Speaker 1>the first half year, I just worked from home. And

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<v Speaker 1>usually when I don't want to go to work, that

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<v Speaker 1>means I just want to be at home. But if

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<v Speaker 1>I'm already at home anyways, there's no reason of using

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<v Speaker 1>a vacation.

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<v Speaker 3>Yeah.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, and I'm with you, Yeah, I'm with you. Well, No,

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<v Speaker 2>that sucks.

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<v Speaker 4>I just wish we got paid out for it. That'd

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<v Speaker 4>be pretty cool.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, that man, that went away a while back.

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<v Speaker 4>Okay, so it was a thing.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it was a thing in society. It was one

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<v Speaker 2>just thing. Here's the thing everywhere. Yeah, I'm pretty sure

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<v Speaker 2>that's gone everywhere now.

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<v Speaker 4>I had it at UPS.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I could see that that kind of company. It

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<v Speaker 2>would make sense because they got to it. They've got

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<v Speaker 2>incentivized people a little bit differently just because of you know,

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<v Speaker 2>what that job is, and they have the means to

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<v Speaker 2>do so because you know, at UPS.

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah, and they got a union too.

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<v Speaker 2>All right, quick break coffee and company. Feel about thorns

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<v Speaker 2>right here on Sports Talk seven ninety