WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.160 --> 00:00:03.359 Being Company with Nick Coffee today at three on Sports 2 00:00:03.359 --> 00:00:07.320 Talk seven ninety, and. 3 00:00:07.360 --> 00:00:07.719 It is it. 4 00:00:07.879 --> 00:00:11.919 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 5 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:14.919 Sports Talk seven ninety, Holy crap, I. 6 00:00:14.880 --> 00:00:17.480 Don't know who the hell we think when we are get. 7 00:00:17.320 --> 00:00:19.239 Off our show, idiot. 8 00:00:19.399 --> 00:00:21.120 The kids are crying or turning off, crying. 9 00:00:21.160 --> 00:00:21.879 The countries are. 10 00:00:21.800 --> 00:00:22.440 Screwing it up. 11 00:00:22.559 --> 00:00:25.679 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 12 00:00:26.120 --> 00:00:28.879 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 13 00:00:29.679 --> 00:00:30.640 Who's the kid here? 14 00:00:31.640 --> 00:00:32.520 Who's the kid here? 15 00:00:32.520 --> 00:00:45.119 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 16 00:00:46.280 --> 00:00:49.679 All right, Good afternoon, ladies and gentlemen. Welcome in to 17 00:00:49.799 --> 00:00:53.560 a Thursday edition of Coffee and Company, Nick Coffee. That's 18 00:00:53.600 --> 00:00:57.679 me Austin Montgomery alongside, fueled by Thornton's taking you up 19 00:00:57.679 --> 00:01:01.439 till six o'clock kick back, Relax, make yourself at home, 20 00:01:02.039 --> 00:01:06.719 get warm because it's really really cold outside. Austin said 21 00:01:06.760 --> 00:01:10.239 it right about five minutes ago that the cold weather 22 00:01:10.319 --> 00:01:14.120 it's just, I mean, it sucks. It's today's the day 23 00:01:14.159 --> 00:01:17.680 where it seems like clearly it's been really cold lately. 24 00:01:17.840 --> 00:01:20.519 That's why we've got snow still piled up all over 25 00:01:20.560 --> 00:01:22.920 the city. But today when I walked outside, even though 26 00:01:22.920 --> 00:01:24.439 it's really sunny, kind of deceiving. 27 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:26.120 It is freezing outside. 28 00:01:26.239 --> 00:01:27.439 I can't stand it. 29 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:31.159 It's the deception of walking outside and seeing like through 30 00:01:31.200 --> 00:01:33.719 your window that like, oh my god, there's sun and 31 00:01:33.799 --> 00:01:35.760 absolutely nothing has melted. 32 00:01:35.879 --> 00:01:38.480 I feel like today's one of the brightest days ever. 33 00:01:38.959 --> 00:01:41.200 I'm sure it's not. It's it's it's just maybe we 34 00:01:41.239 --> 00:01:43.959 haven't had much sun. But man, it is bright as 35 00:01:44.000 --> 00:01:46.280 can be outside. And yes, it is deceiving. You think 36 00:01:46.280 --> 00:01:49.439 maybe they'd be melting some of this stuff, but not really. 37 00:01:49.519 --> 00:01:54.120 It's still freezing, and we got more winter storms heading 38 00:01:54.120 --> 00:01:54.480 our way. 39 00:01:54.560 --> 00:01:56.359 So I mean, look at you. You're layered up. Mind, 40 00:01:56.400 --> 00:01:58.200 I am a good jacket and a hoodie. 41 00:01:58.280 --> 00:02:02.319 And man, these studios and they usually are typically warm, 42 00:02:02.359 --> 00:02:04.719 but it's it's tough to adjust after coming from us. 43 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:08.199 Yes, yes, and I made the mistake. It's usually not 44 00:02:08.240 --> 00:02:11.199 that big of a deal. But I was running errands 45 00:02:11.199 --> 00:02:13.560 earlier today and I got back to the house and 46 00:02:13.599 --> 00:02:15.360 I pulled in the garage and I did not shut 47 00:02:15.360 --> 00:02:18.199 the garage. I just left the garage open, went inside. 48 00:02:18.319 --> 00:02:21.080 Was probably in there for I don't know, maybe forty 49 00:02:21.080 --> 00:02:23.199 five minutes before I headed back out to come to 50 00:02:23.280 --> 00:02:28.039 come to work, and it was insane how quick my 51 00:02:28.240 --> 00:02:31.240 car froze. And again it wasn't that, you know, it 52 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:32.840 was it was covered too, I mean it was in 53 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:34.520 the garage just with that wind whipping in. 54 00:02:34.599 --> 00:02:34.840 It was. 55 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:36.759 Yeah, it's it's cold outside. 56 00:02:36.800 --> 00:02:40.520 And according to our partners over at wk Y, the 57 00:02:40.599 --> 00:02:44.159 winter storm watch has been issued and I guess it'll 58 00:02:44.159 --> 00:02:48.439 start technically tomorrow tomorrow afternoon, but yes, it's a widespread 59 00:02:48.479 --> 00:02:50.680 two to five inches of snow will be possible for 60 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:54.560 this area. Says here that the storm will will have 61 00:02:54.599 --> 00:02:58.960 some noticeable differences. All precipitation will fall in the form 62 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:00.319 of snow, so I guess we don't have to worry 63 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:02.280 about any of the uh, you know, the ice and 64 00:03:02.319 --> 00:03:05.479 the freezing stuff that we got. But that also, uh 65 00:03:05.800 --> 00:03:08.159 means we've got more snow that's just gonna fall and 66 00:03:08.240 --> 00:03:10.159 layer on what is already just a bunch of ice. 67 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:12.439 That's That's what's really stood out in the last two 68 00:03:12.479 --> 00:03:14.520 days for me is that clearly there's a whole lot 69 00:03:14.520 --> 00:03:16.159 of snow, and a lot of it's been shoveled and 70 00:03:16.199 --> 00:03:18.599 moved and at least on the main roads and parking, 71 00:03:18.599 --> 00:03:21.240 lots of that kind of stuff. But there's still a 72 00:03:21.240 --> 00:03:23.159 ton of ice out there, which of course is you know, 73 00:03:23.280 --> 00:03:27.599 really dangerous. But it looks like tomorrow around by the time. 74 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:29.560 I guess it depends on where you are. But if 75 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:33.120 you are in you know, the Louisville area, that's that's 76 00:03:33.120 --> 00:03:36.439 a big general area. But it seems like eleven am, 77 00:03:36.639 --> 00:03:39.039 it's gonna start heading you know, it'll be it'll be 78 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:42.639 coming from the Evansville Owensboro area, so it'll be heading east, 79 00:03:42.960 --> 00:03:47.639 I guess northeast towards US and by about uh, let's 80 00:03:47.680 --> 00:03:51.360 see here, you know, when you get to five o'clock, 81 00:03:52.599 --> 00:03:54.879 that's about whenever it's gonna be you know, at its 82 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:56.400 at its heaviest, I suppose, and. 83 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:57.800 Other words get used to it. 84 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:01.280 Yeah, And so like my wife, they've already said that 85 00:04:01.319 --> 00:04:05.039 they're gonna send their their employees home at one o'clock tomorrow, 86 00:04:05.680 --> 00:04:08.560 which which you know that that tells me that they 87 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:10.520 are they're that worried about it. This is she works 88 00:04:10.520 --> 00:04:13.400 in the financial industry. So therefore banks, credit unions to 89 00:04:13.439 --> 00:04:15.560 that kind of stuff. They usually don't Cloe. I mean, 90 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:17.600 people need their money, they're they're they're usually going to 91 00:04:17.639 --> 00:04:22.839 be open if possible, regardless of weather. So I guess 92 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:26.839 leaving early will get you out maybe home before it 93 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:30.279 starts getting real bad. I uh, I'm going to Pittsburgh 94 00:04:30.319 --> 00:04:33.160 this weekend, which I mean, I'm that's the plan. 95 00:04:33.240 --> 00:04:35.959 But here's here's our here's here's what we're doing. 96 00:04:36.360 --> 00:04:40.800 And I'm now getting a little worried because, uh, I 97 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.439 don't want to get stranded on the road on Friday 98 00:04:43.519 --> 00:04:45.759 night up to Pittsburgh. So here's what we decided to do. 99 00:04:46.720 --> 00:04:49.879 We're gonna leave right after the show Tomorrow's. So my dad, 100 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.079 he lives across the river here in Jeffersonville, He'll have 101 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:54.920 my nephew and my my son, and then I'm gonna 102 00:04:54.920 --> 00:04:56.399 go pick them up right after the show, and we're 103 00:04:56.439 --> 00:04:58.839 gonna head to Columbus and stay in Columbus, Ohio for 104 00:04:58.879 --> 00:05:01.720 the night, get up and get to Pittsburgh in the 105 00:05:01.720 --> 00:05:03.519 morning and the games at noon, and then we'll have 106 00:05:03.560 --> 00:05:05.920 a day there and we will be rooting for the 107 00:05:06.000 --> 00:05:09.240 Ravens against the Steelers while we're in Pittsburgh, so we 108 00:05:09.279 --> 00:05:11.079 got to be a little careful about that. But anyways, 109 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.600 while driving up to Columbus, like I feel like I 110 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:17.600 may be like I'm basically going to be riding with 111 00:05:17.879 --> 00:05:21.480 the snowstorm up to that exact area, which not ideal. 112 00:05:21.720 --> 00:05:22.040 Great. 113 00:05:22.279 --> 00:05:26.680 Yeah, so I mean I'm not going to cancel the trip. 114 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:28.959 I mean, I know, I don't. I mean, this is 115 00:05:29.279 --> 00:05:30.920 We're gonna try to We're gonna make it work. Like 116 00:05:30.959 --> 00:05:33.439 maybe we end up realizing that we have to stop 117 00:05:33.439 --> 00:05:36.680 a little sooner than Columbus because we just want to 118 00:05:36.720 --> 00:05:39.079 get somewhere, stay the night and let this storm ride out. 119 00:05:39.120 --> 00:05:40.959 And I would assume the more north we go, the 120 00:05:41.040 --> 00:05:43.759 more prepared those areas are going to be for a 121 00:05:43.759 --> 00:05:48.040 lot of snow. But yeah, this is the first time. 122 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:50.319 Maybe this is just karma coming back on me because 123 00:05:50.360 --> 00:05:52.279 I happen to love the snow that we got a 124 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:52.879 few days ago. 125 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:54.879 It's been a little bit of a weird week with 126 00:05:54.920 --> 00:05:56.120 the schedule with kids. 127 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:58.040 Not being in school and my my son's daycare is 128 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:01.600 closed and all that. But you know, I snowstorms and 129 00:06:01.600 --> 00:06:03.560 sort of what they bring until you know it really 130 00:06:03.639 --> 00:06:06.959 inconveniences you, uh, And if in fact we get what 131 00:06:06.959 --> 00:06:10.560 they're expecting tomorrow, I have a feeling it's gonna be me. 132 00:06:10.680 --> 00:06:13.519 That's that's thinking. Yeah, this sucks. It's kind of pretty. 133 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:15.399 But man, when you actually want to go do stuff 134 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:18.680 and mother Nature gets in the way, that's that's when 135 00:06:18.720 --> 00:06:22.480 you you know you hate her. So anyways, prepare yourself. 136 00:06:22.519 --> 00:06:23.959 The cold weather will be here at least for the 137 00:06:24.000 --> 00:06:27.439 next couple of days, and we got more snow expected tomorrow. 138 00:06:28.000 --> 00:06:30.000 All right, so a lot to get into here for 139 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:32.639 these next three hours. I mean, there is a ton 140 00:06:32.879 --> 00:06:36.639 I want to to try to run down until or 141 00:06:36.720 --> 00:06:38.319 until we get out of here at six o'clock. And 142 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:40.879 I'll start with just some big, big breaking news. Of course, 143 00:06:40.920 --> 00:06:44.600 We've got a college football playoff matchup tonight Penn State 144 00:06:44.800 --> 00:06:47.560 and Notre Dame. Notre Dame currently favored about point and 145 00:06:47.560 --> 00:06:49.639 a half. But about an hour ago news broke that 146 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:53.439 Carson Beck, the Georgia quarterback, who wasn't he a part 147 00:06:53.480 --> 00:06:56.079 of I mean, did he? I know he's been there 148 00:06:56.120 --> 00:06:58.040 for a while and he's been really good. But did 149 00:06:58.040 --> 00:07:00.079 he win a championship with Georgia. 150 00:07:00.519 --> 00:07:03.199 Or was it last time the Bennett? 151 00:07:03.319 --> 00:07:03.560 Yeah? 152 00:07:03.600 --> 00:07:06.800 I think didn't Stetson Bennett win two? I think he did. 153 00:07:07.480 --> 00:07:09.600 I can't remember because they went back to back, yes, 154 00:07:09.839 --> 00:07:12.759 and I think he was the starting quarterback he was, yeah, 155 00:07:12.959 --> 00:07:14.319 so yeah. 156 00:07:14.319 --> 00:07:17.879 Beck wasn't. He wasn't. Uh, it wasn't behind him, was he? 157 00:07:18.040 --> 00:07:18.319 He was? 158 00:07:18.519 --> 00:07:18.920 Okay, yeah. 159 00:07:18.959 --> 00:07:20.319 So so he's been there the whole time. 160 00:07:20.360 --> 00:07:23.279 He took over in twenty twenty three, which was last season, 161 00:07:23.600 --> 00:07:26.439 and then this current season he was. So he's there 162 00:07:26.480 --> 00:07:28.240 been their starting quarterback twice, and that was the two 163 00:07:28.279 --> 00:07:30.040 years that they did not they did not win the 164 00:07:30.120 --> 00:07:31.959 National Championship and they kind of took a step back. 165 00:07:32.000 --> 00:07:33.839 However, he's he's in the transfer portal. 166 00:07:33.959 --> 00:07:35.319 He had initially announced he was going to go to 167 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:38.680 the NFL Draft, but just about everybody I heard talking 168 00:07:38.720 --> 00:07:41.040 about that decision said he was making a mistake because 169 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.480 of course, he doesn't look like he's going to be 170 00:07:43.519 --> 00:07:45.560 ready to play in the NFL now and maybe ever. 171 00:07:45.720 --> 00:07:49.600 So he's now decided to enter the portal, and clearly 172 00:07:49.680 --> 00:07:51.560 there's going to be a lot of interest. I've seen 173 00:07:51.600 --> 00:07:54.839 that this is apparently already a done deal that he's well, 174 00:07:54.959 --> 00:07:58.319 I guess, not official, but it sounds like he was 175 00:07:58.759 --> 00:08:00.759 looking to go to the NFL d and that was 176 00:08:00.800 --> 00:08:03.759 his plan until somebody from Miami got a hold of 177 00:08:03.839 --> 00:08:07.720 him or his representation and said, look, we'll give you 178 00:08:07.800 --> 00:08:09.800 this if you don't go to the NFL Draft and 179 00:08:09.879 --> 00:08:11.879 you come back to college and play for US, and 180 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:14.399 I would imagine that was probably a pretty big time offer. 181 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:17.480 So that's just huge news. And that's where we are 182 00:08:17.560 --> 00:08:18.439 in college sports. 183 00:08:18.439 --> 00:08:21.240 I mean, clearly it's going to be a big talking point, 184 00:08:21.319 --> 00:08:23.759 and it already is as we speak, probably all across 185 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:27.120 the country for those who cover and love college football. 186 00:08:27.439 --> 00:08:31.279 But it's not necessarily big news because you're just like stunned. 187 00:08:31.279 --> 00:08:34.200 I mean, you're going to see prominent players who played 188 00:08:34.200 --> 00:08:35.600 for some of the best. I mean, we've already seen it. 189 00:08:35.600 --> 00:08:38.600 There's examples of it out there in college basketball. 190 00:08:38.639 --> 00:08:39.120 Obviously. 191 00:08:39.399 --> 00:08:41.919 You know Caleb Love and he's been around for a 192 00:08:41.960 --> 00:08:44.440 long time. Right started his career at Carolina, was a 193 00:08:45.000 --> 00:08:46.440 big time player, took them all the way to the 194 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:49.919 National Championship game, and then decided to transfer to Arizona. 195 00:08:51.919 --> 00:08:54.039 I kind of feel like maybe Hunter Dickinson could fit 196 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:57.600 into that example. But Michigan wasn't great, but clearly he 197 00:08:57.639 --> 00:09:00.320 was one of the best players in the country and 198 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:04.039 certainly a prominent guy for a team that underwhelmed, of course, 199 00:09:04.039 --> 00:09:06.279 but still you know, solid, so people knew who he was, 200 00:09:06.320 --> 00:09:09.000 and then he goes to Kansas, one of the premier programs. 201 00:09:09.039 --> 00:09:13.360 So it still at times hits me like, wow, this 202 00:09:13.399 --> 00:09:15.600 is so new in the grand scheme of things, right, 203 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:20.960 like college sports for the forever was was pretty it 204 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:23.519 was much, to put it lightly, much different. But what 205 00:09:23.559 --> 00:09:25.559 I was getting at is you just had the same 206 00:09:25.759 --> 00:09:31.600 exact system for decades generations, right, the old amateurism model 207 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:34.360 that they tried to stick with, And that really isn't that. 208 00:09:34.440 --> 00:09:35.919 I mean, that's the biggest reason why we're in this 209 00:09:35.960 --> 00:09:37.799 position now, why it's such a free for all. There's 210 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:39.840 no regulations, nobody seems to really even know what the 211 00:09:39.919 --> 00:09:42.879 rules are. They're just doing whatever and hoping they can 212 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:45.279 get away with it. All of that is due to 213 00:09:45.320 --> 00:09:47.679 the fact that the NAA did not adjust and just 214 00:09:48.000 --> 00:09:51.679 and let this build up to where they got sued 215 00:09:51.799 --> 00:09:54.360 and a judge told him, yeah, what you've been doing, 216 00:09:55.039 --> 00:09:57.080 but like the last I don't know, one hundred years, 217 00:09:57.480 --> 00:09:58.200 that's illegal. 218 00:09:58.480 --> 00:10:02.679 You can't do that. So it's a whole new world now. 219 00:10:03.039 --> 00:10:07.200 And at times I still think like wow, just imagine 220 00:10:07.200 --> 00:10:10.279 because again, think about like college basketball and college football 221 00:10:11.279 --> 00:10:13.639 in the mid two thousands, in the nineties, or heck, 222 00:10:13.720 --> 00:10:16.639 even ten years ago. Like the thought of one of 223 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:21.039 the best players in the country, who has you know, 224 00:10:22.919 --> 00:10:25.559 produced not only for his team, but put you know, 225 00:10:25.639 --> 00:10:28.720 just a guy that clearly was a rock star within 226 00:10:28.759 --> 00:10:31.159 the sport in that time. You would think, well, if 227 00:10:31.159 --> 00:10:33.600 he's coming back, he must not have NBA interest or 228 00:10:33.720 --> 00:10:35.559 NFL ench, or he must not be ready to go 229 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:37.840 to the pros. But man, he's killing it and he's 230 00:10:37.879 --> 00:10:40.039 at a school that's already winning. Why would he ever leave? 231 00:10:40.080 --> 00:10:42.720 Well because of money. Now, like imagine, you know, Russ 232 00:10:42.720 --> 00:10:45.759 Smith comes back from from and this loives may not 233 00:10:45.799 --> 00:10:47.159 be a great example because I have a feeling when it 234 00:10:47.159 --> 00:10:49.639 comes to basketball players, especially in that era, we would 235 00:10:49.639 --> 00:10:51.320 not be getting out bid by many teams. 236 00:10:51.320 --> 00:10:54.480 However, just think about Russ. Russ came back after Louisville. 237 00:10:54.120 --> 00:10:56.799 Won the national championship if you remember, and that was 238 00:10:56.840 --> 00:10:58.919 that twenty fourteen team. Luke came back as well, but 239 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:02.960 Russ was I mean, that was when Russ became a legend. 240 00:11:03.039 --> 00:11:04.519 I mean, to be honest with he was still great 241 00:11:04.519 --> 00:11:06.080 as a senior, but that junior year when he won 242 00:11:06.120 --> 00:11:07.840 the national championship. Of course he had a great team 243 00:11:07.840 --> 00:11:09.879 around him, but Russ Smith was the rock star of 244 00:11:09.919 --> 00:11:12.639 that team and one of the best players in the country. 245 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:15.720 So imagine if you know, there's a team out there 246 00:11:15.720 --> 00:11:19.320 at that point that just has money nobody else could match. 247 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:21.360 And I mean, I doubt he would do it, and 248 00:11:21.360 --> 00:11:23.120 I probably shouldn't use Rus as an example because I 249 00:11:23.159 --> 00:11:24.279 don't want to make it seem. 250 00:11:24.120 --> 00:11:27.159 Like I think he would have. But that kind of 251 00:11:27.200 --> 00:11:28.200 stuff didn't exist. 252 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.759 It wasn't even something anybody ever thought about because it 253 00:11:31.799 --> 00:11:34.279 wasn't possible, Like it just there was no scenario where 254 00:11:34.279 --> 00:11:36.679 anything like that would ever happen. Well, now it's just 255 00:11:36.720 --> 00:11:39.679 an absolute free for all. And what you have here 256 00:11:39.879 --> 00:11:43.440 is professional sports. I mean that is quite literally what 257 00:11:43.480 --> 00:11:47.240 this is. Free agency season exists. You can become a 258 00:11:47.240 --> 00:11:50.279 free agent and you can get paid to play and 259 00:11:50.639 --> 00:11:54.120 you have agents. Like this is professional sports when it 260 00:11:54.159 --> 00:11:57.879 comes to the high level college football, college basketball, and 261 00:11:58.000 --> 00:12:02.399 you know, I guess technically it is elsewhere, but clearly 262 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:05.480 the sports that have the biggest amount of money, the 263 00:12:05.480 --> 00:12:08.279 most money coming in, right the revenue generators, which of 264 00:12:08.279 --> 00:12:11.559 course is college football mostly and then some college basketball. 265 00:12:11.919 --> 00:12:13.559 That's where it just you know, it's in your face. 266 00:12:13.799 --> 00:12:16.240 You know, you still you go watch, you know, because 267 00:12:16.279 --> 00:12:17.879 you can be a free agent, and because you can 268 00:12:17.919 --> 00:12:22.200 get paid that that technically means that it's it's pro 269 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:26.440 like it's a job. But you can go to Nightshall 270 00:12:26.480 --> 00:12:32.320 and watch Scott Davenport and Bellerman play Stetson and you 271 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:35.200 won't really think about that, right, But when you get 272 00:12:35.200 --> 00:12:37.759 to the higher level, you know, it's in your face. 273 00:12:37.799 --> 00:12:39.039 These guys are making a lot of money. 274 00:12:39.080 --> 00:12:42.200 They got you know, fancy cars, and they're you know, 275 00:12:42.840 --> 00:12:45.919 they've they're larger than life and they're probably making big, 276 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:50.200 big time money, more money than maybe their coach. 277 00:12:50.879 --> 00:12:53.039 I mean that seems that seems. 278 00:12:54.279 --> 00:12:58.720 Far fetched, but it's not crazy, right, I mean, who 279 00:12:58.799 --> 00:13:02.200 is the guy who ended up at uh at Washington 280 00:13:02.600 --> 00:13:04.600 Great osctin bar I remember that guy we were tracking 281 00:13:04.600 --> 00:13:05.039 in the portal? 282 00:13:05.240 --> 00:13:07.320 Yeah, I mean the huge nil deal. 283 00:13:07.399 --> 00:13:07.840 Yeah I don't. 284 00:13:07.840 --> 00:13:09.919 I don't believe he got what they claimed he got, 285 00:13:09.960 --> 00:13:12.240 but you would have if Louisville, if Louisville was was 286 00:13:12.279 --> 00:13:15.159 willing to bid the highest. They've been paying that guy 287 00:13:15.200 --> 00:13:17.320 more than they pay their coach. Like, you know, that's 288 00:13:17.399 --> 00:13:21.240 just it's it's it's very much pro sports directly in 289 00:13:21.240 --> 00:13:23.320 your face. And I'm not like I'm I'm i don't. 290 00:13:23.440 --> 00:13:25.840 I don't ever want I'm not I'm not kidding you. 291 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:27.879 And I'm stuttering here because I was trying to rack 292 00:13:28.000 --> 00:13:29.840 my brain to to to see if maybe I don't 293 00:13:29.840 --> 00:13:33.960 think I've ever once while watching my team play or 294 00:13:34.000 --> 00:13:37.600 another team play, I never have once thought about guys 295 00:13:37.639 --> 00:13:39.320 being paid to play, Like it's. 296 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:40.240 Never even entered my mind. 297 00:13:40.320 --> 00:13:43.679 Now maybe, you know, maybe it will at some point 298 00:13:43.720 --> 00:13:45.679 and I'll start thinking, hey, we're not getting a great 299 00:13:45.720 --> 00:13:48.120 return on this investment. Like I just I just I don't. 300 00:13:48.200 --> 00:13:49.519 You know, it doesn't bother me, but there are some 301 00:13:49.559 --> 00:13:53.720 people that that when they watch the sport and they 302 00:13:53.720 --> 00:13:55.799 know these guys are no longer out there just for 303 00:13:55.879 --> 00:13:58.399 the love of the game, it turns them off. And 304 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:01.840 I don't really I can't relate, But you know, everybody's different. 305 00:14:03.200 --> 00:14:06.080 In fact, since we're talking in ail stuff, let me 306 00:14:06.120 --> 00:14:08.080 throw this at you, Austin, because I was talking to 307 00:14:09.360 --> 00:14:13.480 an assistant coach during the Christmas break, just catching up 308 00:14:13.519 --> 00:14:15.840 with some friends and one of my buddies. 309 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:19.799 You're an assistant coach, by the way, am I. 310 00:14:18.799 --> 00:14:19.879 I thought you're assistant coach. 311 00:14:19.919 --> 00:14:21.240 Oh that's right, that's right. 312 00:14:21.360 --> 00:14:21.559 Yeah. 313 00:14:21.639 --> 00:14:24.080 Uh And and man, I'm glad you brought that up 314 00:14:24.080 --> 00:14:25.799 because I got to tell you a really sweet. 315 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:27.879 Story, real quick coaching, realm Yeah. 316 00:14:28.080 --> 00:14:31.120 So because we're going to the game in Pittsburgh, me 317 00:14:31.679 --> 00:14:34.879 Mason's Pop Paul, of course, my dad and my nephew Luke. 318 00:14:35.759 --> 00:14:37.840 You know, he knows we're going to watch the Cards 319 00:14:37.840 --> 00:14:40.720 play and he knows that, like you know, we're excited. 320 00:14:40.720 --> 00:14:43.399 And last night at dinner, he said, do you are 321 00:14:43.559 --> 00:14:45.480 are you going to tell Pat Kelsey that Pop Paul 322 00:14:45.519 --> 00:14:48.320 can help him coach if he needs him. And I 323 00:14:48.320 --> 00:14:50.639 thought it was the sweetest thing ever. And I was like, yeah, 324 00:14:50.679 --> 00:14:52.679 I may see if we can get maybe, yeah, I'll 325 00:14:52.679 --> 00:14:54.919 see if I can get get somebody to let him 326 00:14:54.919 --> 00:14:56.279 know that, because yeah, you might need his help. 327 00:14:56.279 --> 00:14:56.879 And that's right. 328 00:14:57.000 --> 00:14:59.240 And then he told my dad to make sure and 329 00:14:59.240 --> 00:15:01.960 bring his whistle, his whistle because he kind of a 330 00:15:01.960 --> 00:15:02.440 whistle for. 331 00:15:03.559 --> 00:15:04.960 I love the other day when we were at the 332 00:15:04.960 --> 00:15:06.840 game where he's just kind of I mean, he he 333 00:15:07.480 --> 00:15:09.600 knows what's going on, but like asking about the score. 334 00:15:09.679 --> 00:15:13.279 Oh yeah, like at halftime, who's winning? Like at that stuff's. 335 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:15.159 Very he was winning. Are we winning? Do we like them? 336 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:17.759 He's just cheering. He doesn't even care if they lose 337 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:19.480 him winning. He's just cheering. I love it. 338 00:15:19.519 --> 00:15:19.720 Man. 339 00:15:19.759 --> 00:15:22.960 He asks a billion questions an hour, it seems, and 340 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:25.639 I just try my best to give him whatever answer 341 00:15:25.679 --> 00:15:28.399 I can. But anyways, back to the conversation about the 342 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:30.480 assistant coach I was talking to, And I never would 343 00:15:30.519 --> 00:15:33.000 have thought of this, but this makes total sense if 344 00:15:33.039 --> 00:15:37.320 you're an assistant coach in your you know, at A 345 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.799 at A, I mean, heck, I guess it could be 346 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:41.919 any level, like the highest level. I was gonna say 347 00:15:41.840 --> 00:15:44.399 the the guy that I'm referencing coaches at the lower level. 348 00:15:44.399 --> 00:15:48.200 But if you've got four players on the team making 349 00:15:48.240 --> 00:15:51.360 more money than your staff, like that's that's weird, Like 350 00:15:51.440 --> 00:15:54.720 that's yeah, I mean again in the NBA, in the NFL, 351 00:15:54.759 --> 00:15:58.080 like that's totally normal, and it's it's under it's it's understood. 352 00:15:58.519 --> 00:16:01.759 But I mean, I feel like that could cause a riff. 353 00:16:01.919 --> 00:16:04.120 Like there's nothing you can do about it. If you're 354 00:16:04.120 --> 00:16:08.039 an assistant coach, like you understand, like, hey, you know, 355 00:16:08.759 --> 00:16:11.360 we need to have money available to go pay these players. 356 00:16:11.360 --> 00:16:13.480 But once you realize that these guys are making more 357 00:16:13.519 --> 00:16:16.200 than you, I mean, maybe you just maybe you chalk 358 00:16:16.279 --> 00:16:18.480 it up and you think to yourself, well, hey, this 359 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:20.639 is this is what we got to do, or maybe 360 00:16:20.679 --> 00:16:23.159 you think, man, this isn't the industry I got into. 361 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.679 I don't like coaching guys, Like how can I How 362 00:16:25.759 --> 00:16:28.720 can I coach these guys up and really command their 363 00:16:28.759 --> 00:16:31.639 respect whenever they know that they're making more money than 364 00:16:31.639 --> 00:16:34.039 me and I'm I'm a coach, I'm an authoritative figure 365 00:16:34.080 --> 00:16:35.720 like I could it could get in your head. So 366 00:16:35.919 --> 00:16:37.519 he brought it up because he said there have been 367 00:16:37.559 --> 00:16:39.440 some programs that he knows that have had some real 368 00:16:39.519 --> 00:16:43.080 turmoil within just because the environment's just off, because it's 369 00:16:43.159 --> 00:16:46.120 just like it's it's it's it's not ideal, and and 370 00:16:46.480 --> 00:16:51.000 that's something that probably doesn't get enough credit. And I 371 00:16:51.039 --> 00:16:53.480 don't mean for any specific program around here, but I 372 00:16:53.480 --> 00:16:56.919 feel like it would be very difficult when you have 373 00:16:57.000 --> 00:17:00.919 money now involved where guys are getting paid, and clearly 374 00:17:00.960 --> 00:17:03.440 they're getting paid different amounts. It's one thing if if 375 00:17:03.759 --> 00:17:06.599 you're not having a ton of roster turnover, but when 376 00:17:06.599 --> 00:17:09.680 you build a team from scratch and you and you 377 00:17:09.720 --> 00:17:12.440 know that nil was a factor probably a huge factor 378 00:17:12.680 --> 00:17:14.240 with some of these guys as far as why they 379 00:17:14.240 --> 00:17:18.200 came to Louisville, like having everybody collectively kind of you know, 380 00:17:18.400 --> 00:17:20.599 and again I feel like that would be more difficult 381 00:17:20.640 --> 00:17:22.519 to do the people realize. But maybe I'm not giving 382 00:17:22.920 --> 00:17:25.880 you know, these guys credit as far as maturity, because 383 00:17:27.160 --> 00:17:29.359 that's life, right, Like, let's be honest. There's a guy 384 00:17:29.599 --> 00:17:31.440 down the hall, he's balled, he's beautiful, he's on a 385 00:17:31.440 --> 00:17:34.000 different radio station right now. He makes probably a lot 386 00:17:34.000 --> 00:17:36.160 more money than I do. And like I'm not I 387 00:17:36.960 --> 00:17:38.920 get that, Like I'm not. That's not something where I'm like, 388 00:17:38.960 --> 00:17:41.559 wait a second, because Terry's you know, clearly in a 389 00:17:41.559 --> 00:17:44.039 different planet than me when it comes to this this industry, 390 00:17:44.039 --> 00:17:44.640 in this business. 391 00:17:44.640 --> 00:17:48.880 So you know that that's life. But just because you would. 392 00:17:48.720 --> 00:17:51.599 You you know, just because you know, going in to 393 00:17:51.680 --> 00:17:53.960 any career path that like you're gonna end up working 394 00:17:53.960 --> 00:17:56.640 with people that do different jobs than you at that 395 00:17:56.680 --> 00:17:58.799 same company. They're going to make more money. It's just 396 00:17:58.839 --> 00:18:01.920 how it is. These guys that are playing college basketball. 397 00:18:02.359 --> 00:18:04.119 I mean, some of these guys that are playing college basketball, 398 00:18:04.119 --> 00:18:06.720 when they started playing, this wasn't a thing. So like 399 00:18:06.759 --> 00:18:09.720 it you know, and it's still eight between eighteen to 400 00:18:09.759 --> 00:18:12.839 twenty two years old. You know, like maybe maybe it's 401 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:15.680