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beautiful Friday edition of Cougar Sports, Why don't we just
get right into it? Fired up the ESPN, the Fans
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host and the rest of the star set of cast.
Jointing us or this March twenty seventh edition of Cougar
spart Captfably, we're already into the end of March. I
means the spring game or the alumni game is right
around the corner, and spring is in the air. My
asspen trees are starting to bud. We had a couple
of tulips pop up and rear their beautiful faces up
at the sun. This week, I'm excited for all of
the positivity that spring brings. Let's welcome in my executive
producer and the co host today. Let's welcome in Ronald,
the three man weaver architect in the show.
Speaker 4: Was up, Ronnie, what's up? Do I start cutting the
grass yet?
Speaker 2: Look? I told you I grew up with rocks.
Speaker 4: I don't know when it starts, uh, but I enjoyed
right it soon.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 2: We got a riding lawnmower too. Yeah, we got that.
Do you like you don't you like the riding lawnmower
of the push mower? Uh?
Speaker 4: Because I have to be very strategic with that. With
the pushmore if I make a mistake, I kind of
can go back over it. But with the riding one,
there's no room for their.
Speaker 2: Yeah. I kind of like the pushmore. I'll be honest.
I kind of like getting those lines just nice and
perfect and you know, creating Like it's kind of like
a good haircut. You know, you're getting on that trim
and the fade going. I kind of like the pushmore.
It does take a little bit longer, though, than the
riding more. Let's welcome into the show as well, co
hosting with us Cooker sports insider Brett always bringing the
hammer hammertime show. Do you do you like the riding
more or the pushmore? So? Growing up living in DC
and Atlanta, was a push mower guy.
Speaker 5: However, my mom's house in Pennsylvania, if you use a
push mower, you may, like the Pioneers could cross the plains.
Speaker 2: Before you would finish moment that lawn.
Speaker 5: Basically, Wow, it's I mean, even riding lawnmower, I think
it would take us somewhere like we would one person
wouldn't do it basically, so I would either do the front,
my brother would do the back, and then once we
got horses and fences in a barn, like it made
it because it used to be just a big a
field that you could just go up down, But then
like once the horses got in and then the fences
got in and the barn got in, you had to
like move your way around. So probably if you did
whole front and hold back on a riding lawnmower, probably
gonna take you around five to six hours. Wow wow, Okay,
so that's what I'm saying like you don't do anybody.
I do broadcasts and you just go, which honestly is
pretty sweet. Like I kind of thought it was pretty therapeutic,
just get on and go and knock it out.
Speaker 2: So there's something, Yeah, there's something very therapeutic. I remember
actually having that first aha moment of therapeutics when you're
I was in a golf cart, golf ball picker upper,
you know, the picker on uh, on the driving range.
So I worked at a driving range at a golf
course and you just get out there for about an
hour and a half, two hours just picking up balls,
listening to music. Live in the dream, there is a
you know, sometimes just riding just driving. It's kind of
like those long road trips. It's just you and the
steering wheel and the and the beautiful scenery around you,
and you can listen to whatever podcast, radio, whatever it is.
I hate road trips. What I agree with the logic.
Speaker 5: I agree with the logic, but I just personally hate
road trips because I like a solo.
Speaker 2: Road trip or like I just hate being car for
that long Okay, gotcha.
Speaker 5: Because when I first moved out here after my mission,
my dad and I drove to Idaho from Pennsylvania.
Speaker 2: I think we did. It was like thirty six hours.
Speaker 5: And the plan was, Okay, once we get to Nebraska,
we're gonna stop, stay at a hotel, and get up
the next day and drive. And my dad, being just
the man that he is, we get to Nebraska and
he goes, you don't be sweet. What if we just
did the whole thing. What if we just didn't stop?
So we went thirty six hours straight. Once it hit midnight,
he would drive for an hour while I'd sleep, and
then we'd trade off back and forth till the sun
came up. But I was in a car for thirty
six straight hours and I and I think that was
just a traumatic enough event for me that I'm like,
if I have to be in the car for any
longer than four hours, like, I hate it.
Speaker 2: No, No, I know those road trips, that's that's where
it gets dangerous. No, you got to stop off at
the motel. That would that should have been the move,
but it was not. Or at least you can you
can just pull off to the side of the road
and take at least like a two hour nap or
something like that before getting back to it. But uh, yeah,
you know the pros and cons. Pros and cons, no
doubt about it, pros and cons. Let's also welcome to
the show. We got the g man. Brandon Seagirty was up,
g man doing well, you look well? Thank you look fantastic?
Oh say it? This is why I moved.
Speaker 6: That's an interesting introduction. It's a very critical introduction. Hey,
you smell great too. The guy that obsesses about pocky
females triceps is telling me that I look great, you.
Speaker 2: Know, and a compliment. It is a compliment. I mean,
if you like anything like pocky f now you know
you're sitting pretty. I look nothing like pay your calves
probably nice. That's nice calves.
Speaker 6: Everything else about my body sucks, man, those calves.
Speaker 2: Woo there you go, g man. How have you have
you enjoyed? Cam Kallani spring Ball twenty twenty six.
Speaker 6: I felt a little detached from it because I found
out what the Proba Daily heroled. You're covering a lot
of things and it's not just the way you springball.
I missed some interview sessions and whatnot.
Speaker 7: But as always, you look into the demeanor and just
try to read between the lines, like what we do
on the show, and I was really struck with Kilanie's
interview post scrimmage. He was happy, he was very Oh,
he was he was ver and Klane kind of wears
it like I've covered scrimmages where he's the one that
tells you no injuries happened, because that's what gets coaches
down more than anything is when they see a player
like you remember when I think it was Micah Harper
right before the season and he did an interview and I.
Speaker 2: Was like, something happened, He's not happy.
Speaker 6: Then it was revealed a bit later that Michael Harper
was done for the year, So I think it reflects
well on that. But how couldn't he be happy? Because
you look at the parts this team has and it
just makes sense. It makes a lot of sense, and
I think the most interesting progression. I'm going to talk
about this every show I'm on until leading up to
the season, because you know how I love the twelve personnel.
Speaker 2: The reaction when b Way you brought in Roger Salleapanga
was about as muted of a four star acquisition as
I can ever remember.
Speaker 8: Yes, why does b where you be? You got Walker
Lions right, you got the receivers. I guess that's okay.
I mean, yeah, great, But how's.
Speaker 2: He going to play? How's he going to fit in?
Speaker 6: It's a good thing for all of us that A
Rod is, I don't know, forty seven steps ahead of us,
and he understands that skill type.
Speaker 2: He understands what he can bring to that offense. And
it's not a plug you revall the offense.
Speaker 6: Like I remember, A Rod's his reaction when ever people
talk to him about not utilizing the tight ends.
Speaker 2: You could just see, guys, look at my personnel. I'm
play to my personnel. Do you really think I'm and
the OC is you know, I mean, he does recruit personnel,
but that is also the position coach's job to go
out there and recruit the personnel running backs tight end.
But then then he has to formulate around what's Yeah,
what's there the clay? What's collected? Right? Hold the thought?
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Know we have sands or butts about it. Let's get
back into this conversation here, gim man. I hate to
divert right and distract, but give me a little bit
more little taste of the glory with the twelve personnel
Kllanie and a Rod.
Speaker 6: So anyway, why it works even better than just the
fact that Walker lies and Browsersale Pong are very good
and have had very good spring prices, to the point
where a Rod's asses suppose that both of them as too,
the best players on the entire team. Look at Bear Bogmeyer.
Obviously he's going to be your quarterback. What are his strengths?
What offense is he going to operate effectively? Most effectively,
he could operate a lot of offenses effectively. See a
guy that's going to be throwing outside the hashes, deep
down the field, slinging it not really he's good at
intermedia and short throws between the tackles.
Speaker 2: Tight ends right.
Speaker 6: So not only is it the best personnel for b
Way collectively just with the eleven, irrespective of what type
of quarterback you have, but you throw in Bear Bagmeier
and his very relevant abilities, it matches him. So I
can just imagine a Rod when Roger became available in
that transfer portal, I can do this, I can do that,
bring him in to quit himself very nicely. I've heard
from a lot of people that every practice session he's
making plays, he's looking really really good. And yeah, and
to me, that's the that's the blueprint of what B
way you should be offensively, and I'm really excited that
it's being formulated right now. Be what could be way
he's recruiting is B way you're gonna get top end
NFL caliber white outs.
Speaker 2: I don't know you can via the portal. Man, right,
you got you got Pooka, you've got Samson, you got
Jordan Leslie. But you've gotten these guys to come in
and I think that's been an aberration, to be honest
with you, that's an aberration. That's pretty consistent though, like
you've you've found some I don't think you can hang
your hat on various lassitern Marion. These are fringe NFL games,
I don't bet looks like he's trending, Yeah, but they're fringe.
Speaker 6: What I'm saying is you're more able to get top
flight tight ends than top flight receivers. That's all I'm saying. Okay,
I agree, and I mean fest he's done an amazing job.
I don't want to diminish that at all. He's done
very very well attracting top receiver talent. But also you
look at what's in the pipeline. What he's got tight
ends for days. They don't have receivers for days, at
least currently. I mean, they have good receivers. You don't
want to diminish that at all, but you play to
your strengths. So right now, that strengths at the tight
end position. So you go, twelve personnel, got the quarterback
that's going to be thrown to the tight ends. And
I think it's going to be a really, really beautiful thing.
And I've heard some good things about some other guys too,
Bucky Fenwe it's basically a fixture at left tackle.
Speaker 2: It seems like that battles are over. I mean, they'll
never say that. And now you know why I was
talking about his triceps.
Speaker 6: You know, running back Logan Pain. I know you've talked
a lot about he's looking really good, Kyler. Casper's looking
like the guy very nice. He's looking like the guy
very nice. Anyway, there you go. I I love this
program because I basically tell things to Kriddle that he's
already knows what and.
Speaker 2: The he just kind of nod his head. Excited. I
get juiced Gurny. Yeah, I love the g Man. I
love all his like Legend Glasgow.
Speaker 6: Yeah, Legend definitely has a spot on this team because
of his extraordinary ability. He has true game breaking ability.
He's gonna play. So he's kind of like a more
skilled Jonah Trinaman.
Speaker 2: I like that. I like that player where he could
just do you remember Jonah? He said he liked the
player com They tried to make Jonah do things that
he we talked about on the show.
Speaker 6: He should have been running fly fly patterns and receiving
it in the flat on screens and that's it. I
think gay Rod's gonna do that with Legend. When Legend's
going in, not to not to throw it a wrench
into anything. Yeah, give it to him in the flat.
Speaker 2: Let him work.
Speaker 6: I've seen him work. He's very good at it. He
understands flow of the defense, how to find gaps and
just take that thing. Because he has the speed and
kick returns. I think he's I don't want to say
he's a lot to return kicks, but he's kind of
he's got a return. Of course, he's got approved. Once
he drops some balls, he's done right. But as long
as he can catch that ball. I would be very
surprised at legend Claskers, not the way he's primary kick
returner this year. So yeah, he definitely has a place
in this offense as far as I can tell.
Speaker 2: Love it, g man, love it. There you go. Returning
production wise, we were we were kind of delving into this.
They're eighteenth in college football per ESPNSP plus Returning Production
Analytic per Bill Conley. I read that. Yeah, so your
your top twenty in returning production. Now, the last time
this happened was actually in two thousand and twenty two,
so twenty twenty one, they had a pretty good team
ten and three, a lot of returning production. They were
like number one and like they were like one of
the top teams in returning production in college football. I
think they were like one or two. And then they pooped.
The bed just pooped everywhere. His diarrheas eight and five.
They were seven and five. Luckily they got a one.
They got that one win. It was like diarrhea since easters.
They were not consuming the Lord's chips. As they say,
what year was that? Sorry a pend eleven percent? It
was twenty twenty two, so twenty twenty you had COVID eleven.
Twenty twenty two, you went ten and two, right, and
then you went to the shri Vegas Bawl, your favorite
ball game. You lost in that game to UAB who
had like done away with their program and then brought
it back from the dead and then they beat byu
at top twenty five team. It might be one of
the worst Bowl games b what he's ever had. Yeah,
And they didn't want to be there. It was cold,
it was wet, you know, Puka dropped balls, Samson dropped
fumble to football late in the game. Nobody wanted to play.
No One really wanted to be there. Nobody wanted to
beat Yeah, and it was unfortunate. Right, So, like that
was twenty twenty two. But I remember going into that
season there was a ton of returning production in twenty
twenty two. I just hope it's not one of those years.
That's what I hoped for.
Speaker 6: Well, quarterback was an issue that year. Injuries, Yeah, yeah,
injuries to the quarterback.
Speaker 2: I had to finish with the guy that remember Jaren
got injured and then he still played. They didn't right
publish it in the playing I think they were going
to start Jacob Conover like that game, but it was
Baylor injured as well during that time, Like before the
Notre Dame game. Was that coming off to the Utah
State game where Baylor had a concussion. Oh maybe, yeah,
Baylor got to concussion, that's right. Yeah, we got on
the ground. Yeah yeah, they had quarterback issues. Yeah, but
he played.
Speaker 6: Yeh, quarterbacks of a very very important position. Just as
Skew Fansy would have been the best team in the
history college football Camerasing.
Speaker 2: Never got there. We go right, they would have been.
I mean, I'm saying that in jes b YU was
number two in the nation and returning production. They had
eighty eight percent of their returning production coming back. They
were twenty eighth in offense with eighty percent of the
returning production and first on defense at ninety seven percent.
Speaker 6: Well, the simple answer is they're returning better talent then
they returned it.
Speaker 2: There was a ton of NFL talent.
Speaker 6: There was good, but not like not I mean, I
mean it was kind of scattered, right as far as
just the you're gonna say.
Speaker 2: The talent on that twenty twenty two team compared to me,
I'm just saying every year I had this conversation with
actually Tuny Canuch. He's like, how is it that every year?
I hear it all the time? And I've made this point,
same point. So how is it that every year since
the dawn of BA football that somehow we're more talented
than they were? Ever? I don't say that I hear
it all the time. Gee, man, I'm not saying I
hear from you. Have an answer for you. Every year,
somehow we're way more talent we have, no don't argue.
Speaker 6: Don't argue against the whatever's out there, right, Okay, use
your own analysis.
Speaker 2: You're a guy that knows football. You are the mongoose.
Speaker 6: You were gonna sit there and tell me that the
twenty twenty two talent was as good as the twenty
twenty six talent.
Speaker 2: This is so you had on the team, Like from
a senior and junior standpoint, let's just kind of go
through the upper classman. Jared Hall, he can Pottee, George Judo,
Pookakua was on the team. Remember Jackson and pook was
on the team. Okay, that's one guy. Jared Hall is
on the team without a without a quarterback that can
sling it to who would you take Jared Hall or
Bear Bach Myra Oh jar Jar. I don't know if
Jared All, I'm gonna take Bear.
Speaker 4: Healthy, don't help you healthy Jaron healthy?
Speaker 2: Jaron.
Speaker 9: I think I think Bears could be he can't throw
the ball a fifty. I think Bears compensations over. I
think Bear's gonna breaks this year. Let's break Mason Wake
Uh Brandon. I think there's Max Tout, Max Truley, Jake.
Speaker 2: Oldroyd, Keenan Peelee, Peyton, Willgar Clark, Barrington at too nice
of Maha, Blake Freeland, I mean maybe NFL draftings still playing.
I still have a reason of why Harrison the chance Harris,
the chance that you don't have a you don't have
a starting left tackle like Blake Freeland. I mean, put
Pockey's good, Hockey Sky's good, but he's not Blake. He's
not Blake. Okay, So you got Gabe Summers, Chris Brooks
very good, he's in the NFL. Still got heard good.
Would you have Chris Brooks her I know, but would
you rather have healthy Chris Brooks or l J. Martin?
Chris Brooks was Chris brook and then like he's in
the NFL. Still I'm taking he's still in the NFL
low Peni Katoa. He is one of the most underrated
running backs in Boi football history. He's got like seventeen hundredyards.
He was a part of that running back round. I
agree with that. D'angela Mendel, Chris Jackson, shout out to
Matthew Kriddle, my brother who's on the squad. Caleb Hays
NFL corner was nice. NFL corner gunner Romney underrated wide
receiver over a thousand. He's like a fifteen hundred yard receiver.
He was heard that entire year. I'm just saying, but
you can't, like you can't say you're talking about talent.
Speaker 4: You're like, well qualifying, we're going off of where they
are injury.
Speaker 2: Like, yeah, that's why they went eight and five because
they had injury. Okay, you're laying out the talent.
Speaker 6: I'm still not convinced with this litany of players that
you've been throwing out at me.
Speaker 2: What I'm saying is talented is the twenty tw I'm
saying is there is similarities right now that strikes fear
into the hearts. So you put out your hypothesis and
you're sticking to that. What I'm saying is you're looking
to you're releast similar, saying eleven and one, ten and three.
All the returning production, you end up going eight and five.
Pride cycle, action, injury action, There's a lot of things
things happen, right, No, raight? Yeah? Yeah? Uh. Twenty twenty four,
twenty twenty five, you go eleven and two, twelve and two,
and now you're coming back in twenty twenty six and
you have you're a top twenty team in returning production.
I just hope we don't get drunken by and ineberated
by our returning production and the Pride cycle ensues. Here's
another point. Ain't the structures better than it wasn't in
twenty twenty two?
Speaker 3: Wrong?
Speaker 6: And that's what you hang your hat on, especially defensively.
Kelly is gonna be fine. He's gonna be very very good.
He has a much better staff than the staff than
b ware you staff in twenty twenty two.
Speaker 2: So there you go. That's what I'm can.
Speaker 5: I like it.
Speaker 4: I'll hang a hat on this, and I think you
guys would agree and tell me if you disagree. If
Ryan Phillis is back, then does Jaron All stay healthy?
Does Chris Brooks stay healthy? I mean, remember his injury
was was his ribs?
Speaker 2: That year? I can't Yeah, he got like smashed by
Is that the year that he got like he got
like he got demolished by the Chris the handy?
Speaker 4: But chrisp had the handy injury though, Right, Chris Brooks
was at the hamstring.
Speaker 2: It may have been soft tissue. But maybe some of
them they can't. But I feel like there's no doubt
the last years we've had a reduction in injury. Right,
I want to throw that that knock on wood tile
because something because you and you're arguing. Now I'm gonna
be honest and I said this. You said, what's the
only caveat that would insert to one team this season?
What they would have they get injured? Yeah, sure, Bear
gets injured, LJ gets injured? Why receiver gon injuries? The
differential no matter what, well that matters.
Speaker 4: I mean, we've been discussing basketball that has been disappointed
because of injury.
Speaker 2: It has to play a factor.
Speaker 5: The other thing I would just like to add into
the conversation may be chaos, maybe not.
Speaker 2: Talent goes a lot further.
Speaker 5: When your schedule is easier, and twenty twenty two was
not playing a full Big twelve schedule. Understand they played,
and I understand they did play some good games on
that schedule, but it wasn't powerful, powerful, powerful, powerful all
the way out, which I doesn't mean everything, but I
do think that factors in.
Speaker 2: Yeah, it's a good point. It's very intriguing, very intriguing. Indeed,
I think people looking at it, I may write, I
may write a piece about this. I may write about this.
I may write here we go. I may pen apiece
and a piece. I may pen apiece when Penn's piece
is at I Penn pieces type it. No, no, no typing.
I'd like to write and written and written incursive. Going
back to third grade, I read her a note.
Speaker 6: B way, you didn't have a safety as good as
Polatolea in twenty twenty two. I don't think they had
a safe as good as raider to Mooney. They didn't
have a cornerback as good as Schmev. You give me
Kayleb Pays, I take Schmev any day of the week,
with all due respect to Kayleb Pays. Sure he does
not have near the ball skills that Evan Johnson does.
And Evan Johnson is every bit as athletic, if not
more so. Center Bruce matt I take the offensive line,
but Blake Freeland aside. You remember those offensive lines. It
was all tackle b where you could pass protect.
Speaker 2: And that's do you think a healthy Micah Harper is
as good as folatile healthy I really really liked Micah Harper.
You did like when he was healthy, he was nasty.
They're different type of players, though. That's that's Michael the
Wood When he was healthy, he's very nice. He was
very he laid the wood bro and he was like
kind of like a converted corner to safety. The big
Michael Harper when he was healthy, he was he was strengthened.
He was very good, very good. He's very good. Is
not even close, of course Pooka. No one compares to Pooka.
Yeah that yeah, yeah, tipt for Austin Collie here we go. Yes, yeah.
Speaker 6: As far as what they did at B what you
Austin Colly is the best receiver B Way you've ever had.
Speaker 2: And I don't think it's even a discussion. It's not.
Speaker 3: Yeah.
Speaker 5: Well, and the argument for Pooka will be everything he
did afterwards. But if you're looking at like what they
did at by we love Pooka was not healthy a
whole lot while he was at by U, so we
never saw what he could have been.
Speaker 6: Because it's like saying Michael Davis was one of the
best cornerbacks to ever play a b where it's like
lost his job as a senior cornerback and he played great.
Speaker 2: In the NFL, but he lost his job. That's not
the the NFL is not the conversation having right. Indeed, indeed,
he's forever of the goat. It's funny with.
Speaker 6: Riddle locked him down during practices too, Yes, sir, you
locked that.
Speaker 2: You locked that down. I'd locked down everything, you know
what I mean. What's interesting though, like the way that
we would do one on ones, we would we would
do sides, so I actually didn't go you get to
go against Austin every day in one on ones because
he was on the other side and I had to
go into Mike Read every single day, you know. But
in seven on seven, eleven on eleven, obviously we would.
Speaker 6: Go against a C and that happened one of the
biggest fights. And b what you practice history versus.
Speaker 2: Mike Read regretted the day that he pushed off on
my face mask, regretted, and Max all tried to get
involved in verone. Was like, no, no, not you, Max,
No were you were you at practice? I saw the
whole thing. I want I'm altady talked to Kelly. I'm like,
they used to have it archived, like they had an archive,
they had all the practice archives, and like they saw it.
Like he told me, like, oh yeah, we saw it,
like we reviewed it. I'm like, I gotta find that
from my posterity thing because there was a sequence of
events like it. We're good. We're doing field one. Verse one.
He runs a fade I'm in I'm hip to hip.
In phase I'm gonna get a pdu and he pushes
off of my face mask and then he catches it.
I'm like, m effort, I'm so mad, I am I'm
I'm I'm right, I'm okay, Like, I'm not gonna let
this get to me. It is what it is, goal line,
same thing in phase he puts it on, I drop bombs.
I go to coach Chickenson. I say a lot of
formication under the consent of the King. I'm like, you
need to teach him like, you can't do this. So
then I'm trying to fight Mike read on the next
rep and it turns into a pass breakup. I throw it,
he runs it a slant. I I get the past breakup,
and then while he's falling down, I rip off his
helmet and throw it into the tree bark and I'm like,
I'm like, oh gosh, I feel fantastic. And then all
of a sudden, I'm kind of trotting away, and all
of a sudden, so it said brutal watch out. I
turned around and Mike's beelined it towards me. I dropped
down double a takedown, body slam into the freaking tree bark,
and then I'm getting on top of him. And that's
when everything I remember Gooch got involved him. That's why
I loved dude. I miswatched the present boss most brutal
one I ever saw.
Speaker 10: You. Remember Eddie Keel Oh, No, I know Eddie. I
threw Yeah, I know Eddie. There was a practice where
he had just had it. He rips off his helmet
and he just starts swinging his helmet.
Speaker 2: At dudes, just like just going it was. It was
a melee, dude. It was like half the team and.
Speaker 6: They're trying to calm Eddie down. Eddy's a big guy.
Oh yeah, seemed like a really good guy. But from
what I understand, he he he, go berserkit Eddie.
Speaker 2: Eddie. Eddie had some crazy tool. Yes, it's a crazy too,
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Last thing you want to see with with Tiger Woods.
You hope he's healthy. You hope he it's not serious.
But man, uh, this is not good. This is not good.
He was in two thousand twenty one, he was in
a rollover crash in California, if I'm not mistaken, correct,
and that one he was under the influence correct, Yeah?
I think so.
Speaker 10: Yeah.
Speaker 2: Prayers to Tiger and his family. Uh, but uh, not
good news in the golfing world because it wasn't I
know he's not trying to make a comeback. But I
mean every once in a while he does these cameos
where he shows up and he participates, and at times
he looks pretty good. I think he's coaching in the
TGL right now. He's coaching.
Speaker 6: Yeah, well, I'll remember him. I think the twenty nineteen
Masters might have been the greatest sporting seeing.
Speaker 2: Yeah it's really good.
Speaker 6: Oh that that was just a me seeing that, you know,
so you just remember him like that. But man, happens
twice first time, it's like, oh yeah that, Then it
happens twice.
Speaker 2: May roll over. I mean, that's he's gonna get to
the point where I mean, he's got so much money,
just have someone driving. No, that's what I understand. Why
is he even driver? He's a very private person. Maybe
now and and you know, but.
Speaker 5: He's not always. I feel like he's always been private,
very private. Probably you know, you got so much money,
it's like, just just get a driver.
Speaker 2: Yeah, the driver. Man.
Speaker 4: Everybody does the Steph Curry where they get themselves driven
to their their man.
Speaker 2: As soon as I make that type of money, I'm
getting driver. I'm calling g Man, Like g Man, I
need you to be my driver. You're a great driver.
I'll take it.
Speaker 5: Yeah, Bro, what's the lowest amount of money. What's the
lowest salary you would take to be like a full
time just private to.
Speaker 2: Be my driver. Yeah, like the benefits and stuff like that.
I have to do it full time, full time, full time.
This is all. Yeah, you'll call. I don't roll high, man,
I don't need a lot. I'd probably do it for
sixty sixty okay, solid reasonable. I like that. I do
it for calling. You're my first call call. Yeah. Yeah.
Now I may have to require you to carry some
heat though you want to pack heat? Sure? All right?
All right, there we go and maybe take some jiu
jitsu classes on like movie tim you could like protect
me if I get in any fights. Oh yeah, I'm
that guy with those gurney legs with those caps. Take
him out. You told me about your fight.
Speaker 6: But I think he's okay. He knows how to fight.
By the way, I think I told the Eddie kill
story wrong. I tell you that on error that off
the air. I believe that was believe that was on
he was the guy and he ripped off another guy's helmet,
his helmet.
Speaker 2: Everybody that's what happens that's dangerous anyway, can be very dangerous.
There you go. So it was even more. It used
to be where like the media would come in and
watch all practice. Oh, you got to know the team
so well back in that day. It's not not anymore.
Those days are Those days are long gone, my friend.
We're getting it at transfer portal season right now. What
type of players. Look, there's a number of players that
are in the portal. Jackson Holcombe out of UVU, Jake Wahaleen,
these guys all have like connections with BYU Utah Valley
LDS kids. Jake Wallen six ten two twelve stretch four.
You have Jackson Holcomb at a Utah Valley. He saw
more six seven to two of seven. I considered myself
an expert on Jackson hoolkem. I saw him play a
lot this year. Yeah, a number of guys. What is
it that b what he was looking for in the portal?
Would you say.
Speaker 6: Jackson Holcomb's interesting because he's not he's not gonna yu
with his athleticism, but he's a very crafty scorer like
he he knows how to find his shot, and I
think that would translate well with what b what he
tries to do, because I think they kind of lacked
that with their wing players. I think they wanted Cannard
Davis to be that. But Jackson's extremely crafty, very versatile,
a decent three point shooter. I would say he's a
knockdown shooter. But I would absolutely take a look Jackson
HOLKEM if i'm b Way you, I I was very
impressed with his progress, high character guy.
Speaker 2: But what is it that be what you needs? I
think they need that. They need that.
Speaker 6: Yeah, okay, yeah, yeah, you look at what's returning and
and you're not getting that from Boskovic.
Speaker 2: I think you want to gone, right he's gone? Is
he gone? Okaygibility, Well then.
Speaker 6: You have to replace it. Anyways, So he doesn't fit
the mold of what b Way you has right now.
But I kind of see him as is maybe what
Brody Koslowski was supposed to be prior injury. I think
this team that might be what he is. Plus he
he rebounds, he does everything, he distributes. First style player.
I I really like Jackson holkemb I think b WA
you would do well to bring Jackson Holke onto the
roster Personally, you.
Speaker 2: Know, he said, Rob Right, the third tyler of Russ
Brody Koslowski, Alexi Coastick, Pademboo, Nate Pickens, Dominique Diamonde, maybe
Dawson Baker, Kennard Davis, Junior, Zavian State, Abdullah Ahmed, and
kJ Perry. That's who you have. I'm excited to see
kJ Perry. He can play man. That's the one that
I think is gonna do things. Ord some good things
about that guy. But you have a stat guard line.
Speaker 4: Quite honestly, all of them can't coexist together. So someone's
going And who do you let walk? Probably let Nate Pickens,
I mean to be honest with.
Speaker 2: You, either Nate or Cage. You have played, so you
have that.
Speaker 4: And we heard you know from sources that it sounds
like you know it is coming back.
Speaker 2: What you know? It sounds like kJ is coming back,
is coming back. Canard Davis is gone for sure? Is there?
Speaker 4: I don't think Canard's gone and leaves just because of him.
I don't think the coaches. It was kind of notable.
All the team was at the game last day. I
didn't see Canard Davis.
Speaker 2: Yeah, he wasn't.
Speaker 4: Move's not that type of guy though, isn't he okay
moves moo keeps to himself.
Speaker 2: All right, very private guy. All right, I'm trying to
read into that. But so like to me, you have
a dearth of big man talent. You don't have anything.
Oh you need some bigs after how Texas? Well you
know what I mean, like four and you need you need,
you need like multiple five, you need this.
Speaker 4: Okay, I'm like, you need these players, which you need
the skill sets? You need a foos in a discussion?
Can we get Madovicus? I pay him to go into
the portal?
Speaker 2: I would pay.
Speaker 4: Look, you gotta you better. Look everybody's tampering do it?
Talk about back to the basket to do it.
Speaker 6: I'll tell you who's going to be a good wing
for b y u is is Dean Rickord de Yeah
he's cold. I just did an article on him. Fantastic kid.
He's gonna be in the rotation next year, high character,
and he really learned how to shoot the three. Yeah,
he's gonna play average three three pointers last year for
two of you. He has a chance to be something.
Speaker 2: He's gonna play Mohilow's role.
Speaker 4: I feel like at that's six' nine Because milo is
getting like ten to fifteen's got more stuff THAN.
Speaker 2: I don't know.
Speaker 5: When mihilo was good last, season this last, year but
the year before When mihilo was, good B yu was
dangerous because he stretched the floor saw and they missed.
Speaker 2: That that that's What i'm. Saying that's so you're looking at,
that so that replaces.
Speaker 5: That, okay kind of a guy that cons me he's
a Small Ford he's he's, yeah He's.
Speaker 4: Richie, yeah he's six, ades He's. Richie he's gonna play
that three that three four.
Speaker 2: Row he's your replacement for he's Zach Sellus Richie. Saunders
that he's gonna play in That richie.
Speaker 4: Role and if you go, small then He's mahilo at
four if you go, small if you go, small he's
A legiti six. Eight he Can richie ever play the
four when it Went yeah Yea mark is a very
good comp that's a very good cause What i'm, Saying
Richie saunders and if they go, Small mihilo's role of
that at the.
Speaker 2: Four.
Speaker 6: Ye but BUT i really Like. DDE i think he
has but you, know he's we got. Waves plus he
he has that that B y you talking to him
he ramp to go in TO B. Way it WAS
B way you and nothing.
Speaker 2: ELSE i think that's. IMPORTANT B way you needs to
have that presence on the. Team, okay do you Need Jake, Qualleen,
YES i would Take. Jake, yes they Need Jake, qualleen they. Do,
yeah six ten to twelve junior going into senior. Year last,
year he did start twenty nine, games played in thirty,
five averaging twenty minutes per, game forty percent from the,
field thirty four percent from the three point, line uh,
seventy almost seventy percent from the charity. Stripe he only
averaged five point three points per. Game he had three
point nine, rebounds point seven, assists and he's really not
a shot Blocker Mahalo. Boskovic, yeah that says what you're.
Replacing you're Replacing mahala With. Jake that's what you're doing
both sick with by you guys who could shoot the.
Three that's what replace a better a better point. Shooter
i'm gonna be, honest like that's who you took three
three point shots per Game clemson. Roughly, Yeah so that's
what you're a, place that's what you.
Speaker 4: GET i need some more high low my high low
three point six points his first year and then three
points this. Year so, yeah and that you Know jake
was averaging. Six so, yeah that's what you're replacing it.
Speaker 2: With And i'm okay with. That nil money needs to
go to a.
Speaker 4: CENTER i agree they've got to Get, Look I'm I'm
I'M i said, This, ben And i'll keep being declared
of about, this And i'm. SERIOUS i don't know more
than Than Kevin, young BUT i know they came to college.
Basketball if you want to keep playing this six eight
six' nine center, rim runner not back to, the basket
it's not.
Speaker 2: Gonna work you need to he needs. To stop don't.
Speaker 4: Be prideful get a guy that can beat you Up
like foos. Down low and that's what maybe way you
so dynamic. Last year it Wasn't just cable on The
quarters fos and the cap pass out of the double
team when it came he could do That because fuss
wasn't a.
Speaker 2: Bad pastor it wasn't, the best but he.
Speaker 4: Wasn't terrible and that's even where you're the first year
In The big Tour Of, mark polpe why they struggled
to guard and Scout b Yu When ali khalif. Is,
on okay he stretches. The floor then you. Got fos
they don't have that on. THE roster i Want a.
Speaker 2: Khalipa back JUST so i could do My my prince
all leave thing on. The radio here, we go not
the prince. ALL leave i want to do. That again.
Speaker 6: Just stop i'm Gonna ask ronnie this because he's.
Speaker 2: Plugged In.
Speaker 4: Is stanton just can he be a guy or is it, just, okay,
okay okay here's. The thing i'm gonna there.
Speaker 2: It is he said. He's injured i'm gonna gonna be
injured by the time next next year, rolls around and
not if he's in.
Speaker 4: The portal SO can i give you my honest OF
who i think is gonna?
Speaker 2: Be gone this IS what.
Speaker 4: I think i haven't said, this Yet but i'll do
it now because it's gonna come in the next. FEW
weeks I Think tyler morross is in. THE portal I
think brody's in, the portal which. Is, UNFORTUNATELY really i
really think. THAT'S unfortunate i think with just with him being,
HURT situation i don't think it's. GONNA happen i do
THINK that I Think nate pickens goes because how do
you Keep guard Nate or cannard is one of. The
two you can't have that many guards Because is rob
gonna take a back seat on the bench to be the.
Sixth man he ain't, Doing That And kevin youngari was
declarative about It in portland of you. Need, shooters Okay
so nate's gonna come off. The bench dawson's fine coming off.
The bench he's.
Speaker 2: A two has. Been mentioned he's finding.
Speaker 4: Road Today net they're Gonna keep alexi because they need
shooting a Deem stand dominika fifty to Fifty bid they're
probably Gonna keep doodo because they need, a center but
they probably should ship him off to. The portal and
then That Leaves, xavion STATEN who i think is going to. The,
PORTALS well i could be wrong. About That over under
is still four and a. HALF man i still. BELIEVE
that i think there are four guys on this roster
that are.
Speaker 6: GONNA go i JUST wish i saw something from from
From from bidou that, would, indicate yeah he could have.
Speaker 2: AN offensive.
Speaker 4: I don't i don't think THEY'RE gonna i think they're
gonna bring guys around that aren't like that because, he's,
what okay, shot blocker not the best man.
Speaker 2: They, need well that's what. You do that's what.
Speaker 4: You go take those scholarships that you Have from, Jared McGregor,
richie Saunders. K pacatas you take those scholarships and you go,
replace that and, it's, like okay let's let's match it
up the right.
Speaker 2: Way please he's, out eligibility so, He, is yeah this is.
Last year so.
Speaker 4: So you take cab the scholarship and You take jared's
and you go get. Too bigs that's what.
Speaker 3: You do.
Speaker 2: That makes sense.
Speaker 4: To Me brett brett has agreed with me. On this
you don't need to go get Who's and. Ali's specific but,
you know by, The.
Speaker 2: Way ali khalifa only averaged like twelve minutes. Per, game
yeah they only played. Him twelve he did shoot forty,
from three.
Speaker 4: YOU know, i mean but that's the thing if you're
gonna that's, the thing if you're only playing the guys.
Speaker 2: THAT people I Think robbie veel is out of. Minutes
too he Is Unfortunate. Robbie ROBBY when i watched him,
FIRST round i, was like that guy should be at
b y he's like literally my favorite player in.
Speaker 5: College basketball heyam does he doesn't GET a?
Speaker 2: Covid year he Doesn't, get hey there's. A look is
he's the you know he does What Uh ali?
Speaker 5: Khalifa, does yeah he's better better than Better than, oh, yeah, man.
Speaker 2: Well which One healthy ali or not even even Even?
Healthy ali Even healthy.
Speaker 5: Robbie d he had seventeen points a game. Last year, that's,
crazy bro he can pass nice, To yes, oh no.
Speaker 2: He's, nice yeah find another year of eligibility to. Bring
him give. A bag i was not aware, of, this. Man, Crushy,
oh robbie you don't know how you have you?
Speaker 3: Washed?
Speaker 2: It, oh yeah, he's, nice man. He's. Nice nice indiana state. Last?
Year yeah, All right so did you guys did we
conclude what your two big one that can is the
back to? The back what type of big are we?
Talking about a four man or a five a five
man back to the?
Speaker 5: Basket period because you look at like everybody is getting
these like. Seven Footers now florida, has one U n c,
Has one arizona. Has one just these massive white dudes
who can just Uggler for? Houston six, come, on, man
yeah like you need. A guy that's that big end.
Of DISCUSSION like, i mean even like we're Talking, About
fos let's, Be honest fus could have.
Speaker 2: Been bigger like we would have Liked for fos to.
Speaker 5: Be bigger obviously he was great with what, he had,
but like if you're just thinking dream ideal guy for,
that position you don't want somebody who's.
Speaker 2: Six seven you want someone who's closer to the, six
ten six.
Speaker 4: Eleven situation could you Imagine if fus was, six nine,
six ten who's to BE?
Speaker 2: An nba probably like if it was, six ten he'd
be IN. The nba he. Was Dominant brooks bear, coming
back didn't want. A mission he's gonna be playing for
THE B. A, cougars, well.
Speaker 4: Yeah because Jake a leen came back from mission and
he didn't went else said didn't. Want him that's a
lot of would you Take? Over, alexi no if you Guys, watched,
brooks yes but not off.
Speaker 2: Of them we haven't even Talked About Bruce branch, WELL
yeah i mean no, already no you know that? All right,
as sorry that's for slow people.
Speaker 3: Like Me.
Speaker 2: But i'm Looking at i'm looking there's probably people. Out
there What About. Bruce, branch, so, YEAH guys i mean
you guys are on to Think.
Speaker 4: About bro i'll just, Say, THIS no i wouldn't take Him.
Over alexi he's off of. A mission he's coming off of.
A mission is just tough to play. LIKE that I
take Dean, over brooks and that's no Disrespect. To brooks
but the question goes back to that will he played
FOR By u and again that's. Another guard that's now
six guards in. That ROOM dean i do Like The
richie saunders comp but he is a. Bit different he's
taller and interesting and and he he can finish Better.
Than richie he's got he's got hops Finished.
Speaker 2: Better, RICHARD yeah i shouldn't.
Speaker 4: Say finished richie was A fantastic Richard. Finished bro he
just has more, athletic ability no doubt. About, that yeah
no no. Argument there, so yeah That's what.
Speaker 2: I'm saying so.
Speaker 4: Two biggs one that's a seven foot another one that
can stretch.
Speaker 2: The floor that's a.
Speaker 4: Stretch five if you want to, go there that could
Be Like. Jake waller i'm okay, with THAT but i
think that's what.
Speaker 2: You need you need.
Speaker 5: That guy and we don't Know About. Dawson, Baker, right
yeah we don't know if he's for strict. Coming back
he didn't. WALK here, i think in, MY opinion I
Think dawson bakers like the guy you need to come
BACK the i, agree now and not EVEN because i
think he's gonna go out and get you twenty points
a game, next YEAR but i think like you Are, losing,
richie who in the Words Of, kevin young was the
flag bear Of The kevin. Young era you got to
bring somebody else who holds that flag bear Of The kevin.
Young energy and there's nobody else on this team because
everyone who played this last year who didn't, get hurt
those were all first. Year guys you need somebody who's,
been there, done that and keeps the culture in line
and also, has seniority And That's. Dawson baker he's not
wrong unless you're Gonna. Keep brody And but brody He
hasn't he. Hasn't played he doesn't have any authority to
tell people what because he.
Speaker 2: Hasn't played he.
Speaker 4: Hasn't played so It's like dawson is the musk is
a musk key Kriminals watching brooks bear highlights and he
looks a lot like, the shorter he's six.
Speaker 2: To six he's. A lefty he's. A lefty here's. The,
thing okay so if you to me his, body type
honestly in, the way how rafty of a score he
is at. The shooter he's a really good shooter. As
well now he wasn't as of an as of an
elite Score, is jimmer but he's kind of he's got
this little left handed jim or feel. To him. He's
not he's quicker than, he is, like fast and he's
a big bodied guard that gets to his spots on,
the floor uh through like he's six four all of two,
Hundred pounds like he's. Pretty THICK so i. DON'T KNOW
i i hate to see these guys. Go elsewhere they've
already committed to. Be here.
Speaker 4: Just regards so You, got rob You, got nate You,
got dawson You, got canard you Got.
Speaker 2: kJ perry. THAT'S five i mean my. Natural tendency if
he's coming off a mission and he's and, he's yeah
if he's not, in shape then yeah you. Read shirt
that will help a, little BIT or i. WILL help,
i Mean if dawson's, not healthy do you really want?
Him back we don't know how devastating that. Knee is,
he was it's if it's not just a STRAIGHT up
acl and he had, miniscal, repair minissectomy, bone bruising poster alateral,
Corner injury like he may not be able to be
the same guy that. He, was Yeah all i'm saying
he's had he's. Had, injuries yeah that's second injury he's. Had, injuries,
okay yeah you. Never know. He smiling he was At
the bou women's game and He smiling milon.
Speaker 4: Walking around he, Seems happy so you. Never know, but
YEAH but i think we've dumbed. It down everyone's gonna,
say shooting which everybody needs shooting in. College basketball but
the truth thing IS b au needs a back to the,
basket big a true six eleven five seven footer to
be able to do this because they got Killed By.
Voga titus go back To the. Houston game let's take the.
Stuff further remember we talked, About this Tuggler and sinak
junior ate you up and the bigs. Failed, You Okay
baketa milo beat you like they just they ran. Around
you you need a guy. Like that you need a Guy,
like tuggler and HE need I like sanak that can,
hit threes but that can also post up and. Grab
boards so Maybe that's Jake wai lean at, Six ten
maybe that's a. Seven, FOOTER yeah i, don't KNOW but
i think that's what you go, With, first ben and
then you you address.
Speaker 2: The shooting my personal that's our question of. The day who?
Is it what is it that b what you needs
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