WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.680 --> 00:00:03.000 Oh, guess what day it is. 2 00:00:03.560 --> 00:00:05.240 Guess what day it is? 3 00:00:05.759 --> 00:00:05.960 Huh? 4 00:00:06.440 --> 00:00:07.040 Anybody? 5 00:00:09.080 --> 00:00:12.279 It's hump Day. 6 00:00:12.800 --> 00:00:15.359 Yes, it is hump Day. It is also the eve 7 00:00:15.400 --> 00:00:18.039 of Thanksgiving. Welcome to the Big Bloon Sider, Dick Gabriel 8 00:00:18.079 --> 00:00:22.839 with you. What a busy week men's basketball, women's basketball, football, 9 00:00:22.879 --> 00:00:25.000 with a U OFL game coming up, all the national 10 00:00:25.039 --> 00:00:28.440 stuff going on in a holiday, So I want to 11 00:00:28.519 --> 00:00:31.920 jump right in and tell you that tomorrow night, of course, 12 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:34.240 we will have a best of show at being a holiday, 13 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:38.320 but if you're traveling, if you're in the car, turn 14 00:00:38.399 --> 00:00:41.240 that radio on right here, because it's going to be 15 00:00:41.240 --> 00:00:44.000 the best of the Big Blue Sider. But we're going 16 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:46.719 to take you back to the first conversation I had 17 00:00:46.840 --> 00:00:49.799 personally via phone. I didn't have him in the garage, 18 00:00:49.840 --> 00:00:52.799 but Mark Pope says, at least at some point he 19 00:00:52.880 --> 00:00:55.560 will visit us here as long as we have cookies, 20 00:00:55.600 --> 00:00:58.719 and we have assured and we will. But we will 21 00:00:58.759 --> 00:01:02.840 have portions of that conversation with Mark, and then we 22 00:01:02.880 --> 00:01:07.200 will replay our recent interview with Cameron Mills. Not just 23 00:01:07.239 --> 00:01:09.599 because Cameron and I are buddies and we get silly 24 00:01:09.599 --> 00:01:12.959 on the radio, but this was the conversation we had 25 00:01:13.200 --> 00:01:15.400 the day after the Duke game, so he came by 26 00:01:15.439 --> 00:01:19.359 the garage as he always does, and we broke things down. Yes, 27 00:01:19.400 --> 00:01:21.560 they played since then, but so much of what we 28 00:01:21.640 --> 00:01:26.079 talked about that day is still relevant, even maybe more 29 00:01:26.120 --> 00:01:28.400 relevant since we've seen the Wildcats play again and so 30 00:01:28.480 --> 00:01:32.400 of you. So that's for tomorrow night. But tonight this 31 00:01:32.480 --> 00:01:34.519 is a great one. We've got first of our Western 32 00:01:34.560 --> 00:01:36.879 Bureau Chief, Gary Moore, as always on a Wednesday night, 33 00:01:37.519 --> 00:01:41.239 but we have Keith Madison, the UK baseball coach, who 34 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:43.680 has written a new book just in time for the holidays, 35 00:01:43.719 --> 00:01:46.920 stocking stuffers. Think about that. We're gonna talk about Stevie 36 00:01:47.000 --> 00:01:48.760 Johnson because we're on the eve of the U of 37 00:01:48.920 --> 00:01:51.920 L game, and that's of course the day we're back 38 00:01:51.959 --> 00:01:55.480 in twenty oh seven on my birthday. No less, STEVEE 39 00:01:55.480 --> 00:02:00.480 got loose and made everybody happy in Commonwealth State who's 40 00:02:00.480 --> 00:02:03.439 wearing blue? And I bring up Stevie as well because 41 00:02:03.680 --> 00:02:08.000 he will open our broadcast on Saturday, the final game 42 00:02:08.039 --> 00:02:10.919 of the year. Sadly, but if you've been following along 43 00:02:10.960 --> 00:02:12.639 and we appreciate it, you know that we have had 44 00:02:12.680 --> 00:02:19.000 a different celebrity player former coach civilian, if you will 45 00:02:19.039 --> 00:02:23.800 even still open the broadcast for us. In fact, Josh Hopkins, 46 00:02:24.199 --> 00:02:27.520 an actor from Lexington who lives in Austin now, opened 47 00:02:27.560 --> 00:02:31.080 last week's broadcast. Well, Stevie will open things up for 48 00:02:31.280 --> 00:02:34.639 us this Saturday, and he did a tremendous job. I'm 49 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:37.599 working on putting it together right now. You will really 50 00:02:37.759 --> 00:02:41.879 enjoy what you hear from Stevie. So, yeah, we've got 51 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:43.479 a lot going on this week. But let's look at 52 00:02:43.560 --> 00:02:47.319 last night's Kentucky basketball game. I went over Western Kentucky 53 00:02:47.400 --> 00:02:51.039 that was probably tougher than most people expected, even though 54 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:54.919 WKU was an nca Tournament team last year. And they're good, man, 55 00:02:54.960 --> 00:02:57.360 I mean, you saw him last night. The Hilltoppers are good. 56 00:02:58.159 --> 00:03:00.879 After the game, Hank plan out of the Western Kentucky coach, 57 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:04.159 talked a lot, of course about his team and about 58 00:03:04.240 --> 00:03:07.400 Kentucky and how challenging it is to try to guard 59 00:03:07.479 --> 00:03:10.479 the Wildcats, who are really good on the inside and 60 00:03:10.560 --> 00:03:11.400 the outside. 61 00:03:11.479 --> 00:03:13.199 They got four guys on the floor they can shoot 62 00:03:13.199 --> 00:03:15.080 at all times. There's always at least one guy that's 63 00:03:15.199 --> 00:03:17.800 among the best three point shooters in college basketball. So 64 00:03:17.840 --> 00:03:19.439 they stretch you out a little bit and we were 65 00:03:19.439 --> 00:03:22.759 trying to pressure while protecting the rim. You know, they 66 00:03:22.759 --> 00:03:24.759 were slipping and cutting to the basket quite a bit. 67 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:27.879 So their offense is very is very difficult to pose. 68 00:03:27.879 --> 00:03:29.680 There's a lot of challenges, to be perfectly honest with 69 00:03:29.719 --> 00:03:30.120 you guys. 70 00:03:30.439 --> 00:03:34.240 And talking about Kentucky's offense, Plana talked about the way 71 00:03:34.280 --> 00:03:38.520 the Wildcats execute, about how quickly they get things done 72 00:03:38.919 --> 00:03:40.000 this early in the season. 73 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:43.120 They execute very very well. I mean they they cut 74 00:03:43.159 --> 00:03:45.919 to the basket at full speed so that you know 75 00:03:46.199 --> 00:03:48.560 when you stretch out and guard the line. I mean, 76 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:50.719 they're not just running their patterns. They're running their patterns, 77 00:03:50.759 --> 00:03:53.319 changing the speed, changing directions at a very very high level. 78 00:03:53.400 --> 00:03:55.479 And the follow up on that, Hank Plona, the Western 79 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:59.120 Kentucky coach, said, what's really impressive, at least to him, 80 00:03:59.199 --> 00:04:03.800 is the fact that UK is executing so efficiently and quickly, 81 00:04:04.000 --> 00:04:08.960 changing speeds, communicating all that intricate stuff. And it's happening 82 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:14.400 now here in November, not down the stretch heading into 83 00:04:14.639 --> 00:04:15.560 tournament season. 84 00:04:15.800 --> 00:04:17.600 You know, credit to them is not a lot of 85 00:04:17.600 --> 00:04:20.839 teams look quite like that on November twenty sixth, you know, 86 00:04:20.879 --> 00:04:23.959 I think by January February March. I think a lot 87 00:04:24.000 --> 00:04:25.759 of teams get to that point, but you know, they 88 00:04:25.759 --> 00:04:28.319 put a new group of people together. Those guys to 89 00:04:28.399 --> 00:04:30.480 cut like that, you have to be unselfish, you have 90 00:04:30.519 --> 00:04:32.800 to be team oriented, you have to be playing for 91 00:04:32.839 --> 00:04:34.800 the name on the front of their jersey, and man, 92 00:04:35.240 --> 00:04:39.040 they've they've certainly come together and formed that identity very 93 00:04:39.120 --> 00:04:39.600 very fast. 94 00:04:39.639 --> 00:04:43.120 So that's Hank Plana, the Western Kentucky coach. While we're 95 00:04:43.120 --> 00:04:45.279 talking about basketball, we need to talk, of course about 96 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:48.759 the UK women. They ran their record to six and 97 00:04:48.839 --> 00:04:53.439 oher by knocking off Arizona State in the Music City Classic, 98 00:04:53.480 --> 00:04:55.879 and in fact, Game two of that series for the 99 00:04:55.920 --> 00:04:58.639 Wildcats comes up tonight. That's why we'll be off at 100 00:04:58.680 --> 00:05:01.920 seven forty five. Darren Edwick was pregame as the Cats 101 00:05:02.199 --> 00:05:05.800 take on Illinois this evening. But Kenny Brooks's ball club, 102 00:05:06.079 --> 00:05:08.879 he's in his first season with the Cats. Of course, 103 00:05:09.439 --> 00:05:11.879 he has Kentucky six to zero for the first time 104 00:05:11.959 --> 00:05:15.480 since twenty twenty one. They won each of their first 105 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:18.240 six games of the season by at least ten points, 106 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:21.199 and for the second straight game, two players had at 107 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:24.160 least twenty in the game. Clara Strack had twenty four 108 00:05:24.240 --> 00:05:28.839 Georgia Amore had twenty Kentucky blocked ten shots. After the game, 109 00:05:28.879 --> 00:05:31.199 Brooks said, you know what we might lack in the 110 00:05:31.240 --> 00:05:36.319 lateral quickness, we make up for in verticality, basically in height. 111 00:05:36.920 --> 00:05:40.160 And this is the fifth time this year already UK 112 00:05:40.240 --> 00:05:44.360 has recorded at least ten block shots, sixty eight on 113 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:47.399 the season. Gets this, Kentucky needs just one hundred and 114 00:05:47.439 --> 00:05:50.600 fourteen more to break the team record, which was set 115 00:05:50.639 --> 00:05:54.480 in thirty six games back in twenty twelve. Thirteen Cats 116 00:05:54.480 --> 00:05:57.839 held Arizona State to no field goals for the first 117 00:05:57.920 --> 00:06:01.199 seven minutes and sixteen seconds the second quarter. So all 118 00:06:01.199 --> 00:06:06.360 that height clearly intimidating the sun devils. So again tonight, 119 00:06:06.759 --> 00:06:09.160 UK Illinois will have it for you right here. Darren 120 00:06:09.160 --> 00:06:12.439 Hedrick with pregame at seven forty five, shift you over 121 00:06:12.519 --> 00:06:15.439 to football real quickly. It is Louisville week. As we said, 122 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:19.519 Cutter Bowley gets his first start. And somebody asked Marx 123 00:06:19.600 --> 00:06:23.439 Tubes about the fact that the players seem to rally 124 00:06:23.480 --> 00:06:25.160 around the big guy. 125 00:06:25.439 --> 00:06:27.839 Yeah, he's just got that, he's got that feel, he's 126 00:06:27.839 --> 00:06:30.040 got the Moxie's the type of guy he gets along 127 00:06:30.079 --> 00:06:35.079 with absolutely everybody on the team. He fits in with everybody. 128 00:06:35.160 --> 00:06:38.920 He's He's just got a very good personality that way. 129 00:06:40.040 --> 00:06:43.240 I think they know he's got that moxie or swagger 130 00:06:43.319 --> 00:06:45.560 or whatever you want to call it. That when he 131 00:06:45.600 --> 00:06:47.800 gets in there, he has a strong belief in himself 132 00:06:47.920 --> 00:06:51.879 and and you know he sees the feed failed well 133 00:06:51.920 --> 00:06:52.600 as you know. 134 00:06:52.639 --> 00:06:55.920 Also, it was hard not to notice the difference, of course, 135 00:06:56.360 --> 00:06:59.040 when Bully came in and replaced Brock Vandergrif who's at 136 00:06:59.079 --> 00:07:01.879 such a tough season and beaten and banged up behind 137 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:05.240 a makeshift offensive line, and it just it clearly, it 138 00:07:05.240 --> 00:07:07.199 looks like it's gotten into his head a little bit. 139 00:07:08.120 --> 00:07:10.560 I guess. I guess Cutter Bowlly, being a freshman, doesn't 140 00:07:10.560 --> 00:07:13.439 know what he's not supposed to know. He just looks 141 00:07:13.560 --> 00:07:16.800 more like a veteran because he's so cool, calm and 142 00:07:16.839 --> 00:07:20.879 collected in the pocket. And Stoops said it was obviously 143 00:07:21.040 --> 00:07:24.680 noticeable in the Texas game one play, in particular, in a. 144 00:07:24.600 --> 00:07:27.800 Tough environment against the top you know, five team in 145 00:07:27.800 --> 00:07:31.560 the country on the road and all out pressure, give 146 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:34.279 a little ground and throw it to a space. You know, 147 00:07:34.319 --> 00:07:36.439 I'm not sure TV does it justice. 148 00:07:36.680 --> 00:07:37.040 I don't know. 149 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:39.279 I didn't see the TV copy, but you know, I 150 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:41.079 look at it on film and you see the way 151 00:07:41.120 --> 00:07:45.959 he had the awareness, the presence that he was calm, 152 00:07:46.000 --> 00:07:49.519 backed up and threw it to an open space. It 153 00:07:49.560 --> 00:07:53.360 was pretty impressive play. And you know there's many more 154 00:07:53.480 --> 00:07:55.920 like that in there. I'd like to see us give 155 00:07:56.000 --> 00:07:57.920 him a little bit more time so he can operate 156 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.000 more efficiently. And the same goes. 157 00:07:59.800 --> 00:08:02.279 For so Cutter Bowley. We'll get the start. Will we 158 00:08:02.319 --> 00:08:06.079 see Brock Vandergriff against Louisville. Don't know, whatever does happen, 159 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:09.439 you'll hear it right here. On six thirty WLAP pregame 160 00:08:09.480 --> 00:08:12.439 covered starts local coverage of nine am. Oh yep, kegs 161 00:08:12.439 --> 00:08:16.839 and eggs gonna be cold too, ten am Network pregame 162 00:08:16.879 --> 00:08:20.720 with Christy Logan and Jeremy and then noon kickoff Tom Leach, 163 00:08:20.839 --> 00:08:23.879 jeffiicor on Yours truly for the Cats and the Cards, 164 00:08:24.360 --> 00:08:27.720 UK riding that six game winning streak. Up next, we'll 165 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:30.399 talk more football. And here's a little tease for you 166 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:32.919 coming up in hour number two. At the end of 167 00:08:32.960 --> 00:08:36.080 the show, our last segment going into UK women's basketball, 168 00:08:36.799 --> 00:08:40.360 we are going to revisit one of the greatest episodes 169 00:08:40.879 --> 00:08:46.440 in sitcom history, and this being Thanksgiving week, here's a 170 00:08:46.480 --> 00:08:47.519 little teaser for you. 171 00:08:48.840 --> 00:08:51.320 It's flying something behind it I Tacklin make it out. 172 00:08:51.360 --> 00:09:03.600 It's a large bunner and it says, get the things. 173 00:09:01.759 --> 00:09:12.679 From w That's right. We're gonna talk about the episode 174 00:09:12.679 --> 00:09:16.759 Turkey's Away, and if you know anything about that show, 175 00:09:17.080 --> 00:09:20.240 you know exactly what I'm talking about. That comes up 176 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:22.240 in our number two stay with us here on six 177 00:09:22.240 --> 00:09:25.759 point thirty WLAP. Welcome back to the Big Boonsider. Coming 178 00:09:25.879 --> 00:09:28.480 up in our second hour, West n Bureau Chief Gary Moore, 179 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:31.639 and our tribute to one of the greatest episodes in 180 00:09:31.639 --> 00:09:37.960 the history of sitcom TV, Turkey's Away from WKRP in Cincinnati. 181 00:09:38.000 --> 00:09:40.519 But we've got some stuff to discuss, first of all, 182 00:09:40.879 --> 00:09:45.120 but Colorado beating Yukon, second ranked team in the country 183 00:09:45.399 --> 00:09:49.039 and Danny Hurley going off on the sidelines once again, 184 00:09:50.080 --> 00:09:52.399 and he has really taken a lot of flak for 185 00:09:52.480 --> 00:09:54.559 that as well he should. He says, it's the second 186 00:09:54.559 --> 00:09:58.759 time he has gone ballistic on the sidelines over the officials. Yeah. 187 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:01.399 I know coaches have troubles with refs, but this is 188 00:10:01.480 --> 00:10:06.320 kind of ridiculous. Kansas beats Duke seventy five, seventy two, 189 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:09.679 and if it weren't for Hunter Dickinson, the headline might 190 00:10:09.759 --> 00:10:15.480 be the posterizing dunk delivered by Cooper Flagg. But it wasn't. 191 00:10:15.559 --> 00:10:21.879 Hunter Dickinson, fifth year senior, still doing childish things, ejected 192 00:10:22.399 --> 00:10:26.559 from the game for kicking a Duke player in the head, 193 00:10:26.639 --> 00:10:30.279 Malik Brown. They were scuffling on the floor. It all 194 00:10:30.399 --> 00:10:33.039 kind of erupted. Brown was assessed a personal foul for 195 00:10:33.200 --> 00:10:36.679 backing into Dickinson. They were both going for a rebound. 196 00:10:37.039 --> 00:10:40.519 Dickinson was given a flagrant IWO for kicking them in 197 00:10:40.559 --> 00:10:42.919 the head. They were on the ground in front of 198 00:10:43.159 --> 00:10:45.879 the bench area and Dickinson kicked him in the head, 199 00:10:46.080 --> 00:10:48.759 so he got the flagrant two and he got the boot. 200 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:52.960 Dickinson has been doing punk type things ever, so I 201 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:55.799 don't know if he did it in his previous school Michigan. 202 00:10:55.840 --> 00:10:58.039 I don't remember seeing him do that in London. Didn't 203 00:10:58.080 --> 00:11:02.080 do anything goofy there when he played against Kentucky. But man, 204 00:11:02.120 --> 00:11:07.080 he is making some bad headlines since getting to Kansas. 205 00:11:07.399 --> 00:11:09.360 And remember there was a point where a lot of 206 00:11:09.440 --> 00:11:11.720 us thought he was coming to Kentucky. Got a better 207 00:11:11.840 --> 00:11:16.720 nil deal in Lawrence saying with basketball inside, the NBA 208 00:11:16.919 --> 00:11:19.480 was kicking it around last night. See what I did there. 209 00:11:20.320 --> 00:11:24.360 Evidently somebody leaked. Somebody from the Philadelphia seventy six ers 210 00:11:24.480 --> 00:11:28.639 leaked the fact that Joel Embiid is late all the 211 00:11:28.720 --> 00:11:30.639 time and they had a team meeting, and that's one 212 00:11:30.639 --> 00:11:33.759 of the things that came up. But somebody leaked what 213 00:11:33.879 --> 00:11:37.240 they were talking about to the media, and the gang 214 00:11:37.279 --> 00:11:41.559 on inside the NBA discussed it, including my man, Charles 215 00:11:41.600 --> 00:11:47.000 Barkley and Shaquie O'Neal. And Barkley as always quite frank 216 00:11:47.080 --> 00:11:51.720 about both the Embiid situation and whoever leaked it. 217 00:11:52.159 --> 00:11:56.039 You cannot be leaked all the time, disrespectful to your 218 00:11:56.039 --> 00:11:58.399 teammates and your coaches and everybody. You can't be late. 219 00:11:58.559 --> 00:12:02.559 So first, Joel has on that, But what whoever leaked 220 00:12:02.559 --> 00:12:04.440 that to the press need to be punched in the 221 00:12:04.480 --> 00:12:09.879 face in a team meeting. Those are secret, Ernie. You 222 00:12:09.960 --> 00:12:13.240 can't tell out secrets in a team meeting. 223 00:12:13.360 --> 00:12:15.440 Now, like I said, nextely, somebody has been punched in 224 00:12:15.440 --> 00:12:16.600 the face, but that didn't. 225 00:12:16.320 --> 00:12:18.279 Get out yet. No, no, But I'm saying, though, when 226 00:12:18.279 --> 00:12:20.159 you when you when you in those meetings, they're very 227 00:12:20.200 --> 00:12:22.360 personal when you especially when you call out a guy 228 00:12:22.440 --> 00:12:24.360 like that. Like I said, Joe has to own being 229 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.399 laid all the time. He has to own that. But 230 00:12:26.440 --> 00:12:29.840 that's that should have never guiden to the press in 231 00:12:29.879 --> 00:12:32.240 this area we live in. That's never going a check 232 00:12:32.320 --> 00:12:34.879 no check. You know, if y'all had a team meeting, 233 00:12:34.879 --> 00:12:38.639 a guy accused you of something, but it shouldn't should 234 00:12:38.679 --> 00:12:42.240 not it should not check Jim Gray, how you doing something? 235 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:45.159 But somebody has to tell Jim Gray and you should 236 00:12:45.159 --> 00:12:47.639 not do that. I have a Joey was right on 237 00:12:47.679 --> 00:12:49.320 the part he said he called me a piece of 238 00:12:49.320 --> 00:12:51.519 crap who leaked that? But he has to own I 239 00:12:51.519 --> 00:12:52.799 can't be late all the time. 240 00:12:53.000 --> 00:12:55.919 Let's curtsey a T n T. I certainly hope whoever 241 00:12:55.960 --> 00:12:58.759 did the leaking wasn't Tyrese Maxi. And as a media guy, 242 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:02.120 I love him when people leaked, but I don't want 243 00:13:02.200 --> 00:13:07.440 Tyrese Maxi to invoke any bad blood with his teammates. 244 00:13:07.440 --> 00:13:11.519 That's a certainty. Over in the NFL, the Players Association 245 00:13:11.720 --> 00:13:16.600 released the top fifty player sales list, and some guys 246 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:19.399 are seeing their jerseys fly off the racks. Who is 247 00:13:19.519 --> 00:13:22.679 number one in the top five are all quarterbacks, No surprise, 248 00:13:23.080 --> 00:13:27.440 Patrick Mahomes once again with the most merch sold. Second 249 00:13:27.519 --> 00:13:30.840 year QB C. J. Stroud of the Texans is second, 250 00:13:31.279 --> 00:13:35.639 Then Eagles quarterback Jalen Hurts number four on the list. 251 00:13:36.000 --> 00:13:39.279 Bears rookie quarterback Caleb Williams, I guess that's not a surprise, 252 00:13:39.559 --> 00:13:42.440 And even though his team is struggling, Joe Burrow of 253 00:13:42.440 --> 00:13:46.720 the Bengals is number five. The highest ranked non quarterback 254 00:13:46.720 --> 00:13:51.240 in terms of Jersey sales, Lions d nd Aiden Hutchinson 255 00:13:51.320 --> 00:13:55.720 is number six, and then his teammate wide receiver i'man 256 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:59.480 Ross Saint Brown is number seven. So some of those 257 00:13:59.559 --> 00:14:02.840 numbers are predictable and some of them are not. And 258 00:14:02.879 --> 00:14:07.039 by the way, number eight Kristin McCaffrey, number nine Micah Parsons, 259 00:14:07.039 --> 00:14:11.399 and number ten Travis Kelcey. Quick baseball note for you 260 00:14:11.440 --> 00:14:14.960 the rich kid Richard. The Dodgers sign Cy Young Award 261 00:14:14.960 --> 00:14:19.440 winner from the Giants. There are tribals Blake Snell, so 262 00:14:19.519 --> 00:14:25.480 that means they have a potentially incredible starting rotation of Snell, 263 00:14:25.600 --> 00:14:30.759 Tyler Glass, now Yoshinobu Yamamoto, Shohei Otani, assuming he pitches 264 00:14:30.840 --> 00:14:33.200 again and then picked from four or five guys. But 265 00:14:33.320 --> 00:14:36.039 one of the names that is not coming up is 266 00:14:36.120 --> 00:14:39.480 Lexings Walker Buehler. So the signing of Snell, and of 267 00:14:39.519 --> 00:14:42.240 course Bueller's been battling injuries, although we pitch well in 268 00:14:42.320 --> 00:14:45.480 postseason just might mean he's going to be looking for 269 00:14:45.559 --> 00:14:48.080 another team. I won't get into the money. It's ridiculous, 270 00:14:48.480 --> 00:14:51.600 but the Dodgers have just, you know, incredibly deep pockets. 271 00:14:51.600 --> 00:14:55.799 They can afford to pay the payroll taxes. But they 272 00:14:55.840 --> 00:14:59.399 signed Snell. Supposedly the Red Sox are trying to get 273 00:14:59.480 --> 00:15:01.360 him the Yankee. He's had a zoom call with him, 274 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:07.759 but they're really concentrating on resigning one Soto and college football. 275 00:15:07.799 --> 00:15:10.240 Note you know this by now. Mac Brown fired by 276 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:12.559 North Carolina right after he said he was coming back. 277 00:15:12.679 --> 00:15:15.440 Not so fast, my friend. One of the names, of course, 278 00:15:15.480 --> 00:15:19.120 it's being tossed out there John some Roll. And this 279 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:22.080 doesn't mean he's a candidate. It just means that whoever 280 00:15:22.240 --> 00:15:25.000 was typing up a list of guys who maybe they 281 00:15:25.039 --> 00:15:28.240 might want to look at. But the former Kentucky linebacker 282 00:15:28.440 --> 00:15:31.799 in his first year Tulane has the Greenway nine and two. 283 00:15:32.200 --> 00:15:36.440 They're thinking playoff playoffs. He went twenty three and four 284 00:15:36.480 --> 00:15:39.720 in two years at Troy. He's young, he's forty two 285 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:43.919 years old, and he has a great reputation. Of course, 286 00:15:44.279 --> 00:15:47.080 Kentucky fans who are unhappy with stoops or banging a 287 00:15:47.159 --> 00:15:50.279 drum for John some roll. Here's an interesting note about 288 00:15:50.320 --> 00:15:53.200 Mac Brown. When he was first in North Carolina, he 289 00:15:53.240 --> 00:15:57.200 had two turns there. This is when Kentucky was looking 290 00:15:57.200 --> 00:16:01.200 for a head coach with Saam Newton, as he ended 291 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:03.879 up hiring Hell Mummy. But Newton and I were together 292 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:05.840 at one point and he asked me, what are the 293 00:16:05.879 --> 00:16:09.360 fans saying? And I mentioned two or three names, and 294 00:16:09.399 --> 00:16:11.120 one of them was Mac Brown, who was doing some 295 00:16:11.159 --> 00:16:15.519 good things at North Carolina. And talking about all three 296 00:16:15.559 --> 00:16:19.039 guys or however many I mentioned, Seam said yeah, yeah, 297 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.799 they're good. Yeah, but have they ever sustained anything? And 298 00:16:22.840 --> 00:16:24.720 I had to answer, well, I don't know, I don't 299 00:16:24.759 --> 00:16:27.919 think so. But turns out Mac Brown did sustain well 300 00:16:28.039 --> 00:16:31.240 enough at Carolina, then went on to Texas before he 301 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:34.000 ended up back in North Carolina. But now he's out 302 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:37.039 of a job. Hey, remember alone a mayor, She was 303 00:16:37.039 --> 00:16:39.960 a household name. During the summer, she helped lead the 304 00:16:40.039 --> 00:16:43.000 US women's rugby team to a bronze medal in the 305 00:16:43.039 --> 00:16:45.639 twenty twenty four Olympics. Well, she kind of got the 306 00:16:45.679 --> 00:16:49.360 silver medal, and Dancing with the Star she came in second. 307 00:16:49.759 --> 00:16:52.159 The season finale aired last night. No, I do not 308 00:16:52.200 --> 00:16:54.799 watch this. I kind of pulled this off the interweb. 309 00:16:55.320 --> 00:16:59.679 Joey Graziade was the winner. She wasn't the only athlete 310 00:16:59.679 --> 00:17:03.840 to call for the final. Gymnast Steven Netteroseik finished fourth, 311 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:07.960 and ex NFL White Dot Damni m Mendola was fifth. 312 00:17:08.079 --> 00:17:11.880 So Team USA well represented on Dancing with the Stars. 313 00:17:12.559 --> 00:17:14.640 And by the way, I don't watch Dancing with the Stars. 314 00:17:14.640 --> 00:17:18.400 I don't judge anybody who does, but I read a 315 00:17:18.440 --> 00:17:21.240 comment from somebody who said it seems like they're running 316 00:17:21.319 --> 00:17:25.799 out of stars and this season may just underscore that 317 00:17:25.880 --> 00:17:29.240 better than any Because the guy who won, Joey Graziade. 318 00:17:30.160 --> 00:17:31.880 If you know who he is, you watch a lot 319 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:35.359 of TV. And again, not judging, but here's why he 320 00:17:35.480 --> 00:17:38.720 is a star. He is best known as the runner 321 00:17:38.799 --> 00:17:42.759 up on season twenty of The Bachelorette, he didn't even win. 322 00:17:43.160 --> 00:17:48.480 He was the runner up on season twenty and the 323 00:17:48.519 --> 00:17:52.799 star of season twenty eight, and now he's the winner. 324 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:56.720 In seasons thirty three of Dancing with the Stars. What 325 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:59.880 was he before he became a quote unquote TV star? 326 00:18:00.200 --> 00:18:05.799 He was a teaching tennis pro from Collegeville, Pennsylvania. Now, 327 00:18:05.799 --> 00:18:07.880 you know what, good for him, and I hope he's 328 00:18:07.920 --> 00:18:11.279 making as much money as he possibly can. You gotta 329 00:18:11.319 --> 00:18:14.599 wonder will he ever go back if he hasn't yet 330 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:19.079 to giving tennis lessons. But I guess you can call 331 00:18:19.160 --> 00:18:22.359 him a star now easily more than fifteen minutes of 332 00:18:22.400 --> 00:18:26.319 fame for this guy. Up next, Keith Madison. After that 333 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:28.880 we'll talk a little bit of Stevie Got Loose, our 334 00:18:28.960 --> 00:18:31.960 number two West End Bureau Chief Gary Moore, and our 335 00:18:32.000 --> 00:18:37.480 special tribute to WKRP the episode Turkeys Away. That's all 336 00:18:37.480 --> 00:18:41.039 ahead here on six thirty WLAP joining us on our 337 00:18:41.079 --> 00:18:43.920 Celebrity Hotline is a guy who's actually been right here 338 00:18:43.920 --> 00:18:45.279 in the garage in front of him. He's been on 339 00:18:45.319 --> 00:18:48.799 the Celebrity Hotline too, But coach Keith Madison usually here 340 00:18:49.200 --> 00:18:53.160 with the Chain gang. But you're kind of special people now, Coach, 341 00:18:53.200 --> 00:18:55.640 because you're an author, you've written a book. Tell me 342 00:18:55.680 --> 00:18:56.319 all about this. 343 00:18:57.400 --> 00:19:02.720 Well, it's been fun experience. I really enjoyed the writing 344 00:19:02.799 --> 00:19:06.920 process and the name of the book, Dick is Coaching 345 00:19:06.960 --> 00:19:13.400 with Purpose, And basically it's trying to help coaches avoid 346 00:19:13.480 --> 00:19:16.400 some of the mistakes I made. But it's not all 347 00:19:16.400 --> 00:19:21.039 about that, but uh, it's it's a book that hopefully 348 00:19:21.920 --> 00:19:25.880 helps coaches win on the on the field or on 349 00:19:25.920 --> 00:19:30.640 the court and off the court with their athletes. I 350 00:19:31.000 --> 00:19:35.039 just I just think that coaches, Yeah, they're paid to win, 351 00:19:36.359 --> 00:19:40.559 but they have such an opportunity to impact their athletes 352 00:19:40.599 --> 00:19:44.759 and in a positive way because they spend so much 353 00:19:44.799 --> 00:19:49.599 time with them, and because if if you're if you're 354 00:19:49.640 --> 00:19:52.079 a decent coach, a good coach, they're going to listen 355 00:19:52.119 --> 00:19:55.680 to you, so you can impact these young people and 356 00:19:55.880 --> 00:19:59.880 help them to become better husbands, better wives, better sin. 357 00:20:01.160 --> 00:20:06.839 I just think that coaches have this golden opportunity to 358 00:20:06.920 --> 00:20:10.880 make an impact that's perhaps bigger than they even know. 359 00:20:11.640 --> 00:20:14.319 Did you feel like you were not tuned into that 360 00:20:14.400 --> 00:20:17.039 when you first got started. I got to assume you 361 00:20:17.079 --> 00:20:20.200 were kind of overwhelmed by the job itself because you 362 00:20:20.200 --> 00:20:22.599 had so much going against you. But this sounds like 363 00:20:22.680 --> 00:20:25.720 something coach that has dawned on you through the years. 364 00:20:26.880 --> 00:20:30.079 You're exactly right. I think when I first started coaching. 365 00:20:30.240 --> 00:20:32.640 I really loved my players. I had a great group 366 00:20:32.720 --> 00:20:35.559 of young men, but it was it was it was 367 00:20:35.599 --> 00:20:38.039 all work, and I didn't talk to them as much 368 00:20:38.079 --> 00:20:44.160 about important things off the field as I should have, probably, 369 00:20:44.200 --> 00:20:48.000 although I still have great relationships with those guys. But 370 00:20:48.599 --> 00:20:53.400 I just think that you know, these coaches that whether 371 00:20:53.440 --> 00:20:57.720 you're a college coach or a minor league hitting coach 372 00:20:58.039 --> 00:21:02.720 or a little league coach, you know, it doesn't matter. 373 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:08.319 You have influence on those people you coach. And I 374 00:21:08.359 --> 00:21:13.160 think that young people need that discipline and that structure 375 00:21:13.240 --> 00:21:16.759 that they have at practicing on the field, but they 376 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:20.759 also sometimes are a little bit lost when it comes 377 00:21:20.759 --> 00:21:22.119 to things off the field. 378 00:21:23.839 --> 00:21:28.240 You know, I'm wondering about a challenge you might have 379 00:21:28.319 --> 00:21:31.039 faced when you first began, because that's when I first 380 00:21:31.079 --> 00:21:34.240 met you, when you started coaching at Kentucky. You know, 381 00:21:34.880 --> 00:21:38.079 relatively speaking, how old we are now, you weren't that 382 00:21:38.200 --> 00:21:40.240 much older than the guys you were coaching. I got 383 00:21:40.240 --> 00:21:41.599 to think that had a lot to do with it. 384 00:21:42.720 --> 00:21:44.440 Yeah, I think so, you know, I was I was 385 00:21:44.480 --> 00:21:48.599 twenty six years old, and my first baseman was twenty 386 00:21:48.640 --> 00:21:52.480 two years old, and my second basement was twenty two 387 00:21:52.519 --> 00:21:57.079 years old. Wow, I just you know it. But I 388 00:21:57.119 --> 00:22:00.279 think because they had had such a tucky year of 389 00:22:00.279 --> 00:22:04.880 the year before. Uh, I think they were they were 390 00:22:04.920 --> 00:22:08.240 looking to win, and they were looking to turn it around. 391 00:22:09.240 --> 00:22:14.440 And I had just played professional baseball, uh two or 392 00:22:14.440 --> 00:22:17.240 three years before that, and so they thought that was 393 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:19.960 kind of cool. And they felt like I could relate 394 00:22:20.000 --> 00:22:22.279 to them, and I felt like I did relate to them. 395 00:22:23.160 --> 00:22:23.640 Uh. 396 00:22:23.680 --> 00:22:26.279 And we had fun. You know, we worked hard, so 397 00:22:26.400 --> 00:22:30.119 we had sun and we uh gosh, we got to 398 00:22:30.160 --> 00:22:32.799 know each other because we had to. We had to 399 00:22:32.839 --> 00:22:37.920 take trips to places like Athens, Georgia in vance. Yeah, 400 00:22:37.960 --> 00:22:40.119 and we didn't we didn't take a bus. We took 401 00:22:40.319 --> 00:22:44.400