WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.240 --> 00:00:06.320 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:06.559 --> 00:00:08.160 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:10.439 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:11.119 we are. 5 00:00:11.400 --> 00:00:13.640 Get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:13.800 --> 00:00:16.160 The kids are playing or tail off. The countries are 7 00:00:16.199 --> 00:00:16.839 screwing it up. 8 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:20.120 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 9 00:00:20.519 --> 00:00:23.280 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.079 --> 00:00:25.039 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:26.039 --> 00:00:26.920 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:27.839 Are you kidding me? 13 00:00:28.480 --> 00:00:28.760 Now? 14 00:00:28.800 --> 00:00:32.600 Here's Nick? Coffee? 15 00:00:33.960 --> 00:00:34.960 All right? That's right? 16 00:00:35.039 --> 00:00:37.479 Coffee and Company fueled by Thornton's here on Sports Talk 17 00:00:37.560 --> 00:00:41.520 seven ninety. You guys know I'm a Thornton's guys. It's 18 00:00:41.560 --> 00:00:44.079 been well documented, and I talked to you earlier about 19 00:00:44.359 --> 00:00:48.240 if you are somebody that has an unhealthy addiction to 20 00:00:49.079 --> 00:00:52.679 monster energy drinks. I mean, I say, I don't feel 21 00:00:52.719 --> 00:00:54.840 like that I'm in poor health by any means. I 22 00:00:54.880 --> 00:00:57.719 don't drink them, you know, Like I don't drink five 23 00:00:57.719 --> 00:00:59.920 a day. I usually have one a day, and I 24 00:01:00.079 --> 00:01:02.479 don't feel bad about it. But it's just one of 25 00:01:02.479 --> 00:01:05.760 those things. I just since they started becoming a thing 26 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:07.719 energy drinks many many years ago, I guess red Bull 27 00:01:07.719 --> 00:01:10.879 maybe was the first I've just always assumed there's no scenario, 28 00:01:11.120 --> 00:01:12.760 no matter what I read on the can. 29 00:01:12.640 --> 00:01:15.599 That this is good for me. But I haven't really noticed. 30 00:01:15.400 --> 00:01:18.799 Any issues with it. But I just know I should 31 00:01:18.799 --> 00:01:21.280 probably drink water instead. But there's that kick in the 32 00:01:21.319 --> 00:01:23.560 flavor that I get from an energy drink, the White 33 00:01:23.640 --> 00:01:25.840 Monster energy drink specifically, that I just love so at 34 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:28.000 Thornton's right now, if you're somebody that has maybe you 35 00:01:28.000 --> 00:01:30.239 don't have the unhealthy addiction like me, maybe you just 36 00:01:30.319 --> 00:01:32.319 like them. You can get four of them for seven dollars. 37 00:01:32.400 --> 00:01:35.799 Where are you getting any energy drink? Four of them 38 00:01:35.799 --> 00:01:37.799 for seven dollars right now? Where are you getting any 39 00:01:37.879 --> 00:01:41.319 drink for less than seven dollars? Seemingly, I mean, that's 40 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:43.879 an exaggeration, but I'm not to the point when I 41 00:01:43.879 --> 00:01:45.359 see a price for anything. 42 00:01:45.280 --> 00:01:47.079 I'm not surprised at all. 43 00:01:47.760 --> 00:01:50.840 In fact, I'm now super surprised if I go somewhere 44 00:01:50.840 --> 00:01:53.959 and it's rare where I see a menu and I'm like, damn, 45 00:01:54.000 --> 00:01:58.159 these prices are pretty good. Which, by the way, there 46 00:01:58.239 --> 00:02:01.480 is a sports bar here that has been around forever 47 00:02:01.640 --> 00:02:04.519 in town in the South End that I don't know 48 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:06.319 if I can't, I don't think I'll get in trouble 49 00:02:06.359 --> 00:02:08.159 for mentioning them because we've done a show there before, 50 00:02:08.199 --> 00:02:10.879 so technically they're like, you know, they're not active with us. 51 00:02:10.759 --> 00:02:12.840 But they work with us before, so I'll give them 52 00:02:12.879 --> 00:02:13.240 a plug. 53 00:02:13.759 --> 00:02:17.719 Hoops a staple here in the Louisville community, especially in 54 00:02:17.759 --> 00:02:18.800 the South End South Side. 55 00:02:19.879 --> 00:02:20.800 Their menu. 56 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:23.120 You can eat cheaper there than you can at some 57 00:02:23.159 --> 00:02:25.919 fast food places. And I'm not kidding, like it's insane. 58 00:02:26.919 --> 00:02:29.120 So I use that as an example to tell you 59 00:02:29.199 --> 00:02:31.280 that it is more surprising to see a price that 60 00:02:31.400 --> 00:02:34.680 is not you know, skyrocketed anywhere else. 61 00:02:34.680 --> 00:02:36.919 It's crazy. But Thornton's again there there. 62 00:02:37.560 --> 00:02:38.919 That's why I have to tell you once again, we're 63 00:02:38.919 --> 00:02:41.759 talking four Monster in Naga drinks for seven bucks. That's 64 00:02:41.800 --> 00:02:43.840 a deal. It's a steal, is what it is. So 65 00:02:43.960 --> 00:02:45.919 make sure you check out Thorns. Also, you guys always 66 00:02:45.960 --> 00:02:48.080 know I'm going to be gassing up their food items 67 00:02:48.080 --> 00:02:52.000 because they I believe are mostly responsible. They're They're not 68 00:02:52.080 --> 00:02:54.680 the only ones, but they have changed the stigma of 69 00:02:54.800 --> 00:02:56.680 gas station convenience store food. 70 00:02:57.360 --> 00:02:58.960 I mean it used to be something that like you. 71 00:02:58.879 --> 00:03:02.039 Would really only eat if you had to, and then 72 00:03:02.080 --> 00:03:04.039 you would realize Okay, I'm gonna pay for this with 73 00:03:04.120 --> 00:03:06.759 a bathroom break. A couple exits up here on sixty five. 74 00:03:06.800 --> 00:03:09.879 That's not the case anymore. They have delicious, quality food 75 00:03:10.240 --> 00:03:12.919 that is prepared by somebody whose job is to do 76 00:03:13.000 --> 00:03:16.319 exactly that. It's not somebody who just you know, wraps 77 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:18.199 something up and throws it under a heat lamp. They 78 00:03:18.199 --> 00:03:20.639 have fresh, quality food and a lot of different options. 79 00:03:20.719 --> 00:03:23.919 I mean, I was in today, took my daughter INTI 80 00:03:24.000 --> 00:03:26.120 week no school all week in Bullet County, so she 81 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:27.599 was with dad for a good chunk of the day 82 00:03:27.639 --> 00:03:30.039 and she wanted her her slushy the fizz Freeze at Thornton, 83 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:31.680 so I took her in to get one, and that's 84 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:33.759 when I noticed the four for seven energy drink. She 85 00:03:33.840 --> 00:03:36.199 knew I took advantage of that, but also they got 86 00:03:36.199 --> 00:03:39.840 two for seven breakfast sandwiches, and their breakfast sandwiches very delicious. 87 00:03:39.879 --> 00:03:43.599 There's nothing better than the sausage and egg and sausage, 88 00:03:43.599 --> 00:03:47.039 egg and cheese croissant top notch. And I love that 89 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:48.479 there are people who've heard me say that over the 90 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:49.759 years that every now and then I'll text it on 91 00:03:49.759 --> 00:03:51.000 the text line or come up to me in public 92 00:03:51.000 --> 00:03:52.919 and be like you weren't lying. They don't want to 93 00:03:52.919 --> 00:03:54.080 talk to me about, like, you know, any of my 94 00:03:54.080 --> 00:03:56.560 sports takes. Just they just want me to know that 95 00:03:56.599 --> 00:04:00.199 they can attest that the sausage, egg and cheese cissant. 96 00:03:59.919 --> 00:04:01.000 Is is that delicious. 97 00:04:01.120 --> 00:04:05.199 But they also have boneless wings. You can get buffalo 98 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:08.439 or barbecue boneless wings. They've got cheesy bread to go 99 00:04:08.479 --> 00:04:11.919 along with pizza, and right now two for six pizza 100 00:04:11.960 --> 00:04:15.439 slices and the five piece boneless wings and cheesy bread. 101 00:04:15.560 --> 00:04:18.680 So take advantage, folks. I know when you get your 102 00:04:18.720 --> 00:04:20.800 lunch break, you typically don't think to go to a 103 00:04:20.800 --> 00:04:24.639 gas station to get food. But Thornton's is more than 104 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:27.199 a gas station. It's like home. 105 00:04:28.160 --> 00:04:28.279 Now. 106 00:04:28.279 --> 00:04:30.199 I'm overdoing it, aren't I? They probably would if they 107 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:33.079 were listening, they'd probably like, aretona down? Like you're going 108 00:04:33.079 --> 00:04:35.720 a little bit overboard here, which maybe that's the case, 109 00:04:35.759 --> 00:04:37.160 but it's just the truth. That's how I feel. I'm 110 00:04:37.160 --> 00:04:39.720 a Thornton's man, and we are feel about Thornton's. Here 111 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:42.319 Coffee and Company Nick Coffee. That's me Austin Montgomery, alongside 112 00:04:42.319 --> 00:04:44.600 one hour and some change in the books. I cannot 113 00:04:44.600 --> 00:04:46.879 believe how fast this show has gone by, and I'm 114 00:04:46.879 --> 00:04:48.560 not really sure what we've accomplished, if. 115 00:04:48.439 --> 00:04:49.199 I'm being honest with you. 116 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:54.600 We talked about the college basketball stupid early rankings, and look, 117 00:04:54.879 --> 00:04:57.800 I'm going to continue to reference them for this reason. 118 00:04:57.879 --> 00:05:01.000 It's been a while since we've been here, Right, Louisville 119 00:05:01.040 --> 00:05:04.720 basketball is coming off of a humongous bounce back season, 120 00:05:05.800 --> 00:05:08.800 and there's expectation out there, not just from the fans, 121 00:05:08.839 --> 00:05:11.240 not just from Pat Kelce, those who cover the sport 122 00:05:11.240 --> 00:05:13.879 objectively think Louisville is going to be, for the most part, 123 00:05:13.879 --> 00:05:16.319 a preseason top ten team. Now there's gonna be some 124 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:17.959 more like there's a lot of guys in the portal, 125 00:05:17.959 --> 00:05:21.079 and I'm glad somebody pointed this out on the text line. Yeah, 126 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:22.480 there's a ton of really good players in the portal 127 00:05:22.519 --> 00:05:24.160 that have yet to make a commitment. There's guys that 128 00:05:24.160 --> 00:05:26.759 haven't entered the portal that are going to So whenever 129 00:05:27.079 --> 00:05:30.959 all the dust settles and all players have found a home, 130 00:05:31.439 --> 00:05:33.879 these rankings will fluctuate. But I have a hard time 131 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:36.800 seeing where you are now, knowing that it's based off 132 00:05:36.839 --> 00:05:39.920 the three big transfers that you've added, the five and 133 00:05:39.959 --> 00:05:43.120 four star freshmen that you have coming in and oh, 134 00:05:43.120 --> 00:05:45.040 by the way, you're getting back some really good players 135 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:49.199 like Javon Hadley, CANi Russ, James Scott's going to be back, 136 00:05:49.199 --> 00:05:50.759 and then we'll see what happens with Case and Pryor. 137 00:05:50.800 --> 00:05:53.319 So again they're going to fluctuate, and they're really stupid 138 00:05:53.360 --> 00:05:55.439 because again we're talking about all these outlets that have 139 00:05:55.439 --> 00:05:59.240 put out rankings when no team seemingly knows their roster 140 00:05:59.360 --> 00:06:03.959 yet it's all happening as we speak, coaches scrambling in 141 00:06:04.000 --> 00:06:06.560 the portal and try to put it all together. But again, 142 00:06:06.639 --> 00:06:08.439 as stupid as they are, I bring it up because 143 00:06:08.480 --> 00:06:13.519 it's just nice to be reminded that there's expectation around 144 00:06:13.519 --> 00:06:16.519 here once again. In fact, we'll get to this a 145 00:06:16.519 --> 00:06:21.120 little bit later on the percentage of attendance. 146 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:23.199 The increased attendance this year, it. 147 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:25.800 Was notable, and it really it really jumped up as 148 00:06:25.879 --> 00:06:28.000 the season went on, and that really probably should have 149 00:06:28.040 --> 00:06:31.319 been an expectation, right because had the team stunked, who 150 00:06:31.319 --> 00:06:34.639 knows what would have happened as far as attendance. But 151 00:06:35.399 --> 00:06:40.680 it was a gradual build when it comes to fans 152 00:06:40.720 --> 00:06:43.399 coming back to the Young Center this year, and I 153 00:06:43.439 --> 00:06:46.399 mean as they kept playing. I mean, it's almost like 154 00:06:47.240 --> 00:06:48.759 you had to kind of fall in love with this team, 155 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:50.879 like a lot of people did. I mean, there's so 156 00:06:50.920 --> 00:06:53.079 many people out there that never thought they would ever 157 00:06:53.160 --> 00:06:56.079 get back into Louisville basketball the way they did. 158 00:06:56.319 --> 00:06:57.319 With this team. 159 00:06:57.680 --> 00:06:59.600 And it is one because you just it had been 160 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.639 so long, you maybe distance yourself as far as being 161 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.120 like a fanatic because the program was lifeless for a 162 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:08.399 few years, just being so bad, and then of course 163 00:07:08.439 --> 00:07:10.759 the scandals and all that kind of stuff. But you 164 00:07:10.800 --> 00:07:12.319 also probably thought, look, I don't even know who these 165 00:07:12.319 --> 00:07:16.160 guys are. They're here one year. I mean, but then 166 00:07:16.199 --> 00:07:18.240 you watch them, you see how hard they play, you 167 00:07:18.279 --> 00:07:22.040 see how hard Pat Kelsey coaches them. It's almost impossible not. 168 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:22.720 To like that guy. 169 00:07:22.920 --> 00:07:25.279 And then slowly and surely people started showing back up, 170 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:28.199 which again I want to get to the average attendance later, 171 00:07:28.199 --> 00:07:30.439 because again Louisville made a big jump, as you could expect, 172 00:07:30.480 --> 00:07:33.079 I mean, they're jump usually. I mean the jump is 173 00:07:33.079 --> 00:07:34.879 mostly due to the fact that they just didn't have 174 00:07:34.920 --> 00:07:39.040 anybody showing up for games for a couple of years. Also, Kentucky, 175 00:07:39.480 --> 00:07:42.120 they topped the list, which I'll say this when it 176 00:07:42.120 --> 00:07:45.360 comes to Kentucky, there was a different energy about their 177 00:07:45.399 --> 00:07:46.240 program as well. 178 00:07:46.279 --> 00:07:48.839 They got a three seed this year. I believe that's the. 179 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:51.279 Same exact seed they had a year ago, right with 180 00:07:51.399 --> 00:07:55.319 Calipari in his last year, different energy, right, that marriage 181 00:07:55.319 --> 00:07:59.160 had soured. We all know that, and Pope he didn't. 182 00:07:59.199 --> 00:08:01.560 I mean, yeah he did, though, Pope he got in 183 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:04.279 the same seed, and he probably had more losses than 184 00:08:04.319 --> 00:08:07.040 maybe they had last year. I don't know that for certain, 185 00:08:07.040 --> 00:08:08.600 I don't have the records in front of me, but 186 00:08:08.759 --> 00:08:11.560 like Pope along the way of putting together a three seed, 187 00:08:11.920 --> 00:08:14.639 like he won the games that Kentucky fans really really 188 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:15.000 care about. 189 00:08:15.040 --> 00:08:16.560 He beat Louisville, beat Duke. 190 00:08:16.800 --> 00:08:19.600 Swept Tennessee until, of course they ended their season in 191 00:08:19.600 --> 00:08:20.279 the sweet sixteen. 192 00:08:20.319 --> 00:08:22.040 You hated to see it, You hated to see it, 193 00:08:22.519 --> 00:08:23.360 but you know what happened. 194 00:08:23.879 --> 00:08:26.480 So again, Kentucky being at the top of the list 195 00:08:26.519 --> 00:08:29.639 probably doesn't stand out as like a big surprise because 196 00:08:29.639 --> 00:08:33.480 it's Kentucky. But you could tell their energy with their program, 197 00:08:33.639 --> 00:08:39.159 despite the results being similar, was very noticeable. Because again 198 00:08:39.279 --> 00:08:43.320 I think, not only do both programs have coaches that 199 00:08:43.440 --> 00:08:45.960 should be able to succeed at a high level where 200 00:08:45.960 --> 00:08:50.840 they are, but like they get it and they're really 201 00:08:50.879 --> 00:08:54.039 easy to you know, coaches that win at a high level, 202 00:08:54.080 --> 00:08:55.919 they can be like, look, let's think about who we 203 00:08:56.000 --> 00:08:57.960 used to support around here. And I don't mean to 204 00:08:57.960 --> 00:08:59.679 act like these guys are awful human beings because I 205 00:08:59.679 --> 00:09:01.320 don't know them. I think there's some things that have 206 00:09:01.360 --> 00:09:03.240 happened with these two that might make you question just 207 00:09:03.279 --> 00:09:06.159 how great they are as humans, or or you could 208 00:09:06.159 --> 00:09:07.799 be somebody like me that covered them for a long 209 00:09:07.840 --> 00:09:11.440 time that questions if they are actually human beings. Bobby 210 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:15.320 Petrino robot, not a real human. Not sure he could 211 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:19.440 show any emotion. Say that sarcastically, but like if you 212 00:09:19.519 --> 00:09:21.519 found out he was a robot, would you be surprised? 213 00:09:22.080 --> 00:09:25.440 Rick Pittino not a robot, but like maybe the most 214 00:09:25.519 --> 00:09:28.120 unrelatable human being on the planet. But you know what 215 00:09:28.159 --> 00:09:30.200 those guys did. They want at a really high level, 216 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:35.039 and we love them for that. These guys, if they 217 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:36.559 went at a really high level, they have they have 218 00:09:36.600 --> 00:09:39.879 a component to them. That's just it's needed this day 219 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:42.919 and age in college sports, and it's just gonna make 220 00:09:42.919 --> 00:09:46.519 it different. Although anytime I talk about the relatability and whatnot, 221 00:09:46.679 --> 00:09:51.200 It always reminds me of always reminds me of the 222 00:09:51.440 --> 00:09:56.200 Sadderfield mac Era because remember when those guys got the 223 00:09:56.240 --> 00:09:58.960 town and they were you know, they were you know, 224 00:09:59.039 --> 00:10:01.840 this is a story. I don't know if Paul rodgers 225 00:10:02.120 --> 00:10:04.000 uh is the one who told me this. 226 00:10:04.039 --> 00:10:04.720 It might have been. 227 00:10:05.159 --> 00:10:06.559 It might have been Paul. It might have been one 228 00:10:06.559 --> 00:10:09.559 of the engineers who who works with worked with the 229 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:13.440 Coaches shows. But they ended up doing a a the 230 00:10:13.480 --> 00:10:16.440 Coaches show for Patino at the Tumbleweed on outer Loop 231 00:10:17.080 --> 00:10:19.840 and Rick Patino was there, and like Rick, just think 232 00:10:19.879 --> 00:10:22.600 about Rick Patino being on outer Loop and just like. 233 00:10:22.639 --> 00:10:24.840 Being at tumble try to visualize it. I mean he was. 234 00:10:25.120 --> 00:10:26.320 He did tumble Weed Love, but it was the one 235 00:10:26.360 --> 00:10:27.679 on the river before they closed it down. But they 236 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:29.480 were at the outer Loop one and he asked, I 237 00:10:29.519 --> 00:10:31.759 think it might have been Paul, what planet are we on? 238 00:10:31.960 --> 00:10:33.799 It wasn't on the air, But like that tells you, 239 00:10:33.799 --> 00:10:36.399 like Rick is so not like relatable at all, And 240 00:10:36.440 --> 00:10:38.480 that's okay because he wanted a high level and he 241 00:10:38.519 --> 00:10:40.360 also you know, I mean. 242 00:10:40.279 --> 00:10:42.120 It it is Let me back up a second. 243 00:10:42.159 --> 00:10:44.120 Can he be the guy like that is that is 244 00:10:44.320 --> 00:10:47.480 talking down on outer Loop Tumbleweed when he's you know, 245 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:49.879 he's having an intercourse on a table at an Italian 246 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:52.279 restaurant after they closed the doors, like come on, come on, 247 00:10:52.399 --> 00:10:53.000 Rick might have. 248 00:10:53.000 --> 00:10:55.720 Been that was the only Versace suit that's ever been 249 00:10:55.720 --> 00:10:56.559 in that tumble. 250 00:10:56.480 --> 00:10:59.000 They might might have might have been before that all happened. 251 00:10:59.000 --> 00:11:01.679 But anyways, Like, but Chris Mack's the guy that quite 252 00:11:01.720 --> 00:11:03.799 literally you go to Tumblewell, you go to Rooster specifically, 253 00:11:04.080 --> 00:11:06.240 you might see him sitting in a booth with his family, 254 00:11:06.320 --> 00:11:08.840 drinking a course light, eating wings like just like anybody, 255 00:11:08.879 --> 00:11:11.080 he was normal, he was relatable. Mac was way too 256 00:11:11.080 --> 00:11:12.759 normal for this job. And I told him that, and 257 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:14.440 he knows that. He's just you know, not to say 258 00:11:14.440 --> 00:11:15.919 he wasn't a good coach here at times, but like 259 00:11:15.960 --> 00:11:17.120 he was too normal for. 260 00:11:17.120 --> 00:11:19.519 This job, so kind of got to be sighted. So 261 00:11:19.879 --> 00:11:20.919 you love Mac when. 262 00:11:20.799 --> 00:11:22.600 He's just one of the boys, right, you see him 263 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:25.200 on the lake, right, he's you know, he remember when 264 00:11:25.200 --> 00:11:28.279 he threw toilet paper all over Scott Saderfield's house because 265 00:11:28.279 --> 00:11:30.200 they were neighbors and he won Coach of the Year 266 00:11:30.200 --> 00:11:32.399 and it, I mean that video went viral, like it 267 00:11:32.480 --> 00:11:34.720 was crazy. All these guys may look at him. They're normal, 268 00:11:34.759 --> 00:11:38.200 they're like us, and then they start to stink. And 269 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:40.080 I don't know if Mac ever really stunk, but like 270 00:11:40.279 --> 00:11:42.600 obviously missing out on the tournament the COVID year, that 271 00:11:42.639 --> 00:11:44.240 really put things in a bad way. And then of 272 00:11:44.279 --> 00:11:45.960 course we know what happened with Dino and all that. 273 00:11:46.039 --> 00:11:47.399 But I remember. 274 00:11:47.159 --> 00:11:49.039 Instead of like, oh, yeah, he's on the lake, it 275 00:11:49.080 --> 00:11:50.919 went from that to like, he better get his ass 276 00:11:50.960 --> 00:11:52.960 off the lake and get recruiting, you know better, he 277 00:11:53.039 --> 00:11:55.320 better get his ass out of that rooster's booth and 278 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:56.679 get us some five stars. 279 00:11:56.720 --> 00:11:59.159 I don't know where he thinks he is. This is Louisville. 280 00:11:59.360 --> 00:12:01.960 Same thing with Field, right, like, oh, he's loving up 281 00:12:01.960 --> 00:12:04.639 these players. Man, he's got him, he's got him playing hard, 282 00:12:04.759 --> 00:12:06.440 he's coaching them up. 283 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:06.639 Man. 284 00:12:06.720 --> 00:12:07.840 He just loves his guys. 285 00:12:07.919 --> 00:12:11.120 Man love Legue, got a big he got that Carolina twang. 286 00:12:11.159 --> 00:12:12.240 He's a good old boy. 287 00:12:12.320 --> 00:12:15.240 And then you know, he meets he meets Mark. 288 00:12:15.799 --> 00:12:18.360 Mark stoops at midfield with a full diaper and cries 289 00:12:18.360 --> 00:12:20.840 about El's down. And then you're like, yeah, this guy's soft. 290 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:22.480 Get him out of here. He ain't built for us. 291 00:12:22.480 --> 00:12:24.799 Give us Bobby Patrino back. He wants foot on the 292 00:12:24.840 --> 00:12:28.200 throat against Kentucky every game. He's not crying at midfield 293 00:12:28.200 --> 00:12:33.000 about El's down, So we want him relatable. But that's 294 00:12:33.120 --> 00:12:35.679 that's really the after part, right, Like, they got to win. 295 00:12:35.960 --> 00:12:37.480 If they win in the relatable, it's the best of 296 00:12:37.480 --> 00:12:39.679 both worlds. They win in the relatable, likable, that's what 297 00:12:39.720 --> 00:12:42.399 I mean. But if they're winning at a high level 298 00:12:42.720 --> 00:12:46.440 and they show nothing, we'll probably still be happy because 299 00:12:46.440 --> 00:12:49.639 we want to win, all right, Five out two, five 300 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:51.799 seven to one, seventy nine hundred is the number. If 301 00:12:51.840 --> 00:12:52.960 you guys want to give us a call, you can 302 00:12:52.960 --> 00:12:55.440 text in on the Ellen and Federal Credit Union text 303 00:12:55.519 --> 00:12:58.320 line five oh two four three eight ninety seventy three, 304 00:12:58.759 --> 00:13:00.279 and we'll go to the throne lines now when we 305 00:13:00.320 --> 00:13:01.000 will welcome in. 306 00:13:01.320 --> 00:13:03.960 Let's go to Mike. Mike, how are you doing this afternoon? 307 00:13:03.960 --> 00:13:04.159 Sir? 308 00:13:05.080 --> 00:13:06.080 Hey man, what's going on? 309 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:06.720 How you doing? 310 00:13:08.279 --> 00:13:10.519 Just a couple of things here. I'm really happy with 311 00:13:10.639 --> 00:13:16.240 Kentucky's transfer portal and their actual freshman recruiting piece. I 312 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:18.679 think they got pieces that are going to fit together. 313 00:13:19.120 --> 00:13:21.559 I do think they need one more shooting guard, and 314 00:13:21.600 --> 00:13:24.600 then I think Louisville's class is really, really good. And 315 00:13:24.639 --> 00:13:28.840 I've just got one question about Louisville's class. Okay, Tyron Stokes. 316 00:13:29.159 --> 00:13:32.720 Is he a possibility for a late ad since he's 317 00:13:32.759 --> 00:13:35.600 not doing AAU this summer, is he trying to get 318 00:13:35.720 --> 00:13:39.279 enough credits where he can reclass and join that class. 319 00:13:39.519 --> 00:13:41.519 Yeah, I wanted to save that for a little bit 320 00:13:41.559 --> 00:13:43.559 later because I'm trying to get a little more info myself. 321 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:45.399 But yes, for those who missed it, Tyron Stokes, the 322 00:13:45.480 --> 00:13:48.080 number one player in the country. He is from Louisville, 323 00:13:48.080 --> 00:13:49.559 has not lived here for a while. He's been playing 324 00:13:49.600 --> 00:13:52.120 a different prep schools across the country, also playing for 325 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:55.480 the OCEE League. He announced he's not going to play 326 00:13:55.519 --> 00:13:56.960 AAU and that has led a lot of people to 327 00:13:57.000 --> 00:13:58.519 think that maybe he's trying to see if he can 328 00:13:58.559 --> 00:14:02.399 reclass and join a team this year. To give you 329 00:14:02.440 --> 00:14:04.639 just the honest answer, I don't know. I would say 330 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:07.559 if he did decide to do that, Louisville would be 331 00:14:07.559 --> 00:14:10.799 in a good spot. But I think there's also another 332 00:14:10.840 --> 00:14:13.919 side of this that nobody's realizing is that Tyron Stokes 333 00:14:14.519 --> 00:14:17.519 is now well aware of what he's worth and guy, 334 00:14:17.679 --> 00:14:20.679 he doesn't need to play AU. He doesn't so I 335 00:14:20.679 --> 00:14:22.879 think Tyron Stokes, there's a scenario and I'm not saying 336 00:14:22.919 --> 00:14:24.320 this is what's happening, but this is the side of 337 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:26.480 the coin that I'm not sure people have considered. He 338 00:14:26.600 --> 00:14:27.480 might be the first. 339 00:14:27.240 --> 00:14:29.240 Guy to say, look, I don't need AAU. 340 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:32.159 I'm if I'm going to be playing the game, I'm 341 00:14:32.159 --> 00:14:34.440 gonna get paid to do it. So I don't know 342 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:36.360 if it's a college thing or if it's him realizing 343 00:14:36.399 --> 00:14:37.919 he doesn't need to do it. Clearly he's gonna need 344 00:14:37.960 --> 00:14:40.720 to stay in shape and play, but like he doesn't 345 00:14:40.759 --> 00:14:44.480 like him playing AAU wouldn't really benefit him, right, Like 346 00:14:44.639 --> 00:14:46.799 he could get more repetition he play against good players 347 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:49.000 because obviously he would play in the highest level circuit. 348 00:14:49.039 --> 00:14:53.039 But I know that Louisville fans Mike are hoping that 349 00:14:53.080 --> 00:14:56.399 this news means he's trying to reclass and would consider Louisville. 350 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:58.879 But he's he's one of those guys that has been 351 00:14:58.879 --> 00:15:00.919 a known name for a year now since Chris Mack 352 00:15:01.000 --> 00:15:02.200 was here. I mean he was this is when he 353 00:15:02.240 --> 00:15:05.120 was I guess middle school, entering entering high school. Like 354 00:15:05.120 --> 00:15:06.679 he's he's been believed to be one of the best 355 00:15:06.679 --> 00:15:09.639 players in the world for his age for a while now, 356 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:12.080 but there is not a lot like whoever whoever, I 357 00:15:12.080 --> 00:15:15.240 guess is like running his recruitment or who he who 358 00:15:15.320 --> 00:15:17.919 he's who his mentor is like they they keep everything 359 00:15:17.960 --> 00:15:19.600 really really tight lipt. 360 00:15:20.240 --> 00:15:23.320 The only other possibility I'm wonder is could he join 361 00:15:23.879 --> 00:15:29.080 the Abance at the BYU? I saw that toody Yep, that's. 362 00:15:28.960 --> 00:15:30.480 A good point, and that's BYU. 363 00:15:30.600 --> 00:15:33.200 You know, it's wild because Mark Pope had success there, 364 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.159 But I don't know where all this money's coming from. 365 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:37.279 Now that wasn't there prior. Now we are still I mean, 366 00:15:37.320 --> 00:15:39.679 we're now getting to it's it's still brand new when 367 00:15:39.720 --> 00:15:41.120 you think about it in the grand scheme of college 368 00:15:41.120 --> 00:15:43.360 sports that like you need deep pockets to go buy players. 369 00:15:43.360 --> 00:15:45.679 But yeah, BYU, it still. 370 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.480 Seems crazy that the number one player in the country 371 00:15:47.559 --> 00:15:49.679 is going there. But it's because they have those deep pockets. 372 00:15:49.720 --> 00:15:51.519 And it sounds like they want everybody to know we 373 00:15:51.639 --> 00:15:53.320 got plenty more where that came from. 374 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:55.759 Well, I mean like, if you're a Catholic and you 375 00:15:55.759 --> 00:15:57.759 got money, you're giving money the Notre Dame. And if 376 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:59.600 you're a Mormon, you got money must be given it to. 377 00:15:59.600 --> 00:16:00.840 B YU, you're damn right. 378 00:16:02.639 --> 00:16:02.679 A. 379 00:16:03.600 --> 00:16:04.879 Thanks Mike, appreciate the phone call. 380 00:16:05.159 --> 00:16:07.799 Yeah, I hadn't brought up Tyron Stokes yet because I just, 381 00:16:08.240 --> 00:16:11.879 you know, it's such an unknown and I try not to. 382 00:16:12.799 --> 00:16:14.240 I try not to to to give a whole lot 383 00:16:14.279 --> 00:16:18.519 of time to to topics and things that really it's 384 00:16:18.600 --> 00:16:20.720 just you know, I was gonna say pre speculation, but 385 00:16:21.480 --> 00:16:23.679 some could say that's really what this whole industry is. 386 00:16:23.679 --> 00:16:27.200 Sports talk radio is just speculation, hypotheticals, that kind of stuff. 387 00:16:27.200 --> 00:16:29.480 But yes, we've talked about Tyron Stokes on this show 388 00:16:29.480 --> 00:16:31.639 many times over the years, and I mean years, because 389 00:16:31.679 --> 00:16:36.559 he's been a notable name, just because Louisville, the city 390 00:16:37.080 --> 00:16:39.960 has a guy that is from here that you know, 391 00:16:40.000 --> 00:16:41.679 you never know how anybody's going to turn out. Some 392 00:16:41.720 --> 00:16:44.080 guys are hyped to an insane level and it doesn't 393 00:16:44.080 --> 00:16:47.080 work out. But when you talk about a guy who 394 00:16:47.440 --> 00:16:52.519 from the earliest age of like sixth seventh grade, that 395 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.120 has been known nationally, not like you know, he wasn't 396 00:16:56.120 --> 00:16:58.240 appearing on Sports Illustrated as a middle schooler. 397 00:16:58.279 --> 00:17:00.399 But you know, those who this is their world, this 398 00:17:00.440 --> 00:17:00.879 is what they do. 399 00:17:00.919 --> 00:17:04.359 They evaluate basketball players from middle school on and NBA 400 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:06.640 Draft prospects. It sounds kind of silly if you're sitting 401 00:17:06.920 --> 00:17:09.279