WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:06.719 It's time for coffee and company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:06.919 --> 00:00:09.480 Sports Talk seven ninety Holy. 3 00:00:09.279 --> 00:00:11.400 Crap, I don't know who the hell we think when we. 4 00:00:11.320 --> 00:00:14.000 Are get off our show, idiot. 5 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:16.399 The kids are crying or trail off crying. The countries 6 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:17.199 are screwing it up. 7 00:00:17.359 --> 00:00:20.559 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inn Murals. 8 00:00:20.920 --> 00:00:23.640 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:24.440 --> 00:00:25.399 Who's the kid here? 10 00:00:26.399 --> 00:00:27.320 Who's the kid here? 11 00:00:27.320 --> 00:00:28.199 Are you kidding me? 12 00:00:28.839 --> 00:00:29.160 Now? 13 00:00:29.199 --> 00:00:30.399 Here's nick coffee? 14 00:00:32.880 --> 00:00:36.759 All right? Happy hump day, ladies and gentlemen, Welcome in. 15 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:40.679 I'm now hearing my voice for the first time today 16 00:00:40.799 --> 00:00:44.000 in these headphones. And these are, by the way, earbuds, 17 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:46.399 not not headphones, which is what I prefer. And I 18 00:00:46.399 --> 00:00:50.039 feel like I'm doing a radio show that's not a 19 00:00:50.079 --> 00:00:53.799 talk show. I feel like I'm in between playing smooth jazz. 20 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:57.399 Doesn't it sound like you know, does my voice sound 21 00:00:57.399 --> 00:01:01.759 deeper than usual? This kind of works? Actually? Yeah? Explaining 22 00:01:01.799 --> 00:01:04.519 about it, yeah, like maybe, I mean, it's hump day, 23 00:01:04.760 --> 00:01:08.400 let's let's have some fun. I mean, who knows where 24 00:01:08.400 --> 00:01:10.159 we're going to go the next three hours. I do 25 00:01:10.239 --> 00:01:12.040 have a plan, believe it or not. I do prepare 26 00:01:12.040 --> 00:01:13.760 for this show. We're gonna have some fun. But yes, 27 00:01:14.239 --> 00:01:19.560 I mean I just tweeted this out. I amazed myself sometimes, Austin, 28 00:01:19.599 --> 00:01:23.120 because I'm still sick. I'm not well. My eyes are 29 00:01:23.439 --> 00:01:25.640 watery as if I've been crying all day, haven't cried 30 00:01:25.680 --> 00:01:30.000 any I'm congested. You can tell the voice is not 31 00:01:30.120 --> 00:01:32.480 at one hundred percent, but yet I'm still here. That's right. 32 00:01:32.519 --> 00:01:34.560 I mean, sometimes I amazed myself with just my love 33 00:01:34.599 --> 00:01:35.840 of the game. You know what I mean, you know 34 00:01:35.920 --> 00:01:36.879 who you sound like to me? 35 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:38.359 Would I kind of get the vibe from when I 36 00:01:38.359 --> 00:01:42.159 hear you if I were just close my eyes very white, yes, yes, 37 00:01:42.560 --> 00:01:43.599 emphasis on the white. 38 00:01:44.719 --> 00:01:46.840 You know what you've seen Joe Dirt right, of course. 39 00:01:46.959 --> 00:01:49.439 The radio what's it? Dennis Miller? 40 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:52.480 Dennis Miller, Yeah, he's where he's that he tells the 41 00:01:52.480 --> 00:01:54.840 whole story on his radio show. And if I can 42 00:01:54.920 --> 00:01:56.959 close my eyes, I can kind of imagine that that 43 00:01:57.120 --> 00:01:58.760 is I hope that's a compliment. 44 00:01:58.920 --> 00:02:04.560 Yeah, that's that's a really good example of radio in 45 00:02:04.640 --> 00:02:08.240 a movie that that really, I think does give you 46 00:02:08.560 --> 00:02:11.120 a glimpse of what radio can do. As far as 47 00:02:11.120 --> 00:02:14.879 people just being so captivated by Joe Dirt story exactly. 48 00:02:15.000 --> 00:02:16.680 I think it's one of the many reasons, one of 49 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:18.800 the main reasons I fell in love with radio as 50 00:02:18.879 --> 00:02:20.960 like a kid, I'm like, wow, oh man, there's something 51 00:02:21.000 --> 00:02:24.520 about that that just seems so chill. Everyone's listening and 52 00:02:24.560 --> 00:02:26.280 you just never know who you can just pop about 53 00:02:26.319 --> 00:02:28.159 it nowhere and you can just tell a story about it. 54 00:02:28.199 --> 00:02:30.080 And I know we have people that listen on podcast 55 00:02:30.280 --> 00:02:33.039 every day and we certainly appreciate that. But there's also 56 00:02:33.120 --> 00:02:36.319 something about the live part of it to where you know, 57 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:38.639 even if you know you can get it later, if 58 00:02:38.639 --> 00:02:41.520 it's something that keeps you interested and you're you're into it, 59 00:02:41.919 --> 00:02:45.479 I mean, there's gonna be I mean, there's clearly, I 60 00:02:45.479 --> 00:02:47.879 don't want to say there's an incentive to get it live, 61 00:02:47.919 --> 00:02:50.719 but it is just a different experience. And yes I'm biased, 62 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:54.639 but radio, live talk radio, when it comes to storytelling 63 00:02:55.240 --> 00:02:59.560 and just you know, keeping people interested, it's I mean, clearly, 64 00:02:59.680 --> 00:03:01.199 I love it. That's what I do. It's all I 65 00:03:01.280 --> 00:03:02.719 know how to do at this point in my life. 66 00:03:02.719 --> 00:03:05.919 But yes, that's if somebody asked me to think of 67 00:03:07.000 --> 00:03:11.360 movies or television shows that have the radio component in 68 00:03:11.400 --> 00:03:12.960 it as far as like kind of what we do, 69 00:03:13.039 --> 00:03:15.000 and that's more of a I think that's music station. 70 00:03:15.080 --> 00:03:16.960 But either way, and by the way, that used to 71 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:18.520 be a thing. There used to be people who would 72 00:03:18.520 --> 00:03:21.280 talk a lot on FM music stations. Now that's kind 73 00:03:21.280 --> 00:03:24.000 of changed. It's just not the wall podcast now. Yeah, 74 00:03:24.080 --> 00:03:25.680 it's kind of not the way that it was anymore. 75 00:03:25.719 --> 00:03:28.919 But yeah, that's a little bit of a Howard Stern feel, 76 00:03:28.960 --> 00:03:31.719 which I didn't know at the time that I mean 77 00:03:31.759 --> 00:03:33.120 that I would ever want to do radio, But I 78 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:37.280 remember Howard Stern, I mean, and it was on e television, 79 00:03:37.319 --> 00:03:39.639 like his radio show was. I mean, I don't even 80 00:03:39.919 --> 00:03:41.879 I was a kid, so I doubt it was live, 81 00:03:42.560 --> 00:03:47.439 but I remember Howard Stern show. You know, they would 82 00:03:47.439 --> 00:03:50.240 talk about things that I knew I wasn't supposed to 83 00:03:50.280 --> 00:03:52.719 be listening to at that young age. But because it 84 00:03:52.759 --> 00:03:55.080 was on television, they weren't going to really show something 85 00:03:55.120 --> 00:03:57.759 that would be like, you know, X rated or even 86 00:03:57.840 --> 00:04:01.000 R rated. I don't think so. I remember that being 87 00:04:01.039 --> 00:04:03.199 one of those things that I kind of like would 88 00:04:03.199 --> 00:04:05.360 hope that my parents wouldn't walk in on me while 89 00:04:05.360 --> 00:04:07.599 I'm watching it, because they would probably they probably wouldn't 90 00:04:07.599 --> 00:04:09.680 see anything right away. But they knew what Howard Stern 91 00:04:09.879 --> 00:04:12.400 was right, and they would think to themselves, wait a second, 92 00:04:12.400 --> 00:04:14.560 you shouldn't be watching this, But I just guts that 93 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:16.839 girl sitting on the speaker. Yeah, I just got hooked 94 00:04:16.839 --> 00:04:18.959 on it. And then, of course, you know, later on 95 00:04:19.160 --> 00:04:21.800 developed the love for radio. And I am not sure 96 00:04:21.800 --> 00:04:25.319 there is anybody better at it than the one and 97 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:27.600 only Howard Stern. I don't I haven't listened to much 98 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:31.000 of anything he's done recently in recent years, but as 99 00:04:31.000 --> 00:04:36.160 far as just a show entertainment, characters within the show 100 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:36.639 good stuff. 101 00:04:36.720 --> 00:04:38.920 So I would say that's like what the example of, 102 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.920 like crash radio is kind of in your face, off 103 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:45.079 the wall, like left back and forth, left or right, 104 00:04:45.160 --> 00:04:47.879 like you don't know which direction you're going in that 105 00:04:47.920 --> 00:04:48.560 sort of show. 106 00:04:48.720 --> 00:04:51.680 Yeah, and this is very MTV and we'll get the 107 00:04:51.759 --> 00:04:53.959 we'll get the party started here soon. But that is 108 00:04:54.000 --> 00:04:56.360 one of the things that I that I'm bummed about 109 00:04:56.360 --> 00:04:59.279 as far as currently like, radio is still a very 110 00:04:59.360 --> 00:05:01.839 very popular thing, believe it or not, despite what people 111 00:05:01.879 --> 00:05:04.720 tell you, more people listen now than ever because of 112 00:05:04.720 --> 00:05:07.680 the different ways that you can in fact listen, and 113 00:05:07.759 --> 00:05:10.360 people still listen in their car especially to the talk format, 114 00:05:10.360 --> 00:05:13.720 considering that that's you know, that that's something that is 115 00:05:13.759 --> 00:05:17.000 still very much popular when it comes to that kind 116 00:05:17.000 --> 00:05:19.360 of stuff. So anyways, what I'm getting at those if 117 00:05:19.399 --> 00:05:21.360 you really tried to like go deep into a bit 118 00:05:21.600 --> 00:05:23.759 when it comes to radio, you really tried to do 119 00:05:23.839 --> 00:05:30.279 something something cool, something different, something unexpected, and bit's probably 120 00:05:30.319 --> 00:05:32.199 not even it can be a bit, but I mean 121 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.480 something like you know, like a project or you know, 122 00:05:35.560 --> 00:05:38.040 just different things you could do within your show that 123 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:40.680 you build up for. I mean, I feel like now 124 00:05:41.480 --> 00:05:43.639 you would just be kind of like mocked for trying 125 00:05:43.639 --> 00:05:46.519 to do something like that by certain people. But anyways, 126 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:49.120 I love radio and it's an honor to be able 127 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:52.240 to do this every single day, and who knows, maybe 128 00:05:52.279 --> 00:05:54.680 today's my last day. I hope not. But Benetti told 129 00:05:54.680 --> 00:05:57.480 me that many years ago, and it hit me, hit 130 00:05:57.519 --> 00:05:59.519 me to my core. And I'm sure I've not reminded 131 00:05:59.560 --> 00:06:02.160 myself of this every day, but it does come to 132 00:06:02.199 --> 00:06:04.959 mind every now and then, and it keeps me hungry, 133 00:06:05.120 --> 00:06:07.360 keeps me in the moment, enjoying it because you really 134 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:10.079 never know when it's going to be your time. I 135 00:06:10.079 --> 00:06:13.639 mean sure, and it's unfortunately one of the industries where 136 00:06:14.720 --> 00:06:17.839 you can get the call, you can get the you 137 00:06:17.879 --> 00:06:21.040 can you know, you can get notified that it's over. 138 00:06:21.600 --> 00:06:26.199 And quite literally, it not be anybody who you work 139 00:06:26.279 --> 00:06:28.079 with it made the decision. And it could not be 140 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:31.639 because they have found that you did anything wrong. I mean, 141 00:06:31.759 --> 00:06:34.079 it could be, and you could you could even be 142 00:06:34.160 --> 00:06:39.199 somebody that is like a big revenue producer for said company. 143 00:06:39.720 --> 00:06:41.759 But if they make if they just decide to mix 144 00:06:41.800 --> 00:06:43.759 it up. And because obviously if you bring in more 145 00:06:43.800 --> 00:06:46.199 money than you're getting, you're getting certain cuts of it, 146 00:06:46.240 --> 00:06:48.800 and they can just decide to restructure. So it's part 147 00:06:48.839 --> 00:06:50.720 of the business. It's it's how it works. So I'm 148 00:06:50.759 --> 00:06:53.439 going to enjoy every second of it. And we've got 149 00:06:53.839 --> 00:06:56.000 roughly three hours with you today and we're going to 150 00:06:56.040 --> 00:06:56.639 make the most of it. 151 00:06:56.720 --> 00:06:58.959 Well, how you feeling today, I mean it's like the 152 00:06:59.040 --> 00:07:01.439 whole body feel good. Are you feeling remnants of your 153 00:07:01.879 --> 00:07:03.800 whatever you had the last couple of days. 154 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:05.160 I mean, I'll be honest with you, I kind of 155 00:07:05.160 --> 00:07:07.279 feel like I feel like in the last twenty four hours, 156 00:07:07.319 --> 00:07:09.639 I've felt a little worse as far as just feeling 157 00:07:09.720 --> 00:07:13.000 kind of ick. But I'm on the meds and I 158 00:07:13.040 --> 00:07:16.560 don't know what the meds are specifically. I mean, I can, 159 00:07:16.680 --> 00:07:18.240 I can pull it out of my bag and see 160 00:07:18.240 --> 00:07:20.240 what it is. They got me taken, but probably got 161 00:07:20.240 --> 00:07:21.920 three or four, so little old kind of feel like 162 00:07:21.920 --> 00:07:23.680 it is a drug. Sure, I don't really know what 163 00:07:23.680 --> 00:07:25.240 they you know, I don't. I mean, it kind of 164 00:07:25.240 --> 00:07:26.920 reminded me of my kids when I give them like 165 00:07:27.160 --> 00:07:28.759 children's tile and all. I don't know what it is, 166 00:07:28.800 --> 00:07:30.959 but they'll get all slap happy, like it's almost like 167 00:07:31.000 --> 00:07:33.600 they're on something. I kind of feel like that because 168 00:07:33.800 --> 00:07:35.800 I mean, I'm I'm I'm I'm I'm good, but my 169 00:07:35.920 --> 00:07:39.879 voice is not great and I'm real, I'm I'm kind 170 00:07:39.879 --> 00:07:42.319 of weak. I haven't really done much of anything today, 171 00:07:42.399 --> 00:07:44.079 which I guess was kind of how yesterday was, So 172 00:07:44.079 --> 00:07:46.680 I guess to answer your question, I'm probably a little 173 00:07:46.680 --> 00:07:49.439 bit more. I'm probably the same as I was yesterday. 174 00:07:49.439 --> 00:07:52.279 But the voice, despite not doing any talking until today, 175 00:07:52.800 --> 00:07:55.199 it's it's fading a little bit. So I'm gonna try 176 00:07:55.199 --> 00:07:57.199 to keep it within a certain range throughout the show, 177 00:07:57.279 --> 00:07:59.879 not get too high, not get too low, just kind 178 00:07:59.879 --> 00:08:02.600 of keep it in, you know, keep it on cruise control. 179 00:08:03.000 --> 00:08:03.680 You can get too high. 180 00:08:03.680 --> 00:08:05.759 And you kind of you might you actually just might 181 00:08:05.839 --> 00:08:07.920 like break the matrix of your voice and at some 182 00:08:08.040 --> 00:08:10.600 point like revert back to your normal voice, almost as 183 00:08:10.600 --> 00:08:11.680 if nothing happened. 184 00:08:12.000 --> 00:08:13.600 There were a couple of times yesterday where I felt 185 00:08:13.639 --> 00:08:16.680 myself sounding like Mickey Mouse because I was just trying 186 00:08:16.720 --> 00:08:18.800 to emphasize something and I went a little too high 187 00:08:18.879 --> 00:08:21.959 and it didn't it didn't sound great. But look, I'll 188 00:08:22.160 --> 00:08:25.360 I know you guys are thinking, Man, this guy must 189 00:08:25.399 --> 00:08:28.160 love radio because he's he's sick, and here he is again, 190 00:08:28.720 --> 00:08:30.759 working his tail off for for for the for the 191 00:08:30.800 --> 00:08:32.279 love of the game. When I say the game, I 192 00:08:32.320 --> 00:08:36.240 mean I mean radio dashing through the snow like Santa Claus. Oh, 193 00:08:36.240 --> 00:08:38.240 the weather is terrible out there too. It's cold as 194 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:40.159 can be. We got more snow, but yet I'm here 195 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:42.200 mm hmm. And I hope you guys can pick up 196 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:44.759 on us like the only people in the office too. 197 00:08:44.840 --> 00:08:46.720 Yesterday, I remember everyone was here when he came to 198 00:08:46.759 --> 00:08:49.440 There are people hanging from the ceilings putting in thermostats. 199 00:08:49.679 --> 00:08:51.559 Now no one's here. It's a ghost town. Yeah, And 200 00:08:51.600 --> 00:08:53.279 I kind of like it that way. I don't know why. 201 00:08:53.480 --> 00:08:54.879 And I like the people that I work with but 202 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:57.759 there's something about something about being here when whenever it's 203 00:08:57.799 --> 00:08:59.720 kind of empty. I don't know why that that's more 204 00:08:59.759 --> 00:09:02.639 and to me. But you know, people called being an introvert. 205 00:09:02.639 --> 00:09:04.399 I guess you know people call that studio. 206 00:09:04.440 --> 00:09:06.600 It is something I meant to tell you yesterday when 207 00:09:06.639 --> 00:09:08.440 we were talking about it, because sometimes me and you, 208 00:09:08.440 --> 00:09:10.799 you and I like to borrow ourselves. 209 00:09:10.440 --> 00:09:12.559 Back there and we keep it and we keep the lights. 210 00:09:12.360 --> 00:09:16.519 Off absolutely, And I'll never forget one of the first 211 00:09:16.519 --> 00:09:18.440 things you ever told me in radio was I'm a 212 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:20.039 maniac and I like to keep it dark. 213 00:09:20.159 --> 00:09:22.320 Oh yeah, when you still remember that when it was 214 00:09:22.360 --> 00:09:22.919 in mornings. 215 00:09:22.960 --> 00:09:25.080 But at any time I tell someone that I'm going 216 00:09:25.159 --> 00:09:26.279 to go back there in the morning. 217 00:09:26.279 --> 00:09:29.000 There. Oh, you talked about Nick's studio. It's referred to 218 00:09:29.080 --> 00:09:33.600 as Nix style that I mean, I guess I've I mean, 219 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:36.600 in fact, I've probably done more shows in this studio 220 00:09:37.840 --> 00:09:40.519 than anybody's done in any of the studios here, just 221 00:09:40.559 --> 00:09:44.000 because of postgame stuff. Right, Like you know, there's throughout 222 00:09:44.000 --> 00:09:46.120 a good chunk of the of the year we're doing well, 223 00:09:46.200 --> 00:09:48.360 not as much for basketball this year, so I guess 224 00:09:48.440 --> 00:09:50.200 I have just kind of made it my home, and 225 00:09:50.519 --> 00:09:54.440 you know, I'm honored that I Studio B. They're giving 226 00:09:54.440 --> 00:09:56.360 it to me. I'll take it. That's right, I'll take it, 227 00:09:56.679 --> 00:09:59.519 all right. So I wanted to start with just some 228 00:09:59.600 --> 00:10:03.399 obser from college hoops last night, because, as I've told 229 00:10:03.440 --> 00:10:05.000 you guys for a couple of weeks now, we are 230 00:10:05.080 --> 00:10:08.440 rounding out the regular season. March madness will be here soon, 231 00:10:08.480 --> 00:10:12.039 and I'm excited for it, especially knowing that I've got 232 00:10:12.039 --> 00:10:14.960 a team that is alive, that certainly looks like a 233 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:19.000 tournament team, and who knows, maybe they finish better than expected, 234 00:10:19.039 --> 00:10:20.440 which I don't know. I lied to you because I 235 00:10:20.440 --> 00:10:22.120 was going to say finished better than expected. I expect 236 00:10:22.159 --> 00:10:24.440 them to go undefeated the rest of the way, and 237 00:10:24.480 --> 00:10:27.600 I don't think that's like asking too much. I think 238 00:10:27.679 --> 00:10:31.120 they've shown and kind of proven really that they are capable, 239 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:33.080 and I don't think they'd have a problem being held 240 00:10:33.120 --> 00:10:35.320 to that standard of beating the teams that are left 241 00:10:35.360 --> 00:10:37.159 on the schedule. They're going to take you one game 242 00:10:37.159 --> 00:10:38.720 at a time because that's what they do, that's what 243 00:10:38.759 --> 00:10:41.240 they should do. But when it comes to just, you know, 244 00:10:41.919 --> 00:10:44.600 this team being able to improve their situation for the 245 00:10:44.639 --> 00:10:46.679 selection committee, I really think it's going to come down 246 00:10:46.720 --> 00:10:49.440 to if they can get themselves there in the Semis 247 00:10:49.919 --> 00:10:51.519 with a chance to play Clemson, and if they can 248 00:10:51.559 --> 00:10:53.480 win that one and then get duked, then potentially they 249 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:56.320 could they can improve their situation. So anyways, I can't 250 00:10:56.320 --> 00:10:58.679 wait for March madness, can't wait for the conference tournaments. 251 00:10:59.039 --> 00:11:01.320 But you know, the regular season is also a lot 252 00:11:01.320 --> 00:11:02.720 of fun, and the fact that we only have five 253 00:11:02.759 --> 00:11:05.440 games left it makes me sad, especially knowing that we 254 00:11:05.480 --> 00:11:07.519 didn't even get a weekday game this week for Louisville. 255 00:11:07.519 --> 00:11:09.200 We don't get to see them in action again until 256 00:11:09.240 --> 00:11:12.159 Saturday when they host Florida State. But last night I 257 00:11:12.200 --> 00:11:15.279 was watching back and forth between a lot of the 258 00:11:15.320 --> 00:11:18.320 games that were on last night and the one that 259 00:11:18.360 --> 00:11:22.480 clearly is getting talked about more than anything is Kansas. 260 00:11:23.519 --> 00:11:28.480 So Kansas last night got completely dominated at BYU, a 261 00:11:28.519 --> 00:11:30.840 game where they could have easily lost about forty points. 262 00:11:30.840 --> 00:11:34.679 In fact, last night it's the worst loss for Kansas 263 00:11:34.679 --> 00:11:37.320 and the history of their program as a ranked team 264 00:11:37.360 --> 00:11:41.399 when they played an unranked team. BYU is the only 265 00:11:41.440 --> 00:11:44.120 team in the last seven seasons to lead Kansas by 266 00:11:44.159 --> 00:11:47.080 more than thirty five And I'm just reading here from 267 00:11:47.279 --> 00:11:51.159 ESPN Stats and Info. But this is Kansas's second Big 268 00:11:51.200 --> 00:11:54.440 twelve loss by thirty plus in the bill self are 269 00:11:54.480 --> 00:11:57.840 you got to keep in mind they entered Saturday morning 270 00:11:58.039 --> 00:12:00.919 being one of the top four seeds and now they're 271 00:12:00.960 --> 00:12:04.679 probably looking more so like a six to seven. And 272 00:12:04.960 --> 00:12:07.360 I still think this Kansas team is going to make 273 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:09.159 the tournament. Who knows, maybe they get it rolling, but 274 00:12:09.200 --> 00:12:12.720 it does really sound like their issues are not at 275 00:12:12.759 --> 00:12:19.200 all talent or injury or personnel. It's personality, which I 276 00:12:19.200 --> 00:12:21.759 guess maybe technically that can be personnel, but it's not 277 00:12:21.799 --> 00:12:23.759 the pieces in what they're capable of as far as 278 00:12:23.799 --> 00:12:27.480 players and you know their skill sets, their strengths and weaknesses. 279 00:12:27.519 --> 00:12:32.639 It's the personalities. And it certainly seems as if Kansas 280 00:12:32.720 --> 00:12:34.960 has given us a real reminder that in this new 281 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:39.919 world where you have to be able to do it quickly, 282 00:12:39.960 --> 00:12:43.399 and I mean get a team together quickly. Right, You've 283 00:12:43.399 --> 00:12:47.960 got like the days of a class coming in as 284 00:12:49.000 --> 00:12:53.200 four freshmen entering the program, and then they grow over 285 00:12:53.279 --> 00:12:55.720 time and by the time they're juniors and seniors. Man, 286 00:12:55.759 --> 00:12:57.639 we got a special group here. That's just not how 287 00:12:57.679 --> 00:13:02.679 it is anymore so. Being able to find players that 288 00:13:03.759 --> 00:13:07.039 can not only fit well together on the floor, right, 289 00:13:07.080 --> 00:13:10.600 and can play well together as far as their skill 290 00:13:10.679 --> 00:13:13.919 sets really compliment one another. Right, you got a guard 291 00:13:14.039 --> 00:13:16.720 that's more of a distributor, a guy that can run 292 00:13:16.759 --> 00:13:19.279 your team, a floor general. And then you got another 293 00:13:19.320 --> 00:13:21.360 guard who can do a little bit of that, but 294 00:13:21.440 --> 00:13:24.279 also he's more of a scorer, a shooter, I mean, 295 00:13:24.720 --> 00:13:27.960 talent and you know, skill set, the pieces they matter, 296 00:13:28.600 --> 00:13:30.639 but they also have to work well together. They've got 297 00:13:30.639 --> 00:13:33.519 there's got to be I wouldn't even call it team chemistry. 298 00:13:33.840 --> 00:13:36.120 I mean, I guess that's technically what it is. But 299 00:13:36.360 --> 00:13:38.600 a coach has to be able to take a lot 300 00:13:38.639 --> 00:13:41.679 of different pieces, Guys who don't really know each other, 301 00:13:41.759 --> 00:13:45.919 Guys who are coming to your program established they got 302 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:48.240 a big check. That's probably why they're there at a 303 00:13:48.240 --> 00:13:52.240 place like Kansas or Louisville or Kentucky. Because that's the 304 00:13:52.320 --> 00:13:56.159 name of the game now, right. You bring in highly 305 00:13:56.200 --> 00:13:58.480 regarded freshmen that you think can help you right away. 306 00:14:00.039 --> 00:14:02.440 And really, I think more than anything, the benefit of 307 00:14:02.480 --> 00:14:07.080 getting a star freshman is gonna be because if they're 308 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.639 one and donees even if they weren't your leading scorer, 309 00:14:09.679 --> 00:14:11.120 but they were a part of your team in some 310 00:14:11.240 --> 00:14:13.519 way and they were successful. The more guys you put 311 00:14:13.559 --> 00:14:17.159 in the NBA that are one and done type players, 312 00:14:17.360 --> 00:14:19.639 the more likely you're gonna get other guys in the 313 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:21.960 same situation to come and play for you. And that's 314 00:14:22.039 --> 00:14:24.159 just good for your brand. And of course you know 315 00:14:24.320 --> 00:14:26.480 it's good to have NBA representation, and also it's good 316 00:14:26.440 --> 00:14:29.840 to have young talent, so you know you're gonna still 317 00:14:29.879 --> 00:14:31.440 see that, but not as it's not gonna be as 318 00:14:31.440 --> 00:14:33.799 emphesized as much as it used to be. You're gonna 319 00:14:33.799 --> 00:14:36.639 want to retain players that you know have proven they're 320 00:14:36.639 --> 00:14:39.080 good enough to play for your program. Therefore, they know 321 00:14:39.120 --> 00:14:42.120 they're gonna need money. They know that if you don't 322 00:14:42.159 --> 00:14:44.279 give them money, they're gonna get it elsewhere, so you've 323 00:14:44.279 --> 00:14:46.799 got to make sure you pay them. But then you 324 00:14:46.840 --> 00:14:49.000 also are going to go out and build the rest 325 00:14:49.000 --> 00:14:52.480 of your roster with pieces that are available in the 326 00:14:52.519 --> 00:14:57.120 portal that can help you. And clearly you're always going 327 00:14:57.159 --> 00:15:00.000 to want to find guys that you know can play 328 00:15:00.080 --> 00:15:03.960 lay to your standard, that fit what you want to do. 329 00:15:05.039 --> 00:15:08.639 But one of the hardest things I would think is 330 00:15:08.639 --> 00:15:10.840 also going to be one of the most important things 331 00:15:11.000 --> 00:15:21.759 moving forward. Sorry, sorry, I had to get that cough 332 00:15:21.799 --> 00:15:23.279 out of the way. Next time you got to jump 333 00:15:23.360 --> 00:15:26.639 in and just saying to sing a song or something, well, 334 00:15:26.720 --> 00:15:28.559 I really die, not gonna lie. 335 00:15:28.559 --> 00:15:30.919 That cough kind of looked satisfying once I once it 336 00:15:30.960 --> 00:15:32.440 looked like you finally got it all out. 337 00:15:32.519 --> 00:15:34.919 I don't know if it's all out yet. Okay, I'll 338 00:15:34.960 --> 00:15:39.360 be ready to jump back in. Man. As soon as 339 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:42.399 I turned the microphone on to stop coughing in your ear, 340 00:15:42.440 --> 00:15:45.399 then it just comes back so like, so apologies and 341 00:15:45.480 --> 00:15:47.639 that hasn't happened at all today. But you know, this 342 00:15:47.679 --> 00:15:49.559 is the first time I've been talking non stop for 343 00:15:49.600 --> 00:15:52.720 fifteen minutes, So hang on a second. 344 00:15:55.240 --> 00:15:58.120 That's what we got. When we have a flu season 345 00:15:58.159 --> 00:16:00.519 coming around, bird flu. I think that I don't know 346 00:16:00.519 --> 00:16:03.440 if that's what's causing everything. I know that's causing egg shortages. 347 00:16:03.440 --> 00:16:05.879 I don't know what that's causing the rough patch with 348 00:16:06.399 --> 00:16:07.399 Nick's voice. 349 00:16:07.440 --> 00:16:10.399 All right, but I think we're good. Appreciate you feeling, 350 00:16:10.480 --> 00:16:12.600 and that's tough to just have your tap dancing out 351 00:16:12.600 --> 00:16:15.080 there on the fly. Whenever my voice just tat which 352 00:16:15.080 --> 00:16:19.159 the voice was there, it's now the voice is high. 353 00:16:19.159 --> 00:16:20.759 I don't know what's happening. I don't know what's. 354 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:23.159 Going on here telling you at some point during today, 355 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:25.639 it's just going to break in and you're going to 356 00:16:25.679 --> 00:16:28.519 be it's just going to be like a normal voice. 357 00:16:28.720 --> 00:16:32.279 Maybe I think I got a little too I started 358 00:16:32.279 --> 00:16:34.600 talking a little, I started projecting more than I need 359 00:16:34.600 --> 00:16:36.240 to with the voice being what it is today. So 360 00:16:36.320 --> 00:16:37.919 apologies there, and I feel like I was in a 361 00:16:37.960 --> 00:16:40.720 really good spot as far as how I was positioning 362 00:16:40.960 --> 00:16:43.960 my point and I'll get us back on the road 363 00:16:43.960 --> 00:16:46.200 here and finish where I was going, which was I 364 00:16:46.200 --> 00:16:48.159 think one of the most important things is going to 365 00:16:48.159 --> 00:16:51.919 be one of the more difficult things, which is figuring 366 00:16:51.960 --> 00:16:55.080 out how you can make it work with different egos. 367 00:16:55.399 --> 00:16:58.399 It's not necessarily about what these guys can do. It's 368 00:16:58.399 --> 00:17:00.960 about can they play well together? And you don't know 369 00:17:01.039 --> 00:17:04.440 that until until you're here, until you've you've had them 370 00:17:04.480 --> 00:17:07.240 for a few months and you're in the midst of 371 00:17:07.240 --> 00:17:10.359 a season, like you can't there's no And you can 372 00:17:10.400 --> 00:17:13.839 do some some digging. You can talk to their coach, 373 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:17.519 you can talk to their AAU coach like you can, 374 00:17:17.559 --> 00:17:19.519 you can do some vetting, but you really don't know 375 00:17:19.640 --> 00:17:24.240 until all these different pieces from different programs are together 376 00:17:24.279 --> 00:17:27.319 if it's gonna work. So here's here's what has stood 377 00:17:27.319 --> 00:17:30.160 out to me is that Bill Self a guy who 378 00:17:30.240 --> 00:17:31.599 is clearly one of the best in the game. I 379 00:17:31.599 --> 00:17:34.640 don't think Bill Self like is a guy that I 380 00:17:34.680 --> 00:17:37.160 think like, And clearly since we've since we've really kind 381 00:17:37.160 --> 00:17:42.200 of gotten into this new world, things haven't been great 382 00:17:42.200 --> 00:17:44.279 for Bill Self. They now have. I think it's two 383 00:17:44.319 --> 00:17:49.400 straight seasons with seven or more losses in league play. 384 00:17:50.480 --> 00:17:53.880 He'd never had Kansas more than six losses in Big 385 00:17:53.920 --> 00:17:56.720 twelve play ever until I think the last two years. 386 00:17:56.799 --> 00:18:00.519 So that's not good. But I still think he's a 387 00:18:00.720 --> 00:18:03.759 very good coach. But I think what he's run into 388 00:18:04.400 --> 00:18:06.799 is that he can't figure out how to get these 389 00:18:06.839 --> 00:18:09.640 guys to get along and play well together. He said 390 00:18:09.640 --> 00:18:11.279 as much last night that they all need to get 391 00:18:11.279 --> 00:18:13.359 away from each other. He thought that when they traveled 392 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:17.039 for these two games in Utah BYU and Utah, that 393 00:18:18.079 --> 00:18:19.880 it would be a good I guess team bonding thing. 394 00:18:19.920 --> 00:18:23.559 But it's not working, and some guys are giving him 395 00:18:23.559 --> 00:18:27.559 a pass, like Goodman who loves Bill Self. I mean 396 00:18:27.599 --> 00:18:30.759 he's I shouldn't say that because I think Jeff's been, 397 00:18:31.240 --> 00:18:33.599 you know, somewhat critical, but either way, it's on Bill's 398 00:18:33.599 --> 00:18:36.440 self to figure it out. He's got to figure it out. 399 00:18:37.720 --> 00:18:40.200 So I'll bring all this up to say that I 400 00:18:40.279 --> 00:18:42.920 really do believe and we'll look at this on the 401 00:18:42.960 --> 00:18:45.279