WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.920 --> 00:00:03.240 Are you telling me that for the first time in 2 00:00:03.319 --> 00:00:07.360 the history of this show, we allowed Gerald, we allowed 3 00:00:07.400 --> 00:00:09.480 Trey to pick his walk up song, and he actually 4 00:00:09.480 --> 00:00:11.720 picked the song that we used to make fun of him. 5 00:00:11.759 --> 00:00:15.279 That is correct. That's really weird. Hello Trey, Happy Wednesday? 6 00:00:15.279 --> 00:00:18.120 How are you happy Wednesday? Spence? 7 00:00:19.600 --> 00:00:21.960 So I gave you the gave you I'm good. 8 00:00:21.960 --> 00:00:23.960 I gave you the opportunity to pick your walk up 9 00:00:24.000 --> 00:00:25.679 song and you go with limpiskit anyway? 10 00:00:26.960 --> 00:00:29.960 I mean, Barbie, it for me to ruin a bit? 11 00:00:31.039 --> 00:00:33.200 Well is it a bit? Or is it now just 12 00:00:33.240 --> 00:00:33.799 a real thing? 13 00:00:33.840 --> 00:00:36.799 Because I do believe you said on this radio program 14 00:00:36.840 --> 00:00:39.000 the olymp biscuit got you through your second divorce? 15 00:00:40.359 --> 00:00:42.439 That was the first divorce. But yes, thank you, I 16 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:43.240 did say that once. 17 00:00:43.399 --> 00:00:44.920 Who got you through your second divorce? 18 00:00:50.159 --> 00:00:51.840 Rihanna? 19 00:00:52.799 --> 00:00:54.679 Do you have somebody on deck that will get you 20 00:00:54.719 --> 00:00:59.359 through your third? Hey, I'm not one to talk, man 21 00:01:00.200 --> 00:01:00.479 to talk. 22 00:01:01.640 --> 00:01:03.359 Hopefully there is not a third. 23 00:01:03.560 --> 00:01:05.319 Okay, all right, just don't get me married. 24 00:01:05.560 --> 00:01:08.480 The very loving and healthy relationship that I am in 25 00:01:08.560 --> 00:01:13.719 now prospers for the remainder of my days on this earth. 26 00:01:13.920 --> 00:01:15.920 How does she feel about is the golf that you play? 27 00:01:18.599 --> 00:01:21.760 I think it depends on time and place, and she 28 00:01:21.879 --> 00:01:25.319 also prefers I play golf with others not named Sensor 29 00:01:25.400 --> 00:01:25.680 check it. 30 00:01:25.760 --> 00:01:28.000 That's hurtful. And as a fan of mine. And if 31 00:01:28.040 --> 00:01:31.000 you're listening, don't listen to him. You know what, Trey, 32 00:01:31.040 --> 00:01:33.760 Before we get to the RSL stuff, You've been in 33 00:01:33.840 --> 00:01:37.280 the ecosystem in the world of professional sports for you know, 34 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:40.840 thirty thirty five years. I am stunned that the head 35 00:01:40.879 --> 00:01:43.599 basketball coach you're your favorite basketball team was relieved of 36 00:01:43.599 --> 00:01:45.799 his duties three with three games left in the season. 37 00:01:45.840 --> 00:01:49.000 You're plugged into that Denver Nugget ecosystem once upon a time, 38 00:01:49.040 --> 00:01:52.280 you're an intern down there's what's the reaction been after 39 00:01:52.319 --> 00:01:55.159 a decade of really high level basketball to Michael Malone 40 00:01:55.200 --> 00:01:55.799 losing his job? 41 00:01:56.840 --> 00:02:00.319 I mean, my my personal reaction feels like I'm still 42 00:02:00.719 --> 00:02:05.480 mourning this loss. It makes absolutely zero sense. It is 43 00:02:05.599 --> 00:02:10.840 devastating on a number of levels. I think the fan 44 00:02:11.000 --> 00:02:15.039 basees reaction, the Denver media reaction is one of shock, 45 00:02:16.080 --> 00:02:19.479 partly because he's less than two years removed from winning 46 00:02:19.520 --> 00:02:22.879 a championship, and look, that does not make him unique 47 00:02:22.960 --> 00:02:28.800 amongst recent NBA championship coaches, but he has two years 48 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:32.680 left on his contract. The Kronkys are so cheap that 49 00:02:32.800 --> 00:02:35.719 they are not known to pay people not to work 50 00:02:35.719 --> 00:02:39.759 for them. Look, I do think the GM deserve to 51 00:02:39.800 --> 00:02:42.159 be fired more than the coach, partly because of the 52 00:02:42.280 --> 00:02:46.400 lack of effective roster building around the greatest player in 53 00:02:46.759 --> 00:02:51.599 the NBA and in the world. But the Kronkis deserves 54 00:02:51.639 --> 00:02:53.879 some of that blame too. They didn't exactly give him 55 00:02:53.919 --> 00:02:58.560 part blaunch to go surround Joker with shooting and defense 56 00:02:59.560 --> 00:03:02.400 and maybe some veterans. It's a team without a middle class. 57 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:06.439 They have four max contracts and a bunch of rookies 58 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:10.000 that are on guaranteed deals. They should be on two ways, 59 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.479 and it's it's been it's been broken for a little bit. 60 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:16.319 The word is that there was a power struggle and 61 00:03:16.400 --> 00:03:19.879 the two guys made each other so miserable that it 62 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:22.919 affected everybody else. And that's why the Kranti's got rid 63 00:03:22.919 --> 00:03:26.599 of both of them. But man, I'll always love Michael Malone, 64 00:03:26.960 --> 00:03:31.560 not just because he's like my dad's doppelganger. But this 65 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:33.960 one hurts, man, and I don't. I mean, I guess 66 00:03:33.960 --> 00:03:37.919 we'll find out how they respond tonight against Sacramento, and 67 00:03:37.960 --> 00:03:40.240 if they can figure out a way to stay out 68 00:03:40.240 --> 00:03:43.680 of the play in and not continue to implode over 69 00:03:43.719 --> 00:03:44.680 the course of the next month. 70 00:03:44.800 --> 00:03:48.520 Shout out to Gerald Fitzgerald the second the Deuce. May 71 00:03:48.560 --> 00:03:50.879 he rest in peace. Good drop in there today, Treg. 72 00:03:50.960 --> 00:03:53.120 Before I ask you the next question, do you agree 73 00:03:53.159 --> 00:03:55.000 to drop any biases that you have? 74 00:03:57.319 --> 00:04:00.759 I mean, I feel like I generally bring an unfiltered, 75 00:04:00.840 --> 00:04:05.000 unbiased view in all of our interactions on air. 76 00:04:05.199 --> 00:04:06.479 Off allow me to repeat. 77 00:04:06.520 --> 00:04:08.520 Before I ask you this next question, do you agree 78 00:04:08.560 --> 00:04:09.919 to drop any biases you have? 79 00:04:10.919 --> 00:04:13.520 Yes, I will drop the ones that don't exist. 80 00:04:13.560 --> 00:04:16.839 Who is the MVP in Pro basketball this year? 81 00:04:17.759 --> 00:04:19.360 It should be Nicola Yoki? 82 00:04:19.399 --> 00:04:21.000 All right, all right, all right? 83 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.839 You know what, I gave him a chance? 84 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:26.839 Yes? Do that? Do that? 85 00:04:27.160 --> 00:04:30.120 They're a lottery team without him, and they're gonna win 86 00:04:30.199 --> 00:04:31.439 the championship with him? 87 00:04:31.480 --> 00:04:31.800 All right? 88 00:04:31.839 --> 00:04:33.079 Okay? 89 00:04:33.680 --> 00:04:33.920 Chance? 90 00:04:35.040 --> 00:04:35.680 And you did just. 91 00:04:35.639 --> 00:04:38.519 Say they're going to win the championship with him? Did 92 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:39.120 you just say that? 93 00:04:39.279 --> 00:04:41.120 Okay, a little book. 94 00:04:41.160 --> 00:04:43.360 Okay, all right, gave him a chance. We wanted to 95 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:45.000 give our guy a chance. But now we got to 96 00:04:45.040 --> 00:04:48.000 move on. All right, Trey, you know you're a pro 97 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.160 here you're good with this, So I'm just gonna ask 98 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:54.319 you questions here. And look, it's been reported by Sportco 99 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:58.160 and others in the Tribune that there is this iminent 100 00:04:58.240 --> 00:05:00.720 shift in ownership with the club, and and of course 101 00:05:00.759 --> 00:05:03.079 I know you need to be careful with what you discussed, 102 00:05:03.079 --> 00:05:04.560 and so you handle this the way you need to 103 00:05:04.600 --> 00:05:08.600 handle it. But what I'm gonna ask is I swear man, 104 00:05:08.680 --> 00:05:11.920 And you know, every week it's either Kurt, it's Jason, 105 00:05:12.000 --> 00:05:15.319 it's Pablo, it's Tony, it's whoever that you guys allow 106 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:18.399 us to interview on the show. And it's been the 107 00:05:18.480 --> 00:05:20.879 same thing, man for months and months and months, where 108 00:05:20.920 --> 00:05:23.079 it's like, Okay, we want to get two players across 109 00:05:23.079 --> 00:05:25.399 the line. Pablo hopped on like three weeks ago, he 110 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:28.720 said we're four or five days away. Then it's Kurt, 111 00:05:28.800 --> 00:05:31.120 and then Kurt yesterday said yeah, we think we're going 112 00:05:31.199 --> 00:05:34.560 to get one for sure, and we hope to get two. 113 00:05:34.680 --> 00:05:38.720 But it did not sound all that optimistic. So I'll 114 00:05:38.759 --> 00:05:42.240 start with what sort of, if any delay or distraction 115 00:05:42.519 --> 00:05:46.000 has the impending ownership transition cause for the guys trying 116 00:05:46.000 --> 00:05:46.800 to get this stuff done. 117 00:05:48.560 --> 00:05:53.079 I think the two discussions are actually unrelated. Okay, Okay, 118 00:05:53.639 --> 00:05:56.639 I could be wrong, but I don't believe one has 119 00:05:56.680 --> 00:06:01.040 affected the other. I do have the fortune of being 120 00:06:01.079 --> 00:06:07.000 around Pablo, Kurt, Jason, Tony, John Kimball quite regularly, and 121 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:12.800 the striker issue is something that we collectively have been 122 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:16.319 working on for multiple months. And I, you know, I 123 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:21.720 don't think anybody has ever been disingenuous with you when 124 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:28.160 they've described our pursuit of multiple players every day from 125 00:06:28.720 --> 00:06:33.800 December fifteenth, when we traded for Elias Manoel December twentieth, 126 00:06:33.800 --> 00:06:38.480 actually to Kurt being on with you yesterday. I think, 127 00:06:39.759 --> 00:06:41.639 you know, Kurt did describe it, or maybe it was 128 00:06:41.680 --> 00:06:46.720 Pablo last week, that there are an immense number of 129 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:49.920 needles to thread to get these deals done. And I 130 00:06:49.959 --> 00:06:55.040 do think multiple junctures. We've thought we were very very close, 131 00:06:55.079 --> 00:06:58.759 and for different reasons. Either, Like Kurt said yesterday, we 132 00:06:58.800 --> 00:07:03.839 control one out of the three remain relationships to getting 133 00:07:03.879 --> 00:07:07.720 these deals done. And I still think we're close. I 134 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:11.360 still think, like Kurt told you yesterday, that we'll get 135 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:16.680 at least one, probably two could be more guys across 136 00:07:16.720 --> 00:07:19.439 the line by April twenty third. And it's you know, look, 137 00:07:19.560 --> 00:07:23.160 it's probably later then we wanted. Ideally we would have 138 00:07:23.160 --> 00:07:26.040 gotten our DP striker in the door prior to Conca Calf, 139 00:07:26.199 --> 00:07:30.319 but that clearly didn't happen, and the key is now 140 00:07:30.360 --> 00:07:32.439 to get it done before April twenty third, so we 141 00:07:32.519 --> 00:07:36.800 have whoever we add for twenty something games as opposed 142 00:07:36.800 --> 00:07:39.199 to you know, the end of the summer window, and 143 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:43.959 I think there's only nine league games remaining in September 144 00:07:44.040 --> 00:07:44.600 or October. 145 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:49.519 All right, let's bottom line this, because you know, I 146 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:52.399 have a unique prism with which I tried to do 147 00:07:52.439 --> 00:07:55.879 this show, understanding inner workings of front offices in a 148 00:07:55.879 --> 00:07:58.000 way that I don't think mostsels do. And I'm just 149 00:07:58.040 --> 00:08:01.759 saying that because I do get the complication and watching 150 00:08:01.839 --> 00:08:05.839 Garth for years masterfully quite frankly in a lot of 151 00:08:05.879 --> 00:08:10.360 ways traverse spaces that seemed really tough. I understand why 152 00:08:10.360 --> 00:08:13.560 there are hold ups. I understand why these things aren't easy. 153 00:08:14.160 --> 00:08:19.240 But Colorado, Atlanta, Toronto, Seattle, Chicago, San Diego, over the 154 00:08:19.319 --> 00:08:22.639 past week ten days have been able to get transfers 155 00:08:22.639 --> 00:08:24.680 and trades across the line. 156 00:08:25.319 --> 00:08:28.279 And it just sounds like we have a lot of. 157 00:08:28.199 --> 00:08:32.200 Excuses from RSL as to why you guys have been 158 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:35.080 have been unable to get this done. So if we 159 00:08:35.120 --> 00:08:39.399 remove the ownership conversation from the equation, what gives man? 160 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:43.519 Because the decisions for you know, Anddress was last year, 161 00:08:43.960 --> 00:08:46.799 Chicho before the season, Matt Crooks before the season, and 162 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:50.159 Anderson juliocho like you guys moved on from a lot 163 00:08:50.240 --> 00:08:54.759 of talented attacking pieces, and you did not expedite the 164 00:08:54.799 --> 00:08:58.240 process by having something in place unless the Elias kid 165 00:08:58.360 --> 00:09:02.080 was the solution that didn't go the way you had 166 00:09:02.120 --> 00:09:03.919 planned because apparently he didn't want to live here the 167 00:09:03.919 --> 00:09:06.200 contract stuff or whatever. So I'm just gonna bottom line it. 168 00:09:06.279 --> 00:09:08.679 Why the delay? Why is this taking so long? 169 00:09:09.879 --> 00:09:14.960 Yeah, Look, I think it's a number of things. Elias 170 00:09:15.120 --> 00:09:18.840 was supposed to be the Anderson Julio replacement. I think 171 00:09:18.879 --> 00:09:22.159 he took more issue with being traded period out of 172 00:09:22.159 --> 00:09:25.360 New York than anything having to do with our club 173 00:09:25.480 --> 00:09:29.360 or our community. But that's neither here nor there. I 174 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:35.200 think Look, Pablo is very particular about who fits in 175 00:09:35.240 --> 00:09:39.600 that locker room. I think Kurt and Jason and Tony 176 00:09:39.639 --> 00:09:43.399 would tell you that. Last August when we brought in 177 00:09:43.600 --> 00:09:49.480 Dominic Marchuk and Lachlan Brook and Diego gonsolves that that 178 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:54.200 was some of the buying in anticipation of losing perhaps 179 00:09:54.200 --> 00:09:58.759 a Crooks or Julio or whoever you know, So it's 180 00:09:58.799 --> 00:10:02.200 not the timing doesn't always line up for who's replacing who. 181 00:10:03.919 --> 00:10:06.440 And then again there are excuses that have to do 182 00:10:06.600 --> 00:10:11.200 with the immigration process. There's always agents that say, hey, 183 00:10:11.240 --> 00:10:13.759 I can deliver this guy to you for this amount 184 00:10:13.799 --> 00:10:16.399 of money, and then at the eleventh hour they say, hey, 185 00:10:16.399 --> 00:10:18.600 where's the two hundred and fifty grand that I get 186 00:10:18.639 --> 00:10:22.120 to put in my pocket? And that often kills deals. 187 00:10:22.120 --> 00:10:25.000 So there's a lot of scenarios. I agree with you, 188 00:10:25.039 --> 00:10:29.159 it all sounds like excuses. You know as well as anybody. 189 00:10:29.200 --> 00:10:32.399 Everybody in this building is a fan, and everybody in 190 00:10:32.440 --> 00:10:36.440 this building wants RSL to be the best it can 191 00:10:36.480 --> 00:10:38.279 be and the deepest it can be. I think we 192 00:10:38.320 --> 00:10:41.480 feel like we've got a really good core young group. 193 00:10:41.639 --> 00:10:46.000 But you know, Forster and Piehl, who we think will 194 00:10:46.039 --> 00:10:50.519 have successful professional careers, they need some mentorship, and so 195 00:10:50.679 --> 00:10:53.200 I think that's what you're going to see when these 196 00:10:53.240 --> 00:10:57.039 deals do get across the line, even if it's a 197 00:10:57.159 --> 00:11:00.639 month or two months later than the we all would 198 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.720 have desired. There there is something, and I think Pablo 199 00:11:03.799 --> 00:11:06.240 has said this to you on multiple occasions. There's something 200 00:11:06.240 --> 00:11:09.679 about a deadline that inspires people to get deals done 201 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:13.879 despite the efforts to try to be two months, eight weeks, 202 00:11:13.960 --> 00:11:15.960 six weeks whatever ahead of the curve. 203 00:11:16.759 --> 00:11:20.440 Reference everyone in that building being a fan of the club. 204 00:11:20.960 --> 00:11:23.840 Follow up, do you think that you think too much 205 00:11:23.919 --> 00:11:24.360 like a fan? 206 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:29.799 I've been accused of that inta that only means my 207 00:11:30.240 --> 00:11:31.120 heart's in the right place. 208 00:11:31.240 --> 00:11:33.799 Okay, all right, so let's bottom line this. 209 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:37.320 Our guy Tommy Boger today with a name that was 210 00:11:37.399 --> 00:11:42.879 dropped earlier, he is a DP as a Ski Slovakian 211 00:11:42.919 --> 00:11:45.200 international Robert Buznick. 212 00:11:45.279 --> 00:11:47.279 I don't know, man, That's the best I got. 213 00:11:47.679 --> 00:11:51.600 And then Matthew Doyle with MLS dot com outlined a 214 00:11:51.600 --> 00:11:52.840 bunch of different options. 215 00:11:52.879 --> 00:11:55.200 Three I believe are all domestic players. 216 00:11:55.679 --> 00:11:59.399 Kurt actually did let something slide yesterday which he never does, 217 00:11:59.399 --> 00:12:01.679 and that is he is trying to acclimate to European 218 00:12:01.759 --> 00:12:04.840 time when he's making his phone calls, which indicates maybe 219 00:12:04.879 --> 00:12:07.320 our guy Tommy Scoops is onto something. Can you shed 220 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:10.000 some light on these rumors and do you have a 221 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:14.159 timeline for oursel fans to expect these reinforcements to land 222 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:14.720 on the ground. 223 00:12:16.840 --> 00:12:19.480 I don't have a timeline whin they'll land on the ground, 224 00:12:19.799 --> 00:12:23.639 simply because getting work pieces and green cards and all 225 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:27.879 that stuff is more difficult now than it has been 226 00:12:27.919 --> 00:12:33.440 in the previous four plus years. Clearly, everybody in MLS 227 00:12:33.600 --> 00:12:37.879 and at RSL is working tirelessly to get them on 228 00:12:37.919 --> 00:12:42.320 the ground. Bozenek is a name obviously we've been linked 229 00:12:42.320 --> 00:12:47.240 with my understanding, he's Hurt's got five, six, seven irons 230 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:49.759 in the fire. It almost kind of feels like maybe 231 00:12:49.759 --> 00:12:54.399 the first two that get done get across the line. Clearly, 232 00:12:54.440 --> 00:12:59.000 the domestic options could be expedited just because if they're 233 00:12:59.039 --> 00:13:01.120 already in the league means they already have the right 234 00:13:01.240 --> 00:13:05.559 work visa and it's a much more simple process of 235 00:13:05.639 --> 00:13:09.360 relocating them and their family and integrating them into our 236 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:14.559 system international players, and clearly Kurt has international targets based 237 00:13:14.600 --> 00:13:17.559 on his comments to you yesterday. It's just, you know, 238 00:13:17.720 --> 00:13:21.519 it's a few more moving pieces. But with the April 239 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:27.559 twenty third deadline, I think we'll try to have people signed, sealed, 240 00:13:27.639 --> 00:13:31.480 and maybe not quite delivered by the deadline, because it 241 00:13:31.519 --> 00:13:34.919 could take who knows how long to get the visa, 242 00:13:35.039 --> 00:13:38.360 to get the international transfer certificate in some of the 243 00:13:38.360 --> 00:13:42.399 other paperwork that happens federation to federation when a guy 244 00:13:42.519 --> 00:13:43.360 changes countries. 245 00:13:44.120 --> 00:13:47.559 So all of the reports are all these guys are nines, right, 246 00:13:47.759 --> 00:13:51.840 So I would imagine the number one target is striker. 247 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:54.399 Are there secondary targets that play in different spots? 248 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:59.360 Yeah? I think, you know, talking to Pablo Kurt both 249 00:13:59.360 --> 00:14:02.919 publicly and privately, I think you know, nine that can 250 00:14:02.960 --> 00:14:04.960 also play on the wing is a good thing, and 251 00:14:05.080 --> 00:14:08.279 nine that can also play underneath as a ten. And 252 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:11.679 I think you know, we feel like between Dominic Marchuk Ripel, 253 00:14:12.799 --> 00:14:16.600 Jesus Brea that those guys can play multiple positions. Tyler Wolf, 254 00:14:16.600 --> 00:14:22.320 we've seen playing multiple positions, so, you know, versatility so 255 00:14:22.360 --> 00:14:24.840 that we can stay true to our game model, but 256 00:14:25.679 --> 00:14:31.399 evolved as a particular ninety minute period may dictate, is 257 00:14:31.799 --> 00:14:34.080 a good thing. Got you know, I think Pablo just 258 00:14:34.120 --> 00:14:36.679 wants guys he can plug and play, and then it's 259 00:14:36.679 --> 00:14:39.600 figuring out the combinations and who gaels well with who 260 00:14:39.639 --> 00:14:43.000 and who can mentor who else and keep it rolling. 261 00:14:44.480 --> 00:14:46.039 One of the interesting things. 262 00:14:46.480 --> 00:14:49.279 You know, I think all of the attention on the 263 00:14:49.399 --> 00:14:53.679 lack of attacking prowess has distracted from the fact that 264 00:14:54.480 --> 00:14:57.399 RSL is second worst in the West and goals allowed 265 00:14:57.440 --> 00:15:00.399 to you know, it's not just scoring those you guys 266 00:15:00.399 --> 00:15:03.080 have allowed eleven and that is second to only the Galaxy. 267 00:15:03.120 --> 00:15:05.320 Wait, it's actually Kansas City is lab twelve. 268 00:15:06.120 --> 00:15:10.200 So are there issues defensively that we haven't really discussed 269 00:15:10.240 --> 00:15:12.120 because all the attention has been on the lack of 270 00:15:12.519 --> 00:15:13.759 you know, juice in the attack. 271 00:15:15.240 --> 00:15:18.399 Yeah, I heard you address this with Kurt yesterday. I 272 00:15:18.480 --> 00:15:22.440 think that number might be a little artificially inflated by 273 00:15:22.720 --> 00:15:27.559 a horrible four nothing season opening loss at San Jose 274 00:15:27.799 --> 00:15:30.360 when we were still in the middle of Conca calf 275 00:15:30.360 --> 00:15:35.159 and kind of going, you know, swapping elevens, and then 276 00:15:35.720 --> 00:15:38.600 you know, we did give up two of the three 277 00:15:38.639 --> 00:15:41.799 goals against San Diego happened in stoppage time when we 278 00:15:41.799 --> 00:15:45.559 were pressing forward. So I still think it's a small 279 00:15:45.600 --> 00:15:49.720 sample size. You know, I'm biased, clearly, But if you 280 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:53.080 look at Rafael Cabral's performance, he and Justin Glad are 281 00:15:53.120 --> 00:15:56.519 the only two to have played every single minute of 282 00:15:56.559 --> 00:16:01.519 all seven MLS games this year. I wouldn't blame either 283 00:16:01.679 --> 00:16:04.559 one of them, you know, for some of the concessions, 284 00:16:04.960 --> 00:16:09.519 So I think that sample size as we play more games. 285 00:16:09.879 --> 00:16:11.759 You know, again, it's not out of the realm of 286 00:16:11.840 --> 00:16:14.600 possibility that we do give up another three or four 287 00:16:14.639 --> 00:16:17.919 spot with seven of our next ten games on the road. 288 00:16:18.159 --> 00:16:23.080 But I'm encouraged because the best two road campaigns in 289 00:16:23.120 --> 00:16:26.240 our twenty year history have been the last two. So 290 00:16:26.360 --> 00:16:29.600 I think. I think the mentality that Pablo has instilled 291 00:16:29.600 --> 00:16:33.000 in this group has us poised for success even when 292 00:16:33.000 --> 00:16:35.679 we're not at home, despite you know, some of the 293 00:16:35.720 --> 00:16:37.519 early season stumbles we've had. 294 00:16:38.919 --> 00:16:41.559 Last thing here, you know, you're a guy that's out 295 00:16:41.559 --> 00:16:44.600 of front row seat to this Diego Luna story and 296 00:16:44.679 --> 00:16:47.200 this journey and this career arc that even at the 297 00:16:47.200 --> 00:16:50.600 age of twenty one has been very, very remarkable, and 298 00:16:50.759 --> 00:16:52.559 a big week for our guy over the past couple 299 00:16:52.600 --> 00:16:56.639 of weeks, the Utah Male Athlete of the Year was 300 00:16:56.639 --> 00:16:59.720 given to Diego Luna and grabs a brace against the 301 00:16:59.759 --> 00:17:03.679 gall And you know, I actually was, I guess I'll 302 00:17:03.720 --> 00:17:06.720 say relieved. I mean, look, I know the deal. 303 00:17:06.880 --> 00:17:07.279 I get it. 304 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:10.880 Developmental Club, what did Jason say. We don't write checks 305 00:17:10.880 --> 00:17:13.680 for ten million dollar players. We find young players, develop 306 00:17:13.720 --> 00:17:16.119 them and sell them for ten mil all right, fine, 307 00:17:16.480 --> 00:17:21.160 it still is counter to everything that I've been trained 308 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:24.480 to learn about how to do this stuff. And I'm 309 00:17:24.519 --> 00:17:28.559 sure that there is a price that will motivate you 310 00:17:28.559 --> 00:17:31.880 guys to say yes as it pertains to Diego. And 311 00:17:31.880 --> 00:17:35.319 Diego himself on my show last year when I asked 312 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:37.359 him about his goals, he wants to play in Europe. 313 00:17:37.359 --> 00:17:39.519 He wants to prove that he can play with the 314 00:17:39.559 --> 00:17:40.559 best players in the world. 315 00:17:41.240 --> 00:17:42.000 It just would be. 316 00:17:42.000 --> 00:17:44.480 Really, really tough, man, to watch that kid go elsewhere, 317 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:47.200 because he is He's as special as anyone I think 318 00:17:47.240 --> 00:17:49.960 we've had in maybe that includes Hobbyer. I don't know, 319 00:17:50.839 --> 00:17:54.119 how would you articulate watching this kid grow into the 320 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:55.880 player in person that he is today. 321 00:17:57.480 --> 00:18:02.240 Yeah, it's so inspiring, man. Seen a guy that came 322 00:18:02.319 --> 00:18:06.880 here is a very quiet, introverted, maybe even nervous, you know, 323 00:18:07.079 --> 00:18:13.319 nineteen year old. Then he has the self awareness to 324 00:18:13.359 --> 00:18:16.200 take care of his mental health, to go get a 325 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:19.480 job at a coffee shop to improve his social skills. 326 00:18:20.920 --> 00:18:24.839 He ends up becoming a father. He takes the U 327 00:18:24.920 --> 00:18:29.920 twenty team down to Argentina and grows, you know, on 328 00:18:30.039 --> 00:18:34.279 the youth international stage. He comes back, secures a starting 329 00:18:34.400 --> 00:18:38.799 job at RSL, it's been amazing and now, as we've 330 00:18:38.839 --> 00:18:41.799 seen in the last what three four months, his star 331 00:18:42.000 --> 00:18:47.319 is rising with a new US national team senior team 332 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:53.359 set up under a legendary coach in Mauricio Puctino. He 333 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:59.799 put that Olympic rejection from last June July into his 334 00:19:00.200 --> 00:19:05.440 back pocket responded, was named All Star in MLS, the 335 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:09.400 youngest All Star in RSL history and one of the 336 00:19:09.559 --> 00:19:13.440 I think three youngest in MLS history. I watched him 337 00:19:13.720 --> 00:19:18.000 at that awards ceremony Friday night. He's got a dozen 338 00:19:18.240 --> 00:19:22.200 family and friends in from California and Texas. The kid 339 00:19:22.319 --> 00:19:25.720 was grinning ear to ear for four hours, just glowing, 340 00:19:27.200 --> 00:19:30.319 so excited to be able to kind of have that 341 00:19:30.400 --> 00:19:37.240 time with his family. Apple Slash MLS had a documentary 342 00:19:37.400 --> 00:19:41.240 crew kind of following him around Friday and Saturday, so 343 00:19:41.319 --> 00:19:44.039 that was just a lot extra with the family, the 344 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:46.440 camera crew, and I watched him get up in the 345 00:19:46.519 --> 00:19:50.279 middle of that dinner and take pieces of cake from 346 00:19:50.319 --> 00:19:54.279 the banquet style setup that we've all seen before over 347 00:19:54.359 --> 00:19:57.000 to the camera crew, and I'm just like, what a 348 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:00.240 cool guy, you know, just a real human being and 349 00:20:00.279 --> 00:20:03.119 a person in a moment that could have easily. He 350 00:20:03.200 --> 00:20:05.440 made it all about him. He's taking care of those 351 00:20:05.480 --> 00:20:09.440 around him, and it just struck me, like, what an 352 00:20:09.519 --> 00:20:13.839 amazing person. And look, he doesn't love doing all the 353 00:20:13.920 --> 00:20:16.160 media stuff that we ask him to do, but he 354 00:20:16.279 --> 00:20:19.799 understands that that awareness is not just good for him, 355 00:20:19.880 --> 00:20:23.839 it's good for our club. And to your point, look, 356 00:20:24.119 --> 00:20:28.720 I don't understand why we don't have multiple clubs lining 357 00:20:28.880 --> 00:20:31.920 up with ten twelve million dollar offers for him right now, 358 00:20:32.519 --> 00:20:37.000 but it feels like, hopefully he is a pillar of 359 00:20:37.039 --> 00:20:40.759 this club at least through the end of next Summer's 360 00:20:40.759 --> 00:20:44.200 World Cup, where I think now we expect him to 361 00:20:44.480 --> 00:20:47.799 be one of the bright shining stars for the US 362 00:20:47.960 --> 00:20:53.160 national team. Cab Ramos the other day, Poachattino Dunny. Everybody 363 00:20:53.200 --> 00:20:56.839 agrees he's the kind of guy that the US men's 364 00:20:56.920 --> 00:21:01.319 national team needs. And he's a different archetype, he's a 365 00:21:01.319 --> 00:21:05.960 different paradigm. He's not Christian Poliitic, he's not Tyler Adams, 366 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:08.160 he's not any of these guys from this so called 367 00:21:08.640 --> 00:21:13.039 Golden generation. And it's because he's willing to take risks, 368 00:21:13.160 --> 00:21:16.920 and he's dynamic and he's unpredictable and we need to 369 00:21:17.039 --> 00:21:19.480 enjoy him for whatever time we have. But it just 370 00:21:19.519 --> 00:21:21.720 feels to me like he's going to be around for 371 00:21:21.759 --> 00:21:24.720 a little bit, a little while, and he's still going 372 00:21:24.799 --> 00:21:27.519 to have all these opportunities that he wants to pursue 373 00:21:28.480 --> 00:21:31.680 in Europe or wherever. And I think he just he's 374 00:21:31.680 --> 00:21:33.720 in a really good place right now where he takes 375 00:21:33.720 --> 00:21:35.640 it one day at a time and he's loving life 376 00:21:35.680 --> 00:21:38.960 and we all get to try to maybe benefit from 377 00:21:39.000 --> 00:21:41.400 it a little bit, but at least enjoy it as 378 00:21:41.599 --> 00:21:44.440 a group that cares about this kid on and off 379 00:21:44.440 --> 00:21:44.839 the field. 380 00:21:45.200 --> 00:21:51.240 Watch watching Diego, you know, show this selfless side of 381 00:21:51.319 --> 00:21:55.519 him where he clearly thinks of others besides himself and 382 00:21:55.559 --> 00:21:57.480 he likes to take care of the people around him. 383 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:01.279 Did it make you question your existence of cheap dopamine 384 00:22:01.359 --> 00:22:04.839 chasing and selfish pursuits as it pertains to the way 385 00:22:04.839 --> 00:22:06.039 you've elected to live your life? 386 00:22:08.000 --> 00:22:10.119 No, I mean I think about all those times at 387 00:22:10.119 --> 00:22:12.920 Bonavilla or Mountaine where I'm helping you find your ball, 388 00:22:13.039 --> 00:22:15.799 Like that is as selfless as I as I get 389 00:22:15.880 --> 00:22:19.240 at times, and you know, it does inspire me to 390 00:22:19.319 --> 00:22:21.400 be more Diego Luna, Like when I'm dealing. 391 00:22:21.279 --> 00:22:23.480 With you, do you feel like you'd like to take 392 00:22:23.640 --> 00:22:26.000 the opportunity before I set you loose to offer a 393 00:22:26.039 --> 00:22:28.440 public apology for the way you've treated me over the 394 00:22:28.480 --> 00:22:29.920 past twenty five years. 395 00:22:31.559 --> 00:22:34.039 I think you made me do this last year, so 396 00:22:34.119 --> 00:22:37.359 I'll just say this is my annual apology to you 397 00:22:37.519 --> 00:22:40.680 for things that I am unaware, blissfully unaware of how 398 00:22:40.720 --> 00:22:44.079 I've offended you. But I do appreciate all you do 399 00:22:44.240 --> 00:22:48.559 for me and the opportunity that the drive with Spence 400 00:22:48.640 --> 00:22:52.960 Checkets and Porter Larsen, who is the greatest producer to 401 00:22:53.000 --> 00:22:54.960