WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.280 --> 00:00:01.320 All right, what's going on? 2 00:00:01.399 --> 00:00:05.360 Dry time, Monday afternoon, eight minutes past the hour of 3 00:00:05.360 --> 00:00:09.800 two o'clock, scorching hot Utah, August day outside, and as 4 00:00:09.800 --> 00:00:11.560 it is every single day, it's going to have you 5 00:00:11.679 --> 00:00:12.679 along for the ride. 6 00:00:12.720 --> 00:00:14.480 S bets check. It's back behind the mic. Good to 7 00:00:14.480 --> 00:00:17.920 be back. I always say it. I love taking time off. 8 00:00:17.960 --> 00:00:19.079 It's always great to leave, but. 9 00:00:19.039 --> 00:00:21.399 It's always great to be back, certainly this time of year, 10 00:00:21.440 --> 00:00:25.640 as we are a matter of days away from college football. 11 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:28.519 That's right, Camp Kyle University of Utah getting ready for 12 00:00:28.679 --> 00:00:31.760 their opener. YU still trying to pick a quarterback. Probably 13 00:00:31.839 --> 00:00:34.399 nice for you fans not to not have to worry 14 00:00:34.399 --> 00:00:37.479 about that dynamic. All six of our in state D 15 00:00:37.600 --> 00:00:40.359 one teams have opened up fall camp, and we are 16 00:00:40.439 --> 00:00:42.200 high speed ahead to game day. So a lot of 17 00:00:42.200 --> 00:00:44.920 college football, not just on the show today, but we're 18 00:00:44.920 --> 00:00:47.560 going to start to move a lot of our coverage 19 00:00:47.600 --> 00:00:50.399 over into that space. Of course, one eye on the 20 00:00:50.479 --> 00:00:53.880 NBA offseason, one eye on the Utah Jazz. Of course, 21 00:00:53.920 --> 00:00:56.840 camps have opened in the NFL. We'll keep you up 22 00:00:56.880 --> 00:00:59.520 to date on any storylines concerning both pro and college 23 00:00:59.520 --> 00:01:03.159 football program. But fall is almost here, as we have 24 00:01:03.240 --> 00:01:05.159 officially turned our calendars to August. 25 00:01:05.319 --> 00:01:06.920 Great to have you guys with us. Thank you for 26 00:01:06.959 --> 00:01:07.959 making us a part of your day. 27 00:01:08.000 --> 00:01:10.760 A lot of options out there, so when you pick us, 28 00:01:10.799 --> 00:01:12.799 we very much appreciate it. My name is Spence Check. 29 00:01:12.799 --> 00:01:16.319 It's our host this program, Paul Larson producing the show today, 30 00:01:16.319 --> 00:01:19.840 and we are back together after some time off sharpening 31 00:01:19.879 --> 00:01:24.159 the sword. As they say, a little vacation. That's a 32 00:01:24.200 --> 00:01:29.719 Stephen Covey principle. RSL midweek Clash the League's Cup rolls 33 00:01:29.760 --> 00:01:33.159 on RSL playing a couple of matches last week, one 34 00:01:33.239 --> 00:01:37.280 a penalty kick shootout with the brilliance of their keeper 35 00:01:37.319 --> 00:01:40.120 off of Cabral and then lost the second PK shootout 36 00:01:40.959 --> 00:01:44.480 with a couple of players sending their PK attempts over 37 00:01:44.519 --> 00:01:48.519 the crossbar and a excellent performance from the opposing keeper. 38 00:01:48.640 --> 00:01:51.280 RSL back in league's action coming up this weekend in 39 00:01:51.480 --> 00:01:56.040 New York. Speaking of soccer, the Utah Royals trade Ali Sentinor, 40 00:01:56.120 --> 00:01:58.519 the number one pick from twenty twenty four, who was 41 00:01:58.599 --> 00:02:03.719 by far their best player, for a record financial hall, 42 00:02:03.799 --> 00:02:07.519 but no players in return. So a club ethos of 43 00:02:07.799 --> 00:02:11.120 selling players after they play well continues with the compendium 44 00:02:11.439 --> 00:02:15.360 of assets now controlled by the Miller family under that umbrella, 45 00:02:15.439 --> 00:02:18.879 So little RSL in the program. Of course, Lukadancic gets 46 00:02:18.919 --> 00:02:22.000 his MAX extension from the LA Lakers, celebrates it at 47 00:02:22.039 --> 00:02:23.560 a Backstreet Boys concert. 48 00:02:23.759 --> 00:02:25.599 My guy, my guy. 49 00:02:25.719 --> 00:02:29.319 Lebron James not present at the press conference, which, of 50 00:02:29.360 --> 00:02:33.159 course everybody's up in arms about as well. So some 51 00:02:33.319 --> 00:02:36.360 NBA offseason stuff. Darreon Fox got paid today with Spurs 52 00:02:36.360 --> 00:02:39.319 four years, two hundred and twenty nine mil. Dame Liller 53 00:02:40.319 --> 00:02:42.719 is back in state. He's the new general manager of 54 00:02:42.759 --> 00:02:46.080 Weaver State men's basketball. Of course, he still has NBA 55 00:02:46.159 --> 00:02:48.240 basketball to play of his own ride as he recovers 56 00:02:48.280 --> 00:02:51.919 from that Achilles. He's got a three year contract back 57 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:54.520 with the Portland Trail Blazers. So a little bit of 58 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:57.159 NBA offseason news, but not a ton going on. It's 59 00:02:57.199 --> 00:03:00.199 kind of the quiet time on the NBA calendar, So 60 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:02.400 a lot of college football, lot of pro football. Little 61 00:03:02.479 --> 00:03:06.159 RSL on the show today. Cam Young a great story 62 00:03:06.199 --> 00:03:09.759 on the PGA Tour. Cameron Young wins the Windham Championship, 63 00:03:10.080 --> 00:03:13.159 becomes a one thousandth winner of the PGA Tour tournament. 64 00:03:13.759 --> 00:03:16.599 Cam is a bright young superstar in this sport. But 65 00:03:16.759 --> 00:03:18.840 when it comes to learning how to win golf tournaments, 66 00:03:18.879 --> 00:03:22.000 that is a progressive lesson that you have to learn 67 00:03:22.039 --> 00:03:26.120 step by step. Twelve top tens and seven runner ups 68 00:03:26.159 --> 00:03:28.039 in his I think this is his fourth year on 69 00:03:28.120 --> 00:03:32.479 tour and he smoked through the competition at the Windom 70 00:03:33.240 --> 00:03:36.080 bogied seventeen and eighteen and it didn't matter. He got 71 00:03:36.080 --> 00:03:38.560 an eight stroke lead after having five birdies in a 72 00:03:38.639 --> 00:03:42.800 row after bogeying one, Tony fenw Decent weekend for Tony. 73 00:03:42.879 --> 00:03:44.560 I don't know that the Ryder Cup will be part 74 00:03:44.560 --> 00:03:47.479 of his future. He finished at four under par, which 75 00:03:47.520 --> 00:03:51.919 is tied for forty fourth. So little golf, college football storylines, 76 00:03:51.960 --> 00:03:55.000 camp storylines. This camp has opened. We'll get to a 77 00:03:55.000 --> 00:03:56.479 bunch of that on the program. We have a good 78 00:03:56.479 --> 00:03:59.000 guest list today. We'll start things off with Belle Frasier 79 00:04:00.159 --> 00:04:03.120 covers the Utah Mammoth for the Salt Lake Tribune. And 80 00:04:03.159 --> 00:04:06.080 it was Mammoth Week last week that concluded in Saint 81 00:04:06.120 --> 00:04:09.400 George where Clayton Keller was signing autographs for some people 82 00:04:09.439 --> 00:04:12.039 down south. So the Mammoth have made a bunch of 83 00:04:12.080 --> 00:04:14.759 different editions. A couple of subtractions from that team that 84 00:04:14.879 --> 00:04:17.839 a really good year a season ago, So we'll get 85 00:04:17.839 --> 00:04:19.240 to some hockey storylines with Bell. 86 00:04:19.319 --> 00:04:21.199 One of our favorites from the Tribune. 87 00:04:21.160 --> 00:04:23.800 Josh Furlong, will stop by to talk some Utah football, 88 00:04:23.879 --> 00:04:26.720 some camp, Kyle, as we are just days away from 89 00:04:26.839 --> 00:04:29.000 an actual game that we'll be able to cover here 90 00:04:29.040 --> 00:04:31.920 on your home with the UTSPN seven hundred, we'll play 91 00:04:31.920 --> 00:04:33.240 you some sound from some camp. 92 00:04:34.639 --> 00:04:36.399 One of the things that I was listening. 93 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:39.800 To earlier today and I just got I gotta chuckle 94 00:04:39.839 --> 00:04:41.920 out of it because a lot of the attentions surrounding 95 00:04:41.959 --> 00:04:44.759 the offensive line with a couple of all Big twelve 96 00:04:44.759 --> 00:04:47.519 potential players and maybe three or four NFL draft picks 97 00:04:48.079 --> 00:04:50.160 coach Wait when asked about he said, well, they better 98 00:04:50.199 --> 00:04:52.879 be good because everybody's telling them they're good, including me. 99 00:04:53.399 --> 00:04:55.680 So we'll get you some sound from coaches and players. 100 00:04:55.839 --> 00:04:59.040 Utah camp coming up. Pablo Mashjoenny will stop by, the 101 00:04:59.040 --> 00:05:02.759 head coach of RSL. It's the potentially busiest stretch of 102 00:05:02.759 --> 00:05:05.079 the year for our local soccer club, so we'll talk 103 00:05:05.120 --> 00:05:08.000 some lead cops the stretch run in MLS and some 104 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:11.319 reinforcements on the way. As Pablo has alluded to on 105 00:05:11.360 --> 00:05:13.920 this show quite a bit. Bel Fraser, Josh for Along, 106 00:05:14.000 --> 00:05:17.600 Pablo Mastoinny, some camp sound from Utah Football camp, me 107 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.600 Spence check its back in the chair, and Porter Larson, 108 00:05:21.639 --> 00:05:24.920 who typically lets that music role instead of my dry 109 00:05:25.000 --> 00:05:25.399 music bed. 110 00:05:25.399 --> 00:05:27.480 That makes me feel like I'm lost in an ethos. 111 00:05:27.519 --> 00:05:29.920 I'm sorry. We got to get that opening tip. Sponsor. 112 00:05:30.079 --> 00:05:31.920 Well, we've got to get our rhythm back. I mean, 113 00:05:31.920 --> 00:05:34.040 we haven't done a show together in like ten days. 114 00:05:34.079 --> 00:05:38.160 This too, you've been I don't know, gallivanting. Galavanting is 115 00:05:38.199 --> 00:05:38.639 one word. 116 00:05:38.920 --> 00:05:41.639 And yeah, so we got to, you know, got a reconfigure. 117 00:05:41.639 --> 00:05:45.079 I guess playing a lot. It's like a I don't know, 118 00:05:45.120 --> 00:05:45.959 a fall test run. 119 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:48.279 Yeah, there you go, played a lot of mediocre golf, 120 00:05:49.519 --> 00:05:51.720 sat by the pool quite a bit, tried to decompress. 121 00:05:51.920 --> 00:05:53.439 Let me ask you this because you took some time 122 00:05:53.480 --> 00:05:56.839 off too. When I take time off from doing this 123 00:05:56.959 --> 00:06:01.360 radio show, I don't pay attention to my I deleted 124 00:06:01.399 --> 00:06:03.560 social media from my phone. I was not on Instagram, 125 00:06:03.600 --> 00:06:07.199 I was not on Twitter all week long, TikTok or 126 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.560 whatever the hell the kids are doing these days. I 127 00:06:09.600 --> 00:06:12.519 turned off alerts from ESPN and Fox and Bleacher report 128 00:06:12.560 --> 00:06:15.839 and be like in less a because. 129 00:06:15.680 --> 00:06:17.279 I was with family all week. It was a family 130 00:06:17.319 --> 00:06:18.199 reunion situation. 131 00:06:18.759 --> 00:06:20.759 Like my cousin was like, Hey, who's going to start 132 00:06:21.079 --> 00:06:24.000 for BYU a quarterback mich will tune in next week 133 00:06:24.040 --> 00:06:26.839 two to six because I'm on vacation. You can listen 134 00:06:26.879 --> 00:06:28.560 to what I have to say next week when I'm 135 00:06:28.560 --> 00:06:31.160 back on air. You were off last week for a 136 00:06:31.160 --> 00:06:32.959 few days as well. When you take time off, do 137 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:36.079 you pay attention to anything that happens in the sports world. 138 00:06:36.519 --> 00:06:39.519 No, but not necessarily with by choice. I'm not like, 139 00:06:42.079 --> 00:06:45.759 I'm not shunning the sports world by any means, but 140 00:06:45.839 --> 00:06:50.800 I'm usually in a deep canyon or at elevation where 141 00:06:50.839 --> 00:06:55.399 there is clearly no cell phone service. As you know, Spence, 142 00:06:55.600 --> 00:06:59.160 as you have probably gotten used to, if you try 143 00:06:59.240 --> 00:07:03.000 to get into with me outside of like normal sports 144 00:07:03.040 --> 00:07:07.279 times or showtime, you may get like the send with 145 00:07:07.399 --> 00:07:10.399 satellite or something because I'm just I'm not there, I'm 146 00:07:10.439 --> 00:07:13.079 not available. And then yeah, when I get down into 147 00:07:13.839 --> 00:07:16.240 cell phone service, I usually catch up on a bunch 148 00:07:16.240 --> 00:07:21.959 of stuff. This is always funny because it's not just 149 00:07:22.000 --> 00:07:26.519 the sports world for me. I will be often spent three, 150 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:28.839 four or five days up in the mountains and then 151 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:32.959 I'll come in back to reality. This happened last summer 152 00:07:33.040 --> 00:07:37.399 when a particular government official got shot. Right when you 153 00:07:37.439 --> 00:07:40.480 come back down into like a different state of the 154 00:07:40.519 --> 00:07:45.560 world or different news or breaking news, it's sometimes quite jarring. 155 00:07:46.319 --> 00:07:49.279 But yeah, that's very regular for me. Here's how out 156 00:07:49.279 --> 00:07:49.800 of it I am. 157 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:53.240 It took me about thirty seconds to remember which political 158 00:07:53.240 --> 00:07:54.759 official you're talking about who. 159 00:07:54.600 --> 00:07:56.759 Actually was shot. Yeah, but now I remember. 160 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:59.959 Yeah, I came back down into the service and started 161 00:08:00.040 --> 00:08:03.000 getting like notifications that that happened over the weekend. 162 00:08:03.480 --> 00:08:03.600 Uh. 163 00:08:05.319 --> 00:08:07.800 Stuff starts to go crazy and then you see you know, 164 00:08:08.680 --> 00:08:14.560 nuclear nuclear talks. That's always fun to come back down 165 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:15.439 into service too as well. 166 00:08:15.560 --> 00:08:19.120 Yeah, yeah, and it is odd oftentimes I will pull 167 00:08:19.160 --> 00:08:20.680 my phone out to send you a text, and it's 168 00:08:20.680 --> 00:08:22.800 like you can only contact him via satellite, and I 169 00:08:22.879 --> 00:08:24.439 never want to do that because what if it charges 170 00:08:24.480 --> 00:08:26.279 me like an extra seventy box to send you a text. 171 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:27.519 I think you can do it, Okay. 172 00:08:27.399 --> 00:08:30.920 I think because I have, you know, opted into being 173 00:08:31.000 --> 00:08:32.639 allowing that, I think you can do it. 174 00:08:32.679 --> 00:08:32.879 Okay. 175 00:08:32.879 --> 00:08:35.600 I'm not totally sure there, but okay, Well, welcome back. 176 00:08:35.720 --> 00:08:38.240 First show in ten days, we'll get our rhythm falls 177 00:08:38.279 --> 00:08:40.600 right around the corner. It's a great time to be 178 00:08:40.679 --> 00:08:42.679 on air, all right, Belle Fraser will be our first 179 00:08:42.720 --> 00:08:44.720 guest to talk from you, Tom A Mammoth. I want 180 00:08:44.720 --> 00:08:46.960 to let you know that ESPN seven hundred is pleased 181 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:51.039 to welcome Simple Plan. Well only everyone outside of me 182 00:08:51.240 --> 00:08:54.399 and me we're not pleased to welcome them. Please stoked 183 00:08:54.759 --> 00:08:56.039 you're stoked for Simple Plan? 184 00:08:56.240 --> 00:08:56.559 Would go? 185 00:08:56.919 --> 00:08:58.840 Actually, that feels like it could be in your wheel 186 00:08:58.840 --> 00:09:01.759 wheelhouse like a Heights school. 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They just yelled about their feelings. 195 00:09:18.759 --> 00:09:20.960 Yeah, I just looked up simple I actually don't think 196 00:09:21.000 --> 00:09:21.840 I listened to them. 197 00:09:21.840 --> 00:09:24.360 Well anyway that sphere, Yeah, you're not wrong. 198 00:09:24.440 --> 00:09:27.600 Everyone besides us on the station as pleased to welcome 199 00:09:27.600 --> 00:09:29.799 Simple Plan with bowling for soup. 200 00:09:30.279 --> 00:09:31.639 And three zero h three. 201 00:09:31.679 --> 00:09:34.120 There we go to the plaza at America First Field 202 00:09:34.120 --> 00:09:36.759 August sixteenth, twenty twenty five. Make sure to tune in 203 00:09:36.840 --> 00:09:39.440 with Shaan O'Connell for your chance to win a pair 204 00:09:39.440 --> 00:09:43.480 of tickets to Simple Plan Bowling for soup and three 205 00:09:43.559 --> 00:09:46.399 zero h three. All right, opening tip style before we 206 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.720 get to bell. College football is right around the corner. 207 00:09:49.639 --> 00:09:52.879 I'm not one that loves to do deep dives, certainly 208 00:09:52.879 --> 00:09:56.559 on the Coaches Poll the Coach's preseason Top twenty five Poll. 209 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.320 But again this time of year, while we're all kind 210 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:01.360 of just waiting for game, stuff like this is kind 211 00:10:01.360 --> 00:10:03.879 of fun to just kind of banter back and forth 212 00:10:03.879 --> 00:10:07.399 about the AP poll is a little more telling. The 213 00:10:07.440 --> 00:10:10.200 Coaches Poll, for anybody that's not familiar, oftentimes is filled 214 00:10:10.200 --> 00:10:13.279 out by like the assistant sid because I don't think 215 00:10:13.279 --> 00:10:16.159 coach Wit or any other coach wants to grind on 216 00:10:16.200 --> 00:10:18.480 a bunch of information about all these teams in order 217 00:10:18.559 --> 00:10:22.360 to accurately send in a list that really means anything. 218 00:10:22.759 --> 00:10:25.679 But we'll dig into it because college football is essentially here. 219 00:10:25.720 --> 00:10:28.000 We're going to have our Utah Football Welcome Event coming 220 00:10:28.080 --> 00:10:29.960 up next week. We'll tell you guys about that, where 221 00:10:29.960 --> 00:10:32.679 you can get some information hoping to give you opportunities 222 00:10:32.720 --> 00:10:35.559 to win some tickets, maybe to the opening game, or 223 00:10:35.600 --> 00:10:37.279 maybe we'll pick a game that's a little bit better 224 00:10:37.320 --> 00:10:41.399 besides cal Poly, I'll due respect. So this morning, the 225 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.600 top twenty five ap us A Today Coach's Poll was released. 226 00:10:45.360 --> 00:10:46.960 The top kind of caught me a little bit off. 227 00:10:47.000 --> 00:10:51.080 Guard Texas is one. Then it's Ohio State, Penn State, Georgia, 228 00:10:51.120 --> 00:10:53.639 and Notre Dame. What's kind of weird here is Penn 229 00:10:53.679 --> 00:10:57.120 State is favored to win the Big Ten this year, 230 00:10:57.279 --> 00:11:00.600 yet they're behind Ohio State in this poll. Georgia, Ford, 231 00:11:00.639 --> 00:11:03.639 Notre Dame five, Clemson six. They got two first place votes. 232 00:11:04.000 --> 00:11:07.759 Then it's Oregon, Bama, LSU, Miami fill out the top ten. 233 00:11:08.320 --> 00:11:11.399 Your highest ranked Big twelve school is Arizona State. They 234 00:11:11.399 --> 00:11:14.279 come in at eleven. As we continue to kind of 235 00:11:14.279 --> 00:11:16.360 scroll down a little bit, the next Big twelve team 236 00:11:16.440 --> 00:11:19.799 is Kansas at twenty. Excuse me, Kansas State at twenty. 237 00:11:20.200 --> 00:11:22.559 So the Big Twelve two teams in the top twenty 238 00:11:22.600 --> 00:11:26.919 Arizona State eleven, Kansas State at twenty. Iowa State just 239 00:11:26.960 --> 00:11:29.320 locked in their coach for a long term deal. Matt 240 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:31.480 Campbell is going to be around there for quite some time. 241 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:34.120 They come in at twenty one. And then kind of 242 00:11:34.159 --> 00:11:38.399 interesting BYU at twenty three, Texas Tech at twenty four. 243 00:11:38.919 --> 00:11:42.639 So representing the big twelve is Arizona State at eleven, 244 00:11:42.840 --> 00:11:46.519 Kansas State at twenty, Iowa State at twenty one, BYU 245 00:11:46.559 --> 00:11:49.759 at twenty three, Texas Tech at twenty four. When you 246 00:11:49.799 --> 00:11:51.879 go down the list of others receiving votes, if you 247 00:11:51.960 --> 00:11:54.320 just kind of do it this way, Boise State twenty five, 248 00:11:54.360 --> 00:11:57.559 so Oklahoma would be twenty six, Missouri twenty seven, Louisville 249 00:11:57.600 --> 00:12:01.519 twenty eight, USC twenty nine, and the Utah comes in 250 00:12:01.559 --> 00:12:04.000 with eighty six points, which would put them at thirty 251 00:12:04.440 --> 00:12:08.000 ahead of Baylor right behind them. So I think the 252 00:12:08.000 --> 00:12:11.600 biggest takeaway for me was this quarterback situation of Brigham 253 00:12:11.639 --> 00:12:15.879 Young does not seem to be really dissuading people from 254 00:12:15.919 --> 00:12:18.399 being high on them, and I guess I'm. 255 00:12:18.200 --> 00:12:19.360 Not all that surprised. 256 00:12:19.399 --> 00:12:22.320 As we've discussed Jake Rehetz Laugh who has now taken 257 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:26.200 his talents to Tulane. Jake was asked about BYU during 258 00:12:26.200 --> 00:12:29.720 his introductory press conference when the media Tulane had their 259 00:12:29.720 --> 00:12:30.879 first chance to interview him. 260 00:12:31.159 --> 00:12:33.159 He said very nice things, very nice. 261 00:12:32.919 --> 00:12:36.320 Things about his experience at BYU that obviously featured a 262 00:12:36.360 --> 00:12:38.600 lot of highs last year as a starting quarterback that 263 00:12:38.720 --> 00:12:41.120 led them to an eleven win season and an alimoble 264 00:12:41.240 --> 00:12:45.440 win over Colorado, and of course a pretty embarrassing ending 265 00:12:45.440 --> 00:12:47.799 to the whole thing. And when I say embarrassing, I'm 266 00:12:47.840 --> 00:12:49.759 not putting that on one person or the other. It 267 00:12:49.799 --> 00:12:53.279 was just, you know, an unfortunate end to a situation 268 00:12:53.440 --> 00:12:55.200 that for a long time was pretty. 269 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:56.480 Good for BYU. 270 00:12:56.559 --> 00:12:59.440 The quarterback competition is something that Kilanie and a Rod 271 00:12:59.480 --> 00:13:03.080 have shown that history and data tells us they're good 272 00:13:03.080 --> 00:13:06.200 at this, whether it was Zach Wilson, Jaron Hall, or 273 00:13:06.320 --> 00:13:10.039 Jerry Bohannon on Jake Retzov a season ago. You know, 274 00:13:10.080 --> 00:13:11.879 this is not the first time they've had to decide 275 00:13:11.919 --> 00:13:14.960 who's going to be under center. It looks like and 276 00:13:15.039 --> 00:13:17.559 everybody's saying the right thing. It looks like it does 277 00:13:17.600 --> 00:13:20.080 come down to McKay Hillstead, who has eight starts under 278 00:13:20.080 --> 00:13:23.080 his belt at Utah Stay as a freshman. He does 279 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:25.559 know a Rod system. He was in the program a 280 00:13:25.639 --> 00:13:28.759 year ago, didn't play, so he does have some starting experience. 281 00:13:28.840 --> 00:13:31.120 Not a big kid, had some good moments of Utah State. 282 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:34.559 I believe he is a red shirt sophomore. The Tracon 283 00:13:34.600 --> 00:13:38.399 Borgay kid is a red shirt junior. Borgay has kind 284 00:13:38.440 --> 00:13:41.519 of the same experience that McKay has when it comes 285 00:13:41.519 --> 00:13:44.480 to starting for a group of five schools. He was 286 00:13:44.519 --> 00:13:46.279 at Western Michigan for a couple of years, did not 287 00:13:46.320 --> 00:13:49.679 play a year ago. Then there's a lot of momentum 288 00:13:50.120 --> 00:13:52.080 in the direction of the Bear Bachmeyer kid. He's a 289 00:13:52.120 --> 00:13:55.799 true freshman, played his spring ball at Stanford. His name 290 00:13:55.840 --> 00:13:58.200 is Bear Bachmeyer and his brother is Tiger Bachmeyer. 291 00:13:58.840 --> 00:13:59.080 Porter. 292 00:13:59.159 --> 00:14:02.519 Will you please f Baron Tiger Bachmeyer's mother and father. 293 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:05.120 For the program, Just for the explanation. 294 00:14:04.679 --> 00:14:08.240 I have so many questions. A bear and a tiger. 295 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:09.120 It's a family thing. 296 00:14:09.159 --> 00:14:13.000 Actually, wait, are there additional children that are also named after. 297 00:14:12.840 --> 00:14:14.399 Animals like grandparents? I think? 298 00:14:15.519 --> 00:14:18.919 Seriously, Yes, I saw an interview. I don't know exactly, 299 00:14:18.960 --> 00:14:20.840 so I can't tell you, but I did see Bear talk. 300 00:14:20.840 --> 00:14:22.679 Okay, before you come on air and report something, make 301 00:14:22.679 --> 00:14:23.879 sure you're reporting it accurately. 302 00:14:23.919 --> 00:14:26.120 Pace Okay, thank you, I am so. Will you effort 303 00:14:26.159 --> 00:14:28.879 the parents? Yes, thank you. So there you go. 304 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:31.440 Those are the three names being bantied about. Of course, 305 00:14:31.519 --> 00:14:34.120 on the Utah side of things, it's very very nice 306 00:14:34.799 --> 00:14:38.559 that the quarterback position is solidified, you know, and we 307 00:14:38.600 --> 00:14:41.480 won't do the revisionist history about Cameron Rising over and 308 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:45.000 over and over as he is now medically retired from football. 309 00:14:45.039 --> 00:14:47.120 He's gonna be an offensive coordinator for his high school 310 00:14:47.120 --> 00:14:50.879 football team. But certainly it was probably time for everybody 311 00:14:50.919 --> 00:14:53.240 to move on. And it's kind of a comforting thing 312 00:14:53.360 --> 00:14:56.720 now for Utah fans not have to sweat about who 313 00:14:56.840 --> 00:14:58.720 who's going to be the starter and what that quarterback 314 00:14:58.759 --> 00:15:01.919 room looks like. Coach Witt on a couple of different occasions, 315 00:15:02.080 --> 00:15:05.480 has saying the praises of the bird Fickland kid. And 316 00:15:05.759 --> 00:15:08.480 I just have to wonder, because there's always been this 317 00:15:08.600 --> 00:15:13.240 interesting kind of conversation around well, Zach Wilson certainly, and 318 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:16.000 of course Isaac, his little brother, Like there is so 319 00:15:16.159 --> 00:15:18.960 much natural talent with those kids. Wilson boys can throw 320 00:15:18.960 --> 00:15:23.039 a football man, make no mistake about that. I wonder 321 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:26.919 whether or not this kind of what I perceive to 322 00:15:26.960 --> 00:15:30.720 be forced conversation about the Fickland kid, is that a 323 00:15:30.759 --> 00:15:32.879 message to Zach, like you need to be better than 324 00:15:32.879 --> 00:15:35.000 you were a year ago. And I'm not blaming what 325 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:37.879 happened a year ago on Zach he was a freshman quarterback, 326 00:15:38.600 --> 00:15:42.919 really thrown into a tremendously difficult scenario, and by his 327 00:15:42.960 --> 00:15:45.679 own admission, just wasn't ready. I mean, if you want 328 00:15:45.720 --> 00:15:48.559 to give Isaac anything last year, give him credit for 329 00:15:48.639 --> 00:15:51.480 his self awareness about the mistakes he was making, the 330 00:15:51.480 --> 00:15:52.960 work he has to put into improve. 331 00:15:53.679 --> 00:15:55.200 You know, you just have to. 332 00:15:55.159 --> 00:15:57.720 Wonder whether or not when you have natural talent like 333 00:15:57.720 --> 00:16:03.200 those Wilson boys have, oftentimes you're able to simply dominate 334 00:16:03.279 --> 00:16:06.240 the high school scene, dominate the Pop Warner scene, dominate 335 00:16:06.279 --> 00:16:08.840 the youth football scene, to the point where maybe you 336 00:16:08.879 --> 00:16:11.600 don't have to put in the work until you realize 337 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:13.519 that you're at the next level. And if you want 338 00:16:13.559 --> 00:16:15.399 to continue to take the step up, you've got to 339 00:16:15.440 --> 00:16:17.440 combine the talent with the work ethic. You got to 340 00:16:17.480 --> 00:16:20.320 show up for film, you've got to study, you've got 341 00:16:20.360 --> 00:16:22.000 to be a good team teammate. Let me be clear, 342 00:16:22.000 --> 00:16:24.639 I'm not saying Isaac isn't any of these things. But 343 00:16:24.679 --> 00:16:27.399 I do believe that qb room is solidified, whether or 344 00:16:27.440 --> 00:16:29.919 not it's been announced or not at the University of Utah, 345 00:16:30.039 --> 00:16:32.720 and obviously the offensive line is going to be paramount 346 00:16:32.799 --> 00:16:35.360 to the success of this team. This year seems like 347 00:16:35.440 --> 00:16:39.600 every single preseason publication I read, or every preseason podcast 348 00:16:39.600 --> 00:16:42.159 I tune into. The first thing that's talked about with 349 00:16:42.320 --> 00:16:44.799 the University of Utah is Jim Hardin's positional group. 350 00:16:45.039 --> 00:16:46.600 And again, we're gonna let you hear some sound. 351 00:16:46.720 --> 00:16:49.399 A little bit later on, I got to chuckle out 352 00:16:49.399 --> 00:16:52.440 of Kyle basically saying, well, yeah, the offensive line is 353 00:16:52.480 --> 00:16:54.200 going to be good. Oh well, they better be good 354 00:16:54.240 --> 00:16:57.399 because everybody's telling them that they're good, including me. The 355 00:16:57.480 --> 00:16:59.639 one positional group, and Sean and I talked about this 356 00:16:59.720 --> 00:17:02.840 during cross talk. They continues to be a question, and 357 00:17:02.919 --> 00:17:05.319 Devin's talked about this himself. You'll hear from Devin dan 358 00:17:05.359 --> 00:17:07.279 Pier on the show a little bit later. Who's going 359 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:09.599 to catch a football? What does that wide receiver group 360 00:17:09.640 --> 00:17:13.880 look like? How ingrained will the tight end be juxtaposed 361 00:17:13.920 --> 00:17:16.480 to the way coach Ludd liked to use tight ends. 362 00:17:16.960 --> 00:17:19.240 It's a different offense, it's a different feel. I think 363 00:17:19.279 --> 00:17:21.160 a lot of you fans are excited for that. Maybe 364 00:17:21.160 --> 00:17:23.279 a little bit of a different kind of approach that 365 00:17:23.400 --> 00:17:25.599 might be a little bit more wide open and entertaining. 366 00:17:25.680 --> 00:17:28.920 And then, obviously, every year and every time there is 367 00:17:29.000 --> 00:17:32.519 a switch of the position. We discussed the relationship between 368 00:17:32.559 --> 00:17:36.119 coach Wait and his offensive coordinator. How does that work? 369 00:17:36.640 --> 00:17:39.720 You know Coach Beck, how much you know cart Blanche? 370 00:17:39.720 --> 00:17:40.160 Does he get? 371 00:17:40.200 --> 00:17:42.200 How much freedom does he get to do exactly what 372 00:17:42.240 --> 00:17:44.480 he wants to do? And those two have discussed it 373 00:17:44.519 --> 00:17:46.519 a little bit throughout the course of the preseason as 374 00:17:46.519 --> 00:17:49.799 they've been asked the question. So it feels like the 375 00:17:49.839 --> 00:17:53.559 optimism at the University of Utah right now is pretty high. 376 00:17:53.599 --> 00:17:56.000 And you'll hear the sound later on where most players 377 00:17:56.000 --> 00:17:59.680 who are asked about the dynamic discuss the positive energy 378 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:02.079 in the moment, momentum and the excitement. I mean, it's 379 00:18:02.079 --> 00:18:04.640 fun to be back on campus. I'm living close to campus. 380 00:18:04.720 --> 00:18:06.279 You can kind of feel the buzz. The school is 381 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:08.000 going to get going here in the next couple of weeks. 382 00:18:08.319 --> 00:18:10.839 Hopefully they finish the construction on first. Let me just 383 00:18:10.880 --> 00:18:13.519 throw that out there, but the school is going to 384 00:18:13.559 --> 00:18:15.279 be here soon. Football is going to be here soon. 385 00:18:15.599 --> 00:18:18.920 We've got the USA Today Coaches Top twenty five pool 386 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:23.480 that came out today BYU at twenty three Utah among 387 00:18:23.519 --> 00:18:27.000 the teams receiving votes. We will get back to some 388 00:18:27.200 --> 00:18:31.359 college football today with Josh Furlong covers the utes for ESPN, 389 00:18:31.640 --> 00:18:33.359 or excuse me, covers the utes for KSL. 390 00:18:34.079 --> 00:18:37.240 We are ESPN seven hundred. He will join us. 391 00:18:37.359 --> 00:18:40.799 We have camp sound later on as fall camps are 392 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:43.440 underway for all six of our D one teams here 393 00:18:43.480 --> 00:18:47.400 locally RSL with a midweek clash coming up for Leak's 394 00:18:47.400 --> 00:18:50.480 Cup Action. So Pablo mash Ruddy stops by, but we 395 00:18:50.519 --> 00:18:52.759 are going to blink and it is going to be 396 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:56.880 time for the second season of The Utah Mammoth here 397 00:18:56.920 --> 00:18:59.000 in our market, and our next guest covers the Mammoth 398 00:18:59.039 --> 00:19:02.160 for the saut Lake Belle Frasier on a Monday afternoon. 399 00:19:02.240 --> 00:19:04.839 Hello Bell, Happy Monday. How are you good? 400 00:19:04.880 --> 00:19:05.359 How are you? 401 00:19:05.599 --> 00:19:06.039 I'm good? 402 00:19:06.119 --> 00:19:09.920 So any downtime, any vacation. I mean, this is kind 403 00:19:09.920 --> 00:19:11.559 of the time of year, Bell, where if you're going 404 00:19:11.599 --> 00:19:13.279 to take some vacation, it feels like this has got 405 00:19:13.319 --> 00:19:13.599 to be it. 406 00:19:14.720 --> 00:19:17.680 Yeah, no official vacation. I went back to New York 407 00:19:17.720 --> 00:19:20.640 and Boston where all my friends and family are for 408 00:19:20.799 --> 00:19:24.319 two weeks. Wrote some stories there, but was definitely nice 409 00:19:24.359 --> 00:19:28.480 to not be so deep in the Utel Mamus news 410 00:19:28.519 --> 00:19:30.480 for a second take a bit of the air and 411 00:19:30.519 --> 00:19:33.640 now I'm so ready for the season to start, really 412 00:19:33.640 --> 00:19:36.799 counting down the days until even training camp from preseason 413 00:19:36.880 --> 00:19:38.519 just so we can get things going for sure. 414 00:19:38.880 --> 00:19:40.839 All right, Bell, here's where I want to start. 415 00:19:41.000 --> 00:19:45.599 What gives you the most confidence that next season, that 416 00:19:45.680 --> 00:19:49.200 proverbial next step will be taken and we could actually 417 00:19:49.240 --> 00:19:51.519 experience Stanley Cup playoff hockey in Salt Lake. 418 00:19:52.799 --> 00:19:55.920 I think the obvious answer there, and the easy one 419 00:19:55.960 --> 00:19:57.839 I guess is you're seeing who they brought in so 420 00:19:58.000 --> 00:20:00.480 far this summer, and I think the biggest top six 421 00:20:00.440 --> 00:20:04.559 to reinforcement is JJ Peterca, who they traded for from 422 00:20:04.640 --> 00:20:07.160 the Buffalo Sabers. You know, they traded Michael Kessing and 423 00:20:07.240 --> 00:20:10.079 Josh Stone, who I know people were very sad to 424 00:20:10.079 --> 00:20:12.480 see leave, but they didn't have to give up any 425 00:20:12.519 --> 00:20:17.160 prospects or for its overall pick. This trade came before 426 00:20:17.200 --> 00:20:19.839 the draft, and I know people were nervous that maybe 427 00:20:19.839 --> 00:20:21.359 they would have to give up the pick to get 428 00:20:21.359 --> 00:20:23.759 someone like the Turka, but they did it. And what's 429 00:20:23.920 --> 00:20:26.359 really good about him is his age. You know, he's 430 00:20:26.440 --> 00:20:29.079 right in the range of Logan Cooley and Dylan Gunther. 431 00:20:29.200 --> 00:20:32.000 He's twenty three, and his ceiling's really high and he 432 00:20:32.440 --> 00:20:35.680 is a finisher. He had a thirty goal season, and 433 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:37.839 you know, I've talked to a lot of Buffalo media 434 00:20:37.880 --> 00:20:40.720 and they think that he's going to score a lot 435 00:20:40.799 --> 00:20:43.279 more throughout the throughout his career and he's going to 436 00:20:43.319 --> 00:20:45.519 be happier in Utah. You know, there are reports that 437 00:20:45.559 --> 00:20:47.400 he just didn't want to be in Buffalo and he 438 00:20:47.480 --> 00:20:49.160 kind of forced his way out of there. So I 439 00:20:49.200 --> 00:20:51.759 think the new environment, the new setup, and a team 440 00:20:51.799 --> 00:20:54.359 that's really on an upward trajectory for him, that'll give 441 00:20:54.440 --> 00:20:56.960 him an opportunity to play top minutes, to be on 442 00:20:57.039 --> 00:21:00.000 the power play will be really important for Utah because 443 00:21:00.119 --> 00:21:02.319 is that something that they were missing a bit last year, 444 00:21:02.440 --> 00:21:04.559 you know, going into a third period being down a 445 00:21:04.599 --> 00:21:07.160 goal or not being able to extend the lead. They 446 00:21:07.200 --> 00:21:09.359 had trouble scoring. So I think someone like the Turka 447 00:21:09.400 --> 00:21:11.839 is important. And then you also just look at the 448 00:21:11.880 --> 00:21:16.319 more veteran leadership they brought in Brandon tanneb and Nate Schmidt, 449 00:21:16.960 --> 00:21:19.279 the defenseman. Nate Schmidt just won a Stanley Cup with 450 00:21:19.359 --> 00:21:21.920 the Florida Panthers and we got in the media call 451 00:21:21.960 --> 00:21:24.759 with him and he was hilarious. He has a really 452 00:21:24.920 --> 00:21:27.079 out their personality, which I think will be good for 453 00:21:27.160 --> 00:21:30.359 the room. He has an edge to him as he plays, 454 00:21:30.400 --> 00:21:32.799 so he'll be a good third pair, you know, defensive 455 00:21:32.839 --> 00:21:35.640 depths for them. And then brand of tanneb too also 456 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:38.559 has spark to him, and he talked about it. He 457 00:21:38.599 --> 00:21:41.599 wants to bring energy to the bottom six and he'll 458 00:21:41.640 --> 00:21:43.960 score and he'll do what he can, but he'll hit 459 00:21:44.119 --> 00:21:46.640 and you know, he just adds a little sandpaper for them. 460 00:21:46.640 --> 00:21:48.960 And then lastly, I think you look at their depths 461 00:21:49.000 --> 00:21:52.079 and goaltending. They brought in v tech Fanicheck, who also 462 00:21:52.160 --> 00:21:54.440 was on the Florida Panthers last year as you know, 463 00:21:54.559 --> 00:21:57.319 second string, third string goalie. But I think that just 464 00:21:57.440 --> 00:22:01.039 adds some insurance for Utah. You know, we're not sure 465 00:22:01.319 --> 00:22:04.160 when Connor Ingram will come back. So I think they 466 00:22:04.200 --> 00:22:06.839 really shored up the areas where they needed one to 467 00:22:06.880 --> 00:22:09.759 two more guys they didn't get them. Mitch Marner had 468 00:22:09.759 --> 00:22:12.359 a huge names that may be headlined this summer. But 469 00:22:12.720 --> 00:22:15.079 they got better in areas that they were lacking last 470 00:22:15.119 --> 00:22:17.480 year and now it's just a matter of them building 471 00:22:17.519 --> 00:22:18.880 chemistry with those new guys. 472 00:22:19.240 --> 00:22:20.599 Do you have an update on Connor? 473 00:22:20.880 --> 00:22:22.400 I mean I was going to ask that as a 474 00:22:22.440 --> 00:22:25.400 follow up, And obviously it's a very sensitive information or 475 00:22:25.440 --> 00:22:28.799 a sensitive situation, and the information is sensitive too, and 476 00:22:28.839 --> 00:22:32.000 the club has of course been great to make sure 477 00:22:32.000 --> 00:22:33.119 that he gets the helped and he needs. 478 00:22:33.160 --> 00:22:35.440 But do you know where we're at with that process now? 479 00:22:36.400 --> 00:22:39.000 Yeah, last time we talked to Bill Armstrong, he said 480 00:22:39.039 --> 00:22:42.160 that Ingram's been in the assistant program, that he's doing well, 481 00:22:42.160 --> 00:22:44.839 and that they're hoping for the best for him. You know, 482 00:22:44.839 --> 00:22:46.640 we also heard that he was playing in a men's 483 00:22:46.720 --> 00:22:50.599 league recently, kind of getting his fitness back, but Bill 484 00:22:50.680 --> 00:22:54.559 Armstrong declined to comment on any timeline for his return 485 00:22:54.839 --> 00:22:57.079 or you know, the specifics. He said he wanted to 486 00:22:57.119 --> 00:23:00.160 keep those within the organization, which is understandable give in 487 00:23:00.519 --> 00:23:03.880 the sensitivity of the situation. But you know, it's definitely 488 00:23:03.920 --> 00:23:05.920 something from the business side of a team that they 489 00:23:05.960 --> 00:23:08.039 had to think about. And I think that shows with 490 00:23:08.160 --> 00:23:10.839 how they brought in v Tech Fancheck, because training camp 491 00:23:10.920 --> 00:23:13.319 is a month away now and I think they're just 492 00:23:13.559 --> 00:23:17.039 making sure that they're ready for any situation. So that's 493 00:23:17.079 --> 00:23:18.960 all we have on Ingram right now. It sounds like 494 00:23:19.000 --> 00:23:23.160 he's making progress, but there's been no subsistence you know, return. 495 00:23:22.960 --> 00:23:24.640 Date for him still some money. 496 00:23:25.039 --> 00:23:27.240 According to the numbers I have in front of me, 497 00:23:27.279 --> 00:23:31.160 he's still six million change to potentially bring in other players. 498 00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:32.559 Do you think this is the group or do you 499 00:23:32.559 --> 00:23:35.359 think that money will be used to add a little depth. 500 00:23:36.839 --> 00:23:39.519 I think this is probably the group, But I think 501 00:23:39.519 --> 00:23:42.519 if they were going to do anything before the season starts, 502 00:23:42.599 --> 00:23:46.400 it might be a trade, and I don't think they will. 503 00:23:46.440 --> 00:23:48.880 But I think if they were to do something, I 504 00:23:49.079 --> 00:23:51.480 don't see them using the rest of their cap space, 505 00:23:51.599 --> 00:23:54.759 just because you know, Bill Armstrong is super responsible, and 506 00:23:54.799 --> 00:23:57.359 he also has will Big Fooley, who could be up 507 00:23:57.400 --> 00:24:00.240 for an extension this year, same situation as Kill and 508 00:24:00.279 --> 00:24:03.160 Gunther was in last year, and gun they extended for 509 00:24:03.240 --> 00:24:05.599 eight years in September. So I don't think fans should 510 00:24:05.640 --> 00:24:08.880 be freaking out that Coolly hasn't extended yet, especially with 511 00:24:08.920 --> 00:24:11.799 the cap going up for the next few seasons. Seasons 512 00:24:11.799 --> 00:24:15.400 in the NHL, negotiations are probably tougher and he'll still 513 00:24:15.440 --> 00:24:17.519 be with the team next year if he doesn't extend. 514 00:24:18.119 --> 00:24:20.960 But I think because there are players that they still 515 00:24:20.960 --> 00:24:23.720 need to lock up, they'll probably try to keep that 516 00:24:23.799 --> 00:24:26.640 cap space. And you know, they also resigned Jack mcdain, 517 00:24:26.680 --> 00:24:30.480 who is an RSA for a bit higher than fans 518 00:24:30.559 --> 00:24:33.200 or the team probably wanted to, but it's because he 519 00:24:33.240 --> 00:24:35.640 would have been a USA in two years, so they 520 00:24:35.640 --> 00:24:38.759 had to pay for those years. He got four point 521 00:24:38.799 --> 00:24:42.119 two five million dollars on his average annual value. So 522 00:24:42.640 --> 00:24:45.319 I think they, you know, they put their money where 523 00:24:45.319 --> 00:24:47.480 they wanted it, and I don't see them overspending for 524 00:24:47.559 --> 00:24:50.960 something because right now, I mean the internal competition that 525 00:24:51.039 --> 00:24:53.559 they have with the players they have right now, their prospects, 526 00:24:53.559 --> 00:24:56.519 the guy that Tucson is probably the best it's in 527 00:24:56.640 --> 00:25:00.640 for this organization. So they have the bodies that they need, 528 00:25:00.720 --> 00:25:03.359 and I don't think there's a glaring pool for them 529 00:25:03.400 --> 00:25:05.480 after the moves that Bill has done already. 530 00:25:06.400 --> 00:25:07.920 Well, it's been a minute since you and I have 531 00:25:07.920 --> 00:25:09.440 been able to catch up, and I know you've been 532 00:25:09.480 --> 00:25:13.079 asked about the Michael Carcony story, but I wonder for 533 00:25:13.680 --> 00:25:16.079 my audience in this space if you could elaborate a bit. 534 00:25:16.079 --> 00:25:19.799 I mean, I can remember watching that post game presser 535 00:25:20.640 --> 00:25:23.119 when he essentially was like, yeah, it's not going to work. 536 00:25:23.160 --> 00:25:25.960 And look, you always want to leave space for people 537 00:25:26.039 --> 00:25:29.279 to have emotional reactions and things like making a living 538 00:25:29.319 --> 00:25:31.680 in contracts and money make all of us emotional. So 539 00:25:32.279 --> 00:25:35.240 no issue at all for the about face. But how 540 00:25:35.279 --> 00:25:36.799 did this, how did this play out? 541 00:25:37.839 --> 00:25:42.000 Yeah? So exit day interviews back in what was that April? 542 00:25:42.200 --> 00:25:45.039 I think at the Deata Center, you know, guys talk 543 00:25:45.079 --> 00:25:47.400 about who there's seasons when, and usually if you're a 544 00:25:47.480 --> 00:25:51.160 UFA or RFA, you aren't as direct as Michael Carconi was. 545 00:25:51.640 --> 00:25:54.799 But as journalists we appreciate it, you know, we appreciate 546 00:25:54.839 --> 00:25:57.759 him just coming in and speaking his mind. But on 547 00:25:57.799 --> 00:25:59.759 that day in April, he said, you know, I love 548 00:25:59.799 --> 00:26:02.359 the They're a great group. I don't think there's going 549 00:26:02.440 --> 00:26:05.240 to be an answer, a direct quote. He said, I 550 00:26:05.279 --> 00:26:07.880 don't think we're going to agree on anything. I spoke 551 00:26:07.920 --> 00:26:09.799 to the coaching staff and management, and I think we're 552 00:26:09.839 --> 00:26:12.799 going to go in different directions. And we asked, you 553 00:26:12.839 --> 00:26:15.000 know why he was feeling that way, and he felt 554 00:26:15.039 --> 00:26:18.119 he wasn't given big enough of an opportunity for Utah 555 00:26:18.200 --> 00:26:20.720 last year. You know, the year before in Arizona he 556 00:26:20.759 --> 00:26:23.640 had twenty goals, and then last year for Utah he 557 00:26:23.799 --> 00:26:26.599 was usually the thirteenth forward. He was healthy, scratched a 558 00:26:26.599 --> 00:26:29.440 lot when he was in the lineup. He was bottom six, 559 00:26:30.200 --> 00:26:32.759 so his numbers went down, but also his games played 560 00:26:32.799 --> 00:26:35.359 went down. And I think that was a good problem 561 00:26:35.400 --> 00:26:38.079 from an organizational level for Utah because it meant that 562 00:26:38.200 --> 00:26:40.920 the younger guys were getting better and forcing their way 563 00:26:40.920 --> 00:26:43.079 into the lineup. You look at someone like Josh Jones, 564 00:26:43.079 --> 00:26:46.319 who's no longer there, but Dylan Gunster and Jack mcvain 565 00:26:46.440 --> 00:26:49.759 and those types of players. But it definitely cost Carconi. 566 00:26:50.559 --> 00:26:54.240 So he was going out into the free agent market 567 00:26:54.359 --> 00:26:57.480 and nothing had bit, you know, for the first couple 568 00:26:57.440 --> 00:27:01.359 of weeks, and on was a couple of week. July 569 00:27:01.599 --> 00:27:06.000 fifteenth or sixteenth, he signed a one year contract with 570 00:27:06.200 --> 00:27:08.799 the Mammoth for seven hundred and seventy five thousand dollars, 571 00:27:09.559 --> 00:27:12.920 which was the same average annual value as his last contract. 572 00:27:12.920 --> 00:27:15.880 And when we talked to him after the signing, he said, 573 00:27:16.000 --> 00:27:17.480 you know, he didn't want to be taken out of 574 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:20.720 context for his exit day interview. He said that he 575 00:27:20.720 --> 00:27:23.319 always wanted to be in Utah, but like you were saying, 576 00:27:23.359 --> 00:27:26.319 frustrations run high. He had just talked to the coaching staff, 577 00:27:27.039 --> 00:27:30.960 so he kind of walked back on not his want 578 00:27:31.000 --> 00:27:32.680 to leave, but his thought that he wouldn't be part 579 00:27:32.720 --> 00:27:37.400 of the future of the franchise. I think it's a 580 00:27:37.480 --> 00:27:40.000 fine signing for them. I mean, I don't think Carconi 581 00:27:40.079 --> 00:27:42.359 is going to have a huge role, but he likes 582 00:27:42.359 --> 00:27:44.039 playing with a chip on his shoulder. He said he 583 00:27:44.079 --> 00:27:45.759 knows he has a lot to prove coming in in 584 00:27:45.799 --> 00:27:49.640 his situation. But I imagine he's probably an extra forward 585 00:27:49.720 --> 00:27:53.039 or bottom six player again, just because of his size, 586 00:27:53.119 --> 00:27:56.759 his stats last year, and just the guys Utah has 587 00:27:56.799 --> 00:28:00.000 coming in. But he proves people wrong. He proved people wrong, 588 00:28:00.039 --> 00:28:01.759 and I think a lot of fans would like to 589 00:28:01.799 --> 00:28:02.200 see that. 590 00:28:03.000 --> 00:28:07.039 Any specific takeaways from the schedule release, I mean, I'm 591 00:28:07.039 --> 00:28:09.599 seeing that eleven of the first fifteen games are on 592 00:28:09.680 --> 00:28:12.839 the road, which is a tough start, but obviously they'll 593 00:28:12.839 --> 00:28:14.759 come back around. You play the same amount of road 594 00:28:14.759 --> 00:28:17.680 games as you do home games. But as you kind 595 00:28:17.680 --> 00:28:20.200 of dug into that schedule release, Bell, what were some 596 00:28:20.240 --> 00:28:21.200 of your main takeaways. 597 00:28:22.000 --> 00:28:24.039 Yeah, it's exactly what you said. They have a really 598 00:28:24.079 --> 00:28:26.680 tough start to the year. I think it was something 599 00:28:26.799 --> 00:28:29.920 like sixteen of twenty or sixteen to thirty or something 600 00:28:29.920 --> 00:28:32.559 to start the season or on the road, but you know, 601 00:28:32.599 --> 00:28:34.839 they were a really good road team last year. Actually, 602 00:28:34.880 --> 00:28:37.799 they struggled at home more so, so you might think 603 00:28:37.839 --> 00:28:39.680 it's a good thing for them to find their footing 604 00:28:39.720 --> 00:28:42.200 and bond as a team and be on the planes 605 00:28:42.200 --> 00:28:45.039 and hotels together and figure out their identity for the 606 00:28:45.079 --> 00:28:47.880 team on the road before they come to Delta Center 607 00:28:48.079 --> 00:28:50.759 and show off for year two, they start with a 608 00:28:50.799 --> 00:28:54.880 three game road trip Colorado, Nashville, and Chicago before coming 609 00:28:54.920 --> 00:28:57.960 back to Delta Center on October fifteenth for opening night 610 00:28:57.960 --> 00:29:01.680 against the Calgaryes for Lanes be a four game homestand 611 00:29:01.880 --> 00:29:06.200 so I think for them it'll test them immediately, which 612 00:29:06.240 --> 00:29:07.599 is a good thing. You know, a lot of the 613 00:29:07.599 --> 00:29:10.839 players have talked about not having that slump in the 614 00:29:10.880 --> 00:29:13.359 beginning of the season like they did last year, starting 615 00:29:13.359 --> 00:29:16.759 on time, and like you said, every team goes through 616 00:29:16.799 --> 00:29:19.559 hard stretches in the schedule. I don't think you can 617 00:29:19.680 --> 00:29:22.359 use it as an excuse for a poor record or 618 00:29:22.400 --> 00:29:25.039 poor showing. So I don't think Utah will use it 619 00:29:25.039 --> 00:29:28.160 as that at all. And I think you know one 620 00:29:28.200 --> 00:29:32.279 game or that people have circled on their calendar, obviously 621 00:29:32.319 --> 00:29:36.000 the divisional opponents because those points matter more. And then 622 00:29:36.200 --> 00:29:39.480 also I believe November twelfth, the Buffalo Sabers come to 623 00:29:39.480 --> 00:29:42.079 town and that will be Josh Jone and Michael Kessing's 624 00:29:42.119 --> 00:29:46.400 homecoming as well, So there's definitely, you know, great matchups 625 00:29:46.400 --> 00:29:49.279 to start the year. And although it's one of the 626 00:29:49.319 --> 00:29:51.640 tougher road schedules, I think it'll probably make the team 627 00:29:51.680 --> 00:29:53.880 better and if not, they'll just have to learn from 628 00:29:53.920 --> 00:29:56.000 it as every other organization does. 629 00:29:56.599 --> 00:29:59.599 How much of the road heavy schedule early on has 630 00:29:59.640 --> 00:30:04.880 to do with the renovations of the building bill. 631 00:30:03.200 --> 00:30:07.400 That's what we thought, but they're scheduled to play preseason 632 00:30:07.440 --> 00:30:10.480 games at Delta Center. Their last two preseason games, I 633 00:30:10.519 --> 00:30:13.559 believe at the end of September are scheduled to be 634 00:30:13.640 --> 00:30:15.880 at Delta Center, and those will be the first you 635 00:30:15.920 --> 00:30:19.119 know event at Delta Center since the renovations, so I 636 00:30:19.119 --> 00:30:21.799 imagine those games won't be the full effect. There will 637 00:30:21.839 --> 00:30:25.720 definitely be things that aren't fully ready yet, but supposedly 638 00:30:25.799 --> 00:30:29.160 as of now, those are supposed to be at the 639 00:30:29.240 --> 00:30:32.359 arena and we haven't gotten you know, any changes on that, 640 00:30:32.559 --> 00:30:36.759 so I'm sure it helped the Delta Center crew that 641 00:30:36.839 --> 00:30:39.279 they'll be gone for the first week of this season, 642 00:30:39.319 --> 00:30:41.880 but I don't think that's because there's any delays or 643 00:30:42.319 --> 00:30:45.119 change in schedule for the renovations. I think that's all 644 00:30:45.160 --> 00:30:46.960 on track, and you know, this just gives them a 645 00:30:46.960 --> 00:30:49.359 bit more time to get everything ready for opening nights. 646 00:30:50.200 --> 00:30:53.119 So having an interesting conversation. I had a little family 647 00:30:53.119 --> 00:30:55.519 reunion last week and chance to catch up with a 648 00:30:55.559 --> 00:30:57.200 lot of my family who I don't see very much, 649 00:30:57.200 --> 00:30:59.799 who are big sports fans, and we were just kind 650 00:30:59.799 --> 00:31:04.920 of pairing the project of the Jazz rebuild to the 651 00:31:04.960 --> 00:31:07.519 project of the Mammoth rebuild, and the Mammoth are much 652 00:31:07.559 --> 00:31:10.000 further along. I think this is probably year five or 653 00:31:10.039 --> 00:31:12.640 six of a rebuild, and the Jazz, I mean, it 654 00:31:12.680 --> 00:31:15.799 depends on what their messaging is, which seems to change 655 00:31:15.880 --> 00:31:17.680 day to day. Now it's like, no, we actually were 656 00:31:17.680 --> 00:31:20.119 tearing it down and the rebuild starts now. So the 657 00:31:20.160 --> 00:31:22.960 Mammoth are further along than the Jazz are. And I'm 658 00:31:23.000 --> 00:31:25.279 just wondering Bell. Throughout the course of your time here 659 00:31:25.440 --> 00:31:29.160 covering the team, talking to players that have been traded 660 00:31:29.200 --> 00:31:32.279 to Utah or draft picks that have been drafted to Utah. 661 00:31:32.440 --> 00:31:34.599 It's a little bit different when you're a draft pick 662 00:31:34.680 --> 00:31:39.319 because typically you're young, and ultimately you work for the 663 00:31:40.480 --> 00:31:43.279 organization of the NHL Hockey league, and you have been 664 00:31:43.319 --> 00:31:45.559 assigned to the Salt Lake City office, and I feel 665 00:31:45.559 --> 00:31:47.920 like you're more inclined just to accept it and be excited. 666 00:31:48.400 --> 00:31:51.759 Do you sense any pushback at all for hockey players 667 00:31:51.920 --> 00:31:54.480 wanting to come to our market and stay here for 668 00:31:54.559 --> 00:31:57.079 quite some time. It's just it's the main thing that 669 00:31:57.119 --> 00:31:58.920 the Jazz have run into for a number of years. 670 00:31:58.920 --> 00:32:01.039 They've been able to draft, they've been able to develop, 671 00:32:01.160 --> 00:32:03.960 but they just can't retain. And if you're going to 672 00:32:04.000 --> 00:32:06.079 win trophies, you have to retain. Do you think the 673 00:32:06.119 --> 00:32:07.920 manmuth they're going to run into any issues that way? 674 00:32:08.960 --> 00:32:09.200 Yeah. 675 00:32:09.279 --> 00:32:11.599 I mean, I think there's been a clear shift with 676 00:32:11.720 --> 00:32:15.799 the NHL and NHL players and NHL fans perspective on Utah. 677 00:32:15.839 --> 00:32:18.200 And I know you're saying how the draft picks don't 678 00:32:18.200 --> 00:32:20.119 really have a choice to be in Utah, but I 679 00:32:20.119 --> 00:32:22.640 think the narrative around them has been really different for 680 00:32:22.680 --> 00:32:25.279 the NHL. And I was actually talking to you know, 681 00:32:25.319 --> 00:32:28.960 Andy Larson, our Jazz writer, because it was around the 682 00:32:29.000 --> 00:32:31.359 time where all the Ace Bailey drama was happening and 683 00:32:31.400 --> 00:32:34.960 then these which got resolved. But these Utah players get 684 00:32:35.000 --> 00:32:36.960 drafted and you know a lot of them were saying 685 00:32:37.240 --> 00:32:39.240 I wanted to be in Utah. I was hoping I 686 00:32:39.240 --> 00:32:41.759 got drafted by Utah. I'm so excited to be here. 687 00:32:42.119 --> 00:32:44.480 The mountains are so beautiful, like this is one of 688 00:32:44.519 --> 00:32:46.680 the top teams in the NHL. I'm so excited to 689 00:32:46.720 --> 00:32:49.880 be in this organization. And it was It's a distinct, 690 00:32:50.039 --> 00:32:52.359 you know, change in narrative from what I think has 691 00:32:52.400 --> 00:32:55.359 been reported about the Jazz in the past. And we 692 00:32:55.480 --> 00:32:58.200 talked about this before free agency open for the NHL 693 00:32:58.240 --> 00:33:00.319 that it was going to be really interesting if they 694 00:33:00.319 --> 00:33:02.559 had to overpay for players or if they were able 695 00:33:02.599 --> 00:33:05.519 to land any players, and they were. I mean, they 696 00:33:05.599 --> 00:33:09.200 landed two Stanley Cup champions in Schmid and Banichek, and 697 00:33:09.240 --> 00:33:12.319 then Brandon Tannev. Although they'll be you know, bottom six, 698 00:33:12.400 --> 00:33:16.200 more debt veteran role, he's a legit NHLer and guys 699 00:33:16.240 --> 00:33:19.079 who have been around the league and seen different markets. 700 00:33:19.119 --> 00:33:21.440 So I think that's a really good sign for the 701 00:33:21.480 --> 00:33:24.440 Mammoth and the fans in front office that guys did 702 00:33:24.480 --> 00:33:28.000 sign here during free agency, and a lot of guys 703 00:33:28.039 --> 00:33:31.119 resigned as well, you know, Ian Cole resigned, Alex Kurfett resigned, 704 00:33:31.160 --> 00:33:34.359 Jack McBain resigned, Dylan Gunther resigned. Those are pieces of 705 00:33:34.400 --> 00:33:38.480 your core moving forward. JJ Paterca, although it was a trade, 706 00:33:39.160 --> 00:33:41.640 he kind of had to say. He forces himself out 707 00:33:41.640 --> 00:33:43.680 of Buffalo and found a team that would work for him. 708 00:33:43.759 --> 00:33:46.519 So I think that should be a positive note for 709 00:33:46.640 --> 00:33:49.319 Mammoth fans seeing that players are willing to take the 710 00:33:49.440 --> 00:33:51.640 chance on Utah. And I think there won't be an 711 00:33:51.640 --> 00:33:54.640 official answer until, you know, probably five to eight to 712 00:33:54.720 --> 00:33:56.440 ten years, when the team is here and you can 713 00:33:56.480 --> 00:34:00.160 actually see a pattern form or real opinions after the 714 00:34:00.200 --> 00:34:02.720 first or second year. But I think for the way 715 00:34:02.720 --> 00:34:05.359 they introduce themselves to the league and to the country 716 00:34:05.359 --> 00:34:08.320 and to hockey fans, players want to be here. And 717 00:34:08.760 --> 00:34:11.400 you know, it's only been positive feedback from us as 718 00:34:11.440 --> 00:34:14.400 the media. We haven't you heard anything of they don't 719 00:34:14.400 --> 00:34:16.360 want to be here or anything of that sort. 720 00:34:17.280 --> 00:34:20.639 What sort of information can you share with our hockey 721 00:34:20.679 --> 00:34:24.960 fan listeners about the new experience in the building Once 722 00:34:25.000 --> 00:34:29.559 everything is done once and it may bleed into next season. 723 00:34:29.599 --> 00:34:32.559 Anybody who's ever bought a house, or built a house, 724 00:34:32.679 --> 00:34:36.119 or a bad construction on anything, quite frankly understands that 725 00:34:36.119 --> 00:34:39.360 these things are always delayed. But once that is completely done. 726 00:34:40.079 --> 00:34:42.280 What sort of changes are in store? What can you 727 00:34:42.320 --> 00:34:42.800 share there? 728 00:34:43.760 --> 00:34:47.079 Yeah, well, it's going to be multi year project. I 729 00:34:47.119 --> 00:34:50.599 think they're sayings three to five off seasons because since 730 00:34:50.679 --> 00:34:52.960 the Jazz and Mammoth are there, they only have the 731 00:34:53.000 --> 00:34:55.800 summers to do the renovations. But this year they focus 732 00:34:55.960 --> 00:34:59.360 on the lower bowl and just improving site lines for 733 00:34:59.440 --> 00:35:01.679 those seats. Then throughout the arena, when it's one hundred 734 00:35:01.719 --> 00:35:05.880 percent done, every view will be full. There won't be 735 00:35:05.920 --> 00:35:08.880 any blockages like there were last year. But they've blown 736 00:35:08.920 --> 00:35:12.280 out the entire lower bowl and they're raising it by 737 00:35:12.800 --> 00:35:15.559 three feet I believe I'm pushing it back. So the 738 00:35:15.639 --> 00:35:17.840 views that people love for the NBA and the upclose 739 00:35:17.920 --> 00:35:20.679 nature of the Delta Center is still there. But the 740 00:35:21.599 --> 00:35:25.559 actual like I'm trying to think of the word, but 741 00:35:25.639 --> 00:35:27.760 it won't be a seat for hockey fans, so they'll 742 00:35:27.760 --> 00:35:29.679 be able to see both goals. There won't be any 743 00:35:29.679 --> 00:35:32.519 parts of the ice cut off, so that's kind of 744 00:35:32.559 --> 00:35:35.159 the tangible things they're working on. And then in the 745 00:35:35.320 --> 00:35:36.840 end of the project, there's going to be a new 746 00:35:36.840 --> 00:35:39.880 parking garage, there'll be a downtown plaza, you know, the 747 00:35:40.079 --> 00:35:42.679 entire downtown area around the Delta Center is kind of 748 00:35:42.679 --> 00:35:45.119 being reinvented, but people are going to have to wait 749 00:35:45.159 --> 00:35:47.320 a bit for that. And I think the biggest thing 750 00:35:47.400 --> 00:35:50.079 that we haven't even been let in on because it's 751 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:51.960 going to be a surprise on opening night is just 752 00:35:52.079 --> 00:35:55.000 all the branding around the Mammoth. It's hard to even 753 00:35:55.039 --> 00:35:57.440 remember the Utah Hockey Club branding now, so it feels 754 00:35:57.480 --> 00:36:00.519 like this team has been the Mammoth forever. But the 755 00:36:00.559 --> 00:36:04.320 new in game activations, the merch, everything on the JumboTron. 756 00:36:04.960 --> 00:36:07.840 I think it's going to be really cool to see 757 00:36:07.840 --> 00:36:10.079 how they bring this brand into life in an in 758 00:36:10.199 --> 00:36:13.400 game situation instead of just the social media stuff we've 759 00:36:13.400 --> 00:36:15.440 been seeing for the last few months. So I think 760 00:36:15.480 --> 00:36:18.119 that's probably the biggest thing that fans should look forward to. 761 00:36:19.000 --> 00:36:21.320 You and I were spoiled as young hockey fans growing 762 00:36:21.400 --> 00:36:24.079 up going to the Garden, so this question might be 763 00:36:24.079 --> 00:36:27.199 a little bit unfair, but I'm wondering Bell, when you 764 00:36:27.239 --> 00:36:30.800 took the job, what you were expecting as it pertained 765 00:36:30.800 --> 00:36:35.239 to atmosphere and fan participation year one for the Mammoth, 766 00:36:35.320 --> 00:36:39.079 and then did the experience meet or exceed those expectations? 767 00:36:40.119 --> 00:36:43.079 Definitely exceed, I mean I think I had no idea 768 00:36:43.119 --> 00:36:46.559 what to expect in the first place, and the players 769 00:36:46.599 --> 00:36:49.000 and coaches have said the same thing. But I think 770 00:36:49.000 --> 00:36:52.199 I wrote about this in mccolumn, but Opening Night was 771 00:36:52.519 --> 00:36:55.840 so special and magical because I think you saw that 772 00:36:55.880 --> 00:36:58.199 you tossed those up and Ryan Smith and everyone here 773 00:36:58.239 --> 00:37:00.559 had been saying it for years when they finally got 774 00:37:00.559 --> 00:37:03.440 the NHL team, and it was true. And that was 775 00:37:03.480 --> 00:37:05.960 one of my favorite parts of this entire season, was 776 00:37:06.079 --> 00:37:08.960 just watching this community fall so in love with hockey 777 00:37:09.000 --> 00:37:11.920 but also be so dedicated. I mean, there wasn't one 778 00:37:12.000 --> 00:37:14.159 night at the Delta Center this year where it wasn't 779 00:37:14.360 --> 00:37:16.840 sold out or close to sold out and loud, and 780 00:37:17.159 --> 00:37:20.159 people asking questions and coming up to us and creating 781 00:37:20.199 --> 00:37:24.559 new chants and creating new fan tradition, so beyond the hockey, 782 00:37:24.599 --> 00:37:26.360 I think that's been the best part of being in 783 00:37:26.440 --> 00:37:28.760 Utah so far, is just seeing how these fans have 784 00:37:28.880 --> 00:37:31.840 embraced the teams have embraced the league. And I imagine 785 00:37:31.840 --> 00:37:35.960 that just, you know, times one hundred for next season 786 00:37:36.039 --> 00:37:38.079 because a lot of people are more excited about it. 787 00:37:38.159 --> 00:37:42.079 But yeah, definitely excudd expectations, and I think it surprised 788 00:37:42.079 --> 00:37:44.480 a lot of people, just in the NHL and in 789 00:37:44.519 --> 00:37:47.679 hockey in general. A pleasant surprise for sure, So it'll 790 00:37:47.719 --> 00:37:49.719 be cool to see how that kind of grows the 791 00:37:49.760 --> 00:37:50.519 next few years. 792 00:37:50.719 --> 00:37:54.400 Do you have any inside insight or maybe inside information 793 00:37:54.480 --> 00:37:57.800 about how ticket sales are going? I mean, tickets are available, 794 00:37:57.840 --> 00:38:02.159 and then in addition to that corporate sponsorships. As far 795 00:38:02.159 --> 00:38:05.280 as how this team is being supported, we oftentimes on 796 00:38:05.320 --> 00:38:08.840 this show expand that conversation to all of our products here, 797 00:38:09.280 --> 00:38:11.519 our sports properties here, and then the potential of the 798 00:38:11.519 --> 00:38:13.079 Miller's bringing Major League Baseball. 799 00:38:13.119 --> 00:38:14.039 I know we're growing. 800 00:38:14.800 --> 00:38:17.599 We're growing as far as the population goes, We're growing 801 00:38:17.639 --> 00:38:21.679 as far as simply economic stimulation goes. Business is moving 802 00:38:21.679 --> 00:38:24.760 here and such. But is the hockey team being supported 803 00:38:24.840 --> 00:38:27.559 with ticket sales corporate sponsorship the way it needs to? 804 00:38:28.840 --> 00:38:32.159 It seems like it is. I'm not sure about corporate sponsorships. 805 00:38:32.559 --> 00:38:34.719 I mean, I can reach out to SEG about that. 806 00:38:34.719 --> 00:38:38.199 That's more obviously corporate. But in terms of ticket sales, 807 00:38:38.960 --> 00:38:40.960 it sounds like a lot of people have put in 808 00:38:41.000 --> 00:38:43.840 deposits for season tickets. You know, last year when they 809 00:38:43.880 --> 00:38:46.760 opened it, before the games even started, they sold out 810 00:38:46.760 --> 00:38:49.360 of the deposits. On the very first day, and we 811 00:38:49.400 --> 00:38:51.599 interact with a lot of fans on Twitter, and a 812 00:38:51.639 --> 00:38:54.000 bunch of people who just had single game tickets last 813 00:38:54.039 --> 00:38:57.199 year committed to half season or full season tickets this year. 814 00:38:57.360 --> 00:39:00.199 So yes, I don't have you know, exact numbers. I 815 00:39:00.199 --> 00:39:04.000 think they'll release those closer to the season when everything 816 00:39:04.079 --> 00:39:07.159 is sold out, and we'll get you know, the preseason numbers. 817 00:39:07.199 --> 00:39:09.840 But it really seems like the support is coming through 818 00:39:09.880 --> 00:39:12.480 in ticket sales, and I think you can just see 819 00:39:12.480 --> 00:39:16.079 it in the prices of tickets too. Unfortunately, it's not 820 00:39:16.199 --> 00:39:17.920 cheap to get into Delta Center, you know. I was 821 00:39:17.960 --> 00:39:21.159 looking at the prices the other day, and for opening night, 822 00:39:21.199 --> 00:39:23.840 I think the cheapest ticket to get in the door 823 00:39:23.920 --> 00:39:26.920 is two hundred and fifty dollars. So the only reasons 824 00:39:26.960 --> 00:39:29.320 the tickets are super expensive out here right now is 825 00:39:29.360 --> 00:39:32.599 because of the demand and because there's so few left. 826 00:39:32.719 --> 00:39:36.079 So I think that's a good sign. And yeah, like 827 00:39:36.119 --> 00:39:38.800 I said, we'll get specifics on that closer to the season, 828 00:39:38.920 --> 00:39:41.480 but from the general feel of it, it seems like 829 00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:43.559 people are going to fill out Delta Center for year two. 830 00:39:44.239 --> 00:39:46.039 All right, Bell, before I say you, Louise, tell us 831 00:39:46.079 --> 00:39:48.440 about Mammoth Week. I'm kind of learning about this in 832 00:39:48.440 --> 00:39:51.159 real time. What did the hockey club? And I'm not 833 00:39:51.199 --> 00:39:53.239 saying that as their name. I'm just referring to the 834 00:39:53.320 --> 00:39:56.440 Utah Mammoth as a hockey club. So everybody calmed down, Yeah, 835 00:39:56.480 --> 00:39:57.840 what what was Mammoth Week? 836 00:39:57.880 --> 00:39:58.599 What did this entail? 837 00:39:59.599 --> 00:40:02.000 It was a really cool initiative from the team. It was, 838 00:40:02.159 --> 00:40:05.079 you know, a statewide summer event and they stopped in 839 00:40:05.280 --> 00:40:11.760 seven locations. It was Logan, Provo, Park City, Cottonwood, Ogden, Enich, 840 00:40:11.800 --> 00:40:15.519 and Saint George for like a week July twenty sixth 841 00:40:15.599 --> 00:40:18.800 to August twelfth, and they did you know, different merph 842 00:40:18.800 --> 00:40:22.239 set ups. They did ball, hockey, street hockey, on ice, 843 00:40:22.320 --> 00:40:25.920 affordable clinics, and they had special guests that each stopped 844 00:40:25.960 --> 00:40:27.400 from the team. It was a lot of you know, 845 00:40:27.440 --> 00:40:30.119 the SEG broadcast team. And then Clayton Keller was in 846 00:40:30.239 --> 00:40:33.280 Saint George on August second for the final day. He 847 00:40:33.440 --> 00:40:37.920 was taking pictures, signing jerseys, talking to fans and you know, 848 00:40:38.000 --> 00:40:40.679 the main purpose of it was to just get hockey 849 00:40:40.840 --> 00:40:44.320 and the NHL team outside of downtown and throughout the 850 00:40:44.480 --> 00:40:47.400 entire state. And I was talking to Minete Malonell, who 851 00:40:47.440 --> 00:40:49.719 everyone knows is to play by play announcer for the team, 852 00:40:49.760 --> 00:40:52.519 and he was on a couple of the branches of 853 00:40:52.599 --> 00:40:55.519 the Mammoth Week tour and he said he was blown 854 00:40:55.559 --> 00:40:59.119 away by the outcome and how many people showed up 855 00:40:59.119 --> 00:41:01.840 and how many kids so excited even though they were 856 00:41:01.880 --> 00:41:04.000 a six hour drive from Delta Center at the time. 857 00:41:04.119 --> 00:41:08.519 So I think it just talks to the team's dedication 858 00:41:08.800 --> 00:41:10.960 to not just make it the Salt Lake City Mammoth 859 00:41:11.000 --> 00:41:14.960 and make it really a community asset for the entire state. So, 860 00:41:15.360 --> 00:41:18.159 you know, that's just one event they did, and you 861 00:41:18.159 --> 00:41:20.119 know that's something I've been impressed with for sure. Is 862 00:41:20.559 --> 00:41:23.679 all they do on the side of the hockey team actually. 863 00:41:23.440 --> 00:41:25.000 On the ice bell. 864 00:41:25.119 --> 00:41:27.519 Thanks so much for the time. We're gonna blink in October. 865 00:41:27.519 --> 00:41:29.639 We'll be here so hockey right around the corner. Have 866 00:41:29.719 --> 00:41:32.480 a great week and be well, Okay, awesome, Thank you. 867 00:41:32.840 --> 00:41:32.960 Hi. 868 00:41:33.039 --> 00:41:36.920 Belle Fraser covers the Utah Mammoth for the Solid Tribune. 869 00:41:37.400 --> 00:41:39.920 Just a phenomenal hire. She's done a great, great job. 870 00:41:40.320 --> 00:41:42.519 I wonder how long she'll be here at Belle Fraser 871 00:41:42.679 --> 00:41:45.599 One is where you find her on Twitter. You can 872 00:41:45.639 --> 00:41:48.159 support her at sl trip dot com and subscribe and 873 00:41:48.159 --> 00:41:51.360 support our good friends over at the Trip. The Utah 874 00:41:51.599 --> 00:41:55.000 Mammoth will begin play with a road heavy schedule starting 875 00:41:55.000 --> 00:41:58.280 on Thursday, October and the ninth at Colorado, eleven of 876 00:41:58.280 --> 00:42:00.719 the first fifteen games away from out to Center. Their 877 00:42:00.760 --> 00:42:04.280 home opener will be Wednesday, October fifteenth against Calgary, and 878 00:42:04.280 --> 00:42:07.440 tickets are on sale now. Learn about this new trend 879 00:42:07.679 --> 00:42:13.079 of grown people adults carrying around stuffed animals for like security. 880 00:42:13.119 --> 00:42:14.519 Have you have you have you seen any of this 881 00:42:14.840 --> 00:42:15.199 for what? 882 00:42:15.800 --> 00:42:15.880 For? 883 00:42:16.000 --> 00:42:17.079 Like? For like security? 884 00:42:17.159 --> 00:42:19.880 So you know like some people, yeah, some people have 885 00:42:19.960 --> 00:42:21.239 like emotional support dogs. 886 00:42:21.239 --> 00:42:22.239 There's this new trend. 887 00:42:22.320 --> 00:42:25.480 The Atlantic just did a piece on it where mostly 888 00:42:25.519 --> 00:42:28.719 in major cities where maybe some people might be losing 889 00:42:28.719 --> 00:42:33.360 it a little bit. Uh, grown adults are carrying around 890 00:42:33.360 --> 00:42:36.400 stuffed animals to calm their central nervous system. 891 00:42:36.400 --> 00:42:37.639 Do you have Do you have any thoughts on this? 892 00:42:39.760 --> 00:42:42.000 I think you gotta do what you gotta do, Okay. 893 00:42:43.079 --> 00:42:44.119 I don't like the trend. 894 00:42:44.760 --> 00:42:45.079 Listen. 895 00:42:46.159 --> 00:42:49.599 I Uh, I had a blankie for a while, nothing 896 00:42:49.639 --> 00:42:51.199 wrong with that. I had a blanky until I was 897 00:42:51.239 --> 00:42:51.719 at college. 898 00:42:51.840 --> 00:42:55.440 So did you call it blankie until you got to college. Yeah, yep, 899 00:42:55.760 --> 00:42:57.559 that's a little embarrassing. Did you ever have a stuffed 900 00:42:57.559 --> 00:43:00.239 animal when you were young that you love? Oh yeah, okay. 901 00:42:59.840 --> 00:43:01.840 It was a Clifford the big red dog. 902 00:43:01.840 --> 00:43:04.119 Cliff I love the Clifford the Red dog nephew has 903 00:43:04.159 --> 00:43:07.480 it nice and if he's ever like rough with it, 904 00:43:07.519 --> 00:43:08.280 I'm like, hey. 905 00:43:08.920 --> 00:43:09.800 Be nice to Clifford. 906 00:43:09.800 --> 00:43:10.719 You keep that nice. 907 00:43:11.119 --> 00:43:14.719 I had a giant bear there you go, with a 908 00:43:14.800 --> 00:43:18.760 yellow jersey number thirty three, and his name was Kareem 909 00:43:18.920 --> 00:43:19.920 abdul Ja Bear. 910 00:43:20.880 --> 00:43:23.840 It's a real story. There you go. I love that bear. 911 00:43:24.039 --> 00:43:25.199 Emotional support bear. 912 00:43:25.440 --> 00:43:28.960 Josh Furlong brings emotional support to the program on a Monday. Josh, 913 00:43:28.960 --> 00:43:31.840 did you have a stuffed animal that you love? Well, 914 00:43:31.960 --> 00:43:34.199 maybe you're part of this trend. Are you currently carrying 915 00:43:34.199 --> 00:43:35.199 around a stuffed animal? 916 00:43:36.599 --> 00:43:37.199 Heck no, And. 917 00:43:39.119 --> 00:43:41.119 I don't get it, but I did have a stuffed 918 00:43:41.119 --> 00:43:44.239 animal till I was what like five or whatever. There's 919 00:43:44.199 --> 00:43:47.840 a video of my dad back and so like I 920 00:43:48.199 --> 00:43:50.639 beat the crap out of that stuffed animal. And my 921 00:43:50.760 --> 00:43:53.119 mom she was a seamstress, and so she would like 922 00:43:53.199 --> 00:43:55.519 take it apart and try to fix it. Well, like 923 00:43:55.920 --> 00:43:58.119 they she took it apart and I couldn't find it, 924 00:43:58.119 --> 00:43:59.880 so I asked him where it is, and he's on 925 00:44:00.079 --> 00:44:04.800 video saying he's dead, and I'm just like, oh my gosh, 926 00:44:04.840 --> 00:44:08.400 so traumatizing. Yeah, no, I'm not a stuffed animal guy. 927 00:44:08.480 --> 00:44:11.239 Well, Josh, you can trauma dump on this show. At 928 00:44:11.239 --> 00:44:14.000 any point, do you still want to be friends with 929 00:44:14.039 --> 00:44:16.320 Porter even though you just found out he called his 930 00:44:16.440 --> 00:44:18.880 blanket blanky up until he was eighteen years old? 931 00:44:19.679 --> 00:44:22.760 Yeah, that's that's questionable. I mean, like, I mean, did 932 00:44:22.760 --> 00:44:26.199 he take it to his dorms and like sleep with it? Okay, okay, 933 00:44:26.280 --> 00:44:28.519 I mean tweet their own you find comfort in once 934 00:44:28.559 --> 00:44:29.320 you find it comfort in. 935 00:44:29.480 --> 00:44:31.239 I guess at least you didn't call it like woobye 936 00:44:31.320 --> 00:44:34.360 or something, because blank he's better than some corny nickname. Anyway, 937 00:44:34.760 --> 00:44:37.119 let's move on, Josh, and let's talk you tough football 938 00:44:38.000 --> 00:44:38.360 your ma. 939 00:44:38.480 --> 00:44:39.760 I saw that you recorded a pod. 940 00:44:40.320 --> 00:44:43.840 I'll tune in, uh, certainly later on this week, as 941 00:44:43.880 --> 00:44:47.800 I do for all Josh's POD's main storylines. Week one 942 00:44:48.119 --> 00:44:49.400 Utah football camp go. 943 00:44:51.159 --> 00:44:53.719 I'd say, just kind of the optimism around this offense. 944 00:44:53.880 --> 00:44:58.519 I mean, it's easy, you know, coming in, and anything 945 00:44:58.559 --> 00:45:01.000 better would be optimistic compared to what you had last year. 946 00:45:01.039 --> 00:45:04.639 So I don't know that it's crazy, but at the 947 00:45:04.639 --> 00:45:06.960 same time, I think there's a genuine belief that this 948 00:45:07.000 --> 00:45:10.480 offense is pretty special. Kyle Whittingham talked about how this 949 00:45:11.119 --> 00:45:14.360 team came in from the spring. They made progress. You 950 00:45:14.360 --> 00:45:17.679 could tell they worked in the offseason and they didn't 951 00:45:17.719 --> 00:45:19.840 really take a step back. You know, sometimes when you 952 00:45:19.880 --> 00:45:21.920 get into this first day oft fall camp, you know, 953 00:45:22.000 --> 00:45:23.920 Kyle will talk about, Yeah, we got to get these 954 00:45:23.920 --> 00:45:26.079 guys ready, you know, I got to get them remembering 955 00:45:26.159 --> 00:45:29.360 that the football season's up. This was a completely different 956 00:45:29.400 --> 00:45:32.800 tone from Kyle, and it just seems like there's this 957 00:45:32.960 --> 00:45:36.000 real purpose for the offense, right Like a lot of 958 00:45:36.000 --> 00:45:38.000 these guys weren't even on the roster last year, but 959 00:45:38.039 --> 00:45:41.679 I think they've bought in two kind of the mindset 960 00:45:41.760 --> 00:45:44.320 that whatever happened last year was not good enough. And 961 00:45:44.360 --> 00:45:48.119 so you're seeing a team collectively come together wanting to improve, 962 00:45:48.159 --> 00:45:50.599 wanting to be better, and at least by all accounts, 963 00:45:50.599 --> 00:45:53.599 from the first week of the season, things have been 964 00:45:53.719 --> 00:45:56.199 trending in an upward momentum, and I think things are 965 00:45:56.360 --> 00:45:57.719 in a positive way right now. 966 00:45:57.599 --> 00:45:59.400 For the youth wide receivers. 967 00:45:59.519 --> 00:46:03.039 Josh wide receivers, wide receivers, wide receivers. Where we're at, 968 00:46:03.079 --> 00:46:05.079 Where are we at? Give us some names. Who do 969 00:46:05.079 --> 00:46:07.239 you thinks could be catching passes from Devin this year? 970 00:46:08.199 --> 00:46:10.039 Yeah, I mean it's still TVD right, like I mean, 971 00:46:10.360 --> 00:46:12.159 until they've proven on the field, it's tough to know. 972 00:46:12.320 --> 00:46:14.599 But I think based on kind of what we've heard, 973 00:46:14.599 --> 00:46:17.559 Tobias Merriweather and Larry Simmons, two guys that came in 974 00:46:17.639 --> 00:46:20.239 after the in the spring portal, so after spring camp, 975 00:46:21.000 --> 00:46:24.000 have really kind of embraced their roles at Utah as 976 00:46:24.039 --> 00:46:27.199 being kind of the top guys. They both have a 977 00:46:27.320 --> 00:46:29.920 great frame to be able to be great assets for 978 00:46:30.000 --> 00:46:33.320 Devin Dampier. I mean, if you saw the tweet that 979 00:46:33.400 --> 00:46:35.719 Utah made where Isaac Wilson throw it to Larry Simmons, 980 00:46:35.800 --> 00:46:39.760 kind of shows the level of effort that that these 981 00:46:39.800 --> 00:46:42.880 players are making. But it sounds like they're doing well 982 00:46:43.000 --> 00:46:45.119 beyond that. I mean, you have your standard guys in 983 00:46:45.239 --> 00:46:47.519 Dandrin Zipper, a guy that's returning, one of the only 984 00:46:47.559 --> 00:46:50.320 returners who seems to be having a good camp. You've 985 00:46:50.360 --> 00:46:54.320 got other guys like Ryan Davis Whitmore. You know, some 986 00:46:54.400 --> 00:46:56.559 of these other guys that have done well. And then 987 00:46:56.559 --> 00:46:59.760 beyond that you have Hunter Andrews, You've got you know, 988 00:47:00.920 --> 00:47:04.639 Wireman playing Canaday, d and Dale and Bentley got Nate Johnson, 989 00:47:04.880 --> 00:47:07.159 JJ Buchanan who's a freshman that just got here, has 990 00:47:07.199 --> 00:47:10.639 been doing some good things. So I mean, I think 991 00:47:10.679 --> 00:47:12.960 they're at least serviceable, right, Like, we don't know if 992 00:47:13.000 --> 00:47:15.159 it's going to be to the level that the UTAH 993 00:47:15.280 --> 00:47:19.199 needs to really be effective, but I think they've got 994 00:47:19.280 --> 00:47:22.400 enough players that they feel good about that that there's 995 00:47:22.440 --> 00:47:24.880 gonna be some some ways to spread the ball around 996 00:47:24.880 --> 00:47:26.559 and not just rely solely on the run game. 997 00:47:27.800 --> 00:47:30.840 There have been youth fans in the past, certainly, and 998 00:47:30.960 --> 00:47:33.320 fans are fans, We love them, That's why we have jobs, 999 00:47:33.360 --> 00:47:36.239 but have been pining potentially for maybe a little bit 1000 00:47:36.239 --> 00:47:39.639 of a different offensive approach, something a little bit more entertaining. 1001 00:47:39.679 --> 00:47:41.760 And that's not entirely true because there have been certain 1002 00:47:41.800 --> 00:47:43.519 seasons where the offense has been elite. 1003 00:47:43.840 --> 00:47:46.559 We understand that this is a different look. It's a 1004 00:47:46.559 --> 00:47:47.280 different approach. 1005 00:47:47.440 --> 00:47:51.039 Like entirely tell you fans from a macro level what 1006 00:47:51.079 --> 00:47:52.960 they're in for for Coach Becks offense. 1007 00:47:54.199 --> 00:47:56.400 Yeah, I mean, it's in the basic terms it's an 1008 00:47:56.480 --> 00:47:59.559 uptempo offense, no huddles, It's a team that's going to 1009 00:47:59.599 --> 00:48:04.159 be running, you know, rpo based spread type concepts. I 1010 00:48:04.199 --> 00:48:07.199 would say there's simplistic in the sense that you know, 1011 00:48:07.440 --> 00:48:10.000 it doesn't take a Bible to be able to understand 1012 00:48:10.000 --> 00:48:11.880 what a wide receiver has to do. They don't have 1013 00:48:11.960 --> 00:48:13.800 to look at the defense, they don't have to scheme 1014 00:48:13.840 --> 00:48:16.320 against them and try to figure out what they're doing. 1015 00:48:16.639 --> 00:48:19.440 It's you run this route. You've got probably you know, 1016 00:48:19.480 --> 00:48:21.719 an alternative route if something blows up. But for the 1017 00:48:21.719 --> 00:48:25.480 most part, it dialed back in the ways that allows 1018 00:48:25.480 --> 00:48:27.159 this team to be able to just go out there 1019 00:48:27.159 --> 00:48:30.159 and play football. In the past, with Andy Bludwig, you 1020 00:48:30.199 --> 00:48:33.639 could have some complex offenses that were challenging, and if 1021 00:48:33.679 --> 00:48:35.559 it worked, if you had a guy like Cam Rising 1022 00:48:35.639 --> 00:48:39.519 understander that understood everything, you could have a beautiful run offense. 1023 00:48:39.920 --> 00:48:42.400 The problem is very few players could pick that up, 1024 00:48:42.480 --> 00:48:45.280 and so you're going to have a completely different offense. 1025 00:48:45.320 --> 00:48:47.719 It's probably more familiar to these kids, kids that played 1026 00:48:47.880 --> 00:48:52.519 rpo styles, spread style offenses in high school, maybe even younger, 1027 00:48:52.840 --> 00:48:54.719 and so I think it's just more of a simplistic 1028 00:48:54.760 --> 00:48:57.559 mindset of being able to attack the game. You know, 1029 00:48:57.679 --> 00:49:00.360 Utah is going to still try to emphasize, you know, 1030 00:49:00.440 --> 00:49:02.679 the run game. They're going to utilize that to be 1031 00:49:02.719 --> 00:49:05.119 able to set everything up, and I just think there's 1032 00:49:05.159 --> 00:49:07.599 going to be a lot of opportunities available for this team. 1033 00:49:07.639 --> 00:49:10.599 It can include options. It's going to have some bubble screens, 1034 00:49:10.960 --> 00:49:12.800 you know, you've got to have some downfield threats, and 1035 00:49:12.800 --> 00:49:14.960 then you obviously have your run games. So I think 1036 00:49:14.960 --> 00:49:18.800 it's just much more dynamic in just simplicity, but I 1037 00:49:18.840 --> 00:49:20.880 think it's it's going to be one that if they 1038 00:49:20.880 --> 00:49:24.440 can get everything hitting on the right notes, you could 1039 00:49:24.440 --> 00:49:26.719 do some damage, especially with that offensive line and keeping 1040 00:49:26.719 --> 00:49:30.280 from tempo, keeping the defensive guessing Devin dan Pere, really 1041 00:49:30.280 --> 00:49:32.960 making guys on the defensive side and not understand what 1042 00:49:32.960 --> 00:49:36.880 they're doing. So simple but still still effective in what 1043 00:49:36.920 --> 00:49:37.800 they're able to do. 1044 00:49:38.760 --> 00:49:42.559 For a fan base that certainly will probably be traumatized 1045 00:49:42.599 --> 00:49:45.360 for a while about a quarterback potentially being injured when 1046 00:49:45.360 --> 00:49:49.320 it comes to protecting Devin, I mean, obviously having maybe 1047 00:49:49.360 --> 00:49:51.639 the best offensive line not just in the conference, but 1048 00:49:51.719 --> 00:49:53.920 among the best offensive lines in the country will help 1049 00:49:54.320 --> 00:49:57.639 how much of this quarterback run game will be design 1050 00:49:57.760 --> 00:50:00.239 quarterback runs. How much of it is RPOs, how much 1051 00:50:00.239 --> 00:50:02.159 of it is Devin's decisions, how much of it is 1052 00:50:02.320 --> 00:50:03.280 coach Beck's calls. 1053 00:50:04.360 --> 00:50:06.119 I think it's all of that, honestly. I mean, I 1054 00:50:06.119 --> 00:50:08.679 think it's it's one of those things where everything's on 1055 00:50:08.679 --> 00:50:11.119 the table. I don't think it's one of those where 1056 00:50:11.159 --> 00:50:13.760 they're going to have a designed thing where you say, Okay, 1057 00:50:13.800 --> 00:50:15.599 we're gonna run at X amount of times from Devon, 1058 00:50:15.679 --> 00:50:17.599 We're going to have you know, way Shan run at 1059 00:50:17.719 --> 00:50:21.119 X amount of times. It's it's gonna be dynamic and 1060 00:50:21.400 --> 00:50:23.599 based on kind of what the defenses are giving you. 1061 00:50:23.679 --> 00:50:27.320 Devin damp Pier will have designed runs. Those designed runs 1062 00:50:27.320 --> 00:50:30.000 will also have options off of it. It'll have, you know, 1063 00:50:30.079 --> 00:50:32.800 a bunch of different looks that are going to allow 1064 00:50:32.840 --> 00:50:34.960 this team to be able to move. So I don't 1065 00:50:34.960 --> 00:50:37.880 know that there's like one set thing, but I think 1066 00:50:38.039 --> 00:50:40.280 you know, you're going to try to put the ball 1067 00:50:40.320 --> 00:50:42.880 in your best player's hands, and Devin Dampier is clearly 1068 00:50:42.920 --> 00:50:45.360 one of the best players on that roster, and so 1069 00:50:45.519 --> 00:50:47.880 you're going to utilize him however you can, whether that's 1070 00:50:48.000 --> 00:50:50.840 him passing and Jason Beck talked a lot about this 1071 00:50:50.960 --> 00:50:53.679 last week about he's more than capable in the passing game. 1072 00:50:54.039 --> 00:50:56.840 They just had, you know, different talent around him that 1073 00:50:56.840 --> 00:50:58.599 that wasn't able to kind of make it work. So 1074 00:50:59.199 --> 00:51:01.480 you know you're going to see he developed that. You know, 1075 00:51:01.519 --> 00:51:03.559 I've heard from a numerous amount of guys that he's 1076 00:51:03.559 --> 00:51:07.400 one of the best passers that they've seen running, you know, 1077 00:51:07.519 --> 00:51:08.719 like he can go on the run and he can 1078 00:51:08.760 --> 00:51:11.320 have accuracy on the run. So you know you're going 1079 00:51:11.400 --> 00:51:12.960 to see a lot of different books from him. I 1080 00:51:12.960 --> 00:51:15.360 don't know that it's going to be mapped out entirely 1081 00:51:15.400 --> 00:51:17.760 in terms of what it's going to be, but I mean, 1082 00:51:17.760 --> 00:51:19.920 this is a guy that only took four sacks last year, 1083 00:51:20.000 --> 00:51:22.480 So you know, given the offensive line that he has 1084 00:51:22.519 --> 00:51:25.039 this year versus last year, you have to at least 1085 00:51:25.159 --> 00:51:26.679 like the chance that he's going to be protected. The 1086 00:51:26.719 --> 00:51:28.360 freak things happened and you never really know. 1087 00:51:29.079 --> 00:51:32.159 So wa Sean Parker with a solid season in Wazoo 1088 00:51:32.239 --> 00:51:35.280 as a freshman close to eight hundred yards over five 1089 00:51:35.360 --> 00:51:39.079 yards per carry, which obviously is a great number. Does 1090 00:51:39.119 --> 00:51:41.599 it feel like that he has separated himself as RB 1091 00:51:41.679 --> 00:51:43.440 one And what does the rest of that room look like? 1092 00:51:44.639 --> 00:51:46.920 Yeah, he's he's I mean, something would have to change 1093 00:51:46.920 --> 00:51:49.320 for him not to be that guy. I mean, he's 1094 00:51:49.320 --> 00:51:51.639 saying all the right things, he's doing all the right things. 1095 00:51:51.960 --> 00:51:53.880 You know, he's coming in with a bit of confidence 1096 00:51:53.880 --> 00:51:55.519 on his side. He thinks he can get to fifteen 1097 00:51:55.559 --> 00:51:59.280 hundred yards this year, at least across the thousand yard barrier, 1098 00:51:59.280 --> 00:52:01.400 and I think that would be great for Utah. But 1099 00:52:01.480 --> 00:52:04.599 I think he's, you know, unless somebody takes it from him, 1100 00:52:04.639 --> 00:52:06.760 he's the guy, and I don't see that happening right now. 1101 00:52:07.159 --> 00:52:09.320 But beyond that, you have Nakari Rodgers, who was with 1102 00:52:09.360 --> 00:52:12.960 New Mexico last year, so he understands the system Waysham 1103 00:52:13.119 --> 00:52:14.840 was a bit banged up in spring and had to 1104 00:52:14.840 --> 00:52:17.880 have a minor surgery and so that gave Rogers an 1105 00:52:17.880 --> 00:52:20.320 opportunity to really kind of hone in and take those 1106 00:52:20.360 --> 00:52:23.360 first team reps and he did really well with it. 1107 00:52:23.480 --> 00:52:25.760 So I think you're going to see him, if not 1108 00:52:26.039 --> 00:52:29.559 on like you know, short yardage situations, third down situations, 1109 00:52:29.639 --> 00:52:32.880 try to try to move that. You've got Bryce Duke 1110 00:52:32.960 --> 00:52:36.519 where he came in spring and we didn't get a 1111 00:52:36.559 --> 00:52:38.960 chance to see him, So I think, you know, there's 1112 00:52:39.000 --> 00:52:40.840 there's a chance that he pushes I've heard some good 1113 00:52:40.880 --> 00:52:43.480 things about him and maybe getting that number two spot. 1114 00:52:43.840 --> 00:52:45.960 But then you have some other guys like Daniel Bray, 1115 00:52:46.079 --> 00:52:50.599 he's a freshman in spring. Kyle Whittingham talked about it's 1116 00:52:50.639 --> 00:52:52.559 not really a question of if he'll see the field, 1117 00:52:52.559 --> 00:52:55.320 it's about where and how. He's more of your gadget 1118 00:52:55.320 --> 00:52:57.320 guy right now and kind of utilizing him in an 1119 00:52:57.320 --> 00:53:00.480 off speed type situation, so you're gonna him. And then 1120 00:53:00.480 --> 00:53:02.880 you also have devinie Green, the UNLB transfer who's going 1121 00:53:02.920 --> 00:53:04.960 to come in and he had some good showings in 1122 00:53:05.280 --> 00:53:07.920 the spring as well, So you know, I think there's 1123 00:53:07.960 --> 00:53:10.039 a good room. I think they've got the potential to 1124 00:53:10.039 --> 00:53:11.880 be able to mix it up wherever they need to. 1125 00:53:12.480 --> 00:53:14.159 But I think one that would push them the most 1126 00:53:14.239 --> 00:53:16.599 right now is the Kari Rodgers and Bryce Duke. But 1127 00:53:16.639 --> 00:53:18.519 it still remains to be seen kind of where they're at, 1128 00:53:18.599 --> 00:53:21.320 and I'm really curious to see how they stack up 1129 00:53:21.360 --> 00:53:23.440 this week, especially when pads get on and kind of 1130 00:53:23.440 --> 00:53:25.159 how they attack the defense. 1131 00:53:25.800 --> 00:53:27.519 As we have all learned, and it's not just a 1132 00:53:27.599 --> 00:53:30.440 Utah dynamic pretty much everywhere, you got to have at 1133 00:53:30.559 --> 00:53:32.679 least a couple of quarterbacks ready to go. If not, 1134 00:53:32.920 --> 00:53:36.800 sometimes three, maybe sometimes four or five. If recent history 1135 00:53:37.480 --> 00:53:39.199 shows anything about Utah football. 1136 00:53:39.519 --> 00:53:40.639 Coach Beck was asked. 1137 00:53:40.679 --> 00:53:44.079 Jason Beck was asked last week about the quarterback room 1138 00:53:44.119 --> 00:53:47.400 and the dynamic of what's going on behind Devin. He 1139 00:53:47.480 --> 00:53:50.280 alluded to this was Wednesday, said quote, we're not too 1140 00:53:50.320 --> 00:53:53.199 far away now from starting the game plan for UCLA. 1141 00:53:53.920 --> 00:53:55.760 We have two scrimmages along the way. By the end 1142 00:53:55.800 --> 00:53:57.840 of that second scrimmage, we'd really like to have an 1143 00:53:57.880 --> 00:54:00.480 idea of what we're doing. After asked about the backup 1144 00:54:00.559 --> 00:54:03.960 quarterback situation, of course, it's Isaac Wilson, who he saw 1145 00:54:04.000 --> 00:54:06.599 in spot duty, well not justin spot duty. We saw 1146 00:54:06.679 --> 00:54:08.960 him more than anybody was expecting last year and it 1147 00:54:09.000 --> 00:54:11.599 didn't look great. And then this Bird Ficklin kid that's 1148 00:54:11.599 --> 00:54:13.400 getting a lot of love from the coaching staff. Can 1149 00:54:13.440 --> 00:54:15.000 you give us an idea where we're at in this 1150 00:54:15.159 --> 00:54:16.079 race for QB two. 1151 00:54:17.199 --> 00:54:20.360 Yeah, Bird has definitely been making a push, right. I 1152 00:54:20.360 --> 00:54:23.599 think he's pushing Isaac aton He is a true freshman, 1153 00:54:23.639 --> 00:54:25.320 and so I think there's I don't want to call 1154 00:54:25.360 --> 00:54:27.960 it hesitancy, but I think you learned a lot last 1155 00:54:28.039 --> 00:54:31.400 year with Isaac being a true freshman that he has 1156 00:54:31.440 --> 00:54:33.360 to be hands down the best guy for him to 1157 00:54:33.360 --> 00:54:36.800 take that QB two spot. I think the potential and 1158 00:54:36.840 --> 00:54:40.880 the way that Jason Beck is running his offense probably 1159 00:54:40.880 --> 00:54:44.480 fits Bird a little bit more simply because he's similar 1160 00:54:44.519 --> 00:54:47.920 to Devin dan Pierre. But I think Isaac has really 1161 00:54:47.960 --> 00:54:50.280 taken some strides in the offseason. You know, he was 1162 00:54:50.320 --> 00:54:53.719 saying the right things in spring, talking about how, you know, 1163 00:54:53.840 --> 00:54:55.639 he needs to be better, how he needs to be 1164 00:54:55.800 --> 00:55:01.440 better leader. Just he understood all of that in at least, 1165 00:55:01.960 --> 00:55:04.280 you know, by all accounts, seems like this offense should 1166 00:55:04.360 --> 00:55:08.000 fit him more. He ran the spread at Corner Canyon, 1167 00:55:08.000 --> 00:55:10.360 and so I think he understands that. He understands the RPO. 1168 00:55:10.960 --> 00:55:13.079 You know, he's good in this system, and I think 1169 00:55:13.159 --> 00:55:15.760 it's more simplistic for him to be able to understand. 1170 00:55:16.159 --> 00:55:18.199 So I think, you know, if you're going into this, 1171 00:55:18.719 --> 00:55:21.719 I think it's Isaac's to lose. I think he's got 1172 00:55:21.719 --> 00:55:24.719 a leg up. I think that one year of experience 1173 00:55:24.920 --> 00:55:27.760 does a lot. But I he's going to have to 1174 00:55:27.840 --> 00:55:30.280 build a lot of trust, right not just from the 1175 00:55:30.320 --> 00:55:32.480 coaching staff, but from the fan base that if he 1176 00:55:32.679 --> 00:55:35.960 is the true number two. Guy Utah has to really 1177 00:55:36.000 --> 00:55:37.639 like what he's doing. I don't think Kyle's going to 1178 00:55:37.679 --> 00:55:40.079 go into this season saying, you know, we're just going 1179 00:55:40.119 --> 00:55:42.559 to give Isaac that because he's a year older than Bird. 1180 00:55:43.039 --> 00:55:45.360 I think he has to see something different. I think 1181 00:55:45.360 --> 00:55:47.599 he has to see that he's matured, that he's willing 1182 00:55:47.639 --> 00:55:49.519 to take the right steps, that he understands that he 1183 00:55:49.559 --> 00:55:52.000 made mistakes last year. They obviously didn't put him in 1184 00:55:52.039 --> 00:55:55.960 a great situation, but you know, learn from that and grow. 1185 00:55:56.000 --> 00:55:58.360 And I think by all accounts it sounds like that's happened. 1186 00:55:58.840 --> 00:56:02.360 But you know, only they can show. I mean, I 1187 00:56:02.440 --> 00:56:04.039 go back to that tweet that I was talking about 1188 00:56:04.079 --> 00:56:07.760 where he threw the touchdown pass to Larry Simmons. I 1189 00:56:08.039 --> 00:56:09.960 still has an arm, and he still is able to 1190 00:56:10.000 --> 00:56:12.480 showcase that he can hit tight window. I think he 1191 00:56:12.639 --> 00:56:14.960 was just put in a tough position last year to 1192 00:56:15.000 --> 00:56:18.880 be able to force play, not understanding the offense the 1193 00:56:18.880 --> 00:56:20.639 way that he needed to not check down get the 1194 00:56:20.639 --> 00:56:23.480 ball out quickly, and so if he can make those strides, 1195 00:56:23.480 --> 00:56:25.400 I think he's a good reliable Number two. 1196 00:56:26.159 --> 00:56:28.480 I was away last week and Porter and I were 1197 00:56:28.480 --> 00:56:31.119 discussing this earlier in the show. In fact, I'll ask 1198 00:56:31.159 --> 00:56:34.599 you when you take vacation, Like for me, I delete 1199 00:56:34.639 --> 00:56:37.119 social media from my phone. I delete alerts from any 1200 00:56:37.119 --> 00:56:41.320 sports outlet. I am disconnected. When Josh Burlong is on vacation, 1201 00:56:41.360 --> 00:56:43.719 how connected is he to the worlds of sports. 1202 00:56:45.440 --> 00:56:47.760 As I don't know? I mean, like I have to be, 1203 00:56:47.840 --> 00:56:50.280 I think because I have to edit other people's stories. 1204 00:56:50.360 --> 00:56:52.920 So I try as best as possible to kind of 1205 00:56:53.000 --> 00:56:55.320 push it all aside. But there's always something that I'm 1206 00:56:55.360 --> 00:56:58.559 looking for. I think it's really just kind of finding 1207 00:56:58.559 --> 00:57:01.360 the right balance for you. For me, you know, I 1208 00:57:01.960 --> 00:57:04.599 like to at least be in reach just in case 1209 00:57:04.639 --> 00:57:07.719 something happens on the beat or something else happens with 1210 00:57:07.760 --> 00:57:11.039 my workers, and so it's just kind of it's maintaining 1211 00:57:11.639 --> 00:57:15.480 quiet without fully disconnecting. I quite honestly, I'd love to 1212 00:57:15.559 --> 00:57:18.639 just fully to disconnect sometimes I think it's great. I 1213 00:57:18.719 --> 00:57:20.559 just haven't been able to do that the last few years. 1214 00:57:20.559 --> 00:57:23.159 So it's it's, you know, it's a give or take. 1215 00:57:23.239 --> 00:57:25.079 But I've found a nice little bounce, right. I don't 1216 00:57:25.079 --> 00:57:26.760 feel overly stressed by it by all means. 1217 00:57:26.840 --> 00:57:29.519 I guess it's different because you actually have people that 1218 00:57:29.599 --> 00:57:31.440 report to you and rely on you. I am an 1219 00:57:31.440 --> 00:57:33.159 island porter and I we kind of. 1220 00:57:33.079 --> 00:57:33.559 Do our thing. 1221 00:57:33.599 --> 00:57:36.119 We have nobody that needs to worry about us. We 1222 00:57:36.159 --> 00:57:37.760 don't need to worry about them, So it's different. But 1223 00:57:38.239 --> 00:57:40.639 I bring it up because I had heard of. 1224 00:57:40.519 --> 00:57:41.719 This Salissimo kid. 1225 00:57:42.480 --> 00:57:44.960 But when I was kind of re entering in the 1226 00:57:45.000 --> 00:57:48.760 atmosphere and re you know, installed the social media apps 1227 00:57:48.800 --> 00:57:52.000 on the phone that you use for information, the story 1228 00:57:52.119 --> 00:57:55.119 was everywhere, was all over the place. So walk us 1229 00:57:55.119 --> 00:57:57.760 through this. How close was you taught to landing him? 1230 00:57:57.800 --> 00:58:00.280 Did they think they had him? And why ultimately did 1231 00:58:00.280 --> 00:58:01.280 he land at Tennessee. 1232 00:58:02.639 --> 00:58:04.760 Yeah, so early on he was supposed to commit. I 1233 00:58:04.800 --> 00:58:08.079 believe it was July fifth, and around that time, one 1234 00:58:08.079 --> 00:58:10.880 of the on three guys, Steve what Olpsong, gave a 1235 00:58:10.920 --> 00:58:13.480 prediction that said that he was going to commit to 1236 00:58:13.599 --> 00:58:16.199 Utah and at that time it very much so was 1237 00:58:16.280 --> 00:58:20.039 leaning and trending towards that. You know, he liked everything 1238 00:58:20.039 --> 00:58:22.840 about his official visit. He liked everything about staying home, 1239 00:58:23.719 --> 00:58:27.320 but there was always another team, generally being Tennessee and 1240 00:58:27.400 --> 00:58:30.639 Tennessee mostly because of the SEC. He really loves the SEC. 1241 00:58:31.280 --> 00:58:34.400 You know, wanted to play at Alabama wants to be 1242 00:58:34.440 --> 00:58:37.199 able to have kind of that star power you know 1243 00:58:37.480 --> 00:58:41.599 behind him. But for the longest time, it really felt 1244 00:58:41.639 --> 00:58:44.239 like Utah. Now as it dragged on, it seems like, 1245 00:58:44.360 --> 00:58:46.519 you know, Tennessee was creeping in. But at the same time, 1246 00:58:46.920 --> 00:58:49.079 these were two teams that were pretty evenly matched in 1247 00:58:49.159 --> 00:58:51.480 terms of the resources and kind of what they wanted 1248 00:58:51.519 --> 00:58:53.920 for him, And it honestly just came down to the 1249 00:58:54.000 --> 00:58:58.079 night before of him him really settling on Tennessee. I 1250 00:58:58.559 --> 00:59:02.039 you know, I think it's it's definitely a blow for 1251 00:59:02.159 --> 00:59:04.079 Utah in the sense that you lose the top recruit 1252 00:59:04.079 --> 00:59:06.880 from your state. Obviously a legacy kid with Ben Moa 1253 00:59:06.960 --> 00:59:11.360 going to Utah. But I don't like to me like, 1254 00:59:11.440 --> 00:59:13.519 I don't get into this level where it's just like 1255 00:59:13.559 --> 00:59:15.199 the end of the world, right, Like, I think it's 1256 00:59:15.239 --> 00:59:17.760 one kid, and in the age of the transfer portal, 1257 00:59:18.159 --> 00:59:21.000 there's just so many more proven commodities that you can 1258 00:59:21.039 --> 00:59:23.960 get immediately instead of trying to rely on or recruit. Now, 1259 00:59:24.000 --> 00:59:25.800 don't get me wrong, this is a kid that was 1260 00:59:26.800 --> 00:59:29.920 a consensus five star by twenty four seven Sports. You know, 1261 00:59:29.960 --> 00:59:32.880 there's a lot of upside. His impact on the field 1262 00:59:32.880 --> 00:59:35.280 on day one likely would have been higher than most, 1263 00:59:35.880 --> 00:59:39.280 but I think, you know, it's not a big indictment 1264 00:59:39.320 --> 00:59:41.840 on Utah. They do need to improve, but I think 1265 00:59:41.840 --> 00:59:43.599 in the age of the transfer portal, if you can 1266 00:59:43.719 --> 00:59:46.320 hit on the right amount of players, you're going to 1267 00:59:46.360 --> 00:59:48.440 be fine. And it seems like Utah has done well. 1268 00:59:48.719 --> 00:59:50.800 We're really going to see that truly this year with 1269 00:59:50.880 --> 00:59:54.840 their full offense rebuild from the portal. So it's one player, yes, 1270 00:59:54.880 --> 00:59:56.719 it's a five star. It's a kid that you absolutely 1271 00:59:56.719 --> 00:59:58.920 need to get it with him in your backyard. But 1272 00:59:59.239 --> 01:00:01.039 you know, seventeen eighteen year old kids are going to 1273 01:00:01.119 --> 01:00:03.280 do what they want and if it means playing in 1274 01:00:03.280 --> 01:00:06.000 the SEC is you know what is has a drawn him. 1275 01:00:06.440 --> 01:00:08.760 You know, there's not much you can do at Utah 1276 01:00:08.840 --> 01:00:11.599 outside of just doubling the money or whatever it is 1277 01:00:11.639 --> 01:00:12.920 to kind of pull a kid like that. 1278 01:00:13.280 --> 01:00:16.000 And to your point about the transfer portal, it really 1279 01:00:16.119 --> 01:00:18.800 changes it. You know, it's interesting, Josh on a number 1280 01:00:18.840 --> 01:00:21.880 of levels, because like it changes the way we cover 1281 01:00:22.199 --> 01:00:25.599 National Signing Day, National level Letter of Intent Day. They 1282 01:00:25.679 --> 01:00:28.400 used to be like an all day, you know, uh, 1283 01:00:29.039 --> 01:00:31.559 covered on the radio, covered on the newspaper, and it's 1284 01:00:31.599 --> 01:00:35.239 all anybody ever wanted to talk about and now. While 1285 01:00:35.320 --> 01:00:38.119 recruiting remains a big piece of what you have to 1286 01:00:38.159 --> 01:00:41.119 do to acquire talent for your program, the transfer portal 1287 01:00:41.119 --> 01:00:45.320 has also changed the I'll call it the prescient nature 1288 01:00:45.880 --> 01:00:48.599 of analyzing, you know, these young people who are coming 1289 01:00:48.639 --> 01:00:50.119 to college out of high school and whether or not 1290 01:00:50.119 --> 01:00:52.840 they're ready to play college football. It does feel like 1291 01:00:52.880 --> 01:00:55.199 Brigham Young has made quite the inroads for their twenty 1292 01:00:55.199 --> 01:00:58.480 twenty six class. From a macro level where we at 1293 01:00:58.480 --> 01:01:02.599 with Utah for their twenty twenty six recruiting class, yeah, they're. 1294 01:01:02.400 --> 01:01:05.039 They're far far behind, Like BYU is in a top 1295 01:01:05.039 --> 01:01:08.079 twenty five class in Utah's top fifty, Right have they 1296 01:01:08.079 --> 01:01:10.519 gotten MOA. There's a chance that they would have been 1297 01:01:10.599 --> 01:01:14.199 top thirty. But it's it's one where you know, Utah 1298 01:01:14.239 --> 01:01:16.679 needs some work to do. At the same time, you're 1299 01:01:16.719 --> 01:01:19.320 coming off of two years that we're disappointing. You know, 1300 01:01:19.400 --> 01:01:22.440 it's it's not easy to kind of showcase that two 1301 01:01:22.559 --> 01:01:26.960 kids that have short lifestyle some are short lifespans in 1302 01:01:27.039 --> 01:01:30.159 terms of college sports, and so you've got to be 1303 01:01:30.199 --> 01:01:33.239 able to brand yourself as a good team right now 1304 01:01:33.280 --> 01:01:35.559 and right now BYU is getting a lot of that momentum, 1305 01:01:35.719 --> 01:01:38.320 Utah still did better than I think many expected based 1306 01:01:38.320 --> 01:01:41.639 on how the last couple of seasons went. But it's 1307 01:01:41.639 --> 01:01:43.440 one of those things where you have to you have 1308 01:01:43.480 --> 01:01:45.440 to maintain good, right like you have to be good, 1309 01:01:45.480 --> 01:01:46.840 You've got to show it up. You've got to be 1310 01:01:46.880 --> 01:01:50.039 able to keep that marketability around to be able to 1311 01:01:50.079 --> 01:01:53.079 make it work. So right now, BYU, not just from 1312 01:01:53.079 --> 01:01:56.559 an NIL standpoint, but just all around vibes around the 1313 01:01:56.599 --> 01:01:59.760 team has has taken that, you know, but it's cyclical, right, 1314 01:01:59.800 --> 01:02:01.880 You're going to get a lot of that that changes. 1315 01:02:02.440 --> 01:02:04.480 Utah was benefiting a ton because they were in the 1316 01:02:04.519 --> 01:02:07.440 PAC twelve and BUYU is independent. They had a much 1317 01:02:07.480 --> 01:02:10.280 better opportunity that way, and so it changes. You know, 1318 01:02:10.320 --> 01:02:12.480 there's going to be things depending on this year where 1319 01:02:12.880 --> 01:02:16.719 maybe kids flip or they they change the trajectory of it, 1320 01:02:16.760 --> 01:02:20.079 and so you know, unless they're you know, one of 1321 01:02:20.079 --> 01:02:22.039 these teams that have to recruit at a top level 1322 01:02:22.079 --> 01:02:24.800 to compete for a national championship, I think anywhere above 1323 01:02:24.840 --> 01:02:26.840 fifty is going to be fine for Utah as long 1324 01:02:26.880 --> 01:02:30.800 as they are evaluating properly and getting at least at 1325 01:02:30.840 --> 01:02:33.719 least they're hitting on a majority of these kids. If not, yeah, 1326 01:02:33.719 --> 01:02:36.079 then it's a disappointment and you're really just trying to 1327 01:02:36.119 --> 01:02:38.880 catch up on something that is already you know, well 1328 01:02:38.920 --> 01:02:39.960 out of their range right now. 1329 01:02:40.360 --> 01:02:43.119 From a local standpoint, how is Utah hanging in? 1330 01:02:43.239 --> 01:02:45.280 It felt like for about I don't know, maybe a 1331 01:02:45.320 --> 01:02:50.079 decade to your earlier point about by Uspoorian into independence 1332 01:02:50.079 --> 01:02:53.000 and Utah's inclusion into the PAC twelve, and of course, 1333 01:02:53.039 --> 01:02:55.239 of course Coach went and what he's built, it felt 1334 01:02:55.280 --> 01:02:58.000 like more often than not for a long time, Utah 1335 01:02:58.079 --> 01:03:00.639 was getting most any local kid they wanted, including for 1336 01:03:00.679 --> 01:03:02.840 a number of years the Chase Hanson's and the Britain 1337 01:03:02.880 --> 01:03:06.400 Covees and the kids it felt like they were BYU 1338 01:03:06.559 --> 01:03:09.440 tried and true oftentimes ended up in Salt Lake City. 1339 01:03:09.440 --> 01:03:13.360 What's the dynamic like currently, Josh. 1340 01:03:12.239 --> 01:03:15.159 Yeah, I think the biggest change there is more around 1341 01:03:15.199 --> 01:03:17.719 the LDS kids, the kids that you know, you would 1342 01:03:17.760 --> 01:03:20.559 expect to be BYU that Utah picked up, you know, 1343 01:03:20.559 --> 01:03:23.079 the Britain Coveyes, the Chase Hansson's. Like you said, these 1344 01:03:23.119 --> 01:03:25.480 are the kids that BYU kind of whiffed on a 1345 01:03:25.480 --> 01:03:27.880 little bit, and whether it was they weren't evaluating them 1346 01:03:27.920 --> 01:03:31.119 the right way, or they just weren't viewed as the 1347 01:03:31.119 --> 01:03:33.800 better team. You know, Utah was able to pick that up. 1348 01:03:33.800 --> 01:03:36.320 And so I think you've seen a lot of that 1349 01:03:36.440 --> 01:03:38.880 this year where there's some kids that have just been 1350 01:03:39.079 --> 01:03:41.360 diehard BYU fens their entire life and they wanted to 1351 01:03:41.360 --> 01:03:43.159 go to BYU and you were always not going to 1352 01:03:43.239 --> 01:03:46.039 get those kids. But I think there's there's some kids 1353 01:03:46.119 --> 01:03:50.159 recently that that maybe they were you know, waffling a 1354 01:03:50.199 --> 01:03:52.760 little bit and trying to figure out how it goes 1355 01:03:52.880 --> 01:03:56.159 and if the religious side of things is top of mind, 1356 01:03:56.639 --> 01:03:58.519 you know, that kind of pushes them over because now 1357 01:03:58.559 --> 01:04:01.559 they've got a school that as an upward trajectory. The 1358 01:04:01.639 --> 01:04:04.599 NIL seems to be in a good situation. The results 1359 01:04:04.599 --> 01:04:06.639 on the field last year were good, and obviously they're 1360 01:04:06.679 --> 01:04:08.880 hoping to back that up this year. But it seems 1361 01:04:08.880 --> 01:04:10.960 like there's a much better vibe in terms of kind 1362 01:04:10.960 --> 01:04:15.280 of what's happened recently for BYU. But Utah. You know, look, 1363 01:04:15.400 --> 01:04:17.960 Utah still gets the national respect. They're still going to 1364 01:04:18.000 --> 01:04:21.760 be considered a top twenty five type team where even 1365 01:04:21.800 --> 01:04:24.840 though they've had these poor seasons, the stuff that they've 1366 01:04:24.840 --> 01:04:26.519 done the last few years of building them up, so 1367 01:04:26.559 --> 01:04:29.199 I think it just it depends on where you pull from, right, 1368 01:04:29.400 --> 01:04:32.519 and I think each school has their own opportunities to 1369 01:04:32.519 --> 01:04:35.079 pull from something different. But it's just a matter of 1370 01:04:35.159 --> 01:04:37.119 kind of the results on the field, kind of being 1371 01:04:37.159 --> 01:04:38.360 the swaying the vote. 1372 01:04:38.360 --> 01:04:41.800 At the end, it feels like, I don't know, maybe 1373 01:04:41.880 --> 01:04:45.119 last year because it was Utah's first year in the 1374 01:04:45.119 --> 01:04:47.159 Big Twelve, and it was also the first year the 1375 01:04:47.159 --> 01:04:50.840 expanded CFP, it felt like last year there was more conversation, 1376 01:04:51.840 --> 01:04:56.320 there was more written work, there were more topically prevalent 1377 01:04:56.400 --> 01:04:59.199 situations regarding whether or not this is coach wits last 1378 01:04:59.280 --> 01:05:02.880 dance Sean O'Connell on our radio station down at Big 1379 01:05:02.960 --> 01:05:05.760 Twelve Media Days. I'll let Sean speak for himself, but 1380 01:05:06.079 --> 01:05:08.280 according to what he's been told, it feels like to 1381 01:05:08.400 --> 01:05:11.079 him this might be it so curious as to whether 1382 01:05:11.159 --> 01:05:14.119 or not you have any information, And then attendant to 1383 01:05:14.159 --> 01:05:16.280 the question what do you think? Like, part of me 1384 01:05:16.320 --> 01:05:19.679 feels like if Utah was asu last year, Kyle's done, 1385 01:05:20.079 --> 01:05:23.280 did the thing won, the Big Twelve went to the Cfbok. 1386 01:05:22.760 --> 01:05:24.079 Morgan, I'm handing it off to you. 1387 01:05:24.519 --> 01:05:26.280 I think he would prefer to go out on a 1388 01:05:26.280 --> 01:05:28.960 different level, and he has certainly earned the right to 1389 01:05:29.039 --> 01:05:31.719 do that. But are you getting any info as to 1390 01:05:31.719 --> 01:05:34.239 whether or not this will be Kyle's last dance? And 1391 01:05:34.239 --> 01:05:35.960 then what do you think has to happen this year 1392 01:05:35.960 --> 01:05:38.159 in order for that decision to be made. 1393 01:05:39.360 --> 01:05:42.239 Yeah, I mean, I think everything's trending that way. You know, 1394 01:05:42.320 --> 01:05:45.519 I think the real belief was he wanted to go 1395 01:05:45.559 --> 01:05:47.840 out with Cam Rising. You know, he and Andy Ludwig, 1396 01:05:47.880 --> 01:05:49.800 We're going to you know, right out into the sunset. 1397 01:05:49.840 --> 01:05:52.320 At the same time Cam Rising left. As they go 1398 01:05:52.360 --> 01:05:54.920 and win the Big Twelve, you get your third conference 1399 01:05:55.000 --> 01:05:59.119 championship and you know, three different conferences, and you know, 1400 01:05:59.159 --> 01:06:01.559 you get this opportunity to be able to do something 1401 01:06:01.639 --> 01:06:04.360 that very few coaches have ever done. And so I think, 1402 01:06:04.599 --> 01:06:06.719 you know, everything was kind of lending itself to that. 1403 01:06:06.920 --> 01:06:09.800 And even as it got late in the season and 1404 01:06:09.920 --> 01:06:12.800 Utah clearly wasn't the team that they wanted to be, 1405 01:06:13.519 --> 01:06:16.000 there was still this kind of consensus that Kyle was done. 1406 01:06:16.599 --> 01:06:18.960 But clearly like it didn't work that way. You know, 1407 01:06:19.000 --> 01:06:21.199 he was much more candid at Big Twelve media days 1408 01:06:21.239 --> 01:06:23.599 talking about how he just wasn't satisfied with the way 1409 01:06:23.679 --> 01:06:26.239 he went down. But I think just kind of the 1410 01:06:26.360 --> 01:06:29.079 vibes around the program and you know, the things the 1411 01:06:29.119 --> 01:06:31.760 people that I've talked to, it does feel like this 1412 01:06:31.920 --> 01:06:34.400 year is the final year, assuming that Utah has a 1413 01:06:34.400 --> 01:06:39.239 successful year, Now what that means, you know that that's questionable, right, 1414 01:06:39.280 --> 01:06:42.280 Like I obviously a Big twelve championship and getting into 1415 01:06:42.320 --> 01:06:44.920 the playoffs I think is something that he ultimately wants. 1416 01:06:45.320 --> 01:06:47.199 I think he would love to end his career having 1417 01:06:47.280 --> 01:06:50.519 an opportunity to at least play in the playoffs. But 1418 01:06:50.639 --> 01:06:52.760 at the same time, I think if the Utah can 1419 01:06:52.800 --> 01:06:56.320 have a season in which that they're contending for a 1420 01:06:56.360 --> 01:06:59.079 Big twelve title down to the wire, I think that 1421 01:06:59.159 --> 01:07:01.039 may be good enough. You know, I don't know what 1422 01:07:01.039 --> 01:07:02.800 that looks like. You know, in the Big Twelve. It 1423 01:07:02.800 --> 01:07:05.679 could be eight wins, it could be ten wins. But 1424 01:07:05.760 --> 01:07:08.559 I think at least if they're in contention, that might 1425 01:07:08.599 --> 01:07:10.639 put him over the edge to at least say, hey, look, 1426 01:07:10.920 --> 01:07:13.400 you know you're never going to get everything perfect, but 1427 01:07:13.440 --> 01:07:14.840 at least we were able to go out on a 1428 01:07:14.880 --> 01:07:17.000 high note instead of kind of what they did last year. 1429 01:07:17.079 --> 01:07:19.360 So I don't know that there's an exact number sure 1430 01:07:19.440 --> 01:07:23.000 Big Twelve Championship, playoff birth would be ideal for him 1431 01:07:23.000 --> 01:07:25.000 to kind of write out into the sunset. But I 1432 01:07:25.000 --> 01:07:27.159 think if they have a solid season, you know, I 1433 01:07:27.199 --> 01:07:29.800 think that could put him over the edge. But honestly, 1434 01:07:29.880 --> 01:07:31.320 it's really going to just come down to how he's 1435 01:07:31.320 --> 01:07:33.320 feeling at that time, and I don't know that anybody knows, 1436 01:07:33.360 --> 01:07:34.199 including himself. 1437 01:07:34.920 --> 01:07:39.480 Yeah, you referenced the naturally the national respect that Utah 1438 01:07:39.519 --> 01:07:42.719 continues to have. And it's interesting this time of year, 1439 01:07:42.760 --> 01:07:45.400 we're all looking at previews, we're all listening to podcasts, 1440 01:07:45.920 --> 01:07:48.719 and you can tell that when it comes to Utah, 1441 01:07:48.880 --> 01:07:51.840 even if it's a media member or a prognosticator that 1442 01:07:51.960 --> 01:07:55.760 isn't overly familiar with the program right now, they all 1443 01:07:55.800 --> 01:07:58.559 say things like, well, they're they're head coach is Kyle Wittingham, 1444 01:07:58.639 --> 01:07:59.800 so we know what they're going to be, you know, 1445 01:08:00.039 --> 01:08:03.000 coach with we'll have them ready to play when this 1446 01:08:03.079 --> 01:08:06.960 transition happens. Do you think that natural inclination that most 1447 01:08:06.960 --> 01:08:09.519 people have to give this program the benefit of the 1448 01:08:09.559 --> 01:08:12.320 doubt goes away for a moment before we learn what 1449 01:08:12.360 --> 01:08:13.639 Morgan is as the head coach. 1450 01:08:14.760 --> 01:08:16.319 Yeah, I mean, I think it'll go a little bit 1451 01:08:16.399 --> 01:08:18.479 right like, and I think it depends on how Utah 1452 01:08:18.520 --> 01:08:22.439 finishes when Kyle does retired. I mean, if Utah is 1453 01:08:22.479 --> 01:08:25.560 still considered a top to your team and they're bringing 1454 01:08:25.640 --> 01:08:27.640 back you know, let's say he retired this year and 1455 01:08:27.640 --> 01:08:30.159 you're bringing back Devin damp Here next year, I think 1456 01:08:30.159 --> 01:08:32.840 that gives you kind of some extra hope that that 1457 01:08:32.920 --> 01:08:35.520 will help Morgan. But I think you're going to look 1458 01:08:35.560 --> 01:08:39.800 at it in a way where if Morgan can keep 1459 01:08:39.840 --> 01:08:42.600 the majority of his staff that he has right now, 1460 01:08:42.800 --> 01:08:46.800 I think you'll still get some love. But you know, 1461 01:08:46.840 --> 01:08:48.800 you're going to see it similar to like Alabama with 1462 01:08:48.880 --> 01:08:50.960 Nick Saban, Like you don't want to necessarily be the 1463 01:08:51.000 --> 01:08:53.840 guy that follows the legend, and so there's going to 1464 01:08:53.880 --> 01:08:56.560 be more scrutiny on that. There's going to be you know, 1465 01:08:56.600 --> 01:08:59.840 maybe some more doubt where they'll still give you that 1466 01:09:00.039 --> 01:09:02.079 expect and say, hey, we know that Utah is good. 1467 01:09:02.119 --> 01:09:04.319 It helps that Morgan Scaley's been in the system that 1468 01:09:04.359 --> 01:09:07.520 he you know, he's you know, Kyle's proteget so to speak, 1469 01:09:07.520 --> 01:09:10.079 he's been helping run the show that there shouldn't be 1470 01:09:10.199 --> 01:09:13.000 much of a falloff. But I think until Morgan can 1471 01:09:13.000 --> 01:09:15.520 truly prove it, and it may not even take that long, 1472 01:09:15.920 --> 01:09:17.800 I still think there's going to be questions, and I 1473 01:09:17.800 --> 01:09:20.319 think that's fair, right, Like I think there should be questions. 1474 01:09:20.720 --> 01:09:24.239 Anybody that knows Morgan understands he understands football. But there's 1475 01:09:24.239 --> 01:09:26.239 a lot of brilliant minds out there that understand football 1476 01:09:26.239 --> 01:09:28.359 and don't have success as a coach. So, you know, 1477 01:09:28.399 --> 01:09:30.399 I think until he can prove it on the field, 1478 01:09:30.520 --> 01:09:32.399 you know, it's still going to be a question. But 1479 01:09:32.439 --> 01:09:34.680 I think he's done enough and the you know, Utah 1480 01:09:34.680 --> 01:09:37.319 it self has done enough that he'll get at least 1481 01:09:37.319 --> 01:09:38.880 a little bit of the benefits of the doubt. 1482 01:09:39.439 --> 01:09:42.800 What are your thoughts on Utah's strength of schedule and 1483 01:09:42.920 --> 01:09:44.359 what are the games that's hand out most to you. 1484 01:09:44.399 --> 01:09:47.039 According to CBS Sports, they have the Big Twelve strength 1485 01:09:47.039 --> 01:09:50.800 of schedule like this, Baylor one, TCU two, and then 1486 01:09:50.840 --> 01:09:53.359 they have Utah three, third hardest schedule in the Big twelve. 1487 01:09:53.479 --> 01:09:56.199 B YU is all the way down at sixteen. This 1488 01:09:56.279 --> 01:09:59.119 is CBS Sports. They believe b YU has the easiest schedule. 1489 01:09:59.159 --> 01:10:02.079 They think Utah as the third hard ist schedule. Does 1490 01:10:02.119 --> 01:10:04.880 that kind of drive with your understanding? What are your thoughts? 1491 01:10:05.800 --> 01:10:08.119 Yeah, I mean you're getting some theft teams, right, like 1492 01:10:08.119 --> 01:10:10.000 you obviously have to go play Baylor on the road 1493 01:10:10.079 --> 01:10:13.039 late in the season. You know, Baylor could be you know, 1494 01:10:13.119 --> 01:10:15.520 hitting on all cylinders at that point, or they could 1495 01:10:15.520 --> 01:10:16.920 be a shell of what we think they are going 1496 01:10:17.000 --> 01:10:19.720 to be. But by and large, you do get most 1497 01:10:19.760 --> 01:10:22.319 of those teams the top teams, so like Arizona State, 1498 01:10:22.399 --> 01:10:25.359 Texas Tech, you get them at home, and so there 1499 01:10:25.399 --> 01:10:28.560 are some advantages to a difficult schedule. They also have 1500 01:10:28.640 --> 01:10:30.920 a six week period where they don't even leave the state, 1501 01:10:31.119 --> 01:10:34.119 So I don't know if that's good or bad, but 1502 01:10:34.199 --> 01:10:35.960 at least it gives you an opportunity to kind of 1503 01:10:36.000 --> 01:10:38.359 stay familiar with where you're at. If things are going wrong, 1504 01:10:38.399 --> 01:10:42.720 you're not worrying about traveling. So I think despite Utah 1505 01:10:42.760 --> 01:10:45.880 having a difficult path and teams that absolutely could present 1506 01:10:45.920 --> 01:10:48.800 a challenge, I think it lays up well enough that, 1507 01:10:48.960 --> 01:10:52.680 like you know, it's not going to be Murderer's Row 1508 01:10:52.920 --> 01:10:55.760 by any means. I think there's years in the fact 1509 01:10:55.760 --> 01:10:59.359 twelve that they face worse, you know, with the UFC, Oregon, 1510 01:10:59.680 --> 01:11:03.359 Washington in that kind of situation. But I think by 1511 01:11:03.439 --> 01:11:05.880 and large, the wholesome depth of this, I think it 1512 01:11:05.880 --> 01:11:09.880 can be a pretty pretty challenging thing for USA. But 1513 01:11:09.920 --> 01:11:11.800 I think they get a majority of their breaks at home, 1514 01:11:11.880 --> 01:11:13.840 so I think it kind of weighs out a bit. 1515 01:11:13.960 --> 01:11:15.399 You know, I don't think it's good or bad. I 1516 01:11:15.399 --> 01:11:18.800 think it's actually a pretty solid schedule. Maybe that's a 1517 01:11:18.840 --> 01:11:23.520 vanilla answer, but I don't think it's like the worst 1518 01:11:23.560 --> 01:11:24.720 schedule that they could have had. 1519 01:11:25.239 --> 01:11:27.319 All right, Josh, before I say you lose, you know, 1520 01:11:27.840 --> 01:11:32.119 the Coaches poll, the USA Today Coaches Poll, oftentimes you 1521 01:11:32.279 --> 01:11:34.880 might as well use it as toilet paper because these 1522 01:11:34.880 --> 01:11:37.720 coaches don't necessarily I'm not saying all of them, but 1523 01:11:38.159 --> 01:11:41.920 you know, the reputation around this poll. Do coaches really 1524 01:11:42.000 --> 01:11:44.319 dig in to rank their top twenty five? Is that 1525 01:11:44.399 --> 01:11:47.039 the assistant sid? Is it an intern? Who knows? But 1526 01:11:47.800 --> 01:11:50.920 it is early August. We're inching our way towards games, 1527 01:11:50.960 --> 01:11:52.640 so stuff like this is topical. 1528 01:11:52.720 --> 01:11:54.159 The AP pool, which you are a. 1529 01:11:54.159 --> 01:11:57.600 Voter for, will come out next week BYU at twenty 1530 01:11:57.640 --> 01:12:00.720 three Utah receiving votes, and if you just go down 1531 01:12:00.760 --> 01:12:02.880 the list after the top twenty five is done, it 1532 01:12:02.960 --> 01:12:06.920 puts Utah as the thirtieth team in this poll. Highest 1533 01:12:07.000 --> 01:12:09.800 ranked Big twelve team is Arizona State, they're at eleven, 1534 01:12:10.239 --> 01:12:12.840 and then you've got k State at twenty. I always 1535 01:12:12.840 --> 01:12:16.000 stayed at twenty one, BYU at twenty three, Texas Tech 1536 01:12:16.039 --> 01:12:17.800 twenty four, and like I said, Utah thirty. 1537 01:12:18.319 --> 01:12:20.640 What do you make of that? Generally speaking? 1538 01:12:20.720 --> 01:12:22.600 Do you think that's similar to what we'll see when 1539 01:12:22.600 --> 01:12:24.119 the AP is released next week? 1540 01:12:25.800 --> 01:12:28.840 I mean, I think Arizona State will probably be similar. 1541 01:12:29.520 --> 01:12:32.159 They'll probably be somewhere between eleven to fifteen if I 1542 01:12:32.159 --> 01:12:35.319 had to guess. But outside of that, you know, it 1543 01:12:35.319 --> 01:12:39.119 remains a crapshoot. I don't like I think the coach's 1544 01:12:39.159 --> 01:12:41.720 poll is weighing heavily on the result of last year, 1545 01:12:42.159 --> 01:12:45.800 well somewhat using kind of the progression of this year. 1546 01:12:46.560 --> 01:12:49.199 You're putting Texas Tech in there simply because they've gone 1547 01:12:49.199 --> 01:12:51.800 to the transfer portal and gotten a ton of players, 1548 01:12:52.079 --> 01:12:54.479 and I, you know, I think that they deserve there. 1549 01:12:54.560 --> 01:12:58.119 BYU probably get some respection last year, but I think 1550 01:12:58.119 --> 01:13:01.000 they're probably outside until they can prove some thing. To me, 1551 01:13:01.479 --> 01:13:03.439 I would say, Baylor, who is you know? If you 1552 01:13:03.560 --> 01:13:06.279 counted at thirty one, I think they should be in there. 1553 01:13:06.319 --> 01:13:09.279 I think they finished the season strong. They return an 1554 01:13:09.279 --> 01:13:13.680 incredible amount of talent back on their roster, so for me, like, 1555 01:13:13.760 --> 01:13:17.000 I think they sneak into the top twenty five next week. 1556 01:13:17.399 --> 01:13:19.159 But I mean this kind of goes to the nature 1557 01:13:19.199 --> 01:13:21.239 of the Big Twelve, right, Like there's just so many 1558 01:13:21.239 --> 01:13:24.439 teams that aren't contention for a Big Twelve title this year, 1559 01:13:24.880 --> 01:13:26.880 and so you could put any one of those teams 1560 01:13:26.920 --> 01:13:29.239 eleven through fifty, and I think you're going to be, 1561 01:13:29.319 --> 01:13:31.760 you know, pretty close to what it's going to be, 1562 01:13:31.920 --> 01:13:34.439 just until it kind of sorts itself out. So I 1563 01:13:34.479 --> 01:13:38.079 don't take too much frustration with it. You know. It's 1564 01:13:38.159 --> 01:13:40.119 not the way that I would rank it personally, It's 1565 01:13:40.119 --> 01:13:42.640 not the way that I did rank it. But I 1566 01:13:43.079 --> 01:13:46.119 think teams like BYU and Utah specifically have a little 1567 01:13:46.119 --> 01:13:47.680 bit more to prove before they get in the top 1568 01:13:47.720 --> 01:13:50.279 twenty five. But I wouldn't be at all shocked if 1569 01:13:50.600 --> 01:13:52.720 either one of them are in the apeopole next next 1570 01:13:52.720 --> 01:13:55.359 week or in any of these orders or this way. 1571 01:13:55.399 --> 01:13:57.479 But I do think Baylor should probably be in there. 1572 01:13:58.000 --> 01:14:00.159 Josh, my man, thanks for the time on Monday. Keep 1573 01:14:00.279 --> 01:14:02.199 up the great work, have a good week. We'll chat soon. 1574 01:14:02.239 --> 01:14:04.159 Okay, sounds great. Appreciate it. 1575 01:14:04.239 --> 01:14:07.279 Since Josh Furlong covers the youth for KSL always appreciate 1576 01:14:07.319 --> 01:14:09.520 his time. Stops Bot today courtesy of our friends at 1577 01:14:09.520 --> 01:14:12.760 IFA Country Stores. Like any good coach, it's time to 1578 01:14:12.840 --> 01:14:15.760 update the game plan for a healthy green lawn. As 1579 01:14:15.800 --> 01:14:18.520 the hot weather continues this month, make sure you're using 1580 01:14:18.600 --> 01:14:21.680 IFA's Step three Summer lawn Food for healthy turf that 1581 01:14:21.720 --> 01:14:25.039 stays green and every season IFA Step three Lawn Food. 1582 01:14:25.039 --> 01:14:28.199 It's the ultimate lawn owner power move. With our good 1583 01:14:28.199 --> 01:14:31.479 friends at IFA, I'm going to bring in Pablo. Pablo 1584 01:14:31.560 --> 01:14:34.800 Master ready come out up in a bit. Reinforcements on 1585 01:14:34.920 --> 01:14:37.000 the way for RSL. We'll talk about some of the 1586 01:14:37.000 --> 01:14:41.600 new players, but Porter we have a trade. In the 1587 01:14:41.600 --> 01:14:43.159 world of professional basketball. 1588 01:14:43.960 --> 01:14:48.199 We have some breaking news. Hold on Jazz fans. 1589 01:14:49.359 --> 01:14:51.920 The Salt Lake City Stars, the official ge League affiliate 1590 01:14:51.960 --> 01:14:53.439 of the Utah Jazz, have acquired a. 1591 01:14:53.439 --> 01:14:54.800 Second round pick. 1592 01:14:56.159 --> 01:15:00.720 From the Long Island Nets in exchange reformer for forward 1593 01:15:00.960 --> 01:15:04.479 Jalen Giney who goes to Mexico City and a three 1594 01:15:04.520 --> 01:15:08.840 team deal. Gany twenty three games for the Stars last year, 1595 01:15:08.880 --> 01:15:10.640 three points, four boards, twelve minutes. 1596 01:15:10.920 --> 01:15:12.239 Stars get a second round pick. 1597 01:15:13.199 --> 01:15:15.640 That's what you call a blockbuster. Very season deals. 1598 01:15:15.720 --> 01:15:19.880 Speaking of trades, you're allowed to just not be a 1599 01:15:19.920 --> 01:15:23.600 Cowboys fan. I think we're there if they screw the 1600 01:15:23.640 --> 01:15:26.359 Mica Parsons thing up. I think you're officially allowed to 1601 01:15:26.399 --> 01:15:28.039 pick a new pro football team. 1602 01:15:28.359 --> 01:15:30.520 You know, you would think so, you would think so, 1603 01:15:30.720 --> 01:15:33.239 But it's kind of just par for the course. Like 1604 01:15:33.920 --> 01:15:36.039 our guy Martin's been bugging me about the Putt and 1605 01:15:36.079 --> 01:15:38.760 Micah Parsons thing all off season. I said, dude, it's 1606 01:15:38.800 --> 01:15:40.880 gonna end poorly and I'm gonna be mad about it. 1607 01:15:41.039 --> 01:15:45.640 And that's being a Cowboys fan. And well, here we are. 1608 01:15:46.239 --> 01:15:50.039 It's looking like it's gonna end poorly, and the Cowboys 1609 01:15:50.079 --> 01:15:54.760 are gonna run back. You know, I think probably a 1610 01:15:54.800 --> 01:15:58.600 slightly above average team, enough to sell all the merch 1611 01:15:58.600 --> 01:16:01.359 and all the tickets that Jerry Jones desires, and we'll 1612 01:16:01.359 --> 01:16:02.199 do it again next year. 1613 01:16:02.880 --> 01:16:04.720 But like, you can't screw it up with that guy, 1614 01:16:05.039 --> 01:16:07.079 you know, like he's the one guy you can't screw 1615 01:16:07.079 --> 01:16:07.479 it up with. 1616 01:16:07.880 --> 01:16:09.760 I think the Cowboys have shown that when it comes 1617 01:16:09.840 --> 01:16:14.479 to like long term deals and extensions and taking care 1618 01:16:14.520 --> 01:16:17.119 of players that you in your locker room that you 1619 01:16:17.159 --> 01:16:20.239 want to, you know, keep long term, they can screw 1620 01:16:20.239 --> 01:16:26.000 it up with anybody, their quarterback, their running backs, their 1621 01:16:26.039 --> 01:16:31.439 star pass rushers, left tackles, they'll they'll go out on 1622 01:16:31.479 --> 01:16:33.760 a limb and pretty much make anyone angry when it 1623 01:16:33.800 --> 01:16:34.800 comes to contract stuff. 1624 01:16:35.119 --> 01:16:37.239 Have you seen Lebron James swing a golf club? 1625 01:16:37.279 --> 01:16:37.920 By the way I have? 1626 01:16:39.800 --> 01:16:43.880 It always cracks me up because I think a lot 1627 01:16:43.960 --> 01:16:46.800 of people just view golf as something that's pretty easy, 1628 01:16:47.560 --> 01:16:51.039 like if you've never played it before. Lebron James might 1629 01:16:51.119 --> 01:16:53.760 be not just the best NBA player of this generation, 1630 01:16:53.920 --> 01:16:56.399 he might be the best athlete, full stop, period of 1631 01:16:56.399 --> 01:17:00.600 this generation. And he looks like he's never swung a 1632 01:17:00.600 --> 01:17:02.880 golf club in his life before. You would think an 1633 01:17:02.920 --> 01:17:05.640 athlete like that would just have some sort of natural inclination. 1634 01:17:06.039 --> 01:17:08.760 There's a video going around to Lebron playing golf with Broddy, 1635 01:17:08.840 --> 01:17:11.880 his son, and every shot he hits is like a 1636 01:17:11.920 --> 01:17:15.039 flop shot because he can't make full contact with the ball. Now, 1637 01:17:15.279 --> 01:17:16.880 my man looks like he's having a good time. But 1638 01:17:17.159 --> 01:17:20.560 I always you see it a lot like if you 1639 01:17:20.600 --> 01:17:22.319 go up to some of these media tournaments, some of 1640 01:17:22.319 --> 01:17:24.159 the ex college guys are they are the ex college 1641 01:17:24.199 --> 01:17:26.560 basketball players that they're the ex college football players are 1642 01:17:26.560 --> 01:17:33.760 there in incredibly gifted athletes. There seems to be no 1643 01:17:33.960 --> 01:17:38.119 translation with raw athleticism and the ability to swing a 1644 01:17:38.119 --> 01:17:40.000 golf club like you would think Lebron would have more 1645 01:17:40.000 --> 01:17:41.479 of a natural inclination of doing it. 1646 01:17:41.560 --> 01:17:41.760 Yeah. 1647 01:17:41.960 --> 01:17:43.960 I have kind of a unique perspective here because I 1648 01:17:43.960 --> 01:17:49.079 have played golf with my mom, my grandmother. I have 1649 01:17:49.119 --> 01:17:52.960 played golf with like elite climbers, right, I have played 1650 01:17:53.000 --> 01:17:58.239 golf with really good basketball players, and I have played 1651 01:17:58.239 --> 01:18:00.880 around a golf with a literally a guy with a jacket. Okay, 1652 01:18:01.159 --> 01:18:04.720 so Mark, right, Marcomera, I wasn't gonna name drop, but 1653 01:18:05.600 --> 01:18:06.760 thank you for doing something. 1654 01:18:06.760 --> 01:18:08.119 I want to play golf with Markomera. 1655 01:18:09.159 --> 01:18:11.760 So I you know, I've seen all the levels of golf. 1656 01:18:12.920 --> 01:18:16.119 I when people ask me about the sport that you know, 1657 01:18:16.239 --> 01:18:18.760 maybe aren't playing it or not super into it, I 1658 01:18:18.840 --> 01:18:24.239 tell them it is the easiest sport to play, the 1659 01:18:24.479 --> 01:18:28.039 hardest spart the hardest sport to master or be good at, 1660 01:18:28.600 --> 01:18:31.279 because you can literally just like pull up in a 1661 01:18:31.279 --> 01:18:34.000 golf club, step one foot out of your cart and 1662 01:18:34.079 --> 01:18:36.279 smack that thing, and hey you might get a good 1663 01:18:36.319 --> 01:18:39.840 chot every once in a while. It's very easy just 1664 01:18:39.880 --> 01:18:41.880 to go out and play. But if you want to 1665 01:18:41.880 --> 01:18:44.079 be good, if you want to master it, it takes 1666 01:18:44.119 --> 01:18:47.680 more reps and more practice and more like attention to 1667 01:18:47.800 --> 01:18:51.119 detail then maybe any of the other. 1668 01:18:51.119 --> 01:18:53.439 Like major major covered sports. 1669 01:18:53.479 --> 01:18:57.199 Michael Jordan himself the hardest game he's ever played. Update 1670 01:18:57.760 --> 01:19:00.640 just for you. I have set the over under for 1671 01:19:00.720 --> 01:19:04.199 club breaks this year at one point five. I'm allowing 1672 01:19:04.279 --> 01:19:08.159 one club break this year, same as last year. No no, no, no, 1673 01:19:08.000 --> 01:19:11.199 no no no no no no no no. We well, 1674 01:19:12.439 --> 01:19:15.359 if I recall correctly, we may have set the over 1675 01:19:15.479 --> 01:19:19.279 under a one point five and everybody smashed the over 1676 01:19:19.359 --> 01:19:22.039 and everybody won money. Okay, at some point there's an 1677 01:19:22.079 --> 01:19:24.960 economic factor. These golf clubs are not cheap. And I 1678 01:19:25.039 --> 01:19:27.560 am happy to report that we have turned our calendars 1679 01:19:27.600 --> 01:19:30.560 to August and there have been zero club breaks. 1680 01:19:30.560 --> 01:19:33.439 Okay, so you got some cushion. Zero club breaks. 1681 01:19:34.000 --> 01:19:36.720 I cannot say in good conscience there have been zero 1682 01:19:36.800 --> 01:19:39.920 club throws. Fine, there have been a few. There are 1683 01:19:39.960 --> 01:19:42.000 a few last week last week. I have not No 1684 01:19:42.039 --> 01:19:43.640 one gives a rip about this. I know I have 1685 01:19:43.720 --> 01:19:45.760 not played well in like a month and it's really 1686 01:19:45.800 --> 01:19:50.560 starting to grind on me. So the driver was chucked 1687 01:19:50.560 --> 01:19:54.479 into a tree that demanded a little climbing. Okay, I 1688 01:19:54.520 --> 01:19:58.000 also had to go this. This really pissed me off. Okay, 1689 01:19:58.039 --> 01:20:01.199 this last week really pissed me off. So par three, 1690 01:20:01.680 --> 01:20:03.880 I know, nobody cares. We'll get back to football. Hold 1691 01:20:03.880 --> 01:20:08.880 on par three, about one hundred and seventy eight yards, 1692 01:20:09.359 --> 01:20:12.680 I hit a pure eight iron that was headed right 1693 01:20:12.720 --> 01:20:16.560 for the pin, lands on the green, rolls back into 1694 01:20:16.640 --> 01:20:19.359 like the fescue, like the horrible rough that was right 1695 01:20:19.399 --> 01:20:21.000 in front of the green, like love. It did not 1696 01:20:21.079 --> 01:20:25.079 get any release, got a little backspin. Didn't really realize this, 1697 01:20:25.239 --> 01:20:28.159 but an older gentleman was sitting on his deck witnessing 1698 01:20:28.159 --> 01:20:32.000 this entire thing. I take one hack out of the fescue. 1699 01:20:32.000 --> 01:20:34.840 The ball barely goes two feet, take another hack, doesn't 1700 01:20:34.840 --> 01:20:37.079 move at all. Then swing as hard as I can 1701 01:20:37.239 --> 01:20:40.039 and just skull it, you know, over into the other fairway. 1702 01:20:41.239 --> 01:20:46.720 And this dude starts cackling and laughing so hard, and 1703 01:20:47.359 --> 01:20:50.279 I turn around just chuck my sixty degree so angry. 1704 01:20:50.279 --> 01:20:52.560 He's like, yeah, golf's got of a tough game, and started. 1705 01:20:52.680 --> 01:20:55.119 I wanted to walk over there and put my sixty 1706 01:20:55.119 --> 01:20:55.840 degree up. 1707 01:20:56.000 --> 01:20:58.239 You know what, Yeah, don't do that. 1708 01:20:58.760 --> 01:20:59.520 It's I find of love. 1709 01:21:00.000 --> 01:21:03.239 No, you can do not sit in your ivory tower 1710 01:21:03.279 --> 01:21:05.600 and look down on golfers having a tough time and 1711 01:21:05.640 --> 01:21:06.319 then mock them. 1712 01:21:06.560 --> 01:21:07.680 What kind of human does that. 1713 01:21:08.199 --> 01:21:10.680 It's better than the guy at the Park City Municipal 1714 01:21:10.800 --> 01:21:13.039 Resort that I think has twice tried to fight me 1715 01:21:13.079 --> 01:21:13.760 on the golf course. 1716 01:21:13.800 --> 01:21:18.800 Why because he lives in a like listen, you try 1717 01:21:18.800 --> 01:21:20.720 not to hit the ball into the house. You just try. 1718 01:21:21.560 --> 01:21:24.439 That's pretty clear. I'm not trying to. 1719 01:21:25.239 --> 01:21:28.720 But my buddy, you live on like a dog leg 1720 01:21:29.279 --> 01:21:32.920 to the left and you look right on the corner there. 1721 01:21:35.199 --> 01:21:38.600 He apparently he causes issues with Like, there's probably people 1722 01:21:38.640 --> 01:21:41.199 listening who have at the pond at the Park City 1723 01:21:41.279 --> 01:21:43.279 MUNI had an issue with the guy on his back deck. 1724 01:21:43.600 --> 01:21:45.760 I'm telling you there's people who text in if you. 1725 01:21:45.720 --> 01:21:47.600 Have you know what hole we're talking I love. 1726 01:21:48.319 --> 01:21:50.079 I haven't been there a long time. Okay, but I 1727 01:21:50.159 --> 01:21:50.840 hit this ball. 1728 01:21:51.159 --> 01:21:53.279 He comes out, Hey, learn how to golf right, And 1729 01:21:53.279 --> 01:21:57.079 then my buddy steps up. He hits the ball and 1730 01:21:57.119 --> 01:22:00.600 it doesn't just like go over there. It hits this 1731 01:22:00.640 --> 01:22:03.039 guy's deck. While the guy's standing on the deck, and 1732 01:22:03.079 --> 01:22:04.520 he gets like aggressive about it. 1733 01:22:04.399 --> 01:22:06.399 So it went back to back. He had two balls. 1734 01:22:06.760 --> 01:22:09.760 But brother, yeah, yeah, you're not wrong. Hey, yeah, you're. 1735 01:22:09.640 --> 01:22:12.680 On the tea box. There's some cowboys that are trying 1736 01:22:12.680 --> 01:22:13.399 to play some golf. 1737 01:22:14.199 --> 01:22:15.159 Be patient. 1738 01:22:17.359 --> 01:22:20.079 If you're out there like heckling, I'm okay with it. 1739 01:22:20.239 --> 01:22:21.960 Just don't try to fight the golfers. You live on 1740 01:22:22.000 --> 01:22:23.600 a golf course, I'm sure you have insurance. 1741 01:22:24.520 --> 01:22:26.960 You cannot be the person that buys the home on 1742 01:22:26.960 --> 01:22:28.880 the golf course and that shock that your house is 1743 01:22:28.920 --> 01:22:32.760 getting hit by golf balls, especially due respect at a 1744 01:22:32.840 --> 01:22:35.840 Muni course. Okay, and look you're talking there. You're talking 1745 01:22:35.880 --> 01:22:37.880 to Bonnie. Okay, you're talking. You're talking to a guy 1746 01:22:37.920 --> 01:22:40.239 that's grinding at Bonnie and Mountain Dell every weekend. I'm 1747 01:22:40.279 --> 01:22:43.359 not some country club snop and PC Muni is a 1748 01:22:43.359 --> 01:22:45.520 wonderful course. But if you're going to buy a house, 1749 01:22:46.159 --> 01:22:49.800 certainly on a dog leg where my guess is you 1750 01:22:49.840 --> 01:22:52.600 know you're probably faders right, you're probably slicing it into 1751 01:22:52.640 --> 01:22:55.359 his home, which is the most natural flight path for 1752 01:22:55.439 --> 01:22:59.039 amateur golfers. You have no business being upset when your 1753 01:22:59.039 --> 01:23:02.199 house get hit gets hit by golf balls. Anyway, I digress. 1754 01:23:02.960 --> 01:23:05.479 The video of Lebron playing golf going around was pretty interesting. 1755 01:23:05.800 --> 01:23:09.600 Poor are typically you know you're producing, you're getting things done. 1756 01:23:09.680 --> 01:23:12.199 So you know, when I'm interviewing Josh for long for 1757 01:23:12.199 --> 01:23:14.520 a while or starting the show off with some Utah football, 1758 01:23:15.000 --> 01:23:17.239 oftentimes we can, you know, run out of a segment 1759 01:23:17.239 --> 01:23:18.840 without getting your take. So I wanted to bring you 1760 01:23:18.880 --> 01:23:21.039 in a couple of questions that I asked Josh. First 1761 01:23:21.079 --> 01:23:24.319 of all, I was talking about this with shondering crosstalk. 1762 01:23:24.359 --> 01:23:26.000 I think he set the over under for a wide 1763 01:23:26.039 --> 01:23:29.800 receiver something like seven hundred yards. It does feel like 1764 01:23:30.119 --> 01:23:32.239 and as we've discussed throughout the course of the show 1765 01:23:32.319 --> 01:23:35.279 and certainly topically throughout the course of fall camp, we'll 1766 01:23:35.279 --> 01:23:38.159 continue to keep an eye on Provo and Byu with 1767 01:23:38.239 --> 01:23:41.159 that starting quarterback job. It doesn't feel like there are 1768 01:23:41.159 --> 01:23:43.840 a ton of question marks for Utah entering the season 1769 01:23:43.840 --> 01:23:46.159 this year. Certainly a couple here there, but the biggest 1770 01:23:46.159 --> 01:23:48.399 one has to be wide receiver. 1771 01:23:49.319 --> 01:23:51.479 And you know, there's a list of five or six 1772 01:23:51.560 --> 01:23:52.560 names that we could kind. 1773 01:23:52.439 --> 01:23:53.279 Of go over a little bit. 1774 01:23:53.319 --> 01:23:55.920 Are you hearing anything about this group and how it's 1775 01:23:55.960 --> 01:23:58.920 coming together? It just feels like it is the one 1776 01:23:59.159 --> 01:24:02.920 glaring question concerning a positional group at Utah, and if 1777 01:24:02.960 --> 01:24:05.399 that's the only positional group we're worried about, it's probably 1778 01:24:05.600 --> 01:24:06.159 not a bad thing. 1779 01:24:06.239 --> 01:24:07.560 Yeah, if you want to zoom out. 1780 01:24:08.039 --> 01:24:11.239 I also want to learn quite a bit on the 1781 01:24:11.319 --> 01:24:14.840 depth at de tackle right. A lot of faces we 1782 01:24:14.880 --> 01:24:17.479 haven't seen yet, and we know that's a rotation that 1783 01:24:17.840 --> 01:24:20.359 Kyle and co. Likes to go six seven deep sometimes 1784 01:24:21.119 --> 01:24:24.079 cornerback as well. We know the departures, we know the 1785 01:24:24.359 --> 01:24:26.640 faces that are there. We also know there's some transfer 1786 01:24:26.760 --> 01:24:31.079 ins that are going to make that conversation interesting. But Jess, 1787 01:24:31.560 --> 01:24:36.079 the big question going into fall camp is who's Devid 1788 01:24:36.119 --> 01:24:38.800 Dempire going to throw to on a night to night 1789 01:24:38.840 --> 01:24:40.079 basis tight end. 1790 01:24:40.159 --> 01:24:42.439 We have a good idea there's some bodies there. 1791 01:24:42.479 --> 01:24:45.640 I think the loss of Land and King leaves some 1792 01:24:45.720 --> 01:24:48.319 opportunity for some young guys at the tight end position. 1793 01:24:48.359 --> 01:24:50.359 But yeah, man, it's going to be by committee at 1794 01:24:50.359 --> 01:24:54.840 wide receiver. And we asked Micah Simon, the wide receiver coach, 1795 01:24:55.439 --> 01:24:59.640 last week, you know what that hierarchy is looking like 1796 01:25:00.039 --> 01:25:02.199 and he kind of declined to answer, which I think 1797 01:25:02.239 --> 01:25:06.600 tells you tells you what we're working with. There's gonna 1798 01:25:06.600 --> 01:25:11.520 be have to be someone that you know, I don't 1799 01:25:11.520 --> 01:25:13.720 think you need a number one guy. We look at 1800 01:25:13.720 --> 01:25:17.239 the Darren Carrington, we look for a thousand yard receiver. 1801 01:25:17.680 --> 01:25:20.239 I don't think Devin Dampier and this offense are going 1802 01:25:20.279 --> 01:25:22.920 to need that. But man, you're really gonna want someone 1803 01:25:22.960 --> 01:25:26.560 to show out in fall camp to give you a 1804 01:25:26.600 --> 01:25:30.279 feeling that there's at least the ability in that room 1805 01:25:30.399 --> 01:25:31.359 to make a lot of plays. 1806 01:25:32.119 --> 01:25:32.840 Who it's going to be. 1807 01:25:34.079 --> 01:25:36.560 You know, there's Creed with more, There's a bunch of transfers. 1808 01:25:36.319 --> 01:25:39.880 There's players there that I think that this staff is 1809 01:25:40.359 --> 01:25:45.239 confident in, but they're even on the hill kind of 1810 01:25:45.239 --> 01:25:47.359 declining to tell us that anyone's. 1811 01:25:48.680 --> 01:25:51.680 Distancing themselves in any sort of way. Zach Williams was 1812 01:25:51.720 --> 01:25:52.720 thought to be the number one. 1813 01:25:52.840 --> 01:25:56.079 He's off to Southern Cal after a really good performance 1814 01:25:56.079 --> 01:25:59.479 in the spring. Five new transfers for Utah at the 1815 01:25:59.479 --> 01:26:03.439 wide receiver position. The Tobias Merriweather kid looks the part. 1816 01:26:03.560 --> 01:26:07.840 He's six', five one ninety. Five Ryan davis comes in 1817 01:26:07.880 --> 01:26:10.640 From New, mexico obviously familiar with Coach beck And. Devin 1818 01:26:11.239 --> 01:26:13.680 tobias played At cal last, year but sparingly he only. 1819 01:26:13.680 --> 01:26:17.520 CAUGHT i think eleven, Passes Larry, Simmons southern Miss, Justin 1820 01:26:17.560 --> 01:26:21.680 Steve Stevenson wyoming and As porter Reference Creed whittemore as. 1821 01:26:21.720 --> 01:26:26.119 Well so even If zach didn't, TRANSFER i, mean he 1822 01:26:26.239 --> 01:26:28.760 wasn't all that. Proven this is a positional group THAT 1823 01:26:28.840 --> 01:26:31.159 i think leaves a lot to be desired at least. 1824 01:26:31.079 --> 01:26:31.880 Learning more about. 1825 01:26:31.920 --> 01:26:35.720 THEM i do Wonder, porter AND i always hesitate to, say, 1826 01:26:35.720 --> 01:26:38.520 well youth fans want, this and all youth, fans you, 1827 01:26:38.560 --> 01:26:40.760 KNOW i think there have been some grumbling in the 1828 01:26:40.800 --> 01:26:43.279 past about maybe a little bit of lack of creativity 1829 01:26:43.319 --> 01:26:45.760 on offense and maybe wanting something a little bit, Different 1830 01:26:46.199 --> 01:26:48.560 and that's not entirely fair because coach lud had some 1831 01:26:48.600 --> 01:26:50.479 of the best offenses in the history of the school 1832 01:26:50.520 --> 01:26:52.800 and obviously won a couple Of pac twelve championships to, 1833 01:26:52.840 --> 01:26:56.000 boot do you feel like the what is perceived to 1834 01:26:56.039 --> 01:27:00.199 be a more entertaining approach with no huddles and you, 1835 01:27:00.199 --> 01:27:02.319 know the ability to spread the field and a dynamic. 1836 01:27:02.359 --> 01:27:04.800 Quarterback do you think the offense will be more entertaining 1837 01:27:05.199 --> 01:27:05.760 this year to you? 1838 01:27:05.760 --> 01:27:06.840 OFFENSE i. Hope. 1839 01:27:06.880 --> 01:27:10.960 So, right there's a lot of context, there and part 1840 01:27:10.960 --> 01:27:15.279 of it is that this offense. Was it wasn't even 1841 01:27:15.279 --> 01:27:16.760 What Andy ludwig wanted it to. 1842 01:27:16.800 --> 01:27:19.920 Be last. Year he was dealing with. 1843 01:27:19.880 --> 01:27:23.479 Obviously a rash of injuries and a whole bunch of 1844 01:27:24.279 --> 01:27:26.399 a whole bunch of stuff off the field that you 1845 01:27:26.560 --> 01:27:31.039 just can't really plan. For and you, know when you're 1846 01:27:31.119 --> 01:27:34.199 you're dealing with your third string, quarterback you're in your 1847 01:27:34.239 --> 01:27:38.520 fourth string running, back your your playbook gets. Tight, man 1848 01:27:39.239 --> 01:27:45.079 the operations that your, freshman your red, shirt your fourth 1849 01:27:45.119 --> 01:27:48.600 string quarterback can run, through they're pretty limited in a 1850 01:27:48.600 --> 01:27:50.560 lot of. Ways and we heard that from the. Staff so, 1851 01:27:51.199 --> 01:27:54.479 yes this offense will be more. Entertaining DO i think 1852 01:27:54.520 --> 01:27:56.600 it's going to look exactly like the offense of What 1853 01:27:56.880 --> 01:27:58.920 New mexico did? NOW i think there's going to be 1854 01:27:59.640 --> 01:28:03.000 an element, of, hey this is still A Kyle winningham coach. 1855 01:28:03.039 --> 01:28:05.840 Team Morgan scalley still has the. Defense on the other. 1856 01:28:05.920 --> 01:28:09.079 Side we're not going to, necessarily you, know throw The 1857 01:28:09.119 --> 01:28:12.119 harlem globetrotters out, there but we are going to try 1858 01:28:12.119 --> 01:28:14.000 some things that you maybe haven't. Seen that is part 1859 01:28:14.039 --> 01:28:18.000 Of Jason beck's, identity that's kind of how he's built 1860 01:28:18.000 --> 01:28:21.359 a name for, himself is you're going to see. Motions 1861 01:28:21.439 --> 01:28:26.319 you're going to see guys moving in ways that sometimes 1862 01:28:26.399 --> 01:28:30.640 looks silly on a football, field but they're meant to do. 1863 01:28:30.720 --> 01:28:33.239 Things they're meant to get The mike linebacker looking in 1864 01:28:33.239 --> 01:28:37.680 the opposite. Direction they're meant to get you a safety 1865 01:28:37.760 --> 01:28:39.119 down the middle of the field just to turn his 1866 01:28:39.239 --> 01:28:42.560 hips for a quick. Second there are little intricacies of 1867 01:28:42.560 --> 01:28:47.479 his offense that somewhat similarly To Andy, Ludwig you're going 1868 01:28:47.520 --> 01:28:49.960 to see that you have not ever seen. Before that's 1869 01:28:50.000 --> 01:28:52.840 going to be fun For utah fans learning about, that 1870 01:28:53.000 --> 01:28:57.479 identifying those things and figuring out how some of these 1871 01:28:57.479 --> 01:29:01.800 players fit into an offense that, is, YES i think 1872 01:29:01.840 --> 01:29:03.840 going to be quite a bit more entertaining than last. 1873 01:29:03.880 --> 01:29:06.960 YEARS i also like the dynamic of the opening game 1874 01:29:07.640 --> 01:29:08.479 at The Rose BOWL. 1875 01:29:08.760 --> 01:29:10.680 Ucla it is a late. 1876 01:29:10.760 --> 01:29:14.000 Kick that's nine O'clock mountain time On fox On august the, 1877 01:29:14.039 --> 01:29:17.920 thirtieth so we are just twenty six days away from. 1878 01:29:18.039 --> 01:29:20.840 Kickoff and when you look at The Bill connley, stuff 1879 01:29:20.960 --> 01:29:26.720 THE smp That bill uses to predict, conferences he has 1880 01:29:27.640 --> 01:29:31.560 let's SEE ucla number fifty one in the, country AND 1881 01:29:31.600 --> 01:29:36.039 i think only, Yeah Michigan, State Northwestern Maryland purdue are 1882 01:29:36.079 --> 01:29:39.880 the only teams That bill has BELOW, Ucla SO i 1883 01:29:39.960 --> 01:29:42.239 kind of like the dynamic of an opening game against 1884 01:29:42.880 --> 01:29:45.680 A p four team out of The Big, ten but 1885 01:29:45.760 --> 01:29:47.800 a team that you really should be able to handle 1886 01:29:47.880 --> 01:29:50.720 and get a. Win devin gets to experience what it's 1887 01:29:50.760 --> 01:29:52.520 like to go on the road and play a. TEAM 1888 01:29:52.800 --> 01:29:55.399 i don't know What UCLA's fan base is looking like these. 1889 01:29:55.479 --> 01:29:57.760 Days they had a pretty down year last, year but 1890 01:29:58.319 --> 01:30:01.079 they're not thought to be, great but They, ucla so 1891 01:30:01.319 --> 01:30:05.239 they will have athletes and good football players for an opening. 1892 01:30:05.319 --> 01:30:06.960 GAME i actually kind of like this. 1893 01:30:07.000 --> 01:30:09.640 ONE i think a landing spot where you you should 1894 01:30:09.640 --> 01:30:11.640 go on the road and get a. Win you will 1895 01:30:11.680 --> 01:30:15.319 experience one of the greatest stadiums in all of college 1896 01:30:15.319 --> 01:30:18.279 football and a football team that can at least provide some. 1897 01:30:18.359 --> 01:30:21.720 PUSHBACK i always hate THE Fbsfcs week. One it's gonna 1898 01:30:21.720 --> 01:30:24.680 be seventy to. THREE i don't think that does much for, 1899 01:30:24.720 --> 01:30:27.119 you and maybe that's the deal with Cal, Poly but 1900 01:30:27.319 --> 01:30:29.239 opening DAY ucla kind of like that. 1901 01:30:29.279 --> 01:30:30.359 One i'm with. 1902 01:30:30.479 --> 01:30:35.560 You, obviously it's a Former pac twelve opponent in a storied, 1903 01:30:35.680 --> 01:30:40.600 venue so there's just a little extra FLAIR a little 1904 01:30:40.600 --> 01:30:42.079 extra excitement. 1905 01:30:41.640 --> 01:30:44.520 For a game in The Rose. 1906 01:30:44.279 --> 01:30:48.359 Bowl regardless of the, situation regardless of the. Context but 1907 01:30:48.600 --> 01:30:51.000 like you, said it also gives you taugh an opportunity 1908 01:30:51.319 --> 01:30:54.840 to knock the rust off without like playing down to 1909 01:30:54.920 --> 01:30:58.800 competition or having to adjust the way they. Play you're 1910 01:30:58.800 --> 01:31:01.720 gonna have, to you, know bring your a game to 1911 01:31:01.760 --> 01:31:04.800 BEAT ucla On week. One you're going to have to 1912 01:31:05.279 --> 01:31:08.319 work through a few. Things you haven't been able to 1913 01:31:08.319 --> 01:31:13.000 play live full reps so far this. Year so that's 1914 01:31:13.039 --> 01:31:15.640 gonna be big for the youths to get off on 1915 01:31:15.680 --> 01:31:19.199 the right. Foot and here's the beauty of. It say 1916 01:31:19.239 --> 01:31:23.359 it's not pretty week. ONE a new offensive, coordinator a new, 1917 01:31:23.439 --> 01:31:28.359 quarterback a group of coaching staffs that are going into 1918 01:31:28.399 --> 01:31:32.560 their first game as a tandem. Unit if it's not, 1919 01:31:32.640 --> 01:31:36.760 pretty you Play ucla year zero and, one it doesn't, 1920 01:31:36.760 --> 01:31:39.760 matter because you're now in The big. Twelve you have 1921 01:31:39.800 --> 01:31:43.079 an opportunity to kind of right those wrongs in a 1922 01:31:43.079 --> 01:31:47.000 way that before the expanded. Playoff you, know you lose To, 1923 01:31:47.119 --> 01:31:51.399 ucla you used to lose to a comparable team In week, 1924 01:31:51.439 --> 01:31:53.960 one and that does a lot more damage than maybe 1925 01:31:53.960 --> 01:31:55.479 it did, two, three four years. 1926 01:31:55.479 --> 01:32:00.079 Ago ucla returned sixty seven. Starters that second last in 1927 01:32:00.119 --> 01:32:03.920 The Big ten only To. Purdue they returned sixty seven, 1928 01:32:04.000 --> 01:32:07.479 starters they have sixty seven transfers and, recruits and as 1929 01:32:07.479 --> 01:32:09.560 far as the projections, go, Yeah conley has them as 1930 01:32:09.560 --> 01:32:12.960 the fifty first ranked team in the. Country Only Michigan, State, Maryland, 1931 01:32:12.960 --> 01:32:13.600 northwestern And. 1932 01:32:13.680 --> 01:32:15.399 Purdue we're below them in The Big. Ten so That's 1933 01:32:15.479 --> 01:32:16.039 utah's first. 1934 01:32:16.039 --> 01:32:21.000 Opponent coverage Of utah Football, Camp kyle has brought you 1935 01:32:21.039 --> 01:32:25.520 in part By Big, Willies Beer, bar The, Advocates Baskin, 1936 01:32:25.640 --> 01:32:28.960 Robbins Big O', tires Mountain Land Power, equipment advanced window, 1937 01:32:28.960 --> 01:32:32.000 products and. Others as we are high speed ahead to 1938 01:32:32.119 --> 01:32:34.479 game dates right around the, corner just over three weeks, 1939 01:32:34.479 --> 01:32:37.920 away so stay tuned for that eight real. Quick we're 1940 01:32:37.920 --> 01:32:40.039 gonna let you hear From Devin Dan. Pierre we're gonna 1941 01:32:40.079 --> 01:32:42.119 let you hear From Jason. Beck If tom, allows we'll 1942 01:32:42.119 --> 01:32:45.800 get to some other. Sound have you tinkered at all 1943 01:32:46.159 --> 01:32:50.640 with the either for you algorithm or following algorithm On? 1944 01:32:50.720 --> 01:32:56.399 TWITTER i kind of gave up on the scroll part of, 1945 01:32:56.399 --> 01:32:59.119 that so not really not, really definitely no. 1946 01:32:59.159 --> 01:33:02.319 TINKERING i still see it every once in. 1947 01:33:02.279 --> 01:33:04.359 A WHILE i feel like every time you move over 1948 01:33:04.399 --> 01:33:07.760 to the for you, portion it's like high school kids 1949 01:33:07.760 --> 01:33:08.239 fighting in. 1950 01:33:08.359 --> 01:33:10.479 Bathrooms, yeah, yeah you get a lot lot of. That 1951 01:33:10.479 --> 01:33:12.880 that's kind of WHAT i was alluding. To it's really. 1952 01:33:12.920 --> 01:33:16.520 Weird it's really strange. Anyway maybe that's just. 1953 01:33:16.479 --> 01:33:20.479 What i've you, know How I've i've brought my algorithm to. 1954 01:33:20.520 --> 01:33:23.640 Me i've never intentionally clicked on a video of two 1955 01:33:23.720 --> 01:33:25.039 high schoolers fighting in a. 1956 01:33:25.079 --> 01:33:28.840 STALL i didn't think. Sothing it's really weird. Anyway all, 1957 01:33:28.920 --> 01:33:30.720 right we're gonna bring In pablo Mash. 1958 01:33:30.760 --> 01:33:33.319 JOHNNIE rsl has a midweek tilt and they're back at 1959 01:33:33.359 --> 01:33:37.439 action AND mls leagues play coming up On. Saturday but 1960 01:33:37.560 --> 01:33:39.680 before we do, that it is that time of year 1961 01:33:39.680 --> 01:33:41.439 where we have a little bit of access To utah 1962 01:33:41.479 --> 01:33:44.640 football players and coaches As Camp kyle is. Underway so 1963 01:33:44.640 --> 01:33:46.399 in case you missed any of, it we'll start with 1964 01:33:46.520 --> 01:33:47.760 the NEW qb one for the. 1965 01:33:47.840 --> 01:33:51.119 Utes Here's Devin. Dampier, devin how was it out? 1966 01:33:51.159 --> 01:33:52.239 There it was? 1967 01:33:52.279 --> 01:33:55.239 Fun it was. Fun glad to be with the. BOYS i, 1968 01:33:55.239 --> 01:33:56.600 mean you, know this is what you dream. 1969 01:33:56.680 --> 01:33:59.159 For so getting closer to the, season we've got high 1970 01:33:59.159 --> 01:34:01.840 expectations during these, practices AND i think we made a 1971 01:34:01.880 --> 01:34:02.920 good impression towards. 1972 01:34:02.920 --> 01:34:04.359 That it don't seem like in. 1973 01:34:04.479 --> 01:34:06.439 Spring there a good amount of energy of trying to 1974 01:34:07.119 --> 01:34:07.560 get after. 1975 01:34:07.600 --> 01:34:10.039 It how different is it involved there's a. 1976 01:34:10.079 --> 01:34:13.560 Game, yeah you, know we practice in a way that's very, 1977 01:34:13.560 --> 01:34:15.560 safe but at the end of the, day you, know 1978 01:34:15.600 --> 01:34:18.520 we're still going one hundred. Percent so it's definitely the 1979 01:34:18.560 --> 01:34:20.079 way we have the Structured we're still allowed to go 1980 01:34:20.079 --> 01:34:23.800 one hundred percent whilst having to take practices Of, YEAH i, 1981 01:34:23.840 --> 01:34:24.560 mean practices are. 1982 01:34:24.600 --> 01:34:27.640 Real, Davin do you have to take a different approach 1983 01:34:27.720 --> 01:34:30.319 with your leadership and being more assertive now that it's 1984 01:34:30.359 --> 01:34:32.439 fall camp in the season is right around the. 1985 01:34:32.439 --> 01:34:33.600 Corner, yeah you. 1986 01:34:33.520 --> 01:34:35.159 KNOW i try to be the same person throughout the, 1987 01:34:35.199 --> 01:34:37.399 year but you, know obviously we have new people that 1988 01:34:37.520 --> 01:34:39.600 just got, here so just to be able to get. 1989 01:34:39.520 --> 01:34:40.680 In that impression and get them hot. 1990 01:34:40.760 --> 01:34:42.319 On they got a shorter amount of time to go 1991 01:34:42.439 --> 01:34:44.920 with the, Program so just to make sure we're emphasizing 1992 01:34:44.920 --> 01:34:46.960 that that's the leadership That i'm are right. 1993 01:34:47.000 --> 01:34:50.159 Now is there anything that's really kind of the change 1994 01:34:50.279 --> 01:34:53.640 revolved about coachbacks offense coming From New? 1995 01:34:53.680 --> 01:34:57.000 Mexico good, AREA i mean just the smallest. 1996 01:34:57.000 --> 01:34:58.880 Weeks Coach beck is the coach that you, know he 1997 01:34:58.920 --> 01:35:00.439 looks for the best out of his player and you 1998 01:35:00.439 --> 01:35:02.920 know he finds a way to get them in their best. Situation, so, 1999 01:35:03.279 --> 01:35:05.760 uh you, know different guys can do different, things and you, 2000 01:35:05.800 --> 01:35:06.960 know we we explore those. 2001 01:35:07.000 --> 01:35:09.800 Talents you have a lot of new, receivers, Obviously tobias 2002 01:35:09.840 --> 01:35:12.159 And larry are. There what have you kind of done 2003 01:35:12.159 --> 01:35:14.319 to help bring them, along get the, maclimated The utah 2004 01:35:14.359 --> 01:35:14.600 and so. 2005 01:35:14.640 --> 01:35:16.359 Forth, yeah just the extra work. 2006 01:35:16.640 --> 01:35:18.239 Summer you, know we're not allowed to be with the, 2007 01:35:18.239 --> 01:35:20.600 coaches and just to tell those guys they let's go 2008 01:35:20.640 --> 01:35:22.359 outside and. Work AND i mean they were there every 2009 01:35:22.399 --> 01:35:26.159 day that we did those type of, practices so you 2010 01:35:26.159 --> 01:35:26.760 know they're willing to. 2011 01:35:26.760 --> 01:35:29.079 Grind do you have anything specifically that you want to 2012 01:35:29.119 --> 01:35:31.239 work on during the next few next leading. 2013 01:35:31.000 --> 01:35:31.479 On your first? 2014 01:35:31.520 --> 01:35:32.960 Game, yeah just. 2015 01:35:33.039 --> 01:35:35.560 CONTINUED i mean you're never gonna be one hundred, Percent 2016 01:35:36.159 --> 01:35:38.640 you're never gonna be, perfect so just continue to learn 2017 01:35:38.680 --> 01:35:41.159 the game and right, now just connection with the. 2018 01:35:41.199 --> 01:35:42.760 Receivers though again we got to do a bunch of. 2019 01:35:42.760 --> 01:35:44.720 New, guys so just be able to make that connection right. 2020 01:35:44.760 --> 01:35:46.960 Now what's your first impression Of Mary. 2021 01:35:47.000 --> 01:35:51.279 Well, Uh tobias is a. Guy he came out here 2022 01:35:51.319 --> 01:35:54.199 and obviously he stood out. Today so you, know here's 2023 01:35:54.239 --> 01:35:56.760 kudos of. Him but he's gonna be ready at u 2024 01:35:56.800 --> 01:35:57.279 c L a for. 2025 01:35:57.359 --> 01:36:03.359 Sure All, RIGHT i gotta do. IT i GOT i 2026 01:36:03.359 --> 01:36:05.880 gotta do, it AND i only do it once a. Year, 2027 01:36:06.079 --> 01:36:08.760 OKAY i only do it once a, year BUT i 2028 01:36:08.760 --> 01:36:11.960 gotta do. It you have to my, Guy Paul, kirk 2029 01:36:12.760 --> 01:36:15.840 my guy whoever else is up, there to all of 2030 01:36:15.840 --> 01:36:18.119 my dear friends WHO i love and respect in the 2031 01:36:18.199 --> 01:36:22.720 door at The university Of utah football. Program stop conducting 2032 01:36:22.840 --> 01:36:28.479 interviews while the jugs machine is. On please please just, 2033 01:36:28.720 --> 01:36:33.279 studiase maybe just while they're doing the, interviews just chill 2034 01:36:33.319 --> 01:36:33.920 with the jugs. 2035 01:36:33.960 --> 01:36:34.399 Machine you. 2036 01:36:34.439 --> 01:36:36.600 Can you can turn it off for five to ten. 2037 01:36:36.640 --> 01:36:38.319 MINUTES i know that you. 2038 01:36:38.439 --> 01:36:38.640 Can. 2039 01:36:39.079 --> 01:36:42.680 Yeah i've been doing those scrum interviews for long enough 2040 01:36:42.680 --> 01:36:44.800 THAT i almost kind of think that it's part of the. 2041 01:36:44.800 --> 01:36:50.319 Deal it's like ALMOST i don't Know edict's down from the, top, 2042 01:36:50.840 --> 01:36:54.159 like hey throw them over. There BUT i digress BECAUSE 2043 01:36:54.159 --> 01:36:57.560 i have mentioned it how many. Times, right we're not on. 2044 01:36:57.680 --> 01:37:01.800 Video we rely on. Audio we are a radio and you, 2045 01:37:01.840 --> 01:37:03.800 know Whatever. 2046 01:37:03.560 --> 01:37:06.359 I'm tempted to write a strongly worded email To Taylor. 2047 01:37:06.439 --> 01:37:09.279 Randall oh to rand to the. President you said it 2048 01:37:09.359 --> 01:37:10.920 might come from the. Top i'll go to the, top. 2049 01:37:10.960 --> 01:37:15.560 MAN i Know, TAYLOR i Know, teresa his assistant word 2050 01:37:15.600 --> 01:37:18.720 for us AT. RSL i might write a stroke and 2051 01:37:18.880 --> 01:37:21.600 you know. Me in my relationship with, email it does not. 2052 01:37:21.720 --> 01:37:24.279 Exist, yeah you don't do too much. Email, NO i. 2053 01:37:24.159 --> 01:37:27.760 Actually just cleaned out my email from the entire TIME 2054 01:37:27.760 --> 01:37:28.000 i was. 2055 01:37:28.039 --> 01:37:30.720 GONE i didn't look at it. Once good for. 2056 01:37:30.800 --> 01:37:34.720 You so both the Personal gmail and THE espn email 2057 01:37:34.760 --> 01:37:36.880 there Now i'm caught up love it got some new. 2058 01:37:36.920 --> 01:37:40.319 Sponsors good news, there shout OUT dj checked out that 2059 01:37:40.399 --> 01:37:44.319 email mostly just spam on The gmail. Side but, look 2060 01:37:45.439 --> 01:37:49.039 it's not that. Hard and it's been going on. Forever 2061 01:37:49.199 --> 01:37:51.199 do you know when this? Started when did we start 2062 01:37:51.359 --> 01:37:54.119 being forced interview these players and coaches right next to 2063 01:37:54.159 --> 01:37:54.600 the jugs? 2064 01:37:54.640 --> 01:37:58.039 MACHINE i MEAN i have been covering the team since twenty, 2065 01:37:58.079 --> 01:37:59.920 sixteen twenty, seventeen and it's been that. 2066 01:38:00.119 --> 01:38:03.840 TIME i can't tell you about. Before but all, right 2067 01:38:04.640 --> 01:38:08.079 well are the other? Interviews are? 2068 01:38:08.359 --> 01:38:10.199 WE i got some sound for you with. It no, 2069 01:38:10.359 --> 01:38:14.520 jugs no. Jugs you, know we walked. Inside okay to the, Media. 2070 01:38:14.520 --> 01:38:16.760 Yeah can we just do that from now? 2071 01:38:16.800 --> 01:38:19.640 On and we interviewed the coaches in this nice comfortable, 2072 01:38:19.720 --> 01:38:21.640 environment so we'll play some of that. 2073 01:38:21.680 --> 01:38:24.399 Now all, Right we'll let's you hear from the new 2074 01:38:24.439 --> 01:38:26.520 offensive coordinator for The university of You. 2075 01:38:26.600 --> 01:38:27.359 Tah Here's Jason. 2076 01:38:27.399 --> 01:38:30.680 Beck spring ball is, about you, know installing the. Offense 2077 01:38:30.720 --> 01:38:33.560 what is the next phase In paul camp in terms 2078 01:38:33.600 --> 01:38:36.000 of your offense and getting it integrated with the. 2079 01:38:36.000 --> 01:38:39.000 Guys you obviously need to be ready for all the 2080 01:38:39.039 --> 01:38:42.159 situations that are going to be coming, up and it's 2081 01:38:42.199 --> 01:38:46.079 really identifying who are the trustworthy, guys the playmaker. Guys 2082 01:38:46.920 --> 01:38:50.079 when you put those eleven guys, together all doing their different, 2083 01:38:50.199 --> 01:38:53.000 roles you know who can you depend on and count. 2084 01:38:53.000 --> 01:38:54.720 On so it's a matter of finding. 2085 01:38:54.800 --> 01:38:59.720 Consistency who showed up every day consistently getting their job 2086 01:38:59.760 --> 01:39:02.319 done so we know we can count on him to 2087 01:39:02.439 --> 01:39:04.000 put him out there for the. Game so that's where 2088 01:39:04.000 --> 01:39:07.680 you're trying to develop that and tease that out of 2089 01:39:07.880 --> 01:39:09.359 who to count on when you put him out. 2090 01:39:09.359 --> 01:39:12.079 There the last six, Months devn's really taken some time 2091 01:39:12.119 --> 01:39:15.319 to establish his full and, LEADERSHIP i guess heading into fall, 2092 01:39:15.399 --> 01:39:17.239 camp as the offensive, coordinator and just what are you 2093 01:39:17.359 --> 01:39:20.439 looking for him to continue to make steps and establish 2094 01:39:20.560 --> 01:39:21.960 himself in the offense and and so. 2095 01:39:22.039 --> 01:39:26.439 Forth, yeah just continuing to lead both first by example 2096 01:39:27.600 --> 01:39:31.840 through his play and that real consistent playmaker doing the right, 2097 01:39:31.880 --> 01:39:35.640 things and then being a good, teammate which means if you. 2098 01:39:35.600 --> 01:39:39.199 See, something you, know you're not their, friend you're their. 2099 01:39:39.239 --> 01:39:43.199 Teammate and whether that's positively reinforcing what they're, doing or 2100 01:39:43.239 --> 01:39:47.560 whether that's whether that's asking him to live up to 2101 01:39:47.600 --> 01:39:52.520 a different. Standard and so dev shows up every day 2102 01:39:52.520 --> 01:39:56.880 and work charm and he leads by, example and so 2103 01:39:57.079 --> 01:39:59.600 just continue to do that and then and bring everybody 2104 01:39:59.600 --> 01:40:04.039 else a long and develop the chemistry with all those score. 2105 01:40:04.079 --> 01:40:06.359 Guys when it comes TO qb two, spot what are 2106 01:40:06.359 --> 01:40:08.600 you looking for and how quickly do you want to 2107 01:40:08.600 --> 01:40:09.720 try to establish? 2108 01:40:09.720 --> 01:40:14.000 That, YEAH i mean you're not too far away now 2109 01:40:14.079 --> 01:40:15.279 from you start game. 2110 01:40:15.119 --> 01:40:16.920 PLANNING ucla and. 2111 01:40:18.640 --> 01:40:22.760 In the seasons here and so we have two scrimmages 2112 01:40:22.880 --> 01:40:24.600 along the, way and by the end of that second, 2113 01:40:24.600 --> 01:40:29.039 scrimmage you would really like to have an idea plan 2114 01:40:29.119 --> 01:40:32.680 of here's what we're doing the same. Thing it's all, about, 2115 01:40:32.960 --> 01:40:35.359 man who can you. Trust who can you depend, on 2116 01:40:35.439 --> 01:40:40.159 who's being consistent and in that role when their numbers, 2117 01:40:40.159 --> 01:40:42.800 called their opportunity comes, up who's going to be ready 2118 01:40:42.840 --> 01:40:43.439 to take that. 2119 01:40:43.560 --> 01:40:46.560 On Tobias merriweather And Larry simmons were the two receivers 2120 01:40:46.600 --> 01:40:49.359 that you brought in during the spring. Portal how important 2121 01:40:49.840 --> 01:40:52.319 are these next few weeks and getting them up to 2122 01:40:52.359 --> 01:40:55.399 speed with the offense and their chemistry with damp. 2123 01:40:55.399 --> 01:40:56.199 Hair, oh it's. 2124 01:40:56.640 --> 01:40:58.760 Really important to see what they can bring to this 2125 01:40:58.840 --> 01:41:02.000 team to help this often score points to win games 2126 01:41:02.439 --> 01:41:07.199 and so them you, Know Bryce duke running back has 2127 01:41:07.279 --> 01:41:11.159 experiences in so, yeah it's really the next two. Weeks you, 2128 01:41:11.199 --> 01:41:14.319 know you're not making huge judgments right away because it's 2129 01:41:14.319 --> 01:41:15.760 going to take a little time to settle in and 2130 01:41:15.800 --> 01:41:18.159 get their rhythm and get. Going but once you kind 2131 01:41:18.159 --> 01:41:22.640 of see that thing turn of now you're looking at 2132 01:41:22.640 --> 01:41:26.560 that feedback of how are they, contributing what can we 2133 01:41:26.600 --> 01:41:29.479 count on them for and to know how we can 2134 01:41:29.560 --> 01:41:29.960 use many? 2135 01:41:29.960 --> 01:41:33.279 Offense what led to your interest in your pursuit of? 2136 01:41:33.319 --> 01:41:36.199 Them what qualities do they possess that you think translates? 2137 01:41:36.199 --> 01:41:39.800 Here you, know we're looking for guys who can consistently, 2138 01:41:39.960 --> 01:41:45.600 win get open catch the. Ball the more they can 2139 01:41:45.640 --> 01:41:48.680 stretch the field or be versatile play both outside and 2140 01:41:48.760 --> 01:41:53.880 inside is, great but it's all about who can consistently, 2141 01:41:53.960 --> 01:41:56.760 win make plays catch the ball to help move the 2142 01:41:56.840 --> 01:41:57.520 chains and score. 2143 01:41:57.520 --> 01:42:01.279 Points kyle talks about this off it'll be pretty similar 2144 01:42:01.279 --> 01:42:03.600 to what you ran At New. Mexico how similar to? 2145 01:42:03.680 --> 01:42:05.880 That and kind of what are you trying to do 2146 01:42:05.920 --> 01:42:08.079 that's maybe different or are you trying to get in from? 2147 01:42:08.119 --> 01:42:15.079 There you, know we're still in that process of that playing. 2148 01:42:15.119 --> 01:42:18.279 Out for, instance when we Started New mexico last, year 2149 01:42:18.920 --> 01:42:21.680 we had five six skilled receivers that we thought were 2150 01:42:21.680 --> 01:42:25.279 going to be some of our better. Players and as 2151 01:42:25.319 --> 01:42:26.920 we headed in that first, game. 2152 01:42:26.840 --> 01:42:29.800 That was kind of the trajectory we were. 2153 01:42:29.840 --> 01:42:32.039 On, well as we got early in the, season some 2154 01:42:32.079 --> 01:42:37.079 of those guys were struggling to consistently make, plays and 2155 01:42:37.119 --> 01:42:40.199 our running backs were way rising up and what they were, 2156 01:42:40.239 --> 01:42:42.960 doing and so that thing, shifted you, know in that, 2157 01:42:43.079 --> 01:42:46.760 course and there became two receivers and a tight end 2158 01:42:46.840 --> 01:42:48.600 that we really relied, on and then it was all 2159 01:42:48.640 --> 01:42:51.199 these running back, guys and so the offense kind of 2160 01:42:51.199 --> 01:42:52.439 molded more that. 2161 01:42:52.560 --> 01:42:55.079 Direction so you, know. 2162 01:42:55.159 --> 01:42:59.159 The devin and the on line that's the most predictable right. 2163 01:42:59.199 --> 01:43:02.039 Now it's the other spots that are more the what 2164 01:43:02.159 --> 01:43:06.319 direction is this going to? Take with the dependable, playmaker 2165 01:43:06.800 --> 01:43:12.000 guys you trust and kind of the offense molding shifting the. 2166 01:43:12.119 --> 01:43:14.600 Direction we're fans that haven't seen it. 2167 01:43:14.680 --> 01:43:16.840 Yet how would you kind of describe your offensive? 2168 01:43:16.840 --> 01:43:21.880 Philosophy, Man we really just want to put the right 2169 01:43:21.920 --> 01:43:24.439 guys in the right places to make. Plays we want 2170 01:43:24.479 --> 01:43:26.800 to adapt to what our strengths are and play to those. 2171 01:43:26.840 --> 01:43:30.600 Strengths you, know real like eye. Test you know we're 2172 01:43:30.600 --> 01:43:34.319 gonna go not at a fast, tempo but we're going 2173 01:43:34.359 --> 01:43:37.399 to a. Huddle we're moving guys, around you, know kind of. 2174 01:43:37.439 --> 01:43:41.600 Spread you, know THE qb reads and RPOs are in. 2175 01:43:41.640 --> 01:43:43.399 There but. 2176 01:43:45.359 --> 01:43:47.680 Year to year that thing always shifts to who are 2177 01:43:47.720 --> 01:43:49.880 your who's your, personnel and what are their. 2178 01:43:49.920 --> 01:43:53.560 Strengths in some years that's more, passing some years that's more. 2179 01:43:53.640 --> 01:43:57.000 Running so you know that thing will vary because we 2180 01:43:57.039 --> 01:43:58.119 want to play to our. 2181 01:43:58.159 --> 01:44:01.479 Strengths when you have a our receiver or star running, 2182 01:44:01.479 --> 01:44:03.800 back it's pretty easy to feature them in the. Offense 2183 01:44:04.279 --> 01:44:07.359 it seems like you've got two star offensive. Tackles how 2184 01:44:07.359 --> 01:44:10.319 do you go about featuring your offensive line and their 2185 01:44:10.359 --> 01:44:10.880 strengths as. 2186 01:44:10.880 --> 01:44:13.319 Players, yeah you, know we look at the quarterback, first 2187 01:44:13.319 --> 01:44:14.880 and we look at the old line second of what 2188 01:44:14.920 --> 01:44:17.840 they can. Do and the old line is obviously a 2189 01:44:17.920 --> 01:44:22.640 strength specifically with the. Tackles, man they're, athletic so you 2190 01:44:22.680 --> 01:44:27.119 can do things with your tackles where you utilize that 2191 01:44:27.199 --> 01:44:30.960 athleticism that you may not do with other. Guys, so you, 2192 01:44:31.000 --> 01:44:33.239 know getting them out on the edges and screens to 2193 01:44:33.359 --> 01:44:37.560 block in, space having them pull in the run, game you, 2194 01:44:37.600 --> 01:44:39.680 know to add to your run. 2195 01:44:39.680 --> 01:44:41.079 Scheme so using their. 2196 01:44:40.960 --> 01:44:44.720 Athleticism to block the second, level. 2197 01:44:44.800 --> 01:44:48.560 To block them the perimeter is something you want to 2198 01:44:48.560 --> 01:44:49.159 take advantage. 2199 01:44:49.159 --> 01:44:51.920 Of you guys move autot at a tight end towards 2200 01:44:51.920 --> 01:44:53.520 the tail end of. Spring you know what kind of 2201 01:44:53.560 --> 01:44:55.479 led to that change and what are you looking for 2202 01:44:55.600 --> 01:44:57.479 him to? Do you, know as Fall campie's ready to. 2203 01:44:57.479 --> 01:45:01.319 Open, yeah he's kind of this high brid guy that's 2204 01:45:02.000 --> 01:45:04.439 has good size and he's you, know two twenty and 2205 01:45:04.520 --> 01:45:10.600 he's a, big strong. Receiver so we know the flexed 2206 01:45:10.600 --> 01:45:13.560 out in the slot outside stuff is going to be 2207 01:45:13.640 --> 01:45:15.720 natural for. Him so we, thought let's move him to 2208 01:45:15.760 --> 01:45:18.439 the tight end room so we can develop more of 2209 01:45:18.479 --> 01:45:24.279 those things that he's not as experienced that knowing from 2210 01:45:24.279 --> 01:45:26.199 that room we can always, flex mount and do, stuff 2211 01:45:26.520 --> 01:45:28.279 but to have him in the outside receiver room and 2212 01:45:28.279 --> 01:45:31.399 then try to move him inside to do things you. 2213 01:45:31.359 --> 01:45:33.880 Know a little. Different so so that was. 2214 01:45:33.800 --> 01:45:35.760 Just the kind of have him in that room as 2215 01:45:35.800 --> 01:45:38.960 a home base to expand his versatility and how he 2216 01:45:39.000 --> 01:45:39.399 can help the. 2217 01:45:39.840 --> 01:45:42.800 Spring in the, spring you Said waishan was. LIMITED i 2218 01:45:42.880 --> 01:45:44.960 guess where's his health at and do you expect him to be. 2219 01:45:44.960 --> 01:45:48.560 Full go For, Yeah, yeah he's, Healthy he's had a 2220 01:45:48.600 --> 01:45:50.680 really good summer and. 2221 01:45:50.600 --> 01:45:51.239 Yeah bringing to. 2222 01:45:51.279 --> 01:45:53.920 Go, yeah how Much Doesne johnson change this office for? 2223 01:45:54.000 --> 01:45:57.319 You, well that's going to be part of this. 2224 01:45:59.520 --> 01:46:03.720 Discovery of how consistent, playmaking what is he bringing at 2225 01:46:03.760 --> 01:46:05.640 a high, level because he definitely. 2226 01:46:05.319 --> 01:46:10.159 Has you, know some juice speed and can do unique. 2227 01:46:10.199 --> 01:46:15.319 Things so we definitely want to utilize, that take advantage 2228 01:46:15.319 --> 01:46:19.960 of it and discoverment how much and in what ways 2229 01:46:20.000 --> 01:46:22.159 and all of those things that we can count out 2230 01:46:22.159 --> 01:46:24.640 at the, high high level more than just kind of 2231 01:46:24.680 --> 01:46:25.720 a gimmicky. 2232 01:46:25.279 --> 01:46:25.680 Thing here or. 2233 01:46:25.720 --> 01:46:29.159 There, well Season devin ran what and also passed a? 2234 01:46:29.159 --> 01:46:31.720 Lot is there the development that you're looking for maybe 2235 01:46:31.720 --> 01:46:34.600 to have him be more passed first or maybe more run. 2236 01:46:34.640 --> 01:46:36.359 FIRST i, mean walk me through your thinking on. 2237 01:46:36.439 --> 01:46:41.279 THAT i, mean he'll as just him, Individually he'll continue 2238 01:46:41.319 --> 01:46:43.479 to progress and develop and. 2239 01:46:43.319 --> 01:46:43.960 It is really. 2240 01:46:44.000 --> 01:46:47.039 Capable so this is not a thing where we were 2241 01:46:47.119 --> 01:46:50.039 running them more because he was not capable as a. 2242 01:46:50.079 --> 01:46:51.000 Pastor it was just. 2243 01:46:52.680 --> 01:46:56.119 And he'll continue to develop that. Way it's really just 2244 01:46:56.199 --> 01:46:59.640 the pieces around him and what we could do let 2245 01:46:59.720 --> 01:47:00.760 the him and being more. 2246 01:47:00.640 --> 01:47:01.399 Involved in the run. 2247 01:47:01.479 --> 01:47:05.000 Game certain times in the season we had some critical 2248 01:47:05.000 --> 01:47:09.000 injuries and so he became you, know if it's fourth and, 2249 01:47:09.039 --> 01:47:11.760 two who do you trust most to get this? Thing 2250 01:47:11.960 --> 01:47:14.119 with a couple you, know there's a spot where in 2251 01:47:14.119 --> 01:47:16.680 the car was out with the high ankle spring and a. 2252 01:47:16.600 --> 01:47:17.199 Couple of those. 2253 01:47:17.239 --> 01:47:19.840 Games, no you absolutely Knew devin would get you the, 2254 01:47:19.880 --> 01:47:20.920 first so you called. 2255 01:47:20.720 --> 01:47:21.640 His number a little. 2256 01:47:21.720 --> 01:47:24.640 More so it's just kind of dictated by you, know 2257 01:47:24.720 --> 01:47:27.359 the matchup hell of you, know all those. 2258 01:47:27.439 --> 01:47:28.479 Things you two more. 2259 01:47:28.520 --> 01:47:32.039 Here he talked a lot about dev talked a lot about. 2260 01:47:31.760 --> 01:47:32.960 Just improving his decision. 2261 01:47:33.000 --> 01:47:34.680 Making you, know now that he's been here for six, 2262 01:47:34.720 --> 01:47:36.680 months have you seen any improvements in that and just 2263 01:47:37.000 --> 01:47:37.600 turn over. 2264 01:47:37.560 --> 01:47:42.199 Ratio or just how he's reading the. Offense it's you. 2265 01:47:42.279 --> 01:47:45.680 Know it's hard to put a total thing on that 2266 01:47:45.800 --> 01:47:48.319 right now because spring was so. 2267 01:47:50.159 --> 01:47:52.319 New with all the skill guys get on the same. 2268 01:47:52.319 --> 01:47:54.159 Page so we'll kind of see where it picks, up 2269 01:47:54.680 --> 01:47:57.680 you know in fall Campra but, no that's that's what 2270 01:47:57.720 --> 01:48:00.640 it's all, about Right it's all about being a dynamic, 2271 01:48:00.680 --> 01:48:06.279 player being a playmaker and protecting the ball because that 2272 01:48:06.680 --> 01:48:08.079 dictates winning in such a high. 2273 01:48:08.199 --> 01:48:10.279 Range so just going forward. 2274 01:48:10.039 --> 01:48:12.720 That, way we talked about What Larry anderviz brings to 2275 01:48:12.760 --> 01:48:14.720 the wide receiver. Room what Does bryce bring to this 2276 01:48:14.840 --> 01:48:15.720 running back room. 2277 01:48:15.600 --> 01:48:18.399 Now that he's joined based off the, film you, know 2278 01:48:18.439 --> 01:48:20.159 it'd be great to see him and get. Him but 2279 01:48:20.199 --> 01:48:25.640 based off the, film he brings an element catching the 2280 01:48:25.680 --> 01:48:28.000 ball out of the. Backfield you, know he's proven where 2281 01:48:28.199 --> 01:48:31.960 he's done that in the. Past and then his running 2282 01:48:32.000 --> 01:48:33.840 skill set he can you, know he has some, juice 2283 01:48:33.840 --> 01:48:36.760 so he can pretty good quickness and spring. It so 2284 01:48:36.960 --> 01:48:42.079 being able to put him in situations to, Use, YEAH 2285 01:48:42.079 --> 01:48:44.920 i wouldn't say he's quite half running back slot, receiver 2286 01:48:45.319 --> 01:48:47.399 but he has a little more of that receiving quality 2287 01:48:47.520 --> 01:48:49.119 than the typical running back. 2288 01:48:49.159 --> 01:48:51.720 Does and so being able to see what he can 2289 01:48:51.760 --> 01:48:52.319 do with those skill. 2290 01:48:52.399 --> 01:48:56.239 Sets all right, there you got want to remind you 2291 01:48:56.319 --> 01:48:58.239 this time here a lot of you might only be 2292 01:48:58.319 --> 01:49:02.000 interested In utah football as we're less than four weeks 2293 01:49:02.039 --> 01:49:05.560 away from game. One one stop SHOP espn seven hundred 2294 01:49:05.560 --> 01:49:08.039 sports dot com and of course when we have access to, 2295 01:49:08.079 --> 01:49:10.319 it will play it for you both During sean's show 2296 01:49:10.920 --> 01:49:11.760 and then my show in the. 2297 01:49:11.840 --> 01:49:13.359 Afternoon The drive Was spence Check. 2298 01:49:13.239 --> 01:49:15.439 It time to hit the pitch on The. Drive THE 2299 01:49:15.600 --> 01:49:18.399 Rsl insider today and every day is brought to you 2300 01:49:18.479 --> 01:49:21.560 by Beer Bar Head downtown for watch parties and game 2301 01:49:21.640 --> 01:49:28.079 day shuttles to the stadium more at BEER barslc dot com. 2302 01:49:26.560 --> 01:49:31.279 Till FOR rsl this, week it potentially is the busiest 2303 01:49:31.319 --> 01:49:34.640 stretch of the entire. Season after a little bit of 2304 01:49:34.680 --> 01:49:39.359 a kind of Light june Into, july we've gone and the, 2305 01:49:39.439 --> 01:49:41.479 lads as we say here for the lads. 2306 01:49:41.199 --> 01:49:44.119 Have really turned the, page unbeaten in eight of their last. 2307 01:49:44.199 --> 01:49:47.720 Nine It's Leagu's cup action coming up On wednesday before they. 2308 01:49:47.760 --> 01:49:51.600 RETURN mls play In New york On, saturday and the head, 2309 01:49:51.600 --> 01:49:54.600 Coach Pablo Master money on A monday, Afternoon Happy, Monday, 2310 01:49:54.640 --> 01:49:55.119 pops how. 2311 01:49:55.119 --> 01:49:59.159 We doing doing, Great, bud appreciate the time as. 2312 01:49:59.199 --> 01:50:02.880 Always so it comes to The League's, CUP i know 2313 01:50:02.920 --> 01:50:03.960 you guys prioritize. 2314 01:50:03.960 --> 01:50:05.680 EVERYTHING i, KNOW i know you want to win. 2315 01:50:05.720 --> 01:50:11.800 Trophies what sort of dynamic or challenge that is a 2316 01:50:11.840 --> 01:50:15.199 little bit different does this tournament kind of face you 2317 01:50:15.399 --> 01:50:18.680 as the? Manager and then intertwined in the question when 2318 01:50:18.680 --> 01:50:21.279 it simply comes down to how busy the schedule, is 2319 01:50:21.319 --> 01:50:22.439 how are you guys balancing this? 2320 01:50:22.520 --> 01:50:25.159 Out, Yeah SO i think the way they format a 2321 01:50:25.199 --> 01:50:27.479 determament this year has been actually pretty good where they 2322 01:50:27.960 --> 01:50:30.800 the first leg of, it the first three games are you, 2323 01:50:30.840 --> 01:50:33.520 know within ten, days and so you know what you're up, 2324 01:50:33.560 --> 01:50:36.039 against so you can really just focus on the first 2325 01:50:36.039 --> 01:50:38.000 stage of The League's. Cup SO i think that's a 2326 01:50:38.039 --> 01:50:41.920 big improvement from from last, year which was pretty which 2327 01:50:42.000 --> 01:50:45.000 was intertwined with league. Games so here we've just taken 2328 01:50:45.479 --> 01:50:47.600 ten games to focus in on our three, opponents and 2329 01:50:47.640 --> 01:50:50.039 SO i think that part was. Good SO i think 2330 01:50:50.039 --> 01:50:53.439 the biggest balance is again you, know we run a 2331 01:50:53.479 --> 01:50:57.800 best forward in these tournaments and we, won we run 2332 01:50:57.880 --> 01:51:01.720 the risk of really putting our players in precarious situations 2333 01:51:01.720 --> 01:51:05.960 from the just fatigue, perspective which then increases the odds 2334 01:51:05.960 --> 01:51:10.119 of injuries and and. Performances and SO i think that's 2335 01:51:10.159 --> 01:51:13.560 been the toughest thing because these games are coming thick 2336 01:51:13.600 --> 01:51:16.000 and fast and we want to keep. Running you, know 2337 01:51:16.039 --> 01:51:18.319 a group that's been doing really well the last you, 2338 01:51:18.319 --> 01:51:22.680 know seven eight weeks and building that chemistry and and that, 2339 01:51:22.760 --> 01:51:26.600 connection but but you just run into you, know it's 2340 01:51:26.640 --> 01:51:29.680 it's you, know it's really difficult from that. Perspective but 2341 01:51:29.680 --> 01:51:31.840 but the guys have been you, KNOW i think we've 2342 01:51:31.880 --> 01:51:35.199 been having. It we've found a good balance with the 2343 01:51:35.199 --> 01:51:37.680 groups that we've been. Playing the guys have been doing really. 2344 01:51:37.720 --> 01:51:40.560 Well but you, KNOW i think for this, game we're 2345 01:51:40.560 --> 01:51:42.840 gonna have to give a couple of guys breathers and 2346 01:51:42.920 --> 01:51:45.760 give other guys an. Opportunity AND i think that rotation 2347 01:51:45.840 --> 01:51:47.960 has worked pretty. Well but, uh you, know we got 2348 01:51:47.960 --> 01:51:50.279 one game left and, uh you, know we want to 2349 01:51:50.319 --> 01:51:51.640 make sure we ended on the right. 2350 01:51:51.680 --> 01:51:55.399 Now is it LEGA mx or Lega MkIS you got 2351 01:51:55.399 --> 01:51:55.640 to help? 2352 01:51:55.680 --> 01:51:56.720 ME i hear it, Right you're. 2353 01:51:56.720 --> 01:52:02.079 Both, uh it just depends on you. KNOW i think 2354 01:52:02.119 --> 01:52:03.960 for us it's LEGA. Max for them it's. 2355 01:52:04.039 --> 01:52:10.960 Legs, well did you just throw a third option at me, geez, yeah. 2356 01:52:10.800 --> 01:52:13.239 Because the thing IS m In spanish is m the, 2357 01:52:13.880 --> 01:52:15.960 right but they say it really, fast so it sounds 2358 01:52:16.000 --> 01:52:18.520 like m ekis, okay so it's it's m. 2359 01:52:18.560 --> 01:52:20.960 Akis, yeah, okay all, right fair. 2360 01:52:21.079 --> 01:52:23.840 Enough however your tongue feels on the, day if you 2361 01:52:23.840 --> 01:52:25.239 want to roll, it you, know if you want to 2362 01:52:25.319 --> 01:52:27.000 just let it, go it's league. 2363 01:52:27.039 --> 01:52:30.800 Amakis i'm going league at Max. Pops i'm Just that's 2364 01:52:30.840 --> 01:52:33.479 that's How i've always. Rolled that's How i'm That's i'm 2365 01:52:33.479 --> 01:52:35.800 gonna continue to. Roll so let's let's talk about the 2366 01:52:35.800 --> 01:52:39.560 first two. Matches The Club, america who massive. CLUB i 2367 01:52:39.600 --> 01:52:42.840 think they finished second in this tournament before and obviously very. 2368 01:52:42.880 --> 01:52:46.479 Famous it almost felt like a road, game so Many 2369 01:52:46.640 --> 01:52:49.880 Club america. Fans And i'll tell you, what MAN i 2370 01:52:50.319 --> 01:52:52.439 we'll get, to you, know the unfortunate ending with The 2371 01:52:52.439 --> 01:52:56.439 San luis. Game The Ratha cabral performance was a Little 2372 01:52:56.560 --> 01:52:58.760 romando ish when it came to the you, know him 2373 01:52:58.800 --> 01:53:01.279 stepping up and saving those must have been a great. 2374 01:53:01.279 --> 01:53:03.720 Moment what'd you like most about your team's win Against Club. 2375 01:53:03.800 --> 01:53:07.479 America, well you, KNOW i think the biggest thing was 2376 01:53:07.520 --> 01:53:10.119 the way the guys competed against the big. Team you, 2377 01:53:10.159 --> 01:53:12.720 KNOW i think we've you, know we've we've done them 2378 01:53:12.840 --> 01:53:16.000 in the league in the last recent. Weeks but going 2379 01:53:16.079 --> 01:53:20.199 up against The juggernaut to start this, COMPETITION i thought 2380 01:53:20.239 --> 01:53:22.279 the guys put their best foot forward and play the 2381 01:53:22.279 --> 01:53:24.199 heck of a game on both sides of the, ball 2382 01:53:25.000 --> 01:53:27.239 and you, know to concede with whatever it was like 2383 01:53:27.279 --> 01:53:29.760 fifteen seconds left of injury. TIME i think it was 2384 01:53:29.800 --> 01:53:33.119 a gut punch for the top of performance we. Had 2385 01:53:33.159 --> 01:53:36.720 and then then penalty. Kicks rock stepped up and and you, 2386 01:53:36.760 --> 01:53:39.279 know carried the team and and and and did what 2387 01:53:39.319 --> 01:53:41.560 he's capable of, doing and that was. Fantastic so that 2388 01:53:41.640 --> 01:53:45.000 was that that was a really good performance WHERE i felt, like, 2389 01:53:45.119 --> 01:53:47.000 man it was just it was the last play of 2390 01:53:47.000 --> 01:53:48.640 the game AND i knew we just had to make 2391 01:53:48.640 --> 01:53:51.159 sure that we were you, know on. Point but to 2392 01:53:51.159 --> 01:53:53.159 be fair to, them you, know rots and the tape, 2393 01:53:53.199 --> 01:53:55.560 BACK i, mean there wasn't much where they could go 2394 01:53:55.640 --> 01:53:57.960 with that, ball and in the little space that guy 2395 01:53:58.039 --> 01:54:00.640 had to, SHOOT i mean he crushed. It so you, 2396 01:54:00.680 --> 01:54:02.560 know tip your cap off to, them but felt got 2397 01:54:02.560 --> 01:54:02.880 it for the. 2398 01:54:02.920 --> 01:54:07.439 Guys and then moving over to the second game you 2399 01:54:07.479 --> 01:54:09.640 played In League's. Cup it was another really good. Game 2400 01:54:09.680 --> 01:54:11.920 The San luis game they got you IN. Pks what 2401 01:54:12.000 --> 01:54:12.439 stood out? 2402 01:54:12.479 --> 01:54:15.359 Most, YEAH i think, AGAIN i think this is where 2403 01:54:15.359 --> 01:54:17.199 we ran into a bit of. Fatigue there's a few 2404 01:54:17.239 --> 01:54:19.520 guys out there that have been, going you, Know Saturday 2405 01:54:19.520 --> 01:54:23.680 wednesday for a month, now AND i think there's a 2406 01:54:23.680 --> 01:54:25.560 bit of tired. Legs early. ON i think the first 2407 01:54:25.600 --> 01:54:29.000 goal we conceded was, uncharacteristic a bit of sloppy play 2408 01:54:29.039 --> 01:54:31.399 with the ball that transitioned into you, know sloppy playing 2409 01:54:31.399 --> 01:54:35.479 about the. Ball and you, know they, they you, know 2410 01:54:35.640 --> 01:54:37.720 they they tied up the game and then went on 2411 01:54:37.760 --> 01:54:41.039 to take the, lead you. Know AND i think the 2412 01:54:41.560 --> 01:54:43.600 interesting Thing spence, is you, know we had an opportunity 2413 01:54:43.640 --> 01:54:46.119 to go to one and we didn't capitalize on A 2414 01:54:46.159 --> 01:54:50.279 pk and and then momentum swung their. Way they scored 2415 01:54:50.319 --> 01:54:52.640 a goal and. Minute you. Know but but in both, 2416 01:54:52.680 --> 01:54:55.880 games the way the guys have responded from really tough, 2417 01:54:55.920 --> 01:54:58.720 moments you, know being able to keep their heads in 2418 01:54:58.720 --> 01:55:00.920 the in the, game after conceding in the last play 2419 01:55:00.960 --> 01:55:03.079 the game Against america and winning THE pks and here 2420 01:55:03.560 --> 01:55:05.920 conceding a goal late but still staying in the. Game 2421 01:55:05.960 --> 01:55:10.359 and tying it up, LATE i think are really good 2422 01:55:11.079 --> 01:55:13.520 examples of the mentality of the group and and and 2423 01:55:13.560 --> 01:55:15.760 how we've come a long way from the start of the. 2424 01:55:15.840 --> 01:55:18.560 Year and then obviously THE pk was the pks were, 2425 01:55:18.680 --> 01:55:21.279 unfortunate not you, know PK's are a lot like a. 2426 01:55:21.319 --> 01:55:23.359 Game you, know if you start with big, momentum whether 2427 01:55:23.359 --> 01:55:26.159 it's a goal or a, save it just makes you, 2428 01:55:26.159 --> 01:55:27.640 know it just makes it a lot easier for the 2429 01:55:27.680 --> 01:55:30.359 next next guy's. Going if you miss on the first, 2430 01:55:30.399 --> 01:55:32.960 one that goal sprinks a little bit and the goalkeeper 2431 01:55:32.960 --> 01:55:36.760 gets a lot. Bigger so BUT i think we took 2432 01:55:36.800 --> 01:55:41.119 a lot of important moments in that. Game we digested 2433 01:55:41.119 --> 01:55:43.000 that as a group today spent probably a good half 2434 01:55:43.039 --> 01:55:46.960 hour and change, on you, know managing moments to bring 2435 01:55:47.000 --> 01:55:48.880 the game under our control a little bit. More and 2436 01:55:48.920 --> 01:55:50.960 the guys were really. Receptive and so now we have 2437 01:55:51.560 --> 01:55:54.600 correctro in this next, game which will be again another 2438 01:55:54.640 --> 01:55:58.359 tough game and one that hopefully we can take experiences 2439 01:55:58.359 --> 01:56:00.439 from the Sun least game and applying to this next. 2440 01:56:00.479 --> 01:56:02.600 Game, okay what are you up? Against On? 2441 01:56:02.640 --> 01:56:06.479 Wednesday and you, KNOW i started reading through the tiebreaker 2442 01:56:06.520 --> 01:56:08.399 scenarios and THEN i decided to go on and live 2443 01:56:08.479 --> 01:56:12.199 my life instead of. Continuing SO i can't sit here 2444 01:56:12.199 --> 01:56:15.319 and tell you That i'm extremely well versed on exactly 2445 01:56:15.359 --> 01:56:18.000 what you need to do to get. Through can you 2446 01:56:18.079 --> 01:56:20.319 get through if you go get all three On wednesday 2447 01:56:20.479 --> 01:56:22.560 and and tell me about this side that you're playing. 2448 01:56:22.560 --> 01:56:27.039 Against, yeah so there's still a slim possibility that we 2449 01:56:27.079 --> 01:56:30.760 can get. Through we need to take all three. Pks 2450 01:56:31.960 --> 01:56:34.640 even the two points in pks is not an, option 2451 01:56:35.199 --> 01:56:37.079 and then we're gonna need quite a bit of, help. 2452 01:56:37.680 --> 01:56:39.920 RIGHT i think we're gonna need the help from four 2453 01:56:40.000 --> 01:56:43.720 or five different. Teams and it is. Competition it can definitely. 2454 01:56:43.720 --> 01:56:46.760 Happen so instead of worrying about all that, stuff just you, 2455 01:56:46.800 --> 01:56:49.439 know put put a great group up there that's ready 2456 01:56:49.439 --> 01:56:51.399 to win the game and then let the chips fall 2457 01:56:51.520 --> 01:56:54.560 what they. May and as far as, correctro they're a 2458 01:56:54.560 --> 01:56:57.159 team that you, know they haven't done well in this, 2459 01:56:57.239 --> 01:57:00.239 tournament but the decent in the last turn in the 2460 01:57:00.359 --> 01:57:04.199 last league. Play and, AGAIN i think when you come 2461 01:57:04.239 --> 01:57:07.199 to this third, game it's really a battle of. ATTRITION i, 2462 01:57:07.239 --> 01:57:08.920 mean because you, Know i'm talking to the coaches from 2463 01:57:08.920 --> 01:57:11.680 The mexican teams and they're saying like this is. Impossible 2464 01:57:11.680 --> 01:57:14.199 we don't even have a day to, prepare And i'm, saying, well, 2465 01:57:14.239 --> 01:57:15.880 yeah it's not like we have an extra day. Either 2466 01:57:15.920 --> 01:57:19.239 we're on the same. Thing so SO i, think you, 2467 01:57:19.279 --> 01:57:22.800 KNOW i think players will be running on. Fumes and 2468 01:57:22.840 --> 01:57:25.039 it's really about this is a mentality game for. Me 2469 01:57:25.720 --> 01:57:28.520 obviously we're going to freshen it. Up but the expectation 2470 01:57:28.720 --> 01:57:31.600 is is a team that wants it, more that digs, 2471 01:57:31.640 --> 01:57:34.560 more that believes, more will be the team that wins the. 2472 01:57:34.560 --> 01:57:39.079 Game, how if at, all do those dynamics shape the eleven, 2473 01:57:39.199 --> 01:57:43.159 selection because it sounds like slim chance to. Advance you 2474 01:57:43.199 --> 01:57:45.760 have put yourself back in the middle of THE mls 2475 01:57:45.800 --> 01:57:49.039 playoff chase and we'll get. There but also you want 2476 01:57:49.079 --> 01:57:51.640 to win and you hope that everything kind of falls your. 2477 01:57:51.640 --> 01:57:53.680 Way so when it comes to all of those, dynamics 2478 01:57:53.680 --> 01:57:55.640 it feels like, pops it could go either. Way you 2479 01:57:55.640 --> 01:57:58.279 want to rest your guys for the playoff, chase or 2480 01:57:58.279 --> 01:57:59.279 you want to go all in and get. 2481 01:57:59.279 --> 01:58:00.359 Three how do you on that? 2482 01:58:00.439 --> 01:58:02.920 Out, yeah that's a great. Question you, KNOW i think 2483 01:58:03.039 --> 01:58:05.439 there's one, way and it's it's it's it's it's a 2484 01:58:05.439 --> 01:58:07.479 bit of a damble and AND i think where you 2485 01:58:07.479 --> 01:58:09.560 know that that That i'm willing to take it is 2486 01:58:10.000 --> 01:58:13.399 have a few prescribed subs at have time so that 2487 01:58:13.479 --> 01:58:15.520 you can get your best players on the, field but 2488 01:58:15.640 --> 01:58:18.720 you can also manage their. Load, right we got. It 2489 01:58:18.800 --> 01:58:20.399 we got a bunch of guys that are running in the. 2490 01:58:20.439 --> 01:58:23.520 Red but if this we're going to be a league, 2491 01:58:23.520 --> 01:58:26.119 game a midweek league, game which we're taking it as 2492 01:58:26.159 --> 01:58:29.880 a midweek league, game you know our our our toughest 2493 01:58:29.960 --> 01:58:31.880 day of the week of training would be would Be, 2494 01:58:31.920 --> 01:58:36.520 wednesday and that equates forty five, minutes equates to our 2495 01:58:36.600 --> 01:58:40.079 training session, load not the emotional, impact not all the 2496 01:58:40.119 --> 01:58:43.920 other stuff which is which is also a, load but 2497 01:58:43.960 --> 01:58:48.000 it's from just a physical output, perspective you, know having 2498 01:58:48.119 --> 01:58:51.479 some prescribed changes at halftime to keep the group, fresh 2499 01:58:51.560 --> 01:58:55.159 but also have your your your best players available to 2500 01:58:55.239 --> 01:58:57.000 compete in this. GAME i think as a as a 2501 01:58:57.039 --> 01:58:59.560 good middle. Road and where where it might where you 2502 01:58:59.640 --> 01:59:01.520 might get caught with that is obviously if you need 2503 01:59:01.560 --> 01:59:03.680 to make some if someone gets injured lat in, games 2504 01:59:03.720 --> 01:59:06.760 you might be under. It but BUT i think you 2505 01:59:06.800 --> 01:59:09.159 know the guys that the guys that we're playing the 2506 01:59:09.159 --> 01:59:12.239 majority of the minutes are have have been, rested are 2507 01:59:12.359 --> 01:59:15.920 robust and feel like it's a it's a calculated risk 2508 01:59:15.960 --> 01:59:18.720 that we're willing to take to put ourselves in position 2509 01:59:18.760 --> 01:59:21.560 to both get our best players on the, field but 2510 01:59:21.600 --> 01:59:25.600 also that put them through the grinder AS Mls league 2511 01:59:25.640 --> 01:59:27.479 play continues. THEREAFTER i know. 2512 01:59:27.479 --> 01:59:30.760 It's a little bit of yesterday's. News, HOWEVER i was 2513 01:59:30.800 --> 01:59:32.680 out of town last, week and SO i haven't had 2514 01:59:32.720 --> 01:59:35.319 a chance to talk to you on air about the 2515 01:59:35.359 --> 01:59:38.000 return Of Chi sho and what that was, like and 2516 01:59:38.119 --> 01:59:41.439 also getting a win over a really Good San jos 2517 01:59:41.479 --> 01:59:43.800 a team which is more important than than. Anything but 2518 01:59:43.840 --> 01:59:45.199 what was it like to Have Chia cho back in 2519 01:59:45.199 --> 01:59:46.439 the building and give me your thoughts on that? 2520 01:59:46.479 --> 01:59:50.000 Win, yeah it was. Strange it was almost, surreal you. 2521 01:59:50.000 --> 01:59:52.920 Know you, KNOW i Think Chie show having been in 2522 01:59:53.000 --> 01:59:56.920 that stadium all over last year and in the, sea you, 2523 01:59:56.960 --> 02:00:00.000 know his connection with with the, fans it was really. 2524 02:00:00.039 --> 02:00:03.000 Peculiar AND i think for me seeing him across the 2525 02:00:03.039 --> 02:00:06.000 field and knowing that he's cable, of you, know scoring 2526 02:00:06.039 --> 02:00:09.920 goals from, nowhere was was Obviously, yeah you, know it 2527 02:00:10.000 --> 02:00:12.319 gave me a bit of. Nerves but the guys just 2528 02:00:12.359 --> 02:00:15.560 really handled themselves really. Well that played a great. Game 2529 02:00:16.039 --> 02:00:18.680 they knew what the what they're up against. Him he's 2530 02:00:18.720 --> 02:00:20.319 got a lot of friends in the locker room, still 2531 02:00:20.359 --> 02:00:22.119 and so for, me it was always always interesting to 2532 02:00:22.119 --> 02:00:24.399 see the dynamic when a player of his magnitude comes 2533 02:00:24.439 --> 02:00:26.680 back to the, club how those players are going to, 2534 02:00:26.720 --> 02:00:29.319 respond because obviously he was the man when he was, 2535 02:00:29.359 --> 02:00:32.119 here and those players looked at him like the leader 2536 02:00:32.159 --> 02:00:35.479 and the, captain and so sometimes there's just almost subservient 2537 02:00:35.479 --> 02:00:37.680 field when when that player comes back in a different. 2538 02:00:37.720 --> 02:00:41.520 Team but you wouldn't have noticed That chicha was with 2539 02:00:41.640 --> 02:00:45.079 our group last year because these, guys these guys played 2540 02:00:45.079 --> 02:00:48.000 fantastic and and they didn't take their foot off the 2541 02:00:48.000 --> 02:00:50.800 gas from, minute you, know from the first minute to the. 2542 02:00:50.880 --> 02:00:53.840 Last so really proud of that. Performance and then from 2543 02:00:53.880 --> 02:00:56.800 as far as the, collective you, know obviously gave us 2544 02:00:56.800 --> 02:00:59.319 a big three points because they're they're they're right around 2545 02:00:59.319 --> 02:01:02.640 where we are on the. Table and so again another 2546 02:01:02.720 --> 02:01:07.800 big psychological hurdle for, us you, know starting and second 2547 02:01:07.800 --> 02:01:09.920 to last in The west and then kind of marching 2548 02:01:10.000 --> 02:01:12.039 up and so we got really good momentum going and 2549 02:01:12.079 --> 02:01:14.560 it was really good to get that result against you, 2550 02:01:14.600 --> 02:01:17.399 know a dynamic a team Like San jose and against 2551 02:01:17.399 --> 02:01:18.600 our old teammate And. 2552 02:01:18.640 --> 02:01:20.920 Chicha did you have an opportunity to catch up with 2553 02:01:21.000 --> 02:01:22.520 them at, all and if, so what were those? 2554 02:01:22.520 --> 02:01:23.239 Conversations? 2555 02:01:23.319 --> 02:01:26.479 Like, Yeah, no he was really, gracious you, know he, 2556 02:01:26.560 --> 02:01:29.680 says you, know obviously he, misses he misses not being 2557 02:01:29.720 --> 02:01:31.960 here with the, group you, know with the, fans the, 2558 02:01:32.000 --> 02:01:34.960 stadium like it brought back a lot of old. Feelings 2559 02:01:36.319 --> 02:01:38.720 but he was really grateful for the time that he 2560 02:01:38.800 --> 02:01:41.239 spent here, with you, know with with his teammates and the, 2561 02:01:41.399 --> 02:01:46.600 staff and it was kind of a welcome, back and you, 2562 02:01:46.640 --> 02:01:48.760 know it was it was a really Strange it was really, 2563 02:01:48.760 --> 02:01:52.800 strange but you, KNOW i Think chicho he's he's a 2564 02:01:52.840 --> 02:01:56.199 real gracious human being and and shared that with not 2565 02:01:56.239 --> 02:01:58.119 only myself and the, staff but also with all his. 2566 02:01:58.199 --> 02:02:00.760 Teammates so it was it was good to see you show, 2567 02:02:00.840 --> 02:02:03.399 back And i'm grateful that we were able to give 2568 02:02:03.439 --> 02:02:03.720 it three. 2569 02:02:03.720 --> 02:02:07.159 Points tell me what you've seen both in training and 2570 02:02:07.199 --> 02:02:10.079 then during matches From diego since he came. BACK i, 2571 02:02:10.079 --> 02:02:11.640 mean he got the goal the other. Night it was 2572 02:02:11.680 --> 02:02:13.960 the first goal for you guys Since. May it was 2573 02:02:13.960 --> 02:02:15.039 a little bit of a poacher's. 2574 02:02:15.039 --> 02:02:15.439 Goal do you. 2575 02:02:15.439 --> 02:02:17.560 RESPECT i, Mean i'm not calling him that we know 2576 02:02:17.600 --> 02:02:21.199 how good he. Is is is there a little? Fatigue 2577 02:02:21.279 --> 02:02:24.119 is there a little like? Adjustment tell me where you're 2578 02:02:24.119 --> 02:02:25.000 seeing From diego right? 2579 02:02:25.039 --> 02:02:27.079 Now, YEAH i think you hear the nail on the, 2580 02:02:27.119 --> 02:02:29.399 head you, KNOW i think you, know going into this last, 2581 02:02:29.439 --> 02:02:36.359 Game Diego luna has played fifteen matches in the last seven, weeks, 2582 02:02:36.720 --> 02:02:39.319 Right and that is obviously What i'm talking. About when 2583 02:02:39.520 --> 02:02:41.359 when when the players are playing in the red from 2584 02:02:41.399 --> 02:02:45.000 a physical load, perspective like and then you'd taken all the, 2585 02:02:45.079 --> 02:02:47.880 travel you, know they played some friendly games before The Gold, 2586 02:02:47.880 --> 02:02:51.159 cup played all The Gold cup games, here and then 2587 02:02:51.520 --> 02:02:54.039 obviously he went to THE Ms All Star. Game all 2588 02:02:54.119 --> 02:02:55.920 those little things add up and it doesn't let the 2589 02:02:55.960 --> 02:02:59.079 body reset in the way that it needs. To and 2590 02:02:59.079 --> 02:03:00.640 AND i think the other part too, is you, KNOW 2591 02:03:00.720 --> 02:03:03.720 i think he, feels and we've been talking with a 2592 02:03:04.000 --> 02:03:07.279 lot about this that you, know he's sometimes he's got 2593 02:03:07.319 --> 02:03:09.319 to do more than what he needs to with our. 2594 02:03:09.359 --> 02:03:12.079 Group AND i, mean and you, know in my message 2595 02:03:12.079 --> 02:03:14.119 to him as this group was coming when you were, 2596 02:03:14.119 --> 02:03:15.760 gone and all we need you to do is just 2597 02:03:15.800 --> 02:03:18.359 recover the right, way get your feedback and then just 2598 02:03:18.439 --> 02:03:20.560 play play as you. Have then you don't need to 2599 02:03:20.600 --> 02:03:22.760 do any anything more other than just do your job 2600 02:03:22.800 --> 02:03:25.119 as the best of your. Ability and if you can do, 2601 02:03:25.199 --> 02:03:28.239 that you're you're going to get back into not only you, 2602 02:03:28.239 --> 02:03:30.880 know helping the team, win but continue on this trajectory 2603 02:03:30.920 --> 02:03:36.439 of development and growth that has been incredible from the 2604 02:03:36.439 --> 02:03:36.760 start of the. 2605 02:03:36.840 --> 02:03:41.800 Year so ultimately we and we'll get to the new, 2606 02:03:41.840 --> 02:03:45.079 additions but before you get, there you, KNOW i didn't 2607 02:03:45.079 --> 02:03:48.800 know much About lachlan when he was, acquired felt like 2608 02:03:48.840 --> 02:03:51.039 he had some moments early. On why ultimately do you 2609 02:03:51.039 --> 02:03:53.159 think it didn't work out With lachlan as he's he's 2610 02:03:53.199 --> 02:03:53.640 now moved. 2611 02:03:53.640 --> 02:03:57.279 On, yeah you, KNOW i think every you, know it's 2612 02:03:57.279 --> 02:04:01.720 that's a great, question AND i think locklom would probably 2613 02:04:02.640 --> 02:04:06.600 have the best answer to. THAT i think for, me you, 2614 02:04:06.640 --> 02:04:11.520 know it's not an easy league to assimilate. To it's 2615 02:04:12.000 --> 02:04:14.439 and if you're not getting the playing, time it's really 2616 02:04:14.479 --> 02:04:17.720 hard to get those wheels, turning and and and and 2617 02:04:17.720 --> 02:04:20.239 and to commit to your craft away from home is 2618 02:04:20.800 --> 02:04:22.720 very difficult as. Well SO i think there's a lot 2619 02:04:22.760 --> 02:04:25.000 of there's a couple of things going on away from 2620 02:04:25.000 --> 02:04:29.000 the field that were that were difficult for, him and 2621 02:04:29.039 --> 02:04:31.960 then he wasn't getting the type of reps and and 2622 02:04:32.000 --> 02:04:33.800 so you, know one of the THINGS i always talk 2623 02:04:33.840 --> 02:04:37.000 to young players about is everyone wants to know what 2624 02:04:37.039 --> 02:04:39.159 they need to do to play On saturdays the big. 2625 02:04:39.199 --> 02:04:42.560 Games And i'm saying the most important days Are tuesday Through, 2626 02:04:42.560 --> 02:04:45.439 friday and until you're the best player On tuesday Through, 2627 02:04:45.439 --> 02:04:47.399 friday it's going to be very difficult to get a 2628 02:04:47.399 --> 02:04:50.199 crack On. Saturday and so that's why it has to 2629 02:04:50.239 --> 02:04:55.640 be a real commitment to to your, profession Right it's 2630 02:04:55.319 --> 02:04:59.439 it's it's the days that nobody cares. About no one's 2631 02:04:59.439 --> 02:05:02.159 gonna write it out your training session On wednesday on social. 2632 02:05:02.239 --> 02:05:06.199 Media you're never getting, likes no one. Cares but however 2633 02:05:06.279 --> 02:05:09.039 they're the most. Important AND i feel like it establishes 2634 02:05:09.079 --> 02:05:12.680 a great foundation for young players to understand that, this this, 2635 02:05:12.720 --> 02:05:17.359 commitment this training, session sharpening the tools is the only 2636 02:05:17.399 --> 02:05:20.079 way forward. Forever and then once you do start playing 2637 02:05:20.119 --> 02:05:23.479 On saturdays, regularly you got to double down on The 2638 02:05:23.560 --> 02:05:26.199 tuesday Through. Friday AND i just don't think he ever 2639 02:05:26.279 --> 02:05:29.800 got up to speed and performed at a level throughout 2640 02:05:29.800 --> 02:05:32.439 the week that would give him more opportunities at the 2641 02:05:32.439 --> 02:05:35.359 weekend and so unfortunately it just didn't work out for. 2642 02:05:35.439 --> 02:05:38.399 Him but, hopefully and And i've heard this quite a 2643 02:05:38.399 --> 02:05:40.880 few times spent over the course Of mike you, know 2644 02:05:40.960 --> 02:05:43.800 my my years coaching is, uh you, know four or 2645 02:05:43.800 --> 02:05:46.560 five years later runningto players and they're, like NOW i 2646 02:05:46.600 --> 02:05:49.840 know what you. MEAN i didn't you. Know and AND 2647 02:05:49.960 --> 02:05:51.720 i Think einstein has a quote where it's, like you 2648 02:05:51.720 --> 02:05:53.399 can't fix the problem in the same place that it. 2649 02:05:53.439 --> 02:05:58.600 Occurs sometimes you need separation from the experience or from you, 2650 02:05:58.640 --> 02:06:01.239 know the words that you're parents give you or you, 2651 02:06:01.279 --> 02:06:03.640 know mentors give, you and you need to go out 2652 02:06:03.640 --> 02:06:05.840 and with that experience and then and then it'll make 2653 02:06:05.920 --> 02:06:08.720 sense to. You so you, know hopefully you know sooner 2654 02:06:08.800 --> 02:06:12.680 the randolum, later you, KNOW i understand that it's it's 2655 02:06:12.720 --> 02:06:15.920 really about being a master of your, craft and that 2656 02:06:16.000 --> 02:06:18.199 only Happens tuesday Through, friday and then we can talk 2657 02:06:18.199 --> 02:06:19.279 about the games and all that other. 2658 02:06:19.279 --> 02:06:22.199 Stuff and also and, LOOK i want to be, CLEAR 2659 02:06:22.279 --> 02:06:25.119 i have zero inside information about what happened With, lachlan 2660 02:06:25.560 --> 02:06:26.399 BUT i find. 2661 02:06:26.399 --> 02:06:27.640 It i've always found this. 2662 02:06:27.680 --> 02:06:32.079 Fascinating, pablo any, sport whatever it, is the the the 2663 02:06:32.199 --> 02:06:36.880 art of analyzing talent combined with the necessary knowledge of 2664 02:06:36.920 --> 02:06:40.159 whether or not the talent is also a. Professional and 2665 02:06:40.199 --> 02:06:44.399 that's that's an intangible. Thing it's really really hard to 2666 02:06:44.520 --> 02:06:47.960 identify because, ultimately AND i say this all the, time 2667 02:06:48.039 --> 02:06:49.640 just get me the, talent then we'll figure it. Out you, 2668 02:06:49.680 --> 02:06:52.239 KNOW i don't care if there's redundancy Between diogo And. 2669 02:06:52.279 --> 02:06:54.560 Diego they're both. Awesome figured. Out give me the talent's 2670 02:06:54.560 --> 02:06:56.720 figure it. Out how do you go about AND i 2671 02:06:56.760 --> 02:06:59.079 know it's a. COLLABORATION i know It's kurt his, Staff, 2672 02:06:59.199 --> 02:07:01.880 Jason tony and then you and your, staff how do 2673 02:07:01.920 --> 02:07:05.800 you go about the best way possible to understand whether 2674 02:07:05.880 --> 02:07:08.199 or Not, okay we like the, talent but is he 2675 02:07:08.359 --> 02:07:10.000 is he a? Pro does he know what to do 2676 02:07:10.079 --> 02:07:12.000 to be professional every? Day how do you do? 2677 02:07:12.039 --> 02:07:12.159 That? 2678 02:07:12.239 --> 02:07:15.159 Then how quickly do you notice whether or not that's 2679 02:07:15.159 --> 02:07:15.520 going to be an? 2680 02:07:15.560 --> 02:07:20.119 Issue, YEAH i think that's the toughest, Thing, Spence and 2681 02:07:20.119 --> 02:07:22.079 and to be, fair you, know we can extrapolate a 2682 02:07:22.119 --> 02:07:25.039 lot of information from like has this player travel a? 2683 02:07:25.039 --> 02:07:26.880 Lot you, know has he has he been To europe? 2684 02:07:26.880 --> 02:07:29.199 Before has he left his country? Before because that's a 2685 02:07:29.239 --> 02:07:31.560 big that's a big thing for us because if he's done. 2686 02:07:31.560 --> 02:07:34.680 That that means he's got the capability of living away 2687 02:07:34.680 --> 02:07:37.960 from family and still. Excelling, Right SO i think that's 2688 02:07:38.159 --> 02:07:39.119 that's a big, thing. 2689 02:07:40.479 --> 02:07:40.560 You. 2690 02:07:40.600 --> 02:07:43.319 Know and then and then it's really zoom zoom calls 2691 02:07:43.359 --> 02:07:47.960 and conversation and our leadership Coach Grant barge is on 2692 02:07:48.039 --> 02:07:49.720 these calls of us and it has a bunch of 2693 02:07:49.720 --> 02:07:55.159 great questions that hopefully will disseminate some some personality, things 2694 02:07:55.239 --> 02:07:57.439 right like is he is he a does he have 2695 02:07:57.439 --> 02:07:59.760 a growth mindset versus a fixed? Mindset like some of 2696 02:07:59.800 --> 02:08:02.359 these questions can give you this, way but at the 2697 02:08:02.439 --> 02:08:05.199 end of the, day it's all it's all the roll 2698 02:08:05.199 --> 02:08:07.279 of the. Dice AND i say that because the human 2699 02:08:07.279 --> 02:08:11.039 being is so. Complex in other, words the problems that 2700 02:08:11.079 --> 02:08:14.239 you'll face here won't be like the issues that you face. 2701 02:08:14.399 --> 02:08:18.239 Elsewhere or if you're going through some kind of personal stuff, now, 2702 02:08:18.800 --> 02:08:21.319 well the interview we did six weeks ago has nothing 2703 02:08:21.319 --> 02:08:24.159 to do with what you're going through. Now and we're 2704 02:08:24.159 --> 02:08:26.720 all feeling beings and so if we're not in a 2705 02:08:26.760 --> 02:08:29.000 good way off the, field it's going to be very 2706 02:08:29.000 --> 02:08:31.920 difficult to have the player that we thought we Had 2707 02:08:31.920 --> 02:08:34.239 because you're going through some stuff off the, field and 2708 02:08:34.279 --> 02:08:37.159 so there's so many factors that go into the person 2709 02:08:38.199 --> 02:08:40.960 being able to be the best. Professional BUT i think 2710 02:08:41.000 --> 02:08:45.439 we do a wonderful job of asking the right questions 2711 02:08:45.439 --> 02:08:48.640 of getting to, know you, know looking at body language 2712 02:08:48.640 --> 02:08:52.119 on the, zoom, right is he slumped? Over does he 2713 02:08:52.239 --> 02:08:55.279 look engaged or you, know is he? Upright he is he? 2714 02:08:55.399 --> 02:08:58.199 Motivated you? Know BUT i also had a player WHEN 2715 02:08:58.199 --> 02:09:01.119 i was In colorado and it was almost like someone 2716 02:09:01.119 --> 02:09:02.720 gave him the cheat sheet to me and he, says 2717 02:09:02.720 --> 02:09:05.640 listen because this guy he scored a ton of goals 2718 02:09:05.680 --> 02:09:08.039 in his. League And i'm, like how are we get this? Guy, 2719 02:09:08.199 --> 02:09:10.199 like this guy's a big time. Player and he gets 2720 02:09:10.239 --> 02:09:12.600 on the zoom and he, SAYS i work every, day, 2721 02:09:12.680 --> 02:09:15.840 COACH i, Will i'll like do his study the soccer 2722 02:09:15.880 --> 02:09:17.800 AND i work every day AND i work every, day 2723 02:09:17.800 --> 02:09:20.279 And i'm, like oh, man this is my. Guy and 2724 02:09:20.319 --> 02:09:23.399 he gets there and it was like the complete opposite 2725 02:09:23.439 --> 02:09:25.640 of what you. Said and THEN i went back to 2726 02:09:25.680 --> 02:09:27.760 the coaches and they're, like, yeah he works. Hard, yeah 2727 02:09:27.760 --> 02:09:30.159 but he works hard for that league over, there, Right 2728 02:09:30.239 --> 02:09:33.439 and so then there's a subjectivity as to what you, 2729 02:09:33.439 --> 02:09:35.840 know a professional and a hard worker looks like so 2730 02:09:36.199 --> 02:09:40.279 there's so many there's so many variables that go into, 2731 02:09:40.319 --> 02:09:42.720 it and really what we want to see is, Like, 2732 02:09:42.760 --> 02:09:45.720 okay now you're, here who are? You you? Know and 2733 02:09:45.800 --> 02:09:48.600 unfortunately sometimes that means it doesn't always. Work and you, 2734 02:09:48.640 --> 02:09:52.840 KNOW i think lafc is we've seen this in two 2735 02:09:52.920 --> 02:09:55.479 players this. Year one they grabbed a you, know A 2736 02:09:55.560 --> 02:09:59.439 turkish international and they bought him In january and they 2737 02:09:59.520 --> 02:10:01.600 just let him in the. Summer and this is a 2738 02:10:01.640 --> 02:10:04.760 guy with a long, resume right scoring goals and all 2739 02:10:04.840 --> 02:10:07.479 kinds of different, leagues but it just didn't work. Right 2740 02:10:07.520 --> 02:10:10.199 and then you Have, jeru who every you, know one 2741 02:10:10.199 --> 02:10:13.760 of the best strikers of our, time was here for 2742 02:10:13.800 --> 02:10:16.840 a year and it didn't work. Right so even if 2743 02:10:16.840 --> 02:10:19.239 you know, everything if if you've seen them play ON 2744 02:10:19.279 --> 02:10:22.119 tv And Champions league And World cups and all these different, 2745 02:10:22.119 --> 02:10:24.399 things sometimes it's just not the right. Thing and it 2746 02:10:24.439 --> 02:10:27.199 could be the, place it could be the way they, 2747 02:10:27.239 --> 02:10:30.119 play but it could also be there's a there's there's 2748 02:10:30.199 --> 02:10:32.359 there's a life outside of the game that has a 2749 02:10:32.439 --> 02:10:37.039 huge impact on how these players behave once they're on the. 2750 02:10:37.079 --> 02:10:40.840 Ground what's gotten In? Ojeita what's going on? 2751 02:10:40.920 --> 02:10:43.199 HERE i mean one goal in like eighty games and 2752 02:10:43.279 --> 02:10:44.760 now three in the past, Three like. 2753 02:10:44.720 --> 02:10:47.279 What and what sort of? Look everybody likes to score. 2754 02:10:47.319 --> 02:10:49.319 Goals it doesn't matter what position you, play what what 2755 02:10:49.439 --> 02:10:50.800 sort of jews can that give? 2756 02:10:50.840 --> 02:10:55.520 Them, well it's IT'S i think ironically it brings him 2757 02:10:55.520 --> 02:10:58.079 a lot of confidence and all the other little things 2758 02:10:58.560 --> 02:11:01.159 that we're asking them to do from pivot. Position, RIGHT 2759 02:11:01.479 --> 02:11:03.439 i can answer. QUEST i think he's watching a lot 2760 02:11:03.439 --> 02:11:08.279 Of RONALDO messi. Highlight uh it's it's, yeah it's out 2761 02:11:08.279 --> 02:11:09.920 of His you, know he doesn't score a lot in. 2762 02:11:09.960 --> 02:11:12.039 Training he just does his job and does a really 2763 02:11:12.039 --> 02:11:15.479 good job at that and facilitating the ball from the 2764 02:11:15.520 --> 02:11:18.239 back to the front and keep you, know and. Pressing 2765 02:11:18.279 --> 02:11:20.319 but you know he's he's got a hot. Hand and 2766 02:11:20.960 --> 02:11:23.159 you know the crazy thing is is once once you 2767 02:11:23.239 --> 02:11:26.359 believe your goal, scorer, uh you're you're going to be scoring, 2768 02:11:26.399 --> 02:11:28.199 goals whether it's on set pieces like he did at the, 2769 02:11:28.239 --> 02:11:30.640 weekend or if that second goal he, scored he whipped 2770 02:11:30.640 --> 02:11:33.359 it in and found the back. Post you, Know so 2771 02:11:33.479 --> 02:11:35.680 like these things start. Happening and the same thing with 2772 02:11:35.720 --> 02:11:38.159 the strikers or players that feel like they can't score, 2773 02:11:38.199 --> 02:11:40.880 it they just won't you, Know so we're gonna we're 2774 02:11:40.920 --> 02:11:43.079 gonna keep riding him and keep asking him to do 2775 02:11:43.119 --> 02:11:45.640 what he's been, doing because he's been a huge. Catalyst 2776 02:11:45.640 --> 02:11:47.439 AND i, think you, know for our group that's been 2777 02:11:47.439 --> 02:11:50.119 struggling to score goals this. Year you, know we talked 2778 02:11:50.159 --> 02:11:52.439 with The pivots quite a bit and, said, hey, guys, 2779 02:11:52.520 --> 02:11:55.000 LISTEN I mecha got forored and in the last game 2780 02:11:55.039 --> 02:11:57.159 and combined nicely at the top of the, box AND 2781 02:11:57.479 --> 02:11:59.680 i Think johnny got the foul for A. Pk so 2782 02:11:59.800 --> 02:12:02.199 like they're getting more involved in the attack AND i 2783 02:12:02.199 --> 02:12:04.239 think that's what we need in order to be a 2784 02:12:04.279 --> 02:12:04.920 more dynamic. 2785 02:12:04.920 --> 02:12:09.199 Team well and as we say here today With mecha 2786 02:12:09.199 --> 02:12:11.680 and by the, way would you characterize A mecca as 2787 02:12:11.680 --> 02:12:12.359 one hundred percent? 2788 02:12:12.439 --> 02:12:17.640 Yet, No, NO i think he's still about sixty minutes. 2789 02:12:17.680 --> 02:12:20.479 Fit and it's so tough in the middle of the 2790 02:12:20.520 --> 02:12:23.880 season to go from out six weeks then ramping him back. 2791 02:12:23.960 --> 02:12:27.039 Up But i'll tell you. Spent you, know the performances 2792 02:12:27.039 --> 02:12:29.960 that he's had have been really really, sharp really sharp 2793 02:12:30.039 --> 02:12:32.680 coming into games and really changing you, know the games 2794 02:12:32.680 --> 02:12:36.319 that he. STARTED i thought he's played really. Well so he's. 2795 02:12:36.399 --> 02:12:39.119 Close he's just not he's not all the way. There 2796 02:12:39.159 --> 02:12:42.359 he will continue to build up his minutes in lieu 2797 02:12:42.439 --> 02:12:43.640 of a strong push towards the. 2798 02:12:43.720 --> 02:12:46.760 End, well it's interesting as you kind of look at 2799 02:12:46.760 --> 02:12:50.000 this a little, bit BECAUSE i Thought ruiz Against Club 2800 02:12:50.039 --> 02:12:54.359 america was, dynamic and you've got A mecha coming back 2801 02:12:54.479 --> 02:12:57.960 healthy and Suddenly ojita's on. Fire like that positional group 2802 02:12:58.000 --> 02:13:00.119 you have with that central holding mid is so so 2803 02:13:00.239 --> 02:13:04.199 strong and certainly a. Lynchbin are all three of them 2804 02:13:04.239 --> 02:13:06.880 good enough where maybe you look at some sort of 2805 02:13:06.880 --> 02:13:08.680 way to get all three of them on the, field 2806 02:13:08.680 --> 02:13:10.479 even if one of them has to play in a different. 2807 02:13:10.479 --> 02:13:12.560 Spot, well you. 2808 02:13:12.479 --> 02:13:16.159 KNOW i think we've built Such it's taken so long 2809 02:13:16.239 --> 02:13:19.119 to get the attacking group, going AND i feel like 2810 02:13:19.159 --> 02:13:22.000 they're doing a great, job you, Know, Diego diogo and 2811 02:13:22.039 --> 02:13:25.039 That gozo and then obviously we have some new players 2812 02:13:25.039 --> 02:13:29.399 in camp now that you, Know for as much As 2813 02:13:29.399 --> 02:13:33.479 i'd like to do, that we also have to remember 2814 02:13:33.520 --> 02:13:35.439 that in order to have a good, run you're gonna need. 2815 02:13:35.479 --> 02:13:39.479 Death anything happens to these, guys we'd have no replacement 2816 02:13:39.560 --> 02:13:42.159 for what they're capable of, doing and so you, know 2817 02:13:42.600 --> 02:13:45.680 the rotations would be really important to keep them all 2818 02:13:45.680 --> 02:13:48.439 engaged in it all, sharp so it won't be like 2819 02:13:48.600 --> 02:13:51.600 just two guys. Playing it'll be a good. Rotation and 2820 02:13:51.640 --> 02:13:55.800 what it allows us to do is look at our. Opponents, 2821 02:13:55.960 --> 02:13:58.279 Right so if opponent's playing a really high line and 2822 02:13:58.359 --> 02:14:01.039 want to play us really, Tight Pablo ruics has to 2823 02:14:01.039 --> 02:14:04.039 be in that. Game if you, know if there's gonna 2824 02:14:04.039 --> 02:14:07.039 be space between their their front line and their back, 2825 02:14:07.079 --> 02:14:10.840 line we can use A mecca And oheita because they're 2826 02:14:10.840 --> 02:14:13.640 both really good with driving with the ball and breaking 2827 02:14:13.680 --> 02:14:16.479 lines on the, dribble and then any other combination will 2828 02:14:16.479 --> 02:14:19.119 work as. Well so you, KNOW i think it lends 2829 02:14:19.159 --> 02:14:23.720 itself to having a really good combination of those, three 2830 02:14:23.880 --> 02:14:26.520 which will be, critical and we can now keep them. 2831 02:14:26.520 --> 02:14:28.960 Fresh for last, year you, know A mecca And ojeda 2832 02:14:29.079 --> 02:14:32.760 played every almost every minute of every game and and 2833 02:14:32.840 --> 02:14:35.079 towards the end they're, running they're running on. Fumes and 2834 02:14:35.159 --> 02:14:37.399 SO i think the three of these guys playing at 2835 02:14:37.399 --> 02:14:40.319 the level that they're playing off playing at give us 2836 02:14:40.479 --> 02:14:43.479 not only great options in the short, term but will 2837 02:14:43.520 --> 02:14:46.479 allow us to keep them fresh as we progress with the. 2838 02:14:46.520 --> 02:14:50.039 Season All, right with a few remaining, minutes let's talk 2839 02:14:50.079 --> 02:14:52.000 about the new toys you have to play. With we've 2840 02:14:52.000 --> 02:14:55.000 been waiting anxiously for some reinforcements and. 2841 02:14:55.000 --> 02:14:57.600 They're on the. Way so. Wrong Rawan cruise has been 2842 02:14:57.680 --> 02:14:58.359 on the ground for a. 2843 02:14:58.399 --> 02:15:02.439 Week i'm told to twenty four year Old Brazilian, pablo 2844 02:15:02.479 --> 02:15:03.880 AS i always, Say i'm not gonna lie to. YOU 2845 02:15:03.920 --> 02:15:06.640 i have not been grinding On botafogo. Tape SO i 2846 02:15:06.640 --> 02:15:10.079 don't know much about this young. Man but in your limited, 2847 02:15:10.239 --> 02:15:11.960 experience what sort of player is? 2848 02:15:12.000 --> 02:15:13.640 He what sort of person is? He and when you 2849 02:15:13.680 --> 02:15:14.119 think we'll. 2850 02:15:14.039 --> 02:15:18.479 See, Him, yeah he's a fantastic. Individual he's got a 2851 02:15:18.520 --> 02:15:22.239 really he's got a big heart and and just always 2852 02:15:22.239 --> 02:15:24.199 a smile in the. Space a little bit Like Anderson 2853 02:15:24.279 --> 02:15:27.760 julio as far as the energy gives, off is really really. 2854 02:15:27.800 --> 02:15:31.479 Positive as far as his, play he's kind of like 2855 02:15:31.520 --> 02:15:34.239 a nine and a half type player where he's got 2856 02:15:34.279 --> 02:15:38.239 the he's got the defensity to, stretch but he's got 2857 02:15:38.319 --> 02:15:41.279 really really soft feet to combine as, well and so 2858 02:15:41.359 --> 02:15:43.600 a player that can play on the highest line but 2859 02:15:43.840 --> 02:15:47.039 also dropping into the space between the, lines being able 2860 02:15:47.079 --> 02:15:49.720 to combine with teammates running off of them and or 2861 02:15:49.760 --> 02:15:53.119 turning and going with the. Ball so fantastic technically and 2862 02:15:53.239 --> 02:15:55.479 he's good in front of, goal and he's can hit 2863 02:15:55.479 --> 02:15:58.359 the ball with both, feet so a really dynamic. Player 2864 02:15:58.359 --> 02:15:59.560 AND i think it's going to help some of our 2865 02:15:59.600 --> 02:16:02.319 younger play players because What i've seen in you, know 2866 02:16:02.359 --> 02:16:04.760 the four training sessions that we've had with, him is 2867 02:16:05.159 --> 02:16:08.119 the way he brings and makes makes the teammates around 2868 02:16:08.159 --> 02:16:10.960 him better as. Well so he's been a he's been a, great, 2869 02:16:11.199 --> 02:16:13.760 uh you, know great player to have him with, camp 2870 02:16:13.880 --> 02:16:16.159 and obviously we'll see. More we haven't been able to 2871 02:16:16.159 --> 02:16:18.760 see him over big spaces, yet but obviously we have 2872 02:16:18.800 --> 02:16:20.800 a lot of tape and looked at it and he 2873 02:16:20.880 --> 02:16:23.039 does a lot of things that we need for our. 2874 02:16:23.079 --> 02:16:25.560 Team SO i think he'll be a great pick for 2875 02:16:25.600 --> 02:16:26.159 our for our. 2876 02:16:26.199 --> 02:16:29.079 Group, finally before say you, LOSE i also have not 2877 02:16:29.199 --> 02:16:33.399 been dialed into The Czech First league. Lately, However Victor 2878 02:16:33.399 --> 02:16:37.079 OLATUNJI i believe is on the ground and we'll await his, visa, 2879 02:16:37.200 --> 02:16:40.120 medical all those things to get. Done but he is 2880 02:16:40.159 --> 02:16:42.879 the other reinforcement addition on the. Way same, question what 2881 02:16:43.040 --> 02:16:44.399 kind of, player what kind of? Person when do you 2882 02:16:44.440 --> 02:16:44.920 think we'll see? 2883 02:16:44.959 --> 02:16:45.120 Him? 2884 02:16:45.920 --> 02:16:51.159 Yeah another, uh he's a voracious, reader is what we 2885 02:16:51.360 --> 02:16:56.760 learned when we did the. Zoom he's really well, spoken 2886 02:16:57.159 --> 02:17:01.760 it speaks Perfect, english has travel to so many different 2887 02:17:01.760 --> 02:17:06.600 places In. Europe and from a physical, perspective you, know 2888 02:17:06.680 --> 02:17:09.079 he's he's he's a big, body, right you. Know you 2889 02:17:09.120 --> 02:17:11.680 Know hamison a, lave you, know and he's probably one 2890 02:17:11.680 --> 02:17:13.799 of the biggest GUYS i. Know AND i would say 2891 02:17:13.799 --> 02:17:17.799 he's Like hamison A lave on, stilts. Right he's six foot, 2892 02:17:17.799 --> 02:17:22.559 four a towering figure who does a great job stretching 2893 02:17:22.639 --> 02:17:26.360 the back line and getting into good goal scoring positions 2894 02:17:26.360 --> 02:17:28.840 in the. Box and SO i you, KNOW i think 2895 02:17:29.159 --> 02:17:30.479 it does a couple of. THINGS i, think you, know 2896 02:17:30.559 --> 02:17:33.440 our team is relatively a small, team a short, team 2897 02:17:34.840 --> 02:17:37.799 so his size and his ability to hold hold up 2898 02:17:37.840 --> 02:17:40.000 the ball and run behind, defences along with getting in 2899 02:17:40.040 --> 02:17:43.399 the box for for guys Like diogo And, diego combining 2900 02:17:43.440 --> 02:17:45.760 at the top and or crossing. Balls NOW i think 2901 02:17:45.760 --> 02:17:49.920 we have a real a real option With alatunji With 2902 02:17:50.040 --> 02:17:55.120 victor to be a real. Threat so both these both 2903 02:17:55.159 --> 02:17:58.280 these players who want And VICTOR i think will make 2904 02:17:58.360 --> 02:18:02.239 us a much, deeper a much more dynamic team in the. 2905 02:18:02.239 --> 02:18:06.639 ATTACK i think any other additions before that window, closes you. 2906 02:18:06.600 --> 02:18:08.680 KNOW i talked To kurt. Today he, says there's there's 2907 02:18:08.760 --> 02:18:12.000 there's a couple there that may or may not come. 2908 02:18:12.040 --> 02:18:14.760 Through so you, KNOW i think these were these were 2909 02:18:14.799 --> 02:18:18.200 our primary targets and uh and we were able to secure. 2910 02:18:18.239 --> 02:18:21.520 Them so that's that's. Awesome and then you, know if 2911 02:18:21.559 --> 02:18:24.920 we get, one, one one or two more it would 2912 02:18:24.959 --> 02:18:29.200 be it'd be a. Slam So i'll keep my fingers. 2913 02:18:29.200 --> 02:18:32.200 Crossed but but more, IMPORTANTLY i think these guys are. 2914 02:18:32.319 --> 02:18:34.200 Well we'll take up a lot of attention to really 2915 02:18:34.200 --> 02:18:37.479 focusing on and and acclimating them into the. Group so really, 2916 02:18:37.520 --> 02:18:40.040 excited AND i think a, couple you, KNOW i think 2917 02:18:40.120 --> 02:18:42.079 both of them may be available for The Red bulls, 2918 02:18:42.079 --> 02:18:45.319 game with maybe a cruise being available for the game On. 2919 02:18:45.360 --> 02:18:49.280 Wednesday SO i really, excited uh in this next week 2920 02:18:49.319 --> 02:18:52.159 to get these guys into the group and and start 2921 02:18:52.200 --> 02:18:53.319 cracking on there we. 2922 02:18:53.399 --> 02:18:55.719 Go, well it's been fun to see the forum turn 2923 02:18:55.799 --> 02:18:58.079 around and be excited to see what you do with 2924 02:18:58.120 --> 02:19:00.479 these new. 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On Cam young finally gets 2970 02:20:54.920 --> 02:20:58.799 a win in the Windhom championship over the, weekend the 2971 02:20:58.840 --> 02:21:02.440 one thousandth winner on the Tour Tony fenal minus, four 2972 02:21:03.239 --> 02:21:05.760 which is good For tide for forty. Four tony needs 2973 02:21:05.799 --> 02:21:08.360 to play a lot better very. Quickly if he wants 2974 02:21:08.360 --> 02:21:10.520 A ryder cup. Spot not sure that's in the cards 2975 02:21:10.520 --> 02:21:14.799 for him this. Year i'm kind of obsessed with this 2976 02:21:14.840 --> 02:21:17.559 story of grown ups carrying stuffed animals around for. Comfort 2977 02:21:17.559 --> 02:21:21.319 and there's another another HEADLINE i saw and you click 2978 02:21:21.360 --> 02:21:25.879 on pictures and these are adults looking like they're going 2979 02:21:25.920 --> 02:21:27.959 to work carrying like a stuffed elephant or. 2980 02:21:27.959 --> 02:21:29.440 Something you want to bring my blanky? 2981 02:21:29.479 --> 02:21:29.559 In? 2982 02:21:30.319 --> 02:21:31.239 Please do you still have? 2983 02:21:31.319 --> 02:21:33.959 IT i have, It it's in. STORAGE i don't sleep 2984 02:21:33.959 --> 02:21:38.479 with it, still BUT i couldn't bring myself, to, like. 2985 02:21:39.159 --> 02:21:40.959 Listen it got to the point Where i'm not going 2986 02:21:41.040 --> 02:21:43.559 to donate it because it's like ripped, up it's like falling. 2987 02:21:43.600 --> 02:21:46.479 Apart it's probably. Gross i'm not going to donate my, 2988 02:21:46.520 --> 02:21:49.239 blanky so kept in its. 2989 02:21:49.280 --> 02:21:51.520 Story did that affect you? So for our listeners that 2990 02:21:51.559 --> 02:21:52.120 may have missed it? 2991 02:21:52.120 --> 02:21:55.559 Earlier porter admitted on the show that he kept Why 2992 02:21:55.680 --> 02:21:59.760 he kept his blanket all throughout college and continued to 2993 02:21:59.799 --> 02:22:01.200 refer to it as his blank. 2994 02:22:01.280 --> 02:22:03.559 Ye did that affect your dating life in? 2995 02:22:03.600 --> 02:22:06.760 College if you know a prospect would come over and 2996 02:22:06.760 --> 02:22:08.719 you'd be, like, hey don't sit on my blanky, please. 2997 02:22:09.440 --> 02:22:11.440 KA i think it came up for, Sure, okay but 2998 02:22:11.639 --> 02:22:12.520 you KNOW i own it. 2999 02:22:12.760 --> 02:22:15.479 Whatever, well and for my, PART i had a giant 3000 02:22:15.520 --> 02:22:19.040 bear that had a yellow jersey on with the number 3001 02:22:19.079 --> 02:22:21.079 thirty three and his name Was Kareem Abdul. 3002 02:22:21.120 --> 02:22:22.840 JABAR i think it's. CLEVER i think it's. 3003 02:22:22.879 --> 02:22:25.840 Cute it it also explains how OLD i am because 3004 02:22:25.840 --> 02:22:27.799 he was literally still playing WHEN i had that. 3005 02:22:27.840 --> 02:22:28.959 Bear kareem was playing for The. 3006 02:22:29.040 --> 02:22:32.680 Lakers so, again the official stance of the show is 3007 02:22:32.719 --> 02:22:35.120 whatever you need to make yourself feel more safe and, 3008 02:22:35.159 --> 02:22:37.600 secure please do. That, yeah as long as you're not 3009 02:22:37.600 --> 02:22:38.120 harming other. 3010 02:22:38.120 --> 02:22:39.840 People, yes, okay. 3011 02:22:40.520 --> 02:22:44.920 You, know and, hey if it's a beanie, BABY i don't, 3012 02:22:44.920 --> 02:22:47.440 know it's not going to protect. You i'll just Be 3013 02:22:47.479 --> 02:22:49.920 I'll i'll just go. There the Beanie baby's not going 3014 02:22:50.000 --> 02:22:52.920 to do. Anything but if it helps you feel, better, yeah. 3015 02:22:53.120 --> 02:22:55.559 Yeah in the instance of an, attack the stuffed animal 3016 02:22:55.600 --> 02:22:57.000 will not be. Helpful that's the. 3017 02:22:57.360 --> 02:23:02.319 Like an emotional support, pet, right even if it's not 3018 02:23:02.360 --> 02:23:04.920 in a more like let's say it's it's a pethic 3019 02:23:04.920 --> 02:23:08.280 can sense it an anxiety. Attack they usually like do things. 3020 02:23:08.319 --> 02:23:11.399 There they go alert someone or press a button or. 3021 02:23:11.399 --> 02:23:15.239 Something i'm not sure The toys r Us isle is 3022 02:23:15.280 --> 02:23:18.520 gonna do much for. You, hey, again whatever you need to, 3023 02:23:18.520 --> 02:23:19.200 do what you gotta. 3024 02:23:19.239 --> 02:23:23.079 Do Little League World series going, On Major League baseball 3025 02:23:23.159 --> 02:23:25.799 trade deadline is coming, gone So pennant. 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