WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.080 --> 00:00:02.680 It's at five here at News Radio eight forty whas 2 00:00:02.680 --> 00:00:06.320 it is Kentucky Anda's morning news, and as John Shannon said, 3 00:00:06.320 --> 00:00:08.439 my name is Nick Coffee. First day on the job, 4 00:00:09.039 --> 00:00:12.359 not in radio, that would be wild right. Yeah, you're hired. 5 00:00:12.400 --> 00:00:15.080 You've never done this before, Go ahead and take the 6 00:00:15.119 --> 00:00:17.160 seat that only four have had in what one hundred 7 00:00:17.160 --> 00:00:21.039 plus years, seemingly. So I'm grateful to be here. Three 8 00:00:21.079 --> 00:00:23.280 hours have gone by, what my really really fast, and 9 00:00:23.800 --> 00:00:25.839 I really enjoyed it. Hopefully you guys have as well. 10 00:00:25.879 --> 00:00:30.920 I'm well aware that Tony Cruz was somebody that you 11 00:00:30.920 --> 00:00:34.159 you get. I mean, I can't speak highly about Tony 12 00:00:34.240 --> 00:00:36.600 more than I already have, but like he became a 13 00:00:36.600 --> 00:00:38.479 part of your day, felt like he was your He 14 00:00:38.560 --> 00:00:40.840 was somebody that was included in your morning routine for many, 15 00:00:40.880 --> 00:00:43.280 many years. So it is sad that he's retired. But 16 00:00:44.320 --> 00:00:46.759 I'm gonna be myself and not be Tony, because we 17 00:00:46.759 --> 00:00:48.880 would all be Tony Cruz if we could, but we can. 18 00:00:48.960 --> 00:00:52.039 It's it's not realistic. So I'm gonna try my best 19 00:00:52.039 --> 00:00:54.200 to give you guys what you can, what you have 20 00:00:54.679 --> 00:00:59.600 continued to get for decades generations. That's news traffic weather, 21 00:01:00.479 --> 00:01:03.679 conversations with people that you've heard, influential people of course, 22 00:01:03.719 --> 00:01:05.760 that you know have an impact on our community. Those 23 00:01:05.840 --> 00:01:07.560 kind of things are still going to be here, and 24 00:01:07.640 --> 00:01:09.439 I'm going to put my own flavor on it and 25 00:01:09.719 --> 00:01:11.680 have some fun. But as I've mentioned throughout the morning, 26 00:01:11.680 --> 00:01:13.799 and I've certainly said this more so when we start 27 00:01:13.799 --> 00:01:16.959 each hour, that I just I'm so happy that this 28 00:01:17.000 --> 00:01:19.519 has worked out and that I'm joining such a great team. 29 00:01:19.560 --> 00:01:23.480 And I think you always have in radio if it's 30 00:01:23.519 --> 00:01:26.079 something that you're interested in, even maybe not even working 31 00:01:26.079 --> 00:01:27.719 in it, like like we do. I mean, you know 32 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:30.120 what eight forty whas is, because how could you not. 33 00:01:30.200 --> 00:01:32.400 It's been around for so long. There's such great history 34 00:01:33.120 --> 00:01:36.640 and in working even in this market for our heart media. 35 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:38.879 I was well aware of what eight forty Whas is, 36 00:01:39.239 --> 00:01:41.359 but now that this has come together in the last 37 00:01:41.400 --> 00:01:45.200 few weeks, it really has set in just kind of 38 00:01:45.200 --> 00:01:47.760 what this opportunity is. So I'm appreciative of it. I'm 39 00:01:47.799 --> 00:01:49.079 going to make the most of it. I know there's 40 00:01:49.120 --> 00:01:51.640 many that are still here and many that have worked 41 00:01:51.640 --> 00:01:55.120 here long before I was around. Maybe they've retired, maybe 42 00:01:55.120 --> 00:01:57.680 they've moved on doing something else, whatever it may be 43 00:01:57.920 --> 00:01:59.519 a lot of people I've worked with that no longer 44 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:03.040 are here, but everybody that has been a part of 45 00:02:03.120 --> 00:02:05.719 making this what it is, I'm going to try my 46 00:02:05.760 --> 00:02:08.039 best to not screw that up, and I mean that sincerely. 47 00:02:08.080 --> 00:02:11.240 Because there's a brand, there's a standard with news Radio 48 00:02:11.280 --> 00:02:15.680 eight forty whas that's just different than anything, and to 49 00:02:15.719 --> 00:02:17.639 be able to be a part of it is something 50 00:02:17.680 --> 00:02:20.360 I'm really appreciative of. And I'm joining a great team 51 00:02:20.400 --> 00:02:22.840 as it is here in the morning with Scott Fitzgerald, 52 00:02:22.879 --> 00:02:25.639 John Olden and John Shannon, and of course are our 53 00:02:25.680 --> 00:02:28.000 lineup people that you know, you're well aware of. You 54 00:02:28.000 --> 00:02:29.599 may be listening, who the hell's this guy? Well, I'm 55 00:02:29.639 --> 00:02:31.439 sure you know who Tony Bennetti is, and you know 56 00:02:31.479 --> 00:02:33.479 who Dwight Whitten, you know who that is. You know 57 00:02:33.759 --> 00:02:36.520 Terry Miners is. So I'm really happy to be here 58 00:02:36.599 --> 00:02:40.400 and just can't can't thank everybody enough who's reached out 59 00:02:40.439 --> 00:02:43.840 to share that they're happy for me. And even if 60 00:02:43.879 --> 00:02:46.719 you're somebody that's like, yeah, I don't know, man, and 61 00:02:46.919 --> 00:02:48.800 nobody's been mean or anything, but I just want to 62 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:51.039 let people know I'm aware that this is going to 63 00:02:51.080 --> 00:02:52.479 be a different thing than what we've had here in 64 00:02:52.479 --> 00:02:55.080 the mornings for more than twenty years. And that may 65 00:02:55.080 --> 00:02:56.879 take a little bit of a little bit of time 66 00:02:57.080 --> 00:02:58.599 for people to get to get used to it. I 67 00:02:58.639 --> 00:03:00.879 said this earlier, and it's just a poor attempted humor 68 00:03:00.919 --> 00:03:03.479 on my part. But give it a chance. If you 69 00:03:03.479 --> 00:03:05.560 don't like it, come back tomorrow. We'll try again. And 70 00:03:05.599 --> 00:03:06.919 if you give it a few weeks and you still 71 00:03:06.960 --> 00:03:09.080 don't like it, it's probably a you thing, right, I mean, 72 00:03:09.120 --> 00:03:10.039 is that the good way to look at it? 73 00:03:10.319 --> 00:03:10.680 That is? 74 00:03:10.759 --> 00:03:11.719 I mean, you nailed it, Nick. 75 00:03:11.759 --> 00:03:14.000 I mean, you look at a city and a community 76 00:03:14.080 --> 00:03:16.240 that has enjoyed I think the boss through the statatus 77 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:19.639 three morning show hosts in the last fifty five years. 78 00:03:19.319 --> 00:03:23.000 That's a pretty outstanding number. And you look at that 79 00:03:23.199 --> 00:03:26.199 and look at the shoes that you've stepped into. It's 80 00:03:26.199 --> 00:03:28.360 just fine, man. I mean, you're no stranger of this business. 81 00:03:28.360 --> 00:03:30.639 You know what you're doing, and you're right. 82 00:03:30.719 --> 00:03:31.360 I think it's. 83 00:03:31.199 --> 00:03:33.599 Important in life that we all run our own race. 84 00:03:34.199 --> 00:03:36.000 You know, like you said, if we were all the same, 85 00:03:36.159 --> 00:03:39.000 where would the growth be in life? And you know, 86 00:03:39.120 --> 00:03:42.560 people and events happen in our lives for a reason 87 00:03:42.680 --> 00:03:45.039 and bring us together with people we never saw coming. 88 00:03:45.080 --> 00:03:47.039 This doesn't just apply to hear, but it applies to 89 00:03:47.120 --> 00:03:49.960 life in general. There's people going to work today, They're 90 00:03:50.000 --> 00:03:52.439 going to meet new people at work this week, the 91 00:03:52.439 --> 00:03:55.360 next two weeks, next month that will have an impact 92 00:03:55.400 --> 00:03:58.240 on their lives. And just like Nick, it brought you, 93 00:03:58.439 --> 00:04:01.159 John and I together through a worse of series events. 94 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.439 You at seven ninety John working his way in me 95 00:04:04.560 --> 00:04:07.719 doing my thing. It happens, and Vinetti will tell you 96 00:04:08.000 --> 00:04:10.319 he and Dwight didn't exactly know each other when they 97 00:04:10.319 --> 00:04:13.759 got together, but courses throughout life brought them together and 98 00:04:13.800 --> 00:04:17.439 now they're enjoying success in the mid days here as Terry, 99 00:04:17.439 --> 00:04:18.959 I'll tell you the same thing happened with him. And 100 00:04:19.240 --> 00:04:22.160 as we learned last week that all the people who 101 00:04:22.199 --> 00:04:24.959 came in to say goodbye to Tony all had a 102 00:04:25.000 --> 00:04:28.439 connectivity with him in one way or another. So this 103 00:04:28.519 --> 00:04:30.639 happens in life in general. And what you bring to 104 00:04:30.680 --> 00:04:34.800 the table is great. We love I mean it's We've 105 00:04:34.800 --> 00:04:36.920 heard from folks that Kentucky Truck Pett loves you. This 106 00:04:37.000 --> 00:04:39.399 morning they're out listening to you. We've heard from folks 107 00:04:39.399 --> 00:04:40.079 that love what you do. 108 00:04:40.240 --> 00:04:42.480 And you, guys will you guys will learn. I'm I'm 109 00:04:42.519 --> 00:04:45.720 not against compliments. I mean, I know I'm not. I'm 110 00:04:45.759 --> 00:04:47.399 not an anti compliment guy. 111 00:04:47.519 --> 00:04:49.959 So as long as you released the video again your 112 00:04:50.040 --> 00:04:52.079 vibe check. You did it Louder than Life this year. 113 00:04:52.160 --> 00:04:59.199 I was worried about love it. I was kind of 114 00:04:59.199 --> 00:05:01.560 worried that if they saw, but then maybe they wouldn't 115 00:05:01.560 --> 00:05:04.319 have put me in this position. I mean, it was fun, 116 00:05:04.399 --> 00:05:06.839 but you know it was it was something. 117 00:05:07.000 --> 00:05:08.399 Did you ever get scared doing that? 118 00:05:08.759 --> 00:05:10.439 No, John can tell you. We were only there like 119 00:05:10.439 --> 00:05:12.839 twenty minutes and it was early in the days too. Yeah. 120 00:05:12.839 --> 00:05:14.040 So for those who don't know, I used to do 121 00:05:14.439 --> 00:05:16.920 a social media video series called Bob Check, where I 122 00:05:16.920 --> 00:05:19.399 would go to mostly sporting events, but then we started 123 00:05:19.439 --> 00:05:21.720 doing some other other you know, at the State Fair 124 00:05:21.759 --> 00:05:24.439 and at the Louder than Life music festival, and the 125 00:05:24.480 --> 00:05:26.600 one that got the most attention just because of what 126 00:05:26.639 --> 00:05:29.759 it was was the Louder than Life and the doors 127 00:05:29.759 --> 00:05:31.959 had just opened. It was the first day of the event. 128 00:05:32.120 --> 00:05:34.920 It really wasn't that crowded compared to what it became 129 00:05:35.040 --> 00:05:37.319 later on that day and of course the next two 130 00:05:37.360 --> 00:05:40.120 days to come. But it was also there were people 131 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:41.959 you know, dressed up in cosplay. I mean, there was 132 00:05:42.000 --> 00:05:43.399 a lot to see there and if you haven't checked 133 00:05:43.399 --> 00:05:45.000 it out, I'll retweet it if you want to follow 134 00:05:45.040 --> 00:05:47.399 me on x at the card Connect. But I mean 135 00:05:48.120 --> 00:05:50.920 it was the easiest day of getting content. It took 136 00:05:50.959 --> 00:05:53.439 the least amount of time because everybody was just like 137 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:55.560 you know, when you dress up and cosplay to come 138 00:05:55.600 --> 00:05:58.079 to an event, you might expect somebody to say, hey, 139 00:05:58.199 --> 00:05:59.800 can you talk to me about I mean, it's almost 140 00:05:59.800 --> 00:06:02.199 like you you're wanting to kind of, you know, express 141 00:06:02.240 --> 00:06:05.079 yourself in a way. But yes, it's good. The vib 142 00:06:05.199 --> 00:06:07.279 check was a lot of fun. But yeah, it was. 143 00:06:07.399 --> 00:06:09.279 It was something. It's good. Thank you, Thank you for 144 00:06:09.319 --> 00:06:11.199 the convert Scot. I really to appreciate it. All Right, 145 00:06:11.199 --> 00:06:14.319 We've got news and traffic coming your way, and stick 146 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:16.160 around right here. It's eight eleven right here on a 147 00:06:16.240 --> 00:06:21.040 Monday morning on News Radio eight forty whas. It is 148 00:06:21.120 --> 00:06:23.480 eight sixteen here at Kentucky and it's morning News News 149 00:06:23.560 --> 00:06:26.279 Radio eight forty whas Nick Coffee with you. In a 150 00:06:26.319 --> 00:06:29.519 couple of stories that you've heard this morning from John Shannon. 151 00:06:29.600 --> 00:06:35.680 One is the recent ban of selling THHC beverages and 152 00:06:36.560 --> 00:06:38.000 I was aware that these were a thing, but I 153 00:06:38.079 --> 00:06:42.000 hadn't thought much about those being ordered at restaurants and bars. 154 00:06:42.040 --> 00:06:44.360 But again, it doesn't necessarily surprise me, but the decision 155 00:06:44.439 --> 00:06:46.879 to no longer allow those to be sold has been 156 00:06:46.959 --> 00:06:49.720 one that obviously those who are in that industry are 157 00:06:49.800 --> 00:06:53.079 not real happy with, and I understand that certainly, But 158 00:06:53.519 --> 00:06:55.399 what I you know, when you think of a product 159 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:58.279 that you're it's still it's new, right, It's not something 160 00:06:58.360 --> 00:06:59.959 that you typically would think about, Hey, I'm going to 161 00:07:00.199 --> 00:07:02.319 go to the bar and instead of ordering a pitcher 162 00:07:02.360 --> 00:07:04.600 of beer for me and the fellas or maybe you know, 163 00:07:04.839 --> 00:07:08.519 around a round of cocktails, I'm gonna get a a 164 00:07:08.680 --> 00:07:12.120 THHC beverage. I mean, it's just new, so so out 165 00:07:12.160 --> 00:07:14.519 of sight, kind of out of mind thing. But I 166 00:07:14.560 --> 00:07:17.800 will say the music festivals, like, I can see those 167 00:07:17.879 --> 00:07:21.759 being really popular there and apparently that there's folks that 168 00:07:21.839 --> 00:07:24.800 that really they enjoy those kind of drinks where they 169 00:07:24.839 --> 00:07:27.120 can purchase them at a place, But it's not when 170 00:07:27.120 --> 00:07:28.800 they go and sit down at dinner, right, It's not 171 00:07:28.879 --> 00:07:31.759 when they're you know, they're not replacing three beers with 172 00:07:32.240 --> 00:07:35.160 three THHC beverages, which again as I talked about earlier. 173 00:07:35.319 --> 00:07:37.560 You really don't know how you would how you would 174 00:07:37.759 --> 00:07:40.279 would It's a different intoxican, right, like drinking a few 175 00:07:40.319 --> 00:07:43.959 beers and drinking if you drink those drinks, is if 176 00:07:44.000 --> 00:07:47.639 you're drinking a standard alcoholic beverage that you know your limit, 177 00:07:47.759 --> 00:07:50.439 you know what it does to you. I mean, it 178 00:07:50.639 --> 00:07:53.480 would be a little bit alarming. So I certainly see 179 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.319 both sides of it. But this past weekend was essentially 180 00:07:56.319 --> 00:07:57.920 the last call for a lot of those places that 181 00:07:58.000 --> 00:08:00.160 had probably seen a real surge. More than anything, just 182 00:08:00.240 --> 00:08:02.839 because it's new, people are giving it a shot, like, hey, 183 00:08:02.920 --> 00:08:04.879 these are let's see what let's let's see if we 184 00:08:05.040 --> 00:08:07.160 like these And it seems as if clearly they were. 185 00:08:07.360 --> 00:08:09.480 They were pretty pretty popular, I was gonna say. 186 00:08:09.519 --> 00:08:12.160 And from my talking with folks in the bourbon industry, 187 00:08:12.279 --> 00:08:15.879 they had addressed concerns. They haven't publicly gone on the record, 188 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:17.439 but I can tell you from those that I've talked 189 00:08:17.480 --> 00:08:21.240 to that they just simply wanted fair regulation when it 190 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:26.240 came to the THHC industry and the taxation, et cetera. 191 00:08:26.319 --> 00:08:28.319 So I wonder if this had something to do with 192 00:08:28.480 --> 00:08:32.000 it as well, because they clearly saw something with the 193 00:08:32.080 --> 00:08:34.039 THHC folks, You're not gonna worry about it unless you 194 00:08:34.320 --> 00:08:35.759 I want to say they I don't want to say 195 00:08:35.799 --> 00:08:38.440 they saw it as a threat, but they certainly had 196 00:08:38.480 --> 00:08:41.600 it on their radar and wanted the playing field levels 197 00:08:41.720 --> 00:08:42.639 at very least. 198 00:08:42.799 --> 00:08:46.519 Oh, it's competitive, just like any industry that's very boot 199 00:08:46.519 --> 00:08:49.080 I mean, it's competitive as can be, so make it 200 00:08:49.120 --> 00:08:51.440 makes total sense. Another another story that's been discussed this 201 00:08:51.559 --> 00:08:54.519 morning is what took place in the Highlands on Bargtown 202 00:08:54.600 --> 00:08:56.360 Road over the weekend. I suppose this is now back 203 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:59.039 to back weekends where you've had that type of situation, 204 00:09:00.360 --> 00:09:03.519 people in the street, jumping on cars, holding up traffic. 205 00:09:03.639 --> 00:09:08.200 And the coverage has had comments from some folks that 206 00:09:08.279 --> 00:09:11.320 are in the community, whether they're just maybe they're they're councilmen, 207 00:09:11.399 --> 00:09:13.639 or maybe they're just neighbors that live there and are 208 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:15.799 commenting on sort of what what has happened. And I 209 00:09:15.840 --> 00:09:17.759 don't want to act as if one of the people 210 00:09:17.840 --> 00:09:20.559 that lives near the area where this took place speaks 211 00:09:20.600 --> 00:09:23.399 for anybody but themselves. But I don't know if people 212 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:27.120 realize that in Louisville, bars stay open a lot later 213 00:09:27.240 --> 00:09:29.759 here than I want to say, a lot of places, 214 00:09:29.799 --> 00:09:32.120 but that would be me, I would be I don't 215 00:09:32.159 --> 00:09:33.759 know if that's the case. I just know that there's 216 00:09:33.759 --> 00:09:37.000 certain cities that are Nashville, for example, unless it's changed. 217 00:09:37.200 --> 00:09:39.679 I mean, Nashville nightlife is one of the most popular 218 00:09:39.799 --> 00:09:41.799 things in the world right now. I mean it's huge. 219 00:09:42.039 --> 00:09:44.720 Broadway is not now what it was even five six 220 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:46.799 years ago. And I remember when we would go to 221 00:09:46.919 --> 00:09:49.360 Nashville back when I was much younger, in my twenties, 222 00:09:49.360 --> 00:09:51.799 and we mentioned we were from Louisville, they would act 223 00:09:51.840 --> 00:09:54.240 as if they were envious that we had the ability 224 00:09:54.320 --> 00:09:56.480 to stay out really, really late. And I guess every 225 00:09:56.559 --> 00:10:00.000 situation is different. But if you have an extended hours life, 226 00:10:00.559 --> 00:10:04.840 you can stay open until four am and serve drinks, 227 00:10:04.960 --> 00:10:08.120 and you know, at other cities it's one o'clock or 228 00:10:08.159 --> 00:10:12.559 two thirty. And I'm sure that does lead to needing 229 00:10:12.600 --> 00:10:14.879 to be more prepared for people being out that late. 230 00:10:14.960 --> 00:10:16.519 And if they're out that late, there's a good chance 231 00:10:16.600 --> 00:10:20.039 they've probably had a few drinks or maybe a lot 232 00:10:20.080 --> 00:10:22.240 more than that. So yeah, but the last two weeks, 233 00:10:22.279 --> 00:10:25.440 I know, not something that you typically see in the Highlands. 234 00:10:25.480 --> 00:10:28.840 So yeah, i'd say, and that area seems to be prone. 235 00:10:29.720 --> 00:10:32.240 Whether we remember we had the shootings outside of Chaise 236 00:10:32.279 --> 00:10:33.720 there then of course you had Baxters. 237 00:10:34.279 --> 00:10:37.120 It's that one stretch of Bardstown. 238 00:10:36.639 --> 00:10:39.279 Road that seems to be prone to all the controversies. 239 00:10:39.279 --> 00:10:40.919 So hopefully they get that's squared away. 240 00:10:41.080 --> 00:10:42.919 Yep, there's no doubt about it. All right, we've got 241 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:45.240 another updated trafficking weather coming your way right here on 242 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:49.879 news radio eight forty whas. It is eight thirty five 243 00:10:49.960 --> 00:10:52.120 here at Kentucky, and it's morning news news radio waight 244 00:10:52.120 --> 00:10:55.240 forty whas Nick coffee with you and look with the 245 00:10:55.320 --> 00:10:59.279 cat drug in it is mister Tony Venetti. I don't know. 246 00:11:00.159 --> 00:11:03.159 Kiss goodbye for Tony Cruz is finally over the long kiss. 247 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:03.759 We love you. 248 00:11:03.879 --> 00:11:07.480 Tony good Way put it. It was a long kiss goodbye. 249 00:11:07.759 --> 00:11:09.200 I said this earlier. I don't know if you were listening. 250 00:11:09.279 --> 00:11:11.399 If he just peeked his head right there around the 251 00:11:11.440 --> 00:11:13.879 window and was right there as we speak, you wouldn't 252 00:11:13.879 --> 00:11:16.480 be shocked, right, No, I don't know. 253 00:11:16.639 --> 00:11:19.399 I you know, County Calhoun left and when I talked 254 00:11:19.440 --> 00:11:21.399 to him, he was like, I don't I haven't turned 255 00:11:21.399 --> 00:11:21.799 the radio on. 256 00:11:21.879 --> 00:11:23.919 I never thought about you again. No, you had to 257 00:11:23.960 --> 00:11:26.799 reintroduce yourself, didn't you Exactly, Yeah, it's Katie Calhoun. He 258 00:11:26.840 --> 00:11:29.080 meets a lot of people's so I don't want to 259 00:11:29.080 --> 00:11:30.639 be accused of being the guy that is trying to 260 00:11:30.679 --> 00:11:32.399 turn this into just a big sports choke. So don't 261 00:11:32.399 --> 00:11:35.559 consider this sports relative. But Scotty Scheffler, he's a very 262 00:11:35.639 --> 00:11:38.240 successful golfer, but he's also a family man. He's a father, 263 00:11:38.759 --> 00:11:42.159 and I feel like he never seemed more relatable than yesterday. 264 00:11:42.720 --> 00:11:45.080 His job is different than most of ours, but his 265 00:11:45.240 --> 00:11:47.120 job is to play golf and he's very good at it. 266 00:11:47.200 --> 00:11:50.080 One yesterday made a lot of money. And as soon 267 00:11:50.120 --> 00:11:52.480 as he gets off work, there's his wife. As soon 268 00:11:52.519 --> 00:11:55.559 as he clocks out, she hands him the baby bingo 269 00:11:55.639 --> 00:11:57.559 who had a blowout. And if you don't know what 270 00:11:57.559 --> 00:12:02.000 a blowout is up the back, poopy diaper, up the back, 271 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:05.000 and he is onto the ones. He's celebrating like his 272 00:12:05.159 --> 00:12:08.360 third tournament win in the last couple of months, it seems, 273 00:12:08.919 --> 00:12:11.639 and and he's got you know, it made me feel 274 00:12:11.679 --> 00:12:14.879 like so even the successful golfers, even in that moment 275 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:16.399 when they get done with work, it's time. 276 00:12:17.000 --> 00:12:20.919 That's tell that's an appropriate conversation. Because Father's Day is 277 00:12:21.000 --> 00:12:23.519 coming up, and no matter what you're doing it, when 278 00:12:23.519 --> 00:12:25.519 it's baby duty, you get it. And duty is the 279 00:12:25.519 --> 00:12:28.399 perfect word for that one, because the baby had duty. 280 00:12:28.879 --> 00:12:30.960 And sometimes it's not solid. 281 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:33.639 I remember the first time. I remember the first times 282 00:12:33.919 --> 00:12:36.519 it happened to me. I was thinking, Okay, well, this 283 00:12:36.679 --> 00:12:38.559 is just another wet diaper, it's fine, and then I 284 00:12:38.639 --> 00:12:41.080 realized what a second, that's not That's not what I 285 00:12:41.120 --> 00:12:43.679 thought it was. And then yeah, and then the first 286 00:12:43.679 --> 00:12:45.960 one's a real well to get too graphic, but the 287 00:12:45.960 --> 00:12:48.360 first time you change a poopy diaper as a parent, 288 00:12:48.639 --> 00:12:51.120 I mean, it's an experience. But then you realize, okay, this, 289 00:12:51.639 --> 00:12:53.960 this is this is now my responsibility. I helped bring 290 00:12:54.039 --> 00:12:56.399 this human into the world, and now you know it's 291 00:12:56.480 --> 00:12:56.919 part of it. 292 00:12:57.039 --> 00:12:59.679 And sometimes you question, how can a fifteen or fifteen 293 00:12:59.720 --> 00:13:03.799 pounds baby produce so much? Yeah, I'm not producing that 294 00:13:03.919 --> 00:13:06.559 much healthy think somebody's like tricking you. There's no way 295 00:13:06.600 --> 00:13:09.240 this came from from an infant. With Scotty Scheffler, he 296 00:13:09.399 --> 00:13:14.279 is so likable and as mentioned, seemingly relatable. That has 297 00:13:14.360 --> 00:13:17.879 to people want to see this guy succeed. They like him, 298 00:13:18.120 --> 00:13:19.960 and he's got he's got a little bit of charmed 299 00:13:20.000 --> 00:13:22.279 to him to where you're like, well, who who wouldn't 300 00:13:22.360 --> 00:13:23.200 like this guy? Oh? 301 00:13:23.320 --> 00:13:26.000 Yeah, those jerks at LMPD, so like, I think it's 302 00:13:26.039 --> 00:13:27.639 going to be a while before we can live that 303 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:30.279 down right. They love Scotty and they're like, who would 304 00:13:30.399 --> 00:13:32.039 like him? And then they just don't think about us. 305 00:13:32.200 --> 00:13:36.039 Yeah. No, Nationally reputation wise, the vision of LMPD is 306 00:13:36.120 --> 00:13:38.200 not very good. And that didn't add to it for sure. 307 00:13:39.240 --> 00:13:41.000 But I was going to ask you in the break 308 00:13:41.080 --> 00:13:43.519 about whether I should see because you come from the 309 00:13:43.600 --> 00:13:46.159 seven ninety and you would know this because you covered him. 310 00:13:47.360 --> 00:13:50.120 To me, an important story today is a lot of 311 00:13:50.159 --> 00:13:53.360 people were questioning whether Dan McDonald is worth the money 312 00:13:53.440 --> 00:13:56.200 he has been being paid and his batting coach getting 313 00:13:56.240 --> 00:13:58.759 paid more than some SEC coaches. And I don't know 314 00:13:58.960 --> 00:14:02.159 what the total salary of the baseball team is, but 315 00:14:02.320 --> 00:14:04.759 I think it's well over two three million dollars. 316 00:14:05.480 --> 00:14:08.279 It's been that way since time was so well. I 317 00:14:08.320 --> 00:14:10.080 don't mean the exact number, I just mean there's been 318 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:13.240 an investment as far as Dan's salary. It's his pitching 319 00:14:13.320 --> 00:14:15.519 coach that has been here a long time pitching this 320 00:14:15.679 --> 00:14:17.240 was a weird year. They were one of the coldest 321 00:14:17.279 --> 00:14:20.600 teams in baseball going into the postseason, and just because 322 00:14:20.600 --> 00:14:23.399 of how spoiled we were early, the standard that was set, 323 00:14:23.639 --> 00:14:25.480 they had dropped quite a bit in recent years. For 324 00:14:25.559 --> 00:14:27.399 them to now be two wins away from getting back 325 00:14:27.399 --> 00:14:29.720 to the College World Series, it's huge. Is big for 326 00:14:29.799 --> 00:14:33.039 da McDonald's redemption. Yes, and they needed it. Yes, you're 327 00:14:33.039 --> 00:14:35.440 talking about I mean really since COVID. I mean they 328 00:14:35.480 --> 00:14:37.080 went to the College Wood Series in nineteen and then 329 00:14:37.120 --> 00:14:39.840 after that they had one season that was solid, but 330 00:14:39.919 --> 00:14:42.360 it ended in losing in the Super Regionals. So I 331 00:14:42.399 --> 00:14:46.240 mean it's unheard of to see I mean, to start 332 00:14:46.320 --> 00:14:48.399 to his career was phenomenal and you would know better 333 00:14:48.440 --> 00:14:51.279 than I. Oh, there were baseball coaches here before and 334 00:14:51.320 --> 00:14:53.080 there was some level of success, but him in his 335 00:14:53.159 --> 00:14:56.440 first year making the College World Series, and that was unbelievable. 336 00:14:56.440 --> 00:14:58.480 Il because he had his best And again it is 337 00:14:58.519 --> 00:15:01.120 a redemption tour. And again, sorry the sports guy and 338 00:15:01.240 --> 00:15:02.360 me is going to point. 339 00:15:02.200 --> 00:15:07.279 Towards it's a questions the question for the sports. 340 00:15:07.000 --> 00:15:09.960 Guy, the sports guy that says, hey, is he worth 341 00:15:10.039 --> 00:15:12.279 the salary? I mean, that's where that's the take that's 342 00:15:12.320 --> 00:15:14.240 where you go to. And I've been asking that question 343 00:15:14.679 --> 00:15:17.320 and has he because you're gonna have great coaches, and 344 00:15:17.440 --> 00:15:20.000 by the way, not all good things happen to great people. 345 00:15:20.120 --> 00:15:23.360 Like he's a he's like, he's a phenomenal human being. 346 00:15:23.679 --> 00:15:27.879 But we're talking baseball, So can he can he translate, 347 00:15:28.480 --> 00:15:32.320 you know, translate to the nil, which is what's probably 348 00:15:32.440 --> 00:15:34.519 hurt him the last three or four years because I 349 00:15:34.559 --> 00:15:35.840 don't know how much U of L is going to 350 00:15:35.879 --> 00:15:38.639 spend on baseball versus basketball and football, and we don't 351 00:15:38.679 --> 00:15:41.600 have that endless paycheck here would be, you know, with. 352 00:15:41.679 --> 00:15:43.519 Dan McDonald and I'm not speaking for him at all, 353 00:15:43.559 --> 00:15:45.799 I'm just looking. He has turned down jobs in the 354 00:15:45.919 --> 00:15:49.399 SEC before, and that's a great, great job. I mean, 355 00:15:49.440 --> 00:15:50.960 most of those jobs are really good jobs. It's the 356 00:15:51.080 --> 00:15:54.519 SEC and baseball. And he's turned him down because clearly, 357 00:15:54.600 --> 00:15:56.840 I think he realizes I've already got a program. That's 358 00:15:56.960 --> 00:15:59.080 just I mean, they've been right there in the college world, 359 00:15:59.120 --> 00:16:01.200 serve as many times. If you can get there consistently, 360 00:16:01.240 --> 00:16:03.120 you think, well, why would I need another job? But 361 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:07.320 now money that places like Mississippi State and Ole miss 362 00:16:07.919 --> 00:16:09.759 that they have money that could help you with nil 363 00:16:09.919 --> 00:16:11.360 that may not be quite. 364 00:16:11.240 --> 00:16:14.639 As packed and they talk about you. 365 00:16:14.799 --> 00:16:17.200 Yeah, I just wondered again, it wouldn't shock me if 366 00:16:17.320 --> 00:16:19.519 if maybe one day he thought that he didn't get 367 00:16:19.559 --> 00:16:21.559 out when he could not because he hated it here, 368 00:16:21.600 --> 00:16:23.679 but because you know, he'd done a lot. But now 369 00:16:23.759 --> 00:16:25.879 he's here and this was neat. Did you mentioned redemption? 370 00:16:26.000 --> 00:16:27.639 That's what it is. And to know that they're two 371 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:29.720 wins away from getting back to Omaha after a really 372 00:16:29.840 --> 00:16:32.120 rough finish to the season is it's good to see. 373 00:16:32.159 --> 00:16:34.440 So tonight it'll be Miami and Southern Miss playing and 374 00:16:34.480 --> 00:16:36.679 the winner of that will move on if it's Miami, 375 00:16:37.240 --> 00:16:39.159 if Miami comes here. If that's the case that it's 376 00:16:39.200 --> 00:16:42.559 Southern Miss, then they'll be heading to Hattiesburg. Huh have 377 00:16:42.600 --> 00:16:46.240 you ever been there? Didn't think? So, what's there? I 378 00:16:46.399 --> 00:16:47.360 might have? I don't know. 379 00:16:47.480 --> 00:16:48.720 The nineties were kind of a blurb. 380 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:51.519 You've probably been a lot of places you didn't remember, right, Oh, exactly, Yeah, 381 00:16:52.360 --> 00:16:54.840 I missed that. ERA missed out on that. I missed 382 00:16:54.840 --> 00:16:57.279 out on that version of Tony Venetti. We got another 383 00:16:57.360 --> 00:16:59.200 updated trafficking weather coming your way right here on news 384 00:16:59.279 --> 00:17:04.200 Radio eight forty US. It's a forty five this morning 385 00:17:04.240 --> 00:17:07.880 at Kentucky Anda's morning news news Radio eight forty whas 386 00:17:08.279 --> 00:17:10.000 got a few more minutes left with you before we 387 00:17:10.079 --> 00:17:13.319 hand it off to mister Tony Venetti and Dwight Whitten. 388 00:17:13.559 --> 00:17:17.000 He's a mister too. I'll give him a proper greeting 389 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:18.839 as well. But Tony, Dwight coming your way here shortly. 390 00:17:18.920 --> 00:17:22.119 And I think people here locally realize how big of 391 00:17:22.160 --> 00:17:26.480 a story the whole Crystal Rogers murder is disappearance slash murder, 392 00:17:26.799 --> 00:17:28.640 and it's been such a big story around here for 393 00:17:28.720 --> 00:17:32.279 such a long time that maybe it just has become 394 00:17:32.359 --> 00:17:33.839 something you're used to. But I don't know if people 395 00:17:33.880 --> 00:17:36.759 realize how big this thing has been followed nationally. Yeah, 396 00:17:36.759 --> 00:17:39.079 I mean, true crime is the most popular genre in 397 00:17:39.160 --> 00:17:43.640 anything right now, podcast documentary coverage of it. And this man, 398 00:17:43.720 --> 00:17:46.799 this entire thing has so many layers to it, and 399 00:17:46.920 --> 00:17:49.079 I feel like it again. Maybe it's because it's not 400 00:17:49.640 --> 00:17:53.160 the actual boyfriend who has allegedly been, you know, been 401 00:17:53.200 --> 00:17:55.359