Speaker 1: I don't want to say that this is the first
Speaker 1: time this has ever happened, because that would probably be
Speaker 1: a lie. And I don't want to start my last
Speaker 1: show here at Sports Talk seven ninety by being a liar.
Speaker 1: But I can't think of which doesn't mean it didn't happen.
Speaker 1: But I can't think of a day where I have
Speaker 1: really not wanted to hit this button to the far
Speaker 1: left of this huge board in front of me that
Speaker 1: looks like a spaceship and just start talking sports because
Speaker 1: today will be the last day for me, and I'm
Speaker 1: not really worried about getting emotional. And again I'm not
Speaker 1: the hesitation there is not because I'm about to lose it,
Speaker 1: trust me, because I actually had that happened earlier today,
Speaker 1: which I think was a good thing. But today is
Speaker 1: my last day here, and we're going to have a
Speaker 1: fun day. I don't really know what to expect for
Speaker 1: a variety of reasons. I don't really know what to
Speaker 1: expect from me. We do have a lot of folks
Speaker 1: that are going to be joining us today throughout I'm
Speaker 1: not going to tell you who they are. We're just
Speaker 1: going to let you find out when we bring them on.
Speaker 1: And I don't want to miss you as if there's
Speaker 1: some huge names, some never before heard guests or anything.
Speaker 1: I mean, these are people that if you are a
Speaker 1: regular listener, or maybe even not even to that level,
Speaker 1: you're just somebody that's familiar with the show and what
Speaker 1: we do here, you'll know these people, and I hope
Speaker 1: you like them. If not, I don't care. They're going
Speaker 1: to join us. And if you listen a little bit consistently,
Speaker 1: then you know, I would assume you like these people.
Speaker 1: But if you don't, doesn't matter, because today there really
Speaker 1: are no rules, right. I mean, I could technically do
Speaker 1: something stupid and get myself fired. I wouldn't do that.
Speaker 1: But yeah, today's the last day, so this will be
Speaker 1: the last time I start a show saying it's coffee
Speaker 1: and Company fuel by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven ninety
Speaker 1: And I've tried throughout the last few weeks to not
Speaker 1: really think about and I guess I'll just be real
Speaker 1: with you. I've it was, it became public and we
Speaker 1: talked about it on this show for the first time
Speaker 1: two weeks ago today, and I'm not really sure if
Speaker 1: this has come up in the last I don't know, however,
Speaker 1: many weeks it's been, but this is something that I
Speaker 1: was aware that was potentially going to happen for almost
Speaker 1: a year, so you never know, I didn't want to
Speaker 1: get my hopes up as far as in Again, for
Speaker 1: those who don't know, I'm not leaving the market, I'm
Speaker 1: not leaving Louisville. I'm not retiring. I didn't get fired.
Speaker 1: I'm just moving down the hall to take over for
Speaker 1: Tony Cruz, who also today had a big day, much
Speaker 1: bigger day than this one. I mean, he retired after
Speaker 1: a legendary career. So for those who don't know, that's
Speaker 1: what's happening. This will be my last show here and
Speaker 1: then starting Monday, you'll hear me at five am on
Speaker 1: news Radio eight forty whas. But despite knowing that this
Speaker 1: day was going to be here, and theyre being real
Speaker 1: excitement about the opportunity that I've been given to take
Speaker 1: over for Tony Cruz, I guess I hadn't really thought
Speaker 1: much about what this day would be and maybe I've
Speaker 1: been internally just putting it off. But it's here and
Speaker 1: I'm going to do what I have done the last
Speaker 1: non plus years. And by the way, thank you to
Speaker 1: all those who've reached out to me today, mostly friends, family,
Speaker 1: and others who have worked with me along the way,
Speaker 1: including somebody who shared the calculation. And I don't know
Speaker 1: if this is the exact number, but two two hundred
Speaker 1: and twelve live shows I've done here on Sports Talk
Speaker 1: seven ninety which doesn't include pre and postgame shows. And
Speaker 1: it's been over nine years. And I've said that a
Speaker 1: lot nine years, nine years, because I don't think I've
Speaker 1: ever really considered that along this nine year run, because
Speaker 1: without really forcing it, I think I've just enjoyed it,
Speaker 1: lived in the moment, and appreciated that I'm able to
Speaker 1: do this, and that's what I want today to be.
Speaker 1: So again, I wish I could be a little bit
Speaker 1: more comfortable myself, but it's a day, but it'll be fun.
Speaker 1: And not only did I want to bring on a
Speaker 1: handful of close friends of mine who have been a
Speaker 1: part of the show here and there. Guess that you hear,
Speaker 1: because I want to have them a part of this
Speaker 1: because they mean a lot to me, but also because
Speaker 1: it'll keep me from you know, it's just rambling and
Speaker 1: then maybe getting caught up and having to go to breaks.
Speaker 1: So anyways, I'm this is it for me, but I'm not.
Speaker 1: I'm not leaving for good. I'm just again moving down
Speaker 1: the hall and moving. I guess up on your radio
Speaker 1: dial from seven to nine zero to to eight four zero.
Speaker 1: But again, you know the drill. We are fueled by Thornton's.
Speaker 1: That's that's that might be my crutch today, that might
Speaker 1: be what just gets me is back to where this
Speaker 1: is just any other show. I just talk about Thornton's
Speaker 1: because you guys know I love Thornton. So we are
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Speaker 1: you'll be you'll be happy that you did. So let
Speaker 1: me let me start by telling you how my day
Speaker 1: started this morning very early, and I'm I'm proud of myself.
Speaker 1: For the last few days, I have set my alarm
Speaker 1: clock as if I had to get up and be
Speaker 1: on the air at five am, just so it's not
Speaker 1: such a shocker come Monday. And it's been good for
Speaker 1: me to get in that routine just a little bit.
Speaker 1: And I don't know if I can blame it on
Speaker 1: maybe me still being tired, But this morning I was
Speaker 1: up at about three forty five, got in the shower,
Speaker 1: and I got on the road. I came here. We
Speaker 1: had to send off for Tony Cruz here at the station,
Speaker 1: as well as out at Tony and Dwight's live show,
Speaker 1: which was a lot of fun. Good to see a
Speaker 1: lot of people, and what a great day for Tony
Speaker 1: and congrats to him once again on a career that
Speaker 1: not many can say that they will ever have, So
Speaker 1: congrats to him. But I was driving in and I'm
Speaker 1: not just saying this because they're a sponsor, It's the truth.
Speaker 1: I stopped at Thornton's and the show had just started
Speaker 1: and Tony was talking about his just you know, kind
Speaker 1: of sharing his story, and I told him this, and
Speaker 1: I mean it sincerely. With what that show is, it's
Speaker 1: a new I mean, it's a resource for people. It's news, traffic, weather,
Speaker 1: and really you can just put your own flavor in
Speaker 1: seasoning and between, but you really don't get a whole
Speaker 1: lot of latitude, a lot of range to really get creative.
Speaker 1: And I guess you can. You can do that, you
Speaker 1: just don't have a lot of time, because again, there's
Speaker 1: things built into the show that will always be that
Speaker 1: people rely on, like traffic, weather, news, those kind of things.
Speaker 1: But in the last couple of weeks, as Tony's made
Speaker 1: his retirement public and it's been a nice send off
Speaker 1: for him, he's talked a lot about himself and his story,
Speaker 1: and I feel like listeners probably connected with him more
Speaker 1: so in the last couple of weeks than they maybe
Speaker 1: ever have, and I just I wanted to tell him
Speaker 1: that that's been great for me to hear. I could
Speaker 1: listen to him tell these stories all day and I'm
Speaker 1: sure listeners appreciate it too. And it hit me about
Speaker 1: fifteen minutes later after I texted who I thought was
Speaker 1: Tony Cruz. So this was the ultimate goof and now
Speaker 1: that I'm talking about it, many many hours later, it
Speaker 1: was a real dumb ass move on my part, and
Speaker 1: it's harmless. I'm glad it was. I'm glad it worked
Speaker 1: out the way that it did, but I have a
Speaker 1: friend whose name is Derek Cruse, and he's a good
Speaker 1: friend whom min I've known him for a long time.
Speaker 1: He's actually the high school football coach where we grew
Speaker 1: up in North Bullet And he is in my phone
Speaker 1: as Cruise and Tony Cruise is in my phone as
Speaker 1: Tea Cruise. So I'm driving doing talk to text by
Speaker 1: the way, which I'm not sure if that is Could
Speaker 1: I get canceled for that? Is that safe? I think
Speaker 1: they invented that technology so people aren't texting on their
Speaker 1: phone when they're driving. But anyhow, I'm you know, and
Speaker 1: anytime I do talk to text, I realized I should
Speaker 1: not do that as much because then if I send
Speaker 1: it to somebody, it's like I wrote a novel. I mean,
Speaker 1: you know, makes sense. I talk a lot. That's what
Speaker 1: I do. It's I'm a radio host. But anyways, it
Speaker 1: was a very heartfelt message and I can't tell maybe
Speaker 1: I was too embarrassed to ask, But my friend Derek
Speaker 1: kind of played along with me for a minute, and
Speaker 1: I'm of the belief that he knew that I sent
Speaker 1: it to the wrong Cruise. I believe that he knew
Speaker 1: and he just was having fun with me, but also
Speaker 1: you know, I do think the world of him, and
Speaker 1: I don't know if I don't know if I would
Speaker 1: have said the same things to to Coach Cruise as
Speaker 1: I did Tony Cruse, but both great guys. But that,
Speaker 1: you know, a heavy day of emotions to get started
Speaker 1: me having a ultimate me moment. It kind of calmed
Speaker 1: me a little bit. So I'm sure that's not the
Speaker 1: only stupid thing I'll do today, and I'm sure it's
Speaker 1: not the only thing I've done up to this point.
Speaker 1: But yeah, that was that was how my day started,
Speaker 1: and I already got a goof out of the way,
Speaker 1: so I've been a little bit more comfortable. And when
Speaker 1: it comes to just emotions that that that I really
Speaker 1: I was telling my wife this earlier, and I'm sure
Speaker 1: she's tired of hearing me talk about it. I'm sure
Speaker 1: you guys over the years, non plus years have thought, Man,
Speaker 1: this guy talks a lot. He's repetitive. Does he ever
Speaker 1: shut up? I mean, she lives with me, and she's, uh,
Speaker 1: you know, she's I'm the host. She can't turn the
Speaker 1: station to unless she just you know, shuts the door
Speaker 1: in my face and tells me to shut up what
Speaker 1: she doesn't do. She's great. But anyways, I'm a talker,
Speaker 1: but I haven't you know, anytime. I thought about throughout
Speaker 1: today and even yesterday to an extent, about sort of
Speaker 1: what I wanted today to be and how I was
Speaker 1: gonna balance having fun doing what I love doing every
Speaker 1: single day, but also really using the time I have
Speaker 1: left here on the station to let everybody know how
Speaker 1: grateful I am of one that I got the chance
Speaker 1: to do this and those that joined us along the way.
Speaker 1: So trying to find that comfortable balance is difficult, and
Speaker 1: I'm going to try my best to do it, and
Speaker 1: if not, you know, it's okay. The show will be
Speaker 1: over after today, so you know, not you can do
Speaker 1: about it after that point. But when I thought about
Speaker 1: sort of how I wanted to balance that, and I
Speaker 1: thought about the emotional side, without any real indicator internally,
Speaker 1: I just I lost it. I would get I would cry,
Speaker 1: not like a baby, not like a you know, wouldn't
Speaker 1: as if I was boohooing to a crazy extent. But
Speaker 1: it was the first time really that I can think
Speaker 1: that I didn't feel it coming, and it just it
Speaker 1: just happened. I started crying and I'm hopeful that that
Speaker 1: got it out of the system to where that won't
Speaker 1: that won't take place today and we can get you know,
Speaker 1: we can get that out of the way, and I'm
Speaker 1: hopeful that that's what ends up happening. But I mean,
Speaker 1: I any time I've ever and I'm not somebody all
Speaker 1: I'm not someone that it is in any way afraid
Speaker 1: of being emotional. I mean, I'm not somebody that is
Speaker 1: super emotional, but I'm not I'm not a guy or
Speaker 1: man that is uncomfortable expressing emotion or sharing that I
Speaker 1: do express emotion. So usually, you know, I can feel
Speaker 1: when that's about to happen. Usually, you know, you try
Speaker 1: to fight it and then it just happens. But today
Speaker 1: it was more so not even really thinking about it,
Speaker 1: and then you know, just start tearing up. And it's
Speaker 1: because I this is something that is fun for me.
Speaker 1: It is a job. I've never told the people that
Speaker 1: hired me that I would do this for free, but
Speaker 1: I think I kind of would. I'd have to find
Speaker 1: a way to make ends me, you know, I'd have
Speaker 1: to have to figure something out, but I'd love doing
Speaker 1: this and I'm so lucky to be able to do
Speaker 1: something that I love, and when you're in that position,
Speaker 1: I guess for me, I can't speak for anybody else,
Speaker 1: but I suppose if to make it make sense for me,
Speaker 1: you don't really you know, you're in the moment. It's
Speaker 1: there's not emotion, there's you know, there's stress that comes
Speaker 1: with it. You know. Obviously if I would if I
Speaker 1: if I was terrible at this, I wouldn't still be
Speaker 1: able to do it. And it was a different world
Speaker 1: whenever it became what I do, meaning I didn't have
Speaker 1: another job, I didn't have any other income. This is
Speaker 1: this is my life and it better work or I'm
Speaker 1: gonna have to figure something else out. And obviously I
Speaker 1: would be devastated if I gave this a shot and
Speaker 1: it didn't work out, And who knows what the future holds.
Speaker 1: But to be able to say that I've been able
Speaker 1: to do this as long as I have is something
Speaker 1: that's still saying it out loud just doesn't seem real.
Speaker 1: But it's been real, and it's been it's been a
Speaker 1: lot of fun. But I think because of the nature
Speaker 1: of what this is, trying not to take myself too
Speaker 1: serious on the air, Clearly self deprecation is a big
Speaker 1: part of my game, and I think because of that,
Speaker 1: when I do get to that point where I'm reflecting
Speaker 1: and realizing, oh wow, it's ending, that's when it becomes emotional.
Speaker 1: So anyways, we'll take you up till six o'clock. How
Speaker 1: many times have I said that? In the last few years.
Speaker 1: I used to say take you up till ten am
Speaker 1: or three o'clock, But we'll go till six and then
Speaker 1: that's That'll be it. This is the last dance and
Speaker 1: we've got many guests going to join us throughout today,
Speaker 1: although there's a couple that I did tell them, like,
Speaker 1: you don't you know, if you feel like you're doing
Speaker 1: this just because you feel like, you know, you need to.
Speaker 1: Like it's a Friday, people probably want to be out,
Speaker 1: you know, hitting a happy hour or something. So if
Speaker 1: you're listening now and you're on the schedule and like
Speaker 1: you don't want to do it, let me know. I
Speaker 1: hope that doesn't happen, but we'll see and trust me,
Speaker 1: there'll be no hard feelings. So and then back to
Speaker 1: the balance, right, trying to find the balance. I do
Speaker 1: want to talk about some things that are worth talking
Speaker 1: about on a sports talk show In this market because
Speaker 1: that's what I've always done, That's what I like doing.
Speaker 1: In fact, who am I gonna talk? I mean, I'm
Speaker 1: gonna talk sports on has, but not to the extent
Speaker 1: that we do here, and certainly not the same kind
Speaker 1: of show. So I gotta find a way to to
Speaker 1: get my fix at some point. But anyways, there are
Speaker 1: a lot of things. I mean, last night and be
Speaker 1: a playoffs, the Pacers just completely laid an egg, and
Speaker 1: I'm not worried like that. They're in big trouble here,
Speaker 1: but I don't want to go back to New York,
Speaker 1: and I don't think Tyrese Haliburton wanted to be in
Speaker 1: New York last night. Yikes. I don't know how somebody
Speaker 1: can be so good the game prior talk about an
Speaker 1: old time performance that you just don't see very often.
Speaker 1: In fact, I think that's exactly what it was. I
Speaker 1: think the numbers he put up, the triple double with
Speaker 1: zero turnovers, I think that was the first time anybody
Speaker 1: had put together that type of triple double. And then
Speaker 1: last night eight points didn't even look like he was
Speaker 1: If you just watched that game last night, you would
Speaker 1: not believe that he had thirty plus points, fifteen plus assists,
Speaker 1: ten plus rebounds, five threes, made zero turnovers the game
Speaker 1: prior because he just wasn't engaged enough. And look, guys
Speaker 1: have bad games, it happens, but superstars have bad games
Speaker 1: with a lot of shot attempts. And he's a guy
Speaker 1: that does distribute and it's been a big factor in
Speaker 1: the pac for success this year. But I hope that
Speaker 1: he's not getting tight as this moment is here, because
Speaker 1: now they've got a chance to close this at tomorrow,
Speaker 1: which I believe they will because I think they're the
Speaker 1: better team. But man, going back to Indy, I'm sorry,
Speaker 1: going back to New York for a game seven would
Speaker 1: not be an ideal situation. And yes, they were there
Speaker 1: last year in the same spot, game seven to either
Speaker 1: continue your season or go home, and they prevailed, but
Speaker 1: I wouldn't feel as confident about that this time around,
Speaker 1: So we can get to that. Also, how about this,
Speaker 1: this is very fitting. I can tell you how much
Speaker 1: I hate the nc DOUBLEA on my last day doing
Speaker 1: sports talk, because they are going to expand the NCUBA tournament,
Speaker 1: which is not necessary. In fact, it didn't need to
Speaker 1: be expanded to sixty eight. But they're gonna do it.
Speaker 1: I'll still watch, I'll still love it because I'm not
Speaker 1: sure anybody could do anything when it comes to college
Speaker 1: basketball that would make me not want to watch, and
Speaker 1: you know I love it. It's you know, I'm not
Speaker 1: the only one. Clearly, we are really passionate about college
Speaker 1: hoops around here, but expanding all the tournaments and postseasons
Speaker 1: and every sport at every level is really not necessary.
Speaker 1: But when it comes to college sports as well as pros,
Speaker 1: it's another way to make a lot of money. And
Speaker 1: least I checked, that's a big factor people like making
Speaker 1: a lot of money. Speaking of college basketball, can I
Speaker 1: do and I told you so because I've never been
Speaker 1: and I told you so, guy, Unless I can be
Speaker 1: and I told you so guy, which is rare. But
Speaker 1: it does make me feel good knowing that something I've
Speaker 1: been screaming, not angry but just happy is now being
Speaker 1: talked about. I feel like more than it ever has,
Speaker 1: and that is that there is no question that the
Speaker 1: new world of college athletics, with players getting paid within
Speaker 1: il you essentially have free agency because of the transfer portal,
Speaker 1: there's no doubt that college basketball is benefit from that
Speaker 1: in every way, and because of all the guys that
Speaker 1: decided to come back this year, remove their name from
Speaker 1: the draft, and really there really aren't that many that
Speaker 1: turned down an opportunity to be like a top pick.
Speaker 1: There was a kid from Alabama that I believe was
Speaker 1: expected to be a first rounder. He decided to come back,
Speaker 1: and it's because he can go to the NBA next
Speaker 1: year and he'll make plenty of money in college. And
Speaker 1: I think a lot of people would do the same thing.
Speaker 1: So to me, it's been evident, and I love it
Speaker 1: because I was worried about college basketball for a long
Speaker 1: time because it just didn't It didn't it was no
Speaker 1: longer worthwhile for high level college players who have no
Speaker 1: future in the NBA. Right, you've got two years in
Speaker 1: it's quite clear you can still play college hoops and
Speaker 1: you're a decent player, but you're not going to the NBA. Well,
Speaker 1: in the previous world, you just have to sit back
Speaker 1: and you know, you were living a good lifestyle. You
Speaker 1: had a scholarship, you had a room and board, you
Speaker 1: had your stipend. I mean, you were not going without.
Speaker 1: But you're also wasting years where you could actually be
Speaker 1: playing professionally and making legitimate money. And now I mean,
Speaker 1: guys who you just know we're not gonna go to
Speaker 1: the NBA were bypassing college because they they're content with
Speaker 1: going and playing in Europe or whatever. And now you
Speaker 1: got guys turning down the NBA to stay in college.
Speaker 1: And I mean the product is better. Selfishly, I think
Speaker 1: it's great for fans because programs like Louisville, Kentucky and
Speaker 1: even Indiana, there are gonna be many, if any seasons
Speaker 1: where you are on you're on the outside looking in
Speaker 1: as far as those who were able to benefit from
Speaker 1: this whole situation, So again, we got a lot to
Speaker 1: get into. Of course, the SEC really more than anything,
Speaker 1: I think it's just Greg Sankie. Obviously, I wouldn't be
Speaker 1: shocked if the coaches feel the same way. But this
Speaker 1: is the first time I can't really tell if Greg
Speaker 1: Sanki completely locks awareness or just doesn't care. Part of
Speaker 1: me says he knows what he's doing, and he's able
Speaker 1: to He's able to just operate in his own world
Speaker 1: with that delusion and enough people will believe him and
Speaker 1: run with it. He's really good at a job. But
Speaker 1: the extent that the SEC is going to try to
Speaker 1: prove that what happened in previous seasons, maybe you know
Speaker 1: thirty seasons ago, two seasons ago should be a factor
Speaker 1: in how you get to the college football playoff is
Speaker 1: really really stupid, meaning none of that matters. I mean again,
Speaker 1: it's crazy hypothetical. Throughout there, we all know the SEC
Speaker 1: is not going anywhere in football. In fact, they may
Speaker 1: be more dominant in years to come. But that shouldn't
Speaker 1: that shouldn't You should never walk into automatic spots that
Speaker 1: give you a chance to play for a national championship
Speaker 1: before you've played a game. I mean, say it out loud.
Speaker 1: It's really really stupid. So anyways, quick break, we'll come back.
Speaker 1: On the other side, our first guest will join us,
Speaker 1: and he's somebody I think the world of. I'm a
Speaker 1: huge fan of his and it's been great bringing him
Speaker 1: on the show in recent years, to to get his
Speaker 1: to get his knowledge, to get his takes, because it's
Speaker 1: not something you typically get a lot of in his gig,
Speaker 1: but I'd pay to get it because he's that good.
Speaker 1: He's awesome. And you'll find out who it is on
Speaker 1: the other side. I'll let you know. Also we will Well,
Speaker 1: I was gonna say I'm already. I'm already stumbling spinning
Speaker 1: my wheels here. I was gonna say, you could take
Speaker 1: us with you wherever you go. Listen live on the
Speaker 1: out Radio. I've also listened live at seven ninety Louisville
Speaker 1: dot Com and let's finish strong. It's Coffee and Company,
Speaker 1: the Last, the last edition. Feel about Thornton's right here
Speaker 1: on Sports Talk seven ninety on my last show here
Speaker 1: at Sports Talk seven ninety. I'm doing something for the
Speaker 1: first time, and it's kind of exciting. I've not let
Speaker 1: anybody as far as listeners know who who is going
Speaker 1: to be joining us. I kind of like the anticipation,
Speaker 1: and you're in for a real treat here. Because I'm
Speaker 1: a huge fan of this guy. I know you guys
Speaker 1: have to be as well. Seen him on television talking
Speaker 1: sports for a long time, and he's been on this
Speaker 1: show pretty regularly over the last couple of years, and
Speaker 1: I've really enjoyed it. It is mister Kent, Spencer Kent,
Speaker 1: You've had a lot of honors in your career. Where
Speaker 1: does this one rank? Being able to say you're on
Speaker 1: the Sindhoff edition of Coffee and Company. It's got to
Speaker 1: be up there. Pretty High.
Speaker 2: I mean, honestly, I'll probably just above the birth of
Speaker 2: every one of my kids.
Speaker 1: That's fair.
Speaker 3: This one is this one right here for me, it's fair.
Speaker 3: I get it. Let me, let me just start.
Speaker 2: I just want to say this. I want to get
Speaker 2: it off by chest before we get before we get
Speaker 2: rocking and rolling, strutting strolling. First off, I am so
Speaker 2: happy for you, and I know that today is a
Speaker 2: little bittersweet, but you're going You're going into something that's
Speaker 2: so exciting. And I can only imagine because the seat
Speaker 2: that you're going into is such a such a coveted
Speaker 2: position around here and has been so for a long time.
Speaker 2: Could you imagine when you were growing up and you
Speaker 2: were at North Bullet High School that if somebody said,
Speaker 2: you know what, at some point you're going to be
Speaker 2: in that seat and and that's gonna be your gig,
Speaker 2: and you're and and that's and somebody they wanted you
Speaker 2: in that seat, it would probably be like maybe too
Speaker 2: far for you to even imagine that. But I'm I'm
Speaker 2: super super pumped for you, buddy, and I'm super happy
Speaker 2: for you.
Speaker 3: I think it's I think it's awesome.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: Man. That does.
Speaker 1: That means a lot, and it's something that that I
Speaker 1: really can't I don't think i've been If somebody asked me,
Speaker 1: have you processed sort of what it is, I don't know.
Speaker 1: I don't think I have because I don't know that
Speaker 1: you can. I think you kind of just roll with it.
Speaker 1: And uh, I was chatting with Terry Miners before his
Speaker 1: show today and recorded something that he's going to play,
Speaker 1: and I guess I just better not screw this up.
Speaker 1: It's a pretty big deal and I am honored in
Speaker 1: in a big, big way. And and that is something
Speaker 1: that I haven't talked about a lot on this show,
Speaker 1: but yeah, to hear that there have been such few
Speaker 1: people that have been able to have that position over
Speaker 1: a long long time, long before you and I were around,
Speaker 1: long before our parents were. It's an opportunity that I'm
Speaker 1: certainly appreciative of and I'm going to make the most
Speaker 1: of it. That's certainly what I'm going to try to do.
Speaker 1: But I want to I want to fan out a
Speaker 1: little bit with you, Ken, because I remember listening to
Speaker 1: this station before I got hired long ago. So it's
Speaker 1: been over nine years and you were on with the
Speaker 1: Dogs The Afternoon of Dogs pretty regularly, and I don't
Speaker 1: remember that I got. I was gonna mention this, but
Speaker 1: I may get it wrong. I think did they call
Speaker 1: you the wrong Kent? Was it Jennings or Benetti that
Speaker 1: referred to you as Kent Taylor or vice versa, because
Speaker 1: he was a real contentious thing.
Speaker 2: Yeah, well it always is and it's still let me
Speaker 2: tell you something, it is still to this day still
Speaker 2: be Yeah, Pete, Well people call me Kent Taylor. I
Speaker 2: mean they're they're just dead to me. Yeah, I get,
Speaker 2: and I always mention it. I always mentioned it.
Speaker 3: You know, that's not Kent Taylor, that's John Taylor.
Speaker 1: Yep, that's right. I remember that happening, and I remember
Speaker 1: at the time, I was working a different job, and
Speaker 1: I you know, at the time, I was never of
Speaker 1: the belief I would ever have a chance to even
Speaker 1: to do anything like this. But I remember noticing that
Speaker 1: your your interviews with those guys, it's just a different
Speaker 1: style than what you do on television. It's it's a
Speaker 1: different thing. And I got a chance to hear you
Speaker 1: that I in a way that I don't that I
Speaker 1: don't hear you on TV. And you're great on TV.
Speaker 1: But as you know, it's just a different it's a
Speaker 1: different thing. You don't have a whole lot of time
Speaker 1: to share a lot of opinions, and that's really not
Speaker 1: typically what that is. But once I got the gig
Speaker 1: here and moved to afternoons, I wanted to bring you
Speaker 1: in because I feel like you are, first of all,
Speaker 1: your your former athlete, yourself, you know sports, your professional
Speaker 1: You do have what I think are good opinions that
Speaker 1: that that you know people would enjoy hearing. That's why
Speaker 1: I love having you on. You've been a great asset
Speaker 1: to the show when we when we've done it. But
Speaker 1: I guess my question is what did when you got
Speaker 1: into the industry that you're in now, and you've been
Speaker 1: you've been at it for a long long time. Did
Speaker 1: did you always want to do that? Were you considering
Speaker 1: different I guess, different mediums when it comes to sports coverage,
Speaker 1: sports broadcasting, sports television? Did you always want to be
Speaker 1: the guy where you are now? Did you do stuff differently?
Speaker 1: I'm just again, I'm fanning out here on my last
Speaker 1: show with with with Ken Spencer here.
Speaker 2: Yeah, honestly, like when I got number one, I think
Speaker 2: I got the bug to go into this profession.
Speaker 3: When I was in high school, we had a like.
Speaker 4: Just a communications one communications two class, and so I
Speaker 4: took all of that and I just enjoyed the work, right,
Speaker 4: and so I didn't really know exactly what what avenue.
Speaker 3: That it would be.
Speaker 2: And then when I went to when I went to
Speaker 2: Borehead State, we had a news.
Speaker 1: Center football team, by the way, yeah, and I and
Speaker 1: I got.
Speaker 2: To dabble in things that in the spring semester, like
Speaker 2: I got to I got to do sports, I got
Speaker 2: to do news that, you know, just a bunch of
Speaker 2: different things. And once again, like I really liked it.
Speaker 2: But when I got when I got out, like I
Speaker 2: went in just to like strictly news, I wasn't in
Speaker 2: sports at all. Uh. Some of that was just because
Speaker 2: I thought there were way more opportunities and news, which
Speaker 2: by the way, there are.
Speaker 3: Yeah, but that's that's the avenue that that I wanted
Speaker 3: to go.
Speaker 2: And then you know what, some point, because of my
Speaker 2: background and kind of my knowledge, everybody that I worked
Speaker 2: for was like, hey, would you would you be interested
Speaker 2: in this? And so that you know, I kind of
Speaker 2: slowly started to gravitate towards that and then you know,
Speaker 2: when I got there to be honest, like, I love
Speaker 2: I love all aspects of it, right, Like I love
Speaker 2: to have fun on air when it's time to have
Speaker 2: fun on air, and when there's time to you know,
Speaker 2: be serious and there's in and you know, the stories
Speaker 2: are serious, and yeah, that's that, that's what needs to happen.
Speaker 1: Yeah, you're a pro when it's necessary. Not that you're
Speaker 1: not a pro with you're having fun, but I know
Speaker 1: exactly what you mean.
Speaker 2: Yeah, but I love I love to do it all
Speaker 2: and I just want people if it's if it's a
Speaker 2: lighthearted day, then then man, let's have a good time.
Speaker 2: And I want people at home to feel like they're
Speaker 2: they're having a good time. But and you're right on
Speaker 2: TV for the you know, for for all of it,
Speaker 2: you're just being you know, like I got you know,
Speaker 2: at six o'clock tonight, I got two minutes and forty
Speaker 2: five five seconds. So I gotta whatever it is, I
Speaker 2: gotta smash through. We're only really dealing with the facts there.
Speaker 2: So I love opportunities in this form to be able
Speaker 2: to just shoot the breeze.
Speaker 1: And that's why we like that leads to that's why
Speaker 1: I asked the question because I feel like, I mean,
Speaker 1: there's got to be I mean again, it's just a
Speaker 1: it's a different thing, and and you're good at it,
Speaker 1: and I you know, obviously you're doing really well where
Speaker 1: you are, and I'm sure you're not looking to have
Speaker 1: a new career doing something else. But that's the reason
Speaker 1: I asked the question, because I you know, you're When
Speaker 1: it comes to just shooting the breeze, I mean, it's
Speaker 1: it's it's very enjoyable and uh, you know you've been
Speaker 1: You've been a real asset to the show. Now let
Speaker 1: me ask you this, when it comes to the news
Speaker 1: side of it, did you feel I mean again, you're
Speaker 1: you're always a pro, but did it seem a little
Speaker 1: less like work when it was sports because that's a
Speaker 1: big part of your life growing up, If that makes sense.
Speaker 2: Yeah, I always I always thought of it this way too.
Speaker 2: And then this is what I continue to say. Nine
Speaker 2: percent of the time when we show up for sports,
Speaker 2: people say us for being there, and they thank us
Speaker 2: for the coverage and they're very welcoming. Ninety percent when
Speaker 2: you show up for a news story, they look at
Speaker 2: you with a side eye and they're like, what are
Speaker 2: you doing here?
Speaker 3: What do you want?
Speaker 1: You know what I mean, like, oh, yeah, I wouldn't
Speaker 1: never thought of that, But I I'm not surprised at all.
Speaker 2: And and that's just that's just the nature of the beast.
Speaker 2: And so you know that that's that's a big difference
Speaker 2: in in the in the two aspects. Now, the one
Speaker 2: one of the things that really sealed the deal was
Speaker 2: I was working on a story. I had to I
Speaker 2: had to go out on a shoot and it was
Speaker 2: actually a shooting, and a firefighter was ended up ended
Speaker 2: up being shot and killed at this at this scene.
Speaker 2: And when you're in news, when you go to a
Speaker 2: shooting scene, you know most of the time when you
Speaker 2: get there, they've already got the suspect apprehended, like it
Speaker 2: is it, It's already done by the time that you
Speaker 2: get there. Well, in this one, I get out thinking
Speaker 2: that it's probably already an undone deal. And by the
Speaker 2: time we got there, we didn't even know any of
Speaker 2: the details what had happened or if anybody had been shot.
Speaker 2: We just knew there was a shooting. We roll up,
Speaker 2: we see a bunch of police cars. I come out
Speaker 2: and I just hear I see people hiding behind a tree,
Speaker 2: and then I heard a voice says, get the f down, wow,
Speaker 2: And then I heard boom, boom boom, And I went
Speaker 2: down underneath a thing, and I hear the bullets over
Speaker 2: top of the head. The next day, they actually asked
Speaker 2: me if I would be the weekend sports aaker, and
Speaker 2: I said, yes, absolutely.
Speaker 3: I'm in.
Speaker 2: So you know, it's fun, it's not, you know, it's
Speaker 2: just weird how things can kind of transpire in your
Speaker 2: life and lead you into a certain direction.
Speaker 1: In that situation, I'm sure as well as others during
Speaker 1: your time in news that's not sports related, it probably
Speaker 1: puts you in a better spot to just dive into sports.
Speaker 1: And you know it was always probably going to come
Speaker 1: natural to you. But you know, what you just described
Speaker 1: as scary as hell a lot different than when you
Speaker 1: show up to Trinity High School to cover high school football,
Speaker 1: because one, you probably enjoy doing that. Also, as you mentioned,
Speaker 1: there's there's appreciation for the coverage, especially for local That's
Speaker 1: something that I've really really noticed in recent years is
Speaker 1: that you know, when there is local coverage still and
Speaker 1: there is and there should be for local high schools
Speaker 1: and whatnot, it's it's it's a service to the community.
Speaker 1: And that's actually now a big part of what you know,
Speaker 1: what eight forty whas is, and it'll be kind of
Speaker 1: part of of what I do. Now. Another question I
Speaker 1: have for you when it comes to all the the
Speaker 1: Derby's college basketball is king here as far as our
Speaker 1: market there, it's not necessarily positive news if you're a
Speaker 1: Louisville fan, but man, there's a lot of crazy stories
Speaker 1: that come from u of L. But that has been
Speaker 1: a part of coverage for you in the time you've
Speaker 1: been in Kentucky and you know, forced to say what
Speaker 1: in the moment at that time, felt like this is
Speaker 1: one of the biggest stories I'll ever cover.
Speaker 3: The dilho but I'll lead it's a good one.
Speaker 1: Yeah, not that that's a good thing that happened. That
Speaker 1: you could feel that every eyeball in the world seemed
Speaker 1: to be on Loivell when that was going on.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and and and not only was that a big thing,
Speaker 2: so you know, it was always such a big thing.
Speaker 2: And and we had so many corporate leaders from our
Speaker 2: the company that owned us at the time, the station
Speaker 2: that came in for that because it was you know,
Speaker 2: it was such a it was such a massive story.
Speaker 2: And I remember on the day of the funeral, I
Speaker 2: was on the new set that day for eight straight hours,
Speaker 2: and it was it was myself, it was Doug Prophet,
Speaker 2: it was Rachel Platt, it was Renee Murphy was out there,
Speaker 2: and then we just had just a string of guests
Speaker 2: that came and joined us on the set, and you know,
Speaker 2: we were on there for eight straight hours and we
Speaker 2: had the entire you know, procession through town that that
Speaker 2: we had and some time, to be quite honest with you,
Speaker 2: like it was that was that was big stuff. That
Speaker 2: was pretty heavy stuff and and extremely emotional for just
Speaker 2: you know, our entire city here. But that was the
Speaker 2: biggest story I think that I've ever been a part of.
Speaker 3: And it's probably not even.
Speaker 2: Close, to be quite honest with you, just because of what,
Speaker 2: you know, who he was, what he meant to this city,
Speaker 2: and there was a finality of it all.
Speaker 1: And another aspect of that is if you are someone
Speaker 1: and there's millions I'm sure that were interested in just
Speaker 1: following along the celebration of life and just the coverage
Speaker 1: of him passing such a legendary human being in Muhammad Ali,
Speaker 1: there's probably plenty that we're seeking out. I want to
Speaker 1: hear and see what the reaction is in his hometown
Speaker 1: where he clearly made it a huge part of his brand,
Speaker 1: his entire life. I mean, and a lot of people
Speaker 1: across the planet, if they know of Louisville and they're
Speaker 1: not and they're not, you know, from this country, they
Speaker 1: probably think louis of slugger, they think Mouhammad Ali. And
Speaker 1: I remember, Actually, I'll be honestly, I was gonna lie.
Speaker 1: I remember it, and it was it was clearly a
Speaker 1: big deal, but I think I was too young, can't
Speaker 1: even kind of realize what was actually happening. I knew
Speaker 1: it was a big deal, but just to the reach
Speaker 1: you can get when something like that happens, and clearly
Speaker 1: the story is connected to in Louisville, where he's from,
Speaker 1: and his celebration of life. So all right, can't one
Speaker 1: more thing? I wanted to say, you should start a podcast,
Speaker 1: because I'm not kidding you. Some of the guys who
Speaker 1: do TV on sports, some of the guys who do
Speaker 1: sports television are I would. I would be loyal listener.
Speaker 1: Like friends I've made over the years, and there have
Speaker 1: been many people that that I've got to know. But
Speaker 1: as far as guests that I would bring on the show,
Speaker 1: because like I thought, they really brought they helped me out.
Speaker 1: They were helping me with the show. At you my
Speaker 1: buddy Dan Kobe, who used to be here in the market,
Speaker 1: Love my buddy John Lewis, Like these are people that
Speaker 1: I got to hear aside and just you know, shoot,
Speaker 1: shoot the breeze and talk sports in a different way
Speaker 1: from television. So if you ever want to start a podcast,
Speaker 1: you and you should do it with your son. He
Speaker 1: can talk. You all can talk wrestling, talk local sports.
Speaker 1: And I don't know how many listeners you had. I'm
Speaker 1: sure you'd have many, but I would certainly be one
Speaker 1: of them.
Speaker 2: Well, let me tell you something. If I did it
Speaker 2: with my seven year old son, the only thing that
Speaker 2: he would.
Speaker 3: Want to say over and over his yeek.
Speaker 1: Oh my goodness, that's that's his favorite thing.
Speaker 2: In fact, we did go to Monday Night Raw when
Speaker 2: it was at the Young Center. I saw that and
Speaker 2: it was let's just say, big boy had a big time.
Speaker 2: But man a, thank you so much for having me
Speaker 2: on over the years. Thank you, congratulations on the get.
Speaker 2: I could not be more thrilled I'm so I'm so
Speaker 2: locked in on the adventures of Moose and that sweet
Speaker 2: baby angel girl of yours.
Speaker 1: Yep, thank you so much. Ken. I really appreciate you
Speaker 1: and appreciate all the coin words, and I won't be
Speaker 1: a stranger. And I hope you're okay with that. Take
Speaker 1: care brother, Thank you so much.
Speaker 2: Absolutely be good.
Speaker 1: All right, that's Ken Spencer from WHS eleven. How about that.
Speaker 1: I told him I was good fan out and I
Speaker 1: kind of did. All right, let's get to a quick break. Actually,
Speaker 1: I don't know how quick it's going to be, but
Speaker 1: we have a break coming up. And if anything, I'm
Speaker 1: consistent I didn't manage the clock very well, so we're
Speaker 1: kind of up against it here.
Speaker 3: We do.
Speaker 1: This may work out well because the guest that is
Speaker 1: set to come on did have a tight window. We
Speaker 1: may have gone past said window, so this is a benefit.
Speaker 1: Another thing if and by the way, I'll tell you
Speaker 1: who it is if he doesn't come on, just because
Speaker 1: you know, it's not some big deal, but this person,
Speaker 1: if he's able to join us for the brief segment
Speaker 1: we have to close out the show. He's the first
Speaker 1: ever guest that I had on a show. That I
Speaker 1: had here at seven ninety nine plus years ago, and
Speaker 1: some of you longtime loyal listeners may know who it is.
Speaker 1: If not, stick around you'll find out one way or
Speaker 1: the other he's here or not. I'll let you know.
Speaker 1: It's Coffee and Company. Feel about Thorton's right here on
Speaker 1: Sports Talk seven ninety. I'm telling you I learned something
Speaker 1: new on my very last show here at Sports Talk
Speaker 1: seven ninety. This is I mean, I would have run
Speaker 1: out of suspenseful guests to bring on, but I like
Speaker 1: not letting anybody know who's actually next up to join
Speaker 1: us on the show. I didn't really even plan on
Speaker 1: doing that until the show started. I was like, why not?
Speaker 1: But anyways, this guy, you know him, and he he's
Speaker 1: actually been a part of our trivia contests over the years.
Speaker 1: Because the question has come up, who was the first
Speaker 1: ever guest on on my show? And it was a
Speaker 1: long time ago, so you probably don't remember. If you're
Speaker 1: you may not remember it all because it was a
Speaker 1: long time ago. He probably didn't even know it. It
Speaker 1: should be on his resume, but it's Jeff Greer, formerly
Speaker 1: of the Courier Journal of the Athletic uh Low CITYFC
Speaker 1: and Racing Louisville. Now he's the VP of Communications at
Speaker 1: Gotham's Gotham FC. He's up in the big Apple. It
Speaker 1: is Jeff Greer. Jeff, how are we doing, sir?
Speaker 5: I'm doing great, Nick. I actually I had a personal
Speaker 5: award made up for that appearance. I don't know if
Speaker 5: you knew this. I have, like it's like a shield.
Speaker 5: It's got the family crest on it, and it's got
Speaker 5: your show logo.
Speaker 3: And it's like on my mantle at my house.
Speaker 1: Don't be afraid, and I can do it if you want.
Speaker 1: Maybe let the brass at Gotham FC know they'll think
Speaker 1: even more highly about you and feel better about about
Speaker 1: hiring you. But Jeff, you may not even remember this,
Speaker 1: but you actually came on the show before we went live.
Speaker 1: This was long ago, and it's been so long since
Speaker 1: this happened, and a lot of things run together. But
Speaker 1: I asked my old boss this earlier today. Did we
Speaker 1: do this? Because I think we did, and he said, yes,
Speaker 1: we did. We did a mock show, which, now that
Speaker 1: I've done this as long as I have, that's a
Speaker 1: really stupid thing to do. I don't know if i'd
Speaker 1: be able to do a show knowing that it's to nobody,
Speaker 1: it's just to one person evaluating. But I did a
Speaker 1: mock interview with you and then asked you the next week,
Speaker 1: can we do that same thing again? And you came on.
Speaker 1: And when I knew that you were my guy was
Speaker 1: not only with your great coverage of UFL sports and
Speaker 1: really everything, but you're my Seinfeld guy and I and
Speaker 1: we we connect in that way. And I don't mean
Speaker 1: just you and I, but those who are really lifers,
Speaker 1: that are that are in the game, the Seinfeld game
Speaker 1: that will defend the series at all costs and continue
Speaker 1: to maintain it's the best show of all time. So
Speaker 1: you and I have talked Sonfeld over the years. I
Speaker 1: don't know if I've ever asked you this. I'll start
Speaker 1: a two part question. I'll start with the first one.
Speaker 1: Is there an episode? Because I don't I can't answer this.
Speaker 1: I think there's just too difficult, But is there an
Speaker 1: episode that you think is superior to all the others?
Speaker 1: Oh my god, it's impossible, right.
Speaker 5: Uh yeah, I mean this is this is probably uh
Speaker 5: sad to admit publicly, but I mean I watch Seinfeld
Speaker 5: every single night as I'm falling asleep.
Speaker 3: It's the last thing I do every.
Speaker 1: Single day, which is it makes you feel comfortable, right,
Speaker 1: I'm with you. Yeah, this help.
Speaker 5: I helped them fall asleep. I I would say the
Speaker 5: contest is always just like, every single line is so good.
Speaker 5: Obviously I probably shouldn't get into too much of the
Speaker 5: plot details on a on a family on a family show,
Speaker 5: but but uh, but that's one of my all time favorites.
Speaker 5: That's very high up there. And then of course, I mean, look,
Speaker 5: the soup Nazi is everybody's favorite. The marine biologist with
Speaker 5: the hole in one and the in the blowhole of
Speaker 5: the whale. I mean, there's just too many. There's too
Speaker 5: many to count. But if I had to pick one,
Speaker 5: I'd say the contest.
Speaker 1: This this uh, this is a question that I I
Speaker 1: ask others who are who like us that are that
Speaker 1: are lifers in the game. And it's really a trick
Speaker 1: question because I'm maintained. Again, you could feel differently. But
Speaker 1: if you had to remove any of the characters of
Speaker 1: the main four, the core four, I don't think the
Speaker 1: show would be as successful. So you know, if you
Speaker 1: had a lot of people say Elaine, Elaine is so
Speaker 1: much more important to that show than she ever gets
Speaker 1: credit for. And she's, by the way, still the most successful,
Speaker 1: at least currently it seems as of now. Not that
Speaker 1: the others aren't, you know, doing well, but like that's
Speaker 1: an impossible question, right, Like they all serve a very
Speaker 1: big role for it all being a magical, magical show.
Speaker 2: Yeah, you can't.
Speaker 5: You can't remove any of them.
Speaker 3: And she has proven time and again now that she is.
Speaker 5: I mean, she is so funny. Veep is also one
Speaker 5: of my favorite shows.
Speaker 1: She's a legend.
Speaker 5: Yeah, I mean she's a legend and like, and you
Speaker 5: could even expand it beyond that, like, can you imagine
Speaker 5: Seinfeld without Jerry Stiller, No, you can't like it.
Speaker 3: He just like, you know, he made the show.
Speaker 5: Mister Costanza is is like, in my opinion, maybe the
Speaker 5: greatest supporting cast member in the history of television. Oh yeah,
Speaker 5: I mean he's really high up there. And Estelle Costanza
Speaker 5: is also hilarious. The actress I never can remember.
Speaker 1: Her name, but if you show me, if you show
Speaker 1: me Jerry Stiller highlights as if you know somebody's putting
Speaker 1: together an NBA edit for TikTok, I would then say, yeah,
Speaker 1: he's actually the best character of all time on the show.
Speaker 1: He's ahead of Jerry, He's ahead of George because he's
Speaker 1: I mean, he was electric And uh, now are you
Speaker 1: if you who's your like who brings you the most laughter?
Speaker 1: On Seinfeld?
Speaker 3: Because yeah, for sure, Frankstanz.
Speaker 1: What about the of the Core four? Because to me
Speaker 1: it's his son and it's not close. And the older
Speaker 1: I get, the more I realized the George Costanza is
Speaker 1: just he's I think it might be because I'm kind
Speaker 1: of him, which may not be a good thing, but
Speaker 1: you know, he he they're all great, but he to me,
Speaker 1: he's the best.
Speaker 5: I would that's a that's a tough player comp for you, now,
Speaker 5: I probably Kramer for me, just I enjoy the I
Speaker 5: enjoy it kind of the wild slapstick stuff.
Speaker 3: And just like the terrible ideas that he's my guy.
Speaker 5: I'm a big.
Speaker 1: He's unrelatable, but in a brilliant way.
Speaker 3: Right, yes, for sure?
Speaker 1: All right, last question for you, and I appreciate you
Speaker 1: making time for us here on short notice, and I'm
Speaker 1: sorry I was late. It's anything I'm consistent. I can't
Speaker 1: manage the clock very well. But you you've lived in Louisville.
Speaker 1: A couple of different times. We stole you, I believe,
Speaker 1: from Florida, and then I know you spent some time
Speaker 1: in the Northeast, went to school at Pittsburgh and all
Speaker 1: that you're now back in New York. Give me something
Speaker 1: that you will miss about Louisville when you're not here.
Speaker 1: I'm sure you're gonna come back and visit and whatnot,
Speaker 1: but in something that you know, like, tell us what
Speaker 1: we could do better as a city, Jeff, You've been
Speaker 1: a lot of places, and I know you love us,
Speaker 1: but like, what could we improve.
Speaker 5: At Oh, I'll be honest with you, Nick, And I've
Speaker 5: told there's you know, there's a common reaction in New
Speaker 5: York just about pretty much anywhere, and it's just kind
Speaker 5: of like, oh, you know, like, hey, there's not like
Speaker 5: you know, unless the people have been there, and then
Speaker 5: I'm like, oh, yeah, I really, but I mean I
Speaker 5: really enjoyed my time there. I know you've got a
Speaker 5: family too, like it's a great place to raise your kids.
Speaker 1: Yep, you know I I So one thing that I
Speaker 1: would say improve is just say potholes. It's an easy out.
Speaker 3: Potholes is an easy out.
Speaker 5: And also and I know you and I have talked
Speaker 5: about those one hundred times, like literally everything everything becomes UK.
Speaker 3: Versus UFL and it's just exhausting.
Speaker 1: I mean I could see it, absolute exhausting, especially if
Speaker 1: it doesn't consume you because you just like it's yeah,
Speaker 1: I get it. I totally get it.
Speaker 5: I'm with you, like, come on, man, but yeah, the
Speaker 5: pothole will go potholes.
Speaker 1: Yep, that's an easy out.
Speaker 5: It is also what makes it great, So it's kind
Speaker 5: of a it's a polar opposite type of thing.
Speaker 1: Jeff. You know, I appreciate you and I'm so happy
Speaker 1: for your success. Keep doing your thing up there with
Speaker 1: Gotham FC. I know you're super passionate about soccer and
Speaker 1: you've done a phenomenal job throughout your career. So thank
Speaker 1: you for making time. And congrats for being a part
Speaker 1: of this man, I mean, big deal for your resume, right,
Speaker 1: first ever guest and one of the and a guest
Speaker 1: on the last show ever.
Speaker 5: No, man, you're the one who deserves a congrats.
Speaker 2: This is super cool for you.
Speaker 5: I'm excited. You work as hard as anybody I know,
Speaker 5: and you know, I hope people recognize how hard you
Speaker 5: how hard you work because you.
Speaker 3: Are a treasurer for the city.
Speaker 5: So keep it up and I'll be following from Afar
Speaker 5: as always.
Speaker 1: Thank you, Jeff pre Chach prea Chach, you brother, stay well.
Speaker 5: All right, you two buddy, see take care.
Speaker 1: That is Jeff Greer, good stuff. I really just wanted
Speaker 1: to nerd out on Sinfield because he's my son Field brother.
Speaker 1: All right, let's let's let's do this. Let's take a
Speaker 1: take a time out. We'll come back at the four
Speaker 1: o'clock hour started. We've got two hours left and uh,
Speaker 1: let's let's make it count. I mean, I'm really sure
Speaker 1: what you guys can do when it comes to that,
Speaker 1: but I'm gonna make account. I'm gonna enjoy every second
Speaker 1: of this. So thank you all for hanging out with us.
Speaker 1: Don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here. On Sports
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