WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.400 --> 00:00:02.640 It is a filibustering time, or at least it was 2 00:00:02.720 --> 00:00:04.839 kind of sort of, And so I filibustered a bit 3 00:00:05.599 --> 00:00:08.839 man's properly hydrated William I don't know. Let's let's check 4 00:00:08.919 --> 00:00:10.519 and see from the weekend and see if he is 5 00:00:10.560 --> 00:00:13.640 in fact properly hydrated. Abe Gordon, sir, have you recovered 6 00:00:13.640 --> 00:00:14.359 from the weekend? 7 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:16.480 Yeah, I'm feeling pretty good. 8 00:00:16.640 --> 00:00:20.679 Uh you know that that uh that game Saturday night 9 00:00:20.839 --> 00:00:23.199 made it almost drove me to drinking, I believe. 10 00:00:23.359 --> 00:00:26.600 But but but we're back at it, so here we are. 11 00:00:26.920 --> 00:00:29.120 I was like, wait a minute, now, I mean that 12 00:00:29.120 --> 00:00:31.879 that When was the last time that you had as 13 00:00:31.960 --> 00:00:35.079 goofy or crazy a match as that one that involved 14 00:00:35.079 --> 00:00:37.320 a team that you are either covering or anything like that? 15 00:00:37.320 --> 00:00:38.000 When was the last year? 16 00:00:38.039 --> 00:00:39.240 I just like that. 17 00:00:39.600 --> 00:00:43.079 Just not on the professional level, right, Like, like we've 18 00:00:43.119 --> 00:00:45.759 all played rec leagues where some team dominates the first 19 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:47.479 half and some team dominates the second. 20 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:50.159 And that's not what this was, necessarily, But we've seen. 21 00:00:49.960 --> 00:00:54.960 Comebacks at lower levels, uh quite comfortably, but uh, this 22 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:56.039 one was was weird. 23 00:00:56.240 --> 00:00:56.520 Uh. 24 00:00:56.560 --> 00:00:58.320 And I was sitting up in the booth with with 25 00:00:58.439 --> 00:01:01.799 Madison Cruz and Jared Smith and I turned to Jarrett 26 00:01:02.399 --> 00:01:06.879 before before that own goal, and I say, man, I 27 00:01:06.879 --> 00:01:09.079 don't know if there's a path back in this one. 28 00:01:09.120 --> 00:01:10.120 You're down three to one. 29 00:01:11.200 --> 00:01:15.480 Have it looked overly dangerous in quite a while, but 30 00:01:16.599 --> 00:01:19.079 lo and behold, I mean, just put the ball in 31 00:01:19.079 --> 00:01:20.680 good places and see what happens. 32 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:22.920 That's what Saba did that led to the own goal. 33 00:01:23.560 --> 00:01:26.519 And quite frankly, I think that's what you know. 34 00:01:26.799 --> 00:01:29.519 I mean, Seandae Silva is kind of a blind cross, right, 35 00:01:29.560 --> 00:01:31.359 I mean the way his back is to the goal 36 00:01:31.799 --> 00:01:33.680 or to the box, and he just kind of turns 37 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:36.760 and fires it in there. And look, if it wasn't Maggie, 38 00:01:36.799 --> 00:01:39.120 it would have been Latte Lot. They were both right there, 39 00:01:40.040 --> 00:01:42.680 and so just put the ball in dangerous spots and 40 00:01:42.719 --> 00:01:45.519 see what happens. And that's what they did. They found 41 00:01:45.519 --> 00:01:48.920 their way back. And again, you know, for for a 42 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:52.040 season that had started out one, two and two, and 43 00:01:52.079 --> 00:01:55.760 you probably deserved a little bit better than the results 44 00:01:55.840 --> 00:01:59.560 showed through those first five matches. We're gonna be quite honest, 45 00:01:59.599 --> 00:02:04.319 this was the performance that you're gonna necessarily compliment in general. 46 00:02:04.439 --> 00:02:06.359 But the result was there. 47 00:02:06.719 --> 00:02:09.199 And so, man, just a little bit of the soccer gods, 48 00:02:09.719 --> 00:02:12.680 give it and take it away, and all that really 49 00:02:12.719 --> 00:02:16.159 matters is the three points at the end. So I'm 50 00:02:16.159 --> 00:02:19.360 happy about it, pleased with it, and now you're really 51 00:02:19.360 --> 00:02:22.800 starting to build something because kind of the talking point, 52 00:02:22.840 --> 00:02:25.759 at least for me, but also for Rodney Dila, who 53 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:28.960 had mentioned it in his press or Thursday, was like, hey, man, like, 54 00:02:29.039 --> 00:02:31.159 we haven't got many points, and we got three straight 55 00:02:31.199 --> 00:02:33.520 home games. These are winnable games, Like, let's start to 56 00:02:33.599 --> 00:02:36.439 rack up three, three and three, and by the end 57 00:02:36.439 --> 00:02:39.199 of this a couple of weeks, you're gonna be sitting 58 00:02:39.240 --> 00:02:42.479 on nine extra points and that doesn't happen without picking 59 00:02:42.560 --> 00:02:44.800 up the first three. And so they did that and 60 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:47.080 they accomplish that. And the one thing that you and 61 00:02:47.080 --> 00:02:49.240 I John have talked about is is the start of 62 00:02:49.240 --> 00:02:52.240 the season, the opponents that you're dealing with, these teams 63 00:02:52.240 --> 00:02:54.879 that were in the playoffs last year, that starts to 64 00:02:55.000 --> 00:02:57.439 change coming up with these next two home games, and 65 00:02:57.479 --> 00:03:01.199 so an opportunity to really get on a roll at home, 66 00:03:01.240 --> 00:03:03.800 and that's something this team has sorely needed. And then 67 00:03:04.759 --> 00:03:07.000 the other thing that I mentioned to you a week ago, 68 00:03:07.879 --> 00:03:10.080 and it was kind of like, I know, they're not 69 00:03:10.159 --> 00:03:13.360 really gonna consider this, but also maybe they should consider this. 70 00:03:14.159 --> 00:03:17.159 Is there's something about Saba on the right and they 71 00:03:17.199 --> 00:03:20.680 went into another formation midway through the second half that 72 00:03:20.879 --> 00:03:23.719 moved Saba to the right, and I turned to Jared, 73 00:03:23.759 --> 00:03:25.960 I was like, what formation are they in right now? 74 00:03:26.000 --> 00:03:28.479 Because Saba's on the right, Shawn Day's on the left. 75 00:03:28.719 --> 00:03:31.479 I don't exactly know what they're asking Miggy to do. 76 00:03:31.960 --> 00:03:35.680 We also saw Alexi Mornchuk slide deeper a little bit 77 00:03:36.039 --> 00:03:38.800 and play from the six, and so it's just something. 78 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:42.199 I don't know if it's sustainable. I don't know if 79 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:44.919 it's something that you will do at the start of 80 00:03:44.960 --> 00:03:48.360 a match, but I think there are gonna be stretches 81 00:03:48.520 --> 00:03:51.520 where you maybe shift for Machion for twenty twenty five 82 00:03:51.560 --> 00:03:54.639 minutes see if you can produce something. But it's something 83 00:03:54.719 --> 00:03:58.000 to consider. It's just a different Saba on the right 84 00:03:58.039 --> 00:04:01.520 side for whatever reason, and it needs to be looked at. 85 00:04:01.560 --> 00:04:02.879 It needs to be figured out. 86 00:04:03.120 --> 00:04:05.439 Because I was trying to do the schematic in my 87 00:04:05.479 --> 00:04:07.439 head and I was thinking that it might just be 88 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:09.680 a different four. It might just be a different four 89 00:04:09.680 --> 00:04:10.599 two one, three. 90 00:04:10.879 --> 00:04:12.919 Well, what you need is twelve players on the field. 91 00:04:13.159 --> 00:04:15.599 If We're gonna be honest, it is like that's what 92 00:04:15.919 --> 00:04:17.920 I was walking my dog this morning. I'm like, I 93 00:04:17.920 --> 00:04:19.839 know we're going to talk about this, and I can't 94 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:23.199 figure out how it would actually look during a game 95 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:26.279 unless you're running twelve men, right, I mean, if you 96 00:04:26.360 --> 00:04:28.439 have Sean Day and Saba and the rest of the 97 00:04:28.480 --> 00:04:32.839 guys and the midfield and the defenders and Goose, that's 98 00:04:32.879 --> 00:04:36.600 twelve men. So it's just not something that I think 99 00:04:36.639 --> 00:04:40.600 you can necessarily run for ninety minutes. But there might 100 00:04:40.639 --> 00:04:42.759 be stretches in the game where you move people around 101 00:04:42.800 --> 00:04:45.279 and ask people to sit higher, sit deeper, or whatever 102 00:04:45.319 --> 00:04:48.000 it might be. But there has to be a little 103 00:04:48.000 --> 00:04:50.879 bit of consideration in film study going as to why 104 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:52.040 it's dangerous that way. 105 00:04:52.360 --> 00:04:54.600 No, maybe we're just going to play CFL rules and 106 00:04:54.639 --> 00:04:56.639 see if any of the folks can sit there and 107 00:04:56.720 --> 00:04:58.560 jump on and go, hey, wait a minute, you've got twelve. 108 00:04:58.839 --> 00:05:02.800 But no, to your point where you have the four 109 00:05:02.879 --> 00:05:05.360 that you have on your back line, then you know, 110 00:05:05.480 --> 00:05:08.439 Ronnie Daila wants to have those two holding mids, and 111 00:05:08.439 --> 00:05:10.839 then you have the full kroom and then he wants 112 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.600 to have the three. You know, maybe it turns into 113 00:05:13.639 --> 00:05:16.560 something at times where and we've always said here on 114 00:05:16.600 --> 00:05:20.199 the show that formations are a loose construct. Anyway, you 115 00:05:20.199 --> 00:05:22.399 can sit there and put up a graphic on television 116 00:05:22.439 --> 00:05:23.959 and go, oh, it's a you know, it's a four 117 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:26.279 to two three one or whatever it is, and then 118 00:05:26.319 --> 00:05:28.480 when the whistle blows, everybody kind of goes and does 119 00:05:28.519 --> 00:05:33.160 their thing. But if you have a moment where you 120 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:36.120 want to drop mid on Chuck a little bit, you 121 00:05:36.160 --> 00:05:38.079 want to have him be more of a point guard, 122 00:05:38.120 --> 00:05:40.439 you drop him further back a little bit, send everybody 123 00:05:40.480 --> 00:05:44.079 else forward, lock saba In down on the right hand side, 124 00:05:44.120 --> 00:05:47.040 and Miggy wander on that two thirds and figure out 125 00:05:47.079 --> 00:05:49.120 to track it down and figure out, okay, do we 126 00:05:49.160 --> 00:05:51.759 overload here? Do we flip this? And all that? To 127 00:05:51.839 --> 00:05:54.759 your point, it gives teams something else to think about, 128 00:05:54.759 --> 00:05:57.600 in something else that they have to account for. Oh okay, 129 00:05:57.680 --> 00:06:00.600 here's your standard formation. Okay, I know what to expect 130 00:06:00.680 --> 00:06:03.399 on the left hand side. Oh okay, now Miranchu cast 131 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:05.079 a drop. Now I've got to figure out how I'm 132 00:06:05.079 --> 00:06:07.120 going to handle that. So it just I think it 133 00:06:07.240 --> 00:06:09.319 just adds something else where folks to have to think about. 134 00:06:09.759 --> 00:06:11.800 And the last thing that you want with twenty five 135 00:06:11.839 --> 00:06:14.040 to go is folks with fresh legs are sitting there 136 00:06:14.040 --> 00:06:16.319 and coming at you from different positions, and then Micky 137 00:06:16.360 --> 00:06:18.079 yelling at Rocky to go ahead and start swinging and 138 00:06:18.120 --> 00:06:19.120 fighting left hand on it. 139 00:06:19.439 --> 00:06:21.720 Well, the other thing is the best time to do 140 00:06:21.720 --> 00:06:24.680 it is like right after the opposing team brings in, 141 00:06:24.879 --> 00:06:26.639 you know, two or three players on a sub and 142 00:06:26.639 --> 00:06:29.279 they've been given their duties and responsibilities based on how 143 00:06:29.399 --> 00:06:32.399 United's played for sixty eight or seventy two minutes, and 144 00:06:32.439 --> 00:06:34.199 then they get in there and all of a sudden, 145 00:06:34.279 --> 00:06:37.399 it is not what we talked about. And it is 146 00:06:37.439 --> 00:06:40.199 really impressive though to see Moran chuck in the ability 147 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:42.199 that he has to play those multiple roles in what 148 00:06:42.279 --> 00:06:46.680 he's being asked and so hopefully that continues. But there 149 00:06:46.800 --> 00:06:50.079 just seems to be a level of danger. You'd like 150 00:06:50.160 --> 00:06:52.680 to not have it forcefully be when you need goals 151 00:06:52.720 --> 00:06:56.680 down three to one, but there's something about it, and 152 00:06:56.759 --> 00:06:59.319 it's it's at least got to be measured and weighed. 153 00:06:59.439 --> 00:06:59.639 Right. 154 00:07:00.160 --> 00:07:02.240 Kind of brought it up last week and said, hey, man, 155 00:07:02.680 --> 00:07:06.199 like this was noticeable. Right, They're not gonna move Miggi 156 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:10.199 off the right, So I understand what the talking point 157 00:07:10.240 --> 00:07:12.560 was last week. Now it's two weeks in a row 158 00:07:12.600 --> 00:07:15.000 that we've seen it, and it does start to become 159 00:07:16.079 --> 00:07:20.199 some sort of consideration again, if not for ninety straight minutes, 160 00:07:20.639 --> 00:07:24.920 certainly how you could adjust in game to get Saba there. 161 00:07:24.959 --> 00:07:27.839 And I mean, look, there's all sorts of things wrapping 162 00:07:27.920 --> 00:07:30.560 through my head, like would Moranchuck work on the left 163 00:07:30.600 --> 00:07:34.160 and Miggi drops central and Saba goes right? I mean again, 164 00:07:34.240 --> 00:07:37.560 I don't I don't know. The formation takes twelve people. 165 00:07:37.560 --> 00:07:38.920 That's why it doesn't work right now. 166 00:07:39.279 --> 00:07:41.319 But maybe it's maybe it's a four to two to 167 00:07:41.319 --> 00:07:44.920 two two basically to where you've got your fourth the back, 168 00:07:45.240 --> 00:07:47.680 you have your two midfielder, you have your two holding mids, 169 00:07:47.839 --> 00:07:50.879 then you have your two attacking mids with Midanchuk and whomever, 170 00:07:51.240 --> 00:07:54.279 and then Saba on the right and cheating in and 171 00:07:54.279 --> 00:07:56.759 then whoever your striker. You know, Latte lot at the 172 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.519 striker position being where he is, and so I'm thinking 173 00:07:59.519 --> 00:08:00.720 maybe it's a two. 174 00:08:01.160 --> 00:08:03.040 Yeah, And there's a lot of things that come into 175 00:08:03.040 --> 00:08:06.439 play here, right like maybe this formation isn't necessary if 176 00:08:06.439 --> 00:08:09.720 Pedro Amador is healthy and he's running up the left side. 177 00:08:09.720 --> 00:08:11.480 But you had to switch out him because of a 178 00:08:11.560 --> 00:08:14.560 quad injury for dom chan Qui. Some good some bad 179 00:08:14.600 --> 00:08:17.680 there for him, but you're probably not tasking him with 180 00:08:17.879 --> 00:08:19.879 getting forward the way you would task Pedro. 181 00:08:19.959 --> 00:08:22.480 You probably here say hey, man, it's your first start. 182 00:08:23.160 --> 00:08:24.759 I know it's not your first appearance, but it's your 183 00:08:24.800 --> 00:08:27.680 first meaningful minutes here with Atlanta United. Maybe play a 184 00:08:27.720 --> 00:08:30.319 little bit safer right on the defensive side of things, 185 00:08:30.480 --> 00:08:32.799 and so maybe it would look different if it is 186 00:08:32.840 --> 00:08:37.320 a Ronald Hernandez or Pedro. Amador is back healthy in 187 00:08:37.399 --> 00:08:39.399 terms of the connection on the left with Saba, in 188 00:08:39.480 --> 00:08:42.120 terms of the attack from the left side, and maybe 189 00:08:42.159 --> 00:08:45.360 you don't need sean Day in there for things to work. 190 00:08:45.440 --> 00:08:49.480 So there's a lot of different considerations here. But it 191 00:08:49.600 --> 00:08:54.120 worked and it led to just a crazy comeback. And 192 00:08:54.200 --> 00:08:57.559 again I'm not gonna fight and sit here and say 193 00:08:57.600 --> 00:09:00.559 this is an outstanding performance for Atlanta United. 194 00:09:00.799 --> 00:09:05.320 It wasn't. But you got three points. 195 00:09:05.879 --> 00:09:09.279 And for a season that started out where you felt 196 00:09:09.320 --> 00:09:11.559 like you could have had three points, or in some 197 00:09:11.639 --> 00:09:13.679 of those games where you picked up zero, you could 198 00:09:13.679 --> 00:09:17.000 have had one point. For this one to happen in 199 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:20.799 a manner that it did. I don't feel bad. I'm 200 00:09:20.919 --> 00:09:23.519 never gonna apologize right for three points, but I certainly 201 00:09:23.519 --> 00:09:26.080 don't feel bad about this one based on how the 202 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:30.120 earlier parts of the season had gone, and so you know, 203 00:09:30.200 --> 00:09:34.559 for me, it just continued to build on this. We 204 00:09:34.600 --> 00:09:38.720 do see that Saba can be dangerous. Latte lot is 205 00:09:38.720 --> 00:09:42.559 a problem for ninety minutes, like the energy doesn't die down, 206 00:09:42.759 --> 00:09:46.399 and I've been really impressed by him and his willingness 207 00:09:46.440 --> 00:09:48.840 to do things you don't see a lot of elite 208 00:09:48.879 --> 00:09:54.360 goal scorers do. His willingness to drop back and defend 209 00:09:54.639 --> 00:09:58.440 in moments and continually to defend. You see a lot 210 00:09:58.440 --> 00:10:00.799 of guys defending in the first half and then in 211 00:10:00.879 --> 00:10:04.240 the seventieth minute or seventy fifth minute they stop making runs. 212 00:10:04.240 --> 00:10:07.399 They do this, They do that. He's willing to defend. 213 00:10:07.919 --> 00:10:09.799 He's gonna get off sides here and there, but he's 214 00:10:09.799 --> 00:10:12.440 not just standing off sides all the time, which is 215 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:14.759 one thing you see a lot of guys do. There's 216 00:10:14.840 --> 00:10:16.879 just a lot of parts of his game I really 217 00:10:16.919 --> 00:10:21.480 really kind of respect and appreciate, and obviously that paid dividends. 218 00:10:21.840 --> 00:10:24.360 We do need to contact the MLS league office that 219 00:10:24.440 --> 00:10:27.000 needed to be an assist from Brad Guzan. I'm sorry 220 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:30.879 they refuse to give it to him. Jarrett myself on 221 00:10:30.919 --> 00:10:34.960 the full time report unofficially gave him the assist, but 222 00:10:35.039 --> 00:10:39.679 he deserved that. And all kudos to Latte Lost for 223 00:10:40.159 --> 00:10:42.919 causing a problem in the late stages of this game 224 00:10:42.960 --> 00:10:45.200 where a lot of guys may have run themselves dry. 225 00:10:45.320 --> 00:10:48.320 So look, there's just a lot of really nice things 226 00:10:48.320 --> 00:10:53.480 that we're seeing right now. And going back to the 227 00:10:53.480 --> 00:10:56.000 first goal, I think it was the first goal Alexi 228 00:10:56.039 --> 00:10:58.480 Moronchak getting on the scoreboard was a nice feeling because 229 00:10:58.679 --> 00:11:00.519 he's kind of come under a lot of heat for 230 00:11:00.600 --> 00:11:03.600 a variety of the reasons, some deserve, maybe some not deserved. 231 00:11:04.159 --> 00:11:07.639 But he's played well and yes, I get it, he's 232 00:11:07.679 --> 00:11:09.799 not leaving the league and assists that was my bold 233 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:11.200 take I take at the start of the year. That 234 00:11:11.240 --> 00:11:14.320 hasn't happened, to be fair, your bold take of Pedro 235 00:11:14.480 --> 00:11:19.000 leading whatever it was, hasn't happened yet either, So it 236 00:11:19.159 --> 00:11:21.240 is just one of those things where I do still 237 00:11:21.240 --> 00:11:23.200 think that it's going to come. But it was nice 238 00:11:23.240 --> 00:11:26.480 to see him rewarded from some fine play and then 239 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:29.240 again credited later in the match for being able to 240 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:31.360 drop it and play it a different role than what 241 00:11:31.440 --> 00:11:34.080 he was asked to play the first you know, seventy 242 00:11:34.120 --> 00:11:35.120 minutes or whatever. 243 00:11:35.159 --> 00:11:38.240 It was double digit assists. I think was what I've 244 00:11:38.240 --> 00:11:40.399 got with Pedro Amador. 245 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:41.919 I got time. It's early. 246 00:11:42.159 --> 00:11:44.320 Yeah, like you know, yeah, look you got you got 247 00:11:44.320 --> 00:11:46.799 yours with am five nine, I got mine with Amador. 248 00:11:46.840 --> 00:11:48.639 We got plenty of time. I want to talk about 249 00:11:48.679 --> 00:11:52.320 Dominic chon Qui a little bit and Matt Edwards and 250 00:11:53.000 --> 00:11:55.600 DCQ basically was tapped on the shoulder and it's like, dude, 251 00:11:55.600 --> 00:11:58.639 you're going in. You're starting because of just a concern 252 00:11:58.720 --> 00:12:02.000 over Pedro. Nothing nothing you know that we have seen 253 00:12:02.000 --> 00:12:04.600 that is earth shattering, no news about him, you know, 254 00:12:04.679 --> 00:12:07.440 sitting out for nine months or something like that. So 255 00:12:07.559 --> 00:12:10.600 DCQ comes in. He has literally thrown into the fire. 256 00:12:10.879 --> 00:12:12.960 Matt Edwards I think, ends up having to play his 257 00:12:13.120 --> 00:12:16.759 third different position at the back at certain points during 258 00:12:16.759 --> 00:12:19.600 this particular match. And so once again we talk about 259 00:12:19.600 --> 00:12:22.440 the young guys being thrown in not they're not flinching. 260 00:12:22.559 --> 00:12:24.879 Yes there are mistakes, but once again, you know, you're 261 00:12:25.000 --> 00:12:28.799 your first time in, You're you're learning. Ronnie Daila has 262 00:12:28.840 --> 00:12:31.519 been nothing but positive, really sees a bright future for 263 00:12:31.600 --> 00:12:33.720 d CQ. What do you think of DCQ and Matt Edwards. 264 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:36.039 Well, let's just start with Matt Edwards. I think it's 265 00:12:36.039 --> 00:12:39.080 a shorter conversation. I know you called him a young guy. 266 00:12:39.200 --> 00:12:41.519 It doesn't even feel that way anymore, Like like there's 267 00:12:41.519 --> 00:12:44.320 just full confidence in him being brought in, whether it's 268 00:12:44.320 --> 00:12:46.399 on the outside, whether it's on the inside, whether it's 269 00:12:46.399 --> 00:12:49.120 off the bench, or whether it's the starting role. I 270 00:12:49.200 --> 00:12:51.639 just don't even think about it, right, It's not even 271 00:12:52.000 --> 00:12:54.200 one of those things like you have to protect him 272 00:12:54.679 --> 00:12:58.720 and maybe use a football term slide coverage or whatever. 273 00:13:00.039 --> 00:13:01.919 I just don't even think about it, to be honest. 274 00:13:02.000 --> 00:13:05.519 I'm just fully comfortable in what he's doing, certainly defensively. 275 00:13:05.600 --> 00:13:08.240 Maybe there's some more he can add in the attacking 276 00:13:08.320 --> 00:13:10.960 aspect of things, but I don't even think about it. 277 00:13:11.639 --> 00:13:14.279 In terms of dom chon Qui, A couple things probably 278 00:13:14.320 --> 00:13:16.600 played in his favor, Like he probably got a great 279 00:13:16.679 --> 00:13:20.080 night of sleep Friday night, right, I mean the fact 280 00:13:20.120 --> 00:13:23.080 that he's not told until a couple of minutes early 281 00:13:23.600 --> 00:13:26.360 that hey man, we're pressing a duty, we're gonna need 282 00:13:26.399 --> 00:13:28.879 you probably actually helped him out and we talked about 283 00:13:28.879 --> 00:13:31.879 we see this a lot with like starting pitchers making 284 00:13:31.919 --> 00:13:35.159 their debut and being called up, and when did you 285 00:13:35.200 --> 00:13:37.200 find out? I didn't find out until two hours before 286 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:40.840 game time. And you know, it just the ability to 287 00:13:40.879 --> 00:13:44.279 not panic or overreact or like get in your own 288 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:47.559 head because you don't really have time to think about 289 00:13:47.600 --> 00:13:48.960 what's happening in the moment. 290 00:13:49.000 --> 00:13:50.080 And I'm talking about the. 291 00:13:50.039 --> 00:13:52.919 Pregame and the warm up and the fact that you're 292 00:13:52.960 --> 00:13:55.879 being called on probably does help you. And then once 293 00:13:55.919 --> 00:13:58.440 you get into the game, it's just the game and 294 00:13:58.480 --> 00:14:03.879 we understand that. And so look, there were some mistakes made, certainly, 295 00:14:03.960 --> 00:14:07.480 and that's got to be fixed. And we'll see if 296 00:14:07.519 --> 00:14:10.039 he gets another opportunity to start. Right this is his 297 00:14:10.159 --> 00:14:13.799 last short term call up, So if they are going 298 00:14:13.840 --> 00:14:16.240 to use dom chon Qui again at any point in 299 00:14:16.279 --> 00:14:18.559 the regular season, they're gonna have to do so by 300 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:21.200 modifying his contract and signing him, I think, to a 301 00:14:21.240 --> 00:14:24.159 first team deal. And so maybe we get that news 302 00:14:24.279 --> 00:14:26.440 at some point early this week if the plan is 303 00:14:26.480 --> 00:14:29.279 to keep him either on the bench or in reserve, 304 00:14:30.000 --> 00:14:32.440 and maybe that's the plan, is to keep him with 305 00:14:32.440 --> 00:14:36.919 the twos and continue to develop him. But look, he 306 00:14:37.000 --> 00:14:39.720 made some mistakes it cost you a goal. Ultimately, it 307 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:42.679 didn't cost you the match, and I think you'd be 308 00:14:42.720 --> 00:14:45.159 a lot more frustrated, you'd be a lot more critical 309 00:14:45.200 --> 00:14:48.000 in the decision if you had lost three to one 310 00:14:48.200 --> 00:14:50.200 and you look at some of the play there, but 311 00:14:51.440 --> 00:14:54.320 a massive learning experience that ultimately you still picked up 312 00:14:54.360 --> 00:14:57.200 three points on. I think that certainly helps. I think 313 00:14:57.240 --> 00:15:00.159 doing it at home probably helps quite a bit it 314 00:15:00.919 --> 00:15:03.480 as well. And look, there are times in that match 315 00:15:03.480 --> 00:15:07.080 where you can see what others see about dom chon 316 00:15:07.240 --> 00:15:10.840 Qui and as as he continues to grow and as 317 00:15:10.840 --> 00:15:12.159 he continues to learn the league. 318 00:15:12.240 --> 00:15:13.200 And that's the one thing. 319 00:15:13.080 --> 00:15:16.080 I always remind people about when when you've got these 320 00:15:16.120 --> 00:15:19.000 guys making their first start or like it's not just 321 00:15:19.120 --> 00:15:23.120 learning their teammates, but you have never played against probably 322 00:15:23.200 --> 00:15:27.000 all eleven guys, maybe one or two guys you've met 323 00:15:27.200 --> 00:15:29.799 at the junior level, or you're on a youth national 324 00:15:29.840 --> 00:15:33.480 team with something like that. But it's a completely new 325 00:15:33.679 --> 00:15:36.919 opponent field, and so you're getting used to pretty much 326 00:15:36.960 --> 00:15:40.039 every aspect of your team, every aspect of their team 327 00:15:40.240 --> 00:15:43.840 as well. So mistakes can be made. It's nicer for 328 00:15:43.879 --> 00:15:47.519 a mistake not to ultimately cost you goals. It did, 329 00:15:48.440 --> 00:15:51.559 but ultimately they were they were able to fight back, 330 00:15:51.840 --> 00:15:56.600 and so really nice debut, not debut, but starting debut 331 00:15:56.639 --> 00:15:59.039 for dom Chon Queen. And we'll see if he gets 332 00:15:59.159 --> 00:16:01.399 a new contract, and we've see a lot more from him, 333 00:16:01.440 --> 00:16:03.799 But there are reasons to be optimistic. I think we 334 00:16:03.840 --> 00:16:04.279 can all. 335 00:16:04.159 --> 00:16:07.240 See that he's like the pitcher called up and he's 336 00:16:07.240 --> 00:16:09.039 thrown into his first start and he goes five and 337 00:16:09.080 --> 00:16:11.600 two thirds, gives up and earned, and he's pulled with 338 00:16:11.600 --> 00:16:13.720 two runners on base, and that they bring in the meat, 339 00:16:13.840 --> 00:16:15.480 the middle relief guy, and he shuts the door in 340 00:16:15.519 --> 00:16:17.399 the sixth inning, right, something like that. 341 00:16:17.919 --> 00:16:20.639 Yeah, you know, look, he did cost you a goal, 342 00:16:20.639 --> 00:16:22.720 So I'm not sure the outing was quite that strong, 343 00:16:23.799 --> 00:16:26.200 but I think it's a situation where he gave you 344 00:16:26.240 --> 00:16:28.639 an opportunity to win, right, And that's really all you 345 00:16:28.639 --> 00:16:32.360 can ask of if we're going to keep a baseball 346 00:16:32.440 --> 00:16:35.600 term here, like a spot start is really just keep 347 00:16:35.679 --> 00:16:38.279 you in the game, man, three or four runs of 348 00:16:38.360 --> 00:16:41.200 five innings, four innings, whatever it was. Let's see if 349 00:16:41.200 --> 00:16:42.519 we can stretch it out a little bit, and then we 350 00:16:42.639 --> 00:16:45.720 get to our bullpen, our closers, And that's kind of 351 00:16:45.759 --> 00:16:49.039 what Louis O Brahm and Matt Edwards were brought on 352 00:16:49.080 --> 00:16:51.679 to do, and ultimately, from their aspect, they did it, 353 00:16:51.720 --> 00:16:53.879 and you still needed the offense to wake up. It 354 00:16:53.960 --> 00:16:56.360 did it, and so you walk out of there with 355 00:16:56.399 --> 00:16:59.320 a nine inning win and you're not too concerned about it. 356 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:03.519 So three points and you get back into it. 357 00:17:03.639 --> 00:17:05.519 No doubt. All right, hit the promo for me. What's 358 00:17:05.519 --> 00:17:06.319 going on in your world? 359 00:17:06.960 --> 00:17:07.920 Yeah, man, we're ready. 360 00:17:08.640 --> 00:17:11.680 It's gonna be exciting week of coverage here on ninety 361 00:17:11.680 --> 00:17:14.599 two nine, and it's all leading towards another home game, 362 00:17:15.000 --> 00:17:19.440 the second of three straight home games feels winnable against Dallas, 363 00:17:19.480 --> 00:17:23.440 and this one again is at kickoff at just after 364 00:17:23.480 --> 00:17:27.319 seven thirty, but the Five Stripes countdown will be getting 365 00:17:27.359 --> 00:17:30.720 going at six thirty, so really excited about it. Hopefully 366 00:17:30.759 --> 00:17:34.480 it's not as crazy downtown as it was this past weekend. 367 00:17:34.519 --> 00:17:37.519 I know, the volleyball tournament and some other stuff kind 368 00:17:37.519 --> 00:17:40.440 of had people acting all crazy up on. 369 00:17:40.440 --> 00:17:41.240 North Side Drive. 370 00:17:41.359 --> 00:17:44.519 So hopefully a lot more Five Stripes and a lot 371 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:46.519 less Span Dex and we'll be ready to roll. 372 00:17:46.880 --> 00:17:49.400 No, not as much volleyball, I don't think, Thank you, 373 00:17:49.440 --> 00:17:51.079 my friend. It's always great to see you on Mondays. 374 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:53.119 Always better after three points, isn't it.