WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.640 --> 00:00:03.560 I could be wrong, but I would say that a 2 00:00:03.600 --> 00:00:07.639 little bit over a year ago, when Pat Kelsey was 3 00:00:08.039 --> 00:00:10.560 in the mix for this job that he now has 4 00:00:11.000 --> 00:00:13.480 and is off to obviously a great start, I doubt 5 00:00:13.480 --> 00:00:15.960 that at that time there was a whole lot of 6 00:00:16.800 --> 00:00:19.679 thinking about pros and cons. I would imagine that, even 7 00:00:19.679 --> 00:00:23.199 though I'm sure he was really happy at Charleston, having 8 00:00:23.239 --> 00:00:27.239 success Charleston, South Carolina, it's apparently a beautiful place to live, 9 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:30.879 I just I would have I just assumed that if 10 00:00:31.440 --> 00:00:33.719 he knew he was going to get the offer it 11 00:00:33.799 --> 00:00:35.880 was done, he was going to leave Charleston and come 12 00:00:35.920 --> 00:00:37.920 to Louisville, because clearly it's a much better job, and 13 00:00:37.960 --> 00:00:42.359 really it's a different level. So I bring all that 14 00:00:42.439 --> 00:00:44.119 up to say I don't think he was doing a 15 00:00:44.159 --> 00:00:47.520 whole lot of comparing. Well, you know, at Charleston, I've 16 00:00:47.520 --> 00:00:50.880 got a beach here, and at Louisville, you know they've 17 00:00:50.920 --> 00:00:55.439 got you know, Churchill downs in the Kentucky Derby. But 18 00:00:55.719 --> 00:00:59.039 if he did consider those two things, I'm curious if 19 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:03.000 he also considered the thought of him ever being you know, 20 00:01:03.320 --> 00:01:06.120 of a horse race, a thoroughbred being named after him, 21 00:01:06.719 --> 00:01:09.879 and now he has that, and it seems as if 22 00:01:09.879 --> 00:01:13.000 he actually, you know, he's not just appreciative. I think 23 00:01:13.040 --> 00:01:15.480 he thinks it's pretty cool, which it is cool. It's 24 00:01:15.480 --> 00:01:17.519 cool as hell. I would love to have a have 25 00:01:17.560 --> 00:01:20.280 a you know, a Derby winning trainer name a horse 26 00:01:20.319 --> 00:01:24.000 after me, And that's what Kenny McPeak did. So he 27 00:01:24.040 --> 00:01:27.439 has a two year old that is the son of 28 00:01:27.719 --> 00:01:31.640 Blame and it's named kels k e l Z and 29 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:35.400 it's in his barn in Florida, and it is owned 30 00:01:35.439 --> 00:01:40.120 by Louisvillion Craig mackin and named after Louisville hoops coach 31 00:01:40.280 --> 00:01:42.799 Pat Kelsey, which is pretty cool. So I did not 32 00:01:42.840 --> 00:01:45.120 I knew Kenny McPeak was a big time Kentucky fan, 33 00:01:45.760 --> 00:01:49.159 but I did not know that he has a house divided, 34 00:01:49.840 --> 00:01:52.480 meaning his his his wife is a big Louisville fan 35 00:01:52.680 --> 00:01:54.400 and she obviously I mean, if you're a Lotle fan, 36 00:01:54.439 --> 00:01:56.680 you don't love Pat Kelsey, I think you need to 37 00:01:56.680 --> 00:02:01.719 reevaluate some things. But anyways, Pat Kelsey earlier this week 38 00:02:01.840 --> 00:02:04.760 was out at the at the track taken in the 39 00:02:04.799 --> 00:02:10.719 backside atmosphere, and that came up meaning how he has 40 00:02:10.719 --> 00:02:13.039 a horse named after him, and let me see if 41 00:02:13.039 --> 00:02:14.159 I can pull it up here. Let me get the 42 00:02:14.199 --> 00:02:17.520 sound for you guys. This is here we go. This 43 00:02:17.599 --> 00:02:21.439 is Pat Kelsey from Churchill Downs. 44 00:02:21.520 --> 00:02:25.719 Just this whole ecosystem back here amazes me. We were 45 00:02:25.759 --> 00:02:29.080 invited by Kenny McPeak, who is training a horse that 46 00:02:29.319 --> 00:02:31.680 was named after me, which I think was like one 47 00:02:31.719 --> 00:02:34.240 of the coolest things in my professional career. He said, 48 00:02:34.240 --> 00:02:38.080 it's it's a one year old, so he's still evaluating. 49 00:02:38.240 --> 00:02:41.039 So we're hoping it hits and I can root for 50 00:02:41.159 --> 00:02:45.560 Kel's next year. His wife's a huge u of l fan. 51 00:02:45.719 --> 00:02:49.000 I got to meet Cherry and and so we brought 52 00:02:49.000 --> 00:02:51.199 a you know, you always got to bring a gear 53 00:02:51.199 --> 00:02:53.919 package because guys love gear. So I brought a big 54 00:02:53.960 --> 00:02:56.080 backpack with a bunch of stuff. So we brought half 55 00:02:56.080 --> 00:02:58.080 of it for Kenny, half of it for Sherry. So 56 00:02:58.680 --> 00:03:00.319 we'll get him wearing a little red. I think we 57 00:03:00.360 --> 00:03:02.800 can always turn him around. You never know. All this 58 00:03:02.919 --> 00:03:07.960 is just absolutely amazing. Torpedo Anna, which was last year's 59 00:03:08.000 --> 00:03:11.240 Horse of the Year, just being in its presence is crazy. 60 00:03:11.439 --> 00:03:14.960 You know, you could just tell that that there's something 61 00:03:15.000 --> 00:03:17.319 special about it when you're in its presence, but just 62 00:03:17.479 --> 00:03:20.159 all of it. The Kentucky Derby in general is one 63 00:03:20.199 --> 00:03:23.000 of the greatest spectacles in American sports and to be 64 00:03:23.039 --> 00:03:26.199 a part of it, especially here in the backside, it's 65 00:03:26.280 --> 00:03:27.039 really really cool. 66 00:03:28.039 --> 00:03:29.879 So you know, you could tell he thinks that's a 67 00:03:29.879 --> 00:03:33.240 pretty cool gesture, and he did try. He tried his 68 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.960 best to get to get the whole McPeek family rock 69 00:03:36.000 --> 00:03:39.039 and U of l gear, but not gonna happen. Katie 70 00:03:39.080 --> 00:03:42.199 McPeak is a big time Kentucky fan and I'm pretty 71 00:03:42.199 --> 00:03:44.360 sure you don't even really have to follow horse racing 72 00:03:44.400 --> 00:03:46.400 to know that name, but also know that you know, 73 00:03:46.520 --> 00:03:49.879 thank he's from Lexington, so makes total sense. But yeah, 74 00:03:49.960 --> 00:03:52.840 after just a season at Louisville, clearly off to a 75 00:03:52.879 --> 00:03:55.520 good start. Pat Kelsey is there's now a horse named 76 00:03:55.560 --> 00:03:57.919 after him, and who knows, maybe maybe one day that'll 77 00:03:57.919 --> 00:04:01.400 be a horse that's in the derby. All right, it's 78 00:04:01.439 --> 00:04:03.360 Coffee and Company. We are Field Beuth Thornton's here on 79 00:04:03.400 --> 00:04:06.680 Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you guys hanging out with us, 80 00:04:07.479 --> 00:04:08.919 and if you want to take us with you wherever 81 00:04:08.960 --> 00:04:10.439 you go you can. You can listen live on the 82 00:04:10.439 --> 00:04:13.719 out radio WAP. Also listen live at seven ninety Louisville 83 00:04:13.719 --> 00:04:15.800 dot com. So One of the things that has come 84 00:04:15.879 --> 00:04:18.480 up quite a bit really over the last couple of 85 00:04:18.560 --> 00:04:22.399 years is lawsuits being filed against the NC double A, 86 00:04:22.759 --> 00:04:26.680 everyone seemingly challenging the NC double A and seeing if 87 00:04:26.759 --> 00:04:29.920 you know, the courts judges will in fact let the 88 00:04:30.000 --> 00:04:32.639 NC double A still continue to operate things the way 89 00:04:32.639 --> 00:04:36.040 they have for forever. And the NC double A has 90 00:04:36.079 --> 00:04:38.600 had a whole lot of losses when it comes to 91 00:04:38.680 --> 00:04:42.000 these battles in court, so much so that they really 92 00:04:42.879 --> 00:04:45.279 kind of stopped fighting. I mean, just to give you 93 00:04:45.279 --> 00:04:49.000 an example, the blanket waiver that everybody who played Juco 94 00:04:49.279 --> 00:04:53.399 got was because they just knew that, hey, anybody who 95 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:57.839 fights this just liked Diego Pavia, the Vanderbook quarterback, like 96 00:04:57.839 --> 00:05:00.680 they're gonna they're gonna they're gonna lose, meaning INT will lose. 97 00:05:01.120 --> 00:05:03.920 But they did get a win today, and it feels 98 00:05:03.959 --> 00:05:06.959 like this is a first time in a long time 99 00:05:07.920 --> 00:05:11.879 that that the NCAA can say they were challenged in 100 00:05:11.920 --> 00:05:14.360 court and they won. I mean, I suppose there could 101 00:05:14.399 --> 00:05:18.120 be victories out there for them, and I just you know, 102 00:05:18.279 --> 00:05:21.439 maybe that's just not as highly highly publicized. But if 103 00:05:21.439 --> 00:05:25.519 you remember former Kansas guard Mario Chalmers, along with a 104 00:05:25.519 --> 00:05:28.920 bunch of other former college athletes. They filed a k 105 00:05:29.079 --> 00:05:32.720 They filed a lawsuit against the NCAA basically claiming that 106 00:05:32.720 --> 00:05:37.319 that that for some reason I've yet to really understand why, 107 00:05:37.639 --> 00:05:41.839 but twenty sixteen on, if you played college basketball or 108 00:05:41.839 --> 00:05:45.560 played college sports, you can opt into this settlement because 109 00:05:45.600 --> 00:05:48.519 from twenty sixteen on, you know, and you didn't get 110 00:05:48.519 --> 00:05:51.319 a chance to play in the nil era, you can. 111 00:05:51.600 --> 00:05:54.240 You can join in on the commun There's a settlement 112 00:05:54.279 --> 00:05:55.920 that that's going to pay out an insane amount of 113 00:05:55.959 --> 00:05:58.079 money and I don't know how much is going to 114 00:05:58.160 --> 00:06:02.319 be given to each each person that joins in on 115 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.839 the lawsuit. But Mario Chalmers, of course played in the 116 00:06:05.920 --> 00:06:10.360 NAA long before twenty sixteen, and again he along with others, 117 00:06:10.399 --> 00:06:12.759 decided to sue the NCAA, saying why should we not 118 00:06:12.839 --> 00:06:16.560 also be cut in on this settlement? And without knowing 119 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:18.759 the real specifics of it, I just know that the 120 00:06:18.839 --> 00:06:23.000 NC DOUBLEA ruled in favor. I'm sorry that that the 121 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:27.360 courts ruled in favor of the NC DOUBLEA. Yeah, Front 122 00:06:27.399 --> 00:06:31.199 Office Sports had a little update on it earlier, and 123 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:33.560 let me just make sure I gueah so says he 124 00:06:33.639 --> 00:06:35.560 this is from This is from Front Office Sports. They 125 00:06:35.560 --> 00:06:40.240 mentioned a federal judge dismissed the Chalmers versus nc DOUBLEA 126 00:06:40.399 --> 00:06:44.800 case and it's Chalmers along with fifteen former football and 127 00:06:44.839 --> 00:06:48.600 men's basketball players, and they argued that former college athletes 128 00:06:48.600 --> 00:06:52.079 from the nineteen nineties in early two thousands deserved damages 129 00:06:52.160 --> 00:06:55.079 for not being able to capitalize on aniol. So again, 130 00:06:55.680 --> 00:06:58.240 I don't know what because I've always asked that same question, 131 00:06:58.720 --> 00:07:02.720 like why why would you be entitled twenty sixteen on 132 00:07:02.920 --> 00:07:05.680 but not prior to that? It doesn't make any sense 133 00:07:05.720 --> 00:07:08.839 to me. What is different about players that were not 134 00:07:08.879 --> 00:07:10.959 able to make money off their name, image, and likeness 135 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:17.399 in twenty eighteen compared to nineteen ninety eight. So I 136 00:07:17.480 --> 00:07:21.319 just expected the NCAA to lose here, and if they did, 137 00:07:21.319 --> 00:07:24.480 I would have assumed that that meant like their existence 138 00:07:24.560 --> 00:07:28.199 is really in danger, because if they won this case, 139 00:07:28.240 --> 00:07:30.319 it would mean everybody is going to be lining up 140 00:07:30.319 --> 00:07:32.759 to get paid, and I mean everybody. And I don't 141 00:07:32.759 --> 00:07:34.639 even know if they would have the I mean, could 142 00:07:34.680 --> 00:07:37.079 they even pay, Like think about this, and again it's 143 00:07:37.079 --> 00:07:41.000 not happening, it seems like but if this was success, again, 144 00:07:41.600 --> 00:07:44.079 I'm sure there's In fact, I know that there's a 145 00:07:44.120 --> 00:07:46.160 lot to it that I'm unaware of, but I've yet 146 00:07:46.199 --> 00:07:48.680 to hear any specific reason as to why the federal 147 00:07:48.800 --> 00:07:51.800 judge said, you know, the case was dismissed, because again, 148 00:07:51.839 --> 00:07:54.040 as I just mentioned, I don't understand why you'd be 149 00:07:54.199 --> 00:07:58.040 entitled to damages in twenty eighteen but not you know, 150 00:07:58.079 --> 00:08:01.199 two thousand and eight in previous But that'd be there'd 151 00:08:01.199 --> 00:08:04.079 be everybody who ever played college athletics would be lining 152 00:08:04.120 --> 00:08:05.720 up and joining in on this, and there's just not 153 00:08:06.079 --> 00:08:08.839 is there enough money in the world to pay out 154 00:08:09.199 --> 00:08:11.759 these these athletes if that was, if that, you know, 155 00:08:11.839 --> 00:08:15.240 if the lawsuit was successful. So anyways, just thought that 156 00:08:15.319 --> 00:08:18.120 was worthy of an update. A rare w, a rare 157 00:08:18.240 --> 00:08:22.639 win here for the NCAA. All right, let's go to 158 00:08:22.680 --> 00:08:26.040 the text line five oh two four three eight ninety 159 00:08:26.079 --> 00:08:28.079 seventy three. Again, five O two four three eight ninety 160 00:08:28.120 --> 00:08:30.199 seventy three is the number if you guys would like 161 00:08:30.240 --> 00:08:33.519 to text in. This text comes in from Kenny, who says, Nick, 162 00:08:33.799 --> 00:08:37.120 just curious which transfer for Louisville this year? Do you 163 00:08:37.120 --> 00:08:39.879 think will be the most important piece meeting? Who has 164 00:08:39.960 --> 00:08:42.320 to be really good for this team to be a 165 00:08:42.440 --> 00:08:45.759 second weekend type team. Well, I don't think you have 166 00:08:45.840 --> 00:08:47.399 to have like an elite player to be like a 167 00:08:47.440 --> 00:08:49.320 second weekend kind of team. But let's just say. You know, 168 00:08:49.320 --> 00:08:53.399 because right now, if you look at the early rankings 169 00:08:53.399 --> 00:08:55.480 for next season in college basketball, and there's many of 170 00:08:55.519 --> 00:08:57.960 them out there, and some of them do vary, they're 171 00:08:58.000 --> 00:09:01.559 not all super consistent, but Louisville is viewed from anywhere 172 00:09:01.600 --> 00:09:04.960 like top five to top fifteen, and maybe you'll find some 173 00:09:05.080 --> 00:09:07.159 that have like I think John Rosstein has them like 174 00:09:07.200 --> 00:09:14.240 twenty something. So I would say if they're gonna be 175 00:09:14.279 --> 00:09:16.960 a team that you feel like, okay, in year two 176 00:09:16.960 --> 00:09:20.399 of Pat Kelcey, you feel pretty good about being able 177 00:09:20.399 --> 00:09:23.200 to get a really good seed despite the ACC maybe 178 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:27.000 not being loaded, and you know, if you feel like 179 00:09:27.039 --> 00:09:28.919 you're a team that could get to a final four 180 00:09:29.240 --> 00:09:31.480 if some things fall your way and you're looking at 181 00:09:31.480 --> 00:09:33.639 maybe like a top four to five seed in the 182 00:09:33.720 --> 00:09:37.440 NCAA tournament. As far as the player that is like 183 00:09:37.519 --> 00:09:42.519 most important, well, I guess i'll answer your question. You 184 00:09:42.600 --> 00:09:45.600 ask which transfer. So as of right now, there's just 185 00:09:45.639 --> 00:09:48.480 three of them, and I'm sure they'll add they'll add others. 186 00:09:49.080 --> 00:09:51.159 I don't know when that'll happen or if they're going 187 00:09:51.240 --> 00:09:57.799 to be big names. But I would say it's tough, 188 00:09:57.840 --> 00:09:59.279 and I hate to give you like a cop out 189 00:09:59.320 --> 00:10:03.240 answer because you know, like I, this is something I 190 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:05.000 hadn't really thought about, and here I am on the 191 00:10:05.039 --> 00:10:08.279 spot and I can't really I mean, I think the 192 00:10:08.320 --> 00:10:12.720 guys that you added specifically from the transfer portal, you know, 193 00:10:12.759 --> 00:10:16.360 I it's not necessarily one guy that you're sitting here thinking, Okay, 194 00:10:16.360 --> 00:10:17.919 this guy is just he's going to be able to 195 00:10:17.960 --> 00:10:20.960 take us to a different level. He's different, He's got, 196 00:10:21.039 --> 00:10:23.720 you know, uber talent compared to the rest of the roster. 197 00:10:24.000 --> 00:10:26.080 He can do things that nobody else can. I just 198 00:10:26.120 --> 00:10:29.320 don't think that's that that that's that's the scenario here 199 00:10:29.360 --> 00:10:33.840 with these three guys. So Ryan Conwell from Xavier, a 200 00:10:33.879 --> 00:10:39.639 good shooter, veteran, played a lot of college basketball, combo guard, 201 00:10:40.000 --> 00:10:41.440 more more of a two guard. I mean, he's gonna 202 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:44.519 play off the ball. Isaac McNeely, I mean he's more 203 00:10:44.519 --> 00:10:48.519 of just a flat out shooter, a guy that was 204 00:10:48.600 --> 00:10:51.039 right behind Rain Smith when it comes to three point 205 00:10:51.039 --> 00:10:53.720 shooting in the ACC. In fact, I think he shot 206 00:10:53.759 --> 00:10:56.080 a better percentage, but he made I mean, he was 207 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:58.240 second in three point field goals made in the ACC 208 00:10:58.360 --> 00:11:01.720 outside of rain Smith, so good company there. And then 209 00:11:01.759 --> 00:11:05.320 with Adrian Woolley, you know, he was a superstar freshman 210 00:11:05.360 --> 00:11:07.559 at a low level of Division one at Knnessas State, 211 00:11:07.639 --> 00:11:10.080 but he put up huge numbers and was you know, 212 00:11:10.200 --> 00:11:14.200 really really special and clearly he proved right out of 213 00:11:14.200 --> 00:11:16.320 the gate he was a lot better than the level 214 00:11:16.320 --> 00:11:19.240 he was playing at. So I mean, I think of 215 00:11:19.320 --> 00:11:27.039 all three of those guys bring really the same, Like, like, 216 00:11:27.080 --> 00:11:29.639 there's no way Woolley averages the same amount of points 217 00:11:29.639 --> 00:11:32.080 that he did at Kennesaw State here at Louisville. I 218 00:11:32.080 --> 00:11:35.120 guess it's possible. But like, these three guys, like they're 219 00:11:35.120 --> 00:11:38.159 not even going to need to be doing as much 220 00:11:38.200 --> 00:11:40.879 here at Louisville as they did at their previous school 221 00:11:40.879 --> 00:11:43.159 because I think all of them are now joining a 222 00:11:43.200 --> 00:11:49.679 better situation. So of the three transfers, all are going 223 00:11:49.759 --> 00:11:54.039 to be important. But I'm on the spot here, and 224 00:11:54.080 --> 00:11:56.000 yes I'm spinning my wheels because I don't really know. 225 00:11:56.399 --> 00:12:00.639 I mean, and also, if if you'd that's the question 226 00:12:00.720 --> 00:12:02.240 and we were in the previous world and it was 227 00:12:02.279 --> 00:12:06.039 based mostly off of freshman that's a little bit easier 228 00:12:06.039 --> 00:12:10.159 to answer. But like these guys, I mean, I guess 229 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:13.240 there's a scenario that they don't really translate. But like 230 00:12:13.519 --> 00:12:16.600 Isaac McNeely, he played in the ACC, so he can 231 00:12:16.639 --> 00:12:18.399 do what he was able to do at Virginia, put 232 00:12:18.480 --> 00:12:21.240 up big numbers playing against you know, a good schedule. 233 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:23.960 I have no reason to think that like, he won't 234 00:12:24.000 --> 00:12:25.320 be able to do that here. In fact, I think 235 00:12:25.320 --> 00:12:26.960 he's going to be in a system that fits him 236 00:12:27.000 --> 00:12:30.960 even better to where he might really have a I mean, 237 00:12:31.080 --> 00:12:33.159 think about this. He put up the numbers he did 238 00:12:33.159 --> 00:12:36.759 in Virginia playing Virginia style basketball in a system that 239 00:12:36.759 --> 00:12:39.080 Pat Kelsey has. This guy, I mean, he's going to 240 00:12:39.159 --> 00:12:42.200 get a lot of great looks and if he continues 241 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:43.960 to be the really good shooter he's been his entire 242 00:12:44.000 --> 00:12:46.039 college career, that's going to be a good recipe for Louisville. 243 00:12:48.000 --> 00:12:51.960 So with conwell, you know, at Xavier, I'm not worried 244 00:12:51.960 --> 00:12:54.679 about will his production from the Big East carry over 245 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:57.240 to the ACC. I mean, he was an All ACC performan. 246 00:12:57.240 --> 00:13:00.440 I'm sorry he was an All Big East performer and lasted. 247 00:13:00.480 --> 00:13:03.399 I mean, Big East is a better league than the ACC. 248 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:08.879 So I mean, I think of these guys, I mean, 249 00:13:11.000 --> 00:13:12.759 with your question being a little bit, you know, who's 250 00:13:12.759 --> 00:13:15.919 most important When you ask it that way, I'm thinking, 251 00:13:16.240 --> 00:13:19.360 all right, who do we really need to make sure 252 00:13:19.399 --> 00:13:23.679 they bring what they what they produced at their previous school. 253 00:13:23.879 --> 00:13:25.759 But I just don't really think that's much of a question. 254 00:13:25.879 --> 00:13:29.960 Like if if Ryan Conwell and Isaac McNeely are unable 255 00:13:30.000 --> 00:13:32.799 to really kind of you know, fond footing and do 256 00:13:32.919 --> 00:13:34.320 the same kind of things they were doing at their 257 00:13:34.360 --> 00:13:37.279 previous school, I'd be highly surprised because I actually think 258 00:13:37.279 --> 00:13:39.399 they're going to be in a system now that better 259 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:44.360 suits what they can do, meaning play fast, get good 260 00:13:44.360 --> 00:13:48.000 looks and transition and you know, make three shoot threes. 261 00:13:48.000 --> 00:13:49.639 I mean that's what that's what pack Kelsey wants to do. 262 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:52.480 So I guess, woolly, I feel like if he does 263 00:13:52.519 --> 00:13:55.440 have a little bit of an adjustment, right, instead of 264 00:13:55.480 --> 00:13:58.639 averaging nineteen a game, let's say he's only averaging seven 265 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:00.600 or eight. Like, I don't think that'd be the the world, 266 00:14:01.080 --> 00:14:03.360 because he's not going to be needed to score as 267 00:14:03.399 --> 00:14:07.039 many points he's did at Kennessas State. But I will say, 268 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:10.039 you know, if he does, if he's if he's a 269 00:14:10.080 --> 00:14:13.120 guy that adjusts nicely, and you know, you get to 270 00:14:14.799 --> 00:14:18.360 mid January and he's like your second leading scorer, averaging 271 00:14:18.399 --> 00:14:21.279 like thirteen or fourteen games something like that. I would 272 00:14:21.279 --> 00:14:23.960 say that that's huge, meaning you know, you didn't just 273 00:14:24.000 --> 00:14:26.120 bring up a guy who was pretty pretty damn good 274 00:14:26.120 --> 00:14:27.759 at that level. You brought up a guy that is 275 00:14:28.240 --> 00:14:30.639 you know, still able to you know, score at a 276 00:14:30.639 --> 00:14:32.799 pretty high level. So I guess I would say woolly 277 00:14:33.559 --> 00:14:37.879 just because there's more of an unknown there, Like I 278 00:14:37.919 --> 00:14:41.320 expect him to be solid, but you know, but there's 279 00:14:41.320 --> 00:14:44.559 also a chance that he could really thrive by playing 280 00:14:44.559 --> 00:14:49.799 around better players. Now this isn't the question that you asked, 281 00:14:49.840 --> 00:14:52.559 but I think the guy who really is the potential 282 00:14:52.639 --> 00:14:56.919 difference maker for Louisville is case In Pryor, just because 283 00:14:57.600 --> 00:14:59.919 you know, last year in four or five games, however, man, 284 00:15:00.279 --> 00:15:02.240 it was that he played like you could see that 285 00:15:02.320 --> 00:15:05.279 he's got he's got something that Louisville was able to 286 00:15:05.559 --> 00:15:08.039 kind of, you know, live without because they still had 287 00:15:08.039 --> 00:15:11.360 a good season. But there's plays that Cason made that 288 00:15:11.519 --> 00:15:13.960 really there's nobody else on the team that was capable 289 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:17.799 of making those plays. Maybe CANi Russ just because of 290 00:15:17.840 --> 00:15:21.559 the similar build and athleticism. But if Cason's fully healthy, 291 00:15:22.000 --> 00:15:25.240 and you know, you've got a good three point shooting 292 00:15:25.279 --> 00:15:28.720 team like you you know, seemingly have, He's just going 293 00:15:28.799 --> 00:15:31.559 to have a lot of opportunity to slash and maybe knocked. 294 00:15:31.639 --> 00:15:33.320 I mean, he shot a lot of threes last year. 295 00:15:33.320 --> 00:15:35.120 In fact, he shot more than I would have wanted 296 00:15:35.159 --> 00:15:37.120 to see him shoot. But and he didn't shoot a 297 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:41.320 great percentage. But I mean he could benefit from the 298 00:15:41.360 --> 00:15:44.480 opposing teams just having to worry so much about Louisville's perimeter, 299 00:15:45.320 --> 00:15:48.159 and you know, he could he could really take advantage 300 00:15:48.200 --> 00:15:52.440 of that. So like, if Cason is I guess the 301 00:15:52.519 --> 00:15:55.480 guy that we hoped he would be last year prior 302 00:15:55.519 --> 00:15:59.919 to the injury, just an athletic, versatile guy that can rim, 303 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:04.279 you can rimp protect for, you can play above the rim. Also, 304 00:16:04.559 --> 00:16:08.000 you know, if you've got a big guy guarding him, 305 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:12.120 I mean that's a mismatch because yeah, Casein's I guess 306 00:16:12.120 --> 00:16:15.039 considered a front court player. But he's got a good handle, 307 00:16:15.120 --> 00:16:18.279 he's pretty quick. So to me, Prior, like you know, 308 00:16:18.840 --> 00:16:20.960 Louis could still be really good. If Prior's just you know, 309 00:16:21.919 --> 00:16:23.360 like Louisvill could have a really put it. Let me 310 00:16:23.360 --> 00:16:24.720 put it this way, louisvill could have a really good 311 00:16:24.720 --> 00:16:27.600 team that looks like they have a chance to you know, 312 00:16:27.679 --> 00:16:30.279 get a good seat and make a Final four if 313 00:16:30.799 --> 00:16:34.039 their strength is more so based off of a collection 314 00:16:34.159 --> 00:16:36.879 of good players than maybe one or two guys that 315 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.240 are just you know different, like last year, especially when 316 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:42.919 the injuries took place to Cason and de Koran Johnson, 317 00:16:43.440 --> 00:16:46.200 I mean, Chucky Hepburn became an All American and you 318 00:16:46.320 --> 00:16:48.600 needed that. Without Chucky being you know, as great as 319 00:16:48.639 --> 00:16:51.120 he was, you know, Louisville still would have won plenty 320 00:16:51.120 --> 00:16:54.919 of games, but obviously he was he was special. Rain 321 00:16:54.960 --> 00:16:57.320 Smith at times was special just because he could get 322 00:16:57.360 --> 00:17:00.360 hot and change the game in a big way. So, 323 00:17:00.639 --> 00:17:02.600 you know, I don't that's one of the benefits of 324 00:17:02.879 --> 00:17:06.599 really bringing back some good pieces like Hadley pryor can 325 00:17:06.640 --> 00:17:09.759 I You've got Khalifa and Rogers that are that are 326 00:17:09.759 --> 00:17:12.160 going to be healthy and ready to go, Mickel Brown, 327 00:17:12.240 --> 00:17:17.039 the freshman All American, and then Sonny Frew, who's kind 328 00:17:17.039 --> 00:17:19.079 of not really a mystery, but you know he's somebody 329 00:17:19.079 --> 00:17:20.759 none of us had ever heard of until he committed. 330 00:17:20.799 --> 00:17:22.440 And you look at what he's doing over there in 331 00:17:22.440 --> 00:17:24.359 his pro league, and you know, you've got to be excited. 332 00:17:24.920 --> 00:17:27.400 So I think this could be a team where depth 333 00:17:27.799 --> 00:17:29.799 and really just having you know, a lot of good 334 00:17:29.799 --> 00:17:32.640 players could really benefit you and that could be your strength. 335 00:17:33.599 --> 00:17:35.400 But who knows, maybe you have that, But there's a 336 00:17:35.400 --> 00:17:38.039 couple of guys that really are I guess, you know, 337 00:17:38.079 --> 00:17:40.759 difference makers, Guys that the opposing team knows it's going 338 00:17:40.839 --> 00:17:42.319 to be a long night for them because they don't 339 00:17:42.359 --> 00:17:46.559 really have somebody to totally, you know, match what you 340 00:17:46.599 --> 00:17:48.960 have with a case in pryor so that that's more 341 00:17:49.000 --> 00:17:50.359 so what I mean when it comes to that. But 342 00:17:50.440 --> 00:17:53.440 good question, because clearly you got me stumped. I'm probably 343 00:17:53.440 --> 00:17:57.680 talking in circles here, but I would say Woolley is 344 00:17:57.920 --> 00:18:00.200 is a guy that I think if he is close 345 00:18:00.240 --> 00:18:02.400 to what he was doing last year Atkennesesau, that could 346 00:18:02.480 --> 00:18:05.680 really be a big, big I mean, it could be 347 00:18:05.720 --> 00:18:07.960 a special thing for Louisville. But I don't really think 348 00:18:07.960 --> 00:18:09.480 there's like a lot of pressure. I think you got 349 00:18:09.480 --> 00:18:11.880 good pieces to where there's not any newcomer coming in 350 00:18:11.920 --> 00:18:15.279 where you're like, man, this guy doesn't give us XYZ, 351 00:18:15.559 --> 00:18:18.559 We're in trouble and honestly, when the injuries took place 352 00:18:18.640 --> 00:18:20.759 last year, that's what you were worried about, right, I mean, 353 00:18:22.279 --> 00:18:25.440 you knew that Hadley had to become what he became 354 00:18:25.519 --> 00:18:26.799 if you were going to have a chance of being 355 00:18:26.799 --> 00:18:29.359 a good team. He did that. You knew that Terrence 356 00:18:29.480 --> 00:18:31.720 Edwards really had to step up because he wasn't playing well. 357 00:18:31.720 --> 00:18:34.559 And now Korn Johnson's not coming back at all. Chucky 358 00:18:34.880 --> 00:18:37.880 had to really kind of, you know, take on the 359 00:18:37.960 --> 00:18:39.799 role of Hey, I got to at times maybe put 360 00:18:39.839 --> 00:18:41.160 this team on my back, and I've got to be 361 00:18:41.160 --> 00:18:43.160 one of the best defensive players in the country. But also, 362 00:18:43.319 --> 00:18:46.279 you know this tribute and score sixteen seventeen a game. 363 00:18:49.119 --> 00:18:50.799 All right, don't go anywhere, keep it locked right here. 364 00:18:50.839 --> 00:18:53.200 It is Coffee and Company. We are fueled by Porton's 365 00:18:53.240 --> 00:18:58.160 right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. You know, there 366 00:18:58.160 --> 00:19:00.279 are a lot of things in life that we just 367 00:19:00.400 --> 00:19:07.640 never see coming. And I think Bill Belichick's current situation 368 00:19:07.880 --> 00:19:10.839 is one that I think you'd have a hard time 369 00:19:10.880 --> 00:19:13.799 finding anybody that would tell you that, Yeah, it's not 370 00:19:13.839 --> 00:19:19.240 that surprising that you know, at his age he's dating 371 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:23.000 somebody that he's young enough to be his granddaughter and 372 00:19:23.039 --> 00:19:25.200 it's not that surprising. I always thought he would come 373 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:29.160 back and coach in college at North Carolina. I mean again, 374 00:19:29.200 --> 00:19:33.119 I think everybody is well aware that you know, nobody 375 00:19:33.200 --> 00:19:37.319 saw this coming. Imagine telling somebody even two years ago 376 00:19:37.480 --> 00:19:39.759 that Bill Belichick would be in the situation that he's 377 00:19:39.799 --> 00:19:43.039 in right now. But this one is an extreme level 378 00:19:43.079 --> 00:19:46.759 of like, no, I'm just just stop for a moment 379 00:19:47.440 --> 00:19:50.039 and think about what you would have said to somebody 380 00:19:50.039 --> 00:19:51.960 two years ago that would that would have told you 381 00:19:52.000 --> 00:19:54.920 that Belichick would be where he is right now. You 382 00:19:54.960 --> 00:19:58.039 would not believe it. You wouldn't see a scenario where 383 00:19:58.039 --> 00:20:03.160 it was possible. But it's real. There's a lot of 384 00:20:03.240 --> 00:20:05.440 things in life, and you know, as really in the 385 00:20:05.519 --> 00:20:09.640 life really since the pandemic, I feel like since twenty sixteen, really, 386 00:20:09.680 --> 00:20:12.400 I guess more than anything, there's just like is this real? 387 00:20:12.640 --> 00:20:17.319 Is this is this life? This can't be real? And 388 00:20:17.440 --> 00:20:20.640 the Belichick situation is certainly one of those. It's coffee 389 00:20:20.640 --> 00:20:22.400 and company. Where feel about Thorton's here on Sports Talk 390 00:20:22.400 --> 00:20:25.160 seven ninety. Appreciate you hanging out with us. So the 391 00:20:25.240 --> 00:20:29.039 interview that Belichick did over the weekend, I don't know 392 00:20:29.039 --> 00:20:31.799 when the interview actually took place, but it was aired 393 00:20:31.839 --> 00:20:36.839 on CBS on Sunday, and I mean, yeah, it was 394 00:20:36.920 --> 00:20:41.839 CBS Mornings, and I mean it was beyond weird. And 395 00:20:41.880 --> 00:20:44.000 I'm sure by now a lot of you have heard 396 00:20:44.039 --> 00:20:46.880 about how awkward it was, and I mean it was 397 00:20:46.920 --> 00:20:51.000 so cringe and uncomfortable, Like I couldn't listen to it 398 00:20:51.039 --> 00:20:53.839 in its entirety. But for those who you know, don't 399 00:20:53.839 --> 00:20:58.519 know the overall, you know, the overall story. Here Belichick 400 00:20:58.559 --> 00:21:01.000 did an interview and I guess it was just to 401 00:21:01.039 --> 00:21:04.119