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Speaker 1: Off the Bench with Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert.

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Speaker 1: Here's Jacob Hester and T Bob Aber.

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Speaker 4: Welcome in our number three Wednesday edition of Off the

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Bench Taylor Sharp sitting in for our normal dynamic duo

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with Jacob Hester and T Bob Aber. We got Matthew Musso,

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we got Cassie Spazzali along for the ride as well.

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Kicking off our number three here, the New Orleans Pelicans

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are dominating the news cycle right now, and I want

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to bring in Ali Kosel Pelicans insider.

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Speaker 2: Get his thoughts on at Ali, how are you this morning?

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Speaker 3: Good morning, Taylor. Yes, there's a lot of news playing.

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It's not surprising. Second worst record in franchise history. Nobody

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was happy about it.

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Speaker 4: Let me get your initial thoughts, Like you just mentioned

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second worst record in franchise is, where were your initial

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thoughts on that David Griffin firing.

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Speaker 3: Not surprised he had been here six years they had

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the Pelicans that is, had only achieved the playoffs just twice,

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and that those are quick exits. And then you tied

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yourself to brandon Ingram and Zion Williams, a dude that

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only played one hundred and fifty four games together during

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a stretch word. I think David Griffin oversaw four hundred

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and seventy two games. So when you're only available for

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thirty three percent of the time, that's not a recipe

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for success. And that's why I think the largest reason

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why the Pelicans flounder right all those injuries. But like

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I said, you adhered yourself to two players that are

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just not durable enough to where you can entrust them

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to lead this team. So everything pointed too he was

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just gonna have to go.

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Speaker 4: You know, Pelicans fans didn't have a ton of time

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to dwell on that David Griffin firing because it was

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reported that the Pelicans already closing in on a deal

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to make Joe Dumars the next guy to take over

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that role.

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Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on Dumars?

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Speaker 4: I mean it seems like a quick hire and a

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lot of people are like, hey, is there something that

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was in the works for a while behind the scenes.

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Speaker 2: Did they rush into this higher? I mean, what are

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your thoughts on Dumars?

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Speaker 3: Yeah, it's mixed emotions. Hansely Taylor. Look, I think everybody

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knows about Joe Dumars. The player won two championships up

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in Detroit, he won a championship as an executive, had

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a really good run of success, right of seven eight

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straight years, but then towards the end of his executive

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career up in Detroit, they floundered. I think was five

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straight losing seasons, maybe six. With five of those you

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only won thirty games or less. So really suffered through

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some bad decision making and left the team in a

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much worse position honestly than he he had, you know,

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stewarded it about you know, the previous five, six, seven,

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eight years. So, like I said, there's a lot of

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highs in those with his career, and when you tie

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to the fact that the Pelicans seem to have picked.

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I should say the Pelicans ownership seems to decide on

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him being the next president of basketball operations. There was

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no search done, you know, as to six years ago

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when the Pelicans made a change from Dell Demps to

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David Griffins, they hired a consulting firm. For firm, they

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interviewed a number of candidates, including also Trade and Langdon

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at the time, and this time they didn't go that route.

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to Dell Demps, but they ended up doing the process

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the right way. Now it sounds like they're not doing

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it probably because they said, look, we tried it that way,

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going through the process formerly and everything, doing the exhaustive search,

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but it still ended up netting the same results right

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where the team did not find sustainable success. So they

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felt like they wanted to have somebody that ownership group

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could trust, who they've been talking to. And let's face

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I think Joe Dumars and the ownership group have known

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each other for well over ten years. So they wanted

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to bring in the guy that they can trust and

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hope that he can turn things around.

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Speaker 2: Do you think it was the right move.

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Speaker 3: You know, it's too early to stay because, let's face

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a lot of luck is involved in getting these things right.

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that David Griffins seemed to become almost the best friend

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to some of these guys, right, He's more of a

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friend than somebody leading them. So Joe Dumores has that respect.

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feel like he can make it work with Zion, then

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he's going to move on from him. But on the

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flip side, like I said the record, he's been a

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bad you know, a talent evaluative. They've had some bad

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drafts in Detroit. He's been out of the loop from

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being a GM for a really long time. So there's

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a lot of things that really scare me about this

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Speaker 4: Okay, so you're you're going to bring in a new

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VBA basketball operations Obviously Griffin out looks like it's going

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to be Joe Dumars. What do you think this means

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for Willie Green's future?

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Speaker 3: Well, initially, we've all heard that Willie Green is going

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to be retained. What's funny is about midway through the season,

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Pelicans got off with a terrible start right five and

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twenty nine. Reportedly, David Griffin wanted to move on from

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Willy Green during the middle of the season, right nobody

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was happy, Like I said, the team was aspiraling down

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and he wanted to make a change, But it sounds

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like he wasn't allowed to. It was a writing on

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the wall for David Griffin. Then, Look, he's not allowed

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to make these decisions anymore because he was probably going

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to be out the doors soon. So with Willy Green,

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you know, it's a mixed back. I thought his trajectory

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was shooting upwards. Right, first three years won more games

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in the previous season. Last year team won forty nine games,

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but this year didn't fell off a map. But our

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understanding is that ownership really likes Willy Green. They like

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what he stands for, what he's tried to do, and

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it seems to me a lot of the players are

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kind of supportive of that. I mean, if you just

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listen to Jose Alvarado in the season comments right after

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that final game, he seemed to be in full supportable

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at Green, saying I don't know how anybody could have

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done basically any better. When you lost your best player,

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your best defensive player, your best up and coming player.

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like Willy Green is gonna be probably given another chance.

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Speaker 4: I mean, okay, do you do you think they should

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move on from him? Because I mean, look, everybody, I

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get it. New Orleans fans are passionate regardless of what sport.

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But like there seems to really be a mixed bag

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fan wise about Willy Green. Like what do you think

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Speaker 3: They probably want change, Yeah, right, I mean there's a

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lot of you know, there's again there's pros and cons

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to everybody and everything, especially in the situation like this.

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Willy Green. One thing that he does he does bring stability, right,

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he never lost his cool. He also, I thought had

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a pretty decent staff around him to where they were

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saying the right things, but not always the players were

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executing yet. But then when you wonder why you see

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that most of the time he was stuck with honestly

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playing g leaguers. Right. There was a well known joke

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it wasn't the Birmingham squadron, and Birmingham was the Birmingham

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Squadron in New Orleans, so he didn't have much to

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work with. And like I said, the previous three years

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seemed to indicate that, you know, Willie Green did a

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pretty decent job. I say, even a better job than

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say some of his predecessors that definitely couldn't get through

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to this group. Dan van Gundy was here for one

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year before that. Alvin Gentry stuffers through a lot of

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losing seasons. So it makes you wonder is it the

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coach or is it what he's got to work with.

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I wouldn't mind seeing Willy Green honestly come back.

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Speaker 4: Yeah say, and like you mentioned, like you know, the

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reports were that ownership loves him, He's likely going to

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be retained. But olly like, just for hypothetical, let's say

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that change. So let's say Joe Dumars comes in, he

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wants to make a change. They allow him to make

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a change. I mean, there's there's guys out there who

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have been let go that you know, they've been in

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the NBA for a while, but they got impressive resumes.

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I mean, Mike Malone's won with the Nuggets. The Sun

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just let go of Mike Budenholzer after a year. Like

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if they do let go of Willie Green, who could

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the Pells go after?

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Speaker 3: Here's here's the part. You got to also remember a player,

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let's say, for instance, a guy like Mike Malone, who

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want to bring them in. Yeah, well he's going to

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command top notch salary. From what I understand, Willie Green

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was one of the lowest paid coaches, so paying people

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paying top tier type of coaching talent. I'm not sure

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this organization is willing to go there, right. They haven't

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had sustainable success, They've never felt like they need to

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sink in their resources. But at the same time, you've

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top dollar for all these and maybe things would turn around,

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especially in the win loss records. So I wouldn't bet

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on say a big name like Mike Malone come here. Instead,

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maybe they'll look at a Mike Brown. If Willy Green

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was to move on. He was let go from the Kings.

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through the players. Taylor Jenkins is another one, was just

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recently fired by the Memphis Grizzlies. Seems to know his

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you know x as and no's and is well regarded

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in the league. So I don't think it would be

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like a set of flashy name. It'd be probably somebody

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Speaker 4: Ollie moving from the Joe Dumore situation to the upcoming

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draft lottery. So if you look at the draft lottery odds,

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Jazz Wizard's Hornets all tied at the top with a

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fourteen percent chance of getting that top pick, Pelicans right

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there at fourth with a twelve and a half percent.

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Let's say the Pelicans land one of those top four.

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Let's say everything goes chalk they land a top four pick,

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what position do you want to see him? I mean, obviously,

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if you're the number one overall pick, you're taking Cooper Flag.

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Everybody knows that. But like, let's say they don't get one,

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but they are there in that top four, where would

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you see you like to see the Pelicans.

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Speaker 3: Go well if they get too, I think it's ashowing

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that they would go ahead and draft Dyllan Harper if

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they just stay stay round four. J Edgecomb seems to

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be the favorite. The guy that got a lot of

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talent UF anybody ever watched any Baylor basketball, but this

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guy is an elite athlete. He's going to help you

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at the guard position where de Jontay Murray's features in question.

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Nobody's expecting him to be ready to start next year,

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so that could help. But if they say they slid

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they could maybe get Kan Kannepel from Duke. I kind

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of liked him. He was kind of in the shadows

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right of Cooper Flag, but I think he's got a

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game that's very similar to Austin Rees where offensively he

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can do it all right as kind of one of

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the larger like a basically a regular wing out there,

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but he can play make for you, you can shoot the

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three well, makes good decisions. And then if you want

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to get another big and if you think Zion's in

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your plans, or maybe even if he's not, you need

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an offensive big The Pelicans don't have one Eve Missy.

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at the rim. You could go after Derek, Queen of Maryland.

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regardless of wherever they end up in this draft lottery, Ollie,

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Speaker 4: Draft lottery to your current roster. Look, if you decide

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Mars comes in, new head coach, same head coach, there's

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likely going to be at least a little bit of

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roster turnover. So like, besides Zion, which is the obvious

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big star, like, what pieces on this current team, do

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you want to see the Pelicans hold on too?

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Speaker 3: Yeah? I want to see the monster give Zion a chance? Right.

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I know that the off court issues have upset ownership,

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and that's just technically always been the case for a

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lot of groups on the league that owned teams. But

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Zion's an all NBA talent, so I think you have

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to retain him unless you may end up and get

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lucky and you get Cooper Flagg, right, because if you don't,

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you need still to have that star slash superstar because

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otherwise the team isn't going to be able to really

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have success. I know Joe Dumars did, then Detroit did.

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He won the championship, had all those successful leaguers with

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good players to great players, but not like a superstar.

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But I think that's more of the exception. History has proven,

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So you got to keep him. Trey Murphy obviously, and

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Herb Jones you keep. They have been here for the

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long haul and their homebrewing talent that seems to want

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to be here. So those guys would obviously say, maybe

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CJ McCullum would be the one you dangle, because he's

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gonna be making thirty three million dollars or so, age

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thirty four season coming up for him, and he's soaking

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up a lot of your money on the salary cap.

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She so he'd probably be the most obvious choice first

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if you want to offload. But again, if you're keeping Zime,

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you need to have shooters around him. CJ was probably

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the Pelicans' best shooter all around shooter last year, right

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He had games of fifty points, forty five, forty three,

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so he can still definitely bring itself. Joe Dumars is

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going to have a lot of decisions to make. But

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it's going to all depend on what they want to

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do is Zion, if they think they can keep them.

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I think a lot of this roster would say. But

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if they decide to move on from him, then it's

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really open season outside of like I said, maybe Trey

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Speaker 4: OLLI go sell Repelicans Insider. All before we get you

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Speaker 3: Yeah. Thanks, phone me a long over on Blue Sky's

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Speaker 4: All right, Aliko sell Pelicans Insider. Thanks for hopping on

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Speaker 3: Thanks Taylor, have a good one.

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talking Jalen Ramsey. Could there be mutual interest between him

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Speaker 1: Back to sports talk, maybe off the.

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Speaker 4: Bench, you know Musso Sometimes when you're a week away

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from the NFL Draft, All you gotta do is not

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do or say something stupid, and you're pretty much gonna

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be set up for success if you're taking in the

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top ten.

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Speaker 7: Correct, correct, Yeah, that's that's the pathway to success. Some

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people just can't do it and travel this. Hunter did

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not do anything. It's what he said.

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Speaker 4: So over the weekend, this just keeps coming out, coming

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out over the last couple of days. Travis Hunter interviewed

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with CBA Sports last week and they asked them, you know,

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if any club had had any issues with him playing

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both corner and receiver. Obviously, Hunter won the Heisman Trophy

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as a two way player for Colorado. Some teams to

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you as a corner, some of you him as a receiver,

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and he said, look, I haven't ran into a team

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that would have a problem with me playing both sides

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of the ball. And then the question came up, Okay,

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well what if you were limited to just one side

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of the ball? And Travis Hunter said, well, if that's

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the case, I would just never play football again because

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I've been doing it my whole life. I love being

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on the football field and I could dominate on each

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side of the ball, so I really enjoy it. Why

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would you take that away from me. Okay, a few things. One,

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you sound like an idiot. Two, that's not even true.

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If I'm the Cleveland Browns or the New York Giants

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or whoever the hell decides to draft Travis Hunter and

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I pay him twenty million dollars a year and I

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tell him that he can only play corner, he can

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only play wide receiver, who in their right mind actually

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believes that Travis Hunter is going to quit?

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Speaker 2: Why say this? It's not even true.

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Speaker 4: Travis Hunter is not going to quit playing football and

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walk away from all that money because he's not allowed

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to play receiver or he's not allowed to play corner.

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Speaker 2: It's not even true. I mean, I just I don't

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know who's.

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Speaker 4: Advising some of these guys to say things. It's just

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like like, okay, then eco situation. You know, we'll keep

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going back to that because that's dominating that. It's like,

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who's advising you to try to take all this money

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when you're not the player that you think you are. Like,

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if you're Travis Hunter, you're an excellent player, you have

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excellent tape. You're pretty much a lock to go top

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five in the NFL draft, regardless of which team. You're

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going to make a lot of money in this league

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as long as you're willing to play this game. And

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you're saying I'm gonna walk away from football if you're not,

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if you don't let me play both ways, it's not true.

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If I'm a team, I call his bluff. He's not

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gonna do that. That's not even true. Like, what what

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do you gain if you're Travis Hunter from saying stuff

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like this. I never understand why athletes like I just

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I have to say this.

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Speaker 2: I just I just have to.

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Speaker 4: No, you don't just just go about your business. Don't

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do anything or say anything that might have teams caution

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away from me, and you're fine, you're a millionaire.

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Speaker 8: Look.

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Speaker 4: I like Travis Hunner. I think he's a really good player.

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I think he's a really good person. By all accounts.

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This is a stupid thing to say, because like, not

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only are teams like okay, like his dude's a little

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full of themself, but also like it's not even true.

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I don't I don't believe him. I don't believe Travis

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Hunter that he would quit and walk away from football

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if he was not allowed to play both ways.

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Speaker 2: I don't believe that.

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Speaker 4: Speaking of cornerbacks in the NFL, because I think that's

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where Travis Hunter is going to play.

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Speaker 3: Uh.

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Speaker 4: Jalen Ramsey has asked for a trade from the Miami Dolphins,

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the three time All Pro corner him and the Dolphins

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will mutually seek a trade.

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Speaker 5: Now.

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Speaker 4: Obviously, the New Orleans Saints have come up quickly in

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conversation for many trying to predict Ramsey's next landing spot. Obviously,

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the Saints and need a corner. Look, you have a

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Lante Taylor, you have kool Aid McKinstry. You traded Marshawn

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Lattimore during the season, Paul Sinadibo walked in free agency.

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He's a New York Giant now. So you have two

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pretty good corners in your starting lineup. Two things, One,

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you have nobody behind those two guys. And Alante Taylor

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has played a lot more in the slot in his

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NFL career, and he has as a true outside corner.

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He's done in college, but as far as the sayings go,

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he's a lot more comfortable in that Salot Nickel role.

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So I do think you need a corner when you

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look at Jalen Ramsey and the New Orleans Saints. There

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are a lot of connections. Okay, When Brandon Staley was

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with the Los Angeles Rams, Jalen Ramsey was there. He

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had one of his best seasons as a pro. Brandon

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Staley has credited Jalen Ramsey said he's one of the

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biggest reasons why he got the Los Angeles Chargers coaching

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job after just one year as Rams defensive coordinate. He

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has a lot of respect for a guy like Jalen Ramsey.

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On the flip side of things, when the Saints announced

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that they were hiring Brandon Staley is their next defensive coordinator,

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Jalen Ramsey retweeted it. He said, my guy. He put

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the fire emoji like. These two certainly like each other.

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They have a lot of respect for each other. They

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would probably like to reunite should the Saints want it.

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Speaker 2: Obviously.

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Speaker 4: Jalen Ramsey has been a great player in this league

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for a number of years. He's a little bit past

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his prime though, he's old for his position, but he

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can still play a little Like if you look at

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his numbers from a year ago, he started all seventeen games,

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he had two interceptions, sixty total tackles, Like, yeah, he

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had a good year, he had a sack, but he's

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thirty one years old, He's moved around a little bit,

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and I think the Dolphins would ask too much in

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return to get it, and the Saints don't have anything

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to give up. What would they be willing to give

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up for him? Hopefully nothing. I say, don't make this

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move again. Miami's going to ask a lot. You don't

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have much to give up. I definitely think you need

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a cornerback, just not an aging guy who's on the

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wrong side of thirty who's a high price too. You're

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going to have to trade for and probably give up

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a lot asset wise. Now, I don't think that this

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cornerback class in the upcoming NFL draft is especially deep. Look,

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I really like Will Johnson. I'd be okay if this

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Saint stoock him in nine. I think you need a

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corner of that bat. I like Jadai Barrin from Texas.

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I think he's a really good player. There's two guys

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seem like they're both gonna go win the first round.

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Outside of that, I mean, you certainly have talent. I

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think it's a big drop off, though, I mean Chavon

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Revel's been a guy that's been talked about. He's kind

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of a fringe first round player out of East Carolina.

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If Trey Amos from Ole Miss, he had kind of

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an up and down college career. Certainly made some plays.

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He was on a bad defense at Ole Miss, but

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I mean he stood out at times. Maxwell Harriston at Kentucky,

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again on a pretty bad defense, made some flash plays

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at times didn't look so great.

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Speaker 2: Now.

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Speaker 4: Maxwell Harrison was the fastest player at the NFL Combine,

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so he does have that going for him. I think,

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whether it's Amos, Revel, Maxwell Harrison, I think one of

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those guys could be there at forty. So maybe even

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if you don't grab a Will Johnson or a Jedi

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Baron in the first round, you could get a solid

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quality corner at forty. Do I think any of those

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guys are game changers? No, at least not their rookie season,

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at least not from what I've seen from any of them.

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But again, Harriston fastest player at the combine, Trey Amos,

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solid player in the SEC. Both of those guys have

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SEC starting experience that means a lot to someone like me.

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Speaker 2: And then Chevon Revel, Yeah, he.

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Speaker 4: Was at East Carolina, but he's a guy that continues

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to rise up draft boards. A lot of teams really

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like his potential at the next level. They're all options.

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I wouldn't call them home runs, but they're solid editions.

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The problem comes in what if you don't want to

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invest a first or second round pick in a cornerback. Again,

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I think there's a big drop off between Johnson and

475
00:22:03,200 --> 00:22:06,119
Baron and those three. After those first five though, I

476
00:22:06,119 --> 00:22:08,599
think there's a huge drop off to the next guy.

477
00:22:09,920 --> 00:22:12,319
I like Zaia Alexander, He's had some injury concerns. I

478
00:22:12,359 --> 00:22:14,119
think he's a guy that you could get, you know,

479
00:22:14,279 --> 00:22:18,319
round four potentially other than him, though, And who do

480
00:22:18,319 --> 00:22:21,160
you have Dorian Strong from Virginia Tech. I mean, he's

481
00:22:21,400 --> 00:22:23,759
he's a fine player. I don't know if he's a

482
00:22:23,839 --> 00:22:27,400
Day one starter in the NFL. So if you're the

483
00:22:27,440 --> 00:22:29,400
Saints and you don't want to spend a first or

484
00:22:29,400 --> 00:22:32,519
second round pick on a corner you might say, hey,

485
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go after a guy like Jayalen Ramsey and I get it,

486
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But again, what are you willing to give up? I

487
00:22:37,880 --> 00:22:40,119
think you're gonna have to give up a pick somewhere

488
00:22:40,160 --> 00:22:42,559
in rounds two or three and possibly a player as well,

489
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and that hasn't been reported.

490
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Speaker 2: I'm just spitballing here.

491
00:22:46,400 --> 00:22:48,519
Speaker 4: That's just kind of what we've seen from similar players

492
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of Jayalen Ramsey's stature.

493
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Speaker 2: I think Jayalen.

494
00:22:52,359 --> 00:22:54,960
Speaker 4: Ramsey's got, you know, two years of good football left

495
00:22:54,960 --> 00:22:58,240
in him, But you have to take on his big contract.

496
00:22:58,599 --> 00:23:01,119
You'd have to give up assets to get him. I

497
00:23:01,160 --> 00:23:02,920
don't know if you can afford to do that right now. Like,

498
00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,839
if you're the Saints, you want to get younger. You

499
00:23:04,839 --> 00:23:06,480
don't want to bring in a thirty one year old

500
00:23:06,480 --> 00:23:09,079
cornerback with a big contract. You already have guys like that.

501
00:23:09,759 --> 00:23:13,759
You already have aging players on big contracts. Why would

502
00:23:13,799 --> 00:23:17,079
you want to add to that. If you're Mickey Lumas,

503
00:23:17,119 --> 00:23:19,480
sheell love doing it. But I mean, why would you

504
00:23:19,480 --> 00:23:22,119
want to add another old player on a big contract.

505
00:23:24,839 --> 00:23:27,599
I personally would draft a corner in this upcoming NFL draft.

506
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But even if they don't, what about free agency. There's

507
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some guys out there and they'd probably be cheaper than

508
00:23:38,960 --> 00:23:41,119
Jalen Ramsey and their free agents. You wouldn't have to

509
00:23:41,160 --> 00:23:45,480
give up anything for as far as the guys that

510
00:23:45,519 --> 00:23:51,519
are available at the cornerback position that are relatively young.

511
00:23:53,880 --> 00:23:56,480
Shaquille Griffin's out there. He was with Minnesota last year.

512
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I mean he sat an up and down NFL career.

513
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But if you want to add a veteran, he made

514
00:23:59,559 --> 00:24:02,000
four and a half million dollars last year, he's an

515
00:24:02,000 --> 00:24:05,759
affordable option. Emmanuel Moseley's out there. Sante Samuel Junior was

516
00:24:05,759 --> 00:24:07,799
with the Chargers last year. He made one point eight

517
00:24:07,839 --> 00:24:11,519
million dollars. That's an option now. CJ Henderson, big name,

518
00:24:13,200 --> 00:24:15,680
He's played in some big games. He didn't play football

519
00:24:15,759 --> 00:24:22,039
last year. He made over five million dollars in Pittsburgh,

520
00:24:22,039 --> 00:24:24,720
didn't play. He's only twenty six years old. But is

521
00:24:24,759 --> 00:24:26,079
that a guy you like? Is that a guy you

522
00:24:26,079 --> 00:24:27,680
can bring in now? Again, he's been out of football

523
00:24:27,720 --> 00:24:29,920
for a year. But what could you do with a

524
00:24:29,920 --> 00:24:36,880
guy like that? Outside of that, though, what do you have?

525
00:24:37,000 --> 00:24:42,519
Trayvon Mullen who's been a disappointment. Kendall Sheffield hasn't let

526
00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:47,079
the world on fire. Caleb Farley from the Panthers, he's

527
00:24:47,079 --> 00:24:52,160
been a disappointment. You kind of get the point. There's

528
00:24:52,200 --> 00:24:55,200
some guys out there. You don't really have any game changers,

529
00:24:55,440 --> 00:25:00,640
whether it's free agency or the draft. But I do

530
00:25:00,799 --> 00:25:03,039
like the first four to five options of this corner spot.

531
00:25:03,119 --> 00:25:05,599
I don't think it's a deep class, however, I think

532
00:25:05,839 --> 00:25:07,400
it's top heavy. If you can land one of those

533
00:25:07,400 --> 00:25:10,799
four or five corners and then include Zia Alexander in

534
00:25:10,839 --> 00:25:12,960
there as well, I like that. So there's what five

535
00:25:13,000 --> 00:25:15,880
to six guys you'd maybe be happy with. I think

536
00:25:15,880 --> 00:25:17,839
they're gonna have to draft a corner in this class

537
00:25:17,920 --> 00:25:19,799
because none of those free agents I name moved the

538
00:25:19,839 --> 00:25:22,480
needle at all for me. And then if you're the Saints,

539
00:25:22,519 --> 00:25:24,759
like you're gonna have to give up multiple assets to

540
00:25:24,799 --> 00:25:27,200
get Jalen Ramsey coming in, who's thirty one years old,

541
00:25:27,200 --> 00:25:29,279
so he's on the wrong side of thirty and you're

542
00:25:29,279 --> 00:25:33,720
going to have to take on his contract. I don't

543
00:25:33,720 --> 00:25:36,000
know if you want to do that. I certainly do not.

544
00:25:38,720 --> 00:25:40,319
We'll see what they decide to do. And I mean, look,

545
00:25:40,400 --> 00:25:43,599
Jalen Ramsey great player, right, I mean, he's been a

546
00:25:43,680 --> 00:25:46,680
three time first team All Pro, he was Defensive Rookie

547
00:25:46,759 --> 00:25:49,599
of the Year. He's been to seven Pro Bowls in

548
00:25:49,640 --> 00:25:52,480
his career. Jalen Ramsey can play. How much longer can

549
00:25:52,480 --> 00:25:54,279
he play at that level? What are you willing to

550
00:25:54,279 --> 00:25:56,559
give up for him? We'll see. If I'm the Saints,

551
00:25:56,720 --> 00:25:59,000
I say no, thanks. But if you're desperate enough for

552
00:25:59,079 --> 00:26:01,240
a corner, keep an eye on this. This may be

553
00:26:01,279 --> 00:26:02,920
a move that the Saints field that they have to make.

554
00:26:03,119 --> 00:26:04,599
All right, we're going to take a quick time alb

555
00:26:04,640 --> 00:26:07,759
when we get back. Guys, Derek Car's career in New

556
00:26:07,880 --> 00:26:10,200
Orleans might be over, but I know a lot of

557
00:26:10,240 --> 00:26:12,119
you are worried about what he's going to do for

558
00:26:12,200 --> 00:26:14,599
the remainder of his career. Don't worry. He's got it

559
00:26:14,640 --> 00:26:17,079
all figured out. We got that coming up. He might

560
00:26:17,079 --> 00:26:19,559
be changing careers. That's on the other side here on

561
00:26:19,599 --> 00:26:20,119
off the bench.

562
00:26:21,000 --> 00:26:22,359
Speaker 1: Off the bench, go.

563
00:26:22,400 --> 00:26:25,440
Speaker 5: To Central Plumbing Dot or Central Plumming Dot or maybe

564
00:26:25,519 --> 00:26:29,519
nine two five eighty five fifty two. Central Plumbing is

565
00:26:29,960 --> 00:26:33,759
your one stop plumbing shop and has been.

566
00:26:34,279 --> 00:26:35,880
Speaker 8: For damn near fifty years.

567
00:26:36,119 --> 00:26:39,039
Speaker 5: And when you look at that timeline, it tells you

568
00:26:39,039 --> 00:26:41,960
a few things. First off, the only way you keep

569
00:26:42,000 --> 00:26:44,240
your doors open that long and you continue to grow

570
00:26:44,279 --> 00:26:47,240
over that time period, is that your customers are consistently

571
00:26:47,559 --> 00:26:51,519
satisfied with the customer experience. And this is everything from

572
00:26:51,599 --> 00:26:55,000
the pricing to the service to the quality of the

573
00:26:55,039 --> 00:26:58,359
work and they want mean, why not write license bondit

574
00:26:58,400 --> 00:27:03,559
your employees flatteraty pricing twenty four seven emergency service great

575
00:27:03,599 --> 00:27:07,000
warrant to what the work has done. It also tells

576
00:27:07,000 --> 00:27:08,319
you that they've seen it all. They can fix it all.

577
00:27:08,319 --> 00:27:09,480
Go to sitch a plumb donnor.

578
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,880
Speaker 6: Go to the website today and see what they can

579
00:27:11,920 --> 00:27:15,079
do for you. Remodels go tankless. With the tankless water heater,

580
00:27:15,240 --> 00:27:16,960
never run out of hot water again.

581
00:27:17,000 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 8: But you always know twenty four seven, three.

582
00:27:19,160 --> 00:27:22,119
Speaker 6: Sixty five weekends, Holiday's game day, they will be there

583
00:27:22,160 --> 00:27:39,279
two to five, nine eighty five fifty two.

584
00:27:41,039 --> 00:27:43,720
Speaker 1: Back from the break where the sports talk gets real,

585
00:27:44,240 --> 00:27:46,440
kind of Off the Bench and with Hester.

586
00:27:46,240 --> 00:27:49,640
Speaker 2: And t Bob Welcome back in.

587
00:27:51,240 --> 00:27:53,279
Speaker 4: Just two more segments to go here on a Wednesday

588
00:27:53,400 --> 00:27:55,200
edition of Off the Bench. Taylor Sharp here with you,

589
00:27:55,759 --> 00:27:58,279
filling in for Jacob Hester and Ta Bob a bear. Guys,

590
00:27:58,319 --> 00:28:01,839
I know that Saints fan, whether you're all across the

591
00:28:01,839 --> 00:28:05,240
state of Louisiana or even beyond, are really concerned about

592
00:28:05,240 --> 00:28:08,119
this Derek Carr shoulder injury. You're like, man, I have

593
00:28:08,119 --> 00:28:10,519
a lot of love and respect for Derek Carr, what's

594
00:28:10,519 --> 00:28:12,319
he going to do for the rest of his career.

595
00:28:12,799 --> 00:28:13,880
Speaker 2: I'm worried about the guy.

596
00:28:14,599 --> 00:28:17,359
Speaker 4: I mean, I know he has forty million dollars fully guaranteed,

597
00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:19,039
but still, I mean that that forty million dollars is

598
00:28:19,079 --> 00:28:22,480
only going to go so far. Well, Cassie us have

599
00:28:22,599 --> 00:28:25,319
no fear their car is going to be a social

600
00:28:25,359 --> 00:28:31,279
media influencer. Really, I'm gonna give Hunt Palmer credit. He

601
00:28:31,319 --> 00:28:33,119
mentioned this a little bit on his show yesterday. He's

602
00:28:33,160 --> 00:28:35,880
kind of the one that turned me onto this. So

603
00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:40,160
it's called the Homegrown Network where him and his brother

604
00:28:40,359 --> 00:28:44,720
David are reviewing an electric Rolls Royce. Why this channel's

605
00:28:44,759 --> 00:28:47,799
not called Cars with Cars, I don't know. It's another

606
00:28:47,880 --> 00:28:51,440
bad decision by Derek Carr. Good points like Cars with Cars.

607
00:28:51,640 --> 00:28:56,000
I'm probably subscribing to that YouTube channel Homegrown Network, don't care.

608
00:28:56,039 --> 00:29:00,720
I'm scrolling right past it. So it's Derek Carr and

609
00:29:00,720 --> 00:29:04,599
his brother David. Now we're going to play a quick

610
00:29:04,640 --> 00:29:08,400
clip of them reviewing this car because like they review price,

611
00:29:09,000 --> 00:29:10,480
which by the way, moves to they give a zero

612
00:29:10,559 --> 00:29:14,079
out of ten on price because it's too expensive. Oh okay,

613
00:29:14,279 --> 00:29:18,359
and uh oh and they got it's an electric Rolls Royce.

614
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:19,920
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they thought that would be cheap.

615
00:29:20,200 --> 00:29:24,079
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, well and uh they they are, they do

616
00:29:24,200 --> 00:29:27,480
mention that, uh you know, the Rolls Royce is not

617
00:29:27,519 --> 00:29:29,559
a sponsoring. They bought this car and reviewed it out

618
00:29:29,559 --> 00:29:31,759
of the goodness of their hearts. Oh and if you're wondering, like,

619
00:29:31,880 --> 00:29:35,359
man David Carr has that kind of cash laying around, no, no, no, no no.

620
00:29:35,799 --> 00:29:37,759
David Carr was very quick to point out that, like

621
00:29:38,119 --> 00:29:39,519
Derek's the one with all the money.

622
00:29:39,559 --> 00:29:40,359
Speaker 2: Derek bought the car.

623
00:29:40,599 --> 00:29:43,559
Speaker 4: So in case you were wondering, like I know everybody's

624
00:29:43,559 --> 00:29:46,559
worried about Derek Carr struggling financially, Derek Carr bought bought

625
00:29:46,559 --> 00:29:49,319
the vehicle, so he bought the five hundred thousand dollars

626
00:29:49,400 --> 00:29:53,519
Rolls Royce. They're present, I mean in the presence when

627
00:29:53,559 --> 00:29:55,880
you roll up in the vehicle, which first off, stupid

628
00:29:55,880 --> 00:29:58,359
thing to review for a car. They gave it a

629
00:29:58,400 --> 00:30:01,759
twenty out of ten, but of them, twenty out of ten.

630
00:30:02,119 --> 00:30:05,200
And they're also like, regardless of what they review, whether

631
00:30:05,240 --> 00:30:08,960
it's price, presence, look all of this, they all give

632
00:30:08,960 --> 00:30:10,759
it the exact same number. Like both of them give

633
00:30:10,799 --> 00:30:12,759
it the exact same score across the board. I'm assuming

634
00:30:12,799 --> 00:30:15,000
they plan this out ahead of time before they started

635
00:30:15,000 --> 00:30:18,000
the video, but they're just so corny, Like, all right,

636
00:30:18,039 --> 00:30:20,000
don't take my word for Cassie. I put a link

637
00:30:20,599 --> 00:30:23,160
in the in the dock gout and play that. We'll

638
00:30:23,160 --> 00:30:24,599
play it for like thirty seconds or so. Like, I

639
00:30:24,680 --> 00:30:26,160
just want you guys to get a vibe of like

640
00:30:26,200 --> 00:30:27,119
what this channel is.

641
00:30:28,759 --> 00:30:33,880
Speaker 3: It's time to grade this sucker, all right. First, on price, narrow,

642
00:30:34,160 --> 00:30:35,279
I'm just gonna say.

643
00:30:35,160 --> 00:30:36,200
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say zero.

644
00:30:36,319 --> 00:30:38,799
Speaker 6: All right, that's the way. It's a way to spend

645
00:30:38,880 --> 00:30:41,319
that much money on a car is ridiculous, and so

646
00:30:41,680 --> 00:30:44,960
price we both we both give it a NOORI, bro,

647
00:30:45,119 --> 00:30:47,519
is it worth every dollar if this is what you want?

648
00:30:47,599 --> 00:30:51,640
Speaker 3: Absolutely sure? But man, and our price zero it's.

649
00:30:51,480 --> 00:30:53,839
Speaker 5: A tariokey don I can get over here see her

650
00:30:54,079 --> 00:30:55,759
for that is crazy.

651
00:30:55,559 --> 00:30:57,720
Speaker 6: Amount of tried tip sandwiches I can get at doghouse.

652
00:30:57,759 --> 00:31:00,440
Speaker 3: Girl. Yeah, unbelievable. I'm going on zero.

653
00:31:00,519 --> 00:31:03,480
Speaker 6: So it's a zero for the press our first ever,

654
00:31:03,960 --> 00:31:04,799
first ever zero.

655
00:31:04,920 --> 00:31:06,920
Speaker 3: It's the first one. Well, you guys, half million dollars

656
00:31:06,960 --> 00:31:07,720
for an electric car.

657
00:31:07,759 --> 00:31:09,640
Speaker 2: That's I mean, it's beautiful, but my goodness.

658
00:31:09,839 --> 00:31:10,559
Speaker 3: Zero on the price.

659
00:31:10,640 --> 00:31:17,839
Speaker 4: All right, practicality, ftality, they're they're coming in there as well.

660
00:31:18,119 --> 00:31:20,920
You kind of got the taste of what this channel

661
00:31:20,960 --> 00:31:23,880
is going to be. Guys, Derek Carr and David Carr

662
00:31:24,519 --> 00:31:27,240
might be the cringiest pair of brothers I have ever

663
00:31:27,279 --> 00:31:29,680
seen in my entire life. Like, all right, Moose, you're

664
00:31:29,680 --> 00:31:31,680
a huge Saints fan. I know you love Derek Carr.

665
00:31:31,680 --> 00:31:33,279
What's your initial reaction to this video?

666
00:31:33,920 --> 00:31:36,839
Speaker 7: It looks like it costs six cents to make, which

667
00:31:36,920 --> 00:31:39,039
I guess they only had that much LEFTFT buying a.

668
00:31:39,000 --> 00:31:40,000
Speaker 2: Really expensive car.

669
00:31:40,039 --> 00:31:45,519
Speaker 7: Apparently, it reminds me of something you would see like honestly,

670
00:31:46,240 --> 00:31:50,960
like two high schoolers doing on YouTube. Like that's that's

671
00:31:51,000 --> 00:31:53,680
the vibe I getting, like they have a rich parent,

672
00:31:53,720 --> 00:31:54,319
they went out.

673
00:31:54,160 --> 00:31:56,039
Speaker 2: And bought a car, and they we're gonna review this

674
00:31:56,400 --> 00:31:58,720
review the car. We look so cool rolling up in it.

675
00:31:58,720 --> 00:32:01,000
That's our presence. So it's a little expensive though.

676
00:32:01,880 --> 00:32:03,839
Speaker 4: This is our first zero out of ten with the

677
00:32:03,920 --> 00:32:06,200
boo sounder in behind it, Like, what are we doing?

678
00:32:06,319 --> 00:32:08,880
Speaker 2: That looks like something that to eighteen year olds would do.

679
00:32:09,640 --> 00:32:13,799
Speaker 4: Cars in his mid thirties, David Carr's forty years old, Yeah, Like,

680
00:32:13,920 --> 00:32:18,400
what are we doing here. Also presence I mentioned they

681
00:32:18,400 --> 00:32:21,119
gave it a twenty out of ten. Not where I'm from.

682
00:32:21,559 --> 00:32:23,000
I gotta tell you, if you're rolling up in an

683
00:32:23,039 --> 00:32:25,160
electric vehicle where I'm from, I don't care. If it's

684
00:32:25,160 --> 00:32:26,880
a Rolls Roys, I don't care, if it's a Prias,

685
00:32:26,920 --> 00:32:29,319
I don't care if it's really anything in between. Electric

686
00:32:29,440 --> 00:32:32,079
vehicle presence is not a twenty out of ten under

687
00:32:32,119 --> 00:32:39,039
any circumstances. Not not my thing. He mentions, Okay, well

688
00:32:39,039 --> 00:32:42,880
I could buy thirty two, five hundred sandwiches with this.

689
00:32:42,920 --> 00:32:45,119
Speaker 2: How much Chipotle could you buy for it? Derek and not?

690
00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,200
The first place he went when he got to New Orleans?

691
00:32:47,319 --> 00:32:48,680
Was that what it was? I think?

692
00:32:48,720 --> 00:32:48,799
Speaker 3: So?

693
00:32:48,960 --> 00:32:52,559
Speaker 2: Yeah, Chipotle? Yeah, I think I think first meal you

694
00:32:52,599 --> 00:32:53,359
had in New Orleans.

695
00:32:53,359 --> 00:32:56,720
Speaker 4: He's like, well, obviously, of all the cuisine you're in

696
00:32:56,799 --> 00:33:01,960
the big easy, Chipotle is where I'm going. Not next

697
00:33:02,039 --> 00:33:05,079
vehicle they're reviewing, what do we think it is, cousine.

698
00:33:07,319 --> 00:33:09,839
Speaker 8: I don't think I know enough cars to guess.

699
00:33:10,000 --> 00:33:11,039
Speaker 2: Let's review my truck.

700
00:33:11,240 --> 00:33:14,640
Speaker 4: Let's give Derek Carr and David Carr at two thousand

701
00:33:14,680 --> 00:33:17,039
and four f two fifty with one hundred and ninety

702
00:33:17,039 --> 00:33:19,400
five thousand miles and no AC, however, does.

703
00:33:19,319 --> 00:33:20,440
Speaker 2: Have blamey Brandy Winshield.

704
00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:22,640
Speaker 7: There we go, got that done, sudden bragg There, guys,

705
00:33:22,799 --> 00:33:24,400
you and I should do that. We should go out

706
00:33:24,400 --> 00:33:26,839
in the parking lot and make a YouTube video of

707
00:33:26,839 --> 00:33:28,480
ourselves reviewing your truck.

708
00:33:28,559 --> 00:33:31,279
Speaker 2: I agree, and post it and just see. You know,

709
00:33:31,720 --> 00:33:32,759
how do we get more views?

710
00:33:33,240 --> 00:33:33,440
Speaker 8: Yeah?

711
00:33:33,440 --> 00:33:37,359
Speaker 2: What were we looking at for views? Views?

712
00:33:37,440 --> 00:33:39,119
Speaker 7: That's actually not that bad. Pretty Yeah, they put it

713
00:33:39,160 --> 00:33:41,759
out yesterday, I mean pretty.

714
00:33:41,480 --> 00:33:45,359
Speaker 4: Speaking of Uh, what kind of trash in this video is?

715
00:33:45,400 --> 00:33:45,599
Speaker 2: God?

716
00:33:45,640 --> 00:33:48,359
Speaker 4: Guys, we have two hundred and thirty seven comments on

717
00:33:48,400 --> 00:33:53,039
this video. Oh no, man, Derek, that truck is so

718
00:33:53,160 --> 00:33:55,319
big you could fit all of your playoff.

719
00:33:54,880 --> 00:33:55,559
Speaker 2: Wins in there.

720
00:33:59,319 --> 00:34:02,920
Speaker 4: Man, what do we want this car to do? How

721
00:34:02,920 --> 00:34:05,440
about show up to work when you're making forty million dollars? A?

722
00:34:06,039 --> 00:34:10,280
Speaker 2: Yeah, there it is? Got him? Got him? All right?

723
00:34:10,280 --> 00:34:13,880
Speaker 4: Here's your here's your favorite one MS great car. If

724
00:34:13,880 --> 00:34:15,719
you ever come back to New Orleans, I hope you

725
00:34:15,800 --> 00:34:17,559
drive it in to buy you Saint John with the

726
00:34:17,559 --> 00:34:23,360
windows rolled up. Yeah all right, ma chill out, dude, Yeah,

727
00:34:23,440 --> 00:34:26,119
let's have some chill.

728
00:34:28,360 --> 00:34:29,920
Speaker 2: Man. It's it's football.

729
00:34:32,039 --> 00:34:34,599
Speaker 4: Oh and also At the beginning of the video, he

730
00:34:34,679 --> 00:34:38,559
points out, you know, a former Niner and a former

731
00:34:38,679 --> 00:34:41,599
Raider here finally getting along because we're no longer rivals.

732
00:34:41,639 --> 00:34:43,480
Speaker 2: I'm sure that went over well with Saints fan.

733
00:34:43,639 --> 00:34:45,360
Speaker 8: Yeah, there you go, referring to.

734
00:34:45,320 --> 00:34:47,599
Speaker 4: Yourself as a former Raider and not a current New

735
00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:48,239
Orleans Saint.

736
00:34:49,760 --> 00:34:55,239
Speaker 2: That'll get it done. Guys. The comments here are really impressive.

737
00:34:56,639 --> 00:34:58,480
Speaker 4: You think it's crazy to spend that much money on

738
00:34:58,519 --> 00:35:00,760
a car, Imagine how the Saints felt when they spent

739
00:35:00,880 --> 00:35:06,000
this money on Derek Carr the t moo Manning brothers.

740
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:10,039
Speaker 2: That was really good. Actually, that was funny.

741
00:35:10,760 --> 00:35:13,280
Speaker 4: Don't let Derek drive this car inside the red zone.

742
00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:14,079
It will get stolen.

743
00:35:14,119 --> 00:35:17,519
Speaker 2: That's see. That's good too. Guys, they got they got

744
00:35:17,519 --> 00:35:18,119
some good ones.

745
00:35:19,880 --> 00:35:22,760
Speaker 4: If the car doesn't start, just let Derek Carr push

746
00:35:22,760 --> 00:35:24,400
it into the red zone, it'll turn over.

747
00:35:24,599 --> 00:35:26,760
Speaker 2: Oh and that's good.

748
00:35:26,880 --> 00:35:27,280
Speaker 7: I like it.

749
00:35:27,920 --> 00:35:28,519
Speaker 3: I like that.

750
00:35:29,239 --> 00:35:30,440
Speaker 2: Those are the best ones.

751
00:35:30,679 --> 00:35:33,960
Speaker 4: Is this the most out of touch thing you could

752
00:35:34,000 --> 00:35:36,760
possibly This video was released yesterday.

753
00:35:37,039 --> 00:35:39,199
Speaker 2: The YouTube channel itself is eight days old.

754
00:35:39,559 --> 00:35:42,199
Speaker 7: Yeah, well, maybe that's that's Derek Carr. I mean, he's

755
00:35:42,239 --> 00:35:45,639
never really been the most self aware person at least

756
00:35:45,639 --> 00:35:47,840
not in his time in New Orleans, at least not

757
00:35:47,880 --> 00:35:49,880
in his time speaking in the media. And I mean

758
00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:53,559
he constantly puts himself in awkward spots.

759
00:35:53,719 --> 00:35:59,920
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean it's it's it doesn't always he does.

760
00:36:00,000 --> 00:36:01,679
Speaker 7: He doesn't put himself in a position where it appears

761
00:36:01,679 --> 00:36:04,400
like there's a lot of accountability and things of that nature.

762
00:36:04,480 --> 00:36:06,840
And to drop that video the same day where a

763
00:36:06,920 --> 00:36:10,800
report comes out from Diana Yussini that the shoulder injury

764
00:36:11,159 --> 00:36:13,960
is trade bait and you know, it's not nearly as

765
00:36:13,960 --> 00:36:15,840
severe as the report makes it out to be.

766
00:36:16,320 --> 00:36:18,440
Speaker 2: That's the optics of that are horrible.

767
00:36:18,519 --> 00:36:21,800
Speaker 7: Like but again, that's just kind of the self awareness

768
00:36:21,920 --> 00:36:23,880
or lack thereof that you've seen from Derek Carr New

769
00:36:23,960 --> 00:36:24,519
Orleans so far.

770
00:36:24,800 --> 00:36:29,559
Speaker 4: You drop this video yesterday after the report already came out.

771
00:36:29,599 --> 00:36:31,239
I don't know when they filmed this, because last time

772
00:36:31,280 --> 00:36:33,840
I heard Derek Carr was vacationing with his family in Paris.

773
00:36:34,639 --> 00:36:36,920
He mentions, Oh, I could buy this many sandwiches with

774
00:36:36,920 --> 00:36:40,199
his vehicle, and at the very beginning he mentioned, hey,

775
00:36:40,239 --> 00:36:43,000
I didn't. I didn't buy this car. Derek bought this car.

776
00:36:43,079 --> 00:36:44,719
Derek's the one with all the money. I don't have

777
00:36:44,760 --> 00:36:47,199
my NFL money anymore. Derek's the one that you know,

778
00:36:47,239 --> 00:36:49,199
He's the one that's making plays on the field, making

779
00:36:49,239 --> 00:36:51,840
all this money. So Derek, Derek bought this car out

780
00:36:51,840 --> 00:36:54,639
of the goodness of his heart. Like what he's slap

781
00:36:54,679 --> 00:36:57,800
in the face the Saints fans to do this, and

782
00:36:57,840 --> 00:36:59,719
I mean all along. I read just some of the comments.

783
00:37:00,000 --> 00:37:03,880
They were some brutal stuff, but like, what did you expect?

784
00:37:04,639 --> 00:37:06,599
What did you expect to happen? Do you think people

785
00:37:06,599 --> 00:37:09,360
would be like, oh, cool car? Like I I love it.

786
00:37:09,960 --> 00:37:11,519
I think this is great that you guys started a

787
00:37:11,599 --> 00:37:14,159
channel like to see the brother bonding. Like, first off,

788
00:37:14,199 --> 00:37:18,360
you recorded a super cringy, corny YouTube video with your

789
00:37:18,400 --> 00:37:20,320
brother that Musso mentioned looks like a couple of high

790
00:37:20,320 --> 00:37:22,920
schoolers did it out in the parking lot. And you're

791
00:37:22,920 --> 00:37:25,280
gonna put this out two days after it was announcing

792
00:37:25,320 --> 00:37:28,280
you have a shoulder surgery that or potentially have shoulder

793
00:37:28,280 --> 00:37:30,719
surgery that could end your entire twenty twenty five season.

794
00:37:31,760 --> 00:37:34,840
Look like Derek Carr. Don't like Derek Carr. You think

795
00:37:34,840 --> 00:37:36,480
he's good, you think he sucks, you think he's somewhere

796
00:37:36,480 --> 00:37:39,960
in between. I have never seen any athlete in any

797
00:37:40,039 --> 00:37:44,320
other city that is just has the worst self awareness

798
00:37:44,920 --> 00:37:50,000
than Derek Carr. I mean maybe Kevin Durant, that's kind

799
00:37:50,000 --> 00:37:51,960
of that might that might be the only cop of

800
00:37:52,000 --> 00:37:53,760
someone that you know. I mean, you remember Kevin Durant,

801
00:37:53,800 --> 00:37:55,960
the burner accounts. Everybody found out it was him, Like,

802
00:37:56,320 --> 00:37:59,280
I can't think of someone who's like as bad at

803
00:37:59,320 --> 00:38:02,920
their own peace are as Derek Carr. I just I

804
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:06,280
don't understand what he thought was going to happen when

805
00:38:06,280 --> 00:38:07,960
he put this YouTube video out. I mean, guys, like

806
00:38:08,159 --> 00:38:10,039
the comments I read you there were some brutal stuff

807
00:38:10,159 --> 00:38:13,400
like by you Saint John, the turnovers in the red zone,

808
00:38:13,440 --> 00:38:15,639
the fake shoulder injury, like you get it.

809
00:38:16,239 --> 00:38:17,159
Speaker 2: What were they expecting?

810
00:38:17,159 --> 00:38:20,440
Speaker 4: I mean two hundred and thirty seven comments like I

811
00:38:20,519 --> 00:38:23,440
left out the ones that had provanity in them. I

812
00:38:23,480 --> 00:38:25,960
don't understand what Derek Carr thought was going to happen,

813
00:38:26,400 --> 00:38:28,159
Why they thought this was a good idea. If you

814
00:38:28,199 --> 00:38:30,719
want to know, there is a video there's a YouTube

815
00:38:30,800 --> 00:38:33,199
channel of the Homegrun Network about why they started this channel.

816
00:38:33,239 --> 00:38:36,960
Speaker 2: But I just I don't get it. I don't get

817
00:38:37,000 --> 00:38:38,000
why you would release this.

818
00:38:38,119 --> 00:38:41,159
Speaker 4: Now wait a week, wait, two weeks. Don't do it

819
00:38:41,199 --> 00:38:43,880
two days after the report comes out. I just I

820
00:38:43,880 --> 00:38:48,159
don't understand. It's just it's another check mark and the

821
00:38:48,159 --> 00:38:50,199
bad decisions of Derek Carr as a member of the

822
00:38:50,199 --> 00:38:53,159
New Orleans Saints former Raider. Actually, according to that video,

823
00:38:53,760 --> 00:38:55,360
Derek Carright, we're going to take a time out.

824
00:38:55,400 --> 00:38:55,760
Speaker 2: We get back.

825
00:38:55,760 --> 00:38:57,320
Speaker 4: We're gonna close this thing out like we do every

826
00:38:57,400 --> 00:39:00,440
day with some ass the bench top the.

827
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Speaker 8: Uh oh. Speaking of baseball, spring has sprung.

850
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Speaker 5: Baseball's in the air, and the best beer to pair

851
00:40:21,840 --> 00:40:24,480
with this beautiful weather we've been having in this beautiful

852
00:40:24,519 --> 00:40:29,440
baseball we've been witnessing is do sekis. So next time

853
00:40:29,480 --> 00:40:31,679
you're at the ballpark or you're just at home watching

854
00:40:31,719 --> 00:40:34,880
the game, you're getting thirsty, you're wondering what you should do.

855
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You should go for dose.

856
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Speaker 8: That's right, baby, and drink some do sekis.

857
00:40:41,159 --> 00:40:44,079
Speaker 5: An hour three today during the champagne Shenanigans, come a

858
00:40:44,079 --> 00:40:50,239
little do secis? Sh do sekis? What's a d word

859
00:40:50,400 --> 00:40:52,000
that wouldn't be with like Shenanigans.

860
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Speaker 2: We were just calling it go for dose last week.

861
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Speaker 8: No I know, I know, I was just looking for

862
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a literation. It doesn't matter. Look, guys, do Ski's Delicia.

863
00:41:00,360 --> 00:41:02,559
Speaker 5: Next time you get a bottle, gets your little lime,

864
00:41:03,440 --> 00:41:06,559
lub that neck up, Sprinkle some salt, drop that line

865
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inside and then lick and drink to your heart's content.

866
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Speaker 8: Gobdos the Segi strink respons.

867
00:41:12,960 --> 00:41:18,599
Speaker 4: With you know Moose, The uh great baseball we've seen

868
00:41:18,679 --> 00:41:21,519
lately makes a lot more sense today after last night's win.

869
00:41:21,599 --> 00:41:24,039
We did play that exact spot on Monday morning. Didn't

870
00:41:24,039 --> 00:41:26,679
play quite as well, but yeah, what you gonna do.

871
00:41:26,760 --> 00:41:28,639
It's a t bob Abers spot. They're pretty much all

872
00:41:28,679 --> 00:41:28,840
liked that.

873
00:41:29,679 --> 00:41:32,280
Speaker 7: I can imagine on Monday that was not not received

874
00:41:32,280 --> 00:41:33,760
as well as as it would be today.

875
00:41:33,880 --> 00:41:36,960
Speaker 4: All Right, we just got a few minutes left here

876
00:41:37,000 --> 00:41:39,800
on a Wednesday edition of Off the Bench. Let's close

877
00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,840
it out as we do every day, with some Ask

878
00:41:41,960 --> 00:41:45,239
the Bench. First question from Matthew Musso, Ask the Bench

879
00:41:45,360 --> 00:41:47,280
his Musso miss his OTB gig.

880
00:41:49,920 --> 00:41:51,599
Speaker 2: Sure, yeah, I mean, of course I miss.

881
00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:56,320
Speaker 7: I missed the the show and like the the atmosphere

882
00:41:56,360 --> 00:41:56,760
of the show.

883
00:41:56,840 --> 00:41:58,679
Speaker 2: I do not miss the wake up call at all that.

884
00:41:59,199 --> 00:42:01,920
Speaker 7: But I mean, if you're asking me if missed the show, sure,

885
00:42:02,000 --> 00:42:03,000
like if this show is.

886
00:42:02,880 --> 00:42:05,440
Speaker 2: Not at you know, seven am, yeah, I'll be all in.

887
00:42:05,599 --> 00:42:08,280
Speaker 7: But it's I I don't ever, I don't know how.

888
00:42:08,199 --> 00:42:08,719
Speaker 2: I ever did that.

889
00:42:08,840 --> 00:42:10,360
Speaker 7: I really don't like I do not know how I

890
00:42:10,360 --> 00:42:11,639
ever produced the show full time.

891
00:42:13,079 --> 00:42:15,440
Speaker 4: Ask the bench, would you rather be the public relations

892
00:42:15,440 --> 00:42:18,360
manager for Nico Iyama Liava or Derek Carr Derek Car?

893
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:21,400
At least I'm getting paid. Nico left for more money.

894
00:42:21,400 --> 00:42:23,840
He's sitting there like a man without a team. He

895
00:42:23,880 --> 00:42:25,480
ain't getting half the money. At least if you're dore

896
00:42:25,519 --> 00:42:27,679
A Carr, like he's got a forty million dollars guaranteed contract,

897
00:42:27,719 --> 00:42:30,079
you're getting some sort of piece of that pie. So uh,

898
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:32,400
I'm going Derek Carr on that one for sure.

899
00:42:35,280 --> 00:42:37,960
Speaker 2: You're gonna stay busy either way. Yeah, exactly.

900
00:42:38,480 --> 00:42:41,360
Speaker 4: Ask the bench, what's the worst car you have ever owned?

901
00:42:41,599 --> 00:42:45,159
And why is it still better than Derek Carr?

902
00:42:46,119 --> 00:42:46,480
Speaker 3: I don't.

903
00:42:48,800 --> 00:42:50,760
Speaker 4: I've only owned two cars in my life. Yeah, one

904
00:42:50,840 --> 00:42:54,079
is the one I currently have. I've had three trucks.

905
00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:56,880
I'd say the middle one was probably the worst, but.

906
00:42:56,800 --> 00:42:59,760
Speaker 7: It still wasn't even really that bad, So I mean, yeah,

907
00:43:00,000 --> 00:43:01,519
it's kind of unfortunate there.

908
00:43:03,199 --> 00:43:03,480
Speaker 2: For me.

909
00:43:04,559 --> 00:43:07,159
Speaker 4: I guess my Jeep because my F two fifty has

910
00:43:07,199 --> 00:43:08,840
been so reliable out of Jeep when I was in

911
00:43:08,920 --> 00:43:12,760
high school. If you're wondering why I don't have it anymore.

912
00:43:14,920 --> 00:43:17,159
You know, the car in front of me stopped. I did,

913
00:43:17,199 --> 00:43:19,719
and then you know sometimes that's that's frowned to pulling up.

914
00:43:19,840 --> 00:43:22,599
That's not what you're supposed to do when you're driving

915
00:43:22,639 --> 00:43:23,360
a vehicle.

916
00:43:25,360 --> 00:43:26,039
Speaker 2: Ask the Bench.

917
00:43:26,480 --> 00:43:28,679
Speaker 4: If Derek Carr was a vehicle, would he be a

918
00:43:28,679 --> 00:43:32,000
cyber truck hard to look at, performs poorly held together

919
00:43:32,079 --> 00:43:34,719
like by glue, Yeah, Or he'd be that electric Rolls

920
00:43:34,800 --> 00:43:37,280
Royce that's overpriced, that doesn't really do a whole lot

921
00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,199
for you. I mean he he kind of he walked

922
00:43:39,239 --> 00:43:40,920
himself into that one. He's like, you know, this car

923
00:43:40,960 --> 00:43:42,960
is way too expensive for what you get. It's like, yeah,

924
00:43:43,079 --> 00:43:45,519
kind of like your contract buddy. Uh yeah, he walked

925
00:43:45,559 --> 00:43:46,440
himself into that one.

926
00:43:47,320 --> 00:43:51,719
Speaker 2: This cyber truck that was really good. Inaccurate with Derek.

927
00:43:51,480 --> 00:43:55,239
Speaker 4: Carr, Ask the Bench. Should the Pels trade z Ion

928
00:43:55,320 --> 00:43:55,800
and blow.

929
00:43:55,599 --> 00:44:02,880
Speaker 2: It all up? I don't care? Isn't that the problem? Yeah?

930
00:44:03,159 --> 00:44:05,480
But that's because we were talking about this the other day.

931
00:44:05,480 --> 00:44:08,280
Speaker 4: Ever, so many people were like, oh, your Orleans might

932
00:44:08,280 --> 00:44:10,000
be getting an NHL team. I'm like, that seems like

933
00:44:10,039 --> 00:44:12,840
really fun for two years, and then once they start losing,

934
00:44:12,840 --> 00:44:14,360
people aren't gonna care because.

935
00:44:14,079 --> 00:44:15,559
Speaker 2: You could say what you want. People in New Orleans

936
00:44:15,599 --> 00:44:18,079
don't care about the Pelicans when they're losing. They lose interest.

937
00:44:18,159 --> 00:44:20,079
When the Saints lose, you get anger.

938
00:44:20,159 --> 00:44:22,400
Speaker 4: You put on two hundred and thirty seven angry comments

939
00:44:22,400 --> 00:44:25,159
on a Derek Carr YouTube. Jim you go to the

940
00:44:25,199 --> 00:44:27,639
game just so you can rage watch you lose interest

941
00:44:27,679 --> 00:44:29,119
in the Pelicans all together. They would be the same

942
00:44:29,159 --> 00:44:31,199
way for the for the NHL team. So, like, I'm

943
00:44:31,239 --> 00:44:33,159
kind of with you, Like it's like, do you care

944
00:44:33,199 --> 00:44:35,599
at this point? Like is it gonna matter? You're gonna

945
00:44:35,599 --> 00:44:38,639
be better than you are without him?

946
00:44:38,639 --> 00:44:38,760
Speaker 8: Like that?

947
00:44:38,960 --> 00:44:39,480
Speaker 2: It's so hard.

948
00:44:40,239 --> 00:44:42,480
Speaker 4: He's missed fifty two percent of the games that he's played,

949
00:44:42,559 --> 00:44:43,679
Like does it matter?

950
00:44:44,519 --> 00:44:44,800
Speaker 7: Sure?

951
00:44:44,960 --> 00:44:45,360
Speaker 8: Why not?

952
00:44:45,760 --> 00:44:46,599
Speaker 2: Why not try something?

953
00:44:46,679 --> 00:44:46,880
Speaker 3: Sure?

954
00:44:47,079 --> 00:44:47,280
Speaker 5: Sure?

955
00:44:48,400 --> 00:44:51,480
Speaker 7: More problems than just Zion and hisness. So like, Dan,

956
00:44:51,599 --> 00:44:54,280
do whatever, man it. I don't look there.

957
00:44:54,679 --> 00:44:58,519
Speaker 4: Ask the Bench was Jordan's suspended for confusing OTB Mailbag

958
00:44:58,559 --> 00:44:59,760
with h Asked the Bench.

959
00:45:00,000 --> 00:45:01,400
Speaker 2: No, Jordan will be back tomorrow.

960
00:45:02,519 --> 00:45:04,199
Speaker 4: I don't know how you can confuse that though, Like

961
00:45:04,400 --> 00:45:07,360
OTB Mailbag and Ask the Bench are two completely different sugs.

962
00:45:08,800 --> 00:45:11,719
Speaker 7: I mean they have different names. Yeah, but they're kind

963
00:45:11,719 --> 00:45:13,599
of the same thing, but like moves, they have different names.

964
00:45:13,639 --> 00:45:17,000
They're completely different sug. Yeah, actually they are the same premise,

965
00:45:17,199 --> 00:45:19,760
but yeah, with different names and music.

966
00:45:21,079 --> 00:45:24,239
Speaker 4: Ask of the bench favorite Bluebell ice cream flavor?

967
00:45:24,719 --> 00:45:31,360
Speaker 2: That's chocolate. That is a really good one. Up, Cassie,

968
00:45:33,159 --> 00:45:35,840
I have to go with cookies and cream solid as well.

969
00:45:36,559 --> 00:45:38,679
Speaker 4: They came out with a cookie cake a couple of

970
00:45:38,719 --> 00:45:42,360
years ago. It had like real vanilla and chocolate icing

971
00:45:42,440 --> 00:45:44,000
in it. That was really good.

972
00:45:44,000 --> 00:45:44,480
Speaker 2: I'll tell you what.

973
00:45:44,480 --> 00:45:47,599
Speaker 4: I got one the other day called banana fudge. It

974
00:45:47,719 --> 00:45:50,920
sounds weird, but like it tastes like a chocolate covered banana.

975
00:45:50,960 --> 00:45:55,199
It's just bought it the other day. It's actually sniky good. Honestly,

976
00:45:55,320 --> 00:45:59,159
anything Bluebell puts out it doesn't have nuts in it.

977
00:45:59,159 --> 00:46:00,880
Speaker 2: It's kind of for me, it's like that.

978
00:46:01,000 --> 00:46:02,360
Speaker 4: That's kind of where I'm at, Like does it does

979
00:46:02,360 --> 00:46:05,239
it really matter the flavor? Like somebody can say, hey,

980
00:46:05,280 --> 00:46:07,480
Bluebell put out a new flavor. I'm not even asking

981
00:46:07,519 --> 00:46:08,840
what it is. I'm going to the store to buy.

982
00:46:09,360 --> 00:46:11,239
That's That's That's all I need to know at this point.

983
00:46:11,320 --> 00:46:14,079
Like I'm I'm in on that all the way, all right,

984
00:46:14,119 --> 00:46:16,960
that's going to do it? For Ask the Bench and

985
00:46:17,000 --> 00:46:20,079
that's gonna do it. For a Wednesday edition of OTB

986
00:46:20,159 --> 00:46:22,559
Busy Show. Today we were baseball heavy and hour number

987
00:46:22,559 --> 00:46:23,920
one recapping law Sho's.

988
00:46:23,719 --> 00:46:25,840
Speaker 2: Victory over the McNeese Cowboys.

989
00:46:25,840 --> 00:46:27,880
Speaker 4: Hour number two we talked to Meloshue football is at

990
00:46:27,960 --> 00:46:30,559
now y s I hopped on gave us his thoughts

991
00:46:30,559 --> 00:46:33,320
from Meloshue practice yesterday as well as that scrimmage that

992
00:46:33,400 --> 00:46:36,639
occurred last Saturday. Here an hour number three, Ali Cosell

993
00:46:36,719 --> 00:46:39,800
Pelicans insider hopped on gave us his thoughts about the

994
00:46:39,800 --> 00:46:43,519
Pells firing David Griffin ultimately hiring Joe Dumars. What does

995
00:46:43,559 --> 00:46:45,960
it mean for Willie Green's future in New Orleans? What

996
00:46:46,000 --> 00:46:48,559
does it mean for Zion Williamson's future in New Orleans.

997
00:46:48,679 --> 00:46:51,239
We talked to Little Jalen Ramsey, a little Kirk Cousins.

998
00:46:51,719 --> 00:46:53,559
We got into it a lot. Derek Carr has a

999
00:46:53,599 --> 00:46:55,559
brand new YouTube channel. He's going to be a social

1000
00:46:55,559 --> 00:46:58,039
media influencer. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back, same time,

1001
00:46:58,079 --> 00:47:03,719
same place tomorrow for more Off the Bench, Off the Bench.

1002
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Speaker 6: Ktiz Blinds dot com, k t Z Blinds dot com

1003
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and I just I can't tell you enough and actually,

1004
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like during the last couple of weeks, our shade has

1005
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just consistently stayed down that we have and the back

1006
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of our home and that's where the sun. Kind of

1007
00:47:22,280 --> 00:47:26,239
before we got it, just really ruin TV viewing during

1008
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the day. You're trying to watch like a big NFL

1009
00:47:28,320 --> 00:47:30,440
game or a big baseball game. Else she's got an

1010
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early one today and you couldn't get it done. Just

1011
00:47:33,480 --> 00:47:35,440
wasn't the same, right, you got this huge galare on

1012
00:47:35,480 --> 00:47:37,400
the TV. Well, I didn't think putting something on the

1013
00:47:37,440 --> 00:47:40,320
exterior of our home would changed the interer of our home,

1014
00:47:40,320 --> 00:47:42,320
but it has certainly done that. Now it's done its

1015
00:47:42,360 --> 00:47:46,159
original job. Like Harlowe loves going out to our little patio,

1016
00:47:46,239 --> 00:47:48,639
we dropped the shade down there. She plays out there,

1017
00:47:48,840 --> 00:47:51,679
absolutely loves it. It's not as hot, it's not bright,

1018
00:47:52,119 --> 00:47:54,880
but it has changed the dynamic of our entire home.

1019
00:47:54,960 --> 00:47:57,800
Speaker 8: The house is cooler. Whenever we have the shade down.

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They'll do it for you as well. K two u

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Z Blinds dot Com