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Speaker 4: Welcome in our number three Wednesday edition of Off the
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Kicking off our number three here, the New Orleans Pelicans
are dominating the news cycle right now, and I want
to bring in Ali Kosel Pelicans insider.
Speaker 2: Get his thoughts on at Ali, how are you this morning?
Speaker 3: Good morning, Taylor. Yes, there's a lot of news playing.
It's not surprising. Second worst record in franchise history. Nobody
was happy about it.
Speaker 4: Let me get your initial thoughts, Like you just mentioned
second worst record in franchise is, where were your initial
thoughts on that David Griffin firing.
Speaker 3: Not surprised he had been here six years they had
the Pelicans that is, had only achieved the playoffs just twice,
and that those are quick exits. And then you tied
yourself to brandon Ingram and Zion Williams, a dude that
only played one hundred and fifty four games together during
a stretch word. I think David Griffin oversaw four hundred
and seventy two games. So when you're only available for
thirty three percent of the time, that's not a recipe
for success. And that's why I think the largest reason
why the Pelicans flounder right all those injuries. But like
I said, you adhered yourself to two players that are
just not durable enough to where you can entrust them
to lead this team. So everything pointed too he was
just gonna have to go.
Speaker 4: You know, Pelicans fans didn't have a ton of time
to dwell on that David Griffin firing because it was
reported that the Pelicans already closing in on a deal
to make Joe Dumars the next guy to take over
that role.
Speaker 2: What are your thoughts on Dumars?
Speaker 4: I mean it seems like a quick hire and a
lot of people are like, hey, is there something that
was in the works for a while behind the scenes.
Speaker 2: Did they rush into this higher? I mean, what are
your thoughts on Dumars?
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's mixed emotions. Hansely Taylor. Look, I think everybody
knows about Joe Dumars. The player won two championships up
in Detroit, he won a championship as an executive, had
a really good run of success, right of seven eight
straight years, but then towards the end of his executive
career up in Detroit, they floundered. I think was five
straight losing seasons, maybe six. With five of those you
only won thirty games or less. So really suffered through
some bad decision making and left the team in a
much worse position honestly than he he had, you know,
stewarded it about you know, the previous five, six, seven,
eight years. So, like I said, there's a lot of
highs in those with his career, and when you tie
to the fact that the Pelicans seem to have picked.
I should say the Pelicans ownership seems to decide on
him being the next president of basketball operations. There was
no search done, you know, as to six years ago
when the Pelicans made a change from Dell Demps to
David Griffins, they hired a consulting firm. For firm, they
interviewed a number of candidates, including also Trade and Langdon
at the time, and this time they didn't go that route.
You know, six years ago they wanted just to go
to Dell Demps, but they ended up doing the process
the right way. Now it sounds like they're not doing
it probably because they said, look, we tried it that way,
going through the process formerly and everything, doing the exhaustive search,
but it still ended up netting the same results right
where the team did not find sustainable success. So they
felt like they wanted to have somebody that ownership group
could trust, who they've been talking to. And let's face
I think Joe Dumars and the ownership group have known
each other for well over ten years. So they wanted
to bring in the guy that they can trust and
hope that he can turn things around.
Speaker 2: Do you think it was the right move.
Speaker 3: You know, it's too early to stay because, let's face
a lot of luck is involved in getting these things right.
And here's the one thing that is a positive is
that David Griffins seemed to become almost the best friend
to some of these guys, right, He's more of a
friend than somebody leading them. So Joe Dumores has that respect.
He's supposedly going to come in and if he doesn't
feel like he can make it work with Zion, then
he's going to move on from him. But on the
flip side, like I said the record, he's been a
bad you know, a talent evaluative. They've had some bad
drafts in Detroit. He's been out of the loop from
being a GM for a really long time. So there's
a lot of things that really scare me about this
hire too.
Speaker 4: Okay, so you're you're going to bring in a new
VBA basketball operations Obviously Griffin out looks like it's going
to be Joe Dumars. What do you think this means
for Willie Green's future?
Speaker 3: Well, initially, we've all heard that Willie Green is going
to be retained. What's funny is about midway through the season,
Pelicans got off with a terrible start right five and
twenty nine. Reportedly, David Griffin wanted to move on from
Willy Green during the middle of the season, right nobody
was happy, Like I said, the team was aspiraling down
and he wanted to make a change, But it sounds
like he wasn't allowed to. It was a writing on
the wall for David Griffin. Then, Look, he's not allowed
to make these decisions anymore because he was probably going
to be out the doors soon. So with Willy Green,
you know, it's a mixed back. I thought his trajectory
was shooting upwards. Right, first three years won more games
in the previous season. Last year team won forty nine games,
but this year didn't fell off a map. But our
understanding is that ownership really likes Willy Green. They like
what he stands for, what he's tried to do, and
it seems to me a lot of the players are
kind of supportive of that. I mean, if you just
listen to Jose Alvarado in the season comments right after
that final game, he seemed to be in full supportable
at Green, saying I don't know how anybody could have
done basically any better. When you lost your best player,
your best defensive player, your best up and coming player.
He traded brandon Ingram, you lost your point, gu right,
So we can go on and on. So it sounds
like Willy Green is gonna be probably given another chance.
But again that's all pending what Joe Dumar says and thinks.
Once he's probably talked to everybody.
Speaker 4: I mean, okay, do you do you think they should
move on from him? Because I mean, look, everybody, I
get it. New Orleans fans are passionate regardless of what sport.
Right people I hated Dennis Allen, nobody likes Mickey Loomis now.
But like there seems to really be a mixed bag
fan wise about Willy Green. Like what do you think
Pelicans fans might want?
Speaker 3: They probably want change, Yeah, right, I mean there's a
lot of you know, there's again there's pros and cons
to everybody and everything, especially in the situation like this.
Willy Green. One thing that he does he does bring stability, right,
he never lost his cool. He also, I thought had
a pretty decent staff around him to where they were
saying the right things, but not always the players were
executing yet. But then when you wonder why you see
that most of the time he was stuck with honestly
playing g leaguers. Right. There was a well known joke
it wasn't the Birmingham squadron, and Birmingham was the Birmingham
Squadron in New Orleans, so he didn't have much to
work with. And like I said, the previous three years
seemed to indicate that, you know, Willie Green did a
pretty decent job. I say, even a better job than
say some of his predecessors that definitely couldn't get through
to this group. Dan van Gundy was here for one
year before that. Alvin Gentry stuffers through a lot of
losing seasons. So it makes you wonder is it the
coach or is it what he's got to work with.
And I tend to lean towards the ladder honestly, So
I wouldn't mind seeing Willy Green honestly come back.
Speaker 4: Yeah say, and like you mentioned, like you know, the
reports were that ownership loves him, He's likely going to
be retained. But olly like, just for hypothetical, let's say
that change. So let's say Joe Dumars comes in, he
wants to make a change. They allow him to make
a change. I mean, there's there's guys out there who
have been let go that you know, they've been in
the NBA for a while, but they got impressive resumes.
I mean, Mike Malone's won with the Nuggets. The Sun
just let go of Mike Budenholzer after a year. Like
if they do let go of Willie Green, who could
the Pells go after?
Speaker 3: Here's here's the part. You got to also remember a player,
let's say, for instance, a guy like Mike Malone, who
want to bring them in. Yeah, well he's going to
command top notch salary. From what I understand, Willie Green
was one of the lowest paid coaches, so paying people
paying top tier type of coaching talent. I'm not sure
this organization is willing to go there, right. They haven't
had sustainable success, They've never felt like they need to
sink in their resources. But at the same time, you've
got to wonder if they put those resources in, paid
top dollar for all these and maybe things would turn around,
especially in the win loss records. So I wouldn't bet
on say a big name like Mike Malone come here. Instead,
maybe they'll look at a Mike Brown. If Willy Green
was to move on. He was let go from the Kings.
He's longtime known be a good coach that can get
through the players. Taylor Jenkins is another one, was just
recently fired by the Memphis Grizzlies. Seems to know his
you know x as and no's and is well regarded
in the league. So I don't think it would be
like a set of flashy name. It'd be probably somebody
down the tier a little bit, because that's just how
this organization operates.
Speaker 4: Ollie moving from the Joe Dumore situation to the upcoming
draft lottery. So if you look at the draft lottery odds,
Jazz Wizard's Hornets all tied at the top with a
fourteen percent chance of getting that top pick, Pelicans right
there at fourth with a twelve and a half percent.
Let's say the Pelicans land one of those top four.
Let's say everything goes chalk they land a top four pick,
what position do you want to see him? I mean, obviously,
if you're the number one overall pick, you're taking Cooper Flag.
Everybody knows that. But like, let's say they don't get one,
but they are there in that top four, where would
you see you like to see the Pelicans.
Speaker 3: Go well if they get too, I think it's ashowing
that they would go ahead and draft Dyllan Harper if
they just stay stay round four. J Edgecomb seems to
be the favorite. The guy that got a lot of
talent UF anybody ever watched any Baylor basketball, but this
guy is an elite athlete. He's going to help you
at the guard position where de Jontay Murray's features in question.
Nobody's expecting him to be ready to start next year,
so that could help. But if they say they slid
down a little bit, and that's been known to happen, right,
they could maybe get Kan Kannepel from Duke. I kind
of liked him. He was kind of in the shadows
right of Cooper Flag, but I think he's got a
game that's very similar to Austin Rees where offensively he
can do it all right as kind of one of
the larger like a basically a regular wing out there,
but he can play make for you, you can shoot the
three well, makes good decisions. And then if you want
to get another big and if you think Zion's in
your plans, or maybe even if he's not, you need
an offensive big The Pelicans don't have one Eve Missy.
He's more of a room roller. He does stuff right
at the rim. You could go after Derek, Queen of Maryland.
So there's a lot of players that could help, depending
regardless of wherever they end up in this draft lottery, Ollie,
Like from.
Speaker 4: Draft lottery to your current roster. Look, if you decide
to hold on to Zion Williams, because like if du
Mars comes in, new head coach, same head coach, there's
likely going to be at least a little bit of
roster turnover. So like, besides Zion, which is the obvious
big star, like, what pieces on this current team, do
you want to see the Pelicans hold on too?
Speaker 3: Yeah? I want to see the monster give Zion a chance? Right.
I know that the off court issues have upset ownership,
and that's just technically always been the case for a
lot of groups on the league that owned teams. But
Zion's an all NBA talent, so I think you have
to retain him unless you may end up and get
lucky and you get Cooper Flagg, right, because if you don't,
you need still to have that star slash superstar because
otherwise the team isn't going to be able to really
have success. I know Joe Dumars did, then Detroit did.
He won the championship, had all those successful leaguers with
good players to great players, but not like a superstar.
But I think that's more of the exception. History has proven,
So you got to keep him. Trey Murphy obviously, and
Herb Jones you keep. They have been here for the
long haul and their homebrewing talent that seems to want
to be here. So those guys would obviously say, maybe
CJ McCullum would be the one you dangle, because he's
gonna be making thirty three million dollars or so, age
thirty four season coming up for him, and he's soaking
up a lot of your money on the salary cap.
She so he'd probably be the most obvious choice first
if you want to offload. But again, if you're keeping Zime,
you need to have shooters around him. CJ was probably
the Pelicans' best shooter all around shooter last year, right
He had games of fifty points, forty five, forty three,
so he can still definitely bring itself. Joe Dumars is
going to have a lot of decisions to make. But
it's going to all depend on what they want to
do is Zion, if they think they can keep them.
I think a lot of this roster would say. But
if they decide to move on from him, then it's
really open season outside of like I said, maybe Trey
herb fw other of these young guys.
Speaker 4: OLLI go sell Repelicans Insider. All before we get you
out of here, let folks know where they can hear
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Speaker 4: All right, Aliko sell Pelicans Insider. Thanks for hopping on
with us this morning.
Speaker 3: Thanks Taylor, have a good one.
Speaker 4: Absolutely, you do as well. All right, We're going to
take a quick time out and we get back. We're
talking Jalen Ramsey. Could there be mutual interest between him
and the Saints. We're breaking it all down next. You're
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Speaker 4: Bench, you know Musso Sometimes when you're a week away
from the NFL Draft, All you gotta do is not
do or say something stupid, and you're pretty much gonna
be set up for success if you're taking in the
top ten.
Speaker 7: Correct, correct, Yeah, that's that's the pathway to success. Some
people just can't do it and travel this. Hunter did
not do anything. It's what he said.
Speaker 4: So over the weekend, this just keeps coming out, coming
out over the last couple of days. Travis Hunter interviewed
with CBA Sports last week and they asked them, you know,
if any club had had any issues with him playing
both corner and receiver. Obviously, Hunter won the Heisman Trophy
as a two way player for Colorado. Some teams to
you as a corner, some of you him as a receiver,
and he said, look, I haven't ran into a team
that would have a problem with me playing both sides
of the ball. And then the question came up, Okay,
well what if you were limited to just one side
of the ball? And Travis Hunter said, well, if that's
the case, I would just never play football again because
I've been doing it my whole life. I love being
on the football field and I could dominate on each
side of the ball, so I really enjoy it. Why
would you take that away from me. Okay, a few things. One,
you sound like an idiot. Two, that's not even true.
If I'm the Cleveland Browns or the New York Giants
or whoever the hell decides to draft Travis Hunter and
I pay him twenty million dollars a year and I
tell him that he can only play corner, he can
only play wide receiver, who in their right mind actually
believes that Travis Hunter is going to quit?
Speaker 2: Why say this? It's not even true.
Speaker 4: Travis Hunter is not going to quit playing football and
walk away from all that money because he's not allowed
to play receiver or he's not allowed to play corner.
Speaker 2: It's not even true. I mean, I just I don't
know who's.
Speaker 4: Advising some of these guys to say things. It's just
like like, okay, then eco situation. You know, we'll keep
going back to that because that's dominating that. It's like,
who's advising you to try to take all this money
when you're not the player that you think you are. Like,
if you're Travis Hunter, you're an excellent player, you have
excellent tape. You're pretty much a lock to go top
five in the NFL draft, regardless of which team. You're
going to make a lot of money in this league
as long as you're willing to play this game. And
you're saying I'm gonna walk away from football if you're not,
if you don't let me play both ways, it's not true.
If I'm a team, I call his bluff. He's not
gonna do that. That's not even true. Like, what what
do you gain if you're Travis Hunter from saying stuff
like this. I never understand why athletes like I just
I have to say this.
Speaker 2: I just I just have to.
Speaker 4: No, you don't just just go about your business. Don't
do anything or say anything that might have teams caution
away from me, and you're fine, you're a millionaire.
Speaker 8: Look.
Speaker 4: I like Travis Hunner. I think he's a really good player.
I think he's a really good person. By all accounts.
This is a stupid thing to say, because like, not
only are teams like okay, like his dude's a little
full of themself, but also like it's not even true.
I don't I don't believe him. I don't believe Travis
Hunter that he would quit and walk away from football
if he was not allowed to play both ways.
Speaker 2: I don't believe that.
Speaker 4: Speaking of cornerbacks in the NFL, because I think that's
where Travis Hunter is going to play.
Speaker 3: Uh.
Speaker 4: Jalen Ramsey has asked for a trade from the Miami Dolphins,
the three time All Pro corner him and the Dolphins
will mutually seek a trade.
Speaker 5: Now.
Speaker 4: Obviously, the New Orleans Saints have come up quickly in
conversation for many trying to predict Ramsey's next landing spot. Obviously,
the Saints and need a corner. Look, you have a
Lante Taylor, you have kool Aid McKinstry. You traded Marshawn
Lattimore during the season, Paul Sinadibo walked in free agency.
He's a New York Giant now. So you have two
pretty good corners in your starting lineup. Two things, One,
you have nobody behind those two guys. And Alante Taylor
has played a lot more in the slot in his
NFL career, and he has as a true outside corner.
He's done in college, but as far as the sayings go,
he's a lot more comfortable in that Salot Nickel role.
So I do think you need a corner when you
look at Jalen Ramsey and the New Orleans Saints. There
are a lot of connections. Okay, When Brandon Staley was
with the Los Angeles Rams, Jalen Ramsey was there. He
had one of his best seasons as a pro. Brandon
Staley has credited Jalen Ramsey said he's one of the
biggest reasons why he got the Los Angeles Chargers coaching
job after just one year as Rams defensive coordinate. He
has a lot of respect for a guy like Jalen Ramsey.
On the flip side of things, when the Saints announced
that they were hiring Brandon Staley is their next defensive coordinator,
Jalen Ramsey retweeted it. He said, my guy. He put
the fire emoji like. These two certainly like each other.
They have a lot of respect for each other. They
would probably like to reunite should the Saints want it.
Speaker 2: Obviously.
Speaker 4: Jalen Ramsey has been a great player in this league
for a number of years. He's a little bit past
his prime though, he's old for his position, but he
can still play a little Like if you look at
his numbers from a year ago, he started all seventeen games,
he had two interceptions, sixty total tackles, Like, yeah, he
had a good year, he had a sack, but he's
thirty one years old, He's moved around a little bit,
and I think the Dolphins would ask too much in
return to get it, and the Saints don't have anything
to give up. What would they be willing to give
up for him? Hopefully nothing. I say, don't make this
move again. Miami's going to ask a lot. You don't
have much to give up. I definitely think you need
a cornerback, just not an aging guy who's on the
wrong side of thirty who's a high price too. You're
going to have to trade for and probably give up
a lot asset wise. Now, I don't think that this
cornerback class in the upcoming NFL draft is especially deep. Look,
I really like Will Johnson. I'd be okay if this
Saint stoock him in nine. I think you need a
corner of that bat. I like Jadai Barrin from Texas.
I think he's a really good player. There's two guys
seem like they're both gonna go win the first round.
Outside of that, I mean, you certainly have talent. I
think it's a big drop off, though, I mean Chavon
Revel's been a guy that's been talked about. He's kind
of a fringe first round player out of East Carolina.
If Trey Amos from Ole Miss, he had kind of
an up and down college career. Certainly made some plays.
He was on a bad defense at Ole Miss, but
I mean he stood out at times. Maxwell Harriston at Kentucky,
again on a pretty bad defense, made some flash plays
at times didn't look so great.
Speaker 2: Now.
Speaker 4: Maxwell Harrison was the fastest player at the NFL Combine,
so he does have that going for him. I think,
whether it's Amos, Revel, Maxwell Harrison, I think one of
those guys could be there at forty. So maybe even
if you don't grab a Will Johnson or a Jedi
Baron in the first round, you could get a solid
quality corner at forty. Do I think any of those
guys are game changers? No, at least not their rookie season,
at least not from what I've seen from any of them.
But again, Harriston fastest player at the combine, Trey Amos,
solid player in the SEC. Both of those guys have
SEC starting experience that means a lot to someone like me.
Speaker 2: And then Chevon Revel, Yeah, he.
Speaker 4: Was at East Carolina, but he's a guy that continues
to rise up draft boards. A lot of teams really
like his potential at the next level. They're all options.
I wouldn't call them home runs, but they're solid editions.
The problem comes in what if you don't want to
invest a first or second round pick in a cornerback. Again,
I think there's a big drop off between Johnson and
Baron and those three. After those first five though, I
think there's a huge drop off to the next guy.
I like Zaia Alexander, He's had some injury concerns. I
think he's a guy that you could get, you know,
round four potentially other than him, though, And who do
you have Dorian Strong from Virginia Tech. I mean, he's
he's a fine player. I don't know if he's a
Day one starter in the NFL. So if you're the
Saints and you don't want to spend a first or
second round pick on a corner you might say, hey,
go after a guy like Jayalen Ramsey and I get it,
But again, what are you willing to give up? I
think you're gonna have to give up a pick somewhere
in rounds two or three and possibly a player as well,
and that hasn't been reported.
Speaker 2: I'm just spitballing here.
Speaker 4: That's just kind of what we've seen from similar players
of Jayalen Ramsey's stature.
Speaker 2: I think Jayalen.
Speaker 4: Ramsey's got, you know, two years of good football left
in him, But you have to take on his big contract.
You'd have to give up assets to get him. I
don't know if you can afford to do that right now. Like,
if you're the Saints, you want to get younger. You
don't want to bring in a thirty one year old
cornerback with a big contract. You already have guys like that.
You already have aging players on big contracts. Why would
you want to add to that. If you're Mickey Lumas,
sheell love doing it. But I mean, why would you
want to add another old player on a big contract.
I personally would draft a corner in this upcoming NFL draft.
But even if they don't, what about free agency. There's
some guys out there and they'd probably be cheaper than
Jalen Ramsey and their free agents. You wouldn't have to
give up anything for as far as the guys that
are available at the cornerback position that are relatively young.
Shaquille Griffin's out there. He was with Minnesota last year.
I mean he sat an up and down NFL career.
But if you want to add a veteran, he made
four and a half million dollars last year, he's an
affordable option. Emmanuel Moseley's out there. Sante Samuel Junior was
with the Chargers last year. He made one point eight
million dollars. That's an option now. CJ Henderson, big name,
He's played in some big games. He didn't play football
last year. He made over five million dollars in Pittsburgh,
didn't play. He's only twenty six years old. But is
that a guy you like? Is that a guy you
can bring in now? Again, he's been out of football
for a year. But what could you do with a
guy like that? Outside of that, though, what do you have?
Trayvon Mullen who's been a disappointment. Kendall Sheffield hasn't let
the world on fire. Caleb Farley from the Panthers, he's
been a disappointment. You kind of get the point. There's
some guys out there. You don't really have any game changers,
whether it's free agency or the draft. But I do
like the first four to five options of this corner spot.
I don't think it's a deep class, however, I think
it's top heavy. If you can land one of those
four or five corners and then include Zia Alexander in
there as well, I like that. So there's what five
to six guys you'd maybe be happy with. I think
they're gonna have to draft a corner in this class
because none of those free agents I name moved the
needle at all for me. And then if you're the Saints,
like you're gonna have to give up multiple assets to
get Jalen Ramsey coming in, who's thirty one years old,
so he's on the wrong side of thirty and you're
going to have to take on his contract. I don't
know if you want to do that. I certainly do not.
We'll see what they decide to do. And I mean, look,
Jalen Ramsey great player, right, I mean, he's been a
three time first team All Pro, he was Defensive Rookie
of the Year. He's been to seven Pro Bowls in
his career. Jalen Ramsey can play. How much longer can
he play at that level? What are you willing to
give up for him? We'll see. If I'm the Saints,
I say no, thanks. But if you're desperate enough for
a corner, keep an eye on this. This may be
a move that the Saints field that they have to make.
All right, we're going to take a quick time alb
when we get back. Guys, Derek Car's career in New
Orleans might be over, but I know a lot of
you are worried about what he's going to do for
the remainder of his career. Don't worry. He's got it
all figured out. We got that coming up. He might
be changing careers. That's on the other side here on
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Speaker 1: Back from the break where the sports talk gets real,
kind of Off the Bench and with Hester.
Speaker 2: And t Bob Welcome back in.
Speaker 4: Just two more segments to go here on a Wednesday
edition of Off the Bench. Taylor Sharp here with you,
filling in for Jacob Hester and Ta Bob a bear. Guys,
I know that Saints fan, whether you're all across the
state of Louisiana or even beyond, are really concerned about
this Derek Carr shoulder injury. You're like, man, I have
a lot of love and respect for Derek Carr, what's
he going to do for the rest of his career.
Speaker 2: I'm worried about the guy.
Speaker 4: I mean, I know he has forty million dollars fully guaranteed,
but still, I mean that that forty million dollars is
only going to go so far. Well, Cassie us have
no fear their car is going to be a social
media influencer. Really, I'm gonna give Hunt Palmer credit. He
mentioned this a little bit on his show yesterday. He's
kind of the one that turned me onto this. So
it's called the Homegrown Network where him and his brother
David are reviewing an electric Rolls Royce. Why this channel's
not called Cars with Cars, I don't know. It's another
bad decision by Derek Carr. Good points like Cars with Cars.
I'm probably subscribing to that YouTube channel Homegrown Network, don't care.
I'm scrolling right past it. So it's Derek Carr and
his brother David. Now we're going to play a quick
clip of them reviewing this car because like they review price,
which by the way, moves to they give a zero
out of ten on price because it's too expensive. Oh okay,
and uh oh and they got it's an electric Rolls Royce.
Speaker 2: Oh yeah, they thought that would be cheap.
Speaker 4: Yeah, yeah, well and uh they they are, they do
mention that, uh you know, the Rolls Royce is not
a sponsoring. They bought this car and reviewed it out
of the goodness of their hearts. Oh and if you're wondering, like,
man David Carr has that kind of cash laying around, no, no, no, no no.
David Carr was very quick to point out that, like
Derek's the one with all the money.
Speaker 2: Derek bought the car.
Speaker 4: So in case you were wondering, like I know everybody's
worried about Derek Carr struggling financially, Derek Carr bought bought
the vehicle, so he bought the five hundred thousand dollars
Rolls Royce. They're present, I mean in the presence when
you roll up in the vehicle, which first off, stupid
thing to review for a car. They gave it a
twenty out of ten, but of them, twenty out of ten.
And they're also like, regardless of what they review, whether
it's price, presence, look all of this, they all give
it the exact same number. Like both of them give
it the exact same score across the board. I'm assuming
they plan this out ahead of time before they started
the video, but they're just so corny, Like, all right,
don't take my word for Cassie. I put a link
in the in the dock gout and play that. We'll
play it for like thirty seconds or so. Like, I
just want you guys to get a vibe of like
what this channel is.
Speaker 3: It's time to grade this sucker, all right. First, on price, narrow,
I'm just gonna say.
Speaker 1: I'm just gonna say zero.
Speaker 6: All right, that's the way. It's a way to spend
that much money on a car is ridiculous, and so
price we both we both give it a NOORI, bro,
is it worth every dollar if this is what you want?
Speaker 3: Absolutely sure? But man, and our price zero it's.
Speaker 5: A tariokey don I can get over here see her
for that is crazy.
Speaker 6: Amount of tried tip sandwiches I can get at doghouse.
Speaker 3: Girl. Yeah, unbelievable. I'm going on zero.
Speaker 6: So it's a zero for the press our first ever,
first ever zero.
Speaker 3: It's the first one. Well, you guys, half million dollars
for an electric car.
Speaker 2: That's I mean, it's beautiful, but my goodness.
Speaker 3: Zero on the price.
Speaker 4: All right, practicality, ftality, they're they're coming in there as well.
You kind of got the taste of what this channel
is going to be. Guys, Derek Carr and David Carr
might be the cringiest pair of brothers I have ever
seen in my entire life. Like, all right, Moose, you're
a huge Saints fan. I know you love Derek Carr.
What's your initial reaction to this video?
Speaker 7: It looks like it costs six cents to make, which
I guess they only had that much LEFTFT buying a.
Speaker 2: Really expensive car.
Speaker 7: Apparently, it reminds me of something you would see like honestly,
like two high schoolers doing on YouTube. Like that's that's
the vibe I getting, like they have a rich parent,
they went out.
Speaker 2: And bought a car, and they we're gonna review this
review the car. We look so cool rolling up in it.
That's our presence. So it's a little expensive though.
Speaker 4: This is our first zero out of ten with the
boo sounder in behind it, Like, what are we doing?
Speaker 2: That looks like something that to eighteen year olds would do.
Speaker 4: Cars in his mid thirties, David Carr's forty years old, Yeah, Like,
what are we doing here. Also presence I mentioned they
gave it a twenty out of ten. Not where I'm from.
I gotta tell you, if you're rolling up in an
electric vehicle where I'm from, I don't care. If it's
a Rolls Roys, I don't care, if it's a Prias,
I don't care if it's really anything in between. Electric
vehicle presence is not a twenty out of ten under
any circumstances. Not not my thing. He mentions, Okay, well
I could buy thirty two, five hundred sandwiches with this.
Speaker 2: How much Chipotle could you buy for it? Derek and not?
The first place he went when he got to New Orleans?
Was that what it was? I think?
Speaker 3: So?
Speaker 2: Yeah, Chipotle? Yeah, I think I think first meal you
had in New Orleans.
Speaker 4: He's like, well, obviously, of all the cuisine you're in
the big easy, Chipotle is where I'm going. Not next
vehicle they're reviewing, what do we think it is, cousine.
Speaker 8: I don't think I know enough cars to guess.
Speaker 2: Let's review my truck.
Speaker 4: Let's give Derek Carr and David Carr at two thousand
and four f two fifty with one hundred and ninety
five thousand miles and no AC, however, does.
Speaker 2: Have blamey Brandy Winshield.
Speaker 7: There we go, got that done, sudden bragg There, guys,
you and I should do that. We should go out
in the parking lot and make a YouTube video of
ourselves reviewing your truck.
Speaker 2: I agree, and post it and just see. You know,
how do we get more views?
Speaker 8: Yeah?
Speaker 2: What were we looking at for views? Views?
Speaker 7: That's actually not that bad. Pretty Yeah, they put it
out yesterday, I mean pretty.
Speaker 4: Speaking of Uh, what kind of trash in this video is?
Speaker 2: God?
Speaker 4: Guys, we have two hundred and thirty seven comments on
this video. Oh no, man, Derek, that truck is so
big you could fit all of your playoff.
Speaker 2: Wins in there.
Speaker 4: Man, what do we want this car to do? How
about show up to work when you're making forty million dollars? A?
Speaker 2: Yeah, there it is? Got him? Got him? All right?
Speaker 4: Here's your here's your favorite one MS great car. If
you ever come back to New Orleans, I hope you
drive it in to buy you Saint John with the
windows rolled up. Yeah all right, ma chill out, dude, Yeah,
let's have some chill.
Speaker 2: Man. It's it's football.
Speaker 4: Oh and also At the beginning of the video, he
points out, you know, a former Niner and a former
Raider here finally getting along because we're no longer rivals.
Speaker 2: I'm sure that went over well with Saints fan.
Speaker 8: Yeah, there you go, referring to.
Speaker 4: Yourself as a former Raider and not a current New
Orleans Saint.
Speaker 2: That'll get it done. Guys. The comments here are really impressive.
Speaker 4: You think it's crazy to spend that much money on
a car, Imagine how the Saints felt when they spent
this money on Derek Carr the t moo Manning brothers.
Speaker 2: That was really good. Actually, that was funny.
Speaker 4: Don't let Derek drive this car inside the red zone.
It will get stolen.
Speaker 2: That's see. That's good too. Guys, they got they got
some good ones.
Speaker 4: If the car doesn't start, just let Derek Carr push
it into the red zone, it'll turn over.
Speaker 2: Oh and that's good.
Speaker 7: I like it.
Speaker 3: I like that.
Speaker 2: Those are the best ones.
Speaker 4: Is this the most out of touch thing you could
possibly This video was released yesterday.
Speaker 2: The YouTube channel itself is eight days old.
Speaker 7: Yeah, well, maybe that's that's Derek Carr. I mean, he's
never really been the most self aware person at least
not in his time in New Orleans, at least not
in his time speaking in the media. And I mean
he constantly puts himself in awkward spots.
Speaker 2: Yeah, and I mean it's it's it doesn't always he does.
Speaker 7: He doesn't put himself in a position where it appears
like there's a lot of accountability and things of that nature.
And to drop that video the same day where a
report comes out from Diana Yussini that the shoulder injury
is trade bait and you know, it's not nearly as
severe as the report makes it out to be.
Speaker 2: That's the optics of that are horrible.
Speaker 7: Like but again, that's just kind of the self awareness
or lack thereof that you've seen from Derek Carr New
Orleans so far.
Speaker 4: You drop this video yesterday after the report already came out.
I don't know when they filmed this, because last time
I heard Derek Carr was vacationing with his family in Paris.
He mentions, Oh, I could buy this many sandwiches with
his vehicle, and at the very beginning he mentioned, hey,
I didn't. I didn't buy this car. Derek bought this car.
Derek's the one with all the money. I don't have
my NFL money anymore. Derek's the one that you know,
He's the one that's making plays on the field, making
all this money. So Derek, Derek bought this car out
of the goodness of his heart. Like what he's slap
in the face the Saints fans to do this, and
I mean all along. I read just some of the comments.
They were some brutal stuff, but like, what did you expect?
What did you expect to happen? Do you think people
would be like, oh, cool car? Like I I love it.
I think this is great that you guys started a
channel like to see the brother bonding. Like, first off,
you recorded a super cringy, corny YouTube video with your
brother that Musso mentioned looks like a couple of high
schoolers did it out in the parking lot. And you're
gonna put this out two days after it was announcing
you have a shoulder surgery that or potentially have shoulder
surgery that could end your entire twenty twenty five season.
Look like Derek Carr. Don't like Derek Carr. You think
he's good, you think he sucks, you think he's somewhere
in between. I have never seen any athlete in any
other city that is just has the worst self awareness
than Derek Carr. I mean maybe Kevin Durant, that's kind
of that might that might be the only cop of
someone that you know. I mean, you remember Kevin Durant,
the burner accounts. Everybody found out it was him, Like,
I can't think of someone who's like as bad at
their own peace are as Derek Carr. I just I
don't understand what he thought was going to happen when
he put this YouTube video out. I mean, guys, like
the comments I read you there were some brutal stuff
like by you Saint John, the turnovers in the red zone,
the fake shoulder injury, like you get it.
Speaker 2: What were they expecting?
Speaker 4: I mean two hundred and thirty seven comments like I
left out the ones that had provanity in them. I
don't understand what Derek Carr thought was going to happen,
Why they thought this was a good idea. If you
want to know, there is a video there's a YouTube
channel of the Homegrun Network about why they started this channel.
Speaker 2: But I just I don't get it. I don't get
why you would release this.
Speaker 4: Now wait a week, wait, two weeks. Don't do it
two days after the report comes out. I just I
don't understand. It's just it's another check mark and the
bad decisions of Derek Carr as a member of the
New Orleans Saints former Raider. Actually, according to that video,
Derek Carright, we're going to take a time out.
Speaker 2: We get back.
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Speaker 8: Uh oh. Speaking of baseball, spring has sprung.
Speaker 5: Baseball's in the air, and the best beer to pair
with this beautiful weather we've been having in this beautiful
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you're at the ballpark or you're just at home watching
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You should go for dose.
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Speaker 4: With you know Moose, The uh great baseball we've seen
lately makes a lot more sense today after last night's win.
We did play that exact spot on Monday morning. Didn't
play quite as well, but yeah, what you gonna do.
It's a t bob Abers spot. They're pretty much all
liked that.
Speaker 7: I can imagine on Monday that was not not received
as well as as it would be today.
Speaker 4: All Right, we just got a few minutes left here
on a Wednesday edition of Off the Bench. Let's close
it out as we do every day, with some Ask
the Bench. First question from Matthew Musso, Ask the Bench
his Musso miss his OTB gig.
Speaker 2: Sure, yeah, I mean, of course I miss.
Speaker 7: I missed the the show and like the the atmosphere
of the show.
Speaker 2: I do not miss the wake up call at all that.
Speaker 7: But I mean, if you're asking me if missed the show, sure,
like if this show is.
Speaker 2: Not at you know, seven am, yeah, I'll be all in.
Speaker 7: But it's I I don't ever, I don't know how.
Speaker 2: I ever did that.
Speaker 7: I really don't like I do not know how I
ever produced the show full time.
Speaker 4: Ask the bench, would you rather be the public relations
manager for Nico Iyama Liava or Derek Carr Derek Car?
At least I'm getting paid. Nico left for more money.
He's sitting there like a man without a team. He
ain't getting half the money. At least if you're dore
A Carr, like he's got a forty million dollars guaranteed contract,
you're getting some sort of piece of that pie. So uh,
I'm going Derek Carr on that one for sure.
Speaker 2: You're gonna stay busy either way. Yeah, exactly.
Speaker 4: Ask the bench, what's the worst car you have ever owned?
And why is it still better than Derek Carr?
Speaker 3: I don't.
Speaker 4: I've only owned two cars in my life. Yeah, one
is the one I currently have. I've had three trucks.
I'd say the middle one was probably the worst, but.
Speaker 7: It still wasn't even really that bad, So I mean, yeah,
it's kind of unfortunate there.
Speaker 2: For me.
Speaker 4: I guess my Jeep because my F two fifty has
been so reliable out of Jeep when I was in
high school. If you're wondering why I don't have it anymore.
You know, the car in front of me stopped. I did,
and then you know sometimes that's that's frowned to pulling up.
That's not what you're supposed to do when you're driving
a vehicle.
Speaker 2: Ask the Bench.
Speaker 4: If Derek Carr was a vehicle, would he be a
cyber truck hard to look at, performs poorly held together
like by glue, Yeah, Or he'd be that electric Rolls
Royce that's overpriced, that doesn't really do a whole lot
for you. I mean he he kind of he walked
himself into that one. He's like, you know, this car
is way too expensive for what you get. It's like, yeah,
kind of like your contract buddy. Uh yeah, he walked
himself into that one.
Speaker 2: This cyber truck that was really good. Inaccurate with Derek.
Speaker 4: Carr, Ask the Bench. Should the Pels trade z Ion
and blow.
Speaker 2: It all up? I don't care? Isn't that the problem? Yeah?
But that's because we were talking about this the other day.
Speaker 4: Ever, so many people were like, oh, your Orleans might
be getting an NHL team. I'm like, that seems like
really fun for two years, and then once they start losing,
people aren't gonna care because.
Speaker 2: You could say what you want. People in New Orleans
don't care about the Pelicans when they're losing. They lose interest.
When the Saints lose, you get anger.
Speaker 4: You put on two hundred and thirty seven angry comments
on a Derek Carr YouTube. Jim you go to the
game just so you can rage watch you lose interest
in the Pelicans all together. They would be the same
way for the for the NHL team. So, like, I'm
kind of with you, Like it's like, do you care
at this point? Like is it gonna matter? You're gonna
be better than you are without him?
Speaker 8: Like that?
Speaker 2: It's so hard.
Speaker 4: He's missed fifty two percent of the games that he's played,
Like does it matter?
Speaker 7: Sure?
Speaker 8: Why not?
Speaker 2: Why not try something?
Speaker 3: Sure?
Speaker 5: Sure?
Speaker 7: More problems than just Zion and hisness. So like, Dan,
do whatever, man it. I don't look there.
Speaker 4: Ask the Bench was Jordan's suspended for confusing OTB Mailbag
with h Asked the Bench.
Speaker 2: No, Jordan will be back tomorrow.
Speaker 4: I don't know how you can confuse that though, Like
OTB Mailbag and Ask the Bench are two completely different sugs.
Speaker 7: I mean they have different names. Yeah, but they're kind
of the same thing, but like moves, they have different names.
They're completely different sug. Yeah, actually they are the same premise,
but yeah, with different names and music.
Speaker 4: Ask of the bench favorite Bluebell ice cream flavor?
Speaker 2: That's chocolate. That is a really good one. Up, Cassie,
I have to go with cookies and cream solid as well.
Speaker 4: They came out with a cookie cake a couple of
years ago. It had like real vanilla and chocolate icing
in it. That was really good.
Speaker 2: I'll tell you what.
Speaker 4: I got one the other day called banana fudge. It
sounds weird, but like it tastes like a chocolate covered banana.
It's just bought it the other day. It's actually sniky good. Honestly,
anything Bluebell puts out it doesn't have nuts in it.
Speaker 2: It's kind of for me, it's like that.
Speaker 4: That's kind of where I'm at, Like does it does
it really matter the flavor? Like somebody can say, hey,
Bluebell put out a new flavor. I'm not even asking
what it is. I'm going to the store to buy.
That's That's That's all I need to know at this point.
Like I'm I'm in on that all the way, all right,
that's going to do it? For Ask the Bench and
that's gonna do it. For a Wednesday edition of OTB
Busy Show. Today we were baseball heavy and hour number
one recapping law Sho's.
Speaker 2: Victory over the McNeese Cowboys.
Speaker 4: Hour number two we talked to Meloshue football is at
now y s I hopped on gave us his thoughts
from Meloshue practice yesterday as well as that scrimmage that
occurred last Saturday. Here an hour number three, Ali Cosell
Pelicans insider hopped on gave us his thoughts about the
Pells firing David Griffin ultimately hiring Joe Dumars. What does
it mean for Willie Green's future in New Orleans? What
does it mean for Zion Williamson's future in New Orleans.
We talked to Little Jalen Ramsey, a little Kirk Cousins.
We got into it a lot. Derek Carr has a
brand new YouTube channel. He's going to be a social
media influencer. Thanks for tuning in. We'll be back, same time,
same place tomorrow for more Off the Bench, Off the Bench.
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