WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.120 --> 00:00:03.600 But at a fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk seven 2 00:00:03.720 --> 00:00:14.199 nine day Now, here's Nick Coffee. 3 00:00:14.919 --> 00:00:17.160 If you've listened to me over the years, rather it 4 00:00:17.280 --> 00:00:20.079 be here in the afternoon on Sports Talk seven ninety 5 00:00:20.160 --> 00:00:24.480 or the previous eras here of Cards Radio seven ninety 6 00:00:24.559 --> 00:00:27.920 kr d Gosh. I felt it's weird saying that, but 7 00:00:28.239 --> 00:00:31.120 I've been on midday's mornings afternoons here on the station 8 00:00:31.280 --> 00:00:34.960 for going on nine years now, and I remember about 9 00:00:35.000 --> 00:00:37.640 midway through that whole, this whole journey, I became a 10 00:00:37.719 --> 00:00:41.200 cord cutter. It was a experimental thing. We moved out 11 00:00:41.200 --> 00:00:43.920 of our first house. We'd had direct TV. We paid 12 00:00:44.039 --> 00:00:46.079 a lot for it, but you know, we had what 13 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:49.600 we wanted. And I just thought, anybody that's relying on 14 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:52.399 the internet to watch TV is going to be, you know, 15 00:00:52.679 --> 00:00:56.439 having issues and they're just you know, they're they're they're 16 00:00:56.479 --> 00:00:59.280 just trying to be hip. And sure enough, my wife, 17 00:00:59.719 --> 00:01:01.479 you know, mentioned how much we were paying, and I thought, okay, 18 00:01:01.479 --> 00:01:03.439 well we're going to move and what I'm going to 19 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:05.079 do is I'll this will give me a chance to 20 00:01:05.719 --> 00:01:07.519 give one of these a shot to see if it's 21 00:01:07.560 --> 00:01:10.519 possible maybe save some money, and if not. I'll just 22 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:13.840 create a new account with DirecTV and start over and 23 00:01:13.879 --> 00:01:15.640 you know, maybe even get like some you know, new 24 00:01:15.680 --> 00:01:16.799 member pricing. 25 00:01:16.480 --> 00:01:20.120 Because I left previously. So we tried YouTube. 26 00:01:19.799 --> 00:01:23.120 TV and it was like at the time, gosh, I 27 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:25.799 want to say, it was like, I mean, could it 28 00:01:25.840 --> 00:01:27.640 have been like thirty dollars a month? Like I kind 29 00:01:27.640 --> 00:01:29.040 of feel like that's what it was, but that just 30 00:01:29.079 --> 00:01:32.760 sounds crazy cheap. But we made the switch to YouTube TV. 31 00:01:32.799 --> 00:01:36.439 This was in like two thousand and eighteen maybe, and 32 00:01:36.680 --> 00:01:39.079 we've been with YouTube TV ever since. I've never once 33 00:01:39.159 --> 00:01:43.040 really considered making any kind of change. I've promoted it 34 00:01:43.079 --> 00:01:46.359 to other people. In fact, I'm sure they would still 35 00:01:46.400 --> 00:01:48.159 be making a lot of money without me. But I 36 00:01:48.200 --> 00:01:50.920 know a lot of people personally and just people that 37 00:01:50.920 --> 00:01:53.000 I've talked talked about this with the on the show, 38 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:55.239 like that they've tried YouTube TV and they've never gone back. 39 00:01:55.319 --> 00:01:58.319 So I've been a defender, but they they've made some 40 00:01:58.439 --> 00:02:01.280 crazy increases when it comes to do you have you 41 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:01.719 two TV? 42 00:02:02.640 --> 00:02:04.439 No, I did a couple of years ago. I'm on 43 00:02:04.560 --> 00:02:06.560 I'm on a Hulu TV guys. 44 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:10.039 Okay, hululv TV. Yeah, So right now, I mean, like 45 00:02:10.120 --> 00:02:12.360 I guess this is what. Yeah, thirty four ninety nine 46 00:02:12.400 --> 00:02:16.879 was the entry pricing about seven years ago, and that's 47 00:02:17.039 --> 00:02:19.560 that's what I paid. And then it quickly went up 48 00:02:19.560 --> 00:02:22.719 to thirty nine to ninety nine, and then by twenty nineteen, 49 00:02:22.800 --> 00:02:24.800 two years in, it went up to fifty bucks, and 50 00:02:24.840 --> 00:02:26.800 I kind of I guess that's when I stopped even 51 00:02:26.840 --> 00:02:28.759 paying attention like what it costs. You know, I'm not 52 00:02:29.919 --> 00:02:31.680 I've talked about this before too. It's not something I'm 53 00:02:31.680 --> 00:02:34.960 proud of, but like, I have no clue about my finances. 54 00:02:34.960 --> 00:02:36.400 My wife takes care of all of that. I have 55 00:02:36.479 --> 00:02:39.080 this plastic card that I swipe it when I need to, 56 00:02:39.120 --> 00:02:41.840 you know, survive, get gas and feed myself and then 57 00:02:41.879 --> 00:02:44.759 everything else she just handles. So it's probably not what 58 00:02:44.800 --> 00:02:47.560 I should do. But you know, I don't really know 59 00:02:47.599 --> 00:02:50.680 what we pay for anything. Again, that's embarrassing to say, 60 00:02:50.719 --> 00:02:54.039 but I'm just being transparent with you. So, but now 61 00:02:54.479 --> 00:02:56.960 it's gone from forty nine ninety nine and twenty nineteen 62 00:02:57.000 --> 00:02:58.879 and here we are in twenty twenty four it's going 63 00:02:58.960 --> 00:03:02.560 up to eighty two ninety So I still think that 64 00:03:02.599 --> 00:03:05.520 doesn't sound like a crazy amount of money to pay 65 00:03:05.560 --> 00:03:09.159 per month to get all these television stations, but to 66 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:11.080 see how much it has jumped in that time, I 67 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:15.360 guess that is a little surprising, and you know, I 68 00:03:15.360 --> 00:03:17.759 I'll probably keep it, but it did for the first 69 00:03:17.759 --> 00:03:20.719 time make me realize, what do I need YouTube TV for? 70 00:03:21.560 --> 00:03:24.000 Like what? Because I don't, like, what do I need 71 00:03:24.039 --> 00:03:27.159 live TV for? Like, you know, can't you? I mean, 72 00:03:27.199 --> 00:03:29.879 obviously you can watch most games are on ESPN, but 73 00:03:29.919 --> 00:03:33.240 if like something's on CBS or Fox, like you can 74 00:03:33.280 --> 00:03:35.840 still access that without paying. Actually, I don't know how 75 00:03:36.280 --> 00:03:36.919 would you do that. 76 00:03:37.360 --> 00:03:39.879 I know that YouTube TV doesn't have access to the 77 00:03:39.960 --> 00:03:41.919 local sports anymore, right, No, No. 78 00:03:41.919 --> 00:03:45.360 YouTube TV has live sports. Okay has live local channels. Okay, 79 00:03:45.360 --> 00:03:46.879 they have all that. But I'm just saying, like the 80 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:48.560 only thing I would don't think I never I ever 81 00:03:48.599 --> 00:03:51.199 need anything live for is sports. And if a game 82 00:03:51.280 --> 00:03:54.759 is on ESPN and any ESPN channel, if I've got 83 00:03:54.919 --> 00:03:56.639 ESPN Plus, I can watch all of them. Yeah, I 84 00:03:56.719 --> 00:03:58.000 won't need you know, I don't need to sign in 85 00:03:58.039 --> 00:03:59.840 with a TV provider. So I'm trying to think of 86 00:03:59.840 --> 00:04:01.719 what what I watch on sports when I sign went 87 00:04:01.759 --> 00:04:03.919 in with the TV provider, Like if a game is 88 00:04:03.919 --> 00:04:06.879 on Fox, meaning like Fox forty one. Can I just 89 00:04:06.960 --> 00:04:09.000 down down with the wd r B app and watch 90 00:04:09.039 --> 00:04:11.360 it because you don't have to pay for the local 91 00:04:11.439 --> 00:04:13.159 channels just to you know, at least I don't think 92 00:04:13.199 --> 00:04:16.439 you do, so I probably won't just eliminate it. But 93 00:04:17.279 --> 00:04:20.839 I only watch sports when it comes to anything live, 94 00:04:21.480 --> 00:04:24.680 and the majority of that is on an ESPN owned 95 00:04:24.839 --> 00:04:27.279 channel and if I and I already have access to 96 00:04:27.279 --> 00:04:30.480 that regardless because we have d Disney Plus and ESPN Plus. 97 00:04:30.720 --> 00:04:34.000 So who's your internet provider, Spectrum? It's Spectrum, So I 98 00:04:34.040 --> 00:04:35.920 know that you can go on the Spectrum app. They 99 00:04:35.959 --> 00:04:37.839 got a Spectrum watch and you can just watch all 100 00:04:37.879 --> 00:04:38.800 the local channels. 101 00:04:39.000 --> 00:04:41.759 Oh even if you just have the internet, yes, I'm 102 00:04:41.759 --> 00:04:44.199 pretty sure, as long as you have to log in, yeah, 103 00:04:44.360 --> 00:04:48.399 and you're at and pay like your local stuff. But 104 00:04:48.480 --> 00:04:50.439 nothing like none of the packages that it right, like 105 00:04:50.920 --> 00:04:54.000 viacom stations and all that exactly that makes sense, So 106 00:04:54.439 --> 00:04:58.399 you know, when it comes to just you know, everything, 107 00:04:58.439 --> 00:05:01.360 I like, I've got a bo like there's some that 108 00:05:01.399 --> 00:05:03.279 I probably don't need, but I do have access to 109 00:05:03.279 --> 00:05:09.399 Paramount Plus, Peacock, HBO, Showtime, Paramount Plus. And it's usually 110 00:05:09.399 --> 00:05:10.879 because there's been at least one or two shows on 111 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.720 one of those streaming providers that I that I really 112 00:05:13.720 --> 00:05:15.360 get into. And then there's also I mean I could 113 00:05:15.399 --> 00:05:17.519 find something to watch on any of those, not that 114 00:05:17.519 --> 00:05:19.439 I not that I really need it, sure, but like 115 00:05:19.519 --> 00:05:20.600 if I got rid of. 116 00:05:22.160 --> 00:05:24.360 The you know, now it's probably it's easily going to 117 00:05:24.399 --> 00:05:26.639 be the most expensive thing that I have, which is 118 00:05:26.680 --> 00:05:28.879 my YouTube TV. That's going to be eighty bas basically 119 00:05:28.920 --> 00:05:31.639 eighty five bucks a month, like you know, like I 120 00:05:31.639 --> 00:05:35.199 don't I don't know if I need that, but I 121 00:05:35.240 --> 00:05:37.800 don't know. It would probably take my wife telling me, like, hey, 122 00:05:37.879 --> 00:05:39.319 let's just get rid of it, and then I'll because 123 00:05:39.319 --> 00:05:42.199 I just would have to make that decision exactly because 124 00:05:42.199 --> 00:05:43.680 it does just it does scare me if I'm trying 125 00:05:43.680 --> 00:05:46.360 to find because that's what kept me from like not wanting. 126 00:05:46.079 --> 00:05:47.959 To cut the cord and stick with direct TV. 127 00:05:48.399 --> 00:05:49.120 Yeah, because just. 128 00:05:49.040 --> 00:05:51.040 The thought of like not knowing where to find it 129 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:52.800 or if I have access to it, like just get 130 00:05:52.839 --> 00:05:54.839 you know, especially if it's a if it's a sporting 131 00:05:54.839 --> 00:05:57.199 event I wanted to watch. But clearly now like there's 132 00:05:57.279 --> 00:05:59.600 there's ways around it. Have you used all your free 133 00:05:59.600 --> 00:06:03.439 subscriptions everywhere else? I know sling TV is a really 134 00:06:03.439 --> 00:06:04.879 good one if he wanted to try that one out 135 00:06:04.920 --> 00:06:07.360 for him on Yeah, so we we went straight from 136 00:06:07.360 --> 00:06:09.199 direct TV to YouTube TV. So I've never tried any 137 00:06:09.199 --> 00:06:10.720 of the other ones and it and it may be, 138 00:06:10.879 --> 00:06:12.319 you know, it may be worth doing it, but I 139 00:06:12.319 --> 00:06:14.160 feel like in the end like it. You know, I 140 00:06:14.600 --> 00:06:17.360 probably don't need one of those probably scheme of things. 141 00:06:17.680 --> 00:06:19.160 And if it's gonna save me, you know, eighty five 142 00:06:19.160 --> 00:06:21.000 bucks a month, and then then heck, yeah, I will 143 00:06:21.040 --> 00:06:24.879 say a former radio loudmouth like like we are now 144 00:06:25.000 --> 00:06:28.560 mister Lockelan McClain, who now is uh don't try line 145 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:31.800 is exactly shout out Lochlan McClain and an iHeart legend. 146 00:06:31.839 --> 00:06:33.800 And of course now he's doing his thing on television. 147 00:06:34.000 --> 00:06:36.160 Of course you'd expect that with a with a handsome 148 00:06:36.160 --> 00:06:38.519 face like his. But he is now at Spectrum News 149 00:06:38.600 --> 00:06:40.759 here locally, and of course you know he's being a 150 00:06:40.759 --> 00:06:43.240 honk for his employer because you know he works for Spectrum. 151 00:06:43.279 --> 00:06:45.680 But he did bring up something that that is valid 152 00:06:46.160 --> 00:06:48.959 if you have you know, if you have the standard 153 00:06:49.000 --> 00:06:53.199 cable subscription with with Spectrum, it now includes Disney plus 154 00:06:53.399 --> 00:06:57.279 ESPN plus paramount Plus, Discovery Plus, a MC plus, Peacock 155 00:06:57.399 --> 00:07:01.519 BT Plus, so you know, like what's happening. And I 156 00:07:01.560 --> 00:07:06.279 read about this earlier what YouTube TV and Hulu Live, 157 00:07:06.439 --> 00:07:10.959 like what these streaming services are now paying per you know, 158 00:07:11.040 --> 00:07:14.079 paying to to to be able to have those channels 159 00:07:14.079 --> 00:07:16.920 as part of their what they sell. Their prices are 160 00:07:16.959 --> 00:07:18.759 now going up to where it's really it's gonna be 161 00:07:18.759 --> 00:07:21.759 the same, like you probably can can can much more. 162 00:07:22.040 --> 00:07:23.319 I don't know if we're there yet, And I guess 163 00:07:23.319 --> 00:07:24.959 it all depends on like what you really need to have, 164 00:07:25.000 --> 00:07:26.639 Like are you somebody that doesn't care about sports, so 165 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.040 you don't want ESPN Plus? Do you not need Disney 166 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:31.120 Plus because you don't have kids? Like you can kind 167 00:07:31.120 --> 00:07:33.560 of pick and choose. But I think the whole joke 168 00:07:33.600 --> 00:07:35.519 about like, well, in the end, we ended up getting 169 00:07:35.600 --> 00:07:37.920 rid of cable and getting all these individual subscriptions, and 170 00:07:37.959 --> 00:07:39.680 now it's harder to keep up with it. It's actually 171 00:07:39.720 --> 00:07:41.560 just as expensive or more expensive. Like I don't think 172 00:07:41.560 --> 00:07:45.160 we're that far from there, but having at two TV 173 00:07:45.279 --> 00:07:46.839 on my phone and being able to pop it up 174 00:07:46.879 --> 00:07:48.439 like that's that's so convenient. But I'm sure I can 175 00:07:48.480 --> 00:07:50.319 do that with Spectrum to be honest with you, well. 176 00:07:50.240 --> 00:07:55.720 In the convenience of it, because I get what these Hulu, Peacock, 177 00:07:56.680 --> 00:07:58.680 YouTube TV, I don't know what fubo. You heard of 178 00:07:58.720 --> 00:08:01.439 Fubo Fubo, Yeah, I've heard it. But YouTube TV doesn't 179 00:08:01.480 --> 00:08:04.959 have any like specific like programming right where you can 180 00:08:05.000 --> 00:08:06.600 just go to like, hey, go watch this a YouTube 181 00:08:06.600 --> 00:08:08.519 because you obviously you get it for all the other 182 00:08:08.600 --> 00:08:10.120 live streaming but I know. 183 00:08:10.240 --> 00:08:12.879 Like it to me, it's the it's the it's this 184 00:08:13.040 --> 00:08:16.040 live streaming TV service that looks as the most like 185 00:08:16.120 --> 00:08:17.519 what you used to have when you would go to 186 00:08:17.560 --> 00:08:18.000 direct TV. 187 00:08:18.160 --> 00:08:21.360 So there's no like YouTube TV like exclusives like Netflix 188 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:23.040 has like Stranger Things or something like that. 189 00:08:23.120 --> 00:08:23.759 Yeah, yeah, you're right. 190 00:08:23.759 --> 00:08:25.959 They don't have any of their own original programming. Yeah yeah, 191 00:08:26.000 --> 00:08:28.319 that's all I meant to say, original programming. And it's 192 00:08:28.319 --> 00:08:31.800 turned into getting those apps strictly for original programming, binge 193 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:34.440 watching it, paying less for it, cutting the chords. Now 194 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:37.440 it's all come back to most of these places will 195 00:08:37.480 --> 00:08:39.759 release episode where you can't binge watch it. I know. 196 00:08:39.799 --> 00:08:43.000 We had that discussion about the Yellowstone not too long ago, 197 00:08:43.279 --> 00:08:45.360 and then it's just like they release it in weeks 198 00:08:45.360 --> 00:08:47.039 and then you got to wait that week for it, 199 00:08:47.080 --> 00:08:49.960 and it just makes it completely inconvenient. The reason that 200 00:08:50.000 --> 00:08:51.879 we signed up for them and cut the cable cords 201 00:08:51.879 --> 00:08:52.679 in the first place. 202 00:08:52.960 --> 00:08:54.759 Yeah, so we didn't have to rely on a weekly 203 00:08:54.919 --> 00:08:56.759 live schedule. We could we could just watch it. 204 00:08:56.879 --> 00:08:57.840 We're back in a circle. 205 00:08:58.080 --> 00:09:02.240 Yep. And by the way, the there are certain shows 206 00:09:02.240 --> 00:09:04.480 that I know that if I had to wait and 207 00:09:04.559 --> 00:09:06.799 I couldn't just roll through at my own pace, I 208 00:09:06.840 --> 00:09:08.840 would have never ended up watching all the way through. 209 00:09:09.000 --> 00:09:10.840 And some of these are like my favorite shows. Ever, 210 00:09:11.320 --> 00:09:13.799 so I'm glad that some of these shows I was 211 00:09:13.840 --> 00:09:16.759 able to binge through. You know, I either watched them 212 00:09:16.840 --> 00:09:19.559 later or uh, you know, they didn't do that at 213 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:20.840 the time. I can't think of what the first it 214 00:09:20.879 --> 00:09:23.159 was a Netflix did it first with one of their 215 00:09:23.840 --> 00:09:26.639 big popular shows where they split up the two seasons, 216 00:09:26.679 --> 00:09:29.399 and then it just became a thing everywhere, and you know, 217 00:09:29.759 --> 00:09:30.840 I don't I don't like it. 218 00:09:30.759 --> 00:09:33.799 But I'm gonna be at that crossroads with Peacock coming up, 219 00:09:33.799 --> 00:09:36.279 because obviously I'm a big wrestling fan in WWE is 220 00:09:36.320 --> 00:09:39.080 going to Netflix. Well, they just announced, or at least 221 00:09:39.080 --> 00:09:41.840 it's it's it's the rumor is they're not gonna have 222 00:09:41.879 --> 00:09:44.840 the ww network because they usually they have that section 223 00:09:44.960 --> 00:09:46.879 on the Peacock when you just go on you could 224 00:09:46.879 --> 00:09:49.399 watch any old school pay per view. Well they're not. 225 00:09:49.679 --> 00:09:53.399 Netflix isn't going to get that library, They're not the archive. No, 226 00:09:53.440 --> 00:09:55.480 they're not getting any They might have like a couple 227 00:09:55.519 --> 00:09:59.799 old like WrestleMania's or raws. But if you're a wrestling 228 00:09:59.799 --> 00:10:01.399 fan and loves to watch that like me, you just 229 00:10:01.440 --> 00:10:03.120 better get out your watch. And now that and The 230 00:10:03.159 --> 00:10:06.039 Office were the two main reasons that sold me on Peacock. 231 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:08.399 Now that they're losing that, it's gonna be pretty hard. 232 00:10:08.399 --> 00:10:10.799 Now still watch The Office, and I like the other 233 00:10:10.919 --> 00:10:13.159 NBC So King of Queens is a great show. I 234 00:10:13.200 --> 00:10:14.519 love to go back and watch some of that. But 235 00:10:14.919 --> 00:10:17.759 that is huge WWE lifer. That's gonna be taking a 236 00:10:17.799 --> 00:10:19.840 blow because you know, I like to I like to 237 00:10:19.840 --> 00:10:21.720 watch them old old grappling every now and then. 238 00:10:21.759 --> 00:10:23.720 So what you're saying is the only thing keeping you 239 00:10:23.799 --> 00:10:29.600 with the Cock is the old WWE, hcw wrestling right, Yes, absolutely, yeah, 240 00:10:29.639 --> 00:10:30.720 I think a lot of people are with you. To 241 00:10:30.759 --> 00:10:32.440 be honest with you, I know you're not alone there 242 00:10:32.840 --> 00:10:34.679 all right, it's coffee and company. We are fueled by 243 00:10:34.679 --> 00:10:37.399 Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. I just heard 244 00:10:37.480 --> 00:10:39.559 during the break there that people are paying over five 245 00:10:39.600 --> 00:10:42.600 thousand dollars a year now for gas. I actually would 246 00:10:42.600 --> 00:10:45.159 have guessed that it would cost more. But in the end, 247 00:10:45.279 --> 00:10:47.399 gas is not super cheap, and you know it's an 248 00:10:47.399 --> 00:10:49.440 expense that you don't like. But what if I told 249 00:10:49.480 --> 00:10:50.840 you could save money every time you go to the 250 00:10:50.840 --> 00:10:53.279 gas pump. As a member of the Refreshing Awards program 251 00:10:53.360 --> 00:10:55.639 at Thornton's, you're saving money and not just the three 252 00:10:55.679 --> 00:10:58.279 cents every time. Occasionally you'll be able to qualify to 253 00:10:58.320 --> 00:11:00.840 get twenty five cents off. I think they've had some 254 00:11:01.039 --> 00:11:05.120 real special or opportunities to save up to fifty fifty 255 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:08.080 cents off per gallon. So you know, take advantage. Sign 256 00:11:08.200 --> 00:11:09.799 up right now. If you have an Android or an iPhone, 257 00:11:09.799 --> 00:11:12.200 you've download the app. It's free and you will be 258 00:11:12.240 --> 00:11:12.679 good to go. 259 00:11:12.840 --> 00:11:13.120 All right. 260 00:11:13.159 --> 00:11:14.360 So one of the things I've talked about when it 261 00:11:14.360 --> 00:11:16.960 comes to the Transfer portal is that you know it's 262 00:11:17.000 --> 00:11:20.279 not just about who you go out there and ad, 263 00:11:20.720 --> 00:11:23.759 it's who you retain, and you just know you're going 264 00:11:23.840 --> 00:11:26.279 to lose players every year, and the hope is that 265 00:11:26.519 --> 00:11:30.120 the guys that leave, more of them are not guys 266 00:11:30.159 --> 00:11:32.120 that you wanted to be gone, but you understand why 267 00:11:32.159 --> 00:11:34.759 they're leaving, and you see them gone as an opportunity 268 00:11:34.799 --> 00:11:38.799 for Jeff Brohm to go get somebody to replace that person, 269 00:11:39.240 --> 00:11:41.120 maybe not even at the same position, but maybe you've 270 00:11:41.120 --> 00:11:43.879 got a weakness elsewhere because somebody you did want to 271 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:46.320 keep ended up leaving to go play you know, tight 272 00:11:46.399 --> 00:11:50.399 end elsewhere. So anyways, Louisville I feel like had had 273 00:11:50.440 --> 00:11:52.639 done really, really well because they've had a lot of 274 00:11:52.679 --> 00:11:54.759 guys into the transfer portal, just like everybody else. I 275 00:11:54.759 --> 00:11:56.960 don't think they're up there. I know, Kentucky and Arkansas 276 00:11:57.200 --> 00:11:59.080 were the two teams that had more guys leaving than 277 00:11:59.080 --> 00:11:59.840 anybody else from. 278 00:11:59.720 --> 00:12:02.200 The port but Louisvill's had their fair share of guys 279 00:12:02.240 --> 00:12:02.759 at the portal. 280 00:12:02.799 --> 00:12:05.360 And you know, there's certain guys that I think, are 281 00:12:05.360 --> 00:12:08.279 you know, fine players, you know, I you know, but 282 00:12:08.320 --> 00:12:10.080 I totally think Louisville can be fine without him, and 283 00:12:10.080 --> 00:12:12.559 I get while they're leaving. But Mason Rager is the 284 00:12:13.679 --> 00:12:15.200 easy to forget because he didn't play all this year. 285 00:12:15.200 --> 00:12:17.120 He got hurt, But he's the first one where I'm like, Okay, 286 00:12:17.879 --> 00:12:20.360 it didn't really hurt because again, Louisville didn't have him 287 00:12:20.399 --> 00:12:22.120 this year, so you already win a year without him. 288 00:12:22.360 --> 00:12:24.360 But like to know, oh yeah, that guy was pretty 289 00:12:24.399 --> 00:12:26.039 damn good in Brahm's first year. To know that he 290 00:12:26.120 --> 00:12:28.720 was leaving that that that kind of sucked, But it 291 00:12:28.759 --> 00:12:31.320 wasn't as bad as the news I got yesterday. Jamari Johnson, 292 00:12:31.919 --> 00:12:34.240 the tight end who showed a lot of upside, a 293 00:12:34.240 --> 00:12:37.399 lot of talent that he has, and it really started 294 00:12:37.399 --> 00:12:39.480 to show before he got hurt in that game against 295 00:12:39.559 --> 00:12:41.480 Virginia and then missed the rest of the season. So 296 00:12:42.240 --> 00:12:43.840 he is without question. 297 00:12:43.759 --> 00:12:44.440 In the group. 298 00:12:44.879 --> 00:12:46.639 And I don't I mean, maybe he's alone because I 299 00:12:47.000 --> 00:12:49.399 feel like not to say that you can easily just 300 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:51.399 move on with Mason riger but again you've already gone 301 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:54.679 a year without him. But I think Jamari Johnson, wherever 302 00:12:54.720 --> 00:12:56.879 he ends up, is going to be really, really, really good, 303 00:12:56.919 --> 00:12:59.799 and he may in fact end up being one of 304 00:12:59.840 --> 00:13:03.080 those those guys that you you really, you know, like 305 00:13:04.000 --> 00:13:07.440 didn't think to me, there's no reason for him to leave, 306 00:13:07.480 --> 00:13:09.639 But again, he has the choice, and it's his choice. 307 00:13:09.639 --> 00:13:11.200 He can do it. I'm not bitter, I'm not angry 308 00:13:11.240 --> 00:13:13.720 at him. It's his life and he wants to go elsewhere, 309 00:13:13.799 --> 00:13:17.000 so that's his decision. But you know, Nil clearly is 310 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:19.039 it was something he could have gotten here. And I 311 00:13:19.080 --> 00:13:20.679 don't get the sense at all that it's about Anil. 312 00:13:21.080 --> 00:13:22.799 I don't know what it's about. But you know, he 313 00:13:22.799 --> 00:13:24.080 would have played a lot here, and he would have 314 00:13:24.120 --> 00:13:27.679 played in an offense that really really utilized him, and 315 00:13:27.759 --> 00:13:29.159 he would have had a chance to have some pretty 316 00:13:29.200 --> 00:13:31.559 good numbers and statistics. So you know, he may be 317 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:33.639 one of those guys that you don't know who to blame, 318 00:13:33.639 --> 00:13:34.919 You don't know who to be mad at. Maybe you're 319 00:13:34.919 --> 00:13:36.840 gonna be mad at him because he dumped you essentially, 320 00:13:37.320 --> 00:13:39.440 but like I would be shocked if he's not really 321 00:13:39.440 --> 00:13:41.759 successful elsewhere. There's been some other guys that have had, 322 00:13:42.080 --> 00:13:44.879 you know, some success that moved on, like Caleb Banks 323 00:13:44.879 --> 00:13:52.080 at Florida has has has done well for himself. But 324 00:13:52.159 --> 00:13:53.879 I think again, the majority of the guys that you've 325 00:13:53.919 --> 00:13:57.360 ended up losing, you know, they've kind of ended up 326 00:13:58.159 --> 00:13:59.799 showing that there was a reason they left louisvill because 327 00:13:59.840 --> 00:14:01.679 they tell to a lower level or they went to 328 00:14:01.799 --> 00:14:04.399 maybe a similar level and we're kind of the same player. 329 00:14:04.840 --> 00:14:08.000 But yeah, Jamar Johnson, that one hurt. All right, quick break, 330 00:14:08.000 --> 00:14:09.480 We'll come back on the other side. Keep this thing 331 00:14:09.559 --> 00:14:11.759 rolling along. It is Coffee and Company, and we are 332 00:14:11.759 --> 00:14:14.080 few about Thorntons right here on Sports Talk seven ninety. 333 00:14:14.840 --> 00:14:17.879 You're listening to Coffee and Company with Nick Coffee on 334 00:14:17.960 --> 00:14:19.320 Sports Talk seven to night. 335 00:14:19.879 --> 00:14:23.159 I think it was on Monday. We were discussing the 336 00:14:23.879 --> 00:14:26.799 board meeting, the UFL Board of Trustees meeting for the 337 00:14:26.840 --> 00:14:29.799 athletic Department. I guess it's the ULEA board. They had 338 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:34.519 scheduled a meeting or some kind of a get together. 339 00:14:34.679 --> 00:14:36.919 I'm sure it was a meeting or something. There's a 340 00:14:36.919 --> 00:14:39.639 lot of steps and going to get something done at 341 00:14:39.720 --> 00:14:42.440 u of L and most universities to where there's a 342 00:14:42.440 --> 00:14:44.120 few different meetings that are really all just part of 343 00:14:44.120 --> 00:14:46.080 a process. I'm not sure what part of the process was. 344 00:14:46.080 --> 00:14:50.360 But initially when you see just the public record of 345 00:14:50.399 --> 00:14:53.759 the meeting happening, you know there's no details, but I 346 00:14:53.759 --> 00:14:56.080 don't know if I guess it wasn't expected, so there 347 00:14:56.120 --> 00:14:56.639 was some worry. 348 00:14:56.679 --> 00:14:58.679 Okay, what is this about? Because what they were going 349 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:00.039 to discuss could have, you know, gave. 350 00:14:59.879 --> 00:15:01.320 The indication that it was going to be either some 351 00:15:01.399 --> 00:15:04.039 kind of a hire or some kind of a disciplinary thing, 352 00:15:04.480 --> 00:15:08.200 something in that, you know, in that world, and nobody 353 00:15:08.200 --> 00:15:09.759 had a clue. I didn't even see anybody making any 354 00:15:09.840 --> 00:15:11.600 kind of guess or speculation. But what it ended up 355 00:15:11.639 --> 00:15:14.399 being was a contract extension for Josh Hurd And I 356 00:15:14.440 --> 00:15:17.559 don't think the final steps have happened yet, but it 357 00:15:17.600 --> 00:15:19.879 is happening. Josh Hurt is getting a contract extension. And 358 00:15:20.399 --> 00:15:22.519 I don't know what to compare this to as far 359 00:15:22.559 --> 00:15:24.960 as like the terms, but it's twenty twenty four, about 360 00:15:24.960 --> 00:15:28.600 to be twenty twenty five, and I was surprised. But again, 361 00:15:29.240 --> 00:15:32.519 don't I don't reference athletic director contracts when it comes 362 00:15:32.559 --> 00:15:34.120 to the amount of years and the amount of money, 363 00:15:34.240 --> 00:15:36.799 just because you know, it's not something that's publicly covered. 364 00:15:36.799 --> 00:15:39.799 And I've never really given a damn and I really 365 00:15:39.840 --> 00:15:42.200 don't care. But to me, I felt like to see 366 00:15:42.200 --> 00:15:45.200 that the extension goes through twenty thirty that sounded like 367 00:15:45.200 --> 00:15:48.840 a really long time, So I'm not maybe maybe that's normal, 368 00:15:48.879 --> 00:15:50.480 Maybe it is lengthy. I don't know, maybe it's on 369 00:15:50.480 --> 00:15:53.279 the short end. I'm not sure. But for those asking 370 00:15:54.080 --> 00:15:56.759 what would have warranted that, I have no clue, but 371 00:15:56.799 --> 00:15:58.879 I wouldn't be shocked if it's because maybe Josh knows 372 00:15:58.879 --> 00:16:01.039 that he has other option. Maybe he knows he could 373 00:16:01.039 --> 00:16:03.399 go work elsewhere. I don't have I don't have a clue. 374 00:16:04.799 --> 00:16:06.519 You know that he that he'd ever leave, or that 375 00:16:06.559 --> 00:16:08.039 he wanted to leave, or that he was looking. But 376 00:16:08.519 --> 00:16:11.559 you know, for him to get a contract extension with 377 00:16:11.720 --> 00:16:13.320 still some time left on the deal and one that 378 00:16:13.399 --> 00:16:16.639 runs through twenty thirty, maybe that's just his superiors wanting 379 00:16:16.720 --> 00:16:19.320 to let him know how much they value him. Or 380 00:16:19.320 --> 00:16:23.120 maybe he was looking for a new contract and it 381 00:16:23.200 --> 00:16:26.000 got to the negotiation table and that's where they ended up. 382 00:16:26.320 --> 00:16:28.840 I really don't know, but I understand that there's some 383 00:16:28.879 --> 00:16:31.320 people that maybe still are. Here's what I'll tell you 384 00:16:31.320 --> 00:16:34.720 about Josh Hurd, just from from you know, my thoughts. 385 00:16:36.039 --> 00:16:41.000 I think he's done a fine job. I think anything 386 00:16:41.000 --> 00:16:42.759 that you'd be really critical of about U of L, 387 00:16:43.480 --> 00:16:46.440 you could also understand that that outcome, that result, that 388 00:16:46.440 --> 00:16:49.120 that that got you there was more than just him. 389 00:16:49.559 --> 00:16:51.519 You know, he made the decision to hire Kenny Payne. 390 00:16:52.399 --> 00:16:55.600 I really respected that he wanted to make it clear 391 00:16:55.720 --> 00:16:58.240 that he did it. It was his choice, but we 392 00:16:58.360 --> 00:17:01.720 also know and you know he was that was that 393 00:17:01.879 --> 00:17:05.079 was the move that people wanted him to make, and 394 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:07.799 you know he was influenced. I don't mean, I don't 395 00:17:07.799 --> 00:17:09.440 mean that he was forced to do it, but there's 396 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:12.039 no doubt about it. People who you know, their approval 397 00:17:12.039 --> 00:17:14.279 of him, would would really would really benefit Josh. That's 398 00:17:14.279 --> 00:17:16.680 what they wanted him to do. And people can say 399 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:18.519 whatever they want now. I didn't like the idea of 400 00:17:18.599 --> 00:17:21.640 hiring a first time head coach because you know, I 401 00:17:21.640 --> 00:17:23.279 felt like there was never a time where you needed 402 00:17:23.319 --> 00:17:25.440 more of a proven guy at that time, just because 403 00:17:25.480 --> 00:17:28.920 of how things ended with Mac. But whenever I and 404 00:17:28.920 --> 00:17:30.839 again it's funny to say now because Kenny was proven 405 00:17:30.839 --> 00:17:32.039 to be one of the worst coaches or maybe the 406 00:17:32.119 --> 00:17:35.079 worst coach of all time in college basketball. But if 407 00:17:35.359 --> 00:17:37.920 we're talking about going and getting Matt McMahon at Murray State, 408 00:17:38.319 --> 00:17:41.119 Greg Gard at Wisconsin, or let's take a chance on 409 00:17:41.160 --> 00:17:43.200 this Kenny Paine guy who played here, won a championship 410 00:17:43.200 --> 00:17:46.200 and apparently is this ace recruiter, then we'll do that. 411 00:17:46.359 --> 00:17:48.119 And clearly I would have been wrong, just like Josh 412 00:17:48.160 --> 00:17:50.559 and everybody else I mean, maybe others would have said no, 413 00:17:51.400 --> 00:17:52.880 but I just felt like Louiell wasn't gonna be able 414 00:17:52.920 --> 00:17:54.640 to go get a big name, and I was willing 415 00:17:54.680 --> 00:17:57.640 to take a chance on Kenny more so than somebody 416 00:17:57.640 --> 00:18:00.920 that we didn't know, and clearly that was a terrible mistake. So, 417 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:04.480 you know, maybe you want to see how well Pat 418 00:18:04.519 --> 00:18:06.960 does before you feel like Josh is capable to make 419 00:18:07.000 --> 00:18:08.720 these kind of decisions and these kind of hires. 420 00:18:09.119 --> 00:18:11.480 And if that's your if that's where you stand, then 421 00:18:11.599 --> 00:18:12.599 I don't think that's crazy. 422 00:18:12.839 --> 00:18:16.079 But I also don't think, you know, to Josh's benefit, 423 00:18:16.160 --> 00:18:19.279 to Josh's credit, I don't you know. People can say 424 00:18:19.319 --> 00:18:22.720 that that Brohm would have come here regardless if Josh 425 00:18:22.799 --> 00:18:23.599 was the ad or not. 426 00:18:23.799 --> 00:18:24.680 They're probably right. 427 00:18:24.759 --> 00:18:27.519 In fact, I think they are right, But that's also 428 00:18:27.559 --> 00:18:31.000 not a negative to Josh. That's just the situation, right. 429 00:18:31.039 --> 00:18:34.079 It doesn't mean, you know, doesn't mean if Jeff Brom 430 00:18:34.279 --> 00:18:36.200 was not Jeff Bram who played here at Louisville and 431 00:18:36.200 --> 00:18:38.839 had any connections, maybe Josh would has been able to 432 00:18:39.640 --> 00:18:42.279 persuade him. So like, just because something, just because he 433 00:18:42.359 --> 00:18:44.839 benefited from something, doesn't mean it should be held against him. 434 00:18:45.279 --> 00:18:46.799 And I do think he deserves a lot of credit 435 00:18:46.799 --> 00:18:48.759 for how he handled Scott's Saderfield that couldn't have worked 436 00:18:48.759 --> 00:18:52.160 out better. He didn't bluff and and Scott read the 437 00:18:52.200 --> 00:18:54.559 room and left and found a new landing spot. A 438 00:18:54.559 --> 00:18:56.079 lot of AD's I don't think would have done that. 439 00:18:56.440 --> 00:18:59.000 So I'm not here to tell you that Josh is 440 00:18:59.000 --> 00:19:01.480 the best athletic director the world. But I also don't 441 00:19:01.519 --> 00:19:03.839 think there's anything that's transpired other than the Kenny Payne 442 00:19:03.880 --> 00:19:07.079 higher that would like, really be alarming. But I also, 443 00:19:07.480 --> 00:19:11.000 you know, know that he would you know, that wasn't 444 00:19:11.000 --> 00:19:12.279 I mean, that was a mistake, and he's the one 445 00:19:12.319 --> 00:19:14.759 who ultimately had to say so. But there's way more 446 00:19:14.759 --> 00:19:16.119 to it than that, and I think we all know it. 447 00:19:16.240 --> 00:19:19.000 So to see that the contract extension is apparently to 448 00:19:19.039 --> 00:19:21.279 twenty thirty again, I think it shows that the people 449 00:19:21.279 --> 00:19:25.039 who are in charge of his you know, people who 450 00:19:25.079 --> 00:19:27.240 are above him, people who he works for essentially that 451 00:19:27.319 --> 00:19:30.640 decide these kind of things, they really value him. And 452 00:19:31.160 --> 00:19:33.319 I you know, there's not been any big, big, big 453 00:19:33.319 --> 00:19:35.559 moment to where I'm like, Wow, what a phenomenal move 454 00:19:35.599 --> 00:19:38.480 by this AD. But I also think he's done some 455 00:19:38.519 --> 00:19:40.440 pretty good things that are pretty obvious, and there's really 456 00:19:40.480 --> 00:19:42.400 nothing that would make me think, oh goodness, this guy 457 00:19:42.480 --> 00:19:46.279 is terrible. He's incompetent. And again, you talked to me 458 00:19:46.319 --> 00:19:48.680 a year ago during this exact time actually with Kenny, 459 00:19:48.920 --> 00:19:50.920 I maybe would have said different. But you know, there's 460 00:19:50.920 --> 00:19:52.480 a lot of things going on that people don't have 461 00:19:52.559 --> 00:19:56.480 a whole lot of you know, info. 462 00:19:56.279 --> 00:19:58.960 About, and that that matters. 463 00:19:58.960 --> 00:20:02.599 But also, you know, Josh can't put a motion into 464 00:20:02.640 --> 00:20:04.839 the decision, although we wanted him to because we were 465 00:20:04.960 --> 00:20:07.720 you know, his fans just thinking you can't get rid 466 00:20:07.759 --> 00:20:09.559 of this guy faster. But I also don't think that 467 00:20:09.599 --> 00:20:13.839 Louisville benefited in any way last year if they would 468 00:20:13.839 --> 00:20:16.519 have gotten rid of Kenny beforehand, so you know, meaning 469 00:20:16.519 --> 00:20:18.359 if they got rid of in midseason. So you know, 470 00:20:19.359 --> 00:20:21.039 the only thing that surprised me in regards to the 471 00:20:21.039 --> 00:20:23.480 contract was just how long it was. But I'm willing 472 00:20:23.519 --> 00:20:25.079 to say that that may just be the norm, and 473 00:20:25.519 --> 00:20:27.319 if that's the case, then you know, that's just how 474 00:20:27.640 --> 00:20:30.440 it works, all right, Coffee and Company, we are feel 475 00:20:30.440 --> 00:20:33.480 about Thornton's here on Sports Talk seven ninety. Appreciate you 476 00:20:33.680 --> 00:20:35.839 hanging out with us. We're about halfway through here. In fact, 477 00:20:35.880 --> 00:20:37.880 we were exactly halfway through here, taking you up until 478 00:20:37.920 --> 00:20:39.599 six o'clock, and you can take us with you wherever 479 00:20:39.640 --> 00:20:42.000 you go. Listen live on the IUT radio app. Also 480 00:20:42.039 --> 00:20:45.680 listen live at seven ninety Louisville dot com. All right, 481 00:20:45.759 --> 00:20:48.920 so we talk a lot about sports wagering here. It's 482 00:20:48.920 --> 00:20:51.039 a big part of our of our culture when it 483 00:20:51.079 --> 00:20:53.160 comes to watching sports. I know there are people that don't, 484 00:20:54.119 --> 00:20:56.359 you know, get involved in sports betting and don't wager, 485 00:20:56.440 --> 00:21:00.559 but you know, degenerate they clearly know all about it 486 00:21:00.599 --> 00:21:02.799 now because it's it's very much in your face that 487 00:21:02.880 --> 00:21:05.880 sports betting is a humongous industry, and you know, it 488 00:21:05.960 --> 00:21:08.160 used to be something that you know, was illegal and 489 00:21:08.200 --> 00:21:10.680 it was frowned upon, and now you can't watch a 490 00:21:10.680 --> 00:21:14.519 love sporting event without being bombarded with advertisements from these 491 00:21:14.519 --> 00:21:16.759 sports books. And these sports books are you know, essentially 492 00:21:16.799 --> 00:21:20.680 in bed with the NBA, the NFL, that kind of stuff. So, 493 00:21:20.960 --> 00:21:23.319 you know, even people that don't do it, I mean, 494 00:21:24.359 --> 00:21:26.279 I would imagine it hasn't been such an issue that 495 00:21:26.279 --> 00:21:29.319 they don't watch sports anymore. But this is good, a 496 00:21:29.359 --> 00:21:32.759 good breakdown from Legal sports Report dot Com that kind 497 00:21:32.759 --> 00:21:35.759 of just tells you some some information and some numbers 498 00:21:35.799 --> 00:21:39.240 when it comes to the demographic that is in sports betting. 499 00:21:39.319 --> 00:21:42.559 So young betters in the twenty one to thirty four 500 00:21:42.599 --> 00:21:46.720 age range remain very much like the bigger you know, 501 00:21:46.720 --> 00:21:48.720 the people who do it the most. Probably not the 502 00:21:48.720 --> 00:21:50.960 most money, I guess. But it says at least sixty 503 00:21:51.000 --> 00:21:54.240 percent of people from twenty to twenty one to thirty 504 00:21:54.240 --> 00:21:57.519 four are placing at least three bets a week, compared 505 00:21:57.519 --> 00:22:01.440 to the overall average of forty seven percent. It says 506 00:22:01.480 --> 00:22:04.440 the age group also led in average bet size, wagering 507 00:22:04.480 --> 00:22:07.480 approximately fifty eight dollars per bet compared to forty nine 508 00:22:07.519 --> 00:22:11.279 to fifty overall. Better sixty five or older tend to 509 00:22:11.279 --> 00:22:13.640 place the smallest bets. Man, I feel like a real 510 00:22:13.680 --> 00:22:15.279 poor here, Austin. I don't want to get into my 511 00:22:15.480 --> 00:22:17.160 I don't want to get into unit size, you know, 512 00:22:17.319 --> 00:22:20.640 because you know some of us aren't as blessed when 513 00:22:20.640 --> 00:22:22.400 it comes to unit size. But you know, when I'm 514 00:22:22.480 --> 00:22:24.640 laying down a couple of units on something, I'm talking 515 00:22:24.759 --> 00:22:27.319 like twenty bucks, that's a steep bet for me. Yeah, 516 00:22:27.359 --> 00:22:30.599 And here we got the average age of people, you know, 517 00:22:30.680 --> 00:22:33.400 younger than me, their average bet is fifty eight bucks 518 00:22:33.440 --> 00:22:36.079 per bet. They're probably not doing parlays, right, No, those 519 00:22:36.119 --> 00:22:39.599 are straight betters and hey, and if I was just 520 00:22:39.880 --> 00:22:43.000 and I do both, although I do tend to be 521 00:22:43.039 --> 00:22:45.039 more of a parlay guy. I just do fewer legs 522 00:22:45.039 --> 00:22:48.720 with a little bit more unit unit level on it. However, 523 00:22:49.799 --> 00:22:53.000 if I was, like if parlays didn't exist, I would 524 00:22:53.079 --> 00:22:56.799 imagine that my unit size would would would probably go up, 525 00:22:57.319 --> 00:23:01.279 maybe maybe substantially. But you know, a fifty eight dollars 526 00:23:01.279 --> 00:23:03.599 bet on anything for me is it sounds steep? 527 00:23:03.599 --> 00:23:06.440 But again it's a lot. I'm not as blessed as others. 528 00:23:06.559 --> 00:23:09.759 And the sportsbooks have it right with you call it 529 00:23:09.799 --> 00:23:12.079 breathing stupid air. Right, It's like the same thing that 530 00:23:12.119 --> 00:23:14.240 you do when you walk into a casino. Oh yeah, 531 00:23:14.279 --> 00:23:16.279 and how you build your parlay like they do a 532 00:23:16.319 --> 00:23:19.200 great job. They make all their money on parlay, Yeah, 533 00:23:19.599 --> 00:23:24.079 because they you can see, like you increasing your odds 534 00:23:24.119 --> 00:23:26.680 and what that twenty dollars can turn into Like that 535 00:23:26.759 --> 00:23:31.119 twenty dollars off a single bet. It's just the turnout 536 00:23:31.160 --> 00:23:33.359 is only forty bucks. But the more you add to 537 00:23:33.359 --> 00:23:35.720 it all, just twenty dollars could be three hundred and 538 00:23:35.720 --> 00:23:37.839 forty seven because you don't up the odds to yeah 539 00:23:37.880 --> 00:23:38.559 plus thirteen. 540 00:23:38.640 --> 00:23:41.119 They know that people can't resist seeing Okay, these are 541 00:23:41.160 --> 00:23:43.880 these are this is all likely, so yeah, let's do this, 542 00:23:43.920 --> 00:23:47.240 let's do it, you know. And that's all true. And 543 00:23:47.319 --> 00:23:50.400 I'm a sucker that does that pretty frequently. So yeah, 544 00:23:50.440 --> 00:23:55.079 you're welcome, FanDuel. But when it comes to the ride 545 00:23:55.119 --> 00:23:57.400 of a parlay, that's also a factor for me too. Yeah, 546 00:23:57.720 --> 00:23:59.319 it's not just that you get more I mean, it 547 00:23:59.359 --> 00:24:01.640 makes sense if you get more bets correct and it's 548 00:24:01.640 --> 00:24:04.319 all one bet essentially, that's what a parlay is, then 549 00:24:04.359 --> 00:24:06.480 you know you're you're going to get more money. But 550 00:24:06.519 --> 00:24:08.880 it also you know, I'm willing to say that the 551 00:24:08.960 --> 00:24:12.000 mond even if even if I want a parlay and 552 00:24:12.279 --> 00:24:15.119 let's just say the put it this way. Let's say 553 00:24:15.119 --> 00:24:18.400 whatever I bet the winnings were going to be twenty bucks, 554 00:24:19.039 --> 00:24:20.880 if it was a parlay that had three legs, or 555 00:24:20.880 --> 00:24:22.319 if it was a straight bet they gave me those 556 00:24:22.319 --> 00:24:25.880 same winnings, I would have more joy and feel more like. 557 00:24:25.960 --> 00:24:28.119 Hell yeah if the parlay hit. Yeah, so it's more 558 00:24:28.160 --> 00:24:28.960 of a ride, you know. 559 00:24:29.000 --> 00:24:30.960 That's that's that's kind of why I really do like 560 00:24:31.680 --> 00:24:34.119 doing parlays. But you know, I'm well aware that the 561 00:24:34.480 --> 00:24:36.279 you know, and I'm part of it, that that's how 562 00:24:36.279 --> 00:24:38.160 they make a lot of money. In fact, too, parlays 563 00:24:38.160 --> 00:24:40.240 are the most popular with younger folks. This is roughly 564 00:24:40.279 --> 00:24:42.960 sixty percent of folks that are in the age range 565 00:24:43.000 --> 00:24:45.720 of twenty one to fifty four said parlays are same 566 00:24:45.759 --> 00:24:48.920 game parlays are their favorite type of wager, which was 567 00:24:48.960 --> 00:24:52.440 the highest percentage of any of the demographics. Now, as 568 00:24:52.480 --> 00:24:57.440 far as sports betting demos by app, this one, I 569 00:24:57.480 --> 00:24:59.440 really wouldn't have had a clue because I don't think 570 00:24:59.519 --> 00:25:01.599 of a certain sports book and think, Okay, they reach 571 00:25:01.680 --> 00:25:04.920 this demo or that demo. But ESPN bet has the 572 00:25:05.000 --> 00:25:08.640 largest proportion of younger users, with forty four percent of 573 00:25:08.680 --> 00:25:10.880 its audience in that twenty one to thirty four age range, 574 00:25:10.880 --> 00:25:14.640 followed closely by Bet three sixty five at forty three percent. 575 00:25:15.440 --> 00:25:17.759 I've never used Bet three sixty five. I don't think 576 00:25:17.759 --> 00:25:19.559 the homies like BET three sixty five, do they? 577 00:25:19.720 --> 00:25:21.759 No, No, that's one of the one of the apps 578 00:25:21.759 --> 00:25:23.480 that I'm shunned from. 579 00:25:23.960 --> 00:25:25.279 I didn't know if you were gonna put it out 580 00:25:25.319 --> 00:25:26.680 there That's why I said what I said. But yeah, 581 00:25:26.720 --> 00:25:29.720 that's uh, they'vey've banned my man. Uh and they can't 582 00:25:29.759 --> 00:25:30.000 you know. 583 00:25:29.920 --> 00:25:31.640 They lift it, lift it. I'll come back. 584 00:25:31.839 --> 00:25:34.720 Yeah. So, uh, Caesars and BETMGM, which are those even 585 00:25:34.720 --> 00:25:36.480 available here in Kentucky? 586 00:25:36.640 --> 00:25:39.599 MGM is I don't know that the Caesars one. 587 00:25:39.759 --> 00:25:41.359 When I think of Caesars, I just think of the boat, 588 00:25:41.680 --> 00:25:44.079 you know cross, Yeah, that's their that's their sports school. 589 00:25:44.279 --> 00:25:47.920 But Caesars and BETMGM. They that says they've honed in 590 00:25:47.960 --> 00:25:50.559 on marketing strategies tied to their physical properties. Over the 591 00:25:50.640 --> 00:25:53.279 last few years, had the highest percentage of the sixty 592 00:25:53.279 --> 00:25:55.319 five plus demo at five percent each. That makes total 593 00:25:55.359 --> 00:25:58.519 sense because again, like the only casino that's near us 594 00:25:58.759 --> 00:26:02.039 there's their sports book is is Caesars. So I guess 595 00:26:02.039 --> 00:26:04.400 if you're somebody that's been betting physically at locations for 596 00:26:04.440 --> 00:26:07.000 a while and you tend to you know, then it 597 00:26:07.039 --> 00:26:09.440 becomes legal to do it online, like in Indiana a 598 00:26:09.440 --> 00:26:11.279 few years ago. Maybe you've just stayed loyal to that 599 00:26:11.440 --> 00:26:14.160 same that same sports book says here the Fanatics boasts 600 00:26:14.200 --> 00:26:16.519 the largest share of women betters at thirty nine percent. 601 00:26:17.039 --> 00:26:19.480 Just to as Caesars, which is a thirty eight percent, 602 00:26:20.440 --> 00:26:23.400 and bet three sixty five has the most male dominated 603 00:26:23.480 --> 00:26:26.799 user base, which is twenty one percent of the betters 604 00:26:26.799 --> 00:26:29.160 being female. DraftKings and FanDuel were next when it comes 605 00:26:29.200 --> 00:26:31.960 to women, with the twenty two percent of each of 606 00:26:32.000 --> 00:26:35.519 their books players being on the female side. Now no surprise, 607 00:26:35.640 --> 00:26:39.759 NFL remains the most popular eighty five percent of the 608 00:26:39.799 --> 00:26:42.240 people who bet are betting on the NFL and shocking, 609 00:26:42.519 --> 00:26:44.880 and the NBA is at fifty five which speaking of 610 00:26:44.920 --> 00:26:46.119 the NBA, I want to get to this later. I 611 00:26:46.119 --> 00:26:47.680 watched the NBA last night for the first time in 612 00:26:47.680 --> 00:26:50.759 a long time, and I mean, the product is trash. 613 00:26:50.839 --> 00:26:51.599 Yeah, I agree. 614 00:26:51.599 --> 00:26:53.079 I feel like I feel like I'm the boomer that 615 00:26:53.200 --> 00:26:55.079 used to just say the NBA all they do, they 616 00:26:55.079 --> 00:26:57.160 don't call all walks and nothing to do with that. 617 00:26:57.160 --> 00:26:58.200 The product's is not good. 618 00:26:58.319 --> 00:26:58.920 It's not good. 619 00:26:59.160 --> 00:27:02.200 It's it's really tough to watch. So we'll talk about 620 00:27:02.200 --> 00:27:05.559 that and a lot more baseball. Yeah, I mean, I 621 00:27:05.640 --> 00:27:07.400 never watched baseball, but he still loved the NBA. What 622 00:27:07.440 --> 00:27:08.039 happened to the game? 623 00:27:08.039 --> 00:27:09.680 I love? Yeah? What happened that? Mark the Mark? 624 00:27:10.039 --> 00:27:12.680 Mark Jackson? What happened to the game I once loved 625 00:27:12.839 --> 00:27:15.559 because it's not good right now, all right, quick break, 626 00:27:15.599 --> 00:27:16.799 don't go in where, keep it locked right here on 627 00:27:16.839 --> 00:27:17.640 Sports Talk seven. 628 00:27:17.519 --> 00:27:25.039 Ninety you're listening to Coffee and Company with Nick Coffee 629 00:27:25.039 --> 00:27:28.519 on Sports Talk seven nine day. 630 00:27:28.599 --> 00:27:31.920 So I guess while we were discussing the Josh Hurd 631 00:27:31.960 --> 00:27:36.200 contract extension, it did get the final stamp of approval 632 00:27:36.240 --> 00:27:37.759 in u of L has sent out a press release 633 00:27:37.759 --> 00:27:39.920 and it is a deal that will pay him or 634 00:27:39.920 --> 00:27:42.839 that will that will employ him up until twenty thirty. 635 00:27:42.920 --> 00:27:45.559 So again I have no clue if that is a 636 00:27:45.640 --> 00:27:48.960 you know, standard amount of time, or if if he 637 00:27:49.039 --> 00:27:52.119 got a deal that was lengthier than others because they 638 00:27:52.160 --> 00:27:53.960 just want to make sure they lock him down because 639 00:27:54.000 --> 00:27:56.200 they value what he does. And again, you know, I 640 00:27:56.200 --> 00:27:58.119 don't need to get into it. I just did about 641 00:27:58.160 --> 00:28:00.359 twenty minutes ago. But yeah, it is now. It is 642 00:28:00.359 --> 00:28:03.359 now official, and I'm looking. This is a quote from 643 00:28:04.279 --> 00:28:07.839 the This is a quote from President Kim Shatzel. The 644 00:28:07.839 --> 00:28:10.319 contract extension is a great signal of the confidence that 645 00:28:10.359 --> 00:28:13.359 the university has in Josh is tremendous leadership. He's the 646 00:28:13.440 --> 00:28:15.480 right person and the right leader to take you athletics 647 00:28:15.519 --> 00:28:17.640 toward its very bright future. Not only does Josh care 648 00:28:17.640 --> 00:28:20.119 deeply about our athletics department, but he also cares about 649 00:28:20.119 --> 00:28:22.519 the university and our community. We look forward to supporting 650 00:28:22.559 --> 00:28:24.880 him and his role for many years to come. So 651 00:28:25.319 --> 00:28:29.079 that's a deal that says here that, Yeah, he was 652 00:28:29.079 --> 00:28:31.680 the interim athletic director. That's what I couldn't remember is 653 00:28:31.720 --> 00:28:33.480 how long ago it was when he became the interim, 654 00:28:33.480 --> 00:28:36.839 which was in December of twenty one, and then he 655 00:28:36.880 --> 00:28:39.559 was elevated to the full time spot in June of 656 00:28:40.200 --> 00:28:44.519 twenty twenty two. So lockdown now until twenty thirty. All right, 657 00:28:44.519 --> 00:28:46.200 it's coffee and the company. We are feel about Thorton's 658 00:28:46.200 --> 00:28:47.960 here on Sports Talk Setnay ninety thanks for hanging out 659 00:28:48.000 --> 00:28:53.880 with us here on a Thursday afternoon, so I know 660 00:28:54.279 --> 00:28:58.319 that when it comes to let me see him pull 661 00:28:58.319 --> 00:28:59.240 it up here? Where did it go? 662 00:28:59.240 --> 00:28:59.880 Where did it go? Oka? 663 00:29:00.039 --> 00:29:03.680 Found it? Sorry, distracted by something that just came in, 664 00:29:03.759 --> 00:29:05.400 not on the text loan, but something that just sent 665 00:29:05.400 --> 00:29:05.759 to my phone. 666 00:29:05.759 --> 00:29:06.440 Has that ever happened to you? 667 00:29:06.480 --> 00:29:09.680 I'm sure it has. You just completely get lost on 668 00:29:09.720 --> 00:29:14.200 something that something ampletely you know, completely well, I mean 669 00:29:14.240 --> 00:29:16.039 I guess it could be something along those lines. But 670 00:29:16.640 --> 00:29:18.319 and it wasn't some kind of an emergency. But I 671 00:29:18.400 --> 00:29:21.400 just got just got a message from somebody that just 672 00:29:21.599 --> 00:29:23.640 literally made me block out for a brief second. And 673 00:29:23.720 --> 00:29:26.079 it's not even like I'm scared, It's just it was 674 00:29:26.079 --> 00:29:28.599 something really random that I wasn't expecting. And that's why 675 00:29:28.640 --> 00:29:31.079 I should turn my phone over, which I used to do. 676 00:29:31.119 --> 00:29:33.960 I used to just turn my phone completely, uh, you know, 677 00:29:34.519 --> 00:29:37.200 facing down to where and it's on a table next 678 00:29:37.200 --> 00:29:38.279 to me, to where I don't hear it if it 679 00:29:38.319 --> 00:29:41.119 goes off, because that can easily, you know, easily get distracted. 680 00:29:41.160 --> 00:29:46.039 So apologies, but anyways, we'll get this thing back on track, 681 00:29:46.200 --> 00:29:49.640 all right. So last night Louisville and UTAP we did 682 00:29:49.640 --> 00:29:52.960 talk a little bit about just the overall you know, performance, 683 00:29:52.960 --> 00:29:54.279 and it wasn't great. I think it was probably the 684 00:29:54.559 --> 00:29:57.440 worst I've seen this team look thus far, and it 685 00:29:57.559 --> 00:30:00.160 was because of a lot of reasons. Couldn't make shots, 686 00:30:00.559 --> 00:30:02.160 had some slobby turnovers earlier. But they did get a 687 00:30:02.160 --> 00:30:04.680 little bit better at taking care of the ball later on. 688 00:30:04.759 --> 00:30:08.160 But this was the this was the third game since 689 00:30:08.200 --> 00:30:10.720 you've realized that you don't have case in pryor and 690 00:30:11.359 --> 00:30:13.000 you know the third game where you know, hey, this 691 00:30:13.160 --> 00:30:13.599 is what you. 692 00:30:13.559 --> 00:30:14.200 Have to work with. 693 00:30:14.240 --> 00:30:16.599 So the ole Miss game in the Duke game, those 694 00:30:16.599 --> 00:30:19.000 were games clearly against you know, really good teams. And 695 00:30:19.039 --> 00:30:21.039 then you play utep a game the team that you're 696 00:30:21.039 --> 00:30:24.640 supposed to be regardless of your injury situation. So you know, 697 00:30:24.680 --> 00:30:26.799 the last three games, obviously I wanted Louisville to win 698 00:30:26.799 --> 00:30:28.680 all of them, and they did not. They went one 699 00:30:28.680 --> 00:30:31.039 and two. I'm still just trying to figure out, okay, 700 00:30:31.519 --> 00:30:34.400 if there's gonna be somewhat of a change in identity 701 00:30:34.960 --> 00:30:37.400 or at least just you know, adjustments made. What are 702 00:30:37.440 --> 00:30:39.880 we doing right? Are we not going to play as fast? 703 00:30:39.880 --> 00:30:42.400 Are we not going to shoot as many threes? What's 704 00:30:42.440 --> 00:30:44.480 the core rotation going to be now that you're only 705 00:30:44.480 --> 00:30:47.759 playing seven guys? And I really feel like after the 706 00:30:47.799 --> 00:30:50.759 first three chances to see you know this, I mean, 707 00:30:50.799 --> 00:30:52.359 I want to call it a new Louisville team, but 708 00:30:52.400 --> 00:30:55.680 a new version that is, you know, not as it 709 00:30:55.680 --> 00:30:58.039 doesn't have as many guys. So you know, it's gonna 710 00:30:58.039 --> 00:30:59.279 be tough to play the way you want to play. 711 00:30:59.599 --> 00:31:03.200 And I do think against Duke, you saw some half 712 00:31:03.200 --> 00:31:07.279 court sets that you know, we were effective. I thought, 713 00:31:07.440 --> 00:31:09.599 you know, there there was a there was and I 714 00:31:09.599 --> 00:31:12.240 don't when I say that there was much more. There 715 00:31:12.240 --> 00:31:14.559 was a much more. There was a higher level of 716 00:31:14.599 --> 00:31:16.200 execution in the half court. I don't want to act 717 00:31:16.200 --> 00:31:19.000 like before that they weren't executing, but you know, it 718 00:31:19.240 --> 00:31:22.039 was more of a structured thing to where okay, instead 719 00:31:22.039 --> 00:31:24.000 of just knowing we can just you know, go fast 720 00:31:24.039 --> 00:31:25.839 and try to find somebody who can get a good 721 00:31:25.880 --> 00:31:28.799 clean look within rhythm from three, you know, we need 722 00:31:28.799 --> 00:31:30.440 to we need to be a little bit more patient 723 00:31:30.519 --> 00:31:32.359 and run something. Run a set that that's why it's 724 00:31:32.359 --> 00:31:34.599 called a set. So you know, you saw a little 725 00:31:34.599 --> 00:31:36.079 bit of a little bit of that, a little bit 726 00:31:36.119 --> 00:31:38.799 of that last night. But you know, just the turn 727 00:31:38.839 --> 00:31:40.559 you know, again, the number the turnover, the amount of 728 00:31:40.559 --> 00:31:45.119 turnovers that Louisville had last night obviously wasn't alarming, but 729 00:31:46.279 --> 00:31:48.920 it was pretty sloppy early and actually, more than anything, 730 00:31:49.680 --> 00:31:52.680 I feel like the majority of their turnovers are unforced. 731 00:31:53.160 --> 00:31:56.119 Uh you know, it's it's somebody like getting in the 732 00:31:56.160 --> 00:31:59.960 way of a pass when Louisville's passing it to a teammate, 733 00:32:00.079 --> 00:32:02.480 Like I think that happened twice last night. It's kicking 734 00:32:02.480 --> 00:32:04.519 it off your foot, it's stepping on the inbound line, 735 00:32:04.599 --> 00:32:08.319 it's just throwing it in, not you know, not being 736 00:32:08.319 --> 00:32:10.000 on the same page with your teammate and throwing it 737 00:32:10.039 --> 00:32:12.240 as he's running away. Like I feel like those have 738 00:32:12.319 --> 00:32:14.440 been maybe not the majority of the turnovers that they've had, 739 00:32:14.720 --> 00:32:17.279 but certainly way more of those you than you would expect. 740 00:32:18.000 --> 00:32:20.880 So there's little things you can do, because here's the 741 00:32:20.920 --> 00:32:22.839 reality when it comes to Louisville, like being the best 742 00:32:22.920 --> 00:32:24.640 version of what they can be with the players that 743 00:32:24.680 --> 00:32:26.839 they have, and I don't even really know what that 744 00:32:26.880 --> 00:32:30.400 best version is, but you know you're gonna need to 745 00:32:30.400 --> 00:32:32.319 make shots. You can't have nights where you shoot thirty 746 00:32:32.319 --> 00:32:34.519 plus threes and you shoot less than twenty percent. That's 747 00:32:34.599 --> 00:32:36.960 just that's a recipe to get your ass kicked by 748 00:32:36.960 --> 00:32:39.119 anybody with a pulse, to be honest with you, that's 749 00:32:39.160 --> 00:32:42.720 just that's just the reality of it. So but you 750 00:32:42.759 --> 00:32:45.920 can't go out there and add a player, and you 751 00:32:46.000 --> 00:32:49.440 can't you can't expect guys to like do something that 752 00:32:49.480 --> 00:32:51.880 they've never really been able to do. Like, here's there's 753 00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:53.839 not a guy right now that you can put in 754 00:32:53.839 --> 00:32:55.880 the game that you feel like is a real physical 755 00:32:55.920 --> 00:32:58.720 presence in the post. When it comes to physicality, when 756 00:32:58.759 --> 00:33:01.160 it comes to just presence or you know, the ability 757 00:33:01.160 --> 00:33:02.799 to score in the post, we don't have. But that 758 00:33:02.839 --> 00:33:05.279 guy doesn't exist. And I don't think Noah Watermen or 759 00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:07.359 James Scott are going to turn into that guy at 760 00:33:07.359 --> 00:33:10.960 any point. So you know, given what you have, I 761 00:33:10.960 --> 00:33:13.759 think you got to you gotta really try to maximize 762 00:33:14.400 --> 00:33:17.440 and get every bit you can get out of three 763 00:33:17.519 --> 00:33:24.599 guys Chucky, Hepburn, Kahani ruths in, Terrence Edwards, and I'm 764 00:33:24.640 --> 00:33:26.599 gonna throw Javon Hadley in there as well. I think 765 00:33:26.680 --> 00:33:29.000 Javaon is a little bit limited as far as just 766 00:33:29.119 --> 00:33:31.839 like being able to take a guy one on one 767 00:33:32.119 --> 00:33:34.720 or you know, he doesn't really have a he doesn't 768 00:33:34.759 --> 00:33:37.440 really have something in his bag offensively that like you 769 00:33:37.480 --> 00:33:39.440 know you can really lean on. But he's a he's 770 00:33:39.480 --> 00:33:42.880 pretty good at just about everything, and he plays pretty 771 00:33:42.920 --> 00:33:46.519 tough and you know, he's serviceable in every aspect. So 772 00:33:46.680 --> 00:33:48.880 like if he's just consistent, then that's okay. Same thing 773 00:33:48.960 --> 00:33:52.920 with Rayn Smith. Like Rain Smith, smart player understands spacing 774 00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:55.599 is not as big of a defensive defensive liability as 775 00:33:55.599 --> 00:33:58.039 some people probably thought he would be. And if he's 776 00:33:58.079 --> 00:34:00.559 knocking down shots, he can change games for you. So, 777 00:34:00.720 --> 00:34:02.880 like you know those guys, I kind of feel like, 778 00:34:03.240 --> 00:34:06.359 you know, you're getting really the best of them that 779 00:34:06.400 --> 00:34:08.280 you can get now. Some nights that's not the case, 780 00:34:08.320 --> 00:34:10.320 but like I think it's not as if you need 781 00:34:10.360 --> 00:34:12.679 to really like reach in and figure out something they 782 00:34:12.719 --> 00:34:15.800 can provide that they haven't provided yet. But I think 783 00:34:15.920 --> 00:34:18.360 with Terrence Edwards and you're starting to see it, you know, 784 00:34:19.239 --> 00:34:21.000 I know he drafts people crazy at times, but you 785 00:34:21.000 --> 00:34:22.360 know he can get to the free throw line and 786 00:34:23.400 --> 00:34:25.239 sometimes it takes him forever to get a shot off, 787 00:34:25.239 --> 00:34:28.639 but sometimes they go in. Sometimes he makes three point shots. 788 00:34:29.079 --> 00:34:35.719 So Chucky Edwards, Ruth's and did I say somebody else 789 00:34:35.719 --> 00:34:38.280 that they're like, like, I'm there's a name I just 790 00:34:38.320 --> 00:34:41.079 mentioned that I'm kind of blanking on Rain Smith. No, Rain, 791 00:34:41.119 --> 00:34:43.639 I mentioned Rain for being the guy that like you know, 792 00:34:43.719 --> 00:34:46.199 you know you're gonna need him, but like the what 793 00:34:46.280 --> 00:34:48.360 you're getting now, like I kind of feel like you're 794 00:34:48.360 --> 00:34:50.400 getting really not all that he has. And there's gonna 795 00:34:50.400 --> 00:34:51.719 be some games where maybe he can make a ton 796 00:34:51.719 --> 00:34:53.800 of threes, and there may be some games where Hadley's 797 00:34:53.800 --> 00:34:55.880 gonna get eighteen rebounds, But like, I don't think you're 798 00:34:55.920 --> 00:34:57.440 reaching in to get something out of those guys we 799 00:34:57.480 --> 00:34:59.960 haven't seen yet. I think if you just really try 800 00:35:00.119 --> 00:35:03.480 to focus your offense specific maybe not run your offense 801 00:35:03.519 --> 00:35:06.079 as far as a style and a system, but realize 802 00:35:06.119 --> 00:35:07.920 that the chances of guys being able to just go 803 00:35:07.920 --> 00:35:09.800 get a bucket and score on somebody or create their 804 00:35:09.800 --> 00:35:14.119 own offense, it's gonna be Chucky Terrence or or Can 805 00:35:14.159 --> 00:35:18.519 I Ruth's. I mean, you know, last night, I feel 806 00:35:18.519 --> 00:35:20.480 like I'm nitpicking because I was a little you know, 807 00:35:21.360 --> 00:35:22.719 I felt like he should have played a little more 808 00:35:22.760 --> 00:35:25.840 than he did, especially early on, and you know, he 809 00:35:25.880 --> 00:35:28.559 does make mistakes, but I just feel like there's no 810 00:35:28.960 --> 00:35:32.400 like when he's not in the game, I'm sorry, when 811 00:35:32.440 --> 00:35:35.320 he's in the game, who are you looking at on 812 00:35:35.360 --> 00:35:37.440 the bench and thinking, man, we got to get him 813 00:35:37.440 --> 00:35:40.519 back in because he's bringing us this and that and 814 00:35:40.519 --> 00:35:42.480 and can I can't do that? Like I don't so, 815 00:35:43.079 --> 00:35:45.239 I really it'd be different if he was playing behind 816 00:35:45.280 --> 00:35:48.280 somebody that I felt like legitimately was somebody years don't 817 00:35:48.280 --> 00:35:50.079 want to take off the floor, but I would give 818 00:35:50.119 --> 00:35:52.000 every minute to Can I rous because again I think 819 00:35:52.000 --> 00:35:54.599 he's talented. He showed it last night. I mean those 820 00:35:54.599 --> 00:35:56.440 two dunks, like nobody else on the team's doing that. 821 00:35:57.199 --> 00:36:00.880 And you know he's he's he's gonna make mistakes like 822 00:36:00.880 --> 00:36:03.039 anybody else, and sometimes his mistakes are going to look 823 00:36:03.199 --> 00:36:06.639 more youthful. But if in the end it gets it 824 00:36:06.679 --> 00:36:10.840 to where he's a much different player in six weeks, 825 00:36:10.920 --> 00:36:12.960 then that's that's not only a benefit to him, it's 826 00:36:12.960 --> 00:36:17.360 a benefit to the team. But this is just something 827 00:36:17.400 --> 00:36:19.840 to be reminded of. And I know last night you 828 00:36:19.840 --> 00:36:21.400 did not play one of these great teams that's been 829 00:36:21.480 --> 00:36:25.960 on your schedule. But there's some analytics out here from 830 00:36:26.039 --> 00:36:31.519 Let's See this. The account is CBB Analytics on Let's See. 831 00:36:33.320 --> 00:36:35.159 I'll read you their bio just so I can cite 832 00:36:35.159 --> 00:36:37.000 my source here. But it's says College Hoops number one 833 00:36:37.000 --> 00:36:39.840 stats platform, Gain an Edge and Scouting Strategy and Game 834 00:36:39.840 --> 00:36:43.159 Prep Power by NCAA Stats Live. So it's a formula 835 00:36:43.280 --> 00:36:47.559 that tracks defensive ratings, offensive ratings efficiency, just like it's 836 00:36:47.599 --> 00:36:49.519 a version of Ken Palm and the Bart Torvick and 837 00:36:49.559 --> 00:36:52.280 that kind of stuff. So again, this does you know 838 00:36:52.400 --> 00:36:54.280 last night UTEP was not one of these teams, but 839 00:36:54.960 --> 00:36:58.840 it is important to consider Louisville has played the vast 840 00:36:58.880 --> 00:37:02.440 majority of of their schedules thus far against teams that 841 00:37:02.440 --> 00:37:05.159 are probably going to be in the INSTABA tournament. So 842 00:37:05.519 --> 00:37:08.599 you know, like I happen to think that that should be. 843 00:37:08.679 --> 00:37:10.440 You know, so if they do play well and start 844 00:37:10.519 --> 00:37:12.039 rolling through some of the bad teams in the ACC. 845 00:37:12.119 --> 00:37:14.079 And again, last night's not a good indicator because that 846 00:37:14.159 --> 00:37:15.920 was not a good team and you could have easily lost. 847 00:37:16.480 --> 00:37:19.559 But right now, Louisville has played as far as the 848 00:37:19.599 --> 00:37:24.119 best defensive teams in the country. They've played the fifth 849 00:37:24.159 --> 00:37:27.199 toughest schedule as far as just tracking defense alone. I'm 850 00:37:27.239 --> 00:37:29.400 sorry I have it backwards. They've played they faced the 851 00:37:29.480 --> 00:37:32.639 tenth toughest defense so far, but they've played they've faced 852 00:37:32.719 --> 00:37:35.320 the fifth toughest offense so far in the country when 853 00:37:35.320 --> 00:37:39.000 it comes to who they've played collectively. So you know, 854 00:37:39.079 --> 00:37:40.559 that didn't mean you're gonna win a bunch of games. 855 00:37:40.599 --> 00:37:42.400 But like to see the record being what it is 856 00:37:42.400 --> 00:37:45.000 isn't great. But like they've played a really challenging schedule 857 00:37:45.000 --> 00:37:48.159 thus far, and let's be real, it doesn't get any easier. 858 00:37:48.159 --> 00:37:50.599 On Saturday when you go play Kentucky, who I don't 859 00:37:50.599 --> 00:37:54.239 know where they are when it comes to to statistics. 860 00:37:54.519 --> 00:37:56.199 I think they've kind of underperformed when it comes to 861 00:37:56.239 --> 00:37:59.400 shooting like Louisville. Probably not nearly as bad as Louisville, 862 00:37:59.400 --> 00:38:01.639 but still they're a really good team. They've proven that 863 00:38:01.679 --> 00:38:03.440 with their wins and their resume have to this point, 864 00:38:03.519 --> 00:38:07.280 so you know, context always matters. Now, it doesn't guarantee 865 00:38:07.280 --> 00:38:09.000 that when you get to the acc section of the 866 00:38:09.000 --> 00:38:12.559 schedule you're much better, but you know, it wouldn't shock 867 00:38:12.599 --> 00:38:14.119 me if they are a team that can play like 868 00:38:14.159 --> 00:38:17.039 they did last night, or maybe slightly better and still 869 00:38:17.119 --> 00:38:19.159 roll through that league for the majority of it because 870 00:38:19.320 --> 00:38:21.639 the AEC is not that good, and every team that 871 00:38:21.719 --> 00:38:24.519 is beat level thus far right by now is considered 872 00:38:24.519 --> 00:38:27.119 to be a really good team or you know, maybe 873 00:38:27.119 --> 00:38:29.239 the number one team in the country or top ten 874 00:38:29.280 --> 00:38:31.880 team like Duke. All right, quick break, We will come 875 00:38:31.880 --> 00:38:33.760 back on the other side with the five o'clock hours, 876 00:38:33.760 --> 00:38:35.880 So stick around. 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