WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.960 --> 00:00:08.039 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:08.240 --> 00:00:09.800 Sports Talk seven ninety. 3 00:00:10.080 --> 00:00:12.119 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:12.160 --> 00:00:12.800 we are. 5 00:00:13.080 --> 00:00:16.440 Get off our show, idiot. The kids are crying or 6 00:00:16.440 --> 00:00:16.879 trail off. 7 00:00:17.199 --> 00:00:17.960 The countries are. 8 00:00:17.879 --> 00:00:18.480 Screwing it up. 9 00:00:18.640 --> 00:00:21.679 Gold Play Intermurals, Brother, Goldplay Intermurals. 10 00:00:22.199 --> 00:00:24.920 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 11 00:00:25.679 --> 00:00:26.640 Who's the kid here? 12 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:28.559 Who's the kid here? 13 00:00:28.559 --> 00:00:41.840 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 14 00:00:45.320 --> 00:00:45.759 All right? 15 00:00:45.799 --> 00:00:49.679 Here we go, Happy Tuesday. Everybody, welcome in. It is 16 00:00:49.759 --> 00:00:53.280 another edition of Coffee and Company fuel Beeth Thornton's here 17 00:00:53.359 --> 00:00:54.840 on Sports Talk seven ninety. 18 00:00:55.320 --> 00:00:57.560 My name's Nick Coffee. Nice to meet you. I hope 19 00:00:57.560 --> 00:01:00.320 you knew that. If not, now you do, and I 20 00:01:00.359 --> 00:01:01.159 hope you remember it. 21 00:01:01.600 --> 00:01:04.359 We've got the one and only Austin Montgomery alongside the 22 00:01:04.439 --> 00:01:08.120 Tribal Chief, who's fresh off of his appearance last night 23 00:01:08.280 --> 00:01:09.760 at Monday Night Raw. 24 00:01:10.159 --> 00:01:10.920 We were in there. 25 00:01:11.079 --> 00:01:15.680 Rather than asking about the overall show itself, tell me 26 00:01:15.719 --> 00:01:17.359 about the Sweet the Sweet Life. 27 00:01:17.359 --> 00:01:20.200 How was that it was? It was? It was pretty awesome. 28 00:01:20.920 --> 00:01:22.879 We we uh uh the sweets. 29 00:01:23.000 --> 00:01:24.879 I think it's I forget what it's called it's named 30 00:01:24.879 --> 00:01:27.760 after some bourbon but it was really nice as decked 31 00:01:27.760 --> 00:01:31.560 out in all cards. The seats were nice. They were cushioned. Uh, 32 00:01:31.680 --> 00:01:34.680 they had like sort of like a backrest and everything. 33 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.359 It was pretty awesome. Had some free uh, had some 34 00:01:37.400 --> 00:01:37.959 free glides. 35 00:01:38.040 --> 00:01:41.280 You got more room, you got more I mean it's 36 00:01:41.439 --> 00:01:42.480 you're more comfortable. 37 00:01:42.680 --> 00:01:43.120 Yeah. 38 00:01:43.159 --> 00:01:46.200 So you know, you asked me this yesterday and I 39 00:01:47.200 --> 00:01:48.959 had a quick answer. But I never really thought about, 40 00:01:49.000 --> 00:01:50.760 like I wouldn't even know what to expect if I 41 00:01:50.760 --> 00:01:54.680 ever attended any event in any arena. That was a 42 00:01:54.760 --> 00:01:57.719 sweet I've been very fortunate to be able to get 43 00:01:58.120 --> 00:02:00.640 press credentials, you know, to get into games and stuff 44 00:02:00.680 --> 00:02:03.560 throughout my career, which is always great. They take good 45 00:02:03.560 --> 00:02:05.840 care of us and whatnot for the most part. But uh, 46 00:02:06.000 --> 00:02:07.799 you know, a suite, I mean that's where you got 47 00:02:07.840 --> 00:02:11.439 to go. I'm just imagining more room yep, more comfort, 48 00:02:11.919 --> 00:02:14.680 of course, and then like you don't have to go 49 00:02:14.719 --> 00:02:16.599 to the concession stand right right now. 50 00:02:16.759 --> 00:02:20.560 They were they the the cores and michelobe lights were 51 00:02:21.199 --> 00:02:24.879 mikeelob ultras. I'm sorry, we're flowing. And some chicken tenders 52 00:02:24.960 --> 00:02:28.520 up there, some uh, some sliders, some chips and cases, 53 00:02:28.599 --> 00:02:30.560 and it's all in the suite for you. Yeah, it 54 00:02:30.639 --> 00:02:31.560 was already in the suite. 55 00:02:31.639 --> 00:02:33.120 What about restrooms? Does that work? 56 00:02:33.680 --> 00:02:35.439 You walk you as soon as you walk out of 57 00:02:35.479 --> 00:02:37.520 your personal suite, it's like it's out there kind of 58 00:02:37.520 --> 00:02:40.319 in the hallway. It's it seemed like it took forever 59 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:42.439 to get to though, because I mean, it's up there. 60 00:02:42.479 --> 00:02:44.319 You got to go to like a certain floor. There's 61 00:02:44.400 --> 00:02:47.560 like the usher on the elevate or on the escalator. 62 00:02:48.960 --> 00:02:51.919 So that's that's pretty cool. It was, like I said, 63 00:02:51.919 --> 00:02:53.960 it was all decked out and card stuff, So that 64 00:02:54.120 --> 00:02:56.199 was that was pretty neat to see. And of course 65 00:02:56.240 --> 00:02:59.360 it was like dark when you walk in, I guess 66 00:02:59.400 --> 00:03:01.520 because they don't know, but most of the show was dark. 67 00:03:01.560 --> 00:03:03.560 All the light is basically like on the ring. 68 00:03:04.080 --> 00:03:05.840 So I watched last night. 69 00:03:06.039 --> 00:03:08.439 I pulled it up on Netflix for the first time 70 00:03:08.479 --> 00:03:13.280 ever watching Raw on Netflix, and I watched a little 71 00:03:13.280 --> 00:03:16.719 bit of it. My son, who, of course we've talked about, 72 00:03:16.360 --> 00:03:20.159 he's really into wrestling right now. He doesn't like when 73 00:03:20.159 --> 00:03:23.439 they talk. He wants them to wrestle. But the guy 74 00:03:23.479 --> 00:03:26.080 who clearly seemed to be the most popular person in 75 00:03:26.120 --> 00:03:27.400 attendance last night. 76 00:03:27.919 --> 00:03:29.000 Uso Juso. 77 00:03:29.120 --> 00:03:32.439 Yeah, I mean he didn't actually wrestle. He was he 78 00:03:32.520 --> 00:03:34.919 was doing you know, the talking and the promo stuff 79 00:03:34.919 --> 00:03:37.439 and whatnot. But it was energetic and he was moving 80 00:03:37.439 --> 00:03:40.960 his hands and yeah, exactly, whatever that is, that's what 81 00:03:41.000 --> 00:03:44.039 he was doing, and it got the crowd going. But yeah, 82 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:46.840 we watched, and I wasn't really I guess honestly, I 83 00:03:46.919 --> 00:03:49.719 just I'm thinking of what Monday Night Raw looked like 84 00:03:49.719 --> 00:03:52.400 on television, you know, twenty years ago, which clearly it's 85 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:54.879 come a long way. But I felt like the entire 86 00:03:56.159 --> 00:03:58.199 setup was I mean, it was really nice. It looked 87 00:03:58.240 --> 00:04:01.159 cool as hell. Again, the product value that you're getting 88 00:04:01.159 --> 00:04:04.199 in twenty twenty five for a company like Netflix that 89 00:04:04.400 --> 00:04:06.759 invested an insane amount of money to be able to 90 00:04:07.000 --> 00:04:09.719 exclusively air this television show, you're going to get the 91 00:04:09.719 --> 00:04:11.599 best of the best. It just was a little different. 92 00:04:11.639 --> 00:04:13.520 And what you just said was the first thing I 93 00:04:13.599 --> 00:04:18.480 noticed is that very much intimate lighting, dark kind of theater, like, 94 00:04:19.040 --> 00:04:20.800 I mean, it didn't I could tell it was the 95 00:04:20.839 --> 00:04:23.240 young sinner. And when the crowd would get really loud, 96 00:04:23.319 --> 00:04:25.079 like obviously you knew they were in a really really 97 00:04:25.120 --> 00:04:27.600 really big area, but at times I couldn't, Like, if 98 00:04:27.600 --> 00:04:29.720 you wouldn't have told me, If I knew nothing and 99 00:04:29.759 --> 00:04:32.439 I just turned it on, I wouldn't. You could have 100 00:04:32.439 --> 00:04:33.920 told me they were in a theater somewhere, and I 101 00:04:34.120 --> 00:04:36.120 believe you, I wouldn't have known that it was an arena. 102 00:04:36.199 --> 00:04:38.959 But you know, they do the pan shots to the 103 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:41.560 crowd and clearly you can tell it's it's an arena 104 00:04:41.639 --> 00:04:43.879 full of thousands of people that were there ready for. 105 00:04:43.839 --> 00:04:47.000 The Actually they were hot last night too, everyone everyone 106 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:49.759 was hot. The fiance enjoyed herself so nice, Entucky into 107 00:04:49.800 --> 00:04:52.279 it herself. But she's just kind of like moves. She 108 00:04:52.319 --> 00:04:55.000 doesn't like all she likes all the talking when they're 109 00:04:55.079 --> 00:04:56.399 like ish talking each other. 110 00:04:56.759 --> 00:04:59.160 Yeah, she was some action, no downtime right right, But. 111 00:04:59.160 --> 00:05:01.480 When the when the when the matches are happening, that's 112 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:03.600 when she's kind of like not paying attention if you're 113 00:05:03.639 --> 00:05:05.639 like not like a nerd like me and just kind 114 00:05:05.639 --> 00:05:08.040 of like watching the story with that. She likes the 115 00:05:08.079 --> 00:05:11.160 story being told by like the announcers and stuff like that, 116 00:05:11.279 --> 00:05:13.639 and obviously you don't get that during a live show. 117 00:05:13.680 --> 00:05:16.560 You know, there's feedback and stuff like that. So when 118 00:05:16.560 --> 00:05:19.160 an actual wrestling match is happening. It's you're just hearing 119 00:05:19.199 --> 00:05:21.319 like the moves of the mat and you're kind of 120 00:05:21.319 --> 00:05:23.480 flowing along with the crowd, which she kind of gets 121 00:05:23.519 --> 00:05:23.920 lost in. 122 00:05:24.000 --> 00:05:25.639 But then the next sect it would come. 123 00:05:25.560 --> 00:05:28.519 I'm with you, Sidney, and then and then she and 124 00:05:28.600 --> 00:05:29.480 she she gets it. 125 00:05:29.560 --> 00:05:32.199 And I told her we've went to WrestleMania before, and 126 00:05:32.240 --> 00:05:35.079 I said, and she had that exact same thing. She said, wait, 127 00:05:35.160 --> 00:05:38.399 they're like not talking, you can't hear them. I'm like, no, 128 00:05:38.560 --> 00:05:41.759 this is all matches. And I tried telling her WrestleMania 129 00:05:41.800 --> 00:05:44.399 that's like the culmination of all the stories. There's hardly 130 00:05:44.439 --> 00:05:47.639 any backstage segments. There's gonna be some entertaining spots, but 131 00:05:47.839 --> 00:05:51.439 like that's all the storylines being wrapped up, where like 132 00:05:51.519 --> 00:05:54.120 this is like the episode that's being shown on TV. 133 00:05:54.199 --> 00:05:56.920 There's just gonna there's gonna be a lot of backstage shenanigans. 134 00:05:56.920 --> 00:05:58.879 There's gonna be like a lot of promos and stuff 135 00:05:58.920 --> 00:06:00.959 like that. And I think she is able to enjoy 136 00:06:01.000 --> 00:06:03.360 that a little bit more than just strictly match after 137 00:06:03.399 --> 00:06:05.360 match after match after match after match. 138 00:06:05.680 --> 00:06:07.879 I was gonna ask you this yesterday if it would 139 00:06:07.879 --> 00:06:11.439 have just been tickets, but good seats but not the suite. 140 00:06:11.480 --> 00:06:13.680 Would you still have asked her to go or do 141 00:06:13.680 --> 00:06:15.920 you feel like the suite made it to where it 142 00:06:15.959 --> 00:06:18.800 was the ultimate experience for her because she got, you know, whenever, 143 00:06:19.399 --> 00:06:22.959 whenever it was downtime, as you say, she could just 144 00:06:23.000 --> 00:06:25.199 you know, enjoy the the atmosphere that is being in 145 00:06:25.240 --> 00:06:26.199 a suite at the yum Cell. 146 00:06:26.199 --> 00:06:28.800 Oh yeah, and they even in the little the area 147 00:06:28.920 --> 00:06:31.399 that's where before you walk down to the actual seats 148 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:33.120 of the suite, there was like like a couple of 149 00:06:33.199 --> 00:06:34.319 couches and stuff on the. 150 00:06:34.360 --> 00:06:36.079 Night chill and large. 151 00:06:36.079 --> 00:06:36.319 Babe. 152 00:06:36.360 --> 00:06:38.279 I like it. It felt nice. I feel like a 153 00:06:38.319 --> 00:06:40.000 regular at the KFCM center. 154 00:06:40.240 --> 00:06:41.680 Look at you again. 155 00:06:41.759 --> 00:06:44.399 I've it just dawned on me as you were describing this, 156 00:06:44.600 --> 00:06:48.959 the the the overall setup I've been into. We used 157 00:06:48.959 --> 00:06:51.600 to have a suite here at iHeart at the football 158 00:06:51.639 --> 00:06:55.360 stadium one Llen N Cardinals Stadium, and I remember I 159 00:06:55.439 --> 00:06:58.360 made my way in there briefly and then and then 160 00:06:58.399 --> 00:07:00.519 you know, didn't didn't stick around very long. I was 161 00:07:01.040 --> 00:07:02.319 I think, I think I had to head up to 162 00:07:02.319 --> 00:07:04.680 the press box. But yeah, I mean it's I would 163 00:07:04.759 --> 00:07:07.720 imagine if you end up in a situation where you 164 00:07:07.759 --> 00:07:11.480 can get to games and you can find yourself utilizing 165 00:07:11.519 --> 00:07:14.399 someone sweet or maybe you have one of your own. Right, 166 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:17.439 it's probably tough to go back from that, right, I mean, yeah, 167 00:07:18.680 --> 00:07:20.279 I'm sure you get pretty spoiled up there. 168 00:07:20.519 --> 00:07:23.920 And of course, like to answer your question, no, it 169 00:07:24.040 --> 00:07:25.920 the only way that I would have like asked her 170 00:07:25.920 --> 00:07:28.079 and she would have been totally down to go is 171 00:07:28.639 --> 00:07:31.399 either like a unique experience like that we're in the 172 00:07:31.480 --> 00:07:34.160 suite or like front row seats if we're just like 173 00:07:34.279 --> 00:07:36.319 kind of I wouldn't say regular, but just had like 174 00:07:36.399 --> 00:07:38.079 general emission seating somewhere in. 175 00:07:38.079 --> 00:07:38.839 Like the lower bowl. 176 00:07:38.920 --> 00:07:40.959 Yeah, some standard, Yeah, I would you know that's one 177 00:07:41.000 --> 00:07:42.560 of the boys would have went with me or something. 178 00:07:42.600 --> 00:07:43.839 But I figured you might enjoy this. 179 00:07:43.959 --> 00:07:46.079 It's sweet. They're gonna feed us up there. There's a 180 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:49.319 you don't even have to watch the show from from 181 00:07:49.360 --> 00:07:51.360 your seat, Like there's like a little bar area you 182 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:53.519 can stand up and watch it too. So shout out 183 00:07:53.560 --> 00:07:56.839 to my guy, Brian. He runs Brian, He runs at 184 00:07:56.839 --> 00:07:59.879 Brian's site. He's big wrestling fan, runs the events at 185 00:08:00.120 --> 00:08:03.519 rupp Arena, big fan of I heeart at everything. I 186 00:08:03.560 --> 00:08:07.639 heart Kentucky. iHeart Lexington, iHeart Louisville, and him and a 187 00:08:07.680 --> 00:08:10.800 couple other of the Rupp Arena fans were in attendance, 188 00:08:10.839 --> 00:08:14.519 and that's what they got, the doctor Mark and Sidney Lynn. 189 00:08:14.639 --> 00:08:18.079 Is that correct, sweet Cindy Sidney. Yes, that's doctor Mark 190 00:08:18.079 --> 00:08:18.600 and Cindy Lynn. 191 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:19.759 Yes, we're in those suites. 192 00:08:19.839 --> 00:08:22.480 Oh nice you were you were at. I can tell 193 00:08:22.480 --> 00:08:24.120 you the suite you were in is probably a little 194 00:08:24.160 --> 00:08:26.759 nicer than some of the others because we're talking about 195 00:08:26.800 --> 00:08:29.240 doctor Mark and Cindy Lynn. So yeah, good spot for you, 196 00:08:29.279 --> 00:08:31.759 no doubt. And I'm glad you had yourself. It was awesome, 197 00:08:31.800 --> 00:08:34.120 good time. All right, We're gonna have an awesome time today. 198 00:08:34.279 --> 00:08:36.320 At least we're gonna try a lot to get into 199 00:08:36.440 --> 00:08:37.759 And I want to let you know right away you 200 00:08:37.759 --> 00:08:39.000 can take us with you wherever you go. 201 00:08:39.080 --> 00:08:40.840 If you're busy out and about. 202 00:08:40.600 --> 00:08:42.440 Doing whatever it is, just know you can listen on 203 00:08:42.480 --> 00:08:45.679 the radio app also listen live at seven ninety Louisville 204 00:08:45.679 --> 00:08:47.840 dot com. And we'll let you guys be a part 205 00:08:47.840 --> 00:08:49.360 of the show today if you'd like. I'll let you 206 00:08:49.440 --> 00:08:51.679 know coming up here shortly how you can do that. 207 00:08:52.559 --> 00:08:57.360 We have our first opportunity to hear one of the 208 00:08:57.360 --> 00:09:02.720 two sides, Mark Pope or Pat Kelsey, discussed the schedule change, 209 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:04.639 and there's not much to it, but we will let 210 00:09:04.639 --> 00:09:06.159 you hear what Mark Pope had to say about the 211 00:09:06.200 --> 00:09:10.759 game being moved from the typical December date to early 212 00:09:10.840 --> 00:09:11.879 early in the season. 213 00:09:12.399 --> 00:09:15.600 November. Is it November eleventh? I mean that just sounds 214 00:09:15.639 --> 00:09:17.480 too early, but I think that may actually be it. 215 00:09:17.559 --> 00:09:20.840 We thinks crazy twenty first, it's a week of Thanksgiving. 216 00:09:20.279 --> 00:09:20.600 I think. 217 00:09:20.679 --> 00:09:23.200 No, No, the Louisville Kentucky game. Yeah, No, it's wait 218 00:09:23.240 --> 00:09:26.120 before that, no cause they're yeah, because they're because they're 219 00:09:26.159 --> 00:09:29.480 playing before they play in football, which just seems so weird. 220 00:09:29.519 --> 00:09:31.919 It's like three weeks before football, which again it's just odd. 221 00:09:32.039 --> 00:09:33.120 So uh. 222 00:09:33.159 --> 00:09:35.000 There was a little jab there for Mark Poe, but 223 00:09:35.039 --> 00:09:36.960 like it was playful and I wanted to. There's not 224 00:09:36.960 --> 00:09:38.559 a whole lot to really take from this, but I 225 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:40.639 just I think we are going to be for a 226 00:09:40.679 --> 00:09:45.399 long time looking to see if there's any real, like 227 00:09:45.720 --> 00:09:50.720 genuine rivalry animosity between these two coaches. And obviously that 228 00:09:50.759 --> 00:09:53.240 could change, but I don't anticipate that. It Well, I 229 00:09:53.279 --> 00:09:54.919 think we're just gonna have to get used to the 230 00:09:54.960 --> 00:09:58.480 fact that these guys they might do the the very 231 00:09:58.519 --> 00:10:03.120 playful you know, acknowledgement of the rival and that people 232 00:10:03.240 --> 00:10:06.080 like don't want them to like each other, but I 233 00:10:06.120 --> 00:10:09.120 think they genuinely do like each other, which is, you know, 234 00:10:09.240 --> 00:10:12.799 kind of weird. I don't think that, you know, we're 235 00:10:12.799 --> 00:10:14.960 ever gonna get what we had with Caliperi and Patino 236 00:10:15.039 --> 00:10:16.360 that was a personal rivalry. 237 00:10:16.639 --> 00:10:18.840 But you know, it's just something we're gonna have to get. 238 00:10:18.799 --> 00:10:21.159 Used to, because I think today just hearing Pope and 239 00:10:21.240 --> 00:10:25.240 seeing Kentucky fans use it on social media as if 240 00:10:25.320 --> 00:10:29.279 he's talking crap about pat Kelsey and lit No, he's 241 00:10:29.320 --> 00:10:31.200 not like they like each other. And just you know, 242 00:10:31.480 --> 00:10:33.120 I'm not telling you you have to like it, but like, 243 00:10:33.440 --> 00:10:37.080 let's just not Let's not force something in a major 244 00:10:37.120 --> 00:10:39.480 way that is so clearly not there. Also, we have 245 00:10:39.519 --> 00:10:42.639 to talk about the results in last night's NBA Draft lottery, 246 00:10:42.679 --> 00:10:44.200 which we'll get to that coming up in just a moment, 247 00:10:44.240 --> 00:10:47.559 because I mean, for those that are of the belief 248 00:10:47.600 --> 00:10:50.080 that this is all set up, you got a result 249 00:10:50.159 --> 00:10:53.559 last night that certainly doesn't prove those people right, but 250 00:10:53.600 --> 00:10:56.080 it makes them I feel, I'd say it makes them 251 00:10:56.120 --> 00:10:59.600 feel more justified in thinking that the NBA is rigged, 252 00:10:59.759 --> 00:11:03.120 which which I mean, I don't believe that it is. 253 00:11:03.200 --> 00:11:06.759 I just can't quite ever think that it would be. 254 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:09.840 But you know, last night, the way that played out 255 00:11:09.840 --> 00:11:12.080 with the Mavericks was kind of wild. And then in 256 00:11:12.120 --> 00:11:17.240 the NBA playoffs, you've got the Celtics now pretty much 257 00:11:17.320 --> 00:11:21.080 done as they lost last night. They're down three to one, 258 00:11:21.679 --> 00:11:24.799 and they lost Jason Tatum seemingly for a long time, 259 00:11:24.879 --> 00:11:28.279 maybe like next season. I haven't seen any confirmation about 260 00:11:28.320 --> 00:11:31.240 the injury, but just about everybody who loves to play 261 00:11:31.320 --> 00:11:34.919 doctor online is claiming that he's tore his achilles, which 262 00:11:34.919 --> 00:11:36.799 it did. I mean, it was a non contact I 263 00:11:36.799 --> 00:11:41.159 mean it certainly looked bad. And when you compare it 264 00:11:41.200 --> 00:11:43.519 to other injuries that you witnessed, where it looked as 265 00:11:43.519 --> 00:11:47.440 if somebody really, you know, probably ruptured their achilles, I mean, 266 00:11:47.480 --> 00:11:48.240 that's what it looked like. 267 00:11:48.799 --> 00:11:49.679 So that's tough. 268 00:11:49.960 --> 00:11:55.440 You know, Tatum is a very criticized athlete for reasons 269 00:11:55.519 --> 00:11:59.720 that I get, But I don't really know how he 270 00:11:59.759 --> 00:12:03.159 became him a punching bag like he's he's very awkward 271 00:12:03.200 --> 00:12:07.039 when it comes to kind of you know, charisma and 272 00:12:07.600 --> 00:12:10.480 really kind of you know, just I don't know's there's 273 00:12:10.519 --> 00:12:12.960 such a force there with Tatum when it comes to like, 274 00:12:14.200 --> 00:12:16.720 first of all, he wants to be Kobe Bryant so bad, 275 00:12:16.799 --> 00:12:19.600 which that's that's admirable. He looked up to Kobe, idolized 276 00:12:19.639 --> 00:12:22.279 Kobe and whatnot, But like there's things along with that 277 00:12:22.279 --> 00:12:23.840 that have been kind of cringe. I don't know, he 278 00:12:23.879 --> 00:12:25.960 just seems kind of awkward. But he's a really really 279 00:12:25.960 --> 00:12:30.879 good player and he has absolutely I mean, he's he's 280 00:12:30.919 --> 00:12:33.399 won a title, he's I mean, he's been one of 281 00:12:33.440 --> 00:12:34.960 the best players in the NBA for a long time. 282 00:12:35.000 --> 00:12:39.240 He's clearly a top tier a one NBA player, and 283 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:43.039 yet you know, he still seems to just if you're 284 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:44.919 a Celtics fan, you love him. Outside of that, I 285 00:12:44.960 --> 00:12:47.200 feel like he's not like this villain, like a Draymond 286 00:12:47.279 --> 00:12:48.879 Green that everybody just dislikes. 287 00:12:50.080 --> 00:12:52.240 But you know, he just kind of seems like a 288 00:12:52.279 --> 00:12:53.240 cornball in a way. 289 00:12:53.759 --> 00:12:56.519 And and with all that said, him getting hurt last night, 290 00:12:56.519 --> 00:12:58.519 I think there was like there were a lot of 291 00:12:58.559 --> 00:13:01.799 fans across the cut NBA fans that is, they were like, 292 00:13:01.840 --> 00:13:04.240 you know, I've been pretty hard on this guy. I've 293 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:07.639 probably said some mean things about him. I've probably tweeted 294 00:13:07.679 --> 00:13:10.200 out some nonsense, and you know what, I really don't 295 00:13:10.240 --> 00:13:12.840 know why not to say. People are out there apologizing, 296 00:13:13.360 --> 00:13:17.159 but he's not an unlikable guy. He's just not real popular, 297 00:13:17.159 --> 00:13:18.919 which is kind of odd. But obviously nobody wants to 298 00:13:18.960 --> 00:13:21.519 see someone of that cam. Nobody wants to see anybody 299 00:13:21.559 --> 00:13:23.480 get hurt. But that's an injury that if it is 300 00:13:23.480 --> 00:13:26.679 what a lot of people are speculating, I mean, he 301 00:13:26.759 --> 00:13:29.600 won't play the rest of this postseason. Obviously they've only 302 00:13:29.639 --> 00:13:31.679 got probably one game left, but you got to think 303 00:13:31.679 --> 00:13:33.639 he's probably out for all the next year too. I mean, 304 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:38.759 that's not good timing by any means. Also, the college 305 00:13:38.759 --> 00:13:42.799 football playoff conversation continues as far as what it will 306 00:13:42.799 --> 00:13:46.159 look like when it's expanded, and I keep hearing from 307 00:13:46.159 --> 00:13:48.279 the ACC side, which, by the way, the ACC spring 308 00:13:48.320 --> 00:13:50.600 meetings are currently going on. I don't have a clue 309 00:13:50.639 --> 00:13:53.919 where they are taking place, but you've got some ACC 310 00:13:54.039 --> 00:13:56.240 coaches that have been doing some different interviews and Bill 311 00:13:56.320 --> 00:14:00.240 Belichick talked today and there's something he said specifically that 312 00:14:00.240 --> 00:14:02.879 that tells me he's been told like, if you want 313 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:04.519 to do you want to do this, like, do you 314 00:14:04.559 --> 00:14:07.120 want to be our coacher at North Carolina? Because if so, 315 00:14:07.320 --> 00:14:08.840 like you need to get out in front of this. 316 00:14:08.960 --> 00:14:12.919 You're going to go on ESPN from the ACC Spring meetings. 317 00:14:13.000 --> 00:14:15.519 You're gonna go on Good Morning America with Michael Strahan 318 00:14:15.559 --> 00:14:17.440 on Friday, and you were going to set the record 319 00:14:17.480 --> 00:14:19.600 straight that this is not a circus and your girlfriend 320 00:14:19.679 --> 00:14:24.600 is not running the show. And I mean, Belichick doesn't 321 00:14:24.600 --> 00:14:26.480 seem like a guy that I think would just fall 322 00:14:26.519 --> 00:14:29.559 in line and do whatever a superior tells him. But 323 00:14:29.639 --> 00:14:31.840 I do think, like even even he has to read 324 00:14:31.840 --> 00:14:34.679 the room here that if you're Carolina and you know, 325 00:14:34.720 --> 00:14:36.960 you invested in him and made him a very very 326 00:14:37.080 --> 00:14:39.919 you know, I mean, he's already wealthy and already well off. 327 00:14:39.960 --> 00:14:41.879 But I mean they paid a lot of money to 328 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:43.919 get Bill Belichick, and clearly I guess you know he 329 00:14:43.960 --> 00:14:44.600 wants the job. 330 00:14:44.720 --> 00:14:46.399 He wouldn't have pursued it if he didn't. 331 00:14:46.679 --> 00:14:48.600 But like they they got to rain this thing in 332 00:14:48.639 --> 00:14:50.720 a little bit, and I think we're starting to this week. 333 00:14:50.879 --> 00:14:55.679 See more so here Belichick kind of put some stuff 334 00:14:55.679 --> 00:14:58.559 out there that really doesn't change a lot of people's opinion. 335 00:14:58.720 --> 00:15:01.039 Mine certainly has not changed. Like, I think this is 336 00:15:01.519 --> 00:15:03.320 pretty much what you see. I don't think there's it. 337 00:15:03.440 --> 00:15:05.720 I mean, I think this woman is running his life. 338 00:15:05.799 --> 00:15:07.720 I don't think she's you know, holding him hostage or 339 00:15:07.720 --> 00:15:10.240 holding a gun to his head. But none of this 340 00:15:10.320 --> 00:15:13.759 makes any sense. The only real person benefiting from this 341 00:15:13.840 --> 00:15:16.720 is her, and to me, that's that's that's how we 342 00:15:16.799 --> 00:15:17.360 ended up here. 343 00:15:18.000 --> 00:15:18.519 So there's that. 344 00:15:18.840 --> 00:15:22.519 But anyways, back to the ACC side of things. I 345 00:15:22.600 --> 00:15:25.559 keep hearing when it comes to the college Football Playoff 346 00:15:25.600 --> 00:15:29.759 expansion and the guaranteed slots for the ACC, I'm sorry 347 00:15:29.799 --> 00:15:32.360 for the SEC and the Big Ten and then two 348 00:15:32.480 --> 00:15:35.080 for the ACC. I mean, look, that's what it's probably 349 00:15:35.080 --> 00:15:39.360 gonna be. You have no real like like leverage, I mean, 350 00:15:39.360 --> 00:15:41.360 if you if you hold out against it. I mean, 351 00:15:42.840 --> 00:15:46.720 I mean, I the reality is this college football is 352 00:15:46.720 --> 00:15:49.799 going to do really whatever Greg Sankie wants to do. 353 00:15:49.919 --> 00:15:53.559 I mean, he's he's the guy who because he's leading, 354 00:15:53.600 --> 00:15:55.000 the biggest bully on the block. 355 00:15:55.799 --> 00:15:56.720 He's the big bully. 356 00:15:57.000 --> 00:16:02.440 And I don't know that the ACC in five six 357 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:06.679 years will ever be will be able to say. Man, 358 00:16:06.720 --> 00:16:09.960 I can't believe we agreed to only guarantee two spots 359 00:16:09.960 --> 00:16:13.600 for our conference when now we're we're we're deep with 360 00:16:13.679 --> 00:16:16.799 programs that are really good right now, have a lot 361 00:16:16.799 --> 00:16:20.519 of momentum. It looks sustainable. We've got some championship caliber 362 00:16:20.559 --> 00:16:22.879 programs here. I can't believe we took that deal. Like 363 00:16:22.879 --> 00:16:25.240 I'm not telling anybody that that's what I expect to happen, 364 00:16:25.279 --> 00:16:27.919 and that the ACC is about to explode in a 365 00:16:27.919 --> 00:16:30.799 good way and really just take off and no longer 366 00:16:30.840 --> 00:16:34.480 be third at best when it comes to the conference hierarchy. 367 00:16:34.879 --> 00:16:37.799 But just agreeing to it, And again, I don't know 368 00:16:37.840 --> 00:16:40.240 what else you can do, but I don't know how. 369 00:16:40.279 --> 00:16:41.879 It's one of those It's one of the rare things 370 00:16:41.919 --> 00:16:45.440 in my time doing this where I just I can't 371 00:16:45.519 --> 00:16:48.799 quite understand why I am in the minority so much 372 00:16:48.799 --> 00:16:52.000 when it comes to why would you agree to guaranteed 373 00:16:52.039 --> 00:16:55.639 spots per conference like before any games are played? Again, 374 00:16:55.639 --> 00:16:58.279 I know, I keep hammering home on that, but like 375 00:16:59.200 --> 00:17:00.519 what if things change? 376 00:17:00.559 --> 00:17:01.080 Like what if? 377 00:17:01.200 --> 00:17:04.480 And by the way, has college sports ever changed as 378 00:17:04.559 --> 00:17:07.319 much in the last five years? I mean, college sports 379 00:17:07.319 --> 00:17:09.200 has existed a long time, a lot longer than I've 380 00:17:09.200 --> 00:17:11.200 been here. I feel like we've seen more changes in 381 00:17:11.240 --> 00:17:13.880 the sport in the last five years than we have 382 00:17:14.000 --> 00:17:16.960 at any point over the entire existence of the sports. 383 00:17:17.000 --> 00:17:20.039 So it'll again, I think what's been out there as 384 00:17:20.039 --> 00:17:22.079 far as each you know, this each conference getting a 385 00:17:22.079 --> 00:17:24.799 certain amount of auto bids and whatnot. I imagine that's 386 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:27.680 what's gonna end up happening. I just I just nobody, 387 00:17:27.720 --> 00:17:31.319 nobody's considering the fact that you could, you know, let's 388 00:17:31.319 --> 00:17:37.039 just say the ACC crumbles and it's not about, hey, 389 00:17:37.079 --> 00:17:39.480 you only got like but they may have to they 390 00:17:39.519 --> 00:17:41.440 may have to put two ACC teams in when you 391 00:17:41.480 --> 00:17:44.559 get to a point where maybe there's like the best 392 00:17:44.559 --> 00:17:47.880 team in the league is borderline top thirty. I mean, again, 393 00:17:47.960 --> 00:17:51.400 these are hypotheticals that may not ever present themselves. 394 00:17:51.440 --> 00:17:52.960 But I just. 395 00:17:54.839 --> 00:17:56.920 I wish there was an easier way to determine a 396 00:17:57.039 --> 00:17:59.720 national champion in college football. And look, we've already made 397 00:17:59.720 --> 00:18:01.400 a lot of progress. It uhould just be a computer 398 00:18:01.440 --> 00:18:03.680 would tell us which two teams were deserving to play 399 00:18:03.680 --> 00:18:05.559 for it, Like that was really stupid, right, So we've 400 00:18:05.559 --> 00:18:07.279 made progress. I'm not being I don't want to be 401 00:18:07.319 --> 00:18:09.440