WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.640 --> 00:00:06.759 It's time for coffee and company, Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:06.960 --> 00:00:08.439 Sports Talk seven nine. 3 00:00:08.400 --> 00:00:10.599 Day, Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we 4 00:00:10.640 --> 00:00:11.400 think when we. 5 00:00:11.359 --> 00:00:14.039 Are get off our show, idiot. 6 00:00:14.199 --> 00:00:16.679 The kids are playing or trail off your countures are. 7 00:00:16.600 --> 00:00:17.239 Screwing it up. 8 00:00:17.399 --> 00:00:20.559 Gold Play Inner Murals, Brother, gold Play Inner Murals. 9 00:00:20.960 --> 00:00:23.679 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 10 00:00:24.480 --> 00:00:27.559 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 11 00:00:27.679 --> 00:00:28.160 kidding me? 12 00:00:28.879 --> 00:00:29.199 Now? 13 00:00:29.239 --> 00:00:37.600 Here's nick coffee? 14 00:00:39.159 --> 00:00:42.119 Alright, let's get it started here on a very very 15 00:00:42.159 --> 00:00:47.159 cold Thursday afternoon, sun's out, little deceiving. Usually when the 16 00:00:47.159 --> 00:00:49.439 sun is out, it does add a little. It probably 17 00:00:49.520 --> 00:00:53.600 makes you not feel as cold if it's the same temperature, 18 00:00:53.640 --> 00:00:55.439 but like gloomy and dark. But man, I'm telling you, 19 00:00:55.520 --> 00:00:59.039 it is freezing outside. So I'm very I'm very happy 20 00:00:59.079 --> 00:01:01.159 to be in a nice, warm and cozy studio here 21 00:01:01.159 --> 00:01:05.040 at our Louisville four Street Live Studios. In fact, you 22 00:01:05.079 --> 00:01:06.799 hear that noise? Can you? Can you hear that? Austin? 23 00:01:07.159 --> 00:01:09.799 That noise? Is it coming throughly? Need probably to take 24 00:01:09.799 --> 00:01:12.400 the jacket off at some point because whenever I'm moving around, 25 00:01:12.400 --> 00:01:14.640 you know, that's just excess background noise, and we don't 26 00:01:14.680 --> 00:01:16.799 need that. That's not professional, and we're we do things 27 00:01:16.879 --> 00:01:17.920 very professional around here. 28 00:01:18.040 --> 00:01:21.439 It's so cold outside that you're wearing a jacket inside. 29 00:01:21.079 --> 00:01:23.120 Yes, and I don't have any interest in taking it off, 30 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:24.799 but for the sake of the show, and because I'm 31 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:28.760 such professional and I won't sacrifice sound quality, I probably will. 32 00:01:29.200 --> 00:01:30.840 I'll lose the coat and I should be good because 33 00:01:30.840 --> 00:01:32.680 it's actually pretty toasty in here. But I feel like 34 00:01:33.719 --> 00:01:36.920 maybe all of it depending upon if the and so 35 00:01:37.000 --> 00:01:38.640 far we haven't had an issue. And you may not 36 00:01:38.680 --> 00:01:41.280 know about this because this is the first time we've 37 00:01:41.319 --> 00:01:44.840 really experienced the winter weather when we're working together. But 38 00:01:45.640 --> 00:01:48.840 the heat in the studios and really the ac as well, 39 00:01:49.159 --> 00:01:52.719 it's all like programmed within a cloud. Like people who don't, 40 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:55.840 who don't even in this state, have control over the 41 00:01:56.079 --> 00:01:57.519 and it's not like they're in here messing with this, 42 00:01:57.640 --> 00:02:00.840 but like it's it's controlled through like corporate and you 43 00:02:00.879 --> 00:02:02.959 can I'm sure I know there's people here that can 44 00:02:03.000 --> 00:02:04.280 mess with it. But like if I was to go 45 00:02:04.319 --> 00:02:06.400 try to adjust thermistat in the studio, it would tell 46 00:02:06.400 --> 00:02:09.560 me to like contact the master controller. So what happens 47 00:02:09.639 --> 00:02:12.439 is whenever you do have heat on, even if it's 48 00:02:12.439 --> 00:02:14.759 said at like seventy two, which I think would be 49 00:02:14.759 --> 00:02:18.080 pretty hot, the heat that comes off of everything in 50 00:02:18.120 --> 00:02:21.120 this studio. How many TVs we got in here, No, Joe, 51 00:02:21.159 --> 00:02:24.000 We've got there's literally probably six TVs in there. Is 52 00:02:24.120 --> 00:02:26.159 there is six TVs in this studio right now. I've 53 00:02:26.159 --> 00:02:28.280 got three huge monitors in front of me, and then 54 00:02:28.280 --> 00:02:31.120 this massive board that looks like a spaceship in front 55 00:02:31.120 --> 00:02:33.879 of me that puts off so much heat. So you 56 00:02:34.080 --> 00:02:37.319 add the natural heat coming from everything in here along 57 00:02:37.360 --> 00:02:41.280 with the heat within the you know, the thermostat. I 58 00:02:41.599 --> 00:02:43.360 had to tell people like, look, it's gonna be eighty 59 00:02:43.360 --> 00:02:44.840 degrees in here if you all mess with the heat. 60 00:02:44.879 --> 00:02:46.680 So so far, so far, so good. But I know 61 00:02:46.719 --> 00:02:48.840 there'll be one day where I come in and it's 62 00:02:48.879 --> 00:02:51.319 like a sauna in here. But right now, like I'm 63 00:02:51.360 --> 00:02:54.439 still thawing out because it's just it's just that cold outside. 64 00:02:54.520 --> 00:02:56.520 So during the summer it sucks because I know what 65 00:02:56.520 --> 00:02:58.479 you're talking. Oh yeah, it's really already hot in there, 66 00:02:58.479 --> 00:03:00.800 and it doesn't matter if you can change thermostat or not. 67 00:03:01.159 --> 00:03:01.960 Actually, now that you. 68 00:03:01.919 --> 00:03:03.639 Remember that, I feel I feel like when we first 69 00:03:03.719 --> 00:03:06.000 got here to these new studios at four Street, that 70 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:08.479 you were allowed to like everyone, Oh yeah, you can 71 00:03:08.520 --> 00:03:09.000 mess with it. 72 00:03:09.199 --> 00:03:09.439 Yeah. 73 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:11.039 I think I think that they just kind of put 74 00:03:11.080 --> 00:03:12.960 a cabasho on that and made sure where is only 75 00:03:13.080 --> 00:03:16.719 like one person because everybody has their different comfort levels. 76 00:03:16.719 --> 00:03:19.919 Corporate, corporate, always trying to bring us down, right, course, 77 00:03:19.919 --> 00:03:22.240 it's just just in the act, Corporate America. What do 78 00:03:22.319 --> 00:03:24.560 you know, we can't control our own our own temperature 79 00:03:24.560 --> 00:03:25.919 because they got to, you know, they got to have 80 00:03:25.960 --> 00:03:28.680 control over it. Yeah, anyway, so I can control you. 81 00:03:29.000 --> 00:03:31.560 They can't. They can try, but actually they probably could. 82 00:03:31.599 --> 00:03:33.159 I'll just live in a world where I tell myself 83 00:03:33.159 --> 00:03:35.439 I've got all the control, all the power, and you know, 84 00:03:35.479 --> 00:03:37.520 I know that I don't, but I'll just live as 85 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:40.319 if as if I do. Now speaking of that, I 86 00:03:40.360 --> 00:03:42.360 have no control over this, and I'm going to try 87 00:03:42.360 --> 00:03:44.000 not to really get into it because anytime I start 88 00:03:44.039 --> 00:03:47.000 talking about it, I just probably end up going down 89 00:03:47.039 --> 00:03:49.759 a path that maybe will get me in trouble. But 90 00:03:49.800 --> 00:03:52.000 we will be very brief today. I mean I shouldn't 91 00:03:52.000 --> 00:03:53.319 say very brief, but we're out of here with like 92 00:03:53.360 --> 00:03:55.960 four forty five or something. Yeah, that's what I was told. Yeah, 93 00:03:56.000 --> 00:03:58.520 so Shorter showed today, which is no fun for anybody. 94 00:03:59.680 --> 00:04:01.680 But you know, out of my control, there's a basketball 95 00:04:01.680 --> 00:04:03.240 game that's going to be played, and I believe this 96 00:04:03.280 --> 00:04:04.719 will be like the last one we have to worry 97 00:04:04.759 --> 00:04:07.080 about a basketball game getting in the way of our 98 00:04:07.120 --> 00:04:09.840 afternoon show. But you know, I don't know out of 99 00:04:09.840 --> 00:04:11.919 my control above my pay grade. So I'm just gonna 100 00:04:12.199 --> 00:04:15.319 use the time they give me here on a Thursday afternoon, 101 00:04:15.400 --> 00:04:17.360 and we've got a lot to squeeze in in about 102 00:04:17.360 --> 00:04:19.879 an hour and forty five minutes coming up here, that's right, 103 00:04:19.879 --> 00:04:22.600 coming up here, three forty five ish, three forty ish. 104 00:04:22.959 --> 00:04:25.240 We'll bring in the one and only doctor Eric McElroy, 105 00:04:25.360 --> 00:04:28.639 pro Ream Physical Therapy. Our weekly conversation with Doctor McElroy, 106 00:04:29.240 --> 00:04:32.879 And this is a really needed conversation because if there's 107 00:04:32.920 --> 00:04:36.360 anybody that can give us some type of you know, 108 00:04:36.399 --> 00:04:39.680 maybe not answers or timetable, but like can explain what's 109 00:04:39.720 --> 00:04:42.839 going on with these injuries with Louisville basketball. I can't 110 00:04:42.839 --> 00:04:46.439 think of a year where Louisville basketball has had a 111 00:04:46.519 --> 00:04:50.360 situation like this where you've, what seven games into the season, 112 00:04:50.399 --> 00:04:53.160 eight games into the season, whatever it is, You're already 113 00:04:53.240 --> 00:04:56.120 down two players for the year, and these were guys 114 00:04:56.160 --> 00:04:58.079 that were going to play a lot. And I feel 115 00:04:58.120 --> 00:05:00.079 like you don't really know exactly. With Coren, you have 116 00:05:00.120 --> 00:05:01.759 no clue what you really lost because he only played 117 00:05:01.759 --> 00:05:04.120 in two games with Case and you knew what you 118 00:05:04.160 --> 00:05:06.079 lost and then you really saw it play out on 119 00:05:06.160 --> 00:05:09.000 Tuesday night. But I think if these were guys that 120 00:05:09.040 --> 00:05:10.839 like had played here three or four years, it would 121 00:05:10.879 --> 00:05:13.240 have been a little bit different. So but still, you know, 122 00:05:13.319 --> 00:05:17.399 this team is basically playing with seven scholarship players right now, 123 00:05:17.439 --> 00:05:20.040 and that's not ideal. So there's at least one guy 124 00:05:20.079 --> 00:05:22.199 that could make a return, and that's Cater Treray and 125 00:05:22.199 --> 00:05:23.560 I hope that he will. I assume he will, but 126 00:05:23.600 --> 00:05:26.000 you really just never know. It's something you just have 127 00:05:26.120 --> 00:05:28.000 to wait and see. But also there's a couple of 128 00:05:28.040 --> 00:05:30.519 other players that have been sitting out due to an 129 00:05:30.519 --> 00:05:32.680 injury and the plan was for them not to play. 130 00:05:33.120 --> 00:05:34.480 And I'll just tell you, I don't think you're going 131 00:05:34.519 --> 00:05:38.360 to see Kobe Rodgers or Ali Khalifa end up playing 132 00:05:38.399 --> 00:05:41.959 this season. But I guess my question to doctor mclroy 133 00:05:41.959 --> 00:05:44.879 will be, you know, if in fact they you know, 134 00:05:44.920 --> 00:05:46.759 if in fact they wanted to do that and they 135 00:05:46.759 --> 00:05:48.800 were trying to make that happen, you know with the 136 00:05:48.839 --> 00:05:51.839 recovery process, like is that is that doable? So again 137 00:05:52.000 --> 00:05:53.399 there's no I mean, even if he does have a 138 00:05:53.439 --> 00:05:55.560 lot of information, because of course pro rehab is very 139 00:05:55.680 --> 00:05:58.120 very much connected with U of L Athletics, there's certain 140 00:05:58.160 --> 00:05:59.519 things they're not going to tell us, and they shouldn't 141 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:01.040 because they're not they're not supposed to and we're not 142 00:06:01.160 --> 00:06:03.680 entitled every little bit of information. But when it comes 143 00:06:03.720 --> 00:06:06.399 to the injury situation, I know doctor McElroy can at 144 00:06:06.480 --> 00:06:09.279 least provide something that most people can as far as 145 00:06:09.279 --> 00:06:12.240 just you know what's going on and what the realistic 146 00:06:12.279 --> 00:06:16.639 timetable is for cater and then you know, I've always 147 00:06:16.639 --> 00:06:19.519 felt like Ali Khalifa could could have played this year, 148 00:06:20.040 --> 00:06:21.600 and it was always a plan to like, you know, 149 00:06:22.040 --> 00:06:23.600 you don't. You may not need him as much. He 150 00:06:23.639 --> 00:06:25.680 can get it, he can have surgery and he can 151 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:28.839 get in shape. But I think the surgery happened later 152 00:06:28.879 --> 00:06:31.959 than most people realize to where I'm not even sure 153 00:06:31.959 --> 00:06:33.519 if that's possible. So anyways, we'll get to that coming 154 00:06:33.600 --> 00:06:35.439 up here around a three forty and then at four 155 00:06:35.519 --> 00:06:37.720 h five, will bring in our man, mister Kent Spencer 156 00:06:37.759 --> 00:06:39.800 from w h AS eleven. We haven't talked to Ken 157 00:06:39.839 --> 00:06:41.160 in a couple of weeks. We weren't able to do 158 00:06:41.199 --> 00:06:43.720 it last week because of the holidays, So really looking 159 00:06:43.720 --> 00:06:46.240 forward to chatting with him a little bit later on. 160 00:06:46.279 --> 00:06:50.040 But I will say before we dive in here, I'm 161 00:06:50.360 --> 00:06:52.959 kind of glad we have a shorter show today because 162 00:06:53.000 --> 00:06:55.000 I've been a little distracted in the last hour or 163 00:06:55.040 --> 00:06:58.279 so because I received a phone call and it's just 164 00:06:58.319 --> 00:07:01.600 been something I can't share. I can't stop thinking about it. 165 00:07:02.079 --> 00:07:06.120 But I was offered a job that I'm having a 166 00:07:06.160 --> 00:07:09.199 really tough time deciding what I want to do, what 167 00:07:10.519 --> 00:07:12.360 yes and I don't. I probably should have given you 168 00:07:12.360 --> 00:07:14.319 a heads up before I just started talking about this 169 00:07:14.439 --> 00:07:14.920 on the show. 170 00:07:15.160 --> 00:07:18.560 Like a job, like a role, something like a new role, 171 00:07:18.800 --> 00:07:19.439 A job. 172 00:07:19.240 --> 00:07:21.360 A new I mean, I mean, not a career change, 173 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:24.639 but you know, a job that I'm gonna I don't 174 00:07:24.639 --> 00:07:26.360 know what I'm gonna do, but I got to. I 175 00:07:26.360 --> 00:07:28.759 got to call it about one forty five, and it 176 00:07:28.920 --> 00:07:34.199 was somebody who is in charge of a very very 177 00:07:34.199 --> 00:07:36.279 important role, very important position that they have, and they 178 00:07:36.279 --> 00:07:38.000 called me to ask me if I would be willing 179 00:07:38.600 --> 00:07:41.279 h to be the head coach of my son's four 180 00:07:41.360 --> 00:07:43.600 year old basketball team. I was signed up to be 181 00:07:43.639 --> 00:07:46.399 an assistant coach. Oh, and I guess the head coach 182 00:07:46.480 --> 00:07:48.439 is backed has not you know, if you backed out, 183 00:07:48.439 --> 00:07:50.040 he's not able to do it. But they've asked me 184 00:07:50.079 --> 00:07:51.879 if I'm willing to be the head coach. And there's 185 00:07:51.879 --> 00:07:55.040 a lot of responsibility there. Luckily it is. It is 186 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:56.839 a situation where I can do both. I can do 187 00:07:56.879 --> 00:07:59.480 this job and the other. But then again, like schedule, 188 00:07:59.480 --> 00:08:01.560 like you know, I would have to have practice at 189 00:08:01.639 --> 00:08:04.839 least at like seven o'clock whenever we have practice, And 190 00:08:04.879 --> 00:08:06.600 I don't know if parents want to bring their kids 191 00:08:06.639 --> 00:08:08.839 out at seven o'clock for a practice on a weeknight. 192 00:08:08.879 --> 00:08:11.160 But you know, if you want to succeed, you do. Yeah, 193 00:08:11.160 --> 00:08:17.879 I mean, And the only thing that's making me really 194 00:08:19.040 --> 00:08:21.839 struggle over a decision is that, like it wouldn't be 195 00:08:21.920 --> 00:08:23.639 that big of a deal because at four years old, 196 00:08:23.639 --> 00:08:26.399 like they're not really playing basketball. I mean they are, 197 00:08:26.439 --> 00:08:28.759 but they're not Like I think this league is set 198 00:08:28.839 --> 00:08:30.879 up to where like everybody gets to shoot like a 199 00:08:30.920 --> 00:08:34.440 free throw and they run around. I mean it's very 200 00:08:34.480 --> 00:08:37.919 early stages of like just introducing what basketball is. Yeah, 201 00:08:38.720 --> 00:08:40.440 so it's not like it would be a lot of work, 202 00:08:40.639 --> 00:08:42.720 but like I don't know if I'd be able to 203 00:08:43.080 --> 00:08:46.759 find the balance of like really coaching them up and 204 00:08:46.799 --> 00:08:50.000 then maybe like making kids cry or you know, like 205 00:08:50.039 --> 00:08:51.679 I'm going to learn a lot about myself as a parent, 206 00:08:51.759 --> 00:08:54.679 because I've already learned a lot about myself when it 207 00:08:54.679 --> 00:08:57.679 comes to just being a dad of kids that play sports. 208 00:08:57.720 --> 00:09:00.399 But I mean, my son's four years old, Like he's 209 00:09:00.440 --> 00:09:03.159 played his first year of first season of flag football, 210 00:09:03.480 --> 00:09:06.000 he played, uh, he's played t ball now for a 211 00:09:06.039 --> 00:09:08.519 couple of years, and that's been fun. But you know, 212 00:09:09.159 --> 00:09:12.279 I always feel like I'm I'm misrepresenting when I say 213 00:09:12.320 --> 00:09:13.639 that I have a kid that plays sports, but you 214 00:09:13.720 --> 00:09:15.240 know I do, Like, you know, it's just when I 215 00:09:15.320 --> 00:09:18.440 was young, we didn't start playing sports until I was 216 00:09:18.480 --> 00:09:21.639 like six. I mean, he's he's at four, and after 217 00:09:21.919 --> 00:09:24.240 this year, he'll I mean he'll be in he'll be 218 00:09:24.279 --> 00:09:27.480 going into his fifth birthday, not even five yet, where 219 00:09:27.480 --> 00:09:30.919 he's already played t ball, football, and basketball, which is great. 220 00:09:31.799 --> 00:09:35.639 So in all seriousness, I just I worry, like, you know, well, 221 00:09:35.759 --> 00:09:37.720 parents get mad if I don't let their let their 222 00:09:37.799 --> 00:09:40.320 kids play, Like I don't know. Yeah, that's tough. Yeah, 223 00:09:40.320 --> 00:09:45.639 And I'm a really competitive person. And it came out 224 00:09:45.679 --> 00:09:48.200 briefly whenever I was at his flag football games this year. 225 00:09:48.240 --> 00:09:50.159 They had one game where it was really close back 226 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:53.279 and forth, and you know, the refs were incompetent. And 227 00:09:53.879 --> 00:09:56.720 even though I had like the awareness of Okay, it's 228 00:09:56.720 --> 00:09:59.159 a four year old flag football game, let's calm down, 229 00:09:59.159 --> 00:10:01.080 but like I was yellow that the zebra's out there, 230 00:10:01.399 --> 00:10:03.279 and like I'm thinking, what are you doing. You're gonna, 231 00:10:03.320 --> 00:10:05.639 You're gonna You're gonna make a fool yourself. You're a lunatic. 232 00:10:05.679 --> 00:10:07.840 Well now you gotta watch it because you'll get ejected. Yeah, 233 00:10:07.879 --> 00:10:09.519 Like what if I showed up to their games on 234 00:10:09.559 --> 00:10:12.519 Saturday mornings in a suit like like I was like 235 00:10:12.559 --> 00:10:15.600 I was Rick Fatino or something. So I have a 236 00:10:15.639 --> 00:10:17.799 hard time saying no because they don't have a coach. 237 00:10:17.840 --> 00:10:19.639 They've asked me I would be able to do it, 238 00:10:20.360 --> 00:10:22.440 and for me to say no, and like, Mason, know 239 00:10:22.559 --> 00:10:25.960 that somebody you know that I that I had the 240 00:10:26.039 --> 00:10:28.360 chance to be the assistant. And I said, you know, 241 00:10:28.480 --> 00:10:29.559 I had a chance to be the head coach, and 242 00:10:29.600 --> 00:10:31.159 I said no, Like I would just feel bad like 243 00:10:31.320 --> 00:10:33.240 saying no, like why not they need somebody. It'd be 244 00:10:33.240 --> 00:10:34.919 different if I was applying for it. In gunning for 245 00:10:34.960 --> 00:10:37.360 the job. It was a phone call because they knew 246 00:10:37.399 --> 00:10:39.120 that I was on the list of somebody that was 247 00:10:39.200 --> 00:10:41.799 willing to be an assistant coach if they wanted me, 248 00:10:41.879 --> 00:10:44.200 if they needed me. And then the call today comes 249 00:10:44.200 --> 00:10:45.759 in and they're like, you know, we need you to 250 00:10:45.759 --> 00:10:46.440 be the head coach. 251 00:10:46.480 --> 00:10:49.080 So oh well, what what? What is this a program 252 00:10:49.080 --> 00:10:51.159 you're going to be inheriting? Are they a winning team? 253 00:10:51.440 --> 00:10:53.440 Is this gonna be like taking over like the Browns? 254 00:10:53.919 --> 00:10:56.320 No clue, this is gonna be like it's gonna be 255 00:10:56.519 --> 00:10:59.879 They're they're hiring you to write the ship in that organization. 256 00:11:00.000 --> 00:11:01.840 Cause I would get with my I'm a program I'm 257 00:11:01.840 --> 00:11:03.720 a program builder. Yeah, mean that's kind of more like 258 00:11:03.759 --> 00:11:06.879 I'm not you know, it's not necessarily about winning championships. 259 00:11:06.879 --> 00:11:09.080 It's about coming in and cleaning up a program. That's 260 00:11:09.120 --> 00:11:10.759 I mean, like Kenny Payne, he was broken when he 261 00:11:10.759 --> 00:11:13.360 got here, right it was he inherited such a toxic situation. 262 00:11:13.399 --> 00:11:15.320 Maybe that's maybe that's what I'm walking into. In fact, 263 00:11:15.600 --> 00:11:17.639 what I'm what I'll be walking into is probably a 264 00:11:17.720 --> 00:11:20.519 bunch of kids who were playing basketball for the first time. Uh, 265 00:11:20.519 --> 00:11:23.679 and it really can I mean, God bless the kids 266 00:11:23.759 --> 00:11:25.840 or the parents or the parents and coaches. Well, I 267 00:11:25.840 --> 00:11:28.440 guess the coach is who are also parents that have 268 00:11:28.799 --> 00:11:31.480 that I've seen coach my kids baseball team, my kids 269 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:34.320 flag football team. Because in all honesty, I love all 270 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:35.919 the I've gotten to know a lot of the kids 271 00:11:35.960 --> 00:11:38.360 and their parents that that Moose has played sports with, 272 00:11:38.440 --> 00:11:40.559 and uh, you know, I kind of know what it's 273 00:11:40.600 --> 00:11:42.480 like to be a you know, a team dad, team mom, 274 00:11:42.519 --> 00:11:44.879 that kind of stuff. Me and my wife. Uh, but really, 275 00:11:44.960 --> 00:11:49.159 the head coaches the biggest part of their gig is babysitting, 276 00:11:49.240 --> 00:11:51.639 like just trying to keep the kids from getting distracted, 277 00:11:51.639 --> 00:11:54.039 because we're talking about four and five year olds. So 278 00:11:54.679 --> 00:11:56.080 I probably, well, I don't know. I had to tell 279 00:11:56.120 --> 00:11:57.919 them my schedule because like, if it's an issue to 280 00:11:57.960 --> 00:11:59.960 where I have to be there at a certain time 281 00:12:00.080 --> 00:12:02.039 certain days, then you know, I may not be able to, 282 00:12:02.159 --> 00:12:04.240 uh to make it work. That's a commitment. Yeah, it 283 00:12:04.320 --> 00:12:05.720 is a commitment, and I don't want to let them down, 284 00:12:05.720 --> 00:12:07.320 and I don't I'm not gonna do it half assed, 285 00:12:07.399 --> 00:12:10.120 right like I'm gonna, I'm gonna if I'm if I'm 286 00:12:10.120 --> 00:12:12.279 gonna decide to do it. You know, we're gonna we're 287 00:12:12.279 --> 00:12:14.080 gonna be winners, and we're gonna work hard and we're 288 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:17.000 gonna have fun. And uh, you know, I'll probably call 289 00:12:17.039 --> 00:12:18.519 him back after the show today and say I've given 290 00:12:18.559 --> 00:12:19.559 him some thought and I'm gonna do it. 291 00:12:19.679 --> 00:12:21.480 Yeah, talk to your agent, you see, if you can 292 00:12:21.480 --> 00:12:23.159 get up first of all, get a no trade clause 293 00:12:23.240 --> 00:12:23.559 in there. 294 00:12:23.639 --> 00:12:25.360 So what if I what if I went to Christy 295 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:29.200 are are higher up here, our boss, yeah, and was like, hey, 296 00:12:29.200 --> 00:12:31.200 can you would you mind putting something in writing. I 297 00:12:31.240 --> 00:12:33.320 just need to make sure you guys are are cool 298 00:12:33.360 --> 00:12:35.720 with me taking a secondary job while still working here, 299 00:12:35.759 --> 00:12:37.960 because in fact, that is part of the agreement here. 300 00:12:37.960 --> 00:12:40.600 If I was ever going to get work outside of 301 00:12:40.600 --> 00:12:43.039 of iHeart that is you know in in I think 302 00:12:43.039 --> 00:12:45.840 it's mostly just in like broadcasting stuff. Uh, or maybe 303 00:12:45.840 --> 00:12:47.240 it's you know, I think actually don't think it is 304 00:12:47.240 --> 00:12:49.399 anything else. If you have any other like employer, they 305 00:12:49.440 --> 00:12:50.960 need to just be aware of it and may have 306 00:12:51.039 --> 00:12:52.639 to like sign off on something. So what if I 307 00:12:52.679 --> 00:12:54.240 went there. I was like, Hey, I don't want to 308 00:12:54.240 --> 00:12:56.559 stress you out because I know, like you think i'm 309 00:12:56.600 --> 00:12:59.879 the best, but I think I'm gonna take a secondary job. 310 00:13:00.080 --> 00:13:02.120 It won't it won't distract, and she'd probably think, like, 311 00:13:02.159 --> 00:13:04.240 what are you talking about, Like maybe you're more money, 312 00:13:04.320 --> 00:13:07.600 like you can't do this, and I'm like, well, in fact, 313 00:13:07.759 --> 00:13:11.240 it's my kids four year old basketball team. She'd probably 314 00:13:12.080 --> 00:13:13.480 laugh for a minute and then tell me to get 315 00:13:13.480 --> 00:13:16.039 the hell out of her office. That's that's probably what 316 00:13:16.039 --> 00:13:19.799 what would happen. So anyways, picking up picking up more gigs. 317 00:13:19.440 --> 00:13:22.120 When you're when you're coaching, well, it seems nowadays like 318 00:13:22.159 --> 00:13:24.799 when you're like when you're a coach at any other level, 319 00:13:24.840 --> 00:13:27.200 you know how they have like the the iPads on 320 00:13:27.240 --> 00:13:29.519 the sideline. Oh, whenever you got to go sit down, 321 00:13:29.559 --> 00:13:31.600 go look at what you did when you're coaching kids, 322 00:13:31.639 --> 00:13:33.159 or you think the punishment is you don't get an 323 00:13:33.159 --> 00:13:35.639 iPad on the sideline. Now you just kind of take 324 00:13:35.639 --> 00:13:36.480 the iPad away. 325 00:13:36.840 --> 00:13:40.480 Oh man, I think the the threat and I shouldn't 326 00:13:40.519 --> 00:13:42.399 call it that, but it's kind of what it was 327 00:13:42.639 --> 00:13:44.919 when it comes to trying to get the kids. Because 328 00:13:44.919 --> 00:13:48.120 there were kids who were out there grabbing flags, playing well, 329 00:13:48.120 --> 00:13:49.879 and then we get to like the fourth quarter and 330 00:13:49.919 --> 00:13:51.360 they're just like, yeah, I think I want to go 331 00:13:51.440 --> 00:13:53.960 lay down on the grass. I'm done playing, And like, 332 00:13:54.000 --> 00:13:55.919 those are things you just deal with whenever you have 333 00:13:56.039 --> 00:13:58.080 kids that are that young playing sports. And what we 334 00:13:58.080 --> 00:14:00.360 would do to try to get them motivated to, you know, 335 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:03.320 keep playing, is that you won't get your snack after 336 00:14:03.320 --> 00:14:05.120 the game because every after every game you did something 337 00:14:05.120 --> 00:14:07.279 from the concession stands like that. That was a good motivator. 338 00:14:07.279 --> 00:14:10.240 I'll got to motivate anybody, motivate me. I'll try to 339 00:14:10.240 --> 00:14:12.879 figure out some way I can can maybe motivate motivate 340 00:14:12.919 --> 00:14:15.039 these young kids. But anyways, I wanted to start with 341 00:14:15.080 --> 00:14:17.600 basketball today because I really feel like it's been an 342 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:21.120 absolute roller coaster so far for fans this season. And 343 00:14:21.159 --> 00:14:23.080 if you think about it, I would I would. I 344 00:14:23.080 --> 00:14:26.360 would assume you would agree because you had such a 345 00:14:26.679 --> 00:14:30.000 high going into the Tennessee game, right it's the new era. 346 00:14:30.120 --> 00:14:31.960 You've already started. Want to know, you knew you had 347 00:14:31.960 --> 00:14:33.879 a big test. I thought they did a great job 348 00:14:33.919 --> 00:14:36.559 promoting the white out, That crowd was great. They really 349 00:14:36.600 --> 00:14:38.320 just never really there was never a big moment for 350 00:14:38.360 --> 00:14:39.679 them to get into it. So it was such a 351 00:14:39.799 --> 00:14:42.919 high and then you really got let down because it 352 00:14:43.000 --> 00:14:45.559 was tough to see your first test a team that 353 00:14:45.600 --> 00:14:47.879 you really hadn't seen challenged at all, and then they 354 00:14:47.960 --> 00:14:50.279 came out and they got worked. Which, by the way, 355 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:52.000 Tennessee's probably going to be the number one team in 356 00:14:52.000 --> 00:14:55.080 the country given the way the acc SEC Challenge played out, 357 00:14:55.159 --> 00:14:57.000 So that's not a bad loss. But at that moment, 358 00:14:57.039 --> 00:14:59.279 you went from being super excited like here we go, 359 00:14:59.360 --> 00:15:01.679 we're kind of back, and then you're like, oh, this 360 00:15:01.799 --> 00:15:04.320 may not be good. And then you play a bunch 361 00:15:04.360 --> 00:15:06.840 of a couple of a couple of dud teams that 362 00:15:06.919 --> 00:15:09.559 you just know you're going to beat, and you covered. 363 00:15:09.600 --> 00:15:11.480 You beat them by a lot. I think you didn't 364 00:15:11.480 --> 00:15:13.240 cover against Winthrop, but you did against beller Man, And 365 00:15:13.279 --> 00:15:14.919 we just knew going in that you weren't going to 366 00:15:15.000 --> 00:15:16.639 learn a whole lot, right, Like whatever happened in those 367 00:15:16.639 --> 00:15:19.120 games wasn't going to tell you how much better you 368 00:15:19.159 --> 00:15:23.039 got from the Tennessee beat down, So the test was 369 00:15:23.080 --> 00:15:24.600 going to be okay. When you get to the Bahamas 370 00:15:24.639 --> 00:15:27.559 and you start to play really competitive games against good 371 00:15:27.559 --> 00:15:29.440 teams in the Battle for Atlantis, where do you stand? 372 00:15:29.440 --> 00:15:31.279 And then sure enough you came out and you beat 373 00:15:31.320 --> 00:15:33.639 the hell out of Indiana, and then you turned around 374 00:15:33.639 --> 00:15:37.200 and won a close overtime game and with Chucky Hepburn 375 00:15:37.279 --> 00:15:40.240 really just taken over to get the win against West Virginia. 376 00:15:40.279 --> 00:15:42.960 And I was ecstatic to see this team win that 377 00:15:43.039 --> 00:15:46.080 game where it wasn't played at the way they wanted 378 00:15:46.120 --> 00:15:47.679 it to be played. They got comfortable in the half 379 00:15:47.720 --> 00:15:49.759 court and were able to grind it out and beat 380 00:15:49.759 --> 00:15:52.080 West Virginia. And even though they lost to Oklahoma, I 381 00:15:52.159 --> 00:15:55.240 was still feeling very good about this team. And then 382 00:15:55.559 --> 00:15:58.080 you find out Cason Pryor's injury is significant, he's out 383 00:15:58.120 --> 00:15:59.960 for the year. Korn Johnson, he's not going to return 384 00:16:00.159 --> 00:16:02.480 at all, and then you get your butts kicked by 385 00:16:02.519 --> 00:16:04.600 Old Miss to where like it's just been a complete 386 00:16:04.679 --> 00:16:10.039 roller coaster so far, and I uh, I mean, I 387 00:16:10.080 --> 00:16:13.159 don't know what happens moving forward. I don't know if 388 00:16:13.240 --> 00:16:18.399 we should really tone you know, tone down expectations. I 389 00:16:18.399 --> 00:16:20.720 don't think saying the tournament is still something you could 390 00:16:20.759 --> 00:16:23.559 do is crazy, but I do understand if you're someone 391 00:16:23.600 --> 00:16:25.799 that just wants to, I guess, prepare for the worst. 392 00:16:25.799 --> 00:16:27.799 Hope for the best. You're just thinking, Okay, I'm going 393 00:16:27.840 --> 00:16:29.639 to assume we're not a tournament team and if they 394 00:16:29.639 --> 00:16:31.919 get there, then great. And if that's your mindset, I 395 00:16:31.960 --> 00:16:33.919 get it. But if you're somebody that just thinks you know, 396 00:16:34.000 --> 00:16:35.960 this team is doomed and they're gonna lose to everybody, 397 00:16:36.159 --> 00:16:37.679 I mean, you may be right, but I don't. I 398 00:16:37.679 --> 00:16:39.600 don't think that that. I don't. I don't think we've 399 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:42.559 seen enough to know or even feel like that would 400 00:16:42.559 --> 00:16:45.720 be the likely outcome for this team. So it's just 401 00:16:45.799 --> 00:16:50.159