WEBVTT 1 00:00:00.040 --> 00:00:02.919 We are in a Nodelli zone. Officially. Hi, I'm in 2 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:05.960 a hotel room in Perry, two hours south of Atlanta. 3 00:00:06.040 --> 00:00:08.240 That's why the lighting is what it is and my 4 00:00:08.320 --> 00:00:11.119 posture is what it is. Now. Uh, we have a 5 00:00:11.160 --> 00:00:13.320 promise to get somebody out by the bottom of the 6 00:00:13.320 --> 00:00:15.679 hour because he's like globe trotting and has things to do. 7 00:00:15.720 --> 00:00:17.359 So we're gonna go ahead and bring in Glenn Crooks 8 00:00:18.039 --> 00:00:22.399 and discuss the fall of Kirby Smart and everything going 9 00:00:22.440 --> 00:00:26.280 on with Georgia football. Glenn, thanks for dropping by on 10 00:00:26.320 --> 00:00:27.879 a Friday. Man, thanks for coming on. 11 00:00:28.760 --> 00:00:31.600 Well you might be surprised by this, but the uh, 12 00:00:32.399 --> 00:00:36.920 the I just wanted to see I'm gonna put Yeah, 13 00:00:36.960 --> 00:00:39.679 I've got do you hear me better? Now? Yeah? 14 00:00:39.719 --> 00:00:41.640 You're good. You're good either way, you're good. 15 00:00:41.719 --> 00:00:46.200 You're so Yeah. Soccer has engulfed in my life to 16 00:00:46.240 --> 00:00:50.960 the point where I only occasionally really focus on Georgia football. 17 00:00:51.280 --> 00:00:54.759 But I was curious and heard that a lot of 18 00:00:54.799 --> 00:00:59.280 transfers and oh yeah, and that Kirby went crazy after 19 00:00:59.280 --> 00:01:01.960 the game, and uh, and I do have I do 20 00:01:02.079 --> 00:01:04.719 have someone I know who's pretty close to the situation, 21 00:01:05.000 --> 00:01:07.719 so I don't know all the details but I'm pretty uh, 22 00:01:09.359 --> 00:01:12.760 you know, it's it's you know, even a guy who 23 00:01:12.840 --> 00:01:17.359 you think would just be cool and because he's been 24 00:01:17.400 --> 00:01:22.280 there before. Coaching is a very pressured occupation, no matter 25 00:01:22.319 --> 00:01:24.760 how much you're making, and especially at a place like 26 00:01:24.799 --> 00:01:28.200 Georgia where you know every every move is monitored, and 27 00:01:28.400 --> 00:01:31.719 but coaching at any level there's pressure. I when I'm 28 00:01:31.840 --> 00:01:35.120 in season, I don't sleep at all, not a wink. 29 00:01:35.840 --> 00:01:39.560 Nope. Right there with you, brother, uh. And before you 30 00:01:39.719 --> 00:01:42.319 do go, I do wish that you would cut the 31 00:01:42.359 --> 00:01:45.359 promo for the hosting programming that you do on Serious XM, 32 00:01:45.439 --> 00:01:47.159 so folks can sit there and follow what's going on, 33 00:01:47.280 --> 00:01:49.680 especially as you look at the ketch up with coaches 34 00:01:49.719 --> 00:01:52.959 and such. Main reason we brought you on, as we 35 00:01:53.040 --> 00:01:57.040 always do twice a year in the Eastern Conference when 36 00:01:57.079 --> 00:02:00.280 Atlanta and Landy and I did take on NYC, it's 37 00:02:00.280 --> 00:02:02.120 our chance to catch up with you and see what's 38 00:02:02.159 --> 00:02:05.879 going on up there in the Tri State. So I'm 39 00:02:05.879 --> 00:02:07.760 going to go ahead and ask off the top, how 40 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:12.919 different is the vibe with Pascal as head coach than 41 00:02:12.919 --> 00:02:15.639 it was last year? How different are things right now? 42 00:02:16.680 --> 00:02:18.680 Well, I think the thing that I've heard and I 43 00:02:18.759 --> 00:02:20.719 spent a couple of weeks with them out at the 44 00:02:20.719 --> 00:02:23.759 Coachella Invitational as well, so I've gotten a really good 45 00:02:23.800 --> 00:02:28.879 feel for how preseason went. In the early part of 46 00:02:28.879 --> 00:02:33.680 this season. Pascal Jansen, the new coach, has now coached 47 00:02:33.719 --> 00:02:36.360 eleven games, as he put it to me yesterday in 48 00:02:36.400 --> 00:02:40.400 our pregame briefing, so he's counting the preseason games almost 49 00:02:40.400 --> 00:02:45.960 equally because we were talking about the absolute anemic attack 50 00:02:46.280 --> 00:02:49.639 a week ago in Columbus. But still getting the point, 51 00:02:49.800 --> 00:02:52.879 Neil Millan, he said he'd never encountered anything like that 52 00:02:52.919 --> 00:02:56.439 in his eleven games plus in his entire coaching career. 53 00:02:56.479 --> 00:02:59.159 He could only think of one time, and that one 54 00:02:59.199 --> 00:03:03.319 time at alcama Are in the Netherlands. They still got 55 00:03:03.360 --> 00:03:06.039 in for a couple of shots no shots on goal 56 00:03:06.360 --> 00:03:09.199 for the third time in history for New York City FC. 57 00:03:09.479 --> 00:03:13.240 And that's that's that's I was gonna say, that's quite 58 00:03:13.240 --> 00:03:15.919 an accomplishment, but it goes more in the other direction. 59 00:03:16.000 --> 00:03:18.639 But in terms of the comparison, and I know Nick 60 00:03:18.759 --> 00:03:24.840 very well, and it seemed that preseason and everything is 61 00:03:24.879 --> 00:03:29.080 just a little bit more intense and very transition oriented. 62 00:03:29.560 --> 00:03:31.639 So the thing I've been looking for early in the 63 00:03:31.680 --> 00:03:37.400 season is to see if indeed they transition with more urgency. 64 00:03:37.560 --> 00:03:41.599 And I can't honestly say I've seen it in practice 65 00:03:41.680 --> 00:03:46.199 yet that is in practice in the games, But that 66 00:03:46.360 --> 00:03:50.400 is one thing and I do feel also, and I 67 00:03:50.400 --> 00:03:53.759 think some of the results of the more intense preseason 68 00:03:53.879 --> 00:03:57.479 is that there were some injuries. Jago Martins, their DP 69 00:03:57.599 --> 00:04:00.840 center back, played He trained the first three days of 70 00:04:00.879 --> 00:04:06.680 preseason and didn't play another minute, no competition, so his 71 00:04:06.759 --> 00:04:09.560 preseason is now. I kind of kidded with him yesterday. 72 00:04:09.599 --> 00:04:11.680 I said, well, you're at the tail end of your preseason, 73 00:04:11.680 --> 00:04:14.680 which is now gonna be uh, you know, six games 74 00:04:14.719 --> 00:04:18.240 into the into the regular season. And it's true, but 75 00:04:18.319 --> 00:04:21.000 he had a calf injury, and there there were a 76 00:04:21.040 --> 00:04:23.279 soft tissue injuries that we didn't see a year ago. 77 00:04:23.360 --> 00:04:26.480 So I'm just wondering, if you know the players, I'm 78 00:04:26.480 --> 00:04:28.800 sure next time around, if they're still around with Pascal, 79 00:04:28.839 --> 00:04:31.879 they'll be a little bit more prepared for for the preseason. 80 00:04:31.959 --> 00:04:34.120 And I'm not I'm not saying one hundred percent that's 81 00:04:34.680 --> 00:04:37.759 what the result of some of these injuries. Kevin Kevin 82 00:04:37.800 --> 00:04:41.879 O'Toole was down, Tavon Gray is still down, Andres Perea 83 00:04:42.000 --> 00:04:45.040 was coming off herring a surgery. It brought him back, 84 00:04:45.079 --> 00:04:49.639 but now he's down. Uh, so you just wonder. Keaton 85 00:04:49.639 --> 00:04:53.040 Parks has a foot injury which he's been playing on 86 00:04:53.319 --> 00:04:55.040 and but had to come out a half hour into 87 00:04:55.040 --> 00:04:58.399 the game against Columbus. Look good in training yesterday, so 88 00:04:58.519 --> 00:05:01.399 I suspect he'll be back. So there's these little things going. 89 00:05:01.480 --> 00:05:04.439 So I would just say the word intensity would be 90 00:05:04.480 --> 00:05:07.000 the defining difference. 91 00:05:07.480 --> 00:05:10.920 When you so, then, what with all of these these 92 00:05:11.000 --> 00:05:14.160 notations and injuries and subheadings and things, what does your 93 00:05:14.279 --> 00:05:16.279 vibe tell you about a starting eleven? What's it going 94 00:05:16.360 --> 00:05:18.600 to look like? You think, if all things being equal, 95 00:05:18.680 --> 00:05:20.199 how are you envisioning a starting eleven? 96 00:05:20.240 --> 00:05:25.879 Though? Well, I think he's gone with when everyone is 97 00:05:25.879 --> 00:05:30.759 available and Tevon Gray Mitscha Illinage. I think they were 98 00:05:30.800 --> 00:05:33.839 still in a bit of a battle at the fullback 99 00:05:33.920 --> 00:05:37.680 slot on the right. But it's it's Kevin O'Toole, burke Resa, 100 00:05:37.800 --> 00:05:41.079 Thiago Martinz and Mitya Illanage. It's going to be Justin 101 00:05:41.120 --> 00:05:43.360 Hack and Keaton Parks if he can go in the midfield. 102 00:05:43.560 --> 00:05:45.480 If Parks can't go, you get to see a seventeen 103 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:48.920 year old Johnny Shore most likely Maxie Morale is the 104 00:05:48.959 --> 00:05:51.839 thirty eight year old Well, I'm almost certain start at 105 00:05:52.040 --> 00:05:55.519 an attacking midfield and then up top. That's where it's 106 00:05:55.560 --> 00:05:58.079 not one hundred percent, sir. There's two positions that I 107 00:05:58.079 --> 00:06:01.439 think are pretty solid. Alonso mar Tinez, who's the only 108 00:06:01.480 --> 00:06:06.040 guy scoring and contributing pretty much, and Hannas Wolf, who's 109 00:06:06.079 --> 00:06:08.600 had a two or three very good games so far 110 00:06:08.720 --> 00:06:12.000 after kind of a sluggish second half last year. The 111 00:06:12.040 --> 00:06:16.480 other winger, it's uh, it's it's unclear. Is it Augustine Ojeda? 112 00:06:17.079 --> 00:06:18.639 Is it Julian Fernandez? 113 00:06:19.519 --> 00:06:19.639 Uh? 114 00:06:20.600 --> 00:06:23.199 Is it Monte Bacuar playing on a wing and then 115 00:06:23.240 --> 00:06:26.959 teaming with Alonzo Martinez a little bit. So that's where 116 00:06:27.000 --> 00:06:29.959 it's a little unclear. But there won't be too many 117 00:06:29.959 --> 00:06:33.040 surprises in the starting eleven, I don't think. And Matt 118 00:06:33.040 --> 00:06:33.920 freezing goal. 119 00:06:33.920 --> 00:06:37.600 No doubt. And so the other subplot attached to this 120 00:06:38.160 --> 00:06:40.160 is the easy one for those of us that cover 121 00:06:40.279 --> 00:06:43.639 the games, and it's the Ronnie Dila derby. Yeah, and 122 00:06:43.920 --> 00:06:49.040 so what is your what is your best NYC story 123 00:06:49.279 --> 00:06:53.680 involving Ronnie Diala? That that that well, and you could 124 00:06:53.680 --> 00:06:55.879 you could take it that way, but what's your best 125 00:06:55.959 --> 00:06:59.360 Ronnie dila story to personify and have folks here in 126 00:06:59.360 --> 00:07:03.120 Atlanta understand the kind of coach and individual that Ronnie 127 00:07:03.160 --> 00:07:03.759 Dilay is. 128 00:07:04.920 --> 00:07:07.360 Well, if they don't know this story, this is a 129 00:07:07.360 --> 00:07:12.639 good one. So he is the former Celtic manager Celtic 130 00:07:12.720 --> 00:07:18.399 Park and yeah, it's it's just that that whole scene 131 00:07:18.560 --> 00:07:21.439 in the Scottish Premiership it's Celtic and Rangers pretty much. 132 00:07:21.480 --> 00:07:25.519 So the Old Firm, that match is massive. It's just 133 00:07:25.680 --> 00:07:28.959 it's a massive match. One of the oldest rivalries that 134 00:07:29.040 --> 00:07:32.360 we know. Well. The Old Firm was while Ronnie was 135 00:07:32.439 --> 00:07:35.720 manager of New York City FC. The Old Firm was 136 00:07:35.800 --> 00:07:38.319 played on a Saturday or Sunday morning. I think it 137 00:07:38.360 --> 00:07:42.439 was a Saturday morning, and Ronnie went to Jack Dempsey's 138 00:07:42.480 --> 00:07:45.639 in mid Manhattan, which is also a City supporters bar. 139 00:07:46.160 --> 00:07:51.120 He wore a Celtic kit and he sat and drank 140 00:07:51.160 --> 00:07:55.600 pints with supporters on a Saturday morning. He didn't have 141 00:07:55.639 --> 00:07:57.519 a game that day, so it was a day where 142 00:07:57.519 --> 00:07:58.879 there was no game. That's why I'm thinking he was 143 00:07:58.920 --> 00:08:01.560 Sunday morning. Maybe game on Saturday and he went in 144 00:08:01.600 --> 00:08:04.399 on Sunday morning, but he hung out with supporters for 145 00:08:04.399 --> 00:08:08.199 two or three hours, you know, just and loving the 146 00:08:08.240 --> 00:08:13.399 game and having some pints and then the other fun 147 00:08:13.519 --> 00:08:15.839 Ronnie Dilas story. These are all off the field things. 148 00:08:15.920 --> 00:08:18.560 I like Ronnie. I sure hope I get to meet 149 00:08:18.639 --> 00:08:22.079 up with it when I'm down. We fly in today. 150 00:08:23.480 --> 00:08:29.199 Is in Nashville. I found out that he his favorite song, 151 00:08:29.720 --> 00:08:32.360 and she'd ask him this sometime. His favorite song is 152 00:08:32.440 --> 00:08:37.559 Whiskey Lullaby. And I cannot remember the country musician who 153 00:08:37.600 --> 00:08:41.159 made it popular, but like a million country musicians have 154 00:08:41.240 --> 00:08:44.080 sung this song. But it's really it's a kind of 155 00:08:43.919 --> 00:08:47.840 a it's sort of an emotional song, but a really 156 00:08:47.919 --> 00:08:51.120 nice song. And so what he did in Nashville Broadway, 157 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:55.480 you know all those bars and pubs along Broadway. I 158 00:08:55.480 --> 00:08:57.360 don't know if you've been to Nashville, but there's like, 159 00:08:58.200 --> 00:09:00.840 you know, the twenty line up on one twenty lined 160 00:09:00.879 --> 00:09:03.559 up on the other side. And the story goes that 161 00:09:03.600 --> 00:09:06.919 he just went into everyone and requested Whiskey Lulabah, put 162 00:09:06.919 --> 00:09:08.679 like a twenty dollars bill, you know, in the bucket, 163 00:09:08.720 --> 00:09:12.519 and said we play and he just so he's Ronnie 164 00:09:12.559 --> 00:09:15.200 is a is a fun guy. Uh, he's serious about 165 00:09:15.200 --> 00:09:19.879 his soccer. I think he. I'm certain that the players 166 00:09:20.039 --> 00:09:23.039 enjoyed playing for him because he's he's a good man manager, 167 00:09:23.360 --> 00:09:26.639 he's a good leader. When he was at New York CITYFC, 168 00:09:26.840 --> 00:09:29.799 Nick Kushing, who got sacked last year, became the head 169 00:09:29.840 --> 00:09:32.519 coach after Ronnie left. But Nick did a lot of 170 00:09:32.519 --> 00:09:35.480 the tactics and did almost all of the training of 171 00:09:35.559 --> 00:09:40.080 the team. So Ronnie his strength at the time anyway, 172 00:09:40.200 --> 00:09:42.759 was more, at least for New York City FC, was 173 00:09:42.799 --> 00:09:45.600 his man management, his leadership, how he got the best 174 00:09:45.600 --> 00:09:47.200 out of each player and got the best out of 175 00:09:47.320 --> 00:09:49.399 out of the team, which, as we've learned over time, 176 00:09:50.159 --> 00:09:53.919 you know, that's why they call that person a manager, 177 00:09:53.960 --> 00:09:55.960 because they have to manage, even though we call it 178 00:09:56.000 --> 00:09:58.039 a head coach, I guess. But I like calling the 179 00:09:58.080 --> 00:09:59.559 managers because that's really what they are. 180 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:03.360 I remember, off the top of my head the Brad 181 00:10:03.399 --> 00:10:07.080 Paisley Allison Krause version. I think of Whiskey Lullaby. I 182 00:10:07.159 --> 00:10:08.360 think that's or was it? Oh? 183 00:10:08.960 --> 00:10:11.720 And I love Alison Krause. I didn't. I think I've 184 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:14.159 even heard that it's a single. Now it's a male 185 00:10:14.279 --> 00:10:17.879 artist who's made it really popular, and I can't I honestly, 186 00:10:17.919 --> 00:10:20.559 I can't. I'm not I like country, but I'm not 187 00:10:20.600 --> 00:10:21.360 a massive fans. 188 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:25.279 I can't quite Now you're gonna have me search here, 189 00:10:25.360 --> 00:10:27.720 whiskey lulla Eddie. 190 00:10:27.799 --> 00:10:29.639 I think there's an e somewhere in there, you know. 191 00:10:29.879 --> 00:10:32.480 Alison, Yeah, Alison Krause and Brad Paisley. Back in two 192 00:10:32.519 --> 00:10:35.559 thousand and three, they did the version the song written 193 00:10:35.559 --> 00:10:37.679 by Bill Anderson and John Randall. 194 00:10:38.240 --> 00:10:38.759 Wonderful. 195 00:10:39.240 --> 00:10:43.559 Okay, so uh three, the the Paisley Krouse version is 196 00:10:43.559 --> 00:10:47.480 the one that I know. Okay, you mentioned the starting eleven, 197 00:10:47.559 --> 00:10:51.879 all things being equal for NYC, and so well, let's 198 00:10:52.200 --> 00:10:54.360 let's play the feud here a little bit. All right, 199 00:10:54.799 --> 00:10:56.639 we do the we do the TV open. You and 200 00:10:56.679 --> 00:10:58.799 I are sitting in the booth. We do the TV open, 201 00:10:58.960 --> 00:11:01.519 and at the beginning, you know, the whoever's doing the match, 202 00:11:01.559 --> 00:11:05.120 they always have player to watch. So let's go to 203 00:11:05.200 --> 00:11:10.159 player to watch for NYC. And then after you do 204 00:11:10.240 --> 00:11:15.039 player to watch, give me somebody on level two that's 205 00:11:15.159 --> 00:11:17.360 not really going to be you know, spot shadow, and 206 00:11:17.360 --> 00:11:19.799 everybody's going to be following this particular individual back and 207 00:11:19.840 --> 00:11:22.360 forth for an entire ninety minutes. But if things are 208 00:11:22.399 --> 00:11:26.399 going well for NYC, then this individual outside of the 209 00:11:26.399 --> 00:11:29.279 player to watch is making things work for NYC. Who 210 00:11:29.320 --> 00:11:31.279 would your player to watch be in this matchup against 211 00:11:31.279 --> 00:11:34.320 Atlanta United? And then who's your second level player, Folks 212 00:11:34.360 --> 00:11:35.200 to pay attention to. 213 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:39.759 Well, top tier level, it has to be a Lonzo Martinez. 214 00:11:39.799 --> 00:11:41.320 I mean, if if you haven't watched the New York 215 00:11:41.320 --> 00:11:43.639 City play or you don't watch them often, I mean, 216 00:11:43.679 --> 00:11:48.440 he's their center forward striker however you wanna define him. 217 00:11:48.559 --> 00:11:51.879 And he has twenty two goal contributions in the thirty 218 00:11:51.919 --> 00:11:55.320 three regular season games he's played for New York City FC, 219 00:11:55.440 --> 00:11:58.879 and most of those have come since the middle of 220 00:11:59.000 --> 00:12:03.000 last season. He's been incredibly productive. And then you saw 221 00:12:03.039 --> 00:12:05.879 that he was on international duty with Costa Rica last 222 00:12:05.919 --> 00:12:10.039 week in New York City got nothing. And Monster Bachrar, 223 00:12:10.159 --> 00:12:12.879 who was the starting striker at the beginning of last year. 224 00:12:12.879 --> 00:12:17.759 I mean, he's an interesting story. Alonzo Martinez. Bachrar was 225 00:12:17.759 --> 00:12:22.039 the starting striker. There was no reserve striker in preseason camp. 226 00:12:22.399 --> 00:12:25.320 So again at that Coachella Invitational, which I was at 227 00:12:25.440 --> 00:12:30.240 the previous preseason as well, Bachrar rather Alonzo Martinez, who 228 00:12:30.279 --> 00:12:33.960 was brought in as a wing. He basically got shifted 229 00:12:33.960 --> 00:12:36.840 into the striker role just out of necessity, because you know, 230 00:12:36.960 --> 00:12:39.279 Bachar can't play every minute of preseason. You don't do 231 00:12:39.320 --> 00:12:41.679 that to anybody, you know. So then Martinez moved in 232 00:12:41.799 --> 00:12:46.679 and he did okay, but there was nothing striking about 233 00:12:46.720 --> 00:12:51.399 his move into striker. And then he scored a hat 234 00:12:51.399 --> 00:12:54.879 trick off the bench against the San Jose Earthquakes, and 235 00:12:54.919 --> 00:12:57.720 I know you'll say, well, what's that all about, But 236 00:12:57.799 --> 00:13:00.159 he did it like in a ten minute period, and 237 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:04.159 it was startling, and it was as a striker. And 238 00:13:04.240 --> 00:13:06.919 from that moment on he became a more regular focus 239 00:13:06.919 --> 00:13:09.200 for Nick Cushing to put him in the lineup, and 240 00:13:09.879 --> 00:13:13.039 sixteen total goals last year and then won in the playoffs, 241 00:13:13.600 --> 00:13:18.240 and so he's easily the player to watch, and he 242 00:13:18.279 --> 00:13:20.120 knows how to ride the last line. He'll be off 243 00:13:20.159 --> 00:13:23.360 sides a couple of times because he's just always riding 244 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.600 that line, and he's got very good pace, explosive first step, 245 00:13:27.120 --> 00:13:32.039 and I don't think, having watched Atlanta, I don't think 246 00:13:32.639 --> 00:13:35.240 that there's anybody in central defense that can keep up 247 00:13:35.240 --> 00:13:36.879 with him if he gets the step on him, you know, 248 00:13:36.919 --> 00:13:39.039 And that's just from what I've seen. And then it's 249 00:13:39.120 --> 00:13:44.840 up to Gazan to you know, come up with the 250 00:13:44.840 --> 00:13:47.399 safe if that does occur. So they look for him 251 00:13:47.440 --> 00:13:50.200 early and we'll see if they can find him the 252 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:53.240 tier two player or the one that how did you 253 00:13:53.320 --> 00:13:56.080 phrase it, you know, the player to watch and second, 254 00:13:56.120 --> 00:14:00.279 you know radar, Yeah, under the rain, like an under 255 00:14:00.279 --> 00:14:01.039 the radar guy. 256 00:14:01.240 --> 00:14:01.480 Yeah. 257 00:14:02.279 --> 00:14:05.679 I would say, I don't know how well people know 258 00:14:06.080 --> 00:14:10.840 Justin Hack, but he is a homegrown player. Justin Hack. 259 00:14:11.000 --> 00:14:12.840 In his New York City career, first of all, he 260 00:14:12.879 --> 00:14:18.519 was signed in twenty nineteen and didn't played three games 261 00:14:18.559 --> 00:14:22.720 between twenty nineteen and twenty twenty two for the first team. 262 00:14:22.879 --> 00:14:25.080 He was loaned out a couple of times. He was 263 00:14:25.120 --> 00:14:27.759 kind of the forgotten guy, and he was the victim 264 00:14:27.759 --> 00:14:30.440 of New York City not having a second team. Like 265 00:14:30.480 --> 00:14:33.120 when MLS Next Pro was born in twenty twenty two, 266 00:14:33.200 --> 00:14:36.279 they added this second team. Well, Hack had already you know, 267 00:14:36.320 --> 00:14:41.600 he's already now pretty ensconced with the first team. But 268 00:14:41.720 --> 00:14:44.840 he paid that price along with several other players in 269 00:14:44.879 --> 00:14:47.519 his position. So I got loan to Hartford. Some guys 270 00:14:47.519 --> 00:14:51.519 were getting loan to San Antonio in USL Championship. But 271 00:14:51.679 --> 00:14:55.519 Hack has been really, really valuable and the reason he's 272 00:14:55.519 --> 00:14:58.799 been so valuable is his versatility. So he and he's 273 00:14:58.840 --> 00:15:03.840 mostly come in to help the team when somebody goes 274 00:15:03.879 --> 00:15:06.759 down injured. That that's been his It was maximum Chinou 275 00:15:06.840 --> 00:15:09.440 first back when China was part of the team, came 276 00:15:09.480 --> 00:15:12.879 in and played center back. He's played full back, and 277 00:15:12.919 --> 00:15:16.759 he's played midfield. So he's done all three things for 278 00:15:16.840 --> 00:15:19.399 New York City. And I would be shocked if he 279 00:15:19.440 --> 00:15:23.080 isn't a starter in the midfield alongside either Keep Parks 280 00:15:23.120 --> 00:15:26.039 or Johnny Shore. As I was saying before. Uh so 281 00:15:26.200 --> 00:15:29.279 he's like and he's going to have an important role 282 00:15:29.360 --> 00:15:35.600 to try to you know, bottle in Latte laf you know, 283 00:15:35.639 --> 00:15:37.879 come double down on him or whatever, or prevent the 284 00:15:37.919 --> 00:15:40.679 passes into him, whatever he's got to do to make 285 00:15:40.720 --> 00:15:44.039 that happen. So Justin Hack is the next guy I 286 00:15:44.080 --> 00:15:46.480 would you know that would go too, just to see 287 00:15:46.519 --> 00:15:49.200 because he's you know, New York City has to boss 288 00:15:49.240 --> 00:15:51.240 the midfield in order to have success in this game, 289 00:15:51.279 --> 00:15:53.759 and they did not last week. And I know that 290 00:15:53.759 --> 00:15:57.279 that's been something that's been emphasized in training this week, 291 00:15:57.759 --> 00:15:58.840 very much emphasized. 292 00:15:59.080 --> 00:16:01.720 So now I'm sitting here writing down boss the midfield 293 00:16:01.759 --> 00:16:04.360 and so that that's gonna be one of the the 294 00:16:04.360 --> 00:16:06.039 the thought patterns that we're going to have to keep 295 00:16:06.039 --> 00:16:08.759 an eye on for this particular match. What does your 296 00:16:08.799 --> 00:16:12.919 gut tell you about this particular matchup this weekend with 297 00:16:13.200 --> 00:16:15.879 Atlanta United and NYC? What kind of a match are 298 00:16:15.919 --> 00:16:17.240 you expecting with these two. 299 00:16:19.080 --> 00:16:22.240 I think it's a hard one to decipher because you 300 00:16:22.240 --> 00:16:26.039 know Atlanta from what I've I've seen. I saw the 301 00:16:26.120 --> 00:16:28.360 last game. I still have to watch the Miami game 302 00:16:28.360 --> 00:16:31.039 when you had all your troops. I did watch the 303 00:16:31.120 --> 00:16:34.000 last game where you know, during the international break, when 304 00:16:34.039 --> 00:16:36.879 there's no al Maron, no sleeves. I can't remember who 305 00:16:36.919 --> 00:16:40.360 else was missing, but those two that are the other dudes, Yeah, 306 00:16:40.399 --> 00:16:45.440 the other dudes, so you know, I I uh. And 307 00:16:45.480 --> 00:16:48.519 then the two prior games with everybody you couldn't score 308 00:16:48.559 --> 00:16:52.919 a goal, So I'm not sure I would imagine Ronnie 309 00:16:52.960 --> 00:16:56.960 Diland new coach, Pascal Jonson new coach, new players in 310 00:16:57.039 --> 00:16:59.360 for Atlanta, not so much with New York City. But 311 00:16:59.399 --> 00:17:03.000 still I think both teams, I think it's fair to say, 312 00:17:03.000 --> 00:17:05.160 are still trying to figure out their head coaches also 313 00:17:05.720 --> 00:17:09.559 and how they want things to go, and they're still 314 00:17:09.559 --> 00:17:12.839 working those things out. So for me to the only 315 00:17:12.880 --> 00:17:16.599 thing I would say is that I mean and this 316 00:17:16.680 --> 00:17:19.400 is a fascinating statistic to me, which was read to 317 00:17:19.440 --> 00:17:22.319 me last night, And I had no idea. In the 318 00:17:22.400 --> 00:17:27.799 last ten meetings, all competitions, Atlanta has not beaten New 319 00:17:27.880 --> 00:17:30.480 York City no matter where they've played. I'd like to 320 00:17:30.519 --> 00:17:32.279 see if them go out in the park and play 321 00:17:32.319 --> 00:17:34.119 four at side, see if they could win that one. 322 00:17:34.440 --> 00:17:37.640 So I guess you could say Atlanta and iited's do 323 00:17:38.559 --> 00:17:40.640 But I think the irony of this game. For me, 324 00:17:41.799 --> 00:17:44.799 it's the Ronnie Dilah thing, and it's the first thing 325 00:17:44.839 --> 00:17:48.960 I thought of is that at Mercedes Benz with Ronnie 326 00:17:48.960 --> 00:17:54.079 Dila in the New York City FC technical area, Goodie 327 00:17:54.119 --> 00:17:57.319 Torronson scored a free kick goal in the ninetieth minute 328 00:17:57.359 --> 00:18:01.279 past Guzane for a one to one draw. In October 329 00:18:01.319 --> 00:18:04.400 of twenty twenty one. New York City didn't lose another 330 00:18:04.440 --> 00:18:07.720 game the rest of the year through MLS Cup, And 331 00:18:07.799 --> 00:18:10.720 if they hadn't tied that game, there's a very very 332 00:18:10.759 --> 00:18:13.119 good chance I wouldn't have even gotten into the playoffs. 333 00:18:13.519 --> 00:18:16.680 So it was just this massive moment in New York 334 00:18:16.720 --> 00:18:20.200 City history. Ronnie Dada was the coach, and now he's 335 00:18:20.240 --> 00:18:23.119 on the other line and it's in the same building, 336 00:18:23.160 --> 00:18:26.319 which he must have some fond memories of that building. 337 00:18:26.519 --> 00:18:28.039 From that moment, I'm sure. 338 00:18:28.039 --> 00:18:30.599 No doubt about it. One question from our folks on 339 00:18:30.640 --> 00:18:33.640 the twitch pitch before you get out of here, Alex 340 00:18:33.759 --> 00:18:38.720 is asking, is that a CRT TV behind you? Is? 341 00:18:38.799 --> 00:18:40.720 I don't know what CRT is. What I will tell 342 00:18:40.759 --> 00:18:43.319 you it is. The thing is over twenty years old. 343 00:18:43.359 --> 00:18:46.640 It's like one of these rear what do you call them, 344 00:18:46.680 --> 00:18:52.839 the rear rear projection, rear projection. It's I can't believe 345 00:18:52.839 --> 00:18:56.119 it still works. I still watch it sometimes down here, 346 00:18:56.160 --> 00:18:58.960 but there's no HD. But I do have my cable, 347 00:18:59.160 --> 00:19:02.599 the Catho ray tube. Okay, thank you, Yeah, I believe 348 00:19:02.640 --> 00:19:05.480 that's what it is. The reason it's still here is 349 00:19:05.519 --> 00:19:07.559 because I don't know how the hell to get it 350 00:19:07.599 --> 00:19:10.079 out of my basement. It weighs about two thousand pounds 351 00:19:10.559 --> 00:19:12.519 and it wouldn't fit through any door or up to 352 00:19:12.640 --> 00:19:14.240 I don't even know how I got it down here, 353 00:19:14.440 --> 00:19:16.640 so I will have to deconstruct it someday to get 354 00:19:16.680 --> 00:19:19.440 it out of here. But right now it's kind of 355 00:19:19.440 --> 00:19:21.319 a piece of furniture. I put things on top of 356 00:19:21.319 --> 00:19:23.119 it and to the side of it, and occasionally I 357 00:19:23.160 --> 00:19:25.200 put it on and watch it just for an old 358 00:19:25.240 --> 00:19:25.680 time sick. 359 00:19:25.960 --> 00:19:28.000 That's fantastic, all right, cut the promo for me, so 360 00:19:28.039 --> 00:19:30.519 you can get out of here. What can folks listen 361 00:19:30.599 --> 00:19:33.680 to you nine days a week when you're doing stuff 362 00:19:33.680 --> 00:19:36.079 and when you're not doing stuff with NYC, where can 363 00:19:36.119 --> 00:19:37.960 they pay attention to what's going on with you? 364 00:19:38.720 --> 00:19:44.039 Well, anybody that subscribes to Serious XM, you should know. 365 00:19:44.079 --> 00:19:47.200 There's a soccer channel. It's Channel one fifty seven, so 366 00:19:47.240 --> 00:19:50.599 it's twenty four to seven soccer and I'm one of 367 00:19:50.640 --> 00:19:52.839 the hosts of some of the local programming. But I 368 00:19:52.880 --> 00:19:57.039 have a unique show. It's pretty niche. It's called The 369 00:19:57.039 --> 00:20:00.319 Coaching Academy, and I essentially talk to coaches. I talked 370 00:20:00.319 --> 00:20:04.599 to players, but nutritionists, performance coaches. When I get off 371 00:20:04.720 --> 00:20:07.640 in a half hour, I'm going to be interviewing Dawn Scott. 372 00:20:07.680 --> 00:20:09.519 Now people might not know her name, but she's one 373 00:20:09.559 --> 00:20:14.200 of the top high performance coaches sports scientists in our game. 374 00:20:14.599 --> 00:20:17.720 She was with the US women's national team in twenty eleven, 375 00:20:17.720 --> 00:20:21.000 twenty fifteen. In twenty nineteen, the players look for their 376 00:20:21.079 --> 00:20:25.319 quotes They swore by her, so she's really she's massive 377 00:20:25.319 --> 00:20:28.640 in the industry. My guest last week was tab Ramos, 378 00:20:29.079 --> 00:20:31.599 who I brought on to talk about the US men's 379 00:20:31.680 --> 00:20:36.400 national team, who he follows closely for obvious reasons, former player, 380 00:20:36.720 --> 00:20:39.799 former coach in the system. He went to four U 381 00:20:39.839 --> 00:20:43.640 twenty World Cups. He thinks Zach Stephan should be our goalkeeper. 382 00:20:43.880 --> 00:20:46.799 That interview is one if you're a national team fan, 383 00:20:47.119 --> 00:20:49.400 that's one you're going to want to catch because it's 384 00:20:49.480 --> 00:20:52.400 not this big negative thing, but it's really, I think, 385 00:20:52.440 --> 00:20:56.720 a constructive conversation about the US men. So it's every Tuesday, 386 00:20:56.960 --> 00:21:00.559 it airs and then it repeats a little bit. But 387 00:21:00.559 --> 00:21:01.960 then you got to go on the app. So if 388 00:21:01.960 --> 00:21:04.160 you're if you're a subscriber to Series X, I me, 389 00:21:04.160 --> 00:21:06.119 you need to get the app. I use it all 390 00:21:06.160 --> 00:21:09.240 the time because I like listening to music too, And 391 00:21:09.279 --> 00:21:12.720 of course my favorite station is a E Street Radio 392 00:21:12.759 --> 00:21:16.960 Bruce Springsteen Baby outside of the soccer channel, Yes, outside 393 00:21:17.000 --> 00:21:17.799 of the soccer channel. 394 00:21:17.799 --> 00:21:18.720 Absolutely true. 395 00:21:18.839 --> 00:21:21.119 By the way, By the way, it's Brad pay You're right. 396 00:21:21.160 --> 00:21:25.119 Brad Paisley is the guy I Whiskey Lullaby. He's the one. 397 00:21:25.319 --> 00:21:28.200 Okay, So the Paisley Krouse version is the one that 398 00:21:28.519 --> 00:21:30.119 we have to keep an eye on. That's what that 399 00:21:30.279 --> 00:21:33.680 is my personal favorite of the of that particular remakes. 400 00:21:33.799 --> 00:21:35.720 If you here's what you do. I don't know if 401 00:21:35.720 --> 00:21:37.799