1 00:00:01,600 --> 00:00:04,120 Speaker 1: All starts what you want to presents. Off the bench 2 00:00:04,360 --> 00:00:06,639 with Jacob Hester and T. Bob Abert. 3 00:00:06,759 --> 00:00:08,880 Speaker 2: Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah yeah. 4 00:00:08,960 --> 00:00:12,000 Speaker 1: Off the bench with Jacob Hester and Bob Amer. 5 00:00:12,679 --> 00:00:13,720 Speaker 3: I got to come off the bench. 6 00:00:13,880 --> 00:00:17,120 Speaker 1: Now here's Jacob Hester and T Bob Abert. 7 00:00:19,359 --> 00:00:20,480 Speaker 4: Yeah. 8 00:00:20,519 --> 00:00:23,199 Speaker 2: What's going on y'all? Hour number three of o TV 9 00:00:23,519 --> 00:00:24,399 here on this Thursday. 10 00:00:24,480 --> 00:00:26,519 Speaker 5: We got a huge hour plan for you, and it 11 00:00:26,760 --> 00:00:31,559 starts with the headman of LSU Baseball. 12 00:00:31,600 --> 00:00:34,079 Speaker 2: That's right, coach Jay Johnson. 13 00:00:34,759 --> 00:00:39,799 Speaker 5: Back in action tonight in the box LSU Mississippi State coach. 14 00:00:39,840 --> 00:00:42,200 Speaker 2: What's going on, man? How we feeling on game day? 15 00:00:43,159 --> 00:00:44,640 Speaker 6: Great to roll. How you guys doing. 16 00:00:44,880 --> 00:00:47,759 Speaker 5: Uh, We're doing great. Very excited to catch up with 17 00:00:47,799 --> 00:00:51,359 you again. Hell of a midweek game to reset the table. 18 00:00:51,479 --> 00:00:56,640 Get ready for this weekend. Let's start here though, coach. Uh, 19 00:00:56,840 --> 00:01:00,119 when you look at your goals for what you want 20 00:01:00,159 --> 00:01:02,920 to see out of your team over the next three days, 21 00:01:02,920 --> 00:01:05,159 Like on the other side of this, what is the 22 00:01:05,200 --> 00:01:08,760 main goal that you want to be able to say? Okay, 23 00:01:09,000 --> 00:01:11,359 I wanted us to accomplish this thing and we went 24 00:01:11,400 --> 00:01:13,519 out and did it. Yeah. 25 00:01:13,560 --> 00:01:16,040 Speaker 6: I think we want to obviously win every game that 26 00:01:16,079 --> 00:01:19,040 we play, like I treat the season, or we treat 27 00:01:19,040 --> 00:01:22,879 this season like it's a fifty six game playoff bracket, 28 00:01:23,200 --> 00:01:26,120 and our team has done a great job of showing 29 00:01:26,159 --> 00:01:29,599 up ready to play every single game, and so I 30 00:01:29,640 --> 00:01:31,760 want to make sure we kind of stay in that character. 31 00:01:32,480 --> 00:01:36,799 I think from a baseball standpoint, I think it starts 32 00:01:36,840 --> 00:01:40,680 on the mound obviously, you know, with strikes and limiting 33 00:01:40,680 --> 00:01:44,599 free bases and making the offense earn it. In Mississippi 34 00:01:44,599 --> 00:01:47,480 State is a really good offense at power, so you 35 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:51,439 want to really really neutralize the free bases, play clean defense, 36 00:01:51,560 --> 00:01:53,599 which for the most part we've done a pretty good 37 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:57,560 job of with a couple exceptions, and then offensively, just man, 38 00:01:57,640 --> 00:02:00,400 stay with it. I mean, we've had we've had the 39 00:02:00,439 --> 00:02:02,480 two games where we've kind of been slowed down a 40 00:02:02,519 --> 00:02:05,079 little bit, and that's it, and so we just want 41 00:02:05,079 --> 00:02:05,879 to keep going there. 42 00:02:06,760 --> 00:02:09,520 Speaker 7: Coach Tibob and I were talking about Mississippi State stats 43 00:02:09,560 --> 00:02:12,159 like in SEC play, and you know, they're they're not 44 00:02:12,360 --> 00:02:14,479 what the record says the records won in five in 45 00:02:14,560 --> 00:02:16,879 league play, but Tebob did a great job breaking down 46 00:02:17,000 --> 00:02:19,280 you know, the stats are actually really really good. And 47 00:02:19,319 --> 00:02:21,680 so as you're preparing for this team and you're kind 48 00:02:21,719 --> 00:02:24,800 of talking with your team and maybe they do understand it, like, hey, 49 00:02:25,159 --> 00:02:27,439 I realized the record is what the record is, but 50 00:02:27,520 --> 00:02:28,759 this is a good baseball team. 51 00:02:28,800 --> 00:02:30,319 Speaker 3: Have you had those conversations? 52 00:02:30,759 --> 00:02:33,639 Speaker 6: Yeah, I mean it's pretty like it's just cut it 53 00:02:33,680 --> 00:02:36,639 to this, like it's Omaha caliber team, Like I mean, 54 00:02:36,800 --> 00:02:39,919 and you don't need to look any further than where 55 00:02:39,960 --> 00:02:42,319 we were, you know, three or four weeks into last year, 56 00:02:42,360 --> 00:02:44,840 and we were an Omaha caliber team and that's just 57 00:02:44,879 --> 00:02:46,919 the only league that this is going to happen. And 58 00:02:48,000 --> 00:02:50,960 they played Texas the first weekend, who we just played, 59 00:02:50,960 --> 00:02:53,319 and you know, they played Oklahoma, who's like twenty one 60 00:02:53,400 --> 00:02:57,120 and three, you know, so we're all kind of going 61 00:02:57,159 --> 00:02:59,919 through that. You know, there's just no nobody's not going 62 00:03:00,080 --> 00:03:03,840 through that. So yeah, I don't think I'm not worried 63 00:03:03,840 --> 00:03:07,199 about our team having full attention to what we need 64 00:03:07,240 --> 00:03:09,400 to do this weekend. You know, they're a good team, 65 00:03:09,479 --> 00:03:12,120 so it makes it hard to execute it. But uh, 66 00:03:12,199 --> 00:03:14,680 the readiness deal, I'm I'm I'm pretty comfortable with. 67 00:03:15,360 --> 00:03:18,120 Speaker 5: Uh. Coach, I don't know if you can answer this 68 00:03:18,479 --> 00:03:22,680 or not, but uh, Mississippi State looking like they're playing 69 00:03:22,719 --> 00:03:26,960 with their starting rotation a little bit, saving their their 70 00:03:27,000 --> 00:03:30,879 their their ace for game number two? Are you Are 71 00:03:30,919 --> 00:03:35,319 there any plans to make any adjustments there in for you? 72 00:03:35,360 --> 00:03:39,319 Speaker 6: No, No, We're a cat will start tonight and feel 73 00:03:39,319 --> 00:03:42,800 good about that. He's a terrific job with his body 74 00:03:43,639 --> 00:03:46,360 for six days is enough. He's ready to go. And 75 00:03:46,719 --> 00:03:49,639 UH always try to coach that way, like you know, 76 00:03:50,280 --> 00:03:53,199 looking inward first, what's best for our team. I believe 77 00:03:53,199 --> 00:03:55,759 it's best for our team to to get him out 78 00:03:55,759 --> 00:03:58,080 there and going tonight, and so that's what we're gonna 79 00:03:58,120 --> 00:03:59,000 do and. 80 00:03:59,000 --> 00:04:01,840 Speaker 5: Coach, and I know the you speak all the time 81 00:04:02,039 --> 00:04:05,479 about the importance of every single game and how you 82 00:04:05,560 --> 00:04:08,599 approached the midweek and when you get last week's series, 83 00:04:09,479 --> 00:04:12,560 it's such an odd series and that you know, through 84 00:04:12,639 --> 00:04:16,519 that curial home run, everything was so good and then 85 00:04:16,639 --> 00:04:19,519 it all kind of turned a bit and offensively well, 86 00:04:19,560 --> 00:04:21,360 like you said, one of the only lulls that you've 87 00:04:21,399 --> 00:04:23,759 really had. But then you come right back in the 88 00:04:23,759 --> 00:04:27,240 midweek the Bacheler lockdead nine runs in any number one. 89 00:04:27,480 --> 00:04:30,319 How important was it for you to see that response 90 00:04:31,160 --> 00:04:34,000 out of your team after probably coming out of last 91 00:04:34,000 --> 00:04:35,199 week in a bit disappointed. 92 00:04:36,519 --> 00:04:39,879 Speaker 6: Yeah, I wasn't surprised. I think, you know, I mentioned 93 00:04:39,920 --> 00:04:41,480 this before. I don't know if I mentioned this with 94 00:04:41,519 --> 00:04:44,000 you guys, but I had a conversation with the team 95 00:04:44,000 --> 00:04:46,879 after we actually lost our first game that I was 96 00:04:46,920 --> 00:04:50,399 talking to with Dylan Cruz in the offseason, and he's like, 97 00:04:50,560 --> 00:04:52,399 I don't even know how it came up, but it 98 00:04:52,519 --> 00:04:55,839 was like, hey, you'll know what you have after you 99 00:04:55,920 --> 00:04:58,240 lose your first game, you know, like and how they 100 00:04:58,279 --> 00:05:00,120 respond to it. And he's like, hey, coach, remember or 101 00:05:00,199 --> 00:05:01,800 like we would lose the game and then we would 102 00:05:01,800 --> 00:05:03,879 be we'd score two in the first and the next thing, 103 00:05:03,959 --> 00:05:05,279 I was like, well, Bill, and you probably hit a 104 00:05:05,279 --> 00:05:09,199 home run. That's probably, but it was, you know, point 105 00:05:09,199 --> 00:05:13,079 well taken, and you know, like, I think we won 106 00:05:13,160 --> 00:05:17,040 seventeen in a row after that loss, and so I 107 00:05:17,240 --> 00:05:20,120 don't worry. I did not even have a concern about that. 108 00:05:20,199 --> 00:05:25,240 I think for me, it's more of like, hey, the grind, 109 00:05:25,279 --> 00:05:27,639 if you want to call it, of this thing is 110 00:05:28,120 --> 00:05:31,000 very real once you get into league play, and hey, 111 00:05:31,120 --> 00:05:34,839 first league road trip, Yeah we lost the series, but 112 00:05:34,879 --> 00:05:39,000 I was more like, hey, mentally physically, just from a 113 00:05:39,040 --> 00:05:43,120 fatigue standpoint, you always got to be careful of that, 114 00:05:43,560 --> 00:05:46,639 and so I've actually adjusted several things this year that 115 00:05:46,680 --> 00:05:49,879 we're doing, you know, to try to help the Stephen Milem, 116 00:05:49,959 --> 00:05:54,399 Danny Dickinson, Curiel Stanfield, Luis Hernandez, these guys that are 117 00:05:54,399 --> 00:05:58,279 playing very heavy load roles so that they can be 118 00:05:58,319 --> 00:06:00,360 as sharp as they can when the game starts. And 119 00:06:00,800 --> 00:06:02,839 you know, it's still early, I mean we're not quite 120 00:06:03,079 --> 00:06:05,600 almost halfway through, but so far, so good. These guys 121 00:06:05,639 --> 00:06:06,560 have been pretty consistent. 122 00:06:06,720 --> 00:06:06,920 Speaker 2: Yeah. 123 00:06:07,079 --> 00:06:09,920 Speaker 7: Yeah, coaching, You've had some young baseball players play all 124 00:06:09,959 --> 00:06:12,480 season long, but there was some that had some good 125 00:06:12,480 --> 00:06:16,399 performances on the road an environment like that at Texas 126 00:06:16,399 --> 00:06:19,399 first SEC Series, and they handled that and they played well. 127 00:06:19,720 --> 00:06:22,560 So I would assume that, you know, for your mindset's like, okay, 128 00:06:22,600 --> 00:06:24,480 next time we go on the road, it's going to 129 00:06:24,519 --> 00:06:26,319 be even better because it's not the first time. 130 00:06:26,399 --> 00:06:28,079 Speaker 3: It's maybe not the same situation. 131 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:30,199 Speaker 7: But I did think there was some young players on 132 00:06:30,240 --> 00:06:31,560 the baseball team that handled that. 133 00:06:32,360 --> 00:06:33,120 Speaker 8: Yeah, no doubt. 134 00:06:33,199 --> 00:06:37,480 Speaker 6: And we've good baseball players, We've skilled players, you know, 135 00:06:37,600 --> 00:06:40,240 it's the league is just a different animal, you know, 136 00:06:40,279 --> 00:06:44,279 with physicality and big arms and big bats, but as 137 00:06:44,319 --> 00:06:48,680 far as like baseball skill and execution and those types 138 00:06:48,720 --> 00:06:51,480 of things, Like, I really like this team, and the 139 00:06:51,560 --> 00:06:54,439 good thing about those types of players is there's a 140 00:06:54,600 --> 00:06:58,720 consistency element to what they bring to the table, and 141 00:06:59,439 --> 00:07:02,240 I think that's part of why we've had some success 142 00:07:02,319 --> 00:07:05,319 here early this year. And to do it, you know, 143 00:07:05,519 --> 00:07:08,720 in a road environment like that, is a real positive. 144 00:07:08,759 --> 00:07:10,920 And you know, like I said, there's a few things 145 00:07:11,399 --> 00:07:13,240 that could have tipped the scales our way. I think 146 00:07:13,279 --> 00:07:15,759 we learned a lot, you know, from that series, and 147 00:07:16,240 --> 00:07:19,240 you have to do that because there's another haymaker or 148 00:07:19,360 --> 00:07:21,680 challenge coming around the corner. So we got to keep 149 00:07:21,720 --> 00:07:24,560 improving through winning and losing, and that might take a 150 00:07:24,560 --> 00:07:26,519 lot of pride in and I think these guys will 151 00:07:26,519 --> 00:07:28,480 continue to do that if. 152 00:07:28,399 --> 00:07:32,879 Speaker 5: You'll allow us take a quick step away from what's 153 00:07:32,920 --> 00:07:36,000 immedia at hand here with you with another SEC series 154 00:07:36,040 --> 00:07:40,480 beginning today. Pretty cool man, Paul Skeen's today going to 155 00:07:40,519 --> 00:07:46,360 become the fastest ever first overall pick to start opening day. 156 00:07:46,360 --> 00:07:50,120 I think what Dylan Cruz starting as well. Are you 157 00:07:50,160 --> 00:07:52,759 going to keep a side eye on any of the 158 00:07:52,879 --> 00:07:55,560 MLB action today some of your former former players? 159 00:07:56,879 --> 00:08:01,839 Speaker 6: Yeah, I didn't realize it was opening day to day that. Uh, 160 00:08:03,000 --> 00:08:05,279 I don't know while we were all throwing up. It 161 00:08:05,319 --> 00:08:07,279 was on a Monday or something. I don't know that 162 00:08:07,480 --> 00:08:10,560 just that just didn't register. But super proud of those guys, 163 00:08:10,600 --> 00:08:13,639 Love those guys. And yeah, i'll uh, I'll check in 164 00:08:13,680 --> 00:08:14,959 on how they did after all. 165 00:08:17,600 --> 00:08:20,279 Speaker 7: The thing is, I absolutely one hundred percent believe you, coach, 166 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:21,000 I know you. 167 00:08:21,120 --> 00:08:22,720 Speaker 2: Yeah yeah again. 168 00:08:22,839 --> 00:08:25,399 Speaker 5: Yeah, we got way more immediate stuff going on here 169 00:08:25,480 --> 00:08:29,120 tonight the box Missipi State the Bulldogs. Uh, coach, it 170 00:08:29,240 --> 00:08:33,799 seems like you know this portion of the SEC season, 171 00:08:33,960 --> 00:08:36,720 you're still finding Okay, what are the exact roles who 172 00:08:36,720 --> 00:08:37,879 can be exactly. 173 00:08:37,480 --> 00:08:39,440 Speaker 2: Rely on and where can we rely on them? 174 00:08:39,919 --> 00:08:43,000 Speaker 5: Uh? And the bullpen is kind of highlighting a lot 175 00:08:43,000 --> 00:08:48,039 of those discussions. What is your process for continuing to 176 00:08:48,240 --> 00:08:52,039 find the answers out of the pin and where guys 177 00:08:52,080 --> 00:08:54,960 fit best? And then how how like how do you 178 00:08:55,120 --> 00:09:00,000 approach uh, your your plan in terms of moving those chessbeare. 179 00:09:01,440 --> 00:09:05,240 Speaker 6: Yeah, I think it's a little more complex this year 180 00:09:05,279 --> 00:09:07,519 because we have a talented team, because we haven't lost 181 00:09:07,639 --> 00:09:10,799 very many games. I think it can't get lost. Like 182 00:09:11,320 --> 00:09:13,759 Kate Anderson's the only pitcher so far that had thrown 183 00:09:13,759 --> 00:09:17,200 an sec in and coming into this year and so yeah, 184 00:09:17,360 --> 00:09:20,360 like when you say that, it's like, oh wow. Now 185 00:09:20,399 --> 00:09:23,039 with that being said, I think I've got plenty enough 186 00:09:23,039 --> 00:09:25,919 talent to get the job done. There's a little bit 187 00:09:25,960 --> 00:09:29,159 of a matter of getting them out there and going 188 00:09:29,279 --> 00:09:32,039 through it, and then there's like marked improvement. 189 00:09:32,159 --> 00:09:32,320 Speaker 5: You know. 190 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,039 Speaker 6: I sat in office with Kochyski and Jamie Tucko on 191 00:09:35,080 --> 00:09:37,960 Monday morning and we talked about eight or nine of 192 00:09:38,000 --> 00:09:41,159 the key guys and like, you know, what, what's their 193 00:09:41,200 --> 00:09:44,919 path to execution? You know, what makes them the best 194 00:09:44,960 --> 00:09:47,279 and make sure that they're in tune with that. And 195 00:09:47,320 --> 00:09:50,039 then when they are locked in on that, they're pitching 196 00:09:50,120 --> 00:09:54,000 with more conviction. You can line them up better against 197 00:09:54,120 --> 00:09:56,480 you know, certain type of hitter. And we put a 198 00:09:56,480 --> 00:09:58,240 lot of work into that as is, but they got 199 00:09:58,279 --> 00:10:00,600 to execute it to do it, you know, so just 200 00:10:00,639 --> 00:10:03,279 get in total like awareness still gives them the best 201 00:10:03,360 --> 00:10:06,519 chance to do it. And you know, and that's with 202 00:10:06,559 --> 00:10:08,720 all of them. That's what the starters and you know, 203 00:10:08,759 --> 00:10:10,399 can they give us a little bit more length in 204 00:10:10,440 --> 00:10:12,919 the game. And yeah, and that was the tricky spot 205 00:10:12,960 --> 00:10:15,360 about Saturday. It's like it was it was the fifth 206 00:10:15,399 --> 00:10:17,399 inning there was a lot of outs to get still 207 00:10:17,480 --> 00:10:20,080 and yeah, when we made the move and you know, 208 00:10:20,279 --> 00:10:22,600 it didn't work, and you know, we will learn from 209 00:10:22,639 --> 00:10:26,360 that and try to help those guys be better, help 210 00:10:26,440 --> 00:10:28,120 us be better, and go get it. 211 00:10:28,879 --> 00:10:30,320 Speaker 3: Coach, I want to ask you about one more player 212 00:10:30,320 --> 00:10:31,080 before we let you go. 213 00:10:31,320 --> 00:10:33,879 Speaker 7: Zach cow and somebody we've talked a lot about this week, 214 00:10:33,919 --> 00:10:36,679 and obviously LSU fans know him from the regional a 215 00:10:36,799 --> 00:10:39,159 year ago. I mean, he's been so dominant whatever role 216 00:10:39,240 --> 00:10:41,559 you've brought him into this year, Like, is there a 217 00:10:41,679 --> 00:10:44,000 set in stone plan for him, like when you go 218 00:10:44,039 --> 00:10:47,440 into these weekends or because he's been so valuable, maybe 219 00:10:47,480 --> 00:10:49,159 you allow it to be more of a feel thing 220 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:50,840 because when he's come in, he's kind of shut the 221 00:10:50,879 --> 00:10:52,440 door on the opposing offense. 222 00:10:53,480 --> 00:10:56,159 Speaker 6: Yeah, he's he's going in when the matters, you know 223 00:10:56,200 --> 00:10:58,559 what I mean type That's that's basically what it comes 224 00:10:58,559 --> 00:11:02,720 down to. And you know, Missouri, we scored twelve. You know, 225 00:11:03,039 --> 00:11:06,080 had had some space and then they started to kind 226 00:11:06,080 --> 00:11:08,200 of creep back in a game a little bit and 227 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:11,399 I was like, no, we're not doing this. Yeah, but 228 00:11:12,000 --> 00:11:14,759 he only threw like fourteen pitches, so he was available 229 00:11:14,799 --> 00:11:17,440 to throw, you know, two and a third on Sunday, 230 00:11:17,679 --> 00:11:20,639 you know, and you know, last week kind of an 231 00:11:20,679 --> 00:11:23,200 odd situation. I mean, he was hot. It was four 232 00:11:23,200 --> 00:11:26,360 to two, it quickly became six to two, and then 233 00:11:26,720 --> 00:11:29,559 it became eight to two, and then so it's like, well, 234 00:11:29,559 --> 00:11:31,840 we got to get him in. Well then you know, 235 00:11:32,000 --> 00:11:34,879 something happened, like we made an error or something like that, 236 00:11:34,960 --> 00:11:38,039 and the pitch count crawled up really high, really fast. 237 00:11:38,799 --> 00:11:40,360 And then I started looking at it, and you know, 238 00:11:40,440 --> 00:11:43,600 when you haven't lost in a month, you're going like, okay, 239 00:11:43,720 --> 00:11:46,720 we got enough, Like let's let's run Zac. And the 240 00:11:46,759 --> 00:11:49,679 other reason I wanted to run him for three innings 241 00:11:49,919 --> 00:11:53,159 was because of this weekend coming up, like it being Thursday, 242 00:11:53,759 --> 00:11:55,480 we kind of were able to get him a week 243 00:11:55,519 --> 00:11:59,399 off because we've taxed him pretty good, and I thought, 244 00:11:59,399 --> 00:12:01,399 you know what, we have enough to take care of 245 00:12:01,440 --> 00:12:04,759 the two games. We didn't execute that, you know, but 246 00:12:05,360 --> 00:12:07,320 we did get him six days off, which at this 247 00:12:07,360 --> 00:12:09,320 point in the year, with what he's doing and how 248 00:12:09,320 --> 00:12:13,159 he's done, it is a big deal. And so so anyway, 249 00:12:13,200 --> 00:12:14,799 that was a little bit of part of that. And 250 00:12:14,840 --> 00:12:18,519 now you know, it's this game and when we need 251 00:12:18,559 --> 00:12:21,320 to win, you know obviously and tight he'll be a 252 00:12:21,320 --> 00:12:21,759 part of that. 253 00:12:22,519 --> 00:12:25,320 Speaker 5: Yeah, I love I love that you take the time 254 00:12:25,360 --> 00:12:29,120 to just honestly like lay out your logic, the thought 255 00:12:29,159 --> 00:12:32,200 that goes behind these decisions. And I know our audience 256 00:12:32,320 --> 00:12:37,840 definitely appreciates it as well. Coach Jay Johnson LSU Head 257 00:12:37,840 --> 00:12:41,919 Baseball Coach Series starting tonight in the Box seven PM, 258 00:12:42,039 --> 00:12:44,919 night six thirty on Friday night, two pm in the 259 00:12:44,919 --> 00:12:48,639 afternoon on Saturday, get out to the box, get loud, 260 00:12:48,720 --> 00:12:53,080 get crazy, making hell on them dogs and yeah. 261 00:12:52,879 --> 00:12:54,720 Speaker 2: I can't wait, coach, Best of luck this weekend. 262 00:12:55,360 --> 00:12:56,559 Speaker 6: All right, guys, have a great day. 263 00:12:56,600 --> 00:12:58,440 Speaker 5: Thank you for making time with us here on game day. 264 00:12:58,519 --> 00:13:02,320 And yeah, you guess tonight Jay Johnson the man. Yeah, 265 00:13:02,440 --> 00:13:05,240 I mean, look, guys, you know nothing, nothing that sounds 266 00:13:05,240 --> 00:13:08,080 like a man who is still supremely confident in this 267 00:13:08,159 --> 00:13:10,279 team where it's going and and and knows that they 268 00:13:10,320 --> 00:13:13,879 are they're they're they're finding the answers and how the 269 00:13:13,960 --> 00:13:18,480 best manipulate said answers. H Coming up next here on OTB, 270 00:13:19,000 --> 00:13:21,519 we got to munchies and Chef Michael Johnson keep it. 271 00:13:21,559 --> 00:13:24,159 Speaker 2: Locked here on Off the bench. 272 00:13:24,799 --> 00:13:28,200 Speaker 1: Off the Bench, Welcome in to the best morning sports. 273 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:31,480 This show around Off the Bench with Esther and t Bob. 274 00:13:32,399 --> 00:13:33,399 Speaker 2: What heavy, y'all? 275 00:13:33,480 --> 00:13:37,480 Speaker 5: Welcome back, Oh tb It's time for some munchy. 276 00:13:38,679 --> 00:13:41,320 Speaker 1: Get ready to tantalyze your taste buds and leave this 277 00:13:41,399 --> 00:13:45,279 segment hungry. This is Monkey's with executive chef Michael Johnson. 278 00:13:45,440 --> 00:13:50,080 Speaker 5: Lets uh, Chef Johnson? 279 00:13:50,120 --> 00:13:51,960 Speaker 2: What's going on? Brother? How you doing? 280 00:13:52,000 --> 00:13:52,200 Speaker 5: Man? 281 00:13:52,720 --> 00:13:53,919 Speaker 8: I'm good man. How are you all? 282 00:13:54,360 --> 00:13:56,200 Speaker 2: Uh? Pretty crappy? I have the flu? 283 00:13:56,919 --> 00:13:59,200 Speaker 8: Oh h yeah, I know going around yea? 284 00:13:59,720 --> 00:14:01,519 Speaker 2: What is your go to flu meal? 285 00:14:02,399 --> 00:14:05,200 Speaker 8: Oh? Man? You know, it's difficult for me to eat 286 00:14:05,200 --> 00:14:07,039 when I have the flu. I'm really just kind of 287 00:14:07,080 --> 00:14:09,960 warm liquids and like soups, you know, like I've had 288 00:14:10,519 --> 00:14:13,480 crackers and chicken noodle soup. I kind of revert back 289 00:14:13,519 --> 00:14:15,960 to a child flash princess. 290 00:14:19,120 --> 00:14:21,559 Speaker 5: As harder as you get older, dude, you know, man, 291 00:14:21,960 --> 00:14:26,720 it's crazy hashtag munchies. What chef's opinion of frying and 292 00:14:26,799 --> 00:14:28,480 beef tallow instead of oil? 293 00:14:28,679 --> 00:14:29,440 Speaker 2: Is it healthier? 294 00:14:30,639 --> 00:14:34,279 Speaker 8: I don't know that it's healthier. No, in a general sense, 295 00:14:35,000 --> 00:14:37,559 you know, like if if beef fit or if fat 296 00:14:37,639 --> 00:14:39,960 fits a room a root cold at room solid at 297 00:14:40,000 --> 00:14:42,440 room temperature, you know, like you have to expect that. 298 00:14:42,519 --> 00:14:44,960 That's kind of you know, like in a general form, 299 00:14:45,039 --> 00:14:45,559 like that's. 300 00:14:45,399 --> 00:14:47,159 Speaker 4: Not going to be super health healthy for you. 301 00:14:47,600 --> 00:14:52,440 Speaker 8: Now, you know, like there are a meat or there 302 00:14:52,440 --> 00:14:54,759 are things in there that are healthy for you. It's 303 00:14:54,799 --> 00:14:57,679 not the unhealthiest, but you know, like it's not going 304 00:14:57,720 --> 00:15:02,279 to be as healthy as poly unsaturated fats. I think 305 00:15:02,320 --> 00:15:06,120 it's monosaturated or something like that, or I can't remember 306 00:15:06,120 --> 00:15:07,480 off the top of my head. To be honest with you, 307 00:15:07,559 --> 00:15:10,759 fat's in a hole is a very complicated deal. You 308 00:15:10,840 --> 00:15:13,480 got to really pay attention to the polyus and the 309 00:15:13,519 --> 00:15:17,960 monos and all that stuff. But if you're looking for 310 00:15:18,000 --> 00:15:21,320 flavor and you like the taste of beef fat, you know, 311 00:15:21,399 --> 00:15:24,120 like there's nothing like I would I wouldn't hesitate to 312 00:15:24,159 --> 00:15:27,679 season a skillet, a good skillet with it because it 313 00:15:28,879 --> 00:15:30,200 has the flavor there for sure. 314 00:15:31,320 --> 00:15:34,360 Speaker 3: What is good to cook in though, because like it 315 00:15:34,440 --> 00:15:35,679 just feels like chef. 316 00:15:35,720 --> 00:15:38,799 Speaker 7: The more more that we go down the road, it's like, Okay, 317 00:15:38,799 --> 00:15:41,799 actually that's not great to cook in. Like what can 318 00:15:41,879 --> 00:15:44,639 you cook in that actually still has flavor? That's not 319 00:15:44,799 --> 00:15:46,679 like the worst thing for You're not even like the 320 00:15:46,679 --> 00:15:49,639 worst thing for it with something that's actually like, you know, 321 00:15:49,799 --> 00:15:50,440 healthy ish. 322 00:15:51,279 --> 00:15:55,480 Speaker 8: Yeah, So we cook with canola primarily or a blend 323 00:15:55,519 --> 00:15:59,720 of canola, rice and olive oil. So depending on what 324 00:15:59,759 --> 00:16:02,399 we use. We actually have four oils here that we use. 325 00:16:03,279 --> 00:16:06,759 One is straight olive oil and that's for making dressings 326 00:16:06,759 --> 00:16:09,120 and stuff like that. You don't want to really cook 327 00:16:09,120 --> 00:16:11,039 in a saute pan with olive oil because it has 328 00:16:11,039 --> 00:16:14,320 a low smoke point. Then we have an olive oil 329 00:16:14,559 --> 00:16:18,200 blend that is good for putting on things that you're 330 00:16:18,279 --> 00:16:21,399 roasting in the oven. It's you know, like olive oil 331 00:16:21,440 --> 00:16:25,759 and canola, and the canola helps raise the smoke point 332 00:16:25,799 --> 00:16:28,200 of that slightly. And you know, like when you're going 333 00:16:28,200 --> 00:16:30,720 in a oven, you're typically not going over three seventy five. 334 00:16:30,720 --> 00:16:32,440 If you're going if you're going over three hundred and 335 00:16:32,480 --> 00:16:34,519 seventy five degrees in an oven, it better either be 336 00:16:34,639 --> 00:16:37,720 fish or or a small vegetable that you're trying to 337 00:16:37,759 --> 00:16:40,240 roast it and get a nice crust on, because typically 338 00:16:40,279 --> 00:16:42,080 you don't need to put food in an oven over 339 00:16:42,159 --> 00:16:46,639 that temperature. Anybody who wants to argue with that, that's fine, 340 00:16:46,639 --> 00:16:48,960 but that's our rule around here. And then you have 341 00:16:49,000 --> 00:16:52,759 a saute oil, which the saute oil is you know, 342 00:16:52,799 --> 00:16:55,799 it's it's getting screaming hot. You're putting it into a pan, 343 00:16:55,840 --> 00:16:58,639 and you're looking to get the mayard reaction out of 344 00:16:58,679 --> 00:17:02,320 it very quickly, and so we use a olive oil, 345 00:17:02,960 --> 00:17:08,079 canola rice boland and rice rice oil I think is 346 00:17:08,119 --> 00:17:10,960 closer to five hundred degrees smoke point and it really 347 00:17:11,000 --> 00:17:13,680 allows you to abuse that oil a little bit. Rice 348 00:17:13,680 --> 00:17:16,920 oil is very neutral flavored rice oil. A lot of 349 00:17:16,920 --> 00:17:19,039 people are turned off by it because it's so neutral 350 00:17:19,039 --> 00:17:22,200 flavored that you're not actually getting the flavor from the 351 00:17:22,200 --> 00:17:24,440 oil that you're used to. Cola is something, you know 352 00:17:24,440 --> 00:17:26,599 what I mean, And like when you fry a potato 353 00:17:27,000 --> 00:17:30,599 French fry and oil in rice oil, it comes back 354 00:17:30,640 --> 00:17:34,880 and it tastes so potatoes, yeah right yeah, And people 355 00:17:34,880 --> 00:17:37,759 aren't used to that, right, and so they're like, oh wow, 356 00:17:37,839 --> 00:17:40,960 that's weird. But rice oil is. It's healthy for you, 357 00:17:41,039 --> 00:17:44,640 but it's expensive as health one. It's kind of difficult 358 00:17:44,720 --> 00:17:48,640 to find. I mean, you can imagine how much rice 359 00:17:48,720 --> 00:17:50,680 you have to go through to get get the oil 360 00:17:50,720 --> 00:17:54,519 out of it, right and then but it also has 361 00:17:54,680 --> 00:17:56,880 an extremely high smoke point, so it tolerates a lot 362 00:17:56,880 --> 00:17:59,240 of stress. And it helps you know, the flavor of 363 00:17:59,279 --> 00:18:01,640 the olive oil tos in there that that they I 364 00:18:01,680 --> 00:18:04,759 have all the poly unsaturated in there. One thing that 365 00:18:04,799 --> 00:18:08,759 we do look for with our oils, especially with canola 366 00:18:08,799 --> 00:18:12,440 in particular, is watching out for GMOs just because that's 367 00:18:12,480 --> 00:18:15,920 you know, like preferentially, I don't like to put GMOs also, 368 00:18:16,079 --> 00:18:19,160 you know, like and this is kind of a political thing, 369 00:18:19,160 --> 00:18:22,759 you'll excuse me, but when the war between Russia and 370 00:18:22,880 --> 00:18:26,480 Ukraine came upon us, we stopped buying we stopped buying 371 00:18:26,480 --> 00:18:28,920 canola from that region of the world because we because 372 00:18:28,960 --> 00:18:31,400 the Russians can control some of the oil over there, 373 00:18:31,720 --> 00:18:34,960 the canola, and so you know, we started buying Canadian 374 00:18:35,000 --> 00:18:39,920 instead because there was from a company standpoint, we're not 375 00:18:39,960 --> 00:18:42,640 trying to help fund a war, right, So yeah, it 376 00:18:42,640 --> 00:18:44,640 gets a little it gets a little political in there, 377 00:18:44,680 --> 00:18:46,559 but you know, like trying to make the right decisions 378 00:18:46,559 --> 00:18:50,400 for the right reasons. You know that it's something that 379 00:18:50,440 --> 00:18:52,240 we have in the back of our minds. 380 00:18:52,519 --> 00:18:55,279 Speaker 5: I mean, this is one of the most interesting parts 381 00:18:55,319 --> 00:18:58,160 of us talking every week are not just the excellent 382 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:02,440 food tips, but recognizing just some of the decision points 383 00:19:02,440 --> 00:19:04,839 that like a chef actually has to make and everything 384 00:19:04,880 --> 00:19:05,759 that you're in charge of. 385 00:19:06,359 --> 00:19:09,240 Speaker 8: You know, it wasn't so long ago that the cartels 386 00:19:09,279 --> 00:19:15,240 were importing drugs with with avocados, and that that that 387 00:19:15,480 --> 00:19:19,400 year on the on the Super Bowl there was there 388 00:19:19,440 --> 00:19:21,720 was an advertisement for avocados at halftime. 389 00:19:22,319 --> 00:19:22,880 Speaker 3: Yeah, it was. 390 00:19:23,319 --> 00:19:26,640 Speaker 8: It was primarily because there was a huge movement by 391 00:19:26,720 --> 00:19:30,119 chefs to stop buying avocados from Mexico because it was 392 00:19:30,200 --> 00:19:33,359 known that the cartels were using the avocados to move 393 00:19:33,400 --> 00:19:36,279 them in. Sure, we want Mexican avocados, there's there's some 394 00:19:36,279 --> 00:19:38,839 of the best avocados on earth, but we weren't trying 395 00:19:38,880 --> 00:19:41,480 to support what was going on down there with cartels, 396 00:19:41,480 --> 00:19:43,480 and so that was a huge push to get away 397 00:19:43,480 --> 00:19:47,200 from it. And it hit so hard that once, you know, 398 00:19:47,279 --> 00:19:49,480 they felt like they got some of that stuff sorted out, 399 00:19:49,759 --> 00:19:52,200 they advertised in the middle of the Super Bowl for 400 00:19:52,200 --> 00:19:55,599 for avocados and trying to gain some business bucket. 401 00:19:56,640 --> 00:20:02,160 Speaker 5: I mean, that's crazy, I'd feel well, never mind hashtag 402 00:20:02,519 --> 00:20:06,559 mund cheese. Uh wait real quick though, side note here, 403 00:20:06,599 --> 00:20:08,720 So am I out of pocket for baking my salmon 404 00:20:08,759 --> 00:20:09,400 at four hundred? 405 00:20:10,319 --> 00:20:10,440 Speaker 8: No? 406 00:20:10,559 --> 00:20:12,200 Speaker 2: I mean I watched the temperature on it. 407 00:20:12,359 --> 00:20:14,000 Speaker 8: No, No, no, fish is one of those things that will 408 00:20:14,039 --> 00:20:14,480 tolerate it. 409 00:20:14,559 --> 00:20:14,720 Speaker 2: Right. 410 00:20:14,759 --> 00:20:17,240 Speaker 3: Oh okay, okay, okay, I thought I. 411 00:20:17,200 --> 00:20:20,799 Speaker 8: Said that, but you didn't fish. Yeah, yeah, yeah, No. 412 00:20:20,920 --> 00:20:24,519 Fits will tolerate, especially salmon, because famine has a lot 413 00:20:24,559 --> 00:20:26,880 of fattiness to it. It's going to tolerate that stress. 414 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,200 You just want to pay attention when you're baking your 415 00:20:29,200 --> 00:20:32,480 salmon when the when the muscle grouping start to pull 416 00:20:32,519 --> 00:20:34,440 away from one another. You got to get it out 417 00:20:34,440 --> 00:20:37,279 of the oven. A lot of people wait, wait too late. Right, 418 00:20:37,319 --> 00:20:39,599 And if you don't want your salmon, salmon will tolerate 419 00:20:39,640 --> 00:20:42,240 some stress, but the perfect cook salmon still has a 420 00:20:42,279 --> 00:20:44,880 lot of moisture through that throughout the middle of it. Yeah, 421 00:20:44,920 --> 00:20:47,400 and you want to look for that muscle. The muscle 422 00:20:47,440 --> 00:20:49,559 tissues will start to pull away, the groups will start 423 00:20:49,559 --> 00:20:51,680 to pull away from one one another, and this there's 424 00:20:51,680 --> 00:20:57,319 this kind of white, cloudy, cloudy, white watery liquid that 425 00:20:57,359 --> 00:21:00,880 comes out of it. That that indicates it's pushing liquid out. 426 00:21:00,920 --> 00:21:03,640 It's kind of equitable of the myoglobe and moving out 427 00:21:03,640 --> 00:21:06,079 of a steak when it goes medium. You're looking for 428 00:21:06,119 --> 00:21:08,400 that same kind of indicator and a piece of salmon 429 00:21:08,559 --> 00:21:10,559 and fish in general. You know, when you start to 430 00:21:10,559 --> 00:21:13,960 see that liquid push through the skin, that's indicator that 431 00:21:13,960 --> 00:21:17,240 it's going medium to medium. Well, and you can you 432 00:21:17,279 --> 00:21:19,559 can pull the fish and let it rest. You know, 433 00:21:19,799 --> 00:21:22,839 specifically a piece of salmon. You can eat a salmon medium. Well, 434 00:21:22,839 --> 00:21:25,079 you can eat a raw right, Yeah, it's from the 435 00:21:25,119 --> 00:21:28,000 right place. But I like my salmon medium. So I 436 00:21:28,039 --> 00:21:30,319 pulled a little bit before that. But that is a 437 00:21:30,400 --> 00:21:33,480 visual indicator if you're baking your salmon that you can 438 00:21:33,480 --> 00:21:33,759 pull it. 439 00:21:34,559 --> 00:21:35,559 Speaker 2: Uh, chef. 440 00:21:36,799 --> 00:21:40,039 Speaker 5: So this is has Sigmundy's Opening Day. What's your ultimate 441 00:21:40,079 --> 00:21:43,960 hot dog? But as someone who was in charge of 442 00:21:44,240 --> 00:21:46,079 MLB teams in the past, do you have like an 443 00:21:46,079 --> 00:21:48,759 opening day memory that stands out? 444 00:21:49,920 --> 00:21:54,400 Speaker 8: Man? I have a real emotional saucepot for opening Day 445 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:58,640 in baseball, man. And you know, I was in baseball 446 00:21:58,640 --> 00:22:01,279 for like fifteen years and I have had quite a 447 00:22:01,279 --> 00:22:04,519 few Opening Day memories, but I think my fondest probably 448 00:22:04,640 --> 00:22:07,400 was with the Mariners. You know, there was a couple 449 00:22:07,480 --> 00:22:10,920 of years there that we were voted best food in baseball. 450 00:22:11,039 --> 00:22:12,839 Speaker 2: Oh well, let's go congrass. 451 00:22:13,119 --> 00:22:15,680 Speaker 8: Yeah, So you know, to be able to put that 452 00:22:15,759 --> 00:22:19,960 feather in your cap that definitely stands up there. It's 453 00:22:20,039 --> 00:22:23,240 kind of interesting because my year one at the Mariners, 454 00:22:23,240 --> 00:22:26,319 we were voted best food in Baseball. Year two we 455 00:22:26,359 --> 00:22:28,640 went down to number two, and the San Francisco Giants 456 00:22:28,680 --> 00:22:31,279 took it over near year three. We battled back and 457 00:22:31,319 --> 00:22:34,519 forth for it and I ended up well, I had 458 00:22:34,559 --> 00:22:37,000 to stay. We because it was a team effort. We 459 00:22:37,039 --> 00:22:39,880 took number one again and then I moved to the Seahawks. 460 00:22:40,200 --> 00:22:42,720 And when I got to the Seahawks, we were raped. 461 00:22:42,720 --> 00:22:45,359 We were ranked number twenty eight by the Voice of 462 00:22:45,359 --> 00:22:53,480 the Fan in Football food. So we within opening day 463 00:22:53,480 --> 00:22:56,359 of football to halfway through the season went from twenty 464 00:22:56,400 --> 00:23:00,440 eight to number three. Damn and Voices the the Fan 465 00:23:00,559 --> 00:23:04,319 friend Football. So you know opening days and and you 466 00:23:04,359 --> 00:23:07,920 know those big moments like that. People associate food with 467 00:23:08,200 --> 00:23:11,440 hot dogs and popcorn, with with stadium food. But you know, 468 00:23:11,559 --> 00:23:13,599 we next leveled it up. I mean we were serving 469 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:17,640 all kinds of crazy stuff, brother, you know, like I 470 00:23:17,680 --> 00:23:22,519 mean pork belly sliders and saw me and Balbon's and 471 00:23:22,799 --> 00:23:26,079 I mean, you know, like if you can, especially in Seattle, 472 00:23:26,119 --> 00:23:28,720 like people would come to the Mariners not for the 473 00:23:28,799 --> 00:23:31,079 experience of the ball game, because there was those were 474 00:23:31,160 --> 00:23:33,000 years there where they were you know, like they managed 475 00:23:33,000 --> 00:23:36,240 the postseason once, but I mean people would come there 476 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:38,720 for the food and the beer. We my first year there, 477 00:23:38,759 --> 00:23:41,279 I was in charge of the beer taps. I wasn't 478 00:23:41,279 --> 00:23:44,519 the executive chef that year. I was the I was 479 00:23:44,559 --> 00:23:49,200 the director of operations that year. And so I was 480 00:23:49,240 --> 00:23:52,359 the guy in charge that got determined every beer that 481 00:23:52,440 --> 00:23:54,920 went online for seven hundred tap handles. And I'm gonna 482 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:55,799 tell you right now, I. 483 00:23:55,799 --> 00:23:57,400 Speaker 4: Was a popular guy. 484 00:23:57,680 --> 00:24:00,359 Speaker 8: I was a popular guy in Seattle. You know, like 485 00:24:00,599 --> 00:24:04,359 there was a constant influx of beer vendors and whiskey 486 00:24:04,440 --> 00:24:08,079 and and and spirit vendors bringing samples through my office 487 00:24:08,119 --> 00:24:11,119 because they were, you know, always looking to gain gain 488 00:24:11,200 --> 00:24:14,920 handles and lines. And I was a very fair person. 489 00:24:15,240 --> 00:24:18,880 And it's kind of interesting too. It is a unique 490 00:24:18,880 --> 00:24:21,359 thing to see this if you walk into a stadium 491 00:24:21,400 --> 00:24:25,240 to see both Miller Lights and Budweiser as sponsors, and 492 00:24:25,240 --> 00:24:27,480 they had a shared sponsorship there. It was split down 493 00:24:27,480 --> 00:24:30,440 the middle fifty to fifty. Yeah, so I think we 494 00:24:30,480 --> 00:24:35,279 actually had seven hundred one TAPA handles. So you know, 495 00:24:35,599 --> 00:24:38,119 there was this constant conversation of who gets the extra 496 00:24:38,200 --> 00:24:40,839 handle right, And so I ended up taking it away 497 00:24:40,839 --> 00:24:42,400 from both of them and get it given it to 498 00:24:42,440 --> 00:24:45,440 a local vendor that you know, like Tom told them, 499 00:24:45,440 --> 00:24:47,839 if you don't like it, you know, tough, tough nuggies, 500 00:24:47,880 --> 00:24:50,079 because the Mariners were in support of it. 501 00:24:50,680 --> 00:24:52,559 Speaker 5: Oh man, I wish it could have been a quality 502 00:24:52,559 --> 00:24:53,799 control guy for you. 503 00:24:53,799 --> 00:24:56,519 Speaker 2: You know, I would have been perfect for that role. 504 00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:01,839 Speaker 5: Chef Michael Johnson, Happy opening day, chef, Thank you so 505 00:25:01,920 --> 00:25:03,599 much for making time for us every single week. 506 00:25:03,599 --> 00:25:04,279 Speaker 2: You have a great day. 507 00:25:04,319 --> 00:25:06,279 Speaker 3: Man. 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We're sports Talk meets pure chaos off 538 00:26:22,759 --> 00:26:24,200 the Bench with Hester. 539 00:26:23,960 --> 00:26:26,640 Speaker 2: And t Bob Yo. What's going on y'all? 540 00:26:26,680 --> 00:26:30,200 Speaker 5: Welcome back to OTB and right now it's time to 541 00:26:30,240 --> 00:26:33,319 talk some draft with serious in the NFL network and 542 00:26:33,559 --> 00:26:38,599 metaries own Rhett Lewis at Rhett NFL rhet what's going on? 543 00:26:38,640 --> 00:26:40,599 Speaker 2: Brother, Thank you for making some time for us this morning. 544 00:26:40,920 --> 00:26:44,599 Speaker 4: My pleasure, fellas. Always great to chat with you guys, 545 00:26:44,680 --> 00:26:48,400 to talk, you know, a little draft season. Yeah, we 546 00:26:48,440 --> 00:26:51,680 are approaching draft month, so fired up man? 547 00:26:52,119 --> 00:26:53,039 Speaker 2: Uh yeah. 548 00:26:53,119 --> 00:26:56,440 Speaker 5: It is one of those times where you never quite 549 00:26:56,640 --> 00:27:01,119 know what to believe what not to believe. Let's start 550 00:27:01,160 --> 00:27:05,640 with quarterback though, Rhett. Obviously cam Ward feels like he 551 00:27:05,759 --> 00:27:08,119 is the number one pick with a bullet But I 552 00:27:08,200 --> 00:27:11,480 think I think the most interesting piece on cam Ward 553 00:27:11,599 --> 00:27:14,240 lately has been I feel like I've started to see 554 00:27:14,240 --> 00:27:18,759 the conversation shift from Okay, he's just number one because 555 00:27:18,799 --> 00:27:21,680 of the context of this class, and I feel like 556 00:27:21,680 --> 00:27:24,200 I've seen a shift more like, no, he'd be worthy 557 00:27:24,240 --> 00:27:27,400 of a number one pick in multiple drafts. Where do 558 00:27:27,480 --> 00:27:29,400 you fall on the cam Ward debate? 559 00:27:30,640 --> 00:27:36,599 Speaker 4: Yeah, look, I think he's for sure the number one pick, 560 00:27:36,839 --> 00:27:40,880 but he's number one pick worthy in this draft. But 561 00:27:40,920 --> 00:27:43,359 I think look, if you look back at last year'st 562 00:27:43,519 --> 00:27:45,839 which is kind of tough because it's a little bit historical, 563 00:27:46,119 --> 00:27:49,279 like there's supercident there with six small picks and all that, 564 00:27:50,319 --> 00:27:52,880 I don't think he's one of the first three quarterbacks 565 00:27:52,880 --> 00:27:57,759 take in last year, and you know, honestly, he might 566 00:27:57,839 --> 00:28:02,279 end up being the seventh quarterback taken last year. So 567 00:28:02,680 --> 00:28:05,880 and look, I don't I don't think that's an indictment 568 00:28:05,920 --> 00:28:07,759 on who came Moore it is. I mean, like those 569 00:28:07,799 --> 00:28:10,680 guys ended up being really good, but oo Nicks was 570 00:28:10,680 --> 00:28:13,279 the last one taken and was you know, in the 571 00:28:13,319 --> 00:28:16,160 running for Rookie of the Year. Yeah, so I think 572 00:28:16,200 --> 00:28:18,680 you're got to look at it that way too. Sometimes 573 00:28:18,680 --> 00:28:20,160 that's a tough class to compare to. 574 00:28:21,519 --> 00:28:22,599 Speaker 3: No, it definitely is red. 575 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:25,200 Speaker 7: I mean it is one, like you mentioned historical class, 576 00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,279 and you got so many great players and looking forward 577 00:28:27,319 --> 00:28:29,279 to seeing what they do in your number two. But 578 00:28:29,359 --> 00:28:33,200 staying with quarterback, like, are we going to see because 579 00:28:33,240 --> 00:28:36,319 it is quarterback, maybe even three quarterbacks go in the 580 00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,599 first round, just because whenever there's that need at that position, 581 00:28:39,759 --> 00:28:43,440 maybe you do overreach. Like could we see Jackson Dart 582 00:28:43,480 --> 00:28:44,920 find his way into the first round? 583 00:28:45,839 --> 00:28:48,240 Speaker 4: Yeah, I think for sure, you could definitely see that. 584 00:28:48,839 --> 00:28:53,119 I think Jackson Dart is a good, clean QB prospect, 585 00:28:53,519 --> 00:28:58,240 Like I think he's he's right up there, and I 586 00:28:58,279 --> 00:29:02,240 don't think he's that far. Are off from from shore 587 00:29:02,319 --> 00:29:06,359 standards in terms of grade, in terms of where they 588 00:29:06,359 --> 00:29:09,079 may end up going, especially now that the Giant sign 589 00:29:09,160 --> 00:29:13,240 Russell Wilson. You know, I think if Camp goes on 590 00:29:14,119 --> 00:29:19,200 in the Browns decide no dice on QB, then what 591 00:29:20,000 --> 00:29:23,359 right then where? Yeah, and so then I think, you know, 592 00:29:23,440 --> 00:29:26,720 that'll start to push down. Look, I think the Saints 593 00:29:26,759 --> 00:29:31,000 is an interesting, uh you know, kind of conversation when 594 00:29:31,000 --> 00:29:34,000 it comes to quarterback this year. I wouldn't feel great 595 00:29:34,000 --> 00:29:39,440 about taking you know, a true franchise quarterback, you know, 596 00:29:39,559 --> 00:29:43,960 beyond Camp in this class. So I don't know that. 597 00:29:44,039 --> 00:29:48,240 I feel like the value is better trying to take 598 00:29:48,440 --> 00:29:52,200 you know, like a Tyler shuck in the second round, 599 00:29:53,160 --> 00:29:56,319 rather than pushing a Jackson guard up to number nine 600 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:59,079 or ten or whatever. 601 00:29:58,519 --> 00:29:59,279 Speaker 2: It ends up being. 602 00:30:00,079 --> 00:30:02,160 Speaker 7: So you'll say number nine, I would get people around 603 00:30:02,200 --> 00:30:04,319 here at a little bit. 604 00:30:04,759 --> 00:30:08,440 Speaker 4: No, it's already, it's already. I mean, look, my buddy 605 00:30:08,440 --> 00:30:11,960 Fletter mackel down in New Orleans all over the place. 606 00:30:12,640 --> 00:30:15,400 Speaker 5: Well, I mean, so, okay, like you said, there's the Browns. 607 00:30:15,640 --> 00:30:18,160 They're putting smoke out there. They're not going quarterback. The 608 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:21,880 Giants with the signings of Russe Wilson, Jamis, I feel 609 00:30:21,880 --> 00:30:24,079 like they wouldn't go quarterback. So where do you think 610 00:30:24,079 --> 00:30:25,119 shoulder ends up landed? 611 00:30:26,799 --> 00:30:30,720 Speaker 4: Well, look, here's the other thing. Russell Wilson is on 612 00:30:30,759 --> 00:30:34,359 his fourth team, Jameis Winston might be on his fourteen. 613 00:30:34,799 --> 00:30:39,000 I can't remember now, you know. And even in Las 614 00:30:39,119 --> 00:30:43,799 Vegas you've got a thirty year old Gino Smith. I 615 00:30:43,799 --> 00:30:47,920 don't think any of those signings like preclude those teams 616 00:30:48,039 --> 00:30:52,440 okay from taking a quarterback, but it takes a pressure 617 00:30:52,440 --> 00:30:56,720 off a little bit, right, And so you know, I 618 00:30:56,720 --> 00:31:01,920 feel like most most teams are going to want to 619 00:31:01,960 --> 00:31:06,519 push their chips in next year, in next year's draft class, 620 00:31:06,599 --> 00:31:09,839 especially for the quarterbacks, because when we look at it, 621 00:31:10,680 --> 00:31:14,640 this year, we've got every team with a first round dack. 622 00:31:15,559 --> 00:31:19,759 That's the first time that ever happened in the common 623 00:31:19,839 --> 00:31:20,359 draft era. 624 00:31:20,839 --> 00:31:22,319 Speaker 3: Wow, every team has. 625 00:31:22,160 --> 00:31:24,759 Speaker 4: Their own first round draft pick. Nobody has traded. 626 00:31:25,160 --> 00:31:25,559 Speaker 2: Yeah. 627 00:31:25,599 --> 00:31:28,400 Speaker 4: Now that's not to say that it won't happen when 628 00:31:28,400 --> 00:31:31,000 we get the draft day, but I just don't think 629 00:31:31,079 --> 00:31:34,920 that there are prospects in this class that are necessarily, 630 00:31:35,440 --> 00:31:38,440 you know, causing teams to feel like they really want 631 00:31:38,480 --> 00:31:42,519 to shoot up to go get somebody. Now, could somebody 632 00:31:42,559 --> 00:31:44,960 come back into like the second half of the first 633 00:31:45,039 --> 00:31:48,240 round to say, all right, the value is down here 634 00:31:48,440 --> 00:31:52,559 to think that, you know, let's say third quarterback or 635 00:31:52,559 --> 00:31:54,599 maybe even the second when it comes down to it. 636 00:31:56,160 --> 00:31:59,160 Speaker 7: Red I was out at LSU's pro day yesterday, and 637 00:31:59,440 --> 00:32:01,319 you and I have to about this player before, but 638 00:32:01,359 --> 00:32:03,400 I don't think anybody had a better day than tied 639 00:32:03,440 --> 00:32:06,559 in Mason Taylor. He was somebody that had a really 640 00:32:06,559 --> 00:32:09,079 good Senior Bowl and he was, you know, going to 641 00:32:09,160 --> 00:32:12,240 be a first three round guy. But it feels like 642 00:32:12,279 --> 00:32:14,400 he's worked his way into maybe even a top like 643 00:32:14,440 --> 00:32:16,720 fifty five player. I know there's some mock drafts that 644 00:32:16,799 --> 00:32:20,599 have him in the thirties. Mason Taylor big day yesterday. 645 00:32:20,640 --> 00:32:21,960 Where do you have him right now? 646 00:32:22,720 --> 00:32:25,480 Speaker 4: Oh? Yeah, he's tight in three for me, you know, 647 00:32:25,599 --> 00:32:30,240 just behind Tyler Warren in colst of Loveland. I mean, 648 00:32:31,599 --> 00:32:35,880 he was one of the cleanest, scoothest and best overall 649 00:32:36,039 --> 00:32:40,279 prospects regardless of position that we saw at the Senior Bowl. Yeah, 650 00:32:40,440 --> 00:32:43,759 like he and Gray's Abel and you know maybe Shamar 651 00:32:43,920 --> 00:32:48,480 Stewart Walter Nolan's probably in that conversation too. Broke way 652 00:32:48,559 --> 00:32:50,720 up there, and you know, you were there Mobile, I mean, 653 00:32:50,759 --> 00:32:54,759 you can vouch for that. Yeah, he nailed it. He's 654 00:32:54,759 --> 00:32:58,480 such a professional, like he's up there in terms of 655 00:32:58,839 --> 00:33:00,799 like he's going to be a great pro and kind 656 00:33:00,799 --> 00:33:03,799 of already is a really kind of professional type player, 657 00:33:04,000 --> 00:33:06,039 like I'm not going to boot up from Ohio State 658 00:33:06,400 --> 00:33:09,200 kind of really rings to be. Is one of those prospects. 659 00:33:09,559 --> 00:33:13,799 I definitely see Mason Taylor the top fifty player in 660 00:33:13,799 --> 00:33:15,960 this class, and I would probably say at this point 661 00:33:16,079 --> 00:33:17,400 top half of the second round. 662 00:33:19,000 --> 00:33:21,359 Speaker 5: Rrett, the drafts all well and good, But do you 663 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:23,400 know what I actually want to talk to you about 664 00:33:24,480 --> 00:33:31,279 the UFL Indiana football Baby Signetti Kurt Signetti year two. Okay, 665 00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:34,000 I don't know if you know this, but I'm kind 666 00:33:34,000 --> 00:33:38,240 of the premiere Indiana. Who's your voice around these parts? 667 00:33:38,599 --> 00:33:42,039 I got loudly decried and shouted down as I continued 668 00:33:42,079 --> 00:33:45,440 to hype up Indiana last year. I still think people 669 00:33:45,480 --> 00:33:49,000 have a warped perspective of just how good Indiana was 670 00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:54,079 last season. What is the local hype right now around 671 00:33:54,119 --> 00:33:56,559 Signetti year two. I'm not saying it's going to be 672 00:33:56,599 --> 00:33:58,759 the same thing, but like, do you think that he 673 00:33:58,799 --> 00:34:01,720 can follow up with a other positive year for the Hoosiers. 674 00:34:02,480 --> 00:34:06,200 Speaker 4: Yeah, and I think that depends on what people's expectation of, 675 00:34:06,960 --> 00:34:10,639 you know, a positive year would be, right, is it 676 00:34:10,719 --> 00:34:14,119 another c of the appearance? Is it a ten win season? 677 00:34:15,519 --> 00:34:15,719 Speaker 2: You know? 678 00:34:15,960 --> 00:34:18,760 Speaker 4: Is it ball eligibility for a second year? I think 679 00:34:19,000 --> 00:34:22,519 I think that that was like the expectation of year one. Right, 680 00:34:22,559 --> 00:34:24,960 He's like, let's get the six wins and then let's 681 00:34:25,000 --> 00:34:27,199 see what happened. Yeah, well it turns out they got 682 00:34:27,199 --> 00:34:29,880 the six wins for the first six speece, So like 683 00:34:29,960 --> 00:34:33,360 that felt pretty good. So I think we have raised 684 00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:38,239 that bar, like pretty considerably, Like I think at this 685 00:34:38,360 --> 00:34:41,079 point with the way that he has the latest foundation 686 00:34:42,760 --> 00:34:45,519 and he went out and got another another quarterbacks in 687 00:34:45,639 --> 00:34:50,920 my opinion, maybe even higher feeling than Curtis Rose last year. Really, 688 00:34:51,840 --> 00:34:55,719 Fernando Mendoza, I think he's a little bit more than 689 00:34:55,679 --> 00:35:00,360 an athlete too, which will help because look as good 690 00:35:00,480 --> 00:35:04,159 is the aspop post to have the offensive line coaches, 691 00:35:04,400 --> 00:35:07,039 and as the offensive line played obesily last year, it's 692 00:35:07,079 --> 00:35:11,519 never never quite gonna be like Ohio state level. There's 693 00:35:11,559 --> 00:35:13,960 only a few of those prospects, you know, in the world, 694 00:35:14,199 --> 00:35:17,280 and they get a bunch of them LSU gets a 695 00:35:17,280 --> 00:35:19,360 bunch of them, Malevance, you know, like it's still tough 696 00:35:19,400 --> 00:35:22,400 Brandanna to get those guys. So I think having a 697 00:35:22,440 --> 00:35:24,679 little bit of extra fability at the quarterback spot it's 698 00:35:24,679 --> 00:35:29,039 a positive. But they're like foundational players are still there. 699 00:35:29,400 --> 00:35:33,239 But Kyle Kamaro and FBS is in pressures. Last year 700 00:35:35,159 --> 00:35:38,760 it was a thousand yeard receiver. You know, Carter Schmidt 701 00:35:38,800 --> 00:35:41,559 is a left tackle that's probably a Day two draft 702 00:35:41,559 --> 00:35:45,639 prospect next year. Like there's they're a foundational players still 703 00:35:45,679 --> 00:35:51,559 there and staff continuity, offensive defensive coordinators remained. They only 704 00:35:51,599 --> 00:35:55,039 lost one coach, Like there's a lot to be excited 705 00:35:55,079 --> 00:35:55,559 about there. 706 00:35:57,320 --> 00:35:59,440 Speaker 7: All right, rat, before we let you go the question 707 00:35:59,480 --> 00:36:02,199 I always ask you when we're together, let's go to 708 00:36:02,360 --> 00:36:05,039 running backs. If I set the number at one and 709 00:36:05,039 --> 00:36:08,559 a half running backs drafted in the first round coming 710 00:36:08,639 --> 00:36:10,760 up here in about a month, are you going to 711 00:36:10,800 --> 00:36:13,039 go over or under first round running. 712 00:36:12,760 --> 00:36:15,400 Speaker 4: Backs over all? 713 00:36:15,480 --> 00:36:15,639 Speaker 3: Right? 714 00:36:15,679 --> 00:36:19,880 Speaker 4: Oh yeah, okay, we're going to set might take you 715 00:36:19,960 --> 00:36:20,400 on three. 716 00:36:20,760 --> 00:36:23,679 Speaker 2: Oh don't hit me really good? St So what okay? 717 00:36:23,719 --> 00:36:25,239 Past Ashton genty? 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Henderson has a little 724 00:36:45,199 --> 00:36:46,639 bit of like Jamier GIFs flights. 725 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,239 Speaker 7: Hey, there's no way that Henderson makes it past thirty 726 00:36:51,239 --> 00:36:53,559 seven for sure with the Raiders and Chip Kelly, Like 727 00:36:53,599 --> 00:36:56,320 even if he's not a first rounder, I feel like Henderson, 728 00:36:56,599 --> 00:36:59,000 they're gonna like pull their hamstring turn in that card 729 00:36:59,039 --> 00:36:59,599 in right. 730 00:37:00,320 --> 00:37:02,480 Speaker 4: Not unless they've already taken ashen at Sex. 731 00:37:02,599 --> 00:37:02,920 Speaker 3: True. 732 00:37:03,039 --> 00:37:06,880 Speaker 2: Sure, I'm sure, true tou Yeah, all right up. 733 00:37:06,840 --> 00:37:09,599 Speaker 3: To say that I love it. 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Having to ask the bench, 776 00:39:24,000 --> 00:39:29,039 favorite classic composer Tchaikowsky is mine, with Bach as a 777 00:39:29,079 --> 00:39:33,800 close second. I don't know that I have a I 778 00:39:33,800 --> 00:39:38,199 don't know, I don't know. I mean yeah, I don't 779 00:39:38,599 --> 00:39:40,480 mean like like Mozart, like you know, you like the 780 00:39:40,719 --> 00:39:44,000 what's a famous like and you'd hear I would say. 781 00:39:44,840 --> 00:39:45,679 Speaker 9: Well, yeah, I mean. 782 00:39:47,840 --> 00:39:49,000 Speaker 2: The Nutcrackers. 783 00:39:49,400 --> 00:39:52,320 Speaker 9: That's yeah, it's pretty iconic. Sure, I'll say that. 784 00:39:52,559 --> 00:39:56,599 Speaker 5: Yeah, I can't remember his first name, but Hols the 785 00:39:56,639 --> 00:39:59,599 guy that wrote the Planets, and then that's like heavily 786 00:39:59,599 --> 00:40:02,159 inspired John Williams. I'll listen to the Planets quite a bit, 787 00:40:02,199 --> 00:40:09,320 so maybe some Holston there has ssec asked the bench, Uh, no, 788 00:40:09,480 --> 00:40:10,400 candid that one. 789 00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:12,480 Speaker 2: Let's see, Uh what would. 790 00:40:12,360 --> 00:40:17,679 Speaker 5: You rather live in Austin proper or live in San Antonio? 791 00:40:18,559 --> 00:40:22,119 Speaker 9: This proper? What does proper mean, like in Austin, Austin 792 00:40:22,239 --> 00:40:23,719 or Austin. 793 00:40:23,760 --> 00:40:27,039 Speaker 5: I bet I think it's saying Austin Austin, not like 794 00:40:27,760 --> 00:40:30,159 probably the lot of people claiming that they live in 795 00:40:30,159 --> 00:40:31,880 Austin but not actually living in Austin. 796 00:40:31,960 --> 00:40:34,639 Speaker 9: San Antonio. Well, yeah, because if you tell people around rock, 797 00:40:34,679 --> 00:40:35,760 nobody knows what you're talking about. 798 00:40:36,119 --> 00:40:36,960 Speaker 2: I'm good, I get that. 799 00:40:37,000 --> 00:40:38,679 Speaker 5: I say Atlanta, I don't live in I never like 800 00:40:38,719 --> 00:40:42,119 lived in Atlanta. It's like an hour north. Uh yeah, 801 00:40:42,239 --> 00:40:45,079 give me San Antonio. Screw Austin, dude. 802 00:40:45,199 --> 00:40:46,280 Speaker 9: I just love san Anto. 803 00:40:48,239 --> 00:40:53,920 Speaker 5: Ssec asked the shout out tops Express on Highland. It's 804 00:40:53,920 --> 00:40:56,079 a guy, not a question. 805 00:40:56,159 --> 00:41:02,000 Speaker 2: But this is what's the number one Cajun seasoning TETs? 806 00:41:02,239 --> 00:41:04,400 Like what is on island best through? 807 00:41:04,519 --> 00:41:05,840 Speaker 3: Like what is the most popular? 808 00:41:05,920 --> 00:41:06,840 Speaker 2: Know what's your favorite? 809 00:41:08,440 --> 00:41:10,159 Speaker 3: Canna tellis has their own that they do? 810 00:41:10,320 --> 00:41:13,079 Speaker 2: Yeah? Real good, Okay, it's really good. 811 00:41:15,800 --> 00:41:19,000 Speaker 3: I know you've been there before. You you've talked about it. 812 00:41:19,119 --> 00:41:19,679 Speaker 2: That's his name? 813 00:41:20,119 --> 00:41:21,840 Speaker 5: Yeah, no I I I yeah, I used to go. 814 00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:25,320 I used to like their crawlfish. Where you said cannatellas. 815 00:41:25,360 --> 00:41:26,239 Speaker 3: Yeah, the little grocery. 816 00:41:26,360 --> 00:41:30,159 Speaker 5: Oh, I was in Tremani's. I've never had cantalas. I 817 00:41:30,199 --> 00:41:31,400 love canales, like go get. 818 00:41:31,239 --> 00:41:32,159 Speaker 2: Noodles from there all the time. 819 00:41:32,239 --> 00:41:32,920 Speaker 3: Yeah, that's what I'm timing. 820 00:41:32,920 --> 00:41:35,320 Speaker 2: I know you've a lot of Monday deal. 821 00:41:35,480 --> 00:41:37,519 Speaker 7: Yeah, yeah, Handy and I used to do it a 822 00:41:37,519 --> 00:41:39,840 little deal for them, but yeah, they they've got their own. 823 00:41:39,840 --> 00:41:41,320 Speaker 3: It's really good, okay. 824 00:41:41,480 --> 00:41:46,880 Speaker 5: I uh, my neighbor once and me and my wife 825 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:50,119 have never quitted since they gave us. It's called Champans 826 00:41:51,199 --> 00:41:54,760 and it's got a bit more garlic in it, maybe 827 00:41:54,800 --> 00:41:57,480 a bit less sodium than something like Tony's. And I 828 00:41:57,480 --> 00:41:58,840 think Champon is my favorite. 829 00:41:58,840 --> 00:42:00,599 Speaker 2: I can't I can't quit. I've been in it for 830 00:42:00,599 --> 00:42:01,840 probably three years now. 831 00:42:03,199 --> 00:42:05,480 Speaker 5: Ask the bench, will team I'll be wearing Mississippi State 832 00:42:05,480 --> 00:42:06,400 gear during the game. 833 00:42:06,239 --> 00:42:08,760 Speaker 2: Tonight and blame it on a flu induced fever. 834 00:42:08,639 --> 00:42:12,320 Speaker 5: Dream that's a deep cut like only like some of 835 00:42:12,320 --> 00:42:16,840 the original OTB fans even remember that, you. 836 00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:19,119 Speaker 3: Know who does? Remember who kepn why? 837 00:42:19,199 --> 00:42:23,880 Speaker 2: I know I know he still disappointed it before and 838 00:42:23,960 --> 00:42:24,719 I'm sure. 839 00:42:28,719 --> 00:42:30,880 Speaker 5: Ask the bench, when did y'all know that radio was 840 00:42:30,920 --> 00:42:35,320 going to be your career about twenty eleven. 841 00:42:37,519 --> 00:42:38,119 Speaker 2: Yeah, I don't. 842 00:42:38,159 --> 00:42:41,480 Speaker 5: I mean, I kind of got done playing to know 843 00:42:41,519 --> 00:42:43,800 what the hell I was gonna do, and I just 844 00:42:43,880 --> 00:42:45,159 kind of thought, oh, you know, I used to like 845 00:42:45,199 --> 00:42:47,119 doing interviews and stuff, maybe I should do that. 846 00:42:49,000 --> 00:42:52,079 Speaker 2: So I guess probably when WWL gave me. 847 00:42:52,719 --> 00:42:55,599 Speaker 5: That opportunity that I did not deserve that morning show 848 00:42:56,280 --> 00:42:58,719 on three WL, that's when I was like, oh, okay, 849 00:42:58,800 --> 00:43:01,480 like this is going to be my career actually, because 850 00:43:01,960 --> 00:43:03,800 now I can work it full time. 851 00:43:04,039 --> 00:43:05,239 Speaker 3: What's three WL? 852 00:43:06,000 --> 00:43:09,079 Speaker 5: There was a small station they rebranded to be like, 853 00:43:09,760 --> 00:43:14,320 I don't know, like an offshooters like yeah type situation. Yeah, basically, 854 00:43:14,960 --> 00:43:16,760 even though you know we did the morning show, but 855 00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:21,159 the real show on there was the legend himself, Tom 856 00:43:21,159 --> 00:43:24,679 Fitzmorris' best food show ever three hours a day. 857 00:43:24,840 --> 00:43:25,079 Speaker 2: God. 858 00:43:25,119 --> 00:43:30,440 Speaker 5: Tom was incredible, asked the bench, is San Antonio. 859 00:43:30,000 --> 00:43:31,840 Speaker 2: Going to be remembered in a thousand years? 860 00:43:31,960 --> 00:43:36,599 Speaker 3: What I supposed to other city? 861 00:43:36,679 --> 00:43:43,599 Speaker 5: His essay, I'm not sure. Uh, all right, guys, that'll 862 00:43:43,639 --> 00:43:48,440 do it for today's show. We love you, thanks for 863 00:43:48,440 --> 00:43:51,760 sticking around with us. We'll be back tomorrow Friday. Let's 864 00:43:51,760 --> 00:43:55,320 have some fun. Hopefully we'll be recapping a big game, 865 00:43:55,400 --> 00:43:56,800 one win for the Tigers. 866 00:43:56,880 --> 00:43:59,239 Speaker 2: See you then light it off the bench.