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<v Speaker 1>And we continue on. Jonas Knox is in today for

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<v Speaker 1>Rodney at five seventy LA Sports. He's on the line,

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<v Speaker 1>so let's not keep him waiting. What a treat to

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<v Speaker 1>welcome on the basketball coach at UCLA, Mick Kronin and Mick,

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<v Speaker 1>it is good to talk to you.

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<v Speaker 2>How you guys doing. What's up? Fred?

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<v Speaker 1>It's all good, Mick, it's all good, all right. I

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<v Speaker 1>am just amazed at what has happened in college basketball.

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<v Speaker 1>And you've basically put together a roster of players that

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<v Speaker 1>really weren't even around last year. You needed better players,

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<v Speaker 1>you got better players. You're probably going to be a

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<v Speaker 1>better team, much better team than you were last year.

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<v Speaker 1>What has that process been like for you? Just basically

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<v Speaker 1>turning college basketball into an AAU league.

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<v Speaker 2>Actually we've turned into professional sports. Now. I don't claim

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<v Speaker 2>to know what's going on in AAU, but you know,

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<v Speaker 2>our players are all getting paid, so you know, it's

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<v Speaker 2>really become professional, my friends. So that's uh. And they put

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<v Speaker 2>in two rules at the same time. That in the

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<v Speaker 2>NIO rule. At the same time, you can transfer every year,

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<v Speaker 2>so you know you got free agency. Your whole team,

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<v Speaker 2>you're literally your whole team can transfer without penalty every year,

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<v Speaker 2>meaning you can also get a bunch obviously you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to be able to get a bunch of new transfers

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<v Speaker 2>every year. So it's just it's really crazy right now.

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<v Speaker 2>They got to fix it, obviously, but uh, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I got to ride the wave, and you got to

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<v Speaker 2>play the game that's being played, right. You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>go to poker night at Fred Rogan's if he if

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<v Speaker 2>he's playing, if he's playing a seven cards stud and

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<v Speaker 2>the queenes Bay down gets half the pot. That's what

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<v Speaker 2>you got to play, right.

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<v Speaker 3>The coach we've seen, uh, you know, specifically Chip Kelly,

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<v Speaker 3>who was there who decided I want to go be

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<v Speaker 3>an offensive coordinator elsewhere, felt some pressure. We've seen it

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<v Speaker 3>in football to where it was the stuff out side

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<v Speaker 3>of coaching that was just too much for a lot

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<v Speaker 3>of guys to want to deal with and they wanted

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<v Speaker 3>to just go be a coach again. Like, is this

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<v Speaker 3>the most difficult part of your job? The having to

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<v Speaker 3>resell players every year on why they should stay with

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<v Speaker 3>you and play for you.

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<v Speaker 2>Well, no, I'd say no, absolutely no on that. I

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<v Speaker 2>think the most difficult part of the job is raising

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<v Speaker 2>millions of dollars to play pay your players because nobody's

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<v Speaker 2>doing it for you. I think you got to understand that.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, one day when they changed all these rules,

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<v Speaker 2>you wake up and somebody says, hey, by the way,

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<v Speaker 2>you've got a pretty hard job, but you're getting well paid.

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<v Speaker 2>But it's year round. Guys can visit unlimited visits. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>really get about two dead periods. You know, people say

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<v Speaker 2>what are you doing in the off season, whether you know,

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<v Speaker 2>practice recruit every day, practice recruit, raise money every day.

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<v Speaker 2>We wake up one day and they say you got

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<v Speaker 2>to raise you know, you got to go raise million,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, four or five, six million so you can

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<v Speaker 2>have a team. And by the way, you're competing with

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<v Speaker 2>your athletic department because they're raising money too, because they

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<v Speaker 2>got to pay their scholarship bill, all the bills for

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<v Speaker 2>twenty five sports. But you know, so you're you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to ask the same people for money. It's just ludicrous.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, it's just you know, I don't know what

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<v Speaker 2>else to tell you, guys. So that's the hardest part

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<v Speaker 2>of it. You know, as far as players, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you're at UCLA, you got a track record as a

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<v Speaker 2>coaching staff. You got a track record as a program. Uh,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if you got money, you're gonna be able

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<v Speaker 2>to get at least a solid team. As far as

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<v Speaker 2>convincing guys to stay, I don't really believe in that.

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<v Speaker 2>I would go to the opposite on that if I

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<v Speaker 2>have to convince you to stay, you should probably leave.

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<v Speaker 3>It is funny you bring that up, because that was

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<v Speaker 3>one something that Rick Patino brought up last year when

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<v Speaker 3>you know, they were in the midst of a losing streak,

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<v Speaker 3>and one of the points heam made was, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm not making excuses. Love the job, but I've had

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<v Speaker 3>to spend a lot of time trying to raise money

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<v Speaker 3>for this program, which was never something that I had

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<v Speaker 3>to do before. So it is kind of wild just

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<v Speaker 3>to see in such a short amount of time how

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<v Speaker 3>the extra responsibility has been kind of added to the

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<v Speaker 3>plate of things that you guys already had to do

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<v Speaker 3>as coaches.

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<v Speaker 2>You get no choice, You're not gonna have any money,

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<v Speaker 2>you get no players, So it is what it is.

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<v Speaker 2>You got to embrace it. So to your point, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not complaining, I'm just answering your questions. So I

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<v Speaker 2>think I think the you know, the the job is

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<v Speaker 2>what it is. I mean, you know it's gotten harder

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<v Speaker 2>for sure, but it's going to change now. It's going

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<v Speaker 2>to shift it, you know, with what they call the

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<v Speaker 2>the House Settlement, uh and by it could be as

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<v Speaker 2>early as this summer to where the ruling on the Yeah,

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<v Speaker 2>I'm not trying to confuse your listeners, but there's a

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<v Speaker 2>there's a huge settlement, a couple of billion dollars right

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<v Speaker 2>that they're going to pay back pay for basically shutting

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<v Speaker 2>people out of NIL for the last twenty years in

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<v Speaker 2>the revenue sports for the ninety percent of it. And

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<v Speaker 2>then they're going to pay the players from the schools.

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<v Speaker 2>You know, the question is are you still going to

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<v Speaker 2>pay them through NIL? And that's that's a fifty to

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<v Speaker 2>fifty depend you know, who knows what's going to happen there,

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<v Speaker 2>but she's still so now the guys probably going to

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<v Speaker 2>get double what they're getting right now. So if a

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<v Speaker 2>basketball team's got a budget four or five six million

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<v Speaker 2>in NIL, and they'll tackle on what the school's going

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<v Speaker 2>to pay them as well through their revenue share. So

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<v Speaker 2>it's it's it's it's wild times, guys. You're trying to

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<v Speaker 2>like so Basically, what I'm telling you is I don't

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<v Speaker 2>know in nor does anybody else with my job. Because

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<v Speaker 2>we all talk, none of us know for sure what

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<v Speaker 2>the rules are for next year? How about that? Jeez? Yeah?

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<v Speaker 4>How about it?

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<v Speaker 1>Nick Cronin is whether so you talked about you had

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<v Speaker 1>to go out, Rick Patino had to go out, and

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<v Speaker 1>everybody's got to go out and raise their own money. So,

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<v Speaker 1>all right, make how much money does it cost to

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<v Speaker 1>run a college basketball program and get players?

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<v Speaker 2>Oh, it's it's it's put it down to say this,

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<v Speaker 2>it's more than four million. How's that? All right?

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<v Speaker 1>So you had to go out number for it. You

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<v Speaker 1>had to go out and get more than four million.

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<v Speaker 1>The basketball program had to raise more than four million. Correct,

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<v Speaker 1>It's just do you have people it working in the

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<v Speaker 1>basketball program helping you with that?

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<v Speaker 2>Nick? Here's the thing, Fred, if you were a rich

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<v Speaker 2>a rich donor rich supporter, would you really want to

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<v Speaker 2>talk to my assistant?

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<v Speaker 4>Fair? That's fair?

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<v Speaker 2>Who you want to talk to? You know, who you

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<v Speaker 2>want to play golfers, who you want to go who

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<v Speaker 2>you want to go to dinner with? You know, who

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<v Speaker 2>you want to meet for a happy hour? You know,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, let's be honestly, you know, and hey, look

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<v Speaker 2>it's just the way it is, man, I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>and it ain't gonna change either, so you got to

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<v Speaker 2>embrace it. It's uh you know. Now, some places they

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<v Speaker 2>may just have that all set up and the coach

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<v Speaker 2>don't have to do much. But you know, I'd say

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<v Speaker 2>eighty percent of us got to are out there on

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<v Speaker 2>a NonStop basis trying to come up with ideas. Now,

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<v Speaker 2>obviously we have our collective, the mental Westwood and the

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<v Speaker 2>and the you know, there's a board and those guys, uh,

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<v Speaker 2>they're they're they're donating their time. Our collective is donating.

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, they're not getting Those guys aren't getting paid,

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<v Speaker 2>they're not taking a dime. They just love the program,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. So, uh so the guys on our board,

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<v Speaker 2>whether it's Ken Gray, were you know, Tyler Rutkin, Jeff Stuttleson,

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<v Speaker 2>I think Michael Price, you know, those guys, they're trying.

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<v Speaker 2>But again, if they get if they get a prospect,

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<v Speaker 2>they Hey, Fred Rogan loves usha basketball. He wants to

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<v Speaker 2>donate some money. Guess who he wants to go to

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<v Speaker 2>dinner with? Yeah, you know what I mean, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so I mean that's that we're right back to this.

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<v Speaker 2>It just is what it is. I mean, that was

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<v Speaker 2>giving you guys a lay of it. I mean, you've

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<v Speaker 2>got to embrace it, you know. I think the harder part, guys,

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<v Speaker 2>is what is the free agency every spring? I think

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<v Speaker 2>you know Justin alluded to it earlier. You know, right

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<v Speaker 2>now as we sit, I don't know the rules for

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<v Speaker 2>next year. Are we going to pay players through the school?

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<v Speaker 2>We're going to pay them to nil? Are we going

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<v Speaker 2>to do both? And none of us know the definitive

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<v Speaker 2>answer there. That's number one. Number two is your whole

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<v Speaker 2>team can transfer in the spring, and it's you know,

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<v Speaker 2>that's a crazy rule every spring. But yet if I

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<v Speaker 2>leave in the spring, I think I owe u c

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<v Speaker 2>l A ten million, right, But you know they if

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<v Speaker 2>my players leave and some of them are making five

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<v Speaker 2>hundred thousand or whatever, they're making two hundred thousand, there's

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<v Speaker 2>no penalty. So at some point, guys, and this is

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<v Speaker 2>what some of your you know, I don't know how

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<v Speaker 2>well you follow it. You know your listeners follow it.

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<v Speaker 2>It needs to just become pro sports where they're they're

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<v Speaker 2>employees and there's contracts. Right, there's got to be employees,

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<v Speaker 2>and there's got to be it's got to got to

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<v Speaker 2>be contracts because what's happened is we're trying to hold

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<v Speaker 2>on to an old model and we're trying to piece

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<v Speaker 2>together the new model with the old model where there's

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<v Speaker 2>NCAA rules on transferring and they keep changing them. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>it's just you need to just throw the whole thing

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<v Speaker 2>out the window. There are there's only one rule right now.

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<v Speaker 2>You can transfer every year. Every other rules out the window.

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<v Speaker 2>Out the window. Kids, every kid's got an agent. By

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<v Speaker 2>December fifteenth, kids that aren't happy or aren't getting at

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<v Speaker 2>what playing time that they want, their agents are going

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<v Speaker 2>to start calling coaches all over the country talking about

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<v Speaker 2>the portal for the spring. By December fifth after you

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<v Speaker 2>play about six or seven games, that'll start happening because

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<v Speaker 2>the agent's going to take ten percent of what they

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<v Speaker 2>get that kid into portal, so they want them to transfer.

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<v Speaker 2>So it's the whole thing that's really crazy.

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<v Speaker 3>Right now, How does it impact your coaching from a

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<v Speaker 3>coaching standpoint because of the turnover and all the changes,

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<v Speaker 3>do you have to adjust your expectations for your team

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<v Speaker 3>as to your chemistry early in the season and how

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<v Speaker 3>you guys perform.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, I think that would be the hardest part. When

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<v Speaker 2>you talk turnover that do you have some guys that

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<v Speaker 2>how many guys do you have returning? Isn't very important.

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<v Speaker 2>I think if you look okay. If you were to

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<v Speaker 2>say to me, hey, Mick, what's the most shocking result

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<v Speaker 2>early season college basketball? You guys may have an opinion

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<v Speaker 2>on this, but I will tell you without question, if

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<v Speaker 2>you ask a basketball coach, the answer would be Auburn

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<v Speaker 2>winning at Houston. Now, I believe the game wasn't on campus,

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<v Speaker 2>it was at wherever the Rockets played at Toyota Center,

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<v Speaker 2>but still in the city of Houston. Auburn winning at

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<v Speaker 2>nine guys, eight seniors, four of them fifth year seniors.

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<v Speaker 2>So they're a rare team. Now they better enjoy it

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<v Speaker 2>to have freshmen transfers and be like the rest of

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<v Speaker 2>us next year. So it's just, you know, it's a

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<v Speaker 2>huge advantage. Justin to your question. Sure, you know, if

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<v Speaker 2>you've got guys that you've coached, that's the problem. It's

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<v Speaker 2>You know, I've got some really good transfers. They haven't

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<v Speaker 2>even though you're a junior, but if nobody's coached the

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<v Speaker 2>if nobody's coached that out of you, it's kind of

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<v Speaker 2>irrelevant that you're a junior, right you know, Now, if

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<v Speaker 2>you were a junior here, I've coached that out of

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<v Speaker 2>you by that time, that you take care of the ball,

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<v Speaker 2>what I've learned because I you know, this is all

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<v Speaker 2>would think I would. I kind of expected guys that

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<v Speaker 2>have a little bit better habits. And when I say that,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean coachable habits, take care of the ball, being

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<v Speaker 2>things that I think that I've had to coach more

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<v Speaker 2>than I thought I would have to with the with

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<v Speaker 2>our transfers. But they're working at it, and you know

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<v Speaker 2>they're older, so I think they'll pick it up quicker

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<v Speaker 4>Cronin is where there's two questions.

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<v Speaker 1>First about that you talk about, you know, you got

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<v Speaker 1>to coach it out of them to get them to

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<v Speaker 1>where you need to be. But maybe by time you

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, there you go, Fred see see exactly. Yeah.

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<v Speaker 1>I mean, so you know you're working. You finally get

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<v Speaker 1>them to a point where okay, I can play them.

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<v Speaker 1>But the December day has come, their agent has put

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<v Speaker 1>them into the portal for next year, and the guy's

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<v Speaker 2>Don't even Yeah, very possible with a lot of places.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, do you have a general manager at UCLA that

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<v Speaker 1>oversees all of this, because there's no way you can

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<v Speaker 2>Well, so just so you're clear, you got listeners. Two things. One,

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<v Speaker 2>the portal doesn't open until sometime in March, okay, and

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<v Speaker 2>they shortened it. It's this year, so sometime in March.

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<v Speaker 2>My point to you earlier though, was when you get

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<v Speaker 2>to mid December, behind the scenes, people are recruiting each

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<v Speaker 2>other's players. Agents, agents are calling around saying, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, for whatever reason. So that goes, That goes

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<v Speaker 2>on all season, and it's unhealthy for our game. But

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<v Speaker 2>nothing's going to stop it. Absolutely nothing's going to stop it.

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<v Speaker 2>But to your point, if your players keep leaving every year,

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<v Speaker 2>it's going to be hard to be, hard to build

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<v Speaker 2>a winning team, really hard to be, you know. And

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<v Speaker 4>H Do you take a personal when you players leave?

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<v Speaker 2>that here we have a saying in recruiting, Okay, this

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<v Speaker 2>isn't for everybody and your you know, your choices, and

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<v Speaker 2>this is anybody in life. Your choices are a reflection

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<v Speaker 2>of you, not me, and who you are. You know,

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<v Speaker 2>we get the best campus in the world. We got

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<v Speaker 2>one of the best schools in the world. We get,

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<v Speaker 2>we get the most championships ever in men's basketball, we

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<v Speaker 2>get the most drafted players ever in men's basketball. I've

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<v Speaker 2>only been here five years. I think we've got six

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<v Speaker 2>guys in the NBA right now. We've already been to

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<v Speaker 2>the final four or nine and three in the NCAA Tournament.

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<v Speaker 2>Since my staff's been here. Okay, we've proven We've had

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<v Speaker 2>Like so, if you don't choose us, I think you

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<v Speaker 2>know it's more of a reflection on you than it

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<v Speaker 5>Coach, How are you better?

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<v Speaker 3>How are you better now as a coach as opposed

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<v Speaker 2>I think you're more analytical as you get older, you

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<v Speaker 2>make you see the big picture much more, definitely, the

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<v Speaker 2>big picture, much much more than than than day to day.

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<v Speaker 2>You know where you're trying to get to. I think

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<v Speaker 2>I've gotten better where my teams are playing better in

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<v Speaker 2>the NCAA Tournament. We're getting better later in the year.

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<v Speaker 2>And that's a definite for me here. Knowing that that's

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<v Speaker 2>I think, you know, I try to tell younger coaches

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<v Speaker 2>is and this I guess in general, don't complain. Don't

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<v Speaker 2>complain because whoever you're complaining to, they might act like

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<v Speaker 2>they care, but they really don't. I mean they don't.

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<v Speaker 2>Let's just be honest. I mean they don't. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, if your wife comes home complaining, I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>I know, you have to act like you care for

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<v Speaker 2>it for the sake of you know, the marriage, but

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<v Speaker 2>you really don't. You just wanted to stop complaining. I mean,

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<v Speaker 2>just be honest about it, you know, I mean, come on,

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<v Speaker 2>I mean, you know, it's just this, don't complain. Nobody cares.

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<v Speaker 2>Everybody's got problems. And I think I tell in the

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<v Speaker 2>coaching world, people complain they're not getting enough support, Like

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<v Speaker 2>people hit me, you know, you don't sell enough tickets

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<v Speaker 2>or get enough support. Well, you know what, Yeah, I'm

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<v Speaker 2>at UCLA and four miles from the beach. It's seventy

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<v Speaker 2>five every day. You know, when the games get big,

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<v Speaker 2>our people are here. We got you know, it's just this. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>certain schools, you know, they're you know, they're they're packed early. Well,

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<v Speaker 2>you know. Yeah, but they got to live there, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>they gotta. You know, I'm not going to name the names,

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<v Speaker 2>but I mean something you want to live in some

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<v Speaker 2>of those places, you know. So you can't have everything right,

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<v Speaker 2>you can't. You can't. You cannot have everything in every job.

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<v Speaker 2>So every job has their strengths, every job has their challenges,

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<v Speaker 2>and you you know, you got to embrace it and

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<v Speaker 2>know it for what it is. Obviously you can try

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<v Speaker 2>to work on things and improve things, but coming to

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<v Speaker 2>work worried about things that don't matter. As you get older,

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<v Speaker 2>you become a head coach, you better focus on winning.

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<v Speaker 2>Everything else is ancillary everything you know, which is you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Make one final one. Let you go, okay, how are

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<v Speaker 1>you going to do in the Big ten this year?

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<v Speaker 2>Isn't it's crazy? Fred? Think about you? Just do you

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<v Speaker 2>ever think you were going to say that? No?

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<v Speaker 4>I never thought. Even when it was happening, I didn't think.

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<v Speaker 2>So it still sounds crazy. They brought me that they

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<v Speaker 2>I don't know why they gave me something they had

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<v Speaker 2>like this big ten bag backpacker bag that they gave me.

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<v Speaker 2>It was sitting on my desk, and I'm just looking

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<v Speaker 2>at it like because it's still and when I look

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<v Speaker 2>at it and I read the logo, it's still unusual. So,

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<v Speaker 2>you know what, I don't really think about the conference

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<v Speaker 2>the way I used to, you know, I think, because

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<v Speaker 2>really it's like, you have twenty games. Yeah, so you

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<v Speaker 2>have three teams in our conference kind of the way

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<v Speaker 2>I look at it, because you only played three teams twice, USC, Oregon, Washington,

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<v Speaker 2>everybody else should play once. So what's the difference between

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<v Speaker 2>them and our Gonzagar, Arizona and North Carolina games. You're

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<v Speaker 2>gonna play them once, you know, So how you're going

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<v Speaker 2>to judge? You really want a league with an unbalanced

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<v Speaker 2>schedule tred. You should see the tie breaker sheet they

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<v Speaker 2>I can't even say the Big Ten Tournament the tie

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<v Speaker 2>breaker literally okay, literally, I would say it might have

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<v Speaker 2>been easier to crack the German codes in World War

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<v Speaker 2>Two then to figure out this tie breaker, because that's

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<v Speaker 2>how many ties they're anticipating. And because you know, everybody doesn't,

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<v Speaker 2>doesn't who played who on the road at home? Who

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<v Speaker 2>played who? Twice? So I guess I'm My answer is

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<v Speaker 2>I really don't look at it that way as much

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<v Speaker 2>as I look at you know, your team's got to

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<v Speaker 2>just continue to improved, get better so you can win games,

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<v Speaker 2>get yourself into the tournament where you got a chance

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<v Speaker 2>to in that tournament in March. So just different times, right,

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<v Speaker 2>the conferences. It's just it's just different times, and football

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<v Speaker 2>may have different rules. I don't know what that playoff like,

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<v Speaker 2>do you get an automatic bid if you win the

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<v Speaker 2>Big Ten championship? So if you get into that title

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<v Speaker 2>game and you win it, do you get an automatic

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<v Speaker 2>berth into the college football playoffs? I don't know. Do

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<v Speaker 2>you guys know?

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know.

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<v Speaker 5>You gotta wait and see that shakes out. I mean the.

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<v Speaker 2>Radio show you things like it's the that's.

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<v Speaker 3>Going on the Big Power for whoever wins the Big

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<v Speaker 3>Ten is going to get in and then it's just

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<v Speaker 2>I'm going to if you win the SEC, you get

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<v Speaker 2>to that championship game and you win it, do you

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, you're in and you're probably and you get.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah. I'm just want to see, like we you know,

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<v Speaker 2>so for us, you know, you only get that automatic

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<v Speaker 2>bit if you win the you know, you play bad

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<v Speaker 2>all year when the conference tournament can get in, you know,

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<v Speaker 2>but in their deal, you got to be one two

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<v Speaker 2>so you can get to the finals. You know, you

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<v Speaker 2>can't get into that game. So I don't know fred

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<v Speaker 2>the long answer, I guess, but it'll be interesting, you know.

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<v Speaker 2>I think the better answer for the question would be,

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<v Speaker 2>you know, like playing into big ten the venues. I

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<v Speaker 2>think it'll be much more challenging playing in front of

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<v Speaker 2>sold out crowds and all the big ten venues versus

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<v Speaker 2>you know, the PAC twelve. It was definitely not like that.

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<v Speaker 2>We probably played only in front of one or two

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<v Speaker 2>every year in the PAC twelve. As far as tough

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<v Speaker 2>road environments, we're going to face a lot more tough

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<v Speaker 2>road environments when when we've been facing in the PAC twelve,

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<v Speaker 2>I'd say that's the biggest difference. That is going to

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<v Speaker 4>Me, Maig, thanks for taking time today. It is so

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<v Speaker 4>good to catch up with you.

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<v Speaker 2>Yeah, we covered that. I mean you were you were

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<v Speaker 2>diving deep on the rules, know the rules and basketball

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<v Speaker 2>so hopfull we get your listeners totally confused.

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<v Speaker 1>That was our goal, That's all we wanted to do

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<v Speaker 2>All right, man, you have a have a good one.

417
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<v Speaker 2>All the best if I don't talk to your happy

418
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<v Speaker 2>holidays as it come up?

419
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<v Speaker 4>Got it?

420
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<v Speaker 5>Thanks Mitt, Thanks coach.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, there he goes mc cronin, the basketball coach

422
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<v Speaker 1>at UCLA. I love having him on, Justin. I love

423
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<v Speaker 1>having it.

424
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<v Speaker 3>That's just it is just like at some point, like

425
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<v Speaker 3>somebody's got to fill me in on the joke here, Like,

426
00:23:34.599 --> 00:23:38.480
<v Speaker 3>you know, was it Mark Medinho called me Jonah?

427
00:23:38.920 --> 00:23:40.759
<v Speaker 6>Vinny called you something at one point?

428
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<v Speaker 5>Yes, yes, somebody called me.

429
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<v Speaker 4>Jacob called you something.

430
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<v Speaker 3>Jacob called you Jonas, Yeah, Jonas, which hey listen, which

431
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<v Speaker 3>let me tell you something.

432
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<v Speaker 5>I'm okay with that because that's.

433
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<v Speaker 3>You know, every day with the in laws, so like yeah,

434
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<v Speaker 3>like so I mean Christmas Eve when Tamali's are flying,

435
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<v Speaker 3>Like listen, I hear Jonas fifty times like so.

436
00:24:00.119 --> 00:24:01.519
<v Speaker 5>So like I'm okay with that.

437
00:24:02.240 --> 00:24:04.440
<v Speaker 3>But like you know how I think we're running out

438
00:24:04.440 --> 00:24:06.319
<v Speaker 3>of names, like who's going Jose next?

439
00:24:06.559 --> 00:24:09.440
<v Speaker 5>Like can we figure out like.

440
00:24:08.480 --> 00:24:10.720
<v Speaker 3>Like can we start a pool, like what's going to

441
00:24:10.759 --> 00:24:14.279
<v Speaker 3>be the next name used? Because now it's justin Jonas

442
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<v Speaker 3>and Jonah.

443
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<v Speaker 5>I'm going with Jason.

444
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<v Speaker 3>Yeah, I think somebody did use Jason like Jason was

445
00:24:19.599 --> 00:24:22.680
<v Speaker 3>used before, which is you know, it's the same, you know,

446
00:24:23.480 --> 00:24:25.920
<v Speaker 3>the same, you know letters, it's just mixed around a

447
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<v Speaker 3>little bit. But I'm thinking Jose's the next step in

448
00:24:28.559 --> 00:24:29.559
<v Speaker 3>the whole evolution of this.

449
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<v Speaker 5>Well, you know, Jonas, you do have a brother named Tyrone,

450
00:24:32.400 --> 00:24:35.720
<v Speaker 5>so maybe Jalen is in your future. That's true. Jamaal

451
00:24:36.039 --> 00:24:38.119
<v Speaker 5>could be, uh could be on the books as well too.

452
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<v Speaker 3>So it's very you know, it's a little disappointing, but

453
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<v Speaker 3>also very entertaining at the same.

454
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<v Speaker 1>I look at it like this, and and perhaps when

455
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<v Speaker 1>you're you're here, I'm going to start letting people know.

456
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<v Speaker 1>If we just let whoever came on know that you're

457
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<v Speaker 1>actually Amish, then Jonas would work. Agreed, And you know

458
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<v Speaker 1>that's my bad. I you and I have disgusted agreed

459
00:25:02.279 --> 00:25:07.319
<v Speaker 1>your ancestry. But if we just said he's Amish, it's Jonas,

460
00:25:08.440 --> 00:25:09.680
<v Speaker 1>then there would be no questions.

461
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<v Speaker 5>Agreed. Look, and I'm okay with that.

462
00:25:12.440 --> 00:25:15.359
<v Speaker 3>Whatever can clear this whole thing up and to where

463
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<v Speaker 3>we can get a little bit of respect back on

464
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<v Speaker 3>this show.

465
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<v Speaker 5>I appreciate.

466
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<v Speaker 1>Do us all a favor, just do us one. No

467
00:25:23.200 --> 00:25:26.160
<v Speaker 1>one's asking for the world. We're asking for one thing.

468
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<v Speaker 1>Please put on goggles.

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<v Speaker 4>That's next.

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<v Speaker 1>Got thanks to make Cronin love him, one of my

471
00:25:36.319 --> 00:25:39.599
<v Speaker 1>favorite people. Broke it all down if you missed it,

472
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<v Speaker 1>and he tried to explain what it's like the coach

473
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<v Speaker 1>in college basketball today. Check out the podcast. Kevin will

474
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<v Speaker 1>put it up the minute we get off the air.

475
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<v Speaker 1>It's on education for any fan.

476
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<v Speaker 3>What a pain in the ass man, Like you can't

477
00:25:50.200 --> 00:25:53.480
<v Speaker 3>like your main focus is not are these guys ready

478
00:25:53.559 --> 00:25:54.079
<v Speaker 3>to play?

479
00:25:54.319 --> 00:25:57.279
<v Speaker 5>It's do we have enough money? And you have to

480
00:25:57.319 --> 00:25:58.359
<v Speaker 5>go raise that money?

481
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<v Speaker 3>Like what like to it's the whole And I don't

482
00:26:01.240 --> 00:26:03.599
<v Speaker 3>think because you know, people look at it. And he

483
00:26:03.640 --> 00:26:06.079
<v Speaker 3>had a you know, the right approach, which was, hey,

484
00:26:06.119 --> 00:26:07.920
<v Speaker 3>is what it is. You've got to adapt, like this

485
00:26:08.000 --> 00:26:11.240
<v Speaker 3>is the way it goes now. But like that's why

486
00:26:11.920 --> 00:26:14.759
<v Speaker 3>I don't fault guys like Chip Kelly for being like

487
00:26:15.480 --> 00:26:18.160
<v Speaker 3>f this man, Like I've made a good amount of money.

488
00:26:18.240 --> 00:26:20.079
<v Speaker 3>I've had my stint in the NFL. I've had a

489
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<v Speaker 3>couple of stints in the NFL. Like this is no

490
00:26:23.039 --> 00:26:25.480
<v Speaker 3>longer about the money. I'm still gonna get paid great,

491
00:26:25.599 --> 00:26:27.599
<v Speaker 3>but I just want to go do what I what

492
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<v Speaker 3>I wanted to do when I got into this in

493
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<v Speaker 3>the first place, which was just go coach football or

494
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<v Speaker 3>go coach sports, not have to like recruit and be

495
00:26:36.960 --> 00:26:40.160
<v Speaker 3>a salesman on the side. Like it's just the whole

496
00:26:40.160 --> 00:26:44.359
<v Speaker 3>thing is so strange. But I don't know that coaches

497
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<v Speaker 3>get enough credit for having to go through all that

498
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<v Speaker 3>and still try and put a product on the court

499
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<v Speaker 3>that that people can be happy with.

500
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<v Speaker 1>Well, you heard what he said. People say, you get paid.

501
00:26:52.440 --> 00:26:55.240
<v Speaker 1>You're getting paid, so do the job. But it's it's

502
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<v Speaker 1>very different than it used to be. All Right, we're

503
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<v Speaker 1>only handle two. So a couple of other things we

504
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<v Speaker 1>want to touch on, and we'll talk about AD and

505
00:27:03.640 --> 00:27:06.519
<v Speaker 1>the goggles coming up in a bit. But Kevin just

506
00:27:06.559 --> 00:27:10.480
<v Speaker 1>got this Paul of Paul Paul George on the podcast

507
00:27:11.079 --> 00:27:15.559
<v Speaker 1>p I was talking about how LA fans reacted to him,

508
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<v Speaker 1>and he was here in Los Angeles playing for the Sixers,

509
00:27:18.519 --> 00:27:20.839
<v Speaker 1>and if you remember, it had been reported that he

510
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<v Speaker 1>himself had said that the Clippers are the B team.

511
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<v Speaker 1>So he responded on the podcast PE podcast.

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<v Speaker 7>I did not call Clippers the B team. I said

513
00:27:33.200 --> 00:27:36.720
<v Speaker 7>it felt like the B team just because of everywhere

514
00:27:36.759 --> 00:27:40.279
<v Speaker 7>you go, people in LA say you should be a Laker,

515
00:27:40.359 --> 00:27:43.680
<v Speaker 7>you should be a Laker. That wasn't minimized minimizing that

516
00:27:43.799 --> 00:27:47.160
<v Speaker 7>wasn't you know, I was a Clipper, Like that's who

517
00:27:47.279 --> 00:27:50.680
<v Speaker 7>I chose to play for. Like I wasn't comparing them

518
00:27:50.720 --> 00:27:53.440
<v Speaker 7>and saying that they were underneath the Lakers. It was

519
00:27:53.599 --> 00:27:57.960
<v Speaker 7>just how LA interprets that or how LA treats players

520
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<v Speaker 7>that are in LA, like they think you should be

521
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<v Speaker 7>a Laker. They think there's not another team there. So

522
00:28:03.279 --> 00:28:05.680
<v Speaker 7>that that was where that comment was from. But they

523
00:28:05.799 --> 00:28:08.000
<v Speaker 7>proved me right. They didn't pack out and they and

524
00:28:08.039 --> 00:28:11.960
<v Speaker 7>they aren't packing out into it. Don't like that's y'all home,

525
00:28:12.039 --> 00:28:15.200
<v Speaker 7>that's youall team. Go and support them, like, go be

526
00:28:15.319 --> 00:28:18.160
<v Speaker 7>there every night, Go show that this is who our

527
00:28:18.160 --> 00:28:21.079
<v Speaker 7>players are, This is who our team is. Again, I

528
00:28:21.119 --> 00:28:24.039
<v Speaker 7>was a free agent. It's not like I asked to

529
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<v Speaker 7>get out of a contract or ask to leave. If

530
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<v Speaker 7>y'all knew the whole transcript of how it played out,

531
00:28:30.440 --> 00:28:34.119
<v Speaker 7>you know they would understand where it came from.

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<v Speaker 4>All right, there you go, Oh what do you think

533
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<v Speaker 4>I think?

534
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<v Speaker 3>Well, first off, you know the idea that anything changed

535
00:28:41.759 --> 00:28:44.720
<v Speaker 3>from when he grew up in southern California to now

536
00:28:44.759 --> 00:28:47.640
<v Speaker 3>to where the Lakers were the team and the Clippers

537
00:28:47.680 --> 00:28:50.599
<v Speaker 3>were sort of secondary. It's always been that way. Everybody's

538
00:28:50.720 --> 00:28:53.799
<v Speaker 3>known that. You know, it's not a reflection of success,

539
00:28:53.839 --> 00:28:57.000
<v Speaker 3>because the Clippers have pretty much dominated that match up

540
00:28:57.160 --> 00:29:00.559
<v Speaker 3>the past several years. But all like, there's also this

541
00:29:00.640 --> 00:29:03.119
<v Speaker 3>like when he points to you know, you're still not

542
00:29:03.240 --> 00:29:06.359
<v Speaker 3>showing up at games. Okay, well, you were there once

543
00:29:07.359 --> 00:29:11.000
<v Speaker 3>and we talked about this yesterday, Fred, when we were

544
00:29:11.319 --> 00:29:14.599
<v Speaker 3>there and they were launching into a doma. They were

545
00:29:14.599 --> 00:29:17.359
<v Speaker 3>going to have the first regular season game. We were

546
00:29:17.400 --> 00:29:21.640
<v Speaker 3>across the street at Hollywood Park Casino, Yes, and we

547
00:29:21.640 --> 00:29:26.319
<v Speaker 3>were giving away tickets to that game at a place

548
00:29:26.680 --> 00:29:30.119
<v Speaker 3>that we were at because people wanted tickets to the

549
00:29:30.160 --> 00:29:34.240
<v Speaker 3>Dodgers in the World Series. Like I don't, like, let's

550
00:29:34.319 --> 00:29:37.440
<v Speaker 3>not judge what the fan base is showing up to

551
00:29:37.599 --> 00:29:40.359
<v Speaker 3>and the numbers just yet. Like if we want to

552
00:29:40.400 --> 00:29:44.400
<v Speaker 3>talk about patients, let's talk about patients, bro Like every like,

553
00:29:45.599 --> 00:29:50.519
<v Speaker 3>the same people who are going to Clipper games probably

554
00:29:50.559 --> 00:29:53.200
<v Speaker 3>paid a pretty penny to get it into Dodger games.

555
00:29:53.279 --> 00:29:55.519
<v Speaker 3>And you can't go to everything all at once. The

556
00:29:55.599 --> 00:29:57.920
<v Speaker 3>holidays are around the like there's a lot going on.

557
00:29:58.039 --> 00:29:58.240
<v Speaker 2>Man.

558
00:29:58.640 --> 00:30:01.279
<v Speaker 3>Nick Croner just talked about it. The beach is four

559
00:30:01.319 --> 00:30:04.759
<v Speaker 3>miles away, Like, there's a lot going on. This idea

560
00:30:04.799 --> 00:30:06.519
<v Speaker 3>that we're going to sit here and judge the fan, Well,

561
00:30:06.559 --> 00:30:08.279
<v Speaker 3>you're still the B team because you're not showing up

562
00:30:08.279 --> 00:30:11.519
<v Speaker 3>to your ven. It's okay, hold on, it's kind of

563
00:30:11.519 --> 00:30:15.000
<v Speaker 3>a crowded house right now. People are still reeling off

564
00:30:15.000 --> 00:30:17.000
<v Speaker 3>what the Dodgers did. I don't know that we can

565
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<v Speaker 3>make a statement on the venue and the fan base

566
00:30:19.960 --> 00:30:22.440
<v Speaker 3>this early in the season based on what Paul George

567
00:30:22.480 --> 00:30:23.000
<v Speaker 3>had to say.

568
00:30:23.599 --> 00:30:26.279
<v Speaker 1>Okay, well, and we talked about that yesterday and I

569
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<v Speaker 1>thought every point you made was valid.

570
00:30:28.000 --> 00:30:30.640
<v Speaker 4>But let me toss this in. Let me just lost

571
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<v Speaker 4>this in.

572
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<v Speaker 1>If in fact the Clippers were must watch basketball, must watch,

573
00:30:38.160 --> 00:30:39.519
<v Speaker 1>I think that place would be packed.

574
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<v Speaker 5>Is there a team that's must watch in the NBA?

575
00:30:42.759 --> 00:30:46.680
<v Speaker 1>Back in the day, the Lakers we must watch. Okay,

576
00:30:47.519 --> 00:30:49.880
<v Speaker 1>they were absolutely must watch, And I would say that

577
00:30:50.640 --> 00:30:53.079
<v Speaker 1>even in the Lob City era of the Clippers, which

578
00:30:53.240 --> 00:30:57.039
<v Speaker 1>was really exciting, it looked like every seat was full

579
00:30:57.079 --> 00:30:59.640
<v Speaker 1>of it. Probably wasn't, but I think that's about the

580
00:30:59.680 --> 00:31:03.559
<v Speaker 1>close they came to must watch, you had to see them,

581
00:31:04.039 --> 00:31:07.640
<v Speaker 1>and Lakers for years we must watch, you had to

582
00:31:07.680 --> 00:31:11.519
<v Speaker 1>see them. Now the Lakers have become what the Lakers.

583
00:31:12.599 --> 00:31:15.759
<v Speaker 1>The Lakers have become what you never wanted them to be.

584
00:31:16.440 --> 00:31:18.039
<v Speaker 1>You don't go to the game as much to see

585
00:31:18.039 --> 00:31:20.400
<v Speaker 1>the game as you do to be seen because the

586
00:31:20.480 --> 00:31:23.960
<v Speaker 1>Lakers are an event. I'm going to see the Lakers.

587
00:31:24.319 --> 00:31:27.000
<v Speaker 1>The Clippers, You're going to see a basketball game. So

588
00:31:27.039 --> 00:31:30.680
<v Speaker 1>it's a different field to both of them. And I'm

589
00:31:30.680 --> 00:31:33.400
<v Speaker 1>not so sure the Clippers were really ever sold out.

590
00:31:34.200 --> 00:31:37.519
<v Speaker 1>And I don't know if into it Dome would be

591
00:31:37.599 --> 00:31:40.359
<v Speaker 1>sold out, because I don't think the Clippers really were

592
00:31:40.400 --> 00:31:43.680
<v Speaker 1>even if they said they were, they kind of weren't.

593
00:31:44.480 --> 00:31:48.039
<v Speaker 1>But I do think if there was, I got to

594
00:31:48.119 --> 00:31:50.960
<v Speaker 1>be there and see it, people would be there.

595
00:31:51.759 --> 00:31:53.119
<v Speaker 4>Then I think.

596
00:31:53.039 --> 00:31:56.200
<v Speaker 3>Not in the middle of a Dodgers World Series run. Look,

597
00:31:56.200 --> 00:31:58.240
<v Speaker 3>I don't think anybody's going to anything at that point.

598
00:31:58.359 --> 00:32:00.960
<v Speaker 3>Look when they the game one of the World Series?

599
00:32:01.000 --> 00:32:02.680
<v Speaker 3>What was going on in town? Yet you see it

600
00:32:02.839 --> 00:32:05.359
<v Speaker 3>usc playing, the Lakers were playing.

601
00:32:06.400 --> 00:32:08.720
<v Speaker 5>What else was it? Were the Clippers also playing that night?

602
00:32:08.759 --> 00:32:11.519
<v Speaker 6>There was a few concerts. Yeah, like there was Roosevelt

603
00:32:11.559 --> 00:32:13.440
<v Speaker 6>Football game going on, all of it.

604
00:32:13.640 --> 00:32:16.559
<v Speaker 3>You also had a modern day Saint John Bosco, like

605
00:32:16.720 --> 00:32:19.759
<v Speaker 3>all of that was happening in southern California, and all

606
00:32:19.799 --> 00:32:22.839
<v Speaker 3>of it took a backseat to the Dodgers. Like, so

607
00:32:23.119 --> 00:32:26.039
<v Speaker 3>I just I don't know, and let's just say that

608
00:32:26.240 --> 00:32:29.799
<v Speaker 3>all right, year one and the Clippers aren't drawing capacity

609
00:32:29.920 --> 00:32:31.880
<v Speaker 3>every game at the end to a dumb like, let's

610
00:32:31.880 --> 00:32:33.480
<v Speaker 3>just say that's the case, and it probably will be

611
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<v Speaker 3>the case.

612
00:32:34.440 --> 00:32:36.799
<v Speaker 5>Paul George knew all of this before he signed.

613
00:32:37.319 --> 00:32:40.640
<v Speaker 3>He said it himself, So why why even make the

614
00:32:40.720 --> 00:32:43.279
<v Speaker 3>comment that you know, you know, felt like it was

615
00:32:43.319 --> 00:32:45.880
<v Speaker 3>the B team, but you knew that, and it's not

616
00:32:45.920 --> 00:32:48.440
<v Speaker 3>like the checks did in cash, like like you were

617
00:32:48.480 --> 00:32:51.839
<v Speaker 3>still getting paid. So like this idea that like it's

618
00:32:51.880 --> 00:32:54.279
<v Speaker 3>this big revelation that the Clippers are the B team,

619
00:32:54.519 --> 00:32:57.319
<v Speaker 3>but everybody's known that, like like we know what the

620
00:32:57.400 --> 00:33:00.920
<v Speaker 3>situation is when you go to Sofi State, Like I

621
00:33:00.920 --> 00:33:05.279
<v Speaker 3>think people all recognize if you ask him, hey, whose

622
00:33:05.319 --> 00:33:07.960
<v Speaker 3>house is that, Oh, that's the Rams place, and the

623
00:33:08.079 --> 00:33:10.640
<v Speaker 3>Chargers are along for the It doesn't mean the Chargers

624
00:33:10.640 --> 00:33:12.680
<v Speaker 3>aren't a better team. It doesn't mean the Chargers won't

625
00:33:12.680 --> 00:33:14.599
<v Speaker 3>go to the playoffs, and the rams won't. It's just

626
00:33:14.680 --> 00:33:17.279
<v Speaker 3>sort of a reality where it stands right now. Paul

627
00:33:17.319 --> 00:33:19.519
<v Speaker 3>George shouldn't have been surprised by that when he signed.

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<v Speaker 3>If he grew up here, he knows that.

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<v Speaker 4>Look at it like this.

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<v Speaker 1>So the aborted moment where the Lakers thought they had

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<v Speaker 1>Chris Paul all right, and then of course the NBA

632
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<v Speaker 1>stepped in and said, no, Chris Paul is not coming

633
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<v Speaker 1>to the Lakers, and he ended up going to the Clippers.

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<v Speaker 1>If you remember that. Yeah, So Chris Paul, who was

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<v Speaker 1>a Laker for let's say twenty minutes then no longer

636
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<v Speaker 1>was one, ends up on the Clippers. So Chris Paul

637
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<v Speaker 1>goes to Dodger Stadium and the Dodgers acknowledge Chris Paul

638
00:33:50.000 --> 00:33:53.279
<v Speaker 1>is there, and they show him in the crowd. Forty

639
00:33:53.279 --> 00:33:57.240
<v Speaker 1>thousand people boo boo. Now, if he'd wore the other uniform,

640
00:33:57.519 --> 00:34:00.079
<v Speaker 1>forty thousand people would have stood and cheered. It's the

641
00:33:59.839 --> 00:34:03.759
<v Speaker 1>same guy, he would just wearing a different uniform and

642
00:34:03.799 --> 00:34:08.800
<v Speaker 1>it wasn't even his fault. Forty thousand people booed because

643
00:34:08.800 --> 00:34:11.599
<v Speaker 1>he played for the Clippers. If he played for the Lakers,

644
00:34:11.679 --> 00:34:14.280
<v Speaker 1>forty thousand people would have cheer and it was just

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<v Speaker 1>because of the uniforming war. So Paul George knew that

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<v Speaker 1>when he came here.

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<v Speaker 3>Of course, I mean, like, who doesn't, like you've been

648
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<v Speaker 3>here long enough. I grew up in southern California. Who

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't know that? Like who?

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<v Speaker 2>Like man?

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<v Speaker 3>I can remember when I would go do reports from

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<v Speaker 3>Staple Center and they would say and most of the games,

653
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<v Speaker 3>you know, the great Jeff bigs kind enough to say, Hey,

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<v Speaker 3>I know you want to get into the business. Here,

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<v Speaker 3>I'm on later tonight if you could do a couple

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<v Speaker 3>live call ins for me, and he would send me

657
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<v Speaker 3>out the Staples Center. But it was always to a

658
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<v Speaker 3>Clippers game. And why do you think that was? Because

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<v Speaker 3>it was so much easier to get a credential to

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<v Speaker 3>go to a Clippers game that it was to a

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<v Speaker 3>Lakers game. In fact, when I went to a Clippers game,

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<v Speaker 3>I sat what was it, section one oh eighth. The

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<v Speaker 3>media is just that at Staples Center. I would sit there.

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<v Speaker 3>Dave mcmanimon was there. That guy would eat popcorn like

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<v Speaker 3>there was one thousand dollars at the bottom of the

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<v Speaker 3>bag from the media room.

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<v Speaker 5>I've never seen anything like it.

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<v Speaker 3>He looked like lard ass off stand by me at

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<v Speaker 3>the pie eating contest. Dave mcmanimon, you do a tremendous job.

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<v Speaker 3>You could house a bag of popcorn. It was wonderful.

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<v Speaker 3>But the point is the Clippers were always easier to

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<v Speaker 3>get into because it was never Team A in town,

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<v Speaker 3>so to speak.

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<v Speaker 1>Well, if that's how we equate it, let's talk about

675
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<v Speaker 1>Team A and the man who won't wear goggles next.

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<v Speaker 4>Jonas Knutsen.

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<v Speaker 1>Today for Rodney, we're almost out of here, but Lakers

678
00:35:53.760 --> 00:35:56.719
<v Speaker 1>are back at it. They got a crack at Memphis again.

679
00:35:57.559 --> 00:36:00.320
<v Speaker 1>Anthony Davis is going to play, but he said, I'm

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<v Speaker 1>not wearing goggles unless you make me, unless somebody makes me,

681
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<v Speaker 1>I will not wear goggles. Now here's the point. This

682
00:36:07.360 --> 00:36:10.599
<v Speaker 1>guy is poked in the eye all the time, Kareem

683
00:36:10.639 --> 00:36:13.239
<v Speaker 1>war goggles that were just fine for him. Why would

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<v Speaker 1>you risk this happening again because it's happened in the

685
00:36:16.039 --> 00:36:19.199
<v Speaker 1>past and not just put the goggles on. I understand

686
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<v Speaker 1>it's different, but I think you would probably get adjusted

687
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<v Speaker 1>to them pretty quickly.

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<v Speaker 3>Jonas Well, I mean with eyebrows like that, I mean

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<v Speaker 3>you got to commend the accuracy from the people that

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<v Speaker 3>are still able to get to the eye, you know,

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<v Speaker 3>like I mean, because I mean those are basically rolled

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<v Speaker 3>up towels on his face.

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<v Speaker 4>I don't know if that was necessary.

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<v Speaker 3>Well, I'm just saying, like, if he's got that ability

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<v Speaker 3>to grow that, why not just use it to your

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<v Speaker 3>advantage and like, you know, grow them out a little

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<v Speaker 3>bit more, like you know, create some almost like like

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<v Speaker 3>those beads when you would go into the dirty video

699
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<v Speaker 3>section at the video store. You'd walk through that room,

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<v Speaker 3>that would be a bead separating you at them, like

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<v Speaker 3>grow your hair out almost like hair beads in front

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00:37:01.760 --> 00:37:03.119
<v Speaker 3>of your eyes. That way you don't have to use

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<v Speaker 3>the goggles and you can take advantage of it.

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<v Speaker 1>How about this, If you're thinking about growing them out,

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<v Speaker 1>why don't you grow them out like those electric awnings

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<v Speaker 1>that people use.

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<v Speaker 5>Yeah, take the sun out and.

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<v Speaker 1>They can you know, hit the button and they go back,

709
00:37:19.079 --> 00:37:22.599
<v Speaker 1>or you roll them out and maybe for games he

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00:37:22.679 --> 00:37:25.440
<v Speaker 1>hits a button and his eyebrows extend.

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<v Speaker 3>That's a great call, Like how long could you grow?

712
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<v Speaker 3>Like who's got the longest eyebrows in the world, do

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<v Speaker 3>you think? I mean, like the type that you could

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<v Speaker 3>dread you know to where like you know, you could

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<v Speaker 3>really really, really like, come up with something creative, because

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<v Speaker 3>I just don't feel like they could grow that long.

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<v Speaker 4>I mean, maybe check Guinness Book of World Records.

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<v Speaker 6>Long Guinnis says there was an eighty one year old

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<v Speaker 6>man in China whose eyebrows were seven and a half

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<v Speaker 6>inches long.

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<v Speaker 1>Jesus okay, so that would oh no, that would easily

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<v Speaker 1>be enough.

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<v Speaker 5>Hold on a second.

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<v Speaker 1>But what you'd have to do is put mustache wax

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<v Speaker 1>on them, right, to keep them extended.

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<v Speaker 3>To keep them hard. Seven and a half inch long eyebrows?

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<v Speaker 5>Yes, Like, what is he like?

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<v Speaker 3>That's like Chewbacca hanging off your face.

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<v Speaker 5>It was a Shaolin kung fu masters names I don't

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<v Speaker 5>even like.

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<v Speaker 3>I don't that's like rawley fingers and his mustache. Like

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<v Speaker 3>that doesn't even make sense. How is it possible? That

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<v Speaker 3>doesn't make sense? Seven and a half inch long eyebrows?

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<v Speaker 4>All right?

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<v Speaker 1>Speaking of that, the Guinness Book of World Records, did

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<v Speaker 1>you guys hear the story about the woman that pumped

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<v Speaker 1>four hundred gallion, four hundred gallons of breast milk?

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<v Speaker 2>Ye? What?

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<v Speaker 5>No?

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<v Speaker 4>Did you hear that story? I have not No.

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<v Speaker 1>Four hundred gallons of breast milk and one sitting. No,

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<v Speaker 1>I'm sure.

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<v Speaker 5>Now that would be something you imagine that. Hey, how

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<v Speaker 5>do you we've been here since breakfast? Can we go?

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<v Speaker 4>Yeah?

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00:39:04.719 --> 00:39:09.119
<v Speaker 1>But she is the Guinness Book of World Record titleist

747
00:39:09.400 --> 00:39:12.880
<v Speaker 1>in volume of breast milk pumped four hundred gallons?

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<v Speaker 5>Did the pump burn out halfway through?

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<v Speaker 3>I like, that's there's no way all of that's getting

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<v Speaker 3>used though, if I I mean, if I had to guess,

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00:39:26.360 --> 00:39:28.719
<v Speaker 3>like I mean, look, unless you know Tyreek kills a

752
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<v Speaker 3>customer like.

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<v Speaker 5>That, that could be I'm just I'm just saying.

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<v Speaker 6>I'm just saying Antonio, Okramarty.

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<v Speaker 3>Listen, he's got a lot of kids. Fred, That's all

756
00:39:38.679 --> 00:39:41.440
<v Speaker 3>I'm saying. I'm trying to find a customer in this

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00:39:41.480 --> 00:39:42.199
<v Speaker 3>whole chaos.

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<v Speaker 1>All right, Ronnie, thank you, good job, great job, you know,

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<v Speaker 1>Fred Jonas, back at it tomorrow.

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<v Speaker 5>Fred. I love your eyebrows.

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<v Speaker 2>Thanks.

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<v Speaker 4>Justin.

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<v Speaker 1>Yeah, they're five inches Justin.

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<v Speaker 2>Oh No,