WEBVTT 1 00:00:03.000 --> 00:00:07.080 It's time for coffee and Company. Fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.280 --> 00:00:08.960 Sports Talk seven nine day. 3 00:00:09.119 --> 00:00:11.160 Holy crap, I don't know who the hell we think 4 00:00:11.199 --> 00:00:14.960 when we are get off our show idiots, the kids 5 00:00:14.960 --> 00:00:15.960 are playing or turn off. 6 00:00:16.280 --> 00:00:17.000 The countries are. 7 00:00:16.960 --> 00:00:20.879 Screwing it up. Gold Play inter Murals, Brother, gold Play Intermurals. 8 00:00:21.280 --> 00:00:24.000 They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're really not. 9 00:00:24.800 --> 00:00:27.879 Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? Are you 10 00:00:28.000 --> 00:00:40.280 kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee. 11 00:00:41.280 --> 00:00:44.719 I listen to that show intro every day and I 12 00:00:44.799 --> 00:00:47.799 have for really the last I don't know, I mean, 13 00:00:47.799 --> 00:00:49.840 it's been the same. I feel like I took the 14 00:00:49.920 --> 00:00:54.840 same show intro from mid days to mornings to afternoons. 15 00:00:55.000 --> 00:00:59.600 So really the same exact intro has been in place 16 00:00:59.640 --> 00:01:03.439 here for me for seven years or so, and it's 17 00:01:03.479 --> 00:01:05.840 just routine now. I mean, it goes in one ear 18 00:01:05.879 --> 00:01:10.000 out the other every day. But I had somebody, you know, 19 00:01:10.079 --> 00:01:12.040 compliment the show intro the other day and that, and 20 00:01:12.319 --> 00:01:14.120 that reminded me, you know what, that is a pretty 21 00:01:14.120 --> 00:01:16.000 good show intro. If it's not broke, don't fix it. 22 00:01:16.040 --> 00:01:18.920 Over time. You usually update those things and change it. 23 00:01:19.000 --> 00:01:21.400 But I feel like the clips that you hear as 24 00:01:21.439 --> 00:01:24.719 we get this thing started every day. Are are are 25 00:01:24.840 --> 00:01:27.400 very fitting with what this show actually is. We don't 26 00:01:27.439 --> 00:01:31.359 take ourselves too serious. You may hear at times and think, man, 27 00:01:31.359 --> 00:01:34.599 who the hell let these guys on the radio, And 28 00:01:34.640 --> 00:01:36.879 we're still wondering the same thing. But we show up 29 00:01:36.920 --> 00:01:38.680 every day and you know we're gonna keep doing and 30 00:01:38.799 --> 00:01:41.879 until until they tell us that we can't. So welcome in. 31 00:01:42.000 --> 00:01:44.799 It is coffee and company. We are fueled by Thornton's 32 00:01:44.799 --> 00:01:46.719 here on Sports Talk seven to ninety nit coffee. That 33 00:01:46.799 --> 00:01:49.079 is me, the company man, mister John all On alongside. 34 00:01:49.560 --> 00:01:52.120 I mean, I'm trying to think of the order of 35 00:01:52.159 --> 00:01:54.159 those clips, and I'm not gonna have you replayed again. 36 00:01:54.239 --> 00:01:56.480 But you know, as far as context, the one at 37 00:01:56.480 --> 00:01:58.879 the very end, who's the kid here? 38 00:01:58.920 --> 00:01:59.560 Are you kidding me? 39 00:02:00.200 --> 00:02:05.200 That was added back in twenty sixteen because at that time, 40 00:02:06.319 --> 00:02:08.560 I mean, I don't know how old I sound, if 41 00:02:08.599 --> 00:02:11.319 I sound my age, which is thirty six, or if 42 00:02:11.360 --> 00:02:14.560 I sound a lot younger, if I sound older now, 43 00:02:14.560 --> 00:02:16.919 but I remember at the time, you know, I was 44 00:02:17.000 --> 00:02:20.639 twenty gosh in twenty sixteen, that was eight years ago. 45 00:02:21.120 --> 00:02:23.479 I was twenty four years old. So I wasn't like, 46 00:02:23.560 --> 00:02:25.159 you know, I mean, I was younger than John is 47 00:02:25.240 --> 00:02:26.639 right now, and I still think of him as this 48 00:02:26.759 --> 00:02:30.560 young pup. What are he twenty six now? Seven twenty seven? Yeah, 49 00:02:30.599 --> 00:02:32.560 so you just said a birthday not long ago. So 50 00:02:33.240 --> 00:02:35.159 we used to occasionally get people to call and be like, 51 00:02:35.159 --> 00:02:36.879 who is this kid on the radio because they never 52 00:02:36.879 --> 00:02:40.919 had any live local sports on at noon on seven 53 00:02:41.039 --> 00:02:43.639 ninety so we kind of just leaned into it, like 54 00:02:43.680 --> 00:02:44.639 who's who's this kid? 55 00:02:44.639 --> 00:02:47.199 Are you kidding me? And now I'm not really a kid? 56 00:02:47.240 --> 00:02:49.120 You know, I can still play one on the radio 57 00:02:49.159 --> 00:02:52.520 and I enjoy doing that, but maybe now it can 58 00:02:52.560 --> 00:02:54.560 still fit because you know. 59 00:02:54.719 --> 00:02:56.599 Like, am I the kid child's play? 60 00:02:56.800 --> 00:02:57.000 Well? 61 00:02:58.120 --> 00:02:58.520 No, you're. 62 00:02:58.560 --> 00:03:02.159 I mean you're I feel like you bring more maturity 63 00:03:02.639 --> 00:03:04.639 than your age, if that makes sense, Like and I'm 64 00:03:04.680 --> 00:03:06.319 and I know a lot of people probably tell you that, 65 00:03:06.439 --> 00:03:08.960 Like I don't know if I take it for granted, 66 00:03:09.000 --> 00:03:11.439 because it's not like if you were somebody that At times, 67 00:03:11.879 --> 00:03:14.439 I mean, I never think of you being as as 68 00:03:14.680 --> 00:03:16.919 you know, I don't think of you being nine ten 69 00:03:17.000 --> 00:03:20.360 years younger than me until there's a comment or there's 70 00:03:20.400 --> 00:03:24.360 a conversation going on where you know, throughout something you said, 71 00:03:24.360 --> 00:03:26.719 I realize, oh yeah, he wasn't even born then, Like 72 00:03:26.759 --> 00:03:30.000 I remember things that John wasn't alive for, or there's 73 00:03:30.080 --> 00:03:32.639 things that were really you know, you know, memorable to 74 00:03:32.680 --> 00:03:35.080 me when I was younger, or even just like a 75 00:03:35.159 --> 00:03:37.680 younger like a teenager, that he was a baby. So 76 00:03:38.879 --> 00:03:42.719 you know, you are you know, don't make him sound 77 00:03:42.719 --> 00:03:43.400 like an old and old. 78 00:03:43.479 --> 00:03:44.120 You're an old soul. 79 00:03:44.120 --> 00:03:45.800 I think that's probably the best way to describe it, right, 80 00:03:45.800 --> 00:03:48.800 You're not some old geezer, but yeah, you're an old soul. 81 00:03:48.800 --> 00:03:51.520 And I mean that as a compliment. So yeah, I 82 00:03:52.680 --> 00:03:56.639 used to think about mixing up the intro every now 83 00:03:56.680 --> 00:03:58.639 and then, but I'm glad I haven't given that thought 84 00:03:58.680 --> 00:04:00.319 in a long time because again, I think it still 85 00:04:00.319 --> 00:04:02.879 pretty much fits with what. 86 00:04:02.280 --> 00:04:04.080 We do here every day, which if. 87 00:04:04.080 --> 00:04:06.280 You're here with us right now, then you must enjoy 88 00:04:06.319 --> 00:04:09.000 it to some extent or you wouldn't be here right now. 89 00:04:09.159 --> 00:04:12.199 So how however you're listening, wherever you're listening, we appreciate it, 90 00:04:12.240 --> 00:04:13.800 even those of you that, of course, you know, listen 91 00:04:13.840 --> 00:04:17.360 on podcasts. We no longer get complaints. Well, and by 92 00:04:17.399 --> 00:04:19.639 saying that, I'm sure I've just invited somebody to send 93 00:04:19.680 --> 00:04:23.079 in a complaint. But the no music on the podcast 94 00:04:23.560 --> 00:04:24.720 like that, they. 95 00:04:24.639 --> 00:04:26.199 Just took it for what it you know, that's the 96 00:04:26.199 --> 00:04:26.720 way it is for me. 97 00:04:26.879 --> 00:04:28.720 Yeah, they just realized that, like that's I mean, what 98 00:04:28.759 --> 00:04:33.439 are we going to do. However, I'm not gonna I'm 99 00:04:33.439 --> 00:04:35.879 not gonna do it, and I'm and I would never ask. 100 00:04:35.720 --> 00:04:36.240 You to do it. 101 00:04:36.680 --> 00:04:38.519 But I kind of feel like we could. We could 102 00:04:38.519 --> 00:04:40.800 throw music in there and nobody would notice. It's one 103 00:04:40.839 --> 00:04:43.360 of those things that like, yeah, we wouldn't want to 104 00:04:43.360 --> 00:04:44.639 be the show that's like, oh, why are you guys 105 00:04:44.680 --> 00:04:47.040 putting music? Yeah, well, I mean you're you're the company man, 106 00:04:47.079 --> 00:04:48.920 so you're not going to go against company rules and 107 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:50.959 I would never ask you to do so. But like 108 00:04:51.000 --> 00:04:53.199 I kind of feel like that was a little bit overblown, 109 00:04:53.439 --> 00:04:55.839 if that makes sense, Like there was probably some kind 110 00:04:55.879 --> 00:04:59.399 of a legal lawsuit kind of thing put out there. Actually, 111 00:04:59.439 --> 00:05:01.360 here's my guest, and for those who don't know, we 112 00:05:01.360 --> 00:05:04.879 we can no longer play, we can no longer include 113 00:05:05.160 --> 00:05:08.240 music that is that is you know, own yeah, copy 114 00:05:08.279 --> 00:05:10.079 copywritten music in the podcasts. 115 00:05:10.680 --> 00:05:11.879 And you may think. 116 00:05:11.800 --> 00:05:15.680 To yourself, well, like everybody does that, Well no, no, Uh, 117 00:05:16.040 --> 00:05:18.839 no shows that that that are under the iHeart umbrella 118 00:05:18.959 --> 00:05:21.040 are allowed to do that anymore. And it's actually, you know, 119 00:05:21.079 --> 00:05:23.000 I know some people who work in bigger markets than 120 00:05:23.000 --> 00:05:26.360 this one that have like you know, tweeted out to 121 00:05:26.399 --> 00:05:29.879 their listeners how mad they are at their at at 122 00:05:29.920 --> 00:05:32.399 their employer meeting iHeart because like that was a huge 123 00:05:32.399 --> 00:05:33.079 part of their show. 124 00:05:33.319 --> 00:05:34.639 We don't really fall into that. 125 00:05:34.759 --> 00:05:37.600 But obviously there are some things that if podcast listeners 126 00:05:37.680 --> 00:05:40.160 only listen to the show that way, like, they may 127 00:05:40.160 --> 00:05:42.879 miss out on some context because sometimes the music that's 128 00:05:42.920 --> 00:05:45.680 playing is in fact fitting to whatever we're talking about. 129 00:05:45.839 --> 00:05:47.399 But my guess is that there was some kind of 130 00:05:47.399 --> 00:05:51.040 a somebody probably played like a song in its entirety 131 00:05:51.120 --> 00:05:53.639 or something, and you're not really supposed to do that. 132 00:05:53.720 --> 00:05:55.240 I'm not really sure how you can get, you know, 133 00:05:55.279 --> 00:05:58.360 in trouble for it. But all it took was like, hey, 134 00:05:58.439 --> 00:06:01.319 corporate sending out something to everybody in every market. Hey, 135 00:06:01.319 --> 00:06:03.199 we can't do this anymore when it comes to podcasts, 136 00:06:03.199 --> 00:06:05.240 and you know that's why we're in this position. 137 00:06:05.319 --> 00:06:05.839 But you know. 138 00:06:07.279 --> 00:06:10.240 What that means is that you should maybe try to 139 00:06:10.360 --> 00:06:12.160 check out some of the show live if you can. 140 00:06:12.759 --> 00:06:14.399 I mean, if not. I totally get it, but. 141 00:06:15.920 --> 00:06:18.040 I you know, I just realized that as soon as 142 00:06:18.079 --> 00:06:20.519 I was mentioning our podcast listeners that I guess they 143 00:06:20.560 --> 00:06:23.000 finally just accept it. Hey, sorry, we can't include the 144 00:06:23.079 --> 00:06:25.680 music in the podcast, but it's you know, numbers are 145 00:06:25.680 --> 00:06:28.079 still pretty good, so it hasn't scared people away as 146 00:06:28.079 --> 00:06:31.360 far as those who listen. So you know again, I'll 147 00:06:31.399 --> 00:06:34.279 repeat however you're listening, wherever you're listening, we thank you. 148 00:06:34.759 --> 00:06:35.079 All right. 149 00:06:35.120 --> 00:06:36.920 We are loaded today and I don't have any guest schedule. 150 00:06:36.959 --> 00:06:38.920 I thought about reaching out to some of our regulars, 151 00:06:38.959 --> 00:06:41.160 but I've decided to move those folks. 152 00:06:40.879 --> 00:06:43.240 Down the line. We usually are much more. 153 00:06:44.399 --> 00:06:47.360 Guest heavy on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, and that that needs 154 00:06:47.360 --> 00:06:49.680 to be the case today, So you guys can certainly react. 155 00:06:49.720 --> 00:06:51.040 I'll tell you how you can do that coming up 156 00:06:51.040 --> 00:06:52.759 here in just a moment. I'm pretty sure a lot 157 00:06:52.759 --> 00:06:54.399 of you already know, but if not, I will make 158 00:06:54.439 --> 00:06:56.360 sure you have all the info needed. If you want 159 00:06:56.399 --> 00:06:59.480 to ask a question, make a complaint, maybe you want 160 00:06:59.480 --> 00:07:01.040 to insult you make fun of me, or maybe you 161 00:07:01.079 --> 00:07:02.959 want to give me a compliment. Whatever you want, we'll 162 00:07:02.959 --> 00:07:06.600 give you the option to do exactly that. But we 163 00:07:06.680 --> 00:07:10.160 obviously have to start with last night, and that was 164 00:07:10.360 --> 00:07:15.240 the first exhibition game for Pat Kelsey here at Louisville, 165 00:07:15.399 --> 00:07:18.360 as they took care of business in a major way, 166 00:07:18.600 --> 00:07:21.480 knocking off Young Harris one oh six to fifty nine 167 00:07:21.519 --> 00:07:24.079 in a game where they made twenty four to three pointers, 168 00:07:24.120 --> 00:07:26.600 which of course would have been a program record. We 169 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.920 had the postgame show last night, and I try not 170 00:07:29.959 --> 00:07:32.040 only on the football postgame shows, but the basketball ones 171 00:07:32.079 --> 00:07:34.040 as well, to give you the next day sort of 172 00:07:34.079 --> 00:07:38.040 a condensed version or maybe you know, some added thoughts, 173 00:07:38.040 --> 00:07:41.040 some belated thoughts, because when we start these postgame shows, 174 00:07:41.079 --> 00:07:42.879 I mean it's as soon as the game ends, so 175 00:07:43.680 --> 00:07:45.399 as the time we get it at the time we 176 00:07:45.439 --> 00:07:48.680 get it rolling, I'm I'm usually kind of collecting my thoughts, 177 00:07:48.759 --> 00:07:51.360 kind of forming an opinion, kind of forming which which 178 00:07:51.360 --> 00:07:53.879 way I want to go and which you know, which 179 00:07:54.079 --> 00:07:56.160 opinions I want to share first. Now, last night, I 180 00:07:56.160 --> 00:07:57.959 mean the game was over by halftime, so I had 181 00:07:57.959 --> 00:08:00.800 a pretty good idea of of what I wanted to 182 00:08:00.839 --> 00:08:03.920 do and really just make it about how refreshing this is. 183 00:08:04.000 --> 00:08:06.720 I mean, you saw a team out there that played hard. 184 00:08:07.079 --> 00:08:12.040 They clearly have an identity they are, I think a 185 00:08:12.079 --> 00:08:15.319 reflection of their coach, and that's a good thing. We had, 186 00:08:15.639 --> 00:08:18.199 you know, a situation for the last couple of years 187 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:20.160 where I think at times these guys were a reflection 188 00:08:20.279 --> 00:08:22.040 of the guy on the sideline or the guys on 189 00:08:22.079 --> 00:08:25.079 the sideline, and that wasn't a good thing. So overall, 190 00:08:25.120 --> 00:08:26.879 I mean, you won one o six to fifty nine, 191 00:08:27.160 --> 00:08:30.079 and this team was fun to watch. I mean, I 192 00:08:30.079 --> 00:08:32.480 think the way you saw them play is certainly going 193 00:08:32.559 --> 00:08:34.399 to be the way they want to play every night 194 00:08:34.440 --> 00:08:36.519 out Now. There's gonna be teams that are going to 195 00:08:36.600 --> 00:08:39.320 be much I mean, let's be real, every team you 196 00:08:39.360 --> 00:08:41.480 play the rest of the way, maybe outside of Spalding, 197 00:08:41.519 --> 00:08:44.240 who's who, they're not in town. They live here, they're 198 00:08:44.279 --> 00:08:46.279 down the street, but they'll be here at the Young 199 00:08:46.399 --> 00:08:49.679 Center on next Monday for the second exhibition game. So 200 00:08:50.720 --> 00:08:52.480 everybody that you're going to play outside of these two 201 00:08:52.519 --> 00:08:54.879 exhibition opponents is going to be able to challenge you 202 00:08:55.320 --> 00:08:57.879 in a way that that you know, young Harrison Spaulding won't. 203 00:08:57.879 --> 00:08:59.679 And what I mean by that is they're going to 204 00:08:59.720 --> 00:09:02.519 try to take away the three point line. They're gonna 205 00:09:02.559 --> 00:09:04.720 try to slow it down they're gonna, you know, they're 206 00:09:04.759 --> 00:09:07.480 gonna dic they're gonna try to dictate things much more 207 00:09:07.480 --> 00:09:09.360 than young Harris did. And maybe young Harris did try 208 00:09:09.399 --> 00:09:11.399 to dictate style of play, that kind of stuff, keeping 209 00:09:11.440 --> 00:09:13.519 Louisville from getting in what they wanted to do, and 210 00:09:13.559 --> 00:09:14.759 maybe they just weren't effective at it. 211 00:09:14.799 --> 00:09:15.799 I don't know, But. 212 00:09:17.279 --> 00:09:19.360 Hard to not be super impressed with what you saw, 213 00:09:19.600 --> 00:09:24.360 and it's hard also not to compare it to what 214 00:09:25.080 --> 00:09:29.360 was here the last couple of years. And I don't 215 00:09:29.399 --> 00:09:33.600 remember talking a whole lot about it yesterday, but I'm 216 00:09:33.639 --> 00:09:35.919 sure it probably came up at some point as we did, 217 00:09:36.240 --> 00:09:38.559 of course talk basketball as we were getting set for 218 00:09:38.600 --> 00:09:41.919 the first of exhibition game. But I wanted to just, 219 00:09:42.120 --> 00:09:44.799 you know, not think about the last two years and 220 00:09:44.840 --> 00:09:50.559 not really find myself comparing every little thing that Pat 221 00:09:50.639 --> 00:09:54.120 Kelsey and his group in the way they're doing things 222 00:09:54.159 --> 00:09:56.559 to what we had in the Kenny payinnair. 223 00:09:56.639 --> 00:09:56.720 Like. 224 00:09:56.879 --> 00:09:59.320 I didn't want to do that because I just, I mean, 225 00:09:59.360 --> 00:10:02.440 I just didn't want and nobody really wants to go 226 00:10:02.519 --> 00:10:04.720 relive that, of course, I mean, who would, right, It 227 00:10:04.759 --> 00:10:06.799 was disastrous, We all know that, and we did it 228 00:10:06.879 --> 00:10:11.639 for longer than we needed to. But seeing everybody last 229 00:10:11.720 --> 00:10:13.720 night doing the same, you know, doing what I was 230 00:10:13.759 --> 00:10:15.320 trying not to do. And at the time it was 231 00:10:15.360 --> 00:10:17.000 hard for me. You know, I was watching the game 232 00:10:17.039 --> 00:10:21.320 at home with my wife and my kids, and obviously, 233 00:10:21.399 --> 00:10:23.039 you know, my son's just old enough now to where, 234 00:10:23.039 --> 00:10:24.799 like you know, he knows their rain in threes and 235 00:10:24.840 --> 00:10:27.799 he's losing his mind. He's having fun and he's enjoying it. 236 00:10:28.039 --> 00:10:33.240 But every little detail about Louisville last night I was 237 00:10:33.679 --> 00:10:35.679 I was impressed with. I mean not to say they're perfect. 238 00:10:35.720 --> 00:10:38.960 I mean, clearly I can find some things that potentially, 239 00:10:38.960 --> 00:10:41.399 when you play much better teams like we might need 240 00:10:41.440 --> 00:10:43.600 to be worried about. But like last night, it wasn't 241 00:10:43.600 --> 00:10:46.159 really about that. It was just knowing you're It was 242 00:10:46.200 --> 00:10:49.799 the visual confirmation that you are in a way better 243 00:10:49.840 --> 00:10:52.000 place than you than you were previously. And we all 244 00:10:52.080 --> 00:10:54.200 knew that, but last night was a chance to see it. 245 00:10:54.840 --> 00:10:56.320 And I know they played in the Bahamas, but a 246 00:10:56.360 --> 00:10:58.279 lot of people probably didn't watch those games. I'm sure 247 00:10:58.279 --> 00:11:01.039 many did, but you know it's a little different. It's 248 00:11:01.120 --> 00:11:03.320 you know, it's not at the Yump Center, right, It's 249 00:11:03.399 --> 00:11:06.039 not after these guys have practiced together for for many, 250 00:11:06.080 --> 00:11:09.279 many weeks and months. So you know, last night, the 251 00:11:09.360 --> 00:11:12.799 visual confirmation, it was, it was awesome, and everybody enjoyed it. 252 00:11:12.799 --> 00:11:15.399 But I could tell I wasn't the only one seeing 253 00:11:17.039 --> 00:11:21.879 every little thing and comparing it to what we had prior. Example, 254 00:11:22.080 --> 00:11:26.159 the bench, I mean to see the energy from everybody 255 00:11:26.200 --> 00:11:28.960 on the bench, all eleven staffers that are there, either 256 00:11:29.039 --> 00:11:31.480 on the bench or behind the bench. I mean, they're 257 00:11:31.519 --> 00:11:33.200 into it as if they're about to check in the 258 00:11:33.200 --> 00:11:34.840 game at any moment. And look, some of those guys 259 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:36.480 are because they clearly are going to play a lot 260 00:11:36.480 --> 00:11:39.279 of guys if they can meeting players, but every staff member, 261 00:11:39.320 --> 00:11:43.279 I mean the intensity, the energy. They're all on the 262 00:11:43.399 --> 00:11:46.200 same level, the same wavelength, if you will, when it 263 00:11:46.240 --> 00:11:49.639 comes to their enthusiasm and to really just being locked in. 264 00:11:50.759 --> 00:11:52.639 And you know, that's one of many things again that 265 00:11:52.639 --> 00:11:55.039 stood out to me last night, and I realized just 266 00:11:55.279 --> 00:11:58.320 scrolling through Twitter listening to people in the postgame show 267 00:11:58.320 --> 00:12:01.399 that were either calling or texting, like it's almost impossible 268 00:12:01.440 --> 00:12:03.039 not to do it. I think it's I think it's 269 00:12:03.519 --> 00:12:07.360 it's human nature. And it reminded me of something that 270 00:12:07.360 --> 00:12:10.840 that we've talked about before and This may sound like 271 00:12:10.919 --> 00:12:15.000 a reach, It may sound crazy to some, but I 272 00:12:15.039 --> 00:12:20.320 believe it. Coaching changes are like breakups or divorces. They are, 273 00:12:20.919 --> 00:12:24.799 I mean they're not, but they are especially you know, 274 00:12:24.919 --> 00:12:28.440 for for for most transactions, if you will, whenever you 275 00:12:28.480 --> 00:12:31.279 move on from one coach to another, you're not single 276 00:12:31.519 --> 00:12:33.960 for a while, getting your life together and you know, 277 00:12:34.639 --> 00:12:39.519 resetting things emotionally, maybe trying to you know, maybe maybe 278 00:12:39.600 --> 00:12:41.559 maybe a bad breakup or a divorce puts you in 279 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.120 therapy for a few years and you kind of got 280 00:12:44.159 --> 00:12:46.879 to reset and start anew to where if you end 281 00:12:46.960 --> 00:12:50.480 up finding somebody five years after your divorce, maybe you're 282 00:12:50.519 --> 00:12:53.080 not thinking about your your previous partner as much because 283 00:12:53.080 --> 00:12:54.480 you've had a lot of time. Well that's not how 284 00:12:54.480 --> 00:12:56.320 this works unless you have like an interim coach, and 285 00:12:56.360 --> 00:12:59.279 we we actually have had some interim coaches for a while. 286 00:13:00.759 --> 00:13:02.480 You know, you had David Patchett for a year, you 287 00:13:02.480 --> 00:13:04.720 had Mike Bgeze for half a season, so I guess 288 00:13:04.720 --> 00:13:06.799 we have been there. But this time around, you went 289 00:13:06.840 --> 00:13:11.039 straight from Kenny Payne and that disaster to to Pat Kelsey. 290 00:13:12.120 --> 00:13:14.639 So you know, when you don't really I mean, you 291 00:13:14.679 --> 00:13:16.879 go from one to the other. I think it's again, 292 00:13:16.960 --> 00:13:20.759 it's it's you can try to tell yourself not to 293 00:13:20.840 --> 00:13:26.200 draw comparisons, but it's almost impossible, I think. So it's 294 00:13:26.240 --> 00:13:28.039 not like people are oneing to go dance on the 295 00:13:28.080 --> 00:13:32.240 grave of those that advocated that Kenny Payne was deserving 296 00:13:32.279 --> 00:13:35.039 to be here, not only as long as he was, 297 00:13:35.080 --> 00:13:38.720 but maybe longer than he was. But it's it's impossible 298 00:13:38.799 --> 00:13:43.519 not to to find yourself, you know, looking at every 299 00:13:43.519 --> 00:13:45.840 little detail. And maybe it's not every little detail for 300 00:13:45.919 --> 00:13:47.799 you guys like it is me. Maybe it's just, hey, 301 00:13:47.840 --> 00:13:50.639 the energy from from the from the players on the floor, 302 00:13:50.679 --> 00:13:55.000 the effort, the clear identity that they have and a 303 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.840 clear you know, plan for how they want to play. 304 00:13:58.720 --> 00:14:01.440 It was just it was awesome, you know. And look, 305 00:14:01.480 --> 00:14:03.919 they won one oh six to fifty nine, and it's 306 00:14:03.919 --> 00:14:06.799 not a real game. They're gonna face much tougher competition. 307 00:14:07.080 --> 00:14:09.200 There's gonna be games where they don't make twenty four 308 00:14:09.279 --> 00:14:12.200 threes and shoot it forty three percent from downtown. But 309 00:14:12.759 --> 00:14:15.399 there's also gonna be games where they do make twenty 310 00:14:15.399 --> 00:14:17.519 plus threes. I think, just because that's how this team 311 00:14:17.600 --> 00:14:20.879 is built. So, you know, I don't know how much 312 00:14:20.960 --> 00:14:24.799 I really learned about this team that I was surprised by, 313 00:14:24.840 --> 00:14:27.279 because again, it's hard to really know what you're learning 314 00:14:27.320 --> 00:14:29.759 whenever you're playing that type of competition. I mean, last 315 00:14:29.840 --> 00:14:32.320 night was really similar to what we saw in the Bahamas, 316 00:14:32.320 --> 00:14:34.360 to be honest with you, but it felt more real 317 00:14:34.480 --> 00:14:37.000 because there were fans that were there in attendance. We 318 00:14:37.039 --> 00:14:39.720 had a postgame show. I mean, it's October. You know 319 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:41.879 you're about to play a real game coming up here 320 00:14:41.879 --> 00:14:44.519 in two weeks, and in a little bit over two 321 00:14:44.600 --> 00:14:47.679 weeks you're gonna have a game against the number twelve 322 00:14:47.720 --> 00:14:49.639 team in the country, and that's the Tennessee Vall. So 323 00:14:50.360 --> 00:14:53.720 a nice way to get things started for Pat Kelcey 324 00:14:53.799 --> 00:14:56.720 last night. I kind of feel like we've had at 325 00:14:56.799 --> 00:14:59.399 least I have mentioned like three different times that we've 326 00:14:59.440 --> 00:15:03.519 gotten the Pat Kelsey era started. And I guess technically 327 00:15:03.600 --> 00:15:05.639 it started the day he got hired BEFO, we're going 328 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:07.240 to be real here. I mean, he became your coach 329 00:15:07.279 --> 00:15:09.240 at that time, and then you had, of course him 330 00:15:09.240 --> 00:15:12.600 putting the roster together. Obviously they played some exhibition games 331 00:15:12.600 --> 00:15:15.000 in the Bahamas. Louisville Live was you know, the first 332 00:15:15.039 --> 00:15:16.480 time you got a chance to show up at the 333 00:15:16.480 --> 00:15:19.159 Young Center and see Pat Kelsey there. Obviously not a 334 00:15:19.200 --> 00:15:21.480 game or anything like that. And then last night was 335 00:15:21.519 --> 00:15:23.919 your first exhibition game. You'll have another one, but the 336 00:15:23.960 --> 00:15:26.240 actual first real game that counts for Pat is in 337 00:15:26.320 --> 00:15:30.360 thirteen days as they take on Morehead State. So if 338 00:15:30.399 --> 00:15:32.960 you guys have thoughts and things you want to share 339 00:15:33.480 --> 00:15:35.360 as far as what you took away from last night 340 00:15:35.480 --> 00:15:38.440 or whatever, you can certainly do that. I just you know, 341 00:15:39.399 --> 00:15:42.039 I wanted not to even bring up the previous two 342 00:15:42.159 --> 00:15:45.600 years at any point, but again, I felt better about 343 00:15:45.679 --> 00:15:48.080 my situation. And you know, it's not like I have 344 00:15:48.320 --> 00:15:50.759 real trauma. I mean, it's I mean, I should stop 345 00:15:50.799 --> 00:15:53.320 saying PTSD because there are people who truly suffer from 346 00:15:53.320 --> 00:15:57.000 PTSD from like, real life awful things. Kenny Payne was 347 00:15:57.000 --> 00:15:58.720 a real life awful thing for all of us. But 348 00:15:58.799 --> 00:16:02.039 you know, it's it's sorts and it's over. You know, 349 00:16:02.159 --> 00:16:03.879 if that's the worst thing that ever happens to us, 350 00:16:03.919 --> 00:16:06.759 then you know it's still suck and it would still 351 00:16:06.759 --> 00:16:07.559 be something terrible. 352 00:16:07.559 --> 00:16:08.279 But you know what I mean. 353 00:16:09.120 --> 00:16:11.679 So good vibes for Louisville Hoops, no doubt about that. 354 00:16:12.080 --> 00:16:15.879 And hearing Pat Kelsey talk last night. I mean again, 355 00:16:16.440 --> 00:16:18.759 maybe that's not a little thing, because I kind of 356 00:16:18.759 --> 00:16:21.399 feel like it's it's it's not a little thing. I 357 00:16:21.399 --> 00:16:26.240 feel like it's something that we probably will pay more 358 00:16:26.279 --> 00:16:30.559 attention to than than we ever have. Right because when 359 00:16:30.600 --> 00:16:33.600 things were so bad, and you would listen to Kenny 360 00:16:34.320 --> 00:16:36.759 at any moment, rather it be a presser getting ready 361 00:16:36.799 --> 00:16:41.720 for a game, his radio show, press conferences after the games, 362 00:16:41.799 --> 00:16:44.480 like you would, you would hear him and it would 363 00:16:44.519 --> 00:16:48.919 make you feel worse. And you know, Pat Kelsey ends 364 00:16:48.960 --> 00:16:51.440 up losing some games that we feel like he shouldn't lose. 365 00:16:52.000 --> 00:16:54.200 We'll still pay attention to what he says, but like 366 00:16:54.279 --> 00:16:59.840 you know, results matter. But right now, last night, for 367 00:17:00.200 --> 00:17:02.039 and his postgame presser, I feel like it was another 368 00:17:02.679 --> 00:17:05.720 like it was another opportunity to to, you know, take 369 00:17:05.759 --> 00:17:09.279 advantage of what this fan base is. Man, we're crazy. 370 00:17:09.440 --> 00:17:12.240 We will, in fact, like get excited about you talking 371 00:17:12.279 --> 00:17:15.200 about how awesome it was for you to experience the 372 00:17:15.200 --> 00:17:16.319 Young Center for the first time. 373 00:17:16.359 --> 00:17:16.559 Again. 374 00:17:16.640 --> 00:17:18.839 Little things that we used to just take for granted 375 00:17:18.880 --> 00:17:22.480 that wouldn't really be on your radar at all, are 376 00:17:22.519 --> 00:17:25.160 now on your radar at every turn because we didn't 377 00:17:25.160 --> 00:17:27.160 have it for a while and we realized how how 378 00:17:27.480 --> 00:17:31.160 how you know how important the little things are. And 379 00:17:31.200 --> 00:17:33.680 I want to give credit to there's a Twitter account 380 00:17:33.839 --> 00:17:38.720 State of Louisville that put together a little montage here, 381 00:17:39.480 --> 00:17:43.440 and it's just comparing quotes from Pat Kelsey's press conference 382 00:17:43.519 --> 00:17:47.720 last night to things we heard in the first couple 383 00:17:47.759 --> 00:17:50.720 of years and I mean in the last couple of years. 384 00:17:50.759 --> 00:17:51.279 And it's I. 385 00:17:51.200 --> 00:17:55.279 Mean it's these are all quotes from Kenny that you 386 00:17:55.279 --> 00:17:58.279 probably remember that made you want to rip your hair out. 387 00:17:59.000 --> 00:18:03.599 But you know, like and again with Pat last night, 388 00:18:03.599 --> 00:18:05.640 it was nice to hear him go into detail and 389 00:18:05.680 --> 00:18:07.799 talk about like you can tell this guy is like 390 00:18:07.839 --> 00:18:12.680 he's he's gonna work his tail out, He's gonna succeed here, 391 00:18:12.720 --> 00:18:13.559 He's gonna die trying. 392 00:18:14.000 --> 00:18:14.880 That's what it seems like. 393 00:18:14.920 --> 00:18:17.599 And that is what you would expect for somebody who 394 00:18:17.640 --> 00:18:20.839 is in this position coaching the Louisville men's basketball program. 395 00:18:20.839 --> 00:18:23.119 But you know, we didn't we didn't have that previously. 396 00:18:23.200 --> 00:18:26.319 But this is about a minute in fifteen seconds, and 397 00:18:26.359 --> 00:18:27.440 I thought it was worth hearing. 398 00:18:27.480 --> 00:18:27.720 Again. 399 00:18:27.759 --> 00:18:29.759 This is I don't know who put it together for them, 400 00:18:29.759 --> 00:18:32.039 but the Twitter account is State of Louisville and I 401 00:18:32.039 --> 00:18:33.599