WEBVTT 1 00:00:02.960 --> 00:00:07.040 It's time for Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on 2 00:00:07.240 --> 00:00:10.480 Sports Talk seven ninety. Holy crap, I don't know who 3 00:00:10.480 --> 00:00:14.400 the hell we think we are. Get off our show, idiots. 4 00:00:14.519 --> 00:00:17.000 The kids are crying or trail off contries are. 5 00:00:16.920 --> 00:00:19.920 Screwing it up. Gold play inter murals, Brother, go play 6 00:00:20.000 --> 00:00:23.519 inter murals. They're supposed to be mature adults, but they're 7 00:00:23.559 --> 00:00:27.600 really not. Who's the kid here? Who's the kid here? 8 00:00:27.640 --> 00:00:42.920 Are you kidding me? Now? Here's Nick Coffee? 9 00:00:44.439 --> 00:00:46.000 All right, let's see if I remember how to do this. 10 00:00:46.119 --> 00:00:49.280 I think I do. Microphone's on. I think we're up 11 00:00:49.320 --> 00:00:51.159 and running here. In fact, I have no control of 12 00:00:51.240 --> 00:00:54.719 us actually being on the airwaves. But across the hall 13 00:00:54.840 --> 00:00:56.719 is the one and the only, the company man, mister 14 00:00:56.759 --> 00:00:59.039 John Alden. So I think we're on air, right, I 15 00:00:59.039 --> 00:01:03.560 think we're rolling, and let's get this started. Another edition 16 00:01:03.640 --> 00:01:06.439 here Coffee and Company, fueled by Thornton's on Sports Talk 17 00:01:06.439 --> 00:01:08.480 seven ninety with myself, Nick Coffee. I hope you guys 18 00:01:08.480 --> 00:01:10.079 remember me. It's been a while since I've been here. 19 00:01:10.519 --> 00:01:12.439 Does really feel like it's been a long long time? 20 00:01:12.599 --> 00:01:14.760 Just a week off, which, hey, most people who take 21 00:01:15.120 --> 00:01:17.519 a vacation it'll be a full week, but I feel 22 00:01:17.519 --> 00:01:20.840 like I've been gone forever. I don't know why, but 23 00:01:21.000 --> 00:01:23.079 that was that was my trip, which I'm sure none 24 00:01:23.120 --> 00:01:25.159 of you care about. But it was a great vacation overall, 25 00:01:25.560 --> 00:01:29.359 really enjoyed myself, had some great weather. But man, it 26 00:01:29.519 --> 00:01:32.640 just it feels like this was a year ago last 27 00:01:32.640 --> 00:01:34.560 time I was sitting in this studio doing this show. 28 00:01:34.799 --> 00:01:37.439 And I don't know if it's because, you know, it 29 00:01:37.599 --> 00:01:41.680 just I've been completely unplugged for the most part, or 30 00:01:41.760 --> 00:01:44.400 if it's because there actually was a lot to react 31 00:01:44.400 --> 00:01:46.400 to while I was gone, which I always try, and 32 00:01:46.439 --> 00:01:48.519 sometimes you can't control it right, Like you never know 33 00:01:48.519 --> 00:01:51.000 what's going to happen. But I feel like of all 34 00:01:51.040 --> 00:01:53.079 the vacations that I've taken where I'm gone for at 35 00:01:53.159 --> 00:01:56.599 least a week or maybe four days at minimum, I've 36 00:01:56.599 --> 00:01:58.480 been pretty lucky with with that, you know, with not 37 00:01:59.079 --> 00:02:01.319 missing out on something that I really really wanted to 38 00:02:01.319 --> 00:02:03.840 be on the air to discuss, or just something that 39 00:02:03.879 --> 00:02:06.439 I feel like, you know, is a big deal that 40 00:02:06.560 --> 00:02:07.719 you know, I would want to be on the air 41 00:02:07.959 --> 00:02:10.039 to discuss and not have to do it potentially a 42 00:02:10.080 --> 00:02:12.759 week later. But that didn't really work out. This time around, 43 00:02:12.759 --> 00:02:15.919 because you know the tvt on Monday a week ago today. 44 00:02:15.960 --> 00:02:18.560 I mean, let's be honest, that's sucked for Louisville fans. 45 00:02:19.319 --> 00:02:22.280 But still just the fact that that played out the 46 00:02:22.280 --> 00:02:27.000 way it did Louisville players, Kentucky players, former players, of course, 47 00:02:27.879 --> 00:02:29.840 I mean, it just it still doesn't seem like something 48 00:02:29.840 --> 00:02:32.800 that really happened. But one question I asked myself, you know, 49 00:02:32.919 --> 00:02:36.639 like when you lose, it's not really the same meaning, like, 50 00:02:36.759 --> 00:02:39.680 you know, it's not like you're having to react to 51 00:02:39.719 --> 00:02:42.039 a season coming to an end and your team falling 52 00:02:42.080 --> 00:02:44.919 short of making the second weekend, because it's you know, 53 00:02:44.960 --> 00:02:49.120 it's not it's not that. Therefore, maybe it won't be 54 00:02:49.479 --> 00:02:52.400 such a tough pill to swallow whenever it all comes 55 00:02:52.400 --> 00:02:54.319 to an end, knowing that it's going to be your 56 00:02:54.439 --> 00:02:56.599 rival that does it to you. And I'll tell you 57 00:02:56.719 --> 00:03:00.319 it didn't hurt the same It wasn't the same thing, 58 00:03:00.439 --> 00:03:02.719 but it still sucked in a major way. It sucked. 59 00:03:03.240 --> 00:03:05.599 And I don't see a scenario where we will ever 60 00:03:06.280 --> 00:03:09.439 have a situation play out the way like the TBT 61 00:03:09.639 --> 00:03:12.039 did and it not sucked a loose to your arrival. 62 00:03:12.719 --> 00:03:14.800 So again, there's not a whole lot to discuss from that, 63 00:03:15.599 --> 00:03:17.560 But you know, I was hopeful that the villa would 64 00:03:17.560 --> 00:03:20.280 get it done, but they didn't. And I still love 65 00:03:20.319 --> 00:03:22.479 those guys, appreciate everything they did for U of L. 66 00:03:22.840 --> 00:03:24.479 Very glad they came back to be a part of it. 67 00:03:24.520 --> 00:03:26.919 I hope they do it again. But you know, losening 68 00:03:26.919 --> 00:03:29.599 to your rival always sucks. And what happened afterwards, you know, 69 00:03:29.680 --> 00:03:32.159 that sucked too. That was not a good look by 70 00:03:32.199 --> 00:03:35.800 any means, but still a lot of fun. And it 71 00:03:35.879 --> 00:03:37.560 was nice for me to be able to, you know, 72 00:03:38.400 --> 00:03:41.719 just turn off the TV, go to sleep, wake up 73 00:03:41.719 --> 00:03:44.639 the next day, and then just distract myself with the 74 00:03:44.680 --> 00:03:46.879 beautiful beach and a vacation to where, like, you know, 75 00:03:46.879 --> 00:03:48.960 I don't have to. You know, it's actually kind of 76 00:03:49.000 --> 00:03:51.800 nice to just be able to forget about it pretty quickly, 77 00:03:51.879 --> 00:03:54.400 knowing that, you know, I'm on vacation and not working, 78 00:03:54.439 --> 00:03:58.080 and I'm in Destin, Florida and not in Louisville, Kentucky. However, 79 00:03:58.199 --> 00:04:01.479 one thing I always say, you can never escape Kentucky fans. 80 00:04:01.520 --> 00:04:04.240 They're everywhere. We get down to the pool from our 81 00:04:04.319 --> 00:04:09.639 room on Tuesday morning, probably not five minutes. You know, 82 00:04:09.639 --> 00:04:12.400 we're sitting the cooler down getting things arranged at our chair, 83 00:04:12.479 --> 00:04:14.960 the kids are getting their swimmings on. I sit down 84 00:04:15.120 --> 00:04:18.199 to you know, put my phone and my wallet away 85 00:04:18.279 --> 00:04:21.040 to where I won't get wet, and some guy walks by, 86 00:04:21.240 --> 00:04:22.959 no clue who he was. He's like, hey, don't let 87 00:04:23.079 --> 00:04:24.680 last night get you down. And I'm like, what the 88 00:04:24.680 --> 00:04:27.680 hell is this guy talking about? And sure enough he's 89 00:04:27.720 --> 00:04:30.160 from Louisville, and I guess he's a Kentucky fan, and 90 00:04:30.240 --> 00:04:33.240 you know, he wanted to give me, not give me 91 00:04:33.279 --> 00:04:35.040 a hard time. He was actually a super nice guy. 92 00:04:35.079 --> 00:04:37.000 But like you know, here I am thinking I don't 93 00:04:37.040 --> 00:04:38.920 have to uh, you know, I don't have to worry 94 00:04:38.959 --> 00:04:42.040 about dealing with any UK fans. And one who was 95 00:04:42.040 --> 00:04:43.959 not into skuy I mean he was I shouldn't say 96 00:04:44.000 --> 00:04:46.040 he was in disguis, but usually you know there they 97 00:04:46.120 --> 00:04:48.879 only wear blue. But this gentleman, you know, he didn't 98 00:04:48.920 --> 00:04:50.680 give me a hard time necessarily, but he just wanted 99 00:04:50.680 --> 00:04:52.399 to jab me a little bit about you know, Kentucky 100 00:04:52.480 --> 00:04:55.720 knocking off Louisville in that in that event. And then 101 00:04:55.759 --> 00:04:57.959 you know, later later on that same day, sure enough, 102 00:04:57.959 --> 00:05:00.839 on the beach, UK fans and you know they were 103 00:05:00.879 --> 00:05:02.759 you know, they were, they were celebrating and you know, 104 00:05:03.120 --> 00:05:06.360 at my expense, which you know, it's if there's gonna 105 00:05:06.639 --> 00:05:08.399 there's gonna be a situation like that where I gotta 106 00:05:08.519 --> 00:05:11.240 deal with, you know, arrogant UK fans. I'd rather do 107 00:05:11.319 --> 00:05:13.240 it there than here. And clearly there's not as many 108 00:05:13.279 --> 00:05:15.439 of them there in Florida as there was, you know 109 00:05:15.480 --> 00:05:17.639 here in Louisville. But hey, that's what happens, right, It's 110 00:05:17.680 --> 00:05:20.759 you know, it's it's a rivalry. And even though it 111 00:05:20.800 --> 00:05:23.279 wasn't like a real game between the schools, it's still 112 00:05:23.319 --> 00:05:25.839 there's there's clearly still a lot of rivalry energy there 113 00:05:25.920 --> 00:05:27.800 and uh, you know, it just sucks when you lose 114 00:05:27.800 --> 00:05:29.680 to them. By the way, there were a lot of 115 00:05:29.680 --> 00:05:32.480 people from this area there and I know it's it's 116 00:05:32.639 --> 00:05:37.319 it's been said for decades. It seems that destined Florida 117 00:05:37.399 --> 00:05:40.160 is Louisville's vacation spot. Like you're always going to run 118 00:05:40.199 --> 00:05:41.279 into Louisville people when. 119 00:05:41.199 --> 00:05:41.800 You go there. 120 00:05:42.319 --> 00:05:45.519 That's like their that's their spot. And clearly that there's 121 00:05:45.519 --> 00:05:47.879 some truth to that. It's it's where I go. But 122 00:05:48.079 --> 00:05:50.399 we've been going now every year for like the last 123 00:05:50.439 --> 00:05:53.639 eight years. It's our annual vacation and we go roughly 124 00:05:53.680 --> 00:05:56.600 around the same time, and I don't remember seeing many, 125 00:05:57.000 --> 00:05:59.480 if any Louisville natives at least, you know, I saw 126 00:05:59.519 --> 00:06:02.120 the license plate, or they were wearing U of L gear, 127 00:06:02.360 --> 00:06:05.000 or maybe somebody you recognize, because that stuff's happened too. Like, 128 00:06:05.000 --> 00:06:08.120 I know people who've gone to vacation in Destin, however 129 00:06:08.160 --> 00:06:10.279 many miles away that is from here in Louisville, and 130 00:06:10.319 --> 00:06:12.600 they run into people that they know, like not just like, oh, 131 00:06:12.600 --> 00:06:14.279 you're from Louisville. No, hey, I know you. We used 132 00:06:14.319 --> 00:06:16.000 to work together, we went to high school. Like it's 133 00:06:16.000 --> 00:06:18.480 just it's it's been a thing, but I'd never really 134 00:06:18.519 --> 00:06:21.519 experienced it before until recently to where I feel like 135 00:06:21.560 --> 00:06:23.759 half of the place we stayed was were people from 136 00:06:23.839 --> 00:06:28.920 the Louisville area. Any guesses, John, as to which college 137 00:06:29.000 --> 00:06:32.120 fan base was represented the most in Destin. 138 00:06:32.639 --> 00:06:35.240 I would assume it would be one of the Florida schools. 139 00:06:35.680 --> 00:06:37.480 So you also have a lot of tours, Yeah, it 140 00:06:37.480 --> 00:06:38.160 may not be the case. 141 00:06:38.240 --> 00:06:40.959 No, it's mostly tourists, so you see very little, very 142 00:06:41.160 --> 00:06:43.800 very little. Uh. In fact, if you see people like 143 00:06:43.839 --> 00:06:46.000 the resort we stay at with a Florida license plate 144 00:06:46.120 --> 00:06:48.079 kind of like we had. It's just because of the rental, 145 00:06:48.120 --> 00:06:49.639 you know what I mean. Yeah, so a lot of 146 00:06:49.639 --> 00:06:51.519 times I just assume, oh, they're from Florida, although no 147 00:06:51.519 --> 00:06:53.560 they're not. They're actually just like us, they renting a car. 148 00:06:54.120 --> 00:06:56.879 But there was a ton, and I mean a ton 149 00:06:57.519 --> 00:06:59.759 of Georgia fans there. 150 00:06:59.639 --> 00:07:02.480 Really Okay, Yeah, I would have guessed Alabama before Jeordian. 151 00:07:02.560 --> 00:07:05.439 There's always there's always a healthy amount of Alabama fans 152 00:07:05.680 --> 00:07:07.519 because they're not that far from Deston and of course, 153 00:07:07.519 --> 00:07:09.000 you know, they've had a pretty good run to where 154 00:07:09.040 --> 00:07:12.519 they're going to be wearing their gear pretty proudly. But 155 00:07:12.839 --> 00:07:19.040 LSU Georgia, Alabama, I would say those three were you know, 156 00:07:19.319 --> 00:07:21.560 the flags were out on the beach, right, the flags 157 00:07:21.600 --> 00:07:25.199 were hanging from the cars, they have the license plate decals, 158 00:07:25.279 --> 00:07:26.600 that kind of stuff, which I don't know, I just 159 00:07:26.639 --> 00:07:29.120 find it. It is fine. I find that interesting because 160 00:07:29.600 --> 00:07:31.600 you know, a lot of people in I'm not really 161 00:07:31.600 --> 00:07:33.439 sure if we are the South in Louisville, I've never 162 00:07:33.439 --> 00:07:35.079 really felt like we are. Kind of feel like we're 163 00:07:35.079 --> 00:07:37.560 not South. We're not South or Midwest, but either way, 164 00:07:37.839 --> 00:07:39.639 you know, like people in that pocket of the country 165 00:07:39.680 --> 00:07:43.360 you know, their passion for sports is usually affiliate is 166 00:07:43.399 --> 00:07:45.600 to the school, rather it be a school they went 167 00:07:45.639 --> 00:07:47.600 to or you know, the biggest school that's in the 168 00:07:47.639 --> 00:07:49.839 state that they live in. So it's always kind of 169 00:07:49.879 --> 00:07:53.000 a nice reminder that college football season is getting closer 170 00:07:53.079 --> 00:07:55.040 because we always go at the end of July early August, 171 00:07:55.079 --> 00:07:57.319 and when you get here, you know it's it's right 172 00:07:57.360 --> 00:07:58.040 around the corner. 173 00:07:58.319 --> 00:07:59.920 Were there any rogue Hoosiers in Deston. 174 00:08:00.199 --> 00:08:02.879 I did not see any Hoosiers, although I did see 175 00:08:03.439 --> 00:08:06.120 I did the first day we were there. I guess 176 00:08:06.120 --> 00:08:08.879 it would have been because we stayed seven nights. We 177 00:08:08.920 --> 00:08:14.800 didn't get back to last night, and we arrived Saturday 178 00:08:14.839 --> 00:08:18.160 of last weekend and that day slash night. And then 179 00:08:18.199 --> 00:08:21.319 the next day there was a family that was there 180 00:08:21.360 --> 00:08:22.480 from Terre Hate Musay in. 181 00:08:22.439 --> 00:08:24.519 It right, yes, where Indiana State is. 182 00:08:25.720 --> 00:08:27.519 But they were like, I think they were Notre Dame fans. 183 00:08:27.879 --> 00:08:28.439 Is that close? 184 00:08:29.040 --> 00:08:31.439 No, that's South Bend. Yeah, that's up in northwest Indiana. 185 00:08:31.480 --> 00:08:33.360 So they didn't claim the Hoosiers, but they were technically 186 00:08:33.399 --> 00:08:36.799 you know, Hoosiers because they were from from Indiana. So anyways, 187 00:08:36.840 --> 00:08:38.519 I missed out on a lot and I'm gonna try 188 00:08:38.559 --> 00:08:40.279 my best. I do this every time I'm on vacation. 189 00:08:40.279 --> 00:08:41.679 I don't want to come back and do a show 190 00:08:42.200 --> 00:08:44.480 that you know, you feel like is something being replayed 191 00:08:44.480 --> 00:08:46.519 from a week before, because you know that wouldn't be 192 00:08:46.960 --> 00:08:49.080 ideal for us. However, there's a lot I want to 193 00:08:49.080 --> 00:08:51.120 react to and discuss. I mean, I don't really have 194 00:08:51.200 --> 00:08:53.240 much more to add from the TVT loss other than 195 00:08:53.279 --> 00:08:56.360 you know, it sucked, and I learned the answer to 196 00:08:56.399 --> 00:08:58.720 my question, which was, you know, is it gonna feel 197 00:08:58.720 --> 00:09:01.399 the same, And yeah, it didn't feel exactly the same. 198 00:09:01.480 --> 00:09:03.159 Like I was able to quickly move on from it. 199 00:09:03.240 --> 00:09:06.600 But yeah, like losing the Kentucky in anything sucks and 200 00:09:06.679 --> 00:09:11.000 unfortunately we've had that happen far too often, especially in basketball. 201 00:09:11.080 --> 00:09:13.159 But also, I mean, pack Kelsey's team. We got a 202 00:09:13.240 --> 00:09:17.120 chance to see the debut squad for Pat Kelsey here 203 00:09:17.159 --> 00:09:19.879 in two exhibition games. And look, I know the competition 204 00:09:20.000 --> 00:09:24.080 wasn't great. We knew that going in. Don't care. It 205 00:09:24.120 --> 00:09:28.480 was just a chance to see this team personnel we've 206 00:09:28.519 --> 00:09:32.759 never watched play before, different lineups, style of play, that 207 00:09:32.879 --> 00:09:35.440 kind of stuff. And I just don't know how you can, like, 208 00:09:35.480 --> 00:09:39.879 I'm not telling you to make arrangements to travel deep 209 00:09:39.879 --> 00:09:41.639 into the tournament because you think this squad is going 210 00:09:41.679 --> 00:09:43.159 to make a run to the final four. I mean 211 00:09:43.200 --> 00:09:45.919 that's not at all what I'm saying, because I think, 212 00:09:46.120 --> 00:09:49.519 knowing competition level that kind of stuff, it's just impossible 213 00:09:49.559 --> 00:09:52.120 to really know how much it means as far as 214 00:09:52.159 --> 00:09:54.840 to beat those two teams as badly as you did. However, 215 00:09:55.200 --> 00:09:58.000 I think you'd be hard pressed to find anybody that 216 00:09:58.080 --> 00:10:01.159 wasn't extremely impressed with what you say saw from this 217 00:10:01.200 --> 00:10:03.279 group when it comes to the personnel that Pat Kelsey 218 00:10:03.360 --> 00:10:06.960 has to use the style of play. I mean, I've 219 00:10:06.960 --> 00:10:08.919 got a lot of thoughts I'll share with you from 220 00:10:09.000 --> 00:10:11.720 from the two games that I watched, uh and you know, 221 00:10:11.759 --> 00:10:13.960 I watched them live and I rewatched him. I had 222 00:10:14.000 --> 00:10:15.919 my phone out on the beach on Thursday and at 223 00:10:15.919 --> 00:10:19.480 the pool, you know, I was hitting pause every now 224 00:10:19.480 --> 00:10:21.360 and then, jumping in playing with the kids coming back. 225 00:10:21.360 --> 00:10:23.320 I mean, I couldn't, I couldn't stay away from it 226 00:10:23.360 --> 00:10:26.480 because I was enjoying it so much. So you know, 227 00:10:26.720 --> 00:10:28.600 we'll save that for probably in the four o'clock guy, 228 00:10:28.679 --> 00:10:30.240 or well, I'll give you and I'll give you some 229 00:10:30.360 --> 00:10:34.200 you know, some big picture kind of thoughts because I 230 00:10:34.200 --> 00:10:37.559 think everything for the most part, that we set about 231 00:10:37.600 --> 00:10:41.559 this group before watching them play, just meaning what you 232 00:10:41.559 --> 00:10:44.279 feel like you should expect with what we know about 233 00:10:44.279 --> 00:10:46.679 each of these players. We know, with what we know 234 00:10:46.759 --> 00:10:49.879 about Pat Kelsey and the style of basketball he coached 235 00:10:50.039 --> 00:10:53.759 at Charleston, I feel like we got exactly what we 236 00:10:54.679 --> 00:10:57.320 should have expected. Meaning they're gonna play fast, There's no 237 00:10:57.360 --> 00:10:59.080 way around it. They're gonna play fast. They're gonna get 238 00:10:59.120 --> 00:11:00.840 up a lot of three point shot, They're going to 239 00:11:00.919 --> 00:11:04.000 initiate tempo. He's got a lot of options. I mean, 240 00:11:04.720 --> 00:11:07.519 they don't have a big drop off at a handful 241 00:11:07.559 --> 00:11:11.879 of different positions. I mean, they've got shooting, they've got experience, 242 00:11:12.759 --> 00:11:15.960 they've got good size. And one of the things that 243 00:11:16.039 --> 00:11:18.879 is that is rarely ever mentioned when it comes to 244 00:11:18.919 --> 00:11:22.200 the value of going and getting mature players that have 245 00:11:22.240 --> 00:11:25.120 played a lot of basketball. I mean, the obvious value 246 00:11:25.159 --> 00:11:27.840 is that you know they've already they've already kind of developed, 247 00:11:27.919 --> 00:11:30.279 right they're they're they're not guys you've got to spend 248 00:11:30.279 --> 00:11:32.320 two years as a project to see if you can 249 00:11:32.360 --> 00:11:34.879 get this guy to become a great player. You kind 250 00:11:34.879 --> 00:11:36.600 of get a guy as is and he may not 251 00:11:36.639 --> 00:11:39.399 be an NBA All Star with potential like that, but hey, 252 00:11:40.080 --> 00:11:41.879 here's here's what he can give you right now, and 253 00:11:41.919 --> 00:11:43.960 it's going to be ready day one. Like that, There's 254 00:11:43.960 --> 00:11:45.919 there's a lot of benefits in going out and adding 255 00:11:45.919 --> 00:11:47.879 players in the portal that are experienced. It gives you 256 00:11:47.919 --> 00:11:49.879 the option to not be young if you don't want 257 00:11:49.879 --> 00:11:51.840 to be young, and most coaches don't want to be young. 258 00:11:52.360 --> 00:11:53.840 But one of the things that I love about this 259 00:11:53.960 --> 00:11:55.840 and it really stood out and watching nearly every one 260 00:11:55.840 --> 00:11:57.840 of these players, it's not to say that they can't 261 00:11:57.840 --> 00:12:02.120 develop and get better and become better defenders, better shooters. Right, 262 00:12:02.399 --> 00:12:05.720 You're always always working hard at your craft to get better. 263 00:12:06.480 --> 00:12:09.799 But because they've played so much basketball, they know who 264 00:12:09.799 --> 00:12:12.039 they are as players. Right, They're not out there figuring 265 00:12:12.039 --> 00:12:13.919 out who they are. They're not out there trying to 266 00:12:14.080 --> 00:12:18.679 you know, develop into you know, more of a more 267 00:12:18.720 --> 00:12:20.840 of a wing after they've played you know, in the 268 00:12:20.879 --> 00:12:23.840 post the majority of their time in high school and 269 00:12:23.919 --> 00:12:26.279 you know, on aau like these are dudes who are 270 00:12:26.320 --> 00:12:28.799 twenty one, twenty two, twenty three years old some of them, 271 00:12:29.240 --> 00:12:30.840 and they know who they are as players. They're not 272 00:12:30.879 --> 00:12:34.120 out there trying to you know, like it's they know 273 00:12:34.159 --> 00:12:35.799 what they can do and they and they stick to that. 274 00:12:35.840 --> 00:12:38.200 They don't really go outside their game. So I was 275 00:12:38.240 --> 00:12:41.600 really impressed. And I mean I think just about every 276 00:12:41.639 --> 00:12:44.799 single player that you got to see legitimate minutes out of. 277 00:12:45.399 --> 00:12:47.600 I mean, even if the stat line doesn't wow you, like, 278 00:12:47.600 --> 00:12:49.480 I mean, you've got I mean, this team should be good. 279 00:12:49.519 --> 00:12:52.679 Now does that mean making it to a Sweet sixteen? 280 00:12:52.720 --> 00:12:55.279 I don't know, but I said it once the roster 281 00:12:55.440 --> 00:12:58.519 was put together on paper, that this is a team 282 00:12:58.600 --> 00:13:00.519 that should be in the NTUABLEA Tournament next year. Now 283 00:13:00.519 --> 00:13:01.759 if they're not, it didn't mean that we got a 284 00:13:01.799 --> 00:13:05.360 panic and act like the world's falling apart. But I 285 00:13:06.200 --> 00:13:09.519 said that whenever he assembled the roster right kind of 286 00:13:09.559 --> 00:13:12.039 felt like some of the last couple of pieces were 287 00:13:12.039 --> 00:13:16.600 really important. You know, Chucky Hepburn is different than really 288 00:13:16.639 --> 00:13:18.840 any guy you have here. Right not to say he's 289 00:13:18.879 --> 00:13:20.399 going to be the best player, but like you need 290 00:13:20.639 --> 00:13:23.360 a lead guard that has been sort of a quarterback 291 00:13:23.399 --> 00:13:26.120 of his team for years as a college basketball player, 292 00:13:26.519 --> 00:13:29.320 and then case in Pryor, you needed good front court 293 00:13:29.360 --> 00:13:31.519 play and then you ended up adding also Noah Waterman 294 00:13:31.600 --> 00:13:33.639 as well. So this is a team that should make 295 00:13:33.679 --> 00:13:35.000 the tournament. Now will they do it, We'll have to 296 00:13:35.000 --> 00:13:36.879 wait and see. But I have no problem in what 297 00:13:36.960 --> 00:13:40.960 I watched last week in saying that once again they 298 00:13:40.960 --> 00:13:44.279 should be a tournament team. So we'll talk more hoops 299 00:13:44.279 --> 00:13:46.759 coming up a little bit later on when it comes 300 00:13:46.799 --> 00:13:49.960 to Louisville football. We'll get into some things a little 301 00:13:49.960 --> 00:13:51.919 bit later on when it comes to camp, which started 302 00:13:51.919 --> 00:13:55.000 here recently. I mean, nothing crazy, right, camp is usually 303 00:13:55.120 --> 00:13:57.080 it's a good thing if things are quiet in camp. 304 00:13:57.399 --> 00:14:00.559 That means there's no injuries to report. You know, coaches 305 00:14:00.559 --> 00:14:02.879 won it quiet in camp, and it's been that way 306 00:14:02.919 --> 00:14:06.159 so far. But one thing that I didn't get a 307 00:14:06.240 --> 00:14:08.360 chance to discuss last week, and some people don't. I mean, heck, 308 00:14:08.360 --> 00:14:09.799 a lot of people probably don't care. And that's where 309 00:14:09.840 --> 00:14:14.279 Louisville finished in the ACC pre season media poll. And John, 310 00:14:14.320 --> 00:14:15.799 you may not remember, so I don't want to put 311 00:14:15.840 --> 00:14:17.519 you on the spot, but I'm pretty sure I guessed 312 00:14:17.559 --> 00:14:19.960 four that Louisville would be number four. 313 00:14:20.080 --> 00:14:21.720 And you were dead on the money, weren't you. 314 00:14:21.840 --> 00:14:23.440 Yeah, I think it was. And I don't say that 315 00:14:23.480 --> 00:14:25.000 to say, hm, I was, you know, I was I 316 00:14:25.080 --> 00:14:29.000 was right, But even knowing that I said that and 317 00:14:29.000 --> 00:14:32.919 felt that way, I'm still I don't know why I care, 318 00:14:32.919 --> 00:14:36.200 because again, it's the preseason media poll. Nobody cares. Once 319 00:14:36.240 --> 00:14:39.320 the season starts you get games, it rarely ever gets referenced. 320 00:14:39.759 --> 00:14:41.519 I mean, it's nonsense. And by the way, they came 321 00:14:41.519 --> 00:14:45.519 in a number five, so you know it doesn't matter. 322 00:14:45.720 --> 00:14:49.840 But I am annoyed knowing that, like the ACC media 323 00:14:50.159 --> 00:14:54.200 voted Miami in NC State ahead of Louisville when Louisville 324 00:14:54.600 --> 00:14:57.840 beat them last year, had better years than both those teams, 325 00:14:58.240 --> 00:15:02.360 and by all accounts, Lowell should be better. I mean, 326 00:15:02.679 --> 00:15:05.480 I know NC State added a really good transfer in 327 00:15:05.679 --> 00:15:07.600 the kid from Coastal Carolina who I feel like has 328 00:15:07.639 --> 00:15:12.360 been in college since the nineteen nineties. I can't even 329 00:15:12.360 --> 00:15:13.919 think of his name, but he's been around forever, and 330 00:15:13.960 --> 00:15:17.039 he transferred INCA State after a ten year run. It 331 00:15:17.080 --> 00:15:20.919 looked like at Coastal Carolina. And I know Miami's got 332 00:15:20.960 --> 00:15:25.039 cam Ward and they never are lacking talent, But I 333 00:15:25.080 --> 00:15:28.000 don't know man to see Louisville not in the preseason 334 00:15:28.240 --> 00:15:30.720 coaches poll in the top twenty five which came out today, 335 00:15:31.120 --> 00:15:32.919 and to see that they came in in number five. 336 00:15:33.080 --> 00:15:36.679 Like it's a stretch to say they're being like disrespected, 337 00:15:37.120 --> 00:15:39.159 but I kind of feel like if you really wanted 338 00:15:39.200 --> 00:15:42.320 to have that conversation internally meeting Jeff Brahm, you could 339 00:15:42.320 --> 00:15:45.000 because again, this guy, these guys bring back a first 340 00:15:45.039 --> 00:15:48.399 team All American in Ashton Jalatti. Quincy Riley's probably one 341 00:15:48.399 --> 00:15:51.600 of the most underappreciated defensive players in the ACC, maybe 342 00:15:51.600 --> 00:15:54.120 all of Power five Football or Power for Football. I 343 00:15:54.120 --> 00:15:58.720 should say, now, I mean, your portal class isn't number 344 00:15:58.720 --> 00:16:02.080 one in the country, but it's probably top five everywhere 345 00:16:02.080 --> 00:16:06.399 you look. And they got better at quarterback two they did. 346 00:16:06.919 --> 00:16:09.159 I mean the only thing like on paper that I 347 00:16:09.159 --> 00:16:12.480 think you could look at Louisville and say, Wow, gonna 348 00:16:12.480 --> 00:16:14.320 be tough for me to pencil them in the top 349 00:16:14.360 --> 00:16:16.320 three in the league knowing that they went to the 350 00:16:16.399 --> 00:16:19.000 championship game a year ago because they don't have Isaa 351 00:16:19.039 --> 00:16:22.039 Garrindo and Juarr Jordan back there, which again, that's an 352 00:16:22.120 --> 00:16:25.000 understandable thing to think, oh, wow, that's gonna be tough 353 00:16:25.000 --> 00:16:28.000 to replace, which it is, But you don't need to 354 00:16:28.080 --> 00:16:30.919 have a duo like that if everything else works out 355 00:16:30.960 --> 00:16:33.000 the way that you hope it does, meaning where your 356 00:16:33.080 --> 00:16:36.080 quarterback is able to make throws that you know Jack 357 00:16:36.080 --> 00:16:39.559 Plumber couldn't consistently. Your quarterback's able to really give you 358 00:16:39.639 --> 00:16:45.480 that vertical threat to go downfield. Non existent position. Last 359 00:16:45.559 --> 00:16:47.840 year for louisvill football was the tight ends. No disrespect 360 00:16:47.840 --> 00:16:49.879 to the guys that did get reps and played tight end, 361 00:16:50.279 --> 00:16:53.000 but like Jeff Brown, last year, win won ten games 362 00:16:53.039 --> 00:16:55.799 and took Louis over to the ACC Championship game with 363 00:16:55.919 --> 00:16:59.320 a quarterback that was the weakness of the team and 364 00:16:59.360 --> 00:17:02.720 really no tight end position, no no real options or 365 00:17:02.759 --> 00:17:05.519 weapons at the tight end spot. And now you have 366 00:17:06.039 --> 00:17:10.319 a quarterback that's better, good receivers, and again you have 367 00:17:10.440 --> 00:17:13.279 a variety of options at tight end, including one of 368 00:17:13.319 --> 00:17:18.000 the best G five transfers, the kid from from San 369 00:17:18.039 --> 00:17:22.319 Diego State whose name is is escaping me right now. 370 00:17:22.319 --> 00:17:24.799 I'm rusty, I'm just fresh off vacation. I remember this 371 00:17:24.799 --> 00:17:26.680 guy's name. I was talking him up to somebody the 372 00:17:26.720 --> 00:17:32.200 other day, but yeah, he transferred in and is now. 373 00:17:32.200 --> 00:17:34.000 I gotta find his name because you know, it's gonna 374 00:17:34.039 --> 00:17:37.039 drive me crazy if I don't. But he's one of 375 00:17:37.039 --> 00:17:39.640 the many options you have at tight end via the 376 00:17:39.680 --> 00:17:45.440 transfer portal and again scrolling through here. Yes, I wanted 377 00:17:45.440 --> 00:17:47.559 to I was gonna say, I wanted to say Mark Madison, 378 00:17:47.640 --> 00:17:50.000 but that's that's the mad Dog who played, who played 379 00:17:50.000 --> 00:17:53.400 for the Lakers and is now Cal's basketball coach. So yes, 380 00:17:53.519 --> 00:17:56.920 Mark Redmond, he was an All Mountain West tight end 381 00:17:56.960 --> 00:17:58.880 last year. But he's not the only one. You also 382 00:17:58.920 --> 00:18:01.599 have Isaiah Cummins who came up, came over from Kentucky. 383 00:18:02.839 --> 00:18:06.240 I mean, heck, you've got Jamari Johnson, red shirt freshman 384 00:18:06.279 --> 00:18:09.960 who was an elite prospect coming out of coming out 385 00:18:09.960 --> 00:18:11.720 of high school in twenty twenty three. So look, I 386 00:18:12.440 --> 00:18:15.559 can't say, man, they were disrespected in a major way 387 00:18:16.279 --> 00:18:19.079 and the ACC media should be ashamed of themselves because 388 00:18:19.480 --> 00:18:22.720 I just it's I'm not there, meaning I don't feel 389 00:18:22.720 --> 00:18:26.200 that strongly about it. But also like it'd be different 390 00:18:26.200 --> 00:18:28.200 if we were trying to sell you, Hey, Louisville went 391 00:18:28.359 --> 00:18:31.319 seven and six last year, but man, they're gonna break 392 00:18:31.359 --> 00:18:33.359 through and win. Like, no, they won ten games last 393 00:18:33.400 --> 00:18:35.359 year and we'll bring back a better team when it 394 00:18:35.359 --> 00:18:39.119 comes to personnel, and yeah, the schedule is more challenging 395 00:18:39.119 --> 00:18:40.920 than it was a year ago. But like is that 396 00:18:40.960 --> 00:18:44.680 what you vote on. Like you could say, like if 397 00:18:44.720 --> 00:18:48.279 you felt like Clemson had the best team, but they 398 00:18:48.319 --> 00:18:51.799 had just an unbelievably tough schedule, which Louisville doesn't. By 399 00:18:51.839 --> 00:18:53.480 the way, man, I'm not like a little, but their 400 00:18:53.480 --> 00:18:55.279 schedule is tougher than last year because if you know, 401 00:18:55.359 --> 00:18:57.759