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Speaker 3: Without further ado, why don't we fired up the ESPN

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my co host and the rest of the star set

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of cast joining us for this beautiful Wednesday, February fourth

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edition of Cougar Sports.

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Speaker 4: He's sick, but.

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Speaker 3: He showed up to work because we didn't have any

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Speaker 4: We feel for him.

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Speaker 3: He's he's pushing through it. He's got some day quill.

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He's been hydrating like crazy. Let's welcome in Ronald the

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three Man Weaver to the show. Ronnie UK Buddy Hey.

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Speaker 1: Doing his best.

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Speaker 5: I can the fever was one on three. It's a

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little down like over one on one. But man, I

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tried to avoid it been but sometimes you just can't.

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Speaker 3: Hey man, well, let much love always showing up, showing out, persevering,

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appreciate your Ronnie. Let's also welcome in Hammertime show brand.

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Always bring the hampers up Hambertime. Look, I'm not a

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conspiracy theorist. I'm not a conspiracy theorists. I know I

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come up with lots of conspiracy theories. I'm not a

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conspiracy theorists. I will just say this.

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Speaker 6: I will just say, Ronald three Man Weaver is a

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lover of sneakers, Is he not?

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Speaker 4: Yes?

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Speaker 7: He is.

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Speaker 6: He is Ronald Weaver. Three Man Weaver is from the

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city of Chicago, Is he not? He is Ronald three

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Man Weaver. Right now, we are all listening to the

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song that Michael Jordan walked out to, are we not? Indeed,

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is Michael Jordan not the most famous flu game of

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all time?

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Speaker 4: Is he not?

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Speaker 1: He is?

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Speaker 4: All right?

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Speaker 1: Well, all I'm saying is this is.

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Speaker 6: The ron the three man Weaver flu game today out

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here on e ESP and the fan. We wish you

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didn't have to be, but you know what, We're lucky

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that we still get to have him because it's gonna

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be an incredible performance.

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Speaker 1: I don't know what'll be bigger in the city of Chicago.

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Speaker 6: Ron's performance today or Jordan's performance in the playoffs. I

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don't know, but the circumstances they seem to be similar.

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Speaker 4: The flu the flu show it.

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Speaker 3: Hey, well, you let me know if you if you're

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feel a little down and in the dumps side and

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you know you need to take it. Just rest, like,

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sit down, just be sipping on your your your your drinks,

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your electrolytes, et cetera, taking a little bit of the

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medicine and you can just chill and relax.

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Speaker 4: We'll take it from here.

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Speaker 3: Appreciate you, Ronnie, Appreciate Brett always bringing the hammer. Shout

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out to Vic Cram on the data aggression as well

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as the the newsletter, uh and check out the rest

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of our ESB and the fans starting lineup. We're gonna

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y U Oklahoma state matchup, so we'll get to that,

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Naty Gritty. Also, we're gonna welcome to Kilane Chatake head

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coach O the bo your Cougar football team at five

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to discuss the recruiting class.

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Speaker 4: Sign sealed, delivered. It's a signing day.

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Speaker 3: B YU Football has a great class and they welcome

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some return missionaries as well. We'll discuss that at two

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forty five. At three forty five we get into some

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maybe some some cougar bytes. Some people like Ken Palm.

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Other peoples don't like Kenpom. I love Ken Palm. Shout

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out to Ken Palm. Roay'ma I like the metrics. Look,

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times they determine. They're a great indicator of who who

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Speaker 4: In this life.

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Speaker 3: You know, the intangibles and the tangibles, the metrics and

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the feel of the game. Right, Like, we constantly criticize

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certain coaches for leaning into metrics on fourth and short

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or third and short right, or kicking a field go

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or going for it on the four five yard line. Right,

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you're going to criticize them because they're leaning into the data,

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or maybe they don't lead into the data and they

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mess it up. There's always critiques. There's always criticisms. You

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got to own what your decisions are. And some people

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just don't like Ken Palm right now, so moing delvi

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into that I trust them.

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Speaker 4: Though I trust Ken Palm.

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Speaker 3: I think it's a great baseline indicator of who a

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basketball team is. We'll discuss that a little. Keeping up

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with the Cougar segment. At four or five, Brandon Dowman

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will join us former BAU quarterback. What are the few

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the proud quarterbacks that since two thousand that has played

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in the National Football League? Is the quarterback factory still

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alive and well at Brigham and what will it be

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in the future. Darnell Dixon for a Cougar bed at

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four thirty the Daily Heralding and himself, and then David Hunsicker,

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the voice of the Oklahoma State Cowboys, getting your prep,

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getting you're ready for that BYU Oklahoma State basketball game.

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Speaker 4: And guess what Ken Palm is bringing.

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Speaker 3: Up the Caboose at five thirty so college Basketball, Cougar

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ready for that Oklahoma State matchup? K? Why when you

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think about your first half struggles, have you considered any

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lineup changes to jump start this Cougar basketball team.

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Speaker 9: Yeah.

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Speaker 10: I think everything's on the table as far as considerations,

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Like I said, everything's on the table. You know, gut

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in terms of analyzing it to that degree, yes, we've

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Speaker 3: We have analyzed. Everything's up for discussion. But where would

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you go. You're not deep enough really to do anything.

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Kyle Collinsworth, I don't know if you heard this.

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Speaker 4: We had him on the show.

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Speaker 3: He said, there's someone that hasn't gotten ANYPT or a

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very limited PT this year that is going to take

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a step into a larger role. I said, anitie. I'm like,

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what was it, Alexi Costick? He said, nah, not him.

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Ronald whispers in my ear and says it's Dominique Dia Monday.

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Tom and I had asked the question. This was about

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a month ago. I you know, Dominique said something to

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the extent on Instagram like you know, it's all in

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God's time. It's God's timing. Do you remember when he Okay,

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he put it out there, it's like God's timing. And

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I said, I quoted it, I screenshot and I put

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on Twitter. I said, look, is it Dominique Diamonday time.

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There's some gaps maybe defensively in length. There were some

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gaps when with some three and D. Remember last year

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Mowat mag stole the job from cannon catchings and became

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a three and D expert.

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Speaker 4: The expertise of three and D.

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Speaker 3: It was beautiful, it was grand, it was wonderful, it

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was it was fantastic, was beautiful.

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Speaker 4: And we don't have that right now.

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Speaker 3: We lost Dawson Baker, we locked lost Nate Pickens, we

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have injuries. Brody Koslowski the high low hasn't been a

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bucket pitch. We haven't got what we need from him consistently.

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Hadem Boop has awkward mechanics and he's developing. He's a

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great defender and a good rebounder, pretty pretty good basketball player.

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But he's just not a He's not a well rounded

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player yet offensively, Uh Canard Davis Junior has been ups

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and down, ups and down, ups and down. Tyler Moruss

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has been inconsistent and untrustworthy. You are thin, you are thin,

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and golf we say thin to win. I don't know

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if this team can be thin and win.

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Speaker 6: I don't think so. I mean, I I've said this.

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Speaker 6: Well, hadem Bo hit a three against Kansas, so that

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was cool? Yeah, and then nobody else scored off the bench.

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Speaker 4: And I'm with you.

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Speaker 6: I got into a debate with fans over the weekend

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because I was like, last year's team was deeper than this,

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team was better than this, but I certainly think there's

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an argument because obviously last year, you weren't as top

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heavy as you are this year, but you were certainly

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ten times deeper than you are this year. And I

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mean we were having these conversations where like I mean,

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Kevin Young basically had like the Batman tool belt, where

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he he had all of the options.

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Speaker 1: It was just a matter of like what did each

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game dictate.

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Speaker 6: Well, now you're in a situation where like you got

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three things on the tool belt and the rest of

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it's empty. Now those three tools are the battering, the

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grappling hook, and one other thing.

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Speaker 1: That's great, but there's.

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Speaker 6: Nothing else left on that tool belt for you to

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pull from. And to your point, like, it's gotta be something.

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I know, Kyle Collinsworth yesterday said it's hard to guard

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all three of those guys when we get to march,

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and I agree, But you don't have to guard all

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three of them. You just have to take one of

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them away. Because even in these games, even in the Kansas,

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the Texas Tech or the Arizona, like two of the

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guys have still gotten close to twenty points. It's been

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one other guy who's kind of been held back, and

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then everybody else on the roster who just hasn't been

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able to show up.

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Speaker 1: My hope is tonight because you're playing Oklahoma State.

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Speaker 6: In Oklahoma State, I believe is eleventh in terms of

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opponent a three point defense. Basically, I'm hoping tonight is

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the night where Oklahoma State is just so spread out

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that whether it's Alexi Canard or hopefully Dominique, Because honestly,

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I think I've said this three or four times that

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where it's.

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Speaker 1: Like, Okay, hopefully it's Alexi your Canard.

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Speaker 6: I've said that enough times now that like if they

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want to show up, awesome, I'm with you, Like, maybe

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it is Dominique Delmande time, because we just could.

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Speaker 4: It be exactly that? And that's the question. Who else

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could it be?

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Speaker 1: Who else?

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Speaker 4: Who else?

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Speaker 6: Maybe Hedem just has a magic three point shot that

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we got a glimpse of.

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Speaker 1: I don't know, but I don't know who else it is.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I'm not sure either.

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Speaker 3: But everything's on the table, And you wonder when he

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says everything's on the table is like an acquisition also

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on the table.

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Speaker 6: Harry coming out of his he was gonna say, kJ

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Perry giving up all of a sudden play, I mean,

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what else, like because here's the deal, Like you get

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one year of AJ you get this is this is

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the one year. This is the last dance, right, we

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all watched the documentary This is the last dance, And

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I look, I don't know that kJ Perry moves the needle.

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Speaker 1: I don't.

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Speaker 1: I wish that he could. I don't think that he does.

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Speaker 6: But if he moves the needle, like again, this is

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last dance, this is the only time you get a

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g This is the only time time for the next

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several years where you're gonna have somebody competing for the

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spot of number one player in the country. To me,

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at that point, you take everything you can off the

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shelf and you throw it at this thing.

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Speaker 3: So Kyle collins Worth told us yesterday on ESPN event

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that there's someone that has played very little that will

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begin to play much more here shortly. So it sounded

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like he didn't say he didn't say has not played

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at all. Did he say that. I don't think he

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said it has not played at all. But maybe you know,

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like verbiage and the lexicon is up for interpretation, it

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could be kJ Perry that had someone that has not

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played very much or at all is going to be

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playing for BYU here shortly, so kJ Perry, is it

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Dominic Diamande?

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Speaker 4: Is it Alexi Coostick? Is it Tyler Morass? Who is it?

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Speaker 3: It seems like is is it a Mari Bailey?

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Speaker 6: Apparently everyone on the Oh my gosh, that guy is

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getting everyone unfortunately.

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Speaker 4: Yes, you know what I mean.

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Speaker 3: Like former UCLA stand up and Mauri Bailey said he's

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attempted to become the first basketball player to return to

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college basketball after playing in the NBA Games.

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Speaker 4: Bailey has hired an.

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Speaker 3: Agent and lawyer to prepare to fight for NCAA eligibility

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with hopes to join.

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Speaker 4: A college team and play one more season.

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Speaker 3: Tom Hughes, a troller, tweeted out earlier today that breaking

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former UCLA and Charlotte Hornet's guard to Maury Bailey has

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signed with b Yu. Bailey is seeking a temporary restraining

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order that would rule him immediately eligible to turn to

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college basketball. This is a troll job. I don't think

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this is true. It can't be true anyway, It's not true.

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But he is trying to come back. He is trying

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to come. Heming to He's just not coming to Brigham.

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So but those are your options right now. Those are

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the four that you're looking at and saying, Okay, who

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is the most likely to step up?

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Speaker 4: Who's your guy?

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Speaker 3: And I would love this, like what is it that

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you need? Like from a skill set standpoint, what is

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it that you need?

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Speaker 4: And who fills that role?

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Speaker 6: I just, honestly, I know this is as simple as

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the answer, but I just think it's just buckets, Like

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I think you just really need. And I hate saying

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this because the number that keeps popping into my head

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is that seven point five points per game that Dawson

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Baker was giving you.

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Speaker 1: But like that's really all I think you need.

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Speaker 6: You don't need somebody who can consistently give you eleven, twelve,

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thirteen points. You just need someone who on a consistent night,

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can get you out of slump, can can get you

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back on the board, can stop long runs, who can

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just get you seven and a half to eight points

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a game.

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Speaker 1: That's all I think you really need.

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Speaker 6: Which I mean, it would be nice if it came

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some of it came to three point line because I

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just don't think. I mean, AJ's been improving at them,

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Richie's been improving at them, Robert has been consistent, But

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like because.

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Speaker 1: Rob I think is so focused on scoring.

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Speaker 6: Therefore he's not in distributor Chris Paul point guard mode,

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like he just can't be because he's so focused on

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doing all kinds of other things. I think it's pretty easy.

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I think you just need points. Like I think defensively,

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you'll be fine. You can figure it out. You just

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need somebody who can get you a couple buckets.

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Speaker 3: Is it kJ is it Dominique? Is it Alection Coastick,

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is it Tyler Russe? Is it somebody else?

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Speaker 4: Who is it?

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Speaker 3: Who you lean it into and why? Kay Wise says

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it's all up for discussion.

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Speaker 4: It's all up for debate.

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Speaker 3: Kevin, Obviously, you guys are paying attention to AJ coming

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off the Showdown game. Are you concerned at all about

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how he's handling that Showdown game?

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Speaker 9: No, no concerns.

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Speaker 3: I think those are great, No concern, no concern whatsoever.

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Speaker 6: I just again, I've said this before, sometimes I don't know,

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at least me, because when I did Sideline, my first

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thought as soon as I got a question was what

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would the coach say to this? And and like, look,

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I think Jay is one of the best people in

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media in this area. Because Jay is not afraid to

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ask a single question.

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Speaker 1: I think that's a great question.

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Speaker 6: My problem is like, what's Kevin gonna say, you know,

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like and because Kevin's gonna defend his.

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Speaker 1: Guy, I wish.

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Speaker 6: I just don't know what else he would have said,

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And unfortunately he gave a short answer there.

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Speaker 4: Yeah, I think that the short answer was merited. Yeah, yeah,

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he's fine.

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Speaker 3: Uh, you made a big deal about the Big Three

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being so unselfish, the triple combination as during Jordan likes

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to call it the brig three. How that's worked so well?

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Is there a point where you want him to be

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AJ a little bit more selfish?

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Speaker 10: I mean, if you're referencing the Kansas game, I mean

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you'd have to show me the clips where he wasn't aggressive.

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You know, they did a good job of every time

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he got the ball, he was getting double teams, and

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so I don't think.

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Speaker 9: It was like, oh, AJ, be more aggressive. It was

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like every time he got the ball, he got double team.

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Speaker 10: So that's more on me probably to find ways to

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get him in positions where he can't get double try

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to get him on the move more and so forth.

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But I think I think really my real challenge to

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Aj is to just get himself jumped started on the

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defensive end of the floor. I think that's you know,

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our intensity level raises in the second halves and we're

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trying to you know, that is something that we've discussed,

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not just with AJ but with the whole team, just

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having a level of intensity that's a little bit, not

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a little bit, a lot of bit higher to start

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games now. I think defensively, there's some things we can

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do now actually with the coverages that we implore to

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make ourselves get a little bit more aggressive, and maybe

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that's a way we can kind of jump start the guys.

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Speaker 3: So here's a couple of things that I think about.

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I love that kay White points out, like, you're gonna

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have to show me on tape.

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Speaker 6: Instead of just obliterating someone immediate being like I know ball,

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you don't. He's like, look, you're gonna have to show

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me because I don't agree.

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Speaker 1: But maybe it's possible that I'm wrong.

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Speaker 3: He's getting doubled and that forces the ball out his hands. Now,

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then he turns it to himself and he says, I

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need to do a better job of getting him on

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the move and making sure that he has opportunities to

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find some solo coverage or you know, just you know,

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shot opportunities where he's not being you know, just enveloped

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by two defenders. And so love that fantastic commentary because

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if you if you watch.

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Speaker 4: The Kansas Texas Tech game, Texas Tech did.

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Speaker 3: A phenomenal job of doubling Darren Peterson, where bwe he

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really didn't do a good job of doubling Darren Peterson

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in the first half. They didn't, like they didn't force

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the ball out of Darren's hands ever, but Texas Texture

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as hell did.

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Speaker 4: They were forcing it out of Darren Peterson's hand.

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Speaker 3: So then you look at what Bill self did in

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the waiting moments, beautiful flare screen to Darren like he

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went Darren went dry. I want to say, for like

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five six, seven, eight minutes. If you're watching that game,

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he just he was. His second half productivity was minimal

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with Texas Tech making certain adjustments and even the first

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half they were getting the ball out of his hands.

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Speaker 4: So Bill had.

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Speaker 3: To scheme an opportunity. The first three point shot phenomenally done,

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but it was phenomenally executed by Darren JT. Toppins closing out,

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he gives a little nutt. He gives a little you know,

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pump fake and it kind of slows. It gets JT

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off bounce. He doesn't elevate, and he may have just

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a little bit, but it was kind of like short

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lived elevation. And then Darren elevates and hits a freaking doozy.

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Speaker 4: I mean, it just rain drops. It was phenomenal.

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Speaker 3: And then he gets that that that high ball screen

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potentially a pick and roll situation, and as soon as

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he has the aperture of the window, he pulls and

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elevates too quick for.

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Speaker 4: The defender to get in his face. And it was

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it was, It was perfect.

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Speaker 3: So I don't know, Look, it's hard to scheme things perfectly.

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You still need an elite score to do elite things

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and elite moments.

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Speaker 4: It's really hard to do. But I loved that commentary.

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Speaker 3: I loved that introspection from Ky and uh Aj, do

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00:22:50,759 --> 00:22:51,359
you want me to.

475
00:22:51,279 --> 00:22:53,240
Speaker 4: Be more selfish? Sure? But we got to get him

476
00:22:53,279 --> 00:22:54,200
on the move a little bit.

477
00:22:54,799 --> 00:22:57,759
Speaker 6: And I'm glad that that Kevin Young pointed that out

478
00:22:58,359 --> 00:23:02,240
because it again I've defended Rob for there not being

479
00:23:02,279 --> 00:23:05,119
a lot of ball movement because I don't feel like

480
00:23:05,119 --> 00:23:07,160
he has a lot of guys to move the ball to. However,

481
00:23:07,519 --> 00:23:10,319
where I'll push back on myself is say like, if

482
00:23:10,359 --> 00:23:14,000
you are not in constant ball movement, And Ronald could

483
00:23:14,000 --> 00:23:15,720
speak to this probably a lot better than any of us, Like,

484
00:23:15,960 --> 00:23:18,880
if you're not moving, it's way easier to just blitz

485
00:23:18,920 --> 00:23:21,359
a guy or send a double team because he's not

486
00:23:21,440 --> 00:23:23,440
on the move. You know exactly where he's gonna be

487
00:23:23,440 --> 00:23:26,039
because that's where he is right now. So I think

488
00:23:26,200 --> 00:23:28,759
Kevin makes a great point outlining that. I hope we

489
00:23:28,799 --> 00:23:31,799
see that tonight because because you know, Oklahoma State, they're

490
00:23:31,799 --> 00:23:33,839
gonna say, hey, we may lose, but we're not gonna

491
00:23:33,880 --> 00:23:36,079
lose to AJ. So we're gonna blitz him because we've

492
00:23:36,079 --> 00:23:39,319
seen other teams do it and work. I hope their

493
00:23:39,440 --> 00:23:42,519
counter is we were figured this out. We're not doing

494
00:23:42,559 --> 00:23:45,799
this anymore. AJ's not getting doubled, and we got a

495
00:23:45,799 --> 00:23:46,519
solution here.

496
00:23:47,000 --> 00:23:52,799
Speaker 3: Yep, let's get back to the sound, Kay, Why just

497
00:23:53,200 --> 00:23:55,440
a follow up on the defensive side. He also went

498
00:23:55,480 --> 00:23:57,839
into the defensive effort a little bit more intensity, right.

499
00:23:57,880 --> 00:23:59,960
He'd like to see that, especially in the first half.

500
00:24:00,240 --> 00:24:03,319
That's something that Vic has been just ticked off about.

501
00:24:03,359 --> 00:24:04,200
Speaker 4: He've been to oed.

502
00:24:04,799 --> 00:24:06,920
Speaker 3: When Vic gets t oed, I mean that's your in

503
00:24:07,039 --> 00:24:10,960
dire straits man. Viking's not a o guy man, So

504
00:24:11,000 --> 00:24:15,680
you better watch your back Ky and Crew basketball. This

505
00:24:15,920 --> 00:24:19,279
Cougar Caterors team he would like to see a little

506
00:24:19,279 --> 00:24:21,000
bit more intensely. But just following up on the defense side,

507
00:24:21,039 --> 00:24:23,400
are you concerned it all about the defensive struggles recently

508
00:24:23,720 --> 00:24:26,319
or was it just the quality of the opponents that

509
00:24:26,319 --> 00:24:28,079
you can attribute the poor defense to.

510
00:24:29,279 --> 00:24:31,279
Speaker 9: Yeah, it hasn't been good enough. I mean that's something.

511
00:24:31,519 --> 00:24:35,039
Speaker 10: I mean I came in over the weekend and yesterday

512
00:24:35,079 --> 00:24:38,000
and watched every single one of our defensive possessions from

513
00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,480
Big twelve play and have a pretty good feel for,

514
00:24:42,519 --> 00:24:44,799
you know, things that we need to adjust. I think,

515
00:24:44,960 --> 00:24:47,519
you know, every team is different, you know, every team

516
00:24:47,559 --> 00:24:49,480
that you coach is different, and I think that's a

517
00:24:51,039 --> 00:24:53,680
challenge I think for all college coaches with how much

518
00:24:53,759 --> 00:24:56,920
the rosters change, and so what worked last year may

519
00:24:56,960 --> 00:25:00,839
not work with this year's team. I think, you know,

520
00:25:00,880 --> 00:25:04,279
we're trying to simplify, you know, take a less is

521
00:25:04,359 --> 00:25:07,440
more approach, allow our guys to maybe make a little

522
00:25:07,440 --> 00:25:11,279
bit more plays, tilting on aggression and less on so

523
00:25:11,480 --> 00:25:13,759
scheme heavy. I think that's something that probably has put

524
00:25:13,759 --> 00:25:15,400
our group in mud a little bit. So that's an

525
00:25:15,440 --> 00:25:18,839
area we're trying to focus on. And then you also

526
00:25:18,880 --> 00:25:20,839
have to get and I wouldn't say the equality of

527
00:25:20,839 --> 00:25:23,200
the ponent if every team he plays good.

528
00:25:23,279 --> 00:25:25,720
Speaker 9: So so so I think where it's been.

529
00:25:27,160 --> 00:25:29,480
Speaker 10: You know, there's like in the NBA, and this is

530
00:25:29,519 --> 00:25:32,599
no disrespect to any team or player that that we've played,

531
00:25:32,599 --> 00:25:35,640
but in the NBA there's there's a website called Second

532
00:25:35,640 --> 00:25:39,000
Spectrum that's like the analytic website on steroids, and there's

533
00:25:39,039 --> 00:25:42,000
like a shot luck metric in there, and.

534
00:25:43,440 --> 00:25:45,720
Speaker 9: We would be on the very wrong end of that

535
00:25:45,799 --> 00:25:46,559
spectrum right now.

536
00:25:46,599 --> 00:25:50,200
Speaker 10: I feel like every every every guy who is not

537
00:25:50,319 --> 00:25:53,279
a great shooter or having a struggles has really teed

538
00:25:53,279 --> 00:25:53,839
off on us.

539
00:25:53,880 --> 00:25:55,480
Speaker 9: So that's something that we're adjusting.

540
00:25:55,880 --> 00:25:59,640
Speaker 10: Maybe we're giving guys the ball has been finding the

541
00:25:59,720 --> 00:26:02,480
right people in a lot of instances, but we've got

542
00:26:02,519 --> 00:26:04,559
to do a better job of still getting to contest

543
00:26:04,599 --> 00:26:05,400
there and so forth.

544
00:26:05,440 --> 00:26:07,079
Speaker 9: So I think there's a lot that goes into it.

545
00:26:07,160 --> 00:26:09,799
Speaker 10: But the bottom line is our defense has been poor

546
00:26:09,880 --> 00:26:14,079
the last several games, and there's those are kind of

547
00:26:14,079 --> 00:26:18,160
the reasons as to why we're trying to fix them.

548
00:26:18,279 --> 00:26:20,759
Speaker 3: Any thoughts there, guys, anything that stood out to you,

549
00:26:21,240 --> 00:26:22,160
b Hammer.

550
00:26:21,960 --> 00:26:25,400
Speaker 6: I'd like to know more about the shot luck analytic.

551
00:26:25,519 --> 00:26:32,200
That sounds that's really interesting. I do think like, I

552
00:26:32,240 --> 00:26:34,920
don't know, man, because there were parts of that game

553
00:26:35,000 --> 00:26:37,599
against Kansas that Darren Peterson where like I see what

554
00:26:37,640 --> 00:26:41,119
he's saying, like especially the one where Darren is right

555
00:26:41,160 --> 00:26:45,160
above the elbow and AJ is in perfect guarding position

556
00:26:45,880 --> 00:26:49,200
and Darren literally sends a tear drop to the top

557
00:26:49,240 --> 00:26:51,599
of fog Allen Field House and it just drops in,

558
00:26:51,640 --> 00:26:52,240
and I'm like.

559
00:26:52,640 --> 00:26:54,720
Speaker 1: What is AJ supposed to do there?

560
00:26:55,240 --> 00:26:57,079
Speaker 6: That's one where I was like, all right, that's gotta

561
00:26:57,119 --> 00:26:59,839
be like one hundred percent on that shot, luck mat

562
00:27:00,200 --> 00:27:02,400
or whatever it is that Kevin NaN's talking about. But

563
00:27:02,559 --> 00:27:05,119
then you watch the Texas Tech game and you see

564
00:27:05,200 --> 00:27:08,920
Saron Peterson just go nuclear hitting that shot, like falling

565
00:27:08,960 --> 00:27:11,160
off to his least shide, shooting back to his right

566
00:27:11,440 --> 00:27:13,519
and he trails it, and I'm like, how much of

567
00:27:13,559 --> 00:27:15,039
it is luck and how much of it is it?

568
00:27:15,119 --> 00:27:17,680
Like sometimes guys are just that good and they just

569
00:27:17,759 --> 00:27:18,519
hit shots like that.

570
00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:19,160
Speaker 1: I don't know.

571
00:27:19,480 --> 00:27:22,519
Speaker 4: It's unfortunate that you had to deal with it, but man,

572
00:27:22,599 --> 00:27:23,119
it's tough.

573
00:27:24,200 --> 00:27:25,720
Speaker 1: It's a combination of both things.

574
00:27:25,759 --> 00:27:27,519
Speaker 5: Just to give my thoughts because Brett had asked a

575
00:27:27,599 --> 00:27:30,279
question as of a reviewed the film, and this is

576
00:27:30,319 --> 00:27:32,160
basketball one on one when I play pick up, because

577
00:27:32,160 --> 00:27:34,079
I do this in pickup, which is crazy if people

578
00:27:34,079 --> 00:27:36,400
don't like that. I try to like go analytically with it.

579
00:27:36,759 --> 00:27:39,000
When you know a guy's good and other guys aren't

580
00:27:39,039 --> 00:27:41,599
hitting shots, your game plan of defensively works to double.

581
00:27:41,839 --> 00:27:44,759
So until BYU spaces the floor and hit shots, they

582
00:27:44,799 --> 00:27:46,400
have to be true. Why did't Aj get loose in

583
00:27:46,400 --> 00:27:49,440
the second halfle Richie started hitting shots and he couldn't double.

584
00:27:49,480 --> 00:27:51,680
So that's what it comes down to. This team will

585
00:27:51,720 --> 00:27:55,200
lose Ben constantly if they can't have the supporting cast

586
00:27:55,200 --> 00:27:57,680
outside of the Big three, space the floor or even

587
00:27:57,720 --> 00:27:59,440
other Big three. They have to hit threes. That's what

588
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,680
it comes down to. The reason why I worked so

589
00:28:01,720 --> 00:28:03,359
well is they would hit threes last year and then

590
00:28:03,440 --> 00:28:06,519
other guys could get going. So they have to do that.

591
00:28:06,559 --> 00:28:09,680
I think that's the biggest thing. And then defensively, because

592
00:28:09,720 --> 00:28:12,359
the defense was you know mid along with you know,

593
00:28:12,440 --> 00:28:14,599
not hitting shots. That's why the blowout was happening in

594
00:28:14,640 --> 00:28:16,519
the first half, but when they played better in the second,

595
00:28:16,680 --> 00:28:19,000
as they've done all season, you saw what happened.

596
00:28:19,000 --> 00:28:20,119
Speaker 9: So I think that's what it occurs.

597
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:22,400
Speaker 5: They have to hit three point shots tonight and Oklahoma

598
00:28:22,440 --> 00:28:23,759
State's gonna let you. They play man and man.

599
00:28:23,759 --> 00:28:24,839
Speaker 1: They really don't like to switch.

600
00:28:25,240 --> 00:28:27,119
Speaker 5: So this is the game to really get going and

601
00:28:27,160 --> 00:28:28,200
get your identity back.

602
00:28:28,240 --> 00:28:31,839
Speaker 4: In my opinion, let's get back to the sound.

603
00:28:32,160 --> 00:28:36,440
Speaker 3: How do you feel your guys k why have responded

604
00:28:36,480 --> 00:28:38,880
to playing a better schedule this year than last year.

605
00:28:40,160 --> 00:28:43,039
Speaker 10: Yah, it's a great point, and you might you probably

606
00:28:43,039 --> 00:28:45,759
bugged the coach's huddle at the end of practice. I

607
00:28:45,799 --> 00:28:48,039
literally just said that to the team ten minutes ago.

608
00:28:48,559 --> 00:28:50,960
And that's a compliment, you know, I mean coach self.

609
00:28:51,000 --> 00:28:52,759
I think someone showed me a quote we had. I

610
00:28:52,759 --> 00:28:55,680
mean that he felt like that was the best half

611
00:28:55,759 --> 00:28:58,480
they've played all year. It was the first half against us,

612
00:28:58,480 --> 00:29:00,880
and so you know, guys up for it. You get

613
00:29:00,880 --> 00:29:03,720
tired of seeing b Yu on Big Monday or college

614
00:29:03,759 --> 00:29:05,720
game Day, or you know Aj.

615
00:29:05,680 --> 00:29:08,640
Speaker 9: Devance of this, Richie Saunders that Rob right this, you

616
00:29:08,640 --> 00:29:10,720
know KBA Cada Defensive.

617
00:29:10,200 --> 00:29:13,119
Speaker 10: Player the Year watch or whatever thing he just got,

618
00:29:13,400 --> 00:29:14,400
so you get sick of it.

619
00:29:14,440 --> 00:29:15,839
Speaker 9: There's a human element to it.

620
00:29:15,920 --> 00:29:18,400
Speaker 10: And and you know, you know, if you play a

621
00:29:18,440 --> 00:29:21,400
good game against b YU that it's gonna you know,

622
00:29:21,440 --> 00:29:24,440
that's gonna mean something. And like I said, that's a compliment.

623
00:29:24,519 --> 00:29:27,119
That's I think that speaks to where we're trying to

624
00:29:27,160 --> 00:29:31,640
take this program. But there's a sense of responsibility that

625
00:29:31,680 --> 00:29:33,319
comes with that. I mean, I faced that when I

626
00:29:33,359 --> 00:29:37,160
was in the NBA. You know, when you're good, people

627
00:29:37,240 --> 00:29:39,200
want to they they're coming after you like they have

628
00:29:39,319 --> 00:29:41,720
that they have that game circled on their calendar.

629
00:29:42,359 --> 00:29:43,440
Speaker 9: And that's part of.

630
00:29:45,880 --> 00:29:47,559
Speaker 10: I don't know, like I said, trying to take this

631
00:29:47,680 --> 00:29:50,079
place to the level that we are.

632
00:29:50,160 --> 00:29:52,960
Speaker 9: And so how do we how are we responding to that?

633
00:29:53,279 --> 00:29:55,359
Speaker 10: I always say below average at the moment, like we

634
00:29:55,440 --> 00:29:57,960
got to do more, you know, But again at the

635
00:29:57,960 --> 00:30:02,000
same time, and every game is hard in our league.

636
00:30:02,119 --> 00:30:04,720
You know, there's so many good teams. It's in our league.

637
00:30:05,799 --> 00:30:08,079
It feels like half the league's in the top ten

638
00:30:08,240 --> 00:30:10,440
almost every every week and.

639
00:30:11,799 --> 00:30:12,720
Speaker 9: There's no nights off.

640
00:30:12,759 --> 00:30:15,160
Speaker 10: So you gotta you have no choice but to respond

641
00:30:15,200 --> 00:30:18,400
to it, or you're gonna get left in the dust.

642
00:30:19,279 --> 00:30:23,279
Speaker 3: Gonna be left in the dust BYU strength the schedule.

643
00:30:23,359 --> 00:30:25,799
It's robust, man, It's a tough one, There's no doubt

644
00:30:25,839 --> 00:30:30,359
about it. Plenty of Quad one opportunities.

645
00:30:30,400 --> 00:30:30,519
Speaker 6: B W.

646
00:30:30,519 --> 00:30:33,160
Speaker 3: Well use four and four in those Quad one opportunities

647
00:30:33,200 --> 00:30:36,240
now four and oh versus Quad two four and over

648
00:30:36,319 --> 00:30:39,079
Squad three, five and zero in Quad four.

649
00:30:39,599 --> 00:30:40,599
Speaker 4: So those four.

650
00:30:41,200 --> 00:30:43,759
Speaker 3: Losses and Quad one opportunities will hurt, right, As g

651
00:30:43,920 --> 00:30:45,680
Man likes to say, shot through the heart, it hurts.

652
00:30:46,039 --> 00:30:48,440
But this is a tough schedule. Eight eight Quad one opportunities.

653
00:30:48,440 --> 00:30:49,200
That's far this season.

654
00:30:50,160 --> 00:30:52,680
Speaker 6: I hate to say this and be the boogeyman, but like,

655
00:30:53,319 --> 00:30:56,359
doesn't this kind of feel like football, where like the

656
00:30:56,880 --> 00:31:00,319
mediocre teams to good teams. Man, you can handle those

657
00:31:00,319 --> 00:31:02,440
guys in your sleep. Yeah, but when it came to

658
00:31:02,519 --> 00:31:06,240
the good teams. That's I shouldn't say good teams when

659
00:31:06,240 --> 00:31:08,279
it came to the great teams because everyone they've lost

660
00:31:08,319 --> 00:31:13,079
to is like top fifteen. That's where you fall off

661
00:31:13,160 --> 00:31:16,599
a little bit and they haven't been able to get back. Now,

662
00:31:16,880 --> 00:31:18,920
the good thing is, like you have a lot of

663
00:31:18,920 --> 00:31:22,279
opportunities the rest of the season to prove that you

664
00:31:22,359 --> 00:31:25,799
can beat those teams. However, if you can't beat any

665
00:31:25,839 --> 00:31:29,119
of these guys, which shout out to Kem Palm. Ken

666
00:31:29,200 --> 00:31:31,039
Palm has them favored I think in nine out of

667
00:31:31,039 --> 00:31:35,319
their last ten. So the analytics and I think you

668
00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,920
said this a little bit yesterday, like Kevin Young can

669
00:31:38,920 --> 00:31:41,440
figure this thing out, Like Kevin Young is a smart

670
00:31:41,519 --> 00:31:45,039
enough guy. I think Ken Palm and Kevin Young know

671
00:31:45,200 --> 00:31:48,359
something that I don't because I'm a little bit more pessimistic.

672
00:31:48,400 --> 00:31:50,680
Speaker 1: But I'm believing in the optimists.

673
00:31:51,359 --> 00:31:54,960
Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm I'm definitely optimistic about the future. Look, this

674
00:31:55,119 --> 00:31:58,960
is a tough in the immediate future. There's a tough schedule.

675
00:31:59,000 --> 00:32:01,559
There's no doubt and by is gonna be favored, as

676
00:32:01,559 --> 00:32:03,039
you mentioned, in nine of the last ten games, and.

677
00:32:03,039 --> 00:32:04,119
Speaker 4: They're probably gonna win.

678
00:32:04,680 --> 00:32:07,519
Speaker 3: Uh, they're probably I said they're gonna go seven and three,

679
00:32:08,759 --> 00:32:12,519
and that's maybe a pessimistic take. They can go and

680
00:32:12,519 --> 00:32:14,200
do they can go nine to one. It'd be glorious

681
00:32:14,200 --> 00:32:15,680
with the O nine one. They're nine and one, they're

682
00:32:15,720 --> 00:32:17,720
a three seed, where with the opportunity to be a

683
00:32:17,759 --> 00:32:21,079
two seed, Like they're a lock for a three seed,

684
00:32:21,200 --> 00:32:24,720
and they're leaning probably towards a two seed going nine

685
00:32:24,759 --> 00:32:27,359
and one. In the back end of this schedule, So

686
00:32:28,200 --> 00:32:30,960
I would love to see it, and I hope it

687
00:32:31,079 --> 00:32:34,759
happens going forward. So how does he feel about how

688
00:32:34,759 --> 00:32:38,799
they responded? Like he's giving them truths, saying, look, this

689
00:32:38,880 --> 00:32:41,119
is a very difficult schedule, night in, night out, night

690
00:32:41,200 --> 00:32:45,000
in and night out. It's uh, it's always a refining fire.

691
00:32:45,759 --> 00:32:47,799
But it still makes the question, what is b what

692
00:32:47,799 --> 00:32:51,400
you're gonna do? Differently, k Why has enumerated these things.

693
00:32:51,400 --> 00:32:53,160
He's like, I went I went back and I watched

694
00:32:53,160 --> 00:32:57,160
every single defense possession. We're gonna simplify that is a note.

695
00:32:57,319 --> 00:32:59,480
We're gonna simply and let these guys just be athletes

696
00:32:59,519 --> 00:33:03,000
and probably go out and play, try to fight through screens,

697
00:33:03,720 --> 00:33:06,079
try to be a little bit more simplistic in their

698
00:33:06,079 --> 00:33:07,319
defensive approach.

699
00:33:07,640 --> 00:33:10,519
Speaker 4: Let's not overcomplicate it. And so you're gonna see that.

700
00:33:11,000 --> 00:33:11,920
And then k C.

701
00:33:12,279 --> 00:33:15,480
Speaker 3: Kyle Collins Worth mentioned and as did kind of k

702
00:33:15,759 --> 00:33:20,200
Y K Why said like everything's up for discussion as

703
00:33:20,200 --> 00:33:22,119
far as lineup changes are concerned.

704
00:33:22,599 --> 00:33:23,000
Speaker 4: KC.

705
00:33:23,359 --> 00:33:25,839
Speaker 3: Kyle collins were stated yesterday and I quote, I think

706
00:33:25,839 --> 00:33:28,440
there's going to be a surprise step up that hasn't

707
00:33:28,440 --> 00:33:28,960
got a lot.

708
00:33:28,880 --> 00:33:30,000
Speaker 4: Of minutes lately coming in.

709
00:33:30,359 --> 00:33:33,079
Speaker 3: I'll let you guys figure out who I'm talking about.

710
00:33:33,079 --> 00:33:34,960
But someone who's barely played this year is going to

711
00:33:35,000 --> 00:33:39,960
step up coming down the stretch. I was looking at,

712
00:33:40,039 --> 00:33:44,920
like the options Lexi, Dominique, Tyler, Marrass.

713
00:33:44,599 --> 00:33:46,759
Speaker 4: Would Hedeem Boop be in in that group?

714
00:33:46,880 --> 00:33:48,039
Speaker 1: I don't think so.

715
00:33:48,039 --> 00:33:52,480
Speaker 3: So then okay, if Hedeem's not in that group, yeah,

716
00:33:52,480 --> 00:33:56,000
there's no way. It's not Hadeem, Right, So you know

717
00:33:56,039 --> 00:34:02,640
who the other option is, Jereed McGregor. Now, so you're

718
00:34:02,640 --> 00:34:05,519
telling me there's a chance. Now, I'm not saying it's Jared, right,

719
00:34:06,200 --> 00:34:08,440
but I was trying to look for a fourth heories

720
00:34:08,480 --> 00:34:12,440
it's not. No, I can't imagine it's Stayton because he

721
00:34:12,440 --> 00:34:13,159
can't hit three.

722
00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:18,320
Speaker 4: He's he's a he's a shot blocker. So it can't

723
00:34:18,360 --> 00:34:21,800
be Staton. And it's not gonna be Abdullah.

724
00:34:21,800 --> 00:34:26,199
Speaker 3: He's already been playing significant miniscence as a rival. So

725
00:34:26,599 --> 00:34:31,119
you literally you have Alexi, Tyler, Dominique or Jared.

726
00:34:31,760 --> 00:34:33,320
Speaker 4: That's those are your options.

727
00:34:33,360 --> 00:34:35,480
Speaker 1: My money's on Diamande for right.

728
00:34:35,679 --> 00:34:39,639
Speaker 6: But however, I will say, like it it is interesting

729
00:34:39,719 --> 00:34:42,480
that he wasn't that he didn't say who it was,

730
00:34:44,119 --> 00:34:47,039
and usually like The fact that he didn't say the

731
00:34:47,159 --> 00:34:50,000
name makes me think like this is not like a

732
00:34:50,039 --> 00:34:53,360
former player, just like giving a guest. This feels like

733
00:34:53,400 --> 00:34:56,400
a scoop, or like it's a scoop, like this is

734
00:34:56,719 --> 00:34:58,079
legitimate information.

735
00:34:58,320 --> 00:35:00,480
Speaker 1: This is not a former player making a guess.

736
00:35:00,599 --> 00:35:03,679
Speaker 4: Yep mm hm exactly.

737
00:35:03,840 --> 00:35:06,119
Speaker 1: Which is good. But we would just like to know

738
00:35:06,360 --> 00:35:07,280
who that is.

739
00:35:07,360 --> 00:35:08,559
Speaker 4: Who is that case?

740
00:35:09,000 --> 00:35:13,480
Speaker 3: But I appreciate him dropping a few gems on us yesterday.

741
00:35:13,480 --> 00:35:14,719
Speaker 4: Shout out to to KC.

742
00:35:14,880 --> 00:35:16,880
Speaker 3: All right, a couple last things before we go to

743
00:35:16,920 --> 00:35:19,400
break here in then, anybody what stands out to you? Actually,

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we're gonna welcome in Kilane Satake in this segment, but

782
00:37:37,880 --> 00:37:40,559
before we do, want to get into the couple less

783
00:37:40,599 --> 00:37:44,800
sound bites from Ky in the media availability earlier today.

784
00:37:45,440 --> 00:37:47,960
B Yu versus Oklahoma Steak and your prep getting your

785
00:37:47,960 --> 00:37:51,199
ready BYU Basketball trying to find their groove, get back

786
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:53,480
into their groove. Let's get into a few of these

787
00:37:53,519 --> 00:37:55,559
sound bites, just get a scattering report. What stands out

788
00:37:55,599 --> 00:38:06,360
to you about Oklahoma State, Ky.

789
00:38:03,000 --> 00:38:04,719
Speaker 10: Yeah, I mean they're really fast, They get out and

790
00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:09,440
transition better than anybody in our league. They're just you know,

791
00:38:09,639 --> 00:38:13,480
I think Steve's teams, based on my couple you know,

792
00:38:14,679 --> 00:38:17,119
now going on two years with him, it feels like

793
00:38:17,159 --> 00:38:21,000
they're really they make the game hard on you. They're physical,

794
00:38:21,119 --> 00:38:23,880
they get into you, they're denying some passes, they're crawling

795
00:38:23,880 --> 00:38:24,519
into the ball.

796
00:38:25,639 --> 00:38:27,559
Speaker 9: Excuse me, in.

797
00:38:27,480 --> 00:38:30,760
Speaker 10: An area where we you know, early on, I think

798
00:38:30,760 --> 00:38:33,559
in Big Twelve play that that that was that like

799
00:38:33,800 --> 00:38:35,960
the Kansas State game as an example, we had a

800
00:38:35,960 --> 00:38:38,039
bunch of turnovers because I think it cut our guys

801
00:38:38,039 --> 00:38:39,159
off guard TCU.

802
00:38:39,239 --> 00:38:40,440
Speaker 9: I thought we handled it better.

803
00:38:41,679 --> 00:38:44,880
Speaker 10: So it's this physical nature of their defense and then

804
00:38:44,880 --> 00:38:47,639
their ability to get out in transition. And they have

805
00:38:47,679 --> 00:38:49,800
some high level shot makers. You know, they got some

806
00:38:49,840 --> 00:38:53,159
guys that can really, you know, score the basketball really

807
00:38:53,159 --> 00:38:55,599
from three, and so we got to do a good

808
00:38:55,719 --> 00:38:59,159
job with you know, just having our defense more intact

809
00:38:59,280 --> 00:39:00,000
than it has been.

810
00:39:02,480 --> 00:39:05,039
Speaker 3: Oklahoma State they can get buckets. So the defense is

811
00:39:05,039 --> 00:39:07,480
what they've struggled with. You can out check out the analytics.

812
00:39:07,480 --> 00:39:11,079
We had an Oklahoma insider, Oklahoma State insider on the

813
00:39:11,079 --> 00:39:13,960
show yesterday check it out on the podcast. A great

814
00:39:14,000 --> 00:39:17,920
interview and he said, as much, look this, this team

815
00:39:17,960 --> 00:39:18,559
can score.

816
00:39:18,440 --> 00:39:20,000
Speaker 4: The best of them. They can get shots. They have

817
00:39:20,039 --> 00:39:22,239
great scores. Defensively, they've struggled a little bit.

818
00:39:22,320 --> 00:39:24,880
Speaker 3: I think they're like eighty four or so in defensive

819
00:39:24,880 --> 00:39:27,599
efficiency in the country. A couple of last things from

820
00:39:27,639 --> 00:39:30,719
Ky before we welcome kalinichatake, did you watch the Kansas

821
00:39:31,000 --> 00:39:32,079
Texas Tech game.

822
00:39:31,960 --> 00:39:35,400
Speaker 4: The other night? Just wanted your thoughts. Overall thoughts on

823
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:35,960
that game.

824
00:39:37,239 --> 00:39:44,880
Speaker 9: I did watch it. Christian Anderson's good. That was my thought.

825
00:39:46,360 --> 00:39:50,159
And you know, kansas Is.

826
00:39:50,480 --> 00:39:52,920
Speaker 10: I think finding rhythm is also what I thought, you know,

827
00:39:53,039 --> 00:39:57,039
Darren's ability, Darren Peterson's ability to make I did watch it.

828
00:40:01,440 --> 00:40:03,840
Speaker 9: Christian Anderson's good that was my thought.

829
00:40:04,199 --> 00:40:09,519
Speaker 10: Uh and and uh, you know kansas Is is. I

830
00:40:09,559 --> 00:40:11,880
think finding rhythm is also what I thought, you know,

831
00:40:12,000 --> 00:40:15,440
Darren's ability, Darren Peterson's ability to make, you know, shots

832
00:40:15,519 --> 00:40:18,880
under duress is as impressive as any college player probably

833
00:40:18,920 --> 00:40:21,639
in recent memory. He made those two huge threes, and

834
00:40:22,159 --> 00:40:24,199
he's a shot maker, and there's no getting around that,

835
00:40:24,440 --> 00:40:29,199
I think, I think, but Doom Goa's development, their staff

836
00:40:29,239 --> 00:40:31,400
deserves a ton of credit because he's playing at an

837
00:40:31,400 --> 00:40:34,880
extremely high level. And how they've brought Bryson Tiller along,

838
00:40:35,000 --> 00:40:37,360
I mean, he's he's kinda I mean, we saw it

839
00:40:37,440 --> 00:40:40,039
firsthand obviously, but they're they're catching a rhythm, you know,

840
00:40:40,079 --> 00:40:41,360
and that's part of a season, you know.

841
00:40:41,440 --> 00:40:43,639
Speaker 9: I think we did that last year. We caught a rhythm.

842
00:40:44,559 --> 00:40:46,760
Speaker 10: I'm hopeful that our group this year can catch a

843
00:40:46,800 --> 00:40:49,800
rhythm at the right time. But it also says, you know,

844
00:40:49,840 --> 00:40:53,280
how good Texas Tech is and to be uh, you know,

845
00:40:53,320 --> 00:40:55,719
that close in that game, missing their best one of

846
00:40:55,760 --> 00:40:58,639
their best players. I think they do a tremendous job

847
00:40:58,719 --> 00:41:02,239
of of roster composition. I think better than anyone honestly

848
00:41:02,280 --> 00:41:04,639
that I've seen. They really know how to put teams

849
00:41:04,679 --> 00:41:07,679
together that makes sense, that are coherent, you know, Watts

850
00:41:07,760 --> 00:41:11,159
to plug Watson for Darian Williams and not missive beat.

851
00:41:11,280 --> 00:41:12,519
Speaker 9: You know, that's really impressive.

852
00:41:13,000 --> 00:41:15,280
Speaker 10: And then you know, again it speaks to the big

853
00:41:15,320 --> 00:41:18,440
twelve man like there's there's just really good teams. But

854
00:41:18,480 --> 00:41:20,440
I think it also speaks to, in terms of what

855
00:41:20,519 --> 00:41:22,360
I thought of that game, just where we are in

856
00:41:22,400 --> 00:41:25,719
the hierarchy of our league. You know, we are right

857
00:41:25,760 --> 00:41:28,239
there with everybody, but being right there is not what

858
00:41:28,239 --> 00:41:30,199
we're trying to do. We're trying to be the best,

859
00:41:30,239 --> 00:41:31,960
and we got to win some of these close games

860
00:41:31,960 --> 00:41:34,360
that we've been dropping. So it was a really good

861
00:41:34,440 --> 00:41:35,440
basketball game though.

862
00:41:38,039 --> 00:41:40,679
Speaker 3: Yeah, look, it was a great game. It was an

863
00:41:40,719 --> 00:41:45,280
exciting game. The finish was fantastic, and the star, right,

864
00:41:45,320 --> 00:41:47,920
the star, Darren Peterson showed up. And there's a reason

865
00:41:47,960 --> 00:41:50,559
why he's gonna you know why many people feel that

866
00:41:50,559 --> 00:41:53,519
he's the first overall pick because of scoring ability, because

867
00:41:53,559 --> 00:41:58,000
of his unique individual skills, that he's a good defender too.

868
00:41:59,199 --> 00:42:01,360
I was looking looking at some of the you know,

869
00:42:01,440 --> 00:42:03,400
some of the experts, like I think there was twenty

870
00:42:03,760 --> 00:42:08,679
NBA scouts that were were that that that opined, voted,

871
00:42:08,760 --> 00:42:12,519
casted their their their votes on who would be the

872
00:42:12,559 --> 00:42:15,719
first overall pick and this this NBA draft, and twelve

873
00:42:15,719 --> 00:42:16,800
of them have said Darren Peterson.

874
00:42:16,800 --> 00:42:18,119
Speaker 4: A of them said aj De Bonsa.

875
00:42:19,079 --> 00:42:24,159
Speaker 3: So you're gonna see upside potential with AJ, no ceiling

876
00:42:24,440 --> 00:42:27,119
on his ability, and then you have more of the.

877
00:42:27,159 --> 00:42:30,559
Speaker 4: Refined score, more polished player.

878
00:42:30,280 --> 00:42:34,079
Speaker 3: In Darren Peterson right now, good length, good athleticism, just

879
00:42:34,119 --> 00:42:34,960
an elite score.

880
00:42:35,440 --> 00:42:37,159
Speaker 6: I think it's a little bit of a gamble with

881
00:42:37,239 --> 00:42:42,639
Darren Peterson only because you don't know what his injury

882
00:42:42,679 --> 00:42:44,519
issues are going to be like at the next level.

883
00:42:44,599 --> 00:42:48,960
Speaker 1: Okay, maybe these guys behind the.

884
00:42:48,920 --> 00:42:52,440
Speaker 6: Scenes, maybe they already know, Hey, he's not actually injured,

885
00:42:52,480 --> 00:42:55,719
he's just playing because he's load managing. I hate to

886
00:42:55,719 --> 00:42:57,239
put that on a kid. I want I don't want

887
00:42:57,280 --> 00:43:00,599
to assume any bad intentions. But that's thing that's so

888
00:43:00,719 --> 00:43:05,000
interesting to me is like with AJ you're not. First

889
00:43:05,000 --> 00:43:07,840
of all, you're not questioning personality of like will he play,

890
00:43:08,119 --> 00:43:11,519
and you're also not questioning any kind of injury history. Yeah,

891
00:43:11,559 --> 00:43:13,880
so that's why it's so I would have like, I'm

892
00:43:13,920 --> 00:43:16,480
good with it being a close vote between AJ and Darn,

893
00:43:16,880 --> 00:43:20,639
but I would expect majority of the votes to go

894
00:43:20,840 --> 00:43:24,880
AJ's way, just because you don't have to guess what

895
00:43:24,920 --> 00:43:27,679
the injury situation is going to be.

896
00:43:27,920 --> 00:43:33,280
Speaker 3: Like, yeah, well, it's definitely. Uh, it's something to keep

897
00:43:33,280 --> 00:43:35,800
an eye on with. I mean, we're gonna be talking

898
00:43:35,840 --> 00:43:38,320
about this leading up to the NBA Draft, et cetera.

899
00:43:38,440 --> 00:43:41,880
Let's talk some recruiting schalities signing day. After all, it's

900
00:43:42,159 --> 00:43:45,159
February fourth, baby, and it's still football season. It's always

901
00:43:45,159 --> 00:43:48,599
football season here at ESP and the fan, especially with

902
00:43:48,079 --> 00:43:51,639
U with signing day at hand and also spring balls

903
00:43:51,719 --> 00:43:54,159
right around the corner. What a tremendous season it was,

904
00:43:54,480 --> 00:43:57,280
b Why you're going twelve and two and it was?

905
00:43:57,480 --> 00:43:59,760
In my opinion, I think you can make a strong

906
00:43:59,840 --> 00:44:02,360
argue it's a top five season and b WA football history,

907
00:44:02,599 --> 00:44:05,000
and you can make an argument for even better than

908
00:44:05,039 --> 00:44:07,239
that if you really take into account the strength of

909
00:44:07,280 --> 00:44:10,960
schedule and everything that bo you accomplished this season. To

910
00:44:11,000 --> 00:44:14,480
talk about the recruiting and the signing class, let's welcome

911
00:44:14,480 --> 00:44:17,639
to the head coach of the BA You Cougar football team. Uh,

912
00:44:17,679 --> 00:44:19,480
the one the only Killanie Satake?

913
00:44:19,639 --> 00:44:21,159
Speaker 4: What's up? Killani? How thatck? Are you? Buddy?

914
00:44:22,159 --> 00:44:22,639
Speaker 11: My man?

915
00:44:22,719 --> 00:44:23,320
Speaker 7: How you doing it?

916
00:44:24,079 --> 00:44:26,280
Speaker 4: I'm doing fantastic, man. It's a great day to be

917
00:44:26,320 --> 00:44:26,719
a Cougar.

918
00:44:26,760 --> 00:44:28,800
Speaker 3: I don't know, man, There's been very few times in

919
00:44:28,880 --> 00:44:34,199
BYU like athletics history that have been as like just

920
00:44:34,199 --> 00:44:37,519
just successful. You look at the seventy nine to eighty

921
00:44:37,599 --> 00:44:39,599
five era that's typically teamed.

922
00:44:39,320 --> 00:44:40,320
Speaker 4: As the glory days.

923
00:44:41,159 --> 00:44:43,800
Speaker 3: You look at the the late eighties early nineties with

924
00:44:43,920 --> 00:44:47,760
like Ty Depmer and Heisman Trophy winners and things of

925
00:44:47,760 --> 00:44:50,880
that nature. I felt like five to twenty eleven was

926
00:44:50,920 --> 00:44:54,159
a great era with a lot of wins, dominance in

927
00:44:54,199 --> 00:44:56,639
the rivalry for the most part, et cetera. And now

928
00:44:56,639 --> 00:44:59,760
we have twenty twenty to twenty twenty five.

929
00:45:01,039 --> 00:45:01,880
Speaker 4: It's been awesome.

930
00:45:02,599 --> 00:45:05,159
Speaker 3: You know, eleven and one, ten and three, there was

931
00:45:05,199 --> 00:45:06,920
a bit of a dip eight and five, five and seven,

932
00:45:06,960 --> 00:45:09,599
But I remember that five and seven year you almost

933
00:45:09,679 --> 00:45:11,920
knocked off two top ten teams and then you go

934
00:45:12,000 --> 00:45:14,360
eleven and two and twelve and two. We're in the

935
00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:18,320
glory days again, Kilani, Hey.

936
00:45:18,440 --> 00:45:22,519
Speaker 7: I mean you're saying glory days. I'm so upset about everything.

937
00:45:22,719 --> 00:45:24,519
You just mentioned the eight and five and five and

938
00:45:24,559 --> 00:45:26,920
seven year and now I'm like, but being a bad

939
00:45:27,000 --> 00:45:33,639
mood man. And so yeah, there's some really good things happening. Obviously,

940
00:45:35,199 --> 00:45:37,679
what I'm supposed to do is get us in a

941
00:45:37,679 --> 00:45:41,079
better position than twenty twenty six. So trying to find

942
00:45:41,119 --> 00:45:44,840
ways to improve and because there's some things that we

943
00:45:44,880 --> 00:45:47,440
did really good in twenty twenty five, don't get me wrong,

944
00:45:47,880 --> 00:45:50,480
but man, there's some missed opportunities and some things that

945
00:45:50,519 --> 00:45:53,840
we could have accomplished. And so I want our guys

946
00:45:53,880 --> 00:45:57,480
to be thankful for the seniors that have been through

947
00:45:57,519 --> 00:46:00,320
it are and have done some really good things. We've

948
00:46:00,320 --> 00:46:02,079
got to keep building on it. But we've got to

949
00:46:02,320 --> 00:46:05,800
go through twenty twenty six with a different mentality and

950
00:46:06,719 --> 00:46:09,119
just stay hungry. You know, we're going to try to

951
00:46:09,119 --> 00:46:11,920
stay humble as well, but the hunger to get better

952
00:46:12,000 --> 00:46:14,039
and to try to find themselves in a different position

953
00:46:14,079 --> 00:46:17,320
that we did this last year. I like the progress

954
00:46:17,360 --> 00:46:19,920
that we're making, but man, nothing's easy and You can't

955
00:46:19,920 --> 00:46:22,920
just you can't just assume something's just going to fall

956
00:46:22,920 --> 00:46:24,559
in the place for you. You got to go out

957
00:46:24,599 --> 00:46:25,119
and get it done.

958
00:46:26,280 --> 00:46:28,159
Speaker 4: Klinie, you're the visionary.

959
00:46:28,239 --> 00:46:32,039
Speaker 3: You oversee everything, the culture, what it is that b

960
00:46:32,239 --> 00:46:34,559
YU football is going to be. I love the messaging

961
00:46:34,599 --> 00:46:37,239
that you've brought forth. I see the messaging in the

962
00:46:37,400 --> 00:46:41,480
sab of what these Cougar football players are supposed to

963
00:46:41,480 --> 00:46:43,760
be once they arrive here. When you're talking with your

964
00:46:43,760 --> 00:46:46,280
coaching staff, when you're giving them the vision of what

965
00:46:46,320 --> 00:46:49,320
type of players they're supposed to be targeting. What is

966
00:46:49,360 --> 00:46:52,079
it that you're telling them.

967
00:46:52,679 --> 00:46:55,679
Speaker 7: I think it's the funding young men that can fit

968
00:46:55,760 --> 00:46:59,119
perfectly with the mission of the team, the mission of

969
00:46:58,920 --> 00:47:02,599
our universe, in the mission of our church, which is

970
00:47:02,639 --> 00:47:05,360
all aligned. And so if we can find young men

971
00:47:05,760 --> 00:47:08,400
that that this is just more than football, if it's

972
00:47:08,480 --> 00:47:11,280
just only football, it's the wrong place. You know, this

973
00:47:11,360 --> 00:47:14,840
is a difficult place to be because it because it

974
00:47:14,880 --> 00:47:17,639
matters more. And so when you when you look at

975
00:47:17,800 --> 00:47:21,119
at what we're able to accomplish with the platform that

976
00:47:21,119 --> 00:47:23,480
we have, and that we're not just talking about the

977
00:47:23,480 --> 00:47:25,599
football field, if we're going off the field and looking

978
00:47:25,639 --> 00:47:28,400
to the influence that we have in the community with

979
00:47:28,800 --> 00:47:35,039
especially young people serving others and helping others. I just

980
00:47:35,079 --> 00:47:36,920
want to coach guys that want to do that and

981
00:47:37,280 --> 00:47:40,599
naturally do that on their own and enjoy doing that.

982
00:47:40,719 --> 00:47:44,239
So this is not an easy job to play football

983
00:47:44,280 --> 00:47:46,519
at b YU, but it's something that can give you

984
00:47:46,519 --> 00:47:48,639
a lot of joy. And the joy comes for sharing it,

985
00:47:48,960 --> 00:47:52,639
but also from knowing the role that you're in that

986
00:47:52,679 --> 00:47:55,880
it can help others and and and really make someone

987
00:47:56,079 --> 00:47:59,239
You know, we could really help someone's life and change

988
00:47:59,239 --> 00:48:02,800
someone's life. And then you start realizing, man, I kind

989
00:48:02,800 --> 00:48:05,000
of like the person that I am when I'm helping others.

990
00:48:04,719 --> 00:48:07,840
And especially a time right now, especially college football, where

991
00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:11,360
everything's about me. This is a place that we wan

992
00:48:11,400 --> 00:48:14,639
to talk about us and we and doesn't fit everybody,

993
00:48:14,679 --> 00:48:17,320
but man, people are starting to seek us out. People

994
00:48:17,360 --> 00:48:19,719
are starting to contact us, whether they're members of this

995
00:48:19,840 --> 00:48:21,960
church or not. They can see that they can become

996
00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:24,840
closer to God and then play for something way bigger

997
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:25,920
than just themselves.

998
00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:29,599
Speaker 3: The recruiting for BAU is interesting, right. You got missionaries

999
00:48:30,039 --> 00:48:35,440
that leave upon signing, you have missionaries returning. You balance

1000
00:48:35,519 --> 00:48:39,320
that out with individuals that are coming in and trying

1001
00:48:39,320 --> 00:48:42,119
to make an impact immediately as freshmen, and you also

1002
00:48:42,159 --> 00:48:46,719
have your transfer portal signees that are most likely coming

1003
00:48:46,760 --> 00:48:50,400
in to make an immediate impact, right, So let's take

1004
00:48:50,639 --> 00:48:53,280
out the transfer portal signis here for a moment and

1005
00:48:53,320 --> 00:48:57,760
looking at the December senties, how many of these true freshmen?

1006
00:48:57,800 --> 00:49:00,360
Speaker 4: What percentage of the true freshmen do you?

1007
00:49:00,199 --> 00:49:01,639
Speaker 3: And you don't have to name names and things that

1008
00:49:01,719 --> 00:49:06,039
nature can come in and make an immediate impact at

1009
00:49:06,159 --> 00:49:09,079
b YU typically, well.

1010
00:49:08,920 --> 00:49:11,280
Speaker 7: I think all of them can make an immediate impact.

1011
00:49:11,280 --> 00:49:15,480
And that's just with trying to find a role. Competing.

1012
00:49:16,039 --> 00:49:18,599
The competition itself is going to make our team better,

1013
00:49:19,000 --> 00:49:22,880
you know, rather than just have guys assume roles, assume

1014
00:49:23,000 --> 00:49:27,360
starting spots, to have freshmen. I think the biggest key

1015
00:49:27,440 --> 00:49:31,320
to that, though, Ben, is these freshmen are enrolling at midyear.

1016
00:49:31,840 --> 00:49:34,639
So all the freshmen that we signed, there's there's really

1017
00:49:34,679 --> 00:49:38,119
two categories. There's there's one group that's going straight on

1018
00:49:38,159 --> 00:49:40,639
their missions and we're returning two years. And then there's

1019
00:49:40,679 --> 00:49:44,039
another group that all started here, all but one one

1020
00:49:44,079 --> 00:49:46,400
will still begin with us in June. The rest of

1021
00:49:46,440 --> 00:49:49,239
them have are already enrolled and already been in a

1022
00:49:49,280 --> 00:49:51,599
month in the training. So the fact that they get

1023
00:49:51,599 --> 00:49:54,719
that time between now and August to train to learn

1024
00:49:54,920 --> 00:49:57,800
understand the playbook. Even Bear didn't get to do that,

1025
00:49:57,880 --> 00:49:59,920
he came in Junal. So the fact that we have

1026
00:50:00,079 --> 00:50:03,599
that many many young guys doing the mid year thing

1027
00:50:03,679 --> 00:50:05,800
and being here the entire time, I think he's going

1028
00:50:05,840 --> 00:50:08,880
to benefit in so many different ways where it fits.

1029
00:50:08,920 --> 00:50:11,880
I have no idea, but the capability and the talent

1030
00:50:12,039 --> 00:50:14,400
is there. This is going to be fun to see

1031
00:50:14,440 --> 00:50:16,639
these guys compete. And then, you know, I only know

1032
00:50:16,679 --> 00:50:20,159
one way. We play the best. So if guys are

1033
00:50:20,280 --> 00:50:22,480
going to make the right sacrifice, isn't going to compete.

1034
00:50:22,960 --> 00:50:24,880
I only know one way, and that's the best guys

1035
00:50:24,880 --> 00:50:25,760
out there that earned it.

1036
00:50:26,440 --> 00:50:30,159
Speaker 3: Sometimes the artisan crafting, you know, the clay, They're only

1037
00:50:30,199 --> 00:50:32,760
as good as the clay. You were once upon a

1038
00:50:32,800 --> 00:50:37,000
time a player at b YU, you coached against BYU.

1039
00:50:37,119 --> 00:50:38,760
Speaker 4: You're coaching at BYU right now.

1040
00:50:38,760 --> 00:50:41,000
Speaker 3: How would you compare and contrast maybe the talent that

1041
00:50:41,079 --> 00:50:44,800
is currently on the roster to the prior eras in

1042
00:50:44,880 --> 00:50:46,079
b WAU football history.

1043
00:50:47,519 --> 00:50:51,800
Speaker 7: Yeah, the talent and the development and this it has

1044
00:50:51,880 --> 00:50:53,880
to be enhanced and it has to be better. I know,

1045
00:50:54,199 --> 00:50:55,760
we all want to say that we had all the

1046
00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:59,119
best players and we very younger out playing days. Me

1047
00:50:59,519 --> 00:51:01,679
you Ben, We're gonna, you know, fight for our team.

1048
00:51:01,719 --> 00:51:04,679
But this is this is a different time that we've

1049
00:51:04,719 --> 00:51:08,880
never seen before, playing in a powerful conference, uh, playing

1050
00:51:08,880 --> 00:51:12,920
in difficult schedules and different difficult environments, and then competing

1051
00:51:12,920 --> 00:51:16,559
even in recruiting with everybody. So uh, I think we're

1052
00:51:16,559 --> 00:51:18,800
in a really good spot. I don't know if I can.

1053
00:51:19,280 --> 00:51:22,079
There's always gonna be uh players that that that are

1054
00:51:22,159 --> 00:51:24,239
high level. We've always had that this b r U,

1055
00:51:24,400 --> 00:51:26,559
so you're always going to have that. But I think

1056
00:51:26,639 --> 00:51:30,159
overall as a unit, talent doesn't really matter unless you

1057
00:51:30,199 --> 00:51:32,719
can get a culture and you can get everybody buying

1058
00:51:32,760 --> 00:51:35,960
into the same thing. So uh if what I like

1059
00:51:36,000 --> 00:51:38,639
about this group is that they're they're talented and they

1060
00:51:38,679 --> 00:51:41,639
have a lot of skill, but man, they're they're all

1061
00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:44,400
bought into what b YU is all about, and that's

1062
00:51:44,719 --> 00:51:47,039
that's gonna be the key for everything that that and

1063
00:51:47,039 --> 00:51:50,440
and then there's really the intrigue and the interest. I mean,

1064
00:51:50,719 --> 00:51:53,039
we have more non members that are just of that

1065
00:51:53,119 --> 00:51:56,239
are not at the church that are reaching out to

1066
00:51:56,440 --> 00:52:00,440
us because of our competitive advantages, which is high academ them,

1067
00:52:00,440 --> 00:52:03,000
be on a code, and so what people thought that

1068
00:52:03,039 --> 00:52:05,360
those were always kind of a thought in our side

1069
00:52:05,920 --> 00:52:09,239
is now an actual competitive advantage that it's actually cool

1070
00:52:09,280 --> 00:52:12,039
now to be disciplined, to live a good life, to

1071
00:52:12,079 --> 00:52:15,440
be disciplined with your training, and to live what we

1072
00:52:15,519 --> 00:52:18,320
know is a word of wisdom. It's actually whyse fall

1073
00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:20,840
for young people and athletes to do that now. So

1074
00:52:21,920 --> 00:52:24,360
it's fun that we're kind of in the trend. We

1075
00:52:24,480 --> 00:52:26,960
just keep it going that way and then just focus

1076
00:52:26,719 --> 00:52:31,039
on our actual advantages and then highlight them and then

1077
00:52:31,039 --> 00:52:33,760
try to find ways to become as best as we can,

1078
00:52:33,800 --> 00:52:36,480
but then also don't be entitled and try to find

1079
00:52:36,519 --> 00:52:38,280
ways to keep working hard, be humble.

1080
00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:43,199
Speaker 3: Yeah, it's something that stands out to me about your

1081
00:52:43,320 --> 00:52:48,320
messaging to not only your team, to Cougarnation and to

1082
00:52:48,400 --> 00:52:52,119
anybody that is interested or could be interested in BYU athletics.

1083
00:52:52,159 --> 00:52:54,960
In the post game of the The Pop Tarts Bawl,

1084
00:52:55,000 --> 00:52:59,280
you're asked some questions and you automatically reverted to your

1085
00:52:59,360 --> 00:53:04,320
gratitude of being surrounded by Disciples of Christ, individuals that

1086
00:53:04,360 --> 00:53:09,519
embody christ Like attributes and leaders. Because you learn as

1087
00:53:09,599 --> 00:53:13,880
much from them as they maybe are learning from you.

1088
00:53:14,039 --> 00:53:16,320
Why why did that come to mind when you were

1089
00:53:16,360 --> 00:53:18,559
asked these questions about your team?

1090
00:53:19,840 --> 00:53:22,480
Speaker 7: Well, I mean I sat there up there on the

1091
00:53:22,480 --> 00:53:25,960
platform looking down at all these young men and and

1092
00:53:26,039 --> 00:53:29,320
a lot of them are are probably they're not going

1093
00:53:29,360 --> 00:53:32,960
to get the spotlight that they deserve. And and and

1094
00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,039
you know, I'm up there as a head coach, eating

1095
00:53:35,039 --> 00:53:38,440
a pop tart and getting questions to me, and I

1096
00:53:38,519 --> 00:53:42,840
just wanted them to know that this football life that

1097
00:53:42,880 --> 00:53:45,719
we have is important. But man, they're already headed in

1098
00:53:45,760 --> 00:53:49,400
a great direction because of their faith and uh and

1099
00:53:49,440 --> 00:53:52,360
mostly because I learned so much from all of them individually.

1100
00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:54,840
I mean, I know, Ben, you won't won't want me

1101
00:53:54,880 --> 00:53:56,920
to say this everybody, but I learned a lot from

1102
00:53:56,920 --> 00:54:00,480
coaching you back at at Eastern Arizona. You know that

1103
00:54:01,440 --> 00:54:03,519
one thing I learned a lot of that I know

1104
00:54:03,559 --> 00:54:06,519
about this job is that, man, I'm a much better

1105
00:54:06,559 --> 00:54:11,000
person now because I meet amazing people. And and I'm

1106
00:54:11,039 --> 00:54:14,039
glad that you know, I've been able to just connect

1107
00:54:14,119 --> 00:54:16,280
with the young people and that they have all become

1108
00:54:16,360 --> 00:54:18,679
my friends. It's just weird now, I'm just older than

1109
00:54:18,679 --> 00:54:21,400
everybody but me and you are that far off in

1110
00:54:21,480 --> 00:54:23,480
age back in the day when I was I was

1111
00:54:23,599 --> 00:54:26,599
not far off from playing and and I've been playing

1112
00:54:26,639 --> 00:54:29,760
basketball against all you guys and everything. But then even

1113
00:54:29,800 --> 00:54:32,599
that that that moment sature that I got to coach

1114
00:54:32,639 --> 00:54:35,199
you for a year. I learned from so many of

1115
00:54:35,239 --> 00:54:37,719
our teammates. I've made from you and from everybody. I mean,

1116
00:54:38,199 --> 00:54:40,920
we had wal Clayton Senior whose sons in the NBA

1117
00:54:41,039 --> 00:54:43,519
playing for us, and we have Sean Nua and you,

1118
00:54:43,800 --> 00:54:47,159
and I mean, we have some amazing people. It'd be

1119
00:54:47,199 --> 00:54:49,719
foolish if I don't take advantage of the connection that

1120
00:54:49,719 --> 00:54:52,079
I have with everybody in my whole career and not

1121
00:54:52,280 --> 00:54:55,639
being here at BUYU and finishing ten years, I can't

1122
00:54:55,639 --> 00:54:57,519
help but look back and go, man, I'm such a

1123
00:54:57,519 --> 00:55:00,960
better person now, and man, thank I just thank God

1124
00:55:01,000 --> 00:55:04,320
for putting me in this position to learn, because I

1125
00:55:04,360 --> 00:55:06,519
think my family are the ones that benefit the most

1126
00:55:06,559 --> 00:55:06,880
from it.

1127
00:55:07,880 --> 00:55:11,639
Speaker 3: Well, love and appreciate your kalate, congratulations on the UH

1128
00:55:12,119 --> 00:55:15,599
on the signing of all these great young men, and

1129
00:55:15,639 --> 00:55:18,079
hopefully you know you want to see them, you know,

1130
00:55:18,159 --> 00:55:21,320
be Cougar's for for four or five years, right, and

1131
00:55:21,360 --> 00:55:22,559
be Cougar's for life.

1132
00:55:22,599 --> 00:55:25,039
Speaker 4: There's the transfer portal, right.

1133
00:55:24,920 --> 00:55:28,599
Speaker 3: That that that gives and it taketh away, you know,

1134
00:55:28,679 --> 00:55:31,480
with playing time. But I know you and body the

1135
00:55:31,519 --> 00:55:35,840
once cougar, always a cougar, despite that, that mantra, despite

1136
00:55:36,199 --> 00:55:39,480
the attrition that sometimes we experience. It's less at b YU,

1137
00:55:39,719 --> 00:55:42,599
but sometimes you do experience that, but great additions as well.

1138
00:55:43,639 --> 00:55:43,840
Speaker 4: Well.

1139
00:55:43,920 --> 00:55:46,519
Speaker 7: I think that's the way to go through life. I mean,

1140
00:55:46,920 --> 00:55:49,519
we had some guys that wanted to port the portal.

1141
00:55:49,760 --> 00:55:51,360
A lot of them just want to be on the field.

1142
00:55:51,360 --> 00:55:53,559
They want to play, they want to contribute more to

1143
00:55:53,599 --> 00:55:57,079
the team. Doesn't take anything away from them as people,

1144
00:55:57,480 --> 00:55:59,320
and it doesn't take anything away from what they were

1145
00:55:59,360 --> 00:56:02,800
you would like, uh contribute and what they're able to

1146
00:56:02,840 --> 00:56:05,440
do here in our program and our family. So that's

1147
00:56:05,480 --> 00:56:07,360
why he wants a Cougar, always a cougar. I mean,

1148
00:56:07,360 --> 00:56:10,320
that's just how it works. And it's fun to watch them.

1149
00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:12,440
I mean, it was fun to see Kien and Marion

1150
00:56:12,559 --> 00:56:14,960
playing in the in the biggest stage, in the National

1151
00:56:15,039 --> 00:56:17,880
Championship Game, and and and I know he left us,

1152
00:56:17,920 --> 00:56:20,480
but man, he's still our brother. That's still our guy.

1153
00:56:20,599 --> 00:56:22,880
And it's a great way to live life. Just just

1154
00:56:22,920 --> 00:56:25,639
wanting the best for everyone. And I'm looking forward to

1155
00:56:25,679 --> 00:56:28,559
everything that's happening this year in football and looking forward

1156
00:56:28,599 --> 00:56:31,280
to the connections, even with our rivals. I mean, when

1157
00:56:31,280 --> 00:56:33,639
people get to know Morgan Scouty and they get to

1158
00:56:33,639 --> 00:56:35,599
see who he's, what he's about, and who he is

1159
00:56:35,599 --> 00:56:38,360
as a person. I really appreciate the fact that he

1160
00:56:38,400 --> 00:56:40,360
gets to be the head coach at our rival school.

1161
00:56:40,639 --> 00:56:44,000
There's so many great things in life that everyone's so negative, man,

1162
00:56:44,079 --> 00:56:47,280
that there's some really cool things. Look at Jake Letslow.

1163
00:56:47,360 --> 00:56:49,360
I had a conversation with him not long ago, and

1164
00:56:49,639 --> 00:56:51,679
he's talk about the experience that he had here, how

1165
00:56:51,719 --> 00:56:55,159
awesome it was. We want him to succeed. We want

1166
00:56:55,239 --> 00:56:58,679
him to do well, you know, and because he contributed

1167
00:56:58,719 --> 00:57:00,960
to us, and and I learned a lot from him,

1168
00:57:01,039 --> 00:57:03,079
and just like I learned from all his teammates, so

1169
00:57:04,199 --> 00:57:07,599
great way to live life and to be positive. When

1170
00:57:07,599 --> 00:57:10,639
it's all said and done, we're just thankful for everyone

1171
00:57:10,719 --> 00:57:13,840
that's contributed that has worked here, even the coaches that

1172
00:57:13,840 --> 00:57:16,119
have moved on. We won't only want what's best for them,

1173
00:57:16,159 --> 00:57:19,079
and and you know that that that connection goes on

1174
00:57:19,159 --> 00:57:21,719
for life. It's just not something that that we see

1175
00:57:21,800 --> 00:57:24,480
is transactional that you're either with us or against us.

1176
00:57:24,880 --> 00:57:27,400
You've always been with us and we can appreciate that.

1177
00:57:28,119 --> 00:57:33,039
Speaker 3: Much love to you and your family, Coloni, Congratulations on everything, Congratulations.

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Speaker 4: On the extension.

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Speaker 3: Looking forward to you becoming the Polynesian Lavelle Edwards as

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you promised us over a decade ago.

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Speaker 7: I love you, brother, appreciating it.

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Speaker 3: Man, much love to you, my guy appreciates you. Have

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a great rest of your day. Klonie Satake, head coach

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b Yu Cougar Football. That was a little Shining Day

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special interview. It's a robust group. Okay, we got a

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great uh. I think a bevy of talent from the

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transfer portal. Clifton linebacker from Kansas State. Pockey fenw from

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Washington that day.

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Speaker 4: That's a dude right there. That's a dude, right you guys.

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Speaker 3: I've been making I've been receiving all manner of ridicule

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for my evaluation of pockey Fen because I posted a

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picture of his tricep and I was like, you don't

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see offensive lineman with defined triceps, And you know what,

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I'm I'm willing to take the criticism because I think

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this dude's different. I really do. I think he's a

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different beast. I'm excited about him. Great transfer their Kyler

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Casper wide receiver, Organ Walker Lions USC tight end, Roger

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sali Apaga Organ tight end, Junior Sea offensive line, Utah State,

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kada ulauave cal all a SEC linebacker coming in, Javon

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Williams coming from the SEC to t.

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Speaker 4: B Au cornerback.

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Speaker 3: And then Zach Yamauchi from Stanford. Really nice acquisitions there.

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And then the December side East kyahway Akana, Seph and

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Isla Team Justice, Braithwaite, Adam Bywater, Devon ecka legend, glasger

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Ty Getchi, Brock Harris, Antonio Johnson, Neamayah Colone, Braxton, Lindsay Graham, Livingston, Writer, Lyons,

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Matthew Mason, la Petimuala Bot Mulitalo, Parker Ord, Jaron Pula,

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Ken and Pula, Terrence serry On and then Jack Stenner.

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That is a talented class, pretty gosh dang stacked. We'll

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learn more about these guys throughout the show, but one

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of the true freshmen coming in that is a midyear

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is already turning heads. Many of us have wondered, why

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didn't we go get an RB two in the portal.

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You may have a freshman in devon Ica who could

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become RB two at b YU in twenty twenty six.

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Speaker 4: We'll discuss more on the flip. But don't go anywhere.

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Speaker 3: Please don't go anywhere more to get to on a

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Speaker 4: Here one of three nine ninety eight point three is