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Speaker 1: Lunchtimers.

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Speaker 2: This is The Matt Thomas Show's.

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Speaker 1: N O three in Houston. Good morning, everyone, and welcome

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to a Wednesday edition of The Matt Thomas Show, now

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ten to two right here on Sports Talk with seven

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ninety Alma Ross. I'm sorry, my mind is a little fried.

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Are you okay, Mat? It looks a little frazzle. Well,

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I'm a creature of habit, uh huh, and so you

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have to change the habit. Sometimes you have to adjust,

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and if you don't adjust, then you're gonna be left.

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So I, as I've said before, I despised driving, and

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I really despise driving in traffic. And now this two

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hour earlier means I need to leave the house significantly

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earlier than I used to a little more traffic at

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nine am than there was at maybe eleven am. Yeah,

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so I have to leave now. I've just been texting

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with my wife. I got to set up a firm.

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I gotta leave by time. And it's let's get you

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on the easy tag, Maddie. I wish I could. That

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would just take me to downtown. We live in the

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Gallery and I thought we're supposed to have flying cars

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by now. Well, I would love to be George Jenson

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at this point, I have zero problem with that. I

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mean i'd have a hot wife. I mean, okay, Judy, yes,

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cool observant dog cartoon. I didn't think of her as hot,

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but yeah, I mean they were. She went ugly, you'd go,

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I was more of a fan of Rosie. When you

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were a kid, you'd have gone out with ju with

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what's the daughter's name? I can't remember, Judy. There's Astro

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Alroy was the was the son? Yeah, el Roy? What

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was what was the Judy? I just remember Rastro, Yeah,

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Judy Jetson. What was Judy's daughter's name? Jane was the wife, Jane.

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Judy was the daughter. Jane you yeah, you, we all

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had been proper thoughts about Judy back in the day.

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All right, Sorry, it's giggle fast. Sorry, this show stays

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in the same Sorry, Kurt side fALS, dude, Kurt mat

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just don't even think about him. I'm going to he's

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going to He's going to motivate me every single day.

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That's good. I'll stop laughing, Yeah you should. All right,

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we have a very busy show today. We've got coming

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to well we always do. I mean, if you could

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check your text. Okay, we've got to shut your bumb

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assed up today at eleven thirty. That now moves a

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couple of hours. Okay, we used to do it one thirty.

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We're not pushing it to eleven thirty. Okay at twelve o'clock.

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We have the news at noon, and this will be

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sports news. It won't necessarily be what else is going on? Well, no,

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we have off topic stuff as well. Watten, Yes, ready

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today revery good. We get the news at noon, and

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then we've got emao doke at one o'clock as the

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Rockets take on the San Antonio Spurs this evening inside

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Tota Center seven o'clock to tip time, and who has

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the launch pad? That would be me, Matt. I will

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be in the arena. And also uh emo, dok have

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probably going to replay it. I mean it's five hours later. Yeah,

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so really I would suggest just put the game on

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at seven straight up? Why cause I'm going to break

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down the previous night's game. Okay, nice win against the

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New York Knicks. It Amiadoka conversation, and then we'll run

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through your particulars Matt. The injury report, starting lineups, Cayse

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do A victory all coming up on the rockets launch

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bat All right, you know what, give it a listen

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tonight and then criticket let us know how it goes tomorrow. Okay,

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all right, So Emma Duck will join us today at

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one o'clock. How you joined us today? For those of

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I lost a boatload of followers yesterday. You did nobody

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people that I would know or respect. It was just

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political people that got on there and got in and

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Speaker 3: Yeah.

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Speaker 4: I liked it.

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Speaker 5: Really.

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Speaker 1: I think I lost like thirty people yesterday real, which

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is like I wasn't following the I'm sorry, man, No,

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that's fine. I mean, are you do you need a

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hug or you No? No, I was just curious if

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you did you drop any today? I have no idea.

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I don't track how many people are following me. Yeah,

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because we used to have it. We had a party

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for ten twenty thirty and we're never gonna have a

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party again because it's never gonna get by the time

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you're dead. I was gonna say, you can probably have

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a retirement slash funeral slash forty thousand Twitter party. That

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sounds fun. It does, and I like to be there,

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but I don't. You know, again, the chances aren't great.

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You well, all I need to do is just something viral.

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Then the numbers will just Ageah, will you break some news?

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Say this is what you do. You don't need to do.

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I need to do what Tailor does, walking bets sources.

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Like I said, nobody wants to see your jiggle. Okay, Uh,

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this is what you should do. Sources close to meet.

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According to MLB sources, more substantive talks today between both sides,

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Dana Brown, Scott Boris, and Alex Bregman. That means nothing.

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That doesn't mean anything will come together, but you'll get

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you'll get a bunch of it. I don't want to

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lie to the people. It could be true. What if

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they don't speak today? Literally, just just say your sources,

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your sources. Oh then you blame your so like oh

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man trustworthy source. Burn me on this one. Sorry, guys, Okay,

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and then you'll get a bunch of followers out of it.

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I said, does that media works in twenty twenty four, mets,

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all of these people that are non media that just

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basically cut and past an aggregate who have these hillaciously

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large numbers are basically just jonesing and other people stuff

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in the middle of the seat. And this is there

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was some non media guy talking about how Trevor Bauer,

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the the the Astros intended to work out for Trevor Bower.

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That was a complete fabrication, right, and it got like

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hundreds and hundreds of retweets and comments and likes. You

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know what I'm gonna say, I'm gonna stay at my number.

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Oh man, I know, I know you're disappointed. I'm trying

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to help you. Now I've done the I've done the

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rolling I emoji before then people will lose their mind

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over that. Just lie and lie and lie some more.

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It's twenty twenty four, let's go. You know what this

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show is about, honesty largely you You're the one that

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talks about lying eight times. I do love, but I'm

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trying to reduce it. Whether I'm successful, it's going to

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be a different story. Reduction Act pass.

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Speaker 4: So it may not work that way.

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Speaker 1: Okay, So uh, we are going to and I don't

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know if this is to our positive or detriment, but

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we're not going to talk about anything that happened on

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today because we are a sports radio show. We are entertainers.

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I will say this Ross is going to play more

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soundbites of our new presidents. Are you sure because you've

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you've fallen into that rabbit hole before you just start

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firing the moss then. I mean, I wasn't. When I

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was producer, I was hitting those bad boys every five seconds. Okay,

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So you're telling me you're not gonna do any of

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that anymore.

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Speaker 3: I don't know.

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Speaker 1: Do you want me to go no, no, no, no, no no,

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don't do it. No no, no, no, don't do it. Don't

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do it? All right, don't do it. We're sports and entertainment.

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We're not politics. We're not politics. Uh okay, so okay,

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how about this? Can we say goodbye to the Joey

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be once This is the final farewell to these How

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about a final you'll never play us again? Oh man?

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Come on? Okay, and you're asking the computers to work

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in here. This is freezing up on me.

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Speaker 4: That's gonna be a huge show.

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Speaker 1: I got here. We go Okay, I'm beginning to see

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why your wife left you. All right, p that's a

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good one. This is one of my favorite. But folks,

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I can tell you and I've known eight presidents, three

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of the minimumly this is my favorite. Connor, this one's

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for you. You off the board. I'll come up and

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drag you all. I like this one. Uh.

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Speaker 6: The pandemic is that the president has no intercourse whatsoever

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with the rest of them cutting the world.

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Speaker 1: That's a good one. Oh, this is a top this

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is a top one. Here, wait all these truths to

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be self event Oh, men and women creative by the go.

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You know the you know the thing. Joey, Come on, Joey,

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this one's for you, Matt. I'm beginning to see why

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your wife left you. And of course the coup de

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gras was a fa complain, the all time fave, last one.

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Poor kids are just as bright and just as town

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as white kids. Come on, Joey, you can't say that.

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That's all right? So there it goes. There's the fine.

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Farewell to those soundbites. Never to be uttered on these

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at least our station, our show ever again. Uh, we're

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gonna talk a little open on the baseball side of things,

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and we'll do that in the next seconek if we

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have some audio from Channel two with Dana Brown speaking

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of the general manager's meetings. But real quick, I was right.

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I told you the Texans were going to make a trade.

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I said, I told you that Hannah was going to

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force him. Hannah executed the Khalil Davis trade. Hannah wanted

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the deal done and said, Nikky, see you get in

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there and do it. This is how you twist things

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to call yourself correct. I mean it kind of works. No,

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it's a gut feeling. L all right, you going.

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Speaker 3: R I P.

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Speaker 1: Khalil Davis. We'll always remember you Texans legend. I was

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almost going to say what was your favorite Khalil Davis

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as a Texan moment? And then people would be like,

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what who is this? Want you speaking at? Yeah, congratulations

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to him. So here's the cut and drying. This is

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you Ready, let's go. Your squad's not make him to

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the super Bowl. It ain't happening. Sorry, guarantee put your

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name on gant. I guarantee they're not going to the

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super Bowl. Okay, I'm gonna write this down on the

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final I don't want to guarantee they won't make it

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the AFC Championship game because that wouldn't be fair because

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then they can win two playoff games. Absolutely they could.

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But as I've said many many years ago, this was

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actually a good win three. They're not going to win three.

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Chiefs almost lost in the bucket, hitting my name on it.

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If let's f go, if Todd Bowles would have rolled

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the dice and went for two, they could have lost.

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The Chiefs could have lost this week. Yeah, that's right,

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That's absolutely right. And again I don't you and I

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have already talk about this. I don't think the Chiefs

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are going seventeen to No, They're going to have a

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blumish somewhere along the way. You would think so. But

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they're also getting some breaks along the way as well.

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All right, up the file here, so yeah, put it down.

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I also told you, like seven or eight years ago

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that as long as cow is running the team, the

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team has never going to the Super Bowl. Now, you

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also said at that time five straight losing seasons, which didn't.

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So I want to amend it a little bit to say,

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now that Hannah's run things, I give you, I give

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the Texans a punching chance. See, but that's no. Your

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statement was, never make a super Bowl with cal McNair

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is he's the chairman and CEO of the team and

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the owner. But but Hannah's doing all the Hey, you

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should have known Nancy was doing it Ronald back in

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the day. Yeah, but he's the owner. Is the owner.

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She's an owner. She's not the owner of the team.

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Janis gave it up. Jake gave it up to to

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d Calhoun. See, everybody knows Hanna is running this football team.

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But everybody knows you said, as long as cal McNair

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is the owner, it doesn't matter who's running it. First

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of all, Col's never run Anything's true. He was just

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letting Jack Uster be running. Now he's letting Callahannah run it.

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Well again, major kudos for him to making that decision

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to make somebody had to because cal couldn't handle it.

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All Right, let's get to Alex Bregman. Uh positive or

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negative comments? Well, listen, and you guys then decide we're

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gonna hear from Dana Brown coming back. Yes, And when

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we do, you're gonna then call seven one three two

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better today or feeling worse or feeling the same ten

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thirteen outs Sports Talk seven ninety ten, nineteen. It is

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a Matt Thomas show with Ross. We are with you

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today until two o'clock eleven thirty. Shuts you Obamas up. Now,

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that's anything, So we may have to have the dump

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button on some things here, just kind of saying, oh,

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just throwing it out there. By the way, Jordan Schultz,

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you're a complete douchebag, but your dad's coffee's pretty good.

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I'm just gonna say, thank you.

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Speaker 1: It's fine. Actually, I think, uh, it tastes a little

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better in the morning or something. I normally don't get

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up this early. You said the line this morning, you

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go get your raw rocks from my supermod There's one

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literally right next to our building, so as a matter

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of convenience, I will go there. Yeah, it's good now

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because I think their coffee is mid but it's convenient,

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and when I start figuring out the proper time to

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leave my house to get to work, I will be

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more than happy to buy you some as well. Thank you.

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I appreciate that you owe me Now. Yeah, I'm all

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in for sure. All right seven one three two one

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two five seven ninty. Uh So, the general manager's meetings

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are happening. Not a lot of things happen, but you

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do get conversations going. Now, the main sign kind of

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free agent signings trades happen generally at the winter meetings,

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think before the end of the calendar year. They stay

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winter meetings, but they're really not in the winter, that

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general manager speaks in which Danner Brown did in Channel two,

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cameras were there and we are a partner of Channel two,

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so I to play some of their audio. Danner Brown

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had a chance to discuss the number one free agent

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that maybe the Astros have a chance to keep more

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than a the other free agents. Let's see, we'll see.

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Let's play the audio again. Thanks to Channel two. Here

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is Dana Brown positive talks with Scott Boris and the

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Bragman Camp.

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Speaker 7: Yeah, a lot of discussions with Scott boro multiple conversations.

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Speaker 2: We're you know, we're.

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Speaker 1: Really good chance, so I think we it's kind of

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hard to hear there. At the end, he says, I

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think we have a really good chance. I think we

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have a really good chance. Okay, ok at first blush, yes, missus,

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because I heard the audio yesterday, but we've not had

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a chance to come out. Dana does not come across

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to me as a I wouldn't say a liar, but

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a fibber. Is his glass going to be half full? Perhaps,

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but most general managers, most front office people in sports

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have glass half fulls on everything. Like Nick Cassio when

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when when he discusses the next time he discusses anything,

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we'll be asked about why didn't make any trades, and

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he will give us a glass half full approach to why.

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He feels like, yeah, so that's that's not atypical for

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people in his position. Although Nick Casseio did say, remember, guys,

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we won a lot of one score games last year.

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He's got do I believe Okay. I am encouraged that

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they are talking. I am encouraged that he sounds encouraged.

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But however, however, ROSSI, because he has always glass glass

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half full on things, you have to kind of sometimes

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separate the fact from the fiction. And there I can

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speak to this on multiple occasions. What Dana will say

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will not necessarily match what the player's agents have said

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in other situations. I don't think that Dana's assessment of

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Kyle Tucker's ailments throughout the course of the year matched

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Kyle Tucker's agent thought about the situation about all the

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time he was gone. I think there was conflicting thoughts

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about how everyone approached when Kyle was gonna come back.

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and sports talk seven to ninety when Jose Abrady was

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sent to the Florida Complex, and he talked about how

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this was going to be a great move and help

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him turn things around. I mean, it's not that Dana Brown.

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It's not that he sees the glasses half full. He

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sees the glasses spilling over when it's half full. And

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to quote Chandler Rome, he put it perfectly in his article.

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Brown is perpetually overflowing with optimism. And that's just it

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makes it. It's a good quality to have. I think,

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Astros and he always thinks they're gonna turn it around.

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Remember he told it they were you know, twelve and

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twenty four, and he's like, we're gonna turn this thing around.

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And he was right. He was right, He was right.

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But he's he loved Yseai Ka Kuchin and most people

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are like, what are you doing?

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Speaker 8: Right?

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Speaker 1: He was. That's what I'm saying. He should be given

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some benefit of the doubt on some of this stuff.

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Not everything, but some. But he's always no matter what

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you say, he could have this situation come up one

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hundred times, and a hundred times is gonna say, yeah,

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I think we can get the deal done. Yeah. So

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it's hard. You have to take it with a little

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bit of grain of salt because of that. That doesn't

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mean that Bregman won't be back here. That doesn't mean

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that he doesn't believe the talks are positive, but it

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also means that's always the way that he's going to

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look at it, see it for temper this then I think, so, yes,

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all right, let's hear from more from Dana. Yes, so

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he does believe that Alex Bregman could stay in Houston.

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Here's what Dana Brown has to say about that.

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Speaker 7: On my set right now, because that he's not going

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elsewhere and that we want to sign up sell if

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he ends up going elsewhere across that bridge and we

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want to get there. But I'm going into this offseason

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with the thought process that we're going to get Pregnant done.

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Hopefully you know what we can do it. And as

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I said, you know, the conversations with Scott have been

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for the Okay.

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Speaker 1: That one gives me a little more optimism. Can I

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give you an analogy, because that's what if you're new

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to the show in this time slot, I do this

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quite a bit. Pete Matt, you've been here for fifteen years.

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People know who you are. I don't know. You never

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notice things. You and I are college coaches, okay, And

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we have been recruiting this kid, okay, and we are

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selling them hard on. We have great academics, we have

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great facilities, hot ladies, hot ladies, we have nil money

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for you and you and I as coaches are like,

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we're going to get this kid and we're like, this

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is going to be awesome. And the kids like I

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like this place. It's kind of cool. Okay, the kid's

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not going to tell you that he's being talked to

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by three or four other schools to say, well, you know,

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he is, you know. But it also means that you

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don't have to believe it and say that maybe what

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you're offering is better. I'm a little afraid that Scott

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Borrows may be saying all the right things to to Dana,

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knowing in the back very well that maybe three or

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four other's teams are going to jump in the very

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last second and try to scoop him up. By the way,

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Scott Boris is going to speak today at the General

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manager's meeting, Really is he going to be wearing a

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Boris hat? Well, the Channel Room just put on his

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Twitter account there is a backdrop of the Boris he did.

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He's been doing that for a while.

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Speaker 3: That.

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Speaker 1: By the way, do you like my analogy or no?

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It's okay, it's not your worst. Okay, I'll choose to

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be data brown positive. That's not your worst, thank you,

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Because I think I think whatever any deal that he

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gets from anywhere else, the Astros will have the right

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to refuse. I think if he says, hey, the Mariners

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are going to give me seven years? Can you match that?

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And then the Astros will have a decision to make.

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And I mean Dana Brown's optimism sound and there's reasons

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to be optimistic. Suarez is gone, the third base market

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is terrible. You you have a championship window that's only going

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to be open for a couple of more years. Signing

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Alex Bregman extends that or helps prop up. I should

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say that championship window. And he's a legend of your organization,

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all right, So what don't you do right now is

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play those two cuts again real quick without us commenting.

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And it's just I think, just the second one. Whatever,

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that's the first one's hard to hear. Play the second one,

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and then we want the audience to jump in and say,

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how do you feel after hearing what Dana Brown just said.

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I feel a lot better after this one.

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Speaker 7: Listen right now that he's not going elsewhere and that

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we want to sign up. So if he ends up

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going elsewhere, across that bridge and when.

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Speaker 1: To get there.

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Speaker 7: But I'm going into this offseason sure with the thought

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process that we're gonna get pregnant down hopefully we're gonna

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weak in zoo. And as I said, you know, the conversations.

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Speaker 1: With Scott have been for I'm going into this offseason

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with this mindset that we are going to get Bregman back.

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How do you feel, Houston? How do you feelast feelings?

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How are we feeling? Seven one three two one two

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five seven ninety seven one three two one two five

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seven nine zero one hour from now? Shut your bumbx up,

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Ema Adoka at one o'clock. These are the airwaves what

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we call Sports Talk seven ninety. Coach Stark here, touchdown, Texas.

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Speaker 9: You've got Sports Talk seven ninety, Houston's home of Longhorn Football.

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Speaker 1: The Matt Thomas Show continues. Now, all right, we just

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heard Sark. We're gonna go through the NCAA football first

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playoff seedings that were announced yesterday, the biggest news of yesterday.

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And we'll do that in about fifteen minutes from now. Yes,

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so I think you're happy? Would you say, well, we'll

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find it fine whatever, it doesn't matter. Yeah, all right.

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Uh so, Alex Bregman's agent will be speaking today. Dana

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Brown spoke yesterday.

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Speaker 3: Ken.

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Speaker 1: I like Dana. I don't really know him that well.

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You know, I had a very good relationship with Jeff Leno.

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I had basically a zero relationship with James Klick, and

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that's fine when everyone he went there very long and

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her had zero relationship with him. That's probably reason why

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he's not here. But uh, and Dana is you know,

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maybe we'll break bread sometime. I don't know. I'm ready

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because I I do think he did a good job.

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He was brought here for the most important reason was

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to replenish the farm system and make some deals. I

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don't think he's in intimately involved in the serious, serious negotiations.

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I think when Dana speaks, he spoke yesterday, he was

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speaking as obviously a guy that was going to be

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He's got Jim's check book, but he can't sign it,

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and he can he can fill it out, but he

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can signature to it.

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Speaker 4: Yeah.

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Speaker 1: Yeah, It's like when you were a kid, and you

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was way back in the day, folks, and it was

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something you needed for school, and you guys got to

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bring it to your mom and have her sign it,

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like a progress report. Yeah, like a progress report or

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if it was I don't know, like a check for

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something at school, right, like you need to buy your

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gym clothes or something. I have written one check in

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five years in the last and I wrote it within

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the last couple of months. Uh. My old apartments used

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to take check for rent and I used to do that.

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But that's it. But I mean when I was younger,

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I really had to worry about it. Like I was

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down like twenty five checks. I'm like, I gotta I

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gotta go to these checks quick. Yeah, and you figured

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out if you want to put a sports logo on

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it or your school logo or something in the backdrop.

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But now I'm like, like, I think I know where

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my checkbook is in the house, but I'm not completely

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sure that some funny When I did my first checks

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when I was like seventeen years old, I did Old engliok.

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I did my name in Old English because I thought

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that was cool. How stupid is that? I was like, yeah,

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i'd be cool. I'm getting my name in Old English

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on my checks. I mean, that doesn't sound ridiculous. I

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will say this. The coolest thing I thought as an

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eighteen year old was getting my first credit card. That was,

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much to my detriment. I didn't realize I had to

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actually pay the bill, and those bills came for the

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Columbia House CDs. Yeah, when you're when you're a freshman

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at college and get Siddy's Hey, get your first credit

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card nineteen percent interest. I'm all right with that. I'll

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pay it off of her mind some time. Be happy

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to do that, all right. So we we've we've determined

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00:23:43,039 --> 00:23:45,079
that Jim Crane has the check book. He's given it

471
00:23:45,079 --> 00:23:48,000
to Dana, but he has to to sign it. Yes, yeah,

472
00:23:48,440 --> 00:23:53,279
it's his money, Okay, So I'm gonna pay with the

473
00:23:53,519 --> 00:23:56,960
brush on this. My guess is when the at the

474
00:23:57,079 --> 00:23:59,920
end of the day, the most competitive offer the Astros

475
00:24:00,079 --> 00:24:01,880
will make will be one that we will have much

476
00:24:01,920 --> 00:24:05,440
more validity to it than say, carls koreaz offer much

477
00:24:05,440 --> 00:24:07,640
more validity to what Garrett Cole's offered me or Man

478
00:24:07,640 --> 00:24:09,920
and I've been much more validity to it than what

479
00:24:10,000 --> 00:24:16,119
George Springer's contract was. Here's the thing. If Washington, we

480
00:24:16,119 --> 00:24:19,799
mentioned this yesterday, if the Nationals are a team that's

481
00:24:19,799 --> 00:24:23,640
been long rumored, does Alex say Man I have two

482
00:24:23,640 --> 00:24:27,319
World Series rings. Absolutely, I have a gold Glove. I

483
00:24:28,039 --> 00:24:30,599
was a part of excellent teams year after year after year.

484
00:24:31,400 --> 00:24:34,720
I'm gonna go finish my last the last half or

485
00:24:34,759 --> 00:24:37,519
the last third of my major league career. I just

486
00:24:37,559 --> 00:24:40,960
get in a big ass check, and you know what

487
00:24:41,079 --> 00:24:44,440
I got news for your sports fans. A lot of

488
00:24:44,480 --> 00:24:48,359
athletes do that, a lot of athletes will chase the check,

489
00:24:49,119 --> 00:24:52,200
especially after they turn the age of thirty. Two time

490
00:24:52,240 --> 00:24:56,559
All Star, two time World Series champion, gold Glover, runner

491
00:24:56,640 --> 00:25:02,559
up to MVP silver Slugger. What what does he have

492
00:25:02,920 --> 00:25:05,319
left to chase? Winning is fun?

493
00:25:05,400 --> 00:25:05,640
Speaker 8: For me?

494
00:25:05,839 --> 00:25:08,200
Speaker 1: It would be just winning is fun. Absolutely, And who's

495
00:25:08,200 --> 00:25:10,559
to say the Nationals can't win? That's true because he says,

496
00:25:10,599 --> 00:25:12,839
I'll come here and make you relevant. I think they

497
00:25:12,880 --> 00:25:14,920
have some really good to get young up and coming.

498
00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:18,240
I've not done a deep dive on the Nationals just yet.

499
00:25:18,240 --> 00:25:20,599
I mean I could. Yeah, don't don't quote me on

500
00:25:20,640 --> 00:25:22,559
that if I'm wrong, but I think they do have

501
00:25:22,599 --> 00:25:23,720
some stuff in the pipeline.

502
00:25:23,799 --> 00:25:24,279
Speaker 4: Yeah.

503
00:25:24,319 --> 00:25:27,039
Speaker 1: Oh, I think no one's ever said they were a

504
00:25:27,079 --> 00:25:30,200
horrific organization. They just had a really frankly, since the

505
00:25:30,240 --> 00:25:32,119
World Series run, they've been a terrible team. I mean,

506
00:25:32,119 --> 00:25:34,839
what guarantees do you Let's say he stays here, You're

507
00:25:34,880 --> 00:25:36,720
still not better than the Yankees. You're still not better

508
00:25:36,720 --> 00:25:40,000
than the Orioles. I don't think closed, and I don't

509
00:25:40,039 --> 00:25:44,279
And while I give a very super slim chance that

510
00:25:44,400 --> 00:25:46,079
Alex days and I mean I'm putting in at about

511
00:25:46,119 --> 00:25:49,000
one percent, I think the thought of Kyle Tucker staying

512
00:25:49,000 --> 00:25:53,119
here is at zero percent. I think I think we're

513
00:25:53,119 --> 00:25:55,559
still close to zero. On Bregmann, I got I got

514
00:25:55,640 --> 00:25:58,400
swept up in the optimism ten minutes ago. Wait a minute, wait,

515
00:25:58,680 --> 00:25:59,920
you just were optimist.

516
00:26:00,119 --> 00:26:00,319
Speaker 3: Take it?

517
00:26:01,480 --> 00:26:03,000
Speaker 1: How could you have changed your mind at ten thirty?

518
00:26:03,000 --> 00:26:04,480
Gonna be on the tax again if they signed them,

519
00:26:04,480 --> 00:26:04,920
aren't they?

520
00:26:05,119 --> 00:26:05,880
Speaker 4: Yeah?

521
00:26:06,200 --> 00:26:08,839
Speaker 1: Because oh, by the way, we forgot to mention this. Yes,

522
00:26:08,920 --> 00:26:12,960
who's talking? Who? Justin Verlander's agent and the Astros?

523
00:26:13,319 --> 00:26:13,599
Speaker 7: God?

524
00:26:13,759 --> 00:26:16,400
Speaker 1: Is this a crane white belt deal? What is a

525
00:26:16,440 --> 00:26:19,519
white belt deal? When two dudes have the white belts,

526
00:26:19,519 --> 00:26:20,759
they say they want to hang out with each other

527
00:26:20,759 --> 00:26:22,519
as long as they bump them together. Or what happened

528
00:26:23,240 --> 00:26:25,920
when they play golf? They played with white belts. It's

529
00:26:25,920 --> 00:26:28,240
the white belt club that's better. In the white hood club.

530
00:26:30,279 --> 00:26:34,119
The white belt club is undefeated, is it? He signed

531
00:26:34,160 --> 00:26:36,960
away with New York the last time, but it came back.

532
00:26:37,079 --> 00:26:39,240
Drew a line in the sand there? Well, yeah, then

533
00:26:39,240 --> 00:26:44,359
everybody got hurt, and well, astros needed starting pitching. He

534
00:26:44,440 --> 00:26:47,000
signed away once he can sign away again. So let

535
00:26:47,039 --> 00:26:49,240
me ask you this, Why are they talking to Justin Verlander.

536
00:26:50,519 --> 00:26:54,880
You're exploring all your options. They should be talking to

537
00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:57,960
you Sae Kakuchi's people. Oh by the way, Scott Boris,

538
00:26:58,160 --> 00:27:02,359
Oh really okay, Well let's go. That's one meeting, one

539
00:27:02,440 --> 00:27:02,960
less meeting.

540
00:27:02,960 --> 00:27:03,079
Speaker 4: One.

541
00:27:03,119 --> 00:27:05,160
Speaker 1: Let's sandwich you gotta buy. I wonder if if you

542
00:27:05,160 --> 00:27:06,880
can do it, if you sit down and do both

543
00:27:06,920 --> 00:27:09,440
guys in one conversation. Or Boris is so regiment and

544
00:27:09,720 --> 00:27:11,559
he's like, we're only here to talk about pregnant, or

545
00:27:11,559 --> 00:27:13,759
we're only here to talk about He probably has a system.

546
00:27:13,839 --> 00:27:17,039
I'm sure he's got all the big free agent, most

547
00:27:17,119 --> 00:27:19,839
successful agents in the history of agents. Yeah, I'm pretty

548
00:27:19,839 --> 00:27:24,799
sure he's got it down. Yeah. That made me bother

549
00:27:24,880 --> 00:27:27,119
me more than I mean. Look, I love Justin Verlander.

550
00:27:27,160 --> 00:27:30,240
He's one of the greatest astro pictures of all time. Yes,

551
00:27:32,519 --> 00:27:35,759
but it took him forever to ramp up, and he

552
00:27:35,880 --> 00:27:39,799
never really got ramped up. No, he was hurt on

553
00:27:39,839 --> 00:27:42,559
two different occasions. He's gonna get he's gonna be even

554
00:27:42,559 --> 00:27:47,319
older when he was out there. He was bad. He's

555
00:27:47,359 --> 00:27:49,880
giving up home runs like crazy. It's not getting swing

556
00:27:49,880 --> 00:27:52,839
and miss. Stuff's not there. Do not sign, Do not

557
00:27:52,960 --> 00:27:56,720
sign Justin Verlander? Jim crazy? Well, is this if you're

558
00:27:56,799 --> 00:27:59,440
signing Justin Vernonder? I don't even know if he believes

559
00:27:59,440 --> 00:28:01,319
in a discount, but my guess is that you would

560
00:28:01,319 --> 00:28:03,640
maybe get a Jim Crane semi discount because he likes

561
00:28:03,680 --> 00:28:06,519
the ass he owes. Tommy John discounts. He owes, I

562
00:28:06,640 --> 00:28:09,759
was crappy last year, discounts he owes. Well, it means

563
00:28:09,799 --> 00:28:14,039
that he doesn't want to go chase Some veteran players,

564
00:28:14,559 --> 00:28:17,279
hall of famers, don't want to bounce around towards the

565
00:28:17,319 --> 00:28:20,079
end of their career. Some are built differently in the NBA.

566
00:28:20,160 --> 00:28:21,720
You see it all the time. Chris Paul's been with

567
00:28:21,720 --> 00:28:23,880
six teams, Chris Paul's going to the Basketball Hall of Fame.

568
00:28:24,000 --> 00:28:25,720
Chris Paul don't care where he goes. He just wants

569
00:28:25,720 --> 00:28:27,960
to collect the chain. Some guys are like, you know what,

570
00:28:28,319 --> 00:28:30,279
I've been a met, I've been an astro, I've been

571
00:28:30,279 --> 00:28:31,839
a tiger. Do I do? I want to finish the

572
00:28:31,880 --> 00:28:35,519
last three years of my life going between Toronto and

573
00:28:36,359 --> 00:28:39,880
Washington and Arizona. You know, maybe some maybe some guys

574
00:28:39,880 --> 00:28:42,839
like familiarity. I think Justin Verlander takes the highest offer

575
00:28:42,920 --> 00:28:45,599
possible from that he can get, no matter where it is.

576
00:28:46,200 --> 00:28:49,799
But maybe, and maybe this conversation between Dana and Justin's

577
00:28:49,839 --> 00:28:53,079
agent was just here's the courtesy year. I was on

578
00:28:53,119 --> 00:28:55,799
your payroll last year. Where are we at now? And

579
00:28:55,880 --> 00:28:58,400
maybe maybe Dana sets the market for where Justin may

580
00:28:58,440 --> 00:29:00,279
go if he wants to pitch somewhere in twenty twenty five.

581
00:29:00,079 --> 00:29:03,359
I don't know, all right, So there you have it

582
00:29:03,440 --> 00:29:10,359
on that. Yeah, I'm trying to buy into the optimism.

583
00:29:10,799 --> 00:29:12,559
I just brought myself back to earth once I thought

584
00:29:12,599 --> 00:29:15,319
about how it's going to be luxury tax again. And

585
00:29:15,359 --> 00:29:18,880
then it's just this the twenty penalty the first year,

586
00:29:18,960 --> 00:29:21,680
thirty percent the second year. That's a lot of money.

587
00:29:23,480 --> 00:29:26,079
And after once they get everybody through arbitration, they're going

588
00:29:26,119 --> 00:29:28,480
to be basically already nice. And here's a little reality

589
00:29:28,519 --> 00:29:32,119
that that nobody can well, I guess some people can control.

590
00:29:32,359 --> 00:29:35,319
You don't have TV money coming in anymore because the

591
00:29:35,400 --> 00:29:39,119
Space City are now. Space Network was owned by a

592
00:29:39,160 --> 00:29:40,799
group of people. Now it's owned by the team. So

593
00:29:40,839 --> 00:29:43,559
you don't have the automatic revenue coming in to the

594
00:29:43,640 --> 00:29:45,519
likes of what it was before. You got a World

595
00:29:45,599 --> 00:29:49,000
Series pop from attendance and that waned you didn't draw

596
00:29:49,039 --> 00:29:51,319
as many regular season that you did the previous couple

597
00:29:51,359 --> 00:29:54,279
of years. You took a little dip on that, and

598
00:29:54,720 --> 00:29:57,880
then you had the text threshold the issues now you

599
00:29:57,920 --> 00:30:01,200
do You see, you don't even really lose that much

600
00:30:01,240 --> 00:30:03,000
on JV's contract, as most of it was paid for

601
00:30:03,079 --> 00:30:06,400
by the Mets the guys. You also got rid of

602
00:30:06,480 --> 00:30:10,880
the aarchides of the world and the tray cabbages. They

603
00:30:11,319 --> 00:30:14,400
they're blips on the radar when it comes to your salary.

604
00:30:15,519 --> 00:30:17,759
And oh, by the way, if you signed Bregman and

605
00:30:17,799 --> 00:30:19,799
you figure out a way to sign if Verliner wants

606
00:30:19,799 --> 00:30:21,559
to come back, and you know Vernlonder ain't gonna come back.

607
00:30:21,559 --> 00:30:24,319
I don't think I'm the cheap Where does that leave

608
00:30:24,319 --> 00:30:29,319
you for even talking to Kyle Tucker? If you're already

609
00:30:29,799 --> 00:30:32,480
over the threshold on a second time in two consecutive years.

610
00:30:34,559 --> 00:30:38,559
You know, this is why baseball executives get the big money,

611
00:30:38,559 --> 00:30:41,519
Because what Jim is saying is that, you know what, Dana,

612
00:30:41,759 --> 00:30:43,920
here's my check book, and here's my puzzle piece. You

613
00:30:43,960 --> 00:30:46,200
need to configure it for us here. But I'm giving

614
00:30:46,240 --> 00:30:47,920
you a I'm giving you a number that you cannot

615
00:30:47,920 --> 00:30:49,559
go over on certain guys, and if it isn't what

616
00:30:49,559 --> 00:30:52,440
it is, we're gonna move on. Problem is, there's just

617
00:30:52,519 --> 00:30:55,200
nobody ready to play third base right now. Zach Desenzo

618
00:30:55,359 --> 00:30:57,640
might be a starting first baseman for this team, it

619
00:30:57,680 --> 00:31:02,000
sounds like third base isn't really an option. Witcomb, Yeah,

620
00:31:02,000 --> 00:31:03,839
we've been saying that. We've been saying the Zendel didn't

621
00:31:03,880 --> 00:31:07,160
profile defensively third base. I don't know if Shae Whitcombe again,

622
00:31:07,200 --> 00:31:08,880
I don't even want to use the small samples of

623
00:31:08,880 --> 00:31:11,480
what he saw during the course of the year. Let's

624
00:31:11,640 --> 00:31:16,039
let's racing eliminate the four error game. It never happened.

625
00:31:16,079 --> 00:31:19,279
I don't think anybody in the organization thought Shay Witcombe

626
00:31:19,400 --> 00:31:23,319
was the heir apparent fenom No just a very nice

627
00:31:23,400 --> 00:31:28,799
solid But you were going from Bregman to Witcomb would

628
00:31:28,839 --> 00:31:34,279
be losing tremendous power, defense and tremendous glove and leadership

629
00:31:34,720 --> 00:31:38,119
and leadership because Josel tub For, as great as the

630
00:31:38,200 --> 00:31:40,599
leader he is, doesn't say much. He leads by example.

631
00:31:41,599 --> 00:31:44,079
Who's the next greatest leader on the Astros not named

632
00:31:44,160 --> 00:31:48,519
jose Al Tuve. Jordan talked about taking up a leadership role.

633
00:31:48,519 --> 00:31:50,880
I don't know if that really materialized because I don't know.

634
00:31:50,880 --> 00:31:52,440
I'm not in the clubhouse. Is a question for more

635
00:31:52,480 --> 00:31:55,240
for a beat reporter or something, but uh, maybe Jordan,

636
00:31:56,799 --> 00:32:01,200
maybe Verlander. I mean that he's going to be gone. Bregman,

637
00:32:01,240 --> 00:32:04,279
I think was probably the big dog in terms of

638
00:32:04,359 --> 00:32:06,839
that type of leadership of the squad. Seven one three,

639
00:32:06,960 --> 00:32:10,079
two one two five seven ninety seven one three two

640
00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:14,400
one two five seven nine zero. The college football playoffs

641
00:32:14,400 --> 00:32:16,640
were announced yesterday. At least the first round of them.

642
00:32:16,880 --> 00:32:18,759
Will run through the list. See what you're thinking. If

643
00:32:18,759 --> 00:32:21,480
you're a Texas A and M fan right now, you're

644
00:32:21,480 --> 00:32:24,160
on the outside looking in. We'll discuss that next seven

645
00:32:24,200 --> 00:32:26,720
one three, two one two five seven ninety.

646
00:32:27,680 --> 00:32:32,880
Speaker 2: Matt Thomas and rossby Aureal, two guys extremely passionate about

647
00:32:32,920 --> 00:32:36,079
Houston sports. You can tell them to go get a room.

648
00:32:36,359 --> 00:32:39,119
We've shared a hotel room, but they already have and

649
00:32:39,440 --> 00:32:42,119
na've shared a ban on truth be told true. Thanks

650
00:32:42,119 --> 00:32:46,200
for the visual pillow in between. There's no pillow between

651
00:32:46,240 --> 00:32:57,039
you and more. Lunchtime Houston Sports Talk on Sports Talk seven, ninety.

652
00:32:57,039 --> 00:32:58,920
Speaker 1: Of all the liners we play, we probably give the

653
00:32:58,960 --> 00:33:03,359
most attention out of that one. It's it's pretty good.

654
00:33:05,400 --> 00:33:07,519
Even Garrett Cole and a mobile comment on it. He

655
00:33:07,599 --> 00:33:10,200
did like that one. By the way, I have a

656
00:33:10,279 --> 00:33:15,920
secret source okay that says that the Nationals have a

657
00:33:15,960 --> 00:33:20,480
fellow l s U alumnamed Dylan Cruz, who considers Bregmant

658
00:33:20,559 --> 00:33:25,599
an mentor. Okay, also young talent like Trey Limpscombe James

659
00:33:25,640 --> 00:33:31,440
Wood an up and coming team James Woods. I no, no, no,

660
00:33:31,440 --> 00:33:35,240
no on the end of it, okay. So I trust

661
00:33:35,279 --> 00:33:38,559
this source and it's not Gordy so okay, but it

662
00:33:38,640 --> 00:33:41,400
sounds like an LSU source. It is, I would say

663
00:33:41,400 --> 00:33:44,359
fair to say an LSU source. I would say that's

664
00:33:44,400 --> 00:33:47,119
fair to say. Uh. It is the Matt Thomas Show

665
00:33:47,400 --> 00:33:49,279
with Ross on Sports Talk seven. I we were with

666
00:33:49,279 --> 00:33:53,240
you today until two o'clock this afternoon. So ROSSI, uh, Maddie,

667
00:33:53,519 --> 00:33:54,960
did you go to the movies yesterday? I didn't know

668
00:33:54,960 --> 00:33:56,640
if I did. Actually, would you go see? I went

669
00:33:56,680 --> 00:34:00,960
and saw Beetlejuice, Beeal Juice and review Quickly I thought

670
00:34:01,240 --> 00:34:03,559
it was I'll get like a six out of ten.

671
00:34:04,160 --> 00:34:07,160
It was good, not great. Some of the fun nostalgic

672
00:34:07,400 --> 00:34:11,920
beetlejuice like moments were fun, but I think the the

673
00:34:12,159 --> 00:34:15,079
script was a little all over the place. I felt

674
00:34:15,079 --> 00:34:18,400
like they had fifty different ideas and they should have

675
00:34:18,440 --> 00:34:20,159
cut a few of them, and they tried to cram

676
00:34:20,199 --> 00:34:23,400
them all into the movie, so it felt a little

677
00:34:23,400 --> 00:34:26,559
all over the place. As someone who loved the first one,

678
00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:29,320
your lukewarm review makes me not want to go see

679
00:34:29,320 --> 00:34:32,039
the second one, Like, for instance, I loved Coming to America.

680
00:34:33,199 --> 00:34:36,039
The second one got mid reviews. I never saw it.

681
00:34:36,280 --> 00:34:38,800
I will say, if you're at home and you and

682
00:34:38,880 --> 00:34:40,679
the wife were like, hey, let's flip on a movie,

683
00:34:40,840 --> 00:34:43,960
flip it on. But I wouldn't say. And also, it

684
00:34:44,000 --> 00:34:46,639
was a Tuesday, so it was half price. If I'd

685
00:34:46,639 --> 00:34:48,400
have paid full price, I might not have been as happy.

686
00:34:48,480 --> 00:34:50,079
Did you play full price with the popcorn and all

687
00:34:50,119 --> 00:34:51,679
that stuff too? No, I didn't do any of that.

688
00:34:51,760 --> 00:34:55,280
Oh okay, I ate beforehand and smuggled some candy. In smuggling,

689
00:34:55,280 --> 00:34:57,840
I have zero problem with I bought the candy. It's

690
00:34:57,840 --> 00:35:00,760
not like I stole it. No, I just don't want

691
00:35:00,800 --> 00:35:04,079
to pay nine dollars for a small packas malor Match Mids.

692
00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:08,280
You don't have to rhyme that it's a brand. It's

693
00:35:08,280 --> 00:35:10,159
a brand, but you ate the brand. I mean you

694
00:35:10,199 --> 00:35:16,039
consumed it. Malur Match Mids is never going to sponsor

695
00:35:16,079 --> 00:35:20,360
an AM sports radio show. I have a feeling, pretty

696
00:35:20,360 --> 00:35:24,159
good feeling. That's okay, all right, So uh okay, that's it.

697
00:35:24,360 --> 00:35:28,719
That's might. Now there's a movie with Tom Hanks and

698
00:35:30,559 --> 00:35:33,559
Robin Wright in it. It's called Forrest Gump. No, that's

699
00:35:33,559 --> 00:35:35,440
the one Jenny's a whore, But that's a different issue

700
00:35:35,440 --> 00:35:39,079
for a different time. Come on movie called Home, yes

701
00:35:39,239 --> 00:35:42,239
or it basically takes place in one scene in this

702
00:35:42,280 --> 00:35:45,440
one Home over generations. So if anybody has seen Home,

703
00:35:45,480 --> 00:35:47,079
I need a movie review on that because I'm a

704
00:35:47,159 --> 00:35:49,719
huge Robin Wright fan because I loved her and Forrest

705
00:35:49,760 --> 00:35:52,800
Gump and I loved loved her. You just called her

706
00:35:53,519 --> 00:35:55,519
the character was a whore, but I loved her and

707
00:35:55,519 --> 00:35:57,239
then I loved her in House of Cards. That show

708
00:35:57,280 --> 00:36:01,360
went complete bat blank crazy. There is not, and I

709
00:36:01,360 --> 00:36:04,360
promise by sports or there is not another television show

710
00:36:04,360 --> 00:36:06,559
in my life. And maybe for you, it's Game of

711
00:36:06,559 --> 00:36:13,400
Thrones that I wanted and loved and could not appreciate more.

712
00:36:14,880 --> 00:36:18,360
It's gonna be fixing than the first four seasons of

713
00:36:18,400 --> 00:36:21,920
House of Cards. That could not have let me down

714
00:36:22,000 --> 00:36:25,119
more than seasons five and six. I was like, let's

715
00:36:25,119 --> 00:36:28,519
just get this over with. It became more and more

716
00:36:28,599 --> 00:36:33,400
preposterous after every episode, and it greatly disappointed me. How

717
00:36:33,840 --> 00:36:39,400
absolutely horrific. The last two seasons were not even like watchable,

718
00:36:39,480 --> 00:36:42,119
like just turning on and I'll cook dinner while I

719
00:36:42,159 --> 00:36:44,639
have it on on the background. It was so disappointing

720
00:36:44,639 --> 00:36:47,840
to me. I'm sorry, Matt, I'm sorry that happened to you. Now,

721
00:36:47,840 --> 00:36:50,920
I've had disappointing final episodes, but I'm talking about House

722
00:36:50,920 --> 00:36:54,199
of Cards sucking for seasons. That's why I don't get

723
00:36:54,199 --> 00:36:59,239
into shows. I wait until they're done, okay, because anybody

724
00:36:59,239 --> 00:37:02,239
had time to sink into four five seasons of something

725
00:37:02,239 --> 00:37:05,400
and then it falls off a cliff, Because didn't Game

726
00:37:05,440 --> 00:37:08,079
of Thrones falls the cliff for you? Yeah? Well, it

727
00:37:08,119 --> 00:37:10,079
went from the greatest show of all show of all

728
00:37:10,119 --> 00:37:13,760
time to just decent, and I wouldn't say even good,

729
00:37:14,159 --> 00:37:17,960
just relative to what it was. Yeah, it fell off, okay, sure,

730
00:37:18,079 --> 00:37:20,679
all right? Seven one three, two one two five seven

731
00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:22,880
nine zero seven one three, two, one, two, five, seven

732
00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:24,559
and eight. So the top twelve are been announced again.

733
00:37:24,599 --> 00:37:26,119
These are going to do this, I guess every Tuesday,

734
00:37:26,159 --> 00:37:29,880
right for a while. Yeah, number twelve, Boise State eleven,

735
00:37:29,920 --> 00:37:33,679
Alabama Notre Dame ten, b y U nine, i U eight,

736
00:37:34,119 --> 00:37:38,599
Tennessee seven, Penn State six, Inn State six, Huh, Texas five,

737
00:37:38,760 --> 00:37:44,119
Miami four, Uh, Georgia three, os U two Oregon one. Honestly,

738
00:37:44,280 --> 00:37:46,480
I was with my daughter in a volleyball match last night.

739
00:37:46,559 --> 00:37:48,760
Is there was there any sort of we were robbed

740
00:37:48,800 --> 00:37:51,320
kind of stuff or it seemed pretty fair? Okay, So

741
00:37:51,239 --> 00:37:55,559
so I mean it looks like to me, uh, first

742
00:37:55,639 --> 00:37:58,679
blush is Indiana's an eighth. Well that's crazy. Well means

743
00:37:58,800 --> 00:38:02,320
for them, they they're not only beating opponents, they're destroying

744
00:38:02,360 --> 00:38:05,119
them and they play a good schedule so far. I

745
00:38:05,239 --> 00:38:06,800
ain't inn by the way, you Aggie fans are at

746
00:38:06,880 --> 00:38:12,760
number fourteen, SMU at thirteen, LSU at fifteen. There is

747
00:38:12,800 --> 00:38:16,840
nobody in the top twelve except for Alabama that has

748
00:38:16,920 --> 00:38:19,440
more than a loss. Alabama right now at six and two.

749
00:38:21,000 --> 00:38:21,280
Speaker 4: Wow.

750
00:38:21,960 --> 00:38:24,559
Speaker 1: You know, to me, I really don't think at the

751
00:38:24,599 --> 00:38:26,679
end of the day when the final one is out

752
00:38:27,039 --> 00:38:32,719
We're ever gonna seriously have massive complaints about the top twelve.

753
00:38:33,079 --> 00:38:40,400
No Vanderbilt, No, who do you want? Is LSU fan

754
00:38:40,760 --> 00:38:44,320
gripping because they're number fifteen? I don't know, Ole missus

755
00:38:44,320 --> 00:38:45,840
seven and two. I mean there's a buble lot of

756
00:38:45,840 --> 00:38:49,199
teams in NANCYC. I mean, so so your non power

757
00:38:49,320 --> 00:38:53,320
five your boys. He comes in at number twelve. Yes,

758
00:38:53,800 --> 00:38:55,880
that comes as really nice. Cross is a close one

759
00:38:55,920 --> 00:39:00,960
to Oregon. Right, No, right, this shows you what the

760
00:39:01,400 --> 00:39:04,320
committee thinks when you have to include one in the

761
00:39:04,320 --> 00:39:07,039
top twelve. We're gonna put you down as far as

762
00:39:07,079 --> 00:39:11,199
humanly possible. That's what they did, all right. Seven one

763
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three two one two five seven nine zero seven one

764
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three two one two five seven ninety. If you want

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to join us via Twitter, you may do that. And

766
00:39:20,639 --> 00:39:23,639
it's at Sports Empty, at Sports RV and at Connor

767
00:39:23,679 --> 00:39:27,280
dy McGovern our Wednesday feature shuts your ball mass up

768
00:39:27,320 --> 00:39:30,760
normally at one thirty is now today at eleven thirty. Okay,

769
00:39:31,559 --> 00:39:34,440
I'm ready. I'm a little anxious to see where this goes.

770
00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:38,480
Hmmm are people more or less cranky at eleven thirty

771
00:39:38,480 --> 00:39:40,480
than they are at one thirty? Well, I'm more not

772
00:39:40,519 --> 00:39:45,199
necessarily worried about that, but just about the tenor of conversation. Hey,

773
00:39:45,320 --> 00:39:47,079
look if you get if you want to say something today,

774
00:39:47,079 --> 00:39:48,559
you might as well get it off your chair head

775
00:39:49,000 --> 00:39:51,239
seven one three two one two five seven ninety we

776
00:39:51,239 --> 00:39:53,800
had emeaa Dooke coming up at one o'clock this afternoon

777
00:39:53,840 --> 00:39:57,239
here on Sports Talk seven ten fifty seven second hour.

778
00:39:57,199 --> 00:39:57,760
Speaker 7: Next.

779
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Speaker 2: Launchtimers, this is the Matt Thomas Show.

780
00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,719
Speaker 1: Here we go with the hour. Number two of the

781
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Matt Thomas Show was washed. As we are now in

782
00:40:08,400 --> 00:40:10,400
our attend to two slot. We'll be here every single

783
00:40:10,440 --> 00:40:13,719
day Monday through Friday, and we will be with you

784
00:40:14,079 --> 00:40:16,599
up until that two o'clock hour still coming up and

785
00:40:16,880 --> 00:40:21,360
thirty minutes. Shut your bumb ass up. This may be

786
00:40:21,400 --> 00:40:24,880
the most I don't want to guess what it's gonna be,

787
00:40:25,199 --> 00:40:26,760
because it could be saying you could be bothered at

788
00:40:26,760 --> 00:40:29,679
something at work. Yes, I'm gonna tell Houston traffic to

789
00:40:29,719 --> 00:40:34,639
shut their bumb ass up. Woo hm, poor Mattie. Maddy

790
00:40:34,719 --> 00:40:38,280
was upset and everybody was given given me. I walked

791
00:40:38,320 --> 00:40:40,119
into that again. I don't like I'd like to ever

792
00:40:40,199 --> 00:40:42,039
walk into very last second. That's not what I like

793
00:40:42,039 --> 00:40:43,599
to do. I like to get here, Try to get here.

794
00:40:43,639 --> 00:40:47,440
Forty five minutes an hour before show, everybody walked by

795
00:40:47,480 --> 00:40:52,599
and giving you the business. You were not very happy, Sorry, Matt.

796
00:40:52,679 --> 00:40:58,119
I gave the eat blank and grin look. M I

797
00:40:58,159 --> 00:41:01,280
would say it was more of a death stare. Okay,

798
00:41:01,679 --> 00:41:05,000
it's a mission accomplished. My bad, Matt. But it has

799
00:41:05,000 --> 00:41:08,519
an effected the show so far a little bit. I mean,

800
00:41:08,559 --> 00:41:11,719
I'm crashing. I'm already caffeine crashing one hour in. But

801
00:41:11,760 --> 00:41:14,320
I'm gonna see what I can do. That's funny. We

802
00:41:14,360 --> 00:41:16,280
have the news at New coming up today, which you'll

803
00:41:16,280 --> 00:41:17,880
hear more from Dana Brown if you did not catch

804
00:41:17,880 --> 00:41:20,280
what he said earlier. Again, I may Doka coming up

805
00:41:20,280 --> 00:41:21,920
at one o'clock and Believe It or Not today at

806
00:41:21,920 --> 00:41:25,320
one fifty. Uh, what are we playing for today? Connor?

807
00:41:25,320 --> 00:41:27,360
We always feel like we're I'm teasing the prize way

808
00:41:27,440 --> 00:41:28,960
too late in the ball game here, So what do

809
00:41:29,039 --> 00:41:31,679
we what's in the old prize vault for a Tuesday

810
00:41:31,800 --> 00:41:34,320
edition and Wednesday edition of the Believe It or Not?

811
00:41:34,639 --> 00:41:36,440
Speaker 9: We got a four pack of tickets with pit passes

812
00:41:36,480 --> 00:41:38,000
to Monster Jim and then we also got a pair

813
00:41:38,000 --> 00:41:40,440
of tickets to that Mattress Firm. Battleground two K twenty

814
00:41:40,440 --> 00:41:43,519
four College basketball featuring the Cougar's Urs, the Auburn Tigers

815
00:41:43,559 --> 00:41:44,920
and Rice Owls against Florida State.

816
00:41:45,039 --> 00:41:47,079
Speaker 1: Good little double header Tota Center. If you're going to

817
00:41:47,119 --> 00:41:48,199
be in town, I will not be there.

818
00:41:48,239 --> 00:41:48,440
Speaker 8: I was.

819
00:41:48,440 --> 00:41:49,840
Speaker 1: I would like to go because I want to see

820
00:41:50,079 --> 00:41:52,519
Bruce Pearls. I mean, say what he is. He's a crook,

821
00:41:52,559 --> 00:41:56,599
but he coaches good basketball, yes he does. So he's

822
00:41:56,639 --> 00:41:59,480
bringing his Auburn Tigers in and I'll be in Detroit,

823
00:41:59,599 --> 00:42:02,880
so hmm, but you'll be at the casino right. Oh

824
00:42:02,960 --> 00:42:05,559
hell yeah. There you go randomly making bets on Air

825
00:42:05,559 --> 00:42:09,519
Force versus Utah State and hitting eighty percent of those.

826
00:42:10,400 --> 00:42:12,800
It's a modern miracle of science. Seriously, my cousin in

827
00:42:12,840 --> 00:42:15,039
law sent me another Texans. I can't thank you enough

828
00:42:15,079 --> 00:42:18,000
of like you're welcome. Yeah. If you don't know, I

829
00:42:18,360 --> 00:42:22,000
sent my cousin in law three rando bets. I mean

830
00:42:22,199 --> 00:42:23,559
because he's like, do you have a guy, And I'm

831
00:42:23,559 --> 00:42:26,519
like no, no, So I'll just tell you the metalytics.

832
00:42:26,639 --> 00:42:29,760
The metallics. Don't think about it, just first blush, give

833
00:42:29,800 --> 00:42:32,280
you a results. There you go, rockets and Spurs tonight.

834
00:42:32,519 --> 00:42:32,639
Speaker 7: Uh.

835
00:42:33,280 --> 00:42:36,519
Speaker 1: There's a guy name Jeremy so Hand that plays with Spurs. Yes,

836
00:42:36,679 --> 00:42:41,039
looks like Dennis Rodman hates the Rockets, despises the Rockets.

837
00:42:41,400 --> 00:42:43,880
He is really hurt and he will not play tonight.

838
00:42:46,039 --> 00:42:48,559
That's a shame. So he is out. Greg Popovich will

839
00:42:48,599 --> 00:42:50,679
not be there tonight. A health scare over the weekend.

840
00:42:51,000 --> 00:42:51,119
Speaker 2: Uh.

841
00:42:51,679 --> 00:42:55,280
Speaker 1: Yeah, and the last time I checked them and very

842
00:42:55,440 --> 00:42:57,639
kind of rather vague about it. Right, No, Sham said

843
00:42:57,639 --> 00:43:01,320
he like it's a bad situation was the latest from Shams.

844
00:43:01,800 --> 00:43:05,800
But it's still vague. Right. Here's there is a great

845
00:43:06,119 --> 00:43:13,239
level of concern around the situation. It's his quote. Okay,

846
00:43:13,480 --> 00:43:17,880
I mean I don't think it takes a genius figure

847
00:43:17,880 --> 00:43:22,760
out that he's maybe perhaps in grave condition. Yeah, they're

848
00:43:22,800 --> 00:43:31,440
saying serious and grave level of concern. He's seventy five. Yeah,

849
00:43:31,880 --> 00:43:34,000
greatest NBA coach of all time? Or do you take

850
00:43:34,000 --> 00:43:39,800
Phil Jackson, red auerback, Phil Jackson, Popovich, pat Riley? Maybe

851
00:43:39,840 --> 00:43:42,360
Pat in the mountain, but maybe Pat gets it because

852
00:43:42,400 --> 00:43:44,280
of being both a coach and a general manager. But

853
00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:47,000
that's not what I asked you. Yeah, my question is

854
00:43:47,000 --> 00:43:50,360
is he the greatest? Who's the greatest NBA coach of

855
00:43:50,360 --> 00:43:55,679
all time. Now, what did red Auerbach do against similar teams?

856
00:43:55,679 --> 00:43:57,559
He didn't have very many similar teams. That was a

857
00:43:57,760 --> 00:44:00,519
that was a dynasty for a long period of time. Yes,

858
00:44:00,960 --> 00:44:04,920
Popovich also was only in one situation. Phil Jackson won

859
00:44:04,960 --> 00:44:09,360
in two places, which really that's why to me, honestly,

860
00:44:09,360 --> 00:44:12,000
if you want to argue to switch sports, like Andy

861
00:44:12,039 --> 00:44:14,519
Reid over Belichick, because he won in Philly and he

862
00:44:14,559 --> 00:44:16,480
won in Kansas City, although he didn't win Super Bowls there,

863
00:44:16,480 --> 00:44:19,079
and he also surrounded himself with four or five of

864
00:44:19,079 --> 00:44:20,840
the greatest players I've ever played. I think though, Phil

865
00:44:20,920 --> 00:44:24,320
Jackson won with I mean three Hall of Famers on

866
00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:26,239
one side, and then on the other side it was

867
00:44:26,239 --> 00:44:30,599
with Shaq and Kobe and then Kobe and Powell. Eh,

868
00:44:30,840 --> 00:44:34,639
I think Phil Jackson. I'll go Phil Jackson if I

869
00:44:34,760 --> 00:44:38,960
needed a coach. Ooh, I think here's the real quick.

870
00:44:39,199 --> 00:44:41,079
If I need a coach for one game, is it

871
00:44:41,119 --> 00:44:43,400
different than a season. I think for a season, I'm

872
00:44:43,440 --> 00:44:48,519
gonna go Phil Jackson if I need one game. That

873
00:44:48,599 --> 00:44:51,000
might not be either one of them. If I need one,

874
00:44:51,079 --> 00:44:52,519
you know what, I'll tell you this. I'll tell you this,

875
00:44:52,559 --> 00:44:54,880
and this may be I have no foundation for this,

876
00:44:54,960 --> 00:44:58,599
which is just my initial feeling. If I need one game,

877
00:44:58,599 --> 00:45:04,199
I don't think I'm going pat Riley. Hmmm. Do we

878
00:45:04,199 --> 00:45:12,199
put Steve Kerr in this conversation? Steve KERK, I got

879
00:45:12,239 --> 00:45:14,719
a wild card for you. You know what, whatever it

880
00:45:14,719 --> 00:45:16,480
is that, I'm not gonna be shocked, go ahead, I

881
00:45:16,519 --> 00:45:20,039
think you might be a little shocked. Eric Spulstra not

882
00:45:20,199 --> 00:45:25,679
shocked then, thought of he gives me a wizard of

883
00:45:25,760 --> 00:45:31,559
a playoff series adjustments outside of that first year with

884
00:45:31,760 --> 00:45:41,199
Lebron and company, he's kind of a wizard. Yeah, Spolstra.

885
00:45:42,360 --> 00:45:46,000
And he's a he's a rally disciple. Okay, let's turn

886
00:45:46,000 --> 00:45:49,920
this to other sports real quick. Okay, longevity, greatest coach

887
00:45:49,960 --> 00:45:56,199
of all time, Bell Belichick. Yes, the greatest quarterback of

888
00:45:56,239 --> 00:46:00,960
all time? He did so. Uh, I'm still god it's

889
00:46:00,960 --> 00:46:04,639
hard man. Bill Walsh ROSSI but he and he did

890
00:46:04,639 --> 00:46:12,320
it with two different quarterbacks. He did he Chuck Nold

891
00:46:12,320 --> 00:46:16,159
did it with one. But the NFL wasn't nearly as

892
00:46:16,480 --> 00:46:21,599
pre salary Don Shula, Bill Parcells, and again I will

893
00:46:21,639 --> 00:46:24,719
Bill Parcells too. I will go to the Andy Reid

894
00:46:25,079 --> 00:46:28,639
card because they were really good in Philly. Yeah, they

895
00:46:28,719 --> 00:46:31,599
were great in Kansas City. He's a three time super

896
00:46:31,599 --> 00:46:37,599
Bowl champions now, and his coaching tree is pretty insane.

897
00:46:37,800 --> 00:46:40,519
Belichick coaching tree didn't really do much, not at all.

898
00:46:40,599 --> 00:46:42,119
All Right, here's my assessment.

899
00:46:42,159 --> 00:46:42,480
Speaker 4: Fight me.

900
00:46:42,519 --> 00:46:45,920
Speaker 1: If you need to Belichick the greatest coach of all time,

901
00:46:47,800 --> 00:46:49,199
I want Andy Reid for one game.

902
00:46:49,639 --> 00:46:49,920
Speaker 5: Hmm.

903
00:46:50,920 --> 00:46:54,880
Speaker 1: But and honestly, I chext genius too. Though I'll go Bell,

904
00:46:55,719 --> 00:46:57,760
But I could, but I would rather, I think I would.

905
00:46:58,119 --> 00:47:00,000
Can I can? I be convinced of Bill Walsh because

906
00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:04,039
he even been in an offense that forty years later

907
00:47:04,119 --> 00:47:07,559
people start using that's true. Depends on how you want

908
00:47:07,599 --> 00:47:12,199
to look at revolutionary coach, best coach, smartest coach, relatable

909
00:47:13,440 --> 00:47:19,559
to the players. You gotta be Yeah, hmmm, we're missing

910
00:47:19,719 --> 00:47:23,679
the the guy that the Super Bowl Trophy is named after. Yeah,

911
00:47:23,719 --> 00:47:25,719
but I have no frame of reference to the sixties.

912
00:47:25,719 --> 00:47:28,960
He and but let's start leading the boys on the charge.

913
00:47:30,800 --> 00:47:32,760
All right, I'm gonna change it. I'm gonna go Bill

914
00:47:32,880 --> 00:47:38,920
Walsh over Belichick. M But although Belichick was harder to

915
00:47:38,960 --> 00:47:41,320
win super Bowls in his era, that he was a

916
00:47:41,519 --> 00:47:44,320
salary cap era, and well, you did get a lot

917
00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:47,559
of salary cap relief from the greatest quarterback of all time,

918
00:47:47,639 --> 00:47:51,320
always taking smaller deals. Yes, didn't, and he didn't surround

919
00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:54,280
himself with a list receivers. With exception Randy Moss. He

920
00:47:54,320 --> 00:47:57,159
had no super duper running back at any point. It

921
00:47:57,199 --> 00:47:59,679
wasn't like his team was loaded with defensive all pros.

922
00:47:59,719 --> 00:48:02,599
They were good. Gronk is arguably the greatest tight end

923
00:48:02,639 --> 00:48:06,320
of all time in Aaron Hernandez before he went bat blank, well,

924
00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:08,559
he was always bat blank, but before he got pinned

925
00:48:08,559 --> 00:48:12,679
for murders that he committed. I'm the Belichick. Okay, I'll

926
00:48:12,679 --> 00:48:18,920
take Belichick over Walsh by a smidge. I Andy Reid,

927
00:48:18,960 --> 00:48:24,840
I want in one game? Okay, all right, Baseball, I'm

928
00:48:24,840 --> 00:48:28,760
going Connie Matt Well, damn it, you took mind. I

929
00:48:28,800 --> 00:48:32,480
was gonna go Walter Alston, George and West. U said,

930
00:48:32,480 --> 00:48:38,239
Tony LaRussa, Hm, go want him in one game. I'm

931
00:48:38,280 --> 00:48:41,599
going bow Porter guy. You can't lose LaRussa. I don't

932
00:48:41,599 --> 00:48:43,719
think now because of the fact that you still stained

933
00:48:43,719 --> 00:48:46,599
from his weirdo tendencies in Chicago. But I don't even

934
00:48:46,599 --> 00:48:50,719
want to count that. Uh boy. LaRussa took championship teams

935
00:48:50,760 --> 00:48:55,639
in Saint Louis Oakland and where was else? Is he?

936
00:48:56,719 --> 00:49:02,679
LaRussa Chicago White Sox? The first around is the roofs

937
00:49:02,719 --> 00:49:04,440
of the greatest manager of all time? Sure, why not?

938
00:49:06,000 --> 00:49:08,760
One game manager? To me, it's it's kind of moot

939
00:49:08,800 --> 00:49:11,400
in baseball, Yeah, because if you have somebody throwing darts

940
00:49:11,559 --> 00:49:13,360
for eight innings, it doesn't you didn't do anything to

941
00:49:13,360 --> 00:49:15,679
manage it. Guy went out there and threw three hitter

942
00:49:17,079 --> 00:49:22,039
Dusty Baker two thousand manager wins.

943
00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:23,519
Speaker 4: Yeah.

944
00:49:24,639 --> 00:49:28,159
Speaker 1: Bruce bochie Ooh, Boachie's too, he's good too. A lot

945
00:49:28,199 --> 00:49:32,360
of good options here. These are things we ponder. Yes,

946
00:49:32,960 --> 00:49:39,639
kJ on seven on a high kJ, good morning, Hello,

947
00:49:39,840 --> 00:49:43,400
I think we lost K here the background. Yeah, calls back.

948
00:49:43,559 --> 00:49:47,000
Hopefully everything's okay. Yeah, I'll be to get an accident, yeah,

949
00:49:47,079 --> 00:49:48,880
I would say in the history of this radio show,

950
00:49:48,920 --> 00:49:51,320
we probably had in my entire career, I probably had

951
00:49:51,360 --> 00:49:53,960
a half dozen accidents with people driving. Really, I don't

952
00:49:53,960 --> 00:49:56,840
remember that on this show. Maybe one time here with us.

953
00:49:57,000 --> 00:49:58,960
I don't recall it. But I remember back in the

954
00:49:59,039 --> 00:50:01,039
day when Hans Free was first in play, there were

955
00:50:01,039 --> 00:50:03,039
people that were driving crazy. Now and people are kind

956
00:50:03,039 --> 00:50:06,239
of used to it. Yes, yeah, that maybe half doesn't

957
00:50:06,280 --> 00:50:09,079
too many, maybe two or three. Okay, I don't. I'm

958
00:50:09,079 --> 00:50:10,679
not saying that. I'm not calling you a liar. I'm

959
00:50:10,679 --> 00:50:12,960
saying I remember so I will lie to you. I

960
00:50:13,000 --> 00:50:16,000
know you will. Okay, I'm not saying in this instance

961
00:50:16,039 --> 00:50:18,920
you're a liar, so Popovich, but that news does not

962
00:50:19,000 --> 00:50:23,119
sound good at all. No, when it's called a serious

963
00:50:23,159 --> 00:50:26,360
health issue and then great level of concern by sham Shirania.

964
00:50:26,719 --> 00:50:30,199
He's got hospital sources too well. I mean, no, I'm

965
00:50:30,239 --> 00:50:33,119
sure he's not calling doctor but Robinowitz, No, he's probably

966
00:50:33,159 --> 00:50:37,760
talking to our ends on the on the payroll. Here's

967
00:50:37,800 --> 00:50:39,159
if you're gonna be an inside or here's what you're

968
00:50:39,159 --> 00:50:45,000
gonna be on the inside. General managers, coaches, maybe catch

969
00:50:45,119 --> 00:50:47,760
an owner or two, and people that work at the airport.

970
00:50:48,079 --> 00:50:51,039
Those need to be being a source for a from

971
00:50:51,079 --> 00:50:54,440
a player. No need to worry about that. But back

972
00:50:54,440 --> 00:50:55,840
in the day, you had to. You had to get

973
00:50:55,840 --> 00:50:58,000
to know the players. That's the difference between the disconnect

974
00:50:58,039 --> 00:51:00,679
between media and its players now is that you don't

975
00:51:00,679 --> 00:51:03,599
have those relationships. You have the relationships with the agents

976
00:51:03,599 --> 00:51:05,559
who are also gonna want you're gonna have to be

977
00:51:06,039 --> 00:51:08,159
I mean, these shifters and shams and all their spin

978
00:51:08,280 --> 00:51:12,119
machines too. Yes, they're being used, and these reporters like, now,

979
00:51:12,159 --> 00:51:13,400
you can use me as long as you help me

980
00:51:13,400 --> 00:51:15,480
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Speaker 3: Texans on.

1008
00:52:28,719 --> 00:52:34,079
Speaker 2: Back to battle Red Ross and Liberty White Ass Matt Thomas,

1009
00:52:35,599 --> 00:52:39,880
this is what I am. Real Pale Texans talk continue

1010
00:52:39,920 --> 00:52:42,119
to spawn on Matt Thomas Show.

1011
00:52:46,960 --> 00:52:50,280
Speaker 1: Time is eleven eighteen. We got shut Joe, bumass up.

1012
00:52:53,159 --> 00:52:54,960
I just can't do it to the traffic because we're all

1013
00:52:54,960 --> 00:52:57,159
in it. We nobody wants to hear me bitch about you.

1014
00:52:57,239 --> 00:53:00,159
If I do, no, you don't, absolutely I do. They're

1015
00:53:00,159 --> 00:53:03,320
gonna be complaining in yelling. That's always good theater. God,

1016
00:53:03,800 --> 00:53:06,480
so that you learned anything from ESPN and get up

1017
00:53:06,920 --> 00:53:09,519
no matter what you're yelling about. Yelling is good. People

1018
00:53:09,559 --> 00:53:11,719
love it. I'm so over it. I just and I

1019
00:53:11,840 --> 00:53:13,840
and I'd love to hear seventy five percent of my

1020
00:53:13,880 --> 00:53:18,000
life and I just still hate it. Movetro traffic, go,

1021
00:53:18,199 --> 00:53:21,480
Let's get you in the city, Matie trying. Let's get

1022
00:53:21,519 --> 00:53:24,159
you that downtown high rise. You just you just slide

1023
00:53:24,199 --> 00:53:27,159
on down Memorial Good Views every morning. I'd give up

1024
00:53:27,159 --> 00:53:28,440
my car and the zoo where we were. I really

1025
00:53:28,480 --> 00:53:31,719
would Ooh you pull a Daryl Morey. Yeah, those who

1026
00:53:31,719 --> 00:53:33,800
don't know Darryl didn't when he lived in Houston, didn't

1027
00:53:33,800 --> 00:53:35,519
have a vehicle. I'm guessing in Pheldolf he doesn't have it.

1028
00:53:35,519 --> 00:53:38,159
We also had rofel Stone show chow furring him everywhere too.

1029
00:53:41,639 --> 00:53:44,320
You don't know that. Yeah, they talked about it. They do. Yeah,

1030
00:53:44,320 --> 00:53:46,119
he would just driving like he He would be like, uh,

1031
00:53:46,320 --> 00:53:51,119
you know, Darryl, hey, Rafel, can you take me? I

1032
00:53:51,159 --> 00:53:53,239
gotta go to Target, And then he would just take

1033
00:53:53,280 --> 00:53:55,599
him to Target at San Philippe's extent. Now, I don't

1034
00:53:55,599 --> 00:53:57,239
know about that one, by the way, No, I think

1035
00:53:57,239 --> 00:53:59,119
they rode to work together as bad as your caw

1036
00:53:59,239 --> 00:54:03,920
mcnare is. Your Darryl Moury is spectacular, thank you. No,

1037
00:54:04,159 --> 00:54:08,599
I believe they like they rode together often Okay, I'm

1038
00:54:08,639 --> 00:54:10,960
sorry if I'm it kind of caught me off guard

1039
00:54:10,960 --> 00:54:12,800
on that a little bit. They talked about it publicly,

1040
00:54:12,840 --> 00:54:15,599
like how Darryl would he would be driving Daryl around

1041
00:54:15,599 --> 00:54:17,760
and stuff like that. So if I got his car

1042
00:54:17,920 --> 00:54:19,840
near you, would you come pick me up and take

1043
00:54:19,840 --> 00:54:21,239
me to work everything if it was on my way?

1044
00:54:21,719 --> 00:54:24,719
But if it was slightly out of your way? How slightly?

1045
00:54:24,760 --> 00:54:25,880
Fifteen minutes? Fifteen?

1046
00:54:25,920 --> 00:54:25,960
Speaker 4: No?

1047
00:54:26,159 --> 00:54:26,280
Speaker 3: Ten?

1048
00:54:26,599 --> 00:54:28,559
Speaker 1: Ten? You got a deal. Ten is the line of demarcation,

1049
00:54:28,639 --> 00:54:30,840
all right over under ninety and a half kJ. I

1050
00:54:30,880 --> 00:54:32,760
think his phone is back working high kJ.

1051
00:54:33,639 --> 00:54:36,199
Speaker 3: What I guess we got the sequel of Driving Less Days.

1052
00:54:37,199 --> 00:54:41,159
Speaker 1: Shut that right, alright? Driving Sports empty. I love the show.

1053
00:54:41,320 --> 00:54:45,000
Speaker 3: Yes, there you go, real quick man. My fake was

1054
00:54:45,079 --> 00:54:46,119
I'm looking at the Rockets.

1055
00:54:46,159 --> 00:54:49,039
Speaker 5: I wasn't a real big fan initially, and the jury

1056
00:54:49,079 --> 00:54:50,159
on my end is steal out.

1057
00:54:50,599 --> 00:54:52,719
Speaker 3: In regard to the signing of a Fred Van.

1058
00:54:52,599 --> 00:54:54,599
Speaker 5: Bleet, I feel like with a young thing like this

1059
00:54:55,119 --> 00:54:57,800
that's I mentally talent, you need more of a floor

1060
00:54:57,960 --> 00:55:02,199
General or Rondo, Jason Kidd or Chris Paul. Not saying

1061
00:55:02,199 --> 00:55:04,800
get either one of the gods, but someone of that

1062
00:55:04,880 --> 00:55:06,679
caliber who actually runs an offense.

1063
00:55:07,119 --> 00:55:07,199
Speaker 3: Like.

1064
00:55:07,639 --> 00:55:09,679
Speaker 5: The reason why I bring this up is because they're

1065
00:55:09,800 --> 00:55:11,079
identifiable quantities.

1066
00:55:11,320 --> 00:55:12,119
Speaker 3: With everybody on.

1067
00:55:12,079 --> 00:55:15,760
Speaker 5: This roster for the most part, obviously we know we

1068
00:55:15,880 --> 00:55:18,760
get out of green and sing gold. To me, I'm

1069
00:55:18,800 --> 00:55:22,199
Mariri Thompson and try Eason are our defensive stoppers who

1070
00:55:22,280 --> 00:55:25,639
are willing to play consistently around the basket. Cam Wigmore

1071
00:55:25,719 --> 00:55:27,840
is a bucket waiting to happen. I ain't visited him

1072
00:55:27,880 --> 00:55:31,599
being like a Ben Gordon slash Dan Marley bucket off

1073
00:55:31,599 --> 00:55:31,880
the bench.

1074
00:55:31,960 --> 00:55:34,639
Speaker 3: Hoot, guy, I'm not I'm not a Jambart Smith fan

1075
00:55:35,119 --> 00:55:36,719
at all. He's too inconsistent.

1076
00:55:36,760 --> 00:55:40,960
Speaker 1: Man, who do you like? You hit everybody? Man?

1077
00:55:42,239 --> 00:55:44,960
Speaker 5: What I'm saying, That's not what I'm saying that Actually,

1078
00:55:45,000 --> 00:55:46,960
as a collective, I am a fan of the talent

1079
00:55:47,199 --> 00:55:48,119
on the team.

1080
00:55:48,679 --> 00:55:50,480
Speaker 3: I can point to something about everybody I don't like.

1081
00:55:50,559 --> 00:55:53,039
Speaker 5: My question is this based on what you guys have

1082
00:55:53,119 --> 00:55:57,320
seen moving forward? Because I'm assuming with all this talent

1083
00:55:57,440 --> 00:55:59,960
and the bill is gonna come do soon, so somebody

1084
00:56:00,079 --> 00:56:02,719
is gonna get traded. Who do you guys foresee them

1085
00:56:02,760 --> 00:56:06,159
trading at some point to keep them having to pay

1086
00:56:06,159 --> 00:56:08,119
all these young guys because they're not gonna be able to.

1087
00:56:08,559 --> 00:56:12,199
And also, who do you consider the most effective lineup

1088
00:56:12,239 --> 00:56:13,679
in trunch time down the here?

1089
00:56:13,679 --> 00:56:15,599
Speaker 3: Because I noticed the last time we played.

1090
00:56:15,400 --> 00:56:18,519
Speaker 5: The Spurs, Shingol wasn't even on a floor consistently, so

1091
00:56:18,559 --> 00:56:20,639
I'm kind of wondering if they're having some issues.

1092
00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:21,079
Speaker 3: With his defense.

1093
00:56:21,119 --> 00:56:23,599
Speaker 5: So who do you seem starting on the floor for

1094
00:56:23,639 --> 00:56:24,039
the Rockets?

1095
00:56:24,079 --> 00:56:25,159
Speaker 3: Okay, I'm gonna sit back and listen.

1096
00:56:25,360 --> 00:56:28,880
Speaker 1: Thanks kJ, I appreciate it, uh, first of all, to

1097
00:56:28,920 --> 00:56:32,519
say who's most trade friendly the Rockets? And I'm not

1098
00:56:32,559 --> 00:56:35,159
speaking our turn here. The Rockets don't have any interest

1099
00:56:35,199 --> 00:56:38,480
in really trading anybody they would like. They've drafted these players,

1100
00:56:38,800 --> 00:56:42,199
They've compensated many of them. They would ultimately like for

1101
00:56:42,320 --> 00:56:44,320
all of them to grow up together and be a

1102
00:56:44,360 --> 00:56:46,760
part of this team. They're not looking to go, well,

1103
00:56:46,800 --> 00:56:48,760
we're gonna put all this money in Shane Gun's pocket,

1104
00:56:48,760 --> 00:56:51,079
all this money moon in Jalen Green's pocket in order

1105
00:56:51,119 --> 00:56:55,000
to help them be more trade friendly. Now that being said,

1106
00:56:55,159 --> 00:56:58,559
both those contracts are not so preposterous financially that you

1107
00:56:58,559 --> 00:57:02,079
couldn't move them if you decided you wanted to. And again,

1108
00:57:02,119 --> 00:57:04,239
I don't think the Rockets under any circumstance want to

1109
00:57:04,280 --> 00:57:10,800
do that, but crazy situations could present themselves. Whether that's

1110
00:57:11,599 --> 00:57:15,559
Phoenix implodes and Durant becomes available, or Devin Booker becomes available,

1111
00:57:15,559 --> 00:57:18,960
if Milwaukee implodes and Giannis wants to move, I don't know.

1112
00:57:19,440 --> 00:57:21,679
Those are things I don't know at this point. I

1113
00:57:21,719 --> 00:57:24,440
think ultimately the Rockets would like to keep the core

1114
00:57:24,599 --> 00:57:27,639
together because when you chase Ross, and there's a certain

1115
00:57:27,679 --> 00:57:32,079
part of it, you chase free agents, at some point

1116
00:57:32,480 --> 00:57:34,440
it comes back to haunt you a little bit. I

1117
00:57:34,440 --> 00:57:37,440
think that's what the Rockets fell into towards the end

1118
00:57:37,559 --> 00:57:41,440
of the Russell Westbrook Chris Paul, John Wall, James Harden

1119
00:57:41,519 --> 00:57:44,480
run is that you started going out for these high

1120
00:57:44,519 --> 00:57:49,960
priced guys, and when you let a couple of them go,

1121
00:57:51,280 --> 00:57:53,840
you were left with Christian Wood is your alpha dog,

1122
00:57:53,840 --> 00:57:56,480
and that's was just not going to work out. He

1123
00:57:56,559 --> 00:58:00,239
had a good season that year, Okay, one of the games, okay.

1124
00:58:00,320 --> 00:58:02,519
So I would say they want to keep it as is,

1125
00:58:03,280 --> 00:58:07,400
but have left flexibility to maybe make a move if

1126
00:58:07,480 --> 00:58:11,719
a special situation presents itself. Yeah. I don't think they're

1127
00:58:11,760 --> 00:58:16,320
trading people away unless it's for a star, in which

1128
00:58:16,400 --> 00:58:21,280
case Fred van Vliet could become attractive because his forty

1129
00:58:21,280 --> 00:58:23,199
two million. What you're also got to look at is,

1130
00:58:24,079 --> 00:58:29,400
in this type of soft capped NBA league, expiring contracts

1131
00:58:29,400 --> 00:58:32,320
are valuable, and forty million dollars are Fred van Vliek

1132
00:58:32,360 --> 00:58:35,599
coming off the books for next year. That has value

1133
00:58:35,639 --> 00:58:38,239
to a lot. Of it about Fred would be do

1134
00:58:38,280 --> 00:58:42,519
the Rockets feel comfortable with a men Thompson Reed Shepherd

1135
00:58:42,519 --> 00:58:46,079
being your starting point guards or point guard duo. It's

1136
00:58:46,239 --> 00:58:51,239
where they are comfortable. If Reid becomes a knockdown shooter,

1137
00:58:51,480 --> 00:58:54,119
that makes things a lot easier. If a men Thompson

1138
00:58:54,159 --> 00:58:59,039
becomes a satisfactory mid range guy does everything else, Bulhom

1139
00:58:59,199 --> 00:59:00,719
is good. You could live with that.

1140
00:59:01,280 --> 00:59:01,400
Speaker 3: Now.

1141
00:59:01,440 --> 00:59:04,920
Speaker 1: The reason why Fred gets the time not because of

1142
00:59:04,960 --> 00:59:06,719
his three point shooting, which has been not good so

1143
00:59:06,760 --> 00:59:10,079
far this year's shooting at about twenty eight percent. He'll

1144
00:59:10,079 --> 00:59:13,239
be better. He has thirty nine assistant five turnovers. Do

1145
00:59:13,280 --> 00:59:15,639
you know what a huge thing it is for a

1146
00:59:15,719 --> 00:59:18,519
coach to hand the ball to basketball to a player

1147
00:59:19,159 --> 00:59:21,239
and have him not turn the ball over. That is

1148
00:59:21,280 --> 00:59:25,000
a huge part of what makes coaches feel reassured about

1149
00:59:25,000 --> 00:59:26,159
what the guys are doing on the floor.

1150
00:59:26,239 --> 00:59:26,400
Speaker 4: Yeah.

1151
00:59:26,440 --> 00:59:29,039
Speaker 1: In Kj's first point about not having a floor general.

1152
00:59:29,079 --> 00:59:31,119
I disagree because I think that's who too. Fred van

1153
00:59:31,159 --> 00:59:34,840
Vliet is. Yeah, he distributes the ball, he doesn't turn

1154
00:59:34,880 --> 00:59:37,880
it over. I think he sets a good edge as

1155
00:59:37,880 --> 00:59:41,480
far as the attitude and effort. Defensively, he does a

1156
00:59:41,480 --> 00:59:45,519
good job. And I mean he guards. Unfortunately when they're switching,

1157
00:59:45,519 --> 00:59:47,119
he guards one through five. It's not like they want

1158
00:59:47,199 --> 00:59:49,079
him to guard one through five, but he you know,

1159
00:59:49,199 --> 00:59:51,320
he gets back down in the post by I don't know,

1160
00:59:51,400 --> 00:59:53,599
Victor Wimbinyam or whoever else. And he does a good

1161
00:59:53,639 --> 00:59:55,960
job because he holds his ground. He gets loose balls.

1162
00:59:55,960 --> 00:59:59,280
He's smart. Yeah, having Fred van Vliet is valuable. Right now,

1163
00:59:59,360 --> 01:00:01,519
let's go to so before you do find out what

1164
01:00:01,559 --> 01:00:03,559
people want to do and telling people to shut their

1165
01:00:03,599 --> 01:00:04,960
bumpasses up. Hell okay, so.

1166
01:00:06,119 --> 01:00:08,079
Speaker 10: Hey, what's going on guys? Can you hear me?

1167
01:00:08,199 --> 01:00:08,400
Speaker 3: Yeah?

1168
01:00:09,400 --> 01:00:11,960
Speaker 10: Yeah, sorry about it. Last week I was in Marfa, Texas,

1169
01:00:12,000 --> 01:00:15,840
and my call drops about with doctor Roto. My quick

1170
01:00:15,920 --> 01:00:20,639
question about the rockets is kind of pickabacking what kJ said,

1171
01:00:21,320 --> 01:00:22,559
but kind of the opposite.

1172
01:00:22,639 --> 01:00:23,159
Speaker 4: I feel like.

1173
01:00:23,159 --> 01:00:26,920
Speaker 10: Fred van Vliet his number one skill set for this team.

1174
01:00:26,960 --> 01:00:30,199
They're setting up the offense. I think fans are upset

1175
01:00:30,280 --> 01:00:32,920
because the shots not falling and for what he's being

1176
01:00:32,960 --> 01:00:35,559
paid for. But like you guys said, it's coming off

1177
01:00:35,559 --> 01:00:38,599
the books or I think a team option next year,

1178
01:00:38,679 --> 01:00:41,960
not a player option. So there's some you know, flexibility

1179
01:00:42,000 --> 01:00:46,000
with that. But my question is, I don't think MA

1180
01:00:46,320 --> 01:00:50,599
has the longest leash for the young guys, especially we

1181
01:00:50,719 --> 01:00:53,480
barely seen them play this year, but it's very early.

1182
01:00:54,440 --> 01:00:57,400
You know, Emay is here to win, so given that

1183
01:00:57,559 --> 01:00:59,760
if there's a player that he sees that he can

1184
01:00:59,760 --> 01:01:03,079
add to this roster, I feel like I think it

1185
01:01:03,119 --> 01:01:05,920
was either Bill Simmons or Zach Low that mentioned the

1186
01:01:06,000 --> 01:01:10,280
contracts by Alp and Jalen. They're very movable. They could

1187
01:01:10,280 --> 01:01:13,400
they can be moved very easy. I do I want that, No,

1188
01:01:13,679 --> 01:01:18,559
but I'm thinking made maybe like a tam Whitmore or

1189
01:01:18,599 --> 01:01:21,519
God forbid, maybe even a Jabbari could be flipped in

1190
01:01:21,559 --> 01:01:24,119
a deal for someone you think I may would want

1191
01:01:24,199 --> 01:01:26,840
to put into the system to get get them not

1192
01:01:26,960 --> 01:01:30,239
into the play but to the playoffs. So I'm kind

1193
01:01:30,239 --> 01:01:32,159
of wondering what you guys think about that. I know

1194
01:01:32,199 --> 01:01:34,159
you kind of just talked about it. Yeah, But also

1195
01:01:34,320 --> 01:01:38,280
it's my my first my first year anniversary. Uh was

1196
01:01:38,320 --> 01:01:41,119
on Monday, and I want to take my wife to

1197
01:01:41,159 --> 01:01:43,000
a Rockets game. Matt, you got any tickets or what?

1198
01:01:44,159 --> 01:01:45,039
Speaker 3: You know?

1199
01:01:45,079 --> 01:01:48,239
Speaker 1: What you are? You're a chilihun horrors what you are? No,

1200
01:01:48,280 --> 01:01:49,400
I'm dude, I've been leave.

1201
01:01:49,519 --> 01:01:50,880
Speaker 10: I have been talking to you for years. We even

1202
01:01:50,960 --> 01:01:51,920
met at the Big City.

1203
01:01:51,719 --> 01:01:52,360
Speaker 5: Wings in Ego.

1204
01:01:52,679 --> 01:01:55,000
Speaker 1: I know, but you what do you do for a living?

1205
01:01:56,000 --> 01:01:56,960
Speaker 10: I work at you of Ah?

1206
01:01:57,559 --> 01:01:59,000
Speaker 1: Okay you so you make money?

1207
01:01:59,119 --> 01:01:59,320
Speaker 3: Right?

1208
01:01:59,400 --> 01:01:59,639
Speaker 1: Yes?

1209
01:02:00,599 --> 01:02:04,440
Speaker 10: I mean it's not the best paycheck. Come on now, I.

1210
01:02:04,360 --> 01:02:04,880
Speaker 3: Want the face.

1211
01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:08,400
Speaker 1: I'll try to Houston Rockets dot com. Oh look at

1212
01:02:08,480 --> 01:02:10,920
look at Ross. Tell you go to Houston Rockets dot com.

1213
01:02:11,639 --> 01:02:13,320
Speaker 10: Ross also told me he likes it when I lose

1214
01:02:13,519 --> 01:02:18,119
on the Believe it or not, it's more.

1215
01:02:18,199 --> 01:02:19,920
Speaker 1: Uh, well, you are one of the big prize wars.

1216
01:02:19,920 --> 01:02:20,400
That's for sure.

1217
01:02:22,239 --> 01:02:23,320
Speaker 3: Given up my prizes.

1218
01:02:23,440 --> 01:02:24,719
Speaker 10: I have given up my price.

1219
01:02:24,880 --> 01:02:25,920
Speaker 1: I mean, when did I tell you this?

1220
01:02:27,320 --> 01:02:29,039
Speaker 10: That's the Big City Eto. You were like, I like

1221
01:02:29,079 --> 01:02:29,960
it when this guy loses.

1222
01:02:29,960 --> 01:02:32,480
Speaker 1: It's like it was a joke. Case. I'll send me

1223
01:02:32,480 --> 01:02:34,840
an email. I like when everyone loses. First of all,

1224
01:02:34,679 --> 01:02:38,159
well we'll figure it out. Wow mm hmm, that's why

1225
01:02:38,159 --> 01:02:41,039
you shouldn't discuss my tickets. Unbelievingly, I didn't discuss anything.

1226
01:02:41,039 --> 01:02:45,719
It's been discussed. I didn't do anything. Mother calling for

1227
01:02:45,800 --> 01:02:49,559
tickets now, I'm sorry, Can I have some? I'm just kidding.

1228
01:02:49,559 --> 01:02:54,519
I already went seven one three two one two five

1229
01:02:54,639 --> 01:02:59,800
seven ninety seven one threereativities from Ko. Very comfortable and

1230
01:03:00,039 --> 01:03:02,159
hewful situation here on the radio program. Well it is

1231
01:03:02,199 --> 01:03:04,039
time for a break, so that's good, it is thank god.

1232
01:03:04,159 --> 01:03:07,039
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

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01:03:07,079 --> 01:03:10,000
one three two one two five seven ninety. If you

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01:03:10,079 --> 01:03:12,360
are not ready, you better get ready. It's time for

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01:03:12,400 --> 01:03:15,639
people to shut their bum ass is up. Seven one

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01:03:15,800 --> 01:03:19,320
three two one two five seven ninety seven one three

1237
01:03:19,599 --> 01:03:23,000
two one two five seven ninety. Let's say you about

1238
01:03:23,239 --> 01:03:25,760
uh oh ross, feeling better about yourself. I know you

1239
01:03:25,840 --> 01:03:27,760
need to do that for the great audience. And so

1240
01:03:27,880 --> 01:03:28,719
how does that happen?

1241
01:03:28,880 --> 01:03:29,000
Speaker 4: You know?

1242
01:03:29,039 --> 01:03:30,960
Speaker 1: What if if you've been feeling tired, Matt, you look

1243
01:03:31,039 --> 01:03:33,880
like hell, let's let's get you some energy. Maybe, well,

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01:03:33,920 --> 01:03:35,480
you don't need to lose weight, You've been doing great

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with that. But if other people have been thinking about

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Speaker 2: Matt Thomas continues on Sports Talk seven ninety. Here again,

1264
01:04:37,440 --> 01:04:42,159
here again, hear let again, Damada here again, Damada.

1265
01:04:42,400 --> 01:04:47,719
Speaker 1: Here again, here again, here again, hear let again. Tampada.

1266
01:04:48,079 --> 01:04:50,599
All right, this is our gonna be always has been

1267
01:04:50,679 --> 01:04:52,800
since we've started this segment, our favorite half hour of

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01:04:52,840 --> 01:04:54,599
the week. This is where you get to call seven

1269
01:04:54,679 --> 01:04:58,119
one three two one two five is seven ninety seven

1270
01:04:58,199 --> 01:05:00,519
one three two one two five seven, and you can

1271
01:05:00,599 --> 01:05:03,480
tell some people that you are irritated with, mad at,

1272
01:05:03,960 --> 01:05:08,199
frustrated with just shut their bumass up, man, shit, so

1273
01:05:08,360 --> 01:05:10,679
bum ass up man. Or if there's something that is

1274
01:05:11,079 --> 01:05:15,360
just eating away at you and you got people bothering

1275
01:05:15,400 --> 01:05:19,239
you and repeating things and talking at nauseum and wasting

1276
01:05:19,280 --> 01:05:22,159
your time, you simply tell them, ain nobody got time

1277
01:05:22,199 --> 01:05:24,519
for that. Ain't nobody got time? And that's where I

1278
01:05:24,519 --> 01:05:26,920
will start first at seven one three two one two

1279
01:05:26,960 --> 01:05:30,400
five seven. Honey, to every elected official that got a

1280
01:05:30,400 --> 01:05:33,760
hold of my phone number, does sent me nine million

1281
01:05:33,840 --> 01:05:38,000
texts in the last thirty days, Ain't nobody got time

1282
01:05:38,079 --> 01:05:40,480
for you to be texting me? And I guarantee you

1283
01:05:41,360 --> 01:05:44,960
Kamala Harris ain't sending me a text. Ted Cruz didn't

1284
01:05:44,960 --> 01:05:48,280
send me a text. Jd VNS didn't send me a text.

1285
01:05:49,440 --> 01:05:53,280
Donald Trump didn't send me a text. Colin Olra didn't

1286
01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:56,039
send me a text. Ain't nobody got time for you

1287
01:05:56,079 --> 01:05:58,639
to be texting me like that? Ain't nobody got time

1288
01:05:58,679 --> 01:06:04,719
for it? Oh? Bless you. The political season's over with

1289
01:06:04,719 --> 01:06:07,039
at least for now. Yeah, you went with the text.

1290
01:06:07,119 --> 01:06:09,159
I was just gonna go with the ads. I'm so

1291
01:06:09,400 --> 01:06:12,360
glad they're over. Ding dong, the witches are dead. All

1292
01:06:12,400 --> 01:06:14,519
these political ads. There needs to be some sort of

1293
01:06:14,639 --> 01:06:17,360
legislation put in place that we can limit to like

1294
01:06:18,199 --> 01:06:21,320
one minute an hour or something. It's been way too much.

1295
01:06:21,360 --> 01:06:24,360
It's ridiculous, it's over the top. Ain't nobody got time

1296
01:06:24,760 --> 01:06:26,800
for all these political ads? And I'm glad they're over.

1297
01:06:26,920 --> 01:06:32,679
Ain't nobody got time for hmmm? Jeez? It was like

1298
01:06:32,719 --> 01:06:36,280
every time I clicked on a YouTube, it's too much?

1299
01:06:37,760 --> 01:06:42,800
And guess what? Never mind, don't say I don't even

1300
01:06:42,800 --> 01:06:44,320
know what you're gonna say. I don't want you to say.

1301
01:06:44,400 --> 01:06:48,320
It's gonna say money, Well spent some of y'all well

1302
01:06:49,320 --> 01:06:53,920
or not. I don't think everybody spent the money properly anyways. Again,

1303
01:06:53,960 --> 01:06:57,239
moving on, seven odd three two one two five seven

1304
01:06:57,320 --> 01:07:00,800
ninety seven one three two one two five seven Connerdy

1305
01:07:00,880 --> 01:07:05,199
McGovern the best dancer in Houston, Texas, cutting a rug

1306
01:07:05,239 --> 01:07:07,960
in many bars throughout. Yeah, what what's the matter with you?

1307
01:07:08,000 --> 01:07:08,480
This week.

1308
01:07:09,400 --> 01:07:11,760
Speaker 9: So the girl that I'm seeing signed me up for

1309
01:07:12,480 --> 01:07:15,039
signed us up for Turkey trot five k oh.

1310
01:07:15,159 --> 01:07:20,039
Speaker 1: Okay, Oh, she's athletic, is what. That's a good thing, Matt. Well,

1311
01:07:20,079 --> 01:07:22,519
that's a very good thing. Okay, But she's but if

1312
01:07:22,559 --> 01:07:24,440
she wants to run, that means she's just she doesn't

1313
01:07:24,440 --> 01:07:26,280
want to lay around on a lazy Sunday and watch

1314
01:07:26,320 --> 01:07:29,039
football with you. Well, it's it's a five case. I both,

1315
01:07:29,079 --> 01:07:29,719
it's a five k.

1316
01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:29,920
Speaker 8: Mat.

1317
01:07:30,039 --> 01:07:30,480
Speaker 1: It's fine.

1318
01:07:30,800 --> 01:07:32,400
Speaker 9: We're part of a group and I was never much

1319
01:07:32,599 --> 01:07:34,840
of a runner, but I'm getting more into it.

1320
01:07:34,880 --> 01:07:37,440
Speaker 1: So five K I'm going to work towards. You're in

1321
01:07:37,480 --> 01:07:39,400
a running club. No, I'm not in a running club.

1322
01:07:39,880 --> 01:07:40,480
Run on my own.

1323
01:07:40,519 --> 01:07:43,079
Speaker 9: But anyway, turns out the group now wants to sign

1324
01:07:43,159 --> 01:07:46,840
up for the ten k oo, which I don't mean

1325
01:07:46,920 --> 01:07:48,800
work towards the five k and then trying to switch

1326
01:07:48,880 --> 01:07:50,440
up on me saying we're doing the ten can take

1327
01:07:50,480 --> 01:07:50,960
some commitment.

1328
01:07:51,320 --> 01:07:53,320
Speaker 1: You bot mess up. We're not doing that thanks any morning.

1329
01:07:53,360 --> 01:07:55,039
I'm not gonna I'm not trying to take an out.

1330
01:07:55,119 --> 01:07:56,480
Speaker 3: Let me up.

1331
01:07:56,599 --> 01:07:59,159
Speaker 1: Man, If the girl wants you to run on Thanksgiving,

1332
01:07:59,159 --> 01:08:01,039
it's compared to watching football on and eating all day.

1333
01:08:01,039 --> 01:08:03,880
You've got to drop the girl. I'm serious, I I

1334
01:08:04,159 --> 01:08:06,480
I do not endorse this under any circumstance.

1335
01:08:06,800 --> 01:08:09,159
Speaker 9: It's a five K. I'll be back in time for

1336
01:08:09,639 --> 01:08:13,719
the first kickoff. Okay, but the tank I'm not doing.

1337
01:08:13,719 --> 01:08:15,679
I don't care how much they I'll be the only

1338
01:08:15,719 --> 01:08:17,039
one to do with the five kid. Then I don't care.

1339
01:08:17,359 --> 01:08:18,239
I'm gonna do the ta care.

1340
01:08:19,159 --> 01:08:26,199
Speaker 1: Do you run for a girl? Ross? No? No, neither effort.

1341
01:08:26,239 --> 01:08:28,520
That sounds like too much. Man, I'm going to like

1342
01:08:28,560 --> 01:08:30,960
a player or something for a girl. But that's about

1343
01:08:30,960 --> 01:08:33,239
as far as it goes. Go to an opera, No

1344
01:08:33,600 --> 01:08:35,479
do that? That's the ballet. I mean, I liked going

1345
01:08:35,520 --> 01:08:39,039
to rom coms for girls before, but that's really yeah. Okay,

1346
01:08:39,159 --> 01:08:40,960
but then of course I'm I do like rom coms,

1347
01:08:40,960 --> 01:08:42,680
so it's notthing like it's you do It was strange

1348
01:08:44,119 --> 01:08:46,119
fill your launch your favorite movie all time?

1349
01:08:46,760 --> 01:08:46,920
Speaker 2: Uh?

1350
01:08:47,479 --> 01:08:49,079
Speaker 1: Or How to Lose a Guy in ten Days, four

1351
01:08:49,119 --> 01:08:51,239
Weddings and a Funeral or something like that. Oh okay,

1352
01:08:51,840 --> 01:08:55,600
anything involving Drew berrymore made in Manhattan, I believe. By

1353
01:08:55,600 --> 01:08:58,079
the way, what's sneaky about it? She's just hot, she

1354
01:08:58,159 --> 01:09:01,199
runs hot and cold a little bit. Well, she's always

1355
01:09:01,239 --> 01:09:07,760
boiling to me seven three seven of three two one

1356
01:09:07,840 --> 01:09:11,399
two five seven ninety seven one three two one two

1357
01:09:11,479 --> 01:09:21,000
five Sevenati, look can we have online? Three rass New York? Six?

1358
01:09:26,880 --> 01:09:30,000
All right, let's go James on seven NINTI, Hi, James,

1359
01:09:30,039 --> 01:09:30,720
what's the matter with you?

1360
01:09:31,000 --> 01:09:31,159
Speaker 5: Hey?

1361
01:09:31,760 --> 01:09:34,279
Speaker 6: Hey, thank you Governor Thomas and Connor for taking my car.

1362
01:09:34,520 --> 01:09:37,960
I'm gonna go override sports. And I got a personal uh,

1363
01:09:38,119 --> 01:09:40,399
I got a personal ball to pick with this business

1364
01:09:40,399 --> 01:09:44,119
institution over on the fifty one hundred block of Shepherd.

1365
01:09:43,840 --> 01:09:45,039
Speaker 1: Called Mini Stars.

1366
01:09:45,039 --> 01:09:46,880
Speaker 6: Well, I know people need to put their stuff in

1367
01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:50,079
storage because they're overcrowded their house and everything, because people

1368
01:09:50,199 --> 01:09:53,600
are hordes and iron one two. But I've been I've

1369
01:09:53,600 --> 01:09:56,439
been notified the last two and a half three years.

1370
01:09:56,560 --> 01:09:57,960
Speaker 1: I wasn't even paying too much.

1371
01:09:57,840 --> 01:10:01,039
Speaker 6: Close attention to my business affairs. I let my advocate

1372
01:10:01,039 --> 01:10:03,800
friend take care of that since I'm visioning. And then

1373
01:10:04,159 --> 01:10:07,239
and they're and they're take they're taking me literally blind.

1374
01:10:07,439 --> 01:10:10,279
I mean they're like lot thirsty five boys that gouging

1375
01:10:10,319 --> 01:10:11,600
your eyes are and trying to.

1376
01:10:11,720 --> 01:10:12,800
Speaker 1: Rip out your organs.

1377
01:10:12,960 --> 01:10:16,960
Speaker 6: They they more than the price range of my of

1378
01:10:17,000 --> 01:10:20,840
my feet my my monthly feet so like over two hundred.

1379
01:10:20,640 --> 01:10:22,640
Speaker 8: Dollars and I only have a five by ten.

1380
01:10:23,000 --> 01:10:24,399
Speaker 3: I'm I'm very mad.

1381
01:10:24,439 --> 01:10:26,479
Speaker 6: I feel like I should talk to the Better Business

1382
01:10:26,520 --> 01:10:28,359
Group about this or whatever. I don't know if they'll

1383
01:10:28,399 --> 01:10:31,800
do anything, but I know, thankfully, so we got a

1384
01:10:31,840 --> 01:10:35,159
new day on the horizon, and maybe the country will

1385
01:10:35,159 --> 01:10:37,239
start healing and everybody won't have.

1386
01:10:37,199 --> 01:10:38,600
Speaker 3: To complain about things like this.

1387
01:10:39,079 --> 01:10:41,960
Speaker 6: Thank you guys for taking my call. And I ain't

1388
01:10:41,960 --> 01:10:43,920
got time for none of that, but I'm gonna try.

1389
01:10:43,720 --> 01:10:52,079
Speaker 1: To cope with it. Thank thank you, Governor Thomas Sun.

1390
01:10:54,720 --> 01:10:54,960
Speaker 10: Six.

1391
01:11:00,119 --> 01:11:01,880
Speaker 1: I don't really understand what he said, but he was

1392
01:11:01,880 --> 01:11:04,720
obviously a lot of passion in his voice. I don't know, Well,

1393
01:11:04,960 --> 01:11:06,920
the country's gonna heal now, so that's great because of

1394
01:11:06,960 --> 01:11:09,600
his mini storage. I don't know what he was doing.

1395
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He said he was getting robbed blind in his financials.

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Speaker 4: I didn't.

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01:11:13,359 --> 01:11:17,039
Speaker 1: I kind of don't. Generally speaking, many storage places can

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01:11:17,079 --> 01:11:20,199
shut their bomb masses up. Explain. I had one for

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01:11:20,279 --> 01:11:26,000
multiple years, very long, satisfied customer. It raised my rates

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01:11:26,039 --> 01:11:28,239
like fifteen dollars a month, which is a significant amount

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01:11:28,279 --> 01:11:31,000
of money. Over twelve yes, and I said, hey, I've

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01:11:31,000 --> 01:11:33,159
been with you for three years, let's keep it the

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01:11:33,199 --> 01:11:34,880
same rate. Nows and we can't do it. So I

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01:11:34,880 --> 01:11:37,800
got out. So instead of getting most of my money,

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01:11:37,840 --> 01:11:38,600
they got none of it.

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01:11:38,760 --> 01:11:39,399
Speaker 11: So to.

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01:11:41,199 --> 01:11:43,159
Speaker 1: Self storage. Don't know the name of the places. Shut

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01:11:43,159 --> 01:11:46,920
your ball, mess up, mess up man mortgage. I mean,

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01:11:46,960 --> 01:11:48,760
electricity hasn't gone up that much. And I'm sure you

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01:11:48,800 --> 01:11:52,000
got a regulated special deal. So I know you ain't

1411
01:11:52,000 --> 01:11:54,000
worried about labor because nobody's ever working there at the

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01:11:54,000 --> 01:11:57,760
self storages, free market economy. Matt, you exercised your right

1413
01:11:57,800 --> 01:11:59,920
to say no, and I did. I got out of there.

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01:12:00,600 --> 01:12:02,239
My garage is a hot mess, but it's a different

1415
01:12:02,279 --> 01:12:06,720
issue for a different time. Yeah, okay, you can clean

1416
01:12:06,720 --> 01:12:09,359
my garage. I would pay you to do it. What

1417
01:12:09,720 --> 01:12:12,279
is your deal? I mean, why do you think I'm

1418
01:12:12,399 --> 01:12:16,159
just some some cash employee for you? Why are you

1419
01:12:16,199 --> 01:12:18,319
saying that Matt may be tax free for you? Weird?

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01:12:18,560 --> 01:12:20,680
Would it all right? I'm not going to do I'm

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01:12:20,680 --> 01:12:22,079
not going to hand you at ten ninety nine I

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thought you might. No, I want do that to you

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seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

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one three two one two five seventy if something's bothering you.

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Let your voice be heard right here on Sports Talk

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Speaker 2: Lunch Timers back to Houston's longest running lunch time sports

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show with a guy that yells.

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01:13:52,560 --> 01:13:58,079
Speaker 1: For a living. Yes, Matt Thomas, the legend continues. Now,

1452
01:13:59,439 --> 01:14:01,760
all right, as call if you want to tell some

1453
01:14:01,800 --> 01:14:04,039
people to shut their boasses up or anybody got time

1454
01:14:04,039 --> 01:14:06,520
for that? Seven one three two one two five Sevenatti

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01:14:06,560 --> 01:14:09,640
seven one three two one two five Savannatti, uh Connor

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01:14:09,680 --> 01:14:12,279
is gonna run a five kN Thanksgiving, will not run

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01:14:12,319 --> 01:14:15,600
the ten K. Two of our female listeners, Leah Van,

1458
01:14:15,640 --> 01:14:17,520
who works for the Houston Chronicle, and our friend of

1459
01:14:17,520 --> 01:14:20,520
the show, Tiffany, said they both run on Thanksgiving morning

1460
01:14:20,600 --> 01:14:22,680
and then go eat and do all their TV watching.

1461
01:14:22,760 --> 01:14:26,720
So maybe that's a good plane. We have a lot

1462
01:14:26,760 --> 01:14:28,720
of count Now I'm good. Well, I'll be out of

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01:14:28,720 --> 01:14:31,039
the country. You're gonna be gonf for Thanksgiving?

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01:14:31,119 --> 01:14:31,319
Speaker 4: Yeah?

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01:14:31,359 --> 01:14:33,039
Speaker 1: Oh, I need to tell my family. Oh they don't

1466
01:14:33,079 --> 01:14:36,880
know that yet. Hey Mom or Dad? Sorry, if you're listening,

1467
01:14:36,920 --> 01:14:38,880
all right, I need a ruling on this because I'm

1468
01:14:38,920 --> 01:14:42,239
gonna be flying back from Philadelphia on Thanksgiving morning, so

1469
01:14:42,920 --> 01:14:46,359
I won't have time to run. You weren't gonna run anyways.

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01:14:46,399 --> 01:14:51,560
You don't know that, Yes, I do, Okay, maybe you're right, Okay, okay,

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01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:53,960
good walk you good walk it. You're gonna be walking

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01:14:54,000 --> 01:14:55,560
on the tar man, and I'm gonna be getting home

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01:14:55,560 --> 01:14:58,720
at like three o'clock in the morning. There's no chance, okay,

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01:14:58,800 --> 01:15:01,119
instead of taking the uh what do they call that,

1475
01:15:01,199 --> 01:15:04,079
the skywalker whatever that moves? No, No, we're landing at

1476
01:15:04,079 --> 01:15:10,279
the private turrole never mind, I man, I can't, I can't.

1477
01:15:10,520 --> 01:15:11,880
What am I gonna say? I insist on going to

1478
01:15:11,920 --> 01:15:14,119
the public tournament the regular time? Well, then what do

1479
01:15:14,119 --> 01:15:16,279
you always want? You're always wandering about all this travel

1480
01:15:16,279 --> 01:15:19,119
and it's like five star travel on private planes. Yeah,

1481
01:15:19,119 --> 01:15:23,359
but but it's it's just you can kick a lane.

1482
01:15:23,399 --> 01:15:25,840
You can't brag about being able to fancy travel and

1483
01:15:25,880 --> 01:15:27,720
then and then complain about it as well. All right,

1484
01:15:27,760 --> 01:15:30,079
I will the Melani pick is the lane is? It's

1485
01:15:30,119 --> 01:15:32,720
amazing travel? I will say, I will say consistently that's

1486
01:15:32,760 --> 01:15:34,399
what I need to hear. But I want to know.

1487
01:15:34,439 --> 01:15:37,199
I mean, does our audience get a good run in

1488
01:15:37,279 --> 01:15:38,000
before Thanksgiving?

1489
01:15:38,000 --> 01:15:38,079
Speaker 4: It?

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01:15:38,119 --> 01:15:39,800
Speaker 1: Because they feel guilt about about the food they're going

1491
01:15:39,800 --> 01:15:42,600
to eat the rest of the day. I don't know little

1492
01:15:42,600 --> 01:15:45,720
known fact about me. This comes to zero surprise. I

1493
01:15:45,880 --> 01:15:49,119
never cooked the turkey. Yeah that makes sense. You probably

1494
01:15:49,159 --> 01:15:51,800
try to microwave it. Oh, don't you go to the

1495
01:15:52,119 --> 01:15:54,239
country I do. Yeah, that's right.

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01:15:54,520 --> 01:16:01,079
Speaker 9: Country. It was like my second week working here. You

1497
01:16:01,199 --> 01:16:03,079
learned a lot that day, didn't ye terrible?

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01:16:03,159 --> 01:16:03,479
Speaker 3: You did?

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01:16:03,520 --> 01:16:06,279
Speaker 1: You learned a lot about high Horse Matt. Not high Horse.

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01:16:06,359 --> 01:16:08,960
It's it's a family tradition. We don't want to cook,

1501
01:16:09,000 --> 01:16:10,800
and I want to go through all that. We go cook,

1502
01:16:10,880 --> 01:16:12,640
we we want we go home and take a nap.

1503
01:16:12,680 --> 01:16:14,640
I forgot to add that to the list of nicknames.

1504
01:16:14,720 --> 01:16:21,359
High Horse Matt, fancy Matt, country club Matt. Not my decision.

1505
01:16:21,680 --> 01:16:23,479
The family says, let's go to the country club. I

1506
01:16:23,479 --> 01:16:24,359
go to the country club. What do you What do

1507
01:16:24,399 --> 01:16:24,840
you want me to do?

1508
01:16:24,880 --> 01:16:25,000
Speaker 6: Oh?

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01:16:25,039 --> 01:16:26,880
Speaker 1: Yeah, five diamond Matt. You want you want me to

1510
01:16:27,039 --> 01:16:28,439
you want me to cook my own turkey by myself?

1511
01:16:28,479 --> 01:16:29,880
And well, the rest of the fan was gone, and

1512
01:16:29,960 --> 01:16:33,640
of course peach basket, Oh my god, I hate you.

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01:16:34,399 --> 01:16:37,520
Seven one three two one two five seven seven one

1514
01:16:37,560 --> 01:16:39,640
three two one two five seven. We have the news

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01:16:39,640 --> 01:16:43,079
at Doune coming up, which will feature a couple of

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01:16:43,199 --> 01:16:48,720
comments not audio, but at least quotes from one Scott

1517
01:16:49,000 --> 01:16:55,119
Borros Boris Boris Boris. Scott Boris has spoken yes on

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01:16:55,239 --> 01:16:58,600
both Alex Bregman and you say so. The question I

1519
01:16:58,640 --> 01:17:01,720
have is will we have ten our enthusiasm of what

1520
01:17:01,720 --> 01:17:05,560
we thought we heard from Dana Brown a little earlier

1521
01:17:05,640 --> 01:17:08,199
in the show today. Because of that, we'll find out

1522
01:17:08,399 --> 01:17:10,439
coming up at noon, the News at noon, coming up

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01:17:10,479 --> 01:17:12,159
on seven ninety You got it, wist. Guys want to

1524
01:17:12,159 --> 01:17:13,760
get in with something, you want to shut people bomb

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01:17:13,840 --> 01:17:16,439
asses up, Let's go seven one three two one two

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01:17:16,520 --> 01:17:19,760
five seven ninety seven one three two one two five

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01:17:20,039 --> 01:17:22,199
seven nine zero. If you want to send us a message,

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01:17:22,239 --> 01:17:24,439
you can do that as well on Twitter, at Sports Empty,

1529
01:17:24,600 --> 01:17:28,399
at Sports RV, and at Connor d McGovern anything else.

1530
01:17:28,520 --> 01:17:32,039
Ross I was surprised with not seeing a single political

1531
01:17:32,079 --> 01:17:33,720
person kind of sneaking their way in with a shut

1532
01:17:33,720 --> 01:17:36,520
your bom mass up. That's fine. I'm good happy that

1533
01:17:37,079 --> 01:17:39,279
at least we people know they can't come to that

1534
01:17:39,359 --> 01:17:41,239
the show for that, although I would have given them

1535
01:17:41,239 --> 01:17:43,920
an opportunity today. But after that it's over. Everything is

1536
01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:47,560
going to be perfect in this country now, thank god.

1537
01:17:49,159 --> 01:17:51,119
It's like you know, you know when people always say,

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01:17:51,159 --> 01:17:52,880
are you better off today than you were four years ago?

1539
01:17:52,920 --> 01:17:56,640
And I'm like, yes, in the previous four years before that.

1540
01:17:57,119 --> 01:17:57,359
Speaker 4: Yes.

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01:17:58,840 --> 01:18:02,479
Speaker 1: I encourage people to control what they can control. That's right,

1542
01:18:02,640 --> 01:18:05,800
work hard, Get up earlier in the morning, Yes, get

1543
01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:07,680
on the streets earlier so they don't have to come

1544
01:18:07,680 --> 01:18:10,199
in at nine fifty seven when the show starts at ten.

1545
01:18:11,439 --> 01:18:14,399
We swapped the rolls today. God, I did pull a ross.

1546
01:18:14,439 --> 01:18:16,720
I was here like nine oh six. Now, usually set

1547
01:18:16,760 --> 01:18:19,279
your alarm for eleven for a twelve o'clock show. What

1548
01:18:19,319 --> 01:18:21,239
do you set your alarm for? Eleven? Is the fail

1549
01:18:21,359 --> 01:18:25,079
safe last gas? Because for so people know, I live

1550
01:18:25,159 --> 01:18:28,000
like ten minutes away. So it's now like and you're

1551
01:18:28,039 --> 01:18:30,319
also show prepping at three am in the morning, just

1552
01:18:30,359 --> 01:18:32,279
to balance. When I'm staring at the ceiling and I

1553
01:18:32,279 --> 01:18:34,199
can't sleep, I think about the show. That's all I

1554
01:18:34,199 --> 01:18:37,159
think about. I just picture your face, Matt. You know

1555
01:18:37,239 --> 01:18:38,560
there's a T shirt with my face on if you

1556
01:18:38,600 --> 01:18:43,319
want one. Yeah, I burned it. It's rude. Sorry, there

1557
01:18:43,359 --> 01:18:46,840
was a joke. What let me say, I honestly don't

1558
01:18:46,840 --> 01:18:49,399
even remember what I set my alarms for now eight

1559
01:18:49,520 --> 01:18:53,640
fifteen and eight twenty five. I gotta, I guess what

1560
01:18:53,720 --> 01:18:56,239
leave in the house about eight twenty because yeah, there's

1561
01:18:56,279 --> 01:19:00,600
more traffic for me too, and so whatever, it's just

1562
01:19:00,680 --> 01:19:04,039
bad traffic now. Now it takes me. It used to

1563
01:19:04,119 --> 01:19:06,279
take me ten to fifteen minutes, and this morning it

1564
01:19:06,319 --> 01:19:08,840
took me twenty five minutes to get to wa All.

1565
01:19:08,840 --> 01:19:11,039
I got one for you. Summer Creek High School, where

1566
01:19:11,039 --> 01:19:13,479
my daughter played a volleyball playoff game yesterday. Yes, what

1567
01:19:13,520 --> 01:19:16,920
do they call those? Not road humps? Speed bumps? Speed bumps.

1568
01:19:18,119 --> 01:19:22,079
I went over a speed bump yesterday, going very man,

1569
01:19:22,760 --> 01:19:27,119
I would say fifteen. The speed bumps were the thickest,

1570
01:19:27,239 --> 01:19:30,439
biggest speed bumps I've ever seen in my entire life.

1571
01:19:30,840 --> 01:19:34,760
I literally had my vertebrae sore for like a half

1572
01:19:34,800 --> 01:19:37,720
an hour. Were you on your phone, Matt, Nope, I

1573
01:19:37,760 --> 01:19:40,960
swore of got. I was like, no there. If you're

1574
01:19:41,039 --> 01:19:43,319
a kid and you are driving in the Summer Creek

1575
01:19:43,359 --> 01:19:46,319
parking lot, you're going to break your neck if you go.

1576
01:19:46,439 --> 01:19:48,319
If you try to speed over those guys, you need

1577
01:19:48,399 --> 01:19:52,439
to slow down. The speed bumps are parking speeds. Bumps

1578
01:19:52,479 --> 01:19:55,119
are not supposed to disable your vehicle and hurt your

1579
01:19:55,159 --> 01:19:58,119
back and sever your spine. You need to shut your

1580
01:19:58,119 --> 01:20:00,359
bomb as a Summer Creek High school? Anybody got time

1581
01:20:00,439 --> 01:20:04,920
for your ridiculously big, nasty speed bumps. You're trying to

1582
01:20:04,960 --> 01:20:08,239
do donuts in the Summer Creek parking lot over over there,

1583
01:20:08,279 --> 01:20:11,640
bouncing around. You gotta slow down, Matthew, I was at

1584
01:20:11,640 --> 01:20:17,720
fifteen tops. That's too fast. Oh my god, terrible are

1585
01:20:17,760 --> 01:20:22,960
calling you donut Thomas, go for a donut razor playing

1586
01:20:23,000 --> 01:20:24,720
glaze or what? Didn't we get a catered lunch in

1587
01:20:24,760 --> 01:20:26,920
here once in a while. No, we're not gonna eat

1588
01:20:27,000 --> 01:20:28,880
where we can't. Is this is worse?

1589
01:20:29,000 --> 01:20:29,239
Speaker 3: Right?

1590
01:20:29,399 --> 01:20:31,159
Speaker 1: This is way worse. You used to at least have

1591
01:20:31,199 --> 01:20:33,319
to have lunch at eleven. Now you have to have

1592
01:20:33,399 --> 01:20:35,399
breakfast at eight thirty, and then you can't eat till two.

1593
01:20:35,920 --> 01:20:36,359
Speaker 4: Mm hmm.

1594
01:20:36,880 --> 01:20:39,399
Speaker 1: She's not gonna gain weight because at two o'clock, you

1595
01:20:39,479 --> 01:20:41,399
know we're gonna go gorge something really quick. We should

1596
01:20:41,399 --> 01:20:43,239
hot play up here and start mixing up some eggs

1597
01:20:43,279 --> 01:20:44,720
or something. You know, I might do an all soup

1598
01:20:44,760 --> 01:20:48,000
diet me soup dirt show. What if I brought one

1599
01:20:48,039 --> 01:20:49,760
of those like colem and griddles, and I started making

1600
01:20:49,800 --> 01:20:52,159
his breakfast every morning? Would you make us a breakfast

1601
01:20:52,199 --> 01:20:55,399
panini before every show? Absolutely good to form and grill,

1602
01:20:55,800 --> 01:20:57,319
kind of waste a lot of work to clean it up.

1603
01:20:57,359 --> 01:20:59,199
But if we're getting form and grill in the green room,

1604
01:20:59,239 --> 01:21:00,880
it's not very well relater. I don't want to die

1605
01:21:01,239 --> 01:21:04,960
carbon monoxide poisoning, that's true. How about just a big

1606
01:21:04,960 --> 01:21:08,039
old bat of batch of oatmeal available to us every morning?

1607
01:21:08,760 --> 01:21:09,279
Speaker 4: I like that.

1608
01:21:10,119 --> 01:21:13,319
Speaker 1: I bring some obile all right, last chance? I mean

1609
01:21:13,359 --> 01:21:16,520
we got thirty seconds literally for a romance. No for

1610
01:21:16,600 --> 01:21:18,239
shut your mess up now. If you want to call

1611
01:21:18,279 --> 01:21:20,319
him romance, that's fine too, But I don't know if

1612
01:21:20,319 --> 01:21:25,199
it this will be the place an opportunity to do. So, okay, uh,

1613
01:21:25,439 --> 01:21:27,520
coming up at one o'clock today, we have em a

1614
01:21:27,560 --> 01:21:29,399
doc and we have believe it or not today at

1615
01:21:29,439 --> 01:21:34,800
one topic. Don't you side eye me? You know the

1616
01:21:34,840 --> 01:21:39,520
topic is modeled mump modeled mump. Huh. That's really up

1617
01:21:39,560 --> 01:21:41,279
to you. I mean we could say it Donald Trump,

1618
01:21:41,359 --> 01:21:43,880
he's he's our president elect. I mean you guess you could.

1619
01:21:44,039 --> 01:21:46,840
He's back. Could you do sports relate its? Why don't

1620
01:21:46,840 --> 01:21:50,199
you do a sports related No? A sports related. Donald

1621
01:21:50,239 --> 01:21:53,640
Trump's got a huge sports history. Yeah, he called uh.

1622
01:21:53,720 --> 01:21:56,199
He said that aj Hinch did a great job skippering

1623
01:21:56,880 --> 01:21:58,399
one of the greatest Game seven was one of the

1624
01:21:58,399 --> 01:22:00,439
greatest games of all time, even though at a five

1625
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to one game, I is show what's going on with you?

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Young lady?

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Speaker 11: OHI you know, I get angry at those sleeping policemen

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otherwise known as sleet bumps.

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Speaker 1: Also, thank you.

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Speaker 11: I wanted to ask you what Holland were they because

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they have installved them at the Social Security Office on

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West tim and Eldridge and they're horrible.

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Speaker 1: These were yellow, yes, yellow and black huge yep.

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thank you very much. And that is this week's edition

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Speaker 2: Launchtimers. This is the Matt Thomas Show twelve o three on.

1666
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Speaker 1: Sports Talk Seminati. What's happened in lunch timers time down

1667
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for the news at noon non Sports Talk sevenint.

1668
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Speaker 10: Eight.

1669
01:24:16,399 --> 01:24:20,399
Speaker 1: This is where we run through all the headlines of

1670
01:24:20,399 --> 01:24:21,960
the day so far, and so far it's been a

1671
01:24:22,000 --> 01:24:25,199
pretty juicy late morning. Really hard for me not to

1672
01:24:25,279 --> 01:24:27,960
use by TV news voice Batt Wilson. You've never been

1673
01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:30,279
on TV before, you probably shouldn't use it. Hey, you

1674
01:24:30,279 --> 01:24:33,560
don't gotta call me out like that, Sorry publicly. Okay,

1675
01:24:33,640 --> 01:24:36,279
So we really we will get to the Scott Boris

1676
01:24:36,439 --> 01:24:40,600
comments about Alex Bregman and that situation. But a quick

1677
01:24:40,680 --> 01:24:46,640
update from Aaron Wilson. NFL Nicocollins has passed all tests

1678
01:24:46,680 --> 01:24:50,960
for hamstring no setbacks, per league sources. He has regained speed,

1679
01:24:51,079 --> 01:24:54,479
mobility and ready to go, matter of when not if

1680
01:24:54,520 --> 01:24:58,439
he'll be designated for a return team. Still determining if

1681
01:24:58,479 --> 01:25:04,840
activating him for Lions might not practice today. Well, so

1682
01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:07,800
that feels like to me, that's not a one hundred

1683
01:25:07,840 --> 01:25:12,079
percent get ready to watch him on primetime television. I

1684
01:25:12,079 --> 01:25:14,880
think it literally means they're gonna give him today off,

1685
01:25:14,920 --> 01:25:17,039
to just give him one more day. He's gonna wake

1686
01:25:17,159 --> 01:25:20,279
up tomorrow, put some practice pads on, and see how

1687
01:25:20,319 --> 01:25:22,760
he feels running routes. I think it's very much still

1688
01:25:22,800 --> 01:25:24,439
up in the air whether he plays on Sunday. Yeah,

1689
01:25:24,439 --> 01:25:27,119
it sounds like good news talking about him passing all

1690
01:25:27,199 --> 01:25:29,439
his tests and all that stuff, and then he brings

1691
01:25:29,439 --> 01:25:32,239
it back with we'll see if he practices. So could

1692
01:25:32,239 --> 01:25:34,680
be some good news coming up on Nico Collins, much

1693
01:25:34,720 --> 01:25:36,680
needed if they're gonna be able to score with the

1694
01:25:36,680 --> 01:25:39,039
Detroit Lions. Have you checked the line on this game?

1695
01:25:39,119 --> 01:25:39,199
Speaker 8: So?

1696
01:25:39,319 --> 01:25:39,880
Speaker 1: Has it moved?

1697
01:25:39,960 --> 01:25:40,600
Speaker 3: No? Tell me?

1698
01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:45,039
Speaker 1: Okay, no, I can check it right now. Let's see

1699
01:25:45,239 --> 01:25:48,760
your Houston Texans at home this weekend against the Detroit Lions.

1700
01:25:48,840 --> 01:25:51,760
Are holding at three and a half. I said under

1701
01:25:51,800 --> 01:25:53,640
forty nine and a half, and it's gone down to

1702
01:25:53,680 --> 01:25:56,479
tick forty eight and a half. Okay, that doesn't mean

1703
01:25:56,520 --> 01:25:58,439
a whole hill of beans today, Hey, but I locked

1704
01:25:58,439 --> 01:26:00,119
it in on Tuesday. I locked in the forty one

1705
01:26:00,159 --> 01:26:02,960
and a half, just saying, so the line going down

1706
01:26:03,039 --> 01:26:05,680
a bit, it feels like it might be a little

1707
01:26:05,680 --> 01:26:07,720
bit lower scoring game, just because I don't know if

1708
01:26:07,720 --> 01:26:09,560
the Texan's gonna win a shoot out anyways, But the

1709
01:26:09,560 --> 01:26:12,079
line holding at three and a half there. Now, by

1710
01:26:12,119 --> 01:26:14,239
the way, did they did not make a trade yesterday

1711
01:26:14,239 --> 01:26:16,760
before the deadline at three o'clock? How are you feeling

1712
01:26:16,760 --> 01:26:23,239
about that? Not spectacular? I don't think CJ is. I

1713
01:26:23,279 --> 01:26:26,199
want to pour some truth serum down his pores, okay,

1714
01:26:26,439 --> 01:26:28,520
And he would say, get me some help. I'm not

1715
01:26:28,560 --> 01:26:31,000
gonna be able to stand upright. So if you're Davis

1716
01:26:31,000 --> 01:26:33,640
Smiles Truther, you go see him this year. It's funny

1717
01:26:33,680 --> 01:26:36,600
you say that they use truth serum in Beetlejuice. Beetlejuice,

1718
01:26:37,079 --> 01:26:39,279
really at one point in the film, how was Michael Keaton?

1719
01:26:39,279 --> 01:26:42,479
By the way, you could tell he's older, but with

1720
01:26:42,520 --> 01:26:44,840
the makeup he looks the same. I mean, Beetlejuice look

1721
01:26:44,880 --> 01:26:47,199
like a corpse in the first one, and it's mostly

1722
01:26:47,239 --> 01:26:53,239
the same. She's a little bit older, but she's good, Okay. No,

1723
01:26:53,399 --> 01:26:55,079
Gena Davis, I've always had a thing for one on

1724
01:26:55,079 --> 01:26:58,199
a rider since Beatle it's just a high love, spectacular

1725
01:26:59,079 --> 01:27:01,720
browity bite. She was good in that as well, Yes, beach,

1726
01:27:01,920 --> 01:27:03,880
she was good in that. And then what's her name?

1727
01:27:04,399 --> 01:27:08,439
The mom? She was Macaulay Culkin's mom and home alone.

1728
01:27:08,600 --> 01:27:12,279
Oh Catherine something oh haarrah oh haarah. That's right, she

1729
01:27:12,399 --> 01:27:18,119
was good. H No Jeena Davis, No Geena Davis? What

1730
01:27:18,479 --> 01:27:21,239
you're alive? Okay, you were worried about Gena Davis not

1731
01:27:21,319 --> 01:27:23,600
being alive. You could have told me she was dead.

1732
01:27:23,680 --> 01:27:25,640
I would have believed. No. Alex baul when I'm assuming,

1733
01:27:26,399 --> 01:27:27,800
I think he's saw the movies for a while. I

1734
01:27:27,840 --> 01:27:31,800
couldn't make the shoot the views expressed by Ross or

1735
01:27:31,840 --> 01:27:34,000
not those of sports talk Sinnony. Back to the news

1736
01:27:34,000 --> 01:27:39,600
at noon, Okay, Chandler Rome with some quotes from our

1737
01:27:39,680 --> 01:27:43,479
old friend Scott Boris. First of all, Alex Bregman had

1738
01:27:43,479 --> 01:27:46,239
a bone chip removed from his elbow. Should be back

1739
01:27:46,239 --> 01:27:49,760
swinging in a few weeks. I believe this is certainly

1740
01:27:49,760 --> 01:27:52,760
a gut feeling, maybe even to put your name on it.

1741
01:27:52,880 --> 01:27:56,560
Hit for Matthew Thomas. I know I believe you said

1742
01:27:56,600 --> 01:27:58,640
Bregman was gonna have surgery after the season, but that

1743
01:27:58,760 --> 01:28:01,960
was no I mean that easy. I'm trying to see,

1744
01:28:01,960 --> 01:28:03,600
I'm trying to give you a compliment. This is what

1745
01:28:03,640 --> 01:28:05,399
you do. I'll say thank you, but it was an

1746
01:28:05,399 --> 01:28:09,680
easy one for me. Okay, more from Scott Boris. Did

1747
01:28:09,720 --> 01:28:12,119
you get a sense they are serious about pursuing the

1748
01:28:12,159 --> 01:28:15,119
reunion with Alex Bregman and willing to exceed some precedents

1749
01:28:15,159 --> 01:28:18,880
that have existed during Jim Crane's ownership. Scott Boris's response

1750
01:28:18,920 --> 01:28:22,880
to that, very good question. They understand the rarity of

1751
01:28:22,880 --> 01:28:25,520
being in four World Series and being in the postseason

1752
01:28:25,560 --> 01:28:28,960
eight years in a row, and him being a centerpiece

1753
01:28:29,479 --> 01:28:33,720
of that. As to meeting markets and the demands of

1754
01:28:33,720 --> 01:28:35,760
this kind of player, you just don't have many players

1755
01:28:35,760 --> 01:28:37,479
on the dirt that does what he does. It's a

1756
01:28:37,520 --> 01:28:40,560
market certainly that the Astros are very aware is healthy

1757
01:28:40,600 --> 01:28:44,439
for him. Well, what a bunch of words, salad at

1758
01:28:44,560 --> 01:28:47,159
It didn't really answer the question. He just said. It

1759
01:28:47,159 --> 01:28:50,600
sounds like the talks have had some substance. It also

1760
01:28:50,640 --> 01:28:53,119
sounds like, yeah, we're happy the Astros want to talk

1761
01:28:53,239 --> 01:28:54,720
and we're going to talk to some other people too.

1762
01:28:55,000 --> 01:28:58,199
That's what I get out of that. Yeah, a healthy

1763
01:28:58,479 --> 01:29:01,720
market is what Scott Boris is saying, but do we

1764
01:29:01,840 --> 01:29:04,800
expect him to say anything different about Alex Brigman on

1765
01:29:04,840 --> 01:29:09,359
that front. No, I think he's gonna be cooy. Why

1766
01:29:09,359 --> 01:29:11,359
would he want to give out any information. Why would

1767
01:29:11,399 --> 01:29:15,520
he want to open up any optimism unless he feels

1768
01:29:15,520 --> 01:29:17,079
like the market is dried up and that he wants

1769
01:29:17,079 --> 01:29:20,239
to get other teams involved. And then one more, of course,

1770
01:29:20,279 --> 01:29:24,600
Scott Boris is the representative team agent for U, say Kakuci,

1771
01:29:25,800 --> 01:29:30,239
Scott Boris quote without having a qualifying offer, which means

1772
01:29:30,239 --> 01:29:32,399
teams don't have to give up a draft pick. You

1773
01:29:32,479 --> 01:29:35,119
see a whole menu of teams that would not normally

1774
01:29:35,159 --> 01:29:38,359
be participating for a starter at that level. For that reason,

1775
01:29:38,399 --> 01:29:41,840
he's one of the most sought after players in free agency.

1776
01:29:43,920 --> 01:29:47,640
That's definitely agents speak. Now, did you say Kakuci now

1777
01:29:48,079 --> 01:29:50,359
he got that? Sounds like he you say, did rebuild

1778
01:29:50,359 --> 01:29:52,479
his image. I mean, he couldn't have asked for a

1779
01:29:52,520 --> 01:29:55,159
better short term tenure with one baseball team than you

1780
01:29:55,159 --> 01:29:58,600
say a Kenchi with hope. He wasn't listening when that

1781
01:29:58,640 --> 01:30:01,079
trade was made here on seven nine. Oh, by the way,

1782
01:30:01,199 --> 01:30:04,279
I wish I cared enough to keep receipts of everybody

1783
01:30:04,319 --> 01:30:07,920
that hated it, and that includes basically every Astros fan

1784
01:30:08,000 --> 01:30:12,520
on Astros Twitter. Joey low perfidos a future Hall of Famer, Right,

1785
01:30:12,840 --> 01:30:15,680
how do you get rid of Joey? How do you

1786
01:30:15,680 --> 01:30:17,279
get rid of Jody Hall of Famer?

1787
01:30:18,079 --> 01:30:18,119
Speaker 3: No?

1788
01:30:18,439 --> 01:30:23,600
Speaker 1: I like that. I like that. That's good, okay, Matt,

1789
01:30:23,640 --> 01:30:25,920
and then we can wrap with one off the wall

1790
01:30:25,960 --> 01:30:27,479
story as you would like to do it News at

1791
01:30:27,520 --> 01:30:30,960
Noon for sure, Matt. Did you hear that the there

1792
01:30:31,000 --> 01:30:35,359
have been North Korean troops sent to bolster Russia's Russia's

1793
01:30:35,520 --> 01:30:39,960
or on Ukraine. I've not heard that, thank you. Okay. Well,

1794
01:30:40,039 --> 01:30:42,720
did you know that in North Korea they have a

1795
01:30:42,720 --> 01:30:46,680
lot of censorship on the internet. According to our report,

1796
01:30:47,079 --> 01:30:51,199
North Korean troops sent to Russia to help out with

1797
01:30:51,279 --> 01:30:58,319
the war on Ukraine have immediately began quote gorging on pornography.

1798
01:30:59,359 --> 01:31:08,039
Further explain, that's it. Basically, uh, Russia has unfettered access

1799
01:31:08,079 --> 01:31:13,560
to the Internet. In Korea, they have throttled and censored internet.

1800
01:31:13,640 --> 01:31:16,399
So these North Korean troops that are supposed to be

1801
01:31:16,439 --> 01:31:19,239
there helping out Russia in their war with Ukraine are

1802
01:31:19,279 --> 01:31:22,640
just gorging on porn. I mean, they're they're Biden time basically,

1803
01:31:23,399 --> 01:31:25,039
oh way, going back to Kikusa for a second. I

1804
01:31:25,039 --> 01:31:27,000
don't know if you I don't think you didn't say this,

1805
01:31:27,159 --> 01:31:29,880
But the Astros couldn't offer him a qualifying offer, right

1806
01:31:29,920 --> 01:31:32,119
because he was traded in mid seasons. So yeah, they

1807
01:31:32,119 --> 01:31:34,960
could not give him a qualifying offer. Thus teams do

1808
01:31:35,079 --> 01:31:37,199
not have to offer, do not have to give up

1809
01:31:37,239 --> 01:31:40,560
a draft pick to sign him, and thus his market

1810
01:31:40,600 --> 01:31:43,000
is more robust. Right, so nobody has to give up

1811
01:31:43,039 --> 01:31:45,399
draft picks. Yeah, Wolf the volab and offer to him

1812
01:31:45,439 --> 01:31:47,520
for sure. M m, yeah, all right, that's what makes

1813
01:31:47,520 --> 01:31:51,000
sure you get that. So armies are looking at porn

1814
01:31:51,199 --> 01:31:56,520
when they're not fighting battles. Yes, sounds like every well

1815
01:31:56,600 --> 01:32:04,039
name of country that their troops aren't watching porn. I'm

1816
01:32:04,079 --> 01:32:05,960
at a loss, Matt. You don't have one to you

1817
01:32:06,119 --> 01:32:09,720
the Swiss army, they don't even have one, right, Swiss

1818
01:32:09,800 --> 01:32:13,800
army porn? Is that a category? I don't know. I

1819
01:32:13,840 --> 01:32:16,319
guess they do, aren't they always neutral? Though they still

1820
01:32:16,359 --> 01:32:22,279
have an army? I guess you gotta defend yourself. Yeah, okay,

1821
01:32:22,319 --> 01:32:24,760
we're moving on. I don't even know how to possibly

1822
01:32:24,760 --> 01:32:28,119
comment on any of that. Hey you wanted, well, I

1823
01:32:28,159 --> 01:32:30,199
have one news item. Can I pass it to you? Yes,

1824
01:32:30,199 --> 01:32:31,760
I'm gonna give it to your runny. Here's the story

1825
01:32:31,760 --> 01:32:34,279
from today on the news at noon. The Upper Deck

1826
01:32:34,920 --> 01:32:38,319
Golf is coming to Minute Made Park. Yeah, go ahead,

1827
01:32:38,439 --> 01:32:40,800
Minute Made and upper Deck Golf? Is that upper deck

1828
01:32:40,880 --> 01:32:43,800
like the card company? Never heard of it? Tea times

1829
01:32:43,800 --> 01:32:46,439
will be available for booking to the public for a free,

1830
01:32:46,520 --> 01:32:49,600
one of a kind golf event inside the ballpark. The

1831
01:32:49,640 --> 01:32:52,560
event will take place Friday, February twenty first to the

1832
01:32:52,640 --> 01:32:55,479
twenty third, and it will give fans an up exclusive

1833
01:32:55,520 --> 01:32:58,279
opportunity to play a round of golf inside the stadium.

1834
01:32:58,840 --> 01:33:01,119
You mean on the field of play, or like hitting

1835
01:33:01,159 --> 01:33:03,319
like on the third deck down the down below, like

1836
01:33:03,359 --> 01:33:06,000
a like a top golf. Okay, if it's one hundred

1837
01:33:06,000 --> 01:33:08,600
and fifty to I mean four to fifty to center

1838
01:33:09,520 --> 01:33:13,399
to dead center, isn't that one hundred and one hundred

1839
01:33:13,399 --> 01:33:15,319
and thirty yards? You can only bring wedges hundred and

1840
01:33:15,319 --> 01:33:19,520
fifty yards. That's it. You can't bring a three out anything. Yeah, no, drivers,

1841
01:33:19,600 --> 01:33:21,640
I having a five wood, you can't bring what I mean,

1842
01:33:22,279 --> 01:33:26,359
how does this work? I I don't know the answer

1843
01:33:26,399 --> 01:33:28,600
to this, but my thought would be maybe you can

1844
01:33:28,760 --> 01:33:30,960
you like they have those. It would be like top golf,

1845
01:33:30,960 --> 01:33:33,520
you would you would hit from the second deck down

1846
01:33:33,560 --> 01:33:38,640
to the field. Oh, it's like a pitching put putt. Interesting. Yeah,

1847
01:33:38,720 --> 01:33:41,239
I'm busy that weekend. I would do it. When is

1848
01:33:41,279 --> 01:33:44,520
it February? Do I have Rockets? It might be close

1849
01:33:44,560 --> 01:33:46,640
to the All Star break? Actually I'm out of town.

1850
01:33:46,960 --> 01:33:49,840
Oh my gosh. Tea times will be offered in two

1851
01:33:49,880 --> 01:33:52,560
player increments, and vip T times will be available. They

1852
01:33:52,560 --> 01:33:55,359
will offer a more premium experience for fans looking to

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enjoy additional perks, free entry into driving, chipping and putting challenges,

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and complement food and beverage. I'm in for this. I would,

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I would, I would do it. I can if I could.

1856
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That Friday, the Rockets play the Timberwolves at home, and

1857
01:34:08,600 --> 01:34:11,239
then they go to Utah for a Saturday back to back.

1858
01:34:11,359 --> 01:34:15,680
Oh well, it's a home and Utah back to back. Oh.

1859
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I won't say anything, you know what I mean, Mitch critics

1860
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housing travels. I won't, please don't And that my friend

1861
01:34:21,520 --> 01:34:26,239
was the news at noon. All right, Dana Brown spoke yesterday.

1862
01:34:26,239 --> 01:34:28,319
We're gonna place some of that free coming back, and

1863
01:34:28,600 --> 01:34:32,159
we're gonna take that plus what Scott Boras said. We're

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gonna try to figure out if Alex Berman indeed can

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Speaker 2: More. Matt Thomas now on Sports Talk seven ninety.

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Speaker 1: Ross, you have one as Simon and one of Simon

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only you must choose listen to pull a class for

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an hour or an episode of Dudes on Dudes. Which

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one are you going to listen to? Uh? Just put

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01:36:00,880 --> 01:36:02,600
a hot poker through my ears and then I'll put

1891
01:36:02,600 --> 01:36:05,560
a Dudes on Dudes, I guess, and you're just gonna

1892
01:36:05,560 --> 01:36:11,079
bleed out. Yeah, poor guy. Oh god. We promote the

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crappiest podcast. We really do. We are a great company,

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But Dudes on Dudes is the best podcast you've ever heard.

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Just give it a shot. Matt extraordinarily busy. I guess

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I would have to go. I would choose Dudes on Dudes.

1897
01:36:25,239 --> 01:36:27,600
I'm not gonna be happy about it. Slip that right now, right,

1898
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clip it. That's good for Friday. We'll take that to

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01:36:30,159 --> 01:36:32,159
your fault. That was an easy one for me. I

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01:36:32,199 --> 01:36:34,920
appreciate that very much. Set you up for that, Yeah,

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I did set you up. That's fine, all right. Seven

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show with Ross with you till two o'clock today.

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01:36:44,840 --> 01:36:44,920
Speaker 11: Uh.

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01:36:45,039 --> 01:36:47,960
Speaker 1: Coming up in forty minutes, we'll speak to email Adoka,

1907
01:36:48,039 --> 01:36:50,600
head basketball coach of your beloved Houston Rockets taking on

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01:36:50,600 --> 01:36:51,880
the San Antonio Spurst tonight.

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01:36:52,600 --> 01:36:52,840
Speaker 6: Uh.

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01:36:52,880 --> 01:36:55,359
Speaker 1: Okay, So we heard a little bit the quotes from

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01:36:55,680 --> 01:36:59,239
Scott Boris. Let's put a little audio from Dana Brown

1912
01:36:59,359 --> 01:37:02,359
earlier yesterday. He was at the general manager's meetings. Whe

1913
01:37:02,359 --> 01:37:07,399
Scott Boris is today, Yes, and you heard these quotes

1914
01:37:07,479 --> 01:37:09,560
a couple of hours ago and you were like, oh,

1915
01:37:09,800 --> 01:37:13,239
hell yeah, our guy's gonna stay, and then ten minutes

1916
01:37:13,319 --> 01:37:15,520
later you change your mind. Well, let's let's have you

1917
01:37:15,800 --> 01:37:18,319
listen to see if you indeed liked him. Okay, Dana

1918
01:37:18,399 --> 01:37:22,399
Brown believes they can keep Alex Brigman on my.

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01:37:22,560 --> 01:37:25,399
Speaker 7: Set right now is that he's not going elsewhere and

1920
01:37:25,479 --> 01:37:28,960
that we want to sign up. So if he ends

1921
01:37:29,000 --> 01:37:31,399
up going elsewhere, across that bridge when we get there.

1922
01:37:31,520 --> 01:37:33,399
Speaker 3: But I'm going into.

1923
01:37:33,159 --> 01:37:34,560
Speaker 1: This offseason.

1924
01:37:35,800 --> 01:37:39,159
Speaker 7: With the thought process that we're gonna get pregnant down hopefully,

1925
01:37:39,399 --> 01:37:42,880
so I'm gonna leave enjoy it. And as I said,

1926
01:37:43,000 --> 01:37:45,039
you know the conversations when Scott have been for do.

1927
01:37:45,680 --> 01:37:47,439
Speaker 1: All right, So he's gonna cross that bridge when he

1928
01:37:47,439 --> 01:37:53,119
gets there. That's a bridge over perhaps troubled water. Ah,

1929
01:37:53,159 --> 01:37:56,560
he did pause when he was saying that he's gonna

1930
01:37:56,600 --> 01:37:58,920
go with the thought process that we are going to

1931
01:37:58,960 --> 01:38:01,600
have Bregman back. I guess that's what he's saying. If

1932
01:38:01,680 --> 01:38:05,239
Plan A is Alex Bregman is your third baseman next year,

1933
01:38:07,359 --> 01:38:11,239
Plan B, we will see Plan C. Who knows there

1934
01:38:11,319 --> 01:38:13,159
isn't much out there in the for Ange waters, And

1935
01:38:13,159 --> 01:38:15,199
we're gonna we will get a baseball expert on the

1936
01:38:15,239 --> 01:38:17,840
next handful of days once the GM meetings. You know,

1937
01:38:18,159 --> 01:38:21,720
okay side, because the list I've seen a bunch of

1938
01:38:21,760 --> 01:38:24,000
guys that are either can't hit, have never hit on

1939
01:38:24,039 --> 01:38:29,039
a regular basis, or are past their prime. Yes, it's

1940
01:38:29,319 --> 01:38:32,640
a year after Alex Bregman. You're into the bargain bin

1941
01:38:33,079 --> 01:38:35,479
basically at third base. But you had to know that

1942
01:38:35,520 --> 01:38:37,880
going in. Yes, and they and ross I got news

1943
01:38:37,920 --> 01:38:41,520
for you. They knew that a year ago. They knew that. Yes,

1944
01:38:41,640 --> 01:38:47,640
they sports front offices look at contracts two, three, four

1945
01:38:47,720 --> 01:38:50,319
years down the line. They just aren't Their eyes don't

1946
01:38:50,359 --> 01:38:53,720
wide open and oh my god, we're down to this. Yeah,

1947
01:38:53,760 --> 01:38:56,680
Dana Brown didn't just go huh Alex pregnant free agent. Wow,

1948
01:38:57,039 --> 01:39:00,399
what or look at the crop of twenty five ranging

1949
01:39:00,439 --> 01:39:02,800
third base? Well nothing here. Oh by the way, check it.

1950
01:39:02,840 --> 01:39:10,199
Look at our minor league system. Well Dana Brown saying that.

1951
01:39:10,479 --> 01:39:13,560
And he also was asked about his priorities in the

1952
01:39:13,600 --> 01:39:15,560
off season, and well, here's what he had to say

1953
01:39:15,600 --> 01:39:15,920
about that.

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01:39:16,319 --> 01:39:18,720
Speaker 7: Yeah, so the biggest priority is third base, you know,

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01:39:18,800 --> 01:39:19,760
without a doubt.

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01:39:19,560 --> 01:39:20,079
Speaker 3: You know what I mean.

1957
01:39:20,119 --> 01:39:25,359
Speaker 7: We we would love to have Alex Bregman back, you

1958
01:39:25,359 --> 01:39:25,800
know what I mean.

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01:39:25,840 --> 01:39:28,319
Speaker 9: It's it's uh.

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01:39:27,479 --> 01:39:28,680
Speaker 3: It's our biggest priorities.

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01:39:29,119 --> 01:39:31,720
Speaker 7: So I mean, then if we could, you know, do

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01:39:31,880 --> 01:39:34,560
something with a firm lef you know, production at first base,

1963
01:39:34,680 --> 01:39:38,800
and you'll uh, you know, get some help in the outfield,

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01:39:38,920 --> 01:39:41,279
maybe with a nice right hand I mean, I like

1965
01:39:41,520 --> 01:39:44,720
nice left hand back sorry, uh, you know, to to

1966
01:39:44,840 --> 01:39:47,279
work out with Myers and McCormick.

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01:39:47,680 --> 01:39:49,199
Speaker 3: I mean that would be good as well.

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01:39:49,640 --> 01:39:51,920
Speaker 7: And then maybe add some more in depth to the

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01:39:52,000 --> 01:39:54,439
to the book then. And as I've always told you guys,

1970
01:39:54,479 --> 01:39:56,880
I'm always in the market for starters. So we have

1971
01:39:57,000 --> 01:40:00,680
any opportunity to acquire starters, you know, we trade or

1972
01:40:00,680 --> 01:40:04,159
whatever what have you, will will do that as well.

1973
01:40:04,159 --> 01:40:07,479
Speaker 1: Speaking of the outfield. There was a comment made by

1974
01:40:07,520 --> 01:40:14,439
Dana about ROSSI the Chas McCormick Jake Myers dynamic. Yes,

1975
01:40:14,880 --> 01:40:18,239
well is it dynamic, Well, we'd like it to be

1976
01:40:18,319 --> 01:40:21,720
somewhat dynamic. We would like if either of them could hit,

1977
01:40:22,000 --> 01:40:24,680
because both of them didn't this year, but Chas McCormick,

1978
01:40:24,760 --> 01:40:27,279
of course, with the better bat in history. Here is

1979
01:40:27,319 --> 01:40:29,399
what Dana Brown had to say about those two folks.

1980
01:40:29,720 --> 01:40:33,199
Speaker 7: Yeah, I mean McCormick got a down year. You know,

1981
01:40:33,359 --> 01:40:36,520
McCormick is a good player. We expect him to come

1982
01:40:36,520 --> 01:40:38,760
back and at least, you know, get to like a

1983
01:40:38,800 --> 01:40:41,920
seven to fifty ops or better. The year before he

1984
01:40:42,039 --> 01:40:44,399
was over at night hundred ops with over twenty ole mins.

1985
01:40:44,439 --> 01:40:48,000
And of course the defense is really good, so you know.

1986
01:40:48,000 --> 01:40:49,199
Speaker 1: We have to check that one off.

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01:40:49,199 --> 01:40:50,000
Speaker 3: It was a bad year.

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01:40:50,079 --> 01:40:52,159
Speaker 7: It was a down year, and.

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01:40:51,960 --> 01:40:54,479
Speaker 3: Hopefully we can get him to bounce back, because you.

1990
01:40:54,399 --> 01:40:56,840
Speaker 7: Know, we really need him, and then maybe we can

1991
01:40:56,880 --> 01:40:59,359
get him, you know, some help. We doesn't have to

1992
01:40:59,399 --> 01:41:02,399
face you know, all of the right and news as much.

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01:41:02,600 --> 01:41:04,840
I mean that that could be producted by getting a

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01:41:04,920 --> 01:41:07,560
left handed hitting outfielder or that could really step in

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and do.

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Speaker 8: A good job.

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Speaker 7: So those kind of things we're trying to do to

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01:41:12,439 --> 01:41:16,319
improve this club and maybe at certain points do some platoon,

1999
01:41:16,880 --> 01:41:21,960
you know, particularly if he's struggling. But ultimately, you know,

2000
01:41:21,960 --> 01:41:25,439
we're just trying to make certain news to increase.

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01:41:25,560 --> 01:41:27,319
Speaker 4: You know, more production than the offense.

2002
01:41:27,800 --> 01:41:30,159
Speaker 1: You know how I interpret all that as what I'll

2003
01:41:30,159 --> 01:41:32,359
worry about this in spring training. I ain't got time

2004
01:41:32,359 --> 01:41:33,640
because I got to figure out what I'm gonna do

2005
01:41:33,640 --> 01:41:37,439
with my starting third base. Nobody got time for this. Yeah,

2006
01:41:37,479 --> 01:41:40,119
but the center field spot is a question mark. Jake

2007
01:41:40,199 --> 01:41:43,079
Myers is a Gold Glove finalist. They have to the

2008
01:41:43,279 --> 01:41:46,680
zero at the bat ross. They have to get more

2009
01:41:46,760 --> 01:41:50,800
production out of the outfield in general. Yes, because I

2010
01:41:50,800 --> 01:41:52,640
don't even count your on an Alvaree as an outfielder.

2011
01:41:52,640 --> 01:41:56,640
I know he likes to play a lot, but he's

2012
01:41:56,720 --> 01:42:02,159
got an He's an ih guy. He just is he is. Yes.

2013
01:42:03,199 --> 01:42:04,960
How many games did he played? Get hurt at the

2014
01:42:05,039 --> 01:42:06,800
end of the year. Yeah, he could barely move towards

2015
01:42:06,800 --> 01:42:09,319
the end. He played one hundred and forty seven games,

2016
01:42:09,640 --> 01:42:13,239
but again a lot of that was daging. You play

2017
01:42:13,239 --> 01:42:15,079
one hundred and forty seven games and you hit thirty

2018
01:42:15,079 --> 01:42:18,039
five home runs. You had a pretty good year. You

2019
01:42:18,079 --> 01:42:19,600
know what, if he wants a big popy the rest

2020
01:42:19,640 --> 01:42:21,479
of his career. I know he likes playing outfield, but

2021
01:42:21,479 --> 01:42:23,680
if it keeps him on grant the injury that he

2022
01:42:23,720 --> 01:42:26,279
suffered was was trying to slode into second base. So

2023
01:42:26,520 --> 01:42:29,720
that wasn't listedly because of the album. Could happen to anybody. Sure,

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01:42:32,000 --> 01:42:35,840
fifty three games in left last year. I would like

2025
01:42:35,880 --> 01:42:38,159
to see that number reduced in two thousand.

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01:42:38,279 --> 01:42:38,439
Speaker 4: You know.

2027
01:42:38,479 --> 01:42:41,239
Speaker 1: The only way you reduced that, frankly, is by feeling

2028
01:42:41,239 --> 01:42:43,920
better about who your left fielder is. Year before was

2029
01:42:44,079 --> 01:42:49,079
forty Yeah, that feels about right. Year before that fifty six, Yeah,

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01:42:49,159 --> 01:42:51,840
forty sounds about right. Okay. The problem is if Chas

2031
01:42:51,920 --> 01:42:56,399
McCormick isn't hitting, I mean, what's what's your issue with field?

2032
01:42:56,520 --> 01:43:00,199
Is just the injuries? Uh yeah, okay, I mean for

2033
01:43:00,199 --> 01:43:03,880
a guy with an injury history less time out there,

2034
01:43:04,800 --> 01:43:08,039
it would only probably help my cause that I mean,

2035
01:43:08,079 --> 01:43:10,319
it's gonna guarantee, yeah, not getting hurt. He didn't get

2036
01:43:10,359 --> 01:43:12,399
hurt in the field this year. He played fifty plus games,

2037
01:43:12,399 --> 01:43:14,479
and I will counter just say the counter argument to

2038
01:43:14,520 --> 01:43:17,479
that is you also open up the DH spot for

2039
01:43:17,560 --> 01:43:20,199
other guys, especially if it's going to be On or

2040
01:43:20,239 --> 01:43:22,159
Diaz you want to put in there, and Mike Gus

2041
01:43:22,199 --> 01:43:24,840
don't like him down the stretch, You're probably going to

2042
01:43:24,880 --> 01:43:27,680
see El's Jose get a few more DH days, Jose

2043
01:43:27,880 --> 01:43:30,159
l two of a DH days. Even if you, if

2044
01:43:30,199 --> 01:43:34,319
you somehow retain the services of Bregman, he's thirty plus

2045
01:43:34,439 --> 01:43:36,960
years old. I like, I do like the availability of

2046
01:43:36,960 --> 01:43:39,920
the DH spot to give other guys a spell, especially

2047
01:43:39,960 --> 01:43:42,479
when it's a minute made and it's a smaller left field,

2048
01:43:42,520 --> 01:43:44,239
real quick on Bregnan. One thing I just thought of.

2049
01:43:44,840 --> 01:43:46,640
You know, Breglan plays like one hundred and fifty five

2050
01:43:46,680 --> 01:43:50,079
games a year. Yes he played? Did he play one

2051
01:43:50,159 --> 01:43:51,760
sixty one last year? What did he play this year?

2052
01:43:51,800 --> 01:43:54,720
Is close to that? I'm going to that number, right, Okay,

2053
01:43:54,800 --> 01:43:58,800
if Braggs is gone, your replacement third basement isn't playing

2054
01:43:58,800 --> 01:44:01,640
one hundred and fifty five d games. Yeah, one forty

2055
01:44:01,680 --> 01:44:04,319
five this year, one sixty one the year before, one

2056
01:44:04,399 --> 01:44:05,640
fifty five the year. You know what I'm saying, though,

2057
01:44:05,680 --> 01:44:09,079
I mean, that's unrealistic to go get a makeshift third

2058
01:44:09,079 --> 01:44:12,600
basement for at least two thousand and twenty five until

2059
01:44:12,880 --> 01:44:15,880
Bryce Matthews is ready, and even when Bryce Matthews plays,

2060
01:44:17,159 --> 01:44:20,239
Bregman's is an as an outlier. Guys don't play one

2061
01:44:20,319 --> 01:44:23,640
fifty anymore. They just don't. Yeah, but I mean Bregnan.

2062
01:44:24,560 --> 01:44:26,159
I feel like a couple of years ago we were

2063
01:44:26,159 --> 01:44:29,159
calling him injury prone. He played ninety games in forty games.

2064
01:44:29,159 --> 01:44:30,600
I don't think about him that way in the last

2065
01:44:30,600 --> 01:44:36,279
couple of years. Okay, Yeah. Seven one three two one

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two five seven ninety seven one three two one two

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five seven nine zero. We will speak with the Rockets

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head coach coming up in a half an hour from now.

2069
01:44:45,640 --> 01:44:50,119
When we return, we'll tell you exactly what the mindset

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would be if you're and maybe you guys know this

2071
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as well, if you're CJ. Stroud today and you're at practice. Okay,

2072
01:45:00,000 --> 01:45:03,399
I don't seem concerned about this. That's not the way

2073
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that I would frame it. But we'll discuss, okay. Seven

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So Nakocollins is not a Texans practice today? Is that

2095
01:46:11,880 --> 01:46:14,840
one more day arrest or is that well, he might

2096
01:46:14,920 --> 01:46:19,880
be cleared physically, but they're gonna just be very cautious.

2097
01:46:20,319 --> 01:46:22,960
I can't imagine them being overt cautious when that need.

2098
01:46:23,000 --> 01:46:25,159
The detreent lions are coming to town, they're gonna try

2099
01:46:25,199 --> 01:46:29,359
to score thirty five points and doutscore them. Hmm. Maybe

2100
01:46:29,359 --> 01:46:31,760
they're taking the approach of we're gonna lose that game anyway,

2101
01:46:31,840 --> 01:46:34,159
so what's the point of rushing back? Nico Collins? How

2102
01:46:34,159 --> 01:46:37,159
about that there's no chance that Dimiko Ryan's going, guys,

2103
01:46:37,199 --> 01:46:39,479
we're gonna get an l this week, and it's not

2104
01:46:39,600 --> 01:46:42,960
his decision. Well, but is well, okay, he wouldn't say

2105
01:46:42,960 --> 01:46:44,520
it publicly, but privately. Do you think he like it

2106
01:46:44,560 --> 01:46:47,119
when he lays his bed head to bed tonight and

2107
01:46:47,159 --> 01:46:50,640
goes and we ain't got a chance. We can't score

2108
01:46:50,680 --> 01:46:53,640
with these mfors. No, I wouldn't think so. I'm sure

2109
01:46:53,680 --> 01:46:56,560
he thinks they have a chance every week. Yeah, they

2110
01:46:56,640 --> 01:47:00,079
generally have, except for in Minnesota. Yeah, I mean, everybody

2111
01:47:00,079 --> 01:47:01,840
can beat anybody. I mean we kept I mean we

2112
01:47:01,880 --> 01:47:05,239
saw Cleveland beat Baltimore this year. Yes, they did two

2113
01:47:05,279 --> 01:47:09,039
weeks ago. Yeah, and a week later they're looking unstoppable.

2114
01:47:09,399 --> 01:47:14,319
Jared Patterson is back at practice today. Jared Patterson. Wonderful.

2115
01:47:14,439 --> 01:47:16,359
That's gonna get the entire Houston buzz. And oh if

2116
01:47:16,399 --> 01:47:18,920
everybody's high found each other today, Hey, the bar is

2117
01:47:19,000 --> 01:47:20,720
low all he has to do is be better than

2118
01:47:20,800 --> 01:47:25,960
Kenyon Green and stay and by the way, say up right, yeah,

2119
01:47:26,760 --> 01:47:28,720
stay healthy and be better than Kenyon Green.

2120
01:47:29,159 --> 01:47:29,600
Speaker 11: That's it.

2121
01:47:30,399 --> 01:47:32,680
Speaker 1: That's all we're asking for. So what if he sucks

2122
01:47:32,680 --> 01:47:34,359
this week? What are you gonna do? Then? I don't know.

2123
01:47:34,520 --> 01:47:39,119
Then it's Kendrick Green time. Then maybe Jalen Green, Al Green,

2124
01:47:39,199 --> 01:47:47,279
I don't know, Al Green, Yeah, Jerald Green, yes, Seth Green,

2125
01:47:47,840 --> 01:47:53,600
any of them. You're the hope I imagine, is that

2126
01:47:53,880 --> 01:47:56,920
Jared Patterson is going to be it is on his

2127
01:47:57,079 --> 01:48:00,000
own improves your line. Are the diehard Texans fans pissed

2128
01:48:00,000 --> 01:48:04,560
stoff that didn't make a move or is it because

2129
01:48:04,600 --> 01:48:06,920
it's not a superstar player they were going after that?

2130
01:48:07,359 --> 01:48:09,840
Like if, for instance, if this team needed a quarterback.

2131
01:48:10,359 --> 01:48:12,359
That's a question for the people. Seven one three two

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01:48:12,399 --> 01:48:15,640
one two five seven ninety. When you found out Texans

2133
01:48:15,720 --> 01:48:18,920
fans that they did not make a deal to get

2134
01:48:19,000 --> 01:48:23,880
somebody and they sent a reserve to San Francisco, what

2135
01:48:24,079 --> 01:48:28,039
say you? I think my reaction would be disappointed, but

2136
01:48:28,239 --> 01:48:31,119
not surprised. Like a Front of the show, John McClain

2137
01:48:32,119 --> 01:48:35,920
was all over this. He is a friend of the show. Yeah,

2138
01:48:35,920 --> 01:48:39,479
he loves the show. He Yeah, he retweeted me the

2139
01:48:39,520 --> 01:48:39,920
other day.

2140
01:48:40,359 --> 01:48:40,680
Speaker 10: He did.

2141
01:48:40,800 --> 01:48:42,800
Speaker 1: I appreciate him for that and that's nice. Didn't follow

2142
01:48:42,880 --> 01:48:44,840
me though, but that's okay. It follows me now, I

2143
01:48:44,880 --> 01:48:47,880
don't need him to. I don't follow him. What did

2144
01:48:47,920 --> 01:48:52,479
he see? He retweets like eighty people again, so I

2145
01:48:52,840 --> 01:48:54,680
don't even remember what it was. Was something about the

2146
01:48:54,720 --> 01:48:58,159
Texans maybe, uh? Well, yeah, I mean he's been covering

2147
01:48:58,199 --> 01:49:00,439
the NFL for a long time, but he's he was

2148
01:49:00,600 --> 01:49:03,239
all over now he works I think for the Texans

2149
01:49:03,279 --> 01:49:06,079
part time, which is kind of weird. Oh it was

2150
01:49:06,159 --> 01:49:08,920
a I said, curious to see how Brian Cashman spends

2151
01:49:08,960 --> 01:49:12,960
this world series melt down towards the twenty seventeen Astros. Hmmm,

2152
01:49:13,439 --> 01:49:15,319
look at you, who're trying to go witty on Twitter

2153
01:49:16,239 --> 01:49:19,920
at Sports RV Winter that's what we call it, Matt.

2154
01:49:20,239 --> 01:49:22,680
Let's go all right, So is Nico Collins gonna play

2155
01:49:22,720 --> 01:49:26,319
this week? Probably? No, No, there's no way we can

2156
01:49:26,359 --> 01:49:28,560
tell no. Well, we could say no right now. He

2157
01:49:28,560 --> 01:49:31,239
shows up tomorrow practice, and it's who cares. We got

2158
01:49:31,359 --> 01:49:33,680
to get our practice report from Adam Wexler. That's what

2159
01:49:33,760 --> 01:49:35,159
we need to do. Well, that's what I'm saying he's

2160
01:49:35,640 --> 01:49:38,079
Adam is out there looking around and he can't find him.

2161
01:49:38,319 --> 01:49:42,960
He sees Jerry Hughes and Jeff Okuda. He also sees

2162
01:49:43,079 --> 01:49:48,079
Aziz al Shire or al Shire. We'll wait to see

2163
01:49:48,079 --> 01:49:51,680
what Mike Trico calls him on Sunday. Yes, oh yeah,

2164
01:49:51,760 --> 01:49:53,439
we do get Mike Rico. That's nice.

2165
01:49:54,119 --> 01:49:54,399
Speaker 4: I know what.

2166
01:49:54,560 --> 01:49:56,680
Speaker 1: I like Chris Collins work too. I don't people seem

2167
01:49:56,760 --> 01:50:00,399
bothered by the number one analysts, like people like Romo

2168
01:50:00,479 --> 01:50:02,680
for like six weeks and then they hated on him people,

2169
01:50:02,800 --> 01:50:05,279
I think in generally we just like to hate on

2170
01:50:05,960 --> 01:50:08,600
the big ones, announce the big announcers. Yes, like nobody

2171
01:50:08,640 --> 01:50:12,279
ever goes God Tiki Barbera, you sucked last week. No,

2172
01:50:12,960 --> 01:50:15,560
who the Texans have in the they have? I don't

2173
01:50:15,560 --> 01:50:17,840
remember they was they were on Thursday night? I mean,

2174
01:50:18,319 --> 01:50:20,079
oh yeah, it was al Michaels. It was my al

2175
01:50:20,159 --> 01:50:22,600
Michael's falling asleep at the microphone in kirk Cove Street.

2176
01:50:22,840 --> 01:50:25,159
I think Kirby does a good job. I think I

2177
01:50:25,279 --> 01:50:28,439
think he's I mean, he's as highly regarded and probably

2178
01:50:28,439 --> 01:50:31,560
as well composite as anybody out there. It's private plane

2179
01:50:31,720 --> 01:50:35,800
run run around, so you know, I don't think his

2180
01:50:35,880 --> 01:50:38,600
dog is ailing. Yes, I did see that good on Twitter.

2181
01:50:38,920 --> 01:50:41,760
It's unfortunate. Yeah, so uh, he says pop. A lot

2182
01:50:41,760 --> 01:50:43,079
of people have been very nice. Of course, I mean

2183
01:50:43,319 --> 01:50:45,880
we all. I think that's something. The whole country can

2184
01:50:45,920 --> 01:50:49,920
always rally rally around dogs. We can be red or blue. Yes,

2185
01:50:49,920 --> 01:50:52,239
and man, the thought of dogs. And I've got two

2186
01:50:52,319 --> 01:50:54,079
dogs that are in the double digit ages. So oh,

2187
01:50:54,479 --> 01:50:59,680
come on, don't bring me down like that. Thankfully they are.

2188
01:51:00,199 --> 01:51:09,119
There's no wood in here. That's uh, go ahead, no god, no, no, no, no,

2189
01:51:09,399 --> 01:51:12,359
that's here on Friday. Are we gonna do that twice

2190
01:51:12,560 --> 01:51:14,159
a day? Do I think we need to get You're

2191
01:51:14,239 --> 01:51:17,760
like a ten and ten and twelve thirty? No ten

2192
01:51:17,800 --> 01:51:20,000
and one, because again, this final hour of the show,

2193
01:51:20,199 --> 01:51:21,800
get people in a good movie, mainly in the final

2194
01:51:21,880 --> 01:51:23,119
hour of the show. We're not gonna a million in

2195
01:51:23,199 --> 01:51:25,960
any hours of this show. Four hours of haul, Maddy.

2196
01:51:26,279 --> 01:51:28,880
It's fine, we get We're heavily compensated for it. Pay

2197
01:51:28,960 --> 01:51:31,359
us the big bucks seven one, three, two, one two,

2198
01:51:31,479 --> 01:51:33,960
five seven out of seven one three, two, one two, five,

2199
01:51:34,319 --> 01:51:41,239
seven nine zero. So again, no Nico Collins, but no

2200
01:51:41,319 --> 01:51:52,920
Will Anderson, says Adam Wexler Lions, Detroit Lions. I hate

2201
01:51:52,920 --> 01:51:54,199
for you to get your crystal ball on, but you

2202
01:51:54,319 --> 01:51:56,680
can't to get it out. Go ahead, I'm ready when

2203
01:51:56,760 --> 01:51:59,319
they lose on Sunday, Yes, that's gonna be three losses

2204
01:51:59,399 --> 01:52:03,760
and fourty yeah. Yes, okay, So furthering the crystal ball, yes,

2205
01:52:03,880 --> 01:52:09,439
shake it up. Okay, they'd be a pick him against Dallas. No,

2206
01:52:09,800 --> 01:52:16,479
that's not true. They'll be favorites. Prescott is hurt. Oh

2207
01:52:16,600 --> 01:52:18,840
forget what I said. There'll be three there'll be three

2208
01:52:18,880 --> 01:52:23,359
point favorites. Okay. Then you've got a couple of Tennessee's

2209
01:52:23,399 --> 01:52:27,079
coming up. Dub you got a Miami dub and an

2210
01:52:27,159 --> 01:52:29,920
off week. You got a Jaguars in there too, So

2211
01:52:30,159 --> 01:52:33,600
Jaguars too, Miami, Jacksonville a Tennessee an off week. I

2212
01:52:33,680 --> 01:52:40,960
think it's Lions, Cowboys, Yeah, Titans by I'm sorry, Jaguars,

2213
01:52:41,000 --> 01:52:44,680
and then the bye. So they're going to lose this

2214
01:52:44,800 --> 01:52:47,960
game this week. They're going to win in Dallas. Yes,

2215
01:52:48,039 --> 01:52:51,720
they're going to beat Tennessee. Absolutely, they're going to beat Jacksonville, agreed,

2216
01:52:51,760 --> 01:52:54,880
and they're going to beat Miami. I think so that

2217
01:52:55,000 --> 01:52:58,520
one's probably okay, So tell me what the up ish

2218
01:52:58,640 --> 01:53:02,399
state of Houston, Texans will be in approximately six weeks

2219
01:53:02,439 --> 01:53:05,399
from now. After I just describe what they're gonna do

2220
01:53:05,479 --> 01:53:13,199
in the next four to five, that will be, uh,

2221
01:53:14,399 --> 01:53:17,880
what will that be? That'll mean nine and four because

2222
01:53:17,880 --> 01:53:20,239
they're six and three now. They lose to Detroit at

2223
01:53:20,279 --> 01:53:24,159
six and four, beat Tennessee seven and four, beat Jacksonville

2224
01:53:24,159 --> 01:53:27,000
eight and four, beat Miami nine and four, beat Dallas

2225
01:53:27,079 --> 01:53:29,199
ten and four. Maybe ten and four. I think we're okay,

2226
01:53:30,319 --> 01:53:32,439
you know as well as I do. There'll be nobody

2227
01:53:32,479 --> 01:53:36,239
in this town except for the darlings of the world, going,

2228
01:53:36,319 --> 01:53:38,760
we're ten and four, baby, that record is what our

2229
01:53:38,840 --> 01:53:41,119
record is. Yeah, it would be, they would be. The

2230
01:53:41,159 --> 01:53:43,119
record would be what the record is. And then you

2231
01:53:43,239 --> 01:53:46,319
got Kansas City and Baltimore coming up. And now you're

2232
01:53:46,359 --> 01:53:50,600
ten and six. So you beat the teams you're supposed

2233
01:53:50,600 --> 01:53:52,039
to be. You got no chance of beating the teams

2234
01:53:52,039 --> 01:53:53,960
you're not supposed to. I wouldn't say no chance. Well,

2235
01:53:54,000 --> 01:53:56,439
of course, if they split. If I told you right

2236
01:53:56,479 --> 01:53:58,680
now they split Chiefs and Ravens, it's not the shocking, no,

2237
01:53:58,840 --> 01:53:59,199
not at all.

2238
01:53:59,199 --> 01:53:59,399
Speaker 10: World.

2239
01:54:00,359 --> 01:54:03,279
Speaker 1: Chiefs have been close to everyone. Ravens have a couple

2240
01:54:03,319 --> 01:54:05,960
of bad lots. Unfortunately, it's the same storyline for the team.

2241
01:54:06,000 --> 01:54:08,239
They just you you were looking this year to get

2242
01:54:08,279 --> 01:54:13,439
over the hump. Correct, you still can They're looking. I

2243
01:54:13,520 --> 01:54:15,640
think maybe we got a little bit some of us

2244
01:54:16,920 --> 01:54:19,119
some I can guarantee you that I had him at

2245
01:54:19,159 --> 01:54:21,760
eleven and six. It's not like I had him win this.

2246
01:54:21,880 --> 01:54:23,479
I have at nine and eight, which I will gladly

2247
01:54:23,520 --> 01:54:25,920
take the loss on that. We'll see. You could be there.

2248
01:54:26,199 --> 01:54:29,239
I don't think so. No, I don't think so. I

2249
01:54:29,279 --> 01:54:31,439
think it'd be be closer. They're closer to eleven. They

2250
01:54:31,479 --> 01:54:34,840
are nine to nine just because the division is so bad.

2251
01:54:34,960 --> 01:54:36,960
You're three and a half point dogs. Three and a

2252
01:54:36,960 --> 01:54:39,880
half point dogs win in every sport every week. Absolutely,

2253
01:54:40,000 --> 01:54:43,560
So you win this week, everything is everything is peachy, keen,

2254
01:54:43,640 --> 01:54:45,760
hunky dory. And then you're talking about eleven and three.

2255
01:54:46,000 --> 01:54:50,239
You win this week, and anybody and the people nervous

2256
01:54:50,239 --> 01:54:52,319
about the offensive line and worried about the fact that

2257
01:54:52,399 --> 01:54:54,159
Nicole Collins is not one hundred percent, in the fact

2258
01:54:54,199 --> 01:54:57,760
that they that well Anderson's one hundred percent, ain't scared anymore.

2259
01:54:57,800 --> 01:54:59,960
You're like, you know what, bringing on jumping our building

2260
01:55:00,079 --> 01:55:02,840
can win if we can get Joe Mixon to run

2261
01:55:02,960 --> 01:55:07,880
for I don't know, one hundred and thirty and two touchdowns. CJ.

2262
01:55:08,000 --> 01:55:11,560
Shroud stays somewhat upright. I mean, even when he was

2263
01:55:11,600 --> 01:55:13,880
getting crushed against the Colts, he threw for two to

2264
01:55:13,880 --> 01:55:16,199
eighty five in a touchdown no picks in that game.

2265
01:55:19,840 --> 01:55:24,399
I yeah, I'm feeling okay, I'm not feeling great. You

2266
01:55:24,520 --> 01:55:26,840
need this one, though, don't you to get to a

2267
01:55:27,039 --> 01:55:30,359
must win game. It's a must win for confidence game.

2268
01:55:30,720 --> 01:55:34,079
I would say, so, well, oh my god, Monday if

2269
01:55:34,119 --> 01:55:38,159
they lose to the Lions on national TV. This team

2270
01:55:38,399 --> 01:55:40,359
is at the record, isn't who they are are?

2271
01:55:41,319 --> 01:55:41,479
Speaker 9: Bill?

2272
01:55:41,520 --> 01:55:43,439
Speaker 1: Lions come up here and blast you fifty two to

2273
01:55:43,520 --> 01:55:46,640
fourteen like they did. The Titans absolutely were there. But

2274
01:55:47,159 --> 01:55:48,760
you have to be realistic and you have to know

2275
01:55:48,840 --> 01:55:52,399
that the Lions are among the top three Super Bowl

2276
01:55:52,439 --> 01:55:54,800
favorites in you But you want to be that though,

2277
01:55:54,960 --> 01:55:58,520
but you're not. Yeah, you're not. We were hoping they

2278
01:55:58,560 --> 01:56:01,119
would progress into that, but they have not. They were

2279
01:56:01,119 --> 01:56:03,359
a little ahead of schedule last year, and I think

2280
01:56:03,359 --> 01:56:05,960
they're a little behind scheduled this year a little bit.

2281
01:56:06,039 --> 01:56:08,680
That feels fair. You're still six and four, Yeah, twelve

2282
01:56:08,720 --> 01:56:11,159
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thirty the network pregame show. I believe I'm working with

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WEX on this one. I never know I should look.

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01:57:46,880 --> 01:57:48,880
You just always have to say Adam, and you're good. Yeah,

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01:57:49,039 --> 01:57:50,920
Adam and I will have the broadcast beginning at six

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01:57:51,039 --> 01:57:54,000
thirty tip times shortly past seven o'clock, and then the

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01:57:54,079 --> 01:57:56,640
Rockets tomorrow will be on their way to Oklahoma City

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01:57:56,760 --> 01:57:58,840
take on the Thunder Friday Detroit on Sunday. You're going

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01:57:58,880 --> 01:58:01,119
from taking on a title contender to a team that

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01:58:01,199 --> 01:58:05,880
might lose sixty five games. Yes, perfect is perfect seven

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01:58:06,000 --> 01:58:08,640
or zero for the old Oklahoma City Thunder. Yes, and

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01:58:08,680 --> 01:58:12,039
I believe they've won all of their games by ten

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01:58:12,119 --> 01:58:16,159
points or more. Wow. Don't hold me to that. Okay,

2323
01:58:17,600 --> 01:58:23,279
Rockets currently in the four seed? Oh hell yeah? Can

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01:58:23,319 --> 01:58:24,960
you can you say that again like in late March

2325
01:58:25,000 --> 01:58:27,920
for me, I can say it. Will it be true?

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01:58:28,279 --> 01:58:31,159
I don't care. Just keep it whether it's true or not.

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01:58:32,000 --> 01:58:33,840
Whether it's true or not. Let's talk to a Laurel

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01:58:33,920 --> 01:58:36,159
on seven ninety and twelve fifty. Laurel, thanks for waiting.

2329
01:58:36,199 --> 01:58:40,720
Good afternoon, Hey, good afternoon, guys. We love the show.

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01:58:41,039 --> 01:58:45,800
Speaker 4: Thank you. I just want to say, don't discount my

2331
01:58:46,039 --> 01:58:46,920
Texans yet.

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01:58:48,359 --> 01:58:49,760
Speaker 6: I believe in CJ.

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01:58:50,199 --> 01:58:53,319
Speaker 1: I think they're going to pull it around, and I

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01:58:53,720 --> 01:58:56,439
hope and believe that they're going to have a wonderful

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01:58:56,560 --> 01:59:00,600
season this year. Your thoughts, uh yeah, I mean, thank

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01:59:00,640 --> 01:59:02,720
you for the phone call, Laurel on. I appreciate you listening.

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01:59:03,840 --> 01:59:07,880
We are concerned about CJJ is a wonderful and ready

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01:59:07,880 --> 01:59:14,399
for this ROSSI a franchise quarterback. Whoa, Because I'm a realist.

2339
01:59:16,199 --> 01:59:18,560
I think that's the first time you've said it on air.

2340
01:59:18,720 --> 01:59:21,319
There you go, mark it down. I told you by November.

2341
01:59:21,399 --> 01:59:25,920
Now it took November sixth. Yeah, yes, he is a

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01:59:26,079 --> 01:59:28,880
franchise quarterback. He is a franchise quarterback. You know, put

2343
01:59:28,920 --> 01:59:30,560
a smile on my face. Who's going to have to

2344
01:59:30,600 --> 01:59:32,960
be picked up by a spatula if he doesn't get

2345
01:59:32,960 --> 01:59:35,680
to start getting better protection. Here's gonna follow him around

2346
01:59:35,720 --> 01:59:39,840
with a gurney all week or all Sunday. They should

2347
01:59:39,880 --> 01:59:42,399
the text and should be looking for an emergency care sponsor. Hey,

2348
01:59:42,840 --> 01:59:45,720
come on, Davis Mills' money. Mills is ready. He's waiting

2349
01:59:45,760 --> 01:59:48,600
in the wings, Maddie. I don't want to get morbid

2350
01:59:48,640 --> 01:59:52,800
on you. Oh okay, he's not gonna be able to

2351
01:59:52,840 --> 01:59:56,840
stay up right. There's you can't all of a sudden change.

2352
01:59:57,319 --> 01:59:59,880
Jared Patterson isn't going to all of a sudden give

2353
02:00:00,079 --> 02:00:02,479
him three extra seconds to pass. I will say your

2354
02:00:02,560 --> 02:00:05,960
concerns are valid. First of all, you've had bad protection,

2355
02:00:06,119 --> 02:00:08,439
you've had high pressure rates. He's been running for his life.

2356
02:00:08,479 --> 02:00:12,520
He's been banged up. He's not one hundred percent. Kirk

2357
02:00:12,600 --> 02:00:17,720
Kerbstreet said on that Prime VIY podcast broadcast that he

2358
02:00:19,560 --> 02:00:21,800
kind of whispered to him, I'm kind of banged up,

2359
02:00:22,279 --> 02:00:24,760
and then he was slow to get up multiple times

2360
02:00:25,279 --> 02:00:28,720
in that game on Thursday. Now you've gotten the extra

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02:00:28,840 --> 02:00:32,079
time off, which is good, but how much closer to

2362
02:00:32,159 --> 02:00:34,239
one hundred percent is he going to be You're in

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02:00:34,359 --> 02:00:36,560
the middle of a season. Nobody's one hundred percent in

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02:00:36,560 --> 02:00:40,079
the NFL. I understand that, but I will say I

2365
02:00:40,279 --> 02:00:44,199
am concerned, and your concerns are valid with the long

2366
02:00:44,319 --> 02:00:48,119
term health and viability of c J. Stroud and the

2367
02:00:48,239 --> 02:00:50,520
fact that we are weeks away from the bye week

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02:00:52,960 --> 02:00:55,000
and didn't help that he plan on a very difficult

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02:00:55,119 --> 02:00:57,760
surface life. Is apparently the worst turf in the NFL,

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02:00:57,840 --> 02:01:01,119
which is Adams Ranch, Sauce Gardner go down for a

2371
02:01:01,159 --> 02:01:03,840
little while, like they're like seven eight people went down

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02:01:03,880 --> 02:01:06,680
at some point and that's and that's stupid turf. Yeah,

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02:01:06,800 --> 02:01:11,199
but it's also the NFL. So I don't want to

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02:01:11,239 --> 02:01:13,359
say I'm scared to death, but I'm scared for him,

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02:01:14,960 --> 02:01:16,560
and I think and I think a lot of you can,

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02:01:17,039 --> 02:01:19,279
and to be fair, you can be scared about everyone.

2377
02:01:19,560 --> 02:01:22,640
Like the moment that Pat Mahomes goes down for any

2378
02:01:22,680 --> 02:01:27,039
length of time Kansady's toast, the moment that Josh Allen

2379
02:01:27,119 --> 02:01:29,800
goes down for Buffalo their toast. Yes, you can say

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02:01:29,840 --> 02:01:32,720
that about every really good quarterback in the NFL.

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02:01:33,039 --> 02:01:33,479
Speaker 3: But I don't.

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02:01:33,840 --> 02:01:36,600
Speaker 1: The different difference is I don't care if Buffalo I

2383
02:01:36,960 --> 02:01:41,199
worry about the team that this community watches and loves. Yeah,

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02:01:41,279 --> 02:01:45,279
and CJ. This is not a problem that just cropped

2385
02:01:45,359 --> 02:01:47,880
up last week in New York. It's been a problem

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02:01:47,960 --> 02:01:49,199
for him all season long.

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02:01:51,000 --> 02:01:51,520
Speaker 3: And I just.

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02:01:53,479 --> 02:01:55,960
Speaker 1: Through my novice eyes, I don't see getting any better.

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02:01:56,439 --> 02:01:58,640
I don't think Larmie Tunsel goes on the offensive line

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02:01:58,720 --> 02:02:01,039
part of the of the locker rooms. Boys, we got

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02:02:01,119 --> 02:02:04,439
to do our better job. They're gonna have to philosophically

2392
02:02:04,640 --> 02:02:10,119
change something, whether it's shorter drops, whether it's play action,

2393
02:02:10,279 --> 02:02:14,079
more night ends, bringing a tight end in, bringing a

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02:02:14,199 --> 02:02:17,359
full back in to help Chip. I don't know, Ross,

2395
02:02:18,359 --> 02:02:20,560
but our guy isn't gonna be able to stand up

2396
02:02:20,600 --> 02:02:23,680
to this. He can, he is dodging the eventual fate

2397
02:02:23,840 --> 02:02:28,680
of him being taken away off the field and not

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02:02:28,760 --> 02:02:31,960
being able to play. It's just he's facing too much pressure.

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02:02:32,079 --> 02:02:34,960
And then that's I mean, that's every quarterback as you mentioned,

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02:02:35,000 --> 02:02:39,199
but also the offensive line has slipped significantly in the

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02:02:39,279 --> 02:02:42,640
last few weeks. Are friends at Pro Football Focus most years,

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02:02:42,960 --> 02:02:45,720
most weeks have had them at like fifteen, sixteen, seventeen,

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02:02:45,800 --> 02:02:48,279
they have him at twenty fourth this week twenty fourth ranked.

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02:02:48,520 --> 02:02:53,079
They are worse offensive lines. Yes, there are. Okay, so

2405
02:02:53,199 --> 02:02:55,720
let us do this, you said, the Texans, according to

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02:02:55,760 --> 02:02:58,600
Pro Football Focus of the twenty fourth best offensive line. Yes,

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02:02:59,000 --> 02:03:01,560
what is the defense line for the Detroit Lions rank?

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02:03:01,960 --> 02:03:03,960
Can you find that out? Actually they do that. I

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02:03:04,039 --> 02:03:05,960
can go find it. I only pulled up there. Remember

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02:03:06,119 --> 02:03:08,960
I even though those PFF guys never get laid, I

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02:03:09,079 --> 02:03:13,479
respect their work. Now they're gonta bring that up, Matt,

2412
02:03:13,800 --> 02:03:16,760
because if you're gonna be analytics driven, dude, you're probably

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02:03:16,800 --> 02:03:19,680
not having sex and you have very little friends. Okay,

2414
02:03:19,800 --> 02:03:22,439
so James Click has no friends and he's not having

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02:03:22,479 --> 02:03:26,119
any sex. He's analytic driven. No, he's married, so obviously

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02:03:26,119 --> 02:03:29,119
the answer that is yes, definitely, no has children. Yeah,

2417
02:03:31,720 --> 02:03:34,279
what is the human aspect? I'm talking about the uber

2418
02:03:34,359 --> 02:03:38,279
geeks at Pro Football Focus, not the regular geeks. Okay,

2419
02:03:38,399 --> 02:03:41,279
all right, so where's the Lion's defensive lineh hold on?

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02:03:41,399 --> 02:03:45,640
I found it twelve. See the twenty fourth best offensive

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02:03:45,680 --> 02:03:49,279
line going against the twelfth best defensive line. Yes, this

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02:03:49,439 --> 02:03:51,359
is ahead of week nine. I couldn't find week ten,

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02:03:51,560 --> 02:03:58,359
so we'll go with that. That's fine, Thank goodness, Aiden

2424
02:03:58,399 --> 02:04:00,439
Hutches has gone. But now this also you know what.

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02:04:00,600 --> 02:04:04,560
This was also made before they traded for Zadarius Smith, right,

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02:04:04,640 --> 02:04:08,880
the Lions did. Yeah, yeah, he's a good defensive end. Okay,

2427
02:04:08,960 --> 02:04:11,319
let's get this trade rankings probably higher. Kansas City made

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02:04:11,359 --> 02:04:18,039
a trade, Yes, Detroit made a trade. Yes, Baltimore made

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02:04:18,039 --> 02:04:24,000
a trade. Pittsburgh, Pittsburgh for sure did mm hmmm. San

2430
02:04:24,039 --> 02:04:27,520
Francisco made a trade with our beloved Texans. Yeah, but

2431
02:04:27,600 --> 02:04:32,359
I mean that was des That's not Dallas made a trade. Yeah,

2432
02:04:32,399 --> 02:04:35,840
that was stupid trade. John J. Mingo for fourth rounder.

2433
02:04:36,439 --> 02:04:39,159
I'm just throwing it out there. Okay, Vikings traded for

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02:04:39,239 --> 02:04:45,680
a left tackle. You're right. Teams who are fancying themselves

2435
02:04:45,720 --> 02:04:47,640
contenders made trades. Did the Bills make a trade? They

2436
02:04:47,680 --> 02:04:53,159
traded for Marik Cooper, who's been hurt. Yeah, hmmm, Chiefs, Bills, Steelers,

2437
02:04:53,359 --> 02:04:59,920
Ravens all made trades to improve. Texan said we're good standing,

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02:05:00,359 --> 02:05:02,680
okay by us. They maybe didn't say that. Maybe they

2439
02:05:02,720 --> 02:05:05,279
said the markets for what we wanted, we're too rich,

2440
02:05:06,319 --> 02:05:08,479
is it, Nick Cassario, Do they do like a post

2441
02:05:08,840 --> 02:05:13,239
trade deadline presser? No, No, he'll only go on with

2442
02:05:13,479 --> 02:05:15,560
the flagship, and that's fine. They can do that. No,

2443
02:05:15,680 --> 02:05:18,399
he said an oppresser like a press conference. No, no,

2444
02:05:18,479 --> 02:05:20,000
I mean we won't hear from him anymore the rest

2445
02:05:20,000 --> 02:05:21,439
of the year, and we don't hear from general managers,

2446
02:05:21,600 --> 02:05:24,520
likely largely that way anyway. So that's fine, all right,

2447
02:05:24,600 --> 02:05:26,520
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is the Matt Thomas Show. Tonight inside Tota Center is

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the Rockets and the San Antonio Spurs. We'll have it

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02:06:39,479 --> 02:06:41,800
for you right here on Sports Talk seven ninety beginning

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02:06:42,199 --> 02:06:44,960
with a launch padd at six, network pregame at six thirty,

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02:06:44,960 --> 02:06:46,960
and we'll tip it off shortly past seven o'clock. And

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02:06:47,079 --> 02:06:49,039
joining us right now to discuss that game and all

2474
02:06:49,119 --> 02:06:51,880
things Rockets is our friend and the head basketball coach

2475
02:06:52,000 --> 02:06:54,640
of your Houston Rockets, Ime Adoka, for his normal Wednesday

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02:06:54,680 --> 02:06:58,520
one o'clock visit. Coach, Thanks for the time. Congratulations against

2477
02:06:58,680 --> 02:07:02,399
the New York Knicks. Kind of a strange, interesting game

2478
02:07:02,560 --> 02:07:04,840
that they tried to go with seven players, did the

2479
02:07:04,920 --> 02:07:07,359
best they could. You used your bench, you got some

2480
02:07:07,439 --> 02:07:09,640
great work out of your defense, got some good fourth

2481
02:07:09,720 --> 02:07:11,880
quarter work from Opera and shing Gun. Just a good

2482
02:07:11,960 --> 02:07:13,680
quality win against the team I think in the East

2483
02:07:13,800 --> 02:07:15,039
is gonna be pretty good for them this year.

2484
02:07:15,079 --> 02:07:18,640
Speaker 4: In the Knicks, Yeah, it was a pretty good overall game.

2485
02:07:19,199 --> 02:07:21,800
Speaker 8: I liked how we bounce back from the Golden State

2486
02:07:21,880 --> 02:07:24,000
game and you know, came out with the right right

2487
02:07:24,079 --> 02:07:27,600
mindset against a tough, physical team. You know, I think

2488
02:07:27,640 --> 02:07:29,520
we had a really good first half, other than the

2489
02:07:29,600 --> 02:07:31,680
last three minutes where we kind of let them go

2490
02:07:31,720 --> 02:07:33,720
on a ten oer run, had a chance to push

2491
02:07:33,760 --> 02:07:35,560
him from fifteen to twenty went the opposite way. But

2492
02:07:35,880 --> 02:07:37,520
loved their resiliency in the second half.

2493
02:07:38,039 --> 02:07:41,640
Speaker 1: You have a young player in Aman Thompson that embraces defense.

2494
02:07:41,760 --> 02:07:45,119
He may you know that the way he made life miserable.

2495
02:07:45,159 --> 02:07:47,479
Now Brentson still got his points, but he had to

2496
02:07:47,520 --> 02:07:48,520
work damn hard for him.

2497
02:07:50,119 --> 02:07:52,640
Speaker 8: Yeah, it's you don't always look at the final number,

2498
02:07:52,680 --> 02:07:55,279
and you look at the way he scored, the way

2499
02:07:55,319 --> 02:07:56,560
he had to work, and it wasn't just a man.

2500
02:07:56,600 --> 02:08:00,600
Obviously Dylan started on him, but yeah, but throwing bodies

2501
02:08:00,600 --> 02:08:02,680
at him, I'm in kind of finished the job there.

2502
02:08:02,720 --> 02:08:05,239
And he's a nightmare matchup for a lot of guys

2503
02:08:05,319 --> 02:08:08,319
as far as his size and length on.

2504
02:08:08,680 --> 02:08:11,239
Speaker 4: A shorter guard as well. But you know, you look

2505
02:08:11,239 --> 02:08:12,960
at nine for twenty four more so than the twenty

2506
02:08:13,039 --> 02:08:14,720
nine points that he had, And that was.

2507
02:08:14,720 --> 02:08:16,760
Speaker 1: Great to see that he was able, that he embraces it.

2508
02:08:16,920 --> 02:08:18,279
How hard is it? And you've been around a lot

2509
02:08:18,319 --> 02:08:22,239
of players as an assistant coach head coach now, I

2510
02:08:22,239 --> 02:08:24,520
always say defense is more about want two than ness

2511
02:08:24,560 --> 02:08:26,359
of the mechanics of it. When you have a guy

2512
02:08:26,600 --> 02:08:28,840
on your team, whether it's here or in Boston that

2513
02:08:28,960 --> 02:08:31,880
just embraces the role of defense, that guy's always going

2514
02:08:31,920 --> 02:08:34,000
to have a roster spot free in rotation time. Correct.

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02:08:35,439 --> 02:08:37,399
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean if you want to be known as

2516
02:08:37,399 --> 02:08:39,560
a winning team and a defensive minded team, you have

2517
02:08:39,760 --> 02:08:42,800
certain players and for us, obviously, Dealan sets the tone

2518
02:08:42,840 --> 02:08:45,439
with the first group. Fred's obviously tough, but guys have

2519
02:08:45,520 --> 02:08:48,840
grown across the boards, whether It'sterbari, Jalen Ouper in last

2520
02:08:48,880 --> 02:08:50,960
year you see some growth and they've carried that over

2521
02:08:51,000 --> 02:08:52,600
to this year. But then you bring in Tari, you

2522
02:08:52,680 --> 02:08:54,800
bring in am In, and you bring in these you know,

2523
02:08:55,039 --> 02:08:57,359
big physical defenders of Steven or whoever else it is,

2524
02:08:57,840 --> 02:08:59,920
and you have a nice line about there. And so yeah,

2525
02:09:00,000 --> 02:09:02,079
it was Marcus Smart. You know one defensive player here.

2526
02:09:02,119 --> 02:09:03,800
He set the tone there. Dylan does that for us,

2527
02:09:03,920 --> 02:09:06,720
but our luxury is coming off the bench with the

2528
02:09:06,760 --> 02:09:09,039
guys are really good versatility and length to size.

2529
02:09:09,560 --> 02:09:11,760
Speaker 1: Jalen's number shooting wise have not been great the last

2530
02:09:11,800 --> 02:09:13,840
couple of games, but he got you eight points in

2531
02:09:13,880 --> 02:09:17,399
at fourth quarter. I know he is among the leaders

2532
02:09:17,479 --> 02:09:20,119
in three points attempted this year. If you were to

2533
02:09:20,159 --> 02:09:22,279
take a look at those shots and you isolated them,

2534
02:09:22,399 --> 02:09:25,079
are those hey good shots and aren't falling? Or do

2535
02:09:25,119 --> 02:09:26,560
you want it to be a little more careful in

2536
02:09:26,600 --> 02:09:28,279
the type of three point shots he attempts.

2537
02:09:29,840 --> 02:09:32,760
Speaker 8: Well, the uncontested ones are good, and teams have specific

2538
02:09:32,840 --> 02:09:34,960
game plans, which you know, we played a few really

2539
02:09:35,000 --> 02:09:38,279
big centers to start the season. Obviously with Webman Yama,

2540
02:09:38,439 --> 02:09:40,840
we had, you know, some guys that were really dropping

2541
02:09:40,880 --> 02:09:43,680
and plugging the paint early on, and so those looks

2542
02:09:43,720 --> 02:09:44,000
were good.

2543
02:09:44,079 --> 02:09:45,720
Speaker 4: We missed them early on, but I think he found

2544
02:09:45,760 --> 02:09:46,159
his rhythm.

2545
02:09:46,239 --> 02:09:49,279
Speaker 8: Obviously been off a little bit the last few games,

2546
02:09:49,319 --> 02:09:50,920
but I loved how he finished the game. You know,

2547
02:09:51,000 --> 02:09:52,840
two for ten going into the fourth quarter, and then

2548
02:09:53,199 --> 02:09:55,039
you know, goes three for six in that quarter, makes

2549
02:09:55,079 --> 02:09:57,800
three two big threes, and has three assists. So stuck,

2550
02:09:57,960 --> 02:09:59,720
stuck with this state of the course and didn't like

2551
02:10:00,079 --> 02:10:02,800
frustrated from some misshots. He found other ways to impact

2552
02:10:02,840 --> 02:10:05,359
the game, guarded well on defense and really helped us

2553
02:10:05,359 --> 02:10:06,159
pull out the fourth quarter.

2554
02:10:06,479 --> 02:10:08,520
Speaker 1: Yeah, I wanted to ask you about that last part.

2555
02:10:08,600 --> 02:10:11,800
Feels like defensively, his intensity has been pretty good and

2556
02:10:12,239 --> 02:10:14,079
maybe a little bit stronger than he was earlier in

2557
02:10:14,119 --> 02:10:15,319
his career as well. Jalen Green.

2558
02:10:16,640 --> 02:10:19,079
Speaker 4: Yeah, he's taken on the challenge. He you know, he's

2559
02:10:19,880 --> 02:10:20,720
has different matchups.

2560
02:10:20,800 --> 02:10:22,039
Speaker 8: We switched a lot, so he has to know the

2561
02:10:22,119 --> 02:10:25,039
personnel of pretty much everybody, every winger guard on the

2562
02:10:25,079 --> 02:10:25,479
other team.

2563
02:10:25,560 --> 02:10:28,920
Speaker 4: And what he's taken pride and it was not being

2564
02:10:28,960 --> 02:10:29,680
a weak link.

2565
02:10:29,520 --> 02:10:31,079
Speaker 8: Out there, and if teams are going to try to

2566
02:10:31,119 --> 02:10:33,520
target him, his numbers are off the charts against you know,

2567
02:10:33,600 --> 02:10:35,800
guy's isolation one on one. And so he's taken on

2568
02:10:35,880 --> 02:10:39,159
that challenge, improved drastically in that area and just makes

2569
02:10:39,239 --> 02:10:41,199
us over all a better team. So add that to

2570
02:10:41,319 --> 02:10:43,600
his scoring prowess and the playmaking that he's grown in

2571
02:10:43,640 --> 02:10:46,800
that area, he's becoming a more complete player right in

2572
02:10:46,800 --> 02:10:47,439
front of our eyes.

2573
02:10:47,840 --> 02:10:50,039
Speaker 1: Rocket Tech coach Emo Doka with a here on Sports

2574
02:10:50,119 --> 02:10:53,359
Talk seven ninety. How would you assess Reed Shepherd's season

2575
02:10:53,479 --> 02:10:55,800
so far? Last game he stuck him with them a

2576
02:10:55,840 --> 02:10:57,920
little bit longer and he had a career high seven points.

2577
02:10:59,279 --> 02:11:01,680
Speaker 8: Yeah, in his way, and you know it's going to

2578
02:11:01,720 --> 02:11:05,319
take time for most rookies, but you know, more opportunity

2579
02:11:05,319 --> 02:11:07,399
it gets, the better he'll be. And so trying to

2580
02:11:07,399 --> 02:11:10,000
find him extra minutes obviously, and you know we've had

2581
02:11:10,039 --> 02:11:12,000
some tough games where we've had deficits and tried to

2582
02:11:12,039 --> 02:11:15,039
come back or lost some leads, and so consistency across

2583
02:11:15,159 --> 02:11:17,880
the board will not only affect him, but will affect

2584
02:11:17,920 --> 02:11:20,640
our team in general. And I think my job is

2585
02:11:20,680 --> 02:11:22,399
to find him the minutes and continue to help him

2586
02:11:22,399 --> 02:11:24,520
grow as he goes. And so he's seeing a lot

2587
02:11:24,560 --> 02:11:26,439
of things for the first time already. You can see

2588
02:11:26,479 --> 02:11:28,640
the game slowing down for him, and he gets the

2589
02:11:28,680 --> 02:11:30,840
shots we love for him to take. But he's also

2590
02:11:31,000 --> 02:11:33,880
taking the challenge defensive end and making the right reads

2591
02:11:33,880 --> 02:11:35,439
and the pick and roll. So he's going to continue

2592
02:11:35,479 --> 02:11:38,439
to grow and we look forward to him taking those

2593
02:11:38,439 --> 02:11:39,920
steps as he goes throughout the season.

2594
02:11:40,199 --> 02:11:43,359
Speaker 1: You mentioned picking spots for him to get in. Give

2595
02:11:43,439 --> 02:11:45,560
us a case in point is that going against maybe

2596
02:11:45,680 --> 02:11:48,239
a second tier group, whether that's going against a defensive

2597
02:11:48,279 --> 02:11:50,439
matchup that you think he can work with, because look,

2598
02:11:50,600 --> 02:11:53,680
when we saw him playing college hoops, the thought was, well,

2599
02:11:53,720 --> 02:11:55,239
yeah he can he can guard some people in the

2600
02:11:55,359 --> 02:11:58,800
NBA when eventually get some repertoire and some experience out there.

2601
02:12:00,039 --> 02:12:01,720
Speaker 8: Yeah, I mean, I don't think you know, he's not

2602
02:12:01,800 --> 02:12:03,840
going to be strictly against second team guys. We have

2603
02:12:04,000 --> 02:12:06,640
confidence in him and the lineups that he's been out

2604
02:12:06,640 --> 02:12:09,159
there with it seemed to be some bigger guys around him.

2605
02:12:09,199 --> 02:12:11,000
Speaker 4: But he's gonna have to switch and guard as well.

2606
02:12:11,039 --> 02:12:14,520
Speaker 8: And so we haven't played the big wings with Lebron

2607
02:12:14,600 --> 02:12:16,279
James and Kevin Durant and certain.

2608
02:12:16,000 --> 02:12:18,000
Speaker 4: Guys like that. So we don't feel like we've had

2609
02:12:18,000 --> 02:12:19,119
to hide him at all or anything.

2610
02:12:19,199 --> 02:12:21,560
Speaker 8: But you have a man with him, Tario with them, Steve,

2611
02:12:21,640 --> 02:12:23,560
and you have some length and size around him that can,

2612
02:12:23,960 --> 02:12:27,000
you know, work some things schematically. But he's taking on

2613
02:12:27,039 --> 02:12:29,119
the challenge just about moving his feet and you know,

2614
02:12:29,359 --> 02:12:30,720
not reaching down, slapping down.

2615
02:12:30,760 --> 02:12:32,720
Speaker 4: He has great hands, but not bailing some guys out.

2616
02:12:32,800 --> 02:12:35,600
Speaker 8: So he'll learn the game as he goes and learned

2617
02:12:35,600 --> 02:12:38,119
personnel in the league but I think overall you've seen

2618
02:12:38,199 --> 02:12:41,159
him grow already and things have slowed down for him

2619
02:12:41,159 --> 02:12:43,199
on both ends of the floor, and so that's all

2620
02:12:43,199 --> 02:12:44,359
it would take him getting.

2621
02:12:44,079 --> 02:12:46,079
Speaker 4: His feet wet one time, and he's pretty quick.

2622
02:12:46,119 --> 02:12:49,000
Speaker 1: Winning eighth game of the year tonight, coach, this will

2623
02:12:49,000 --> 02:12:51,800
be the third game against San Antonio. Look, there are

2624
02:12:51,920 --> 02:12:54,479
always gonna be scheduling quirks in the NBA, But how

2625
02:12:54,520 --> 02:12:57,279
do you approach this without guys going, it's just San

2626
02:12:57,319 --> 02:12:58,000
Antonio again?

2627
02:12:58,039 --> 02:12:58,600
Speaker 4: How do you do that?

2628
02:12:58,720 --> 02:13:01,399
Speaker 1: Is it because Victor possesses so many things you have

2629
02:13:01,439 --> 02:13:03,039
to worry about and that you don't think about that

2630
02:13:03,199 --> 02:13:05,159
on the schedule, that you're facing the same team for

2631
02:13:05,199 --> 02:13:06,279
the third time in ten games.

2632
02:13:07,239 --> 02:13:07,960
Speaker 4: Yeah, not at all.

2633
02:13:08,000 --> 02:13:09,880
Speaker 8: I think it was us very similar last year to

2634
02:13:09,960 --> 02:13:12,199
start the season. And so we've seen these guys in

2635
02:13:12,199 --> 02:13:15,039
preseason and seen them twice already, and obviously the game,

2636
02:13:15,079 --> 02:13:16,600
the first game at their place, we lost, so that

2637
02:13:16,640 --> 02:13:17,960
should be enough of a wake up call.

2638
02:13:18,079 --> 02:13:20,000
Speaker 4: And then we came back the second game with a

2639
02:13:20,079 --> 02:13:21,319
different intensity and mindset.

2640
02:13:21,359 --> 02:13:24,000
Speaker 8: And so for us, it's about challenging ourselves to be

2641
02:13:24,079 --> 02:13:27,720
consistent regardless of the opponent. Well, Minyama presents all those

2642
02:13:27,800 --> 02:13:29,880
challenges that you mentioned. But Chris Paul has been playing

2643
02:13:29,880 --> 02:13:32,520
extremely well. He's kind of rounded into form a little bit.

2644
02:13:32,640 --> 02:13:35,880
And they've hadded some veterans Harrison Barnes and some different

2645
02:13:35,880 --> 02:13:37,600
guys like that, so they're not the same team. And

2646
02:13:37,760 --> 02:13:40,039
they obviously gave us a loss, and then we came

2647
02:13:40,079 --> 02:13:42,159
back and heart fought win against them. But all we

2648
02:13:42,239 --> 02:13:43,600
have to do is look back at the last game

2649
02:13:43,600 --> 02:13:46,840
against the Clippers when they're up twenty seven points in

2650
02:13:46,920 --> 02:13:49,560
the first quarter and end up losing. But they are

2651
02:13:49,640 --> 02:13:51,920
dangerous from the start if you let them get too comfortable.

2652
02:13:52,399 --> 02:13:55,800
Speaker 1: Win beat nine blocks in his last game. What is

2653
02:13:55,840 --> 02:13:57,880
that like for you as a coach For the message

2654
02:13:57,880 --> 02:13:59,640
to the team, You want them to be aggressive. You

2655
02:13:59,680 --> 02:14:01,960
want to still play your game and get to the paint,

2656
02:14:02,039 --> 02:14:03,640
but also be aware of Wemby's presence.

2657
02:14:05,119 --> 02:14:06,640
Speaker 4: Yes, it's making the right reads.

2658
02:14:06,680 --> 02:14:08,439
Speaker 8: It's picking your spots and you know he's going to

2659
02:14:08,479 --> 02:14:10,840
be in a deep drop, so the shots will be there.

2660
02:14:10,880 --> 02:14:13,119
They're trying to, you know, funnel everything toward him, but

2661
02:14:13,600 --> 02:14:15,359
pick your spots and know he's gonna come over and

2662
02:14:15,439 --> 02:14:18,279
try to intimidate at the rim. So our outlets and

2663
02:14:18,319 --> 02:14:21,000
spacing needs to be in the proper places and then

2664
02:14:21,399 --> 02:14:22,960
you know, make them work as well on both ends.

2665
02:14:23,000 --> 02:14:25,159
You know, we crowd them with a bunch of tough,

2666
02:14:25,439 --> 02:14:27,800
active wings that we have, but oupring got to make

2667
02:14:27,840 --> 02:14:29,239
them work the other and like you did last year

2668
02:14:29,279 --> 02:14:30,760
at times, and so you don't want to let them

2669
02:14:30,760 --> 02:14:32,840
off the hook and just let them roam free. We'll

2670
02:14:32,880 --> 02:14:34,760
try to go out him like Oprin did last game

2671
02:14:35,039 --> 02:14:36,880
with Carl Anthony Towns and wear them down a little

2672
02:14:36,880 --> 02:14:37,319
bit that way.

2673
02:14:38,039 --> 02:14:40,279
Speaker 1: Lastly, if what for let you run? A couple of

2674
02:14:40,319 --> 02:14:42,000
folks called in and said, hey, what's going on with

2675
02:14:42,039 --> 02:14:45,039
Fred shooting so far and slumps are going to happen.

2676
02:14:45,520 --> 02:14:49,000
I think young guards e may would let the poor

2677
02:14:49,119 --> 02:14:51,279
shooting affect the other parts of their game. But I'm

2678
02:14:51,279 --> 02:14:54,520
looking at the numbers right now for Van Vliet, thirty

2679
02:14:54,600 --> 02:14:58,079
nine assists in five turnovers. The defense against bigger guys

2680
02:14:58,319 --> 02:15:00,800
nine to nine out is still superb. What does that

2681
02:15:00,880 --> 02:15:02,560
say about a guy that can give it to you,

2682
02:15:03,199 --> 02:15:05,239
if not on both ends of the floor every single

2683
02:15:05,359 --> 02:15:08,720
night tonight, last night, hopefully next future nights, he's gonna

2684
02:15:08,720 --> 02:15:10,399
be able to hit some threes and add to the

2685
02:15:10,479 --> 02:15:12,840
work that he's done by auditioning the ball off and

2686
02:15:12,920 --> 02:15:14,359
most important not to turn the ball over.

2687
02:15:16,000 --> 02:15:18,039
Speaker 8: And we look at the shot quality and the looks

2688
02:15:18,079 --> 02:15:19,920
that he's getting and those are great looks that he's

2689
02:15:19,960 --> 02:15:21,159
made all throughout his career.

2690
02:15:21,760 --> 02:15:23,600
Speaker 4: But he's going to continue to do the other things.

2691
02:15:23,680 --> 02:15:25,800
Speaker 8: Like you mentioned, I think he doesn't let that deter

2692
02:15:26,000 --> 02:15:28,199
him from running the team and getting guys in their

2693
02:15:28,199 --> 02:15:30,039
proper spots and taking the challenge defensively.

2694
02:15:30,199 --> 02:15:31,760
Speaker 4: Understand that he can impact the games.

2695
02:15:31,800 --> 02:15:34,359
Speaker 8: And if he had made some shots agains Charlotte Jalen

2696
02:15:34,439 --> 02:15:36,319
made some shots agains Charlotte Alpern and made some out

2697
02:15:36,319 --> 02:15:38,399
of the gate, we might have a different story right now.

2698
02:15:38,479 --> 02:15:39,119
Speaker 3: But you can't.

2699
02:15:39,199 --> 02:15:41,119
Speaker 8: Nobody tries to make a misshots as long as they're

2700
02:15:41,119 --> 02:15:42,880
taking the right ones and continue to do the other

2701
02:15:42,960 --> 02:15:44,439
things that help impact winning.

2702
02:15:44,800 --> 02:15:46,319
Speaker 4: We can live with those misses.

2703
02:15:46,079 --> 02:15:48,720
Speaker 8: And everybody in the worm will turn for everybody like

2704
02:15:48,760 --> 02:15:50,920
they did for Jalen and out for in the last game.

2705
02:15:50,960 --> 02:15:52,439
And we understand guys are going to round and to

2706
02:15:52,479 --> 02:15:54,520
form a little bit better. But yeah, we'd love for

2707
02:15:54,600 --> 02:15:56,800
those shots to fall, and we have confidence that they

2708
02:15:56,840 --> 02:15:58,000
will as the season goes off.

2709
02:15:58,239 --> 02:16:02,359
Speaker 1: And very lastly, you mentioned Alpi going against Wemby last

2710
02:16:02,439 --> 02:16:04,640
year had a lot of success so far, not nearly

2711
02:16:04,760 --> 02:16:07,720
as much. Is it a look when you talk to

2712
02:16:07,720 --> 02:16:10,399
Alpi about him, he's like, he's tall, he's Is there

2713
02:16:10,439 --> 02:16:13,199
a comfort that he needs to eventually get against him

2714
02:16:13,359 --> 02:16:15,279
or is it just you know what, no matter what

2715
02:16:15,439 --> 02:16:17,000
time of year it is, how many times you play

2716
02:16:17,000 --> 02:16:19,600
against a guy guy like Wembenyam is going to cause

2717
02:16:19,640 --> 02:16:21,359
problems for any center, much less yours.

2718
02:16:23,039 --> 02:16:25,520
Speaker 8: Yeah, I think he's grown since last year, and he's

2719
02:16:25,520 --> 02:16:27,079
the second year guy, so he's going to be better

2720
02:16:27,439 --> 02:16:30,239
across the board and defensively, but out for in the

2721
02:16:30,319 --> 02:16:33,479
scene at all from every center basically in the league.

2722
02:16:33,479 --> 02:16:35,520
And he's had shorter guys, you know up under him,

2723
02:16:35,520 --> 02:16:37,200
he's had bigger guys with length on him, and he's

2724
02:16:37,200 --> 02:16:40,040
had success against everybody. And so he figures out as

2725
02:16:40,040 --> 02:16:42,360
he goes as well, and we move him around different spots,

2726
02:16:42,399 --> 02:16:45,799
and you know, I think I attributed more to a

2727
02:16:45,879 --> 02:16:48,079
slower start from Alpie than you know, any defense that

2728
02:16:48,120 --> 02:16:50,120
anybody's throwing at him, because he was missing, you know,

2729
02:16:50,200 --> 02:16:52,520
some pretty easy, point blank looks that he normally makes,

2730
02:16:52,559 --> 02:16:54,399
and so you don't want to overreact to that and

2731
02:16:54,760 --> 02:16:56,520
you know, you saw him find his rhythm last game,

2732
02:16:56,559 --> 02:16:57,920
and we expect alp for him to be great and

2733
02:16:58,000 --> 02:16:59,479
have bounce backs as usual.

2734
02:17:00,040 --> 02:17:01,799
Speaker 1: Thanks to the visit always coach. We'll seeing you tonight.

2735
02:17:01,840 --> 02:17:03,440
Thank you, and good luck against Spurs.

2736
02:17:04,479 --> 02:17:05,239
Speaker 4: Thank you, you got it.

2737
02:17:05,319 --> 02:17:07,520
Speaker 1: You made have DOCA joining us here on the Matt

2738
02:17:07,559 --> 02:17:10,360
Thomas Sherwood Ross getting ready for tonight's game with the

2739
02:17:10,440 --> 02:17:13,239
San Antonio Spurs again seven o'clock here on Sports Talk

2740
02:17:13,319 --> 02:17:17,120
seven ninety. Can't wait. Let me give you Wemby's line

2741
02:17:17,280 --> 02:17:21,319
and I'm playing. If you're listening, oh don't listen. Well, well,

2742
02:17:21,360 --> 02:17:25,120
I mean it's mixed, is still mixed. Well, he's not

2743
02:17:25,200 --> 02:17:27,799
a bum or just a guy. Twenty four points for

2744
02:17:27,879 --> 02:17:30,959
Wembin Yama. Okay, he didn't take twenty two shots to

2745
02:17:31,000 --> 02:17:33,079
get to the twenty four, so that's quite a bit

2746
02:17:33,120 --> 02:17:35,920
and not efficient. Not to twenty two. He was two

2747
02:17:35,959 --> 02:17:38,719
to nine from three, made all four of us free throws,

2748
02:17:39,600 --> 02:17:48,120
thirteen rebounds, three assists, three steals, nine blocks. Season averages

2749
02:17:48,120 --> 02:17:50,760
of eighteen point nine ten point three, three point one,

2750
02:17:51,360 --> 02:17:53,000
and I don't have his blocks per game number. You

2751
02:17:53,040 --> 02:17:54,760
know what a three point nine three point nine. He's

2752
02:17:54,799 --> 02:17:57,799
leading the lead. He led the the NBA last year

2753
02:17:57,840 --> 02:17:59,840
with three point six He's leading the NBA this year

2754
02:17:59,840 --> 02:18:04,520
with three point nine blocks per game. They're just the

2755
02:18:04,559 --> 02:18:07,239
guy bum according to something. I don't think Adam called

2756
02:18:07,280 --> 02:18:07,600
him a bum?

2757
02:18:07,760 --> 02:18:07,959
Speaker 10: Did he?

2758
02:18:08,399 --> 02:18:08,760
Speaker 4: Or did he?

2759
02:18:12,520 --> 02:18:15,559
Speaker 1: Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

2760
02:18:15,639 --> 02:18:17,879
one three two one two five seven Ross. What is

2761
02:18:17,879 --> 02:18:19,600
today's edition? To believe or not? Coming up? At about

2762
02:18:19,639 --> 02:18:21,600
thirty five? It's one.

2763
02:18:22,319 --> 02:18:22,479
Speaker 4: I know.

2764
02:18:22,520 --> 02:18:26,360
Speaker 1: You gotta get used to it. I'm adjusting. I'm tired.

2765
02:18:26,879 --> 02:18:28,600
You gotta be tired. We're doing four hours of a

2766
02:18:28,639 --> 02:18:31,840
goofy radio show. Baby, it's a laugh factory cording injury.

2767
02:18:32,559 --> 02:18:37,440
What energy see? I can't even speak. I'm shutting my

2768
02:18:37,440 --> 02:18:39,120
mic off. You know I should ask should we have

2769
02:18:39,200 --> 02:18:44,479
the the Clanton Wexer duo rotate bringing us lunch? I

2770
02:18:44,680 --> 02:18:48,680
like that like handhelds, not hand like finger food, like

2771
02:18:48,840 --> 02:18:52,959
cheese sticks, egg rolls with flavor hopefully. Yeah, don't ask

2772
02:18:53,040 --> 02:18:57,440
Teresa for those cheese sticks. Wouldn't like some fried cheese

2773
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right now with some marin arrow. Just about perfect? This

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nap sounds perfect. Seven one three two one two five

2775
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seven Naty seven one three two one two five seven

2776
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Naty Our time is one fourteen. It is the Matt

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Thomas Show with Ross with a word here for Two

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to visit with those folks up there at Two Creeks

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because there's so many different options. They have amenities like fishing, pickleball,

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They have RV pads. I'm telling you, gang, you want

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end of February, plus twenty percent off RV site rentals

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Speaker 2: Matt Thomas returns on Sports Talk seven ninety.

2797
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Speaker 1: Well, thank you for listening to the new ten to

2798
02:20:24,959 --> 02:20:26,520
two show here on Sports Talks Sat.

2799
02:20:26,559 --> 02:20:26,840
Speaker 3: Monday.

2800
02:20:26,879 --> 02:20:29,440
Speaker 1: We're not New York time slot, it's New Ross. Matt

2801
02:20:29,719 --> 02:20:31,520
Connor our producer. Great to have all of you with us.

2802
02:20:31,520 --> 02:20:33,680
It's seven one three two one two five seven nine.

2803
02:20:33,719 --> 02:20:35,159
If you want to jump in on anything we've talked

2804
02:20:35,159 --> 02:20:38,639
about today, including the Texans. No Nico Collins a practice today,

2805
02:20:38,719 --> 02:20:42,000
No Will Anderson junior, but alzish alshi ere was it

2806
02:20:42,120 --> 02:20:45,319
practice today? I think with Jimmy Ward as well, I

2807
02:20:45,399 --> 02:20:48,879
think I believe as accurate as well. Texans getting ready

2808
02:20:48,920 --> 02:20:52,680
for the Sunday night tilt with the Detroit Lions. We

2809
02:20:52,760 --> 02:20:55,239
have the Rockets against the Spurs tonight. We've got free

2810
02:20:55,319 --> 02:20:58,760
agency conversation going on right now in San Antonio. It's

2811
02:20:58,840 --> 02:21:01,200
kind of a strange place at the general manager's meetings. Yeah,

2812
02:21:01,200 --> 02:21:03,280
why are they doing over there? Not good convention town,

2813
02:21:03,760 --> 02:21:05,680
is it? There's only thirty GM's only you need a

2814
02:21:05,680 --> 02:21:11,440
bigger space. Remember the Alamo. I don't think any zero

2815
02:21:11,639 --> 02:21:14,079
chance the general manager went to the Alamo. Any general

2816
02:21:14,200 --> 02:21:17,559
manager not in this trip. No chance, no chance. I

2817
02:21:17,639 --> 02:21:21,959
think you're wrong. No, I would. I am one right

2818
02:21:22,000 --> 02:21:24,799
on there. I'm betting the over one point five. I'm

2819
02:21:24,840 --> 02:21:27,719
taking the under. Not one single general manager took a

2820
02:21:27,760 --> 02:21:30,680
second to go check out the Alamo. You gotta have

2821
02:21:30,760 --> 02:21:36,559
one of them. Is like a history buff. I'm going

2822
02:21:36,639 --> 02:21:40,079
over point five. I mean, you've got way more wiggle

2823
02:21:40,159 --> 02:21:43,000
room than I do. Mine is zero. Well, you brought

2824
02:21:43,040 --> 02:21:44,959
it up. I'm gonna go zero.

2825
02:21:45,159 --> 02:21:45,479
Speaker 3: All right.

2826
02:21:46,000 --> 02:21:47,440
Speaker 1: You know what I gotta I gotta get to my

2827
02:21:47,520 --> 02:21:51,280
sources down there, that source Chandler Rome, but but channels.

2828
02:21:51,280 --> 02:21:53,000
I'm gonna go ask thirty general managers if we went

2829
02:21:53,000 --> 02:21:55,440
to the Alamo. I just need to see.

2830
02:21:55,680 --> 02:21:56,360
Speaker 3: I need to see.

2831
02:21:56,520 --> 02:21:59,399
Speaker 1: Hopefully, Please, folks, if you see a news story of

2832
02:21:59,559 --> 02:22:01,680
some general manager visiting the Alamo.

2833
02:22:02,799 --> 02:22:03,280
Speaker 3: I need it.

2834
02:22:03,520 --> 02:22:05,040
Speaker 1: It will be a huge win for you. Will go

2835
02:22:05,079 --> 02:22:10,719
over point five. Got to get saying the general manager's

2836
02:22:10,760 --> 02:22:13,120
meetings were in San Diego. I would say that none

2837
02:22:13,120 --> 02:22:14,559
of them went to the zoo. Wouldn't I go to

2838
02:22:14,600 --> 02:22:16,479
the Why not? One of them wouldn't go to the zoo.

2839
02:22:17,319 --> 02:22:20,440
I'd go to the zoo. It's a great zoo, but

2840
02:22:20,559 --> 02:22:22,200
it's a great zoo. I mean you see the Alamo,

2841
02:22:22,280 --> 02:22:25,159
It's it's literally a shack. It takes five minutes to

2842
02:22:25,159 --> 02:22:28,440
see the Albmo. I think that's being frankly disrespectful. Why

2843
02:22:29,000 --> 02:22:30,079
calling it a shack.

2844
02:22:32,239 --> 02:22:32,479
Speaker 3: For what?

2845
02:22:32,760 --> 02:22:35,680
Speaker 1: It's a historical landmark. You don't call historical landmarks shacks.

2846
02:22:35,840 --> 02:22:37,680
It's what a bunch of people got massacred in a war.

2847
02:22:42,440 --> 02:22:45,440
Chandler on Twitter. In your discussions with the Astros, did

2848
02:22:45,479 --> 02:22:47,479
you get the sense they are serious about pursuing a

2849
02:22:47,559 --> 02:22:51,000
reunion with Alex Bregman and willing to exceed some precedents

2850
02:22:51,000 --> 02:22:54,239
that have been that have existed during Jim Crane's ownership tenure.

2851
02:22:55,879 --> 02:23:02,239
Scott Borrows's response, They clearly understand the rarity of being

2852
02:23:02,360 --> 02:23:04,680
in four World Series and being in the postseason eight

2853
02:23:04,760 --> 02:23:06,959
years in a row, and him being a centerpiece of that.

2854
02:23:08,120 --> 02:23:11,520
They've certainly measured to me throughout the process. They're actively

2855
02:23:11,600 --> 02:23:14,520
engaged as to meeting markets and a demand of this

2856
02:23:14,680 --> 02:23:16,799
kind of player. You just don't have many players in

2857
02:23:16,840 --> 02:23:19,520
the dirt that does what he does. Also, that Bragman

2858
02:23:19,559 --> 02:23:22,040
can play second base, third base. His leadership, it's a

2859
02:23:22,120 --> 02:23:24,959
market certainty that the Astros are very aware of. And

2860
02:23:25,040 --> 02:23:31,639
it's healthy for him. So now this is breaking news,

2861
02:23:31,799 --> 02:23:35,239
but he might be going somewhere where he might not

2862
02:23:35,399 --> 02:23:42,360
be playing third base. Correct. Scott Boris as wisely said

2863
02:23:42,360 --> 02:23:45,840
that he's willing to play second or wherever. Multi tooled player. Yes,

2864
02:23:46,440 --> 02:23:52,200
defensive leadership, offensive bats winning baseball long period of time.

2865
02:23:53,840 --> 02:23:58,719
So why Scott's who Scott is? Scott Borrows, Lee Steinberg?

2866
02:24:04,559 --> 02:24:08,120
Who's the third guy the house? And who's the final

2867
02:24:08,200 --> 02:24:12,559
guy on our Mount Rushmore? What I don't like using

2868
02:24:12,600 --> 02:24:19,559
Mount Rushmore? Okay, Rich Paul, Oh, that's it. There's your

2869
02:24:19,639 --> 02:24:22,920
four it guy. It was a guy in basketball named

2870
02:24:23,000 --> 02:24:25,840
Dan Fagan, but he passed away about a decade ago.

2871
02:24:26,079 --> 02:24:29,760
So but yeah, there's your Mount Rushmore right there, Google,

2872
02:24:29,840 --> 02:24:33,799
says David Folk. Oh, David fun oh school yeah yeah, yeah, yeah, Yeah,

2873
02:24:33,959 --> 02:24:39,920
that's good too. Okay, but really, the first three guys

2874
02:24:39,959 --> 02:24:43,799
I mentioned our way ahead everybody else. Just stick your

2875
02:24:43,840 --> 02:24:47,760
word for it, Okay, Scott Morris, not dumb, We'll put

2876
02:24:47,799 --> 02:24:52,040
it that way. Does Bragman want to make a move

2877
02:24:52,120 --> 02:24:54,559
to the second I mean, no doubt. It's a little

2878
02:24:54,600 --> 02:24:58,239
easier defensively, but it still presents tremendous challenge. You literally

2879
02:24:58,319 --> 02:25:00,639
just won a Gold Glove at third base. Yeah, not

2880
02:25:00,760 --> 02:25:02,760
that it's premium, but it's more premium than second base.

2881
02:25:03,399 --> 02:25:07,000
Most guys typically go from middlelandfield to the corners as

2882
02:25:07,079 --> 02:25:12,040
compared to going in from the cornerly middle. But I

2883
02:25:12,239 --> 02:25:14,319
imagine you get way more action at third than second.

2884
02:25:15,719 --> 02:25:18,520
Has he ever played second in major leagues? No, I'm

2885
02:25:18,520 --> 02:25:20,159
gonna say no, he's I know he's had a little

2886
02:25:20,159 --> 02:25:23,520
bit at shortstop, but they're very, very very limited. I

2887
02:25:23,680 --> 02:25:26,360
can pull it up, but I'm gonna say, gut feeling

2888
02:25:26,520 --> 02:25:29,079
is zero zero second zero inning. Well, of course, with

2889
02:25:29,200 --> 02:25:30,639
the hose al Tuoa being there, you're not going to

2890
02:25:30,840 --> 02:25:35,440
supply him for anything. I mean, he's Oh, I was wrong.

2891
02:25:35,600 --> 02:25:39,719
What do you got In twenty sixteen he played twelve

2892
02:25:39,760 --> 02:25:43,479
innings there. In twenty seventeen he played nine innings, So

2893
02:25:43,639 --> 02:25:48,200
twenty one innings over his long tenured major league career. Uh, no,

2894
02:25:48,319 --> 02:25:50,440
I'm wrong. Well, yeah, plus eighteen he did it, so

2895
02:25:50,559 --> 02:25:54,479
thirty two total innings. Okay, it's funny. I don't remember

2896
02:25:54,559 --> 02:25:57,360
him ever doing it, but he's obviously done enough to

2897
02:25:57,520 --> 02:25:59,920
be about three and a half games. It's been, Yeah,

2898
02:26:01,719 --> 02:26:04,719
thirty two innings over nine different games. He only he

2899
02:26:04,840 --> 02:26:07,280
started two games at second. I don't recall that. Wow,

2900
02:26:07,479 --> 02:26:12,079
the things you don't know. Sixteen he started one game there,

2901
02:26:13,399 --> 02:26:18,840
and eighteen he started one game there. Man, what either

2902
02:26:18,920 --> 02:26:21,360
we don't have good memories or that was just one

2903
02:26:21,639 --> 02:26:24,319
of the right one. I'll give us a pass on that.

2904
02:26:25,680 --> 02:26:28,040
All right, this is the number one thing we're gonna

2905
02:26:28,040 --> 02:26:30,200
be thinking about, because I got news for you. Next

2906
02:26:30,280 --> 02:26:32,920
year will be much more anticlimactic. When it comes to

2907
02:26:33,200 --> 02:26:36,520
discussing the key free agent. They gone, and I think

2908
02:26:36,600 --> 02:26:41,840
Bregman he going second guy, definitely going, this one most

2909
02:26:41,959 --> 02:26:44,280
likely gone. I still put him at I put it

2910
02:26:44,559 --> 02:26:48,360
Kyle Tucker at zero percent. I put Bregman at I

2911
02:26:48,520 --> 02:26:51,440
like that. I'll go one and a half, just to

2912
02:26:51,479 --> 02:26:54,719
be a little more optimistic. Really, why don't you round

2913
02:26:54,799 --> 02:26:57,000
up to two? Okay, let's do it. Why don't I

2914
02:26:57,040 --> 02:27:03,120
say seven? It doesn't matter what I say. Fourteen, folks, No,

2915
02:27:03,280 --> 02:27:05,200
don't do it. I wouldn't do that. I don't think

2916
02:27:05,200 --> 02:27:07,760
it's gonna happen. Seven one three two one two five

2917
02:27:07,879 --> 02:27:10,440
seven ninety if you want to jump in seven one

2918
02:27:10,479 --> 02:27:13,000
three two one two five seven nineties. So Scott Boss

2919
02:27:13,079 --> 02:27:17,360
going to the He can play multiple position, card. Yeah,

2920
02:27:18,760 --> 02:27:20,479
if I mean, if anybody could do it, it's it's

2921
02:27:20,479 --> 02:27:22,760
a goal glover right, Yeah, he'll be fine if you

2922
02:27:22,799 --> 02:27:26,799
play second. So you're better if you play second. Yeah,

2923
02:27:26,920 --> 02:27:28,600
better than a goal glove. I don't know what it does.

2924
02:27:28,879 --> 02:27:30,559
It it makes you now think about teams that are

2925
02:27:30,600 --> 02:27:32,719
looking for a second basically better long term. As he

2926
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goes later to his thirties, yeah, seven one three, two

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one two five, seven ninety. If you want to chime

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2956
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have taken a little bit of an opportunity to perhaps

2957
02:29:08,520 --> 02:29:12,559
question why nick as Serio didn't make a move before

2958
02:29:12,680 --> 02:29:16,680
yesterday's NFL trade deadline, which was at three o'clock. But

2959
02:29:18,079 --> 02:29:22,360
you could be the Cleveland Browns, and by the way,

2960
02:29:23,079 --> 02:29:27,920
clearly Nicky Ce fleeced the Browns because you got all

2961
02:29:27,920 --> 02:29:32,040
those first round picksh DeShawn has been hurt most of

2962
02:29:32,040 --> 02:29:34,000
the time, and when he's not been hurt, he's been terrible.

2963
02:29:35,840 --> 02:29:36,040
Speaker 4: Yes.

2964
02:29:36,280 --> 02:29:40,000
Speaker 1: Story today out of Cleveland. The general manager of the

2965
02:29:40,040 --> 02:29:47,440
Cleveland Browns, Andrew Berry, non committal about DeShawn Watson standing

2966
02:29:47,559 --> 02:29:51,840
as the franchise quarterback after suffering his right achilles tendon

2967
02:29:51,920 --> 02:29:56,520
tear a couple of weeks back, which again is not

2968
02:29:56,680 --> 02:29:59,920
a surprise because he's been hurt a lot. He has

2969
02:30:00,000 --> 02:30:03,280
this has been very good. But the reality is this,

2970
02:30:04,760 --> 02:30:09,000
when you make a deal with Deshaun Watson and your

2971
02:30:09,079 --> 02:30:13,399
franchise quarterback and he either underperforms, is hurt, or all

2972
02:30:13,520 --> 02:30:17,000
the above, it can screw with your franchise for a

2973
02:30:17,159 --> 02:30:23,399
long period of time. The Browns still a Watson. This

2974
02:30:23,600 --> 02:30:29,680
is cash for anybody, guaranteed forgetting about the salary camp implications. Okay,

2975
02:30:30,520 --> 02:30:34,479
forty six million dollars each of the next two seasons. Ooh,

2976
02:30:36,799 --> 02:30:40,000
his cap hits, Yes, which is different than the actual

2977
02:30:40,079 --> 02:30:42,360
money that is being paid because of their therred money

2978
02:30:42,440 --> 02:30:47,079
and bonuses and whatnot. His cap hit in twenty twenty five,

2979
02:30:47,520 --> 02:30:51,600
his cap hit in twenty twenty six is seventy two

2980
02:30:51,799 --> 02:30:59,920
point nine million dollars, the second highest in the NFL. Wow,

2981
02:31:01,000 --> 02:31:04,239
if they got rid of him after the season and said,

2982
02:31:04,319 --> 02:31:08,799
you know what, we need a new quarterback. Keeping him

2983
02:31:08,840 --> 02:31:13,399
around just isn't very good. Dead cap hits of one

2984
02:31:13,479 --> 02:31:16,399
hundred and seventy two million dollars in twenty twenty five,

2985
02:31:16,920 --> 02:31:19,760
that's not possible. A salary dead cap hit of ninety

2986
02:31:19,799 --> 02:31:24,040
nine million dollars in twenty twenty six, ninety nine million

2987
02:31:24,200 --> 02:31:26,760
dollar cap hit before that one seventy two, And again

2988
02:31:26,959 --> 02:31:29,120
you're asking us to do the NFL math, and that's

2989
02:31:29,280 --> 02:31:32,000
what beyond ours. The cap cap. Isn't the cap around

2990
02:31:32,040 --> 02:31:36,559
like two fitty or something? What is the NFL salary cap? Well,

2991
02:31:36,639 --> 02:31:38,639
assuming I'm it's going to go up, because it goes

2992
02:31:38,719 --> 02:31:40,639
up every year base off of revenues. This year it's

2993
02:31:40,680 --> 02:31:43,520
two fifty five, and his dead cap would be one

2994
02:31:43,600 --> 02:31:45,440
hundred and seventy two of that. You can't well, you

2995
02:31:45,520 --> 02:31:52,000
can't feel the team. That's what I'm saying. You better

2996
02:31:52,120 --> 02:31:55,840
be super careful. He's not giving you the great money,

2997
02:31:57,200 --> 02:31:58,959
or just have to suck it up and go, you

2998
02:31:59,040 --> 02:32:02,079
know what, he sucks, but he's our suck guy. You

2999
02:32:02,159 --> 02:32:09,399
can't even Ah, damn it. I'm sad that I talked

3000
02:32:09,399 --> 02:32:11,920
over the end of that. You can't. You can't keep

3001
02:32:12,000 --> 02:32:13,840
him on the team. You can't get rid of him.

3002
02:32:14,239 --> 02:32:16,440
You cannot get rid of him. So all this talk

3003
02:32:16,520 --> 02:32:19,399
of him being noncommittal about being the franchise quarterback, he's starting.

3004
02:32:19,559 --> 02:32:22,719
It's moved. He's going to be there. That's coach speaks stuff. Yeah,

3005
02:32:23,079 --> 02:32:31,920
you you you have no choice, debts and and do

3006
02:32:32,040 --> 02:32:36,479
you think there's a part of you Granted, the quarterback

3007
02:32:36,559 --> 02:32:38,600
is the most important part of person of the team.

3008
02:32:38,719 --> 02:32:40,879
There's no offenswer butts. No one is winning a super Bowl,

3009
02:32:40,959 --> 02:32:43,200
nobody's winning regular season games, no one's going to the

3010
02:32:43,200 --> 02:32:44,959
playoffs and a regular basis if you have a below

3011
02:32:45,000 --> 02:32:49,799
average quarterback. But isn't it a little tough for a

3012
02:32:49,920 --> 02:32:54,559
general manager to navigate and put together a big roster

3013
02:32:54,680 --> 02:32:58,000
of successful players long term? If so much money is

3014
02:32:58,040 --> 02:33:03,879
tied up into one position, that one goof can screw

3015
02:33:03,959 --> 02:33:09,200
your franchise over for multiple years forgetting about just paying

3016
02:33:09,239 --> 02:33:11,920
the guy. Like for instance, the Rockets paid John Wall

3017
02:33:11,959 --> 02:33:15,239
forty million dollars one year to sit that hurt. But

3018
02:33:15,399 --> 02:33:18,200
they but John Wall active in playing. Wasn't gonna turn

3019
02:33:18,239 --> 02:33:20,280
a twenty one win Rocket team into a thirty seven

3020
02:33:20,319 --> 02:33:22,079
win team or a forty five win team. Well, they

3021
02:33:22,120 --> 02:33:24,479
wanted to lose and get the highest possible draft pick. Yeah,

3022
02:33:26,959 --> 02:33:30,879
you mess on your quarterback and you're you. It will

3023
02:33:30,959 --> 02:33:36,719
take you a half decade to recover. Like Bryce Young

3024
02:33:37,159 --> 02:33:40,280
has been a miss for Carolina. There's no optimism in

3025
02:33:40,520 --> 02:33:45,479
Charlotte right now for the Panthers. Excuse me for the Panthers. No,

3026
02:33:46,280 --> 02:33:48,760
but they also haven't put him on a big contract.

3027
02:33:49,040 --> 02:33:52,520
If you pay your quarterback to a huge contract, then

3028
02:33:52,600 --> 02:33:54,799
that's when you and he's not the guy. That's when

3029
02:33:54,799 --> 02:33:56,799
you really get hamstrung. Like the New York Giants what

3030
02:33:56,840 --> 02:33:59,120
they did with Daniel Jones. Yeah, I forget about yea,

3031
02:33:59,120 --> 02:34:01,280
I should said forget what about the rookie deals? It's

3032
02:34:01,319 --> 02:34:04,639
the Daniel Jones, it's the Shawn Watson's, Derek Carr, it's

3033
02:34:04,719 --> 02:34:08,520
frankly Dak Prescott. Yeah, Dak Prescott deal isn't big L

3034
02:34:08,600 --> 02:34:13,319
right now, big L. They're not a serious NFL contender.

3035
02:34:13,360 --> 02:34:15,399
They're gonna be lucky even to win to get a

3036
02:34:15,479 --> 02:34:17,360
wild card spot if the way they've been playing. You

3037
02:34:17,520 --> 02:34:20,079
can win with Dak Prescott, though, you just have to

3038
02:34:20,159 --> 02:34:22,440
have a really good team around him. And when Dak

3039
02:34:22,479 --> 02:34:24,280
Prescott was at his best is when they had no

3040
02:34:24,399 --> 02:34:27,680
doubt about it, unquestionable best offensive line in football in

3041
02:34:27,719 --> 02:34:29,879
a prime Ezekiel lat at the time. And he's sitting

3042
02:34:29,920 --> 02:34:31,840
back there was Des Bryant. I mean whatever it was,

3043
02:34:31,920 --> 02:34:36,280
the weapons, Jason was Jason Wooden Telly in his career. Yeah, so,

3044
02:34:36,399 --> 02:34:40,319
I mean it was a different era and he looked great,

3045
02:34:40,399 --> 02:34:42,840
and he was throwing a bunch of touchdowns no picks

3046
02:34:42,920 --> 02:34:46,200
because he was sitting back there with time to operate.

3047
02:34:52,239 --> 02:34:52,280
Speaker 8: You.

3048
02:34:53,319 --> 02:34:55,760
Speaker 1: I don't think the Texans have to worry about that. No,

3049
02:34:56,280 --> 02:34:58,239
but it does cross your mind. No way, it didn't

3050
02:34:58,280 --> 02:35:00,680
cross my mind. Franchise quarterback, I ain't worried about it.

3051
02:35:01,639 --> 02:35:06,239
He hasn't had any weird that we know of. That's true.

3052
02:35:06,280 --> 02:35:08,239
I guess we didn't know about it, you know. And

3053
02:35:08,399 --> 02:35:12,479
really good franchises ross can still pay their quarterbacks obseeing

3054
02:35:12,479 --> 02:35:14,959
amounts of money and they just keep on keeping on.

3055
02:35:15,280 --> 02:35:19,520
Kansas City sign uh Pat Mahomes a half billion dollar

3056
02:35:19,639 --> 02:35:23,239
contract for years back, Baltimore Ravens signed Laura Jackson. No

3057
02:35:23,799 --> 02:35:27,680
one's those deals at all. You also had, Yeah, you

3058
02:35:27,760 --> 02:35:30,040
have to hit on draft picks and make good moves

3059
02:35:30,079 --> 02:35:34,719
elsewhere with that, and then you have other teams that

3060
02:35:34,799 --> 02:35:37,079
will just chase after these guys and pay them. I'm

3061
02:35:37,079 --> 02:35:39,920
seeing the amounts of money hoping to be in that

3062
02:35:40,000 --> 02:35:44,319
upper Earth like Atlanta, I mean Minnesota. Kirk Cousins just

3063
02:35:44,600 --> 02:35:48,639
continues to make ungodly amounts of cash and they drafted

3064
02:35:48,680 --> 02:35:50,840
Michael Pennocks high in the draft. Yeah, weird. I don't

3065
02:35:50,840 --> 02:35:52,719
know what that hell don't know doing. But kirk Cousins

3066
02:35:52,760 --> 02:35:54,600
has been good for them and they and they're good.

3067
02:35:55,200 --> 02:35:57,159
They have no regrets. They're six and three and leading

3068
02:35:57,200 --> 02:36:02,200
the NFC South. But does anybody think Atlanta is a

3069
02:36:02,280 --> 02:36:04,719
serious NFC title contender? I don't think they are. But

3070
02:36:04,799 --> 02:36:06,719
can any given Sunday they won a couple of games

3071
02:36:06,799 --> 02:36:08,479
get hot? Sure, but they do. You know, I'll tell

3072
02:36:08,479 --> 02:36:10,120
you what. If you're Atlanta Falcon fan right now, you're

3073
02:36:10,120 --> 02:36:11,559
filming better than you did a year ago at this

3074
02:36:11,639 --> 02:36:13,479
point because you had what was the name the Cincinni

3075
02:36:13,559 --> 02:36:17,920
quarterback Desmond Ridder. Yeah, we'll beat the Texans. Hey, we

3076
02:36:18,079 --> 02:36:20,760
have to bring it up. I I'm saying he sucks

3077
02:36:20,799 --> 02:36:23,479
though you're not good? No backup?

3078
02:36:23,559 --> 02:36:23,639
Speaker 4: Right?

3079
02:36:23,639 --> 02:36:24,360
Speaker 1: Where's your backup?

3080
02:36:24,399 --> 02:36:24,479
Speaker 3: Now?

3081
02:36:24,559 --> 02:36:26,879
Speaker 1: Somewhere West, somewhere west, right, I think I don't remember.

3082
02:36:26,879 --> 02:36:29,760
It doesn't really matter, it doesn't I just I just

3083
02:36:30,159 --> 02:36:35,000
I just saw the story about they're noncommittal about his franchise. Well, sorry,

3084
02:36:35,000 --> 02:36:38,120
I guess what the past ub that you give him

3085
02:36:38,120 --> 02:36:41,440
every week makes you committed to him. Oh, Desmond Ridder

3086
02:36:41,520 --> 02:36:43,639
is starting for Las Vegas this week. I knew it

3087
02:36:43,680 --> 02:36:52,120
was somewhere out west. It's tough scenes for Gardner. Minshew, Wow,

3088
02:36:53,360 --> 02:36:57,399
Desmond Ridder is starting this week for the readers, I

3089
02:36:57,479 --> 02:37:00,399
didn't even know that. Well, we'll talk about that tomorrow

3090
02:37:00,600 --> 02:37:03,639
dtr Runner or Raider Talk, Raider Talk seven ninety I

3091
02:37:03,680 --> 02:37:06,520
don't think so that'll be in the Rotten Five. Oh yeah,

3092
02:37:06,559 --> 02:37:10,639
that's tomorrow. Tomorrow. By the way, we have uh, we

3093
02:37:10,760 --> 02:37:14,040
have dr Runner with us. Okay, we have the Rotten Five. Yes,

3094
02:37:14,399 --> 02:37:17,440
and what else we got going on tomorrow? No, Willie

3095
02:37:17,440 --> 02:37:19,360
Frisz because they were they're off this week, so oh

3096
02:37:19,399 --> 02:37:20,920
that's cool you had them earlier in the week. Yeah,

3097
02:37:21,520 --> 02:37:24,239
and hopefully we'll have a long exhaustive conversation about a

3098
02:37:24,319 --> 02:37:28,239
Rockets seventeen point win against San Antonio Rockets win tonight,

3099
02:37:28,680 --> 02:37:30,799
I hope. So I gotta keep this for seed in

3100
02:37:30,840 --> 02:37:37,239
the West Okay Force. He means home court and advantage

3101
02:37:37,239 --> 02:37:39,959
in the first round happening. Come on, let me have

3102
02:37:40,120 --> 02:37:42,120
this time. No, I'm giving you a little doser reality

3103
02:37:42,319 --> 02:37:44,319
I need with some of us in this country, and

3104
02:37:44,360 --> 02:37:46,200
a little dose of reality I need. I need this

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02:37:46,280 --> 02:37:49,239
from you. Seven one three two one two five seven

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ninety seven one three two one two five seven ninety

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02:37:52,200 --> 02:37:53,520
If you would like to play Believe It or Not,

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02:37:53,639 --> 02:37:57,000
we are playing today for those uh double header tickets

3109
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over at Toda Center. What does that call it. It's

3110
02:37:59,399 --> 02:38:01,600
not called the under It's the battleground two K of

3111
02:38:01,719 --> 02:38:04,760
twenty four event. First game is going to have Florida

3112
02:38:04,799 --> 02:38:08,200
State versus Rice. Second game is the game that anybody

3113
02:38:08,239 --> 02:38:12,120
cares about, Houston versus Auburn, a good top twenty five

3114
02:38:12,159 --> 02:38:13,879
matchup right there. If you want to play for tickets

3115
02:38:13,920 --> 02:38:15,440
for that, that's coming up next with Believe It or Not.

3116
02:38:15,799 --> 02:38:18,120
Seven one three two one two five seven ninety seven

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02:38:18,120 --> 02:38:21,520
one three two one two five seven ninety Greg Vizio here,

3118
02:38:21,719 --> 02:38:23,719
the heart of the order is up right now. Matt

3119
02:38:23,799 --> 02:38:26,319
Thomas is swinging for the fences. Here on Sports Talk

3120
02:38:26,360 --> 02:38:31,399
seven ninety we met to Chew on this a little

3121
02:38:31,479 --> 02:38:34,159
Warner Marl Ross. But a really weird story has just

3122
02:38:34,239 --> 02:38:38,440
come out today about Stephen A. Smith on his TV

3123
02:38:38,559 --> 02:38:41,760
show Today, and it wasn't involving him personally involves the Rockets.

3124
02:38:44,159 --> 02:38:47,440
On today's edition of ESPN's First Take, Stephen A. Smith

3125
02:38:47,639 --> 02:38:52,600
shared this anecdote pertaining to Darryl Moury's Houston years now.

3126
02:38:53,000 --> 02:38:55,200
The Sixers are off to a rough start in Philadelphia.

3127
02:38:55,360 --> 02:38:58,719
Joel mb just got spend in three games. So maybe

3128
02:38:58,760 --> 02:39:02,239
there's a little bit of a microscope or what's going

3129
02:39:02,280 --> 02:39:04,559
on right now in Philadelphia. But here is what just

3130
02:39:04,760 --> 02:39:06,079
read that I don't know, you haven't seen this. It

3131
02:39:06,280 --> 02:39:10,079
just literally came down. This is stephen A speaking. They're

3132
02:39:10,159 --> 02:39:12,000
not going to be happy that I revealed this, but

3133
02:39:12,120 --> 02:39:14,239
I didn't find this out when the parties involved, so

3134
02:39:14,280 --> 02:39:17,399
they're just going to have to get over it. One

3135
02:39:17,440 --> 02:39:20,159
of the things that led Tillman Fertita wanting Daryl Moury

3136
02:39:20,239 --> 02:39:22,319
out of Houston is that they would literally lose a

3137
02:39:22,360 --> 02:39:25,479
playoff game or a series and Daryl Morey would walk

3138
02:39:25,559 --> 02:39:28,319
up to him with the analytics and say, see, we

3139
02:39:28,440 --> 02:39:32,360
actually won, Are you kidding me? He's respected because of

3140
02:39:32,399 --> 02:39:35,000
his analytics and obviously knows the game of basketball, but

3141
02:39:35,120 --> 02:39:40,319
he hasn't won a championship yet. Where are you seeing

3142
02:39:40,360 --> 02:39:48,600
this posted Clutch Points, Rockets Wire, ESPN. Okay, so I'm

3143
02:39:48,639 --> 02:39:53,079
going to try to read the context on this. Daryl

3144
02:39:53,120 --> 02:39:55,239
would say, the analytics say we were supposed to win

3145
02:39:55,319 --> 02:39:58,879
this game. Yeah, I put the team together to win

3146
02:39:59,000 --> 02:40:06,399
this game. Analytics wins, the real life game didn't win. Okay.

3147
02:40:07,040 --> 02:40:11,000
I mean you cannot play someone and lose in any sport.

3148
02:40:14,200 --> 02:40:17,319
So the narrative out of that is that sometimes the

3149
02:40:17,360 --> 02:40:20,079
analytics people get so involved in the analytics they don't

3150
02:40:20,120 --> 02:40:22,440
look at real life. Is how I take that game

3151
02:40:22,559 --> 02:40:29,840
process over results? Now going to going to Tillman and

3152
02:40:29,920 --> 02:40:33,399
literally saying, see we actually won. If that quote is

3153
02:40:33,479 --> 02:40:38,440
actually accurate, that sounds crazy. It's like saying, look, we

3154
02:40:38,959 --> 02:40:41,120
gained five hundred yards this week and the type that

3155
02:40:41,479 --> 02:40:44,399
Detexans and the Colts only gained two hundred and fifty yards.

3156
02:40:44,399 --> 02:40:46,120
But we turned the ball over a few times. We lost,

3157
02:40:46,159 --> 02:40:49,639
but really we outplayed them. That can happen. You gotta

3158
02:40:49,639 --> 02:40:53,799
play somebody in a baseball game lose. I would not

3159
02:40:54,000 --> 02:40:56,479
do I would not, but I would never be an

3160
02:40:56,479 --> 02:40:59,360
analytical guy and go say the numbers on the computer

3161
02:40:59,520 --> 02:41:02,000
screens say we won the game. It's very common in

3162
02:41:03,760 --> 02:41:07,840
in soccer as well. They call it the You're gonna

3163
02:41:07,879 --> 02:41:10,959
love this matt expected goals, Oh jeez, oh my god,

3164
02:41:11,319 --> 02:41:14,680
expected goals? How about expected nap time? Five minutes up

3165
02:41:14,719 --> 02:41:18,840
to go on the show. What should we do? We

3166
02:41:19,319 --> 02:41:23,559
should play America's fascist growing sports radio game show. We

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02:41:23,639 --> 02:41:26,000
simply called it Believe It or Not. In Here's South Works,

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you'd call seven one three two one two five seven

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02:42:02,280 --> 02:42:04,319
featuring the University of Houston Cougar's take on the Auburn

3183
02:42:04,360 --> 02:42:06,719
Tigers and Rice Al's going head to head with Florida State.

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02:42:06,920 --> 02:42:09,280
Speaker 1: That's the seven ninety t shirts. Seven one three, two

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02:42:09,399 --> 02:42:12,559
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ready to play.

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02:42:13,040 --> 02:42:13,479
Speaker 3: Believe it or not?

3188
02:42:14,559 --> 02:42:18,520
Speaker 1: Believe it. Mike Williams has a degree in sociology from

3189
02:42:18,600 --> 02:42:20,639
Clemson University. Believe it or not?

3190
02:42:21,840 --> 02:42:22,239
Speaker 3: Believe it?

3191
02:42:22,360 --> 02:42:24,399
Speaker 1: Yeah, believe it State be number two for the man.

3192
02:42:24,440 --> 02:42:27,159
Amari Cooper is an avid chess player and has participated

3193
02:42:27,239 --> 02:42:30,840
in tournaments on chess dot Com. Believe it or not

3194
02:42:32,040 --> 02:42:34,639
not he has. He's played ross twice and beating him

3195
02:42:34,639 --> 02:42:36,920
both times. Hey, that's not true?

3196
02:42:37,000 --> 02:42:38,120
Speaker 10: Is it? Rating?

3197
02:42:38,360 --> 02:42:40,360
Speaker 1: Ray on seven ninety Ray, what was your favorite part

3198
02:42:40,360 --> 02:42:41,399
of today's radio show?

3199
02:42:42,280 --> 02:42:42,399
Speaker 4: Uh?

3200
02:42:42,600 --> 02:42:44,399
Speaker 3: The Braakman and Scott Morris breakdown.

3201
02:42:44,559 --> 02:42:47,840
Speaker 1: Deontay Johnson holds the NFL record for most receptions in

3202
02:42:47,920 --> 02:42:51,680
a season without a touchdown with eighty six. Believe it

3203
02:42:51,879 --> 02:42:52,040
or not?

3204
02:42:53,760 --> 02:42:53,799
Speaker 3: Not?

3205
02:42:54,239 --> 02:42:54,639
Speaker 1: That's true.

3206
02:42:54,719 --> 02:42:55,120
Speaker 3: Believe it.

3207
02:42:55,639 --> 02:43:00,799
Speaker 1: That's on Wikipedia right probably one on seven, You're ready

3208
02:43:00,799 --> 02:43:01,559
to play. Believe it or not?

3209
02:43:02,879 --> 02:43:03,239
Speaker 3: Believe it?

3210
02:43:03,360 --> 02:43:06,239
Speaker 1: In high school, Zadaria Smith was more of a basketball

3211
02:43:06,319 --> 02:43:08,479
player and didn't even pick up a football until his

3212
02:43:08,600 --> 02:43:13,319
senior year. Believe it or not? Believe it yees, believe

3213
02:43:13,360 --> 02:43:15,360
it statement number two for the wind and coming out

3214
02:43:15,360 --> 02:43:17,440
of high school, excuse me. Coming out of the twenty

3215
02:43:17,680 --> 02:43:21,680
sixteen NFL Draft, mel Kiper called Cam Robinson quote a

3216
02:43:21,840 --> 02:43:24,680
future Hall of Fame offensive tackle and had him number

3217
02:43:24,760 --> 02:43:30,280
one on his board. Believe it or not? Believe it? No,

3218
02:43:30,680 --> 02:43:35,879
he thought it was just a guy. Vince on seven

3219
02:43:35,959 --> 02:43:39,600
ninety Vince, your favorite part of today's radio show? H

3220
02:43:39,680 --> 02:43:43,360
Emao Doka. Before signing with the Texans, Khalil Davis last

3221
02:43:43,399 --> 02:43:47,079
played for the Birmingham Stallions of the USFL. Believe it

3222
02:43:47,319 --> 02:43:51,200
or not not, He did, but thank you for playing

3223
02:43:51,200 --> 02:43:54,120
in Thanks for listener. Em Wednesdays there one on Sports

3224
02:43:54,200 --> 02:43:57,680
Talk seven ninety Nick on seven ninety Nick, You're ready

3225
02:43:57,719 --> 02:44:01,680
to play? Believe it or not. DeAndre Hopkins is an

3226
02:44:01,719 --> 02:44:04,879
advocate for reducing red meat and giants and has partnered

3227
02:44:04,920 --> 02:44:08,799
with Beyond Meat to raise awareness for meat alternatives. Believe

3228
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it or not not, Yeah, He's all about the plant

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