Diamond Notes

[00:00:00] Take Perjection

[00:00:33] So break it down from your math standpoint. What went wrong for y'all and what went right for them to go up 2-0?

[00:00:41] Yeah, game one, I mean Porzingis just killed us. I mean he was over by the outside.

[00:00:47] I mean we made a little value in third quarter after but yeah that went, you know, you could just tell that went on night.

[00:00:55] Tonight, I mean we had opportunities. I just, you know, way too many turnovers.

[00:01:02] Yeah, especially, I mean, Luke Adler had six turnovers himself. Didn't shoot well from the free throw line.

[00:01:08] I mean just the little things that you have to do on the road to win especially when you're playing Boston.

[00:01:14] Gotta hit your free throws. The threes aren't falling like really, you know, he became accustomed to someone stepping up in big threes in the past series.

[00:01:24] Hopefully, it'll go. The offense will run a little smoother in Dallas. You know, we're not getting a good movement really on the ball.

[00:01:33] And you know Kyrie unshot well. Just, just, we've had, we had chances in game too but you know when you have those chances,

[00:01:43] you're team my boss and you don't take it and take advantage of those chances.

[00:01:49] You're not gonna win. They're not gonna make the mistakes to, you know, to give you a game.

[00:01:58] Yeah for sure. No, I think you nailed it on the head of everything.

[00:02:02] Boston is too good of a team. I mean any team in the playoffs but especially the team with the best record in the league, number one seed, you know, you can't make the mistakes they have.

[00:02:13] And you almost have to play especially going on the road and you know home, home court isn't. Yeah, exactly. Home court isn't what it used to be in sports but Boston, Boston's a pretty good home court advantage.

[00:02:28] And you know they're rocking games. You know, the first two games of the finals. Yeah, like you said, you gotta, you gotta play perfect.

[00:02:34] Perfect. And so what do they need to do to turn it around here? I mean you, you said Mavs and Six, still possible technically.

[00:02:44] What do we need to do? You know we just have to get back to what we need to do.

[00:02:47] What's been missing? What do they need to do?

[00:02:49] I mean just the supporting shooters, you know, Derry Jones in big threes, Kyrie in shots.

[00:03:00] But you know that's some of just, I think some of just on the road. You know I think we're, you know I think we'll be, I think we'll be better.

[00:03:09] I think that we saw that we can play with Boston. Now it's just a matter of getting down and just saying, hey man we can, you know we're still there.

[00:03:20] We haven't lost our home team but it was home, you know.

[00:03:23] Uh huh.

[00:03:25] But I think they just have to come out and really play with the confidence that they played in up until this point.

[00:03:33] You know I don't think they were the most confident in Boston. You know we never got a punch and then kind of went like oh man.

[00:03:39] And you know it's one of those things, you know, Luca and Kyrie in their first half and you know we're still down three at the half.

[00:03:47] Uh huh.

[00:03:49] And then you know they ended the third quarter, you know got it on the six and then they hit the half court three.

[00:03:55] Then the third I'm like dang.

[00:03:57] You know just a little thing.

[00:04:01] You know things and you know we, we know we were around but you know every time we did something you know and that's what good teams do.

[00:04:08] Boston just closed the door every time you know we made a little run or got it back close and you know they're going to run themselves.

[00:04:16] So it's just a matter of you know shooting better, turning the ball over and just regaining the confidence you know that hey man we're in the finals too.

[00:04:27] We need to you know make a run there.

[00:04:30] I mean I'm sure game three in Dallas it'll be rocking we got to take advantage of that.

[00:04:34] I mean we have to get a you know big win there because you know they have to get their confidence back a little bit because then you go down 3-0 you're dead so you know it's do or die pretty much.

[00:04:48] Yeah for sure. Do you think that um do you guys have to win the next two in Dallas to have a chance?

[00:04:55] Yeah I think so. I don't think we can go down 3-1.

[00:05:00] You know because that involves winning what two in Boston.

[00:05:06] Yeah that would be yeah that'd be pretty tough.

[00:05:09] But no I generally agree with you some of it is just bad luck you know like who knew that Kripstass Perzingis would come back.

[00:05:16] Yeah from what 37 days off or whatever it was.

[00:05:20] And just have a great it's like you have an all star type performance.

[00:05:26] I mean there's and that one highlight from game on everyone showed that stretch where he hit a big three got a huge block and then got another block.

[00:05:35] So wow.

[00:05:37] You know I think I talked about last week he was the X Factor he's unknown because if he came in rusty then maybe y'all could take advantage but he came on fire NBA Jam on fire.

[00:05:47] Yeah he had an amazing game one and then you know today you know Drew Holliday had a huge game.

[00:05:58] Mm hmm yeah well 26-0 Drew.

[00:06:02] And then Wesley M had a big day for him too and he's kind of the unsung hero on Boston.

[00:06:08] He doesn't have it I kind of think of his name Derek White.

[00:06:15] He's kind of an unsung guy.

[00:06:18] I mean he doesn't get a lot of the hype but I mean he you know had some huge threes there at the close of the game for him there.

[00:06:26] And you know that's just a difference you know and you know they're they're wrong players and different people showed up in key spots I mean.

[00:06:34] Because I mean any even Tatum didn't even have a good game again you know he's had two off games and yet they're still 2-0.

[00:06:43] Yeah I mean no you nailed it I was just about to say that yeah you have to that's how you win championships is you got to have your role players do their part.

[00:06:54] And Tatum didn't just have an off game he pretty bad game in 45 minutes tonight he was 6-22.

[00:07:00] 6-22 yeah.

[00:07:02] One from 7-3 yeah.

[00:07:04] I mean he was big with his assists so yeah.

[00:07:06] 12 assists and he hits timely shots I'll say that too.

[00:07:10] Yeah.

[00:07:11] But yeah no you need more than that you need more from Kyrie over the first two games.

[00:07:18] Yeah I mean Kyrie he's only has.

[00:07:20] 7-18 tonight he only had three three pointers all game and then I mean you look at me.

[00:07:26] He has not made yeah he has not made a single three pointer yet in this series 0-8 from 3 only 28 points total between the two games he's shooting 35% you got to have more from Kyrie.

[00:07:38] You know I got to have I mean he's the number two guy.

[00:07:42] Yeah.

[00:07:44] I mean he's a ball by star I mean you know I thought he was going to come out a little more tonight.

[00:07:50] You know Luca had some moments but I mean in the second half he went quiet.

[00:07:54] Yeah.

[00:07:56] You know Gafford was okay I mean he was you know we had some role players I think did probably over you know those series against OKC and.

[00:08:08] And Minnesota we had some role players that did things out.

[00:08:12] I think they over you know over did what people expected of them and now we need that again and you know we can't guarantee we're going to get you know the same same stuff that we did you know PJ Watson had huge games.

[00:08:26] You know Derek Jones has some huge games.

[00:08:29] So you like hopefully you know going back home to get behind you get some momentum those those guys will start filling their shots again and you know just have to weather the storm and have to win game three it's crucial.

[00:08:44] Yeah.

[00:08:45] You know you know hopefully they're coming up fine.

[00:08:49] Just handle business and you know hopefully we get a chance to head back to Boston two to two is all we can hope for at this point.

[00:09:00] I mean yeah that's all you can do take it game at a time.

[00:09:04] Game at a time game three is all that matters right now.

[00:09:07] We'll go from there but you know Kudos to Boston I mean they've done exactly what they needed to do.

[00:09:13] You know they play great defense.

[00:09:16] At the hit they've been clutch when they need to have an obvious shot well for a lot but they've been clutch at the right moments and you know their defense has turned on at the right times and they've you know forced Kyrie and Luca you know some tough tough situations.

[00:09:33] Done well and you know it's kind of funny you know last year Joe Mazzulli and I'll look at him.

[00:09:40] Exactly.

[00:09:43] Yeah it's crazy moves fast sports world moves fast.

[00:09:48] But yeah that's um that's pretty much it.

[00:09:53] That's pretty much it.

[00:09:55] I mean I think to say on that it's like I said what's the game Tuesday is that next time they play Wednesday Tuesday.

[00:10:02] Who's here Wednesday.

[00:10:04] They'll be back in Dallas and yeah maybe the home court will reinvigorate y'all and I definitely I don't you know who dangerous making predictions for us.

[00:10:14] It is Wednesday by the way but I definitely don't think Boston will get the sweep.

[00:10:17] Dallas is too good and they've been playing too well in general.

[00:10:23] Yeah I think they have a lot of pride so yeah I don't think they're there.

[00:10:27] Who knows.

[00:10:29] It's kind of take one game at a time get our confidence back and hopefully it's directed out as we can.

[00:10:35] Yeah.

[00:10:38] So yeah let's move on we'll go next to what I got.

[00:10:42] Let's talk women's college World Series quick.

[00:10:44] I kind of got a little bit of a spin on it.

[00:10:48] So of course Oklahoma fourth straight national title just first ever softball team to do that just cements themselves as the dynasty of college sports right now.

[00:11:02] We've talked about them before it's just not nearly enough respect for how good they've been over the past decade and some change.

[00:11:11] You know they didn't even they didn't even give them the number one seed or wrong this year and they still took it to Texas.

[00:11:18] It doesn't matter yeah.

[00:11:20] You know Oklahoma City just owe you an invitation more or less.

[00:11:25] Pretty much.

[00:11:27] Well it just goes there to be there.

[00:11:29] Yeah I mean looking it up looking it up again of course except for the COVID year which I'm sure they would have been there.

[00:11:37] The last time that the Sooners weren't even in Oklahoma City was 2015.

[00:11:42] Right.

[00:11:43] Which is ridiculous because we're going on a decade now of them making the college World Series every year and then also they've in that stretch they've won it six times.

[00:11:53] So it's not like they just went for it for the first time ever.

[00:11:56] I mean yeah consistency and you know she's probably one of the most underrated coaches I mean just what I mean her numbers are stupid.

[00:12:06] And it's just crazy just how much there you know the SEC already the number one softball conference and then this now you know you in Texas coming to the conference.

[00:12:18] Crazy.

[00:12:19] Ridiculous it's going to get real tough in the SEC.

[00:12:22] But that ties the Sooners now tied all time with at second place with Arizona for most titles of all time.

[00:12:29] With eight overall the really impressive part.

[00:12:32] There is it Arizona started when there's in the 90s you know they were the diamond program back then and Oklahoma's first was 2000 so they've done all that this century.

[00:12:43] Right.

[00:12:44] Because a lot of it was kind of a West Coast sport for the longest I mean I mean the SEC and I walk on that you know they talk kind of move around late in the game as far as softball so.

[00:12:55] No yeah the SEC was a very late bid and in fact Florida is the only SEC school to have multiple titles.

[00:13:05] They won back to back in 1415 A&M has to but both of those were members of as the SWC or whatever conference softball was in.

[00:13:18] But.

[00:13:19] No yeah it's just.

[00:13:21] So amazing so impressive and they'll be back next year you know they don't slow down.

[00:13:26] And you know that was crazy too because you know they lost their number one pitcher from last year who transferred to Nebraska.

[00:13:34] To come I guess it's from home sick and still didn't really affect them at all they were.

[00:13:40] I mean they lost with a couple more games than what they normally get.

[00:13:43] They didn't even win the big 12 regular season but I mean it doesn't matter when you take out your rival in the most important part of the season so.

[00:13:54] I took out Texas when it mattered the most and you know Texas didn't even get a win there and they kind of got dominated.

[00:14:01] No yeah it was not particularly a close series.

[00:14:05] Which actually kind of bring me to my spin off question about that I wanted to ask.

[00:14:10] Would you want to face a hated rival in it in a title game or series like this.

[00:14:17] It's it's a little more possible now with the college football playoff for you know Alabama.

[00:14:22] It can't happen in the pros but rivalries aren't always the same.

[00:14:25] I was trying to think of maybe.

[00:14:26] AFC NFC I mean.

[00:14:29] There's some but there's not yeah.

[00:14:32] Well yeah there's no yeah with that split which is why I often say I wish that you know the conference thing is outdated you should just see the teams.

[00:14:40] Because the only example I could think of is a team that's been a little bit out of place in the league.

[00:14:46] And I think that's why I said that's a good question.

[00:14:48] I mean you know I hate that game anytime it's played anyway.

[00:14:52] Yeah because I mean you it sucks to lose a regular season game.

[00:14:58] You know or you know you lose a game and you lose a game and you lose a game and you lose a game.

[00:15:05] And I think that's the only example I could think of.

[00:15:08] You know for example you have.

[00:15:10] You know.

[00:15:12] Met them in a national title game.

[00:15:15] You know it sucks we've lost to them in the regular season you hear that for 365 days.

[00:15:21] With the lose a national title game to your biggest rival man I couldn't imagine.

[00:15:27] You know.

[00:15:28] You know it sucks we've lost to them in the regular season you hear that for 365 days.

[00:15:33] With the lose a national title game to your biggest rival man I couldn't imagine.

[00:15:39] Oh no you don't hear the end of that.

[00:15:42] Yeah you don't exactly.

[00:15:44] And that's the thing you know because those.

[00:15:46] That's the weird thing about rivalry games is you get pumped up for them in a way you love winning them and all that but.

[00:15:52] They're also yeah it turns your stomach man those really heated ones I'm not talking.

[00:15:56] You know I thought about like Alabama LSU in 2011 LSU is a rival but they're not that kind of rival.

[00:16:03] Yes I don't you don't live it.

[00:16:06] I mean yeah I mean they're a rival but I mean.

[00:16:09] Honestly to me that rivalry jumped off your saving came back to.

[00:16:13] Came back to college and went to un-pigment before that.

[00:16:16] It was a rivalry but it wasn't.

[00:16:19] You know it's kind of jumped off in the last decade.

[00:16:21] But now we lost to a Tennessee or.

[00:16:24] No no.

[00:16:26] In a national title game or an SEC championship game and losers out of going to the playoffs or something you know that would make me absolutely sick.

[00:16:36] Yeah no.

[00:16:38] And it's one of those things like I think losing that type of thing is.

[00:16:42] Like winning is great but it's.

[00:16:46] You know by losing you just dwell on it.

[00:16:49] Some about losing those type of games that hurt you more than winning.

[00:16:53] You know just when you think about it we've had some epic.

[00:16:57] You know we've had those epic you know last two times to Auburn we've had epic wins there you know the fourth quarter.

[00:17:04] The four overtimes the catch and hands on this pass here.

[00:17:08] But I still think about the kick six or the cam game more than those just because you know they're making you so sick.

[00:17:17] The cam game as that's forever the one that I always just a quick aside that was always worse to me than the kick six kick six was kind of a fluky.

[00:17:27] Crazy play once in a lifetime thing and I think with you know Bryce Schilling's drive and then you know.

[00:17:35] Milro's throw.

[00:17:38] I think we've kind of the race that but that the cam back that's just on our field a chance to ruin their national title hopes you know knock them out of.

[00:17:49] Sickening.

[00:17:51] Oh yeah I just I just.

[00:17:54] I don't want to talk about it but yeah no I completely agree it no way in hell what I want something like just happened right now I mean hell it was.

[00:18:01] I didn't like it enough you know having to play Tennessee in a super regional you know and it didn't want them to put in our season is great to end their season but I think about.

[00:18:11] Like Duke you and seeing the final forwarder and coach K's last year that's all that would make you know Duke fans.

[00:18:17] They will never ever get it they will wake up in your sleep you'll think about it randomly in the shower 20 years from now how did we lose coach K's last game you know that that added pressure of that yeah.

[00:18:29] Carolina.

[00:18:30] Exactly yeah.

[00:18:31] That's even worse you lost his final home game and on top of that he was told a month later in the national semifinal it's you like what.

[00:18:40] Wow.

[00:18:41] You know yeah that's tough but no you.

[00:18:47] Man they're just they're a machine they're just unprecedented like it's crazy I mean like the only other thing that's been dominant at some point in college sports as of late would have probably been you know.

[00:19:05] You know that Yukon running for a while they have like six titles in a row or something you know when you know 2008 to like 15 I mean they were just running through folks.

[00:19:19] Other than that I mean this has been extraordinary and yeah it's a shame though that just because it's from first to win this sport and they stop ball you know it doesn't get near the high.

[00:19:30] And no one's going to talk about as much but what they've done has been simply amazing and it's not going anywhere.

[00:19:36] I mean they just keep on with who they're going to keep on bringing in the people and you know they could you know they who knows I mean they could go on a bacon one four or five and then one three or four more in a row wouldn't.

[00:19:53] Yeah.

[00:19:54] Absolutely yeah.

[00:19:57] I think another thing too about this the women's college world series it's another reminder to what a shame it is we're losing the Pac 12.

[00:20:06] I really you know we talked about it a minute ago with you know they're still the most dominant conference.

[00:20:16] They have.

[00:20:19] Just had a pullover is there.

[00:20:22] UCLA's 18 I think I saw I had it somewhere I just had this.

[00:20:28] But I think they have like 18.

[00:20:31] That's got to be more than that.

[00:20:34] And see a title there I can do the math right here that's a or this 20 22 23 24 women's college world series title.

[00:20:44] That's crazy well more than any other conference well more and then in the men's side they were just showing I got this Kentucky Oregon State game on the TV here.

[00:21:00] They were talking about it and I think that's a great example of what they're doing.

[00:21:03] Well more than any other conference well more and then in the men's side they were just showing I got this Kentucky Oregon State game on the TV here.

[00:21:15] They were talking about they also have the most men's college world series titles in the conference of the 18 SEC is quickly catching up there at 15 and a good chance though you know someone.

[00:21:27] They could add to that number this year but oh.

[00:21:31] Oh.

[00:21:33] Oregon State's got a bottom of nine here they hold their hold in the time run at third.

[00:21:38] That was a good hold.

[00:21:41] Right now yeah this is late Sunday night we're recording this I got the Kentucky super regional bottom of the night.

[00:21:48] Yeah bottom of the knife Oregon State down to their last out they got runners at the corners.

[00:21:53] They need to win Kentucky took game one.

[00:21:55] Quietly Kentucky's had a hell of a season so.

[00:21:58] Great yeah they were crushing the SEC for most of the year I can't a little bit of slip toward the end there but the number two overall seed.

[00:22:06] Looks like Oregon State's challenging something here I got to unmute I need to turn on the captions or something.

[00:22:11] But I was correct but talking about the but I talk about the other with the SEC and the impact 12 just what the Aggies did in the seventh inning against Oregon.

[00:22:22] They were down they put up nine in the seventh there.

[00:22:26] Yeah.

[00:22:28] Wow.

[00:22:30] Yeah.

[00:22:32] Yeah it looked like.

[00:22:33] Going into the seventh I mean they were down eight to four.

[00:22:37] Okay we're going to get the game three and call the station tomorrow and man no one happened.

[00:22:44] Yeah I just turned around another team that's had a really good year.

[00:22:47] It's gonna be a lot of SEC teams I mean.

[00:22:51] Yeah.

[00:22:53] Well it's probably probably Kentucky we already have.

[00:22:55] There's a chance to get five actually.

[00:22:59] Because Georgia.

[00:23:01] Yeah Georgia plays tomorrow.

[00:23:04] Yeah winner take all game you have Tennessee.

[00:23:08] Florida.

[00:23:10] Pull the upset over Clemson A&M that's three right now if Kentucky wins that before.

[00:23:16] Yeah.

[00:23:18] Florida.

[00:23:20] Pull the upset over Clemson A&M that's three right now if Kentucky wins that before and if Georgia wins tomorrow that would be five SEC teams.

[00:23:28] Three ACC teams yeah.

[00:23:31] ACC's already got three in with Florida State Virginia and UNC.

[00:23:36] Yeah the Pac Pac 12 had a chance to put I think what to in Oregon Oregon State.

[00:23:41] But you know like we said Oregon State's battling for their life.

[00:23:45] You mentioned the A&M comeback but yeah just you know what I was saying a shame.

[00:23:51] They were losing such a conference with a great athletic history you know.

[00:23:55] We joke about what they became in football you know for a while but.

[00:23:59] No.

[00:24:01] You know they call themselves yeah they call themselves the conference of champions and you know it's easy when you're if you're a football only fan to forget that but no.

[00:24:09] They're a strong conference.

[00:24:11] I mean they are.

[00:24:13] I mean they've had it.

[00:24:15] Yeah.

[00:24:16] Well so many sports today playing the Pac 12 there's other you know those Olympic sports and you know we don't really talk about it.

[00:24:23] Oh yeah.

[00:24:25] Like the volleyballs and stuff like that.

[00:24:27] The volleyball and swimming and all types of stuff that they do.

[00:24:31] It's not going to get it national because all about of course football basketball.

[00:24:37] But yeah I mean it's just crazy that a conference that's had so much success fell apart so fast and just just how the leadership and the people that were supposed to be able to keep a good thing going just ruined it so badly.

[00:24:58] It's just mind boggling to think you know the people that were even said the smartest in the room just wrecked the whole conference with the TV deals and whatever else.

[00:25:09] And man it's just crazy that they just I'm just they were too high in my and too smart and got in bed with the Big Ten and the Big Ten.

[00:25:23] Act like they were their friend and took their conference.

[00:25:26] Slitting their throat.

[00:25:28] Yeah.

[00:25:30] Because it seemed like you know the Pac 12 and the Big Ten were oh you know we got a team up because the big bad SEC and the Big Ten played them tough.

[00:25:42] Yeah.

[00:25:46] But yeah so it's setting up to be a really good World Series.

[00:25:51] Florida is the only team that's not a national seed in it.

[00:25:53] We got one seed Kentucky three seed A&M four seed North Carolina eight seed Florida State 12 seed Virginia and then we possible you know Kentucky is the two seed Oregon State's the 15 seed if they get in and then Georgia's seven and NC State's ten so you know it'll be a good one.

[00:26:18] Be a good one.

[00:26:20] I think a couple of our matchups are set or at least the first round to be Tennessee Florida State.

[00:26:27] I think A&M gets the winner of A&M Florida play each other.

[00:26:36] And then the winner of this game would play the winner of the Georgia NC State game and then UNC Virginia is our other matchup.

[00:26:48] So yeah some good stuff there.

[00:26:53] But moving on from that.

[00:26:57] Moving on from that.

[00:27:01] I want to talk about something what else did I have oh I made a on our account a thread a few days ago this week someone put up this picture and it was from ESPN it was from a first take and the top image is Stephen A Smith yelling in the camera and the

[00:27:21] graphic decipher is a mad dog is mad about Stephen A being tired on Monday's show and then on the on the bottom they had a picture of a

[00:27:33] sports center a screen cap from Sports Center I want to say around maybe 2012 it's got that the screenshot is Geno Smith in a West Virginia Jersey.

[00:27:43] And if you look at the left it's a sports center and if you look at the left side of it it's all you know sports and you said to that list of what's coming up next and it's all highlights.

[00:27:55] So it says like Marshall West Virginia Michigan Alabama Hawaii USC Penn State Post Paterno Oklahoma Oregon Clemson verse Auburn.

[00:28:06] And then it has a caption that says I feel bad for kids who don't know what it's like to turn on ESPN and watch actual sports highlights.

[00:28:14] And this this account college sports only said ESPN is downfall needs to be studied.

[00:28:20] And I responded to it with a you know some points on my I think we already really know but basically my points were that a you know PTI and around the horn when they first came out they were kind of innovative.

[00:28:35] They were unique in what they brought to and they're really engrossing and so they were ratings monsters as I say that Kentucky gets strike three they're moving to college world series.

[00:28:47] Yeah so that's now four SEC teams and but you know so I said that and then naturally like you know a lot of things in life especially corporations you know they took something that organically became cool or successful and then they tried to make everything like that.

[00:29:04] When the whole debate thing started remember was really started out there show cold pizza and it was only just a small portion of it was the debate point.

[00:29:14] And of course I was part of it because they'd have like Michelle Beatle and I was a dude from Denver Woody Hayes used to be on there all the time.

[00:29:24] Yeah.

[00:29:25] They used to argue for like five ten minutes and then they move on to the next segment.

[00:29:29] Yeah.

[00:29:30] I was on a portion of the show but of course that was the most popular thing.

[00:29:34] Yeah now just beating into now just beating into.

[00:29:39] Well yeah and that's part of what I think is like not only they just made everything the same and so they took away what made the show so much more successful.

[00:29:49] Yeah.

[00:29:50] And because they made it everything and they wouldn't not only that but they changed their flagship Sports Center.

[00:29:55] They went away from the highlight heavy Sports Center which used to be like this guy said the great you know you could turn on and actually see highlights from everything.

[00:30:03] It wasn't just the big games you said like I read off that graphic it had you know Oklahoma versus UTEP is one of the highlights you watch.

[00:30:10] Why?

[00:30:11] Because you want to see it.

[00:30:13] Like even if it's like it's like in wrestling even squash match you need to see a squash match from time to time.

[00:30:20] You need to know how you know really good that is but yeah that was my larger point and then I thought the other thing too the big thing that I've talked about people that I miss or the sports specific shows that they used to have after Sports Center every night.

[00:30:27] You know that your NHL tonight NFL tonight baseball tonight.

[00:30:32] You know baseball tonight is probably the one.

[00:30:35] Carl Ravitch Harold Reynolds and Peter Gammon's yep.

[00:30:39] I miss that so much because I mean just because baseball tonight is probably the one I miss the most.

[00:30:46] You know sometimes you know it's hard to keep up with how the Mariners are doing it.

[00:30:52] You know it's cool to see that.

[00:30:54] You know I miss that so much because I mean just because baseball is such a regionalized thing and you're only going to see the most popular team you know on your national games you're always seeing a lot of the Yankees you see a lot of the Cardinals but you know sometimes you know it's hard to keep up with how the Mariners are doing it.

[00:31:11] You know it's cool to see a highlight even though you see the twins Marinos highlights and you don't get an insight of you know different things that no other people really going to talk about.

[00:31:21] Yeah that's probably one of the I love baseball tonight just because they gave me so much about teams you didn't know that much about you know.

[00:31:30] That's great everything you know the diamond notes with Peter Gammon's and you know the Web Jim's you know.

[00:31:40] Oh yeah Web Jim's.

[00:31:42] You know yeah that was the best thing about you know yeah sports and are getting all the highlights and even then if they didn't show they would still do the scores remember that when they would do you know they'd show your college basketball highlights from you know a regular season then go to the

[00:31:56] other scores from around the country and they'd give you you know all the top 25 scores some big you know they'd give you mid major score some rivalry you know it really was and then there's nothing wrong with trying new stuff like we said PTI was so successful when it first came out.

[00:32:06] You know but part of that too I think another thing now I think of it is you had two guys Tony corner has a Mike Wilbon back then who were just so respected journalists and sports journalist that their opinion you cared about their opinions a lot of these guys come up now.

[00:32:10] Not Stephen A you know he he did a lot of the things that you know with the

[00:32:30] Yeah.

[00:32:32] Sometimes it's just hot take and hot take this and hot take that exact and that's all the shows are going to get a call about clickbait and hot takes and then most ridiculous things possible like.

[00:32:40] Yeah.

[00:32:42] You know and that's a you know I listen to Bill Simmons podcasts and he's a great man.

[00:32:46] You know the only he's you know they talk about the only good one is inside the NBA of course you know with Chuck and Kenny and Shaq and Ernie Johnson and you know they're all the same.

[00:32:50] Yeah.

[00:32:52] Yeah.

[00:32:54] Yeah.

[00:32:56] You know and that's a you know I listen to the bill Simmons podcast and he bitches about that a lot when he talks about NFL and NBA like pregame shows and postgame shows.

[00:33:06] You know the only he's you know they talk about the only good one is inside the NBA of course you know with Chuck and Kenny and Shaq and Ernie Johnson because well because.

[00:33:18] Yeah, they just talk and it's a free flowing conversation but when you get these other you know one of the big things he harps on is that these like especially these NFL shows they got like eight guys.

[00:33:28] And so they none of them have a chance to actually flesh out a full point.

[00:33:34] And so that that leads to what you're talking about is like they're just trying to get a sound bite so it's real quick you know it'll be some random you know quote like coming up next you know or like is Dallas imploding.

[00:33:46] Yeah.

[00:33:48] And then like the one is probably because he gets so many hot takes.

[00:33:53] I mean of course you see he has experience in the NFL quarterback but Dan or Vosky some of his hot takes from his like, you can't believe some of this stuff like.

[00:34:02] Yeah.

[00:34:04] Well it's ridiculous and I talk about that with you know anytime I talk about like kind of follow journalism because it became about money driven clickbait and views and engagement you know the social media area it's about engagement.

[00:34:21] That's all it's about. It's not so much your content it's if people know you they're going to click on your stuff and then you know advertisers want to put their thing on your article and you know you're going to make a lot of dollars from that.

[00:34:34] That's what's all about it.

[00:34:36] You could write it, if people like you and they see what you're, you know, you could these days you can pretty much write anything and someone's gonna look at it.

[00:34:46] Yeah, there's a tension good or bad.

[00:34:49] And there's room.

[00:34:52] It's like when I talk about country music with my friends and I'll talk about how much I hate, you know, bro country and the crap that's on the radio now and all that blah blah blah and, you know, I'm sure you know some people with maybe hip hop or whatever might say the same thing

[00:35:06] you know but like what, when I say how much I hate it and blah blah blah it's not real country and people go well it's what a lot of people like I'm like, I'm not saying that it doesn't deserve to exist.

[00:35:18] You can have room.

[00:35:20] Exactly. You can play the crappy the Applebee's fancy like song, and you can also play stuff that's, you know more traditional or you know maybe true. And the same thing for ESPN and sports networks you can have your hot takey shows and you can have them on there but get

[00:35:39] it should be give me the highlights bring back baseball tonight bring back, you know, NHL tonight I remember a time when ESPN got rid of the NHL rights they didn't even show it and they didn't even play NHL highlights or talk about the NHL for years.

[00:35:56] It is ridiculous you know we're not talking about you not talking about you know the America East Conference basketball that's fine, you know okay it's small.

[00:36:07] Big professional sport. Exactly. You can now of course they have a rights back so they push it and push it and Barry Melrose is back and all that but like it was ridiculous for yeah, and I used to love you know Bam with you baseball tonight was the best one but every night

[00:36:23] you know I played hockey growing up big hockey fan NHL tonight you know and he just and I was great to still hear that music because exactly what you said on SportsCenter you might only get a couple minutes of highlights but then when you if you waited around you got to that

[00:36:37] you could see in depth analysis and these guys talking about it and they were just talking about the analysis of why this is happening in the game itself. It wasn't about, oh, you know, this is why Lamar Jackson's gonna win going to the Super Bowl, you know, everything is always about the now everything's always about winning a championship or their, their whole career, you know,

[00:37:04] who's the next Mike and you know that you know that's all we seem to debate these days.

[00:37:11] Sometimes you just want to see a game for what it is you want to, you know, you want people to break down again. I mean, it's like you know it's cool having the, the you know the former pro athletes because they understand it to a level that we don't sports fans but I mean obviously they played it they lived it.

[00:37:30] So they have a certain insight that we'll never have and sometimes you just want to hear the you know, and some still do it but you would like to hear more just people breaking down the game about why this is why this didn't work because I could get a high take from anybody.

[00:37:45] Yeah, yeah, yeah.

[00:37:48] Yeah, I want you. I want someone who played the game I want your insight on why you think this didn't work why this work, you know, you know, maybe you were in the championship so you can give us a time you know, when you're so nervous and you know I want to hear that from you rather than, you know,

[00:38:10] Lamar is never going to win the Super Bowl he's not a you know,

[00:38:13] he's not a clutch guy.

[00:38:16] He started for five years man MJ didn't win his first title to what year eight, year nine.

[00:38:22] So exactly. Yeah, but yeah, I would be one of the former athletes who have a high take here and there but then sometimes some of the basic stuff that made us being great for so long.

[00:38:36] And I think some of it too. Yeah, just that everybody wants to, you know, we just went that crazy reaction, you know, that's what I'm looking for.

[00:38:46] And you know, like you said, those cool you can have that but not every show has to be there.

[00:38:52] Yeah, no, it has to be.

[00:38:55] Well, no one thing I always say when talking about anything really especially journalism but in general life is we, there's no room.

[00:39:06] Nuance, you know nuance and depth is gone from, you know, conversation these days. And that's what those shows used to bring is you know they look at these nuance things and like you said it's good.

[00:39:20] It's good to have the players of them you know I do enjoy a lot of these ex players are going here because like you said they have a different perspective than we do as fans and even as writers you know, they do.

[00:39:31] But also not every guy that retires needs to be put a microphone and put on TV and some of these guys they get are just terrible. They're just terrible.

[00:39:39] You know, not everybody is a what's his name that tight end Greg Olson he's great, you know, or you get some of these guys that are in studio that are really good I think Ryan Clark's one of them, you know, football, I think he's a really good you know former player.

[00:39:54] You know that means something for me if I'm saying a good thing about a stealer.

[00:39:59] Yeah.

[00:40:03] And Alice you got exactly double.

[00:40:06] I do I really enjoy when he's on because he has that nuance and depth to his points, you know, and not just his opinions but he like you said he analyzes things he gives us analysis which is more than just, I think this will happen it's okay you can say you don't think

[00:40:23] you know using again the Mars example you can say you don't think Mars clutch but then present provide me examples provide me analysis why I think that you know not just some hot take.

[00:40:37] Because you know that's and that's what those shows used to have yeah they had a good mix of your capable host to do the highlights and lead it and then your guys like your maybe your former players Harold Reynolds perfect baseball tonight going back that Carl Ravitch, one of the best

[00:40:51] host ESPN's ever had one of the top guys ever.

[00:40:54] Harold Reynolds, former player who was great in the mic like knew what he talked about was absolutely great at his job and then Peter gamins didn't play but a guy who had covered the sport been around it for 50 years whatever you know forever man.

[00:41:12] So it was just a perfect show and then they did the same thing when they would do NHL tonight actually I think Carl Ravitch host NHL tonight too for a lot of you know have Barry Melrose who was a former coach and player you know he but also great and analysis you know.

[00:41:28] So yeah it's just I just wanted to kind of talk about that a little bit because I said it online this week on our the taking on sports threads account.

[00:41:40] It just made me think was a good topic it's a shame that that guy's right and then the tweet you know I do feel bad for kids you know young people who turn on sports center now and it's just they might talk about three different games over the course of an hour long episode.

[00:41:56] We used to get highlights from every major sports league college leagues we get a top 10 and a did you know thrown in there you know.

[00:42:06] Oh yeah did you know was great.

[00:42:08] And if you wanted your you know and death analysis you hung around or if you were lucky enough to have like Tivo and it's early days.

[00:42:17] Yeah or you know and they had them all too for every sport they had you know the NBA one they had a you know the NFL that they had a college football one you know so yeah it's just a long gone era of sports.

[00:42:35] Yeah particularly ESPN but.

[00:42:39] It seems like everything just is about that's just kind of the social media.

[00:42:51] Yeah part of that is just the.

[00:42:55] Part of it is that now you go online the YouTube for highlights or whatever but it still sucks not to be able to get everything because you have to specifically search that the best thing about that in those days was like I said you turn on sports center for an hour and you know what you're getting you were seeing everything like you got it was like.

[00:43:12] Yeah yeah you get in even if it was like 60 seconds of each guess what then you're getting that's still great.

[00:43:21] I mean you get an idea of something going on.

[00:43:24] I guarantee tonight 90% of it is going to be NBA finals.

[00:43:30] Yeah and it's going to be like we said it's gonna be a lot of hot takes you know I get a lot of it's going to be like can Kyrie couldn't handle coming back to Boston blah blah blah you know maybe some of that's true but right.

[00:43:42] You know the way they frame it is not going to be enjoyable yeah no.

[00:43:47] It's not.

[00:43:49] My guy.

[00:43:52] I don't know like I've.

[00:43:56] Yeah, I've gotten away a lot from watching a lot of sports shows these days like.

[00:44:05] I you know I read.

[00:44:08] Oh yeah yeah YouTube a lot more just you know like I'll probably my favorite thing to do now is just you know with like.

[00:44:20] Recruiting or anything or you know car football you know I go on three and listen to the man.

[00:44:31] Just so you know we're recruiting weekend or you know them breaking stuff that we don't have a post.

[00:44:36] You know if I want something that you know I just get back.

[00:44:39] You can't get everything all at once anymore.

[00:44:41] Like you said you have to specifically go look for one thing to get anything you know and you have to go somewhere else.

[00:44:48] We are just I don't know yeah everything's a hot take and no just in depth no no original thing no in depth analysis to know where because I mean you and I can give a hot take this the same as they can yeah yeah.

[00:45:04] I mean yeah we you know like you said we can come on say some wild shit and not back at me hell look at our predictions you know.

[00:45:15] But yeah that I just wanted to talk about that to fill in some time there right and then you know for you to talk about that I mean.

[00:45:28] You know this and I mean this whole last week you know just everybody and their mother just spending so much time on Kaylin Clark.

[00:45:39] Oh God she got snubbed from the Olympics and oh and you know everybody has is you know having to pick a side you either love her you hate her.

[00:45:51] She doesn't get enough love or she gets too much love and it's like man yeah and that's the that that goes right back to the lack of nuance and depth.

[00:46:00] I talk about is that you nailed it right there it's like you have to pick a side it has to be red or blue black this way that way yeah exactly.

[00:46:10] It can't be just you know back in that day you know they would have talked about it on SportsCenter or you know NBA Tonight or whatever and they would have.

[00:46:19] They would have talked about and what they would have done is they would have broke not they would have said it and they would have had someone come in and be like.

[00:46:25] Here's why Caitlin Clark should be on the team and then someone come be like here's why they shouldn't and then they just would have talked about it they wouldn't argued and they also would have talked about which I've seen a couple people mentioned.

[00:46:36] This week but they would have talked about well hey guess what these 12 women already on the team were pretty damn good and Caitlin Clark hasn't quite earned it her way yet.

[00:46:44] Yeah exactly and then you know some analysis that I saw is another thing too is the Olympic team is not an all-star team.

[00:46:54] No no it's not it's a team team it's a team team that has to be together for overseas a lot of time for a month at a time and you want to get 12 individuals that are going to be able to coexist get along and want to play with each other.

[00:47:12] And fit in the right pieces you can't just I mean.

[00:47:14] Right because we've seen we saw you know that was World Olympics.

[00:47:20] You know a lot of talent but nobody it was horribly put together.

[00:47:27] No direction yeah.

[00:47:29] Exactly.

[00:47:31] Women haven't you know the women haven't faced that as of yet and you know maybe a lot of it some of it just has to do with the women's international game just hasn't evolved as much as the men's so it's still an easier task but you still have to put the 12 people.

[00:47:46] And then you look at it too.

[00:47:48] Chill everybody she's a rookie.

[00:47:51] Unless you know unfortunate things happen with injury.

[00:47:57] I mean I'm going to assume she's going to end up having a hell of a WNBA career which means probably has two three chances to be on the Olympic team or she wants to.

[00:48:08] Yeah exactly yeah she'll be there plenty of time.

[00:48:12] Plenty of time.

[00:48:13] Yeah she'll be there.

[00:48:15] And it's another thing too is the only you know people time to like, you know it's you know it's good advertising the Olympics don't need advertising the Olympics.

[00:48:25] I mean it's an international thing that people from all over the world are going to watch with or without you know certain people people watching more for the country.

[00:48:34] You know, or, you know, people, it's not going to change the fact that she's there or not.

[00:48:42] No, because. And then even if she was on the team then people would bitch about one thing.

[00:48:48] Oh she's only playing seven minutes a game.

[00:48:51] Exactly.

[00:48:54] Some things that people just can't be satisfied.

[00:48:59] You know, and I'm you know I'm out for the attention that she's bringing the game because I mean people come up with a little bit of never would have ever talked about the WNBA.

[00:49:08] And so a lot of people don't know what they're talking about but at least it's getting some attention.

[00:49:14] But, you know, you just hope that you know they start looking at other things as well.

[00:49:21] I mean, you know like Asia Wilson's having an amazing season you know 38 the other night and really get to talk about.

[00:49:29] Yeah.

[00:49:33] But, you know, it's good where the game is going to get attention but I get tired of the rapper pick a side.

[00:49:41] Yeah.

[00:49:43] Either with them or against them. There's no in between.

[00:49:47] Yeah, and it's, it's, it's tiresome.

[00:49:52] Very tiresome. Yeah. A lot of time I just stay away from shows in general.

[00:49:58] Yeah, I just found the highlights I want to do and I'm like you I had my few websites I've reads some accounts I follow you know to get some news and that's it.

[00:50:09] But yeah, let's see what else do I got this week.

[00:50:13] It's pretty much it for the big stuff miscellaneous things.

[00:50:19] Today a kind of surprising Darren Waller announced his retirement at age 31.

[00:50:26] I mean, good for him if he's happy but you know a guy that really flashed a lot of unique, you know, unicorn type potential.

[00:50:34] A tight end that played like receiver you know very prime Jimmy Graham esque, you know,

[00:50:41] have some videos in as a writer and he has a writer here. Oakland, Las Vegas. Yeah, really.

[00:50:49] I think he really had some injuries in New York. Yeah.

[00:50:57] And he talked about that he actually had a health scare.

[00:51:01] Back in November, spent three and a half days in the hospital.

[00:51:06] His quote was you know he said, is a scary situation during which he had problems breathing and you know couldn't stand up and stuff like that.

[00:51:19] I didn't say exactly what it was but basically said that you know after thinking about that.

[00:51:25] He's a perspective for you real quick.

[00:51:28] Exactly. Yeah.

[00:51:30] Because you got to think, you know, NFL athlete.

[00:51:34] You know you would be the best shape of the life. You have something like that happen that really puts some perspective for you.

[00:51:42] Yeah, you can't say he's not eating well or training well or, you know, and still something like that can happen.

[00:51:49] You know it's just wow.

[00:51:54] But you know, good for him. Hope he's happy. You know he's a good story guy you know he's actually drafted by the Ravens but he dealt with some addiction problems had to go to rehab kicked his kicked his habits and turned his career around.

[00:52:13] And then you know like you said, got gave to the Raiders and really had a what a pro bowl he became a pro bowler.

[00:52:21] Maybe another conversation is one of the top for a couple years is one of the top guys.

[00:52:26] You know, is either him Gronk or

[00:52:33] I can't even think of the 49ers went.

[00:52:37] Kittle. Yeah, yeah. He started getting in that conversation as one of those top echelon guys.

[00:52:44] Yeah.

[00:52:47] So wish him the best but the other story I think the other thing would probably need to hit on at least a minute or so, Dan Hurley being heavily interviewed by the Lakers the Yukon coach you know back to back national champ coach, a guy that's absolutely got it made in stores,

[00:53:07] you know he get a lifetime contract if he wanted I'm sure.

[00:53:12] He said, after he's talked to the team over the weekend they made a compelling case for him to become their coach.

[00:53:23] He will make a decision on Monday so maybe by the time you listen to this.

[00:53:28] Yeah, you already know where he goes but that's that's a huge.

[00:53:34] I think it's bigger for you con that it is for the Lakers.

[00:53:39] Do you agree? Yeah, I'd say so.

[00:53:42] He's, he's made you come back in the way.

[00:53:46] Yeah, and he took you kind of he's taking you come to a different level.

[00:53:50] They have fallen off for a little bit.

[00:53:53] You know after our lead was a coach and he got in trouble.

[00:53:57] Kind of fell off a little bit and he riding the strip there and turn them into a superpower I mean to straight national titles to dominating final four runs.

[00:54:09] He's, you know, on a mountain top by himself right no one's touching you can right now.

[00:54:18] And yeah I mean if they need.

[00:54:22] I mean there's names out there you can place one man, you know, I don't know about you, the next guy that's a tough situation to come into.

[00:54:34] I mean this guy's won two national titles and, you know, he has a tough decision to make though because I mean the Lakers are one of those once in a lifetime job opportunities I mean on too many jobs in the NBA.

[00:54:53] You know it's kind of Lakers the Celtics the Knicks maybe, and kind of those once you know still storied franchises that you know, but man.

[00:55:08] I mean you, I don't.

[00:55:11] Because I mean he's a legend that you can, but I mean he could read well in two or three years be done in the NBA. You know just with how fickle NBA culture is right now I mean, you know, you know, throw them a five year 100 million contract but I mean how many, how many coaches don't

[00:55:33] I mean he did what he could.

[00:55:45] We saw what was it Monty Williams a couple years ago you know got fired by the Suns after winning coach of the year you know it's a vicious game and I think that's probably the biggest thing he's got away yes the stability he has at UConn and not just the fact that they're like okay hey you're going to have this job for as long as you want it unless you know we start you know missing the tournament.

[00:56:08] Yeah it's got to be real bad bad bad but not only that but with the roster you know the Lakers I mean LeBron's getting old you know he's still great he's still great but he's also you know we heard what's his agent's name Rich Paul saying to interview this all season that LeBron's a free agent so LeBron might not be exercising that option you know he could be which he probably.

[00:56:33] And they don't have I don't think they have like any draft picks left from for this decade.

[00:56:43] It could be rough going there you know Anthony Davis is still there but you know he's you never know with his health right in the roster around them they have some potential.

[00:56:56] Some potential but it's yeah that's it's gonna be a tough decision for him because like you said that's one of those jobs it's hard to say no to but um a lot of comparisons.

[00:57:08] There's so much greatness that comes with it but then there's so much bad things that go with it too because as soon as things go bad and the other thing too is there's so much different being a college coach because you still have so much even with NIO and everything you still have so much control of the program.

[00:57:28] Now you go to the NBA I mean honestly man what is he probably the fourth the fourth most important person as a head coach I mean you go to the Lakers let's say A probably you know Genie Buss is the owner and right behind us LeBron.

[00:57:48] You know the same team as probably the general manager he might be the fifth most important you know that's something different for a college coach going to you know you're not the most important.

[00:58:05] Yeah and if you know and if they do what a lot of people think you know say they take a second round pick and they use it on Brownie.

[00:58:13] No then that's a lot of weight because now you're responsible for developing him into you know probably unfair expectations for him you know a lot of times it happens with you know famous sons of athletes.

[00:58:26] Exactly musicians any walk of life really you know.

[00:58:29] Right yeah I mean it's gonna be tough it's gonna be tough as is and then you know I don't that's gonna be an interesting decision and I mean just because I mean he's a legend in stores Connecticut.

[00:58:45] In two or three years he could be out the NBA and move on I mean you gotta think I mean they moved quickly away from Darwin Ham I mean he made the Western Conference finals last year.

[00:58:57] And he lost to the champs.

[00:59:00] I mean this year.

[00:59:03] Playoffs this year won the end season tournament for what that's worth.

[00:59:07] I lost again.

[00:59:10] They lost to what Denver again.

[00:59:13] I mean.

[00:59:16] I don't think it's coached it.

[00:59:19] There's not a coach who could have come into the Lakers this year and I mean Denver is just do not bill for that right now.

[00:59:27] No yeah that's what I was talking about.

[00:59:30] The roster situation there is shaky and especially now with these new cap rules coming into effect in the next couple years you know it's not like they can do what they've done the past which is hey we're going to just buy the best players you know.

[00:59:45] You gotta take that cap you know you got to build a roster and.

[00:59:51] So.

[00:59:54] But you know so it looks like you know we'll see that tomorrow his decision on Monday.

[01:00:00] Of course.

[01:00:02] It's huge yeah like you said because that that's a lot bigger for you can than it is for the Lakers if he says no the Lakers they got their back you know JJ Reddick's name been thrown out.

[01:00:14] There's 100 other names.

[01:00:16] Yeah I saw the what the one of the Pelicans assistants what's his name it's in here somewhere James Borrego.

[01:00:24] I think he has had a couple of in person interviews with them too so you know they'll find their person and.

[01:00:34] And either Lebron stays and they tried again next year or he leaves and they maybe they make a trade for Trey Young you know just throw a name out there something like that.

[01:00:44] And they kind of rebuild the roster around.

[01:00:49] What's it say say D.

[01:00:52] NBA NBA coaching.

[01:00:55] World is so fickle and it changes every minute.

[01:01:00] Second fire the next fight.

[01:01:03] There's no like it's just crazy the lack of the lack of patience for NBA coaches these days at all time well I mean we were talking about a week like did bigger staff get fired in Cleveland.

[01:01:22] This year.

[01:01:24] Were they going to be Boston know they weren't going to be Boston.

[01:01:28] Why would you fire them.

[01:01:33] Yeah, so.

[01:01:36] But that's it for yeah that's it for everything I had on my notes.

[01:01:41] Is there anything else you wanted to touch on.

[01:01:44] Well, the only other thing that's more up your alley with soccer you know that just one day now they got him.

[01:01:52] Oh, Real Madrid yeah.

[01:01:54] Real Madrid I mean, Richard Richard there right.

[01:01:58] That's gonna be ridiculous.

[01:02:00] Him.

[01:02:02] The niches junior and then Jude Bellingham that is a scary.

[01:02:07] They just they just they just one and dominate one of the most prestigious and now they just add one of the greatest players in the world.

[01:02:15] Yeah, it's it's going to be.

[01:02:18] And that's kind of one of those things that's been rumored to happen for a while now but that's scary.

[01:02:24] And there's a.

[01:02:26] Yeah, and there's always and then there's still talk that you know they'll try maybe not this year but you know the next year or two they'll try to add.

[01:02:34] Erland Holland you know from Manchester City to kind of give them a point man because Mbappe can play on the wing and that's just it's insane.

[01:02:46] That's hey that's that's soccer life it's like Major League Baseball it's like college sports you know there are haves and have nots and you can say what you want their pros and cons to that system but you know part of it is to its.

[01:03:00] Hey, you get to build these super teams and it's amazing to watch you and then if you if you hate them then that gives you you know something to strive for.

[01:03:07] So I'm gonna watch it.

[01:03:10] But you know Real Madrid, you know they've been there they've done it every way they've been there since the beginning, you know.

[01:03:16] I don't.

[01:03:18] I don't know if they were the first ever Champions League winners but they definitely.

[01:03:25] You know like we talked about when it was that a week or two ago whatever they are by far the most wins of any team in the competition.

[01:03:34] Yeah, it's not even close.

[01:03:38] Yeah, like we said 15 and the next 15 they've lost three more, which is that is an incredible record you've made 18 finals and you've won 15 of them.

[01:03:52] And the next the next time says AC Milan with seven.

[01:03:58] That's just a crazy thing but looking back yeah actually oh that's right, I should have known this Real Madrid won the first five Champions League.

[01:04:08] Back when it's back when it started in 1955.

[01:04:12] Yeah, they. So they've been doing it since the days when it was you know all your local players and stuff and then now they're doing it in the modern world.

[01:04:21] Yeah.

[01:04:23] Insane over the last four or five six seven eight nine 10 over the last 11 years they've won it six times.

[01:04:34] So yeah just that's scary.

[01:04:39] But yeah, no yeah that was a they made it official this week and it's just one more of those things that you're like oh well.

[01:04:47] Okay then.

[01:04:50] Best of luck to everybody else.

[01:04:56] Good time to be a Madrid fan I guess.

[01:05:03] But yeah I think I think we've covered about everything there is from this week.

[01:05:09] Yeah, so what's what's done up real good for you this week.

[01:05:14] For me real good this week.

[01:05:17] You know it's just a normal.

[01:05:21] Just one of those weeks is just kind of nothing too much I mean I guess even though it was you know took two losses you know it's just still cool to see the Mavs in the finals.

[01:05:33] Like I said, something done after that much so even though we're down over two I mean you know to be in June and see my team there.

[01:05:41] I mean it's still pretty cool because that's only the third time in franchise history so it's not all too common.

[01:05:49] So I mean that that's why I'm probably not taking a lot of losses as hard as that means for us it's pretty cool that we're there.

[01:05:56] Yeah.

[01:05:57] How about you?

[01:06:00] I got it with you. Nothing really jumps out to me this week just life's good at the moment I guess that's what we can say.

[01:06:12] Yeah, that's it. Nothing bad happened this week.

[01:06:19] You know I did get the doctor told me I got to cut down on a couple things you know get the cholesterol down a little bit you know so.

[01:06:25] I think they do that no matter what.

[01:06:31] Yeah.

[01:06:34] Once you get to 40 I think they just find stuff.

[01:06:37] Yeah, and you know it is right you know do watch your cheat you know think about the kids being around for that but yeah you know.

[01:06:45] But no you're right because I mean I remember I went one time over the summer during college and I had the doctor tell me I could stand to lose a few pounds and I don't know if you remember me in college but I was a skinny little boy.

[01:07:00] Yeah, I didn't I did not need to lose any pounds college now yeah I could I could take some off sure need to.

[01:07:07] Oh yeah back then easy man if I got to 180 back then I was like damn I'm thick I'm swole.

[01:07:17] Yeah, going into college I was probably good bucks 6065 you know and maybe by the time I left college I put on 1520 you know but you know now you know I definitely.

[01:07:34] Yeah exactly yeah yeah right beer and beer and that damn wings drive down yeah.

[01:07:44] But uh no but other than that it was good so I guess that's why I don't know real good this week still in good health.

[01:07:51] You know it was usual like you said it's just what they you know you know watch out for the fast food and you know go easy on the red meat eat fruits and vegetables stuff that I try to do anyway so you know.

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