1 00:01:16,080 --> 00:01:19,400 Test 1-2 Hey, we figured this out guys. 2 00:01:20,720 --> 00:01:23,520 All right, I think we're good what's happening, everybody, 3 00:01:23,520 --> 00:01:25,400 welcome back to unleash here. Good morning to you. 4 00:01:25,680 --> 00:01:26,960 Somebody give me a thumbs up here. 5 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:29,880 I think we're OK. For some reason the screen went 6 00:01:29,880 --> 00:01:31,640 blank and there he is That's right. 7 00:01:31,640 --> 00:01:32,240 All right. Good. 8 00:01:32,240 --> 00:01:36,360 Good morning, everybody. So we've got a Little Mix, we've 9 00:01:36,360 --> 00:01:39,120 got a little hot stove today. And I do want to get back to the 10 00:01:39,120 --> 00:01:41,920 Giants out of the chute here. So man, this is absolutely 11 00:01:41,920 --> 00:01:43,480 amazing. What's what, what what could 12 00:01:43,480 --> 00:01:45,360 happen for the Giants? See, what I find really 13 00:01:45,360 --> 00:01:49,560 interesting is the like the way we talk about the Giants all 14 00:01:49,560 --> 00:01:52,320 these years because they forced us to talk about them this way 15 00:01:52,600 --> 00:01:53,680 because they've been a train wreck. 16 00:01:53,680 --> 00:01:55,480 They basically morphed into the New York Jets. 17 00:01:56,000 --> 00:02:01,600 And what we're going to find out is how other people perceive the 18 00:02:01,600 --> 00:02:05,240 Giants organization, which to me is really all that matters. 19 00:02:05,240 --> 00:02:07,400 I mean, you, you look, and I know that we've lived this. 20 00:02:07,400 --> 00:02:09,199 But when you actually listen to this, right? 21 00:02:09,680 --> 00:02:13,000 And and this is stuff that as Giant fans, you've gone through 22 00:02:13,320 --> 00:02:15,960 and we've gone through. But when you actually just start 23 00:02:15,960 --> 00:02:20,440 to look at what they've actually done with two playoff 24 00:02:20,440 --> 00:02:23,800 appearances and in 14 years, you had the one wild card win it. 25 00:02:23,800 --> 00:02:27,320 And then even going back to the litany of coaches, Coughlin, 26 00:02:27,320 --> 00:02:34,320 McAdoo, Shermer, Judge Gable, obviously Spags and Kafka as 27 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:35,960 interims. You've had multiple general 28 00:02:35,960 --> 00:02:39,440 managers, you've had some ugly trades and maybe some PR 29 00:02:39,440 --> 00:02:43,040 situations which were a bit, you know, less than optimal, if you 30 00:02:43,040 --> 00:02:45,800 will. And it's it's really bit like 31 00:02:45,800 --> 00:02:49,880 the perception of the Giants has just dropped to, I don't want to 32 00:02:49,880 --> 00:02:52,880 say an all time low because, you know, we all know historically 33 00:02:52,880 --> 00:02:54,800 the 70s were really unkind to the Giants. 34 00:02:54,800 --> 00:02:56,680 But like, it was such a different world. 35 00:02:56,680 --> 00:02:58,920 Yeah, you got to get beat up in the papers and get buried in the 36 00:02:58,920 --> 00:03:01,720 newspapers. But, you know, you can kind of, 37 00:03:02,400 --> 00:03:05,080 I don't know if the right word is Hyde here, but you can kind 38 00:03:05,080 --> 00:03:09,160 of get away with, you know, some, some rough lean years and 39 00:03:09,200 --> 00:03:12,360 and still be and still blend in, you know, if you're a 40 00:03:12,360 --> 00:03:14,840 dysfunctional franchise, as the Giants have been for a while. 41 00:03:14,840 --> 00:03:17,640 So and not only dysfunctional, like it's one thing to be a bad 42 00:03:17,640 --> 00:03:20,600 franchise and simply not win, but there's not there's not a 43 00:03:20,600 --> 00:03:22,640 lot of noise, there's just a lot of losses. 44 00:03:22,640 --> 00:03:24,600 And then there's a lot of coaches and then there's a lot 45 00:03:24,600 --> 00:03:28,360 of GMs. And then obviously when you're bad for a long time, 46 00:03:28,600 --> 00:03:31,640 you're getting top picks. And if you remain bad for a long 47 00:03:31,640 --> 00:03:34,800 time, those top picks obviously aren't aren't coming to 48 00:03:34,800 --> 00:03:36,560 fruition. Like that's one aspect of it. 49 00:03:36,800 --> 00:03:39,640 And there's a lot of teams in sports that that have to deal 50 00:03:39,640 --> 00:03:42,200 with that. But like the giant situations 51 00:03:42,200 --> 00:03:44,800 been coupled and made messier by the fact that I think that 52 00:03:44,800 --> 00:03:46,440 they've complicated their own world. 53 00:03:46,440 --> 00:03:49,240 So they, they've got a lifeline here. 54 00:03:49,240 --> 00:03:52,760 Some they are, they are getting thrown a bone where like the, 55 00:03:52,880 --> 00:03:54,920 the timing couldn't be more serendipitous. 56 00:03:54,920 --> 00:03:58,560 They, they made the decision and rightfully so, to move on from 57 00:03:58,560 --> 00:04:01,280 Dabel and they had to do that and they did. 58 00:04:01,720 --> 00:04:06,160 And then they made the decision to for some reason none of us 59 00:04:06,160 --> 00:04:08,160 really understand this. We don't know why they're doing 60 00:04:08,160 --> 00:04:10,680 this, but to keep Joe Shane in the building. 61 00:04:10,680 --> 00:04:14,080 Now I, I do think that you can work around that. 62 00:04:14,080 --> 00:04:16,720 Like if, and, and again, I'm obviously talking about horrible 63 00:04:17,120 --> 00:04:20,640 and to a lesser extent Stefanski and then, you know, McCarthy 64 00:04:20,640 --> 00:04:22,120 and, and like if Tomlin shakes free. 65 00:04:22,480 --> 00:04:26,160 But the perception of the Giants right now is horrendous. 66 00:04:26,160 --> 00:04:29,440 So when you have that perception, you're going to have 67 00:04:29,440 --> 00:04:32,120 to overpay to convince somebody to come and save you. 68 00:04:32,880 --> 00:04:35,160 And that's the contract. And the Giants have the money. 69 00:04:35,160 --> 00:04:37,720 Their most recent valuation is through the roof. 70 00:04:37,720 --> 00:04:41,320 They sell what they sold, what 10% of the team, which equates 71 00:04:41,320 --> 00:04:44,360 to a a ton of, you know, disposable cash here. 72 00:04:44,360 --> 00:04:47,360 So the Giants really, they've got the financial means. 73 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:49,920 I think every NFL team really, if you think away the if you 74 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,520 think away, if you think the way about the way the NFL is run 75 00:04:53,520 --> 00:04:56,320 versus baseball. Like if there's, I don't care if 76 00:04:56,320 --> 00:04:59,000 you're in a small market like Jacksonville, wherever you are, 77 00:04:59,320 --> 00:05:02,120 if you want to be bold and you want to do something and, and 78 00:05:02,120 --> 00:05:05,880 hire, you know, just like when they lured Urban Meyer away from 79 00:05:05,880 --> 00:05:07,920 college and give him a lot of money, you could do that. 80 00:05:07,920 --> 00:05:11,200 Whereas like, you know, the Twins or the Pirates or the Rays 81 00:05:11,200 --> 00:05:14,000 or some teams like that, the A's before they get really, you 82 00:05:14,000 --> 00:05:17,000 know, profitable out there in Las Vegas, there are just 83 00:05:17,000 --> 00:05:19,560 financial limitations that you that you just have to work 84 00:05:19,560 --> 00:05:21,720 around where that's not the case in the NFL. 85 00:05:21,720 --> 00:05:23,600 So the Giants have a license to spend. 86 00:05:23,840 --> 00:05:25,280 The Giants have the means to spend. 87 00:05:25,280 --> 00:05:27,960 The problem won't be the money. Like, there's no doubt what 88 00:05:27,960 --> 00:05:31,960 whatever it is, 13 a year, I don't know, 14 a year, maybe 15, 89 00:05:32,240 --> 00:05:36,120 whatever somebody like John Horbaugh is going to command, 90 00:05:36,440 --> 00:05:39,720 the Giants will very freely and willingly write that check and 91 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:41,040 they've got the resources to do it. 92 00:05:41,400 --> 00:05:44,960 The issue is if the Giants that this is the one thing that 93 00:05:44,960 --> 00:05:47,320 cannot happen. I understand you get to talk to 94 00:05:47,320 --> 00:05:49,360 everybody. Do you due diligence, talk to 95 00:05:49,360 --> 00:05:52,080 the assistants, talk to the, you know, you just had dinner with 96 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:53,960 Stefanski. Do all these things that you're 97 00:05:53,960 --> 00:05:57,160 doing, which is smart, all right, You know, flip over every 98 00:05:57,160 --> 00:06:02,400 rock, go through every single every possible combination of of 99 00:06:02,400 --> 00:06:05,520 and and and and just ride the process out which which they're 100 00:06:05,520 --> 00:06:07,520 doing. But there's going to come a 101 00:06:07,520 --> 00:06:09,920 point and this is what should worry the giant fans. 102 00:06:09,920 --> 00:06:14,480 It's going to come a point where Harbaugh at some point is going 103 00:06:14,480 --> 00:06:17,240 to say, all right, I believe in dart. 104 00:06:17,240 --> 00:06:19,480 Hey, you know what? I, I Revere the Giants. 105 00:06:19,480 --> 00:06:21,600 I, I've always Revere the franchise. 106 00:06:21,600 --> 00:06:24,400 I want to be the guy to get him back on solid footing, elevate 107 00:06:24,400 --> 00:06:28,240 the brand, restore, not even elevate, really restore the 108 00:06:28,240 --> 00:06:32,000 brand, because with the Giants, there's got to be a restoration. 109 00:06:32,000 --> 00:06:33,880 And that that's, that's really what it comes down to. 110 00:06:33,920 --> 00:06:38,120 And that is a a big, big job made easier by the fact that 111 00:06:38,120 --> 00:06:40,080 you've got the presence of a quarterback that I think we all 112 00:06:40,080 --> 00:06:43,240 like and most of us really, really believe in in terms of 113 00:06:43,240 --> 00:06:47,240 top, top level upside here. But I am still worried about the 114 00:06:47,240 --> 00:06:50,360 giants like getting in their own way here. 115 00:06:50,400 --> 00:06:53,880 If and when horrible or lesser extent the other guy say, hey, 116 00:06:53,880 --> 00:06:56,320 listen, I want to come contracts done. 117 00:06:56,320 --> 00:06:58,640 We're good on the money. We're we're we're in line with 118 00:06:58,640 --> 00:07:01,000 the parameters. I can't work with Joe Shane like 119 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:02,520 I I have no interest in doing that. 120 00:07:02,520 --> 00:07:05,120 I don't know him. I've got no connection to him. 121 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:08,840 I want to bring in my guy. And it's like if the Giants, I 122 00:07:08,840 --> 00:07:11,480 don't think that they'll do this, but we've got at least 123 00:07:11,480 --> 00:07:15,360 flushed through the possibility if the Giants allow that to 124 00:07:15,360 --> 00:07:20,360 happen and there's a moment of inflection where Horrible or one 125 00:07:20,360 --> 00:07:23,280 of the top candidates doesn't feel as if the Giants are on the 126 00:07:23,280 --> 00:07:26,160 same page with him in terms of what he's demanding. 127 00:07:26,440 --> 00:07:28,680 Well, now the giants have a massive issue because as we 128 00:07:28,680 --> 00:07:31,720 talked about yesterday, hey, we can run through it and I'm not 129 00:07:31,720 --> 00:07:33,520 going to do it again because I've already done it twice, but 130 00:07:33,520 --> 00:07:36,640 we can run through we have and, and it's on other podcasts if 131 00:07:36,640 --> 00:07:39,160 you guys want to check it out, previous shows on YouTube, It's 132 00:07:39,160 --> 00:07:41,520 all up there, the content BT unleashed. 133 00:07:41,520 --> 00:07:45,360 But we we've gone through, you know, what's available, what 134 00:07:45,360 --> 00:07:49,040 teams have salary cap, what teams have desirable situations 135 00:07:49,040 --> 00:07:51,560 in terms of ownership and ones you want to you want to run away 136 00:07:51,560 --> 00:07:53,240 from. Everybody knows that. 137 00:07:53,240 --> 00:07:54,880 Like that's already been established, everything he's 138 00:07:54,880 --> 00:07:57,440 been laid out in that regard. We know who they're looking at, 139 00:07:57,520 --> 00:07:59,560 we know who they like, we know who's available. 140 00:07:59,560 --> 00:08:02,920 Right? Although the extra layer of 141 00:08:02,920 --> 00:08:05,280 complication because there's six openings right now. 142 00:08:05,280 --> 00:08:07,160 I'm not counting the Ravens for Harbaugh. 143 00:08:07,720 --> 00:08:11,800 And there are three situations where there's really 7, but 3-3 144 00:08:11,800 --> 00:08:15,680 that are, I think, centrally paramount to what how how 145 00:08:15,680 --> 00:08:18,200 Harbaugh is going to really view the Giants here. 146 00:08:18,440 --> 00:08:21,280 If the Bills lose to Jacksonville, if Philly doesn't 147 00:08:21,280 --> 00:08:23,800 play well against San Francisco. And if somehow you know, the 148 00:08:23,800 --> 00:08:26,400 Steelers, I shouldn't even say somehow I think the Texans going 149 00:08:26,400 --> 00:08:29,440 to win that game. But if optically it looks off 150 00:08:29,440 --> 00:08:32,720 and it looks sloppy and it's just like, OK, like the Ravens 151 00:08:32,720 --> 00:08:36,159 made the determination with Harbaugh, the Steelers, who are 152 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:39,919 more patient historically in terms of letting people go. 153 00:08:40,600 --> 00:08:43,760 Then if they are forced into a situation where they've got them 154 00:08:43,760 --> 00:08:46,360 like they feel they've got to move on from Tomlin, you've got 155 00:08:46,360 --> 00:08:49,840 three very appealing situations. Who wouldn't want to coach Josh 156 00:08:49,840 --> 00:08:51,440 Hamlin? Who wouldn't want to go to 157 00:08:51,440 --> 00:08:53,560 Philly with Howie Roseman, especially somebody like 158 00:08:53,560 --> 00:08:56,280 Horbaugh who was there and who wouldn't want to be a part of 159 00:08:56,280 --> 00:08:58,480 the Steelers fabric? Who wouldn't want to be a part 160 00:08:58,800 --> 00:09:03,080 of of that brand? So there is no way, no, under no 161 00:09:03,080 --> 00:09:08,000 circumstance can the Giants remain beholden to Joe Shane. 162 00:09:08,000 --> 00:09:11,720 And, and I don't even mean to the extent where there's a 163 00:09:11,720 --> 00:09:15,920 marginalization that's very clearly communicated to John 164 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:18,680 Horbaugh where it's like, hey, listen, we got it. 165 00:09:18,880 --> 00:09:21,240 You know, we're going to bring him back, but it's your show. 166 00:09:21,240 --> 00:09:23,600 And we're going to even work that in the contract and, and do 167 00:09:23,600 --> 00:09:24,880 that. What, however they'll do that, 168 00:09:24,880 --> 00:09:27,800 the agents will do that. If John Horbaugh doesn't want 169 00:09:27,800 --> 00:09:30,440 Joe Shane around, then the Giants absolutely have to tell 170 00:09:30,440 --> 00:09:32,240 Joe Shane, I'm sorry, you're out. 171 00:09:32,360 --> 00:09:35,520 That's it. And I, that is the one thing 172 00:09:36,000 --> 00:09:38,960 that I am, I don't know if I'd use the word worry, but that's 173 00:09:38,960 --> 00:09:40,600 the one thing that I'm very aware of. 174 00:09:41,000 --> 00:09:44,640 And I think it's the one possible real impediment that 175 00:09:44,640 --> 00:09:48,400 might get in the way of hiring somebody like John Horrible, who 176 00:09:48,640 --> 00:09:50,800 as I've chronicled is, is tremendous. 177 00:09:50,800 --> 00:09:54,240 I do think he is. I think he's slightly overrated. 178 00:09:54,240 --> 00:09:57,680 I think there's an elevation. Maybe it's the horrible name. 179 00:09:57,680 --> 00:09:59,520 Maybe it's the stability of the Ravens. 180 00:09:59,520 --> 00:10:02,000 Maybe it's the fact that he's been in one place for 18 years. 181 00:10:02,000 --> 00:10:04,920 Maybe it's the fact that he does have the one Lombardi trophy. 182 00:10:04,920 --> 00:10:08,080 Maybe it's the fact that he's worked well up until recently 183 00:10:08,080 --> 00:10:10,880 with a young quarterback, two time MVPII. 184 00:10:11,040 --> 00:10:13,000 You know, I don't know. To me, the other side of the 185 00:10:13,000 --> 00:10:18,240 coin is there's also a little not not enough hesitation not to 186 00:10:18,240 --> 00:10:21,280 hire him. I mean, I love horrible and but 187 00:10:21,280 --> 00:10:27,040 but I do think that when you you juxtapose what he's done and you 188 00:10:27,040 --> 00:10:30,440 line it up as I have already, yes, on yesterday's show with 189 00:10:30,440 --> 00:10:33,800 Mike McCarthy, I don't think it's as much of A layup as many 190 00:10:33,800 --> 00:10:35,720 of you do now. That's just an opinion thing. 191 00:10:35,960 --> 00:10:38,760 What's not an opinion is that they're basically the same age. 192 00:10:38,760 --> 00:10:43,080 Harbaugh 63, Mike is 62. They both they both coach 193 00:10:43,080 --> 00:10:47,400 literally 18 years in the NFL. They both have a 61 win percent 194 00:10:47,400 --> 00:10:50,320 rate in the regular season. They both got a Super Bowl. 195 00:10:50,320 --> 00:10:52,440 And Oh yeah, by the way, and this seems to be omitted a 196 00:10:52,440 --> 00:10:55,760 little bit, and this is just a football thing independent of 197 00:10:55,760 --> 00:10:59,160 the the Shane Giants connection. Just for a moment. 198 00:10:59,880 --> 00:11:04,200 I actually think with both men, to be fair, because I don't 199 00:11:04,200 --> 00:11:05,920 think that McCarthy's better than horrible. 200 00:11:05,920 --> 00:11:09,280 I just think he's, for whatever reason, not perceived to be on 201 00:11:09,280 --> 00:11:13,680 the same level as horribaugh, which to me is just factually 202 00:11:13,680 --> 00:11:16,000 untrue based on what I just told you. 203 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:19,520 Now you want to tell me you think horribaugh projects as 204 00:11:19,520 --> 00:11:22,280 more of a leader of men? All right, we could have that 205 00:11:22,280 --> 00:11:23,800 conversation. I don't really know how you 206 00:11:23,800 --> 00:11:25,560 quantify that. I don't know how you 207 00:11:25,560 --> 00:11:28,520 substantiate that with any sort of fact because you know, the 208 00:11:28,600 --> 00:11:32,320 the things that I think you can look at Mike McCarthy with and 209 00:11:32,320 --> 00:11:35,880 say, well, you know, he had Aaron Rodgers, who was amazing, 210 00:11:35,880 --> 00:11:39,240 a top quarterback of all time. And while Lamar Jackson clearly 211 00:11:39,240 --> 00:11:42,240 is not Aaron Rodgers in the pantheon of of NFL quarterbacks, 212 00:11:42,240 --> 00:11:45,800 historically, I mean, he's in his 20s, late 20s, but he's in 213 00:11:45,800 --> 00:11:47,840 his prime and he's got multiple MVPS. 214 00:11:48,240 --> 00:11:53,200 And too many times we saw the Ravens walk off the field on the 215 00:11:53,200 --> 00:11:57,160 wrong side of the scoreboard in a big game, a game that maybe a 216 00:11:57,360 --> 00:12:00,480 a slightly better coach than Horrible would have punched 217 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:02,480 through. I think Coughlin finds a way to 218 00:12:02,480 --> 00:12:04,400 win there. I think that certainly guys like 219 00:12:04,400 --> 00:12:08,040 Belichick and Parcells and you know, the best of the best, I 220 00:12:08,040 --> 00:12:10,480 think they find a way to get to a Super Bowl, Lamar. 221 00:12:10,480 --> 00:12:14,400 So those are things that, that I look at and, and I do in the 222 00:12:14,400 --> 00:12:18,640 full honest, you know, A-Z as transparent as you could 223 00:12:18,640 --> 00:12:22,960 possibly have evaluation of potential Giant coaches. 224 00:12:23,400 --> 00:12:25,680 I, I think it's a great option. And again, I'll use the word 225 00:12:25,680 --> 00:12:27,800 that I used before. I think it's serendipitous where 226 00:12:28,040 --> 00:12:30,520 like the Giants, they finally have a quarterback that's 227 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:33,480 appealing, which makes their job incredibly appealing. 228 00:12:33,480 --> 00:12:37,240 But I am still very surprised even after yesterday's show and 229 00:12:37,240 --> 00:12:39,920 some of the reactions that a lot of you had, you know, cuz I've 230 00:12:39,920 --> 00:12:42,680 been posted it on Instagram and obviously it's on YouTube and 231 00:12:42,680 --> 00:12:45,680 all the comments and some of you agree with me and I don't need 232 00:12:45,680 --> 00:12:47,120 you to agree with me. That's fine. 233 00:12:47,480 --> 00:12:50,360 I'm just telling you what I see and what I feel, what I don't 234 00:12:50,360 --> 00:12:51,960 get. And it's frustrating because at 235 00:12:51,960 --> 00:12:57,360 some point, guys, at some point you've got to deal in a, in with 236 00:12:57,360 --> 00:13:01,240 a, with a factual basis. And when I ask you, it's a very 237 00:13:01,240 --> 00:13:04,600 direct question, you know, what separates for you. 238 00:13:05,120 --> 00:13:09,680 Like why is John Horbaugh thought to be the savior for the 239 00:13:09,680 --> 00:13:11,160 Giants? And I'm not saying he can't be, 240 00:13:11,160 --> 00:13:13,520 but he's positioned as as that guy right now. 241 00:13:13,880 --> 00:13:17,000 And Mike McCarthy his positions got him while Mike McCarthy 242 00:13:17,000 --> 00:13:20,040 Adams not feeling Mike McCarthy. And again, I don't know why I'd 243 00:13:20,040 --> 00:13:22,200 love to have the answer. Haven't gotten one intelligent 244 00:13:22,200 --> 00:13:24,560 answer based, you know, backed up by fact. 245 00:13:24,720 --> 00:13:28,760 I've got a lot of opinions. He looks more like a coach, you 246 00:13:28,760 --> 00:13:30,960 know, he he doesn't run a Country Club. 247 00:13:30,960 --> 00:13:34,360 Well, you know, OK, maybe there's something to be said and 248 00:13:34,360 --> 00:13:37,880 and maybe that could be backed up by some people around the 249 00:13:37,880 --> 00:13:42,000 NFL. But I believe that when you it's 250 00:13:42,000 --> 00:13:48,920 appealing to me when you work at multiple stops and you have 251 00:13:48,920 --> 00:13:53,160 multiple levels of success, OK, Meaning you won in Green Bay 252 00:13:53,240 --> 00:13:54,880 with and you should have won another one with Rodgers. 253 00:13:54,880 --> 00:13:57,800 I'm not here to dispute that you got when you have Aaron Rodgers 254 00:13:58,240 --> 00:14:01,640 and you know you are regularly the one seed or the two seed 255 00:14:01,640 --> 00:14:06,080 with with 1213 wins as he even more than he like he had in 256 00:14:06,080 --> 00:14:09,880 Green Bay 1 is not good enough. Now for The Jets, we'll take 257 00:14:09,880 --> 00:14:11,560 one. For the Giants, where it's been 258 00:14:11,560 --> 00:14:13,840 a minute, we'll take one. But when you're rolling out 259 00:14:13,840 --> 00:14:17,280 Rodgers for more than a decade in his absolute prime, I got no 260 00:14:17,280 --> 00:14:19,680 problem saying there's an element of underachievement with 261 00:14:19,680 --> 00:14:22,120 McCarthy. But I also say the same thing 262 00:14:22,120 --> 00:14:25,200 with John Horbaugh and I also and myself. 263 00:14:25,320 --> 00:14:27,120 Now some of you don't do this and that's fine. 264 00:14:27,520 --> 00:14:32,720 I play value in being able to do your thing in more than one 265 00:14:32,720 --> 00:14:35,560 spot. So he's with Green Bay, wins a 266 00:14:35,560 --> 00:14:38,680 ton of games, wins the Super Bowl, then he goes to Dallas. 267 00:14:38,760 --> 00:14:41,680 All right now Dallas is a Dallas is like the Yankees. 268 00:14:41,680 --> 00:14:43,000 It's a totally different monster. 269 00:14:43,240 --> 00:14:44,680 I don't care if you win 12 games. 270 00:14:44,680 --> 00:14:47,440 I don't care if you elevate your quarterback to, you know, top 271 00:14:47,440 --> 00:14:50,720 two, top three in the MVP, which he did for Dak Prescott, by the 272 00:14:50,720 --> 00:14:52,280 way. Don't forget about that. 273 00:14:52,640 --> 00:14:56,840 I don't care that like that level of success means nothing 274 00:14:56,840 --> 00:15:00,080 to the fans and really to the national media because Dallas is 275 00:15:00,080 --> 00:15:02,400 always a main story. And as I said yesterday, much 276 00:15:02,400 --> 00:15:05,920 like the Yankees, Yankees could win 94 games, you know, tie with 277 00:15:05,920 --> 00:15:10,800 Toronto or previous years, win 100 games or 99 with Boone and 278 00:15:10,800 --> 00:15:12,880 not get to or win the World Series. 279 00:15:12,880 --> 00:15:15,840 And, and it's less than and it's positioned differently than 280 00:15:15,880 --> 00:15:17,960 other teams who get to that level. 281 00:15:17,960 --> 00:15:20,000 And that's part of the game. I understand. 282 00:15:20,000 --> 00:15:22,640 Like that standard was set by the Yankees. 283 00:15:22,640 --> 00:15:26,320 That standard was set by the Dallas Cowboys based on years. 284 00:15:26,320 --> 00:15:29,200 Now, the Yankees standard is a lot higher than the Dallas 285 00:15:29,200 --> 00:15:32,960 standard, but in terms of the historical context, they're on 286 00:15:32,960 --> 00:15:36,240 the same plane. You know, their brands are are 287 00:15:36,240 --> 00:15:38,920 platinum. And it doesn't matter if you win 288 00:15:38,920 --> 00:15:41,480 11 or 12 or 13 games, if you don't get to the Super Bowl, you 289 00:15:41,480 --> 00:15:43,800 fail. But I do place value. 290 00:15:43,800 --> 00:15:47,000 I always have and I always will because it shows it a a 291 00:15:47,000 --> 00:15:49,960 transferable skill set. And those are two very 292 00:15:49,960 --> 00:15:51,440 different. Not that I don't think that John 293 00:15:51,440 --> 00:15:54,080 would go to the Giants and transfer what he does well to 294 00:15:54,080 --> 00:15:55,800 them. I absolutely believe that he 295 00:15:55,800 --> 00:15:58,160 would. But there's evidence that 296 00:15:58,160 --> 00:16:00,680 McCarthy's already done that in two spots. 297 00:16:01,040 --> 00:16:03,520 And this is not to get on the Mike McCarthy soapbox with the 298 00:16:03,520 --> 00:16:06,240 pulpit and shove Mike McCarthy down your throat. 299 00:16:06,560 --> 00:16:09,960 I just remain confused based on the interactions that we've had 300 00:16:09,960 --> 00:16:15,160 on the on the show, on social media, there just seems to be a 301 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,880 completely different energy for a guy who literally has done the 302 00:16:18,880 --> 00:16:21,520 same thing as the guy that many of you are denigrating. 303 00:16:21,800 --> 00:16:24,240 I don't know why. Like think of let's let's go to 304 00:16:24,240 --> 00:16:28,120 Pat Riley for a SEC right. I've used the word and neither 305 00:16:28,120 --> 00:16:30,120 one of these gentlemen is Pat Riley. 306 00:16:30,120 --> 00:16:31,520 We'll do a little Nixon in a little bit. 307 00:16:31,520 --> 00:16:34,920 Good job by the Knicks needed to see that Knicks You know, good 308 00:16:34,920 --> 00:16:38,920 job last night looked like a a little bit of a a pride check 309 00:16:39,000 --> 00:16:40,480 for the New York Knicks, which I'll hit in a bit. 310 00:16:40,480 --> 00:16:44,800 But Pat Riley to think about the way Pat Riley won and and I I 311 00:16:44,800 --> 00:16:46,720 think this is a great way to look it up. 312 00:16:46,720 --> 00:16:49,720 Baseball's a little different because the manager has less 313 00:16:49,720 --> 00:16:53,080 influence, right, because it's not necessarily a style in 314 00:16:53,080 --> 00:16:56,000 baseball. You know, in the NBA you could 315 00:16:56,000 --> 00:16:59,680 Jack up 40 threes, you could slow the pace, you can have a 316 00:16:59,680 --> 00:17:03,000 deep end, you can run out seven or eight guys a night like Tom 317 00:17:03,000 --> 00:17:05,280 Thibodeau did. There's many different ways to 318 00:17:05,280 --> 00:17:08,400 attack an NBA game, much like there's many different ways to 319 00:17:08,400 --> 00:17:12,040 attack an NFL game or your run heavy or your pass heavy. 320 00:17:12,040 --> 00:17:16,000 Do you have more of a balance? Do you, you know, hire ADC who's 321 00:17:16,000 --> 00:17:17,680 blitzing all day? Do you laid back? 322 00:17:17,680 --> 00:17:19,280 Are you opportunistic with the blitz? 323 00:17:19,280 --> 00:17:22,000 So that's basic stuff. But but back to Riley for a 324 00:17:22,000 --> 00:17:25,000 minute. Pat Riley to me is the greatest. 325 00:17:25,040 --> 00:17:29,760 More so than Phil Jackson, more so than any Brett Holtzman. 2 326 00:17:29,760 --> 00:17:32,440 championships with the Knicks in 69 and 73. 327 00:17:32,680 --> 00:17:35,680 More so than Casey Jones who won a couple of the Birds crew in 328 00:17:35,680 --> 00:17:37,200 the South with the Celtics in the 80s. 329 00:17:37,560 --> 00:17:40,920 You can't find an NBA coach, even Kerr with all those 330 00:17:40,920 --> 00:17:42,800 championships. Popovich one spot. 331 00:17:43,240 --> 00:17:46,880 The thing to me that always separates Pat Riley, and by 332 00:17:46,880 --> 00:17:49,520 extension always separates from me. 333 00:17:49,520 --> 00:17:52,080 Bill Parcells. More than Belichick, more than 334 00:17:52,280 --> 00:17:56,520 Lombardi, more than Landry, more than Chuck Knoll is the ability 335 00:17:56,880 --> 00:18:02,520 to win not only in different places, but stylistically have 336 00:18:02,520 --> 00:18:06,040 something completely different from your previous spot and 337 00:18:06,080 --> 00:18:09,600 think Now, many of you didn't really see Pat Riley coaching. 338 00:18:09,720 --> 00:18:12,000 And I was fairly young myself, but I was obviously all in the 339 00:18:12,000 --> 00:18:13,800 NBA even then. So I'm watching it. 340 00:18:13,800 --> 00:18:16,840 I don't know that I was processing it this way, but Pat 341 00:18:16,840 --> 00:18:21,640 Riley won with the Lakers with, you know, a prototype as a point 342 00:18:21,640 --> 00:18:25,280 guard 69 magic run of the show up and down the court worthy 343 00:18:25,280 --> 00:18:28,360 Byron Scott fast break trying to run you out of the gym. 344 00:18:28,720 --> 00:18:32,880 But they also had the half court option tight game late. 345 00:18:33,160 --> 00:18:35,040 All right, let's get it to the big boy down low. 346 00:18:35,200 --> 00:18:37,760 Let's get that sky hook. Go get his big fella lead his 347 00:18:37,760 --> 00:18:40,280 Kareem. So that was one way that he won. 348 00:18:40,720 --> 00:18:43,080 And then when he came to the Knicks, they were, it was such a 349 00:18:43,080 --> 00:18:47,320 rebranding, like it was really that you you couldn't have a 350 00:18:47,360 --> 00:18:50,080 more different approach. It was a complete antithesis 351 00:18:50,080 --> 00:18:54,320 because the Lakers who tried to score 130 and the Knicks with 352 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,160 Riley and Ewing and Mason Oak and all our guys, he would try 353 00:18:58,160 --> 00:19:05,080 to and did win more times than not, 90 to 868781, no high 354 00:19:05,080 --> 00:19:07,280 scoring game. Hubert Davis had a couple of 355 00:19:07,280 --> 00:19:12,840 threes, 9489 like so he did that and it was a totally different 356 00:19:12,840 --> 00:19:14,720 style and it was seamless for him. 357 00:19:14,880 --> 00:19:17,560 It was an immediate transition and immediately immediate 358 00:19:17,560 --> 00:19:19,800 recognition. Here's what I'm inheriting, 359 00:19:19,960 --> 00:19:22,280 here's how we're playing and here's how we're winning. 360 00:19:22,560 --> 00:19:25,600 There was no conversations. There was no deviations. 361 00:19:25,760 --> 00:19:28,120 Now, the Knicks didn't win the championship they should have. 362 00:19:28,560 --> 00:19:31,320 Ewing, we love them. Got out played by Lajuan, no 363 00:19:31,320 --> 00:19:32,680 crime. One of the best players of all 364 00:19:32,680 --> 00:19:36,240 time. I think Lajuan's 9 or 10 or 11 365 00:19:36,240 --> 00:19:37,480 in the NBAI think he's that good. 366 00:19:37,520 --> 00:19:39,360 I think he's the most underrated player in the history of the 367 00:19:39,360 --> 00:19:41,400 NBA. But Riley did what he did there. 368 00:19:41,720 --> 00:19:45,560 And then when he went to Miami, he showed further adaptability, 369 00:19:45,960 --> 00:19:50,040 anyone kind of little bit of a hybrid, even though those early 370 00:19:50,040 --> 00:19:52,640 Heat teams, you know, going back to Hardaway. 371 00:19:52,640 --> 00:19:57,200 And so Vashawn Leonard was one of their shooters, Morley, they 372 00:19:57,200 --> 00:20:00,960 very, very much were a mirror image of, of, of how the Knicks 373 00:20:00,960 --> 00:20:02,880 tried to play. That's why those games were so. 374 00:20:03,400 --> 00:20:05,760 I mean, they were rock fights, they were street fights because 375 00:20:06,000 --> 00:20:07,720 everybody knew what the other guy was doing. 376 00:20:07,920 --> 00:20:09,520 They were all locked in defensively. 377 00:20:09,600 --> 00:20:13,920 Neither team had a ton of great shooters as pre, pre modern NBA. 378 00:20:14,240 --> 00:20:17,400 So there was really one template that both teams are subscribing 379 00:20:17,400 --> 00:20:19,000 to. So you got a lot of low scoring 380 00:20:19,280 --> 00:20:22,080 and a lot of knock down street fights, right, which was great. 381 00:20:22,440 --> 00:20:23,920 You know, it wasn't appealing to everybody. 382 00:20:23,920 --> 00:20:27,480 But again, the point is it showed the adaptability of Pat 383 00:20:27,480 --> 00:20:29,480 Riley. Now that leads me back to 384 00:20:29,480 --> 00:20:32,520 McCarthy. McCarthy, I'm not saying that he 385 00:20:32,520 --> 00:20:35,280 won differently in Dallas, even though he didn't win the 386 00:20:35,280 --> 00:20:38,960 championship, but he won 12 games three times in a row for a 387 00:20:38,960 --> 00:20:41,760 franchise that was scuffling, that was all over the map, up, 388 00:20:41,760 --> 00:20:45,720 down, up, down, Jerry's presence, the fans expectations, 389 00:20:45,920 --> 00:20:47,680 the national media presence, right? 390 00:20:48,920 --> 00:20:53,240 And he won a lot of games. And to me, I, I just think that 391 00:20:53,240 --> 00:20:56,200 there's additional value, like there's, there's additional 392 00:20:56,200 --> 00:20:58,000 bonus points. I know that that sounds crazy, 393 00:20:58,000 --> 00:21:02,280 but there's bonus points when you win in one spot and then you 394 00:21:02,280 --> 00:21:05,920 pack up shop, take your, you know, whatever your mantra is in 395 00:21:05,920 --> 00:21:09,720 your, your MO, you go to a new spot that's totally different. 396 00:21:09,720 --> 00:21:14,280 Like the glitz of Dallas and, and the blue collar, you know, 397 00:21:14,680 --> 00:21:19,000 bitter cold, scrappy mentality of Green Bay. 398 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:21,760 Anything but fancy, right? And he won. 399 00:21:22,120 --> 00:21:25,120 Now, I'm not saying I, if John Harbaugh is the coach of the 400 00:21:25,120 --> 00:21:27,840 Giants, I fully expect the Giants to get up and running. 401 00:21:28,120 --> 00:21:29,600 Let's say he's coaching them next year. 402 00:21:29,800 --> 00:21:32,520 Giants will win 9 games because the Giants probably should have 403 00:21:32,520 --> 00:21:36,480 won 7-8 games this year. You know, you should have closed 404 00:21:36,480 --> 00:21:40,520 out the Bears game, maybe even with, if Dart was playing early, 405 00:21:40,520 --> 00:21:42,120 could have beat the Commanders early on. 406 00:21:42,320 --> 00:21:45,680 Not to mention Denver, all the other collapses that we 407 00:21:45,680 --> 00:21:48,640 chronicled chapter and verse that I'm not going to get back 408 00:21:48,640 --> 00:21:52,000 into now. So he will win and he will win 409 00:21:52,000 --> 00:21:56,640 right away. But I just, I look at John 410 00:21:56,640 --> 00:22:00,560 Horbaugh and like he's not an A+ candidate. 411 00:22:00,880 --> 00:22:05,000 And and that's fine. Now he's an A+ of this crop. 412 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:09,960 But I'm, I'm, I'm still worried that the giants are going to 413 00:22:09,960 --> 00:22:12,920 show as they can and they haven't even talked to him yet 414 00:22:14,160 --> 00:22:17,120 as they communicate with him and they meet with him and they get 415 00:22:17,120 --> 00:22:20,880 in the weeds on what he wants to do and what they're willing to 416 00:22:20,880 --> 00:22:23,560 let him do all that stuff. I just fear that there's going 417 00:22:23,560 --> 00:22:28,040 to be a reluctance on their part to let him do whatever he wants 418 00:22:28,040 --> 00:22:29,800 to do. And I go back to Joe Shane. 419 00:22:30,120 --> 00:22:32,280 I really do. I go back to Joe Shane. 420 00:22:32,480 --> 00:22:36,920 You know, The funny thing too is like with Joe, it, it seems like 421 00:22:36,920 --> 00:22:38,680 a bit of a contradiction, but it's not right. 422 00:22:38,680 --> 00:22:43,880 So the coach's job is to win and that's why that first year with 423 00:22:43,880 --> 00:22:46,160 the Giants won nine games and beat the Vikings in the wild 424 00:22:46,160 --> 00:22:48,960 card to me And and, and Sam and I talked about this and we were 425 00:22:48,960 --> 00:22:52,760 in agreement on this. That was more Dabel because 426 00:22:53,080 --> 00:22:56,520 Brian Dabel, you know, the, the, the ability to influence the 427 00:22:56,520 --> 00:23:00,840 roster when you first become the GM is almost impossible. 428 00:23:00,880 --> 00:23:02,960 I mean, you inherit the quarterback, you inherit the old 429 00:23:02,960 --> 00:23:04,800 line, which was which was not good that year. 430 00:23:04,960 --> 00:23:08,560 You, you inherit Saquon. All right, So maybe moves within 431 00:23:08,560 --> 00:23:12,080 the margins pick up this guy off the wave or whatever, but your 432 00:23:12,080 --> 00:23:15,960 fingerprints are not really fully yet on the roster. 433 00:23:16,160 --> 00:23:18,040 So to me that was a direct correlation. 434 00:23:18,160 --> 00:23:21,360 Dabel coaching up Jones. You know, very few turnovers 435 00:23:21,360 --> 00:23:24,360 protect the ball had Daniel Jones run Giants wanted it was a 436 00:23:24,360 --> 00:23:26,520 fun year. Now as you get deeper into the 437 00:23:26,520 --> 00:23:31,040 Dabel Shane regime, well, now the influence becomes more and 438 00:23:31,040 --> 00:23:34,400 more and more and more for the GM and you hope that the 439 00:23:34,400 --> 00:23:37,680 coaching influence not only remains the same, but based on 440 00:23:37,680 --> 00:23:41,040 an increase of talent and now a greater familiarity of the 441 00:23:41,040 --> 00:23:43,040 roster that even that would get better. 442 00:23:43,040 --> 00:23:46,320 All right, so I, I want to be fair to Joe in this regard, even 443 00:23:46,320 --> 00:23:49,000 though I don't fully buy it. We're all saying Joe should be 444 00:23:49,000 --> 00:23:50,080 gone. And I stand by that. 445 00:23:50,080 --> 00:23:51,560 I've said that for a year. I wouldn't have brought back 446 00:23:51,560 --> 00:23:53,320 Dabel or Shane going into this year. 447 00:23:53,320 --> 00:23:57,200 I've said that, right? But now, like now it's it to me, 448 00:23:57,200 --> 00:23:58,760 it's it's it's borderline untenable. 449 00:23:58,760 --> 00:24:01,480 Like there's no reason that he should still be the general 450 00:24:01,480 --> 00:24:05,080 manager of the Giants. But if we say, and it's true 451 00:24:05,080 --> 00:24:09,640 because we lived it, that the Giants should have won at least 452 00:24:09,640 --> 00:24:13,720 three or four, maybe one more game than that, Well, if we're 453 00:24:13,720 --> 00:24:16,760 saying that that and it's largely true, shouldn't that be 454 00:24:16,760 --> 00:24:19,200 more of a positive reflection on Joe Shane? 455 00:24:19,480 --> 00:24:21,640 Because really what you're saying is you lost by 456 00:24:21,640 --> 00:24:24,560 circumstances, not because you didn't have the horses to 457 00:24:24,560 --> 00:24:27,720 compete to be in games, to build leads before you flush them away 458 00:24:27,960 --> 00:24:30,000 in the fourth quarter like they routinely did. 459 00:24:30,440 --> 00:24:33,360 And I, and I think that that's kind of gotten away as we 460 00:24:33,360 --> 00:24:37,760 diagnose the Joe Shane era. Now on more of the micro level, 461 00:24:37,800 --> 00:24:40,080 it's Joe Shane's fault. The kicker was always a mess. 462 00:24:40,080 --> 00:24:42,160 Like that's him. You're the general manager 463 00:24:42,160 --> 00:24:44,080 figured out you didn't too often. 464 00:24:44,080 --> 00:24:46,480 You went to a game where, you know, with my groin, my knee, 465 00:24:46,480 --> 00:24:47,560 can I kick? Can I not? 466 00:24:47,560 --> 00:24:50,120 Do you have a second kicker? Like those are the clerical 467 00:24:50,120 --> 00:24:52,640 things that Joe Shane bombed on, right? 468 00:24:52,880 --> 00:24:58,960 He also Neil, who is just 0 Thibodeau, who is OK. 469 00:24:58,960 --> 00:25:01,160 I would trade him. I, I would not invest big money 470 00:25:01,160 --> 00:25:03,480 in him moving forward. You guys know that, you know, he 471 00:25:03,480 --> 00:25:04,840 popped a little bit here and there. 472 00:25:04,840 --> 00:25:06,800 Is he really the guy that you thought you were getting in the 473 00:25:06,800 --> 00:25:08,680 draft in the top ten? The answer is no. 474 00:25:08,960 --> 00:25:11,800 And if you think that that's suddenly going to happen, I 475 00:25:11,800 --> 00:25:14,720 would I would challenge you and say that I would respectfully 476 00:25:14,720 --> 00:25:16,920 disagree. However, hold on. 477 00:25:16,920 --> 00:25:21,000 My in laws are going guys. Safe travels, Grammy. 478 00:25:21,920 --> 00:25:23,480 See ya. Love you. 479 00:25:23,760 --> 00:25:24,760 Tell Popeyes. Say goodbye. 480 00:25:24,760 --> 00:25:27,480 Love you guys. They're leaving. 481 00:25:27,480 --> 00:25:29,320 I could see the the door to the garage open. 482 00:25:29,320 --> 00:25:31,040 I want to say goodbye. They were in from Dallas for a 483 00:25:31,040 --> 00:25:35,640 few days for my son's birthday. So, you know, there's a lot here 484 00:25:36,000 --> 00:25:38,880 and it could be a little complicated it, but it doesn't 485 00:25:38,880 --> 00:25:40,480 have to be, which is the ultimate point. 486 00:25:40,840 --> 00:25:45,640 As long as the Giants understand that to get somebody like 487 00:25:45,640 --> 00:25:49,240 horribaugh, there's going to have to be a concession, a 488 00:25:49,240 --> 00:25:52,880 stripping of power from Joe Shane or if one of these 489 00:25:52,880 --> 00:25:55,760 gentlemen, and I mean more so horrible than anybody else 490 00:25:55,960 --> 00:25:57,960 because I don't think you'd bestow that ultimate power on 491 00:25:57,960 --> 00:26:01,280 somebody like Stefanski yet at this age with the experience. 492 00:26:01,280 --> 00:26:03,920 No Super Bowls, but somebody like horrible, somebody like 493 00:26:03,920 --> 00:26:07,040 McCarthy would would have. They've earned that latitude to 494 00:26:07,040 --> 00:26:08,560 to do that, to express themselves. 495 00:26:08,560 --> 00:26:10,760 And hey, you want me and I want you. 496 00:26:10,800 --> 00:26:12,360 But you know, I don't want to work with this guy. 497 00:26:12,360 --> 00:26:14,040 If that's communicated, it's got to be gone. 498 00:26:14,440 --> 00:26:18,280 And that that is the only potential speed bump that I 499 00:26:18,280 --> 00:26:20,560 fear. Because, you know, one of the 500 00:26:20,560 --> 00:26:25,600 great things about really good franchises is stability right 501 00:26:26,000 --> 00:26:28,280 now. Again, I've been all over Brian 502 00:26:28,280 --> 00:26:31,880 Cashman for years, Ryan Cash, But it's not earned the right to 503 00:26:31,880 --> 00:26:34,640 rebuild the Yankees the way the Yankees need to be rebuilt. 504 00:26:34,920 --> 00:26:36,760 I mean, how many times did you hear that on the morning show? 505 00:26:36,760 --> 00:26:39,480 You heard me all the time when I was when it first happened. 506 00:26:39,480 --> 00:26:41,240 That was four years ago. I've been saying this, right? 507 00:26:41,520 --> 00:26:47,960 So Cashman has presented me with some, you know, things I don't 508 00:26:47,960 --> 00:26:51,800 agree with and I voiced that. But I've always been very quick 509 00:26:51,800 --> 00:26:55,000 to then say, yeah, but I mean, he's doing a whole hell of a lot 510 00:26:55,000 --> 00:26:57,160 more. And so is how it at least giving 511 00:26:57,160 --> 00:26:59,920 the Yankees a chance to, you know, be on that that that top 512 00:26:59,920 --> 00:27:02,520 line, if you will, and and have a chance to win a World Series. 513 00:27:02,520 --> 00:27:04,560 Now, we all. I'm not getting into the weeds 514 00:27:04,560 --> 00:27:06,760 of the Yankees now, though I do have a thought on the Cabrera 515 00:27:06,760 --> 00:27:08,160 trade after the Knicks stop in a minute. 516 00:27:08,160 --> 00:27:10,560 So I'll get to that, by the way, fire the questions and I'll 517 00:27:10,560 --> 00:27:13,480 start reading a bunch in a bit and then attack that. 518 00:27:13,480 --> 00:27:17,560 But at least, you know, you know that like, the Yankees are going 519 00:27:17,560 --> 00:27:19,800 to have a chance to win. But the thing that's frustrating 520 00:27:19,800 --> 00:27:22,600 is that there's such a reluctance to make change. 521 00:27:23,040 --> 00:27:26,800 And and I think that that reluctance has LED has LED them 522 00:27:27,080 --> 00:27:30,080 from being less than a World Series team. 523 00:27:30,240 --> 00:27:31,360 All right, That's just my opinion. 524 00:27:31,360 --> 00:27:33,760 I mean, it's also backed up, in fact, since they haven't won in 525 00:27:33,760 --> 00:27:36,360 2009. But I readily admit Cashman's 526 00:27:36,360 --> 00:27:38,960 done a good job. He just no longer does a great 527 00:27:38,960 --> 00:27:41,320 job. But the Yankees never morph into 528 00:27:41,320 --> 00:27:43,280 the Giants. They just don't do it. 529 00:27:43,520 --> 00:27:49,840 Giants had what, 2-3 win seasons, 24 win seasons in the 530 00:27:49,840 --> 00:27:52,400 last X14 years, whatever it's been where they've had two 531 00:27:52,400 --> 00:27:54,240 playoff appearances like the Yankees. 532 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:56,400 Just they don't let that happen because of the Yankees. 533 00:27:56,960 --> 00:28:00,760 Now I appreciate the stability, but at the end there's still 534 00:28:00,760 --> 00:28:05,400 frustration because it's a little less than the Giants have 535 00:28:06,320 --> 00:28:09,240 try to become more stable like they were. 536 00:28:09,240 --> 00:28:10,920 And that was one of the great things about the New York 537 00:28:10,920 --> 00:28:12,640 Giants. Like, and I don't mean listen, 538 00:28:12,640 --> 00:28:17,400 every great franchise is going to have a Hanley, you know, or a 539 00:28:17,400 --> 00:28:22,640 Judge or Shermer, even a table. Like the problem is it's it's 540 00:28:22,640 --> 00:28:24,800 been going back-to-back to back-to-back. 541 00:28:24,800 --> 00:28:29,960 And I just feel like too many times the Giants where the 542 00:28:29,960 --> 00:28:32,960 results don't back this up. They are they are almost trying 543 00:28:32,960 --> 00:28:37,520 to force feed consistency down our throat that there's now a 544 00:28:37,520 --> 00:28:40,760 reluctance to just get somebody out of the building who very 545 00:28:40,760 --> 00:28:44,840 well might have to leave the building if the guy that you 546 00:28:44,840 --> 00:28:46,560 really want. We all we all know Horbaugh is 547 00:28:46,560 --> 00:28:49,520 the giant's number one choice. If he wants him out, are they 548 00:28:49,520 --> 00:28:52,120 going to show that same lack of willingness? 549 00:28:52,160 --> 00:28:54,440 And if they do, then shame on the New York Giants. 550 00:28:54,440 --> 00:28:56,720 You can't you, you. I mean, let's just call for what 551 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,920 it let's be as blunt as you can humanly be. 552 00:29:00,320 --> 00:29:03,560 If the giants, and I'm not even saying that I think that they 553 00:29:03,560 --> 00:29:06,720 will and it's not me straddle on the fence, I honestly don't 554 00:29:06,720 --> 00:29:10,120 know. But if the giants allow the 555 00:29:10,120 --> 00:29:15,240 presence of Joe Shane to get in the way of hiring John Horbaugh, 556 00:29:15,520 --> 00:29:19,680 then the giants are idiots. Period, end of statement, end of 557 00:29:19,680 --> 00:29:21,600 story. Nothing else to say. 558 00:29:21,960 --> 00:29:24,240 Like that's all you need to see if that were to happen. 559 00:29:24,240 --> 00:29:26,480 You want to talk about APR nightmare and then could you 560 00:29:26,480 --> 00:29:29,720 imagine now this will be worst case situation and I don't think 561 00:29:29,720 --> 00:29:32,120 that this will happen because then I think they can pivot to a 562 00:29:32,120 --> 00:29:34,440 Stefanski. Why do you like he's young. 563 00:29:34,880 --> 00:29:39,200 He's won twice with with a wretched franchise, the 564 00:29:39,240 --> 00:29:42,240 basically The Jets of Ohio and there's there's appeal there 565 00:29:42,320 --> 00:29:44,760 because I think there's a lot of upside and he's one without that 566 00:29:44,760 --> 00:29:48,360 real quarterback, unlike, you know, a horrible who's got Lamar 567 00:29:48,520 --> 00:29:50,440 McCarthy was that Rogers, Dak whatever. 568 00:29:50,880 --> 00:29:55,640 But you know, I just I am a little at least aware, even if I 569 00:29:55,640 --> 00:29:59,280 don't use the word fearful, a little aware of the remote 570 00:29:59,280 --> 00:30:04,800 possibility that they flinch with the Shane stuff turns 571 00:30:04,800 --> 00:30:08,840 horribaugh off or Brady does a sales pitch and and and 572 00:30:08,840 --> 00:30:10,760 horribaugh loves Mendoza. Like I went through this 573 00:30:10,760 --> 00:30:12,720 yesterday. To think that it's a layup with 574 00:30:12,720 --> 00:30:15,200 horribaugh to the G men. I think is is asinine. 575 00:30:15,520 --> 00:30:18,040 The desire's there. But now you got to get it done 576 00:30:18,240 --> 00:30:19,600 and there's other appealing options. 577 00:30:19,600 --> 00:30:24,040 And let's say he goes somewhere else and let's say, you know, 578 00:30:24,040 --> 00:30:26,400 the Giants like McCarthy, but they don't love him. 579 00:30:26,440 --> 00:30:29,440 And let's say Stefanski, who you know, is all about the Giants at 580 00:30:29,440 --> 00:30:33,760 this point and who they wind and dine 2 nights ago and met with 581 00:30:33,760 --> 00:30:37,440 yesterday extensively, well, maybe he gets a little turned 582 00:30:37,440 --> 00:30:40,040 off by not feeling the love. I mean, if the Giants project 583 00:30:40,120 --> 00:30:44,120 all this adulation and shower all of their attention and their 584 00:30:44,120 --> 00:30:47,760 love for John Horbaugh, Kevin Stefanski, I mean, I don't know 585 00:30:47,760 --> 00:30:49,480 what he's thinking, but it's human nature. 586 00:30:49,800 --> 00:30:53,680 The possibility of him sitting there saying no, I mean, do 587 00:30:54,160 --> 00:30:55,840 these guys want me or not? Screw you. 588 00:30:55,840 --> 00:31:00,320 I got this situation in wherever I'll go to the Raiders or I'll 589 00:31:00,320 --> 00:31:03,640 go to the Falcons, who have a stud tight end, a stud wide 590 00:31:03,640 --> 00:31:06,440 receiver, a stud running back, some money to play with, a 591 00:31:06,440 --> 00:31:09,440 pretty good old line, pretty good place to live down South. 592 00:31:09,440 --> 00:31:12,200 Like there's other options. And if they don't play and it's 593 00:31:12,200 --> 00:31:16,760 the easiest thing to do, all they got to say is Mr. Mara, 594 00:31:17,240 --> 00:31:18,880 everybody else. But it's really. 595 00:31:18,880 --> 00:31:20,600 It's really him. Tish. 596 00:31:20,760 --> 00:31:21,840 You know what? All right. 597 00:31:21,840 --> 00:31:23,560 You don't want him here. I got you. 598 00:31:23,560 --> 00:31:25,160 We want you that much. He's out. 599 00:31:25,720 --> 00:31:27,680 Would they be that bold? I don't know. 600 00:31:28,320 --> 00:31:33,320 And yeah, you can kind of cut the difference and reposition 601 00:31:33,320 --> 00:31:35,000 him a little bit. And then maybe Joe Shane would 602 00:31:35,000 --> 00:31:38,120 say, no, I'm good, I don't know. But like, marginalized him for 603 00:31:38,120 --> 00:31:41,400 another year and let horrible have the power have it written 604 00:31:41,400 --> 00:31:43,000 into the contract. I'm not saying that there's not 605 00:31:43,000 --> 00:31:46,120 a way to get this done where Joe Shane is still in the building. 606 00:31:46,120 --> 00:31:48,680 All I'm saying is if it's presented to them and they 607 00:31:48,680 --> 00:31:52,240 flinch, then they're dopes because Joe Shane has not been 608 00:31:52,240 --> 00:31:55,640 good enough at his job to get in the way of somebody who's really 609 00:31:55,640 --> 00:31:58,960 good at his job coming in to save your morbid, pathetic 610 00:31:58,960 --> 00:32:01,040 franchise, which is what has to happen. 611 00:32:01,560 --> 00:32:05,640 That's it. It's really that simple. 612 00:32:05,640 --> 00:32:08,000 Yeah. Two playoff appearances in 14 613 00:32:08,000 --> 00:32:10,440 years, The one car one, the one wild card win. 614 00:32:10,440 --> 00:32:11,680 My God. And it was. 615 00:32:11,680 --> 00:32:15,400 Yeah. 2-3 win seasons, 3-4 win seasons, 5 of the 14 years. 616 00:32:15,400 --> 00:32:20,320 So almost, almost 33% of the run this 14 year of ineptitude, 617 00:32:20,320 --> 00:32:23,200 right? Five times in 14 years. 618 00:32:23,320 --> 00:32:27,320 So more than 33% they have won three games or less. 619 00:32:27,400 --> 00:32:29,840 Like it's not like the Giants kind of lost their way. 620 00:32:29,840 --> 00:32:33,840 It's like, wow, the Giants suck. They suck. 621 00:32:34,480 --> 00:32:39,080 And when you are that bad, you better make sure that somebody 622 00:32:39,080 --> 00:32:40,840 like Shane doesn't get in the way. 623 00:32:40,840 --> 00:32:42,440 And I'm not trying to rail on Joe Shane. 624 00:32:42,440 --> 00:32:45,200 I'm not trying to be that guy. Hey, you don't think that I'm 625 00:32:45,200 --> 00:32:47,880 sensitive to job security. If anybody sensitive to job 626 00:32:47,880 --> 00:32:50,680 security, it's me. The one difference is, you know, 627 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:52,320 Joe, Joe Shane gets sent the door. 628 00:32:52,520 --> 00:32:55,080 Joe Shane's got millions upon millions upon millions sitting 629 00:32:55,080 --> 00:32:57,840 in the bank. I got to start a show on YouTube 630 00:32:57,840 --> 00:32:59,720 and on Twitter, which by the way, is doing well. 631 00:33:00,240 --> 00:33:03,280 So I, I'm always sensitive to that stuff And, and I always, 632 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:08,080 and even even on the fan, what like Tom Thibodeau, you know, 633 00:33:08,200 --> 00:33:11,080 even even Buck at the end with it, when, when I think the Mets 634 00:33:11,120 --> 00:33:13,400 rightly decided to move on from Buck, I thought that was getting 635 00:33:13,400 --> 00:33:16,360 stale. I am the type of person who 636 00:33:16,360 --> 00:33:19,400 just, and it's probably old, like you don't always want to 637 00:33:19,400 --> 00:33:21,400 have to preface as you're saying something. 638 00:33:21,400 --> 00:33:25,280 If you always preface it, it's annoying, but that's important 639 00:33:25,280 --> 00:33:26,800 to me. So anytime there's a there's an 640 00:33:26,800 --> 00:33:29,520 issue of job security or potential issue of job security, 641 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:33,880 I try to preface it with the human element because, you know, 642 00:33:34,520 --> 00:33:38,120 I'm here now and, and, and others have been there and many 643 00:33:38,120 --> 00:33:41,000 of you watching this have been there, if not all of you on some 644 00:33:41,120 --> 00:33:43,080 level at some point in your life. 645 00:33:43,080 --> 00:33:47,400 So it's not about just taking a, a Wrecking Ball to Joe Shane's 646 00:33:47,720 --> 00:33:52,200 reputation or just be that guy who was just unnecessarily mean. 647 00:33:52,400 --> 00:33:54,360 Guy hasn't done a good job. That's the most honest 648 00:33:54,360 --> 00:33:55,840 evaluation. Yeah, it really is. 649 00:33:55,840 --> 00:33:59,440 So, all right, let me get some of these questions. 650 00:33:59,440 --> 00:34:03,320 I believe that this I believe that this should work here. 651 00:34:06,640 --> 00:34:10,040 OK, so now, is this true? So McDaniel was just fired. 652 00:34:10,080 --> 00:34:10,880 Is that true? Yep. 653 00:34:10,880 --> 00:34:12,360 He's gone. OK, so let me see here. 654 00:34:12,840 --> 00:34:14,639 Hey, look at that. We fave little bells and 655 00:34:14,639 --> 00:34:16,000 whistles. Here we go. 656 00:34:16,520 --> 00:34:18,600 I told you, and I did that without my son who was in 657 00:34:18,600 --> 00:34:21,639 school. All right, here we go. 658 00:34:22,120 --> 00:34:27,159 Thank you for this is great sweet potato, sweet potato 659 00:34:27,400 --> 00:34:30,760 instead of Mike in Jersey on the fan, it's sweet potato on on 660 00:34:30,760 --> 00:34:32,080 Twitter and YouTube. It's all good. 661 00:34:32,440 --> 00:34:34,560 And he says Nick Daniel fired in Miami. 662 00:34:34,560 --> 00:34:36,400 John John Horribaugh will be the new coach. 663 00:34:36,719 --> 00:34:40,120 Well, this is what I'm talking about here and that is why when 664 00:34:40,120 --> 00:34:43,560 I ran through the six openings, but also the potential for an 665 00:34:43,560 --> 00:34:45,840 opening in Miami. And thank you for the for the 666 00:34:45,840 --> 00:34:49,840 text there, sweet potato. When I talked about Miami, maybe 667 00:34:49,840 --> 00:34:54,960 Dallas, lesser extent Dallas, but certainly Miami was always 668 00:34:54,960 --> 00:34:58,000 prominently on my on my mind that I said that as one of the 669 00:34:58,000 --> 00:35:01,520 other spots. Yeah, Miami, the Bills, of 670 00:35:01,520 --> 00:35:03,880 course, if they don't win and they'll play well, that will be 671 00:35:03,880 --> 00:35:05,080 appealing. Yeah. 672 00:35:05,080 --> 00:35:09,280 I mean, jeez, if you're John Horbaugh now, the difference 673 00:35:09,280 --> 00:35:11,480 there is you don't have a quarterback, you got better 674 00:35:11,480 --> 00:35:15,320 weather, the taxes are better, you know, the lifestyle better 675 00:35:15,320 --> 00:35:17,800 You're not sitting on. Well, not that he'd be on the 676 00:35:17,800 --> 00:35:20,040 Bell Parkway, but, you know, you're not going to be on the 677 00:35:20,040 --> 00:35:23,760 Garden State or the Turnpike, you know, bumper to bumper at 678 00:35:23,760 --> 00:35:26,720 the wrong time. Is that more appealing? 679 00:35:26,760 --> 00:35:29,080 It very well might be. And this is one of the many 680 00:35:29,080 --> 00:35:31,840 complicated aspects of the Giants trying to hire the right 681 00:35:31,840 --> 00:35:35,120 guy. So as now the flirtation with 682 00:35:35,120 --> 00:35:40,120 Miami comes on John Harbaugh. Well, now the giants, they they 683 00:35:40,120 --> 00:35:43,320 got to play this deck properly. Where All right, that's our 684 00:35:43,320 --> 00:35:45,760 focus. But hey, Stefanski, you still 685 00:35:45,760 --> 00:35:47,920 feel the love. McCarthy, you're still engaged 686 00:35:47,920 --> 00:35:49,480 and these coordinators were talking to you. 687 00:35:49,880 --> 00:35:55,320 This is a big, big undertaking and it's a very tricky dance. 688 00:35:55,320 --> 00:36:00,800 So you know, I I don't know how easily it's going to be. 689 00:36:01,160 --> 00:36:02,880 You know how easy it's going to be to get him here. 690 00:36:03,280 --> 00:36:07,320 Let's see here. Papa Serpico, isn't it as simple 691 00:36:07,840 --> 00:36:09,800 as if Horrible wants the job, it's his. 692 00:36:09,800 --> 00:36:11,880 This sure seems to be the perception around football from 693 00:36:11,880 --> 00:36:14,000 what I've seen. Yeah, I would think so, Sir. 694 00:36:14,000 --> 00:36:14,720 But go. Sure. 695 00:36:15,000 --> 00:36:17,680 But now, something like Miami and some of these other 696 00:36:17,680 --> 00:36:19,960 appealing openings, those are two different things. 697 00:36:20,400 --> 00:36:23,680 If Horrible wants the job, it's it's going to be his, provided 698 00:36:23,680 --> 00:36:26,400 the Giants don't mess it up. Which again, I don't think that 699 00:36:26,400 --> 00:36:29,160 they will with Shane. And by the way, I'm not even a 700 00:36:29,160 --> 00:36:30,320 hunt. I mean, I would think it's 701 00:36:30,320 --> 00:36:32,080 common, common sense, human nature. 702 00:36:32,240 --> 00:36:34,800 You want to work with people that you know, there's a 703 00:36:34,800 --> 00:36:37,440 familiarity. You know, the horrible's not 704 00:36:37,440 --> 00:36:40,600 coming in and say, you know, Joe, I really think that we 705 00:36:40,600 --> 00:36:42,680 should draft this guy in the first round. 706 00:36:42,680 --> 00:36:45,400 The Joe Shane saying, I don't know, coach, I like this guy. 707 00:36:45,720 --> 00:36:48,360 Our scouts have graded them out for the last four months and the 708 00:36:48,360 --> 00:36:51,040 combines coming up and we were that's not happening. 709 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:52,800 Nobody thinks that the end of that's happening. 710 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,120 Just close up shop, then the Giants may roll. 711 00:36:55,800 --> 00:36:59,280 I mean, then there there are two levels below The Jets, which is 712 00:36:59,280 --> 00:37:03,080 basically physically and physically impossible. 713 00:37:03,080 --> 00:37:07,480 So I don't think it's about thank you about him having the 714 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:12,160 issue or like them wanting him. I think it's the other things 715 00:37:12,160 --> 00:37:14,800 that they're going to have to sort through other very 716 00:37:14,800 --> 00:37:19,640 interesting openings here. And, you know, I I I just, I 717 00:37:19,640 --> 00:37:21,760 hope they don't mess this up. Let's get this guy up. 718 00:37:21,760 --> 00:37:24,280 Tony Terzi, what's going on? Tony, how you doing, buddy? 719 00:37:24,280 --> 00:37:26,840 Appreciate you checking in. I agree with Art Stapleton. 720 00:37:26,840 --> 00:37:30,120 Arts Good Does good work here. That if Philly loses their wild 721 00:37:30,120 --> 00:37:33,160 card game, Siriani very well might be out and Horbaugh ends 722 00:37:33,160 --> 00:37:34,560 up there. I've said that. 723 00:37:34,880 --> 00:37:36,880 I said that yesterday. I said that the day before. 724 00:37:37,080 --> 00:37:39,920 Yeah. I mean, the way Philly looked at 725 00:37:39,920 --> 00:37:42,040 points this year where their offense couldn't do a damn 726 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:43,800 thing. Thanks for the text there, Tony. 727 00:37:43,800 --> 00:37:47,720 Appreciate it, man. The the issue and the issues 728 00:37:47,720 --> 00:37:50,720 that were present for a big chunk of the season for Philly, 729 00:37:51,240 --> 00:37:54,920 Well, I mean, there's a level of tolerance down there as well. 730 00:37:55,160 --> 00:37:58,040 And unlike the Giants and The Jets, their bar is actually one 731 00:37:58,040 --> 00:38:00,040 of a championship level, which is nice. 732 00:38:00,040 --> 00:38:02,720 And it'd be nice to get there, which hopefully both of these 733 00:38:02,720 --> 00:38:05,240 teams at some point will. And I think the Giants are 734 00:38:05,240 --> 00:38:07,280 closer based on the quarterback and all the other stuff and 735 00:38:07,280 --> 00:38:09,320 probably could have a a real head coach here. 736 00:38:09,560 --> 00:38:11,920 At least I don't, I don't mean Aaron's not a real coach, but I 737 00:38:11,920 --> 00:38:15,320 mean a coach who's actually 1 and was a real asset rather than 738 00:38:15,320 --> 00:38:18,120 somebody who's figuring things out and was was a disaster as a 739 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:21,880 head coach this past season. Yeah, he also worked there for 9 740 00:38:21,880 --> 00:38:23,400 years. And talk about familiarity. 741 00:38:23,640 --> 00:38:25,880 Absolutely. I mean, that is something that 742 00:38:25,880 --> 00:38:29,640 could absolutely be in play. All right, this. 743 00:38:29,640 --> 00:38:32,120 I made The Martian. What the hell is going on with 744 00:38:32,120 --> 00:38:34,080 YouTube? I bet I can't keep addressing 745 00:38:34,080 --> 00:38:37,360 this. Basically, I made an unknowing. 746 00:38:37,360 --> 00:38:40,160 In fact, it was an infraction. And there's all these, you know, 747 00:38:40,160 --> 00:38:42,640 rules with YouTube, which I get and I'm certainly not here to 748 00:38:42,640 --> 00:38:46,360 not adhere to them. I want to I just didn't know 749 00:38:46,360 --> 00:38:48,880 about this one thing. And it was nothing egregious. 750 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:53,000 Like it was nothing where I said the wrong thing or a copyright 751 00:38:53,000 --> 00:38:55,200 or infringement or trademark, none of that stuff. 752 00:38:55,560 --> 00:38:58,880 It was something that was an innocent mistake on on our end. 753 00:38:59,440 --> 00:39:02,840 And now they've got to go through the process of reviewing 754 00:39:02,840 --> 00:39:05,800 it and you know, eventually this thing is going to be rectified. 755 00:39:05,800 --> 00:39:07,400 I didn't even get a strike or a warning. 756 00:39:07,400 --> 00:39:11,680 So it's below that and and it's going to be rectified. 757 00:39:11,680 --> 00:39:14,400 I just I and I listen, man, I appreciate the question. 758 00:39:14,680 --> 00:39:17,320 I just can't control it, but I wish I could. 759 00:39:17,320 --> 00:39:18,640 Trust me. I really wish I could. 760 00:39:19,600 --> 00:39:21,600 What else we got here? All right, there. 761 00:39:21,600 --> 00:39:22,120 You. Oh, yeah. 762 00:39:22,160 --> 00:39:24,160 I I don't know why it wasn't up for the first minute or so. 763 00:39:24,160 --> 00:39:25,840 So a lot of people saying there you are. 764 00:39:26,160 --> 00:39:30,280 All right, Shows on their way the go the Stapleton thing. 765 00:39:30,280 --> 00:39:31,560 I want to give you something on the Knicks. 766 00:39:31,560 --> 00:39:33,720 I want to get a few more of these. 767 00:39:34,040 --> 00:39:36,880 All right, Yeah, This one's interesting. 768 00:39:37,080 --> 00:39:39,920 This connect. This is more about horrible and 769 00:39:39,920 --> 00:39:41,760 but this is interesting. So Steven Ross is a Michigan 770 00:39:41,760 --> 00:39:43,880 man, as we know. Plus Jim Harbaugh was the 771 00:39:43,880 --> 00:39:47,120 quarterback in Michigan and obviously we know what he did in 772 00:39:47,120 --> 00:39:48,560 Michigan. John Harbaugh is his brother. 773 00:39:48,560 --> 00:39:50,920 So is there an opening there? Yeah. 774 00:39:50,920 --> 00:39:53,480 I mean, I I I don't know. I mean, John Harbaugh is not a 775 00:39:53,480 --> 00:39:56,280 Michigan man. Jim is so, but again, 776 00:39:56,280 --> 00:39:58,480 familiarity, trust, family name, sure. 777 00:39:58,960 --> 00:40:02,400 Put it this way, there's a very easy dialogue that can occur and 778 00:40:02,400 --> 00:40:06,520 a very easy conversation in terms of level of comfort based 779 00:40:06,520 --> 00:40:10,280 on Jim's history with Ross and with Michigan and all that 780 00:40:10,280 --> 00:40:13,920 stuff. So I I would think that Jim will 781 00:40:13,920 --> 00:40:17,760 give John the most honest evaluation of Ross as an owner 782 00:40:17,760 --> 00:40:19,680 and all that stuff. And you know, here's the 783 00:40:19,680 --> 00:40:20,960 dialogue. Yeah, that's going to be an 784 00:40:20,960 --> 00:40:22,920 issue there. There really is. 785 00:40:25,360 --> 00:40:27,400 Another one or something. By the way, throw some jets up 786 00:40:27,400 --> 00:40:30,920 there as well. Let's go here. 787 00:40:30,920 --> 00:40:33,760 Let's go here. Let's go here. 788 00:40:35,240 --> 00:40:37,360 Yeah. Mazzilli 13. 789 00:40:37,360 --> 00:40:39,480 Ain't ain't no more lisp in this mug. 790 00:40:39,520 --> 00:40:41,760 Hey, I figured it out. Thank God, man. 791 00:40:42,320 --> 00:40:44,840 And I told you what happened. It was a very basic mistake. 792 00:40:44,840 --> 00:40:45,800 Of course. Whose mistake? 793 00:40:45,800 --> 00:40:49,400 It was mine. I wonder how I can make such a 794 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,760 mistake, you know, jumping onto this new platform and trying to 795 00:40:52,760 --> 00:40:55,000 figure this out on the fly on a tightrope with no net. 796 00:40:55,280 --> 00:40:57,000 I don't know. I wonder how could that happen? 797 00:40:57,240 --> 00:41:02,480 Well, the the technical answer is, is that this microphone, 798 00:41:02,640 --> 00:41:06,760 while the green button obviously tells you that I'm on, I 799 00:41:06,760 --> 00:41:10,320 unknowingly on the laptop that's in front of me here right there, 800 00:41:10,640 --> 00:41:15,440 I unknowingly had the my, my, my laptop microphone on. 801 00:41:15,480 --> 00:41:20,400 So it was catching for a lack of a better audio technical 802 00:41:20,400 --> 00:41:22,280 description. It was it was catching strays. 803 00:41:22,600 --> 00:41:25,920 So like, it made it seem like I had a lisp and it was not clear. 804 00:41:25,920 --> 00:41:27,080 It was not good. It was. 805 00:41:27,280 --> 00:41:28,200 Yeah. What are you gonna do? 806 00:41:28,200 --> 00:41:31,160 I mean, come on. All right, So as, as these other 807 00:41:31,160 --> 00:41:36,240 ones are popping in here, let me give you a little something on 808 00:41:36,240 --> 00:41:38,880 our New York Knicks. Last night was about some pride 809 00:41:38,880 --> 00:41:40,360 for the Knicks. I had to see something here. 810 00:41:40,560 --> 00:41:42,720 And I tweeted before the game, I said we're not going to learn a 811 00:41:42,720 --> 00:41:46,040 ton necessarily about the Knicks last night, but we're going to 812 00:41:46,040 --> 00:41:51,600 learn a little something here. Like to get nutty, to get to go 813 00:41:51,680 --> 00:41:56,320 crazy over a couple of regular season losses in a row when you 814 00:41:56,320 --> 00:41:58,000 don't have your glue guy, Josh Hart. 815 00:41:58,200 --> 00:42:01,080 Although, I mean, come on. Yeah, you got Bronson, you got 816 00:42:01,080 --> 00:42:03,560 Cat, you got Bridges, you got OG, you got Deuce back, win some 817 00:42:03,560 --> 00:42:05,680 games, like. And I love Josh Hart. 818 00:42:05,680 --> 00:42:07,880 I love him. I'm one of his biggest fans and 819 00:42:07,880 --> 00:42:10,840 every Knick fan loves him. But the inability to win games, 820 00:42:11,080 --> 00:42:13,720 you can't just say, well, it's because of Josh Hart. 821 00:42:14,080 --> 00:42:17,760 It's not like Patrick Ewings gone, you know, or, you know, 822 00:42:17,760 --> 00:42:20,640 the one or two good teams that the Knicks had with Carmelo. 823 00:42:21,160 --> 00:42:24,240 Carmelo's out, you know, I mean, or Amari, no, I mean, you should 824 00:42:24,240 --> 00:42:27,200 be able to plow through, but it's the NBA and I don't. 825 00:42:27,200 --> 00:42:28,800 Last night was a good example because think about the 826 00:42:28,800 --> 00:42:31,000 Clippers, where they got a lot of talent. 827 00:42:31,160 --> 00:42:35,360 They started the season 6 and 14, and then before last night 828 00:42:35,360 --> 00:42:37,560 they had won seven of eight. So they were playing a good 829 00:42:37,560 --> 00:42:39,800 team. It's the Clippers only only game 830 00:42:39,800 --> 00:42:41,400 at the Garden and you know how it goes. 831 00:42:41,760 --> 00:42:43,920 You know, now Jordan and those guys would get more than one. 832 00:42:43,920 --> 00:42:49,360 But magic comes in from the West Coast or you know, whomever and 833 00:42:49,360 --> 00:42:52,520 any Great Western confidence player over the years comes in, 834 00:42:52,680 --> 00:42:55,160 they want to put on a show. Even LeBron playing there a 835 00:42:55,160 --> 00:42:59,160 couple of a couple of times a year as a Cav or as a Heat, as a 836 00:42:59,160 --> 00:43:01,120 member of the Heat. You know, you Dwyane Wade, you 837 00:43:01,120 --> 00:43:04,240 just you want to go Kobe coming in as once a year you going from 838 00:43:04,240 --> 00:43:06,000 50 or 60, you try to put on a show. 839 00:43:06,640 --> 00:43:09,880 So while the Clippers don't have a Kobe or something like that, 840 00:43:10,520 --> 00:43:13,880 they got a lot of talent and and I just wanted to see like, all 841 00:43:13,880 --> 00:43:16,400 right, like how serious did the Knicks take in this losing 842 00:43:16,400 --> 00:43:18,440 streak? It's one thing to lose 4 games 843 00:43:18,440 --> 00:43:21,640 and and not go nuts here. But hey, you lose if you lose at 844 00:43:21,640 --> 00:43:24,120 home again. What's it look like optically? 845 00:43:24,320 --> 00:43:25,920 So a lot of good things last night. 846 00:43:25,920 --> 00:43:28,360 Now I just want to reference something here because I heard. 847 00:43:28,360 --> 00:43:30,560 So I think Wally said this last night while the Serbiak was 848 00:43:30,560 --> 00:43:32,920 great. Yeah. 849 00:43:33,160 --> 00:43:37,280 So not only with the Clippers winning and demonstrating that 850 00:43:37,280 --> 00:43:39,120 they will become the team that I think some people thought they 851 00:43:39,120 --> 00:43:41,920 would be at the start of the year, but like their defense was 852 00:43:41,920 --> 00:43:45,040 really good in. So they won seven of eight in 853 00:43:45,040 --> 00:43:48,240 six of the seven wins. They allowed one O 5 or fewer, 854 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:50,440 which is going to be a good test for the Knicks defense, which 855 00:43:50,440 --> 00:43:54,640 obviously is very, very good. So I loved what I saw. 856 00:43:54,680 --> 00:43:57,200 And listen, anybody could look down at a piece of paper and I'm 857 00:43:57,200 --> 00:43:59,800 going to do it for a second, but and just give you a couple of 858 00:43:59,800 --> 00:44:01,400 numbers. But there's one that I want to 859 00:44:01,400 --> 00:44:02,880 elaborate on more in a little bit. 860 00:44:02,880 --> 00:44:05,280 So they shot it well, 50% overall. 861 00:44:05,280 --> 00:44:10,120 That's good, 4243% from downtown, +8 on the backboard. 862 00:44:10,520 --> 00:44:14,360 But what what I was really impressed with, I got a geek out 863 00:44:14,360 --> 00:44:15,760 for. It's not quite baseball savant, 864 00:44:15,760 --> 00:44:18,560 but I'm going to geek out for a second here because I don't even 865 00:44:18,560 --> 00:44:20,920 think that I've referenced this stat in the NBA. 866 00:44:21,720 --> 00:44:25,920 And the Knicks had 31 assists last night, which just speaks to 867 00:44:26,080 --> 00:44:28,320 optimal ball movement. And then obviously guys make a 868 00:44:28,320 --> 00:44:30,120 shot. But doing the right thing and 869 00:44:30,120 --> 00:44:33,120 sharing the ball, right? Well, the Knicks is amazing 870 00:44:33,120 --> 00:44:34,560 where we are as sports fans, right? 871 00:44:36,560 --> 00:44:41,680 The Knicks, The Knicks averaged 2 Hunts is ridiculous. 290 872 00:44:41,680 --> 00:44:45,320 passes per game. So midcourt, balls up, opening 873 00:44:45,320 --> 00:44:49,080 tip, final buzzer, they averaged 290 passes. 874 00:44:49,320 --> 00:44:52,040 Could be a full court pass, could be 1/2 court pass that 875 00:44:52,040 --> 00:44:57,280 goes 3 feet, 290 passes. The previous game they had 240. 876 00:44:57,800 --> 00:45:00,440 All right, well, that obviously speaks to a lack of ball 877 00:45:00,440 --> 00:45:03,640 movement. And that's the game where Karl 878 00:45:03,640 --> 00:45:06,280 Anthony Towns only took four shots, right? 879 00:45:07,080 --> 00:45:08,920 He had six turnovers, didn't play well. 880 00:45:09,280 --> 00:45:14,080 So I needed to see the Knicks get back to #1 playing with 881 00:45:14,080 --> 00:45:18,360 purpose and playing with pride. But doing what if it's going to 882 00:45:18,360 --> 00:45:20,240 separate them from anybody, Certainly in the Eastern 883 00:45:20,240 --> 00:45:23,720 Conference, being the best, being the best offense in the 884 00:45:23,720 --> 00:45:26,760 Eastern Conference. And last night was a good step 885 00:45:26,760 --> 00:45:29,240 in that direction. You know, I heard my I was in 886 00:45:29,240 --> 00:45:35,280 the car and I was listening to Mike Brown's pregame show on the 887 00:45:35,280 --> 00:45:39,160 radio and, and look, Mike Brown, he's got great perspective now. 888 00:45:39,560 --> 00:45:42,600 No, when you're the coach of the Knicks, nobody really wants to 889 00:45:42,600 --> 00:45:45,360 hear about life lessons like did we win? 890 00:45:45,760 --> 00:45:48,560 Did we lose? Did we get back on defense? 891 00:45:48,880 --> 00:45:50,360 Are we healthy? Like where we at? 892 00:45:50,840 --> 00:45:55,280 But Mike Brown was talking about adversity and even started to go 893 00:45:55,280 --> 00:45:59,120 into, and I agree with this. Like if, if you don't have any 894 00:45:59,120 --> 00:46:03,640 adversity in your life that hopefully, you know, it's, it's 895 00:46:03,640 --> 00:46:10,000 it's not irreversible adversity, you know, but adversity builds 896 00:46:10,000 --> 00:46:12,600 character. And I think this is a prime 897 00:46:12,600 --> 00:46:15,920 example of what I'm trying to plow through here, you know, and 898 00:46:15,920 --> 00:46:18,480 not I'm not trying to put myself up on a pedestal, but to think 899 00:46:18,480 --> 00:46:21,040 that I haven't dealt with adversity even before, you know, 900 00:46:21,040 --> 00:46:22,880 the last month or so when things change to the fan. 901 00:46:22,880 --> 00:46:25,480 What are you kidding me? Of course, you know, I mean, I 902 00:46:25,480 --> 00:46:28,520 could without even thinking, you know, my senior in college, I 903 00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:30,840 had Tommy John surgery, you know, I mean, that you think 904 00:46:30,840 --> 00:46:33,440 that's a fun way to try to go through your senior year. 905 00:46:33,440 --> 00:46:36,080 Now, I knew I wasn't going to make it on the highest level, 906 00:46:36,080 --> 00:46:39,680 but it was my senior year and I had already medically redshirted 907 00:46:39,680 --> 00:46:42,240 because I got in a car accident, a really bad one on the Bell 908 00:46:42,240 --> 00:46:47,680 Parkway about two days before I went to school, which is not a 909 00:46:47,680 --> 00:46:49,400 good way to start. And I had a red shirt my first 910 00:46:49,400 --> 00:46:50,960 year cuz I, I mean, I couldn't walk. 911 00:46:50,960 --> 00:46:52,520 I mean, I couldn't even start college right away. 912 00:46:53,000 --> 00:46:56,560 And, and that, that was tough and I had to plow through it, 913 00:46:56,560 --> 00:47:00,000 right. And then when I got hurt, I, I 914 00:47:00,000 --> 00:47:04,280 hurt my elbow in fall practice and I knew something was wrong. 915 00:47:04,280 --> 00:47:08,040 I'm like, what is this man? It just like I knew something 916 00:47:08,040 --> 00:47:10,400 was really wrong. So finally I go to the trainer 917 00:47:10,680 --> 00:47:15,160 and get the Mris, blah, blah, blah, go to HSS, have surgery 918 00:47:15,200 --> 00:47:18,360 November 1st. All right, that was Doctor 919 00:47:18,360 --> 00:47:21,640 Olchek passed away. Doctor Olchek, the former Mets 920 00:47:21,640 --> 00:47:24,840 doctor, Giants, he's the one who did my my Tommy John surgery at 921 00:47:24,840 --> 00:47:27,600 HSS and I had it on the I'll never forget this. 922 00:47:28,000 --> 00:47:31,760 I had it on November 1st, Right. And the issue here is adversity. 923 00:47:31,760 --> 00:47:34,160 It's not a baseball story because it's not like the season 924 00:47:34,160 --> 00:47:36,080 went great. That's like I'm going to say, Oh 925 00:47:36,120 --> 00:47:38,120 yeah, by the way, I made first team ball conference, hit nine 926 00:47:38,120 --> 00:47:40,640 home runs and hit 390. No, that didn't happen. 927 00:47:40,840 --> 00:47:44,080 But what I did do was come back and play on Saint Patty's Day. 928 00:47:44,320 --> 00:47:47,000 So I had surgery November 1st, right? 929 00:47:47,560 --> 00:47:54,680 December is one month, January, February, March, 4 months and 930 00:47:54,680 --> 00:47:57,680 basically 17 days. I played in the Division One 931 00:47:57,680 --> 00:48:00,960 college baseball game and my first at bat I struck out. 932 00:48:01,360 --> 00:48:02,840 And my second at bat I struck out. 933 00:48:03,240 --> 00:48:06,240 And my third at bat, I'll never forget 3rd at bat, struck out, 934 00:48:06,320 --> 00:48:12,560 4th at bat struck out. Now we we're playing Hofstra, 935 00:48:12,600 --> 00:48:13,760 we're playing somebody down South. 936 00:48:13,760 --> 00:48:14,960 It was like a big tournament. Whatever. 937 00:48:15,640 --> 00:48:19,120 And of course I get up bases loaded. 938 00:48:19,120 --> 00:48:22,000 True story. 2 outs and it's ties. 939 00:48:22,000 --> 00:48:24,440 Score over the home team. I'm like, you got to be kidding 940 00:48:24,440 --> 00:48:26,480 me man. Four punch outs. 941 00:48:26,480 --> 00:48:28,920 I'm terrified to swing. I haven't even taken a live 942 00:48:28,920 --> 00:48:30,240 batting practice in the game yet. 943 00:48:31,040 --> 00:48:33,840 First pitch strike, second pitch strike. 944 00:48:33,840 --> 00:48:36,760 I'm like, I'm looking at 5 strikeouts, man. 945 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:40,240 I, I should not be playing here. Guy throws a little righty, you 946 00:48:40,240 --> 00:48:43,840 know, 8182 mile per hour slider on the black. 947 00:48:43,840 --> 00:48:46,000 I kind of flick it. Foul down the third baseline, 948 00:48:46,000 --> 00:48:51,080 left the hitter right, wind up grinding out a walk, which felt 949 00:48:51,080 --> 00:48:55,040 like, you know, Mazeroski's home run against the Yankees, like a 950 00:48:55,040 --> 00:48:56,880 walk. Like you want to talk about 951 00:48:56,880 --> 00:48:58,280 feeling a sense of accomplishment. 952 00:48:58,720 --> 00:49:01,160 And that was an adversity, obviously. 953 00:49:01,560 --> 00:49:03,560 And I played that year and I didn't play great, but I got 954 00:49:03,560 --> 00:49:05,480 through the whole year. And my elbow to this day still 955 00:49:05,480 --> 00:49:07,360 hurts because I came back too early like an idiot. 956 00:49:07,720 --> 00:49:10,600 But it taught me to deal with adversity. 957 00:49:11,000 --> 00:49:14,880 So when things went down to the fan or other things in my life, 958 00:49:15,480 --> 00:49:19,600 I have, I have, I guess I've I've calloused myself to deal 959 00:49:19,600 --> 00:49:21,240 with it. And that's why I know that's 960 00:49:21,240 --> 00:49:23,320 like a deeper, probably not even know if that was a very 961 00:49:23,320 --> 00:49:25,600 interesting story, whatever. But just this is what we're 962 00:49:25,600 --> 00:49:26,880 going to do. I mean, hopefully it'll be 963 00:49:26,880 --> 00:49:29,520 interesting, but if I got something to kind of weave in on 964 00:49:29,520 --> 00:49:31,360 a human level, I'm definitely going to do it. 965 00:49:31,360 --> 00:49:34,400 And I think you baseball players and former athletes will will 966 00:49:34,400 --> 00:49:36,240 appreciate that. Did you want to talk about being 967 00:49:36,240 --> 00:49:39,800 vulnerable, being at a home plate with the bases loaded and 968 00:49:39,800 --> 00:49:42,520 it's O2 and you struck out your first four times and you got 969 00:49:42,520 --> 00:49:45,600 this monstrosity of a brace on your elbow? 970 00:49:46,000 --> 00:49:49,440 Oh my God almighty. So Mike was back to Mike Brown. 971 00:49:49,440 --> 00:49:52,560 Mike was talking about adversity and going through it, and he 972 00:49:52,560 --> 00:49:55,440 kind of branched into the life adversity. 973 00:49:55,440 --> 00:49:59,760 But adversity is a team and I think that it was on point and 974 00:49:59,760 --> 00:50:02,680 he stopped himself short and I think rightfully so of talking 975 00:50:02,680 --> 00:50:04,800 about real life. If it wasn't like a free flowing 976 00:50:04,800 --> 00:50:06,680 format where it's a 30 minute conversation. 977 00:50:07,000 --> 00:50:09,080 It's like 3-4 minutes meeting the media before the game. 978 00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:12,080 But I thought his messaging was really good. 979 00:50:12,360 --> 00:50:14,600 And when I heard that, I'm like, all right, they're ready to go 980 00:50:14,600 --> 00:50:15,960 tonight. They're ready to play now. 981 00:50:15,960 --> 00:50:18,200 The second-half obviously was a lot better than the first half 982 00:50:18,200 --> 00:50:20,800 there. But I thought that that was one 983 00:50:20,800 --> 00:50:24,320 of those nights in the NBA for for a good team, not a perfect 984 00:50:24,320 --> 00:50:26,760 team, but certainly one of the better teams in the NBA. 985 00:50:26,760 --> 00:50:29,800 Like the Knicks are all right, despite the four-game skid and 986 00:50:29,800 --> 00:50:31,840 being a couple of games behind the Pistons and now being in the 987 00:50:31,840 --> 00:50:33,760 third seed. Maybe Todd, I got to double 988 00:50:33,760 --> 00:50:35,480 check they were behind Boston last night. 989 00:50:36,240 --> 00:50:39,960 Maybe they're tied with. Either way, I thought it showed 990 00:50:40,360 --> 00:50:44,080 a little bit their resolve and a little bit of a look into the 991 00:50:44,080 --> 00:50:47,720 window of their soul. Like, OK, all right, you guys do 992 00:50:47,720 --> 00:50:49,720 care the way we thought you cared. 993 00:50:49,720 --> 00:50:52,560 You guys do have the pride that many of us thought that you had. 994 00:50:52,840 --> 00:50:55,680 And maybe more importantly, you know, you've got a coach who's 995 00:50:55,800 --> 00:50:59,720 who's able to identify this eloquently, speak to it, and 996 00:50:59,720 --> 00:51:03,280 then your team go out and back him up and and and and play well 997 00:51:03,280 --> 00:51:05,720 and get a win there. So to think that last night was 998 00:51:05,720 --> 00:51:08,360 just one of 82 for the Knicks. I don't I don't agree with that 999 00:51:08,360 --> 00:51:09,640 at all. There's no way. 1000 00:51:10,240 --> 00:51:12,960 Yeah, I remember saying it was a Christmas Day. 1001 00:51:13,320 --> 00:51:14,600 Well, I mean, I know the game was Christmas. 1002 00:51:14,600 --> 00:51:16,120 Did I do a pod? I think I did it, yeah. 1003 00:51:16,320 --> 00:51:19,160 So December 26th, I did one of the first pods on the YouTube 1004 00:51:19,440 --> 00:51:21,400 page. And by the way, all the content 1005 00:51:21,400 --> 00:51:24,520 is there from even today's show will be, even though I can't 1006 00:51:24,520 --> 00:51:27,400 live stream right now on YouTube, all the shows after 1007 00:51:27,400 --> 00:51:30,960 this one bang uploaded right to YouTube at BT Unleashed. 1008 00:51:30,960 --> 00:51:33,600 It's all there. Dive in, like, comment, 1009 00:51:33,600 --> 00:51:35,080 subscribe, all that good stuff, right. 1010 00:51:36,560 --> 00:51:39,680 I was taught about the Knicks and that was when Kolak really 1011 00:51:39,680 --> 00:51:42,600 did well on Christmas Day and they came back and and they had 1012 00:51:42,600 --> 00:51:45,840 that, the big deficit. It was a really fun, I thought, 1013 00:51:45,840 --> 00:51:48,640 galvanizing win. And then it just kind of 1014 00:51:48,640 --> 00:51:51,960 disappeared. And I'm like, well, I don't 1015 00:51:51,960 --> 00:51:53,240 know. I'm not going to attribute that 1016 00:51:53,240 --> 00:51:57,680 necessarily to the Cup, but I remember saying shortly 1017 00:51:57,680 --> 00:52:00,160 thereafter, like, all right, guys, there's only a couple of 1018 00:52:00,160 --> 00:52:03,360 games out of 82. It's not the NFL where we 1019 00:52:03,360 --> 00:52:06,680 measure every week like it's literally a season rather than a 1020 00:52:06,680 --> 00:52:09,400 singular game like every NFL Sunday. 1021 00:52:09,880 --> 00:52:12,480 You know, especially, you know, for The Jets, like in September 1022 00:52:12,480 --> 00:52:15,520 when they're still in it and the Giants, you know, when they're 1023 00:52:15,520 --> 00:52:19,080 still in it. It it it takes on this, this, 1024 00:52:19,120 --> 00:52:22,280 this heaviness that leads to just a different energy and a 1025 00:52:22,280 --> 00:52:24,040 different dissection of the performance. 1026 00:52:24,040 --> 00:52:26,840 And rightfully so, because if you start out O and four in the 1027 00:52:26,840 --> 00:52:29,280 NFL, there's a couple teams that have plowed through. 1028 00:52:29,280 --> 00:52:31,960 The Jets did that once with her maybe O and four, O and five, 1029 00:52:31,960 --> 00:52:34,760 maybe even before they beat the Chargers years ago and got going 1030 00:52:34,760 --> 00:52:36,880 a little bit. But if you're if you have a 1031 00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:38,800 doughnut next to your name in September, you're done. 1032 00:52:39,200 --> 00:52:41,240 Think about the Clippers. They started 6 and 14. 1033 00:52:41,240 --> 00:52:43,680 I just said that before and they had won seven of eight going 1034 00:52:43,680 --> 00:52:46,720 into last night. So I don't go nuts about a rough 1035 00:52:46,720 --> 00:52:49,560 regular season game or a rough regular season stretch. 1036 00:52:49,840 --> 00:52:53,760 But I've always thought that there's a couple of measurement 1037 00:52:53,760 --> 00:52:56,720 games where you can circle, whether it's the team that you 1038 00:52:56,720 --> 00:52:58,960 think you're going to play in the Finals in your conference to 1039 00:52:58,960 --> 00:53:01,760 get to the NBA Finals, or the team at the other conference 1040 00:53:01,760 --> 00:53:05,760 that everybody, mainly you, perceive to be your chief threat 1041 00:53:05,760 --> 00:53:08,520 to a title back in the day. All right, Ewing's playing the 1042 00:53:08,520 --> 00:53:09,200 Bulls. Let's go. 1043 00:53:09,200 --> 00:53:12,200 Let's see where we're at. Obviously, you know, you have a 1044 00:53:12,200 --> 00:53:17,040 match up now against the Denver or the Spurs with Wembley or 1045 00:53:17,040 --> 00:53:18,960 obviously. OK, see, all right, let's see 1046 00:53:18,960 --> 00:53:20,040 where we're at. Now. 1047 00:53:20,040 --> 00:53:23,520 What bothered me about the Pistons game is that the Pistons 1048 00:53:23,520 --> 00:53:25,840 took that as a measurement game and the Knicks did not. 1049 00:53:26,120 --> 00:53:27,600 And that was utterly unacceptable. 1050 00:53:27,880 --> 00:53:31,320 So that's why when I say last night was a let's lift up the 1051 00:53:31,320 --> 00:53:33,360 hood and see what kind of guts these guys have. 1052 00:53:33,520 --> 00:53:35,320 Let's see where the level of pride is at. 1053 00:53:35,760 --> 00:53:38,880 I I thought the Knicks looked really good last night. 1054 00:53:38,880 --> 00:53:42,640 Got back to doing what they do and it it seemed, well, I mean, 1055 00:53:42,640 --> 00:53:44,960 and the stats bear this out based on the 31 assists and 1056 00:53:44,960 --> 00:53:48,040 getting back to great ball movement where they averaged 290 1057 00:53:48,040 --> 00:53:50,760 passes a game and they got back to that last night despite 1058 00:53:50,760 --> 00:53:52,440 having 50 fewer the previous game. 1059 00:53:52,760 --> 00:53:56,840 It showed me that there's a little in season tweaking 1060 00:53:56,840 --> 00:53:59,280 adjustment. Like Jalen Brunson was not as 1061 00:53:59,280 --> 00:54:02,160 bold nominant last night as he's been now. 1062 00:54:02,160 --> 00:54:03,520 That's part of the brilliance of Bronson. 1063 00:54:04,000 --> 00:54:05,640 Hey, go get us a bucket, man. Let's go. 1064 00:54:05,640 --> 00:54:08,400 We're double team. Whatever, get out of it, get the 1065 00:54:08,400 --> 00:54:11,640 ball back, sublime footwork, fall away 3 get to the rim 1066 00:54:11,640 --> 00:54:13,960 floater. Like we need to jail the 1067 00:54:13,960 --> 00:54:19,560 Brunson's the guy to go get it. But I also thought that, and I 1068 00:54:19,560 --> 00:54:22,880 think that the I really believe this, like his greatest Brunson 1069 00:54:22,880 --> 00:54:26,720 is the the onus is on him. Sure, Mike Brown to divide stuff 1070 00:54:26,720 --> 00:54:30,720 and whatever he's got to make sure that Carl Anthony Towns 1071 00:54:30,720 --> 00:54:33,800 doesn't get four shots in 22 minutes. 1072 00:54:33,800 --> 00:54:37,160 Now the onus is also on Karl Anthony Towns to stop flailing 1073 00:54:37,160 --> 00:54:41,120 away with the stupid fouls. And he looked good last night to 1074 00:54:41,120 --> 00:54:44,480 be assertive in the post, demand the ball, you know, get to the 1075 00:54:44,480 --> 00:54:47,520 rim, get to the stripe. But he can't do it without the 1076 00:54:47,520 --> 00:54:49,360 ball. So there's got to be that that, 1077 00:54:49,360 --> 00:54:51,560 that, that interplay there. And I thought last night we had 1078 00:54:51,560 --> 00:54:54,640 it was pretty good. And let me get a couple of 1079 00:54:54,640 --> 00:54:59,640 comments here. Let's see what we got this year. 1080 00:54:59,640 --> 00:55:02,800 I think McCarthy would be better for DART Agent 00. 1081 00:55:03,080 --> 00:55:05,640 Yeah, I mean, I'd like to know the reasoning. 1082 00:55:05,640 --> 00:55:06,880 I mean, I'm. I'm sure I could guess what it 1083 00:55:06,880 --> 00:55:07,800 is. Thank you for that, buddy. 1084 00:55:07,800 --> 00:55:10,520 I would think that it's because he's done it with multiple 1085 00:55:10,520 --> 00:55:14,080 quarterbacks there. Whereas, you know, Harbaugh 1086 00:55:14,440 --> 00:55:19,720 inherited an amazing defense, one of the best of all time and 1087 00:55:19,720 --> 00:55:22,800 in a young quarterback. To be fair to Harbaugh, a lot of 1088 00:55:22,800 --> 00:55:25,600 people didn't even believe should be a quarterback, which I 1089 00:55:25,600 --> 00:55:31,440 thought honestly, if you watched Lamar Jackson in college, you 1090 00:55:31,440 --> 00:55:35,960 know that some of the pre draft evaluation and noise, it was 1091 00:55:35,960 --> 00:55:37,880 reprehensible. And I don't use that word too 1092 00:55:37,880 --> 00:55:41,360 much because that's like I think that's over sensationalizing 1093 00:55:41,360 --> 00:55:43,280 sometimes. It was reprehensible the way he 1094 00:55:43,280 --> 00:55:45,720 was perceived. I mean, God barely got drafted 1095 00:55:45,720 --> 00:55:47,520 in the first round. Now, I'm not saying Lamar 1096 00:55:47,520 --> 00:55:51,080 Jackson's not perfect, but if you watched Louisville, they ran 1097 00:55:51,080 --> 00:55:52,800 a pro offense. You just had to watch 1098 00:55:52,800 --> 00:55:54,920 Louisville. And if you didn't, you know, 1099 00:55:54,920 --> 00:55:58,320 maybe you had some preconceived notions about quarterbacks in 1100 00:55:58,320 --> 00:56:00,840 the NFL. You know, Antoine Randall L back 1101 00:56:00,840 --> 00:56:02,600 in the day. We, we know that, you know, we, 1102 00:56:02,600 --> 00:56:03,880 we know that there's been problems there. 1103 00:56:04,080 --> 00:56:08,680 Now we're past that. But Lamar might not be perfect, 1104 00:56:09,800 --> 00:56:12,000 but neither is Dak Prescott. He's not perfect. 1105 00:56:12,120 --> 00:56:14,480 He's not. He's not 50% the athlete. 1106 00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:16,760 I mean, really nobody is that Lamar Jackson is. 1107 00:56:16,960 --> 00:56:19,560 But what did Mike McCarthy do? He coached him up to finish 1108 00:56:19,560 --> 00:56:21,800 second in the MVP. Right now, let me ask you a 1109 00:56:21,800 --> 00:56:25,000 question. Is Dak Prescott one of the five 1110 00:56:25,000 --> 00:56:27,160 or six best quarterbacks in the NFLI mean? 1111 00:56:27,160 --> 00:56:30,200 I don't think he is. You know, and even guys on bad 1112 00:56:30,200 --> 00:56:32,800 teams that had rough years, I mean, just think about what I 1113 00:56:32,800 --> 00:56:35,160 mean. Yeah, so, so obviously Burroughs 1114 00:56:35,160 --> 00:56:37,240 Bengals of the defense thinks and he was hurt. 1115 00:56:37,480 --> 00:56:40,000 Burroughs better. Obviously Allen's better. 1116 00:56:40,520 --> 00:56:42,280 Yeah, Mahomes numbers have really dropped. 1117 00:56:42,280 --> 00:56:44,520 But yeah, and now he's hurt. But you got to still say Mahomes 1118 00:56:44,520 --> 00:56:50,280 is better, Stafford's better. You know, there's there's at 1119 00:56:50,280 --> 00:56:52,120 least I don't even have all the teams in front of you. 1120 00:56:52,120 --> 00:56:54,480 I probably know I'm missing one or two and it's easy, but I 1121 00:56:54,480 --> 00:56:58,360 think Dax probably more 8, something like that, and he made 1122 00:56:58,360 --> 00:57:00,080 him look like one or two, you know. 1123 00:57:00,080 --> 00:57:02,200 So I get it. I get when you say that. 1124 00:57:02,400 --> 00:57:04,120 Would I rather have McCarthy with Dart? 1125 00:57:04,240 --> 00:57:07,000 Yes, more so than Harbaugh with dart. 1126 00:57:08,240 --> 00:57:10,600 But you can't just do it for the quarterback. 1127 00:57:10,600 --> 00:57:13,080 That's got to be a big part of the calculus there. 1128 00:57:13,080 --> 00:57:18,560 But you know, let's see. Mario Prosperino. 1129 00:57:18,560 --> 00:57:20,280 What up, Mario? No way. 1130 00:57:20,280 --> 00:57:23,600 Joe Shane hiring an alpha like Horbaugh, he'd rather have a yes 1131 00:57:23,600 --> 00:57:25,320 guy. Hence, Stefanski will be the 1132 00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:29,440 next head coach. Well, all right #1 where is the 1133 00:57:29,440 --> 00:57:33,040 evidence that that's the case now I'm, I'm in the business of 1134 00:57:33,040 --> 00:57:36,280 being fair, I think that that's an unfair assertion. 1135 00:57:36,280 --> 00:57:37,960 I respect your opinion, Mario. I do. 1136 00:57:38,280 --> 00:57:41,520 I just don't think there's any evidence I don't, you know? 1137 00:57:42,200 --> 00:57:44,920 Now, he also shouldn't have the juice to make that decision, 1138 00:57:44,920 --> 00:57:48,080 which is an entirely different point of discussion here. 1139 00:57:48,760 --> 00:57:51,960 But you're saying a couple of things and it's a real leap of 1140 00:57:51,960 --> 00:57:54,840 faith on your end. Not that you can't be right, but 1141 00:57:54,840 --> 00:57:56,960 you can't prove that you are because number one, you're 1142 00:57:56,960 --> 00:58:01,000 saying that he will not allow somebody in the building that is 1143 00:58:01,000 --> 00:58:03,520 more alpha than I'm not even sure if Joe was out, whatever. 1144 00:58:03,800 --> 00:58:06,800 But so you can't prove that. Number two, you say that 1145 00:58:06,800 --> 00:58:09,000 Stefanski, which by the way would be a good hire by the 1146 00:58:09,000 --> 00:58:10,240 Johns. I think Stefanski is very good, 1147 00:58:10,240 --> 00:58:14,640 as I've said. And you're also saying that's 1148 00:58:14,640 --> 00:58:17,400 Stefanski does not have an alpha type of personality. 1149 00:58:17,400 --> 00:58:18,960 And you could be wrong on that as well. 1150 00:58:19,200 --> 00:58:21,480 You know, I don't really know the answer to that. 1151 00:58:22,280 --> 00:58:24,080 Yeah, more stuff on the YouTube stuff, guys. 1152 00:58:24,080 --> 00:58:25,280 Like, I can't keep addressing that. 1153 00:58:25,280 --> 00:58:26,520 Trust me. I'm trying to plow through it. 1154 00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:29,160 If I get wrapped up in that, I'm going to be really, really 1155 00:58:29,160 --> 00:58:31,800 frustrated here. So I am still at the point now, 1156 00:58:31,800 --> 00:58:33,600 guys. I'm still at the point, and 1157 00:58:33,600 --> 00:58:35,360 maybe if you're new, I'm going to say this very quickly. 1158 00:58:35,360 --> 00:58:38,480 I'm not going to belabor it. I am still at the point where 1159 00:58:38,480 --> 00:58:41,800 the thing that matters most to me is content is getting on the 1160 00:58:41,840 --> 00:58:45,640 air and firing out what I'm thinking, you know, structuring 1161 00:58:45,640 --> 00:58:47,760 a show and then all the other stuff. 1162 00:58:47,840 --> 00:58:50,720 You know, I think we got the audio on the control. 1163 00:58:50,720 --> 00:58:53,120 I figured out how to drop the other messages right off to the 1164 00:58:53,440 --> 00:58:56,200 onto the screen here. I figured out how to link it to 1165 00:58:56,200 --> 00:58:59,440 X so that once you know, you can now simultaneously go there. 1166 00:58:59,680 --> 00:59:03,920 It's going to be on Instagram. The studio redesign is, you 1167 00:59:03,920 --> 00:59:07,720 know, already past phase one. I've got the concept now we've 1168 00:59:07,720 --> 00:59:10,120 got to build it out, make that whole back wall of the logo, 1169 00:59:10,440 --> 00:59:13,520 which we're in the process of doing, got to hire a producer, 1170 00:59:13,760 --> 00:59:16,160 which would allow me to do guests and eventually 1171 00:59:16,160 --> 00:59:19,560 incorporate calls. I get it, man, there's a lot 1172 00:59:19,560 --> 00:59:22,240 that I have to do here, but I'm pretty happy where we're at 1173 00:59:22,240 --> 00:59:24,880 right now, except a little issue with YouTube. 1174 00:59:25,200 --> 00:59:27,440 Ian Grossman. All right, BT you're The Jets 1175 00:59:27,440 --> 00:59:28,840 GM. How does the offseason go in 1176 00:59:28,840 --> 00:59:30,880 your perfect world? Let me, I know I'm going to 1177 00:59:30,880 --> 00:59:33,880 sound like a pompous ass right now and I really don't. 1178 00:59:34,480 --> 00:59:37,280 I mean, I mean it a little bit, but I don't fully mean it 1179 00:59:37,280 --> 00:59:41,600 because I don't understand the contracts and like the CBA stuff 1180 00:59:41,600 --> 00:59:46,880 and some of it like, so it's a very broad statement, but don't 1181 00:59:46,880 --> 00:59:49,800 you think that you could do I like Boji, so forget about him. 1182 00:59:50,080 --> 00:59:51,880 Don't you think that we could have done a better job with The 1183 00:59:51,880 --> 00:59:57,160 Jets all these years? Honestly, if Joe from Queens, if 1184 00:59:57,160 --> 01:00:03,040 Mike from Brooklyn, if, if Willie from Cedar Grove, if Paul 1185 01:00:03,040 --> 01:00:07,440 from Parsippany was the general manager of The Jets, can you 1186 01:00:07,440 --> 01:00:09,440 tell me that the results would not be better? 1187 01:00:09,880 --> 01:00:11,280 Can you tell me that definitively? 1188 01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:13,440 You can't tell me that you can't. 1189 01:00:13,440 --> 01:00:15,640 And by the way, how much worse could they be? 1190 01:00:15,640 --> 01:00:18,200 First and foremost? So I got, I know that that's 1191 01:00:18,200 --> 01:00:21,000 really glossing over a lot of things that I don't know about 1192 01:00:21,000 --> 01:00:24,520 being AGM, that I will never know and that I really don't 1193 01:00:24,520 --> 01:00:27,680 care to know. But I mean, same thing. 1194 01:00:27,680 --> 01:00:30,120 All those years the Knicks were in the in the toilet and even 1195 01:00:30,120 --> 01:00:31,920 some of the baseball moves with the Yanks and the Mets. 1196 01:00:31,960 --> 01:00:34,280 Like, I mean, I think we all think that we could do it on 1197 01:00:34,280 --> 01:00:36,600 some level. Now, to think that we can do 1198 01:00:36,600 --> 01:00:39,240 what Cashman has done is probably ridiculous because they 1199 01:00:39,240 --> 01:00:42,400 win a lot. But like when the Knicks were in 1200 01:00:42,400 --> 01:00:44,760 the toilet all those years going through Fizdale and Horta, 1201 01:00:44,760 --> 01:00:47,000 second, Fisher, I couldn't do that. 1202 01:00:47,320 --> 01:00:48,720 I promise you I could have done that. 1203 01:00:48,920 --> 01:00:51,680 So anyway, let me ask answer Ian's question, All right, 1204 01:00:51,960 --> 01:00:54,360 You're The Jets GM. How does the offseason go in 1205 01:00:54,360 --> 01:00:58,160 your perfect world? That is a quiet. 1206 01:00:58,160 --> 01:00:59,800 I'm going to have to take a little sip of coffee here, 1207 01:00:59,800 --> 01:01:01,360 there, Joe. And really, Ian, pardon me, 1208 01:01:01,360 --> 01:01:07,480 really contemplate this. OK, contemplation complete. 1209 01:01:07,480 --> 01:01:11,880 Thank you for the text, Ian. The first level of perfection 1210 01:01:12,640 --> 01:01:16,920 will be a sequence of events that put The Jets in a position 1211 01:01:17,200 --> 01:01:20,680 to do whatever they want. Now what does that mean? 1212 01:01:20,680 --> 01:01:22,400 That's a very nebulous description. 1213 01:01:22,720 --> 01:01:28,200 Well, here it is number 1. I almost want Mendoza to play 1214 01:01:28,200 --> 01:01:30,160 poorly in the national semi final game. 1215 01:01:30,680 --> 01:01:32,240 I've already seen enough. He's the man. 1216 01:01:32,440 --> 01:01:35,240 He's going to be phenomenal. I I see a lot of Matt Ryan with 1217 01:01:35,240 --> 01:01:37,520 him and I love Matt Ryan. I think Matt Ryan's a Hall of 1218 01:01:37,520 --> 01:01:39,400 Famer. I love Matt Matt Ryan who's 1219 01:01:39,520 --> 01:01:43,120 great wanted MVP. Like if you're Matt Ryan, we we 1220 01:01:43,120 --> 01:01:44,360 good. We're we're in pretty good 1221 01:01:44,360 --> 01:01:45,760 shape. If you're Matt Ryan and he's 1222 01:01:45,760 --> 01:01:48,840 better athlete than Matt Ryan, a little quicker and about the 1223 01:01:48,840 --> 01:01:50,360 same size. And I think we'll project to be 1224 01:01:50,360 --> 01:01:55,200 even a little thicker, you know, because he's 65220 five, I think 1225 01:01:55,200 --> 01:01:57,360 he gets up to 235. I don't think Matt ever played a 1226 01:01:57,360 --> 01:01:58,960 tube. Right now, Matt looks like a 1227 01:01:59,440 --> 01:02:00,840 look at, he's a cross country runner. 1228 01:02:00,840 --> 01:02:02,160 He's really thinned out through with the TV. 1229 01:02:02,160 --> 01:02:05,480 He's good on TV. So the first thing is I would 1230 01:02:05,480 --> 01:02:10,000 like to see Mendoza play poorly. And then subsequently I would 1231 01:02:10,000 --> 01:02:13,560 like to see Dante Moore play really well because that could 1232 01:02:13,560 --> 01:02:16,200 be the enticement. And let's face it, as much as we 1233 01:02:16,200 --> 01:02:19,680 whine and cry about The Jets, one team that's Dumber is the 1234 01:02:19,680 --> 01:02:23,160 Raiders. Now they got Tom Brady, who very 1235 01:02:23,160 --> 01:02:25,920 well might make the right decision and make the next 20 1236 01:02:25,920 --> 01:02:28,720 years health for us. Again, like that's very 1237 01:02:28,720 --> 01:02:30,320 possible. Matter of fact, part of me 1238 01:02:30,320 --> 01:02:31,360 thinks that that's going to happen. 1239 01:02:31,640 --> 01:02:33,600 But I've been those are stumbles more. 1240 01:02:34,240 --> 01:02:38,000 And even if Moore doesn't win, but if Moore just looks the part 1241 01:02:38,280 --> 01:02:41,000 and there's a real decision inside that Raiders building, 1242 01:02:41,280 --> 01:02:42,760 right? And now maybe one of these 1243 01:02:42,760 --> 01:02:44,720 coaches is like, I love Dante Moore, man. 1244 01:02:44,720 --> 01:02:47,960 I want to coach that kid. I know he's only 20, you know, I 1245 01:02:47,960 --> 01:02:50,360 know he's only £206.00. We got to get him in the weight 1246 01:02:50,360 --> 01:02:52,320 room. He hasn't played a lot because 1247 01:02:52,320 --> 01:02:54,520 he backed up last year behind Gabriel. 1248 01:02:54,720 --> 01:02:57,520 He was a starter most of the year, first, first year at UCLA, 1249 01:02:57,520 --> 01:02:58,800 got knocked around, took his lumps. 1250 01:02:59,080 --> 01:03:01,120 Like he doesn't have a ton of experience like Mendoza has. 1251 01:03:01,360 --> 01:03:04,760 It's almost more like, well, Ty Simpson's more like Sanchez when 1252 01:03:04,760 --> 01:03:06,920 The Jets took him. Obviously Moore's played a lot 1253 01:03:06,920 --> 01:03:08,800 more than that, but there's still the wrongness with him. 1254 01:03:09,120 --> 01:03:12,080 So the projectability of somebody like Dante Moore is 1255 01:03:12,080 --> 01:03:16,120 there in terms of, OK, you know, so there could be appeal there. 1256 01:03:16,120 --> 01:03:18,120 And if that happens, to answer your question more directly, if 1257 01:03:18,120 --> 01:03:22,160 that happens, well, now, now the Raiders have a decision and then 1258 01:03:22,160 --> 01:03:25,920 The Jets have no decision. If they take Dante Moore, well, 1259 01:03:26,000 --> 01:03:29,120 you take Mendoza. If they take Mendoza. 1260 01:03:29,120 --> 01:03:31,920 And Dante Moore looks even better than I and I like them. 1261 01:03:32,440 --> 01:03:34,200 I wouldn't take him to number 2 for The Jets right now. 1262 01:03:34,200 --> 01:03:35,560 That's my opinion. That could change. 1263 01:03:35,840 --> 01:03:38,160 I don't think it will unless he plays really well. 1264 01:03:38,440 --> 01:03:40,240 He's just too raw. I don't think he's ready for The 1265 01:03:40,240 --> 01:03:43,800 Jets and not even to to tap into the mindset that The Jets will 1266 01:03:43,800 --> 01:03:46,120 ruin any everybody like they usually do. 1267 01:03:46,560 --> 01:03:48,920 I'm not even beholden to that. I just don't think he's ready 1268 01:03:48,920 --> 01:03:50,920 for this. I, I even though the old line's 1269 01:03:50,920 --> 01:03:53,240 a lot better, I'd be very reluctant to do that. 1270 01:03:53,720 --> 01:03:57,640 But if Muji thinks he's the man, then take him either way by more 1271 01:03:57,640 --> 01:04:01,200 playing great. And it opens up an amazing world 1272 01:04:01,200 --> 01:04:03,880 of possibilities for The Jets because now they don't have to 1273 01:04:03,880 --> 01:04:06,720 maybe trade up to get their quarterback or maybe if they 1274 01:04:06,720 --> 01:04:10,880 like more or, or use those assets in 2027, three of which 1275 01:04:10,880 --> 01:04:13,680 are in the first round to do something this year or next 1276 01:04:13,680 --> 01:04:16,000 year. If more is the real deal and 1277 01:04:16,000 --> 01:04:17,560 they love them. You got your quarterback, you 1278 01:04:17,560 --> 01:04:19,640 start there. And then really the other thing 1279 01:04:19,640 --> 01:04:22,840 that you would have to do, you would probably use that if you 1280 01:04:22,840 --> 01:04:25,840 use the second pick on a quarterback, and I don't know 1281 01:04:25,840 --> 01:04:28,280 that they absolutely will. Cause Dante Moore could flop and 1282 01:04:28,280 --> 01:04:30,960 he stays at Oregon or he says I'm not going to The Jets. 1283 01:04:31,040 --> 01:04:32,600 Well, then The Jets could trade out of two. 1284 01:04:32,600 --> 01:04:35,160 That's an option. He goes back to Oregon, gets $11 1285 01:04:35,160 --> 01:04:37,760 million in NIL money. Jets have to do something 1286 01:04:37,760 --> 01:04:40,720 different, get a bridge in here and they could then they could 1287 01:04:40,720 --> 01:04:44,800 then maybe draft, trade out of two, get more assets and then 1288 01:04:44,800 --> 01:04:48,240 get the get the big receiver opposite Garrett Wilson list. 1289 01:04:48,240 --> 01:04:50,120 You need a corner, you need a safety. 1290 01:04:50,280 --> 01:04:53,240 I think you one more offense, it's a lineman away from having 1291 01:04:53,240 --> 01:04:55,200 a top three top 4 online in football. 1292 01:04:55,400 --> 01:04:59,280 I said that yesterday. The Jets online is, you know, is 1293 01:04:59,440 --> 01:05:02,280 between old fashion new and membered on the right side. 1294 01:05:02,480 --> 01:05:04,200 They love Titman got the extension. 1295 01:05:04,200 --> 01:05:08,880 Simpson could walk whatever, you know, Meyer, Meyers, I I think 1296 01:05:08,880 --> 01:05:12,080 that it's really good. And then you throw in like if 1297 01:05:12,080 --> 01:05:14,960 The Jets start next season with one more old lineman and I got 1298 01:05:14,960 --> 01:05:16,440 to see what they do with breeze hall as well. 1299 01:05:16,640 --> 01:05:18,760 But it let's assume he's back for a second. 1300 01:05:19,240 --> 01:05:22,760 The cop Alvin's healthy as a Davis good running game. 1301 01:05:22,880 --> 01:05:27,880 Garrett Wilson 63210 guy on the outside, 5050 ball, red zone 1302 01:05:27,880 --> 01:05:30,720 threat like like Keyshawn. Think about Keyshawn, but maybe 1303 01:05:30,720 --> 01:05:33,520 a little bit faster. Mason Taylor Rucker, it's a good 1304 01:05:33,520 --> 01:05:36,680 blocker, good old line. Now you start using these assets 1305 01:05:36,840 --> 01:05:39,560 on defense and I do think there's a chance in a way for 1306 01:05:39,560 --> 01:05:42,120 The Jets to have not a good offseason, but a great 1307 01:05:42,120 --> 01:05:44,280 offseason. And then you factor in that 1308 01:05:44,280 --> 01:05:46,520 they've got $75 million in free age of money. 1309 01:05:46,760 --> 01:05:49,560 There is a way for The Jets to get very competitive very fast. 1310 01:05:49,920 --> 01:05:51,480 I, I don't want to see shortcuts though. 1311 01:05:51,720 --> 01:05:53,280 That's why I'm not interested in that. 1312 01:05:53,440 --> 01:05:56,120 Hey, you waited this long, do it the right way. 1313 01:05:56,120 --> 01:05:58,120 Let's go. And I and I think that I think 1314 01:05:58,480 --> 01:06:03,520 that Muji is is really like the early signs for me with MUJI are 1315 01:06:03,520 --> 01:06:06,160 are really positive. I really think The Jets I know 1316 01:06:06,160 --> 01:06:09,160 sounds nuts. I really think that the The Jets 1317 01:06:09,160 --> 01:06:11,160 nailed it with MUJI. I really do. 1318 01:06:11,960 --> 01:06:14,320 I already I already heard I already hit Serpico there. 1319 01:06:14,320 --> 01:06:17,840 So let's see. I want to give you a little 1320 01:06:17,840 --> 01:06:20,080 something on the Yankees as well. 1321 01:06:21,160 --> 01:06:26,120 Let's see, how about this? All right, we can pop this 1322 01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:28,080 around here. Mystro card. 1323 01:06:28,080 --> 01:06:30,560 Mystro cards ABT at the Packers lose on Saturday. 1324 01:06:30,560 --> 01:06:33,600 Do you see Lafleur being fired and Horbaugh maybe being an 1325 01:06:33,600 --> 01:06:34,640 option? Or do you think he would go 1326 01:06:34,640 --> 01:06:37,360 someplace else? Listen, I don't think that the 1327 01:06:37,360 --> 01:06:39,760 Green Bay situation myself is as tenuous. 1328 01:06:39,760 --> 01:06:41,800 Like, I know there's talk about that. 1329 01:06:41,800 --> 01:06:43,480 I get it. We've heard it, no doubt. 1330 01:06:43,800 --> 01:06:47,440 I'm not saying it's completely off the table unless they look 1331 01:06:47,760 --> 01:06:50,920 awful, right? I think Lafleur maybe gets one 1332 01:06:50,920 --> 01:06:52,600 more year. I'd probably say more more yes 1333 01:06:52,600 --> 01:06:55,440 than no. I think there is a even before 1334 01:06:55,440 --> 01:06:57,920 the Ravens fired Harbaugh, like think about the last five weeks 1335 01:06:57,920 --> 01:07:00,680 or so, the conversations even going back to last year. 1336 01:07:00,680 --> 01:07:04,680 But more recently Harbaugh to me seemed if it didn't finish well, 1337 01:07:04,680 --> 01:07:07,480 he was gone. Tomlin won that game. 1338 01:07:07,480 --> 01:07:10,360 So he's in the playoffs. But if they play poorly against 1339 01:07:10,360 --> 01:07:12,960 the Texans, as I've said, I think that there's a really good 1340 01:07:12,960 --> 01:07:15,280 chance, thank you for the text there, that they're going to 1341 01:07:15,280 --> 01:07:19,720 move on from him. And and I would think that the 1342 01:07:19,720 --> 01:07:22,920 floor would get one more. I just feel like it's a little 1343 01:07:22,920 --> 01:07:25,640 bit of a different timeline. I don't even really know if I 1344 01:07:25,640 --> 01:07:27,720 can substantiate that. Maybe because the noise is not 1345 01:07:27,720 --> 01:07:31,440 quite as loud and the signals are not quite as as evident. 1346 01:07:31,840 --> 01:07:36,680 I don't know. What's this here off? 1347 01:07:36,680 --> 01:07:39,000 The video of my son ripping it into the net in the basement was 1348 01:07:39,000 --> 01:07:40,680 legit. Yeah, there's a lot of good 1349 01:07:40,680 --> 01:07:42,360 players out there. He's having fun, he's working 1350 01:07:42,360 --> 01:07:44,120 hard. And that's the other thing too, 1351 01:07:44,120 --> 01:07:47,520 that on this channel, I'm not going to do it now, but on this 1352 01:07:47,520 --> 01:07:50,120 channel, you're going to get a lot of youth sports content, You 1353 01:07:50,120 --> 01:07:52,800 know, you guys know I coach. I'd say the jokes. 1354 01:07:52,800 --> 01:07:56,000 I know I got ejected. Relax, you know, unfairly 1355 01:07:56,000 --> 01:07:57,200 ejected. But I got ejected. 1356 01:07:57,600 --> 01:08:00,000 The appeal was denied. No, you know how I feel about 1357 01:08:00,000 --> 01:08:02,840 youth sports and I'm up to my neck and it with both kids and 1358 01:08:02,840 --> 01:08:05,040 I've seen it. It changed so much from when I 1359 01:08:05,040 --> 01:08:08,400 was young. The cost, the pressure, the 1360 01:08:08,400 --> 01:08:12,440 responsibility, the options, club travel, you know, you trip 1361 01:08:12,440 --> 01:08:15,960 bats, USA bats, this that go do you go play a national 1362 01:08:15,960 --> 01:08:18,439 Tournaments like these are things I've already gone through 1363 01:08:18,439 --> 01:08:20,880 and am in the process of going through now. 1364 01:08:21,279 --> 01:08:23,960 And there's already one up there on my channel. 1365 01:08:23,960 --> 01:08:26,399 I think I did it. Yeah, I did it the night, I 1366 01:08:26,399 --> 01:08:30,520 think I did it December 31st, like in the afternoon at some 1367 01:08:30,520 --> 01:08:32,920 point. And I just I scheduled it to air 1368 01:08:33,080 --> 01:08:34,800 on New Year's Day. So I wasn't going live on New 1369 01:08:34,800 --> 01:08:38,399 Year's Day. And it was about how to prepare 1370 01:08:38,399 --> 01:08:41,279 your child for T-ball like their first venture into Little 1371 01:08:41,279 --> 01:08:43,760 League. And it it it's not about going 1372 01:08:43,760 --> 01:08:46,560 out there and, you know, having a three hitter and a shortstop 1373 01:08:46,560 --> 01:08:49,120 for the get go. No, it's more about just 1374 01:08:49,120 --> 01:08:53,080 avoiding some of the pitfalls that as a first time parent, 1375 01:08:53,080 --> 01:08:55,840 let's face it, man, it's not like when we were young. 1376 01:08:55,840 --> 01:08:57,520 All right, sign them up for the church team. 1377 01:08:57,520 --> 01:09:01,359 All right, You know, you, you're on this travel team that's right 1378 01:09:01,359 --> 01:09:03,920 across the a good one, but it's right across the street from our 1379 01:09:03,920 --> 01:09:05,680 home in Marine Park playing for the cadets. 1380 01:09:05,680 --> 01:09:08,399 That's the best team around. Like it is such a different 1381 01:09:08,399 --> 01:09:10,160 landscape that it's overwhelming. 1382 01:09:10,520 --> 01:09:14,080 And I do put a lot of that stuff up there and hopefully you guys 1383 01:09:14,080 --> 01:09:15,359 enjoy it. I know it's not for everybody 1384 01:09:15,359 --> 01:09:17,560 because not everybody's has is a parent yet. 1385 01:09:18,319 --> 01:09:21,439 Whatever, you know, So let's see here. 1386 01:09:22,640 --> 01:09:26,359 Bozak Sacramento. I think I said that right. 1387 01:09:26,359 --> 01:09:29,399 That is a jacked up now is that are you that jacked up? 1388 01:09:30,160 --> 01:09:32,120 Jeez, that is a jacked up looking dude. 1389 01:09:32,439 --> 01:09:35,240 It's a good avatar, bro. This is why the show's great 1390 01:09:35,240 --> 01:09:37,920 sports life, politics. Would love to hear about your 1391 01:09:37,920 --> 01:09:39,399 baseball stats throughout your career. 1392 01:09:39,399 --> 01:09:40,760 No, you don't. You you don't you don't want to 1393 01:09:40,760 --> 01:09:42,600 hear No, I don't think anybody wants to hear about that. 1394 01:09:43,439 --> 01:09:45,720 Here's the short version. High school was excellent, 1395 01:09:45,800 --> 01:09:48,640 college disappointing. Always hurt, didn't get it done. 1396 01:09:50,240 --> 01:09:51,880 That's the shortest version that I could give you. 1397 01:09:52,200 --> 01:09:54,880 You know, I'm not going to start ripping through my my high 1398 01:09:54,880 --> 01:09:58,040 school, although if I was to do one of the two, I could probably 1399 01:09:58,200 --> 01:10:00,040 pick on the high school stats more so than college. 1400 01:10:00,040 --> 01:10:02,760 But now I was hurt a lot. And and that's something I've 1401 01:10:02,760 --> 01:10:05,400 talked a lot about. Like it still bothers me, you 1402 01:10:05,400 --> 01:10:09,240 know, it still bothers me. A very prideful person put the 1403 01:10:09,240 --> 01:10:12,480 work in, just didn't happen, you know, and I think it goes into 1404 01:10:12,720 --> 01:10:15,840 sometimes wanting something too much where you could almost 1405 01:10:15,840 --> 01:10:18,360 squeeze too hard. And I think you complicate it. 1406 01:10:19,000 --> 01:10:22,360 I don't know if I did that in college, maybe trying to 1407 01:10:22,360 --> 01:10:24,400 overcome the injuries. I unknowingly did it. 1408 01:10:24,760 --> 01:10:28,640 But yeah, I mean, it's trust me, you know, if I ever make the 1409 01:10:28,640 --> 01:10:30,960 Hall of Fame at Maris, it's not it's not for being a player. 1410 01:10:30,960 --> 01:10:34,160 It's for whatever I've done post leaving the campus. 1411 01:10:34,160 --> 01:10:36,720 You know what I mean? Let me get this more on the 1412 01:10:36,720 --> 01:10:38,400 YouTube stuff here, blah, blah, blah. 1413 01:10:38,840 --> 01:10:42,600 All right, something on The Jets here. 1414 01:10:43,400 --> 01:10:45,080 OK, let me let me just give you something. 1415 01:10:45,080 --> 01:10:46,320 Where was it? On the Yankees? 1416 01:10:46,320 --> 01:10:48,280 Really quick. I I can't go too much longer. 1417 01:10:48,280 --> 01:10:49,520 I got to take a shower. I got to shave. 1418 01:10:49,520 --> 01:10:52,840 I got to get out to Queens and I've got to sit down. 1419 01:10:52,840 --> 01:10:54,800 I've got to tape the first interview with the Red Storm 1420 01:10:54,800 --> 01:10:58,160 Report today with my guy Pitino, who I will absolutely get on 1421 01:10:58,160 --> 01:11:02,160 this show very, very soon once I'm able to. 1422 01:11:02,800 --> 01:11:05,480 So maybe I shouldn't say soon. This is dragging on more than I 1423 01:11:05,480 --> 01:11:09,560 thought. All right, so the Cabrera deal, 1424 01:11:09,560 --> 01:11:11,880 right? What? 1425 01:11:12,600 --> 01:11:16,160 What I don't get now, they gave up in that trade. 1426 01:11:16,160 --> 01:11:21,120 The Cubs gave up their number 1 prospect who their overall #1 1427 01:11:21,520 --> 01:11:23,520 who is a top 50 prospect in all the baseball. 1428 01:11:23,520 --> 01:11:24,880 I'm not going to inundate you with that stuff. 1429 01:11:24,880 --> 01:11:28,680 Like all this damn ranking is a different outlets, 47 here, 52 1430 01:11:28,680 --> 01:11:30,880 here. They're just top 50 prospect. 1431 01:11:31,080 --> 01:11:34,160 They're #1 prospect, short version and somebody else who I 1432 01:11:34,160 --> 01:11:38,080 think was number 11 and another player who I don't know was even 1433 01:11:38,080 --> 01:11:38,680 ranked. They gave up. 1434 01:11:38,680 --> 01:11:40,600 They gave up a lot is what I'm saying for Cabrera. 1435 01:11:40,880 --> 01:11:45,920 So there's some history there, some inconsistencies, some 1436 01:11:45,960 --> 01:11:48,040 issues with the with the injuries as well. 1437 01:11:48,320 --> 01:11:51,400 I was interested in Cabrera. I was never on the Cabrera train 1438 01:11:51,400 --> 01:11:53,160 at any cost. I think that's idiotic. 1439 01:11:53,160 --> 01:11:56,120 Now the Yankees are going to have a very interesting 2 month 1440 01:11:56,120 --> 01:11:58,360 start to the season here because they're going to be rolling out 1441 01:11:58,360 --> 01:12:01,240 Yarborough, they're going to be rolling out Will Warren, they're 1442 01:12:01,240 --> 01:12:03,120 going to be rolling out Cams Beast. 1443 01:12:03,120 --> 01:12:05,640 But still Year 2 guys will make adjustments off him and then 1444 01:12:05,640 --> 01:12:07,960 he's got to do the same. But his stuff is top shelf, so 1445 01:12:07,960 --> 01:12:09,800 he'll be great. I'm not worried about him, but 1446 01:12:09,800 --> 01:12:12,000 he's still got to show it as a sophomore that that he's that 1447 01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:14,680 guy that we think he is, that he was against the Red Sox in the 1448 01:12:14,680 --> 01:12:17,040 playoffs and many other starts before that. 1449 01:12:17,600 --> 01:12:19,760 But you're rolling out a lot of of course, Freed, you got Louise 1450 01:12:19,760 --> 01:12:22,840 Hill. But while Cole and Roldan and 1451 01:12:22,840 --> 01:12:26,320 then eventually Schmidt deeper in the summer as they're working 1452 01:12:26,320 --> 01:12:29,360 their way back to health and if there's no setbacks, they're 1453 01:12:29,360 --> 01:12:33,760 both going to miss two months ish ish. 1454 01:12:34,080 --> 01:12:36,880 Like that's that's a lot of turns through the rotation where 1455 01:12:37,240 --> 01:12:40,880 you are beginning to define who you are in the division and the 1456 01:12:40,880 --> 01:12:43,280 divisions not soft. It's it's probably the best 1457 01:12:43,280 --> 01:12:46,400 division in baseball. I know the NL E is really good 1458 01:12:46,400 --> 01:12:48,200 as well. I know the the the NL West has a 1459 01:12:48,200 --> 01:12:49,120 lot of time. I get that. 1460 01:12:49,400 --> 01:12:51,960 But I think top to bottom, I think the most competitive right 1461 01:12:51,960 --> 01:12:53,920 now division of baseball is the American League East. 1462 01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:57,440 So, you know, that does not necessarily entitle the Yankees 1463 01:12:57,440 --> 01:13:01,160 to just waltzing through the start in a snooze in a slumber 1464 01:13:01,360 --> 01:13:03,880 as guys get healthy, and especially now without any 1465 01:13:03,880 --> 01:13:05,480 upgrades. And we'll see about Bellinger 1466 01:13:05,480 --> 01:13:07,480 and whatever else they might do, but shit, whatever. 1467 01:13:07,760 --> 01:13:10,960 And when I can't wait for that stuff to break, like I'm waiting 1468 01:13:10,960 --> 01:13:12,480 on that. Like I'm waiting for the Yanks 1469 01:13:12,480 --> 01:13:14,320 to do something. I'm waiting for the Mets to do 1470 01:13:14,320 --> 01:13:16,680 something. Those shows going to be 1471 01:13:16,680 --> 01:13:20,320 phenomenal. But the Cabrera stuff, This is 1472 01:13:20,320 --> 01:13:23,560 why I'm bothered by the MI stuff. 1473 01:13:23,560 --> 01:13:25,360 Well, what does MI have to do with Cabrera? 1474 01:13:25,360 --> 01:13:27,880 I'm going to tell you the Yankees had a chat. 1475 01:13:27,880 --> 01:13:30,400 I don't know how good a Mai is. Everybody says he's not 1476 01:13:30,400 --> 01:13:32,680 Yamamoto. All right, he's probably not. 1477 01:13:32,680 --> 01:13:34,960 Very few are. We read the scouting reports. 1478 01:13:34,960 --> 01:13:36,960 He throws this hard. Here's his K rate here. 1479 01:13:37,040 --> 01:13:38,920 We all know the numbers if you dive into the advanced stuff, 1480 01:13:38,920 --> 01:13:41,640 right, But we don't know how he's going to be at the at the 1481 01:13:41,640 --> 01:13:42,960 Major League level. We don't know that. 1482 01:13:43,440 --> 01:13:45,800 But don't you think that that's a risk worth taking? 1483 01:13:46,080 --> 01:13:49,760 Like they need another starter if they don't get and and I 1484 01:13:49,760 --> 01:13:52,040 think that they will Perolta, whatever. 1485 01:13:52,480 --> 01:13:55,480 But if they don't get another starter, you can't tell me that 1486 01:13:55,480 --> 01:13:57,840 it's not on the table where the Yankees are. 1487 01:13:57,960 --> 01:14:00,000 Well, it's 12 and 15. You know, they get off to a 1488 01:14:00,000 --> 01:14:02,760 middling start and you're playing uphill the rest of the 1489 01:14:02,760 --> 01:14:04,560 season. And then when the when the guys 1490 01:14:04,560 --> 01:14:08,240 come back, you better hope that there's not a #1A set back, as I 1491 01:14:08,240 --> 01:14:13,440 said, but also a, you know, a period where where they're 1492 01:14:13,440 --> 01:14:15,920 transitioning back to what their baseball cards say. 1493 01:14:16,200 --> 01:14:21,080 More so Cole than than Rodan. And as that's happening, the 1494 01:14:21,120 --> 01:14:24,960 Yankees had a chance to bring somebody in that was very valued 1495 01:14:24,960 --> 01:14:28,760 around baseball, that was gotten at a very team friendly deal. 1496 01:14:29,000 --> 01:14:31,200 And all it would have cost was money. 1497 01:14:31,840 --> 01:14:35,320 So if the reluctance is and I'm I wouldn't give up Lombard for 1498 01:14:35,320 --> 01:14:37,160 Cabrera, There's no way I'm doing that. 1499 01:14:37,520 --> 01:14:40,360 You want Spencer Jones? All right, maybe I'll have that. 1500 01:14:40,360 --> 01:14:42,520 Yeah. You know, I I think Dominguez is 1501 01:14:42,520 --> 01:14:45,120 probably more viable than Ben Jones. 1502 01:14:45,320 --> 01:14:47,800 He just strikes out a ton. I don't know how that's going to 1503 01:14:47,800 --> 01:14:50,800 change and and rectify itself against better pitching when you 1504 01:14:50,800 --> 01:14:53,600 strike out twice a game of the Miners like that's that's 1505 01:14:53,600 --> 01:14:55,320 problematic. I know he's got the size. 1506 01:14:55,320 --> 01:14:57,200 I know he's got the speed. I know he's a good center 1507 01:14:57,200 --> 01:14:59,680 fielder, much better than Dominguez, a better outfielder. 1508 01:15:00,120 --> 01:15:03,760 You know, I know he's light tower power bombs, missiles, 450 1509 01:15:03,760 --> 01:15:06,560 feet, you know, beautiful Yankee Stadium swing. 1510 01:15:06,560 --> 01:15:09,960 He's going to strike out 237 times if he plays a whole year. 1511 01:15:10,440 --> 01:15:12,200 Damn it. I I would have to ask why 1512 01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:14,920 wouldn't we think that he would when everything that he's put on 1513 01:15:14,920 --> 01:15:18,640 film and statistically he's a minor leaguer says that he is an 1514 01:15:18,640 --> 01:15:22,160 incredibly high volume north of 30% strikeout guy. 1515 01:15:22,520 --> 01:15:24,800 Like that's a troll. Like I think of the majors, it's 1516 01:15:24,800 --> 01:15:30,680 going to be closer to 40% without a real real overhaul to 1517 01:15:30,680 --> 01:15:32,920 approach or tweaking mechanics, whatever it might be. 1518 01:15:33,160 --> 01:15:36,280 So I would be more willing to give him up, even though he's a 1519 01:15:36,280 --> 01:15:38,040 better fielder than than Dominguez, because at least 1520 01:15:38,040 --> 01:15:42,160 Dominguez has shown hit 260 last year, 20 steals, 910 home runs. 1521 01:15:42,680 --> 01:15:45,480 I, I, I think there's something there with Dominguez, but they 1522 01:15:45,480 --> 01:15:47,720 could have bought a my plugged him in. 1523 01:15:48,080 --> 01:15:50,120 And like, this is one thing that's driving me nuts. 1524 01:15:50,120 --> 01:15:51,800 And I got to wrap it up after this guy really do have to 1525 01:15:51,800 --> 01:15:55,200 shower and get out to Queens. I, I don't understand why the 1526 01:15:55,200 --> 01:15:59,240 Yankees and the Mets, by the way, are both so behind the 1527 01:15:59,240 --> 01:16:02,480 curve of structuring these modern contracts. 1528 01:16:02,840 --> 01:16:06,440 Like, what the hell is so hard about deferring money? 1529 01:16:06,680 --> 01:16:12,080 Like how do the Astros get a my for what they got him for with 1530 01:16:12,160 --> 01:16:14,200 opt outs? Like that would have been so 1531 01:16:14,200 --> 01:16:17,280 appealing more for the Yankees, I think, but even for the Mets, 1532 01:16:17,880 --> 01:16:19,840 really appealing for the Yankees in this regard. 1533 01:16:19,840 --> 01:16:22,560 OK, am I you know, what did he get 60? 1534 01:16:22,560 --> 01:16:24,160 Whatever, I don't know whatever the total number was. 1535 01:16:24,160 --> 01:16:25,880 I forget the number, but I know it was three years with opt 1536 01:16:25,880 --> 01:16:28,960 outs, right? So and it's his opt outs, opt 1537 01:16:28,960 --> 01:16:31,920 out after one opt out after 2. So let me get this straight. 1538 01:16:32,320 --> 01:16:35,640 Yankees give am I the same deal? And maybe he wasn't amenable to 1539 01:16:35,640 --> 01:16:37,240 that with the Yankees. I I don't know. 1540 01:16:37,240 --> 01:16:38,400 Maybe they want to come to the Yankees. 1541 01:16:38,400 --> 01:16:40,360 I don't know. But I also don't believe that 1542 01:16:40,360 --> 01:16:43,320 that kind of contract was presented to am I at all like I 1543 01:16:43,320 --> 01:16:46,640 feel pretty good saying that. So if it was presented and he 1544 01:16:46,640 --> 01:16:49,720 did bite and he comes here with the ability to opt out after 1545 01:16:49,720 --> 01:16:53,080 one, well, guess what? If he has a great season, guess 1546 01:16:53,080 --> 01:16:55,240 who wins? You win because then he's going 1547 01:16:55,240 --> 01:16:56,960 to opt out. He's going to give you and I'm 1548 01:16:56,960 --> 01:16:59,800 going to I mean, I'll just throw, I'll throw numbers at 1549 01:16:59,800 --> 01:17:02,840 you. Let's say he would have gone or 1550 01:17:02,840 --> 01:17:05,240 goes. I mean, I'm going to go crazy 1551 01:17:05,240 --> 01:17:14,920 here, You know, 15 and 9 with a 3.180 RA whip is good. 1552 01:17:15,080 --> 01:17:19,440 Walk rates fairly low, K rates good, durable, make like a 1553 01:17:19,440 --> 01:17:21,480 Goodyear like a really good season. 1554 01:17:21,560 --> 01:17:24,240 He's opting out and then he opts out and you're free. 1555 01:17:24,560 --> 01:17:27,760 Now you can re engage him if you want, but you have solved the 1556 01:17:27,760 --> 01:17:31,640 absence for the first two months on a larger level without giving 1557 01:17:31,640 --> 01:17:34,960 out a prospect. Like that's what I didn't get. 1558 01:17:35,360 --> 01:17:39,320 And those are the little things about the way the lack of modern 1559 01:17:40,120 --> 01:17:43,720 approach with some of these things is incredibly 1560 01:17:43,960 --> 01:17:47,800 frustrating. I don't get it like I I do 1561 01:17:47,800 --> 01:17:50,800 understand not wanting to give up a top prospect. 1562 01:17:50,800 --> 01:17:53,960 That is a bit of a wild card. All right, the Cubs roll the 1563 01:17:53,960 --> 01:17:55,800 dice. They gave up their top guy top 1564 01:17:55,800 --> 01:17:57,520 50 in baseball. That's the Cubs. 1565 01:17:57,520 --> 01:17:59,480 I mean, Cubs don't win anything. Let I'm not saying the Cubs are 1566 01:17:59,480 --> 01:18:02,680 well run, you know, in, in in terms of the Cabrera trade, but 1567 01:18:02,680 --> 01:18:07,320 man, they could have had a my not give up a prospect and then 1568 01:18:07,760 --> 01:18:12,000 the incentive on a my Zen to have an amazing season is there 1569 01:18:12,000 --> 01:18:15,600 because he wants to stop down get 30-40 fifty 60-70 more 1570 01:18:15,600 --> 01:18:20,640 $1,000,000 after he opts out. I, you know, I I I I just I did 1571 01:18:20,640 --> 01:18:25,280 not understand that. So one of the things that 1572 01:18:25,280 --> 01:18:27,600 bothers me, one of the things that's got to be addressed here 1573 01:18:27,600 --> 01:18:29,920 and one of the things that will continue follow on the show BT 1574 01:18:29,920 --> 01:18:31,760 unleashed here. All right, let me start right. 1575 01:18:31,760 --> 01:18:35,720 Maybe I got one more comment. One more comment. 1576 01:18:36,320 --> 01:18:39,200 Yeah, they did get a hold for for the Clippers for Cabrera. 1577 01:18:39,200 --> 01:18:43,800 I totally agree. You know, let me hit this one 1578 01:18:43,800 --> 01:18:47,760 up, Kyle. My son isn't into sports as I 1579 01:18:47,760 --> 01:18:50,320 wish he'd be. Trying not to force it. 1580 01:18:51,240 --> 01:18:55,000 Yeah, I mean, that's tricky. As I spoke on the the Pot about, 1581 01:18:55,000 --> 01:18:56,760 you know, getting your little one ready for Little League, 1582 01:18:56,760 --> 01:19:00,160 T-ball or softball. You know, my kids are totally 1583 01:19:00,160 --> 01:19:04,320 different, you know, and you know, I'm working on. 1584 01:19:04,320 --> 01:19:06,840 He's still young, like, and it's a good thing, but it's also 1585 01:19:07,000 --> 01:19:08,560 something that he has had to work on. 1586 01:19:08,560 --> 01:19:11,400 Like they treats every game like it's game seven of the World 1587 01:19:11,400 --> 01:19:13,720 Series, even less two nights ago, playing a basketball game, 1588 01:19:13,720 --> 01:19:16,400 like the ref missed a call and, and the ref definitely missed 1589 01:19:16,400 --> 01:19:19,280 the call, but he was fired up. Now I, I will take that 1590 01:19:19,280 --> 01:19:22,520 intensity and that passion for playing hard and, and the 1591 01:19:22,520 --> 01:19:25,120 aptitude because if you don't have that like you, you can't 1592 01:19:25,120 --> 01:19:28,160 give that to somebody. I believe it's easier to, you 1593 01:19:28,160 --> 01:19:31,440 know, smooth somebody out and, and that's one of the, you know, 1594 01:19:31,440 --> 01:19:35,160 one of the things that my wife and I are doing rather than 1595 01:19:35,160 --> 01:19:37,400 trying to coerce it out of some. Like if you're not naturally 1596 01:19:37,400 --> 01:19:41,000 funny or naturally engaging or naturally conversational, you're 1597 01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:43,640 a little bit more withdrawn. I'm just talking to general now. 1598 01:19:44,080 --> 01:19:46,240 You're not going to suddenly be the guy who, you know, in the 1599 01:19:46,240 --> 01:19:48,840 middle of the party is like he's up on stage cracking 1 liners 1600 01:19:48,840 --> 01:19:50,160 the life of the party. That's just not you. 1601 01:19:50,160 --> 01:19:53,360 You're going to be, you know, more to yourself and maybe 1602 01:19:53,360 --> 01:19:56,040 engaged in a little group. But we all know that guy. 1603 01:19:56,040 --> 01:19:58,720 And a lot of times I was that guy, you know, that guy in high 1604 01:19:58,720 --> 01:20:00,600 school, that guy in college, that girl in high school, that 1605 01:20:00,600 --> 01:20:02,320 girl in College, in the middle of everything, right? 1606 01:20:02,880 --> 01:20:06,000 So if you're not predisposed to be that way from a personality 1607 01:20:06,000 --> 01:20:09,040 trait, you're not going to be that way the the sport. 1608 01:20:09,040 --> 01:20:10,400 And my daughter's very different than that. 1609 01:20:10,400 --> 01:20:12,320 Like she plays hard. But hey, you want to go down, 1610 01:20:12,320 --> 01:20:14,400 hit some balls. I don't know, you want to go 1611 01:20:14,400 --> 01:20:16,480 down. She let him let's dribble, you 1612 01:20:16,520 --> 01:20:18,520 know, and I and I don't force it, right? 1613 01:20:18,520 --> 01:20:21,720 She just says I love the games. All right, She's 9. 1614 01:20:21,720 --> 01:20:23,320 So I'm not going to I'm not going to go nuts here. 1615 01:20:23,320 --> 01:20:26,160 But if you want to, I'm saying it myself, if you want to keep 1616 01:20:26,160 --> 01:20:28,600 playing in games as you get older, you know, games of 1617 01:20:28,600 --> 01:20:31,040 relevance, eventually this model is going to have to shift a 1618 01:20:31,040 --> 01:20:33,680 little bit where you might not love practicing, but you 1619 01:20:33,720 --> 01:20:35,080 understand the importance right now. 1620 01:20:35,120 --> 01:20:36,680 She's not there yet. Whatever. 1621 01:20:36,680 --> 01:20:42,800 But I would say for that, Kyle, man, I, I, that's a tricky one. 1622 01:20:43,160 --> 01:20:46,240 I would say that I think the hardest thing or the worst route 1623 01:20:46,240 --> 01:20:51,720 to take, right, would be to, you know, just throw the bat in 1624 01:20:51,720 --> 01:20:54,960 their hands or go to the park and shoot hoops and and drill 1625 01:20:54,960 --> 01:20:56,960 them. Like that's, that is not if they 1626 01:20:56,960 --> 01:21:01,080 don't have a if, like there's not a a natural interest of them 1627 01:21:01,080 --> 01:21:06,280 wanting to play and having fun, then I don't, I mean, I'm not a 1628 01:21:06,280 --> 01:21:07,640 psychologist. I'm going to tell you what I'm 1629 01:21:07,640 --> 01:21:10,520 going through and what I went through myself and and whatever 1630 01:21:10,720 --> 01:21:12,600 and some of the kids I coach. I don't, I don't know if there's 1631 01:21:12,600 --> 01:21:15,080 a perfect answer for that. I think the easy thing would be 1632 01:21:15,080 --> 01:21:18,920 to say keep it fun, right? But I, I think the way you get 1633 01:21:18,920 --> 01:21:20,760 into that to maybe spark that interest. 1634 01:21:20,760 --> 01:21:22,560 I don't know the age. I really do wish I knew the age. 1635 01:21:22,560 --> 01:21:25,160 Like if the child's six or seven, that's different. 1636 01:21:25,440 --> 01:21:27,760 If the child's 11 or 12, that's really different. 1637 01:21:27,760 --> 01:21:30,280 Because there is, as much as I hate this, there is an 1638 01:21:30,280 --> 01:21:33,440 expiration point earlier than it's ever been with young 1639 01:21:33,440 --> 01:21:38,520 athletes getting out there and immersing themselves in their 1640 01:21:38,520 --> 01:21:40,880 sport. And now they're specialization 1641 01:21:40,880 --> 01:21:42,160 and all, which I don't really agree with. 1642 01:21:42,160 --> 01:21:43,800 And all those other things I'll talk about on the pod. 1643 01:21:44,560 --> 01:21:47,920 I would say whatever your favorite team is, let's say 1644 01:21:47,920 --> 01:21:52,040 you're a big Yankees fan or big Nick guy, sit down and make it 1645 01:21:52,040 --> 01:21:54,840 fun and watch the game and talk about the game a little bit. 1646 01:21:54,880 --> 01:21:58,280 You know, maybe have him pretend he's the play by play announcer. 1647 01:21:58,280 --> 01:22:02,720 I, I don't know, there is one thing and I'll definitely leave 1648 01:22:02,720 --> 01:22:04,360 you with this. This is definitely in the other 1649 01:22:04,360 --> 01:22:05,880 pod. But since a few of you have 1650 01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:07,760 popped up some of this these questions, I'll give you this 1651 01:22:07,760 --> 01:22:10,320 here. So I was right there in COVID. 1652 01:22:10,320 --> 01:22:12,160 So he was like 4 year right before he was like 4. 1653 01:22:12,480 --> 01:22:15,520 I would go in the yard, right? Like to me that the greatest 1654 01:22:15,520 --> 01:22:19,480 urgency is to create urgency within a young athlete. 1655 01:22:19,520 --> 01:22:21,680 And I don't mean, Oh God, I got to be the I'm not talking about 1656 01:22:21,680 --> 01:22:24,840 I got to be the best. I mean the urgency to run with 1657 01:22:24,840 --> 01:22:28,440 vigor, to chase a ball, to run hard. 1658 01:22:28,440 --> 01:22:31,640 Like those are the that's the first entry into being a young 1659 01:22:31,640 --> 01:22:34,160 athlete. And I think 1 fun and I did this 1660 01:22:34,960 --> 01:22:36,440 and it was fun. Man, I miss these days. 1661 01:22:36,440 --> 01:22:40,160 God, I would go in the yard and and I didn't even like have this 1662 01:22:40,520 --> 01:22:45,440 name of a game or necessarily even this intention, but it just 1663 01:22:45,440 --> 01:22:47,600 hit me and it morphed into something fun and something 1664 01:22:47,600 --> 01:22:48,320 good. It's helped them. 1665 01:22:49,120 --> 01:22:52,000 I developed this game called the seven second game and we would 1666 01:22:52,000 --> 01:22:55,000 be on one end of my yard and I'd have a wiffle ball bat and I'd 1667 01:22:55,000 --> 01:22:57,000 have a wiffle ball like a bunch of wiffle balls, right, Because 1668 01:22:57,000 --> 01:22:58,920 we're hitting out there. Whatever, I must play a game. 1669 01:22:58,920 --> 01:23:00,920 Come on. And I would, and I would hit the 1670 01:23:00,920 --> 01:23:03,320 ball and he'd have his glove on and I would hit it to the other 1671 01:23:03,320 --> 01:23:05,760 side of the yard, sometimes try to wrap it around the house. 1672 01:23:06,000 --> 01:23:10,400 And I would literally countdown 12 three. 1673 01:23:10,840 --> 01:23:14,640 And I would give him a 7 second, maybe even start a 10 second 1674 01:23:14,640 --> 01:23:16,040 game. And then I'd cut it down to 1675 01:23:16,040 --> 01:23:17,440 seven. Of course, you got to keep 1676 01:23:17,440 --> 01:23:19,680 pushing it. Eventually we got to the 55 1677 01:23:19,680 --> 01:23:23,720 second game and within my count, which is obviously I have a loud 1678 01:23:23,720 --> 01:23:25,160 voice, the whole neighbor could probably hear it. 1679 01:23:25,560 --> 01:23:29,080 He's running after the ball with an urgency because now he knows 1680 01:23:29,480 --> 01:23:31,360 all right, I'm, I'm running after the ball and I'm, I'm 1681 01:23:31,360 --> 01:23:34,080 running after it within a required amount of time and I'm 1682 01:23:34,080 --> 01:23:35,640 having fun doing it. And early. 1683 01:23:35,640 --> 01:23:38,600 And I, he got most he got, he got most of them very early, you 1684 01:23:38,600 --> 01:23:41,080 know, from the get go. But there was some like if Rick, 1685 01:23:41,080 --> 01:23:44,680 if it ricocheted off a fence or a house or or whatever, a tree, 1686 01:23:45,000 --> 01:23:48,560 I would then say if I was getting to 7 or 10 and he hadn't 1687 01:23:48,560 --> 01:23:53,560 gotten the ball yet and I didn't think he would, I would say 566 1688 01:23:53,640 --> 01:23:57,360 and 1/2. 6 is like I would, I would make it fun and then he 1689 01:23:57,360 --> 01:23:58,960 would get the ball in the run back. 1690 01:23:59,320 --> 01:24:02,720 I don't know if that's perfect. But what I do know is that when 1691 01:24:02,720 --> 01:24:05,000 Tebow and I was obviously doing some other stuff as a former 1692 01:24:05,000 --> 01:24:09,440 player with him, but as as he got to the T-ball field, guess 1693 01:24:09,440 --> 01:24:12,000 who is ready to run after every ball, even if it was on the 1694 01:24:12,040 --> 01:24:13,760 other side of the diamond, He was. 1695 01:24:14,120 --> 01:24:16,880 So I think if you start with just having fun and, and making 1696 01:24:16,880 --> 01:24:21,480 it a game and tapping into their competitiveness without going 1697 01:24:21,480 --> 01:24:24,880 over the top, you know, and, and by the way, that in itself is a 1698 01:24:25,120 --> 01:24:28,000 is a tough struggle. You know, you know, I've had 1699 01:24:28,000 --> 01:24:29,760 moments where I'm like, that's too much. 1700 01:24:29,760 --> 01:24:33,560 I've seen other friends and other young players that 1701 01:24:33,560 --> 01:24:36,840 specifically my son plays with that, you know, their parents 1702 01:24:36,840 --> 01:24:38,000 have made mistakes that I've made. 1703 01:24:38,240 --> 01:24:42,240 You know, it, it is what it is. There's no road map to doing it 1704 01:24:42,240 --> 01:24:44,880 the right way and so nobody's perfect. 1705 01:24:44,880 --> 01:24:46,720 I don't know if that's the perfect answer only because I 1706 01:24:46,720 --> 01:24:49,960 don't think that there is one. But short version, start with 1707 01:24:49,960 --> 01:24:53,560 fun, get the urgency going and, and, and just start there. 1708 01:24:53,600 --> 01:24:55,160 All right, I got to run. I got to shower, I got to get 1709 01:24:55,160 --> 01:24:58,640 out the Queens. I will upload the the Red Storm 1710 01:24:58,640 --> 01:25:00,000 report on the YouTube page as well. 1711 01:25:00,000 --> 01:25:02,200 It airs every Friday and Saturday on MSG. 1712 01:25:02,480 --> 01:25:04,880 So I don't know if you guys are going to be able to see it If 1713 01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:06,880 you don't have MSG or you don't have the app, whatever it might 1714 01:25:06,880 --> 01:25:08,760 be, I will upload them to YouTube. 1715 01:25:09,360 --> 01:25:11,160 Hopefully. I'm not going to I'm not going 1716 01:25:11,160 --> 01:25:12,360 to front. I don't know. 1717 01:25:12,760 --> 01:25:14,880 I'm not going to sit here and say, Oh yeah, the YouTube stream 1718 01:25:14,880 --> 01:25:17,000 will be fixed by tomorrow. I honestly don't know the answer 1719 01:25:17,000 --> 01:25:19,280 to that. I hope that it will be In the 1720 01:25:19,280 --> 01:25:22,240 meantime, go to the youth, go to the go to the page at BT 1721 01:25:22,240 --> 01:25:24,560 unleashed comments like it spread the word. 1722 01:25:24,560 --> 01:25:27,720 Please subscribe. The more you guys do, the more I 1723 01:25:27,720 --> 01:25:30,880 can do the more traction we get, the more I can build it out and 1724 01:25:30,880 --> 01:25:34,120 the more we can turn this into what I am on a mission to turn 1725 01:25:34,120 --> 01:25:36,880 this into. So let's see what the Giants do 1726 01:25:36,880 --> 01:25:38,480 with it with it. And this is obviously not the 1727 01:25:38,480 --> 01:25:40,960 end of the conversation with Harbaugh, but let's really see 1728 01:25:40,960 --> 01:25:44,040 how they handle this. Let's see now Harbaugh Miami how 1729 01:25:44,080 --> 01:25:46,320 that factors in. And it's going to on some level 1730 01:25:46,320 --> 01:25:49,320 you can bet on that, even if it's just on a cursory level. 1731 01:25:49,320 --> 01:25:52,080 Good job by the Knicks last night punching, punching back 1732 01:25:52,080 --> 01:25:55,280 and showing a little bit of pride in some some fight and 1733 01:25:55,280 --> 01:25:57,400 ending that four-game skit against a team that was hot and 1734 01:25:57,400 --> 01:26:00,160 has some talent. And then obviously the the am I 1735 01:26:00,400 --> 01:26:04,040 more so more about am I than the Cabrera situation with the 1736 01:26:04,040 --> 01:26:05,520 Yankees. They reluctance to just spend 1737 01:26:05,520 --> 01:26:08,920 money and circumvent giving up prospects, which they did not do 1738 01:26:09,120 --> 01:26:11,680 and I don't know why. So have a great rest of your 1739 01:26:11,680 --> 01:26:13,640 Thursday tomorrow. We'll get into all the football 1740 01:26:13,640 --> 01:26:16,040 games as well, all the games over the weekend, the wild card 1741 01:26:16,040 --> 01:26:17,600 stuff. I'll make the picks. 1742 01:26:17,840 --> 01:26:19,360 You'll know. You know, there'll be something 1743 01:26:19,360 --> 01:26:20,880 else with the Giants at some point here. 1744 01:26:21,160 --> 01:26:23,440 Maybe something breaks with the Yanks and the Mets. 1745 01:26:23,440 --> 01:26:25,560 And in the meantime, have a great day. 1746 01:26:25,560 --> 01:26:27,280 I appreciate you guys. You know I do. 1747 01:26:27,280 --> 01:26:31,000 I really appreciate you and I will see you tomorrow live at 1748 01:26:31,080 --> 01:26:31,800 10. See ya.