1 00:00:04,280 --> 00:00:06,160 Oh my God, do we have problems here? 2 00:00:06,840 --> 00:00:12,000 Wow, Do we have problem with the pathetic, pitiful soft mix? 3 00:00:12,320 --> 00:00:14,560 What's going on, everybody? How are you BT Unleashed? 4 00:00:14,560 --> 00:00:17,520 Of course, guys, there's two choices at this point. 5 00:00:17,520 --> 00:00:21,120 There's really, there's really not much else to say, although 6 00:00:21,120 --> 00:00:24,880 I, I do have a lot to say, but really I'm not going to bury the 7 00:00:24,880 --> 00:00:26,920 lead. You are to change the coach or 8 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:30,480 you change the players period. Like there's there's no longer 9 00:00:30,480 --> 00:00:32,640 evaluation. Well, are they going to figure 10 00:00:32,640 --> 00:00:34,600 it out? Well, the Knicks are having a 11 00:00:34,600 --> 00:00:36,640 little bit of a rough patch. Knicks are broken right now. 12 00:00:36,640 --> 00:00:38,560 There's no doubt about it. The New York Knicks is currently 13 00:00:38,560 --> 00:00:42,320 constituted or going absolutely nowhere. 14 00:00:42,320 --> 00:00:45,720 And I got to tell you, you know by now, I'm not a Carl Anthony 15 00:00:45,720 --> 00:00:47,800 Towns. I don't know if I want to use 16 00:00:47,800 --> 00:00:50,480 the word fan believer, like ultimate believer. 17 00:00:50,840 --> 00:00:53,200 Like I'm a fan of some of his skill for sure. 18 00:00:53,720 --> 00:00:56,240 But I've been all over him because I do think he's lazy and 19 00:00:56,240 --> 00:00:57,800 sloppy and all the things that I've said. 20 00:00:58,240 --> 00:01:02,160 But I think a lot of the energy that is going toward Coral 21 00:01:02,160 --> 00:01:05,560 Anthony Towns right now, it's really kind of a curveball to 22 00:01:05,680 --> 00:01:07,640 other stuff that's problematic for this team. 23 00:01:07,640 --> 00:01:11,200 But I really think it's an oversimplification when so many 24 00:01:11,200 --> 00:01:13,600 of you just say it's all Cat's fault. 25 00:01:13,640 --> 00:01:16,240 It's all Cat's fault. It's that that is that is not 26 00:01:16,240 --> 00:01:19,520 actually true. Now he's probably at this point 27 00:01:19,920 --> 00:01:21,920 more of an issue that a solution. 28 00:01:21,920 --> 00:01:23,440 And and Leon Rose got to wake up. 29 00:01:23,800 --> 00:01:27,040 I mean, since Leon Rose, you know, some of the things that 30 00:01:27,040 --> 00:01:30,400 he's done recently, whether it's the bench, you can now argue 31 00:01:30,400 --> 00:01:31,960 about Mike Brown being the right hire. 32 00:01:31,960 --> 00:01:33,280 I mean, everything's in play at this point. 33 00:01:33,280 --> 00:01:34,800 You got February 5th to fix this. 34 00:01:35,000 --> 00:01:38,920 You've got until February 5 to find out what you going to do to 35 00:01:38,920 --> 00:01:40,720 pivot. And it can't be a little tweak 36 00:01:40,720 --> 00:01:44,600 the 8th man or the 7th man. Like to me, it's bulldozer time. 37 00:01:44,600 --> 00:01:47,480 You've got to you got to take a Wrecking Ball to this Knicks 38 00:01:47,480 --> 00:01:48,880 team. Obviously you're not giving up 39 00:01:48,880 --> 00:01:51,440 Jalen Brunson, anybody else that you want. 40 00:01:51,440 --> 00:01:54,720 And I like OG, but if it's going to take OG sacrifice to get rid 41 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,760 of something else, to entice somebody to make a trade, to 42 00:01:57,760 --> 00:01:59,760 make something happen, you got to do it. 43 00:01:59,760 --> 00:02:02,320 I mean, the window was like this, this for Jaylen Brunson's 44 00:02:02,320 --> 00:02:04,840 prime and Jaylen Brunson's very favorable contract. 45 00:02:04,840 --> 00:02:07,720 So, you know, if I'm James Dalton, who was on the Fan a 46 00:02:07,720 --> 00:02:09,600 week or so ago telling everybody, y'all, we're going to 47 00:02:09,600 --> 00:02:12,840 win the championship, it's my expectation to get to the NBA 48 00:02:12,840 --> 00:02:15,480 Finals and win. Well, if he's truly thinking 49 00:02:15,480 --> 00:02:17,760 that, and I believe that he is, I believe that he was forthright 50 00:02:17,760 --> 00:02:20,480 when he said that, well, then there is no way he's going to be 51 00:02:20,480 --> 00:02:23,120 accepting of this. So things need to change. 52 00:02:23,320 --> 00:02:26,440 I'm obviously going to outline what I believe that they could 53 00:02:26,440 --> 00:02:30,080 do, what they should do. Let me first start kind of in 54 00:02:30,080 --> 00:02:32,720 sequential order, because I think the there there's two and 55 00:02:32,880 --> 00:02:36,680 depends upon how you view cat and Tibs, but you're either in 56 00:02:36,680 --> 00:02:39,880 the school of you know, it it it Tom Femino should still be 57 00:02:39,880 --> 00:02:41,880 coaching this team, which I don't agree with. 58 00:02:41,960 --> 00:02:43,760 I don't respectfully, I don't agree with that. 59 00:02:43,760 --> 00:02:46,120 Now, you can also make the case that Mike Brown shouldn't be 60 00:02:46,120 --> 00:02:49,240 coaching this team. That seems much more sensible to 61 00:02:49,240 --> 00:02:50,880 me. But understand this guys, if 62 00:02:50,880 --> 00:02:53,160 you're going to jump on the train of, oh, look what the 63 00:02:53,160 --> 00:02:54,600 Knicks are without Tom Thibodeau. 64 00:02:54,600 --> 00:02:57,560 Oh, look at the Knicks aversion to defense, which by the way, 65 00:02:57,560 --> 00:03:00,440 statistically is very provable. If you're going to do all this 66 00:03:00,440 --> 00:03:03,560 stuff, you also have to calculate the fact that not 67 00:03:03,560 --> 00:03:07,840 once, not twice, 3 * 3 straight years, the New York Knicks under 68 00:03:07,840 --> 00:03:12,040 Tom Thibodeau's watch with homecourt advantage, lost in the 69 00:03:12,040 --> 00:03:14,160 playoffs with homecourt advantage. 70 00:03:14,160 --> 00:03:16,200 So I think two things could be true. 71 00:03:16,440 --> 00:03:18,840 Like the Knicks might be a a little bit worse off without Tom 72 00:03:18,840 --> 00:03:21,200 Fibito in terms of the principles, in terms of the the 73 00:03:21,200 --> 00:03:24,200 connectivity, but that doesn't mean that they made the wrong 74 00:03:24,200 --> 00:03:26,240 move. Now the third aspect in terms of 75 00:03:26,240 --> 00:03:29,200 getting rid of them, the third aspect is all right. 76 00:03:29,200 --> 00:03:31,200 Maybe they hired the wrong guy. Maybe it's a little bit too 77 00:03:31,200 --> 00:03:33,480 soft. It's a little bit too, you know, 78 00:03:33,520 --> 00:03:35,880 it's it's lacking connectivity. Like the Knicks are a 79 00:03:35,880 --> 00:03:38,960 disjointed, fumbling, bumbling circus right now. 80 00:03:39,240 --> 00:03:44,040 You fall behind 30 points to the Dallas Mavericks or Martin 81 00:03:44,040 --> 00:03:46,920 Luther King Day, which was always a day, no matter how 82 00:03:46,920 --> 00:03:50,080 shitty the Knicks were, the Knicks always played. 83 00:03:50,520 --> 00:03:53,280 I'm not saying they won every single MLK day, but that's a if 84 00:03:53,280 --> 00:03:56,360 you were a Knick fan before the rest of the NBA really, you 85 00:03:56,360 --> 00:03:59,760 know, made Martin Luther King Day a central theme in terms of 86 00:03:59,760 --> 00:04:01,560 the schedule. He really, you know, really 87 00:04:01,560 --> 00:04:03,960 owned the day, which is great. Like the Knicks were always 88 00:04:03,960 --> 00:04:07,240 playing there and the Knicks were always doing things with, 89 00:04:07,560 --> 00:04:09,440 you know, with pride. Even lesser teams. 90 00:04:09,440 --> 00:04:11,600 I mean, there were a lot of great moments on MLK Day 91 00:04:11,880 --> 00:04:15,920 yesterday. They're down by 3030 to the 92 00:04:15,920 --> 00:04:18,519 Dallas Mavericks. They get booed off the court, 93 00:04:18,519 --> 00:04:20,920 which they deserve. Course Ben Stiller's out here. 94 00:04:20,920 --> 00:04:22,520 Tweet and everything's going to be fine. 95 00:04:22,520 --> 00:04:24,560 I am really Ben. I mean, listen. 96 00:04:24,760 --> 00:04:27,080 And then he dropped another tweet where I think he just, you 97 00:04:27,080 --> 00:04:30,040 wrote the letter F and didn't want to, you know, throw out the 98 00:04:30,040 --> 00:04:33,160 other 3 letters, which is fine. And it was like F dash, dash, 99 00:04:33,240 --> 00:04:36,320 dash, dash, dash, dash. Well, if Ben Stiller is alarmed, 100 00:04:36,320 --> 00:04:39,440 Mr. Positivity, no matter what's going on with the Knicks, it's 101 00:04:39,440 --> 00:04:43,680 never bad like Ben Stiller is. To me, he's just too optimistic. 102 00:04:43,720 --> 00:04:45,520 Like it's delusionally optimistic. 103 00:04:45,520 --> 00:04:48,320 So if you got Ben Stiller now digging in saying that the 104 00:04:48,320 --> 00:04:51,120 Knicks have problems, we got problems, which by the way, I've 105 00:04:51,120 --> 00:04:55,160 told you for a while now, I told you a couple of shows ago that 106 00:04:55,160 --> 00:04:57,080 the Knicks are broken, that they got to do something. 107 00:04:57,320 --> 00:04:59,480 All right. So again, the pecking order of 108 00:04:59,480 --> 00:05:04,280 issues right now, it's either Mike Brown, then Cat then or Cat 109 00:05:04,280 --> 00:05:06,760 then Mike Brown. And obviously you tie into the 110 00:05:06,760 --> 00:05:09,800 absence of Tom Pivotal. But as I just said, like the the 111 00:05:09,800 --> 00:05:12,680 Knicks with Tom Thibodeau, we're never getting to that next 112 00:05:12,680 --> 00:05:14,240 level. I can't prove it because he's 113 00:05:14,240 --> 00:05:17,680 not coaching this team anymore. But I believe in my eyes and I 114 00:05:17,680 --> 00:05:20,280 trust my basketball sensibilities enough that that 115 00:05:20,280 --> 00:05:23,280 I'm always right, obviously. But enough, especially with 116 00:05:23,280 --> 00:05:26,800 basketball and especially with that team that they hit the 117 00:05:26,800 --> 00:05:30,000 ceiling are Tom Thibodeau is not a two or three time NBA 118 00:05:30,000 --> 00:05:32,080 champion. He's in his, you know, early to 119 00:05:32,080 --> 00:05:34,840 mid 60s, whatever he is, he's a coaching lifer. 120 00:05:34,960 --> 00:05:37,960 He's a hell of a coach, but he's got no championship. 121 00:05:37,960 --> 00:05:40,920 So to say that that this team would be champion more more 122 00:05:40,920 --> 00:05:44,440 championship viable with Tom Thibodeau, I just think is wrong 123 00:05:44,440 --> 00:05:48,080 because there's really no evidence that that Tom that Tom 124 00:05:48,440 --> 00:05:51,520 that that Tom Pibido was going to morph into that that kind of 125 00:05:51,520 --> 00:05:54,760 a coach at this point stuck in his ways and all the things we 126 00:05:54,760 --> 00:05:56,160 dissected a million ways forward. 127 00:05:56,160 --> 00:05:58,360 It's not to re litigate the Tom Pibito era. 128 00:05:58,680 --> 00:06:02,080 It's to cross the bridge and get to what is really staring at us 129 00:06:02,080 --> 00:06:04,920 right now. And right now, KC, the biggest 130 00:06:04,920 --> 00:06:08,200 issue, all right, And we knew the defense would be problematic 131 00:06:08,200 --> 00:06:11,160 coming into the season because you got a turnstile, the point 132 00:06:11,160 --> 00:06:15,120 guard and you got a slow plotting fire hydrant at the 133 00:06:15,120 --> 00:06:17,880 five. So you got 2 guys out there who 134 00:06:17,880 --> 00:06:20,280 are not average or slightly below average. 135 00:06:20,280 --> 00:06:25,840 They are wretched, absolutely wretched, just horrendously 136 00:06:25,840 --> 00:06:29,800 deficient NBA defensive players. And Oh yeah, by the way, they 137 00:06:29,800 --> 00:06:31,840 just, I know that the wings are really important, but they're 138 00:06:31,840 --> 00:06:35,360 also A2 very, very important. Like if your power forward is a 139 00:06:35,360 --> 00:06:38,440 little whatever, you can kind of hide him unless you're playing 140 00:06:38,440 --> 00:06:41,200 against the four who's stepping out and, you know, taking you 141 00:06:41,200 --> 00:06:42,880 off the bounce and hitting threes, whatever. 142 00:06:43,200 --> 00:06:46,720 But if your point guard, the 1st, the first like line of 143 00:06:46,720 --> 00:06:49,560 defense is awful, well, now you're in the paint. 144 00:06:49,560 --> 00:06:50,960 And what happens when you're in the paint? 145 00:06:51,200 --> 00:06:53,360 Guys got to collapse when guys got to collect, when guys 146 00:06:53,360 --> 00:06:56,120 collapse, boom, you get open shots everywhere. 147 00:06:56,120 --> 00:06:58,760 Why do you think the Knicks can't defend the three-point 148 00:06:58,760 --> 00:07:01,000 shot? It's not because OG and Bridges 149 00:07:01,000 --> 00:07:03,080 aren't good, although I did, I think, and I'm going to get the 150 00:07:03,080 --> 00:07:04,320 bridges in a minute. Bridges. 151 00:07:04,320 --> 00:07:05,360 I'm going to crush bridges today. 152 00:07:05,360 --> 00:07:09,080 I'm sick of bridges really avoiding any sort of heat. 153 00:07:09,080 --> 00:07:12,840 But I'll get to him after all, right, So when your your point 154 00:07:12,840 --> 00:07:15,720 guard is deficient defensively, you're in the paint. 155 00:07:15,720 --> 00:07:17,720 You pass it all over. Guys are white guys are 156 00:07:17,720 --> 00:07:21,760 scurrying around like try to recover, try to help out. 157 00:07:21,960 --> 00:07:24,120 And then you get open looks. And if you have a good passing 158 00:07:24,120 --> 00:07:26,520 team that you're playing against, even if you if you 159 00:07:26,520 --> 00:07:29,240 recovered to the first shooter, it's one pass around the 160 00:07:29,240 --> 00:07:30,640 perimeter. That guy's open. 161 00:07:30,640 --> 00:07:33,840 So that so that's a massive problem that no, even if it if 162 00:07:33,840 --> 00:07:37,760 it's Tom Thibodeau, Red Holtzman, Phil Jackson, Pat 163 00:07:37,760 --> 00:07:41,720 Riley, Gregg Popovich, if they were to come back as one coach, 164 00:07:41,800 --> 00:07:45,760 like reincarnated as one, right? There is nothing from a 165 00:07:45,760 --> 00:07:49,920 principal perspective or obviously from whatever he lacks 166 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:53,800 out like athletically, none of those guys combined are going to 167 00:07:53,800 --> 00:07:57,800 save Jalen Brunson from getting roasted defensively on a 168 00:07:57,800 --> 00:07:59,600 consistent basis. So that's the first problem. 169 00:07:59,840 --> 00:08:02,800 And then obviously you start getting around the rim and when 170 00:08:02,800 --> 00:08:05,760 Mitch is in there, it's great. When Cats in there, he's slow, 171 00:08:05,760 --> 00:08:09,080 he's a plotter, he's lazy, he's with these ridiculous fouls on 172 00:08:09,080 --> 00:08:11,400 the offensive end like. So there are things that are 173 00:08:11,400 --> 00:08:15,720 going to obviously, you know, take away from the Knicks 174 00:08:15,720 --> 00:08:18,080 ability to win at a very, very high level. 175 00:08:18,400 --> 00:08:20,320 And that's a big problem. I mean, that's a big, big 176 00:08:20,320 --> 00:08:21,640 problem. By the way, I appreciate that 177 00:08:21,640 --> 00:08:22,920 end the Fed. Thank you, buddy. 178 00:08:23,160 --> 00:08:25,360 Keeping up the great work BT rooting for your success. 179 00:08:25,360 --> 00:08:28,000 Thank you, I appreciate that. I'm all sorts of fired up. 180 00:08:28,000 --> 00:08:29,960 So I'm not even looking at the text change if you got something 181 00:08:29,960 --> 00:08:32,159 to say. Obviously, my guy Jared's going 182 00:08:32,159 --> 00:08:34,360 to pump some stuff in. If it's a super chat, it's going 183 00:08:34,360 --> 00:08:36,799 to jump out more. I am just locked into the shot I 184 00:08:36,799 --> 00:08:37,919 got. I got no time to waste. 185 00:08:37,919 --> 00:08:40,320 All right, although I will I will read stuff that comes on 186 00:08:40,320 --> 00:08:41,960 the screen. Then I'm getting right back to 187 00:08:41,960 --> 00:08:43,960 this. So Thibodeau's gone, Brown's 188 00:08:43,960 --> 00:08:47,720 Brown drowning cats a disaster. Brunson's a problem with what I 189 00:08:47,720 --> 00:08:51,720 just outlined and the biggest issue, and I didn't see this one 190 00:08:51,720 --> 00:08:53,320 coming. Like again, I saw the defensive 191 00:08:53,320 --> 00:08:56,760 deficiencies because we saw them last year the one and the year 192 00:08:56,760 --> 00:08:58,600 before. The one thing, even without Cat, 193 00:08:58,600 --> 00:09:02,800 the one thing that I really did not envision with this team, the 194 00:09:02,800 --> 00:09:06,440 Nova Nets, even though Divincenzo, who is a bowler and 195 00:09:06,440 --> 00:09:09,320 my guy and I missed Dante Divincenzo when he had some 196 00:09:09,320 --> 00:09:13,640 sack, that he had some balls, some stones that this team could 197 00:09:13,640 --> 00:09:17,720 sorely use and is sorely, sorely lacking, right? 198 00:09:18,320 --> 00:09:21,400 But the Nova Knicks were tight, and there was this great 199 00:09:21,400 --> 00:09:25,280 chemistry in this great unity. This Knicks team, they don't 200 00:09:25,280 --> 00:09:27,640 even like each other. Like you. 201 00:09:27,680 --> 00:09:30,480 It is so obvious. It's one thing to lose. 202 00:09:30,560 --> 00:09:32,520 You win the Cup. Big damn deal. 203 00:09:32,520 --> 00:09:35,840 The Cup, right? So you win the Cup, and maybe 204 00:09:35,840 --> 00:09:39,120 it's a little hangover. That's the holidays, You know, 205 00:09:39,120 --> 00:09:41,560 whatever. All right, they'll figure it 206 00:09:41,560 --> 00:09:42,360 out. They're there. 207 00:09:42,360 --> 00:09:43,760 They've got championship pedigree. 208 00:09:43,760 --> 00:09:45,280 No. They've lost three straight 209 00:09:45,280 --> 00:09:47,000 years despite having homecourt advantages. 210 00:09:47,000 --> 00:09:49,880 I've said so when I hear my I love Deuce. 211 00:09:49,920 --> 00:09:52,920 Deuce is I, I have nothing to say negatively about Deuce. 212 00:09:53,160 --> 00:09:55,960 I know we had a rough game yesterday, but Deuce plays hard. 213 00:09:55,960 --> 00:09:57,840 Deuce is a score. Deuce can defend. 214 00:09:58,000 --> 00:10:00,200 Deuce is a baller. He's got a heartbeat and he's 215 00:10:00,200 --> 00:10:01,600 got pride. Deuce is the man. 216 00:10:01,600 --> 00:10:04,440 I love him all right. But when Deuce McBride comes out 217 00:10:04,440 --> 00:10:08,600 and says that that paraphrase along the lines of, you know, 218 00:10:08,600 --> 00:10:10,720 well, you know, maybe we we became a little bit too 219 00:10:10,720 --> 00:10:14,360 confident and, you know, maybe winning the cup was a false 220 00:10:14,360 --> 00:10:17,360 sense of security. Winning the cup was a are you 221 00:10:17,360 --> 00:10:20,080 out of your mind, a false sense of security. 222 00:10:20,240 --> 00:10:23,400 Let me get this straight now. I'm not saying I'm not saying 223 00:10:23,400 --> 00:10:25,760 this right. I'm not saying I didn't enjoy 224 00:10:26,160 --> 00:10:29,040 like is the cup progressed. I jumped in a little bit. 225 00:10:29,080 --> 00:10:30,800 I leaned in. I enjoyed watching it with my 226 00:10:30,800 --> 00:10:32,040 son. Nick's won it. 227 00:10:32,040 --> 00:10:33,800 You had a couple of good high level games. 228 00:10:34,040 --> 00:10:37,560 I thought it would really, you know, kind of sharpen them as 229 00:10:37,560 --> 00:10:39,640 you get deeper into the season. I thought it would be a good 230 00:10:39,640 --> 00:10:41,080 unifying thing for the next team. 231 00:10:41,480 --> 00:10:44,640 So with that being said, I understand the way the NBA goes. 232 00:10:44,840 --> 00:10:47,360 You play 82 times. Even if you're a team that's 233 00:10:47,360 --> 00:10:49,760 dialed in. You got 10-12 nights where you 234 00:10:49,760 --> 00:10:51,880 don't have it. And it looks like a combination 235 00:10:51,920 --> 00:10:55,080 of incredible inefficiency and a lack of interest, right? 236 00:10:55,320 --> 00:10:58,880 That happens to anybody. But it can't happen for three 237 00:10:58,880 --> 00:11:02,000 weeks straight, and it can't happen when shitty teams come in 238 00:11:02,000 --> 00:11:05,760 your house and mop the floor with you and do whatever they 239 00:11:05,760 --> 00:11:08,360 want. The Dallas Mavericks who are 240 00:11:08,360 --> 00:11:13,200 injured and going nowhere, put up 7 25 on you when it should be 241 00:11:13,200 --> 00:11:16,360 the highest sense of urgency for the Knicks. 75. 242 00:11:16,400 --> 00:11:18,480 Okay. And Oh yeah, by the way, in this 243 00:11:18,480 --> 00:11:21,560 stretch where the Knicks have lost nine of 11, their defense 244 00:11:21,560 --> 00:11:25,160 is bottom five in the NBA. Now, if you have a great 245 00:11:25,160 --> 00:11:27,400 offense, and even that's taking a little turn in the world 246 00:11:27,400 --> 00:11:30,960 direction when you have a great offense, I don't need you to be 247 00:11:30,960 --> 00:11:33,240 a top 10 defense. Now if you are, well, now you're 248 00:11:33,240 --> 00:11:35,600 a team that can obviously really, truly mess around and 249 00:11:35,600 --> 00:11:40,640 think of yourself as a true, viable, justifiably speaking 250 00:11:40,640 --> 00:11:45,120 title contender, right? If you are a top five offense in 251 00:11:45,120 --> 00:11:50,040 your life, even 13 or 14 on defense, you could work around 252 00:11:50,040 --> 00:11:52,400 that enough and and you could probably still mess around. 253 00:11:52,400 --> 00:11:55,240 Then at least maybe get to depending on on the matchups, 254 00:11:55,240 --> 00:11:58,320 how favorable they are or or they are not and then get to the 255 00:11:58,320 --> 00:12:00,480 championship, maybe mess around, maybe win something. 256 00:12:00,480 --> 00:12:04,960 But when you are no longer the offense that was revered early 257 00:12:04,960 --> 00:12:08,920 and was just explosive and unstoppable and suddenly, well, 258 00:12:08,920 --> 00:12:11,720 not even suddenly because it's now basically over a month and 259 00:12:11,720 --> 00:12:13,360 all year they've had an inability to defend the 260 00:12:13,360 --> 00:12:15,600 three-point. So it's not just they're giving 261 00:12:15,600 --> 00:12:17,760 up points now. They've been awful defending the 262 00:12:17,760 --> 00:12:21,000 three-point shot for a minute 1. I don't know why, because you 263 00:12:21,000 --> 00:12:24,520 got why I do because I just told you a little bit, But when you 264 00:12:24,520 --> 00:12:27,080 have wings, you should be, you shouldn't be that bad. 265 00:12:27,080 --> 00:12:28,320 You should at least be functional. 266 00:12:28,600 --> 00:12:32,080 But when the offense takes a step back and the defense takes 267 00:12:32,080 --> 00:12:36,480 9, it's a wrap, dude. So Dolan and Leon Rose have two 268 00:12:36,480 --> 00:12:39,800 very simple, very, very simple options here. 269 00:12:40,040 --> 00:12:44,360 Number one, you fire the coach #2 you trade somebody of 270 00:12:44,360 --> 00:12:46,080 importance like Cat. That's it. 271 00:12:46,440 --> 00:12:48,360 Like there's no waiting around anymore. 272 00:12:48,520 --> 00:12:50,080 Maybe they'll figure out it's over. 273 00:12:50,080 --> 00:12:51,760 It's a wrap. Nick's cooked. 274 00:12:52,080 --> 00:12:54,880 They're emotionally. They're emotionally fried. 275 00:12:55,200 --> 00:12:57,920 There is no longer any synergy with this team. 276 00:12:58,160 --> 00:12:59,800 Again, you look at them in the timeouts. 277 00:13:00,080 --> 00:13:03,560 They can't stand each other. And then like, you can get away 278 00:13:03,560 --> 00:13:07,560 with that in baseball. You want to tell me go back to 279 00:13:07,560 --> 00:13:11,240 like the Mets like 2 years ago? All right, Lindor and McNeil 280 00:13:11,240 --> 00:13:14,160 weren't buddies, but yeah, they still won almost 90 games, made 281 00:13:14,160 --> 00:13:15,280 a nice run. In baseball. 282 00:13:15,280 --> 00:13:17,800 You could do that. It's more individually driven, 283 00:13:17,960 --> 00:13:20,480 like a little different. If you're a double play combo, I 284 00:13:20,480 --> 00:13:23,000 get that. But if Lindor and forget about 285 00:13:23,000 --> 00:13:26,520 Lindor and McNeil, if you, if player X hates player Y and 286 00:13:26,520 --> 00:13:29,560 player X bats first and the other guy bats 5th, what's the 287 00:13:29,560 --> 00:13:32,400 correlation there? You get your 4 bats, I get my 4 288 00:13:32,400 --> 00:13:34,000 bats. You do what you do, I do what I 289 00:13:34,000 --> 00:13:36,680 do, and we'll see what happens. And if you're good players, and 290 00:13:36,680 --> 00:13:39,840 you do, if you're paid to do, you will still win despite maybe 291 00:13:39,840 --> 00:13:43,920 some tension or some breakdowns in relationships in the NBA. 292 00:13:44,080 --> 00:13:46,560 Same with hockey. But I'm going to stick to the 293 00:13:46,560 --> 00:13:49,920 NBA now. In the NBA, if there is no 294 00:13:49,920 --> 00:13:54,080 connectivity and if there is a general lack of joy and distaste 295 00:13:54,320 --> 00:13:57,040 for one another and working with each other, I'm not going to 296 00:13:57,040 --> 00:13:59,360 help you on the weak side. I'm not going to set that extra 297 00:13:59,360 --> 00:14:02,520 screen quite with the oomph that I should to free you up. 298 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:05,920 I'm going to get my shot. And once that happens one night, 299 00:14:06,160 --> 00:14:07,760 then it's a little easier to do it again. 300 00:14:07,760 --> 00:14:09,800 And then it's a little bit easier to do it again. 301 00:14:09,800 --> 00:14:13,000 And then it becomes a habit. And once that becomes a habit 302 00:14:13,200 --> 00:14:15,920 will now it's at this point of the season, I think it's 303 00:14:15,920 --> 00:14:18,920 impossible to to disrupt that habit. 304 00:14:18,920 --> 00:14:22,640 So it is a call. I I'm not trying to mince words. 305 00:14:22,640 --> 00:14:24,000 I'm not trying to beat around the Bush. 306 00:14:24,200 --> 00:14:26,440 You trade cat or you fire Mike Brown. 307 00:14:26,480 --> 00:14:28,560 You figure it out mix. You figure it out. 308 00:14:28,560 --> 00:14:30,280 Leon Rose. I mean, because everything 309 00:14:30,280 --> 00:14:33,600 you've done so far coming into the season has not worked out. 310 00:14:34,000 --> 00:14:36,040 I mean, Jordan Clarkson's had some good games. 311 00:14:36,040 --> 00:14:38,560 OK, whatever. Yabaselli has been an absolute 312 00:14:38,560 --> 00:14:40,640 disaster. The coach that you brought in is 313 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,160 not getting the job done. The star players don't have 314 00:14:43,160 --> 00:14:46,240 chemistry and continuity. The, the, the wing, right? 315 00:14:46,240 --> 00:14:50,200 The the two guard wing that you gave up 9000 first round picks 316 00:14:50,200 --> 00:14:53,600 for and a ton of money is an absolute softy. 317 00:14:53,600 --> 00:14:56,800 I am so tired of watching Mikhail Bridges. 318 00:14:57,040 --> 00:15:01,400 Can somebody explain to me how he doesn't get criticized more 319 00:15:01,400 --> 00:15:03,840 often? That's why I said, guys, really 320 00:15:04,200 --> 00:15:07,560 to me, this, this whole evaluation of who the Knicks 321 00:15:07,560 --> 00:15:10,760 are, where they are right now and more importantly and more 322 00:15:10,760 --> 00:15:12,880 specifically where they're ultimately going to go. 323 00:15:13,240 --> 00:15:17,520 It's an oversimplification just to say cat, he's soft and get 324 00:15:17,520 --> 00:15:19,600 rid of cat. I'm OK with getting rid of cat. 325 00:15:19,840 --> 00:15:22,240 But if you think that that's the only issue, it's it's not, which 326 00:15:22,240 --> 00:15:25,240 is my point. How in the world in the modern 327 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:29,840 NBA can you be a small forward slash guard? 328 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:34,120 OK, And in the last five games, four of those games, I'm talking 329 00:15:34,120 --> 00:15:37,160 about bridges, take not a single free throw. 330 00:15:37,560 --> 00:15:40,840 Five games, 4 attempts. All four came in one game. 331 00:15:41,240 --> 00:15:44,160 I mean, how do you not get to the strike unless you are just 332 00:15:44,200 --> 00:15:48,160 inherently soft, which Mikhail Bridges is? 333 00:15:48,440 --> 00:15:50,880 He's soft. They made the wrong move. 334 00:15:51,120 --> 00:15:53,560 They took all the chips that they collected, which was such a 335 00:15:53,560 --> 00:15:57,560 good thing and such a smart thing and such a a forward 336 00:15:57,560 --> 00:16:01,280 thinking thing, right? Leon Rose, the concept was 337 00:16:01,280 --> 00:16:03,760 right. Hey, we'll take some shots. 338 00:16:03,760 --> 00:16:06,800 We know that we're not just going to win with Tom Thibodeau 339 00:16:06,840 --> 00:16:08,760 and Julius Randle. I'm talking about when they 340 00:16:08,760 --> 00:16:10,760 overachieved and made the playoffs during COVID. 341 00:16:11,000 --> 00:16:13,600 That was fun. That was a culture that was 342 00:16:13,600 --> 00:16:16,480 raising the floor, that was raising the ceiling, and we all 343 00:16:16,560 --> 00:16:18,760 loved it. But Leon rose, rightfully so, 344 00:16:18,760 --> 00:16:22,080 was smart enough to know that there was a real visible 345 00:16:22,080 --> 00:16:24,800 expiration point on that. So you start making some moves, 346 00:16:25,120 --> 00:16:30,400 and the move that you made for Mikhail Bridges is just an awful 347 00:16:30,400 --> 00:16:31,680 move. That's it. 348 00:16:31,960 --> 00:16:34,560 I've seen enough. I'm done with McHale Bridges. 349 00:16:34,560 --> 00:16:37,760 If you can ship him out and get somebody with some tenacity in 350 00:16:37,760 --> 00:16:40,600 here and keep Cat, I'd actually be OK with that. 351 00:16:40,880 --> 00:16:43,320 And you guys know that I'm not a big Carl Anthony Towns fan. 352 00:16:43,520 --> 00:16:47,240 Because what he's bad at kills you when it matters #1 and when 353 00:16:47,240 --> 00:16:50,040 you're bad at something this long in your career, well, guess 354 00:16:50,040 --> 00:16:51,680 what? You're always going to be bad at 355 00:16:51,680 --> 00:16:53,680 it. If you're a high strikeout guy 356 00:16:53,680 --> 00:16:55,320 and you're in your like Ryan McMahon, right? 357 00:16:55,320 --> 00:16:57,280 The Yankees are saying Ryan McMahon's going to cut down the 358 00:16:57,280 --> 00:16:58,760 strikeouts. We're going to unlock this. 359 00:16:59,160 --> 00:17:00,800 OK? I'll believe it when I see it. 360 00:17:00,800 --> 00:17:04,079 When you strike out 200 times a year and you're 30 years old, 361 00:17:04,079 --> 00:17:06,560 you are what you are. You're a great fielder, got a 362 00:17:06,560 --> 00:17:08,119 little pop and you're a whiff machine. 363 00:17:08,240 --> 00:17:10,960 How is that going to change? He's going to suddenly hit 265 364 00:17:11,160 --> 00:17:13,440 with 101 strikeouts instead of 212. 365 00:17:13,599 --> 00:17:16,000 Doesn't work that way. It's not the way it goes. 366 00:17:16,280 --> 00:17:20,400 Like this is the same concept, right, that I tell my kids, 367 00:17:20,599 --> 00:17:23,280 whether it's school, whether it's sports, kids I coach, Hey, 368 00:17:23,440 --> 00:17:25,800 if that kids better than you go do something about it. 369 00:17:26,079 --> 00:17:30,120 Now, there are certain things inherently that you really can't 370 00:17:30,120 --> 00:17:31,880 control. If somebody jumps higher than 371 00:17:31,880 --> 00:17:34,480 you, if somebody's bigger, you know, strength, you can 372 00:17:34,480 --> 00:17:37,240 obviously increase. But no matter how many times 373 00:17:37,240 --> 00:17:40,200 Peter Brady hung on the monkey bars at on the Brady bunch, 374 00:17:40,320 --> 00:17:42,000 you're not going to you're not going to lengthen yourself. 375 00:17:42,000 --> 00:17:43,720 You're not going to get taller by hanging on. 376 00:17:43,720 --> 00:17:46,560 Just try to stretch yourself. All right, So there's certain 377 00:17:46,560 --> 00:17:50,720 things, there's certain things that just will not change. 378 00:17:51,080 --> 00:17:54,200 And the things that will not change with this Knick team have 379 00:17:54,200 --> 00:17:55,680 them doomed. It is over. 380 00:17:55,680 --> 00:17:57,600 It is a wrap. I don't care what you say. 381 00:17:57,600 --> 00:17:59,800 I don't care what you say and I don't care what you say. 382 00:17:59,920 --> 00:18:01,880 It's over. Like, if you want to give this 383 00:18:01,880 --> 00:18:04,760 team another seven days to figure it out, go knock yourself 384 00:18:04,760 --> 00:18:05,640 out. I'm done. 385 00:18:05,640 --> 00:18:07,600 I tapped out. It's over. 386 00:18:07,800 --> 00:18:10,800 Mercy. Like you cannot have this happen 387 00:18:11,080 --> 00:18:15,240 this long and think that you're an NBA contender for the 388 00:18:15,240 --> 00:18:17,640 championship. What are we delusional here? 389 00:18:18,080 --> 00:18:21,400 I mean, this is fanboy podcast, not this one. 390 00:18:21,480 --> 00:18:26,440 I'm not doing that. You know, they have no pride. 391 00:18:26,840 --> 00:18:28,960 That's the most disgraceful part about this. 392 00:18:29,200 --> 00:18:31,480 They get no pride. They're always chirping at each 393 00:18:31,480 --> 00:18:33,800 other. And and really, it was guys, the 394 00:18:33,800 --> 00:18:38,640 signs have been so visible, which is why when I came on on, 395 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:40,360 oh, God, was that Friday? I didn't even know what day it 396 00:18:40,360 --> 00:18:41,840 was. It was maybe it was Friday. 397 00:18:41,960 --> 00:18:43,120 Yeah, I think it was. Maybe. 398 00:18:43,200 --> 00:18:45,680 Yeah. After the Golden State game when 399 00:18:45,680 --> 00:18:48,320 nobody came to Cats defense. And then, by the way, Draymond 400 00:18:48,320 --> 00:18:49,720 again, punking him on the podcast. 401 00:18:49,760 --> 00:18:52,880 Yet he loves his dad. But yet all he does is shit all 402 00:18:52,880 --> 00:18:55,160 over Carl Anthony Towns. And nobody did a damn thing 403 00:18:55,160 --> 00:18:59,280 about it, including the head coach who was hugging him for 404 00:18:59,280 --> 00:19:02,000 the entire basketball community and free world to see. 405 00:19:02,280 --> 00:19:04,160 Oh, my man, What's going on? What's up, brother? 406 00:19:04,400 --> 00:19:06,720 I know you won together. It's an awful look for the guys 407 00:19:06,720 --> 00:19:10,280 you're coaching now, especially the guy that you supposed to 408 00:19:10,280 --> 00:19:11,760 have his back on. You know what I mean? 409 00:19:11,760 --> 00:19:14,240 Like Draymond just did whatever he wanted. 410 00:19:14,280 --> 00:19:17,000 Cat didn't resist it, nobody did, and the coach made it 411 00:19:17,000 --> 00:19:19,720 worse. So every conceivable aspect of 412 00:19:19,720 --> 00:19:23,400 this team sucks right now. And to me, it is terminal. 413 00:19:23,520 --> 00:19:26,240 It is a terminal basketball affliction. 414 00:19:26,400 --> 00:19:28,600 It's over, it's a wrap. They're done. 415 00:19:28,960 --> 00:19:32,440 Make trades, make changes, break it down, do whatever you got to 416 00:19:32,440 --> 00:19:35,680 do because this team is going nowhere. 417 00:19:35,880 --> 00:19:39,240 And I even said the other day, and I feel more emboldened to 418 00:19:39,240 --> 00:19:42,120 say it now, but I really believe this, that the Knicks are 419 00:19:42,120 --> 00:19:44,400 closer. Think about what I'm about to 420 00:19:44,400 --> 00:19:47,240 say here based on what we thought they would be coming 421 00:19:47,240 --> 00:19:50,160 into the season and when they were 23 and 9 at one point 422 00:19:50,440 --> 00:19:53,280 during the season right before losing 9 of 11. 423 00:19:53,600 --> 00:19:56,480 I actually think right now, depending upon the matchup, all 424 00:19:56,480 --> 00:19:58,000 right. And really, it might not even 425 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,480 matter as much with the matchup because what's hurting the 426 00:20:00,480 --> 00:20:02,840 Knicks at this point? They can lose to anybody, as 427 00:20:02,840 --> 00:20:04,160 evidenced by yesterday and other. 428 00:20:04,360 --> 00:20:07,600 You lost to the Suns twice in five days, then you get you. 429 00:20:07,720 --> 00:20:11,840 Face handed to you at the Garden on MLK Day with a full house. 430 00:20:11,960 --> 00:20:15,120 You give up 75 in the first half and they get booed back to the 431 00:20:15,120 --> 00:20:17,560 locker room and what do you do? Nothing. 432 00:20:17,720 --> 00:20:21,600 All right, So anyway, I think I really believe that the Knicks 433 00:20:21,600 --> 00:20:24,520 are closer to getting bounced in round one than they are getting 434 00:20:24,520 --> 00:20:26,160 to forget about the NBA championship. 435 00:20:26,360 --> 00:20:27,960 Then they are getting to the conference finals. 436 00:20:28,240 --> 00:20:30,880 Joke like this is the year Browns hurt. 437 00:20:30,880 --> 00:20:33,880 This guy's banged up, this guy got traded, this guy's out. 438 00:20:34,160 --> 00:20:37,600 All set up. Not only all set up to just kind 439 00:20:37,600 --> 00:20:41,800 of coast into the conference finals, right, but when you know 440 00:20:41,800 --> 00:20:46,240 585960 games, you know have like a real memorable season. 441 00:20:46,240 --> 00:20:51,160 Instead, it is just falling apart at the seam. 442 00:20:51,160 --> 00:20:54,720 So cats not happy. There's no team unity. 443 00:20:54,800 --> 00:20:56,960 Mike Brown's not fixing it, you know. 444 00:20:57,000 --> 00:20:59,800 And reportedly they have had trade discussions with Memphis. 445 00:20:59,800 --> 00:21:02,560 Report came out, I believe last night or maybe late in the day, 446 00:21:02,760 --> 00:21:06,120 Memphis, Orlando and Charlotte. So they know they got a problem 447 00:21:06,120 --> 00:21:08,040 and at least I'm going to give them a little bit of credit. 448 00:21:08,040 --> 00:21:08,800 Now. They've got to make sure it 449 00:21:08,800 --> 00:21:11,040 happens. Like just to make exploratory 450 00:21:11,040 --> 00:21:14,760 calls or to take a call and have a very cursory conversation. 451 00:21:14,760 --> 00:21:16,960 Yeah, we might trade that. Then you got to trade them. 452 00:21:17,120 --> 00:21:19,320 You trade somebody. So the fact that they're in the 453 00:21:19,320 --> 00:21:22,720 Middle East conversation tells me that they know that they're 454 00:21:22,720 --> 00:21:24,720 broken. So at least that gives me an 455 00:21:24,720 --> 00:21:28,920 ounce of solace here. But my God almighty, this is 456 00:21:29,240 --> 00:21:34,240 just unacceptable for the New York Knicks. 457 00:21:35,000 --> 00:21:37,480 Unacceptable. Wow. 458 00:21:38,760 --> 00:21:42,280 Mikhail Bridges, you know, so listen to this stat. 459 00:21:43,720 --> 00:21:45,640 So we know he doesn't get to the free throw online a lot. 460 00:21:45,640 --> 00:21:50,480 Although again, I think two or three years ago he did what, 461 00:21:50,480 --> 00:21:54,400 like 6.3 or something like that with Phoenix and now I know it's 462 00:21:54,400 --> 00:21:57,600 also guys, I get this. It's also a a byproduct of the 463 00:21:57,600 --> 00:22:00,680 offense and Brunson's getting up 20 shots a game and Cats getting 464 00:22:00,680 --> 00:22:02,600 his. I get that OG's got to get he's 465 00:22:02,600 --> 00:22:06,240 got to eat a little bit, but how in the world can you be a an 466 00:22:06,240 --> 00:22:11,720 athletic, you know, bouncy 2 guard, slash small forward and 467 00:22:12,720 --> 00:22:18,400 take 1.1 free throw attempts game? 468 00:22:18,840 --> 00:22:24,960 I think that I average that more in CYO taking technical foul 469 00:22:24,960 --> 00:22:33,240 shots when the other coach got teed up 1.1, not 2.9 or 2.4 or 470 00:22:33,640 --> 00:22:41,000 3.1. That is good for 189th in the 471 00:22:41,080 --> 00:22:46,200 NBA, Mikhail Bridges. So you guys can shit all over 472 00:22:46,200 --> 00:22:48,800 Cat and he can dump all over Mike Brown. 473 00:22:48,880 --> 00:22:51,440 Save some of that energy from Mr. Softy. 474 00:22:51,640 --> 00:22:55,560 And Mikhail Bridges doesn't show an ounce of resistance, not an 475 00:22:55,560 --> 00:22:58,280 ounce of toughness in him. Like, where is it? 476 00:22:58,560 --> 00:23:01,240 How do you not know that before you make that trade and give up 477 00:23:01,240 --> 00:23:04,760 everything that you collected wisely to give yourself one 478 00:23:04,760 --> 00:23:10,360 massive swing to align somebody or, or or multiple people with 479 00:23:10,360 --> 00:23:14,160 Jalen Brunson on a low team friendly contract in his 480 00:23:14,280 --> 00:23:17,320 absolute prime? It's all withering away 481 00:23:17,560 --> 00:23:20,480 eventually, you know, again, the ankles been a little bit of an 482 00:23:20,480 --> 00:23:23,280 issue for Brunson. He's a horrid defender. 483 00:23:23,400 --> 00:23:26,480 He's only going to get worse and then the contracts going to get 484 00:23:26,480 --> 00:23:28,360 more. And I'm not, I'm not validating 485 00:23:28,360 --> 00:23:31,600 for him to to move on from Brunson or for them to move on. 486 00:23:31,600 --> 00:23:34,280 I love Jalen Brunson, but the other things around Jalen 487 00:23:34,280 --> 00:23:36,800 Brunson got to be set up the right way and when you got a 488 00:23:36,800 --> 00:23:40,280 softy hit the five spot and a softy in bridges, you got 489 00:23:40,280 --> 00:23:42,960 problems here. And as I said before, they are 490 00:23:42,960 --> 00:23:44,640 terminal. This Knicks team will win 491 00:23:44,640 --> 00:23:47,680 nothing, nothing, nothing at all. 492 00:23:49,840 --> 00:24:03,040 Now the the lack of resistance is what's bothering me the most. 493 00:24:04,560 --> 00:24:08,800 It seems like every good Knick team has that that fight, that 494 00:24:08,800 --> 00:24:13,960 spark, that grit, that tenacity, you know, that real love for 495 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:15,560 what they're doing, that lunch pail attitude. 496 00:24:15,560 --> 00:24:17,840 Josh Hart's got it. Deuce has it. 497 00:24:19,200 --> 00:24:21,520 OG's got the most nights. That's about it. 498 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:24,920 That's about it. Kovacs get it, got it, but he 499 00:24:24,920 --> 00:24:27,480 didn't even play anymore and except if it's garbage time. 500 00:24:27,680 --> 00:24:33,440 So I wow, I just want to try to miss any statistically. 501 00:24:33,440 --> 00:24:36,120 Anything statistically. Here, let me put the shades on 502 00:24:36,120 --> 00:24:37,280 here. Yeah, the shades. 503 00:24:39,480 --> 00:24:41,080 Let's see. Yeah. 504 00:24:41,560 --> 00:24:43,840 I mean, you really, you could complain about Tibbs. 505 00:24:43,960 --> 00:24:45,080 They weren't going to win with him. 506 00:24:45,760 --> 00:24:48,120 You can complain about Cat. It's deeper than Cat. 507 00:24:48,520 --> 00:24:52,080 So there are a real legitimate problems with this team. 508 00:24:52,440 --> 00:24:55,800 Bottom 5 defensively during the span of losing 9 of 11. 509 00:24:55,960 --> 00:24:59,760 Bottom freaking 5. And all anybody, all you hear is 510 00:24:59,960 --> 00:25:02,840 all the Knicks have two tenacious, terrific wing 511 00:25:02,840 --> 00:25:06,560 defenders. How the hell are you bottom 5? 512 00:25:06,880 --> 00:25:11,080 I don't need you to be, you know, Ewing, Oak, Maze, Harper, 513 00:25:11,080 --> 00:25:15,680 Starks laid it out defensively. Bottom 5 with two wings who've 514 00:25:15,680 --> 00:25:21,080 got some length that can move what, 75 points in the first 515 00:25:21,080 --> 00:25:26,200 half to Dallas. I, I, I'll tell you, man, I, I 516 00:25:26,200 --> 00:25:29,160 can't, I, I don't, I don't know what to tell you here. 517 00:25:29,160 --> 00:25:31,560 I really, I don't know, all right, This one just caught my 518 00:25:31,560 --> 00:25:35,200 eye at Robert McGuire 1068. I really enjoy the show, but I 519 00:25:35,200 --> 00:25:37,720 listen with my kids. I can't continue when there's 520 00:25:37,720 --> 00:25:40,360 cursing. It also comes as unprofessional 521 00:25:40,360 --> 00:25:41,840 at times. I wanted to share the feedback 522 00:25:42,160 --> 00:25:44,600 because I value the content. I appreciate that I've got kids 523 00:25:44,600 --> 00:25:47,480 as well. This is this is this is, you 524 00:25:47,480 --> 00:25:49,120 know what, it's what it's appropriate. 525 00:25:49,120 --> 00:25:51,000 It's it's going to fly. And I don't mean that to sound 526 00:25:51,000 --> 00:25:53,400 callous. I don't mean to sound that to 527 00:25:53,400 --> 00:25:56,520 sound dismissive there. It's a big boy podcast here and 528 00:25:56,520 --> 00:25:58,040 and things are going to be said that need to be said. 529 00:25:58,040 --> 00:26:00,640 Now, I'm not just going to gratuitously drop F bombs. 530 00:26:00,640 --> 00:26:02,160 I'm never going to turn into that person. 531 00:26:02,480 --> 00:26:05,240 But when I'm revved up and when the moment matches and I'm 532 00:26:05,240 --> 00:26:06,920 feeling it, it's going to happen. 533 00:26:06,920 --> 00:26:08,080 I don't even plan for it to happen. 534 00:26:08,080 --> 00:26:10,760 It's just going to happen. So those are things I couldn't 535 00:26:10,760 --> 00:26:12,480 do on radio. Those are things I could do 536 00:26:12,480 --> 00:26:15,440 here. I am aware of it and I am very, 537 00:26:16,880 --> 00:26:18,400 I am sensitive to it to an extent. 538 00:26:18,880 --> 00:26:21,640 But yeah, I've got, I've got to put out the best show and, and I 539 00:26:21,640 --> 00:26:24,280 believe, you know, the best shows, especially for me being 540 00:26:24,280 --> 00:26:29,480 in a raw emotional person, I believe that me again, as long 541 00:26:29,480 --> 00:26:32,360 as it's not unfounded or just slide it in there to, to, to 542 00:26:32,360 --> 00:26:34,520 sound tough or cool, which I'm not trying to do. 543 00:26:34,880 --> 00:26:39,280 It's obviously just, you know, part of my exchange when I'm, 544 00:26:39,280 --> 00:26:42,080 when I'm riled up and, and I, I believe it meets the moment I'd 545 00:26:42,080 --> 00:26:44,920 be, I don't believe I've said anything so far today that is 546 00:26:44,920 --> 00:26:46,200 out of bounds. So I'm, I'm not going to 547 00:26:46,200 --> 00:26:48,200 apologize for it. I'm not, I'm not going to 548 00:26:48,200 --> 00:26:49,800 necessarily change there. I'm not. 549 00:26:50,160 --> 00:26:52,200 But I, I do understand what you're saying, Robert. 550 00:26:52,200 --> 00:26:54,920 I, I get it. It's not going to be a constant 551 00:26:54,920 --> 00:26:55,840 stream. Don't worry. 552 00:26:55,840 --> 00:26:57,120 By the way, kids should be in school right now. 553 00:26:57,120 --> 00:27:02,200 It's 10:00. I mean, well, that's just the 554 00:27:02,200 --> 00:27:03,840 way it's going to be. That's the way it's got to be. 555 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:05,560 There's a reason why it's called unleashed. 556 00:27:05,600 --> 00:27:08,080 You know, it's, it's, it's, it's no barriers, it's no filters, 557 00:27:08,080 --> 00:27:11,560 it's no limits, It's no, it's really no rules except me 558 00:27:11,640 --> 00:27:15,040 remaining true to who I am. And that, that means, you know, 559 00:27:15,080 --> 00:27:18,640 being up to speed with what's what's going on, being as 560 00:27:18,640 --> 00:27:20,760 passionate as anybody and let it RIP. 561 00:27:21,000 --> 00:27:23,480 You know, I mean, there were times I, I was cursed on the 562 00:27:23,480 --> 00:27:26,360 fan, you know, and, and, and you can't, you know, but it, it's a 563 00:27:26,360 --> 00:27:28,240 little bit of a different platform here. 564 00:27:28,560 --> 00:27:31,240 I get that. And but I, I, I, again, I'm not 565 00:27:31,240 --> 00:27:34,320 dismissive there, Robert. I, I really understand it and 566 00:27:34,880 --> 00:27:36,400 but that's, that's my answer there. 567 00:27:36,400 --> 00:27:40,000 All right, so oh, by the way, when you guys send in the 568 00:27:40,000 --> 00:27:42,320 message, I told you this the other day, right when you send 569 00:27:42,320 --> 00:27:46,200 in the messages and you don't want to get something off your 570 00:27:46,200 --> 00:27:48,520 chest, let me know where you coming from. 571 00:27:48,520 --> 00:27:51,000 I want to know where you are. Listen, I know we're obviously 572 00:27:51,000 --> 00:27:54,240 tri-state heavy, New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, but more 573 00:27:54,240 --> 00:27:57,920 and more, sometimes I'll go back after it on YouTube and I will 574 00:27:57,920 --> 00:28:02,200 look at the, you can actually see the entire panel, like the 575 00:28:02,200 --> 00:28:04,160 entire message board for the duration of the show. 576 00:28:04,440 --> 00:28:06,160 And I'll do that for research purposes. 577 00:28:06,160 --> 00:28:08,560 If I missed anything, try to connect some dots. 578 00:28:08,560 --> 00:28:09,680 That's just me doing my homework. 579 00:28:09,680 --> 00:28:12,760 And I noticed a lot, a lot of you were checking in from 580 00:28:12,760 --> 00:28:17,800 Florida or the Carolinas or out West or even Australia or other 581 00:28:17,800 --> 00:28:21,640 grease. So it's it's it's pretty cool to 582 00:28:21,640 --> 00:28:25,080 see that because I don't I don't look at this is just like a 583 00:28:25,080 --> 00:28:28,280 territorial, even though most of the content, at least in terms 584 00:28:28,280 --> 00:28:30,000 of the and I'll get to the national champions game in a 585 00:28:30,000 --> 00:28:33,280 bit, something that's good for The Jets potentially. 586 00:28:33,400 --> 00:28:36,200 And I'd like to know where you guys are at. 587 00:28:36,240 --> 00:28:38,640 It just gives me better understanding and it just gives 588 00:28:38,640 --> 00:28:41,600 me more complete feel of what's going on with the show. 589 00:28:41,680 --> 00:28:43,240 Yeah. Oh, by the way, obviously like 590 00:28:43,240 --> 00:28:44,280 it. Subscribe and get all that 591 00:28:44,280 --> 00:28:45,680 stuff. How's the new camera? 592 00:28:45,960 --> 00:28:48,120 Hey, Jared. So by the way, Jared. 593 00:28:48,120 --> 00:28:49,680 Jared awake. Is Jared here? 594 00:28:49,680 --> 00:28:52,400 Is Jared good? How's it going, man? 595 00:28:52,400 --> 00:28:54,400 Jared in the house. So if you're new to the show 596 00:28:54,400 --> 00:28:57,400 today or if you missed yesterday's show, but you've 597 00:28:57,400 --> 00:29:01,880 been here for the inception going back to December 22nd, not 598 00:29:01,880 --> 00:29:04,800 even one month yet. Jared officially on board 599 00:29:04,920 --> 00:29:07,120 contract sign. He is in the trenches. 600 00:29:07,280 --> 00:29:09,200 He is on. I wouldn't quite say the ground 601 00:29:09,200 --> 00:29:11,000 floor. When I was putting together 602 00:29:11,000 --> 00:29:14,760 these low resolution thumbs in my at that .10 year old son was 603 00:29:14,760 --> 00:29:17,640 producing and doing a great job. But he is now my official 604 00:29:17,640 --> 00:29:20,480 producer and I told him, listen, this is the kind of show it's 605 00:29:20,480 --> 00:29:22,040 going to be. I told him this off the air. 606 00:29:22,040 --> 00:29:24,720 I'm going to say it on the air. If I say something that he 607 00:29:24,720 --> 00:29:28,600 disagrees with, come at me. Like there's no hey, no, no, you 608 00:29:28,600 --> 00:29:29,560 don't. You don't speak. 609 00:29:29,560 --> 00:29:31,520 I mean, obviously if I'm in the middle of something, then, you 610 00:29:31,640 --> 00:29:34,680 know, let me finish my thought. But when Jared wants to jump in, 611 00:29:34,680 --> 00:29:37,920 push back or even join in with what I'm saying, he's got the 612 00:29:37,920 --> 00:29:40,400 free, the free reign and the juice to do it. 613 00:29:40,400 --> 00:29:43,480 So everybody, world, meet Jared. What's happening, brother? 614 00:29:43,480 --> 00:29:44,240 Hello. Hello. 615 00:29:44,400 --> 00:29:47,360 Doing good today. I mean crazy games last night. 616 00:29:47,360 --> 00:29:50,600 I was honestly mainly watching like that Knicks game last night 617 00:29:50,600 --> 00:29:53,760 and then as soon as I saw like, no, what was it? 618 00:29:53,760 --> 00:29:56,960 Was it like 100 to 70 at some? They were down by 30. 619 00:29:56,960 --> 00:29:58,760 I was. Just like all right, time to 620 00:29:58,760 --> 00:30:01,720 turn it off. My roommate, he ended up him and 621 00:30:01,720 --> 00:30:04,280 his girlfriend, they were like, oh, it's the MLK game, let's 622 00:30:04,280 --> 00:30:06,000 just go. It's going to be a great game. 623 00:30:06,560 --> 00:30:09,040 And then he was just he sent me pictures and he's just like, 624 00:30:09,080 --> 00:30:10,560 this is the worst time of my life. 625 00:30:10,560 --> 00:30:11,080 It's. Horrible. 626 00:30:11,320 --> 00:30:13,920 And listen, I wouldn't go nuts if it was a one off here. 627 00:30:13,920 --> 00:30:15,880 Like if the Knicks were playing good ball and you got your face 628 00:30:15,880 --> 00:30:17,920 kicked in by a team that you're supposed to be. 629 00:30:17,920 --> 00:30:19,920 I don't even know what the spread was, if I had a guess. 630 00:30:20,440 --> 00:30:22,440 I mean, I've been so much more into the NFL and the college 631 00:30:22,440 --> 00:30:26,360 spreads and, and wow, Indiana did not cover, but I would have 632 00:30:26,360 --> 00:30:28,560 to say Knicks were favored by, I don't know, seven and a half, 633 00:30:28,640 --> 00:30:31,320 eight points, something like that, you know, something like 634 00:30:31,320 --> 00:30:32,480 that. Dallas is not good. 635 00:30:32,840 --> 00:30:34,240 And now the Knicks are not playing well. 636 00:30:34,240 --> 00:30:36,360 So that number may be a little bit lower than it would have 637 00:30:36,360 --> 00:30:41,640 been a month or so ago, but they are an absolute yes. 638 00:30:41,640 --> 00:30:43,640 They they, they really are. And it bothers me. 639 00:30:43,640 --> 00:30:45,960 And I don't know how it's going to change unless you get rid of 640 00:30:45,960 --> 00:30:48,280 the coach, which I don't think at this point is very plausible. 641 00:30:48,520 --> 00:30:50,520 Like mid season. Not that it's the easiest thing 642 00:30:50,520 --> 00:30:53,680 to change a player or two that's really a focal point of the 643 00:30:53,680 --> 00:30:55,240 rotation. But what are you going to bring 644 00:30:55,240 --> 00:30:58,480 back Tom Thibodau? I mean, if I'm Thibodau and you 645 00:30:58,480 --> 00:31:02,280 made your bed, I did what I did and now you finish off the job. 646 00:31:02,280 --> 00:31:04,400 I'm not even if they offered me the job, I'm not coming back. 647 00:31:04,400 --> 00:31:07,000 So there's no coach out there that's going to come and save 648 00:31:07,000 --> 00:31:09,960 the Knicks. It's going to have to be a 649 00:31:09,960 --> 00:31:12,960 trade. What is this at Clr 8810? 650 00:31:12,960 --> 00:31:15,200 What's up there? If anything, you haven't cursed 651 00:31:15,200 --> 00:31:16,480 enough when it comes to the Knicks. 652 00:31:16,480 --> 00:31:19,440 Love the show BT Cape May NJ in the house. 653 00:31:19,440 --> 00:31:21,040 I love Cape May. I love Cape May. 654 00:31:21,040 --> 00:31:24,440 I was one of the first weekend getaways that I had with my. 655 00:31:24,560 --> 00:31:26,400 At that point we were just dating and then eventually 656 00:31:26,400 --> 00:31:27,760 engaged. Cape May is great. 657 00:31:27,960 --> 00:31:30,480 Haven't been there in a while, but Cape May is awesome. 658 00:31:30,480 --> 00:31:32,120 Just shout out down there. Yeah, I get it. 659 00:31:32,120 --> 00:31:35,760 I mean, I I could rifle off a 32nd tirade with not a single 660 00:31:35,760 --> 00:31:38,720 non curse in it and it will be entertaining and it will go 661 00:31:38,720 --> 00:31:42,200 probably go viral. Like I'm not here just to follow 662 00:31:42,200 --> 00:31:45,000 up that other gentleman Roberts text about about the cursing. 663 00:31:45,600 --> 00:31:50,280 I'm not here just to turn this into like an expletive filled, 664 00:31:50,280 --> 00:31:53,560 low intelligent show, low intelligent show. 665 00:31:53,840 --> 00:31:56,720 Like I take pride in in in obviously presenting things in a 666 00:31:56,720 --> 00:31:59,400 compelling way, in a thought provoking way. 667 00:31:59,640 --> 00:32:01,960 And you know, that's one of the things that I think I do best 668 00:32:01,960 --> 00:32:04,440 and and and like to elicit in a reaction. 669 00:32:04,760 --> 00:32:07,920 And you know, but also you gotta keep it real as the kid. 670 00:32:07,920 --> 00:32:09,880 You gotta keep. Cursing is honesty that, you 671 00:32:09,880 --> 00:32:12,560 know, that's something I saw, saw, you know, I think I saw 672 00:32:12,600 --> 00:32:15,120 that the other day. Cursing, you know it's a bad 673 00:32:15,120 --> 00:32:17,880 thing, but you start doing it when you're 6 and it's an 674 00:32:17,880 --> 00:32:21,320 honest, it's an honest showing of yourself, an honest feeling 675 00:32:21,320 --> 00:32:24,920 of your six or seven, I'd say. I don't know, I feel like. 676 00:32:25,440 --> 00:32:28,600 You were cursing that young. Like, I, I don't know, if I was 677 00:32:28,600 --> 00:32:31,840 cursing out of like, actual anger, I think someone would 678 00:32:31,840 --> 00:32:34,360 just say something on like, the playground and then you kind of 679 00:32:34,360 --> 00:32:36,360 repeat it. Your parents freak out at you. 680 00:32:36,400 --> 00:32:39,280 And yeah, yeah, yeah. No, that's true. 681 00:32:39,320 --> 00:32:41,240 That's for sure. Now, my dad dropped the bunch 682 00:32:41,240 --> 00:32:43,800 when he would get angry or whatever and even like jovial, 683 00:32:43,800 --> 00:32:45,560 like just kind of sitting around telling a joke. 684 00:32:45,560 --> 00:32:47,480 Like it's just part of the vernacular and like, you get 685 00:32:47,480 --> 00:32:49,840 used to it. So I mean really, and think 686 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,160 about it like what? And I don't mean a word that's 687 00:32:52,160 --> 00:32:57,320 like incredibly meaning and derisive to like a, you know, a 688 00:32:57,320 --> 00:33:01,280 segment of population or religion, an ethnicity, a a 689 00:33:01,960 --> 00:33:04,960 proclivity for sexuality. I don't mean that stuff. 690 00:33:05,240 --> 00:33:06,840 That's all face. So you're never going to hear me 691 00:33:06,840 --> 00:33:09,720 say that ever. But like, to me, what is it? 692 00:33:09,720 --> 00:33:11,840 It's just a word. It's and most of them are one 693 00:33:11,840 --> 00:33:14,160 syllables. Who we hurting here? 694 00:33:14,200 --> 00:33:16,200 Come on, we're not hurting anybody. 695 00:33:16,560 --> 00:33:18,240 We're letting it RIP. As I said, we got to keep it a 696 00:33:18,240 --> 00:33:21,680 buck. Let's see here. 697 00:33:21,680 --> 00:33:24,120 Yeah, No, that's true. They did cash there. 698 00:33:24,120 --> 00:33:28,120 They cash smooth, BU they cashed out there. 699 00:33:28,120 --> 00:33:29,640 I did not think they were going to. 700 00:33:29,880 --> 00:33:31,920 That game was awful. The first half. 701 00:33:31,920 --> 00:33:35,400 That game was tremendous in the second-half and it was really, 702 00:33:35,400 --> 00:33:37,880 really good. The finish was phenomenal. 703 00:33:37,880 --> 00:33:40,280 I'll get more into some of the details, how it impacts The Jets 704 00:33:40,280 --> 00:33:42,400 there. My man Robert, who wears his 705 00:33:42,400 --> 00:33:44,480 check in and up in the Bronx, up in the Bronx for the people, the 706 00:33:44,480 --> 00:33:47,920 fresh the Southside Bronx, the South Bronx, the Southside 707 00:33:47,960 --> 00:33:50,600 Bronx. All right, Robert likes to to 708 00:33:50,600 --> 00:33:52,720 get a gun. I I don't there was a song. 709 00:33:54,560 --> 00:33:57,320 Maybe you could look this up. See if you can find this Jared 710 00:33:57,320 --> 00:33:59,080 not to play the song but the lyrics right. 711 00:33:59,080 --> 00:34:01,920 Sure. I believe, Oh God, who the hell 712 00:34:01,920 --> 00:34:04,320 was the artist? I just remember, like in the 4th 713 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,440 grade, me and my buddy Chad, we played on the boom box. 714 00:34:07,440 --> 00:34:10,560 We'd listen to it and it was like something up in the Bronx 715 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:13,400 where the people, the fresh day was one DJ who could pass the 716 00:34:13,400 --> 00:34:15,560 test. I'm down below when I'm ready to 717 00:34:15,560 --> 00:34:16,400 play. Let's see. 718 00:34:16,560 --> 00:34:19,320 My name is Ernest Blow. AJ Scratch. 719 00:34:19,320 --> 00:34:22,520 It was Curtis, but that's right y'all, My name was AJ. 720 00:34:23,639 --> 00:34:26,600 That's I'm checking that out because all I know is like his 721 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,280 like song basketball, not everybody. 722 00:34:29,280 --> 00:34:31,320 That's a classic. That's funny stuff, right? 723 00:34:31,320 --> 00:34:33,960 Let me get back to a couple of these here. 724 00:34:33,960 --> 00:34:36,400 What do we got? How about John Pistado 22? 725 00:34:36,400 --> 00:34:38,760 What up, John? People actually thought this 726 00:34:38,760 --> 00:34:40,360 Knicks team could get to the Finals this year. 727 00:34:40,360 --> 00:34:44,159 We even thought and, and, and, and we are even sure they make 728 00:34:44,199 --> 00:34:46,760 are, are we even sure they make the playoffs if this continues? 729 00:34:47,639 --> 00:34:49,639 I mean, if the Knicks don't make the playoffs, it's the, it's the 730 00:34:49,639 --> 00:34:52,120 most colossal implosion of the history of New York sports 731 00:34:52,120 --> 00:34:53,920 period. I mean, of course the Knicks are 732 00:34:53,920 --> 00:34:55,719 going to make the playoffs. Not even worried about that. 733 00:34:56,120 --> 00:34:58,160 I mean, there was a point where I thought, all right, they'll 734 00:34:58,160 --> 00:35:00,320 get their act together, get their asses in gear and catch 735 00:35:00,320 --> 00:35:01,680 the Pistons. That ain't going to happen. 736 00:35:01,680 --> 00:35:04,600 So they're not going to be the one seed at this point. 9 two 737 00:35:04,600 --> 00:35:07,440 seed. I mean, listen again, as much as 738 00:35:07,440 --> 00:35:11,680 we are emotional and and sometimes reactive to certain 739 00:35:11,680 --> 00:35:15,000 things, although I don't think that I'm unfairly reactive to 740 00:35:15,000 --> 00:35:17,600 this because if you follow me and you do, obviously because 741 00:35:17,600 --> 00:35:20,080 you're a fan of the show, which means you're probably follow me 742 00:35:20,080 --> 00:35:22,320 on social media. This has been consistent. 743 00:35:22,560 --> 00:35:24,960 I didn't like I didn't like Coral Anthony towns move right 744 00:35:24,960 --> 00:35:27,360 away now. I was open to it once they did 745 00:35:27,360 --> 00:35:31,080 it because he could shoot and you know, he was different than 746 00:35:31,080 --> 00:35:32,960 Randall or whatever. Willing to give it a shot. 747 00:35:33,120 --> 00:35:35,840 Good free throw shoot shooter. Great, great 3 point shooter 748 00:35:36,160 --> 00:35:37,640 size. All right, could rebound a 749 00:35:37,640 --> 00:35:39,160 little bit. But then you see him play every 750 00:35:39,160 --> 00:35:43,280 night and the complaints of what they were levying out in 751 00:35:43,280 --> 00:35:45,240 Minnesota. Now you're like, Oh yeah, I, I, 752 00:35:45,440 --> 00:35:47,560 I see what they mean. Because when you're watching 753 00:35:47,560 --> 00:35:50,680 Coral, Anthony Towns maybe once on a, you know, TNT back in the 754 00:35:50,680 --> 00:35:53,920 day with Barkley and the crew playing the Warriors or playing 755 00:35:53,920 --> 00:35:56,760 a good with the Denver Nuggets, with Yokich, you know, you might 756 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,520 see that one game, right? Or a playoff game. 757 00:35:58,520 --> 00:36:02,600 But when you watch him every single night, the deficiencies 758 00:36:02,600 --> 00:36:05,600 are illuminated. And you know, I'm not even 759 00:36:05,600 --> 00:36:07,120 saying that this part is, is right. 760 00:36:07,120 --> 00:36:11,640 It is fair, but the, the assets are largely marginalized, right? 761 00:36:11,640 --> 00:36:13,320 Like what you do incredibly well. 762 00:36:13,520 --> 00:36:16,440 When things go awry, we kind of tend to brush that off to the 763 00:36:16,440 --> 00:36:18,760 side and now focus on the stuff that drives us nuts. 764 00:36:19,040 --> 00:36:21,960 And those arms like a baby giraffe who kicked somebody in 765 00:36:21,960 --> 00:36:25,960 the nuts last night, who I mean, his knees going every through 766 00:36:25,960 --> 00:36:30,040 his arms flailing. I, I just, I really, I can't 767 00:36:30,040 --> 00:36:31,800 watch him much anymore, but I really can't. 768 00:36:31,800 --> 00:36:35,320 I've said that for a while. However, if you're just tuning 769 00:36:35,320 --> 00:36:37,760 in again, it's an oversimplification to say that 770 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:38,920 it's all cat. It's not. 771 00:36:39,240 --> 00:36:42,720 It is not all Karl Anthony Towns, because I think that 772 00:36:42,720 --> 00:36:45,360 there are certain people who are divisive and certain people who 773 00:36:45,360 --> 00:36:50,080 are just not good team players. I, I don't think that that's the 774 00:36:50,080 --> 00:36:51,240 case. I just don't think that they're 775 00:36:51,240 --> 00:36:54,400 connecting the way maybe they were a year ago or maybe even 776 00:36:54,400 --> 00:36:57,000 earlier in the year, or maybe we hope that they would. 777 00:36:57,000 --> 00:36:58,600 Maybe more importantly, because think about this. 778 00:36:58,920 --> 00:37:03,040 Karl Anthony Town projected confusion during training camp 779 00:37:03,040 --> 00:37:04,960 about what his role was. And you could just tell by his 780 00:37:04,960 --> 00:37:07,240 body language he's not happy. I mean, that's a given. 781 00:37:07,480 --> 00:37:11,720 Like if Karl Anthony Towns gets traded to the Grizzlies or 782 00:37:11,720 --> 00:37:15,680 Orlando, so I think he's going to put up 2324 and 11 or 12 at 783 00:37:15,680 --> 00:37:16,920 night. Sure, of course I do. 784 00:37:17,160 --> 00:37:18,680 His usage rate will be different. 785 00:37:19,040 --> 00:37:21,560 The way he's used will be different, and he'll put up the 786 00:37:21,560 --> 00:37:23,160 same numbers that he had a year ago. 787 00:37:23,400 --> 00:37:24,760 By the way, his numbers this year. 788 00:37:24,920 --> 00:37:26,400 Everything's down across the board. 789 00:37:26,520 --> 00:37:28,960 All right, So you're talking about, you know, whether it's 790 00:37:28,960 --> 00:37:31,560 minutes, whether it's points, whether it's plus minus, whether 791 00:37:31,560 --> 00:37:33,440 it's other elements of efficiency. 792 00:37:33,640 --> 00:37:37,320 Down, down, down, down. And that's really a problem 793 00:37:37,320 --> 00:37:39,840 there. And I'm not saying that he can't 794 00:37:39,840 --> 00:37:42,840 salvage something like that somewhere else. 795 00:37:42,840 --> 00:37:45,800 But I don't want to be experimented with on our watch. 796 00:37:45,800 --> 00:37:49,440 Like this is not a long, long runway where the Knicks just 797 00:37:49,440 --> 00:37:51,360 drafted Jalen, didn't even ever draft them. 798 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:53,760 But like, say they just drafted him two years ago. 799 00:37:54,720 --> 00:37:57,760 And right away he's blossomed into this killer and this 800 00:37:57,760 --> 00:38:00,280 closer. And you can at least rationally 801 00:38:00,280 --> 00:38:03,280 compartmentalize in your mind. All right, it's not perfect, but 802 00:38:04,760 --> 00:38:07,760 you know, this kids, 2324 years old and he's going to be an 803 00:38:07,760 --> 00:38:10,240 absolute superstore for the next 8-9, ten years. 804 00:38:10,360 --> 00:38:11,920 It's not the case with Jaylen Brunson. 805 00:38:12,120 --> 00:38:13,920 So there's got to be an urgency here. 806 00:38:13,920 --> 00:38:17,520 Much like there should be an urgency with the Yankees for 807 00:38:17,520 --> 00:38:20,240 Aaron Judge. There's got to be more of an 808 00:38:20,240 --> 00:38:23,680 urgency for Jaylen Brunson and what remains of his favorable 809 00:38:23,680 --> 00:38:26,240 contract and his prime. He's a great player, but he's 810 00:38:26,240 --> 00:38:28,200 flawed. Carl and Anthony Towns, very 811 00:38:28,200 --> 00:38:31,160 good player, flawed. I mean Mitchell Robinson, very 812 00:38:31,160 --> 00:38:33,920 good player, very effective player in spots, very flawed in 813 00:38:33,920 --> 00:38:36,240 certain areas, whether it's spacing, whether it's free 814 00:38:36,240 --> 00:38:38,600 throws, you know, whether it's being able to play every night 815 00:38:38,600 --> 00:38:42,160 back to backs or play big minutes or play on the floor 816 00:38:42,160 --> 00:38:44,840 with Cat, you know, and coexist perfectly. 817 00:38:45,080 --> 00:38:47,360 It's just problems. I mean that that's, that's all 818 00:38:47,360 --> 00:38:51,120 there is to it problems, more money, more problems. 819 00:38:51,120 --> 00:38:54,000 Yep, mixed out the second highest salary cap, second 820 00:38:54,000 --> 00:38:57,160 highest cap number right now and I think there are two or three 821 00:38:57,160 --> 00:38:58,640 next year. So the finances are what they 822 00:38:58,680 --> 00:39:00,360 are. They're locked into who they are 823 00:39:00,360 --> 00:39:03,240 unless they make a trade, they giving up almost all of their 824 00:39:03,240 --> 00:39:06,120 top desirable draft capital. Where we going? 825 00:39:06,640 --> 00:39:09,840 Where we going from here? Like the only other option I 826 00:39:09,840 --> 00:39:12,960 gave you 2, Well, I guess the third is to roll it. 827 00:39:13,000 --> 00:39:15,320 Roll just do nothing. Who wants that? 828 00:39:15,640 --> 00:39:19,520 Fire the coach, get rid of the store player and or do nothing. 829 00:39:19,880 --> 00:39:25,040 And I would be a little bit more willing to do nothing if the 830 00:39:25,040 --> 00:39:29,080 signs weren't so ominous. And that's the problem. 831 00:39:29,120 --> 00:39:34,440 Like, it's one thing to be to be in the in a rut and play bad 832 00:39:34,440 --> 00:39:36,440 basketball. All right, now, this is a 833 00:39:36,440 --> 00:39:42,120 lengthy run of sloppy, disconnected play that I believe 834 00:39:42,120 --> 00:39:43,520 it's more who they are than who they're not. 835 00:39:43,840 --> 00:39:45,480 I don't think it's a little lap. Well, the Knicks are going to 836 00:39:45,480 --> 00:39:48,040 wake up in a week and win six straight and suddenly the 837 00:39:48,040 --> 00:39:51,080 defense is acceptable and the offense is again the best in the 838 00:39:51,080 --> 00:39:53,240 NBAI don't see that happening. I just don't. 839 00:39:53,240 --> 00:39:56,600 And even if it does, I still don't trust it enough to last 840 00:39:56,600 --> 00:39:59,800 for the duration of the season and then more importantly, for 841 00:39:59,800 --> 00:40:03,080 two months of playoff basketball to be front and center. 842 00:40:03,080 --> 00:40:04,400 She's not going to happen. They're not going to win 843 00:40:04,400 --> 00:40:06,600 anything with this group. So you could get rid of the 844 00:40:06,600 --> 00:40:08,640 coach, get rid of the player or do nothing. 845 00:40:09,080 --> 00:40:12,920 And I just think that of the three options, you're not going 846 00:40:12,920 --> 00:40:16,480 to fire Mike Brown 40 games and you're not, you're not going to 847 00:40:16,480 --> 00:40:18,320 do nothing. You're not going to not do 848 00:40:18,320 --> 00:40:21,200 anything, do nothing, not do it. Yeah. 849 00:40:21,600 --> 00:40:24,280 And the only real thing you can do is because he's got some 850 00:40:24,280 --> 00:40:27,640 value and his contract's up. Not next year or the year after 851 00:40:27,640 --> 00:40:28,840 that. It's a player option, which will 852 00:40:28,840 --> 00:40:31,320 probably probably might even decline because he's going to 853 00:40:31,320 --> 00:40:33,480 get big money in this crazy world of the NBA. 854 00:40:33,760 --> 00:40:35,400 So you might not even be on the hook for it. 855 00:40:35,400 --> 00:40:37,320 You let him walk. So you got him the rest of this 856 00:40:37,320 --> 00:40:38,240 year. You got him next year. 857 00:40:38,560 --> 00:40:40,920 So it's going to be more financially palatable for a team 858 00:40:40,920 --> 00:40:44,480 like Orlando or maybe even the Griz teams with, you know, 859 00:40:44,480 --> 00:40:47,440 finances that aren't quite like the Knicks or some of the big 860 00:40:47,440 --> 00:40:50,200 spenders in the NBA. So there's always a move to 861 00:40:50,200 --> 00:40:53,280 make, but it's got to be the right move. 862 00:40:53,280 --> 00:40:54,720 It's one thing to get rid of somebody. 863 00:40:54,920 --> 00:40:57,000 Once that happens, and I do believe something's going to 864 00:40:57,000 --> 00:41:01,320 happen, there is no way that we wake up and it's February 5 and 865 00:41:01,320 --> 00:41:04,280 I think the deadline's 4 Eastern, I think, and it's four 866 00:41:04,280 --> 00:41:06,920 O 2, not Nick, Stan, Pat, no changes. 867 00:41:06,920 --> 00:41:10,080 Coaching staff, nobody fired, nobody let go, nobody dealt. 868 00:41:10,080 --> 00:41:12,040 Nothing happened. No way. 869 00:41:12,440 --> 00:41:14,320 Because. And if that's the case, then 870 00:41:14,320 --> 00:41:17,800 James Dolan's a fraud because James Dolan last week got on 871 00:41:18,120 --> 00:41:22,240 WFAN with Craig and and C Mac and said, yeah, I I view this 872 00:41:22,240 --> 00:41:24,280 team as a team that's going to get to the finals and I expect 873 00:41:24,280 --> 00:41:26,200 to win the championship. This team's winning nothing. 874 00:41:26,600 --> 00:41:30,200 And, you know, you might not love Dolan, you might not, you 875 00:41:30,240 --> 00:41:33,080 know, understand Dolan or whatever. 876 00:41:33,400 --> 00:41:37,840 But man's not an idiot like he. And, and I do believe that he 877 00:41:37,840 --> 00:41:42,080 has a threshold for what he's willing to tolerate and see. 878 00:41:42,080 --> 00:41:46,880 Dolan's got himself in trouble when he's kind of jumped in and 879 00:41:46,920 --> 00:41:51,800 exercised, you know, power when something good was happening, 880 00:41:51,800 --> 00:41:55,120 like with Donnie Walsh, you know, when the Knicks were being 881 00:41:55,120 --> 00:42:00,520 built the right way and the the cap was in order and that young, 882 00:42:00,520 --> 00:42:02,640 purposeful and explosive players. 883 00:42:03,000 --> 00:42:06,480 And, you know, they had some wood for Carmelo and they went 884 00:42:06,480 --> 00:42:09,520 out and they gave up everything. And that was Dolan in in 885 00:42:09,520 --> 00:42:12,560 intervening. And take Wilson, take Mozgov, 886 00:42:12,560 --> 00:42:15,080 take pigs, take this, take that, take this, take that. 887 00:42:15,360 --> 00:42:16,840 And what are the Knicks win with Carmelo? 888 00:42:16,840 --> 00:42:20,960 Nothing. And by the way, now I know that 889 00:42:20,960 --> 00:42:22,920 when I talk about Carmelo, Anthony comes across as 890 00:42:22,920 --> 00:42:24,960 personal. Let me so this is really the 891 00:42:24,960 --> 00:42:28,080 first time on this platform I'm talking about Carmelo. 892 00:42:28,440 --> 00:42:30,080 And I know how these things make the rounds. 893 00:42:30,080 --> 00:42:32,040 And it's not disrespect, It's not shade. 894 00:42:32,320 --> 00:42:36,360 It's just being real, OK, and not misremembering what 895 00:42:36,360 --> 00:42:38,920 happened. I think Carmelo's pretty good on 896 00:42:38,920 --> 00:42:42,000 TVI think he looks good. I think he's got good thoughts, 897 00:42:42,040 --> 00:42:43,800 right? I think he's he's got a cool 898 00:42:43,800 --> 00:42:46,360 vibe to him. And I think in terms of like the 899 00:42:46,360 --> 00:42:50,360 NBA pantheon of all time scores, just pure scores, he's up there. 900 00:42:50,360 --> 00:42:54,360 That's not KD, but he's he's one of the best pure scorers I've 901 00:42:54,360 --> 00:42:57,440 ever seen. But hearing Carmelo Anthony last 902 00:42:57,440 --> 00:42:59,360 night with Tracy McGrady was good. 903 00:42:59,720 --> 00:43:03,800 But hearing Carmelo talk about like internal tension and, you 904 00:43:03,800 --> 00:43:06,400 know, we got to fix a lot. I don't, I don't don't really 905 00:43:06,400 --> 00:43:09,480 care what he has to say about that because that's the same guy 906 00:43:09,920 --> 00:43:14,320 who completely took the oxygen out of the Jeremy Lin run 907 00:43:14,640 --> 00:43:17,320 because he was selfish, because somebody else was getting some 908 00:43:17,320 --> 00:43:19,280 shine. Carmelo didn't like it. 909 00:43:19,560 --> 00:43:23,000 And Carmelo, who is always, in my opinion and in the opinion of 910 00:43:23,000 --> 00:43:25,080 many, was always more about the team. 911 00:43:25,880 --> 00:43:28,000 Pardon me, He was always more about himself than the team. 912 00:43:28,320 --> 00:43:30,720 And that manifested itself many different ways. 913 00:43:30,720 --> 00:43:34,600 Now this was a lost season, so this might not bother you, but 914 00:43:34,600 --> 00:43:38,160 it bothered me as they died in the wool all in Knick Fan. 915 00:43:38,960 --> 00:43:42,600 So years ago game the All Star games at the garden Carmelo's 916 00:43:42,600 --> 00:43:44,720 that's I think it was a 20 something when they may want 23 917 00:43:44,720 --> 00:43:46,400 games at you. Whatever it was right And 918 00:43:46,400 --> 00:43:48,480 Carmelo's knee was jacked up. I get it. 919 00:43:48,480 --> 00:43:51,560 You know, he's a human. The body a lot of miles, a lot 920 00:43:51,560 --> 00:43:54,080 of minutes understood our focal point of the offense heavy 921 00:43:54,080 --> 00:43:55,880 burden. His body was breaking down. 922 00:43:56,400 --> 00:44:01,520 But instead of maybe addressing it differently, he chose to play 923 00:44:01,520 --> 00:44:03,600 in the All Star game and then shut it down. 924 00:44:03,920 --> 00:44:05,880 And to me, that was such a mean move. 925 00:44:05,920 --> 00:44:09,080 And I never forgot that. Like that was that was counter 926 00:44:09,080 --> 00:44:11,920 to what you should do if you're a team leader. 927 00:44:12,200 --> 00:44:14,800 You don't go out there. And I know why he did it to feel 928 00:44:14,800 --> 00:44:18,600 the adulation of and I, we all love to be, if we all love to 929 00:44:18,600 --> 00:44:20,920 feel that on some level, I think we all need that. 930 00:44:21,120 --> 00:44:24,320 It's the human condition. But it but it can't supersede 931 00:44:24,320 --> 00:44:26,200 the team. And I vote too many times during 932 00:44:26,200 --> 00:44:30,400 Carmelo Anthony's run as the Knicks best player, he was 933 00:44:30,400 --> 00:44:35,000 either too selfish, not in great shape, averse to defense, or 934 00:44:35,240 --> 00:44:40,760 resistant to a new forming direction or philosophy within 935 00:44:40,760 --> 00:44:46,160 the team that was not best for Carmelo Carmelo Anthony in terms 936 00:44:46,160 --> 00:44:48,640 of stats and shots, but may have been best for the Knicks 937 00:44:48,640 --> 00:44:50,600 overall. Again, I want to be fair. 938 00:44:50,600 --> 00:44:52,520 I don't want to start saying things irresponsibly. 939 00:44:52,800 --> 00:44:55,480 Carmelo just didn't have enough around him most years and that 940 00:44:55,480 --> 00:45:00,640 was a broken, disgusting eyesore of an era in Knicks basketball. 941 00:45:01,080 --> 00:45:03,160 But I think some of the things he did made it worse. 942 00:45:03,400 --> 00:45:06,080 So I'm sitting there and I'm here in Carmelo last night and 943 00:45:06,080 --> 00:45:08,280 and by the way that the first time he's done it, talking about 944 00:45:08,280 --> 00:45:12,400 like all the chemistry and the locker room, like I can't. 945 00:45:12,720 --> 00:45:15,520 It's not I don't know, it's it just doesn't hit me the same 946 00:45:15,520 --> 00:45:19,560 way. It's like if Stephane Marbury. 947 00:45:19,680 --> 00:45:21,120 And again, they're entitled to say what they want. 948 00:45:21,120 --> 00:45:24,520 I don't, I don't mean it that way obviously, but if Stephane 949 00:45:24,520 --> 00:45:29,440 Marbury is talking about chemistry and, and, and either 950 00:45:29,440 --> 00:45:33,280 dysfunction or, you know, a lack of connectivity. 951 00:45:33,720 --> 00:45:36,560 I mean, I was around those Knick teams every night because I was 952 00:45:36,560 --> 00:45:41,280 doing the pre, the post and the half for MSG on TV and I was 953 00:45:41,280 --> 00:45:44,600 doing the radio for 10:50 and I actually got a chance to call 954 00:45:44,600 --> 00:45:46,960 some games, play by play. So I travelled with the Knicks. 955 00:45:47,560 --> 00:45:50,680 I was around the Knicks every night, all right, And, and I saw 956 00:45:50,680 --> 00:45:52,680 what it was. I was in that locker room, You 957 00:45:52,680 --> 00:45:55,560 know, I'm talking about David Lee and Malik Rose and Jamal 958 00:45:55,560 --> 00:45:58,120 Crawford. Love Jamal Lovely too, and 959 00:45:58,120 --> 00:46:00,240 Lovely Rose and a lot of good guys. 960 00:46:00,240 --> 00:46:03,040 They just and have a lot of talent and they had somebody in 961 00:46:03,040 --> 00:46:06,280 Stephon Marbury who just kind of took the air out of the room. 962 00:46:07,120 --> 00:46:08,840 And I don't know if Carmelo was quite like that. 963 00:46:08,840 --> 00:46:12,160 I think, I think, I think the guys like Carmelo more than they 964 00:46:12,160 --> 00:46:16,080 like Stephon Marbury, but it's not that dissimilar. 965 00:46:16,560 --> 00:46:19,040 Like there's certain guy like if, if Derek Jeter wants to talk 966 00:46:19,040 --> 00:46:23,440 about chemistry, hey, when we were winning 96 and 98 and 99 967 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:24,960 and 2000, it was kind of like this. 968 00:46:24,960 --> 00:46:26,800 And now we're we're morphing into this. 969 00:46:26,800 --> 00:46:28,440 Oh, I'm going to sit back and I'm going to listen every word 970 00:46:28,440 --> 00:46:31,320 that you say. You know, Aaron Judge, I think 971 00:46:31,320 --> 00:46:34,840 the way he comports himself, the way he produces, the way he 972 00:46:35,400 --> 00:46:39,440 minimizes distractions and just plows through with with class 973 00:46:39,440 --> 00:46:42,640 and diligence and massive production, he says something 974 00:46:42,640 --> 00:46:44,120 like that. I'm all ears. 975 00:46:44,360 --> 00:46:46,520 Carmelo. Stefan, I'm not interested. 976 00:46:46,760 --> 00:46:48,920 I'm just not. If Jalen Brunson says something 977 00:46:48,920 --> 00:46:51,200 like that, yeah, I'm listening. Josh Hart. 978 00:46:51,240 --> 00:46:55,920 Yep, I'm all ears. So we have a complete, complete 979 00:46:55,920 --> 00:46:58,240 shit show with the New York Knicks. 980 00:47:02,040 --> 00:47:05,040 Let's see here. How about Allen 1953? 981 00:47:05,040 --> 00:47:06,080 This goes back to the other night. 982 00:47:06,080 --> 00:47:08,600 What's up, Al Allen Z, to be more specific. 983 00:47:08,760 --> 00:47:10,320 Facts. Man, lost a lot of respect for 984 00:47:10,320 --> 00:47:12,920 the Knicks when Draymond did that to Kat and nothing was 985 00:47:12,920 --> 00:47:14,280 done. What the hell else do you need 986 00:47:14,280 --> 00:47:16,440 to see? What else do you need to see? 987 00:47:17,080 --> 00:47:19,600 There's nothing else to unpack there. 988 00:47:20,240 --> 00:47:23,880 That was a moment where the Knicks could have been really 989 00:47:23,880 --> 00:47:27,640 galvanized as a group. And it's either naturally in 990 00:47:27,640 --> 00:47:31,800 there as a disposition, as an individual, like the whole 991 00:47:31,800 --> 00:47:33,160 fight. And I'm not talking about some 992 00:47:33,160 --> 00:47:34,880 massive brawl. I'm not even saying that, 993 00:47:34,960 --> 00:47:36,760 although you wouldn't mind it and wake him up. 994 00:47:36,760 --> 00:47:38,440 But those days are over in the NBI. 995 00:47:38,440 --> 00:47:39,920 Get that. You're not going to have, you 996 00:47:39,920 --> 00:47:42,720 know, Greg Anthony coming off the bench like he did in Phoenix 997 00:47:42,720 --> 00:47:46,080 in a suit or some crazy Paisley shirt, you know, throwing 998 00:47:46,080 --> 00:47:48,880 hammers when Kevin Johnson and Doc Rivers started throwing down 999 00:47:48,880 --> 00:47:51,200 and all those years ago. Like, you know, come on, those 1000 00:47:51,200 --> 00:47:54,880 days are over, all right? But there could be a certain 1001 00:47:54,880 --> 00:47:57,920 tenacity and there needs to be a certain resistance to when 1002 00:47:57,920 --> 00:48:00,000 somebody's punking you. Like, I know that the 1003 00:48:00,000 --> 00:48:05,160 physicality and like the hard screens and protecting the pain, 1004 00:48:05,400 --> 00:48:07,400 like that's all changed and that's OK. 1005 00:48:07,760 --> 00:48:10,240 I, I, I don't love it. I say it's OK because there's 1006 00:48:10,240 --> 00:48:11,560 really nothing I could do to change it. 1007 00:48:11,560 --> 00:48:14,400 So I've got to accept it. I can do a whole podcast on why 1008 00:48:14,400 --> 00:48:17,560 the 80s and the 90s were better than this nonsense that we watch 1009 00:48:17,560 --> 00:48:20,560 every night when everybody scored 120 points and firing up 1010 00:48:20,560 --> 00:48:23,920 45 to 50 threes and nobody's near the rim and there's not 1011 00:48:23,920 --> 00:48:26,440 even really a center or two that could block a shot 1012 00:48:26,440 --> 00:48:28,600 conventionally unless he's coming for the weak side. 1013 00:48:28,840 --> 00:48:30,440 Trust me, I could go days for that. 1014 00:48:30,440 --> 00:48:32,560 Right. But I don't because it sounds 1015 00:48:32,560 --> 00:48:34,560 like the guy on the lawn, get off my lawn. 1016 00:48:34,560 --> 00:48:36,760 The guy who? Oh, back of the day, it was 1017 00:48:36,760 --> 00:48:38,160 better. Well, yeah, it was better. 1018 00:48:38,440 --> 00:48:40,360 I just don't shove it down your throat because I know the 1019 00:48:40,360 --> 00:48:43,800 younger generation doesn't care. But when it comes up, I'm going 1020 00:48:43,800 --> 00:48:45,520 to tell you what I think. And I think it was a lot better 1021 00:48:45,520 --> 00:48:49,000 back then than I do now. So I understand that there's not 1022 00:48:49,000 --> 00:48:51,800 going to be some wild foul. Like, will you come and do like 1023 00:48:51,800 --> 00:48:55,720 Kurt Rambis getting clothes lined, you know, in the Celtics 1024 00:48:55,720 --> 00:48:58,320 Lakers rivalry, the mid 80s going to the rim and just 1025 00:48:58,320 --> 00:49:02,360 literally getting clothes lined and dropped on his back, right? 1026 00:49:02,360 --> 00:49:03,480 Yeah. That that's not going to happen. 1027 00:49:03,480 --> 00:49:05,640 And I don't want that to happen because I don't want somebody to 1028 00:49:05,640 --> 00:49:09,600 get hurt. But there is a fine line between 1029 00:49:09,600 --> 00:49:12,120 playing dirty and having enforcers, which is pretty much 1030 00:49:12,120 --> 00:49:18,360 gone in the NBA, and standing up for your team and protecting 1031 00:49:18,800 --> 00:49:22,120 your image and and being there for the guy next to you. 1032 00:49:22,560 --> 00:49:25,880 And when nobody stood up for Cat and Cat didn't really stand up 1033 00:49:25,880 --> 00:49:30,240 for himself, that was that's the the next day I said, it's over. 1034 00:49:30,520 --> 00:49:32,240 And I was already kind of thinking that they weren't 1035 00:49:32,240 --> 00:49:36,040 really good enough as the season went on and the losing streak 1036 00:49:36,040 --> 00:49:39,160 stretched out and became more and more worrisome and more 1037 00:49:39,160 --> 00:49:43,240 alarming and lengthier and deeper and more problematic. 1038 00:49:43,640 --> 00:49:48,720 But that's all I need to see. Like, there was a time like, OK, 1039 00:49:48,720 --> 00:49:53,600 Mike, I'll give you an example. Mike Lucina, great pitcher, you 1040 00:49:53,600 --> 00:49:54,840 know, should it be in the Hall of Fame? 1041 00:49:54,840 --> 00:49:56,880 And Andy Pettitte? No, I mean, that's another 1042 00:49:56,880 --> 00:49:59,680 podcast at some point. My first instinct is no. 1043 00:50:01,320 --> 00:50:05,400 I'll never forget the day. And I was on 10:50 at this point 1044 00:50:05,400 --> 00:50:10,880 and I absolutely crushed Mike Mussina, and rightfully so. 1045 00:50:11,400 --> 00:50:17,040 So game starts. Soriano banged on the hand taken 1046 00:50:17,040 --> 00:50:19,800 out of the game, goes to the hospital, gets X-rays. 1047 00:50:20,080 --> 00:50:22,120 Next batter. It was a day game in the Bronx 1048 00:50:22,120 --> 00:50:26,080 Yankee Stadium, right next batter #2 hold Derek Jeter boom 1049 00:50:26,080 --> 00:50:28,160 up and in. I believe the count was 1/2 1050 00:50:28,480 --> 00:50:30,200 right on the wrist, purpose pitch. 1051 00:50:30,480 --> 00:50:34,880 And Pedro even said Soriano wasn't my target, it was Jeter. 1052 00:50:34,880 --> 00:50:36,760 So he did that on purpose, right? 1053 00:50:37,320 --> 00:50:40,440 And maybe, maybe Soriano was just residual damage, but that 1054 00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:44,360 shouldn't really matter when I don't care if it's your 9 hitter 1055 00:50:44,360 --> 00:50:48,480 who's hitting 194 with an OPS of 612 who plays twice a week. 1056 00:50:48,920 --> 00:50:52,080 If, if, if people are taking liberties with your teammates 1057 00:50:52,520 --> 00:50:56,680 and you don't do anything about it, there's a problem there. 1058 00:50:57,200 --> 00:51:01,120 And that Yankee team did not win. 1059 00:51:01,120 --> 00:51:04,920 They did not win that year. And it went for a couple years. 1060 00:51:06,440 --> 00:51:08,480 And I'm not saying that they didn't win the World Series 1061 00:51:08,480 --> 00:51:11,360 because Mike and you see that didn't retaliate, but that was 1062 00:51:11,560 --> 00:51:15,920 kind of emblematic of of what was fading from the from those 1063 00:51:15,920 --> 00:51:18,760 Yankee teams. Those Yankee teams always stood 1064 00:51:18,760 --> 00:51:21,800 up for each other. You know, Tino and Benitez, 1065 00:51:21,800 --> 00:51:24,600 obviously, you know, everybody coming out of the bullpen, Daryl 1066 00:51:24,600 --> 00:51:27,200 throwing wild haymakers in the dugout. 1067 00:51:27,600 --> 00:51:30,520 You know, Paul O'Neill get into fights, his pitchers having his 1068 00:51:30,520 --> 00:51:33,720 back, you name it. David Wells throwing at people, 1069 00:51:33,880 --> 00:51:36,520 Kony throwing at people. It might be seen. 1070 00:51:36,520 --> 00:51:38,400 I'm not really wired that guy that way. 1071 00:51:38,960 --> 00:51:41,880 And even if you're not wired that way, and I know everybody's 1072 00:51:41,880 --> 00:51:44,760 not, and that's fine, you've got to find a way to be wired that 1073 00:51:44,760 --> 00:51:47,000 way for that moment, for that day, for your guy. 1074 00:51:47,480 --> 00:51:50,240 And even if these Knicks collectively are not wired that 1075 00:51:50,240 --> 00:51:53,360 way, then they had to flip a switch and do something about it 1076 00:51:53,680 --> 00:51:55,320 against Golden State, and they didn't. 1077 00:51:55,680 --> 00:52:00,360 And what's happened since? They lost the Suns twice in five 1078 00:52:00,360 --> 00:52:04,400 days and then they got their teeth shoved down their throat, 1079 00:52:05,480 --> 00:52:11,440 losing by 30 to The Mavericks, which tells me you no longer 1080 00:52:11,560 --> 00:52:13,480 care. You don't care. 1081 00:52:13,760 --> 00:52:18,200 Your pride is down the tubes. Your willingness to fight for 1082 00:52:18,200 --> 00:52:19,880 your teammates. I'm not even saying literally 1083 00:52:20,080 --> 00:52:22,120 just grind through and get through. 1084 00:52:22,720 --> 00:52:26,240 It's dissipated. It's over messaging, not being 1085 00:52:26,240 --> 00:52:28,760 received. The one or two from the coaches, 1086 00:52:29,240 --> 00:52:32,680 the one or two guys on the team that do try to project that like 1087 00:52:32,680 --> 00:52:35,520 heart, lesser extend deuce, it's not working. 1088 00:52:35,520 --> 00:52:38,800 And when you have all this evidence, get 2 choices. 1089 00:52:39,080 --> 00:52:44,800 You can ignore it or you can change it and you bet your ass 1090 00:52:44,800 --> 00:52:46,480 that they have to change it and I will. 1091 00:52:46,520 --> 00:52:50,080 I would bet that they will. They know this there's change is 1092 00:52:50,080 --> 00:52:51,520 coming. I mean, think about this. 1093 00:52:51,520 --> 00:52:59,320 Your kid comes home with a a 67. What are the options? 1094 00:53:00,440 --> 00:53:04,680 Do you let them continue to fiddle on the the iPad or even 1095 00:53:04,680 --> 00:53:07,720 sports, which is better than the iPad, but still, school's got to 1096 00:53:07,720 --> 00:53:12,040 be first most of the time, unless it's a big game, unless 1097 00:53:12,040 --> 00:53:13,400 it's a big game the night before. 1098 00:53:13,520 --> 00:53:15,000 I've said this a lot. I don't care what anybody 1099 00:53:15,000 --> 00:53:16,840 thinks. Hey, we got a big game the night 1100 00:53:16,840 --> 00:53:18,520 before. Not that The Jets played big 1101 00:53:18,520 --> 00:53:20,840 games, but they've had late games like the Rogers game 1102 00:53:20,840 --> 00:53:23,560 against the Bills, right? Monday night, or obviously 1103 00:53:23,560 --> 00:53:25,400 Yankee playoff games or big Knick games. 1104 00:53:25,520 --> 00:53:27,120 It's all right. My son or my daughter, not my 1105 00:53:27,120 --> 00:53:29,880 daughter usually falls asleep on the couch, but he's going to be 1106 00:53:29,880 --> 00:53:30,960 a little tired of school tomorrow. 1107 00:53:31,200 --> 00:53:32,880 Deal with the teachers. I'm sorry. 1108 00:53:33,280 --> 00:53:35,800 Because whatever he's going to learn in school and he goes to a 1109 00:53:35,800 --> 00:53:38,440 great school and he's a really good student, but whatever he's 1110 00:53:38,440 --> 00:53:41,200 going to learn in school that day, I'm going to guess he's 1111 00:53:41,200 --> 00:53:43,720 going to remember sitting up with Daddy watching that game 1112 00:53:43,880 --> 00:53:47,440 like I do with mine, just a little more than whatever lesson 1113 00:53:47,680 --> 00:53:49,920 was presented to him that day in school, right. 1114 00:53:50,520 --> 00:53:52,840 So that's just a little side turn. 1115 00:53:52,840 --> 00:53:54,240 But I always, I always believed that. 1116 00:53:54,240 --> 00:53:56,560 And my wife knows big game kids are staying up whatever. 1117 00:53:57,360 --> 00:53:59,880 Well, like if, if, if the kid routinely comes home, your child 1118 00:53:59,880 --> 00:54:03,960 with a with a less than whatever their relative window is. 1119 00:54:03,960 --> 00:54:06,520 If you're an A, if you're an A student, you get AB minus what 1120 00:54:06,520 --> 00:54:08,600 happened, Joe, what happened Susie? 1121 00:54:08,920 --> 00:54:10,080 Like that's that's out of character. 1122 00:54:10,080 --> 00:54:12,280 Did did did you not prepare? Did you not read the directions 1123 00:54:12,280 --> 00:54:13,720 like, well, what like what happened? 1124 00:54:13,920 --> 00:54:16,800 Did you run out of time? Did you not feel, well, if 1125 00:54:16,800 --> 00:54:22,280 they're AB student and now they come home with an F or AD like, 1126 00:54:22,280 --> 00:54:26,760 all right, that's, that's, that's just we that's 1127 00:54:26,760 --> 00:54:29,200 unacceptable. And if they continuously come 1128 00:54:29,200 --> 00:54:32,400 home with, you know, 60 sevens or 70 twos or 70 threes, then 1129 00:54:32,920 --> 00:54:35,400 now you've got to dig a little bit deeper as a parent and 1130 00:54:35,400 --> 00:54:37,560 determine, all right, I'm not trying to get too deep here, but 1131 00:54:37,600 --> 00:54:40,440 it's true. Is there a learning disorder? 1132 00:54:40,440 --> 00:54:42,440 Is there an an inability to focus? 1133 00:54:42,440 --> 00:54:45,680 Is there just a lack of putting the time in with school? 1134 00:54:45,680 --> 00:54:47,320 Do we need to get a tutor, whatever it might be? 1135 00:54:47,800 --> 00:54:50,560 And those are your choices. Like once you see enough 1136 00:54:50,560 --> 00:54:53,160 evidence, you've got to deduce what the problem is. 1137 00:54:53,160 --> 00:54:55,280 And sometimes you'd need professional help to help get to 1138 00:54:55,280 --> 00:54:57,680 that deduction. And if it's a tutor, great. 1139 00:54:58,000 --> 00:55:00,520 You know, if it's putting in more time, good, let's get in 1140 00:55:00,520 --> 00:55:02,200 the trenches. You know, you know what, You're 1141 00:55:02,200 --> 00:55:04,520 not watching this movie tonight. You're not playing Fortnite. 1142 00:55:04,520 --> 00:55:06,360 You're not playing NBA2K or Madden. 1143 00:55:06,600 --> 00:55:08,480 You're not calling your buddy on the phone or doing whatever 1144 00:55:08,480 --> 00:55:09,360 you're doing. You're studying. 1145 00:55:09,360 --> 00:55:11,240 And if you don't like it, you're not playing the game tomorrow 1146 00:55:11,240 --> 00:55:13,160 night. So there's got to be 1147 00:55:13,160 --> 00:55:18,200 repercussions and there's got to be a point where the results, 1148 00:55:18,200 --> 00:55:22,520 the results are so identifiable that if you don't do anything 1149 00:55:22,520 --> 00:55:25,440 about it, that is on you. Like there's nothing else to 1150 00:55:25,440 --> 00:55:26,640 interpret here with these Knicks. 1151 00:55:26,680 --> 00:55:28,800 It's over. It's a wrap. 1152 00:55:29,600 --> 00:55:36,280 Done. All right, let's see here. 1153 00:55:36,280 --> 00:55:41,200 What's this at TJF Russo. What up? 1154 00:55:41,200 --> 00:55:42,720 TJ Russo? I was hoping the Knicks would 1155 00:55:42,720 --> 00:55:44,920 get us into and through a miserable New York sports year, 1156 00:55:44,920 --> 00:55:47,680 but not so fast, I guess. Yeah, I mean, that was the hope 1157 00:55:47,680 --> 00:55:49,160 too, right? You think about this because 1158 00:55:49,160 --> 00:55:52,640 when the Giants season started, The Jets season started, all 1159 00:55:52,640 --> 00:55:54,240 right, You know, Eric Glenn year one. 1160 00:55:54,240 --> 00:55:55,920 All right, when's Jackson Dork in the play? 1161 00:55:55,920 --> 00:55:58,480 All right, then that and then obviously played well. 1162 00:55:58,480 --> 00:56:01,960 But in terms of the winds in that overall week to week, 1163 00:56:01,960 --> 00:56:05,840 legitimate emotional investment of like hope for something good 1164 00:56:05,840 --> 00:56:08,160 that season, it was gone and it was over for The Jets 1165 00:56:08,160 --> 00:56:10,360 immediately. Giants fooled you a little bit 1166 00:56:10,360 --> 00:56:12,520 by beating a couple teams, Chargers, whatever they went on 1167 00:56:12,520 --> 00:56:14,800 a little bit of run on on a little bit of a run. 1168 00:56:14,800 --> 00:56:16,800 We like, OK, all right, scoring some points here. 1169 00:56:16,800 --> 00:56:20,400 Maybe this is the new Giants here, but that was over 1170 00:56:20,400 --> 00:56:23,000 immediately. Yankees got bounce, Toronto 1171 00:56:23,000 --> 00:56:24,880 smacked them. Mets didn't make it. 1172 00:56:24,880 --> 00:56:29,320 So we all thought that the New York Knicks would be the bastion 1173 00:56:29,320 --> 00:56:33,120 and, you know, the leading force, the the light in the 1174 00:56:33,120 --> 00:56:34,800 darkness of the New York sports scene. 1175 00:56:35,320 --> 00:56:37,320 They're just adding to it. They're making it worse. 1176 00:56:37,600 --> 00:56:39,520 They're making it worse because we had when you have 1177 00:56:39,520 --> 00:56:42,520 expectations for something now you're going to get much more of 1178 00:56:42,520 --> 00:56:44,360 a visceral reaction. You wouldn't hear me. 1179 00:56:45,040 --> 00:56:48,080 I, I know I had days where I I bashed Isaiah and I bashed, you 1180 00:56:48,080 --> 00:56:50,440 know, Fizdale or Hortasek or Carmel or whatever. 1181 00:56:50,440 --> 00:56:54,320 But when when your team is a non entity in terms of being 1182 00:56:54,320 --> 00:56:58,480 relevant in the NBA, it's really hard to conjure up legitimate 1183 00:56:58,480 --> 00:57:02,360 consistent emotion when you just don't have the horses to win. 1184 00:57:03,560 --> 00:57:07,680 The energy comes like when we think you're going to be really 1185 00:57:07,680 --> 00:57:11,200 good and now it looks like you don't give a shit about the 1186 00:57:11,200 --> 00:57:13,720 results. That's the way it looks. 1187 00:57:14,560 --> 00:57:17,040 And that's most disconcerting. Unacceptable. 1188 00:57:19,800 --> 00:57:25,320 All right, National championship game last night, interesting 1189 00:57:25,320 --> 00:57:27,480 night. First half was awful, 1190 00:57:27,880 --> 00:57:31,080 second-half was great. Now I'm not going to spend a lot 1191 00:57:31,080 --> 00:57:33,880 of time on this because I know it's not going to happen. 1192 00:57:35,680 --> 00:57:37,120 I mean, Mendoza had a rough night. 1193 00:57:37,160 --> 00:57:40,240 Now he made great plays when he when he launched himself into 1194 00:57:40,240 --> 00:57:42,800 the end zone. First of all, the cut left to 1195 00:57:42,800 --> 00:57:47,320 right was you saw the athleticism and I'm not saying 1196 00:57:47,320 --> 00:57:51,160 he's going to be like Josh Allen quite, but you get him 789 more 1197 00:57:51,160 --> 00:57:53,680 pounds, which he will have a functional weight at the next 1198 00:57:53,680 --> 00:57:57,960 level now that it's his job. I mean, he's going to be a load 1199 00:57:57,960 --> 00:57:59,600 man. He's I thought they dropped a 1200 00:57:59,600 --> 00:58:01,320 few passes. They threw a couple that were a 1201 00:58:01,320 --> 00:58:02,400 little bit behind. Whatever. 1202 00:58:02,400 --> 00:58:05,200 Not as great as game for sure. The numbers, no touchdowns, no 1203 00:58:05,200 --> 00:58:08,880 picks, 14 for 25, you know, fairly nominal menial stats. 1204 00:58:08,880 --> 00:58:10,840 I got it. But when it was winning time, 1205 00:58:11,000 --> 00:58:12,160 didn't you think he was going to win? 1206 00:58:12,160 --> 00:58:14,400 I knew he was going to win. I don't know if he's going to 1207 00:58:14,400 --> 00:58:16,640 run one in, throw a touchdown with it, but I knew he was going 1208 00:58:16,640 --> 00:58:18,680 to win. And that Miami defense was 1209 00:58:18,680 --> 00:58:20,400 phenomenal. Give them a ton of credit, boy. 1210 00:58:20,400 --> 00:58:23,880 I mean, that was a big spread. 8 1/2 points when it was 10, zip 1211 00:58:23,880 --> 00:58:25,440 at the half. I'm like, all right, they're 1212 00:58:25,440 --> 00:58:26,520 going to run away with this thing. 1213 00:58:26,520 --> 00:58:30,920 But what Miami did and it worked and Herb St. pointed this out on 1214 00:58:30,920 --> 00:58:34,520 the broadcast, where to start the game, there was a lot of 1215 00:58:34,520 --> 00:58:37,720 soft coverage, right? So the corners were 5-6 yards 1216 00:58:37,720 --> 00:58:39,680 off Indiana's receivers, give them space. 1217 00:58:39,920 --> 00:58:42,280 So all Mendoza had to do was, you know, boom, boom, boom at a 1218 00:58:42,280 --> 00:58:45,880 shotgun, quick to two, three-step, drop back foot, let 1219 00:58:45,880 --> 00:58:50,000 it go wide open, 7-8 yards, move the sticks, you know, And 1220 00:58:50,000 --> 00:58:52,920 obviously Indiana's run game, which has been phenomenal all 1221 00:58:52,920 --> 00:58:55,920 year, it was good in Spurs, but it wasn't quite what it's been 1222 00:58:55,920 --> 00:58:58,160 all year. And I think when Miami came up 1223 00:58:58,160 --> 00:59:00,880 and did a little more press coverage now you started to see 1224 00:59:00,880 --> 00:59:03,040 Mendoza getting, I mean, he was popped. 1225 00:59:03,040 --> 00:59:06,640 He was even hit in the first half, but he got knocked around. 1226 00:59:07,040 --> 00:59:10,880 And that guy is just such a game or such a winner, such a such a 1227 00:59:10,880 --> 00:59:12,200 leader. I absolutely love him. 1228 00:59:12,680 --> 00:59:15,440 Now this is what I won't spend a lot of time on because it's not 1229 00:59:15,440 --> 00:59:16,960 going to happen, but I'll just throw it out there. 1230 00:59:16,960 --> 00:59:21,440 You never know if he would have gone for three O 9 and coming 1231 00:59:21,440 --> 00:59:23,800 into the game in the playoffs, he had more touchdowns than 1232 00:59:23,800 --> 00:59:25,040 incompletions. Think about that. 1233 00:59:25,040 --> 00:59:27,080 They had the stat on. I think it was 8 touchdowns at 1234 00:59:27,080 --> 00:59:30,160 one point and five incompletions during the playoffs. 1235 00:59:30,160 --> 00:59:32,360 What? And you remember all the clutch 1236 00:59:32,360 --> 00:59:36,120 throws Ohio State, Oregon earlier in the year, right? 1237 00:59:36,160 --> 00:59:42,800 So if it would have come out and continued this ungodly assault 1238 00:59:42,800 --> 00:59:47,160 on the record books and flawless play, Raiders would have had 1239 00:59:47,160 --> 00:59:49,280 nothing to think about. Now, there's still really 1240 00:59:49,280 --> 00:59:51,280 nothing to think about. They're going to take him first 1241 00:59:51,280 --> 00:59:53,280 overall. Well, you know, I don't even 1242 00:59:53,280 --> 00:59:57,640 know if this is a rumor. If it's not, it's not a report, 1243 00:59:57,640 --> 01:00:00,440 that's for sure. I would say, see to me there's 1244 01:00:01,160 --> 01:00:05,280 there's nonsense, there's a rumor, there's informed industry 1245 01:00:05,280 --> 01:00:07,760 speculation, and then there's a report. 1246 01:00:08,040 --> 01:00:10,920 This is way short of a report. I think it's. 1247 01:00:11,760 --> 01:00:14,440 I think it's past, you know, a couple of you on your WhatsApp 1248 01:00:14,440 --> 01:00:16,800 chain throwing this out there and then somebody tweeting 1249 01:00:16,800 --> 01:00:19,920 something with 9 followers and no disrespect on people with not 1250 01:00:19,920 --> 01:00:22,480 toward people with 9 followers, but it's not coming from a 1251 01:00:22,480 --> 01:00:24,640 viable source. But I, I think it's slightly 1252 01:00:24,640 --> 01:00:27,720 past that stage and way short of being in the report reporting 1253 01:00:27,720 --> 01:00:30,760 stage. You know, I mean, maybe Tom 1254 01:00:30,760 --> 01:00:33,560 Brady makes a push for Lamar Jackson. 1255 01:00:33,880 --> 01:00:35,840 Now. I wouldn't do that if I'm him. 1256 01:00:36,080 --> 01:00:40,120 I would start fresh and I would go with Mendoza and I believe 1257 01:00:40,120 --> 01:00:43,320 he's going to. But because he didn't play 1258 01:00:43,320 --> 01:00:47,400 great, even though he was there at winning time, you never know. 1259 01:00:47,400 --> 01:00:54,320 You met like door like a tick a jar, 3 percent, 8%, single digit 1260 01:00:54,320 --> 01:00:56,160 percent. But if he would have balled out 1261 01:00:56,160 --> 01:00:58,600 last night with with three touchdowns in the air, one on 1262 01:00:58,600 --> 01:01:04,560 the ground, 312 yards, 25 or 29, I don't care who like Burrow, 1263 01:01:04,560 --> 01:01:06,800 Lamar and that's it. Nope, we got Mendoza. 1264 01:01:06,800 --> 01:01:08,160 Thank you. No matter what they offer, we'll 1265 01:01:08,160 --> 01:01:08,800 take him. Mendoza. 1266 01:01:09,200 --> 01:01:12,400 You never know. You get one team that just gets 1267 01:01:12,400 --> 01:01:15,720 reckless and you've got to have the capital jets to do it. 1268 01:01:16,160 --> 01:01:18,920 Well, maybe there's a potential deal deal to be struck. 1269 01:01:18,960 --> 01:01:21,000 I'm not going to exhaust this because I don't think it's going 1270 01:01:21,000 --> 01:01:23,280 to happen. But last night was still a good 1271 01:01:23,280 --> 01:01:26,240 night for The Jets. Now right now going into the 1272 01:01:26,240 --> 01:01:30,360 game, Ruben Bayne was mocked pretty much top ten everywhere, 1273 01:01:30,600 --> 01:01:33,440 top five, top six most mocked, right, At least the reputable 1274 01:01:33,440 --> 01:01:37,760 ones that I that I lean on. He only reinforced how amazing 1275 01:01:37,760 --> 01:01:39,240 he is. I like, to me it looks like 1276 01:01:39,240 --> 01:01:43,240 Dwight Franey, like that's what I see 275 coming off the edge, 1277 01:01:43,240 --> 01:01:45,200 low leverage. I'm not going to throw all the 1278 01:01:45,200 --> 01:01:47,280 scouting terms at Oh, he's got swivel hips. 1279 01:01:47,280 --> 01:01:49,840 Oh, his, his, his hands are connected to his eyes. 1280 01:01:50,240 --> 01:01:52,520 That's the thing that drives me crazy about this draft process. 1281 01:01:52,520 --> 01:01:57,000 Some of the dumb regurgitated verbiage like, come on, man, 1282 01:01:57,000 --> 01:01:59,960 speak like a human. Don't don't come across as R2D2 1283 01:01:59,960 --> 01:02:02,280 or C3PO. Just speak like a human being, 1284 01:02:02,400 --> 01:02:06,200 you know? Oh my God, really, And you know 1285 01:02:06,200 --> 01:02:08,200 what I'm talking about. It really isn't it's it's the 1286 01:02:08,200 --> 01:02:11,120 constant regurgitation of the scouting phrases. 1287 01:02:11,680 --> 01:02:14,120 And as I don't want to be beholden to that, so I'm going 1288 01:02:14,120 --> 01:02:15,880 to move on. But I do see a little freeny, 1289 01:02:15,880 --> 01:02:18,560 right. So The Jets could take him at 2, 1290 01:02:19,080 --> 01:02:21,200 which right now, I know you got to go through the process here. 1291 01:02:21,320 --> 01:02:24,440 I'm all for the only thing is some people do say based on his 1292 01:02:24,440 --> 01:02:28,080 his height and his weight. And, you know, I'll let those 1293 01:02:28,080 --> 01:02:32,080 who really do this for a living in terms of the the the ratio, 1294 01:02:32,200 --> 01:02:34,520 height, weight, speed. I mean, I know what I'm looking 1295 01:02:34,520 --> 01:02:37,520 at, but I'm not a scout. Some people think his arms might 1296 01:02:37,520 --> 01:02:40,120 be a little bit short. Come on, you know, the 1297 01:02:40,120 --> 01:02:42,480 quarterbacks got small hands. Can you play dude? 1298 01:02:42,880 --> 01:02:45,640 So I'm going to let that process at least, you know, play itself 1299 01:02:45,640 --> 01:02:49,480 out. But there's a chance he doesn't 1300 01:02:49,480 --> 01:02:51,440 grade out as favorably. Like, I don't know what Muji's 1301 01:02:51,440 --> 01:02:53,520 personal preferences and I don't know. 1302 01:02:53,520 --> 01:02:57,120 But if I could right now, if The Jets take Ruben Baines at at at 1303 01:02:57,120 --> 01:02:59,480 two, I'm pumped. Now here's what else could 1304 01:02:59,480 --> 01:03:01,840 happen is why it was a good night for The Jets as good as he 1305 01:03:01,840 --> 01:03:04,880 was, right? Well, now that might incentivize 1306 01:03:04,880 --> 01:03:06,880 somebody who's got A and The Jets have a pressing need 1307 01:03:06,880 --> 01:03:08,920 everywhere. They need a linebacker, they 1308 01:03:08,920 --> 01:03:12,600 need a a defensive edge and like like him, they need a corner, 1309 01:03:12,600 --> 01:03:14,600 they need a safety. Then you know the wide receiver 1310 01:03:14,600 --> 01:03:17,480 as Jets need everything, absolutely everything, right? 1311 01:03:18,040 --> 01:03:20,600 So they've got an abundance of options and an abundance of 1312 01:03:20,600 --> 01:03:22,920 picks and they've got a chance to add to that. 1313 01:03:23,280 --> 01:03:26,200 Like if The Jets say if they really like Ruben Bane, like 1314 01:03:26,280 --> 01:03:28,560 almost love him, love him, right? 1315 01:03:29,840 --> 01:03:33,200 But somebody loves him just a little bit more and is willing 1316 01:03:33,200 --> 01:03:36,400 to say trade from 2:00 to 6:00 and give you a second or third 1317 01:03:36,400 --> 01:03:37,000 round. But whatever. 1318 01:03:37,000 --> 01:03:38,360 I don't know. Whatever the draft board equates 1319 01:03:38,360 --> 01:03:40,320 to what you got to give up to get what you got to get to move 1320 01:03:40,320 --> 01:03:41,520 up to two, whatever it is, right? 1321 01:03:41,720 --> 01:03:43,240 Though I know the points. They'll figure that out. 1322 01:03:43,720 --> 01:03:46,280 And you love Caleb Downs from Ohio State, who's a safety, and 1323 01:03:46,280 --> 01:03:48,720 you need 1. And that's a little more 1324 01:03:48,720 --> 01:03:52,160 justifiable taking him in that 6-7 spot or even 4, whatever it 1325 01:03:52,160 --> 01:03:54,760 might be, rather than maybe 2 as a safety. 1326 01:03:54,760 --> 01:03:56,960 All right. Or you want to take Reese, the 1327 01:03:56,960 --> 01:03:59,360 linebacker from Ohio State. I think you could take him at 2 1328 01:03:59,640 --> 01:04:00,920 or you could trade down. He could take him. 1329 01:04:01,240 --> 01:04:03,200 Or you got 2 receivers. You got Tyson, he got Tate, You 1330 01:04:03,320 --> 01:04:06,160 got the kid from Arizona, Arizona State, and you got the 1331 01:04:06,160 --> 01:04:08,320 kid from Ohio State. Ohio State's absolutely loaded. 1332 01:04:08,320 --> 01:04:09,960 How how is the Ohio State still not playing? 1333 01:04:10,000 --> 01:04:13,600 Wow. But last night was really good 1334 01:04:13,840 --> 01:04:17,760 because it's going to present The Jets with, I think either a 1335 01:04:18,320 --> 01:04:23,160 great player at #2 that just can really boom, accelerate their 1336 01:04:23,160 --> 01:04:26,280 development, right? Or it's going to open up some 1337 01:04:26,280 --> 01:04:28,960 real dialogue and some real tantalizing possibilities for 1338 01:04:28,960 --> 01:04:31,080 them to make trades with other teams. 1339 01:04:31,440 --> 01:04:33,680 And we already know Mooji's aggressive. 1340 01:04:33,840 --> 01:04:36,880 You traded Sauce, you traded Q. You know, you were active on the 1341 01:04:36,880 --> 01:04:40,120 waiver wire early in the year. You made some lower level moves. 1342 01:04:40,160 --> 01:04:43,640 You made some big moves here. So I mean, this man is a modern 1343 01:04:43,640 --> 01:04:45,920 general manager. He comes from the Peyton camp. 1344 01:04:45,920 --> 01:04:47,720 Sean Payton was in the building with Denver. 1345 01:04:48,000 --> 01:04:50,360 They think that way. He thinks that way. 1346 01:04:50,360 --> 01:04:52,240 He's already shown us he thinks that way. 1347 01:04:52,520 --> 01:04:54,240 He's already shown us that he thinks that way. 1348 01:04:54,240 --> 01:04:56,440 He's not afraid who act on that thought process. 1349 01:04:56,800 --> 01:05:00,400 So as much as The Jets season was just pure torment, what else 1350 01:05:00,400 --> 01:05:04,720 is new this offseason? I am absolutely. 1351 01:05:04,720 --> 01:05:07,800 That's always, always Sala. We Sala will always get around 1352 01:05:07,800 --> 01:05:09,600 all right. BT you going to regenerate? 1353 01:05:09,600 --> 01:05:11,440 I've already regenerated. I can't wait for the draft. 1354 01:05:11,440 --> 01:05:13,880 I cannot wait to see what the New York Jets do. 1355 01:05:14,200 --> 01:05:16,720 I love the draft in general, but when you've got the second pick 1356 01:05:16,720 --> 01:05:19,400 and you've got another pick in the teens, I mean, there's just 1357 01:05:19,640 --> 01:05:23,480 and then three next year. There are a boatload of 1358 01:05:23,480 --> 01:05:27,040 possibilities for a general manager who was at least early 1359 01:05:27,040 --> 01:05:30,800 on, showing a propensity to take a big swing, which which is 1360 01:05:30,800 --> 01:05:34,440 good, but more importantly, have the acumen and the instincts to 1361 01:05:34,440 --> 01:05:37,440 execute what I perceive to be the right big swing. 1362 01:05:37,440 --> 01:05:40,440 So, you know, again, they're going to have a lot of players 1363 01:05:40,440 --> 01:05:43,120 here that are going to look really, really tantalizing. 1364 01:05:43,480 --> 01:05:45,600 I mean, if you put me down for it right now, it's going to 1365 01:05:45,600 --> 01:05:47,400 either be a Bane, a Downs, a Reese. 1366 01:05:48,080 --> 01:05:50,520 I'm not taking a wide receiver at #2 there's just too many 1367 01:05:50,520 --> 01:05:52,760 other needs. But you know, I mean, listen, if 1368 01:05:52,760 --> 01:05:55,680 one of these kids grades out like Megatron, I, I guess I'll 1369 01:05:55,680 --> 01:05:57,720 leave the door a little bit of a little bit of jar here. 1370 01:05:57,720 --> 01:06:00,440 But yeah, it's it. Last night was a good night. 1371 01:06:00,440 --> 01:06:05,360 And last night, it is amazing that Indiana won the national 1372 01:06:05,360 --> 01:06:11,240 championship. I went to what, Ohio State game? 1373 01:06:11,840 --> 01:06:15,720 Matt's girlfriend went to Ohio State years ago and I went to 1374 01:06:15,720 --> 01:06:18,280 Columbus and I went to the Horseshoe. 1375 01:06:18,960 --> 01:06:21,320 So I speak on experience with some of these stadiums like I've 1376 01:06:21,320 --> 01:06:24,280 had a chance to, even though growing up in the Northeast, 1377 01:06:24,280 --> 01:06:26,280 I've had a chance to go to some pretty cool college football 1378 01:06:26,280 --> 01:06:28,240 venues. I've been to the Big House when 1379 01:06:28,240 --> 01:06:31,520 I worked in Detroit a bunch of times, went to the Horseshoe, 1380 01:06:31,720 --> 01:06:35,120 went to Michigan State, went to Callan Stanford when I lived out 1381 01:06:35,120 --> 01:06:38,560 West, went to Boston College when my sister was a student 1382 01:06:38,560 --> 01:06:40,200 there. That's a funny story. 1383 01:06:40,280 --> 01:06:43,400 I I got to, I was afraid. Here's the short version. 1384 01:06:43,400 --> 01:06:47,640 I was a freshman in high school and she was a sophomore or maybe 1385 01:06:47,640 --> 01:06:50,320 a freshman at BC and I went up for the weekend. 1386 01:06:50,680 --> 01:06:53,000 She told my parents he's never coming back and I didn't. 1387 01:06:54,840 --> 01:06:58,160 They can't really tell you what happened, but it was it was a 1388 01:06:58,160 --> 01:07:02,760 fun weekend, except for her anyway, I going to the 1389 01:07:02,800 --> 01:07:04,840 Horseshoe. That's why I always say Penn 1390 01:07:04,840 --> 01:07:07,400 State been to Penn State has been a happy valley during a 1391 01:07:07,400 --> 01:07:10,520 whiteout as well. 100 and 508,000 whatever it is, college 1392 01:07:10,520 --> 01:07:13,440 football venues, if you go to the right one, my God, it's and 1393 01:07:13,440 --> 01:07:16,440 many of you know this magical, but many of you that grew up in 1394 01:07:16,440 --> 01:07:19,560 the northeast, you know, you got Fordham, you got Stony Brook 1395 01:07:20,120 --> 01:07:22,440 further South in Jersey, you got Princeton like you got a couple 1396 01:07:22,440 --> 01:07:23,880 of games. You can Army is beautiful. 1397 01:07:24,160 --> 01:07:27,640 I love I love the Hudson Valley West Point Mikey stadiums, but 1398 01:07:27,640 --> 01:07:29,840 I've been there as well. But it's not a it's not a 1399 01:07:29,840 --> 01:07:32,840 college football town, but I've had a chance to go to some of 1400 01:07:32,840 --> 01:07:35,520 these and I'm when I went to the Horseshoe, they were playing 1401 01:07:35,520 --> 01:07:40,640 Indiana ironically, right? And I think that they won 56 to 1402 01:07:40,640 --> 01:07:44,960 360 to three. I mean, it was outside of 1403 01:07:44,960 --> 01:07:46,560 Antoine Randall L back in the day. 1404 01:07:46,560 --> 01:07:49,160 He was not on this team, You know, a few other players here 1405 01:07:49,160 --> 01:07:52,280 and there. I mean, Indiana, let me put it 1406 01:07:52,280 --> 01:07:55,600 in these terms, all right. Indiana was basically to the Big 1407 01:07:55,600 --> 01:08:00,040 10 football scene what the Paul is to the Big East basketball 1408 01:08:00,040 --> 01:08:01,640 scene. Like they're a doormat. 1409 01:08:02,080 --> 01:08:06,200 They're just they've been unwatchably horrid with, you 1410 01:08:06,200 --> 01:08:08,280 know, a fairly, I know they pumped some money into it last 1411 01:08:08,280 --> 01:08:11,760 couple of years, but a fairly before that dilapidated state 1412 01:08:11,840 --> 01:08:16,040 stadium, it was awful. No game day juice, you know, no 1413 01:08:16,040 --> 01:08:18,720 quarterback prospects, nobody You look at and say, wow, all 1414 01:08:18,800 --> 01:08:21,760 right, this team isn't good, but man, look at this 6 foot four, 1415 01:08:21,760 --> 01:08:25,080 210 LB horse. Who's going to go top three in 1416 01:08:25,080 --> 01:08:26,800 the draft? Like they just they had nothing 1417 01:08:27,399 --> 01:08:31,160 and and I owe money change that. But so did a great coach. 1418 01:08:31,640 --> 01:08:34,600 God, he is great. But if you've been around and 1419 01:08:34,600 --> 01:08:38,000 you follow college football, like last night, the coronation 1420 01:08:38,000 --> 01:08:40,560 of the Hoosiers was nothing short of spectacular. 1421 01:08:40,880 --> 01:08:42,600 I watched the entire post game show. 1422 01:08:43,000 --> 01:08:47,680 I watched Mendoza. I watched the coach, but he 1423 01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:50,160 looks he is 1 intense dude. My son says, man, that does he 1424 01:08:50,160 --> 01:08:52,200 ever smile? And he smiled last night with 1425 01:08:52,200 --> 01:08:53,240 Holly Row when he said I'm going to. 1426 01:08:53,479 --> 01:08:56,040 No, Holly was with Mendoza, I think. 1427 01:08:56,560 --> 01:08:59,800 And he was asked was it Molly? I think it was Molly. 1428 01:09:00,120 --> 01:09:02,560 He said or or he was asked, you know, what are you going to do 1429 01:09:02,560 --> 01:09:03,840 to celebrate? I'm going to have a beer. 1430 01:09:03,840 --> 01:09:05,200 Yeah, he damn right you're going to have a beer. 1431 01:09:05,399 --> 01:09:07,160 Have nine of them. Knock yourself out, brother. 1432 01:09:07,160 --> 01:09:09,840 What a job. And you know, I don't. 1433 01:09:09,920 --> 01:09:12,720 I don't know what makes him better than others. 1434 01:09:12,720 --> 01:09:15,399 But I mean, it's part partly concepts. 1435 01:09:15,399 --> 01:09:18,279 I'm sure it's attention to detail, NIL, you name it. 1436 01:09:18,279 --> 01:09:20,560 Anticipation, gut instinct to everything, right? 1437 01:09:21,600 --> 01:09:23,680 But his press conference and he was thought to be kind of a 1438 01:09:23,680 --> 01:09:27,279 pompous ass coming from James Madison shows up at this press 1439 01:09:27,279 --> 01:09:29,479 conference and they're like, you know what? 1440 01:09:29,479 --> 01:09:31,960 What makes you because he was, you know, espousing some, some 1441 01:09:31,960 --> 01:09:34,080 positivity like, no, we're going to we're going to be all right 1442 01:09:34,080 --> 01:09:36,080 here. And somebody I think straight up 1443 01:09:36,080 --> 01:09:38,000 asked him like what, why are you so confident you're going to win 1444 01:09:38,000 --> 01:09:40,279 in Indiana? He's like, because I'm here, so 1445 01:09:40,359 --> 01:09:45,120 I win and here he won the championship. 1446 01:09:45,359 --> 01:09:47,520 It's not like they're ranked. Like you get some of these cute 1447 01:09:47,520 --> 01:09:49,279 stories, right? Like couple of years ago, 1448 01:09:49,279 --> 01:09:52,399 Coastal Carolina had a really good year. 1449 01:09:52,600 --> 01:09:56,360 Zach Wilson played there. I think they scheduled, that was 1450 01:09:56,360 --> 01:09:58,320 during COVID and they scheduled it. 1451 01:09:58,320 --> 01:10:00,800 I think they scheduled it just to give Zach another look for 1452 01:10:00,800 --> 01:10:06,440 his draft prospects, right. And Zach couldn't even become 1453 01:10:06,440 --> 01:10:07,960 the backup in Miami. Good God. 1454 01:10:08,480 --> 01:10:10,880 And Coastal had a nice little run, but like they didn't win 1455 01:10:10,880 --> 01:10:13,440 the championship. You know, there are good stories 1456 01:10:13,440 --> 01:10:17,920 that develop even pre NIL and and that was where, you know, a 1457 01:10:17,920 --> 01:10:21,840 little tiny engine that could kind of eventually Peters out. 1458 01:10:21,840 --> 01:10:24,720 But boy, what a what an amazing, uplifting story. 1459 01:10:24,720 --> 01:10:26,720 They just do things that they nobody thought that they could 1460 01:10:26,720 --> 01:10:30,360 do. And Indiana took it all the way 1461 01:10:30,360 --> 01:10:32,760 to the bank. They won, they won the 1462 01:10:32,760 --> 01:10:37,040 championship. Absolutely amazing. 1463 01:10:37,600 --> 01:10:41,040 I was rooting for him All in all in when I had something else for 1464 01:10:41,040 --> 01:10:42,000 him. Want to make sure I didn't 1465 01:10:42,000 --> 01:10:43,680 forget about? Hey Jared. 1466 01:10:43,680 --> 01:10:46,520 I saw a couple of the tweets here today as Jared pops his 1467 01:10:46,520 --> 01:10:48,280 head back into the equation. There he is. 1468 01:10:49,160 --> 01:10:50,840 Anything on Bellinger? I know you're on the Bellinger 1469 01:10:50,840 --> 01:10:52,040 watch here. It seems like there were a 1470 01:10:52,040 --> 01:10:55,560 couple of tweets earlier about today or or very shortly. 1471 01:10:55,560 --> 01:10:57,240 Could be the day. I know it hasn't broken. 1472 01:10:57,240 --> 01:11:00,200 Yeah, I mean, what I was seeing on Bellinger, I was reading an 1473 01:11:00,200 --> 01:11:05,960 article saying that the Yankees might lose out on him. 1474 01:11:05,960 --> 01:11:08,720 That was like the most. That was the latest article I 1475 01:11:08,720 --> 01:11:12,160 was reading, but it's from some site called Yankees Go Yard. 1476 01:11:12,320 --> 01:11:14,400 I don't know. I don't know if that's a a 1477 01:11:14,400 --> 01:11:18,680 reliable source, but it said Yankees should be prepared to 1478 01:11:18,680 --> 01:11:22,360 lose Cody Bellinger after latest free agency updates. 1479 01:11:22,840 --> 01:11:24,600 That's the latest thing I've got. 1480 01:11:24,760 --> 01:11:25,880 Gotcha. I appreciate it. 1481 01:11:25,880 --> 01:11:27,360 Jared. I'm not really familiar with 1482 01:11:27,360 --> 01:11:29,320 that particular website. Doesn't mean it's not good, 1483 01:11:29,320 --> 01:11:31,640 doesn't mean it's not reputable. I just don't particularly know 1484 01:11:31,640 --> 01:11:33,560 that one. There's actually a lot of 1485 01:11:33,560 --> 01:11:35,680 smaller websites out there that really pump out really good 1486 01:11:35,680 --> 01:11:37,440 content that kind of get glossed over. 1487 01:11:37,440 --> 01:11:41,960 I'm not here to diss them for sure, but I I've seen that other 1488 01:11:41,960 --> 01:11:44,800 places too and and I've talked about that because it's very 1489 01:11:44,800 --> 01:11:46,520 apparent that the Yankees are not going to budget here. 1490 01:11:46,800 --> 01:11:49,480 They're not and they shouldn't. They they you know, there's five 1491 01:11:49,480 --> 01:11:50,680 years. The money's good. 1492 01:11:50,800 --> 01:11:53,280 It's pretty hefty signing bonus. They made the concessions with 1493 01:11:53,280 --> 01:11:55,680 the opt outs. Just because the Mets lost out 1494 01:11:55,680 --> 01:11:59,120 on Tucker and made a really good pivot to to Beau Bichette, and 1495 01:11:59,120 --> 01:12:01,680 just because you lost one Soto to the Mets a year ago doesn't 1496 01:12:01,680 --> 01:12:05,160 mean that you go from what you perceive to be a fair good deal 1497 01:12:05,160 --> 01:12:07,880 and a bottom line deal to a reckless, stupid deal. 1498 01:12:08,200 --> 01:12:10,680 Just because some, whether it's the Mets or Toronto's willing to 1499 01:12:10,680 --> 01:12:11,800 do it. I'm not giving them seventy. 1500 01:12:11,800 --> 01:12:14,240 I'm not giving them six. No, Cody, you want to stay here 1501 01:12:14,240 --> 01:12:17,400 or not, Here's the five years. Here's the total terms in terms 1502 01:12:17,400 --> 01:12:19,840 of the AAV you want to play with Aaron Judge or not. 1503 01:12:19,840 --> 01:12:21,760 And if you don't want to be here, go somewhere else. 1504 01:12:21,760 --> 01:12:23,800 See you goodbye. That's it. 1505 01:12:25,320 --> 01:12:27,440 Hey, one thing I'm learning Jared, as I get older, I got no 1506 01:12:27,440 --> 01:12:28,680 tolerance. Like, I'm done begging. 1507 01:12:28,760 --> 01:12:32,520 Like there was a point, like given the the complexion of this 1508 01:12:32,520 --> 01:12:34,880 Yankee offseason, where I would have been like, oh, but you need 1509 01:12:34,880 --> 01:12:36,920 them all. He could play left field and 1510 01:12:36,920 --> 01:12:38,720 center and for who gives a shit? You know what? 1511 01:12:38,720 --> 01:12:41,360 I mean, at a certain point, at a certain point, you're done. 1512 01:12:41,360 --> 01:12:43,640 You're done, yes. You know, there's no convincing. 1513 01:12:43,800 --> 01:12:45,400 There's no convincing. I'm saying. 1514 01:12:45,800 --> 01:12:47,760 The minds made-up. Yeah, man, I mean, how many 1515 01:12:47,800 --> 01:12:49,200 Times Now you're single, right, Jared? 1516 01:12:49,280 --> 01:12:50,480 Yeah, yeah. All right. 1517 01:12:50,680 --> 01:12:53,040 By the way, a a a good single scene or. 1518 01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:57,560 I mean, I'm fresh in New York, so we're figuring it out. 1519 01:12:58,560 --> 01:13:01,760 Figuring out while I'm here. Figuring it out with some when I 1520 01:13:01,760 --> 01:13:06,000 hear when I hear you say figuring it out, it seems like 1521 01:13:06,000 --> 01:13:08,000 you're still in the stage of trying to get it going. 1522 01:13:08,160 --> 01:13:11,560 Is that a fair assessment? Yeah, I'd say, I'd say I've had 1523 01:13:11,560 --> 01:13:15,200 a break from my time in college to now my time in New York and 1524 01:13:15,200 --> 01:13:18,560 now here, you know, trying to get it back going again. 1525 01:13:18,640 --> 01:13:23,000 OK, understood. I could not imagine dating now. 1526 01:13:23,160 --> 01:13:25,480 You couldn't pay me to be on the dating scene. 1527 01:13:25,480 --> 01:13:28,840 My God Almighty, I just couldn't do it with with the 1528 01:13:28,840 --> 01:13:32,160 expectations, not all of them of of some of these of some of 1529 01:13:32,160 --> 01:13:35,240 these young women, the nonsensical the text and the 1530 01:13:35,240 --> 01:13:37,520 ghost and the games and the get the hell. 1531 01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:40,960 How about you go up to somebody, you introduce yourself. 1532 01:13:40,960 --> 01:13:43,480 Hey, I buy you a drink and you start a conversation. 1533 01:13:43,480 --> 01:13:46,200 What's? Crazy is that's kind of how it's 1534 01:13:46,200 --> 01:13:49,600 turning again, like with people my age is like it seems like a 1535 01:13:49,600 --> 01:13:52,200 lot of people are kind of moving away from the apps and now 1536 01:13:52,200 --> 01:13:54,320 you're just kind of going up to someone in the bar. 1537 01:13:54,360 --> 01:13:56,320 Hey, can I get you a drink? You look good. 1538 01:13:56,680 --> 01:13:57,400 That's it. That's. 1539 01:13:58,120 --> 01:13:59,520 It goes really well, you get her a second. 1540 01:13:59,600 --> 01:14:03,560 Drink exactly like it. You know, I feel like there's 1541 01:14:03,560 --> 01:14:06,760 been kind of this pivot almost, you know, where where it's just 1542 01:14:06,760 --> 01:14:10,080 like people are kind of like I'm done like this is so this is 1543 01:14:10,080 --> 01:14:13,280 just too uncomfortable, like like doing the phone thing 1544 01:14:13,280 --> 01:14:16,600 because what you say something like skeevy, just like you meet 1545 01:14:16,600 --> 01:14:19,440 someone on the phone. Hey, let me come over like. 1546 01:14:19,920 --> 01:14:23,200 You seem like a you seem like a freak. 1547 01:14:23,200 --> 01:14:26,080 So it's like, I feel like in person you kind of now you're 1548 01:14:26,080 --> 01:14:29,480 getting, I mean, especially in New York too, you kind of get in 1549 01:14:29,480 --> 01:14:32,320 that interaction and you're actually able to kind of feel it 1550 01:14:32,320 --> 01:14:33,720 out. So I feel like people or kind of 1551 01:14:33,720 --> 01:14:37,120 pivot in a little. That makes me feel happy for the 1552 01:14:37,120 --> 01:14:38,480 next generation that that's good. 1553 01:14:38,760 --> 01:14:42,680 See the one of the things that that your generation, certainly 1554 01:14:42,680 --> 01:14:46,920 those even older what they but younger than me, what they've 1555 01:14:46,920 --> 01:14:49,240 gotten away from and what they've been able they've been 1556 01:14:49,240 --> 01:14:51,400 able to operate. And actually this bothers me 1557 01:14:51,600 --> 01:14:54,880 because I had game. They were able to operate with 1558 01:14:54,880 --> 01:14:59,560 no game, no game like swipe, swipe, swipe, match. 1559 01:14:59,560 --> 01:15:00,920 Let's meet. We the hookup. 1560 01:15:00,920 --> 01:15:03,480 We don't, we have dinner, we don't, we have drinks, we don't 1561 01:15:03,480 --> 01:15:06,080 you come back, you don't. I swipe on to the next right? 1562 01:15:06,400 --> 01:15:09,480 There's no game required there. The game is having the 1563 01:15:09,480 --> 01:15:13,720 confidence as a man to walk up to somebody and really be 1564 01:15:13,720 --> 01:15:17,080 vulnerable, right? And now hopefully maybe you see 1565 01:15:17,080 --> 01:15:18,600 her looking at you from across the bar. 1566 01:15:18,600 --> 01:15:21,120 So the ice is a little broken. Maybe somebody knows her. 1567 01:15:21,120 --> 01:15:23,040 And now you're, you know, I'm not saying there aren't easier 1568 01:15:23,040 --> 01:15:25,520 ways to get involved. You know, there's a little 1569 01:15:25,520 --> 01:15:28,200 shortcut here and there, but well, you don't need any game 1570 01:15:28,200 --> 01:15:29,240 now. You need none. 1571 01:15:29,480 --> 01:15:32,080 But if it's going back to the way it used to be, that's good. 1572 01:15:32,680 --> 01:15:34,000 That makes me. Happy, got to get, got to 1573 01:15:34,000 --> 01:15:36,840 practice some game now because that's the thing. 1574 01:15:36,840 --> 01:15:40,200 I guess it's like maybe people my age, we were kind of we're 1575 01:15:40,200 --> 01:15:42,880 like out of practice for so long, but now that it's kind of 1576 01:15:42,880 --> 01:15:44,840 coming back, reverting the other way. 1577 01:15:45,080 --> 01:15:49,160 Yeah, got to get those reps in. Dude, I, I hear, I appreciate 1578 01:15:49,160 --> 01:15:50,160 it. Thanks for thanks for chopping 1579 01:15:50,160 --> 01:15:51,920 in there, dude, and good luck with the scene. 1580 01:15:51,920 --> 01:15:54,760 We're going to have daily Jared, Jared dating updates, by the 1581 01:15:54,760 --> 01:15:55,680 way. By the way, we're going to get a 1582 01:15:55,680 --> 01:15:58,000 little something going on here and we got to get a name. 1583 01:15:58,000 --> 01:15:59,280 You know what? We got to get a nickname for 1584 01:15:59,280 --> 01:16:03,320 Jared. We got my son, said J Rod J. 1585 01:16:03,360 --> 01:16:04,440 Rod. That's literally been my 1586 01:16:04,440 --> 01:16:07,160 nickname my entire life. Oh, that is J Rod so. 1587 01:16:07,600 --> 01:16:10,600 I mean, my dad, my dad's been calling me that probably since 1588 01:16:10,600 --> 01:16:13,080 birth. J Rod Yeah, yeah, yeah, yeah. 1589 01:16:13,280 --> 01:16:13,920 That's a good. Nickname. 1590 01:16:13,920 --> 01:16:16,560 And it's funny because he's a Boston guy too, so it wasn't 1591 01:16:16,560 --> 01:16:18,480 even like an A rod kind of thing. 1592 01:16:18,480 --> 01:16:19,920 It was just like. All right. 1593 01:16:20,000 --> 01:16:21,480 Well, there it is. That's settled. 1594 01:16:21,480 --> 01:16:24,000 J Rod. Yeah, I can't imagine. 1595 01:16:24,800 --> 01:16:27,480 I, I don't know, man. I'm not going to belabor this, 1596 01:16:27,480 --> 01:16:31,600 but I feel sorry for those who just don't have the ability to 1597 01:16:31,600 --> 01:16:35,440 have a conversation. I understand that it's really, 1598 01:16:36,080 --> 01:16:37,600 you put yourself out there. That's why I use the word 1599 01:16:37,600 --> 01:16:39,800 vulnerable before. But I mean, if you like 1600 01:16:39,800 --> 01:16:42,440 somebody, just just be nice. Just be normal. 1601 01:16:42,440 --> 01:16:44,000 Don't be a freak, don't be a weirdo. 1602 01:16:44,000 --> 01:16:46,560 Don't be over the top. You know, don't, don't, don't be 1603 01:16:46,560 --> 01:16:49,040 desperate, which I think many people come across as. 1604 01:16:49,480 --> 01:16:51,400 Don't keep fire in the text. You know, if she doesn't 1605 01:16:51,400 --> 01:16:53,600 respond, let her breathe. Or if she he doesn't respond, 1606 01:16:53,600 --> 01:16:55,560 let him breathe. Whatever it is, let him breathe. 1607 01:16:56,120 --> 01:17:00,080 Don't be up their ass. But like this, some of the stuff 1608 01:17:00,080 --> 01:17:03,680 that I've heard from, you know, some of my friends who are still 1609 01:17:03,680 --> 01:17:06,920 single now, like, and there are actually a few of them like 1610 01:17:06,920 --> 01:17:10,920 it's, it's almost it's it's kind of don't get me wrong. 1611 01:17:10,920 --> 01:17:13,640 I mean, it's actually really easy in certain regard, which, 1612 01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:15,880 you know, has its appeal, I guess. 1613 01:17:15,880 --> 01:17:19,800 But at this age, man, Oh God, you couldn't you couldn't pay me 1614 01:17:19,800 --> 01:17:22,200 to walk into a bar being single. No thanks. 1615 01:17:22,600 --> 01:17:25,160 I'm not saying I wouldn't do OK, but I just have no interest. 1616 01:17:25,600 --> 01:17:28,320 Oh, man, Oh, man. What do you do? 1617 01:17:28,320 --> 01:17:30,080 Who do you learn? What do you and any other 1618 01:17:30,080 --> 01:17:34,760 problem is this too, right? This is a big problem. 1619 01:17:35,760 --> 01:17:41,680 So I I didn't date a ton. Like I had it. 1620 01:17:41,680 --> 01:17:45,400 I had I had fun. Let me leave that at dinner, 1621 01:17:45,400 --> 01:17:50,680 right, But I had a steady girlfriend in college and not 1622 01:17:50,720 --> 01:17:53,160 like moving around during my radio is is when I was kind of 1623 01:17:53,160 --> 01:17:55,280 bouncing around a little bit, whatever, not not connected to 1624 01:17:55,280 --> 01:17:57,840 anybody seriously. But then when I moved, when I 1625 01:17:57,840 --> 01:18:00,000 came back to work at 10:50, I had a serious girlfriend for a 1626 01:18:00,000 --> 01:18:03,000 couple years, right? And and it was pretty much on. 1627 01:18:03,000 --> 01:18:05,840 It wasn't like on off on off on. It was pretty much on for about 1628 01:18:05,840 --> 01:18:07,080 two. And that's the one I went to 1629 01:18:07,080 --> 01:18:08,800 Ohio State with the to watch the game, Right? 1630 01:18:09,920 --> 01:18:12,880 But when we started going on dates like sushi, get a little 1631 01:18:12,880 --> 01:18:16,440 sushi, get a little sake, go to the movies, go, go get a glass 1632 01:18:16,440 --> 01:18:18,800 of wine and a wine bar, all those things in Manhattan. 1633 01:18:19,160 --> 01:18:21,080 You know how many times we've talked about politics? 1634 01:18:22,440 --> 01:18:28,480 Not once 0 Can you imagine? All right, so look, you're 1635 01:18:28,480 --> 01:18:30,120 swiping. Oh, wow, she's hot. 1636 01:18:30,120 --> 01:18:32,240 Oh, wow, she looks good. Oh, wow, she's a match. 1637 01:18:32,680 --> 01:18:37,320 And then you sit down and she is it's a it's a hit piece on 1638 01:18:37,400 --> 01:18:39,400 whatever you fundamentally believe in. 1639 01:18:39,400 --> 01:18:42,200 Can you imagine beats. And then you gotta get stuck 1640 01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:44,440 with the check. Goodbye. 1641 01:18:44,440 --> 01:18:46,400 Hey, peel off a couple of C notes. 1642 01:18:46,400 --> 01:18:47,680 Whatever it is. Cart goodbye. 1643 01:18:47,680 --> 01:18:50,800 I'm out. OK, what you look like I'm not 1644 01:18:50,800 --> 01:18:53,200 sitting here being subjected to this goodbye. 1645 01:18:53,360 --> 01:18:55,360 Good riddance. Have a good life. 1646 01:18:55,680 --> 01:18:58,760 But you just get bombarded with this stuff because it's such a 1647 01:18:58,760 --> 01:19:01,440 say. I get it as a lot of emotional 1648 01:19:01,920 --> 01:19:04,640 volatility and there are real things, both sides that are 1649 01:19:04,640 --> 01:19:05,680 problems. I get it. 1650 01:19:06,040 --> 01:19:09,600 I'm not saying like, you know, if like if I, if I was single 1651 01:19:09,600 --> 01:19:12,560 now, what would it come up to shore to an extent. 1652 01:19:12,560 --> 01:19:18,640 I, I wouldn't like Republican or Democrat, Yeesh, what's the 1653 01:19:18,640 --> 01:19:20,640 problem? Everybody's focused on stuff 1654 01:19:20,640 --> 01:19:23,320 that like, they're less concerned about the person 1655 01:19:23,320 --> 01:19:27,040 sitting in front of them and they're more concerned with 1656 01:19:27,040 --> 01:19:29,760 shoving their views down your throat, which means you can't 1657 01:19:29,760 --> 01:19:31,800 even really figure out about the person. 1658 01:19:31,840 --> 01:19:35,800 Even if they disagree slightly with what you subscribe to, you 1659 01:19:35,800 --> 01:19:38,440 probably won't let that let the good things resonate and 1660 01:19:38,440 --> 01:19:41,360 register because you already hate them because they they 1661 01:19:41,400 --> 01:19:43,360 disagree with you a little bit. Man, oh man. 1662 01:19:43,640 --> 01:19:45,680 And I never heard about politics growing up. 1663 01:19:46,440 --> 01:19:51,080 Never, ever, ever it's. Interesting. 1664 01:19:51,920 --> 01:19:54,800 No, I mean everything you're saying is just very interesting 1665 01:19:54,800 --> 01:19:58,600 with like just correlating to like people my age, I'd say. 1666 01:19:58,680 --> 01:20:01,440 Am I right or wrong? I mean, you're 100% right. 1667 01:20:01,440 --> 01:20:03,960 I feel like, I don't know, because and that's The thing is 1668 01:20:03,960 --> 01:20:08,520 like, I'm not like an overtly political guy either, I'd say, 1669 01:20:08,760 --> 01:20:12,160 but it has. A lot of in person interaction 1670 01:20:12,160 --> 01:20:15,240 with people our age has kind of turned into like, I describe it 1671 01:20:15,240 --> 01:20:19,200 as like an arm wrestling match in where you, like, try to like 1672 01:20:19,440 --> 01:20:23,720 jostle with the person and like, who takes the moral high ground 1673 01:20:23,720 --> 01:20:27,400 out of the two of us rather than like, Oh no, what actually makes 1674 01:20:27,400 --> 01:20:30,400 you, I don't know who you are as a person. 1675 01:20:30,400 --> 01:20:34,080 What kind of builds that up? I agree. 1676 01:20:34,120 --> 01:20:36,240 It's funny because I mentioned my I had a pretty steady 1677 01:20:36,240 --> 01:20:39,600 girlfriend in college and her parents, she lived on Long 1678 01:20:39,600 --> 01:20:41,000 Island. So I spent a lot of my a lot of 1679 01:20:41,000 --> 01:20:44,680 my summers out there was playing baseball out there, summer ball. 1680 01:20:44,680 --> 01:20:46,480 I would just stay there a lot. It was easier, was great. 1681 01:20:46,480 --> 01:20:49,040 Plus her house was bigger than mine and my dad was always up my 1682 01:20:49,040 --> 01:20:50,360 behind, always watching what I was doing. 1683 01:20:50,360 --> 01:20:51,320 I'm like, I'm getting out of here. 1684 01:20:51,640 --> 01:20:55,400 I'll stay there for the weekend. Anyway, they were largely a 1685 01:20:55,440 --> 01:20:59,440 Republican family, right? But they had a picture of, of 1686 01:20:59,440 --> 01:21:02,000 President Kennedy in the house. Like there was, there was a 1687 01:21:02,000 --> 01:21:06,840 reverential disposition to the presidency. 1688 01:21:06,960 --> 01:21:11,640 It really was, you know, and like, I know what my parents 1689 01:21:11,640 --> 01:21:15,040 gravitate towards now, but I didn't know then. 1690 01:21:15,040 --> 01:21:18,560 Like we didn't talk about that at the dinner table like in. 1691 01:21:18,560 --> 01:21:22,440 So for me, the, the 1st president, that where I 1692 01:21:22,800 --> 01:21:24,840 basically when I, when I was born, it was the end of the 1693 01:21:24,840 --> 01:21:29,120 Jimmy Carter term and the beginning of the Ronald Reagan 1694 01:21:29,120 --> 01:21:31,240 term. All right, so 1980 Reagan comes 1695 01:21:31,240 --> 01:21:37,480 in and it was like, I don't remember once hearing my parents 1696 01:21:37,920 --> 01:21:42,360 praise Carter or denigrate him or now the economy eventually 1697 01:21:42,360 --> 01:21:44,240 got going with Reagan. So I'm sure that they were happy 1698 01:21:44,240 --> 01:21:46,120 about that. But like they weren't pumping 1699 01:21:46,120 --> 01:21:50,840 out like pro Reagan propaganda. Like no, you just, it didn't 1700 01:21:50,840 --> 01:21:54,440 matter who the president was. You just respected the office 1701 01:21:54,720 --> 01:21:58,360 and that we're so far away from that is a real issue for our 1702 01:21:58,360 --> 01:21:59,600 world. I'm going to stop. 1703 01:21:59,600 --> 01:22:00,560 I'm not going to get too preachy. 1704 01:22:00,600 --> 01:22:03,440 A little sideswipe here. I definitely, I'm not here to 1705 01:22:03,440 --> 01:22:05,880 get preachy. I, I am. 1706 01:22:05,880 --> 01:22:07,640 I am. I like to think I'm open minded. 1707 01:22:07,640 --> 01:22:10,840 I'd like to think I'm fairly well rooted in sensibility. 1708 01:22:11,240 --> 01:22:16,320 I like to think that I am. I am fair to what I think is is 1709 01:22:16,320 --> 01:22:18,960 right for good people. You know, it doesn't mean I 1710 01:22:18,960 --> 01:22:20,520 don't go one way or the other with certain things. 1711 01:22:20,520 --> 01:22:21,640 Of course I do. We all do. 1712 01:22:22,240 --> 01:22:25,880 But you know, the the office was just, it was, it was revered. 1713 01:22:25,880 --> 01:22:28,920 Now it's like reviled, no matter who was in it, our current 1714 01:22:28,920 --> 01:22:30,720 president or, or the previous president. 1715 01:22:30,720 --> 01:22:34,360 So that is something that that I'm trying to change in my house 1716 01:22:34,360 --> 01:22:37,320 and that that hopefully, you know, as the dating scene 1717 01:22:37,320 --> 01:22:40,000 changes, you tell me there's a little bit of a recalibration 1718 01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:42,080 here, which gives us hope for the future. 1719 01:22:42,400 --> 01:22:45,960 Well, maybe there's a real an awakening within the way we we 1720 01:22:45,960 --> 01:22:48,560 view the office. We can only be so potentially so 1721 01:22:48,560 --> 01:22:49,600 lucky. You know what I mean? 1722 01:22:49,680 --> 01:22:53,120 All right, So what do we got? I'm about what time do we have 1723 01:22:53,120 --> 01:22:55,600 about to wrap it up And by the way, Johnny Seth Hall tonight. 1724 01:22:56,040 --> 01:22:57,800 So St. John's is on an absolute roll. 1725 01:22:57,800 --> 01:23:00,840 Don't mess around. I think too many to be fair, I 1726 01:23:00,840 --> 01:23:03,160 think too many St. John's fans are saying, ah, St. 1727 01:23:03,160 --> 01:23:04,600 John's, we're going to wax this team seat. 1728 01:23:04,600 --> 01:23:07,200 Hall is very tough now Seton Hall is coming off a very bad 1729 01:23:07,200 --> 01:23:10,080 loss at home to a team that they should beat in Butler was ugly. 1730 01:23:10,520 --> 01:23:15,280 And I, I, I do think Seton Hall is, was a little over not 1731 01:23:15,280 --> 01:23:17,400 overrated, but a little heightened. 1732 01:23:17,400 --> 01:23:20,240 Like when they made the top 25, I was like curious how long they 1733 01:23:20,240 --> 01:23:22,200 going to stay there and then and then they got bounced. 1734 01:23:22,800 --> 01:23:24,520 But I, it's going to be a street fight. 1735 01:23:24,520 --> 01:23:25,960 Like if St. John's fans think they're going 1736 01:23:25,960 --> 01:23:30,280 to roll into the garden tonight and it's going to be 9172 or 1737 01:23:30,280 --> 01:23:33,280 9168, I don't really see that happening. 1738 01:23:33,280 --> 01:23:35,080 I mean, they got some guards that can that could be a 1739 01:23:35,080 --> 01:23:37,240 problem. They've got a defense that could 1740 01:23:37,240 --> 01:23:39,280 be a front court couple of guys up there that could be an issue. 1741 01:23:39,320 --> 01:23:42,800 They've got a really good gritty coach in Shaheen Holloway who 1742 01:23:42,840 --> 01:23:45,360 I've got respect for. I know, I know Rick Pitino does 1743 01:23:45,360 --> 01:23:48,000 as well. So no matter what's happened the 1744 01:23:48,000 --> 01:23:51,400 last year or so, pardon me, I get the cleaning. 1745 01:23:51,400 --> 01:23:54,120 They've been banging the, the, the, the vacuum cleaner. 1746 01:23:54,120 --> 01:23:57,440 I can't even hear myself think, come on every every other 1747 01:23:57,440 --> 01:24:00,760 Tuesday I got to deal with this. Moving rugs, moving furniture, 1748 01:24:03,400 --> 01:24:09,160 try to work here. Oh God, man, the the run that 1749 01:24:09,160 --> 01:24:11,280 St. John's has been on has been 1750 01:24:11,280 --> 01:24:15,000 really uplifting and has really solidified them as a clear NCAA 1751 01:24:15,000 --> 01:24:17,040 team and a team would upside again. 1752 01:24:17,040 --> 01:24:19,200 And I wasn't sure what their ceiling was and I'm still not 1753 01:24:19,200 --> 01:24:21,520 fully there, but there's a lot of evidence they're starting to 1754 01:24:21,520 --> 01:24:24,480 get to that point where all right, things are moving in the 1755 01:24:24,480 --> 01:24:26,480 right direction. Whether it's Zubi playing like 1756 01:24:26,480 --> 01:24:29,240 Zubi again, whether it's like Sellers, you know, up top or Ian 1757 01:24:29,240 --> 01:24:33,240 Jackson now figuring things out or Dylan, Dylan Mitchell being 1758 01:24:33,240 --> 01:24:35,440 in the starting lineup and, and Rick going with that bigger 1759 01:24:35,440 --> 01:24:36,760 lineup. There's a lot of reasons that 1760 01:24:36,760 --> 01:24:38,080 St. John's has played much better. 1761 01:24:38,480 --> 01:24:41,160 But you can't undo. I don't care if you win by three 1762 01:24:41,160 --> 01:24:43,280 points, you have to smash Seton Hall, win the game. 1763 01:24:43,440 --> 01:24:46,120 This is a big game 'cause if you were to lose tonight, I don't 1764 01:24:46,120 --> 01:24:47,840 think they will. I'm just trying to warn 1765 01:24:47,840 --> 01:24:49,200 everybody. It's going to be a rock fight. 1766 01:24:49,200 --> 01:24:52,360 It's going to be a street fight. It always is with Seton Hall and 1767 01:24:52,680 --> 01:24:58,520 you know, when you win 3 quad one Rd. games in a row, which 1768 01:24:58,520 --> 01:25:02,440 they have, quad one Rd. wins and then he beat Marquette by 20 1769 01:25:02,440 --> 01:25:05,200 something. If you were to lose tonight, it 1770 01:25:05,200 --> 01:25:08,120 doesn't take all the steam out of it, but all the gains you've 1771 01:25:08,120 --> 01:25:11,560 made analytically, metrically for, you know, net ranking. 1772 01:25:11,560 --> 01:25:13,280 Ken Palm. You know, I thought they should 1773 01:25:13,280 --> 01:25:15,440 have been ranked this week, but whatever, maybe it's actually 1774 01:25:15,440 --> 01:25:17,800 good that they weren't. I'm almost starting to think 1775 01:25:17,800 --> 01:25:19,720 that this group and every group is different. 1776 01:25:20,240 --> 01:25:25,000 But you know, they came in preseason #531 wins last year, 1777 01:25:26,400 --> 01:25:28,920 you know, regular season champs in the conference, Big East 1778 01:25:28,920 --> 01:25:31,760 tournament season, regular tournament champs, you know, two 1779 01:25:31,760 --> 01:25:32,800 seed. I know they got knocked out 1780 01:25:32,800 --> 01:25:35,040 early, but whatever. And then you get you crush the 1781 01:25:35,040 --> 01:25:38,320 transfer portal, Saint John's highest grade portal, you got 1782 01:25:38,320 --> 01:25:40,520 Pitino. Like there was a lot of energy 1783 01:25:40,520 --> 01:25:44,160 and rightfully so, and optimism and rightfully so. 1784 01:25:44,160 --> 01:25:46,600 But a lot of the players that came in hadn't done a damn thing 1785 01:25:46,600 --> 01:25:48,640 with this team. So I never really thought that 1786 01:25:48,640 --> 01:25:50,640 that top five rating was justified. 1787 01:25:50,640 --> 01:25:52,480 It was not emblematic of who they were. 1788 01:25:52,720 --> 01:25:55,120 It was more emblematic of maybe what they could be. 1789 01:25:55,120 --> 01:25:58,040 And I think we're starting to get a better glimpse of what 1790 01:25:58,040 --> 01:26:01,520 they actually could be. So I, I, I think that that's 1791 01:26:01,520 --> 01:26:03,680 interesting. I, I, I hope that they play well 1792 01:26:03,680 --> 01:26:05,160 tonight. And if they do it, if they keep 1793 01:26:05,160 --> 01:26:07,480 this thing rocking St. John's, you know, I, I was 1794 01:26:07,480 --> 01:26:10,200 looking at some of these like, I, I think it's called bracket 1795 01:26:10,200 --> 01:26:13,800 matrix where they like kind of put all the numbers in there and 1796 01:26:13,800 --> 01:26:18,000 to get a sense of where they are with all the people who grayed 1797 01:26:18,000 --> 01:26:19,800 out the, the field of 68 right now. 1798 01:26:19,800 --> 01:26:21,840 St. John's is thought to be a six 1799 01:26:21,840 --> 01:26:24,680 seed at ascending. So they were in the 8-9 matchup 1800 01:26:24,680 --> 01:26:26,880 before they got hot on the road with the quad one wins. 1801 01:26:27,240 --> 01:26:29,320 They've got back up in that 6th territory. 1802 01:26:29,520 --> 01:26:32,640 I think there's a chance, you know, not after tonight, but you 1803 01:26:32,640 --> 01:26:34,960 keep handling business. And if you split with UConn, I 1804 01:26:34,960 --> 01:26:37,240 think there's a chance St. John's is, you know, going to be 1805 01:26:37,240 --> 01:26:41,400 knocking on 2526 wins with some really good numbers and a chance 1806 01:26:41,400 --> 01:26:44,160 to be maybe be, you know, a four seed or something like that, 1807 01:26:44,160 --> 01:26:47,080 maybe even a lower three seed. So there's still some room to 1808 01:26:47,080 --> 01:26:50,520 grow at subdivisions. What Justin looks like a young 1809 01:26:50,520 --> 01:26:52,320 Dottie baseball. Does he? 1810 01:26:52,800 --> 01:26:55,520 Justin looks like a young Don. Justin. 1811 01:26:56,480 --> 01:26:58,800 Jared, did you say Justin? Wait, what am I saying to Jared? 1812 01:26:58,800 --> 01:27:01,880 Pop back up here, dude. A young a young Mattingly. 1813 01:27:02,520 --> 01:27:05,120 You ever get that? I don't get no all I get someone 1814 01:27:05,120 --> 01:27:07,800 said in the comments. I get Dustin from Stranger 1815 01:27:07,800 --> 01:27:09,800 Things. I could I get the I get the 1816 01:27:09,800 --> 01:27:15,000 occasional Timberlake and then I can see that a little bit of 1817 01:27:15,000 --> 01:27:16,040 like a very. Loose. 1818 01:27:16,440 --> 01:27:20,600 Like Ryan Philippe, I don't know if he's in like a 90s act. 1819 01:27:20,600 --> 01:27:21,840 Well, then you. Should be crushing it on the 1820 01:27:21,840 --> 01:27:24,200 date and seeing the most about. Figure that out man. 1821 01:27:24,200 --> 01:27:26,360 You should have figured New York out by now. 1822 01:27:26,640 --> 01:27:28,160 Just Timberlake. Ryan Philippe. 1823 01:27:28,160 --> 01:27:30,960 What the Hell's the problem bro? I don't know, man. 1824 01:27:30,960 --> 01:27:36,000 That's your problem, Donnie Mattingly, whoever that is. 1825 01:27:36,120 --> 01:27:39,040 As my what the? Old school, old school player. 1826 01:27:39,120 --> 01:27:40,800 Did you just say whoever that is? 1827 01:27:42,000 --> 01:27:43,920 I'm about to get taught. I'm about to get taught all 1828 01:27:43,920 --> 01:27:45,480 right. You got to get off the camera 1829 01:27:45,480 --> 01:27:47,040 right now. Then we got to get the penalty 1830 01:27:47,040 --> 01:27:50,480 box, get in the penalty box. I'm going to let that one go. 1831 01:27:51,120 --> 01:27:54,760 He's young, he's good, I like him. 1832 01:27:56,680 --> 01:28:00,880 If I don't let that last statement go, I'm going to have 1833 01:28:00,880 --> 01:28:04,080 to go and search for a new producer and it's too arduous of 1834 01:28:04,080 --> 01:28:06,160 a process. I don't have the time, I don't 1835 01:28:06,160 --> 01:28:08,120 have the bandwidth, I don't have the desire. 1836 01:28:08,680 --> 01:28:10,680 So we're going to strike that one from the record. 1837 01:28:10,880 --> 01:28:15,360 Wow. That was I, I actually, I 1838 01:28:15,360 --> 01:28:19,920 actually would prefer if Jared opened up and he said, dude, 1839 01:28:19,960 --> 01:28:24,760 your your YouTube show sucks. I don't know why I signed on to 1840 01:28:24,760 --> 01:28:27,080 be your producer. You've got no hope. 1841 01:28:27,320 --> 01:28:28,960 You don't have a modicum of talent. 1842 01:28:29,160 --> 01:28:32,840 You're a loser. I would almost prefer that than 1843 01:28:32,840 --> 01:28:37,120 hearing who's Don Mattingly, whoever the hell that is. 1844 01:28:39,200 --> 01:28:44,840 Look, I mean, look, look at me. All right, Jared, come back 1845 01:28:44,840 --> 01:28:46,680 tomorrow in a better state of mind, my friend. 1846 01:28:46,680 --> 01:28:50,920 Please, Please, please, please. What is this here? 1847 01:28:51,160 --> 01:28:54,880 James Hayes, IP-4 DV. Nobody talks Knicks better than 1848 01:28:54,880 --> 01:28:56,760 BTI. Love talking Knicks, man. 1849 01:28:56,760 --> 01:28:59,200 I love talking basketball. Appreciate that very much. 1850 01:28:59,200 --> 01:29:02,640 I thank you. I I think really, and I've heard 1851 01:29:02,640 --> 01:29:05,800 this from a lot of people when I, when I first got hired by 1852 01:29:05,800 --> 01:29:08,640 10:50. So that was 2003 and they were, 1853 01:29:08,640 --> 01:29:11,280 they were wretched. That was obviously, I mean, I'm 1854 01:29:11,320 --> 01:29:14,040 going through her Williams, I mean, Cheney was there fired, 1855 01:29:14,040 --> 01:29:16,720 obviously sent in a taxi. I mean, God, wow. 1856 01:29:17,400 --> 01:29:20,840 Obviously just a litany of horrendous players and season 1857 01:29:20,840 --> 01:29:24,160 after season that was lost there a lot of people that first heard 1858 01:29:24,160 --> 01:29:25,880 me and that was the first time they heard me because I was 1859 01:29:25,880 --> 01:29:29,360 young and I start I was starting at 10:50 and and I think it was 1860 01:29:29,360 --> 01:29:31,520 April of O3. The first draft may have been 1861 01:29:31,520 --> 01:29:33,880 Mike Sweeney from Georgetown. I think that was the first draft 1862 01:29:33,880 --> 01:29:37,000 I covered and I talked a lot about Knicks, the Knicks. 1863 01:29:37,400 --> 01:29:40,320 I remember some of my bosses at the station saying I don't know, 1864 01:29:40,320 --> 01:29:42,640 made you sure you want to talk so much, so, so much about the 1865 01:29:42,640 --> 01:29:44,080 Knicks. Yep, I want to talk about the 1866 01:29:44,080 --> 01:29:45,000 Knicks. One of my passions. 1867 01:29:45,000 --> 01:29:47,320 I'm talking about the Knicks. I never changed, you know, I 1868 01:29:47,320 --> 01:29:49,400 never changed and we were the home of the Knicks. 1869 01:29:49,400 --> 01:29:52,360 But the thought was, I mean, they're not really that good. 1870 01:29:52,360 --> 01:29:53,640 They're not really that interesting. 1871 01:29:53,640 --> 01:29:54,760 Maybe you talk about some other stuff. 1872 01:29:54,760 --> 01:29:56,560 Now I'm going to talk about what I want to talk about and I want 1873 01:29:56,560 --> 01:29:59,680 to talk about the Knicks. So so I did, I talked a lot 1874 01:29:59,680 --> 01:30:01,520 about the Knicks and then obviously I was around the 1875 01:30:01,520 --> 01:30:03,080 Knicks. So I think that that brought 1876 01:30:03,080 --> 01:30:04,960 some credibility. I'm going to say that Isaiah 1877 01:30:04,960 --> 01:30:10,640 Thomas story someday in AI was working out in a hotel in 1878 01:30:10,640 --> 01:30:12,560 Toronto when I was on a road trip with them. 1879 01:30:12,960 --> 01:30:15,840 And I'm going to tell you about the interaction. 1880 01:30:15,880 --> 01:30:18,200 I liked Isaiah that I had with Isaiah. 1881 01:30:18,200 --> 01:30:20,320 It came up to me about Stephane Marbury. 1882 01:30:20,680 --> 01:30:23,960 It's not like some take job diss of Stephane Marbury, but it was 1883 01:30:23,960 --> 01:30:27,360 just very, very, very revealing, very revealing. 1884 01:30:27,360 --> 01:30:32,040 What is this here at Armandi amazing or Armand is amazing. 1885 01:30:32,280 --> 01:30:35,680 See, that's where it's a little tricky NO-NO delineation there. 1886 01:30:35,680 --> 01:30:38,800 I could bear I I see it. I'm look, Armand is amazing. 1887 01:30:39,160 --> 01:30:42,160 That's one way to read it. But also, Armandi's amazing. 1888 01:30:42,160 --> 01:30:46,760 So BT make a list of former ball players before Jared was born 1889 01:30:47,880 --> 01:30:52,120 and see if he knows them. If not, he has to do research on 1890 01:30:52,120 --> 01:30:54,360 them. That is a fun game. 1891 01:30:54,360 --> 01:30:57,320 Hey, Jared, make a notation of that, OK? 1892 01:30:57,320 --> 01:30:58,960 Don't. Don't pop back up on the screen. 1893 01:30:58,960 --> 01:31:00,240 You're banned from the rest of the show. 1894 01:31:00,440 --> 01:31:02,120 Don't worry, the band will be alleviated tomorrow. 1895 01:31:02,120 --> 01:31:03,520 You're going to come back, I promise. 1896 01:31:04,280 --> 01:31:06,480 But make a little notation there. 1897 01:31:06,480 --> 01:31:10,240 Jot that down as my producer. We'll play a little game and I 1898 01:31:10,240 --> 01:31:12,840 think the name of the game is going to be, should Jared be 1899 01:31:12,840 --> 01:31:15,440 allowed to stick around? That's the name of the game. 1900 01:31:15,720 --> 01:31:17,520 And like, we'll come up with maybe 10. 1901 01:31:17,720 --> 01:31:19,960 Now, I'm not going to ask him all where'd he go to college? 1902 01:31:19,960 --> 01:31:21,720 I mean, that's that stuff that I was a geek with. 1903 01:31:21,720 --> 01:31:24,880 I don't expect everybody to know all that stuff or stats or 1904 01:31:24,880 --> 01:31:29,120 whatever, but there's going to be a consequence where like if 1905 01:31:29,120 --> 01:31:32,080 he doesn't get at least six or seven of 10, whatever I 1906 01:31:32,080 --> 01:31:35,720 designate as the passing grade, there's going to have to be a 1907 01:31:35,720 --> 01:31:38,080 little bit of a of a consequence there. 1908 01:31:38,080 --> 01:31:41,360 So I like that. All right, what else we got 1909 01:31:41,360 --> 01:31:42,000 here? Anything else? 1910 01:31:42,000 --> 01:31:43,400 Let me see if anything else jumps up. 1911 01:31:44,920 --> 01:31:46,040 It did throw me for a loop there. 1912 01:31:46,040 --> 01:31:48,240 I can't believe about Mattingly. My God almighty. 1913 01:31:48,480 --> 01:31:50,400 Got the Knicks stuff there. Got a little something on 1914 01:31:50,400 --> 01:31:51,400 Mattingly. Yep. 1915 01:31:53,200 --> 01:31:56,160 Let's see. All right, what does this say at 1916 01:31:56,160 --> 01:32:02,000 Michael Macias 925 on the marking, old man BT still trying 1917 01:32:02,000 --> 01:32:03,880 to school us on the marking game. 1918 01:32:04,160 --> 01:32:07,040 Hey, I am what I am. I'm pretty happy what I am. 1919 01:32:07,480 --> 01:32:08,920 I'm not young. I don't think I'm old. 1920 01:32:08,960 --> 01:32:10,320 Maybe to some of you, you think that I'm old. 1921 01:32:10,320 --> 01:32:11,400 That's fine. That's good. 1922 01:32:13,440 --> 01:32:15,680 I can promise you, old man BT did all right for himself. 1923 01:32:15,920 --> 01:32:18,200 Most importantly in the marriage department, which is what really 1924 01:32:18,200 --> 01:32:20,680 matters. But BT had game. 1925 01:32:20,760 --> 01:32:23,200 Unless they get it twisted, man Stephen A always says he had 1926 01:32:23,200 --> 01:32:24,200 game. I had game. 1927 01:32:25,920 --> 01:32:29,120 Anything else here? Yeah, Yeah. 1928 01:32:29,120 --> 01:32:30,200 Not letting. That's true. 1929 01:32:30,480 --> 01:32:35,800 I like this Amy leaving in 1529, not letting belly ruin my 1930 01:32:35,800 --> 01:32:37,280 Harbaugh High today. That's right. 1931 01:32:37,280 --> 01:32:40,440 That is absolutely true. I want to react to the press 1932 01:32:40,440 --> 01:32:42,480 conference tomorrow. Obviously, it's tough to react 1933 01:32:42,480 --> 01:32:44,720 to, you know, said anything. We reacted to the hiring. 1934 01:32:45,080 --> 01:32:46,960 It's it's just such a good feeling. 1935 01:32:46,960 --> 01:32:50,240 Like you see John Harbaugh walking through the building 1936 01:32:50,240 --> 01:32:53,280 yesterday and it's like it's just an extra level of 1937 01:32:53,280 --> 01:32:54,360 reassurance. All right. 1938 01:32:54,360 --> 01:32:55,400 We we're good. We're. 1939 01:32:55,400 --> 01:32:59,120 That doesn't mean, as I've chronicled many times, that he's 1940 01:32:59,120 --> 01:33:01,760 an A+ coach. Like it's not Pat Riley walking 1941 01:33:01,760 --> 01:33:03,520 through those holes. It's just it's just not. 1942 01:33:03,920 --> 01:33:07,440 But it's right below it. And it's going to be 1943 01:33:07,440 --> 01:33:09,040 accountability. It's going to be 1944 01:33:09,040 --> 01:33:11,760 professionalism. There's going to be engagement. 1945 01:33:11,760 --> 01:33:13,400 The messaging is going to be on point. 1946 01:33:13,400 --> 01:33:16,120 And they're going to be better immediately because he's a 1947 01:33:16,120 --> 01:33:18,120 really good coach. You want to you want to quibble 1948 01:33:18,120 --> 01:33:20,880 over as to how good? I don't even know that today's 1949 01:33:20,880 --> 01:33:22,880 the day to do that. I think the Giants did a really 1950 01:33:22,880 --> 01:33:25,920 smart thing, you know, And the other thing too is I, I will say 1951 01:33:25,920 --> 01:33:28,960 this, like I saw yesterday when McDermott was fired by the 1952 01:33:28,960 --> 01:33:32,520 Bills, that's the right move. You know, even though we won a 1953 01:33:32,520 --> 01:33:36,720 ton of games, I think it was 50 games over 500 with Buffalo, my 1954 01:33:36,720 --> 01:33:38,080 goodness. And they fired him. 1955 01:33:38,480 --> 01:33:41,200 But there's got to be a point where if you're not getting past 1956 01:33:41,200 --> 01:33:44,000 that, humble, I understand it. I think if you took him, if you 1957 01:33:44,000 --> 01:33:45,800 brought him back, I think most Bills fans would have been 1958 01:33:45,800 --> 01:33:47,520 bothered by that. I would have been OK with it 1959 01:33:47,520 --> 01:33:48,800 because I think he's a really good coach. 1960 01:33:49,400 --> 01:33:51,400 But I get it, right? But there were some of you who 1961 01:33:51,400 --> 01:33:54,880 are saying, oh, man, if John Horbaugh, he probably laments 1962 01:33:54,880 --> 01:33:57,760 taking that giant's job because now that the Bills job is open, 1963 01:33:57,760 --> 01:34:01,160 as much as Dart is really appealing and attractive, Jeez, 1964 01:34:01,160 --> 01:34:03,200 don't you think that you'd rather work with Josh Allen? 1965 01:34:03,200 --> 01:34:06,680 All right, first of all, don't you think that John Horbaugh 1966 01:34:06,680 --> 01:34:09,240 smart enough to know that there was a distinct possibility that 1967 01:34:09,240 --> 01:34:10,600 Sean McDermott was going to get fired? 1968 01:34:10,600 --> 01:34:12,200 Do you not think that that was the case? 1969 01:34:12,520 --> 01:34:15,280 Like, do you think that John Horbaugh, honestly, in all of 1970 01:34:15,280 --> 01:34:18,320 the thorough research that he's done with the several teams that 1971 01:34:18,320 --> 01:34:23,920 he did it with, was blindsided? Holy shit, they fired McDermott? 1972 01:34:24,240 --> 01:34:26,320 What? Wow. 1973 01:34:27,160 --> 01:34:29,760 No, because we've been talking about it for two years, that 1974 01:34:29,760 --> 01:34:33,520 he's in the coaches circle. There's no way he was surprised 1975 01:34:33,520 --> 01:34:38,080 by that. And to me, even if he can hit a 1976 01:34:38,080 --> 01:34:42,320 button and very quietly undo his commitment to the Giants and the 1977 01:34:42,320 --> 01:34:45,360 Bills came with the money and with the power and with Josh 1978 01:34:45,360 --> 01:34:49,000 Allen and their whole situation being what it is, I still 1979 01:34:49,000 --> 01:34:52,200 believe that John Horbaugh would be the coach of the Giants. 1980 01:34:52,520 --> 01:34:56,200 Because I think that there's a level of reverence that John 1981 01:34:56,200 --> 01:35:00,880 Horbaugh has for that franchise that he does not have for the 1982 01:35:00,880 --> 01:35:03,680 Bills. He respects the Bills, no 1983 01:35:03,680 --> 01:35:05,040 question. How could you not? 1984 01:35:05,760 --> 01:35:08,400 They win. They're a functional type group. 1985 01:35:09,360 --> 01:35:10,760 They've got a new stadium coming. 1986 01:35:10,960 --> 01:35:12,640 Ownership seems to do the right thing. 1987 01:35:13,160 --> 01:35:16,920 You can respect a run of a franchise. 1988 01:35:16,920 --> 01:35:22,800 But John Harbaugh is 62. Think about the age John 1989 01:35:22,800 --> 01:35:25,840 Harbaugh was when Lawrence Taylor was winning 2 1990 01:35:25,840 --> 01:35:29,120 championships and he was coaching when Eli was winning 1991 01:35:29,120 --> 01:35:33,400 his two and all the names going just the the roots of the Giants 1992 01:35:33,400 --> 01:35:36,080 organization like the Steelers and like a few others. 1993 01:35:36,520 --> 01:35:38,120 I think that that had incredible appeal. 1994 01:35:38,120 --> 01:35:42,560 Now if Jackson Dart was not there and let's say they still 1995 01:35:42,560 --> 01:35:45,800 had, I don't know, Tyron Taylor or Danny or Danny DeVito, Tommy 1996 01:35:45,800 --> 01:35:49,320 DeVito or it was just unknown, you know, and they didn't have 1997 01:35:49,320 --> 01:35:51,480 the 1st overall pick to draft Mendoza this year. 1998 01:35:51,760 --> 01:35:53,640 Do I think that he's running to take the job? 1999 01:35:53,640 --> 01:35:56,760 Maybe there will be a little bit of a different speed in his gate 2000 01:35:56,760 --> 01:36:01,160 to get there, but I think that that situation, it's kind of 2001 01:36:01,240 --> 01:36:03,280 perfect. Storm as well, kind of when the 2002 01:36:03,280 --> 01:36:05,800 Ravens were done with him, but probably on some level felt it 2003 01:36:05,800 --> 01:36:07,480 was time to move on. Getting a little stale out there 2004 01:36:07,480 --> 01:36:09,080 after almost 20 years, which happens. 2005 01:36:09,080 --> 01:36:11,960 I don't care what you do or where you're at, how successful 2006 01:36:11,960 --> 01:36:14,320 you are, things get stale. You want a new change, you want 2007 01:36:14,320 --> 01:36:15,960 a new voice, you want a new dynamic, right? 2008 01:36:15,960 --> 01:36:17,600 So I think that that was appealing to him. 2009 01:36:18,160 --> 01:36:20,160 And even without Dart, I think the Giants would have been the 2010 01:36:20,160 --> 01:36:22,680 destination. May be complicated a bit more 2011 01:36:22,680 --> 01:36:25,800 without Dart, maybe gives a little more credence to that 2012 01:36:25,800 --> 01:36:27,840 Bill's job. But Dart was there and he knew 2013 01:36:27,840 --> 01:36:30,880 that when he was interviewing and he was going through his 2014 01:36:30,880 --> 01:36:33,560 process. And he also knew, like we all 2015 01:36:33,560 --> 01:36:36,840 knew, that there was a high chance, a very high percentage 2016 01:36:37,080 --> 01:36:40,000 that McDermott would be fired if and when the Bills got bounced 2017 01:36:40,000 --> 01:36:42,760 this postseason, which they did. Not surprised. 2018 01:36:42,840 --> 01:36:44,160 Always wanted to coach the Giants. 2019 01:36:44,160 --> 01:36:47,240 So Giant fans, enjoy this day. It's going to be awesome. 2020 01:36:47,240 --> 01:36:49,640 He's going to crush it. He's going to say the sound 2021 01:36:49,640 --> 01:36:52,120 bites going to be rolling all over social media. 2022 01:36:52,400 --> 01:36:54,600 It's a big day. It's a step in the right 2023 01:36:54,600 --> 01:36:56,680 direction. I'm going to react to that more 2024 01:36:56,680 --> 01:36:59,200 tomorrow. But that's him to wrap it up. 2025 01:36:59,840 --> 01:37:03,360 Like subscribe and Jared's got a little homework to do here. 2026 01:37:03,360 --> 01:37:05,600 We got to figure this out. He's got a couple of tests to 2027 01:37:05,600 --> 01:37:09,040 pass before we, I guess, make that long term commitment to my 2028 01:37:09,040 --> 01:37:10,600 producer. Very disappointing, very 2029 01:37:10,600 --> 01:37:13,720 revealing, very disappointing. But we're going to have to work 2030 01:37:13,720 --> 01:37:16,680 through that and I'm going to have to be able to reconcile 2031 01:37:16,960 --> 01:37:23,400 that that inability to not only know Don Mattingly like, but to 2032 01:37:23,560 --> 01:37:26,360 to place him on the proper tier of respect. 2033 01:37:26,880 --> 01:37:29,160 This is something I'm going to carry around like a like a wait 2034 01:37:29,160 --> 01:37:31,240 all day. But that's a me thing. 2035 01:37:31,240 --> 01:37:33,240 That's not a you thing. We'll resolve that. 2036 01:37:33,240 --> 01:37:35,400 We'll get him back. He'll be ready to go tomorrow. 2037 01:37:35,640 --> 01:37:37,400 You guys will be ready to go tomorrow. 2038 01:37:37,600 --> 01:37:38,880 Good luck to the Johnnies tonight. 2039 01:37:38,880 --> 01:37:41,520 Looking forward to a good game, looking forward to reacting to 2040 01:37:41,520 --> 01:37:44,440 horrible tomorrow. Obviously the Bellinger watch, a 2041 01:37:44,440 --> 01:37:46,400 lot of people think that it's resolved today. 2042 01:37:46,640 --> 01:37:49,320 If it's the Yankees five years and he takes it, great, I'm 2043 01:37:49,320 --> 01:37:51,040 happy. I'm not going to change my tune 2044 01:37:51,040 --> 01:37:52,760 tomorrow. I'm not going to come on 2045 01:37:52,960 --> 01:37:56,160 Bellinger. 6 years, seven years Mets, six years, seven years, 2046 01:37:56,200 --> 01:37:57,040 eight years. Toronto though. 2047 01:37:57,040 --> 01:38:00,440 Oh, what are the Yankees doing? This is my opinion before 2048 01:38:00,440 --> 01:38:02,880 anything happens. If he does not want to be a 2049 01:38:02,880 --> 01:38:05,960 Yankee and he does not want to be here for five years, then 2050 01:38:05,960 --> 01:38:08,320 somebody else goes more and he bounces. 2051 01:38:08,400 --> 01:38:09,680 See ya. Good riddance. 2052 01:38:09,760 --> 01:38:11,800 I'm fine with it. And if it's the Mets, I'll talk 2053 01:38:11,800 --> 01:38:14,440 about the Mets and and what it means to them and then I'll talk 2054 01:38:14,440 --> 01:38:17,280 about what the next move should be and has to be for the 2055 01:38:17,320 --> 01:38:19,200 Yankees. But you will not see me just 2056 01:38:19,200 --> 01:38:23,600 putting on some theatrical show to yell and curse and scream 2057 01:38:23,880 --> 01:38:27,440 just to get some clicks here. My position is he's good. 2058 01:38:27,760 --> 01:38:31,760 My position is I like him back. My other position is I don't 2059 01:38:31,760 --> 01:38:35,040 need him back and my other real position is he's not great, 2060 01:38:35,320 --> 01:38:37,160 which is really why I don't need him back. 2061 01:38:37,160 --> 01:38:38,960 He's good and there's a difference. 2062 01:38:38,960 --> 01:38:41,400 So enjoy the rest of your day tomorrow. 2063 01:38:41,400 --> 01:38:42,960 A little recap on the Johnny's as well. 2064 01:38:42,960 --> 01:38:46,040 The horrible stuff, the baseball stuff, like it, subscribe it, 2065 01:38:46,080 --> 01:38:49,080 get the word out there, get in there with the comments. 2066 01:38:49,080 --> 01:38:50,920 The more you guys and by the way, I respond to a lot of the 2067 01:38:50,920 --> 01:38:52,000 comments. I know you guys see that. 2068 01:38:52,000 --> 01:38:55,200 So it's a very interactive site. I appreciate you guys hanging 2069 01:38:55,200 --> 01:38:57,280 with me today. I appreciate, appreciate you 2070 01:38:57,280 --> 01:38:57,880 guys. You know what? 2071 01:38:57,960 --> 01:38:59,120 Yeah. How's that, won't you? 2072 01:38:59,240 --> 01:39:01,160 How's how's that look there, Jared are already. 2073 01:39:01,520 --> 01:39:03,560 Can you see that? Why don't you get a picture of 2074 01:39:03,560 --> 01:39:06,560 that? All right, That's the guy that 2075 01:39:06,560 --> 01:39:10,960 is Mattingly right there. All right, So enjoy what remains 2076 01:39:10,960 --> 01:39:13,760 of your day, and I will catch you guys tomorrow at 10 right 2077 01:39:13,760 --> 01:39:16,240 here on BT Unleashed. Peace out, guys. 2078 01:39:16,240 --> 01:39:16,640 I'll see you.