1 00:00:10,360 --> 00:00:11,960 This is on leash Are you listening? 2 00:00:11,960 --> 00:00:12,880 Can you hear me? Hear me? 3 00:00:12,920 --> 00:00:14,480 This is on leash. Are you listening? 4 00:00:14,520 --> 00:00:15,400 Can you hear me? Hear me? 5 00:00:15,440 --> 00:00:16,960 This is on leash Are you listening? 6 00:00:16,960 --> 00:00:17,880 Can you hear me? Hear me? 7 00:00:17,920 --> 00:00:19,480 This is on leash Are you listening? 8 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:26,920 Can you hear me? What up, everybody? 9 00:00:26,920 --> 00:00:29,080 BT unleashed. All right, so we, we've got a 10 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:30,800 lot to do. We got to jam a lot into a 11 00:00:30,800 --> 00:00:32,479 little bit of a little bit of time here. 12 00:00:32,479 --> 00:00:35,120 Not a whole lot of time. Probably as short a show as I 13 00:00:35,120 --> 00:00:36,840 can muster up. I've got to get out to St. 14 00:00:36,840 --> 00:00:41,560 John's even earlier than usual to to film the TV show with 15 00:00:41,560 --> 00:00:43,760 Rick. Hopefully Rick is in a good 16 00:00:44,360 --> 00:00:45,400 mood. He's always in a good mood, 17 00:00:45,400 --> 00:00:49,040 obviously at the St. John's dismantled by UConn. 18 00:00:49,040 --> 00:00:51,680 I mean that that was one of the that was the worst game that 19 00:00:51,680 --> 00:00:53,960 I've ever seen St. John's play. 20 00:00:54,120 --> 00:00:57,120 I think in my life, like honestly, it was it was that 21 00:00:57,120 --> 00:00:59,360 bad. I'll I'll contextualize and I'll 22 00:00:59,360 --> 00:01:01,480 get into that in a minute. But there were a couple of 23 00:01:01,480 --> 00:01:05,040 things breaking one in the NFL. First up, though, hey, we got a 24 00:01:05,040 --> 00:01:06,920 little breaking news. Get it up on the screen there. 25 00:01:06,920 --> 00:01:10,320 J Rod, I've told you this that this is right on the the cusp of 26 00:01:10,320 --> 00:01:13,240 happening. Yep, we've got the second BT and 27 00:01:13,240 --> 00:01:17,320 Sal live show. It is officially locked in April 28 00:01:17,520 --> 00:01:19,880 2nd. It's out East Long Island, 29 00:01:19,880 --> 00:01:23,160 Wantagh, Mulcahy's, which is a great spot. 30 00:01:23,160 --> 00:01:26,960 I used to go to Mulcahy's a lot. I mean that was a massive party 31 00:01:26,960 --> 00:01:29,840 place for me. I spent a lot of time in college 32 00:01:29,840 --> 00:01:32,640 on on Long Island, played a lot of baseball out there. 33 00:01:33,320 --> 00:01:37,320 Mitchell Field, Eisenhower played a lot of golf out there 34 00:01:37,320 --> 00:01:39,360 as well. So I know Mulcahy's really well. 35 00:01:39,640 --> 00:01:42,280 They've changed the venue and it's become bit of more of a 36 00:01:42,280 --> 00:01:45,120 concert venue. I know the Frances has done a 37 00:01:45,120 --> 00:01:47,960 lot of shows out there as well. This is going to be an absolute 38 00:01:47,960 --> 00:01:49,720 blast. The ticket information is going 39 00:01:49,720 --> 00:01:53,360 to drop a little later today. So I know that you guys want 40 00:01:53,360 --> 00:01:54,920 access to that and want the information. 41 00:01:54,920 --> 00:01:56,520 I'll obviously link it up for you. 42 00:01:56,520 --> 00:02:00,120 I'll link it up on all the social obviously here on BT 43 00:02:00,120 --> 00:02:02,880 Unleashed, on the YouTube show, on the YouTube channel. 44 00:02:02,880 --> 00:02:05,920 But we've been, we've been scurrying behind the scenes to 45 00:02:05,920 --> 00:02:08,720 find the date that works for me, to find a date that works for 46 00:02:08,720 --> 00:02:12,520 Sal, to find the date that works for us, to find the venue that's 47 00:02:12,520 --> 00:02:14,880 able to accommodate the date that works for us. 48 00:02:14,880 --> 00:02:18,120 And there is a special guest which will be announced. 49 00:02:18,120 --> 00:02:20,880 Now, I can't divulge too much here. 50 00:02:22,240 --> 00:02:24,560 If our, I don't want to say our first choice because we don't 51 00:02:24,560 --> 00:02:26,320 get them. I don't want to, you know, make 52 00:02:26,320 --> 00:02:28,640 it seem like, oh, we're settling for the second choice and offend 53 00:02:28,640 --> 00:02:30,720 that person. Either way, it's going to have 54 00:02:30,720 --> 00:02:32,920 massive star power. Let me just say this though, 55 00:02:33,240 --> 00:02:35,920 because it's not done and we should find out about that 56 00:02:35,920 --> 00:02:38,800 today. But if it is the guest that we 57 00:02:38,800 --> 00:02:42,200 have been chasing for a while, it's going to blow your minds. 58 00:02:42,200 --> 00:02:45,640 It is going to absolutely blow your collective mind. 59 00:02:45,640 --> 00:02:48,400 So I'm pumped up. I know Sal, he's on the beach 60 00:02:48,400 --> 00:02:50,320 now. We went on a little vacation, so 61 00:02:51,000 --> 00:02:53,040 we were texting. He's fired up as well. 62 00:02:53,240 --> 00:02:56,320 BT and Sal live 2 point O out east. 63 00:02:56,320 --> 00:02:58,280 Hey, Long Island. Now you got to stand up. 64 00:02:58,280 --> 00:03:00,280 Now you got to represent. Now you got to show us what you 65 00:03:00,280 --> 00:03:03,320 have because you were clamoring for this when we did the first 66 00:03:03,320 --> 00:03:04,600 show. You can get us down there. 67 00:03:04,760 --> 00:03:05,880 J Rod. Thank you, buddy. 68 00:03:06,360 --> 00:03:09,680 By the way, do we don't we, we look like we look like such 69 00:03:09,680 --> 00:03:11,840 Dicks in that pic. I don't know how else to say it. 70 00:03:11,840 --> 00:03:13,800 We we do. We wait to put it back up. 71 00:03:14,240 --> 00:03:16,120 I mean, look at it like, what are we going for there? 72 00:03:16,120 --> 00:03:18,000 I don't even know what that pictures from. 73 00:03:18,520 --> 00:03:21,120 I mean, we really just look like a couple that want to be tough 74 00:03:21,120 --> 00:03:23,040 guys like, like Dicks like we do. 75 00:03:23,800 --> 00:03:28,520 You know it's funny though. The classic fan photo shoot 76 00:03:28,520 --> 00:03:30,440 pictures. J Rod, you're right. 77 00:03:30,440 --> 00:03:34,560 It is from Wfans for sure. We never posed for that picture. 78 00:03:34,560 --> 00:03:36,600 That was not a picture that we actually took. 79 00:03:36,600 --> 00:03:40,480 So I, I, I don't know, but it's funny every time we see that 80 00:03:40,680 --> 00:03:45,960 those of you who, those of you who don't, you know, the trolls 81 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,680 on social media all look at these tough guys, all look at 82 00:03:48,680 --> 00:03:50,560 these wannabe posers and gangsters. 83 00:03:50,560 --> 00:03:52,800 No, I, I don't think I'm a tough guy. 84 00:03:52,800 --> 00:03:55,000 I, I'm certainly not a wannabe gangster. 85 00:03:55,640 --> 00:03:59,200 I'm just doing a show and an image was created and I can't 86 00:03:59,200 --> 00:04:02,120 wait to get out there and it's going to be absolutely wild. 87 00:04:02,120 --> 00:04:05,720 So Mulcahey's April 2nd, OK, that's the first order of 88 00:04:05,720 --> 00:04:08,280 business. Up next now this just broke and 89 00:04:08,280 --> 00:04:10,400 I'm still trying to get the details right before we went on 90 00:04:10,400 --> 00:04:12,480 the air. Let's slap this bad boy up 91 00:04:12,480 --> 00:04:13,240 there. We got the edit. 92 00:04:13,240 --> 00:04:16,480 Now the NFL new year, the calendar has not even started 93 00:04:16,480 --> 00:04:21,000 yet and The Jets, The Jets, Jets, Jets, Jets, the Mooji, 94 00:04:21,240 --> 00:04:25,160 little Mooji, the Mooji LED jets are beginning to make things 95 00:04:25,160 --> 00:04:26,840 happen. They shipped out sauce. 96 00:04:26,840 --> 00:04:30,600 They shipped out obviously Quinn and Williams and now as per 97 00:04:30,600 --> 00:04:33,680 Schefter and others trade, we got to trade. 98 00:04:33,680 --> 00:04:36,320 The Jets are shipping defensive and Jermaine Johnson to the 99 00:04:36,360 --> 00:04:39,000 Titans. Obviously Robert Sala very 100 00:04:39,000 --> 00:04:43,120 familiar with him with Jermaine coached him up coached him well 101 00:04:43,120 --> 00:04:47,160 too in exchange for defensive tackle to Vondre sweat for 102 00:04:47,160 --> 00:04:49,920 sources. As I said, this can't be made 103 00:04:49,920 --> 00:04:53,000 official until the start of the new year, which is obviously in 104 00:04:53,040 --> 00:04:55,440 early March year. So so there you go. 105 00:04:55,440 --> 00:04:58,920 So listen, I'm, I'm I don't know, it's not a home run. 106 00:04:59,200 --> 00:05:01,720 I think it's one of those trades that could work out for both 107 00:05:01,720 --> 00:05:04,080 teams. I I like Jermaine Johnson. 108 00:05:04,080 --> 00:05:06,560 I hate it when he got hurt. It's a tough injury for that 109 00:05:06,560 --> 00:05:08,480 position. You know, that burst of that 110 00:05:08,480 --> 00:05:10,360 acceleration. He should be fine. 111 00:05:10,600 --> 00:05:13,040 He is young. I know he rehabbed like a beast. 112 00:05:13,040 --> 00:05:15,880 I know Rodgers helped him with that, with his Achilles guy. 113 00:05:15,880 --> 00:05:18,480 And remember the story about he gave him the, the the private 114 00:05:18,480 --> 00:05:21,480 jet Rodgers did. So, you know, when when they 115 00:05:21,480 --> 00:05:24,960 drafted Jermaine Johnson, I really thought and and I saw the 116 00:05:24,960 --> 00:05:27,520 early flashes, I'm like, man, they they crushed it with this 117 00:05:27,520 --> 00:05:30,160 pic and then he got hurt and then, you know, he was 118 00:05:30,160 --> 00:05:31,880 intermittently effective. I get it. 119 00:05:32,160 --> 00:05:34,440 I get it in this regard. You know, you're getting to the 120 00:05:34,440 --> 00:05:37,120 point where when he was drafted, where he was drafted the 121 00:05:37,120 --> 00:05:39,200 contract and the money that he was about to make. 122 00:05:39,600 --> 00:05:44,040 You know, is that really what you want to do for somebody who 123 00:05:44,080 --> 00:05:48,600 is is good and at times impactful, but also at times 124 00:05:48,600 --> 00:05:52,080 invisible and also not necessarily fully back from the 125 00:05:52,080 --> 00:05:54,920 Achilles rupture? So I do like it for The Jets. 126 00:05:54,920 --> 00:05:58,440 I understand why Tennessee would do this familiarity from Salva, 127 00:05:58,440 --> 00:06:01,320 as I said, now, now the player The Jets get back that the 128 00:06:01,320 --> 00:06:05,160 finances matter and the position of the defensive line matters. 129 00:06:05,160 --> 00:06:08,120 And also, you know, just to stretch this out briefly before 130 00:06:08,120 --> 00:06:10,160 I get to Saint John's, is that it? 131 00:06:10,160 --> 00:06:13,240 It now does open up an ability for The Jets to do something in 132 00:06:13,240 --> 00:06:16,360 the draft that maybe they wanted to do, but maybe couldn't 133 00:06:16,360 --> 00:06:19,360 justify with with with with an extra defensive end on on the 134 00:06:19,360 --> 00:06:21,560 roster. I I still don't know if The Jets 135 00:06:21,560 --> 00:06:25,040 are going to go defense, defense in around one at 2 and 16. 136 00:06:25,040 --> 00:06:28,040 If they go defense and then and then offense, they're definitely 137 00:06:28,040 --> 00:06:30,440 not going to put it this way. They're not going offense, 138 00:06:30,480 --> 00:06:33,160 offense. There is a good chance they go 139 00:06:33,160 --> 00:06:36,000 defense, defense, and there's also obviously a good chance 140 00:06:36,000 --> 00:06:39,560 they go defense, offense. And they will not go offense 141 00:06:39,560 --> 00:06:42,320 defense like they will not take an offensive player at #2 142 00:06:42,600 --> 00:06:44,960 because there's no quarterback. They don't need an offensive 143 00:06:44,960 --> 00:06:47,480 lineman there. Nobody projects that high. 144 00:06:47,480 --> 00:06:49,800 It will be a reach. So I've always thought that 145 00:06:49,800 --> 00:06:53,560 this, this, this Jets draft, particularly in the first round, 146 00:06:53,560 --> 00:06:56,640 will be centered on defense. And this gives me even more 147 00:06:56,640 --> 00:06:59,040 reason to believe that that's exactly what they're going to 148 00:06:59,040 --> 00:07:01,080 do. So the player they get back is a 149 00:07:01,080 --> 00:07:03,840 run stuffer. He's a big, he's a big man, he's 150 00:07:03,840 --> 00:07:05,840 a good player. He's not going to get you many 151 00:07:05,840 --> 00:07:07,040 sacks. He's not going to get you a 152 00:07:07,040 --> 00:07:10,000 total push up the middle little in terms of pressures, but he is 153 00:07:10,000 --> 00:07:14,640 going to stifle the run, which has been very problematic for 154 00:07:14,640 --> 00:07:16,160 The Jets for a couple of years now. 155 00:07:17,000 --> 00:07:18,200 I like it. You know, again, I'm not going 156 00:07:18,200 --> 00:07:19,680 to go over the top nuts about this. 157 00:07:19,680 --> 00:07:22,560 I, I definitely like it more than I don't there. 158 00:07:22,640 --> 00:07:25,160 Sometimes a trade happens and you're confused. 159 00:07:25,440 --> 00:07:28,720 I'm not confused by this at all. The Jets didn't view Jermaine 160 00:07:28,720 --> 00:07:32,600 Johnson and you know where he is in his career, what he's put on 161 00:07:32,600 --> 00:07:35,680 film already, you know, a fairly debilitating injury. 162 00:07:35,880 --> 00:07:38,320 They didn't view him as somebody they want to invest upwards of 163 00:07:38,320 --> 00:07:41,560 $20 million, which is what that position commands when you start 164 00:07:41,560 --> 00:07:44,400 looking at transition tags and you take the the average 165 00:07:44,400 --> 00:07:46,920 salaries and all that stuff. So they're resetting the 166 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:50,000 finances they've got about. And again, this fluctuates and I 167 00:07:50,000 --> 00:07:53,000 hit this a little bit yesterday with the effective cap space, 168 00:07:53,560 --> 00:07:57,800 but they have so just in terms of cap space, not effective for 169 00:07:57,800 --> 00:08:00,880 now, just pure cap space. Jets have the third or fourth 170 00:08:00,880 --> 00:08:04,480 most depending upon, you know, which outlet spoke track and 171 00:08:04,480 --> 00:08:06,520 some others. It's not, it's not perfect, it's 172 00:08:06,520 --> 00:08:08,760 not to the dime, but it's in the neighborhood. 173 00:08:09,040 --> 00:08:12,920 The Jets are between, you know, $72 million and 80 ish 174 00:08:12,920 --> 00:08:15,240 $1,000,000. I think it's probably going to 175 00:08:15,240 --> 00:08:17,520 be short of 80, although this this will change it a bit 176 00:08:17,800 --> 00:08:20,160 because the player they're getting back is a going into 177 00:08:20,160 --> 00:08:23,480 year 3 and he was a second round pick, not a first round pick 178 00:08:23,480 --> 00:08:26,240 like Jermaine Johnson. So he doesn't carry that big 179 00:08:26,480 --> 00:08:29,920 first round price tag, which which is fairly exorbitant for a 180 00:08:29,920 --> 00:08:33,720 team that's trying to, you know, shuffle the deck here and become 181 00:08:33,720 --> 00:08:35,159 competitive and do some good stuff. 182 00:08:35,400 --> 00:08:38,760 So what I think that they will do now, like if I'm The Jets and 183 00:08:38,760 --> 00:08:41,760 I've got a, a pure run stuffer and he is very good at that, 184 00:08:41,799 --> 00:08:45,440 very good like that I love, I'm on the record. 185 00:08:45,480 --> 00:08:48,120 I, I know it seems like it's a bit of a reach for some. 186 00:08:48,680 --> 00:08:52,920 I'm a, I'm a little reluctant to take Reese from Ohio State at #2 187 00:08:52,920 --> 00:08:55,400 that's just me. I'm not sitting here, you know, 188 00:08:55,400 --> 00:08:59,680 saying I'm watching every single Snap on film like these scouts 189 00:08:59,680 --> 00:09:01,880 do. But I watch Ohio State, you 190 00:09:01,880 --> 00:09:03,680 know, I, I know people who cover him. 191 00:09:03,680 --> 00:09:06,640 I know people in the NFLI follow these mocks. 192 00:09:06,640 --> 00:09:10,600 I do my homework. My eyes tell me I like him, but 193 00:09:10,600 --> 00:09:12,520 I don't love him. I love Caleb Downs. 194 00:09:12,520 --> 00:09:15,920 You know that I love him too. I'm the giants take him to five. 195 00:09:15,920 --> 00:09:17,400 That's that's a home run for the giants. 196 00:09:17,400 --> 00:09:18,720 Horrible already talked about that. 197 00:09:18,960 --> 00:09:22,160 So I just say that because with this, even without the trade, 198 00:09:22,480 --> 00:09:24,920 you know, I do think The Jets would focus on defense here. 199 00:09:24,920 --> 00:09:27,920 But now that they've got a run stuffer and now that they delete 200 00:09:27,920 --> 00:09:30,600 an edge rusher, well, now it makes more sense. 201 00:09:30,600 --> 00:09:33,800 I don't, you know, and you can certainly take, you know, Ruben 202 00:09:33,800 --> 00:09:36,600 Baines has dropped a little bit in terms of perception. 203 00:09:36,600 --> 00:09:39,640 He's not going to. There was a point, certainly 204 00:09:39,640 --> 00:09:43,200 after the national championship game where he was projected, you 205 00:09:43,200 --> 00:09:44,360 know, a lot of people had him too. 206 00:09:44,360 --> 00:09:46,840 And and I'm like, wow, the way he looked, I was kind of OK with 207 00:09:46,840 --> 00:09:49,600 it as well. You know, people have cooled on 208 00:09:49,600 --> 00:09:52,680 him just a little bit. I think he's probably closer to 209 00:09:52,680 --> 00:09:56,760 10 than he is 2 right now. So I mean, is it a Caleb Downs? 210 00:09:56,800 --> 00:09:59,800 Is it is it the kid from Texas Tech who a lot of who people 211 00:09:59,800 --> 00:10:03,440 think are more ready and is more polished than some of these 212 00:10:03,440 --> 00:10:06,560 other edge rushers right now, which I tend to agree with by 213 00:10:06,560 --> 00:10:08,360 the way. I don't know the absolute 214 00:10:08,360 --> 00:10:10,560 answer. But what I love about this and 215 00:10:10,560 --> 00:10:13,640 this is just more evidence that Darren Mooji is not messing 216 00:10:13,640 --> 00:10:15,720 around. As long as Woody can keep his 217 00:10:15,720 --> 00:10:18,760 grubby fingerprints off this product and stay away. 218 00:10:19,000 --> 00:10:21,720 Let the big boys let the football people handle these 219 00:10:21,720 --> 00:10:24,760 decisions. Just shut up and get lost and 220 00:10:24,760 --> 00:10:28,280 just, you know, cut the checks and make the powder and just get 221 00:10:28,280 --> 00:10:33,160 out of our way and let what appears to be a true modern 222 00:10:33,160 --> 00:10:36,800 football GM do his job. Well, you know where I stand on 223 00:10:36,800 --> 00:10:39,120 this. I think given the the resources 224 00:10:39,400 --> 00:10:41,720 that The Jets have the two first round, there's this year, the 225 00:10:41,720 --> 00:10:44,880 three next year, I really think a lot of cap space. 226 00:10:44,920 --> 00:10:47,560 And in terms of effective cap space, by the way, it's right 227 00:10:47,560 --> 00:10:51,040 around 50, five, $56 million, which is just the difference 228 00:10:51,040 --> 00:10:54,880 when, when you apply the expected draft picks that you 229 00:10:54,880 --> 00:10:58,240 bring in the retention of current free agents that could 230 00:10:58,240 --> 00:11:02,120 lead the building that you elect not to free agents that are on 231 00:11:02,120 --> 00:11:04,600 other teams or were on other teams that you were preparing to 232 00:11:04,600 --> 00:11:06,680 bring in. So the effective cap space is 233 00:11:06,680 --> 00:11:09,040 basically it. It's, it's a more workable 234 00:11:09,040 --> 00:11:10,360 number. It's a more accurate number. 235 00:11:10,360 --> 00:11:12,560 Anyway, there's some football stuff for you. 236 00:11:13,040 --> 00:11:14,600 I do like it. I like it a lot. 237 00:11:14,600 --> 00:11:17,240 I, I don't, again, I'm not going over the top for a run stuffer. 238 00:11:17,440 --> 00:11:21,520 It's not like, you know, you get, you know, like when Dallas 239 00:11:21,520 --> 00:11:23,440 made that ridiculous trade with Green Bay. 240 00:11:23,440 --> 00:11:25,000 You're right. It's not that kind of trade, 241 00:11:25,000 --> 00:11:28,680 obviously, but it is a good solid trade. 242 00:11:28,920 --> 00:11:31,320 And The Jets have been pushed around in the trenches too much 243 00:11:31,320 --> 00:11:34,320 on defense and it's got to stop. And this is a good way to start 244 00:11:34,320 --> 00:11:35,480 stopping it. I like it. 245 00:11:35,560 --> 00:11:41,520 OK, Now, St. John's, wow, that was, I was 246 00:11:41,520 --> 00:11:43,440 going to say that that was the word I think I did say at the 247 00:11:43,440 --> 00:11:45,360 top of the show and I and I mean it, but I'm going to take it a 248 00:11:45,360 --> 00:11:47,560 step further. I said that was the worst St. 249 00:11:47,560 --> 00:11:51,000 John's game that I've ever seen. And that counts a lot of 250 00:11:51,000 --> 00:11:54,000 basketball. Now, you know, maybe there was a 251 00:11:54,000 --> 00:11:55,920 game or two that I'm just not recollecting. 252 00:11:56,160 --> 00:11:59,480 But in terms of like the moment and the magnitude and the juice 253 00:11:59,480 --> 00:12:04,200 and the hype and the buzz, the, the, the complete no show by 254 00:12:04,200 --> 00:12:07,760 Saint John's last night was about as mystifying a thing as 255 00:12:07,760 --> 00:12:09,960 I've ever seen. And to take it a step further, 256 00:12:10,240 --> 00:12:12,520 not only was it was it the worst Saint John's game I've ever 257 00:12:12,520 --> 00:12:16,320 seen, it really may have been the worst college basketball 258 00:12:16,320 --> 00:12:18,840 game that I've ever seen. It was that bad. 259 00:12:19,080 --> 00:12:22,840 It was it was insanely inept Saint John's. 260 00:12:23,120 --> 00:12:26,120 They were they were that bad. Now, after the game, this what 261 00:12:26,120 --> 00:12:30,520 winners do this what leaders do. This was Rick Pitino after the 262 00:12:30,520 --> 00:12:32,000 game. And I'll tell you why he's doing 263 00:12:32,000 --> 00:12:33,760 this. I don't agree with Rick. 264 00:12:33,760 --> 00:12:35,880 I'm going to read it for you. I don't agree with what he's 265 00:12:35,880 --> 00:12:36,720 saying here. Quote. 266 00:12:37,200 --> 00:12:40,480 All right, It's all on me. It is all on me. 267 00:12:40,480 --> 00:12:42,880 I'm very disappointed in our performance offensively, 268 00:12:42,880 --> 00:12:45,880 especially sharing the ball, moving the ball. 269 00:12:46,000 --> 00:12:49,360 It's all on me. But we got to get ready for 270 00:12:49,360 --> 00:12:51,360 Villanova that Saturday, by the way, at the Garden. 271 00:12:51,560 --> 00:12:53,360 We're still playing for a league championship. 272 00:12:53,680 --> 00:12:55,840 Doesn't matter if you lose by 1 or 40. 273 00:12:56,080 --> 00:12:59,160 League championship is still at stake. 274 00:12:59,200 --> 00:13:03,480 Obviously, we've got to make our corrections and we've got to 275 00:13:03,480 --> 00:13:07,160 move on now. This is not on Rick Pitino at 276 00:13:07,160 --> 00:13:08,760 all. You can get that down, Jay. 277 00:13:09,040 --> 00:13:11,640 He can say it and I appreciate him saying that. 278 00:13:11,840 --> 00:13:14,840 And there's probably elements that, you know, being the coach 279 00:13:14,840 --> 00:13:18,440 that he is and the, the, you know, the, the attention to 280 00:13:18,440 --> 00:13:22,480 detail and the elements of preparation, He's saying, wow, I 281 00:13:22,480 --> 00:13:23,760 didn't have them ready. OK. 282 00:13:24,240 --> 00:13:26,920 What he's really doing is deflecting, you know, and, and 283 00:13:26,920 --> 00:13:29,600 bringing it upon himself, which what leaders and winners do. 284 00:13:29,960 --> 00:13:33,920 And he he's protecting his team because right now St. 285 00:13:33,920 --> 00:13:37,760 John's went from one of the best stories in college basketball, 286 00:13:38,400 --> 00:13:40,760 winning thirteen straight, their longest winning streak since 287 00:13:40,760 --> 00:13:44,120 8485. You're talking Mullin, Walter 288 00:13:44,120 --> 00:13:45,840 Berry. I mean, it's been that long. 289 00:13:46,040 --> 00:13:47,800 Of course, Louis Carter, second the great Louis. 290 00:13:48,080 --> 00:13:51,120 Rest in peace, coach. I, I don't, I don't agree with 291 00:13:51,120 --> 00:13:56,480 Rick and I don't agree with Rick because when the game started 292 00:13:56,480 --> 00:13:59,600 and I said to my son immediately, I mean, by the way, 293 00:13:59,600 --> 00:14:02,320 let me tell you the way we watch the game, this was ridiculous. 294 00:14:02,520 --> 00:14:06,000 So I didn't do the game. I'm doing the game Saturday at 295 00:14:06,000 --> 00:14:07,520 the Garden. I'm doing the Tuesday game 296 00:14:07,520 --> 00:14:10,640 against Georgetown and then I'm doing the regular season finale 297 00:14:10,960 --> 00:14:12,720 at Seton Hall on Friday, March 6th. 298 00:14:12,720 --> 00:14:15,800 I didn't do the game last night when the schedules come out, I 299 00:14:15,800 --> 00:14:18,880 was still working at WFAN and there's just certain Rd. trips I 300 00:14:18,880 --> 00:14:20,720 can't make. So I wasn't doing the game. 301 00:14:21,120 --> 00:14:24,520 And what do we have? Yes, we had we had baseball 302 00:14:24,520 --> 00:14:26,920 practice from 4:30 to 6:00. OK. 303 00:14:27,280 --> 00:14:30,840 And then for for the team that I coached, the travel team, then 304 00:14:30,840 --> 00:14:34,120 he had hitting lesson at 7 and it was all the books for a while 305 00:14:34,120 --> 00:14:36,280 because it's it's been for a couple of months we've been in 306 00:14:36,280 --> 00:14:39,480 this routine. I'm like, oh man, God. 307 00:14:39,920 --> 00:14:41,920 And the hitting lessons an hour from 7 to 8. 308 00:14:41,920 --> 00:14:44,760 The game started at 7:00. So I drop them off right? 309 00:14:44,760 --> 00:14:47,040 I'm in the car and I'm doing work right. 310 00:14:47,040 --> 00:14:49,160 The BT and South stuff, the announcement that was getting 311 00:14:49,160 --> 00:14:51,360 ready to drop. So we're working on the flyer 312 00:14:51,640 --> 00:14:53,600 button and some stuff up. Had some work to do. 313 00:14:53,960 --> 00:14:56,200 I, I, I have not done this in a while. 314 00:14:56,680 --> 00:14:58,880 I did not look at a score. I did not. 315 00:14:58,880 --> 00:15:01,640 I kept the radio on, on music in my car while he was hitting. 316 00:15:01,920 --> 00:15:04,960 I took his phone, all right, because he gets the alerts. 317 00:15:04,960 --> 00:15:09,600 I'm constantly hear that. That's a ridiculous ESPN alert, 318 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:12,200 you know. Oh, and he tells me like the 319 00:15:12,200 --> 00:15:13,760 minor league moves of the Yankees. 320 00:15:13,760 --> 00:15:16,200 I'm like, I know, I know or I don't really care. 321 00:15:16,440 --> 00:15:17,720 So he gets all these alerts, right? 322 00:15:17,840 --> 00:15:20,280 I said, give me a phone. I said, so when you get out, 323 00:15:20,720 --> 00:15:22,920 you, you're not going to look at the score, say oh, that Saint 324 00:15:22,920 --> 00:15:25,320 John's up by 13. Oh, that Saint John's doesn't 325 00:15:25,320 --> 00:15:27,640 look good. I want to get home without 326 00:15:27,640 --> 00:15:29,840 knowing what's going on. And we did. 327 00:15:29,880 --> 00:15:33,160 And then of course when we get home, it takes 3 minutes to 328 00:15:33,160 --> 00:15:36,320 figure out how to fix the freaking stupid Peacock app, 329 00:15:36,480 --> 00:15:38,880 which I can't stand. And we didn't see. 330 00:15:39,040 --> 00:15:41,320 This will bother me. We did our checkpoints 331 00:15:41,320 --> 00:15:42,880 yesterday. My wife who's better at this 332 00:15:42,880 --> 00:15:46,440 stuff and because it's all like her, her passwords and her QR 333 00:15:46,440 --> 00:15:49,480 code with the phone. So in my office where I am now, 334 00:15:49,800 --> 00:15:52,640 I've got obviously have ATV on the on the wall there. 335 00:15:52,880 --> 00:15:57,520 So I just thought kind of mistakenly that if we and I, I 336 00:15:57,520 --> 00:15:59,560 guess we had Peacock, but we hadn't used it in a while. 337 00:15:59,560 --> 00:16:03,080 I don't even know. So I'm like, listen, I've got to 338 00:16:03,080 --> 00:16:05,000 take it to practice. And then she had, she took my 339 00:16:05,000 --> 00:16:06,360 daughter somewhere. We're going to be running 340 00:16:06,360 --> 00:16:08,320 around. Help me out with this, get this 341 00:16:08,320 --> 00:16:09,920 thing ready. So when I walk in the door at 342 00:16:09,920 --> 00:16:12,160 8:15, it's St. John's UConn time. 343 00:16:12,160 --> 00:16:14,760 Anyway, we do it in my office and we're all buttoned up. 344 00:16:14,760 --> 00:16:16,600 It's all said. She's zapping the phone. 345 00:16:16,840 --> 00:16:21,200 All the stupid passcodes good got Peacock right. 346 00:16:21,480 --> 00:16:23,680 But I'm not going to watch the game in my office. 347 00:16:23,680 --> 00:16:25,200 I'm going to watch the game in the family. 348 00:16:25,200 --> 00:16:27,720 But the fireplace on make a night of it, right? 349 00:16:28,080 --> 00:16:30,160 All the big TV, the 60 inch you're hanging over the 350 00:16:30,160 --> 00:16:32,400 fireplace, not this little shit TV that I've got. 351 00:16:32,720 --> 00:16:36,280 So anyway, we come home. I'll Peacock all you got to do 352 00:16:36,280 --> 00:16:38,240 it again. I'm like we did it in my office. 353 00:16:38,400 --> 00:16:40,600 Why is it not working on the big TV? 354 00:16:40,800 --> 00:16:44,080 Like I'm thinking if you have one app, it's transferable. 355 00:16:44,360 --> 00:16:48,480 Anyway, so we finally get the game going and it was absolutely 356 00:16:48,480 --> 00:16:51,920 atrocious. And I remember saying to my son, 357 00:16:52,160 --> 00:16:55,160 and I'm talking in the first minute of the game, first minute 358 00:16:55,160 --> 00:16:58,360 of the game. I said they're not ready. 359 00:16:58,360 --> 00:17:02,240 To play I have never seen, well, never is a ridiculous word. 360 00:17:02,560 --> 00:17:06,440 I have not seen a Rick Pitino team right with Saint John's 361 00:17:06,720 --> 00:17:12,760 look so jittery and so I'll equipped for the moment and 362 00:17:12,760 --> 00:17:16,720 skittish and out of whack. Like even when they were just 363 00:17:16,720 --> 00:17:20,200 making perimeter passes just to begin, just to begin the 364 00:17:20,200 --> 00:17:22,599 initiation of the offense. I'm talking about the early 365 00:17:22,599 --> 00:17:25,319 stages right before they get into their backdoor cuts and 366 00:17:25,319 --> 00:17:27,640 their screens and stuff. Guys were fumble in the ball 367 00:17:27,640 --> 00:17:31,040 like what is going on? I thought the shot selection was 368 00:17:31,040 --> 00:17:34,560 really bad. I thought the weak side defense, 369 00:17:34,560 --> 00:17:38,160 the rotations were awful. They allowed UCONN's big to get 370 00:17:38,200 --> 00:17:40,240 early DS. Good player, very good. 371 00:17:40,360 --> 00:17:43,000 And and and St. John's played him very well when 372 00:17:43,000 --> 00:17:45,480 they beat him last time at the Garden, he took over from the 373 00:17:45,480 --> 00:17:47,800 get go. The kid Mullins, you know, hit a 374 00:17:48,240 --> 00:17:52,040 once he hit Mullins, hit a corner freshman hit a hit a 375 00:17:52,040 --> 00:17:55,960 quarter three right in front of the UConn bench kind of falling 376 00:17:55,960 --> 00:17:57,720 out of bounds. I'm like, that's a wrap. 377 00:17:57,720 --> 00:18:00,680 They're not winning this game. And by the way, it's OK that 378 00:18:00,680 --> 00:18:04,240 they didn't win the game. Now the optics of the game are 379 00:18:04,240 --> 00:18:07,440 are really awful. But this goes back to what I 380 00:18:07,440 --> 00:18:09,880 said about Rick, who is taking ownership of the game. 381 00:18:10,280 --> 00:18:12,600 He's just doing that because he's been around the block and 382 00:18:12,600 --> 00:18:14,480 he understands how this works. St. 383 00:18:14,480 --> 00:18:18,480 John's confidence was at it was sky high, 13 straight wins 384 00:18:18,480 --> 00:18:21,240 moving up in the rankings. There's a thought, hey, maybe a 385 00:18:21,240 --> 00:18:24,200 four seed, get some regional home cooking for the first 386 00:18:24,200 --> 00:18:25,960 round, in the second round, the NCAA tournament. 387 00:18:26,200 --> 00:18:27,800 That's out the window. I don't think St. 388 00:18:27,800 --> 00:18:30,240 John's has any chance now to get a four seed. 389 00:18:30,560 --> 00:18:32,600 Things definitely changed last night. 390 00:18:32,600 --> 00:18:35,600 There's no doubt they changed metrically, although they didn't 391 00:18:35,600 --> 00:18:38,320 really drop in the NET rankings, which is surprising to me. 392 00:18:38,600 --> 00:18:43,840 You going into the game, UConn was 10, I believe they moved up 393 00:18:43,840 --> 00:18:45,440 to 9. And like, St. 394 00:18:45,440 --> 00:18:49,600 John's was either 23 or 24 and they're still 23. 395 00:18:49,800 --> 00:18:52,320 It was a road game. I know they got blasted. 396 00:18:52,400 --> 00:18:55,440 I know they scored two field goals in the second-half. 397 00:18:55,440 --> 00:18:58,360 Wow. I know they went 17 minutes and 398 00:18:58,360 --> 00:19:03,360 24 seconds without a basket, which is incomprehensible. 399 00:19:03,640 --> 00:19:05,480 But it's one game. It's one game. 400 00:19:05,760 --> 00:19:10,400 So I'm not here to make excuses like that was a jarring loss, 401 00:19:10,560 --> 00:19:12,960 which is why Rick said what he said and did what he did. 402 00:19:13,200 --> 00:19:15,720 It was a short press conference, didn't even go to the podium. 403 00:19:16,240 --> 00:19:19,280 He hit the reporters outside the locker room for a minute or two. 404 00:19:19,600 --> 00:19:21,560 I'm sure he went in. I'm sure he blasted them. 405 00:19:21,600 --> 00:19:24,880 And now it's back to the lab. And now you got to now you got 406 00:19:24,880 --> 00:19:26,960 to get cooking. Because what's changed here for 407 00:19:26,960 --> 00:19:29,640 St. John's is like you look at some 408 00:19:29,640 --> 00:19:31,360 of the early these season games that they had. 409 00:19:31,400 --> 00:19:34,320 We've talked about this when we do Saint John specific stuff 410 00:19:34,320 --> 00:19:38,080 here on the show, like whether it was Alabama or Iowa State or, 411 00:19:38,080 --> 00:19:40,480 or the Auburn game, which was a very bad loss. 412 00:19:40,960 --> 00:19:43,000 And Kentucky when they were up and then they just kind of 413 00:19:43,000 --> 00:19:45,200 collapsed there. Those were games and the 414 00:19:45,200 --> 00:19:48,000 Providence game, of course, on January 3rd, which was the last 415 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,160 game that they had won or, or, or lost before last night. 416 00:19:51,480 --> 00:19:54,280 That is definitely a quad three loss. 417 00:19:54,280 --> 00:19:56,640 And it I actually think it fluctuated. 418 00:19:57,280 --> 00:19:59,000 I know it did. I don't know if it stays there 419 00:19:59,000 --> 00:20:02,440 to a quad for loss, which hurts Saint John's numbers. 420 00:20:02,440 --> 00:20:07,560 So in a in in a big macro picture here, you know, St. 421 00:20:07,560 --> 00:20:11,720 John's was pretty much on the five line with upside right now. 422 00:20:12,560 --> 00:20:15,080 And I checked some of the bracketology like the bracket 423 00:20:15,080 --> 00:20:17,920 matrix, but not all were updated. 424 00:20:17,920 --> 00:20:19,200 Whatever. But I know enough to tell you 425 00:20:19,200 --> 00:20:20,880 what I think is going to happen. So here's what's going to 426 00:20:20,880 --> 00:20:22,880 happen. All right, Saint John's, even if 427 00:20:22,880 --> 00:20:25,520 they. Went out and and beat Villanova. 428 00:20:25,520 --> 00:20:27,640 That's going to be a tough game. You know, Willard's team is 429 00:20:27,640 --> 00:20:29,360 starting to peek and Willard's a good coach. 430 00:20:29,360 --> 00:20:32,280 And I think there was there was a sense within the Saint John's 431 00:20:32,280 --> 00:20:35,160 fan base like, oh, it's a given. If we could just beat UConn up 432 00:20:35,160 --> 00:20:37,760 in not up in Hartford. It wasn't in stores, but 433 00:20:37,760 --> 00:20:40,440 environment was insane. Husky fans. 434 00:20:40,480 --> 00:20:42,360 They they took the challenge from Danny Hurley. 435 00:20:42,360 --> 00:20:44,640 Wow. And by the way, how about Dan? 436 00:20:44,640 --> 00:20:46,760 And this is the gamesmanship of it and a bomb. 437 00:20:46,760 --> 00:20:49,680 Patino. I'm pissed and I know he was why 438 00:20:49,680 --> 00:20:51,960 I shouldn't say no, he was I would be pissed. 439 00:20:51,960 --> 00:20:53,640 I'll ask him today when I see him in two hours. 440 00:20:53,760 --> 00:20:57,560 But when you you're up 30 and with 5 minutes to go in the 441 00:20:57,560 --> 00:21:01,400 game, you challenge a call that is all gamesmanship. 442 00:21:01,400 --> 00:21:03,720 That is all. Danny Hurley getting out the big 443 00:21:03,720 --> 00:21:07,760 needle and sticking it and not liking the fact that until last 444 00:21:07,760 --> 00:21:12,480 night Rick Pitino and St. John's absolutely owned EU Conn 445 00:21:12,480 --> 00:21:13,880 Huskies. Now that's over. 446 00:21:14,120 --> 00:21:16,800 Now, it doesn't mean that if they meet up in the tournament 447 00:21:16,800 --> 00:21:19,000 in the Big East that I don't think St. 448 00:21:19,000 --> 00:21:20,320 John's can win. I do. 449 00:21:20,840 --> 00:21:24,480 I also didn't think that St. John's was was absolutely better 450 00:21:24,480 --> 00:21:26,960 than UConn, even though they beat UConn at the Garden. 451 00:21:27,360 --> 00:21:30,720 Now you prefer more like a 5 or 6 point loss. 452 00:21:30,720 --> 00:21:33,400 OK, You know, take it off the chin a little bit. 453 00:21:33,640 --> 00:21:35,400 You knew that Hurley would have them wired. 454 00:21:35,400 --> 00:21:38,440 The place was folded at the mouth from the opening. 455 00:21:38,480 --> 00:21:41,760 From the opening introductions, that place was on fire. 456 00:21:42,040 --> 00:21:43,600 Real. That was a tough venue to play 457 00:21:43,600 --> 00:21:45,560 in. I was just really take it and 458 00:21:45,560 --> 00:21:47,120 you prefer to lose by a couple of points. 459 00:21:47,160 --> 00:21:50,160 Optically it looks better. Metrically, it probably measures 460 00:21:50,160 --> 00:21:52,200 out a bit better, but as long as St. 461 00:21:52,200 --> 00:21:55,920 John's wins the rest of these games, it's not going to really 462 00:21:55,920 --> 00:21:59,280 matter outside of perception, which doesn't mean that much 463 00:21:59,280 --> 00:22:01,040 when you get to the NCAA Tournament. 464 00:22:01,240 --> 00:22:03,680 I mean, think about it last Listen, we very well might have 465 00:22:03,680 --> 00:22:06,200 the converse this year where last year St. 466 00:22:06,200 --> 00:22:09,560 John's was a two seed. They beat Omaha, you know, one 467 00:22:09,560 --> 00:22:11,760 of these small teams, all due respect, you know, love that 468 00:22:11,760 --> 00:22:13,960 they got there. Good for them, fun for the small 469 00:22:13,960 --> 00:22:16,080 schools to get there. I mean, if you would have lost 470 00:22:16,080 --> 00:22:17,760 that game, it would have been a colossal disaster. 471 00:22:17,760 --> 00:22:19,880 So St. John's won and then they did not 472 00:22:19,880 --> 00:22:23,040 play well against Arkansas Calipari's team at all, which is 473 00:22:23,040 --> 00:22:26,960 and it's a different, you know, fiscal presentation strength and 474 00:22:26,960 --> 00:22:30,520 speed and length ratio in the SEC that it is in the Big East. 475 00:22:30,520 --> 00:22:34,080 The Big East is, you know, historically little, little more 476 00:22:34,080 --> 00:22:37,200 burly, a little tougher. And the SEC is a little 477 00:22:37,200 --> 00:22:40,000 bouncier, a little thinner, a little more explosive there. 478 00:22:40,320 --> 00:22:42,840 You know, they're more length on the wings and certainly in the 479 00:22:42,840 --> 00:22:45,680 front court. So what Rick did smartly was he 480 00:22:45,680 --> 00:22:48,240 said, all right, I got to make sure we're more battle tested 481 00:22:48,240 --> 00:22:51,400 from when we get to March. So it's it, it's not, you know, 482 00:22:51,400 --> 00:22:53,640 we don't have a disadvantage based on the matchups. 483 00:22:53,960 --> 00:22:57,600 And he learned his lesson against Arkansas last year. 484 00:22:57,840 --> 00:23:00,040 And St. John's really played poorly in 485 00:23:00,040 --> 00:23:04,440 that game. RJ Lewis was lost, was chucking 486 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:06,720 up shots, got benched. We know the story. 487 00:23:07,040 --> 00:23:11,080 And I, I say this because I, I know that the emotions are high 488 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:14,120 and last night was colossally disappointing. 489 00:23:14,160 --> 00:23:16,720 I'm not going to lie to you like that's the last thing that I 490 00:23:16,720 --> 00:23:19,400 expected. If you would have told me, Hey, 491 00:23:19,600 --> 00:23:24,480 everything, if you could liquidize everything in like the 492 00:23:24,480 --> 00:23:29,840 house, the four O 1K, the stocks, the the the kids college 493 00:23:29,840 --> 00:23:32,480 funds, right, Well, I would have left that alone, God forbid, but 494 00:23:32,760 --> 00:23:36,200 everything that I can leverage financially and I was able. 495 00:23:36,240 --> 00:23:39,080 And I say this kind of because I would never do this, but I if I 496 00:23:39,160 --> 00:23:42,120 if I had to, I, I know which choice I would take if I could 497 00:23:42,120 --> 00:23:45,720 take every penny that I have right and there was a bed 498 00:23:45,720 --> 00:23:47,040 available before the game last night. 499 00:23:47,040 --> 00:23:50,680 Hey BT everything that you have put it on the table, you know 500 00:23:50,680 --> 00:23:55,640 straight up -110 with no, no crazy juice dot -110 and you can 501 00:23:55,640 --> 00:23:58,880 bet yes or no that St. John's will score 40 points or, 502 00:23:58,880 --> 00:24:00,960 or or more. I know what I'm doing. 503 00:24:01,000 --> 00:24:03,000 Or you can bet yes or no that St. 504 00:24:03,000 --> 00:24:05,880 John's will go almost 18 minutes without a field goal. 505 00:24:05,920 --> 00:24:07,800 Here, take all my money, I know what I'm doing. 506 00:24:08,040 --> 00:24:10,720 Or St. John's will score a grand total, 507 00:24:10,960 --> 00:24:13,880 make a grand total of 2 field goals in the second here. 508 00:24:13,960 --> 00:24:15,080 Let's go. Let's bet. 509 00:24:15,640 --> 00:24:18,000 I mean, it's just one of those wacky occurrences, man. 510 00:24:18,440 --> 00:24:22,560 Now, it doesn't mean that the matchups that like that's maybe 511 00:24:22,560 --> 00:24:26,360 that's a bit of a foreshadow for a Big East tournament matchup 512 00:24:26,360 --> 00:24:28,800 that all right, you could extrapolate a little bit more 513 00:24:28,800 --> 00:24:31,600 from last night than the first game and say, hey, maybe the 514 00:24:31,600 --> 00:24:33,400 Huskies are better. And by the way, the Huskies very 515 00:24:33,400 --> 00:24:36,080 well might be better. They've got multiple pros on 516 00:24:36,080 --> 00:24:37,800 that team. Caravan's going to be a pro. 517 00:24:38,000 --> 00:24:41,280 Their big is going to be a crow, a pro who knows what Mullins, 518 00:24:41,400 --> 00:24:44,200 you know, turns into with, you know, a year or two in the 519 00:24:44,200 --> 00:24:46,440 weight room with that stroke. I mean, kid could shoot the heck 520 00:24:46,440 --> 00:24:48,880 out of it. They're they're they're good. 521 00:24:49,240 --> 00:24:52,760 And by the way, Danny Hurley's a multiple time and NCAA champion. 522 00:24:53,000 --> 00:24:55,760 So they didn't just lose, no disrespect to Wagner. 523 00:24:56,240 --> 00:25:00,160 They didn't just lose to Marist. They lost to UConn at UConn. 524 00:25:00,480 --> 00:25:05,680 But God, that was alarmingly gross. 525 00:25:06,040 --> 00:25:09,520 Gross. So it really comes down to a 526 00:25:09,520 --> 00:25:13,920 couple of things here and independent. 527 00:25:13,920 --> 00:25:16,480 Now you can either believe this or not, I really, it doesn't 528 00:25:16,480 --> 00:25:19,320 matter. Independent of my affiliation, 529 00:25:19,320 --> 00:25:21,760 my long standing affiliation with the university and 530 00:25:21,760 --> 00:25:24,040 everybody wants, everybody knows I want to see St. 531 00:25:24,040 --> 00:25:27,680 John's do well. Obviously independent of that, I 532 00:25:27,680 --> 00:25:30,200 could flush that down the chute because I'm looking at the 533 00:25:30,200 --> 00:25:32,920 camera and saying that that was the worst St. 534 00:25:32,920 --> 00:25:35,760 John's game that I've ever seen. So I'm not pulling any punches 535 00:25:35,760 --> 00:25:38,320 there. It was absolutely hideous. 536 00:25:38,840 --> 00:25:41,320 But now once you get past that, because that's pretty basic 537 00:25:41,320 --> 00:25:44,120 stuff based on the numbers I just gave you, the real 538 00:25:44,120 --> 00:25:47,840 questions are this. Do you trust the character of 539 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:50,600 this team? And my answer is yes, because I 540 00:25:50,600 --> 00:25:53,080 will go to the end of the earth believing that I might 541 00:25:53,080 --> 00:25:56,480 ultimately be proven wrong. But I will take that leap of 542 00:25:56,480 --> 00:26:02,840 faith in the character of Zubi Ejafour and Dylan Mitchell and 543 00:26:02,920 --> 00:26:07,080 Bryce Hopkins and Ziah Sellers and all those players. 544 00:26:07,080 --> 00:26:11,880 Now, you know, I will say this one play when I talk about the 545 00:26:11,880 --> 00:26:14,760 pros, even though, as Rick has said, they are pros because 546 00:26:14,760 --> 00:26:17,920 they're getting paid, I'm still going to differentiate between 547 00:26:18,200 --> 00:26:21,920 talking about The Jets losing 30 to 3 on a Monday or the 548 00:26:21,920 --> 00:26:25,560 immediate reaction after a game versus college students. 549 00:26:25,560 --> 00:26:28,000 Even though they get paid. I'm going to parse it a little 550 00:26:28,000 --> 00:26:30,200 differently and I'm going to present it a little bit 551 00:26:30,200 --> 00:26:33,120 differently, but I still have to keep it real, all right. 552 00:26:34,080 --> 00:26:38,160 And the the profound disappointment that I have with 553 00:26:38,160 --> 00:26:42,600 Ian Jackson this year is is almost impossible to describe. 554 00:26:43,160 --> 00:26:45,520 You know, he is so careless with the ball. 555 00:26:45,520 --> 00:26:48,120 It's ridiculous. And there's a reason why Rick 556 00:26:48,120 --> 00:26:50,520 Pitino doesn't trust him. Now, Rick's not going to come 557 00:26:50,520 --> 00:26:52,280 out and say I don't trust Ian Jackson. 558 00:26:52,560 --> 00:26:55,360 But if you look at the majority of these games, certainly the 559 00:26:55,360 --> 00:26:57,640 last 10 or so, maybe a little bit less than that. 560 00:26:57,640 --> 00:27:01,080 But seven or eight, maybe 9, where Dylan Darling, who also 561 00:27:01,080 --> 00:27:03,280 would everybody played poorly last night, including him. 562 00:27:04,040 --> 00:27:07,520 Where Dylan Darling has gotten the lion's share of the minutes 563 00:27:07,520 --> 00:27:11,200 late and asserted himself and made big shots and been on the 564 00:27:11,200 --> 00:27:13,960 court in in in clutch moments. Whether it's seat in the hole 565 00:27:13,960 --> 00:27:16,840 with the steal, you know, when he picks somebody's pocket, made 566 00:27:16,840 --> 00:27:19,720 a layup, whether it's banging a big triple out of Xavier, 567 00:27:19,880 --> 00:27:23,400 whether it's, you know, obviously making big plays. 568 00:27:23,400 --> 00:27:27,320 And the Big Bells award was named after him up in Providence 569 00:27:27,320 --> 00:27:29,440 after the scuffle when when Bryce Hopkins got fouled. 570 00:27:29,440 --> 00:27:32,640 And it was basically a fight. Like Dylan Darling is is the 571 00:27:32,640 --> 00:27:35,680 point guard of of this team. And Sellers can run a little bit 572 00:27:35,680 --> 00:27:36,920 and Jackson's going to get some minutes. 573 00:27:36,920 --> 00:27:39,840 But he's just so. And that's not why they lost 574 00:27:39,840 --> 00:27:41,480 last night. But this is a bigger picture 575 00:27:41,840 --> 00:27:44,200 discussion. I just expected a whole heck of 576 00:27:44,200 --> 00:27:46,680 a lot more from this young man coming from Carolina. 577 00:27:46,680 --> 00:27:49,560 I think he was a 38th recruit in the country. 578 00:27:49,800 --> 00:27:52,640 I know we got big money to go to Saint John's, big expectations. 579 00:27:52,640 --> 00:27:54,680 Just hasn't gotten it done. He just hasn't. 580 00:27:55,280 --> 00:28:01,080 And while Bryce Hopkins was kind of little bit less than early in 581 00:28:01,080 --> 00:28:05,480 the year and now he is, you know, rediscovered his game and 582 00:28:05,480 --> 00:28:07,880 and really a last night aside and played very well. 583 00:28:08,280 --> 00:28:13,760 Ian Jackson just really hasn't had a continuous run of really 584 00:28:13,960 --> 00:28:17,520 good explosive basketball. Like when Saint Johns and I saw 585 00:28:17,520 --> 00:28:20,880 him play at North Carolina a couple times and a local kid so 586 00:28:20,880 --> 00:28:24,320 familiar with them and I thought really St. 587 00:28:24,320 --> 00:28:26,960 John's was getting a future pro, that that's what I thought they 588 00:28:26,960 --> 00:28:28,880 were getting. He just hasn't delivered the way 589 00:28:28,880 --> 00:28:31,560 we thought that he would. Doesn't mean he can't perk up at 590 00:28:31,560 --> 00:28:33,560 some point. That's been a disappointment. 591 00:28:33,760 --> 00:28:37,480 Last night was astoundingly bad and and now is that unfortunate? 592 00:28:37,480 --> 00:28:39,600 I really do have to wrap this up quick, quick today, man. 593 00:28:39,600 --> 00:28:41,080 I can keep going, but I just can't. 594 00:28:42,800 --> 00:28:46,440 So they were basically thought to be a five seed before last 595 00:28:46,440 --> 00:28:47,640 night. Build it up. 596 00:28:47,640 --> 00:28:49,000 Let's get this up on the board as well. 597 00:28:49,000 --> 00:28:50,480 Give me the standings first if you can. 598 00:28:50,720 --> 00:28:52,040 Let's get a look at the standings here. 599 00:28:52,240 --> 00:28:54,840 Look at that. Kind of nice that that unleashed 600 00:28:54,840 --> 00:28:56,680 logo looks good there. Who made that? 601 00:28:56,720 --> 00:28:59,400 I did All right. So obviously UConn and St. 602 00:28:59,400 --> 00:29:01,480 John's, the top building over third Saturday. 603 00:29:01,760 --> 00:29:04,440 Seton Hall, scrappy, tough, but not tournament worthy at this 604 00:29:04,440 --> 00:29:06,680 point. Nobody else even really worthy 605 00:29:06,680 --> 00:29:09,480 of Speaking of. It's a very down year, which is 606 00:29:09,480 --> 00:29:12,160 part of the reason why despite winning thirteen straight games, 607 00:29:12,400 --> 00:29:13,960 St. John's really never jumped 608 00:29:13,960 --> 00:29:17,800 higher than 15 or higher than 23 in the NET rankings because the 609 00:29:17,800 --> 00:29:21,360 math wasn't there. The Big East stinks this year 610 00:29:21,600 --> 00:29:23,880 based on how we usually evaluate the Big East. 611 00:29:23,880 --> 00:29:27,200 OK, so it's a two team race for the top and it's 3 teams in the 612 00:29:27,200 --> 00:29:29,400 go dancing. And now we get a look at the 613 00:29:29,520 --> 00:29:32,520 remaining schedule for St. John's and I'll tell you what 614 00:29:32,520 --> 00:29:35,040 could happen if things go very well. 615 00:29:35,760 --> 00:29:36,800 Let's get that schedule up there. 616 00:29:36,800 --> 00:29:39,000 J Rob, please, the schedule for St. 617 00:29:39,000 --> 00:29:39,600 John's. Thank you. 618 00:29:39,760 --> 00:29:41,600 Oh, nice red background. Look at that, Poppin. 619 00:29:41,800 --> 00:29:44,760 Very good. There were five seed. 620 00:29:45,000 --> 00:29:49,800 Let's say Saint John's goes 3 and O and they get to the if 621 00:29:49,800 --> 00:29:52,080 they go 3 and O, they'll they'll be in the conference sheet. 622 00:29:52,080 --> 00:29:54,600 They'll they'll be the one of the two seed, right Or they know 623 00:29:54,600 --> 00:29:56,400 they'd be the one seed based on the tiebreaker. 624 00:29:56,400 --> 00:29:59,320 So you'd have to think that they would get at least to the Big 625 00:29:59,320 --> 00:30:01,320 East to Saturday for the championship. 626 00:30:01,600 --> 00:30:04,680 Let's say they go 3 and O and they lose to U Conn in the 627 00:30:04,680 --> 00:30:07,720 championship. Well, you know, I think based on 628 00:30:07,720 --> 00:30:11,840 last night, they should drop definitely to a six seed and I 629 00:30:11,840 --> 00:30:14,800 think there'll be some people who have him in that 710 630 00:30:14,800 --> 00:30:16,760 matchup. And I understand that. 631 00:30:16,760 --> 00:30:20,560 I I do, you know, because if you were five and not even the top 632 00:30:20,560 --> 00:30:23,640 five seed, but middle to the, you know, and some spots of six 633 00:30:23,640 --> 00:30:25,720 seed, you're going to drop. You have to. 634 00:30:26,000 --> 00:30:29,640 So if they go 3 and O and they do what I said that they would, 635 00:30:29,640 --> 00:30:32,320 they if they do do this and they lose to the Huskies in the 636 00:30:32,320 --> 00:30:35,840 championship, they might have a chance and U Conn doesn't lose a 637 00:30:35,840 --> 00:30:39,240 game the rest of the way. They will have a chance to maybe 638 00:30:39,240 --> 00:30:41,840 get back to that five seat. I think A4 seat is off the 639 00:30:41,840 --> 00:30:45,080 table. I do now if they lose to 640 00:30:45,080 --> 00:30:48,080 Villanova, now you're talking about a dip. 641 00:30:48,080 --> 00:30:50,720 Now you start to talk about the 8-9 game beginning to come into 642 00:30:50,720 --> 00:30:53,360 play. I think that's on the table. 643 00:30:53,400 --> 00:30:57,400 I mean, it would take a ridiculous, colossal, epic 644 00:30:57,400 --> 00:31:00,400 proportion meltdown to lose to Georgetown, who's just terrible. 645 00:31:00,400 --> 00:31:02,840 So they'll win that game. And listen, Seton Hall is going 646 00:31:02,840 --> 00:31:05,040 to be a tough game. Holloway's boys are scrappy. 647 00:31:05,160 --> 00:31:07,760 I've got a lot of respect for Shaheen and I know Rick Pitino 648 00:31:07,760 --> 00:31:11,680 does as well. So I listen, I think, I think 649 00:31:11,680 --> 00:31:15,240 they'll go 3 and O if they beat Villanova, they will. 650 00:31:15,920 --> 00:31:19,040 If they lose to Villanova, you know, now things change a lot. 651 00:31:19,080 --> 00:31:22,920 I would just say this before I go understand that, you know, 652 00:31:22,920 --> 00:31:27,520 last night was one game and just like if you win by 40, it 653 00:31:27,520 --> 00:31:29,440 doesn't necessarily ensure that you're going to win the next 654 00:31:29,440 --> 00:31:31,080 game. It's about preparation, it's 655 00:31:31,080 --> 00:31:34,000 about character, it's about heart, it's about depth, it's 656 00:31:34,000 --> 00:31:35,400 about talent. Now, St. 657 00:31:35,400 --> 00:31:38,960 John's has all of those things they've got, and I've documented 658 00:31:38,960 --> 00:31:40,120 this many times. Not doing it now. 659 00:31:40,120 --> 00:31:42,800 I don't have time. They've got to me the greatest 660 00:31:42,800 --> 00:31:44,480 coach in the history of college basketball. 661 00:31:44,760 --> 00:31:47,560 I know that Wooden's there and coach K all due respect to them, 662 00:31:47,600 --> 00:31:50,080 they're amazing. But the reason quickly why I 663 00:31:50,080 --> 00:31:52,960 think it's Rick is because Rick has shown great adaptability. 664 00:31:53,240 --> 00:31:57,920 You know, Wooden, no transfer portal, you know, no NIL coach 665 00:31:57,920 --> 00:32:00,480 K1 spot. The ability to just go 666 00:32:00,480 --> 00:32:03,760 somewhere, elevate to an incredibly high level speaks to 667 00:32:03,840 --> 00:32:08,200 an incredibly transferable, transcendent coaching acumen and 668 00:32:08,200 --> 00:32:10,240 talent that Rick Pitino has shown. 669 00:32:10,240 --> 00:32:12,760 So I for my money, and I was saying this before Rick came St. 670 00:32:12,760 --> 00:32:15,800 John's, I remember talking about this with Tiki when we had Rick 671 00:32:15,800 --> 00:32:18,600 on when he was wrote his book and he was basically shipped out 672 00:32:18,600 --> 00:32:20,000 to Greece because nobody wanted him. 673 00:32:20,000 --> 00:32:22,640 I've thought about, I've thought about Rick this way for a long 674 00:32:22,640 --> 00:32:25,080 time. So there's no doubt, although I 675 00:32:25,080 --> 00:32:28,200 would not want to be a St. John's player today or tomorrow, 676 00:32:28,400 --> 00:32:30,200 they are going to be, well maybe not tomorrow because the game 677 00:32:30,200 --> 00:32:33,680 Saturday, he is going to run them into the ground today. 678 00:32:33,880 --> 00:32:36,640 It's going to be uncomfortable and it should be because St. 679 00:32:36,640 --> 00:32:39,720 John's did not show up. They didn't just lose, they 680 00:32:39,720 --> 00:32:42,280 didn't show up. And that's confounding and 681 00:32:42,280 --> 00:32:44,680 that's unacceptable. And that's up to the coach to 682 00:32:44,680 --> 00:32:46,280 fix. And I believe that he will. 683 00:32:46,480 --> 00:32:49,840 And once the coach sets the tone and the message trickles into 684 00:32:49,840 --> 00:32:52,800 the players, now it's up to the young men in that locker room, 685 00:32:52,800 --> 00:32:56,440 starting with Zubi, who I also have incredible faith in based 686 00:32:56,440 --> 00:32:59,600 on his character and his talent to get this thing right. 687 00:32:59,800 --> 00:33:04,760 So an awful performance, an incredibly confounding 688 00:33:04,760 --> 00:33:10,760 performance and a a very jarring loss that has many of you 689 00:33:11,320 --> 00:33:14,600 rethinking what they could be. But just remember last year, two 690 00:33:14,600 --> 00:33:16,880 seed lot of us are thinking final four. 691 00:33:17,080 --> 00:33:20,040 They lost the Arkansas bang didn't even make the Sweet 16. 692 00:33:20,280 --> 00:33:21,760 Maybe it's a different script this year. 693 00:33:21,960 --> 00:33:24,840 I remember saying before the year started like there's no way 694 00:33:24,840 --> 00:33:26,320 St. John's is going 31 and five 695 00:33:26,320 --> 00:33:28,200 again this year. They're just not and they're and 696 00:33:28,200 --> 00:33:29,440 they're not. They already have 6 losses and 697 00:33:29,440 --> 00:33:31,520 they're probably not going to get to 31 wins unless they were 698 00:33:31,520 --> 00:33:33,920 to like, you know, get to the Elite 8, whatever it might be, 699 00:33:34,040 --> 00:33:36,960 which they could, but they won't have 5 losses is my point. 700 00:33:37,280 --> 00:33:41,600 And you know, I know that this is corny and almost contrived, 701 00:33:42,000 --> 00:33:44,120 but it really doesn't matter where you start. 702 00:33:44,120 --> 00:33:47,240 It's what you what you look like, what it's really time to 703 00:33:47,240 --> 00:33:49,800 go. And now it's a different level 704 00:33:49,800 --> 00:33:52,760 of time to go. You got to go Saturday night 705 00:33:52,760 --> 00:33:55,600 against Villanova. You got to just suffocate them 706 00:33:55,600 --> 00:33:58,480 and snatch their soul and they are not going to lay down. 707 00:33:58,480 --> 00:34:01,000 Willow's a hell of a coach and they got some boulders who are 708 00:34:01,000 --> 00:34:04,320 tough matchups for Saint John's. So as long as Saint John's is 709 00:34:04,320 --> 00:34:07,880 dialed in emotionally, which I know they will be, dialed in 710 00:34:07,880 --> 00:34:11,159 schematically, which I know they will be, and they just play 711 00:34:11,159 --> 00:34:13,800 better, which I believe they will, St. 712 00:34:13,800 --> 00:34:16,840 John's will be fine. Better than fine. 713 00:34:16,960 --> 00:34:20,080 But wow, last night, Wolf, I'm good. 714 00:34:20,360 --> 00:34:22,120 Hopefully Rick's in a good mood when I get there. 715 00:34:22,360 --> 00:34:24,199 Oh man. All right, got to get rolling 716 00:34:24,199 --> 00:34:26,600 here one more time. Get it up on the screen. 717 00:34:26,600 --> 00:34:29,159 The breaking news. BT and Sal live 2 point O. 718 00:34:29,360 --> 00:34:31,600 Let's see that corny. Look at those two guys. 719 00:34:31,840 --> 00:34:34,400 Look at those two meatheads. Those two want to be tough guys. 720 00:34:34,520 --> 00:34:37,520 Look at those two idiots. Hey, listen, place to get a sell 721 00:34:37,520 --> 00:34:38,800 out. I can promise you that just like 722 00:34:38,800 --> 00:34:42,120 the last one did. You have demanded a BT and Sal 723 00:34:42,120 --> 00:34:44,800 live 2 point O. It's coming April 2nd. 724 00:34:44,800 --> 00:34:47,199 We'll have a couple of Yankee met games in the bag. 725 00:34:47,239 --> 00:34:49,320 So you know, me and Sal will be able to get after it in that 726 00:34:49,320 --> 00:34:51,560 regard. I'll know today, hopefully about 727 00:34:51,560 --> 00:34:53,880 the special guest. If it comes to fruition. 728 00:34:54,120 --> 00:34:56,320 It's going to blow your mind, trust me. 729 00:34:56,639 --> 00:35:00,200 Either way, me and Sal up on a stage, drinking your hand. 730 00:35:00,200 --> 00:35:02,200 Drinking our hands as well. No rules. 731 00:35:02,200 --> 00:35:04,120 Do whatever we want. It's going to be a night to 732 00:35:04,120 --> 00:35:05,400 remember. Cannot wait. 733 00:35:05,400 --> 00:35:08,360 So that is official. I'll get out the link for the 734 00:35:08,360 --> 00:35:10,160 tickets. Make sure you guys go out there 735 00:35:10,360 --> 00:35:13,280 and represent because you were clamoring not only for the 736 00:35:13,280 --> 00:35:16,120 second show, for another live show, but Long Island. 737 00:35:16,320 --> 00:35:17,400 Hey, come out east. Come. 738 00:35:17,400 --> 00:35:20,600 Hey, it's Sal's hometown. I know if it was in Brooklyn 739 00:35:20,600 --> 00:35:24,000 that I would sell it out. All right, Sal, your Long Island 740 00:35:24,000 --> 00:35:26,480 people better show up, buddy. You're from Long Island, 741 00:35:26,480 --> 00:35:29,360 Ronkonkoma, right? And I got roots out there as 742 00:35:29,360 --> 00:35:31,720 well, having played a lot of baseball out there. 743 00:35:31,720 --> 00:35:34,840 As I told you, you know, Mitchell Field, Eisenhower Park, 744 00:35:34,840 --> 00:35:38,160 all the golf courses, you know, God, I must have left a million 745 00:35:38,160 --> 00:35:41,200 golf balls out there out east. So the plan is to have an 746 00:35:41,200 --> 00:35:43,480 amazing night and that is now official. 747 00:35:43,480 --> 00:35:45,640 So I got to run up, I got to take a quick shower. 748 00:35:45,640 --> 00:35:48,440 I got a suit up, got to get out to Saint John's, record the Red 749 00:35:48,440 --> 00:35:51,520 Storm report with The Jets trade. 750 00:35:51,640 --> 00:35:52,920 I like it. I get it. 751 00:35:52,920 --> 00:35:55,000 I understand it. I believe in Muji. 752 00:35:55,200 --> 00:35:56,760 Have an awesome rest of your day. 753 00:35:56,760 --> 00:35:58,720 Hey, I know it's short. I know you guys wanted more. 754 00:35:58,720 --> 00:36:00,960 I apologize. I really do have to bounce like 755 00:36:00,960 --> 00:36:02,520 it. Subscribe it, get that traction 756 00:36:02,520 --> 00:36:05,160 going, get the comments going. J Rod, I couldn't even really 757 00:36:05,160 --> 00:36:06,920 pull you in today, but let's see. 758 00:36:07,160 --> 00:36:08,600 I can't have a show without J Rod's face. 759 00:36:08,600 --> 00:36:10,000 Where's J Rod's? Where's the mug? 760 00:36:10,000 --> 00:36:10,840 There he is. Look at him. 761 00:36:11,000 --> 00:36:12,280 Look at J. What's up, Dustin? 762 00:36:13,720 --> 00:36:17,400 Chill, chill J, Rod and hizzy. How's it going I? 763 00:36:17,440 --> 00:36:18,840 Know you're juiced. About the show, you were telling 764 00:36:18,840 --> 00:36:20,400 me your parents are going to come out to that, right? 765 00:36:20,680 --> 00:36:22,920 Yes, Sir, Dude. Very excited. 766 00:36:23,160 --> 00:36:24,960 You know everyone's going to meet. 767 00:36:24,960 --> 00:36:27,200 I mean, I don't even know if I've ever met you in person 768 00:36:27,200 --> 00:36:28,440 before. You have not. 769 00:36:28,760 --> 00:36:30,280 I yeah, I really. Don't think so. 770 00:36:30,280 --> 00:36:31,360 So. Well, listen, you know we're 771 00:36:31,360 --> 00:36:32,520 going to. Pull you up on stage too, 772 00:36:32,560 --> 00:36:34,680 Hopefully Bada Booms is there. Yeah, that would be. 773 00:36:34,680 --> 00:36:35,840 So much fun. What if? 774 00:36:35,840 --> 00:36:37,760 What if I build? The steel cage and you and Bada 775 00:36:37,760 --> 00:36:39,040 booms start swinging on it. I don't. 776 00:36:39,040 --> 00:36:40,400 You don't look like much of A fighter though. 777 00:36:40,640 --> 00:36:41,720 I don't, Yeah. I can't. 778 00:36:41,720 --> 00:36:43,640 I think I'm more of like a Gandhi type. 779 00:36:46,600 --> 00:36:48,280 We need some more world, but you know what? 780 00:36:48,480 --> 00:36:52,400 Maybe him and I, we could do a WWE reenactment. 781 00:36:52,880 --> 00:36:54,400 I don't know. Who knows? 782 00:36:54,520 --> 00:36:56,760 We'll figure it out. Man, listen, it's all good not 783 00:36:56,760 --> 00:36:59,600 to cut you off. Let me roll like and subscribe. 784 00:36:59,600 --> 00:37:02,680 Do you think that salute to J Rod as well, BT unleashed fam. 785 00:37:02,680 --> 00:37:04,720 I appreciate you guys. I appreciate you understanding 786 00:37:04,720 --> 00:37:08,000 that I got to go out to St. John's now back tomorrow with 10 787 00:37:08,000 --> 00:37:11,360 also tomorrow and it's up there just going, you know, search 788 00:37:11,400 --> 00:37:16,920 through the YouTube channel my all time Mets lineup post 1980. 789 00:37:17,000 --> 00:37:19,440 All right, I saw bench getting a couple knocks yesterday out 790 00:37:19,440 --> 00:37:20,640 there in right field for the Mets ease. 791 00:37:20,840 --> 00:37:24,360 So I will drop that tomorrow. So almost baseball season got a 792 00:37:24,360 --> 00:37:26,520 roll. 10 AM tomorrow. Peace.