1 00:00:01,120 --> 00:00:02,920 What's up, everybody? We're back. 2 00:00:03,520 --> 00:00:06,040 I think this thing's working. What's up, everybody? 3 00:00:06,040 --> 00:00:08,880 BT Unleashed, how are you? I think we're good. 4 00:00:08,920 --> 00:00:12,440 I think we're straight. If my associate producer in the 5 00:00:12,440 --> 00:00:14,960 other room, otherwise known as my wife, if I can get a quick 6 00:00:14,960 --> 00:00:17,760 thumbs up, if she could just let me know if this thing is going 7 00:00:17,760 --> 00:00:19,200 before I start launching into it. 8 00:00:19,480 --> 00:00:21,840 I believe that we should be back up on YouTube. 9 00:00:21,840 --> 00:00:23,000 What an ordeal. Oh my God. 10 00:00:23,000 --> 00:00:27,880 But thank God that has seemingly been rectified if she could take 11 00:00:27,880 --> 00:00:29,080 the cue and let me know what's going on. 12 00:00:29,080 --> 00:00:30,960 We good. I think we're good baby right, 13 00:00:30,960 --> 00:00:34,520 we're good all right, so I want to get into a couple of things 14 00:00:34,520 --> 00:00:35,760 here. Obviously a little something on 15 00:00:35,760 --> 00:00:38,400 Tomblin and I want to present something to you that I think is 16 00:00:38,400 --> 00:00:40,360 going to be very I think it's going to be very interesting. 17 00:00:40,640 --> 00:00:42,600 I think that you guys are going to like this and by the way, 18 00:00:42,600 --> 00:00:45,360 before now I get the thumbs up before I've been launched into 19 00:00:45,360 --> 00:00:51,440 that 30 seconds late as always, the the the ordeal with YouTube. 20 00:00:51,480 --> 00:00:53,520 I couldn't control it. They've got to go through their 21 00:00:53,520 --> 00:00:56,120 stuff. I get it, you know, no harm, no 22 00:00:56,120 --> 00:00:59,320 foul, but wanted to thank you guys for rolling with me and 23 00:00:59,320 --> 00:01:01,360 we're still on X right now. So if you don't have YouTube, 24 00:01:01,560 --> 00:01:04,920 you can watch it on X, but you know, the the navigation of this 25 00:01:04,920 --> 00:01:07,920 first to get it up and to learn all the stuff that I've talked 26 00:01:07,920 --> 00:01:11,360 about having to learn while my son went back to school. 27 00:01:11,360 --> 00:01:13,440 It's been a little bit daunting. And then every day you kind of 28 00:01:13,440 --> 00:01:16,840 check, I mean, really almost every hour I've been checking, 29 00:01:16,840 --> 00:01:18,320 you know, I go in, is it up? Is it up? 30 00:01:18,320 --> 00:01:20,120 Is it up? And though finally I woke up 31 00:01:20,120 --> 00:01:22,240 today, I took the kids to school. 32 00:01:22,240 --> 00:01:25,040 I don't know, maybe because I did that and I did a nice thing 33 00:01:25,040 --> 00:01:26,920 in the morning. I was rewarded with the little 34 00:01:26,920 --> 00:01:29,280 karma and everything got fired back up. 35 00:01:29,320 --> 00:01:31,520 And I cannot tell you how excited I am. 36 00:01:31,600 --> 00:01:35,040 Thank God, thank God that that's absolutely done. 37 00:01:35,040 --> 00:01:39,880 So the the game last night, I mean, I'm I'm not going to 38 00:01:40,000 --> 00:01:41,600 really go through the mechanics of the game. 39 00:01:41,600 --> 00:01:45,280 Why why would I? It was absolutely gross. 36 the 40 00:01:45,280 --> 00:01:48,520 final and this will tie into, believe it or not, this will tie 41 00:01:48,520 --> 00:01:51,000 into horribaugh. I'm going to weave it into Aaron 42 00:01:51,000 --> 00:01:53,240 Boone, horribaugh, McCarthy, Tomlin. 43 00:01:53,440 --> 00:01:54,720 I think you guys are like this thing. 44 00:01:54,720 --> 00:01:57,040 They're getting some Bellinger stuff and a little bit of Tucker 45 00:01:57,040 --> 00:02:00,360 stuff as well. So the the Steelers get 46 00:02:00,360 --> 00:02:02,840 absolutely waxed now. CJ Stroud played just a little 47 00:02:02,840 --> 00:02:05,600 bit better and then put the ball on the turf basically every 48 00:02:05,600 --> 00:02:09,240 other, every other series they could have lost $0.52. 49 00:02:09,240 --> 00:02:12,800 So when you think about the perception of certain people in 50 00:02:12,800 --> 00:02:16,920 our sport and even 1 gentleman in our city and you measure it 51 00:02:16,920 --> 00:02:20,200 against the reality of of maybe really who they are more so than 52 00:02:20,400 --> 00:02:24,520 maybe some of you want to identify or are capable of 53 00:02:24,520 --> 00:02:26,800 identifying whatever it is, think about this guy. 54 00:02:26,800 --> 00:02:30,400 So Mike Tomlin and the Steeler, well first the Steelers, right? 55 00:02:30,840 --> 00:02:34,320 The Steelers organization has always been and and rightfully 56 00:02:34,320 --> 00:02:38,320 so. Position is 1 of consistency and 57 00:02:38,320 --> 00:02:41,680 and great great continuity. Not a lot of turnover. 58 00:02:41,680 --> 00:02:43,840 We know about the three coaches blah blah blah. 59 00:02:44,120 --> 00:02:49,760 The Rooney family icons, great people, great ownership and see 60 00:02:49,800 --> 00:02:52,720 that situation to me has obviously expired. 61 00:02:52,720 --> 00:02:54,960 Like if I'm the Steelers, I'm moving on from my time, but I 62 00:02:54,960 --> 00:02:57,240 know it's different than the horrible stuff with the 63 00:02:57,240 --> 00:02:59,360 contract. It's a little more complex, 64 00:02:59,360 --> 00:03:01,160 which I'll revisit revisit in a minute. 65 00:03:01,480 --> 00:03:06,640 But see, to me, the Steelers are unfairly getting points for 66 00:03:06,640 --> 00:03:11,040 being consistent and, and, and not overhauling things. 67 00:03:11,040 --> 00:03:12,800 And I don't think that that's with Merritt anymore. 68 00:03:13,040 --> 00:03:14,880 To me, it's coming across as lazy. 69 00:03:15,160 --> 00:03:18,320 So the perception of the Steelers is one thing, right? 70 00:03:18,600 --> 00:03:21,360 And now you juxtapose that with the New York Yankees. 71 00:03:21,600 --> 00:03:23,840 Now, the Yankees haven't won since 2009. 72 00:03:24,080 --> 00:03:27,160 Obviously, the Steelers won very early in Mike Tomlin's reign 73 00:03:27,200 --> 00:03:30,600 with Ben Roth, with Big Ben. But since then, we know what's 74 00:03:30,600 --> 00:03:32,320 happened. They've lost four straight 75 00:03:32,320 --> 00:03:35,240 playoff games at at home. They haven't won a playoff game 76 00:03:35,400 --> 00:03:39,680 in 10 years. And Mike Tomlin, who I really 77 00:03:39,680 --> 00:03:41,200 like, and I think he's a very good coach. 78 00:03:41,200 --> 00:03:43,560 I don't think he's great. I I think he's good. 79 00:03:43,840 --> 00:03:45,960 But the way people talk about Mike Tomlin, you would think 80 00:03:45,960 --> 00:03:48,400 that he's Vince Lombardi. And the way people talk about 81 00:03:48,400 --> 00:03:51,440 Aaron Boone, you would think that he stumped Merrill down the 82 00:03:51,440 --> 00:03:54,040 screen or Bucky Dent as the Yankee manager. 83 00:03:54,040 --> 00:03:58,000 And that's what I mean with the perception and the reality, 84 00:03:58,000 --> 00:04:01,280 right? So Mike Tomlin, 19 years. 85 00:04:01,520 --> 00:04:05,520 So I can't tell you because I don't even know the number, but 86 00:04:05,520 --> 00:04:07,800 just trust me, it's a lot. I can't tell you how many calls 87 00:04:07,800 --> 00:04:09,360 I've taken over the years on The Fan. 88 00:04:09,640 --> 00:04:14,160 Got to get cash, got to get rid of cash, which I often times 89 00:04:14,160 --> 00:04:16,640 agree with, and then got to get rid of Boone. 90 00:04:16,640 --> 00:04:18,120 He stinks. All right, we'll think about 91 00:04:18,120 --> 00:04:20,519 this. Mike Tomlin's thought to be some 92 00:04:20,519 --> 00:04:25,280 coaching God, some savior. 19 years, won championship, hasn't 93 00:04:25,280 --> 00:04:27,680 won a playoff game since 2016, as I said, right. 94 00:04:28,120 --> 00:04:33,080 And Aaron Boone, who's been here 8 years and has a 60% regular 95 00:04:33,080 --> 00:04:35,800 season win rate, whatever. And he's ripped off a ton of big 96 00:04:35,800 --> 00:04:42,040 years. One O31999494 the COVID year he 97 00:04:42,040 --> 00:04:45,560 was on pace for 9394 wins. And even the one outlier, and 98 00:04:45,560 --> 00:04:47,360 it's an outlier. Even if you're the biggest boon 99 00:04:47,360 --> 00:04:51,800 detractor, it is clearly an outlier where in 2023 the 100 00:04:51,840 --> 00:04:54,840 Yankees went 82 and 80. And that was in large part 101 00:04:55,080 --> 00:04:58,520 because on June 3rd, the great Aaron Judge ran into a wall that 102 00:04:58,520 --> 00:05:02,240 hadn't been since, you know, Led Zeppelin started touring in the 103 00:05:02,240 --> 00:05:04,760 early 70s. He misses the rest of the year. 104 00:05:04,960 --> 00:05:06,840 And the Yankees crash out. They win. 105 00:05:06,840 --> 00:05:08,520 I think it was 82. Yeah, 82 games. 106 00:05:08,840 --> 00:05:10,920 And. And obviously that was not a 107 00:05:10,920 --> 00:05:13,320 good season, but there was context there. 108 00:05:13,400 --> 00:05:15,680 And oh, yeah. By the way, when Aaron Judge got 109 00:05:15,680 --> 00:05:19,680 hurt, the Yankees were 10 games over 500, which is almost 60%. 110 00:05:19,880 --> 00:05:26,560 So I want to know why. All right. 111 00:05:26,760 --> 00:05:29,120 Why did we just lose the visual here? 112 00:05:29,480 --> 00:05:32,440 Somebody help me out. I'm seeing a lot of tweets. 113 00:05:32,440 --> 00:05:34,800 I'm seeing a lot of stuff. I'm seeing a lot of messages. 114 00:05:35,160 --> 00:05:36,880 I suddenly don't see a visual here, and I'm. 115 00:05:36,960 --> 00:05:39,720 I'm not really sure why. OK, there we go. 116 00:05:39,720 --> 00:05:40,880 I think I may have just fixed it. 117 00:05:40,880 --> 00:05:43,440 Oh, good God Almighty. I can't take this anymore. 118 00:05:43,720 --> 00:05:46,120 I Yeah, I know, I know, I know. I got it. 119 00:05:46,120 --> 00:05:47,440 You thumbs up. Yeah, thumbs up. 120 00:05:48,120 --> 00:05:49,320 Yeah, I know. Understood. 121 00:05:49,320 --> 00:05:52,720 OK, so I guess when, I guess when somebody drops a super 122 00:05:52,720 --> 00:05:55,040 chat, which obviously I greatly appreciate. 123 00:05:55,240 --> 00:06:02,040 Now I got to navigate this and I, I guess the the video goes a 124 00:06:02,040 --> 00:06:06,640 little dark. OK, All right, So this is this 125 00:06:06,640 --> 00:06:08,800 is going to be, I'm going to, I'm going to have to really 126 00:06:08,800 --> 00:06:11,280 figure this out. I would almost say, guys, hold 127 00:06:11,280 --> 00:06:12,800 up on the Super chats for a moment. 128 00:06:12,800 --> 00:06:16,280 Please let me just get through this man Yeah, yeah. 129 00:06:16,640 --> 00:06:21,440 So anyway, MM Tomlin, right, is is thought and and I get it. 130 00:06:21,440 --> 00:06:25,280 He's thought to be, you know, this this coaching figure who no 131 00:06:25,280 --> 00:06:28,840 matter where he goes, whenever he leaves the Steelers, he's 132 00:06:28,840 --> 00:06:32,200 going to elevate that team to whatever that team aspires to be 133 00:06:32,200 --> 00:06:34,600 elevated to. Where is Aaron Boone, who has 134 00:06:34,600 --> 00:06:36,160 had basically outside of the championship? 135 00:06:36,160 --> 00:06:37,200 And I know that that's a big thing. 136 00:06:37,200 --> 00:06:39,120 I get it. It was also a long time ago for 137 00:06:39,120 --> 00:06:42,280 Mike Tomlin. Aaron Boone is positioned as a 138 00:06:42,280 --> 00:06:46,040 numbers cruncher, a guy who's along for the ride and a guy who 139 00:06:46,040 --> 00:06:48,920 really is expendable, not by all of you, but by some of you. 140 00:06:49,240 --> 00:06:52,080 And I don't see the consistency in that one bit. 141 00:06:52,120 --> 00:06:55,840 I, I really, really don't think about this guy's the last time, 142 00:06:55,840 --> 00:06:59,320 right when you want to talk about like the context of sports 143 00:06:59,360 --> 00:07:01,240 and, and really this happens in life as well. 144 00:07:01,600 --> 00:07:05,040 You ever see like, you having a conversation with one of your 145 00:07:05,040 --> 00:07:08,400 buddies and you you reference somebody that passed away and 146 00:07:08,400 --> 00:07:10,040 you're like, yeah, what was that, like 2-3 years ago? 147 00:07:10,040 --> 00:07:11,440 They're like now. It was seven years ago. 148 00:07:11,680 --> 00:07:14,600 Like time goes fast, unfortunately goes way too fast, 149 00:07:14,600 --> 00:07:19,800 right, Especially in the context of sports and when Mike Tomlin 150 00:07:20,240 --> 00:07:23,600 last made the playoffs. I want to just create a visual 151 00:07:23,600 --> 00:07:25,840 for you. All right, It was 2016. 152 00:07:25,840 --> 00:07:30,480 As I said, in 2016, Ben McAdoo was coaching the Giants. 153 00:07:30,480 --> 00:07:32,800 They went 11 and five. They lose to Green Bay. 154 00:07:32,800 --> 00:07:35,600 That's, you know, when they went on the boat that dopey whatever. 155 00:07:35,920 --> 00:07:39,760 In 2016, the Knicks were run by Phil Jackson. 156 00:07:40,080 --> 00:07:45,040 The head coach was Derek Fisher, and they won 32 games and they 157 00:07:45,040 --> 00:07:46,920 lost 50. Think about where the Knicks 158 00:07:46,920 --> 00:07:49,960 are, maybe not a championship team, but obviously a very good 159 00:07:49,960 --> 00:07:51,840 team. What about the 2016 Mets? 160 00:07:51,840 --> 00:07:55,000 Well, they won 87 games and you know what assessed, but this was 161 00:07:55,000 --> 00:07:59,120 their best player. Think about, think about all the 162 00:07:59,120 --> 00:08:02,080 stuff that's transpired since then. 163 00:08:02,600 --> 00:08:06,200 Think about that. And yet there's really no 164 00:08:06,200 --> 00:08:10,640 adjustment, no adjustment at all to the way Mike Tomlin is 165 00:08:10,640 --> 00:08:13,240 perceived. And I don't understand it. 166 00:08:13,440 --> 00:08:15,160 And it's not even just about Aaron Boot. 167 00:08:15,160 --> 00:08:17,400 I just bring Aaron into it because I think it's an 168 00:08:17,400 --> 00:08:20,360 interesting comparison. I'm not saying it's necessarily 169 00:08:20,360 --> 00:08:22,840 apples to apples. There's definitely in football 170 00:08:22,840 --> 00:08:26,280 culture matters more. You know, like, do I think that 171 00:08:26,280 --> 00:08:29,120 Mike Tomlin, if he was to come in and coach The Jets, you know 172 00:08:29,120 --> 00:08:32,280 now with which he's not, But like, do I think that The Jets 173 00:08:32,679 --> 00:08:34,320 culture would immediately strengthen? 174 00:08:34,320 --> 00:08:35,840 Sure. Where they become more 175 00:08:35,840 --> 00:08:36,880 competitive? Sure. 176 00:08:37,440 --> 00:08:40,080 What is press conferences and just the way he deals with 177 00:08:40,080 --> 00:08:45,080 certain things really, I think stabilize the franchise and and 178 00:08:45,080 --> 00:08:46,560 emit confidence from the fan base. 179 00:08:46,560 --> 00:08:48,160 Sure. I mean, that's a given. 180 00:08:48,160 --> 00:08:51,160 We all know the answer to that. But would it really truly change 181 00:08:51,160 --> 00:08:53,960 the bottom line like I think many of you think that it will? 182 00:08:54,200 --> 00:08:56,080 I don't get it. I went through this the other 183 00:08:56,080 --> 00:08:57,760 day. And if you guys are new to the 184 00:08:57,760 --> 00:09:01,040 show, obviously we we, we weren't live streaming on 185 00:09:01,040 --> 00:09:03,480 YouTube for a minute. We're back on, which is great. 186 00:09:04,200 --> 00:09:06,800 But I did a lot of shows there where I just streamed on X and 187 00:09:06,800 --> 00:09:08,920 then uploaded it to the YouTube page. 188 00:09:08,920 --> 00:09:11,280 So if you want to go and find it so I don't have to reset the 189 00:09:11,280 --> 00:09:13,440 entire thing because I would have pushed this forward. 190 00:09:13,840 --> 00:09:17,840 But again, the theme of today's show is perception versus 191 00:09:17,920 --> 00:09:20,480 reality. And Aaron Boone is perceived to 192 00:09:20,480 --> 00:09:25,360 be by some of you, as you know, somebody who takes his cue from 193 00:09:25,360 --> 00:09:28,120 a computer and has almost no value, which I think is 194 00:09:28,120 --> 00:09:31,320 ridiculous because I think one of Aaron's greatest values, one 195 00:09:31,320 --> 00:09:34,960 of his greatest strengths is being able to minimize the 196 00:09:34,960 --> 00:09:40,600 noise, quiet the confusion, keep it nice and stable, win 90 plus 197 00:09:40,600 --> 00:09:44,480 games every year and more times than not, win a playoff series 198 00:09:44,480 --> 00:09:46,760 sometimes too. Not I'm not satisfied with that. 199 00:09:46,920 --> 00:09:50,160 That's not the point. But he's positioned the way he's 200 00:09:50,160 --> 00:09:52,880 positioned. And Mike Tomlin, I mean, he got 201 00:09:52,880 --> 00:09:57,480 his ass kicked last night. Absolute destruction again. 202 00:09:57,840 --> 00:10:02,320 Not one, not 2, not 3-4, not 3-4. 203 00:10:02,560 --> 00:10:06,440 Four straight home playoff losses, 4 of them four. 204 00:10:06,800 --> 00:10:10,080 And I know the Steeler fans are getting a little unrestless. 205 00:10:10,080 --> 00:10:12,160 They were booing. There was some, you know, 206 00:10:12,160 --> 00:10:15,000 barely, which is unfortunate. I think Mike deserves better 207 00:10:15,000 --> 00:10:17,560 than this. But some barely decipherable 208 00:10:17,560 --> 00:10:21,240 fire Tomblin chance last night in the crowd. 209 00:10:21,320 --> 00:10:25,400 All right. But I mean, that is a long 10 210 00:10:25,400 --> 00:10:29,920 year run for a franchise that views themselves like the 211 00:10:29,960 --> 00:10:34,720 Yankees view themselves and the fans that like the Steeler fans 212 00:10:34,720 --> 00:10:37,160 view the Steelers in terms of expectations and all that other 213 00:10:37,160 --> 00:10:39,960 stuff the way Yankee fans view the Yankees. 214 00:10:39,960 --> 00:10:42,280 And rightfully so. You know, when when you 215 00:10:42,280 --> 00:10:45,280 accomplish what you accomplish, the bar is raised and with the 216 00:10:45,280 --> 00:10:49,200 bar is raised and it's not met the vitriol, the heat, the 217 00:10:49,200 --> 00:10:53,360 smoke, the complaints, all that is going to be louder than 218 00:10:53,360 --> 00:10:57,240 somewhere like let's say, all right, Tampa Bay Bucks lose 13 219 00:10:57,240 --> 00:10:59,800 seven wild card game. All right, let's go to the 220 00:10:59,800 --> 00:11:00,880 beach. All right. 221 00:11:01,200 --> 00:11:04,280 You know, I would say when I would say like, hey, let's turn 222 00:11:04,280 --> 00:11:06,600 our attention to the rays, but I don't even think they care that 223 00:11:06,600 --> 00:11:09,600 much about the rays. So it it really is market 224 00:11:09,600 --> 00:11:11,560 dependent, it's franchise dependent. 225 00:11:11,840 --> 00:11:14,960 But as I started to say what I put up on the YouTube page the 226 00:11:14,960 --> 00:11:18,360 other day, and again, this is the theme perception versus the 227 00:11:18,360 --> 00:11:22,040 reality of what's what. Now put Boone aside for a 228 00:11:22,040 --> 00:11:23,760 moment. I just wanted to include him to 229 00:11:23,760 --> 00:11:25,360 cross the bridge and make a few points. 230 00:11:25,640 --> 00:11:29,120 You have Mike Tomlin here, like let's say Mike Tomlin that 231 00:11:29,120 --> 00:11:31,760 there's resolution. I know he's got a year to go on 232 00:11:31,760 --> 00:11:34,640 the contract, blah, blah. So it's not as easy as horrible 233 00:11:34,840 --> 00:11:36,920 or Lafleur. If he would have been fired, 234 00:11:36,920 --> 00:11:38,560 which he's not. They said this yesterday. 235 00:11:38,560 --> 00:11:40,720 He's going to get the extension. It would have been a cleaner 236 00:11:40,720 --> 00:11:42,120 break, right? Because, you know, lame duck 237 00:11:42,120 --> 00:11:44,240 whatever. So it's it's it's a little more 238 00:11:44,240 --> 00:11:47,160 complex than I'm presenting it. But Mike Tomlin, let's say, if 239 00:11:47,160 --> 00:11:49,840 he's available right now is is perceived to be right here. 240 00:11:50,120 --> 00:11:54,240 Mike Tomlin comes in, pumps, you know, life into the lungs of 241 00:11:54,240 --> 00:11:57,360 some moribund franchise and takes him wherever he's going to 242 00:11:57,360 --> 00:11:59,320 take him. Same with John Harbaugh, who had 243 00:11:59,320 --> 00:12:01,920 a good meeting with Chris Mara. And then obviously, you know, 244 00:12:01,920 --> 00:12:03,880 they connected Joe Shane on the phone before that. 245 00:12:03,880 --> 00:12:06,080 Mara got the 1st in visit, which is good. 246 00:12:06,080 --> 00:12:08,160 I do think Harbaugh's going to wind up with the Giants, which 247 00:12:08,160 --> 00:12:10,800 will be very good. I like John Harbaugh, but again, 248 00:12:10,880 --> 00:12:13,400 it's not Vince Lombardi. It's not Bill Belichick 10 years 249 00:12:13,400 --> 00:12:15,280 ago. And this is what I don't get. 250 00:12:15,480 --> 00:12:17,960 And then you insert Mike McCarthy into the chat room and 251 00:12:17,960 --> 00:12:20,160 I'm not going to go on the, you know, to the pulpit. 252 00:12:20,640 --> 00:12:24,000 Mike McCarthy again, start espousing why Mike McCarthy 253 00:12:24,000 --> 00:12:26,320 would be better for the Giants or other teams than say, a 254 00:12:26,320 --> 00:12:29,200 horrible or a Tomlin. Because I've already done that. 255 00:12:29,200 --> 00:12:33,480 But all you all you need to know is horrible is a year older. 256 00:12:33,560 --> 00:12:36,320 Same amount of Super Bowls, same amount of shortcomings in the 257 00:12:36,320 --> 00:12:39,360 postseason, same exact regular season winning percentage. 258 00:12:39,360 --> 00:12:42,760 But yet John Horbaugh's here and Mike McCarthy's thought to be 259 00:12:42,760 --> 00:12:45,840 some schlep, right, who should be coaching gym and don't knock 260 00:12:45,840 --> 00:12:48,160 on that at all. Somewhere, you know, in in 261 00:12:48,160 --> 00:12:50,560 middle America, you know, with, with a coffee stained 262 00:12:50,560 --> 00:12:53,000 sweatshirt. I mean, what is the basis of 263 00:12:53,000 --> 00:12:53,760 that? Honestly? 264 00:12:53,760 --> 00:12:56,520 I'm, I'm, I'm asking the question, what is the basis of 265 00:12:56,520 --> 00:12:59,080 that evaluation? Is it the physical optics of it? 266 00:12:59,320 --> 00:13:01,360 Now I get back to to Mike Tomlin. 267 00:13:01,640 --> 00:13:03,760 Now I love Mike Tomlin, I really do. 268 00:13:03,760 --> 00:13:06,200 I love when Mike Tomlin bust out his cross city. 269 00:13:06,200 --> 00:13:09,520 He's he's got that, that brooding face and you know, he's 270 00:13:09,520 --> 00:13:10,920 intense. Like that's my kind of guy. 271 00:13:10,920 --> 00:13:14,000 I want that guy coaching my team, but having a cross 272 00:13:14,080 --> 00:13:15,880 sticking out of here and I don't think he had it unless I didn't 273 00:13:15,880 --> 00:13:19,280 see it unless it was tucked in. But having a cross sticking out 274 00:13:19,560 --> 00:13:23,760 and having a scowl and being very direct and in charge in the 275 00:13:23,760 --> 00:13:28,240 media does not change the fact that he is grossly overrated at 276 00:13:28,240 --> 00:13:32,040 this point. Grossly, he's grossly overrated. 277 00:13:32,600 --> 00:13:36,760 And I, it's amazing to me how many of you, no disrespect, 278 00:13:36,920 --> 00:13:39,600 because it doesn't apply to all of you, but how many of you 279 00:13:40,080 --> 00:13:44,440 aren't able to compartmentalize what's right, what's wrong, and 280 00:13:44,440 --> 00:13:47,560 and more importantly, what's real and what's not? 281 00:13:48,160 --> 00:13:50,840 I, I, I don't get it. I really, I am absolutely 282 00:13:50,840 --> 00:13:54,760 confused and perplexed and a little at least pertaining to 283 00:13:54,760 --> 00:13:56,800 Boone. Tired of talking about it 284 00:13:57,000 --> 00:13:58,480 because I think it's really unfair. 285 00:13:58,760 --> 00:14:00,160 I mean, a guy. I mean, come on. 286 00:14:01,680 --> 00:14:03,600 I mean, I'm watching the gentleman coach last night they 287 00:14:03,600 --> 00:14:05,760 scored six points. You know, they they would have 288 00:14:05,760 --> 00:14:08,320 given up 50, as I said before, if CJ Stroud would have played 289 00:14:08,320 --> 00:14:09,600 better. I don't know what the hell was 290 00:14:09,600 --> 00:14:11,760 going on with him now. He made some good throws. 291 00:14:11,760 --> 00:14:13,440 He made some clutch throws for sure. 292 00:14:13,720 --> 00:14:16,520 But I mean, come on, man. I mean, snap, not looking at the 293 00:14:16,520 --> 00:14:19,320 ball, hit him off the chest, you know, reach back to throw, 294 00:14:19,320 --> 00:14:22,880 knocked out of his hands, gets another one, slips like we try 295 00:14:22,880 --> 00:14:25,640 to lose the game. I mean, the Steelers stink. 296 00:14:26,000 --> 00:14:31,240 They really they stink. They stink, and Mike Tomlin has 297 00:14:31,240 --> 00:14:37,000 done nothing to elevate the product the last decade and 298 00:14:37,000 --> 00:14:40,640 really like their talent base when he inherited it from Coach 299 00:14:40,640 --> 00:14:43,640 Cower was just so much better. Yeah, got a couple of running 300 00:14:43,640 --> 00:14:44,320 backs. Yeah, right. 301 00:14:44,320 --> 00:14:48,240 Metcalf, you know, strong guy, one-on-one, you know, 5050 ball, 302 00:14:48,240 --> 00:14:49,720 tough match up. All right, whatever. 303 00:14:51,080 --> 00:14:53,760 They got a couple of good defenders, obviously, but like, 304 00:14:53,760 --> 00:14:55,720 that's that's not like some amazing team. 305 00:14:56,000 --> 00:14:58,400 And Mike Tomlin's been in the middle of that for a for a long 306 00:14:58,400 --> 00:15:00,120 time. Just imagine. 307 00:15:00,120 --> 00:15:02,640 And I know it's different. There's less randomness. 308 00:15:02,800 --> 00:15:05,880 You lose 1 you done. So it's not quite the same as 309 00:15:05,880 --> 00:15:09,800 the Yankees or the Mets losing a A7 game playoff series where 310 00:15:09,800 --> 00:15:11,560 you're bouncing back and forth from venues. 311 00:15:11,560 --> 00:15:15,960 But like, imagine if Aaron Boone lost four, say, if everything 312 00:15:15,960 --> 00:15:19,640 was one and done, one and done, one and done, one and done, one 313 00:15:19,640 --> 00:15:21,880 and done. But yet the rest of the baseball 314 00:15:21,880 --> 00:15:25,240 community was talking about Aaron Boone like he was Miller 315 00:15:25,240 --> 00:15:27,320 Huggins. Like, it's just not consistent. 316 00:15:27,920 --> 00:15:32,240 It's not consistent at all. So I am here to deliver a little 317 00:15:32,240 --> 00:15:35,280 bit of consistency. I am here to deliver a little 318 00:15:35,280 --> 00:15:38,080 bit of clarity. And while I do think that the 319 00:15:38,080 --> 00:15:41,400 Giants will wind up with John Harbaugh, which will be a whole 320 00:15:41,400 --> 00:15:43,480 hell of a lot better than anything that they've had since 321 00:15:43,480 --> 00:15:46,040 Tom Coughlin, that's the most basic statement of the day. 322 00:15:46,320 --> 00:15:48,160 Understand this. You're not getting Bill 323 00:15:48,160 --> 00:15:50,160 Belichick if that's who you get. You're not. 324 00:15:50,600 --> 00:15:53,840 And like, say, if, say, if he wound up going to the Falcons, 325 00:15:53,920 --> 00:15:54,960 and again, I don't think he will. 326 00:15:54,960 --> 00:15:57,600 I think he'll be a Giant coach. So I think it'll be good and it 327 00:15:57,600 --> 00:16:00,160 could be really good, right? But let's say he goes to the 328 00:16:00,160 --> 00:16:03,560 Falcons and the Giants pivot to Mike McCarthy. 329 00:16:04,120 --> 00:16:07,240 You're not getting a guy who's worse than horrible, even though 330 00:16:07,240 --> 00:16:09,680 that's what you will feel. You know what I mean? 331 00:16:10,080 --> 00:16:15,160 And if you really think about it, I mean, I could even 332 00:16:15,160 --> 00:16:18,280 incorporate, well, I, I was going to say Stefanski here, but 333 00:16:18,520 --> 00:16:21,360 you know, when you win coach of the year twice with that 334 00:16:21,360 --> 00:16:24,680 dysfunctional mess of a franchise and you win 11 games 335 00:16:24,680 --> 00:16:28,560 with 3-4 different quarterbacks revolving door and you know, you 336 00:16:28,560 --> 00:16:30,800 have that trajectory to start your career. 337 00:16:30,800 --> 00:16:34,560 And then of course, just the organization sabotages it and, 338 00:16:34,760 --> 00:16:39,600 and undoes or undoes whatever undoes, I guess anything that 339 00:16:39,600 --> 00:16:42,640 you've done so far. Well, now it's going to be very 340 00:16:42,640 --> 00:16:45,000 hard to keep that going. So you're going to be perceived 341 00:16:45,000 --> 00:16:47,200 a little differently where I don't think that you should be. 342 00:16:47,480 --> 00:16:53,000 I play stock like if you if on a scale of 1 to 10, if you get a 343 00:16:53,000 --> 00:16:58,120 nine with a great for a stable franchise, a winning franchise, 344 00:16:58,400 --> 00:17:01,880 A franchise with sound ownership, smart functional 345 00:17:01,880 --> 00:17:04,359 order, right? And you you're you know, you're 346 00:17:04,359 --> 00:17:08,359 a nine out of a 10, you know, and you take somebody like, you 347 00:17:08,359 --> 00:17:11,359 know, if The Jets ever get good with Glenn or Stefanski with the 348 00:17:11,359 --> 00:17:15,480 Browns first couple of years, to me, even though in totality his 349 00:17:15,480 --> 00:17:19,520 overall grade for the Browns is probably A6 or A7, I actually 350 00:17:19,520 --> 00:17:22,079 think that there should be elevation there based on what he 351 00:17:22,079 --> 00:17:25,160 did the first couple of years. So what I'm saying is I don't 352 00:17:25,160 --> 00:17:29,360 even know if horrible or Tomlin or McCarthy is definitely better 353 00:17:29,360 --> 00:17:32,880 than Stefanski, who's also basically 15 years younger than 354 00:17:32,880 --> 00:17:36,320 all those gentlemen. So this this is just this is a 355 00:17:36,360 --> 00:17:40,200 byproduct, right where we are guys, very simple, very simple 356 00:17:40,640 --> 00:17:45,160 where we are is there has been this constant regurgitation and 357 00:17:45,160 --> 00:17:48,360 like zombies like we just you know, we we eat the cheese. 358 00:17:48,360 --> 00:17:51,040 All right, yes, let's believe what they tell us yes, let's 359 00:17:51,040 --> 00:17:53,840 believe what they tell us yes, he is in high demand. 360 00:17:53,840 --> 00:17:55,640 It is the Steelers. He is great. 361 00:17:55,800 --> 00:17:59,320 Really OK, I know if that was my coach last night getting waxed 362 00:17:59,320 --> 00:18:02,680 30 to 6, I would want him gone and I know that most Steeler 363 00:18:02,680 --> 00:18:05,800 fans do so I'm not talking to steal their fans, but they want 364 00:18:05,800 --> 00:18:09,960 him gone for a reason because they first they've stagnated and 365 00:18:09,960 --> 00:18:15,520 now they've regressed like the the curve usually I mean again, 366 00:18:15,520 --> 00:18:17,400 do I think that this is going to really happen with The Jets? 367 00:18:17,400 --> 00:18:20,280 No, but at least like it with Aaron. 368 00:18:20,280 --> 00:18:22,080 Let's say if they win six or seven games next year, they're 369 00:18:22,080 --> 00:18:24,920 going to get some better players, obviously draft picks, 370 00:18:24,920 --> 00:18:26,560 75,000,000 bucks in free agent money. 371 00:18:26,800 --> 00:18:29,960 So The Jets talent base, which is a 0 right, especially when 372 00:18:29,960 --> 00:18:32,600 they made the trades with saucy Q0. 373 00:18:33,000 --> 00:18:36,120 Let's say that they go from three wins to like 6 or 7. 374 00:18:36,240 --> 00:18:38,760 That's a little bump up there you go and then you know, maybe 375 00:18:38,760 --> 00:18:41,920 you really find the quarterback and then seven becomes 9 or 10 376 00:18:41,920 --> 00:18:44,160 and now you're a wild card team and then eventually you either 377 00:18:44,160 --> 00:18:47,160 crack through or you don't. Well, to me, like that's the 378 00:18:47,160 --> 00:18:49,920 model that I like. No, again, not the way it 379 00:18:49,920 --> 00:18:51,760 started with Aaron. I'm just using them as as a 380 00:18:51,760 --> 00:18:54,320 template here. What I don't like is to start 381 00:18:54,320 --> 00:18:58,440 here, literally start at the top of the mountain and every year 382 00:18:58,440 --> 00:19:02,240 you get a little lower, little lower, little more to the base 383 00:19:02,240 --> 00:19:05,400 of the mountain, little further away from the apex of the 384 00:19:05,400 --> 00:19:08,880 mountain, which is what's happened with Tomlin, which is 385 00:19:08,880 --> 00:19:12,160 what's happening with, or what happened with Horbaugh in 386 00:19:12,160 --> 00:19:14,720 Baltimore. So you guys could ignore it. 387 00:19:14,800 --> 00:19:16,280 I get it. I don't even think Tomlin's 388 00:19:16,280 --> 00:19:18,840 going to be gone. If I own the Steelers, he'd be 389 00:19:18,840 --> 00:19:21,520 gone now. They are averse to change. 390 00:19:21,520 --> 00:19:22,960 I don't know if they don't want to deal with it. 391 00:19:23,600 --> 00:19:26,480 I, I, I don't know what their situation is like. 392 00:19:26,480 --> 00:19:30,760 Stability is a really good thing and consistency is a really good 393 00:19:30,760 --> 00:19:33,920 thing when you're accomplishing stuff. 394 00:19:34,440 --> 00:19:36,760 You know, like that's that's the rub there. 395 00:19:37,120 --> 00:19:43,320 Like the the best trait of a coach cannot just be well, yeah, 396 00:19:43,320 --> 00:19:45,480 we don't, we don't really, we don't, we don't implode, you 397 00:19:45,480 --> 00:19:47,640 know, and we're consistently competitive. 398 00:19:48,000 --> 00:19:51,040 That's good for a young coach. That's good for a coach just 399 00:19:51,040 --> 00:19:54,000 kind of figuring things out. That's no longer acceptable for 400 00:19:54,000 --> 00:19:58,000 a coach of the Steelers or of the Ravens or I guess from the 401 00:19:58,000 --> 00:20:00,640 Packers point of view a couple of years back, McCarthy or even 402 00:20:00,640 --> 00:20:01,880 Dallas, which is a totally different. 403 00:20:01,960 --> 00:20:04,600 Different monster in terms of some dysfunction with Jerry. 404 00:20:04,600 --> 00:20:08,280 So I you know, I that was embarrassing less an awful game 405 00:20:08,280 --> 00:20:10,480 to watch almost every game this weekend was great. 406 00:20:10,480 --> 00:20:14,480 That was horrendous. I feel bad for Aaron a little 407 00:20:14,480 --> 00:20:15,360 bit. Yeah. 408 00:20:15,400 --> 00:20:18,240 He just just doesn't have it. You know, he's got to retire. 409 00:20:18,680 --> 00:20:20,760 I mean, how many times did you watch the Steelers game? 410 00:20:20,760 --> 00:20:22,040 And this has to fall on the head coach. 411 00:20:22,040 --> 00:20:24,200 I know he's he's not the OC. That's Arthur Smith. 412 00:20:24,200 --> 00:20:27,560 But you know, how many times can you watch the Steelers game and 413 00:20:27,560 --> 00:20:30,920 they always have prime time, you know, 4:00, you know, big games, 414 00:20:30,920 --> 00:20:33,280 whatever. Sunday night, we watch them a 415 00:20:33,280 --> 00:20:35,200 lot. Even if you're just a Jet and a 416 00:20:35,200 --> 00:20:39,320 giant guy or Jet or giant guy and you just consumed locally, 417 00:20:39,560 --> 00:20:42,240 you know, the teams that you tend to see on a regular basis, 418 00:20:42,240 --> 00:20:44,160 right? And I mean, out of the division, 419 00:20:44,160 --> 00:20:46,680 you see a lot of the Niners. You know, if you're a Jets guy 420 00:20:46,960 --> 00:20:49,200 or Bills guy and your team's not playing, you see a lot of 421 00:20:49,200 --> 00:20:51,560 Dallas. You know, back in the day, used 422 00:20:51,560 --> 00:20:53,480 to see a lot of Marino in Miami like you. 423 00:20:53,480 --> 00:20:55,320 You know who you see a lot of Packers, right? 424 00:20:55,320 --> 00:20:58,240 If you're in the AFC or Chiefs, fam, you see the Packers quite a 425 00:20:58,240 --> 00:21:00,880 bit. And every time that I watch the 426 00:21:00,880 --> 00:21:03,160 Steelers, they got no points in the first quarter. 427 00:21:03,320 --> 00:21:05,560 Zero. You saw the stat last night. 428 00:21:05,560 --> 00:21:08,640 I forget what it was, but it was incredibly incriminating about 429 00:21:08,880 --> 00:21:12,360 how often the Steelers have had scores, you know, scored no 430 00:21:12,360 --> 00:21:15,360 points in the first quarter. Like they they just can't score. 431 00:21:15,520 --> 00:21:19,160 They can't move the ball. It's an antiquated philosophy. 432 00:21:19,360 --> 00:21:22,560 And they wasted a year because Rodgers was never going to win a 433 00:21:22,560 --> 00:21:25,240 championship there. That was their Hail Mary. 434 00:21:25,240 --> 00:21:27,400 It didn't work. And now you should really RIP it 435 00:21:27,400 --> 00:21:28,600 off. And I don't think that they 436 00:21:28,600 --> 00:21:32,080 will. But I just find it incredibly 437 00:21:32,080 --> 00:21:38,640 funny slash annoying how Tomlin is elevated and Aaron Boone, 438 00:21:39,040 --> 00:21:43,760 who's been here nine years less, you know, 9 fewer seasons than 439 00:21:43,760 --> 00:21:47,800 Tomlin's been in Pittsburgh and Aaron Boone gets crushed. 440 00:21:48,280 --> 00:21:50,200 It's just not consistent, guys. It's really not. 441 00:21:50,440 --> 00:21:52,720 Then you got the whole national media telling me, oh, Mike 442 00:21:52,720 --> 00:21:56,120 Tomlin's a superstore. But based on what I'm asking, 443 00:21:56,560 --> 00:21:59,360 like I'm, I'm really, let's, let's recreate the packaging 444 00:21:59,360 --> 00:22:03,080 here as we, as we take, as we take Mike Tomlin and we put him 445 00:22:03,080 --> 00:22:06,480 in a box and we wrap him up the assembly line of coaches and we 446 00:22:06,480 --> 00:22:10,000 spit him out. Is Mike Tomlin really like, you 447 00:22:10,000 --> 00:22:12,840 know, whether it's the Cadillac or the, or Ferrari or 448 00:22:12,840 --> 00:22:16,720 Lamborghini of cars really, is he really that or is he just a 449 00:22:16,720 --> 00:22:20,440 good car that's got good value, that looks pretty good, but 450 00:22:20,440 --> 00:22:23,200 doesn't have all the bells and whistles of the $200,000 car? 451 00:22:23,600 --> 00:22:25,520 Because that's that, that's how I perceive him. 452 00:22:26,520 --> 00:22:30,400 He's not a savior, so it's nuts. All right, let me see a couple 453 00:22:30,400 --> 00:22:33,480 of questions here. Let's see what's popping up. 454 00:22:33,560 --> 00:22:36,320 All right, Yeah, I'm going to get some Yankee stuff there for 455 00:22:36,320 --> 00:22:38,040 sure. A lot of people enthuse that 456 00:22:38,040 --> 00:22:38,880 we're back. Thank God. 457 00:22:38,880 --> 00:22:41,840 I I couldn't take, you know, I I when I tell you that I was 458 00:22:41,840 --> 00:22:44,360 basically refreshing that thing almost every hour. 459 00:22:44,640 --> 00:22:45,800 I'm like, we back up. Nope. 460 00:22:45,800 --> 00:22:48,320 Live stream disabled. Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope, Nope. 461 00:22:48,320 --> 00:22:51,560 Here we go. All right, what is this year? 462 00:22:51,560 --> 00:22:52,800 You know, that's the thing I get a lot of. 463 00:22:52,800 --> 00:22:54,200 Thank you. Thank you, BT for having a 464 00:22:54,200 --> 00:22:56,080 YouTube channel. I can now watch and listen live 465 00:22:56,080 --> 00:23:00,080 in SoCal at Ren AUTW. Yeah, I appreciate that. 466 00:23:00,080 --> 00:23:04,440 Listen, obviously this is going to be a lot of local content, 467 00:23:04,440 --> 00:23:07,760 but clearly with football, football, there's always, always 468 00:23:07,760 --> 00:23:11,120 year round draft stuff and coaching stuff and playoff 469 00:23:11,120 --> 00:23:13,760 games, no doubt. But yeah, I mean, you guys could 470 00:23:13,760 --> 00:23:16,040 check in from anywhere. I absolutely love that ability 471 00:23:16,040 --> 00:23:18,040 to have no boundaries and do all that stuff. 472 00:23:18,360 --> 00:23:20,360 It is great to got a question on the Johnnies here. 473 00:23:20,360 --> 00:23:24,720 I'm just going to fire some stuff in at Carrie Potatarolo, I 474 00:23:24,720 --> 00:23:27,040 believe 2039. What the what the believe's 475 00:23:27,040 --> 00:23:29,240 going on with the Johnnies? Well, I, I think that was 476 00:23:29,240 --> 00:23:33,040 probably a better question, quite frankly, maybe a week or 477 00:23:33,040 --> 00:23:35,680 two ago. See what's happened here is that 478 00:23:35,680 --> 00:23:36,920 St. John's, I'm going to spend a lot 479 00:23:36,920 --> 00:23:38,440 of time on this. I'll do a little more tomorrow 480 00:23:38,440 --> 00:23:41,000 because they are playing tonight and I'll be doing the game with 481 00:23:41,000 --> 00:23:43,120 Mink over at the over at the Garden against Marquette. 482 00:23:43,120 --> 00:23:45,680 Who's awful? Johnny's 15 1/2 point favorites. 483 00:23:45,880 --> 00:23:48,040 That's the biggest, that's the largest spread. 484 00:23:48,360 --> 00:23:51,160 I, I think I read last night, I forget who had it, maybe Zach. 485 00:23:51,160 --> 00:23:54,920 Somebody tweeted this out. The biggest spread St. 486 00:23:54,920 --> 00:23:57,000 John's has ever had being favored against Marquette since 487 00:23:57,000 --> 00:23:59,520 Marquette joined the Big East years ago was like, I want to 488 00:23:59,520 --> 00:24:02,120 say 9 1/2. It's 15 1/2 now. 489 00:24:02,120 --> 00:24:04,840 I don't know if they cover. I do the game, so I don't get 490 00:24:04,840 --> 00:24:06,760 into that. But I'll tell you, Marquette is 491 00:24:06,760 --> 00:24:10,640 is absolutely awful. And I was looking at some of the 492 00:24:10,640 --> 00:24:12,000 numbers and I don't want to bore everybody. 493 00:24:12,000 --> 00:24:13,640 It's here here. But you know, I love my numbers 494 00:24:14,600 --> 00:24:16,440 after St. John's had a week that they had 495 00:24:16,440 --> 00:24:19,600 to have like if this past week didn't go well, St. 496 00:24:19,600 --> 00:24:21,480 John's will be in real trouble because they're pretty much 497 00:24:21,480 --> 00:24:24,480 right now in that 8-9 game, which is not a place that you 498 00:24:24,480 --> 00:24:27,240 want to be because if you win, you got to face the one seed. 499 00:24:27,640 --> 00:24:30,400 But there's there's some upward mobility now because that 500 00:24:30,400 --> 00:24:34,680 back-to-back quad one Rd. wins. So you should handle Marquette. 501 00:24:34,680 --> 00:24:36,840 You should smoke them win by double figures. 502 00:24:36,840 --> 00:24:39,720 And then he got a tough one down in Philly on Saturday against 503 00:24:39,720 --> 00:24:42,600 the Villanova team that I, you know, I don't, I still don't 504 00:24:42,600 --> 00:24:45,720 know exactly who they are. But to be fair, I still don't 505 00:24:45,720 --> 00:24:47,080 really know who St. John's is. 506 00:24:47,480 --> 00:24:50,760 I think maybe the more directly answer that question again, 507 00:24:50,760 --> 00:24:52,720 metrically, St. John's has stabilized it's 508 00:24:52,720 --> 00:24:54,840 season. There's no doubt they're top 30 509 00:24:55,360 --> 00:24:56,880 in that ranking. They're in good shape with the 510 00:24:56,880 --> 00:25:00,600 numbers now. But the the biggest issue for me 511 00:25:00,600 --> 00:25:03,360 was I didn't really see an identity with St. 512 00:25:03,360 --> 00:25:05,920 John's at all. Starting to see a little bit 1A1 513 00:25:05,920 --> 00:25:08,600 that's a little bit born out of defensive intended intensity 514 00:25:08,600 --> 00:25:10,880 now, which which is obviously a really good thing here. 515 00:25:11,960 --> 00:25:16,320 Let's see here a little football here a little bit this Michael 516 00:25:16,320 --> 00:25:19,560 Baker 73 O 8 ABT. How is it possible The Jets can 517 00:25:19,560 --> 00:25:23,200 be some I mean, how long do I have on this be so bad 518 00:25:23,200 --> 00:25:26,360 consistency for so long. The only consistency is Woody. 519 00:25:26,360 --> 00:25:28,320 Any thoughts? Well, yeah, I mean, of course, 520 00:25:28,320 --> 00:25:29,560 I've got a lot of thoughts on this. 521 00:25:29,560 --> 00:25:31,480 I mean, here's the problem. It's not just Woody. 522 00:25:31,960 --> 00:25:33,960 I mean because the Woody always owned The Jets. 523 00:25:33,960 --> 00:25:37,680 The The Jets were 3 and 13 and 1 and 15 before Parcells came to 524 00:25:37,680 --> 00:25:40,640 save them. Thank God in 97 and Woody 525 00:25:40,640 --> 00:25:43,040 Johnson didn't own the team he came in late 90's. 526 00:25:43,040 --> 00:25:44,680 The Belichick stuff and all that nonsense. 527 00:25:44,680 --> 00:25:47,840 But I mean, it hasn't been good with Woody, that's for sure. 528 00:25:47,840 --> 00:25:49,840 I don't think Woody Johnson's good owner at all. 529 00:25:49,840 --> 00:25:51,400 Matter of fact, I think he's a horrible owner. 530 00:25:51,400 --> 00:25:53,480 I think he's a detriment to the growth of The Jets. 531 00:25:53,480 --> 00:25:55,560 I've always said that it's not personal. 532 00:25:55,800 --> 00:25:58,600 I met him once. He's a really nice guy, very 533 00:25:58,600 --> 00:26:03,680 affable, very approachable, very, very cordial, very, you 534 00:26:03,680 --> 00:26:06,240 know, didn't seem, you know, like he was talking down to 535 00:26:06,240 --> 00:26:08,600 people for somebody who's worth billions, which which he 536 00:26:08,600 --> 00:26:10,400 appreciate. It just came across as a regular 537 00:26:10,400 --> 00:26:13,480 guy, even though he was wearing the sauce chain, which was 538 00:26:13,520 --> 00:26:15,920 ridiculous. I met him before the jet giant 539 00:26:15,920 --> 00:26:19,680 game couple Rogers his first game and when John went Bob. 540 00:26:19,680 --> 00:26:22,440 Remember when Rogers threw that awesome pass to Garrett? 541 00:26:22,440 --> 00:26:24,520 He only played the one series. Somebody late hit him on the 542 00:26:24,520 --> 00:26:26,280 giants. I forget who was, and he threw 543 00:26:26,280 --> 00:26:28,040 that great pass to Garrett at the pylon. 544 00:26:28,360 --> 00:26:31,440 I'm like here we go. I mean, but listen, Woody is 545 00:26:31,440 --> 00:26:33,520 what it what he is. And there's always going to be a 546 00:26:33,520 --> 00:26:37,600 correlation guys, to I don't mean a bad season or a bad 547 00:26:37,600 --> 00:26:40,440 situation or a rough patch where you kind of rebuilding like the 548 00:26:40,440 --> 00:26:43,440 Astros did years ago. But when you have inept 549 00:26:43,440 --> 00:26:46,320 ownership, that's not going to go away until the owner goes 550 00:26:46,320 --> 00:26:47,720 away. And no matter how, and I don't 551 00:26:47,720 --> 00:26:51,200 even waste energy on it anymore, because all the ranting, all the 552 00:26:51,200 --> 00:26:54,600 raving, all the screaming, all the calls, all the tweets, all 553 00:26:54,600 --> 00:26:57,520 the text, all the Super chats, whatever you want to do, it's 554 00:26:57,520 --> 00:27:00,320 not going to change anything. You know, I do think that there 555 00:27:00,320 --> 00:27:02,880 is a point where if we're allowed enough with certain 556 00:27:02,880 --> 00:27:06,560 things, I I do think teams hear that, you know, it goes back to 557 00:27:06,600 --> 00:27:09,080 and and who knows the depth of the truth. 558 00:27:09,400 --> 00:27:11,160 I kind of believe it more than not. 559 00:27:12,360 --> 00:27:15,720 I think I think Steve Phillips, if if I'm, if I'm out off on 560 00:27:15,720 --> 00:27:18,040 this, I don't want to be unfair to Steve, who I like. 561 00:27:18,400 --> 00:27:21,400 I think Steve refuted this. But let's face it, Mike and 562 00:27:21,400 --> 00:27:25,000 Chris largely get credit for, you know, facilitating the Mets 563 00:27:25,000 --> 00:27:27,000 getting off their behinds and get Mike Piazza. 564 00:27:27,040 --> 00:27:30,000 And when you're that loud, especially back then when there 565 00:27:30,000 --> 00:27:33,640 was only WFAN and, you know, you're hammered it day in and 566 00:27:33,640 --> 00:27:37,080 day out, well, that's there's going to be some repercussions. 567 00:27:37,080 --> 00:27:39,160 You would think it's going to be some reaction, much like I'll 568 00:27:39,160 --> 00:27:41,560 give you a more recent example, probably a better one. 569 00:27:41,880 --> 00:27:44,440 And I think Cohen's a good owner, though he's yet to prove 570 00:27:44,440 --> 00:27:46,040 he's great. And we're getting to the point 571 00:27:46,040 --> 00:27:48,480 now where we're going to find out a little bit more about 572 00:27:48,480 --> 00:27:51,600 Steve Cohen. But last year at Amazing Day, I 573 00:27:51,600 --> 00:27:53,680 don't think the Mets had any intention of signing Pete 574 00:27:53,680 --> 00:27:55,720 Alonzo. We've talked about this and they 575 00:27:55,720 --> 00:27:57,200 were feeling good about themselves. 576 00:27:57,200 --> 00:28:00,960 Soto was here as they should coming off a really good year, 577 00:28:01,000 --> 00:28:03,840 you know, 89 wins, but a real riveting run. 578 00:28:03,840 --> 00:28:06,760 Almost got to the World Series. Vientos was hitting, Manaya was 579 00:28:06,760 --> 00:28:08,600 great. Like the vibes were pretty good 580 00:28:08,600 --> 00:28:10,880 with the Mets, right? And then all of a sudden amazing 581 00:28:10,880 --> 00:28:14,720 day comes and you guys let ownership know and Sterns know 582 00:28:15,080 --> 00:28:17,560 you better bring this guy back. And, and I believe that that was 583 00:28:17,560 --> 00:28:20,480 the impetus to Pete Alonzo getting that extension. 584 00:28:20,480 --> 00:28:22,320 I really do. I can't prove it, but I've 585 00:28:22,320 --> 00:28:25,480 always thought that. So that is having an owner react 586 00:28:25,480 --> 00:28:28,600 to something that you are demanding over and over and 587 00:28:28,600 --> 00:28:30,080 over. And the louder and more 588 00:28:30,080 --> 00:28:33,440 aggressive we get, sometimes it does hit the mark and sometimes 589 00:28:33,440 --> 00:28:35,920 they do respond to that. But Woody ain't selling the 590 00:28:35,920 --> 00:28:36,440 team. Would you? 591 00:28:36,720 --> 00:28:38,280 I mean, honestly, would you sell The Jets? 592 00:28:38,360 --> 00:28:40,240 Why? Why would you sell The Jets? 593 00:28:40,480 --> 00:28:43,960 Why would you? Why would you willingly unless 594 00:28:44,000 --> 00:28:46,520 you were hemorrhaging money somewhere else, you know like 595 00:28:46,880 --> 00:28:49,800 the Wilpons and they had to they had to resolve that situation as 596 00:28:49,800 --> 00:28:52,720 best as they could with the Madoff situation, unless you 597 00:28:52,720 --> 00:28:55,120 were hemorrhaging money. Why would you leave the NFL now 598 00:28:55,480 --> 00:28:57,880 the way the NF LS being built with all the streaming? 599 00:28:57,880 --> 00:29:00,080 Hey, watch the game on prime. No, it's on Amazon. 600 00:29:00,080 --> 00:29:02,440 No, it's on Peacock. No, it's on I don't know. 601 00:29:02,440 --> 00:29:04,120 I don't know where is the game? I don't know. 602 00:29:04,560 --> 00:29:07,920 But wherever the game is, they are getting, they are getting a 603 00:29:07,920 --> 00:29:10,800 lot of money. So to willingly leave the NFL 604 00:29:10,800 --> 00:29:13,240 game and all the money and all the juice and all the cachet 605 00:29:13,520 --> 00:29:15,600 that that presents, what what? He's not going to do that. 606 00:29:16,040 --> 00:29:19,440 And so I don't really waste a whole lot of energy yelling 607 00:29:19,440 --> 00:29:21,640 about Woody. I will merely look into the 608 00:29:21,640 --> 00:29:24,840 camera and state that I think he's a horrendous owner and I 609 00:29:24,840 --> 00:29:26,760 wish that he didn't own The Jets. 610 00:29:27,040 --> 00:29:30,920 I think he's he is a massive detriment to the health and the 611 00:29:30,920 --> 00:29:34,040 growth of the New York Jets, but he's the boss. 612 00:29:34,240 --> 00:29:35,880 We're not nothing you can do about it. 613 00:29:37,400 --> 00:29:39,880 Nothing you can do about it. All right, so let me throw a 614 00:29:39,880 --> 00:29:41,160 little hot stove up here for you. 615 00:29:41,160 --> 00:29:43,440 All right, let's get those those tweets and those texts coming in 616 00:29:43,440 --> 00:29:46,560 here. So the latest update, All right, 617 00:29:46,560 --> 00:29:49,960 the latest update is Belly Heyman. 618 00:29:50,320 --> 00:29:51,840 Heyman's been doing good work with this. 619 00:29:51,920 --> 00:29:54,440 All right, so this was about an hour and a half a little bit 620 00:29:54,440 --> 00:29:56,680 last night. I know Jack Curry had some stuff 621 00:29:56,680 --> 00:30:00,520 on the Yankees hot stove. So the Yankees and and the 622 00:30:00,680 --> 00:30:03,560 according to John, the Yankees and Boris will continue to talk. 623 00:30:03,560 --> 00:30:06,720 Obviously, we know there's a gap in years Boris won seven. 624 00:30:06,720 --> 00:30:08,120 Get a clue. You're not getting it, at least 625 00:30:08,120 --> 00:30:09,560 not from the Yankees. I don't think you get it from 626 00:30:09,560 --> 00:30:11,080 anybody. You sure as hell I'm not getting 627 00:30:11,080 --> 00:30:12,600 it from them. I wouldn't give you 7. 628 00:30:12,600 --> 00:30:14,400 I don't even want to give you 6, quite frankly. 629 00:30:14,400 --> 00:30:18,320 But so the Yankees are basically trying to enhance the appeal of 630 00:30:18,320 --> 00:30:22,600 what they've already offered 5160 ish 5165 somewhere in the 631 00:30:22,600 --> 00:30:25,440 in the in the neighborhood of that with opt outs. 632 00:30:25,480 --> 00:30:28,960 All right, with a pretty substantial signing bonus and no 633 00:30:28,960 --> 00:30:31,760 deferrals. Now let's just cut the nut here 634 00:30:31,760 --> 00:30:33,880 because you know, Boris isn't going to flinch to the point 635 00:30:33,880 --> 00:30:35,880 where the Yankees make out like bandits here. 636 00:30:36,200 --> 00:30:37,840 They're going to have to concede a little bit. 637 00:30:37,840 --> 00:30:40,960 And if Bellinger wants to be a Yankee, well then Bellinger is 638 00:30:40,960 --> 00:30:42,040 going to have to concede a little bit. 639 00:30:42,040 --> 00:30:43,440 If not, he's not going to be on the Yankees. 640 00:30:43,440 --> 00:30:46,280 So to me, here's the very brief thumbnail sketch. 641 00:30:46,760 --> 00:30:49,080 Seven years, no chance in hell not happening. 642 00:30:49,240 --> 00:30:52,280 Yankees won five. I would love Bellinger on five 643 00:30:52,280 --> 00:30:55,360 years. I've told you that I don't, you 644 00:30:55,360 --> 00:30:59,600 know, if if you have to go to a six, I would really now it's too 645 00:30:59,600 --> 00:31:01,000 late because it looks like Tucker. 646 00:31:01,000 --> 00:31:04,360 I know the Mets are, you know, on at least on a cursory level 647 00:31:04,360 --> 00:31:06,200 involved with Tucker. I think Tucker's going to 648 00:31:06,200 --> 00:31:08,000 Toronto. I really still think that that's 649 00:31:08,000 --> 00:31:10,920 going to happen. And obviously Bregman's off the 650 00:31:10,920 --> 00:31:12,640 market. So the options are dwindling 651 00:31:12,640 --> 00:31:15,040 here. So of course, Nico Harder 652 00:31:15,040 --> 00:31:17,800 Horner, things we talked about yesterday, There's always trades 653 00:31:17,800 --> 00:31:19,920 to be made. Jazz started pitching whatever. 654 00:31:20,040 --> 00:31:22,640 Stephen Kwan. But in terms of free agents, 655 00:31:22,800 --> 00:31:23,920 right? And many of those moves that 656 00:31:23,920 --> 00:31:25,360 just mentioned are very appealing to me. 657 00:31:26,200 --> 00:31:27,880 Free agency, the the list is dwindling. 658 00:31:27,880 --> 00:31:31,880 So the Yankees now it's and I think Michette's going to be in 659 00:31:31,880 --> 00:31:34,040 Philly, unfortunately, because that's the guy that I really 660 00:31:34,040 --> 00:31:36,800 want even more than Bellinger. We're going to find out. 661 00:31:36,960 --> 00:31:39,440 We're going to find out if this guy wants to be a Yankee. 662 00:31:39,720 --> 00:31:41,280 It looked like he loved playing here. 663 00:31:41,360 --> 00:31:45,480 He fit well, great, you know, great chemistry with Judge, low 664 00:31:45,480 --> 00:31:48,880 maintenance guy, high production, you know, but the 665 00:31:48,880 --> 00:31:52,600 Yankees, Yankees are in are in a rough spot that they've created 666 00:31:52,600 --> 00:31:55,760 themselves, of course. And the rough spot is this, the 667 00:31:55,760 --> 00:32:00,280 Yankees roster right now, as of this moment, not a playoff team, 668 00:32:00,800 --> 00:32:02,600 Yanks not going to the playoffs right now. 669 00:32:02,960 --> 00:32:04,720 The East has gotten so much better. 670 00:32:04,920 --> 00:32:06,960 And you know this and we've talked about this, right? 671 00:32:07,320 --> 00:32:11,240 So with Rodano on the shelf, with Cole on the shelf, there's 672 00:32:11,240 --> 00:32:13,720 a good chance Yankees really sputter out of the chute. 673 00:32:14,120 --> 00:32:17,640 And the only way that I think you can work around that is to 674 00:32:17,640 --> 00:32:20,480 have an abundance of offense, which at this point, the Yankees 675 00:32:20,480 --> 00:32:23,360 outside of Judge and no Bellinger yet, they've got a 676 00:32:23,360 --> 00:32:25,160 dearth of offense, the exact opposite. 677 00:32:25,720 --> 00:32:29,560 So the model that I would build what what I would do and I'm on 678 00:32:29,560 --> 00:32:32,240 the record here. If Bellinger wants the five 679 00:32:32,240 --> 00:32:35,400 years, then I'm I'm happy. Like at that point, all right, 680 00:32:35,800 --> 00:32:38,280 you, you deserve five years, even though there's been wild 681 00:32:38,280 --> 00:32:41,440 fluctuations in his performance, as we know some really bad 682 00:32:41,440 --> 00:32:43,480 years. Last year was good, Cubs was 683 00:32:43,480 --> 00:32:47,840 good, like Dodgers was great. Then head scratchingly awful 684 00:32:48,040 --> 00:32:50,680 where he hit 190 whatever. You know, you don't just give 685 00:32:50,680 --> 00:32:53,040 seven years to a guy who's been like this, you know, like the 686 00:32:53,040 --> 00:32:55,320 stock market on any given week. That's not the kind of guy 687 00:32:55,320 --> 00:32:57,640 that's getting that kind of guaranteed bank that length. 688 00:32:58,080 --> 00:33:00,040 Tucker's little bit younger. Better. 689 00:33:00,120 --> 00:33:03,320 All right, that's one thing. Bichette younger, even his 690 00:33:03,320 --> 00:33:05,800 numbers offensively better. OK, that's different. 691 00:33:05,800 --> 00:33:08,000 You know, obviously Soto different monster year ago. 692 00:33:08,360 --> 00:33:11,640 Five years, though, I wouldn't say I'm enthralled with it 693 00:33:11,640 --> 00:33:14,360 because I still need more. Otherwise you just merely what 694 00:33:14,360 --> 00:33:18,040 you were a year ago, but five years I will be able to say all 695 00:33:18,040 --> 00:33:22,520 right, Boris stretched his thin you know kicked us in the kicked 696 00:33:22,520 --> 00:33:24,720 us in the stones a few times made us flinch. 697 00:33:24,720 --> 00:33:26,880 All right, here, a little more signing bonus. 698 00:33:26,880 --> 00:33:30,040 All right, no deferred money. Like Boris is going to get more 699 00:33:30,040 --> 00:33:32,360 what he wants then then not, you know what I mean? 700 00:33:32,760 --> 00:33:35,240 So I think of any of if the concessions are made, it's going 701 00:33:35,240 --> 00:33:38,840 to have to come from the Yankees more so So, and I think that 702 00:33:38,840 --> 00:33:40,400 they'll make those concessions to a point. 703 00:33:40,400 --> 00:33:41,840 And I do think he'll be a Yankee. 704 00:33:42,080 --> 00:33:43,960 And I do think Bichette's going to the Phillies. 705 00:33:44,000 --> 00:33:46,080 And I do think that Tucker, even though the Mets are engaged, I 706 00:33:46,080 --> 00:33:47,120 don't think he's going to the Mets. 707 00:33:47,120 --> 00:33:48,680 I don't think it's a great fit for the Mets. 708 00:33:48,680 --> 00:33:51,080 I just I don't even love Tucker. Like I like him. 709 00:33:51,520 --> 00:33:53,200 Of all the guys, I think I'd rather have Bichette. 710 00:33:53,240 --> 00:33:56,400 It's crazy, you know, and not just because he's righty either. 711 00:33:56,840 --> 00:34:00,040 Like there's there's there's this is a weird free agent crop 712 00:34:00,760 --> 00:34:03,200 and there's other avenues like for the Mets and Yankees. 713 00:34:03,200 --> 00:34:06,760 Perot, they're pitching Cabrera. Yankees elected not to give up 714 00:34:06,760 --> 00:34:10,560 what what they gave, what the Cubs gave up, which is 715 00:34:10,560 --> 00:34:12,480 ridiculous. I I thought they gave up way too 716 00:34:12,480 --> 00:34:14,360 much there. But so he can only imagine what 717 00:34:14,360 --> 00:34:16,600 school bulls going to command when he hits the open market. 718 00:34:17,639 --> 00:34:21,760 I I just think that each one of these players, these prominent 719 00:34:21,760 --> 00:34:26,360 free agents, it's not as cut and dried and even 1 soda like 1415, 720 00:34:26,760 --> 00:34:31,400 like that's just, that's lunacy. Now the Mets have it built in 721 00:34:31,400 --> 00:34:34,600 where if he opts out, they could throw in, I think it's four or 722 00:34:34,600 --> 00:34:36,760 five, four or five. I think it's 4 four more, 723 00:34:36,760 --> 00:34:39,760 $1,000,000 where that he can't leave now you can't leave. 724 00:34:40,480 --> 00:34:42,960 And kind of like Derek Cole with the Yankees right now. 725 00:34:42,960 --> 00:34:44,840 The Yankees handled it differently. 726 00:34:44,840 --> 00:34:46,400 And I like the way the Yankees handle that. 727 00:34:46,600 --> 00:34:48,120 They thought they had them by the short ones. 728 00:34:48,120 --> 00:34:50,960 They're like, Nah, we're good. You want to go, you could go 729 00:34:51,320 --> 00:34:54,159 because we're we're not going to be held prisoner to our previous 730 00:34:54,159 --> 00:34:56,320 mistakes. Where, where is this group? 731 00:34:56,520 --> 00:34:59,040 Unlike Soto, who's a great player, a great hitter, 732 00:34:59,680 --> 00:35:02,960 Bellinger little bit up and down and you know, the rumbling on 733 00:35:02,960 --> 00:35:05,760 somebody like, you know, Bichette and and it's not even 734 00:35:05,760 --> 00:35:06,600 rumbling. It's true. 735 00:35:06,640 --> 00:35:09,200 Not a good shortstop. So if you're if you're paying, 736 00:35:09,200 --> 00:35:10,600 it's actually a horrible shortstop. 737 00:35:10,880 --> 00:35:13,160 If you're paying that kind of money, are you going to pay that 738 00:35:13,160 --> 00:35:15,200 kind of money for somebody who's ultimately playing second base? 739 00:35:15,240 --> 00:35:17,040 I still would. So I think he's a gamer. 740 00:35:17,040 --> 00:35:19,720 I think he's a great hitter. What what was the stat that I 741 00:35:19,720 --> 00:35:22,680 saw on Bichette? I saw it very quickly, actually. 742 00:35:22,680 --> 00:35:26,840 I found that, God, I saw it right when I found out that 743 00:35:26,840 --> 00:35:28,440 YouTube that the stream was back. 744 00:35:28,440 --> 00:35:30,160 So we can only imagine what I was juggling here. 745 00:35:30,160 --> 00:35:33,440 So I glanced at it very quickly, but it was something along the 746 00:35:33,440 --> 00:35:38,680 lines of there was one player in baseball that had a batting 747 00:35:38,680 --> 00:35:47,320 average over 300 on fastballs, curveballs and change UPS that 748 00:35:47,320 --> 00:35:50,120 would obviously, you know, the the splitter or this or the 749 00:35:50,120 --> 00:35:51,480 slider. Like there's still a few 750 00:35:51,480 --> 00:35:54,720 pitches, obviously, because it's only three pitches, but I think 751 00:35:54,720 --> 00:35:57,840 that's what it was at least the fastball and and two others. 752 00:35:57,840 --> 00:35:59,520 Like he's going to hit every kind of pitch. 753 00:35:59,520 --> 00:36:01,000 And if you look at a spray chart, he's going to hit the 754 00:36:01,000 --> 00:36:04,240 right field as well, which will obviously be very beneficial in 755 00:36:04,240 --> 00:36:07,320 Yankee Stadium. But it's just like you, you can 756 00:36:07,320 --> 00:36:11,080 talk yourself into loving these guys like, oh, man, Tucker, when 757 00:36:11,080 --> 00:36:14,840 he's healthy, Tucker's an MVP candidate And, and he is, but 758 00:36:15,080 --> 00:36:17,960 the knock on him is, does he like a big market? 759 00:36:18,120 --> 00:36:20,040 Does he love baseball? I, I don't know, I don't have 760 00:36:20,040 --> 00:36:23,760 those answers, but that would prevent me from giving him the 9 761 00:36:23,760 --> 00:36:26,360 or 10 years that a lot of people thought he was going to get when 762 00:36:26,360 --> 00:36:28,120 Soto got his big deal for the Mets. 763 00:36:28,120 --> 00:36:31,480 That's obviously changed now. You know, Toronto's been 764 00:36:31,480 --> 00:36:33,920 throwing around a lot of money. They got deep pockets, the 765 00:36:33,920 --> 00:36:37,360 Rogers group up there, top three in terms of affluence. 766 00:36:37,360 --> 00:36:41,320 You know, I maybe they do go nine years to hammer at home and 767 00:36:41,320 --> 00:36:43,880 get that championship. And, and, and I, I actually said 768 00:36:43,880 --> 00:36:48,160 this the other day, I look at Toronto and I feel like Toronto 769 00:36:48,600 --> 00:36:52,800 is trying to establish a brand kind of like the Yankees and the 770 00:36:52,800 --> 00:36:55,840 Dodgers and like the Maple Leafs when the Maple Leafs are good, 771 00:36:55,840 --> 00:36:59,760 but like that branding that like they're not just happy to it's 772 00:36:59,760 --> 00:37:02,320 clear love when they, they beat the crap out of the Yankees last 773 00:37:02,320 --> 00:37:03,320 year. They smashed them. 774 00:37:03,800 --> 00:37:05,040 So they're better than the Yankees. 775 00:37:05,040 --> 00:37:07,760 And what they've done this year has made them much better than 776 00:37:07,920 --> 00:37:10,320 the Yankees to the Yankees actually do something. 777 00:37:10,640 --> 00:37:14,480 But there was a point like we're certainly Baltimore and, and, 778 00:37:14,480 --> 00:37:16,880 and the Rays, even though the Rays operate very differently 779 00:37:16,880 --> 00:37:19,720 out of necessity based on the lack of financial wherewithal. 780 00:37:20,120 --> 00:37:22,880 But you know, a couple times Toronto again, let's try to 781 00:37:22,880 --> 00:37:25,080 compete, kind of mess around, get a wild court, try to be a 782 00:37:25,080 --> 00:37:27,640 little competitive, spend a little bit of money, but nobody 783 00:37:27,640 --> 00:37:30,000 really wanted to go there. Now it's no, no, we're not, 784 00:37:30,000 --> 00:37:32,080 we're not looking to swim next to the Yankees. 785 00:37:32,080 --> 00:37:36,160 We're looking to lap the Yankees and Toronto's operating with 786 00:37:36,160 --> 00:37:39,240 this urgency, quite frankly, that I wish the Yankees still 787 00:37:39,240 --> 00:37:42,040 operated with, with which they don't, which is madding and 788 00:37:42,040 --> 00:37:44,360 something that we've railed about forever. 789 00:37:44,360 --> 00:37:46,360 And there's really nothing else to say until they start doing 790 00:37:46,360 --> 00:37:47,480 things just a little differently. 791 00:37:47,680 --> 00:37:51,360 So, you know, it's it's started to I had a tweet on Sunday 792 00:37:51,360 --> 00:37:52,840 night. I just feel like this is going 793 00:37:52,840 --> 00:37:55,760 to be the week where we're going to get some real clarity on the 794 00:37:55,760 --> 00:37:58,280 Hot Stove report. And, and I think when it's all 795 00:37:58,280 --> 00:38:02,040 said and done, excuse me, I think that I do think that 796 00:38:02,040 --> 00:38:04,640 Bichette, I mean, I think that's almost a lock. 797 00:38:04,720 --> 00:38:07,680 He's going to Philly. I think Tucker's going up north. 798 00:38:08,040 --> 00:38:11,320 I do think that Bellinger comes here. 799 00:38:11,400 --> 00:38:13,840 I, I, I do think that Bellinger stays with the Yankees. 800 00:38:14,200 --> 00:38:18,120 And if the Yankees really play hardball because the Mets are 801 00:38:18,120 --> 00:38:20,800 in, I don't know how in on Tucker, but they're in enough 802 00:38:20,800 --> 00:38:25,080 where you'd have to think that if Tucker goes to Toronto and 803 00:38:25,080 --> 00:38:27,280 the Yankees push Boris and Bellinger in an in an 804 00:38:27,280 --> 00:38:30,440 uncomfortable position, I don't think that it's inconceivable 805 00:38:30,440 --> 00:38:33,760 that the Mets swoop in maybe 10. Maybe they'll be amenable to the 806 00:38:33,760 --> 00:38:35,560 extra year. You know, maybe they'll do 807 00:38:35,560 --> 00:38:38,880 something that that that the Yankees just are willing to do. 808 00:38:39,240 --> 00:38:42,160 I don't know the answer to that. We shall see. 809 00:38:43,480 --> 00:38:47,720 What's this all about here? Danny Landis 8487 Good morning, 810 00:38:47,720 --> 00:38:48,880 Brandon. Glad to see you here. 811 00:38:48,880 --> 00:38:49,960 Great to see you. I always listen. 812 00:38:49,960 --> 00:38:54,280 Many years at 1050 spoke to you once on the radio back when 813 00:38:54,280 --> 00:38:57,280 LeBron was making his decisions. Yeah. 814 00:38:57,640 --> 00:38:58,840 Why? So listen, you've been with me 815 00:38:58,840 --> 00:39:00,240 for a long time. I appreciate that. 816 00:39:00,240 --> 00:39:01,240 Thank you very much. Dandy. 817 00:39:01,240 --> 00:39:03,360 That's awesome, dude. I I'll tell you a funny story. 818 00:39:03,760 --> 00:39:08,120 So I was at 10:50 when the the LeBron stuff was going down. 819 00:39:08,480 --> 00:39:11,920 And I remember why was I in The Newsroom? 820 00:39:11,920 --> 00:39:14,040 I think I was getting ready to do my night show. 821 00:39:14,640 --> 00:39:17,600 And was it Michael's show, baby? I guess it was Kay. 822 00:39:17,920 --> 00:39:20,040 Yeah, because it was after Wilding the key. 823 00:39:20,040 --> 00:39:22,240 Who was? I guess Michael and Don were 824 00:39:22,240 --> 00:39:25,280 there I think a while ago. Anyway, I'm getting ready to do 825 00:39:25,280 --> 00:39:29,600 my show and somebody calls The Newsroom and they asked for me 826 00:39:30,240 --> 00:39:35,440 and pick up the phone and somebody and I get a tip that 827 00:39:35,440 --> 00:39:39,560 LeBron, this is the night of the decision that LeBron James is 828 00:39:39,560 --> 00:39:43,600 going to make the announcement in Connecticut at the Boys and 829 00:39:43,600 --> 00:39:45,720 Girls Club. Now, what would you think is 830 00:39:45,720 --> 00:39:47,800 coming? Like if you're going to go to 831 00:39:47,800 --> 00:39:50,600 Connecticut and make that announcement, do you think he's 832 00:39:50,600 --> 00:39:53,000 going to go to Miami? Do you think he's going to go to 833 00:39:53,000 --> 00:39:56,200 the Lakers? Like geographically it doesn't 834 00:39:56,200 --> 00:39:58,160 make any sense. I mean, you could have come to 835 00:39:58,160 --> 00:40:01,680 New York or New Jersey, sure. But I actually thought for a 836 00:40:01,680 --> 00:40:04,320 minute, like more than a hot minute, I'm like, he's coming. 837 00:40:04,440 --> 00:40:06,800 He's coming. And of course he didn't. 838 00:40:06,800 --> 00:40:09,960 And you know, I'm, by the way, LeBron I'm, I'm on my last nerve 839 00:40:09,960 --> 00:40:11,920 with LeBron. I'm so over LeBron James. 840 00:40:11,920 --> 00:40:13,800 I don't enjoy watching him play anymore. 841 00:40:14,720 --> 00:40:16,400 And I'm not trying to come across as a hater. 842 00:40:16,440 --> 00:40:19,360 I'm just over him. Like LeBron, like the thing 843 00:40:19,400 --> 00:40:21,680 about and that's why I love Steph Curry. 844 00:40:21,760 --> 00:40:25,520 So I love Jalen Bronson, so I love Giannis, so I loved Kobe, 845 00:40:25,600 --> 00:40:27,840 so I loved Patrick. Not all on the same level, 846 00:40:27,840 --> 00:40:32,560 obviously, but like LeBron James, the way he elevates 847 00:40:32,560 --> 00:40:37,120 himself is such a turn off. It's such a turn off the way he 848 00:40:37,120 --> 00:40:40,440 views himself and the rules within the team. 849 00:40:40,440 --> 00:40:45,240 And it's funny, he's thought to be really because of how he 850 00:40:45,240 --> 00:40:47,720 passes and his willingness to get others involved and and 851 00:40:47,720 --> 00:40:49,400 listen, that's one of his brilliant basketball trade 852 00:40:49,400 --> 00:40:52,320 series, obviously. But I think that he's for many 853 00:40:52,320 --> 00:40:56,240 years he was thought to be this incredibly unselfish team first 854 00:40:56,240 --> 00:40:58,000 guy. Last couple of years, you think 855 00:40:58,000 --> 00:40:59,240 that narrative changed a little bit. 856 00:40:59,440 --> 00:41:01,080 I do. It has. 857 00:41:01,360 --> 00:41:04,560 So the moment LeBron James retires, I'm not going to miss 858 00:41:04,560 --> 00:41:07,560 him one second. Now when Steph hangs him up, I'm 859 00:41:07,560 --> 00:41:09,160 going to watch. I'm going to miss watching Steph 860 00:41:09,160 --> 00:41:11,200 Curry play basketball. I'm not going to miss watching 861 00:41:11,200 --> 00:41:12,280 LeBron. I don't know why. 862 00:41:12,680 --> 00:41:17,480 I mean, it's a personality thing a little bit, but it's also, you 863 00:41:17,480 --> 00:41:19,160 know, I don't listen. It stands back to a few things 864 00:41:19,160 --> 00:41:22,000 here, but first and foremost, you know, jumping around and, 865 00:41:22,200 --> 00:41:25,560 you know, chasing championships and it just, you know, that's 866 00:41:25,880 --> 00:41:27,880 imagine if Patrick Ewing was able to do that. 867 00:41:27,920 --> 00:41:31,000 Like imagine if that generation think about, and I'm not saying 868 00:41:31,000 --> 00:41:32,680 Patrick's anywhere near Lebron's leg. 869 00:41:32,680 --> 00:41:35,640 He's not. I mean, Lebron's top three, top 870 00:41:35,640 --> 00:41:38,640 4, some some of you, he's number one and then that's fine. 871 00:41:39,040 --> 00:41:41,360 Like that's obviously very subjective to me. 872 00:41:41,360 --> 00:41:43,520 It's always Jordan no matter what happens the rest of my 873 00:41:43,520 --> 00:41:46,880 life, there was nobody, nobody who's going to supplant Michael 874 00:41:46,880 --> 00:41:50,280 Jordan 1 forever GOAT. And then, you know, obviously I 875 00:41:50,280 --> 00:41:53,800 do some people now throw Kobe number two or three. 876 00:41:53,800 --> 00:41:57,760 I think that's a little of an unfair elevation. 877 00:41:58,000 --> 00:42:03,520 And I love Kobe Bryant, top ten, top 7, yet I don't think he's #2 878 00:42:04,040 --> 00:42:06,080 I think for me, you probably start to look in the 879 00:42:06,080 --> 00:42:08,160 neighborhood. You got to throw a little magic 880 00:42:08,160 --> 00:42:10,600 in there, a little bird, a little wilt. 881 00:42:10,600 --> 00:42:13,240 Certainly Kareem. Kareem's the guy who gets the 882 00:42:13,240 --> 00:42:15,800 most overlooked, I think of anybody, like in the history of 883 00:42:15,800 --> 00:42:17,680 sports. I mean, think about the names 884 00:42:17,680 --> 00:42:19,680 that you throw out there before you act. 885 00:42:19,680 --> 00:42:22,680 I even just did it unknowingly. And I'm one who defends Kareem's 886 00:42:22,680 --> 00:42:26,840 legacy, right? Like Jordan, LeBron, Kobe, 887 00:42:27,000 --> 00:42:30,840 Magic, Bird, Oscar Robertson, Will Chamberlain, just throw 888 00:42:30,840 --> 00:42:32,760 man. Tim Duncan, Shaq. 889 00:42:32,760 --> 00:42:34,040 Oh, yeah, yeah, yeah. Kareem. 890 00:42:34,960 --> 00:42:37,360 Kareem. I mean, amazing. 891 00:42:37,360 --> 00:42:41,040 But imagine if those guys now he was traded from the Bucks to the 892 00:42:41,040 --> 00:42:41,880 Lakers. That's different. 893 00:42:42,160 --> 00:42:45,240 But imagine, like if Patrick had the ability and I wouldn't have 894 00:42:45,240 --> 00:42:47,800 even wanted this now. Yeah, it would have been nice 895 00:42:47,800 --> 00:42:50,800 having a championship, but what fun. 896 00:42:51,160 --> 00:42:52,640 I don't know. Maybe it's easy for me to say 897 00:42:52,640 --> 00:42:54,200 this now, but I really believe that I would. 898 00:42:54,200 --> 00:42:55,800 I would feel this way in real time, too. 899 00:42:56,000 --> 00:42:59,640 I don't think I'm recreating like an energy or an emotion to 900 00:42:59,640 --> 00:43:03,600 match this conversation. I really believe that if Ewing 901 00:43:03,840 --> 00:43:08,360 or Jordan paired up with Patrick and came here because I ain't 902 00:43:08,360 --> 00:43:11,160 rooting for the Bulls, no matter how much I love Patrick, if you 903 00:43:11,160 --> 00:43:15,400 go there, you're the enemy, then, like, all right, wow, 904 00:43:15,400 --> 00:43:18,920 Jordan and Ewing won. Like, to me, the appeal of those 905 00:43:18,920 --> 00:43:22,960 Knick teams was just how steep that mountain was and just how 906 00:43:23,440 --> 00:43:25,880 committed Patrick was to the cause. 907 00:43:26,280 --> 00:43:30,200 And, you know, I I think that there's valor in in coming up 908 00:43:30,200 --> 00:43:33,040 short the way he did. And there's grace, you know, 909 00:43:33,040 --> 00:43:36,160 even with a missed finger roll, even with some missed, you know, 910 00:43:36,160 --> 00:43:39,520 free throws, even with Scottie Pippen yoking on you a few times 911 00:43:39,520 --> 00:43:41,600 and whatever else happened along the way. 912 00:43:41,600 --> 00:43:44,280 So it is crazy. But yeah, I mean, that I was 913 00:43:44,280 --> 00:43:46,800 just reacting to that, that text there about the LeBron stuff 914 00:43:46,800 --> 00:43:49,880 with the with the call in the in the control room. 915 00:43:49,920 --> 00:43:51,920 I mean, now, if you would have gone to the Knicks that night, 916 00:43:51,960 --> 00:43:53,360 I'm I'm sure I would have loved them. 917 00:43:53,760 --> 00:43:58,080 But he's just too many things outside of basketball that 918 00:43:58,080 --> 00:44:01,080 rubbed me the wrong way. That's not a big LeBron James 919 00:44:01,080 --> 00:44:01,960 fan. That's all there is to it. 920 00:44:02,680 --> 00:44:06,720 How about this year? Let's get let's see. 921 00:44:08,400 --> 00:44:13,960 All right, how about the Charlie F6675 MLB much different than 922 00:44:13,960 --> 00:44:17,640 NFL BT much harder to be success successful in the NFL in my 923 00:44:17,640 --> 00:44:19,440 opinion. Alright, so Charles, this goes 924 00:44:19,440 --> 00:44:21,680 back to and and I appreciate you popping in with that. 925 00:44:21,880 --> 00:44:24,440 This goes back to what chart what I was saying before about 926 00:44:24,800 --> 00:44:26,960 like the Tomlin stuff and the Boone stuff. 927 00:44:27,280 --> 00:44:30,360 And I'm not even saying that they are exactly on like the 928 00:44:30,360 --> 00:44:34,120 same exact here, but I am referencing enough numbers where 929 00:44:34,120 --> 00:44:36,880 it's not, it's not unfair to have that conversation or at 930 00:44:36,880 --> 00:44:39,760 least create that template where, you know, I think Boone 931 00:44:39,760 --> 00:44:42,640 is unfairly judged and and downgraded. 932 00:44:42,920 --> 00:44:46,480 And I think that somebody like Mike Tomlin is unfairly 933 00:44:46,480 --> 00:44:48,120 elevated. Like I, I don't, I don't 934 00:44:48,120 --> 00:44:51,760 understand how many more home losses do you need to see before 935 00:44:51,760 --> 00:44:54,600 you realize, damn it, dude, I don't know, maybe this guy's not 936 00:44:54,600 --> 00:44:58,040 that good or maybe he's just good and not great, or maybe 937 00:44:58,040 --> 00:44:59,600 he's just good and not really good. 938 00:44:59,880 --> 00:45:02,560 Like there's no shame in being good and there's no shame in 939 00:45:02,560 --> 00:45:06,400 being being really good. But like the reverence and I 940 00:45:06,400 --> 00:45:08,600 know a lot of it's poured out of his personality, which I love 941 00:45:08,880 --> 00:45:11,080 Mike Tomlinson, no nonsense, no BS. 942 00:45:11,080 --> 00:45:14,360 He is an ass kicker and I love that kind of guy, especially in 943 00:45:14,360 --> 00:45:17,320 football. And massive respect for Mike. 944 00:45:17,360 --> 00:45:21,360 And by the way, pertaining to the last text there, let me let 945 00:45:21,360 --> 00:45:26,000 me think about is it really truly easier to win in baseball 946 00:45:26,320 --> 00:45:29,920 than it is in the NFL? Well, the finances would tell 947 00:45:29,920 --> 00:45:33,960 you no. Do the Pirates have a chance to 948 00:45:33,960 --> 00:45:35,680 win anything this year? Really? 949 00:45:35,680 --> 00:45:37,040 Do they? We know the answer. 950 00:45:37,320 --> 00:45:39,520 Do the Rockies have a chance to win anything this year? 951 00:45:39,720 --> 00:45:43,080 But here we are, the Jaguars in the playoffs again, the Buffalo 952 00:45:43,080 --> 00:45:45,560 Bills still playing, who beat the Jaguars in one of the 953 00:45:45,560 --> 00:45:48,840 smaller markets in the NFLI. Mean, you know, it's not just 954 00:45:48,840 --> 00:45:52,440 the New York Jets, the New York Giants, the Chicago Bears, you 955 00:45:52,440 --> 00:45:57,000 know, the the LA Rams, the LA Chargers, the New England, 956 00:45:57,000 --> 00:45:58,840 Boston Area Patriots. Some of those teams are there, 957 00:45:58,840 --> 00:46:04,160 obviously, but there is there is no in baseball, you are base 958 00:46:04,240 --> 00:46:06,920 basically comes down to this. In baseball, you either have 959 00:46:06,920 --> 00:46:09,320 hope or you have none. Like really it's that bottom 960 00:46:09,320 --> 00:46:11,760 line. That's why in 2027 we're looking 961 00:46:11,760 --> 00:46:16,320 at a brutal work stoppage and upcoming labor strife, which is 962 00:46:16,320 --> 00:46:20,120 going to be pure hell. If you love baseball like I do 963 00:46:20,760 --> 00:46:23,440 and you love watching baseball every night, bouncing around 964 00:46:23,440 --> 00:46:26,840 Yanks, Mets, Yanks, Mets, Yanks Mets MLB Network live look 965 00:46:26,840 --> 00:46:28,520 insurance like quick pitch in the morning. 966 00:46:28,520 --> 00:46:32,120 If you love the game the way I truly do, I mean, 2027 is going 967 00:46:32,120 --> 00:46:35,960 to be brutal for a lot of us. So I don't think that that's 968 00:46:35,960 --> 00:46:40,400 fair. I don't think that that's 969 00:46:40,400 --> 00:46:43,320 accurate and I just gave you a couple of reasons as to why. 970 00:46:43,600 --> 00:46:48,360 Whereas in the NFL because of the all this like the the salary 971 00:46:48,360 --> 00:46:53,160 cap, you know, you can put yourself in a position and 972 00:46:53,160 --> 00:46:56,760 because of the league resources that are spread out and it's not 973 00:46:56,760 --> 00:46:59,120 like all right, on the I cap, I could be woefully off. 974 00:46:59,120 --> 00:47:02,200 I'll just throw a number out. The Yankees are making this 975 00:47:02,200 --> 00:47:04,880 might be nowhere near it, $50 million from yes. 976 00:47:05,200 --> 00:47:08,360 And the Twins are making 4.1 from whatever regional network 977 00:47:08,360 --> 00:47:10,840 they're on, like right there. That's basically if if, if 978 00:47:10,840 --> 00:47:13,120 that's probably not those exact numbers. 979 00:47:13,120 --> 00:47:16,720 But I do think the disparity is fairly close, right? 980 00:47:17,040 --> 00:47:20,600 You tell me the Yankees and the Mets on SNY are making money 981 00:47:20,600 --> 00:47:23,160 hand over fist. Yes, the Mets get Sodo, pump up 982 00:47:23,160 --> 00:47:25,160 the ad rates. You know, the Yankees always win 983 00:47:25,160 --> 00:47:27,200 90 something games, always a threat to get to the World 984 00:47:27,200 --> 00:47:30,200 Series, pump up the ad rates, you know, and then if you add a 985 00:47:30,200 --> 00:47:33,320 Japanese player into the equation, you know, like the 986 00:47:33,320 --> 00:47:36,280 Mets did with Sanga a couple of years ago, that's an infusion of 987 00:47:36,280 --> 00:47:39,080 international dollars. The Yankees have done that with 988 00:47:39,080 --> 00:47:41,560 a Rabu. They've done that with Tanaka. 989 00:47:42,000 --> 00:47:42,960 Now they've done that with a few. 990 00:47:42,960 --> 00:47:47,640 So I don't agree. I I really don't like would it 991 00:47:47,640 --> 00:47:51,360 stun you? Now, let me preface it with this 992 00:47:51,360 --> 00:47:54,400 because yes, the the short answer is yes, as I answer my 993 00:47:54,400 --> 00:47:57,080 own question before I even tell you what the question is, the 994 00:47:57,080 --> 00:47:59,040 answer is yes. Like I was going to say, would 995 00:47:59,040 --> 00:48:00,960 it stun you if The Jets are good next year? 996 00:48:01,040 --> 00:48:03,360 Yes, it would because they're The Jets. 997 00:48:03,640 --> 00:48:07,880 But forget about that and divorce yourself from the 998 00:48:07,880 --> 00:48:11,880 torture of actually being a Jets fan pertaining to the business 999 00:48:11,920 --> 00:48:15,240 of the NFL. And you know, I know the 1000 00:48:15,240 --> 00:48:17,200 Patriots have Rabel and a real quarterback. 1001 00:48:17,200 --> 00:48:21,960 So 4 and 13 to 13 and 4. That's not a a a course that's 1002 00:48:21,960 --> 00:48:23,560 going to be charted next year by The Jets. 1003 00:48:23,560 --> 00:48:26,720 I can promise you that. But with $75 million in free 1004 00:48:26,720 --> 00:48:30,280 agent money, right, with two first round picks, maybe more if 1005 00:48:30,280 --> 00:48:32,440 they trade out of two and somebody wants Dante more. 1006 00:48:32,440 --> 00:48:34,760 If they don't, they get more first round picks, not to 1007 00:48:34,760 --> 00:48:35,880 mention what they have next year. 1008 00:48:36,160 --> 00:48:39,720 Would it stunt anybody if the if The Jets in the year it really 1009 00:48:39,720 --> 00:48:45,120 maybe more specifically in two or you know, I'm eleven and six 1010 00:48:45,400 --> 00:48:48,400 and and and playing a playoff game like it wouldn't stun me 1011 00:48:48,640 --> 00:48:52,000 would have stunned me next year if the Rockies won 93 games, 1012 00:48:52,080 --> 00:48:56,360 Hell yeah, I got no chance none. So that's the difference. 1013 00:48:56,360 --> 00:48:58,080 So I actually don't agree with that. 1014 00:48:58,960 --> 00:49:01,960 I really don't what else we got here? 1015 00:49:02,320 --> 00:49:04,560 A lot of YouTube stuff. A lot of YouTube's the good in 1016 00:49:04,560 --> 00:49:05,720 the tube. You're you're good. 1017 00:49:05,720 --> 00:49:06,800 No, you're good. You're good. 1018 00:49:07,560 --> 00:49:09,240 We see you pal. Alright, so this was a little 1019 00:49:09,240 --> 00:49:10,240 bit earlier. There you go. 1020 00:49:10,240 --> 00:49:13,600 Yeah, you good on YouTube there. I took my wife 20 seconds to 1021 00:49:13,600 --> 00:49:17,920 give you the answer here. Let's see, what is this here? 1022 00:49:17,920 --> 00:49:24,000 I find Brandon more likeable, more likeable and engaging in 1023 00:49:24,000 --> 00:49:27,800 this format versus the fan. Ralph Laurino. 1024 00:49:28,440 --> 00:49:30,600 I, I, it's, it's a little Scrabble there. 1025 00:49:30,600 --> 00:49:32,040 I think that that's what you mean. 1026 00:49:32,440 --> 00:49:34,640 Well, listen, I, I, I mean, this is, this is me. 1027 00:49:34,640 --> 00:49:37,320 I mean, this is this, I think this is who I was on the fan. 1028 00:49:37,320 --> 00:49:39,480 The difference is that, you know, when you're sharing a 1029 00:49:39,480 --> 00:49:41,840 studio with somebody, it's 5050, it's a partnership. 1030 00:49:42,200 --> 00:49:44,760 And it's also just a different, it's a different flow to the 1031 00:49:44,760 --> 00:49:47,880 format, you know, but I appreciate that. 1032 00:49:47,880 --> 00:49:49,960 Thank you very much. And I think the U2 model is 1033 00:49:49,960 --> 00:49:51,320 going to be great for us. I think it's going to be 1034 00:49:51,320 --> 00:49:53,000 awesome. We're talking to a lot of 1035 00:49:53,000 --> 00:49:54,800 sponsors. We got a couple things cooking. 1036 00:49:57,000 --> 00:50:00,240 I had somebody over and I know, trust me, I'm getting tired of 1037 00:50:00,240 --> 00:50:01,360 telling you about this, but it's coming. 1038 00:50:01,360 --> 00:50:03,440 If you're new, I'll give you a quick little synopsis here. 1039 00:50:03,760 --> 00:50:06,600 So I had somebody come on Saturday, measure the walls, 1040 00:50:06,720 --> 00:50:09,440 right. We've got the logo, which is 1041 00:50:09,440 --> 00:50:13,240 going to be sweet. I cannot wait for you guys to 1042 00:50:13,240 --> 00:50:15,760 see this logo when it's behind me and it's, you know, 1043 00:50:15,760 --> 00:50:17,680 professionally plastered onto the wall. 1044 00:50:17,960 --> 00:50:20,560 See if I can find it real quick. It's just going to look really 1045 00:50:20,560 --> 00:50:23,560 good and it's going to pop and you know, get the deeper that we 1046 00:50:23,560 --> 00:50:26,200 get into this guy's, the more that I'm going to be able to do 1047 00:50:26,640 --> 00:50:27,920 and the more fun it's going to be. 1048 00:50:27,920 --> 00:50:30,400 And then obviously then this is something that in this there 1049 00:50:30,400 --> 00:50:32,200 here you go. So that it's going to look like 1050 00:50:32,200 --> 00:50:34,960 that behind me. All right, right behind me. 1051 00:50:34,960 --> 00:50:37,840 Obviously the unleashed will be above my head, kind of where the 1052 00:50:38,200 --> 00:50:40,120 half the Yankee jersey is up there. 1053 00:50:40,440 --> 00:50:43,280 And then obviously, you know now and and and we are still 1054 00:50:43,440 --> 00:50:46,720 interviewing producers and hopefully we have one who I know 1055 00:50:46,720 --> 00:50:48,720 and who I like. We just got to, you know, get 1056 00:50:48,720 --> 00:50:50,800 the business down and see if that works out for him and for 1057 00:50:50,800 --> 00:50:53,480 us. And then once we do that, now we 1058 00:50:53,480 --> 00:50:56,600 can start doing the guests and now I can start pumping people 1059 00:50:56,600 --> 00:50:58,240 in. And then as I told you a few 1060 00:50:58,240 --> 00:51:01,200 times, we have the number, we bought a phone number. 1061 00:51:01,480 --> 00:51:04,400 So with the producer, the, and that's, that's down the road a 1062 00:51:04,400 --> 00:51:06,040 little bit more than the guests and everything else. 1063 00:51:06,280 --> 00:51:10,640 And not to mention like, and I, I appreciate a lot of you guys 1064 00:51:10,640 --> 00:51:13,920 saying this, I really do. But you don't think that I know 1065 00:51:13,920 --> 00:51:18,440 that the thumbnails that I myself am creating with no AI 1066 00:51:18,440 --> 00:51:21,640 background at all are they're like the resolutions, not 1067 00:51:21,640 --> 00:51:23,040 perfect. You don't think that I of course 1068 00:51:23,040 --> 00:51:24,480 I know that. I appreciate you guys said it 1069 00:51:24,480 --> 00:51:26,640 doesn't matter. Like content is king. 1070 00:51:26,640 --> 00:51:27,920 And I definitely agree with that. 1071 00:51:28,160 --> 00:51:30,680 You could have the sickest studio and have no personality 1072 00:51:30,680 --> 00:51:33,000 and you got nothing. And you know, so I would much 1073 00:51:33,000 --> 00:51:35,520 rather be able to come out here and do what I do and do what we 1074 00:51:35,520 --> 00:51:38,040 do together and kind of build things out as we get a little 1075 00:51:38,040 --> 00:51:39,960 deeper into the show. It's not even a month. 1076 00:51:39,960 --> 00:51:41,600 I mean, been doing this for a couple of weeks here. 1077 00:51:41,600 --> 00:51:46,280 So I would now the YouTube snag definitely hurt the the sub 1078 00:51:46,280 --> 00:51:49,360 growth, but we're almost at 14,000. 1079 00:51:49,400 --> 00:51:52,640 I fully anticipate by the end of the month, you know, going into 1080 00:51:52,640 --> 00:51:56,640 February, we're 20 large strong. And then once we get to baseball 1081 00:51:56,640 --> 00:51:59,120 and spring training and really the Yanks of the Mets cooking 1082 00:51:59,120 --> 00:52:01,320 Nick playoffs, like this thing's going to be humming. 1083 00:52:01,320 --> 00:52:04,360 And and I've got, you know, really, really, really big plans 1084 00:52:04,360 --> 00:52:07,400 for this. It's I can't tell you, man. 1085 00:52:07,520 --> 00:52:10,280 All I could be is incredibly transparent and tell you how 1086 00:52:10,280 --> 00:52:14,040 daunting it is to try something like this and something new. 1087 00:52:14,040 --> 00:52:17,240 It's it's not easy, but it's exciting and it's really, really 1088 00:52:17,240 --> 00:52:18,440 fun. I'm having a blast doing this 1089 00:52:18,440 --> 00:52:19,720 year. What else? 1090 00:52:19,720 --> 00:52:21,600 What else do I have for you? In the notes here, hit you 1091 00:52:21,600 --> 00:52:23,840 listen to Chris Maher stuff that's pretty basic. 1092 00:52:23,840 --> 00:52:25,480 Had the lunch at Hall Balls on Sunday. 1093 00:52:25,720 --> 00:52:27,680 I do think he's going to be coach at the Giants. 1094 00:52:28,360 --> 00:52:30,520 The Giants there was a little bit of a misreporting Matt 1095 00:52:30,520 --> 00:52:32,920 Mattie Ryan made a little bit may have made a little tactical 1096 00:52:32,920 --> 00:52:34,320 mistake. Little overly. 1097 00:52:34,320 --> 00:52:36,760 I love Matt little overly ambitious, you know, just 1098 00:52:36,880 --> 00:52:39,800 walking about how he connected with horribaugh first. 1099 00:52:39,800 --> 00:52:41,480 I don't know if Horribaugh's team loved that. 1100 00:52:41,480 --> 00:52:44,080 Either way, I do think the Falcons are a threat for 1101 00:52:44,080 --> 00:52:46,680 Horribaugh. I, I don't know if we'll have 1102 00:52:46,680 --> 00:52:50,280 the answer this week, but I do think that when you look big 1103 00:52:50,280 --> 00:52:53,040 picture here, all the things we've been hitting now for a 1104 00:52:53,040 --> 00:52:57,320 couple of days, I do think I would be stunned by Sunday 1105 00:52:57,320 --> 00:53:00,520 night. I would have to think that two 1106 00:53:00,520 --> 00:53:03,560 of the three big free agents are signed. 1107 00:53:03,760 --> 00:53:06,000 And again, my prediction would be Bichette going to Philly, 1108 00:53:06,000 --> 00:53:09,680 Tucker going to Toronto. Bellins are staying here five 1109 00:53:09,680 --> 00:53:14,400 years with a favorable opt out for him, maybe five years with a 1110 00:53:14,400 --> 00:53:17,440 bigger bonus than they want to do, maybe five years with no 1111 00:53:17,440 --> 00:53:21,000 deferrals, which the Boris camp does not want for in this 1112 00:53:21,000 --> 00:53:25,120 situation. Maybe maybe even a concession 1113 00:53:25,120 --> 00:53:27,200 for year number six, which I'd be OK with. 1114 00:53:27,200 --> 00:53:31,160 But like, think about this. So I do think that's going to be 1115 00:53:31,160 --> 00:53:33,000 done fairly soon with those 3 baseball players. 1116 00:53:33,000 --> 00:53:35,480 And then, you know, obviously you want to see where Peralta 1117 00:53:35,480 --> 00:53:36,800 goes. I think the Mets will be very 1118 00:53:36,800 --> 00:53:37,960 involved in that and the Yankees. 1119 00:53:37,960 --> 00:53:39,160 But I think the Mets have more to offer. 1120 00:53:39,160 --> 00:53:41,880 I think, not to mention Stearns's relationship with the 1121 00:53:41,880 --> 00:53:43,560 Brewers. They want a a starting pitcher 1122 00:53:43,560 --> 00:53:46,240 that's ready now. They look at Louis Hill when 1123 00:53:46,240 --> 00:53:50,880 Louis was a rookie and they want him more than like a sprout or a 1124 00:53:50,880 --> 00:53:52,880 tongue because you're not getting McClain. 1125 00:53:52,880 --> 00:53:54,040 That's just, that's just ludicrous. 1126 00:53:54,040 --> 00:53:56,320 There's no way I'm giving him up for a rental and the Mets 1127 00:53:56,320 --> 00:53:59,080 wouldn't be that dumb. Well, then maybe, maybe there is 1128 00:53:59,080 --> 00:54:01,760 a deal to be struck with. I still feel like Peralta is 1129 00:54:01,760 --> 00:54:04,560 going to be a Met. I know that the Yankees are 1130 00:54:04,560 --> 00:54:06,320 active in the starting pitching market. 1131 00:54:06,320 --> 00:54:08,760 I I just don't feel like it's going to really work out that 1132 00:54:08,760 --> 00:54:13,160 way with Peralta. But then once you get Bellinger, 1133 00:54:13,160 --> 00:54:17,040 like guys, or if you get Bellinger, like where are we? 1134 00:54:17,400 --> 00:54:21,440 You know, we still have a lot of situations here where it's a 1135 00:54:21,440 --> 00:54:24,080 little problematic in the sense that you've got, you know, a 1136 00:54:24,080 --> 00:54:27,200 young first baseman who's a good hitter who's got to prove he can 1137 00:54:27,200 --> 00:54:30,480 handle first base, A second baseman that, as I've told you 1138 00:54:30,480 --> 00:54:33,320 many times, I think the Yankees are motivated to trade, even 1139 00:54:33,320 --> 00:54:36,160 though he's talented. A shortstop situation, which is 1140 00:54:36,160 --> 00:54:39,400 a mess right now in terms of Caballero, you know, really not 1141 00:54:39,400 --> 00:54:41,640 being a start and shortstop. He's more of a, you know, bounce 1142 00:54:41,640 --> 00:54:45,520 around super sub kind of guy. And Volpe, who is a a disaster 1143 00:54:45,800 --> 00:54:48,600 and has everything to prove. This has to be the last year for 1144 00:54:48,600 --> 00:54:51,640 Volpe getting a long leash. You can't justify it anymore. 1145 00:54:51,920 --> 00:54:55,520 The third baseman hits 210 and strikes out 200 times every 1146 00:54:55,520 --> 00:54:57,440 year. You know, the catchers got pop, 1147 00:54:57,440 --> 00:54:59,920 but he's a low average guy, high strikeouts, left fielder. 1148 00:54:59,920 --> 00:55:02,280 Right now it's Dominguez or Jones center fielder. 1149 00:55:02,280 --> 00:55:03,600 You know, I'm not a big Grisham fan. 1150 00:55:03,960 --> 00:55:06,440 You know, I still got Stanton is the DH and he's going to miss 1151 00:55:06,440 --> 00:55:08,960 his 50 games. Like, you know, Cole's hurt, 1152 00:55:08,960 --> 00:55:11,200 Rodon's hurt. You don't have much leading up 1153 00:55:11,200 --> 00:55:13,880 to the back of the bullpen. That's why would I say before 1154 00:55:13,880 --> 00:55:17,200 you get to Ben N. That's why when I say that the 1155 00:55:17,200 --> 00:55:20,160 Yankees are not a playoff team right now, they're not like 1156 00:55:20,160 --> 00:55:23,240 that's not shock value. Well, let's get the clicks here. 1157 00:55:23,600 --> 00:55:25,120 They're not. I don't perceive them to be a 1158 00:55:25,120 --> 00:55:28,840 playoff team right now. And even the way the rest of the 1159 00:55:28,840 --> 00:55:33,840 division has done business, even if they get Bellinger, I think 1160 00:55:33,840 --> 00:55:36,080 they're fighting tooth and nail to be A to be. 1161 00:55:36,080 --> 00:55:37,680 And I don't even think they're going to win the division at 1162 00:55:37,680 --> 00:55:43,120 that point to be a playoff team. Now, that doesn't scare me quite 1163 00:55:43,120 --> 00:55:44,840 as much. Number 1, he could always do 1164 00:55:44,840 --> 00:55:46,680 something to the deadline. So could the other teams. 1165 00:55:46,680 --> 00:55:50,040 But that's one thing. But I also do think provided the 1166 00:55:50,040 --> 00:55:54,560 Yankees don't drown early in the season, I think, and this is 1167 00:55:54,560 --> 00:55:56,480 this is actually a good thing about the Yankees. 1168 00:55:56,480 --> 00:55:59,320 I know we rail, you know, it's negativity after negativity. 1169 00:55:59,560 --> 00:56:01,440 This could be. And they're banking on this to 1170 00:56:01,440 --> 00:56:04,800 an extent, but they got to be careful where everybody comes 1171 00:56:04,800 --> 00:56:05,920 back. Everybody's healthy. 1172 00:56:05,920 --> 00:56:08,480 And I don't mean right away whenever they hit their rhythm. 1173 00:56:08,560 --> 00:56:11,960 Cole remembers that he's Garrett Cole and the arm is good and he 1174 00:56:11,960 --> 00:56:14,480 trust his elbow and he's back to being Garrett Cole, which I 1175 00:56:14,480 --> 00:56:15,840 think he will be at some point this year. 1176 00:56:16,200 --> 00:56:19,760 You are going to end through a post season with a 12. 1177 00:56:20,080 --> 00:56:23,400 And, you know, really, I mean, if you want to get really nuts 1178 00:56:23,400 --> 00:56:26,480 and and be really positive at least for once with the Yankees. 1179 00:56:26,680 --> 00:56:29,080 How's this rotation sound? And no order? 1180 00:56:29,440 --> 00:56:30,920 Well, no. I'll even give you an order. 1181 00:56:31,560 --> 00:56:37,160 I'll go Garrett Cole one. I'll go Max free two, I'll go 1182 00:56:37,320 --> 00:56:41,360 Peralta 3. Again, this is optimal. 1183 00:56:41,800 --> 00:56:46,000 Optimally speaking, I'll go Schlittler 4, then I'll go rule 1184 00:56:46,000 --> 00:56:48,920 Don 5. Or if you want to go rule Don 4, 1185 00:56:48,960 --> 00:56:51,160 you know, show them a little more respect or even Peralta 1186 00:56:51,160 --> 00:56:53,560 four and rule Don 3. Whatever you could adjust after 1187 00:56:53,560 --> 00:56:56,400 the postseason. Think about that rotation and 1188 00:56:56,400 --> 00:56:58,480 then Will Warren can go to the pen. 1189 00:56:58,760 --> 00:57:00,640 You know, Yarborough is going to get some starts early. 1190 00:57:00,640 --> 00:57:03,160 All right, whatever. He can go to the bullpen now. 1191 00:57:03,160 --> 00:57:05,520 That's I think that that's the Yankees vision. 1192 00:57:05,520 --> 00:57:07,760 That's why they're actively looking for a starting pitcher, 1193 00:57:08,000 --> 00:57:09,760 not because they need a starting and a good one. 1194 00:57:09,760 --> 00:57:12,600 Hopefully they don't need a starting pitcher necessarily for 1195 00:57:12,880 --> 00:57:15,560 the entire season. They just need a capable arm to 1196 00:57:15,560 --> 00:57:18,760 make sure they don't get destroyed in April and May with 1197 00:57:18,760 --> 00:57:21,880 with what could be a fairly lackluster offense and a 1198 00:57:21,880 --> 00:57:25,600 rotation that is average and really not giving you a lot of 1199 00:57:25,600 --> 00:57:30,200 length between a Warren and the Yarborough early on. 1200 00:57:30,240 --> 00:57:33,200 So, you know, and even Schlitter, who I think is going 1201 00:57:33,200 --> 00:57:34,840 to be phenomenal. You know, it's year 2 and you 1202 00:57:34,840 --> 00:57:37,040 got to prove that, you know, you made the adjustments in the 1203 00:57:37,040 --> 00:57:39,120 league here. You know what else we got? 1204 00:57:39,120 --> 00:57:40,160 Let me read a couple of comments. 1205 00:57:40,160 --> 00:57:42,960 What time it's 1112. I got to actually jump on a call 1206 00:57:42,960 --> 00:57:45,960 today with Sal and my guy touch. We got to put the final script 1207 00:57:45,960 --> 00:57:50,360 together for the BT and Sal live show, which is coming up the 1208 00:57:50,360 --> 00:57:52,080 22nd. So it's next week. 1209 00:57:52,080 --> 00:57:54,600 That man, I I tell you, time is flying. 1210 00:57:54,920 --> 00:57:58,360 I remember when we first threw that together and my objective 1211 00:57:58,360 --> 00:58:02,480 was to try to get it thrown together before I, I stopped 1212 00:58:02,480 --> 00:58:04,640 full time at the fans so I could, I could at least tell you 1213 00:58:04,640 --> 00:58:07,600 guys what's going on. And I mean, it's, it's sold 1214 00:58:07,600 --> 00:58:09,160 great. There's still like four or five 1215 00:58:09,240 --> 00:58:12,640 VIP tickets, myconcerts.net, if you guys are interested in that. 1216 00:58:12,960 --> 00:58:15,600 But Aaron Boone's coming out and it's going to be me and Sal up 1217 00:58:15,600 --> 00:58:16,960 on the stage just kind of kicking it. 1218 00:58:16,960 --> 00:58:19,640 BT and Sal live. So we've got to jump on the call 1219 00:58:19,640 --> 00:58:22,960 today, just kind of coordinating script things out a little bit 1220 00:58:22,960 --> 00:58:26,080 more how we're going to set. I mean, listen, I'm not Rodney 1221 00:58:26,080 --> 00:58:28,680 Dangerfield or Richard Pryor or Eddie Murphy just going up on a 1222 00:58:28,680 --> 00:58:31,400 stage, you know, with no script that just, you know, down with 1223 00:58:31,400 --> 00:58:33,480 jokes for an hour and a half. Got to have a little bit of a 1224 00:58:33,480 --> 00:58:36,040 plan, although it means Sal, let's be honest. 1225 00:58:36,040 --> 00:58:37,480 Do you, do you really need a plan? 1226 00:58:37,640 --> 00:58:40,440 Honestly, do you, now that I think about the yeah, we'll have 1227 00:58:40,440 --> 00:58:43,720 a little skeleton to operate off of just in terms of more time 1228 00:58:43,720 --> 00:58:45,200 restraints in the general direction. 1229 00:58:45,560 --> 00:58:47,880 But do you really need a script with us? 1230 00:58:47,880 --> 00:58:51,320 Just give us a microphone and just basically get out of the 1231 00:58:51,320 --> 00:58:53,040 way and let us roll. I'm, I'm looking forward to 1232 00:58:53,040 --> 00:58:54,240 seeing him. I've I've talked to him a lot 1233 00:58:54,240 --> 00:58:57,320 via text, obviously, and looking forward to talking to him on the 1234 00:58:57,320 --> 00:58:59,600 phone today and then seeing him on Thursday. 1235 00:58:59,600 --> 00:59:02,040 And we're hoping, hoping, I don't want to promise him. 1236 00:59:02,360 --> 00:59:04,320 We're hoping to be able to stream that. 1237 00:59:04,640 --> 00:59:07,400 There's some legalities we've got to deal with either way, 1238 00:59:07,400 --> 00:59:10,920 even if we don't, we'll have the the video team and for for that, 1239 00:59:10,920 --> 00:59:13,600 we'll have one where they, you know, they capture the whole 1240 00:59:13,600 --> 00:59:15,920 thing and then, you know, nice mock up with music and all that 1241 00:59:15,920 --> 00:59:19,000 stuff. Now, do you think I now Aaron 1242 00:59:19,000 --> 00:59:23,400 Boone's a competitive guy, very competitive if I'm Aaron Boone? 1243 00:59:25,680 --> 00:59:29,080 I mean, don't you have to come in and just immediately look to 1244 00:59:29,080 --> 00:59:31,360 take me and Sal out in the baseball card game? 1245 00:59:31,360 --> 00:59:34,160 Like, don't you? Shouldn't that be of like 1246 00:59:34,160 --> 00:59:36,240 prominence in terms of what he's thinking about doing? 1247 00:59:36,880 --> 00:59:40,200 Like to me, you know, he came to our house and we greatly 1248 00:59:40,200 --> 00:59:43,480 appreciate it on his own dime in his own car coming in from 1249 00:59:43,480 --> 00:59:46,120 Connecticut to hang out with a couple of midday guys, which was 1250 00:59:46,120 --> 00:59:47,840 awesome. How many times does that happen 1251 00:59:47,840 --> 00:59:51,080 at the fan? And he he just shot the breeze 1252 00:59:51,080 --> 00:59:54,080 with us for an hour and a half. And as you know, we have a good 1253 00:59:54,080 --> 00:59:56,280 relationship with Aaron. But let's also not lose sight of 1254 00:59:56,280 --> 01:00:03,120 the scoreboard. Sal One Boonie 0BT1. 1255 01:00:03,840 --> 01:00:07,600 Cooney 0 Now the thing that really chaps my ass is the fact 1256 01:00:07,600 --> 01:00:10,400 that the other scoreboard that I actually care more about in 1257 01:00:10,400 --> 01:00:14,600 terms of the baseball card World Series is Sal 2 and BT Nothing 1258 01:00:14,920 --> 01:00:19,200 and and I hate that I lost the I lost the first World Series in 1259 01:00:19,200 --> 01:00:23,160 Game 7 and I lost the last one before we were dissolved. 1260 01:00:24,160 --> 01:00:27,280 I lost the last one basically in the in the seventh game as well. 1261 01:00:27,600 --> 01:00:31,280 And both times I jumped out to a commanding lead and I knew it 1262 01:00:31,280 --> 01:00:35,840 because once you do like we were doing 838485, my wheelhouse, you 1263 01:00:35,840 --> 01:00:38,640 know, and those 5-6 years difference between me and Sal 1264 01:00:38,640 --> 01:00:41,680 age wise, I stopped. I mean, I never stopped watching 1265 01:00:41,680 --> 01:00:45,200 baseball, obviously, but collecting cards, I stopped at 1266 01:00:45,200 --> 01:00:48,160 that point, you know, I'm not collecting cards in the in the 1267 01:00:48,160 --> 01:00:49,520 ninth grade or in the eighth grade. 1268 01:00:49,520 --> 01:00:51,640 It's so different now. By the way, check this out. 1269 01:00:52,160 --> 01:00:56,120 It's how different it is. So the other night on Saturday, 1270 01:00:56,400 --> 01:01:00,240 we had a, a just smaller. As the kids get older, you do 1271 01:01:00,240 --> 01:01:03,720 smaller and smaller birthday parties, like when the kids won, 1272 01:01:03,720 --> 01:01:06,120 when your, when your child's won and they eat cake for the first 1273 01:01:06,120 --> 01:01:08,840 time, You know, got to smear the cake and make a mess of it and 1274 01:01:08,840 --> 01:01:10,840 get the professional photographer and all that stuff 1275 01:01:11,120 --> 01:01:13,360 that your wife trades you into and you're happy that she does 1276 01:01:13,360 --> 01:01:15,160 it, but she does it, not you, right. 1277 01:01:15,160 --> 01:01:18,480 So you do that and then like year 2, maybe a little bouncy 1278 01:01:18,480 --> 01:01:24,240 house or you know, year three, I don't know, like Daniel Tiger 1279 01:01:24,240 --> 01:01:27,120 theme or something like that. I miss, I miss watching that 1280 01:01:27,120 --> 01:01:29,360 show with the kids. I love that Daniel Tiger's 1281 01:01:29,360 --> 01:01:30,560 neighborhood. And then they start getting a 1282 01:01:30,560 --> 01:01:32,720 little bit older. And then like we did one, we did 1283 01:01:32,720 --> 01:01:35,640 like a baseball World Series for my daughter. 1284 01:01:35,640 --> 01:01:38,520 We did the Wizard of Oz and my wife turned the whole backyard 1285 01:01:38,520 --> 01:01:40,520 into the yellow brick rose. Amazing. 1286 01:01:40,880 --> 01:01:43,480 But as they get older, because it gets expensive and now you 1287 01:01:43,480 --> 01:01:46,560 have more defined friendships, it gets a little smaller, right? 1288 01:01:46,600 --> 01:01:48,760 Anyway, Long story short, talking about baseball cards 1289 01:01:49,080 --> 01:01:53,040 this Saturday, we had a gentleman come over and for 1290 01:01:53,040 --> 01:01:56,760 about an hour, maybe even an hour and a half, he there was I 1291 01:01:56,760 --> 01:02:01,040 think 12 or 13 kids where he explained to them, here's how 1292 01:02:01,040 --> 01:02:04,040 you grade cards and went through the different sets and the 1293 01:02:04,040 --> 01:02:05,840 different types. And like that like a bingo 1294 01:02:05,840 --> 01:02:08,600 baseball game. But really, really, really cool. 1295 01:02:08,600 --> 01:02:12,840 Right when I tell you that half of the kids, I know them all, I 1296 01:02:12,840 --> 01:02:14,960 love them all. Half of these kids who I coach 1297 01:02:14,960 --> 01:02:18,360 too, they come in with like these briefcases like they're 1298 01:02:18,360 --> 01:02:21,760 going to Wall Street where they get ready to Jack a bank, like 1299 01:02:22,160 --> 01:02:25,680 they treat the baseball card and and football by extension, all 1300 01:02:25,680 --> 01:02:29,000 the car Marvel Garbage Pail kids. 1301 01:02:29,000 --> 01:02:31,680 What was the other one? God, what the hell was the other 1302 01:02:31,680 --> 01:02:35,760 one? It was oh, I can't remember it 1303 01:02:35,760 --> 01:02:37,680 right now. Pokémon, thank you. 1304 01:02:38,200 --> 01:02:40,360 Pokémon. They treat that less Pokémon 1305 01:02:40,360 --> 01:02:44,040 now, but they treat this like it's Fort Knox. 1306 01:02:44,320 --> 01:02:46,840 They got little codes and they open up their little case and 1307 01:02:46,840 --> 01:02:49,040 they got their little grading devices and elements. 1308 01:02:49,040 --> 01:02:52,200 I'm like, holy shit. All, all. 1309 01:02:52,680 --> 01:02:56,000 All I used to do was flip cards and Fonzie cards and get cards 1310 01:02:56,000 --> 01:02:57,600 and hope that I got a Yankee or a Met. 1311 01:02:57,600 --> 01:02:59,760 And I was happy. I didn't care if I got Rafael 1312 01:02:59,760 --> 01:03:03,120 Santana or Bobby Meacham. I'm like, yeah, I got a New York 1313 01:03:03,120 --> 01:03:04,600 play. I got a New York ball player. 1314 01:03:04,600 --> 01:03:06,680 Great. It's business, man. 1315 01:03:06,680 --> 01:03:08,600 It is. It is wild what it's turned 1316 01:03:08,600 --> 01:03:10,480 into, my God. But it's cool. 1317 01:03:10,480 --> 01:03:14,480 So we had a good time with that. All right, what's this here? 1318 01:03:14,480 --> 01:03:17,240 All right, let me see here at Willie under score 185 what up? 1319 01:03:17,240 --> 01:03:19,840 Will, to be fair, I think there's a good amount of people 1320 01:03:19,840 --> 01:03:23,240 judging Tomlin accurately. I know plenty of people calling 1321 01:03:23,240 --> 01:03:24,640 for a new head coach for a while. 1322 01:03:24,920 --> 01:03:27,240 OK, Willie. Now that's different, though. 1323 01:03:27,240 --> 01:03:31,640 Let's separate this. So the way the Steeler fans are 1324 01:03:31,640 --> 01:03:36,280 processing the recent rain and run of Tomlin, I think is very 1325 01:03:36,280 --> 01:03:39,560 different than how other fans of teams that need a coach are 1326 01:03:39,560 --> 01:03:41,040 viewing him. Of course. 1327 01:03:41,040 --> 01:03:42,880 I mean, you don't think I see the tweets and people out in 1328 01:03:42,880 --> 01:03:44,680 Pittsburgh, they can't. Like it's it, that's it. 1329 01:03:45,040 --> 01:03:46,720 It's over. Like you got to move on. 1330 01:03:47,120 --> 01:03:49,120 You ever won a playoff game in 10 years, You're the head. 1331 01:03:49,120 --> 01:03:52,600 Go to the Steelers. Your last, your, your, your last 1332 01:03:52,600 --> 01:03:56,880 four games you've lost at home. You scored six points last 1333 01:03:56,880 --> 01:03:58,840 night. Like you got booed. 1334 01:03:58,840 --> 01:04:00,920 Like enough is enough. Pull the plug, man. 1335 01:04:01,160 --> 01:04:03,440 Let the man have a second act somewhere else. 1336 01:04:03,800 --> 01:04:05,400 Show them. Tap out mercy time. 1337 01:04:05,400 --> 01:04:08,000 Let's go. Steeler fans know that. 1338 01:04:08,880 --> 01:04:11,280 I don't think that general NFL fans know that. 1339 01:04:11,720 --> 01:04:16,960 So let's say today. Now The Jets would never be so 1340 01:04:16,960 --> 01:04:20,960 smart or so bold or so forward thinking would never happen. 1341 01:04:21,000 --> 01:04:23,440 But let's say that Harbaugh was not fired or now I'm going to 1342 01:04:23,440 --> 01:04:25,040 include the Giants, OK, both of them. 1343 01:04:25,320 --> 01:04:29,680 Let's say Harbaugh was not fired by the Ravens and Tomlin. 1344 01:04:29,680 --> 01:04:32,720 Today it was announced that That's it. 1345 01:04:32,720 --> 01:04:35,800 You know, whether you can trade for more will make it easy for 1346 01:04:35,800 --> 01:04:37,200 it. However they wanted to do it. 1347 01:04:37,200 --> 01:04:38,640 If you wanted Tomlin, you could get him. 1348 01:04:38,680 --> 01:04:40,840 And Tomlin obviously was amenable to change. 1349 01:04:41,040 --> 01:04:44,960 He wanted to keep coaching like he said, no TV what he what he 1350 01:04:44,960 --> 01:04:46,320 what word did he whatever word to use. 1351 01:04:46,320 --> 01:04:49,240 He's basically said he's he's been part of a team since 1980, 1352 01:04:49,240 --> 01:04:51,760 which I really respect. But I read that this morning. 1353 01:04:51,760 --> 01:04:54,120 I'm like, man, that resonates that I, I get that you've been 1354 01:04:54,120 --> 01:04:56,760 playing and you've been coaching since 1980. 1355 01:04:57,200 --> 01:04:58,960 I wouldn't want to get on TV set either. 1356 01:04:58,960 --> 01:05:01,360 I'd want to keep coaching because you can't play anymore. 1357 01:05:01,560 --> 01:05:04,680 But let's say he's available and let's say the Giants hired him 1358 01:05:04,680 --> 01:05:08,720 or The Jets hired him. The consensus on the fan New 1359 01:05:08,720 --> 01:05:13,840 York radio, obviously with me, more importantly, all the 1360 01:05:13,840 --> 01:05:16,960 tweets, all the other interactions, you know, Jets got 1361 01:05:16,960 --> 01:05:19,200 their savior, Giants got their savior. 1362 01:05:19,480 --> 01:05:21,600 Why? Just because The Jets and the 1363 01:05:21,600 --> 01:05:24,560 Giants absolutely suck doesn't mean that you're getting a 1364 01:05:24,560 --> 01:05:26,920 savior. It means you're going to get a 1365 01:05:26,920 --> 01:05:29,760 leader of men and an elevator for the floor. 1366 01:05:30,120 --> 01:05:33,720 But are you really getting somebody who's going to go in to 1367 01:05:33,720 --> 01:05:37,960 opposing venues in December or in January now in the playoffs 1368 01:05:38,000 --> 01:05:42,280 and win critical games? And, and, and you could say that 1369 01:05:42,280 --> 01:05:44,040 he will. And I'm not saying that he 1370 01:05:44,040 --> 01:05:46,760 couldn't, but I'm going to lean on a decade of evidence that 1371 01:05:46,760 --> 01:05:48,360 tells me he ain't getting it done. 1372 01:05:49,400 --> 01:05:51,600 You know what I mean? So I I, I would have to push 1373 01:05:51,600 --> 01:05:53,280 back Willie on that, on that text there. 1374 01:05:53,280 --> 01:05:57,040 I think Steeler fans understand that it's time and I think that 1375 01:05:57,040 --> 01:06:00,480 they have a very real sense of it's over And respectfully, 1376 01:06:00,480 --> 01:06:02,760 let's go. But I think the general 1377 01:06:02,760 --> 01:06:07,360 consensus put on any pundit on on any TV show, whatever anybody 1378 01:06:07,760 --> 01:06:09,560 that is in the market for a head coach. 1379 01:06:09,800 --> 01:06:12,640 If the Cardinals got Tomlin, you don't think if the Ravens got 1380 01:06:12,640 --> 01:06:14,520 Tomlin, they'd be pumped Maybe a little different because they 1381 01:06:14,560 --> 01:06:16,320 they see him all the time. I don't maybe there maybe I take 1382 01:06:16,320 --> 01:06:18,480 back the Ravens. But like the Browns got Mike 1383 01:06:18,480 --> 01:06:20,040 Tomlin, even though they are the same division. 1384 01:06:20,240 --> 01:06:22,840 If the Cardinals got him, if the Giants got him, if The Jets got 1385 01:06:22,840 --> 01:06:25,600 him, if any other team that like if the Packers would have fired 1386 01:06:26,120 --> 01:06:30,120 Lafleur and he wound up there, OK, If Dallas made a move and 1387 01:06:30,120 --> 01:06:32,440 they brought Tomlin in Dallas fans would be fired up. 1388 01:06:32,640 --> 01:06:35,040 And I would say, OK, I mean, it's OK to be fired up. 1389 01:06:35,080 --> 01:06:39,000 Why? Like, why are you so fired up? 1390 01:06:39,000 --> 01:06:42,560 Like, where's the evidence here? Man, it, it really is great. 19 1391 01:06:42,560 --> 01:06:44,520 years you got won championship won. 1392 01:06:44,520 --> 01:06:49,840 I haven't won a playoff game since 2016, and I thought this 1393 01:06:49,840 --> 01:06:51,160 was interesting. I had to do a little digging 1394 01:06:51,160 --> 01:06:54,640 this morning in the context of how long ago 2016 was. 1395 01:06:54,960 --> 01:06:58,080 Ben McAdoo was coach of the Giants, Derek Fish was coaching 1396 01:06:58,400 --> 01:07:01,440 the Knicks, and Yoetta Sespedes was the best player on the Mets 1397 01:07:01,440 --> 01:07:05,240 with an OPS of about 860. That's the last time Mike Tomlin 1398 01:07:05,400 --> 01:07:08,320 won a playoff game. So I'm not trying to come 1399 01:07:08,320 --> 01:07:11,680 sideways at my guy. I've got great respect for my. 1400 01:07:11,680 --> 01:07:14,800 How could you not? He is a good dude and he is a 1401 01:07:15,000 --> 01:07:18,720 good coach, but let's not stretch it beyond the boundaries 1402 01:07:18,720 --> 01:07:20,960 of where it belongs. Good coach. 1403 01:07:21,400 --> 01:07:23,600 That's it. What else? 1404 01:07:23,600 --> 01:07:28,280 For some giants on online stuff here, How about this guy? 1405 01:07:28,280 --> 01:07:31,960 All right, at Robert Huertas? You like how I roll that? 1406 01:07:31,960 --> 01:07:35,640 R Huertas. That's a good name to say Dash 1407 01:07:35,640 --> 01:07:39,520 S5C, All right, at BT Unleashed. Hey, BT, with regards to The 1408 01:07:39,520 --> 01:07:42,200 Jets not getting me those or more, who can they look to as a 1409 01:07:42,200 --> 01:07:46,080 stop as a stopgap, stopgap quarterback next year and wait 1410 01:07:46,080 --> 01:07:49,680 to 2027 to wait and get the quarterback? 1411 01:07:49,680 --> 01:07:51,920 That is a very, very good question, Robert. 1412 01:07:51,920 --> 01:07:55,600 Really it is the only big question or at least the biggest 1413 01:07:55,600 --> 01:07:58,160 question is a lot of questions, but the biggest by far questions 1414 01:07:58,160 --> 01:08:01,280 surrounding The Jets now. I remember when I think Evan was 1415 01:08:01,280 --> 01:08:04,360 throwing this around and at first I remember, I don't like 1416 01:08:04,360 --> 01:08:05,800 that. I'm not down with that. 1417 01:08:06,160 --> 01:08:08,400 But you know, just sitting through another year of Brady 1418 01:08:08,400 --> 01:08:12,080 Cook and Fields and Taylor. I mean, if it was, if it was 1419 01:08:12,080 --> 01:08:15,720 Kyler Murray, who's at least proven and at least talented, 1420 01:08:16,640 --> 01:08:20,479 you know, depending upon what you'd have to get up and what we 1421 01:08:20,560 --> 01:08:23,000 have to look at the monies and the dead cap hit Jet still owe 1422 01:08:23,000 --> 01:08:25,120 Rogers money. So that's a lot of money and 1423 01:08:25,120 --> 01:08:28,399 Fields now a lot of money to the quarterback room that might be 1424 01:08:28,399 --> 01:08:31,200 financially untenable even though they got a lot of money. 1425 01:08:32,399 --> 01:08:35,800 Jeez, I don't I don't know, man. I mean, you know, as I was 1426 01:08:35,800 --> 01:08:38,200 saying what I was hoping was going to happen on Friday and of 1427 01:08:38,200 --> 01:08:40,520 course it didn't. You, you hoping Dante Moore 1428 01:08:40,520 --> 01:08:42,399 played great. You, you you were hoping that he 1429 01:08:42,399 --> 01:08:44,640 was lights out. And the best situation would 1430 01:08:44,640 --> 01:08:47,680 have been Dante Moore plays amazing, Mendoza plays OK, 1431 01:08:47,680 --> 01:08:49,160 Oregon lose. Oregon wins. 1432 01:08:49,160 --> 01:08:52,000 Pardon me, goes and plays Miami in the national championship. 1433 01:08:52,000 --> 01:08:54,840 Dante Moore balls out again. Even if they lose now, it's 1434 01:08:54,840 --> 01:08:56,800 like, whoa, now it's not a consensus. 1435 01:08:56,800 --> 01:08:58,920 We got Mendoza going one. Now the Raiders really have 1436 01:08:58,920 --> 01:09:01,560 something to think about. And even, you know, even as a 1437 01:09:01,560 --> 01:09:05,800 subset of that, even if The Jets, if more comes out, I think 1438 01:09:05,800 --> 01:09:08,960 he's going to if more, if their Jets weren't inclined to take 1439 01:09:08,960 --> 01:09:10,720 more. He's young, not a lot of 1440 01:09:10,720 --> 01:09:12,680 experience. All the deterrence that we have 1441 01:09:12,680 --> 01:09:16,520 pointed out historically, a lot of evidence against those kind 1442 01:09:16,520 --> 01:09:18,800 of, you know, track records or resumes for college 1443 01:09:18,800 --> 01:09:20,840 quarterbacks, not a lot of success there. 1444 01:09:21,160 --> 01:09:24,359 So if The Jets didn't want to do it this year and pumped for next 1445 01:09:24,359 --> 01:09:27,960 year, which I'd be OK with. But now Dante Moore bowling for 1446 01:09:27,960 --> 01:09:31,399 a couple of games in a row on the national stage, well, now 1447 01:09:31,399 --> 01:09:34,880 somebody would have maybe Arizona would have absolutely 1448 01:09:34,880 --> 01:09:37,720 been incentivized to jump up to #2 which means The Jets could 1449 01:09:37,720 --> 01:09:40,640 have traded out, get their stopgap, whatever. 1450 01:09:40,640 --> 01:09:43,160 Even if it's a Kirk Cousins type and just get more first round 1451 01:09:43,160 --> 01:09:46,960 picks and just go bonkers. You know, get a big receiver 1452 01:09:46,960 --> 01:09:50,000 opposite Garrett Wilson, get a linebacker who can run and hit 1453 01:09:50,000 --> 01:09:52,319 and make plays. Get a safety who's going to be a 1454 01:09:52,319 --> 01:09:55,200 terror. Get a lockdown corner, you know, 1455 01:09:55,200 --> 01:09:59,800 get one more old lineman. So that's that's how I view that 1456 01:09:59,800 --> 01:10:02,800 position. I'm a little bit more receptive 1457 01:10:02,800 --> 01:10:05,120 to the Murray stuff. Maybe if the money adds up. 1458 01:10:05,560 --> 01:10:08,720 But you know, I I'd have to really see and I'd have to see 1459 01:10:08,720 --> 01:10:13,400 who else shakes free. I don't think that the I don't 1460 01:10:13,400 --> 01:10:15,560 think that Lamar is an option for The Jets. 1461 01:10:16,040 --> 01:10:17,960 I don't think the borough's going anywhere. 1462 01:10:18,280 --> 01:10:19,760 And at this point, I don't even want Herbert. 1463 01:10:20,160 --> 01:10:22,000 Listen, Herbert's the most overrated quarterback in 1464 01:10:22,000 --> 01:10:23,080 football, period. That's it. 1465 01:10:23,600 --> 01:10:26,720 I mean, three years ago, he's a 27 zip. 1466 01:10:26,720 --> 01:10:28,040 They lose, you're the quarterback. 1467 01:10:28,040 --> 01:10:30,200 I know there's some defensive breakdowns there as well and 1468 01:10:30,200 --> 01:10:32,120 coaching. But if you're the quarterback 1469 01:10:32,120 --> 01:10:35,040 and you're up 27 nothing, you know, there's a pretty good 1470 01:10:35,040 --> 01:10:38,000 chance if you make that one more throw or play with your legs and 1471 01:10:38,000 --> 01:10:40,960 get a first down, tick, tick, tick, tick, and the clock keeps 1472 01:10:40,960 --> 01:10:42,320 going, you're going to win the game. 1473 01:10:42,320 --> 01:10:46,000 So a lot of that is on you #1 And he was young, so I'll give 1474 01:10:46,000 --> 01:10:47,640 him a little bit of growth there. 1475 01:10:47,680 --> 01:10:50,800 All right, the next year against the Texans, God, how good is 1476 01:10:50,800 --> 01:10:54,000 that Texans defense? My God, you know Denver's 1477 01:10:54,000 --> 01:10:57,080 defense is good. We know Texans the best by far 1478 01:10:57,320 --> 01:10:59,200 in the NFL. They just hit the shit out of 1479 01:10:59,200 --> 01:11:00,240 you. They just crush you. 1480 01:11:00,520 --> 01:11:01,920 It's crazy how hard they hit you. 1481 01:11:03,320 --> 01:11:05,520 And then the other so and then against the Texans a couple 1482 01:11:05,520 --> 01:11:08,400 years ago, he throws 4 picks. And then the other night, you 1483 01:11:08,520 --> 01:11:10,080 know, he does absolutely nothing. 1484 01:11:10,080 --> 01:11:11,680 He scores 3 points against the Patriots. 1485 01:11:11,680 --> 01:11:14,920 So you start to hear, well, maybe The Jets can engage the 1486 01:11:14,920 --> 01:11:15,920 charge. I don't want him. 1487 01:11:15,960 --> 01:11:18,520 I listen, if he can't get it done out there where nobody 1488 01:11:18,520 --> 01:11:21,160 cares, he's going to get it done here with, with a, with a 1489 01:11:21,160 --> 01:11:25,000 horrendous franchise, I'll pass. I will absolutely pass on that. 1490 01:11:25,600 --> 01:11:27,320 You know, eventually you're going to have to find the 1491 01:11:27,320 --> 01:11:28,800 quarterback. But you know, we'll see if we 1492 01:11:28,800 --> 01:11:33,200 will or if you will add Brandon Andrey and oh, that's a total 1493 01:11:33,200 --> 01:11:35,760 boy. And Skwitz, how about we just 1494 01:11:35,760 --> 01:11:39,200 call you Stankiewicz? Andy Stankiewicz, 88 BT happy 1495 01:11:39,200 --> 01:11:41,080 that Aaron Rodgers got stomped last night? 1496 01:11:41,240 --> 01:11:45,440 No, why would I be happy? No, why would I be happy? 1497 01:11:45,760 --> 01:11:49,120 I understand why some people would ask that, or maybe more 1498 01:11:49,120 --> 01:11:51,240 specifically, why some people would feel that way. 1499 01:11:51,840 --> 01:11:56,840 I don't feel that way at all. Number one, I like Aaron 1500 01:11:56,840 --> 01:11:58,480 Rodgers. I'm not afraid to say it. 1501 01:11:59,640 --> 01:12:02,640 So a lot of you don't like what he says about the world, tough. 1502 01:12:02,720 --> 01:12:04,280 That's his opinion. Deal with it. 1503 01:12:05,080 --> 01:12:06,520 You know what I mean? That doesn't mean you have to 1504 01:12:06,520 --> 01:12:08,560 agree with it. Clearly different sides, 1505 01:12:08,560 --> 01:12:09,680 different opinions. I get it. 1506 01:12:09,920 --> 01:12:12,000 And I don't agree with everything that he's espoused. 1507 01:12:12,000 --> 01:12:18,480 I I don't but Aaron Rodgers, like for me to root against him 1508 01:12:18,480 --> 01:12:21,840 last night and particularly I guess you're alluding to because 1509 01:12:21,840 --> 01:12:25,800 he did get I think he got hit nine times and four or five, 1510 01:12:26,000 --> 01:12:29,280 like he got hit a lot, man, it was cold. 1511 01:12:29,280 --> 01:12:31,080 They were just trying to get the ball out of his hands. 1512 01:12:31,080 --> 01:12:32,080 I mean, they had no chance, right? 1513 01:12:32,440 --> 01:12:36,760 But why would I root against the guy who willingly came to The 1514 01:12:36,760 --> 01:12:38,720 Jets? And really, even though it 1515 01:12:38,720 --> 01:12:40,400 didn't work. So it's not about the result, 1516 01:12:40,400 --> 01:12:42,640 it's about the intention. I'm going back when it when he 1517 01:12:42,640 --> 01:12:46,000 first came here, he he embraced everything about The Jets. 1518 01:12:46,200 --> 01:12:49,600 Hey, that one Super Bowl trophy looks pretty lonely and this 1519 01:12:49,600 --> 01:12:52,200 before he heard his Achilles and obviously change his entire 1520 01:12:52,240 --> 01:12:53,920 there were a couple times last night I thought he could have 1521 01:12:53,920 --> 01:12:56,360 run and gotten a first down, but he just doesn't have any. 1522 01:12:56,360 --> 01:12:57,800 He's done. He's just not the same athletes 1523 01:12:57,800 --> 01:12:59,000 42. It's over, man. 1524 01:12:59,200 --> 01:13:01,520 He has to retire. There's nothing left. 1525 01:13:01,720 --> 01:13:03,520 Doesn't throw the ball down field, can't run. 1526 01:13:03,880 --> 01:13:06,280 But that doesn't mean that he wasn't well-intentioned when he 1527 01:13:06,280 --> 01:13:09,880 came here going to nick playoff games, you know, with sauce and 1528 01:13:10,080 --> 01:13:11,400 trying to be a leader with the guys. 1529 01:13:11,400 --> 01:13:14,920 Remember he took the the old line to was it Hamilton? 1530 01:13:14,920 --> 01:13:17,600 I don't know, some Broadway show like he was good for the 1531 01:13:17,600 --> 01:13:20,600 culture. You know, he's a stand up guy. 1532 01:13:21,520 --> 01:13:26,120 He tried his ass off to come back from a devastating surgery. 1533 01:13:26,400 --> 01:13:29,360 Now I don't know in his mind. And it's it's a different 1534 01:13:29,360 --> 01:13:30,640 procedure. Like they have that like that 1535 01:13:30,640 --> 01:13:32,040 metal. It's different than the 1536 01:13:32,040 --> 01:13:35,400 procedure I had like when you rupture your Achilles in the 1537 01:13:35,400 --> 01:13:37,800 conventional way, is that the old ways they just reconnected 1538 01:13:37,800 --> 01:13:40,760 to the back of the bone because it rolls up like a lampshade to 1539 01:13:40,760 --> 01:13:41,840 your calf. And then they've got to 1540 01:13:41,840 --> 01:13:44,280 basically pull it back down. They they have the incision, 1541 01:13:44,280 --> 01:13:47,360 they go up, they stretch it back down, and then they reconnected 1542 01:13:47,360 --> 01:13:49,320 back to the heel. And then that's how it re 1543 01:13:49,320 --> 01:13:52,680 establishes itself over time. But they have now where there's 1544 01:13:52,680 --> 01:13:55,680 like a reinforcement that was not available when I ruptured 1545 01:13:55,680 --> 01:13:58,440 mine years ago, right? I'm also not a quarterback, so I 1546 01:13:58,480 --> 01:13:59,640 don't even know if I would have had that. 1547 01:13:59,920 --> 01:14:03,880 The point is, because it was a different surgery, maybe he did 1548 01:14:03,880 --> 01:14:05,200 think that he could come back and play. 1549 01:14:05,440 --> 01:14:07,160 But you know what would have been the easiest thing in the 1550 01:14:07,160 --> 01:14:10,800 world for Aaron Rodgers to do? To go back to go to Malibu, 1551 01:14:10,920 --> 01:14:12,800 right? You know, whoever he's dating, 1552 01:14:12,800 --> 01:14:17,040 whatever's going on, have fun. You know, sit around, have a 1553 01:14:17,040 --> 01:14:19,920 little tequila, pop a gummy, do a little rehab. 1554 01:14:20,040 --> 01:14:21,400 Yeah, whatever. I got my money. 1555 01:14:21,400 --> 01:14:24,080 I'm good. The man was living in the gym 1556 01:14:24,560 --> 01:14:28,440 busting his ass and people who say, and there will be people 1557 01:14:28,440 --> 01:14:31,280 who say, wow, look at he was making it all about himself 1558 01:14:31,280 --> 01:14:33,120 throwing on the field before the game. 1559 01:14:33,800 --> 01:14:36,120 Now, if you think that about Aaron Rodgers, then you just are 1560 01:14:36,120 --> 01:14:37,840 predisposed to not liking Aaron Rodgers. 1561 01:14:37,840 --> 01:14:40,480 And no matter what I say, well, then it's not going to change 1562 01:14:40,480 --> 01:14:42,680 your opinion. And I'm not going to try to like 1563 01:14:42,680 --> 01:14:45,280 if you love, if you love Trump or hate Trump or love Biden or 1564 01:14:45,280 --> 01:14:48,040 hate Biden, Like there's just that line that you'll never 1565 01:14:48,040 --> 01:14:49,880 cross no matter what somebody says. 1566 01:14:49,880 --> 01:14:53,280 So I'm going to respect that. But I actually interpreted very 1567 01:14:53,280 --> 01:14:55,560 differently. I thought by Rodgers doing that, 1568 01:14:55,920 --> 01:14:58,480 I thought he was trying to signals to his signal to his 1569 01:14:58,480 --> 01:15:01,480 teammates to change the culture of The Jets. 1570 01:15:01,880 --> 01:15:05,400 It's not over. If I'm out here in the rain 1571 01:15:05,400 --> 01:15:08,520 shuffling around on one ankle, 11 Achilles, one healthy 1572 01:15:08,520 --> 01:15:12,200 Achilles, throwing 15 yard lobs here, well then you bet your ass 1573 01:15:12,200 --> 01:15:14,480 you can go out and play hard for 60 minutes and get a win. 1574 01:15:14,680 --> 01:15:16,720 Like that's how I looked at it, really. 1575 01:15:17,000 --> 01:15:19,600 So no, I actually felt badly for Aaron Rodgers last night. 1576 01:15:19,840 --> 01:15:22,880 He's a great. I think he's the best pure 1577 01:15:22,960 --> 01:15:26,520 quarterback of all time. He's not the best winner, 1578 01:15:27,040 --> 01:15:29,480 doesn't have the most records, doesn't have the most Super 1579 01:15:29,480 --> 01:15:33,680 Bowls, you know, And there's a little baggage from any of you 1580 01:15:33,680 --> 01:15:36,280 that comes with Aaron Rodgers. But if you just look at Aaron 1581 01:15:36,280 --> 01:15:40,000 Rodgers in his absolute prime, would have been nice if that 1582 01:15:40,000 --> 01:15:44,240 prime was with The Jets. But with the Packers, you find 1583 01:15:44,240 --> 01:15:49,240 somebody that had the accuracy, the athleticism, the 1584 01:15:49,240 --> 01:15:54,600 intelligence, the intuition, the the pure heat on his fastball. 1585 01:15:54,960 --> 01:15:58,440 I mean the touch deep short. There was nothing he couldn't 1586 01:15:58,440 --> 01:16:00,440 do. And even though Brady's the 1587 01:16:00,440 --> 01:16:03,320 GOAT, Brady couldn't move. And Brady had some deficiencies 1588 01:16:03,320 --> 01:16:05,760 in Montana. You know what, four and oh, in 1589 01:16:05,760 --> 01:16:09,280 the Super Bowl, small, not a great athlete, didn't ever rock 1590 01:16:09,280 --> 01:16:11,320 it. More on West Coast timing. 1591 01:16:11,320 --> 01:16:14,040 Not to knock Joe, just to tell you that's how great Aaron 1592 01:16:14,040 --> 01:16:17,000 Rodgers was. So, you know, when somebody like 1593 01:16:17,000 --> 01:16:20,200 that can keep playing, I like watching them play. 1594 01:16:21,080 --> 01:16:23,800 But it's pretty obviously it's obvious he's at the end of the 1595 01:16:23,800 --> 01:16:24,840 road. He's done. 1596 01:16:25,320 --> 01:16:29,680 And there's no need to downgrade him or denigrate him. 1597 01:16:30,000 --> 01:16:33,440 I think he's amazing. And I, you know, I really wish 1598 01:16:33,440 --> 01:16:35,960 it would have worked out here. What is like this here? 1599 01:16:41,800 --> 01:16:44,520 I defend the what I don't even. That's not very coherent. 1600 01:16:44,520 --> 01:16:48,600 Otherwise I would do it. I would read that here Yeah. 1601 01:16:49,200 --> 01:16:50,920 I mean, this is kind of along the lines why I think what I'm 1602 01:16:50,920 --> 01:16:54,240 saying here at Michael Mara Dash V9G. 1603 01:16:54,240 --> 01:16:55,160 Thanks, Mike. Appreciate it. 1604 01:16:55,160 --> 01:16:57,000 Felt felt bad for Rogers guy wanted to come here. 1605 01:16:57,000 --> 01:16:59,280 Yeah. Gave it his all suffered a 1606 01:16:59,280 --> 01:17:02,560 severe career ending injury. Still wanted to play for them. 1607 01:17:02,920 --> 01:17:05,440 I'm totally with you. I I agree. 1608 01:17:05,840 --> 01:17:07,560 Just so I don't I don't really understand. 1609 01:17:07,560 --> 01:17:09,480 Thank you for that. I don't understand. 1610 01:17:09,480 --> 01:17:11,080 Here we go. I got a volley back and forth. 1611 01:17:11,080 --> 01:17:12,720 You should see the tennis match I'm playing hitting these 1612 01:17:12,720 --> 01:17:14,040 buttons myself. I actually figured it out. 1613 01:17:14,040 --> 01:17:17,480 I'm proud of myself, so I don't know why. 1614 01:17:17,640 --> 01:17:19,920 And I'm not talking about agreeing with politics or 1615 01:17:19,920 --> 01:17:21,760 certain things about the world, world views. 1616 01:17:21,760 --> 01:17:25,320 I'm not talking about that. But just if you're a Jets fan 1617 01:17:25,840 --> 01:17:29,160 and you can't stand Aaron Rodgers, what's the reasoning? 1618 01:17:29,920 --> 01:17:32,880 Or if you're a football fan and you can't stand Aaron Rodgers, 1619 01:17:32,880 --> 01:17:35,520 what's the reasoning pertaining to football? 1620 01:17:36,520 --> 01:17:39,360 I mean, he stretched every conceivable ounce of talent out 1621 01:17:39,360 --> 01:17:42,920 of his body going to a junior college, you know, sitting in 1622 01:17:42,920 --> 01:17:46,360 the in the draft room in the 20s and what he should have gone 1623 01:17:46,360 --> 01:17:49,520 first overall instead of Alex Smith, you know, from Utah to 1624 01:17:49,520 --> 01:17:51,200 the Niners. And that was his home team, by 1625 01:17:51,200 --> 01:17:53,200 the way. You know, it wasn't like he was 1626 01:17:53,440 --> 01:17:56,360 the man at Michigan and everybody wants to just be. 1627 01:17:56,600 --> 01:18:01,600 He went and perfected his craft in the obscure backdrop of, of 1628 01:18:01,600 --> 01:18:04,400 JUCO college football, then went to Cal. 1629 01:18:04,400 --> 01:18:06,240 Why? Cuz he's really smart. 1630 01:18:06,360 --> 01:18:10,840 He's a, Macau's a great academic school and and he flourished 1631 01:18:10,840 --> 01:18:13,800 there and he fell in the drab. And he goes to Green Bay and 1632 01:18:13,800 --> 01:18:16,800 he's got Brett Favre there who's not helping him out, gets off on 1633 01:18:16,800 --> 01:18:18,960 the wrong foot, sits and watches a little bit. 1634 01:18:19,080 --> 01:18:23,440 Then he comes in and deals with the legend, the the towering 1635 01:18:23,440 --> 01:18:26,880 figure of Brett Favre, right? And surpasses it. 1636 01:18:27,280 --> 01:18:29,560 Like I think that Aaron Rodgers is better than Brett Farve and I 1637 01:18:29,560 --> 01:18:31,800 don't think it's even close. That's just my opinion. 1638 01:18:32,240 --> 01:18:35,160 So a guy like that that that's football royalty. 1639 01:18:35,160 --> 01:18:36,680 That's not somebody I'm looking to kick around. 1640 01:18:36,680 --> 01:18:40,960 There's no way something on Bellinger here. 1641 01:18:42,200 --> 01:18:46,080 Let's see. Let's see. 1642 01:18:46,480 --> 01:18:50,600 All right, so this guy says the real doctor Neil. 1643 01:18:51,680 --> 01:18:57,640 Doctor, the real doctor Neil, you defend Boone way too much. 1644 01:18:58,440 --> 01:19:00,800 Do I? I don't know that I do that. 1645 01:19:01,240 --> 01:19:04,440 I mean, have I ever said that Aaron Boone is, is, is a great, 1646 01:19:04,520 --> 01:19:06,640 great manager? Have I ever said that? 1647 01:19:06,920 --> 01:19:09,960 Let me ask you a question. And and if you if you believe 1648 01:19:09,960 --> 01:19:12,240 that you want a new manager, that's fine. 1649 01:19:12,240 --> 01:19:14,400 I mean, everything's got an expiration point. 1650 01:19:14,400 --> 01:19:17,400 As I've said, you know, clearly when you're the manager of the 1651 01:19:17,400 --> 01:19:19,440 Yankees, eventually you're going to have to win a World Series. 1652 01:19:19,440 --> 01:19:21,840 Otherwise, it's it's going to be time where you're going to have 1653 01:19:21,840 --> 01:19:24,520 to find somebody new. But have the Yankees lost 1654 01:19:25,000 --> 01:19:28,480 because of Aaron Boone's decisions or, you know, game 1655 01:19:28,480 --> 01:19:30,400 management? Or maybe in the eyes of some 1656 01:19:30,400 --> 01:19:32,200 game mismanagement? I'm not saying he's perfect, 1657 01:19:32,200 --> 01:19:34,120 he's not He's not. But. 1658 01:19:34,320 --> 01:19:37,360 Or have they won more specifically because of a poorly 1659 01:19:37,360 --> 01:19:41,000 constructed roster every year that basically relies on Aaron 1660 01:19:41,000 --> 01:19:44,760 Judge to be amazing and a bunch of out of place? 1661 01:19:44,840 --> 01:19:47,200 Too often that's changed recently, but too often non 1662 01:19:47,200 --> 01:19:50,520 athletes who can't run and strike out a ton and they're 1663 01:19:50,520 --> 01:19:53,200 supposed to win a World Series think Joe Torrey would win? 1664 01:19:53,320 --> 01:19:55,600 Honestly, You think Joe Torrey would have won World Series with 1665 01:19:55,600 --> 01:19:58,000 this group, Do you? Because Joe Torry with the Mets 1666 01:19:58,000 --> 01:20:02,000 was awful, you know, And to me, that's a great example of your 1667 01:20:02,000 --> 01:20:05,560 product of what's around you. Joe Torry, Mets manager. 1668 01:20:05,640 --> 01:20:11,480 Bozo was a clown in the court of public opinion, loser, And he's 1669 01:20:11,480 --> 01:20:13,560 one of our own, is from Brooklyn, right? 1670 01:20:13,920 --> 01:20:17,320 Joe Torry, player manager. Look what the Mets did in the 1671 01:20:17,320 --> 01:20:18,840 late 70s. They were like 60. 1672 01:20:18,880 --> 01:20:19,800 They were. They were. 1673 01:20:20,480 --> 01:20:25,760 They were unwatchably and unspeakably inept and bad, and 1674 01:20:25,760 --> 01:20:28,640 Joe was the manager. And then Joe goes to Atlanta, 1675 01:20:28,840 --> 01:20:30,200 he's got a little more talent. Wins. 1676 01:20:30,200 --> 01:20:32,720 I remember one year I think was 83, could be off on the year, 1677 01:20:33,080 --> 01:20:35,840 wins 13 straight games to start the season. 1678 01:20:36,080 --> 01:20:38,880 You know, has a better team. Horner, Dale Murphy, those guys, 1679 01:20:38,880 --> 01:20:41,280 Chambliss from the Yankees at that point, couple of good 1680 01:20:41,280 --> 01:20:44,120 pitchers, right? And Glenn Hubbard, that crew 1681 01:20:44,880 --> 01:20:47,440 long time ago and he's pretty good, you know. 1682 01:20:47,440 --> 01:20:51,320 And then Saint Louis, OK, then he comes to the Yankees and he 1683 01:20:51,320 --> 01:20:54,080 he inherits a team that the culture is already defined 1684 01:20:54,080 --> 01:20:58,160 because of Buck Showalter. And then, you know, the players 1685 01:20:58,160 --> 01:21:00,280 that were already there and in the system become old timers 1686 01:21:00,280 --> 01:21:03,520 like Derek. And then O'Neil blossoms into a 1687 01:21:03,520 --> 01:21:06,040 great Yankee rather than a platoon guy like he was in 1688 01:21:06,040 --> 01:21:08,880 Cincinnati. And Bernie becomes an all time 1689 01:21:08,880 --> 01:21:12,200 great Yankee switch hitter and everything they touch turns to 1690 01:21:12,200 --> 01:21:13,680 gold. And you bringing Clemens, you 1691 01:21:13,680 --> 01:21:15,200 bringing Wells, you have Mariano. 1692 01:21:15,200 --> 01:21:17,480 What then? I come on man. 1693 01:21:17,840 --> 01:21:22,480 So do I think that Joe Torry got better when he became the 1694 01:21:22,480 --> 01:21:24,960 Yankees manager? No, I think that the roster got 1695 01:21:24,960 --> 01:21:26,840 better. So I have always tried to 1696 01:21:26,840 --> 01:21:28,480 separate the two. That doesn't mean Aaron Boone's 1697 01:21:28,480 --> 01:21:30,280 got a job for life and he knows that. 1698 01:21:30,720 --> 01:21:33,320 He knows that. But Aaron Boone's been here 8 1699 01:21:33,320 --> 01:21:36,040 years, right? He's won 60% of his games, 1700 01:21:36,080 --> 01:21:42,360 pretty good. 103 wins, 1009990494 the covad year he was 1701 01:21:42,360 --> 01:21:46,040 on pace for 9394 wins. And I I outlined this this at 1702 01:21:46,040 --> 01:21:48,720 the start of the show when I was trying to separate perception 1703 01:21:48,720 --> 01:21:50,480 from reality, which is today's theme. 1704 01:21:50,960 --> 01:21:54,960 In 2023, he went 80 to an 80. And that's because the idiot 1705 01:21:54,960 --> 01:21:56,280 Dodgers, I'll never forgive him for this. 1706 01:21:56,280 --> 01:21:59,520 I always say the idiot, the idiot Dodgers didn't fix that. 1707 01:21:59,880 --> 01:22:02,800 That antiquated concrete wall in right field where Judge made a 1708 01:22:02,800 --> 01:22:05,240 sick catch on Sunday night baseball breaks. 1709 01:22:05,240 --> 01:22:06,560 I forget break it broke his foot. 1710 01:22:06,560 --> 01:22:09,040 Whatever the hell he broke, he's out the rest of the year. 1711 01:22:09,240 --> 01:22:12,440 Yankees still without Aaron Judge and nothing else by the 1712 01:22:12,440 --> 01:22:14,920 way, nothing. That roster was trash. 1713 01:22:15,200 --> 01:22:19,880 He still found a way not to go, not to be like a 75 win team. 1714 01:22:20,080 --> 01:22:23,720 He's still barely kept it afloat, you know what I mean? 1715 01:22:24,160 --> 01:22:28,480 And all that time that Aaron Judge missed really was 1716 01:22:28,480 --> 01:22:29,960 detrimental. It came back at the end, but 1717 01:22:29,960 --> 01:22:34,600 very detrimental to their ability to be a 90 plus win team 1718 01:22:34,600 --> 01:22:36,760 and a playoff team like they would have been like they always 1719 01:22:36,760 --> 01:22:39,600 are with Aaron Boone. So I I don't want to hear it 1720 01:22:40,000 --> 01:22:42,560 because it's not fair. I don't think that I blindly 1721 01:22:42,560 --> 01:22:45,440 defend Aaron Boone. I have no reason to honestly, 1722 01:22:45,440 --> 01:22:48,920 I've got no reason to do that. Listen, I get along very well 1723 01:22:48,920 --> 01:22:52,560 with Rick Pitino. Rick's been very good to me. 1724 01:22:52,840 --> 01:22:56,200 I'll see him tonight at the game and I'll see him, you know, more 1725 01:22:56,200 --> 01:22:58,000 intimately Thursday when I go to campus and shoot. 1726 01:22:58,000 --> 01:23:00,760 The Red Storm report for MSG airs Friday and Saturday if you 1727 01:23:00,760 --> 01:23:03,080 guys want to check it out. Episode 2, get a chance to talk 1728 01:23:03,080 --> 01:23:04,840 to Rick. I've gotten to know Rick all 1729 01:23:04,840 --> 01:23:06,320 right. I've had drinks with Rick, not 1730 01:23:06,320 --> 01:23:08,160 often, but enough where it's been personal, right? 1731 01:23:08,840 --> 01:23:11,680 My last show on The Fan, I asked Rick to be one of my last guest 1732 01:23:11,680 --> 01:23:13,480 alone. Now it wound up being my dad. 1733 01:23:13,520 --> 01:23:15,600 Well, I have to get on this and I will. 1734 01:23:15,800 --> 01:23:18,960 We just got to, if I'm trying to figure this out, it'd be very 1735 01:23:18,960 --> 01:23:22,040 tough for dad to figure this out, but we got once we can get 1736 01:23:22,040 --> 01:23:24,680 gas, I'll make sure my mom gets it set up and we got to get them 1737 01:23:24,680 --> 01:23:25,520 on. We'll have some fun. 1738 01:23:25,800 --> 01:23:28,160 All the stories that he can tell, my good God almighty. 1739 01:23:28,480 --> 01:23:31,680 But I had Rick on my show because that's how much I, I, I 1740 01:23:31,680 --> 01:23:33,760 respect Rick and believe in her and Alex, right? 1741 01:23:34,120 --> 01:23:36,240 And they both did me a real solid and I really appreciated 1742 01:23:36,240 --> 01:23:37,480 that. I want to go out with a bang, 1743 01:23:37,480 --> 01:23:40,120 right. But if Saint John's, you know, 1744 01:23:40,120 --> 01:23:42,520 loses 5 out of six games this year in the Big East against 1745 01:23:42,520 --> 01:23:45,440 teams are not supposed to lose, you think I'm going to sit here 1746 01:23:45,440 --> 01:23:46,960 saying Rick's Rick, the dealer's doing a great job? 1747 01:23:46,960 --> 01:23:48,640 I'm saying no. Is that what you paid for? 1748 01:23:48,880 --> 01:23:52,840 Can't have a $10 million NIL payroll and go, you know, 18 and 1749 01:23:52,840 --> 01:23:54,720 18 and not make the NCAA tournament? 1750 01:23:54,720 --> 01:23:56,040 No, no, no. That's that's not the way it 1751 01:23:56,040 --> 01:23:58,040 goes. That's not the way I do it. 1752 01:23:58,040 --> 01:24:01,280 I'll never do it that way. Then do it that way on 10:50. 1753 01:24:01,400 --> 01:24:04,320 Then do it that way nationally, then do it that way on the fan. 1754 01:24:04,320 --> 01:24:07,360 But the way that I will always do it is to be fair. 1755 01:24:08,840 --> 01:24:11,600 That's my only mission, to present to you what I think that 1756 01:24:11,600 --> 01:24:14,040 to be entertaining and obviously mess around and do whatever we 1757 01:24:14,040 --> 01:24:15,840 do with this stuff. But when it's time to have like 1758 01:24:15,840 --> 01:24:19,960 real opinions and real evaluations, any personal bias, 1759 01:24:19,960 --> 01:24:23,040 whether it's if I dislike somebody or if I really like 1760 01:24:23,040 --> 01:24:25,840 somebody, it's not going to prevent me from that final 1761 01:24:25,840 --> 01:24:27,320 analysis. I can promise you that. 1762 01:24:27,320 --> 01:24:31,800 I promise you. I promise you I even like Brian 1763 01:24:31,800 --> 01:24:34,280 Cashman. I've interviewed Brian probably 1764 01:24:34,280 --> 01:24:36,160 two or three times. Me and Sal had him on. 1765 01:24:36,800 --> 01:24:40,080 Me and Teek had him on. I had him on I think once at 1766 01:24:40,080 --> 01:24:42,920 10:50 back in the day. I think Bryant's a hell of a 1767 01:24:42,920 --> 01:24:44,560 good dude. I think he's a scrapper man. 1768 01:24:44,560 --> 01:24:47,320 He he likes to fight, he pushes back, he battles. 1769 01:24:47,600 --> 01:24:49,520 I really like him. I don't think he's done a good 1770 01:24:49,520 --> 01:24:53,040 job. Let me say I think that he put 1771 01:24:53,040 --> 01:24:55,440 it this way and just to reiterate this once more than 1772 01:24:55,440 --> 01:24:58,480 we're going to bounce the. So I got to hop on that call, 1773 01:24:58,480 --> 01:25:02,600 set up the show with Sal and touch the the failures of the 1774 01:25:02,600 --> 01:25:04,760 Yankees these last X amount of years. 1775 01:25:04,880 --> 01:25:08,440 Again, if you answer this objectively and remove any bias 1776 01:25:08,440 --> 01:25:12,800 or preconceived notion, objectively speaking, has Brian 1777 01:25:12,800 --> 01:25:16,240 Cashman in building out the roster been more influential in 1778 01:25:16,240 --> 01:25:19,880 the demise, if you will, of the Yankee brand or has it been the 1779 01:25:19,880 --> 01:25:23,480 manager? Are you are you kidding me? 1780 01:25:24,040 --> 01:25:27,720 I mean Joe Torry, right? Come on. 1781 01:25:28,360 --> 01:25:31,680 I mean, think about the last time the Yankees won a World 1782 01:25:31,680 --> 01:25:33,480 Series. Now, Brian Cashman built that. 1783 01:25:33,480 --> 01:25:37,400 That's why Brian Cashman was revered in large part all these 1784 01:25:37,400 --> 01:25:39,600 years. First base to Shara. 1785 01:25:39,800 --> 01:25:42,640 Second base, Cano, shortstop. Jeter. 1786 01:25:42,880 --> 01:25:46,120 Third base, a Rod. Let's go to opening day this 1787 01:25:46,120 --> 01:25:47,960 year. Ben Rice. 1788 01:25:48,320 --> 01:25:51,600 All right, Jazz. OK, Pretty good as a second 1789 01:25:51,600 --> 01:25:54,360 baseman. Really good shortstop, one of 1790 01:25:54,360 --> 01:25:56,240 the worst shortstop situations in baseball. 1791 01:25:56,560 --> 01:26:00,040 Third base, 210 hitter, strikeout machine Albeat, a 1792 01:26:00,040 --> 01:26:01,920 great fielder and a little bit of pop. 1793 01:26:02,120 --> 01:26:06,680 So we're comparing Ryan McMahon to a Rod and we're going to 1794 01:26:06,680 --> 01:26:10,200 compare Cup. If you put Caballero and both 1795 01:26:10,200 --> 01:26:12,440 these numbers together, you're not Jeter. 1796 01:26:12,520 --> 01:26:14,400 It's not even close. We're going to compare those 1797 01:26:14,400 --> 01:26:16,080 guys to Jeter. I'm not. 1798 01:26:16,080 --> 01:26:19,240 I'm even though, even though Jazz is good, I'm sure as hell 1799 01:26:19,240 --> 01:26:20,800 not going to compare Jazz to Cano. 1800 01:26:20,800 --> 01:26:23,160 But maybe that's the best comparison of the of the infield 1801 01:26:23,440 --> 01:26:26,880 and at first base. Again, this is early still peak 1802 01:26:26,880 --> 01:26:30,440 to Shara, a switch hitter with pop and a great right-handed 1803 01:26:30,440 --> 01:26:33,080 fielding first baseman against the young kid who's trying to 1804 01:26:33,080 --> 01:26:35,080 figure it out who I do. I do like Ben as a hitter big 1805 01:26:35,080 --> 01:26:37,160 time. You know that, but there's no 1806 01:26:37,160 --> 01:26:39,200 comparison there. Think about that. 1807 01:26:39,800 --> 01:26:41,400 Boone didn't put the team together. 1808 01:26:41,520 --> 01:26:43,720 Aaron Boone did, Brian Cashman did. 1809 01:26:44,040 --> 01:26:46,520 And if you guys can't separate that, I don't know what to tell 1810 01:26:46,520 --> 01:26:49,240 you. So no, I, I do push back when 1811 01:26:49,240 --> 01:26:55,240 when I, when I hear now you want to tell me that maybe too hard 1812 01:26:55,240 --> 01:27:00,040 on Cashman and maybe not hard enough with certain things on 1813 01:27:00,040 --> 01:27:02,000 Boone. All right, maybe we can flush 1814 01:27:02,000 --> 01:27:06,400 through that, but to me it's almost irrelevant here because I 1815 01:27:06,400 --> 01:27:10,560 don't know how I could come to a a better grade when Boone just 1816 01:27:10,560 --> 01:27:14,040 doesn't have a lot to deal with. You know, think about the first 1817 01:27:14,040 --> 01:27:16,680 baseman that he's had and then think about the first baseman 1818 01:27:16,680 --> 01:27:19,760 that Joe Torre had. Joe Torre had Tina Martinez and 1819 01:27:19,760 --> 01:27:23,560 Cecil for a minute, and Cecil was so good that Tino sat in the 1820 01:27:23,560 --> 01:27:26,480 96 World Series out in Atlanta because there was no VH. 1821 01:27:26,480 --> 01:27:28,840 And by the way, had a big base hit the right field and I 1822 01:27:28,840 --> 01:27:31,480 believe he hit 300. I believe he was the only or one 1823 01:27:31,480 --> 01:27:34,560 of two Yankees hit 300 in the 96 World Series. 1824 01:27:34,800 --> 01:27:38,320 He had Cecil Fielder, but more importantly, A Tino lefty 1825 01:27:38,320 --> 01:27:41,280 masher, middle of the order, terrific fielding first baseman. 1826 01:27:42,280 --> 01:27:48,000 What's Spoon? Had Voit Rice broken down Rizzo. 1827 01:27:48,480 --> 01:27:50,440 So you just, you got to be fair to him, man. 1828 01:27:50,440 --> 01:27:53,320 That's all I'm saying. That is all I'm saying. 1829 01:27:54,360 --> 01:27:56,600 Let me get one more. Yeah, I'll give you a little 1830 01:27:56,600 --> 01:27:59,240 Mets love here. Hey, BT, let me hit the button. 1831 01:27:59,560 --> 01:28:01,480 Look at that. Uh oh, dude, when I figure out 1832 01:28:01,480 --> 01:28:04,800 this technology, it's on like that's that's the next jump, 1833 01:28:04,800 --> 01:28:06,600 because now I'm starting to get comfortable hitting these 1834 01:28:06,600 --> 01:28:08,640 buttons here. Lookout world. 1835 01:28:08,920 --> 01:28:12,440 All right, Jorge Castellanos, 1963. 1836 01:28:12,440 --> 01:28:16,080 Hey, BT, I'm a Mets fan. What I'm concerned is where are 1837 01:28:16,080 --> 01:28:20,360 we going to get to get that? Looks like whatever you wrote 1838 01:28:20,360 --> 01:28:23,600 cut off a little bit there. Well, I mean, I, I, I would 1839 01:28:23,600 --> 01:28:27,280 double down on the concerns, at least in terms of being 1840 01:28:27,280 --> 01:28:29,920 competitive this year. Now it's not over all right. 1841 01:28:29,920 --> 01:28:32,360 Until Tucker signs with Toronto, you can still get them. 1842 01:28:32,760 --> 01:28:35,080 Until Bellinger signs with the Yankees, you can still get them. 1843 01:28:35,720 --> 01:28:38,640 I do think you'll get Peralta, although the Yankees could swoop 1844 01:28:38,640 --> 01:28:41,280 in and they they might like the Yankees package a little bit 1845 01:28:41,280 --> 01:28:42,080 more. I, I don't know, that's 1846 01:28:42,080 --> 01:28:45,000 subjective talent evaluation. But I do think ultimately he 1847 01:28:45,000 --> 01:28:47,720 should be a Met and I do think ultimately he will be a Met. 1848 01:28:48,240 --> 01:28:52,160 So I would think next year, Peralta, McClain, you know, 1849 01:28:52,160 --> 01:28:57,480 Minai has got to be better. Obviously Clay Holmes was fine 1850 01:28:57,480 --> 01:29:00,400 back at the rotation guy. See what happens with some of 1851 01:29:00,400 --> 01:29:03,560 these other kids who I like. But it's it's it's too early. 1852 01:29:03,840 --> 01:29:06,000 Mets are evaluating. And I think that you should be 1853 01:29:06,000 --> 01:29:08,360 OK with that. I really do. 1854 01:29:08,600 --> 01:29:10,760 I don't have time to reset the whole core thing because it's 1855 01:29:10,760 --> 01:29:13,480 over. But I really fundamentally 1856 01:29:13,480 --> 01:29:16,200 believe stripping the emotion away from it, as many of you 1857 01:29:16,200 --> 01:29:18,000 have, and it's easier cuz it's not my team. 1858 01:29:18,000 --> 01:29:21,040 I get that. And I'm also to, to a degree, 1859 01:29:21,040 --> 01:29:23,640 doing what I do for a living, desensitize to the stuff to an 1860 01:29:23,640 --> 01:29:27,040 extent, not fully, you know, cuz I've maintained some fandom, 1861 01:29:27,040 --> 01:29:28,560 which is one of the things that I think that you guys 1862 01:29:28,560 --> 01:29:30,760 appreciate. I'm just not some robotic 1863 01:29:30,760 --> 01:29:32,400 sportscaster, you know, who I root for. 1864 01:29:32,800 --> 01:29:35,400 But I, I am a little bit more desensitized than when, you 1865 01:29:35,440 --> 01:29:38,080 know, I first entered the business because you do this for 1866 01:29:38,080 --> 01:29:40,120 years and you become a little calloused, whatever a little 1867 01:29:40,120 --> 01:29:42,840 bit, right? But, and when I lose that fandom 1868 01:29:42,840 --> 01:29:44,280 entirely, then I just don't want to do that at all. 1869 01:29:44,280 --> 01:29:47,160 It would be boring to me, but I don't have it like you do all 1870 01:29:47,160 --> 01:29:48,920 right, because you're sitting there, you're like, pins it. 1871 01:29:48,920 --> 01:29:51,640 What are the Mets going to do? I'm almost processing it more 1872 01:29:51,840 --> 01:29:53,880 just through the eyes of certainly what I do for a 1873 01:29:53,880 --> 01:29:56,480 living, a content provider, but also like if I'm a baseball 1874 01:29:56,480 --> 01:30:01,280 executive, which I'm not a baseball guy, which I am, and I 1875 01:30:01,280 --> 01:30:03,080 largely agree with what they've done. 1876 01:30:03,320 --> 01:30:05,480 Honestly, the Nimmo contract was not a smart one. 1877 01:30:05,480 --> 01:30:08,360 They got out of it fine. You know, second base defense 1878 01:30:08,360 --> 01:30:09,760 was awful. Not anymore. 1879 01:30:11,480 --> 01:30:13,800 He got rid of a first baseman that I did not think was going 1880 01:30:13,800 --> 01:30:15,320 to age well. Smart move. 1881 01:30:15,680 --> 01:30:17,560 You know, then the next phase will be after this year. 1882 01:30:17,560 --> 01:30:19,480 You got to figure out, all right, where are they really 1883 01:30:19,480 --> 01:30:23,320 with Alvarez behind the plate? You know, is it is Beatty really 1884 01:30:23,320 --> 01:30:25,400 the guy at third base? And I like him better than 1885 01:30:25,400 --> 01:30:28,000 Vientos over there. But can Vientos be your your 1886 01:30:28,000 --> 01:30:30,800 everyday DH against righties and against lefties and some 1887 01:30:30,800 --> 01:30:32,440 righties? Like they still have a lot more 1888 01:30:32,440 --> 01:30:36,880 to to evaluate, but they're also very early in the building of of 1889 01:30:36,880 --> 01:30:40,160 what this is supposed to be. And you think about the last 1890 01:30:40,160 --> 01:30:43,360 Mets championship, that team was largely built on the farm 1891 01:30:43,360 --> 01:30:46,360 system. Daryl drafted, Doc drafted, 1892 01:30:46,480 --> 01:30:52,600 Backman drafted Dykstra drafted. Kevin Mitchell drafted obviously 1893 01:30:52,600 --> 01:30:56,360 a bunch of other pitches. Pitchers was Rick Aguilera, I 1894 01:30:56,360 --> 01:30:58,200 think ages was drafted by the Mets. 1895 01:30:58,560 --> 01:31:02,160 I think he was obviously, you know, some others came over 1896 01:31:02,240 --> 01:31:06,320 Keith in 83, Gary Carter, Ray Knight, Santana, I believe, was 1897 01:31:06,320 --> 01:31:07,720 drafted by the Mets in shortstop. 1898 01:31:08,640 --> 01:31:12,280 You know, so I I think that that's always been that that 1899 01:31:12,280 --> 01:31:15,400 recipe for success for the Mets. And then you kind of accent the 1900 01:31:15,400 --> 01:31:17,080 roster with a big move here and there. 1901 01:31:17,400 --> 01:31:19,360 And with Cohen, you've got to have faith that they're going to 1902 01:31:19,360 --> 01:31:21,200 make the big move eventually, which I do. 1903 01:31:21,440 --> 01:31:23,520 But they had to clean out, they had to reset. 1904 01:31:23,760 --> 01:31:26,960 They had to just get the gook. You got to spit it out of the 1905 01:31:26,960 --> 01:31:29,080 tube there. Now you got a straw where you 1906 01:31:29,080 --> 01:31:32,200 can actually drink freely. And I think now you could start 1907 01:31:32,200 --> 01:31:35,800 stirring the drink a little bit and and adding some some flavor 1908 01:31:35,800 --> 01:31:38,000 to it, but you just you had to get the straw clean. 1909 01:31:38,000 --> 01:31:41,240 The straw was too messy. Really was all right, guys, let 1910 01:31:41,240 --> 01:31:43,720 me get out of here. Appreciate you guys hanging out 1911 01:31:43,720 --> 01:31:46,760 today. So if you're watching this on X, 1912 01:31:46,760 --> 01:31:49,640 it's obviously right up there on YouTube now, now that YouTube 1913 01:31:49,640 --> 01:31:54,440 live is restored, pumped up about that awesome tomorrow, 1914 01:31:54,480 --> 01:31:56,160 obviously 10:00 I'll see you then. 1915 01:31:56,320 --> 01:31:58,680 I'll be at the garden tonight, little Johnny's Marquette. 1916 01:31:58,680 --> 01:32:00,960 So if you see me walking in, if you see me walking out, make 1917 01:32:00,960 --> 01:32:03,320 sure you say what's up. Who don't listen. 1918 01:32:03,360 --> 01:32:06,360 If something breaks tonight with a baseball signing or anything 1919 01:32:06,360 --> 01:32:09,520 with horrible pretending to the giants or anything with The 1920 01:32:09,520 --> 01:32:13,000 Jets, which I I don't think will happen by all means, you know, 1921 01:32:13,040 --> 01:32:14,840 I've got the live ability. I'm going to pop up. 1922 01:32:14,840 --> 01:32:16,040 Still waiting for that to happen. 1923 01:32:16,080 --> 01:32:18,440 You know, I've teased it a few times and when something does, 1924 01:32:18,720 --> 01:32:21,360 like unless I'm literally at my my son or daughter's game 1925 01:32:21,800 --> 01:32:23,440 coaching or watching or doing a St. 1926 01:32:23,440 --> 01:32:26,560 John's game, I will just come in here, pop this thing up, 1927 01:32:26,600 --> 01:32:29,800 immediate access, connection, react to what we have and go 1928 01:32:29,800 --> 01:32:32,320 from there. So Twitter, Instagram, all that 1929 01:32:32,320 --> 01:32:35,600 stuff, follow along. Hey, obviously the more you guys 1930 01:32:35,600 --> 01:32:37,720 like, the more you guys subscribe, the more you guys 1931 01:32:37,720 --> 01:32:40,520 comment, the more traction we get on this and I'm looking 1932 01:32:40,520 --> 01:32:44,760 forward to slowly integrating some of the bells and the 1933 01:32:44,760 --> 01:32:46,760 whistles. But this this was a big step 1934 01:32:46,760 --> 01:32:48,840 like I, I had to get it back live the stream on YouTube. 1935 01:32:48,840 --> 01:32:50,680 So I appreciate YouTube working through that with me. 1936 01:32:50,680 --> 01:32:53,320 Thank you resolving that and rectifying that. 1937 01:32:53,320 --> 01:32:56,160 Have an awesome Tuesday. Enjoy the rest of your day. 1938 01:32:56,160 --> 01:32:58,440 Hit me up, follow the rest of the content on the page and I 1939 01:32:58,440 --> 01:33:02,720 will catch you guys tomorrow right around 10:00 AM here on BT 1940 01:33:02,720 --> 01:33:03,640 unleashed. I'll see ya.