2026-04-16- KSR - Hour 1

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Speaker 2: I'm Matt Jones here on another beautiful day in Lexington, Kentucky. We are at the KS Bar and Grill where tonight is trivia.

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Speaker 3: Yes, I am ready.

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Speaker 2: You say you got the team that's gonna win.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, I'm not just bringing a team. I'm bringing the winning team.

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Speaker 2: I hope you all out there will get your team. I'm working on questions all day today. You can get in here and get spot perfect weather. Couldn't ask for a better night, So come on out. That's at seven o'clock. I think even I have some friendscoming that don't normally do it. So Clark Puppy Chop full nine eight five twenty two eighty seven, a vis and Auto glass text machine seven seven two seven seven four five two five four. And this dision sponsored by the TJ. Smith Office. You call TJ, he'll make them pay. Ryan. Uh, it's I am tired because I went to the to the Reds game last night.

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Speaker 3: So I heck of a game though, kind of a fun game to watch, wasn't it.

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Speaker 2: I was great. Ellie hit a home run that it's still going. That was fun. And they scored. You know, they don't score a lot, so they scored, and Sal Stewart hit two home run, yes, and I got to it was a great time. The Reds still got to fix the food situation there. The food is so bad. But besides that great experience.

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Speaker 3: So the food situation is bad. Your seat has a rip in it.

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Speaker 2: But it's still peaceful to sit there. Like the weather last night perfect, I mean not too hot. Yeah, you just sit there, you enjoy and it's it. I like. I like the midweek games because not many people there, so it's like no lines.

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Speaker 3: That part I like, well just kind of.

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Speaker 2: They just don't have any good food. They could they You go these other stadiums they have great food and then there for some reason, you know, it's the same hot dog and if they didn't have Skyline Chili Coney's, I would I'd protest.

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Speaker 3: You are there are other places around the stadium, like if you.

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Speaker 2: Walked around, I know they got a lot of stuff around. Is there any difference in the stadium. It's just not very good. It's Ask anything Thursday. So here's the deal. Ask anything. You can ask any question and uh and we'll do it. Start in the next segment eight five nine two twenty two eighty seven, or if you have questions on the text machine seven seven two seven four five two five four. I also have two tickets the Reds play at twelve forty today. I can't go, so I'm gonna give my tickets away Mario. If you tweet Mario with your email address before the end of this segment, Mario will pick which one. So if you can go the games at twelve forty, tweet at Mario. Uh, just send your email address and Mario will pick a winner. Somebody can get behind home plate tickets for the game today at twelve forty.

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Speaker 3: And I think it's supposed to rain later this afternoon. I think right now be perfect.

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Speaker 2: You get Chase Burns, you'll be right all y'all. He throws. He throws one hundred and sixty five miles an hour.

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Speaker 3: See, you know, I'm not a Red fan. I'm a Chase Burns fan. I think that guy's gonna be a superstar someday.

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Speaker 2: Now we have this couple right here, this woman, uh, we found out she is she is pregnant. Yes, she told us something that I was surprised. She's pregnant. Doesn't look like a day over twenty. But she has a twenty two year old and a seventeen year old. Oh you haven't said, but you have a twenty two year old. So you had a baby twenty two years ago and you're about to have another one. And I was like, that is impressed.

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Speaker 3: I gotta just give it a little round of applause. That's amazing.

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Speaker 2: Good for you. That has to be one of the larger gaps that can think of in years and nothing in between. She's like, just twenty two years later, I think I'm finally ready for the second one.

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Speaker 3: But you look great, six months pregnant, look great, fantastic, So continue doing it well.

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Speaker 2: So twenty two years a long time, Yeah it is. And I think that got me thinking about you know, if I were to have a kid now, Yeah, there's no gap because I didn't have one twenty two years ago, but that would be so that that can you imagine just yelling and yapping and all that where you know, obviously the Drui situation we have going as well. But he's younger than me. It's scary. What specifically to me? Yes, why if.

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Speaker 3: You had a kid right now?

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Speaker 2: Why?

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Speaker 3: Well, no offense, no one of them. You don't make you upset, but you gotta.

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Speaker 2: Let's get nervous, Shannon, I can see it on his face. Yeah, but I mean I don't think I would do it by myself. There'd be somebody else.

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Speaker 3: There, yeah, or a nanny or the mama.

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Speaker 2: No, I mean hopefully the mother. I mean I don't think you would. I don't think I'm just gonna end up with one.

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Speaker 3: Yeah, but you gotta contribute.

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Speaker 2: Yeah, it takes two. I understand. I thought you would be more supportive at the theory. I mean, it's not going to happen, but you want us. No there's to tell you. I'm just it was just a I'm sure.

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Speaker 3: This couple right here, did you think it was gonna happen?

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Speaker 2: But here we are What do you mean you're you don't think it. Maybe you're saying they you don't know their plan just talking to them, Oh you didn't know? Okay, Well I'm sorry. Well hopefully they hopefully they're not listening on the on the radio, eighth, twenty two eighty seven. All right, So since yesterday's show, a ton of stuff has happened.

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Speaker 3: Just every hour, something else was happening. It seemed like, so let's just go through here.

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Speaker 2: When the show ended very soon after Rob Wright picked UH to stay at by correct panic ensuit, Yes it hid. I mean there were just hours of people saying, you know, a lot of stuff the uh, A lot of people overreacted. I just I basically logged off for a little bit. Huh after he did it. I will say one thing was funny, which was people were doing memes or jokes about what a visit to UK was like under Mark Pope, and one person said, as soon as they come on campus, Mark makes them watch Andy Griffith. I didn't think that was fun.

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Speaker 3: Well, you and Shannon like Andy Grid.

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Speaker 2: That would make me commit. I just don't know how many kids it would work for you and I. So that was a bad few hours if you for the UK boss. But then uh, as I sort of told you all on Tuesday it would happen. Uh if if Wright didn't come, Zoom Diallo would would commit. And then he committed later in the early evening, and so Kentucky got their point guard. Are you happy about it? I am?

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Speaker 3: And that helped ease the sting I think of losing Rob right by Zoom committing so quickly, a guy that was you know, it's bigger, six', Four he averaged sixteen points and almost five assists a. GAME i, mean this dude's a.

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Speaker 2: Player, yes are? You are? You you know most people probably haven't seen him.

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Speaker 3: Play i've not seen him.

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Speaker 2: PLAY i saw him one, time SO i don't claim to be an. Expert BUT i did talk to somebody who's seen him a lot and said to, me even though he's a different, player that he can be a little bit more of a scoring version Of Lamont. Butler basically, said, look you guys Like Lamont, butler you're Getting Lamont, butler but maybe a little bit better. Score he is a ball dominant point, guard which we've talked about those. ISSUES i specifically said better worse Than Jalen. Low that's WHAT i asked, someone and they, Said jalen can be more, explosive but you're not going to get the ups and downs much more consistent Than Jalen. Low so they were generally. Speaking the PERSON i talked, to very familiar With zoom's, game, SAID i think a really good. Pickup not as good As Rob right is what they, said but still very.

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Speaker 3: Good out of high, school he got an offer From Arizona, gonzaga chose to stay home to play At, washington but it looks like he made a really big jump from his freshman year to his sophomore.

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Speaker 2: Year that's. Encouraging SO i think that's a really good. PIECE i think for, me in terms of Guys kentucky was, recruiting he was the second best For kentucky point guard and. Portal so you get. Him. Now the question is what happens last? NIGHT i was able to break The Alex wilkins was on his way for a, visit so folks, know you know every YEAR i have my guy if he comes. Here Alex wilkins is my. Guy uh. Huh he was better Than. FURMAN i don't know how he ended up At furman somebody needs to find out because he's better Than. Verman and he was good. THERE i mean he, was he. WAS i think he scored what eighteen nineteen points a game From. Boston you Know Jeff, GOODMAN i think was knew him a lot in the high school. Years now he too kind of is considered a point, guard so to be weird if he comes With, diallo but clearly he must be okay with it because he came and. Visited, anyway he's here right. NOW i want that. KID i think if we get that, kid there's a very good chance he would be the best player on our.

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Speaker 3: TEAM i remember we were In Saint. Louis furman was Playing connecticut and THE ncaa tournament were they're watching it And firnham was Given connecticut all they wanted and he was a.

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Speaker 2: Die there is there's a clip ONLINE i think it's Called wilkins Gives yukon buckets and you just See wilkins and he's, playing obviously against good, players, yeah doing.

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Speaker 3: It he went to the final game And, furman because of him put you, know put him up to the.

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Speaker 2: Task and Then, freeman uh. LEFT i guess these days are all running up. Together did? HE i guess he left last, night AND uh has on? HIM i have. NOT i MEAN i think SOMEBODY i have no insight on. Him but so so here's where we. Are Because kentucky Got diallo instead Of, right they probably saved about a million dollars of their of their. Budget Probably bright probably costs about a million more. DOLLARS i think if they had Gotten Rob, wright they wouldn't have been able probably to Afford, wilkins which is probably Why wilkins didn't make his visit Until diallo. COMMITTED i think they would have had to go to like Jalen co or somebody else's their second. Guard so if you get him and you Get, freeman Then i'm PRETTY i think that's a really good. Class is it A final four? TEAM i don't, know but it's a team that can certainly be, good very good if you if you gel and all of, that and then you have to find the pieces that their weakness with this group is gonna be, shooting because they we've heard. That but they're gonna have to go find some. Shooters and THEN i think the big thing is they got to go find a big. Guy, yeah even if they Get, freeman they're gonna have to find another big, guy and THEN i think you go when you're ready to. Rock AND i would say, AGAIN i do think they're gonna get at least, one maybe two guys from overseas when this is all said and.

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Speaker 3: Done so CAN i ask you about you know What stokes put on his social media About Zoom puts.

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Speaker 2: Is close To. ZOOM i mean that's you. KNOW i, mean if if all you cared about Was, stokes you would, say this is the best guy you could have, got Because stokes is close to. It they've played with each other, before so that that's.

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Speaker 3: GOOD i think that's very. Good when he posted my, Brother i'm, like, okay come play with.

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Speaker 2: Brother stop saying, brother he's my. Brother, stop don't do that. Anymore so So i've SAID i said, ONLINE i Think kentucky has to build their team assuming they're not gonna Get, stokes and then if you get, him he's, like you, know, okay now we take. It so like if we end up With, Freeman wilkins And diallo Plus moreno And cam and then whoever else they. Get, noah if you Add stokes to, that NOW i think you got a shot at the final. Four if you, DON'T i don't know if you. Do but like he's a cherry on, top but you can't wait on. Him you have to go get players and you're gonna get.

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Speaker 3: It and, usually like one of domino falls Like, zoom the rest of the dominoes kind of line up and fall right behind.

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Speaker 2: Him so they, HAD i, know they had like a plan of. Action these are the kind of players we recruit if we get rob, right and these are the kind of players we recruit if we Get. Diallo and now you're going to start SEEING i think some of The diallo guys. Visiting and So i'm more optimistic today THAN i was. Yesterday maybe not as optimistic AS i, was Say, Monday, tuesday but still.

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Speaker 3: Okay, well because we both kind of said yesterday they got to get Writer, zoom one of the two there are two best choices At Point. Guard you got to get one of those two to kind of build. Around, yeah So i'm happy with Getting.

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Speaker 2: Zoom days are running? Together did did did we know yesterday on the show That right wasn't? COMING i can't, Remember, shandon do you? Remember these days are all running? Together on?

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Speaker 3: ME i think we went into the show like saying why would you go to B yu for less? MONEY i think it was out there.

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Speaker 2: After it, did didn't?

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Speaker 3: It we did say why would you go back TO byu for less?

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Speaker 2: MONEY i feel like maybe he chose by you right after the show. Yesterday but, again all these Days Red, official maybe all these days run together at some. Point So I'm i'm ill.

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Speaker 3: Optimistic, uh you feel better about things after we get?

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Speaker 2: Zoomed oh, yeah BECAUSE i because WHAT i was worried about is if you had a world where you didn't get zoom or or, right then you didn't really have a good point, guard because THEN i didn't think there were any other great Point wilkins could have been your point, guard but he's a score first, guy AND i would have been a little more.

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Speaker 3: Nervous is he more of a combo guard where he could they could complaint At?

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Speaker 2: Furman BUT i THINK i think he could play them. Both.

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Speaker 3: Huh, look we've.

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Speaker 2: Had so many point guard. Issues give us six, truths and you know, what if we have to teach him to play power, forward we. Will you.

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Speaker 3: Know, yeah we've gone through what like five or six point guards already in the first two.

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Speaker 2: Years SO i will also note our fan. Base, shannon it is so funny to watch online because when When Rob, Wright, uh When Rob wright, committed you would have thought we would not even be playing. Basketball and then When Zoom diallo committed six hours, later everybody had talked themselves, into, well that's what we. Wanted instance we're, back that's actually who We it. Is the collective psychology of fans is really. Fascinating it reminds me of when we Hired Mark. Pope we Hired Mark pope and for twelve hours it was the worst thing that had ever, happened and then everybody convinceding we had twenty one thousand people in that arena two days, later like it's just we you, know that's what fans. Do we sort of psychologically ebb and.

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Speaker 3: Flow we saw it online when When Rob wright did not Pick, Kentucky kentucky's you, know we're he's losing, it he can't do. It, boom you Get. Zoom he's, Like, okay we're. Back let's. Go let's build around this. Guy this, guy this guy WHO i wanted, ANYWAY i saw that a lot. Alone THIS i wanted this guy override, Anyway.

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Speaker 2: Well i'll BE i wanted, right. More BUT i Think zoom is good AND i think he's much better than. People If Rob wright we had never been, involved people would be very excited about this. Guy SO i think we should be.

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Speaker 3: AND i think it goes to show you That keenland still.

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Speaker 2: Works Maybe keenland got.

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Speaker 3: One he got.

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Speaker 2: One he went To keenland and uh So keenland gets. One success didn't have a banner eight five Nine did they put a? Banner, oh there's a but they've got their updating the Prote. Yeah they threw the rob right when in the garbage and they put the zoom one UP a five nine eight twenty two eighty. Seven text machine is seven seven two seven seven four five two five. Four we will take a, break ask Anything. Thursday this is KSR. H there we. Go. See this has gotta be our song for, him no. DOUBT i thought about this as soon as soon as he. COMMITTED i think this is gonna. Win he plays. Well, uh this is the best thing that's happened To rex And effects in a long.

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Speaker 3: Time yeahs an, go they're going way.

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Speaker 2: Up all you're gonna do is zoom a zoom zoom zoom in a boom.

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Speaker 3: Boom they got to play that every.

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Speaker 2: Game if they, DON'T i mean he may not like, it BUT i would play that like when he comes, Out, yes like IF i just think you Just rex And effects is in effects And i'm the. Wrecker UH i remember this, Video, Shitta oh yeah it. Was there was a lot of stuff going on in this, video IF i remember. Correctly so, yeah, yeah they actually out in the, video AS i remember. Correctly but, yeah so it's. Good eight five, nine two eighty. Seven on the text, machine people are are writing In one, person Writes. Matt do we now start to Give pope a little credit for his recruiting or? Not, WELL i, mean, look the misses have clearly been, misses but he's gotten some. Hints this is a. Hit let's see what happens With freeman And. Wilkins so so with With, wright we were competing against where he was going to, school so there was a part of it that he just wanted to stay where he, was, so you, know some of that's an uneven. Fight with The, allo we were offering more than everybody, else so to some, extent we, were you, know ahead of everybody. ELSE i Think freeman And wilkins will be a good test for. Him and the REASON i say that Is Donnie freeman And Alex. Wilkins we're essentially offering the same thing the other schools, are so can he win one where the money's. Equal freeman And wilkins are both being recruited By yukon for essentially the same amount of. Money can you beat? Them can you go get a kid that another top program? Wants can you go get one of? Them it's a good test Was. Diallo we had a huge. Advantage we were offering more money than everybody. Else with, right we were offering a little bit more, money but he had a home school. Pull these are Two wilkins And freemen have no connection To syracuse or To, connecticut and they have no connection To. Kentucky can you win those? Battles that's that'll be an interesting test to.

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Speaker 3: Me the perception will help tremendously if you're able to get those two, guys steal them away From, connecticut.

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Speaker 2: Even one of them, true but if you lose them, both there is a sense of, like when we go win one of, these you know the these are. Two these are two kind Of you're gotta convince them to pick you over. Them that's.

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Speaker 3: Right you can't rely on the tradition because these two guys weren't even alive the last Time kentucky won a.

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Speaker 2: Title so now now if somebody comes in and then offers more Wolf but right, now AS i understand, It, FREEMAN i think's looking at, uh just At, Connecticut, Kentucky. Wilkins Maybe connecticut And syracuse And. Kentucky syracuse may be offering more money Than kentucky And. Connecticut but IF i see both of these as it's you In connecticut equal, Money Mark, pope go get us. One that's What that's kind of HOW i.

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Speaker 3: Feel, TWO i, THINK i, SAID i think it be a tough challenge for. Him connecticut has been so. Successful go sell these guys on what you're trying to. Do you got, zoom you can throw them out. There come play with this. Guy you start getting those pieces in. Line that's when Maybe stokes you can get him to convinced to come home here To.

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Speaker 2: Kentucky all, RIGHT i don't ask anything question when person writes are we ever gonna have an? Ad where are we? On? It don't. KNOW i thought they were gonna have one by, NOW i. DID i thought they were gonna have. ONE i thought the idea was that they'd have one right after THE ncaa tournament to, announce and then there'd be like a transition period and then they would kind Of mitch would move to the. SIDE i sort of had heard maybe the that these spring sports would kind of Be mitch's. Goodbye maybe they'd do something for him at the last baseball, game maybe, Even but so far, nothing SO i don't.

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Speaker 3: KNOW i heard like a week or so ago that it was getting ready to, happen and THEN i don't know what.

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Speaker 2: HAPPENED i you AND i heard the same. THING i thought it was happening like last. WEEK i thought it was happening like Last thursday or Last. FRIDAY i don't. Know maybe they decided to wait till after the. PORTAL i don't know if that would have anything to do with it or, not BUT i kind of already expected to have an. ANSWER i think there, are from WHAT i, understand two, finalists AND i don't really feel at liberty to say who they. Are but but, yeah we'll, go WE'LL i guess we'll.

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Speaker 3: See, YEAH i don't know who the winner was going to. BE i heard there were plans in place to have a big news conference and try to get things. Ready you, know they got a plan. Ahead this sort of thing so didn't. Happen so we'll.

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Speaker 2: See you, Know i've never been here when we hired a New AD's, true like that's going to. Be i've had the same maybe the whole time i've been, here so that this will be new for.

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Speaker 3: ME i was around when they Hired Lurry ivy and Also Mitch. Barnhart barnhart was kind of a low didn't you, know Old pompkin. Circumstances, well they didn't do really poping circumstances back in those. Days they had a board, meeting they approved him in, boom he's just.

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Speaker 2: Started. Ja, yeah all, right who's up? First, Shit let's go To? Tanner Tanner? Tanner how are, you, Hey?

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Speaker 4: Matts first?

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Speaker 2: Time long? Time who? What what's? Up all?

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Speaker 5: Right so very excited.

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Speaker 4: About The zoom commitment. Yesterday i'm excited to see what other guys you can.

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Speaker 5: Get i'm with, You i'm all in On.

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Speaker 6: Wilkins BUT i did want to share a. Story had our first golf league night last, night and with my buddies and some of my dad, BUDDIES i.

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Speaker 4: Had my first ever hole in one on a par four? Yesterday the get the par. Three, well that's that's, downhill are?

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Speaker 2: You so you're just calling to brag that you got a hole in one on ask anything par? Four first of, all what kind of? Park what kind of par four are you? Playing that's two hundred and fifty six? Yards that, is are you playing at a junior? Course?

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Speaker 5: No, no, no, no it's it's two fifty six?

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Speaker 4: Downhill so it was probably.

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Speaker 2: Fifty six downhill par? Four where is this course.

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Speaker 6: With fifty six Sugar, Ridge, Lawrenceburg?

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Speaker 4: Indiana don't take this away from me.

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Speaker 2: NOW i don't know. WHAT i don't Know Sugar, Ridge, Lawrenceburg indiana, too fifty six downhill par? FOUR i think THAT'S i, mean first of, all hole in one's. Awesome BUT i THINK i just would stick with the hole in one and not brag on the par four because that sounds like a that sounds like a sketchy par.

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Speaker 6: Four, hey, man in albatross is an albatross one way or the?

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Speaker 2: Other, WELL i, well, CONGRATULATIONS i appreciate, that appreciate the.

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Speaker 3: Call that's what you gotta? Do you, say, MAN i got a hole in one Of paul part four and drop it right. There don't see how far it.

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Speaker 2: Was it's easy for him to say and, yeah it's easier for that guy to hit the par four than. Yeah, well well congratulations to. Him that wasn't really a, question but that's that's.

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Speaker 3: Okay so our first question the other day Was Burt. Kreischer that our first.

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Speaker 2: Question still feel bad About Burt, Kreischer, SHANNON i went, LIKE i went back and looked at like he was so nice to, us AND, i you, know and then my buddy last night was telling Me Turkey hunter at the game that his New netflix show is, good but the New Burke chreischer show that part of the premise of the show is he's upset that everybody only sees him as the guy that takes his shirt. Off AND i was, like, oh that's a selfie felling. Prophecy, yeah and then, well you know, WHAT i GUESS i followed into. It we'll take a break right, Back, okay, sorry.

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Speaker 2: Tj he'll make them pay.

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Speaker 2: Mortgage Here's Matt jones. Work i'm back in His Kentucky Sports. Radio If i'm nine two eight oh twenty two eighty seven text machine seven seven two four five two five, four nice job getting leahn rhymes in here for. Tradition, say of, course we got to do that every time we get a. Commitment that's exactly. Right at K Y Sports. Radio On, twitter people are now writing me telling me about their par fours where they got hold at all in. One i'm glad to read about. Them And i'm not saying the kids shouldn't be. Excited he. SHOULD i just wouldn't lead with it was a par. Four if it was two hundred and fifty four yards down.

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Speaker 3: The, Hill i'm gonna they say it's a part, four but just don't say the length of. It just let us be amazed that you had a pall and warn a part.

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Speaker 2: Four it's. Amazing one person, Says matt for ask Anythings, thursday is there a housewarming gift you would? LIKE I i that's people have asked me that. Question you don't thank you. All you don't need to get me. Anything I'm, I'm i'm. I'll you. Know that's very. Nice BUT i, CAN i, CAN i can get, stuff, BABY i.

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Speaker 3: Just don't KNOW i can answer that question for. Him what kitchen, table, couch bed?

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Speaker 2: Chair do you need a? Bed that's, true that'll be a start. Everything, yeah, yeah pots, pans home. Depot they they told me, Today. Matt the. LANDSCAPING i got a text some morning that the, landscaping like the spring thing where you pull weeds and all that is happening right, now and they were, like if you would, like you need to be thinking about any changes you might like to your flower. Bed AND i didn't even know how to think about responding to.

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Speaker 3: That it looks good the way it. Is, actually as long as he just clean it, UP i think it looks.

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Speaker 2: Good, yeah SO i don't have any major. Changes BUT i did, notice like you know, How, shannon something you'd never care, about then all of a sudden you. Care you have. To like this guy was, like there's this like puny tree in front of, it and he was, like if it were up to, me if it were, me i'd get rid of that. Tree and Now i'm like obsessed WITH i THINK i need to get rid of that tree and get rid of. It. YEAH i wouldn't have even. Noticed now it's in my and now it's in my mind And i'm, LIKE i gotta get rid of this puny.

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Speaker 3: Tree you made my house look better of a corper peel better IF i get rid of this.

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Speaker 2: Tree there was a landlord issue. Before now it's your issue right. Now it's now it's on to, me all, right who's up? Next go To, Jeff, jeff go, Ahead.

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Speaker 5: Jeff, hey, guys thanks for taking my. Call it's been a long time Since i've called. In but uh uh just going to in the days of shade and sharp and uh these guys like, that you got to figure out who's trying to blow. Smoke AND i, think, uh there's a way to do that is whenever they're about ready to uh not commit or something like, that just sweeten the, deal Say i'll tell you WHAT i. GOT i got an extra me and if you'll commit here.

00:25:49
Speaker 2: Today, yeah they. Did they Do like you're not the first person to come up with that. Idea they've done stuff like that before and sometimes it works and sometimes it. Doesn't but the problem, is these kids have the cards in the, situation in the situation right, now because what in the transfer portal, era the kids have most of the. Leverage they've got an unlimited amount of, suitors they've got more teams that have money than have ever had money, before and so they've got the cards and so even the most powerful, team so coaches are gonna have to learn to navigate. That AND i would assume in a few years the top programs Will michigan clearly did it last, year but there's gonna be very few times that you can just outbid. People louisville has been able to do it because and we'll talk about this, Later louisville has put a huge investment in the next season for a variety of. Reasons but you're not coming up with any. Solution anybody else hasn't. Have it's just these kids have the cards. Now they have a lot more, options and they have a lot of the.

00:26:52
Speaker 5: Leverage, well if a kid's not wanting to ACCEPT i, mean if you sweet in the pot and he's not willing to accept it right then then then move on to The well.

00:27:04
Speaker 2: Then what are you gonna do? THOUGH i, mean but but like if You're kentucky and you're sitting there and you're, thinking there are two great point guards in this portal that we can get rob right And Zoom, diallo if those are the, two then you gotta get one of, them gotta go. Out your drop after, that in your mind is so substantial that you have to get one of. Them and and the kids know, THIS i mean they know they you, know they're, agents the good. Ones they have agents that, go, look they have to get. You so we're gonna make them pay every and when you say just move, on that's a that's a decent. Idea except there's not an unlimited supply of good. Players you, know this is the worst freshman class of all, time so there's not a ton of players in. It. Uh Jeff goodman was telling, it was saying on his show that he thinks this might be the worst portal class of all. Time so there's just not an unlimited supply of. Players, OH i appreciate the, call BUT i mean THAT'S i think that's THE i think the players had a lot of leverage in the in this. One you, know.

00:28:12
Speaker 3: Well like like the caller was, saying The kentucky should you know at the last minute that sweeten the. Deal, well so Is. Yukon you, know so these other schools they're doing the same.

00:28:19
Speaker 2: Thing the only one going After you're exactly, Right you're exactly. Right all these other schools they have money. Too, Yes so that's Why i'm interested in This Wilkins freeman thing BECAUSE i don't think money will be the issue on that. ONE i think it's gonna. BE i Think wilkins is also apparently being recruited By. Alabama all you've got other powers who have the same resources you. Are can you beat one of? Them? Right, yes that's WHAT i want to, see BECAUSE i don't know That Mark pope has won a really competitive, recruitment except Maybe Kobe, bray because Remember Kobe Braan duke Wanted Kobe bray and you and, like so he beat everybody For Kobe. Bray but otherwise we've kind of we've won, guys but they've usually been guys that we either targeted specifically or other. Schools we just we haven't won a lot of guys that everybody. Wanted we'll see what happens with these.

00:29:12
Speaker 3: Guys do you believe that report that came out that the AVERAGE nil costs per players up like sixty five percent from over last.

00:29:19
Speaker 2: YEAR i think it's that it's true for the top, guys guys for the top twenty to twenty five to thirty. GUYS i don't think that's true for the other, Guys LIKE i think one of the things you're seeing is that Your jaspers and Your garrisons and Your, diabats the market wasn't quite as healthy as maybe everybody. Thought but, yes for those top, GUYS i think they're Getting. Wow, WELL i, Mean diallo's gonna Be diallo's gonna probably be our second most paid player, ever and that's kind of a. Surprise BUT i think they don't have a choice but to. Do they had.

00:29:57
Speaker 3: To you're gonna be, competitive you have to get some. Players and he's at the top of their list right.

00:30:01
Speaker 2: Now who's, Next, Roger, roger go, Ahead, Roger.

00:30:05
Speaker 3: Thanks for saying my. Call.

00:30:06
Speaker 5: MAN i was, ASKED i was wondering about The grace, kids The santa Clair.

00:30:10
Speaker 3: Is hope it didn't go after him because he's a. Dude he's one of the get you to foul Hor.

00:30:16
Speaker 2: YEAH i THINK i think he, did but he's he's both looking at the draft and maybe other. SCHOOLS i DON'T i haven't Heard kentucky associated with him a. Lot you're talking about the kid that we played against in THE ncaa. Tournament grave.

00:30:29
Speaker 4: Yees, yeah hit the last shot, yes, yeah he's.

00:30:32
Speaker 3: Good but he's AN nba. Player he, is he'll he'll be he'll be picked in THE nba. Drafts, YEAH i thought he was entering the. DRAFT i didn't know he was still a. Chance he made.

00:30:39
Speaker 2: TRANSFER i think he did one of those where he entered the, draft but then he also got gave himself the, ability uh to come. Back who's, Next? Kevin? Kevin go, Ahead.

00:30:48
Speaker 6: Kevin, HEY i hope you guys are having a good. Morning so you've been discussing the city election and recently SO i haven't asked ANYTHING i legal questions for. You, Uh my wife AND i live on the worst road and then by, far we've lived there almost five years. Now it's a dead. End it's got eight. Houses the road's in terrible. Shape used to BE nhla back in the eighties and, nineties fizzled out in the mid, nineties so it was considered a private drive back, then and it's no longer that. Anymore so we get all city, services including trash and, recycling city trucks up and down the road every. Week we've tried to contact the city about having the street repaired or, repaved and they haven't. Responded so they even threatened to find the homeowners before we moved in if we didn't repair the road. OURSELVES i didn't know if you had any advice or. Suggestions, YEAH i don't have.

00:31:33
Speaker 2: Any BUY i don't. ADVISE i, mean if it's a public, street they're supposed to do, it but, like you have no public. Rights so, Like so for, instance if you're on a street and there's potholes everywhere and the street just like sinks into the, ground you can be, upset you can like call the, city you can be, angry you can vote out the, mayor you can do, whatever but you don't really have a right legally for them to come fix your public. Street you have a, hope but you don't have a. Right so so, REALLY i, mean you can keep putting pressure on the, city BUT i don't know that you have a legal right to do. ANYTHING i think people sometimes don't understand that public services are, great but you don't have a right to any of. Them The city Of lexington could just decide we're not gonna have police and there's really nothing anybody can do about it except just go elect people who decide to bring back the. Truth SO i appreciate the call this.

00:32:37
Speaker 3: Guy you, Know unfortunately he's on a, short dead end. Street he's low on the priority list for pahole.

00:32:41
Speaker 2: Feeling there's very few things you actually have a legal right. To like you have a right to they're called. Entitlements so you have a right to social, security you have a right to like veteran if you're a, veteran to veterans. Benefits there's a handful of things that in the statute that created, them they give you a legal right to. Them but when it comes to local, services you basically don't have a right to. Anything it's by the grace Of god and your tax dollars that you get.

00:33:12
Speaker 3: Them in no.

00:33:13
Speaker 2: Way he's.

00:33:13
Speaker 3: Upset you, know these are, Like, okay these trash trucks come down, here recycle trucks come down. Here why can't they come down here and fix my?

00:33:18
Speaker 2: Road but like if they just, decide if the city decided, tomorrow no more trash. Service, sorry there's really nothing you can do about.

00:33:26
Speaker 3: It you, know what are you gonna?

00:33:27
Speaker 2: Do you can't there's really nothing you can do about.

00:33:30
Speaker 3: It that'd be.

00:33:32
Speaker 2: Awful, yeah well that's why you're not gonna do. That but didn't happen In New york one. Time What New York, City, well sometimes people go on. Strike they went on, strike so when they go on, strike but that's part of the reason when they Go when trash workers go on, strike you can't sue the. City there's nothing you can do. About uh. Huh you just have to hope it works. Out so, Anyway, uh In kentucky right, Now, ryan you may not know, this but if you can't find affordable childcare or a place to, live you can't get a.

00:33:58
Speaker 3: Job what's a person's to.

00:34:00
Speaker 2: Do you're supposed to fix, that, politicians and that's why. Workers you need to be able to fix the basics childcare and housing so The kentucky workforce can actually. Work go To opportunity starts here dot. Com that's opportunity starts here dot. Com adds your name to the list from The Kentucky, chamber saying housing is important In. Kentucky It's opportunity starts here dot. Com we'll take a break and be back here At kosbar And. Grills Kentucky Sports. Radio welcome Back Turkey Sports. RADIO. Afi i'm nine two eight oh twenty two eighty. Seven Tax machine is seven seven two seven to seven four five two five. FOUR i didn't expect today to also be, uh public services. Radio but you know, what that's okay because it's asked. Anything, yes, Right daniel, Says so you're saying the tax we pay for for public services entitled us to. Nothing if that's, true why didn't everyone just refuse to pay taxes for things that aren't. Guaranteed, well so the first part of your question, is, no the taxes you paid do not ensure you for anything except the things that are, entitlements which were the THINGS i mentioned. Earlier why do you not just refuse to pay taxes because you will go to, prison uh for federal taxes and and and depending on what your statement is. Too but like you may not like, that but that's the. Law you, DON'T i, Mean, daniel you don't get to decide whether the law is good or. Bad you can just elect people to hope to change the. Law but, uh but that's that's the way it. Is, so as my grandfather would, say life ain't, fair you, Know AND i think there's a lot of a lot of truth to, that BUT i don't think people. Understand one of the funniest things to me is to hear people in discourse talk about, rights because people have a lot of rights that they don't realize they. Have and there are a lot of times that people will, say for, instance, well if the police tell you to, stop you have. To well sort, of but not. Always and then there's a lot of right people think they have that they. Don't, like you don't almost everything the government does for. You they don't have to do a. Service it's That's exact's the. Word it's a. Service so you call nine to one one and an ambulance. Comes if it doesn't, come there's nothing you can do about. That, Yeah like it's a service except vote out the people who create poor. Services that's. It so. Snow we had that big issue here about. Snow, right everyone was mad In lexington about the snow, removal and like they were right to be, Mad but The city Of lexington could just say clean your own damn snow up like, that like. That they don't have to do, anything correct they you want them to do, it that's why you elect, them but they don't have.

00:36:51
Speaker 3: To people got mad when like certain streets got cleared but their streets.

00:36:54
Speaker 2: Didn't and if and think about, though if you could sue because your street went after everybody would. Suit, yes you, know and that's why you're not allowed to do. It interesting topic we got going on. Today it's not WHAT i thought we would be talking. About one person, Rights. Matt do you Think Rob wright used us just to get more money FROM? Byu, NO i do. NOT i think we were offering more money and we thought he was gonna. COME i, mean now that it's, over we can say they had a whole set of things planned for when he. Came they were gonna do a photo, shoot they were, gonna LIKE i think they were gonna do a big, video all this. Stuff He uk said to his, agent we want him to, come but we want him to come kind of only if he knows he wants to be, here and they said he wants to be. Here So uk was under the impression that it was gonna. Come, Yeah and then he got here and he, said and it's the. Kid it was the. Kid he was, LIKE i just don't know IF i want to LEAVE byu and then he. Left he had a FINAL i think the next day at N byu and he went. Back he just you, know the. Kid everyone around the kid wanted him to. Come To, kentucky but the kid himself just didn't want to LEAVE, byu so he took less money to go back TO i don't get, That, SHANNON i really. DON'T i don't B yu seems like it would be the worst place to, go but you know that's what the kid.

00:38:25
Speaker 3: Wanted so do you believe the reported where he said allegedly SAID i don't want to play three schools.

00:38:30
Speaker 2: In my possibly possibly.

00:38:33
Speaker 3: Yeah and why would maybe consider it?

00:38:35
Speaker 2: Then because there's more. MONEY i think probably the people around him were, like, dude this Is. Kentucky, yeah it's it's seven hundred and fifty thousand more dollars and It's. Kentucky what are you? Doing and he was, like BUT i like it in? Provo so there you, Go, shannon what are you gonna? Do you, know if a kid wants to stay, there he wants to stay.

00:38:55
Speaker 4: There, yeah, YEAH i, MEAN i just think it's concerning that we're losing players TO byu and not OTHER i don't.

00:39:01
Speaker 2: Think we're losing players to be why You he didn't want to leave B. Whyu that's WHY i think these other recruitments are so, important because they would be that then you would be Right, shannon, right if we're looking if you didn't want to leave while to get in the, portal BECAUSE i think some people pushed him to get in the, portal you. KNOW i, mean, LOOK i understand both. Sides my view is, THOUGH i, mean at the end of the, day this is a business. Decision but if the kid wants to stay, there what are you going to? DO i, mean you can't make him come.

00:39:30
Speaker 3: Here you, know you know it's got to be, girlfriend could.

00:39:34
Speaker 2: Be or it could just. Be it is with college kids you have you have college, kids sometimes they might just be.

00:39:41
Speaker 3: Like, WELL i like it, Here, yes there's no, doubt and.

00:39:44
Speaker 2: They don't think about your friend, group bigger social. Friends the other thing is while to me and You shannon And, ryan the difference between two point five and three point three is a lot of. Money that's eight hundred thousand, dollars a lot of. Money if you're a, kid you're, like, well two point five sounds like a lot of. Money you, know you might not think about that marginal difference a. Lot you might just be, Like i'm gonna have, money you. Know so it's Also kentucky VERSUS. Byu though that's HOW i, feel but not, kid.

00:40:17
Speaker 3: Clearly so what did b why you become this big rival with us because we.

00:40:22
Speaker 2: Hired Mark, Pope we hired a guy FROM byu.

00:40:25
Speaker 3: And Took Jackson. Robinson so now we hired.

00:40:27
Speaker 2: A guy who's part of The Mormon church and he is, obviously you, know connected to a lot of people in that. World and then it's not a surprise to me we're end up recruiting against that place as. Well that doesn't really so there's two guys in a week to B. Yu but think about all the connections we've had with B, Yu Ritchie, Saunders Colin, chandler Now rob right and THEN i mean that's just that's what it's been. Like so who's? Next?

00:40:54
Speaker 3: Andy?

00:40:54
Speaker 2: Andy go?

00:40:55
Speaker 4: Ahead, andy hey, man how are, You Buddy?

00:40:58
Speaker 2: Good what's? Up?

00:41:00
Speaker 4: GOOD i just want to talk About we've talked a lot About Mark pope connecting with. PLAYERS i don't know if it's just that we can talk about this is what we do know what we see on the. COURT i, mean you think when he talks about his vision to these players and they, talk but they look at the rotations when they're watching the. GAME i, mean If i'm a, Player i'm watching the game And i'm cooking and the next THING i, Know i'm sitting on the bench for five. MINUTES i, mean is that WHERE i want to? Go is that gonna hurt me in the long? RUN i, Mean that's What i'm looking, At not so much as like It's Mark pope corny or or anything like. THAT i JUST i just KNOW i would think That Mark pope to connect the. Players he's been in this world for a long.

00:41:35
Speaker 2: Time so we.

00:41:36
Speaker 4: Keep hearing this like this is he connecting the. Players i'm, Like i'm sure the dude could connect the. PLAYERS i just think it's more about his vision when he finally tells, them, like, hey we're gonna have like a ten man rotation and this is what we see you, doing and it might be a. TURNOFF i mean that could.

00:41:50
Speaker 2: BE i mean that's, possible but you, KNOW i appreciate the. Call that's. Possible but there are other coaches who play a lot of guys and they've made it, work you. Know obviously you think about the twenty fifteen team With. Cal, yeah he sold guys on coming and they played twenty. Minutes.

00:42:06
Speaker 3: RIGHT i think that The marks substitution patter definitely hurt him a little, bit BUT i don't think it's a final.

00:42:12
Speaker 2: Straw it might be might, have might have some. Brong all, right we'll take a, break come. BACK i remember, too IT'S ksr