Rob and Kelvin explain why it’s not surprising at all that the New England Patriots are sticking with Mike Vrabel given that their franchise has a history of supporting cheaters, tell us if Russell Wilson should retire from the NFL and make the jump to television, and take a trip out to Shekel City for Rob's nightly bets. Plus, host of the SNY digital NBA show, ‘The Putback’, Ian Begley, swings by to discuss the New York Knicks going up 2-0 on the Philadelphia 76ers, why the Cleveland Cavaliers are having so much trouble with the Detroit Pistons, and much more!
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Rob G, we need uh there was a report about
(06:10):
the Patriots, about your favorite couple that we keep getting
stories about.
Speaker 2 (06:14):
My goodness, it's like Dynasty or Dallas.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Dallas, all those stories those were like those were nighttime
soap ers, right, and somebody always wound up going down
the stairs, you know what I mean, Like like like
like that was the whole everybody will fall down the staircase.
Speaker 2 (06:29):
That's a big fit. But anyway, uh so the report.
Speaker 4 (06:33):
Rob g told us what when it comes to their coach,
Mike Rabele.
Speaker 9 (06:37):
You know, this is a big story. When the NBA
planned on it, the NBA playoffs get pushed to the
back burner because this is the story that keeps on.
I think it's Youtube'll love this dripping out news when
you because when you hear stuff seriously and I'm not.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Kevin, this isn't a one time slipped, you know what
I mean?
Speaker 4 (07:01):
Like you caught me out about some sort of moment
me and my wife was going through, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I know it's some okay to Robbie, some theories I
have about this, Okay, this is bigger than that.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
And now you got to say how much stuff was
he given to feeding her? How long was this going on?
If you're the Tennessee Titans, was he the one leaking
all the information to her? If you're the Patriots? How
much does she know about an organization they're doing pillow talk?
She must know everything that's going on at this point
all that time? Am I right not to mention? As
(07:32):
we talked about it a million times. That's why I
was shocked. The athletic was just like, oh what you mean,
no big deal, dude, that you want to talk about
a misstep by an executive. He's fortunate. Yeah, because that
was when we said it. At the time, I was shocked.
Stood tall. Ats not just a quick statement like we're
gonna investigate, We'll do it. She's been great with us.
We're going to do a find out and do our working.
Speaker 10 (07:51):
No.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
They were like no, they were like no Ah. She said,
why y'all blowing it out of proportion? Like okay.
Speaker 9 (07:57):
With all that in mind, here's the update is. Yesterday
we touched on it briefly during the show. TMZ Sports
reported that six years ago, Russini and Vrabel had signed
off for a boat rental. Privately, she was actually pregnant
during the time with her first child, and in fact,
earlier on Thursday, they had video evidence that shows the
two of them walking on the dock towards the boat.
(08:18):
She is super pregnant in that video. The reason why
this is a story now again today is for two reasons.
Number One, quarterback Drake May was asked about it during
a celebrity pro am golf tournament. Who was asked about
Vrabel in the situation and how it's spilled over into
the locker room, so on and so forth. I'm sure
get to that. But Number two, longtime NFL insider Jason
(08:40):
Lockinford has been covering the story, reported on Thursday that
despite all the controversy, all the salaciousness, all the headlines
surrounding their head coach Robert Kraft is in full support
of Mike Rabel, has no intention of putting him on
a sabbatical suspension, much less firing him.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Mike Rabel going nowhere.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
No shocker that Mike Rabel's not going anywhere from the Patriots.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
It's not because this is what this organization is.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Steeped in, cheating, deceitfulness, low brow, conniving.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
There's always something with this franchise and is this on.
It's on.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
The reason Robert Kraft is not in the Pro Football
Hall of Fame despite winning six championships as an owner,
is exactly.
Speaker 7 (09:42):
Why.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Is what we're experiencing now with Mike Rabel, It really is.
It speaks to the volume of where this franchise is
and what they value, which is not honesty. And that's
why he hasn't been rewarded. He want championships. As an owner.
He's been trying to get into the Pro Football Hall
(10:04):
of Fame for like over a decade and they keep
rejecting him.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
What would be the reason why? It can't be because
of football?
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Right, it's because of the dirty dealing, backstabbing, cheating, unfaithful
stuff that's gone on. Of course, he's going to back
his coach, who didn't slip up one time, but it
decided that he was going to have an ongoing affair
(10:34):
allegedly with Diana Russinia.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
I'm just saying, and it is the Patriot way.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
That's why Robert Kraft, I hope you never get in
because the idea that, oh, well, because it wasn't an
employee here, It's okay, I get it. If it was
an employee, he probably be pressured by the league because
the league and the team would be held responsible and
(11:07):
she would be able to sue them. But I'm not surprised.
This is right up the alley. This is the Patriots
m O. And then Drake May of all people to
stand up there. You want to back your coach, Kelvin,
I'm cool with it. You want to say, hey, it's
(11:29):
a difficult time and I feel for my co.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Did you see the quote.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
He's a great human being that he was cheating on
his wife and kids with somebody else's wife who has
kids as well. That's a great human being, you could say,
and support them. Hey, going through a tough time, and
I'm gonna support my coach and I hope it works
out for the best of him and his family.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I'm not talking about that. He's a great human being.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
A guy who's deceitful, who cheats on his family and
cheats on his family with a with a married woman,
destroying that family as well.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Come on, man, come on. It sounds ridiculous, It sounds ludicrous.
It's crazy. Shoot.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
I mean, I don't have much to act that was
broke it down with the soliloquy. I mean, really, it's
just much. It's a few things to just echo to
what you were saying. I mean, I think with Robert Kraft,
I think, whether it be personally or how they've been
running the Patriots professionally, they've been there before. And what
I mean by that is we know they've had literal cheating,
(12:38):
both figuring in literally scandals.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Uh how you know, from from the spy gates to
the flake gates, Hernett.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
And every bottle rumors were that hearing Hernade has had
a lot of bagag some things going on, they decide
to still draft them, and then even just other small
little things throughout the time.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
And then you add on his own personal stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Right, we know it happened, you know, in the the plaza,
the size place that somehow because for him to be
an owner, that just went away. But I think that's
because the power of being a billionaire being an owner,
that just kind of came and went. And so I
think there's an element of him being like, hey, I've
been there before. I know what it's like to have
these kind of you know, sedious deeds you know, out
there and kind of put people knowing your business.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
I've been there.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Maybe he was there for him publicly, I mean privately
as a former player. You know, he was there for
me during my difficult time, shot me a call, shot
me at text, came and checked on me, you know,
as his former owner while he was a coach obviously
in Tennessee. And I think that might play role, right,
I have this personal relationship with this guy. He was
one of my players and he's been a friend of mine.
So I think that's friends sticking up for friends. Organizations
(13:39):
sticking up for past players. And now you add into
it Drake May. I think the kid got put in
a tough spot. I totally hear what you're saying. But
I think him being so young, he's not like a
savvy veteran. I think he just you know, this is
why Rob I'm gonna take the bigger.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Approach to this.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
This is why coaches harp on gms, harp on organizations,
harp on no distractions, because Drake May is trying to
just play in a golf tournament. Here, I am just
trying to have a golf tournament. And that question comes
to me. And if it were a coach, they would
bring this back to the team and what would they say. See,
this is why we don't want distractions. This is why
(14:15):
we don't want stuff like this happening, because it distracts
the team. We got to answer questions blah blah blah blah.
But this is because Drake Made is a young guy.
I think he doesn't know how to you know.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
I don't know how to handle it. I'm just I
don't know. They run up with me.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Mike's I love a coach. He's a great guy. So
I think that's not what he's said. It's a great
human being. But I'm saying I think he's a young
guy in a position where he I don't know how
to handle this, Like I'm not. Nobody has this on
your They tell me what to do when there's a blitz,
they tell me what to do when they're playing a
Tampa too. I don't know how to handle questions about
you know. And that my bigger point taking it more
(14:46):
off of him, is this is why this is a
scenario that Rabel has now put his star quarterback in.
Why I gotta answer questions like this and then people
like Rob and Kelvin have to even address how I
answered it, you know what I mean. If this didn't
never happen, we would asking him how do you bounce
back from a Super Bowl loss? So that's why a
coach showing why there's supposed to be no these types
of these distractions, because now you have your star quarterback
(15:09):
answering it where people can now dissect his answer and
kind of be disappointed in his response. So this is
a prime example of why you're trying to keep these
distractions limited and limit them. So but again, I don't
think there's any surprise for me with Rob we you know,
we talked about it in real time.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
What's happened.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Robert Craft's gonna stick by one of his guys. Tried
and true, patriot, been there, blood, sweat, tears, won championships
and now he's back in the fold, got them to
a super Bowl last season. And not to mention, Robert
Kraft has his own, you know, discretions. Absolutely, I see him.
He's gonna stand by him. But that to to your
larger point, there seems to always be a cloud of something.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
That's why they'll get the respect organized, That's why they
don't get the respect. That's why Bill Belichick didn't get
it in the first ballance, That's why Robert Kraft's not
in the Hall of Fame. People know what this organization is,
and Mike Rabel's scandal is so patriot like it fits.
And then for them to act like nothing happened. And
for Robert krap oh, yeah, okay, that's good. That's the
(16:09):
guy you want leading your organization. But then again, you're
in charge of the organization, so it fits all right.
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Speaker 8 (19:33):
So I think Rabel lucked out big time because his
boss can't really fire him or get rid of him
or punish him because he will look like the biggest
hypocrite in the world. So he really has carte blanche
when it comes to these things. So whereas most people
might be stressed, you know, to him, obviously he's stressed personally,
but professionally, he knows, how could this guy fire me
(19:56):
when he's done things exactly like it. And the second
thing I think that makes it, you know, really awful
is the NFL tries to pretend like it has these
codes of conduct and things like that. You know, and
physical abuse is one thing, but what about the abuse
that that both of their significant others are now dealing
with this in the public eye, you know what I mean.
(20:17):
They have to be reminded of this. Their friends probably
know about it.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
The only reason that the NFL doesn't care, Adam, is
because they can't. Then they're not they're out of harm's
way from me. There's no liability. There's no liability because
she didn't work for the If she worked for the Patriots,
trust me, they would be involved.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
Subordinate.
Speaker 4 (20:36):
It's a whole thing, it's a whole different thing. Thanks
for the call out. Appreciate it and no doubt.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Kevind just point here a quick Keef the winning too.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
I mean he won.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
They got to the super Bowl if you were three
and were to be fourteen.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
But I'm saying, but when they when, when they're liable,
I agree with that. That's the whole legal thing all
the time.
Speaker 10 (20:57):
Hey, this just validates great Rob Parker who jumped on
this story right away and said there was fire here
and there was smoking, and everybody was saying, oh, people
jump into conclusions. Look, Mike Braver was going full on
Drew Hill. Somebody sleeping in my bed and nobody wanted
to talk about this. Russini is sitting up there cuck
(21:20):
holding her husband in some of those emails, talking about
how she wants a football player, and people thought it
was a joke. And now we saw the video Versini
and Brabel making fun of Rabel's wife. It's just terrible.
It's a bad look. That boat video validate Sedona. Sedona
was just a normal Thursday for this couple. This is
a normal trip for this she and couple, that their
(21:42):
annual you know trip where they get away together. We
saw the casino and now we saw the boat when
she was pregnant. Brabel was all in and this validates
the Patriot away. Aaron Hernan is the thing she was
doing when he was on that team. When you hear
Robert Kowfi talking about that listener, Rob says, they let
these players, the coaches deal away with. Everything in that
organization is winning the ball ball with the spy game,
(22:05):
and all that matters is winning on the field, and
they don't care about anything else. And that's why that
owner is not getting in Cantons because the NFL knows
the Patriot way is. We don't care as long as
it doesn't affect the WS.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
No doubt.
Speaker 10 (22:19):
Rabel's out here being a hypocrite, you know, talking as
players about accountability. Sofanzis you can't be a distraction, and
he's over here going full on r Kelly trapped in
the closet video with all this scandal, This is cool.
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Speaker 2 (23:40):
What's going on? How you doing?
Speaker 7 (23:42):
What's happenings?
Speaker 10 (23:43):
How are you Rob?
Speaker 7 (23:44):
What's up man?
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What's happening? We used to work together ESPN New York.
I know I'm working.
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What's hey, Hey, I'm on it to be on that list, no.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Doubt, no doubt, and I we appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
I was just gonna start, well, let's start with last
night's game, or with a couple of them, but I
want to jump to the Knicks.
Speaker 8 (24:09):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
They obviously in the close one, Rob and I thought
the Sixers would come out and fight, but they had
a chance. I didn't like the way they closed the
last few minutes three three, But what are you making
this series? And now, especially with og On Andobi being
banged up, we don't know exactly what the issue is well,
I mean hamstring.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
We don't know how long I should say, right.
Speaker 7 (24:26):
Right, right, So I think you know, if MB plays
on Friday, Knicks are gonna have their handsful, especially if
Skandonobi is out. Because to me, that Sixers team looked
very good against the Knicks, and I think they just
kind of ran out of gas. Not to make excuses
for them, but you know, you saw the shooting percentage
in the fourth quarter. I thought they got some good looks.
(24:47):
So I expected to be a competitive game in Philadelphia
tomorrow with Ojen and Obi. He is DAYD day, but
I do think there are some optimism that he could
be back Sunday. So it's going to be a long
term thing, Bannon Oby. But nonetheless, yeah, Nicks obviously would
love to put this series in a choke hold and
(25:07):
go up three to zero. But I do think with Maxie,
if he's healthy, I think the Knicks will have their hands.
For one thing, I'm actually he heard his finger late
in the first half of Game two, and he really
wasn't the same second half of Game two, So that's
something I'm keeping an eye on moving forward to Game three.
Speaker 4 (25:27):
And it's funny because it wasn't long ago even we
talked about on the show. Uh you know, the Knicks
were sputtering, losing back to back one point, right was
at one point games there see color with Atlanta and
people are like, all this team, they don't really like
each other, there's question marks, all this other stuff. They
get to blowout, win and whatnot, and then something clicked
(25:47):
or turned for the Knicks. I'm still a Nick skeptic,
like I won't me too, I won't believe that they're
in the finals. Until the first quarter is over and
they're in the finals, you know what I mean? Like that,
I got to have that much for me to believe
it's not a joke. But anyway, Uh, people came into
this season thinking that this was their year.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Everybody's banged up. Halliburn's heard, Uh, Milwaukee ain't great.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
The Celtics, right, Tatum and then Milwaukee right, not that
great as well.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
It's too young.
Speaker 4 (26:18):
It was supposed to be there for them, and now
they might wind up doing what people thought they could
have a chance to do.
Speaker 7 (26:25):
Yeah, they're in a good spot right now. I think
between the debts and the level that they're playing on
both sides of the ball. You know, they have Curlyty
Towns at the top of the floor using him as
a harb on offense. I think that's made a difference.
They've gone some great individual defensive performances, and you know,
they talk a lot about just being locked into the
details now, but I don't think that's everything. I think,
(26:49):
you know, part of it is Towns and part of
it is people just up and down the roster kind
of knowing what they're supposed to do, knowing when they're
gonna get the ball or get shot, and I think
there's more of a harmony now with this Nick team.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
Yeah, I'll give a credit to Mike Brown. That one
thing I appreciated about them a lot of teams don't
want to do, is he made adjustments and he said,
we're gonna start going through catmore. We're gonna have him
at the high post. Let him become a distributor. And
I think that's really unlocked their offense a little bit.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
He is Ian.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Begley is the host of the S and Y Digital
NBA show They'll put back, and of course he's covering
the Knicks as well for US and Y. So let
me go to this one we're watching right now as
of just now, Buckets twenty five fourteen a minute left
in the first pissings up on the Calves.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
I don't like the Calves.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
I don't think they have that toughness that grit going
into this series for me, But they have talent Donovan, Mitchell,
James Harden and the bigs they have.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
What do you make of this this series? What do
you expect?
Speaker 7 (27:47):
You know? After Detroit got up off the mat against Orlando,
I just think they they're getting closer and closer back
to the team that we saw in the regular season,
and that's gonna be hard for Cleveland to get through.
I mean, what I'd look at, I guess is margin
of victory here. For the Pistons, I do think they'll
get through it. I don't know how long it'll take,
(28:08):
but if they start to really separate themselves against Cleveland,
I think the Knicks they're gonna have a tough tough
time with the Pistons home court advantage if the Knicks
get through, If the Pistons get through, But yeah, I
do think you look at Kate Cunningham and he was
getting criticized early in that Orlando series. I thought he
played well, he just didn't have enough help. And Tobias
(28:28):
Harris has played some big, big games, big minutes for
this Pistons team that's produced. So I think, you know,
those two and then the surrounding cast, I think they
have enough to get through Cleveland and they're going to
be a very tough out in the conference final.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (28:44):
The only problem I had with the Pistons is Kate had,
you know, the three games where we had twenty four
turnover so there was reason to kind of criticize him there,
and the Pistons shooting has been spotty. Now when they're
making shots, they're going to be harder to beat. But
we saw some of the flaws early on in that
Orlando series.
Speaker 7 (29:03):
Yeah, not, there's no doubt. And also some of the
guys who they caned on throughout the regular season are
younger players and not really playoff tested, and so that's
where I had questions. Like the Danish Sinkinses of the world,
they had Ron Holland, they had a lot of guys
who they relied on regular season, but this is going
to be their first rodeo. So that's where my questions were.
(29:23):
But I really think, you know, Cunningham just such a
good player. I really think that anybody's gonna have their
hands full with him, whether it's the Knicks or next round,
but obviously Cleveland this round.
Speaker 4 (29:33):
If the Knicks don't get there, I think it will
be hell to pay. Because I'm serious, Like, there's an
expectation like last year and you're closer to it. On
this very radio show, and Kevin will tell you, I
said that Tim should be fired. I really did, because
(29:54):
once they beat the Celtics last year, people were expecting
them to get there, and then they had those two
horrible home losses to open up against the Pacers, and
I'm like, if you don't get fired off of that,
I don't know what you're going to get fired off of.
And now Mike Brown comes in. They're in that spot.
People are looking at it saying there's a pathway here.
If they don't get there's going to be another one
(30:14):
to make people not believe in this team.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
Look, I mean Mike Brown has edicts his finals and
winning the finals, but certainly get there because you know
we talked about Tom said he got them to the
conference final last year for the first time in twenty
five years. And so when you go ahead, then you
let your head coach go in that scenario. Next, Yek
coming in expectations of sky high, and Mike Brown knows
(30:38):
where the expectations are. And you know, look, James Dolan,
the owner, went on ws AN saying he expects them
to make the finals and to win the finals. So
there's no gray area here. It's very clear where this
team needs to go in order to be deemed successful
by the owner. Anything short of that, and I'm sure
changes are coming.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
I didn't know WFA and wasted air time. But that's
another story. We'll get to ian down the road. We
appreciate you. We know you got to be trained to catch.
I was gonna ask you when you go to Philadelphia,
do you hop on the train. That's the best way
to get there?
Speaker 7 (31:10):
Yeah, nice and easy, man, a sella it's a breeze
all right, about ten minutes.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
Go ahead, and let us know if those Knicks fans
take over Philly like they always do in beads like,
I'll buy your tickets, don't sell them.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (31:27):
Man, Thank you, all right, fellows, stick out you.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
You know it's bad rob when a star player like hey,
please just say like, I'll get you money for him, please,
That's what you know is bad.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
All right.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
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Speaker 2 (32:04):
Smooth. God, you might have stamped me. You got this
one too close for comfort? Yeah, that's what Calvin is
when he pulls into the garage. No, yeah, you're too
close to my car.
Speaker 11 (32:16):
No, I was in the middle of the freaking size.
Speaker 2 (32:18):
That's the point. Middle, Get out the middle of the street, Alex. Now,
I don't want to talk to you right now. To
get back to you. Why do you know this one?
I don't know, but it wasn't a favorite show your
TV rate?
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Man, I'm convinced it would probably last what a season
and a half?
Speaker 2 (32:32):
Why do you remember this? It was?
Speaker 3 (32:33):
It was on for a while.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
I don't know, ten night. I didn't watch it, but I.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Knew listen if I ever get on. What was the
show who Wants to Be a Millionaire? And the category
is TV show No best believe I'm calling you put
me on. You're my frone a friend with that for sure?
All right, it's the odd couple on a TV thing.
So on Thursday, clearly Rod Parker, Kevin Washington with you.
Keep you update on this game? It is now what
(32:58):
is it? Thirty twenty two to nine? Already left in
the second quarter. We'll keep you update throughout. Shout out
to Ian Begley just joined us, Rob g you'll get
that up on the podcast as always, good NBA conversation
there right now to side for Shekel City.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
Welcome Shekel City, the home base for Rob Parkers Day
Dicks against the scrap.
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Let me know Shekel City two and one last night
one twenty eight and ninety seven, thirty one games night,
thirty twenty nine games, our twenty nine game over five
hundred Tonight my best bet taking OKC minus fifteen and
a half hosting the Lakers.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
This has to be embarrassing, but the crazy part is
their average lost the Lakers to the Thunder is twenty
seven points.
Speaker 4 (33:45):
To see, I'm taking that minus fifteen and a half.
They won by eighteen in game one. And the Padres
where they are playing a lake game tonight, I got
the Padres minus one and a half. They host the
Saint Louis Cardinals in San Diego again, Padres minus one
and a half runs and okay, see minus fifteen and
(34:06):
a half point is.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Baseball, essentially. I've been doing this with you now for
quite some time. Baseball essentially is just a pick of almost.
Speaker 4 (34:14):
Yeah, but you'd be surprised one and a half runs
matters like like you think, oh, okay, the Dodgers the
other night they've been two to one and exactly and
four to three, and there's a lot of games like that.
Speaker 2 (34:25):
You'd be surprised.
Speaker 4 (34:26):
You're a lot more one run games than you think,
so that one and a half makes a difference.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
I remember, remember the Zach Grinky era where every time
you look, can y'all win a game for it?
Speaker 2 (34:36):
So there you go. Remember, I'm not telling you who
to bettle. What are you telling them? I'm telling you
who I bet on. So far pretty good? Oh you're
doing very well? All right?
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Uh that was Seco City. Is now time for your
Tirect play of the day.
Speaker 7 (34:48):
Walk off opposite field home run in Game one.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
He hits on high fly ball deep right field. That
girls time that both.
Speaker 7 (34:56):
Kind of chances gone.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
Conford come slan one nfing.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
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Speaker 2 (35:21):
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Speaker 1 (35:25):
There's a report about the Russell Wilson and we know
he's still out here, you know, trying to figure out
think giland on the team, but that he might end
up doing some TV there there's a kind of a
bidding war for him right now. Obviously if you're a
star quarterback, let alone one who's won a Super Bowl,
been to a couple, that's kind of how this thing goes.
We've talked about it before and not that he's Jordan,
(35:46):
but just Jordan recently getting on TV, Tom Brady recently
hopping on TV. You know, Alex Rodriguez had full of
years ago. My point is, what do you think of
Russell Wilson as as a commentator. You think that, you know,
whatever it may be in the studio, we got Mike
Tomlin now joined NBC.
Speaker 4 (36:00):
Yeah, I mean obviously he's well spoken, he has the looks.
I mean, you would think that he could do well
on television. But it depends on what you have to
say as well. You know, all that stuff is good
there have been really great players who went on who
just Joe Montana.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
Done, Doctor j does. I could go on and on
really great players. Magic's been like a mixed bag. Magic
is like.
Speaker 4 (36:24):
He's okay, you know what I mean, you would think,
especially with his personality, and he had a talk show
for It's sixactly well he was miscast because they had
I'm doing stand up, which is ridiculous, but I could see.
I just I think if you're Russell Wilson, my point
is you're not going to make quarterback money on television,
(36:46):
at least not to start. So if you can still
play another you be real careful. Except for Tom Brady,
who makes ridiculous you know what I'm saying, and it
is way more than he ever made as a player.
I mean, it really is astronomical, But you know what
I'm saying, For most guys, it's not that kind of money.
So you just have to decide because once you do
(37:07):
that and whatever, it's over. So you got to make
sure that it's out of your system and you want
to do this TV thing and then that'll be the
end of it.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
So I think, yeah, I think it's to your point.
I think you'll I think He's obviously very well spoken.
I think he'll be great for in a studio talking
about just kind of the game, breaking it down. I
don't think he's necessarily the guy that's gonna go at guys,
a guy that's gonna call people out.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
I don't think that'll be him. They might even have
him do some interviews.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
I could see him being like walking talk interviews, like
with a young rookie, you know, walking down this practice.
What's it like? How do you guys know when I
was going through this. I think it'd be really good
at that. And I also think it helps Sierra being
his wife. She's hosted shows, she's obviously been a star performer,
just having that performance thing going like, hey, this.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
Reminds me of it like a Rod.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
A Rod is very good on top and you know,
whether people like him or not or whatever, and the
juice and all the other stuff you cannot deny he's
not smooth and good on television.
Speaker 2 (38:02):
I think he.
Speaker 4 (38:03):
I think he is, And maybe Russ could kind of
do that and maybe you know, I know he has
his detractors.
Speaker 2 (38:09):
A Rod had his detractor.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
His distractors are more the other stuff, like he was,
Is he a good football player anymore.
Speaker 2 (38:16):
He was.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
He necessarily a divo on the team, but I don't
think that will affect him on the on the TV's landscape.
So to me, he like fits very much like if
I'm drawing up TV like that, he would be the guy.
You get what I'm saying, Like I mean on paper
and paper is what I'm saying on paper. This guy,
I gotta look, you know, gonna have something to say.
He's got a championship pedigree. You know, he kind of
(38:38):
checks those boxes to me if you're if you're looking
forward it.
Speaker 2 (38:40):
But we'll have to you know, we'll have to wait
and see.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
I'm still, like I said, I'm still out on Mike Tomlin.
I got to see how he uh, how he does.
I wasn't that big on Tony Dungee. I mean, I
think it's harder than people think it is, because it
really is. Are you gonna be?
Speaker 1 (38:56):
I mean even if you use the greatest example with
the NBA, uh at the NBA, I mean each person
has that lane, you know what I mean, Like Kenny
Smith is the he breaks the stuff down amazingly, Like
I'm not going to shock to get me inside and analysis, right, Shaq.
Speaker 2 (39:12):
Don't even know who's on the twos playing.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
He to his credit when you if you ever watched
the documentary they did, they got on him like, hey, man, yeah,
we want you to be funny and ha ha, but
you you gotta have some type of degree of knowing
what's going on. He's gotten a lot better because he was.
He wouldn't talk about the wrong games. He would not
even know players on the team.
Speaker 2 (39:30):
He might's paying you and they tell you could just
show up and and do that. They said he would
just DJ.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
He would just be practicing his DJ sets during to
get watch watching when they come out and they're like
such and such and such such, he'd like, well, I
think he was playing like such and such. They're like, shack,
he didn't play you know what I mean? Team but
oh so yeah, they had to get on him about that.
So it was crediy. He's gotten better. It's almost like you.
When he puts his glasses on, he means business. I
just need my glasses to see.
Speaker 10 (39:55):
No.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
I know it's getting bad because yesterday you had him
on and it said south Carolin lining.
Speaker 4 (40:00):
I didn't see it like I was just to say
it was a smart of my glasses, Alex, I can't
see that.
Speaker 2 (40:07):
I'm like, oh yeah, the South Carolina right.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
There, and now he's gonna make fun of that. I'm old,
I'm not gonna make that. Listen, that that very well.
You know, listen, we're all painful. My girls, my daughters,
bring stuff right here in my face. I say, back
it up, so no, I can't see.
Speaker 4 (40:20):
I'm gonna go get at senior coffee at McDonald's.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
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Speaker 2 (03:30):
Look at that? I got the cute little burgundy pullover.
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That's that's that a pullover to jacket that's his allantics that's.
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(06:10):
the Patriots, about your favorite couple that we keep getting
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Speaker 2 (06:14):
My goodness, it's like Dynasty or Dallas.
Speaker 4 (06:17):
Dallas, all those stories those were like those were nighttime
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the stairs, you know what I mean, Like like like
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That's a big fit. But anyway, uh so the report.
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Rob g told us what when it comes to their coach,
Mike Rabele.
Speaker 9 (06:37):
You know, this is a big story. When the NBA
planned on it, the NBA playoffs get pushed to the
back burner because this is the story that keeps on.
I think it's Youtube'll love this dripping out news when
you because when you hear stuff seriously and I'm not.
Speaker 2 (06:56):
Kevin, this isn't a one time slipped, you know what
I mean?
Speaker 4 (07:01):
Like you caught me out about some sort of moment
me and my wife was going through, you know what
I mean.
Speaker 2 (07:06):
I know it's some okay to Robbie, some theories I
have about this, Okay, this is bigger than that.
Speaker 4 (07:11):
And now you got to say how much stuff was
he given to feeding her? How long was this going on?
If you're the Tennessee Titans, was he the one leaking
all the information to her? If you're the Patriots? How
much does she know about an organization they're doing pillow talk?
She must know everything that's going on at this point
all that time? Am I right not to mention? As
(07:32):
we talked about it a million times. That's why I
was shocked. The athletic was just like, oh what you mean,
no big deal, dude, that you want to talk about
a misstep by an executive. He's fortunate. Yeah, because that
was when we said it. At the time, I was shocked.
Stood tall. Ats not just a quick statement like we're
gonna investigate, We'll do it. She's been great with us.
We're going to do a find out and do our working.
Speaker 10 (07:51):
No.
Speaker 2 (07:52):
They were like no, they were like no Ah. She said,
why y'all blowing it out of proportion? Like okay.
Speaker 9 (07:57):
With all that in mind, here's the update is. Yesterday
we touched on it briefly during the show. TMZ Sports
reported that six years ago, Russini and Vrabel had signed
off for a boat rental. Privately, she was actually pregnant
during the time with her first child, and in fact,
earlier on Thursday, they had video evidence that shows the
two of them walking on the dock towards the boat.
(08:18):
She is super pregnant in that video. The reason why
this is a story now again today is for two reasons.
Number One, quarterback Drake May was asked about it during
a celebrity pro am golf tournament. Who was asked about
Vrabel in the situation and how it's spilled over into
the locker room, so on and so forth. I'm sure
get to that. But Number two, longtime NFL insider Jason
(08:40):
Lockinford has been covering the story, reported on Thursday that
despite all the controversy, all the salaciousness, all the headlines
surrounding their head coach Robert Kraft is in full support
of Mike Rabel, has no intention of putting him on
a sabbatical suspension, much less firing him.
Speaker 2 (09:00):
Mike Rabel going nowhere.
Speaker 4 (09:03):
No shocker that Mike Rabel's not going anywhere from the Patriots.
Speaker 2 (09:09):
It's not because this is what this organization is.
Speaker 4 (09:12):
Steeped in, cheating, deceitfulness, low brow, conniving.
Speaker 2 (09:23):
There's always something with this franchise and is this on.
It's on.
Speaker 4 (09:29):
The reason Robert Kraft is not in the Pro Football
Hall of Fame despite winning six championships as an owner,
is exactly.
Speaker 7 (09:42):
Why.
Speaker 4 (09:42):
Is what we're experiencing now with Mike Rabel, It really is.
It speaks to the volume of where this franchise is
and what they value, which is not honesty. And that's
why he hasn't been rewarded. He want championships. As an owner.
He's been trying to get into the Pro Football Hall
(10:04):
of Fame for like over a decade and they keep
rejecting him.
Speaker 2 (10:08):
What would be the reason why? It can't be because
of football?
Speaker 4 (10:13):
Right, it's because of the dirty dealing, backstabbing, cheating, unfaithful
stuff that's gone on. Of course, he's going to back
his coach, who didn't slip up one time, but it
decided that he was going to have an ongoing affair
(10:34):
allegedly with Diana Russinia.
Speaker 2 (10:39):
I'm just saying, and it is the Patriot way.
Speaker 4 (10:47):
That's why Robert Kraft, I hope you never get in
because the idea that, oh, well, because it wasn't an
employee here, It's okay, I get it. If it was
an employee, he probably be pressured by the league because
the league and the team would be held responsible and
(11:07):
she would be able to sue them. But I'm not surprised.
This is right up the alley. This is the Patriots
m O. And then Drake May of all people to
stand up there. You want to back your coach, Kelvin,
I'm cool with it. You want to say, hey, it's
(11:29):
a difficult time and I feel for my co.
Speaker 2 (11:33):
Did you see the quote.
Speaker 4 (11:36):
He's a great human being that he was cheating on
his wife and kids with somebody else's wife who has
kids as well. That's a great human being, you could say,
and support them. Hey, going through a tough time, and
I'm gonna support my coach and I hope it works
out for the best of him and his family.
Speaker 2 (11:53):
I'm not talking about that. He's a great human being.
Speaker 4 (11:57):
A guy who's deceitful, who cheats on his family and
cheats on his family with a with a married woman,
destroying that family as well.
Speaker 2 (12:07):
Come on, man, come on. It sounds ridiculous, It sounds ludicrous.
It's crazy. Shoot.
Speaker 1 (12:17):
I mean, I don't have much to act that was
broke it down with the soliloquy. I mean, really, it's
just much. It's a few things to just echo to
what you were saying. I mean, I think with Robert Kraft,
I think, whether it be personally or how they've been
running the Patriots professionally, they've been there before. And what
I mean by that is we know they've had literal cheating,
(12:38):
both figuring in literally scandals.
Speaker 2 (12:40):
Uh how you know, from from the spy gates to
the flake gates, Hernett.
Speaker 1 (12:46):
And every bottle rumors were that hearing Hernade has had
a lot of bagag some things going on, they decide
to still draft them, and then even just other small
little things throughout the time.
Speaker 2 (12:54):
And then you add on his own personal stuff.
Speaker 1 (12:56):
Right, we know it happened, you know, in the the plaza,
the size place that somehow because for him to be
an owner, that just went away. But I think that's
because the power of being a billionaire being an owner,
that just kind of came and went. And so I
think there's an element of him being like, hey, I've
been there before. I know what it's like to have
these kind of you know, sedious deeds you know, out
there and kind of put people knowing your business.
Speaker 2 (13:18):
I've been there.
Speaker 1 (13:19):
Maybe he was there for him publicly, I mean privately
as a former player. You know, he was there for
me during my difficult time, shot me a call, shot
me at text, came and checked on me, you know,
as his former owner while he was a coach obviously
in Tennessee. And I think that might play role, right,
I have this personal relationship with this guy. He was
one of my players and he's been a friend of mine.
So I think that's friends sticking up for friends. Organizations
(13:39):
sticking up for past players. And now you add into
it Drake May. I think the kid got put in
a tough spot. I totally hear what you're saying. But
I think him being so young, he's not like a
savvy veteran. I think he just you know, this is
why Rob I'm gonna take the bigger.
Speaker 2 (13:53):
Approach to this.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
This is why coaches harp on gms, harp on organizations,
harp on no distractions, because Drake May is trying to
just play in a golf tournament. Here, I am just
trying to have a golf tournament. And that question comes
to me. And if it were a coach, they would
bring this back to the team and what would they say. See,
this is why we don't want distractions. This is why
(14:15):
we don't want stuff like this happening, because it distracts
the team. We got to answer questions blah blah blah blah.
But this is because Drake Made is a young guy.
I think he doesn't know how to you know.
Speaker 2 (14:24):
I don't know how to handle it. I'm just I
don't know. They run up with me.
Speaker 1 (14:26):
Mike's I love a coach. He's a great guy. So
I think that's not what he's said. It's a great
human being. But I'm saying I think he's a young
guy in a position where he I don't know how
to handle this, Like I'm not. Nobody has this on
your They tell me what to do when there's a blitz,
they tell me what to do when they're playing a
Tampa too. I don't know how to handle questions about
you know. And that my bigger point taking it more
(14:46):
off of him, is this is why this is a
scenario that Rabel has now put his star quarterback in.
Why I gotta answer questions like this and then people
like Rob and Kelvin have to even address how I
answered it, you know what I mean. If this didn't
never happen, we would asking him how do you bounce
back from a Super Bowl loss? So that's why a
coach showing why there's supposed to be no these types
of these distractions, because now you have your star quarterback
(15:09):
answering it where people can now dissect his answer and
kind of be disappointed in his response. So this is
a prime example of why you're trying to keep these
distractions limited and limit them. So but again, I don't
think there's any surprise for me with Rob we you know,
we talked about it in real time.
Speaker 2 (15:24):
What's happened.
Speaker 1 (15:25):
Robert Craft's gonna stick by one of his guys. Tried
and true, patriot, been there, blood, sweat, tears, won championships
and now he's back in the fold, got them to
a super Bowl last season. And not to mention, Robert
Kraft has his own, you know, discretions. Absolutely, I see him.
He's gonna stand by him. But that to to your
larger point, there seems to always be a cloud of something.
Speaker 4 (15:46):
That's why they'll get the respect organized, That's why they
don't get the respect. That's why Bill Belichick didn't get
it in the first ballance, That's why Robert Kraft's not
in the Hall of Fame. People know what this organization is,
and Mike Rabel's scandal is so patriot like it fits.
And then for them to act like nothing happened. And
for Robert krap oh, yeah, okay, that's good. That's the
(16:09):
guy you want leading your organization. But then again, you're
in charge of the organization, so it fits all right.
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It looks bad. The hamstring are growing. I don't know,
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Speaker 2 (19:12):
You saw that they looked like he was out, you know,
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Speaker 4 (19:20):
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Speaker 10 (19:30):
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Speaker 2 (19:32):
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Speaker 8 (19:33):
So I think Rabel lucked out big time because his
boss can't really fire him or get rid of him
or punish him because he will look like the biggest
hypocrite in the world. So he really has carte blanche
when it comes to these things. So whereas most people
might be stressed, you know, to him, obviously he's stressed personally,
but professionally, he knows, how could this guy fire me
(19:56):
when he's done things exactly like it. And the second
thing I think that makes it, you know, really awful
is the NFL tries to pretend like it has these
codes of conduct and things like that. You know, and
physical abuse is one thing, but what about the abuse
that that both of their significant others are now dealing
with this in the public eye, you know what I mean.
(20:17):
They have to be reminded of this. Their friends probably
know about it.
Speaker 4 (20:20):
The only reason that the NFL doesn't care, Adam, is
because they can't. Then they're not they're out of harm's
way from me. There's no liability. There's no liability because
she didn't work for the If she worked for the Patriots,
trust me, they would be involved.
Speaker 2 (20:35):
Subordinate.
Speaker 4 (20:36):
It's a whole thing, it's a whole different thing. Thanks
for the call out. Appreciate it and no doubt.
Speaker 1 (20:40):
Kevind just point here a quick Keef the winning too.
Speaker 2 (20:43):
I mean he won.
Speaker 1 (20:44):
They got to the super Bowl if you were three
and were to be fourteen.
Speaker 2 (20:47):
But I'm saying, but when they when, when they're liable,
I agree with that. That's the whole legal thing all
the time.
Speaker 10 (20:57):
Hey, this just validates great Rob Parker who jumped on
this story right away and said there was fire here
and there was smoking, and everybody was saying, oh, people
jump into conclusions. Look, Mike Braver was going full on
Drew Hill. Somebody sleeping in my bed and nobody wanted
to talk about this. Russini is sitting up there cuck
(21:20):
holding her husband in some of those emails, talking about
how she wants a football player, and people thought it
was a joke. And now we saw the video Versini
and Brabel making fun of Rabel's wife. It's just terrible.
It's a bad look. That boat video validate Sedona. Sedona
was just a normal Thursday for this couple. This is
a normal trip for this she and couple, that their
(21:42):
annual you know trip where they get away together. We
saw the casino and now we saw the boat when
she was pregnant. Brabel was all in and this validates
the Patriot away. Aaron Hernan is the thing she was
doing when he was on that team. When you hear
Robert Kowfi talking about that listener, Rob says, they let
these players, the coaches deal away with. Everything in that
organization is winning the ball ball with the spy game,
(22:05):
and all that matters is winning on the field, and
they don't care about anything else. And that's why that
owner is not getting in Cantons because the NFL knows
the Patriot way is. We don't care as long as
it doesn't affect the WS.
Speaker 2 (22:18):
No doubt.
Speaker 10 (22:19):
Rabel's out here being a hypocrite, you know, talking as
players about accountability. Sofanzis you can't be a distraction, and
he's over here going full on r Kelly trapped in
the closet video with all this scandal, This is cool.
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Speaker 2 (23:40):
What's going on? How you doing?
Speaker 7 (23:42):
What's happenings?
Speaker 10 (23:43):
How are you Rob?
Speaker 7 (23:44):
What's up man?
Speaker 4 (23:44):
What's happening? We used to work together ESPN New York.
I know I'm working.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
I am officially on the list now. So one day
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Speaker 7 (23:57):
What's hey, Hey, I'm on it to be on that list, no.
Speaker 2 (24:00):
Doubt, no doubt, and I we appreciate you.
Speaker 1 (24:03):
I was just gonna start, well, let's start with last
night's game, or with a couple of them, but I
want to jump to the Knicks.
Speaker 8 (24:09):
Uh.
Speaker 1 (24:09):
They obviously in the close one, Rob and I thought
the Sixers would come out and fight, but they had
a chance. I didn't like the way they closed the
last few minutes three three, But what are you making
this series? And now, especially with og On Andobi being
banged up, we don't know exactly what the issue is well,
I mean hamstring.
Speaker 2 (24:24):
We don't know how long I should say, right.
Speaker 7 (24:26):
Right, right, So I think you know, if MB plays
on Friday, Knicks are gonna have their handsful, especially if
Skandonobi is out. Because to me, that Sixers team looked
very good against the Knicks, and I think they just
kind of ran out of gas. Not to make excuses
for them, but you know, you saw the shooting percentage
in the fourth quarter. I thought they got some good looks.
(24:47):
So I expected to be a competitive game in Philadelphia
tomorrow with Ojen and Obi. He is DAYD day, but
I do think there are some optimism that he could
be back Sunday. So it's going to be a long
term thing, Bannon Oby. But nonetheless, yeah, Nicks obviously would
love to put this series in a choke hold and
(25:07):
go up three to zero. But I do think with Maxie,
if he's healthy, I think the Knicks will have their hands.
For one thing, I'm actually he heard his finger late
in the first half of Game two, and he really
wasn't the same second half of Game two, So that's
something I'm keeping an eye on moving forward to Game three.
Speaker 4 (25:27):
And it's funny because it wasn't long ago even we
talked about on the show. Uh you know, the Knicks
were sputtering, losing back to back one point, right was
at one point games there see color with Atlanta and
people are like, all this team, they don't really like
each other, there's question marks, all this other stuff. They
get to blowout, win and whatnot, and then something clicked
(25:47):
or turned for the Knicks. I'm still a Nick skeptic,
like I won't me too, I won't believe that they're
in the finals. Until the first quarter is over and
they're in the finals, you know what I mean? Like that,
I got to have that much for me to believe
it's not a joke. But anyway, Uh, people came into
this season thinking that this was their year.
Speaker 2 (26:08):
Everybody's banged up. Halliburn's heard, Uh, Milwaukee ain't great.
Speaker 4 (26:13):
The Celtics, right, Tatum and then Milwaukee right, not that
great as well.
Speaker 2 (26:17):
It's too young.
Speaker 4 (26:18):
It was supposed to be there for them, and now
they might wind up doing what people thought they could
have a chance to do.
Speaker 7 (26:25):
Yeah, they're in a good spot right now. I think
between the debts and the level that they're playing on
both sides of the ball. You know, they have Curlyty
Towns at the top of the floor using him as
a harb on offense. I think that's made a difference.
They've gone some great individual defensive performances, and you know,
they talk a lot about just being locked into the
details now, but I don't think that's everything. I think,
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you know, part of it is Towns and part of
it is people just up and down the roster kind
of knowing what they're supposed to do, knowing when they're
gonna get the ball or get shot, and I think
there's more of a harmony now with this Nick team.
Speaker 1 (27:03):
Yeah, I'll give a credit to Mike Brown. That one
thing I appreciated about them a lot of teams don't
want to do, is he made adjustments and he said,
we're gonna start going through catmore. We're gonna have him
at the high post. Let him become a distributor. And
I think that's really unlocked their offense a little bit.
Speaker 2 (27:18):
He is Ian.
Speaker 1 (27:18):
Begley is the host of the S and Y Digital
NBA show They'll put back, and of course he's covering
the Knicks as well for US and Y. So let
me go to this one we're watching right now as
of just now, Buckets twenty five fourteen a minute left
in the first pissings up on the Calves.
Speaker 2 (27:34):
I don't like the Calves.
Speaker 1 (27:35):
I don't think they have that toughness that grit going
into this series for me, But they have talent Donovan, Mitchell,
James Harden and the bigs they have.
Speaker 2 (27:44):
What do you make of this this series? What do
you expect?
Speaker 7 (27:47):
You know? After Detroit got up off the mat against Orlando,
I just think they they're getting closer and closer back
to the team that we saw in the regular season,
and that's gonna be hard for Cleveland to get through.
I mean, what I'd look at, I guess is margin
of victory here. For the Pistons, I do think they'll
get through it. I don't know how long it'll take,
(28:08):
but if they start to really separate themselves against Cleveland,
I think the Knicks they're gonna have a tough tough
time with the Pistons home court advantage if the Knicks
get through, If the Pistons get through, But yeah, I
do think you look at Kate Cunningham and he was
getting criticized early in that Orlando series. I thought he
played well, he just didn't have enough help. And Tobias
(28:28):
Harris has played some big, big games, big minutes for
this Pistons team that's produced. So I think, you know,
those two and then the surrounding cast, I think they
have enough to get through Cleveland and they're going to
be a very tough out in the conference final.
Speaker 3 (28:43):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (28:44):
The only problem I had with the Pistons is Kate had,
you know, the three games where we had twenty four
turnover so there was reason to kind of criticize him there,
and the Pistons shooting has been spotty. Now when they're
making shots, they're going to be harder to beat. But
we saw some of the flaws early on in that
Orlando series.
Speaker 7 (29:03):
Yeah, not, there's no doubt. And also some of the
guys who they caned on throughout the regular season are
younger players and not really playoff tested, and so that's
where I had questions. Like the Danish Sinkinses of the world,
they had Ron Holland, they had a lot of guys
who they relied on regular season, but this is going
to be their first rodeo. So that's where my questions were.
(29:23):
But I really think, you know, Cunningham just such a
good player. I really think that anybody's gonna have their
hands full with him, whether it's the Knicks or next round,
but obviously Cleveland this round.
Speaker 4 (29:33):
If the Knicks don't get there, I think it will
be hell to pay. Because I'm serious, Like, there's an
expectation like last year and you're closer to it. On
this very radio show, and Kevin will tell you, I
said that Tim should be fired. I really did, because
(29:54):
once they beat the Celtics last year, people were expecting
them to get there, and then they had those two
horrible home losses to open up against the Pacers, and
I'm like, if you don't get fired off of that,
I don't know what you're going to get fired off of.
And now Mike Brown comes in. They're in that spot.
People are looking at it saying there's a pathway here.
If they don't get there's going to be another one
(30:14):
to make people not believe in this team.
Speaker 2 (30:17):
Yeah.
Speaker 7 (30:18):
Look, I mean Mike Brown has edicts his finals and
winning the finals, but certainly get there because you know
we talked about Tom said he got them to the
conference final last year for the first time in twenty
five years. And so when you go ahead, then you
let your head coach go in that scenario. Next, Yek
coming in expectations of sky high, and Mike Brown knows
(30:38):
where the expectations are. And you know, look, James Dolan,
the owner, went on ws AN saying he expects them
to make the finals and to win the finals. So
there's no gray area here. It's very clear where this
team needs to go in order to be deemed successful
by the owner. Anything short of that, and I'm sure
changes are coming.
Speaker 4 (30:58):
I didn't know WFA and wasted air time. But that's
another story. We'll get to ian down the road. We
appreciate you. We know you got to be trained to catch.
I was gonna ask you when you go to Philadelphia,
do you hop on the train. That's the best way
to get there?
Speaker 7 (31:10):
Yeah, nice and easy, man, a sella it's a breeze
all right, about ten minutes.
Speaker 1 (31:17):
Go ahead, and let us know if those Knicks fans
take over Philly like they always do in beads like,
I'll buy your tickets, don't sell them.
Speaker 2 (31:26):
I appreciate it.
Speaker 7 (31:27):
Man, Thank you, all right, fellows, stick out you.
Speaker 1 (31:30):
You know it's bad rob when a star player like hey,
please just say like, I'll get you money for him, please,
That's what you know is bad.
Speaker 2 (31:37):
All right.
Speaker 1 (31:37):
On the way, we got check with city. We got
your tyre rec play other day as well. And somebody
might be done throwing the football, might want to call
the TV time. We tell you we're talking about it.
STI cup on a TV theme, So on Thursday, stick
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Speaker 3 (31:51):
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Speaker 2 (32:04):
Smooth. God, you might have stamped me. You got this
one too close for comfort? Yeah, that's what Calvin is
when he pulls into the garage. No, yeah, you're too
close to my car.
Speaker 11 (32:16):
No, I was in the middle of the freaking size.
Speaker 2 (32:18):
That's the point. Middle, Get out the middle of the street, Alex. Now,
I don't want to talk to you right now. To
get back to you. Why do you know this one?
I don't know, but it wasn't a favorite show your
TV rate?
Speaker 1 (32:28):
Man, I'm convinced it would probably last what a season
and a half?
Speaker 2 (32:32):
Why do you remember this? It was?
Speaker 3 (32:33):
It was on for a while.
Speaker 2 (32:34):
I don't know, ten night. I didn't watch it, but I.
Speaker 1 (32:38):
Knew listen if I ever get on. What was the
show who Wants to Be a Millionaire? And the category
is TV show No best believe I'm calling you put
me on. You're my frone a friend with that for sure?
All right, it's the odd couple on a TV thing.
So on Thursday, clearly Rod Parker, Kevin Washington with you.
Keep you update on this game? It is now what
(32:58):
is it? Thirty twenty two to nine? Already left in
the second quarter. We'll keep you update throughout. Shout out
to Ian Begley just joined us, Rob g you'll get
that up on the podcast as always, good NBA conversation
there right now to side for Shekel City.
Speaker 3 (33:12):
Welcome Shekel City, the home base for Rob Parkers Day
Dicks against the scrap.
Speaker 4 (33:22):
Let me know Shekel City two and one last night
one twenty eight and ninety seven, thirty one games night,
thirty twenty nine games, our twenty nine game over five
hundred Tonight my best bet taking OKC minus fifteen and
a half hosting the Lakers.
Speaker 1 (33:39):
This has to be embarrassing, but the crazy part is
their average lost the Lakers to the Thunder is twenty
seven points.
Speaker 4 (33:45):
To see, I'm taking that minus fifteen and a half.
They won by eighteen in game one. And the Padres
where they are playing a lake game tonight, I got
the Padres minus one and a half. They host the
Saint Louis Cardinals in San Diego again, Padres minus one
and a half runs and okay, see minus fifteen and
(34:06):
a half point is.
Speaker 1 (34:07):
Baseball, essentially. I've been doing this with you now for
quite some time. Baseball essentially is just a pick of almost.
Speaker 4 (34:14):
Yeah, but you'd be surprised one and a half runs
matters like like you think, oh, okay, the Dodgers the
other night they've been two to one and exactly and
four to three, and there's a lot of games like that.
Speaker 2 (34:25):
You'd be surprised.
Speaker 4 (34:26):
You're a lot more one run games than you think,
so that one and a half makes a difference.
Speaker 1 (34:30):
I remember, remember the Zach Grinky era where every time
you look, can y'all win a game for it?
Speaker 2 (34:36):
So there you go. Remember, I'm not telling you who
to bettle. What are you telling them? I'm telling you
who I bet on. So far pretty good? Oh you're
doing very well? All right?
Speaker 1 (34:44):
Uh that was Seco City. Is now time for your
Tirect play of the day.
Speaker 7 (34:48):
Walk off opposite field home run in Game one.
Speaker 2 (34:52):
He hits on high fly ball deep right field. That
girls time that both.
Speaker 7 (34:56):
Kind of chances gone.
Speaker 3 (35:00):
Conford come slan one nfing.
Speaker 1 (35:04):
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Speaker 2 (35:21):
It is the way tire buying should be.
Speaker 1 (35:25):
There's a report about the Russell Wilson and we know
he's still out here, you know, trying to figure out
think giland on the team, but that he might end
up doing some TV there there's a kind of a
bidding war for him right now. Obviously if you're a
star quarterback, let alone one who's won a Super Bowl,
been to a couple, that's kind of how this thing goes.
We've talked about it before and not that he's Jordan,
(35:46):
but just Jordan recently getting on TV, Tom Brady recently
hopping on TV. You know, Alex Rodriguez had full of
years ago. My point is, what do you think of
Russell Wilson as as a commentator. You think that, you know,
whatever it may be in the studio, we got Mike
Tomlin now joined NBC.
Speaker 4 (36:00):
Yeah, I mean obviously he's well spoken, he has the looks.
I mean, you would think that he could do well
on television. But it depends on what you have to
say as well. You know, all that stuff is good
there have been really great players who went on who
just Joe Montana.
Speaker 2 (36:16):
Done, Doctor j does. I could go on and on
really great players. Magic's been like a mixed bag. Magic
is like.
Speaker 4 (36:24):
He's okay, you know what I mean, you would think,
especially with his personality, and he had a talk show
for It's sixactly well he was miscast because they had
I'm doing stand up, which is ridiculous, but I could see.
I just I think if you're Russell Wilson, my point
is you're not going to make quarterback money on television,
(36:46):
at least not to start. So if you can still
play another you be real careful. Except for Tom Brady,
who makes ridiculous you know what I'm saying, and it
is way more than he ever made as a player.
I mean, it really is astronomical, But you know what
I'm saying, For most guys, it's not that kind of money.
So you just have to decide because once you do
(37:07):
that and whatever, it's over. So you got to make
sure that it's out of your system and you want
to do this TV thing and then that'll be the
end of it.
Speaker 1 (37:14):
So I think, yeah, I think it's to your point.
I think you'll I think He's obviously very well spoken.
I think he'll be great for in a studio talking
about just kind of the game, breaking it down. I
don't think he's necessarily the guy that's gonna go at guys,
a guy that's gonna call people out.
Speaker 2 (37:27):
I don't think that'll be him. They might even have
him do some interviews.
Speaker 1 (37:29):
I could see him being like walking talk interviews, like
with a young rookie, you know, walking down this practice.
What's it like? How do you guys know when I
was going through this. I think it'd be really good
at that. And I also think it helps Sierra being
his wife. She's hosted shows, she's obviously been a star performer,
just having that performance thing going like, hey, this.
Speaker 2 (37:48):
Reminds me of it like a Rod.
Speaker 4 (37:51):
A Rod is very good on top and you know,
whether people like him or not or whatever, and the
juice and all the other stuff you cannot deny he's
not smooth and good on television.
Speaker 2 (38:02):
I think he.
Speaker 4 (38:03):
I think he is, And maybe Russ could kind of
do that and maybe you know, I know he has
his detractors.
Speaker 2 (38:09):
A Rod had his detractor.
Speaker 1 (38:11):
His distractors are more the other stuff, like he was,
Is he a good football player anymore.
Speaker 2 (38:16):
He was.
Speaker 1 (38:17):
He necessarily a divo on the team, but I don't
think that will affect him on the on the TV's landscape.
So to me, he like fits very much like if
I'm drawing up TV like that, he would be the guy.
You get what I'm saying, Like I mean on paper
and paper is what I'm saying on paper. This guy,
I gotta look, you know, gonna have something to say.
He's got a championship pedigree. You know, he kind of
(38:38):
checks those boxes to me if you're if you're looking
forward it.
Speaker 2 (38:40):
But we'll have to you know, we'll have to wait
and see.
Speaker 4 (38:42):
I'm still, like I said, I'm still out on Mike Tomlin.
I got to see how he uh, how he does.
I wasn't that big on Tony Dungee. I mean, I
think it's harder than people think it is, because it
really is. Are you gonna be?
Speaker 1 (38:56):
I mean even if you use the greatest example with
the NBA, uh at the NBA, I mean each person
has that lane, you know what I mean, Like Kenny
Smith is the he breaks the stuff down amazingly, Like
I'm not going to shock to get me inside and analysis, right, Shaq.
Speaker 2 (39:12):
Don't even know who's on the twos playing.
Speaker 1 (39:13):
He to his credit when you if you ever watched
the documentary they did, they got on him like, hey, man, yeah,
we want you to be funny and ha ha, but
you you gotta have some type of degree of knowing
what's going on. He's gotten a lot better because he was.
He wouldn't talk about the wrong games. He would not
even know players on the team.
Speaker 2 (39:30):
He might's paying you and they tell you could just
show up and and do that. They said he would
just DJ.
Speaker 1 (39:35):
He would just be practicing his DJ sets during to
get watch watching when they come out and they're like
such and such and such such, he'd like, well, I
think he was playing like such and such. They're like, shack,
he didn't play you know what I mean? Team but
oh so yeah, they had to get on him about that.
So it was crediy. He's gotten better. It's almost like you.
When he puts his glasses on, he means business. I
just need my glasses to see.
Speaker 10 (39:55):
No.
Speaker 1 (39:56):
I know it's getting bad because yesterday you had him
on and it said south Carolin lining.
Speaker 4 (40:00):
I didn't see it like I was just to say
it was a smart of my glasses, Alex, I can't
see that.
Speaker 2 (40:07):
I'm like, oh yeah, the South Carolina right.
Speaker 1 (40:09):
There, and now he's gonna make fun of that. I'm old,
I'm not gonna make that. Listen, that that very well.
You know, listen, we're all painful. My girls, my daughters,
bring stuff right here in my face. I say, back
it up, so no, I can't see.
Speaker 4 (40:20):
I'm gonna go get at senior coffee at McDonald's.
Speaker 2 (40:22):
How's that
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