April 2, 2024 • 39 mins
Chris and Rob discuss what - if anything – Caitlin Clark can do to cement her status as the GOAT in women's college basketball and debate whether the Chicago Bears’ plan to have their scouts debate who they should take in the upcoming NFL Draft is a good idea. Plus, NBA champion and FOX Sports Radio NBA analyst swings by to discuss Clark’s popularity, how college basketball can become more mainstream again, why LeBron James can’t seem to control NBA games like he used, whether the Los Angeles Lakers are legitimate contenders in the Western Conference and much more!
See omnystudio.com/listener for privacy information.
Mark as Played
Transcript
Episode Transcript
Available transcripts are automatically generated. Complete accuracy is not guaranteed.
Speaker 1 (00:00):
Thanks for listening to The Odd Couple podcasts. Be sure
to catch us live every weekday from seven pm to
ten pm Eastern four to seven pm Pacific on Fox
Sports Radio. Find your local station for The Odd Couple
at Foxsports Radio dot com, or stream us live every
day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Let's get this, punies, you're listening to Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
All right, it is The Odd Couple. I'm Chris, He's Rob.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
We're live from the tie right dot com studios, hour
number three of a three hour show, and shortly after
the show, our podcast goes up. So if you've missed
any of today's show, just check out the pod. Search
a Couple wherever you get your podcasts, and then be
sure to follow, rate and review the podcast as well. Again,
just search Odd Couple wherever you get your podcasts and
(00:56):
you will see today's show.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Post it right after we get off the air and.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Sondaniel's NBA champion New Orleans Pelicans color analysts will join
us at the bottom of the hour to talk NBA.
But right now we're going to stick with the Rob.
The story of the week, and that is Caitlin Clark
(01:21):
and the Iowa Hawk Eyes, the Lady Hawkeyes, I guess
beating Angel Reese and the LSU Lady Tigers last night
in the most watched women's college basketball game in history,
and Rob one thing. And I feel like this is
because the depth in the college game women's college game
(01:45):
is not equivalent to the depth in the men's college game,
so you don't see quite as many upsets in the
early rounds of the tournament. But Rob, the NCUBA could
not have asked for a better situation than the way
the tournament has played out. Because Rob every like every
(02:09):
storyline that was riveting entering the tournament has.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Come to pass.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
LSU and Iowa Wow, they could meet in the Elite eight,
they do. Obviously, Caitlyn Clark still alive in the final four.
Obviously South Carolina, the best team in the country, still
alive in the final four.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
And now you've.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Got Paige Beckers, who when they were freshman, Rob Paige
Beckers and Caitlyn Clark, Paige Beckers was viewed as the
better player. It was an argument debate, but Paige Beckers
was viewed as the better player. Then she got hurt
and obviously the rest is history. But she's still a
(02:52):
great player and plays similar a lot. They play very similar.
They're about the same height as well, and their meeting
in the final four. The next game, and the thing
for Clark Rob is this she has to go through.
So last night she beats the defending champion LSU Tigers
(03:14):
and Angelies. Her next game is against Page Beckers.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
And the Yukon Huskies and number one.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Obviously Yukon is the most storied program in women's college
basketball history.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Well, they've just made the with the their coach Chris
twenty yeah, twenty three times to the final four.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
That's taking every year. That's every year. What years didn't
they make it three years? But thirty years, right, thirty.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, something like that.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
This group has not won a champions or at least
Page Beckers hasn't yet. And Rob she is probably viewed
as I'd say the second best player in the country Chris.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Twenty three out of twenty nine just to put a runnin.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
So Clark has to go through LSU.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Now, next up she has to face the second greatest
player in the country who probably thinks she's the best
player in the country, and they're gonna have to go
at it. And then if she gets past Page Becker's Rob,
she likely will.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Face South Carolina.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Now they beat South Carolina last year, but South Carolina,
which is the top team in the country.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
And has been for the last couple of years.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Even though they didn't win the championship last year, and
so Rob, that is a gauntlet for the ages. So
if she does win this championship, my goodness, what an
impressive feet it will be.
Speaker 5 (04:53):
No, I mean that's what you want.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
You want it to beat through the best, beat everybody
in your way, and then you could stand and then
the dust clears, Chris, and you put a kapper on
what's been a tremendous college career, right, finishing up with
a championship doing the last thing you hadn't been able
to do. I mean, it's story book ending be the
first one in Iowa history. And they've had a great program, Raber,
(05:17):
really good. They haven't obviously been you Conner, Tennessee.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Remember Vivian Stringer was there? Was she there? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
They were great and never won it, but they were
a great program.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
And now you're the current coach who's been there for decades.
They've been Chris.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Do you remember us talking about people were a little
mad that IOWA and LSU were gonna meet. Prior to
you remember, they wanted to be separate. And remember I
was saying, no, you can't have that. What if one
of them lose and we never got this matchup? You
(05:52):
know what I mean, like like it actually worked out.
Look at the waitings the National Championship waiting abs, you
know what I mean, Like like you that was like
you gotta make sure at some point those two teams
play not early, not too early, but not too late
where one could have lost.
Speaker 5 (06:09):
And we never got.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
That, So that that was smart I think on their
part not to separate them now.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
And you're right, I mean, I'm sure they're thinking the
same thing when they look at what.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
The ratings were last night.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Let me, Rob, let me throw this because you and
I talked about this yesterday.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
I was of the belief, and you know, still am, that.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Caitlyn Clark did not need to win last night's game
to prove her greatness. She's obviously, in my view, just
clearly a great player whether she had won last night
or not. But to be considered the goat, like we
talked about last night, you do need a ring, I said,
(06:54):
or not said, you gotta win, you gotta Chris.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
It's hard.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I don't care how good you are and how many
record you have and all the other stuff that.
Speaker 5 (07:04):
Goes with it.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
It's hard for people to put you in that conversation
when you've never won.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
And I'm talking about the ultimate.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
It just I think she would be in the conversation
if she doesn't win it, but she would.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
That would be a death blow to her.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Campaign for the goat, right, I mean, it just would
be something.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Because here's the list, Rob.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
These are some of the women's players that are considered
the best ever. Brianna Stewart Rob four NCAA titles, Wow,
Cheryl Miller two, Shamika Holscall three, Diana Tarassi three, Kandas
Parker two, Britney Grinder one, Caitlyn Clark none, and all
(07:50):
those players except Candace Parker well Claytlond. Clark's gonna win
her second Nate Smith this year, so she'll match some
of these with two. But Brianna Stewart and Cheryl Miller
three Natesmith Awards. So I'm gonna say that what she has.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Going for though Chris is obviously the all time leading scorer.
I mean that that couple with a championship and then
what will happened to which never factor in Chris never
is this idea of the TV ratings, like like how
she moved the needle, you know what I mean? Like
(08:27):
I think that they would count in people's heads about
when Cheryl Miller played. And I'm not saying that they
didn't do anything, because they actually did and eleven writing
that nineteen eighty three.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Nineteen eighty three, now there was it was different. Cable
was not as.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Big then, not only a few people had cable at
that point, and so you know, kind of like we
talked about Magic and Bird, but again, Magic and Bird
a few years earlier had done what forty something million?
Speaker 5 (08:58):
And was it thirty three?
Speaker 3 (09:00):
I thought it's thirty or four?
Speaker 1 (09:01):
I thought it was in the forties, Rob GC, if
you find that out, I thought it. By comparison, Cheryl
Miller did her championship game with USC eleven million, which
is great by the day's standards, but back then it
would it wasn't out of the equivalent of the twelve million.
Speaker 6 (09:18):
That game Burden Magic in college back in nineteen seventy
nine did forty million, Yeah, forty.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
So but Rob I look when I think of the
women's goal and I don't claim to be an expert
on all these women's players, but my thought, the first
thought that comes to my mind when I think of
the goat in women's basketball is Cheryl Miller. And not
that I was seeing her all the time. I saw
some of it, obviously, but you know, she's just a legend.
(09:50):
She was that first women's player to kind of, as
I said, with the ratings, capture the imagination of it.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
It's funny because I just I don't know if I
had that would have been the first thing off the
top of my head.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
You know, I know what's the name? I don't. I
don't think I have a name. And that's that's what
I like.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Like, I remember the Cheryl swoops and what she was doing, Chris,
I remember that, but I don't know if I you know, again, historically,
I knew Cheryl Miller, and I knew she was a
great player. Who was the other woman I'm saying, am
Myers and Meyers, Chris and Myers, That's what I was saying.
She was married to Don Drysdale, the old Dodger pitcher.
(10:30):
Am Myers, That's why you.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Mentioned Nancy leebran Was was a great player as well
Nancy Lieberman. But Rob, I will say this, and I've
seen most of these women that we named. I saw
them play, and that that you know how many of
the rings they had or championships they had. Caitlin Clark
is the best women's college player I've ever seen.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
She's the best. She shoots it, reading credible range.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
She's she does play. Her style of play is a
lot like Steph Curry's in my view. And yet at
six feet tall, Rob, she she would be an NBA
like a six to six or six a six to
sixth version of Steph Curry.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Can you imagine that?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
So she fills up the box score not only with
the points in the assists, but she gets some pretty,
you know, good rebounding numbers as well.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
But again, I think she probably has to win.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Not probably she'll be in the conversation no matter what,
but to really be considered the goat, I think she's
gotta win it, Rob, And and maybe going through that
gauntlet if she does, will you know, outweigh the fact
that she has so many few she would have fewer
(11:50):
rings than most of these other players that we named,
and we gotta be fair, Rob and say, look this,
this also kind of adds to her legend if she's
the win it. I want to ask you this, Rob.
These are the number of top fifty recruits on each
of these teams, these women's teams, meaning when they were
(12:12):
seniors in high school, they were top fifty players in
the country.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
How many do you think South Carolina has?
Speaker 5 (12:23):
How many got fifty?
Speaker 1 (12:26):
How many players on their team were top fifty players
in their senior class in high school?
Speaker 5 (12:34):
South Carolina ship recruits.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
A number of seven.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
I was just say test, okay, seven, Okay.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
You can how many you think test this year's team seven? Okay,
LSU seven five okay, IOWA zero, other two two including
Kaitlin Clark.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
Okay, she's got You look at.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
The talent level on her team versus these other teams
and it's it's clearly not the same. And so if
she's able to win this title, Rop, that will be
an argument for her as far as the go.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
And let me give you this, so could we say,
I know it's apples and oranges the NBA and college
women's college basketball, but could this be a similar run
like Dirk Novitzky had Chris twenty eleven. You remember that
year when he won the championship. He went through Kolbe
and pile on the Lakers, then he went through the
Thunder with KD. Russ and Harden and then he beat
(13:36):
Lebron Wade in Bosh to win a championship like that
was a I hellish run.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Yeah, I wouldn't compare because honestly, Lebron melted down so
much and that's that's why Dallas won. I don't take
anything worthy, but it is it is. I mean that
then my view, if Lebron is Lebron, they beat that
Dallas team.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
They shouldn't be just at that. That's just all yeah.
I mean that.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
That's and Dirk as great as he is. And one
thing about that run, Chris, you gotta give him. Dirk
made big shots and great he was. He was tremendous
or you know it is an all time great player.
People think I I'm down on Dirk. I think Dirk
was great.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
But just saying don't bring Chris bosword to Dallas when
you come, that's what I.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Think Barkley was. I just spoken to church in Dallas
in January. Did you really did they say that to
you he had heavy security though. You know, Chris, Chris
leaves the compound, he got people with him.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
No, no, Chris, Chris will have to make a call
and get Stephen Ah's bodyguard.
Speaker 5 (14:41):
You don't go to Dallas.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Did Stephen ain't roll with a bodyguard?
Speaker 7 (14:47):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (14:48):
You don't remember at Rob's party, I don't.
Speaker 6 (14:54):
I went when he was walking in and when I
tell you, he legitimately had a full blown bodyguard like
you with Lebron James.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
But he's been let me tell you, you think he
needs one?
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Ron?
Speaker 5 (15:03):
Does he?
Speaker 3 (15:03):
I mean, I mean he.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
May yeah, I mean I'm sure Steve does it for
a reason.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
But I but the reason I'm gonna say is he
that's the same bodyguard Chris from going back to Stephen
Age's first TV show on ESPN quite frankly, quite frankly,
that's how long they've been, you know what I.
Speaker 5 (15:23):
Mean, rolling together? I'm known forever.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
That was back in early two thousands, like over twenty
years ago.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
So but anyway, I remember that. Yeah, it was good,
it was I used to be a regular.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
On that show.
Speaker 5 (15:37):
Were you on the back page too?
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Remember you had the back page?
Speaker 5 (15:40):
But that was yeah, He's yeah, yeah, all.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Right, let's start out to the listeners eight seven, seven
ninety nine on Fox You're turn the way in. Does
Caitlin Clark need to win this championship to be considered
the goat?
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in
the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio
dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to
listen live.
Speaker 5 (16:08):
Hey, it's me Rob Parker.
Speaker 4 (16:11):
Check out my weekly MLB podcast, Inside the Parker for
twenty two minutes of piping hot baseball talk, featuring the
biggest names of newsmakers in the sport. Whether you believe
in analytics or the I tast We've got all the
bases covered. New episodes drop every Thursday, So do your
sofa favor and listen to Inside the Parker with Rob
(16:33):
Parker on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
All right, Relying from the tie right dot com studios.
If you're ready for a new job, let Express Employment
Professionals help you out. Express is hiring for jobs in
a variety of industries. Job Seekers never pay a fee
at Express. Check out expresspros dot com to find the
location near you. That's Expresspros dot Com eight seven, seven
(17:01):
ninety nine on Fox You'll turn the Way in. Does
Kitlyn Clark need to win this championship to be considered
the goat of women's college basketball?
Speaker 3 (17:13):
And even if she wins it, would you consider the goat?
Your thoughts?
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Raphael and Cincinnati on the Odd Couple of Fox Sports Radio, How.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
Are you, brothers?
Speaker 8 (17:23):
What's up?
Speaker 9 (17:23):
Brothers? And good?
Speaker 8 (17:25):
Hey right now?
Speaker 1 (17:26):
Man?
Speaker 8 (17:28):
On my goat list for Division one Lady Hoopers, five,
I got Katie Kate right now, I got her at
five four. I go with ka.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Kaitlyn Clark.
Speaker 8 (17:44):
Ok, yeah, Kayln Clark just a little it's a little nickname.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
But Kalyn nickname or is that what she's known as?
Speaker 8 (17:52):
Yeah, I don't know. So you just made her, but yeah,
I just did. That's just me right there because I
like her a lot.
Speaker 9 (17:58):
I mean she's a bomb.
Speaker 8 (17:59):
But but no, I got her on my goal number five,
number four.
Speaker 9 (18:03):
I go with.
Speaker 8 (18:04):
Dinah Trossi number three, Mayer More number two, sham meek
holes call number one, Cheryl Swoop that I've seen college
hoops now, wow, and.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
Knowl Miller, I mean you may not have seen her.
Speaker 8 (18:16):
I've seen her. Oh yeah, I've seen Cheryl, But I
just think the skill set right now are just the
girls I played seen play. Here's the thing with the
Lady Hawk guys and Kate. If they get past Geno
squad and Page Bukes, they get past them, and I'm
hoping the game Cocks win because then if the Lady
(18:37):
Hawk guys get past Geno squad and Coach Staley's undefeated squad,
then Caitln moves to my goat, wow wow, I mean
that that's simple she because it's.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Such a tough dollie and and a lot of those
women and we gotta be fair, and that includes Cheryl Miller.
They won with stack teams and they were at Yukon
or Tennessee Miller at usc Rogers, Cynthia Cooper. Remember the
McGee sisters, Paul Mgee, JaVale McGee's one of is his mother.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
You could almost you could almost eliminate and I know
it's not fair, but you could almost eliminate all those
players from Yukon.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
We just said it.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
They made it to the final four because twenty three
out of twenty nine years.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
So was it really? Do you know what I mean?
Speaker 4 (19:29):
Like that's just a part of a machine, like whether
you were there, whether you were there or not, they
were going. Do you see what I'm saying right now?
Speaker 3 (19:37):
It's fair? I mean, and now USC was kind.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Of like that.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
It was brief but right. They had a stack squad
when Cheryl Miller won championships and same thing for Tennessee.
Speaker 9 (19:49):
Right.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
So yeah, I mean that would be most of those
players we named though.
Speaker 5 (19:54):
Big time.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
Let's go to Reverend Green in Iowa. In Green, Amen,
you're on the Couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 7 (20:03):
All right, blessing man a huge listener of the Odd
Couple and Jean Jeen songs and the Golden Girls. And
question my questions for Chris because I'm waiting to talk
to him since You've been on the air for years.
But Chris, did you go to Dowling High School in
Des Moines, Iowa?
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Yes? I did. That's where Clayton's started.
Speaker 9 (20:22):
I was there gym class.
Speaker 7 (20:24):
I was in your gym class. Real last named Lakers
like the basketball team. I was a name Lakers like
the basketball team. Know your full name, Raymond.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
We were in the same class that I would have
been the class.
Speaker 7 (20:39):
Yeah, you were, man, you can you Chris Iowa.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
It was only one black kid in the class in
your class? What many and wasn't many of Dowly when
I was there?
Speaker 9 (20:51):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Man, you know I was there.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
I went to the thirtieth reunion even though I wasn't
you know, I didn't graduate from there. They invited me
to the thirtieth reunion and I went. Man, and I
tried to find my old house. I couldn't find it,
ds moit has changed so much.
Speaker 7 (21:07):
It's like groans, which it would have came down to it.
I lived in Arizona for ten years after high school.
I graduated from Lincoln. I both.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
Oh you went to Lincoln. Yeah, I remember Lincoln.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Okay, the old Home Hour. Okay, can we Rob please?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
All that mess can be talking about on this show.
Speaker 7 (21:24):
Major major props to the Ponytail Fitshole for representing Dowing
High School? How about it?
Speaker 5 (21:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Man, she's doing it well. Look man, thanks for the
call and.
Speaker 7 (21:33):
Trying to get you on the local sports radio on
Murfernandy and stuff. I've been telling you them. Guys, I
went to high school with you.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Man, talk to Robb g.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
After talk to robb G, hang on, hang on, Rob Gronk,
get his number, get his info for me.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
All right, So you went to high school together. That's crazy.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
He said he was a year ahead of me and
Jim class. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
I don't remember him, but he said he left and
graduated from lincol which was another high school in the area.
All right, uh, Antonio Daniels around the corner, But first.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple
with Chris Brussard and Rob Parker weekdays at seven pm
Eastern four pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the
iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
He's an NBA champion, serious exim NBA radio host, New
Orleans Pelicans color analysts, and a Fox Sports Radio NBA analyst.
Our man, Antonio Daniels, Antonio, what's up?
Speaker 3 (22:32):
Brother?
Speaker 9 (22:34):
Chris Bassar? Rob Parker? How you boys doing many with?
Speaker 5 (22:38):
Right? How are you?
Speaker 9 (22:40):
I am awesome. I'm enjoying the head gout of this
women's NCAA tournament.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
I can tell you that, man. Did you hear?
Speaker 1 (22:46):
The ratis for last night's IOWA game were better than
the NBA Finals.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
And the World Series last year.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
I think Caitlin Clark, why let me ask you this,
why do you think she has captured the imagination of
the public the way she has? Because obviously There's been
great players before her in the women's game, but she
obviously just has captured everybody's imagination, captivated the.
Speaker 9 (23:17):
Public, I think a big thing now And the biggest
difference is name, image, likeness. That's a big thing. So
if you think about some of the greats that came
before her, like you can think of some of the
greatest college women's college players, like you can think of
Diana Tarassi and Brianna Stewart and Sue Byrn all those
(23:39):
few contems, right, they didn't have They couldn't go and
do national commercials. They can do those things. So now
it's not the fact that Taittler Clark is as good
as she is, it's the fact now that you see
her own State Farm commercials and you see her all
over the place. So now I'm as likeness the NIL
deals to have changed a lot, and that's one of
(24:03):
the reasons that the game has grown. In my opinion,
I love it. I thought last year the Women's in
Cuba Tournament, I remember talking about this on my series
at some show a year ago. The Women's in Cuba
Tournament a year ago was more intriguing and more entertaining
than the man's was year.
Speaker 4 (24:22):
Right way, man, wait a minute, Antonio, let me let me,
let me stop you. How many w NBA games have
you taken your family too that you actually purchased tickets?
Speaker 9 (24:33):
Well, that's not a legitimate question, because.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
No, why college. I'm just trying to get the gauge
because I get it. Everybody, Oh, everybody loves.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
Because he's talking about college.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
But I'm trying to say, like, all right, my next
question is will this trans Will this transfer over to
the next level, to the w n B A and
and make that a more uh? Will she be able
to have an effect on that li to make it
I don't want to say legit because he's been around
years more popular.
Speaker 9 (25:05):
Probably yes. But but here's the thing, Like, the biggest
difference between the w NBA and the NBA is you
get more time with women's college basketball players too, because
they have to stay for three years, like all the
Oh that's why the college players are gone after one year,
(25:26):
you know what I mean. Everybody's one and done now,
so you don't really get an opportunity to know these guys.
Who is the best freshman in the country in men's
college basketball?
Speaker 1 (25:37):
The kid I barely know him. The kid from Kentucky, Right, Dillingham?
Speaker 3 (25:42):
Is that his way?
Speaker 9 (25:44):
Which one Dillingham?
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Okay, Rob Right, I know what you're saying, But that's
that's the thing. Well, let me ask you that. On
that note, do you think being that a lot of
the top players in the dry are from overseas, now,
do you think we might see more players staying a
(26:09):
couple of years or maybe three years in college to develop.
Speaker 9 (26:14):
Or not?
Speaker 3 (26:15):
You think it's just gonna stay the way it is
for America?
Speaker 9 (26:17):
For me, I think it's I think it's it's tougher
for again for the men to stay in college because
of the money the NBA players are making. Right, obviously,
the nil deal was a little bit different. You know,
you can make a lot of money in college. But
the thing is everybody who is making NIL money doesn't
mean that they're automatically going to the NBA. So sometimes
(26:41):
the two don't don't connect. And I feel like if
guys are staying in college, it's not to develop, it's
not to develop. They're staying for But don't you put.
Speaker 4 (26:53):
The owner The onus is on the front office, and
the people keep drafting these kids who want't ready more
so than the kid I'll never blame a kid if
they want to take me and I'm mad finished product them.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
You know what I'm saying that we.
Speaker 9 (27:07):
Had this discussion today. I feel like the one and
done is a wasted rule. It's it's it's a rule
that yes, because you should be able. Why is it
that a guy if he wants to come straight from
high school and go to the NBA, why is it
the fact that he can't leverage his worth? So I
(27:28):
feel like you should be able to come straight from
high school. But if you go to college, you should
have to go to college for two years. You should
have to.
Speaker 8 (27:36):
It shouldn't be a one and done.
Speaker 4 (27:38):
I just don't like the idea that you would tell
somebody they have to And I'm gonna say why because
you can do everything else you know they can do.
Speaker 3 (27:48):
You can go to military, all this air stuff, you
can McDonald's for the rest of your life.
Speaker 4 (27:55):
Or Antonio, you could be a child actor at six
and if and if you and if you had a
concert pianist who was who was a prodigy and she
was nine years old, nobody would tell her not to
play a card game Hall Nobody.
Speaker 9 (28:10):
I can never agree with you more. Rob But the
reason that I say you should be able to come
straight out of high school or go for two years,
because if a kid goes for one year, they stop
going to school after the first semester, so they don't
get one full academic year under their belt. The only
reason I say that you should have to go for
(28:30):
two years so you at least get one full academic
that's not going to do anything.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
I mean, was one year versus one semester, it's not
that much. Or a year and a semester, you know
what I mean, three semeter semester.
Speaker 9 (28:45):
The reason that the one and done is there is
because they're saying that kids can go to school for
one year, and if the case.
Speaker 5 (28:54):
Agree, I agree with that.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Let me let me ask you this, Antonio, move into
to the end. Why I'm looking at the Lakers and
we all saw Lebron have the forty points against Brooklyn
and his numbers. I know he's not as good as
he used to be, but his numbers are the same. Essentially,
Anthony Davis is playing some of the best ball in
his career, and I actually think they have good role
(29:17):
players Austin Reeves.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Danzelo Russell and the like.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Why do you think or you may just have a
strong opinion on it, why aren't they better? I know
they're not terrible, but they're the ninth seed. Why aren't
they better?
Speaker 9 (29:32):
But see, that's a question I've been asking all year.
That's something that's been problematic for me all year because
Anthony Davis has been available, Lebron James has been available,
Anthony Davis has been really good. Lebron James has been
really good, and the Lakers are in a nice spot.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
Yep.
Speaker 9 (29:48):
But it's funny because everybody continues to talk about the
fact that they're still championship contenders. So what have to say?
So we can look at things and say, well, Jared
Vennerbilt hasn't been healthy, or get Vincent hasn't been healthy,
or whatever it may be. I don't I don't know.
I can ask the same question about the Phoenix Suns.
Why aren't the Phoenix Suns better? Think about it, like, do.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
You think three do you think the three point shot
has lessened Lebron's And know all, I mean, he's obviously
shooting it well too, but just the fact that it's
so big in the league now, has that lessened his
ability to control the game and dominate it the way.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
He used to.
Speaker 9 (30:30):
I don't know. I mean, but he's been playing in
a pace in space NBA for a while now, right,
So that's not like it's something that's not like, it's
something that's trespired over the last two years or so,
like the NBA been pacing space for a minute, like.
And my thing is, it's weird to wash the Lakers
play because I don't know, and I'm not saying this
(30:51):
to discredit Lebron, but Ken, Austin Reevees and D'Angelo Russell
and Switzer, Dinwitty and some of these other role players
the best version of themselves while playing with Lebron.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
It's a question that's always been a challenge, a little
doubt about that. I almost feel Antonio, like he's so
good and versatile, he's not just like he's good like
Tim Duncan, you know, was great and you knew what he.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Was gonna do right the time, right right.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
And I think that was a problem earlier in Lebron's career,
that he dominated the ball too much.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
But I think now he doesn't dominate it quite as much.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
I almost feel like these guys defer to him too much.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
Well, that's my point.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
They they you know, they're almost intimidated by how great
he is, and they end up deferring too much and
it can take away from the team.
Speaker 9 (31:43):
To think about Lebron, There's always been a particular type
of player that Lebron has always played with and had
success every championship team that he's really been on. It's
catching finished guys. Guys, you catching finish at the rim.
Lob Trets are catching shoot guys. Think about all the
knock down shooters Lebron has played with. Think about all
the guys in Cleveland, did j R. Smith to Kyle Korvers,
(32:05):
Think of James Jones. Think of all the guys in Miami,
the Ray Allens, that Mike Ye, all these guys like
these are all catching shoe guys. Chris Bosh became a
catching shoe guy, Kevin Love became a catching shoe guy.
Then you have a Kyrie Irving, and you have a
Dwayne Wade right everybody else, Think of all the other
guys that tried. Dwayne Wade didn't work at another point.
(32:27):
He didn't work at another point, Derrick Rose didn't work
at another point. So other guys that needed to handle
the basketball. Isaiah Thomas didn't work that needed to handle
the basketball. It's never worked. He has played with guys,
and really his teams have performed well when they've been
structured a certain way around him, and the Lakers don't
have that. Dazuela Russell's not simply a catching shoe guy.
(32:50):
Arthur Raise is not simply a catching shoe guy. You know,
Ruey Hotch Morrow's not simply or that's not what they
do best. So now it's how do you balance That
becomes the problem for me.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
No, that's that's a good point. That's a very good point.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
Last thing, in like thirty seconds for your answer you
mentioned earlier why people still consider the Lakers contenders.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
One thing I look at is there. I mean, I think.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Denver would beat them that, you know, like they did
last year. But their experience versus the New Orleans, the Ariklahoma, right,
do you think it's gonna be that big of a
factor or I'm starting to think like a Minnesota may over,
you know, it might not be as big of a
deal for them, and they are all over too.
Speaker 9 (33:37):
And for me, it's not just the experience. I think
the teams that give the Lakers trouble which they had
an opportunity to avoid last year and their playoff runs,
or team that are big and physical on the front line.
Look at what the Lakers did last year, and the
first team that they met that was big and physical
in the front line swept them. They played first round,
that played Memphis. Second round, they played Golden State. They
(34:00):
avoided Sacramento because Golden State be Sacramento with seven, so
they got an opportunity. You know that the postseason is
all about matchups, right, If they play a team that's
physical in the front line, they're gonna have trouble with them.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
That's our man, antonio' daniel's great knowledge.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Brothers.
Speaker 9 (34:17):
Thank you all right, appreciate you guys.
Speaker 3 (34:21):
You too. More Couple coming your way. Keep it lock
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple
with Chris Brussard and Rob Parker weekdays at seven pm
Eastern four pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the
iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
All Right, We're alive from the Tirerag dot Com studios.
It's The Eye Couple.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
Chris Bruce ar Rob Parker wrapping up a three hour
tour with you and just like in basketball, where a
successful game plan begins with the right players.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
It's the same thing with Tractor Supply Plus.
Speaker 1 (34:53):
They bring hustle and heart and that's why they are
set apart from all the others. So lace up your
sneakers and make the winning play by heading to your
local Tractor supply store today.
Speaker 3 (35:04):
Rob, you got beef with the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 5 (35:08):
I got beef with who the Bear?
Speaker 3 (35:09):
Jesse the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 4 (35:11):
Chris, Just like, stop overthinking it, stop trying to reinvent
the wheel.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
What is the issue shit going with Caleb. I'm not
overthinking that. I'm just talking.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
About the Oh, we're gonna have all this and nine
different committees, and like, why is that way?
Speaker 3 (35:29):
I don't think Rob, you explained what.
Speaker 6 (35:32):
Yeah, So they got the number one pick. We all
know that they're gonna take Tayleb Williams, but they also
got the number nine pick. And because the number one
pick's kind of a foregone conclusion, uh GM. Ryan Poles
says they're almost more excited about number nine because that's
really when they're gonna dive into these prospects. Well, he
said on the team's website earlier this week that they're
quote gonna do some cool things when we get back
(35:53):
breaking the teams. One team is gonna talk about why
we take the tackle position, one about the receivers, one
by the defensive ends, and use the factual information to
debate in terms of who we should pick.
Speaker 3 (36:06):
Damn, he's talking about front office. Front office. You might
be right with the tmi rod. It's just too much.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
I got no problem with that strategy.
Speaker 5 (36:17):
It's just that it's just too much putting out there.
And then if it's a bad and then.
Speaker 4 (36:22):
If it's a bad pick, Chris, then you'll be open
up to say what was that?
Speaker 5 (36:28):
Who picked Tag?
Speaker 3 (36:29):
No matter what.
Speaker 5 (36:30):
But I'm just.
Speaker 4 (36:31):
Saying, but this sounds a little bit like why would you. Hey,
we're gonna get together, We're gonna do what we always
do and pick the best player available on that spot
and leave it at that.
Speaker 5 (36:40):
You don't need to sell yourself and let everybody know
how innovative you are a.
Speaker 1 (36:45):
Lot of drafts now, A lot of you know, they've
got cameras in the war rooms and a lot of
these drafts now so they can see the people in
there and all that stuff. Rogie, you said it with disdain,
So you you think is a bad why because.
Speaker 3 (37:01):
It doesn't mean you gotta go with you.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
You you get your team together, you say, look, you
tell us why we should take a tackle and who
it should be. Because you tell us why we should
take a linebacker, who should be What's.
Speaker 6 (37:12):
So, there's no issue with these guys debating in the
offseason what pick they should make, who they should get on,
and so forth. Here's the problem to Rob's point. Let's
say they settle on a receiver, right, We're gonna take
a dude, say at number nine from Washington, and it
turns out that their offensive line is terrible, and the
tackle from Notre Dame was sitting right there and didn't
take them. And well, now you have this out in
(37:33):
your in the reporter out where you're gonna hear somebody say, see,
you know, the GM really wanted to left tackle, but
we said no. And so we are overruled by this
group because their PowerPoint was better.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Anybody would.
Speaker 1 (37:45):
Anybody worth their salt will not allow that to be
an out. At the end of the day, the GM
is going to be or whoever their final football operations
guy is, is going to be responsible.
Speaker 4 (37:57):
Well, but that's why he should stand up Chris and
allow people to have impact input.
Speaker 3 (38:03):
But it comes down to the GM. But you guess
what he's gonna do.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
I don't think he's gonna say, all right, everybody, all
ten of us, let's vote who had the best power,
who made the best He's going to at the end
of the day, he's gonna make the decision. But he's
got these groups that of quote unquote experts that are
gonna break down why we should take each position or
(38:27):
this player. I don't have a problem with it now, Rob,
I think you make a good point of maybe it's
tm I you don't necessarily need to bring us into
the inner workings of all the day.
Speaker 3 (38:39):
At the end of the day, he's.
Speaker 1 (38:40):
Gonna get ripped no matter what if the if they
make the wrong pick, and Rob, I just don't I
hear you, somebody they might leak. Hey, the defensive back
group was telling us take this guy. But any if
I'm a reporter or somebody I'm gonna say, or even
the owner, I'm gonna be like, so you shouldn't have
(39:01):
listened the g G right, you the GM, you got
the final say so you get the credit.
Speaker 3 (39:06):
Buddy, you get the he made such a good case
that sh would have seen it.
Speaker 6 (39:10):
He had pictures and graphs and everything exactly.
Speaker 3 (39:13):
Was overthinking it.
Speaker 5 (39:15):
Unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
Shoot, that's that's a good way to run your operation. Man,
I ain't got no issues.
Speaker 3 (39:21):
That's how we plan for.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
We out
Thanks for listening to The Odd Couple podcasts. Be sure
to catch us live every weekday from seven pm to
ten pm Eastern four to seven pm Pacific on Fox
Sports Radio. Find your local station for The Odd Couple
at Foxsports Radio dot com, or stream us live every
day on the iHeartRadio app by searching FSR.
Speaker 2 (00:24):
Let's get this, punies, you're listening to Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
All right, it is The Odd Couple. I'm Chris, He's Rob.
Speaker 1 (00:35):
We're live from the tie right dot com studios, hour
number three of a three hour show, and shortly after
the show, our podcast goes up. So if you've missed
any of today's show, just check out the pod. Search
a Couple wherever you get your podcasts, and then be
sure to follow, rate and review the podcast as well. Again,
just search Odd Couple wherever you get your podcasts and
(00:56):
you will see today's show.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Post it right after we get off the air and.
Speaker 1 (00:59):
Sondaniel's NBA champion New Orleans Pelicans color analysts will join
us at the bottom of the hour to talk NBA.
But right now we're going to stick with the Rob.
The story of the week, and that is Caitlin Clark
(01:21):
and the Iowa Hawk Eyes, the Lady Hawkeyes, I guess
beating Angel Reese and the LSU Lady Tigers last night
in the most watched women's college basketball game in history,
and Rob one thing. And I feel like this is
because the depth in the college game women's college game
(01:45):
is not equivalent to the depth in the men's college game,
so you don't see quite as many upsets in the
early rounds of the tournament. But Rob, the NCUBA could
not have asked for a better situation than the way
the tournament has played out. Because Rob every like every
(02:09):
storyline that was riveting entering the tournament has.
Speaker 3 (02:14):
Come to pass.
Speaker 1 (02:16):
LSU and Iowa Wow, they could meet in the Elite eight,
they do. Obviously, Caitlyn Clark still alive in the final four.
Obviously South Carolina, the best team in the country, still
alive in the final four.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
And now you've.
Speaker 1 (02:32):
Got Paige Beckers, who when they were freshman, Rob Paige
Beckers and Caitlyn Clark, Paige Beckers was viewed as the
better player. It was an argument debate, but Paige Beckers
was viewed as the better player. Then she got hurt
and obviously the rest is history. But she's still a
(02:52):
great player and plays similar a lot. They play very similar.
They're about the same height as well, and their meeting
in the final four. The next game, and the thing
for Clark Rob is this she has to go through.
So last night she beats the defending champion LSU Tigers
(03:14):
and Angelies. Her next game is against Page Beckers.
Speaker 3 (03:20):
And the Yukon Huskies and number one.
Speaker 1 (03:24):
Obviously Yukon is the most storied program in women's college
basketball history.
Speaker 4 (03:30):
Well, they've just made the with the their coach Chris
twenty yeah, twenty three times to the final four.
Speaker 1 (03:39):
That's taking every year. That's every year. What years didn't
they make it three years? But thirty years, right, thirty.
Speaker 3 (03:50):
Yeah, something like that.
Speaker 1 (03:51):
This group has not won a champions or at least
Page Beckers hasn't yet. And Rob she is probably viewed
as I'd say the second best player in the country Chris.
Speaker 4 (04:01):
Twenty three out of twenty nine just to put a runnin.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
So Clark has to go through LSU.
Speaker 1 (04:09):
Now, next up she has to face the second greatest
player in the country who probably thinks she's the best
player in the country, and they're gonna have to go
at it. And then if she gets past Page Becker's Rob,
she likely will.
Speaker 3 (04:26):
Face South Carolina.
Speaker 1 (04:28):
Now they beat South Carolina last year, but South Carolina,
which is the top team in the country.
Speaker 3 (04:37):
And has been for the last couple of years.
Speaker 1 (04:39):
Even though they didn't win the championship last year, and
so Rob, that is a gauntlet for the ages. So
if she does win this championship, my goodness, what an
impressive feet it will be.
Speaker 5 (04:53):
No, I mean that's what you want.
Speaker 4 (04:54):
You want it to beat through the best, beat everybody
in your way, and then you could stand and then
the dust clears, Chris, and you put a kapper on
what's been a tremendous college career, right, finishing up with
a championship doing the last thing you hadn't been able
to do. I mean, it's story book ending be the
first one in Iowa history. And they've had a great program, Raber,
(05:17):
really good. They haven't obviously been you Conner, Tennessee.
Speaker 3 (05:20):
Remember Vivian Stringer was there? Was she there? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (05:24):
They were great and never won it, but they were
a great program.
Speaker 3 (05:28):
And now you're the current coach who's been there for decades.
They've been Chris.
Speaker 4 (05:32):
Do you remember us talking about people were a little
mad that IOWA and LSU were gonna meet. Prior to
you remember, they wanted to be separate. And remember I
was saying, no, you can't have that. What if one
of them lose and we never got this matchup? You
(05:52):
know what I mean, like like it actually worked out.
Look at the waitings the National Championship waiting abs, you
know what I mean, Like like you that was like
you gotta make sure at some point those two teams
play not early, not too early, but not too late
where one could have lost.
Speaker 5 (06:09):
And we never got.
Speaker 4 (06:10):
That, So that that was smart I think on their
part not to separate them now.
Speaker 1 (06:16):
And you're right, I mean, I'm sure they're thinking the
same thing when they look at what.
Speaker 3 (06:20):
The ratings were last night.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Let me, Rob, let me throw this because you and
I talked about this yesterday.
Speaker 3 (06:27):
I was of the belief, and you know, still am, that.
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Caitlyn Clark did not need to win last night's game
to prove her greatness. She's obviously, in my view, just
clearly a great player whether she had won last night
or not. But to be considered the goat, like we
talked about last night, you do need a ring, I said,
(06:54):
or not said, you gotta win, you gotta Chris.
Speaker 5 (06:56):
It's hard.
Speaker 4 (06:58):
I don't care how good you are and how many
record you have and all the other stuff that.
Speaker 5 (07:04):
Goes with it.
Speaker 4 (07:06):
It's hard for people to put you in that conversation
when you've never won.
Speaker 5 (07:10):
And I'm talking about the ultimate.
Speaker 1 (07:12):
It just I think she would be in the conversation
if she doesn't win it, but she would.
Speaker 3 (07:18):
That would be a death blow to her.
Speaker 1 (07:22):
Campaign for the goat, right, I mean, it just would
be something.
Speaker 3 (07:26):
Because here's the list, Rob.
Speaker 1 (07:27):
These are some of the women's players that are considered
the best ever. Brianna Stewart Rob four NCAA titles, Wow,
Cheryl Miller two, Shamika Holscall three, Diana Tarassi three, Kandas
Parker two, Britney Grinder one, Caitlyn Clark none, and all
(07:50):
those players except Candace Parker well Claytlond. Clark's gonna win
her second Nate Smith this year, so she'll match some
of these with two. But Brianna Stewart and Cheryl Miller
three Natesmith Awards. So I'm gonna say that what she has.
Speaker 4 (08:05):
Going for though Chris is obviously the all time leading scorer.
I mean that that couple with a championship and then
what will happened to which never factor in Chris never
is this idea of the TV ratings, like like how
she moved the needle, you know what I mean? Like
(08:27):
I think that they would count in people's heads about
when Cheryl Miller played. And I'm not saying that they
didn't do anything, because they actually did and eleven writing
that nineteen eighty three.
Speaker 3 (08:43):
Nineteen eighty three, now there was it was different. Cable
was not as.
Speaker 1 (08:46):
Big then, not only a few people had cable at
that point, and so you know, kind of like we
talked about Magic and Bird, but again, Magic and Bird
a few years earlier had done what forty something million?
Speaker 5 (08:58):
And was it thirty three?
Speaker 3 (09:00):
I thought it's thirty or four?
Speaker 1 (09:01):
I thought it was in the forties, Rob GC, if
you find that out, I thought it. By comparison, Cheryl
Miller did her championship game with USC eleven million, which
is great by the day's standards, but back then it
would it wasn't out of the equivalent of the twelve million.
Speaker 6 (09:18):
That game Burden Magic in college back in nineteen seventy
nine did forty million, Yeah, forty.
Speaker 1 (09:26):
So but Rob I look when I think of the
women's goal and I don't claim to be an expert
on all these women's players, but my thought, the first
thought that comes to my mind when I think of
the goat in women's basketball is Cheryl Miller. And not
that I was seeing her all the time. I saw
some of it, obviously, but you know, she's just a legend.
(09:50):
She was that first women's player to kind of, as
I said, with the ratings, capture the imagination of it.
Speaker 4 (09:56):
It's funny because I just I don't know if I
had that would have been the first thing off the
top of my head.
Speaker 5 (10:01):
You know, I know what's the name? I don't. I
don't think I have a name. And that's that's what
I like.
Speaker 4 (10:07):
Like, I remember the Cheryl swoops and what she was doing, Chris,
I remember that, but I don't know if I you know, again, historically,
I knew Cheryl Miller, and I knew she was a
great player. Who was the other woman I'm saying, am
Myers and Meyers, Chris and Myers, That's what I was saying.
She was married to Don Drysdale, the old Dodger pitcher.
(10:30):
Am Myers, That's why you.
Speaker 1 (10:31):
Mentioned Nancy leebran Was was a great player as well
Nancy Lieberman. But Rob, I will say this, and I've
seen most of these women that we named. I saw
them play, and that that you know how many of
the rings they had or championships they had. Caitlin Clark
is the best women's college player I've ever seen.
Speaker 3 (10:55):
She's the best. She shoots it, reading credible range.
Speaker 1 (11:01):
She's she does play. Her style of play is a
lot like Steph Curry's in my view. And yet at
six feet tall, Rob, she she would be an NBA
like a six to six or six a six to
sixth version of Steph Curry.
Speaker 3 (11:18):
Can you imagine that?
Speaker 1 (11:19):
So she fills up the box score not only with
the points in the assists, but she gets some pretty,
you know, good rebounding numbers as well.
Speaker 3 (11:26):
But again, I think she probably has to win.
Speaker 1 (11:30):
Not probably she'll be in the conversation no matter what,
but to really be considered the goat, I think she's
gotta win it, Rob, And and maybe going through that
gauntlet if she does, will you know, outweigh the fact
that she has so many few she would have fewer
(11:50):
rings than most of these other players that we named,
and we gotta be fair, Rob and say, look this,
this also kind of adds to her legend if she's
the win it. I want to ask you this, Rob.
These are the number of top fifty recruits on each
of these teams, these women's teams, meaning when they were
(12:12):
seniors in high school, they were top fifty players in
the country.
Speaker 3 (12:18):
How many do you think South Carolina has?
Speaker 5 (12:23):
How many got fifty?
Speaker 1 (12:26):
How many players on their team were top fifty players
in their senior class in high school?
Speaker 5 (12:34):
South Carolina ship recruits.
Speaker 3 (12:38):
A number of seven.
Speaker 5 (12:40):
I was just say test, okay, seven, Okay.
Speaker 1 (12:42):
You can how many you think test this year's team seven? Okay,
LSU seven five okay, IOWA zero, other two two including
Kaitlin Clark.
Speaker 5 (12:57):
Okay, she's got You look at.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
The talent level on her team versus these other teams
and it's it's clearly not the same. And so if
she's able to win this title, Rop, that will be
an argument for her as far as the go.
Speaker 4 (13:14):
And let me give you this, so could we say,
I know it's apples and oranges the NBA and college
women's college basketball, but could this be a similar run
like Dirk Novitzky had Chris twenty eleven. You remember that
year when he won the championship. He went through Kolbe
and pile on the Lakers, then he went through the
Thunder with KD. Russ and Harden and then he beat
(13:36):
Lebron Wade in Bosh to win a championship like that
was a I hellish run.
Speaker 1 (13:41):
Yeah, I wouldn't compare because honestly, Lebron melted down so
much and that's that's why Dallas won. I don't take
anything worthy, but it is it is. I mean that
then my view, if Lebron is Lebron, they beat that
Dallas team.
Speaker 3 (13:59):
They shouldn't be just at that. That's just all yeah.
I mean that.
Speaker 1 (14:01):
That's and Dirk as great as he is. And one
thing about that run, Chris, you gotta give him. Dirk
made big shots and great he was. He was tremendous
or you know it is an all time great player.
People think I I'm down on Dirk. I think Dirk
was great.
Speaker 4 (14:19):
But just saying don't bring Chris bosword to Dallas when
you come, that's what I.
Speaker 1 (14:23):
Think Barkley was. I just spoken to church in Dallas
in January. Did you really did they say that to
you he had heavy security though. You know, Chris, Chris
leaves the compound, he got people with him.
Speaker 4 (14:37):
No, no, Chris, Chris will have to make a call
and get Stephen Ah's bodyguard.
Speaker 5 (14:41):
You don't go to Dallas.
Speaker 3 (14:44):
Did Stephen ain't roll with a bodyguard?
Speaker 7 (14:47):
Yes?
Speaker 3 (14:48):
You don't remember at Rob's party, I don't.
Speaker 6 (14:54):
I went when he was walking in and when I
tell you, he legitimately had a full blown bodyguard like
you with Lebron James.
Speaker 3 (15:00):
But he's been let me tell you, you think he
needs one?
Speaker 2 (15:02):
Ron?
Speaker 5 (15:03):
Does he?
Speaker 3 (15:03):
I mean, I mean he.
Speaker 5 (15:04):
May yeah, I mean I'm sure Steve does it for
a reason.
Speaker 4 (15:07):
But I but the reason I'm gonna say is he
that's the same bodyguard Chris from going back to Stephen
Age's first TV show on ESPN quite frankly, quite frankly,
that's how long they've been, you know what I.
Speaker 5 (15:23):
Mean, rolling together? I'm known forever.
Speaker 4 (15:25):
That was back in early two thousands, like over twenty
years ago.
Speaker 1 (15:30):
So but anyway, I remember that. Yeah, it was good,
it was I used to be a regular.
Speaker 3 (15:35):
On that show.
Speaker 5 (15:37):
Were you on the back page too?
Speaker 3 (15:39):
Remember you had the back page?
Speaker 5 (15:40):
But that was yeah, He's yeah, yeah, all.
Speaker 1 (15:44):
Right, let's start out to the listeners eight seven, seven
ninety nine on Fox You're turn the way in. Does
Caitlin Clark need to win this championship to be considered
the goat?
Speaker 2 (15:57):
Fox Sports Radio has the best sports talk lineup in
the nation. Catch all of our shows at foxsports Radio
dot com and within the iHeartRadio app. Search FSR to
listen live.
Speaker 5 (16:08):
Hey, it's me Rob Parker.
Speaker 4 (16:11):
Check out my weekly MLB podcast, Inside the Parker for
twenty two minutes of piping hot baseball talk, featuring the
biggest names of newsmakers in the sport. Whether you believe
in analytics or the I tast We've got all the
bases covered. New episodes drop every Thursday, So do your
sofa favor and listen to Inside the Parker with Rob
(16:33):
Parker on the iHeartRadio app or wherever you get your podcast.
Speaker 1 (16:38):
All right, Relying from the tie right dot com studios.
If you're ready for a new job, let Express Employment
Professionals help you out. Express is hiring for jobs in
a variety of industries. Job Seekers never pay a fee
at Express. Check out expresspros dot com to find the
location near you. That's Expresspros dot Com eight seven, seven
(17:01):
ninety nine on Fox You'll turn the Way in. Does
Kitlyn Clark need to win this championship to be considered
the goat of women's college basketball?
Speaker 3 (17:13):
And even if she wins it, would you consider the goat?
Your thoughts?
Speaker 4 (17:17):
Raphael and Cincinnati on the Odd Couple of Fox Sports Radio, How.
Speaker 7 (17:21):
Are you, brothers?
Speaker 8 (17:23):
What's up?
Speaker 9 (17:23):
Brothers? And good?
Speaker 8 (17:25):
Hey right now?
Speaker 1 (17:26):
Man?
Speaker 8 (17:28):
On my goat list for Division one Lady Hoopers, five,
I got Katie Kate right now, I got her at
five four. I go with ka.
Speaker 3 (17:42):
Kaitlyn Clark.
Speaker 8 (17:44):
Ok, yeah, Kayln Clark just a little it's a little nickname.
Speaker 3 (17:48):
But Kalyn nickname or is that what she's known as?
Speaker 8 (17:52):
Yeah, I don't know. So you just made her, but yeah,
I just did. That's just me right there because I
like her a lot.
Speaker 9 (17:58):
I mean she's a bomb.
Speaker 8 (17:59):
But but no, I got her on my goal number five,
number four.
Speaker 9 (18:03):
I go with.
Speaker 8 (18:04):
Dinah Trossi number three, Mayer More number two, sham meek
holes call number one, Cheryl Swoop that I've seen college
hoops now, wow, and.
Speaker 3 (18:13):
Knowl Miller, I mean you may not have seen her.
Speaker 8 (18:16):
I've seen her. Oh yeah, I've seen Cheryl, But I
just think the skill set right now are just the
girls I played seen play. Here's the thing with the
Lady Hawk guys and Kate. If they get past Geno
squad and Page Bukes, they get past them, and I'm
hoping the game Cocks win because then if the Lady
(18:37):
Hawk guys get past Geno squad and Coach Staley's undefeated squad,
then Caitln moves to my goat, wow wow, I mean
that that's simple she because it's.
Speaker 1 (18:50):
Such a tough dollie and and a lot of those
women and we gotta be fair, and that includes Cheryl Miller.
They won with stack teams and they were at Yukon
or Tennessee Miller at usc Rogers, Cynthia Cooper. Remember the
McGee sisters, Paul Mgee, JaVale McGee's one of is his mother.
Speaker 4 (19:12):
You could almost you could almost eliminate and I know
it's not fair, but you could almost eliminate all those
players from Yukon.
Speaker 5 (19:20):
We just said it.
Speaker 4 (19:22):
They made it to the final four because twenty three
out of twenty nine years.
Speaker 5 (19:27):
So was it really? Do you know what I mean?
Speaker 4 (19:29):
Like that's just a part of a machine, like whether
you were there, whether you were there or not, they
were going. Do you see what I'm saying right now?
Speaker 3 (19:37):
It's fair? I mean, and now USC was kind.
Speaker 2 (19:40):
Of like that.
Speaker 3 (19:41):
It was brief but right. They had a stack squad
when Cheryl Miller won championships and same thing for Tennessee.
Speaker 9 (19:49):
Right.
Speaker 3 (19:49):
So yeah, I mean that would be most of those
players we named though.
Speaker 5 (19:54):
Big time.
Speaker 4 (19:56):
Let's go to Reverend Green in Iowa. In Green, Amen,
you're on the Couple of Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 7 (20:03):
All right, blessing man a huge listener of the Odd
Couple and Jean Jeen songs and the Golden Girls. And
question my questions for Chris because I'm waiting to talk
to him since You've been on the air for years.
But Chris, did you go to Dowling High School in
Des Moines, Iowa?
Speaker 3 (20:20):
Yes? I did. That's where Clayton's started.
Speaker 9 (20:22):
I was there gym class.
Speaker 7 (20:24):
I was in your gym class. Real last named Lakers
like the basketball team. I was a name Lakers like
the basketball team. Know your full name, Raymond.
Speaker 1 (20:35):
We were in the same class that I would have
been the class.
Speaker 7 (20:39):
Yeah, you were, man, you can you Chris Iowa.
Speaker 3 (20:44):
It was only one black kid in the class in
your class? What many and wasn't many of Dowly when
I was there?
Speaker 9 (20:51):
Wow?
Speaker 3 (20:51):
Man, you know I was there.
Speaker 1 (20:53):
I went to the thirtieth reunion even though I wasn't
you know, I didn't graduate from there. They invited me
to the thirtieth reunion and I went. Man, and I
tried to find my old house. I couldn't find it,
ds moit has changed so much.
Speaker 7 (21:07):
It's like groans, which it would have came down to it.
I lived in Arizona for ten years after high school.
I graduated from Lincoln. I both.
Speaker 3 (21:15):
Oh you went to Lincoln. Yeah, I remember Lincoln.
Speaker 5 (21:17):
Okay, the old Home Hour. Okay, can we Rob please?
Speaker 3 (21:22):
All that mess can be talking about on this show.
Speaker 7 (21:24):
Major major props to the Ponytail Fitshole for representing Dowing
High School? How about it?
Speaker 5 (21:29):
Yeah?
Speaker 3 (21:29):
Man, she's doing it well. Look man, thanks for the
call and.
Speaker 7 (21:33):
Trying to get you on the local sports radio on
Murfernandy and stuff. I've been telling you them. Guys, I
went to high school with you.
Speaker 3 (21:39):
Man, talk to Robb g.
Speaker 1 (21:40):
After talk to robb G, hang on, hang on, Rob Gronk,
get his number, get his info for me.
Speaker 5 (21:49):
All right, So you went to high school together. That's crazy.
Speaker 3 (21:53):
He said he was a year ahead of me and
Jim class. Yeah.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
I don't remember him, but he said he left and
graduated from lincol which was another high school in the area.
All right, uh, Antonio Daniels around the corner, But first.
Speaker 2 (22:05):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple
with Chris Brussard and Rob Parker weekdays at seven pm
Eastern four pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the
iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 1 (22:17):
He's an NBA champion, serious exim NBA radio host, New
Orleans Pelicans color analysts, and a Fox Sports Radio NBA analyst.
Our man, Antonio Daniels, Antonio, what's up?
Speaker 3 (22:32):
Brother?
Speaker 9 (22:34):
Chris Bassar? Rob Parker? How you boys doing many with?
Speaker 5 (22:38):
Right? How are you?
Speaker 9 (22:40):
I am awesome. I'm enjoying the head gout of this
women's NCAA tournament.
Speaker 3 (22:44):
I can tell you that, man. Did you hear?
Speaker 1 (22:46):
The ratis for last night's IOWA game were better than
the NBA Finals.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
And the World Series last year.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
I think Caitlin Clark, why let me ask you this,
why do you think she has captured the imagination of
the public the way she has? Because obviously There's been
great players before her in the women's game, but she
obviously just has captured everybody's imagination, captivated the.
Speaker 9 (23:17):
Public, I think a big thing now And the biggest
difference is name, image, likeness. That's a big thing. So
if you think about some of the greats that came
before her, like you can think of some of the
greatest college women's college players, like you can think of
Diana Tarassi and Brianna Stewart and Sue Byrn all those
(23:39):
few contems, right, they didn't have They couldn't go and
do national commercials. They can do those things. So now
it's not the fact that Taittler Clark is as good
as she is, it's the fact now that you see
her own State Farm commercials and you see her all
over the place. So now I'm as likeness the NIL
deals to have changed a lot, and that's one of
(24:03):
the reasons that the game has grown. In my opinion,
I love it. I thought last year the Women's in
Cuba Tournament, I remember talking about this on my series
at some show a year ago. The Women's in Cuba
Tournament a year ago was more intriguing and more entertaining
than the man's was year.
Speaker 4 (24:22):
Right way, man, wait a minute, Antonio, let me let me,
let me stop you. How many w NBA games have
you taken your family too that you actually purchased tickets?
Speaker 9 (24:33):
Well, that's not a legitimate question, because.
Speaker 5 (24:35):
No, why college. I'm just trying to get the gauge
because I get it. Everybody, Oh, everybody loves.
Speaker 3 (24:43):
Because he's talking about college.
Speaker 4 (24:45):
But I'm trying to say, like, all right, my next
question is will this trans Will this transfer over to
the next level, to the w n B A and
and make that a more uh? Will she be able
to have an effect on that li to make it
I don't want to say legit because he's been around
years more popular.
Speaker 9 (25:05):
Probably yes. But but here's the thing, Like, the biggest
difference between the w NBA and the NBA is you
get more time with women's college basketball players too, because
they have to stay for three years, like all the
Oh that's why the college players are gone after one year,
(25:26):
you know what I mean. Everybody's one and done now,
so you don't really get an opportunity to know these guys.
Who is the best freshman in the country in men's
college basketball?
Speaker 1 (25:37):
The kid I barely know him. The kid from Kentucky, Right, Dillingham?
Speaker 3 (25:42):
Is that his way?
Speaker 9 (25:44):
Which one Dillingham?
Speaker 1 (25:47):
Okay, Rob Right, I know what you're saying, But that's
that's the thing. Well, let me ask you that. On
that note, do you think being that a lot of
the top players in the dry are from overseas, now,
do you think we might see more players staying a
(26:09):
couple of years or maybe three years in college to develop.
Speaker 9 (26:14):
Or not?
Speaker 3 (26:15):
You think it's just gonna stay the way it is
for America?
Speaker 9 (26:17):
For me, I think it's I think it's it's tougher
for again for the men to stay in college because
of the money the NBA players are making. Right, obviously,
the nil deal was a little bit different. You know,
you can make a lot of money in college. But
the thing is everybody who is making NIL money doesn't
mean that they're automatically going to the NBA. So sometimes
(26:41):
the two don't don't connect. And I feel like if
guys are staying in college, it's not to develop, it's
not to develop. They're staying for But don't you put.
Speaker 4 (26:53):
The owner The onus is on the front office, and
the people keep drafting these kids who want't ready more
so than the kid I'll never blame a kid if
they want to take me and I'm mad finished product them.
Speaker 3 (27:05):
You know what I'm saying that we.
Speaker 9 (27:07):
Had this discussion today. I feel like the one and
done is a wasted rule. It's it's it's a rule
that yes, because you should be able. Why is it
that a guy if he wants to come straight from
high school and go to the NBA, why is it
the fact that he can't leverage his worth? So I
(27:28):
feel like you should be able to come straight from
high school. But if you go to college, you should
have to go to college for two years. You should
have to.
Speaker 8 (27:36):
It shouldn't be a one and done.
Speaker 4 (27:38):
I just don't like the idea that you would tell
somebody they have to And I'm gonna say why because
you can do everything else you know they can do.
Speaker 3 (27:48):
You can go to military, all this air stuff, you
can McDonald's for the rest of your life.
Speaker 4 (27:55):
Or Antonio, you could be a child actor at six
and if and if you and if you had a
concert pianist who was who was a prodigy and she
was nine years old, nobody would tell her not to
play a card game Hall Nobody.
Speaker 9 (28:10):
I can never agree with you more. Rob But the
reason that I say you should be able to come
straight out of high school or go for two years,
because if a kid goes for one year, they stop
going to school after the first semester, so they don't
get one full academic year under their belt. The only
reason I say that you should have to go for
(28:30):
two years so you at least get one full academic
that's not going to do anything.
Speaker 1 (28:36):
I mean, was one year versus one semester, it's not
that much. Or a year and a semester, you know
what I mean, three semeter semester.
Speaker 9 (28:45):
The reason that the one and done is there is
because they're saying that kids can go to school for
one year, and if the case.
Speaker 5 (28:54):
Agree, I agree with that.
Speaker 1 (28:56):
Let me let me ask you this, Antonio, move into
to the end. Why I'm looking at the Lakers and
we all saw Lebron have the forty points against Brooklyn
and his numbers. I know he's not as good as
he used to be, but his numbers are the same. Essentially,
Anthony Davis is playing some of the best ball in
his career, and I actually think they have good role
(29:17):
players Austin Reeves.
Speaker 3 (29:19):
Danzelo Russell and the like.
Speaker 1 (29:21):
Why do you think or you may just have a
strong opinion on it, why aren't they better? I know
they're not terrible, but they're the ninth seed. Why aren't
they better?
Speaker 9 (29:32):
But see, that's a question I've been asking all year.
That's something that's been problematic for me all year because
Anthony Davis has been available, Lebron James has been available,
Anthony Davis has been really good. Lebron James has been
really good, and the Lakers are in a nice spot.
Speaker 3 (29:47):
Yep.
Speaker 9 (29:48):
But it's funny because everybody continues to talk about the
fact that they're still championship contenders. So what have to say?
So we can look at things and say, well, Jared
Vennerbilt hasn't been healthy, or get Vincent hasn't been healthy,
or whatever it may be. I don't I don't know.
I can ask the same question about the Phoenix Suns.
Why aren't the Phoenix Suns better? Think about it, like, do.
Speaker 1 (30:11):
You think three do you think the three point shot
has lessened Lebron's And know all, I mean, he's obviously
shooting it well too, but just the fact that it's
so big in the league now, has that lessened his
ability to control the game and dominate it the way.
Speaker 3 (30:28):
He used to.
Speaker 9 (30:30):
I don't know. I mean, but he's been playing in
a pace in space NBA for a while now, right,
So that's not like it's something that's not like, it's
something that's trespired over the last two years or so,
like the NBA been pacing space for a minute, like.
And my thing is, it's weird to wash the Lakers
play because I don't know, and I'm not saying this
(30:51):
to discredit Lebron, but Ken, Austin Reevees and D'Angelo Russell
and Switzer, Dinwitty and some of these other role players
the best version of themselves while playing with Lebron.
Speaker 1 (31:02):
It's a question that's always been a challenge, a little
doubt about that. I almost feel Antonio, like he's so
good and versatile, he's not just like he's good like
Tim Duncan, you know, was great and you knew what he.
Speaker 3 (31:15):
Was gonna do right the time, right right.
Speaker 1 (31:20):
And I think that was a problem earlier in Lebron's career,
that he dominated the ball too much.
Speaker 3 (31:25):
But I think now he doesn't dominate it quite as much.
Speaker 1 (31:28):
I almost feel like these guys defer to him too much.
Speaker 3 (31:34):
Well, that's my point.
Speaker 1 (31:35):
They they you know, they're almost intimidated by how great
he is, and they end up deferring too much and
it can take away from the team.
Speaker 9 (31:43):
To think about Lebron, There's always been a particular type
of player that Lebron has always played with and had
success every championship team that he's really been on. It's
catching finished guys. Guys, you catching finish at the rim.
Lob Trets are catching shoot guys. Think about all the
knock down shooters Lebron has played with. Think about all
the guys in Cleveland, did j R. Smith to Kyle Korvers,
(32:05):
Think of James Jones. Think of all the guys in Miami,
the Ray Allens, that Mike Ye, all these guys like
these are all catching shoe guys. Chris Bosh became a
catching shoe guy, Kevin Love became a catching shoe guy.
Then you have a Kyrie Irving, and you have a
Dwayne Wade right everybody else, Think of all the other
guys that tried. Dwayne Wade didn't work at another point.
(32:27):
He didn't work at another point, Derrick Rose didn't work
at another point. So other guys that needed to handle
the basketball. Isaiah Thomas didn't work that needed to handle
the basketball. It's never worked. He has played with guys,
and really his teams have performed well when they've been
structured a certain way around him, and the Lakers don't
have that. Dazuela Russell's not simply a catching shoe guy.
(32:50):
Arthur Raise is not simply a catching shoe guy. You know,
Ruey Hotch Morrow's not simply or that's not what they
do best. So now it's how do you balance That
becomes the problem for me.
Speaker 3 (33:02):
No, that's that's a good point. That's a very good point.
Speaker 1 (33:05):
Last thing, in like thirty seconds for your answer you
mentioned earlier why people still consider the Lakers contenders.
Speaker 3 (33:13):
One thing I look at is there. I mean, I think.
Speaker 1 (33:15):
Denver would beat them that, you know, like they did
last year. But their experience versus the New Orleans, the Ariklahoma, right,
do you think it's gonna be that big of a
factor or I'm starting to think like a Minnesota may over,
you know, it might not be as big of a
deal for them, and they are all over too.
Speaker 9 (33:37):
And for me, it's not just the experience. I think
the teams that give the Lakers trouble which they had
an opportunity to avoid last year and their playoff runs,
or team that are big and physical on the front line.
Look at what the Lakers did last year, and the
first team that they met that was big and physical
in the front line swept them. They played first round,
that played Memphis. Second round, they played Golden State. They
(34:00):
avoided Sacramento because Golden State be Sacramento with seven, so
they got an opportunity. You know that the postseason is
all about matchups, right, If they play a team that's
physical in the front line, they're gonna have trouble with them.
Speaker 1 (34:14):
That's our man, antonio' daniel's great knowledge.
Speaker 3 (34:16):
Brothers.
Speaker 9 (34:17):
Thank you all right, appreciate you guys.
Speaker 3 (34:21):
You too. More Couple coming your way. Keep it lock
Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (34:24):
Be sure to catch live editions of The Odd Couple
with Chris Brussard and Rob Parker weekdays at seven pm
Eastern four pm Pacific on Fox Sports Radio and the
iHeartRadio app.
Speaker 3 (34:35):
All Right, We're alive from the Tirerag dot Com studios.
It's The Eye Couple.
Speaker 1 (34:39):
Chris Bruce ar Rob Parker wrapping up a three hour
tour with you and just like in basketball, where a
successful game plan begins with the right players.
Speaker 3 (34:50):
It's the same thing with Tractor Supply Plus.
Speaker 1 (34:53):
They bring hustle and heart and that's why they are
set apart from all the others. So lace up your
sneakers and make the winning play by heading to your
local Tractor supply store today.
Speaker 3 (35:04):
Rob, you got beef with the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 5 (35:08):
I got beef with who the Bear?
Speaker 3 (35:09):
Jesse the Chicago Bears.
Speaker 4 (35:11):
Chris, Just like, stop overthinking it, stop trying to reinvent
the wheel.
Speaker 3 (35:17):
What is the issue shit going with Caleb. I'm not
overthinking that. I'm just talking.
Speaker 4 (35:23):
About the Oh, we're gonna have all this and nine
different committees, and like, why is that way?
Speaker 3 (35:29):
I don't think Rob, you explained what.
Speaker 6 (35:32):
Yeah, So they got the number one pick. We all
know that they're gonna take Tayleb Williams, but they also
got the number nine pick. And because the number one
pick's kind of a foregone conclusion, uh GM. Ryan Poles
says they're almost more excited about number nine because that's
really when they're gonna dive into these prospects. Well, he
said on the team's website earlier this week that they're
quote gonna do some cool things when we get back
(35:53):
breaking the teams. One team is gonna talk about why
we take the tackle position, one about the receivers, one
by the defensive ends, and use the factual information to
debate in terms of who we should pick.
Speaker 3 (36:06):
Damn, he's talking about front office. Front office. You might
be right with the tmi rod. It's just too much.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
I got no problem with that strategy.
Speaker 5 (36:17):
It's just that it's just too much putting out there.
And then if it's a bad and then.
Speaker 4 (36:22):
If it's a bad pick, Chris, then you'll be open
up to say what was that?
Speaker 5 (36:28):
Who picked Tag?
Speaker 3 (36:29):
No matter what.
Speaker 5 (36:30):
But I'm just.
Speaker 4 (36:31):
Saying, but this sounds a little bit like why would you. Hey,
we're gonna get together, We're gonna do what we always
do and pick the best player available on that spot
and leave it at that.
Speaker 5 (36:40):
You don't need to sell yourself and let everybody know
how innovative you are a.
Speaker 1 (36:45):
Lot of drafts now, A lot of you know, they've
got cameras in the war rooms and a lot of
these drafts now so they can see the people in
there and all that stuff. Rogie, you said it with disdain,
So you you think is a bad why because.
Speaker 3 (37:01):
It doesn't mean you gotta go with you.
Speaker 1 (37:03):
You you get your team together, you say, look, you
tell us why we should take a tackle and who
it should be. Because you tell us why we should
take a linebacker, who should be What's.
Speaker 6 (37:12):
So, there's no issue with these guys debating in the
offseason what pick they should make, who they should get on,
and so forth. Here's the problem to Rob's point. Let's
say they settle on a receiver, right, We're gonna take
a dude, say at number nine from Washington, and it
turns out that their offensive line is terrible, and the
tackle from Notre Dame was sitting right there and didn't
take them. And well, now you have this out in
(37:33):
your in the reporter out where you're gonna hear somebody say, see,
you know, the GM really wanted to left tackle, but
we said no. And so we are overruled by this
group because their PowerPoint was better.
Speaker 3 (37:44):
Anybody would.
Speaker 1 (37:45):
Anybody worth their salt will not allow that to be
an out. At the end of the day, the GM
is going to be or whoever their final football operations
guy is, is going to be responsible.
Speaker 4 (37:57):
Well, but that's why he should stand up Chris and
allow people to have impact input.
Speaker 3 (38:03):
But it comes down to the GM. But you guess
what he's gonna do.
Speaker 1 (38:07):
I don't think he's gonna say, all right, everybody, all
ten of us, let's vote who had the best power,
who made the best He's going to at the end
of the day, he's gonna make the decision. But he's
got these groups that of quote unquote experts that are
gonna break down why we should take each position or
(38:27):
this player. I don't have a problem with it now, Rob,
I think you make a good point of maybe it's
tm I you don't necessarily need to bring us into
the inner workings of all the day.
Speaker 3 (38:39):
At the end of the day, he's.
Speaker 1 (38:40):
Gonna get ripped no matter what if the if they
make the wrong pick, and Rob, I just don't I
hear you, somebody they might leak. Hey, the defensive back
group was telling us take this guy. But any if
I'm a reporter or somebody I'm gonna say, or even
the owner, I'm gonna be like, so you shouldn't have
(39:01):
listened the g G right, you the GM, you got
the final say so you get the credit.
Speaker 3 (39:06):
Buddy, you get the he made such a good case
that sh would have seen it.
Speaker 6 (39:10):
He had pictures and graphs and everything exactly.
Speaker 3 (39:13):
Was overthinking it.
Speaker 5 (39:15):
Unbelievable.
Speaker 1 (39:17):
Shoot, that's that's a good way to run your operation. Man,
I ain't got no issues.
Speaker 3 (39:21):
That's how we plan for.
Speaker 1 (39:23):
We out
Hosts And Creators
kelvin washington
Rob Parker
Popular Podcasts
United States of Kennedy
United States of Kennedy is a podcast about our cultural fascination with the Kennedy dynasty. Every week, hosts Lyra Smith and George Civeris go into one aspect of the Kennedy story.
Stuff You Should Know
If you've ever wanted to know about champagne, satanism, the Stonewall Uprising, chaos theory, LSD, El Nino, true crime and Rosa Parks, then look no further. Josh and Chuck have you covered.
Dateline NBC
Current and classic episodes, featuring compelling true-crime mysteries, powerful documentaries and in-depth investigations. Follow now to get the latest episodes of Dateline NBC completely free, or subscribe to Dateline Premium for ad-free listening and exclusive bonus content: DatelinePremium.com