August 10, 2024 • 50 mins
Dan Patrick chats with Dolphins HC Mike McDaniel on the new contracts for Tua Tagovailoa and Tyreek Hill ahead of the upcoming season. NBA Hall of Famer Charles Barkley joins Dan to explain how he will be staying at TNT despite the network losing their NBA coverage. Plus, Legendary Broadcaster Bob Costas joins Dan to share experiences of past Olympics.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
He's the head coach of the Miami Dolphins and of
course a star receiver with Yale. Although I'm looking at
the stats and I can't find any stats from you
when you're a wide receiver at Yale. I got a
great picture here, Mike. I mean you're jacked here.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Yeah, well you didn't. You didn't look up the blocking statistics.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Hmmm, now, special teams, tackles, maybe.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Friendships made.
Speaker 5 (00:31):
I'm gonna have to take your word on that. Yeah,
if you were looking at the player comp like wide
receiver who best resembles your wide receiving skills when you
were at Yale, somebody in the NFL who plays the
way you played.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Well, Uh, it's interesting you asked that. No one's ever
asked me that, and and I know exactly the answer.
The the antithesis of every receiver that is in a
receiving core of mind. So like I utilized all the known,
like I I was a I would body catch and
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and get no yak and a lot of the things
that I was incapable of doing. You know that that
drove my my scouting. Uh Uh, as the as I
became a professional coach, so quite literally, Uh, if they're
on our team, they don't share commonalities with how I play,
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because that's I knew what I didn't want, which was great.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Who was your idol growing up?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Well? Uh, I thought it was fortuitous that that my
mom named me Michael, because Michael Jordan was the end all,
be all and and will continue to be. If I
ever meet him, I'll probably uh need a trust fall catcher.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Wait in Miami, Mike's and Mike's in Florida. You haven't
met Jordan.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I'm not that big a deal. Honestly, most most people
you know in public approach me with I T questions.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
You ever have to show your ID to get in
the building, any building?
Speaker 6 (02:34):
You know?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
So in my mind, I do I think you know?
I I don't really really do. I don't really put
thought or give justice to uh like you know, being
a head coach. How much I'm on TV and then
like Hard Knocks, there's uh so people do recognize me.
(02:58):
I'm just always surprised by ten.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Uh if you weren't coaching, what would you be doing?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Well? I knew from a very young age that I
needed to be passionate about something I dabbled for. I
wanted to be a coach my entire really childhood, with
exception to I think it was sixth grade. I had
about eight months where I was like, I'm going to
(03:28):
be an architect. Architect, you know, I think, I I
it would have to be something that I was passionate about,
and so I was always going to go into football.
I made sure that I wasn't just single minded, uh,
you know. And I was fortunate enough to go to
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Yale University and I tried a summer internship in business,
and then ultimately it came down I wanted to be
really good at something, and in business I couldn't. I'm
I'm too empathetic, so like I could see myself like,
n you know, I don't need that much percentage. And
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that's I think there's a threshold on how good you
can be in business, So I don't. I really don't know.
Maybe a hand.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Model, Okay, let me see the hands. Yeah, obviously didn't
get in on a lot of use at Yale. So yeah,
they're they're looking pretty hot there.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I mean that that that that was hurtful. No, they
they did. I was I was really I took I
took a lot of reps. You know, I just uh,
I was a selfless player and made sure that I
did all the non point of attack routes in games.
Not a big deal.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
He's the Yale legend who led the team in friendships.
Mike McDaniel Joey on the program, I'd explain this cheat
motion and what happened yesterday and why are we calling
it cheat motion?
Speaker 3 (05:11):
Well, I think that's a phrase quinn by uh my
longtime work associate Kyle Shannan. We have we have another
phrase for it, but that's for another time. But you know,
I think the one thing I've always enjoyed with football
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is is, like you know, along the process when I
was the grunt worker on the staff and trying to
find value with it within a football team. Uh, it
always made sense to me that that your your problem
solving issues and that leads to advent or uh you know,
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so being alongside you know, the Shanahans for my entire
career and being you know, in different opportunities whereas a
coach of a position within the offense and you know,
just problem solved or problems solutions or solutions to problems.
Speaker 6 (06:16):
So like.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
With fast guys. Uh you know, one of the one
of the tools defenses uses reroute. So you know, I
think last offseason watching uh motion out of the backfield,
and you know, I think it was actually this week
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last year where we were in a joint practice and
we tried it out for the first time to problem
solve some of the reroute things we're anticipating.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
And tree, this is the Tyreek kill rule.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Well, you know, actually the first person to do it
was alec Ingold. Yeah, so we did it with alec
Ingold and then and then it was like, wow, that
was cool. I bet Tyreek could do that really fast.
You know, That's kind of how it went. But you know,
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I think when we first got here in two thousand
and twenty two, you know, Tyreek, we did you know,
timing motions where you know, it was from the other
side of the other side of the ball, but you'd
go across the formation and we would start doing the
some of the routes, the deep fifteen to twenty yard
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routes that we've been doing systematically since I got into
the NFL in two thousand and five. So you know
that that was new then. When you have certain types
of football players that are are willing to try new
things and fail at it first and not get down
and you know you able to kind of press the
(08:01):
envelope and and solve some some problems through a little creativity.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
I'm looking at the resume, So Broncos, Texans, California, Redwood, Sacramento, Mountain, Lions, Redskins, Redskins, Browns, Falcons, Niners, Niners, Dolphins.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
That's quite a resume.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Yeah, I'm the oldest young guy, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
But you're working with all of these guys. So you
had Sean mcvayh you had Kyle, and you had Matt Lafleur.
Which person did you learn the most from from those three?
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Absolutely Kyle and he he was like he set the
table for all of us. He hired all of us
in Washington by way of his father, and he he
kind of trained us in the way that he was.
He was trained and was very uh you know it
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was cool. Like at the time, Uh, some some of
his buddies at the Washington Post didn't think it was
that cool that they called us the fun bunch, but
it was you know, that kind of set a foundation
and during during that time, you know, in twenty twelve,
we drafted Robert Griffin third, and we had never done
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zone reads. So we were all together, you know, challenging
the threshold of our own knowledge. We didn't like outsource
any experts. We kind of had the problem solve and uh,
you know with with with Kyle and then his father,
you know, being the ultimate bosses. So you know, I
think it was our formative foundation that I think you
(09:45):
can see still today of how how we kind of
go about our business.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Is it possible that Tyreek Hill can be overpicked?
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I mean see, fortunately, fortunately, my job specifically is to
maximize players' skills, which ultimately maximize their market value. And
then I just dust my hands off and leave it
(10:18):
to Chris Career the GM.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
Okay, could he be underpaid? Well, I think yeah, not anymore.
Speaker 7 (10:27):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
I mean I don't really have a good answer for
any one of those, so I could pretend to answer
it or just outwardly say I'm gonna dodge whatever you're saying.
I'm so done with talking about money. Yeah, like totally cow.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
What are the expectation levels like for this team this year?
I mean, everybody wants to win to Super Bowl, but
can you have tiers of expectations thereof we want to
get here, we want to get here, we hope to
get here.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Yeah, no, I think you you know, first, you know,
I set set goals early and uh and uh, you know,
as we get together as a team on this year
it was April fifteenth, taxa and uh, you know, the
first one is to established and maintain a daily standard.
Speaker 8 (11:21):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
I think, uh, one thing that we try to do
here that that has gained momentum every year, and uh,
guys really taken to is is that you have you
have to. It's about doing the things that day. It's
about being present and and really attacking that day and
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then stacking that and that anything worthwhile is you're you're
you're honing your skills. And you know, I mean you
can go down the line of anyone that was ever
great and talk about deliberate practice, et cetera, et cetera.
So it's doing that. Then you know, then you win
the division to get a home playoff game, you win
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the conference, and you win the Super Bowl. One thing
that that I think of expressed that I think the
players understand is like a lot of times people put
ceilings on their ultimate result or whatever simply by being
(12:24):
afraid to be bold. You know, we we we know
that everyone says that, can you go about your daily
daily life to be all in with that type of
mindset to do something like that and in that process
you get the most out of yourself. And if it's
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short of what your goals were, be strong enough to
learn from that and press forward. But don't out of
fear or hesitation or you know, play it safe by
not being all in. And so you know, I think
all is on the table for for our expectations inside
the building. But what's what what I'm comfortable with that
(13:10):
is because people's entire focus is like, all right, well
you're producing today if you even want to sniff those yeah,
provide action with those words today.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Final thirty second shift. The current NFL coaches ran the
forty yard dash? Where would you end up?
Speaker 3 (13:36):
So if you could, if you could bracket the people
in my in my age group, right, and you know,
pending there's an off season surgery. I know, Matt Lafleur
like tear you know, pops as achilles or tears as
pack every year or something, I'd probably in the age bracket.
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I'd probably finish last of that of the younger eyes.
But yeah, I mean I when I say that I'm
an extreme person, like I work and then I'm a
dad and I literally so I do. I don't. I'm
saving working out till when everyone's saying to me, you
(14:17):
should work out. And I think I'm getting pretty close,
but I haven't got there yet.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
But you can take Andy Reid.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Yeah, yes, and and like now don't I mean I am,
I'm youthful, an exert, exuberant, so you know I will,
I will be able to hold my own but specifically
with people that are older than me.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
Yeah, you're sneaking athletic, is what you are?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Yes, very very sneaky, sneaky.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Great to finally have you on. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Okay, Well, in the words that I gave our owner
Steve Ross and my an, she'll interview interview, like what
took you so long?
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Oh no, we reached out, I mean what for two years?
We reached down.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
We were favorite show of Sports Center, Mikey three in
my favorite show of Sports Center.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
I mean we were told maybe in the off season
he'll talk to you.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Well, you need to get down to the bottom of
uh I have an email correspondence. Oh, Okay, you know what,
I need to walk that back. It's burning holes through
my face right.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Now, just saying you were always invited. Okay, well I
go to Yale games.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
Yeah, yes, you're the you're the guy. Yes, that's so cool.
Quite honestly, it's it's very odd. But like I've known
you so much longer than you you've known me. That's ridiculous,
that is true. Yeah, you were like providing mean, not
(16:01):
enough Bronco highlights for me for years.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Yeah I was. I was the Tom Brady of Sports Center.
I got to do whatever I wanted to do, so
I chose not to do Bronco highlights because nobody cared
about him.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Yeah, that's a that's like a little soft flex there,
because I mean, if you get to be the Tom
Brady of something, you know, but I've always admired your
I'll say it. I'll say it, illustrious career. Okay, it's
a pleasure of the here.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Thank you, open invite. Don't be a stranger.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Yeah I won't because where there's stranger, there's danger.
Speaker 7 (16:44):
I want.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
Good luck, all right, don't you very much. We're all
counting on you.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
All right, I'll i'll if you need me. I'll be
sweating here in about ten minutes.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
Okay, thank you, coach.
Speaker 6 (16:58):
All right.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
That is Mike Daniel, former hand model and lead Yale
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Speaker 2 (17:47):
Now, this guy is not poor, he is wealthy, and
he is not retiring. He's Charles Bark the Hall of
Famer TNT Inside the NBA Analyst. All right, let's get
to it. How did we come up with this decision?
We're not retiring and we're staying at TNT after this
NBA season.
Speaker 6 (18:07):
Uh, TNT, I told you they had to come meet
with me.
Speaker 7 (18:10):
They flew to Philly, uh last week, and I said, what,
what's what's the deal And they said, hey, uh, we're
gonna keep doing the show.
Speaker 6 (18:21):
And I'm like what And they're like, we're gonna keep
doing the show.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
What does that mean?
Speaker 6 (18:28):
Uh, that's what I said.
Speaker 7 (18:34):
Okay, So so I said, hey, y'all know, y'all know
my number one priority is to keep people working at Turner.
That's always been my number one. Porty and Dan, they
said they're gonna keep doing the show, and Uh, I said,
(18:55):
I'll take a pay cut. I said, I'll take a
pay cut. They said that's not necessary, and they said,
we're gonna continue doing the show. I don't have any
idea what that means.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Wait, you had to ask them when they said that that,
what do you mean after this season we're going to
continue to do the show And they said what.
Speaker 6 (19:17):
I think they're gonna try to figure it out.
Speaker 7 (19:21):
I mean because we won't have the NBA, So I
think they're gonna try to figure it out. But my
number one concern Dan has always been a people at Turner.
So even if we do something a lot of people
turn it gonna keep their job. Like I say, Dan,
I have zero idea what we're gonna do.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Is this going to be a sports show, a nightly
sports show with you guys that you don't have the NBA?
But are you creating your own sports center type show?
Speaker 7 (19:54):
Well, first of all, I don't think we're gonna do
it every night. We're not gonna work every night.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
That's not that's not gonna happen, okay.
Speaker 7 (20:08):
But I truly believe they wanted to keep people Implaweded Turner,
which is was my number one priority, and I think
we're gonna have to try to figure it out as
we go. I say they couldn't get They couldn't give
me any concrete plans because they don't have any concrete plans.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Could you have gotten out of your contract though, because
you talked about they have to let you out of
your contract. Did you try to get out of your
contract to go and talk. I know you talked to
the other networks that are going to carry the NBA.
Speaker 6 (20:41):
I asked them, do they want me to take a
pay cut?
Speaker 7 (20:44):
Because once they told me we were gonna keep people
at Plawed Turner, I was good to go. But Dan,
that's been my only concern, Like when when I said
I was going to retire, that's because I didn't want
to go work for another network. You know, everybody's out
there time by Charles, this, for this, for this. The
only reason I said I was gonna retire because I
didn't want to go through the house of break It
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in another crew and go into another network.
Speaker 6 (21:08):
And when they flew up.
Speaker 7 (21:10):
Last week, I was totally shocked when they said no,
we're gonna keep this show going.
Speaker 6 (21:15):
And I'm like, well, what are we gonna do. They're like,
we'll figure it out in a year and a half. Yeah,
that's exactly what happened.
Speaker 7 (21:24):
But like I say, hey, once I can keep people
employed at Turner because then I got to tell you something.
I've heard some of the most horrific stories the last
six months from people I work with, because you know,
they're telling me and I, you know what, in my
heart was really hurting because and I'm not trying to
be all this at whatever the fact, like people telling
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you like, yo, man, I'm married, i got kids, i
got a mortgage, and I'm gonna get fired. I've never
been in that situation before, but to hear about it
from some of my closest friends at Turner Once they
said those people are gonna keep their jobs. I'm like,
whatever y'all decide to do. Hey, if I'm hey, listen,
(22:07):
I don't know anything about tennis, but I know we
just got the French open, you know, so like, hey,
I don't need Paride. Welcome to PARI My friends.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
Like, are you gonna be like Snoop Dog for TNT.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
No, I wouldn't do. I don't want to be on
TV that much. Uh, Listen.
Speaker 7 (22:30):
The good thing about it, if they get crazy going forward,
I don't have to stay and and Dan, I'll be
honest with you. My biggest thing right now, what I've
been thinking about, Like, I love TNT, I love everybody
behind the sea. The reason I'm staying at TNT so
people can keep their jobs. But that does not mean
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I'm gonna stay there forever. I can promise you that
that's not gonna happen. I just I'm just happy that
I was able to. I'm just happy a lot of
people turn to gonna keep their job. That was my
number one priority.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
Charles Barkley, Hall of Famer, not retiring staying at TNT.
Today's the anniversary. It was on this date, nineteen ninety two,
that the Dream Team beat Croatia one seventeen to eighty five.
What do you remember about that day? That night.
Speaker 7 (23:19):
I've said before the Olympics had the greatest poor have
been in the world by far. You know, I've been
to a lot of great stuff, but there's nothing like
the Olympics. You've seen some of the great stories, man,
some of the stories are amazing. The girl from Saint
Lucia who beat Shikari, first medal ever for that country.
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A man who ran down the two favorites, and the
four hundred yesterday was the four hundred to eight hundred
might have been the eight hundred.
Speaker 4 (23:46):
Four hundred with Quincy.
Speaker 6 (23:48):
Yes, that was incredible.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
I was like, dang, cause you know, they were all
focused on the two guys who was supposed to win.
But his kick down the stretch was incredible. You know, man,
I got Dan, you got to hook me up with
Katie Ladeci. Man, I got to meet that girl at
some point. She's a flat out monster beast.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
I got. I got to meet her.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Okay, So how much of a head start could she
give you? If I said you're gonna swim up and
back if she she gave you fifty meters head start.
Speaker 6 (24:23):
I need more than that.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Well, how much you're gonna need?
Speaker 6 (24:26):
What's race? The one that sees the best at that?
Was she like winning?
Speaker 2 (24:30):
No, no, no, no, this that she would win by a
day over you. I'm talking about like you'd be finishing
the next day. So I'm just saying, one lap up
and back. Would you get in the pool against Katie
Ladeci and swim fifty meters? She swims one hundred.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
Man, I'd have to take my shirt off in public.
Nobody wants to see that.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
You look pretty good.
Speaker 7 (24:55):
I'm not Hey, hey, listen, man, I'm not good enough
to take my shirt off in public. Right now, I'm
getting there, but I'm not taking my shirt off in public.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
Now take me back to when you won the gold
medal with the Dream Team. What do you remember about
How did you guys celebrate winning?
Speaker 7 (25:12):
We celebrated with Champagne. But Dan, I will tell you something.
When they played the national anthem, man, you know, and
we you know. I'm with Michael Magic, Scotty Magic and
Larry and those guys, and so not a lot excite
those guys. But man, when they are playing the national anthem, Dan,
it is one of the most surreal things I've ever experienced.
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I mean, when they're playing that national anthem and you
standing there, man, it's a really great feeling. I understand
why Scotti Shuffler was all emotional because I hate to
say this, because Americans, we are about far away the
least patriotic people in the world. We don't even realize
we live in the greatest country in the history of civilization.
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But those people know, those countries that like when you
spend time with the other athletes are from countries, but
that's their greatest accompsionment in life. And even though they
can't win a medal, they still better than nine to
nine percent of people in the world. Like when you're
from one of these little countries and you get to
the Olympics, you might not even you know, no, most
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of them can't medal obviously, but you're still one of
the one percent of the best of what you do
in the world. But anybody who gets to the Olympics,
that's one of the greatest accomplishments you can have. And
I'm not even talking about the basketball because that's actually
you know, that's selective, that's selective. But if you play,
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if you play another sport and get to the Olympics,
that is one of the greatest accomplishment in human history.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
I know much has been made about Jason Tatum got benched,
didn't get much playing time. We had Mike Krzyzewski on
and he said he made you know, coaching staff made
everybody pledge that we're going to do whatever it takes
to win a gold medal. But then this became such
a big story. I don't remember any other Olympics where
we went, Oh, such and such is not playing now.
Tatum's twenty seven. You just win a title. I understand that,
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But where do you stand in playing time with depending
on how big of a star you are.
Speaker 7 (27:16):
Well, everybody's got to play. If you're going to go
to the Olympics, everybody deserve to play. And let's get
one thing straight. I don't think it's that much of
a drop off putting Jason Tatum in the game.
Speaker 6 (27:28):
I mean, come on, man, and.
Speaker 7 (27:30):
Steve Kerr, you know, he just he just like Katie
and Lebron and Bam, they're all great, but at this
stage of their career, Jason Tatum might be the best
one of four. And that's no disrespect of those guys.
Lebron's in the Goat conversation. Kevin Durant is great, Bam
(27:54):
is great. But you can't tell me right now, like, yeah,
I might, Jason Tat, that might be the best out
of those four. And if and if you pick one
of those other guys, it's a minimum drop off. So
and the one advent as the United States got his depth, damn.
Like when that one of these other teams go to
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the bench, it's like night and day. Like you take
one of these guys out of the United States out
of the game, it's just between brunch and lunch. Brother,
that's all very difference. But I'll tell you what.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
I'm worried about that game today against Serbia.
Speaker 6 (28:31):
Yeah, because Serbia has been playing dead Man.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
Oh yeah, oh really.
Speaker 7 (28:37):
Yeah, because those other games didn't matter because they knew that.
Because that's the thing about the Olympics. Those first the
first game was just a practice game. It didn't matter
at all. The second game didn't matter either, because the
only thing matters when you get to the knockout round.
Speaker 6 (28:53):
So I think the.
Speaker 7 (28:55):
United States will win and should win. But this game
scares me because they the Jokers. He's the best player
in the world, and I think they're like, hey, let's
let them win this preseason game. Let's let them win
this early game. They're gonna be overconfident because we only
got to be better than them from this one game.
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And so I'm really worried about this game today because,
like I said, Dan, none of those early games matter
until you get to the knockout round because you know
you're gonna get to the knockout round if you wanted
the best team, and then it's a one game elimination.
Speaker 6 (29:32):
So I'm really looking forward to watching the game today.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Are you doing more Subway commercials?
Speaker 6 (29:40):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (29:40):
I have really enjoyed. As a matter of fact, I
got to shoot one next week. I've really enjoyed working
with Subway. They've been great to work with. They've been fun,
and I like it better not being on camera. I
think they screwed up one time putting me on camera.
Like I said, no, because I lied to people for
(30:02):
like two years.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
Dan.
Speaker 6 (30:04):
They're like, yo, man, is that your voice in the
Subway commercial?
Speaker 7 (30:07):
A right, No, man, I was just I was just
jerking around with my friends. I told her for like
two years. No, that's not my voice, man, it's somebody else.
And then finally after because I've really enjoyed working with them.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Don't you take the summer off? Why don't you bring
somebody else in just to switch it up a little bit.
Speaker 7 (30:25):
No, you know what's been really cool and amazing every
time because I shoot won, like every three months they
bring somebody in. That's what's really been amazing. You could
think about it. When I started my first Commerdian, I
think it's been like six years now. Wow, it was
Tom Brady, Sabrina, Serena Williams, Meghan Rapino. Uh so now
(30:52):
you know. Now we're up to my homes. I did
one with a doll last year, like a few couple
of months ago. I don't know if they're showing it
in the state. Now they have a Kelsey. I mean
they add people all the time. I'm curious who they're
gonna add next week. Hello, Dan, I got no control
over who they put in the.
Speaker 4 (31:13):
Yeah you do? Oh yeah, okay, yeah you do?
Speaker 2 (31:16):
You save TNT you can you can save Subway with
putting me in there.
Speaker 7 (31:21):
Well, Dan, I will say this, man, out of all
the things I've accomplished in my TV career. Keeping these
people jobs at Turner is the coolest thing for me ever,
because man, I'm telling you, I've been with these guys
twenty four years.
Speaker 6 (31:38):
They're like family to me.
Speaker 7 (31:40):
Like I said, I'm not worried about me Ernie, Kenny
and Shaq, but to hear my friends they have my friends,
A lot of them talk about being because I've never
never been fired before and have to worry about anything,
and to hear the distress under their voices, and you know, So,
(32:00):
I'm gonna tell you something I haven't told anybody. So
there's about fifty employees that I'm giving five thousand dollars
each too to show them how much I love and
appreciate them. And our government and Turner are trying to
make them pay taxes on it. And now I'm trying
(32:22):
to come up with the cash. So if you can
help me come up with the cash, they're not gonna
pay taxes on it. I don't give a damn what
the government says them shysters.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
Well, how did you get paid at Auburn? So however
you got paid at Auburn, you just pay them that
same way at Turner.
Speaker 6 (32:40):
You don't how many hands i'd have to shake out
five thousand dollars.
Speaker 4 (32:45):
You got those hundred dollars handshakes at Auburn.
Speaker 6 (32:47):
Well, you know the thing that was funny, Dan. It
was always like a few alumni side.
Speaker 7 (32:55):
And some of them shake your hand and gave you
like twenty dollars, and then a couple I'm shaking hand
and gave you like one hundred dollars. Hey, we start
taking them quick showers and we could get here one
hundred dollars hands.
Speaker 6 (33:08):
Take Hey, we did we usould call it.
Speaker 7 (33:10):
We'd take them drive by showers because guys figured out
who was given one hundreds got so if you took
your time, I always got screwed, Dan, because I had
to talk to the press, I had to take time.
I had to shake hands on all the loots only
gave me twenty dollars. I had to take my hands
and get to like three hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
I think you did okay, Hey, congratulations on the decision.
I know it weighed heavily on YOUA and it's always
great to talk to you. Enjoy the rest of the summer.
Speaker 6 (33:39):
But all right, thank you man. Hey, take you in
the nerds. Take care of yourself.
Speaker 8 (33:43):
Brother.
Speaker 4 (33:43):
All right, nerds, take care of yourself.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan
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Speaker 2 (33:56):
Feels like Snoop Dogg's title was co host of the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (34:01):
He was everywhere. I thought.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
He came out as the big winner here and now
four years from now in LA, that's where people are
going to be waiting for Snoop Dogg. I think he
happened upon the scene and we're like, all right, okay,
and then all of a sudden, Martha Stewart's involved in it.
They really incorporated I thought, both of those and celebrities
as well, and made it an even bigger deal, if
(34:24):
that's possible, Yes, Pauline.
Speaker 10 (34:26):
Right on cue break, Dancing at the Olympics is starting,
and the opening ceremonies for it, Snoop Dogg walked out
in the crowd in.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
Bisser springing Bob Constace, the Hall of Fame sportscaster and
a host of the Olympics. Many many, many, many many times.
If I would have told you twenty years ago, fifteen
years ago, hey, Snoop's going to be co hosting the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (34:47):
You would have said, what.
Speaker 11 (34:49):
You know, Dan, what a crushing blow it's going to
be when next spring Snoop Dogg is the guy who
denies you the Sports host Emmy. Yet again, Wow, that
is just going to be. It's wrong on so many levels,
but it's inevitable.
Speaker 4 (35:06):
All right. I see where we are.
Speaker 2 (35:09):
We've established the battlegrounds already shot across the bow. Okay,
but you know the Olympics are about celebrating showcase him.
Would you have pushed back if that was a suggestion
by management that they were going to incorporate Snoop.
Speaker 11 (35:28):
I think the tide was flowing in a direction. It's
gobbled me up and taken me out to see. You know, look,
Snoop is a very personable guy. I'd encountered him once
a few years ago, and he was very knowledgeable about sports.
We mostly talked about the NBA, and I had a
brief encounter with him along with Al Michael's at the
(35:49):
Beach Volleyball venue when I was in Paris last week.
Speaker 8 (35:52):
You know, he's high spirited about it. I get it.
Speaker 11 (35:56):
I get what the appeal is. And if I was
hosting as long as it didn't encroach upon in any
way what you're primarily there for. Then it's you know,
it's just a side dish. It's a large side dish
in this case, but it's a side dish.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
How has social media changed the Olympic coverage?
Speaker 11 (36:14):
You know, I guess it's even more more out there
than before. The last time I hosted was twenty sixteen.
But the thing that strikes me, and I'm not an
expert on this because I'm not following all the reactions
from the general public, but the athletes themselves, all of them,
even those who are elder statesmen, which might mean that
they're thirty years old, they grew up with social media,
(36:35):
so they're posting throughout You know who is the pole
vault woman from the United States who decided it's work
and some people loved it and some people didn't. But
her answer was, look, I make money off of this.
I have popularity because of this. It's second nature now.
And another thing that I've noted is this every Olympian
(36:56):
just about is going to have a catalog of childhood
photos and videos because everybody all around the world has
the fault. So the entire life of the child from
birth through whatever has has been filmed, and so it's
almost already made. Documentary, already made for the Olympic profiles.
(37:17):
You know, here's Duplantis, Mondo Duplontis when he was pull
vaulting like off his bed when he's three years old.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
I was wondering if consciously, subconsciously you did this. I
think I did, and that is that you kind of
root for Team USA when you're hosting, even though you're
supposed to be covering the Olympics. Did you ever find
it you kind of blurred the lines there?
Speaker 11 (37:45):
Not really, because Team USA almost always did well enough
that there are going to be lots of big moments.
So they're going to be metal winners brought into the studio,
and I think your job is to be appreciative. We
know that the coverage is going to lean toward the
home team. In Britain, it leans toward athletes from England,
(38:06):
the UK, the same thing in Australia. Everywhere you go,
you go to parts of the world, they'll show a
whole lot of.
Speaker 8 (38:11):
Badminton because in Akistan they're really good at it.
Speaker 11 (38:14):
In Canada, even if the Canadians don't win, a whole
lot of medals and they've done well in these Olympics.
They're going to lean. The CBC is going to lean
in that direction. That's not unique to the United States.
But I think it's our job, or was my job
when I hosted it, to be aware and appreciative of
the accomplishments of all the athletes, no matter where they
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came from.
Speaker 4 (38:35):
What do you remember about the Dream Team?
Speaker 11 (38:40):
The mania that surrounded it, you know, walking down the
Roomblas in Barcelona and seeing like a fifteen story building
from the sidewalk to the roof of the building with
a Michael Jordan mural on it. The mania that surrounded them,
and also the idea that their opponents and in most
(39:02):
cases in ninety two they're victims, enjoyed. It was the
guy from was it an Angola who wanted to take
a I guess back then selfie's were kind of a
new thing. The ball goes out of bounds and he
wants a selfie with Markley to for the balls foot
back in play.
Speaker 6 (39:19):
And I also.
Speaker 11 (39:20):
Remember Marv Albert in typical dry Marv style, I threw
it out to him for the first game. I think
it was the Dream Team against Angola and he says, Bob,
bookmakers in London have taken this one off the board.
Speaker 2 (39:38):
Have you ever I experienced anything close to just the
admiration the fandom that we had with the Dream Team?
Speaker 11 (39:49):
Not exactly, because you had a lot of build up
prior to all those players, not just Jordan, you know,
Magic Bird. Every member of that team, with the exception
of Chris and later and Christian may be in the
Hall of Fame because the Basketball Hall of Fame is
you know, combines amateur and pro. So he may be
in because of what he did at Duke, but a
part from that, every other member of the team is
(40:11):
a Hall of Famer.
Speaker 3 (40:12):
But that fame, at.
Speaker 11 (40:12):
Least in the United States, preceded that, and then the
reverberations continued into the subsequent NBA seasons.
Speaker 8 (40:20):
So I think it's kind of been a separate category.
Speaker 4 (40:23):
How do we know as City did well in the Olympics.
Speaker 11 (40:28):
Well, there's just a vibe feeling. There's always a bottom
line feeling. The Greeks got the Olympics in two thousand
and four because of their historic connection to it, but
a nation of only ten twelve million people probably can't
put it on again. And there was a huge economic cost,
and a lot of the venues now just sit there
(40:48):
with weeds growing because they have no use for it subsequently,
but the vibe in Paris is incredible. It just feels
like a success right and even watching at home, wherever
home is the United States or anywhere around the world.
This is a huge bounce back from the last three Olympics,
(41:09):
especially the last two. I think Tokyo would have been
an excellent host, but we'll never know because it's under
COVID circumstances. There's no fans in the stands, and then
with the same circumstances in place, all the restrictions, no
fans when they went back to China for another Olympics.
I think by then the understanding around the world that
China is a serious human rights abuser and just a
(41:32):
mockery of the supposed Olympic ideals that turned people off.
Now the COVID circumstances are largely behind us, no alliles notwithstanding,
and there are fans in the stands. It's a beautiful setting.
Everywhere you look. It's a postcard. It's not just the
Eiffel Tower, it's not just the Loup. I was driving
to one of the Games with Al Michael's one of
(41:55):
the events rather and I said, you know, Al, in
the average American city, maybe not DC or New York
or whatever, in the average American city, the twentieth most
appealing building we will see on this ride would be
the centerpiece building in that city. That's just what Paris is.
And this could be the beginning of the Olympics getting
(42:15):
its group back because Milan Courtina seems like an appealing
setting for the next Winter Olympics, and then it's in
Los Angeles, and from an American standpoint, despite all the
challenges of putting it on and security and everything else,
there's going to be a big, big vibe for that.
So you know, Paris, I think is the start of
something really good for the Olympic movement.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
Talking to Bob Costas, I was wondering if the IOC,
and I know there's so much money at stake here
and getting bids from other countries, but could they do
a rotation. Doesn't a rotation make the most sense because
it doesn't economically damage or you know, these cities, and
even if you have multiple cities involved, it could be
(42:55):
the West Coast could bring you the Olympic Games, not
just the city of Los Angeles.
Speaker 11 (43:01):
Yeah, that makes some sense, it does. And maybe you
could farm out certain events. Maybe you run the marathon.
You always run the marathon in Greece. You're always running
in Athens, you know, to keep that connection.
Speaker 6 (43:12):
You could probably.
Speaker 11 (43:13):
Identify, let's say, four or five really good host cities
for a Winter Olympics, be a different sort of four
or five around the world for a Summer Olympics. We
know that the IOC is intent on spreading its wings.
They're going back to Australia.
Speaker 8 (43:30):
That's a good thing.
Speaker 11 (43:30):
Australia was a good host in two thousand and there's
going to be another one in the years ahead. They've
put several in Asia, and that's a good thing. As
soon as they can.
Speaker 8 (43:40):
Find the right nation and the right city to host.
Speaker 11 (43:43):
They want to put an Olympics in Africa, and those
are all good intentions. But to your point, it's becoming
more and more challenging, and a lot of times what
happened with Beijing. I'm not making excuses for the IOC,
but a lot of the other more classic Winter Olympic
sites backed out because of the costs and other issues,
(44:03):
security and everything else, So the list of possibilities is shrinking.
So to your point, it might make sense to have
some permanent sites that rotate.
Speaker 2 (44:12):
Them baseball topics, if you will, Paul Schemes against the
Dodgers coming up on Saturday. Who comes to mind, Well,
I guess Dwight Gooden, But who comes to mind that
had sort of this must see TV.
Speaker 4 (44:27):
As far as a pitcher, you know.
Speaker 11 (44:30):
Vida Blue when he started with the A's was like that.
Fernando Fernando pitched like eight shutouts in his first ten
starts or something like that. With the Dodgers Fernando Mania.
For a while, there was a whole lot of hype
surrounding Stephen Strasburg and in his first game he struck
out fourteen against the Pirates, as it happened. But and
(44:51):
he had some good years and he was the MVP
of the World Series in twenty nineteen, but injuries kind
of took him off what could have been a Hall
of Fame track point about Gooden is absolutely correct. And
you know there are some athletes where the objective accomplishments
are one thing, and then there's just the poetry of it.
Dwight Gooden was just beautiful to watch, you know, his motion,
(45:14):
the fluidity of it, that classic twelve to six curveball
to go with the high heat. And back then, I
don't want to sound like back in my day, Sonny,
but back then great pictures finish what they started. And
so they're on the mound when the game ends and
Gary Carter comes out and you know, shakes hands with
Dwight Gooden.
Speaker 8 (45:32):
We're in an eurowere.
Speaker 11 (45:34):
Blake Snell, who had won two cy Young Awards, just
pitched his first complete game, and only because it was
a no hitter. So I think that, you know, some
of the drama and theater is taken away there. I
understand all the modern analytics. I'm not saying it isn't
the right strategic approach, but from the standpoint of theater,
we're never going to see Bob Gibson on the mound
(45:54):
as the World Series ends, or Sandy Kofax on two
days rest in the seventh game of the World Series
strikes out the last guy in the World Series ends.
Speaker 8 (46:03):
That tableau has been taken away.
Speaker 2 (46:05):
Okay, but we're going to have to modify our Hall
of Fame expectations for starting pitching.
Speaker 6 (46:11):
Yep, Yeah, It's true.
Speaker 11 (46:12):
You're going to get people in the Hall of Fame
with fewer than two hundred victories. You know, Dizney Dean
had fewer than two hundred, but he got injured and
had established Hall of Fame credentials.
Speaker 8 (46:22):
Cofax is the best example.
Speaker 11 (46:24):
I think he won only one hundred and sixty five,
but for that five year stretch, he was the best
pitcher on the planet, maybe the best picture of all time.
Speaker 8 (46:30):
You could certainly make a case for him, but generally speaking,
two hundred was a threshold.
Speaker 11 (46:35):
Three hundred was a cinch. But no one's ever going
to win three hundred again because you just can't get
that many decisions anymore. So I think you could very
well see a guy with one hundred and forty wins,
but with a good era and the analytics lineup, especially
as the electorate changes and younger voters who have grown
up with this as the norm, no problem with that,
(46:55):
that's their norm, they'll be more receptive to that.
Speaker 2 (46:59):
Well, it's almost like the running back and the pitcher,
the starting pitcher, huh, very similar. That we've reduced their
necessity there, and we're going to have to reassess running
backs because it's probably going to be more receptions, you know, yeah,
yards after the touch or whatever it might be, not
necessarily running the football.
Speaker 11 (47:20):
Plus, when you talk about a thousand yard season, which
used to be a benchmark, or the two thousand yard
season when OJ did it, that's a fourteen game season.
When Jim Brown broke into the league was a twelve
game season, then fourteen, then sixteen, now seventeen. So you know,
all those have to be taken into account on a
percentage basis.
Speaker 4 (47:40):
You could have picked other rooms in your apartment, right.
Speaker 8 (47:44):
No, this is the one that works best. I swear.
Speaker 11 (47:47):
I said to Eric, your guy there, your production guy there.
I know where you're going with this. I'm just have
a sense where you're going with this. It's what's behind me.
Speaker 4 (47:56):
Yeah right, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 11 (47:57):
I tried to crop the shot and it wasn't there.
But when I do this, I cut the top of
my head as as far as I can go.
Speaker 8 (48:07):
Does that help?
Speaker 4 (48:08):
Yeah? But it's a message.
Speaker 2 (48:09):
I mean, you know, you came out of the gate,
Snoop Dogg's gonna win the Emmy, and then you take
this shot, and now we got Sports Emmys over there.
Speaker 11 (48:16):
I mean, yeah, they don't all fit behind me.
Speaker 8 (48:23):
Look, here's a panoramic.
Speaker 4 (48:28):
All right, you got me.
Speaker 2 (48:32):
All in good fun, Bob, Bob, do you have any
rooms without Emmy's.
Speaker 6 (48:38):
Yes, yes, just a few.
Speaker 4 (48:41):
Your wife won't let you have an Emmy in the
bedroom though.
Speaker 8 (48:44):
Uh no, no, that crosses the line.
Speaker 2 (48:50):
Great to catch up with you. Thanks for joining us
as always, buddy, Thank you, thank you. Care that's Bob Costas.
Speaker 4 (48:56):
That was great.
Speaker 2 (48:58):
I asked for it. I asked for it. So Bob
opened it up and then showed the entire room where
all the Emmys.
Speaker 4 (49:06):
Unreal, yeah, unreal.
Speaker 5 (49:08):
He's like, he's got eight of them behind him, and
then he's like, oh, that doesn't need and there was
just another.
Speaker 4 (49:13):
Whole wall of them. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (49:14):
That was fantastic. Yeah, what a boss. Yeah, what a boss. Absolutely, absolutely, yeah, Paul.
Speaker 10 (49:24):
One of the funniest bits when you did not win,
you didn't lose, you didn't win the Emmy. A couple
of years in a row to Bob Costas, he called
in each Monday to talk about her whatever day was,
and Fritzy and I had the idea on the third
one to invite Bob up and Fritzy and I talked
like Bob Costa's not going to come up at eight
forty five in the morning on a Tuesday, and Fritze
(49:46):
calling us, yeh shir, I'll be there. It was like
a two minute conversation. They brought in an Emmy and
he surprised you. He was on the phone and back yeah,
and then walked.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
Out because he would usually say Hello Loser, because we'd
have him on the day after he won the Sports Emmy,
Hello loser and I went a bon Yes.
Speaker 6 (50:00):
He hung out with us afterwards where we went to.
Speaker 2 (50:04):
He had a Texas Longhorn baseball hat on jeans. He's
drinking Budweiser at the bar with us. It seems like
this is blowing my mind.
Speaker 4 (50:13):
He's got on jeans, a hat, and it's drinking a
Bud heavy.
Speaker 11 (50:16):
This is one of the greatest days of my life.
You are listening to the Dan Patrick Show on Fox
Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:05):
He's the head coach of the Miami Dolphins and of
course a star receiver with Yale. Although I'm looking at
the stats and I can't find any stats from you
when you're a wide receiver at Yale. I got a
great picture here, Mike. I mean you're jacked here.
Speaker 3 (00:21):
Yeah, well you didn't. You didn't look up the blocking statistics.
Speaker 4 (00:25):
Hmmm, now, special teams, tackles, maybe.
Speaker 3 (00:30):
Friendships made.
Speaker 5 (00:31):
I'm gonna have to take your word on that. Yeah,
if you were looking at the player comp like wide
receiver who best resembles your wide receiving skills when you
were at Yale, somebody in the NFL who plays the
way you played.
Speaker 3 (00:51):
Well, Uh, it's interesting you asked that. No one's ever
asked me that, and and I know exactly the answer.
The the antithesis of every receiver that is in a
receiving core of mind. So like I utilized all the known,
like I I was a I would body catch and
(01:14):
and get no yak and a lot of the things
that I was incapable of doing. You know that that
drove my my scouting. Uh Uh, as the as I
became a professional coach, so quite literally, Uh, if they're
on our team, they don't share commonalities with how I play,
(01:39):
because that's I knew what I didn't want, which was great.
Speaker 4 (01:42):
Who was your idol growing up?
Speaker 3 (01:48):
Well? Uh, I thought it was fortuitous that that my
mom named me Michael, because Michael Jordan was the end all,
be all and and will continue to be. If I
ever meet him, I'll probably uh need a trust fall catcher.
Speaker 4 (02:10):
Wait in Miami, Mike's and Mike's in Florida. You haven't
met Jordan.
Speaker 3 (02:15):
I'm not that big a deal. Honestly, most most people
you know in public approach me with I T questions.
Speaker 4 (02:28):
You ever have to show your ID to get in
the building, any building?
Speaker 6 (02:34):
You know?
Speaker 3 (02:36):
So in my mind, I do I think you know?
I I don't really really do. I don't really put
thought or give justice to uh like you know, being
a head coach. How much I'm on TV and then
like Hard Knocks, there's uh so people do recognize me.
(02:58):
I'm just always surprised by ten.
Speaker 4 (03:01):
Uh if you weren't coaching, what would you be doing?
Speaker 3 (03:07):
Well? I knew from a very young age that I
needed to be passionate about something I dabbled for. I
wanted to be a coach my entire really childhood, with
exception to I think it was sixth grade. I had
about eight months where I was like, I'm going to
(03:28):
be an architect. Architect, you know, I think, I I
it would have to be something that I was passionate about,
and so I was always going to go into football.
I made sure that I wasn't just single minded, uh,
you know. And I was fortunate enough to go to
(03:50):
Yale University and I tried a summer internship in business,
and then ultimately it came down I wanted to be
really good at something, and in business I couldn't. I'm
I'm too empathetic, so like I could see myself like,
n you know, I don't need that much percentage. And
(04:13):
that's I think there's a threshold on how good you
can be in business, So I don't. I really don't know.
Maybe a hand.
Speaker 2 (04:24):
Model, Okay, let me see the hands. Yeah, obviously didn't
get in on a lot of use at Yale. So yeah,
they're they're looking pretty hot there.
Speaker 3 (04:34):
I mean that that that that was hurtful. No, they
they did. I was I was really I took I
took a lot of reps. You know, I just uh,
I was a selfless player and made sure that I
did all the non point of attack routes in games.
Not a big deal.
Speaker 2 (04:55):
He's the Yale legend who led the team in friendships.
Mike McDaniel Joey on the program, I'd explain this cheat
motion and what happened yesterday and why are we calling
it cheat motion?
Speaker 3 (05:11):
Well, I think that's a phrase quinn by uh my
longtime work associate Kyle Shannan. We have we have another
phrase for it, but that's for another time. But you know,
I think the one thing I've always enjoyed with football
(05:32):
is is, like you know, along the process when I
was the grunt worker on the staff and trying to
find value with it within a football team. Uh, it
always made sense to me that that your your problem
solving issues and that leads to advent or uh you know,
(05:54):
so being alongside you know, the Shanahans for my entire
career and being you know, in different opportunities whereas a
coach of a position within the offense and you know,
just problem solved or problems solutions or solutions to problems.
Speaker 6 (06:16):
So like.
Speaker 3 (06:18):
With fast guys. Uh you know, one of the one
of the tools defenses uses reroute. So you know, I
think last offseason watching uh motion out of the backfield,
and you know, I think it was actually this week
(06:39):
last year where we were in a joint practice and
we tried it out for the first time to problem
solve some of the reroute things we're anticipating.
Speaker 4 (06:49):
And tree, this is the Tyreek kill rule.
Speaker 3 (06:53):
Well, you know, actually the first person to do it
was alec Ingold. Yeah, so we did it with alec
Ingold and then and then it was like, wow, that
was cool. I bet Tyreek could do that really fast.
You know, That's kind of how it went. But you know,
(07:16):
I think when we first got here in two thousand
and twenty two, you know, Tyreek, we did you know,
timing motions where you know, it was from the other
side of the other side of the ball, but you'd
go across the formation and we would start doing the
some of the routes, the deep fifteen to twenty yard
(07:38):
routes that we've been doing systematically since I got into
the NFL in two thousand and five. So you know
that that was new then. When you have certain types
of football players that are are willing to try new
things and fail at it first and not get down
and you know you able to kind of press the
(08:01):
envelope and and solve some some problems through a little creativity.
Speaker 2 (08:06):
I'm looking at the resume, So Broncos, Texans, California, Redwood, Sacramento, Mountain, Lions, Redskins, Redskins, Browns, Falcons, Niners, Niners, Dolphins.
Speaker 4 (08:20):
That's quite a resume.
Speaker 3 (08:21):
Yeah, I'm the oldest young guy, you know.
Speaker 2 (08:25):
But you're working with all of these guys. So you
had Sean mcvayh you had Kyle, and you had Matt Lafleur.
Which person did you learn the most from from those three?
Speaker 3 (08:35):
Absolutely Kyle and he he was like he set the
table for all of us. He hired all of us
in Washington by way of his father, and he he
kind of trained us in the way that he was.
He was trained and was very uh you know it
(08:58):
was cool. Like at the time, Uh, some some of
his buddies at the Washington Post didn't think it was
that cool that they called us the fun bunch, but
it was you know, that kind of set a foundation
and during during that time, you know, in twenty twelve,
we drafted Robert Griffin third, and we had never done
(09:21):
zone reads. So we were all together, you know, challenging
the threshold of our own knowledge. We didn't like outsource
any experts. We kind of had the problem solve and uh,
you know with with with Kyle and then his father,
you know, being the ultimate bosses. So you know, I
think it was our formative foundation that I think you
(09:45):
can see still today of how how we kind of
go about our business.
Speaker 4 (09:50):
Is it possible that Tyreek Hill can be overpicked?
Speaker 3 (09:56):
I mean see, fortunately, fortunately, my job specifically is to
maximize players' skills, which ultimately maximize their market value. And
then I just dust my hands off and leave it
(10:18):
to Chris Career the GM.
Speaker 4 (10:20):
Okay, could he be underpaid? Well, I think yeah, not anymore.
Speaker 7 (10:27):
You know.
Speaker 3 (10:29):
I mean I don't really have a good answer for
any one of those, so I could pretend to answer
it or just outwardly say I'm gonna dodge whatever you're saying.
I'm so done with talking about money. Yeah, like totally cow.
Speaker 2 (10:46):
What are the expectation levels like for this team this year?
I mean, everybody wants to win to Super Bowl, but
can you have tiers of expectations thereof we want to
get here, we want to get here, we hope to
get here.
Speaker 3 (11:00):
Yeah, no, I think you you know, first, you know,
I set set goals early and uh and uh, you know,
as we get together as a team on this year
it was April fifteenth, taxa and uh, you know, the
first one is to established and maintain a daily standard.
Speaker 8 (11:21):
You know.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
I think, uh, one thing that we try to do
here that that has gained momentum every year, and uh,
guys really taken to is is that you have you
have to. It's about doing the things that day. It's
about being present and and really attacking that day and
(11:43):
then stacking that and that anything worthwhile is you're you're
you're honing your skills. And you know, I mean you
can go down the line of anyone that was ever
great and talk about deliberate practice, et cetera, et cetera.
So it's doing that. Then you know, then you win
the division to get a home playoff game, you win
(12:04):
the conference, and you win the Super Bowl. One thing
that that I think of expressed that I think the
players understand is like a lot of times people put
ceilings on their ultimate result or whatever simply by being
(12:24):
afraid to be bold. You know, we we we know
that everyone says that, can you go about your daily
daily life to be all in with that type of
mindset to do something like that and in that process
you get the most out of yourself. And if it's
(12:47):
short of what your goals were, be strong enough to
learn from that and press forward. But don't out of
fear or hesitation or you know, play it safe by
not being all in. And so you know, I think
all is on the table for for our expectations inside
the building. But what's what what I'm comfortable with that
(13:10):
is because people's entire focus is like, all right, well
you're producing today if you even want to sniff those yeah,
provide action with those words today.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Final thirty second shift. The current NFL coaches ran the
forty yard dash? Where would you end up?
Speaker 3 (13:36):
So if you could, if you could bracket the people
in my in my age group, right, and you know,
pending there's an off season surgery. I know, Matt Lafleur
like tear you know, pops as achilles or tears as
pack every year or something, I'd probably in the age bracket.
(13:56):
I'd probably finish last of that of the younger eyes.
But yeah, I mean I when I say that I'm
an extreme person, like I work and then I'm a
dad and I literally so I do. I don't. I'm
saving working out till when everyone's saying to me, you
(14:17):
should work out. And I think I'm getting pretty close,
but I haven't got there yet.
Speaker 4 (14:23):
But you can take Andy Reid.
Speaker 3 (14:25):
Yeah, yes, and and like now don't I mean I am,
I'm youthful, an exert, exuberant, so you know I will,
I will be able to hold my own but specifically
with people that are older than me.
Speaker 4 (14:42):
Yeah, you're sneaking athletic, is what you are?
Speaker 3 (14:46):
Yes, very very sneaky, sneaky.
Speaker 4 (14:51):
Great to finally have you on. Thank you.
Speaker 3 (14:53):
Okay, Well, in the words that I gave our owner
Steve Ross and my an, she'll interview interview, like what
took you so long?
Speaker 4 (15:03):
Oh no, we reached out, I mean what for two years?
We reached down.
Speaker 3 (15:07):
We were favorite show of Sports Center, Mikey three in
my favorite show of Sports Center.
Speaker 2 (15:14):
I mean we were told maybe in the off season
he'll talk to you.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Well, you need to get down to the bottom of
uh I have an email correspondence. Oh, Okay, you know what,
I need to walk that back. It's burning holes through
my face right.
Speaker 4 (15:35):
Now, just saying you were always invited. Okay, well I
go to Yale games.
Speaker 3 (15:40):
Yeah, yes, you're the you're the guy. Yes, that's so cool.
Quite honestly, it's it's very odd. But like I've known
you so much longer than you you've known me. That's ridiculous,
that is true. Yeah, you were like providing mean, not
(16:01):
enough Bronco highlights for me for years.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
Yeah I was. I was the Tom Brady of Sports Center.
I got to do whatever I wanted to do, so
I chose not to do Bronco highlights because nobody cared
about him.
Speaker 3 (16:14):
Yeah, that's a that's like a little soft flex there,
because I mean, if you get to be the Tom
Brady of something, you know, but I've always admired your
I'll say it. I'll say it, illustrious career. Okay, it's
a pleasure of the here.
Speaker 4 (16:36):
Thank you, open invite. Don't be a stranger.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Yeah I won't because where there's stranger, there's danger.
Speaker 7 (16:44):
I want.
Speaker 4 (16:47):
Good luck, all right, don't you very much. We're all
counting on you.
Speaker 3 (16:51):
All right, I'll i'll if you need me. I'll be
sweating here in about ten minutes.
Speaker 4 (16:56):
Okay, thank you, coach.
Speaker 6 (16:58):
All right.
Speaker 2 (16:59):
That is Mike Daniel, former hand model and lead Yale
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Speaker 2 (17:47):
Now, this guy is not poor, he is wealthy, and
he is not retiring. He's Charles Bark the Hall of
Famer TNT Inside the NBA Analyst. All right, let's get
to it. How did we come up with this decision?
We're not retiring and we're staying at TNT after this
NBA season.
Speaker 6 (18:07):
Uh, TNT, I told you they had to come meet
with me.
Speaker 7 (18:10):
They flew to Philly, uh last week, and I said, what,
what's what's the deal And they said, hey, uh, we're
gonna keep doing the show.
Speaker 6 (18:21):
And I'm like what And they're like, we're gonna keep
doing the show.
Speaker 4 (18:27):
What does that mean?
Speaker 6 (18:28):
Uh, that's what I said.
Speaker 7 (18:34):
Okay, So so I said, hey, y'all know, y'all know
my number one priority is to keep people working at Turner.
That's always been my number one. Porty and Dan, they
said they're gonna keep doing the show, and Uh, I said,
(18:55):
I'll take a pay cut. I said, I'll take a
pay cut. They said that's not necessary, and they said,
we're gonna continue doing the show. I don't have any
idea what that means.
Speaker 2 (19:09):
Wait, you had to ask them when they said that that,
what do you mean after this season we're going to
continue to do the show And they said what.
Speaker 6 (19:17):
I think they're gonna try to figure it out.
Speaker 7 (19:21):
I mean because we won't have the NBA, So I
think they're gonna try to figure it out. But my
number one concern Dan has always been a people at Turner.
So even if we do something a lot of people
turn it gonna keep their job. Like I say, Dan,
I have zero idea what we're gonna do.
Speaker 2 (19:43):
Is this going to be a sports show, a nightly
sports show with you guys that you don't have the NBA?
But are you creating your own sports center type show?
Speaker 7 (19:54):
Well, first of all, I don't think we're gonna do
it every night. We're not gonna work every night.
Speaker 6 (20:05):
That's not that's not gonna happen, okay.
Speaker 7 (20:08):
But I truly believe they wanted to keep people Implaweded Turner,
which is was my number one priority, and I think
we're gonna have to try to figure it out as
we go. I say they couldn't get They couldn't give
me any concrete plans because they don't have any concrete plans.
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Could you have gotten out of your contract though, because
you talked about they have to let you out of
your contract. Did you try to get out of your
contract to go and talk. I know you talked to
the other networks that are going to carry the NBA.
Speaker 6 (20:41):
I asked them, do they want me to take a
pay cut?
Speaker 7 (20:44):
Because once they told me we were gonna keep people
at Plawed Turner, I was good to go. But Dan,
that's been my only concern, Like when when I said
I was going to retire, that's because I didn't want
to go work for another network. You know, everybody's out
there time by Charles, this, for this, for this. The
only reason I said I was gonna retire because I
didn't want to go through the house of break It
(21:05):
in another crew and go into another network.
Speaker 6 (21:08):
And when they flew up.
Speaker 7 (21:10):
Last week, I was totally shocked when they said no,
we're gonna keep this show going.
Speaker 6 (21:15):
And I'm like, well, what are we gonna do. They're like,
we'll figure it out in a year and a half. Yeah,
that's exactly what happened.
Speaker 7 (21:24):
But like I say, hey, once I can keep people
employed at Turner because then I got to tell you something.
I've heard some of the most horrific stories the last
six months from people I work with, because you know,
they're telling me and I, you know what, in my
heart was really hurting because and I'm not trying to
be all this at whatever the fact, like people telling
(21:45):
you like, yo, man, I'm married, i got kids, i
got a mortgage, and I'm gonna get fired. I've never
been in that situation before, but to hear about it
from some of my closest friends at Turner Once they
said those people are gonna keep their jobs. I'm like,
whatever y'all decide to do. Hey, if I'm hey, listen,
(22:07):
I don't know anything about tennis, but I know we
just got the French open, you know, so like, hey,
I don't need Paride. Welcome to PARI My friends.
Speaker 4 (22:18):
Like, are you gonna be like Snoop Dog for TNT.
Speaker 6 (22:24):
No, I wouldn't do. I don't want to be on
TV that much. Uh, Listen.
Speaker 7 (22:30):
The good thing about it, if they get crazy going forward,
I don't have to stay and and Dan, I'll be
honest with you. My biggest thing right now, what I've
been thinking about, Like, I love TNT, I love everybody
behind the sea. The reason I'm staying at TNT so
people can keep their jobs. But that does not mean
(22:51):
I'm gonna stay there forever. I can promise you that
that's not gonna happen. I just I'm just happy that
I was able to. I'm just happy a lot of
people turn to gonna keep their job. That was my
number one priority.
Speaker 2 (23:02):
Charles Barkley, Hall of Famer, not retiring staying at TNT.
Today's the anniversary. It was on this date, nineteen ninety two,
that the Dream Team beat Croatia one seventeen to eighty five.
What do you remember about that day? That night.
Speaker 7 (23:19):
I've said before the Olympics had the greatest poor have
been in the world by far. You know, I've been
to a lot of great stuff, but there's nothing like
the Olympics. You've seen some of the great stories, man,
some of the stories are amazing. The girl from Saint
Lucia who beat Shikari, first medal ever for that country.
(23:40):
A man who ran down the two favorites, and the
four hundred yesterday was the four hundred to eight hundred
might have been the eight hundred.
Speaker 4 (23:46):
Four hundred with Quincy.
Speaker 6 (23:48):
Yes, that was incredible.
Speaker 7 (23:50):
I was like, dang, cause you know, they were all
focused on the two guys who was supposed to win.
But his kick down the stretch was incredible. You know, man,
I got Dan, you got to hook me up with
Katie Ladeci. Man, I got to meet that girl at
some point. She's a flat out monster beast.
Speaker 6 (24:08):
I got. I got to meet her.
Speaker 2 (24:10):
Okay, So how much of a head start could she
give you? If I said you're gonna swim up and
back if she she gave you fifty meters head start.
Speaker 6 (24:23):
I need more than that.
Speaker 4 (24:24):
Well, how much you're gonna need?
Speaker 6 (24:26):
What's race? The one that sees the best at that?
Was she like winning?
Speaker 2 (24:30):
No, no, no, no, this that she would win by a
day over you. I'm talking about like you'd be finishing
the next day. So I'm just saying, one lap up
and back. Would you get in the pool against Katie
Ladeci and swim fifty meters? She swims one hundred.
Speaker 6 (24:48):
Man, I'd have to take my shirt off in public.
Nobody wants to see that.
Speaker 4 (24:53):
You look pretty good.
Speaker 7 (24:55):
I'm not Hey, hey, listen, man, I'm not good enough
to take my shirt off in public. Right now, I'm
getting there, but I'm not taking my shirt off in public.
Speaker 2 (25:05):
Now take me back to when you won the gold
medal with the Dream Team. What do you remember about
How did you guys celebrate winning?
Speaker 7 (25:12):
We celebrated with Champagne. But Dan, I will tell you something.
When they played the national anthem, man, you know, and
we you know. I'm with Michael Magic, Scotty Magic and
Larry and those guys, and so not a lot excite
those guys. But man, when they are playing the national anthem, Dan,
it is one of the most surreal things I've ever experienced.
(25:34):
I mean, when they're playing that national anthem and you
standing there, man, it's a really great feeling. I understand
why Scotti Shuffler was all emotional because I hate to
say this, because Americans, we are about far away the
least patriotic people in the world. We don't even realize
we live in the greatest country in the history of civilization.
(25:55):
But those people know, those countries that like when you
spend time with the other athletes are from countries, but
that's their greatest accompsionment in life. And even though they
can't win a medal, they still better than nine to
nine percent of people in the world. Like when you're
from one of these little countries and you get to
the Olympics, you might not even you know, no, most
(26:16):
of them can't medal obviously, but you're still one of
the one percent of the best of what you do
in the world. But anybody who gets to the Olympics,
that's one of the greatest accomplishments you can have. And
I'm not even talking about the basketball because that's actually
you know, that's selective, that's selective. But if you play,
(26:37):
if you play another sport and get to the Olympics,
that is one of the greatest accomplishment in human history.
Speaker 2 (26:45):
I know much has been made about Jason Tatum got benched,
didn't get much playing time. We had Mike Krzyzewski on
and he said he made you know, coaching staff made
everybody pledge that we're going to do whatever it takes
to win a gold medal. But then this became such
a big story. I don't remember any other Olympics where
we went, Oh, such and such is not playing now.
Tatum's twenty seven. You just win a title. I understand that,
(27:09):
But where do you stand in playing time with depending
on how big of a star you are.
Speaker 7 (27:16):
Well, everybody's got to play. If you're going to go
to the Olympics, everybody deserve to play. And let's get
one thing straight. I don't think it's that much of
a drop off putting Jason Tatum in the game.
Speaker 6 (27:28):
I mean, come on, man, and.
Speaker 7 (27:30):
Steve Kerr, you know, he just he just like Katie
and Lebron and Bam, they're all great, but at this
stage of their career, Jason Tatum might be the best
one of four. And that's no disrespect of those guys.
Lebron's in the Goat conversation. Kevin Durant is great, Bam
(27:54):
is great. But you can't tell me right now, like, yeah,
I might, Jason Tat, that might be the best out
of those four. And if and if you pick one
of those other guys, it's a minimum drop off. So
and the one advent as the United States got his depth, damn.
Like when that one of these other teams go to
(28:15):
the bench, it's like night and day. Like you take
one of these guys out of the United States out
of the game, it's just between brunch and lunch. Brother,
that's all very difference. But I'll tell you what.
Speaker 4 (28:28):
I'm worried about that game today against Serbia.
Speaker 6 (28:31):
Yeah, because Serbia has been playing dead Man.
Speaker 4 (28:35):
Oh yeah, oh really.
Speaker 7 (28:37):
Yeah, because those other games didn't matter because they knew that.
Because that's the thing about the Olympics. Those first the
first game was just a practice game. It didn't matter
at all. The second game didn't matter either, because the
only thing matters when you get to the knockout round.
Speaker 6 (28:53):
So I think the.
Speaker 7 (28:55):
United States will win and should win. But this game
scares me because they the Jokers. He's the best player
in the world, and I think they're like, hey, let's
let them win this preseason game. Let's let them win
this early game. They're gonna be overconfident because we only
got to be better than them from this one game.
(29:17):
And so I'm really worried about this game today because,
like I said, Dan, none of those early games matter
until you get to the knockout round because you know
you're gonna get to the knockout round if you wanted
the best team, and then it's a one game elimination.
Speaker 6 (29:32):
So I'm really looking forward to watching the game today.
Speaker 4 (29:35):
Are you doing more Subway commercials?
Speaker 6 (29:40):
Yes?
Speaker 7 (29:40):
I have really enjoyed. As a matter of fact, I
got to shoot one next week. I've really enjoyed working
with Subway. They've been great to work with. They've been fun,
and I like it better not being on camera. I
think they screwed up one time putting me on camera.
Like I said, no, because I lied to people for
(30:02):
like two years.
Speaker 3 (30:03):
Dan.
Speaker 6 (30:04):
They're like, yo, man, is that your voice in the
Subway commercial?
Speaker 7 (30:07):
A right, No, man, I was just I was just
jerking around with my friends. I told her for like
two years. No, that's not my voice, man, it's somebody else.
And then finally after because I've really enjoyed working with them.
Speaker 2 (30:20):
Don't you take the summer off? Why don't you bring
somebody else in just to switch it up a little bit.
Speaker 7 (30:25):
No, you know what's been really cool and amazing every
time because I shoot won, like every three months they
bring somebody in. That's what's really been amazing. You could
think about it. When I started my first Commerdian, I
think it's been like six years now. Wow, it was
Tom Brady, Sabrina, Serena Williams, Meghan Rapino. Uh so now
(30:52):
you know. Now we're up to my homes. I did
one with a doll last year, like a few couple
of months ago. I don't know if they're showing it
in the state. Now they have a Kelsey. I mean
they add people all the time. I'm curious who they're
gonna add next week. Hello, Dan, I got no control
over who they put in the.
Speaker 4 (31:13):
Yeah you do? Oh yeah, okay, yeah you do?
Speaker 2 (31:16):
You save TNT you can you can save Subway with
putting me in there.
Speaker 7 (31:21):
Well, Dan, I will say this, man, out of all
the things I've accomplished in my TV career. Keeping these
people jobs at Turner is the coolest thing for me ever,
because man, I'm telling you, I've been with these guys
twenty four years.
Speaker 6 (31:38):
They're like family to me.
Speaker 7 (31:40):
Like I said, I'm not worried about me Ernie, Kenny
and Shaq, but to hear my friends they have my friends,
A lot of them talk about being because I've never
never been fired before and have to worry about anything,
and to hear the distress under their voices, and you know, So,
(32:00):
I'm gonna tell you something I haven't told anybody. So
there's about fifty employees that I'm giving five thousand dollars
each too to show them how much I love and
appreciate them. And our government and Turner are trying to
make them pay taxes on it. And now I'm trying
(32:22):
to come up with the cash. So if you can
help me come up with the cash, they're not gonna
pay taxes on it. I don't give a damn what
the government says them shysters.
Speaker 2 (32:31):
Well, how did you get paid at Auburn? So however
you got paid at Auburn, you just pay them that
same way at Turner.
Speaker 6 (32:40):
You don't how many hands i'd have to shake out
five thousand dollars.
Speaker 4 (32:45):
You got those hundred dollars handshakes at Auburn.
Speaker 6 (32:47):
Well, you know the thing that was funny, Dan. It
was always like a few alumni side.
Speaker 7 (32:55):
And some of them shake your hand and gave you
like twenty dollars, and then a couple I'm shaking hand
and gave you like one hundred dollars. Hey, we start
taking them quick showers and we could get here one
hundred dollars hands.
Speaker 6 (33:08):
Take Hey, we did we usould call it.
Speaker 7 (33:10):
We'd take them drive by showers because guys figured out
who was given one hundreds got so if you took
your time, I always got screwed, Dan, because I had
to talk to the press, I had to take time.
I had to shake hands on all the loots only
gave me twenty dollars. I had to take my hands
and get to like three hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (33:31):
I think you did okay, Hey, congratulations on the decision.
I know it weighed heavily on YOUA and it's always
great to talk to you. Enjoy the rest of the summer.
Speaker 6 (33:39):
But all right, thank you man. Hey, take you in
the nerds. Take care of yourself.
Speaker 8 (33:43):
Brother.
Speaker 4 (33:43):
All right, nerds, take care of yourself.
Speaker 1 (33:46):
Be sure to catch the live edition of The Dan
Patrick Show weekdays at nine am Eastern six am Pacific
on Fox Sports Radio and the iHeartRadio WAP.
Speaker 2 (33:56):
Feels like Snoop Dogg's title was co host of the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (34:01):
He was everywhere. I thought.
Speaker 2 (34:03):
He came out as the big winner here and now
four years from now in LA, that's where people are
going to be waiting for Snoop Dogg. I think he
happened upon the scene and we're like, all right, okay,
and then all of a sudden, Martha Stewart's involved in it.
They really incorporated I thought, both of those and celebrities
as well, and made it an even bigger deal, if
(34:24):
that's possible, Yes, Pauline.
Speaker 10 (34:26):
Right on cue break, Dancing at the Olympics is starting,
and the opening ceremonies for it, Snoop Dogg walked out
in the crowd in.
Speaker 2 (34:32):
Bisser springing Bob Constace, the Hall of Fame sportscaster and
a host of the Olympics. Many many, many, many many times.
If I would have told you twenty years ago, fifteen
years ago, hey, Snoop's going to be co hosting the Olympics.
Speaker 4 (34:47):
You would have said, what.
Speaker 11 (34:49):
You know, Dan, what a crushing blow it's going to
be when next spring Snoop Dogg is the guy who
denies you the Sports host Emmy. Yet again, Wow, that
is just going to be. It's wrong on so many levels,
but it's inevitable.
Speaker 4 (35:06):
All right. I see where we are.
Speaker 2 (35:09):
We've established the battlegrounds already shot across the bow. Okay,
but you know the Olympics are about celebrating showcase him.
Would you have pushed back if that was a suggestion
by management that they were going to incorporate Snoop.
Speaker 11 (35:28):
I think the tide was flowing in a direction. It's
gobbled me up and taken me out to see. You know, look,
Snoop is a very personable guy. I'd encountered him once
a few years ago, and he was very knowledgeable about sports.
We mostly talked about the NBA, and I had a
brief encounter with him along with Al Michael's at the
(35:49):
Beach Volleyball venue when I was in Paris last week.
Speaker 8 (35:52):
You know, he's high spirited about it. I get it.
Speaker 11 (35:56):
I get what the appeal is. And if I was
hosting as long as it didn't encroach upon in any
way what you're primarily there for. Then it's you know,
it's just a side dish. It's a large side dish
in this case, but it's a side dish.
Speaker 2 (36:09):
How has social media changed the Olympic coverage?
Speaker 11 (36:14):
You know, I guess it's even more more out there
than before. The last time I hosted was twenty sixteen.
But the thing that strikes me, and I'm not an
expert on this because I'm not following all the reactions
from the general public, but the athletes themselves, all of them,
even those who are elder statesmen, which might mean that
they're thirty years old, they grew up with social media,
(36:35):
so they're posting throughout You know who is the pole
vault woman from the United States who decided it's work
and some people loved it and some people didn't. But
her answer was, look, I make money off of this.
I have popularity because of this. It's second nature now.
And another thing that I've noted is this every Olympian
(36:56):
just about is going to have a catalog of childhood
photos and videos because everybody all around the world has
the fault. So the entire life of the child from
birth through whatever has has been filmed, and so it's
almost already made. Documentary, already made for the Olympic profiles.
(37:17):
You know, here's Duplantis, Mondo Duplontis when he was pull
vaulting like off his bed when he's three years old.
Speaker 2 (37:26):
I was wondering if consciously, subconsciously you did this. I
think I did, and that is that you kind of
root for Team USA when you're hosting, even though you're
supposed to be covering the Olympics. Did you ever find
it you kind of blurred the lines there?
Speaker 11 (37:45):
Not really, because Team USA almost always did well enough
that there are going to be lots of big moments.
So they're going to be metal winners brought into the studio,
and I think your job is to be appreciative. We
know that the coverage is going to lean toward the
home team. In Britain, it leans toward athletes from England,
(38:06):
the UK, the same thing in Australia. Everywhere you go,
you go to parts of the world, they'll show a
whole lot of.
Speaker 8 (38:11):
Badminton because in Akistan they're really good at it.
Speaker 11 (38:14):
In Canada, even if the Canadians don't win, a whole
lot of medals and they've done well in these Olympics.
They're going to lean. The CBC is going to lean
in that direction. That's not unique to the United States.
But I think it's our job, or was my job
when I hosted it, to be aware and appreciative of
the accomplishments of all the athletes, no matter where they
(38:35):
came from.
Speaker 4 (38:35):
What do you remember about the Dream Team?
Speaker 11 (38:40):
The mania that surrounded it, you know, walking down the
Roomblas in Barcelona and seeing like a fifteen story building
from the sidewalk to the roof of the building with
a Michael Jordan mural on it. The mania that surrounded them,
and also the idea that their opponents and in most
(39:02):
cases in ninety two they're victims, enjoyed. It was the
guy from was it an Angola who wanted to take
a I guess back then selfie's were kind of a
new thing. The ball goes out of bounds and he
wants a selfie with Markley to for the balls foot
back in play.
Speaker 6 (39:19):
And I also.
Speaker 11 (39:20):
Remember Marv Albert in typical dry Marv style, I threw
it out to him for the first game. I think
it was the Dream Team against Angola and he says, Bob,
bookmakers in London have taken this one off the board.
Speaker 2 (39:38):
Have you ever I experienced anything close to just the
admiration the fandom that we had with the Dream Team?
Speaker 11 (39:49):
Not exactly, because you had a lot of build up
prior to all those players, not just Jordan, you know,
Magic Bird. Every member of that team, with the exception
of Chris and later and Christian may be in the
Hall of Fame because the Basketball Hall of Fame is
you know, combines amateur and pro. So he may be
in because of what he did at Duke, but a
part from that, every other member of the team is
(40:11):
a Hall of Famer.
Speaker 3 (40:12):
But that fame, at.
Speaker 11 (40:12):
Least in the United States, preceded that, and then the
reverberations continued into the subsequent NBA seasons.
Speaker 8 (40:20):
So I think it's kind of been a separate category.
Speaker 4 (40:23):
How do we know as City did well in the Olympics.
Speaker 11 (40:28):
Well, there's just a vibe feeling. There's always a bottom
line feeling. The Greeks got the Olympics in two thousand
and four because of their historic connection to it, but
a nation of only ten twelve million people probably can't
put it on again. And there was a huge economic cost,
and a lot of the venues now just sit there
(40:48):
with weeds growing because they have no use for it subsequently,
but the vibe in Paris is incredible. It just feels
like a success right and even watching at home, wherever
home is the United States or anywhere around the world.
This is a huge bounce back from the last three Olympics,
(41:09):
especially the last two. I think Tokyo would have been
an excellent host, but we'll never know because it's under
COVID circumstances. There's no fans in the stands, and then
with the same circumstances in place, all the restrictions, no
fans when they went back to China for another Olympics.
I think by then the understanding around the world that
China is a serious human rights abuser and just a
(41:32):
mockery of the supposed Olympic ideals that turned people off.
Now the COVID circumstances are largely behind us, no alliles notwithstanding,
and there are fans in the stands. It's a beautiful setting.
Everywhere you look. It's a postcard. It's not just the
Eiffel Tower, it's not just the Loup. I was driving
to one of the Games with Al Michael's one of
(41:55):
the events rather and I said, you know, Al, in
the average American city, maybe not DC or New York
or whatever, in the average American city, the twentieth most
appealing building we will see on this ride would be
the centerpiece building in that city. That's just what Paris is.
And this could be the beginning of the Olympics getting
(42:15):
its group back because Milan Courtina seems like an appealing
setting for the next Winter Olympics, and then it's in
Los Angeles, and from an American standpoint, despite all the
challenges of putting it on and security and everything else,
there's going to be a big, big vibe for that.
So you know, Paris, I think is the start of
something really good for the Olympic movement.
Speaker 2 (42:34):
Talking to Bob Costas, I was wondering if the IOC,
and I know there's so much money at stake here
and getting bids from other countries, but could they do
a rotation. Doesn't a rotation make the most sense because
it doesn't economically damage or you know, these cities, and
even if you have multiple cities involved, it could be
(42:55):
the West Coast could bring you the Olympic Games, not
just the city of Los Angeles.
Speaker 11 (43:01):
Yeah, that makes some sense, it does. And maybe you
could farm out certain events. Maybe you run the marathon.
You always run the marathon in Greece. You're always running
in Athens, you know, to keep that connection.
Speaker 6 (43:12):
You could probably.
Speaker 11 (43:13):
Identify, let's say, four or five really good host cities
for a Winter Olympics, be a different sort of four
or five around the world for a Summer Olympics. We
know that the IOC is intent on spreading its wings.
They're going back to Australia.
Speaker 8 (43:30):
That's a good thing.
Speaker 11 (43:30):
Australia was a good host in two thousand and there's
going to be another one in the years ahead. They've
put several in Asia, and that's a good thing. As
soon as they can.
Speaker 8 (43:40):
Find the right nation and the right city to host.
Speaker 11 (43:43):
They want to put an Olympics in Africa, and those
are all good intentions. But to your point, it's becoming
more and more challenging, and a lot of times what
happened with Beijing. I'm not making excuses for the IOC,
but a lot of the other more classic Winter Olympic
sites backed out because of the costs and other issues,
(44:03):
security and everything else, So the list of possibilities is shrinking.
So to your point, it might make sense to have
some permanent sites that rotate.
Speaker 2 (44:12):
Them baseball topics, if you will, Paul Schemes against the
Dodgers coming up on Saturday. Who comes to mind, Well,
I guess Dwight Gooden, But who comes to mind that
had sort of this must see TV.
Speaker 4 (44:27):
As far as a pitcher, you know.
Speaker 11 (44:30):
Vida Blue when he started with the A's was like that.
Fernando Fernando pitched like eight shutouts in his first ten
starts or something like that. With the Dodgers Fernando Mania.
For a while, there was a whole lot of hype
surrounding Stephen Strasburg and in his first game he struck
out fourteen against the Pirates, as it happened. But and
(44:51):
he had some good years and he was the MVP
of the World Series in twenty nineteen, but injuries kind
of took him off what could have been a Hall
of Fame track point about Gooden is absolutely correct. And
you know there are some athletes where the objective accomplishments
are one thing, and then there's just the poetry of it.
Dwight Gooden was just beautiful to watch, you know, his motion,
(45:14):
the fluidity of it, that classic twelve to six curveball
to go with the high heat. And back then, I
don't want to sound like back in my day, Sonny,
but back then great pictures finish what they started. And
so they're on the mound when the game ends and
Gary Carter comes out and you know, shakes hands with
Dwight Gooden.
Speaker 8 (45:32):
We're in an eurowere.
Speaker 11 (45:34):
Blake Snell, who had won two cy Young Awards, just
pitched his first complete game, and only because it was
a no hitter. So I think that, you know, some
of the drama and theater is taken away there. I
understand all the modern analytics. I'm not saying it isn't
the right strategic approach, but from the standpoint of theater,
we're never going to see Bob Gibson on the mound
(45:54):
as the World Series ends, or Sandy Kofax on two
days rest in the seventh game of the World Series
strikes out the last guy in the World Series ends.
Speaker 8 (46:03):
That tableau has been taken away.
Speaker 2 (46:05):
Okay, but we're going to have to modify our Hall
of Fame expectations for starting pitching.
Speaker 6 (46:11):
Yep, Yeah, It's true.
Speaker 11 (46:12):
You're going to get people in the Hall of Fame
with fewer than two hundred victories. You know, Dizney Dean
had fewer than two hundred, but he got injured and
had established Hall of Fame credentials.
Speaker 8 (46:22):
Cofax is the best example.
Speaker 11 (46:24):
I think he won only one hundred and sixty five,
but for that five year stretch, he was the best
pitcher on the planet, maybe the best picture of all time.
Speaker 8 (46:30):
You could certainly make a case for him, but generally speaking,
two hundred was a threshold.
Speaker 11 (46:35):
Three hundred was a cinch. But no one's ever going
to win three hundred again because you just can't get
that many decisions anymore. So I think you could very
well see a guy with one hundred and forty wins,
but with a good era and the analytics lineup, especially
as the electorate changes and younger voters who have grown
up with this as the norm, no problem with that,
(46:55):
that's their norm, they'll be more receptive to that.
Speaker 2 (46:59):
Well, it's almost like the running back and the pitcher,
the starting pitcher, huh, very similar. That we've reduced their
necessity there, and we're going to have to reassess running
backs because it's probably going to be more receptions, you know, yeah,
yards after the touch or whatever it might be, not
necessarily running the football.
Speaker 11 (47:20):
Plus, when you talk about a thousand yard season, which
used to be a benchmark, or the two thousand yard
season when OJ did it, that's a fourteen game season.
When Jim Brown broke into the league was a twelve
game season, then fourteen, then sixteen, now seventeen. So you know,
all those have to be taken into account on a
percentage basis.
Speaker 4 (47:40):
You could have picked other rooms in your apartment, right.
Speaker 8 (47:44):
No, this is the one that works best. I swear.
Speaker 11 (47:47):
I said to Eric, your guy there, your production guy there.
I know where you're going with this. I'm just have
a sense where you're going with this. It's what's behind me.
Speaker 4 (47:56):
Yeah right, yeah, yeah.
Speaker 11 (47:57):
I tried to crop the shot and it wasn't there.
But when I do this, I cut the top of
my head as as far as I can go.
Speaker 8 (48:07):
Does that help?
Speaker 4 (48:08):
Yeah? But it's a message.
Speaker 2 (48:09):
I mean, you know, you came out of the gate,
Snoop Dogg's gonna win the Emmy, and then you take
this shot, and now we got Sports Emmys over there.
Speaker 11 (48:16):
I mean, yeah, they don't all fit behind me.
Speaker 8 (48:23):
Look, here's a panoramic.
Speaker 4 (48:28):
All right, you got me.
Speaker 2 (48:32):
All in good fun, Bob, Bob, do you have any
rooms without Emmy's.
Speaker 6 (48:38):
Yes, yes, just a few.
Speaker 4 (48:41):
Your wife won't let you have an Emmy in the
bedroom though.
Speaker 8 (48:44):
Uh no, no, that crosses the line.
Speaker 2 (48:50):
Great to catch up with you. Thanks for joining us
as always, buddy, Thank you, thank you. Care that's Bob Costas.
Speaker 4 (48:56):
That was great.
Speaker 2 (48:58):
I asked for it. I asked for it. So Bob
opened it up and then showed the entire room where
all the Emmys.
Speaker 4 (49:06):
Unreal, yeah, unreal.
Speaker 5 (49:08):
He's like, he's got eight of them behind him, and
then he's like, oh, that doesn't need and there was
just another.
Speaker 4 (49:13):
Whole wall of them. Yeah.
Speaker 2 (49:14):
That was fantastic. Yeah, what a boss. Yeah, what a boss. Absolutely, absolutely, yeah, Paul.
Speaker 10 (49:24):
One of the funniest bits when you did not win,
you didn't lose, you didn't win the Emmy. A couple
of years in a row to Bob Costas, he called
in each Monday to talk about her whatever day was,
and Fritzy and I had the idea on the third
one to invite Bob up and Fritzy and I talked
like Bob Costa's not going to come up at eight
forty five in the morning on a Tuesday, and Fritze
(49:46):
calling us, yeh shir, I'll be there. It was like
a two minute conversation. They brought in an Emmy and
he surprised you. He was on the phone and back yeah,
and then walked.
Speaker 2 (49:53):
Out because he would usually say Hello Loser, because we'd
have him on the day after he won the Sports Emmy,
Hello loser and I went a bon Yes.
Speaker 6 (50:00):
He hung out with us afterwards where we went to.
Speaker 2 (50:04):
He had a Texas Longhorn baseball hat on jeans. He's
drinking Budweiser at the bar with us. It seems like
this is blowing my mind.
Speaker 4 (50:13):
He's got on jeans, a hat, and it's drinking a
Bud heavy.
Speaker 11 (50:16):
This is one of the greatest days of my life.
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