May 2, 2025 • 35 mins
Las Vegas odds aren't high on the Seattle Seahawks heading into the 2025 NFL season, did they get it right, we shall find out this season. Marc has the coach he wants for the Seattle Kraken, but will the Kraken hire his guy? We close the hour with MJ giving listeners a chance to win some cash.
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
It's May second, and I shouldn't be this excited over
a series on May second, but yet here I am,
and I know you're going to be excited as well
that I want to see this team make it five
in a row and win their fifteenth out of their
last nineteen games, as they've gone fourteen and four of
their previous eighteen. I want to see this happen. So
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this is for Yeah, I'm loving this right now. I
think hopefully they can just get two out of three.
Facing lighter today, Patrick Corbin tomorrow and the two time
Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom on Sunday will evade Evaldi.
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They won't face Nathan Evaldi coming up this weekend, so
I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Let's see Julio if.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
He can get his season going here consistently, not in
the lead off position. Don't like him in the leadoff spot.
I'd rather have JP Crawford. I don't care who they're facing,
a lefty or a righty. JP Crawford should be in
the leadoff spot unless Victor Roblest comes back, and I'm
not holding my breath until that happens anytime soon. So
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the Seattle Seahawks as you know, had one of the
best drafts and I think best off seasons of any
team in the NFL. Graz Abel, Elijah Royo, Nick emm
and Warri, Jaln Milroe, Tory Horton, Mason Richmond, Riley Mills,
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so on and so forth.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
I mean, they really killed it.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
They Damien Martinez, it's been The draft was great. I
like the additions and the subtractions that they've made with
obviously Sam Darnold, Cooper cup Marcus Valdez, Gantling, DeMarcus Lawrence,
saying goodbye to Gino, getting a third round pick and
using that third round pick on Jaylen Milrow, treading DK
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Metcalf and using that to move up to draft Nick
m and Worri. I love everything that they've done. This
could surprise you. See the one thing that you will
always understand, which is why when you see ap poles,
they're all subjective, all of them. Last year in the
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preseason college football poll, you had Florida State ranked number
ten or in the top ten, and they finished with
ten losses. So, but the one thing that is as
close to the one hundred percent gospel truth as you can.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Get are the odds.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So Apparently, after the draft, it was not enough to
convince the sports books that the Seahawks should be considered
to be a contender in the NFC West. The latest
win total odds have the Seahawks projected to finish dead
last in the West. You heard me, behind the Rams,
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the Cardinals, and the forty nine ers and the forty
nine ers who lost Deebo, Samuel Leonard, Floyd, Dre Greenlaw,
Shaverius Ward, Javon Hargrave, Hufanga, Kyle yushek all those guys.
Arizona's had a pretty good offseason. They brought Klays Campbell back.
I liked the draft that they had Seattle. We all
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know what they've done in this offseason. Guess what the
over under is on wins for the Seahawks in this
upcoming season. I was pretty shocked about this, and I
will definitely be taking the over on that. Oh, by
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the way, for those of the you that took my
over last night on the Edmonton Oilers La Kings goals
going over six, You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
You're welcome. Nailed that thing, didn't I.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
So the over under on the Seahawks is seven and
a half wins, which is the same as they had
last year, which Seattle took care of was really nine
and they got a tenth to win when the Rams
laid down in Week eight seventeen or eighteen or whatever.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Seven and a half wins very low.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Now outside the division, they play the Colts, the Saints,
the Panthers, the Jags and cam Ward and the Titans.
So those are all five very winnable games. Tennessee's on
the road. I don't know and care where the others are.
It doesn't matter. Those are five winnable games where the
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Panthers you go no more, no less than four and one.
Because we all know in the NFL, just because your
favorite to win doesn't mean that you will win. That's
how it works. What are their odds to win the
Super Bowl? Sixty five to one. Okay, that's fair, But
listen to this. You're gonna be shocked about this one.
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The Seattle Seahawks odds to win the NFC West Division
five one hundred.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
And fifty to one.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And I'm like, what, you gotta be kidding me, There's
no way five one hundred and fifty to one.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I don't get it. I really don't.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Matter of fact, I'm looking right now at bet MGM,
guess who's favorite to win the division?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Never gonna believe it.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
The forty nine Ers plus one forty the Rams plus
one sixty five, and according to bet MGM, the Cardinals
in Seahawks are both at plus six hundred, meaning if
you put one hundred dollars up and the Seattle Seahawks
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win the division, you profit six hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
I would do that.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
I would definitely do that, So that's incredible for me.
Like that, Seattle is getting no respect from the odds makers.
I don't understand what they see in San Francisco. They
had a garbage draft, a horrific offseason. They're going through
a rebuild. I know that Purdy and McCaffrey and I
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you can Kiddle and Fred Warner those I know the
core is back, but I granted, I'm not saying they're
going to be injured like they were last year. But
the forty nine What did Vegas see that the forty
nine Ers would be favored to win the division over
the La Rams?
Speaker 2 (06:57):
What did they see there? I don't see anything.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
And listen to what this says on SPORTSBETMGM dot com.
I can make the case for any of the forty
nine Ers, Rams, and Cardinals. Full transparency, I will likely
fade the Seahawks in the division and take the under
on their season win total. Well, guess what, whoever wrote
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this article, Nick Hennion, you if you're working for a
gambling website, then you have not done your homework, sweetheart.
You have no idea what's brewing up here in the PNW.
And I'm not just saying this because I live here
now and I'm on KJAR, one of the top sports
talk stations in the world here in Seattle. I'm saying
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it because it's true. You're gonna fade the Seahawks and
you're gonna take the under on their season win total.
I will do the exact opposite. I will put two
hundred on them they'll win the division, and then if
they do, I'll win twelve hundred and then I will
definitely go over on their seven and a half season
win total.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Way over, way over.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
So yeah, no, I am very bullish on the Hawks.
I don't get it. San Francisco finished with a six
an eleven record against a nine and eight expected record
last season. They ran a one in three record in
field goal games in a two and six record in
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touchdown games. I just don't get it. But it goes
to show you that people are thinking. And this guy's
a senior content writer for bet MGM. We need to
get this guy on the air. I mean, he couldn't
be more wrong, couldn't be even close to more wrong.
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I will tell you right now, I'm betting it.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
I'm gonna see if we can get them on at
eleven thirty.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
No, because I'm gonna tell everybody who the next cracking
coach should be. Oh that's right, bad, Yeah, No, We're
gonna get to that coming up next. I have the
next cracking coach for you. I said it the day
after they fired Biosma and I'm sticking with it. And
I'll get to that next. And perhaps a mega star
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could be coming to Seattle. That's a tease coming up
in the next segment. A megastar that would have to
do with the man who brought Pete Carroll to Seattle,
the man who brought the krack into Seattle, the man
who will bring the Sonics back to Seattle.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Todd LYWICKI.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yes, so, yeah, yeah, no, we got that coming up.
But the disrespect from Vegas on the Seahawks. They just
don't do their They're obviously not doing their homework.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
At all. I know no, and I.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Will bet I will say this for San Francisco though.
They go from the second hardest schedule last season to
one of the easiest schedules this season. That's what happens
when you suck. But the Seahawks schedule is pretty easy,
as I just mentioned to you, very winnable games overall, Colt, Saints, Panthers, Jags, Titans.
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So five wins that should you got five wins right there.
Let's say that you go four and two in the division. Well,
there's nine now all you're gonna probably want to do
more than four and two then, but there's five right there.
And then they've got some tough games as well, but
they could win. But no, I don't get it. I
just don't get the blatant disrespect. Hmm, I don't get it.
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But guess what, you're wrong. You're dead wrong. You're absolutely
dead wrong. The Seahawks are gonna win at least ten games,
maybe twelve. They're gonna make the playoffs. I don't know
if they're gonna win a division. That's the thing that
I if I could bet odds on just making the playoffs,
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I'd like to see what those are just to make
the playoffs, because I think that's the best value that
you could get for Seattle. So, because you know divisions
are you never know. Teams can win a division and
all of a sudden they get to the playoffs and
they completely suck. See the Lakers. You know, we've seen
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that time and time again, see a lot of teams.
So but I can tell you right now, I feel
very bullish on the Seahawks to.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Wow this listen to this right now? Is this for real?
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Seahawks had the odds of six plus six thousand to
win the Super Bowl plus six thousand, meaning if you
put one hundred dollars on them and they win the
Super Bowl, you get six thousand back. Now, do I
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think they're going to win the Super Bowl? No, I don't.
So their odds to make the playoffs are plus three hundred.
I think that's great value right there. That's the value
that you get division.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Eh.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
You know, the Rams seem to have a stronghold and
things can go different, But I do love their odds
to make the playoffs at plus three hundred.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I think those are those are great value and I don't.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Understand their disrespect and I think, uh, you know, but
but that to me is why they play the games.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
All right.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
This is the first time from the two five to
three on the four nine four five to one free
agent tech line, Seahawks are like the third maybe fourth
best team in the NFC West. Don't be such a homer? Wow,
being called a homer. That's the first time in Seattle
have been called a homer. Can we get a Mark
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T shirt that says listen here, sweetheart?
Speaker 2 (13:14):
That would be great.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
And I'm only saying that to the men out there,
the male Karens, not to women only because that's demeaning
to women, but to men I don't care about because
I am a man. And for the male Karens out there,
or people like Nick Hennyon who have the Seahawks finishing
in the last place, they don't get it.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
They just don't get it. MJ.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Just that info alone makes me think of an NFC
West Parlay Seahawks over on seven and a half wins
in Parley the Rams to win the division. That would
be a smart two ledger Ryan in Scottsdale, Ryan, I
like it I like it, Kathleen, Mark, this is just
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the lack of love for Seattle sports is just what
I was talking about. We are starving for the love, Kathleen.
You are getting nothing but love from me from well,
I think, how about this, Well there's some man, there's
some of these you go to read on the air
and you're like, uh uh uh, can't do that one.
(14:16):
From the eight to four to three, Mark, you really
turned me into a big fan of your show. Was
skeptical at first, but you bring great energy to the
midday spot. I appreciate that. Kathleen also texted in and Mark,
you're being so pleasant to listen to today.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
I like it. Thank you very much for that.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
So I do like what you said there on the
over seven and a half wins in the Rams to
win the division in a parlay Ryan and Scott Steel.
I will tell you you got me on that one
right now. Oh I'm loving that because I think the
Rams are the best in the West, and I think
that the Rams will show their superiority when the season
comes around.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Hey, who did they get in the offseason? What's that
guy's name, what's that guy's name? What's his name?
Speaker 3 (14:58):
First initial D this initial a DeVante Adams. Oh yeah,
DeVante Adams.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yeah, there's that. So they're the best in the West.
They have the best coach, they have the best general manager.
They might have the best ownership too. Kronkey's done a
great job there with the Rams. He really has less
need is a great less need. Jason Light are the
elite of football general managers. Schneider's right below them. Those
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guys are the elite. To me, they're the elite because
I think I think this year the Rams could make
a run and win it all. I think Matthew Stafford
could win his second Super Bowl. So all right, some
of the some of the other people about things Pepsi
blue or crystal, what they missed the most Mexican coke
is goaded. Yes, it certainly is. And how about this one.
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Look at Julio's contract. Oh, I've looked at it. You
sign him to a twelve year deal when he was
under club control for the next three years or four years,
maybe even, and you gave him a full no trade
clause with a potential for an additional fourteen years. So
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you basically gave this guy the contract that the late
Jerry Buss gave Magic Johnson. You gave him near quarter
century contract. If all things go well well, Julio's agent
should be commended for what he went through and getting
him that contract, because he has not lived up to
it the day he signed it at all. Cal Raley,
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are you living up to it already? Jorge Polanco way underpaid,
grossly underpaid the way he's performing this.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Year, Julio.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Just so you know, Julio, there are people watching outside
of the Seattle area other than yours, truly, MJ in
the mid Day Mark with a C. James, that are
seeing you the way I'm seeing you. So it's time
for you to step up your game. Coming up next,
could a mega superstar be coming to Seattle, and I
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mean future first ballot Hall of Famer. Also, this is
the guy that Todd Leiwecki and the Kraken need to
hire for their next coach to stabilize and get this
franchise on the path to prominence in the future.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
That next on MJ and The Midday ninety three to three.
kJ are at.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Them three coaches in four seasons, not exactly something that
is predicated on stability and consistency, but they're an expansion franchise,
So the growing pains are quite transparent, to say the least.
So I can't imagine the names that would be out there.
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Because Mike Sullivan is going to the Blue Shirts, He's
going to take over. He's I think it's it's about
to be announced he's going to be the new head
coach the New York Rangers.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
But even if he wasn't going to the Rangers.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Rick Tockett in his situation, not signing a contract and
what's going to happen with him, why would you look
at this situation when they've just gone through three coaches
in the last four years. Why would you look at
it as a stable situation that you would want to
come to. So it's going to take convincing to get
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the next head coach. And I don't want retreads. I
don't want Peter Laviolette or Joel Quinnville or Rick Tockett.
I want a fresh face and maybe a guy who's
never been a head coach, even though he has all
the credentials, even though he has an NHL resume, even
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though he was successful at the a h L level
with the Providence Bruins. And I said it today after
Dan Bilsma was fired and I'm saying it today. And
he spent three years, the first three years of the
Kracken franchise here as an assistant under Dave Hackstall and Bilesma.
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And I'm talking about Jay Leach. Jay Leach, he's young,
he's forty five. He's not a retread. It's a it's
sort of. It's a young team. They don't know what
they don't know. They have an experience winning, they only
went to the playoffs once. They they need someone who's
going to be able to grow with the team. But
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someone when you can say, well, Mark, how can a
guy who's never been a head coach come in and
earn the respect? Because he's not JJ Reddick of the NHL.
This guy has done it. He's been in his for
three years here in Seattle, so he knows all about
the Kraken. But if I was todd Lywecki and Ron
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Francis and bother roll, I would hire Jay Leach not
tomorrow but today because he's going to get a shot
at interviewing for the Boston Bruins head coaching job, and
he might even get it, So why not?
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Now?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Jay Leach might have a lot of questions Because I'm
not a head coach. I'm not a guy who's worked
in a hockey front office in the NHL level or
any level for that matter. I will have questions that
why do you keep hiring and firing coaches? And I would,
you know, obviously, come here with a lot of reservations.
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Then I would ask, what are you going to do,
mister LYWACKI? What are you going to do to get
a aircraft carrier type player? Fan McKinnon, Jack Eichel, Leon Drysidel,
Connor McDavid, Mitch Martner's a free agent after this season
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with Toronto.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
What are you going to do?
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Well? There's talk down in my former stomping grounds, Tampa
Bay that maybe the Lightning, who have lost back to
back years in the first round to the Florida Panthers,
that championship window of opportunity appears to be closing for
Oh and there's another guy. There's another guy now, Okay,
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I say, Jay Leach, that's the guy I want. With
that being said, would the Kraken be interested and possibly
a first ballot future Hall of Famer who's thirty one
years old by the name of Nikita Kucharov Two time
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Stanley Cup champion two time, and a guy that still
has a lot left in the tank. How many, how much,
I don't know, but he's got a lot left in
the tank that I think it would be worth lifting
up the hood and finding out. Now, Jason Botterol and
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this team, obviously, I would think that he's the one
who's going to be making the decisions, and Ron Francis
will have a chance to you know, he'll consult throughout
the whole process. But it's up to Bottle Roll. If
I want to start a new fresh I'm gonna go
with Jay Leech. Now, if you get a guy like
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Tankiita Kuchirov, perhaps.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Maybe Todd i Wecki who hired.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
A guy by the name of John Cooper in Tampa
with the Lightning, that could perhaps be a package deal
and maybe Now then I'm all for it, because then
you're talking about a guy who won the Stanley Cup
twice back to back in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one,
not that long ago, four and five years ago. So
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from that standpoint, you get a package deal. I'm all
in for me. I want Jay Leach, but I would
be very ecstatic if it was John Cooper other retreads,
I'm not see. I don't look at John Cooper as
a retread. I look at John Cooper as a championship
winning coach who maybe needs a change of scenery. Maybe
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that voice that has been in Tampa for so long,
in that locker room just it's like everything else, it's
come to an end, just like it did for Bill
Belichick in New England, right, just like it happened for him.
John Cooper's young for a coach. He's only fifty seven
years old. Obviously, Jay Leech is a decade younger. However,
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he's a guy that could come in here instant, credibility, instant,
and he's been to the Stanley Cup as a head
coach four times, won it twice. That's the guy that
that is in a dream world getting a guy like
John Cooper. And I don't even know if John Cooper
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maybe he maybe doesn't want to coach anymore.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
But he's been with the Lightning now for since the
twenty thirteen seasons. We're talking about twelve years already with
the Lightning. He's went to the Stanley Cup final four times,
going back to back in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
So there is what I like for the Kraken.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
I'm sure they're gonna do their due diligence and take
their time and exhaust all the resources. I've also come
up with some other names besides Jay Leach, David Carl
University of Denver head coach, j Pendolfo, Boston University head coach,
David Quinn, Penguin's assistant coach, and Marco Sturm, the Ontario
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head coach in the a h L. So those are
the guys that I'm looking at. Everybody else will go
with you. The others you get John Cooper, then sorry,
Jay Leach, We're gonna go with this guy. Because this guy,
he walks into any locker room instant credibility we need.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
He can come in.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
He can basically come into a locker room the way
Bill Belichick used to be able to come into a
locker room until his gold digger girlfriend made him look
like a complete fool. He walks into a locker room
and everybody shuts up, sits down, and says, yes, Coach Belichick.
That's the type of respect that John Cooper has. I
don't know what's gonna happen, there with the Lightning. But maybe,
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just maybe maybe they have hit a dead end there.
It seems like that window of championships have kind of come.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
To an end.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
I mean, they've lost in the first round three straight
years now to Toronto in twenty twenty three and the
Panthers back to back years. It just maybe seems like, Yeah,
you can't keep running it back time and time again. Oh,
speaking of the lightning, you talk about heroic. It was
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just announced that Victor Headman played the entire first round
against the Florida Panthers with a broken leg. One of
the best defensemen in the NHL that we've seen over
the course of the last twenty plus years played with
a broken leg. That, folks, is what we call a warrior,
a gladiator, a real man.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
I love what I'm seeing of Kawhi Leonard now because
Kawhi is incentivized Joe embiid Kawhi Leonard.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Look at that guy.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
He played an entire series with a broken freaking leg.
That is and by the way, he shouldn't have done that,
but he did it. Why Because he's got balls of
steel and he's a real man who would do whatever
it takes to win.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
A Cup.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Hockey players are just built different. They don't do load management.
They try to play every game, even with broken legs
in the playoffs. So I hope that didn't do further
damage to his broken leg. I can't imagine it helped
out though, So for me, wish list obviously dream world,
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John Cooper, Nikita kuchirov package deal from the Lightning. Don't
forget Todd Eye Wecki hired John Cooper with the light
He also hired Pete Carroll with the Seahawks, so he's
got a lot of stroke and a lot of power.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Maybe they can bring Kucharov over.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Maybe it's time for him to leave, just like it
was time for Steve Stamkos who decided to leave and
go to Nashville. And if he don't go that way,
and you want to go Aroute with a fresh face
and a non retread, I'm all on Jay Leach. So
if Jay Leach becomes the next head coach of your
Seattle Kraken, you remember where you heard it first, right
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here on MJ in the Midday. Coming up next gave
you another winner last night, another winner told you to
take the over six goals on the Oilers Kings it
was three to two by the end of the first period,
went way over. Maybe I have another one for you,
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If not tonight, but this weekend coming up next we
will beat the books. It's what we do on MJ
the Day, ninety three to three KJR FM.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Give me the over tonight. I think the Kings are
going to score. The Kings have to go out. This
is it.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
They lose tonight, you are you know what do they
say on TNT on the basketball one?
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Two three? Can coon? Can Coon? Here we come?
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Well, if you want to send this thing back to LA,
could you imagine the Lakers and Kings?
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Could you imagine this?
Speaker 1 (29:23):
The Lakers go down last night at Staples, the Kings
go down tonight in Edmonton, while the Clippers could also
go down tonight at the Intuit Dome. Go over over tonight,
Kings oilers, how about that? I'm not gonna go basketball.
Well that ended up being on the money, So hopefully
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you took my advice there on the money, don't give
out many hockey picks. But I felt as though that's
exactly where this needed to go. And I was right
on that one, and it wasn't even remotely close to
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not going over. So this series between Golden State and Houston,
I don't know. I mean, the first three games all
went under and then the last two have gone over.
So I'm a little bit tell you what I think,
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tonight is the night that, after what happened to them
on Wednesday night, it's time for as they say in
the wrestling business, of receipt, and I think Steph Curry,
Jimmy Butler, Brandon Podjemski, and the Golden State Warriors, the
four time champions that of this era prior to Rick Berry.
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Of course, I think the Golden State Warrior will cover
easily tonight. I think tonight a major receipt is coming
love Golden State minus to five. So I'm gonna roll
with the Warriors tonight. I'm rolling with the Dubs. Give me,
give me the Dubs tonight. And after what happened the
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other night, they've got now Steph Curry's thumbs a little
bit banged up, but it doesn't matter. They've got too
much and they need to answer for what happened in
Houston the other night. They were down by like thirty.
At one point their bench came in and cut the
lead down to thirteen, but just too much, way too
much love Golden State minus five. I feel comfortable enough.
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And if they lose tonight, guess what, they got to
go back to Houston for Game seven because Houston was
the higher seat, so they have home court advantage.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
They don't want that happening.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
So if they're gonna win this thing tonight tonight, I
think teams like Detroit, Orlando, Houston, they're like young pupps.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
They're just born.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
The litter just came out, and you know, like when
the puppies are born, you gotta wait four to eight
weeks in order for the puppies. They gotta get de wormed,
they gotta get shots, they gotta just kind of, you know,
the breeders have to get them ready to go out
with their respective future homes. I think that's where Detroit, Houston,
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and Orlando is. I think Houston's a little bit further
than Detroit and Orlando because they have a better coach,
They have a guy, and they have more experience with
Fred Van Vliet and Shng Goon. But Jalen Green, I love,
he's been playing well. Amen Thompson, I gotta give credit
to Aman Thompson. He's done a really good job on
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Steph Curry. In the series, Steph Curry's not getting good
looks at all. But that's up to Draymond Green and
that's up to you know, Looney, not Looney, who's the kaminga.
That's up to these guys to set those screens so
Steph Curry can get good looks and tonight, the more
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and more I think about this game, it should be
a blowout city. The Warriors should do to the Rockets
what the Rockets did to them the other night, and
they should beat them like they stole something. It might
not go that way in the beginning because I think
the Rockets are gonna compete and they're listen. They play defense,
even though it didn't look like it the other night.
But they can muck it up. They can muck this
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thing up and make it really down and dirty. It's
just like that championship DNA. And don't forget playoff Jimmy
Jimmy freaking Butler. When Jimmy Butler shows up in the playoffs,
he gives them the added dimension. If they didn't have
Jimmy Butler, I would go at Houston. He's the difference
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in this series. He's the reason They're going to advance
in the next round and face the Minnesota Timberwolves, which
should be an epic series. Epic can't wait for that.
Tea Wolves versus Warriors. Hopefully the Nuggets. I'm getting nervous now.
I got a lot of money riding on Denver, a
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lot of it. I picked them to win the series
before the playoffs begin on a solo, and then I
have them in a parlay. I had them and the
Tea Wolves winning their both of their first round series.
So I really need Denver to come through tomorrow night.
So don't choke, Jamal Murray, joker, Aaron Gordon, don't choke.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
So that's it. Take the Warriors, bet it now and
wait for it.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Thank me later, just like you did yesterday. With the
over on the Oilers and Kings. It was three to
two in the first period. I'm like, this thing's going
way over And there was no sweat in that at all,
six goals, no sweat in that. I knew that the
Kings would have to do whatever it took to win. Unfortunately,
when they got swept, they were up to nothing and
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then they lost four in a row. That to me
is a sweep when you lose four games in a row.
It's it's like a six game sweep. You got swept.
That's pathetic. And they've been Edmonton's beating the Kings four
years in a row in the first round, which is crazy. God,
I can't wait till the crack and in the playoffs
every single year. Coming up next, the red hot Mariners
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get ready for a huge series in Texas against the Rangers.
We'll talk about the guy who's an early early season
candidate for MVP.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
And Julio Rodriguez.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Why he has been unable to take the step to
become a next level star. Bob Nightingale USA Today Next
on MJ in the midday ninety three to three kJ
R F M
It's May second, and I shouldn't be this excited over
a series on May second, but yet here I am,
and I know you're going to be excited as well
that I want to see this team make it five
in a row and win their fifteenth out of their
last nineteen games, as they've gone fourteen and four of
their previous eighteen. I want to see this happen. So
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this is for Yeah, I'm loving this right now. I
think hopefully they can just get two out of three.
Facing lighter today, Patrick Corbin tomorrow and the two time
Cy Young Award winner Jacob deGrom on Sunday will evade Evaldi.
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They won't face Nathan Evaldi coming up this weekend, so
I'm looking forward to that.
Speaker 2 (00:50):
Let's see Julio if.
Speaker 1 (00:52):
He can get his season going here consistently, not in
the lead off position. Don't like him in the leadoff spot.
I'd rather have JP Crawford. I don't care who they're facing,
a lefty or a righty. JP Crawford should be in
the leadoff spot unless Victor Roblest comes back, and I'm
not holding my breath until that happens anytime soon. So
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the Seattle Seahawks as you know, had one of the
best drafts and I think best off seasons of any
team in the NFL. Graz Abel, Elijah Royo, Nick emm
and Warri, Jaln Milroe, Tory Horton, Mason Richmond, Riley Mills,
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so on and so forth.
Speaker 2 (01:40):
I mean, they really killed it.
Speaker 1 (01:41):
They Damien Martinez, it's been The draft was great. I
like the additions and the subtractions that they've made with
obviously Sam Darnold, Cooper cup Marcus Valdez, Gantling, DeMarcus Lawrence,
saying goodbye to Gino, getting a third round pick and
using that third round pick on Jaylen Milrow, treading DK
(02:01):
Metcalf and using that to move up to draft Nick
m and Worri. I love everything that they've done. This
could surprise you. See the one thing that you will
always understand, which is why when you see ap poles,
they're all subjective, all of them. Last year in the
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preseason college football poll, you had Florida State ranked number
ten or in the top ten, and they finished with
ten losses. So, but the one thing that is as
close to the one hundred percent gospel truth as you can.
Speaker 2 (02:37):
Get are the odds.
Speaker 1 (02:39):
So Apparently, after the draft, it was not enough to
convince the sports books that the Seahawks should be considered
to be a contender in the NFC West. The latest
win total odds have the Seahawks projected to finish dead
last in the West. You heard me, behind the Rams,
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the Cardinals, and the forty nine ers and the forty
nine ers who lost Deebo, Samuel Leonard, Floyd, Dre Greenlaw,
Shaverius Ward, Javon Hargrave, Hufanga, Kyle yushek all those guys.
Arizona's had a pretty good offseason. They brought Klays Campbell back.
I liked the draft that they had Seattle. We all
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know what they've done in this offseason. Guess what the
over under is on wins for the Seahawks in this
upcoming season. I was pretty shocked about this, and I
will definitely be taking the over on that. Oh, by
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the way, for those of the you that took my
over last night on the Edmonton Oilers La Kings goals
going over six, You're welcome.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
You're welcome. Nailed that thing, didn't I.
Speaker 1 (03:58):
So the over under on the Seahawks is seven and
a half wins, which is the same as they had
last year, which Seattle took care of was really nine
and they got a tenth to win when the Rams
laid down in Week eight seventeen or eighteen or whatever.
Speaker 2 (04:15):
Seven and a half wins very low.
Speaker 1 (04:21):
Now outside the division, they play the Colts, the Saints,
the Panthers, the Jags and cam Ward and the Titans.
So those are all five very winnable games. Tennessee's on
the road. I don't know and care where the others are.
It doesn't matter. Those are five winnable games where the
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Panthers you go no more, no less than four and one.
Because we all know in the NFL, just because your
favorite to win doesn't mean that you will win. That's
how it works. What are their odds to win the
Super Bowl? Sixty five to one. Okay, that's fair, But
listen to this. You're gonna be shocked about this one.
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The Seattle Seahawks odds to win the NFC West Division
five one hundred.
Speaker 2 (05:21):
And fifty to one.
Speaker 1 (05:24):
And I'm like, what, you gotta be kidding me, There's
no way five one hundred and fifty to one.
Speaker 2 (05:35):
I don't get it. I really don't.
Speaker 1 (05:38):
Matter of fact, I'm looking right now at bet MGM,
guess who's favorite to win the division?
Speaker 2 (05:45):
Never gonna believe it.
Speaker 1 (05:46):
The forty nine Ers plus one forty the Rams plus
one sixty five, and according to bet MGM, the Cardinals
in Seahawks are both at plus six hundred, meaning if
you put one hundred dollars up and the Seattle Seahawks
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win the division, you profit six hundred dollars.
Speaker 2 (06:13):
I would do that.
Speaker 1 (06:14):
I would definitely do that, So that's incredible for me.
Like that, Seattle is getting no respect from the odds makers.
I don't understand what they see in San Francisco. They
had a garbage draft, a horrific offseason. They're going through
a rebuild. I know that Purdy and McCaffrey and I
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you can Kiddle and Fred Warner those I know the
core is back, but I granted, I'm not saying they're
going to be injured like they were last year. But
the forty nine What did Vegas see that the forty
nine Ers would be favored to win the division over
the La Rams?
Speaker 2 (06:57):
What did they see there? I don't see anything.
Speaker 1 (07:03):
And listen to what this says on SPORTSBETMGM dot com.
I can make the case for any of the forty
nine Ers, Rams, and Cardinals. Full transparency, I will likely
fade the Seahawks in the division and take the under
on their season win total. Well, guess what, whoever wrote
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this article, Nick Hennion, you if you're working for a
gambling website, then you have not done your homework, sweetheart.
You have no idea what's brewing up here in the PNW.
And I'm not just saying this because I live here
now and I'm on KJAR, one of the top sports
talk stations in the world here in Seattle. I'm saying
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it because it's true. You're gonna fade the Seahawks and
you're gonna take the under on their season win total.
I will do the exact opposite. I will put two
hundred on them they'll win the division, and then if
they do, I'll win twelve hundred and then I will
definitely go over on their seven and a half season
win total.
Speaker 2 (08:10):
Way over, way over.
Speaker 1 (08:14):
So yeah, no, I am very bullish on the Hawks.
I don't get it. San Francisco finished with a six
an eleven record against a nine and eight expected record
last season. They ran a one in three record in
field goal games in a two and six record in
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touchdown games. I just don't get it. But it goes
to show you that people are thinking. And this guy's
a senior content writer for bet MGM. We need to
get this guy on the air. I mean, he couldn't
be more wrong, couldn't be even close to more wrong.
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I will tell you right now, I'm betting it.
Speaker 3 (09:02):
I'm gonna see if we can get them on at
eleven thirty.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
No, because I'm gonna tell everybody who the next cracking
coach should be. Oh that's right, bad, Yeah, No, We're
gonna get to that coming up next. I have the
next cracking coach for you. I said it the day
after they fired Biosma and I'm sticking with it. And
I'll get to that next. And perhaps a mega star
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could be coming to Seattle. That's a tease coming up
in the next segment. A megastar that would have to
do with the man who brought Pete Carroll to Seattle,
the man who brought the krack into Seattle, the man
who will bring the Sonics back to Seattle.
Speaker 2 (09:47):
Todd LYWICKI.
Speaker 1 (09:49):
Yes, so, yeah, yeah, no, we got that coming up.
But the disrespect from Vegas on the Seahawks. They just
don't do their They're obviously not doing their homework.
Speaker 2 (10:04):
At all. I know no, and I.
Speaker 1 (10:08):
Will bet I will say this for San Francisco though.
They go from the second hardest schedule last season to
one of the easiest schedules this season. That's what happens
when you suck. But the Seahawks schedule is pretty easy,
as I just mentioned to you, very winnable games overall, Colt, Saints, Panthers, Jags, Titans.
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So five wins that should you got five wins right there.
Let's say that you go four and two in the division. Well,
there's nine now all you're gonna probably want to do
more than four and two then, but there's five right there.
And then they've got some tough games as well, but
they could win. But no, I don't get it. I
just don't get the blatant disrespect. Hmm, I don't get it.
(10:57):
But guess what, you're wrong. You're dead wrong. You're absolutely
dead wrong. The Seahawks are gonna win at least ten games,
maybe twelve. They're gonna make the playoffs. I don't know
if they're gonna win a division. That's the thing that
I if I could bet odds on just making the playoffs,
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I'd like to see what those are just to make
the playoffs, because I think that's the best value that
you could get for Seattle. So, because you know divisions
are you never know. Teams can win a division and
all of a sudden they get to the playoffs and
they completely suck. See the Lakers. You know, we've seen
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that time and time again, see a lot of teams.
So but I can tell you right now, I feel
very bullish on the Seahawks to.
Speaker 2 (11:49):
Wow this listen to this right now? Is this for real?
Speaker 1 (11:53):
Seahawks had the odds of six plus six thousand to
win the Super Bowl plus six thousand, meaning if you
put one hundred dollars on them and they win the
Super Bowl, you get six thousand back. Now, do I
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think they're going to win the Super Bowl? No, I don't.
So their odds to make the playoffs are plus three hundred.
I think that's great value right there. That's the value
that you get division.
Speaker 2 (12:26):
Eh.
Speaker 1 (12:27):
You know, the Rams seem to have a stronghold and
things can go different, But I do love their odds
to make the playoffs at plus three hundred.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
I think those are those are great value and I don't.
Speaker 1 (12:39):
Understand their disrespect and I think, uh, you know, but
but that to me is why they play the games.
Speaker 2 (12:49):
All right.
Speaker 1 (12:49):
This is the first time from the two five to
three on the four nine four five to one free
agent tech line, Seahawks are like the third maybe fourth
best team in the NFC West. Don't be such a homer? Wow,
being called a homer. That's the first time in Seattle
have been called a homer. Can we get a Mark
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T shirt that says listen here, sweetheart?
Speaker 2 (13:14):
That would be great.
Speaker 1 (13:15):
And I'm only saying that to the men out there,
the male Karens, not to women only because that's demeaning
to women, but to men I don't care about because
I am a man. And for the male Karens out there,
or people like Nick Hennyon who have the Seahawks finishing
in the last place, they don't get it.
Speaker 2 (13:30):
They just don't get it. MJ.
Speaker 1 (13:33):
Just that info alone makes me think of an NFC
West Parlay Seahawks over on seven and a half wins
in Parley the Rams to win the division. That would
be a smart two ledger Ryan in Scottsdale, Ryan, I
like it I like it, Kathleen, Mark, this is just
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the lack of love for Seattle sports is just what
I was talking about. We are starving for the love, Kathleen.
You are getting nothing but love from me from well,
I think, how about this, Well there's some man, there's
some of these you go to read on the air
and you're like, uh uh uh, can't do that one.
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From the eight to four to three, Mark, you really
turned me into a big fan of your show. Was
skeptical at first, but you bring great energy to the
midday spot. I appreciate that. Kathleen also texted in and Mark,
you're being so pleasant to listen to today.
Speaker 2 (14:28):
I like it. Thank you very much for that.
Speaker 1 (14:30):
So I do like what you said there on the
over seven and a half wins in the Rams to
win the division in a parlay Ryan and Scott Steel.
I will tell you you got me on that one
right now. Oh I'm loving that because I think the
Rams are the best in the West, and I think
that the Rams will show their superiority when the season
comes around.
Speaker 2 (14:51):
Hey, who did they get in the offseason? What's that
guy's name, what's that guy's name? What's his name?
Speaker 3 (14:58):
First initial D this initial a DeVante Adams. Oh yeah,
DeVante Adams.
Speaker 1 (15:09):
Yeah, there's that. So they're the best in the West.
They have the best coach, they have the best general manager.
They might have the best ownership too. Kronkey's done a
great job there with the Rams. He really has less
need is a great less need. Jason Light are the
elite of football general managers. Schneider's right below them. Those
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guys are the elite. To me, they're the elite because
I think I think this year the Rams could make
a run and win it all. I think Matthew Stafford
could win his second Super Bowl. So all right, some
of the some of the other people about things Pepsi
blue or crystal, what they missed the most Mexican coke
is goaded. Yes, it certainly is. And how about this one.
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Look at Julio's contract. Oh, I've looked at it. You
sign him to a twelve year deal when he was
under club control for the next three years or four years,
maybe even, and you gave him a full no trade
clause with a potential for an additional fourteen years. So
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you basically gave this guy the contract that the late
Jerry Buss gave Magic Johnson. You gave him near quarter
century contract. If all things go well well, Julio's agent
should be commended for what he went through and getting
him that contract, because he has not lived up to
it the day he signed it at all. Cal Raley,
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are you living up to it already? Jorge Polanco way underpaid,
grossly underpaid the way he's performing this.
Speaker 2 (16:49):
Year, Julio.
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Just so you know, Julio, there are people watching outside
of the Seattle area other than yours, truly, MJ in
the mid Day Mark with a C. James, that are
seeing you the way I'm seeing you. So it's time
for you to step up your game. Coming up next,
could a mega superstar be coming to Seattle, and I
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mean future first ballot Hall of Famer. Also, this is
the guy that Todd Leiwecki and the Kraken need to
hire for their next coach to stabilize and get this
franchise on the path to prominence in the future.
Speaker 2 (17:33):
That next on MJ and The Midday ninety three to three.
kJ are at.
Speaker 1 (17:36):
Them three coaches in four seasons, not exactly something that
is predicated on stability and consistency, but they're an expansion franchise,
So the growing pains are quite transparent, to say the least.
So I can't imagine the names that would be out there.
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Because Mike Sullivan is going to the Blue Shirts, He's
going to take over. He's I think it's it's about
to be announced he's going to be the new head
coach the New York Rangers.
Speaker 2 (18:08):
But even if he wasn't going to the Rangers.
Speaker 1 (18:11):
Rick Tockett in his situation, not signing a contract and
what's going to happen with him, why would you look
at this situation when they've just gone through three coaches
in the last four years. Why would you look at
it as a stable situation that you would want to
come to. So it's going to take convincing to get
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the next head coach. And I don't want retreads. I
don't want Peter Laviolette or Joel Quinnville or Rick Tockett.
I want a fresh face and maybe a guy who's
never been a head coach, even though he has all
the credentials, even though he has an NHL resume, even
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though he was successful at the a h L level
with the Providence Bruins. And I said it today after
Dan Bilsma was fired and I'm saying it today. And
he spent three years, the first three years of the
Kracken franchise here as an assistant under Dave Hackstall and Bilesma.
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And I'm talking about Jay Leach. Jay Leach, he's young,
he's forty five. He's not a retread. It's a it's
sort of. It's a young team. They don't know what
they don't know. They have an experience winning, they only
went to the playoffs once. They they need someone who's
going to be able to grow with the team. But
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someone when you can say, well, Mark, how can a
guy who's never been a head coach come in and
earn the respect? Because he's not JJ Reddick of the NHL.
This guy has done it. He's been in his for
three years here in Seattle, so he knows all about
the Kraken. But if I was todd Lywecki and Ron
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Francis and bother roll, I would hire Jay Leach not
tomorrow but today because he's going to get a shot
at interviewing for the Boston Bruins head coaching job, and
he might even get it, So why not?
Speaker 2 (20:26):
Now?
Speaker 1 (20:27):
Jay Leach might have a lot of questions Because I'm
not a head coach. I'm not a guy who's worked
in a hockey front office in the NHL level or
any level for that matter. I will have questions that
why do you keep hiring and firing coaches? And I would,
you know, obviously, come here with a lot of reservations.
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Then I would ask, what are you going to do,
mister LYWACKI? What are you going to do to get
a aircraft carrier type player? Fan McKinnon, Jack Eichel, Leon Drysidel,
Connor McDavid, Mitch Martner's a free agent after this season
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with Toronto.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
What are you going to do?
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Well? There's talk down in my former stomping grounds, Tampa
Bay that maybe the Lightning, who have lost back to
back years in the first round to the Florida Panthers,
that championship window of opportunity appears to be closing for
Oh and there's another guy. There's another guy now, Okay,
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I say, Jay Leach, that's the guy I want. With
that being said, would the Kraken be interested and possibly
a first ballot future Hall of Famer who's thirty one
years old by the name of Nikita Kucharov Two time
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Stanley Cup champion two time, and a guy that still
has a lot left in the tank. How many, how much,
I don't know, but he's got a lot left in
the tank that I think it would be worth lifting
up the hood and finding out. Now, Jason Botterol and
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this team, obviously, I would think that he's the one
who's going to be making the decisions, and Ron Francis
will have a chance to you know, he'll consult throughout
the whole process. But it's up to Bottle Roll. If
I want to start a new fresh I'm gonna go
with Jay Leech. Now, if you get a guy like
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Tankiita Kuchirov, perhaps.
Speaker 2 (22:53):
Maybe Todd i Wecki who hired.
Speaker 1 (22:55):
A guy by the name of John Cooper in Tampa
with the Lightning, that could perhaps be a package deal
and maybe Now then I'm all for it, because then
you're talking about a guy who won the Stanley Cup
twice back to back in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one,
not that long ago, four and five years ago. So
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from that standpoint, you get a package deal. I'm all
in for me. I want Jay Leach, but I would
be very ecstatic if it was John Cooper other retreads,
I'm not see. I don't look at John Cooper as
a retread. I look at John Cooper as a championship
winning coach who maybe needs a change of scenery. Maybe
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that voice that has been in Tampa for so long,
in that locker room just it's like everything else, it's
come to an end, just like it did for Bill
Belichick in New England, right, just like it happened for him.
John Cooper's young for a coach. He's only fifty seven
years old. Obviously, Jay Leech is a decade younger. However,
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he's a guy that could come in here instant, credibility, instant,
and he's been to the Stanley Cup as a head
coach four times, won it twice. That's the guy that
that is in a dream world getting a guy like
John Cooper. And I don't even know if John Cooper
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maybe he maybe doesn't want to coach anymore.
Speaker 2 (24:28):
I don't know.
Speaker 1 (24:29):
But he's been with the Lightning now for since the
twenty thirteen seasons. We're talking about twelve years already with
the Lightning. He's went to the Stanley Cup final four times,
going back to back in twenty twenty and twenty twenty one.
Speaker 2 (24:46):
So there is what I like for the Kraken.
Speaker 1 (24:51):
I'm sure they're gonna do their due diligence and take
their time and exhaust all the resources. I've also come
up with some other names besides Jay Leach, David Carl
University of Denver head coach, j Pendolfo, Boston University head coach,
David Quinn, Penguin's assistant coach, and Marco Sturm, the Ontario
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head coach in the a h L. So those are
the guys that I'm looking at. Everybody else will go
with you. The others you get John Cooper, then sorry,
Jay Leach, We're gonna go with this guy. Because this guy,
he walks into any locker room instant credibility we need.
Speaker 2 (25:35):
He can come in.
Speaker 1 (25:38):
He can basically come into a locker room the way
Bill Belichick used to be able to come into a
locker room until his gold digger girlfriend made him look
like a complete fool. He walks into a locker room
and everybody shuts up, sits down, and says, yes, Coach Belichick.
That's the type of respect that John Cooper has. I
don't know what's gonna happen, there with the Lightning. But maybe,
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just maybe maybe they have hit a dead end there.
It seems like that window of championships have kind of come.
Speaker 2 (26:12):
To an end.
Speaker 1 (26:14):
I mean, they've lost in the first round three straight
years now to Toronto in twenty twenty three and the
Panthers back to back years. It just maybe seems like, Yeah,
you can't keep running it back time and time again. Oh,
speaking of the lightning, you talk about heroic. It was
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just announced that Victor Headman played the entire first round
against the Florida Panthers with a broken leg. One of
the best defensemen in the NHL that we've seen over
the course of the last twenty plus years played with
a broken leg. That, folks, is what we call a warrior,
a gladiator, a real man.
Speaker 2 (26:56):
Now.
Speaker 1 (26:57):
I love what I'm seeing of Kawhi Leonard now because
Kawhi is incentivized Joe embiid Kawhi Leonard.
Speaker 2 (27:05):
Look at that guy.
Speaker 1 (27:07):
He played an entire series with a broken freaking leg.
That is and by the way, he shouldn't have done that,
but he did it. Why Because he's got balls of
steel and he's a real man who would do whatever
it takes to win.
Speaker 2 (27:27):
A Cup.
Speaker 1 (27:28):
Hockey players are just built different. They don't do load management.
They try to play every game, even with broken legs
in the playoffs. So I hope that didn't do further
damage to his broken leg. I can't imagine it helped
out though, So for me, wish list obviously dream world,
(27:52):
John Cooper, Nikita kuchirov package deal from the Lightning. Don't
forget Todd Eye Wecki hired John Cooper with the light
He also hired Pete Carroll with the Seahawks, so he's
got a lot of stroke and a lot of power.
Speaker 2 (28:05):
Maybe they can bring Kucharov over.
Speaker 1 (28:08):
Maybe it's time for him to leave, just like it
was time for Steve Stamkos who decided to leave and
go to Nashville. And if he don't go that way,
and you want to go Aroute with a fresh face
and a non retread, I'm all on Jay Leach. So
if Jay Leach becomes the next head coach of your
Seattle Kraken, you remember where you heard it first, right
(28:32):
here on MJ in the Midday. Coming up next gave
you another winner last night, another winner told you to
take the over six goals on the Oilers Kings it
was three to two by the end of the first period,
went way over. Maybe I have another one for you,
(28:54):
If not tonight, but this weekend coming up next we
will beat the books. It's what we do on MJ
the Day, ninety three to three KJR FM.
Speaker 2 (29:02):
Give me the over tonight. I think the Kings are
going to score. The Kings have to go out. This
is it.
Speaker 1 (29:07):
They lose tonight, you are you know what do they
say on TNT on the basketball one?
Speaker 2 (29:13):
Two three? Can coon? Can Coon? Here we come?
Speaker 1 (29:16):
Well, if you want to send this thing back to LA,
could you imagine the Lakers and Kings?
Speaker 2 (29:22):
Could you imagine this?
Speaker 1 (29:23):
The Lakers go down last night at Staples, the Kings
go down tonight in Edmonton, while the Clippers could also
go down tonight at the Intuit Dome. Go over over tonight,
Kings oilers, how about that? I'm not gonna go basketball.
Well that ended up being on the money, So hopefully
(29:46):
you took my advice there on the money, don't give
out many hockey picks. But I felt as though that's
exactly where this needed to go. And I was right
on that one, and it wasn't even remotely close to
(30:10):
not going over. So this series between Golden State and Houston,
I don't know. I mean, the first three games all
went under and then the last two have gone over.
So I'm a little bit tell you what I think,
(30:33):
tonight is the night that, after what happened to them
on Wednesday night, it's time for as they say in
the wrestling business, of receipt, and I think Steph Curry,
Jimmy Butler, Brandon Podjemski, and the Golden State Warriors, the
four time champions that of this era prior to Rick Berry.
(30:57):
Of course, I think the Golden State Warrior will cover
easily tonight. I think tonight a major receipt is coming
love Golden State minus to five. So I'm gonna roll
with the Warriors tonight. I'm rolling with the Dubs. Give me,
give me the Dubs tonight. And after what happened the
(31:17):
other night, they've got now Steph Curry's thumbs a little
bit banged up, but it doesn't matter. They've got too
much and they need to answer for what happened in
Houston the other night. They were down by like thirty.
At one point their bench came in and cut the
lead down to thirteen, but just too much, way too
much love Golden State minus five. I feel comfortable enough.
(31:42):
And if they lose tonight, guess what, they got to
go back to Houston for Game seven because Houston was
the higher seat, so they have home court advantage.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
They don't want that happening.
Speaker 1 (31:54):
So if they're gonna win this thing tonight tonight, I
think teams like Detroit, Orlando, Houston, they're like young pupps.
Speaker 2 (32:05):
They're just born.
Speaker 1 (32:07):
The litter just came out, and you know, like when
the puppies are born, you gotta wait four to eight
weeks in order for the puppies. They gotta get de wormed,
they gotta get shots, they gotta just kind of, you know,
the breeders have to get them ready to go out
with their respective future homes. I think that's where Detroit, Houston,
(32:28):
and Orlando is. I think Houston's a little bit further
than Detroit and Orlando because they have a better coach,
They have a guy, and they have more experience with
Fred Van Vliet and Shng Goon. But Jalen Green, I love,
he's been playing well. Amen Thompson, I gotta give credit
to Aman Thompson. He's done a really good job on
(32:49):
Steph Curry. In the series, Steph Curry's not getting good
looks at all. But that's up to Draymond Green and
that's up to you know, Looney, not Looney, who's the kaminga.
That's up to these guys to set those screens so
Steph Curry can get good looks and tonight, the more
(33:11):
and more I think about this game, it should be
a blowout city. The Warriors should do to the Rockets
what the Rockets did to them the other night, and
they should beat them like they stole something. It might
not go that way in the beginning because I think
the Rockets are gonna compete and they're listen. They play defense,
even though it didn't look like it the other night.
But they can muck it up. They can muck this
(33:32):
thing up and make it really down and dirty. It's
just like that championship DNA. And don't forget playoff Jimmy
Jimmy freaking Butler. When Jimmy Butler shows up in the playoffs,
he gives them the added dimension. If they didn't have
Jimmy Butler, I would go at Houston. He's the difference
(33:54):
in this series. He's the reason They're going to advance
in the next round and face the Minnesota Timberwolves, which
should be an epic series. Epic can't wait for that.
Tea Wolves versus Warriors. Hopefully the Nuggets. I'm getting nervous now.
I got a lot of money riding on Denver, a
(34:15):
lot of it. I picked them to win the series
before the playoffs begin on a solo, and then I
have them in a parlay. I had them and the
Tea Wolves winning their both of their first round series.
So I really need Denver to come through tomorrow night.
So don't choke, Jamal Murray, joker, Aaron Gordon, don't choke.
Speaker 2 (34:34):
So that's it. Take the Warriors, bet it now and
wait for it.
Speaker 1 (34:43):
Thank me later, just like you did yesterday. With the
over on the Oilers and Kings. It was three to
two in the first period. I'm like, this thing's going
way over And there was no sweat in that at all,
six goals, no sweat in that. I knew that the
Kings would have to do whatever it took to win. Unfortunately,
when they got swept, they were up to nothing and
(35:06):
then they lost four in a row. That to me
is a sweep when you lose four games in a row.
It's it's like a six game sweep. You got swept.
That's pathetic. And they've been Edmonton's beating the Kings four
years in a row in the first round, which is crazy. God,
I can't wait till the crack and in the playoffs
every single year. Coming up next, the red hot Mariners
(35:26):
get ready for a huge series in Texas against the Rangers.
We'll talk about the guy who's an early early season
candidate for MVP.
Speaker 2 (35:39):
And Julio Rodriguez.
Speaker 1 (35:41):
Why he has been unable to take the step to
become a next level star. Bob Nightingale USA Today Next
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