January 23, 2024 • 41 mins
Chris and Rob react to the Milwaukee Bucks firing Adrian Griffin halfway through the NBA season! Former NFL OL and Fox Sports Radio Host Ephraim Salaam joins the show to talk everything NFL with AFC and NFC Division championships around the corner! Next, the guy's breakdown which players they think will the starters in the NBA All-Star Ballot
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Speaker 2 (01:16):
How are you? Can you hear me? Rob?
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Is uh? Apparently we got you? Apparently experiencing some technical difficulties. Rob,
we hear you, I hear you.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Do you hear me? I hear you? Okay? Okay? How
you doing, man, I'm good. How are you I'm excellent.
How are you feeling better? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, I felt fine yesterday, but my voice was laryngitis.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I used to get laryngitis as a kid, and just
for a few days I couldn't really speak or or
barely could speak. So, uh, maybe that's just come back
on me.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
But now I'm good.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
You don't want that, you got you gotta talk every day.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
I do no good in my mouth, you know. So
it was nice to have last night. Saw that off.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
He gave my voice arrest. So I'm not one hundred percent.
I'm probably eighty five. Play it, play through it. That's
what I'm doing. That's what I'm doing, the first thing first,
and now doing the odd couple lost to get to.
So let's introduce the crew.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And get say this.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I'm bummed out today. We'll talk about it later, but
I'm bummed out.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Okay, I have a feeling I know about the baseball
trash talk. I guess you know that it is a
trash talking Tuesday. So at the moment, I'll come to
you about who you're trashing. But we got Kevin wired
on the updates. We've got the one and only Elijah
Sabuno on social media, Shaye Morgan gart Is uh Infra
(02:51):
oz Wow as the producer, and of course on the
Ones and TUESDA, the one and only DJ Alex tyshert
Aka Alex the Vegan. All right, Rob, it is a
trash talking Tuesday. So second hour of the show. You've
been to trash any wonder anything in the world of sports,
You'll get about thirty to forty seconds to do.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
So, Rob, who are you trash? I'm trushing the BBWAA,
my brother Ball Writers' Association. Yeah, so of America. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
I just I look at two people who got in
Chris and I could not I could not disagree with
the selections anymore. Joe Mauer and Todd Helton hall of
very good players, just not Hall of famers. Adrian Beltray
a layup thirty one hundred hits, Chris a layup ninety
(03:44):
ninety four percent.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
That was not the issue.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
And Gary Sheffield felt short his last year about sixty
four percent.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
He needed seventy.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Five so he would have to go to the Veterans Committee.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
So it stinks. But that's why I'm trushing. Well, Rob,
I got one thing they say to you.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I don't want to hear another word about the basketball
Hall of Fame.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Anybody gets in, really.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
In the fame Hall of Fame nowadays it's painful.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Yes, it is not what it used to be. Like
you said, Joe mauerd nice player, right, but a Hall
of famer, Chris can let me give you a quick status.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
You ready, when they moved to Target Field, he played
there eight years, Chris, he had ready thirty two home
runs in like twenty five hundred that bats.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Which is equal to four seasons.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
So he averaged eight home runs a season eight Yep,
that is not Hall of.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Fame, Chris.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Darryl Strawberry has more career RBIs than Joe Mauer. Joe
Mauer averaged six see one RBIs this season.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
That's not Hall of Fame, Gonna be honest.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
One the last few years, I don't know, it's just
felt to me like almost like they're looking to just
put guys in.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I mean really like no nice I mean he played
in Colorado, so you know you know.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
What, Chris, go look at his numbers home and road
home right, the roof road average player yep? Okay, And
the last one is Uh, yeah, just I'm with you.
And we saw it last year with the Scott Roland.
Remember Scott Roland. We all saw Scott Roland. He was
a very good player. He wasn't a Hall of Famer.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
So that's where we are now. It's definitely lower to bar.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
All right, We'll get to more of that later in
the show. But Rob, we gotta start hear the news
of the day. Uh, and a bit surprising, even though
you know, I think we all can look back and say,
you know what, the they weren't really clicking.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
But the Milwaukee Bucks.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Forty three games into the season, fire their first year coach,
Adrian Griffin, longtime assistant, former player and a guy that
you know, many thought was going to be a good
head coach, and it didn't work out.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
A lot of reasons.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Obviously, defensively, they were struggling mightily.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Rob.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Last year, they were the fourth rated defensive team in
the league. This year they dropped to twenty first, but
they were thirty and thirteen. That's the second best record
in the Eastern Conference and actually tied for the second
best record in the league.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
But they didn't look like Rob. Now, who knows. I mean,
they had a new Damian Lillard. Obviously it's a big
piece Christian again, am I right? Like last? So you're
sickid here to make excuses or whatever.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I'm just saying, like, they're not what's their record, thirty
and thirteen, thirty and thirteen. They're not thirteen and thirty Chris, Okay,
I get that.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Oh yeah, he wouldn't have even gotten.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
This far, right, But to get fired nowadays with a
thirty and thirty? Can you imagine these older coaches looking going,
are you serious like that?
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Well?
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I think what it speaks to Rob is the desperation
that disfranchise is feeling. Right, they just made a big trade.
And let's face it, Damian Lillard, who we all know
is a is a great player top seventy five. Whether
you think he should be or not, he is, and
he's certainly a first ballot Hall of Famer. He hasn't
played as well as usual, And.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Do you blame that on the coach? Do you blame
that on Lillard? Whatever?
Speaker 1 (07:43):
But I do think to your point, and I correct
me if I'm wrong, I think you're kind of saying, Rob,
I mean, it was gonna be an adjustment. You were
losing Drew Holliday, who was one of your key pieces.
You bringing in a star who has the ball in
his hands. So it's not gonna happen overnight. And maybe
(08:04):
things as time went on would have gotten better, but
they weren't willing to wait because I gotta be honest.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Right right now, I think Boston looked better.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I think Philly looked better in Miami getting Terry Rozier,
that's a move I really like.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I think they you even know, they've had Milwaukee's number.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I think they probably in the postseason would have had
a great chance of beating Milwaukee. So I don't know
if this will work out, but I think those are
a lot of the reasons.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
And Rob, let me say this and Yannis.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Here's a quote Yannis had after they lost to the
Rockets on January sixth. Ro this, tell me if you
agree with me, this is a death quote for a coach.
And I'm not blaming Giannis, but when you hear this,
you got it does not speak well of the coach here.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
It is now.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Defensively, we have to have a plan, this is Jonas.
What is our strategy? Are we going to give a
lot of open threes? Are we going to let them
get in the paint when they go in the post.
Are we going to stay with ours and play one
on one? What is our strategy right now? We're giving everything.
(09:26):
We are giving everything. We are giving the threes, we
are giving straight line drives. We are letting guys play
in the post and get comfortable.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
We're giving offensive rebounds. I mean, rob am I wrong?
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Or is this that sound like we don't agree with
the strategy. We don't even know what the strategy is.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
No question, you're being nice. I mean that was it
right there there.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
You could go right back to that quote if your
ownership or management or whatever and you're like, okay, they
don't even the players don't even know what they're doing.
Honest is complaining about defense? Forget that you gave away
your best defensive player, like act like that didn't happen,
right right, right like that, Chris, people said that when
they may getting torched on you.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
When they made the trade.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Right the first thing people said is you just gave
up your best defensive player, like this is why you
are a really good defensive team. And now you know
Damian Lillard's not that right, Okay, So you're going to
give up something. You got firepower offensively, but defensively, you're
going to give up something and to Yeah, you know,
(10:33):
I would expect Chris like there would be some scandal
behind the scenes or the players. I think total no, no, no,
I'm saying I can accept that more to get rid
of a coach at thirty.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And thirteen, this early in the season.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
It ain't about Chris where you are now, I'm sorry,
It's about where you are in April, you know what
I mean, or when it really is like it's a
progress Like being the number one seed now doesn't guarantee
you anything.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
It just doesn't.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I mean, like, look, there's the record was fine, right, Offensively,
they were fine.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Defense was the problem.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Look, you make a legitimate point for giving it a shot,
and maybe something will come out that there were you know,
issues or whatever.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
That's what I'm saying that, Like, that's what it feels
like to make this move. This was not like some
guy who hadn't been around, hadn't paid his dues, Chris right,
all this other stuff. This is a guy who's bred
in the NBA and one way back sixteen years as
an assistant.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
I mean like a long time, long time with a
lot of okay, with a lot of teams. He's been around.
Here's his opportunity.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
And you give this guy a cup of coffee in
a sweet role and say that's it.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Wow, I hear you, And that's that's legitimate.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Now, Rob, The big thing is a big part of
this too is Doc Rivers.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Apparently about a month ago, Doc River, at.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
The longing of the owners of the Bucks, became the
consultant for Adrian Griffin. And now he appears to be
the league candidate. I don't you know, he's certainly one
of the league candidates.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Chris, Chris, I'm gonna stop you because this is this
is lunacy. Okay, this is absolute lunacy. Please, I don't
understand it.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
I get Doc.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Rivers long coaching career, won a championship, We gave him
a parade, we threw confetti on his head all.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
That long time ago. That was a long time ago.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
And now here we go again after he's been putting
like he had the Clippers job with Kawhi and Paul George.
He was in Philadelphia with Embiid in that group and
that didn't work out, And now you're gonna send him
to Jannis.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Really Okay, Rob, I'm you.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Why why we say, Look, we say everybody knows we
first guessed this. We said this when Doc went to Philly. Yes,
why you remember, we were floored. We were floored that
that that happened. Doc Rivers has blown more three one
(13:22):
leads than any coach in history.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
He's blown three of them, three three one leads.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
He's blown four three two leads, Rob, and another two
oer leads. And I don't mean four three two leads
that were three one leads at one point separately. All Right,
I what why? And I'm not saying Doc's a horrendous coach.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Nobody's saying that.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
But Doc is has he shown that he can get
the team over the hump.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
The Clippers hired him.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
They were a good team, they had lob City to
get past the second round, never did it.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
And then ty Luke comes in, he shows up right,
and Kawhi is hurt and they get to the Western
Coffee Finals.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Right.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I'm just saying, like, and I'm gonna throw this.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
I throw this out for a lot of the jobs
that are out there. I know he ain't gonna get it, Rob.
I like to see him get Mark Jackson a shot.
I know they won't whatever reason he's blackballed. Kenny Atkinson
is another name. I think of Kenny Atkinson as a
guy that would be good for a rebuilding team, young teams, scrappy,
get the most out of him.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
When he was in Brooklyn, Rob, when the Stars didn't
want him, Yep.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
I just I don't know, man, they I don't know
where they're The NBA is starting to feel like the
NHL chitch. I don't know how Colsey they fired, coaches
left him right and now it just seemed like like
like coaches are just getting tossed out, like everybody wants
Darvin Ham fired everybody like or so to do before
(15:01):
they just won the nd season tournament, Chris, and two
weeks later they're like, get rid of Darbnham.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
He doesn't know what he's doing. Yeah, right, all right?
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Speaker 1 (16:56):
Adrian Griffin gone in Milwaukee, Dot Rivers could be in?
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Is he the answer your thoughts?
Speaker 3 (17:03):
All right, let's kick it off with Ramone in Indianapolis.
You're on the odd couple of Fox Sports waiting.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
What's up, buddy?
Speaker 4 (17:10):
Hey?
Speaker 7 (17:10):
How you doing? My two favorite gentlemen? My man, I'll
tell you it's just trade here. I've never heard of
a thirty and thirteen. Well I have to. I'm about sixty,
so I think we're all around close to that age.
You know, you guys look great, and I've never heard
of it. I don't understand it. It just breaks the
kind of newity you're already fighting, trying to get ahead
(17:32):
of the game. It's a wide open race right now.
There's no clearcut favorites, Denver, Sean Cracks, you got. You know,
Kevin Durant is doing Superman right now. But you know
how to click cut favorite, and we don't know how
it's Kawhi and Paul George and James Harden. When the playoffstart,
you just stayed thirty and thirty thirty and thirteen puts
(17:53):
you at almost sixty wins. You figured you get fifty
eight to fifty nine wins. You're right. First place doesn't
mean anything because great teams can go on the road
and win. I don't understand it. It doesn't make any sense.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
The reports are that, Now these are reports, and these
are obviously leagues inside the organization, but they're saying that
the players lost confidence in the strategy and the robe.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
We just read that, you know, quote from.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
No but that Chris, that would make sense. It's gotta
be something of that. It can't be the record or
this idea that things have gone awry. It's gotta be
where Yannis or somebody will and it's gotta be honest
in that room, right who says that this isn't working.
Speaker 7 (18:33):
I mean, but I hope they get it right because
they've mortgaged the future. Yeah, paying too big salaries. Then,
no matter what people want to say, they can criticize
the Lakers all they want to A D and Lebron
did bring the title bubble or not. That's a trophy
in there.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
So you know, look, they're desperate.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
They it's win championship or bust, period, no questions.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
About and right now they do not.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Rob looked like the team to win the championship, but
as you said, it was a long way to go.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Our buddy Chris from West Palm Beach, I always butcher
his name, put him on.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
We got Pip pipe him up, Bernanto.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Bno Benito again, say it again?
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Bent too, biento, Chris, remember bent too? He bet us,
He bet us a long time ago from West Palm Beach.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Where you been? How are you? Man?
Speaker 5 (19:36):
I've been here, man, I've been working the same mold man,
just watching these games.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
And doing all right.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So you still listened? You just ain't been calling in.
Speaker 5 (19:44):
Yeah, I've definitely been listening. You gotta have a great self.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Thank you, buddy. Okay, what's up?
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Guy?
Speaker 5 (19:50):
All right? So with Doug Rivers, I think this was
the perfect hire because well they.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Haven't hired Doc yet, but that's the uh those.
Speaker 5 (20:02):
I think I think Douc has had a bad rap
in these his last few jobs because.
Speaker 7 (20:09):
His last few.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
Jobs, his players just couldn't get the job done and
to end the series. And with this bus team, they
have a Dame, they have a they have a Chris
Middleton that can close games. So we just need Doc
Rivers to come in to manage the personalities managed the
first to three quarters. Something is to have something organized.
(20:31):
They just didn't like that about the rookie you head
of coach. He just they.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Didn't George with the Clippers, but they chose We've seen
We've seen that series.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
They Doc Rivers got them the lead. They didn't close
the series. At the end of the day, these players
have to close the series and Damie Damie Linton has
already proven that they can close.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Games until he didn't.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
You're giving you're giving Doctor given where Doc's been exactly
come on now, I mean everywhere they.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
Haven't had a player like.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Him beat in hard He had.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Him beating hardened in Philly, he had Kawhye.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Into Chris Paul Chris three to one against Denver in
that series they were winning.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
What are you righting about?
Speaker 5 (21:26):
Chris Paul couldn't win it with the Phoenix Suns man.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Maybe I think you've given Doctor pass.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
I think you're giving Doctor pass, like too much of
a pass. Nobody's saying it's all his fault, but boy,
everywhere he's gone, it just seems the same Tim from Queens.
You're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Tim?
Speaker 8 (21:48):
What's up guys? How you're doing today?
Speaker 7 (21:50):
Man?
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Doing great?
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Man?
Speaker 2 (21:52):
How are you?
Speaker 8 (21:53):
I'm good?
Speaker 7 (21:54):
I'm good.
Speaker 8 (21:54):
So I felt like it was a little hasty to
do it, only because it was a first coach. And
also remember what happened with the he made you dope
in the beginning of the Celtics. They wasn't eying any
it made me run to the finals. Everybody was like, oh,
very good, seem like it seemed like, you know, Janni's
just didn't like what was going on. So he was
(22:16):
just like, you know, get him out of here. Like
he wasn't getting his way because I've seen another report
that he didn't want Nick Nurse. Why would you?
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Did he want it Griffin over Nick Nurse? I tell
you what, why would you not? They be in good
shape with Nick Nurse.
Speaker 8 (22:29):
I'll tell you that much. So and then so I
was like, something that's going on. Gianni's has got a
little bit too much power, Like how Robbi's saying sometimes
the player got a little bit too much power in
picking things like so I agree with that a little bit.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Yeah, you gotta be careful though, because what you what
you're gonna do if this, if you get Doc Rivers in,
this flames out?
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Now what right? Like? Now?
Speaker 8 (22:50):
Yeah, I definitely don't think Doc Rivers is a good replacement.
Like I'm tired of seeing him. I don't know how
he keeps getting jobs. You would think his agent is
like Rich Paul or something like that, Like the way
he just keep getting jobs over and over and over again.
With No, I don't think he's good for this.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
But you know, you would think that Doc Rivers has
ten championships, Chris, I'm just saying.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
I mean the Celtics.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Were frank with Orlando, then Boston, then the Clippers then Philly.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Yeah, do you think it's you think it's a done
deal in Milwaukee.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
I don't just sug gut got because because he was
a consultant, he was consulting, he was already there brought.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
I don't like that, right, I'm like, dude, I'm the coach,
a consultant, I can bring it on it on an
assistant coach, I don't need a consultant, you know.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
So, yeah, all right, the lines around the corner.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
But first, our man Kevin Wired with the update cav Yeah.
Speaker 9 (23:57):
The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame now has three
new members.
Speaker 10 (24:02):
Our first electee was a superstar at the plate and
in the field, playing twenty one seasons for the Dodgers, Mariners,
Red Sox and Rangers. Today, Adrian Beltray becomes a member
of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Speaker 9 (24:17):
Beltray getting in on his first ballot. He got ninety
five point one percent of the vote over thirty one
hundred hits. And I agree with you, Rob, I mean
a cinch Hall of Famer. The only gripe I have.
The only issue I have is that he's not going
in with a Dodger cap on. I'm still upset over that.
Twenty years later that Paul V. Podesta aka Jonahill let
(24:37):
him walk into free agency and he went to Seattle.
So a little bitter there. But Helton and Malward also
getting in. Malor got seventy six point one percent of
the vote. He also got in on his first year,
Helton seventy nine point seven percent of the ballots. He
got in on his sixth attempt, Billy Wagner coming up
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just short by five votes. He seventy three point eight
percent overall. This This is second to last year on
the ballot. Gary Sheffield also coming up short. Longtime manager
Jim Leland also selected for this year's class by the
Contemporary Baseball Era Committee back in December. NBA news, of course,
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the big news of the day the Bucks firing head
coach Adrian Griffin after just forty three games, in ESPN
reporting that Doc Rivers has emerged as a serious candidate
to become the new head coach. Other NBA news, Tristan
Thompson suspended twenty five games without pay by the NBA
on Tuesday for violating the league's anti drug policy after
(25:39):
he tested positive for peds. Earlier this morning, the Heat
acquiring Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier for guard Kyle Lowry
in a protected twenty twenty seven a first round pick.
NFL News NFL Network saying Jim Harbaugh in La today
to meet with the Chargers for a second time, and
they made him.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
An extremely strong offer.
Speaker 9 (26:01):
That's according to the sources at NFL Network, and a
deal is within striking distance. Speaking of the Chargers, their
former general manager Tom Telesco, Well, he's found some new
employment after the Chargers relieved him of his dude. He's
the Raiders hiring him to be there next general manager.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Back to you, guys, Hey, Chris Tristan Thompson will not
make the Baseball.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Hall of Fame. I just want him to know that
now that he's tested positive for ped right right, All right?
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Uh well, there you have it. Kevin wired with the update.
We're live from the tirag dot com studios. Our next guest,
Fox Sports Radio Weekend, superstar, former NFL offensive lineman, the
one the only e from Salim whatever.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Brother, what's happening man?
Speaker 7 (26:46):
How you doing?
Speaker 4 (26:47):
Brothers good?
Speaker 3 (26:49):
I want you to know Chris was out yesterday, but
I renamed Buffalo, uh to wide right New York. Now,
don't call it Buffalo anymore?
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Wide right? Come on, come on, man, Buffalo.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Can you imagine those fans in the heartbreak that franchise
has been through.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
I've always said, don't put it in the hands of
the kicker. Man.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Man, I've always said that weather right.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
Yep, coming down the stretch, those do those last two
plays on second and third down? With terrible, terrible plays. Uh.
In terms of decision putting yourself in position to even
go for it on fourth down, right right, if we're
going I would have been I would have it would
have made more sense to me for us to get
(27:35):
to fourth and two, fourth and one and make a
decision we're going to go win this game, uh, and
and not try to tie it up and go to overtime.
I would have been more comfortable with that than the
play calling on the second down play I believe he
missed Diggs who was wide open. Yeah. Right, So like
(27:58):
those type of decisions right there, and then just I
guess chalking it up to where we in field goal range,
let's just try this. And you know, we've seen far
too many games come down to that of the leg
of a kicker, and it always leaves a bad taste
and teammates and fans mouth. Although I do know what's
part of the game, it's still tough.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
So I mean, obviously some of that decision making is
on Josh Allen. Maybe sums on Sean McDermott. I mean,
he's not the offensive coordinator. But do you think they
need a coaching change? I think Sean McDermott did a
good job, but I mean, is the time for a
new voice. I think they probably hit the summit as
far as they can go with him. And you look
(28:41):
at who's out there. I don't know how much longer
harball be out there. But Belichick Mike Vrabel like, do
you think they should run it back with McDermott or
look elsewhere?
Speaker 4 (28:52):
Well, I think McDermott has earned his right to be there.
What I will say is, in terms of offensive play callers,
ever since Brady has taken over those duties, it's been
trying to protect Josh Allen from himself, right, And what
(29:13):
I say. What I mean by that is the fact
that they won't allow him because his propensity to throw
an interception or be loose with the ball. They won't
allow him to continually attack down the field. You'll get
one or two off like that pass he threw early
in the fourth quarter to Diggs that was stem Indra
(29:36):
in the bucket, and I mean, you can't but they're
not gonna let him do that the whole game because
that's when you know. I mean, he had eighteen interceptions
this year, so a lot of passes at the line
of scrimmage, a lot of passes behind the line of
scrimmage five yards down the field. I think they had
three passes attempts over twenty yards or something like that.
(29:56):
So they're trying to protect Josh Allen from himself and
you can't do that. You won't find ultimate success if
you're trying to take away one of his strongest attributes,
and that's his arm strength down the field.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
Let's talk about Lamar in his first playoff game this season. Uh,
you know, after the great regular season, everybody believes gonna.
Speaker 7 (30:15):
Be the m v P.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
What did you think of that? And also, you know
the Texas that scored over forty points in their first
playoff game and they were held to a field goal
other than the what was it the punt return that
was the only touchdown they got. I mean, they got
a field goal in the first quarter and that was it.
What did you make of Lamar and that Ravens defense.
Speaker 4 (30:38):
Well, we knew coming into the game that the Ravens
are into the playoffs. The Ravens had one of the
top defenses in the league, if not the top. I
think they're in the top two in terms of I think.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
It might have been ahead, right, Chris right, Umber, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
Right, one or two. So we knew coming into that
game the defense was going to show up and be
ready to play, especially at home. Offensively, what we did
see was we saw a little apprehension the little rusts
not playing for two weeks out of the offense until
Lamar Jackson's credit, he went in and I believe he
talked about this after the game in the postgame interview
(31:13):
about some reporter asked him who spoke at halftime and
he said it was me, and he stood up in
front of the team and made the decision that hey,
we're not going out like this. We need to do
things differently in the second half. And we saw him
come out immediately and take the game over. So as
far as my thoughts on him, I thought he did
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exactly what he needed to do, exactly what an MVP
candidate did, and that's takeover the game. You know, you
throw for two touchdowns, you run for two touchdowns, you
run four hundred yards, I mean, whatever it takes, and
that was his mindset coming out in the second half.
Whatever I have to do to get us there, That's
what I'm gonna do. And that's all you can ask.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Kansas City really showed the heart of a champion and
beating Buffalo.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
So how do you like this?
Speaker 5 (32:01):
Man?
Speaker 1 (32:01):
I mean, I don't think you could ask anything better Baltimore.
Speaker 4 (32:06):
This is a This is a great matchup, and I
think this is what people anticipated throughout the second half
of the season, where we'd get down to probably these
two teams in the AFC Championship game and it's going
to be mussy TV. It's going to be a wild side.
Patrick Mahomes just answered the question can he win a
playoff game on the road, just went up to Buffalo
(32:29):
in tough conditions and pulled that out. But this is
going to be a whole other beast. Going to Baltimore
with a rich culture of winning through defense and championships
like this is going to be fever pitch, something that
I don't think he's experienced in his his dynamic but
(32:51):
brief run as a starting quarterback in this league six years.
It's going to be a whole nother animal, and I
believe Baltimore is up for the challenge.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Okay, last thing too, the forty nine ers and the
Lions forty nine ers didn't look good for three quarters
and then you know rock Perty got it done when
they needed it most, and the Lions of course beat
Tampa Bay. But do the Lions have a shot if
they can run the ball against the forty nine ers
to upset them, or are we looking at the forty
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nine Ers and Ravens, the two best teams all year
being in the Super Bowl?
Speaker 2 (33:27):
Or can Alliance pull a big upset?
Speaker 7 (33:30):
Well?
Speaker 4 (33:31):
Look, Rob, you know how I feel about Detroit. I
know how you feel about Detroit. A lot of tears.
I played there for one year, not very good, and
just to watch what Dan Campbell and his staff is
done for that organization. We thought it would never happen.
And it took a psycho, a mad man talking about
(33:51):
knee caps and knocking getting knocked down. And it took
that to get this team to believe in itself. And
they do have a shot. They have a puncher's chance.
But what I do want to talk about is, for
the life of me, I can't understand the unfair criticism
of Rock Party. If Brock Party just hear me out.
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If Rock Party was the first round draft pick last year,
if he was a first round draft pick last year,
we would be commending him because he would be a
young player in his second year who was in the
MVP conversation and has taken his team to the NFC
Championship Game twice. Like you would sign up for that
(34:36):
for a first round draft pick quarterback correct first pick
in the draft. This would be an amazing year for him.
He was the last pick in the draft. Last year,
he played half the season. Last year, got him to
the NFC Championship game, got him hurt. He's played the
full season this year. He's won twenty out of twenty
five games. But yet people refuse to give him credit
(35:00):
for being talented. And I don't understand that. To me,
it makes no sense.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
I do agree with you.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
If this was Trey LANs doing the exact same thing,
everybody'd be saying he's a superstar.
Speaker 4 (35:11):
If it was if this was if Matt Jones had
his record, we'd be like, oh my god, they got
it right, they did this, they did that. But all
of a sudden, because he was the last picking.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
I hear it, but I can't.
Speaker 3 (35:25):
I can't fully endorse that because nobody uh did that
in Saint Louis.
Speaker 7 (35:31):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (35:32):
I just uh, what am I thinking of Kurt Warner?
When Kurt Warner showed up. Who wasn't even drafted. Nobody question.
I'm just nobody said Kurt Warner's no good because the
eye test was better.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
I'm just saying he wasn't even drafted. Nobody. He had
a lot of weapons too.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
Nobody said that, Oh, Kurt Warner's just doing this because
he has weapons.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
He had a lot of weapons and so exactly.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
So why are we saying that about brock party.
Speaker 3 (36:00):
I just think that Kirk Warner looked a part. He
had fifty touchdowns his first year. There was no denying
his talent. I don't think there was any denying as talent.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
Well, we gotta run Ephraim, but good can talk about it.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Yeah, we'll talk about it next week. We'll see how
this this weekend goes. It's the Eye Couple. Chris and
Rob keep it lock Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 11 (36:21):
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Speaker 3 (38:00):
Alright, here we go, Chris no lebron Tonight Lakers are
at the Clippers here in Los Angeles, Clippers minus nine
and a half. I'm gonna take the Clippers minus nine
and a half against the Lakers. I know the Lakers
beat them earlier this year, but I got the Clippers tonight, Chris. Also,
the Nuggets are in Indianapolis.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
To take on the Pacers.
Speaker 1 (38:20):
I got the Nuggets and a half is up nine page.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
You wouldn't change it, no, no, no, I put this out.
This is on social earlier, so we're good. And also
I got the Knicks minus three and a half at Brooklyn,
So Knicks minus three and a half, Nuggets minus four
and a half, and the Clippers minus nine.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
And a half. And remember, I'm not telling you who
to bet on. I'm telling you who I bet at all. Right,
there you have it, Rob last night, and.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
We're gonna get into Joel Nbatch huge night with seventy points,
but carl Anthony Towns.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
For a moment I thought he might best MB.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
They were playing the Charlotte Hornets Towns as Timberwolves.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
And he dropped sixty two.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
Rob. Everybody was trying to do the Kobe on the anniversary.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
Yes, that was the anniversary last night of his eighty
one pointe was eighty.
Speaker 3 (39:17):
One so and bat at seventy and Cat had how
many sixty to sixty two, sixty two.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
But in the fourth quarter, they were trying to get
Towns like, I don't know how many points they're trying
to get him, maybe eighty one for all I knew,
but they were trying to get him the ball, and
they kind of just I mean, it was it really
looked good.
Speaker 2 (39:39):
Anthony Edwards was just.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
Looking for Towns, and you know, it was nice that
they were looking out for their teammate.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
But they forgot they had a basketball game to win.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
And in the fourth quarter they were outscored thirty six
to eighteen, and Cat only had four points on two
of ten shooting, and Rob The coach, Chris Finch, was disgusted.
In fact, he called it and absolutely this is a
direct quote, absolutely disgusting performance of defense and immature basketball.
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This is what happens when you have this type of approach,
he said about Towns forcing shots and the players forcing
him the ball and all that. Look, Chris Finch has
done a great job with that team. They have the
best record in the West, and I hope and I
believe I don't think he would have came out and
(40:37):
said that if he wasn't that type of coach and
he speaks, you know, candidly to them like that. But
I just hope that Towns isn't offended by this to
the point where it affects his.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
Play, and he shouldn't be.
Speaker 3 (40:55):
They lost, and as a coach, it's about winning, not
individual stats. If they were winning, like the embid and
Philly Chris and and you're in a.
Speaker 2 (41:05):
Situation where they were looking to get embid, Okay, but
they were up. They weren't down.
Speaker 3 (41:10):
They weren't passing up guys who were open to make
sure that one player gets the ball. The coach had
every right to say that's not acceptable.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
What are we doing here? You just said it. They
had the best record in the West. They're trying to win,
They're trying to win something. What is this?
Speaker 1 (41:26):
Nah? I'm with you too bad. He couldn't drop because
nobody's gonna really remember much about that sixty two points, uh,
and it might.
Speaker 2 (41:35):
Be negative what they remember. Keep it locked, Ahable
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Speaker 2 (01:16):
How are you? Can you hear me? Rob?
Speaker 1 (01:20):
Is uh? Apparently we got you? Apparently experiencing some technical difficulties. Rob,
we hear you, I hear you.
Speaker 2 (01:31):
Do you hear me? I hear you? Okay? Okay? How
you doing, man, I'm good. How are you I'm excellent.
How are you feeling better? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (01:40):
Yeah, I felt fine yesterday, but my voice was laryngitis.
Speaker 2 (01:44):
You know.
Speaker 1 (01:45):
I used to get laryngitis as a kid, and just
for a few days I couldn't really speak or or
barely could speak. So, uh, maybe that's just come back
on me.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
But now I'm good.
Speaker 3 (01:57):
You don't want that, you got you gotta talk every day.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
I do no good in my mouth, you know. So
it was nice to have last night. Saw that off.
Speaker 1 (02:05):
He gave my voice arrest. So I'm not one hundred percent.
I'm probably eighty five. Play it, play through it. That's
what I'm doing. That's what I'm doing, the first thing first,
and now doing the odd couple lost to get to.
So let's introduce the crew.
Speaker 2 (02:23):
And get say this.
Speaker 3 (02:23):
I'm bummed out today. We'll talk about it later, but
I'm bummed out.
Speaker 1 (02:28):
Okay, I have a feeling I know about the baseball
trash talk. I guess you know that it is a
trash talking Tuesday. So at the moment, I'll come to
you about who you're trashing. But we got Kevin wired
on the updates. We've got the one and only Elijah
Sabuno on social media, Shaye Morgan gart Is uh Infra
(02:51):
oz Wow as the producer, and of course on the
Ones and TUESDA, the one and only DJ Alex tyshert
Aka Alex the Vegan. All right, Rob, it is a
trash talking Tuesday. So second hour of the show. You've
been to trash any wonder anything in the world of sports,
You'll get about thirty to forty seconds to do.
Speaker 2 (03:11):
So, Rob, who are you trash? I'm trushing the BBWAA,
my brother Ball Writers' Association. Yeah, so of America. I don't know.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
I just I look at two people who got in
Chris and I could not I could not disagree with
the selections anymore. Joe Mauer and Todd Helton hall of
very good players, just not Hall of famers. Adrian Beltray
a layup thirty one hundred hits, Chris a layup ninety
(03:44):
ninety four percent.
Speaker 2 (03:46):
That was not the issue.
Speaker 3 (03:47):
And Gary Sheffield felt short his last year about sixty
four percent.
Speaker 2 (03:52):
He needed seventy.
Speaker 3 (03:53):
Five so he would have to go to the Veterans Committee.
Speaker 2 (03:55):
So it stinks. But that's why I'm trushing. Well, Rob,
I got one thing they say to you.
Speaker 1 (04:01):
I don't want to hear another word about the basketball
Hall of Fame.
Speaker 2 (04:08):
Anybody gets in, really.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
In the fame Hall of Fame nowadays it's painful.
Speaker 2 (04:19):
Yes, it is not what it used to be. Like
you said, Joe mauerd nice player, right, but a Hall
of famer, Chris can let me give you a quick status.
Speaker 3 (04:30):
You ready, when they moved to Target Field, he played
there eight years, Chris, he had ready thirty two home
runs in like twenty five hundred that bats.
Speaker 2 (04:41):
Which is equal to four seasons.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
So he averaged eight home runs a season eight Yep,
that is not Hall of.
Speaker 2 (04:52):
Fame, Chris.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
Darryl Strawberry has more career RBIs than Joe Mauer. Joe
Mauer averaged six see one RBIs this season.
Speaker 2 (05:02):
That's not Hall of Fame, Gonna be honest.
Speaker 1 (05:05):
One the last few years, I don't know, it's just
felt to me like almost like they're looking to just
put guys in.
Speaker 2 (05:14):
I mean really like no nice I mean he played
in Colorado, so you know you know.
Speaker 3 (05:21):
What, Chris, go look at his numbers home and road
home right, the roof road average player yep? Okay, And
the last one is Uh, yeah, just I'm with you.
And we saw it last year with the Scott Roland.
Remember Scott Roland. We all saw Scott Roland. He was
a very good player. He wasn't a Hall of Famer.
Speaker 2 (05:41):
So that's where we are now. It's definitely lower to bar.
Speaker 1 (05:44):
All right, We'll get to more of that later in
the show. But Rob, we gotta start hear the news
of the day. Uh, and a bit surprising, even though
you know, I think we all can look back and say,
you know what, the they weren't really clicking.
Speaker 2 (05:57):
But the Milwaukee Bucks.
Speaker 1 (06:00):
Forty three games into the season, fire their first year coach,
Adrian Griffin, longtime assistant, former player and a guy that
you know, many thought was going to be a good
head coach, and it didn't work out.
Speaker 2 (06:17):
A lot of reasons.
Speaker 1 (06:19):
Obviously, defensively, they were struggling mightily.
Speaker 4 (06:22):
Rob.
Speaker 1 (06:22):
Last year, they were the fourth rated defensive team in
the league. This year they dropped to twenty first, but
they were thirty and thirteen. That's the second best record
in the Eastern Conference and actually tied for the second
best record in the league.
Speaker 2 (06:42):
But they didn't look like Rob. Now, who knows. I mean,
they had a new Damian Lillard. Obviously it's a big
piece Christian again, am I right? Like last? So you're
sickid here to make excuses or whatever.
Speaker 3 (06:55):
I'm just saying, like, they're not what's their record, thirty
and thirteen, thirty and thirteen. They're not thirteen and thirty Chris, Okay,
I get that.
Speaker 2 (07:04):
Oh yeah, he wouldn't have even gotten.
Speaker 3 (07:05):
This far, right, But to get fired nowadays with a
thirty and thirty? Can you imagine these older coaches looking going,
are you serious like that?
Speaker 2 (07:15):
Well?
Speaker 1 (07:16):
I think what it speaks to Rob is the desperation
that disfranchise is feeling. Right, they just made a big trade.
And let's face it, Damian Lillard, who we all know
is a is a great player top seventy five. Whether
you think he should be or not, he is, and
he's certainly a first ballot Hall of Famer. He hasn't
played as well as usual, And.
Speaker 2 (07:39):
Do you blame that on the coach? Do you blame
that on Lillard? Whatever?
Speaker 1 (07:43):
But I do think to your point, and I correct
me if I'm wrong, I think you're kind of saying, Rob,
I mean, it was gonna be an adjustment. You were
losing Drew Holliday, who was one of your key pieces.
You bringing in a star who has the ball in
his hands. So it's not gonna happen overnight. And maybe
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things as time went on would have gotten better, but
they weren't willing to wait because I gotta be honest.
Speaker 2 (08:11):
Right right now, I think Boston looked better.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
I think Philly looked better in Miami getting Terry Rozier,
that's a move I really like.
Speaker 2 (08:23):
I think they you even know, they've had Milwaukee's number.
Speaker 1 (08:27):
I think they probably in the postseason would have had
a great chance of beating Milwaukee. So I don't know
if this will work out, but I think those are
a lot of the reasons.
Speaker 2 (08:39):
And Rob, let me say this and Yannis.
Speaker 1 (08:43):
Here's a quote Yannis had after they lost to the
Rockets on January sixth. Ro this, tell me if you
agree with me, this is a death quote for a coach.
And I'm not blaming Giannis, but when you hear this,
you got it does not speak well of the coach here.
Speaker 2 (09:03):
It is now.
Speaker 1 (09:04):
Defensively, we have to have a plan, this is Jonas.
What is our strategy? Are we going to give a
lot of open threes? Are we going to let them
get in the paint when they go in the post.
Are we going to stay with ours and play one
on one? What is our strategy right now? We're giving everything.
(09:26):
We are giving everything. We are giving the threes, we
are giving straight line drives. We are letting guys play
in the post and get comfortable.
Speaker 2 (09:34):
We're giving offensive rebounds. I mean, rob am I wrong?
Speaker 1 (09:39):
Or is this that sound like we don't agree with
the strategy. We don't even know what the strategy is.
Speaker 2 (09:45):
No question, you're being nice. I mean that was it
right there there.
Speaker 3 (09:50):
You could go right back to that quote if your
ownership or management or whatever and you're like, okay, they
don't even the players don't even know what they're doing.
Honest is complaining about defense? Forget that you gave away
your best defensive player, like act like that didn't happen,
right right, right like that, Chris, people said that when
they may getting torched on you.
Speaker 2 (10:11):
When they made the trade.
Speaker 3 (10:12):
Right the first thing people said is you just gave
up your best defensive player, like this is why you
are a really good defensive team. And now you know
Damian Lillard's not that right, Okay, So you're going to
give up something. You got firepower offensively, but defensively, you're
going to give up something and to Yeah, you know,
(10:33):
I would expect Chris like there would be some scandal
behind the scenes or the players. I think total no, no, no,
I'm saying I can accept that more to get rid
of a coach at thirty.
Speaker 2 (10:45):
And thirteen, this early in the season.
Speaker 3 (10:48):
It ain't about Chris where you are now, I'm sorry,
It's about where you are in April, you know what
I mean, or when it really is like it's a
progress Like being the number one seed now doesn't guarantee
you anything.
Speaker 2 (11:05):
It just doesn't.
Speaker 1 (11:06):
I mean, like, look, there's the record was fine, right, Offensively,
they were fine.
Speaker 2 (11:12):
Defense was the problem.
Speaker 1 (11:13):
Look, you make a legitimate point for giving it a shot,
and maybe something will come out that there were you know,
issues or whatever.
Speaker 3 (11:21):
That's what I'm saying that, Like, that's what it feels
like to make this move. This was not like some
guy who hadn't been around, hadn't paid his dues, Chris right,
all this other stuff. This is a guy who's bred
in the NBA and one way back sixteen years as
an assistant.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
I mean like a long time, long time with a
lot of okay, with a lot of teams. He's been around.
Here's his opportunity.
Speaker 3 (11:43):
And you give this guy a cup of coffee in
a sweet role and say that's it.
Speaker 2 (11:47):
Wow, I hear you, And that's that's legitimate.
Speaker 1 (11:51):
Now, Rob, The big thing is a big part of
this too is Doc Rivers.
Speaker 2 (11:56):
Apparently about a month ago, Doc River, at.
Speaker 1 (12:00):
The longing of the owners of the Bucks, became the
consultant for Adrian Griffin. And now he appears to be
the league candidate. I don't you know, he's certainly one
of the league candidates.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
Chris, Chris, I'm gonna stop you because this is this
is lunacy. Okay, this is absolute lunacy. Please, I don't
understand it.
Speaker 2 (12:28):
I get Doc.
Speaker 3 (12:29):
Rivers long coaching career, won a championship, We gave him
a parade, we threw confetti on his head all.
Speaker 2 (12:36):
That long time ago. That was a long time ago.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
And now here we go again after he's been putting
like he had the Clippers job with Kawhi and Paul George.
He was in Philadelphia with Embiid in that group and
that didn't work out, And now you're gonna send him
to Jannis.
Speaker 2 (12:55):
Really Okay, Rob, I'm you.
Speaker 1 (13:01):
Why why we say, Look, we say everybody knows we
first guessed this. We said this when Doc went to Philly. Yes,
why you remember, we were floored. We were floored that
that that happened. Doc Rivers has blown more three one
(13:22):
leads than any coach in history.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
He's blown three of them, three three one leads.
Speaker 1 (13:27):
He's blown four three two leads, Rob, and another two
oer leads. And I don't mean four three two leads
that were three one leads at one point separately. All Right,
I what why? And I'm not saying Doc's a horrendous coach.
Speaker 2 (13:47):
Nobody's saying that.
Speaker 1 (13:48):
But Doc is has he shown that he can get
the team over the hump.
Speaker 2 (13:54):
The Clippers hired him.
Speaker 1 (13:57):
They were a good team, they had lob City to
get past the second round, never did it.
Speaker 3 (14:02):
And then ty Luke comes in, he shows up right,
and Kawhi is hurt and they get to the Western
Coffee Finals.
Speaker 5 (14:10):
Right.
Speaker 2 (14:11):
I'm just saying, like, and I'm gonna throw this.
Speaker 1 (14:15):
I throw this out for a lot of the jobs
that are out there. I know he ain't gonna get it, Rob.
I like to see him get Mark Jackson a shot.
I know they won't whatever reason he's blackballed. Kenny Atkinson
is another name. I think of Kenny Atkinson as a
guy that would be good for a rebuilding team, young teams, scrappy,
get the most out of him.
Speaker 2 (14:35):
When he was in Brooklyn, Rob, when the Stars didn't
want him, Yep.
Speaker 3 (14:40):
I just I don't know, man, they I don't know
where they're The NBA is starting to feel like the
NHL chitch. I don't know how Colsey they fired, coaches
left him right and now it just seemed like like
like coaches are just getting tossed out, like everybody wants
Darvin Ham fired everybody like or so to do before
(15:01):
they just won the nd season tournament, Chris, and two
weeks later they're like, get rid of Darbnham.
Speaker 2 (15:06):
He doesn't know what he's doing. Yeah, right, all right?
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Speaker 2 (16:53):
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Speaker 1 (16:56):
Adrian Griffin gone in Milwaukee, Dot Rivers could be in?
Speaker 2 (17:01):
Is he the answer your thoughts?
Speaker 3 (17:03):
All right, let's kick it off with Ramone in Indianapolis.
You're on the odd couple of Fox Sports waiting.
Speaker 2 (17:08):
What's up, buddy?
Speaker 4 (17:10):
Hey?
Speaker 7 (17:10):
How you doing? My two favorite gentlemen? My man, I'll
tell you it's just trade here. I've never heard of
a thirty and thirteen. Well I have to. I'm about sixty,
so I think we're all around close to that age.
You know, you guys look great, and I've never heard
of it. I don't understand it. It just breaks the
kind of newity you're already fighting, trying to get ahead
(17:32):
of the game. It's a wide open race right now.
There's no clearcut favorites, Denver, Sean Cracks, you got. You know,
Kevin Durant is doing Superman right now. But you know
how to click cut favorite, and we don't know how
it's Kawhi and Paul George and James Harden. When the playoffstart,
you just stayed thirty and thirty thirty and thirteen puts
(17:53):
you at almost sixty wins. You figured you get fifty
eight to fifty nine wins. You're right. First place doesn't
mean anything because great teams can go on the road
and win. I don't understand it. It doesn't make any sense.
Speaker 1 (18:04):
The reports are that, Now these are reports, and these
are obviously leagues inside the organization, but they're saying that
the players lost confidence in the strategy and the robe.
Speaker 2 (18:14):
We just read that, you know, quote from.
Speaker 3 (18:16):
No but that Chris, that would make sense. It's gotta
be something of that. It can't be the record or
this idea that things have gone awry. It's gotta be
where Yannis or somebody will and it's gotta be honest
in that room, right who says that this isn't working.
Speaker 7 (18:33):
I mean, but I hope they get it right because
they've mortgaged the future. Yeah, paying too big salaries. Then,
no matter what people want to say, they can criticize
the Lakers all they want to A D and Lebron
did bring the title bubble or not. That's a trophy
in there.
Speaker 2 (18:49):
So you know, look, they're desperate.
Speaker 1 (18:52):
They it's win championship or bust, period, no questions.
Speaker 2 (18:58):
About and right now they do not.
Speaker 1 (19:00):
Rob looked like the team to win the championship, but
as you said, it was a long way to go.
Speaker 3 (19:04):
Our buddy Chris from West Palm Beach, I always butcher
his name, put him on.
Speaker 2 (19:13):
We got Pip pipe him up, Bernanto.
Speaker 1 (19:19):
Bno Benito again, say it again?
Speaker 3 (19:26):
Bent too, biento, Chris, remember bent too? He bet us,
He bet us a long time ago from West Palm Beach.
Speaker 2 (19:33):
Where you been? How are you? Man?
Speaker 5 (19:36):
I've been here, man, I've been working the same mold man,
just watching these games.
Speaker 4 (19:40):
And doing all right.
Speaker 2 (19:41):
So you still listened? You just ain't been calling in.
Speaker 5 (19:44):
Yeah, I've definitely been listening. You gotta have a great self.
Speaker 2 (19:47):
Thank you, buddy. Okay, what's up?
Speaker 3 (19:49):
Guy?
Speaker 5 (19:50):
All right? So with Doug Rivers, I think this was
the perfect hire because well they.
Speaker 2 (19:56):
Haven't hired Doc yet, but that's the uh those.
Speaker 5 (20:02):
I think I think Douc has had a bad rap
in these his last few jobs because.
Speaker 7 (20:09):
His last few.
Speaker 5 (20:09):
Jobs, his players just couldn't get the job done and
to end the series. And with this bus team, they
have a Dame, they have a they have a Chris
Middleton that can close games. So we just need Doc
Rivers to come in to manage the personalities managed the
first to three quarters. Something is to have something organized.
(20:31):
They just didn't like that about the rookie you head
of coach. He just they.
Speaker 1 (20:34):
Didn't George with the Clippers, but they chose We've seen
We've seen that series.
Speaker 5 (20:42):
They Doc Rivers got them the lead. They didn't close
the series. At the end of the day, these players
have to close the series and Damie Damie Linton has
already proven that they can close.
Speaker 2 (20:53):
Games until he didn't.
Speaker 3 (21:00):
You're giving you're giving Doctor given where Doc's been exactly
come on now, I mean everywhere they.
Speaker 5 (21:08):
Haven't had a player like.
Speaker 2 (21:11):
Him beat in hard He had.
Speaker 1 (21:13):
Him beating hardened in Philly, he had Kawhye.
Speaker 3 (21:19):
Into Chris Paul Chris three to one against Denver in
that series they were winning.
Speaker 2 (21:24):
What are you righting about?
Speaker 5 (21:26):
Chris Paul couldn't win it with the Phoenix Suns man.
Speaker 2 (21:31):
Maybe I think you've given Doctor pass.
Speaker 3 (21:34):
I think you're giving Doctor pass, like too much of
a pass. Nobody's saying it's all his fault, but boy,
everywhere he's gone, it just seems the same Tim from Queens.
You're on the couple of Fox Sports Radio. What's up, Tim?
Speaker 8 (21:48):
What's up guys? How you're doing today?
Speaker 7 (21:50):
Man?
Speaker 2 (21:51):
Doing great?
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Man?
Speaker 2 (21:52):
How are you?
Speaker 8 (21:53):
I'm good?
Speaker 7 (21:54):
I'm good.
Speaker 8 (21:54):
So I felt like it was a little hasty to
do it, only because it was a first coach. And
also remember what happened with the he made you dope
in the beginning of the Celtics. They wasn't eying any
it made me run to the finals. Everybody was like, oh,
very good, seem like it seemed like, you know, Janni's
just didn't like what was going on. So he was
(22:16):
just like, you know, get him out of here. Like
he wasn't getting his way because I've seen another report
that he didn't want Nick Nurse. Why would you?
Speaker 2 (22:23):
Did he want it Griffin over Nick Nurse? I tell
you what, why would you not? They be in good
shape with Nick Nurse.
Speaker 8 (22:29):
I'll tell you that much. So and then so I
was like, something that's going on. Gianni's has got a
little bit too much power, Like how Robbi's saying sometimes
the player got a little bit too much power in
picking things like so I agree with that a little bit.
Speaker 3 (22:43):
Yeah, you gotta be careful though, because what you what
you're gonna do if this, if you get Doc Rivers in,
this flames out?
Speaker 2 (22:48):
Now what right? Like? Now?
Speaker 8 (22:50):
Yeah, I definitely don't think Doc Rivers is a good replacement.
Like I'm tired of seeing him. I don't know how
he keeps getting jobs. You would think his agent is
like Rich Paul or something like that, Like the way
he just keep getting jobs over and over and over again.
With No, I don't think he's good for this.
Speaker 3 (23:07):
But you know, you would think that Doc Rivers has
ten championships, Chris, I'm just saying.
Speaker 2 (23:14):
I mean the Celtics.
Speaker 1 (23:16):
Were frank with Orlando, then Boston, then the Clippers then Philly.
Speaker 2 (23:22):
Yeah, do you think it's you think it's a done
deal in Milwaukee.
Speaker 3 (23:28):
I don't just sug gut got because because he was
a consultant, he was consulting, he was already there brought.
Speaker 1 (23:38):
I don't like that, right, I'm like, dude, I'm the coach,
a consultant, I can bring it on it on an
assistant coach, I don't need a consultant, you know.
Speaker 2 (23:49):
So, yeah, all right, the lines around the corner.
Speaker 1 (23:53):
But first, our man Kevin Wired with the update cav Yeah.
Speaker 9 (23:57):
The Major League Baseball Hall of Fame now has three
new members.
Speaker 10 (24:02):
Our first electee was a superstar at the plate and
in the field, playing twenty one seasons for the Dodgers, Mariners,
Red Sox and Rangers. Today, Adrian Beltray becomes a member
of the National Baseball Hall of Fame.
Speaker 9 (24:17):
Beltray getting in on his first ballot. He got ninety
five point one percent of the vote over thirty one
hundred hits. And I agree with you, Rob, I mean
a cinch Hall of Famer. The only gripe I have.
The only issue I have is that he's not going
in with a Dodger cap on. I'm still upset over that.
Twenty years later that Paul V. Podesta aka Jonahill let
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him walk into free agency and he went to Seattle.
So a little bitter there. But Helton and Malward also
getting in. Malor got seventy six point one percent of
the vote. He also got in on his first year,
Helton seventy nine point seven percent of the ballots. He
got in on his sixth attempt, Billy Wagner coming up
(24:57):
just short by five votes. He seventy three point eight
percent overall. This This is second to last year on
the ballot. Gary Sheffield also coming up short. Longtime manager
Jim Leland also selected for this year's class by the
Contemporary Baseball Era Committee back in December. NBA news, of course,
(25:18):
the big news of the day the Bucks firing head
coach Adrian Griffin after just forty three games, in ESPN
reporting that Doc Rivers has emerged as a serious candidate
to become the new head coach. Other NBA news, Tristan
Thompson suspended twenty five games without pay by the NBA
on Tuesday for violating the league's anti drug policy after
(25:39):
he tested positive for peds. Earlier this morning, the Heat
acquiring Charlotte Hornets guard Terry Rozier for guard Kyle Lowry
in a protected twenty twenty seven a first round pick.
NFL News NFL Network saying Jim Harbaugh in La today
to meet with the Chargers for a second time, and
they made him.
Speaker 2 (25:59):
An extremely strong offer.
Speaker 9 (26:01):
That's according to the sources at NFL Network, and a
deal is within striking distance. Speaking of the Chargers, their
former general manager Tom Telesco, Well, he's found some new
employment after the Chargers relieved him of his dude. He's
the Raiders hiring him to be there next general manager.
Speaker 3 (26:18):
Back to you, guys, Hey, Chris Tristan Thompson will not
make the Baseball.
Speaker 2 (26:23):
Hall of Fame. I just want him to know that
now that he's tested positive for ped right right, All right?
Speaker 1 (26:29):
Uh well, there you have it. Kevin wired with the update.
We're live from the tirag dot com studios. Our next guest,
Fox Sports Radio Weekend, superstar, former NFL offensive lineman, the
one the only e from Salim whatever.
Speaker 4 (26:44):
Brother, what's happening man?
Speaker 7 (26:46):
How you doing?
Speaker 4 (26:47):
Brothers good?
Speaker 3 (26:49):
I want you to know Chris was out yesterday, but
I renamed Buffalo, uh to wide right New York. Now,
don't call it Buffalo anymore?
Speaker 2 (26:58):
Wide right? Come on, come on, man, Buffalo.
Speaker 3 (27:03):
Can you imagine those fans in the heartbreak that franchise
has been through.
Speaker 4 (27:08):
I've always said, don't put it in the hands of
the kicker. Man.
Speaker 2 (27:12):
Man, I've always said that weather right.
Speaker 4 (27:15):
Yep, coming down the stretch, those do those last two
plays on second and third down? With terrible, terrible plays. Uh.
In terms of decision putting yourself in position to even
go for it on fourth down, right right, if we're
going I would have been I would have it would
have made more sense to me for us to get
(27:35):
to fourth and two, fourth and one and make a
decision we're going to go win this game, uh, and
and not try to tie it up and go to overtime.
I would have been more comfortable with that than the
play calling on the second down play I believe he
missed Diggs who was wide open. Yeah. Right, So like
(27:58):
those type of decisions right there, and then just I
guess chalking it up to where we in field goal range,
let's just try this. And you know, we've seen far
too many games come down to that of the leg
of a kicker, and it always leaves a bad taste
and teammates and fans mouth. Although I do know what's
part of the game, it's still tough.
Speaker 1 (28:19):
So I mean, obviously some of that decision making is
on Josh Allen. Maybe sums on Sean McDermott. I mean,
he's not the offensive coordinator. But do you think they
need a coaching change? I think Sean McDermott did a
good job, but I mean, is the time for a
new voice. I think they probably hit the summit as
far as they can go with him. And you look
(28:41):
at who's out there. I don't know how much longer
harball be out there. But Belichick Mike Vrabel like, do
you think they should run it back with McDermott or
look elsewhere?
Speaker 4 (28:52):
Well, I think McDermott has earned his right to be there.
What I will say is, in terms of offensive play callers,
ever since Brady has taken over those duties, it's been
trying to protect Josh Allen from himself, right, And what
(29:13):
I say. What I mean by that is the fact
that they won't allow him because his propensity to throw
an interception or be loose with the ball. They won't
allow him to continually attack down the field. You'll get
one or two off like that pass he threw early
in the fourth quarter to Diggs that was stem Indra
(29:36):
in the bucket, and I mean, you can't but they're
not gonna let him do that the whole game because
that's when you know. I mean, he had eighteen interceptions
this year, so a lot of passes at the line
of scrimmage, a lot of passes behind the line of
scrimmage five yards down the field. I think they had
three passes attempts over twenty yards or something like that.
(29:56):
So they're trying to protect Josh Allen from himself and
you can't do that. You won't find ultimate success if
you're trying to take away one of his strongest attributes,
and that's his arm strength down the field.
Speaker 3 (30:08):
Let's talk about Lamar in his first playoff game this season. Uh,
you know, after the great regular season, everybody believes gonna.
Speaker 7 (30:15):
Be the m v P.
Speaker 3 (30:16):
What did you think of that? And also, you know
the Texas that scored over forty points in their first
playoff game and they were held to a field goal
other than the what was it the punt return that
was the only touchdown they got. I mean, they got
a field goal in the first quarter and that was it.
What did you make of Lamar and that Ravens defense.
Speaker 4 (30:38):
Well, we knew coming into the game that the Ravens
are into the playoffs. The Ravens had one of the
top defenses in the league, if not the top. I
think they're in the top two in terms of I think.
Speaker 2 (30:47):
It might have been ahead, right, Chris right, Umber, Yeah.
Speaker 4 (30:51):
Right, one or two. So we knew coming into that
game the defense was going to show up and be
ready to play, especially at home. Offensively, what we did
see was we saw a little apprehension the little rusts
not playing for two weeks out of the offense until
Lamar Jackson's credit, he went in and I believe he
talked about this after the game in the postgame interview
(31:13):
about some reporter asked him who spoke at halftime and
he said it was me, and he stood up in
front of the team and made the decision that hey,
we're not going out like this. We need to do
things differently in the second half. And we saw him
come out immediately and take the game over. So as
far as my thoughts on him, I thought he did
(31:34):
exactly what he needed to do, exactly what an MVP
candidate did, and that's takeover the game. You know, you
throw for two touchdowns, you run for two touchdowns, you
run four hundred yards, I mean, whatever it takes, and
that was his mindset coming out in the second half.
Whatever I have to do to get us there, That's
what I'm gonna do. And that's all you can ask.
Speaker 1 (31:56):
Kansas City really showed the heart of a champion and
beating Buffalo.
Speaker 2 (32:00):
So how do you like this?
Speaker 5 (32:01):
Man?
Speaker 1 (32:01):
I mean, I don't think you could ask anything better Baltimore.
Speaker 4 (32:06):
This is a This is a great matchup, and I
think this is what people anticipated throughout the second half
of the season, where we'd get down to probably these
two teams in the AFC Championship game and it's going
to be mussy TV. It's going to be a wild side.
Patrick Mahomes just answered the question can he win a
playoff game on the road, just went up to Buffalo
(32:29):
in tough conditions and pulled that out. But this is
going to be a whole other beast. Going to Baltimore
with a rich culture of winning through defense and championships
like this is going to be fever pitch, something that
I don't think he's experienced in his his dynamic but
(32:51):
brief run as a starting quarterback in this league six years.
It's going to be a whole nother animal, and I
believe Baltimore is up for the challenge.
Speaker 3 (33:00):
Okay, last thing too, the forty nine ers and the
Lions forty nine ers didn't look good for three quarters
and then you know rock Perty got it done when
they needed it most, and the Lions of course beat
Tampa Bay. But do the Lions have a shot if
they can run the ball against the forty nine ers
to upset them, or are we looking at the forty
(33:22):
nine Ers and Ravens, the two best teams all year
being in the Super Bowl?
Speaker 2 (33:27):
Or can Alliance pull a big upset?
Speaker 7 (33:30):
Well?
Speaker 4 (33:31):
Look, Rob, you know how I feel about Detroit. I
know how you feel about Detroit. A lot of tears.
I played there for one year, not very good, and
just to watch what Dan Campbell and his staff is
done for that organization. We thought it would never happen.
And it took a psycho, a mad man talking about
(33:51):
knee caps and knocking getting knocked down. And it took
that to get this team to believe in itself. And
they do have a shot. They have a puncher's chance.
But what I do want to talk about is, for
the life of me, I can't understand the unfair criticism
of Rock Party. If Brock Party just hear me out.
(34:12):
If Rock Party was the first round draft pick last year,
if he was a first round draft pick last year,
we would be commending him because he would be a
young player in his second year who was in the
MVP conversation and has taken his team to the NFC
Championship Game twice. Like you would sign up for that
(34:36):
for a first round draft pick quarterback correct first pick
in the draft. This would be an amazing year for him.
He was the last pick in the draft. Last year,
he played half the season. Last year, got him to
the NFC Championship game, got him hurt. He's played the
full season this year. He's won twenty out of twenty
five games. But yet people refuse to give him credit
(35:00):
for being talented. And I don't understand that. To me,
it makes no sense.
Speaker 2 (35:05):
I do agree with you.
Speaker 1 (35:06):
If this was Trey LANs doing the exact same thing,
everybody'd be saying he's a superstar.
Speaker 4 (35:11):
If it was if this was if Matt Jones had
his record, we'd be like, oh my god, they got
it right, they did this, they did that. But all
of a sudden, because he was the last picking.
Speaker 2 (35:22):
I hear it, but I can't.
Speaker 3 (35:25):
I can't fully endorse that because nobody uh did that
in Saint Louis.
Speaker 7 (35:31):
Uh.
Speaker 3 (35:32):
I just uh, what am I thinking of Kurt Warner?
When Kurt Warner showed up. Who wasn't even drafted. Nobody question.
I'm just nobody said Kurt Warner's no good because the
eye test was better.
Speaker 2 (35:45):
I'm just saying he wasn't even drafted. Nobody. He had
a lot of weapons too.
Speaker 3 (35:51):
Nobody said that, Oh, Kurt Warner's just doing this because
he has weapons.
Speaker 2 (35:55):
He had a lot of weapons and so exactly.
Speaker 4 (35:58):
So why are we saying that about brock party.
Speaker 3 (36:00):
I just think that Kirk Warner looked a part. He
had fifty touchdowns his first year. There was no denying
his talent. I don't think there was any denying as talent.
Speaker 2 (36:10):
Well, we gotta run Ephraim, but good can talk about it.
Speaker 1 (36:13):
Yeah, we'll talk about it next week. We'll see how
this this weekend goes. It's the Eye Couple. Chris and
Rob keep it lock Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 11 (36:21):
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Okay, okay, Well, speaking of that really good stuff, here's
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Speaker 3 (38:00):
Alright, here we go, Chris no lebron Tonight Lakers are
at the Clippers here in Los Angeles, Clippers minus nine
and a half. I'm gonna take the Clippers minus nine
and a half against the Lakers. I know the Lakers
beat them earlier this year, but I got the Clippers tonight, Chris. Also,
the Nuggets are in Indianapolis.
Speaker 2 (38:18):
To take on the Pacers.
Speaker 1 (38:20):
I got the Nuggets and a half is up nine page.
Speaker 3 (38:26):
You wouldn't change it, no, no, no, I put this out.
This is on social earlier, so we're good. And also
I got the Knicks minus three and a half at Brooklyn,
So Knicks minus three and a half, Nuggets minus four
and a half, and the Clippers minus nine.
Speaker 2 (38:42):
And a half. And remember, I'm not telling you who
to bet on. I'm telling you who I bet at all. Right,
there you have it, Rob last night, and.
Speaker 1 (38:51):
We're gonna get into Joel Nbatch huge night with seventy points,
but carl Anthony Towns.
Speaker 2 (38:57):
For a moment I thought he might best MB.
Speaker 1 (39:01):
They were playing the Charlotte Hornets Towns as Timberwolves.
Speaker 2 (39:05):
And he dropped sixty two.
Speaker 3 (39:08):
Rob. Everybody was trying to do the Kobe on the anniversary.
Speaker 2 (39:13):
Yes, that was the anniversary last night of his eighty
one pointe was eighty.
Speaker 3 (39:17):
One so and bat at seventy and Cat had how
many sixty to sixty two, sixty two.
Speaker 1 (39:24):
But in the fourth quarter, they were trying to get
Towns like, I don't know how many points they're trying
to get him, maybe eighty one for all I knew,
but they were trying to get him the ball, and
they kind of just I mean, it was it really
looked good.
Speaker 2 (39:39):
Anthony Edwards was just.
Speaker 1 (39:41):
Looking for Towns, and you know, it was nice that
they were looking out for their teammate.
Speaker 2 (39:47):
But they forgot they had a basketball game to win.
Speaker 1 (39:51):
And in the fourth quarter they were outscored thirty six
to eighteen, and Cat only had four points on two
of ten shooting, and Rob The coach, Chris Finch, was disgusted.
In fact, he called it and absolutely this is a
direct quote, absolutely disgusting performance of defense and immature basketball.
(40:14):
This is what happens when you have this type of approach,
he said about Towns forcing shots and the players forcing
him the ball and all that. Look, Chris Finch has
done a great job with that team. They have the
best record in the West, and I hope and I
believe I don't think he would have came out and
(40:37):
said that if he wasn't that type of coach and
he speaks, you know, candidly to them like that. But
I just hope that Towns isn't offended by this to
the point where it affects his.
Speaker 2 (40:52):
Play, and he shouldn't be.
Speaker 3 (40:55):
They lost, and as a coach, it's about winning, not
individual stats. If they were winning, like the embid and
Philly Chris and and you're in a.
Speaker 2 (41:05):
Situation where they were looking to get embid, Okay, but
they were up. They weren't down.
Speaker 3 (41:10):
They weren't passing up guys who were open to make
sure that one player gets the ball. The coach had
every right to say that's not acceptable.
Speaker 2 (41:19):
What are we doing here? You just said it. They
had the best record in the West. They're trying to win,
They're trying to win something. What is this?
Speaker 1 (41:26):
Nah? I'm with you too bad. He couldn't drop because
nobody's gonna really remember much about that sixty two points, uh,
and it might.
Speaker 2 (41:35):
Be negative what they remember. Keep it locked, Ahable
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