December 6, 2023 • 26 mins
On this episode, Chris Coleman and Adam Jansen discuss the big issues from the upcoming Summer of Cricket, talk more Canberra Raiders, cross to Las Vegas to chat to ESPN's Kane Pitman about the NBA's in-season tournament and debut "How Did That Happen?"..
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Speaker 1 (00:00):
The Super Serious Sports Show with Chris Coleman.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
And Adam Jansen.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Adam Jansen. It is the second last edition of The
Super Serious Sports Show for twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
What you got today NBA in season Tournament Chris Coleman.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Okay, do we have to listen to you talk about
it again?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
No, I've got someone that we could talk to about it.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
You've got someone, Yes, he'll be short for time because
he's over there and he's got very very important things
to do. So you've really got something. I've really got
someone in Vegas yep. And the bosses have said we
can make a three minute phone called to America.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yep. Maybe two and a half.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Okay, all right, so that that is happening, all right.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Two and a half, not counting when because you'll ask
a long question and blah blah blah blah blah. Anyway,
there's also cricket. There's some other stuff happening in the
US sport that's caught my attention. Tottenham did they draw
a game of They did.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Against Man City? And I think you were saying that
they were going to get flogged by Man City, So
we get flogged by never say such a thing. I'm
a Tottenham fan through and through and as frustrated as
all get out.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Anyway, we've got a whole bunch of other things to
talk about, include the disappearance of the Murf Hughes, David
Boone mustache gone unfortunately, a super serious sports show without
Chris's mustat aj.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I've been bemoaning the fact that we didn't have a
Test match in November, but we have.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
You're very upset about that. I didn't understand why.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
But the Test season starts in November with a Gabba
green top where a visiting side gets the living proverbial
beaten out of. That's what we've grown up with, That's
what we deserve. Australian cricket fans have been short changed.
But it's December and the cricket season is about to
rev up in a huge way. PM's eleven game is
on as we are recording today. News to me, the
Big Bash League is starting really soon tomorrow night and
(01:43):
Test cricket we've got the first squads. What's the most
exciting bit of all that for you?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
The Big Bash tournament.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Okay, so the Big Bash. Now they've gone a long
way towards fixing up some of the problems.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
With listen to your incessant winging and complain. I wasn't
the only one I know about how long it goes for. Yeah,
sixty one games down to forty four? Is it the
right move? I think it's it's the right move. I
think they could still do a little bit more. I'd
like to see many more Saturdays and Sundays with double headers.
(02:15):
Even triple headers just dominate. But like the NFL in
the States, Sunday afternoon into late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night.
It turns your whole Sunday into a smagas board. No
stuff that. I want to be able to go home
on a Tuesday or Wednesday night and watch some cricket.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
You can still do that. You can still do that.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
But you want both you want Yeah, you want more cricket,
but you want less cricket.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
I want more cricket on less days. Like we said
with the Cricket World Cup, play multiple games on the
same day. It ain't rocket science. It isn't really No,
it's stupid as what you're saying. Anyway, from a tournament perspective,
to the surprise of absolutely nobody, the per Scorches are
the favorites once again. Yeah, there's no surprise there.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Nah, they got a strong squad and Adelaide non pretty good.
Na Rashid Khan this summer, he's not coming out for
the tournament, but the Test matches, as you mentioned, Chris Coleman,
they're coming and there hasn't been a bit of controversy
around one of the selections.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Well, you see, I've now decided the thing that I'm
most looking forward to for the entire summer of cricket
now Mitchell Johnson's Book of a Feuds. Well it's not Australia v. Pakistan,
it's not Australia va. The West Indies. It's Mitch Johnson
versus Davy Warner.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
I mean, you know it's a big story when you
get a Fox Sports article and there's something about a
group chat. Yes, yes, I've had group chat issues before.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I'm just excited if miss Johnson is on board and
reckon he blocked anyone you reckon. We can get him
on board as a co author of the Chris Coleen
Book of Feuds because he and I about Davy Warner,
there seems to be a lot of similarities there.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I wonder how he feels about short dropouts.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
We'll get to that later. They've done some stats analysis
on that. It would be fascinating to talk about. It
would also be really really that. Yeah, we talk about
that later. We'll get into that later. Which one of
those duels a you're most looking forward to Australia versus Pakistan,
Australia versus West Indies, or you like me, you wanted
to see whether the Mitch Johnson versus Dave Warner thing
becomes even bigger outher summer.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I think Pakistani at least be competitive. The West Indies
I don't think would beat our worst shield side.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
They just beat England really in a one day game.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
I'm talking Test cricket.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
No, but they just beat England in a one day game.
I only mentioned that because let's see which of those
nations was at the World Cup last month and which
one wasn't. That's right, England were at the World Cup
and the West Indies weren't. So England in Monday cricket
may actually be even worse than we previously thought, which
is great. That is good news. Well done, Windys.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
I think it's a moral victory for the English cricket team. Look,
you're I'm old enough to remember the West Indies being good.
Therefore you're easily old enough to remember the West Indies
being good.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
To hate the fact that we used to invite the
West Indies out every second summer because so it's just
lining up. It's like lining up for an ass kicking
and from the school bully.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
So I saw them in ninety two ninety three. They
eat Australia in the series. But it certainly wasn't a
demolition job. We had a young Brian Lara and older
Richie Richardson. Viv Richards was gone by the time. But
you're old enough that you would vividly remember that eighty
eight eighty nine sort of summer. Joel Garner, all those guys.
This West Indies team is not that nice.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
I think when you had Gharana holding Marshall, you had
Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Jeffrey Duja, Jeff Doujon behind the
stumps would come out and put in a handy little
cameo in there. You had Gus Lowe, you're the little
guy who it is first ever recorded six if I
remember rightly in cricket, as in a PM's eleven game
here at Marnica. Wasn't renowned as a big hitter, but
it was impossible.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
To get out for shorter than I am.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah, and for some of us. You know, those memories
are still sufficiently embedded in our almost in our dna
that it is great to see the West Ends come
out here and get beaten badly.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Want to know my greatest memory of a West Indies tour?
Do you remember when it was in a one day
in a National when Dean Jones.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Currently Hambrose, removed the sweatband from his wrist. Dean death
with Jones and Dean Jones I remember him saying. Years
later he goes, Yep, he got seven of us, but
he didn't get me.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
By the way. Some name to watch out for from
day one of the PM's eleven game. Jordan Buckingham, knew
nothing about him, comes in first over in the PM's
eleven game against Pakistan dot ball, dop ball, dop ball,
dot ball, dot ball, and then gets an inside edge
from Mr mal Hook through to the through to the keeper,
gets his first wicket. Name to watch for the future.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
What was his name?
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Jordan Buckingham? Okay, so sound like a love child of
a member of Fleetwood Mac or something.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Yeah, I was going to say, I guess if there's
I guess if you know, we're on a bit of
a break and the wicket's not really doing much for
the ball, as you could probably describe it as a
holiday road.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
I'm going to stay well away from the bad jokes
and just roll on at this point.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
A good joke.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
It was a shocking joke, and I'm qualified to say
that because I tell a lot of them.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Did you organize anyone from America today?
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yeah? Yeah, go on, give you off a pat on
the back, go on, yeah, No, on.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
First with myself, I've got I've got some contacts.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Adam Jensen. You may hear.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
That was a bad Joe.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That's my line from Perris Buela Cricket though, by the way,
we didn't mention it's become a real genuine soap opera
now the Mitch Johnston Dave Waner things is involved. So
you know, you know when Clark says something to try
and get attention away from his woes, and the Karl
Stefanovic Queensland thing, was that him? That was him, wasn't it?
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, yeah, you know, Kandace warn to wait in yet,
well Clarky's brought Candace's name up in it. I'm confused
by the whole thing now, but you know, it's a
genuine soap opera in cricket though. The there are some
sports fans who are a bit upset. I just want
to gauge whether you are one of them at this point,
because it seems now that if you wish to watch
icee C cricket tournaments, you're going to have to have
(07:54):
an Amazon Prime subscription. So that comes in addition to
your Fox Sports subscription for for domestic matches, sometimes an
Opti Sport or someone else for other overseas matches. And
now I see CE tournaments are going to be on
Amazon Prime.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
I got on Amazon Prime over the weekend first time. Okay, yeah, yeah,
I watched three movies over the weekend.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
But the replacement show that the top Giar guys, the
old Top Gear guys are doing the Grand Tour. There's
about nine shows on there. They're really well done because
they're all long form, so you can they really get
into stuff and it's not about the cars. It's entertained.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Well, I went to buy somebody a Christmas present, not
you over the weekend.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
So you didn't get me in secrets?
Speaker 3 (08:34):
No, okay, no, no, I've got another little ray of
sunshine from this workplace.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
But that's funny. So today not you sagon last show
of the year. You might be the second last show ever.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
We move on anyway. I've got to Ammazon Prime. No,
I actually bought a present for somebody else here because
I know that they're getting.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Anyway, long anyway, long story, I don't care.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Sorry, you've got it.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
So would I have got Amazon Prime had I not
had it to watch the World Cup? I reckon it
probably would have.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
You got stand Sport yet, No, you're going to get
it in I reckon you'll get it in July next year.
Why because Channel nine's got the Olympics, and I guarantee
you they're going to shunt a whole load of it
over on to stand Sport.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Oh, as long as I can watch the swimming and
the athletics and stuff on the main Channel nine, I
don't need to. I don't need stand to watch the
bad minte.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Do you remember the last time Channel nine had the
Olympics twenty twelve London Games? Was it good? Jess Fox
won a gold medal. I think they showed it three
hours later.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
I do remember that.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Yeah, I actually had a VPN and watched most of
it on the BBC because the BBC had it all
free and available online and in those days they weren't
as clever with the detecting VPNs.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
I'm not going to have Gus call and swimming, are they?
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I don't know. We should get someone on from nine
early next year and give them a free kick about
how we can watch the Olympics.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
Okay, well we probably owe on one now.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, we probably do. Now. Anyway, where are we going
with this? Oh? That's right, So cricket is making more
money out of Amazon Prime now. I note that the
Brisbane Olympics are coming up in twenty thirty two. The
Gabber is going to be demolished and rebuilt as a
completely different stadium, and during the week Usben Kowaja, of
all people.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Had some thoughts on. Dave Warner too.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Came out and said that Queensland Cricket can't afford to
chip in for a replacement temporary stadium at the Brisbane
Showgrounds while the Gabber is being rebuilt, and if they
are forced to do so, it could send cricket broke. Now,
can I just come in off a slightly long run
at this point? Sure? Was there not so long ago
(10:36):
a major dispute between Cricket Australia and the players about
how much money was being paid to the players?
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Probably? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (10:45):
And was there not at that point? Obscene amounts of
money being talked about as it comes into the game
through bidding and TV rights and gate takings and merch
sales and so on. Sure, And doesn't a lot of
that money then filter its way through to the state
cricket associations and the rest of it goes to let
me see who who got a large share of revenue
now twenty Oh, that's right, the players. Now there's a
(11:09):
lot of money coming into cricket. Why should the government
have to put it up? Put up all of it?
When the sports grounds is going to be temporary, only
going to be used by I think the Brisbane Lines
for a couple of seasons and cricket for a couple
of seasons. Why should the government have to put it
up when it's not going to leave any lasting legacy.
Surely the sports should be able to pay some of
their own way from the millions of dollars that come in.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
I love it when talk aback Chris comes out.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Okay, so you agree, Yeah, okay, we'll move on. Not wrong,
of course I'm not. I'm never wrong. I'm always right,
especially at this time of year. They're a super serious
sports show.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Well, Chris Coleman, you just mentioned the Brisbane Lions, who
of course won the AFL W Grand Final over the weekend.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Should have been played at a bigger ground. Get serious, AFL.
It's a shame that North Melbourne didn't win. Why do
they long time since North Melbourne one stuff? They beat
Carlton when I was a Carlton supporter in the nineteen
ninety nine round final. I bear a grudge. Don't ever
support the team anymore. I still that like the team
that beat them.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
Cartner in the Book of Feuds.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Yeah I know, but it was it was it was
Swaine Carrey playing. Yes he was. Yeah, exactly. So we've
got to move on while we while we're talking Queensland sport,
Thomas mckayley is back. I mentioned this because.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
He once again becomes the leading non tri scorer in
the NRL, the.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Most capped NRL player without a Troy comes back, plays
for the North Queensland Cowboys and made I know. I
know that McAuley watch will get a new intro, and
I know that it never made one. Well it'll get one.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
I need to see him playing some regular first grade
before we're going to go down that path.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Oh, I reckon, you'll be a regular first grader. You
don't come back from the Super League just to sit
around on the bench.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Are you sure? Are you aware of where he was before?
He played for the Gold Coast Titans last year.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Yeah, but he's been away and now he's coming back.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
He was at the Tigers, played sixty six games, I
think it was, went to the English Super League, played
seveneen games, scored four tries don't count.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Not in the NL doesn't count.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Came back to the Titans from the English Super League.
Have you guess how many games you played?
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Was it one? It was one?
Speaker 3 (13:13):
He went back to the Jese. He's racking up the
frequent fly.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Maybe that's the and let's face it, if you're in
towns if you're living in Townsville, you're flying a long
way every second week, so we're getting more frequent fly.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
I I would love to see Thomas McHale get a
try in the NRL this season. I think that would
be absolutely magical, along with Pasami Solou and Zack Wofford
from the camp Raiders because I think they're two and three.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Well, there's Wolfard is still going to be playing or
have they shopped? Have they shopped him to the to
the Poms as well.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
It's a rumor that was getting around but unsubstantiated at
this point.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Golden Boot's been announced. James Fisher Harris wins it. Are
you excited? I'll take your silence as a no.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Well no, that's that's not fair.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
But you sat there in your.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Excited excited he plays for New Zealand. You told me
Joe Tarpane at least I go whill he's New Zealand,
at least's a Raiders player. So it was a little
bit of yeah, I can see it. James Fisher Harris
deserves it, but Joe Tarpani, of course, is one of
the finalists, didn't win and needed it. Uppy Nichols from
the Camber Raiders either.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Hang on, you mentioned the Raiders a couple of times.
Now you've just reminded me of something two seconds second,
very excited right now. I'm betting you haven't seen this,
because if you'd seen this, you would have said something
to me about it. Fox Sports have come out and
they've made their bold predictions for the NRL for next year.
To win the obviously we're a long way from the
end of last season to the start of the next season.
Because it's bold predictions time, I'll read this to you.
(14:37):
The Raiders to win the colp Raiders bold prediction from
Fox sports dot com dot Au this morning. Raiders to
get the spoon? Sorry, what Raiders to get the spoon?
This is from Fox sports dot com dot all. I'll
give you the analysis. The Raiders made the top eight
last season, but they'll be a vastly different team after
the departure of their best player in Jack white And
Stop don't jump in yet. Not only the team's five
(15:00):
eight than chief playmaker. White And drove standards on and
off the field and was a key driver of the
team's defensive line with his physicality and aggression. Replacing him
is likely to be former manly Young Gung Ko Weeks,
but the twenty one year olds only played twelve hour
old games and then started just one in the number
six Jersey blah blah blah, bah blah blah blah, strong
forward pack aging forward pack in tailight of their careers
blah blah blah blah blah. Raders could find themselves with
(15:20):
the most Unwado trophy in rugby league.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
Do you reckon?
Speaker 1 (15:22):
That was written by someone who has either only watched
rugby league by reading about it in the paper, or
only watched rugby league since Jack Whiten announced that he
was going to South Sydney, or even only watch Jack
Whiten three years ago.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
I've got to mate that he comments on the rugby
league all the time, but he watches so little and
you can always tell. It's always the little things that
give it away.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Do I know this person?
Speaker 3 (15:42):
No? Non radio stations.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
But I didn't say it had to be radio related.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
No, no, well you and I only know people through it.
You might know I don't know radio, but no, god no,
but come after you. Okay, First thing, Yes, Jack Whiton
not the chief playmaker. No, Jack Whiton not that was
leader of standards on and off the field.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
White and drove standards on and off the field. Yeah,
I've got nothing, Yeah, I just yeah, Jack was a
Jack was a good. Jack had a very good year.
I like Jack Jackson, Jack nice guy, Jackson, good guy.
The Raiders are the epitome of a team. A team.
(16:27):
There's no real standout for the Raiders. They are a team.
Does that make sense.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Mattie Timoko is pretty good.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Yeah, but again, if he's not there, they bring someone
else in and.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Not Harley smith Shield.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
He went to the gold exactly. Yeah, anyway, Val went
the Cowboys became a world beader.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
I didn't where did that come from? Semi?
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Yeah, how did that happen? And that's that's a very
good question that we'll lead on too shortly.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Well, Chris Coleman, we said we're going to cross to
the other side of the world. You know how much
I love my basketball.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
I don't how much you love your basketball, And I
just love how much. Occasionally the management say, yeah, you
can actually make an international phone call. I think that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Well, we found a man from ESPN who is in
Las Vegas for the NBA in season tournament. Come in, Caine,
Pittman Fallas.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
That is exactly all right. I'm glad you got the
clearance with Paul and it is good to speak to
you boys.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Well, thanks so much for joining us. We're really excited
about this tournament. And I'm really excited about this tournament
because I've been a big NBA fan for years now
and I've been trying to get Chris on board because
I've been watching all of the games almost every day
on ESPN. But the in season tournament is well and
truly underway. We're down to five teams, we're about to
be done to fourteens. But you're in Las Vegas for
(17:50):
when the semi finals and the final happened.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Yeah, we are the final four and it's pretty historic
week and you can tell me how you feel about it.
But I think it's been a massive fest so far.
So today the Pelicans and Indiana Pacers are in Vegas
and we've got to knockout basketball in December, and we've
never had this before. I think this is as exciting
as the regular season has been to this point in
the year. So I think it's a big pick so far,
(18:15):
and I'm very curious about the next couple of days
play out. But I think it's going to be a
really fun atmosphere here.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
Okay, the Final four is a big thing in American sport.
Doesn't really matter what sport it is. But I'm thinking,
like March madness, when the college basketball gets to its
final four, college football gets to its final four, and
it's relatively recently introduced to postseason, it seems to be
when people really get excited about a sport, even the
casual fans get on board. Is that what you're sensing,
Is that what you're seeing with the NBA Now it's
(18:43):
almost final four for this in season tournament.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Yeah, Well, as we speak, the Lakers and the Sons
are playing in the last of the quarter finals, and
I think we've actually seen it from these last few games.
If you go to the Paces winning at home over
the Celtics, that was a massive upset and that home
crowd was going actually, So I think just in general,
as sports fans, as soon as you see the bracket,
you're automatically in tuned to thinking that the stakes are raised,
(19:07):
even if it is only the first time we've seen
the NBA Cup. So I think as it currently stands,
everyone is getting more excited. And whether or not you
were four or against the NBA Cup the in season
tournament before this started, I think now we get to
the pointy end everyone is intrigued to see how this
is going to play out.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Well, Caine, you're a busy man. We'll let you get
to what you need to go to. I'm jealous, Chris Coleman.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
I was.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
I wish. I wish that I was the one in
Vegas for the NBA in season tournament, just for the
record for our listeners at home. Unfortunately, the Los Angeles
Lakers are up at the time of recording over the
Phoenix Suns. Of course, the three remaining teams are Other
remaining teams are the Indiana Pacers, the Milwaukee Bucks, and
the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans are the one for
you to keep an eye on, Chris Coleman, because they
(19:52):
have an Australian in Dyson Daniels.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
I think this has been a fascinating experiment. Like I said,
I've seen a bit of negative stuff early about it,
people saying, oh, why do we need an in season tournament,
why do we need extra stuff? But I reckon this
is where and as I said to came before, I reckon,
this is where it's going to get. People suddenly get
back on board. I don't know why they haven't really
got behind the branding the NBA Cup. I know that's
the official name of it. Everyone's calling it the n
(20:16):
season tournament. The NBA Cup's got a great ring to it.
It's parallels with the FA Cup in English football.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
I think they're just waiting to name it after a player.
It'll be a something cup. But of course if you
want to catch all the action, you can catch that
on ESPN over the next few days and the final
is played on Sunday Australian time.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
All right, I will give it to you. You did
actually get someone from the States and we did actually
get almost three minutes out of them, So well done
to you. Told you they were busy, Well he was busy.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Yeah, big thank you to Caane Pittman from ESPN for
joining us on the super serious Sportshop. I'm still jealous
he gets to spend what about a week in Vegas
watching some knockout.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
To ask him, Vegas is becoming Vega's been the gambling
capital forever, it's becoming the sports capital.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
There's a staff member here who will get very upset
with that comment. Why because he firmly, firmly believes it's London.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Vegas now has, in addition to all the casinos. In
addition to all the shows, it now has an NFL team.
It's going to have a Major League Baseball team. It'll
have a basketball team, baseball team too. Oh that's right,
the Oaklandkland, Oakland's teams. Yeah, yeah, been to Oakland. It's
(21:35):
a really interesting place. They're going to get an NBA
team when the next expansion happens. You'd put money on that,
wouldn't you.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
You know, the favorite for the for the name at
this point, the Gamblers.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
I can live with that. That makes sense.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
Yeah, it's widely expected that when the NBA expands to
thirty two teams, the two additional teams will be the
Seattle SuperSonics, who one went for as a kid, and
the and the Las Vegas team.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
Las Vegas Gamblers would be a great So then.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
What's going to happen, though, is they're gonna have to
move one of the teams from the West across to
the East. I can tell you now exactly who that
will be.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
You'd love it. It was the Lakers.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Yeah, no, there you know why they call the Lakers.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Because they used to be in Minnesota. There you go,
the state of a thousand Lakes.
Speaker 3 (22:16):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
There you go.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
So the Lakers makes no sense in Los Angeles, the
same reason why the Utah Jazz, because yeah, Utah is
really known for its jazz, is sure?
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Anyway, speaking of the US, seeing of the US, Yes,
that's want to finish on something?
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Oh is this? Is this what we were? Have you
picked up this thing that I said before about how
did that happen?
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Okay, all right, so you've got something over there.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
I saw you working three things, three things over here.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
And it's so we're not going with what's on my
piece of paper. We're going with what you've suddenly come
up with. Yeah, and it is okay, how did that happen?
All right?
Speaker 3 (22:48):
We've been talking about basketball.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Another short lived segment on the Super Serious Sports Shirre.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
We will be continuing to talk basketball at least for
the next sixty seconds or so.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
The Dallas Mavericks we discussed on the show last week
was common Yes, scored thirty straight points in a game
against the Oklahoma City Thunder. That's a team.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
That's a nice run.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Thirty straight points, which is the record for at least
the last twenty five years.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Good effort.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
How did that happen? Is not that. Oh, okay, they
scored thirty straight points because what else they did?
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Lost the game?
Speaker 3 (23:26):
They lost? How how do you score?
Speaker 1 (23:30):
I know, mathematically how Yeah, the other other team scores
more than you.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
But yeah, they lost one hundred and twenty six to
one hundred and twenty against the Oklahoma City Thunder. They's
got thirty straight points. They were thirty to ozer run.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
That's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Okay, next, next one.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Across the NFL, Oh, I know where you're going. The
Dallas Cowboys and the Seattle Seahawks.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Oh, I thought you were going somewhere else.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
I might yet.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
They played on Friday Australian time.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
The Seahawks did not punt once in the entire game. So,
for anyone unfamiliar with NFL, that happens when you punt,
when you've given up on year, you've used up your
three plays and you're going to use your fourth to
punt the ball back to the other team. The entire
game of NFL that goes for what two and a
half hours. The Seahawks didn't punt once. I bet their
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punter still gets his hundred grand a week or whatever.
Probably do you know what else they did?
Speaker 1 (24:21):
What else did they do?
Speaker 3 (24:22):
They lost? Okay, Dallas didn't punt either. Okay, No, I
think the third one might be where you think we're going?
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Is this the New England Patriots.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
The New England Patriots.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
This is an all time NFL record.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
This is absolutely outstanding of how did this happen? Now?
Bearing in mind I just mentioned a game where this
final score was forty one to thirty five? The Patriots
in their past three games have conceded ten points yep,
ten points yep, and six points six points yep. How
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many of these games did they win?
Speaker 1 (25:00):
They deservedly won none of them.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
Have you how did that happen?
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Okay? Have you ever twenty six points in three games total?
Speaker 3 (25:09):
They won? None of them?
Speaker 1 (25:12):
Have you ever heard the phrase ask clown?
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Okay, they called that. That's fine right now? The New
England Patriots could put eleven ass clowns out there and
they would do better. They are an absolute rabble. I
don't know if they're deliberately in our tanking to get
the number one draft pick, because apparently the top two
guys in college football this year, after good quarterbacks defensive
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side of things, aren't tanking Yeah, they're doing their job. Yeah.
But the offense, there's nothing. There is absolutely nothing there.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
What's Bill look afters Bill Dore the offense or the
defense of a bit of both.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
He's the head coach, the offensive coordinator by work, but
not by title. He's the defensive coordinator by work, but
not by title. He's the general manager. I think by title.
Basically it is Bill Belichick's way or the highway. And
we're starting to discover that Bill Belichick was a very
good coach because he had Tom Brady. The tours a
combination were very very good. There's no support. It doesn't
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matter whether they have at the moment, Mac Jones, Bailey
Zappy or Jesus Christ at quarterback. Okay, if you don't
have a protective line, you're not going to score points
because your quarterback is going to be dead on the turf.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
The Colts, the Giants, the Chargers, none of them are good.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
No, no, and the Patriots are worse. Thank you for
reminding me. Are we done? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:30):
At least Tottenham one I didn't win. They drew.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
They drew against Man City three to three. Angeballers alive
and well, thank you very much. I'll catch you next week,
the last show of the year of the year, don't
get too excited.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
Amplify CBA
The Super Serious Sports Show with Chris Coleman.
Speaker 2 (00:03):
And Adam Jansen.
Speaker 1 (00:05):
Adam Jansen. It is the second last edition of The
Super Serious Sports Show for twenty twenty three.
Speaker 3 (00:09):
What you got today NBA in season Tournament Chris Coleman.
Speaker 1 (00:12):
Okay, do we have to listen to you talk about
it again?
Speaker 3 (00:15):
No, I've got someone that we could talk to about it.
Speaker 1 (00:17):
You've got someone, Yes, he'll be short for time because
he's over there and he's got very very important things
to do. So you've really got something. I've really got
someone in Vegas yep. And the bosses have said we
can make a three minute phone called to America.
Speaker 3 (00:31):
Yep. Maybe two and a half.
Speaker 1 (00:32):
Okay, all right, so that that is happening, all right.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
Two and a half, not counting when because you'll ask
a long question and blah blah blah blah blah. Anyway,
there's also cricket. There's some other stuff happening in the
US sport that's caught my attention. Tottenham did they draw
a game of They did.
Speaker 1 (00:47):
Against Man City? And I think you were saying that
they were going to get flogged by Man City, So
we get flogged by never say such a thing. I'm
a Tottenham fan through and through and as frustrated as
all get out.
Speaker 3 (00:57):
Anyway, we've got a whole bunch of other things to
talk about, include the disappearance of the Murf Hughes, David
Boone mustache gone unfortunately, a super serious sports show without
Chris's mustat aj.
Speaker 1 (01:10):
I've been bemoaning the fact that we didn't have a
Test match in November, but we have.
Speaker 3 (01:16):
You're very upset about that. I didn't understand why.
Speaker 1 (01:19):
But the Test season starts in November with a Gabba
green top where a visiting side gets the living proverbial
beaten out of. That's what we've grown up with, That's
what we deserve. Australian cricket fans have been short changed.
But it's December and the cricket season is about to
rev up in a huge way. PM's eleven game is
on as we are recording today. News to me, the
Big Bash League is starting really soon tomorrow night and
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Test cricket we've got the first squads. What's the most
exciting bit of all that for you?
Speaker 3 (01:47):
The Big Bash tournament.
Speaker 1 (01:48):
Okay, so the Big Bash. Now they've gone a long
way towards fixing up some of the problems.
Speaker 3 (01:55):
With listen to your incessant winging and complain. I wasn't
the only one I know about how long it goes for. Yeah,
sixty one games down to forty four? Is it the
right move? I think it's it's the right move. I
think they could still do a little bit more. I'd
like to see many more Saturdays and Sundays with double headers.
(02:15):
Even triple headers just dominate. But like the NFL in
the States, Sunday afternoon into late Sunday afternoon into Sunday night.
It turns your whole Sunday into a smagas board. No
stuff that. I want to be able to go home
on a Tuesday or Wednesday night and watch some cricket.
Speaker 1 (02:29):
You can still do that. You can still do that.
Speaker 3 (02:31):
But you want both you want Yeah, you want more cricket,
but you want less cricket.
Speaker 1 (02:36):
I want more cricket on less days. Like we said
with the Cricket World Cup, play multiple games on the
same day. It ain't rocket science. It isn't really No,
it's stupid as what you're saying. Anyway, from a tournament perspective,
to the surprise of absolutely nobody, the per Scorches are
the favorites once again. Yeah, there's no surprise there.
Speaker 3 (02:57):
Nah, they got a strong squad and Adelaide non pretty good.
Na Rashid Khan this summer, he's not coming out for
the tournament, but the Test matches, as you mentioned, Chris Coleman,
they're coming and there hasn't been a bit of controversy
around one of the selections.
Speaker 1 (03:11):
Well, you see, I've now decided the thing that I'm
most looking forward to for the entire summer of cricket
now Mitchell Johnson's Book of a Feuds. Well it's not Australia v. Pakistan,
it's not Australia va. The West Indies. It's Mitch Johnson
versus Davy Warner.
Speaker 3 (03:23):
I mean, you know it's a big story when you
get a Fox Sports article and there's something about a
group chat. Yes, yes, I've had group chat issues before.
Speaker 1 (03:33):
I'm just excited if miss Johnson is on board and
reckon he blocked anyone you reckon. We can get him
on board as a co author of the Chris Coleen
Book of Feuds because he and I about Davy Warner,
there seems to be a lot of similarities there.
Speaker 3 (03:46):
I wonder how he feels about short dropouts.
Speaker 1 (03:48):
We'll get to that later. They've done some stats analysis
on that. It would be fascinating to talk about. It
would also be really really that. Yeah, we talk about
that later. We'll get into that later. Which one of
those duels a you're most looking forward to Australia versus Pakistan,
Australia versus West Indies, or you like me, you wanted
to see whether the Mitch Johnson versus Dave Warner thing
becomes even bigger outher summer.
Speaker 3 (04:08):
I think Pakistani at least be competitive. The West Indies
I don't think would beat our worst shield side.
Speaker 1 (04:15):
They just beat England really in a one day game.
Speaker 3 (04:18):
I'm talking Test cricket.
Speaker 1 (04:19):
No, but they just beat England in a one day game.
I only mentioned that because let's see which of those
nations was at the World Cup last month and which
one wasn't. That's right, England were at the World Cup
and the West Indies weren't. So England in Monday cricket
may actually be even worse than we previously thought, which
is great. That is good news. Well done, Windys.
Speaker 3 (04:38):
I think it's a moral victory for the English cricket team. Look,
you're I'm old enough to remember the West Indies being good.
Therefore you're easily old enough to remember the West Indies
being good.
Speaker 1 (04:49):
To hate the fact that we used to invite the
West Indies out every second summer because so it's just
lining up. It's like lining up for an ass kicking
and from the school bully.
Speaker 3 (04:56):
So I saw them in ninety two ninety three. They
eat Australia in the series. But it certainly wasn't a
demolition job. We had a young Brian Lara and older
Richie Richardson. Viv Richards was gone by the time. But
you're old enough that you would vividly remember that eighty
eight eighty nine sort of summer. Joel Garner, all those guys.
This West Indies team is not that nice.
Speaker 1 (05:17):
I think when you had Gharana holding Marshall, you had
Clive Lloyd, Viv Richards, Jeffrey Duja, Jeff Doujon behind the
stumps would come out and put in a handy little
cameo in there. You had Gus Lowe, you're the little
guy who it is first ever recorded six if I
remember rightly in cricket, as in a PM's eleven game
here at Marnica. Wasn't renowned as a big hitter, but
it was impossible.
Speaker 3 (05:37):
To get out for shorter than I am.
Speaker 1 (05:39):
Yeah, and for some of us. You know, those memories
are still sufficiently embedded in our almost in our dna
that it is great to see the West Ends come
out here and get beaten badly.
Speaker 3 (05:48):
Want to know my greatest memory of a West Indies tour?
Do you remember when it was in a one day
in a National when Dean Jones.
Speaker 4 (05:56):
Currently Hambrose, removed the sweatband from his wrist. Dean death
with Jones and Dean Jones I remember him saying. Years
later he goes, Yep, he got seven of us, but
he didn't get me.
Speaker 1 (06:13):
By the way. Some name to watch out for from
day one of the PM's eleven game. Jordan Buckingham, knew
nothing about him, comes in first over in the PM's
eleven game against Pakistan dot ball, dop ball, dop ball,
dot ball, dot ball, and then gets an inside edge
from Mr mal Hook through to the through to the keeper,
gets his first wicket. Name to watch for the future.
Speaker 3 (06:32):
What was his name?
Speaker 1 (06:33):
Jordan Buckingham? Okay, so sound like a love child of
a member of Fleetwood Mac or something.
Speaker 3 (06:38):
Yeah, I was going to say, I guess if there's
I guess if you know, we're on a bit of
a break and the wicket's not really doing much for
the ball, as you could probably describe it as a
holiday road.
Speaker 1 (06:48):
I'm going to stay well away from the bad jokes
and just roll on at this point.
Speaker 3 (06:51):
A good joke.
Speaker 1 (06:52):
It was a shocking joke, and I'm qualified to say
that because I tell a lot of them.
Speaker 3 (06:56):
Did you organize anyone from America today?
Speaker 1 (06:58):
Yeah? Yeah, go on, give you off a pat on
the back, go on, yeah, No, on.
Speaker 3 (07:01):
First with myself, I've got I've got some contacts.
Speaker 1 (07:04):
Adam Jensen. You may hear.
Speaker 3 (07:09):
That was a bad Joe.
Speaker 1 (07:10):
That's my line from Perris Buela Cricket though, by the way,
we didn't mention it's become a real genuine soap opera
now the Mitch Johnston Dave Waner things is involved. So
you know, you know when Clark says something to try
and get attention away from his woes, and the Karl
Stefanovic Queensland thing, was that him? That was him, wasn't it?
Speaker 3 (07:32):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (07:32):
Yeah, yeah, you know, Kandace warn to wait in yet,
well Clarky's brought Candace's name up in it. I'm confused
by the whole thing now, but you know, it's a
genuine soap opera in cricket though. The there are some
sports fans who are a bit upset. I just want
to gauge whether you are one of them at this point,
because it seems now that if you wish to watch
icee C cricket tournaments, you're going to have to have
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an Amazon Prime subscription. So that comes in addition to
your Fox Sports subscription for for domestic matches, sometimes an
Opti Sport or someone else for other overseas matches. And
now I see CE tournaments are going to be on
Amazon Prime.
Speaker 3 (08:09):
I got on Amazon Prime over the weekend first time. Okay, yeah, yeah,
I watched three movies over the weekend.
Speaker 1 (08:16):
But the replacement show that the top Giar guys, the
old Top Gear guys are doing the Grand Tour. There's
about nine shows on there. They're really well done because
they're all long form, so you can they really get
into stuff and it's not about the cars. It's entertained.
Speaker 3 (08:28):
Well, I went to buy somebody a Christmas present, not
you over the weekend.
Speaker 1 (08:32):
So you didn't get me in secrets?
Speaker 3 (08:34):
No, okay, no, no, I've got another little ray of
sunshine from this workplace.
Speaker 1 (08:39):
But that's funny. So today not you sagon last show
of the year. You might be the second last show ever.
Speaker 3 (08:48):
We move on anyway. I've got to Ammazon Prime. No,
I actually bought a present for somebody else here because
I know that they're getting.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Anyway, long anyway, long story, I don't care.
Speaker 3 (08:56):
Sorry, you've got it.
Speaker 1 (08:58):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
So would I have got Amazon Prime had I not
had it to watch the World Cup? I reckon it
probably would have.
Speaker 1 (09:06):
You got stand Sport yet, No, you're going to get
it in I reckon you'll get it in July next year.
Why because Channel nine's got the Olympics, and I guarantee
you they're going to shunt a whole load of it
over on to stand Sport.
Speaker 3 (09:18):
Oh, as long as I can watch the swimming and
the athletics and stuff on the main Channel nine, I
don't need to. I don't need stand to watch the
bad minte.
Speaker 1 (09:23):
Do you remember the last time Channel nine had the
Olympics twenty twelve London Games? Was it good? Jess Fox
won a gold medal. I think they showed it three
hours later.
Speaker 3 (09:33):
I do remember that.
Speaker 1 (09:34):
Yeah, I actually had a VPN and watched most of
it on the BBC because the BBC had it all
free and available online and in those days they weren't
as clever with the detecting VPNs.
Speaker 3 (09:44):
I'm not going to have Gus call and swimming, are they?
Speaker 1 (09:47):
I don't know. We should get someone on from nine
early next year and give them a free kick about
how we can watch the Olympics.
Speaker 3 (09:52):
Okay, well we probably owe on one now.
Speaker 1 (09:54):
Yeah, we probably do. Now. Anyway, where are we going
with this? Oh? That's right, So cricket is making more
money out of Amazon Prime now. I note that the
Brisbane Olympics are coming up in twenty thirty two. The
Gabber is going to be demolished and rebuilt as a
completely different stadium, and during the week Usben Kowaja, of
all people.
Speaker 3 (10:14):
Had some thoughts on. Dave Warner too.
Speaker 1 (10:15):
Came out and said that Queensland Cricket can't afford to
chip in for a replacement temporary stadium at the Brisbane
Showgrounds while the Gabber is being rebuilt, and if they
are forced to do so, it could send cricket broke. Now,
can I just come in off a slightly long run
at this point? Sure? Was there not so long ago
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a major dispute between Cricket Australia and the players about
how much money was being paid to the players?
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Probably? Yeah?
Speaker 1 (10:45):
And was there not at that point? Obscene amounts of
money being talked about as it comes into the game
through bidding and TV rights and gate takings and merch
sales and so on. Sure, And doesn't a lot of
that money then filter its way through to the state
cricket associations and the rest of it goes to let
me see who who got a large share of revenue
now twenty Oh, that's right, the players. Now there's a
(11:09):
lot of money coming into cricket. Why should the government
have to put it up? Put up all of it?
When the sports grounds is going to be temporary, only
going to be used by I think the Brisbane Lines
for a couple of seasons and cricket for a couple
of seasons. Why should the government have to put it
up when it's not going to leave any lasting legacy.
Surely the sports should be able to pay some of
their own way from the millions of dollars that come in.
Speaker 3 (11:30):
I love it when talk aback Chris comes out.
Speaker 1 (11:32):
Okay, so you agree, Yeah, okay, we'll move on. Not wrong,
of course I'm not. I'm never wrong. I'm always right,
especially at this time of year. They're a super serious
sports show.
Speaker 3 (11:41):
Well, Chris Coleman, you just mentioned the Brisbane Lions, who
of course won the AFL W Grand Final over the weekend.
Speaker 1 (11:48):
Should have been played at a bigger ground. Get serious, AFL.
It's a shame that North Melbourne didn't win. Why do
they long time since North Melbourne one stuff? They beat
Carlton when I was a Carlton supporter in the nineteen
ninety nine round final. I bear a grudge. Don't ever
support the team anymore. I still that like the team
that beat them.
Speaker 3 (12:07):
Cartner in the Book of Feuds.
Speaker 1 (12:09):
Yeah I know, but it was it was it was
Swaine Carrey playing. Yes he was. Yeah, exactly. So we've
got to move on while we while we're talking Queensland sport,
Thomas mckayley is back. I mentioned this because.
Speaker 3 (12:22):
He once again becomes the leading non tri scorer in
the NRL, the.
Speaker 1 (12:29):
Most capped NRL player without a Troy comes back, plays
for the North Queensland Cowboys and made I know. I
know that McAuley watch will get a new intro, and
I know that it never made one. Well it'll get one.
Speaker 3 (12:40):
I need to see him playing some regular first grade
before we're going to go down that path.
Speaker 1 (12:44):
Oh, I reckon, you'll be a regular first grader. You
don't come back from the Super League just to sit
around on the bench.
Speaker 3 (12:49):
Are you sure? Are you aware of where he was before?
He played for the Gold Coast Titans last year.
Speaker 1 (12:55):
Yeah, but he's been away and now he's coming back.
Speaker 3 (12:58):
He was at the Tigers, played sixty six games, I
think it was, went to the English Super League, played
seveneen games, scored four tries don't count.
Speaker 1 (13:05):
Not in the NL doesn't count.
Speaker 3 (13:06):
Came back to the Titans from the English Super League.
Have you guess how many games you played?
Speaker 1 (13:11):
Was it one? It was one?
Speaker 3 (13:13):
He went back to the Jese. He's racking up the
frequent fly.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
Maybe that's the and let's face it, if you're in
towns if you're living in Townsville, you're flying a long
way every second week, so we're getting more frequent fly.
Speaker 3 (13:26):
I I would love to see Thomas McHale get a
try in the NRL this season. I think that would
be absolutely magical, along with Pasami Solou and Zack Wofford
from the camp Raiders because I think they're two and three.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
Well, there's Wolfard is still going to be playing or
have they shopped? Have they shopped him to the to
the Poms as well.
Speaker 3 (13:42):
It's a rumor that was getting around but unsubstantiated at
this point.
Speaker 1 (13:46):
Golden Boot's been announced. James Fisher Harris wins it. Are
you excited? I'll take your silence as a no.
Speaker 3 (13:53):
Well no, that's that's not fair.
Speaker 1 (13:55):
But you sat there in your.
Speaker 3 (13:58):
Excited excited he plays for New Zealand. You told me
Joe Tarpane at least I go whill he's New Zealand,
at least's a Raiders player. So it was a little
bit of yeah, I can see it. James Fisher Harris
deserves it, but Joe Tarpani, of course, is one of
the finalists, didn't win and needed it. Uppy Nichols from
the Camber Raiders either.
Speaker 1 (14:14):
Hang on, you mentioned the Raiders a couple of times.
Now you've just reminded me of something two seconds second,
very excited right now. I'm betting you haven't seen this,
because if you'd seen this, you would have said something
to me about it. Fox Sports have come out and
they've made their bold predictions for the NRL for next year.
To win the obviously we're a long way from the
end of last season to the start of the next season.
Because it's bold predictions time, I'll read this to you.
(14:37):
The Raiders to win the colp Raiders bold prediction from
Fox sports dot com dot Au this morning. Raiders to
get the spoon? Sorry, what Raiders to get the spoon?
This is from Fox sports dot com dot all. I'll
give you the analysis. The Raiders made the top eight
last season, but they'll be a vastly different team after
the departure of their best player in Jack white And
Stop don't jump in yet. Not only the team's five
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eight than chief playmaker. White And drove standards on and
off the field and was a key driver of the
team's defensive line with his physicality and aggression. Replacing him
is likely to be former manly Young Gung Ko Weeks,
but the twenty one year olds only played twelve hour
old games and then started just one in the number
six Jersey blah blah blah, bah blah blah blah, strong
forward pack aging forward pack in tailight of their careers
blah blah blah blah blah. Raders could find themselves with
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the most Unwado trophy in rugby league.
Speaker 4 (15:22):
Do you reckon?
Speaker 1 (15:22):
That was written by someone who has either only watched
rugby league by reading about it in the paper, or
only watched rugby league since Jack Whiten announced that he
was going to South Sydney, or even only watch Jack
Whiten three years ago.
Speaker 3 (15:33):
I've got to mate that he comments on the rugby
league all the time, but he watches so little and
you can always tell. It's always the little things that
give it away.
Speaker 1 (15:40):
Do I know this person?
Speaker 3 (15:42):
No? Non radio stations.
Speaker 1 (15:43):
But I didn't say it had to be radio related.
Speaker 3 (15:46):
No, no, well you and I only know people through it.
You might know I don't know radio, but no, god no,
but come after you. Okay, First thing, Yes, Jack Whiton
not the chief playmaker. No, Jack Whiton not that was
leader of standards on and off the field.
Speaker 1 (16:03):
White and drove standards on and off the field. Yeah,
I've got nothing, Yeah, I just yeah, Jack was a
Jack was a good. Jack had a very good year.
I like Jack Jackson, Jack nice guy, Jackson, good guy.
The Raiders are the epitome of a team. A team.
(16:27):
There's no real standout for the Raiders. They are a team.
Does that make sense.
Speaker 3 (16:33):
Mattie Timoko is pretty good.
Speaker 1 (16:36):
Yeah, but again, if he's not there, they bring someone
else in and.
Speaker 3 (16:41):
Not Harley smith Shield.
Speaker 1 (16:42):
He went to the gold exactly. Yeah, anyway, Val went
the Cowboys became a world beader.
Speaker 3 (16:48):
I didn't where did that come from? Semi?
Speaker 1 (16:52):
Yeah, how did that happen? And that's that's a very
good question that we'll lead on too shortly.
Speaker 3 (16:59):
Well, Chris Coleman, we said we're going to cross to
the other side of the world. You know how much
I love my basketball.
Speaker 1 (17:05):
I don't how much you love your basketball, And I
just love how much. Occasionally the management say, yeah, you
can actually make an international phone call. I think that's awesome.
Speaker 3 (17:12):
Well, we found a man from ESPN who is in
Las Vegas for the NBA in season tournament. Come in, Caine,
Pittman Fallas.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
That is exactly all right. I'm glad you got the
clearance with Paul and it is good to speak to
you boys.
Speaker 3 (17:28):
Well, thanks so much for joining us. We're really excited
about this tournament. And I'm really excited about this tournament
because I've been a big NBA fan for years now
and I've been trying to get Chris on board because
I've been watching all of the games almost every day
on ESPN. But the in season tournament is well and
truly underway. We're down to five teams, we're about to
be done to fourteens. But you're in Las Vegas for
(17:50):
when the semi finals and the final happened.
Speaker 2 (17:53):
Yeah, we are the final four and it's pretty historic
week and you can tell me how you feel about it.
But I think it's been a massive fest so far.
So today the Pelicans and Indiana Pacers are in Vegas
and we've got to knockout basketball in December, and we've
never had this before. I think this is as exciting
as the regular season has been to this point in
the year. So I think it's a big pick so far,
(18:15):
and I'm very curious about the next couple of days
play out. But I think it's going to be a
really fun atmosphere here.
Speaker 1 (18:21):
Okay, the Final four is a big thing in American sport.
Doesn't really matter what sport it is. But I'm thinking,
like March madness, when the college basketball gets to its
final four, college football gets to its final four, and
it's relatively recently introduced to postseason, it seems to be
when people really get excited about a sport, even the
casual fans get on board. Is that what you're sensing,
Is that what you're seeing with the NBA Now it's
(18:43):
almost final four for this in season tournament.
Speaker 2 (18:46):
Yeah, Well, as we speak, the Lakers and the Sons
are playing in the last of the quarter finals, and
I think we've actually seen it from these last few games.
If you go to the Paces winning at home over
the Celtics, that was a massive upset and that home
crowd was going actually, So I think just in general,
as sports fans, as soon as you see the bracket,
you're automatically in tuned to thinking that the stakes are raised,
(19:07):
even if it is only the first time we've seen
the NBA Cup. So I think as it currently stands,
everyone is getting more excited. And whether or not you
were four or against the NBA Cup the in season
tournament before this started, I think now we get to
the pointy end everyone is intrigued to see how this
is going to play out.
Speaker 3 (19:24):
Well, Caine, you're a busy man. We'll let you get
to what you need to go to. I'm jealous, Chris Coleman.
Speaker 1 (19:30):
I was.
Speaker 3 (19:31):
I wish. I wish that I was the one in
Vegas for the NBA in season tournament, just for the
record for our listeners at home. Unfortunately, the Los Angeles
Lakers are up at the time of recording over the
Phoenix Suns. Of course, the three remaining teams are Other
remaining teams are the Indiana Pacers, the Milwaukee Bucks, and
the New Orleans Pelicans. The Pelicans are the one for
you to keep an eye on, Chris Coleman, because they
(19:52):
have an Australian in Dyson Daniels.
Speaker 1 (19:56):
I think this has been a fascinating experiment. Like I said,
I've seen a bit of negative stuff early about it,
people saying, oh, why do we need an in season tournament,
why do we need extra stuff? But I reckon this
is where and as I said to came before, I reckon,
this is where it's going to get. People suddenly get
back on board. I don't know why they haven't really
got behind the branding the NBA Cup. I know that's
the official name of it. Everyone's calling it the n
(20:16):
season tournament. The NBA Cup's got a great ring to it.
It's parallels with the FA Cup in English football.
Speaker 3 (20:22):
I think they're just waiting to name it after a player.
It'll be a something cup. But of course if you
want to catch all the action, you can catch that
on ESPN over the next few days and the final
is played on Sunday Australian time.
Speaker 1 (20:37):
All right, I will give it to you. You did
actually get someone from the States and we did actually
get almost three minutes out of them, So well done
to you. Told you they were busy, Well he was busy.
Speaker 3 (20:46):
Yeah, big thank you to Caane Pittman from ESPN for
joining us on the super serious Sportshop. I'm still jealous
he gets to spend what about a week in Vegas
watching some knockout.
Speaker 1 (20:56):
To ask him, Vegas is becoming Vega's been the gambling
capital forever, it's becoming the sports capital.
Speaker 3 (21:03):
There's a staff member here who will get very upset
with that comment. Why because he firmly, firmly believes it's London.
Speaker 1 (21:12):
Vegas now has, in addition to all the casinos. In
addition to all the shows, it now has an NFL team.
It's going to have a Major League Baseball team. It'll
have a basketball team, baseball team too. Oh that's right,
the Oaklandkland, Oakland's teams. Yeah, yeah, been to Oakland. It's
(21:35):
a really interesting place. They're going to get an NBA
team when the next expansion happens. You'd put money on that,
wouldn't you.
Speaker 3 (21:41):
You know, the favorite for the for the name at
this point, the Gamblers.
Speaker 1 (21:47):
I can live with that. That makes sense.
Speaker 3 (21:48):
Yeah, it's widely expected that when the NBA expands to
thirty two teams, the two additional teams will be the
Seattle SuperSonics, who one went for as a kid, and
the and the Las Vegas team.
Speaker 1 (22:01):
Las Vegas Gamblers would be a great So then.
Speaker 3 (22:03):
What's going to happen, though, is they're gonna have to
move one of the teams from the West across to
the East. I can tell you now exactly who that
will be.
Speaker 1 (22:09):
You'd love it. It was the Lakers.
Speaker 3 (22:11):
Yeah, no, there you know why they call the Lakers.
Speaker 1 (22:12):
Because they used to be in Minnesota. There you go,
the state of a thousand Lakes.
Speaker 3 (22:16):
That's it.
Speaker 1 (22:16):
There you go.
Speaker 3 (22:17):
So the Lakers makes no sense in Los Angeles, the
same reason why the Utah Jazz, because yeah, Utah is
really known for its jazz, is sure?
Speaker 1 (22:24):
Sure?
Speaker 3 (22:24):
Anyway, speaking of the US, seeing of the US, Yes,
that's want to finish on something?
Speaker 1 (22:28):
Oh is this? Is this what we were? Have you
picked up this thing that I said before about how
did that happen?
Speaker 3 (22:31):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (22:32):
Okay, all right, so you've got something over there.
Speaker 3 (22:35):
I saw you working three things, three things over here.
Speaker 1 (22:38):
And it's so we're not going with what's on my
piece of paper. We're going with what you've suddenly come
up with. Yeah, and it is okay, how did that happen?
All right?
Speaker 3 (22:48):
We've been talking about basketball.
Speaker 1 (22:49):
Another short lived segment on the Super Serious Sports Shirre.
Speaker 3 (22:52):
We will be continuing to talk basketball at least for
the next sixty seconds or so.
Speaker 1 (22:57):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (22:58):
The Dallas Mavericks we discussed on the show last week
was common Yes, scored thirty straight points in a game
against the Oklahoma City Thunder. That's a team.
Speaker 1 (23:11):
That's a nice run.
Speaker 3 (23:12):
Thirty straight points, which is the record for at least
the last twenty five years.
Speaker 1 (23:19):
Good effort.
Speaker 3 (23:20):
How did that happen? Is not that. Oh, okay, they
scored thirty straight points because what else they did?
Speaker 1 (23:25):
Lost the game?
Speaker 3 (23:26):
They lost? How how do you score?
Speaker 1 (23:30):
I know, mathematically how Yeah, the other other team scores
more than you.
Speaker 3 (23:35):
But yeah, they lost one hundred and twenty six to
one hundred and twenty against the Oklahoma City Thunder. They's
got thirty straight points. They were thirty to ozer run.
Speaker 1 (23:42):
That's ridiculous.
Speaker 3 (23:42):
Okay, next, next one.
Speaker 1 (23:44):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (23:44):
Across the NFL, Oh, I know where you're going. The
Dallas Cowboys and the Seattle Seahawks.
Speaker 1 (23:50):
Oh, I thought you were going somewhere else.
Speaker 3 (23:51):
I might yet.
Speaker 1 (23:52):
Okay.
Speaker 3 (23:53):
They played on Friday Australian time.
Speaker 1 (23:55):
Yep.
Speaker 3 (23:56):
The Seahawks did not punt once in the entire game. So,
for anyone unfamiliar with NFL, that happens when you punt,
when you've given up on year, you've used up your
three plays and you're going to use your fourth to
punt the ball back to the other team. The entire
game of NFL that goes for what two and a
half hours. The Seahawks didn't punt once. I bet their
(24:17):
punter still gets his hundred grand a week or whatever.
Probably do you know what else they did?
Speaker 1 (24:21):
What else did they do?
Speaker 3 (24:22):
They lost? Okay, Dallas didn't punt either. Okay, No, I
think the third one might be where you think we're going?
Speaker 1 (24:30):
Is this the New England Patriots.
Speaker 3 (24:32):
The New England Patriots.
Speaker 1 (24:33):
This is an all time NFL record.
Speaker 3 (24:35):
This is absolutely outstanding of how did this happen? Now?
Bearing in mind I just mentioned a game where this
final score was forty one to thirty five? The Patriots
in their past three games have conceded ten points yep,
ten points yep, and six points six points yep. How
(24:57):
many of these games did they win?
Speaker 1 (25:00):
They deservedly won none of them.
Speaker 3 (25:03):
Have you how did that happen?
Speaker 1 (25:05):
Okay? Have you ever twenty six points in three games total?
Speaker 3 (25:09):
They won? None of them?
Speaker 1 (25:12):
Have you ever heard the phrase ask clown?
Speaker 3 (25:15):
Yeah?
Speaker 1 (25:15):
Okay, they called that. That's fine right now? The New
England Patriots could put eleven ass clowns out there and
they would do better. They are an absolute rabble. I
don't know if they're deliberately in our tanking to get
the number one draft pick, because apparently the top two
guys in college football this year, after good quarterbacks defensive
(25:35):
side of things, aren't tanking Yeah, they're doing their job. Yeah.
But the offense, there's nothing. There is absolutely nothing there.
Speaker 3 (25:41):
What's Bill look afters Bill Dore the offense or the
defense of a bit of both.
Speaker 1 (25:44):
He's the head coach, the offensive coordinator by work, but
not by title. He's the defensive coordinator by work, but
not by title. He's the general manager. I think by title.
Basically it is Bill Belichick's way or the highway. And
we're starting to discover that Bill Belichick was a very
good coach because he had Tom Brady. The tours a
combination were very very good. There's no support. It doesn't
(26:08):
matter whether they have at the moment, Mac Jones, Bailey
Zappy or Jesus Christ at quarterback. Okay, if you don't
have a protective line, you're not going to score points
because your quarterback is going to be dead on the turf.
Speaker 3 (26:21):
The Colts, the Giants, the Chargers, none of them are good.
Speaker 1 (26:25):
No, no, and the Patriots are worse. Thank you for
reminding me. Are we done? Yeah?
Speaker 3 (26:30):
At least Tottenham one I didn't win. They drew.
Speaker 1 (26:33):
They drew against Man City three to three. Angeballers alive
and well, thank you very much. I'll catch you next week,
the last show of the year of the year, don't
get too excited.
Speaker 2 (26:51):
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