August 5, 2024 • 54 mins
In the third hour, Dick Fain and Hugh Millen talk to Steven Souza Jr about the Mariners coming off of a series win, discuss the Algerian boxer situation at the Olympics, plus Dick talks to Huskies football players Denzel Boston, Cam Davis, and Kam Fabiculanan.
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
Coming to you live from the Elliott Avenue studios of
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nineteen sixty two. Now with Steven Susa Junior, Here's Safti
and Dick he Safti today.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Hugh Millan is with us today, as is Steven Susa. Steven,
how you doing, man?
Speaker 3 (00:40):
I'm doing good. Excited about this win against the good
Phillies team.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, two out of three against the Phillies, and you know,
let's let's talk big picture for a second. I mean,
they're seven and eight cents the All Star break? Are
they a fundamentally different team now than fifteen games ago
when they were Actually, you know, I had a better
record towards five hundred than they do right now.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Yeah, you know, I think they they've played some good teams,
like Boston's a really good team. We just saw that
and how they've played the Texas Rangers in this past series,
and the Phillies are a really good team, and I
think they played the Ashes coming out of the break.
So their schedule has been a lot tougher with Eve
Miix and obviously the White Tucks and the Angels in there,
but you know, the Angels have played them really well,
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so I'm not so much worried about the schedule in
the short term. But I think the vibe around this
team right feels a lot better than that. Bats or
are really good. The quality of that bats are really good.
I think since the acquisition of a Rosa rain that
they have scored six or more runs in seven of
the last nine games, Like that's a good sign. There's
some games in there, even the loss to Boston when
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Logan Gilbert kind of had a rough start, they scored
some runs in that game, And that's a great signist, right,
you can see that this pitching staff is going to
hold their own all the way through. They're going to
be okay. But when the offense is clicking like it
is right now, it gets everybody and me included a
little excited for what's to come down the stretch.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Well, you look at the additions.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Let's break that down, Stephen in terms of you talked
about a rose arena and the effect of the offense,
but just in two parts, what are you seeing from
the acquisitions, just the their contributions, but then speculate as
to how there may be a halo effect on how
it's impacting the rest of the team.
Speaker 6 (02:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Absolutely, I mean Randy's been really hot. I mean since
even before we got him in Tampa. I mean he's
in two eighty eight over his last thirty games with
I think a nine to thirty three ops. So he's
just been really banging. And what that does, Q is
when you get somebody like that to interject some energy
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because he plays with energy, and you send a signal,
which Jerry did, to the rest of your team like, Hey,
it's been rough up until this point, but I still
believe in this group and I'm going for it. I'm
adding the pieces that we need and I'm going for
and guys start to see a purpose to the season
right as it was kind of going downhill. It kind
of re energizes the group and you see like this
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presence in the lineup right like that we talked about
the names.
Speaker 6 (03:22):
I think Dick had mentioned this a couple of weeks.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Ago, where you go through the names in the lineup
and you're like, you're not that intimidated. But now you
see a Rosa Rena, you see cal Rawley right in
the middle of it. Justin Turner, Jorge Polanco has been
an absolute on an absolute tear since.
Speaker 6 (03:37):
The All Star break.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
So there's now this shift in the lineup and you
can include Victor Roebliz in that where guys are kind
of starting to respect And what that does is the
guys who don't need to be the guy on the
team or the offensive like shouldering, they play a little
bit better because they just have to slide into their roles.
And so that's what I'm seeing is everybody's kind of
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fitting into the and doing a really good job since
the acquisition.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, you mentioned Roblaz there, so it's a perfect time
to ask you about your tweet you sent out today.
You sent out a split screen video of Victor Roeblace
as a member of the Washington Nationals along with a
picked video of him swinging the bat right now and
to the best of your I mean, obviously every you
should go to your website or ever. You should go
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to your Twitter page and watch the video. But to
the best of your ability on radio, give us the
difference between a Victor roeblaz swing now and what he
was doing at Washington.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Yeah, it's just, you know, the timing of every swing
that he got off. It just seemed like he was
consistently behind right, so he picked up his foot and
he would get uphill with his hips right, and it
just made him a chick late. Because this guy's got
really fast hands. And so what they did since I
got over here is they basically went no stride with him,
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almost like a two strike approach, where it's like, let's
use your you're lightning quick hands and maybe not worry
about doing as much damage. And what that's essentially done
has made him more on time, made him more direct
to the ball, and actually unlock some power.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
That he hasn't in the past.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Because the reality is, like I said, this guy's got
quick twitch muscles and he's strong. So if he can
get the barrel there, then he's in a good position.
The other thing is in that leadoff spot. Now he's
kind of taken the role of like, yeah, I just
need to get on for the guys behind me, and
so him just kind of spraying the ball around and
creating havoc on the base path. It's been really really
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good for this team. He's been an absolute huge acquisition
that you have to tip your cap to Jerry. And
Jerry does a good job on the waiver wire picking
up good acquisitions throughout the years.
Speaker 5 (05:46):
You know, you look at this outfield as we're talking
about Victor Roeblas and when you get Junior back, I mean,
some of these guys are coming on and I mean here,
you know, Ray had a great weekend, you know, big hit,
and you know Garver's coming on a little bit. Luke,
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you've got Roblace. I mean some of these guys. I mean,
do you consider what do you do Steven Susan? What
do you do is a rose arena? Would you consider
him as a d H? Will you consider moving Julio
to right field? That almost like I like my I
get my hair on the back of my neck, like
that sounds idiotic, But but how do we handle these
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players and how they're playing now? If you're making all
the decisions, how do you handle this outfield and who
goes where?
Speaker 6 (06:34):
You know?
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Interesting enough, I kind of brought this up the other
day to Saftie and I said, you know, just because
it's a soft isssue injury for Julio, you know, it
doesn't have to be a permanent move, but hey, this guy,
we need this guy in the lineup every day. I mean,
Julio is a top ten player in the game, top
five when he's absolutely right. And so Victor roblaz is
playing an unbelievable centerfielder. He's been nominated for gold gloves.
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He has no problem holding it in center field. I
would slide Julio over to right field and take the
pressure off of him, like, hey, you don't have to.
Speaker 6 (07:06):
Run around out there.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Let Victor do that. You just worry about throwing guys
out from right field with your your rocket arm and
driving the ball all around the field. And then I
would keep a rose rain and left and outfield with
a rose raine of Victor Roeblaze and Julio is an
unbelievable outfield a rose raine. I know his numbers, defensive
numbers are down this year, but he's actually a good
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outfielder when he when he's got some purpose behind why
he's playing. So that gives you some flexibility to mix
and match with with Ray League Spell Spell a day
off for those guys, and but those three in the
outfield running around, it's gonna be really fun to watch.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
And then how about DH in that scenario.
Speaker 6 (07:47):
Yeah, you know, I think it's gonna be a revolving door.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
I think you could slide Raleigh into there at times.
You know, I know you had a couple of big
knocks this past series, but he's he's kind of been on.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
A little bit of a slump over.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
The last month and a half, almost two months, and
so you know, I would like to see him really
catch fire and start to move the ball forward a
lot more consistently before Lulio comes back. But I would
put Hanneger in there. He's been swinging the bat a
lot better in the second half with an eight ninety
six ops since the All Star break, and you just
kind of roll with the hot hand. Garber can do that.
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Give JT a day off and let him do that
and just kind of keep it a revolving door based
on matchups.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I want to go back to a Saturday Nights game,
a very unusual Mariner game because the Mayors we indicated earlier.
Speaker 7 (08:34):
In the in the show.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
I mean, the Mariners either get up five to one
or down five win. I mean the game's over like
ninety nine times out of one hundred, right, you don't
even need to watch the last few winnings.
Speaker 8 (08:44):
But we got in trouble in the fifth inning.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
And you know, I'm not second guessing here, because I
was saying at the time when I saw Scott Servis
walk to them out and it said because my first
instincts was, oh, he's just he's just settling down Bryce.
Speaker 8 (08:58):
Right, he's just settling him down. It's just the fifth inning.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
He's only thrown eighty four pitches, he's only given up
one run. Yeah, he's got ducks on the pond right now,
but he's just settling down Bryce.
Speaker 8 (09:09):
And then it said pitching change in the corner.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
I'm like, really, you're taking Bryce Miller out, not letting
him work through the jam. And then you're going to
Taylor's Sasato. And so that was my exact thought at
the time, and then all hell broke loose is you know,
all the runs came into score thanks to Sasato. So
what did you think of that at the time? And
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then bigger picture question, what do you think about these
managers now just not letting starters work through jams anymore.
It's like as soon as they get in troubles, like, oh,
you're done, you've thrown eighty plus pitches, you're in a jam,
You're out.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yeah, you know, it's it's definitely a new era where
guys just aren't allowed to work through stuff. And you know,
there's the old idea that third time through the lineup,
you know, the the numbers they ain't past when guys
are pitching, and so managers are really aware of that
that it's really difficult to kind of navigate through a
lineup third time through the order. And you know, for
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whatever reason, you know, if he thought Bullpen was healthy
enough and he's got some weapons down there, he felt
like he could get the matchups with Salcedo. You know,
he went to him pretty early and mixed and match
all the way through to the end. You know, I
am shocked though at times when he kind of yanked
him pretty early. It seems to work out for him
most of the time. But you know, this is just
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kind of the nature of the Mariners. I think their
number one goal is to protect their starters and keep
them as healthy as they can all the way to
the end, and you.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
Know, we have to admit like they've done a good
job of doing that. For the most part.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
These guys have been healthy these five starters with the
you know, obviously, besides WU being hurt here and there,
these guys haven't had any major injuries over the last
three years, which has been a huge part of their success.
And so I think you got to kind of give
it to Scott Service at this point, even though he's
not going to be right every single time he has death,
they protected these guys from being healthy and allowed them
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to go out and compete, you know, from twenty five
to thirty starts a year, and you absolutely need them
to do that with how bad the offense has been
the last couple of years. So as much as we
could second guess in here, I think overall he's done
an unbelievable job keeping those guys healthy and matching up
in the.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Bullpen Steven Susan with us and Steven. Admittedly, this is
not a timely question. This would have been better a
week or two ago, but I still think there's some
interest for me for the you know, watching them, not
just the Mariners. But all the acquisitions here, the manners
they go out and to get a couple of bats
from the American League. I know you're going to say, hey,
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the most important thing is just get a good bat.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
I know that.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
But to the extent that you, as a Mariner fan,
were rooting a National League acquisition both a bat and
an arm in the mid season, right right at the deadline,
is there something that you watch for. Do you think
there's some significance to hey, in your league, not in
your league, or do you say it just doesn't matter,
it's a non issue.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
No, I think there's actually a small factor in that
view for sure. I remember when I was in Tampa
and I went to the National League. You know, hadn't
been in the National League in quite a few years.
You have to kind of relearn pitchers and how each
organization is going to pitch you really quickly. You know,
these guys being in the American League has faced all
these guys that they've pitched, and it's a little bit
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different now that you play everybody in the league. So
it's probably not as big as a factor, but there's
definitely some comfortability when you kind of go back through
and face the guys that you've already faced, you know,
like Victor roeblazais faced the Phillies already multiple times. So
he's got a good idea of what he wants to
do against those pitchers. And so it's definitely going to
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help them those two down the stretch, you know, knowing
who they're going to face, and having played those guys
already in the comfortability then in those stadiums a lot.
Speaker 6 (12:56):
So there is a small factor in that view.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Steven Susan joining us Mitch Garver made news this week,
and it was tough to read, you know, tough to
hear what he had to had to say.
Speaker 8 (13:08):
But you know, it's kind of twofold one.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yet you feel sympathy for Mitch saying that, hey, he's
received death threats. But at the same time, it was
really surprising that it almost seemed like he was just
resigned to the fact that he wasn't gonna hit well
the rest of the year.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
I mean that that to.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Where he says, you know, I've already I've already just
decided I'm not I'm not gonna hit two hundred this season,
and he raised a good point a couple.
Speaker 7 (13:30):
Of days ago.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
He said, it's gotta if he hits two seventy the
rest of the year, hits two hundred on the season.
It's not like he's got to hit four fifty to
get to two hundred. So what did you make of
the whole Mitch Garver conversation a few days ago?
Speaker 3 (13:45):
You know, I think there's a couple of things there.
You know, when you're when you're struggling like Garv has
this year for a long time, you weigh that on
your shoulders, you know, especially given an opportunity from a
contract to come into a team that's chased in a
world sew he's ring and you don't even live up
anywhere close to the expectations that you were have. I know,
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I know that ways on him, right And and it
was kind of similar around the league when when when
guys have that expectation of coming in and they really
fall flat. Yeah, you get some some crazy fans that
come in, you come into your you know, Instagram or Twitter,
or they see you on the road, and and that's
part of the business, right, Like, that's the that's you
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expect that because those guys are just passionate about the
team that the fans are. You know that being said,
I I don't think he really has that in mind
that he's not going to hit above two hundred. I
think what he's really trying to say is, I can't
worry about that anymore. That can't be my goal of
I need to climb over this mark. And he has
to just stay in the day to day focus worth like,
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I just have to have good at that after good
at that, and you know what, I'm giving up chasing
the Mendoza line and I'm gonna stay right here and
just help this team compete on a daily basis. You know,
if I were a train that for him, because you know,
we'd be lying to say that Mitch Garver doesn't want
to hit four hundred the rest of the year and
climb it back up to two fifty, right, Like we
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know that's what he wants to do. But he can't
focus on those things and be a productive hitter for
the team because it's going to do him no good.
He can't control that. All he can control is going
in there every day, putting together good at that, squaring
up the ball and hopefully they fall and he gets
on a hot streak.
Speaker 6 (15:23):
Down the stretch.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
Well, look, I think it goes without saying everybody has
empathy for a guy who's struggling, you know, and and
so so I.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Think that should be noted.
Speaker 5 (15:33):
But I think a couple of the comments Stephen that
that if I were a teammate, you know, where he says, hey,
I don't know if it's going to get get better,
it might get worse. And then you know, talking about
the death threats. Look it read obviously that's inexcusable from
the fans that that's not even a point worth debating.
But you know, then just report it to the FB.
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You know, there's there's there's a mechanism to report that
to team authorities. They can assess that it doesn't need
to be brought out in the media. It almost seems
like a manipulation, like, hey, feel sorry for me.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
I don't know. Hard things are hard.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
It's hard to be a professional athlete, and it's certainly
hard to be a baseball hitter, you know the mental
but but you know, you got a cowboy up and
I don't know. I just think that there's a line,
you know, the Trey Turner when he's when when he
had that same situation with the Phillies, he just said, Look,
if I make that play, we win the game. I
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booted it, obviously, the reason we loss is on me.
I just I only know one thing to do is
work hard and get better, and that's what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
That's it.
Speaker 4 (16:38):
That's all. He didn't bring in the rest of the drama. Drama.
So that's my take. Feel free to disagree.
Speaker 5 (16:44):
If I got blinders on or something I'm missing, that
would be would have been my take if I was
a teammate.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
No, I totally agree with you, Hugh. And you know,
one thing when I was playing in my career is
I always wanted to be available in the good and
the bad, and I wanted to take accountability for the
bad when it was on me, and I wanted to
kind of give the good away to the guys around.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
Me that really deserved it. And so you know, in twenty.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Twenty one, I was up at the plate and Tyler
Matzek punched me out on three straight pitches in the
NLDS and I got home and I got crushed. Right
with all these LA fans that were just they were
just disappointed, right, But I didn't feel the need to
be able to like seek empathy, like I you know,
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I lost that at bat in a big situation, and
that's part of the game, right, Like, if you're playing
in this league, that is what's going to happen.
Speaker 6 (17:39):
Right.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
People are going to be passionate about it. They're gonna
say stupid thing. Most of the time, they don't come through.
And if you really feel like they're threatened, you're threatening
your life. You're one hundred percent right. There's an mb
security that you can kind of go to to kind
of diffuse the situation, which I've had. You know, I
think plenty of players have had to do. But you know,
I never wanted to seek empathy because I wanted people
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to know that I was working hard and even if
they were disappointed that I was going to go out
and work just as hard. I didn't need sympathy for
what was going on. I was just gonna, like you said,
buckle down and keep going. And I think some of
the good players are doing that. I think this is
very foreign to Mitch to struggle this bad and look,
expectations change the way you respond in a lot of situations,
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and I think that's what's kind of happened to him.
So I'm with you on that sense. Where I wouldn't
bring it out to the media. I tried to keep
as much attention away from the media as I can,
away from my teammates as I could, and you know,
hopefully this is just a small story that would look
back and don't even mention down the stretch.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Steven, great stuff, Detroit coming in. They've lost nine of
their last twelve. They got a kid that's one and
five with a six cra against a red hot Luis
Castillo tomorrow night.
Speaker 8 (18:48):
So let's get started with a w all.
Speaker 6 (18:50):
Right, yeah, let's go.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
They can beat this team offensively, so good sweep and
then let's get out there.
Speaker 7 (18:57):
Thanks man, appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
Thanks he alright, guys, Okay, hey.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Great stuff from Stephen Sue's at SUSA Junior on Twitter.
Speaker 8 (19:05):
Check out his breakdown of Victor Roebla. Very interesting.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
A massively different type of swing now for Roeblas than
he had when he was at Washington. We're switch our
focus to a little Husky football and here from Denzel
Boston could be the number one wide receiver for this
football team. We'll get Hughes take on him as well.
Next on ninety three point three KJRFM.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
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Speaker 2 (19:42):
Welcome back, Softian Dick without the soft one. He'll be
back tomorrow. Hugh is with us right now. Let's talk
a little Husky football.
Speaker 9 (19:49):
Hugh.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
I had a chance to sit down with a very
engaging young man, a guy that I think Husky fans
are familiar with, and yet maybe there's quite a few
Husky fans that don't realize how talented this guy is
and how big a star he is gonna be on
the field. Now, with Polk, McMillan and Rome out of
the picture, it's my conversation with Denzel Boston. Denzel, A
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lot has changed since we've since you last put a
Husky jersey on, that's for sure.
Speaker 7 (20:16):
But I'm gonna go back and talk about last year
real quick.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
What was it like for you, as talented as you are,
not being able to play as much as you would
like to play because the most ridiculous trio of Husky
wide receivers in history we're in front of you.
Speaker 10 (20:31):
Yeah, you know, honestly, I wouldn't say there's any spike,
there is anything like close to you know, being angry
about it.
Speaker 11 (20:38):
At the end of the day, they're great receivers, you
know what I mean.
Speaker 10 (20:40):
And being behind those guys is, if anything, is a
learning point for me, you know, being able to sit
there and analyze how they played the game and how
they can compete at that level. So then when I
get the chance, you know, I could go compete at
that level, you know what I mean. So it's really
just like I'm like, you know, just I'm gonna say,
God's time, and like, God put me here, He put
me in this place.
Speaker 11 (20:59):
He put e NFL receivers in front of me for
me to learn from.
Speaker 10 (21:02):
And now that they have passed on, they have passed
it has passed on to me and now they're you know,
he's saying, hey, look the door's open.
Speaker 11 (21:08):
Now he's got to walk through it.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
What specifically have you taken from from any one of
those three guys. There's something that you've stolen from from
Rome or from uh Jalen or Jalen.
Speaker 11 (21:18):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 10 (21:20):
You know, I'm just JP he's a savage, Like he
is a savage when he gets on that field, like
nothing is stopping him from catching that ball, Like he
is going up getting it. He's talking mess. He's in
your face all game. You gotta deal with them all game.
He's not going nowhere, you know.
Speaker 7 (21:34):
What I mean.
Speaker 10 (21:35):
Rome, he's level headed in those pressure moments, but he's
a dog, you know what I mean. Like he's not
gonna talk a lot, which that's what I like that.
You know, I'm not gonna talk a lot, but I'm
sure gonna do my business with you, you know what
I mean. And that's one thing I can learn from
Rome is you know, like in those pressure moments, like let's.
Speaker 11 (21:50):
Bring up organ for chance right here in this end zone.
Speaker 10 (21:52):
You know, he double coverage back shoulder, ugh like nothing
like it was like it was nothing, you know, And
even the celebration was just his arms up, you know
what I mean. Like just that level headedness and just
that continue that continuation of just trying to make sure
that the job's getting done with Jamak, you know, just
being able to laugh and joke and like he reminds
me the football's fun, you know what I mean, Like
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you can laugh and joke and have fun with your
friends during the game and everything. But at the end
of the day, it's it is a job, and it
is a business. You know, you gotta get this job done.
But also like when it comes to like attribute whise,
I say, like with Rome, like I really learned how
to like get that extra edge in the last second
of a route, to to be open for that second
of the wall that the ball is coming too, you know.
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For Jamak is kind of just like you know, that elusiveness,
that quickness coming out of the slot, like being able
to know just give a little shimmy and get going,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 11 (22:44):
And with JP, it's just like.
Speaker 10 (22:46):
The work, like the work, like you gotta work hard,
Like I've never seen a person work so hard every
single day consistently, three hundred and sixty five days a
year like JP. So those are the six things I
guess you can say that took from those guys.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
You obviously have to develop chemistry with your quarterbacks. Now
you got new quarterbacks, and so what have you been
doing with Will what you been doing with demand just
in the off season to just kind of learn them
and they can learn you.
Speaker 10 (23:11):
Yeah, you know, like we'll go out to dinners together.
So we'll go out to dinners, get dinner, just to learn,
like meet each other on a personal level, you know
what I mean, Just get to know each other, like
really know each other, so we know how to approach
each other and talk to each other in that type
of way.
Speaker 11 (23:24):
When it comes to football.
Speaker 10 (23:25):
Wise, you know, we're we're doing throwing after workouts, throwing
before workouts, throwing whenever we can, just to make sure
that timing and those connections are right, and you know,
just making sure that we're getting everyone involved in that,
you know. So yeah, that's really how that's really I
feel like that's how any receiver and quarterback woul build
their relationships. Just making sure they're around the football out
with each other, watching film with each other. You know,
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like me and Will I say when team like team runs,
like we're next to each other the whole time, pushing
each other the whole time, like we won't let each
other skip a rep, like it does not happen. But yeah,
you know, just making sure that we keep that camaraderie
between each other and you know, just stay tight. But yeah,
I say throwing. Our biggest piece right now is throwing
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getting dinners, and you know, when we have runs and
stuff like that that me and him that we're pushing
each other.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
What are Husky fans getting from these quarterbacks? I'll start
with Will. What are they gonna see?
Speaker 11 (24:17):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (24:17):
With Will?
Speaker 10 (24:17):
I mean, come on, he's the number two passing leader
in the sec of all time. So you know he's
gonna make He's gonna make some explosive throws. He's gonna
make some some great scrambling throws.
Speaker 11 (24:27):
I don't know if he's he can scramble. Hey, he
can scramble. Now, he can get out that pocket and
throw the wall.
Speaker 10 (24:31):
So you know, but yeah, you're gonna see a lot
of explosive plays for Will, and you're gonna see a
lot of excitement and joy to just be out there.
And just like I don't know if you've ever seen
the clip when he was Assissippi State, he threw a
touchdown and you got so excited.
Speaker 11 (24:44):
He threw a punch and he punched the ref in
the face. So so you.
Speaker 10 (24:49):
Know, yeah, Will, you know he's You're gonna see a
lot of excitement.
Speaker 11 (24:52):
Damon. You know, demon can get out the pocket, he
can go.
Speaker 10 (24:55):
You can see some you can glen him, you can
see some ankle breakers, you can see some stuff of
that of that.
Speaker 11 (25:03):
Nature from demon just because how quickly he's fast. He's
a fast kid.
Speaker 10 (25:06):
You don't when it comes to throwing the ball, you know,
just as Will can. You know, they're both launching it deep.
They can both launch it deep, and they can both
put that put that ball on the money in the
right spot where it needs to be. So I say,
just a lot of excitement, a lot of explosive plays,
and yeah, that's all I can really say about that.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Well, if I'm defending Washington, I'm putting a lot of
attention on you, which means that other guys have got
to step up. So talk to us about the rest
of your receiving corps and what impresses you about me.
Speaker 10 (25:31):
You know, Jeremiah Hunter thousand yard receiver before he came here,
you know what I mean. And he's a dog, so
you know, there's no worries with Jeremiah. You know, you
know he's gonna get the job done, you know. And
I me and Jeremiah, we're really a very similar build.
We're both like bigger set, you know, both about the
same speed, you know what I mean. So it's not
anything crazy when you see Jeremiah and I both on
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the outsides, you know what I mean. And it's kind
of just like who can you lockdown? Like which one
are you gonna try and lock down? You know what
I mean? Because at the end of the day, his
resume speaks for it. So you know, Jiles Jackson, speedster,
quick guy, you know what I mean. He's he's a dog,
like a savage like you know, he's a savage like
he wants the ball and when he gets the ball,
he's trying to score every time. He's trying to score
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every time. You know, he's gonna try to do what
he can to make you miss and he's trying to
score every time.
Speaker 11 (26:17):
You know, we got Rashid. He's sitting in the back
right now.
Speaker 10 (26:19):
But you know he he's a william Dog, Rashid Williams. Yeah,
you know he's a freshman, but you know he's a
young guy waiting first time to pop out and really
show some people what he can do.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Finally, why are you here? Why did you decide to
stay here?
Speaker 6 (26:33):
You know?
Speaker 11 (26:34):
This is home? Like, this is this is home right here.
Speaker 10 (26:37):
Like if you look at the stadium, like everything about
it just screams home. The fans are rowdy, the field
and everything is just so like you got the water
behind the field, behind the stadium. It's his home, you
know what I mean. I'm an hour out from here.
You know, why wouldn't I want to be here. Why
wouldn't I be wanting to play in front of these people?
Why would you know? Like I could go somewhere else
where I don't have anybody supporting me, you know what
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I mean? But here I got people from high school
supporting me. I got my family supporting me. You know,
I got a big fan base around here. You know
that I can help build up. Not only that, it
would just be great to be in Seattle, you know,
and be able to build up the communities in some
way when you know, once things do go well, you know,
I mean, already have the name in the community and
stuff like that, So there's something. It's just Seattle like
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it's just home. And you know, being able to have
everyone that supported me in my whole life be able
to support me, you know, at my home games.
Speaker 12 (27:26):
It's just awesome.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
That's lucky, man.
Speaker 11 (27:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
We all know there's gonna be a next Husky star.
We're just not sure who it is.
Speaker 7 (27:32):
Hugh.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
I think number one on my list is Denzel Boston,
number twelve. I think he has got the best chance
to be the next Husky star. I just I love
everything about that kid.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
Well, it's depleted receiver corps and he's the most likely
guy to step up.
Speaker 8 (27:48):
No question about it. And him and Hunter, I mean
those two guys.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
I am not worried at all about the skill positions
on offense, wide receiver, running back and even quarterback. Not
worried at all about offensive line. I know Softie and
I have had huge discussions on that. I'm a little
more bullish than he is on it. But again, what
do I know, right, I mean, we haven't seen any
of these guys play together. I thirty nine on ninety
three point three KJRFM.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Live from the R and R Foundation Specialists Broadcast Studio.
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
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three kjr FM.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
All right, I'm fired up once again tonight for the Olympics.
I'm totally in. Like I said in the three o'clock hour,
you totally in, totally in. We've got women's gymnastics and
that I get some owned tonight, I get some owned biles,
get I get the track and field heats tonight as well.
Noah Lyles will be back on the track. I'm totally
into this thing. I'm wondering what the ratings are going
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to be tomorrow. You've got the You've got the Algerian
boxer who's making all the news one thirty four pm
Pacific time.
Speaker 8 (28:56):
I bet the ratings for that will be it for
be pretty big as well. Well.
Speaker 4 (29:00):
The fascinating subject for sure.
Speaker 5 (29:01):
And I just asked what is the standard because the IBA,
the International Boxing Association, their president said that that they
had a DNA test, there's chromosome tests, and that this
collef was an x Y, which reminded from ninth grade biology,
xx is female, x Y is male. So I'm just
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I just wonder what is the fair way to distinguish
a man from a woman. There has to be a
clear line, Like like you think of the weight class.
If you're at sixty three kilograms, you know you can
fight at sixty three, you can't fight at sixty four.
I think similarly, whatever the fair way to delineate this
is important. I mean, look, I completely support LGBTQ rights
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for everybody, including the right to marry whoever you want.
I completely support that, you know, you know, as long
as somebody is a legal citizen that's not a felon.
I'm one hundred percent behind that because the objective is
equality and it's sibling fairness. But please help me to
understand where I might have a blinder, because my impulse
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is to say, look, men compete against men, that's fair.
Women compete against women, that's fair. But a transgender athlete,
and I understand she's just not her. Well, this issue
doesn't stand or fall on one boxer. I mean, this
is a broader issue that's impacting all the states. It's
it's it's Congress is introduced to bill and what have you.
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And I just think transgender athletes have biological advantages, and
to me, it's not fair to women.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
But what does that have to do with this What
does that have to do with this particular situation?
Speaker 5 (30:42):
Though, Well, I think it's interesting that the IBA said
that that they did a DNA test and this boxer
has X Y chromosomes. Those are the attributes of a
male boxer, And you know, I find it interesting. You know,
Megan Rapino, she lobbied in on this. She says, we
as a country are trying to legislate away people's full humanity.
(31:05):
Now we care about fairness, now we care about women's sports.
That's total bull bleep. And show me all the trans
people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans and sports.
It's just not happening. It's not I agree with her
on the bulk of that. It's not nefarious. It's not
that somebody's trying to be overtly wicked over it. It's
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just a question of ignoring the fairness to the females
and not asking them to have competition against somebody who
has biological advantages. Now, look, if there's something I'm missing,
I am open to it change my mind. But that
is my impulse. And I would add two more things
on that. In twenty seventeen, the women's team that Rapino
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played on they played under fifteen. What's FC Dallas just
a team from Dallas, a fifteen year old boys.
Speaker 4 (31:57):
They lost five to two.
Speaker 5 (31:59):
My understanding is soccer, five to two is a pretty
u significant loss. And and finally, Caitlyn Jenner, she said,
I've been saying this for years watching what the IOC
allowed to happen. Uh is in boxing is shameful. Shame
on the IOC. And she said, I've been saying this
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for year. Men don't belong in women's sports period. Now
I'm not saying that Cliff is a man. I don't
know what the standard should be, but I do know
that she was she was not allowed to box against
other women in the discretion of the IVA. She was
in the Olympics, and so so, uh, you know, I
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would like to be more educated.
Speaker 8 (32:43):
This is the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
And Thomas Bach, the president of the IOC, said, quote,
She's born a woman, raised a woman, and competed for
many years as a woman. Someonet to own the definition
of who is a woman, and I can only invite
them to come up with a new, scientific based definition
of a woman.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
Okay, so that was his quote.
Speaker 11 (32:58):
Okay, So this is.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Not the time that this has happened, because in the
nineteen eighties, a Spanish hurdler was dismissed by the Spanish
Olympic team for failing a chromosome sex test. Her name
was Maria Jose Martinez Patino. She had an X Y chromosome.
She was dismissed. She took it to court challenged it
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and won. Okay, but she lost her privacy, she lost relationships,
she was embarrassed nationally internationally. And so this to me
is a clear cut case of that. And we have
precedent and we know what the answer should be according
to the Olympics.
Speaker 5 (33:37):
Okay, so some people think that X Y chromosomes, which
are characteristics of a male, should prevent you from competing
others don't. Let's just say, I'll just stipulate that that
should not. If that's not the standard, and that's not
a reasonable and fair standard, I'll take that away. What
about That still is going to lead the question of athletes?
(34:00):
And for example, the state of Washington says, among sixteen states,
the State of Washington's one quote, all students have the
opportunity to participate in WIAA athletics in a manner that
is consistent, consistent with gender identity, consistent with gender. So
that that still is going to get you to the quest.
(34:21):
It's going to come back to the question is this
fair for women sports, for girls to compete against biological males.
Now it doesn't. Again, this argument doesn't stand on these
two boxers. This is a this is something that Congress
has taken up this is something in the States.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
This is an issue that's.
Speaker 5 (34:41):
Not going away, and I am prepared to be enlightened.
If I have blinders, please show me, because my impulse
is to say this doesn't seem fair to me, to
girl athletes and women athletes, I.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
Would agree with what you're saying is is it's going
to It is absolutely going to be in the in
the public conversation for as long for the next few years.
I think this particular situation is separate from that. I'm
willing to have that conversation when we have a trans
athlete trying to participate in the Olympics. But for here,
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the ruling organization is simply the IOC, and the IOC
had a different definition than the other was the IBE,
i BA, the IBA, and then the people that are
participating the Olympics need to play by the IOC's rules,
just like the people that participate in the IBA needs
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to agree by the IBA rules.
Speaker 4 (35:38):
Agreed, we can, But can we say that that's controversial.
Speaker 5 (35:42):
We can say that it's controversial that if the IBA,
if one ruling body committee said look this is the standard,
it's the chromosomes, it's the DNA test and this she
is not permitted to fight in this competition. Then we
can at least say what what is different about the
Olympic in interpretation other than the IBA.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
Yeah, we can.
Speaker 7 (36:03):
We can tell you that that is.
Speaker 4 (36:05):
That is a controversy. It is gonna be a top
of the news.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
This week, no question about it. And she's gonna go
for a gold medal. Here she's fighting tomorrow and she's
already clinched the medals. She's fighting in the medal rounds tomorrow.
That'll be interesting. Five point fifty six on ninety three
point three KJRFM, rolling into.
Speaker 8 (36:20):
The six o'clock hour of things. Here's what we're gonna do.
Speaker 2 (36:22):
We're gonna give you a quick break to go get
something to eat, because I've got another couple of interviews
I want to play for you. This segment we heard
from Denzel Boston at five point thirty. We're gonna do
a cam We're gonna do six o'clock with the cams
here here Jackson. We've got we got cam fab coming up.
We've got Cameron Davis coming up. So a cam from
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the defense and a cam from the offense in just
a minute or so. But First of all, how about
this Top twenty five pole jobs. The Washington Huskies just
barely not making the top twenty five. They are the
first team out with one hundred and twenty three votes.
Iowa was twenty fifth with one hundred and forty eight,
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Washington twenty six with one hundred and twenty three.
Speaker 8 (37:07):
Little bit surprised.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
I thought they'd receive votes, but I thought they'd be
deep down the list, and they'd have to win probably
their first three or four games to get to.
Speaker 7 (37:16):
The top twenty five.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
We're finding out now at least in the college, in
the in the coaches pull, they win one game, they're
in the top twenty five.
Speaker 9 (37:23):
I mean, it's just really a testament to Jetfish and
the work that Jetfish and Motley Futures and the entire
collective and the entire university really has done to build
this program back up in like six months. Just hats
off to everybody because it's an incredible job, and I
just I love that we are so fired up for
this team, and other people are starting are apparently seeing
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it too, because I didn't think that was gonna happen, though.
Speaker 8 (37:47):
H It's gonna put some pressure on them too.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
Because they're gonna win their first few games, and they're
gonna be ranked you know, by the time that's all
said and done, three and oh four and oh what
have you?
Speaker 8 (37:56):
I mean, they're gonna be up to seventeen eighteen.
Speaker 2 (37:58):
So there's gonna be some breash coming at them when
they go to Rutgers and certainly when they take on Michigan.
All right, Cam's at six, Cam Fab coming up right now,
Cam Davis in just a few minutes. But uh, it
was it was great to see actually a familiar face
in the room a couple of days ago when I
got a chance to talk to Cameron Fabiculan and aka
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cam Fab here with Cam Fab and Cam It's it's
weird to see a familiar face because I don't see
a lot of familiar faces in this room when it
comes to returning players. So what's it like, what's it
like to come back to a team that doesn't have
a lot of returning players?
Speaker 13 (38:36):
Yeah, I mean being here for for all the coaching changes,
it's been different every year, so I mean it's nothing new,
but at the same time, like building that brotherhood and
building that bond, and it's learning to love everybody I.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
Think there's a level of respect that Husky fans have
for people like you that that do go through multiple
coaching changes.
Speaker 7 (38:57):
So why why did you end up staying here? Uh?
Speaker 13 (39:02):
First of all, I think when I committed to Washington,
I committed to Washington. Obviously coach Pete was was the coach,
and you know he's a great coach and him and
his staff. But at the end of the day, I
committed to this university. I committed to Seattle. You know,
I learned, I learned to love Seattle being a California kid,
learning to love you know, all the seasons and going
through that. But at the end of the day, I
committed to dub and it's why I stay.
Speaker 2 (39:24):
And you've got an experience maybe onlike any Washington football
player ever, going.
Speaker 7 (39:29):
Through four coaching staffs. But uh, you know, where are
we right now? Tell him?
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Tell Husky fans, since you know this program better than
maybe anybody, what's the state of Husky football right now?
Speaker 6 (39:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 13 (39:43):
I mean, you know, I be I feel like I've
touched touched the lows, I've touched the highs, you know,
throughout my college career, and you know, I think we
have everything and what we need to make a run
at the national title again, and I believe so, and
I truly believe that in my heart. So, you know,
we're about to start fall camping and we're about to
get into it.
Speaker 12 (40:01):
So it's one day at a time.
Speaker 2 (40:03):
Talk to us about this defense. How is it going
to be different. Let's talk about schematically, you know, with
with coach Belichick versus.
Speaker 7 (40:09):
What you had in the past.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
So and you've gone through many defensive coordinators as well,
So what is the scheme and how will it look
different than what you're used to?
Speaker 13 (40:18):
Yeah, I mean scheme being under you know, coach Lake
and coach coach Morrell, I.
Speaker 11 (40:24):
Mean, scheme is scheme.
Speaker 13 (40:26):
Everyone has their you know, cover three, cover four, Cover
two and all that and man obviously, but I think
for me, you know, being through so many defenses, it's
everything's the same. It's just different terminology, if that makes sense.
So it's you know, obviously he's coming from the NFL,
but it really doesn't make a difference, just all the same.
Speaker 11 (40:46):
Yeah, how about the corners.
Speaker 7 (40:47):
Obviously we know one of them.
Speaker 2 (40:49):
I mean, we know we know Elijah real well, and
just talk about the season he had last year, because
you know, fans would get on him a bit for
for the first half of the season, and then the
dude comes out and makes maybe the biggest play in
the history of Washington defense, you know, at the end
of that Texas game.
Speaker 13 (41:02):
Yeah, I mean for us as players, you know, we
don't like to listen to the outside noise. You know,
we just try to you know, bad game, good game,
no matter what it is. You know, we know what's
going on in this building. We know what's going on
within ourselves, so we just try to focus on that
and not let anything, you know, get to us.
Speaker 7 (41:18):
Do you think it's different now that you know guys
are making money?
Speaker 2 (41:21):
I mean, obviously some guys are making more money than others,
but you know, five ten years ago, nobody was making anything.
And so do you feel like it's cool that fans
can kind of jump on you a little bit because
in a way, you guys are kind of professional athletes
at a different level obviously than the NFL.
Speaker 13 (41:39):
Yeah, I mean, obviously Anil's is a big thing, and
I just want to you know, think everyone that before
that came before us. You know, like you said, five
ten years none of this was happening. So I'm just
grateful to be able to experience this and earn I guess,
earn this nil money and do all that. So I mean,
obviously it's it's a big change. Like you said, they
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weren't touching anything back in the day.
Speaker 11 (42:03):
But I mean, I'm grateful for it all.
Speaker 13 (42:05):
You know, I think going ahead in college football, you know,
I think players that are coming up will be rightful
as well.
Speaker 2 (42:12):
How about some guys that we haven't seen play yet
for Washington, that you've seen, you know, in the gym
working out with spring practice. You know, guys on that
defense that you think are gonna pop.
Speaker 11 (42:24):
Yeah, I mean, I mean everyone.
Speaker 13 (42:26):
I think, you know, Steve's gonna put us in the
right positions to make great plays and produce on the field.
But you know, obviously we're known for death row defense,
and I think you guys will see, you know, Husky
Nation and everybody in the nation will see what we're
like this year, and we're gonna we're here to make
a statement and earn everyone's respect.
Speaker 2 (42:44):
And the guys in front of you, that linebacker core,
at least, I mean, you got some stability there. You
got some dudes that have been there like you have
for a long long time.
Speaker 13 (42:51):
Yeah, those my guys, man, you know, everybody in front
of me. You know, obviously safety is the deepest of
the deepest, but everyone in front of me, you know,
all my dogs. I love them death and you know
they're the ones that, you know, help us, and we're
the ones that help them. So we're just compliment each other.
And like I said, I love them death.
Speaker 2 (43:06):
Hey, I appreciate it, and I know dog fans appreciate.
Speaker 11 (43:08):
Man, appreciate y'all. Man, Thank you so much.
Speaker 8 (43:10):
Yeah, Jackson was so weird just to walk into that room.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
They did a great job. Actually, the Huskies did a
fabulous job bringing in over the course of about three hours.
They started with Jed Fish. They had the assistant coaches
come in and speak too, and then they.
Speaker 7 (43:22):
Just had tables.
Speaker 2 (43:23):
It was almost like a media day, you know, set
up that you'd have like at the Super Bowl, right,
And they had these tables set up and they had
the little name cards, and my god, did you need
the name cards this year? There was a lot of
people I did not recognize when I walked into that
room now, but this one was one guy I did recognize,
and that's why I kind of started the interview with
him just saying, God, it was he has kind of
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a breath of fresh air to see you.
Speaker 8 (43:45):
I mean, I actually know who you are.
Speaker 7 (43:47):
I've actually seen you.
Speaker 9 (43:48):
Because what program has ever done what you dub is
doing where you're basically it's the full reset button.
Speaker 8 (43:54):
Who has ever done with this?
Speaker 2 (43:56):
None as far as as far as a team that
has been so successful. And you know Jedfish actually brought
that up. I don't know if he brought that up
in Big ten Media day to kind of quell expectations
a little bit. You know, every trader, every he tries
to read between the lines, right, what is Mike McDonald saying?
What is what is Jedfish really saying when he's talking
about this guy or about his program, And you know,
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I just think it's just reality, right.
Speaker 8 (44:19):
I don't think he's really trying to say anything.
Speaker 2 (44:21):
I don't think Jedfish does not strike me as a
kind of guy that would like to.
Speaker 8 (44:26):
Throw water on his team's expectations.
Speaker 6 (44:28):
Right.
Speaker 2 (44:29):
He just doesn't seem like that kind of guy. I mean,
he's the guy that this last week wore a T
shirt with a top twenty five.
Speaker 7 (44:36):
Listed on it and in Big Hold letters across the front.
Speaker 2 (44:40):
It says, where's Washington, And like he just talked about,
we found out where's Washington. They're pretty damn close to
the top twenty five, so at least there is some
some respect.
Speaker 8 (44:49):
But you know, this defense, you know, we talked.
Speaker 2 (44:51):
To Cam about the guys in front of him, right, yeah,
Alfonso two Patala. Yeah, you know you love him or
hate him for the you know, dropping the ball in
the one yard line and gets against Utah. He had
a pretty good year last year. He's a solid performer
for Washington. Not a you know, an All Pack twelve
type guy last year, but a very solid performer. And
then Carson Bruner, I mean, Carson Brunner is the type
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of player that every single college football team needs to
have in the middle of their defense. Is he a
first round draft pick?
Speaker 6 (45:20):
No?
Speaker 2 (45:21):
Is he gonna have a ten year career in the NFL?
I don't know, probably not. But he is everything a
college football team wants in a linebacker.
Speaker 9 (45:29):
It is and I love the conversation that Safti had
on a PAC twelve media day with Carson and specifically
talking about him, you know, not straying.
Speaker 4 (45:38):
From the program.
Speaker 9 (45:39):
And of course, you know, like, listen, I love the
realism because he you know, like of course, and you're
gonna think about it for a second because it's a
new everything. But I'm you know, you dub I'm purple
and gold, I am who I am, and I'm staying here.
And I think that this defense they need a camfab obviously,
but they.
Speaker 8 (45:54):
Need a brunner.
Speaker 9 (45:55):
They need that leadership with there's so many changes and
so much of a new culture being instilled here. You'd
only instill so much. Some of the culture just trails
off of what the program is. Coming off of a
national championship, having those veteran leaders, having those guys in
the middle of that defense, you know that's going to
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be able. I think for Jedfish to be able to
lean not only lean on them, but have a successful
twenty twenty four more than I mean, maybe more than
some people think, but clearly not as we talked about
with the pole coming out, not as you know, America
is starting to think right exactly.
Speaker 2 (46:30):
And I think you know, in that secondary, you're gonna
have some of those leaders that linebacker corp. You're gonna
have some of those leaders. You're not gonna have much
on the defensive front. There's just not a lot of
returning guys. I'm really really anxious to see what Zach
Durfey brings because he's the guy that we were all
hoping and praying would be, you know, a sack of
game guy in the last couple of three games of
the season, and he really hardly ever got in. So
we'll see if he can become a big time guy.
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Now switching to the offense, and we talked to one
cab Cam. This is this is Cam at six o'clock. Right,
we've got Cam fab you know, at six oh five,
we now got Cam Davis coming up and I had
a chance to chat with him, and you know, just
just a really I felt bad for Cam Davis, Right,
I feel bad for this type of guy that was
that was going to be the starting running back on
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a championship caliber football team and he's not able to
perform at the beginning.
Speaker 8 (47:18):
Of season and at last all season long.
Speaker 2 (47:20):
He's done for the year, and he watches his offense become,
in my opinion, the greatest offense in the history of
the school without him. Well, now he's got his opportunity
for his chance to be the number one guy I'd
say one and one A along with Joonah Coleman.
Speaker 7 (47:37):
But here's my conversation with Cam Davis.
Speaker 6 (47:38):
Cam.
Speaker 2 (47:39):
Let's go back to the beginning of last season. Obviously,
expectations were high. Expectations were high for you personally, and
then you know, all fell apart with the injury.
Speaker 7 (47:48):
Just just talk about how you were able to just kind.
Speaker 2 (47:51):
Of emotionally stay with the team knowing that, hey, you
can't help out on the field that season.
Speaker 14 (47:57):
Yeah, as far as athlete, I always do hard because
all those my brothers, So I wanted to see the
best for him, just knowing all the work we put in.
You know, I just want to see him succeed in field.
And honestly, I feel like I was a part of it.
I didn't feel left out or anything, because you know,
we grinded the whole off season and you know, yeah,
and just put a chip on my shoulder for this
season coming up.
Speaker 2 (48:15):
I just remember when you went down. I was like, yeah, man,
I mean that is gonna be tough to replace. But
I tell you what we didn't know about Dylan Johnson,
and you just talk about how proud you are of
that guy and what he was able to accomplish in
your stead last year.
Speaker 14 (48:27):
I'm very proud of him. You know, he had a
big task coming into this offense or last year's offense
would groub but that's not an easy offense to learn,
and so for him to get that down, get the
players down, and be able to execute it, that was
a big deal.
Speaker 12 (48:38):
So I'm nothing but proud of him.
Speaker 14 (48:40):
You know, I was talking to him recently and stuff
with his NFL endeavors, and you know, I think he's
gonna kill it when he gets his chance.
Speaker 2 (48:46):
Speaking of killing it, we got you back? Are you
one hundred percent?
Speaker 14 (48:49):
Oh yeah, I'm feeling great. I'm finna be a full
participant for fall camp. Really just putting the last finishing
touches on the rehab, just strengthening, conditioning and stuff. But
you know, I'm feeling great.
Speaker 12 (48:58):
You guys will see I'm feeling very explicitly.
Speaker 2 (49:01):
We talked abou Dylan learning new offense. Now you got
to learn a new offense. So what jumps out when
you know you're reading the playbook, you're watching film a
jetfish offense?
Speaker 7 (49:09):
What jumps out of you?
Speaker 6 (49:10):
Very much?
Speaker 14 (49:11):
Pro style, very much pro styl And you know I
love it. With this being my last year going to
the NFL next year, I'm glad I kind of get
a head start on learning you know, a scheme that's
very very much resembles NFL. So you know, I love
a f like coach Coach Fish, Coach Graham. You know,
they've done a great job of implementing this offense and
you know, kind of putting it on as gradually so
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we're able to digest it and take it all in
and just running at full speed to start a fall camp.
Speaker 7 (49:35):
And you talk about going to the NFL.
Speaker 2 (49:36):
I mean that's obviously something that Coach Fish and his
coaching staff just hammer, hammer, hammer, right, I mean, why
do you think it's so important now because we didn't
we didn't really hear that. We didn't hear the NFL,
and college football kind of stayed in different worlds as
little as like five years ago, and now it's like everywhere.
Speaker 14 (49:52):
Right, I mean, if you think about it, the main
goal is to get to the NFL, So I mean,
might as well start right now preparing for implementing things
that you know resemble the NFL. So, you know, I
really love this opportunity to play in a pro style
NFL offense.
Speaker 2 (50:05):
Talk about this offensive line because you know it better
than we do. We're like, oh my god, we don't
know any of these guys where they come from all
over the country. So you know, what, what have you
been able to notice about this offensive line?
Speaker 7 (50:18):
And why do you think they'll be successful?
Speaker 2 (50:19):
Because a lot of people are scrutinizing them not knowing
what's going on there.
Speaker 14 (50:23):
Yeah, I mean those are my guys. You know, I
think very highly of them. I see how much they
grind every day. So you know, it's hard to think
any negatives of it because you know, I see them putting.
Speaker 12 (50:32):
That work day in and day out. It's inspiring.
Speaker 14 (50:34):
And you know, I just feel like once we put
the fitancy touches on, getting the plays in and learn
the offensive scheme and stuff, we're going to be unstoppable.
Speaker 2 (50:41):
Who look at young bucks who you're looking forward to
in this running back class that are going to run
behind you?
Speaker 12 (50:45):
Oh Adam, You know Adam.
Speaker 14 (50:47):
I feel like he has a very you know, bright upside, physicality,
his maturity, all that. You know, I feel like he
kind of reminds me of myself coming in as far
as you know, he's not playing around, not playing too
many games in his main.
Speaker 12 (50:59):
Goal is get on the field. So you know, I've
seen nothing but successful one.
Speaker 2 (51:02):
So what's it gonna be like for you running out
of that tunnel again, knowing that you didn't get to
do that at all last season.
Speaker 12 (51:07):
Oh, it's gonna be amazing. Like I said last year,
put that chip on my shoulder.
Speaker 14 (51:10):
So I can't wait to just be back in front
of Husky Nation and you know, just have fun at
the end of the day.
Speaker 2 (51:14):
Hey, congratulations getting back man appreciation. And there's another guy
like we talked to Cam fab here's another Cam that
has been in this program for a long long time.
Speaker 7 (51:22):
This is his sixth season at the University of washing
He got.
Speaker 2 (51:26):
He got two He got two carries in two thy
nineteen with Chris Peterson. So he has gone through Chris Peterson,
Jimmy Lake, Kaylen de Borr, and now Jed Fish.
Speaker 8 (51:38):
But you know, he really got a good.
Speaker 2 (51:40):
Workload in year one with kaylend bor In twenty twenty
two and did a really nice job. He had one
hundred and seven carries, five hundred and twenty two yards,
that's almost five yards of carry, thirteen touchdowns.
Speaker 7 (51:50):
Jackson.
Speaker 2 (51:51):
I think we forget he was the goal line guy
in twenty twenty two thirteen touchdowns, added nineteen more catches.
I mean, this is a guy that it absolutely could
have six seven, eight hundred total yards this year. And
if Jonah Coleman is you know, ineffective, maybe even upwards
two a thousand, I think it's going to be, you know,
a fairly heavy split between the two of them. I
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don't think you're really gonna have one workhorse guy in
a backup because I think these two guys are both
too good to leave off the field for any length
of time.
Speaker 9 (52:20):
I think they compliment each other in that sense where
maybe it's Coleman between the twenties and it's Cam Davis
inside the twenty at the goal line. You know, if
that's how it functions, I mean, that's what we see
if the NFL modern offenses right where Jedfish clearly has
so much influence from the NFL. They have that exact
setup in the NFL where you have a guy for
inside the twenty, and most teams obviously Christian McCaffrey, you know,
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being a whole separate, separate situation, but like most teams
have that kind of setup. So if the Huskies can
build that kind of setup. I dig once again, my
hope for this season just keeps raising when I think
about what Jedfish has done over the last six months
or so, and when I look at the way that
this team may function, not just the way it looks
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on paper, but the way it may function on Saturdays.
Speaker 7 (53:06):
No, I think you're right. I think it'll take some time.
Speaker 2 (53:08):
But the good thing is the soft part of their
schedules in September, so you get an opportunity. You don't
have to you know, this isn't one of those years
where you're playing a non conference superpower in the second
week of the season. And this is not a You're
not a season where your your first conference game is
at Ohio State or something like that. I mean, yeah,
you got Michigan fairly early, but it's after five games,
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so you have an opportunity. And you know, one thing
about the Ryan Grubb offense last year, Yeah, it was
awesome between the tens, right, but remember what happened inside
the five yard line. They had a tough time punching
it in at times because they didn't.
Speaker 8 (53:42):
Have Cam Davis.
Speaker 2 (53:43):
Yeah, they were a lot better inside the five in
twenty twenty two than they were in twenty twenty three
because they were relying on Dylan Johnson and Will Mixon
last year trying to punch it in instead of that
battering ram In cam Davis.
Speaker 8 (53:57):
So we'll bring billing back in the old here.
Speaker 2 (54:00):
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nineteen sixty two. Now with Steven Susa Junior, Here's Safti
and Dick he Safti today.
Speaker 2 (00:34):
Hugh Millan is with us today, as is Steven Susa. Steven,
how you doing, man?
Speaker 3 (00:40):
I'm doing good. Excited about this win against the good
Phillies team.
Speaker 2 (00:45):
Yeah, two out of three against the Phillies, and you know,
let's let's talk big picture for a second. I mean,
they're seven and eight cents the All Star break? Are
they a fundamentally different team now than fifteen games ago
when they were Actually, you know, I had a better
record towards five hundred than they do right now.
Speaker 3 (01:10):
Yeah, you know, I think they they've played some good teams,
like Boston's a really good team. We just saw that
and how they've played the Texas Rangers in this past series,
and the Phillies are a really good team, and I
think they played the Ashes coming out of the break.
So their schedule has been a lot tougher with Eve
Miix and obviously the White Tucks and the Angels in there,
but you know, the Angels have played them really well,
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so I'm not so much worried about the schedule in
the short term. But I think the vibe around this
team right feels a lot better than that. Bats or
are really good. The quality of that bats are really good.
I think since the acquisition of a Rosa rain that
they have scored six or more runs in seven of
the last nine games, Like that's a good sign. There's
some games in there, even the loss to Boston when
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Logan Gilbert kind of had a rough start, they scored
some runs in that game, And that's a great signist, right,
you can see that this pitching staff is going to
hold their own all the way through. They're going to
be okay. But when the offense is clicking like it
is right now, it gets everybody and me included a
little excited for what's to come down the stretch.
Speaker 4 (02:13):
Well, you look at the additions.
Speaker 5 (02:15):
Let's break that down, Stephen in terms of you talked
about a rose arena and the effect of the offense,
but just in two parts, what are you seeing from
the acquisitions, just the their contributions, but then speculate as
to how there may be a halo effect on how
it's impacting the rest of the team.
Speaker 6 (02:37):
Yeah.
Speaker 3 (02:37):
Absolutely, I mean Randy's been really hot. I mean since
even before we got him in Tampa. I mean he's
in two eighty eight over his last thirty games with
I think a nine to thirty three ops. So he's
just been really banging. And what that does, Q is
when you get somebody like that to interject some energy
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because he plays with energy, and you send a signal,
which Jerry did, to the rest of your team like, Hey,
it's been rough up until this point, but I still
believe in this group and I'm going for it. I'm
adding the pieces that we need and I'm going for
and guys start to see a purpose to the season
right as it was kind of going downhill. It kind
of re energizes the group and you see like this
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presence in the lineup right like that we talked about
the names.
Speaker 6 (03:22):
I think Dick had mentioned this a couple of weeks.
Speaker 3 (03:24):
Ago, where you go through the names in the lineup
and you're like, you're not that intimidated. But now you
see a Rosa Rena, you see cal Rawley right in
the middle of it. Justin Turner, Jorge Polanco has been
an absolute on an absolute tear since.
Speaker 6 (03:37):
The All Star break.
Speaker 3 (03:38):
So there's now this shift in the lineup and you
can include Victor Roebliz in that where guys are kind
of starting to respect And what that does is the
guys who don't need to be the guy on the
team or the offensive like shouldering, they play a little
bit better because they just have to slide into their roles.
And so that's what I'm seeing is everybody's kind of
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fitting into the and doing a really good job since
the acquisition.
Speaker 2 (04:02):
Well, you mentioned Roblaz there, so it's a perfect time
to ask you about your tweet you sent out today.
You sent out a split screen video of Victor Roeblace
as a member of the Washington Nationals along with a
picked video of him swinging the bat right now and
to the best of your I mean, obviously every you
should go to your website or ever. You should go
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to your Twitter page and watch the video. But to
the best of your ability on radio, give us the
difference between a Victor roeblaz swing now and what he
was doing at Washington.
Speaker 3 (04:35):
Yeah, it's just, you know, the timing of every swing
that he got off. It just seemed like he was
consistently behind right, so he picked up his foot and
he would get uphill with his hips right, and it
just made him a chick late. Because this guy's got
really fast hands. And so what they did since I
got over here is they basically went no stride with him,
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almost like a two strike approach, where it's like, let's
use your you're lightning quick hands and maybe not worry
about doing as much damage. And what that's essentially done
has made him more on time, made him more direct
to the ball, and actually unlock some power.
Speaker 6 (05:12):
That he hasn't in the past.
Speaker 3 (05:13):
Because the reality is, like I said, this guy's got
quick twitch muscles and he's strong. So if he can
get the barrel there, then he's in a good position.
The other thing is in that leadoff spot. Now he's
kind of taken the role of like, yeah, I just
need to get on for the guys behind me, and
so him just kind of spraying the ball around and
creating havoc on the base path. It's been really really
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good for this team. He's been an absolute huge acquisition
that you have to tip your cap to Jerry. And
Jerry does a good job on the waiver wire picking
up good acquisitions throughout the years.
Speaker 5 (05:46):
You know, you look at this outfield as we're talking
about Victor Roeblas and when you get Junior back, I mean,
some of these guys are coming on and I mean here,
you know, Ray had a great weekend, you know, big hit,
and you know Garver's coming on a little bit. Luke,
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you've got Roblace. I mean some of these guys. I mean,
do you consider what do you do Steven Susan? What
do you do is a rose arena? Would you consider
him as a d H? Will you consider moving Julio
to right field? That almost like I like my I
get my hair on the back of my neck, like
that sounds idiotic, But but how do we handle these
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players and how they're playing now? If you're making all
the decisions, how do you handle this outfield and who
goes where?
Speaker 6 (06:34):
You know?
Speaker 3 (06:34):
Interesting enough, I kind of brought this up the other
day to Saftie and I said, you know, just because
it's a soft isssue injury for Julio, you know, it
doesn't have to be a permanent move, but hey, this guy,
we need this guy in the lineup every day. I mean,
Julio is a top ten player in the game, top
five when he's absolutely right. And so Victor roblaz is
playing an unbelievable centerfielder. He's been nominated for gold gloves.
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He has no problem holding it in center field. I
would slide Julio over to right field and take the
pressure off of him, like, hey, you don't have to.
Speaker 6 (07:06):
Run around out there.
Speaker 3 (07:07):
Let Victor do that. You just worry about throwing guys
out from right field with your your rocket arm and
driving the ball all around the field. And then I
would keep a rose rain and left and outfield with
a rose raine of Victor Roeblaze and Julio is an
unbelievable outfield a rose raine. I know his numbers, defensive
numbers are down this year, but he's actually a good
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outfielder when he when he's got some purpose behind why
he's playing. So that gives you some flexibility to mix
and match with with Ray League Spell Spell a day
off for those guys, and but those three in the
outfield running around, it's gonna be really fun to watch.
Speaker 4 (07:43):
And then how about DH in that scenario.
Speaker 6 (07:47):
Yeah, you know, I think it's gonna be a revolving door.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
I think you could slide Raleigh into there at times.
You know, I know you had a couple of big
knocks this past series, but he's he's kind of been on.
Speaker 6 (07:58):
A little bit of a slump over.
Speaker 3 (08:00):
The last month and a half, almost two months, and
so you know, I would like to see him really
catch fire and start to move the ball forward a
lot more consistently before Lulio comes back. But I would
put Hanneger in there. He's been swinging the bat a
lot better in the second half with an eight ninety
six ops since the All Star break, and you just
kind of roll with the hot hand. Garber can do that.
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Give JT a day off and let him do that
and just kind of keep it a revolving door based
on matchups.
Speaker 2 (08:28):
I want to go back to a Saturday Nights game,
a very unusual Mariner game because the Mayors we indicated earlier.
Speaker 7 (08:34):
In the in the show.
Speaker 2 (08:35):
I mean, the Mariners either get up five to one
or down five win. I mean the game's over like
ninety nine times out of one hundred, right, you don't
even need to watch the last few winnings.
Speaker 8 (08:44):
But we got in trouble in the fifth inning.
Speaker 2 (08:48):
And you know, I'm not second guessing here, because I
was saying at the time when I saw Scott Servis
walk to them out and it said because my first
instincts was, oh, he's just he's just settling down Bryce.
Speaker 8 (08:58):
Right, he's just settling him down. It's just the fifth inning.
Speaker 2 (09:01):
He's only thrown eighty four pitches, he's only given up
one run. Yeah, he's got ducks on the pond right now,
but he's just settling down Bryce.
Speaker 8 (09:09):
And then it said pitching change in the corner.
Speaker 2 (09:11):
I'm like, really, you're taking Bryce Miller out, not letting
him work through the jam. And then you're going to
Taylor's Sasato. And so that was my exact thought at
the time, and then all hell broke loose is you know,
all the runs came into score thanks to Sasato. So
what did you think of that at the time? And
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then bigger picture question, what do you think about these
managers now just not letting starters work through jams anymore.
It's like as soon as they get in troubles, like, oh,
you're done, you've thrown eighty plus pitches, you're in a jam,
You're out.
Speaker 3 (09:47):
Yeah, you know, it's it's definitely a new era where
guys just aren't allowed to work through stuff. And you know,
there's the old idea that third time through the lineup,
you know, the the numbers they ain't past when guys
are pitching, and so managers are really aware of that
that it's really difficult to kind of navigate through a
lineup third time through the order. And you know, for
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whatever reason, you know, if he thought Bullpen was healthy
enough and he's got some weapons down there, he felt
like he could get the matchups with Salcedo. You know,
he went to him pretty early and mixed and match
all the way through to the end. You know, I
am shocked though at times when he kind of yanked
him pretty early. It seems to work out for him
most of the time. But you know, this is just
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kind of the nature of the Mariners. I think their
number one goal is to protect their starters and keep
them as healthy as they can all the way to
the end, and you.
Speaker 6 (10:38):
Know, we have to admit like they've done a good
job of doing that. For the most part.
Speaker 3 (10:41):
These guys have been healthy these five starters with the
you know, obviously, besides WU being hurt here and there,
these guys haven't had any major injuries over the last
three years, which has been a huge part of their success.
And so I think you got to kind of give
it to Scott Service at this point, even though he's
not going to be right every single time he has death,
they protected these guys from being healthy and allowed them
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to go out and compete, you know, from twenty five
to thirty starts a year, and you absolutely need them
to do that with how bad the offense has been
the last couple of years. So as much as we
could second guess in here, I think overall he's done
an unbelievable job keeping those guys healthy and matching up
in the.
Speaker 5 (11:18):
Bullpen Steven Susan with us and Steven. Admittedly, this is
not a timely question. This would have been better a
week or two ago, but I still think there's some
interest for me for the you know, watching them, not
just the Mariners. But all the acquisitions here, the manners
they go out and to get a couple of bats
from the American League. I know you're going to say, hey,
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the most important thing is just get a good bat.
Speaker 4 (11:41):
I know that.
Speaker 5 (11:42):
But to the extent that you, as a Mariner fan,
were rooting a National League acquisition both a bat and
an arm in the mid season, right right at the deadline,
is there something that you watch for. Do you think
there's some significance to hey, in your league, not in
your league, or do you say it just doesn't matter,
it's a non issue.
Speaker 3 (12:04):
No, I think there's actually a small factor in that
view for sure. I remember when I was in Tampa
and I went to the National League. You know, hadn't
been in the National League in quite a few years.
You have to kind of relearn pitchers and how each
organization is going to pitch you really quickly. You know,
these guys being in the American League has faced all
these guys that they've pitched, and it's a little bit
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different now that you play everybody in the league. So
it's probably not as big as a factor, but there's
definitely some comfortability when you kind of go back through
and face the guys that you've already faced, you know,
like Victor roeblazais faced the Phillies already multiple times. So
he's got a good idea of what he wants to
do against those pitchers. And so it's definitely going to
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help them those two down the stretch, you know, knowing
who they're going to face, and having played those guys
already in the comfortability then in those stadiums a lot.
Speaker 6 (12:56):
So there is a small factor in that view.
Speaker 2 (12:59):
Steven Susan joining us Mitch Garver made news this week,
and it was tough to read, you know, tough to
hear what he had to had to say.
Speaker 8 (13:08):
But you know, it's kind of twofold one.
Speaker 2 (13:10):
Yet you feel sympathy for Mitch saying that, hey, he's
received death threats. But at the same time, it was
really surprising that it almost seemed like he was just
resigned to the fact that he wasn't gonna hit well
the rest of the year.
Speaker 7 (13:23):
I mean that that to.
Speaker 2 (13:24):
Where he says, you know, I've already I've already just
decided I'm not I'm not gonna hit two hundred this season,
and he raised a good point a couple.
Speaker 7 (13:30):
Of days ago.
Speaker 2 (13:31):
He said, it's gotta if he hits two seventy the
rest of the year, hits two hundred on the season.
It's not like he's got to hit four fifty to
get to two hundred. So what did you make of
the whole Mitch Garver conversation a few days ago?
Speaker 3 (13:45):
You know, I think there's a couple of things there.
You know, when you're when you're struggling like Garv has
this year for a long time, you weigh that on
your shoulders, you know, especially given an opportunity from a
contract to come into a team that's chased in a
world sew he's ring and you don't even live up
anywhere close to the expectations that you were have. I know,
(14:05):
I know that ways on him, right And and it
was kind of similar around the league when when when
guys have that expectation of coming in and they really
fall flat. Yeah, you get some some crazy fans that
come in, you come into your you know, Instagram or Twitter,
or they see you on the road, and and that's
part of the business, right, Like, that's the that's you
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expect that because those guys are just passionate about the
team that the fans are. You know that being said,
I I don't think he really has that in mind
that he's not going to hit above two hundred. I
think what he's really trying to say is, I can't
worry about that anymore. That can't be my goal of
I need to climb over this mark. And he has
to just stay in the day to day focus worth like,
(14:48):
I just have to have good at that after good
at that, and you know what, I'm giving up chasing
the Mendoza line and I'm gonna stay right here and
just help this team compete on a daily basis. You know,
if I were a train that for him, because you know,
we'd be lying to say that Mitch Garver doesn't want
to hit four hundred the rest of the year and
climb it back up to two fifty, right, Like we
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know that's what he wants to do. But he can't
focus on those things and be a productive hitter for
the team because it's going to do him no good.
He can't control that. All he can control is going
in there every day, putting together good at that, squaring
up the ball and hopefully they fall and he gets
on a hot streak.
Speaker 6 (15:23):
Down the stretch.
Speaker 5 (15:25):
Well, look, I think it goes without saying everybody has
empathy for a guy who's struggling, you know, and and
so so I.
Speaker 4 (15:31):
Think that should be noted.
Speaker 5 (15:33):
But I think a couple of the comments Stephen that
that if I were a teammate, you know, where he says, hey,
I don't know if it's going to get get better,
it might get worse. And then you know, talking about
the death threats. Look it read obviously that's inexcusable from
the fans that that's not even a point worth debating.
But you know, then just report it to the FB.
(15:55):
You know, there's there's there's a mechanism to report that
to team authorities. They can assess that it doesn't need
to be brought out in the media. It almost seems
like a manipulation, like, hey, feel sorry for me.
Speaker 4 (16:07):
I don't know. Hard things are hard.
Speaker 5 (16:09):
It's hard to be a professional athlete, and it's certainly
hard to be a baseball hitter, you know the mental
but but you know, you got a cowboy up and
I don't know. I just think that there's a line,
you know, the Trey Turner when he's when when he
had that same situation with the Phillies, he just said, Look,
if I make that play, we win the game. I
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booted it, obviously, the reason we loss is on me.
I just I only know one thing to do is
work hard and get better, and that's what I'm gonna do.
Speaker 7 (16:38):
That's it.
Speaker 4 (16:38):
That's all. He didn't bring in the rest of the drama. Drama.
So that's my take. Feel free to disagree.
Speaker 5 (16:44):
If I got blinders on or something I'm missing, that
would be would have been my take if I was
a teammate.
Speaker 3 (16:52):
No, I totally agree with you, Hugh. And you know,
one thing when I was playing in my career is
I always wanted to be available in the good and
the bad, and I wanted to take accountability for the
bad when it was on me, and I wanted to
kind of give the good away to the guys around.
Speaker 6 (17:07):
Me that really deserved it. And so you know, in twenty.
Speaker 3 (17:10):
Twenty one, I was up at the plate and Tyler
Matzek punched me out on three straight pitches in the
NLDS and I got home and I got crushed. Right
with all these LA fans that were just they were
just disappointed, right, But I didn't feel the need to
be able to like seek empathy, like I you know,
(17:31):
I lost that at bat in a big situation, and
that's part of the game, right, Like, if you're playing
in this league, that is what's going to happen.
Speaker 6 (17:39):
Right.
Speaker 3 (17:39):
People are going to be passionate about it. They're gonna
say stupid thing. Most of the time, they don't come through.
And if you really feel like they're threatened, you're threatening
your life. You're one hundred percent right. There's an mb
security that you can kind of go to to kind
of diffuse the situation, which I've had. You know, I
think plenty of players have had to do. But you know,
I never wanted to seek empathy because I wanted people
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to know that I was working hard and even if
they were disappointed that I was going to go out
and work just as hard. I didn't need sympathy for
what was going on. I was just gonna, like you said,
buckle down and keep going. And I think some of
the good players are doing that. I think this is
very foreign to Mitch to struggle this bad and look,
expectations change the way you respond in a lot of situations,
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and I think that's what's kind of happened to him.
So I'm with you on that sense. Where I wouldn't
bring it out to the media. I tried to keep
as much attention away from the media as I can,
away from my teammates as I could, and you know,
hopefully this is just a small story that would look
back and don't even mention down the stretch.
Speaker 2 (18:39):
Steven, great stuff, Detroit coming in. They've lost nine of
their last twelve. They got a kid that's one and
five with a six cra against a red hot Luis
Castillo tomorrow night.
Speaker 8 (18:48):
So let's get started with a w all.
Speaker 6 (18:50):
Right, yeah, let's go.
Speaker 3 (18:52):
They can beat this team offensively, so good sweep and
then let's get out there.
Speaker 7 (18:57):
Thanks man, appreciate it.
Speaker 4 (18:59):
Thanks he alright, guys, Okay, hey.
Speaker 2 (19:01):
Great stuff from Stephen Sue's at SUSA Junior on Twitter.
Speaker 8 (19:05):
Check out his breakdown of Victor Roebla. Very interesting.
Speaker 2 (19:08):
A massively different type of swing now for Roeblas than
he had when he was at Washington. We're switch our
focus to a little Husky football and here from Denzel
Boston could be the number one wide receiver for this
football team. We'll get Hughes take on him as well.
Next on ninety three point three KJRFM.
Speaker 1 (19:25):
Live from the r and R Foundation Specialist broadcast studio.
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
the Huskies and the Kraken Sports Radio ninety three point
three kJ R FM.
Speaker 2 (19:42):
Welcome back, Softian Dick without the soft one. He'll be
back tomorrow. Hugh is with us right now. Let's talk
a little Husky football.
Speaker 9 (19:49):
Hugh.
Speaker 2 (19:49):
I had a chance to sit down with a very
engaging young man, a guy that I think Husky fans
are familiar with, and yet maybe there's quite a few
Husky fans that don't realize how talented this guy is
and how big a star he is gonna be on
the field. Now, with Polk, McMillan and Rome out of
the picture, it's my conversation with Denzel Boston. Denzel, A
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lot has changed since we've since you last put a
Husky jersey on, that's for sure.
Speaker 7 (20:16):
But I'm gonna go back and talk about last year
real quick.
Speaker 2 (20:19):
What was it like for you, as talented as you are,
not being able to play as much as you would
like to play because the most ridiculous trio of Husky
wide receivers in history we're in front of you.
Speaker 10 (20:31):
Yeah, you know, honestly, I wouldn't say there's any spike,
there is anything like close to you know, being angry
about it.
Speaker 11 (20:38):
At the end of the day, they're great receivers, you
know what I mean.
Speaker 10 (20:40):
And being behind those guys is, if anything, is a
learning point for me, you know, being able to sit
there and analyze how they played the game and how
they can compete at that level. So then when I
get the chance, you know, I could go compete at
that level, you know what I mean. So it's really
just like I'm like, you know, just I'm gonna say,
God's time, and like, God put me here, He put
me in this place.
Speaker 11 (20:59):
He put e NFL receivers in front of me for
me to learn from.
Speaker 10 (21:02):
And now that they have passed on, they have passed
it has passed on to me and now they're you know,
he's saying, hey, look the door's open.
Speaker 11 (21:08):
Now he's got to walk through it.
Speaker 2 (21:10):
What specifically have you taken from from any one of
those three guys. There's something that you've stolen from from
Rome or from uh Jalen or Jalen.
Speaker 11 (21:18):
Yeah, for sure.
Speaker 10 (21:20):
You know, I'm just JP he's a savage, Like he
is a savage when he gets on that field, like
nothing is stopping him from catching that ball, Like he
is going up getting it. He's talking mess. He's in
your face all game. You gotta deal with them all game.
He's not going nowhere, you know.
Speaker 7 (21:34):
What I mean.
Speaker 10 (21:35):
Rome, he's level headed in those pressure moments, but he's
a dog, you know what I mean. Like he's not
gonna talk a lot, which that's what I like that.
You know, I'm not gonna talk a lot, but I'm
sure gonna do my business with you, you know what
I mean. And that's one thing I can learn from
Rome is you know, like in those pressure moments, like let's.
Speaker 11 (21:50):
Bring up organ for chance right here in this end zone.
Speaker 10 (21:52):
You know, he double coverage back shoulder, ugh like nothing
like it was like it was nothing, you know, And
even the celebration was just his arms up, you know
what I mean. Like just that level headedness and just
that continue that continuation of just trying to make sure
that the job's getting done with Jamak, you know, just
being able to laugh and joke and like he reminds
me the football's fun, you know what I mean, Like
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you can laugh and joke and have fun with your
friends during the game and everything. But at the end
of the day, it's it is a job, and it
is a business. You know, you gotta get this job done.
But also like when it comes to like attribute whise,
I say, like with Rome, like I really learned how
to like get that extra edge in the last second
of a route, to to be open for that second
of the wall that the ball is coming too, you know.
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For Jamak is kind of just like you know, that elusiveness,
that quickness coming out of the slot, like being able
to know just give a little shimmy and get going,
you know what I mean.
Speaker 11 (22:44):
And with JP, it's just like.
Speaker 10 (22:46):
The work, like the work, like you gotta work hard,
Like I've never seen a person work so hard every
single day consistently, three hundred and sixty five days a
year like JP. So those are the six things I
guess you can say that took from those guys.
Speaker 2 (23:01):
You obviously have to develop chemistry with your quarterbacks. Now
you got new quarterbacks, and so what have you been
doing with Will what you been doing with demand just
in the off season to just kind of learn them
and they can learn you.
Speaker 10 (23:11):
Yeah, you know, like we'll go out to dinners together.
So we'll go out to dinners, get dinner, just to learn,
like meet each other on a personal level, you know
what I mean, Just get to know each other, like
really know each other, so we know how to approach
each other and talk to each other in that type
of way.
Speaker 11 (23:24):
When it comes to football.
Speaker 10 (23:25):
Wise, you know, we're we're doing throwing after workouts, throwing
before workouts, throwing whenever we can, just to make sure
that timing and those connections are right, and you know,
just making sure that we're getting everyone involved in that,
you know. So yeah, that's really how that's really I
feel like that's how any receiver and quarterback woul build
their relationships. Just making sure they're around the football out
with each other, watching film with each other. You know,
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like me and Will I say when team like team runs,
like we're next to each other the whole time, pushing
each other the whole time, like we won't let each
other skip a rep, like it does not happen. But yeah,
you know, just making sure that we keep that camaraderie
between each other and you know, just stay tight. But yeah,
I say throwing. Our biggest piece right now is throwing
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getting dinners, and you know, when we have runs and
stuff like that that me and him that we're pushing
each other.
Speaker 2 (24:13):
What are Husky fans getting from these quarterbacks? I'll start
with Will. What are they gonna see?
Speaker 11 (24:17):
Oh?
Speaker 7 (24:17):
With Will?
Speaker 10 (24:17):
I mean, come on, he's the number two passing leader
in the sec of all time. So you know he's
gonna make He's gonna make some explosive throws. He's gonna
make some some great scrambling throws.
Speaker 11 (24:27):
I don't know if he's he can scramble. Hey, he
can scramble. Now, he can get out that pocket and
throw the wall.
Speaker 10 (24:31):
So you know, but yeah, you're gonna see a lot
of explosive plays for Will, and you're gonna see a
lot of excitement and joy to just be out there.
And just like I don't know if you've ever seen
the clip when he was Assissippi State, he threw a
touchdown and you got so excited.
Speaker 11 (24:44):
He threw a punch and he punched the ref in
the face. So so you.
Speaker 10 (24:49):
Know, yeah, Will, you know he's You're gonna see a
lot of excitement.
Speaker 11 (24:52):
Damon. You know, demon can get out the pocket, he
can go.
Speaker 10 (24:55):
You can see some you can glen him, you can
see some ankle breakers, you can see some stuff of
that of that.
Speaker 11 (25:03):
Nature from demon just because how quickly he's fast. He's
a fast kid.
Speaker 10 (25:06):
You don't when it comes to throwing the ball, you know,
just as Will can. You know, they're both launching it deep.
They can both launch it deep, and they can both
put that put that ball on the money in the
right spot where it needs to be. So I say,
just a lot of excitement, a lot of explosive plays,
and yeah, that's all I can really say about that.
Speaker 2 (25:21):
Well, if I'm defending Washington, I'm putting a lot of
attention on you, which means that other guys have got
to step up. So talk to us about the rest
of your receiving corps and what impresses you about me.
Speaker 10 (25:31):
You know, Jeremiah Hunter thousand yard receiver before he came here,
you know what I mean. And he's a dog, so
you know, there's no worries with Jeremiah. You know, you
know he's gonna get the job done, you know. And
I me and Jeremiah, we're really a very similar build.
We're both like bigger set, you know, both about the
same speed, you know what I mean. So it's not
anything crazy when you see Jeremiah and I both on
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the outsides, you know what I mean. And it's kind
of just like who can you lockdown? Like which one
are you gonna try and lock down? You know what
I mean? Because at the end of the day, his
resume speaks for it. So you know, Jiles Jackson, speedster,
quick guy, you know what I mean. He's he's a dog,
like a savage like you know, he's a savage like
he wants the ball and when he gets the ball,
he's trying to score every time. He's trying to score
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every time. You know, he's gonna try to do what
he can to make you miss and he's trying to
score every time.
Speaker 11 (26:17):
You know, we got Rashid. He's sitting in the back
right now.
Speaker 10 (26:19):
But you know he he's a william Dog, Rashid Williams. Yeah,
you know he's a freshman, but you know he's a
young guy waiting first time to pop out and really
show some people what he can do.
Speaker 2 (26:29):
Finally, why are you here? Why did you decide to
stay here?
Speaker 6 (26:33):
You know?
Speaker 11 (26:34):
This is home? Like, this is this is home right here.
Speaker 10 (26:37):
Like if you look at the stadium, like everything about
it just screams home. The fans are rowdy, the field
and everything is just so like you got the water
behind the field, behind the stadium. It's his home, you
know what I mean. I'm an hour out from here.
You know, why wouldn't I want to be here. Why
wouldn't I be wanting to play in front of these people?
Why would you know? Like I could go somewhere else
where I don't have anybody supporting me, you know what
(26:59):
I mean? But here I got people from high school
supporting me. I got my family supporting me. You know,
I got a big fan base around here. You know
that I can help build up. Not only that, it
would just be great to be in Seattle, you know,
and be able to build up the communities in some
way when you know, once things do go well, you know,
I mean, already have the name in the community and
stuff like that, So there's something. It's just Seattle like
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it's just home. And you know, being able to have
everyone that supported me in my whole life be able
to support me, you know, at my home games.
Speaker 12 (27:26):
It's just awesome.
Speaker 4 (27:27):
That's lucky, man.
Speaker 11 (27:28):
Thank you.
Speaker 2 (27:28):
We all know there's gonna be a next Husky star.
We're just not sure who it is.
Speaker 7 (27:32):
Hugh.
Speaker 2 (27:33):
I think number one on my list is Denzel Boston,
number twelve. I think he has got the best chance
to be the next Husky star. I just I love
everything about that kid.
Speaker 5 (27:42):
Well, it's depleted receiver corps and he's the most likely
guy to step up.
Speaker 8 (27:48):
No question about it. And him and Hunter, I mean
those two guys.
Speaker 2 (27:52):
I am not worried at all about the skill positions
on offense, wide receiver, running back and even quarterback. Not
worried at all about offensive line. I know Softie and
I have had huge discussions on that. I'm a little
more bullish than he is on it. But again, what
do I know, right, I mean, we haven't seen any
of these guys play together. I thirty nine on ninety
three point three KJRFM.
Speaker 1 (28:12):
Live from the R and R Foundation Specialists Broadcast Studio.
Now back to Softie and Dick on your home for
the Huskies and the Kraken Sports Radio ninety three point
three kjr FM.
Speaker 2 (28:28):
All right, I'm fired up once again tonight for the Olympics.
I'm totally in. Like I said in the three o'clock hour,
you totally in, totally in. We've got women's gymnastics and
that I get some owned tonight, I get some owned biles,
get I get the track and field heats tonight as well.
Noah Lyles will be back on the track. I'm totally
into this thing. I'm wondering what the ratings are going
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to be tomorrow. You've got the You've got the Algerian
boxer who's making all the news one thirty four pm
Pacific time.
Speaker 8 (28:56):
I bet the ratings for that will be it for
be pretty big as well. Well.
Speaker 4 (29:00):
The fascinating subject for sure.
Speaker 5 (29:01):
And I just asked what is the standard because the IBA,
the International Boxing Association, their president said that that they
had a DNA test, there's chromosome tests, and that this
collef was an x Y, which reminded from ninth grade biology,
xx is female, x Y is male. So I'm just
(29:21):
I just wonder what is the fair way to distinguish
a man from a woman. There has to be a
clear line, Like like you think of the weight class.
If you're at sixty three kilograms, you know you can
fight at sixty three, you can't fight at sixty four.
I think similarly, whatever the fair way to delineate this
is important. I mean, look, I completely support LGBTQ rights
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for everybody, including the right to marry whoever you want.
I completely support that, you know, you know, as long
as somebody is a legal citizen that's not a felon.
I'm one hundred percent behind that because the objective is
equality and it's sibling fairness. But please help me to
understand where I might have a blinder, because my impulse
(30:09):
is to say, look, men compete against men, that's fair.
Women compete against women, that's fair. But a transgender athlete,
and I understand she's just not her. Well, this issue
doesn't stand or fall on one boxer. I mean, this
is a broader issue that's impacting all the states. It's
it's it's Congress is introduced to bill and what have you.
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And I just think transgender athletes have biological advantages, and
to me, it's not fair to women.
Speaker 2 (30:38):
But what does that have to do with this What
does that have to do with this particular situation?
Speaker 5 (30:42):
Though, Well, I think it's interesting that the IBA said
that that they did a DNA test and this boxer
has X Y chromosomes. Those are the attributes of a
male boxer, And you know, I find it interesting. You know,
Megan Rapino, she lobbied in on this. She says, we
as a country are trying to legislate away people's full humanity.
(31:05):
Now we care about fairness, now we care about women's sports.
That's total bull bleep. And show me all the trans
people who are nefariously taking advantage of being trans and sports.
It's just not happening. It's not I agree with her
on the bulk of that. It's not nefarious. It's not
that somebody's trying to be overtly wicked over it. It's
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just a question of ignoring the fairness to the females
and not asking them to have competition against somebody who
has biological advantages. Now, look, if there's something I'm missing,
I am open to it change my mind. But that
is my impulse. And I would add two more things
on that. In twenty seventeen, the women's team that Rapino
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played on they played under fifteen. What's FC Dallas just
a team from Dallas, a fifteen year old boys.
Speaker 4 (31:57):
They lost five to two.
Speaker 5 (31:59):
My understanding is soccer, five to two is a pretty
u significant loss. And and finally, Caitlyn Jenner, she said,
I've been saying this for years watching what the IOC
allowed to happen. Uh is in boxing is shameful. Shame
on the IOC. And she said, I've been saying this
(32:20):
for year. Men don't belong in women's sports period. Now
I'm not saying that Cliff is a man. I don't
know what the standard should be, but I do know
that she was she was not allowed to box against
other women in the discretion of the IVA. She was
in the Olympics, and so so, uh, you know, I
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would like to be more educated.
Speaker 8 (32:43):
This is the Olympics.
Speaker 2 (32:44):
And Thomas Bach, the president of the IOC, said, quote,
She's born a woman, raised a woman, and competed for
many years as a woman. Someonet to own the definition
of who is a woman, and I can only invite
them to come up with a new, scientific based definition
of a woman.
Speaker 7 (32:56):
Okay, so that was his quote.
Speaker 11 (32:58):
Okay, So this is.
Speaker 2 (32:59):
Not the time that this has happened, because in the
nineteen eighties, a Spanish hurdler was dismissed by the Spanish
Olympic team for failing a chromosome sex test. Her name
was Maria Jose Martinez Patino. She had an X Y chromosome.
She was dismissed. She took it to court challenged it
(33:21):
and won. Okay, but she lost her privacy, she lost relationships,
she was embarrassed nationally internationally. And so this to me
is a clear cut case of that. And we have
precedent and we know what the answer should be according
to the Olympics.
Speaker 5 (33:37):
Okay, so some people think that X Y chromosomes, which
are characteristics of a male, should prevent you from competing
others don't. Let's just say, I'll just stipulate that that
should not. If that's not the standard, and that's not
a reasonable and fair standard, I'll take that away. What
about That still is going to lead the question of athletes?
(34:00):
And for example, the state of Washington says, among sixteen states,
the State of Washington's one quote, all students have the
opportunity to participate in WIAA athletics in a manner that
is consistent, consistent with gender identity, consistent with gender. So
that that still is going to get you to the quest.
(34:21):
It's going to come back to the question is this
fair for women sports, for girls to compete against biological males.
Now it doesn't. Again, this argument doesn't stand on these
two boxers. This is a this is something that Congress
has taken up this is something in the States.
Speaker 4 (34:40):
This is an issue that's.
Speaker 5 (34:41):
Not going away, and I am prepared to be enlightened.
If I have blinders, please show me, because my impulse
is to say this doesn't seem fair to me, to
girl athletes and women athletes, I.
Speaker 2 (34:55):
Would agree with what you're saying is is it's going
to It is absolutely going to be in the in
the public conversation for as long for the next few years.
I think this particular situation is separate from that. I'm
willing to have that conversation when we have a trans
athlete trying to participate in the Olympics. But for here,
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the ruling organization is simply the IOC, and the IOC
had a different definition than the other was the IBE,
i BA, the IBA, and then the people that are
participating the Olympics need to play by the IOC's rules,
just like the people that participate in the IBA needs
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to agree by the IBA rules.
Speaker 4 (35:38):
Agreed, we can, But can we say that that's controversial.
Speaker 5 (35:42):
We can say that it's controversial that if the IBA,
if one ruling body committee said look this is the standard,
it's the chromosomes, it's the DNA test and this she
is not permitted to fight in this competition. Then we
can at least say what what is different about the
Olympic in interpretation other than the IBA.
Speaker 4 (36:02):
Yeah, we can.
Speaker 7 (36:03):
We can tell you that that is.
Speaker 4 (36:05):
That is a controversy. It is gonna be a top
of the news.
Speaker 2 (36:08):
This week, no question about it. And she's gonna go
for a gold medal. Here she's fighting tomorrow and she's
already clinched the medals. She's fighting in the medal rounds tomorrow.
That'll be interesting. Five point fifty six on ninety three
point three KJRFM, rolling into.
Speaker 8 (36:20):
The six o'clock hour of things. Here's what we're gonna do.
Speaker 2 (36:22):
We're gonna give you a quick break to go get
something to eat, because I've got another couple of interviews
I want to play for you. This segment we heard
from Denzel Boston at five point thirty. We're gonna do
a cam We're gonna do six o'clock with the cams
here here Jackson. We've got we got cam fab coming up.
We've got Cameron Davis coming up. So a cam from
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the defense and a cam from the offense in just
a minute or so. But First of all, how about
this Top twenty five pole jobs. The Washington Huskies just
barely not making the top twenty five. They are the
first team out with one hundred and twenty three votes.
Iowa was twenty fifth with one hundred and forty eight,
(37:04):
Washington twenty six with one hundred and twenty three.
Speaker 8 (37:07):
Little bit surprised.
Speaker 2 (37:08):
I thought they'd receive votes, but I thought they'd be
deep down the list, and they'd have to win probably
their first three or four games to get to.
Speaker 7 (37:16):
The top twenty five.
Speaker 2 (37:17):
We're finding out now at least in the college, in
the in the coaches pull, they win one game, they're
in the top twenty five.
Speaker 9 (37:23):
I mean, it's just really a testament to Jetfish and
the work that Jetfish and Motley Futures and the entire
collective and the entire university really has done to build
this program back up in like six months. Just hats
off to everybody because it's an incredible job, and I
just I love that we are so fired up for
this team, and other people are starting are apparently seeing
(37:46):
it too, because I didn't think that was gonna happen, though.
Speaker 8 (37:47):
H It's gonna put some pressure on them too.
Speaker 2 (37:49):
Because they're gonna win their first few games, and they're
gonna be ranked you know, by the time that's all
said and done, three and oh four and oh what
have you?
Speaker 8 (37:56):
I mean, they're gonna be up to seventeen eighteen.
Speaker 2 (37:58):
So there's gonna be some breash coming at them when
they go to Rutgers and certainly when they take on Michigan.
All right, Cam's at six, Cam Fab coming up right now,
Cam Davis in just a few minutes. But uh, it
was it was great to see actually a familiar face
in the room a couple of days ago when I
got a chance to talk to Cameron Fabiculan and aka
(38:19):
cam Fab here with Cam Fab and Cam It's it's
weird to see a familiar face because I don't see
a lot of familiar faces in this room when it
comes to returning players. So what's it like, what's it
like to come back to a team that doesn't have
a lot of returning players?
Speaker 13 (38:36):
Yeah, I mean being here for for all the coaching changes,
it's been different every year, so I mean it's nothing new,
but at the same time, like building that brotherhood and
building that bond, and it's learning to love everybody I.
Speaker 2 (38:49):
Think there's a level of respect that Husky fans have
for people like you that that do go through multiple
coaching changes.
Speaker 7 (38:57):
So why why did you end up staying here? Uh?
Speaker 13 (39:02):
First of all, I think when I committed to Washington,
I committed to Washington. Obviously coach Pete was was the coach,
and you know he's a great coach and him and
his staff. But at the end of the day, I
committed to this university. I committed to Seattle. You know,
I learned, I learned to love Seattle being a California kid,
learning to love you know, all the seasons and going
through that. But at the end of the day, I
committed to dub and it's why I stay.
Speaker 2 (39:24):
And you've got an experience maybe onlike any Washington football
player ever, going.
Speaker 7 (39:29):
Through four coaching staffs. But uh, you know, where are
we right now? Tell him?
Speaker 2 (39:34):
Tell Husky fans, since you know this program better than
maybe anybody, what's the state of Husky football right now?
Speaker 6 (39:43):
Yeah?
Speaker 13 (39:43):
I mean, you know, I be I feel like I've
touched touched the lows, I've touched the highs, you know,
throughout my college career, and you know, I think we
have everything and what we need to make a run
at the national title again, and I believe so, and
I truly believe that in my heart. So, you know,
we're about to start fall camping and we're about to
get into it.
Speaker 12 (40:01):
So it's one day at a time.
Speaker 2 (40:03):
Talk to us about this defense. How is it going
to be different. Let's talk about schematically, you know, with
with coach Belichick versus.
Speaker 7 (40:09):
What you had in the past.
Speaker 2 (40:11):
So and you've gone through many defensive coordinators as well,
So what is the scheme and how will it look
different than what you're used to?
Speaker 13 (40:18):
Yeah, I mean scheme being under you know, coach Lake
and coach coach Morrell, I.
Speaker 11 (40:24):
Mean, scheme is scheme.
Speaker 13 (40:26):
Everyone has their you know, cover three, cover four, Cover
two and all that and man obviously, but I think
for me, you know, being through so many defenses, it's
everything's the same. It's just different terminology, if that makes sense.
So it's you know, obviously he's coming from the NFL,
but it really doesn't make a difference, just all the same.
Speaker 11 (40:46):
Yeah, how about the corners.
Speaker 7 (40:47):
Obviously we know one of them.
Speaker 2 (40:49):
I mean, we know we know Elijah real well, and
just talk about the season he had last year, because
you know, fans would get on him a bit for
for the first half of the season, and then the
dude comes out and makes maybe the biggest play in
the history of Washington defense, you know, at the end
of that Texas game.
Speaker 13 (41:02):
Yeah, I mean for us as players, you know, we
don't like to listen to the outside noise. You know,
we just try to you know, bad game, good game,
no matter what it is. You know, we know what's
going on in this building. We know what's going on
within ourselves, so we just try to focus on that
and not let anything, you know, get to us.
Speaker 7 (41:18):
Do you think it's different now that you know guys
are making money?
Speaker 2 (41:21):
I mean, obviously some guys are making more money than others,
but you know, five ten years ago, nobody was making anything.
And so do you feel like it's cool that fans
can kind of jump on you a little bit because
in a way, you guys are kind of professional athletes
at a different level obviously than the NFL.
Speaker 13 (41:39):
Yeah, I mean, obviously Anil's is a big thing, and
I just want to you know, think everyone that before
that came before us. You know, like you said, five
ten years none of this was happening. So I'm just
grateful to be able to experience this and earn I guess,
earn this nil money and do all that. So I mean,
obviously it's it's a big change. Like you said, they
(42:01):
weren't touching anything back in the day.
Speaker 11 (42:03):
But I mean, I'm grateful for it all.
Speaker 13 (42:05):
You know, I think going ahead in college football, you know,
I think players that are coming up will be rightful
as well.
Speaker 2 (42:12):
How about some guys that we haven't seen play yet
for Washington, that you've seen, you know, in the gym
working out with spring practice. You know, guys on that
defense that you think are gonna pop.
Speaker 11 (42:24):
Yeah, I mean, I mean everyone.
Speaker 13 (42:26):
I think, you know, Steve's gonna put us in the
right positions to make great plays and produce on the field.
But you know, obviously we're known for death row defense,
and I think you guys will see, you know, Husky
Nation and everybody in the nation will see what we're
like this year, and we're gonna we're here to make
a statement and earn everyone's respect.
Speaker 2 (42:44):
And the guys in front of you, that linebacker core,
at least, I mean, you got some stability there. You
got some dudes that have been there like you have
for a long long time.
Speaker 13 (42:51):
Yeah, those my guys, man, you know, everybody in front
of me. You know, obviously safety is the deepest of
the deepest, but everyone in front of me, you know,
all my dogs. I love them death and you know
they're the ones that, you know, help us, and we're
the ones that help them. So we're just compliment each other.
And like I said, I love them death.
Speaker 2 (43:06):
Hey, I appreciate it, and I know dog fans appreciate.
Speaker 11 (43:08):
Man, appreciate y'all. Man, Thank you so much.
Speaker 8 (43:10):
Yeah, Jackson was so weird just to walk into that room.
Speaker 2 (43:13):
They did a great job. Actually, the Huskies did a
fabulous job bringing in over the course of about three hours.
They started with Jed Fish. They had the assistant coaches
come in and speak too, and then they.
Speaker 7 (43:22):
Just had tables.
Speaker 2 (43:23):
It was almost like a media day, you know, set
up that you'd have like at the Super Bowl, right,
And they had these tables set up and they had
the little name cards, and my god, did you need
the name cards this year? There was a lot of
people I did not recognize when I walked into that
room now, but this one was one guy I did recognize,
and that's why I kind of started the interview with
him just saying, God, it was he has kind of
(43:44):
a breath of fresh air to see you.
Speaker 8 (43:45):
I mean, I actually know who you are.
Speaker 7 (43:47):
I've actually seen you.
Speaker 9 (43:48):
Because what program has ever done what you dub is
doing where you're basically it's the full reset button.
Speaker 8 (43:54):
Who has ever done with this?
Speaker 2 (43:56):
None as far as as far as a team that
has been so successful. And you know Jedfish actually brought
that up. I don't know if he brought that up
in Big ten Media day to kind of quell expectations
a little bit. You know, every trader, every he tries
to read between the lines, right, what is Mike McDonald saying?
What is what is Jedfish really saying when he's talking
about this guy or about his program, And you know,
(44:18):
I just think it's just reality, right.
Speaker 8 (44:19):
I don't think he's really trying to say anything.
Speaker 2 (44:21):
I don't think Jedfish does not strike me as a
kind of guy that would like to.
Speaker 8 (44:26):
Throw water on his team's expectations.
Speaker 6 (44:28):
Right.
Speaker 2 (44:29):
He just doesn't seem like that kind of guy. I mean,
he's the guy that this last week wore a T
shirt with a top twenty five.
Speaker 7 (44:36):
Listed on it and in Big Hold letters across the front.
Speaker 2 (44:40):
It says, where's Washington, And like he just talked about,
we found out where's Washington. They're pretty damn close to
the top twenty five, so at least there is some
some respect.
Speaker 8 (44:49):
But you know, this defense, you know, we talked.
Speaker 2 (44:51):
To Cam about the guys in front of him, right, yeah,
Alfonso two Patala. Yeah, you know you love him or
hate him for the you know, dropping the ball in
the one yard line and gets against Utah. He had
a pretty good year last year. He's a solid performer
for Washington. Not a you know, an All Pack twelve
type guy last year, but a very solid performer. And
then Carson Bruner, I mean, Carson Brunner is the type
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of player that every single college football team needs to
have in the middle of their defense. Is he a
first round draft pick?
Speaker 6 (45:20):
No?
Speaker 2 (45:21):
Is he gonna have a ten year career in the NFL?
I don't know, probably not. But he is everything a
college football team wants in a linebacker.
Speaker 9 (45:29):
It is and I love the conversation that Safti had
on a PAC twelve media day with Carson and specifically
talking about him, you know, not straying.
Speaker 4 (45:38):
From the program.
Speaker 9 (45:39):
And of course, you know, like, listen, I love the
realism because he you know, like of course, and you're
gonna think about it for a second because it's a
new everything. But I'm you know, you dub I'm purple
and gold, I am who I am, and I'm staying here.
And I think that this defense they need a camfab obviously,
but they.
Speaker 8 (45:54):
Need a brunner.
Speaker 9 (45:55):
They need that leadership with there's so many changes and
so much of a new culture being instilled here. You'd
only instill so much. Some of the culture just trails
off of what the program is. Coming off of a
national championship, having those veteran leaders, having those guys in
the middle of that defense, you know that's going to
(46:15):
be able. I think for Jedfish to be able to
lean not only lean on them, but have a successful
twenty twenty four more than I mean, maybe more than
some people think, but clearly not as we talked about
with the pole coming out, not as you know, America
is starting to think right exactly.
Speaker 2 (46:30):
And I think you know, in that secondary, you're gonna
have some of those leaders that linebacker corp. You're gonna
have some of those leaders. You're not gonna have much
on the defensive front. There's just not a lot of
returning guys. I'm really really anxious to see what Zach
Durfey brings because he's the guy that we were all
hoping and praying would be, you know, a sack of
game guy in the last couple of three games of
the season, and he really hardly ever got in. So
we'll see if he can become a big time guy.
(46:52):
Now switching to the offense, and we talked to one
cab Cam. This is this is Cam at six o'clock. Right,
we've got Cam fab you know, at six oh five,
we now got Cam Davis coming up and I had
a chance to chat with him, and you know, just
just a really I felt bad for Cam Davis, Right,
I feel bad for this type of guy that was
that was going to be the starting running back on
(47:14):
a championship caliber football team and he's not able to
perform at the beginning.
Speaker 8 (47:18):
Of season and at last all season long.
Speaker 2 (47:20):
He's done for the year, and he watches his offense become,
in my opinion, the greatest offense in the history of
the school without him. Well, now he's got his opportunity
for his chance to be the number one guy I'd
say one and one A along with Joonah Coleman.
Speaker 7 (47:37):
But here's my conversation with Cam Davis.
Speaker 6 (47:38):
Cam.
Speaker 2 (47:39):
Let's go back to the beginning of last season. Obviously,
expectations were high. Expectations were high for you personally, and
then you know, all fell apart with the injury.
Speaker 7 (47:48):
Just just talk about how you were able to just kind.
Speaker 2 (47:51):
Of emotionally stay with the team knowing that, hey, you
can't help out on the field that season.
Speaker 14 (47:57):
Yeah, as far as athlete, I always do hard because
all those my brothers, So I wanted to see the
best for him, just knowing all the work we put in.
You know, I just want to see him succeed in field.
And honestly, I feel like I was a part of it.
I didn't feel left out or anything, because you know,
we grinded the whole off season and you know, yeah,
and just put a chip on my shoulder for this
season coming up.
Speaker 2 (48:15):
I just remember when you went down. I was like, yeah, man,
I mean that is gonna be tough to replace. But
I tell you what we didn't know about Dylan Johnson,
and you just talk about how proud you are of
that guy and what he was able to accomplish in
your stead last year.
Speaker 14 (48:27):
I'm very proud of him. You know, he had a
big task coming into this offense or last year's offense
would groub but that's not an easy offense to learn,
and so for him to get that down, get the
players down, and be able to execute it, that was
a big deal.
Speaker 12 (48:38):
So I'm nothing but proud of him.
Speaker 14 (48:40):
You know, I was talking to him recently and stuff
with his NFL endeavors, and you know, I think he's
gonna kill it when he gets his chance.
Speaker 2 (48:46):
Speaking of killing it, we got you back? Are you
one hundred percent?
Speaker 14 (48:49):
Oh yeah, I'm feeling great. I'm finna be a full
participant for fall camp. Really just putting the last finishing
touches on the rehab, just strengthening, conditioning and stuff. But
you know, I'm feeling great.
Speaker 12 (48:58):
You guys will see I'm feeling very explicitly.
Speaker 2 (49:01):
We talked abou Dylan learning new offense. Now you got
to learn a new offense. So what jumps out when
you know you're reading the playbook, you're watching film a
jetfish offense?
Speaker 7 (49:09):
What jumps out of you?
Speaker 6 (49:10):
Very much?
Speaker 14 (49:11):
Pro style, very much pro styl And you know I
love it. With this being my last year going to
the NFL next year, I'm glad I kind of get
a head start on learning you know, a scheme that's
very very much resembles NFL. So you know, I love
a f like coach Coach Fish, Coach Graham. You know,
they've done a great job of implementing this offense and
you know, kind of putting it on as gradually so
(49:31):
we're able to digest it and take it all in
and just running at full speed to start a fall camp.
Speaker 7 (49:35):
And you talk about going to the NFL.
Speaker 2 (49:36):
I mean that's obviously something that Coach Fish and his
coaching staff just hammer, hammer, hammer, right, I mean, why
do you think it's so important now because we didn't
we didn't really hear that. We didn't hear the NFL,
and college football kind of stayed in different worlds as
little as like five years ago, and now it's like everywhere.
Speaker 14 (49:52):
Right, I mean, if you think about it, the main
goal is to get to the NFL, So I mean,
might as well start right now preparing for implementing things
that you know resemble the NFL. So, you know, I
really love this opportunity to play in a pro style
NFL offense.
Speaker 2 (50:05):
Talk about this offensive line because you know it better
than we do. We're like, oh my god, we don't
know any of these guys where they come from all
over the country. So you know, what, what have you
been able to notice about this offensive line?
Speaker 7 (50:18):
And why do you think they'll be successful?
Speaker 2 (50:19):
Because a lot of people are scrutinizing them not knowing
what's going on there.
Speaker 14 (50:23):
Yeah, I mean those are my guys. You know, I
think very highly of them. I see how much they
grind every day. So you know, it's hard to think
any negatives of it because you know, I see them putting.
Speaker 12 (50:32):
That work day in and day out. It's inspiring.
Speaker 14 (50:34):
And you know, I just feel like once we put
the fitancy touches on, getting the plays in and learn
the offensive scheme and stuff, we're going to be unstoppable.
Speaker 2 (50:41):
Who look at young bucks who you're looking forward to
in this running back class that are going to run
behind you?
Speaker 12 (50:45):
Oh Adam, You know Adam.
Speaker 14 (50:47):
I feel like he has a very you know, bright upside, physicality,
his maturity, all that. You know, I feel like he
kind of reminds me of myself coming in as far
as you know, he's not playing around, not playing too
many games in his main.
Speaker 12 (50:59):
Goal is get on the field. So you know, I've
seen nothing but successful one.
Speaker 2 (51:02):
So what's it gonna be like for you running out
of that tunnel again, knowing that you didn't get to
do that at all last season.
Speaker 12 (51:07):
Oh, it's gonna be amazing. Like I said last year,
put that chip on my shoulder.
Speaker 14 (51:10):
So I can't wait to just be back in front
of Husky Nation and you know, just have fun at
the end of the day.
Speaker 2 (51:14):
Hey, congratulations getting back man appreciation. And there's another guy
like we talked to Cam fab here's another Cam that
has been in this program for a long long time.
Speaker 7 (51:22):
This is his sixth season at the University of washing
He got.
Speaker 2 (51:26):
He got two He got two carries in two thy
nineteen with Chris Peterson. So he has gone through Chris Peterson,
Jimmy Lake, Kaylen de Borr, and now Jed Fish.
Speaker 8 (51:38):
But you know, he really got a good.
Speaker 2 (51:40):
Workload in year one with kaylend bor In twenty twenty
two and did a really nice job. He had one
hundred and seven carries, five hundred and twenty two yards,
that's almost five yards of carry, thirteen touchdowns.
Speaker 7 (51:50):
Jackson.
Speaker 2 (51:51):
I think we forget he was the goal line guy
in twenty twenty two thirteen touchdowns, added nineteen more catches.
I mean, this is a guy that it absolutely could
have six seven, eight hundred total yards this year. And
if Jonah Coleman is you know, ineffective, maybe even upwards
two a thousand, I think it's going to be, you know,
a fairly heavy split between the two of them. I
(52:12):
don't think you're really gonna have one workhorse guy in
a backup because I think these two guys are both
too good to leave off the field for any length
of time.
Speaker 9 (52:20):
I think they compliment each other in that sense where
maybe it's Coleman between the twenties and it's Cam Davis
inside the twenty at the goal line. You know, if
that's how it functions, I mean, that's what we see
if the NFL modern offenses right where Jedfish clearly has
so much influence from the NFL. They have that exact
setup in the NFL where you have a guy for
inside the twenty, and most teams obviously Christian McCaffrey, you know,
(52:43):
being a whole separate, separate situation, but like most teams
have that kind of setup. So if the Huskies can
build that kind of setup. I dig once again, my
hope for this season just keeps raising when I think
about what Jedfish has done over the last six months
or so, and when I look at the way that
this team may function, not just the way it looks
(53:04):
on paper, but the way it may function on Saturdays.
Speaker 7 (53:06):
No, I think you're right. I think it'll take some time.
Speaker 2 (53:08):
But the good thing is the soft part of their
schedules in September, so you get an opportunity. You don't
have to you know, this isn't one of those years
where you're playing a non conference superpower in the second
week of the season. And this is not a You're
not a season where your your first conference game is
at Ohio State or something like that. I mean, yeah,
you got Michigan fairly early, but it's after five games,
(53:29):
so you have an opportunity. And you know, one thing
about the Ryan Grubb offense last year, Yeah, it was
awesome between the tens, right, but remember what happened inside
the five yard line. They had a tough time punching
it in at times because they didn't.
Speaker 8 (53:42):
Have Cam Davis.
Speaker 2 (53:43):
Yeah, they were a lot better inside the five in
twenty twenty two than they were in twenty twenty three
because they were relying on Dylan Johnson and Will Mixon
last year trying to punch it in instead of that
battering ram In cam Davis.
Speaker 8 (53:57):
So we'll bring billing back in the old here.
Speaker 2 (54:00):
Dick Fane with you at Emerald Queen Casino on a
Monday afternoon until seven on ninety three point three kJ
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