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Speaker 1 (00:00):
All right, it is our number two and we welcome in.
I wish I had like a trumpet fanfare or something.
Maybe it should have been just tragically hip music or
something like that that I think might have worked. Now
we go first ever visit the Educated right Foot with Kaylin.
(00:21):
Kyle gets to join us from the Paris of the Prairies.
From the Paris of the Prairies to hanging out with
us here on the Morning Show. Welcome to the Hour
of Chaos, the last hour of the week. Who knows
what's going to happen. Thanks for dropping by, SDHAMK. Good
to see you.
Speaker 2 (00:39):
This suits me. I thriving chaos. If you haven't noticed
this because I'm with BWP, Zak Sash and Kevin our studio,
So excuse me. I know I don't look like this
on the weekend. This is like my mom look like
waking up breakfast in the thicket things outside since seven am,
playing football in the front garden with my two little ones.
So apologies, but thank you so much for having me.
Speaker 1 (01:00):
Took you so long, I mean like literally as officially
as of now, you have golden ticket status. You've got
the garage door opener. You know where the key is
under the mat, and so what we tell folks when
they come in is literally whether it's BWP or dex
or Egan. Egan's one of our ogs, by the way.
Speaker 2 (01:21):
Oh he has to be though, he's like mister Atlantamn.
So I get that. I get that one.
Speaker 1 (01:25):
I mean, all of all of the folks that have
come in Googo even had a GO twenty minutes. He
didn't quite have the G hour when he came in
with us. He had the G twenty and so so
I guess the G twenty I guess you could call
it that.
Speaker 2 (01:37):
I like it.
Speaker 1 (01:38):
So all of that happens. They come in golden ticket
status in this hour, which is the last hour of
the week. If you want to vent your spleen, if
you want to sit there, it's like I have something
on my mind. I have to get off my chest
before I head into studio. You come on here, you
say you three minutes, you're out of dodge, and then
that's where it goes.
Speaker 2 (01:56):
Love it.
Speaker 1 (01:56):
What is what is on your spleen that needs to
be vented as we head into the weekend. Is it
League's Cup? Is it MLS? In general? The truncated schedule
what's going on that is driving you nuts going into
a weekend.
Speaker 2 (02:12):
I don't know if it's driving me nuts. I feel
like my life is nuts enough, so going into weekend
obviously Okay. For one, I've just started playing pick a
ball with the guys and I was kind of middle
of the table. Sasha has this like mean, like backspin.
So that's like my focus right now Saturday morning. I
need to beat him before going into studio. So I
(02:32):
think that's like my ick that I need to get
off my chest. But League's Cup Final, League's Cup semi
final with conk cat spots on the line, I think
is maybe one of the biggest storylines. Obviously, Inter Miami
Lionel Messi. I know it's kind of like everyone's like,
stop talking about Messi. You can't stop talking about this
man because he comes off injury, he gets the brace
(02:52):
to give them the three to one win over Orlando City.
Orlando City had their name all season long seven to
one on aggregate, like bot them off the pitch, and
then it was all the Messy Show. Orlando almost played
scared in that game, and then the Seattle soundsers, I
mean knocking off the La Galaxy. That one not much
of a shock, but doing it without the likes of
a Muskovsky rue snack. I mean, it just shows the
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depth that they have within this squad. I thought for
the LA Galaxy. You know, Greg Benny is one of
my favorite managers in Major League Soccer. I saw him
do it with Toronto, saw him doing with the Galaxy.
They've been struggling, obviously not in leagues cup play so much.
But Nasamento not available in that game, So who do
you go with? You go with Barry that can kind
of run get around the pitch, or do you go
with Christian Ramirez. I thought they should have probably gone
(03:34):
with Christian Ramirez in that game from the start, but
when he came on the pitch, he didn't do enough.
But he also didn't have service from wide areas, so
that was frustrating. And then heading into the weekend, I mean,
I'm looking at the standings right now and it is crazy.
I think for me, it's like one of the most
electric supporter shield races and fighting for the top four
in both the West and the East that I've seen
(03:57):
in a really long time. I know I've only been
covering the league for for three well three years with
MLS season passes and three years prior with Inter Miami.
But this is like, try to predict Major League Soccer
and you'll go crazy, like genuinely, like I feel like
a mad woman when they, like our bosses always send
us like these preseason predictions and the fans go crazy
(04:18):
for them, the coaches laminate them and put them on like, guys,
do you know how difficult it is to predict Major
League Soccer? And then before doing it before a transfer window,
like it is impossible. So it's been it's been really
fun this season. We've seen, you know, new coaches come
into the line with Soringsen flying with the Vancouver white Caps,
Mikey Varrees with San Diego, and it's just it's an
(04:40):
exciting time here in Major League Soccer.
Speaker 1 (04:42):
I'll say that League's Cup. You mentioned Messi and friends
and they add Rodrigo to Paul, and it is safe
to say that Rodrigo de Paul is showing North America
why he is in fact a bad man. That's the
baddest and been another piece that has added and I
know that we get into the discussion about you know,
(05:04):
why are you talking about Messi stopped talking about MESSI
we reference it this way. If the ownership group, if
the Moss brothers and the ownership group Withinner Miami didn't
challenge boundaries and push all of the boundaries to this
point to where you had the creative financing. I imagine
with Rol sung Leaky and everybody in the corner office
(05:24):
that's got the nice glass view and the long rectangular
glass table, if they didn't challenge the rest of the
league by doing this kind of stuff, the league wouldn't
you know, I don't think necessarily you'd have as many
talking points if you weren't challenged in this way.
Speaker 2 (05:39):
I love that because I was lucky enough. I was
saying to the guys off camera on the weekend when
we were obviously we were on the semi finals of
the League's Cup, and I said, they didn't countdown interview.
It was Andrew Weebe and Jorgey Moss, and I obviously
I have a soft spot for Horney Moss and David
Beckham because I was there for three years. They treated
me with the utmost respect. And not just me, I
(05:59):
mean the canteena woman, the cooks, the cleaners within the grounds,
and then the community. They're so out in the community
and you know, trying to make Miami a better place,
trying to produce more grassroot players, trying to implement structure
in the lower levels. So I love that for Inter Miami.
But Jorge Moss had always said and he always promised,
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and this is what I love about him. When he
says something, he means it and he doesn't double back
on it. He said, I want to bring the biggest
and best players to the league, not to enter Miami,
to the league in order to grow it and take
it to that next level. Because Don Garber has said,
we want to make this a top five league around
the world, and I think that's doable. I mean, there's
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always that heat of debate of is the Championship in
England better than MLS? I don't think so. I think
it's more competitive. I know you're rolling your eyes as well.
I think it's more competitive here in Major League Soccer.
I think, yes, there's the roster restrictions and thea and.
Speaker 1 (06:56):
You don't have teams going bankrupt either, thank you.
Speaker 2 (07:00):
And I think what Don Garver's done extremely well. I
mean when he came in, he had ten teams in
Major League Soccer, he's taken and grown that to thirty
teams with amazing ownership, soccer specific stadium, soccer specific training grounds,
world class infrastructure. We didn't have that before, and I
feel like now when you're looking at MLS Next Pro
(07:21):
for example, like I was lucky enough again when I
was at Miami to see it firsthand. MLS Next Pro
players are eating and training with first team players, so
you have that opportunity to sit down with the Sergio Busquetza,
Lionel Messi. Maybe not those players, I'm not exactly sure
how that works when they came in, but when they
had the Gonzalo aguayins at the team and I seen it.
(07:41):
I saw him sit down with these young players and
they were able to ask them questions of like what
it takes to be a true professional, what does it
take to eat, rest, recovery. They see these first team
players in the training ground before trainings, doing rehab, prehab, activation,
and we didn't have that before. So now it's almost
emulating what the ructure has in the English Premier League,
(08:02):
of it's not a pay to play, it's you're good enough,
we're going to invest in you. And I think it's
incredible to see My husband is now in the MLS
next Pro and next academy side of things, so I
see it on a different scale as well here in
New Jersey of just what goes in behind the scenes,
how much they invest in these players, and how very
similar it is as first team training's first team level.
(08:26):
It's almost that player pathway. So once you get your
Cavin Sullivan for the Philadelphia Union, you get into a
first team, it's not such a big jump, if that
makes sense. And you're seeing it, I mean you're seeing
it with Philly, the academy players, You're seeing it with
the Seattle Sounders. I mean, I think there was eight
players in that semi final and leading up to it
(08:48):
the League's Cup that's put them into the final. What
speaks volumes of what Major League Soccer teams are doing
here in North America. It's insane.
Speaker 1 (08:54):
Yeah, you get that here with it Landy Unity two
as well, where it's left back you and it's backlining you,
and you've got the keepers that are three and four
in the queue behind it as well, and so it's like, okay,
you go into the office, is like serving number seven
and just plug and play and go.
Speaker 2 (09:08):
That's true.
Speaker 1 (09:09):
Uh, Caitlyn Kyle hanging out with us for her maiden
voyage here on the Morning show. This weekend, it is
going to be Messy and Friends against the borg that
is Seattle. And right now, my inner Lamy's a dog.
That to me is mind blowing considering what we've seen,
and you won't have new Who being knew who. You
(09:30):
won't have Missovski a part of this on the weekend,
and so there's some holes that Seattle's got to figure
out and intern Miami being an underdog. To me, that
was strange when I saw that pop up.
Speaker 2 (09:40):
Yeah, I said it. I said it on the semifinal
before we obviously saw the games unfold. I think the
Seattle Sounders for me, are the favorites in this tournament.
They're well balanced team and they're difficult to break down defensively.
They've got a good goalkeeper now in not that Stephan
Fry wasn't, but just being able to balance two goalkeepers
and here in Major League soccer is incredible. The backline's
been great, the mid field, the role Don Brothers, and
(10:01):
then you have players that are stepping up without the
likes of a Jordan Morris, Mussovski I mean you have
di Rosario that's i mean doing his dad celebration, and
it's just it's really cool to see a club invest
in young players, specifically around the Seattle area. But then
also you have these players that might not have made
it in other teams and that they've invested in them
(10:23):
to bring them over and now they're getting first team minutes,
which is insane to see. I mean, you look got
Hajesus Prera, he was struggling with Dallas. He came over
and started to he was a little bit slow as
started to find his form, which is incredible to see
about what Brian Schmitzer has done there. He's instilled confidence
into young players. He's really mastered and crafted a well
(10:43):
balanced team because we talk about that in Major League Soccer,
you only get three dps. You have tam you have gambs.
You have to be very careful with how you work
with that money. But it's that middle of the roster
that you know when you have a GM that comes
in that might not understand it. Seattle does like you
need MLS players that have played in it. They know
the travel, they know the league, they know how quick
(11:04):
and fast it is. In transitional moments and they've done
a great job. But then you look it into Miami.
I think the biggest worry for me is their back line.
It's very rocky. I think they get away with murder
sometimes I'm being completely honest, but I love what Heavier
Mascherano did. He was obviously suspended in the semi final,
(11:26):
and he started rodrigas a kind of unknown how to
screamer against DC United, and then you bring in Sagobia
and all End in that game. They completely change the
momentum of the game. And as two players, you're probably thinking,
I want to start the semi final. But they know
their role within that team and they played it to
played it to perfection.
Speaker 1 (11:45):
Before we take the tour and the rest of Major
League Soccer. Since we are based in Atlanta, normally when
you would call in, I would be in my in
my home studio and you would see all of the
scars and everything. But this is this is hotel room
hosting where we are Atlanta United going to Nashville. Nashville
decided favorite.
Speaker 2 (12:05):
We know this.
Speaker 1 (12:06):
Your thoughts on the season that Atlanta United has or
really hasn't had here in twenty twenty.
Speaker 2 (12:12):
Five, it's I look I love Atlanta United. Obviously, my
husband played for Atlanti and ied.
Speaker 1 (12:18):
We know this Harrison Heath of which you speak yes.
Speaker 2 (12:21):
And it holds like a really near and dear place
to our heart. We got married in Atlanta on the
Chattanoojee River. We eloped, and it's tough to watch because
I know how much ownership values and puts into this club.
We know the fans. We know the fans show up
the good, the bad, the ugly. And at the beginning
of you know, the Atlanta United years, it was always good, good, good.
(12:44):
I mean you had Joseph Martinez, that the King of Atlanta.
You have Miguel al Morome was the Prince of Atlanta.
And now you have Emmanuel Latte Lot, that twenty two
million dollar man that hasn't showed up. And it's hard
to watch because you know he's feeling that pressure and
you know he's, you know, probably the one that's like
getting all I mean he does. I mean we hammer
him in studio, We hammer Miguel LM. Moron And that's
(13:06):
tough as a player because I think there's a lot
of other stuff going on in Atlanta. I know, we
always talk about who's the leader of that team, and
I don't know, there's big pressure on Ronniedileat for me,
and it's got to be really tough to not be
able to pick up wins weekend and week out. And
now you're going up against Nashville side that you know
(13:26):
that has Heini Muktar, that has Sam Surge, that has
Jacob Shaffelberg in that attack that have been electric as
of late. I've been in this situation before as a player,
and it's so difficult. Mentally, You're like, God, we're not
making the playoffs. I don't want to go into the
training ground. It's just like I need a mental vacation.
And I know that's like kind of a cop out
people probably tuning in that haven't been a professional athlete
(13:48):
or like what you're playing for your contract, you need
to show up weekend and week out. But I know
what they're feeling right now. You have four wins on
the season. Defensively, you've been a trocious attacking. You haven't
really found your form. It's almost like you want to
just like crawl up into a corner and be like,
let's just refocus and for next season in twenty twenty
six and see what happens.
Speaker 1 (14:09):
And obviously it's going to be a tall over going
into Nashville with the back line with some changeability obviously
with Walker Zimmerman not being a part of the equation
because of injuries and such. BJ Callahan has turned that
team over into what BJ Callahan wants it to be.
And Sam Surage has been unlocked, and so it's, uh,
(14:30):
you know that that's kind of what you're staring at there.
All right. Let me wrap up here with you with
a couple of questions, all right, having to do with
and it can be rapid fire or storytelling however you
want to play, Okay, has to do with your time
either on Countdown or mlis three sixty. Okay, all right,
what's your best Kevin Egan's story? Since Egan's doing live
(14:55):
hits right now for like folks in Cincinnati and everything,
he's over here, so it's safe.
Speaker 2 (15:01):
It's a same circle right now.
Speaker 1 (15:02):
Okay.
Speaker 2 (15:03):
keV is my guy, Like keV is my guy, but
we call him like the dad on set because he's
like early to meetings, everything set locked, but he's like
the funnest guy off camera, so like behind the scenes,
he loves food. So this is like his thing and
we're not body shaming here at all. But when he eats,
it's like, I don't know who taught him how to eat,
but he shovels, so it's like a full shovel, not sideways,
(15:26):
it's straight on. But when he eats and we do
this thing that he doesn't know because he's so locked
into his food, into his sight, he'll like shovel it
in and every time he does it, one of us
that we when we see it, we're like, how so
we do like this out extrim but it's turned into
like a little bit, but like it's every single day,
whether we're like on set, we usually get pizza around
(15:48):
like nine thirty ten, and it's like it's the best,
Like there's pizza salad. We're like, keV, what are you
gonna have? And he's like, I think I'm just gonna
go for the pizza. He'll or go for the sala
and he'll come back with pizza and then we're like,
how we'll not body shaming because he said super fit
right now, But it is, honestly, it's the funniest thing
with Kevin.
Speaker 1 (16:06):
What is the most difficult thing about three sixty that
you face on a weekly basis, so.
Speaker 2 (16:14):
Basically covering fourteen games. Let's just say on match day
twenty nine, so fourteen games are going on, so we
technically count watch from first minute to ninety minutes, so
like if there's a tactical shift or substitute, or you know,
someone goes out injured, someone goes in, it's so hard
when we go back to that game if someone asks us,
(16:34):
especially as the night goes on, like what is Ellie Galt?
Like that's why we will never ask those questions on
three sixty, like what does LA Galaxy tactically need to
do here? Because we're like, your guess is as good
as mine, Like we almost need to Like if we
know that Kev's going to ask us that, let's just
say Galaxy it's like one to one against Seattle, we'll
kind of be like, hey, we're going to that game.
Just have a little bit of a watch for like
the next ten minutes in our seven box. So we
(16:58):
kind of know. But I feel like, for me, I'm
talking me, that's probably the toughest thing is tactically knowing
what's going on in every single match, especially in that
eight thirty.
Speaker 1 (17:07):
Nine thirty window and when you have the ten box,
which I have yet to come up with a name for,
because the eight is the octa box. Yeah, nine would
be a Nana box, but I don't know what. I
don't know what the ten would be yet. I'm still
trying to a.
Speaker 2 (17:23):
Mind blown box, like you don't know what's going on.
Speaker 1 (17:26):
True. So, and what I've tried to explain to folks
about live television is I asked him if they got
a dog, and if they take their dog to the park.
So if the dog goes to the park and there's
a lake, you take the stick, you throw it into
the lake. The dog goes after the stick and wants
(17:46):
to bring it back to shore. What do we see
once the dog gets the stick and start swimming back
to you, what do you see above the water line?
All you see is the dog with the stick in
its teeth doing its thing, just kind of breathing, and
it's fairly calm above the water line. Below the water line,
the dog is doing all of this. And this is
what folks don't see, is everything below the water line
(18:09):
to make three sixty look the way that it does.
Speaker 2 (18:12):
Yeah, thank god we have keV genuinely, because if we
didn't have keV that it would be wild times on
three sixty.
Speaker 1 (18:20):
So then you look at the challenges of three sixty.
What's the easiest thing about it?
Speaker 2 (18:27):
Vibes for sure. We've created this really dysfunctional, functional family,
and I hope that comes across on MLUS three sixty,
Like we take the piss out of each other, we
hammer each other, we love each other, and then it's
like we can go for a beer after we play
pickle before, like it's a It's such a cool, unique atmosphere.
(18:49):
Because I've worked in a lot of companies and I've
always had great relationships. I mean, I've worked with Ray Hudson,
Drake Cordero that they were like kind of took me
under my wing when I first got into this industry
with my and be in sports and now being with
Apple TV. Obviously I'm new ish to Major League soccer
like four years in, five years in but they are
(19:10):
just the best, Like they're like my older brothers that
are so cool. You can go to them with anything,
whether it's soccer, whether it's personal life. And all of
our families have become really close as well. Even though
we live in Atlanta, we live in Florida. We live
in La so I think that's one of the most
special things as well. Like I had a bunch of
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them here for my son's birthday a couple of weeks back,
which I don't know, like usually people would be like,
I'm busy, but they're like yeah, absolutely, So it's just
it's a really really cool atmosphere. I think that's probably
my favorite thing about Lust three sixty.
Speaker 1 (19:43):
Most likely to get Egan to crack up on.
Speaker 2 (19:46):
Set himself with his dad jokes.
Speaker 1 (19:50):
Yes, So then who is who's the most serious of
the bunch during three sixty? Who has to kind of
do this? Yeah? And well and Dax. So Dax misses
all the jokes.
Speaker 2 (20:03):
No, no, he gets the jokes, but yes, like most
of them are about him, so he's like locked and loaded.
He is, mister. He's super fun though as well, So
I don't know. Yeah, and maybe say maybe Daks or
keV are most serious when it comes when we're alive.
Maybe maybe I'd push keV above Dax because he's always like, guys,
we're going on in ten seconds, and we're like, keV, relaxed,
(20:26):
We've got ten seconds, relaxed.
Speaker 1 (20:28):
So has anyone on set not named Kevin Egan tried
to go over him and do the we Gotta Go.
Has anybody tried to do Okay.
Speaker 2 (20:39):
Yeah, Sasha has done it one time or a couple
of times. But Kev's locked in, like you're never beating
keV too. It's like his pride enjoyed. It's like his
baby like and you know it's coming, like we'll get
like the key like plailer or like sometimes if like
the all is open. It usually never is, but once
it was, and it's like, right, try to like catch
k out and I'm like, not a chance. This is
(21:00):
not happening today. So I'll just be like we'll go
like this to him where like nope, or we won't
look at him. We'll just turn our back on him
because we know it's coming.
Speaker 1 (21:08):
Most all right, So full disclosure. I am a big
hip Slash ar Kells fan, okay, and so that people
look at me like who are you talking about? Yeah,
and I'm like no, no, no, you don't understand. Nine years
ago they had the concert in Kingston. I watched the
concert in Kingston. I'm probably like the one of the
(21:29):
few people in the Southeastern United States who knows who
gore down he is, Okay, favorite hip song if you're
a hip first, and I should I should have asked
for some pumus. Okay, Well, then fine, who's your favorite
Canadian artist?
Speaker 2 (21:43):
Oh? That's tough because we were just saying this, like,
I don't think people know how many good artists we
do have in Canada. Probably favorite, I would say, like
Michael Buble or Celine Dion. Okay, blue Lights from Canada.
Speaker 1 (21:57):
Now, I mean he's he's had ownership in bencou for
franchises in multiple sports.
Speaker 2 (22:02):
I know, I just love them all right.
Speaker 1 (22:03):
So then if you were too, if you were to
take a Michael Boublaz song title and apply it to
either countdown or three sixty to describe what it is.
What boue Blz song would you use to describe it?
Speaker 2 (22:18):
Oh? God, I don't know. This is hard right now.
I only have his Christmas songs in my head.
Speaker 1 (22:26):
Then is there? Then there is there a sitting beyond
song that works because she's the greatest singer in the world.
Speaker 2 (22:31):
You know, my heart will go on in my head
right now, Guys, I haven't on my coffee right now,
and my heart will not go on. That's not for
MLS three sixty, I can you know what it might
be because it's like a long drawn out intro and
like MLS three sixties, like long and drawn out for
five and a half hours.
Speaker 1 (22:51):
Yes, and it is. It is fantastic television to watch.
It's must see, especially in this idea of getting a
lot of information from one place instead of having to
fish for four in the fourteen box trying to find
individual games. I texted Egan and I gave him. I
gave him your quote about the dad who loves food,
and so he comes back with me with the crying emoji,
(23:14):
I guess crying laugh the crying laughing emoji. So literally
literally that's uh, that's so let me see so right there. Yeah,
so the the dad that loves food literally hill me.
Speaker 2 (23:26):
He won't be my pickleball partner now on Saturday because
we're partners, so he's gonna be he's gonna disown me.
Speaker 1 (23:31):
Well, but if you said he's the dad that loves food,
I don't think that that's a negative.
Speaker 2 (23:35):
Kind of like making it sound like he's old and
I'm body shaming him.
Speaker 1 (23:39):
No, No, that that's only if he takes more pizza
than everybody else. When it comes to the meal, then
it's like a salad or pizza. I want to go
for the Sally comes back with three pizza of pizza
that fits as always, thank you for coming in. You've
survived your maiden voyage. You will pick up you will
pick up your membership card on the way out. And
like I said, seriously, this hour is reserved for venting
(24:03):
of spleens and previewing things. And if you want to
get anything off your chest, you've got the link. It's
a studio space, so if you want to take a
break from anything that Harrison is trying to talk about,
it's like, can you can you believe what's going on
in the backyard? No, I got it. I got to
be on a show. I don't know what I.
Speaker 2 (24:18):
Might be on here weekly. This is nice. I've shut
the door to my basement. I can't hear my kids
being like, Mom, can I have breakfast?
Speaker 1 (24:23):
Mom?
Speaker 2 (24:23):
Can you come play football with me? Right now? We
have like a bee's nest outside they're infactuated with, and
I'm like, I want no part of it, Like, no
part of.
Speaker 1 (24:30):
It, tupperware, gasoline, and up into the bee's nest, you.
Speaker 2 (24:34):
Will not find me anywhere near that.
Speaker 1 (24:36):
I didn't say you had to do it, just that's
what you get. Like the big tub of tupperware, you
put likes like gasoline from the lawnlower in it, and
you put it over the.
Speaker 2 (24:43):
Nest on Instagram.
Speaker 1 (24:45):
Yeah, yeah, that's what I'm saying. I mean, you know,
let let Harrison do these kinds of things. So seriously,
that's what this Friday ten o'clock hours for previewing the
weekend going forward. If you want, if you want to
go into the Word of silence, if you want to
go into the area of silence once the recording studio,
then you've got the you've got the access codes, and
Norad will sit there and ignore you and everything's fine. Uh, Caylin, fantastic,
(25:09):
good to see you. Have a great have a great
time this weekend. And uh make sure that Kevin is
the proper partner when it comes to pickleball.
Speaker 2 (25:16):
I will, I will, all right, cheers, guys, thanks for
having me.