August 25, 2023 • 38 mins
Today on 2 Pros and a Cup of Joe, Brady & Jonas are LIVE from Dublin, Ireland and are joined by NBA champion Pat Connaughton and NFL Hall of Famer Joe Montana as they get ready for Notre Dame vs. Navy in the Aer Lingus College Football Classic!
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Speaker 1 (00:01):
This is the best of two pros and a couple
Joe with Lamar airings and rating Win and Jonas Knox
on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 2 (00:13):
Hey, we got any Notre Dame fans in the house
or what the hell are we working with here? It
is two pros and a cup of Joe here Fox
Sports Radio. He's Brady Quinn. I'm Jonas Knox. We are
live from Buskers Bar in Dublin, Ireland, back for day
two and listen, We're gonna address a couple of things
here shortly.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
But we're all fortunate they're all here for day two.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
We'll just put it that.
Speaker 2 (00:38):
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and grabbed a few of us here on the program.
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So obviously, thank you to Buskers Bar here for having us.
Thank you for everybody being a part of this live
program here. You gotta understand when we're doing this show
back in La We're in La Brady's in Florida. It's
(01:11):
three am back home, so I just assume, oh, well,
we might get a couple of people that you know,
wander out of a hot topic past hours and they're
a little bit gothic, or you get some weirdos roam
in the street who are listening. We've got live in
action on the scene, Notre Dame football fans who have
inundated Dublin, Ireland to be a part of this whole thing,
(01:35):
and we can't thank everybody enough.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
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Speaker 2 (01:41):
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Speaker 3 (01:58):
Game on Saturday.
Speaker 2 (02:00):
And then Budweiser, who made our broadcast today possible live
here from Busker's Bar in Dublin. We are stoked to
be here back for round two and some of us
did survive Round one.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
What do you mean when you said that, Jonas, what
happened to you last night? Was there another issue with it?
The cars being too quiet and dublin?
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Well, they just sort of jump out and get you.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
You know, like I'm walking and all of a sudden
the car just whoa, like no horn, no nothing, no.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Just right.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
It's like you're you're on a safari and you're just
sort of hanging out and all it just you know,
a bowl elephant roams by and just kind of smells
your ass and you're like, wait, is what's happening here?
And apparently cars just they're not into horns. It's just
not their thing. So they just they'll just like a
nice little kiss on the way by. So you gotta
be careful head on. My only piece of advice is
look right all right. A lot of people forgetting the
(02:49):
cars are going to be coming from your right that
could hit you soon.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
So that's what you have to look right.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Yeah, you gotta gotta have that head on a swivel.
That's important. Also, would like to say I was one.
Is there gonna be any reminders from back home?
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Saw some guy drinking a forty ounce of oldie?
Speaker 6 (03:06):
Oh yeah, I mean I gotta tell you he got
kicked out too.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah, he did get kicked that.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
He almost got his ass beat too by a couple
of security guards.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
But man guy roam in.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
The streets with a forty ounce of oldie, and I
asked the bar tender. I'm like, is it like open
carry here? You gotta just oh no, no. So he's
just swinging away right in front of a cop.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Just a ride here we are.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
So we did speak with the Lord Mayor yesterday said
it's yes, it's just not really public intoxication unless you
make an ass of yourself.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Yeah, that is true. Yeah, that's so that's the move.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
Now.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
I would like to say, I don't.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
Buy a bar if you think about it.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
I don't know if if this show has the impact
sometimes that I believe that it does, all right, Like
I have a very low expectations for what we do,
and so when people like you've said it before it's
a great way to live one Well, I'm just saying,
like Brady said this before he goes, I can't tell
you how many times I have.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
To apologize for our show.
Speaker 6 (03:55):
That is true.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
You know, sometimes we get a little bit loose here.
But I would like to say this, I feel like we've.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Had an impact on this Notre Dame Navy.
Speaker 6 (04:04):
Game, because on what impact would that be?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
The betting line has now skyrocketed from twenty and a
half in favor of Notre Dame to twenty one. Okay, okay,
so we're moving this thing a half point at a time,
and the over under the point total, which was what
fifty and a half fifty and a half, is down
to forty nine and a half. So the feeling is
(04:30):
not only will Notre Dame cover, but that defense is
going to put on a show.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
The defense is gonna put on a show. Although we
went the offense to put a lot of points too,
don't well, yeah, there's that, okay. I mean maybe nice
to see a fifty burger, wouldn't it.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yeah, that would be fun.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
Listen, I want to ask for too much.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Little fifty to nothing.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
Yeah, you know, you've got the experienced quarterback.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, it's not the nicest thing to say as far
as previewing a game for Navy, but yeah, we're.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
A little fifty to nothing.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
I said this yesterday.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
Okay, with the utmost respect for the for the gentlemen
that we're playing. Okay, these young men will one day
defend our country. We have the utmost respect. That doesn't
mean you can't kick their ass. Okay, I said this.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Back we used to play.
Speaker 5 (05:08):
We have the utmost respect for the young men that
you're playing against, but you can still go out and
absolutely kick their ass on the field.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
That's hopefully when Notre AME's gonna do tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Now are we worried at all about weather being an impact?
Speaker 5 (05:20):
I don't think so. You're worried about weather? Can I
be honest with you? Because I didn't come over in
the NFL and play. We played a game in London.
The turf is different.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
It can be slick, It gives out a little easier,
you know, you know looks.
Speaker 5 (05:33):
It's a soccer field that we're accustomed to. That you
see a lot of times out there, you know, sometimes
rugby here in Ireland. But soccer guys aren't as big
as the big you know, or offensive lineman defensive linemen.
That turf tends to get give out a little bit.
So the footing is going to be the biggest concern.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Now, how many people here are going to the game?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Okay, okay, So then I mean we got to figure
this whole thing out so so look for anybody that
was in town yesterday. You probably licked the little little
bit all day. Maybe you're feeling a little under the
weather and then you come out here on a Friday
and you're like, you know what, why don't we just
start the day a buskers bar and watch two Pros
and a Cup of Joe starring Brady Quinn.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
By the way, any Brady Quinn fans in the house.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
Yeah you know I hate this right Hey, listen, pal,
this is a home game from if we were a
Chuck e Cheese, I'd get the same response.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Really, yeah, tell you right now?
Speaker 5 (06:28):
You were the wrap though, how did they recognize you
with the helmet off or on my stride?
Speaker 6 (06:33):
Okay, it's just eight.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
It's the wiggle, listen, I knew how to work it.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Don't worry about me, but it is so when we're
thinking about this game, do you have any tips? Because
the game kicks off what seven thirty local time here?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Yeah, it's a nice So when do you start throwing
back beers?
Speaker 5 (06:54):
I mean, if you're asking me, it's right when you
wake up tomorrow. Okay, you you have we're here in Dublin, Ireland. Okay,
we talked about this yesterday. There's not many places you
can go and you can grab a drink and not
be judged at any point in time in the day.
Here in Dublin, Ireland is one of them that in
probably an airport. I think an airport's a safe space
to have a drink before you get on the flight.
(07:14):
You can start as soon as you wake up tomorrow.
Don't be shy, grab me maybe a hair of the dog,
depending on how today goes for you, whatever the case
may be, get started drinking early. Make sure you're rowdy
by the time you get to the game.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Make a little noise, okay, right, see that Now that's
words of wisdom.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
I mean it could be a long day for you,
but you should have a great time. Yeah, don't miss
your flight on Sunday. If you're flying out Sunday.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
You know, mix in a few waters, try and stay hydrated.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Do you do your thing, and then get back home
to wherever you live and everything's gonna be fine.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
I mean, we were given a flask yesterday. I'm just
saying that we're supposedly not supposed to bring into the stadium.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Yeah, that is I mean strict instruction.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
And by the way. Was that the Lord mayor who
told us the fair Yeah, bring in the stadium.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Yeah, listen, strict instructions on what you can can and
can't do. U.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
I know, Lee, uh, you know took full advantage of
the flask.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Yeah, you guys left me with the whole bottle of
tealing whiskey.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
Left you with that?
Speaker 6 (08:09):
Well, yes you did.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
That might be the line of the trip. By the way,
we're coming on the escalator. Look back, hey, Lee, what
did you get into last night? Well, when I got back,
I still had that bottle of whiskey.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
I got into that bottle of whiskey like you had
no you had no choice in the matter.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
There's the bottle of.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Whiskey, said the head sir. Whatever you said, take anything,
take it all. So yeah, this is uh, this is
just obviously been a blast thus far. Now, for those
of you that are regulars listening to the show, you
know that we do a little bit of something special
here on a Friday here in Ireland.
Speaker 6 (08:43):
I mean there's a different things going on.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
And so you've got obviously you know, is it is
it Flask Fridays?
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Is it? What is it?
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
That's right, it's a damn football Friday.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Friday. And I'm telling you we're not gonna let college
football and the.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Rest of you negative nancies out there try and rain
on the parade by calling it week zero. College football
starts this weekend, and it kicks off here in Dublin, Ireland,
and it kicks off with Navy.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
And Notre Dame.
Speaker 6 (09:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
So the fact that you guys again can be a
part of this with us and hang out with us
here on a football Friday.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Can't thank everybody enough.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Just tremendous job and support from all you guys, and
we're gonna have fun.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
We're just getting ser great state, dude, Do we have
any like I don't know, former NBA champion coming on
in time soon?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
You know, I was thinking about this, like who would
be the appropriate guess?
Speaker 6 (09:46):
Well?
Speaker 5 (09:47):
I always think of like what's a great Irish name
like Patrick or Pat or Patt of you, right, Like
that's a great first Irish name?
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Right you thinking?
Speaker 6 (09:54):
Like conon content sounds IRUs as it gets, right.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
I get yeah, I mean that would make some sense.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
I'm god if only we had the stroke on this
show to try and pull pack contan NBA champion.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Oh that's right, he's joining us next. Oh, that's right.
So if this wasn't.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
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us here coming up in just a few moments from
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Speaker 3 (10:31):
We got you in and you out.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Joe Montana is gonna stop by as well too. We're
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Speaker 6 (10:36):
I don't think he's a person though.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
No, not in person, listen in spirit.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
Sorry, Hey, blame show.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Sorry sorry, come on, figure a speech? What do you want?
Speaker 4 (10:49):
All right?
Speaker 6 (10:49):
I probably should have waited a couple hours to.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
And hey and again again No, Brian Kelly, I just
want to make that clear.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Heeling off the say that's how you went him back.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Yeah, that's how.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
You went him back. So it is all yours here.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
It's a three hour extravaganza on Fox Sports Radio. But
again coming up next, we've got an NBA champion in
the house, somebody you were all familiar with, Pat Connaton,
gonna stop by and it's here on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
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Speaker 3 (11:29):
I mean, I don't know if you heard the roar
of applause.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Oh yeah, but it got even more Notre Damon here
because we got a champion in the house. Make some
noise for Pat Connaton, NBA champion, Notre dame alum and
a guy who already has he sat down for about
sixty three seconds, and two people from this show have
(11:55):
already tried to get you to drink. So welcome to Dublin.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
Absolutely, the peer pressure started high. Yeah, with a name
like Pat.
Speaker 6 (12:02):
I'm sure you Patty, and then yeah, let me tell
you a beer lad.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Yeah, So I gotta ask you this, did you even so?
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Your name's Pat Connaton, Massachusetts, right, Yes, did you even
have a choice, like like if you went, like if
you went to somebody and said, hey, you know Duke
Kentucky La, Yeah, like it did you? I mean, was
there ever really a serious option other than Notre Dame
for you?
Speaker 6 (12:26):
No?
Speaker 9 (12:27):
So I always tell the story I got recruited late.
I got recruited for baseball quite a bit, but basketball
I got recruited late.
Speaker 10 (12:33):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (12:34):
And as the offers were rolling in, like I did, look,
Ucla was my second choice, Vanderbilt Florida, a bunch of
different schools.
Speaker 10 (12:40):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (12:40):
And my best friend who's actually out here with me,
I told him I got an offer of Notre Dame
and he was like, oh, great, so it's over.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
And I was.
Speaker 9 (12:47):
Like, what do you mean it's over?
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Like I still got like two more games, have more
schools to comedy.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
He goes, yeah, but you got Notre Dame.
Speaker 9 (12:55):
Like you should just end it now, like, don't go
out there and get hurt or anything.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
Just signed the paper. I was like, oh, yeah, I
guess there are a.
Speaker 9 (13:01):
Lot of people in my family and from back home
that would probably enjoy seeing me playing that green and gold.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
When you come to Dublin, Ireland and you see all
the people you see, I guess just the power of
Notre Dame. Do you kind of look back on that
decision and go I couldn't have went wrong, Like that
was the perfect decision for me. Do you ever look
back and just think about your experience there and imagine
how it's brought you to this point?
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 9 (13:23):
You know, for me, when I looked at it, I
was fortunate I had a great group of people around me.
But when I was trying to vet it, I always said, look,
I could enjoy any college, but what place was going
to help me no matter where I ended up in life?
Speaker 4 (13:36):
And I think that's the power of Notre Dame. Right.
Speaker 9 (13:38):
I wasn't a guy that came out a lot of
people taught I should play baseball. I was a guy
that came out and was like, hey, he's going to
be a surefire pro athlete. So I remember actually talking
and I don't know if I've ever told this story
of Brady, but my recruiting was it's a Carl Ackerman,
and Carl Ackerman was telling me about how hey, you know,
when it comes down to it, we want to help
you think through things. Hopefully you have a decision to
play two pro sports.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
But if you don't you.
Speaker 9 (13:59):
Have this, you go into the business world and you
have the ability to, you know, connect a network with
other people. And he actually told me the story about
how he talked to you when you were going through
your draft process and how he helped you think about it.
And so when it came down to it for me,
when I thought through the basketball and baseball decision, Carl
was actually instrumental in helping me think about the nature
of the two sports, which one I should try first,
which one I wanted to try first, of financial ramifications
(14:21):
and the whole nine.
Speaker 6 (14:22):
And just to touch on that.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
So, Professor Carl Ackerman is one of the best the
faculty of Professor Ackerman, I'm telling you, he's the nicest
human being possible.
Speaker 6 (14:32):
During that process we're talking about, I was training.
Speaker 5 (14:34):
To get ready for the NFL draft, and he put
together essentially a course on personal finance that was like
curated like to me and what I was going to need.
He kind of walked me through a lot of the
challenges that I was going to be facing once you
became a pro athlete. And it's so unique to Notre
Dame having faculty it's willing to do it, being able
to put something together like that.
Speaker 6 (14:51):
So it was incredibly helpful and.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
On my journey and helping the shape not just football,
but thoughts outside of it, the business forward etca.
Speaker 6 (14:57):
So shout out to Carl Ackerman.
Speaker 5 (14:59):
He's the app most generous man ever that sports back
with the're a notre name one of the.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Things I think is great.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
By the way, Pat Connan with us here on Fox
Sports Radio Live from Boscars. Yeah, make some noise for Patnan,
NBA champion.
Speaker 9 (15:11):
I'm gonna make sure my friends now anytime my name
gets said, they just start chanting because, yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:17):
It's great.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Where's the ring?
Speaker 4 (15:19):
Do you ever?
Speaker 6 (15:20):
You didn't bring it?
Speaker 4 (15:21):
My mother has it okay in the hotel? Yeah?
Speaker 9 (15:23):
Yeah, yeah, I know you guys are gonna tray give
me a hard time about that. Say my mom has
You can't really can't really give me too much about You.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
Can't say anything. MoMA's got it. That's it's see.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
I think we've gotten to the point though, to where rings,
championship rings get bigger and bigger every year, seemingly that
they're more awkward.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
At some point, it's gonna be a bracelet start making
a watch.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Make a watch because I don't know how Like some
especially the guys who've got several rings walk around with
it's like just feels uncomfortable.
Speaker 9 (15:49):
You heard about our ring, right, it comes apart and
it becomes a medallion that you can hang from a necklace.
Oh yeah, So like you think about the size of
change that some guys were like him.
Speaker 6 (15:59):
With the Lord Mayor. Yeah, he had that big chain.
Speaker 5 (16:02):
You imagine that that's like the next NBA Championship is
gonna be like literally like that Lord Mayor thing he's
got to wear on the hold.
Speaker 4 (16:09):
That's a good time.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
You know what I like about Notre Dame because I
like anybody who can piss off a room when you
just mention what they are, you don't have to do
any You be nicest person in the way. Everybody here
has been so kind. But if you tell somebody he
was your favorite team, or where did you go to college?
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Notre Dame?
Speaker 6 (16:27):
Here we go, you.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Just you kind of you kind of get this, uh
boy okay.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
And you want to sit up in your own so
you went to Notre Dame.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
Like what's interesting about this is you asked me like
the first time we met and that was your reaction.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Well, yeah, because it's like you know, of course it's
Notre Dame.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Of course, Like what is it like though, to represent
something that you know, all you gotta do is say
the two words and you piss off a lot of people.
Like there's an effect that Notre Dame has on people,
and I think it's jealousy because there's a prestige to it.
I mean, we see the way people have traveled at
forty thousand people from out here in Dublin, Like, what's
(17:05):
that like?
Speaker 3 (17:05):
Do your teammates ever bust your balls and go, oh,
Notre Dame guy on Notre Dame this.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
Well, look, Jonath, I hear very great things about you.
Speaker 9 (17:13):
I'm gonna harp on the fact that you're being a
little negative at this moment in time, because there is
also a lot of people that when you say you
went to Notre Dame, absolutely love it.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Of course, yes, I mean it's kind of an it's
too pronged.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
You gotta understand though, I grew up around, well they
or not up at this time back then a lot
of USC douchebags, so a lot of USC blowhards you
grew up around.
Speaker 9 (17:34):
I was on the Dan Patrick Show yesterday trying to
have my man Brady's back with Will Ferrell about.
Speaker 4 (17:38):
Giving him a hard time off the field. Yeah. They
said he wore his pants too high. They said it
hurt his grass stock.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Yeah, they did, honestly, and to the dam like I
look in the miroor I'm like, my pants do you high?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Today?
Speaker 6 (17:49):
Do I need to like saging that you look?
Speaker 4 (17:51):
You look great? It doesn't right, Yeah, don't let well
do that. But he was telling me.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
You Brady look okay, all right?
Speaker 4 (17:57):
I see some Brady jerseys in the crowd.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Yeah, listen, there is.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
It is awesome though, just to see what you guys
have and and the name brand obviously it's a national brand.
And so were your was your family Did you grow
up Notre Dame football fans? Did you grow up all
like in the house, And so when you were able
to tell your family going to Notre Dame, that must
have been really special for them, just to see where
(18:22):
you came from. And now you're carrying the tradition to
South Bend.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (18:25):
I mean when coach Bray came and recruited me in
my home, it was my last name's Connaton.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
There's a county of Connacht.
Speaker 9 (18:31):
Over here in Ireland, and he was like, you're an
Irish Cathol kid from Boston and you're not gonna.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
Come to Notre Dame.
Speaker 9 (18:38):
And he kind of it put me to the screws
right away. But my family was pumped. I think, you know,
my parents did a great job and my extended family
did a great job of trying not to like show
me that they were pushing me one direction, right, but
you could tell that they were all on pins and
needles waiting for me to come to the decision on
my own.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
And when I.
Speaker 9 (18:56):
Finally did and I said it to everybody, they were
all jacked. I'm pretty sure they were like, oh great,
because we already had plane tickets out there for the camp.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Was saying the matter.
Speaker 6 (19:05):
Yeah, Pat, I'm gonna ask you.
Speaker 5 (19:06):
You're a man of many traits, so PATOFFSI you're you're
you're busy trying to win NBA championships. You also have
got some side ventures in the business world, a foundation
we'll get to in a minute.
Speaker 6 (19:15):
How much of you kind of kept track though?
Speaker 5 (19:17):
Notre name men's basketball obviously transition from coach Bray Micaeh
Shrewsbury have you had a chance to talk with coach
and kind of get an idea of maybe how he's
going to direct the basketba's he moving forward.
Speaker 9 (19:26):
Yeah, so I talked still close with you know, Jack
Swarbrick ra a d and uh, when they were going
through the process of coach Bray kind of stepping down
and actually transitioning to an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks.
And now I got to compete against him and he
knows all my strengths and weaknesses, which is gonna be
a little difficult for me, but uh, and telling me
about Micah and obviously how great he is, how was
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an Indiana guy at heart, And I knew a lot
of people from the Boston area who when he was
an assistant coach there, spoke very highly of him. So
I've had a chance to connect with him, and I
love the direction that he's trying to go with the program,
and uh, how he is and the recruiting side of things,
and how he's really kind of taking the bull by
the horns from the transfer portal standpoint. Yeah, really started
to although he isn't necessarily a guy that went to
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Notre Dame, really taking the brand and the representation of
Notre Dame and started to sell it to a bunch
of a group of kids. So I'm gonna try to get
back there this fall and talk to the guys that
are on the team and interface with him a little more,
because I think they got a great chance to do
some big things in the ACC.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
NBA champ Pat Honiton with us here on Fox Sports
Radio Live from Buskers Bar in Dublin, Ireland. So I
got to ask, We've talked about this before on the show.
It feels like the NBA really sells the drama and
not so much on the floor but sort of the
personal back and forth and so and so said this
on Instagram and this Twitter feud happened here, and it
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just feels like they sell a oh drama.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
How does that land with you?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Are you like, come on, man, can we just play
like why do we focus on this craft?
Speaker 4 (20:54):
So it's funny. A lot of we talked about this
in the locker room. A lot of guys in the
locker room.
Speaker 9 (20:59):
I always say, you know, they think sometimes it looks
too much like a MTV show.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
I mean, like a like a drama.
Speaker 9 (21:07):
But at the end of the day, you know, the
thing that the NBA has done a really good job
of is you can argue that the off season, when
you talk about guys and them announcing contracts and woj
and chums and all these different you know, media outlets
that are able to cover the offseason, some fans take
more interest in that than they do the actual regular
season game in January. And it's it's become something that
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they've just they're in the limelight all the time. It's
wild crazy.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
We've proposed this for a while, yeah, because one of
the things that we look at with the NBA calendar
is like, I like watching the NBA.
Speaker 6 (21:40):
I like watching basketball.
Speaker 5 (21:42):
The hard thing is is like it's directly in conflict
with the football season, and it seems like the Christmas
Day matchups are such a big deal.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
You guys had your schedule release what a week ago.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Or something like that.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
Yep, why not just push the season back and so
you kind of almost make that the start of the season.
I'm sure there's some players who are like, dude, don't
want my free time the summer. I don't have to
be playing into like July or August. But does the
NBA or do the players ever talk about potentially like
ways of try to like do something different with the
league to help, you know, draw better ratings or whatever
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else to kind of help improve it.
Speaker 9 (22:17):
Yeah, so that was a big topic of conversation during
coming off of COVID because we didn't start until right
around Christmas, just before Christmas, and then we the year
we won it, we wonted July nineteenth, twenty to twenty.
First we were like the last two games, and so
I think it was a real topic. They wanted to
see how the ratings did. Obviously there was more people
at homeless, people in the stands, stuff like that, but
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it became a real conversation piece. And then I think
where the NBA ended up pivoting was just having more
time on air and the summers and summer league, and
they didn't necessarily know how to logistically do it. So
they've tried to Their first iteration of it is that
end season tournament, and so they haven't changed obviously the
start of it, but now they've made the NCAS and
tournament right around that December, you know, beginning of the
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year type.
Speaker 5 (22:59):
Okay, So help me understand though, if like load management
is an issue, right, like you and.
Speaker 6 (23:03):
I are playing and I'm like, dude, I haven't got
it tonight, I guess, And how is an end season
tournament going to change that?
Speaker 5 (23:09):
It's like, oh, you want to bring more intensity to
games that I don't want to play right now because
it's not gonna be a part of an NBA championship, correct,
I mean, like, how's your team?
Speaker 6 (23:16):
How are guys talking about that?
Speaker 9 (23:17):
So the one thing that they do is they try
to incentivise you monetarily, right, and then they try to
and then they make sure this.
Speaker 6 (23:24):
Gets so much money, like it's got to be more
than what I've seen.
Speaker 9 (23:27):
Yeah, I mean it's it's not, unfortunately for us, but
they're hoping so.
Speaker 4 (23:32):
And I think the other thing that they're really trying.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
To do is it's part of the regular season, so
it's not added games.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
You're gonna play those games anyway.
Speaker 9 (23:40):
The only game that's an added game is if you
make it to the championship. And then if you're in
the championship, obviously you're getting commentated one way or the other.
It's either if you win or if you lose. It's
the obviously amounts different. But I think they're trying to
do some interesting things. The big thing that we always
talk about in the players Union is just they struggle
to disconnect the amount of games with the.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Revenue per game.
Speaker 9 (24:01):
Right, So obviously in the NFL, they just added a
game a year or two ago to make some money.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
Conversation, it's way stronger.
Speaker 9 (24:08):
Yeah, fair, But what the players have always tried to
do is say, it's not that each game is worth X,
because what teams are doing is they don't want to
lose any home games because they're getting forty one games
that they can bank on a million, two million, five
million pending in their city. Dollars are coming in and
if you're taking a game of that away, they haven't
necessarily been able to sell that. That means supply is lowering,
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so demand will be hiring. And that's like the real
topic of conversation. I think that will happen. We already
we just signed a CBA.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
But for the next one, all right, one more important
question I got to ask Jordan or Lebron.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
I'm throw that out there.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Which come on, So why why is that such a
divisive question nowadays?
Speaker 3 (24:48):
So no, or Larry Bird if you want to like, yeah,
you know, if you want to.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Represent Larry legend.
Speaker 9 (24:54):
H I go with Jordan. Jordan's who I pick how
I think George's the best basketball player ever play. I
think Lebron is the greatest athlete to ever play the
game of basketball. I think I don't understand why it's
such a divisive question. In my opinion, It's like you're
comparing who's the best player to ever play the game.
Speaker 4 (25:12):
It's one or two, right, Like people.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Behind a gated community don't argue who's got the nicer
front yard.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
We're both behind the gates.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
Both in a nice community. In fact, you want to
come over and share in my yard.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (25:23):
So, I think what you have to respect though about Lebron,
which a lot of people you can love or hate him,
is the things that he's done off the floor have
been pretty incredible. The things that he's done in the
business world was a great movie. I didn't watch that one.
I only watched the first one. I didn't watch the
second one. But I just think, you know, he stayed
out of scandals, He's done a great job of representing
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the game. He's utilized his platform to do a lot
of things outside of the game of basketball.
Speaker 4 (25:49):
But I think Mike's the best basketball player to ever play.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Now, Pat Conason, I got to ask you before we
let you go, do you ever envision any scenario where
Yannis is not a Milwauk key Buck, Because there's some
stuff out there where he talked about the potential of
maybe he doesn't want to sign a contract extension next year,
maybe he wants to wait another year and see where
he's at. He just sort of does he strike you
as somebody who wants to entertain going elsewhere?
Speaker 3 (26:14):
Or is he a Milwaukee Buck for life in your eyes?
Speaker 9 (26:17):
So no one Giannis and knowing who he is as
a person, He's all about family, He's all about winning
at the end of the day. I think the most
incredible part about him is, Look, I'm not going to
say that I've been the reason he's had all the success,
but he had no m VPS before I got there
five years and now.
Speaker 4 (26:39):
And now he's got doing.
Speaker 9 (26:43):
So But he's he's one of the best individuals right Like,
it's not just him as a player, it's him as
a person.
Speaker 4 (26:47):
He's one of the best guys that I know.
Speaker 9 (26:49):
He works hard, he hasn't changed throughout that meteoric rise
to fame, and and what he's he's at personal accolades
and things of that nature.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
And so I think as long as.
Speaker 9 (26:57):
The Milwaukee Bucks have the ability to win and put
him in a position to win, which he will in
turn put the Milwaukee Bucks in a position to win
every single night, I.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Don't know that he'll ever leave.
Speaker 9 (27:06):
He loves family, he loves not being like in the limelight,
in the limelight like. I don't know that a big
market necessarily is something that attracts him. But I think
he's done a tremendous job with what he's come from,
and he's put us in a position to win on
a nightly basis, and he takes care of his family,
he takes care of his teammates, and he cares about
winning more than anything. So I think as long as
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the Bucks are in a position to win, he'll be there.
Speaker 5 (27:29):
Hey, tell us a little bit about your foundation before
I let you go. Yeah, you said you had a
clinic coming up later on today.
Speaker 9 (27:33):
Yeah, clinic later on today. So why don't you guys
enjoy a few drinks for me. I'll be over there,
you know, trying to teach a few Irish kids how
to dribble with their left hand and make a three
point jump shot. But my foundation, really, the whole goal
of it is to try to you know, create access
to athletics for the next generation student athlete.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
Obviously, you know, Brady, you've seen it.
Speaker 9 (27:52):
Sports have done a lot for me in my life,
and it hasn't just been about the sport, right. We
try to instill the translatable life skills, the hard work,
the teamwork, the leadership, accountability, discipline, the stuff that you
know will take you whether you become a college athlete,
professional athlete, or just play in high school. Those habits
will kind of roll with you for the rest of
your life and help you do some things that you
want to do.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
And we've done you know, courts, clinics, and now we're
gonna watch.
Speaker 9 (28:15):
Scholarships here in the next you know, if you're in
sixty five days and we've done I think all the
way up to twelve courts are under construction or completed,
and we've done i think impacted over eighteen thousand kids
so far. So it's been a lot of fun for
me and just use my platform to try to give
back and do more in things that are organic to me.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Yes, Pat Connaton NBA Champion Milwaukee Buck, but most importantly
a Notre Dame alum.
Speaker 8 (28:45):
Yeah, be sure to catch live editions of two Pros
and a Cup of Joe with Brady Quinn, LeVar Errington,
and Jonas Knox weekdays at six am Eastern, three am Pacific.
Speaker 4 (28:58):
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Speaker 11 (28:59):
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I Want Your Flex. Twice a week, every Tuesday and Friday,
we come up with new episodes to not only look
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Speaker 4 (29:17):
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Speaker 3 (29:37):
Speaking to Notre Dame Joe Montana, Notre Dame alum, pro
football Hall.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Of Famer, four time Super Bowl champion who joins us
now here on Fox Sports Radio. Joe, Thanks so much
for the time. We appreciate it. Jonas Knox, Brady Quinn,
how are you.
Speaker 4 (29:56):
Hey, We're doing well.
Speaker 5 (30:00):
You gotta say a load to the crowd here. We
got a bunch of Notre Dame fans. Obviously they are
excited to listen to you. They're they're excited to hopefully
see you at some point.
Speaker 10 (30:10):
Yeah. Yeah, we're usually out in the Mount counting tub.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
So go all right, Tom, there you go now, Joe,
I got it. Is there anything that you, as a
player or you as a Notre Dame alum, want to
see from the fans at this game tomorrow here in Dublin.
Do you have any special requests for them? Is there
a certain level of noise, any expectations you have from
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the amount of people that have been out here for
this game?
Speaker 13 (30:39):
And I think it's gonna be scary for Navy because
I've been walking around and I haven't see nothing but
green and blue and Notre Dame everywhere.
Speaker 10 (30:51):
So I think that's even gonna be pulling Notre Dame
ffore and I can't wait to hear that crowd. It's
gonna be a fun player.
Speaker 5 (30:58):
Joe, I gotta ask you, did, what's the coolest place
you got to play, Because we were talking about this earlier,
like I can only imagine what it be like to
have the opportunity to come over and play here in Dublin, Ireland.
Do you look back and say that was probably the
coolest place I ever played during my time in Notre Dame.
Speaker 10 (31:16):
If I was playing here, yeah, for sure. But you know,
we got we were pretty fortunate. We didn't uh, we
didn't know what travels out here in notreddo in the NFL,
I guess to play in Germany, England, Japan, they played
in Barcelona, So it's fun to get out of that.
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I think it's fun to get out of the US
and bring the game to places that don't normally see
an American football teams, especially with even being able to
see the teams like maybe and Notre Dame had it.
It's gonna be a funny whatever.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
Joe Montana joining us here on Fox Sports Radio, Notre
Dame alum, Hall of Fame or four time Super Bowl
champion with us here, Brady Quinn, Jonas Knox here on
Two Pros and a Cup of Joe That Joe, what
is your favorite thing about.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Being a Notre Dame alum.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
The thing that you point to when people say you
represent the fighting Irish, But what is it about the
program the university that stands out most to you when
you talk to people.
Speaker 10 (32:19):
Well, I think that my wife said it best one
time is that initially she had never been the Notre
Dame and then once she got there, she understand how
special it was once you walk on the campus, and
she said to me after and she tells other people
that when she was there, it felt like someone had
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their arms wrapped around the campus and there was just
a different feeling from other schools that we had visited.
That unless you go there and have the experience of
being on that campus, you don't you really don't understand
what that school is all about. And it was a
dream of mine to go there, and it was, yeah,
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it was the down line is there. But eventually things
worked out for me and I love it, still love
it today. Like I said, we Nathaniel two girls also
went there, and the Daniels fiance now she also attends
to Notre Dame. So we got a lot of Notre
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Dame people here just in our own family. So it's
going to be we're all headed to the game they're
all here, so we're all headed to the game tomorrow,
so looking forward to it. But first we'll find another
puppet two find us in Guinness.
Speaker 4 (33:35):
You go, there, you go.
Speaker 5 (33:36):
We'll get to that in just one minute, Joe, but
we have to ask you about the situation with the
forty nine ers. We were talking a little bit earlier
about Trey Lance, and I'm just curious, given obviously your
historic play and time there in San Francisco, how do
you view what's happening there with the quarterback situation and
just Trey Lance and I guess his journey thus far
(33:56):
as the quarterback for San.
Speaker 10 (33:57):
France, well, I mean it's been tough on him. I mean,
the very athletic guy, you know, and great harm and
you and you you know you Brady. Some offenses were
just a little bit easier to understand when you when
you change teams. I was fortunately when I left San
Francisco and went to Kansas City, we pretty much ran
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a lot of different terminology, but for the most part,
our passing game was all but we did pretty much
in San Francisco, and so that transition was a little
bit easier for me. But when you when I came
from Notre Dame to San Francisco. Wow, that was night
and day in the way the offense was called on
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both sides. And it took a lot or a lot
of time that I had to put in the study.
And then once you figure out it's a system that
fits you, and I just don't think it's a fit
portray not that he's not, not that he can't play.
I just don't think it's a fit. You know, he
came from read option. He's a runner, and it's tough
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to come to the NFL and try to pick up
a new system and learn. And at the same time,
I don't know why the looks of the way the
read auction goes. There's not a whole lot of reading
the defenses that go take this place, and you just
can't come to the NFL and do that. Don't know
if that's what his struggle is, but I think they
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gave him the last couple of games. They wanted to
give him a chance to succeed, and he still struggled.
And so you know, I think he's a little upset
that they made him the third quarterback. But that's the
team that he's on, is the Super Bowl Call League team,
and you know, they they got to make sure that
if the first guy gets hurt and that the guy
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coming in behind him, you know, can run that offense consistently.
And you know, I haven't seen much of the games
where or the parts where Sam Darnold has played, but
you know there's another first round pick that came in.
Was that a team that didn't fit him? And I
don't know, maybe this is a bit for him, but
I haven't been down there, so this is just all
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here safe for me, So take it with a grain
of salt. But that's just what I see from the outside.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
Yeah, it doesn't seem like things have gone as smooth
like the Guinness goes as smooth down here in Dublin,
does it?
Speaker 4 (36:19):
Joe?
Speaker 10 (36:21):
Oh No, this is way too smooth.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
And so Joe, you're you're you're in Dublin this week
obviously on behalf of Guinness. What do you guys got going?
Because I mean, it's everywhere. We're enjoying a Guinness right
now as we speak.
Speaker 10 (36:38):
Yeah, we we're just here. We're doing some we're actually
over at the at the storehouse here at Guinness, and
we're my family's all here. They're on a tour. We've
been doing some little media things here, just catching up
and trying to you know, we're we're doing the new thing.
We just brought on some other guy named Joe. I
can't remember what his last name is. I think it's
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or something like that. So we're going to get it zero.
Wish to get a zero that not alphabolic versus guinnis
and just trying to get to get the word out.
And Guinness has been a great place. I've been associated
with them now for a number of years and wonderful
place to work for, wonderful peer, great story, great history,
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just like Notre Dame. It's a lot of tradition, and
you know what, the love the community that they're in.
They love to give back, and you know, like with Joe,
they're letting Joe if any we're playing with the number
zero and his new jersey with zero that allowing him
to sell those jerseys and put all the money into
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the foundation. And you can get him at Guinness zero
jerseys dot com and all the money will be from
the proceeds going to his foundation. So and that's typically
a Guinness. So that's why it's been a great relationship
for me, not to mention, how how good is Guinness?
Is that I got to me too?
Speaker 3 (38:01):
Yeah, that's great.
Speaker 2 (38:02):
Listen, the great Joe Montana with us here, hall of Famer,
four time Super Bowl champ and most importantly to this crowd, Joe.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
A Notre dame alum, represents to fighting Irish Joe. Can't
thank you enough.
Speaker 2 (38:14):
We appreciate you popping on and thanks so much, and
we'll hopefully catch up again very soon.
Speaker 10 (38:21):
All Right, have fun down there, see you all tomorrow
This is the best of two pros and a couple
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Speaker 2 (00:13):
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or what the hell are we working with here? It
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live from Buskers Bar in Dublin, Ireland, back for day
two and listen, We're gonna address a couple of things
here shortly.
Speaker 3 (00:35):
But we're all fortunate they're all here for day two.
Speaker 4 (00:37):
We'll just put it that.
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Thank you for everybody being a part of this live
program here. You gotta understand when we're doing this show
back in La We're in La Brady's in Florida. It's
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three am back home, so I just assume, oh, well,
we might get a couple of people that you know,
wander out of a hot topic past hours and they're
a little bit gothic, or you get some weirdos roam
in the street who are listening. We've got live in
action on the scene, Notre Dame football fans who have
inundated Dublin, Ireland to be a part of this whole thing,
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and we can't thank everybody enough.
Speaker 3 (01:38):
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And then Budweiser, who made our broadcast today possible live
here from Busker's Bar in Dublin. We are stoked to
be here back for round two and some of us
did survive Round one.
Speaker 5 (02:13):
What do you mean when you said that, Jonas, what
happened to you last night? Was there another issue with it?
The cars being too quiet and dublin?
Speaker 3 (02:20):
Well, they just sort of jump out and get you.
Speaker 2 (02:22):
You know, like I'm walking and all of a sudden
the car just whoa, like no horn, no nothing, no.
Speaker 3 (02:27):
Just right.
Speaker 2 (02:28):
It's like you're you're on a safari and you're just
sort of hanging out and all it just you know,
a bowl elephant roams by and just kind of smells
your ass and you're like, wait, is what's happening here?
And apparently cars just they're not into horns. It's just
not their thing. So they just they'll just like a
nice little kiss on the way by. So you gotta
be careful head on. My only piece of advice is
look right all right. A lot of people forgetting the
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cars are going to be coming from your right that
could hit you soon.
Speaker 6 (02:52):
So that's what you have to look right.
Speaker 3 (02:54):
Yeah, you gotta gotta have that head on a swivel.
That's important. Also, would like to say I was one.
Is there gonna be any reminders from back home?
Speaker 2 (03:03):
Saw some guy drinking a forty ounce of oldie?
Speaker 6 (03:06):
Oh yeah, I mean I gotta tell you he got
kicked out too.
Speaker 3 (03:09):
Yeah, he did get kicked that.
Speaker 2 (03:10):
He almost got his ass beat too by a couple
of security guards.
Speaker 3 (03:13):
But man guy roam in.
Speaker 2 (03:14):
The streets with a forty ounce of oldie, and I
asked the bar tender. I'm like, is it like open
carry here? You gotta just oh no, no. So he's
just swinging away right in front of a cop.
Speaker 4 (03:23):
Just a ride here we are.
Speaker 6 (03:24):
So we did speak with the Lord Mayor yesterday said
it's yes, it's just not really public intoxication unless you
make an ass of yourself.
Speaker 3 (03:31):
Yeah, that is true. Yeah, that's so that's the move.
Speaker 6 (03:33):
Now.
Speaker 3 (03:33):
I would like to say, I don't.
Speaker 6 (03:35):
Buy a bar if you think about it.
Speaker 2 (03:36):
I don't know if if this show has the impact
sometimes that I believe that it does, all right, Like
I have a very low expectations for what we do,
and so when people like you've said it before it's
a great way to live one Well, I'm just saying,
like Brady said this before he goes, I can't tell
you how many times I have.
Speaker 3 (03:54):
To apologize for our show.
Speaker 6 (03:55):
That is true.
Speaker 2 (03:56):
You know, sometimes we get a little bit loose here.
But I would like to say this, I feel like we've.
Speaker 3 (04:02):
Had an impact on this Notre Dame Navy.
Speaker 6 (04:04):
Game, because on what impact would that be?
Speaker 2 (04:09):
The betting line has now skyrocketed from twenty and a
half in favor of Notre Dame to twenty one. Okay, okay,
so we're moving this thing a half point at a time,
and the over under the point total, which was what
fifty and a half fifty and a half, is down
to forty nine and a half. So the feeling is
(04:30):
not only will Notre Dame cover, but that defense is
going to put on a show.
Speaker 5 (04:35):
The defense is gonna put on a show. Although we
went the offense to put a lot of points too,
don't well, yeah, there's that, okay. I mean maybe nice
to see a fifty burger, wouldn't it.
Speaker 3 (04:43):
Yeah, that would be fun.
Speaker 6 (04:44):
Listen, I want to ask for too much.
Speaker 3 (04:45):
Little fifty to nothing.
Speaker 6 (04:46):
Yeah, you know, you've got the experienced quarterback.
Speaker 2 (04:49):
Yeah, it's not the nicest thing to say as far
as previewing a game for Navy, but yeah, we're.
Speaker 3 (04:53):
A little fifty to nothing.
Speaker 6 (04:54):
I said this yesterday.
Speaker 5 (04:55):
Okay, with the utmost respect for the for the gentlemen
that we're playing. Okay, these young men will one day
defend our country. We have the utmost respect. That doesn't
mean you can't kick their ass. Okay, I said this.
Speaker 6 (05:07):
Back we used to play.
Speaker 5 (05:08):
We have the utmost respect for the young men that
you're playing against, but you can still go out and
absolutely kick their ass on the field.
Speaker 6 (05:15):
That's hopefully when Notre AME's gonna do tomorrow.
Speaker 3 (05:17):
Now are we worried at all about weather being an impact?
Speaker 5 (05:20):
I don't think so. You're worried about weather? Can I
be honest with you? Because I didn't come over in
the NFL and play. We played a game in London.
The turf is different.
Speaker 6 (05:28):
It can be slick, It gives out a little easier,
you know, you know looks.
Speaker 5 (05:33):
It's a soccer field that we're accustomed to. That you
see a lot of times out there, you know, sometimes
rugby here in Ireland. But soccer guys aren't as big
as the big you know, or offensive lineman defensive linemen.
That turf tends to get give out a little bit.
So the footing is going to be the biggest concern.
Speaker 3 (05:49):
Now, how many people here are going to the game?
Speaker 2 (05:51):
Okay, okay, So then I mean we got to figure
this whole thing out so so look for anybody that
was in town yesterday. You probably licked the little little
bit all day. Maybe you're feeling a little under the
weather and then you come out here on a Friday
and you're like, you know what, why don't we just
start the day a buskers bar and watch two Pros
and a Cup of Joe starring Brady Quinn.
Speaker 3 (06:10):
By the way, any Brady Quinn fans in the house.
Speaker 7 (06:13):
Yeah you know I hate this right Hey, listen, pal,
this is a home game from if we were a
Chuck e Cheese, I'd get the same response.
Speaker 3 (06:26):
Really, yeah, tell you right now?
Speaker 5 (06:28):
You were the wrap though, how did they recognize you
with the helmet off or on my stride?
Speaker 6 (06:33):
Okay, it's just eight.
Speaker 3 (06:36):
It's the wiggle, listen, I knew how to work it.
Speaker 2 (06:39):
Don't worry about me, but it is so when we're
thinking about this game, do you have any tips? Because
the game kicks off what seven thirty local time here?
Speaker 4 (06:48):
Yeah?
Speaker 2 (06:48):
Yeah, it's a nice So when do you start throwing
back beers?
Speaker 5 (06:54):
I mean, if you're asking me, it's right when you
wake up tomorrow. Okay, you you have we're here in Dublin, Ireland. Okay,
we talked about this yesterday. There's not many places you
can go and you can grab a drink and not
be judged at any point in time in the day.
Here in Dublin, Ireland is one of them that in
probably an airport. I think an airport's a safe space
to have a drink before you get on the flight.
(07:14):
You can start as soon as you wake up tomorrow.
Don't be shy, grab me maybe a hair of the dog,
depending on how today goes for you, whatever the case
may be, get started drinking early. Make sure you're rowdy
by the time you get to the game.
Speaker 2 (07:25):
Make a little noise, okay, right, see that Now that's
words of wisdom.
Speaker 5 (07:29):
I mean it could be a long day for you,
but you should have a great time. Yeah, don't miss
your flight on Sunday. If you're flying out Sunday.
Speaker 3 (07:35):
You know, mix in a few waters, try and stay hydrated.
Speaker 2 (07:37):
Do you do your thing, and then get back home
to wherever you live and everything's gonna be fine.
Speaker 5 (07:41):
I mean, we were given a flask yesterday. I'm just
saying that we're supposedly not supposed to bring into the stadium.
Speaker 3 (07:49):
Yeah, that is I mean strict instruction.
Speaker 6 (07:52):
And by the way. Was that the Lord mayor who
told us the fair Yeah, bring in the stadium.
Speaker 2 (07:57):
Yeah, listen, strict instructions on what you can can and
can't do. U.
Speaker 3 (08:01):
I know, Lee, uh, you know took full advantage of
the flask.
Speaker 2 (08:05):
Yeah, you guys left me with the whole bottle of
tealing whiskey.
Speaker 4 (08:08):
Left you with that?
Speaker 6 (08:09):
Well, yes you did.
Speaker 5 (08:10):
That might be the line of the trip. By the way,
we're coming on the escalator. Look back, hey, Lee, what
did you get into last night? Well, when I got back,
I still had that bottle of whiskey.
Speaker 2 (08:18):
I got into that bottle of whiskey like you had
no you had no choice in the matter.
Speaker 3 (08:23):
There's the bottle of.
Speaker 2 (08:24):
Whiskey, said the head sir. Whatever you said, take anything,
take it all. So yeah, this is uh, this is
just obviously been a blast thus far. Now, for those
of you that are regulars listening to the show, you
know that we do a little bit of something special
here on a Friday here in Ireland.
Speaker 6 (08:43):
I mean there's a different things going on.
Speaker 2 (08:46):
And so you've got obviously you know, is it is
it Flask Fridays?
Speaker 4 (08:50):
Is it? What is it?
Speaker 3 (08:52):
Oh?
Speaker 2 (08:52):
That's right, it's a damn football Friday.
Speaker 3 (08:58):
Friday. And I'm telling you we're not gonna let college
football and the.
Speaker 2 (09:06):
Rest of you negative nancies out there try and rain
on the parade by calling it week zero. College football
starts this weekend, and it kicks off here in Dublin, Ireland,
and it kicks off with Navy.
Speaker 4 (09:22):
And Notre Dame.
Speaker 6 (09:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 2 (09:25):
So the fact that you guys again can be a
part of this with us and hang out with us
here on a football Friday.
Speaker 3 (09:31):
Can't thank everybody enough.
Speaker 2 (09:33):
Just tremendous job and support from all you guys, and
we're gonna have fun.
Speaker 5 (09:37):
We're just getting ser great state, dude, Do we have
any like I don't know, former NBA champion coming on
in time soon?
Speaker 2 (09:42):
You know, I was thinking about this, like who would
be the appropriate guess?
Speaker 6 (09:46):
Well?
Speaker 5 (09:47):
I always think of like what's a great Irish name
like Patrick or Pat or Patt of you, right, Like
that's a great first Irish name?
Speaker 4 (09:53):
Right you thinking?
Speaker 6 (09:54):
Like conon content sounds IRUs as it gets, right.
Speaker 3 (09:57):
I get yeah, I mean that would make some sense.
Speaker 2 (09:58):
I'm god if only we had the stroke on this
show to try and pull pack contan NBA champion.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
Oh that's right, he's joining us next. Oh, that's right.
So if this wasn't.
Speaker 2 (10:07):
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Speaker 2 (10:25):
So we are gonna have the usuals coming up later
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Speaker 3 (10:31):
We got you in and you out.
Speaker 2 (10:32):
Joe Montana is gonna stop by as well too. We're
gonna talk with Joe Montana coming up.
Speaker 6 (10:36):
I don't think he's a person though.
Speaker 3 (10:38):
No, not in person, listen in spirit.
Speaker 6 (10:41):
Sorry, Hey, blame show.
Speaker 3 (10:44):
Sorry sorry, come on, figure a speech? What do you want?
Speaker 4 (10:49):
All right?
Speaker 6 (10:49):
I probably should have waited a couple hours to.
Speaker 2 (10:51):
And hey and again again No, Brian Kelly, I just
want to make that clear.
Speaker 3 (10:56):
Heeling off the say that's how you went him back.
Speaker 4 (10:59):
Yeah, that's how.
Speaker 3 (10:59):
You went him back. So it is all yours here.
Speaker 2 (11:02):
It's a three hour extravaganza on Fox Sports Radio. But
again coming up next, we've got an NBA champion in
the house, somebody you were all familiar with, Pat Connaton,
gonna stop by and it's here on Fox Sports Radio.
Speaker 8 (11:15):
Be sure to catch live editions of Two Pros and
a Cup of Joe with Brady Quinn, LeVar Errington and
Jonas Knox weekdays at six am Eastern, three am Pacific
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Speaker 3 (11:29):
I mean, I don't know if you heard the roar
of applause.
Speaker 2 (11:32):
Oh yeah, but it got even more Notre Damon here
because we got a champion in the house. Make some
noise for Pat Connaton, NBA champion, Notre dame alum and
a guy who already has he sat down for about
sixty three seconds, and two people from this show have
(11:55):
already tried to get you to drink. So welcome to Dublin.
Speaker 6 (11:58):
Yeah.
Speaker 4 (11:58):
Absolutely, the peer pressure started high. Yeah, with a name
like Pat.
Speaker 6 (12:02):
I'm sure you Patty, and then yeah, let me tell
you a beer lad.
Speaker 3 (12:05):
Yeah, So I gotta ask you this, did you even so?
Speaker 2 (12:08):
Your name's Pat Connaton, Massachusetts, right, Yes, did you even
have a choice, like like if you went, like if
you went to somebody and said, hey, you know Duke
Kentucky La, Yeah, like it did you? I mean, was
there ever really a serious option other than Notre Dame
for you?
Speaker 6 (12:26):
No?
Speaker 9 (12:27):
So I always tell the story I got recruited late.
I got recruited for baseball quite a bit, but basketball
I got recruited late.
Speaker 10 (12:33):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (12:34):
And as the offers were rolling in, like I did, look,
Ucla was my second choice, Vanderbilt Florida, a bunch of
different schools.
Speaker 10 (12:40):
Uh.
Speaker 9 (12:40):
And my best friend who's actually out here with me,
I told him I got an offer of Notre Dame
and he was like, oh, great, so it's over.
Speaker 4 (12:46):
And I was.
Speaker 9 (12:47):
Like, what do you mean it's over?
Speaker 3 (12:51):
Like I still got like two more games, have more
schools to comedy.
Speaker 4 (12:53):
He goes, yeah, but you got Notre Dame.
Speaker 9 (12:55):
Like you should just end it now, like, don't go
out there and get hurt or anything.
Speaker 4 (12:58):
Just signed the paper. I was like, oh, yeah, I
guess there are a.
Speaker 9 (13:01):
Lot of people in my family and from back home
that would probably enjoy seeing me playing that green and gold.
Speaker 5 (13:06):
When you come to Dublin, Ireland and you see all
the people you see, I guess just the power of
Notre Dame. Do you kind of look back on that
decision and go I couldn't have went wrong, Like that
was the perfect decision for me. Do you ever look
back and just think about your experience there and imagine
how it's brought you to this point?
Speaker 4 (13:23):
Yeah, definitely.
Speaker 9 (13:23):
You know, for me, when I looked at it, I
was fortunate I had a great group of people around me.
But when I was trying to vet it, I always said, look,
I could enjoy any college, but what place was going
to help me no matter where I ended up in life?
Speaker 4 (13:36):
And I think that's the power of Notre Dame. Right.
Speaker 9 (13:38):
I wasn't a guy that came out a lot of
people taught I should play baseball. I was a guy
that came out and was like, hey, he's going to
be a surefire pro athlete. So I remember actually talking
and I don't know if I've ever told this story
of Brady, but my recruiting was it's a Carl Ackerman,
and Carl Ackerman was telling me about how hey, you know,
when it comes down to it, we want to help
you think through things. Hopefully you have a decision to
play two pro sports.
Speaker 4 (13:58):
But if you don't you.
Speaker 9 (13:59):
Have this, you go into the business world and you
have the ability to, you know, connect a network with
other people. And he actually told me the story about
how he talked to you when you were going through
your draft process and how he helped you think about it.
And so when it came down to it for me,
when I thought through the basketball and baseball decision, Carl
was actually instrumental in helping me think about the nature
of the two sports, which one I should try first,
which one I wanted to try first, of financial ramifications
(14:21):
and the whole nine.
Speaker 6 (14:22):
And just to touch on that.
Speaker 5 (14:23):
So, Professor Carl Ackerman is one of the best the
faculty of Professor Ackerman, I'm telling you, he's the nicest
human being possible.
Speaker 6 (14:32):
During that process we're talking about, I was training.
Speaker 5 (14:34):
To get ready for the NFL draft, and he put
together essentially a course on personal finance that was like
curated like to me and what I was going to need.
He kind of walked me through a lot of the
challenges that I was going to be facing once you
became a pro athlete. And it's so unique to Notre
Dame having faculty it's willing to do it, being able
to put something together like that.
Speaker 6 (14:51):
So it was incredibly helpful and.
Speaker 5 (14:53):
On my journey and helping the shape not just football,
but thoughts outside of it, the business forward etca.
Speaker 6 (14:57):
So shout out to Carl Ackerman.
Speaker 5 (14:59):
He's the app most generous man ever that sports back
with the're a notre name one of the.
Speaker 3 (15:03):
Things I think is great.
Speaker 2 (15:04):
By the way, Pat Connan with us here on Fox
Sports Radio Live from Boscars. Yeah, make some noise for Patnan,
NBA champion.
Speaker 9 (15:11):
I'm gonna make sure my friends now anytime my name
gets said, they just start chanting because, yeah.
Speaker 6 (15:17):
It's great.
Speaker 3 (15:18):
Where's the ring?
Speaker 4 (15:19):
Do you ever?
Speaker 6 (15:20):
You didn't bring it?
Speaker 4 (15:21):
My mother has it okay in the hotel? Yeah?
Speaker 9 (15:23):
Yeah, yeah, I know you guys are gonna tray give
me a hard time about that. Say my mom has
You can't really can't really give me too much about You.
Speaker 6 (15:29):
Can't say anything. MoMA's got it. That's it's see.
Speaker 2 (15:32):
I think we've gotten to the point though, to where rings,
championship rings get bigger and bigger every year, seemingly that
they're more awkward.
Speaker 3 (15:39):
At some point, it's gonna be a bracelet start making
a watch.
Speaker 2 (15:42):
Make a watch because I don't know how Like some
especially the guys who've got several rings walk around with
it's like just feels uncomfortable.
Speaker 9 (15:49):
You heard about our ring, right, it comes apart and
it becomes a medallion that you can hang from a necklace.
Oh yeah, So like you think about the size of
change that some guys were like him.
Speaker 6 (15:59):
With the Lord Mayor. Yeah, he had that big chain.
Speaker 5 (16:02):
You imagine that that's like the next NBA Championship is
gonna be like literally like that Lord Mayor thing he's
got to wear on the hold.
Speaker 4 (16:09):
That's a good time.
Speaker 2 (16:10):
You know what I like about Notre Dame because I
like anybody who can piss off a room when you
just mention what they are, you don't have to do
any You be nicest person in the way. Everybody here
has been so kind. But if you tell somebody he
was your favorite team, or where did you go to college?
Speaker 4 (16:26):
Notre Dame?
Speaker 6 (16:27):
Here we go, you.
Speaker 2 (16:29):
Just you kind of you kind of get this, uh
boy okay.
Speaker 3 (16:32):
And you want to sit up in your own so
you went to Notre Dame.
Speaker 5 (16:35):
Like what's interesting about this is you asked me like
the first time we met and that was your reaction.
Speaker 3 (16:40):
Well, yeah, because it's like you know, of course it's
Notre Dame.
Speaker 2 (16:44):
Of course, Like what is it like though, to represent
something that you know, all you gotta do is say
the two words and you piss off a lot of people.
Like there's an effect that Notre Dame has on people,
and I think it's jealousy because there's a prestige to it.
I mean, we see the way people have traveled at
forty thousand people from out here in Dublin, Like, what's
(17:05):
that like?
Speaker 3 (17:05):
Do your teammates ever bust your balls and go, oh,
Notre Dame guy on Notre Dame this.
Speaker 4 (17:10):
Well, look, Jonath, I hear very great things about you.
Speaker 9 (17:13):
I'm gonna harp on the fact that you're being a
little negative at this moment in time, because there is
also a lot of people that when you say you
went to Notre Dame, absolutely love it.
Speaker 3 (17:20):
Of course, yes, I mean it's kind of an it's
too pronged.
Speaker 2 (17:25):
You gotta understand though, I grew up around, well they
or not up at this time back then a lot
of USC douchebags, so a lot of USC blowhards you
grew up around.
Speaker 9 (17:34):
I was on the Dan Patrick Show yesterday trying to
have my man Brady's back with Will Ferrell about.
Speaker 4 (17:38):
Giving him a hard time off the field. Yeah. They
said he wore his pants too high. They said it
hurt his grass stock.
Speaker 5 (17:44):
Yeah, they did, honestly, and to the dam like I
look in the miroor I'm like, my pants do you high?
Speaker 4 (17:48):
Today?
Speaker 6 (17:49):
Do I need to like saging that you look?
Speaker 4 (17:51):
You look great? It doesn't right, Yeah, don't let well
do that. But he was telling me.
Speaker 3 (17:54):
You Brady look okay, all right?
Speaker 4 (17:57):
I see some Brady jerseys in the crowd.
Speaker 3 (18:01):
Yeah, listen, there is.
Speaker 2 (18:02):
It is awesome though, just to see what you guys
have and and the name brand obviously it's a national brand.
And so were your was your family Did you grow
up Notre Dame football fans? Did you grow up all
like in the house, And so when you were able
to tell your family going to Notre Dame, that must
have been really special for them, just to see where
(18:22):
you came from. And now you're carrying the tradition to
South Bend.
Speaker 4 (18:25):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (18:25):
I mean when coach Bray came and recruited me in
my home, it was my last name's Connaton.
Speaker 4 (18:30):
There's a county of Connacht.
Speaker 9 (18:31):
Over here in Ireland, and he was like, you're an
Irish Cathol kid from Boston and you're not gonna.
Speaker 4 (18:37):
Come to Notre Dame.
Speaker 9 (18:38):
And he kind of it put me to the screws
right away. But my family was pumped. I think, you know,
my parents did a great job and my extended family
did a great job of trying not to like show
me that they were pushing me one direction, right, but
you could tell that they were all on pins and
needles waiting for me to come to the decision on
my own.
Speaker 4 (18:56):
And when I.
Speaker 9 (18:56):
Finally did and I said it to everybody, they were
all jacked. I'm pretty sure they were like, oh great,
because we already had plane tickets out there for the camp.
Speaker 4 (19:04):
Was saying the matter.
Speaker 6 (19:05):
Yeah, Pat, I'm gonna ask you.
Speaker 5 (19:06):
You're a man of many traits, so PATOFFSI you're you're
you're busy trying to win NBA championships. You also have
got some side ventures in the business world, a foundation
we'll get to in a minute.
Speaker 6 (19:15):
How much of you kind of kept track though?
Speaker 5 (19:17):
Notre name men's basketball obviously transition from coach Bray Micaeh
Shrewsbury have you had a chance to talk with coach
and kind of get an idea of maybe how he's
going to direct the basketba's he moving forward.
Speaker 9 (19:26):
Yeah, so I talked still close with you know, Jack
Swarbrick ra a d and uh, when they were going
through the process of coach Bray kind of stepping down
and actually transitioning to an assistant coach with the Atlanta Hawks.
And now I got to compete against him and he
knows all my strengths and weaknesses, which is gonna be
a little difficult for me, but uh, and telling me
about Micah and obviously how great he is, how was
(19:48):
an Indiana guy at heart, And I knew a lot
of people from the Boston area who when he was
an assistant coach there, spoke very highly of him. So
I've had a chance to connect with him, and I
love the direction that he's trying to go with the program,
and uh, how he is and the recruiting side of things,
and how he's really kind of taking the bull by
the horns from the transfer portal standpoint. Yeah, really started
to although he isn't necessarily a guy that went to
(20:09):
Notre Dame, really taking the brand and the representation of
Notre Dame and started to sell it to a bunch
of a group of kids. So I'm gonna try to get
back there this fall and talk to the guys that
are on the team and interface with him a little more,
because I think they got a great chance to do
some big things in the ACC.
Speaker 2 (20:24):
NBA champ Pat Honiton with us here on Fox Sports
Radio Live from Buskers Bar in Dublin, Ireland. So I
got to ask, We've talked about this before on the show.
It feels like the NBA really sells the drama and
not so much on the floor but sort of the
personal back and forth and so and so said this
on Instagram and this Twitter feud happened here, and it
(20:48):
just feels like they sell a oh drama.
Speaker 3 (20:50):
How does that land with you?
Speaker 2 (20:51):
Are you like, come on, man, can we just play
like why do we focus on this craft?
Speaker 4 (20:54):
So it's funny. A lot of we talked about this
in the locker room. A lot of guys in the
locker room.
Speaker 9 (20:59):
I always say, you know, they think sometimes it looks
too much like a MTV show.
Speaker 4 (21:05):
I mean, like a like a drama.
Speaker 9 (21:07):
But at the end of the day, you know, the
thing that the NBA has done a really good job
of is you can argue that the off season, when
you talk about guys and them announcing contracts and woj
and chums and all these different you know, media outlets
that are able to cover the offseason, some fans take
more interest in that than they do the actual regular
season game in January. And it's it's become something that
(21:29):
they've just they're in the limelight all the time. It's
wild crazy.
Speaker 5 (21:33):
We've proposed this for a while, yeah, because one of
the things that we look at with the NBA calendar
is like, I like watching the NBA.
Speaker 6 (21:40):
I like watching basketball.
Speaker 5 (21:42):
The hard thing is is like it's directly in conflict
with the football season, and it seems like the Christmas
Day matchups are such a big deal.
Speaker 6 (21:50):
You guys had your schedule release what a week ago.
Speaker 4 (21:52):
Or something like that.
Speaker 5 (21:53):
Yep, why not just push the season back and so
you kind of almost make that the start of the season.
I'm sure there's some players who are like, dude, don't
want my free time the summer. I don't have to
be playing into like July or August. But does the
NBA or do the players ever talk about potentially like
ways of try to like do something different with the
league to help, you know, draw better ratings or whatever
(22:15):
else to kind of help improve it.
Speaker 9 (22:17):
Yeah, so that was a big topic of conversation during
coming off of COVID because we didn't start until right
around Christmas, just before Christmas, and then we the year
we won it, we wonted July nineteenth, twenty to twenty.
First we were like the last two games, and so
I think it was a real topic. They wanted to
see how the ratings did. Obviously there was more people
at homeless, people in the stands, stuff like that, but
(22:38):
it became a real conversation piece. And then I think
where the NBA ended up pivoting was just having more
time on air and the summers and summer league, and
they didn't necessarily know how to logistically do it. So
they've tried to Their first iteration of it is that
end season tournament, and so they haven't changed obviously the
start of it, but now they've made the NCAS and
tournament right around that December, you know, beginning of the
(22:58):
year type.
Speaker 5 (22:59):
Okay, So help me understand though, if like load management
is an issue, right, like you and.
Speaker 6 (23:03):
I are playing and I'm like, dude, I haven't got
it tonight, I guess, And how is an end season
tournament going to change that?
Speaker 5 (23:09):
It's like, oh, you want to bring more intensity to
games that I don't want to play right now because
it's not gonna be a part of an NBA championship, correct,
I mean, like, how's your team?
Speaker 6 (23:16):
How are guys talking about that?
Speaker 9 (23:17):
So the one thing that they do is they try
to incentivise you monetarily, right, and then they try to
and then they make sure this.
Speaker 6 (23:24):
Gets so much money, like it's got to be more
than what I've seen.
Speaker 9 (23:27):
Yeah, I mean it's it's not, unfortunately for us, but
they're hoping so.
Speaker 4 (23:32):
And I think the other thing that they're really trying.
Speaker 9 (23:34):
To do is it's part of the regular season, so
it's not added games.
Speaker 4 (23:37):
You're gonna play those games anyway.
Speaker 9 (23:40):
The only game that's an added game is if you
make it to the championship. And then if you're in
the championship, obviously you're getting commentated one way or the other.
It's either if you win or if you lose. It's
the obviously amounts different. But I think they're trying to
do some interesting things. The big thing that we always
talk about in the players Union is just they struggle
to disconnect the amount of games with the.
Speaker 4 (24:00):
Revenue per game.
Speaker 9 (24:01):
Right, So obviously in the NFL, they just added a
game a year or two ago to make some money.
Speaker 6 (24:06):
Conversation, it's way stronger.
Speaker 9 (24:08):
Yeah, fair, But what the players have always tried to
do is say, it's not that each game is worth X,
because what teams are doing is they don't want to
lose any home games because they're getting forty one games
that they can bank on a million, two million, five
million pending in their city. Dollars are coming in and
if you're taking a game of that away, they haven't
necessarily been able to sell that. That means supply is lowering,
(24:30):
so demand will be hiring. And that's like the real
topic of conversation. I think that will happen. We already
we just signed a CBA.
Speaker 5 (24:36):
But for the next one, all right, one more important
question I got to ask Jordan or Lebron.
Speaker 6 (24:42):
I'm throw that out there.
Speaker 5 (24:42):
Which come on, So why why is that such a
divisive question nowadays?
Speaker 3 (24:48):
So no, or Larry Bird if you want to like, yeah,
you know, if you want to.
Speaker 4 (24:52):
Represent Larry legend.
Speaker 9 (24:54):
H I go with Jordan. Jordan's who I pick how
I think George's the best basketball player ever play. I
think Lebron is the greatest athlete to ever play the
game of basketball. I think I don't understand why it's
such a divisive question. In my opinion, It's like you're
comparing who's the best player to ever play the game.
Speaker 4 (25:12):
It's one or two, right, Like people.
Speaker 2 (25:14):
Behind a gated community don't argue who's got the nicer
front yard.
Speaker 3 (25:17):
We're both behind the gates.
Speaker 4 (25:20):
Both in a nice community. In fact, you want to
come over and share in my yard.
Speaker 3 (25:23):
Yeah.
Speaker 9 (25:23):
So, I think what you have to respect though about Lebron,
which a lot of people you can love or hate him,
is the things that he's done off the floor have
been pretty incredible. The things that he's done in the
business world was a great movie. I didn't watch that one.
I only watched the first one. I didn't watch the
second one. But I just think, you know, he stayed
out of scandals, He's done a great job of representing
(25:44):
the game. He's utilized his platform to do a lot
of things outside of the game of basketball.
Speaker 4 (25:49):
But I think Mike's the best basketball player to ever play.
Speaker 2 (25:51):
Now, Pat Conason, I got to ask you before we
let you go, do you ever envision any scenario where
Yannis is not a Milwauk key Buck, Because there's some
stuff out there where he talked about the potential of
maybe he doesn't want to sign a contract extension next year,
maybe he wants to wait another year and see where
he's at. He just sort of does he strike you
as somebody who wants to entertain going elsewhere?
Speaker 3 (26:14):
Or is he a Milwaukee Buck for life in your eyes?
Speaker 9 (26:17):
So no one Giannis and knowing who he is as
a person, He's all about family, He's all about winning
at the end of the day. I think the most
incredible part about him is, Look, I'm not going to
say that I've been the reason he's had all the success,
but he had no m VPS before I got there
five years and now.
Speaker 4 (26:39):
And now he's got doing.
Speaker 9 (26:43):
So But he's he's one of the best individuals right Like,
it's not just him as a player, it's him as
a person.
Speaker 4 (26:47):
He's one of the best guys that I know.
Speaker 9 (26:49):
He works hard, he hasn't changed throughout that meteoric rise
to fame, and and what he's he's at personal accolades
and things of that nature.
Speaker 4 (26:56):
And so I think as long as.
Speaker 9 (26:57):
The Milwaukee Bucks have the ability to win and put
him in a position to win, which he will in
turn put the Milwaukee Bucks in a position to win
every single night, I.
Speaker 4 (27:05):
Don't know that he'll ever leave.
Speaker 9 (27:06):
He loves family, he loves not being like in the limelight,
in the limelight like. I don't know that a big
market necessarily is something that attracts him. But I think
he's done a tremendous job with what he's come from,
and he's put us in a position to win on
a nightly basis, and he takes care of his family,
he takes care of his teammates, and he cares about
winning more than anything. So I think as long as
(27:27):
the Bucks are in a position to win, he'll be there.
Speaker 5 (27:29):
Hey, tell us a little bit about your foundation before
I let you go. Yeah, you said you had a
clinic coming up later on today.
Speaker 9 (27:33):
Yeah, clinic later on today. So why don't you guys
enjoy a few drinks for me. I'll be over there,
you know, trying to teach a few Irish kids how
to dribble with their left hand and make a three
point jump shot. But my foundation, really, the whole goal
of it is to try to you know, create access
to athletics for the next generation student athlete.
Speaker 4 (27:50):
Obviously, you know, Brady, you've seen it.
Speaker 9 (27:52):
Sports have done a lot for me in my life,
and it hasn't just been about the sport, right. We
try to instill the translatable life skills, the hard work,
the teamwork, the leadership, accountability, discipline, the stuff that you
know will take you whether you become a college athlete,
professional athlete, or just play in high school. Those habits
will kind of roll with you for the rest of
your life and help you do some things that you
want to do.
Speaker 4 (28:11):
And we've done you know, courts, clinics, and now we're
gonna watch.
Speaker 9 (28:15):
Scholarships here in the next you know, if you're in
sixty five days and we've done I think all the
way up to twelve courts are under construction or completed,
and we've done i think impacted over eighteen thousand kids
so far. So it's been a lot of fun for
me and just use my platform to try to give
back and do more in things that are organic to me.
Speaker 2 (28:35):
Yes, Pat Connaton NBA Champion Milwaukee Buck, but most importantly
a Notre Dame alum.
Speaker 8 (28:45):
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and a Cup of Joe with Brady Quinn, LeVar Errington,
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Speaker 4 (28:58):
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Speaker 11 (28:59):
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I Want Your Flex. Twice a week, every Tuesday and Friday,
we come up with new episodes to not only look
back at what happened, what you need to do at
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Speaker 4 (29:17):
That's right, Dan.
Speaker 12 (29:18):
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Speaker 3 (29:37):
Speaking to Notre Dame Joe Montana, Notre Dame alum, pro
football Hall.
Speaker 2 (29:44):
Of Famer, four time Super Bowl champion who joins us
now here on Fox Sports Radio. Joe, Thanks so much
for the time. We appreciate it. Jonas Knox, Brady Quinn,
how are you.
Speaker 4 (29:56):
Hey, We're doing well.
Speaker 5 (30:00):
You gotta say a load to the crowd here. We
got a bunch of Notre Dame fans. Obviously they are
excited to listen to you. They're they're excited to hopefully
see you at some point.
Speaker 10 (30:10):
Yeah. Yeah, we're usually out in the Mount counting tub.
Speaker 2 (30:14):
So go all right, Tom, there you go now, Joe,
I got it. Is there anything that you, as a
player or you as a Notre Dame alum, want to
see from the fans at this game tomorrow here in Dublin.
Do you have any special requests for them? Is there
a certain level of noise, any expectations you have from
(30:35):
the amount of people that have been out here for
this game?
Speaker 13 (30:39):
And I think it's gonna be scary for Navy because
I've been walking around and I haven't see nothing but
green and blue and Notre Dame everywhere.
Speaker 10 (30:51):
So I think that's even gonna be pulling Notre Dame
ffore and I can't wait to hear that crowd. It's
gonna be a fun player.
Speaker 5 (30:58):
Joe, I gotta ask you, did, what's the coolest place
you got to play, Because we were talking about this earlier,
like I can only imagine what it be like to
have the opportunity to come over and play here in Dublin, Ireland.
Do you look back and say that was probably the
coolest place I ever played during my time in Notre Dame.
Speaker 10 (31:16):
If I was playing here, yeah, for sure. But you know,
we got we were pretty fortunate. We didn't uh, we
didn't know what travels out here in notreddo in the NFL,
I guess to play in Germany, England, Japan, they played
in Barcelona, So it's fun to get out of that.
(31:36):
I think it's fun to get out of the US
and bring the game to places that don't normally see
an American football teams, especially with even being able to
see the teams like maybe and Notre Dame had it.
It's gonna be a funny whatever.
Speaker 2 (31:53):
Joe Montana joining us here on Fox Sports Radio, Notre
Dame alum, Hall of Fame or four time Super Bowl
champion with us here, Brady Quinn, Jonas Knox here on
Two Pros and a Cup of Joe That Joe, what
is your favorite thing about.
Speaker 3 (32:05):
Being a Notre Dame alum.
Speaker 2 (32:06):
The thing that you point to when people say you
represent the fighting Irish, But what is it about the
program the university that stands out most to you when
you talk to people.
Speaker 10 (32:19):
Well, I think that my wife said it best one
time is that initially she had never been the Notre
Dame and then once she got there, she understand how
special it was once you walk on the campus, and
she said to me after and she tells other people
that when she was there, it felt like someone had
(32:39):
their arms wrapped around the campus and there was just
a different feeling from other schools that we had visited.
That unless you go there and have the experience of
being on that campus, you don't you really don't understand
what that school is all about. And it was a
dream of mine to go there, and it was, yeah,
(33:02):
it was the down line is there. But eventually things
worked out for me and I love it, still love
it today. Like I said, we Nathaniel two girls also
went there, and the Daniels fiance now she also attends
to Notre Dame. So we got a lot of Notre
(33:23):
Dame people here just in our own family. So it's
going to be we're all headed to the game they're
all here, so we're all headed to the game tomorrow,
so looking forward to it. But first we'll find another
puppet two find us in Guinness.
Speaker 4 (33:35):
You go, there, you go.
Speaker 5 (33:36):
We'll get to that in just one minute, Joe, but
we have to ask you about the situation with the
forty nine ers. We were talking a little bit earlier
about Trey Lance, and I'm just curious, given obviously your
historic play and time there in San Francisco, how do
you view what's happening there with the quarterback situation and
just Trey Lance and I guess his journey thus far
(33:56):
as the quarterback for San.
Speaker 10 (33:57):
France, well, I mean it's been tough on him. I mean,
the very athletic guy, you know, and great harm and
you and you you know you Brady. Some offenses were
just a little bit easier to understand when you when
you change teams. I was fortunately when I left San
Francisco and went to Kansas City, we pretty much ran
(34:20):
a lot of different terminology, but for the most part,
our passing game was all but we did pretty much
in San Francisco, and so that transition was a little
bit easier for me. But when you when I came
from Notre Dame to San Francisco. Wow, that was night
and day in the way the offense was called on
(34:41):
both sides. And it took a lot or a lot
of time that I had to put in the study.
And then once you figure out it's a system that
fits you, and I just don't think it's a fit
portray not that he's not, not that he can't play.
I just don't think it's a fit. You know, he
came from read option. He's a runner, and it's tough
(35:03):
to come to the NFL and try to pick up
a new system and learn. And at the same time,
I don't know why the looks of the way the
read auction goes. There's not a whole lot of reading
the defenses that go take this place, and you just
can't come to the NFL and do that. Don't know
if that's what his struggle is, but I think they
(35:24):
gave him the last couple of games. They wanted to
give him a chance to succeed, and he still struggled.
And so you know, I think he's a little upset
that they made him the third quarterback. But that's the
team that he's on, is the Super Bowl Call League team,
and you know, they they got to make sure that
if the first guy gets hurt and that the guy
(35:46):
coming in behind him, you know, can run that offense consistently.
And you know, I haven't seen much of the games
where or the parts where Sam Darnold has played, but
you know there's another first round pick that came in.
Was that a team that didn't fit him? And I
don't know, maybe this is a bit for him, but
I haven't been down there, so this is just all
(36:08):
here safe for me, So take it with a grain
of salt. But that's just what I see from the outside.
Speaker 2 (36:14):
Yeah, it doesn't seem like things have gone as smooth
like the Guinness goes as smooth down here in Dublin,
does it?
Speaker 4 (36:19):
Joe?
Speaker 10 (36:21):
Oh No, this is way too smooth.
Speaker 2 (36:26):
And so Joe, you're you're you're in Dublin this week
obviously on behalf of Guinness. What do you guys got going?
Because I mean, it's everywhere. We're enjoying a Guinness right
now as we speak.
Speaker 10 (36:38):
Yeah, we we're just here. We're doing some we're actually
over at the at the storehouse here at Guinness, and
we're my family's all here. They're on a tour. We've
been doing some little media things here, just catching up
and trying to you know, we're we're doing the new thing.
We just brought on some other guy named Joe. I
can't remember what his last name is. I think it's
(37:00):
or something like that. So we're going to get it zero.
Wish to get a zero that not alphabolic versus guinnis
and just trying to get to get the word out.
And Guinness has been a great place. I've been associated
with them now for a number of years and wonderful
place to work for, wonderful peer, great story, great history,
(37:21):
just like Notre Dame. It's a lot of tradition, and
you know what, the love the community that they're in.
They love to give back, and you know, like with Joe,
they're letting Joe if any we're playing with the number
zero and his new jersey with zero that allowing him
to sell those jerseys and put all the money into
(37:41):
the foundation. And you can get him at Guinness zero
jerseys dot com and all the money will be from
the proceeds going to his foundation. So and that's typically
a Guinness. So that's why it's been a great relationship
for me, not to mention, how how good is Guinness?
Is that I got to me too?
Speaker 3 (38:01):
Yeah, that's great.
Speaker 2 (38:02):
Listen, the great Joe Montana with us here, hall of Famer,
four time Super Bowl champ and most importantly to this crowd, Joe.
Speaker 3 (38:09):
A Notre dame alum, represents to fighting Irish Joe. Can't
thank you enough.
Speaker 2 (38:14):
We appreciate you popping on and thanks so much, and
we'll hopefully catch up again very soon.
Speaker 10 (38:21):
All Right, have fun down there, see you all tomorrow
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