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Speaker 1 (00:00):
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Speaker 1 (00:28):
So a bit of busy, busy morning.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
A lot of rain yesterday cost some real issues here
in the Kentucky and area. And obviously you've got plant
side drive completely collapsing. The visual of that is wild
to see, and of course that's already causing some issues
this morning, if anything, just because people now probably have
to take different routes that were in fact, I'm confident
to say you will if you were somebody that would
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often find yourself driving on that road that is now
you know completely in half you.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Won't be able to drive over today.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
That I feel very confident in saying so you'll have
to find an alternate route. And uh, I know that
there are some some plans in place to uh to
make that as easy as possible for folks, but still
that that that doesn't mean it won't be an adjustment
for folks. But right now you're gonna be routed via
waters trail to Bunsen or cart and drove if you uh,
if you're if you're somebody that was was often on
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plant side drop because again it's closed for obvious reasons.
And if you haven't seen the picture of it, it's
it is wild. The w o ky drone footage, uh
got the got it happening in real time. Initially it
was just uh slightly you know, crumbled, and then now
it's completely cut in half. So this was caused by flooding,
of course. But the drainage pipe it's roughly eight to
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ten feet below that surface. That's uh, I guess that
was a that was that that that that was the
biggest factor is why it ended up being as substantial
as as what it was. But yes, the uh, the
rain is out of the way. We're gonna have some
really really beautiful days starting today moving forward, and and
uh but but just keep in mind that doesn't necessarily
mean that you won't still potentially have some some flooding issues. Obviously,
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your sump pumps still going to be working when it
comes to uh the rain that's coming in that's in
the ground, and we got a lot of it yesterday,
so uh there's lingering effects to that. So again, don't
let the weather you're gonna get these next couple of
days fool you. You want to make sure your sump
pump is working. But uh, yeah, the the flash flood
threat officially ended by late afternoon, and that didn't mean
(02:30):
though that there weren't still impact right away. I mean,
you had water rescues reported all throughout yesterday, even after
the rain that stopped, so scary stuff for a lot
of folks, especially if you you found yourself out out
and about and all of a sudden, Oh, your car's underwater.
I mean I saw I think it was the u
of L's campus. Somebody had a video they sent into
WDRB that that I'm not sure I've ever seen anything
(02:51):
like that on u of L's campus. Also, Cherokee Park
had to close because of some issues. So just keep
in mind the uh, there's still could be some flooded
areas because of just how substantial this rainfall was.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
All Right, the government shut down.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
We are now a week into it, and I do
think we've hit a point where the lingering effects are
starting to be noticed by those who aren't worried about
a paycheck being delayed or maybe a paycheck not coming
at all. According to what President Trump said yesterday, because
the airports are impacted, We've got many flights across the
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country that have been delayed, and that's to be expected.
Air traffic controllers they're calling in sick. And this was
probably something that anybody who had any involvement, and he
say so in letting it get to this point where
in fact we have a government shut down. These are
the kind of things that surely they were mindful of
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that this would likely end up happening. So I think
it's only going to get worse, to be honest with you,
I mean, I don't see any reason that those who
are calling in sick now won't continue to call in
sick because nothing's changing, right, I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
My question is what does this do for federal employment?
Like folks normally good quality, there are people that like
to work in federal service that do good jobs. I mean,
do people start shying away from federal jobs.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Now, Oh, no doubt. I mean I don't think you know,
I don't think anybody. Well, I guess everybody's situation is different.
But it's rare to just randomly start looking for a
new career. And I think a lot of people who
get into being a federal employee, and I guess it
all depends upon what your role is, what your job
title actually is. But it's something that one of the
reasons you pursue it and do it is because of
the security of it, the safety of it. It can
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be something that there's longevity. But now that's I mean
not to say that's that's over. It's completely different. But this,
this is the rare situation that occurs to where you realize, hey,
this is something, this is the downside of having this
job when these kind of things happen. And again it's
rare that it happens, but it's happening now. And the
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the length of this shutdown is really completely up in
the air.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So I mean you said it.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I think it was last week when we talked about this,
Scott that the you know, most people who get into this.
It's because it's the security of it. I remember growing
up having parents of my friends that they worked, you know,
for the government in some way, and I just the
stigma surrounding that job was that while he's set, not
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to say that they're millionaires living the high life, but
it's a set and secure job because you're working for
the federal government. And again that's still the case until
these kind of things happened. But no, and look, let's
be honest, there's been talks of cutting a bunch of
jobs that are federal government by President Trump. So before
this shutdown, I'm sure there are some that thought, Okay,
maybe if I was ever going to look at to
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doing something different, now would be the time to do it,
because maybe what I do will be one of the
first types of jobs that they just deems not necessary anymore.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Yeah, you know, it was always the trade off, because
I thought about it after I left the military. You know,
you trade the salary for the stability in fak physicians
are working now have sort of that around.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
I'm sure many many in the service they end up
getting into federal jobs, and makes total sense.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yeah, I'd rather for me personally, i'd rather have the
security than I would the bigger paycheck.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
But some people are different. We're all wired different, yep.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
I mean, you may be somebody who has the preference
of money, money, and then you know, you realize, hey,
I'll take a little less money if I don't have
to stress about, you know, the security of the job.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
It really is.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
It's all personal preference, and of course you have certain
experiences that make you adjust what your preference is. But again,
six thousand delights, six thousand flights have been delayed on
Monday alone, and then we haven't got the actual number
from Tuesday just yet, but it sounds like it was
probably worse. So again not getting any better. All right,
let's get to a quick time out trafving weather updates
on the way. We'll tell you what President Trump had
(06:51):
to say yesterday as far as the worry about some
of these employees that are going or still working and
not getting paid until the shutdown ends some of them.
And in fact, I mean, I don't know if I
was somebody in that position, my anxiety levels would have
really really heightened hearing that, you know, there may be
some jobs that you don't end up getting back pay.
(07:11):
Scary scary thing to hear, especially from the President. All Right,
quick break tracking weather dates on the way right here
on his radio eight forty whas.
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Today been a busy, busy morning so far today, and
I can't help but keeping up with this Bill Belichick
train wreck at North Carolina. It is kind of like
a car wreck you just can't you can't turn away from,
because this is going really about as poorly as it
could now. Again, they have some wins, so it's not
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as if it's gone so.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Bad that they can't win win a game. But they're
certainly not good. And I mean, I I'm not.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
And I told you so guy, mostly because I rarely
can say I told you so. But this is playing
out exactly the way I thought it would now. I
thought maybe there was a chance that it would work
because he would just you know, put a staff in
place using just his his his brand and his uh,
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I mean, his image, and they would do all the work.
And it's not that I think he's a guy that
you know isn't gonna work. But the most important component
in coaching now at the college level, he lacks, and
that is relatability. And that has got to be one
of the many reasons why it's been such a disaster.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
And there's some coverage.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Coming out of Carolina now that really just tell you
what's going on behind the scenes. And I mean, these
are the kind of things that you would expect from
Bill Belichick. And I don't say this to crush him
as a human being, although he doesn't seem like a
real likable guy, but he showed us who he was
at least a little bit. In fact, quite a bit.
I think for what twenty years, the thought of that
working with college kids that now it's a job for them.
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They're going to work like you and I are for
a paycheck. I mean, it's terrible. So Wral in Carolina
say that the team is fractured between mac Brown recruits
and the Belichick players that came in via the transfer portal.
And they claim there's preferential treatment as far as better parking,
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more game tickets, sideline access for family members. They're not
talking about preferential treatment as far as playing time. They're
talking about how they're treated, and there's just no communication.
Belichick doesn't talk to any of his players. He doesn't
know them by name. I mean, that's insane.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Yeah, that's a problem, man.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
To your point, I wonder if they looked at Belichick
more as you have talked before Nick. You know, Andrew
Luck assuming the GM role so to speak at Stanford.
I wonder if they were trying to maybe morph those
two roles into a head coach general manager type thing
at North Carolina to help them navigate those waters. And
that was their thinking.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
But Luck would be great for that role as GM
and somebody who understands Stanford and clearly can sell what
Stanford can offer you more than maybe anybody.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
But I mean.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Belichick would be terrible at as a GM or as
a college head coach because of how much has changed
and as bad as he is, it sounds like his
GM that he hired Michael Lombardi, who of course was
his right hand man in New England for such a
long time, even going back to Cleveland as well, he's
been believed to be the real root of this toxic
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disaster because of just not speaking to anybody, being rude
and arrogant.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I mean, the way that.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Bella Chick treated and acted during his his run in
New England is how he's running a college program in
the scenario where that worked out. Was what I don't
I don't I don't understand it. So I mean parents
don't don't have any I mean they were parents were
told at the time he was hired, when they had
you know, and when they had their first spring game,
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the first I get the yeah, spring game, they were
told not to approach Belichick, like don't talk to him,
and you know, just it's in that that's not the
craziest thing ever. You don't want players having You don't
want players parents having every coach's phone number to where
they call him, you know, at every point.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
But like Belichick is just different.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
He's not relatable in any way, and that that has
never mattered more than it does right now.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
And uh, they were.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Doing a a Hulu docu series because I remember the
whole there's reports that Hard Knocks was gonna do Belichick
and and I remember thinking at the time, Yeah, that
that would be it. I mean, what's the what's the
what's the range here as far as what this is
like by behind the scenes stuff within football, Like, what
do you think Belichick's doing behind the scenes that's entertaining
and interesting? I mean, if anything, it would be good
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now because of how big of a train wreck it is.
But it never made any sense. And then we find
out later that Jordan Hudson, his twenty four year old girlfriend,
wanted production control over it, and clearly they weren't going
to They weren't going.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
To do that.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
So Hulu got involved to start filming and doing their
own docuseriies of Belichick's first year in college. Well, they've
already pulled the plug. They've already they've already scrapped filming
and have left and are no longer putting together the project.
I mean, every day this becomes even more embarrassing for
everyone involved. And someone point me to the to the
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light at the end of the tunnel here where this
ends up being a good move that Carolina made. Bringing
Bill Belichick. Is this elderly man with a twenty four
year old girlfriend, clearly having a midlife crisis before all
of our eyes, and then he was just going to
get it rolling. And again he's one of a bunch
of Super Bowl rings that can't be ignored. But it's
all about relatability, and it's a different not only is
it a different world in college athletics, now it's a
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different job.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
You could win.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
You could win thirty Super Bowls in a row. I
didn't mean you're gonna be able to win in college
football right now because of just what differences there are
in that world, right you. And what Belichick would say, well,
you know, I have a coach, prob or whatever, and
that's kind of the same thing. Like that, that's the
that was the stupidest thing that some people just ran with, like,
oh yeah, that's right.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
He was a pro football coach.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
And and and now now now the guys are making money,
so it's kind of it's kind of the same thing.
It's gonna be great, Like that's stupid, that's so, it's so,
you know, it's just not well thought out as far
as like what this actually is. Because you know, players
in college right now, they can they have all the power.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
You don't have power in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
You have a contract, like you you know, you could
hold out if you want, but very few players can
actually do that and it work out. And also the
NFL is the one league where nobody's bigger than the league.
You can hold out and then never play again if
you don't. If you don't, you know, you don't handle
that situation delicately. So I mean that this this screamed
nightmare all along, and that's exactly what's happening. And I
don't feel sorry for Carolina because they didn't need to
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do this.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
They didn't and eventually it'll come out all the mechanics
that were done, all the discussions that were had with
Bill Belichick. That's what I'd like to get into the
meat and potatoes of what went on in the room
where Carolina reached across the table and said, okay, Bill one,
why do you want to be here too? Why do
you think you're a good fit? Or maybe Belichick asked them,
why do you want me? And why do you think
I'm going.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
To be a good fit? So for those who who
and I get it.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Look, he's one of the best coaches of all time
when you consider just rings and again, a lot of
people now will claim that was more to do with
Brady than Belichick, and fair enough, I can't totally disagree. Clearly,
I think both were beneficial for one another. But if
all you had to throw at me as to why
you throw the money at Belichick and make this happen,
is because the guys of you know, nearly ten times
super Bowl winner. Okay, he could be a thirty time
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Super Bowl winner. That means zero for a college football
coaching job in twenty twenty five. And that's why it's
been such a disaster. I mean, look, here's a good
way to have your locker room completely crumble when players
don't even have access to speak to you and you
don't even know who they are. Yeah, like, that's a disaster.
That's an embarrassment from Carolina. And I get why parents
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can be parents are going to do what they do.
But I get while they're being as outspoken as they
are right now, because they know how un I mean,
mac Brown didn't win enough games to have long term
security there at the end, but clearly he knew what
he was doing as a college coach.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Well, I tell you who gets it along those angles
to what you're talking about the idea. And I'm not
a big fan per se, but even my daughter's made
mention this to me. Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Oh yeah, he's he's he's solid.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
He's one of those guys that fits that currently is
exactly what you need for where the game is is
at right now, that's right, young relatability and understands that
this is not you know, he's now cutting his teeth
and he's done a really good job getting started. He's
now doing that in the new world to where he's
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not trying to coach like it's nineteen ninety five, right.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
I was thrown into that role too after Kelly left
so abruptly, which is his calling car hard and Freeman
was kind of thrown into that and he's excelled to
your point.
Speaker 1 (16:04):
Yeah, it's weird, man.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
There's there's a certain type of guy that never even
would have been viewed as like a real uh, it
would the things that Marcus Freeman and I think even
the basketball coaches around here, Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey,
the relatability and just the hunger and not really worried
about the changes that come their way, just knowing whatever
changes happened, we got to deal with it. We gotta
we got to evolve that that wasn't a real valuable
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thing pre what we're in now. Now, I think it's
as important as any factor when you hire a coach,
just because it's such a different game now, all right,
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Speaker 2 (00:01):
It is Kentucky and this morning News Coffee and Company
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Speaker 1 (00:28):
So a bit of busy, busy morning.
Speaker 2 (00:30):
A lot of rain yesterday cost some real issues here
in the Kentucky and area. And obviously you've got plant
side drive completely collapsing. The visual of that is wild
to see, and of course that's already causing some issues
this morning, if anything, just because people now probably have
to take different routes that were in fact, I'm confident
to say you will if you were somebody that would
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often find yourself driving on that road that is now
you know completely in half you.
Speaker 1 (00:58):
Won't be able to drive over today.
Speaker 2 (00:59):
That I feel very confident in saying so you'll have
to find an alternate route. And uh, I know that
there are some some plans in place to uh to
make that as easy as possible for folks, but still
that that that doesn't mean it won't be an adjustment
for folks. But right now you're gonna be routed via
waters trail to Bunsen or cart and drove if you uh,
if you're if you're somebody that was was often on
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plant side drop because again it's closed for obvious reasons.
And if you haven't seen the picture of it, it's
it is wild. The w o ky drone footage, uh
got the got it happening in real time. Initially it
was just uh slightly you know, crumbled, and then now
it's completely cut in half. So this was caused by flooding,
of course. But the drainage pipe it's roughly eight to
(01:44):
ten feet below that surface. That's uh, I guess that
was a that was that that that that was the
biggest factor is why it ended up being as substantial
as as what it was. But yes, the uh, the
rain is out of the way. We're gonna have some
really really beautiful days starting today moving forward, and and
uh but but just keep in mind that doesn't necessarily
mean that you won't still potentially have some some flooding issues. Obviously,
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your sump pumps still going to be working when it
comes to uh the rain that's coming in that's in
the ground, and we got a lot of it yesterday,
so uh there's lingering effects to that. So again, don't
let the weather you're gonna get these next couple of
days fool you. You want to make sure your sump
pump is working. But uh, yeah, the the flash flood
threat officially ended by late afternoon, and that didn't mean
(02:30):
though that there weren't still impact right away. I mean,
you had water rescues reported all throughout yesterday, even after
the rain that stopped, so scary stuff for a lot
of folks, especially if you you found yourself out out
and about and all of a sudden, Oh, your car's underwater.
I mean I saw I think it was the u
of L's campus. Somebody had a video they sent into
WDRB that that I'm not sure I've ever seen anything
(02:51):
like that on u of L's campus. Also, Cherokee Park
had to close because of some issues. So just keep
in mind the uh, there's still could be some flooded
areas because of just how substantial this rainfall was.
Speaker 1 (03:05):
All Right, the government shut down.
Speaker 2 (03:06):
We are now a week into it, and I do
think we've hit a point where the lingering effects are
starting to be noticed by those who aren't worried about
a paycheck being delayed or maybe a paycheck not coming
at all. According to what President Trump said yesterday, because
the airports are impacted, We've got many flights across the
(03:27):
country that have been delayed, and that's to be expected.
Air traffic controllers they're calling in sick. And this was
probably something that anybody who had any involvement, and he
say so in letting it get to this point where
in fact we have a government shut down. These are
the kind of things that surely they were mindful of
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that this would likely end up happening. So I think
it's only going to get worse, to be honest with you,
I mean, I don't see any reason that those who
are calling in sick now won't continue to call in
sick because nothing's changing, right, I mean.
Speaker 3 (04:05):
My question is what does this do for federal employment?
Like folks normally good quality, there are people that like
to work in federal service that do good jobs. I mean,
do people start shying away from federal jobs.
Speaker 2 (04:16):
Now, Oh, no doubt. I mean I don't think you know,
I don't think anybody. Well, I guess everybody's situation is different.
But it's rare to just randomly start looking for a
new career. And I think a lot of people who
get into being a federal employee, and I guess it
all depends upon what your role is, what your job
title actually is. But it's something that one of the
reasons you pursue it and do it is because of
the security of it, the safety of it. It can
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be something that there's longevity. But now that's I mean
not to say that's that's over. It's completely different. But this,
this is the rare situation that occurs to where you realize, hey,
this is something, this is the downside of having this
job when these kind of things happen. And again it's
rare that it happens, but it's happening now. And the
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the length of this shutdown is really completely up in
the air.
Speaker 1 (05:04):
So I mean you said it.
Speaker 2 (05:05):
I think it was last week when we talked about this,
Scott that the you know, most people who get into this.
It's because it's the security of it. I remember growing
up having parents of my friends that they worked, you know,
for the government in some way, and I just the
stigma surrounding that job was that while he's set, not
(05:26):
to say that they're millionaires living the high life, but
it's a set and secure job because you're working for
the federal government. And again that's still the case until
these kind of things happened. But no, and look, let's
be honest, there's been talks of cutting a bunch of
jobs that are federal government by President Trump. So before
this shutdown, I'm sure there are some that thought, Okay,
maybe if I was ever going to look at to
(05:48):
doing something different, now would be the time to do it,
because maybe what I do will be one of the
first types of jobs that they just deems not necessary anymore.
Speaker 3 (05:56):
Yeah, you know, it was always the trade off, because
I thought about it after I left the military. You know,
you trade the salary for the stability in fak physicians
are working now have sort of that around.
Speaker 2 (06:06):
I'm sure many many in the service they end up
getting into federal jobs, and makes total sense.
Speaker 3 (06:12):
Yeah, I'd rather for me personally, i'd rather have the
security than I would the bigger paycheck.
Speaker 1 (06:17):
But some people are different. We're all wired different, yep.
Speaker 2 (06:20):
I mean, you may be somebody who has the preference
of money, money, and then you know, you realize, hey,
I'll take a little less money if I don't have
to stress about, you know, the security of the job.
Speaker 1 (06:29):
It really is.
Speaker 2 (06:30):
It's all personal preference, and of course you have certain
experiences that make you adjust what your preference is. But again,
six thousand delights, six thousand flights have been delayed on
Monday alone, and then we haven't got the actual number
from Tuesday just yet, but it sounds like it was
probably worse. So again not getting any better. All right,
let's get to a quick time out trafving weather updates
on the way. We'll tell you what President Trump had
(06:51):
to say yesterday as far as the worry about some
of these employees that are going or still working and
not getting paid until the shutdown ends some of them.
And in fact, I mean, I don't know if I
was somebody in that position, my anxiety levels would have
really really heightened hearing that, you know, there may be
some jobs that you don't end up getting back pay.
(07:11):
Scary scary thing to hear, especially from the President. All Right,
quick break tracking weather dates on the way right here
on his radio eight forty whas.
Speaker 1 (07:19):
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Today been a busy, busy morning so far today, and
I can't help but keeping up with this Bill Belichick
train wreck at North Carolina. It is kind of like
a car wreck you just can't you can't turn away from,
because this is going really about as poorly as it
could now. Again, they have some wins, so it's not
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as if it's gone so.
Speaker 1 (08:09):
Bad that they can't win win a game. But they're
certainly not good. And I mean, I I'm not.
Speaker 2 (08:15):
And I told you so guy, mostly because I rarely
can say I told you so. But this is playing
out exactly the way I thought it would now. I
thought maybe there was a chance that it would work
because he would just you know, put a staff in
place using just his his his brand and his uh,
(08:38):
I mean, his image, and they would do all the work.
And it's not that I think he's a guy that
you know isn't gonna work. But the most important component
in coaching now at the college level, he lacks, and
that is relatability. And that has got to be one
of the many reasons why it's been such a disaster.
Speaker 1 (08:57):
And there's some coverage.
Speaker 2 (08:58):
Coming out of Carolina now that really just tell you
what's going on behind the scenes. And I mean, these
are the kind of things that you would expect from
Bill Belichick. And I don't say this to crush him
as a human being, although he doesn't seem like a
real likable guy, but he showed us who he was
at least a little bit. In fact, quite a bit.
I think for what twenty years, the thought of that
working with college kids that now it's a job for them.
(09:20):
They're going to work like you and I are for
a paycheck. I mean, it's terrible. So Wral in Carolina
say that the team is fractured between mac Brown recruits
and the Belichick players that came in via the transfer portal.
And they claim there's preferential treatment as far as better parking,
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more game tickets, sideline access for family members. They're not
talking about preferential treatment as far as playing time. They're
talking about how they're treated, and there's just no communication.
Belichick doesn't talk to any of his players. He doesn't
know them by name. I mean, that's insane.
Speaker 1 (10:01):
Yeah, that's a problem, man.
Speaker 3 (10:03):
To your point, I wonder if they looked at Belichick
more as you have talked before Nick. You know, Andrew
Luck assuming the GM role so to speak at Stanford.
I wonder if they were trying to maybe morph those
two roles into a head coach general manager type thing
at North Carolina to help them navigate those waters. And
that was their thinking.
Speaker 2 (10:22):
But Luck would be great for that role as GM
and somebody who understands Stanford and clearly can sell what
Stanford can offer you more than maybe anybody.
Speaker 1 (10:33):
But I mean.
Speaker 2 (10:33):
Belichick would be terrible at as a GM or as
a college head coach because of how much has changed
and as bad as he is, it sounds like his
GM that he hired Michael Lombardi, who of course was
his right hand man in New England for such a
long time, even going back to Cleveland as well, he's
been believed to be the real root of this toxic
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disaster because of just not speaking to anybody, being rude
and arrogant.
Speaker 1 (10:59):
I mean, the way that.
Speaker 2 (10:59):
Bella Chick treated and acted during his his run in
New England is how he's running a college program in
the scenario where that worked out. Was what I don't
I don't I don't understand it. So I mean parents
don't don't have any I mean they were parents were
told at the time he was hired, when they had
you know, and when they had their first spring game,
(11:20):
the first I get the yeah, spring game, they were
told not to approach Belichick, like don't talk to him,
and you know, just it's in that that's not the
craziest thing ever. You don't want players having You don't
want players parents having every coach's phone number to where
they call him, you know, at every point.
Speaker 1 (11:35):
But like Belichick is just different.
Speaker 2 (11:37):
He's not relatable in any way, and that that has
never mattered more than it does right now.
Speaker 1 (11:42):
And uh, they were.
Speaker 2 (11:44):
Doing a a Hulu docu series because I remember the
whole there's reports that Hard Knocks was gonna do Belichick
and and I remember thinking at the time, Yeah, that
that would be it. I mean, what's the what's the
what's the range here as far as what this is
like by behind the scenes stuff within football, Like, what
do you think Belichick's doing behind the scenes that's entertaining
and interesting? I mean, if anything, it would be good
(12:05):
now because of how big of a train wreck it is.
But it never made any sense. And then we find
out later that Jordan Hudson, his twenty four year old girlfriend,
wanted production control over it, and clearly they weren't going
to They weren't going.
Speaker 3 (12:15):
To do that.
Speaker 2 (12:16):
So Hulu got involved to start filming and doing their
own docuseriies of Belichick's first year in college. Well, they've
already pulled the plug. They've already they've already scrapped filming
and have left and are no longer putting together the project.
I mean, every day this becomes even more embarrassing for
everyone involved. And someone point me to the to the
(12:37):
light at the end of the tunnel here where this
ends up being a good move that Carolina made. Bringing
Bill Belichick. Is this elderly man with a twenty four
year old girlfriend, clearly having a midlife crisis before all
of our eyes, and then he was just going to
get it rolling. And again he's one of a bunch
of Super Bowl rings that can't be ignored. But it's
all about relatability, and it's a different not only is
it a different world in college athletics, now it's a
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different job.
Speaker 1 (12:59):
You could win.
Speaker 2 (13:00):
You could win thirty Super Bowls in a row. I
didn't mean you're gonna be able to win in college
football right now because of just what differences there are
in that world, right you. And what Belichick would say, well,
you know, I have a coach, prob or whatever, and
that's kind of the same thing. Like that, that's the
that was the stupidest thing that some people just ran with, like,
oh yeah, that's right.
Speaker 1 (13:18):
He was a pro football coach.
Speaker 2 (13:19):
And and and now now now the guys are making money,
so it's kind of it's kind of the same thing.
It's gonna be great, Like that's stupid, that's so, it's so,
you know, it's just not well thought out as far
as like what this actually is. Because you know, players
in college right now, they can they have all the power.
Speaker 1 (13:37):
You don't have power in the NFL.
Speaker 2 (13:38):
You have a contract, like you you know, you could
hold out if you want, but very few players can
actually do that and it work out. And also the
NFL is the one league where nobody's bigger than the league.
You can hold out and then never play again if
you don't. If you don't, you know, you don't handle
that situation delicately. So I mean that this this screamed
nightmare all along, and that's exactly what's happening. And I
don't feel sorry for Carolina because they didn't need to
(14:01):
do this.
Speaker 3 (14:01):
They didn't and eventually it'll come out all the mechanics
that were done, all the discussions that were had with
Bill Belichick. That's what I'd like to get into the
meat and potatoes of what went on in the room
where Carolina reached across the table and said, okay, Bill one,
why do you want to be here too? Why do
you think you're a good fit? Or maybe Belichick asked them,
why do you want me? And why do you think
I'm going.
Speaker 1 (14:20):
To be a good fit? So for those who who
and I get it.
Speaker 2 (14:25):
Look, he's one of the best coaches of all time
when you consider just rings and again, a lot of
people now will claim that was more to do with
Brady than Belichick, and fair enough, I can't totally disagree. Clearly,
I think both were beneficial for one another. But if
all you had to throw at me as to why
you throw the money at Belichick and make this happen,
is because the guys of you know, nearly ten times
super Bowl winner. Okay, he could be a thirty time
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Super Bowl winner. That means zero for a college football
coaching job in twenty twenty five. And that's why it's
been such a disaster. I mean, look, here's a good
way to have your locker room completely crumble when players
don't even have access to speak to you and you
don't even know who they are. Yeah, like, that's a disaster.
That's an embarrassment from Carolina. And I get why parents
(15:08):
can be parents are going to do what they do.
But I get while they're being as outspoken as they
are right now, because they know how un I mean,
mac Brown didn't win enough games to have long term
security there at the end, but clearly he knew what
he was doing as a college coach.
Speaker 3 (15:21):
Well, I tell you who gets it along those angles
to what you're talking about the idea. And I'm not
a big fan per se, but even my daughter's made
mention this to me. Marcus Freeman at Notre Dame.
Speaker 1 (15:29):
Oh yeah, he's he's he's solid.
Speaker 2 (15:31):
He's one of those guys that fits that currently is
exactly what you need for where the game is is
at right now, that's right, young relatability and understands that
this is not you know, he's now cutting his teeth
and he's done a really good job getting started. He's
now doing that in the new world to where he's
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not trying to coach like it's nineteen ninety five, right.
Speaker 3 (15:55):
I was thrown into that role too after Kelly left
so abruptly, which is his calling car hard and Freeman
was kind of thrown into that and he's excelled to
your point.
Speaker 1 (16:04):
Yeah, it's weird, man.
Speaker 2 (16:05):
There's there's a certain type of guy that never even
would have been viewed as like a real uh, it
would the things that Marcus Freeman and I think even
the basketball coaches around here, Mark Pope and Pat Kelsey,
the relatability and just the hunger and not really worried
about the changes that come their way, just knowing whatever
changes happened, we got to deal with it. We gotta
we got to evolve that that wasn't a real valuable
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thing pre what we're in now. Now, I think it's
as important as any factor when you hire a coach,
just because it's such a different game now, all right,
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